~Amy's Scrap and Design~

My greatneice, Amy, has a Facebook page and she is

a sewer like her mom, gramma and auntie. Runs in the

family...She makes covers for different kinds of

machines for scrapbooking or sewing machines.. And

has everything on her site.. go and visit, see what

she has... you might need something from there :-)

www.Facebook.com/AmysScrapandDesign

I'm running on slow speed today, this bronchitis is just

whuppin' me...:-) I coughed a lot all night, which I hadnt

been doing, I don't start to sneeze till I sit up.. The

coughing is what woke me up... Besides 2 cats walking

all over me.. Think after 10 years of them doing this

to me Id get used to it :-)

We had a big storm yesterday, and all our snow is back!

Plus it was so windy and snowing made the roads really

bad.. Rained first, then the temp dropped, then the

snow.. I was worried that Penny wouldn't make it today,

but, shes like the mail lady, she always comes to work.

She was late, and she called, the roads were really

icy so she didn't go her normal 90 miles an hour.. No..

just kidding, shes a very cautious driver...the roads

she said were very slippery.. Ive seen the plows out

this morning.. THEY go 90 mph..

I used to hate when I looked in the rear view mirror

and see a snow plow coming behind me... Specially one

with the 2 blades, they were huge! I didn't mind to

be behind one.. My cousin Ronnie, he lives in the UP,

hes up HOME ... He usta drive the snow plow in the

winter, he worked for the city.. He told me once that

some guy on his route said he plowed too far AWAY

from his mailbox and could he maybe get closer...

3 guesses what my cousin did? He plowed closer and

took out mailbox and all.. The guy didn't say it NICE,

if he had Ronnie would have plowed it right.. :-) The

people up there tried to stay on Ronnies good side,

specially in the winter... :-)

Lunch time and I'm hungry as usual.. This GORGEOUS
WEEBLE needs nourishment.. Keep well and God Bless

Always, Lois ****

 "God Bless You", is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend"

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again.....

~ I Till Haba Toad~

A New Outsider...reminds me of my burmese cat I had named Skeeter..

I'm still here, feelin crappy though .. This cold just

refuses to leave me... My nurse said its close to going

into pneumonia.. I say a cold but this is really bronchitis.

When I cough I lose all my air and then have to deep

breathe to get started again... I know I'm tired of

this runny nose and sneezing...

Fanesse didn't come, instead Heidi came. She was my

nurse before Fanesse. She is very nice. She told me

she had flown to the UK for Christmas and is planning

to go again in April.. I asked her if I could fly with her,

there and back, that way I wouldn't be travelling alone.

And with a nurse what could be better! I have so many

dear friends in the UK I would love to visit them.. Not

counting my boy is over there, Id like to see him too!

And to meet my grandson would be totally awesome...

I'm thinking about it...

Penny is here today and got us all clean. I'm not doing

a whole lot as I really do feel ickky. I'm gonna post

this, eat some soup and lay down for awhile..maybe

it will help..My friend phoned all the way from the UK

and I could hardly sit and talk to him let alone write

this.. but I did talk for a little while and I got this

writ. So, time to close.. I'm sick but still a most

GORGEOUS WEEBLE.. Keep well and God Bless.

Always, Lois ****

 "God Bless You", is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend"

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again.....

~Pasty Day~ yummy

I'm late today and its Pennys fault.. She only just

left and I hadta eat the pasty she made for me.

I had NO choice!! It was so good, I only ate half

later on I will eat the other half when its cooled,

a pasty is even better then...

My mom and gramma were the best pasty makers

in the county... Gramma and my mom came over on

a boat from Cambourne in the UK... Grandpa was a

miner in the UK and he and 2 of his brothers all

decided to come to the USA to work the mines.
The wives and children came over after the men

got settled...

Grandpa and my uncles were skilled miners so they

got to work right away in the iron mines in the upper

Penninsula of Michigan as soon as they got here.. One

of the staples of the miners in the UK was pastys...

