Hey , whats going on ?
It is already October, wow , where does the time go ?
Sharon turned 21 last month. Joe will turn 25 this Christmas.
Speaking of Christmas, it is coming up fast. Not ready for Halloween even.
The weather is just wacky right now. It is rainy, the temperature goes from 57 to 81 so far today.
I had to go to the doctor last Monday , I was having an asthma attack. Got some steroids from the doctor, I am just now starting to feel better. Jacob was in the emergency room last month. He was not there for his blood pressure, but it was up. I took him to the doctor today to get that checked out. His pressure is fine. No problems there.
The cats are doing just fine, so is the dog, they are all crazy chasing each other around last night. The kittys are not impressed by Jewell at all. It is funny, she walks up to them and they look at her , like 'what do you want now'.
well, talk some more later, bye
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Where has the time gone
Wow, been a while since I posted anything.
Been busy this summer working and stuff. I am on the 1 to 10 pm shift. Missing the rush hour traffic is fine but I don't care for the hours, hard to get anything done. By the time I get home , I can't go to bed right away. Traffic winds me up , there are so many idiots on the road. People are so stupid, be nice if they would use their traffic signals and get in the lane they need to be before they are on top of it.
Everyone around here is fine. Joe went active duty with the Marines for a little while, the contractor he was working for cut back and of course Joe got cut.
My job and Jeff's job are going full blast. Jeff is working the 3 to midnight schedule.
We are going to be going to Ohio to go to a niece's wedding soon. Joe is staying because he is on active duty.
OK , now for my rant...Michael Vic got out of jail. That is fine, he served the sentence he was given. Personally , I think he should have been sentenced to a lot longer, just like if he made kids fight and killed them when they did not perform. People that into power like that don't limit it to animals. Those dogs did not come up to Vic and tell him, "Hey , I wanna go fight to the death!" any more than abuse victims of any age say , I want to be beat to death. To me there is no difference. God did not give us the right to abuse animals, they should be treated with dignity. If we are going to eat that cow, fine , but let it be a cow for a while and when you do kill it , do it in a fast way that will not make it suffer.
To top off what Vic did , he was picked up by the Eagles NFL team. That is another reason I don't like the NFL, to violent in the first place and they hire felons and convicts. Seems they do that a lot. How many of the NFL players have proven low morals, like beating their girlfriend/wife? Or have drug convictions, not just one , but multiple times. How many get picked up for multiple traffic violations or being drunk.
Yes, there are a lot of good men in the NFL, but unfortunately there are a lot of bad men in there that should be cleaned out. Make the NFL a clean sport. The players get paid enough to behave themselves. Why don't the managers make them? The excuse that the people do not care about off field character if *** ****. Just because everyone else jumps off the cliff does not mean you should.
So anyway , I think I am done for now.
Bye
Been busy this summer working and stuff. I am on the 1 to 10 pm shift. Missing the rush hour traffic is fine but I don't care for the hours, hard to get anything done. By the time I get home , I can't go to bed right away. Traffic winds me up , there are so many idiots on the road. People are so stupid, be nice if they would use their traffic signals and get in the lane they need to be before they are on top of it.
Everyone around here is fine. Joe went active duty with the Marines for a little while, the contractor he was working for cut back and of course Joe got cut.
My job and Jeff's job are going full blast. Jeff is working the 3 to midnight schedule.
We are going to be going to Ohio to go to a niece's wedding soon. Joe is staying because he is on active duty.
OK , now for my rant...Michael Vic got out of jail. That is fine, he served the sentence he was given. Personally , I think he should have been sentenced to a lot longer, just like if he made kids fight and killed them when they did not perform. People that into power like that don't limit it to animals. Those dogs did not come up to Vic and tell him, "Hey , I wanna go fight to the death!" any more than abuse victims of any age say , I want to be beat to death. To me there is no difference. God did not give us the right to abuse animals, they should be treated with dignity. If we are going to eat that cow, fine , but let it be a cow for a while and when you do kill it , do it in a fast way that will not make it suffer.
