Catch up...again

Friday...dentist....hmmm...Started mowing the lawn...Nick and James stopped by to show me the new car...Nick stayed and hung out till she had to go to work. Saturday..Grocery shopping...finished mowing the lawn. Training at church...We were going to go to a Mexican restaurant in Perinton but when we got there it was closed so we went to AppleBee's. I had the Fiesta Lime Chicken...oh man I love that stuff. Then we went to Mona Lisa and Ken sprung for dessert..Yes I got the Festa Cake ...AGAIN. Went home and watched alittle TV then went to bed. Sunday was church..Nicole came over and hung out until it was time for her to go to work. Before that we went to Target and I got some new tires for my bike. I had mountain bike tires on it coz its a mountain bike but I mostly ride it on the road so I needed something with a smoother tread. Monday I planted the flowers mom bought me. bout time..I'd only had them 2 weeks or so. Went over and met Ken at his work for lunch and he put the new tires and tubes on the rims. Went home and just hung out all day...it was to hot to do much else. Ken came home and put the rims back on my bike while I finished supper. After supper I took the bike for a short ride..oh yeah..I'm loving the new treads. Then I brought up the hammock frame and put my new hammock on it and laid there for a half hour or so. Today I had to go babysit for my hair dresser so I rode my bike over. She has a 4 month old and an almost 2 year old that I watch usually on Tuesday's so she can go with another lady from church to Food Link to get food for our food cupboard at church. Loaded the girls in the stroller and walked their entire street and then around the corner to the park. A total of 2.7 miles..pushing a stroller. By the time Angela got home it was raining so she drove me home. I'll walk over ( 2 miles) one of these days and get my bike. Made homemade beef vegetable soup for supper..MMMMMMM MMMMMMM Good. Just the thing for a cold rainy night. Now just hanging out waiting for Biggest Loser to start..if I can stay awake that long.

Proverb for the day

Proverb 22:3- A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Life is going to shovel dirt on you

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a
well. The animal cried piteously for hours as
the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the
well needed to be covered up anyway;
it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and
help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began
to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the
donkey realized what was happening and cried
horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement he
quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally
looked down the well. He was astonished at what
he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his
back, the donkey was doing something amazing.
He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel
dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it
off and take a step up.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey
stepped up over the edge of the well and
happily trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds
of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well
is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of
our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out
of the deepest wells just by not stopping,
never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

Free your mind from worries - Most never happen

Live simply and appreciate what you have.
Give more.

Expect less

NOW …………
Enough of that crap . . The donkey later came back,
and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him.
The gash from the bite got infected and
the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.

MORAL FROM TODAY’S LESSON:

When you do something wrong, and try to cover
your ass, it always comes back to bite you.

You have two choices..smile and close this
page, or pass this along to someone else to
spread the fun.