Its a individual meat pie sorta kinda... Its good.. :-)

And my gramma made THE very best... All what's in

them is meat, potatoes and onion... I put rutabaga

in, it makes them even tastier, not every time but if

I have one I will use it... There are pasty shops all

over the UP, AND, there is a place up there that

will mail them to you!! Are they good.. Its called

Pasty Central.. http://www.pasty.com/ Ive gotten

them many times... :-)


Well I need to finish my lunch. I stopped to come

and write this so y'all don't worry.. I'm still a

most GORGEOUS WEEBLE, keep well and God

Bless...

Always, Lois ****

 "God Bless You", is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend"

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again.....

~Happy Birthday To Me~ :-)

Well today this GORGEOUS WEEBLE is another day

older.. I'm 67 today and feel 37 .. I wish :-) I woke

to a mailbox full of birthday wishes, just made my

day... I have so many wonderful friends I am truly

blessed...
Penny brought cookies for me today, so I'm gonna

have a good weekend. :-) Weekends always go better

with cookies... Penny went to the store to make sure

I am stocked up.. We are under the gun for a huge

storm headed dead at us and will start about noon,

and sposta storm till tomorrow night. It was so bad

yesterday almost a white out at times.. Then the

temps dropped to single digits.. My furnace is steady

running and my gas bill which I just got yesterday,

they always send it on a Thursday or Friday to make

sure you know how much it is so you don't spend all

your money over the weekend...

I got the most wonderful birthday gift, just what I

wanted, the flowering tea and teapot ... My dear

friend d sent it to me... I had been wanting that ever

since I saw it on TV.. With this new teapot it will be

great with the wonderful Yorkshire tea Aud and Don

sent... I'm so blessed...

I was raised on tea. My mom came over from the UK,

Cornwall, when she was 8. She loved green tea. If we

had company she always had both, tea and coffee.

I can remember my grandpa pouring his tea into

his saucer.. then drinking it.. he said it cooled it,

but I think he just liked drinking from the saucer...

We are having chili today and Penny is making a meat

pie for the weekend. Shes such a good cook, she says

she is cuz I taught her! :-) Then I must be too! :-)

Time to eat, thanks again for the birthday wishes, It

made this GORGEOUS WEEBLE happy... Keep well,

happy weekend, and God Bless...

Always, Lois ****

 "God Bless You", is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend"

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again.....

~Snow, snow~

We have a new outsider..Looks like Dinky might be a daddy~!

With all the rain yesterday our snow melted.. THEN it

got COLD, temps dropped and 3 guesses what happened?

We got MORE snow! And the kicker is, its gonna snow

till SUNDAY~!~ Lucky us.. We are on the wrong side of

Lake Michigan :-) Lake effect snow...


I was worried about Penny coming this morning, since it

rained first then snowed I KNOW those roads have to

be slippery... But my girl made it and I'm glad, again she

had to shovel her way in.. shes a good kid.. She is such a

blessing to me...

Other than that I still have this crap cold and my scar is

still all red and sore as can be. Otherwise I do feel not to

bad.. I do think this cold is better I'm not sneezing as much

and I notice my headache isnt as severe...

So, all is well, Penny just got back from the store and

I'm fixin to have some lunch, what, I have no idea but

she always finds something I like.. My pot of beans n

ham sure was good.. I ate them all.. :-)

I'm still a GORGEOUS WEEBLE and I shall return

Keep well and God Bless...

Always, Lois ****

 "God Bless You", is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend"

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again.....

~Penny Made It~

Dinky in the snow...

My girl Penny made it! Bless her heart, she had to shovel

her way in... I called and asked Steve about the plow truck I

saw, but he didn't know anything about it, he said they plowed

out his spot and the mailboxes and left.. If it was a guy sent by

Joe, he maybe didn't know about the driveway... I dunno, at

least Penny made it...
As ive been saying, Friday is my birthday.. I got the nicest

surprise in the mail.. My dear friend Audrey, in the UK sent

me some Yorkshire Tea.!.. I had a cup as soon as I opened it.

What a lovely surprise.. And I got notice that another gift

is on the way too, a flowering tea and teapot! How great is

this! My friend d, is sending it to me.. I'm so pleased...

