Not much going on........

Now that the Dirt Late Model season has ended at Pa Motor Speedway, our life has become mundane for all intense purposes. Fall is here. NASCAR has 3 races left, then that season is over as well. Thank God for Steeler football and Penguin Hockey to get us through the winter months! At least we have bowling every other Saturday night! So, there is not much going on at the Rump household these days. But, I will bring you up to speed on the little events or whatever you might call them....
Dean burnt his arm with bacon grease at work. Bad burn, too. It was probably the size of an orange when it first happened, with 75% of it being a 2nd degree burn and 25% being 3rd degree. It is now a little over 2 weeks since it happened, and it is now about the size of a golf ball. But, due to health dept. regulations, the dr. will not let him go back to work since the 3rd degree portion is steal unhealed. He goes back to the burn treatment center next Wednesday, and I think they will clear him for work. Since he has been off so long per dr.'s orders, we were informed that he will get full worker's comp for the time he has been and will be off. So, that's good news!
Our deep fryer at home went bad, so Dean found a really nice one on QVC and bought it. It is called a multi cooker! It can deep fry, steam, roast, fry and slow cook! It it pretty cool!
Then, on QVC, he saw the TSV (Today's Special Value for those not up on the QVC lingo) and bought it! What was it, you say? A Wii! So, we are now in the Wii realm of gaming. I really got find things for him to do. If he keeps finding things on QVC, I'll never get the QCard paid off!
Tomorrow night is the Dirt World Championship Race at Charlotte. Dean knew he wanted to see it, so we rolled off for tomorrow nite's bowling. Ginny (Virg to some of you) and her boyfriend Nick are coming over to watch with us. So, today, while I was out taking Dee Dee to the dr., Dean went and did the shopping for what we needed for the menu for tomorrow nite. Pasta Bake, Kielbasa and Kraut, Veggie Tray, Chips, Pretzels, and Chips n Salsa. We always have a great time with Ginny and Nick, so I am really looking forward to it!
But, it turns out, that he forgot a few things at the store, and I forgot to put them on the note. And I was supposed to stop at Cibrone's and get freshly grated Parmesan cheese, and forgot that. So back to the store he went. The dogs are always waiting to go bye-byes, and since it was going to be a quick trip, the got to go! When they got back, Bitsy jumped out of the truck from the passenger seat and hurt her leg. She yelped and I though Dean had stepped on her. I run out to find him standing on the sidewalk holding her. I take her from him and try to comfort her. I wanted to check out what she did to it, so I put her on the couch and felt her entire leg and that didn't cause her any pain. Good. So, I stretched it out, and that was ok too. So, I put her down and she wouldn't put any weight on it whatsoever. So, I got the liquid baby Motrin I keep for the grandkids, and gave her a dose. She finally settled down and after she had dinner, she went to sleep. She is still limping, but it is better than when she first did it. The vet has told me that both her and Bailey have knee displacia in there back legs, and she might have knocked it out of joint. It has bothered her on occasion before, but not this bad. It was pretty high jump for her! She is only about 10 inches tall!
As for me, I am still unemployed, and getting unemployment. It doesn't pay much. After the taxes are taken out, it's close to half of what you made working. And you have no medical or other benefits. So, if you go away, and you're honest, you get nothing for that time. Luckily, I am still taking care of Dee Dee 3 or 4 days a week. It is supposed to be 5, but she always cancels at lest 1 day a week. And the President just announced this morning that he is extending Unemployment for another 20 weeks. When you first file, you get 26 weeks, paid bi-weekly, which means you get 13 payments of whatever your determined rate is. Then they have Tier 1 Emergency Unemployment for and additional 20 weeks. Then a Tier 2 is another 13 weeks. Now Obama is adding an additional 20 weeks! So, as long as I can take care of Dee Dee, we should be ok eventually. Christmas will be a bit lean this year, but we'll get through it. Dean will get his worker's comp, but we aren't sure how long it will take to come through. They really don't like to pay out that money, ya know.....The rep tried to push him into going back to work, but the dr. said no way. Only if he could do modified duty and that modified duty being a desk job. No preparing food, no cleaning the equipment due to the chance that he might get cleaning chemicals in the wound. So, there is no desk job for him where he works, so no work for him!
So, that about catches you up in my life. Seems I don't post as much anymore since I joined Facebook. And I love Facebook. I like reading the little snippets that give you a glimpse into the daily lives of your friends!