~This Is An Extra Day~

Today is really not here you know.. :-) this is an extra day ..so

does it really count? :-) We woke up to more SNOW! And, It

was another wonderful night of horns blowing outside..The

strikers stayed again all night.. I have not had any time when the

horns are not blowing outside, for 3 days now.. Its getting very

old.. Then.. As I watched the snow come down and the roads

look worse and worse, I thought to myself.. "I should call Penny

and tell her to wait since it is so bad out, see if it lets up". Well,

I didn't call her.. A few minutes after 9 my phone rang.. It was

Penny, very upset and in tears.. Apparently she went out and

fell by her car.. She caught herself..but thinks she sprained her

wrist or broke it ... It had swollen and was VERY painful.. I asked

her if she could still move her fingers, which she said she could.
So perhaps its not broken.. But if its sprained, to me, they hurt

more and take longer to heal than a break.. Ive done both to my

right ankle.. So I am waiting still to hear what is what, I told her

that perhaps she should either call her sister to come and take

her to the ER or to call 911... Shes by herself, so she needed to

get hold of someone that can do something, which I couldn't do

much.. So then....

While I am sitting here after all this .. I start to hear these little

squeaks... every so often.. I listen.. and It sounds like one of my

smoke detectors.. I look at LB, cuz he HOWLS when those things

go off, he hates them so bad.. I think hurts their ears.. Well he sort

of looked at the bathroom.. Im looking all over to see if I see any

smoke .. which of course I didn't.. and I didn't smell anything.. well

me, but I smell good..so I go into the bathroom.. and look UP at

the smoke detector that's up on the wall by the TOP of the door...

I hear the squeaks.. So I sit for a while.. and think.."ok..Friday, I

can listen to this all week end, or should I call someone", I sure

couldn't reach it..unless I knock the whole thing off the wall with

the broom, which I cant get to anyway, its hanging in the stair

well going down to the basement.. :-( so what do I do? ....

I rolled out to my desk, and I called Chris, and he even answered!

Usually I get his answering machine.. I asked him what he thought,

and he assured me It was just telling me the batteries are low.. He

asked if anyone was coming by that could replace them, which, I

told him, "no, I don't expect anyone till Monday".. So he said he

had some business over this way and would come by and put new

batteries in it.. I hope he does.. Between the car horns and this

squeakin smoke detector I HAVE A HEADACHE!!! :-).. I heard

some noise outside and I looked..and someone was out there

shoveling the sidewalk in front of the house..they had pulled in my

driveway and shoveled along side the street and in front.. I have

NO idea who it was.. I couldn't see good enough.. and they were

going so fast and had their back to the house.. I didn't see them

leave either. .I don't even know whose shovel ! Mine, Penny keeps

in the garage so when she comes if she has to she can shovel her

way in.. . .

I talked to Rebecca yesterday and she gave me a bit of news I

really didn't like..said that she wasn't sure if my grant would cover

if I had a 2 bedroom house.. Which to me, doesn't make sense, I

don't see how they can say anything about that.. They can about

the rent.. But when I rented from HUD, I had a 2 bedroom.. What

If I needed a full time caregiver.. I think she is mistaken.. and I asked

her to check for sure before I did any more sort of planning.. When

I talked to Chris I told him I wanted to talk to him about perhaps he

might have another place that would be bigger.. So I hope he comes

and we can talk.. I will, however, tell him..If I do move into another

one of his houses that Donnie will check it out first..and Keystone..

so it had better be up to par.. Even Donnie said that HE would

check out the next place I move into first.. which I am glad he will..

But if Rebecca is right, I may as well just make do with this house,

and just stay here rather than just move to another 1 bedroom I

would gain nothing but the stress from moving .. Well unless it

was a HUGE 1 bedroom house and ground level.. I can make do

with this place, a little elbow grease and add a few new things I

could stick it out here...Maybe Extreme Home Makeovers will

help me :-) Is that wishful thinking or what ? :-)

Its time to work on the babyboy afghan.. Its looking so nice..

I did get the smoke thingie fixed, I had the lunch girl take the battery

out.. however, when she left..she didn't close the outside door to the

porch, its windy and NOW my door is out there banging.. I put a note

on this inside door to PLEASE make sure the Screen door is closed

when you leave." The mailman is my only hope till Monday, unless I call

someone to come and close it, so I sure hope he does.. Well time for a

snack and time to knit.TV too and I will NOT put any yarn on the floor..

I think Im glad this month is over..made us all have an extra day.. didn't

really help to have this extra one..but well I made it through it that's the

main thing..This GORGEOUS WEEBLE bids you "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.....

~Sewing Dreams~

There's a little town, just a wide spot on the road, I think they

have a blinking caution light. This little town is right next to the

river. There is a restaurant there, a convenience store and the

last time I was through there, someone was trying to reopen a

small motel that was there as well.. Its a very nice area, and

there are quite a few homes around as it is at a Y in the highway.

There are some abandoned buildings..well perhaps I should say

WERE, I havent been there in 8 years now.. not since 2000.. I

drove through there when I was staying with Donnie and trying

to get better after my heart surgery.... I had my own car then and

I decided I was going to drive to my sister Shirleys.. Which I did

with no problem.. I was in a sort of in between, not knowing that

the rest of the year would be almost totally spent in hospital or

rehab or that in just months I would lose my right leg...

This town had an old gas station, something on the order of the

photo I got off the net, its almost like that. it had a huge glass window

in front..there was a drive through with a roof over it that went

over top of the gas pumps held up by 2 huge columns of brick.

then were the 2 huge glass garage doors, but what was so great

about this place is that the garage was attached to the front of

a house, and the back of the house faced the river. It had a base

ment and the garage level and a 2nd story... Next to this place

was an open area.. lot size,, then.. next to that were 6 old cabins.

They were not in good shape then and I don't think had been used

in years..nor had the garage... It was very old... but didn't look in

bad shape from the outside, inside you could see lots of stuff in it,

but it looked more like storage.. When my ex and I used to fish, one

of the places we went was across the river from this place.. by

the dam ...good fishing there...above and below...which from this

town you could access both sides of the river not to mention above

and below the damn ... We fished there many times...

Why I have been thinking of this place again ..is because of some

dreams I have had lately..which connect to me sitting here looking

at my sewing machine... wanting to open her up and use her again.

My dreams lately have been about sewing..having my own business,

even to seeing in my dreams the ladies that were working with me

to make extra money... We had an excellent business... And we are

at this place on the river... The front of the place, the garage was re

done to make a sewing center, we made quilts and crafty things or

if someone needed or wanted something made, a dress, costume,

or what ever, once I made aprons for a restaurant. I made a lot of

money at the HHome making lap quilts... Sewing has been a part

of my life ever since I sat on my gramma's front porch realizing

just how fun it is to sew and create things from just scraps of cloth.

I used to sew for sewing places using Industrial machines, that I LOVE.

the speed and power they have is awesome.. When I used those and

would go home and use mine there it was like going from a horse and

wagon to a Rolls Royce... I can operate at least 6 different types of

industrial sewing machines. Some of these sewing places sell their

scrap or left over material for pennies...The material is all good quality.

