~County Fair Quilt~

Sewing is what got me out of the depression at the

HellHome. They tried everything and I just wasn't

too up on the things they had scheduled to do.. I did

play bingo off and on but they like played every day!

That got boring. It was easy to cheat and when I did

realize that some were doing that I just quit playing.

When they brought me that old machine and some

thread and fabric, is when I started to make quilts

there. The activity director found out that I really

COULD sew and asked me to help the 'aware' ladies

learn to quilt so we could enter one in the county fair.
Lenora had a room across the hall from me when I

was in B Hall...She was ok mind wise, but had leg

problems and chose to be there. She seemed to like

it and was involved in everything... She wanted to

learn how to sew. She and I got along really well and

you see us working on that fair quilt.. The quilt is still

hanging in the lunch room over there I think.. been 8

years since I was there.. Doesn't seem that long.. but

then other days, it seems like it really wasn't that long

ago..

One of the ladies that wasn't really 'aware'. she was in

and out.. some of her days she was fine,, then others she

was in her own little happy world..she would roll around

singing and just chatting to everyone about all her boy

friends, she was happy. She came in one day in one of her

'off'days, she seemed ok and was singing and having a good

time.. She sat next to me just about where you see Lenora

in that photo.. I was pinning the rows together so we could

see just which way we wanted them to go.. Lenora was over

on the other side facing me, pinning as well...

Lenora reaches across the table and taps my hand, when I

look at her, she nods her head towards Ethel, who is just

singing as loud as she can Jesus Loves Me. I look at what

shes doing and every pin I had put IN she very nicely took

OUT and put back into the pin box.!. I looked back at

Lenora and just put my head down a bit and just had to

laugh, she was so busy like that is what she was supposed

to do.. I asked Ethel was she having fun.. she said "YES,

but I have to go, but I will be back to help again". We

thanked her for her help and Lenora and I looked at

each other and smiled and started to just re-pin all the

ones Ethel had taken out.. Made her happy so what can

you say... We laughed about it.. I didn't notice what she

was doing I was off in thought too , plus I was enjoying

her singing! she had a beautiful voice :-)

We finished the quilt and won first prize :-) Everyone

that worked on it was really proud, I was because they

put a label on it with all our names on it.. Ethel.. even

her name was on it too.. well she did help.. if no other

way than to sing to us :-)

Sunny but kinda cool day, all our snow is gone.. Peggy

the Angel Food lady phoned and her son will be bringing

my box later today about 4... It sure is a savings for me.

I will have my steak tonite ! :-) I got one of those

Pepridge Farms Frozen cakes.. the Lemon.. well ... let me

tell you how good it was.. TOO GOOD!.. I ate every bit

of it in 3 days. :-) I know Raife, chair shrinker stuff :-)

I DONT care.. It was WONDERFUL... try it some time.

I have mess to clean up in the kitchen and I'm making

another wallet.. Time to post, and put my GORGEOUS

WEEBLE "g'day, g'day"... and wait for my steak :-) I

got 2 coming so.. you're invited :-)

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...

~Play Day~

I have been steady playing today. I woke up at 5 and my

first thoughts were 'what am I gonna make today'. So....

I worked on the wallet. I did a stupid though, I will

confess :-) I put the wallet together BEFORE I

made a pattern.. So it was either tear it all apart,

or just go from scratch with a pattern.. Total pieces

are 10. Which is a lot and specially since theyre such

small ones.. I did make a pattern and it will be easier

now to make another.. I thought I had the pattern but

I just couldn't find it.. its among the lost...
I did find my box of ribbon, and of course the color

I want is one I don't have.. That's always the way. I

was going to trim the wallet out in turquoise but I

didn't have the bias tape in that color.. Well it all has

to match.. Thread and all... I was diligently working

and you see my helper.. He gave us such fits this

morning while Penny was cutting out some pants for

me, not FOR me, theyre FOR Kelli.. I had to wait till

Penny got here so she could lay the material on the

floor and then cut the pattern out. I just don't have

the room.. When I didn't have my machine on this

dining room table I used it for a cutting table..
Dutch was steady in the way and both Penny and I

had to yell at him and as you see the boy got mad..
hes so moody.. LB was in there for a while and decided

it wasn't worth his time so he went back to bed.. I

did have a mess out there but thanks to Penny we

are all clean and ready for the week end.. I should

get my angel food so I KNOW that I will be enjoying

a nice steak and baked potato over the week end..

