~Happy Thanksgiving~

Todays weather update... lol.. FOG! Never know what your gonna see when you look out your window hey? Even headlights. these were taken at 8:38 this morning..AND...know what??? I woke up happy..I DID~!!!! :-) hey..thats good.. I got some of the nicest Thanksgiving letters in my email this morning with some of the most wonderfully kind words..just almost made me cry, all the kind things said to me.. to know that I am admired for having strength and honesty and for all I write here. Means alot to me, and to know I could encourage someone else ..well I am really glad that I do..Then I AM doing something arent I? :-) Not just rolling around in here knocking the paint off the door facings, and painting what is NOT ment to be painted.... lol I painted my wall in the kitchen I put the photo there as proof I DID IT ..finally.. and well..Ya, I got paint on me, the floor and did you know those roller thingies the paint goes up inside, then they drip? lol..hey! Ive never painted with rollers before..I used brushes, I wasnt allowed dangerous stuff like that..lol..I got some on my tablecloth, and on even the white trim..but this paint is washable.. just wipe it up..THANK GOD!!! See my hands ? I did not wash it just so I could tell on myself lol.. Hey ..the wall looks good..and I did it all my own self lol.. This wasnt easy.believe me.. but I like the blue. That wall looks nice, but it still needs something else,, I dont know what..But it has to have daisies..white ones with the bright yellow centers..I put that old bird cage stand in the kitchen and put a plant in it..No..not real silk.. I cant have real plants.My son does NOT allow me to have real plants.. I tried..no no..as the boy grew..he found there is DIRT in a REAL plant.. Many times I had to drag him out of my ivy, thinking he was hiding. Even if its hanging in the birdcage stand.. he WILL try to get it.. I had to pull him out of that even..he had jumped from the dining room table up into it.. Hes bad...lol.. so I have just learned what is allowable around this cat..These 2 are so different its amazing.They have been fighting quite alot lately that I have had to yell at them to break it up.. The comparison to children children is astounding..I get busy..and they want attention they know exactly what to do..Both will get in front of my monitor and walk back and forth..Dutch found out since I have this new slim one that now he can walk all the way around it..so when he decides its time for attention he goes round and round. till I yell at him to "GET OFF!!!" then he DOES run lol..Kids.. I did get alot done though..look at my desk and the wall above the chair..Do you have any idea how hard it was to pound that nail in to hang that bloody picture there above the desk? well..let me see. I tried from front of the desk, then I tried from the side, then I tried at an angle..THEN I had to figure out a way to hold the stinkin nail AND pound it in at the same time all stretched out from my chair! I bet I dropped that nail 6 times..now this is holding on to the nail with my grabber..so I take the grabber, look at it.. and realize..hmmm im holding this really hard, well so I wouldnt drop the nail yes? well also the stupid thing wouldnt pound into the wall I was holding it so tight!!! I couldnt hit it that hard now, so..anyway, I get it in..and I lift the picture up and the nail falls out..this is a sheet rock wall, the studs are not even..well I had to do another nail.DO NOT LOOK behind the picture lol..:-) anyway theres the proof the picture is hung, I hung my clock above the chair, and even my burgundy candles in their brass candleholders are all lined up on the desk as well..I kinda didnt like that picture and I hadnt planned on my candles there, but they look kinda nice.. so maybe for a while I will keep them there until I see what I can get for over by the mirror..that wall is next its just BARE..lol..So ok..I get a pat on the back now and a nice Atta Girl, I worked hard today.. :-) I think I may have to put risers under the legs on my bed..lol.. well its kinda hard to drag my butt up and back into my chair.. its not a huge distance, maybe a few inches..but when you wake up and have to make a potty call or just get up in the morning..well me, for one,, Im not at my strongest you know? so this GORGEOUS weeble butt kinda DRAGS..lol..even though its not much..it really is when you have to pull backwards..thats how I do it anyway..I honestly dont know how other amps do their getting into bed etc. I made up my own way..No one honestly really ever told me OR showed me how to do what I had to do..They did teach me how to use the board, to safely transfer out of the bed using it..which I dont..I only use the board to transfer into a car..not in here..But I taught myself really...specially the pottying part..I guess being a sak first for almost a year..that when I became a dak I knew how to maneuver in the bathroom..well..I just made up what was easy and safe for me.. I saw a dak young woman fall when she was in the bathroom, even before I lost my legs..I was in rehab in Indiana, and there were 4 daks there..The one girl..young..only 20's..a real sweetie..fell..she was trying to turn I guess .. but she got stuck between the toilet and the wall..AND got hurt.. so no ..I am NOT turning ..no.. who said the rules were you cant sit facing the back anyway? I havent seen them lol.. :-) My Dolly brought a dinner to me.. talk about good..wow..I mean.. Dawn did good today.. Then later..Penny came by with dinner! IT was excellent..I LOVE pumpkin pie..that is my VERY BEST FAVORITE.. ..well I like blueberry and lemon too..no its my fav. lol..I LOVE pumpkin bread too..MMM.. well now im on food.. why is it when you write about food you get hungry or even talk about it.. I talk on voice with my Dear English friend with the wonderful accent or Blue..and food is talked about I get hungry! amazing.. I think though that is a subject that ANY age grouping can always talk about..brings everyone into a conversation lol specially women with recipes..Although I do know some men that are EXCELLENT cooks that really like getting good recipes. Men make wonderful cooks I think because they are more avid eaters than women, not that they enjoy it more..but they are more seen showing their big appetites... I see these women that are cooking.. like this Rachel Rae, shes so pretty, lots of teeth..and talks very fast while she cooks..then flips her long hair around, and looks anorexic..she must not eat all this food she prepares! There is another one that does a show that is just SO pretty..some bash (party) dinners..she is SUPER skinny. I watch that Emeril.. too.. all these cooking shows make all this elaborate stuff that I dont keep in my fridge !!! lol..But I do like the food shows tho..I like the ones where they travel around going to restaurants and small cafes..or recommended places in small towns.I enjoy that, and THOSE places are where you get the GREAT full bodied meal..not one that should be up in a frame on the wall. lol.. I like fancy yes..but..I like plain and GOOD and lots of it.. lol..But then dont we all..in no matter WHAT it is lol... Well Happy Thanksgiving..I am not done counting my blessings and I know I will not have a day that I dont have at least one..I have my boys..thats a daily one..so is my computer..and most of all ALL my dear friends that live here in this machine..that I can visit with every day, that write or tell me all those sweet kind things.. Blessings never end.. :-) and this GORGEOUS weeble has Many,Many blessings..Nitey Nite..:-) Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? luv ya..and thanks bunches :-) 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..