When I found out a friend had opened a business making Hide Outs

for hunters out of camouflage material..my ex was in his glory.. I was

given huge bags of the scrap material.. and I told Jack, the owner of the

company just what I could make out of his scrap material that he had

been throwing away!!!... I went back a few days later and showed him

the shirt, pants, fanny pack and acessories..I had made- he was so

surprised .. he started making stuff himself out of it.. but he still gave

a lot to me and I made a lot of money off that free material...

I miss sewing and the creating and designing my own things.. Ive been

asked to design and create some clothing specially for chair people,

and specifically amputees.. To design clothes that THEY wanted..not

what they were forced to buy because they don't really have clothing

that is really adapted for us.. Nothing really pretty, Ive looked.. When

I was in the HHome, there was a sweet lady across the hall named

Nancy.. She couldn't move but her arms..and she could barely speak.

They dressed her in her clothes but she was uncomfortable.. slacks

that rode up and tops that just werent suited for her or were just ugly.

I decorated some of the hospital gowns that she wore..put lace around

the neck ..fixed the sleeves.. and I left the back open so she didn't lay

on anything,, like a seam or anything that could cause her skin to

break down which is a big issue for people with restricted movement.

She was pleased and LOVED the ones I did for her..In fact she liked

them more than her other clothes and would only wear them when the

things I made for her were in the laundry.. :-)

Across the street are local strikers..on a pickett line.. the cars going

by since yesterday have all been blowing their horns.. When they first

started I was going nuts trying to see who the cars were that were maybe

tooting their horns cuz they knew me or else something was drastically

wrong.. Well its the walkers out there, about 8 or so at a time.. I even saw

my house on the news! The horns were all day yesterday and EVEN ALL

NIGHT! and today the same thing.. I don't mind the horns during the day ,

but ALL night too? Those guys stayed out there ALL night !.. As COLD as it

was and IS.. Gotta give them credit I guess..One guy even brought his dog

with him.!

Well, enough for today, Im gonna go and check out my machine over

there and just see what I have to do to it to get her up and running..If

she fails me I have my good trusty one down the basement that I had

given to me in the HHome.. I KNOW what she can do.. and what I can

do is get started..so that means.. 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.....

~Spammers~ :-(

The past few days spammers have gotten into blogs. Mine is

one of them.. If you see a click here, or warning that's been posted

in my comments by someone or one that advertises something do

not click on it.. or the name . Some of the spammers have gotten

blogs to be able to get to the others, I checked with blogspot and

they are trying to stop it, I can put a word verification on my comment

section but they are a pain in the butt even though a lot of places use

them. If you don't click on anything in my comments you will be fine,

and usually the same friends comment, so don't click on any that you

don't know.. Why people have to do this crap makes me so mad.. But

that's like when I make a phone call to a company and its, press 1 now

for this..press 2 for that.. and on and on.. well heres a secret..after

that first press 1 or 2 for English, then hit the 0 the number 0 not

the letter O, keep pressing it, soon you will hear the operator say

" you have reached the allowed tries, please wait for a customer

represenative" and blip! you go right to a human.. :-)

I tell this trick to everyone, it works here and in the UK I know.

ask Raife, I told him about it here, that it works.. he tried it there and

it works there too ! I don't like the fact that we have to press 1 for

English, this is the USA, you live here, learn our language, just like I

would if I went to Mexico, or the UK or Germany or where ever.. I

know I said the UK , im just kidding y'all just speak the 'King's English'

as we say.. :-) no offense.. but when I think back of all the people

that have come here from other countries since forever, NO other

nationality has forced THEIR language on us.. Nor have we changed

the advertising or services to Include say Italian, German, or what

ever all these years.. NOW we here in the USA are being forced to

accept something that is not right and by people that are here Illegally.

This is not a good subject for me..but it does pertain to the having to

push the 1 or 2 on the phone for English.. That's why I wont press the

other numbers.. THey say its so they can direct your call to the right

person..well when you finally DO get to talk to a human they ask you

ALL the crap you just pressed into your phone to get to them..So..

NEXT time you have to call somewhere.. hit the 1 for English and

when the next message starts ..keep hitting the number 0 ..

I called the city here to find out about fixing a street light that was out,

this is a small town, I listened till I got to "press 9" for what ever, they

didn't have a number for what I needed ! Then when I finally hung

up and called back and used the 0 I found out the city has NOTHING

to do with fixing a street light.. did you? I had to call the Electric

company and go through the same .... press 1 now crap.. I don't

know.. but I sure don't like the way things are changing..sure not for

the better. I wont even discuss the "persons" running for president,

I do know the 2 main ones running I would NOT vote for. I see not a

whole lot in either of them..this is MY opinion...McCain is the best

as far as Im concerned. I dont like some of his ideas..but hes got a far

better reputation than the other 2 ..again.. MY opinion..End of that

subject.. Politics and religion are not good subjects..Im too ...well

opinionated on those subjects just like the English issue.. So I

will stick to what I KNOW best..and thats GORGEOUS WEEBLE

Amputee Livin, I'm getting pretty good at it .. :-)

I called and tried to find out who I call to come and repair my chair.

Well I asked R & R , Jim, when he dropped off my phone and he

said to call my caseworker, which is Sandra, so I will have to do

that.. I worry that the yarn will work down into the wheel and damage

it or something..be my luck the way it goes the bloomin wheel will

fall off !!! THATS all I would need.. But I do need the brake checked.

Yes, Raife, your so handy dandy, use your angel wings and fly over

that ocean and come help me fix all this crap here ! You're as handy

as a button my friend.. I know you could straighten this house out for

me right quick .. :-)

We are having more snow today but Penny made it..she got here late,

as it was really cold this morning and her key wouldn't go into her

ignition, it was frozen..she had to call someone to get some of that

de-icer spray so she could start her car ! They did get it fixed though

and she made it.. She made some spaghetti sauce for me and got

some angel hair pasta at the store for me.. That's my very best fav of

all the pastas.. I do like the ziti though too.. Well I just like Italian food..

I would say that is really my favorite next to just plain good home cookin.

Meat and potatoes and a veggie.. Works for me anyway.. :-) So.. you

KNOW what that means.. some dinner, then some TV, hopefully, and

then I HOPE I sleep all night.. That would be such a treat.. Time to post,

and time to say my 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.....

~Gettin Weak ?~

I had to make my nightly trip to the potty last nite and as I

rolled through the house I noticed I was having a VERY

hard time moving, my chair just did NOT want to move, it

was hard to push the wheel.. I got off my chair on to the potty

and reached back and released the brakes to see if maybe

I had gained a ton of weight while I slept or something that

was causing the slowness of my chair.. I moved my chair

around and it seemed fine. I moved back into it and I went

towards the door..but the more I moved the harder it was.
I checked my big tire and the brakes and I just did NOT see

what the problem could be. I went back to bed and figured

maybe I was just weak or something...

