VACATION TIME! CAR TROUBLE!

We had an alright vacation this year, hubby's mom and sister are well. We got to see the twins for the first time, they are so cute. We did come home after the Arkansas trip as hubby was not doing well in the heat. So the week we were home, we did some work on the house.

Hubby went back to work on Tuesday of this week, and I have gone back to my routine of playing taxi-cab driver for everybody and their brother it seems like.

My van has a bad oil leak somewhere that needs to be fixed, so when I took it into Walmart yesterday to get an oil change done on it, they wouldn't do it. They said the leak was to bad. So I have to get that fixed this week.

And, my sinuses are acting up, so I don't feel real great right now.

Not much else going on.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

Have a Safe and Happy 4th of July!!

VACATION TIME!

We leave Sunday sometime for our 2 week vacation. I may not be on here till I get back.

FATHER'S DAY

Happy Father's to all father's out there! I no longer have my dad, nor does my husband, but we wish a Happy Day to all DAD'S!!

SCHOOL

I grew up going to a combination of Public and Catholic schools. I graduated from High School 31 years ago, never went to college of any kind, and now I want to go back. I did not like High School that much,(I thought it was boring) and I don't really care for the public schools these days, but I want to take a college class in History. I am 48 years old and thinking about going back to school, what is wrong with me? Nothing, I just want to go, see what it's like, and take a class in something that I am interested in. Early American History!

MULBERRIES GALORE!

We have been busy picking Mulberries from our 2 volunteer trees in the backyard. I have 5 quart size Mason jars full to the brim with Mulberries. 5 jars, FULL. I plan on making a pie on the first of July and taking it with us on vacation.(Don't worry, they are in the freezer). hope they will keep that way. I do have to get more jars though, there are more ripe berries on the trees, and more green ones popping out. Those trees just exploded this year. With any luck, I will get more than 1 pie out of them.

Also planted some more flowers today, too!

UPDATE ON THINGS GOING ON

I figured it was time to let people know what's been going on lately.

On Thursday, I was told by my Doctor that I am prediabetic, so now I have to really watch what I eat. Seriously considering becoming a Vegetarian.

Yesterday, one of the 1 year old cats gave birth to some kittens, unfortunately, 2 of them died, and the other 2 have disappeared. They were in the box this morning when my son left for school, and by the time I got up, they were gone(a 45 minute time span). I have no idea what mom did with them, we CANNOT find them anywhere.

We go on Vacation 1 month from today!

Other than this stuff, not much else going on.

"DIXON'S CHILI"

Hubby and I just got back from eating lunch at Dixon's Chili on 40 hiway. Man, oh man, are they good! Their meat is greaseless, and oh so good. They have all you can Taco's everyday, they also have Chili, of course. We have not tried their Chili yet, but we want to. They are good eats!!

E.R. RUN/ CEMETARY HOPPING

We are through with the cemeteries, thank goodness!

I had to go to the E.R. last night, because I have been having trouble with my left leg hurting bad since Saturday. So, of course, they had to look for a blood clot, couldn't find one. PRAISE GOD! The blood test that they do for that is elevated though, so I don't know what's going on there. They did tell me that my blood glucose is up(124), so I have to really start watching that since, Diabetes runs in my family, and I was Gestational when pregnant with my son.

MEMORIAL DAY

I am beginning to detest the Memorial Day weekend, as we have 4 different cemeteries to go to. Both National cemeteries in Leavenworth(hubby's dad is on the actual fort, my parents are across town at the other one.) One in Independence, and one in K.C. It is a hassle because we cannot do all 4 in one day, so we have to spread it out. It's a pain! Oh well, it has to be done.

I hope everyone has a safe weekend.

STILL HERE

Just not much going on. One of my nephews graduated from High School yesterday, so I went to that. His party was on Saturday, so 2 of my kids and I went to that. My oldest step-son is having a house-warming/ birthday party on the 30th of this month. The birthday party is for his son who will be 16.

Other than that, not a whole lot going on!

MOTHER'S DAY!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOM'S OUT THERE!! Don't forget to call your own Mother's, if they are still with us. Mine is not. I do need to wish my mother-in-law a Happy day, though. We will call her later, as soon as the oldest step-son gets here.

TWITTERING, FACEBOOK VS. MYSPACE

It seems like a lot of people are twittering these days, and practically the whole world is either on Myspace or Facebook. I am on Facebook myself, but I am NOT on MySpace, nor do I Twitter. I really don't see what the big deal is anyway. I am only on Facebook because my son said to me" Mom, you should get on Facebook; all of your family is on there and you'll be able to keep up with what's going on with your siblings and nieces and nephews." Hence, I am on Facebook.

WHAT DO MOM"s MAKE?

According to salary.com, I make $11,958.00 a year!

Zsuzsanna's right, someone owes me a WHOLE LOT OF MONEY!!!

