~My Visitors~

Well there is a photo of my company last nite..My 2 grands,

Amber on the left, in the pink..mom of Kirsten there in the

center, and Kelli there on the right in the blue..Kirsten is my

great grand.. In the center there, is my 2nd husband, Willie.

He drove up to lower Indiana to see his brother Beau, and being

this close to up here, he wanted to see the great grands, we

have 3 now, with Nikki's new baby boy, just born a few weeks

ago.. Willie has a daughter with 2 daughters, his own, but he is

closer to our Kelli and Nikki and Amber than her.. through no fault

of his own...
We had a great visit and they stayed for way over an hour.Kirsten

had fallen asleep on the drive up here and they woke her..as the time

went on that sweet baby got so tired, and cranky, I will admit she is a

tad spoiled, and if she doesn't get her way, she can let out an ear

piercing scream that will make you like the sound of nails going down

a black board let me tell you.. Shes a Cutie though.. I was amazed at

how much she looks like her mom..Amber is only 17...Kirsten is just a

tad over a year? Im not sure! boy that is NOT good is it?
This is our Amber..isnt she a beauty? shes such a sweet girl.

I warned them last nite that Gran was going to take pictures..so

they were prepared.. Amber was sayin "Gran, don't take one of

me..." well I did anyways...
This is my Dolly, Kelli... I used my webcam on this photo and I

used the digital on Ambers..You can tell the difference, I didn't

take the time to adjust the focus is part of the problem..and I

think this is one I took off the video I made of them.. I got photos

anyway..and a video~!~
I don't need to tell you it took me forever to decide which photos

I was going to put here.. I wanted to share my girls with you. I
hope one day that Nikki can come by and all 3 grands and all 3

great grands and I can take some more photos...
There are all 3 of my honeygirls..Amber is there on the left,

Kelli in the middle, and Nicole on the right.. This was taken

I would say about 4 years ago..im not sure.. But its a very

good one of all 3 of them..I don't think there are that many..

The photo had been damaged and I had a hard time to touch

up the bad spots..Arent they just beautiful? they are 2 years

apart..Kelli is 23 now..Nikki is 20..and Amber will be 18 soon.

Beautiful young women..Im proud to say I am their Gran.. :-)

I couldn't be closer to them if they were my blood...Im so glad

that Barb and Bill have shared Donnie with me.. hes added so

much to my life.... :-)

My kitchen..I want you to know..moving this stuff around? Having

my table like it is now? I wish I had done this when I first moved in..

I have room now to cook! lots of room around my hotplate !!.. I

made a big pot of spaghetti sauce, and I want you to know JUST

how GOOD it smells in here.. I may do more cooking now.. I will

have Penny take a couple photos of me in the kitchen by my table.

A friend asked me about that the other day, how I fix my meals and

cook, work in my kitchen,, which I havent really talked about..well I

have about all my messes I create in there.. but I will have Penny

take some..Tomorrow is the FIRST ! Yippee!!! Boy Im glad too.. My

food stamps will be in..I can get a FEW things for my freezer..Im

glad..

Well my honeygirls left, went home..and Willie is on his way back to

Indiana to see his brother Beau, then he is going back home to Ruston,

Louisiana .. He has his own business down there, tree service of course.

And I will honestly say, he is one of the VERY best tree men in the

business.. I bet he spit when he saw the condition of my trees..Im
surprised he didn't comment..Oh yes he did..said that roof looked
bad and that it was probly from that tree branch up there that kept
scraping the roof...I told him I have a leak.. Speaking of LEAKS..well
I think it was the 25th that Mr. Chris phoned dunning me for his rent
that "I have to pay my mortgage payment Lois " well he must not have
been late on it then..he sure didn't rush over here.. Well he will come
by now.. I got a call from Lori today, said "Lois, the copy of the lease
you gave me is not signed..it has to be signed to be valid".. I didn't
realize it wasn't.. I know I never signed one.. Chris just handed it to
me said it was my copy..he didn't either. So you watch he will show up..
He just drives me nuts.what a hell of a way to do business and deal with
people..he does me this way and they have over 80 houses? wow, I
wonder if their houses are in the condition mine is.. I bet those poor
people that had that tree fall on theirs , I bet they still havent gotten it
fixed as slow as Kenny is.. pitiful.. I will fix this .. I will.. its getting old
already.. In 2 months..I will have been here a year... doesn't seem that
long..and I still am not settled in..

Im settling in to the kitchen and having some of that spaghetti..I wish
y'all could come have dinner with me.. that's how good this stuff is
gonna be I know it.. and I would gladly share.. "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 HAVE A TOMAHTOE!~ :-)

Now, do you see that little thing there? that's MY TOMATO!!!

Anyone touches that little jewel is dead meat let me tell ya.. They

are very droopy as Penny watered but they hadnt picked up yet.

THey hadnt been watered since Friday and as hot as its been,

well they sure were thirsty...There are a couple other buds on it,

so I will have some tomahtoes as Raife calls them.. I cant wait for
fried green ones..and from the reports im getting, soon ,,, very soon,
they will have tomahtoes every where.. plus all sorts of other good
veggies..

Tonites post is going to be short, as I am having some VERY

unexpected company, I got a phone call just as I finished working

on some photos for tonite and it was my Dolly, Kelli,, she is on

her way, with of all people..guess who?? Yup.. Her Papa..he drove

ALL the way up here from Louisiana and she was just down there

last week!!! I have no idea why he is up here. I will when they get

here.. I half way expect his brother may not be doing good.. He

lives down by Indianapolis , 4 hours south of me..in Indiana.. I

think breathing problems. Beau, and Willie are the last 2 out

of the 7 children in their family..Plus I know he will go and see my
brother Frank ..either on his way here or after he leaves...

It will be good to see Willie, its been about 3 years or so.. and I am

glad hes taking the time this time to come and see me. Hes been up

here before to see Kelli AND my brother and not bothered to even

say hi.. I tell him..Im your EX wife.. you got no need to be afraid of me.

It will be good to see him...and of course my girl..shes such a sweet

kid..hard working just like her dad.. She says "Gran, I flew all the way

down there to Papa's and he followed me back" We laughed..she

wasn't expecting him either..I have no idea how long hes staying, he
is staying at Kelli's I guess If she has room now that her sister Amber
is staying with her...Shes at work..I dont know if Kelli will have the
baby with her or if Jorge is coming with them.. .. I will soon find out!

I have lots to tell you tomorrow Lori was here today and Penny and

those 2 girls..God Love em..they worked hard to day. and moved

my kitchen around. Theyre here and I have to go..I will give a full

report tomorrow..same bat time.same bat channel!! This should

be interesting..Now he can see this GORGEOUS WEEBLE !!!

"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.....

~Me and Brandy~ and Dutch :-)

I was digging thru photos and this is one taken back in

has to be 71 Im just not sure.. I would have to look on the

marriage liscense of Willie and I ..I was living in a cute house

in Galena Park, TX just outside Houston, small nice town.. I

was living there with a man name Sidney, well Sid.. I met him

when I worked down town at a bar, he was a sea man. He

worked the boats out of Morgan City,LA to go to the off shore

oil rigs. he spent so much time out and so much time back

in..weeks.. I got to know him.. and we lived together in this

house..He worked first in Houston and was a desk clerk at a

motel there, that's where I met my 2nd husband. Sid got a

better job at one of the refinerys in Jacinto City or somewhere,

and I didn't work then.. This was between husband 1 and 2...


