~Squirrel's Back

Penny came today and had to go to the store.. She said

it was full of people.. Its a busy place and that's probly

cuz its the closest one for 15 miles.. :-) I had commented

to Penny that I hadnt seen any squirrels and that the corn

hadnt been touched.. While we were talking, as if it knew,

one ran up that post and stayed for a long time.. I noticed

there was one over by Joyce's too.. They must know that

snow is predicted by tonite.. Not any big amount though..

But then again... the best way to tell the weather is by

looking out the window.. around here anyway! The old

wives tale is that if you see the squirrels really busy

it means a hard winter, that they are busy gathering

nuts for the hard winter that somehow they know is

ahead...

It is a dark and dismal day, in fact the yard light was

still on at 10 am!.. That's dark.. Its not really been

rainy YET.. I know I can feel this weather change...
My hip is still giving me fits and I have tried every

thing I can think of to ease it up and nothing seems

to work.. I guess what ever it is just has to work its

own way out! I wish it would hurry though! :-) I'm

already tired of having a achey butt... not good when

you have to sit as long as I do...

Other wise there wasn't a whole lot going on today,

but then its only noon and the way I am things can

change in a blink of a eye... I hope it stays quiet..

I like quiet times and I like the busy times too as

long as its not a Frantic busy :-) I might dig out

one of my movies and watch it for a while. I have

no idea what I am having for lunch.. Just not real

hungry today, which for me is surprising.. I do

have to eat something tho so I can take my pill..

SO.... that means its time for this GORGEOUS
WEEBLE to post this and get some lunch or

something.. I havent forgotten my "I SHALL

Return"...

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? luv ya and thanks!
Always, Lois ****

"God Bless You" is my prayer today,

I'm honored to call you Friend..

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~Travis Visit~

Travis came today and stayed for his usual 2 hours.

We don't do anything much, other than to discuss

whats going on or what has happened.. He more or

less just listens then offers his opinion on whatever

we happen to be discussing.. Hes not very old, I

would guess hes in his late 20's.. Hes married, but

no children, he does have a dog he said, a bassett

hound I think.. He likes the boys and LB really likes

him.. He wont leave Travis alone and tries to get

in his lap or crawl in his briefcase.. He usually

comes every other week... Ive been waiting to hear

from Rebecca, this is her week to visit as well..

She will call sometime today I'm sure.. With the

holiday this week she may not come till next week.

I don't have any plans for Thursday, its just another

day, for me, every day is a thanksgiving day... not

just one day of the year... I get to complaining and

having a pity party for my self and It never fails but

I turn on a program where someone has it worse

than I do...That makes me take stock of my self. I

guess there is really nothing I could do before

that I cant do now... just have to figure out a new

way to do it... The things I cant do now, a lot are

due to other health problems, not just being a

GORGEOUS WEEBLE :-) I wont bore you with

THAT list... but I do have some other serious

health problems and they limit me more than

just being short ! :-)

I did cut out some aprons but silly me forgot

to give one to Penny to take home to measure

on her granddaughter.. She can take it tomorrow.

She is cooking a big dinner for all the residents

of her house and her sister and son and their

familys are going there too.. Penny will have a

very busy day on Thursday... I might tell her to

come in later Friday.. I cant give her the day off

as its just too many days going by if I wait till

Monday to have her come by... I will talk to her

and see what she thinks...9 is very early when

you had a busy day before.... :-)

I am going to try to do some sewing for Christmas.

I want to make some pajamas for Alex. Hes 18

months now, I don't know where the time has gone.

He is so smart, Donnie has the best time with him.

From what I gather they all will be going to Racine

for Thanksgiving.. They have a lot to be thankful

for.. Barb, Donnies mom was diagnosed with stage

3 cancer.. She went and did the radiation agenda

and she has been pronounced CANCER FREE... We

are all so glad for her...