NEW DRYER

We had to go buy a new dryer today because ours quit drying. Found a real good one fairly reasonable at Nebraska Furniture Mart.(No, we do not live in Nebraska, we have one in Kansas that we go to.) Hubby and the 2 boys are installing it now.

My husband likes to use a dryer, I, on the other hand, like to dry my clothes outside if at all possible. But, when we had our deck built in back, one of the clothes line poles had to go, so I can no longer hang my clothes out. Of course, I never was able to because there were no lines.

Not much else going on.

WE'VE BEEN DOING YARDWORK!!

Our front yard has been raked real well. We have no grass, but, it's been raked non the less. We have planted some flowers in front of the house, I can't remember all of them, but I do know we have some snapdragons and a columbine.

In the backyard, we have some herbs: Sage, Rosemary,Basil and Cilantro. I also have 2 tomato plants in the ground, a Red Beefsteak, and a Golden Yellow. And Yesterday, we bought a Japanese Red Maple tree that we got planted today.

More rain is in the forecast for tomorrow, and my kids and I are supposed to go to the ballgame tomorrow night. The Royals v. Toronto Blue Jays. My daughter entered a drawing at work and won four tickets. She works at Crown Center in the Crayola store.

UPDATE ON MY UNCLE

My Uncle passed away Saturday night, the service is tomorrow morning. I stayed at the Lake, while my husband and 1 Sister went home yesterday, they will not be coming back for the funeral. It will be more of a celebration of Life. Thank you for the Prayers!

PRAYER REQUEST

My Uncle is in the hospital down at the Lake of the Ozarks, he may be gone by tomorrow morning. My siblings and my husband and I will be traveling down there tomorrow. I just ask for prayer for my cousins and safe travel for all of us.

CONGRATULATIONS DUGGAR'S!

The Duggar family has announced another pregnancy, this time it is Joshua and his bride Anna who are expecting! I wish you well!

COLONOSCOPY WENT WELL!

They could not find anything wrong! PRAISE GOD!!!

You know, after got in the back and they got me hooked up to the IV, and I had time to relax, I stopped worring about it and just turned everything over to the Lord. It's all good!

GOINGS ON!

I have started going to a Bible study at one of the bigger Baptist church's in the area. I had gone to it before, and quit when life got in the way.

We have a new member of the family, she is 6 weeks old, a boxer mix, and her name is Ginger!

I did get rid of the Mamma cat and her babies on Friday. They went to a non-profit organization, so I know they will NOT be killed.

Saturday night at the Easter Vigil at the church my husband and I have been going to, he was received and confirmed into the Roman Catholic church. That service was boring! For anyone raised in the Catholic church, you should know what HIGH Church means, this was NOT HIGH CHURCH! There was NO celebration. I did NOT LIKE IT!!!


P.S. I am scheduled for a colonoscopy in the morning. I DO NOT feel good about it!

MORE KITTENS!

Mama Cat is having her 2nd litter of kittens as I write this. I tried to get rid of them Sunday, but no one has room for them. Ironically, both sets were born on the first day of the month. The first set was born on June 1st, now this set is being born right now.

*UPDATE* There are 5 kittens in all!

CHURCH

I finally got to go to a Baptist church today! YEAHHHHH!!!!!! It is a Missionary Baptist, and boy was it wonderful. I just wish I could continue going there, but, alas, with only 1 vehicle, that is not to be.

FINALLY.....

I will be able to go to the church that I want to go to on Sunday! My husband has to work Sunday, so I am going to go to the Missionary Baptist Church that I was baptized in almost 27 years ago. I am so excited, I can't wait!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY THOMAS!

Thomas;aka"Fred" is 1 today!

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!

I hope everyone has a good time today, but, PLEASE BE SAFE!

I fixed the Homeschooling sites(they were not linking)! I had done something wrong, figured it out, and it is now fixed, so you can now link to them.

GROCERY GAME/COUPON MOM/BECENTSABLE

As many of you know, I tried playing the Grocery Game, and it just did not work for me. But, I have found at least 2 more sites that do essentially the same thing, FOR FREE! Coupon Mom
is one of them. Becentsable
is the other one. I have already registered at Coupon mom. I guess we'll see what happens!

WE'RE BROKE!

It's bad this time. I can't even afford to take Cassie to work unless she pays for the gas. Hubby's talking about finding a second job on the weekends. I have got to try and find a job(if I can)! My problem is, I've mainly worked fast food, and I really do not want to do that anymore. Of course, I may not be able to because of my hearing loss and having to wear a hearing aid. We're screwed!!

MISSOURI'S MOTORCYCLE HELMET LAW

My husband told me that Missouri has repealed their Motorcycle Helmet law! HUGE MISTAKE!! Kids under 18 still have to wear one, but anyone 21 and older it is now optional. No thanks, I like my head where it is, thank you very much! I, for one, will continue to wear my helmet, as will my husband!

STEM CELL BAN REVOKED!

Do you believe that IDIOT in Washington? I thank God every day I DID NOT VOTE FOR HIM !!