I got up about 5:30 this morning as the boy decided Mom

had slept long enough and I got into my chair and started

to head into the living room.. I noticed AGAIN that my chair

WAs NOT doing good.. I got out to the kitchen and made

tea, fed the boys and my chair was just not doing right.. I

went to my computer and did email, played a game or 2 of

spider solitare, and I went to get another cup of tea..while I

was in there the phone rang, I couldn't go fast enough my

chair was so slow it stopped ringing.. I got to my desk..looked

AGAIN at my BIG wheel..THEN I looked at the smaller gray

one in front.. AHH HA!!! I saw the problem...
I have been knitting, with baby yarn, I had started one type of

pattern and it got knotted, so I just broke it off.. apparently when

Penny changed the bedding yesterday that clump of yarn fell

off the bed. When I looked down on my front smaller gray tire

was that clump of yarn.. not just on ONE side, but it had lapped

over the tire to the other and it was on both sides of that bolt

in the center INSIDE the brace that holds the tire on.. This was

a MAJOR issue. I didn't know what to do. so I had to figure out

a plan of attack or call someone and wait for them to come and

fix it..and by then my arms would have given out..I could get in

to my power chair, but its piled high with JUNK in my bedroom!

which would result in a MAJOR job too.. So I HAD to figure out

someway to get this off my chair so I could roll with out giving

my self a heart attack ya know?
So.. what I did.. I got on my couch.. I sat at the edge, first I had

gotten one of my little pen knives, I have a great collection, that

were my dad's.. and I put it over on the couch, then I moved to

that.. and I pulled my chair up along side with the side of it next

to the couch.. I tipped it back and there was the grey wheel. I

pulled and cut and tugged I bet for over 45 minutes it was wound

on there so tight..and you can see I did NOT get it all off either !

I was so mad at not being more alert to noticing I had front wheels

too ! not thinking only the big wheel would stop me.. DUH!~ I

put my chair back upright and scooted back in it..and tried rolling

around.. Its working ok.. but that yarn as you see in the photo I

did NOT get all of it out.. I will have to have someone come and

fix my chair.. I had to call Sandra about my VP visits so I will ask

her about getting this wheel fixed and the brake checked.. This

NEW chair as I call it is already 3 years old.. Its still not as good

as my old one.. Its sitting down the basement.. Getting all smelly

I bet.. I hate to get rid of it.. I like having a spare.

We woke up to snow again, I would say about 6 inches or so..its

been snowing ALL day and not stopped.. Robert came by and

did the path for me and along the front of the house.. Im glad there

wasn't any wind so none of the snow got on my porch.. I mentioned

to Penny that my outside door was left open all week end well from

Friday to Sunday. Penny had taken my laundry and the door didn't

close good behind her and blew open.. I couldn't get out there to

close it.. That made me nervous all week end. I should put a sign

on the door to make sure its closed when they leave.. I thought it

was my niece that did it but Penny reminded me she was last to

leave friday..She said I should have called and she would have

come by and shut it.. This is what I mean, another reason I need

a better place... Im seriously looking..spring isnt far...and Im ready

to spring :-)

Out to my kitchen too :-) you knew I was gonna say that.. I always

have to have a snack after I post..today is no different..Before I

can have anything though I need to say my famous GORGEOUS
WEEBLE "Nitey Nite"...

Say, Thanks for all the comments yesterday! that was great! :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear ? luv 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.....

~Stump Boots~

Ive discussed with a few people about stump boots. I know

of a amputee that says she has some, but I havent been able

to reach her to really inquire about them..shes been offline for

a while.. But she says she has stump boots called stumpies..

and she really likes them.. I had thought about them..but for

me, I honestly don't think I would use them or a cart or anything

where I would be even lower to the floor. I cant reach anything

now :-) ... and in boots or on a cart, I would be VERY short.. I

think if I did get any that they would take quite a while to get

used to and I honestly don't think my left stump would tolerate

it.. As much as that scar flares up on that one, I honestly sure

would hate for it to do anything to jeopardize another infection.

From what this other amputee says she likes hers.. but then

she is a very small, well in weight, compared to me I think and

THAT has a huge bearing on it.. I think if I really did get stump

boots as short as my right stump is..and the 13 inches of my

left.. I have a feeling there would be a certain part of me that

would DRAG...besides my arms.. :-) I do think the stretching

part of being able to stand would feel very good.. But I could

do that in a pool.. I think a pool would be wonderful, where the

feeling of standing would be there but not actually standing..

I have a horrible fobia about germs.. which being as prone as

I am to infection is logical...but I wont go in a public pool..There

is a spa or health club just 2 blocks from me..well. I can see it

from my kitchen window, but I have heard so many awful things

about the pipes etc, and I just don't want to take chances going

into a pool that anyone in town can go into.. Now, if it was a

private one, then yes, I would go in it.. In fact I think I would LOVE

to get in a pool.. I saw a great lift to be lowered into one.. I wish

I had something like that to get into my bathtub, boy that would

save me a lot of work...To take a shower is a major deal.. I have

to really be NOT tired when I start out, cuz I know by the time I

am finished usually about 2 hrs or so later im tired! Its NOT

easy..

Penny came today and we have decided I definitely need a new

bed and pillows... My pillows are old and just look awful.. I bet

I was up every 2 hours again last nite having to move pillows

around so I could get comfortable, not counting the fact that

every time I moved being the plastic mattress I made wrinkles

well you KNOW this GORGEOUS WEEBLE does NOT do

wrinkles.. She totally redid my bed today so I am hoping I will

sleep better tonight, I think if Im careful with next months budget

I can get new pillows.. I sure hope so.. a new bed..well I kinda

doubt that.. but maybe pillows will help.. I sure need to sleep

better I go to bed tired and wake up tired.. THATS not good..

Like I said.. Im tired..and I want to work on the babyboys afghan,

its looking so pretty.. I had one of the Pasty Central pastys for

lunch..and boy .. talk about good.. worth every penny, I only ate

half its so big, and I plan on having the rest after I post this.. so

that means, time for my "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.....

~Talking~

I was talking to a friend of mine, and Im told how easy I am to

talk to. I retain trivia I guess its from when I worked I kept a

headset on a lot listening to the radio, and I think different things

we hear we keep somewhere In a box in our brains and only

take them out when we need it. All of my adult life, most of my

jobs that Ive worked have dealt with the public.. nursing, my own

business, marketing, managing motels all deal with people, and

talking to them..plus the fact, I LOVE to talk.. :-) bet ya didnt

know that did ya? :-) sure cant tell by my LONG posts :-D

When I lived in Houston, Galena Park and Pasadena, my jobs

that I held were managing motels and houses and marketing. I

worked for a lawyer there, he owned quite a few motels on the

north side and out in Pasadena and Telephone Road... I enjoyed

that work..was quite interesting.. Plus I lived on the property.. The

Blue Top was quite an active place, there were I think 38 rooms.

Im not sure.. On the week ends with the strip bars across the

street, it was nothing to rent one room at least 3 or 4 times. Lots

of activities, some funny, some sad, some were just pure mean

where customers would totally destroy the room, tearing things

apart.

One morning, a man had not left his room at checkout.. The maids

were not sure if it was to be cleaned so I went back to talk to the

room to see what he wanted to do.. I had talked to him for quite a

while when he checked in early the previous afternoon. He seemed

seriously depressed and very sad..He told me he and his wife had

just split up and he just didn't know where to go.. I assured him that

perhaps a good nights sleep might help and to face their problems

after they had time to think and settle down.. He went to his room

and I had not seen him leave, and neither had the evening shift at

all.. I went up to his room, knocked on the door, and what I saw I

had NEVER experienced in my life.. He had committed suicide..

There was a gun laying next to him on the bed and I knew in a

second he was dead.. I felt so bad for him, to be so devastated

that he felt he had nothing left.. Ive never forgotten that... I don't

guess I ever will...