I need to post this and try to get some more sewing

done. I have a little energy today so I need to take

advantage of it.. My hip is still. aching something

awful but if I stay moving it seems to ease it up..

It sure is giving me a pain in the butt though! In

more ways than ONE ! So, this GORGEOUS
WEEBLE needs to close this and get on with the

rest of this day... First...I gotta tell ya.. " I SHALL

Return!"

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? luv ya and thanks!
Always, Lois ****

"God Bless You" is my prayer today

I'm honored to call you friend..

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~Sore Hip~

My right hip is giving me fits. It hurts so bad I

can hardly stand it.. It doesn't matter which way

I sit or lay, it hurts.. I wish I could stand, that

would take some of the pressure off of it. Or

even a pool I think would work.. Something has

got to, just to give me some relief.. I had thought

maybe it might be time for me to get a new cushion

but this one seems still firm. I just have NO idea

what could be causing this pain... It can stop any

time it wants to.. I bet I was more awake last night

than asleep.. I hate when I have a restless night...

Today, after not sleeping very well and this hip

still hurting Ive not felt worth a crap and I have

NO energy to do anything.. I'm tired from no

sleep but this hip as of now, its almost noon, it

has NOT stopped aching... I don't keep any

kind of pain pills here, I do have my aspirin I

take 1 a day, I don't think it would do much to

help this hip pain... I think what might help is

to get out of this chair and that's what I'm

gonna do after I have lunch and take my pill.

Maybe I am staying in this chair too long..


After I close down this computer I go into

my bedroom and watch TV in there.. But I

stay in my chair until about 7 or so or unless

I start to doze off then I get onto my bed..

I know once I get on the bed I wont be able

to watch a lot because I KNOW I will fall

asleep.. Theres a button on my clicker and I

hit that and I'm out for a few hours at least.

I have woken up at 2 or 3 and had to shut

my TV off, but I do hate when I do that, I

started to shut if off after the first doze

off :-) NOW ! :-) But that could be the cause

of this hip.. I am in this chair too long.. Worth

a try if I can get this to stop...

Its a pretty nice day, up in the 50's BUT the

weatherman says SNOW possibly by Wednesday.

If it has to snow I hope its not much since the

kids will be travelling that day... Seems to always

snow on the holidays.. :-) Time for lunch and to

post this.. This GORGEOUS WEEBLE needs to

get OFF her GORGEOUS BUTT :-) BUT... "I
SHall Return!" :-)


Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? luv ya and thanks!
Always, Lois ****


"God Bless You" is my prayer today,

I'm honored to call you Friend.

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~Hunting Season~

You can tell when its hunting season.. You hear of more

cars running into deer this time of year more than any.

The hunters in the woods are of course scaring them.

Ive seen 2 does run through my yard already. Which a

buck is the most desired of all the hunters.. Although,

Some counties do have a doe season just to keep the

herds down, they do that up north I know in the UP..

David was more likely to get a doe than a buck , but

he got his share..

I can remember when I was about 10 or so when my 2

cousins would come up to the UP from Grand Rapids to

hunt with my Dad. That was a fun time.. Usually they

brought a couple friends as well and they would rent

rooms out at Ice Lake. They all would hunt all day then

come back in the evening, hunting hours are sunup to

sundown and you have to be out of the woods.

My Grandmother would come and help my mom fix a nice

big supper for them and they all would sit around later

telling stories of what happened in the woods that day.

They had LOTS of stories, I wish I could remember

them all... What I remember best was when my older

cousin brought his son.. he was about my age and we had

some fun together.. He didn't hunt every time and we

would walk down to Iron River and look around.. That's

when it had stores ! Not too many stores left up there

now...

My right hip and leg bone are aching really bad and I

have NO idea why.. I have tried sitting lopsided to take

the weight off and I have tried laying differently but

nothing seems to stop it.. Its been acting up for about

a week now... It will start to throb at my hip then I can

feel the achey as it moves down the bone.. The bone

in my right is a lot shorter than the left..They only

left about eight inches if that.. Its hard to measure...

