~It Got Us~ :-)

The snow sure hasnt missed us this time.. I

got up this morning to at least 2 inches of

snow already out there. I took that picture

of what I will call my snow gauge.. Just to

see how much we get.. I heard on the radio

this morning that we are under the gun till

TOMORROW night! Winds of up to 35 mph.

white out conditions.. Blizzard warnings.. The

emergency snow routes have been designated

and I bet by this afternoon no one will be

allowed out on the roads.. by tonight for sure
Squirrley is covered in snow, hes been out there stuffin his face
for an hour! :-) You can see how heavy snow is coming down...
Im using the sunflowers and those others as my depth gauge.. this
was at 9 this morning... Snow, snow, snow.. :-)
Female Cardinal in the center ... :-) Amazing the birds are out in force..
Glad I have food out there.. :-)

Travis was due to come by today and I called

him at 10 and told him not to try it.. There

hasnt been that first plow out there YET and

the roads are not cleared.. My driveway wont

be plowed probly not till tomorrow, so I am

having doubts if Penny will be able to make it

here tomorrow either, so I'm glad I stocked

up on everything.. This time we are gonna get

it.. We've been lucky so far but well we all

got to have our turn.. I'm glad I just don't

have to be out in it... I was surprised that

Travis was even at work.. He lives up in

Kalamazoo.. I told him to keep a watch.. If

he doesn't pay attention he may get stuck

there if they don't allow anyone on the

roads.. I know schools are either closed

already or on 2 hr delay to see if it might

open, which no.. this IS a SNOW DAY!! :-)

I loved snow days, no school! Only thing was

my dad had a jeep.. he could have taken me,

4 wheel drive it goes anywhere.. I'm glad

the kids have 4 wheel drive vehicles.. Donnie

and Kelli both do.. They have long drives to

work so they need that in bad weather. But

if this keeps on.. IF? :-) lets say, by this

afternoon.. they most definitely WILL have

to use the 4 wheel drive.. If Donnie gets

sent home early I know what hes gonna do..

Hes probly prayin now.. "Come ON SNOW!"

Hes anxious to ride his snow mobile :-)

Ive been asked about the Porcupine meatballs..

D.. it does NOT compare to Road Kill Racoon :-)
too funny :-D... Its the same stuffing I put into

my green peppers or cabbage leaves.. Ground

meat with rice.... cooked in tomato sauce.. The

rice sticks out and looks like porcupine quills..

They were so good! I use this new 4 cheese

tomato sauce by CLASSICO.. Good? If you

use Ragu or Progresso you will like this even

better, trust me.. Its really good.. I just poured

it over the porkies and baked them, covered

of course... about an hour, so the meat is cooked,

I use cooked rice...

I have no plans other than to make 3 aprons, 2 for

Pennys grand daughters and a matching one for

Penny.. The girls plan to go over and make stuff

for a valentines party, cookies.. so I told Penny

I would make them all aprons.. I sent one as a

test sizer and it fit perfectly.. :-) So I got it

back just to froo froo it up.. :-) Put some lace

and ruffles on it.. You know how little girls love

the frillies.. :-)

So.. that means its post time for this GORGEOUS
WEEBLE and I'm havin those left over porkies

out there in the fridge.. I KNOW they will be even

better today.. AND.. I had Penny get some of my

favorite soda yesterday..Creme Soda... I love that

stuff and its been so long since I even thought

about getting some, but I saw it on TV! Made me

think of it.. I had a can last evening.. it was SO

good.. only 1.. I learned.. I made NO potty call

last nite so I did good :-) Time to close.. but

remember.. I shall return!!! :-)

Always, Lois ****

God Bless You, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~Wrong Numbers~ :-(

Ive had this new phone number for over a

year now, would you believe I still get calls

for other people? I'm on that Do Not Call

list, but obviously doesn't do any good! I

got 2 calls this morning, BEFORE 8 am.. one

for some Steve something, the other for

Eddie something.. I get so irate when I get

these calls.. specially if I forget to keep my

cordless phone with me and I have to make

a mad dash to get to it when it rings.. THEN

when its not even for me? I get so mad.. And

I have to say I do get rather rude.. well they

need to have updated lists...

These collectors get these lists from companies

and I bet 75% of them are wrong numbers..

Then they have it where the phone automatically

dials the numbers and its press 1 if its them, press

2 if they need time to get the person.. and 3 if

its a wrong number ! I don't need to tell you what

number I press do I? :-) Waking up to those kinds

of calls automatically put me in a bad mood. I know

everyone needs their jobs but well to just dial at

random they should check first..