To top off what Vic did , he was picked up by the Eagles NFL team. That is another reason I don't like the NFL, to violent in the first place and they hire felons and convicts. Seems they do that a lot. How many of the NFL players have proven low morals, like beating their girlfriend/wife? Or have drug convictions, not just one , but multiple times. How many get picked up for multiple traffic violations or being drunk.
Yes, there are a lot of good men in the NFL, but unfortunately there are a lot of bad men in there that should be cleaned out. Make the NFL a clean sport. The players get paid enough to behave themselves. Why don't the managers make them? The excuse that the people do not care about off field character if *** ****. Just because everyone else jumps off the cliff does not mean you should.
So anyway , I think I am done for now.
Bye
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Had to get a new moniter
Last night , I was working on the computer and the screen started messing up. It would shrink and expand and then we smelt a metal burning smell.
I had time to turn the computer off. Well , the old cathode tube monitor is history. We had to go get one today. Fortunately Jeff did some overtime so it did not hurt the wallet too bad.
We were able to get a really good one. It is a viewsonic , 24 inch wide screen HD monitor.
It was cheaper than I thought it would be. It is a great monitor. Only problem is, now it shows the computer really needs to be updated. Oh , well that is coming in about a month or so.
The weather is now getting real hot. Air is dry, summer is here. Bugs are out and about. Now we gotta be careful about mosquitoes and flys and ickey things. They are fine outside , but I don't want them in the house. Took Jewell the dog into the vet last week. She passed her heartworm test. Got new heartworm medicine. So she is good for the year.
The cats are still silly, some of them have been sleeping on the old moniter. They were really suprised when there was no big back on the moniter.
Well , more later.
I had time to turn the computer off. Well , the old cathode tube monitor is history. We had to go get one today. Fortunately Jeff did some overtime so it did not hurt the wallet too bad.
We were able to get a really good one. It is a viewsonic , 24 inch wide screen HD monitor.
It was cheaper than I thought it would be. It is a great monitor. Only problem is, now it shows the computer really needs to be updated. Oh , well that is coming in about a month or so.
The weather is now getting real hot. Air is dry, summer is here. Bugs are out and about. Now we gotta be careful about mosquitoes and flys and ickey things. They are fine outside , but I don't want them in the house. Took Jewell the dog into the vet last week. She passed her heartworm test. Got new heartworm medicine. So she is good for the year.
The cats are still silly, some of them have been sleeping on the old moniter. They were really suprised when there was no big back on the moniter.
Well , more later.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Memorial Day
Hello, got some pictures of Jeff in his American Legion outfit. We had hamburgers and brats for dinner , Sean cooked them on the grill. He is pretty good.
This is the grave they laid the wreath at. He was killed in the first gulf 
war.He is Jeff and the others in the rifle squad for the 21 gun salute.
We also went to the cemetery where my grandpa, dad and brother are. Hard to believe grandpa has been dead for 25 years already. Stephen , my brother , has been gone for 19 years and dad for 15 years. Time does march on , doesn't it. Everyone here is doing good. Joe went to the lake with his girlfriend and her family.
The rest of us just stayed around here. Jeff and I did some running around , though. I got Jacob a lotus phone from Sprint for his 17th birthday. It was resetting itself , so I took it to the repair store. They tested it and the function to send information out and receive it kept failing , so they gave him a brand new phone. It was still in the warranty period. First time I have heard of one of those failing, but you are not going to get 100% with anything. Had no problems with the store or anything.
I am seriously thinking of canceling my T-Mobile account. They are making me irritated to say the least. Three of us have the same type of phone on the T-Mobile. Mine will not hold a charge for an entire day. By 12 hours after I take it off the charger it has lost half to 3 quarters of the battery charge, whether I use it or not.Sharon's is doing the same thing, hers looses most of the charge before the day is out. I called T-Mobile about mine and they were not very helpful at all , they said take it to a store to have them check it out. I take it to the store and all they did was give me a battery , and I don't think it was a new one. Needless to say , it did not work.