Thursday

Thursday?????!!!!!! Its Thursday already ???!!!! Where did the week go? Tuesday...hmmm....nothing? Can't think of one single thing I did Tuesday. Wednesday..ahhhh..now Wednesday I remember..it was a good day. Still kinda run down and weak from being sick but a good day none the less. Checked the paper and saw that Palmers at the Genesee Regional Market was having a pretty good sale on some meat...Baby back ribs...2.99 a pound..checked at Weggies today and they're running 4.99 to 6.99 a pound, italian sausage 1.99 a pound..yeah that's not a great price but I was there, stew beef...frozen in 5 pound blocks 1.49 a pound..simple..thaw, repack into pound packages, refreeze...excellent deal, strip steaks a box of 16-10 oz steaks 39.90...3.99 a pound. Hubby says that's a good deal and he knows steak. Plus I picked him up a box of crab cakes and a package of clams casino coz he's such a good hubby. I paid 80.70 but we got....14 meat meals...plus about 9 batches of beef soup....so 23 meals minimum. We probably spend almost 80 dollars going out to eat 3 1/2 times. Oh back up to what made it an even better day....I had a short 4 item request...aka grocery list...from hubby..he's on this soy milk kick. Aldi's has Original,Vanilla and Chocolate. Original is always there, chocolate is apparently popular because its next to impossible to get..in fact the only way we knew they had it was we saw it written on the box the milk was in and vanilla goes pretty fast too. The other day I could only get an original..So I decide to stop at Aldi's on my way to Henrietta..Walk in....grab granola and bran flakes ( Its a cereal mix hubby makes...granola, bran flakes, and either corn flakes or cheerios depending on what's available)...walk to the cooler...stop...look...shake head...look again...a vanilla AND a chocolate sitting right in front..no moving stuff around trying to find it..thank you ...thank you...walk up to the one cash register that's open. One lady checking out...another with like 4 things on the belt...a man with an overflowing shopping cart and a lady with a not quite overflowing shopping cart...Lady," Oh you can go ahead of me you only have a few things" Thank you...you're so kind..Man," Hey you might as well go ahead of me too" Thank you...thank you....In and out of Aldi's in less then 10 minutes..THANK YOU JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!. The Lord and I set a new world's record in Aldi's and we actually purchased something. I left my house a little after 10:00 AM and walked back into the house just before noon. Then I spent the next 1 1/2 eating lunch and doing the stew beef thing. This morning I had to go for my quarterly doctor exam...the nurse says...hey great you've lot 10 pounds..I said..yeah only it was from being sick..but hey...it looks good on paper. Blood pressure was a little high 136 over whatever but I'm still trying to recover from stuper bug..Doc started mentioning blood pressure medicine...I said...yeah lets hold off for another 3 months and see if its coz I'm still recooperating...He's a good guy...He expresses his concerns but doesn't try to force me into taking medicine...He went over a year before he put me on the metformin for diabetes. And then he didn't force me just said he thought it was time and I had to agree. Friday May 1st I go to get my eyes checked...I know I'm gonna need glasses..I've needed glasses....I used to have reading glasses..that' why I haven't gone to the eye doctor in probably 5 years...so its time to admit I can't see so good anymore and get glasses. Saturday is Hubby's birthday and they scheduled a mandatory Reformers Unanimout training session from 2-5..of course they don't know its hubby's birthday coz he doesn't want anybody to know so good wifey that I am I don't tell anybody. Supposed to be a pot luck dinner after but I'm taking him out to eat so we aren't staying. So I guess thats it for now....

Catching up....slowly

Ok...all my plans for fun stuff with the grandkids got flushed. Wednesday afternoon Sammy called and said Colin was sick..did I still want them. Well as I only get them once a month and the rest of the month is pretty busy I said of course.. What's wrong with him? He's been sick since Saturday night..throwing up, running a fever...etc...etc...She has a job and needs to work, her baby sitter wouldn't take them and her mother was out of town so she'd been taking them to work with her and putting them in a back office. I decided to go get them Wednesday night and give her a break. So Wednesday night after church Nicole and I take off for Newark. We walk in the house and there lays Colin...covered in a blanket on the 1/2 bath floor. He was laying there because it was cool and he had a fever. Pack up the boys and head to Webster. Put everybody in bed..Except Kayla...she was with her other Nana out of town. Thursday morning Colin wants toast. Ok..good sign. Ian you want something? No Nana I'm not hungry...ok..Now Colin is looking good...he even wants to go out and play. So out we go to fly dollar store styrofoam airplanes and throw the frisbee around. Now Ian isn't looking so good. Oh Oh...we go to Target to get $5.00 copies of SpiderMan...their favorite movie. Ian tells me he wants to go home coz he thinks he has to throw up. Drop him and Jen off and Colin and I head off for the grocery store. Get home and Colin wants yogurt..so does Ian. About a half hour later I'm wiping him coz he had diarrhea...and he throws up...luckily he was bent over the toilet so most of it went in there. That was it...he was down for the count. Thursday night Sammy brought Kayla over. Ian was down the rest of the week end. Now I've got a dilema....I'm supposed to teach at church Friday night with Nicole.... but I 've got a sick kid on my hands. Ken comes home and says he isn't feeling real well so if I want to go to church go ahead he'll sit with the sick boy. My hubby is the greatest. Ken gets up at 4:30 AM to go to the bathroom and informs me that the TV is on...I walk out and there sits Jen with a puke bucket on her lap. She'd been sick during the night. Sammy texted Saturday and said she would pick them up Saturday night. Oh good....then I won't miss church taking them home Sunday morning. Ian slept all day except maybe 3 hours. Gave the boys both baths...and in their jammies about 6:00 ...she picked them up at 8:00..Fast forward to 4:30 AM...yep you guessed it...now Nana doesn't feel good..nausea..diarrhea..I never did throw up but I sure didn't feel good yesterday. Was in bed most of the day until my poor body ached so bad I had to get up and sit in the living room for a while..Can I just say I love the Hallmark Channel? Especially on week ends when they have movie marathons. Saturday night I had a quarter of a sub.That was the last I ate until about 9:30 this morning. Being sick and not eating does wonder for your blood sugar levels..I've been running 120's to 140's. Yesterday afternoon at 2:00 I was 97..this morning at 5:30 I was 80. I had to get blood work done for my doctors appointment Thursday...Doc is gonna be impressed and then I'm going to have to tell him it was a false reading because of the sickness and not being able to eat. I came home and ate a banana and drank a little water...so far so good. Still feel weak but at least so far not nauseated. Well that's it for my catching up..,toodles

