could have been worse

It is wednesday......cold nasty day outside..................

this is whats going on our side of the country

or at least in the 88-12 acre woods...

forty eight hours ago....monday to be exact...............
24 hours ago..............tuesday....yesterday


today..................wednesday....ice cicles hanging from table today...

We made it...Looks like the worst of the storm is past and if we make it thru til Friday we should be in the clear..or at least back in the 30's...whoever would have thought that seeing 30 degrees sounds nice,,,,not that it is that cold here..it is another bone chilling cold with the rain coming down...I just hope it warms up enough to thaw the ice...

my stately standing pine trees in the back of the house ....yesterday...........

same trees today.........................laden down with ice.............................the top branches are full of ice ..the bottom are touching the ground from the weight..i just hope they dont break...

yesterday little toy was covered with snow............................


today hes frozen in ice........................................

I was sitting watching tv about one a.m. last night when it happened...one flicker ..two flicker ..on the second flicker I was up getting the little lantern which I knew was on the shelf above where I was sitting if someone had'nt moved it from its handy dandy place for me to find....whammo..there it is and there came the third flicker...lights out...We knew this could possibly happen with the ice storm they were predicting,,,And sure enough ,,again...the last time our electric went off from an ice storm was about six years ago and it was off for a week in january..we werent taking any chances this time not knowing how long it could possibly be off...so a trip was made to the little country gas station yesterday for five gallon of gas in case we would need to use the generator for oven..frig and lets not forget the can't do without tvvvv...So,,with my little lantern I wondered into the computer room and retrieved a oil lamp,,,which i know where they are..I love oil lamps and my little collection of about dozen or so are on a shelf in the computer room and some of them have oil in them for these outages that happen every now and then...so,,i lit my oil lamp and set him on the kitchen bar...instant light...i love the glow they put out...makes the room look so soft....then i proceeded to lay down on the couch where i could see my little oil lamp,,I'm still a little gunshy of anything that burns with an open flame even if it does have a globe...poor Abe Lincoln...imagine no electric....no i cant at that...we are just spoiled from having it...anyhow..i settled down for a sleepness night to be ...cause i would awake to see if my oil lamp was burning all right....well..wonders of wonders ...it was hard to beleive but how the electric company got our electric back on before dawn amazes me...guess they know people could freeze real quick in this kind of weather...((((((((((((subject change for a moment on that note...)))))))they found a 92 year old guy around Columbus dead in his house...Couldnt pay his electric and the way the article read,,his electric was shut off for nonpayment..he froze to death in his house which they said the temp inside was 32....

My pretty trees along the animals fence line in the back of the houe................

same trees ...not so pretty now with all the ice on them..tops are split..first tree has branch broke and dangling to ground.........

Back to the future...So now our electric is back on but the dogs barked all night long which was another sleepless night hearing the constant barking of the dogs..usually they do not bark unless someone is outside..that wasnt the case...this morning when we got up ...we realized why the dogs were barking.they were hearing the trees pop and cracking branches splitting and to them it sounded like gunshot which is what it sounded like to me this morning when i could hear them still snapping as i was taking pictures...wont have to worry about firewood this year..with all the trees that are going to be down...woods will be full..one thing about it...we just go to the woods that you see beyond the animals pen to get wood for the fire...its really close..just the job of cutting and hauling it in,,,(((((((((back to the future)))))))))..when we looked out...what a sight...the rain and ice last night have coated the trees...i was videoing this morning and as i was doing so i could hear the woods cracking and limbs splitting from the weight of the ice on them...One large tree in our back yard that we noticed right away split and his branches are on the ground..I tried to take a few pics....our willow tree that we have babied to get to grow for the past 5 years ((the ground and soil up here on the 12 acre woods is hard to grow anything..not fertile enough...)))anyways the poor willow tree is going to lose its little branches if the weather doesnt warm up...One has already split that i can see but its not my biggest one...Maybe if we are lucky this will be the last major storm we see....but i know they can be as late as march...for a big snow.....

Perhaps i will get a chance to get a few more pics on here on a later post...toodle loo