Probly Sunday, the church lady, Peggy will have her

son deliver mine to me.. I ordered some tangerines

for Penny and Donnie too.
All our snow is gone, it rained all day today and I sure

KNOW it.. My stumps are really achey and I know

its cuz our weather is going to such extremes. I wonder

if this will ever stop or just gradually get worse as I

would guess the arthritis that has set in these leg bones

will get worse with time so this achey probly will never

stop. The aches are different from the phantoms.. No

one has ever told me about all the different kinds of

pains and aches I would feel.. When I stop and try to

remember how they prepared me, either they didn't,

or I just don't remember.. Those 2 years still are a

blur, so its possible I don't remember all they said.

I was too interested in playin with the dust bunnies

and tryin to stop the yellow ants from devouring my

bed.. That was much more important :-) back then

anyway.. I can remember how mad I would get when

the dust bunnies wouldn't play with me. :-) I was such

a basket case back then I don't blame them... :-)

Food time AGAIN!! :-) Penny made some more of her

good egg salad for me to have over the week end and

she got the boys some food too.. So we are all set. Now

time to post this, cant forget my GORGEOUS WEEBLE

"G'day, G'day"... :-)

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....

~Wishes~

I was telling a friend about my wish I made so many

years ago about not having to work anymore and be

able to 'sit around' and sew and do what I want.. So

many don't believe wishes come true.. They do, but

sometimes NOT the way you expect them to, even

though it may be a good wish.. But.. how the wish is

granted is the key... So perhaps to make me really

realize the power of my wishes I was taught a

lesson maybe.. "Be careful what you wish for". You

may like your wish being granted, but not how you

got there... I made my wish back in.. hmmm.. I bet

93, I think.. so it did take a while, but maybe the

time in between was to prepare me for the granting

of my wish? Food for thought hey? :-)

I know I'm VERY careful of what I wish for now!

If I do make one I am VERY careful of the wording

too :-) So.. just a word to the wise about wishes..

There is that old saying of 'If wishes were horses,

beggars would ride'. So HOW you got that wish granted,

Id hate to think of some of the possibilities getting that

wish. Might end up getting trampled by horses ! :-)

But I am a firm believer that if we truly believe a wish

will come true I think it will.. don't know when or how,

but I believe when I make that wish if I believe it

WILL come true it will.. The Bible tells us that. "If we

believe, it will be granted to us".. I cant quote you

chapter and verse sadly... but I do believe this no matter

what I wish for, hope for or pray for...

We all need wishes though.. in a way they are sort of

looking ahead and hoping.. I see them that way.. And

if we didn't hope.. and wish.. well why do anything all

day? Just sit and wait ? No.. I will keep marching on,

well ok,,, rolling on.. ready to help make my wishes

come true.. good or bad... and I don't think the loss

of my legs as something bad at all.. Didn't make me

too very happy but, once I got past that.. its not too

bad. Plus look at all the great friends I have Because

of this.. I am NOT complaining and I shall continue

to WISH... :-) and of course, HOPE :-)

Well I'm wishing now my lunch was out there waiting

for me but it isnt.. COA called and said no lunch today

because of the fog.. It really was bad this morning

too, I couldn't even see that cat over there on that

porch :-) I'm hungry and I am still working on my

little wallet.. do you know it has 15 pieces? :-) it

takes a lot of patience to put together.. I have to

admit it did make me say a few "choice" words when

I put a part of it together backwards.. :-) Post time,

food time, sewing time AGAIN.. I write that every

day :-) and my GORGEOUS WEEBLE "G'day,G'day"

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.....

