~He's Back~

I had a nice surprise last evening while I was looking out

the kitchen window. The cardinal was back. I havent seen

him in a while.. He was there and gone so fast I wasn't sure

I got his photo... and I only got the one. Hes very skittish, I

saw why when I noticed some movement over by the bowl

of sunflower seeds and it was the unscarred squirrel.. That's

how I can tell them apart, by the scars on the back of the

one.. the black ones tails are different.. one is more brown

in it than the other one...
Look at my tree- is it pretty or what.. but Ive said that the

last two years :-) I took this photo a couple days ago and
I took the one below yesterday.. Look at the ground.. how

covered in leaves compared to the one above... It looks so

pretty out there, the photos don't do it justice...
I called COA today and Mildred will be here Monday at 10

am to take this bed out of here. I woke up with such a back

ache today I can hardly stand it.. No matter which way I

turn it throbs.. I'm going to see if Penny can move the TV

in here to the living room or call the boy and have him do it.

I can lift the TV, if I was in my power chair I could easily

lift and move that television, I have before.. But to do that

is a major deal to get AT my power chair to be able to use it.

I will sleep on the couch until I get my recliner.
Rebecca was here yesterday, shes the one from Keystone,

is my caseworker.... Well, we talked over my problems with

knowing this house may go up for foreclosure. She knows

how upset I get when I have things hanging over me and I

don't know how or what to do...While we were talking she

told me she knows of a one floor duplex that is up for rent.

And its in my price range. Its 1 bedroom but she said its

a HUGE place... The other side of the duplex she said isnt

rented out, which that would be the only real problem as

she knows how I am about privacy.

The duplex is in a very small little town that is about 25

miles north east of here. Which is ok but there's only 2

stores, a grocery store and a dollar store, a bank and I

think a couple restaurants. Its right next to a very big

lake, although this property isnt on it.. I plan to go and

see it next Wednesday to see just whats what.. If it

is a lot bigger and accessible, which the man said there

are NO steps its all ground level..and the rooms are

twice the size of what I have here.. Of course the biggie

is the bathroom... If its better, I will move there.. I know

the water and trash is included which would save me 60

dollars a month right there...

I'm going to go and look Wednesday, finding this, this fast

may be a sign its the thing to do. With winter coming, we

could get snowed in next week.. Penny and I discussed all

it would mean to her as far as coming there, specially in

the winter.. What would be especially good is if Penny

could rent the other side of the duplex.. THAT would be

really great, but she just doesn't know if she could make

enough to pay for everything.. She has a new car, but she

has no expenses now as she lives at her sisters. It would

be great if we could work something out.. I told her if I

could use the bedroom there as a sewing room perhaps

she and I could start making quilts and things to sell to

make some extra money... I will keep you updated...

A lot's on gone this week and by the time I logged off of

here yesterday I did NOT feel well at all.. I had the

worst headache so I went straight to lay down... Then I

wake up I bet 4 dozen times last night with this back..

Its really sore.. I don't know whether to go back in

there to sleep tonite or sleep on the couch.. I sure don't

want this backache to get any worse.

I'm out of news for today y'all are caught up on the life

and times of a GORGEOUS WEEBLE.. guess that means

its time to write 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 honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~Ive Been Applying~

Well I have applied to about 3 different places today. I

hope something turns up... I still have hope that my niece,

being she is such a whiz kid, will come up with something..

In the mean time I am accepting generous donations so

I can either buy this house or to cover the move. :-) I'm

kidding, but I am for advice or ideas and opinions...I still

plan to get rid of this bed too and to get a new recliner.

I cant sleep in this bed so I might as well get rid of it

and get my chair so then thru all this stress at least I

can get some half way decent sleep and not wake up every

hour or two at the most.. I don't think I would know how

to act if I looked at the time and realized I slept more

than 2 hours.. :-)

But I do have a lot of wheels in motion and I am saving every

dime so that I can be prepared.. I filed for a loan or help

to buy this place from a company called Rural Development.

