ButterflyLois

Amputee life before and after...

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

~ We Have Buds!~


The tree is budded..:-) Its right outside this window here
by my computer...It will help a lot this summer to keep the
sun off the house. I think the yard will be so pretty. Ive
looked close at all the photos and if the weather stays
dry I may venture a ride out in the yard tomorrow. I hate
to go out there with these tires on this power chair..theyre
like super deep treads on it...lol
You can see how deep they are, and if I went out on the
grass not sure it wasn't all soggy, when I came back in,
to clean those tires before I rolled onto the carpet, well
I would need a brush ! Some good traction for off road
racing I guess that's why it has the 5 speeds...lol I tried
to take photos of it but the glare from the light was too
bright.. But you can see the buttons.. the center one with
the trumpet looking thing on it is the horn. sounds like a
smoke detector when I push it and when the boys, specially
LB walks really slow in front of me, I hit that horn and he
WILL move then :-)
The boy didn't come over last nite, so I didn't get my
curtain rods up.. I would let Penny try, but shes so tiny
and I worry about her climbing on my step ladder to
try to reach these things.. where Donnie is 6 foot.. he
can reach them with out a ladder !! :-) His transmission
is acting up on his truck, so hes got to repair that. Hes
using Dawns jeep, which was really given to him by her
dad, but she wanted it too besides her blazer, but hes
borrowed it on the pretense of it needs fixed :-)
Hes so smart .. :-)
Well I need to close this for today and get some lunch.
I had a most wonderful surprise last nite. I was already
asleep was about 10.. my phone rang and was my ex..
Danny, my sons father.. was so nice to talk to him again.
Its got to be at least 30 years since I have.. We talked
about old friends and things we did.. was really nice.. I
was glad he called.. I hope he does again.. With 2 sons
between us.. parents need to get along.. So I hope he
will call again. :-)


ANYHOWAY.. this post is done for today..I need FOOD.
Rebecca and Penny come tomorrow.. Yesterday Laima
came by with NO warning.. my caseworker from APS..
she loved this new place and was very pleased at how
nice it is, shes going to try to get Penny more hours.. I
hope so since they wont give her a raise.. Ok.. I'm done
for today.. This GORGEOUS WEEBLE bids you "g'day,
g'day" :-) My son is waiting for me to chat :-)

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...

Monday, March 30, 2009

~Chair Is Fixed~ :-)

Busy kinda day today. Penny came and got us all
clean again after the week end.. which I keep it
straight so she mainly just tends to the boys and
dusts, today was laundry day. She picked up the
curtain rods, the longer arm ones so I can do
double curtains and the brackets, so hopefully
Donnie can put them up tonite, if hes still planing
on coming, I havent heard from him so I don't
know, but I will call after I post this..

Would you believe while I am typing this post I am
on hold with VERIZON?? That I am STILL having
to deal with them? This is amazing.. They cashed
the 117.00 check and yet today I got a bill from
them for 157.58? I was so mad when I opened
that mail ..This is really uncalled for.. And
whats so great, is Ive been passed around to,
well I think I'm on hold for the 3rd person I am
having to talk to to get this straight.. The one
that put me on hold to transfer me to BILLING
now is the 3rd.. WHAT is WRONG with THIS
picture? I'm on hold now for 10 minutes and I
asked the lady to stay on it to be sure I got
through. I had to call cable 4 times to get to
talk to someone.. I wont wait on hold forever,
and every time I have to call back I get in a
worse mood!!....

ANYHOWAY... Brian came today and in half an
hour he fixed my chair.. he tightened up the joy
stick almost a little too much, :-) takes both hands
to move it now!! It wont go over by its self that's
for sure... He fixed the arm.. apparently it was
down in the 2 holes on the side.. I tried watching
him to see what he did.. He also fixed the cord
that goes from the battery to the joy stick, it was
sticking out.. Brian is new with R & R.. I'm glad its
fixed... I transferred into my manual just before
he got here, and wow.. I was amazed at the stiffness
of that chair and the ease of this power chair.. It
really is amazing.. A power chair will spoil you...

