Native Girl's Thoughts

Will Ashley find love on the Bachelorette?

2011-07-14T20:40:00.000-05:00

Ashley probably doesn't have much time to really love any of the guys left after wasting a lot of her time whining about Bentley and the dot, dot, dot business was also really driving her crazy along with the viewers. We all expected this season to be one of new found love and fun but the dates she made up or the producers were all really lame. Going to get wedding pictures and having Ames in pink and light blue was awful. I think J.P. is bordering on being an abusive spouse in his future marriage and he is really insanely jealous of her kissing the other guys. Really J.P. ? How can you really be in love with her? Would you be violent to a woman because of your jealous feelings that you may not control? That is a red flag so I say he would not be a good match. Did anyone see how Ashley was counting on getting rid of Ames on their first date but he was entertainingly funny and a remarkable man. And hot too. I have yet to see her laugh so much on any of her next dates after Ames. I think Ben is still a bit inmature so I hope she doesn't pick him. I think Constantine is not into her as much as he himself wants so he would not even consider marrying her. So my choice is Ames and I think she will blow it with him somehow. I hope not but this is reality tv. What do you think? Will Ashley make a good choice and fall in love and be loved in return this season?

American Idol,Top 13 tonight, my review!

2011-03-09T22:25:00.001-06:00

I think Pia,Jacob,Casey and James are in the lead for the top spots. Lauren did a Shania Twain which over the years her songs do not do well and although Lauren's tone was good the song was just not a good choice. I know she wants to go country after this but Carrie Underwood did not sing all country on Idol to remind us of her countryness so I think Lauren needs to take a break from country and really show us if she is better than Pia vocally and really show us what she can do. Pia sang a Celine Dion song and did not disappoint me and it was as strong as last week and the audience is growing fond of her and she is very pretty. Jacob also belted out the vocals on "I Believe I Can Fly" and we all love to hear his voice. Casey moved and grooved a Joe Cocker's hit and he showed us more of his awesome personality. I think Paul played it a little safe and basically did the same big beautiful smile and dance as last week. Scotty did Garth Brooks and did it well. James sang Paul McCartney and showed us he has a good tone and can sing as well as hit the very high notes.Karen did not show me any great performance but the song was ok for her. The producer told Stefano to open his eyes and I really don't think he took his advice to well as it made me notice how much he does close his eyes and he really doe not need to do this but the song was a Stevie Wonder song and he really did it his way. Naima moved with ease and sounded real well on her choice of a Rihanna's "Umbrella" song and showed us more of her personality which I really enjoyed and she is taking it all in and being so cool and such a natural beauty.Hayley did Leanne Rimes "Blue". I think it fit her vocals but she could of picked an even better choice with the millions of songs out there.Ashthon did a Diana Ross song and Randy did have to tell her she reminded him of her but alas she did not sing or put any of her diva-ness into it. Thia also took to heart what Randy said about her reminding him of Michael Jackson and sang "Smile". I think the first part was great like the judges all agreed on but we all did not like the jazzy part of it and this is because she possibly can't be heard well with music playing? I think Jacob need to find better suit coats or just forget the suit all together and be in style. Lauren looked like her age in her choice of clothes but the top made her look a bit top heavy. Ashthon wore a gown as did Pia,Karen and Thia and they all looked ok. Casey wore tube socks with plaid shorts in his rehearsals,ugh! The suit he wore on stage seemed a little small or tight,like he could rip it if he stretched. Hayley wore a sexy short dress. James wore cool rocker clothes minus his tail. Stefano wore normal hip clothes as did Naima with some rockin' boots.Paul had a hip jacket on and boots that look cool on him. Scotty wore another country button down shirt and jeans and he had it untucked. I think Stefano still may be in trouble and Thia.

Kikkoman Sweepstakes

2011-01-10T15:24:00.000-06:00

Enter the Kikkoman Thrill of the Grill Sweepstakes for a chance to win $10,000 to throw the ultimate party, or win one of hundreds of Kikkoman products like their cookbooks,Ponzu sauce,tempura mix,and more!

http://www.kikkomanusa.com/homecooks/giveaway/index.php

Coupons in FIRST for Women magazine!

2011-01-10T12:34:00.000-06:00

Check out First for Women magazine the next time you are checking out at the grocery store, I find coupons in it monthly.

Lee DeWyze - Sweet Serendipity

2010-12-02T10:06:00.000-06:00

Lee DeWyze - Sweet Serendipity: "Live It Up"

October is Here

2010-10-02T21:14:00.000-05:00

Went outside in the crisp fifty degree weather and did some fall cleanup like many of our neighbors have been up too. I don't decorate for Halloween anymore like when the kids were younger but I love to buy the caramel apples and other goodies to eat. Hubby did yard work as well and it was nice working in the yard together as a couple. The dogs liked the time outdoors too and Lucky is back to being his frisky self. I did go to Walgreens today and I had the $5.00 off of 10.00 on Wet n' Wild makeup so I went wild and did all three of my coupons as there was just a great selection of 50% off stuff and I figure I can also give some of it away to family. I got some great lip gloss too! We cooked out brats and we built a fire and had that going for awhile. It totally was a fresh air type of day,but both of us have allergies that made us a bit under the weather. I have been hooked lately on the HGTV channel of shows. I bought new living room curtains in a maroon color because of needing a change. I want to do so much more! I have to spend some time tomorrow with cleaning up the house and doing my coupons. Last Sunday two of my Sunday papers were ripped off of the coupons. I believe someone took them out of my papers. This weekend I will check to make sure that all my papers have coupons as there is to be three flyers in them.

My Walgreen's Deal

2010-07-21T18:14:00.005-05:00

Here is my transactions I did yesterday. I bought the Kettles chips separate as I used a Free coupon that I received thru Facebook I believe. So zero out of pocket for one bag of chips. Next I bought

Cool School Box - .49 Sale

Penway Memo Book,50 sh. .49 Sale

Bic Bright Highlighters,5 - .49 Sale

Penway Erasers,2 - .29 Sale

Pilot G2 Pen Blue,2 - 1.19 Sale

Penway Highlighter,neon gr,-.09 Sale

Colgate Total Clean 5.8oz 3.49 Sale

Purina One 6oz ast. .50 Sale

Purina One 6oz ast. .50 Sale

Walg.Moisture Lotion .50 Sale

Dr.Scholl's Skin Eraser 6.99 Sale

Dr.Scholl's Skin Eraser 6.99 Sale

Minus-Walgreens July Booklet coupon for Pilot G2 Pen -1.00

Minus-Walgreens July Booklet coupon for Dr.Scholl's -10.00

Minus coupon 1.00 off Purina One any size -1.00

Minus coupon 2.00 off any Dr.Scholl's for her product -2.00

Minus coupon 1.00 off Colgate Total -1.00

Minus Register Reward in amount of 5.00 -5.00

Minus Register Reward in amount of 2.00 -2.00

SUBTOTAL= .10

5.5% Sales Tax= 1.22

TOTAL= 1.32 !!!!

Best part Received 5.00 Register Reward for Dr.Scholl's

and Received 3.50 Register Reward for Colgate Total

Bachelorette Ali and other news

2010-07-19T20:27:00.001-05:00

Watching Ali on the Bachelorette TV show and she gets rejected by Frank one of the last three guys she wanted. I think she should pick Chris. He is older and from Massachusetts where she is from too. Anyways ,the way this Frank guy explains himself on air is ridiculous. Really,Frank we don't feel any sympathy for you. You used the show. You hurt a great girl. Amazingly,you are fooling the future wife you are supposedly in love with and she is taking you back after watching you toodle around the earth with Ali. Is she nuts?! Why is she taking him back? He says his heart is with this Nicole back home and dreamed about this Nicole all along while kissing and loving on Ali. Wow! The other thing I saw on a commercial break is there is going to be a show about a man and woman that want to divorce each other. They say that they can't afford to leave each other! The worst part is they want to be filmed and there is their children involved watching all this horror develop and unfold in front of them! The show will be a horrible nightmare for these kids the rest of their lives because Mom and Dad want the notoriety and cash from some producer. What is wrong with this couple! How can they do that to their kids! I am just blown away by that. What do you think about all this?
more soon:got to let my dogs out in a thunderstorm...yipes..

A few Sites

2010-07-16T21:14:00.000-05:00

I was visiting http://slickdeals.net and found a friends blog that is hosting a nice giveaway. Go to www.chatwithvera.blogspot.com her giveaway is real simple to enter and its called Cheerios "Do What You Love" Contest and Giveaway. I entered it and her blog is known to have giveaways and is interesting to go visit and if you win let me know and if I win I will let all know too.

The week after a vacation

2010-07-16T20:37:00.000-05:00

The week after your vacation is hard for alot of us. I was on vacation last week. I slept alot and probably got too much sleep. I stayed up late and then I wanted to go back to bed after I let my dogs out in the early morning because somehow dogs do not realize you want to sleep in! I usually skipped lunch too which I don't ever do when I work but time slipped away and before I realized it I looked at the time and it was already two or three so I waited or I had a sweet snack to hold me over. This week I was glad to go back to doing a schedule but I was grumpier than normal because I wanted to have more time off. It put me in a mood of ups and downs this week. Now its Friday and I am glad this week is over! To all of you going on vacation realize the next week back may not be as great as you think or it may just be awful. more soon: going to see the deals on Slick deals.

A Busy Mom's Life

2010-05-06T21:20:00.000-05:00

Do you ever feel like the day just flew by and things are not getting done like you thought? Today was one for me. I get up and take care of my dogs first before myself. My sons are older and they start later than me so I rarely see anyone before going to work. My youngest son is going to graduate this year and his schedule for school allows him to sleep more than me. I am real lucky that he is a morning person and has no trouble hitting the off button on his alarm clock and getting up on his own. The dogs today were really stalling in their morning duties. They looked like they could just sit all day and sniff the cool morning's breeze. I coaxed them by repeating "Go potty" and other bathroom words to go. Finally they all went and we went in and I realize I got to get my butt moving! At work we were busy as usual but then we got "crazy busy" and it was none stop till I did some overtime and got home. My wonderful hubby had dinner going again! That really is a blessing having a man that loves you and does things for you like this! I planned on doing some coupon organizing but I also want to get caught up on my emails so as you can see I am at least online! I am so glad my favorite idol Lee DeWyze is in the top four this week! Yes America is seeing that my pick is super great! You will be hearing Lee on the radio next fall because with his voice it will be hit after hit after hit! I made some awesome friends this week on Mom Bloggers Club and am devoting time there and as well on Blog Catalog. More soon: I want to find out how to add my name in cool letters to the end of my posts like some that I have seen! Any ideas where to look would be most welcome.

New BABIES Sweepstakes!