I kept getting calls from this census crap their doing.

I told them don't count me. I bet those people called

me 3 or 4 times already.. I'm glad with this new phone

bundle I have caller id.. so I can see whos calling now..

Well if I'm not in my bedroom .. I don't have caller ID

on that phone.. Its sposta.. and I plugged it in.. but it

doesn't show and I have NO idea why.. :-) I read the

directions and every thing.. just doesn't work.. :-(

I saw the black and white kittie this morning and I am

so glad Penny put a dish of food out there for him..

that poor cat ate half of what was out there.. He was

hungry.. Poor thing.. Penny says "that cat will drive the

birds off".. but it wont.. Ive seen them all out there

and when the birds or squirrley see one of the cats

out there they don't stick around.. I hate to see a

hungry animal.. or people for that matter.. I hope the

other tiger kittie comes by and he sees the food.. he

looks so bad.. I really feel sorry for him...

Penny made it today and shes gone to the store to

stock up for the rest of the week just in case.. We

are under the gun.. this time the weather man says

WE are gonna get 6 to 12 inches of snow.. starting

late tonite.. So.. just to be safe, and in case Penny

cant get here Wednesday I have what I need and

so do the boys.. We have been really lucky this

winter I think.. we've not gotten what they have

all around us .. and out east.. bad bad bad.. DC,

they say has just shut down from all the snow..

So if we do get some from this storm we cant

complain.. But THIS time of year is when we DO

get the most snow.. not in Dec when you would

think it would be worse.. Winter isnt over by

any means.. :-)

I know what is over tho... and that's this post..

I have stuff I want to do today.. I might sew

and then again I might not.. I watched the

super bowl and sadly the Colts lost.. they

played a great first half.. and the 2nd half I

guess they spent all their energy in the first,

when the saints came out after the half they

just stomped the daylights otta the Colts.. I

am kinda glad the Saints won tho... they've not

won a Super Bowl ever I think.. and every team

needs a turn to be the Champions.. :-)


With that 2 cents, this GORGEOUS WEEBLE

is signing off and gonna go help make some

porcupine meatballs today.. I havent had them

in ages and they are SO good.. and very easy

to make too.. So.. color me gone for today..

But.. remember.. I shall return!!! :-)


Always, Lois ****

God Bless You, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~The Mad Woodpecker~ :-)

That one isnt it :-)

I got a great video, sent to me yesterday of a

super mad woodpecker.. Not exactly like the

ones I see but I wish you could see this video..

Its on you tube... When I saw my woodpecker

outside this morning, as you see, I DID get a

nice photo of him.. Only took 3 tries and a few

choice words and I finally got a snapshot :-) !

But it reminded me of the woodpecker on that

video.. Some birdwatchers spotted him just

hammering away at this hole.. I figgured he was

making a new one as there was one just below

it.. :-) Wrong!


After watching this mad as could be woodpecker,

well, he was hitting that so hard he would almost

bounce up in the air.!. It was amazing.!. When all

of a sudden theres a HUGE GREEN SNAKE ! It

jumps out of that hole, grabs that bird and you

can hear the guy in the boat saying "DONT move

the boat".. He said what kind of snake but I was

so amazed at watching that snake and the bird,

I wasn't paying close attention...The fight was ON!

The snake grabbed that bird by the neck, and

the bird kept hammering away at the snake..

The snake would let go, the bird would fly to

another spot to keep pecking away at the snake!

They fought for quite awhile.. It was really

amazing to watch that.. Look for it on you tube..

Its worth the watch.. Only bad thing is.. it didn't

show who won.. I think that snake gave up.. unless

it killed that bird, the bird would not give up,

I don't think.. I kinda thought it might have been

the woodies nest.. I hope it wasn't and that snake

ate his babies.. well HER babies.. Hmmmmm.. that

would explain the fierceness of that bird and its

determination to get that snake no matter what!]

Its a great video.. watch it if you can... :-)

I have not one thing planned for today other than

to find out when the super bowl is on.. I dunno

what time, I'll look online.. I lived in Indiana for

many years, Elkhart, so I have to back the Colts.

If theyre in the super bowl they must be pretty

good.. I always have been a Packer Backer, they

are my team.. I was hoping they would go to the

super bowl.. but everyone has to have a go at it.

The colors of the saints is almost the same as

my school colors, gold and black...good combination.

One team has awful colors that I don't even like

to watch them at all.. I think the Browns.. The

orange and brown colors.. not my colors.. Packers

are green and yellow.. good combination... :-)
Anyway.......

