~Not Much Sleep~

I don't think I have to write the fact that I did NOT

get very much sleep last night. I did decide that today

and this week end I am just going to sit back, relax and

enjoy my friends, some music and not think about all

this other stuff until Monday. By then HOPEFULLY I

will be able to meet all this head on and plan my attack

on what would be my best course of action.. I cannot

afford to make any mistakes for any reason cuz I KNOW

what the consequences can be for me IF I let things go

too long. So.. Come Monday.. I will start to investigate

as to what course of action will be best for me. so- ANY
HOWAY....
Ive been watching the trees across the street. They are

just beautiful.. Look at the photos.. They didn't even do

them justice they are so pretty. There are lots of trees

here in this little town which is good to see, only thing

that bothers me is that the owners arent keeping them

in shape, which when you have trees in your yard, take

care of them or they can do some damage. Mine here

in this yard arent too bad. The biggest is the one here

in the side yard.. But I have LILACS!! I LOVE those!
I was at the kitchen sink and I looked up at the window

and saw that big bush out there and its lilacs.. We didn't

notice when we were outside. It will be so pretty when

its all bloomed out.. I wont be able to pick any and bring

in sadly, cuz of the boy.. Well I could, but I would

have to hide them at night when I couldn't guard them.

Dutch eats them till he pukes.. Think he would learn as

many times as hes eaten fresh flowers.. But nope.. he

still does every chance he gets lol...
The lilacs are so pretty out there and that tree is just

full.. The smell of lilacs is so sweet. Look at the other

pine tree out there. There are 2.. the other one is the

pine cone dropper.. this other one, has those long hanging

branches almost like a weeping willow, which is one of my

favorite trees next to a white birch. Up north there

are lots of birch trees. It's what all the Native Americans

made their canoes out of them. At Chicagon Lake there

are some or there WERE some very old ones that they

kept, since there is an Indian burial ground there at that

park.. Its a beautiful park and I went there many times.

Was too far to ride on my bike, be ok going.. but the ride

back would have been killer it was all up hill :-)
Its a rainy rainy day, so I don't need to put here that the

pains have not stopped. They arent as bad since I am

finding different positions that help to ease it. Lots of

this seems to be radiating from my hip.. But I know when

it hits my foot, well lets put it this way, it hurts SO BAD,

that if that foot wasn't missing Id SERIOUSLY consider

cutting it off my self! I couldn't but.. that's how intense

this pain is.. I tried to explain that to Rebecca yesterday,

she just doesn't understand how its possible to hurt and

not be there.. I don't understand it. but its true! I know

where my feet and legs are ALL the time.. just like if

they were there. I told Rebecca, that the bad part of

these pains is what it does to my heart.. THATS the

problem... This isnt good.. So.. enough of this .. and on

to NOT worrying till Monday. I cant do a single thing

about it, I say I wont think about it.. but I will- I KNOW

me :-)

I KNOW now, I'm hungry and I need to get out of this

chair for a while... Sitting in this or on my bed, my bed

is better, I can change positions better than I can just

fidgeting around in this chair- Looking like I have ants

in my invisible pants :-) I still DO have those big black

ants out in the kitchen though, but from what Penny

says everyone has ants, uncles, cousins and all of them

like I do.. :-) Post time, lunch time and This GORGEOUS
WEEBLE, says "Don't Worry, Be Happy".. :-)

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...

~Made Me Upset~

This will be a short post today as I am most upset besides

being in extreme pain.. Rebecca was here, shes my case

worker with Keystone. Apparently my grant has changed.

They will no longer be paying my rent on a monthly basis,

but a yearly.. which means, I will have to move. Without

their help, I could not pay this 550.oo a month rent. I

got so upset I thought I was gonna puke..


I don't even know what to write because I am in such a

state of pain and confusion.. Rebecca always said my grant

would never change because I am disabled.. She lied. I

got so angry at her when she couldn't even give me a reason.

I have NO idea how long I have much less what I am going

to do now.. Needless to say this is a very bad day...