Last night I had a really bad time with my stomach
and I got up and on the way back to my bed, the
joystick moved and I hit the door facing, my chair
went so far over backwards it really scared me.. SO.
I am MOST glad its fixed.. I wont have to worry
with that I hope for a long time :-)

Well things are smoothing out.. Oh.. I'm still on
hold for Verizon.. 45 minutes now and I'm being
transferred to someone else now.. What CRAP!
I'm so ready to just hang up.. But I want this
straightened out.. I don't like owing anyone.. I
will get it fixed.. :-) So.. Time to post this and
finish waiting.. This GORGEOUS WEEBLE still
says "g'day, g'day" even though it almost isnt :-)
Note: ALMOST :-)

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...

Sunday, March 29, 2009

~Me N' Dutch~



Its been awhile since Ive put a photo of this GORGEOUS
WEEBLE and thought I would of me and the boy, Dutch.
He loves to ride with me.. Usually hes on the back, lately
hes been wanting me to carry him in my lap, which he really
doesn't fit on! :-) Everywhere I went this morning he was
bound and determined to go where I did. I was glad he
decided to ride, I do and this poor cat walks his patootie
off keeping up with me.. What drives me nuts is when they
each or even BOTH walk in front of me, steady looking
back to see if I'm following them.. Like a parade :-) They
walk VERY slow, deliberately I think.. Just to see if I
will tell them to "MOVE!!!" specially when I'm in a hurry:-)
They seem to know.. :-) Just remember the rules for the
photo.. you can have it.. but don't put it ANYWHERE else.
The people next door have a black lab.. He barks at every
thing.. He has a red bandana around his neck.. I watched
the dog as he was out there to do his business, which Penny
verified that he did, TWICE ! Once in their yard, and once
in MINE! I saw the guy, well its there, hes cleaning up the
one pile..but neglected to pick up the pile in MY yard!! That
left out there will kill the grass in that spot.. well, unless it
rains right away.. Which we are under the gun for snow
Mary !! thanks ! :-) Just kidding ! I know if you had the
power Mary you would NOT send that snow to me.. I looked
at the weather and its headed straight at us.. Donnie is
headed back from Racine today so I hope he doesn't run
into bad weather..
You can see how close the high school is, not far, Im going to the magic
shows there!.I mentioned yesterday that my sister and Stanley came by
Friday.. I want you to know they screwed up my whole week
end.. not bad, but, they ALWAYS come on Saturday, I kept
thinking yesterday was Sunday !! :-) Anyhoway, Shirley got
some sheer burgundy panels for me.. Just the right color !!
I cant wait to get them up.. I have to wait till Monday , well
tomorrow night to get them up and then maybe not then, I
may have to wait until Wednesday when Penny comes back.

Donnie is coming over tomorrow night, I'm already pre-
warned :-) He hinted "Gran, you have NOT made stuffed
cabbage in a while you know". So I think hes kinda asking
for me to make them for him, which I just might, to surprise
him.. Hes a good kid and Id be lost with out him. Plus when
he comes Monday hes got to put up curtain rods here in the
living room. I have single rods up now, but I want double, so
I can hang these new sheers with my lace over top.. It will
be SO beautiful in here ! I know Donnie can put up the rods
and brackets but I think I will wait till Penny comes on
Wednesday to put up the curtains.. No insult but, its easier
to explain hanging curtains to a woman than a man :-) That's
just NOT a guy thing!..but, I'm sure he would if I asked him..

Well its noon thirty and lunch time. I'm hungry too. I was up
later last nite, watching a HBO movie.. :-) I don't remember
which one.. That's NOT good !! Talk about short term
memory..:-) At least I remember to post AND put my
GORGEOUS WEEBLE "g'day, g'day" though. I never forget
that :-)

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...