I'm gonna close this for today and look up the

time and station.. Sposta be some pretty neat

commercials during the game.. Myself, I don't

think ANY commercial is good but I will admit

some are funny... :-) A good laugh is always good

for you.. that's why I think one of my favorite

TV shows is Americas funniest home video show..

I really enjoy that one :-)

Post time and for this GORGEOUS WEEBLE to

get some lunch...But remember.. "I shall return!"

Always, Lois ****

God Bless You, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~Yard Drama~ :-)

2 Squirrleys! :-) and the chase was on!

Drama in the yard this morning :-) 2 squirrels at

the same time.. The one in the birdbath ran that

one on the tree all the way up it and over to the

next one.. I watched as it ran across the street

over to the garden ladys house.. she has a huge

tree over there...The other came back down and

continued eating.. It was fun watching him defend

that birdbath.. He stays in it for almost an hour

munching at the corn and sunflower seeds in it..

I'm glad I have it for these critters :-) I hope

they know how much I enjoy them. :-)
Beans with bacon MMMM :-) some onion too :-)

There were 4 crows or black birds out there too,

but when that squirrel came up there.. well that

guy runs every one off.. The little birds and the

doves will come back but not go near the birdbath.

Its fun to watch how they react.. I can tell when

someone or something is close by, the birds scatter

and squirrely runs as fast as he can over to the

garage.. Usually when they do that its one of the

cats.. The orange cat that I belive belongs to the

gardenlady, came thru the yard yesterday and

this poor cat was limping.. I hate seeing that.. I

hope the gardenlady notices and sees whats wrong.

I would phone her and ask but I don't know her

by anything but the gardenlady and I gave her that

name so I don't think shes in the phone book! :-)

Not under that name anyway !! :-)
There is a photo of my Hawaiian sweet bread.. Its

SO good.. I used my bread maker. I love that thing.

It really makes wonderful bread.. I use box mixes,

but of course you can make bread from scratch too.

Mine has a timer on it... so I could put all the stuff

in it.. set the timer so that when I got up or got

home, if I went somewhere that is :-) it would be

done and warm by the time I got to it... Becky with

APS, years ago.. when I was in the apartment.. she

got it for me.. She was the best that has ever

worked for DHS.. she cared and really TRIED to

help everyone.. We are still friends today.. shes

retired from there now, and does a lot of work for

ARF and animal rights.. She has 3 dogs, or did, and

2 or 3 cats.. She asks me off and on if I want a

new kittie.. I'm so tempted to get a new baby...but

I dunno.. these 2 are handfuls, but a kittie.. I don't

think there anything much cuter.. I'm debating.. :-)

My pot of beans is about done and I have my bread..

So three guesses what this GORGEOUS WEEBLE
is gonna do now? :-) Yup.. EAT!! :-) Super bowl is

tomorrow.. I hope the Colts win.. Indiana you know..

I'm a Packer Backer first.. then I guess I have to

root for the Indiana team.. Although I like the

Saints uniforms better :-) I'm gonna watch it if

nothing else is on... I watched those grammys I think

it was.. awards thing for movie stars.. That young

woman Pinks.. that girl put on a show that was one

of the most amazing Ive ever seen.. Such a wonder

ful young talented beautiful girl.. Oprah interviewed

her yesterday.. If Pinks show is on you tube go look.

It was amazing..

Time to post and get on with today.. This GORGEOUS
WEEBLE hopes you have a great week end.. and

don't forget the 14th!! :-) AND.. I shall return!!! :-)


Always, Lois ****

God Bless You, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~Im Late~

I'm late today :-) Been kinda hectic.. I woke up

with a bad stomach to start off with and then

Penny came, then Rebecca.. She brought a

big box of food for me.. I am most grate

ful for that.. But Penny and I have been

busy.. She made a loaf of Hawaiian sweet

bread, some blueberry muffins and we put

that pot of navy beans on to cook! We've

been busy this morning.. And now this

GORGEOUS WEEBLE is kinda pooped ! :-)

In more ways than one today! That was

tacky.. :-) but its true! Pennys stomach is

not real good either today so we tried

to figure out what the cause could be..

We both have been having a bowl of cereal

in the evening.. Rice Krispies for me and

she has been having Corn Flakes.. but the

one thing that we both have is milk with it.