I didn't sleep much last night either and this has taken a

serious toll.. I can feel how draggy I am.. I don't like it..
The phantoms are not much better and the pain when it

does hit is very severe.. I told Rebecca that this pain is

what put me in hospital a while back, because it puts such

a strain on my heart, then she proceeded to say "Lois, I

have something to tell you". I don't need to tell you what

happened to my blood pressure.. And when something gets

me so upset I cry, well.. God help the person that made

me cry...

I knew things were TOO perfect here.. So now I am in a

wait game.. I told Rebecca to leave when she was here I

couldn't hear anymore, I was that upset.. So I have no idea

what the time frame is on this.. But see? Always some

thing.. I'm going to post this now and try to calm down before

I DO have to call 911.. Penny is here, she heard it all.. Shes

not saying a lot.. but she sees how upset I am and that makes

her worry... I will do what I have to.. what that is.. right now

I have NO idea.. I need to get rid of this pain first, THEN

go after and try to solve this other CRAP...

Hope your day is better than mine.. I'm not sayin "g'day,

g'day" today though.. cuz it aint.. not for me.. but I do

hope yours is.. Post time, and I'm upset, hurting , mad,

but STILL a GORGEOUS WEEBLE ! :-) "see ya.."

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...

~Lotsa Pain~

Rough night last night.. Started about 3 yesterday after

noon. The phantoms in my left stump..well they were and

STILL ARE very bad. I don't think I slept longer than an

hour at one time, if that. The pain is in my foot, my big

toe. It gets these shooting pains so bad sometimes that
I almost see stars. I try to think back to what I could

have done these past few days to trigger this again.. Last

time they were this bad I ended up in hospital for 5 days.

I'm not doing that again!.. Well, if I DID have to go back,

I would REFUSE to go to Three Rivers Hospital.. I would

go to Borgess where I have been before or to Coldwater,

even Sturgis is better than going back to Three Rivers.

But the pain IS that bad.. Its not stopped all this day, so

far.. I wont stay in this chair as long today, maybe that's

whats wrong, I'm staying in this chair too long every day.

I don't know...They didn't and don't tell us this stuff,

well they didn't me, that I can REMEMBER anyway.

That first year in the hell home, I don't remember but

bits and pieces and I cant say it really happened, I was so

out of it, and to remember what anyone instructed me to

do.. I have NO idea.. Then that first year out, in 2002, I

was still out of it I stayed on pain crap...cuz of that awful

infection.. so that year is kinda fuzzy too.. Ive not been

back to a vascular doctor though since they amputated

my legs.... I guess I should go just to make sure its not

something that could go back to an infection like I had.

I don't honestly think I could go through that again.. It

was so very very bad, I would start to cry before the

nurse even got there, because I KNEW how much MORE

I was going to hurt and that about drove me insane..

The nurse I had coming then, was 4 times a week then 3.

I think.. But I remember she was very nice and every

time she knew it was going to be very painful she warned

me, which I already knew too.. I appreciated the fact that

she did all she could to stop the pain, make it hurt less

when she cleaned and dressed the wound. When she

decided to give me injections to numb it I was happier. I

didn't like the shots.. but I knew within seconds the pain

would stop.... and I SURE needed that, it was then I felt

I could breathe again, no pain...Then.. NOW, well.. its not

as bad as back then, but it sure hurts, let me tell ya.. So

much so I may call Erica and see if she cant call some

thing in to the drug store here, be closer. I need to get

my pills transferred up here anyway. But I sure need

some kind of relief..

Guess what I made yesterday? I made a pan of Halupki's.

Know what they are? Stuffed cabbage rolls. I have to say,

I felt guilty eating them. They are SO good!! Every bite I

thought to my self 'call the boy, tell him'... I am a rotten

selfish mom.. I did NOT call Donnie and tell him I made

them.. I only made 8.. :-) well that's not even enough for

Donnie, let alone both of us.. :-) Penny helped, she cut up

the onion and cooked the cabbage, all I had to do was

mix it, stuff it, bake it and eat it :-) Good? Well- so good

I didn't even call the boy.. so you KNOW they were :-)

I havent made them since I was in the apartment.. over

2 years ago now.. I was SO ready for them.. I have 3 left.

