Good Day For A Saturday

It stopped raining this morning, so I didn't have to swim to feed the horse and cats. Got back home in time to watch the first session of conference. I got more out of the 2nd session. I thought it was Sunday already I had such a spiritual feeling!

I've make 6-8 more Christmas cards. I need to get more plastic shoe boxes to hold all my stash. Yes, Trudy, I'm using my Crop-A Dile. It's easy. I can show you how to do it (me showing you for a change!). I made some pretty blue Christmas cards that were plain on the outside, so I've been putting eyelets on them. I think that's what they are called. I had a Stampin' Up card party for today but it was canceled due to a death in one of the ladies' family. That was good not to have the party, because then I could stay home and watch conference. Dad taped it so I would have watched it anyway.

Our grass is getting long (actually it's probably all weeds, but they are green and they look like grass). Dad says he's watching it (that's how we get our kicks, watching the grass grow!). I'll be glad when it dries out so I can go scratch around in the yard some.

Mary Kate talked me out of going on the Kay Sheppard diet again. She suggested talking to a dietitian at the Wellness Ctr. about what I should be eating. I have no structure in my food life. The only thing I like to eat begins with an S and has eets in between! I called the Wellness Ctr. today and asked about talking to someone and the girl said any one of the trainers in the main place could help me. So, Mon., after Silver Sneakers, I'll go find someone who will talk with me. Watch out world, here I come!

Buckets Of Rain

I knew a storm was coming this morning so I went down and fed the animals before it came. And it did come! Nothing was damaged here but things were blown around in other areas of the valley. It's been raining hard all day. I went into town to the Post Office to mail a couple of packages and then on the way home I stopped to feed the animals. The road to the barn was almost a river. In the barn, the rain sounded even louder! On the way home from the barn, I had to stop and get the garbage can out of the ditch, all this time the rain was still coming down. Finally I got into the house, I felt like an old wet hen.

Yesterday afternoon, Karen came by and got me and we met Bro. Merrell and Bro. Mitchell at the church and we drove to the temple. At first, I had forgotten that it was temple day. Karen called and she was wishy-washy about going so I said,"Let's go!" and we did and had a marvelous time. I had found 5 cards that needed sealing to parents on them and got them done, thanks to Bros. Merrill and Mitchell. Got home at 11:30 PM. Slept 'til 12:00 noon. Hated to get out in the rain but had to do something worthwhile today.

I finally got the big book from the University of Alabama I had ordered. I found my name and my brothers name in it but none of my ancestors names in it. When I ordered it, I thought it went back to 1925 at least. I was stupid to order it. That's my one mistake I can make this year! One big crimson mistake!

Whew!

I had to go feed Maryleen"s horse and cats this morning, and them at 9:00 AM I was off to Wat-Mart to get some groceries. Then, I came home and in an hour, dad and I were off to Madison to see Dr. Morgan. I sat in the waiting room for more than an hour and then we had to go downstairs for a lab visit. After that, we almost drove into H'ville to this place called MegaBits. He got a replacement ham radio. His old one is not good and he participates in a MARA net talk each Sun. where several men get on their ham radios and talk. He got a good one that will last forever.

Brenda Adams requested a birthday card for her grandson, Dage, who is turning 12 yrs. old tomorrow. I had already made several children's b'day cards, so I just personalized it by putting, "to Dage" on the inside under Happy Birthday. Brenda said she liked it. I told her to give me a list of her birthday people and I can customize the cards. We can never repay all the work they are doing in our woods so I like to help out with the card, especially since she likes them!

I didn't go to the exercise class this morning because I had too many other things to do. I know I've walked a mile today. I sure feel like it.

Frozen Roast

I didn't throw the roast I cooked yesterday away, even though dad won't eat any of it. I put it in the freezer for when one of the kids come over! Around 4:00 PM, I got hungry but I was making cards so I didn't go get something to eat. At 5:00 PM, I was really hungry! I had cooked some brown rice in the rice cooker and I remembered how flavorful the roast was , so I got it out of the freezer and nuked it until I could scrape enough off to go on top of my rice. It was good and I woofed it down. Dad had rice, beans, and a little corn.

