~Wet Basement~ :-(

Penny came today and I am kinda a little upset. She went

down to the basement and apparently the window down

there that faces the front of the house is open. Rain got In

on the last storm and there is water on the floor..2 boxes

of my material got ruined. She brought it up here for me

to see as I know every scrap I have. It sadly, was my velvet

that got ruined.. I don't even want to guess at the value of

it.. It sells for over 15.oo a yard here.. I know Penny threw

out at least 7 or so yards of it.. I was sick.. To see valuable

stuff like that get ruined just eats my lunch.. I did NICELY

call Chris and told him about the leak down there, and I

POLITELY asked when Kenny might be coming to fix my

ceiling.. He said "I will let you know, and I don't think there

is anything I can do about the basement" So...there you

have THAT...

I am going to go thru all the stuff down there and get rid of

everything I don't absolutely have to have, I seriously doubt

If I will ever be fortunate enough to get a bigger or better

place, and the longer all that material stays down there the

worse and more useless it becomes.. I think I should just

give it away and then I wont have to worry about it anymore.

The constant stress of thinking of all that getting ruined is

just not good and I think its best to just alleviate that worry,

and just not sew anymore... Dawn wants to learn to sew..

and I met my new caseworker, named Heidi...she sews.

I was sitting in the doorway enjoying the fresh air with the

boys and I knew she was coming..what I didn't know was

that Chris, the inspector person, was going to be with her.

I was very nice.. Heidi seems to be a sweetie..shes quite

young.. and from what she says has 2 little girls...and she

likes to sew.. So maybe she may even benefit by me

giving her some of this material and help her to learn to

make quilts, which is what she wants to learn.. She asked

if I would teach her and of course, I said "YES!" Its always

fun to teach someone to sew..to create something out of

just a piece of material..to me is a wonderful thing.. I did

show her my purse, and wallet and the quillow I made that

I happened to have right here by my desk.. Heidi seemed

very glad that I was her client so I can teach her to sew.. I

am too..she seems very nice, and the boys really liked her.

If they approve, then its ok...some people come here and

they don't pay any attention to them.. and animals are a

great judge of character...

Donnie is having a birthday tomorrow..the boy will be 43..he

gets so mad when I say "the boy" .. I do call him Honeyboy

though and he wont admit it..but he enjoys that.. Specially

since I call no one else that.. Ive called him that since the

first day I met him.. He was so cute..and SKINNY!! Hes

grown into a BIG BOY now...And a good good man.. One of

the finest men I can say that I have ever met in my life, next

to my Dad.. Donnie is just as honorable and sweet as him...

And hes a wonderful Dad.. You can ask Kelli..Our girl is

doing so good..She and Jorge are buying their first house.

I am SO happy for her..and she will be closer here to us..

just down the highway about 25 miles.. Will be easier to see

her now, it will mean farther for her and Jorge to drive to

work, but they got such a great deal on this nice 3 bedroom

house.. I may take a study thing on buying a house that

keystone is having... that way they might help me to buy a

house... Worth a try to find out... I would love the security of

it being mine... And if it was on a lake or river..wellllll now..

I sure could handle that...

I put off lunch since Penny picked up some things at the

store for me.. she got these little tiny bananas..I bet they

are only 6 inches long.. they are so cute.. Ive seen them

this tiny in Hawaii..My ex sister there had a few trees in

her yard..and they were small ones finger bananas I think

she called them..they were good..and these little mini ones

will be just the right size for a PB&J sandwich..which I may

just HAVE to have.. Ive not had bananas in a while.. so I

may have to hurry and eat them before they go bad.. Well

thats MY excuse anyway... A sandwich, tv and sleep.. I

turned the tv on last inte I KNOW I did..but I cannot think

of ONE thing I saw :-) I was tired.. .like now..up at 5 makes

me tired and I didnt have a nap..that fresh air.. I will sleep

good.. Hope you do too.."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.....