I didn't do any pruning to day. Couldn't get a hold of anyone in the AM and it's rained in the PM. Karen called to say thanks for the get well card and that she was feeling better. We got to talking about Hobby Lobby and we both got on our computers at the same time and she showed me how to click on things that would show me more things to chick on. That doesn't make much sense, even to me. But I now know how to get a coupon for the Lobby.
Trudy, I did what I saw on your blog, what FLY Lady said about clearing out your magazines. While I was on the phone with Karen, I cleaned out my basket, partially under my bed, and have the magazines to give away Karen said she takes hers to Rogersville to the library and they resell them and make a little money for the library. I'll call the Athens library and see if they take donations.
Today was a very bad day for dad. He had fevers. I heard his alarm for his 9:00AM pill, but thought he was awake but he wasn't. He took it at lunch. He's been asleep all day.
I've made three cards so far. I hope I'll get new ideas when my new stuff comes in 'cause I'm gonna make cards each day and it would be good if they looked nice (if I can't give them away, I can always paper the bathroom....) I'm going to send you some Kathy, I'm just waiting to make some really good ones.
I read half of a paperback book called "A Three Dog Life". It seems that in the Australian outback, if it really got cold, it was called a three dog night. It's not abut animals completely but I will finish it. I played the piano some and the come upstairs and here I am .
I'm thinking of making a run to H'villle tomorrow and go to Hobby Lobby. I've been in the house all week and I need to get out.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The Day That Shouldn't Have Been
Got up at 5:00 AM. I made a few cards and then dad got up. In my mind, I hoped he had ordered me dozens of roses and some chocolates, like it was advertised on the radio. He had said he didn't like roses but I thought he just said that to throw me off. Na-a-a-ah! I got a check for next weeks groceries plus some extra for me for my valentines gift. And then, he didn't react to my card and cupid poop like I thought he would, (he's been feeling bad for so long that he can't really react to much of anything). So that threw my world into a spin which lasted all
day. I took a small nap after lunch to make up for getting up so early.
I keep making cards and I'm afraid I'll burn out before my new stamps come in and I learn some new ways to make cards. I'd better clean up a bedroom downstairs....it won't be long.
Gee, Mary Kate, I thought I really had friends! But I'll take seven comments from you any day. You and Trudy. Kathy Best read my blog and said she was glad I was feeling better. She noticed my lovely grandkids too.
Tomorrow, rain or shine, I will go to my brother's house and tell them how to prune the trees. Ruth called at 12:00PM to see if I could come down then. I didn't have enough time because it takes about 45 min. to get there and the garbage had to be collected and put out for the neighbor boys to take to the road by 4:00PM. It will be good to get out of the house. Dad is taking more prednisone to see if he can pull out of the slump. I hope I helps him because it really makes me feel bad to see him that way.
day. I took a small nap after lunch to make up for getting up so early.
I keep making cards and I'm afraid I'll burn out before my new stamps come in and I learn some new ways to make cards. I'd better clean up a bedroom downstairs....it won't be long.
Gee, Mary Kate, I thought I really had friends! But I'll take seven comments from you any day. You and Trudy. Kathy Best read my blog and said she was glad I was feeling better. She noticed my lovely grandkids too.
Tomorrow, rain or shine, I will go to my brother's house and tell them how to prune the trees. Ruth called at 12:00PM to see if I could come down then. I didn't have enough time because it takes about 45 min. to get there and the garbage had to be collected and put out for the neighbor boys to take to the road by 4:00PM. It will be good to get out of the house. Dad is taking more prednisone to see if he can pull out of the slump. I hope I helps him because it really makes me feel bad to see him that way.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Play Day Cancelled
Karen called this morning and said she had the flu or was sick and wouldn't be coming over, so I slept in. I was going to exercise, but last night dad said that this morning would be a rough one for him and to be sure I got him to take his 9:00 AM pill. As it turned out, he took the pill himself but I didn't exercise.
I cleaned out my closet and got clothes I figured I wouldn't wear anymore and took them to the Salvation Army. I didn't want to get out today at all because it was so cold, but I had 4 cards to mail and I missed the mail run. Some days the mail doesn't come until after 4:00PM and other days, it's there by 1:00 AM. Different carriers. I also went to Wal-Mart to get a few groceries. I found some yummy different- shades- of- tan paper and just had to have it. I've made two get well cards with the brown paper and they really look good!
