~Kind Are They?~

Outside my front door to the left are some flowers

that are really pretty but I have NO idea what they

are and even if they are FLOWERS and not just pretty

weeds :-) Theyre a beautiful green and you can see

how pretty they are, but they look just out of bounds..

Like they have no set place to be and just spread around.
From what Steve said there hasnt been anyone living here

that has really taken care of this place. Well I will.. it may

be Joe's house, but I live here, that makes it mine, and I

will treat it that way.. Makes me mad that some people don't

care about other people's property that are graciously letting

you live there and they tear it up. I have to say, I'm a good

renter :-) I wish Joe had a place over on the lake ! THAT

would be nice.. :-)
WINDY today, said 40 mph winds.. The boys went nuts with

the stuff blowing around out there. Its not cold but its been

cloudy. Just one of those threatening kind of days to make

you wonder if you SHOULD go out ... then when you do and

get caught in something you wish you had stayed home! :-)

Ive been making some bic lighter covers and I worked on

Tylers bag for his power rangers so I can get that sent to

him. I made a few other little baggies to go inside the big

bag for all the accessories these things have.. I figured it

would keep this stuff better so it wouldn't get lost. Then

the boy would be upset.. From what Mark says he likes

Spider Man too. :-) I know my sis has some of that material

too... Shes been so busy making purses.. She designed one

for her grand, Amy and liked it so made one for herself..
She took it with her to the beauty shop and came home with

orders for 6 of them :-) She was very pleased.. She sells

them for $30.oo each.. Washable too... :-)
I have to say I am VERY glad the phantoms have eased.. Well

theyre gone, the really bad ones.. The daily ones I'm used to

and I can ignore those. I honestly think that stress is a major

factor with them.. For ME anyway.. Last month was VERY

stressful, and I decided I would NOT let this one be the same

way. There is nothing I can do other than what I am doing. If

that's not good enough, well tuff. :-) Most of this stress crap

will work out I just have to let it do it on its own. Not rush into

trying to fix things before theyre ready to be fixed OR need

to be fixed.


My Dolly has a birthday this month.. Kelli.. I look at her and see

her with our boy, I am just amazed at where the time has gone.

And so fast I didn't see it going so quickly... I remember I

had not gone home to see my parents in a VERY long time, Years

in fact... I had decided I needed to go.. When I got off the plane

and walked into the terminal and saw them standing there smiling

and waving.. I looked again and I saw gray hair.. lines on their

dear faces that werent there before.. My parents had gotten older.

As I got up to them they said the same thing about me...That I
had changed. During my visit I took lots of photos... and I even

recorded them while we were on one of our trips to Marquette.

I'm glad, I still listen to them talking. I miss them. They were

good parents and taught me well...

Dad was telling stories about the town and how he remembered

it. When he and my mom would ride up there he would drop her

off at the mall to shop and he would ride out to Presque Isle to

watch the ships at the ore docks. There is a Lifer Prison there

that is right on the shores of Lake Superior that has the most

beautiful gardens.. There is a shop where the inmates make

and sell things.. By Lifer I mean the inmates are in for all of

their life, no parole or ever a chance of getting out. It looks

like an old huge castle.. Its a very pretty place and been there

a LONG time. I would guess its still there :-) Been so long since

ive been up there I don't know.. I hope that great restaurant

is though.. was the BonTon.. Some GREAT food..

I liked Marquette. That's where I went to nursing school at the

NMU. And that's where I met my first husband, Danny. He was

in the Air Force there, stationed at K I Sawyer. Those were the

days. Marquette is on the side of a big hill and right on the shores

of Lake Superior which is the meanest and biggest of all the great

lakes. A storm can whip up on that lake and if you don't pay close

attention you could get in trouble.. What was fun was driving there

in the winter.. That whole town was a hill, but I have to say they

did keep those roads clear. I never or we never got in an accident.

The Island, Presque Isle is a wonderful place in the summer.. lots

to do there, swim, a zoo, picnic spots all around.. each one prettier

than the other.. Its a great place. Get to go up North ..visit there.

Its time for me to visit my kitchen, I need some lunch, what, I

dunno.. but I never have trouble finding something :-) That IS

the trouble ! :-) I might splurge and treat myself to some fries

n'gravy, Ive not made them in awhile.. Decisions decisions.. :-)

Time for my GORGEOUS WEEBLE "Hiya!" hope your're having

a good week end :-)


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...