~The Boys Again~

I always tell about my goofy kitties, and I will admit we are

a very strange bunch here.. Im not sure what kinda tree we

should be hanging from.. My oldest boy, LittleBoy, LB, has

had his girlfriend since the day he was brought to me almost

4 years ago. He loves her dearly and takes wonderful care

of her..Feeds her and ive found her by his litter box. LB was

neutered as soon as he was old enough and I remember

the day when he came back home and those beautiful little

furry padoobies were gone.. I don't think he strutted around

as much after that.. I felt bad..Even though he should have

no desire for a female cat, well I guess his neutering didn't

take or something..cuz he makes whoopie ALL over this

stuffed cat! AND at the most embarrassing times! most

often when someone is here he will come in dragging this

poor stuffed cat and he will meow loudly to announce

what he is about to do..and he goes to town.. The photo

up there I took AFTERWARDS.. you see his little arms

one under her..one over..he just is worn out ..like hes

saying.."AHHHHH I Need a ciggie now" :-) Now I

show you proof of my crazy boy... I didn't think that a cat,

well any animal once their padoobies are gone that they

still have the 'urge' . Dutch is the same way with Sybil...

his stuffed cat.. Ive taken her away from him though..she

is so dirty that I am worried she will never get clean and

I honestly don't know how to go about cleaning her.. I

called the cleaners but they don't do stuffed animals..

Maybe that explains why Dutch is so moody lately :-)

I think that would do it :-D I wonder if watching LB helps?
I waited all day for Kenny to come back and finish the

ceiling in here but he didn't show up.. I hate when some

one does that..no consideration.. Im glad I told him to

call and let me know when hes coming then I don't get

scared and jump out of my chair when there is an

unexpected knock at the door.. The mailman comes

about the same time every day, around 3 . I know hes

due yet every time he slams that lid down on my mail

box I jump, the cats jump and I do that EVERY time.

and I say just that every time ... I think some days

when he is only bringing a flyer from a pizza place or

something and he has to get out of his truck and come

all the way up onto my porch for that..which I don't need

them and he really doesn't need to bring them..the loud

slam days are when there is usually junk in the box.. I

am glad that its up on the door though.. I have had one

of them still put mail in that outside box Penny checks

all the time to make sure its empty..

My poor fan is running on high, it is so hot in here.. The

boys are miserable and laying right in front of the fan.

I drag it into the bedroom at nite so I can sleep better,

which as hot as its been these past few days even this

fan doesn't do much good.. I wish I could keep some ice

here but with no freezer, I cant..When I lived in Texas I

didn't have a AC either and we used Ice in a bowl and

put it in front of the fan..it sure helped alot..made a big

difference.. Lori called yesterday and she may be able

to get me a fridge with a freezer.. Penny yells cuz I don't

eat right, well I cant cuz I cant keep nothing.. that is not

good. specially when I see all the freezer stuff on sale

like they have this week.. Hopefully I will have a bigger

fridge then I can maybe trade this little fridge for a nice

airconditioner.. I don't need a big one as small as this

house is.. I think it would cool down nicely with one if

I put it in my bedroom window facing the living room..
Donnie and Lori and Penny...well everyone is looking

for a good deal on one for me.. Hot like this I just

cant even seem to breathe.. Our summers are getting

hotter and hotter as the years go by..

Lunch was pretty good today , was like a goulash..some

of their stuff is ok.. I had to add salt and pepper to it

but it was good..had green beans and a piece of garlic

bread..only a half ..not even a whole piece of bread..But

it was good and Im not complaining.. Had fruit cocktail

for desert and to me fruit is NOT desert.. cake , pies,

cookies..pudding, THAT is desert..and I hate fruit in

jello.. I got some great Lime jello, my fav, and it had some

bloomin pears all through it..what a shame.. Fruit does

NOT go in jello..not for me anyway.. I do like fruit.. ice ice

cold peaches or pears.. and I do like the fresh fruits like

strawberries, raspberries, blueberries.. THOSE are a

FAV for sure. Penny and I talked about that today..she

likes to go and pick wild berries.. she wasn't sposta be

here today but took my laundry yesterday and brought

it back into town when she came to go to her other job

this morning and dropped it off on her way home..she

is such a sweetie. Im hoping she will get some berries for

me.. One thing I love about summer is the gardens and

all the fresh veggies etc.. I cant wait for green tomatoes

they are THE best..

Time for TV, and a snack.. and time to say "nitey nite"

Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? love ya..and thanks!

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..

~Rehab3~

There was another amputee lady at the Rehab, she had one

of the biggest rooms there and her roomie was bed bound,

I never saw her out of bed, but then I didn't go into her room,

usually I met Sandy out in the hall.. I am not real good at

judging ages, but I would say she was in her late 40's, she

was a diabetic and I don't know how long she had been a

dak, but she wasn't in there long before me.. She was so

funny, always getting into something..she would wait till

the recreations lady left the activities room and she would

hurry up and roll in and fill 2 bags with popcorn from a

machine they had down there.. I would wait in the hall and

sort of be a look out.. This one day I hadnt seen where the

activities lady had gone, but Sandy said she wasn't in the

room so she yelled to stand guard, which we laffed at,

and she proceeded to go in and get us each a bag of that

fresh made popcorn in there..They had a special machine

that popped it was really nice, a carnival type one with big

wheels and painted red, it made excellent popcorn and

if you werent first down there it didn't last long there was

a regular parade down the hall when they announced the

fresh popcorn, which they really didn't need to do we all

knew- the smell went thru that place like air... :-)

I was in the hall, Sandy was nabbing us each a bag of the

popcorn and the activites lady came past me so fast I

didn't have a chance to yell at Sandy that she was coming,

as Sandy is just coming out of the door the activities lady

is going in and they ran smack into each other.the lady

sat on her butt right there in the doorway Sandy ran into

her so hard..the next thing I saw was popcorn everywhere

looked like it had snowed.. We all laughed..We did have

to promise to wait till it was announced that the popcorn

was ready...we just waited at the door so we were STILL

first :-)

As I think of the things that happened there and the people

all so different and how their lives were. Some it was so

sad they had no idea where they were. One sweet dear

elderly lady, I have no idea why she was there, I think this

place was half rehab and half nursing home. I don't remember

her name, but she always talked about babies..how she

loved babies and taking care of them and she missed the

babys she would say to everyone.. One day a woman came

into the lobby with her daughter and the daughter was

carrying a babydoll in a blanket and just really cute and

very lifelike looking..The Sweet lady saw the little girl..and

she went up to her and asked if she could hold her baby,

that she would be very gentle and not drop it.. The little girl

didn't really know what to do..her mom wasn't paying any

attention..the little girl looked at that sweet old lady and

handed her the babydoll..that woman held that babydoll

and clutched it to her chest and started to rock back and

forth patting this doll on the back..She started to sing to

the baby, she had the most beautiful voice..she sang

Rock of Ages...I think everyone in that place heard that

little lady and stopped what they were doing to listen to

her sing to that babydoll...I don't think anyone had a dry

eye in there..