I am hoping one of these places can help me.. I really don't

want to move, and if I can buy this place, then I COULD get

help in repairs or insulating , even windows replaced if it was

mine.. COA wont help me do anything as far as repairs cuz I

don't own it.. So If I could buy this, I KNOW how easily it

would be to adapt this place where its even better for me.

What I see could be done to it, it would be great...

A deck out back with a ramp, get rid of the one in front so

I'm not advertising to every car, truck, or person that some

one lives here that needs a ramp.. Could lead to problems

and does worry me... I'm not scared.. I have protection here.

I'm not stupid.. After hearing of those women in Kalamazoo

being attacked.. well let them try here.. besides 2 attack

cats, this chair of mine can be quite deadly :-) I know how

to protect myself, any one tried, they would have a fight

on their hands... If it wasn't for a ladys dog, she would have

been seriously hurt or killed like the others...The dog ran

the intruders off... wonderful animals...

I had heard a story once, about some people that had gone

out for the night. They had a dog, a dobie, Doberman pincher

beautiful animal...very well trained... When they came home

later, the door to their house was ajar, they pushed it open

and saw their house had been burgled... but they found no

sign of the Dog... They walked through the house and when

they got to their ransacked bedroom they heard a faint

Choking sound..They walked over to the closet, opened the

door and there was the dog, he was having a hard time to

breath.. he was covered in blood, but they found NO cuts

or anything on him..

They grabbed the dog and rushed him to the vet.. when he

examined the dog, opened his mouth, they found 3 fingers

wedged in his throat making him choke... The vet removed

the fingers, one even had a ring on it.. luckily it didn't come

off or the dog would have really choked.. They gave the

fingers to the police and they took the finger prints and they

found the guy in hospital cuz he almost bled to death losing

the fingers !! TRUE STORY... Dogs are a good thing!!

I had twin German shepherds.. one very aggressive, one was

very smart and cunning.. he let you think he was just a big

baby.. a real sweetie.. but make that dog mad? well you took

your life in your hands if you did...Jesse was the agressor,

and Jake was the secret one... They LOVED when someone

they didn't know came in the yard.. as long as they didn't

try to leave it.. Once in my yard, and I was not out there to

tell the dogs it was ok.. well you were stuck there with 2

huge shepherds just HOPING you would try.. :-)

Id love to have a shepherd.. I love those dogs..I see lots

as k9 and I loved that movie with belushi with the shepherd.

Well I like any with dogs as long as they don't die in the

end like Hooch... I, sadly had to give my shepherds away as

we started to travel with milwright jobs.. I wish I had one,

but now I would be fearful to let them out.. this is like a

super highway out here, and I could only let one out the front

door.. the back yard is fenced, that would be the way but I

cant get out the back door :-) If I get this house, that will

be fixed and I will get out that back...Ive never been in the

back yard ...

Where I have been is in the kitchen and that's where I am

headed.. I didn't eat lunch as Theresa and Rebecca came..

so now I have time.. plus I'm hungry :-) Was a pretty good

day and I sincerely appreciate all the input and offers of

help and advice.. Thanks.. Now I'm done for today and am

going to eat and watch some tv..The Aviator was about

Howard Hughes.. was a good movie.. Time to post but not

before I write my GORGEOUS WEEBLE "Nitey Nite".

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear.?. Love ya and THANKS!

"God Bless You", is my prayer today,

I'm honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~No News~

Ive not heard from anyone about anything, which I really

guess is ok.. makes it not as stressful.. I have been thinking

though that this is such a hard time of the year to be having

to move.. I know its not definite but reading between the

lines, I would say that starting to look now would be the best

thing to do.. which I am... Maybe this is a good thing, that it

will get me the kind of house that really would be more suitable

for me, moreso than this one.. I do like it here, its a great area,

its noisey, yes, but you get used to the sound of the huge semi's

going up and down out there... I lived next door to a church that

had bells that rang every hour.. After a while I didn't even hear

them.. When I lived in Elkhart, there were train tracks right

behind the condo, we never heard them, we only paid attention

when we were outside to look at all the graffiti that was all

over the sides and quite remarkable... Some were very good.