My stomach does NOT tolerate milk products

or dairy, like eggs.. I cant eat milk chocolate

either and that is sad :-( Took me a long time

to figure out what was wrong with me.. I think

I just can only do once or twice a week, the

cereal bit.. Then maybe it wont bother me too

much.. I don't use a lot of milk in a bowl of

cereal .. no more than a half a cup.. but I think

I cant have that every night for a snack..

Although when I needed abdominal bypasses I

had severe stomach pains about an hour after

I ate.. when whatever I ate started to digest..

Ive had 2 abdominal bypasses already.. The

first in 97 and the other one in 2000, after I

had the triple heart bypass... I thought it was

the milk intolerance when it was more serious.

I hope I don't have to have another of them..

They did each one differently.. the first they

cut me right down the middle.. the second they

went down my left side.. that's why I cant lay

on that side.. But the symptoms are the same

almost as a milk intolerance..

Anyway, I'm wore out for today and as soon as

I post this I'm gonna find some food.. which I

always do.. and then this GORGEOUS WEEBLE

is gonna take a 5.. well maybe a 6 :-) BUT!!! I

shall return!!! :-)

Always, Lois ****

God Bless You, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~I'm Bad!~ :-)

I think since time began anything less than

perfect was either hidden, or destroyed.. Ive

heard of some 3rd world countries that if a child

is born with any kind of defect they are killed

or hidden away till they die so no one knows there

is a flaw in the family.. Even animals if they have

a baby that they seem to know is not perfect, the

mother will abandon and in some cases eat their

young... Sometimes I think some people should do

that too! :-) I'm kidding.. this is a serious subject,

but I HAD to put that cuz it was what I was

thinkin!! :-) I know- I'm bad..:-) anyway...

This movie I saw was about FDR.. Franklin Delano

Roosevelt.. He was stricken with polio when he was

8.. I looked up about him.. He was a great and power

ful man.. all the Roosevelts were, specially Eleanor..

I looked him up on the net.. They, only in the past

few years, put up a actual photo of him in a chair..

But while he was President.. very few ever saw him

in one or were photos taken of him in one.. The

stigmatism was there...Even though he was the

President, our country didn't want to know that he

was less than perfect..

In this movie.. there was a health spa with healing

waters.. mineral springs I guess, in GA, People with

health problems of any kind went there.. mostly

polio people, but other disabilities as well...However

if you only went to just relax, get away, a holiday,

had no health issues, let alone in a wheel chair,,,

you had access to the mineral springs at certain

times.. The people with disabilities could only use

the pool when none of the "PERFECT" guests

were out and could see them. They had separate

dining rooms... The President changed that once

he realized that the spa owners and half the

guests were biased and narrow minded as to not

see People as PEOPLE...

I think one of the best parts of this whole movie,

for me anyway, that I remember the most was the

scene of a young couple.. he worked there as a

waiter.. she was in a wheel chair.. back then polio

was rampant.. I think that's what she had.. she

had legs, but couldn't move them.. They were in

love.. It showed them sitting side by side.. when

he could sneak away to be with her. But the best

scene was when one evening after dinner they

heard the music from the PERFECT guests ball

room.. The boy stood up.. went over to the girl..

He reached down and picked up her hands to

put her arms around his neck.. he lifted her up..

Held her close and they danced.. You could see

the love and the fact she couldn't walk , well

he loved her anyway and he thought of a way

to make her feel PERFECT.. :-) And they danced...

To me it showed no matter what.. imperfections

or what ever.. doesn't matter..to those of us that

really FEEL that way.. like the REAL Devs.. not the

deviate ones that see disabled women or men

as a fetish.. and the main reason I think is for the

word.. CONTROL.. no arms.. how can you fight?

no legs.. you cant run away! Paralyzed.. well you,

you have no way to escape someone that is out to

"Get" you more or less.. I have met some that

say they are devs.. but I don't believe them.. Ive

talked to them at length.. and I really believe for

them.. its all control, want to see the amp on the

floor, in submission more or less and they use

the CONTROL words of "no one else would want

you, so be grateful I do".. Ive heard that!!!

Boy do I get some crap started hey? But I find

all this most interesting.. and I ask questions of

everyone I know.. I think .. truth be known

that perhaps I am a dev myself.. I have NO problem

with disabilities.. I think that's why I went to

nursing school.. I am .. well was.. a LPN.. then an aide.

I loved nursing.. and I think that part of me and

others that have no problem with people that have

a handicap all are devs.. :-) So THERE!!! ;-)

I found the movie..its at AMAZON.. its called Warm

Springs.. If you can see it.. watch it.. its quite good..