TO ALL WHO ARE WONDERING........

Why I go to church with my husband:

1. We only have 1 car

2. He insists on going to on Sunday Morning, therefore I have no way of going anywhere that I would like to go to.

GAELIC MASS

The church that my husband and I have been going to has a Gaelic Mass every year(usually the Sunday before St. Patrick's Day, they changed it this year), and we went to it last evening. It was wonderful! The readings were done in Gaelic and then in English. (The Gospel Reading itself was not done in Gaelic as the priest does not know Gaelic that well.) The Lord's prayer was even done in Gaelic. It was beautiful!

We have been wanting to go to this Mass for a couple of years now and never got to, but we finally did last night. The church has been doing this for 18 years they said.

CHECKING IN

I'm still here! Just haven't felt like doing much. I was not feeling well on Friday at all, just sat in a chair and vegetated all day. Steven and I are just about finished watching season 6 of the Walton's, I told him I would have to wait until payday to buy season 7. Other than that, nothing much is going on here.

Catch you later!

NOTIFIED CANDY

I just sent Candy a message through her Meez, as I have an account also. She logged into it today, so I thought I would try and get a hold of her that way. I asked her to think about starting another blog about their homesteading life. Maybe I will hear back soon.

GOOD LUCK CANDY, ERIC,AND KIDS!!

Candy from "Keeping the HOME' has shut down the blog, as they are now Homesteading somewhere.

GOOD LUCK, WHEVER YOU ARE!

THE WALTON'S

An update to Wednesday's post; I bought season 6 of the Walton's last night!

COMPUTER TIME/ THE WALTON'S

I have not been spending a whole lot of time on the computer lately because:

1. I'm trying to read one of my Lamplighter books that I got towards the end of 2008, and haven't had a chance to read yet. The name of this one is; Rescued from Egypt.

2. I seem to be losing interest in being on the computer for so long. All I do now is check my e-mail, look at the blogs I read everyday( there are quite a few) and read a few news articles, and that is about it. And blog if I have anything to blog about.


My son and I have started watching season 5 of the Walton's! That is such a good family show! I still need to get season's 6 thru 9

UPDATE ON MY SISTER PART 2!

My sister had her gallbladder surgery yesterday morning and did very well. She had to go through a process to even have the surgery, because she is on a blood thinner, so they had to take her off of the blood thinner for about 3 days prior, and then put her back on it yesterday after the surgery. She did have to spend the night in the hospital, and came home this morning. She told me that she still hurts some, but that is to be expected. Otherwise, she is just fine! She will be off work for about 2 weeks.

BACK TO WORK

Hubby was able to go back to work today. He really started feeling better on Friday, and did do quite a bit Saturday, and we went to church yesterday. He still gets out of breath easily, but he'll be alright.

Our credit union called on Friday(to hubby's work cell phone) to let us know that our Debit card had been compromised, so we get new cards, new numbers, the whole works. It can be a [ain because now hubby has to change all the information for his online bill paying, but I guess it's worth it to be safe.

HUBBY DOING BETTER/HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Hubby is feeling better, has been for a couple of days now, and is getting ready to help his oldest son go get some kind of bench with hooks on it for his house. They will have to take out the seats in our van and then travel up North to pick it up. He apparently had some kind of stomach virus. He is actually able to eat and not get sick to his tummy now. That is a good thing!


HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!! We really don't have any plans because I didn't know for sure how hubby was going to feel, but we may go out later to Steak and Shake and get a couple of shakes, depends on how he feels I guess.

HUBBY'S TRIP TO THE E.R./ GROCERY GAME

I had to take my husband to the E.R. last night because his back had been bothering him since Saturday morning and getting worse, so I was thinking Kidney Stones, so was the Doctor on call that I had to call. They did a CAT SCAN and could not find anything there. No Kidney Stones!! So he took today off of work, so I took advantage of that and made him a Dentist appointment, boy he is NOT pleased with me. He has a cavity he found Friday morning, and I want him to get it taken care of. Is there anything wrong with that?

On to the Grocery Game: I decided to try it after reading ZSUZSANNA'S experiences with it, and I gotta tell ya, I'm frustrated! I can't get the coupons to coordinate with the sales and vice-a-versa, I can't do my shopping when I need to do it. I am in my third week, so needless to say I have not really saved much money at all. But, I will keep working at it.

HAPPENINGS

Hubby isn't feeling very well this morning, so we did not go to church. We went to a Catholic church that I have been to before, and hubby seems to like it real well, and wants to go back. In fact this church has a school with it, the school was a grade when I went there for 8th grade, I think it's a High School now.

We helped his oldest son move yesterday from an apartment in Kansas to a house in Missouri. The house is somewhat small, but is perfect for him. He also lost his job on Wednesday, but had to move anyway, because he was committed. So, hopefully, he will find employment soon.