Was like a travelling art show... :-)

We are going to start packing and getting things ready.. Penny

and I have talked about our plan of attack and how we are

going to handle this.. Packing it a little every time she comes

will help... I think to get the basement organized first, then

as we pack up here and SEAL it good first, we can keep all

we pack up down there. It still smells so we will make SURE

its all packed carefully. I honestly dread this though.. I

hate to move, but maybe hopefully this is meant to be, and

all will work out just right.. I hope so...

Cold winter day, but we didn't get that snow. This change is

very noticeable.. Its been very cold here the past few days

but its due to warm up by the week end.. so you know what

happens then.. everyone will get sick.. See its warmer and

don't dress right and the next thing you know you have a

cold or worse !... I havent gotten a flu shot in over 3 years

now and I debate getting one.. I know many that have had

the shot and gotten it , and believe it was because they

got the shot !.. I know I don't want the flu as that stuff

really puts me down. Last time I was right in bed for 3

days... I made it here, but that was about it :-) well its

like with the post office, snow, sleet, rain will not keep

them from their appointed rounds.. I'm that way with this

blog.. I made a promise to myself that I would write here

every day.. Ive been able to keep that except for 2 yrs

ago when I was homeless and my computer was at Donnies

packed up... and the promise to put a photo here every

Sunday.. Ive tried to keep my promises...

Well I'm tired.. its a tad early but I have a net flix due today,

The Aviator, forget whos in it.. but it looks like a good one.. I

enjoy my movie channels..but I do miss the animal planet and

the food channel.. They could have taken qvc or hsn off instead.

Those channels I DONT need.. :-) theyre spend money ones!

Penny got us clean and all set for another 2 days. Tomorrow

Rebecca and Theresa will both be here, another busy day..
Time to post and relax maybe take a 5 ..maybe a 10 today, we

were up early again.. I don't know who wakes who.. Sometimes

I think I wake the boys by my up and downs so much.. But

its very early to wake up when my only job is to write this

every day and of course to write my special daily

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 honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~What a Day~

What a day. My phone started ringing at 7 am.. The first call

was from BigDaddy Ken about the house and he gave me the

information I really didn't want to hear. He owns too many

houses, is trying to sell some and the rest, which- one is mine,

will go into foreclosure. My house should be in it by December.

He strongly suggested I try to buy this place, or look for a

new place to live. Those are my only options... Not very bright

I'm afraid... he wants $30,000.oo for it.. Its appraised at 44.

I have sent over a dozen emails and phoned everyone I can..

Everyone is seeing what can be done. I really DONT want to

have to go through moving again.. but I will do what I have to

just to have some security and peace of mind.. I was up all

night last night I am so un nerved by this.. This is like a repeat

of a horribly bad movie... I have talked to Rebecca and Theresa

and everyone else, especially my honeygirl Bev. Shes very up on

houses and buying them.. She is checking into some things for

me as well... I cant afford to buy it cuz then my grant wont help

me with the payments.. Rebecca is seeing what she can find out

about that.. They do or did have a program to help people buy

a house so she perhaps can find out something good.. I hope so

anyway..

I cant even begin to describe what or how I feel its such a roller

coaster, I hear something good and get to thinking positive..then

I hear something that is just not good and down I go.. But I have

to do this.. I wont go back to Keystone, which Rebecca assures

me I wont have to.. But just the thought of packing and moving

again just about makes me cringe.. THAT was SO awful and I

know its gonna happen again.. Unless I can buy this place or pay

more rent to cover the cost of the taxes I WILL have to move.