After she finished her sweet song, she handed the baby

doll back to the little girl..and told her "shhh,,be gentle now,

ive sung her to sleep and she will sleep for a long time."

That little girl assured the lady that she would not wake

the baby , as she turned to leave with her mom she looked

at that sweet lady and went up to her and kissed her on

the cheek and promised to bring the baby back again for

her to sing to it.. The sweet lady waved bye to that girl and

as she rolled back down to her room she declared loudly

"I sang my baby to sleep, I did" ... I called my sister and

asked her to go and get a babydoll and dress her up with

a blanket etc and bring it to me.. I told her what I was going

to do.. when she delivered the doll we both went down

to that sweet ladys room, she was sitting watching TV, and

I called out to her, "Ruth, I have a baby that needs taking

care of would you take care of her?" That little lady almost

RAN over to me, grabbed that babydoll and hugged it

tight and slowly she started to walk back to her chair, she

started to sing, and said to my sister and I.. "you will have

to go now, I have to put my precious baby to sleep".. we

heard her singing Jesus Loves Me as we went back to

my room.. From then on..that sweet lady did not go any

where with out her "baby".. Amazing how just small simple

things can bring such happiness to people..

Well that photo up top is my proof I do have roses outside.

they are just beautiful.there are rose bushes on each side

of the back door as well.. I love roses..I had a dear friend

well still do, every once in a while I would get a dozen roses

from him..I don't think he knows to this day how much that

meant to me.. I took photos every time.. Flowers are such

a wonderful thing.. I tell everyone..give me my flowers now

while I can still enjoy them, smell them and see them..don't

plant them on my grave..I want them now.. :-)

Well this has drug out longer than I had planned and will be

eye burnout by the end of this thing.. I just cannot describe

any thing in 5 words or less :-) Like you didn't know that...

Penny got my icees for me and Lori called said she may

have a fridge for me and Kenny came and fixed the fence

AND repaired the ceiling too.. was a busy day, not counting

taking photos etc.. Tomorrow I have my post almost already

ready..I took photos today of LB and of course the boy, he

waits at the door for Penny and hes so pitiful when shes here,

he follows her around like a puppy but she loves it.. I had a

taco for lunch and needless to say they don't stick with ya

for very long just like Chinese food..I don't know why they

are like that.. they were good tho..Its that time..and Im very

tired, was a busy day and I got up at 4:30 this morning I

just couldn't sleep any longer so I had no choice to rise

and shine. I got a choice now and that's to say"Nitey Nite!"

Y'all have a good one now , Y'hear? love ya..and thanks.~!

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..

~Rehab2~

I think I was in rehab about 3 months or less.. I know

I was in the hellhome by November.. I wasn't in rehab

for long as I wasn't considered a resident of Indiana

anymore and moved up here to Michigan.. I was put

in rehab until they found a place for me up here, which

they found the hellhome. Rehab wasn't bad at all.. I

had a sweet roomie named Robin..and her last name

was the same as mine..was confusing to some of the

new staff when they came on and they had to make

sure when it came time to give out meds that we each

got our own..

Robin was an elderly lady and just sweet as can be.

She had no family at all..and she and I got along just

great.. She had the bed by the window..and her little

side of the room was fixed very nice, but she had been

there for quite awhile..recovering from a serious stroke

and was just learning to walk again.. she did very good.

One of the nurses, Katy would come in after giving out

the meds and she and I would chat for awhile..and

poor Robin hated that..One day she told me.."you don't

have to have so many friends and just talk all the time"

I tried to include her, but she hated to leave that room.

Next door was a young girl named Kathy..19 or so.. I

am not sure but I think she was in a accident and lost

both of her legs. She was a very big girl and had a

hard time transferring by her self..which many many

times she tried to do and sadly wound up on the

floor.. She had gone into the bathroom one morning

and had slipped or something off the toilet..she got

wedged down between the toilet and the wall and

was laying on one arm and all her weight was on it,

so she had no push up power..all she had was her

other arm..she tried to grab the toilet flusher, and

when she did she grabbed it in such a way that it

broke off and water started to go everywhere.. I was

going down the hall and heard her yell " HELP! I'm

Drowning in here! " everyone ran.. and helped her

up.. the whole room got wet as the water sprayed

right out thru the door of the bathroom.. Pinball

was headed into her room before the others got

there and got soaked too.. he screamed too, said

"its RAINING in there!" and took off like a scalded

dog down the hall..I laffed at him :-)

I felt bad for Kathy, she was trying so hard..and it just

seemed it was just not easy for her.. I had no idea at

the time I would end up just like her.. She was crying

one night and I heard her..I went to her room and asked

her if there was something I could do..would she like to

just talk for a while.. She confided in me..she said she

felt her life was so ruined..who would want her now, and

how would she do anything..let alone live by herself..she

was seeing every possible thing all at once.. I told her

to just take it one day at a time..solve what ever problems

are that day and go to the next.. I assured her that being

so young..naturally everything looked like it was going

to stretch into eternity..but time moves very fast..she just

needed to learn all that was going to be available to her

like she was..that I was sure there were some people that

could help her.. She talked and cried for a while..then we

both decided that we were doing the best we can and

that life still is going to go forward..and we knew we both

wanted it to go on..When I left , Kathy had a boyfriend she

met there..and they were very happy.. I saw her the morning

I left and told her that things were getting better and she

agreed..

Being an amputee is hard and not easy at all.. theres not one

day that goes by that there is not a test to see how we can

fix a problem or do something.. I find that daily..there is always

something that tests my patience .. and just makes me KNOW

how hard this is.. :-)

It is so hot today and I am most grateful for this fan..I havent

talked to the boy about his weekend get away as I think he

maybe didn't have that great a time since it rained all week

end.. I hope he did and got some of those mushrooms he

had to have and cost him a fortune :-) I talked to Chris he

is coming by tomorrow about the ceiling I am worried about

all the mess etc while they are working on it.. the dust etc

from plaster just gets everywhere..and from the work ive

seen that they do..welll the last ceiling repair job I bet I could

have done better ... We will see when tomorrow gets here..

I called about insurance today too..$125.oo a year isnt too

bad.. well time for my famous words, and a snack..and no

soda.."Nitey Nite".. :-)

Y'all have a good one Now Y'hear? love ya..and thanks!! :-)

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..

~Rehab~

In 2000 after I had the last of my surgeries they put me in a rehab

center, I was in a chair then even though I had both legs. That year

alone, that summer my right leg had been bypassed twice and my

left at least once. The right, they had done a bypass and taken me

back to my room and the pain got so horribly excruciating that they

had to take me back to surgery, I don't remember what they did

and all I remember the tod me was that it blew out and had to be

redone right away.. I was kept so drugged as I had the triple heart

bypass in may and then had an abdominal bypass in I think July

or august..and then my legs on top of that.. They were worried , I

do remember that I could not get thru more surgeries.
My legs were so weak by then I couldn't trust them to stand let alone

walk..so I was in a chair in that rehab in Indiana.. It wasn't that bad

a place as everyone in there was so nice ..and the staff ..they were

wonderful.. The Pillow is what I made in rehab.. The activities lady

that wanted to try to give us encouragement to do things..found

out or I maybe told her ..that I LOVE to sew, to make things.. she

brought in this piece of material and I made it into a pillow and

before I left there I had all the staff sign it.. If you look closely you

can read a lot of it..They all wrote such sweet nice and encouraging

words to me.. The lady that gave the material to me wrote right

there on the right bear..it says the names of them are, faith, hope,

and love and remember them always.. which I do try to do.. She

was so nice, named Pam. you can see there are not many empty

spots on it.. I had the administrator track me down so he could

sign it too..he said "Lois, everyone else has signed and not me,

you are not leaving till I do.." I had looked for him many times

but he was always doing something..was a very nice man...

