After washing my hair this morning, I decided it was time for a trim. I went into town and decided to go to the Shoe Store and get a new pair of shoes first. I found out that if I didn't get my hair dried with the blow dryer it was only $14.00 instead of $18.00 . I got a pair of shoes (which I'll take back tomorrow) and then got my hair cut. I said ," take off just a little", but I think the girl was paid by the pile of hair on the floor by her chair! It's short, but as I always say, "It'll grow!"
I came home and made one card. I think I'm burned out or something. I sit down to make a card and no inspiration comes. I guess I got spoiled by the double sided paper I had . The paper was so pretty I didn't have to change it much in order for it to look good. I have five more cards to make from the kit I bought so I guess I had better make the rest of them. If I take a break from card making, maybe the creative muse will return. What is a "muse'? It's a noun meaning a state of deep thought or dreamy abstraction, a source of inspiration. The word is from Greek mythology and is any of the nine sister goddesses of learning and the arts and it is from Middle English. That's enough of the English literature lesson. You won't be tested on it, but it would be good to remember what it means.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Visiting Teachers Came
I was having trouble thinking of what I did this morning. I knew I hadn't gone back to bed. Then I remembered about my visiting teachers coming. It's been a while since I've had V.T.s and we had a nice visit. Jan Laytham and Ginger Scandlen are my V.T.s.
Trudy's blog was very sobering! Our country importing wheat by next year! And maybe a depression! My parents lived through the depression of 1929. I still have the food ration books, but I think they were from World War ll. Any way, it's all very disturbing.
I didn't go to the cancer club meeting. They were going to discuss about the Relay for Life and I was in such a down mood that I would have rained on any parade. I felt better after I ate supper. I made one card, my way. I have made five cards from the Stampin' Up kit. It was something new and different and I'll have to get used to the new method. I'll get to go to the exercise class tomorrow and I'm glad. Dad's getting ready to order his new computer. It will make him happy and he deserves some happiness. He's so sweet. He's always telling me how much he loves and appreciates me. The feelings are mutual.
Trudy's blog was very sobering! Our country importing wheat by next year! And maybe a depression! My parents lived through the depression of 1929. I still have the food ration books, but I think they were from World War ll. Any way, it's all very disturbing.
I didn't go to the cancer club meeting. They were going to discuss about the Relay for Life and I was in such a down mood that I would have rained on any parade. I felt better after I ate supper. I made one card, my way. I have made five cards from the Stampin' Up kit. It was something new and different and I'll have to get used to the new method. I'll get to go to the exercise class tomorrow and I'm glad. Dad's getting ready to order his new computer. It will make him happy and he deserves some happiness. He's so sweet. He's always telling me how much he loves and appreciates me. The feelings are mutual.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Monday
Went to exercise this morning. It was good and it looks like I'll get to go wed. too. I had an appointment with Dr. Sharp at 1:20 PM. While I was in H'ville, I went by Hobby Lobby. I had printed off a 25% off coupon and used it to get some printed paper, a corner rounder and a little tray with a spout that you can use glitter with and then pour the excess back in the glitter container. I tried it , using the glitter, on a piece of scrap paper, but the glitter got over everything as I tried to pour it back. After exercise, I got my nails done.
Before supper dad helped me with getting five of my prescriptions ready to mail to Medco, the mail order pharmacy we get our drugs from. From which we get our drugs, would be the proper way to write that. Then, you're not ending a sentence with, um-m-m, I've forgotten what it's called. Anyone out there know what I'm talking about?
When I left and got back from H'ville, the Adams were working in the yard again. They must watch the weather reports to know when it's going to be a good outside day. It got up to 62 degrees today. Tonight it's going to rain and then drop down into the 30's! I did force myself to prune four butterfly bushes so I could throw the prunnings into the fire. Bobby Adams must have a good blueprint in his brain to know how to clean and fix up the yard so well. It looks like their woods now. You can see back into the woods now. Brenda says we'll be able to see the deer that come back there. The deer might not want to come now that our woods are all cleared out-they'll have no where to hide! It would be nice to move the swing and the kids swing set back there under the trees to have some shade. Mary Kate, oh, Mary Kate, when are you coming for a visit? We could move them then!
Before supper dad helped me with getting five of my prescriptions ready to mail to Medco, the mail order pharmacy we get our drugs from. From which we get our drugs, would be the proper way to write that. Then, you're not ending a sentence with, um-m-m, I've forgotten what it's called. Anyone out there know what I'm talking about?