Only problem , all the phones are still under contract. I may just cancel the whole thing, pay the same bill I have been paying, to pay off the cancellation fees and just put them on my Sprint account, I don't pay anything for my services and the amt for others on my account is cheaper than the T-Mobile bill, plus they would get a lot more services, like web access for real cheap.
So, other than that , every thing is going ok. I dug up some of the little elm trees that sprout this spring. Put them in some pots. When we can get our own place, I will plant them around the place. I know it will take a while for them to grow , but that is ok .
Well, I will have more later, bye for now
Debra
Monday, May 04, 2009
update
Well, made it through April.
Been at work for a month. It is pretty good. The work environment is a lot better than it was at convergys. Of course, getting a free phone with unlimited minutes for free is pretty good too.
Today has been something else. First our oldest daughter had gallbladder surgery this morning. We were up at the hospital at six am. Her surgery went great and she is fine and at home.
Yesterday on the way home the oldest had to call us to come pick him up. His fuel pump went out.
Cars don't work very well without fuel to the engine. Joe is not sure yet what he is going to do. It will cost over $700 to get it fixed at a shop. That is because the fuel pump is inside the gas tank. That means you have to take the fuel tank off the car, it is a big project. Joe's girl fiend's father said he can fix it , so he made go that route.
The weather today was not real good . It rained most of the day. Fortunately there was no wind or storming or anything. Just good , old, rain. Parts of Oklahoma are underwater. Glad that is not happening here.The rain has stopped for now, but there is supposed to be more on the way tonight.
Not doing too much on the needlework, been too tired when I get home. I think the fact that it takes almost an hour to get home after work is to blame. The trip should only take 35 minutes. But the only way to get there and back in a timely manner is the highway. There are a lot of idiots on the road. There are people that don't know how to use the turn signal on the car. There are folks that don't seem to know that their cars have headlights, they have no idea what a safe lane change distance is .
Well , time to get dinner together , talk some more later.
Debra
Been at work for a month. It is pretty good. The work environment is a lot better than it was at convergys. Of course, getting a free phone with unlimited minutes for free is pretty good too.
Today has been something else. First our oldest daughter had gallbladder surgery this morning. We were up at the hospital at six am. Her surgery went great and she is fine and at home.
Yesterday on the way home the oldest had to call us to come pick him up. His fuel pump went out.
Cars don't work very well without fuel to the engine. Joe is not sure yet what he is going to do. It will cost over $700 to get it fixed at a shop. That is because the fuel pump is inside the gas tank. That means you have to take the fuel tank off the car, it is a big project. Joe's girl fiend's father said he can fix it , so he made go that route.
The weather today was not real good . It rained most of the day. Fortunately there was no wind or storming or anything. Just good , old, rain. Parts of Oklahoma are underwater. Glad that is not happening here.The rain has stopped for now, but there is supposed to be more on the way tonight.
Not doing too much on the needlework, been too tired when I get home. I think the fact that it takes almost an hour to get home after work is to blame. The trip should only take 35 minutes. But the only way to get there and back in a timely manner is the highway. There are a lot of idiots on the road. There are people that don't know how to use the turn signal on the car. There are folks that don't seem to know that their cars have headlights, they have no idea what a safe lane change distance is .
Well , time to get dinner together , talk some more later.
Debra
Monday, March 30, 2009
Started my new job today
I started my new job today.I think it will be a lot better than the last one.
The Sprint building is a lot cleaner. It just looks more pleasant all around.
I won't use the free cell service, we just started a new contract with T-Mobile, I like T-Mobile
though, been with them for over 5 years.
Poor Jewell was looking for me today. It is the first day in four weeks I have not been home all
day, so the poor doggie is missing me. Hopefully she will adjust.With summer coming on , she can spend time outdoors chasing that silly squirrel that has been bothering her all winter.