2010-04-21T14:13:00.000-05:00

Earth Day is April 22

2010-04-10T21:17:00.000-05:00

Did You Know? Earth Day Fact Check
This year marks the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day!
Test your knowledge. How much do you know about the planet's holiday?

1. Question - How many people were part of the first Earth Day celebration?
A.400
B.5,000
C.100,000
D.20,000,000

2. Question - What organization was created in 1970, the year of the first Earth Day celebration, to help protect America's environment and public health?
A.National Wildlife Federation
B.Environmental Protection Agency
C.The Forest Service
D.The Clean Water Commission

3. Question - Earth Day has always been about inspiring people to make individual changes in their lives to make a worldwide impact. What was the focus of Earth Day 1990?
A.recycling
B.tree-planting
C.solar power
D.gardening

4. Question - What is the environmental movement's focus for this year's Earth Day?
A.mountain top removal
B.clean water
C.climate change
D.endangered species

Answers-1.D 2.B 3.A 4. C

Lee DeWyze, my American Idol to WIN!

2010-03-26T19:40:00.001-05:00

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Spring Cleaning Savings!

2010-03-24T19:23:00.003-05:00

I had great savings again this week on cleaning products of all kinds at Copps Food Center. The Pledge Wipes, Nature's Source, Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Cleaning Spray, Windex Ultra, and Fantastic Spray were all items I got for cheap with coupons. The sale price was $1.99 but I had $1.oo off and .75 cents off coupons!! Yes I felt it was time to get my spring cleaning products stocked up and I accomplished that part of the goal now I just have to put my new products to use this weekend and the following weeks to come. I am not dreading that too much either because it feels great knowing my home is spring clean fresh like the windows letting in some nice fresh air! Is it nice where you are now? We have daffodils almost up. I can hear a few robins but I haven't seen one personally yet. We are getting the itch to grill out more often and have done so as the weather here has been up around 50 degrees some days. We went to the store this past weekend in sweatshirts in 35 degree weather. I told my husband that in fall if the temperature was like this we would be in winter jackets but now we are used to it and 35 feels great like a heat wave!
more soon: off to watch Lee Dewyze on Idol!

Mom's Saturday

2010-03-06T17:52:00.002-06:00

I am thinking back on the deals I did this week. I went to Copps Food Center on Wednesday as it doubled ten coupons this week instead of their normal five. I got Jack's Pizza for $1.60 with coupon of .40 cents off. I got On-Cor frozen meals for less than $2.00! I got Coffee-Mate creamers for .25 cents with .75 cents off coupons. I scored ten free Edge Shaving Creams for free as I doubled my $1.00 off coupons. I also got B1G1 free Starkist tuna on sale for cheap,milk and Pepsi were what I used to get my amount to the twenty-five dollar amount that they require to allow doubling any coupons and milk was on sale for $1.98 and Pepsi was too. I used the $1.00 off Hormel blinkies I found at Copps to get the microwave dinners for $1.00! I also used my B1G1 free on Purex and got them for 1.50 each cheaper than Walgreens which I did get a few there and paid 2.00. I saved 73 plus dollars and paid around $50. I really wish Festival Foods would double coupons and SuperValu stopped taking internet coupons because they are afraid of fraud coupons so I guess I wish they would double regular coupons at least. I shopped Walgreens this week and saved on Tylenol PM and Motrin PM. I also used coupons on Right Guard which was B1G1 and paid only .50 cents a piece! I got my son Starbucks Frappuccino's for free! We were low on black olives so I stocked up on those. I found kid's Band-Aids on clearance for 2.39 so I only paid .39 cents each and I went to several Walgreen's and got them. I got Icy Hot pads free with coupon. I bought one Schick Quattro razor for women and used a $3.00 peelie and got a 3.00 Register Reward. This week I did not get many Register Rewards but I got a lot of really cheap stuff.
more soon:got to go play a few games on Facebook!

Mom Power

2010-01-13T18:04:00.002-06:00

I got Parents magazine Jan. issue today and in it is four coupons I found. The ones I clipped are .50 cents off Eggland's Best Eggs, $1.00 off 2 Sesame Street Products, and a $1.00 off a up & up total purchase of $3 or more. There was also a coupon for jars of baby food and a Gymboree coupon but I don't need those. I found an interesting article about the Power Mom's. What they basically said is something I have seen pick up pace in the last few years.... that Mom's can sell their ideas online and other people are willing to read their advice. Here are the Power Mom's as listed so go check out these influential mom's ok?
CutieBootyCakes.com by Renee Ross
MomItForward.com by Jyl Johnson Pattee
TheMotherhood.com by Cooper Munroe and Emily McKhann
AlpaMom.com by Isabel Kallman
CoolMomPicks.com by Liz Gumbinner and Kristen Chase
Dooce.com by Heather Armstrong
DesignMom.com by Gabrielle Blair
Techmamas.typepad.com by Beth Blecherman
CityMama.com by Stefania Pomponi Butler
MomAdvice.com by Amy Allen Clark

I watched American Idol last night, the premiere and it was good. It is on again tonight in a different city. We had burgers for supper,hubby made them, yum!
more soon: Val

A New Frugal Year

2010-01-09T22:04:00.003-06:00

This is my second year of actively getting coupons and using them. I hope to save a lot more by smarter shopping. I won't do every deal I see as they really do come back around. I have a small stockpile started which is exciting. I use a reusable cloth shopping bag to carry plastic pocket sleeves filled with different categories of clipped coupons. I carry coupons that could pop up in any store in my purse that I know I will definitely try to use or really want to use. I also put in the weeks register reward coupons-Walgreen's and extra care bucks coupons-CVS to help me with that weeks dealies if I have them. When I go to Copps Food Center,SuperValu,Target and Festival Foods I will stuff coupons I find such as tearpad coupons,blinkie coupons and peelies in a special sleeve I have for them. Later I will take all those out and sort them into their right category pocket or put in my purse if its a great coupon I know I want to use soon. I have added quite a few categories as my stock of coupons grew to a bulk if I left it to just health and beauty and other basic categories. It is much easier this way to pull out just the deodorant coupons to find Tag deodorant than if it was mixed in with all the other areas. I also kind of have a clue as to what coupons are out there but believe me I still find lots of new and cool coupons. This week I found one for WD-40 and a peelie for Buy one get one ChiChi's meal. I think it is wise to get food deals at a variety of stores as it worked this way last year for me. I just have to be more vigilant at reading up on the sales for each store and getting my coupons ready for that week.
more soon: got to clip my coupons.

The Deals I Did This Week

2009-11-20T20:24:00.002-06:00

I went to Kmart and redeemed my catalina's I received from Kmart doubles. I had quite a few savings coupons for Christmas candy. I came home and added this to my stockpile I had started from the coupons for Halloween candy I had redeemed. My boys,hubby and myself did make a nice dent in the candy as we all love sweets or snacks. I got several catalina's for buying Gillette shaving cream at Walgreen's this week. I used my coupons for that plus the following items: Covergirl foundations,blush,eyeliner,French's crunchy onions,Campbell's Gravy,Aussie shampoo,Lindsay Black Olives,Skippy Peanut Butter,Ricola cough drops,Gillette Body Wash and deodorant,Colgate toothpaste,and Goldfish Cheddar crackers.Also got Dr.Pepper soda and Suave shampoo I used as a filler once. I went to Target and got nearly free lightbulbs,Degree deodorant and Spray,Tide trial size detergents,Nivea lip moisturizers and hand lotions,Kraft marshmallows and I also got Ocean Spray cranberry juice. I want to get some large Miracle Whip soon so I hope a store has that on sale soon as I am out of that type,I still have tons of Hellman's but I really like the Whip on my leftover turkey sandwiches. I joined BeRuby.com and so far have made 10 cents in a few days!
more soon: got to catch up on my emails!~~~~~~~

Why is it October Already!

2009-10-11T20:27:00.004-05:00

We had a small cookout today. We had a fire going and it was sunny but I still had to wear a warm fleece hoodie and sweatshirt underneath as it was only in the 40's today. I had the dog's all wearing assorted little coats. It was fun seeing them run around in the different colors. Lucky was wearing a jean jacket,Cissy had on a pink sweater,Pippy was in a light green fleece,and Minnie wore a blue sweatshirt type jacket. This weekend I bought on sale 4 hooded sweatshirts for the boys. My hubby put plastic on some of the windows today. Walgreen's has an impressive month long list of register reward deals that I stocked up on. I really like the new Vaseline sheer infusion. It comes in different flavors and I bought all of them. It really works well. I got 4 Sunday papers to clip coupons out of. I think this is what I will get on a regular basis and if there are really great coupons I will get 7 or 8. Do you need to find a blog with links for a lot of good coupons? Go to her blog its http://mrsbuysmoreandmrsavesalot.com is titled "Mrs Buys More Mr Saves Alot" and I have found it to be very helpful.
more soon: got to catch up on my emails

Walgreens Tripping Out!

2009-09-09T07:43:00.006-05:00

Did some awesome dealies at Walgreen's this week so I am gonna share! First trip I bought: Scrubbing Bubbles Shower Kit 9.99 -7.00 cpn.
Glade Sense&Spray 5.99 -4.00 cpn.
Penway Highlighter .25
Penway Highlighter .25
Coffee Filter's clearanced .59
Carefree Liners 1.99 -1.00 cpn.
Glade Candle 2.00 -Free cpn.
Glade Candle 2.00 -Free cpn.
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Used two RR's one 4.00 one 3.00=1.33 total! Total Saving's 43.16!
Wonder Bread 1.29 -.55 cpn.
Wonder Bread 1.29 -.55 cpn.
Pencils 6 ct. clearanced .25
Pencils 6 ct. clearanced .25
Pencils 6 ct. clearanced .25
Glade Sense&Spray 5.99 -4.00 cpn.
Walgreen's Paper plates 1.00
Snuggle Softener clearanced 3.49 (didn't have cpn!)
Coleman Bendable Lighter 1.59 clearanced- for hubby
Precision Driver 1.59 clearanced- for hubby
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Used four RR's one 4.00 one 3.00 one 2.00 one 1.00= 2.68 total!
Total Saving's 35.11!

