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.............