Plus , she likes to watch the birds in the trees. She sure is a silly dog. Sharon said she was eating the seed pods from the maple trees. Goofy puppy.
Well, got some stuff to do and the weather is acting up . more later
Debra
The Sprint building is a lot cleaner. It just looks more pleasant all around.
I won't use the free cell service, we just started a new contract with T-Mobile, I like T-Mobile
though, been with them for over 5 years.
Poor Jewell was looking for me today. It is the first day in four weeks I have not been home all
day, so the poor doggie is missing me. Hopefully she will adjust.With summer coming on , she can spend time outdoors chasing that silly squirrel that has been bothering her all winter.
Plus , she likes to watch the birds in the trees. She sure is a silly dog. Sharon said she was eating the seed pods from the maple trees. Goofy puppy.
Well, got some stuff to do and the weather is acting up . more later
Debra
Saturday, March 28, 2009
got my pattern
Finally got my pattern. Had to use my daughter's laptop. I think there is something going on with my desktop. I know the processor is way outta date. We really need to get a new mother board, and tower. but we need to get a house first or find out when we can get a house.
I started a Heaven and Earth Designs pattern yesterday, it is the Black Stallion pattern. I am doing it on 22 ct aida. 22ct is small for me , so I have a magnifier to use while I am stitching it.
I will post pictures later, need to get them out of my phone, the digital camera is not working to well
ttyl Debra
I started a Heaven and Earth Designs pattern yesterday, it is the Black Stallion pattern. I am doing it on 22 ct aida. 22ct is small for me , so I have a magnifier to use while I am stitching it.
I will post pictures later, need to get them out of my phone, the digital camera is not working to well
ttyl Debra
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
the internet
The internet is being STUPID today. It will not let get into the Pappilion cross stitch site so I can download the free patterns. I can't get into the newsletter part or navigate around the site. I think I am going to scream.
Debra
Debra
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
First Multiply Post
Hey everyone,
This is my first Multiply post.
I got a new job. I will start working at the Sprint call center here in Oklahoma City on March 30..
Only problem will be , I live in Moore , OK . Moore is on the other side of the city. I have 25 miles of highway between me and work I will get used to it, but it is a big difference between less than 5 minutes to the old job and 35 minutes (on a good day) to the new one.Oh well, such is life.
It is cold today. Was cool yesterday and warm the day before. We could get snow tonight. Oklahoma has some weird weather. It can go from 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the morning to below freezing by sunset. I have seen and felt it myself. True story.
My poor dog did not want to go outside this evening. She usually loves it outside. She has a squirrel friend that teases her out back. I have seen her set for an hour watching that silly thing hoping it would fall out of the tree. Not sure what she would do if it did fall though, probably run the opposite direction, fast. Jewell is a funny dog. She is a black lab/sheltie mix with something else. She has these long legs and little body , so she looks like a puppy. She really is cute, I will get a new picture of her and post it here on my blog. She loves to chase the cats around the house. She does not realize they don't like her , that or she does not care.
Ok , well , that is enough for tonight , gonna work on the site a little then go to bed. Got stuff to do tomorrow.
bye
This is my first Multiply post.
I got a new job. I will start working at the Sprint call center here in Oklahoma City on March 30..
Only problem will be , I live in Moore , OK . Moore is on the other side of the city. I have 25 miles of highway between me and work I will get used to it, but it is a big difference between less than 5 minutes to the old job and 35 minutes (on a good day) to the new one.Oh well, such is life.
It is cold today. Was cool yesterday and warm the day before. We could get snow tonight. Oklahoma has some weird weather. It can go from 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the morning to below freezing by sunset. I have seen and felt it myself. True story.
My poor dog did not want to go outside this evening. She usually loves it outside. She has a squirrel friend that teases her out back. I have seen her set for an hour watching that silly thing hoping it would fall out of the tree. Not sure what she would do if it did fall though, probably run the opposite direction, fast. Jewell is a funny dog. She is a black lab/sheltie mix with something else. She has these long legs and little body , so she looks like a puppy. She really is cute, I will get a new picture of her and post it here on my blog. She loves to chase the cats around the house. She does not realize they don't like her , that or she does not care.