When I worked at the Admiral on the north side of Houston, there

were 15 rooms I think and a huge building in the back that we

called the lodge, 2 floors.. I was working the 2nd shift with my

then boyfriend Sid.. He would make routine checks of the place

and as he entered the lodge , he found it filled with smoke..He

saw the smoke pouring out from around a door to a room that

was in the back by the stairs.. He opened the door and found a

man laying in bed with a cigarette trying to put the flames out on

the mattress.. as he patted and fanned them he hit a bottle of

whiskey or Something he had which fell over onto the already

flaming bed, which made it worse!

Sid was a merchant sea man...he used to work the supply boats

going out of Morgan City to the oil rigs..he was quite strong.. He

litterally grabbed the man.. and THREW him towards the Open

door, In the mean time I had run to call the fire department from

another room that was empty, Sid had run to get the fire putter

outer and by the time the fire department got there it was out..
We never had a dull moment at that place either.. I wonder if

these places are still there.. Be interesting to find out... I ran those

two motels and 2 small side by side ones out in Pasadena, not

far from Mickey Gilleys.. I went there a few times.. That's where

I saw Willie Nelson in person.. I swear he sang Blue Eyes Cryin

in the Rain just to me :-)

I enjoyed the jobs I had when I lived in Texas.. and I loved going

to Galveston to fish.. Sid loved to fish too and usually every week

end we made the trip there and spent the day fishing off the jettys.

The wait for the ferrys at the end of a Sunday was a long one, but

it was either that way or the other long way around..only 2 ways to

get into Galveston..but it is a great town too... I liked it there , but

I honestly missed the 4 seasons that we have here. I got to Houston

in 72 I think...I really don't remember for sure.. But I know I left there

in 83 and moved back up to Indiana to be closer to my newly found

sisters and brothers too.. A move I don't regret making..

My next move is of course to get some dinner.. The kids are due to

come over later, when I called Dawn she was taking the dog, Jerky

out to play for a while.. hes such a big dog..hes chocolate lab..and

very hyper...and HUGE!.. My dolly Kelli has gone to Wisconsin for

another baby shower given by her aunt and gramma there.. I know

she will get lots of nice things.. After her 3rd shower, given by her

friends at work, THEN I told her to let me know what she needs..In

the meantime I am knitting a afgan and I am going to make a couple

polar fleece blankets as well..babies go through stuff So fast in just

one day..so you really cant have too many Of anything, well unless

you want to steady wash clothes every day.

Time to post, time to eat, and time to watch TV, I think the emmys

or some thing is on tonite.. I like watching how some of the women

dress paying thousands of dollars for dresses that I could make

probly for 25.oo :-) Now my GORGEOUS WEEBLE, "Nitey Nite"

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

ALways, Lois ****

Ps: I couldn't decide which photo, so I put all 2 here .. Do NOT look

at my Ickky hair.. I just wasn't up to tackling the shower today.. It was

a bird bath day.. :-)

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.....

~Restless Sleep~

For some reason I did NOT sleep good last nite. I was awake

at least every 2 hours.. I know cuz every time I open my eyes I

always look at the time.. I know I saw 230, cuz I had to get up

totally THAT Time..I woke up again I think it said 4:20, and then

I got up up at 6:45. It takes me awhile to fall back to sleep, maybe

15 minutes or so, depends if the boys are trying to get back to

sleep too.. If they were laying by me or on me when I got up..they

follow me till I get back to bed and then go back to where they

were laying.. We have a routine to our madness here.. :-) But I

know when I sleep and its a restless sleep I seem to wake up

tired and the whole day is a tired one.. Today is one of those

days, but it has been a hectic week.. For someone that does

NOT go out, I do see a lot of people in a weeks time I guess,

specially if its a week of appointments. I don't mind, but I do

enjoy the days when I have no one expected to come by.. I

think everyone I know likes that special "ME" time.

I was thinking today of things I may have to do next week, I

know Ive not heard from Visiting Physicians, nor did I get

the special phone Sandra said was coming.. I should have

heard from VP by now, its a week..They may not want me

back as a client, which is their right.. I hope that's not the

case but well I have no control over that. The one Dr I had

with them..Dr Beams.. he was not a good man and I did not

like or trust him... He caused me some severe problems that

he had no right to give me.. I know they fired him.. Hes NOT

a good Dr at all..


I may have to make an appointment with my Dr if I don't get

the VP, to get my hands checked out.. The crap or what ever it

is my right is not really worse, but its not better either.. Ive been

trying yet another creme I have and sometimes I can see that it

looks Better, then at others it just looks awful.. I not only have this

crap on my right hand but I have it on my left as well.. If I cant get

them to come here I will see about how soon I can get into the Dr.

Most of our snow is gone and It wouldn't be too bad if I had to go

out.. Although you cant predict for sure what things will be from one

day to the next, that's the bad part of winter.. I plan to call Sandra

Monday and see what she says, I would rather have the VP..but if

I cant I guess I will have no choice but to go.. I sure cant afford for

anything really serious to go on with my hands,, I need them too

much.. well they are my feet, my arms are my legs you might as

well say.. I have to take care of them...

Its been such a quiet day, and I had the rest of my steak omlette

that Maryjane brought for lunch.. I bet they used a dozen eggs that

thing was so huge.. Was really good, It did have mushrooms which

are NOT my favorite things..put they picked out easily and the rest

of it was really good..The hashbrowns were good too.. I ate that,

then started to write this.. and 3 guesses where Im headed as soon

as I post this? yup..to watch my CLEAR TV ! I am tired from the

restless sleep but after I eat I get tired.. If I stay out here I probly

would end up with the keyboard imprinted on my forehead when I

woke up after dozing off here,, which as tired as I am I KNOW I
would.. GORGEOUS WEEBLES need their beauty sleep but the

alphabet imbedded on her forehead doesn't look the greatest.. :-)

So.. before that happens.. its time to say "Nitey Nite".. :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? Luv 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.....

Meet My Niece & John~ :-)

I had the nicest visit today. Meet my Niece, Mary Jane, and her boy

friend John, that is Chippewa Indian.. Such nice people.. MaryJane

is my brother Kennys daughter she lives in Racine, Wisconsin. Ive

talked to her on the phone, but not met her. She came here to check

on her dad, she was worried, which she had every right to be...Hes

got what I have. Mary Jane is a CNA, and John drives truck..does

long hauls.. We had such a great time talking about everything and

I was so glad to know John is Chippewa..perhaps he can help to find

out about our heritage. She just got a new computer and is hoping

to do some investigating on her own. She also informed me she has

tons of photos of my mother, her gramma, that I would like to see.
Apparently she spent a lot of time with her and she has quite a bit of

stuff.. She plans to come back in a few weeks..
They drove here in MaryJanes new suv, its new to her, not a new one,

but she got a great deal..only 1000 for that jeep I think it is.. They stopped

at of ALL places my very best favorite restaurant, the Oasis, they had a

steak and cheese omlette with them for me.. I was VERY pleased!!!
They stayed for about 3 hrs or So, then are going straight back to WI.