I know.. that means I ate 5 yesterday.. maybe that's why

my stump is aching? :-) Too full a belly, puts weight on my

stump ? :-) possible.. :-) but I don't think so....:-) I will

make some more just for him, hes been requesting.. so

I have no choice, hes very good to me and this just shows

Donnie I appreciate him.. He knows I do. I never hesitate

to tell anyone that, we all need to know we are for what

ever reason.. :-)

Time to post this and try to get comfy for a while.. This

pain gets bad, then eases up for a little while, then BOOM!

it hits again and catches me off guard, makes me tense up,

vicious circle.. Maybe a nap will help.. Something's got to ! I

will find what will help...I HOPE !~ this is getting VERY Old

already... If this had happened when I was in my 30's or

40's.. boy I dunno.. by now I would be so sick of this...so I

guess happening when it did made it so I could accept it

better.. I dunno.. I DO KNOW its lunch time..maybe food

will help.. :-) but then that might be MORE weight! :-) Its

time for my GORGEOUS WEEBLE "g'day, g'day" .. Hope

yours is better, at least pain free !! :-)

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....

~Nice Place~ :-)

I am really enjoying these doors open. The one in the kitchen and this one here in the living room.. The breeze goes right through.. The boys arent used to outside air or smells.. Well.. they have NEVER been outside other than when I brought them from the apartment to the little house to here.. And they were in a carrier inside a car.. So when I opened these door screens... well slid the glass up, it honestly scared them :-) I HAD to laugh. Dutch wrinkled his nose and wouldn't get back up there. LB is going totally nuts, jumping up and down every time he hears a loud noise .. I wonder what they thought when they heard a bird for the first time.. :-) Its fun to watch them.. This isnt a busy busy place like the little house, but its really nice...Im happy here.. WE is happy here :-) When I was looking out the front door, I take turns sitting first here then I go sit in the kitchen doorway :-) I LOVE IT !! :-D... Anyhoway.. across the street a tree is starting to bud out.. I THINK it may be a flowering crab..I'm not sure, I say that because of the color of the buds, such a deep magenta color I call it.. So I saw that and decided to take photos as it blooms out ! :-) Doesn't take much to keep me amused does it? Don't Laugh.. :-D Anyhoway... I was looking out the side window here on the right side of my desk and was checking out the lot across on this west side of here.. The twin ladys house :-) I name every thing don't I? :-) She has a zillion daffys over there and I noticed she has peonies like I have here by the back door, that I bet I might need a fence for them too.. but the TwinLady has rubarb already up pretty high.. I don't like it.. but I know I used to when I was younger because I used to go next door to Mr, Andersons and sneak and eat some of his :-).. My friend Pepper and I did.. she would bring a bag of sugar, to dip it in.. and I brought some Kleenex to clean it off and a little knife to cut it so maybe Mr. Anderson wouldn't see it ripped off :-) In more ways than one :-) Ive eaten it since but now, I don't like it at all...like I don't like watermelon or any of those melons. cantalope or muskmelon almost makes me SICK.. the smell does me in.. AWFUL .. worse than carrots even :-) Ive been asking around about doing a brick deck and have gotten some great advice.. and I honestly don't know which would be the cheaper way to go.. Well the cheapest way to go would be to hopefully get HOME DEPOT to donate one to me like they did the ramp at the little house.. THAT was great.. Speaking of the little house.. SOMEONE is LIVING there. AND my ramp is still there too.. Penny has gone by it quite a few times and said there is a car parked there. So I wonder how this can be since it was supposed to be foreclosed on? That's why I had to move.. Interesting..:-) Next interesting thing for today is .. 3 guesses... :-) FOOD! You KNOW its that time :-) GORGEOUS WEEBLE it, "G'day, G'day" it, Post it, close it, find it and eat it :-) 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...

~Neighborhood Kids~

I watch as the kids walk home from school.. Its only a

half a block to the high school.. Lots of kids walk past

here on their way to and from, in fact even the school

bus goes past here, why I have no idea since there is

another street right over there unless its just too sharp

a turn or something.. But seeing these kids walking is

fun to watch them busily talking about what happened

at school that day I am sure is the subject. I always

walked unless it was bad weather. The house with the

black kittie has a daughter that goes to school there,

I see her every day.. I watched one day as a lady came

flying out of the house, jumped in the car and raced

past the house here, over to the school. It pulled up over

there and the daughter gets in and I watch as the car

goes back over to the house ! I thought perhaps she was

sick cuz usually I see her walking every day... as fast as

the mom or who ever that was that drove that car was

in a hurry, and only 2 blocks... I figgered she was sick.