Ok , well , that is enough for tonight , gonna work on the site a little then go to bed. Got stuff to do tomorrow.
bye
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Lets try this again
Yesterday I tried to post a post.
It evaporated, don't have any idea where it went.
Any way, I am going to try again.
Today started out interesting. We had a earthquake. Yep, right here in Oklahoma. We actually have a lot of earthquakes each year.This one was a 3.7 , I believe is what the media said. I slept through it. Jeff (DH) said it sounded like someone had slammed the front door real hard. He said one of the bedroom walls shook. I probably thought it was the door, that is why I did not pay any attention to it. It happened at about 8 am. Nothing was damaged. The earthquakes in this part of the country are deep in the earth. There are several deep fault lines under the middle of the U.S.
The seismographs at the universities around here are pretty active.
So , I lost my job at Convergys on Tuesday this pas week. That afternoon I applied online to the Sprint call center that is in Oklahoma City. I got a call that afternoon to come in for an interview that next day. As long as I pass the drug test and the background check, I should have a job sometime next week. I am going to see if I can get the training class that starts on March 30. The bad thing about working at Sprint is that the center is 25 miles away , one way. I may end up getting rid of my grand am and getting something that gets better gas mileage . It is all highway there and back, so that is not too bad. I just hope I get a shift that does not start or end at rush hour.
My daughter Sharon still has some more tests to see if the docs can find out what is wrong with her stomach. She does not have gall stones , but the doctor still thinks she has gall bladder disease. The doctor can't just send her to surgery without proof of a diagnosis, it would be medically unethically to operate with out a good reason. He thinks she may be diabetic. She has a doctor appointment to check that out next week. I hope she is fine and just needs to be careful with her diet and exercise and that kind of thing , she is only 20 . We have a strong family history for diabetes though. My mother is a diet/oral medication controlled diabetic, her sister and brother are diabetic. My first cousin has a child that has juvenile diabetes.So that is a lot of people with diabetes right there. Jeff's mom has hypoglycemia , which is a form of diabetes and I think Jeff's mom's mom had it too, not sure of that though.
The pets are doing good too. Last month when all of us had a stomach flu, the poor cats did too. They are better now too.
Well, I guess that is it for now. I really gotta get some more pictures up on this thing.
Debra
It evaporated, don't have any idea where it went.
Any way, I am going to try again.
Today started out interesting. We had a earthquake. Yep, right here in Oklahoma. We actually have a lot of earthquakes each year.This one was a 3.7 , I believe is what the media said. I slept through it. Jeff (DH) said it sounded like someone had slammed the front door real hard. He said one of the bedroom walls shook. I probably thought it was the door, that is why I did not pay any attention to it. It happened at about 8 am. Nothing was damaged. The earthquakes in this part of the country are deep in the earth. There are several deep fault lines under the middle of the U.S.
The seismographs at the universities around here are pretty active.
So , I lost my job at Convergys on Tuesday this pas week. That afternoon I applied online to the Sprint call center that is in Oklahoma City. I got a call that afternoon to come in for an interview that next day. As long as I pass the drug test and the background check, I should have a job sometime next week. I am going to see if I can get the training class that starts on March 30. The bad thing about working at Sprint is that the center is 25 miles away , one way. I may end up getting rid of my grand am and getting something that gets better gas mileage . It is all highway there and back, so that is not too bad. I just hope I get a shift that does not start or end at rush hour.
My daughter Sharon still has some more tests to see if the docs can find out what is wrong with her stomach. She does not have gall stones , but the doctor still thinks she has gall bladder disease. The doctor can't just send her to surgery without proof of a diagnosis, it would be medically unethically to operate with out a good reason. He thinks she may be diabetic. She has a doctor appointment to check that out next week. I hope she is fine and just needs to be careful with her diet and exercise and that kind of thing , she is only 20 . We have a strong family history for diabetes though. My mother is a diet/oral medication controlled diabetic, her sister and brother are diabetic. My first cousin has a child that has juvenile diabetes.So that is a lot of people with diabetes right there. Jeff's mom has hypoglycemia , which is a form of diabetes and I think Jeff's mom's mom had it too, not sure of that though.