ANOTHER LOSS

My youngest daugter has lost another baby, she did manage to carry this one the farthest, but it died a couple of days ago. Her boyfriend took her in to the hospital where they did a sonogram and looked for over an hour trying to find a heartbeat and never found one. They gave her some shots of something, she will go back on Tuesday and get 3 more shots of the same medicine I guess, and then they will do a D&C, after she starts bleeding. I finally told her that she just need to get her tubes tied, as she will never be able to carry a baby to term. This makes like her 7th miscarriage.

FEBUARY IS NATIONAL HEART HEALTH MONTH

Tomorrow is WEAR RED DAY in conjunction with National Heart Health Month! It is to make people aware of WOMEN'S Heart Health.

More Women die of Heart disease than of Cancer. If any of you get the Parade Magazine in your Sunday paper, there is an article in there on Heart health and the differences between men and women, and the kinds of treatment that each get. Women get treated differently for their hearts than men do. It is a very good article, and I highly recommend that everyone read it.

So, let's all WEAR RED TOMORROW!

I'M SICK, AGAIN!

I have a sinus infection and possibly 2 inner ear infections, I know at least 1 ear is infected.
Amoxicillin for me, 875mg. That is the most that I have ever been on thus far.

INAUGURATION DAY

I am soooo sick of all this Inauguration CRAP! I have not had the TV on this morning, I have not looked at any of it on the internet. I just got so sick of hearing about it as it got closer. I DID NOT VOTE FOR THAT MAN! And may GOD have mercy on this country in the next 4 years.

FURNACE TROUBLES

The motor on our furnace blower went out night before last, and so we had to buy a new motor for it yesterday and replace it. Hubby, his son, and my son got it fixed in the afternoon, so we have heat again. Then we had to go buy new filters for it, so those are in now. It feels good in the house again.

Well, our Christmas tree is finally down! I don't want to hear it, my husband would leave the thing up until Easter if I'd let him.

PICTURE

The picture is me taken on Christmas Day!

UPDATE ON MY SISTER

My Sister called this afternoon after her Doctor's appointment, her gallbladder definitly has to come out, but we already knew that, and the Kidneys are O.K. Just a cyst on one(which we already knew) and the other just has fatty tissue. NO CANCER! THANK YOU, JESUS!!

STEP SON'S BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PATRICK!! He is 21 today!

MY DAY

I had my usual day today, got up and made coffee, took Cassie(stepson's girlfriend) to work over in Kansas(that is a half hour drive there and a half hour back). Started dishes as soon as I got back, fixed hubby something to eat, took hubby to work, went to the store to get some drain cleaner( the drain in the basement backed up). I started fixing dinner about 4:00p.m.( fixed beef stew). Picked Cassie up from work. Did the dinner dishes( yes, you read that right). Steven is watching the idiot box, so I may go someplace and try to read. I haven't read my Bible yet today. I have been reading 3 or 4 chapters from Genesis a day and the Proverb for the day. I started this on January 1st.

When we went to half price books on Saturday, I bought a hard cover copy of "The Long Winter" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I already have Little House in the Big Woods, and Little House on the Prairie in hard back. I am trying to get the whole set in hard back

Later, I have to go pick hubby up from work(he gets off at 11:30), then I'm going to bed. See you tomorrow!

HOW OUR WEEKEND WENT!

SATURDAY: First off, I managed, finally, to get all the dishes done from Christmas and New Years. Of course, me getting sick on New Year's Eve did not help. Then, my step-son Patrick had an eye appointment to get new glasses, so we took him and his girlfriend to do that and we went to Half-Price books and picked out some books. On to Panera's for some lunch and wait on the 2 kids to get done. On home. I don't remember fixing dinner, probably because we ate lunch so late in the afternoon, no one was hungry. We tried watching the latest Batman movie, but I had to leave to take my daughter somewhere, so finished watching the movie last night.

SUNDAY: We didn't do a whole lot yesterday, I just didn't feel well. My stomach was still queazy. I did fix a brunch of link sausage and Pancakes, so we ate that around noonish or one o'clock. Then later I fixed homemade Au Gratin Potatoes( they were good) and some leftover Ham from New Year's. I still have some Ham left(it was a big Ham), so I will more than likely finish that off tomorrow. Then, of course, we finished watching the movie we started Saturday night.

Now I need to do dishes from last night, so we can have dinner tonight. I just have never gotten in the habit of doing the dishes after dinner. Don't get me wrong, I have done that, just not on a regular basis, and I know that I should. Just like I have never gotten into the habit of reading my Bible every single day of the year. I start doing it, and then stop. I don't know why, I just do. I guess that's why I stopped making New Year's resolutions, I don't follow through with them.

UPDATE ON MY SISTER

My sister's gallbladder has to come out, she has a cyst on 1 kidney and a tumor of some sort on the other. She really needs prayer!

SET BACK/ PRAYER REQUEST

O.K. I'm not completely over the illness, I took my son-in-law to pick up his paycheck,(which they had mailed out) and by the time I got home, my tummy wasn't feeling so good. Needless to say, I don't think I'm going anywhere the rest of the day. I may just let hubby take the car to work.