That's Brandy, one of my favorite pets..she was MY dog too..she

listened, but did NOT mind anyone else..only me.. She was so

sweet..would sit up at the drop of a hat.. I had her 15 years.. a

long time..she went through a lot with me..even through a car

wreck when her stupid mother got drunk and THOUGHT she

could drive.. I learned the HARD way on that too.. Anyways...See

the big, flat, ugly feet? I had toes..and they were ugly..the nails

no matter what I did to them..I bet I could have climbed trees with

those things if I had filed them into a point that's how bad they

were..

I had a great yard at this place, and there was a garage, 2 car and

a apartment above the garage..I had some beautiful flowers planted

all around the house.. A friend took this photo..Jim..I wonder what

happened to him..I wonder what happened to Sid..he loved his beer.

His nick name for me was Shotz...cuz I had such a bad temper and

would go off fast as a bullet being fired.. :-) Sid drank alot..that was

his main reason for working, he made excellent money working the

boats and at the refinery. While I lived there my sister Shirley and

Stanley and their family came to meet me.. I had NEVER met her or

seen her or spoken to her.. I had ONLY just got in touch with my

brother, that had called me a few times, when Shirley pulled up in my

driveway that day, I had NO idea who she was..

I was digging in my flower bed, all dirty and grungy. A HUGE RV , a

Winnebego back then..Stanley steps out..strides across the lawn and

right up to me.. I looked up at him..he says " Your Lois, I would know you,

you look like your mother, Im your brother in law, Stanley, I have your

sister, Shirley in that motor home with our children. He reached out to

shake my hand and I grabbed it and made him help me up at the same

time.. We walked around the front of the RV and the door opened.. one.

two, three, four, five kids stepped out.. the twin boys, the youngest were

about 5 or 6 at the time.. Then out steps my sister.. She walked up to me,

we smiled..hugged, and proceeded to go into the house.. the kids stayed

in the yard and played..we all got to know each other and it was great..

My sister and her family stayed 2 weeks..we travelled all over, saw all the

sights..and went to Galveston to fish, we had a great time..They even

said it was a wonderful holiday.. When my sister first got out of the RV, I

didn't know her.. I was glad to meet her, but we were strangers.. I see how

they act on TV when they meet a family member for the first time.. well it

wasn't like that.. we were very glad to meet..yes.. but it was hugging a total

stranger.. NOW..when they left 2 weeks later? I cried.. I hated to see them

go.. I had NO idea when I would see them again.. She had been lost to me

for over 30 years then.. That day was just the beginning of having found a

great sister..shes very good to me..and now?? she lives only about an

hour away.. I don't see her very often ..but shes there... just a phone call

away.. Im glad..
Well Ive been going thru photos to decide what to send to Theresa for

that CMH thing.. I don't know what to send.. I have so many photos.. I am

really ashamed to even say how many..its pathetic..and its only cuz I

don't know how to take just ONE!!!!.. then I keep them all..and well then I

end up with the tons I have.. I just need to get rid of them.. Why I keep all

of them I have no idea.. I am just SO VAIN!!! :-) but im GORGEOUS..

that photo wasn't taken today, but well.. I just am really not having a

good hair day and I was NOT going to take a photo looking like the

wicked witch of the west you know? so.. I don't think I put this photo here

before..one in this same outfit..yes.. but different pose I think..well I got

tired of looking at photos of me and decided I like this one..and there

you have it.. want something different? well I have TONS...so write and

ASK... I do NOT sell them you know... I am NOT for sale...but if you

would like others.. write and ask..before I delete them..once gone..well..

gone for good.. anyways.. that's tonites photo..I hope you like it..That's

Dutch in it with me..mad of course..

Im off to watch TV I did NOT see ONE thing on it last

nite..I saw cops for a few minutes..and that's all I

remember till 430 when Dutch decided to lay on my

face and tap tap tap with that little furry foot of his..Every

time he does that I kinda cringe thinking he just stepped

out of his litter box..but no..Ive watched him after he does

a major stinkie..and he cleans and washes and all that..

specially his feet...so I don't worry..Cats really are very

clean pets... LB will absolutely refuse to use his litter box if it

is not clean and empty all the time..he will go up to it..and then

sniff..and if its not clean..he will start to MEOW!!! and howl..

and come in and get me..go back and forth howling until I go

and figure out the litter box is dirty ...kids.. Time for a snack,

TV, and sleep.. of course, NOT necessarily in that order..:-)

"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.....

~Old Photo Again~

I was going through some of my TONS of old photos..I

found this one.. I have another I think I put here before

taken at the same time but I was by my car.. and my ex

I believe was in it..He was in this one too but well I LOVE
that I can fix my photos.. well resize and cut out ickky parts.

Its not real clear, Im not sure who took the photo..It could

have been Willie's brother Beau, we were at his apartment

and all had gone swimming, that's why my hair looks crappy.

But I look at these old photos.. I didn't look too shabby back

then.. I wonder why I didn't know that? Fooey, I coulda had

BIG FUN! I remember that purse, was my favorite, a clutch..

not good to carry in a border town, we were in El Centro, in

California..the place I honestly HATED to be..was awful.. so

hot..horrible hot..no air at all..and we were 3 miles from

Mexico..

I went to town to shop..I always carried my purse just like that,

but loo and you can maybe see there is a strap on it.. its not

easy to spot.. I kept that around my wrist and kind of held it..

As I was walking from my car to the store, a man came up

from behind me and jerked it out from under my arm.. he

took off running.. I had that strap around my arm..and as soon

as I felt that purse move, I stood sort of braced and part way

turned.. I saw the man and I held that strap and PULLED HARD,

and he wasn't expecting me to be holding it..he thought a grab

and run..well I pulled so hard, he came flying backwards, on his

butt ..and Jumped straight up..yelling "IM SORRY, IM SORRY"

as he ran off down the street arms up in the air! I stood there

and laughed at him.. it wasn't a really good town to go to alone.

I did VERY seldom..usually a few of us from the job, since we

all lived in the KOA there we all decided to go into town together.

Just in case.. Or of course I would go with Willie..and as mean

and bad as he was..well I pity anyone that would have even come

to close to me..he was a very possessive man..but then look how

GORGEOUS I was then too! :-)
Donnie came by today to, he thought, get all his insulation from the

garage. Well..he went to his ex mother in laws to get it and apparently

she had it piled with a lot of junk she was hauling off to the dump and

he wasn't going to take it for them..so he has to wait till hopefully

tomorrow and he can get all of it.. Its wrapped in plastic the bundles

and he came in his truck so he just put one of them into the back of

it..that's him going back home.. He will be back tomorrow or as soon

as he can get his trailer.. We talked about cutting that tree out from

the hibiscus one by the side of the house here..his saw is broke..or

something.. but he did say he would put a phone jack in the bed

room for me and I want one in the bathroom.. I have gotten caught

in there so many times..and if I don't answer people get a tad

worried.. so I figure I can have a jack put in there..save me from
getting all hurried and try to get to it before it stops ringing.. Well I
tell every one if I don't answer on the first try, give me enough time to
more than LIKELY get OFF the potty and back to the phone.. I never
remember to take it.. I did a couple times..but ..I shouldn't tell this.. ..
Well by the time I get in there I Have forgotten my phone is by the side
of me.. I have had them fall to the floor and I have even had them .only
ONCE..slide into my lap, go in front of me and straight into the toilet.. I
told you I did that with my TV clicker.. why I had to get a new one.. :-)
so I think just putting a jack in there would be easier.. I better make
sure the phone I put in there has a MUTE button..THAT might come
in handy :-D

We talked and he ate candy and he is so anxious to get his garage

finished..he works so hard and does so many things.. He goes to the

race track in a little town not far from here where they have races

every Friday nite.Donnie had a race car years ago and this man that

hes helping now..helped him.. Donnie is an excellent mechanic... so

last nite at the races..just before going over the finish line almost neck

and neck with another car, but ahead, the other car moved over, hit

the friends front side and spun him out and around and straight into

the wall ...totally demolishing the car..he did it deliberately.. NOW..