When I left and got back from H'ville, the Adams were working in the yard again. They must watch the weather reports to know when it's going to be a good outside day. It got up to 62 degrees today. Tonight it's going to rain and then drop down into the 30's! I did force myself to prune four butterfly bushes so I could throw the prunnings into the fire. Bobby Adams must have a good blueprint in his brain to know how to clean and fix up the yard so well. It looks like their woods now. You can see back into the woods now. Brenda says we'll be able to see the deer that come back there. The deer might not want to come now that our woods are all cleared out-they'll have no where to hide! It would be nice to move the swing and the kids swing set back there under the trees to have some shade. Mary Kate, oh, Mary Kate, when are you coming for a visit? We could move them then!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Sunday's Muesings
Went to church, wore my red suit. I got cold so next week I will take a blanket. I also forgot a snake (ha-ha! I meant a snack). Don't expect the Bishopric would appreciate me bringing my snake! No, I don't have a snake! I guess it's my age that makes it hard for me to sit through my meetings. Having a snack does help. I eat breakfast, usually oatmeal and milk, at 7:45-8:00 AM and by 11:00 AM my blood sugar gets low, and I'm ready for a snack. I've always thought it rude to eat during church meetings, but I want to feel good. It's usually in the last meeting, R.S., that I might carefully slip something into my mouth. Anyway, I'm in the back row by the piano and I don't make smacking or grunting noises when I munch my snack. It is usually 1:30Pm before I get home and then I can have lunch. There, I've finished rationalizing that.
I finally got around to making my first Stampin' Up card today. It was easier than the fear I had built up over it! I guess the fear came from having to follow the directions. The card looks good. The card making frenzy I was in a couple of weeks ago was because I had already made the cards, I just had to put them together and I could do three or four a day easily.
Talked to Frankie tonight. He and the family are doing good. Mary Kate, dad thought you had made the card you sent me. I was working on a dark green card and he asked me if I ever did any bright cards like you sent me! It took a minute to explain the fact that I had made that card and had sent it to you, and then you sent it back to me! Trudy, I can't make the computer make copies of my blog. If I print out the blog I've just written, I get one printed page and three blank copies, or copies with only Granny's Blog on it. I don't get the pictures or anything. I don't want to waste three pages so I haven't been printing anything. Dad had some way to do it with copying and pasting, etc. but I don't know how to do that yet, and haven't been in the mood to learn. You'll have to come over and make me want to learn. Frankie, if you don't want to get on the computer, you don't have to read my blogs. It's just a way the girls and I communicate.
I finally got around to making my first Stampin' Up card today. It was easier than the fear I had built up over it! I guess the fear came from having to follow the directions. The card looks good. The card making frenzy I was in a couple of weeks ago was because I had already made the cards, I just had to put them together and I could do three or four a day easily.
Talked to Frankie tonight. He and the family are doing good. Mary Kate, dad thought you had made the card you sent me. I was working on a dark green card and he asked me if I ever did any bright cards like you sent me! It took a minute to explain the fact that I had made that card and had sent it to you, and then you sent it back to me! Trudy, I can't make the computer make copies of my blog. If I print out the blog I've just written, I get one printed page and three blank copies, or copies with only Granny's Blog on it. I don't get the pictures or anything. I don't want to waste three pages so I haven't been printing anything. Dad had some way to do it with copying and pasting, etc. but I don't know how to do that yet, and haven't been in the mood to learn. You'll have to come over and make me want to learn. Frankie, if you don't want to get on the computer, you don't have to read my blogs. It's just a way the girls and I communicate.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Saturday Night
Had a good day. Drove into town to get some gas and then on to Wal-Mart for some Zantac for my stomach acid and I got a five drawer plastic container for my stamps and ink pads and there is lots of room for other things. I wondered if it would make my room too cluttered, but I had cleaned out my closet floor and there was room for my sewing machine. Now the new container sits beside my table and every thing fits just fine. Thanks for a basement! It's a life saver. No room for something, just put it in the basement. I haven't started on a new card yet. I did assemble the various parts, but I haven stamped or anything.
Speaking of the basement, last Sunday I asked Sis. Lobel, the church organist, if she would like the organ I have. She seemed interested but hasn't called. I'll see her tomorrow and will ask her again. That is a nice place for more food storage shelves. I really have to make a run to Sam's soon. Gas has gone up to $3.14 a gal. I think that is what it was. It had been $2.99. At the grocery store, most things I would put into the cart was a dollar or more. Now it's $2-3 an item.