~Pennys Better~

Nice day today, and Penny is better and I am very

glad.. so is she ! A few at her house still are not

quite well, but better, so I hope she is not carrying

the germs around, since I am not her only client..
She got her car all fixed, new tires, oil change and

tune up, brakes fixed.. shes set to roll too :-) Well

when you know your car is all tuned it makes you

worry less. Penny said she was getting 32 miles a

gallon again.. before this work she had dropped

down to 23.. so this really helped her since she

does so much driving.. Plus I feel better knowing

she is in a safe vehicle..
I made a new wallet today, that is one I designed

quite a few years ago. It looks like a coin purse,

but it will hold 4 creditcards, has a place for coins,

bills, it has lots of room.. It took me a while to

make a pattern from it as I just couldn't find mine

that I had.. I think of all the sewing things I had,

the supplies.. That little white bow on it I had I

KNOW at least 50 of them. I used them a lot, so

I bought a lot of them so I wouldn't have to keep

going back and forth to the store..
That's the problem now that I am running into. I

remember all I had, and still hope I perhaps was

smart enough to keep some things upstairs, which

I did, but just not everything.. It was my own fault

for being so careless. It wont happen again.. But

when I need something and I don't have it that

irritates me when I know I DID... Like the lace

trim or the ribbon bows.. I will get them back in

time.. plus if I really need something my sis always

shares with me, which I am so grateful she does.

I wouldn't be making this new wallet if she hadnt

given me the double sided quilted material.. :-) I

will take a picture of it before I assemble it and

after its all put together.. Its a beautiful black

and turqoise material..

We are all clean and Penny made some spaghetti

sauce for us for lunch, which was VERY good.. Shes

a good cook, plus she likes to cook.. which makes a

big difference. So I'm gonna eat my spaghetti,

well after I post this, then I'm gonna work on my

wallet.. so you know whats next.. my GORGEOUS
WEEBLE "g'day, g'day"....

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

~The Dress Is Done~

Doll in her Christmas set, Dutch has to be in this too :-)

I finished my dolls dress and made a hat for her to

match. She looks cute I think plus she matches my

living room colors now a lot better. Maybe later I will

make her a sun dress. Donnies mom made her for me

a long time ago. Lots of people have to look twice to

make sure its not a real little kid!.. The dress is a size

3. So shes a big girl.. I know, I'm a little old to be

playing with dolls, but its fun to make clothes for her.

Doll clothes were the first things I learned to make.
Dolls new dress & hat.
I still remember sitting on my grandparents front

porch, with thread and cloth and a needle. I didn't

realize back then that gramma knew how to sew too.

Where else did my mother learn? And she was an

expert, I think that's where I got my talent from,

without realizing it, from watching her. She would

help me if I asked her, but most of the time she let

me figure it out.. That's the best way, to try and see

if you can do something AND of course the best and

easiest way to do something, that applies to every

thing, not just sewing...
Penny phoned and she still is not up to par. She was

willing to come in but I told her I would rather she

be total well so I don't get it. She will be here in

the morning. Plus the boys and I have been pretty

neat.. Well until Jerky came in like a bull in a China

shop last nite.. Donnie came by and had the dog

with him.. The company was ORKIN. They left a rat

trap in his garage and the dog found it and ate it.

It said that it was tamper proof, but a 80 pound

dog? I don't think it was meant to stop him. Donnie

called ORKIN and told them what his de bugger man

did and they have offered to pay his vet bills.. Jerky

is still in danger and has to be watched all the time.
Donnie is to keep checking his gums, if they get

brown spots on them Jerky is in trouble.. Donnie is

so upset about this..and I sure don't blame him. How

could this guy leave something that dangerous where

ANY animal could get into it.. or even a child! Donnie

has 4 grands that play in his garage, what if they had

gotten it.. Most un professional.. He has cancelled any

further service from them and I would too...

Donnie tried to fix the arm of my chair when he was

here. But he just isnt familiar with wheel chair repair.
The whole arm moves and the left one doesn't

move at all.. I have NO idea what to do to fix it.. I did

call R & R and am waiting for a call back to see if it can

be fixed.. I hope so.. makes me nervous when it feels so

loose.. that's all I would need is to fall out of this chair

cuz the arm fell off.. :-) I have more crap hey? :-) oh

well.. again, the joys of chair life... I'm SO glad no one

pre warned me about this.. I really would NOT have

been too happy .. :-) Learning as I go is better :-)

I'm hungry and need food, what, I have NO IDEA. I

will have to just look and see what looks back at me.