My Shopping Today

2009-08-08T21:01:00.003-05:00

I went to Copps Food Center to get the six cans of Chef Boyardee ravioli for $1.00 each Free! with six coupons that I had for 1.00 off of one can. I printed those off the internet. I also purchased four Colgate toothpaste for $.88 cents and used two 1.00 off and two .75 cents off coupons I got from the Sunday papers. I also had a coupon from All You magazine August issue that was for one free can of Manwich if you bought two cans. They were on sale for $1.00 each this week. I bought two Breyer's yogurt for .66 cents each. I had a 1.00 off coupon I printed off coupons.com so I only paid .32 cents for two! I also bought four Roundy's yogurt for .55 cents each, one was .45 cents because it was a light yogurt, darn I should of caught that price. But anyways I used the .75 cent off coupon if you buy four of any type of yogurt on those so I only paid $1.35 for four. I bought the limit of four Roma Pepperoni and Sausage pizza for $1.33 each for the boys as they love that for lunch. I used the Copps flyer coupons for a loaf of bread for .67 cents,it was a dumb limit of one. Geesh! I have three guys to feed so one loaf is gone fast. Hubby did his own smart shopping this morning over at Kwik Trip. He got three loaves of bread and two packages of twelve doughnuts each for $5.99. The bread is cheaper than Aldi's brand which is .79 cents now. My youngest son Bryan finished his own deal of buy 4 shirts at PacSun and get the fifth free. They gave him a card to get punched so he didn't have to buy all the shirts at once. I was very proud of him as he used his own work money to do the deal.

A COUPON GIVEAWAY!

2009-06-15T09:18:00.002-05:00

I found a blogger that is giving this gigantic amount of coupons as a giveaway so go to http://savingandgiving.blogspot.com and enter for a chance to win!

Coupon Craziness Has Hit!

2009-05-19T07:53:00.002-05:00

I never thought I would break out of the awesome deals I find at Aldi's food store but I got hooked on couponing. It was easy with sites like Deal Seeking Mom, Couponing 101,Hot Coupon World,A Full Cup,Slick Deals,Grocery Smarts,Bargain Briana,Hip 2 Save,Mister Deals,and I Heart Wags and I Heart CVS. I am slowly getting a stockpile that my husband says is impressive in the short time that I started with. I love getting the deals, don't have to do all the work these men and women do on their sites finding the deals for me either. I just have to print off internet coupons,buy Sunday papers and get my families coupons they don't want and organize them to go get the deals. I work full-time and have pets that take up some after work time,supper to cook,and home to clean and still I can watch tv,play on the internet and still save money so you can too. I am happier too because I know that it would not be possible without me finding these awesome sites. I don't have to spend much money either. I hope all small and large food manufacturers will keep giving the public awesome coupons because we are listening and want to buy your product.

Oprah and Ellen on O Mag Soon !

2009-03-20T19:49:00.003-05:00

My two favorite television show hosts have promised to do a cover on O magazine soon! I was browsing the web on Ellen's TV website and there is a video of Oprah surprising Ellen on her show. I am really excited as I am a subscriber so yes I will get the magazine for sure!! This is going to be great. I enjoy both shows as you can probably tell.
more soon: got to let the dogs out.

My dog Cissy and her new pup

2009-03-16T18:28:00.002-05:00

Learning to be a Pet Grandma

2009-03-11T16:22:00.003-05:00

My dog Cissy, my littlest Shih Tzu had her one pup on March 1st. My husband says it looks like a little cow because she is white with a black head and a black spot on her back. She is a tiny little pup, that looked like a baby mouse when she was born on my bed. Yes, Cissy was scared to leave us and naturally since she sleeps with us she wanted to be on the bed panting away. So I put a towel under her and fell asleep for a couple of hours until I heard a squeak. I hurried and turned the light on after reaching down and getting my hand wet. I knelt and looked on in awe for a bit as I watched Cissy turn into a Mama. Then I carefully lifted her and baby and brought her to the pen we had set up for her. Now it is day 11 and baby pup has not opened her eyes yet. She is tubby with squatty little legs. Her face around her eyes has lightened up a little to a yellowish color but she is still black there too. Hubby got the pup baby cereal already but it is too early for that so I have been giving Cissy a bowl of it every morning. She has been very protective and told all the other pets that this is hers and back off. She does not growl at me or nip or anything as she trusts me completely with her. I am a new pet grandma and have never raised a pup before. I have learned everything from the internet. Hubby had a golden retriever that had puppies so he kind of knows but he was a teenager and really didn't raise them, his parents did. I know it is going to be a lot of work changing papers and bedding. I went last weekend and got all pets new chew toys and the pup two new stuffed animals to sleep with, I read that they like that. I will post pics this weekend.
more soon: got to go read the twitters.

Zippety Doo Da, Zippety Aye!

2009-02-28T18:17:00.005-06:00

http://www.annebradshaw.blogspot.com

I am excited about a few books that are written about a subject that has always fascinated me. Angels,heaven,souls coming to earth,the afterlife,near death experiences,are these things that you would like to read about? Well the blog "Not Entirely British" has invited author "Sarah Hinze" to her blog. She has been kind enough to offer in the contest a copy of each of her two books and a CD recording of a show she did on public radio. The books are "We Lived in Heaven" and "Songs of the Morning Stars".
On family life today I cleaned the house. I got Zeke my German Shepard a bath, went to Wal-Mart and got the dogs some new toys and dog treats that I found for a buck a bag. I also used my coupon I got from Suave for a free bottle of shampoo and I got the $3.00 dollar one! Yippee! Did anyone else notice that the 50lb. bag of dog food is now 40lbs. and for almost the same price the 50lb. one was. What a rip off! I really needed that extra 10lbs. to make it thru the budget I had made. My little dog Cissy is going to be a Mama and I can really feel the baby or babies move on her belly. She is so loving right now.
more soon: off to get me an ice cream bar!

It's A New Day

2009-02-21T15:05:00.005-06:00

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Just got word of another great book contest at "Not Entirely British" It runs until the 25th of Feb. and the winner gets a copy of award winning author Josi S.Kilpack's latest book "Lemon Tart". The book is the first in a culinary mystery series. The author lives in Utah with her four kids. I had a son in Utah, my first born was born in Tooele,Utah. I know in some parts of Utah you can have horses and farm animals if it was there to begin with, so in major parts of Lehi you can see horses as you cruise down the highway, its crazy but nice. I remember when we visited last and we strolled down the sidewalks and there were roosters and chickens running around in people's yards. My step-Mom lives there and instead of bars on every corner like here in Wisconsin there is a pretty church with a white steeple on every corner it seems.
more soon: got to get my cup of hot tea!

A Few Thoughts

2009-02-11T18:21:00.002-06:00

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I went to Facebook tonight and saw a book contest that I thought I would share as the book would be helpful no matter what age you are because we all are parents,grandparents, about to be a parent or know all of the above and could give this book to them. It's called "Soft-Spoken Parenting" and is written by Dr.Wallace Goddard. I did have to blog about the book to try and win it but if I don't I will get the book for my friend at work. He adopted recently and as a friend I know he loves to read and has said he wanted to learn to be the best parent he can be for his little girl. I ask you to check out the link to Not Entirely British's blog and see for yourself.
On other things I recently celebrated my birthday. It was Monday and almost a full moon that night. I turned 45. I had red roses from my hubby! Last week was painful as I had an injection in my piriformis muscle which is up by my si joint. The doctor had to keep taking one needle out and numbing me with another needle because I could still feel it bad. She told me I was the first patient she had that had almost broke her needle as my muscle was so tight and hard. Yup I got buns of steel! lol. Anyways,after I went home I had about 4 painful days of recovery. I am on a new medicine since we found this out, I hope it works well. My job is fine with me having to go to therapy and all the appts. recently. I am lucky to have that and a supportive family. The kids did dishes and hubby did laundry while I was stiff ,I feel blessed and am feeling the love tonight.
more soon: have a blessed night with those you love.

Grounded on Ground Hog's Day

2009-02-01T18:05:00.003-06:00

Yes I am gonna stay home on Ground Hog's Day. I am trying to get out of debt so I am doing things myself here on the home front. I am clipping more coupons,shopping at Aldi's as it has the cheapest prices on the basics. My husband painted our bathroom and made some shelves himself. I will also make some curtains myself too. I make homemade dog clothes for the Shih Zu's because I refuse to pay $10.00 for a little shirt. I re-use my butter container's for leftovers and coffee containers go into my hubby's shop for all his knick-knacks. I give my dog's leftovers that are healthy for them so they don't eat as much dry food which has gotten way to expensive if you ask me. I hate the way they keep making items smaller but charging us the same price. I try to get the little freebies from the freebie sites and I do enter contests as you never know, someday maybe I will get lucky and win! I must be a little tired of snow as I was out chopping up ice on the driveway like a mad woman today, it was sunny and warm today...a balmy 35.
more soon: off to cheer on the Cardinals

A Friend's Story

2008-12-28T18:56:00.003-06:00

I had some shocking news today from my girlfriend of many years. Her husband had already gone through one brain tumor and had recovered from this so well. Today I found out he got another one and is in a nursing home unable to walk or eat or talk yet. We hadn't talked to each other for quite some time so I talked to her and I hope I kinda made her feel better. We will see Tom when my husband and I are off on Thursday. When you hear this kind of stuff it all sounds unreal like news that only happens in the movies but this is real life and I know someone that is having a rough deal on life. Tom is not much older than us, his wife is almost ten years older than him so she always told Tom jokingly "you'll be taking care of me" and yet no the tables are turned and she will be taking care of him. He may never walk or he could improve,I guess time will tell. Tom's first tumor was a case of him getting vertigo and he went first to the eye doctor. He then went to a doctor who found it in his brain. They have a trailer home which has a ramp from her Mom that had owned it before they bought it from her so she could go to assisted living. The trailer does have the modifications already done so that is one expense she won't have if he can ever come home. It is a sad kind of shock to us both. There is always someone worse off as they so often say.

A contest at Bitten By Books

2008-12-19T21:45:00.006-06:00

Bitten by Books provides book reviews for all types of paranormal fiction,urban fantasy and horror. The reviewers love books and they have honest book reviews, author interviews,interesting guests and of course, contests!
http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=2996

My favorite Christmas Memory

2008-12-09T20:44:00.002-06:00

My favorite memory of Christmas was always visiting my Gram's and one time we visited her till dark and we had to walk home.We were a family of six and we all started walking down the snowy street.We kids must have been all under 10. We looked up at the stars and saw a red light. Dad told us it must be Santa.We all got so excited and happy to see Santa's lights.I will always remember the joy I felt then. I miss my Gram but I can look at the stars and still say hi Gram, I love you.

A Contest at All Romance Ebooks

2008-12-05T22:15:00.003-06:00

Dear Santa,

I have been a very good girl this year. What do I want for the holidays? An iPhone/iTouch so that I can use Stanza to read all the romance I need from all the publishers I love that I buy at All Romance eBooks. You see, Santa, I deserve the iPhone/iTouch because... I know I won't buy a gift to myself like this but I also know I would enjoy it very much.
Enter to win the contest too at http://allromanceebooks.com/contest.html

That's How I Roll

2008-11-20T21:07:00.004-06:00

Wow, what a busy week at work! We moved to the building my boss has rented out to another lab for years. It had to be renovated some so we waited till that was done first. I still can't find my clock I had on the wall in my office. I had company paid lunches all week! It was great but tomorrow I want to go home for lunch as my dogs miss me not coming home then and their ritual is off so they are a little squirrelly. It was also very busy with work to do. I am glad tomorrow is FRIDAY! I got a raise too! YEAH!!!!! I saw Wall-E the movie and enjoyed it at my son's home on his big screen tv in blue ray. Wow, it was colorful! I got served a soda and Cheetos's and had my feet up. It was all good. I worked out yesterday but decided to visit blogs tonight and catch up on emails. I will work out tomorrow. I like my new work too and it is just as easy for me to get to work as before,only 7 minutes to get to work,very nice! I did notice if I leave late, I hit all the other office traffic so I am trying not to stay late, next week will probably be much smoother.
more soon: off to bed I go.