Penny was here while they were, and after they left, Penny said..she looks

like YOU !.. I told her, I kinda thought so too.. well shes my brothers kid,

and hes ugly, no just kidding, but for her to look like her GORGEOUS

aunt..well what could be better for this girl? She is named after my oldest

sister, MaryJane, that passed away on my birthday 3 years ago.. She

has such a vibrant personality, you can tell by the photo.. John is very nice,

and I guess they plan to get married at some point..They live together, and

to me that is just as good as being married..She has another sister, I have

not met, named Tammy. Mary Jane has 3 children..and 6 grands... John

has 4 children..and 3 grands.. they are already a big family... :-)

It will be interesting to see what we can find out about our mother. John

being Chippewa.. he may have an inside edge to help us find out.. I would

love to know my real heritage.. I claim my adoptive parents ancestors as

mine, which legally they are.. I would like to know my blood heritage..We

know nothing at all about our father..only his name.. nothing else.. I would

love to know about him.. who he was for one thing.. if he had family.. We

think he was French Canadian.. but have no proof of anything.. We only

know where hes buried.that tells us nothing.. I wish I had that Ancestry

. Com thing.. its expensive and I just cant swing it.. 150.oo for a year.. It is

worth every penny, but.. I just don't have any leftover Pennies ! ..and they

wont take this living Penny I have so..:-)..I don't think she'd go anyway

as a payment for me. :-) I would like to have it. My friend Julie in the UK

has it.. and looked up my mothers parents..and family..all were there..was

so nice to read that.. I just wish I knew if any family still there, I

would love contact. But I would love to find out about my birth mother and

father..My mother was one of 13 kids.. I would like to know more..

I got up early, I was awakened by a phone call from Australia..which I was

very glad to get.. My friend Blue's computer had blue screened on him a

few days ago and he called to tell me he had gotten a new one.. I was so

glad to hear that.. I know if mine went out with no back up I would be sick

I couldn't get here to post every day.. and I KNOW y'all would miss my

daily drama.. not to mention seein this GORGEOUS WEEBLE :-) Ive

been watching the prices on a lap top.. when they come down maybe by

then I will have enough saved that I can get one.. Then I wouldn't have to

worry about that anymore.. THAT would be a big relief...

I didn't eat all my omlette and I am going to go and finish it.. It came with

hash browns..which are a fav too.. It was a good day today..We are all

clean and I had a wonderful visit with my neice...It was a good day..well

worth getting up for.. But now Im SO ready for it to be over.. Im really

tired.. I have NO plans for tomorrow.. so it will be a lazy day .. I HOPE..

Mary.. I have NO idea what has happened to your card and the surprise

I put in it.. so I will send you another my dear friend, so watch your mail

again.. What happened to the other I Have NO idea..so I hope this one

will get to you.. Time to post , eat, and knit.. and say "Nitey Nite"... :-)

Life is good.. Im happy today... :-D

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.....

~Some of My Family~

I write a lot about some of my mothers family, my dear Aunts,

Uncles and cousins.. That is my Uncle Ernie that is now about 90,

still living, and my dear Aunt Gladys, and their 3 sons, Dennis the

oldest, Then Robert, or Bobby as I called him, the youngest is

Richard, Dickie was his nickname.. A great family, very close, just

as all of us were. We all did things together as a family which I wish

familys now did the same thing, but so many things have changed

so it cant be possible.. My 3 cousins, I havent seen since my mother

died, and then it was Bobby, I havent seen Dennis in 40 years I bet,

and Dickie, I havent seen him since I left home in 64. That's sad.

At one time, good times, we were CLOSE family.. That photo was

taken on one of our outings up to Lake Superior and Porcupine

Mountain... Lovely spot.. We gathered agates along the shore of the

lake, then drove up to the lookout on top of the Porkies as they are

called.. Lake of the clouds is a lovely spot...
We had a great time. That photo was taken from the lookout

at the Porkies, they have hiking trails and its a great recreation

place and quite popular. In that photo is my other sister that I

don't talk about and her husband that I NEVER mention, Top

left, Clifford, Gayle, then Dickie, then my Dad..See those Binoculars

hes holding..They are here next to my desk, I still use them, they

have given me many hours of window looking pleasure when that

was all I did that first year out of the HellHome, when I sat and just

looked out the window, waiting for the day to be over so I could

get to the next and the next. The bottom row, is Aunt Gladys and

Uncle Ernie, then GUESS WHO?? The other blonde is my cousin

Dennis's girl friend then, wife now, Janet, then Bobby in front..

We made these family excursions at Least once a month if not more,

just to get outside and enjoy where we lived, we loved all the seasons,

and made good use of all of them. Snow, didn't detour us at all..Rain,

yes, but snow, we all enjoyed it in different ways. My Aunts and Mom

didn't ski, they loved to go though.. they still enjoyed snow shoes or

even a toboggan that Dad used to tie to the end of his jeep and us

kids would get on it.. Dad would take us out to Kaufmel Road, a

lonnnnnng straight one, and he would pull us behind the jeep, THAT

was fun. Well except for one time when my cousin Bobby got smart

and drug his feet and made us veer off over the side and we ended

up in a snow bank before Dad could stop the jeep..It was fun though.
We didn't get hurt there was too much snow... :-)
The rides we took in the winter, we would just stop along the side

and have a picnic or just let the guys ski.. I wasn't a skiier, but I loved

the snow.There are all of us again, you can see Dennis and Janet in

the back, Uncle Ernie, Aunt Gladys, Dickie,Bobby,Mom, and Me..

Notice all the snow.. Just like what we have outside here today..

I don't think it was as cold that day like it is here today though. I wish

I had the albums of photos that my mother had..3 of them just full.. I

had to give them to Gayle, when she settled the estate after mom

passed away. That is a whole huge chapter, that I very seldom ever

talk about, much less mention Gayle. We are NOT in contact at ALL,

and havent been since 1990, and don't ever plan to be.

There are 2 times in my life I do NOT talk or write about or tell about.

They are very private and very personal... I do mention Gayle off and

on, never her husband, and the other phase of my life was the very

first one, I was married, but I don't write or talk about it. Perhaps one

day I will.. It was a very learning time, and very sad, the outcome of

those times was NOT good..but I learned some very valuable lessons.

I honestly think If I did write a detailed book about my life, NO ONE

would believe that a person in one lifetime could go through so many

different things of happenings- my life I have to say Is like a comedy

of errors.. Laughable , cryable..but the biggest was I LEARNED and
I have survived.. that is the main thing :-)

I still am.. I learned last nite that my Brother, Kenny has just gotten

home from hospital.. His wife Yvonne phoned me last nite.. Kennys

right kidney has stopped functioning..and.. they had to BYPASS

both his legs. He has blood clots.. like me, and sadly like my sister

RoseMarie, that passed away from an aneurism that killed her

instantly, she was 57. I am worried for Kenny. He was diagnosed

with PVD, like me. My sister Shirley, has severe leg problems, but

hasnt had bypasses...YET.. I talked for a long time to them and I

hope I didn't scare them, but that is how I started.. and why I am like

I am now.. I fear for Kenny. But like I told Yvonne, as long as he is

still alive and here, that is the main thing.. we can handle every thing

that is thrown at us.. That is one thing I can say about each of us

that are left, only 4 now, we are fighters, and we stand our ground..

I told Yvonne, Kenny was resting and she needed to talk to someone

that she knew would understand.. She loves Kenny dearly they have

been married for over 30 years. They live by my other brother Frank

and not far from my sister Shirley...in Elkhart..