The people in there were mostly long term. It wasn't that bad in

there although the state I was in I don't think It mattered.. So

many young people, a girl in a car accident and hurt so badly

she couldn't even talk let alone move. I tried to every day go by

and say hello to her.. There was a young man, in his 20s or so.

very depressed cuz he had been injured so badly and they

were not sure he would walk again..he mostly slept, but they

still would make him get into a chair every day.. made him so

mad. I would wait till he was in the chair and go by and say

hello to him..and he never answered..just would look at me, I

would wait for a while, and then leave, telling him I would be

back and he better get used to me.. I did this for weeks..and

one day I was rolling past his room and I didn't see he was

in the chair I was busy watching PinBall as I called him..

but he actually Yelled at me! he said "HEY! your not gonna

say hello today?" I stopped and looked at him and was so

surprised! I told him "HEY! I was just gonna see if you

would MISS ME.." he laughed and I did too.. He was a good

kid and just not accepting what his life was giving him and
I felt so bad.. He was still there when I left..and he DID sign

my pillow..

There were 3 other amputees there.one, the man, I don't know

his name, was in a power chair and he kept beeping to make

people move out of his way..He was going down the hall one

day and went past me..there was a old lady in front of me..

and she was right in the middle of the hall so he couldn't get

past, these power chairs arent real noisey and you can sneak

up on people specially if they are hard of hearing.. He got

right up behind that old lady and beeped that horn he had on

it and that poor lady screamed and peed her pants right

there in the hall.. The guy sat there and laughed!!! I was so

mad.. That poor lady almost stroked out.. I think they took

that bloody horn off his chair and he was NOT allowed to

have another one..So what he did after that was just scream

at people to "GET OUT OF THE WAY!" lol..It was funny

there..I felt bad for that old lady, but I still had to laugh :-D

I mentioned PinBall.....its a name I gave this dear little man

that would go up and down the halls.. he would go from room

to room and if he wasn't watched he would go into a room..

and take stuff just to put it somewhere else.. he crossed the

hall going back and forth to the rooms, he looked like a pin

ball machine ball..being knocked all over..but for him was a

zigzag line down a hallway.. If there was anything on the

walls or doors he could reach, he was in a chair, he would

take it down.. He had a good time.. I used to sit in the hallway

with some of the other ladies there and we had a good time.

We would watch the others and comment and more often

than not laugh at someone. :-)

I wont drag this post on..but maybe tomorrow I will tell some

about the other ladies there that were both DAK's like me..

one older and dear Kathy only 19...she had a hard time..

It was not as bad as the hellhome here.. That rehab was a

very nice place...very caring staff... Time for food again..

Lunch was not delivered to day as its a holiday I will fix

some soup or something.. Robert came and cut the grass

now all I need is the fence fixed... I wonder if COA will pay

Robert to do gardening and fix the fence? I sure would love

the flower beds fixed and them trimmed.. I saw today that

Menards has the shepherds hooks on sale, buy 1 get 1

free..that's just what I need for the bird feeders.. one in back

and one by this window here.. Those feeders are so

expensive.. There are so many cardinals here is amazing.

I see one at least every few days.. Gorgeous bird.. I think

I just need to win the lottery...would that be good.. I would

head to Europe for a SUPER vacation.. and visit friends

there as well... Time for food and time to say "NiteyNite"

Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? love ya..and thanks :-)

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..

~Cracks n Me~

The photo is a bit dark, but you can see the crack and how bad

it looks. I worry that it might just fall down. I am going to ask

Penny to move the things off the top of my desk just to be safe.
I have a clock on my desk that means an awful lot to me and

if it got damaged because of this house being in bad shape

yet still rented, well I guarantee you Chris would NEVER hear

the end of it and he WOULD replace it.. The next photo shows

both cracked areas..I have a feeling they may need to redo

the roof on this place. I don't think that a lot of care was given

to it and that only just the basic things were done. This house

does have a full basement and its quite roomy, thank good

ness since half of my things are still down there :-)
You can see both the bad spots that are looking really

bad..the door to my bedroom is just below at the bottom

of the photo.. Over by the door above the mirror, is a

spot that it looks like they repaired the ceiling. I think if

they do some checking they may find they have a lot of

water damage from this leaky roof.. I think that's why the

door pulled right out, that the wood is rotten around it..

I think at one time this may all have been one room ,

the bedroom and living room- there is a strip down the

wall over in the corner by the door that I have NO idea

why its even there and I asked Kenny about it, he had

no idea either.. I just need the guarantee that this is a

safe ceiling.

I am getting renters insurance tomorrow for sure.. I just cant

afford if something happened from this ceiling or from a

storm to replace anything , so insurance is a good thing.. I

think to insure the antiques etc I have I will probly have to get

them appraised, which I cant do as they charge for that too.

I should take photos of everything and put them all in one

place that would be the best thing to do...

When Ken was here he didn't mention about the walls in

here or the ceiling that are not done being painted. I wish

he would have. I am going to call Chris tomorrow about

this leak and what kind of mess am I going to have with

this? I cant have plaster dust get into my computer either.

I wish he had another house in better condition..For $400

a month rent, this place should be better. I wish I had known

this ceiling was gonna leak I wouldn't have given Ken the

rent balance. I was glad I took it out everymonth..but didn't

give it to him... I wish I had waited now.. I should have said

no when he called and asked if I had any money, but we

never know what is ahead..

Well sometimes we do know ..like I know Ive not eaten today,

I have sat at this computer and I have taken photos of my

ceiling and of course my self. .I did it the easy way today tho.

I made a video clip and took it into the windows movie maker

and took snapshots off of it.. That was so neat..frame by

frame you can take snaps.. I only took 3, one for the next 2

nights maybe or I may just keep one till next Sunday... That

movie maker thingie is really neat..can do a lot with it..I

need to study it more.. But Im hungry and I am going to play

a couple games of solitare then see whats on the tube. I

just hope it doesn't start raining again..It did most of the day,

but not hard like it did last nite that made that drip! talk

about drive you nutz.. drips of any kind can make you nutty.

"Nitey Nite" :-)
Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? love ya and thanks! :-)

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 Drippy~

Right now I am listening to the sound of drip, drip,drip.

