Back to the future or present..in memory of Todd Yelton

Before this day escapes me...I would like to remember a once was nephew that left us all too soon....Today would have been your birthday Todd..turning 41 ..the same age as my son...My son was suppose to be born on this day..the 11th but an early arrival made him 4 days older then you...I didn't know you..not until you were an additive to the family and spending the hours with you that on occasion was when we were together for a family get together....
Today,,,I remember you on this day....as if you were here being a year older....and hating the thought that you are gone...leaving all too soon a world that you must have perceived as where you didnt want to be...that the trials and tribulations here was too much for you to bear...I hope that you are at peace now....
Thinking of you with fond memories on this day ,hoping your family is not remembering you with sadness but as of a human being that was once among us.....
Happy Birthday and rest in peace Todd..You are remembered and missed...love you

Going back to sept 2010

I was thinking about my blog site and decided i would go  back and read my blogs...I had actually forgot what fun i had when i first started writing a blog..It was just the jotting of some of the daily events happening in my life and meant to be a plesant source of reading if someone stumbled across it by means or by accident....I see the difference in the way i wrote and the happy times i was writing about content with my life and the happenings in it...
I have actually thought about deleting all blogs i have written since last sept ..the day of the tornado...That was then.this is now....all except one or two of the blogs i have written since then have been i've noticed in reference to happenings on facebook or within some friends and family which compelled me to write them ..Now i realize..that is not me..that is not the carefree blogs i was posting about life in general..i have found that removing,deleting or ignoring these threats that have created turmoil in my life have released a lot of negative thoughts and comments from me..therefore i have ..after reading my first blogs decided that i liked the old me instead of the present...i know you are not suppose to think about the past but in this case the present is not the person i was or wanted to be...so i'm going back in time ,,to the old me....
Once upon a time....i spoke about the hundred acre woods...minus 88...now the woods are a little bigger..going to somewhere around 42...the addition was brought on from the man in the house's deceased parents....the newly acquired acreage increased our 12....to 42..I really can't say ours because the additional acreage is really his and will one day be passed on to his children which I hope is many years from now....still we are in the rolling hills of ohio..being able to see the lights of belpre almost 20 miles away because of the hill we live on.Oh those wva hills....I love my home in ohio but over there in west va lives the heart of this country girl..I started this blog as a country girl and i still am.......regardless of what people think...I have from here on decided i was going to go back to my happy dumb little posts instead of the ones that were posted as defensive posts..why post them when its easier to ignore the predators that lie in wait and watch knowing they are always there and always will be.
enough said...starting anew........please stand by for different posts....enough said

Full weekend

Another beautiful weekend in southeast ohio....So many decisions on what to do..Original plan was to go with preachers wife to a womans conference but tickets sold out before we could get the second one as I was late in letting her know..

Lots of organizations in town having annual white or yard sales as we call them..debated on hitting a few  of them then going on to take the little one to the Easter parade as this was the second year for the parade and weather would have  been perfect...decided I had enough clutter as some people call my house decorations so I elected not to add more..That was an easy one to elminate but I do love garage sales...I just don't need to go ..need to have one myself..in saying so ...I can honostly say I've never had one..I just donate to Salvation army..

Instead ..we opted to go to my gr-nephews birthday party which in retrospect would be brother Bob's grandson in case I lost anyone other then myself in deciphering that...

As kids do...they had a blast in the order of birthday cake..present opening..then hitting the outside to play amidst dodging rain drops or showers at times..
I along with a neighbor was the only adults there....I felt sorry for the gr-parents that could'nt make it as they missed seeing all the action but I guess it was to their liking that they chose not to come...for some reason or another...


After the party we came home and the motorcyles were out roaring thru the yard..while I scampered out to feed the animals...darn wabbits still holed up under the building..