As for the prayer request; My sister called me this morning and told me that she has a Gall stone that needs to come out. No problem there, but she also has a spot on one of her kidneys that they are not sure what it is, so they are going to do some kind of test to check it out. It is either a cyst or a tumor. Will know more after the test is done. I told her to pray that it is just a cyst. So, would like prayer for a good outcome.

FEELING BETTER

I'm feeling better today! I started feeling somewhat better yesterday afternoon, I did manage to fix dinner and I was able to eat dinner. I fixed a somewhat traditional New Years dinner of Ham, Black-eyed Peas, and I fixed Corn. It really tasted good. And I have enough Ham left to get 2 or 3 more meals out of it.

I have a subscription to Netflix and hubby gets on there and adds movies that he wants to see, and then of course moves them to the top of the list, so day before yesterday we got the Librarian, and so we sat and watched it last night. It is a take off of Indiana Jones. It was pretty good, I enjoyed it.

I HAVE A STOMACH VIRUS

I got sick last night, all of a sudden. I was fine at 4:30 in the afternoon, I was at the grocery store getting a few things we needed, and by 7:00 I was in the bathroom throwing up and I had diarrhea. I threw up off and on last night, I think I'm done, but I'm not sure. Hubby says he heard this junk comes on suddenly and last for 12 to 24 hours( the vomiting and diarrhea), and the entire illness lasts from 2 to 5 days. I couldn't even pick hubby up from work last night, one of his co-workers brought him home.

Well, I'm going back to bed, I don't want to stray to far from the bathroom.

BACKGROUNDS ON MY BLOG!

Now that I have figured out how to change the background on my blog, I may change it with the holidays/seasons. So, on Friday, I may change it again until Valentines Day, when it will get changed again, until the next holiday, so on and so forth. I plan on having fun with my background. So enjoy!

As soon as I figure out to post photos, I will!

I DID IT!

I got it! Cool Background, huh!

7 YEARS AND COUNTING!

My husband, Virgil and I have been married for 7 years today, and still going strong!
We were married in the chapel at the hospital where he works. A friend of his from the Disciples Church performed the ceremony. It was so pretty, as the chapel was still decorated from Christmas. All but 1 of the children were there. In fact, Virgil's oldest daughter is from Omaha, and she came down for Christmas, went home, and came back down for the wedding. The only kid missing was Virgil's oldest son, as he forgot, after having been told about it on Christmas Day.

FLANNEL SHEETS

I LOVE flannel sheets! And I have some that I have gotten from Walmart, but lately, I have gotten some from QVC called Northern Nights. Those sheets are so warm and soft! I now have 3 sets and plan on buying more as I am able. I don't sweat in these sheets like I have in other flannels. I highly recommend Northern Nights Flannel sheets from QVC. They will have an odor when you take them out of the packaging, but once you wash them, it goes away.
Give them a try, I think you will love them as much as I do.

FIREFOX THEMES

Hubby and I use Firefox as our browser, and this morning we got to playing around with their themes. Someone put up a Bible theme for Firefox in 2 different colors which I think are really cool looking, so right now I'm using the blue colored one. It looks so pretty! It uses Christian symbols!

If you use Firefox, go to your bookmarks, then go to Mozilla Firefox, then click on Customize Firefox, scroll down the page to Themes, and click on that, and you are good to go. They have 18 pages of themes to choose from. Now if you do go with one, you will have to restart Firefox. then go to your Tools, then click on Add-Ons, and you should be good to go. If you have trouble, find someone that knows how to do it. I usually have to have my husband help me with stuff like that.

We had some some thunderstorms last night, and heavy rains. Lost power also, twice. Of course it did get to 68 degrees yesterday afternoon. ( It is now 32 degrees.) Hubby had reset the clock from the first time, and when we woke up this morning, the power was out again. It finally came back on about 10:30 a.m. our time.(CST) It is times like this morning when I wish I had a regular corded telephone instead of cordless, and a wood burning fireplace, and I really wish we were still allowed to use the old fashioned gas lights. I have a gas stove, so I was able to fix breakfast. I also have a percolator that we use when we go camping, so I was also able to fix some coffee. Winter time, don't you just love it?!

The Day After Christmas!

We had a lovely day yesterday, hectic, but nice. The grandkids opened their presents over here, which was nice. We didn't get anyone anything, because we just could not afford it, so we basically had a Dickens "Christmas Carol" Christmas, and I LOVED IT!
I didn't bother trying to clean the kitchen last night, and I have been running around today, so I didn't do any until this evening, and I had my son help with what I did get done, I'll finish the rest tomorrow.

Hubby and I went looking at cars today at Carmax. Did not end up getting anything, can't afford to! Oh Well!

I did fix homemade buttermilk pancakes on Christmas morning, boy were they good. I'm going to make some again tomorrow morning.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

From my family to yours, Have a Blessed Christmas Day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SON!

Steven is 23 years old today!