is it rain or snow

rain rain go away.....dont make the roads a film of ice today...
if you must ,,then rain tonight and let the morning sun shine bright.
Ive seen too much snow this year..let the spring time be oh so near..
Its really not the snow thats bad,,,its mostly the bone chilling cold weve had..
When cheeks turn cold and hands are red,,I realize i should have stayed in bed...
But outside to feed i must go...to water and feed the animals i love so....
I feel so bad when I run late,,,knowing they depend on me for food on plates.
Sometimes i wish my animals could talk,then feeding them is worth the walk..
But then again , what would they say..."Where's your ass been today?
We've been outside in the cold..waiting on you makes us be bold...
To have to wait on food from you,,not knowing if its a 10,,12 or two...
And how do we they would say,,,only rate one meal a day...
You people eat all day long,,you need it you say to stay strong...
When morning comes we need to be fed,,,it was a long time ago we went to bed.
Our feet are cold,our noses red,,from wind blowing around our heads...
If animals could talk,we would say,,Make all this damn weather go away..
My newest little pig has yet to see..how pretty the spring and summer can be..
We took her harness off today...she is more tame.and shouldnt stray..
The man in the house thinks this weather is neat...no sweat,no humidity .no hot heat.
not me...give me the summer...I hate cold weather,,,winters a bummer...
Its the end of january,,yahoo,,,about six more weeks to make it thru...
I already can see the crocus appear,,but they come thru the snow this time of year,
Its Easter lilies that i love so.,,red tulips and feeling the warm wind blow..
When the yellow flowers can be seen,,they are so bright on the grass so green..
The smell of spring just cant be beat,along with the colors and the birds tweet.
The hummingbirds are a pretty sight,,drinking their nectar in the bright sunlight..
The bird boxes will be up soon,to be ready for the new mammas to swoon...
The thoughts of spring,,,i just cant wait,,to have the warmer weather is going to be great.
I guess i could have taken off for a warmer place,and came back at a warmer rate..
But to live in the east is really kind of neat,,we get cold,warm,,lukewarm and then heat..
The seasons change..the colors too,,,from drab and dreary to spring anew...
I guess if my life wasnt meant to be here...i wouldnt be here from year to year....
Now how i got on a poem,,beats me...but it is more easy ,,the rhyming for me...
You can write in words or rhyme...whichever to me is more then fine...
Before too long the grass will be up,and a job every week to keep it cut...
I would rather on the outside be..house cleaning is not for me...
Now mowing the lawn i love to do...but as for lawnmowers you have to use two..
the riding one for cutting,,push one for trim..and all the places the big one wont fit in..
The only think I hate is weed eating ..sooo,,,instead of that contraption i use a hoe...
The pool will be open,,the kids outside to play,,and my life will be a little easier,,i say
the bugs I dislike ,,ticks,,spiders and such...and they probably dont like me as much.
I squash'em and chase'm to make them leave..but stupid bugs,,they come after me...
Now I am always wonder how can that be,,that they aren't afraid of the bigness of me..
It would be so different ,,if they would disappear,when they saw me coming near...
Just why a bug thinks they can crawl or bite,,,on you,,just doesnt seem right...
Take a sweat bee,they wait for the chance,,to get in a bent place or up your pants..
I know they are here for a purpose..but what can it be,,,,just to torture you and me....
Yeah,,,the only good thing if any about winter...the chances of seeing these critters are slimmer.
In the south the nutra rats,crocs and gators are many,,,here ,,we will never see any
So I guess I should sit and wait..for the weather to change and then watch the fate.
Of the predictions ahead,and stay in off the roads,,,cant go in freezing rain we are told..
So here i am posting ,,ready for bed,,the little ones nodding ,,there goes his head...
a bath he has had,,pajamas are on....hes off for the bed,,,,now he is gone...
In the morning a new day will break,,,after a fresh night of sleep hes wide awake..
Some days are a squabbling all day,,and being stuck in the house..doenst help much i say...
For the last three days there has been no school...for parents it sucks..for kids ,,its cool...
Dont know why snow days are when its cold...summertime would be much better im told.
The snow has fallen,,3-6 inches or so...but the cold frigid temps make it ever so cold.
Give me summer,,fun in the park,,,and daylight more before it gets dark....
Im off to the kitchen,,id love to have ice cream..but settle instead for cookies and cream..
I would only be colder trying to eat.....the cold ice cream..when there is no heat.
There is heat on the inside but none on the out...and thats what eating ice cream is all about.
To cool you down on a hot summer day....not in the dead of winter with ice on the way...
So I' off to fill this emptiness i feel....of hunger and drink,,in need of a meal...
After all its almost midnight,,,a midnight snack i see in sight....
Earlier on when the man went to town...i said see if any cookies are to be found...
I wanted something chocolate and sweet,,,and got not one but four packs of cookies to eat..
Theres butter and chocolate..yum,,yum...Ive pigged out once,,,now im on the second run...
Cookies and coffee .oh what a treat...fills up the tummy with a yearning so sweet...
Im ready to crawl under the sheets...with my electric blanket on....how neat.......
To sleep all night and not be cold...is oh so neat when you are this old...
So goodnight to all...another day ,another post...nothing exciting that cant wait...

goodnight to allllllllllllllllllllllllll

another snow filled day

hello hello,,,,hello I say in awakening to another snow filled day..
but wait,,,its still snowing and there is more on the way......
Now if I were a bear I would love to outside be
But I'm not,,,,I'm just plain ol meeeeeeeeee..
I love looking out and watching the white flakes of snow
But as far as driving in it..my first thoughts are nooooooooo..
The man in the house thru the 12 acre woods proceeded to go
Out thru the country to drive thru the snow....
Was wanting me to go for the scenic view and a little drive
But nooo....I chose to stay in the house and stay alive.. (i think)
As long as I am able to jump out of bed and feet hit the floor
What else in this world could I ever ask for...
I may have a bum knee and my movement has slowed
Not that I was'nt expecting that ..the older i go....
At times I may whine and complain about my knee..
Then my self pity takes over for meeeeeeee...
I say to myself...Look around you,,your life is no curse,
There is millions and millions whose plights are far worse.....
The knee is a nuisance and does sometimes hinder me
But then I think,,it could be cancer to some unknown degree'
At least what I have wrong can be sawed ,redid and be made better
Whereas some people don't have a choice,,like our whats it going to do weather.....
We have no choice in the weather from day to day...
I hear the man in the red truck just made it back this way.
He takes the four wheel drive....to see how much it will go
He has no fear like me of roads covered with snow...
In my younger days ,to me snow was no fear...
Its funny how your fears change when age gets here...
I drove thru snow that took me over two hours to get home
and only half an hour to get to the workplace i had known
I guess I am thankful that now it depends on me
I can go out and drive in it ,or sit here as I please...
Well..so much for the saga and perils of this day filled with snow..
The man in the house is calling so off i must go.....
I have no time to edit this so away it is sent.
to all all you out there...I'm gone ,,I went.........