Last night we ended up going out to supper with Nicole and James. We went to the Nutcracker. That was fun...its always fun when we get together with them. Nicole has a new job...I can't remember the long name she gives it but its at Heritage Christian Services...helping physically and mentally challanged adults to do ordinary everyday things. We're just praising the Lord coz He's the one who got her the job in this economy. Came home and watched a little TV and then went to bed. This morning I did the laundry and hung it outside..I'm sooooo excited..this means Spring is offically here...for a while at least. We get the Grand Chrildren this week end which is always fun. Hoping the weather is nice so we can do stuff outside. Maybe the Zoo as I just got my yearly membership card..or maybe to a park to play on the stuff there..or I bought them styrofoam airplanes that we could fly if it isn't to windy out. I'm picking them up Thursday so I'll have them all day Friday too. Yippee...I love having them here. Other then that...not much going on right now..

So So So

After I finished Saturdays blog Nicole called and said Jim didn't want her sitting in the house all day reading he wanted her to go for a walk or something. So adventurous soul that I am I went over and we walked from her place to Park Ridge. On the way back we walked through some of the neighborhoods and ended up walking 4 miles round trip. Called Ken and Jen and they met us at Nicole's and we all went out to supper at Chili's. The funny thing is I'd walked so much I wasn't really hungry so I only ate about half my meal. Boxed the rest up and brought it home. Took Nicole back home and played Fish Whisperer. LOL. She has a beta but she doesn't like touching it so when the bowl needs to be cleaned I go over and catch Finnegan in my bare hand and transfer him to another bowl and then she pours him back in. Came home and we watched Marly and Me..stupid movie. Sunday before we left for church I set my oven to automatically turn on so the ham would be almost done when we got home...Failure...again. For some reason the oven only turns on about half the time when I preset it. But........by the time lunch/supper was done Nicole was there so she had supper with us.While we were waiting for the meal to get done we watched, " The family that preys" That was a good movie. Jen went to spend the night with Nicole so I didn't have to make anything to eat...I ate the rest of my Chili's and Ken had to take the movies back so he picked himself up some sushi...Yucky but he likes it. Today I spent a couple of hours transplanting broccoli and lettuce into my grow beds and covering them with plastic. 2 hours outside in the sunshine and fresh air. I'm beat. Not that the work was hard but I'm just not used to that much fresh air. Don't know what's going on tonight but I hope it isn't strenuous..I'm tired.