Here's a recipe for self-rising flour. If you don't have any self-rising flour, use one cup of all-purpose flour and add 1 &1/2, 1 1/2. one and one half teaspoons of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of table salt. I don't bake anymore but I saw this in Heloise and thought it was a good idea to know. Also, don't wash your clothes with any towels. The towel will leave lint on the other clothes. It's been years but I've finally caught on to this one. Plus, it was in my "The Queen of Clean" everything book. My mother didn't get a washer and dryer until I was in college so I was ignorant of how to treat the laundry. I would take clothes to the laundromat for her but I didn't know anything about measuring the soap. I just poured in the soap until I thought it was enough. At the university, I thought I would Clorox my sheets, so after I put them in the machine with the soap, I poured the Clorox right on the sheets. Several weeks later when I noticed big holes in my sheets, I realized what caused them! Even today, I am Clorox shy. Got to go read my Relief Society lesson.
Speaking of the basement, last Sunday I asked Sis. Lobel, the church organist, if she would like the organ I have. She seemed interested but hasn't called. I'll see her tomorrow and will ask her again. That is a nice place for more food storage shelves. I really have to make a run to Sam's soon. Gas has gone up to $3.14 a gal. I think that is what it was. It had been $2.99. At the grocery store, most things I would put into the cart was a dollar or more. Now it's $2-3 an item.
Here's a recipe for self-rising flour. If you don't have any self-rising flour, use one cup of all-purpose flour and add 1 &1/2, 1 1/2. one and one half teaspoons of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of table salt. I don't bake anymore but I saw this in Heloise and thought it was a good idea to know. Also, don't wash your clothes with any towels. The towel will leave lint on the other clothes. It's been years but I've finally caught on to this one. Plus, it was in my "The Queen of Clean" everything book. My mother didn't get a washer and dryer until I was in college so I was ignorant of how to treat the laundry. I would take clothes to the laundromat for her but I didn't know anything about measuring the soap. I just poured in the soap until I thought it was enough. At the university, I thought I would Clorox my sheets, so after I put them in the machine with the soap, I poured the Clorox right on the sheets. Several weeks later when I noticed big holes in my sheets, I realized what caused them! Even today, I am Clorox shy. Got to go read my Relief Society lesson.
Friday, February 22, 2008
End of the Week
Can't believe it's Friday again. Time flies whether you're having fun or not! I slept in to kill time. Forgot what I did after I got up. But I did take the doll and her dowry (extra material I had bought thinking I would be making doll clothes with, etc.)
over to Karen's house. Karen paid me. I didn't stay long because she was working on her Primary singing time project. It was a large pansy with a hole cut out where a child could stick his head in while the other children sing,"Little Purple Pansies". She's also working on Stacey's prom dress. It has a white under dress with black see through material on top. Black and white, Clements High School colors! She spent about $60.00 on the material and the other girls will say they spent $300.00 for theirs! It helps to have a mother who sews like a pro.
My Stampin' Up order came in and Mary brought it by tonight. My mind is too tired to start on a card tonight, so I'll wait 'til tomorrow, I took six cards to Brenda Adams as a token of what they doing in our yard. I gave them to Bobby and by the time I got home Brenda called and wanted to know if I had make the cards. She really liked them, which makes me feel good. She gave me three salmon patties she had made. They were good, better than mine.
Didn't go to the Wellness Center. Didn't even think about it! I'm so committed to good health. The new arthritis medicine I'm taking, Arthrotec, is doing a number on my stomach. The directions say to take with food, which I do, but after supper my stomach is acid and I take Tums. I surely hope I can still take this medicine for it really takes the pain out of my bone on bone knees. Oh, well, it's always somethin' At least it's not moss! LOLLOLLOLLOL!
over to Karen's house. Karen paid me. I didn't stay long because she was working on her Primary singing time project. It was a large pansy with a hole cut out where a child could stick his head in while the other children sing,"Little Purple Pansies". She's also working on Stacey's prom dress. It has a white under dress with black see through material on top. Black and white, Clements High School colors! She spent about $60.00 on the material and the other girls will say they spent $300.00 for theirs! It helps to have a mother who sews like a pro.