Walter the Farting Dog

2008-11-03T20:32:00.004-06:00

I was listening to my favorite radio station and Average Joe the DJ was laughing about the Jonas Brothers doing a movie on a farting dog. Several callers called in and said yes there was a book called "Walter the Farting Dog." I decided to check it out myself and this sounds like a great gift to give this Christmas. I hear it's a popular book but I never heard of it till today so thought I would share as maybe you haven't either. It's written by William Kotzwinkle and is on Amazon.There is even a cute stuffed dog to buy that when you squeeze him,he farts! If you don't get the book the stuffed dog sounds like a fantastic gift. Cool!
more soon:got to go exercise.

Clean Dogs

2008-11-01T20:43:00.004-05:00

Gave the three little ones a bath tonight. They are all wearing their sweaters now and are oh so clean! I have been online for only a little while tonight and I found some new blogs to read and will check back on them,they were so neat to read. I also saw a blog helper,its called widgetbox.com. Every weekend I try and watch a scary ghost hunter type of show. I also like the show where they try to discover who lived in the house before you and the treasures they seem to find on the property. I have an old furnace receipt hanging in our basement dated in the 50's. We found a pipe as we rototilled our garden a few years ago. Other places we lived we have found things too. We took to this home an old pitchfork and some old watering cans. I also have an old milk can from a farm. Did you find any treasures at your home? What weekend things do you enjoy?
more soon:got to get my bowl of ice cream,another weekend thing I enjoy!

Kibbles

2008-10-23T19:33:00.003-05:00

This is the second day of me being off from having my four wisdom teeth pulled. My face is still swollen and very sore. The dentist told me I definitely do not have osteoporosis as my teeth were firmly in place. I was awake the whole time and got needles stuck in my mouth next to the teeth quite a bit because I could still feel the pain of him pulling or drilling. I am glad to have it all over and done with. I enjoyed the sunny day today outside with my dogs,reading a little and doing a little puttering of this and that. I even did my workout today so that's good too. I have to take amoxicillan too and finding soft foods has not been as bad as I thought. I bet I could gain weight on soft foods,lol.
more soon:tired and need to get some zzzzz's

A Little Organization Please!

2008-10-06T20:51:00.002-05:00

We got lucky. My boss is renovating the building our company will be moving into in November. It had way too many counters in it and he said if any of us wanted some we had to get them out before they started renovating. My hubby and I got some for the back entry,the garage and the basement. I can be super organized now...lol. The boss also gave me a couple of nice cabinets. I gave one to my oldest son and the other one I am putting my office supplies and other stuff I needed a spot for. This is my new project that is taking up some time figuring out what I want to put where and helping me get rid of things too. I actually had some trial sized packets of Tylenol with an expiration date of 1999(gasp!) I tried the pears from our pear tree and they are delicious! It usually takes a good frost or two and we have had that. My healthy snack at work will be pears now replacing my cherry tomatoes. I am doing good with the heart rate monitor. I have worked out twice a week for over thirty minutes for five weeks already. Time has flew by. I saw only one tree so far with red leaves,most that I see with fall colors are yellow.
more soon:doggies want to go to bed.

Skin MD

2008-09-16T18:34:00.007-05:00

This product called Skin MD Natural is an absolutely,positively,amazing lotion. I get dry hands from chemicals at work,swimming in my pool and being over forty. I gave this lotion a good month trial to see how it would do. Blew my socks off!!! Yes, finally a product that feels great and gave me a smoothness of a babies butt. I don't get paid for this so please its not an ad. I really truly love this product. This winter I will not dread the chapped split hands I usually get from our cold winters here in Wisconsin. This lotion has moisturized my hands from within making me have smoother and silkier hands, ooh LA LA! I like that!Go to www.SkinMDNatural.com and check it out yourself.
more soon: a nice evening to enjoy!

Online Activist

2008-09-03T18:56:00.003-05:00

I was thinking today after getting an email from the honorable Senator Feingold that I am doing what I can to let the senators,congressmen,governor and even my mayor know how I feel about certain legislation. I get the easy way of doing this by emails from Defenders of Wildlife,Sierra Club,ASPCA,and various other activist groups. They send me a sample letter and all I do is fill it out and click send if I so choose to agree on their causes. I feel it is something I can do easily at home and I am all for protecting wildlife and our waters. Is anyone else shocked at the Republican nominee Sarah Palin? I went to the landfill with hubby to get rid of some grapevines on our side of the fence that disgusted me. I found a small shrub that someone else dumped earlier. We took it home and I planted it in back and watered the little thing. We also saw two bucks with the knobby fuzzy horns on their heads there eating some apples. It was real nice to see some deer today. Later on this fall I plan on bringing them some pears as we have a great pear tree in back but it does over produce so we can't possibly eat all of them even when giving a lot away. I turned off the central air ,yeah it is so nice and cool today.
more soon: going to eat my freshly baked cake with some ice cream,yum!

Weekend to Enjoy

2008-08-28T08:16:00.004-05:00

Wow! Is it really Labor Day this weekend! Can't believe it. We have very little fall colors here.The temps have dropped off during the nights though to a cool 50 or so. My brother's birthday is the first,he will be 46. My late Dad also had his birthday.
Today I started early and enjoyed the reddish pink sunrise. My manager that adopted the little boy had a major disappointment. Four days after bringing the little guy home the birth mother changed her mind. So with heavy hearts they had to return little Benjamin to the mother. Another sad event happened as well, my little nephew that was born with a hole in his heart passed August 20th. Louis only lived 7 months but he touched many lives with his happy go lucky outlook on life. My littlest pup Lucky was ill the other day. I am so glad he is back to his friendly little self. He was the runt and he is fatter than Cissy but still shorter than her. I have been looking for my charger for my new camera and haven't had much luck so I am going to have to buy a new one as I really want to add more pictures to my albums. I got my tooth pulled last week and I got dry socket.I have been going back and forth to the dentist to get dressing changes on the socket. It is still very swollen, it was one of my molars.
more this weekend: off to work!

Tallan Latz (aka: T-Man)

2008-08-12T17:52:00.006-05:00

I was cruising thru the internet today and stopped when I saw the article about an 8 year old boy blues prodigy. He plays an awesome guitar and is I believe from southeast Wisconsin. He has two bands already, the T-Man's Blues Project with older seasoned music veterans from the area and a young band with kids sixteen and under called T-Man and the Young Guns. I hope he comes to Green Bay soon to play as I really like the blues type of music. He doesn't need American Idol to be famous as I am sure he will be playing on the radio someday.Check out his website for more video clips and more information, its http://www.carllatz.com/tallens_corner.htm

An Opinion

2008-08-11T07:24:00.001-05:00

Warm Grass on my feet!

2008-08-07T19:13:00.004-05:00

Warm grass on my feet,fresh breeze thru my hair,and it's a beautiful day here. I went for a swim and then walked thru my grass and did it feel good. I needed that refreshment after work today. One of my managers adopted a new baby boy and this is their second son. We got to see the little guy today,so tiny,so precious. My pup Lucky is doing great, he thinks he is speedy now and his ears are funny when he runs so he makes me laugh when he does it. My garden has been great this year. I had fresh green beans the other night and yesterday we had beets. I got a strawberry plant ,only one as I was not sure if my soil was right to grow it. Well it took off like crazy so I will be getting more strawberry plants next spring as I have the perfect spot for them in a raised bed. I had two little oak trees grow from the acorns I had gotten last fall. I guess the squirrels forgot about those two so I transplanted them to a safer spot so the dogs wouldn't trample them. The picture is my neighbors grapevines gone wild,she has them all over.
more soon: going to get a big glass of water

HBO Donates to the Troops

2008-07-29T20:44:00.006-05:00

To support the troops, HBO and its corporate partners are donating products that our troops most frequently request. I visited www.genkilltroopdrive.com and added one product to the shipment — free of charge. You can select an item to add to HBO's care packages — at no cost to you. Simply log on and click to contribute. I think its great that a large company is doing this type of drive and it was fun picking out my selection, I picked Lipton Tea Singles as I heard the troops really like something to put in their warm water.

www.genkilltroopdrive.com

Favre and the Packers

2008-07-17T18:53:00.003-05:00

I have been listening to the news about Brett Favre and his potential unretirement. I don't know if he will stay retired or if he will come back to Green Bay or even go elsewhere and play for another team. My opinion is that he should of made his mind up before this and not went thru the whole retirement part but since he did I think he is telling the truth. He has given his dues to the Packers that is a fact. He is exciting to watch play and I will root for him wherever he plays. I love football and I can learn to love another team too. I am able to do that for Brett but some can't and I realize that as he does and he has even said as much. He brings an excitement to the game that few players have for me. I am sure whatever happens it will all be ok but it is the only thing exciting in sports right now so the media is going crazy about it. As for Ted Thompson, I think he will have a lot more to prove to the Packer fans now as so far he hasn't done anything. He sure isn't a Ron Wolf. The radio guys here are always talking about Brett as is our local news. We all have our opinions and it has torn some neighbors to arguing about it all. I know at work we all have our own ideas as to what should happen ,what could happen and how it will happen. Saturday is the Frank Winters presentation where Brett is to give him his award. Some say he will show and some say he won't go. Frank says he will be there for him. The Packer organization should be there too so maybe it will all get straightened out between them.
more soon: got to go for an evening swim.

Bear Poaching in the U.S.

2008-07-14T10:26:00.002-05:00

Many bears are killed just for their gallbladders, which are used in traditional Asian medicines to treat a variety of illnesses. Although accepted alternatives exist in traditional medicines, demand for bear parts is soaring.

As Asian bear populations have fallen, poachers are turning to bears in the U.S. to satisfy a flourishing black market. Each year, 30,000 or more bears are killed illegally in the U.S.
Poachers target hibernating bears in their dens and even track radio-collared bears that are part of scientific studies. And law enforcement agents report grisly findings: bear carcasses left in the woods with only the gallbladder and other parts removed.
I just asked my Representative to sign on as a cosponsor to the Bear Protection Act (H.R. 5534) -- bipartisan legislation that would help end this poaching plague. You can, too. Just visit the web site below:
http://action.defenders.org/endbearpoaching

Visit http://action.defenders.org/endbearpoaching and help save our bears!