On to Sunday..I usually call funday cause the gr-girls are here..After eating and opening late birthday presents we decided to make a cheesecake..not very appealing to look at but it was consumed in a  few hours..It took 3 cooks to make it ..me being the supervisor.....lol...but they did good...had to think last nite ..which I still don"t know or even want to know whether any hands were washed..If not..I sure was'nt going to tell...and did'nt.

In about an hour fella drove up and I hesitantly gave away two little bunnies and two bigger bunnies....assuming they were going to a new home to be used as pets instead of ending up in a skillet which I think may have been the original reason for buying...Don't even want to know cause I could'nt think of eating my wabbits no matter how hungry I am..Too late now..but I don't want to know the fate of those four...so now I have ...eh,....18 or 19 to pawn off..think i will run an add in local paper and sell cheap ..that way if someone eats them at least I didnt freebie their life into it....

After the bunnys departed we ventured back in the house to eat the cheese cake that all the little chefs had throwed together,,for as bad as it looked ..it was soon all gone...around here...don't matter whether its pretty or not...we are'nt perfect and thats what I told these three,,,It don't have to be pretty just good to eat...It was..It's gone....

Now we are back to the outside..It is so windy that you have to have a jacket on because its a brisk wind.....My girls don't last too long on the outside....Don't quite understand that ..They live in the country but you'd think they were from the city...They like the indoors better...no heat..no wind..no bugs they say...laughing here cause I'm just the opposite

By 5 o'clock..the house is back to one 9 year old and us....and lots of dishes ..I can't even begin to do dishes or clean up kitchen when they are here because the 9 yr old heads to the computer and the 5 year old wants to go out on trampoline...Now seeing this gr-ma on a trampoline is a little frightening when I can't even stand up on solid ground....but my hours with them here are spent with what they want to do...so out we went..
After getting tired of jumping,,these five year ol was wearing her gr-ma out..we decided to play Simon says on the trampoline......that was beginning to fizzle out when the wabbit collector made his appearance.....just in time...after wabbits were collected we set up an electronic bowling game...after that got boring I was instructed to go out to my building and get the kids swing that I concocted to put on my porch so I did'nt have to take my previous swinging babies out in the yard...ahh babies love to swing..I do know that....Heck..I do too..

Another fun filled weekend in my neck of the woods.....Mondays here..the beginning of the start to another Sunday.One more thing... Guess I'd better not forget to add grammas birthday gifts..I told my girls to get me an easy brush....No, they did'nt want to do that..I had a new one here last week and I said just give this to me so they would'nt have to spend money...but the little one said...We don't want to give you an easy brush...And we can't give you something you already know we have..It's suppose to be a present....Well,,,now I could'nt begin to argue with a five year old's thinking...That might be above my level..Not really but I know a few I could compare it too.....So the above pics is what I got amongs listening to them trying to figure out who got me what....lol..Enough said on this blog...off laughing  on their musings.... and to wash a load of clothes before the storm hits...

The scheme of things

Life and people....a world of perplexion...there is always at least one person sitting,watching waiting for the next chance so they can take their inquisitive minds and cut you down at every angle they can while they sit and sheepishly grin at what they have or are trying to succeed in doing.
I heard the remark today that facebook is as about as bad as having the old days party line phone where everyone used the same line and the one not involved in the conversation sat lurking ..listening quietly so they could wait til the talk was over and then stir the pot elsewhere.

So, goes my story...a solitaire person is one thing but when they add an accomplice the plot thickens...and then blogs and facebook comments appear at almost every post or comment you make..

I do beleive in retrospect if you are not  the person directed to then you should keep your comments to yourself...or if you can't jesterfully take it when you can dish it out..then STOP reading and go elsewhere....but no....

We have the watchers ..like the glory in making the kill ready to brag and move on to influence someone elses life in to their way of thinking.

By the way....everyone has them..I have them ..you do too....watching and waiting...

People ask why I don't facebook as much ..my reply is...I have too many people instead of removing me from their friends list just  wait til i post then pick,pick,,pick,,    enough said..........