That's all ive done all day today and with no sleep last nite I

am about done in.. I need to relax for a while... This isnt a long

post and its earlier than usual but cant be helped this time. I

have a long hard road ahead... so input, advice or ideas will be

greatly appreciated.. Well maybe someone wants to adopt me?

I'm up for grabs at this point! :-) I need some relief.. Calgon

needs to take me away ! ! ! :-) My chair will, thank goodness

right in for a much needed 'take a 5'.. might be a 10 today..

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 honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~Dark Day~!

It was still pitch dark at 8 am this morning.. That is just

so weird. I know we change our time in the fall but when

exactly I don't know... I have trouble with that every time

they switch. Last time my computer did it automatically and

I didn't know it and I changed the time back an hour, well

the computer did too so I was 2 hours difference.. I had a

bad day that day I didn't know the time much less what day

it was I was so behind in everything... I think we spring

forward and fall back.... so when we do the time thingie it

will only be dark then at 7... Poor kids, go to school when its

still dark out. These poor guys, well women too, like Donnie

he has to be to work at 6 am.. by the time he finishes his

2nd job he goes home in the dark too..

I had a hard time driving at night, I had, have, stigmatism..

night blindness.. I really could drive if I absolutely had to

at night, but it was such a head ache inducing experience

I tried to not drive at dark. I have to say I only got one

warning ever, that was when I lived in Galena Park outside

Houston.. A stop sign was covered with bushes and I didn't

see it.. I did see the car behind me though.. I slowed of

course, that's just smart when you come to an intersection

anyway, stop sign or not.. I just sort of coasted thru that

sign, but I noticed the car behind did the same thing...

When I got thru the intersection I saw that car following me,

then I see a light flashing on the dash and I pull over and see

this man in regular clothes walk up and tap my window.. I said

loudly through the glass that I was NOT rolling down my window

until I saw some ID.. Plain clothes..how did I know he was a cop?

There had been some incidences on the freeway where women

had been pulled over by cars with dash lights and ugly things

had happened to them.. I wasn't taking any chances even in day

light and in town!.. He flashed his badge and I unwound the

window a few inches and asked him what I did and he told me

I ran that stop sign.. I POLITELY told him I was watching HIM

roll thru that stop sign too.. the rules did not apply to him?

He smiled and said "You can make a citizens arrest if you feel

the need, however there are no witnesses". At that instant, my

friend Terri who was laying on the back seat, sat up and said,

"I saw you roll through it".. I looked at the cop and he said, "I

wont give you a ticket if you don't give me one, but just be

aware of stop signs." I told him the person that should get the

ticket should be the city that isnt taking care of the streets

and making the signs visible.. Terri was sick and I was giving her

a ride to the doctors... I was glad she was there ...

Penny came in today with some distressing news. Apparently in

the paper most of Big Daddy Ken's houses are being foreclosed.

Mine may be one of them.. Which could mean homeless again if

I don't find a place. I called Ken, his machine came on of course.

I did get hold of Chris, and he said he didn't know a whole lot,

other than Ken wanted to talk to me about something.. I am most

distressed about this... He offered to sell me this house before,

I hope that is not the only way I can remain here is to buy it.. I

cant buy a chair let alone this house. Plus my grant wouldn't cover

it...

I spent most of the day online and sending emails to everyone I

know.. Apparently this is happening a lot.. From what Disability

Resources tells me, that in Chicago there are so many homeless

now that the Sheriff refuses to evict people... There is just no

where for them to go.. All these houses will be empty after they

forclose on them...The people with money cant buy all these in

all these states that going up for forclosure... Its a very serious

threat... Now it may be affecting me.. If I could find someone to

buy it and rent to me that would work.. but I don't know anyone

with that kind of money.. If I have to get out and have no where

to go again, I could end up back at KeyStone.. now, THAT would

NOT be good. This sure stresses me out..