Thanks!

Happy 4th of July Everyone!

2008-07-03T20:47:00.002-05:00

Whoo Hoo!!! Holiday! Yes! I am off a whopping five whole glorious days! I am so looking forward to getting a lot accomplished and getting all rested and relaxed. As my neighbor says Living La Vida Lo ca and yes I do plan on that! Fiesta time,family time whatever time I want!
more soon: going to get my party started ! LOL!

Get a Free Bottle of Lotion

2008-06-28T20:13:00.002-05:00

I received the Gloves in a Bottle lotion free from Pete Grimaldi and you can get a free bottle too if you would like to review the product and post on your blog.You also have to put www.glovesinabottle.com in your review. He kindly asked me to post his contact address and when you contact him include your blog URL and mailing address. Pete's email is petegrimaldi@earthlink.net and he is the nicest man. I received a to the editor letter inside the box and was real honored to be called an editor. I am sure you will agree it is a fantastic lotion. I worked as a nurse's aide years ago and I never forgot how dry older people's skin can get, if you have an elderly family member get this product for them, they will be so grateful.

An Elderly Chinese Woman

2008-06-24T18:48:00.002-05:00

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots,each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house." The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?" "That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them." "For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house."
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them. SO, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path! This Crackpot hopes you don't forget this.

Gloves In A Bottle

2008-06-20T21:35:00.004-05:00

I received a bottle of Gloves In A Bottle; www.glovesinabottle.com around two weeks ago. This product states that it keeps your skin's natural oils and moisturizers inside and bonds to your outer layer of skin. I have been real impressed with it so far. I liked that it felt silky as you put it on and as the days go by I can feel it making my skin softer and smoother. I have to work with methanol and other chemicals at work so I do wash my hands a lot. I also love to swim at home and I do like to pull weeds and plant in my flower beds. I forget to wear my gardening gloves a lot and when I washed off the dirt my hands would be so dry. I like that this seems to start softening my hands up again after I wash them. When I talk to my sister this weekend I will have to tell her about this and see if she has heard of it or not. She works in a busy hospital emergency room as a nurse so I am sure she'd like this. We try to call each other weekly as she is way out in California. I could never live there as it is too hot and I really love the four seasons here. She told me her gas prices are much higher there and if I could transport my house there I could probably get 200,000 more than what I paid for it. Can you believe that!
more soon: going to go get an ice cream sundae!

A New Puppy to Love!

2008-06-16T20:20:00.003-05:00

I swam in the pool this weekend,yeah! It was finally hot enough and the pool is cool but good enough as I was antsy to get in. I was the first one to go in this year. My son usually goes first but he has a cold and now today I am feeling like I am getting a sore throat. You know how it feels like something is irritating your throat slowly,painfully,swallow after swallow. I hope it goes away when I wake up tomorrow. Hubby and I went and got chili tonight for supper. It was our alone time as the boys were gone to work.It was also cool weather again. We had a late night yesterday as Father's Day was a cookout treat by my older son and his wife.The weather was great as it was 80 out. We had chicken breasts and grilled garlic and buttered shrimp on skewers. It was a very nice, enjoyable day. We saw all the boys home and I got to read my magazines and relax too. My hubby's way to relax is to do remodeling and home repair or work on fixing something. He is a go-getter. I am amazed at all he does. He put in a new window on the back enclosed porch. I forgot to mention our new puppy. His name is Lucky and he is a Shih Tzu too. I wanted to put a picture before I blogged about him but I haven't taken any yet and a few weeks have gone by. He is a brown chubby little fella with a black mustache and he is cute! I really wasn't sure if I would get a golden retriever or another little doggie and when I saw him I knew I had to have him. He is very tiny for his age,I bet he will be smaller than Cissy, my littlest one. These dogs love water so we have their own baby pool set up for them. They love it when I refill it with new water too and Zeke will lay in it when he gets hot.Lucky needs help to get in and out.
more soon:got to have a hot cup of tea tonight.

Green, Green, Grass of Home

2008-05-31T21:27:00.005-05:00

No place like home this weekend. I am so busy and tired tonight. I was outside most all day. We got the pool ready for summer and most of my tan today was from being out their in the open. We got a new little puppy. This time round it is a little Shih Tzu boy. I loved his little face from the get go. He is round,brown and has a black mustache that makes him look sad. He is a busy little pup that keeps Ma hopping. I supervised my hubby cutting branches off this annoying tree near our driveway. It has little seeds that fall, then little flowers then it drips sappy crap. It is a yucky tree to have near vehicles. He did the cutting,I did the hauling. We took a drive to the landfill to drop off the big branches. We took Minnie and Cissy for a drive. They loved it. We spent time with our youngest son after he got done with nine hours of work at the florist store. He was pooped. He was in a good mood though and he had us laughing. We ate outside and spent more time outdoors to let the dogs get one last hurrah. I took a relaxing shower as I am tired but happy at what I got done. I got my trees from the Arbor Foundation too and got them all planted so I have more babies to watch grow up. There is no place like home.

Planted with Character

2008-05-27T20:03:00.003-05:00

I had a thought today about trees in nature. The little seeds fall where they may in the woods and sprout. They grow to be big trees or small ones twisting around to get whatever sunlight they can. They don't need special fertilizer or anything like that. They gobble down all the water they can when they get it. We have to get back to the Green in us. Everyone is saying go green as if its a new idea when nature has been doing it all along. I have a tree that sprouted from flying into my yard from who knows where. I did nothing but watch it grow for awhile. My hubby even weedwacked it on it's bark a bit. It still grew up but with his characteristic mark on his bark. It has a garden of plants surrounding his glory now and it hasn't even reached his full height. The saying grow where your planted makes sense but we can also grow with character. I had to cover my tomato plants because I really want fresh tomatoes and the weather alerts say it will get real cold tonight. Would you believe yesterday it was eighty-two and tonight may be thirty-four.
more soon: going to have a bowl of ice cream,yum!

Fibromyalgia and Me

2008-05-11T19:52:00.004-05:00

I have been busy. I helped my hubby plant our garden this past week. It has rained too so that makes me glad the seeds got some rain. Today is Mother's Day and my boys all were home as well as my daughter-in-law who I love to pieces. We had a grilled chicken cook-out. It was also my second son's birthday,he is twenty-four. Can you believe how time flies? We had birthday cake and ice cream for dessert. I enjoyed the time together. I just want to share a site on Fibromyalgia as I do have it as well as chronic back pain. If you get an opportunity to go help make a difference for yourself and others visit www.FibroCenter.com. All you do is make a promise to do more,then submit it and the company Pfizer donates a 1.00 to a national Fibromyalgia support organization. Hey,its about time a big pill company donates some money to help us out so I am hoping any of you reading this can help us all out. My symptoms do get the best of me sometimes because I like to keep active and I do work full-time. Some days I am real sleepy like I did not sleep well and of course I ache more then but with the support of my family I can do it. I checked the site out and it does have a list of even more helpful web sites to visit too.

Spring Beauty

2008-05-03T21:36:00.001-05:00

The Blustery Day

2008-04-26T16:10:00.005-05:00

If I was Winnie the Pooh I may have enjoyed this day today. It has turned cold here by the Bay. I guess Mother Nature is not ready to call it the end of winter yet either as we might get some snow tomorrow. The picture is my son's white car and my neighbor's overflowing birdseed. My son Steve had his car break down this week. The ball joint broke and it is so bad that my hubby doesn't want to put more money in it as it is an older car. Steve got lucky though as he bought this car from a repair man that has his own shop for two hundred last year,drove it for a year and now the guy bought it back from him for one hundred,plus we get the tires back! Pretty cool! We talked to my husband's brother who said he has some time so he is going to fix the little red car my husband bought from their Mom awhile ago. We thought it would be a safe, reliable vehicle for Bryan when he gets his license. Well I drove it for a bit and the wheel wobbled in the front driver's side. My hubby could fix it if he had time but he works a lot of overtime. I am real glad the car will get fixed for a couple of cases of beer and Steve can use that car till he raises up some money for another one. My son Bryan is happy too as he starts drivers education soon. My last son to get a license,my baby! Ahhh, I have mixed feelings as I sort of don't want him behind the wheel yet but he is so excited so I am sort of happy too.
more soon: time for a hot cup of tea.

My Typical Day

2008-04-24T19:52:00.004-05:00

I got this tag from Tere at Tere's Journey in Life @ http://journeyinlife.i.ph/
What time do you usually wake up?
>> I usually wake up around 5:30am

What’s the first thing you do?
>> Turn off my fan.Drink some water.

Breakfast?
>> First is my coffee with my french vanilla creamer,then usually toast with pb&j

Do you go to work/school?
>> Yup I got to work.

Do you like it?
>> Yes,I enjoy it.

If you stay at home, what do you do all day?
>> When I take a day off I do a bunch of things such as garden,read magazines,clean,play with my pets,go outside and enjoy it there too.

When’s lunch and what you eatin’?
>> I usually go home for lunch and let my doggies out and eat a sandwich.

What time do you get home from work/school?
>> I get home when the boys get done with their day usually.

What do you do?
>> When I get home I usually try and exercise the dogs first and then read my mail and then get a meal ready if my hubby hasn't already started to.

Dinner: When and what?
>> We eat around 5 and we split the cooking,sometimes we grill out as well.

What do you do to unwind?
>> Play with the dogs and talk to my husband and sons.I email family as well.

What’s your favorite part of the day?
>> Afternoons are as I am not a morning person,although I love sunrise and sunsets!

Who’s your favorite person to interact with?
>> my husband and sons and then all the pets.

When’s bedtime?
>> I try and get to bed around 9-ish.

Who’s bedtime with?
>> my bestest friend-hubby and two little shih tzu's!

I am tagging all of YOU who reads this!

Just Chillin'

2008-04-23T21:25:00.003-05:00

I asked them to pose for me and Minnie seemed to say "What Mama?" And Cissy is just chillin' and wondering when the cats will come by so she can go follow them a bit.

My faith will carry me

2008-04-21T19:29:00.003-05:00

I have a heavy heart today. It is hurting inside me and maybe it will lighten up as I write these words down and express what has happened. A week ago I had two nights of scary type dreams about someone dying and then a funeral the next night. I even cried in my sleep. I had a feeling it meant a forewarning as I have had dreams before a family member died. My Mom came in a dream and there was a funeral taking place in the dream. I looked and was surprised my Mom was there next to my Aunt. My Mom had tears in her eyes but for some reason I knew these to be happy tears. Later that month my Grandma passed on and then I knew the meaning of my dream. This time my dream is about my real father.My Mom divorced my father and then when she remarried my new Dad wanted me and my brother to have his last name so we were adopted by him and given his last name. I did not have contact at all with my father until I was around thirty four. He wrote me a letter and I wrote him back and then we met each other. I get my Native heritage from him. We then continued to write each other year after year and, in this way I got to know him and love him deeply and I could see why my Mom did, at one time, love him as he is a very funny,smart,charming man. Well, he has cancer and now it is near his time of going to go up to see the face of our heavenly Father. I thought of him yesterday too as I was looking at some books he had given me. Today I got the call that it will be real soon from the nurse who is caring for him. I do feel somewhat better writing this down.
more soon: I have to go feel the cool breeze against my skin and thank God for IT!