I never got a ride home unless it rained :-) Snow or any

thing else.. I walked.. spring time I rode my bike..
Dam Bridge :-)
I see lots of kids on bikes here riding up and down the

streets.. They all play baseball in that nice big field

across the street and there were bikes everywhere. I

didn't have the card in my camera...so none of the pics

I took came out on the card.. I hate when I do that :-(

But I watched them play, and they all had the best time.

When the game was over they all got on their bikes and

it looked like maybe headed to town.. its only 4 blocks

to the main street here :-) across the dam bridge and

downtown starts right there.. :-)

No, Im not swearing . I say DAM bridge.. cuz that's what
it is :-) the road was closed for quite a while they said, just

before I moved here because they built a new bridge

over the DAM.. thus the name.. DAM BRIDGE :-D If

you look at the map you will see a river which feeds into

Palmer Lake...which used to be my last name at one time!
the river is on this side and the lake is on the other

side of the dam at the dam bridge :-) You can barely

see it on the photo.. I took that the day I came here to

look at this place.

The end of this street in front of the house dead ends

into that river.. I plan to take a roll down there just to

see what is there. I was told is a small park.. Palmer Lake

is very big and totally surrounded by houses and summer

lodges... In the summer this place increases in size almost

triple. The week of the magical festival there are thousands

that come here. I plan to call Abbotts tomorrow and see

what they say about it and when it is for sure.. I was told

there will be craft booths downtown set up with things for

sale by locals and others that know lots of people will be

here. I told Penny she and I need to start making stuff

and get a table for then and sell stuff :-) I might get

Donnies trailer here and rent it out that week too !! :-)

Nice warm day today but cloudy.. we had some VERY bad

storms yesterday afternoon and evening and some headed

this way from Kansas they say.. It was really bad there

last nite and I have some friends in that state... so I hope

they are ok...The weather channel says a tornado outbreak,

if one came here, I could hear the siren, but I have no

where to go either.. I have no inside place.. I think the safest

would be my closet, but it doesn't even have a door and one

of the walls IS an outside one.. Ive never seen one and don't

want to.. I was IN one, but didn't know it.. I was too worried

about getting HOME !! :-) I was on the road coming back

from Donnie & Kimmies then.. back in 83 I think. Trees down

all over the wind almost blew my car off the road, and I had

a big heavy mercury cougar then.. beautiful car.. Red and white.

Well its almost post time and lunch time AND GORGEOUS
WEEBLE "g'day, g'day time".. I have left over meat pie in

the kitchen just waiting for me :-) Wanna come have Sunday

lunch? :-) Got plenty AND its GOOD :-)

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...

~Lookin Kitties~ :-)

The boys are sure enjoying these doors being open

and the fresh air.. Dutch is the back door guard, and

LB is the front door.. Every so often they share and

will look outside together. Not often :-) The lady

across the road has the nicest garden and if you look

at the bird house under the V you will see a bird

sitting on top of it.. NOW I know why those cats lay

out there all the time.. :-) Bird Stalkers they are !!
I had a dog did that..
When I worked in Houston I ran a small 12 room

motel called The Muldar. Small place but very nice.

The rooms were around 3 sides of a courtyard that

had a birdbath and seed for the birds.. I kept it

filled for them of course.. I had a black lab dog then,

his name was BlackDog. Wonderful animal.. When I

would go to check rooms he went with me and insisted

on being let in the room first.. which was ok by me !
Some of the stuff I would find let me tell you a PRE
WARNING helps! If the room was not right, or some

thing was wrong with it, when the dog came out he

would stand in the doorway to let me know something

was not right and to be on guard.. Worked great...
We came out one day and I saw some birds out by the

birdbath, that dog ran out of that room so fast he

almost knocked me down! He rushed up to one of the

birds, it took off, the dog lunged and grabbed that

bird by its wing and slammed it to the ground.. I was

SHOCKED!.. He put his foot, ok paw, on it to hold it

down and that dog proceeded to lick that bird! He

did that for the longest time, I watched him.. :-) When

he was done, he stood up, the bird got up, ruffled its

feathers, and you could see the confused look on that

bird, as if hes saying "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!"

