~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.....