Join AnimalAttraction and help the ASPCA

2008-03-29T19:26:00.005-05:00

I found a really cool, and FREE, online community for pet lovers called AnimalAttraction.com and thought you'd love it!
If you join, you'll also be helping homeless pets because AnimalAttraction makes a donation to one of their charity partners for every FREE registration. You'll get to choose which of the following charities you want them to donate to: The ASPCA, Best Friends Animal Society, North Shore Animal League or The Petfinder Foundation.
Go to the link below to check it out.
http://www.animalattraction.com/UserRegistration/tabid/100/Default.aspx

American Idol this year

2008-03-25T20:39:00.003-05:00

I am a huge fan of Idol and have faithfully been watching it. I think Simon Cowell is sexy and he is another reason I watch. Tonight Paula was wearing a strange outfit which could only be described as a stripper, dancehall girl gone mad. She even had cutoff silky gloves that ran up to her elbows! Anyways,I thought I would say my take on the contestants. I enjoy looking at Jason Castro as he reminds me a little of John Travolta but I don't think he will win.He sings indie real well though. I like Brooke White and she may get a recording contract as she does have a distinctive voice. I think Syesha and Chikezie can both sing but I don't think they will win and they will get voted off soon. I think tonight it was Ramiele's time to say goodbye as her voice was bad and a lot of number one spots have lost so far and she was in the number one spot tonight.David Archuleta and David Cook both sang well. It may be David Cook who wins Idol.He is starting to become more like a Chris Daughtry type. Carly has the Irish voice and she sang well to me tonight. I also think Kristy still will be in but not for long either. My sis told me Josiah Lemming the guy who lived in his car for the tryouts in the beginning just got a contract to sing.I think its great as he has a real cool voice. You can hear him on Myspace. I also like Chris Sligh's new songs.He is going to release his album soon but you can hear him on Myspace too.He also does several blogs. He is going to throw a picnic for his fans which is really cool. I loved his voice last year and am so glad he is singing and I know you all will enjoy his songs on the radio. I recently heard Phil Stacey's country song "If you didn't Love me" on my local radio and I liked it alot.
more soon: going to get some shut eye!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2008-03-17T19:00:00.004-05:00

This is my favorite Irish movie: John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in The Quiet Man. I watched this many times with my Dad who loved old classic movies. I respected his opinion of John Wayne,Jimmy Cagney,James Stewart, and many others. Here is an excerpt of the movie.
In one of the film's most fanciful, breathtaking, painterly scenes of the picturesque, pastoral Irish countryside (and the entrance scene for the film's star actress), Sean walks to an emerald-green grassy area of foliage where black-faced sheep are herded by a collie. As he lights a cigarette within a grove of tall trees, he turns and has a transcendent, romanticized vision of a red-haired, blue-bloused, scarlet-skirted, bare-footed lass (Maureen O'Hara as Mary Kate Danaher) tending the flock of sheep in the meadow. In the scene common in storybooks and legends of the past, Sean is transfixed by the ravishingly beautiful, auburn-haired Irish woman in the lush, emerald surroundings - she is equally interested in him and gives him a lengthy glance. Although her presence becomes a second reason to make Ireland his new home, the American is so awed and dazzled by her beauty that he doesn't trust the fairy-tale he has seen:

Sean: (rhetorically to Michaeleen about his distorted perceptions) Hey, is that real? She couldn't be.
Michaeleen: Oh nonsense, man. It's only a mirage brought on by your terrible thirst.
When I watch this movie the scenery of Ireland is so beautiful and so green,I hope it is still like this as I would love to go there.

Sunday Daydreams

2008-03-16T16:29:00.006-05:00

I woke up this morning with my toes on my right foot hurting bad. I broke those same toes over twenty years ago and I think its arthritis that was causing me so much pain. I got up and brewed some coffee. Today I thought it was supposed to be a little warmer than it felt but the north wind was keeping it kind of chilly today. My son and his wife came for a visit this afternoon. Both of them are going to college and today they both had off. Today is my son Steve's birthday. He is eighteen. I made him a cake yesterday and we had it yesterday too. He went out to see his girlfriend and some other guys and slept in real late this morning. I was thinking back to when he was younger today. I also helped my youngest son with his essay he was working on. It was about states he had visited. When he was eight we went to see my Dad in Utah. We drove our van there and took the lower highway and went to Iowa the first day. I remembered the noisy bugs that kept us awake till we were exhausted enough to sleep. We camped our way there and we were in tents. The other campers were real nice. We had a Packer sticker on the back of the van and people would toot their horns to say they were Packer fans as well. The boys were excited to see all the different terrain we drove thru and the different signs too. When we got to Wyoming and closer to Utah we drove thru a tunnel that was in the mountain. I remembered it as I had gone thru it before and the kids and my husband all enjoyed that. Utah has some long mountain roads and going towards Salt Lake City it seems like you will never get there. We went in August so it was hot then. My Dad took us all up in the mountains for a fun day. My husband got kind of scared the way Dad drove so close to the edge so he took over. We stopped by a wild stream and actually saw fresh trout swimming in it and the water was so cold. The boys and my husband went up the mountain in a tram basket in Sundance Canyon. I am scared of heights so I declined to do that. We stayed almost a week and then drove back on the highway that goes higher up and we went thru more of Wyoming this way and the scenery was more beautiful this way too. We slept in a campground that had teepees. It was real cold that night and my husband couldn't find his pillow so he used a tiny hammock pillow I had brought along.It was a memorable night because the ranger told the boys that since it was cooler to be careful that the snakes don't come and crawl in your teepee. We were all a little scared about that! We also stopped at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. The boys thought the statues would of been bigger. It was a great trip and I was real glad to bring back the memories of it today to my son.
more soon: going to eat some pizza!

The Perfect Proposal

2008-03-12T08:59:00.003-05:00

I was talking to some friends this morning about the perfect way to receive an engagement ring. One of my friends said she wanted it to be a total surprise. She wanted him to pick out whatever ring he wanted and propose. She mentioned a friend who got proposed to in front of her parents. We all did not like that idea. It is a special time and although she was glad to get proposed to,she wished it had been done in private.She also wished for a romantic place. We have all heard of the crazy inventive ways some people propose. I have seen the girls who are eating and bite into their new ring. I picked out my ring. I wanted it to be like my Dad and Mom's. They had a star like pattern and I felt it would be special to get that for luck and because they had had a great marriage. I guess it worked because this April will be twenty years together! I did not remember the exact way he proposed to me, I guess that makes me a little different than some. I have a friend that reminds her husband with twenty questions, it sounds like a drill to me. I really feel for him because if he can't remember she pushes him and reminds him of it. She is kind of bossy and seems like she wears the pants in the family so to speak.
more soon: got to get to work.

Lambeau Field

2008-03-07T20:22:00.003-06:00

This picture was taken last year,2007, when my husband and son went to the game. They had a really great time. If you go there you will see these statues in front. I have also gone to the games there and was lucky to see Brett Favre play and win against the Bears.

Zeke's Spotlight

2008-03-07T19:39:00.005-06:00

Zeke is his name and he is a purebred. My husband knew the guy who had the puppies. He told me that Zeke's Daddy was allowed inside of a tavern because he was so lovable and a cool dog. Zeke has proven to be so too. He is very mellow but he knows he is the pack leader and he is always first outdoors and first in. When we go out in the evening and it is dark he always will do one warning bark to let anyone know he is king and do not go into his yard because he is on guard. Our yard is very big and fenced. His favorite game is fetch and we have trained him to go into the enclosed porch and stay and we will hide his toy somewhere in our yard. We let him out and he follows his nose and finds the toy! He is very smart and we all are real glad he is in our family. He is already five years old.

2008-03-05T19:29:00.004-06:00

My cat Ditto is a loving family cat. He likes to see who has come to visit. He is not shy. He loves to lay on his belly and get rubbed. His favorite place to sleep is under the covers of a blanket. I got him thru an ad in the paper for free kittens. He was friendly and I liked his spots. He has grown up and is the largest cat I ever had. I will always have a cat because I like their company. Ditto will be waiting for me every morning to get his tummy rubbed and he lays on my bed during the day.

Brett Favre Retires Today

2008-03-04T10:19:00.002-06:00

A Tribute to Favre

Saturday's Siesta

2008-03-01T19:28:00.003-06:00

Today I really planned on cleaning the ole homestead but you know what I decided to take it quite easy today. I relaxed in bed and my son took my little bed mates outside for me. I lay in bed some more and my husband brought me breakfast in bed. He said now I just have to go make coffee. My husband hates my new coffee pot. It's not really new I got it not last Christmas but the year before from my oldest son. He said it could be presetted at night so when I wake up I can smell my coffee. It's great but sometimes I am too lazy to even do that so I rush around in the morning and make it most days. Anyways my husband pops his head in the bedroom and says "Hun did that little baggie you had on the counter have coffee in it?" I thought a minute and said "no," it was my leftover chili powder from the chili I made last night. I put it in the baggie because I wanted it to stay fresh. Well my hubby says "oh no!" and races back to the kitchen. I of course immediately knew he put the chili powder in the filter. I started to laugh as quietly as I could. I was in no hurry to see the disaster but I had to get up and go tell my youngest son the funny news. He was not so polite and started laughing out loud. Well it was real funny. I doubt I will ever get fresh coffee from him again but now I at least have a good reason to make it all the time. That started the day and then I got showered and dressed. A little later I decided to go get some essentials we needed as the cat's used up almost all their food and I also needed to stock up on soap and shampoo. It was a nice sunny day and the temps were around 30. I got home and ate lunch and then took the dogs out for a bit of fresh air. We had spotted a bunny the day before hopping in my neighbors yard. I can say bunny and the dogs know what I mean so they played like they were hunters and sniffed the fresh snow. I really have to get a pic of Minnie with her snout all covered in snow,she looks so cute when she does that! I guess time flies when your having fun because here it is already eight and I am now reading blogs and trying to make friends. Thanks to anyone who stops by.
more soon: going to read my magazines and sneak peeks at my hubby.

Retro is Hot!