Saturday, March 28, 2009

~Busy Neighbor~

Spring is here. Everyone is working out in their yards.
The lady across the street was busy as a bee out there.
Got her big lot cleaned out and ready for a garden.. She
did it the easy way by burning the dead grass and leaves.
Some towns, like Elkhart, you cant burn anything in the
city limits, like grass or your trash.. Lots of people, like
where I lived, in the county, we had barrels that we
burned our paper trash in.. saved on garbage, wasn't so
much.. Plus with a wood stove to burn magazines or
newspapers with the colored print is very good for a
wood stove, my Dad told me, and because,,, it burns the
creosote out of the chimney.!. Which is very good, cuz
you have to keep them clean, a chimney fire is NOT a
good thing.. and too much of a build up of it will catch
fire.. So anyway,,, This lady had her a couple fires
going.. But look at the company she had out there...
Count them, do you see 3 cats? One orange is next to the black which
lives over at that other house, he was visiting, and wanting
some human company I think.. Many times the lady stopped
and petted all 3 of them.. I think the 2 orange ones are
hers...I was so glad to see the black kittie getting some
attention.. He/she jumped and ran and just had the best
time with the lady and the cats.. Was so nice to see..
Everything, animals, people.. all need a little lovin :-) and
seein the black kittie happy was so good...
As she dug in the dirt I watched as the cats dug with her.
Mine used to do that.. I had Fuzz, a black Persian and she
was a beauty and a sweet cat. She followed me around
no matter where I went inside or out, when I tried to plant
flowers Fuzz had a great time till I saw she was digging up
what I had just planted !! That lady might have the same
problem.. :-)
I am wondering if she is planting a veggie garden... if she is,
I need to get to know this lady..:-) well when it comes to
harvesting time of a garden, I like being included on the
reaping of all the goodies !! I love fresh veggies.. I'm having
my own tomato bush AND strawberrys.. I saw a patio planter
for strawberries I might seriously consider for my monthly
spend on myself next month, if its in the budget. :-)
I noticed Carl was getting his boat out of the garage. I bet
hes ready to go fishing.. Spring is springin' :-) everyone is
ready for it I think.. I hope Mary, you don't get that snow
predicted and I HOPE if you do, Mary Do NOT send
it here oki? :-) We have had enough for this year and
really we havent had it too bad this winter, not compared
to some I remember..
I took a photo of the house next door to the black kitties
house. They have a deck out back just what I would like
to have. It would be perfect and looks just the right size.
That would be so nice over here.. see the railing.. I would
like that on mine.. I know that railing would NOT stop this
power chair.. nothing would other than just stopping.. but
I think the railing looks so nice, plus covered with morning
glories or climatis.. would be beautiful...

Well I better close this for today before its TOO long !
I do have a tendency to carry on.. Plus I havent even
mentioned that my sis and Stan came yesterday !!! I shall
tell you all about THAT tomorrow :-) So- for now this
GORGEOUS WEEBLE is ending THIS post , See ya
tomorrow, "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...

Friday, March 27, 2009

~Tree Work~


After I posted yesterday I was in my bedroom
watching TV and heard a VERY familiar sound.. I
went to the living room to look outside to see where
the noise was coming from.. The sound was a chain
saw and the guys across the street were taking down
a limb that had broken off and part was on the roof
of their house. I watched them and some of the things
they did scared me for fear they would hurt them
selves let alone damage their house !