Donnie has spent HOURS, days, on this car..and this other driver

deliberately did that..almost killed his friend..he wasn't hurt badly,

but talk about MAD! The other driver tried to walk away from it..and

a man yelled to grab him..he was going to be banned from racing

and to make him wait.. Well as mad as Donnie was he needed a

reason to touch this man ..:-D He reaches out and picks the guy up

by his shirt front ..the mans feet are NOT On the ground now..and

Donnie says "this guy aint going no where" as the guy dangles there.

I could just see that.. Was a shame tho that happened..they gave

the guy the race..which was really nice..THese arent fancy race cars

but these guys spend a lot of time on them..some are really nice..

these arent old demolition derby kind.. I love those things. Was one

thing I really enjoyed..I always went to the fair the night of that.. I

would tour the fair ..then go to the derby..was fun to watch..they would

smack each other so hard. it was dangerous..and funny too.. I miss

not going to the fair..and soon if not already they have started in every

county.. I entered a quilt once and won first prize.. :-)

Well my prizes for this day are out in the kitchen .. I had Penny re

supply my blueberry muffins.. They are so good.. huge ones too !!

Hope something good is on tv..I like that travel channel.. then I can

see all those great beautiful countrys over seas..I saw one last

nite a program about Switzerland.. ohhh my my what a lovely place.

I don't think there is an ugly place anywhere tho.. "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.....

~POW WOW~

If you have never been to a Native American Pow Wow, go..they

are one of THE most beautiful things you will ever see or experience.

The dancing, singing, drums, ceremonies,and THE most beautiful

costumes I have ever seen, and all worn so proudly. The Pow Wow

I went to was in Green Bay, Wisconsin, I had never been to one and

my 2 dearest friends always went as Ted was full blooded Oneida

and Nadine was full Cherokee. They were a pair let me tell ya..But

2 of the dearest friends a person could have.. I helped her with their

wedding made many of the dresses and accessories for it..Was a

HUGE wedding..
This Pow Wow I attended, was down in a valley sort of with hills
around where the people sat, some on the ground, or in lawn chairs.
There were tents along the outside edges that sold shirts and Native
American things, Dream Catchers, many many things..One of the
MAIN things there of course, guess? the FOOD..It was just wonderful.
They had a bread I forget the name..we bought so much food and ate it
while we watched all these amazing people march and dance around the
building where the elders and the music and drums were, where they
performed ceremonies.. Some times they asked you not take photos..
which we respected..I saw no one take any then.. I didn't.. As the Pow
Wow started you heard the drums..they got louder and louder.. then the
chants and singing started..down the side of this hill that led down into this
valley where we waited they all paraded and danced and marched and
started to go round and round that building.. It was the most colorful
display I have ever seen...the singing was wonderful.. I loved it.. every
body felt the rythym and the beat of the loud drums. the chants. wonderful.
All of the dresses and mens costumes are all hand made, the

blue dress on the right there, look closely, you will see silver

bells sewn onto the dress all over it.. as she parades around

as she stomps one foot after the other and sort of turns left

and right that dress rings..the silver bells sound so wonderful..

They shine brightly in the sun..and the girls that wear them

proudly dance and show how beautiful they look and sound...

I didn't get a photo of the shawl dancers.. these beautiful women

have these delicately embroidered long shawls with LONG

fringe on the 3 sides.. as the woman dances she holds on to the

corners ..holds her arms out and waves and moves her arms

as if to look like she is flying as the shawl flows in the wind..They

all dance to the sound of the drums and flutes..
If you look closely you will see a litle girl I think there in

the red.. very young children only 2 or 3, just barely walking

would follow their dad or mom around and dance and laugh

and have a wonderous time..When someone watching in

the audience would yell and clap for these children they

would beam at them and wave and dance even harder . It

was a great time.. The weather was just perfect as you can see

not even a cloud in the sky ,, wasn't real hot which was so

good those costumes were heavy ... the feathers and fur skins..

A man standing next to me had a wonderful costume on and

he had a fox head hat on..a vest of fur.. he held a long tall walking

stick and on the very end of it woven and held in place by leather

strappings. was a deer rack...not real big..and in the center of it

were bells.. I asked him what the horns were from..

As the music changed all of a sudden he lets out this LOUD

yell..and stomps his walking stick onto the ground and proceeds

to step high with one foot then the other ..turns in circles as he

dances his way singing into the group starting to dance around

the circle again.. Anyone could dance,,they encouraged everyone

to take one dance around the building with them.. Many many did..

I preferred to watch..it was such an amazing day...

This Pow Wow Lasted all day into the evening and sunset..we had

to leave as Nadine had to go to work at the casino there, Its right

across from the Green Bay Airport..The Oneida Casino..it is just

great! She was a black jack dealer there.. She and Ted owned a

limo service.. they had 2 of them.. a long stretch white one and of

course a black one.. She had just gotten the new white one.. I lived

in a huge apartment complex.. when she phoned she said "Im coming

over to get you and take you for a ride in the new limo, so I was ready

to go! Well as we leave my apartment.. she says "Lois, theyre watching,

to see who this car is here for..I saw lots looking..so lets do this right..

Now.. I was NOT dressed to the 9's then.. I didn't look bad, I never do,

:-) anyway, I was scruffy lets say, so....

Nadine goes out the door first..holds it open for me..and I walk out..I

slowly walk up to the car as Nadine reaches around ..and opens the

door she reaches out and takes my hand and helps me into the car.

She had on a chauffeurs cap now..she was just home from the casino

and she was dressed nice..black pants a crisp white blouse and a

pretty black vest..well , I get in..she goes around ..the windows are

tinted so no one can see into the car.. We pull out and I bet in EVERY

window there was a face ..with the look "WOW I WONDER WHO
THAT IS???" on their face..We laughed.. She drove around for a

while and we stopped and got a soda..and sat in the car at McDonalds

in a white stretch Limousine that was cute.don't you know everyone in

there was wondering.. She drove me home..before she stopped she

reminded me not to open the door to wait for her..we wanted to give

those nosey neighbors a show..She gets out of the car..shes tall now

too..and puts on that hat, walks around that car and opens the door

reaches in, takes my hand and helps me out.. opens the door to the

building and we go inside.. When we got in there we peeked out the

curtains..and was the same thing..every window had a face in it..THAT

was fun..we had the best time doing that.. Was the one and only time

I ever rode in a Limo..huge car...