This weather of rain and wind and dark and cold just about is me

today with all this going on.. It worrys me terribly, I always every

month worried my grant would run out and have been assured

every time Rebecca is here, but if this house is foreclosed... I

will be homeless again... That cannot happen...


I was up today at 3:42 am.. I fell sleep early by 8 I bet I was

snorin... I need to try to stay up later but If I can get comfy

I have NO choice but to sleep while I can.. I had to get up once

last nite as I must have laid wrong and my hip was throbbing..I

did manage to fall back to sleep though or I would have gotten

up at midnight.. I'm tired and very stressed, I'm posting this

early and going to 'take a 5'..so that means time for my daily

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 honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...

~2 Years Today~ :-)

Two years ago today I moved into this little house. I do

like it here, the only thing is I just wish it were more

suited for me. I doubt seriously if I will really ever move

from here so I should keep trying to adapt it more for

me and what I need and want.. I wish I could remodel

it the way I see it in my minds eye, it could be just so

perfect for me with what I see could be done to it..

After adapting the inside the only other real improvement

of course a deck in back, but if this place was on a lake

or even the river it would be so nice. But a huge pool out

there in that big back yard sure would be nice too, I'd

be happy with that :-) I have a friend has a pool AND

lives on a lake, now, how good is THAT.!. :-)
Next month Penny will have been with me for 2 years,

I'm not sure of the date though. It just doesn't seem

like this much time has gone by already, just shows you

how fast time slips by us.. and most of the time we are

not even aware how quickly things move along and change.

Seeing Alex made me so aware of time ....
I told Jorge some stories about Kelli when she was small

and then I see her sitting there holding her son... I see

photos of my grands, and of my sons.. so much time has

gone by.. that we cant get back, only remember. Looking

ahead is what keeps me going I think.. The past is done,

over, I cant change anything, and boy, if I could, I surely

would.. I know I made some mistakes, I don't regret

them as it was my choice, but some decisions I had no

choice but to make and I did what I had to do to survive.

That's why I can write this today.. I think that's built

into each of us.. that WILL survive.. I admit some days

he hides from me.. but hes still there, I have to make

sure WILL is .. his last name is TRY.... :-)

I wasn't sure what to make for my satday dinner so I

splurged and made my very best favorite.. remember

what it is? Yup.. Fries N' Gravy. I havent made them in

ages and I tell you what, I bet I said "MMM" after

every bite.. I hope I NEVER get tired of them.. I had

one last tomato, I sliced it.. had it with my fries and

well I have to admit, I did take a 5 yesterday after

I got on my bed to watch TV.. I was out light a light

for about an hour.. This getting up at 4 am is just

throwing my sleep habits into chaos... I hate when that

happens don't you? :-)

My SonDay Dinner I don't know for sure yet, I may do

some fish and sprussle brouts... I love those things and

they are SO good for you... I'm done for today and its

time for some TV .. ya right, I'm gonna go eat, then it

will be "take a 5 time" I bet :-) oh well. I have no set

schedule to do anything.. that's the joys of being a

MOST 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 honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again....

~Good SatDay~

Good SatDay as I call them. The lady delivered my Angel

Food that had a lot of goodies in it. They give you a lot for

only 30 dollars. And its all good quality stuff. I got chicken,

pork chops, hamburger patties, veggies, eggs, everything to

last for quite awhile...They have meat or fruit boxes as they

call them that you can get all meat or mixed fruit. I have

gotten some of the meat packs before and I have never

gotten anything that wasn't really good.. The little chicken

bites are just like what KFC has, we cant tell the difference.

Donnie loves those things when I share with him...

Kelli, Jorge and Alex came by today for a visit. What a cute

baby.. Hes so happy, not fussy at all.. Hes a daddys boy though

and I think his daddy thinks hes pretty special too. Kelli is a

good mom, but I knew she would be. Shes good at everything

she puts her mind to and we are all so proud of her. She has

done very well... and all in the right order thankfully...graduating

school, going to college, getting a good job, getting married,

buying a house and then starting a family. So many start the

wrong way. Its easy to understand why with as hard as it is

now to get by...