I WONDER

SOME DAYS ARE WONDERING DAYS....

I WONDER........

IF WE ARE GOING TO GET THE THE ICE AND RAIN THEY ARE FORECASTING....

IF MRS KKKKKK SEES 7 INCHES IN VIENNA.......WILL WE.

IF MY ANIMALS ARE COLD WHEN THE WEATHER DROPS TO THE TEENS......

IF MY FISH WILL BE ALIVE WHEN THE FISH POND FINALLY UNTHAWS......
WE HAVE HAD THE SAME FISH FOR 7 OR SO YEARS...OR WILL THEY BE FROZE BEYOND REGONITION.....

IF THE GROUND HOG IS GOING TO SEE HIS SHADOW.......OR EVEN COME OUT OF HIS HOLE AT ALL...

IF AND WHEN LAYOFFS ,,CLOSURES AND JOBS WILL CEASE ......AND WHAT ELSE WILL HAPPEN FROM DAY TO DAY....WITH THE ECONOMY...

IF GAS PRICES ARE GOING TO GO SKY HIGH AGAIN...OR WILL THEY TAKE A DIVE ..

IF THE SHORTAGES WILL CAUSE MORE VIOLENCE...WHICH IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE EACH DAY....

IF PANCAKES,,BEANS AND SYRUP IS REALLY GOOD.I'VE NEVER TRIED'M....OR WOULD IT BE MORE LIKE ROAD KILL TO US.....

IF YOU CAN RAED TIHS BSCAEUE POPLEE RINEADG ELISNGH SLOHUD BE ALBE TO
BEZREE RGHIT TORGHUH IT....IF YOU CNAT FRIGUE TIHS OUT IT WLIL BE IN THE
RBLEADAE SNETCENE AT THE BTOTOM OF THE PGAE......

IF A BEAR REALLY SHITS IN THE WOODS.OR IS THAT A SAYING...OR HAS SOMEONE ACTUALLY GOT THE BARE FACTS...

IF OUR NEWS STATION IS AS STUPID AS THEY SOUND OR ARE THEY PRETENDING.DUH.....STUPID IS A STUPID DOES..YEAH FORREST GUMP..
ABOUT 30 MILE DOWN RIVER FROM US THEY FOUND A MAN ON HIS COUCH FACE DOWN,,,,HANDS TIED BEHIND HIS BACK ,,,DEAD AT THAT....WELL A WEEK LATER...THE INITIAL REPORT CAME BACK ON THE GUY...NOW CAN YOU BELEIVE THAT AFTER A WEEK THEY FIGURED OUT HIS DEATH MUST HAVE BEEN A HOMICIDE INSTEAD OF NATURAL CAUSES LIKE THEY THOUGHT AT FIRST...WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING WHEN THEY COME ACROSS THE BODY....HE TIED HIS OWN HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK AND FELL OVER ON THE COUCH DEAD....PLEASE GOD...DONT LET THESE POLICE PEOPLE EVER HAVE TO HELP ME.....

IF YOU KNOW HOW TO GET 10 HORSES IN NINE STABLES WITHOUT DOUBLING.....MY MOMMA COULD...SHE SHOWED US HOW.....

IF I MUST BE DOWNRIGHT BORED TO EVEN PUT THIS POST ON HERE...WELL..ACTUALLY NO I' M NOT...

IF I WILL EVER MAKE LITTLE SAILOR HATS OUT OF NEWSPAPERS FOR MY GRANDBABIES LIKE OUR MOTHER DID FOR US WHEN WE WERE LITTLE AND SOMETIME WE WOULD EAT OUR POP CORN OUT OF THEM..AND LITTLE SQUARE
NEWSPAPER BOXES WE COULD PUT THINGS IN SHE ALSO MADE FOR US..

IF WE WILL EVER SEE PAPER BAGS ON PEOPLES HEADS NOT FOR ROBBERIES BUT FOR TRICK OR TREATING LIKE WE USED WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP..TO TRICK OR TREAT IN....

IF OUR CHILDREN WILL EVER KNOW WHAT HARD TIMES ARE LIKE..PERHAPS LIVING IN THE NEXT CENTURY WILL BE CLOSER TO HOW THE RECESSION WAS IN OUR PARENTS TIME...

and IF I DONT GET OFF OF HERE,,,,,I AINT NEVER GOING TO GET MY DISHES DONE...