Well time for me to close this day, was a quiet one, no mishaps,

no spills or falls and not much stress, I can handle these kind of

days, I hate when I have to get upset or angry or those ugly feelings

I like happy the best.. Which GORGEOUS WEEBLES are of

course mostly happy, you can be if you try.. Im gonna try to get out

of this chair for today and watch my great CLEAR TV..THAT will
make me happy :-) "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.....

~Re-Arranging Stuff~ :-)

As today as moved on Ive gotten a really bad stomach, I

wont go into details, but Penny came today and she hasnt felt good
either.. I told her we BOTH better not be coming down with crap..
Then we WOULD be in trouble. I hope its not the flu. I hate when I
don't feel up to par. We got a lot done though and I have earned my
tired again today..Friday will be even more so.. I plan to move my
credenza I have in my bedroom next to my bed out here by my desk
in front of my window. I wanted a filing cabinet and had thought of a
new desk with a file drawer in it..but I cant do that either I checked

the prices on those.That's why I havent gotten a filing cabinet.Theyre

not cheap either.. So I decided I need this storage that I have in the

credenza..It is up off the floor by about a foot and has sliding doors

on it.. Its full Of stuff now and I would have to take all that out, to put

the stuff I want to hide in here in it. All Im really doing is re-arranging

stuff, but I would need some place to put the things I have in it now.

I looked on line for a metal cabinet with shelves..I thought that

would be handy in my bedroom to keep all this sewing stuff in

it too, to neaten it up a bit.. Well I didn't find one, not at Meijers Or

Wal Mart, so I looked at 6 shelf wooden pantries are what

theyre called.. Meijers has them under GARAGE storage. fancy

Garage with Oak cabinets, :-) The price on those are almost

100.oo.. Everything is so expensive.. I had a nice wooden one,

just like what I want now, I had it in my kitchen for all my baking

and spices, noodles.. I kept in it.. When my ex packed up MY

things..well of course..he kept that. I sure could use it now.. I

wonder if he took it to Mexico with him ?


But I have to make a plan of how to do all this moving of stuff..

Penny and I talked about it today. If I move my credenza out of

my bedroom then I have no table by my bed to put my lamp,

or anything on it..and I need that, but I could get a smaller one

like a night stand for in there..but then Im right back at the cost

factor.. But If I can get some of these storage things..and can

re-arrange this stuff it wont be so cluttery in here which drives

me nutz.. I hate clutter and stuff everywhere. I told Penny that

even though I do plan to move, I need this place to be in a

better organized way. I watch those shows on TV where they go

into someones house and redo it for them.. Boy would THAT be

nice.. Or have one of those extreme home makeovers..where

they build a whole house and furnish it..and fix it to the needs of

the people..Sadly they never do that stuff for single people..which

is understandable..Kids need a good place to be raised and to

be safe, big familys need that.. Its a good thing they do.

I plan to IF I feel better in the morning, to start to undo the credenza,

and I don't know how, I havent figgured out how I can move it by

myself..Its not on wheels..so I cant pull or drag it.. I would have to

move it , just move by move..which..wow, with that carpet in that

bedroom I bet would take me a while.. But I bet I could do it.. I bet
I could get in my power chair and move it easier..I have to plan so

that Penny doesn't have to do it all.. I think I can, wanna come here

and help me? :-)

Sandra phoned today to inquire about the visiting Physicians, had I

heard from them, I told her I hadnt but I hoped I would so I could get

back on their schedule..I wouldn't have to worry anymore about blood

work or Dr visits or anything..They come once a month. Its been a

long time since I had them.. I bet..4 years at least If not longer..before

I got my computer...that was the end of 02.. She said she is going to

get me a new cordless phone.. I dropped mine and there is so much

static its hard to hear it..Its a hearing impaired one. Sometimes I get

calls and I cant hear what theyre saying and there is a button on this

one I can hit and it makes it louder with a control just HOW loud.. I

thought my phone before was bad..then I realized it wasn't the phone,

was my ear.. I have a broken ear drum and it has gradually gotten

worse, so I cant hear out of my right ear very well.. My sister is REALLY

deaf.. You can stand right next to her and she wont hear you.. When we

talk on the phone I can hear her TV loud as can be in the background

until she turns it down.. so I can hear HER better..Sandra said the phone

is on the way.. I have put off asking Donnie to put a phone jack in my

bedroom.. I could ask the phone company but they would charge for

that.. If I could get down the basement.. I would have a phone in every

room.. I can wire that my own self.. Ive done that before ..all you need

are splitters..

Well im done for today and I am ready to get out of this chair.. I hope I

don't have to keep rolling back and forth to the potty WIth this stomach

tonite..that is the hard part of being sick and in a chair. Its hard enough

to get up and stand and WALK when your sick..well.. think how NOT

easy it is when you have to scoot around in the bed, back up,, and do

ALL that 3 more times before you can get back INto bed... Aint easy...

that includes On and off the potty and back on to the bed :-) Im off to

get on my bed, lets hope I can stay there for a long while.

But,.First my 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.....

~Glad Its Not My TV~

I am so amazed at my cable.. I cant believe the difference. The

cable guy said my cablebox was too old..well I got it in 02, when

I first had the cable. As soon as he put the cable wire on to his

box and I saw how good it came in, I had worried it was my TV,

The picture is so clear, I Got ALL 62 of my channels. I don't have

any of the movie channels, even though I love movies.. My sis

has all of them.. I hate commercials..so when they come on I

click to another channel..then forget where I was and by the time

I figure out where I was the show is over.. But I am so glad its

not my TV..I am most grateful... :-)
Both the official greeters met him at the door of course, Jeremy

took the time to pet them which they love when they get

attention... The lunch girl takes the time every day to stop

and pet them.. LB gets on the desk and he has even reached

out and grabbed her arm for her to pet him again.. She keeps

telling him she will take him home.. They are good kids.. Most

cats arent as friendly as MIne.. I have to say they arent afraid of

anyone..leary sometimes.. I think they can sense who likes them

and who doesn't.. They are very perceptive..and as good a watch

dog as a dog.. They don't miss a sound.. I know when they hear

things.. when they jump up and stare at the door or the heat register,

then I kinda wait to see what I will hear next... I need to get a lock

put on this inside kitchen door.. The outside one is locked..but.. I

think I would feel better with one in here too..I have windows down

the basement..thick glass kind..but. still... windows..
I put so many photos of the boy and happened to take this one of

his Highness LB.. Look at those green eyes... I had just told him

to get OFF MY PRINTER...hes sitting on top of it.. He did NOT

like me yelling at him..couldn't guess that by that photo could ya? I

told him I took his photo and was putting it here too, so everyone
could see him glaring at me..and the stinker! . . .He didn't care!

kids.. :-) But I have 2 GORGEOUS CATS.. but then.. why would I

not have ? Im a GORGEOUS WEEBLE.. only stands to reason my

boys would be too.. :-)

Lunch today was bbq and beans that were so hard I could NOT

eat them.. usually they have good baked beans.. Even the bbq was

not up to its usual good taste.. They said they got a new cook..Well,

I think shes changing the recipes..its a shame they arent BETTER!..