Well time for me to ride to bed.. I got up at I thought 530..well my clock

was off and it was 430.. so I am kinda tired..Penny was here today

and we are all squeaky , Donnie comes tomorrow to empty out the

garage of his styrofoam..be nice to see him.. Penny changed the

comforter and pillowcases on my bed and I KNOW how good that

is going to feel.. Im tired.. Hope you enjoyed the Pow Wow..

"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.....

~Friends~

I have to say I have some great friends. Do you know that

I could NOT do this by myself... . I may seem to have it under

control..well ok...sometimes.. but.. I KNOW I have friends ...

when I get down, discouraged, and feel just plain worthless,

useless and of no importance at all...I know one of them will

tell me how nice I am or how GORGEOUS, which I KNOW

better, or tell me they are proud of me, for taking this "bull

by the horns" so to speak and still trying and doing the very

best I can..THAT keeps me going.. the thought of better things

ahead .. I have to believe that.. or what would be the point.

With out the help, love, encouragement from all of my friends,

well I don't think I could keep up this daily Battle! which is just

what it really is.. But well we Native Americans are used to a

fight..and wont back down... :-) I may not have any legs anymore,

but I will still STAND my ground.. I will continue the fight.. and

too this fat lady aint sang yet :-) ok GORGEOUS lady :-)

Theresa was here this morning, we talked for I bet 2 hours..I

told her what happened with all my food, I also told her what I

did to Dutch AND what HE did to ME !!! :-) She could sense

I was a bit discouraged, that things seemed to be piling up

and going wrong all at once again..I told her about Chris

making the mistake of calling..just at THAT time.. she did laugh

with me though when I told her what a chicken he was.. He

STILL has NOT come to get this check by the way, he sure did

need it hey? Liar...I cannot STAND a lie..just don't say anything

if you have to tell a lie..keep your mouth shut..how I feel anyway.

I hate lies..let me catch one..I get a bit pissy...I don't lie.. I try

VERY hard not to.. now I do Tell fibs.. but nothing major, its like

"did you take your pills today?" "Yes" with my fingers crossed,

cuz I was fibbin.. But anyway, she tried to encourage me and

told me to not let it get to me..and she always tells me that she

is so amazed at what I can do and DO!. specially when she saw

this house transform..

OHH!!! and GUESS WHAT??? Well last year..august..remember?

I was homeless for 6 weeks.. I got that grant, got this house, and

here I am.. I am surviving..was a fight..but I did do it.. Well Theresa

said..the CMH here want to do a "Spotlight" type thing about me..

Telling how and what I went through..from virtually nothing..to this..

I think could prove encouraging to some I hope.. So I have to send

her some photos.. of the house.. me..and a bit about what I went

through.. If it motivates someone else..I think its great.. I am

anxious to see what they do... this should be very interesting..

specially since I am such a GORGEOUS WEEBLE!!! :-)

I told Theresa about poor Dutch, whom at the time was curled up

on her lap..he would wake up every little bit and nuzzle her chin..

she loved it..she really likes Dutch, and she loves LB..well no

she really loves them both..they make her feel special when she

is here, and just act like she made their day..Well when I described

what happened when I went to shake the container of juice and

Dutch taking off like a scalded ape to the bathroom and how hard

it was to bath that cat.. she laughed so hard.. THEN I told her the

little buggar got even with me tho.. I had one of those little paper

plates that I put their food on here on my desk..well I had my muffin

on it :-)..so I proceed to show her what I was doing, holding the

can with the left hand and the spoon in the right and then hit that

plate to the floor..she laughed.. I told her he did it deliberately..I

still say he did.. little buggar.. I don't really PLAN to antagonize

this cat its just hes in the wrong place at the wrong time cuz he

sticks to me like glue.. I go out of the room, they both follow , and

will wake up from a sound sleep!! his OWN fault... so there! :-)

I made the mistake of eating lunch that coa brought today.. took me

all of 20 minutes to realize that was NOT a good thing to do.. I don't

know what they do to this food..but..well some of it has a worse

effect than McDonalds.. I can only eat their breakfast stuff no fries

or burgers from there.. they are awful on my stomach.. I still love

Arbys, those market fresh.. they have a Rubin sandwhich there that

is KILLER>. ohoh..food talk so you know what that means.. Time

to check out my kitchen.. I have some good peanut butter crackers

that sound really good.. I don't think that will rock my stomach boat

too badly.. ..Only thing needs to rock- and roll is this chair away from

this computer and into my bedroom and see how long I can watch

TV for..If I turn the clicker over so I cant find the buttons that may

work .. "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 Start~ :-(

Today, well.. It started off CRAPPY.. I cannot believe what I did.

I love my icees..I have Penny get me a couple the days she is

here, then I have one for the day she isnt. Last evening..about 7,

I had about half of one left, I decided I best not drink it..could

mean getting up during the night..I put it in the freezer, pushed at

the door, and went to bed..... I didn't get up during the night, I didn't

go past the fridge until this morning about 7 when I did get up...

The door was OPEN... EVERYTHING was thawed.. all of it.. Shrimp,

2 bags of them, chicken breast,brats, roast..dinners.. all ruined..

they had been thawed for a long time.. over 12 hours, it wasn't safe

to eat, it all was warm..which I wasn't going to tempt fate on that and

try to save it.. I have enough problems already..all I need is botulism

or food poisioning...that would be fun...From bad to worse...

I cant believe how this day started, that I could be so careless.. I
wont ever put much in there now.. I cant take the chance that I am

stupid enough to not make sure the door was closed.. Ive done

that so many times.. just push at it and think its going to close..If

one of the doors wasn't going to close I wish it had been the bottom

one..was nothing in there but water and soda.. I had used all my

food stamps to stock it and had "THOUGHT" I hit it lucky when I

found such goodies on sale like the shrimp I love and those great

chicken breasts...I guess I would have been if I still had them...I

hate sometimes how I get taught lessons... I guess we are never

too old to learn...If I had feet Id kick myself in the butt on this one..

If my day wasn't bad enough..my phone rang..and it was one of my

favorite people NOT to talk to..Chris..my landlord..now..look at the

date..see? one week..as in ONE..before payday..Chris says ...

"Hi Lois, you owe me $185.oo, for your part of the rent, when can I

expect you to pay it?" :-D now... you know I was primed and ohhhh

SO ready for a conflict.. I flew HOT, I said " Chris, buddy, when do

you plan to keep YOUR end of the bargain here?, nothings finished,

the ceiling leaks..when did Kenny come?, its not finished painting,

the window is not replaced..WHEN do you plan to keep YOUR word"

He says.."Lois, I did paint what I was going to paint..the house is

liveable,I will replace the window, the painting is not a MUST.." I got

SO mad, I told him off ROYALLY... This was ALL sposta be done

BEFORE I moved in..and ALMOST a year later, its still NOT done..

Im SICK of that man..no..that spineless man..that does NOT keep

his word.. I did inform him..that every day I have been in this house

is documented..right here... so I told him I would write him a check

for $150.oo.. and he can put it where the sun don't shine..I want this

place fixed , finished and done right.. I don't care WHAT the rent

is..2 dollars 2000 dollars.. FIX IT...And they will when theyre ready..