IF THE REASON I STAY SO TIRED IS BECAUSE MY SISTER IN LA MAKES ME TIRED AFTER SHE TELLS ME EVERYTHING SHE IS DOING.."""I GOTTA QUIT ASKING HER WHAT SHES DOING....''IM TIRED THINKING ABOUT IT.....

NOW AS FOR THAT SENTENCE...IT IS ...WAIT..I HAVE TO GO SEE WHAT I WROTE...

IF YOU CAN READ THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE READING ENGLISH SHOULD BE ABLE TO BREEZE RIGHT THROUGH IT...IF YOU CANT FIGURE THIS OUT IT WILL BE AT THE READABLE SENTENCE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE..WHICH IS THIS SENTENCE...

IF'SSS.............THERES COZILLIONS MORE BUT BLAH BLAH BLAH....

JUST LIKE OLD TIMES

MY SISTER IN LA...IT WAS BAD ENOUGH TO BE RAISED WITH TWO OLDER SISTERS AND ALWAYS BEEN HIT,BEAT, AND ABUSED BECAUSE THEY WERE OLDER AND RUN AROUND TOGETHER ...NOW I ASK ,,HOW CAN A SISTER IN ANOTHER STATE GET ME IN TROUBLE...HERES HOW....





WELL....TO BE QUIET TRUTHFUL ABOUT IT...JUST AS I WAS PREPARING THE PANCAKES ,,,,,MY LA SISTER CALLED AND SAID ...."""YOU DIDNT TELL ME HE PUTS SYRUP ON TOP THE BEANS..""TO WHICH I SAID ..GOTTA GO...HE'S COMING IN TO EAT RIGHT NOW ...LATER....



IN THE MEANTIME,,,,I GRABBED MY CAMERA WHEN HE FIXED HIS PLATE AND TRIED TO FEND HIM OFF WHILE I TOOK A PICTURE AND I FINALLY DID GET ONE ...



PANCAKESSSSSSSSSSSS...BEANS.........AND SYRUP.....OR IS IT ROADDDDDDDDDDD KILLLLLLLLLLLLL



NOW THAT SISTER IN LA..CAN PUT ME UP WHEN HE THROWS ME OUT..........LATER,,,,,,

blah blah blah

Oh what a blahsome day....fresh pretty white glistening sparkling horrible cold snow.....o.k. i'm about ready for spring in the hundred minus 88 acre woods with the house on the hill.When I can't get out on the roads , because of this fresh pretty white glistening sparkling horrible cold snow,,then its time for it to disappear out of my life...I guess that will all depend on whether the ground hog sees his shadow or not next monday....well..as far as that goes...i say screw the groundhog and lets get another animal to forecast the next six weeks..I'm ready for spring...the only thing that i look forward to each day to get me thru the next is waiting to play my daily bingo game..(which all in all isnt bad))helps the winter time goes by faster..and then again we have American Idol weekly to keep us going from week to week too.And my oldest gr-babies birthday to get ready for which is Sunday...boohoo...She will be seven going on 17....these kids scare the poot out of me ,,,well...lets not ponder too long on my day and age but what she knows at 7,,i did well to know at 17..so is it the age of the computer or just that we were a lot dumber back then...DONT EVERYONE COMMENT ON THAT ONE...

Back to the future...Sunday's are a hectic day anymore..They used to be rather drab but every Sunday the two gr-babies come down and there is not a dull moment ..beleive me..which also includes the gr-nephew who is the same age as the oldest gr-child...so now we have three...to fight and bicker between...most usually they get along pretty good especially in the summer time when they can all be outside and have their own space and not be cooped up in small quarters ....as my house is...

well...needless to say ...a cheesecake was in the process of being made with three wanting the bowl..beaters and spoon...ok..so one got the beaters....one got the bowl and one pouted.....heres the end results..

this one got the beaters and ended up with more on her face then in her mouth...................but none on her hands.

this one got the scraper and bowl and likewise had it all over his face...plus hands ..guess thats the boy in him....

this one didnt want any...and its not the best picture because now at their age when they know you want a picture ,,they stick out their tongues,,run ,,make faces and try to make it as hard on you as they can.......so i try to sneak up close and take one...
She's watching her dad play pinball and trying to talk him into letting her play against him...he does'nt on this particular game but usually she plays against him ...and is a challenge at that....

Well..its almost dark again...and the weather is suppose to be bad over the next 48 hours but i havent seen anything yet...the snow made it last night and now they are saying freezing rain with ice.....guess my big butt wont be going off this hill till the spring thaw........thats why i love this fresh pretty white sparkling horrible cold snow so much...really makes me appreciate spring more and more...but then again...we havent had so many cold days in a winter for years so i guess this one just made up for it......GO AWAY SNOW..and winter............