"Pinky" went home yesterday, it is so quiet! Now maybe, I can get some cleaning done!

My son's birthday is Sunday, he'll be 23. Boy, do I feel old!

ALL IS WELL!

We are surviving with a 2 year old in the house (Just barely)! I had forgotten what it was like, I got a very quick and REAL reminder. That kid has got the TERRIBLE TWO'S worse than I have seen in any child!! And whine, oh my goodness, can she whine, and cry. My nerves are frazzled by the end of some days.

Her dad has said that she can go home today, but with the weather the way it is right now, we'll have to see, they have no heat in their apartment, although they did get a heater until they can get their gas turned back on. A space heater! I'm not sure I want her around that. Like I said, we'll see.

We plan on taking our annual Plaza Light trip on this Saturday. That is always fun. I'll go to Topsy's and get a can of popcorn.

PLEASE PRAY FOR US!

Hubby and I have "Pinky" for a while. We ended up with her on Thanksgiving night, due to a problem with her parents. We are really enjoying having her back in the house. She is talking, somewhat. You can understand alot of what she says, yet, there are some things you still can't understand.
Needless to say, our bedroom cleaning is on hold for now, because she is in our room on her mattress on the floor in front of our closet, because I have to clean her old bedroom. Life with a 2 year old.
I am asking for prayers with this situation, her other Grandmother may try and get custody of her, and her parents DO NOT want that to happen. This woman actually kidnapped Pinky on Christmas night 2 years ago, after getting into a fight with the parents and kicking them out of her car, in the middle of nowhere. Then on Thursday, she told the mother that she wasn't getting "Pinky" back. This woman is crazy!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

I hope everyone has a nice and relaxing day!

Doing some cleaning!

Hubby and I are cleaning our bedroom. You can see the carpet now, and can tell what colors are in it. The room does look much better.

In other news, we are going out for Thanksgiving Dinner.

Homeschooling

I am a BIG believer in Homeschooling, hence I have put up a homeschooling list. This is a list of sites that I like to look at, and, Yes, I included Lamplighter Publishing because I feel that Christians should read good books from other centuries, and that is where Lamplighter comes in.

STILL AROUND!

I am still here, just not spending a lot of time on the computer anymore. I check my e-mail, the blogs I like, the news, and maybe I'll play a couple of games on Pogo, but that's about it anymore. I've been reading alot lately. I just finished a series of books by Beverly Lewis called the Courtship of Nellie Fisher. It's set in Amish country. That was a good series. Now, i'm ready to start a couple of books by Lamplighter called Ishmael and Self-Raised. Ishmael is first, then Self-Raised.

I have several books by Lamplighter Publishing that I really have enjoyed. I am a member of the PickWick book club that they have, which means I get a new Rare Collector's book when it comes out, and all I pay is the cost of the book, NO S/H. That is a good deal. Hopefully, I should be getting a couple from the book club soon. Also, for every 5th book, you get a certificate for a FREE book worth up to $26.00. For that you have to pay shipping. That is not bad at all!

OBAMA HAS BEEN DECLARED PRESIDENT!

MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THIS COUNTRY!

I VOTED

Have you? Please do so! And, you know what, if nothing else,vote your conscious.

UPDATES

I should have done this last week, but I didn't. I finally heard from the Arthritis doctor's office. All the blood work came back O.K., except for the RA factor, which is just below where it belongs. They like for that factor to be 14 or below, and mine is below, but just barely. Mine is at 13!

Still another Sunday, and we did not get up to go to church, of course it is still early here, and I may try to go to the Missionary Baptist church that I was baptized in many years ago. We'll just have to see, as I do have a lot of things that need to be done. I have not done any dishes in like 2 days because I have been hurting so much that I haven't felt like doing anything.

My hubby wrote a letter to the Owner of the company that was working on our house and told him everything that still needs to be done, and redone, and so forth. I know they had to have gotten that letter, but we have not heard a word from anyone.
My brother is going to come over this afternoon and look at the bathroom on the first floor, and tell us what we need to get, and he will help us finish it at least, so that I can have this bathroom, so that when I am feeling bad, I don't have to try and go up the stairs to the bathroom on the second floor.

I would like some opinions here. I have been looking into doing an internal Body Cleansing and Detox. What do you think, should I or not? I think if I tell my doctor that I want to do this, he will tell me NO, but if I ignore his advise and go ahead with it, I might just feel better and maybe be able to get off of half of the medications I'm on.

Third Party Presidential Debate!

I just finished watching the third party Presidential debate from C-Span. It was very interesting! The only candidates participating were Chuck Baldwin and Ralph Nadar. I had to watch it from the website. If you choose to do that, look under video archives.

On the verge of Osteoperosis

I had a bone density scan done today, and it showed significant bone loss in my lower spine, and I'm on the verge of Osteoperosis. Going to start taking Calcium with vitamin D.