NOW ..you know another reason I am looking desperately for a new

place, I don't care where it is..state , country or region...as long as its

better than this ...


I told Chris I didn't need this crap, he needs to keep his end..I don't

like all this stress every time I do something that it falls apart or the

window falls out or the ceiling leaks..let alone the bloody door

falling off ! I am going to save EVERY dime.. and get out from this

problem.. I am NOT happy here at all.. And I guess my knight has

just given up finding me and carrying me off..*sigh* so looks like

this gal just gotta pull up my pants legs and step over all this CRAP

and get rollin or I will be caught with my invisible pants down...and

THAT aint fun neither I tried that last year.. I keep hoping I will have

stress free days..I doubt that anymore.. I went to the HUG video

after all this crap I sure needed one then...

Other than all this..today was quiet..not much happening.. I did get

a lovely gift in the mail yesterday though, a wonderful blouse AND

a pair of walking shorts!!! yes! pants! I think theyre so kewl.. A

pretty sage green, and the blouse is a beige..matches wonderful..

I was so pleased to get this..how sweet..AND brand NEW!! I

don't know if they will stay on my body! im not used to NEW stuff

all mine comes, well, came from that free store just down the street..

This is a treat..and I will take a photo in it.. Ive not had pants on of

any kind since I was a sak..should be interesting..I love the sage

green.. its a pretty outfit..casual..be nice for a ride in the country..

I LOVE surprises and sincerely say "THANK YOU!!" :-D I feel so

SPECIAL!!! :-D...

Sorry for the show of temper :-D but ..that's me..I have one and

don't try to hide it.. But whats right is right..and Chris is wrong..

Hes not kept his end of all this and expects ME to keep mine..

Not fair.. I probly wouldn't have been so ugly to the little twerp,

but he caught me at a very bad time dealing with throwing

away all the food in my freezer that I had only JUST bought..

and too he knows Im on SSI..he could have said..perhaps

after the first or something..no he ment NOW... he better come

pick up this bloody check.. he sure don't want me to deliver it.

As of post time he has not shown up..probly scared to..like he

whined to his dad "she yelled at me" ..dad says"Lois, Chris

said you yelled at him"..come on.. is that pitiful or what? I bet

daddy comes to get this check too..Chrissy is probly fraid of

that mean lady :-D Im so mean.. :-D

Well this was a wonderful post..telling all my stupid stuff I do,

and show my awful temper..but well..this is the life of a dear

GORGEOUS WEEBLE..and it just sure aint easy.. I think

what I write here proves it :-D..Im done for today..I am glad

this day is closing..NOW if I can make it to the bed without any

major mishaps..HOPEFULLY tomorrow will be better, I have

to think it is..or I wouldn't wanna get up..and well hell I aint gonna

quit this fight nope.. not me.. Wonder how long this go round is

gonna last..seems I go in these bouts of bad crap..guess it keeps

it interesting and maybe my blood pressure needed a little kick

in the butt to make sure Im all still here..:-D Chris KNOWS I am.

Well time for some crackers, the TV and sleep, not necessarily

in that order tho..the TV gets on..but I fall asleep most of the time

before it even gets warm.. They changed the stuff on the cable

its all blue at the bottom now to read what it is your watching,

and has white lettering..well I cant read that now.. I could before

if I squinted..now it all blurs together..I hope this isnt permanent..

well don't really matter for as much as I see of it :-) Time to roll

off into the sunset... "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.....

~Need A Hug~

I got a email today that was a link to you tube. I went there and

I have to say was one of the nicest that Ive seen. A young guy,

kinda long hair, dressed nicely, had glasses and a short beard

and mustache I think.. anyway, it starts out showing him walking

down the side walk sort of against the flow of the others, he is

in a city, probly New York or some where. lots of people ..and

hes carrying big sign.. He holds it up..high so everyone can see

it that is coming towards him.. He smiles, and sort of nods at the

sign hes holding.. People steady walk by this young man, Id say

hes in his 20s maybe, anyway, one lady he walks towards her,

she sort of side steps him, shaking her head to say"no".. he turns

with his sign.. the sign says "FREE HUGS"...

can you imagine any one refusing a free hug?

As the video went on.. the first one, an elderly lady, saw him..he

motioned to her and walks over, she spreads her arms, smiles

broadly and hugs him .. They smile, more and more as the clip

goes on..he gets hugs, some girls run into his arms..as well as

young men.. older men, older women.. all are hugging..it cant

help but make you feel good..that there are still caring people

out there, that we do need this..single hugs, group hugs... Suddenly,

they show the police there, he had to stop..they said he wasn't

allowed.. So he decided to take up a petition..he got over 10,000

siggies on that..and he was allowed to continue, it showed one

of the cops.. giving a hug.... The clip has been viewed over 16

million times.. I was one of them....

The emotions I felt thru it..were such a wide range, I started out

feeling so bad for him.. no one would hug that sweet kid..they

walked past..ignored him... I felt so sad.. then the hugs started,

more and more..some really great ones, running together kind,

happy kind...I was so glad,,, I laughed,, as the hugs got more

and more, I watched and I got sad and a tear.. Hugs are so good

they cant hurt you..well not unless its a rib crusher hug...but they

heal.. they help..make you feel good.. Just watching all the hugs,

the happy ones..kind YOU wanna get..the 'so HAPPY to see you'

hugs... Was a great clip.. I sent it to quite a few. From some of

the replys I got.. well there were quite a few needed to see that..

but then how could you tire of seein happy stuff? Sometimes

people don't realize, they may not need a hug but someone else

sure does... If you care about others more, then you don't have

time for those pity partys and woe is me.. go get a hug.. :-D

I try hugging my boys..well.. wanna see a cat get mad right quick

and in a hurry? pick up one of mine.. INSTANT mad..LB used to

growl at me.. he knows NOW ,, we NEVER growl at Mum.. no no..

be NO days like that...Only time I have to say that I did get to hug

the boy, when he was so sick.. he let me hold him for hours.. LB

I cant hold him..but he will lay on me..when he feels hands on him,

he will move..like he cant be pinned down. We had no bad thingies

today, all was calm and nice... No fights with anyone..got a few

nice phone calls that I always enjoy.. and lunch? well.. was bbq..

and I offered it to Dutch.. he tried to bury it.. I smelled it..well. I did

NOT eat it.. it didn't even have a good red color.. was a odd smell

and well I have enough stomach problems with out eating ickky

food..and if a cat wont eat it..that usually will eat anything..well..I

aint neither.. I had one of the blueberry muffins from Meijers..and

boy oh boy.. wow..what a treat.. I made a delicious cup of coffee

this morning..and had one..MMM great way to start the day.. and

since I have one left, I might as well eat it to end this day.. I logged

off early last nite.. and I even got to watch some TV.. was pretty

good.. I love the travel channel..there is a guy on there that well..

if he needs a travelling companion I wouldn't mind going along!!!

Now Im going to roll this GORGEOUS WEEBLE out to get that

muffin.. " 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.....

~Exciting Neighborhood~

I want you to know, this is an exciting neighborhood now..