Saturday Afternoon

Well here it is Saturday afternoon and what have I been doing since yesterday? Jen and I went over to Nicole's and we went out to lunch....Monte Alban...I think...in Irondequoit..Mexican...MMMMMMmmmmmmmm it was so good.. I had a combination plate...1 hard taco, 1 tostado, 1 enchilada. Then we went to Aldi's so I could get my RU snack and then off to Barnes and Nobles or whatever the heck the book store is at the Mall at Greece Ridge so Nicole could buy a book. Today we got up early and went to the public market...I was hoping to find some plants...raspberry, brocolli...something. Just vegetables and some fruit. It was cold there..wind whipping through those sheds. Got some good deals and later found out some not so good deals. But it was our first trip of the year so it was fun. Came home and unloaded all that and Ken and I went grocery shopping at the grocery stores. Back home and now I'm playing on the computer. Nicole texted me and said she slept till noon....lazy bum...LOL OH and I did buy 4 raspberry plants...at Aldi's...now to figure out where to plant them. AND....my hammock came in!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah....come on warm weather.

She's back

wow...after all I blogged Tuesday I've been silent for 2 days...that's coz I been busy...Wednesday I went to my Mommy's..did some paperwork and then out to lunch. Had to leave early so I could pick up Nicole and get home to make supper and then off to church. Yesterday I walked ...yes I said walked...to the library. It was absolutely gorgeous out. A little cool but the sun was shining so bright. Spent about 3 1/2 hours reading magazines and then walked home. Made supper and then we went to church to watch the movie Fireproof. Good movie. Unfortunately in being away from the computer for 2 days I have almost 40 e-mails to catch up on...and that's after deleting all the junk mail and all my blogs to catch up on...and I've only got another 2 hours and I have to head to Nicole's for our Friday lunch date so today isn't looking good for catching up. So off I go to do ....something.

Keeping them out of my grow beds

Ok..now that I know there are 4 footed greens eaters hanging around in the neighborhood how the heck do I keep them out of my growbeds? It wasn't bad enough the bunnies were nibbling my lettuce...Now I got bigger animals that are gonna want to eat everything else....aaaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh the trials of living in the burbs.

New Entertainment Set Up

In the neighbors back yard

Not exactly what you want to see in your neighbor's yard at 3 AM



Phew...at least it wasn't an alien

Fractured Families

So much going on in this pea sized little head of mine the last several days. Woke up this morning thinking about families and the stuff that tears them apart and the hurt that goes on within them. And wondering why it has to happen and how it does happen. So as I sit here with my steaming bowl of minestrone (not homemade unfortunately ) and look out at the snow, I'll try to put some of my thoughts into words. I feel sorry for my children that they don't know the paternal side of their heritage. Sorry for the heartache that's caused them because admit it or not they are missing a huge part of who they are. Sometimes its easier to get angry then to acknowledge the pain. I think about the show "The Waltons" or whatever the heck it was called and the love and closeness in that familly and wonder why can't life really be like that? Does it really exist or is it just something Hollywood made up.Why do families have to live so darn far apart. Not just other cities but other states...other countries..And why does it take a separation of that distance to realize how far apart we really are...not only physically but emotionally as well. I don't know what I would have done without my Mom near by. To have not had access to her wisdom, her love, her arms to hold me when I needed it. And yet it happens all the time. I think of parents who just give up on their kids. Who walk away and wonder where is their head at ? I know personally of a family who was having trouble with their son..He was adopted but that's neither here nor there. They started having trouble with the kid around the time of the birth of their first grandchild and when he turned 18 they sold everything...loaded up their biological son, daughter in law and granddaughter and moved away..telling him..you're not welcome to join us..And they complain about him to this day..first off Mom....you pushed him aside when your granddaughter was born and didn't have time for him anymore. Second of all Dad you were a freaking alcholic who couldn't be bothered with him coz that would have meant you couldn't spend most of your nights in a bar. And you pitted biological son against adopted son...and gee isn't that so hard to figure out coz I didn't even know the family when this was all happening and have only heard stories....and yet I figured it out. I have a low tolerance for stupid people...not stupid in IQ but stupid in the way they choose to live their lives. Ok...I really need to stop talking about them coz although the temp is down to 60 degrees its pretty hot where I'm sitting. Its so important to be close..to be able to be a part of your kids lives...your grandkids lives...It really bothered me when my son and his wife split but I have the privledge now of having a part in my grandkids lives. And because his kids are here now he's talking about changing MOS' and trying to get moved to Fort Drum so he can be closer to his kids...and I hope he's thinking to me too. Yes I made alot of mistakes raising my children...don't we all? But I hope that we have a love that will keep us close. Nicole is probably gonna yell at me now coz she says I'm to hard on myself but I made a lot of bad choices..Some I can change..most I can't and I have to live with the consequences of those choices. Parents...love your children and stay close to them...children...love your parents..they wiped the spit off your face and changed your diapers for a couple of years...the least you can do is return the favor. This wasn't for anybody in particular I swear...its was just something that's been rattling around in my head and heart and I needed to get it out..Blogging is good for that as long as those who read understand its a way for the blogger to vent and let off some steam.