It took off flying to a tree and it just sat there watching

the dog ! I had to laugh ... :-) that's a BIRD DOG for ya!

Those familiar with the net know that every site you
go to has a tracker on it.. I do on this.. I like to know
how many read it and where from.. I have a free one,
so it doesn't give all the details of some of the paid
kind.. But I have noticed that someone from Constantine
reads this.. Constantine is just down the road from Three

Rivers.. small quaint lovely town.. right on the river. That's

one of the places David and I would go to fish at the
bridge. I wish you would say hi.. I have NO idea who is

there as I don't know anyone from Constantine any more

since Donnie left the farm there..You can email me you

know.. :-) I wanna KNOW !~! I'm nosey remember? :)

I had the best time outside yesterday and what it did
for me as far as feeling better was such a good feeling.
I sat in that sun for about a half hour. and going around
the yard was so nice.. scarey like I said but I still enjoyed
it. Penny seems to think the ground lumpys are from
gophers.. and I do too.. They sure can tear up a yard.. Mine
is like going through an obstacle course almost.. I did note
though with the deep treads on these tires I dragged a
lot of stuff in here.. THATS not good !!.. I found a few
clumps of dirt and grass on the carpet.. I was glad when
we came in that Penny still had to finish vacuuming in here,
or I would have gotten a TON of bend overing exercises
picking it up!!. :-)

My next exercise is lunch, I'm hungry but I always am

by the time I post this.. It has started to rain but its

still nice out.. It will smell so nice after this rain.. ALways

does.. Time to put my GORGEOUS WEEBLE "g'day,g'day"

and post this then EAT ! :-) Happy Weekend !!

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 Lovely Day~ :-)

Well I want you to know that it is a BEAUTIFUL DAY

in the neighborhood and this GORGEOUS WEEBLE has

been OUT SIDE !~~ The lawn? Well lets put it this

way, I wont go thru the yard alone, it was really scarey

even with Penny right by me the ground was so uneven

and full of holes.. I even got stuck a few times where

my chair wouldn't even MOVE!... So I cannot go out the

front to the side and to the back.. I probly can by way

of the road, but I'm not doing that either, the way Ive

seen some drive around here. So when Penny is here

until I can get out the back door will be the only time

I am going outside into the yard.. I might go ahead and

just sit out front.. but its just so WIDE open and no

privacy out there.. The back is great, we were out there

for a while and the warmth of the sun was wonderful.

I have talked to a friend of mine and to Stanley about the

deck out back.. One of the solutions is to maybe put a

brick patio out back and not a deck.. used 2nd hand

bricks are pretty cheap.. Penny measured the step and

its from the door to the edge out..is 20 inches.. not near

enough room for my chair.. PLUS from the door facing

to the step is a drop of at least 2 inches... The step is

5 inches high... We have measured every possible thing...

and its either a wood deck or bricks ... I still havent

heard from Joe so I will send a note when I send my

rent to him...and see what he says... Maybe he has a

good idea.. just a ramp wont work.. plus there is an

edge at the end of the concrete slab.. I had to go up

by the wind chime to get on the slab out there.. I

will work out something.. as good as it felt to sit out

there in the sun today.. trust me .. I will think of

something or someway to get a deck or what ever

built out there.. Wanna come help? :-) When ya

comin over here Raife?? :-) HURRY UP!! :-)
Raife built a deck around 2 sides, no 3 sides of his

house and want to see a wonderful piece of workman

ship.? He did great and it looks beautiful.. Their yard,

is just wonderful too, Ines has a green house of course

that he built.. and their yard is spectacular, I think

she has green thumbs AND every finger are green. Ive

seen photos.. Raife and Ines you might say totally re-

built their house. 2 very talented people.. NOW all they

need to do is COME HERE !! :-)