Don't matter how long it is.. the stinkin thing HURTS!

Plus I have a stomach ache, its really hunger pangs :-)
I made my cabbage and brats n' potatoes yesterday

and I have to say it was EXCELLENT.. I made enough

so I would have enough for today, plus this stuff always

tastes better the 2nd day.. So after I post this I am

gonna have some lunch then take my pill and THEN see

if the Packers are playing today.. They won last Sunday!
Farve is such a traitor, the Packers are still a good team.

Ask anyone in Green Bay, gotta be a PackerBacker to

live there :-)

Post time, food time, then game time.. This GORGEOUS
WEEBLE is ready to enjoy this beautiful SUNNY day. I

Cant forget my "I SHALL Return!" tho :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear ? luv ya and thanks!
Always, Lois ****

"God Bless You" is my prayer today,

I'm honored to call you Friend...

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again....

~Sun Is Back~ :-)

We finally have sunshine and the birds are back!.. We

all sat and enjoyed the sun this morning, the boys laid

on the table and got all warm from the sunshine... The

birds were back in force.. I counted three as in 3,

BlueJays and of course the woodpecker. Those little

brown guys I don't know what they are, chickadees

I think.. d will know :-) The little brown ones are very

skittish the slightest thing will scare them off but

they come right back.. They fly in bunches, very seldom

do you see one by itself.. Ive not seen the ones at the

sunflowers but maybe there are no seeds left on it, I

didn't have Penny check... I may just get some sunflower

seeds to put out.. I enjoy watching all the variety of

birds...I like taking pictures of them too :-) you didn't

know that did ya? Couldn't tell by coming here hey?
I plan to make my fried cabbage, brats and potatoes

today.. In fact as soon as I finish writing and posting

this I'm gonna go and do all the prep.. Lots of cutting,

potatoes, onion, cabbage.. I don't plan to start to fry

it for a while.. Well it will probly take me a while to

cut all that up as weak as my hands are! :-) I don't care

how long it takes as long as it gets done :-) I can wait,

cuz I KNOW its gonna be good... :-)

I watched a program on the travel channel last night

that made me envious of the people on it.. It was

about men and women that lived in trailers, or RV's

and travelled. They showed some of the very costly

RV parks and some that were just spots on the side

of the road.. One of the parks was in a nature preserve

for wild animals, and they got to drive their RV right

through it.. Had to keep their windows closed and not

bring any pets of course.. Some of the trailers were

the famous Air Stream, which are said to be one of

the best made.. I think travelling and seeing our

country would be a wonderful way to go.. I would, if

I EVER won the lottery, I would get a bus and have

it converted just for me... Donnie has seen one. A

man had Monaco Coach build one just specially for

his wife that was in a wheel chair.. He said every

thing in it was designed for her to reach.. I could

handle that... :-)

I want to cut out some of the aprons but decided

to just do one and have Penny take it home to see

how it worked for her Grand.. Shes 9... Ive not

made a little girls apron and I have no little model

here :-) So I will give it to Penny on Monday to

have her grand try it.. Then I can go from there...

Where this GORGEOUS WEEBLE is going now is

to do all the prep for my dinner today... So that

makes it POST TIME!!!.. and for my warning...

"I SHALL Return!!" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? luv ya and thanks!
Always, Lois ****

"God Bless You" is my prayer today,

I'm honored to call you Friend..

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again....

~Dampy Rain~

Penny came today and we are all set for the week

end.. Its a rainy day again today and I have to say

I am so ready for it to dry up out there, THEN may

be I might stop aching... my stumps havent stopped

throbbing for days. My right one has gotten to ache

more than it has in a long time.. I don't know if I

need to find a different sleeping position or what.

Nothing seems to work and this rainy dampness

doesn't help at all.