I beleive i like green on the ground better then white.......

tomorrow the oldest has an appointment with the heart doctor and i guess they will tell them whether she has to have it fixed this summer or not...i'm keeping my fingers crossed for her..she is scared to death of doctors and needles..but then again thats not my favorite combination either....

ok....gotta go gotta go gotta go....easy supper tonight...everyone ought to try this one and if you have then shame on me for thinking it is weird........but the man in the house wants me to fix pancakes...((easy fixings))no road kill tonight...anyways..the reason he wants pancakes is because I fixed soup beans,,cornbread and fried potatoes yesterday and the next day after soupbeans comes pancakes so he can put the beans on his pancake...yuk,,yuk..and double yuk...that doesnt even sound appetizing to me in any way,shape or form at all...and we must'nt forget the syrup.....for the grand topper....

i'm off to fix the fixins and eat me some real food minus the pancakes............later.......

monday nite..all is calm...all is bright

well...it is after 10p.m. a chilly one at that..we just got home a hour or so ago..took the little ones back to town...to their home and picked up a few groceries..I thought I was going to venture out tomorrow but I pondered about it and had the man in the house..(not of the house) stop and get sheep corn and dog food tonight before we came home...just in case by some unforeseen chance I couldn't get out tomorrow because of weather or some other unknown happening...All I can say is I am glad we opted to pick it up tonight...because...for one thing..the weather is 13 degree..doesn't really feel that bad since there is no wind or wind chill with it...and coming up our driveway was another thing...I was ready to walk up but the he-man driver wasn't even going to think on that line so after going down and around and up ..on the 3'rd try we finally made it to the house and I vowed to stay home tomorrow..My nerves don't go very far on icy or snowy roads.....The snow is basically off the main roads but we live on a secondary road and they don't salt it unless absolutely necessary and I guess so far it isn't necessary because they haven't touched it yet...I remember driving home in some hellish snow storms when i was younger and working but those carefree ,,full of nerve days are long gone..

So..I guess I will stay in tomorrow ..and watch the new President taking the oath...The six year old wanted to know if we could go watch it...It's amazing that one that young even would know what was going on..I guarantee you when I was 5 I had no idea who the president was and I still don't know who it was when I was 5...Oh well...This 6 year old was rooting for Hillary Clinton..That figures ..He's a boy...I told him it would be a great honor to watch the inauguration but as a face in the crowd I don't know whether it would be worth braving the temperature..Now why do they have to swear them in during the coldest month of the year...Why not move it up to April or a little warmer month..I hate being cold...so I"ll just sit here in the warmth of my little snowed in country house and watch it on the old boob tube...

I think the new President and his family will be a welcome addition to the white house...I wouldn't want the burden of all the past dilemmas that Obama will have to endure but I don't expect a miracle from him either..I believe he will do what he believes is right regardless of color or creed...and he has a lot of obstacles ahead of him to partake...Good luck to him on those.

I have had the little ones since Thursday night and I swear as I am typing I think I can hear the little one crying or the bigger one hollering for me....Just as you get used to the quiet ..the weeks gone and they are back again.The 6 month old is such a happy little thing...before he gets his eyes open .when you talk to him ..hes grinning...oh..but he is spoiled though...thinks when hes awake I should be holding him...usually I do..but I never get anything else done either...On the other hand..they are only little once...

I think I am going to call it a day and go sit down for some quiet time and watch a little tv...and drift off....and not think about bottles...crying...a six year old wanting something just as you get settled.....going to enjoy my space...later.............

COLD ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER

WELL..CAN IT GET ANY COLDER..AND YES IT CAN...IT'S A BONE CHILLING 17 DEGREES AND PUT THE WINDCHILL ON TOP OF THAT...NOT FIT FOR MAN OR BEAST...TONIGHT IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE BELOW ZERO..CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT DROP..THE ONLY THING I AM THANKFUL IS ....IS THAT THIS COLD WEATHER DOES NOT LAST ALL THAT LONG...THIS TIME NEXT WEEK IT WILL BE BACK IN THE 30'S ...HEAT WAVE...MAKES YOU APPRECIATE THE DOUBLE DIGIT NUMBERS WHEN YOU GET TO ZERO OR BELOW..OVER ACROSS THE RIVER IN WEST VA..THEY FORECAST HEAVY SNOW LAST NIGHT BUT THEY DIDNT GET ANY...WE GOT MORE..

I AM GOING TO VENTURE OUT AND FEED MY ANIMALS HERE SHORTLY...I WILL HAVE TO CARRY THEM WATER ALSO..YESTERDAY I PUT FRESH STRAW IN THEIR HOUSES...SO THEY SHOULD BE ALRIGHT...THE NEWS SAYS TO BRING YOUR ANIMALS IN BECAUSE OF THE WINDCHILL......YEAHHHHHHH...RIGHTTTTTTTTT...I CAN SEE ME BRINGING..A SHEEP..2 PIGS..1CAT AND 3 DOGS...IN THE HOUSE...THEY WOULD PROBABLY LIKE IT...BUT DONT THINK THE MAN IN THE HOUSE WOULD............

GUESS CONTSTRUCTION WORK IS GOING TO CLOSE DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND SINCE THE WINDCHILL IS GOING TO BE SO BAD,,THEY SAY IT IS HARD ON THE BIG TRUCKS TO TURN THEM ON AND OFF IN THIS COLD SO MANY TIMES..
OK,,,I AM OUTTA HERE..I GOTTA GET SOMETHING TO EAT THEN GO FEED MY ANIMALS.....................KEEP WARM..LATER........