It has poured down rain all day today really hard at times.
A while ago I was sitting here and I thought one of the

cats was clawing at cellophane or something..I didn't

know what it was.. I turned around to look and they both

were sitting at the end of the couch looking up at the

ceiling by the door to the bedroom which is doing a

steady DRIP from a spot in the ceiling that I have been

worried about, I only just noticed it a week or so ago.
The spot looks like its saggy and there are cracks in

the plaster. Worries me. Today it started this dripping.

Im glad it stopped raining or I would go nuts listening

to that..that's worse than a faucet dripping, how do you

cushion a drop from that high up to not make a loud

sound when it hits the floor, not easily I don't think.. I

put a bowl on the floor to catch the drip.. I don't know

whether to call Chris now or to wait till Tuesday when

this holiday week end is over.. I hate to dampen

anyones week end..I don't think its sposta rain any

more so I should be ok till hopefully he can get it fixed.

A bad living room ceiling specially with my puter in

here I am very nervous.. :-)
I have seriously been thinking about getting renters

insurance and I am going to call Monday. What if we

did get hit by a tornado one of these times..and what

if this ceiling came down and damaged my stuff in

here.. I think insurance would be a good thing and I

honestly don't think it would cost that much a year . I

need to get this..just to be safe..

I looked out the window after this heavy rain and I see

where my rose bush over by the garage is leaning

over.. I think this rain got it so wet and its so full of

buds that I can see from here. I hope it doesn't break,

once it blooms it will be just beautiful I can see the

pink of the blooms from the window..and it is just

covered with them..

Donald and Dawn went up north to go hunting for

mushrooms this week end..in their truck, pulling a

32 foot trailer. His truck he said gets 9 miles a gallon.

and that's NOT pulling the trailer ..He said with gas

at the price it is now it will cost him a fortune to drive

all the way up there. He does this every year and had

almost decided NOT to go, but they discussed it and

if they stayed home Donald would be like a trapped

bear and all pouty all week end thinking of what he

missed since most of his friends were still going to

go.. Dawns parents, brother, 2 other couples go and

they all have their campers and their ATV's and ride

all over in the woods and just have big fun. Hard as

those 2 kids work, they need this getaway to unwind.

last week end was very hectic with Kellis party and

his parents here as well..they needed time off...

I have to change the drippy bowl for the ceiling and

of course I am hungry, I didn't eat today I forgot to

have Penny go and get bread and cat food at the

store..she said even though a holiday she will still be

here monday..she got another job,3 now altogether

and the times for them are all working out really well

for her, Im glad..she tries very hard and she is raising

a 14 year old grandson, shes having a rough time

and Im glad these new jobs came open for her..shes

a good worker and I told her I would be more than glad

to give her a recommendation. I have some sketti still

left and Im going to eat that, play a few games of spider

and then roll off to bed.. Its stopped raining, Im glad, now

I wont hear those drips.. "Nitey Nite"

Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? love ya..and Thanks!

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..

~It Rained~

I knew it was gonna rain.. it started sometime during the night, its rained off and on all day, but its nice and cool, Im really glad. But my stumps told me 2 days ago it was going to rain.. I can tell..they ache so bad, It feels like a sharp jab to my heels sometimes and it does really hurt. I think because of the leg bone being cut off like that I would think it causes some of the aches, as if arthritis has set in, which I would think it would. I have it in my fingers and shoulders, I was told that years ago, I can tell in them too. My poor hands have the carpal tunnel, arthritis and this pvd crap..Poor things, they have a right to ache and act up on me and not wanna do stuff. Like keeping hold of things. I would think by now that Dutch would know not to be by me when I am cooking, much less getting water. I had Penny make some spaghetti sauce for me and I wanted to have some angel hair pasta, which ment a bowl of water for it to cook in the microwave. I got the bowl and as I went to turn to put it on the table Dutch decided just at that time to jump up onto the table and he and the bowl collided and needless to say Dutch got down real fast, all wet too. I was glad I didn't use hot water or he could have been burnt. I usually try to make sure they know to stay away from the table when Im cooking but I guess he didn't think I was as I was in the sink..I couldn't have timed it better if I had tried.. :-) The sauce was excellent and that will last me all week end.. Well this month is almost gone..I think I just said that about 3 days ago about April...I know I remember times when it seemed the minutes just dragged and dragged, like that day was NEVER going to be over..I notice now, that It seems I just got up and lunch is here and I look again and its time to write something here for the day. Kelli was just 23,, I look at that kid and I honestly feel old. no..not really old but I wonder where those years in between went and what happened... I looked back into my journal today that I started in 1983..I didn't write every day, In fact the last three entries were dated the years of 2002,2005,2007. I missed some in between. I look at it and I think I should write in it..then I don't.. Its easy to sort of catch up anyway and this book isnt near full.. Its interesting to read..I hated my life 5 years ago.. I remember why, I was so sick and in so much pain..that's all I knew back then...to even move was agony..so I sat day after day..staring out of the window..Im glad that field was there then and not the apartments that they built there.. I got my potty fixed, so now it doesn't run constantly after its flushed.. Ken, Chris's dad stopped by to pick up a check for the rent, so while I had him here I asked him to fix it for me. I was afraid I would drop that lid one of these times trying to pull up that ball thingie in there. Im glad now I don't have to sit and wait for it anymore I can just do a fast on and off now . I told Ken, Chris had said Ken was coming but I thought he meant his brother, so I was surprised when I saw was the dad..He complimented me on how nice the house looked said I really had it nice in here and he was glad to see that since lots of his renters don't care..I do..I live here.. I want it nice... :-) Time for some of that spaghetti and I am hungry, I wont eat a lot and play a few games of spider solitare and see whats on tv..I don't remember even watching TV at all last nite ..I must have fallen alseep right away.. I usually get to see some TV but not last nite,, but I was tired just like today and I didn't do a whole lot..but its still time for my GORGEOUS WEEBLE words.. "Nitey Nite" :-) Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? love ya and thanks! 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..

~We Have Fan~

Do you see what I have there? Its a 3 speed, timer,

rotating fan. And it works so good its wonderful...It makes

a huge difference in here..and LB isnt afraid of it at all.

In fact they are enjoying it as much as me, its super hot

out. I had not seen one like this before. You can see the

small base, and it rotates..Its about as deep as what you

can see..and its quiet..cant even hear it run at all..My

computer makes more noise than it does... I was looking

for one and checked out the Meijers store and there it

was and on sale too, for 5 dollars less. I am so glad it is

here in my living room..and at night- you see the cord in

the doorway of my bedroom, that's the foot of my bed

there now since we turned the bed around. At night I

can just take it around the door and put it in my bedroom.

Its so much better than nothing at all...
You see they are enjoying it just as much as me..Im glad

they arent any bigger or they would be blocking the

air from me, you can see the tire of my chair. Don't they

just have a rough life? poor kitties..

I havent done too much of anything today other than be on

the net looking for some music sites..I just have such a busy

schedule that I just cant seem to get anything done.. I like it

though when I have nothing scheduled and not expecting any

one, no interruptions..I like that sometimes.. I think everyone

needs alone time, that you can just be ME.. The only thing

I had to do today was write this..every single day I say " I

have NO idea what I am going to write tonite" and I have been

saying that for almost a year and a half now..Every time I end

one of these and go back and re read for mistakes I look and

there are 5 or 6 paragraphs of cant think of anything to write

about..Strange :-)

I do know that it is going to rain..I looked at the weather forecast

I knew it was, because today they, my stumps, are doing the same

thing and acting like buggars..they are making it even hard to sit.