The scar on my left stump is acting up.. Its all red and it hurts

like its never hurt before.. I have NO idea whats wrong.. The

scar has acted up before, but there was no pain like now.. I

was laying in bed watching that sad Packers game yesterday

and Dutch walked across it.. I almost went thru the roof it

hurt so bad... All I need is for this to flare up... *sigh*

I still have this nagging cold.. I'm sneezing so hard I have to

use 2 Kleenex at a time or I blow right thru just 1.. My nose

constant dribbles. Ive had this now for at least 2 months. It

can go anytime it wants- bad thing is it don't wanna leave!

My boy is home.. Donnie spent all last week in Oregon. His

job sent him out there to help out.. Donnie is very smart when

it comes to engines.. Hes one of the best diesel mechanics in

the state. Hes been with the company for over 15 years now.

His 3 girls keep him busy with car repairs :-) I'm glad hes home.

Time for lunch, Penny is making porcupine meatballs.. Ive not

had them in ages... and I'm hungry.. so, this GORGEOUS
WEEBLE is gonna close this and get fed.. Keep well and

God Bless...

Always, Lois ****

 "God Bless You", is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend"

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again.....

~Im Late~ :-)

Well I'm late and have no good reason other than I was
playing on this machine all morning! Woke to about 6 inches
of snow.. and its not over, the lake effect snow started
this morning and that's when the snow REALLY comes
down..
Dinky was in his house, I petted him while he was eating
and he was a tad cold, but dry. He ate and then left. I
watched as Tigger came from across the street, I had
to laugh as he kept jumping up out of the snow..
out front
I heard a loud car out front and went to look and it was
a truck with a plow on it.. He plowed in front and over
by Steves car (guy next door).. I watched for a few
minutes cuz I could see someone in the truck, so I
figgered maybe they were waiting for Steve to pay them.
Well, the next second, here comes Steve out of his
place and he sees me, waves and gets into the truck,
DRIVERS side! and DROVE OFF~! hmmm.. he didn't
do my driveway, I'm snowed in here ! I could hardly
get the back door open and Steve didn't plow my
driveway?... that's not good~!


Penny did some extra cooking yesterday just in case.
Shes not coming today of course, COA phoned to
tell me, like I didn't know that already with this snow.
I don't and doubt if Penny will come tomorrow, which
means I wont see her till Monday, which is ok, we
stocked up yesterday when she went to the store. So,
I'm good.. Some good roast chicken today for me.. :-)


Which, I'm hungry and gonna fix that chicken! I'm
still a GORGEOUS WEEBLE and I do still have this
rotten cold.. I wish it would go away I'm now on box
5 of Kleenex .. Keep well and God Bless...


Always, Lois ****



God Bless You, is my prayer today,
I'm so honored to call you "friend"
I pray the Lord will keep you safe,
until I write again.....

~Smart Kittie~ :-)

I had the biggest laugh yesterday and I almost had to

applaud the new outsider.. Ive not named her yet...But

shes been out at night only and hard to get a photo of

her... I did yesterday... :-)
I was looking out the door and she was out there on

the deck eating, she heard the click of my chair and

took off like a shot towards the garage. I watched

as she jumped up on that blue tarp and clawed her

way up to the top and got in the garage.!. I was just

happy, showed Carl ... I was so mad when he sealed

it up from the cats.. Goes to show you how smart

cats are... SO... my next laugh...
see her ??

Is that just cute? She found a hole and sat there

till it got dark and I couldn't see her.. I checked

first thing this morning cuz I kinda halfway worried

she was stuck... But she wasn't there... I was gonna

send the photos to my landlord but I knew then Carl

would go over there and REALLY seal it up.. I aint

saying nothing.. I was gonna go over there and reopen

a spot for the cats.. Nothing in that garage but junk

and Joes pontoon... Nothing cats can hurt... But this

smarty cat fixed old Carl!...
shes almost identical to Dutch...

Penny is sick today and shes not coming. AND we are

under the gun for some big snow.. so I may not see

her till Monday. Not good, but oh well.. I told her to

make sure she keeps me updated so I don't worry

about her.. She will...