About three days late posting

It is now Monday...A cold wet icy one at that...snow melted off but it is snowing wee little drops right now..almost like rain except for the white...melts as soon as it hits the ground...It is in the 30's give or take and this is suppose to be the best day of the week,,,by friday ,,it is only suppose to be in the teens...I can feel it now..just two more months til we hit the first of march..seems like when March gets here ..spring is on the way...I guess our firewood will make it thru the winter..The man in the house(not of the house) keeps cutting and hauling some in each weekend..only thing is ...we had so much rain that the wood is soaked clear thru...making it harder to stay lit and burn....I just keep putting fresh wood on top so it will dry out by the time the bottom is burnt...the glory of burning wood...............well...i havent found it yet....I do like the wood heat..Its a sleepy kind of heat..but the rewards are a lot of dust and dirt to clean up....










last thursday..they cancelled school because of rain or snow...maybe..the southern states got the flooding ..we got the ice and snow...anyways..bob went in and got the 9,6 and 3 year old to bring them down to go sleigh riding on the new sleds that Santa (right) bought them....They had fun to say the least...The greatest thing about sled riding it going down the hilll...I always hated trying to come to the top to start over again...good thing about this sled riding was the sleds were made of a low calibler plastic and were light for them to carry..The 3 year old just played in the snow...afraid to slide ..On occasion one of the boys would grab her and try to put her on the sled...She wanted nothing to do with the sleds...watching them was the fun part for her..these new sleds also had handles on them where you just sat up and turned the handles right or left..



and my canines were sitting watching ..sometimes it makes you wonder what animals think,,,ok..i need to stay away from that statement...bless their hearts..i think they are so purty...the black lab looks like a statue at times.........can never see her eyes....



I dont beleive that my little girl likes the cold weather...She's going to be full grown by the time i get to let her out and run the yard....shes a little porker...hehe...i bet she weighs 35 lb if not more...

ok...i guess i need to jump off of here and take inventory of what supplies we have...I really dont think i will be going out anywhere as the weather is supppose to drop and bring snow...they are forecasting 2 or so inches tomorrow...well..i'm done with inventory...got enough toilet paper to make it till next week..so thats all that matters to me.....

ok..its either go take a nap or fix something to eat...I'm about to starve to death...going to fix leftover turkey and gravy,,,the man in the house(not of the house) will be coming in from work in a couple hours..he is famished by the time he gets here so guess i will have to peel some potatoes as i fixed all the instant ones yesterday....I thought about running out to the little country dollar store about 4 or 5 mile away but didnt want to have to get cleaned up to go...so i didnt...

well.i never take a nap but i am about to fall off this chair..I am going to go hit the couch for a half hour or so..so i will yak when i come back....

Tooth fairy , six year olds and money

Six year olds..gotta love'em..dirty face and all....well...it started with the six year old losing a tooth,now this is the tooth fairy pillow...of course you have to have a tooth fairy pillow to put your tooth in...then he has to say "I know there really is'nt a tooth fairy " so I said ,Well,then why are we putting this tooth in the pillow?....Had to think about that one..if he was going to get some money..he better believe til at least in the morning that this flying fairy with wings was coming to get his tooth and leave him some money......

Next morning ,,,hes forgotten about his tooth fairy pillow...I reminded him of it,,he retreived it and there was a generous tooth fairy leaving him six dollars...The man in the house( not of the house) said,,gee i never got nothing but a quarter ,,maybe fifty cents when i was little....guess you would call it inflation...or the tooth fairy is not as smart these days....which would be me.

Boys.....This one managed to spend a dollar and never left the house...never made it to the store...here's how...My six year old gr-daughter came running into the kitchen and said .."look,,petey gave me a dollar...."I said "what for"....she said...

FOR ME WATCHING HIM PLAY HIS PLAY STATION 2 GAME..,,sooooooooo needless to say we had to tell him to put his money up before he gave it all away...

the question being.......can a girl talk a boy out of anything ?..or can a boy talk a girl into anything?..................all in all...i guess MONEY TALKS..........like they always said it does...so much for the perils of the six year olds...

Sneaking a post

Baby's in bed,,,for how long I don't know ..the little booger drank two bottles..ought to be bloated..still didn't want to go to sleep...I turned the light on ,,which is still on and bingo he went to sleep..Now ,if he thinks I'm sleeping with that overhead light on all night...nope..not happening..the 6 year old wandered downstairs and I've found a few lone moments to sneak on the puter..at any time my cover can be blown and it will be back to the kitchen..I have most of the dishes done..stopped to make spghetti (sp) which is nothing to say the least like my mother used to make it....cooking the sauce for at least 7-8 hours....mama mia ...that was true Italian cooking my mother did...Bless her heart..she loved to cook...never complained ..just didn't like the cleaning up...well...I don't like either one at this age..used too..not anymore..my likes have really changed ,,My mom would make a not one but two large lasanges or spaghetti and have someone drive her to the hospital...I bet the emergency room really liked her...She fed them those high in cholersterol rich Italian meals and never expected a dime,,It was just the joy in doing so for her friends...........Sometimes I wonder if they really enjoyed the food as much as she prided in making it...Every visit I made to her house it was to the local store for fixings for some Italian meal...I guess it was the only thing in her solitaire life that she could do,loved doing and stay at home doing and then fixing it much better then the Americans that lived here..Seems people from different cultures could prepare their own native food better then anyone and my mother could...I never could get into zuchinni and eggplant but I loved squash..I'm trying to think if there was any one thing my mom didnt like ...I think milk...ok..babys up ..im outta here...

