It's been a while

Since my last post, I've been in a hit-and-run car accident, someone crashed their car into our front yard, via our fence, and my freezer (which was full of processed fruit for my jams) died a quite, yet horrible death. All that work, gone; I was heartbroken. Oh, and I've had a total of FIVE Carpal Tunnel surgeries. Wow, eh?

Yep, it's been quite a while, actually, since I've felt well enough to blog... but hey, I'm healing!

I'm on the mend now, so it's time to get back into my auction sales and (hopefully soon) get back to canning. I have strawberries from this year, and am excited that the blackberries in our yard are just about ready to be plucked!

In the meantime, I have odds and ends for sale, and have bought some wonderful items on AlsoShop.com from both CabornGirl and SewSew :)

I am happy to be back and so grateful to God that I'm feeling better now.

Some items listed for my Emergency Sale

Sitting at the computer for more than 10 minutes at a time still causes my legs to go numb :-/ (this is no fun). However, if I keep getting up and down, after half an hour or so I can manage to get one or two items listed. How frustrating this is! I really miss the old me.

I have a few more items listed that I want to share:
A wood crate with sample jars of Buzzard Flats jelly/jam

http://www.alsoshop.com/1121991,auction_id,auction_details

I miss canning something fierce. This entire year I have found that I can't stand at my stove for more than 1/2 an hour. This is driving me crazy. Just cooking dinner is a major feat; many times asking my poor hubby to finish up for me. I hope to be able to go to one of those "pain clinics" somewhere soon; this is no way to live.

Since I cannot do any canning until my body heals, I've found a few random items that I need to sell. My emergency sale really is going well, but the other items I can sell will help my daughter as well. I hate feeling like my body has turned completely against me. And living on pain pills is no life at all; I don't recommend it.

BRAND NEW 3-pack Package of Women's Briefs Size 7 for sale for $2.50. That a price we haven't seen since the mid 70's!

Here's the link:

http://www.alsoshop.com/1122002,auction_id,auction_details

There are more items listed, but I can't sit here much longer. My back is already screaming, "MOMMY!!" lol
Thanks to my customers, from my heart. This emergency sale is going to a good cause.

Momma Bear gets REAL protective you know...

I have to laugh at myself. I've learned that I really am a "Momma Bear" and as they say, you just don't mess with her cub. Seriously.

My cub, my Angel Girl, has been put through the ringer and I'm proud to say she's held her head up the whole way. As a mom, I know I can't protect her from the roller coaster of life, but I can sure give it my best shot.

All the while, I'm still recovering from my LAST (ahem) Carpal Tunnel surgeries. I say surgeries because not only was my wrist operated on, but also my elbow AT THE SAME TIME!! Ugh. The pain is way more intense than I ever imagined, which is why I'm not typing much. Mind you, I still can't hold a pen or a pencil. In fact, I really can't hold a cup of coffee yet. Ouchie :(

My silver linings are that my girl is in a safe place for the moment, and my emergency sales are really going fantastic. I have a great reputation, which helps no doubt, and GREAT customers. THANK YOU ALL!

The sale is going well! Thank you everyone, so very much.

I thought I might let everyone know that if you have never been to AlsoShop.com, it's a great auction house. Of all the sites I have sold on since I began selling online, this place has the greatest management staff by far.

My store (Buzzard Flats) can be found via one of my links (on Facebook, Twitter, or AlsoShop's forum) or if you are at AlsoShop's home page, there is a search bar you can use to find any specific store you need. Cool, eh?

If you find something you would like to purchase (preferably from my store, duh, like NOW would be good) but you are not yet a member, no worries. Click on registration button and you will be presented with a choice to sign up as a buyer only, or as a seller. There is no verification to become a "buyer", but you do need to provide your email address. That's it. And you can always change from a "buyer only" to a seller at any time. You can also go in to the AlsoShop Forum and read about currant listings, but if you wish to post, you will need to register.

Now, as for my recovery from all these surgeries, this emergency sale really IS kicking my proverbial butt. If someone would just remove the burning in my spine, or heal my carpal tunnel sites, well hey! I'd be good to go. Family emergencies really take it out of ya, don't they.

My Emergency Sale is going well, thank you God, and thank you to my customers. A few more items have been listed, but I must admit my surgery sites are burning hard tonight.

My store, on AlsoShop, is now called BUZZARD FLATS (yay!) instead of Buzz Auctions. Most of my customers have been with me for years and have known me as Buzzard Flats (Buzz) ~ and the owner of Also Shop was kind enough to change my store name for me. Special thanks going out to her.