4/7/2009

BRING BACK THE RAIN !!! BRING BACK THE RAIN!!!! Woke this morning to that dirty 4 letter word on the ground. And its still doing it. Did my devotions early this morning and worked out on the WII early this morning. I'm tired of being fat. My problems are 1. I love food. 2. Snacking. 3. Late meals and late snacking. 4. My craving for sweets that I never had until I decided to lose weight. Mostly cake but just about anything sweet will do. 5. Inactivity...which would get alot better if it would get to be Spring already!! Last night I made cube steaks,out of a the box mashed potatoes, sauteed mushrooms, tossed salads, and the little bit of green beans left over from Sunday. And I ate nothing after supper though it was really hard not to. More habit then being hungry. I'm an emotional eater. Tonight we're having Pork steaks and saurkraut, boiled potatoes, tossed salads and..........some kind of vegetable. Not sure yet what kind. Oh rats, I just remembered I had to do my cabbage,turkey bacon and onion thingy too..Not for supper but its just something we like to eat with our meals. Its very low carb and low fat because of the turkey bacon.

4/6/2009 AM

Darn!!! Got up at 6:25 to let the dogs out and was greeted with rain...AGAIN. Why couldn't today be like yesterday. I think one more day would have dried up the lawn puddles so I could have gotten out to the growbeds and gotten the broccoli and lettuce planted and covered. And I could have hung out the laundry. Now I must give RG&E money to dry my clothes. Yes I probably could have done laundry on another day but it doesn't look to promising for the rest of the week either and the family likes clean clothes plus I am so a creature of habit...Monday is laundry day darn it..LOL. I should get to the library one day this week and do my monthly magazine read but I really don't want to drive...ok..going to check out the weather channel. Yeah its looking pretty nasty all week..I wouldn't mind cold but I hate walking in the rain and snow. I still need to work out today..and I should do the inventory thing I was talking about. Or...I could just sit here all day with occasional runs downstairs to switch over and fold laundry...Nahhhhhh off to do something

Hammock

I forgot to tell you all I ordered a new hammock...Not the frame...just the hammock part from walmart.com. I'm having it shipped to the store. They're supposed to send me an e-mail when its in and I just go pick it up...paid for it with giftcards...thank you Mommy and Gram.. I'M GETTING A NEW HAMMOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COME ON SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday 04/04/2009

Started out the day by getting up and doing my Bible devotions. Went grocery shopping.Spent almost all the money Ken gives me every week but do have 12 entrees for his lunch with is almost 3 weeks worth so we won't have to buy entrees for a while. I'd like to stock up on extra food and put it away but that never seems to happen. I need to do an inventory of my cupboards and my canning shelves and see what I have. Oh I probably should do the freezers too. The freezing spaghetti squash experiment was a flop so I can empty my freezer of spaghetti sqush...not a misprint...that's what it ended up being. After we got the groceries put away we went to Walmart so Ken could get some new T-shirts and undies and a new pair of shoes. Then it was off to The Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra's Spring Pops Concert for Donors. We're kinda donors...Ken works there and keeps their lights working. It was a blast. We went to the RPO a few weeks ago and it was ok but not my kind of music and it seemed stuffy.. This one was a blast. College kids and they so enjoyed what they were doing. One of the profs sang "The Mom Song" while the orchestra played...it was hilarious and at the end she and the orchestra director ...a woman...did a high five...I'll have to see if I can find the Youtube version because its hilarious....ok I can't figure out how to load the video onto my blog but here's the web address...I'm sure some of you have already seen it but the place was in stitches...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7R9SFBLvIk

I'm going to have to do some experimenting so I can figure out how to do things here...BEFORE I need to do them.