Uh oh...I hear a few small moans from the baby coming from the monitor..I'd say my time is just about up...He is really a good baby...When he's up he just wants you to hold him...And if the lazy little shit would hold is back up to sit up he might be able to play with some toys..seems like he gets tired of laying down all the time..guess i would too..

Still raining in 100 -88 acre woods....Not all that cold...just wet and damp with all the rain..well,,we still have snow on and they say it is suppose to get wintry weather tonight..whether we do or not ,,i don't know..have to wait and see.......
The six year old wanted to go out but i went out and fed the animals and literally waded thru the mud.At one time I almost fell, so I threw down the bucket in my hands to get stabilized and caught myself before my tush ended up on the muddy ground...I've heard of people falling in big swine ranches and getting ate up and I can see that happening....These pigs pace and squeal all day long for something eat...Oh dear,,I have to get up and move around ..I feel a sleepy spell coming on..Maybe i Will go take a break on the couch and maybe drift for a few minutes..before time runs out and I am done in...I will try and get a better post and some pics on later tonight...toodle loo.

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the lights not burning too bright today........................................

came in from a rain filled day of feeding my animals.....and got to thinking which some days can be dangerous coming from me..

As I went to turn off the light from the side of the wall that I normally used I realized that the switch was up which meant I had to flip it down to turn it off...Now everyone knows that to turn a light on you have to flip the switch which naturally means to flip it up...right..well ,,I had to run,,no hobble over to the opposite wall in the kitchen and flip the switch down in there to get the one in the living room to flip up the next time I wanted it on..

Now that got me to wondering why cant up be down and right be left and front be behind,under be over, and so on and so on....how did someone decide which way it is suppose to be and why it stayed that way.....hey what did I tell you ,,,I got to thinking...and came up with this

stupid post..................later

weather or whether

To be or not to be...weather or whether.....The reason being...

Today was forecast to be a very slippery commute in the early hours...so I along with all the rest of the world decided to purchase a few groceries to get me thru a couple days just in case that severe weather made it here.But you see I live in or rather out about 20 miles from town so I don't want to get caught with out ..especially TOILET PAPER.that would suck..

so I must admit I was out there too .I had toilet paper,,I had to pick up a few lunch things for the man in the house...but all in all..I thought I have been doing pretty good as far as buying groceries...Other then bread and milk...I usually have food of some kind to fix..I could survive but not the man in the house...He doesn't eat anything and everything like me..I wanted some soup beans to fix..Got the cornmeal but there wasn't a bag of beans in sight..Guess I know what everyone else is eating or maybe with the economy that's all they can afford ........Now whether the meteorologists know what they are talking about is questionable at times....The weather is not like they fore casted at all in our not so hundred acre woods..It started raining as I sat here posting which was suppose to start after midnight last night and continues to do so..I have yet to see the ice or freezing rain..They do say we are going to have some of that white stuff over the next two or three days...That doesn't bother me..I have nowhere to be at a given time so I can chose to stay in or wander out...Sometimes ,,especially in the winter time I could long to live in town or just on a flatter road closer to town...If my house was sitting about a mile from where it is now I would be in house heaven...referring to no steep winding road to have to traverse on to get to our four lane..I love it in the country and didn't use to lock my door..even with my St Bernard and Black Lab and mousy little Jack Russel I don't feel as safe as I did when I moved here almost fifteen years ago...My ,,how time flies....Just this week..local news reveals how people are coming to houses asking to use phone..out of gas etc..and wham bam thank you ma'am...they are attacking you....How's that for hospitality..Even with the canines its hard to feel safe...Especially mine...If they attacked you,,it would only be searching for a treat...I know if they bark..something or someone is outside...friend or foe..that is the question...sometimes they don't bark.....they are just too friendly for their size...guess I should have opted for a pit bull...

Boy,,I sure got off course from the weather.. Whether that's good or bad I don' know..Finally started the wood stove back up yesterday and banked it before I trotted off to town...I love the wood heat but hate the mess...and smell..I guess I never thought about smelling it but its what you get used to, until I went to a doctor when we first started burning wood and he said my hair smelled like wood smoke.Imagine that..I guess you never notice the day to day smells in your own home but someone not living

there would....Then again,,that's what air fresheners are for..huh...

The man in the house just called and said around the hill from us the salt trucks were out when he was going to work at 5a.m.,,so regardless of whether we get the weather they are predicting they are getting ready for it..

I strayed again..Back to shopping..You would have thought they had predicted a blizzard for a week..The local Walmart was out or low on fresh vegetables,meat and fruit...THAT'S THE WAY IT IS....Everyone runs out and buys up thinking they are going to be holed up for a week...Now ,,if you live in town....you can actually walk and get what you need...go figure..