2008-02-24T20:23:00.004-06:00

Does anyone else feel like me? I really like the old retro items companies are using on anything from lunch boxes to letters to bags. My newest find is the Mobile Edge Maddie Powers Cutebug Laptop Messenger Bag,see the picture. Wow I love it! I don't get paid to advertise this bag or anything I just love this bag!

Live Your Dream

2008-02-24T20:07:00.004-06:00

I was browsing thru one of my magazines this weekend and this site caught my eye.It's called Live your Dream Campaign. I thought I'd pass it along to anyone who cares to visit it. It's a volunteer organization for business and professional women,inspires women to live their dreams and also encourages them to pass their good fortune on to others.You can enter contests and create a personal plan to achieve your dream. It was a gorgeous weekend here,warmer temps and sunny. I did some early spring cleaning and rearranged my living room. It was fun and I like all that I did accomplish.

Road Protection?

2008-02-21T07:39:00.001-06:00

New Auto Security System Will Not Allow Car To Start If Driver Is Nick Nolte

Snowy Days

2008-02-01T19:32:00.000-06:00

We live in Green Bay,Wisconsin,a fairly large city. You would think that our snow plow trucks would be high tech and the drivers well trained and smart enough to know when they have plowed one street enough and not another.We live in a snowy state.Well to put it mildly,snow is not scraped off the streets hours after a snowfall. I can tell you the plow hasn't touched our street in over two days. We have streets that have corners that you have to four wheel and gun your ignition to make it past the snowbanks. I really think the drivers take breaks way too much and they only care about our major highways that circle the city. We knew at the beginning of this winter that the weathermen were saying this would be a snowy winter here. I really didn't care too much but this should of forewarned these city workers here. I am upset because I pay taxes to have a safe street to drive on and the city kids have to walk on these city streets to walk to school. If they don't want to call off school because of four inches of snow I suggest they walk the streets in town for three blocks and tell me if their pants and shoes aren't soaked. The plows don't bother touching the home lined streets till later in the evening. I think it's a crock if you get my drift! Did our taxes not pay for salt and or sand to be spread on the ends of the streets so we don't barrel into the main drags? My God, what would our city do if we were like New York where they get fourteen inches in one hour! I am also maddened by the amount of potholes I have to dodge daily on my commute to work. The same ones for over a month that I know now by heart. I feel like a race car driver with the amount of crazy steering I do in one day but I also cheer myself when I've successfully missed all potholes on Webster Avenue.This street is only to be driven as a last resort as it is a bumpy ride all the way. This is our welcoming road if you are unfortunate to take Webster Ave.,Exit Ahead. This is apparently not important enough for our mayor to repair as it gets worse with every year I have been here. We have bad city roads here and yet we have marathons held on them. If they win a marathon on these roads they are real warriors as it takes strength to go over all the ruts,cracks and bumpy bumps. I wonder if its just our roads that are like this or are all Americans suffering this plight? Will my mayor pay for our front end alignment,please?
more soon: going to go shovel my sidewalk at least I am doing my end of this deal.

Funny Politics

2008-01-25T20:02:00.001-06:00

I was watching Jon Stewart and then Stephen Colbert tonight. My son had it on and I just had to watch as they were hilarious last week. I liked how they made fun of the press coverage of the presidential candidates and how the media tries to make a mountain out of a mole hill time after time. You would think one of the reporters would have a sense of humor and would watch themselves on these guys shows and realize America is laughing at them all and tell the rest of the press. Jon and Stephen find a lot of funny things then put it all together and make great shows to watch and laugh about. I think alot of us haven't made are minds up yet and that's what bothers the media. They have been trying to guess what we want for a President and everytime they were wrong! I really am surprised that in order to stimulate our economy we will get a check. I don't see the reasoning of it and what we plan to do is pay bills with it. I used a vacation day today as I am sick and have my one bad cold of the winter,hopefully its just one! Anyways, I spent my day watching a little reality tv. I watched Celebrity Rehab. Jeff Conaway, who was in Grease a long time ago and also he was in Taxi with Tony Danza was a patient and he was in bad shape. They also had a Baldwin brother who was kinda cute like his brothers and the show was ok. I could not stand Peter Brady and his bride on another show or Scott Baio,Chachi from Happy Days television,in his reality of him going to be a Dad.Sorry Scott but you were a cranky teen and now your a cranky adult and being a Dad is not scary unless you don't want to be with the one you made the baby with or your still immature!
more soon: I got to go put some Vicks on so I feel better.

Online Friends

2008-01-08T19:45:00.000-06:00

I have been busy this evening. I cruised around online and looked and read blogs. I was speedy but I feel I accomplished a little bit tonight. I made tacos for supper tonight. It was very delicious. One of my sons had a bad stomach ache and had the flu today. He stayed on the couch most of the morning. I sanitized the bathroom and mopped the kitchen after work. I just felt I had to and maybe it will help get rid of germs. It's been raining here which is weird as it should be snow. We had tornadoes in the lower half of the state. It has been a strange start for January weather. My husband is on a different shift which is a little strange getting used to him being in bed almost all night. I am glad he is there because I like his presence. I sleep pretty good in the early morning and don't even wake up when he gets up. This is the first full work week I have had since we get paid days for the holidays. I am really tired in the afternoon. I hope next week I get in the groove again. I love nature. I looked up at the stars and the eerie mist from the lamplight last night and really felt peace. Other times I have heard the northern wind blow in my ears and felt shivers but good ones. The wind was telling me I am fierce and can be scary but I also will protect you. Maybe others hear nature calling in other ways. I like the sight and sound of a hawk's flapping wings and the sparrows frightfully flying into cover. It's a rush. I am on guard as well because my little Shih Tzu's would be a nice treat for him. The hawk is a red tail and he is a frequent visitor to my neighbor's yard. She has way too many fat sparrows and he knows he can get an easy meal. He even rips them apart on her grape vines. There is a pep rally this Friday in town for the playoff game on Saturday. I know my son is going to the pep rally with his friend who got tickets. My son Mark got a Brett Favre bobblehead at the last game at Lambeau Field for the regular season. He made friends with a guy who has two tickets and he has asked Mark four times this year and my son being a huge fan went willingly.
more soon: have to go out tonight and see the stars and let my doggies out,lol.

New Year to Make Things Happen!

2008-01-02T20:50:00.000-06:00

Positive thoughts are what I must feel. I have a new year ahead of me. I don't no what God has planned for me this year. I don't know what will change. I do know things will change,things will happen that I don't want but things also will happen that I will be excited about. There are many possiblities in this year ahead. I hope good fun things! We can always work on fixing up our home and there's always different plants to grow in the spring to make my yard even better. With my pets there will always be one who will entertain me silly and make me laugh out loud! I will find happiness with my husband as we enter twenty years of being with each other.It's a new year to find new and different ways to make him smile. My sons will be a year older and grow up a little more. My third son will graduate from high school. It will be an exciting time for us as he decides what step he will take.
more soon: the dog's want to explore the outside!

Packers = the Big Show

2007-12-20T18:27:00.000-06:00

The Green Bay Packers are smoking hot. Brett has seemed to recover from his sore elbow and his left shoulder is slow to mend but it doesn't seem to slow his throws down or his accuracy. We may make it to the big show, the Super Bowl! I don't know,I am real hopeful.
I just took some pictures of my pets in their red Christmas sweaters I made them. I hope they turn out. It is Zeke, minnie and Cissy all posing by the lighted Christmas tree. I always wanted something like this so I will be thrilled if it looks fabulous darling! Besides all that I read a few blogs. I don't have anything to gripe about or complain about. We are doing the best we can for the money we have available and some money on credit that will bite us in the ass in January. I wish I would win a contest and get us out of debt. My Mom always wanted to win Publisher's Clearing House when she was alive, she never found out they didn't give out all that money, but somehow they are on the internet still to this day. My Mom was a crafty person, she was an excellant cook too. She died when she was forty-five years old. I was twenty-one and pregnant when I found out my Mom had cancer. I was married and pregnant with my second son. I couldn't even be there as I was way up in Alaska with my husband and he was stationed there. We didn't have any money for me to fly back to Utah. My Mom held on till I had my son then two days later she passed on. I held it together pretty well for awhile,I had my sons to care for and they helped me as did time. My Mom was my best friend. We talked long distance alot, she missed her first grandson alot too. She was the best Grandma ever the short time she was. She sewed clothes, made blankets and all sorts of toys were sent. I guess it must be the holidays that bring her memory up, I didn't really plan on talking about her but I am glad I did. Gosh, she would be sixty-eight if alive today. Time flies, it really does.
more soon: off to dream a little dream of you...

Books on the web

2007-12-17T21:24:00.000-06:00

I have a new obsession ,finding books online to read.I discovered quite by accident as I usually do strolling thru webland that there are many many great authors out there that want you to buy their book,read their book, or win their book. I really didn't read alot in the last 10 years.I still found and bought books at rummages and stores but not alot.Now I am deciding its time to do a little me time and the thing I am enjoying is finding books and not just any old book either. I never knew I liked paranormal books but I found out thru reading a few excerpts that I do enjoy it. I also like the new werewolf and vampire books out there and there are all kinds of new romance books.I like the erotica books too,they really get down in those and reading about a woman loving a woman or guy loving a guy is ok. I don't really know if what a guy likes with another guy is basically what a woman likes from a man but these books sure do tell you some things.I always liked history and historical romance has always been a favorite of mine. My new site I enjoy alot is called Author Island. It has alot of authors and contests too.Yahoo.com has groups.I started finding alot of book groups that are real fun to join and they basically have authors they interview online and you get to ask the author anything you want. I have learned alot of these authors are really nice and fun people and alot of them have mini contests for e books and such. I am not a real winning type of person but I have won a couple of times! I now want to own a palm book reader so I can put books on it and read anywhere! I hope to get one for my birthday in February.
more soon: going to go read!