follow the ladder, then the clothesline, to where the limb broke...
They got it all done, took them a couple hours.. The one
guy held the rope as the other had the chain saw.. What
kinda worried me is the guy with the saw used a ladder
to climb up the tree, when he stood at the bottom he
started up the Chainsaw, THEN climbed the ladder.. I
don't think THAT really was a good idea, some have
been known to slip.. and he was not tied in at all.. The
blade on the saw was at least 2 foot or longer. He
didn't really handle the saw safely and the rope they
used was a clothes line.. now, if a limb over a foot
across was to fall.. that clothes line would NOT hold
that huge limb... They were lucky.. But it saved having
a tree guy come out.. which to take that limb off? I
would say Willie would have charged $150.oo maybe
more.. He could have used the bucket truck we had
and that limb would have been down in seconds.. Just
one correct cut and it would have been dropped..
The guys across took the limb off in stages, which
for them was the safe way.. But an experienced tree
guy, could have dropped that big limb right where he
wanted. And he wouldn't have used a ladder to get
to it. The ladder was necessary though to get to the
roof of the house where a lot of branches were. It
was lucky that part that broke off didn't go totally
or it would have gone through that roof... Was kinda
fun to watch.. For a small quiet town, there is always
something going on... Wait till this summer...
During the summer is when all the magicians gather
here for shows and conferences to see all the new
magic things there are.. From what I gather its
quite busy here. Most of the shows are put on right
here at the high school.. which if you look at the
house with the tree to the right you can see the high
school, that's how close it is to me.. I could get over
there very easily.. Only thing I would worry about
is getting run over by a car !! :-) But I will go to some
of them, from what Joe says the shows they put on
here are quite something. :-)
Penny came and got us ready for the week end.. Wasn't
a lot to do.. We didn't mess up too badly from our guests
so was just basic stuff to do.. My sister called last nite
and said she found some burgundy sheer curtains on sale
at Wal Mart and she got every pair they had for me.. I
have 2 windows with burgundy curtains, and 2 with white
curtains, I would like ALL my windows to be the same..
I have a feeling she may come up tomorrow. I hope so.
I still have to call her today and see if she has some
canvas that I need to make this bird watcher bag... I
am sure she does..

Time to post and then have lunch.. Dunno what I want
though. I will look and see what I have that I feel like
having and then I might wait to see what the COA is
bringing.. the suppers are great.. This week sure went
fast.. R & R, Jim phoned he was gonna come by yesterday
and set up a time.. then he called back and said his boss
said to not come here and they would send someone
else next week.. I don't understand why but.. I now have
to wait till next week to get this chair fixed.. Seems
all this GORGEOUS WEEBLE does is WAIT... oh well,
if its a good thing, its worth waiting for.. been waiting
for my "g'day, g'day" to end this? I'm done .. for today.

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.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

~Nice Visit~ :-)

My company arrived safely and we had a lovely dinner.
I made a luscious meat pie that turned out even better
than I had hoped ! :-) Of course desert was the mini
cheesecake bites. Delicious things.. THOSE you cannot
eat just one.. :-) We had a great evening of talking and
laughing it was so nice I really enjoyed the company.
They spent the night at a motel in Coldwater as I don't
know of any place here and that's the closest. Its, I
think 13 miles there.. Not being used to the roads and
deer usually ALWAYS sighted, they wanted to get back
there before dark.. And dark thirty is about 8 or shortly
after now.. It will be later next month, when it seems to
still be light at 10 PM..

They left this morning about 10 after coffee and another
nice visit.. They asked if I could make and design a bag
for to carry binoculars and bird books etc. They are
bird watchers and a bag specifically for that, with pockets
for books and the nocs, where they are easier to get
to.. A sturdy material.. like canvas or denim. I even made
the suggestion of a longer strap so it could be hung on
the seat next so if they were alone, they could easily
get to the things they needed. Enough for a water bottle,
maybe a snack.. I think it will be kinda fun to design again.

I will put one together and mail it to them so they can try
it and see if it works.. Today I plan to do nothing but write
this and relax.. I have done a lot the last two days, cuz I
wanted this place to be just perfect, which it is almost :-)
The deck, and it will be.. I just need to find some cheap
lumber to build it.. I had thought of contacting some of
the Amish builders here to see what it would cost.. Joe I
know wont mind as it will greatly increase this place's value.
But to have a deck? well of course I would call it my Lanai..
and I KNOW my cats will get SO jealous seein me out there.
Who knows Later on perhaps I could have it screened then
they could go out.. I watch that poor cat across the street,
I see it every day and feel so sorry for it.. I have yet to see
even ONE person pet it.. I did see that lady almost THROW
it to the side while she was weeding.. Poor thing.. Wait.. let
me get outside.. I will try to lure it over here and at least
PET the poor thing.. I sure would like to know the story on
that cat.. Carl says it isnt theirs.. just hangs out there.. NO,
that cat lives there, it NEVER leaves..