That house there in that photo is the one just next ..Penny

took this..she was standing in front of my garage..Can you

figure out what is going on? This is NOT good.. Well..ok see

the blue car with the red thingie on top? that's a STATE

POLICE car..the other big white one is a truck they use to

haul off evidence that is hazardous..Those men there with

the white buckets up by the house, are gathering evidence

just like the man on the left by the truck there.. Well guess why

they are there?? Penny told me, they found a METH lab there.

Yeah.. I mean ..this is just wonderful..need I say how thrilled I

am to know that I could have been blown up at any time one

of those morons over there did something or mixed something

wrong?? I don't like this one bit..and I am glad they got busted

for making that crap...they endangered everyone around them

not counting the kids more than likely they were probly selling

that crap too.. Im glad.. I hate that stuff its so very very bad ..

Penny got here at nine and she told me to look out the window..

well I cant see anything cuz of the garage, so she sneaked out

and took photos from inside my garage so I could see what was

going on over there...I know this street is so busy, and those

people that live there and the kid that lives across this other side,

awfully suspicious when the 2 cops were here looking for that kid,

and now they bust this place.. Strange..I know they were friends,

cause I saw them together and the kid going back and forth.. I

bet it will be on the news at 6... Always something.. What a great

place to live! Im so thrilled :-) Maybe this will stop the screeching

cars from laying rubber out there..and save a few kids.. I ve seen

what that crap does..

I knew a beautiful tall woman, 2 beautiful girls..she had a husband

that loved her, a wonderful farm..loving family and friends.. She tried

that crap, and lost her husband, home, health, daughters, everything..

and whats the saddest, she doesn't care..that CRAP has destroyed

her so badly.. She had a wonderful life..but wanted to try that stuff..

and did..and did and did and did..cuz that's how it does you..You

are Instantly addicted.. Her girls today don't know where she is.. The

last they heard ..she was wanted by the police.. The last time I saw her,

was a beautiful summer day , I was in my wheelchair at her house...

she was on her golden horse.. a massive creature..she sat proud and

tall in the saddle..her long blonde hair blowing in the wind as she laughed

nudged the horse to a mild gallop..and off she rode, just lovely.. was

a good way to remember her.. . . ... I wonder if she longs for those days?

Shes such a lost little girl now.. so very lost... all we can do is love her

anyway..

Penny was here today and I know Dutch told her all about what I

did to him..well the little buggar got even with me this morning..he

did.. I had opened their can of cat food.. I reached and got a paper

plate that I put it on every day..well a clean new one..Dutch HAS to

supervise the opening and putting the food onto the plate, he has

his nose right there and will try to get a few licks of it before I even

get it onto that thing. Well..I had the can in my left hand..tipping it

to dump it out onto the plate and I had a spoon in my right, ready

to scrape the can out.. and at exactly the same time as that cat

food was going to hit that plate, Dutch slapped it..and that plate

went to the floor, and yes...the cat food dumped out onto the table.

NOW..is that getting even or what? He will slap at stuff to see if

it moves..he loves to play, im used to that..but I wasn't ready for

him to slap at that little plate and send it flying.. I just sat there for

a minute and looked at that cat..I swear I saw a grin on his face..

He slowly walked over the arm of my chair and jumped down..

I got to clean the cat food off the table..and put it onto the plate

AGAIN.. Hes good.. I would NEVER have thought he would do

that..well he got even ..I guess its my turn again :-D...

I slept later than usual today till 630.. I was up at 3 or so..thanks to

the wall shadows. But as the day wore on I got more and more tired.

By 3 I was ready for a snooze..If I would have laid down then I would

have slept till 8 or so then my schedule would have really been out of

kilter...But the past few days or so I have been more tired than usual..

even though I do sleep..I don't sleep real comfy..with only 2 positions..

that I mainly use..Ive been doing my stumpercizes every nite before

I fall asleep and even watch tv..I do each one about 10 times some

times more depending how lazy I am.. but it does help..I know they

are the best rain predictors anywhere... I KNOW when we are going

to have a storm.. They feel like theyre going to explode..and theyre

calm now, so I guess no storm warnings ..Im glad..in more ways

than one! :-)

Lunch was chicken, 2 wings..wow..and brussel sprouts..I love those

little cabbages.. Those I did eat..I had Penny pick up some wonderful

raspberries when she went to get cat food..they had it on sale today..

well this week.. so I had to get it.. I always keep their food stocked up

and I got the boys a bag of treats too..Whisker Lickins.. or some thing.

they like them.. Well I like blueberry muffins..and that's what I have

out in my kitchen so Im gonna get one of them..head to the bed, and

watch some tv..hopefully I get there early enough I can see something

on there for a change.. "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.....

~2 Dolls~

I was surfing yesterday, and I found a really great site.

Specially if you have a child that has had to have an

amputation.. I don't even remember what I was looking

for when I found this site... But Look at those little dolls..

arent they just amazing? A little Dak, and shes in a wheel

chair..the nurse with the little crutches... These dolls are

18 inches high.. very life like and you can even sew them

yourself.. they send you the kit, there are all sorts of things

there all in tiny miniature .. For a child I think having a doll

like they are could help them, knowing they even have dolls

like them.. They have all the clothes, equipment, even tiny

braces..its so cute to see this stuff... I had no idea that this

was out there...I think its a good thing..If you want to know

the URL to this site, drop me a note and I will send it to you.

Its called Sew-Dolling, if you cant sew and want one, let me

know, I could sew it for you...I think if you put that name into

your browser you will find the site...

I lost all my bookmarks, and I have had no choice but to

just STEADY, play and look for new ones :-) I lost all my

great wav sites and that about makes me sick... I started

to send out every morning a neat toe tappin gospel song to

kinda get the day started.. Now I have to find all my wavs

again.. A wav, is a song with words, like an MP3, but smaller

in KB size, I use music in most of everything I send.. I like to

add songs.. Sometimes I don't write anything..the song I send

sometimes will say it all.... I LOVE music...I think it can help

a person a lot.. I don't really like some of the country songs so

many are cry in your beer stuff and well I think whining is not a

good thing.. I like the oldies..where you could understand the

words and they meant something..

I have NOT done one thing today, other than play on this computer

and send all sorts of stuff and just filled up everybodys mailbox..

no no..almost though.. My boy..well hes kinda forgiven me..he laid

by me, and he even let me hold him this morning for a few minutes..

hes still kinda sticky in spots though that I missed.. I am NOT giving

him another bath anytime soon.. It was so funny when I held him to

dry him..I would reach and pull his little leg out to dry it..and he would

pull it back and lay on it..snuggle in to hide it.. :-) I had to laugh.. I

thought about that all day.. It was so funny.. I felt sorry for the boy..

I did too.. Don't you know when he felt that ice cold smelly orange

juice dump on him, he thought SOMETHING was HORRIBLY wrong..

Poor kid.. You would think he would know by now..hes going to be 3

yrs old next month..LB will be 4..

I was looking at the calendar..you know July is almost gone? I have

NO idea where it went! The days just seem to be flying by and I am

NOT getting anything done at all.. I want to redo my kitchen.. Lori

said she would help..Im going to ask her if she can come one day

next week when Penny is here and they can switch stuff around.. I

honestly don't think they can get that table down the basement tho..