Maybe something will fall out of the freezer just

begging me to cook it.. I wish it would fall out already

cooked too ! NOW, THAT would really be a treat..

Miracle would be more like it I think :-) Time to post,

and my daily GORGEOUS WEEBLE, "G'day, G'day".

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..

~I Called Joe~

We have sun today and its really pretty out.. Yesterday

was wild.. It would snow like crazy and right in the middle

of it the sun would shine bright.. I mean the weather just

couldn't make up its mind what it wanted to do.. So I guess

it just kept messing with us, giving us that nice sunshine,

make us smile, then WHAM! Snow in bucketfulls. I would

say we have at least 6 or more inches.. I heard on the TV

that Kalamazoo got over 8 inches, and that's not far from

me. I watched that snow and got to worrying about the

driveway.. Penny would never be able to get that car in

my yard.. So, I called Joe.

Short while later I saw a blue truck with a plow and he

did the driveway and in front of the mailboxes.. I did

mention that to Joe. I don't mind taking our turn keeping

the mailboxes clear.. but the other two that have their

boxes out there could do their share.. I hope Joe tells

them next door.. They park their car in the front and

Joe is most displeased with that. They wont park out

back, probly cuz its a longer walk to get inside, but

I saw the plow guy clear in front of them so I was glad.

He doesn't do the sidewalks though..

So- I was looking at that and I know Penny carries a

shovel in her trunk, so I knew she wouldn't have to wade

through it.. While I was sitting here the doorbell rang.

I'm NOT used to having a doorbell, so everytime it rings

it scares the daylights otta me, then I have to look see

WHICH door! Both bells sound the same, so unless I

keep the blinds open I usually end up going to the wrong

door !! :-) Anyway, I had the blind on the back door

open so I knew no one was there, I went to the front

door and there was Jim, the COA snow guy. He asked

if I wanted my sidewalks shoveled.. I said NO.. :-)

Ya right, like I would refuse a snow job :-)

He shoveled the front, and then did the back. So Penny

wouldn't have to do it, So I KNEW she would be glad

when she got here this morning.. Bad thing was, she

didn't come today!, shes sick and running a fever of

101. I DONT want her here cuz I sure don't want that

crap ! Once is enough...She said 4 people at the house

are sick. They probly all got it at different times and

will steady pass it back and forth. My friend Blue in

Australia said his place is under lockdown, only staff

in and out. Last time that happened it lasted for over

8 weeks.. So many were sick. Penny is the house

mother, I guess you would say at this adult care home.

There are 5 or 6 people that live there, so germs

spread easily.. I just hope she gets better soon..

So anyway, I made a dress today for my doll and its

almost done, will be by tomorrow and I'll take a photo

of it. its really cute. Little girls dresses are fun to make.

Well anything I make to me is fun.. That's why I never

minded going to work when I had sewing jobs :-) Time

for lunch, Chris just left and checked the mail for me.

She does when Penny isnt here, sure is nice of her..

She looks a lot like my Kelli.. I will have to ask if I can

take a photo to put here... :-) Post time, food time,

and more sewing time :-) SO--"G'day, G'day" from this

GORGEOUS WEEBLE :-)

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......

~We Got Snowed~ :-)

Well we got the snow and its not done yet. I had to call

Joe and ask if his snow plow guy was gonna plow today.

