Feb 8th 2009 if you can help ,do so.

My son needs a job. so if you can help do so.
If I could give him mine I would.
If you can pray do.
If you can assist him in locating a job
or introducing him to a potential employer,
do so.
thank you.

A Third Day in Feburary

Well the groundhog saw his shadow yesterday,YAY!
I just need a day to plant those bulbs that I did not get planted this past fall. I will get it done on a warmer day.

I woke today with a headache; who knows the cause of such discomfort.
Perhaps it was the junk food I ate last night after work after 9 pm.
Wendy cheeseburger,chex mix, walnuts and 1/3 of a Hersey bar and a soda.
All junk except for the walnuts. Perhaps it was a little bit of a cold room,perhaps the changing climate.
I also had another crazy dream. It stemmed I am sure from the fact of a need to help Jeff though "what to do regarding the 1500 dollar debt with CUD. This actually being no fault of their own. Mike says Murfreesboro and Smyrna both would write that off. He should know he works for Smyrna. With CUD being private he not so sure. Though the person over CUD is related to us. My mom is his great aunt, so I would be his second cousin and Jeff would be third cousins (if that the way you call kinship)
I hope he has mercy on him and I hope we can see him today.

Several days ago I had a nightmare. This involved my 2 great nieces. I was at the side of a steep hill and needing to get to a path that was higher I chose to use the trees that was on the side of the hill to travel from one point to the other. I reached the point on not being able to go anywhere.I was high in a tree and looking down I would see my nieces playing near a lake. There was a small alligator in the water and he appear to know they where on the land near by. The alligator swam fast to the shore and seeing this not able to get down I think i may have been yelling at them and they started running up the hill ,but he alligator grabbed the younger and ran up her trouser leg and she fell and rolled down the hill I think into the water ,I can't remember what happen ;I think the older one was trying to help but scared. I just woke up from all the fright. ---- Mercy what a crazy dream. Scared me bad. Maybe it it's the chocolate I have eaten before bed. I should not eat chocolate before I go to bed.
So today I am needed.
Jeff need someone to help him .
Anna wants to go Spring shopping.
Abby (white dog) needs a bath.
Mike needs a good meal cooked.
the hospital wanted me to work
(that would make 4 in a row(12hr--NO WAY without a deal-
like cutting out a shift-which was not mentioned)

I think I need some oatmeal
and the dogs need feeding.
Belle need to come in and get warm.(Chihuahua)

First day of second month 2009

A beautiful Sunday.
I learned that Fred Kittrell die this past week.
He was a Christian college mentor when I was in college.
A dear man. I miss him but will always remember him.
He had much love for the youth.

It is suppose to be winter tomorrow. so enjoy today.
I saw Nyla today,and gave her the calendar I bought her,
she liked it. I love Lucy calendar.

I work tomorrow and I suppose on Tuesday I will go
with Jeff and try to see if CUD is going to decrease the
Amount of water leak $1500 to a sizable decrease.
I would hope that the person over it will have mercy
and erase that bill since it was not water used. It is
very hard to believe that the meter had been read monthly.
They probably skip a month or two. You would think that his
yard would have been flooded with that amt of water.

have a sunny day tomorrow I certainly hope so.

THe President's First day at work.

It is noteworthy that the President and First Lady
attended service early this am.
I am Proud to have voted for him.
I believe he has revived the American people ,
not just the ones of color.
I got to watch bits and pieces of yesterday's
events. I am impressed with President Obama
and his family. He is a very smart man. I am excited
and anxious to see what the days bring.

One thing that I did not get to view was the closing
prayer.I did on You Tube the comment at the end of people
of brown be around, yellow skin be mellow, red get a head
and the white embrace right. This does not offend me
because actually they have.
They help elect OUR President.

But not all white embrace right,
not all black,brown, red or yellow embrace right.
People that embrace right know they have.

One thing in well all do is use rhyme
when applying telemetry leads,
the white dot is place on the right,
why? "white is right",it rhymes.

congrads to Our New Family in Office.