I did get a call from Deborah and we are so amazed at R&R.
She called them talked to Twanda, she said I had wanted
some new tires.. Deborah and I both said "HUH?" They
give us some of the most amazing crap! One person there
has NO idea what the other is doing OR saying.. Sue telling
me my chair's warranty was not valid cuz it was paid by
insurance... How stupid is that? I cant talk to her, she just
makes me so mad.. But anyhoway, Deborah phoned this
morning said she got it all straight with them and they
are ... R & R .. supposta call me and set up a time to come
and fix it.. How much do ya wanna bet I have to call them
and remind them? I bet I will. I just love all this CRAP..
no other word for it. CRAPOLA... :-)

I'm gonna post this for today and watch TV the rest of
it.. just relax and wait for a call that my friends have
gotten home safely. Wait for lunch, I told Chris yesterday
that the suppers are almost better than the lunches.. She
said I wasn't the only one saying that.. But it is SO true,
I really like the suppers. Since we do they will probly stop
them.. :-) Well.... now its time for 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 .....

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

~Polka's~ :-)

Y'all know I love music, yesterday after I posted I
went in search of new music sites.. I came across one
that had polkas, which are a fav of mine. I had the
best time sitting here listening to them all.. It sure
brought back some great memories. Being from the
Upper Penninsula of Michigan, polkas were part of
us.. There was such a mixture of nationalitys that went
up there years ago that the music variety is amazing.
Polkas were one.. My Aunt Tillie Shoquist, now..that lady
could swing to the music.. She loved it..

I remember going with my parents to my Aunt GLadys,
and Uncle Ernies for dinner, Aunt Tillie was Aunt Glads
mom and lived there too; while dinner was having the
final touches put on it.. I happened to be out in the kitchen
trying to help carry food out to the table.. The radio was
on of course and a polka came on.. Aunt Tillie had the best
time steppin to that song.. She stood at the kitchen sink
and swayed in time to the song.. Then she would step to the
music around the kitchen.. :-) I looked at my mom and
Aunt Glad and they were smiling and pretty soon all of us
were doing the same thing!! It was such fun... :-)

I can only remember my parents dancing once, and of course
it was to a polka.. We had gone to a wedding and I can still
see them smiling and dancing around the room.. Another song
came on.. and the next thing I knew Daddy was grabbing my
hand, says "step on my feet, honey and we are gonna dance!"
I looked up at him and grabbed on and off we went, we had
a great time.. He never complained about his feet either..:-)
Memories are such great things and I like that music can
bring them back to me.. :-)

Penny came today and we are all clean.. We were steady on
the go getting the house straight. Wasn't bad but just stuff
we had put off doing.. And she needed to vacuum off the
couch.. kitty hair you know :-) Well when you have 2 white
almost cats you have seeable kitty hair.. We are all clean tho.
I have a meat pie to make yet and decide what to wear..
THATS the hardest part, I don't wanna look like Susie
Frump! This GORGEOUS WEEBLE accepts nothing less than
looking perfect :-) Time to post, cook and wait for company.
"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 pray the L

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

~Dream Catchers~

Ive been busy today straightening out my sewing stuff
in the kitchen. I had made such a mess and I couldn't
find anything.. NOW I can. :-) I want to make some dream
catchers for my grandsons. They are Native American,
and its said that the web inside the circle traps the bad
dreams from the person sleeping under it, allowing only
the good dreams through. The morning light dissolves the
bad ones. Ive made them for years and I take pride in
weaving the details of the web inside the circle. I use
feathers and beads and wrap the ring in leather. The
one up top is not finished yet, but you can see it.. I make
all size rings. This is the smaller one, compare it to my
hand.
I showed them to Penny and she had no idea how to weave
the web. I showed her how to do it and she is going to try
to make a few for her grands. I have 2 very dear friends
in Green Bay, both are Native American.. Nadine is Cherokee
and her husband Ted, is Oneida. They had just bought a
new home but before they could move in, Ted went through
the house in a ceremony that they use to bless it and remove
anything evil or spirits that may be in the house so their family
could live in peace and harmony there. They were special people.
I don't hear from them often but I wish I would :-)