ITs not real big..its a drop leaf...but it has to go down there.. We

need to clean my basement..get that material in bags.. I should have

had Penny start on that long ago and something else just seems to

always come up..But 3 hours doesn't last long when theres really

a bit to do...not big stuff but the dusting, cleaning, and of course all

the shopping...laundry.. 9 hours a week.. Its not a lot of time to do

it all.. That's why I try to do alot..to keep it clean and stuff in place

since the time is so limited ...I also want to change my bedroom

around, Im hoping Donnie can put that phone jack in there.. No

phone jack and only ONE electrical outlet in my bedroom..I find that

amazing.. How can only 1 outlet be enough..not when you have a

TV, VCR, lamp,phone,bed, air conditoner...all need plugged in...

I may get one of those power bars, with outlets on it.. I say this

every stinkin day.. This house is JUST NOT good ...not for me...
Well as promised a photo.. its not my best and honestly,

really... the top DOES match the skirt.. There is a lot of

that glow in the dark green in it.. Today is NOT the best

hair day either.. I have made so many messes these past

2 days that I can look even half way SANE!! I was putting

a box of Pasta Roni on the table, I missed cuz I looked

away at the exactly WRONG time.the box fell off the table,

hit the moist cat food plate, and stickey moist cat food went

everywhere..and If I didn't get it up it would dry and take a

paint scraper to get it off then..Sticks like glue.. well I wonder

if they make cat food out of horses.?.. isnt that where they

get glue? no..from glue trees.. nono GUM trees.. Hell I dunno

I DO know I have gone out of my way to just create the

biggest messes I can.. I have to clean them up, I cant wait

for Penny, the cat food would be there permanently then and

the orange juice ..well If I hadnt wiped up the floor I probly

would have rolled out there and got STUCK to the floor! :-)

Never a dull moment ... Life is so fun .. I love it :-)

Well time for food, Ive been playing on this puter all day and I

am going to log off early and get some of that pasta roni, the

angel hair kind I get..really good..all kinds of flavors too.. I

think the one I have ready is herb and butter or something.. I

know its patiently waiting for me, so color me gone till

tomorrow, same bat time, same bat channel.. I liked Batman..

"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.....

~Orangey Dutch~

I hope you will feel sorry for the boy today, Dutch, as usual..

I got this poor cat again..By the time this is all said and done,

this cat will hate me.. I had coffee this morning and had decided

I had enough and got a container of orange juice from the fridge.

It comes in a white plastic bottle type with a screw on lid.. I had

part of this yesterday morning after I had coffee.. its really good

juice.. Anyway.. As I decide before I drink it..oh.. I did NOT go

back into the living room, I stayed in the kitchen while I shook it.

Smart move which is surprising for me..

Well as I start to turn the bottle over to begin to shake it, Dutch

walks by right below it. As the bottle turns, the lid comes off and

that orange juice dumped out all OVER that cat !!! He jumped

straight up in the air, and ran for the bathroom.. I was right behind

him trying to get hold of him cuz all that orange juice this cat

was dripping all over ! I didn't want him going into the living room

then bedroom etc. So I sat in the doorway of the bathroom and

there was no way that cat would get past me..

It was like a stand off ..Dutch is back over by the sink licking

himself trying to get this juice off of himself.. I was waiting for him

to come towards me so I could grab him.. If I moved from the

doorway he would have escaped me ... Well he got tired of

being in one spot and decided to try to make a mad dash

under my chair and into the kitchen.. as he went under, he

was so fast all I got hold of was his tail.. I held on tight and

pulled him back to where I could get a grip on him.. It was

awful.. I looked at that cat and wondered HOW was I gonna

get him clean..and by myself..he wouldn't be good in the

shower.. Now..remember my boys are armed and dangerous.

They have their claws.. I held onto Dutch till I got to the cabinet

right above the toilet I was so glad it was so close and I could

get a few towels out to wrap and hold him.. Let me tell you the

fight was on.. and I know I don't need to tell you who won, do I?

I gave him a bath in the sink..he was so mad, he didn't mind

the water, but I held him there and MADE him sit still.. LB came

up of course and had to sit and watch I know the few purrs and

noises out of him he was probly teasing Dutch cuz he got madder

every time LB made some comment.. The boy was so mad at

me..he wouldn't even look at me.. By the time I was trying to dry

him I would pull his little leg out to dry it and he would pull it right

back and put it under himself as if to say "NO, don't TOUCH me

ANYMORE, you did ENOUGH".. I was laughing cuz he wouldn't

even look at me :-) Im such a mean mother :-)

I honestly felt bad really, I will admit I laughed so hard.. It was

funny, I wish I could have taken pictures of all that but, well I had

a mad orangey cat on my hands.. I couldn't have planned better

timing tho.. was perfect.. just as he casually strolled by, that cap

shot off that bottle, hit him in the back, that juice poured all over

him it was really something you would see on a funny

video thing.. I bet this cat doesn't walk past in front of me too

much when Im in the kitchen anymore as many times as I have

dumped water, food, now orange juice on him. Was funny tho :-)

Other than that, that was the high point of my day, well no, no I

take that back, I did get a couple phone calls from dear friends.

and I sure enjoy talking to them.. I love phone calls as much as

I do emails.. I did call Dawn to find out about baby, his name is

Kowen, or Kowan, she wasn't sure how to spell it.. and I forgot

the middle name..Im so bad..but I didn't forget a whole VAN tho!!!

That was too funny... I would have kicked my own butt on that

one ....Time for food, TV, sleep, not necessarily in that order

though...usually its the sleep before the TV ."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.....

~Plants~

This is my good friend Ruth, she lives in Arkansas, and those are

her tomato plants in her garden!! Are those great plants or

what? Look at the size and height of them..Wonderful.. I can

see those lucious green ones there.. I wish Arkansas wasn't

so far away! You KNOW what I would be doing.. Id be at Ruth's

asking for a couple of those green ones..
These are my friend Raife's tomato plants, or maybe I should

say Managements ..Ines, has a very green thumb..and their

garden and all the flowers around prove it..Both of them take

very good care and they have a lovely spot in the English country

side..They do differently with theirs..you see how tall they are..

Raife said they prune theirs so to speak and take off the bigger

leaves..which sounds logical to do then the veggie itself is probly

getting more of the nutrients... My Dad used to grow his in a case

he had made out of windows that was like a mini hot house. Ines

has a wonderful glass green house that Raife put together for her.

She does a beautiful job..shes also a gourmet chef..some of the

meals he tells me she prepares for him..well...hes very fortunate

to have such a great cook..Look at all the yummy matoes .. NOW...

if you laugh.. :-D... look at mine..... LOL...
Now, these are some GREAT tomato plants yes? I hear you laughin :-)

Pitiful.. I had to laugh when I saw Ruth's gorgeous ones then I was

telling Raife he says "just a minute I'll go take a photo of ours" he did,

and look at THOSE beautys...I think we just planted late or something.

but my poor little guys..well bless their hearts theyre trying and I have

to take care of them and give them credit for that..But I do wonder if I

will have any tomatos from those 2 little guys...

A friend told me a cute story today and I probly shouldn't tell but I had

to laugh so hard cuz it sounds like something I would do and I KNOW

many have.He went to the mall.drove there.parked out in the parking

lot. and proceeded to go in and do his shopping..Awhile later, having

done that, was time to leave, he went out to the parking lot and could

NOT find his car..Now this car , is a VERY bright YELLOW..like a big

canary happy yellow car.. easily would be spotted.. Well..he proceeds

to walk up and down here and there..finally just gives up and heads

back into the mall to call the police, that his car was stolen. He was

mad, upset and totally aggravated, he knew all the crap that was ahead

in filing police reports and all..he wasn't happy....