My hipbones are aching even and then that makes the whole length

of the stump ache, my butt is killing me half the time..and I would

think with all the padding AND a cushion..that I would be doing

some 'soft' sitting..:-) But I maybe need a new one...my butt

print is still in it after I get out of this chair..so that may be the

reason..I know if I don't use a cushion for a while my hips ache

the same way..

I don't really understand why my hips ache when I sit, its done

this for a long time.. I know when I lay on my side, being the left

is longer it puts more weight on my hip and that's why I have to

use a pillow between them..Right now my whole backside is

aching so much so that I am ready to get out of this chair until

tomorrow. I get tired of laying on my back though, laying only

one way is not only boring but it makes you ache too I think.

Ive been sleeping laying on my back for 7 years now, so I

guess that would make it a bit uncomfy.

Lunch was ok meatballs and gravy with rice. not too bad, with

peas and some blueberry stuff. So I ate lunch and don't need

anything before I get away from this puter and in to watch

some tv...well a brownie might be good..."Nitey Nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? love ya and thanks..

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..

~A Rose Is A Rose~

Along side the garage, visible from the kitchen window Penny

planted my rose bush that she brought me.. Its already blooming.

I had thought to keep it in a pot on the front porch but I think it

will be happier out in the sunshine.. Its so pretty and I was so

very surprised to see the 3 roses that had already bloomed. I

love roses..It was supposed to be a pink carpet rose but the

roses that are blooming are white.. I have lots of stuff growing

outside around the house. Who ever had this place at one

time took very good care of it..there are so many nice plants

and at least 3 roses bushes, mine make 4..On the other side

of that tree by Pennys rose is a rose bush that was here. Its

doing real well just needs some dead buds from last year

trimmed off.. On each side of the back door are rose bushes

as well, and they all just need a little TLC..
Up close you can see the rose and there are 2 smaller on

the far side.. It will get the hot afternoon sun so we will

have to watch..some roses cant take that, some can.. I

cant wait to get the morning glories planted..They will come

up every year too.. I had those and a gorgeous purple

climatis climbing on a trellis that I made.. It looked so nice

I don't know why I never took photos of my lanai..I don't

think I had a camera then or something..knowing me if I

had a camera Im takin pictures ..that's how I am.. I love

to take them..I look at things and think what a beautiful

photo that would make.. I have a couple friends that take

wonderful photos..and send them to me, and I put them

on my desktop, I have webshots which is THE very best

in photos, and you can add your own, all sorts of things.

I have some photos of my friends, and of course my

kids , both sets..the human and kitties :-)
I have my very best photos of the boys, was taken at the apt.

and they were so mad at me, cuz I had steady moved

them off my desk, they laid all over it and fought who was

going to be up there by me, and they lay on my keyboard,

I think if I hadnt stopped them from getting on my desk

they probly would have learned how to type and do email.

Knowing them I believe at least Dutch would try, LB, well

he would get to it eventually. lol..
As of 4 PM today the temperature was at 88 degrees. It

was very very hot in here. I turned the ceiling fan on any

way I had no choice it was so hot..I opened the door and

thought maybe a breeze from outside might help..NO..it

was worse cuz the air was so hot..Muggy too.. My stumps

have both been giving me fits today and I have wiggled

around so much in this chair today trying to find a comfy

spot if some one saw me would think I had ants in my

pants, which I don't wear, but I sure looked like I did.. I

havent checked the forecast for in a few days and I don't

really wanna know how hot its gonna be, but I bet If I had

looked its gonna rain with in a day or so..My stumps

always tell me..be neat if they could predict the real bad

storms like we had last week..then I could make some

arrangements to get out of the line of fire. I knew a bad

storm was coming at me, I would move to higher ground

right quick..

I have some of Barbs great spaghetti left over, Im glad

cuz I guess today was a holiday? I dunno..but the COA

didn't bring lunches today they brought a frozen one on

Monday for today.. I think next Monday is a holiday this

may have just been something to do with COA and not

a public holiday. I don't know.. I made a fool out of my

self this morning, I called Penny at almost 10 am according

to the time on my computer..she answers I asked was

there something wrong? she said huh? I said "usually if

you are going to be late you let me know" she said "its

not even 9 yet" I disagreed and said the time on my

monitor, guess who had the wrong time? yup..ME! I

felt like such a dweeb.. I wondered tho..why when I saw

the time at 9 seemed I hadnt been up that long for it to

be that late already.. I don't know why my computer

does that to me..just to confuse me I think..I can do that

ALL by myself..this computer doesn't need to help me..

Well she made it here anyway and on time :-) It was

NOT my fault..was the computer.. I havent any other

clocks to compare time to.. only online..so I may start

to do that just to make sure I don't keep losing time..

Im ready for some spaghetti and some TV and get out

of this chair for today, been a long day, but I had one

of my icees today ok..2 of them but one is in the fridge

for tomorrow.. They are so good, specially when you

are really hot thirsty, the crushed ice is great.. I hear

the sketti callin..I better go and find it.."Nitey Nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? love ya and thanks!

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..

~Good Visits~ :-)

My Dolly and her husband came by last nite and we had such a

nice visit. I tried to reach her before she left work to not worry

about coming by here and spend the time with her grandparents.

They love her dearly and really enjoy seeing her. She and Jorge

stayed for a little over an hour and I noticed Kelli was yawning

and I told them to go ahead and go home, she had a really

busy week end and worked all day she was tired..I was glad

to see her though..she is just so lovely, beautiful girl..Jorge is

very nice looking man, very quiet, he liked LB, he rubbed his

belly which of course will make him just sprawl all over the

place. They have a cat and a small dog. The boys enjoyed

their company too... :-)

I had a nice visit today too..Barb and Bill, Donnies parents came

over for a visit and brought me some of her homemade Italian

spaghetti and meatballs. Barb is an excellent cook, it shows on

them a little too... Was a nice visit and we looked at photos of

our girl when she was little and the wedding photos many of

which Bill didn't even have that I will send to them. Bill is new

at the computer but is learning really well..he does very good.

He had a bad go last year for awhile and had to have a

quadruple heart bypass..he is still having problems that he

should not be having.. We tried to compare after I had mine,

but I was so out of it, with leaving my husband, sick, and more

surgeries one after the other I don't remember how I felt, I

know I do remember not being able to lay on my side for 10

weeks that drove me nuts, that's how I always slept. They

both looked real good and it was so nice to talk about Kelli

and when she was a baby and look at the pictures.

I took lots of videos of Kelli when she was little, the first 4 years

of her life, till I moved away. I guarded those VCR tapes and

made sure they were protected so that one day I could give

them to her and she could see the mother she didn't remember.