THe Wheels Keep turning !

Well as you can see the days are moving into longer daylight minutes,WHOOPEE!!!
who doesn't like that.

People that keep their binds shut all day I suppose.

Groundhog day has always been fun!
Everyone is watching that silly little thing to see if he decides if Spring is coming early or not

Well tons of stuff to always do.

, so i better get to work. No sense writing much, since no one reads.
TL

HAPPY Birthday JEFF

Posting a day late---

It was Happy 27 th Birthday for Jeff my
first,only and favorite son, on Janurary 7th
We went to Cracker Barrel last night to enjoy a home
cooked meal.( We boxed Jeff up, since he hardly touch it.)
I know what it means to pray without ceasing.
Jeff need prayers of blessing to help him through a
period many people have and many have not gone thru.

I pray GOD will bless him.
Amen

I LOVE YOU Jeff,
Mom

A NEW YEAR "2009"

I did make it it see the Old year tick into a New one.
I worked the eve of and met Mike for a late dinner at Ruby Tuesday's,
they were not busy like many of the surrounding restaurants nearby.
I suppose it not as "hip" but the transformation they made over a year ago
definitely change the appearance.
There are just so many restaurants to go to now.
I was glad not to have to have a 20 minute wait, but go right in and be seated.

When we return home I picked up several magazines,cookbook and the remote, determined to remain up to greet the new year and sent text message to my kids.
I really love taking the day off on the first day of the year :)

Now I really need to start the New Year with changes.

So whatever you may wish to change ,good luck, you will probably need some!

Happy Birthday Kenny

To My Brother who will not be reading this .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ,KENNY

I wonder how it was the have a Birthday so close to Christmas.
The Eve ,the Day , the day after anywhere of the week of .
Disappointing I would think , SO PARENTS plan your child not the week of Christmas.
UNLESS..... it perhaps .....it was Christmas Day!!
Double celebration!
Who wouldn't not want to share that day with Jesus. I know the day is not certain but the idea is the same.

I woke with a HEADACHE this am. perhaps because I went out side yesterday several times without my head covered. Or perhaps because I had not drank enough water .
I should be drinking 90 + ounces, Ahem....... since I have gotten to the weigh double that number. Lack of water can cause headache and dry eyes , remember that!

After 3 cups of Joe and 2 mayo sausage biscuits and a min carrot cake,my headache is gone.

I truly am enjoying this am, off work ,a big relief and I can do or not do anything. So far I have been reading my new magazine BEST HOLIDAY
RECIPES from Taste of Home. Pictures of every recipe (course it make one want to try them all and perhaps once day(I doubt it) I will have made all 320 Christmas classics!
I simple love Taste of Home magazines YOU can get a free issue by going to:
www.tasteofhome.comfreeissue or call 1-800-344-6913 and mention
LIIJ3T
Some time you can get this mag. at 1/2 rate, like I did.

Well this am was all quiet,when I settle down with my Joe and bkfst: but I hear this rattle of tin foil and not to my surprise I saw a little long thin mouse,poor thing he was probably after the carrot cake I had previously placed in the microwave. I guess I should of let him or her had it.

Well I leaving my Christmas up until at the New Year comes in.
WHY not!?
If anyone know how I can get bright white lights to replace MRS Stewart's smoked-burned out ones let me know. I think it is a 600 lighted tree- I might as well buy a NEW ONE .. it'll cost 70 dollars to replace the bulbs!!

I do want to thank my family for the wonderful presents we both got. "THANK YOU, Anna,John,Jeff and Jennifer and to my sisters and friends.

So until next time ,May God continue to bless, YOU and YOURS!

It's Christmas Day is IT?

Merry Christmas !!

It's Christmas Day is it?

That is the words of my 4 tear old son'
twenty two years ago.
A 4 year old is a magical little person.
They are curious,charming and loving.
Full of adventure; all sorts of wisdom is
being absorbed in their minds.