I have learned something about the Fibromyalgia, DO NOT USE ARTIFICIAL SWEETNER! It makes the symptoms worse. The arthritis doctor had some blood work done, and one of the things he is looking for is Rhumatiod Arthritis. No word yet on the results.

I will update when necassary!

Fibromyalgia

I went to the Arthritis Doctor this afternoon, and he seems to think that I have Fibromyalgia, although, I do not get the headaches that are associated with it. Personally, I think all my problems are stemming from all the blasted medicine I'm on.

Family Television

I have been thinking about family television lately, and the fact that there is nothing decent to watch these days on the "Boob Tube" as I like to call it. However, there are decent programs if you wish to go back 20 to 30 years.

My son and I have been watching "The Walton's" lately, as I have bought seasons 1,2,3 and 5, so far. And, yesterday, I sat and watched an entire episode on you tube. There is also "Little House on the Prairie" which I also liked to watch when I was a girl.

These are very good family programs.

Follow-up Doctor's appointment

I had my Drs. appointment this afternoon, and he wants me to see another doctor, an arthritis doctor as I do have arthritis in my back. And my Dr. mis-spoke when he told me that I had a partially collapsed disc, it is a partially collapsed vertebrae. No wonder it hurts!

He forgot about the Bone Density this week, so I will have that done in 2 weeks.

I am also on a different Cholestrol medication, as I cannot take Lipitor. That's what was giving me the Vertigo symptoms. I feel much better without that.

I go back to my Doctor in 2 weeks.

New Links on sidebar

I have added 2 more new Gadgets to my sidebar: A modest Dress site, and a Political site.

More Woes!

Ok, so now I can't stand very long before my legs start to bother me to the point where I have to sit down again. I know you all don't want to read about all this, I'm just venting my frustrations, that's all.

I am trying Candy's roasted chicken for dinner tonight, and boy is my crockpot full! I don't think I'm going to have room for the Green Beans.

Major Discomfort

My back is really starting to hurt to the point that I can't sit in the car for more than an hour at a time, which means by the time I take my step-son's girlfriend to work and get back home, I am hurting pretty good. I had to call my Doctor this morning and ask what I could take for the pain, since my husband and I have to go to Arkansas this weekend for his sister's wedding on Saturday. We have a 4 hour drive down there, and then we come home on Sunday. We are going down on Friday.

I am way behind on my Bible reading because of the discomfort in my back, I just can't concentrate on my reading.

Follow up with Doctor

My follow-up with the doctor was this aftenoon, and apparently I have a mildly collapsed disc in my back, so he drew more blood to check my vitamin D and my calcium. I go back in 2 weeks, and we will do a Bone Density test. Hey, I am 48 years old, it is probably about time for one, considering that I did break an arm 3 years ago.
I did go to the Chiropractor this morning, and thought about going back on Friday. I guess I won't be doing that.

The other Laptop works!

Well, the 17 inch laptop is now working, so it is now mine, but I may share it with my son. So now I am in the process of putting everything on this computer.

Laptops

My laptop is up and running, and yes we installed anti-virus software this time. Hubby is working on the other laptop, it should be finished tomorrow.

NEW BABY!

Grandbaby number 4 is here!! She arrived this morning. Papa called about 6:30P.M. to let us know. She was 7lbs. 1 oz. and was 18 inches long.

I called the Doctor's office this afternoon to check on my Potassium level, and they told me that it was fine.(4.6) My husband told me that is a little high. But, I have started eating banana's again and drinking orange juice with my medicine like I am supposed to do. So now I'm thinking I need a good adjustment done, I haven't had one in a while, and I think I may be out of alignment. That will have to wait until Friday when hubby gets paid.

I'm a little behind on my Bible reading, I was so tired last night, that I went to bed at 9:30. I was asleep when hubby came to bed.

Not much has been going on today. My husband and youngest step-son went to help middle step-son put on an alternator belt on his car,(he was stuck at his mom's).

I have been having trouble with the laptops because neither of them had any kind of virus protection on them, so hubby is totally re-doing one of them for me, and the other one won't even boot up. So, where-ever I have been going on the Internet, it has given both laptops a virus of some kind, but since we can't pinpoint from where, he has to re-do the whole thing. He'll finish this one computer tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm on his desktop.

My Afternoon at the Doctor's Office

Allow me to start at the beginning, about a week ago, the calf of my right leg started hurting. I didn't think much of it, until the back of my left leg started to hurt late last week. Then today the pain in my right leg felt like it was moving up. So I decided to go get it checked out, thinking that I may have a blood clot. So, I called this morning, and they had me come in this afternoon for a blood draw. It came back positive for something in my leg, so I went downstairs to have a doppler done on both legs. The Lady doing the test did NOT see any clots anywhere, although she did say that if one was just starting to form, that she would not be able to see it anyway.

After that, I went back upstairs to see the Doctor so we could figure out what is going on. He asked me about the doppler, and what was said, so I told him. I told him how my leg was hurting, as if the muscles have tightened up and don't want to relax. So then I asked him about my potassium level, and if that should be checked, so back to the lab I went for another blood draw to check on my potassium.