Kimmie, Kelli's mother, was killed when she was 4 years old,

just after I had moved away. I had a few videos of her mother

and I saved them for her. 2 yrs ago I gave them to her so she

could see and hear her mother. I was so glad I did and Kelli

was just so happy to see them and to watch her mother walk

and could hear her talking, specially kissing and telling Kelli

she loved her.. Kelli said to me that she was surprised tho,

that she didn't remember her mothers voice. But there was

no way she would remember, she liked hearing it though

and I am glad it had sound with the tapes. I gave the tapes

to Donnie and he took them to Barb and Bill and all of

them watched the tapes with Kelli, then Barb had them

put onto cd's for us.. Its a better way to preserve them. I

have some old VCR tapes that were made off of old

8mm tapes, I would like to have them put on cd too.. I

wish I could get some of the photos off of them they

are really wonderful...

I look at those old videos that have me in them.. I see

myself walking and running and I know its me..It seems

strange that now I dont remember being like that, or

even the feeling of warm sand, or the damp grass or

the water from a shower hitting my feet. Those are old

movies and I have to admit..even though I had legs

back then, i was still GORGEOUS..I just added the

WEEBLE onto it.. :-D

Well I have a container of spaghetti out in the kitchen and I

am going out there and trying it..I already KNOW Its gonna

be excellent.. And I am hungry, lunch was one of their famous

GUESS what this is kind.. so I naturally did not eat it.. Im

gonna get some sketti, and a SMALL drink and go and

watch TV but first say "nitey nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? love ya! and thanks :-)

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..

~Bunny Bread ?~

We are all clean, and we were not too bad this week end.

Dutch did tear up a Styrofoam cup that my Icee came in, he

has the best time with them. the straw will keep him busy for

hours, and he will play fetch with it too.. He still keeps checking

out the ceiling for that spider.. Penny watered my rose bush

she brought me and I think we are going to plant it outside

by the garage where I can see it from the window. I want to find

an old wooden chair and put bird and squirrel food on it. I see

that little rabbit out there all the time, its so cute and sees us

watching it but doesn't seem to care. Penny puts bread out

there so I am guessing that's why hes there but I didn't know

rabbits ate bread, though there used to be a Bunny Bread

that you could buy, was good too :-)

Ive had the best time playing on this computer today. I love

music and I found some really great sites for some funny

clips and one site has every song from the move The Wizard

of OZ...what was amazing I sang every one right along with

it and knew every word..but I think as many times as its been

on TV and as many times as Ive watched it I should know all

the words to every song on it..Was a great movie..I liked how

bright the colors were. I think they still show that movie every

year. Penny said shes going to be humming that lollipop kids

song all day now :-) Ive been singing "Im OFF to see the

Wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz" all day.. :-) funny how

some things get stuck in your head and you keep thinking of

them all day over and over ...

I heard the weather and it is sposta warm up again, so I think

I may have to get that fan, Kathy cant find the one she said she

had, and I know im going to have to have something until I

can get an airconditioner. I called and talked to Donnie's Dad,

Bill, they arent going to go back till Wednesday. Barb is making

spaghetti today and I told Bill I get the leftovers..He said they

will try to come by tomorrow for a visit..Kelli is going over there

tonite too and said she would come by here after wards..I told

her to spend the time with them as they don't get here that often

and enjoy her company. She can see me anytime, Im always

here. They celebrated her birthday yesterday , Bill said there

was a housefull..I bet it was a nice party. One of these days I

might can go ..soon as I learn to get this chair up the steps,

which I don't think it will ever do that...Donnies house is a tri

level (3) and the bathroom is on the top floor..so that wont

work at all.. Im glad they had a good time. All 3 girls were

there, Im glad Nikki and Amber were there for Kellis party.

She was 23 today... Seems only yesterday she was just a

spoiled little girl..:-) no she was a good kid...she still is..

we're all very proud of her...

Ive not heard anything about my new power chair, I will wait

a few more days and call and see just where it all is. I don't

see how it can take all this time to order a chair, but they

all have the same excuse, paperwork. Lori called from

keystone and said she is working on getting a new fridge

for me, one that has a freezer, that will be really good, then

I can keep more food when the have all those good sales.
Like those frozen shrimp that are so very good, I was very

surprised that they were that good.. and sometimes you

can get them buy one bag and get two free. That's when I

get them and give the others to Donnie. Meijers is kinda

expensive but they have some excellent sales..and if you

buy right the sale stuff will last till the next sale of it.. I hope

I can get those food boxes again..that will be a big help,

I can give the extras to Penny for her and her grandson.

That good cheese will be great to have again. Next month

I hope I can get one. This has been a very short month for

me and I will be so glad when its over and I can afford to

get some of the stuff I need. Only a little over a week to

go and this month will be over..Time is flying so fast..

Time for me to find some dinner and go and watch TV, I

am tired today and don't know why.. I did nothing all the

week end but I woke up tired this morning..Good TV on

tonite too. Now to find a snack and a SMALL sip of some

ice water, and time to say "nitey nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? love ya and thanks :-)

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..

~Great Sunday~

This was a great Sunday and I have to say I have been

happy all day even though I got woke up early by my

boy chasing a spider.. It had a web, and it would go

down the web not very far from Dutch, cuz hes standing

on the back of my chair with his feet on the handlebar.

Hes whineing and meowing and just going totally nuts..

Then jump down run around and this whole time the

spider is going up and down his web just like he is

Deliberately teasing him.. was so funny to watch..then

the spider gets up on the ceiling and just crawls off..

I went and got the mop..and I did get that spider..well

Im not sleepin in there with a spider on the ceiling..

Was a little small black one..but I don't like BUGS

at all..ICK..

I remember once when the family all went up to that great

Ontonogon River ..to fish and eat and just have a good time.

I was there helping with the tables and getting the food on

and of course all the men were already sitting and waiting.

My mom told me to go and call the kids to come and eat..

So I started to run and as Im running I open my mouth to

yell HEY~~!!! and as that Y on the HEY got out I saw a

horse fly coming straight at me and I didn't have time to

duck cuz Im running and that fly is going 90 miles an hour

that fly goes in my mouth buzzes around and I bit down

and swallowed that thing..It had no taste..not that I remember

I went back and told my mother I had swallowed a big horse

fly she told me I may grow wings then..I honestly believed

her :-) I was imagining all sorts of things I could do if I had

wings.. She said not to worry that I wouldn't get sick or

anything.but try not to open my mouth so wide while I am

running .. I didn't ever again...trust me.. Besides it got

dumped on by all that great food I ate that day..was good to

fresh fish..fried potatoes..salads.. great..and the deserts?

well 3 aunts and my mother..ment 4 deserts..that WAS A

treat..everyone in the county was a good cook I think..

I must be hungry.. I did have a good day today I got a couple

phone calls from dear friends..and I LOVE phone calls..Its

so nice and personal..much better than chat.. I have the

messengers from MSN to AIM and of course who doesn't

have Yahoo. I just downloaded the new version 8 and I

don't like it at all.. I do like the voice on them..its so much

easier to than typing and you can still do other things.. I

have a friend talks on voice all the time and walks around

the room he got those extensions to make the connect

cords longer..I have one on my cam. I do enjoy voice its

nice.. and phone calls..well that I really really enjoy.. My

dear friend Blue in Australia ..hes so nice..he phoned

this morning..which was night time tomorrow..theyre

like a whole days difference..I could go there and would

be there before I left even :-) 15 hours I think..those

aussies have such an accent..I love it.

