Just Rambling

Hello everyone, hope all of ya are doing good. Things on Poverty Hill have been sorta quiet and laid back since hunting season is over. I've been catching up on my rest. The truth is I'm glad hunting season is over, I was gave slam out. Gettin up at 4 am every morning and hunting untill dark was getting old quick. Both my boys love hunting as well as my oldest Grandson so I figure I have to get up and go with em. Anyway now I can rest up, well that is after I catch up on the honeydo's that I neglected while hunting season was in.

I've been reading and watching on TV about the record colds that they're having up North, isn't that just terrible? I just absolutely could not live in that kind of weather, I'd make a terrible Eskimo. I was talking to someone the other day and they were saying, "Oh they are used to that kind of weather, they were raised in it."
Well I disagree with that, I don't think they've had all the power outages and water outages like they've been having lately. This is serious business when its freezing cold and you have no heat, thats life threatening. I know how the power outages are because of the hurricances we have down here and its terrible, but the fact that its freezing cold up there makes it so much worse to me. I feel for the people up there and pray that they all make it through these hard times ok. I think they need to take some of that bailout money the government is throwing away on these banks and buy everyone up there a generator so that they can stay warm and eat, it'd be a whole lot cheaper and do a helluva lot more good for the people.

Well its that time again, for those of you that don't know I have Pulmonary Hypertension and once or twice a year us PHer's have to have a right heart cath to check the pressure between our heart and lungs. Well its time that time again and although the procedure isn't very painful, I'm dreading getting it done. I know my pressures have gone up again due to the distance I can walk have gotten much shorter and my ability to do certain things has declined. Oh well, my doc was wanting to put me on a different medicine, looks like the time has come...we'll see after the heart Cath. Its just the fact that the options are getting slimmer. The meds he's talking about is called Remodulin, which is taken Sub-Q or by Catheter. Anyway that enuff about that, I'll cross that road when I get to it. It's nothing but a thang.

I've been reading the PHA boards more here lately now that hunting season is over and I see that there's lots of newbies to PH posting. I can remember when I first started posting and asking questions, so I know how scared most to them are. I hate seeing new people join us but I'm glad they found their way to us so that they know they are not alone. I wish I could be of more help to them, but I try to help in any way that I can. Maybe in some way to repay the help that PHA and its member have given me.

Well, I'm ramblin all over the place so i recon I need to just shut up.....laffin.
Best wishes to all of ya from Poverty Hill, ya come when ya can, the door is always open to my friends.

Hugs N Handshakes

TW(Terry)

Catchin Up

Hello Everyone! It's been a while since I've blogged so I thought I'd sit down and scribble a few tidbits. Not much has been going on here on Poverty Hill, the weather seems to be all screwed up this year, it doesn't know whether it wants to be hot or cold. For the last month or two we've had lots of company, LOL, we always do during hunting season. Somehow my sons can get away from their busy schedules that they have the rest of the year to show up around here during hunting season...laffin.
Well, whatever it takes to get em here...
My duck hunting and deer hunting is about over, as much as I enjoy it, I'm sorta glad to see it come to an end, now maybe I can rest a while. My body has about give outta gas, my get up and go is almost gone. I don't think Miss Judi recognizes me any more I've been hunting so much. Anyway now I can take time to catch up reading everyones blogs and reading PHA's Bulletin board.
I'll try and write more a little later, right now I've got the brain cramp and my brain isn't operating too good, must be a PH thing (good excuse anyway).
Guess I'll get to my chores that have been on hold for about a month. Yall come when ya can, the door is always open to my friends.

Hugs N Handshakes

TW

Off to a New Year

Greetings my friends, glad you could stop by. Well it's 2009, a new year has begun and hopefully we will all have a good one. By watching the news on TV I am sorta sceptical about the year. Seems like we have a lot going on as far as our country's financial situation, I'm glad I'm not the new President, he's gonna have his hands full. I wish us all good luck!
Well our New Years celebration on Poverty Hill went well. We had a hill full of people and everyone had a great time. All the kids enjoyed the fireworks and us old Geezers had a great time socializing and eating. Both my boys were here with their families so we had a house full. They stayed until Sunday and Miss Judi and I, although we enjoyed having them, were give slam out. If I'd heard Papa Terry one more time I'd have pulled all my hair out...(just joking, you know I loved it). I had forgotten how quiet it is on the Hill until they left, now i miss the noise and laughter. Its been a few days now and I'm about rested up so its time to get down to some serious deer hunting, that is if I can make myself get up, I was sorta lazy this morning and the bed felt sooooooooooooooooooooo good. Oh well, maybe tomorrow.
Everyone was asking what was my New Years resolution. Well the truth is I don't make em because I never keep em anyway. Its always great to say I'm gonna do this and I'm gonna do that but who ever really keeps em? Not many people I know. To those that have I say, congratulations, to the others I say welcome to the club..laffin.
This may not be the place to write this thank you because I'm sure noone at PHA reads my lil blog but I wanted to post a big "Thank You", to the Pulmonary Hypertension Association for the great job that they did the past year, keeping each of us updated on new medications and research, hosting the convention, and generally for the support they have given to each of us with this dreaded disease. Keep up the good work, every one of you working at the PHA is greatly appreciated.
Well I guess thats about all I got to say for now its time for me to get to my chores. Thanks to each of you that read my lil blog and sharing tidbits of my life up on Poverty Hill, yall come by when ya can, the door is always open to my friends.

Hugs N Handshakes

TW

New Years Tidings

Hello everyone, glad you could come by. Well here it is New Years Eve and another year has flown by. Seems like this one just got started, I guess the old saying is true, the older you get the faster they go. Well that's fine by me, at least they're still going. I thought maybe 2008 would be the year for a cure for PH but it didn't happen, oh well I'm sure 2009 will be fine. This year has been a real learning experience for me about Pulmonary Hypertension, I've learned more about the disease this year than I have since I got the mess. Through the Pulmonary Hypertension Association I've made lots of new friends and have learned how to reach out to others as we fight together against Pulmonary Hypertension so its been a pretty good year. I'm hoping this year is even better with new medications and more research coming out for us PH'ers.
Well tonights the night of the "Poverty Hill Bonfire." Every New Years Eve we have a big cookout and a big bonfire here on the Hill. There will be fireworks galore, good country cookin, and maybe a little firewater for the drinkers. Not much though until later because of the kids. The kids love it, all the fireworks, music, and marshmellows cooked over the fire. All the ahhhhhhhh's and oooohhhhhh's.
Laffin, I guess I'll spend all day tomorrow cleaning up the Hill, but it all worth it.
I mostly wanted to tell everyone "Happy New Year" and I hope you each have many more. Guess I better run for now, I still gotta haul more firewood for the bonfire.
Yall come when ya can the door is always open.

Hugz N Handshakes

TW

Happy Holidays