I looked out at the driveway and with the city plows

doing the street, there is NO way Penny will be able to

pull into the driveway tomorrow morning.. So I hope that

he will come and do it.. Penny will have to shovel her way

to the door but at least she wont get stuck. With all this

snow my company wont be coming today :-( I had a nice

dinner all planned too.. Joys of living in Michigan.. just live

day by day, don't plan, specially in the winter :-)

I have gotten lots done today though. I cut out the dress

for my doll here in the living room. I even plan to make her

a little matching hat. Hats are so easy to make and I like

making them ... At one time I made hats for a lady that

did the marketing more or less, she took them around to

different stores and shops to sell them. They did sell very

well as most were washable, plus they were reversible, so

it was like getting 2 hats in one. like my welding hats I made

for my ex brother in law. They say women are so fussy

about hats and things, well.. John was just as bad as were

the other welders.. NONE wanted alike hats, all had to

be different material.. and they say women are bad :-)

The leather ones turned out really nice.

I have mastered my use of my sewing machine that is

working out great. When I called the BROTHER sewing

machine company and talked to that woman, that I swear

was NOT a sewer, she may have known how to operate

a sewing machine, but she wasn't a sewer.. To only turn

a machine on and off you would have no control of the

speed.. she didn't realize that so that's how I KNOW

she doesn't sew.. You have to control the speed, fast

or slow or a stitch at a time.. Anyway- I put my 'foot

pedal' on my arm rest next to the joy stick which helps

keep it up there. Then I use my elbow to control my

machine speed.. works great plus it leaves my hand

free to control my material.. Only thing I seem to be

having a problem with is remembering to move it

from there before I roll away from the table.!. :-)

Ive done that twice now and the case for the pedal

is just plastic and I'm glad it hasnt broken when it

hit the floor.. :-)

Joys of chair life, it still amazes me that even though

being a nurse and around chairs and disabled, I never

fully realized just how challenging chair life is.. Its

not as easy as some make it look the way they jump

in and out of their chairs.. But if you look close those

chairs are different.. closer to the ground, and most

of the people are young. I have no doubt if I was in

my 30's that I would be just as active and probly be

no stopping me.. Now, at 64 I'm not saying its hard,

but its not THAT easy either. and too when you have

other health issues that can cause problems.. that

makes a difference too.. I am most grateful though

that I do have this chair.. just think if no one had

invented it.. I hate to think of what some people

would come up with :-)

Well its lunch time and I'm hungry as usual.. I think I

will have some pea soup.. I love that stuff, its by

Progresso.. which makes the VERY best soup.. Its a tad

more expensive but well worth it for the taste it has.

Time to post and eat and sew AND write my

GORGEOUS WEEBLE "g'day, g'day". :-)

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....

~Achey Day~

We are getting our snow. I can tell, my stumps are really

achey today. They've not ached this bad in awhile. Must

be something, I'm achey and just feel like I'm in a

frump kinda, not bad. Its really a good thing I'm in this

chair I go up and down so much, be hell if I had to walk

it, I ride it out now :-) The boys are crabby as all get out

as well.. They have steady fought the past few days...I

found a huge clump of fur on the rug this morning that

came from one of them. Penny tried to pet LB yesterday

like she always does, and he slapped her. Not like him..

I just have no idea why theyre acting up but then I don't

know why I act up half the time either :-)
The boy phoned last nite and he was kinda upset.. I guess

Jerky, his chocolate lab, found a rat trap or something

that was left outside by a bug company. The dog ate it

and collapsed. Donnie made an emergency call to the vet

and he told him to make the dog sick so he would expel

that crap from his stomach. Donnie said he grabbed that

dog, poured that peroxide down his throat and made him

puke at least 4 times.. then he picked him up and drove

him to the vets.. Jerky almost died.

Dawn kept the dog yesterday as Donnie is making a daily

trip to Ohio for his job. which is a 5 hour drive each way.
He had Jerky home last nite and said hes doing ok. But

boy, is Donnie mad.. How could this company I don't

remember the name but its a well known company, I will

ask before I say the wrong company. But this is awful.

They left this trap outside, and when Donnie let Jerky

out, well he paid no attention to him chewing on stuff

cuz he loves to chew on sticks.. but when the dog came

up to Donnie and he saw it in his mouth and made him

spit it out, he realized it was NOT good.. Rat poison is

NOT good.. for any animal.. and to leave this out for

squirrels or rabbits or cats all these could get into that

thing just like the dog.. To me that's careless..