Our weather today has made me ache something awful.. but I

was up most of the night till I had to get up twice and just sit

in my chair my bed was that uncomfortable.. I think I may go

ahead and get rid of it and sleep on the couch.. I wont be able

to watch TV in here but oh well.. that bed isnt doing me any

good at all.. It makes my tail bone and even my hips hurt its

so hard and wrinkly even with 2 big comforters on it.. If I

put anymore on it for padding I will need a higher chair to

be able to transfer. That's a biggie.. Going forward uphill

is not easy.. going back downhill is easier but it can also get

you off balance and you tip over.. Once the tip over starts

theres no stopping it unless you are super strong.. I am but

I cant catch me sometimes when Ive fallen backwards and

even forwards...

Whats so dangerous about the levels is that its easy for

my wrist to snap. I did that last nite when I was moving

on to my bed my wrist bent and luckily I was able to stop

the full bend of it or it could easily break.. That worries

me.. I have carpal tunnel extremely bad in both wrists.. I

cant have them fixed, how would I push my chair? I would

have to use my power chair, but how would I transfer? I

don't see how I could with out putting weight on my hands

and wrists.. I notice as more and more time goes by how

much harder it is to use my hands, and I do NOT trust

them to lift anything with out being very sure I can hold

on to it.. Even a cuppa coffee I am most careful...

I do know however that I CAN trust my hands to fix a

snack for me. I havent eaten today and I am hungry.. I just

don't know what I want..Don't ya hate when that happens?

Its nice to have enough food to eat though and I am most

grateful.. so many don't.. I gave my honeygirl some things

to take home just to make sure they have groceries and food

for Alex. They offered to come back to put up the plastic

since I havent gotten it yet... Theyre good kids and are having

a bit of a rough time right now and I sure don't mind helping

when I see how hard they try.

Food, then to check out the movie channels.. I do miss the ones

I had though like animal planet and the food network or TRU TV.

Some good clean shows which I like.. There is one guy, his name is

Guy, that does a show about Diners Drive Ins and Dives.. He is so

cute and I sure would love going to some of the great restaurants

he travels and visits.. what a job hey? Eating your way around the

USA.. how good is that ? :-) Lucky man..

Great day today but I'm ready to wind down and watch TV.. up

at 4 makes a long day.. I'm glad when theyre good happy ones

though.. makes them worth having... Time to post and write 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...