The pets are doing good too. Last month when all of us had a stomach flu, the poor cats did too. They are better now too.
Well, I guess that is it for now. I really gotta get some more pictures up on this thing.
Debra
Friday, February 27, 2009
Hello everyone, it is getting cold again here
Hello, it was real warm yesterday. In the low 70's . Today it is cold. It was 29 degrees Fahrenheit this morning when we took Sharon to the hospital for her tests. She had a endoscope of her stomach and gall bladder. She did just fine , came home and slept most of the day
Jewell is having fun watching the little girl in the next yard play. The girl will talk to Jewell and Jewell just loves it.Right Jewell is laying on the floor next to me , sleeping . She likes to know when I get up and do anything so she can make sure I don't disappear , I guess.
Had to go buy a sweeper today. A couple of days ago the old one blew up , literally. Jacob was sweeping the hallway. The sweeper made a loud bang, blew dust everywhere, and the little secondary filter on the side of it flew out and hit the wall. Poor Jacob jumped back about 5 feet and does not remember jumping , just landing. Part of the plastic piece that switches the sweeper from floor to accessories broke and blew up into the dirt cup. Not sure why it did that, it was only 10 years old, man they just don't make them like they used to.
Everyone around here is sneezing and coughing. With the warm weather off and on some of the trees are pollinating. The mountain Cedar is real bad right now.
The daffodils are blooming. They have decided it is time for spring. I am ready for the weather to decide what it wants to do , I am getting tired of getting cold or too warm when I go outside.
Well, talk some more later.
Jewell is having fun watching the little girl in the next yard play. The girl will talk to Jewell and Jewell just loves it.Right Jewell is laying on the floor next to me , sleeping . She likes to know when I get up and do anything so she can make sure I don't disappear , I guess.
Had to go buy a sweeper today. A couple of days ago the old one blew up , literally. Jacob was sweeping the hallway. The sweeper made a loud bang, blew dust everywhere, and the little secondary filter on the side of it flew out and hit the wall. Poor Jacob jumped back about 5 feet and does not remember jumping , just landing. Part of the plastic piece that switches the sweeper from floor to accessories broke and blew up into the dirt cup. Not sure why it did that, it was only 10 years old, man they just don't make them like they used to.
Everyone around here is sneezing and coughing. With the warm weather off and on some of the trees are pollinating. The mountain Cedar is real bad right now.
The daffodils are blooming. They have decided it is time for spring. I am ready for the weather to decide what it wants to do , I am getting tired of getting cold or too warm when I go outside.
Well, talk some more later.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Ranting about politians
I was not paying that much attention , so I am not sure who it is. Some nitwit in the congress or the senate or something wants to force the supreme court to get a birth certificate for the president.
OK , I did not vote for President Obama, but he is the president .
His mother is an American citizen. Just do a genetic test to make sure she is his biological mother.
Unless the law has changed, if one of your parents is an American Citizen , that makes you and American citizen. I does not matter where you were born. You are a natural born American citizen. Does not matter where you were born, where the other parent was born. My sister was born in France when our father was stationed there for the Air Force. She is still a citizen.
I think some people have too much time on their hands. They have too much hate in there hearts, oh he is not a white man whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower, so he is not a citizen, give me a flippin' break.
Why don't you get involved in stirring things up where it really matters. Get involved in fighting abuse, whether it be against animals, children, old people , women, men , the planet in general.
Give it a rest already , you could not keep President Obama out of office by using the vote, you ain't going to do it with stupid lawsuits.
Well , I am done with that part.