I asked Donnie to let ME call the company for him.. He

said he would do it.. I sure hope he tells them off AND

makes them pay for the vet bills hes got now.. how care

less, that's not right. I wonder how many other places

they've been left out for animals to get into.. I just

have a serious thing about mistreating animals.. Theyre

people too.. :-) But I sure would have loved to tell that

company off for him... Bad business and when I ask him

what company I will put the name here for the whole

world to read at how careless this company was.. Poor

Jerky.. He wanted to play ball last nite with Donnie so

bad, but the vet told him to keep the dog quiet for a

few days.. Well how do you tell your kids "no"? I wish

I could babysit Jerky but hes just too much for me

to handle, he doesn't mind me.. well hes not my dog..

No one can order someone else's dog around.. :-)

I finished my grands pjs. They are so cute.. TAZ.. This

pair is just a sample for her to try on him and then I

can go from there. If they fit, make more, if not, then

I just re adjust, which isnt hard.. I talked to my sis

yesterday, shes better, and told her I couldn't figure

out how to do that V neck. That thing gave me fits.. I

figured out a way, totally NOT the way it says but it

works for me .. That's the joys of sewing,, you can

sew stuff the way that works for you.. I just could NOT

figure it out .. I just figured out a new plan of attack!
and it works.. I know Kelli will like them.. Now I'm making

the slipper sock pattern smaller for him.. so he matches,

cant have our boy not matching :-)

Well I'm gonna go and fix myself some lunch, what.. I

have NO idea.. but I am hungry.. I have some shrimp

and that sounds really good so I might have that.. The

snow is steady coming down, I had hoped it would wait

till later just in case my sis wanted to come back up

and bring me some more goodies :-) So, time to post

then eat but not before my HUNGRY GORGEOUS
WEEBLE "g'day,g'day".. :-)

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...

~Cold out ~

BRRRRR... cold day. We didn't get what they said we would but we are under winter storm watch again for tonite.. says 4 to 6 inches.. I expected to get up this morning and see lotsa snow out there and theres just a light dusting.. not bad at all. Tomorrow morning may be different. :-( I hope its not too bad as I am hoping to have company Sunday. And if the weather is bad well I don't want anyone on the road driving to come here just to spend a few hours with me and I worry the whole time about the roads. So hopefully the worst will be north or south.. east or where ever, or even next week.. I am looking forward to seeing my company its been awhile... Penny came today and I told her how good her egg salad was- that I ate every bit of it.. So today she made some tuna salad... I havent had that in ages either. Well COA sends it sometimes but they put celery in it and ICK ! I don't like celery, any more than I do carrots.. :-) ICK... Carrots are very good for you.. Its proven the carotene is a cancer preventer and will help cure it as well... I heard on TV on a food show of course, which is what I mainly watch.. and mangoes have carotene in them too,, I didn't know that.. Good to know..Ive never had them but I think they are something like peaches. and I LOVE peaches... When I lived in Elkhart, I canned food every summer. One of the best, tastiest things I made were canned peaches.. Willie and I would drive up here to Michigan to one of the many peach farms and buy a couple bushels of them, just freshly picked from the trees. I made fruit cocktail as well.. My canned peaches I want you to know were better than Del Monte .. :-) At suppertime, when Donnie and Kimmie lived with us, I would put 3 bowls.. one for them and Willie, and put a pint jar of my peaches on the table for them and the count would begin... Kimmie and Donnie would get a fork and put one slice of the peaches in each bowl.. so they all had the same number of slices.. If there was one slice left, they would divide it! And if one of them cheated.. Donnie would get all upset and Kimmie? she would jump straight up in the air, and yell.. "NOT FAIR".. and grab a slice out of Donnies bowl as usually he was the one with more slices than anyone else.. Willie didn't care he knew if he wanted more he'd just go get another jar.. The kids knew they better not.. at least not with out telling Willie first.. But those peaches were good.. When Kelli came along and the jars had to then be divided between 4 of them.. well I had to make quart jars then :-) Nothing like fresh canned food.. or homemade jam.. which I did that too.. strawberry and raspberry, which is my favorite. Speaking of food, I'm hungry and its time to post this, and get some more done today, so that means time for my GORGEOUS WEEBLE "g'day, g'day". Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? luv 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...