~Solved the Beep Mystery~

For weeks we have been going nuts hearing this "BEEP"... Penny has gone down and searched the basement 2 or 3 times.. She came today and we are both in the kitchen and we hear that invisible "BEEP".. Its a smoke alarm, but where in the hell is it? I mean it was making us crazy! Penny went down the basement right then, again, and she really looked, she came back up a minute later with a smoke detector in her hand... That had to have been a great battery We didn't know it was down there, 2 years now, and that has been beeping for at least 2 weeks... Penny took the batteries out of the one here in the living room and bedroom, we were going to find out WHICH one it was.. We heard the beep and KNEW then there was a 4th. The reason it sounded like it was in the kitchen I think the sound was coming thru the furnace vents.. I dunno for sure but I am SO GLAD she found that beepin thing... Why would they have one in the basement anyway? Well I guess a fire can start anywhere. The inspector said it wasn't necessary to have one in the bathroom and there is none in the kitchen. Which I guess there should be.. All the fires Ive started were in the kitchen.. NOT deliberately, ACCIDENTALLY! When I was in the apartment, it was such a nice big roomy place, sad it was mis managed so badly, but Hope Network is not all it claims, not the one here anyway. I had my computer in the living room and I was online of course. I had put a pan of potatoes on to boil for potato salad. I reached, turned the knob and rolled back to the computer to wait for them to cook. The next thing I knew I heard the smoke alarm go off, I looked at the stove and the whole back burner was on fire. I had set a wooden box back there that had knives in it. I had turned on the wrong burner, and the wood was that cheap balsa and was like kindling, it burst into flames from me turning the burner on of course.. The pot with the potato's in it was right there so I just tipped it over and the water put out the fire. The only damage was to the box and the smoke in the apt.. The woman next door, Penny, came rushing over and helped me to clean everything up. It happened really fast... The 2nd time I did the same thing again, I had a ceramic like big jar holding all my stuff I use to cook, wooden spoons, ladels etc. I reached, turned the burner on and rolled away... Same thing, I hear the smoke alarm go off, telling myself "NOW WHAT"... looked at the stove and smoke, no flames, were just pouring out of that jar thing, I heated that thing up and it got so hot the wood handles in there started to smolder and smoke! I could hardly see in there in just a matter of minutes.. When the smoke alarm goes off the boys run and hide. So I knew they were in the bedroom under the bed or hiding in the closet.. I went and looked and both were there, so I closed the door and went and opened the outside door I had in the living room. The smoke poured out. I put a fan in the doorway to pull the smoke out of there.. It worked really great, thank God.. :-) So much smoke came pouring out of my door, the workmen at the apartments came running over to see if my place was on fire.. I was sitting by the door cuz the smoke burned my eyes, the one guy came charging throught the door like a bull elephant, yelling "IS ANYONE IN HERE??" He spotted me sitting there as I said, "yes, I'm here its ok, just smoke, no fire.. I set my kitchen jar on fire by turning on the wrong burner". He smiled and said how easily that can happen, asked if there was any thing he could do, I said no and thanked him and he left.. The next thing I did, AFTER the smoke cleared was went and got some of that trusty gray duct tape, I always thought it was ducK... I put a piece of tape over the back burner knobs on my stove, no one was gonna be able to turn those 2 burners on.!. I should have done that after the first time. It never happened again, and ive not done that here, the only time the smoke thing went off was when the toast got burnt and it smoked and set off the bathroom one. The inspector said I didn't need one in there anyway.. I don't have a stove here and when I use my frying pan I don't leave the kitchen.. I only will leave something cooking if its in the crock pot. I'm very careful. We are clean and are stocked up ready for Kelli and Jorge and Alex. I am anxious to see this boy. Kelli said he is a very good baby, hes such a cutie, he needs to know his GreatGran. The boy stopped by last nite as he had to come in to Meijers. I saw his new jeep and its RED!!!... I forgot what year he said it was, but I LOVE jeeps, maybe because I went so many times with my dad in his, and that's what I learned to drive with.. 4 on the floor... I can drive a stick...:-) I'm very talented you know.. Donnie said the jeep came with a plow so you know what hes gonna be doing and maybe pretty soon! We are expecting snow. Said a front that's going thru Kansas dumping snow is headed right at us, so we can expect some and they say it may have 60 mph winds... Windy like that is when its NOT good to live on a corner... :-) But I do so oh well.. The kids will be here tomorrow and Jorge will put some plastic on the porch for me if no where else.. I think I will get a cover for the air conditioner and just put plastic over the inside of the window. Save dragging that in and out. Donnie did good all around it so I think this would save a lot of extra work. I'm gonna be draft free this time. The time now is food, I was busy with Penny and we didn't eat lunch so I need something and then I am due to get a netflix today, I'm watching that and then its time to get out of this chair for today.. Time for my GORGEOUS WEEBLE "Nitey Nite" too.. :-) Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? Love ya and Thanks! Always, Lois **** PS: I don't know what bloggers problem is I didn't do nuthin to nuthin.. as long as y'all can leave comments is the main thing! "God Bless You", is my prayer today. I'm honored to call you "friend". I pray the Lord will keep you safe, Until I write again...