I can't wait til this summer...We are getting a Walmart in our little country town..of maybe a thousand people.. give or take a few..Imagine that...Only thing is our Walmart is going to be in the form of a Family Dollar Store...I'LL TAKE IT....and only a mile or so from the house..The old people used to walk this route back and forth every day to school..Some were lucky and had a horse to ride...like the ones that used to live on this farm...I can just see the kids of today walking..Actually I do love to walk but I'm kinda hindered now with this knee that needs a replacement...that I don't what to have done...until I have too...It gets me where I'm going..Guess I would never to walk to the local dollar store as long as I can ride being is that you have to go over two hills which would be like mts..to some people....Straight up hills....too much for me at this age.......

Sitting here watching tv as I don't have to watch the keys while I am typing as I had typing in high school....many many moons ago..At the time I had no idea why I took typing.Now I am glad I did....Just like taking music lessons....Once you know where all the chords and keys are you can play...Its all in how you move your fingers...Oops..off track again..Just heard local weather and whether they know what they are talking about..who knows..but they say the icy roads from this rain is going to be here close to noon....we shall see..well not me,,I don't plan on being out in this weather ..My plans are going out and and feeding my animals here soon and throwing some more logs on the fire and doing nothing but enjoy the peace and quiet...Except for the phone commutes it should be pretty quiet around here as I took the 6 year old and the 5 month old home yesterday....The quiet actually scares me...I DON'T SEE TOO MUCH QUIET TIME AROUND HERE...but I love it..

I need to run or rather hobble down and put wood on the fire...call my La. sister ,,,hang some clothes up and do a little picking up...As I said this is the first hallelujah day I have had for some quiet since the week before Christmas..Long overdue........I'm going to enjoy it while I can because depending on whether this weather gets icy the man in the house will be home as he can' drive a dump truck on slippery wet roads...especially moving dirt...and my quiet time will be gone...On that note,,I'm gone

love or laughter

A picture can tell a lot about a person for sure but only the way the looker is perceiving it...For instance the humor in this picture would be when I would say this is me and Pigger and the comment would be."Well, which one is you"Funny ,,,Funny,,

On the other hand...this was my first pig...Not that I was in love with my Pigger but I loved him in a way that you could love a pet...I did'nt have to hold his pig foot ,,just a pat on the head or a rub on the ol belly would do.That might actually work with a lot of people too.in some relationships...hmm.hmm...And I never ever thought just because of prices going up that I would be having him on the table with a apple in his mouth..Now ,,my La. sister might have thought that,,Sometimes I think animals can read your mind..She would call him pork chop and this pig would absolutely at the sound of her voice run her down..Her only escape was to jump on a chair on run up stairs..He could'nt go either place...You just had to be here to see the humor in her and my pig...She did not think it was all that funny but I did...the remembering years.

Since Pigger I have had 5 pot belly pigs of which I still have two..One will be two years old and the other I just got in October of this year...The first four have been males and the latest one is a girl....More trouble then shes worth at times..Typical female ...screaming and hollering all the time....

Back to love and laughter...The above is love with laughter included...The couple here is as much as in love as they were 30 years ago...One would absolutely be lost without the other...No children but they are used to doing everything together ,,cruises ,a trip out of the country every year for a get away together ....I sometimes think it would be much harder on couples if something happened to the other especially if they didnt have children and all their lives were spent doing things together ...I, myself would be lost if that was the case..but guess I like knowing the idea that I have been thru times of being by myself and could do so again if I had too...

I guess looking at pictures would be perceived different by who is viewing it and the way their minds think....But I do know if I am with a two legged and it better be a male then I want that honey wallowing all over me at least for the first 24-48-72 hours then he better make it stretch for the remaining years we have together...enough said...I'm outta here....

Need to post a new profile

Its the dawning of another year which makes me wonder what this one has in store...I guess just surviving the previous one is an accomplishment in itself...So far i have almost made it thru the first day with no side effects from the night before of doing nothing..Can't recollect the last time I have ever went out and partied or lived it up..Was talking to my sister in N.C. and like she said ..."We must be getting old...when the thrill of New Year's is just wondering if you are going to make it to the next one...Oh well..Thank goodness for memories ...

To the left is an up to date pic of me,my son and the gr-babies..I guess I should change the one on my profile to look more like this ..the real me..The La. sister dabbles with photo workshop and gets a charge out of changing our appearances ..I must admit ,,I do like some of them...I don't think she did anything to me in this one...I am what I am...Some days you just look a little better then others...

I sure hope today is not a preview of the weather we are going to have til spring...You can't stand to be outside ...The temperature itself is not too bad...That doggone windchill will get you every time along with the wind...I love the wind on a hot humid day...but not this timeof year...

Must jump off of here and resume taking the rest of the tree down..I managed to make a mess out of three rooms from jumping back and forth and still havent gotten one completely done..I am usually not in a hurry to take the tree down..One year,,just one..I didnt take it down til St Patrick's day...Reason being,,,We were living down stairs with an unfinished upstairs and I put the tree upstairs that year so we only went up for Christmas and I waited til a little warmer weather before I took it down..

I will catch everyone a little later on in another blog..I have to go redo the electric blanket on the bed...Last night was a chilly 15 and tonight is going to be somewhere around the same..I am definitely ready for warmer weather....I sat down to eat a bowl of cereal and dozed off and on in the chair like I usually do so i jolted awake and decided to check out the old puter...

I did and I am outta here....Happy New Year's Day.....