I shouldn't complain, I get them free and I really am grateful..I do eat

some of it.. and I do eat the fruit that they send for Desert.. I need the

fruit and the veggies more than the usually iccky meat. Keeps me in

balance..I had Penny get some ham for me and I am so hungry for

a grilled ham and Swiss cheese.. They are just so good. That is

what my dinner will be ..then im gonna go watch my nice CLEAR

Tv ... Its that time again.. "nitey nite"... :-)

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

Mary did you get your card yet? I hope you have by now.. :-)

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'm Getting There ~ :-)

I, well WE, Penny and I got quite a bit done today and I am

sort of pleased that things are getting squared away more or

less. We worked in my bedroom and we did fix my mirror here

in the living room above the couch.. Looks so much better thanks

to a wonderful valentines gift that was sent to me. I LOVE brass,

and with the burgundy and pale yellow in here..Its so nice and the

colors just are so rich looking and I love it.. I still need some thing

for the right side of the mirror.. I wish I had some more of those

little brass butterflies like the only one I have on the left side of my

mirror..

The leaves came with flowers in them and I tried it both ways, I like

it plain with out the flowers..I think it just looks 100% better than it

did.. I had this gold wire edged ribbon that I made into a bow there

in the very bottom center and that just added to it even more..Penny

was very pleased with it as well.. Im so glad she already got her

Income tax back, she was really waiting for that.. When she got here

she told me how bad the roads really are after that Rain and then

Snow.. There is what we call Black Ice..you cant see it..but If you hit

it, trust me, you WILL know it...Its very dangerous.. We are expecting

at least 6 inches of snow.. Was amazing.. When I went in to watch TV

and to do some knitting, it was raining..we had snow.. I got up about

11 pm..the snow was gone.. I got up again at 430..and the ground was

covered again.. Its snowed on and off all day and sposta all week..

I got up this morning for a potty call and when I locked down, and went

to transfer forward on to the potty my right brake gave out. I almost

fell. I have learned not to trust my brakes, hard way I might add. I

caught myself..sure woke ME up, but now I have to see about getting

these brakes checked.. Its been gradually going and I ve been keeping

an eye on these brakes..but at 430 in the morning..well Im not as aware

as I am during the day, and the brake not holding caught me off guard.

No damage, just a "TAKE NOTICE LOIS"...so I don't have a nasty fall

out of this chair backwards.. that would NOT be a good thing. I plan to

call and see who I call to get it fixed..

I have been talking about getting rid of this useless hard and slippery

hospital bed I have and looking through the sale papers, today I saw

a double seated recliner..Like a love seat type..holds 2 people. I talked

to my sis as she has had to sleep in her recliner for almost 2 years..

She has a really Bad arm and shoulder problem, she has a hard time

sleeping in a bed. But I think this double recliner might be really nice

for me.. They go almost flat..and I cant lay flat anyway..only problem I

see would be when I sit up to sleep that I could just keep going forward,

and THAT wouldn't be good. I started sleeping that way in the HHome

as I had trouble breathing and It was a different way to sleep.. Now I

do it, I get tired of always laying on my back. I wish I could lay on my

left side, but Ive not lain that way since I had my 2nd abdominal bypass,

and it goes down my left side.. Hurts when I lay on it.. I have more crap

that gives me problems its disgusting :-) oh well..joys of amputee life...

I earned my tired today, and Penny has earned hers, and poor Penny

when she left here she had to go to another client..that well.. from what

I know of others that have atken care of those clients.. they are NOT

the easiest ones to care for, LOTS of work.. Shes very good and Is so

willing to do anything I ask of her..and that sure means a lot to me. I

try to give her extra things..we look out for each other..:-)

Im gonna go look out in my kitchen now for some dinner.. I had a fish

sandwich for lunch from Mc D's..they are the best of any of the fast

foods, so Im not really hungry, I may make a PB&J sammich.. I love

those things.. I don't have any banana though ..oh well.. theyre still

good.. A sammich, the rest of my icee and to go in and watch my

now fixed CABLE! the cable was due to come Wednesday, The

guy called and asked if he could come today..silly man..had to ask..

Ive been waiting for a week well not really but when cable is crappy

it seems that long when your waiting for the repair man. Now to

post and finish today ... First, my 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.....

~Sis Came To See Me~ :-)

After I logged off yesterday just as I was getting ready to

move on to my bed, there was a knock on the door and it

was my sister and Stanley ... She brought me 3 new skirts!

They had them on sale at Wal Mart..and they are so pretty!

She is so good to me.. We had a nice visit.. Stanley said he

is going to start taking piano lessons..Shirley got him a key

board for Christmas, and he wants to learn to play.. He has

a natural gift for music.. He taught himself the guitar, the

harmonica, banjo, and now he wants to play piano.. He has

a special holder for his harmonica..so he can play it and his

guitar at the same time.. He goes to nursing homes and to

church functions and plays for them.. He is very talented.
When they left here they were going to go for a nice ride over

by the lake and then stop and have dinner. They know lots of

good places to eat.. They have taken me out to dinner many

times.. They have a special steak place down in Ft.Wayne,

that is just wonderful..its over an hour ride here but well worth

it.. We went there one Saturday, my ex, David, and Shirley

and Stan.. We enjoyed a great dinner..and when we went to

leave and walked out side, It had SNOWED.. We climbed in

to the car and as we went down the road it steadily got worse

and worse..till it was almost a white out.. How Stanley could

see I have NO idea.. He knew the road I guess.. I was scared,

all I looked at was the floor of the car... Every time I did look

up all I saw was white.. My sis was in back with me and she

was doing the same thing.. We looked at each other and just

looked back down again.. By the time we got home Shirley

and I were both nervous wrecks.. Winter driving is so un

predictable.. Stan is a good driver really, he has scared me

many many times how he does things on the road..and he is

NOT a SLOW driver either.. He never gets a ticket tho. Why. I

have NO idea.. He scares me driving tho..we laugh about it..

When he got his pilots license he wanted to take me for a

ride in their plane.. I was nice and politely told him.. "Stanley,

I love you dearly, but you scare the hell out Of me on the road,

do you think I will get up in a plane with you?" I never took that

plane ride either.. :-)

It is raining to day and boy do I know it.. My stumps are behaving

badly today.. They woke up very unhappy..My right one this time..

She is just very mean to me ..shes achey and twitching..and

is sound asleep.. I have been wiggling and turning and trying to

find a good way to sit to shut her up and she wont listen :-) I know

its the rain.. Then after the rain is SNOW!.. I love winter.. I don't go

out in this stuff but it STILL affects me.. just seeps through the walls.

I got confirmation yesterday that I can get help with my heating bill..

and there is Still some left over if I need help again. That will be such

a relief..some thing less to worry about, and I sure need that. I didn't

hear from VP.. so hopefully I will on Monday.. I had to call my cable,

as my TV is just not coming in at all.. I am hoping its not my TV set,

its old.. and was damaged before I got it.. I hope that it is NOT that.

I have been hearing that we will have to replace the tvs we have that

soon they wont work or something... or get cable.. I hope that's not

so.. I don't want to have to get a new TV.. Between my cats..and

my computer..my TV is my only company.. I turn it on sometimes

just to listen.. I cant see it from my desk here but I hear it.. Its So quiet

in here all the time only sound is from my computer. Its nice to hear

talking.. I miss eating in front of my tv..was a good dinner companion..

cant take the place of a person but next best.. :-) The cable guy will be

here Wednesday, noon to 3. I was hoping today.. and I HOPE I wont

have to pay for a service call. that would be iccky...be nice to see all

the channels I want to watch.. I love the travel channel..:-)

Well im going to get out of this chair for today and go and work on the

baby afghan im knitting..its going to be so pretty. Im anxious to get it

done. If I work on it every night for a while wont take long.. I just have

to keep my hand off my clicker so I don't hit that eyes shut button :-)

gets me every time, so its time for my 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.....