I Havent eaten today I was too busy chatting and talking all

day I don't even have my email thinned out ..now that's bad

cuz Iknow I owe some letters.. Ive been really bad lately

and I need to be better and faster to reply.. Cuz I sure enjoy

my mail..I get all kinds.. I have no idea what I am going to eat

but I will find something.. Was good day today,, Im really

glad I got to have it...I need more like this..I didn't think of

anything depressing..only happy thoughts..and was told I

was beautiful ..now that's a way to make a womans day !

Im tired..and hungry and this GORGEOUS WEEBLE has

to get out of this chair..and say "Nitey Nite"

Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? love ya and thanks :-)

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..

~Who's That?~

I take these photos of myself..and I go thru them from time

to time, I look at them..and I KNOW its me..but then, I look

and I don't see ME. I just do not recognize myself as looking

like that. I had a floor length mirror and sometimes I would

sit and just look at myself..up and down..I would try to imagine

where my knees were and where my feet would be. I can

feel them there, and then to see that I am seeing nothing, it

just doesn't seem to register. Its like "WHO is THAT?"

When I get the phantoms, and a cramp or that ice pick starts

jabbing my heel..or when I get a bad charlyhorse in the calf

of my leg. I put my hands over the ends of my stumps..and

try to really concentrate on the fact that they are gone..and

it still doesn't work. They still feel that they are there. I had

phantoms so bad that my whole stump would move, like

It was jumping each time that ice pick jabbed my heel or

when it felt like a hand was squeezing the muscle in my

leg, my toes when they cramp and my whole foot feels

like its there but on backwards, or I am on my very tip of

my toes and super cramped up.. I don't understand why

my head wont accept it that they are gone..It knows how

smart I am :-D...

I notice the more I do of a day, cleaning or reaching, things

I really shouldn't do I notice by evening I am having a hard

time to sit as both of my stumps are aching and I have to

steady move and shift my weight around to relieve the

achyness..Some times by the time I post here I am so

very ready to get out of this chair I cant stand it, and I just

close everything done whether Ive finished everything I

needed to do or not. When I do finally get in there on my

bed it takes a while to get them to settle.. I find if I lay on

my back as flat as I can and do my stumpercizes, like a

range of motion for each one it helps..they seem to calm

down and I can actually feel that my invisible leg is where

its supposed to be flat out in front of me.. When I wake I

lay for a minute to see where I am and what do I feel.

I know I did a lot yesterday, we both did, Penny is a very

hard worker and so very nice. She does an excellent job.

She has fun playing with the boys, they wait for her, they

know when she is sposta be here. Dutch even gets

pouty after she leaves sometimes. My bed room looks

nice, still more to do in it..as I want to get a bigger closet

or wardrobe I guess it would be. I hate when my clothes

are just jammed in a closet and get all wrinkled... Drives

me batty,just like if I see cat hair on me, which is a never

ending battle. But that's just something you put up with

when you have kitties.. I keep threatening to get a new

baby but I dunno if the boys would like that..be fun tho

to have a baby one.. I wish I could have a dog..but as

small as this place is there is just not enough room for

one..the fight would be on then.. I woke up this morning

with all 3 cats in bed with me..I don't like when LB puts

his girlfriend up on my bed, but I cant say anything to

him..he loves her dearly.. If that stuffed cat ever falls

apart I don't know what LB will do.. He drags that cat

all over in here..hes embarrassing, but a good kid.

Its actually cool in here today and I love it and am savoring

every second cuz I know how hot its gonna be this summer.

I tried to turn on the ceiling fan and LB is still scared of it. I

am going to try to turn it on every now and then and maybe

he wont be so afraid of it.. I cant imagine what he thinks it

could be.. I havent heard if Donnies parents made it here,

I will call a little later on..They are really great people, they

live in Wisconsin..about a 3 hour drive or so from here.

They like coming to visit Donnie now since he lives on a

lake..specially Bill..he gets on the pontoon and has big

fun fishing with Donnie..they both love to fish.. First time

he took his dad on the pontoon, Bill fell getting on it cuz

the dock was higher...when Bill left Donnie lowered his

dock..he said "my dad will never fall again on my boat"

hes a good son...

Time to close this down and get my GORGEOUS
WEEBLE butt out of this chair for the rest of the night

and go and watch TV and do some stumpercizes.. I

am hungry too..I think another slice of that good bread

will be just what I need.. I need to say "Nitey Nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? love ya and thanks!!

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 Earned my tired~

Im tired today. I didn't fall asleep last nite till I bet 1 am.
I had too much on my mind I guess. Penny came today

and we got a lot done. Moved the bed, cleaned good

everywhere and hung a wreath I made on the door as

well..make it look a little more inviting here. Penny did

get the bed moved we kept the headboard where it

was and just swung the end around and have it on the

other wall.. Now at least I can get into my closet. All my

summer tops are in there and Im anxious to wear them

as hot as it is in here. On Monday I am having Penny

find a small clip on fan that I can put in the bedroom till

I can make arrangements for an air conditioner. I have

to have some air and the way the bed is now will make

the window easy to get at and the one and only outlet is

right under that window. Penny even hung some pictures

on the wall for me and its amazing what a difference that

really does make..

We cranked up the bread machine today and it smells so

good in here its almost sinful..Penny dumps the box contents

into the machine, adds what ever else, and turns it on, 4 hrs

later there is bread .Today is Wheat. I want to get some of

that Hawaiian Sweet Bread..that is good.. I would like to

try some saffron bread, I don't see why I couldn't add that to

a loaf of white bread... Saffron is so good, I love it..I think it

is the most expensive spice there is.. I know I like it..they

don't keep it on the shelves here you have to ask for it. I

might try that though..

Donnies mom and dad are due to get to Donnies today. Its
Kellis birthday and they are coming for the week end. 23..I

don't know where the time has gone. She called yesterday,

and wanted to know if I needed her to come and cut my

grass..bless her heart..shes such a good kid.. I assume that

Donnie will have a little party for her at his house..Barb I am

sure will help with it..Shes a great cook, Donnie enjoys her

visits specially when she cooks dinner..But then NO ONE

can cook like your mother.

Im so glad its been so cool outside, it is a relief.. Its really

nice in here. I was even cool when I was laying watching

TV last nite and doing some of my stumpercizes that I

try to do every nite, I can put on enough clothes and covers

to get warm..but I cant take off enough to get cool..even

naked don't cool you don't when its super hot, I dread later

this summer, its been really hot here, seems every summer

the temperature gets higher and higher, last year we had it

up over 100 a couple times..and I don't ever remember it

getting that hot here 20 years ago.. I moved to this area

in 83..long time ago...doesn't seem that long but I look at

Kelli a young woman and I know it is.. Its changed so much

by where I used to live in Elkhart it doesn't even look the

same.