Okay, girls, I'll send the cards but realize that the cost of stamps is going up. I do appreciate your comments about the blog. I talked to Richard today and he said he enjoyed reading it! Whee! I'm a star!
I made a Valentine card for dad and at the Stampin' Up card making morning, and I won a little gift that has some candy corn in shades of pink and rose and the little bag they are in said, "Heard you've bad, So here's the scoop...All you get is Cupid Poop!" He'll get a chuckle out of that. While I was at Wal-Mart, I bought a small Whitman's Sampler for Valentine's Day for me. It's okay to celebrate a day before!
I cleaned out my closet and got clothes I figured I wouldn't wear anymore and took them to the Salvation Army. I didn't want to get out today at all because it was so cold, but I had 4 cards to mail and I missed the mail run. Some days the mail doesn't come until after 4:00PM and other days, it's there by 1:00 AM. Different carriers. I also went to Wal-Mart to get a few groceries. I found some yummy different- shades- of- tan paper and just had to have it. I've made two get well cards with the brown paper and they really look good!
Okay, girls, I'll send the cards but realize that the cost of stamps is going up. I do appreciate your comments about the blog. I talked to Richard today and he said he enjoyed reading it! Whee! I'm a star!
I made a Valentine card for dad and at the Stampin' Up card making morning, and I won a little gift that has some candy corn in shades of pink and rose and the little bag they are in said, "Heard you've bad, So here's the scoop...All you get is Cupid Poop!" He'll get a chuckle out of that. While I was at Wal-Mart, I bought a small Whitman's Sampler for Valentine's Day for me. It's okay to celebrate a day before!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Day After Monday 2-12-08
I was going to go to Faulkville (or Eva) to help Ruth prune her Bradford pear trees, but the weather for casted rain, so I called and said we could try for Friday. I looked in all of my tree books trying to find out how to prune the trees and couldn't find much. I then remembered what the girls had said about the computer, so I sat down and typed "how to prune Bradford Pear trees", and got a web page! I copied it and another page and with my book on pruning, I now feel confident we won't slaughter the trees too bad. Remember, we had a Bradford Pear tree out beside the shed and the ice storm cracked it in two (two pieces). It grows real fast and all the limbs grow straight up and there is no central stem like there are on other trees. This is an inferior growth pattern and when the weight of wind or ice hits the tree, the top splits open. Horticulture lesson for the day complete. You will be tested.
Cook's Pest Control came by this morning and put in termite containers all around the house. If the termites get into these containers, they remove the wood the termites are feasting on, and put bait in them. Then the termites eat the bait and carry it back to the nest and the queen and bingo! No more termites.
While I was out looking at the termite controls, I noticed that the top on the retaining wall on the south side of the house, had rotted away and there was a hole in the wall. It's made of concrete blocks so when the top cap block is gone the holes in the blocks are exposed. Some day in the not too distant future, we'll have to have the wall replaced.
I noticed the neighbors, Bobby and Brenda Adams and Harold, Nancy's husband were working on the other side of the chain link fence. Brenda was cutting the vines and trees off of the fence while the men were doing something else. I thought about getting a lawn chair out and sitting on our side of the fence just to watch them work! I like to watch other people work. Before I had cancer I used to like to get outside and do the same type of work, but now I can't. I just don't have the energy to do it. Mental or physical.
It's time to make some cards. I know two girls that need a card sent to them so I have to get busy and make a few.
Cook's Pest Control came by this morning and put in termite containers all around the house. If the termites get into these containers, they remove the wood the termites are feasting on, and put bait in them. Then the termites eat the bait and carry it back to the nest and the queen and bingo! No more termites.
While I was out looking at the termite controls, I noticed that the top on the retaining wall on the south side of the house, had rotted away and there was a hole in the wall. It's made of concrete blocks so when the top cap block is gone the holes in the blocks are exposed. Some day in the not too distant future, we'll have to have the wall replaced.
I noticed the neighbors, Bobby and Brenda Adams and Harold, Nancy's husband were working on the other side of the chain link fence. Brenda was cutting the vines and trees off of the fence while the men were doing something else. I thought about getting a lawn chair out and sitting on our side of the fence just to watch them work! I like to watch other people work. Before I had cancer I used to like to get outside and do the same type of work, but now I can't. I just don't have the energy to do it. Mental or physical.