Time for lunch and to get some stuff done that Penny

usually does, like the litter box. I cant take the trash

out cuz Penny takes it over to Joes other rentals to

a dumpster he has there.. Anyhoway, I feel pretty

good compared to the rough weekend. Just waiting

for the snow ... I'm still a most GORGEOUS
WEEBLE tho, no matter what.. Keep well and

God Bless...

Always, Lois ****

 "God Bless You", is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend"

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again.....

~I Made it!!~

I'm here~!~ I had a very rough weekend, as I got

forgetful Friday and didn't take my pills.. I was so

sick when I got up, I thought my chest was gonna

explode. I was barely able to feed the cats and I

went back to bed.. This episode I had to take 2

of my nitros..they eased the pain and I fell asleep

for 3 hours.. I spent the rest of the day watching

TV with no energy to even get up..

Sunday I was feeling better but I still laid low and

did nothing.. I think I have to make SURE I take

my pills.. You would think I remember since theyre

right here in front of me on my desk! I get side

tracked easily :-)

There are 2 more new kitties.. One I thought was

Dinky but it wasn't, I bet its his kid tho! Sure

looks just like him ! And there is a new tiger and

the big black one has been here lately.. I worry

for these cats especially since that cat hater lives

across the street.. I hope I never see him do that

again...but I worry he might poison them..

Ive not had lunch yet today and I'm starved..Penny

made a meatloaf, which is one of my favorites..

Penny is an excellent cook.. but she says I taught

her.. :-)

Food time for this GORGEOUS WEEBLE, keep

well and God bless...

Always, Lois ****

"God Bless You", is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend"

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again.....

~The Boy Is Back~

I'm late today but thought I had better post or y'all

would think I'm sick or something... I know my Bev

worries when I don't post for a few days. truth be

known, I STILL have this horrible cold.. I sneeze so

much I have a headache... How a nose could emit so

much is amazing.. Ive gone thru 3 boxes of tissues.

Not counting I don't look the best either !
My boy is home.. I have no idea where hes been but

one thing I do know is he didn't eat! This cat was

starving this morning.. he ate 2 bowls of food.. I

heard about an idea for a cat house. I have some of

those tubs, plastic ones, used for storage.. I got

them last year on sale after Christmas... So, anyway,

Penny took it home and Mike cut a hole in the side.
As soon as Penny put it outside and put the afghan in

he jumped in and loves it... Its really nice and whats

so kewl is that this summer I can use it for a table

out there.. When the cat is done with it its still able

to keep stuff in it.. Its easy to clean since the lid

comes off... I paid 5.00 for the tub, I told Penny to

buy a bunch then cut the hole and resell for 15.oo.

Id pay 15 for it... You see Dinky in it.. she took

another one home to make one for Graybelle.

Ive not had lunch and I'm not really hungry.. I

think its cuz of this cold.. My sis wanted to come

up and I told her to stay away, Kelli wants to

bring the kids up here, but as long as I have this

ugly cold, I don't think its wise.. I may look iccky

but, I'm still a GORGEOUS WEEBLE, keep well

and God bless... Our snow is melting..we got about

4 inches of snow...

Always, Lois ****

 "God Bless You", is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend"

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again.....

~Another Year ~

Happy New Year...Ive been thinking of this new

year starting and what its going to hold for me.

I just hope what ever is in store for me, that its

Gods plan and He wont let me endure more than I

can handle... and its gonna be a good year... Its
getting a great start..8 to 10 inches of snow coming.

That first year after my amputations when I had

that horrible infection in my left scar, I said every

day, "I cant do this".. But I kept reminding myself

of Gods promise and that kept me going.. And it

healed and that was 11 years ago.. my ticker might

not be beating to its own drummer and out of tune,

but I'm still going on, theres lots I have yet to do..

So, now I'm gonna go make my very best favorite

food for this first day of the rest of my life...

Fries n gravy... My outsider Dinky is missing. Hes

not been here since Tuesday night... I'm so worried

about him.. I just pray someone has him... Ive worn

ruts in the hall carpet going up and down to check

and see if hes come home.


This GORGEOUS WEEBLE wishes you a year full of

love, laughter and riches.. Keep well , God bless...

Always, Lois ****

"God Bless You", is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend"

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again.....