Copy and paste this link into your browser, and it should take you to my store. Again, this IS an emergency sale
http://www.alsoshop.com/21,owner_id,other_items

Emergency Sale from Buzzard Flats

I've got an Emergency Sale going on right now over at AlsoShop Auctions. My store is Buzz Auctions, although I'm hoping to get that changed to simply Buzzard Flats.

My AlsoShop Auction Store (Buzz Auctions): http://www.alsoshop.com/stores/Buzzard_Flats

All my Jams, Jelly, Preserves, and fruit butters are listed (all I had) and must be sold ASAP. You do not need to be a member of AlsoShop to make a purchase -- and it's for a damn good cause.

I hope to find more stuff to list. Right now I need to get the photos of these gourmet foods uploaded to a new photo hosting website, as the ones I used in the past seem to have been disabled.

Speaking of disabled, since I last posted I have had 5 (count 'em) carpal tunnel surgeries. THAT explains why I haven't been here. Sorry peeps.

Carpal Tunnel, who knew?

I've recently learned that many women have been victim of this "my generation" (my call, nothing official) thing called Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, but no one in my "parents' generation" had it that I can recall. What, the doctors didn't know about it? Makes ya go "hmm" doesn't it?

I had the CTS surgery last Thursday (one week ago). Post-op instructions were minimal: Take Ibuprofen 600 3x a day if needed and elevate your hand above your heart; keep dry. That's it! Seemed simple enough, surly I could do that, right? Humpft, silly woman I am.

Murphy's Law #712: When you need it the most, it will break
Now remember, all the while, our air conditioner has been on the blitz for a least a week, maybe a tad more. Murphy's Law in full effect here, who knew the temperature here in Oregon would break record HIGH levels? Let me stress, we had a heat wave hit us with 108 and 109degree days! Oh my gawd! It was 96degrees inside the house, and here I am wrapped like a mummy up to my elbow. Did I mention that a sweaty wrist, when bandaged up, itches like hell? You know there's nothing more frustrating than an itch you can't get to; ask anyone who's worn a cast; or ask a dog who skootches his behind across the living room carpet. Aarrgghh!! Oh, but I digress.

Hubby and I filled my prescription on the way home from my surgery. Now, you must picture this: groggy old woman with one half her arm wrapped like a mummy standing at the pharmacy counter, sweating profusely to boot. Key words here would be HAND SURGERY + PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE. Did the pharmacist miss my bandages? Surely not? Did that idiot give me an easy-to-open bottle?? Don't be silly. But I was still groggy from the anesthesia, so I wasn't thinking clearly. You know what this means? I blaime my hubby and that stupid pharmacist at Walmart. Stick with me here and you'll understand.

The rest of Thursday there was new, strong tingling in my fingers. It finally went away after 24hrs of my freaking out about it, whew. "Well that was a fun trip! ... Not!" Did the doc mention that might happen? Ha, silly woman, don't be ridiculous.

This was followed on Friday by a stabbing electrical pain in the pad of my thumb. "Ouch, ouch, dang, IS THIS NORMAL??" Well who knew, since neither the doctor's office nor anyone at the surgical center say a word about "stabbing pain". Good grief, do I have to teach the freaking world how to communicate? Ahh, but I digress. Sigh, why me? (lol).

Murphy's Law #12: A helping hand is never around when you need one
Now here's another Murphy's Law experience... I couldn't open the damn bottle of Ibuprofen! Not with only one hand for Pete's sake! As I said, it was NOT in an Easy-To-Open bottle, oh noooooooo. And my hubby was a work. I thought of my neighbor across the street, ahh, he could open this for me. NOPE, he wasn't home. Crap, crap! My next door neighbor is elderly and doesn't answer the door if she doesn't know you're coming, and didn't answer the phone. Crap, crap, C R A P!! Needless to say, I was getting rather bitchy at this point. Who knew, huh?

The Calvery Arrives
My out-of-state girlfriend called, so that gave me the opportunity to whine, bless her. She had a great idea; she suggested I take that drug bottle out to the garage and use the vice! Well, I did it and managed to get that stupid bottle open using only one hand. The manager at Walmart is going to hear about this the next time I go there. Seriously, of all the idiotic things, one would expect the pharmacist to notice, wouldn't he? Yeah, who knew.

Conclusion
Don't expect the doctor's office to tell you everything you NEED to know, and don't expect your local Pharmacist to actually use the common sense God gave him. Who freaking knew?


PS: Murphy's Law, and the whole concept is not my idea, and I have no clue how many there are nor what numbers any might be, but the damn thing haunts and taunts me daily, lol