It's time to make some cards. I know two girls that need a card sent to them so I have to get busy and make a few.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Monday, 2-11-08
I called in my order for Stampin' Up and Mary Rager, the teacher, stopped by and got my check. She also brought me a silver pen and several of her stamps for me to have fun with while awaiting my order to come in.
I vacuumed the floors and then waited until 3:15PM for my appointment to see Dr. Moore. He has lots of patients and I waited an hour before I got in a room, but he's worth waiting for. He took x-rays of my bent knee. The ligaments on the outside of the knee are shortened and the ligaments on the inside are stretched out. The knee hasn't buckled yet and there's no pain the pain medicine won't take care of, so it's my choice as to when I have the knee replaced. It's just a matter of time. Oh joy.
I used Mary's stamp of a basket of flowers and a small stamp the says,"Your kindness makes my heart blossom" and made a card. I stamped 6 baskets and colored them with the pieces of chalk I had left. Then I cut the baskets out. The fun was in the details. One card can take a lot of time to make but the joy is in the making. I got some free stamps with my order and one is about birthdays. We made a card at the party with these same stamps and I can't wait to make some Birthday cards with them.
Tony Allen had an operation on his back for a pinched nerve and I got a card "Thinking of You" and gave dad to send to Tony. I'll have to start giving away cards soon or I'll have to sleep in the basement!
I vacuumed the floors and then waited until 3:15PM for my appointment to see Dr. Moore. He has lots of patients and I waited an hour before I got in a room, but he's worth waiting for. He took x-rays of my bent knee. The ligaments on the outside of the knee are shortened and the ligaments on the inside are stretched out. The knee hasn't buckled yet and there's no pain the pain medicine won't take care of, so it's my choice as to when I have the knee replaced. It's just a matter of time. Oh joy.
I used Mary's stamp of a basket of flowers and a small stamp the says,"Your kindness makes my heart blossom" and made a card. I stamped 6 baskets and colored them with the pieces of chalk I had left. Then I cut the baskets out. The fun was in the details. One card can take a lot of time to make but the joy is in the making. I got some free stamps with my order and one is about birthdays. We made a card at the party with these same stamps and I can't wait to make some Birthday cards with them.
Tony Allen had an operation on his back for a pinched nerve and I got a card "Thinking of You" and gave dad to send to Tony. I'll have to start giving away cards soon or I'll have to sleep in the basement!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Sunday
I called my ride this morning saying I wasn't going to church-my legs and feet hurt-but then I thought of people who really hurt and still go to their meetings, and I called Bro. Decker back and said I'd be going after all. I don't know if it did any good or not because I felt like I was just going through the motions. Sort of clock watching. I had a Relief Society teacher meeting after church. Shelly Merrill taught and it was a good meeting, but it had been more than 4 hrs. since I ate breakfast so you know what I was thinking about! I came home and made a couple of cards but the creative juices weren't flowing so I stopped.
Dad is in the living room singing to the birds while he changes their cages. He wants to give them showers after that. I'm just having an off day.
Dad is in the living room singing to the birds while he changes their cages. He wants to give them showers after that. I'm just having an off day.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Half and Half
Today was the day for the Stampin' Up party. I guess it wasn't a party, just 5 women and the teacher meeting at the Blackburn center. It cost $10.00 and we made 4 cards and decorated the envelopes. I was all eyes and ears to learn anything I could. No one was wearing perfume and all of the ladies were just like me, nice, but younger. Not real young, but some had children in school. It was a good age spread. I fit right in. I have to call Mary, the teacher, to order anything. Back to studying the catalog!
After I came home, I didn't know what to do. I'd used all of my creative mental energy at the party and didn't have much desire to do anything . About 3:00 PM, I asked dad for the Feb. bills so I could fill them. He wasn't really feeling good, but he got up to get me the bills plus some other records to sift through. I did the bills and then he come into the living room and helped me. That was what I did the other half of the day!
After I came home, I didn't know what to do. I'd used all of my creative mental energy at the party and didn't have much desire to do anything . About 3:00 PM, I asked dad for the Feb. bills so I could fill them. He wasn't really feeling good, but he got up to get me the bills plus some other records to sift through. I did the bills and then he come into the living room and helped me. That was what I did the other half of the day!
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