I go back to see the doctor next week for those results! From start to finish, I was there a total of 4 hours! Not at all fun!

Just Thoughts!

Well, Ike blew through here last night, and it has quit raining. but we now have a cold front that has come in, so it is only like in the 60's right now, and will be that way for the rest of the day. I have had some of the windows open for a couple of days now, and my husband wants to close them because he is cold(he's always cold anymore!) I love having the windows open! Fresh air! With all the cats we have right now, it really helps having the windows open, if you know what I mean!

Another Sunday has come, and hubby and I did not get up in time to go to church. This makes the 3rd or 4th Sunday in a row. Personally, it doesn't bother me like it should, I think because deep down, I really don't want to go there. And I don't like driving 1/2 hour just to get there. As many of you may have read, we go to an Anglican church (Catholic light), and I guess I am just a Baptist at heart. I would rather sing the good old Gospel Hymns and hear a good old fashioned preaching service.

Last night's weather

We are all fine after last night's weather. There were no tornadoes where we live, but there was one in Kansas, ironically, it was near the town I used to live in when I was still married to my ex-husband. In fact the tornado touched down very close to the plant where he used to work. I have not heard of any damage. I haven't turned on the TV this morning. I probably won't at all today, although my son probably will if he gets bored. My husband and I just don't care for the television that much anymore. We may watch a movie once in a while, as we do have a subscription to Netflix, and we have several movies that we own ourselves. My son on the other hand likes to watch some programs in the evening, and unfortunatly, I will sit and watch with him.

WEATHER

We have had some really bad weather tonight. Very heavy rains, tornadoes, flash flooding, it's been really nasty.

I also read the book of Obadiah this afternoon. And I have started on 2 Kings!

Reading my Bible

I did something today that I have never done before, I finished reading the book of I Kings in the Bible. I know, I am terrible about reading my Bible everyday like I should, but I have been, and finally read that book all the way through. Now on to 2Kings!

Hurricane IKE/Tomato Plant/Praise Report

Ike is headed this way! He is hitting Texas today, then turning north and headed for us. Of course we only get the rain, not the winds. This is the third huuricane that we have gooten rains from this year, Gustave and Hannah both got us, and now IKE, which should be here this weekend.

I planted a tomato plant in late June just before we left for vacation and has it gone nuts. I have already gotten about 8 ripe tomatoes off of it, and were they good, and there are 12 to 14 new tomatoes on it right now! I do hope they have a chance to grow and ripen up.


Now for the praise report: My son has quit smoking!! Yeah! First, he quit cigarettes, then started smoking cigars, then quit those about 2 weeks ago. And he has finally quit the coughing. I asked him last night if he was feeling better now and he said yeah. I am so thrilled and very proud of him.

IT'S RAINING!

It has rained so much this summer and been sooo cool, that everyone here is wondering how our winter is going to be. Last winter we had a lot of snow, by a lot I mean it snowed every other day, and it was cold for about 8 months, seriously! It started getting cold in October and did not get really warm until late May or early June. All this rain is getting really tiresome!!

UPDATE

I know it's been awhile, sorry. There just hasn't been alot going on. The kittens are now 3 months old. I tried taking them to a shelter yesterday, because we just cannot afford to keep them, and we are over our pet limit with all of them still here. We are limited to 4 pets per household, we now have 6. Anyway, you have to have an appointment to drop off, and they charge a drop off fee, which is totally ridiculous. The charge $30.00 for the mother and $50.00 a piece for the kittens, and they have a waiting list. I wouldn't be able to get the kittens in until next month. Get real!! I guess I will just have to give them away.

In other news, as I mentioned in my last blog, my step-daughter and her family moved out, well, they left a big mess in their bedroom and refused to come over and clean it up, so my son and my stepson's girlfriend cleaned it up themselves. It took them 2 hours and 10 industrial strength trash bags. Anyway, I took them over to their house and put them on their patio, the problem with that was, the only time I had to do it was at 9:00 at night. She claims I woke the baby up, I doubt that very much because of where their room is in relation to where the patio is. Anyway, she calls me screaming and yelling, and tells me we can't see the children anymore. The next day she called the house phone yelling at her dad and told him the same thing, needless to say he has not seen the kids since then. I will see them walking down the street when I am out driving. In fact the last time I saw them was last week, they were walking home from the store,"Pinky" was in the stroller wearing a jacket because it was kind of cool, but she had NO SOCKS OR SHOES ON. Sometimes I think those two kids would be better off living with us.

Meez

I have my meez, but I can't seem to get it on the blog site, it doesn't want to tansfer over. I will be "Grandmarose".

Vacation

We got back from vacation last Sunday about noon. It was a very good vacation this year. It did rain about everyday that we were in Arkansas, except for 2 days, and those 2 were kind of cloudy.

Thank goodness, NOTHING happened while we were gone this time, my son was here to keep an eye on the house this year.