Friends or foe

just wondering how many people willl open up this blog and wonder why there is nothing on here...It all depends on how you are reading it and who you are..I have found that some people come to my blog just to see how they can twist and turn them into what they want to perceive then turn around and stir the pot with everyone else...whether it be friend or foe....

Just saying

    OH YEAH  OH YEAH......I FIGURED IT ALL OUT...O.K.,,,NO SWEAT ON THIS END....JUST TOOK  A LITTLE CHECKING INTO A LITTLE MORE PAGES AND I KNOW NOW ,,,,THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED...I AM IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION THEN WHAT SOME PEOPLE TEND TO MAKE ME LOOK..


KEEP OBSERVING......I KNOW NOW,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YAHOO

• IT'S AMAZING HOW IF YOU JUST BIDE YOUR TIME AND WAIT...EVERYTHING FALLS BACK IN PLACE,,,SOME TIME THE MEMORY HAS TO BE JOGGED AGAIN TO SEE THE NEW CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN AFFECT SINCE TIME WAS A FACTOR IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT DISRUPTED THE WHOLE PROCESS TO BEGIN WITH.

I NOW BELIEVE THAT ONCE YOU FIND THE KEY THAT UNLOCKS THE DOOR.....ENTER IN AND BEWARE...........BUT KEEP PLOUGHING THROUGH LIFE......ENOUGH SAID

For the judgmentals

BEST POEM IN THE WORLD



I was shocked, confused, bewildered

As I entered Heaven's door,

Not by the beauty of it all,

Nor the lights or its decor.



But it was the folks in Heaven

Who made me sputter and gasp--

The thieves, the liars, the sinners,

The alcoholics and the trash.



There stood the kid from seventh grade

Who swiped my lunch money twice.

Next to him was my old neighbor

Who never said anything nice.



Bob, who I always thought

Was rotting away in hell,

Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,

Looking incredibly well.



I nudged Jesus, 'What's the deal?

I would love to hear Your take.

How'd all these sinners get up here?

God must've made a mistake.



'And why is everyone so quiet,

So somber - give me a clue.'

'Hush, child,' He said,

'they're all in shock.

No one thought they'd be seeing you.'



JUDGE NOT!!



Remember...Just going to church doesn't make you a

Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.



Every saint has a PAST...

Every sinner has a FUTURE!






FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY DO NO WRONG!!!

A blog with meaning

When words can mean something different..Some people can make their words seem different then what they are perceived to be, leading people or wanting people to think differently.This could be a double meaning post.

The day turned out to be one of great meaning for this country girl that lives in the boondocks....as I've had some describe my living in the country.......I jumped on the four wheeler with camera in tow and noticed that spring is just around the bend.

I had a remarkable girlfriend that I not only worked with but lived beside of and after 20 years she was moving to Georgia..After tears of good-bye she had me dig this little tree which was merely a foot high out to her back yard as a rememebrance of her....Here it sits 15 foot or so away from my house to be seen each day....................................................This scraggley looking little tree to the left is one of remebrance of the land owner that once lived here...After he passed away 10 years ago this maple tree sprouted up ...Ironically it was the exact same spot where this previous land owner used to sit and oversee his property...Days upon end he would sit on this spot where this tree mysteriously appeared when he passed on..so we call this dad's tree.

This tall twisted willow tree is one the landowners wife planted in her yard after she wanted a start from ours......The crooked willow...to which we call...............

mom's tree...Mom just passed not quite two years ago but her and dad's memory live on in the growing of their trees..

The next one is a bush from my native state ...the great state of West Virginia..Yes,,I'm a buckeye with hillbilly roots............This is my Rhondendron bush,the state flower of West Virginia..

The bloom off my little bush....Not knowing too much about flowers I planted my poor little bush in the open sun...wondering why after 10-15 years my bush never bloomed ..Now I know..the secret to the planting was that the little bush was suppose to be on the East side of the house away from the full glare of the sun which I planted it in....I will attempt to move it out of the full exposure of the sun when suitable time for moving,,,,alas a bush none other then my little West Virginia bush..