I have a email sent to me daily from White Bison, called Elders
Meditation of the Day. Its a daily blessing to me, it encourages
me and every day it ends with a prayer and its only one sentence
most of the time... They are very good.. I send them to some
friends that enjoy reading them. Of course I put in some music
which I do in all my emails..

I was told I am Native American, Chippewa Tribe. But we have
no proof.. I was told that my birth mother was NA. I wish I
could prove it and I have written to the Tribal Council but I
have not heard back yet. To not really know your heritage is
a something Ive always wanted to find out for sure. I had
hoped with this computer I would be able to, so far I have
run into dead ends. But I havent given up...

What I AM giving is lunch to myself! I woke up hungry, had
2 cups of coffee, made a dozen trips to the bathroom to
get rid of it, seems its always 3 to 1 on a cuppa coffee and
trips to the potty.. for me anyway ! :-) I am hungry though,
but I don't know what I really want. COA lunch should be
here soon and I may see what it is today, might be some
thing good ! They hit it lucky every once in a while :-) but
law of averages they SHOULD~!~ :-) So its post time for
this 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 againl....

Monday, March 23, 2009

~Cold Is Better~:-)

My cold is a tad better I am glad to say. I still have
a bit of a headache.. but it will go away I hope.. Its
been a quiet day and Ive not heard anything from
Deborah at the insurance about R&R if they or some
one are going to come and fix the arm of my chair.
I was going to call but, to be honest I just get really
fed up with having to call and remind people to do
their jobs. I know they are busy and have more than
just me to help, but they get a call and set it aside
and 9 times out of 10 will forget to finish what they
started.. I will call tomorrow if I don't hear from her
today.. I will give her today to make some arrangements,
I'm sure she will.. Deborah is very nice and really helps
me when I call her.

I got a email today that amazed me.. It was a video of a
big huge crane looking thing and what it did was cut down,
strip and cut UP trees! They don't even need anyone else
but to come behind and pick up the bark and branches
and get the logs. I had never seen anything like this. I
watch a show on TLC and its called Axe Men, about the
loggers. That is a hard and dangerous job. This machine
would put a lot of people out of work I bet! I did wonder
though how it would act on a hill which that's the terrain
out west where they are doing this much logging.. Although
they do log a lot in the UP of Michigan.. Ask me how I know
that !! :-)

Many times going down the roads you would have to pass a
log truck and then sometimes they passed YOU.!. David and
I were on our way up to visit our friends at home when we
lived in Green Bay. When we left it was nice. Almost dark,
but we knew the roads we travelled it just about every
other week end.. On this night however.. we got about 40
miles from home in fact we were going thru Long Lake, just
before getting to Tipler, Wisconsin.. :-) Well it started to
snow, heavily.. We could hardly see the road.. almost worse
than our trip out to the Brule Tap. :-)

I heard David do sort of a gasp..and saw him look into the
rear view mirror, as I turned around I saw the truck.. a
logging truck and the snow was flying everywhere he was
going so fast.. I just slowly turned around and looked at
David and said "I'm not watching". and looked down.. I
glanced up just in time to see Davids hands clenched on
the steering wheel and that logging truck went flying
past us so fast the car actually shook. Snow everywhere,
and I told David I KNOW he knows this road and hes
clearing it off,so stay close".. we did.. and made it home
ok.. Scared me though.. its bad enough during the day
light to contend with a logging truck, but at night AND
in a snow storm.. it aint fun.. Believe me.. :-)

Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood today, really
nice. I'm anxious to get out side but we had some
extra cleaning today as the boys decided to run a
marathon at 5:30 this morning and I woke to the
sound of my end table crashing to the floor. No
damage but a mess and I had to pick it all up if I
wanted out of the bedroom this morning, so we
decided to do some extra cleaning.. Nothing major
but I might have company later in the week from
out of town so I want the house perfect.. :-)

So, lunch is Mrs. Grass soup again.. it does make me
feel better, plus the extra noodle one is even better
with MORE noodles.. Hopefully I will get rid of this
headache and this day will end smoothly. Time to post
then go and eat. First 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...