~Changing Seasons~

My tree is almost fully changed color, its so pretty almost

makes it glow out there when the sun hits it.. The ones that

are across the street from the house next door havent even

started to change. Our weather has been typically fall, very

cool but sunny. The boys lay in the kitchen window during the

late afternoon and I leave the blind up so they can lay in the

sun. They love it.. When I touch them they almost feel hot

from laying there so long. The change of seasons to me is

just wonderful, I missed that the most when I lived in Texas.
It snowed once the whole time I was there and that was just

a few days after I moved there, I felt I brought it with me.

They didn't appreciate it, talk about a town almost closing down,

from people not knowing how to drive on snow covered slippery

roads.. Wrecks everywhere and I have to say some of the footage

they showed was hilarious of what some did.. I'm glad I'm up

here though where I can enjoy the seasons.. I can stay cool in the

heat of summer and I can stay toasty warm in the winter, I try to

keep the same temperature in here all the time.. Well I may not

turn the heat on right away and just wear sweaters for a while.. I

do when I feel that the boys feet or fur are really cold, then its

time to just grin, get warm and wait and see how much my gas bill

goes up..
My gorgeous Blue Jay was back and I was ready this time.. Isnt he

or she beautiful.. I looked it up on line as to how to tell.. They are

both identical, you cant tell them apart, well we cant anyway. :-)

But I just have the best time sitting and watching all these great

birds. I havent seen the cardinal..but I sure notice the squirrels.

They are really busy.. So that may be a sign of a severe winter.
When we would go to David's (my ex) mothers, she lived on the St.

Joe River in a wonderful house.. They had a deck and in the winter

Karalee would put different things out for the animals.. Corn cobs

hung on the trees, lots of seed for the squirrels and birds. Some

times the snow was so deep they would almost be buried under it.

The squirrels would help as they just seemed to enjoy plowing thru

the snow to find the food.
The whole wall of their living room faced the deck and the river,

and from anywhere in that huge room you could see the deck. The

year just before David and I divorced they added a whole extension

and made the room twice as long with it all glass facing the river. It

was a beautiful room. When they asked David and I to come and baby

sit their house for the week end, to take care of the birds and cat,

we never hesitated, summer or winter, it was beautiful there all the

time. Summer we fished all up and down the river on the pontoon and

in the winter just lit the fireplace and enjoyed a nice cozy room and

a great huge TV.. was great... I think of that house now, and its all

one floor, well no there are 2 steps from the entry up to the kitchen.

but easy to do. The rest would be ok for a wheel chair... I think of

that now and how my house I had in Indiana would be very easy for

me to navigate in this chair.. was one step, up to the porch.. the rest

was all one level... great house, I wish I had it.. but that would be

living in Indiana and I hear the help there is not nearly as good as

Michigan, and its not that great here either anymore.

Theresa was due to come by but couldn't make it and to be honest,

I'm glad. Its been a very hectic week and something going on EVERY

day and to be quite honest I LOVE days when I don't have to do a

bloomin thing, but write this blog. I think we all need those quiet times

though.. I do.. When I don't get a message from someone to chat, or

I have replied to all my emails and sent the daily things I send, I

really enjoy just doing nothing and the quiet.. I enjoy going to Google

maps though.. If you havent tried it.. Do the street view, its like being

there and driving down the streets ! Its amazing... I cant go to these

places and its sure fun to look at these towns.. Most of the bigger ones

they've done this, I have heard though that some complain as it makes

it so much easier for burglers to see homes and businesses with out

leaving their home ! Which I can understand too.. but I would miss it.

Time to post this and have a late lunch, what I don't know as the COA

lunch was its usual iccky stuff. I have one tomato left and I may have

a good toasted tomato sandwich.. They are so good.. Penny said she

has some green ones so I'm hoping she will share.. Hopefully she will

bring them tomorrow. Time to close this for today, the new comment

part was changed by blogger to make it easier to leave a comment

for me which I hope y'all do. I love reading them... Post time and 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 honored to call you friend.

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again....