I got up as t 0215 this AM , not to wrap
or open presents, but to put the turkey
in the oven. Simple ... right.. Well the
turkey needs to cook about 3-4 hours and
my cake need to be baked. Therefore the cake
had to be mixed then and get in ahead of the turkey.

You just can't throw the turkey in, well some
person might do that but the giblets would be
cooked in it wrapped paper and it would not be
seasoned.
Anyhow,I need to clean chop celery,onion and
an apple and stuff the bird with that with a
stick of butter. Once that little "stuff" was
done I slid the bird into the baking bag and
roasting pan and placed on the bottom rack on
top of my round stone (so the bottom of the
turkey would not burn.

Then on to preparing the cake to make it that
wonderful tasty.
I could have snuck back as to bed but I thought
Mike has to work and He would love his wonderful
Mayo's sausage, so I had to remove the turkey from
the oven cook some biscuits (canned) and sausage etc,
then returning the turkey I think it was 4 AM.

I recheck the icing recipe, and decided to use the
one that added pineapple to the top of the sheet cake
and using sour cream,confection sugar and cool whip.

YUM,was on the spoon!

By 4:30 Mike would be up so I had to wish him a
Merry Christmas and sip some Christmas coffee with him.
Now I am sleepy,tired and need to rise and meet the day...........
but I think , all would be well if I sleep in at least til 8 AM.Hum I can smell the turkey it smells "Christmasy"

Have a "MERRY CHRISTMAS" today.

Christmas Countdown!

Today starts countdown to Christmas.
Though I work Christmas ,we are moving the forward
by one day,YAY!

Well today iI must remove the ornaments and restring
my pe-lit tree, pre-lit trees last us one season.
Thanks Martha K Mart!
I found the white string white light ones at Target and they
were 30% off.
So off comes the ornanments and You know the rest.

Congrads to all the graduates this Dec. and to the ones that are
getting ready for new adventures, that would include those that
have found there soul mate and others that have new beginings.

Actually this is the 3 rd time I have tried to write something .
I have apparently accidently hit something that cause it to be deleted.
So with the patience and knowing or how important this really is...AHEM...
I have began again.
I am trying to heat the house with a several candle burning.
It is COlD!

well b 4 I delete this I am posting and will let you know how thing are going .
Now the Christmas music needs to be playing .
talk later.

December 7th

A week has past and I hve lagged in writing .
I do have a fracture in foot. It may be more
than one; it does bother me a lot.

I worked 13 hours yesterday and thought

I can't do this again.
I feel compelled to do so.
So I will probably try again, tomorrow.
I suppose,something tell me I should not.
I have found a new site and want to subscribe
to it or at least put it on my blog ,
in case someone else my like it.

http://oldschoolacres.typepad.com/old_school_acres/

December 2008

Actually today felt like a December day. \
I received a call approx 715 from Jennifer
my daughter in law) that her car was
having some serious problems
she had parked it at a veterinarian office.
It was still under warranty ,Jeff took it to
the Toyota dealership on his lunch break.
They found the problem and fixed it. Yay!

Warranties are good.

I decided since I was out to go to a
walk in clinic to determine the cause
of my pain,and swelling of my left foot.
I was told it was not fractured but that
it did show osteoarthritis.

I continue later

December is fast approaching

Today is the last day of NOVEMBER 2009

This is the first time I think that I put
my tree up in November. White with shades
of blue ornaments.
I still have to find some special ornaments.

I put a stuff Panda in a chair,
later i found the stuffing of Panda on
the floor,What does a pup get out of
pulling out his stuff??????????
there was a large opening in the belly,
thank goodness he didnt tear the Panda up.
Stuffing is back in the bear.

Well I hungry and it is late guess I should
look for a celery stick to eat. Hot cocoa
sounds good. Hum..........