I read the reviews about it.. and I have YET to find

one that brings this subject up in any length at all

about the bias towards chair people. There were a

few lines referring to it.. But not many.. I think very

few even realized that about this movie.. well saw

it the way I did...showing disabled ARE human.. that

we love, laugh and feel just like every one that

THINKS they are PERFECT... note > THINKS! :-)

Its not lunch time yet, but I woke up hungry.. Ive

been trying not to snack as much at night while

I'm watching TV.. I learned about drinking any

thing past 6.. If I want to sleep for longer than

3 hours at a time :-) Those midnight potty calls

just wake me up totally then I cant go back to

sleep for at least an hour.. :-) But I have put on

a few pounds.. Penny says no..I havent.. but I
KNOW I have.. my little lap is getting smaller!
That's how I KNOW!! :-)

Anyhoway.. I am most pleased that the past few

blogs have met with such great comments and

mail.. Thanks.. Sometimes I worry I might step

on someones toes.. Wouldn't hurt.. :-) but still...

I wouldn't want to do that.. I just have a way

of saying what I think.. and no one has to really

agree with me either.. these are MY feelings

and what Ive gotten out of all my meetings of

so many different types of people.. :-)

Post time, and food time for this GORGEOUS
WEEBLE.... BUT!! "I SHALL RETURN!!! " :-)

Always, Lois ****

God Bless You, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~Works For Me~ :-)

I have to say that I have been most pleased with the

response and comments from my blogs this week.. I'm

glad that I can put my 2 cents in on these topics..
And being an amputee for almost 10 years, I'm not

saying I'm an expert.. but Ive questioned a lot of men

and women, devs and amputees.. I find this all to be

very interesting.. Whats even more interesting is

when I have talked, well chatted, with young men

that were embarrassed at how they felt.. They

felt that loving or wanting someone with a disability

or as Normies see us... Less than perfect...was

wrong.. Its NOT wrong ... :-) Works for me!~! :-)

Anyhoway..........

I was in a Yahoo chat room, which one I don't

remember its been a few years and I don't do

chat rooms any more... But I was in the room

and every one was putting their 2 cents in on

what they felt and their experiences.. I got a

private chat message.. It was from a young

man that was still in high school.. a senior I

believe he said. But his first sentence to me

was.. " Lois, I think I'm one of those people

you mentioned.. a devotee! I thought it was

WRONG to care about a girl that was a

amputee.. and Ive been so afraid to say any

thing or ask someone for fear of what they

would think of me"....

This boy was in a kinda bad place.. We talked

for weeks.. I told him its NOT a bad thing to

desire or want a disabled person.. It takes a

very special person to love and care for some

one with a disability and the fact that they

perfer that type of person, whether its a

man or woman.. Me, I give them credit.. It

makes me feel good..


Another time I got a message and it was in

a chat room.. This guy messaged me and we

chatted for quite a while.. I'm very honest,

I have a SERIOUS problem with lies.. I don't

lie.. and I told this guy that I was an amputee.

His reply really kinda hurt my feelings.. he

said "I'm sorry, but I cant chat with you,

there is no point as we can never be real

friends.. Your disabled and I have a problem

with that.. I feel being the able one.. that

the DIS abled one would take advantage of

me if I cared.. I cant talk to you anymore".

Can you imagine, just being a new amputee

how I felt? I was so hurt... BUT.. well I

feel sorry for the guy to be so narrow

minded.. but I think it all boils down to

one thing..

I think from the time we are born, we are

programmed that everything has to be

perfect, unflawed or its not as valuable..

People included... Some countries if a baby

is born with any kind of flaw, that child is

killed.. Here, we don't do that.. but.. is not

what we do just as bad? We treated them

like they are worthless and not useful

people..At least years ago they did.. I try

to remember that movie about that Pres

that was in a chair.. Roosevelt.. when he

went to a spa place and realized how the

disabled were segregated from the

PERFECT people.. I'm glad that's changed.

Well lunch time and I got right back up

on that soap box didn't I ? Well its great

I think, that I can write how I feel, and

I don't mind if someone disagrees with

me and hey.. thanks for the great comments.

I love reading them and mainly to know that

someone likes reading what I write...:-)

I better save some of my thoughts for

tomorrow though.. This post is long enuff..

So... this GORGEOUS WEEBLE is gonna

post this.. and eat lunch.. Pennys gonna

surprise me today.. Probly say "SURPRISE!
I DIDNT COOK!" No.. she will make any

thing I ask. Shes a good kid.. :-) I'm done

for today.. But remember... I SHALL Return!


Always, Lois ****

God Bless You, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...