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    Note to self....Never drink alcohol again!

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    My friend bought me a beer on May 7, 2016 before a road rally.  That was the last time I had a drink until this past Saturday, memorial weekend, when I bought a 6 pack of budlight lime, and drank them all at a friend's party.  Sunday morning, I woke up with extreme pain in my left shoulder/ shoulder blade, and it hurts to take a deep breath.  My neighbor had a party Sunday, and I did not drink anything other than water and coffee, and today, Memorial Day, I am still in pain.  I can not move my head to the left, and it hurts to take a deep breath and move my left arm.  So, my note to self is to never drink alcohol again.  Period.  Having a few drinks with my friends is not worth the pain that those few drinks cause.  I can not drink alcohol anymore!
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    Favorite Recent Photos

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    Recent favorite photos include 'Birds in Flight' - Woodpecker, Indigo Bunting, and a cowbird.  Two Doves look like they are ignoring each other, a pine grosbeak, a red-belly woodpecker, a bird in a flag, and the duck and chipmunk.  I'm not sure what kind of bird is in the flag.  Any ideas?
    Bird taking flight
    Arguing Doves
    Pine Grosbeak
    Red belly woodpecker
    Bird and Flag
    Duck and chipmunk
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    Stabbing pain in my right shoulder blade

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    It's was a painful week that led to a shoulder blade attack at 3am Friday morning.  At 6am I gave myself my humira shot.  I should have injected a couple days early this week to maybe have avoided the pain in my shoulder blade, and I will try and remember that next time.  Both shoulder blades had hurt all week, but whatever happened at 3am, I never want to experience again.  I woke up to, what felt like to me, was someone stabbing me over and over again in my right shoulder.  I got up and took a norco and 2 neurontin, and proceeded to fight through the constant intense pain.  I went outside to  avoid waking anyone up, sat on my stool, and smoked a cigarette to try and calm myself down, and wait for my medicine to start working.  It was an exhausting and overwhelming experience.  I went back to bed an hour later and slept for another hour and a half.  After waking my son up for school, I took my humira shot.  My right arm and hand felt sore and numb, like someone had punched me in that area.  
    I felt this way pretty much all day, and very tired.  Probably because a couple extra neurontin, but I would rather try and stay ahead of the pain.  Humira felt like it started working within an hour too.  I believe I would die without this medicine.  And that is another story.
    I have not accomplished too much all week, but I feel grateful for the moments I have experienced, and am ready for a new week.  
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    Romeo Estate Sale

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    ​Shelly invited me to go with her to this estate sale at 439 Prospect Street in Romeo, MI. The house was built in 1868 and has five bedrooms, three and a half baths, and a detached garage on a more-than-2-acre lot, that was called Prospect Hill Bed and Breakfast.  Everything in this house was for sale, was wall called the Estate Sale of the Century on facebook.
    Romeo Michigan Bed and Breakfast on Prospect Street Estate Auction
    Shelly and I - half way there.
    Arrived at 10am. The line started at the road.
    Looking for a ghost on the 3rd floor.
    Beautiful but kind of spooky house.
    Moved half way up the snake-like driveway....only took an hour.
    Looking forward to seeing the inside.
    What is the brick in the tree for?
    Very tall trees on the property.
    sculpture of a little girl waiting for the rain.
    The line still starts at the road.
    12:30 we enter 439 Prospect Street
    The beautiful stairway.
    Turn right and enter the great room.
    Picture are hanging everywhere, and there is a spooky figure in the corner.
    Master bedroom on the main floor, down the hall and to the right. This 4 piece bedroom set was $2000.
    Little cubbies like this were in every bedroom.
    At the end of the hallway and to the right was this spooky staircase. Wonder if it went to the attic.
    Second room to the left was what I believed to be the dining room.
    This is the first room to the left, attached to the den.
    Mirrors were everywhere too.
    This piece of art looks familiar.
    1899 six pack of coca cola, and an old ketchup bottle.
    Beautiful chandeliers in every room.
    I like this picture too.
    View from the top of the stairs.
    Poor caribou. I wonder how long he has been hanging there.
    Upstairs bedroom
    First bedroom to the right upstairs.
    Another beautiful picture.
    First bedroom to the left upstairs.
    Name plates on the upstairs bedroom doors.
    Front left bedroom
    Front porch view to the driveway. Still a long line.
    Back yard to the right of the house.
    Right side view of the house.
    Patio area
    I believe this bay window is the master bedroom
    Patio area
    3 car garage view from the backyard.
    Screened in side porch
    What's in the attic?
    Garden bird bath statue
    Shelly found something.
    Last close view of the place before walking down a wooded trail to the street
    Street view of the Estate