I need to go to the Dr tomorrow and see
why my foot hurts. I hope I can get in tomorrow

It is suppose to snow tonight -- we will see .
I really want SNOW BUT NOT YET!!!!!!!
I having hard enough time walking I can't
imagine walking in snow with a cripple foot.

here i am

Sitting on the couch waiting for the time to jump run
and do an hour's plus am duties b 4 hitting the road
to financial paycheck.
It amazing how much time it takes to actually get
somewhere when u really have 2.

shortcut are taken , u have 2.
so til next time. c ya..........
that time is at hand.......

starting with putting the doggies in their
place with their neccessities

Wow November half over!

It really hard to believe that November is half over.
Thanksgiving will be here and the turkey will come of the
bone.

I saw a Charlie Brown Christmas today at Walgreen's today sort of cute.

well I'n going to bed, soon to began another day.

I don't work tomorrow,Ya

DTRTY DOGS

3 DIRTY DOGS
12 DIRTY FEET
TOO MANY MUD TRACKS

3 SEPARATE BATHS
3 WET TOWELS

3 DOGS KEPT INSIDE
RAINING CATS OUTSIDE

3 DOGS ON LEASH
NO
2 DOGS ON LEASH

BELLE WILL RUN INSIDE
ABBY RUN UNDER FENCE
TEDDY CHASE BEHIND
BOTH CHASING COWHIDE

3 CLEAN DOGS.

Baked Potato Soup

4 large baking potatoes
2/3 c.butter or margarine
2/3 c. all-purpose flour
7 c. milk
4 green onions,sliced
12-oz.pkg. bacon,cooked and
crumbled
1 1/4 c. (5oz.) shredded Cheddar
cheese
8 -oz.container sour cream
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
Gaarnish: additional shredded
Cheddar cheese, cooked and
crumbled bacon, sliced green
onions


Bake potatoes at 400 degrees for one hour or until done; cool. Cut potatoes
in half lengthwise; scoop out pulp and reserve. Discard shells. Melt butter
in a Dutch oven over low heat. Whisk in flour until smooth. Cook one minute, stirring constantly. Gradually whisk in milk; cook over medium heat 10 minutes, whisking constantly, until mixture is thickened and bubbly,. Stir in potato pulp and green onions; bring to a boil.Cover,reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Add Bacon and next 4 ingredients; stir until cheese melts. garnish, if desired. serve immediately. Makes 14 cups.

Enjoy



Soup pointers:

1. Make your soup ahead. Many soups take on a richer flavor if made a day ahead... it gives the flaavors time to blend.
2. Remove fat from soups. Use a bulb baster or wrap an ice cube in a damp cheese cloth and skim it over the soup's surface. Or cover and chill over night and lift it off.
3. To prevent mushy vegetables, add quicker cooking vegetables after the meat is tender. Cook until tender.approx. 15 minutes.
4. To Freeze, package soup and stews in pint or quart plastic freezer containers or heavy-duty plastic freezer bags; label,date and freeze up to 3 months.

the tea kettle is singing

Time to get up and take that kettle

to the bathtub and pour some soap

boiling water into the drain

and chase

it with very cold water.

That is suppose to get rid of whatever
it living and breeding in my bathtub
drain!

Everytime I take a bath I get bit horribly
and have todash to get the benadryl gel
and pour over my legs.

Not kidding it doesnt happen with a shower.
It must be bugs invisible (since i am half blind)
living in the drain and come
when i start the water.
I don't know but i like to take baths but I don't
like biting bugs ,I don't like bugs at all!
If that
doesn't work,

Poison might.

getting started

just get up and do it
belle ate a paper towel
dad fence us out of the house
horses are fenced in.
i not rolling on my belly to
get in.
400 plus acres and he still
need the half acre that surrounds
the house,

INSANE!!!!!!!!!!

Some thoughts come out in words

As stated above,I usually really check what I say.
I think a lot and don't say a lot;
Especialy to family members.

sometime it no more that what would be said to me
by someone.

Sometimes you look for that delete button
and can't find it.