Im going to go and try a piece of my bread, toasted of

course, with butter, that is so good.. I specially like that

and dunk it in coffee..But I wasn't going to have a cup

of coffee this time of night.. I want to sleep ALL night. I

am really tired..but I worked hard today and the house

is all clean and neat, so im allowed to be tired..I earned

the tired today..I know its time for toast and TV and to

say "nitey nite' :-)

Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? love ya, and thanks :-)

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..

~A Test~

Surprise! a nuther photo of me..but this is a test..what do you see differently? notice anything? Look close... and don't say im fatter neither :-D...that is NOT it..I am in my other manual chair.. do you see how you can tell? Look at the turning wheel on my chair..the one I use to move it. Its black..Look back at the last photo on here..that wheel is silver..and the arm rest are not all shabby. The break on the right side of my old chair was getting really bad.. and that's not safe. If its one thing, I do try to be safe, even though I do get into problems..but those are just messy problems..not safety ones... :-) The brake on my old chair was not holding at all and when I went to back into it and almost pulled myself off the bed backwards I said time to break in this one.. I call this my new chair as it really is even though Ive had it over a year I think. I only used it off and on slowly breaking it in..My old one will move on the slightest touch.. this one does not.. They are identical chairs..well my old one does have paint on it though..this one doesn't.. other than that they are the same... To roll in here with this carpet I knew my old chair would be better because it is so easy to drive as I call it..this one I knew would be harder to move and it is.. I just have to have patience. It will loosen up.. I do want to get a new cushion for it though.. I need one, my butt print is in the other one and its foam. so when I get off of it and it looks like im still sitting on it..its time to get a better one... :-) Since that storm its been so nice and cool..I was reading about the different towns that storm we had went thru..and there were quite a few..even down into Indiana..It was a bad one..Penny said everyone is talking about it.. I hate storms..and I don't think there is really anywhere that doesn't have its share of bad weather.. I have to say, that with a tornado there is just not enough time from the warnings..to the actual thing to protect yourself.. The devastation it can do is almost as much as a hurricane.. but with a hurricane you have warnings.. I wonder do they have tornados over seas in Europe? We never hear of them... I would love to take a trip to Europe, visit all the great countries over there..Norway, UK, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, Italy, France, it would be great.. I would like to take the train across Europe that would be a trip. I got a power point show of a train ride through Alaska, and it was amazing made me gasp a few times when it showed the train on the edge of a mountain..but the scenery was just amazing.. They say the Alaska cruise is a wonderful trip just breathtakingly beautiful.. I don't think there is any state or country that is not beautiful..Every state here has its own beauty and all in different ways.. I think that's why so many people when they retire buy RV's or trailers and travel..go all over the place, rather than sit in Florida and wait for a hurricane :-) Id like to travel.. I think the only travelling I will be doing tonite anyway is out to make myself some toast and settle my stomach, I got into a fight with a former friend and its upset me a tad.. I hate to get mad. Ive got to keep the happy stuff and get rid of the sad stuff..its too easy to be sad.. I know some toast would make me happy and some TV for a while.. I stayed up late last nite which is unusual for me..but then I slept late which is unusual for me...Penny comes tomorrow and we are going to tackle my bedroom and move the bed I hope...Time for toast and time to say" Nitey Nite" Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? love ya..and Thanks! 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..

~BAD Storm !~

Do you see my fence? We had a tornado close by, VERY

close by. 3 miles away. There are branches down all over my

yard, in the street and everywhere. I was talking to a friend

when I noticed how dark it was, it was after I posted last nite.

I looked at the time, looked out the window and told my friend,

"this doesn't look good". I then went to the website for weather

here and the radar, as I clicked on it, it said a tornado had

been sighted, there was rotation and to seek cover immediately.

While I was talking to my friend my phone rang and it was my

boy, Donnie. He says, "Gran, theres a bad storm coming at ya,

it just went thru here, its bad, but it doesn't last long". We talked

for a minute and I said bye to him and my other friend and sat

and looked out the window. It was so windy and rainy that I

couldn't even see out of it..

There wasn't a thing I could do. I did go into the hallway that

goes into the bathroom, but I couldn't keep the boys by me,

and It was scarey, let me tell ya. I sat there and thought of

that huge basement down stairs and I cant get to it. This is

not good. When I was at the apartment I kept the cat carrier

in the bathroom and when we had storms I would go in there,

and they follow me where ever I go, I would close the door

and we waited in there. Here I have no where really to go

that's away from windows or an outside wall..Theres nothing

I can do...I know I couldn't get down those steps..I just don't

think I could do it..let alone have enough time to get down

there. I would have to fall out of my chair, I don't know how

else to get out of it. I don't do like those young women do on

You Tube that jump up and down into their chairs or hoist

themselves up and down stairs.. Maybe if I was in my 30's

I probly could do it too.. I cant now..all I would need to do is

hit the floor the wrong way and break a hip or something.. I

guess if it came to a choice of getting ate up in a tornado

or dying falling down the steps..which would be the worse?

Im so stuck :-D....
Of course when I look out the window with a camera the

boy has to be right there as well.. They both were really

scared last nite though. and they did stick kinda close to

me. Usually Dutch is not vocal.well where you can really

hear him..his vocal cords are not developed or something,

cuz he squeaks when he meows...sometimes he opens

his mouth and nothing comes out even! But last nite he did

meow when he looked up at me.. What do you tell a cat?

But its amazing that they do sense things...

At least this storm is cooling off the temperatures.. It was so

hot in here those past few days. It was awful.. I have NO choice

but to get a airconditioner.. It got up over 100 last year during

the summer. I would cook in here with it that hot outside. Cant

even open the windows in that kind of heat as its just mixing

hot air. I am hoping that I can get a new refrigerator with a

freezer then sell this small one. I turned that ceiling fan on and

LB ran like he was being shot at he was so scared. Then he

hides and meows while he is in the sink. I cant do that to him.
Penny said her sis has a small clip on fan that I can borrow until

I can get an air conditioner..That wont scare LB. I think its the

shadows and the blades going around over his head that

scares him, so I have to be fair, he lives here too. I am going to

call my brother in law too and ask Chris when he comes by

about the broken fence. He said he had a whole tree go down

ontop of one of his houses.. It was bad last nite..Scared me...

All three of us were scaredy cats last nite. Im glad I hadnt had

time to eat anything , by the time it was all done I had no appetite

for sure! so THAT was a good thing, helps on the diet. Eating

and going to bed is not a good thing to do..I try not to eat heavy

at night then sleep on it, I don't sleep real well.. I learned the hard

way about drinking a whole can of ice tea before bed also.. I

had an ok lunch from coa was sausage, cabbage, potatoes and

of course bloomin CARROTS... I dug them out. the rest of it

was really good. So I don't need a lot tonite, I have some good

peanut butter crackers, might be just enough.. My very famous

GORGEOUS WEEBLE words, as usual.."Nitey Nite".. :-)

Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? love ya..and THANKS! :-)

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..