I really worked at clearing off my sewing table,

well really my dining table. It was my mothers, but

you would never guess its as old as it is... I sat and

had many wonderful dinners at this table. Its going

to be thanksgiving next week and I can remember

some of the great food that was put on it... The

holidays were always something very special.. The

family really spent a lot of time together from

Thanksgiving to New Years, going from one relatives

house to the other. The food? some of the best

in Iron County...all my aunts were great cooks and

each had a specialty dish or desert that was better

than anyone elses.. My Aunt Gladys was blueberry

pie.. My moms was EVERYTHING she made.. It was

all good.. :-)

I don't have any plans for the holiday. I talked to

the boy last night and he is off on Friday too so

he plans to possibly go to Racine and spend it with

his mom and dad. Plus he has a lady friend there

too :-) Kelli, I havent asked her what her plans are.

Jorge's family is here so they may not go and go

at Christmas.. Hard when you have family spread

out in different states... I will be here with my

boys as usual...

I sent Penny to the store to get some brats and

cabbage.. I don't need to tell you what I am going

to cook today do I? Put some potatoes and onion

in with it.. its good stuff.. I try to make enough

for 2 days as everything is tastier the next day.

I fry it all.. in stages of course since the stuff

all cooks at different stages.. Usually potatoes

and onion first, about halfway done I add the

brats. Just before the brats and all are done I

add the sliced up cabbage.. That takes the least

amount of time to cook... Some times I take the

potatoes and that out of the pan, then fry the

cabbage, then put all the other stuff back and

let that all simmer together for a little while

so the flavor of everything goes all through

it.. Its really good.. :-)


Its post time and time to cook as Penny is back..

So its time for this Hungry GORGEOUS
WEEBLE to close for today.. first I gotta tell

ya... "I shall return!" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? luv ya and thanks!
Always, Lois ****

"God Bless You" is my prayer today,

I'm honored to call you Friend..

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,
Until I write again....

~Nuther Dark Dull Day~

Its such a dark gloomy day outside the street lights

should have come on.. They didn't, but I'm surprised

they didn't, as dark as it was.. It didn't rain, just looked

like it... I watched a squirrel outside by Joyce's bird

feeder, she must not have been looking outside or she

would have run that squirrel off.. I had thought he

would have come over to these 4 ears of corn I have

out there, but he didn't... I guess its not smelly or some

thing.. I don't think it was the same squirrel that was

up there before, this one looks smaller, the other one

had a big fluffy tail.. this one doesn't.. but he sure was

busy out there...

Penny made a doiley for my sister and I mailed it to her

so last night Shirley called to tell me she got it... She

really liked it too.. Penny crochets just beautiful.. I

have about 5 or 6 here that she made for me.. I'm very

old fashioned, I like doileys on the back of the couch,

or on a table... I think they look nice.. and years ago

that was an IN thing.. My mother and grandmother

were very good at crocheting.. my grandmother taught

me to knit and tried to teach me to tat, but I just

couldn't get the hang of it, she taught me to crochet

as well...


I have some doileys that my mother crocheted and

some very old aprons that she did years ago.. 3 in

fact, and they are just lovely... you cant find these

sort of things now days. People are too busy to do

this sort of stuff, specially if they work all day,

after work you go home to work even more and

don't have time for extra stuff.... I had thought

about that today.... I have so much free time now

and don't do anything... when before I can

remember wishing I could just stay home and do

what I wanted.. Well I can now, and I'm not doin

nuthin!!! I need to get motivated.... :-)


I did clean off my table in the kitchen so I can

cut out some things to sew.. Aprons for one thing,

and I may make some jammies for Alex...So I did

a little bit today already, plus I wrote this, so.....

I did do something.. :-) NOW... this GORGEOUS
WEEBLE needs to post this and go and have some

lunch so I can take my pill... :-) BUT ! "I shall

return!" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? luv ya and thanks!
Always, Lois ****

"God Bless You" is my prayer today,

I'm honored to call you Friend..

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again....