I took 3/4 lb. of margarine and a big container of Spring salad greens to my neighbor, Brenda. I had bought the greens at Sam's but didn't realize the container would feed about 50, so after two salads, I knew I needed to give them away before they went bad. I took two cards I had made today too. One card had "smile" or "hello" on the outside and the other one just had flowers on the front and was blank on the inside. I asked Brenda which one she liked best and she said she liked a saying on the front. Now I'll know what to fix for her. Kathy said she liked the blank ones so she could put her own verse or saying in it. I'm about ready to start making Christmas cards again.

While I was at Brenda's house, she asked me if I would like some of her homemade candy as she put a covered metal container near me. As I was about to get some candy, she flipped the lid off the container and a black rat jumped up! Not a real rat, just a plastic one, but I think I jumped! She said her cousin Nancy was afraid of rats and they were going to be at a family gathering tonight, and she was going to offer Nancy some of her homemade "candy"! I can almost hear Nancy scream now! I once put a grey plastic rat in the jar of peanut butter to "get" my husband. He opened the jar and there was a rat staring him in the face! Ha-Ha! I really got him then! He doesn't like me to have any plastic bugs, snakes or mice because he knows I'll try to "get" him, and I will!

Nice Day In A Way

I went to exercise class today. We had a new instructor and it was nice. It is one hour of movement, stretches and slow moves. Nothing hard to do. I enjoy the class when I get there!


After class, I went to Wal-Mart and bought 7 containers of oatmeal. After the wheat scare, I wanted to have some grains on hand. I bought some fruit and noticed the prices are up. Bought 2 loaves of bread and it was $3.50 a loaf. There is cheaper bread, but Frank only likes this 15 Grain bread. Came home and made a few cards. I had previously cut out the fronts and had taped them on, so all I had to do was to finish the cards. Kathy Best sent me a cute card and some stamps. That was considerate of her but I'm just pleased she likes the cards and has good feedback on them. She likes to send cards and I make more than I'll ever use so I love to share them with others.

I got a chuck roast in a package from the grocery store. It was like the one everyone makes with mushroom soup and onion soup mix. I cooked it for 4 hrs. so the meat was tender and the veggies were like library paste! It was too salty so dad didn't eat any. There goes money in the garbage. Bad me for trying to get a good meal without all the work!

The Fifth Sunday

It was 46 degrees this morning and rainy or overcast so I wore dark colors (mainly because I have no spring colors) and a black jacket to church. I got warm in Sac. meeting so I took off my jacket. As the morning wore on, I got a little chilly. I was glad I had the jacket when I thought it was time for Relief Society, because the piano is near the windows and it gets cool there. Then, I realized it was the fifth Sun. and that Rel. Soc. and Priesthood met together. At some point in time, I put my jacket on and left it on. The verdict of all of the above? I was glad I took my jacket to church!

When I cooked French fries several day ago, I got a second degree burn on the right side of my right hand little finger. It was about the size of a dime and the blister had come off, so I'm left with this wound in a bad place. I have some fabric band aids that stretch, so I can put one on long ways along side of my little finger and it stays put. I will probably pan fry things like salmon patties, but I won't be using that much oil again!

Dad's upgrading the new software to his new computer. Rosko is chirping loudly but the other two birds are quiet. I'm tired but can't settle down to rest. I made four cards, with only one that I thought looked nice. Rikki is now making noise and of course dad is "chirping" right along with whoever is making noise. He had a 2x4 cut into small pieces and then had holes drilled into them and has been gluing almonds into the holes. He's making chew toys for Rikki.

Sis. Decker's next oldest daughter flew from Denver for the week-end. Stacey, the Decker's youngest child, told her sister to come home so she could fix her hair for the prom last night. That sounds wild to fly from Denver to here to fix hair, but Karen's son Brent, works for an airline and get $10.00 fares! She came with Christian, her 4 month old son. They are all very nice people. The little baby was very cute.