~I'm Gettin' Something Done Today!~ :-)

Its only noon, but I decided I am going to get something

done today. I have a desk area here that is disgustingly

sloppy, and if you could see my bedroom, well you would

think the 3 Stooges lived here not just me and 2 cats.. I

have stuff everywhere.. I think I need to go through a lot of

this and get rid of what I really KNOW I wont use.. If I am

lucky enough to find a place better suited to me, the less I

have to pack and move the better...I have to stay ahead

with my plan of attack.. so I am going to post this early today,

well earlier than most times.. Im so unpredictable lately...

and see how much I can get done.. :-)

But I feel a lot better today especially after I logged off yesterday

and my phone rang and was Sandy, my gas bill will be paid,

and I can expect a call from Visiting Physicians..that they may

again take me as a client.. I hope so..Solve a lot of stress for

me, and her telling me yesterday about a moving place that

will come in and pack this up and move me, for free..well I cant

beat that at all..THAT saves me worry, and when Theresa was

here, she almost guaranteed me I would not have to worry about

my grant.. I think Its really time to look seriously for a new place.

I was discussing this with a dear friend, a suggestion was to get

a bigger apartment if I cant find a house.. I tried them before and

I hate them.. There is NO privacy.. I still had dealings with the

maintenance problem, just like here, but I don't have people taking

my mail or deliveries..or lurking outside my door listening to what

is going on in my apartment..and the biggie is I don't have to hear

that poor man scream at the top of his lungs at 3 am.. No, I will

stay here and endure before I will go back to an apartment.. I can

make do here, If I could get this carpet out.. It would make such a

huge difference..I wouldn't work so hard to maneuver.. and maybe

the floor of the front porch could be raised so I could go out there..

I know I will stay here before I go to an apartment.

And- I need to start working on the 2 blankets and the quilt for baby.

He will be here April 7th..so we have to be ready..Kelli said she is

having a baby shower tomorrow, then next week one in Wisconsin,

and THEN another at work.. I told her when all the showers are done,

to let me know what she still needs..and I will get that.. Then she wont

get a dozen of all the same thing. Plus what I give her will all be hand

made.. I plan to make an afghan.. and Penny is making a few more

pairs of booties but a little bigger in size... I may knit some wash cloths

like the one I just did..but smaller. I have lots of ideas of things I would

love to make.. I miss my sewing room so bad.. I could just roll in there

and get what ever I wanted to make what ever I wanted.. I think of my

ruined material down the basement..material I could use now..I knew

better, but I had hoped it would be safe down there.. I learned the hard

way on that.. My sis did give me a couple quilt tops and I do want to

put those together..theyre easy..and cute..

Speaking of cute.. this GORGEOUS WEEBLE is gonna go have

some left over meat loaf and roll away from this puter till maybe later.

if I have to make a potty call..I'll see if I have any messages or mail..I

KNOW that meat loaf is going to be SO good, and I have lots to do..

Its early-well, take a nap, cuz, I'm still gonna 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.....

~Sandra Had Good News~ :-)

Today, was a good day. I had a visit from my caseworker,
Sandra from APS..she came with paperwork to fill out to

get help paying my over 200.oo gas bill.. They are going to

pay it for me.. While she was here we had a really good talk,

I explained all my problems with this house... and I do like it..

where it is.. but I just cant function here..Its so HARD.. She

totally understood.. She is going to see what she can find as

well for me.. I explained to her about my Drs office and the

treatment I get there.. That they refuse to refil my prescriptions

unless I go there and get the blood work done.. I told them

months ago.. I refuse to go out and take my chair through snow,

rain or what ever.. That they need to send someone here to

draw me.. And they refuse..she agrees that it is best, for me,

to have home care.. I agree :-)

Sandra is going to make some phone calls for me to see if I

can get back visiting physicians.. It would relieve so much stress

for me.. Not having to worry about going down to the clinic , making

arrangements for the ride, watching the weather, I wont take my

chair out in the rain or snow..Not unless I absolutely HAVE to.. The

mess it makes on the under carriage of my chair..the underside

of my seat and the splashes of stuff all over my clothes..well Its not

worth it to me to damage this chair or myself..I sure hope I can get

them back.. Then every test I need can be done here at home..

Sandra did say she is temporary as I will be getting a new case

worker in March.. I like Sandra though..I wish I could keep her.. She

has worked more with childrens services and she is a bear when it

comes to kids... which is good... Shes a good caseworker, I just

have to remind her once in a while.. which I don't mind doing..

She also informed me they have a new dental clinic..as soon as the

weather breaks..guess where I am headed? I want ALL my teeth, not

just the tops.. I watched my favorite show last nite, Two and a Half Men,

and they are steady sitting watching TV and eating popcorn.. I LOVE

popcorn, and I do miss It BADLY, I wouldn't mind helping Charlie Sheen

eat popcorn, I'll tell ya.! :-) Id even make it!. to be able to eat the things

that I could before..hmmm..well maybe that really ISNT a good thing :-)

but I still would like to have my bottom dentures.. From not having them I

can feel my jaw line almost out of sync with the rest of my face! Well the

height of my lower teeth is gone, so naturally my mouth Is going to close

more..then I have a flat line for a mouth.. I don't like it. :-| Im calling them

when the weather breaks..

Sandra was full of very helpful info for me. I dont know if this is a new

policy with DHS/APS but she said when I am ready to move, they have

a fund that pays a company to come in here, pack me up and move and

unpack EVERYTHING..piece by piece.. NOW..is THAT good news? I

was worried about making a move and all it would entail..even Penny

looked relieved on that news! Packing and unpacking is NOT easy..
She said to just let her know when I find a place.. well.. I am going to

really start to look.. I will have a new caseworker again in March, so I

am hoping she is as nice as Sandra.. Liz I think is her name.. They

switch them around so bad its pathetic..but Sandra has over 300

clients again.. That is SO not good.. I feel bad sometimes when I call

needing something..I know there are so many others that need things

more than I do.

Well my kitchen is calling, Penny made a meatloaf for me today and I

tasted it at lunch.. Good? Its Excellent.. A nice meatloaf sandwich, my

Icee and Im ready for TV.. I made the mistake of watching Donald

Ugly Trump.. I just don't understand why doesn't he do better things

with all his money like helping people that need it.. The celebrity one

last nite..well gave me a headache listening to those 2 on there argue.

That Amarosa woman.. well.. I don't have a single good thing to say

about her, she does know what shes doing tho..being the 'type' of

person she is like, obnoxious, is how shes getting famous.. so..she

knows what she's doing it all deliberately..and whats amazing, is its

Working !...Why Trump Brought her back on his show.. I don't know..

I don't know why I watch it, then complain.. go figure...:-) Time for

food, and for my GORGEOUS WEEBLE words..This was a good

day, "thank you Lord and Nitey Nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? Luv 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.....