My Stampin' Up order came in and Mary brought it by tonight. My mind is too tired to start on a card tonight, so I'll wait 'til tomorrow, I took six cards to Brenda Adams as a token of what they doing in our yard. I gave them to Bobby and by the time I got home Brenda called and wanted to know if I had make the cards. She really liked them, which makes me feel good. She gave me three salmon patties she had made. They were good, better than mine.
Didn't go to the Wellness Center. Didn't even think about it! I'm so committed to good health. The new arthritis medicine I'm taking, Arthrotec, is doing a number on my stomach. The directions say to take with food, which I do, but after supper my stomach is acid and I take Tums. I surely hope I can still take this medicine for it really takes the pain out of my bone on bone knees. Oh, well, it's always somethin' At least it's not moss! LOLLOLLOLLOL!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Why Do I Have To Have A Title?
It was a gray day today. It's supposed to rain tonight. We had a burned out turn signal on the Accord so dad got the cardboard out (he lies on the cardboard on the ground) and replaced the bulb. We plan to keep the old 1990 Accord even when we get a newer model so I'll have a car I can carry friends in. The Accord would be the car I would take dad to his Dr. appointments in. He has to lie down with his feet up on the dash board now. It will be great to get a newer car!! Eighteen years is a nice time to keep the same car!
With my stamp order, I'm getting a kit that will show me how to make a couple of cards. Plus, I''ll learn new layouts. It'll be fun to get something new. Since I'm not in so much stress, I haven't been making as many cards.
Went to Wal-mart for groceries today. It wasn't cold enough for a coat but cool enough for a jacket. I counted my money so I wouldn't go over the budget. Picked up my anniversary ring that had lost a stone and had to go back to get fixed. It didn't cost anything, but I was ready if it had! I bought two pair of scissors, didn't really need them, and only went over the budget by $2.00. We eat cheap since we only eat 15 bean soup (minus the soup)! I'm eating them now because I either put honey mustard or pineapple chunks on the beans so I can taste them. Yum. I thought about getting some meat, but beans are easier to chew! LOL. Also bought some cookies. Last night I was so hungry for something sweet that I was eating out of the Nestles chocolate milk mix! I wasn't going to mention the cookies to dad, but he was helping me put the groceries away and found them! There are a few left I think.
I should go to the Wellness Center tomorrow (no plans to do it right now...) and go to the therapy pool. There are classes in the pool but being so short the water level on me is too high for me to enjoy them, plus they use the cold pool and I am entirely too old to get into cold water!! There are two pools, one where you can swim laps if you want, and the therapy pool. The therapy pool goes to 4'4'' with one end a deep end. It is 80-90 degrees and feels really good. I walk around a number of times to exercise my knees. It's cold when I get out of the pool and go to the dressing room. If it's too cold, I don't take a shower, I just go home reaking of chlorine. That helps keep the moss from growing on me.
With my stamp order, I'm getting a kit that will show me how to make a couple of cards. Plus, I''ll learn new layouts. It'll be fun to get something new. Since I'm not in so much stress, I haven't been making as many cards.
Went to Wal-mart for groceries today. It wasn't cold enough for a coat but cool enough for a jacket. I counted my money so I wouldn't go over the budget. Picked up my anniversary ring that had lost a stone and had to go back to get fixed. It didn't cost anything, but I was ready if it had! I bought two pair of scissors, didn't really need them, and only went over the budget by $2.00. We eat cheap since we only eat 15 bean soup (minus the soup)! I'm eating them now because I either put honey mustard or pineapple chunks on the beans so I can taste them. Yum. I thought about getting some meat, but beans are easier to chew! LOL. Also bought some cookies. Last night I was so hungry for something sweet that I was eating out of the Nestles chocolate milk mix! I wasn't going to mention the cookies to dad, but he was helping me put the groceries away and found them! There are a few left I think.
I should go to the Wellness Center tomorrow (no plans to do it right now...) and go to the therapy pool. There are classes in the pool but being so short the water level on me is too high for me to enjoy them, plus they use the cold pool and I am entirely too old to get into cold water!! There are two pools, one where you can swim laps if you want, and the therapy pool. The therapy pool goes to 4'4'' with one end a deep end. It is 80-90 degrees and feels really good. I walk around a number of times to exercise my knees. It's cold when I get out of the pool and go to the dressing room. If it's too cold, I don't take a shower, I just go home reaking of chlorine. That helps keep the moss from growing on me.
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