Yes ...the heading of my post and the content of the post is entirely opposite in meaning but I've been reading posts lately that twist and turn their posts into what they want them to be and out of text with what they are....to be continued.

Preacher using the 'F' word in Church (A must see)

ok,,,Ellen...I can't remember whether this was suppose to be dedicated to Doris or just posted..It is cute as you said..

Rhett Akins KISS MY COUNTRY ASS

MY FRIEND ELLEN POSTED THIS ON HER WALL BUT HER HUBBY DECIDED SHED BETTER NOT POST THIS VERSION..SO SHE REMOVED IT AND PUT A MILDER VERSION ON.... IT WAS DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE THAT LEFT THE GREAT STATE OF WEST VA AND FORGOT THEIR ROOTS ..... BT W...I AGREE WITH HER.....

maybe just maybe

Well maybe ,,just maybe I will get back into my blogging...maybe not...For the last day of March...I do beleive it went out like a lion....So ,,does that mean officially no more cold days of winter..Either way...I am happy to just know that April is here...Oh .so this must be my day....Not full of pranks..just full of fun and laughter.Me ..the one accused by some of having too much of a sense of humor...I always thought that was better then having NO sense of humor.....either way...It's much easier going thru life with a smile on your face....Always makes people wonder what you are up too....plus it looks a lot better. Ten minutes into the first day of the month I chalked down my first joke...for the day,via chat line....probably be my last...maybe not .the grandbabies are coming down tonite because of other plans for Sunday..I do beleive that some Napolis or Pizza Hut pizza will be on the menu for Friday night..Spent most of my day accumulating items to be distributed for baby shower...birthday and Easter ..Debating on whether to make my son a cheesecake((his favorite dessert )) tomorrow night ...(meaning tonight since this is Friday) or wait until next week as his birthday is on Thursday....It's a mere question of whether I want to be early or late...May opt for the late as I have always ran more on the late then the early side in getting things done.. I'm waiting for the weather to break where as I can visit an old friend (not that shes old) in Jackson county ..my old stomping grounds and meet her newly acquired gr-daughter and family...We hashed it out and decided it would be sometime during the month of April...not too hot and not too cold....Geez ..on that note ..I sound like Goldilocks....Another bigger get together is planned for mid summer for an old friend or friends get together depending on how many plan to attend.....That date has'nt been set yet... I'm sitting here looking at a clock ticking in a quiet room that seems to take over and consume the room..I had a brother to stay over night this past month and the grandfather clock kept him awake..It was not the Westminister chiming and music that kept him awake..it was the continious ticking of the grandfather clock along with 15 or 16 other clocks....most sit upon the shelves ticking away almost in perfect sequence with the most prestige of the collection.Gram-pa..My living room has become a haven for clocks.....All different with its own designs and most are action or movement clocks that are always chiming at differnt times so as not to conflict with all the other ones sitting within their surroundings... April 1st....a much better looking day then the one that rendered snow flurries and rain and went out as the say "like a lion".. Hello April ..I do like you much better ...Starting out on a rather cool note but weather is on the rise.....Weather man says in 70's next week,,not soon enough....I'm ready for the arrival of a new season,,One that is my favorite time of year....Everything is returning to life.A new beginning...Now I know why I was chosen to be born this month,,to start out in a month with newly green buds on the trees,,,grass beginning to sprout ,,,and the arrival of the brightly colored Easter lilies...and tulips after surviving the harsh bitter winter....I love the new life with all its vivid colors.....yes April is my month..... It's a short post but a lot of things left to do on my list of to do's that don't get done...btw......April fool to you...Hope not too many people get this over on you. enough said. This post was started after midnight so the past and present tenses are used ..hope it doesnt confuse too many of you...p.s..you'll have to bear with me on the running together of paragraphs....Its been some time since I blogged and have to reconfigure how to do everything....