~ALLLLL Finished!~ :-)

Carl showed up bright and early, he just knocked on the

door. I was kinda halfway expecting him but wasn't sure.

He usually calls first, he said he tried, but my line was busy,

which it was, I was talking to Blue in Australia.. :-) But Carl

got the carpet put into the bare spot and he did his usual

good job.. Didn't take him very long.. and of course, the

first one to inspect it was the kid. Dutch watched him the

whole time.. Dutch is like a supervisor here, he follows

Penny all over and watches every thing she does.. Usually

when I have company I sit here by my desk, Dutch perches

on it and wont budge till whomever is here leaves.. like hes

my guard cat :-) I'm so pleased with this door being fixed

Its wonderful. Amazing how just a small, well it wasn't THAT

small a job, but just something like that can make things

so much easier for me... Let me tell ya, I sure appreciate it

too.. Its a treat.. Now If I can figure out a way to cover this

glaring light on the joystick at night, Ive got it made ! :-)
Well we are predicted for the next 3 days to get snow, snow,

and MORE snow.. total each day they predict 3 inches to 8...

Best way to tell living here in Michigan is to just look out the

window.. In just a matter of 5 minutes this morning I watched

it go from partial sun, to light snow, to a total white out where

I could see nothing at all... Plus the fact its freezing cold out

only 18 degrees..I watch that poor kittie over there huddled

by the door.. I'm gonna go get that cat , I cant stand seeing

this.. I'll let him in here... I don't think the boys would like it,

but I'm the head kittie in this place and what I say goes !! I

wont go get it, but Id sure like to... I should have asked Carl

who they are and call them.. just so I know the details of that

cat.. He may Not want to go in.. but I see it jumping up on the

door.. Its too cold for it to be out there anyway... I will just

have to quit looking over there that's all... :-) Ya, you KNOW

I'm gonna stop .... NOT :-) just bothers me...
I had Penny go to the store yesterday, just in case it gets

really bad and she cant make it Friday. She agreed if she

cant on Friday she will try her best to be here on Saturday.

Shes so happy she can get her new tires now and fix the

brakes on her car.. She got her income tax check :-) She

bought herself a sewing machine and I promised to help

her make some things.. I told her to bring it with her on

the days shes to come here and we can do it then, and I

don't mind helping her at all.. She has a grand baby 1 day

older than my Alex...but a girl... so she wants to make some

things for her and her other ones.. Penny has 4 or 5 grands.

For only 48 shes done good :-) well her kids have, of which

she has 4 kids too :-)
I heard about the woman that was attacked by a chimpanzee.

How awful. I don't know why people don't understand that

a wild animal will NEVER be tame.. Now her poor friend has

to have a FACE transplant I heard on TV last nite.. AND I

also heard, even though it says hand repaired.. I was told

this monkey bit both her hands off.. How awful for this

poor lady.. And just as bad for the owner of this chimp...

On MSN it said the owner may be charged, as we are

all responsible for our pets, like our kids, if they do some

damage it costs the owner.. Its so sad though.. I just

cant imagine.. When the medics went there they couldn't

tell if it was a man or a woman her face was so bad.. Poor

lady, she is on my prayer list...

Well I'm prayin too that lunch will be pretty good today. Chris

doesn't get here till after 1. On the days that Penny isnt here

she will go out and get the mail for me, which is really great..

I look forward to the mail... well not when its bills.. but when

its good stuff :-) The egg salad made yesterday is GONE!
It was so good I ate one sandwich at lunch, one after I logged

off and then one about 6.. I sliced some fresh tomato very

very thin and put that on it.. M M M.. VERY good.. I really enjoyed

it, had been ages since Ive had egg salad.. cant say that any

more !! :-)

Time to post this and do something today, make myself useful :-)

or at least FEEL that way :-) Post Time ! :-) This GORGEOUS
WEEBLE bids you "G'day, G'day" :-)

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...