Sunday, March 22, 2009

~Good Lookin' Kids~ :-)

2 days in a row I have talked to my son and boy is
that a treat.. Hes so much like his mother I am finding
out.. very spunky and says what he thinks. Looks just
like me as well I think and so does everyone else that
sees his photo.. Tyler, looks like his dad, hence he looks
like his Gran!... I honestly think if I had seen my sons
out somewhere not knowing who they were, I would
have known them. Richard hasnt changed from the sweet
kid he was and looks even more like his father. When
he was small and they were out together it was very
obvious Richard was his son.. Mark has some of his dad
too, but hes got my hair.. very curly and my eyes.. hazel.
Theyre both good looking guys, of course !!! :-) I will put a
photo here, Mark says ok.. Richard.. he says no photos here :-)
So soon I will, Mark is looking for one, or 2. :-)
I woke up with a nasty cold. I woke myself up cuz I was
sneezin so bad. My nose is running faster than my chair!
:-) I don't have a fever though, which I am glad.. I had
tea instead of coffee but I don't feel great.. don't feel
real bad but not up to par.. I got up about 3 times last
nite, well not UP up.. but woke up.. I did feel really achey
and had to change positions.. I slept sitting up for a while
and that seemed to help breath better. I notice today I
am short winded, its the cold.. I cant let it get out of hand,
my sister and I are alike when it comes to colds.. goes into
bronchitis really fast, my sis will go to pneumonia and ends
up in hospital if she isnt careful when she gets a cold.. Ive
done good this winter, only 1 time sick and this is the first
cold ive had in ages.. so Ive done ok I am NOT complaining.

I was out in the kitchen last nite and heard this rumbling,
that was really loud.. I looked out the window and you see
what I saw.. a really nice motorcycle in my driveway.. well
the neighbors too.. The rider.. I had to watch to see if it
was a man or woman.. well it was a woman.. I had seen this
bike parked out front before but never saw who the rider
was.. This time I noticed.. its a nice bike..

The raised bed is to the left there of the front door. Where you see the
window and the electric meters is my bedroom...The stone starts the one
next door..
When I went into the bedroom later to watch TV, the cats
were laying there on the bed.. All of a sudden BOTH cats
jumped straight up.. looked at the window and I saw some
one out there! scared the crap otta me.!. I moved my chair
closer but I cant get right up to the window cuz the TV is
in partly in front of it on the sewing machine.. but I sat
and watched and it was the woman next door here, she
was raking out front.. Looks really nice out there.. not on
my side did she rake, but on hers.. I wish she had done
mine, but Penny and I can do it.. along side of the front
is a raised flower bed that I KNOW I can get to with
out even leaning over! So that will be nice.. Its in the
shade so I think if nothing is growing there we will plant
some impatients they do good in the shade.. Lots to do
out there and I'm gonna do a lot of it this year.. I aint
stuck inside like I was at the other house.. My biggest
problem getting out is making sure the boys don't escape
while I do .. Backing out will be the best way... I think..
I just have to practice :-)
The bed is raised.. I can get to that :-)

Time to practice making lunch. I am NOT hungry but If
I eat something maybe I can get rid of this headache.
Mrs. Grass noodle soup will do wonders for me I'm sure.
Always does.. I like the extra noodles one.. So this
SNEEZY GORGEOUS WEEBLE needs to say "g'day,g'day"
again.. and finish this day and patiently wait for tomorrow,
hopefully feeling better.. :-)

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...
 
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