I am SO happy to say I saw the black kittie this morning!
She is alive and looks good.. She was only out long enough

to dash to the front porch and I think that's where her

food is.. For her to be gone like this constantly she has to

have babies I bet.. Penny said her sis, Kathy has 2 cats

that have had babies.. she has 7 now. :-) I asked Penny to

ask Kathy that when they are bigger can she bring one so

I can see how the boys will act. I trust LB.. hes a very

lovey cat.. Dutch is lovey too..but only to me.. and I just

am a bit leary of his reaction.. I really think its bred into

any human OR animal to take care of babies.. so maybe

my boys will welcome a new brother.. We will see.. :-)


Time for lunch and to post this for today.. What a

lovely day.. and going to stay this way all week end..

I'm glad.. fresh air, no heat bill .. :-) Hope your

week end is great too.. This GORGEOUS WEEBLE
says "g'day, g'day".. Penny says "Hey!" :-)

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....

~Quietness~

One of the biggest differences in this new place

besides it being so much bigger is the quiet. At the

little house, there was always noise from the traffic

outside no matter what time day or night. I sat here

last evening, after I had logged off and shut my

computer down, I was looking out the window and I

could hear no sound at all.. It was quiet quiet.. Then

I heard the sound of a siren, like an ambulance, I

think there is a difference in theirs and a firetruck.

When I heard that siren, which, being here since
last fall its the first one ive heard ! That's what made

me sit and listen. I miss the noise, the activity, I do

kinda miss seeing all the people walking down that

street, it was a busy one that's for sure.. I wont get

to see the Sturgis Bike parade this year like I have

for the past 2... :-) I like the quiet but sometimes

I need the noise too.. to show there IS life out there!
That's why I say our most important blessings are sight

and sound. We can get around the rest, but with out

those 2, life would be just a blank... a nothing, a void. I

don't think I could stand that.. be constantly afraid,

not knowing what is happening, much less trying to

understand it...how could a person learn? Food for

thought hey?
I don't know about anyone else, but this month has

been THE longest, draggiest month!! To me anyway.
It started off rough.. We all got shorted a week on

our food stamps cuz they changed the date of them,

on mine from the 1st, now to the 8th is when I get

them. Then this month is what I call a 5 week month,

and they are KILLER.. They run me right up to the

red line.. thankfully I never go over but I sure do get

close to it.. I look at the calendar every day and it

just seems this month is crawling by, even though its

been very busy and stressful.. When its a stressful

time is when time seems to drag.. THEN I HAVE

to do something to UN stress :-) Fixing the problem

is usually what I do , one way or the other.. :-)
This was my very first cook book, I got it when I was 10. Betty
Crocker is the best cookbook there is...

Penny made it here today she is better, we are all

clean and she brought kittie food and a bag of treats

for them that they LOVE ! I was surprised at how

much they like them, specially LB.. Dutch will eat any

thing or at least he will try it.. LB, there are only 2

people foods he likes.. one is coffee.. the grounds..not

cooked.. and graham crackers.. I can open the bag of

them and I don't care where LB is, he smells them

and there he is.. Every morning when I make coffee

for me he has to have a few grounds, its like his morning

coffee, like I have mine...

I was going through my other desk, well really I was just

making a mess! But I found all my OLD cook books. I have

some dating back to the 1920s. All were my moms. I love

to go through it and see the names of the ladies, most of

whom I remember, and read their recipes.. My mother's

and grandmother have quite a few in it.. While I was digging

through this drawer I found this old book. Its a reading

book it says.. and the date is 1902 if you cant make it out

on the photo.. I was going to check it out online to see if

it has value and read about it.. Its not a thick book and its

not hardcover. I have 3 books that were my grandfathers

that are books of his when he was supervisor of mining or

something in the UP. He has detailed logs of every mine

ever dug up there, probly MANY now that have been long

forgotten..

They say, and I have heard that most of the UP of Michigan

is under mined, there were so many dug up there for the

coal and iron ore and copper. Many many times I remember

hearing of cave ins.. Some people early early one morning

heard and felt the ground shake, looked outside and their

whole back yard was gone.. Lucky the house didn't go.. A

road down in this little town called Gaastra, during the night

caved in.. 3 cars went down in it, and it took someone crawling

out to warn others and get the road blocked.. so.. what they

did.. was just put a new road, that just went around the huge

HOLE ! it was fenced, but made me nervous when we went

by it.. Cave ins were and probly still are happening up there.