As he is walking down past the cars..he spots a van that had a Ducks

Unlimited Sign stickie thing on it..he pauses, looks, and thinks..' I have

one of those on my van TOO'.. it hit him like a ton of bricks.."OHOH..

THATS MY VAN!" he forgot he had driven his van..spent over an hour

trekking up and down looking all that time..and had driven his VAN.!!..

I laughed SO HARD .. I cant believe he did that..then to tell ME of all

people..like I could resist putting that here? see? I aint the only forgetful

one.. I am so bad sometimes.. I can open my browser to look up some

thing and by the time it comes on I forgot what I was looking for... Well..

anyway, I have to thank my friend Don for the wonderful laugh today...

that was so cute.. almost as bad as getting in the back seat instead of

the front.. I have NEVER done that my self.. :-)

My sister, got a phone call while her daughter Cheryl was visiting one day,

Stanley had gotten hurt on a tree job of course..only thing that ever really

damaged Stanley, any way they both panic, run hurriedly out the door to

where the cars were parked..Shirley jumps in the drivers side of her car..

Cheryl jumps in the passenger side......... of HER CAR!....they sit for a

half second.. look across at each other with these confused looks

Shirley said.. Cheryl jumps back out and comes over to Shirleys car

and gets in.. They were in a hurry.. But I can just see them.. the looks on

their faces as Cheryl is seeing her mother all the way across in her own

car..she thought Shirley would drive I guess or just didn't pay attention

which car as long as she got in one...she was ready to go.. Shirley said

she Yells at Cheryl to "WAKE UP and GET IN THIS CAR ! " That sounds

about right for us though... we do goofy stuff ..
I think it runs in the family ;-)

We have grandbaby number 3 as of 9:30 this morning.. Mom and baby
boyare doing great..Nikki, Donnies step daughter, had her 2nd baby,
which is Donnies 3rd grand..His other stepdaughter Amber has the
baby girl, Kristin..shes 9 months old now...Donnie was on his way to go
and visit them. Nikki had a C-Section this morning..so we all knew baby
would be here today.The 20th is a good date, that's the date of my birth
day, except mine is in January.. Grandpa is pleased.. well we all are. who
isnt to welcome a new baby. Penny came today and I got us one of those
5 dollar pizza's from Little Cesares..sausage of course...it was really good..
Penny ate some , and there are at least 5 slices left..its a large pizza..so I
will nuke a slice or 2 , and go and watch some TV.. I log off and try to
watch it but I keep finding that eye shut button and hit that every time..
"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.....

~New Friends..Im Glad~ :-)

Ive had a few new friends send letters to me and I am so

very pleased to hear from them.. I worry sometimes that

only the ones that comment read this.. I hope that many

do... I wish everyone that did would take the time to drop

me a line to my mail at yahoo or the gmail one here.. I

like knowing who reads.. When I offer a video, or the bigger

photos its to anyone that reads and would like it.. I am in

the process of working on a story, I think its rather good..

I like to write.. :-) but then you wouldn't know that by this

blog would ya? :-D... Seriously though.. Send a letter and

just request what you would like, a video, the larger photos

or one of my stories that I write.. I do varied types...some I

only write by request and then don't share them afterwards

as they are private written especially for that person.. . But

the offer is open...just have to write and ask..well even if

you don't ASK for anything..write and say hello.. I will even

REPLY!!! yes! :-D I do like mail...:-)
The photo up top of the boy and his girlfriend, Sybil, he loves

her as much as LB loves his girlfriend.. hes not as bad as LB

though..LB steady drags his GF all over, I find her everywhere

from the bathroom to the kitchen, he drags that cat.. What I

hate is when I don't see her and am in a hurry or its dark and

I have to sort of 'hurry' to the potty, well I hit that thing and I

STOP, I cant roll over it..they are too thick..you see how big

Sybil is well so is the other one.. LB will drag Meowy into

the bedroom at night, when he doesn't drag her all the way up

onto the bed, he will leave her right below on the floor, and if

I don't see her, well I don't roll.. You see how big Meowy is...
I need to find a way to clean both of them and had thought about

some dry shampoo... I don't want to immerse her in water, Sybil,

she wouldn't dry ..take forever.. Meowy I don't dare wash her,

shes 4 years old and been dragged all over all these years and

it shows on her, If something happened to that cat ..well.LB would

be VERY upset I think.. Hes started something new though..When

I had my craft shop I made velvet strawberrys , beautiful things,,

about 2 maybe 3 inches high..where he found one I have no idea..

but he takes this strawberry and carries it all thru here and just

meowing at the top of his lungs while hes doing that..then he puts

it down and lays next to it and purrs like all get out.. NOW.. what

kind of fruity kids do I have here? Meowy find out she will be all

kinds of mad :-D.....
Last night was scarey.. I got away from the puter , turned the TV on,

and they changed the way it looks now ..I don't like it..hard to see..

anyway,, down left corner said thunderstorm warning..a flash came

on the TV a guy in the TV weather room, says, if you are in South

Bend, take cover immediately...well that is not far from my sister..

There was some hellacious lightening and thunder last nite .. I sat

straight up once not knowing what to do, the windows were rattling,

the boys were next to me,, and they ran, I didn't know what it was,

I looked out the window and it was pouring down rain..but there

was no wind.. the flashes of lighting were so bright you would have

thought I was turning the room light switch on and off.. The thunder

continued to rattle the windows for what seemed like minutes. The

flashes of lightening were sometimes right after each other, 2 or 3

at a time..then the thunder rumbled so badly like it was SO VERY

angry out there, the windows just shuddered..was scarey.. I bet it

lasted for about 10 minutes.. I saw on the news just as all this is

going on ..across the bottom of the TV that a small town had to

be evacuated and I didn't hear the details cuz of course, ya..I

fell asleep..well I dozed off for the news at 11... I still don't know

why it was.. I do know how bad it was here, I havent heard any

thing bad from my sis, she has a cell so she would let me know if

anything bad went on by her, shes not far from there..or my 2

brothers.. I hope they are ok..it was bad.. well scarey..cuz I have

never seen or been really a confirmed tornado..what was "said"

to be..not proven..but when my windows rattled like they did..I

had not heard thunder do that..not that I can remember.. I was

waiting to see the roof go.. Id be like Dorothy in the Wizard of

OZ.. but I would never get back home! I aint got no HEELS :-D

Lets hope theres no tornados here ! :-)

Lunch today, well..I have NO idea what it was, it wasn't good.

then Chris (delivery girl) hands me a paper where they were asking

what we would like on the menus and gave about 5 different things

that they already GAVE us ...I wonder what they were gonna add

maybe a different bad recipe.. They hire a new cook but make

them use the same bad recipes..well new cook still bad food and

they cant figure out what the problem is..duh... Well I have food in

my fridge, and I have some cookies out there.. I don't think any

storms predicted so.. maybe I will sleep better tonite ..once it starts

to rain then the phantoms let up..but I knew it was gonna rain.. I

always do.." 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.....