So after the concert which was over at about 4:00 we went out for supper. Yes it was an early supper but we hadn't had anything to eat yet..save for I had a pudding cup and Ken and Jen had each had a Fiber One bar. We went to Aladdins in Pittsford. I had garlic pepper linguine with olive oil,scallions, garlic,and red crushed pepper..it was awesome...Then we left there and went to Mona Lisa and got dessert. Its like walking up to a Wegmans Deli counter only behind that glass is 3 shelves of desserts.....No I probably shouldn't have had dessert but I did. Then it was home to eat my dessert and watch Bed Time Stories which is a pretty decent movie considering Adam Sandler is in it. I would have to say from my point of view one of his better movies. Unfortunately I fell asleep through part of it...the whole full belly thing. But it was an awesome day considering the weather outside. I really need it to dry up so I can get my functioning grow beds dug up and some cold weather stuff planted. Broccoli...Lettuce...maybe some spinach if I get the seeds. I've been thinking about finding someplace to stick in some berry plants...strawberry , raspberry . I've been hungry for some raspberries but everytime I look at the price I shudder and walk away. I've also been thinking some dwarf fruit trees..not alot..just one or two or three or.....The way the economy is going who knows what's going to happen ? And with GM in trouble I wonder about my pension...not worry...just wonder. Fortunately for us about the only thing we have is the mortgage..oh and the best buy bill for the tv hubby thought we needed and I had work done on the van and I owe about $400 on that. They're both same as cash for another 2 months on the van repairs and I don't know how long on the best buy bill but that's hubby's concern. I just looked out the window and think today is going to be a better day then yesterday. I can see the sun shining on the back of the neighbors house. Probably will be cold but as long as its dry so I can get out in the yard one of these days I'll be happy. Ok..off to do my devotions..its busy Sunday..

4/04/2009

Its Saturday!!!!!!! Its Saturday!!!!!!!!!! Know what that means????? Absolutely nothing...LOL. Just means everybody's home. On the agenda today is grocery shopping and Ken seems to think he needs new underwear and shoes...didn't we just buy him some last year? Kidding...I know he needs new underwear and shoes. Other then that I don't know what's going on. Maybe a concert at Nazareth College. Maybe a concert in Honeyoye Falls. Maybe I'd just like one Saturday where we weren't doing something. But its gonna be colder and rainy today so we can't do any work outside anyway. The lawn needs to be raked so bad and I need to do the rest of the doggy clean up...Yuck I hate that job but not as much as I hate having to watch where I'm walking. Really got to get the grow bed rebuilt that fell apart. I've got lettuce, broccoli and zucchini plants up on the back porch. The lettuce and broccoli I could probably plant out under plastic if it would quit raining enough for me to get the beds worked up. My problem isn't time its motivation. I can't seem to get myself moving. I seem to remember that I did ok last summer so it must be a winter hibernation thing. I'm still wanting to get a lap top so that when all my work is done I can lay out in the hammock serve the web while I swing in the shade. And boy oh boy is my body aching today after that walk to the mall yesterday. Last night's message at RU was fantastic...it was about bitterness. Good good message. I don't think I harbor alot of bitterness but its always good to hear a message like that and get a reality check. Well its 8:40 and nobody else is up yet...slugs. LOL. Off to make up my grocery list so when they get up and ready to go I'm ready to go.

Friday

Went over to Nicole's today...we went for a walk...to the Mall. It was a nice walk...cool but not to cool..we went to Target then walked across the parking lot...through JC Penney's and out into the food court to TGI Fridays. Lunch..then another stop at Target to get Neosporing and band aids...she got a blister. and then back to her house. The walk back was kinda wet...yes it was raining. but we found this cool little blacktopped path that goes from Latona to Weiland. We just walked and talked the whole time.