Well I need lunch, today is wide noodles with spaghetti

sauce. I had a taste.. Penny makes good sauce, she uses

MY receipe.. everyone she cooks for likes it too :-) That

means its post time, lunch time and clean up my mess time

TOO ! Oh and GORGEOUS WEELBE "g'day, g'day" time.

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....

~BIC Lighter Cover~ :-)

Well I am so glad to say that my phone no longer

BEEPS a dozen times before I get the dial tone.

Robert with Charter phoned and everything is

settled and I'm paying less now than what the

first plan was and everything stays the same. I am

most pleased. I do hate the fact of what I had to go

through. That was uncalled for, I don't care what

company it is, they need to train their people better.
I KNOW I cannot be the only one that has gotten

crap service so they need a place that you can go

to complain.. I told him that.. when I asked for the

complaint department they would send my call off

to CharterLand, and it was a guess who would pick

up my call. That's not right. I have to say that I

think they need to revise their training tactics. But

my bill problem is solved and I am happy to say that

is one less stress factor for me that I am glad to

be rid of.. I don't handle stress very well.. in fact

in makes me downright Pissy if you want the truth,

and I don't like that feeling ..

It seems every company or place or where ever; the

service people all say "sir" or "M'am". I have to say,

I get really kinda mad at that.. I have a VERY deep

voice, and I get so tired of having to tell people, "I

am NOT a MAN". Just teach the help NOT to say

that. Down south kids are taught VERY young to say

sir or m'am... but NOT till they KNOW who theyre

saying it to... These companys think it shows respect

theyre very wrong.. I think just don't say anything

at LEAST until you KNOW... But I get that ALOT.

You would think when they see my name, Lois, that its

a womans name.. Like Supermans girlfriend :-) Its

not a common name though.. I think Lois Lane is the

only other one I know ! :-)

Penny isnt feeling well today and didn't come here.
She will be here tomorrow. I sure hope so cuz the

boys are out of canned food. They wont go hungry,

they have dried, but they expect it every day and if

they don't they get really crabby.. Doesn't seem a

cat would really care.. but well.. mine do.. I guess

they really are spoiled.. theyre worth it for all the

smiles and laffs and even the YELLS ive had because

of them. LB seems ok, but he is wheezing too...

a lot, but alergies can bother a cat too. I don't like to

see him doing that, they seem to be lasting longer and

more often.. Ive looked it up online and there is nothing

I can really do about it.. He, well neither of them has

ever done a ugly hairball ick.. and I read that is LB's

way of getting rid of them... where Dutch puts his I have

NO idea, ive not found any uglies anywhere :-)

I made a cover for my bic lighter :-) I think its really

neat.. I saw some like this online.. they sold them for

3 dollars each. Its just scrap material and only takes

a 4 inch square ! :-) sew up 2 sides.. and there ya have

it.. I had thought about making one out of camouflage

material too.. I mentioned to my sis that I would like

some scrap camo as I wanted to make a wallet for Ty.

I made mens wallets when I lived in Upper Michigan.

I sent the pattern to my sister Shirley and she made

one smaller for a little boy. After she made one it was

on her table and her Grandson, Chris came in and she

showed it to him to see his reaction.. He LOVED it.. She

told him she had to fix it so the dollar bill fit, he wanted

that wallet so badly, he said "Gramma, I can fold the

dollar to fit".. he wasn't about to give up that wallet ..

Shirley and I had to laff at that... I want to make one for

Tyler. Its just the right size for a little boys pocket :-)

I told Mark that Tyler, by the time Gran gets done, he

will be the envy of all his little friends :-) All his stuff

will be one of a kind :-) THATS the joys of sewing...:-)

And, that's where I am headed back to.. my kitchen

and sewing AND... FOOD ! :-) I havent eaten at all

yet, just had 2 coffees and a tomato juice so I can be

hungry :-) Now my GORGEOUS WEEBLE "G'day, G'day",

Posting and food time :-)

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...