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I woke up today at 530. I thought I felt good..Made coffee..did some

email..by 10 I felt like I had been up for 3 days! I got so tired all of a

sudden I took a desk rest... I havent done that in awhile.. I slept pretty

good last nite, Im not sure what time I dozed off but it was towards

the end of cops. I only had to get up twice , so that wasn't too

bad. I wouldn't have made the 2nd run, but I woke up to a loud thud in

the living room and saw the curtains move by the window.. I knew it

was the kids..but there is a vent right under that window and I worry

when a vent gets covered over.. The old registers I have in the bed

room and bathroom, I worry that stuff could fall through..In fact when

I moved in we found a hat in there, one of those knitted kind.. I worry

something falls down that thing then into the furnace then cause a

fire or something.. There is NOTHING worse than the sound of a

fire truck..They just send chills..and I always say when I hear one,

"please, don't let anyone be hurt"... that siren gets to me..the same

as an ambulance that seems to follow later on...
I sat here the other day and saw 4 of them go down the road with

lights flashing and sirens blasting.. I watched as one car just kept

on going..it was on the opposite side of the street as the fire truck,

but I thought that traffic had to stop going both ways, just as for a

school bus.. Lots of times you see cars or pick ups with lights on

them flashing, going down the roads..so many don't even know

who they are and don't get out of their way either and those are

the volunteers going to help out.. I think a firefighter has one of

the most dangerous jobs and deserves the utmost respect..not just

any sort of person can do that kind of job...

I guess no matter what our jobs are if we are each qualified to do

them, if we are lucky enough to find that job we really ENJOY.. I

loved to do sewing.. I also worked as a waitress, THAT was most

definitely NOT my calling.. I did NOT like that work at all..and I

tried that when I was living in Tampa.. The sewing jobs Ive had

I would say were my very best favorites then after that I have to

say nursing..when I was just an aide, and when I was an LPN..

But I did LOVE the work I did as a Marketing Support Specialist

in Houston, working with the export crating industry.. THAT was

most interesting.. Ive had some good jobs that I really enjoyed..

My hardest job I ever had.. hmmm.. well besides being the

worlds WORST waitress...I would say this job of being an amputee

is the hardest Ive ever had.. Its a daily challenge that changes

every day.. and some days its hard, some days its laughable..

some days... well I cant wait for them to be done..so I can go to

bed and just get to the next one...

My job right now is to go and clean up the mess I made in my

kitchen.. I was hungry and made some cabbage with onion

and potatoes and sausage.. was a lot of prep..but its so very good

and I hadnt made that in ages.. I put in a bit of green pepper too,

just small bits.. adds a lot of flavor..but fried cabbage if you have

never tried it.. its very good...and tasty... This GORGEOUS
WEEBLE highly recommends it.. Need the recipe write and ask..

that time again..."Nitey Nite"

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

ALways, Lois ****

Ps. The top photo is 3 years old..taken in Dec.2004. The 2nd, in

blue was taken in Feb of 2006... where has the time gone..I

was too lazy to a new take photo today..

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.....