Snowy Days Ahead

2007-12-06T17:27:00.000-06:00

Snow is coming here tonight. The forecaster on my local news says it will be a more than the usual snowfall season. I already had a few problems with the snow. Where I work I am the earliest to arrive, on Monday we had 6 inches in our work parking lot unplowed! My boss is on vacation and I am wondering what happened. Our parking lot is divided with another business and theirs is plowed nicely. I go in and decide to do just the area by our doors. I am not dressed to shovel for very long either so my choice was the best I could do. Two days later we find out our contract says: the owner of the building is responsible for snow removal till the end of December! We already talked to the other business next to us and she told me that her plow driver would swipe our area for free. I thanked her and believe we need to get her a gift for Christmas as well as her driver. It has since snowed and their driver did a superb job of getting us our parking spots nice and clear. I no longer have to spin my tires to go in and out, yeah!
My little shih tzu's are my little alarm clocks gone wild! The second my alarm goes off I am pummeled by two little fur balls. They dance,they jump,they hop, they fly, anything to get me to pet their moppy heads and tell them "OK' I am up! I am not a morning person. I start every morning sleepy,groggy and in desperate need of a hot shower to help me to move freely, and a hot cup of coffee to help me to speak nicely. My husband is just the opposite. He doesn't need an alarm clock, he wakes up humming a happy tune! He is refreshed and even more perky after his shower. One of our sons is a clone and wakes up the same way. He loves to make his own monster egg sandwich, he is a very happy boy. I am lucky that way for sure. I go out in the fresh morning air and it really doesn't wake me up but I love to see my dogs run and play as if tomorrow they won't or I am sure you know what I mean, dogs love to run and breathe the air. The little ones don't like the coldness on their feet for very long though. I don't know if other little dog owners have the same problem but my little ones start to dangle one leg up to not touch the snowy ground. It looks to me like they get one toe so cold they hang it up to warm it up or something. They don't like it out there for very long in the low temps, me either. I have their little jackets they wear, one will usually wear a fleece jacket and the other the leather flight jacket with fur collar. She is ready to pilot any plane. Right now I have a dog blanket placed next to my computer desk. The two little ones and my little Muffin kitty are sleeping together. Zeke, my Shepard is dozing by the entrance to this room always guarding even in his sleep. Ditto my other cat is independant. He likes to show me he loves me when I am going to my bedroom to get dressed. He will sprawl on the floor like a big blob. He rolls lazily and stretches his best stretch to catch my eye. He likes to get his belly and chest rubbed. I pick him up and then his day is good. He will then stroll off to see the rest of the house. He is my royalty cat. He believes he is gay as when he was little I thought he was a girl. He heard princess too many times and he also believes he is part dog. Hence, that is why he likes to roll for the belly rub.
more soon; his royal highness knows he was mentioned and is demanding to be petted.

I am Mellow Yellow !

2007-12-02T19:57:00.000-06:00

Hello, November sure flew by fast. I am feeling a little pressure to start my Christmas shopping, but the boys are just starting to give me ideas as to what they really want. My youngest son wants a Zune. Another son wants Packer gear and another one wants a snowboard. I really want a digital camera as I finally got a printer,copier,scanner that I just love and now I want to try a digital camera. I really am not a gadget - type of person. I love perfume,body lotion, and the simpler types of things. I have been lately going to Yahoo and searching all the groups on there. I signed up for some of the book ones.My favorite one is Author Island. It is very interesting for me. I also have been adding new authors I found on myspace. If you have a myspace, stop and add me.
I got my yearly pap test last Friday and tomorrow I go for an ultrasound. I had one ovary taken out about a year ago and my doctor wants to make sure everything is ok down there. I will take a half day off tomorrow.
My son and I played a game of cribbage today. I won,hee hee! My husband and my youngest son who is 15 built a snowman in back! I was amazed , as my hubby really hasn't done that sort of thing since the kids were little. We did get about 5 inches of snow last night and it was our first big snowfall so they were all a little excited. My husband couldn't get his big blower to stay running so he used the littler one. I wish he would of let the boys do it as he really doesn't get two days off in a row so his body needs time to relax.He pushes himself too much sometimes and it worries me. I guess I worry too much but its only because I care. I joined Kaboodle.com as it has a wish list contest. If they pick your wish list you get everything on it for Christmas. That would be a dream come true! I am not the lucky type if there is a profile for dreamer its me! I started to dream at an early age, I dreamt of a prince charming,a knight in shining armor, a muscular man to take me in his arms and whisper sweet nothings. I wanted to not be shy and dreamt I was Miss Popular. I would have to say I am glad that never came true as I wouldn't be who I am today if that would of happened.
more soon; off to read a fairy tale.

Packers Are 8-1 !

2007-11-11T17:53:00.000-06:00

I watched the football game today and the Packers beat the Vikings 34-0. They made the win easily today. Brett was on fire with his great passes.Our running game was hot too with Grant zooking back and forth with super fast speed.
I baked a chocolate cake last night,yummy. I went with my husband to visit his Dad's grave today.His Dad was an Army veteran in the Korean war. We placed flags near it. It was a real nice day outside for November. We did a little shopping before the game and then we got lunch from the deli of a grocery store.We got hot ham sandwiches and hot homemade soup. It was an easy lunch and then we watched game. I am a member of the National Arbor Foundation. I got my trees I had ordered on Saturday so I soaked the trees overnight in a pail and after the game we planted them in our yard. We then placed protection around them as we have bunnies that get hungry and would eat the baby trees in the winter. The bunnies would eat them anytime actually so I sure am glad Zeke my Shepard is a great guard dog. He loves to chase anything out of the yard. I can't wait for spring now to see my trees bloom!
more soon: it's tea time.

Consumers we can do it!

2007-11-08T18:43:00.000-06:00

I like how the news tonight said well parents have to watch what they buy and don't chose to buy foreign! Hey, we didn't ask for the aisles of the stores we have to be lined with this crap! America has to keep up these recalls and challenge China and all these other thoughtless companies that are over their making the quick buck at our expense.Sure they made money but its up to us to put them out of business because we as a consumer obviously have to do it ourselves!And that's my opinion,also I call out to all my fellow consumers to call up these companies that are selling this junk to us and demand their recall. I heard a small toy truck that sold for a dollar at Dollar General was recalled because of lead base paint. I know alot of people in lower tax brackets shop there and probably have lead based paint in their older homes that they rent,so these kids are getting hit from all sides.The homes they live in and the toys they are told to play with. It's just not fair. Well I better get off my band wagon.
more soon: going to watch Survivor, I'm gonna need some skills to live in this world!

Who let the dogs out?

2007-11-02T20:00:00.000-05:00

I thought I would say that because mainly it is me. I let my dogs out the majority of the time. I have to keep an eye out for the pesky hawks that hunt near my neighbor's overflowing bird feeder. Yes I do want to gripe about that! My neighbor bless her heart, is a ferocious bird feeder! She has obese sparrows for crying out loud! When we first bought our home we laughed at the little fat birds that waddled across my driveway. Now I look at them in disgust! She does not seem to understand her obsession with buying seed and filling her many feeders has become my secret madness! Yes, I am sick of seeing empty hulls of sunflower seeds thrown about in my driveway because these birds are in a frenzy. They fly in like a seven forty seven.We have to watch out or we will get bombarded by feathers. She has a feeder nestled in her bushes right next to my driveway where we park our vehicles. I don't know how many times I have come out and seen bird feces splattered on my windshield. I have tried hosing my vehicle casually and then aiming at her feeder in hopes that it would rot the seeds and maybe just maybe the birds would not eat it. Another one of my efforts was to buy one of those fake owls that spins its head around. Needless to say my little shih tzu is the only one frightened. I tried hanging shiny Cd's near my garden as the many sparrows like to dust their feathers with dirt to keep off the bugs. It didn't work, I actually seen one looking at its reflection and if birds can smile, this one was! Well enough of my ranting.
more soon: off to look online for plastic hawks.

Fall is Going!

2007-10-30T19:55:00.000-05:00

Wow, is it really almost November! Where did fall go? Today on the news he said this may be the last time it will be so great outside.Tomorrow in the 40's. I am still putting away my garden ornaments and such. I watched my Packers win another one. Brett gave us a great game! I enjoyed the way Deana did the tribute to him,you can see they are truly made for each other. I am still going online to find freebies and I have alot of magazines to keep me busy during the winter. I also am starting to collect seeds from my flowers and will plant them next spring. I enjoy doing this as it saves me money. I used my crockpot today for our meal tonight. I am your average Mom I think. I go to work for 40 hours a week. I spoil the two sons I have at home as in I try to give them some jingle in their pockets so they can go get their sodas or videos. I don't make them do too many chores.My older son works too, so I make sure his uniform is cleaned as for some insane reason the restaurants want you to have a clean uniform, but only furnish them with one apron and 2 shirts! Good grief ! I am constantly washing it,you know much teenage boys sweat! Besides that they are good kids so I don't have too much conflict. I gave my two little dogs a bath tonight,now they are two little fuzzy puffs of love!
more soon: off to watch my favorite show - House M.D.

I am enjoying this too much!

2007-10-16T18:08:00.000-05:00

Well I have to say I am really enjoying blogging.I just started my new hobby and I am learning so much.It is fun finding new things out.I found out about digg yesterday and I told my son about my find. I am eager to try all the things I see on other people's blogs.I also want to make my blogs unique too.I search every evening for new ideas and gadgets.I am into finding freebies too so believe me I am on a lot .I feel like a college kid learning all this stuff! So Cool! I hope everyone else has this same high that I am having.I did not know what I was missing!I plan on doing this I hope for years. I really don't know what would make me want to stop!My husband is real supportive.He does not like the Internet so I don't have to worry about waiting for him to get off so I can use it.He also works a lot so he usually wants to relax a different way.I find my computer use very relaxing and enjoyable. More soon.

Everyone wants money!

2007-10-15T10:24:00.001-05:00

Yes everyone wants more money in their pocket.I am trying new ways to get more money for our family too. My husband works more than 40 hours a week and I work 40 hours and we still struggle.We have 2 boys at home ,the other older boys have moved out and are trying to make their lives successful too.We need nice vehicles that don't fall apart to take us to work where we are trying to make money to pay for the vehicle that we need to get to work! It's a vicious circle.
I am sure there are millions of us out there in this world just like us ,struggling! I am not unhappy about our situation, its something we created and we are doing the best we can to make our little circle of life manageable.I think we are getting there ,the mountain is still there ,we are in the middle of it!I suppose we have more pets than the typical American family.We have 3 dogs and 2 cats.I love pets though.My husband manages to make space on the bed for the 2 little shih tzu's, something he said at first he would never do.But they both worked into his heart too.

thoughts for the day

2007-10-10T18:53:00.000-05:00

I have always loved nature. I enjoy the outdoors in every season. I own three dogs and two cats. I love them all very much. I buy cute little clothes for my shih tzus to wear in the winter. I buy bandannas for my German Shepard. I think they know I want them to wear it so they feel good when I put them on.I had to turn the heat on its cold tonight.I am somewhat a believer in fate and such and I believe I was meant to write a blog. Some may disagree with me but so what. Life is so short and goes by so fast. Things you do with that life are entirely up to you but fate has a way of giving some people horrible lives to deal with and others may have it so easy but are miserable to that fact.I have always tried to get along with people to a point. Does anyone else have dreams of the past mixed with people of the now? I do. I remember my dreams on occasion and I wonder why I put some objects or people together that just cannot be in real life. Are we really trying to solve something like some people claim? Or is it just a rambling of our memories come to life?

My first post

2007-10-09T13:36:00.000-05:00

Hi All and welcome. This is a blog on my thoughts on life,family,living,community life,happenings,music,native ideas,places ,things.I hope you will come back often as I will try to make it interesting.