I still miss Ruby . What happened to her should get people's blood boiling , not whether or not someone is an American citizen, the prez make it thru the campaign and election , let it rest and concern yourself about things that matter
Debra , not having the best couple of weeks so I am cranky
OK , I did not vote for President Obama, but he is the president .
His mother is an American citizen. Just do a genetic test to make sure she is his biological mother.
Unless the law has changed, if one of your parents is an American Citizen , that makes you and American citizen. I does not matter where you were born. You are a natural born American citizen. Does not matter where you were born, where the other parent was born. My sister was born in France when our father was stationed there for the Air Force. She is still a citizen.
I think some people have too much time on their hands. They have too much hate in there hearts, oh he is not a white man whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower, so he is not a citizen, give me a flippin' break.
Why don't you get involved in stirring things up where it really matters. Get involved in fighting abuse, whether it be against animals, children, old people , women, men , the planet in general.
Give it a rest already , you could not keep President Obama out of office by using the vote, you ain't going to do it with stupid lawsuits.
Well , I am done with that part.
I still miss Ruby . What happened to her should get people's blood boiling , not whether or not someone is an American citizen, the prez make it thru the campaign and election , let it rest and concern yourself about things that matter
Debra , not having the best couple of weeks so I am cranky
Thursday, January 29, 2009
The Ice storm of 2009
Hello again,
Been lots of fun here in the last few days.
We had a winter storm earlier in the week. It sleeted for a while, so we had little ice balls all
over the place. Then we had a little freezing rain. It was not as bad as it was last winter.
The dogs are hilarious out in the yard. When the sleet was falling , it did not stick to it self , so you could kick it around. The first time Jewell went out in it the squirrel was on the fence. She ran
out into the yard and then slide into the fence. She was fine, didn't faze her at all. She kept trying
catch that stupid squirrel. Later she was running along the fence line and would stop , but she would slide and the ice pellets would fly around her. She kept doing it so I know she was playing.
The animals are finally getting over the stomach virus that everyone , including all of us, had.
We took Jewell in to get her shots, and we asked the vet about it , she said that there area lot of stomach viruses that you can give or get from your animals. Not really much to do about it except clean up until it is gone.
We have discovered one thing that is good. I had read in one of my groups, that a cat breeder would use pine word shavings for cat litter. I got a big bag of it at the farm store, it cost $5.
We did that two weeks ago and still have more than half of the bag left. It is a lot neater than the clay litter and there is almost no smell.
The kids have been home from school since Monday because of the ice. The side streets are bad, the main streets are clean. The buses have not been able to get through. Also , they have to make sure the school grounds are safe for the kids. Don't want anyone walking around to classes and fall and get hurt.
We really are not that well prepared for a lot of ice, snow , whatever , we only have it for a month or so, if that much . It would not be cost effective to be prepared like they are in the
snow belts.
Well , I need to go do some stitching on some of my stuff , more later.
Been lots of fun here in the last few days.
We had a winter storm earlier in the week. It sleeted for a while, so we had little ice balls all
over the place. Then we had a little freezing rain. It was not as bad as it was last winter.
The dogs are hilarious out in the yard. When the sleet was falling , it did not stick to it self , so you could kick it around. The first time Jewell went out in it the squirrel was on the fence. She ran
out into the yard and then slide into the fence. She was fine, didn't faze her at all. She kept trying
catch that stupid squirrel. Later she was running along the fence line and would stop , but she would slide and the ice pellets would fly around her. She kept doing it so I know she was playing.
The animals are finally getting over the stomach virus that everyone , including all of us, had.
We took Jewell in to get her shots, and we asked the vet about it , she said that there area lot of stomach viruses that you can give or get from your animals. Not really much to do about it except clean up until it is gone.
We have discovered one thing that is good. I had read in one of my groups, that a cat breeder would use pine word shavings for cat litter. I got a big bag of it at the farm store, it cost $5.
We did that two weeks ago and still have more than half of the bag left. It is a lot neater than the clay litter and there is almost no smell.
The kids have been home from school since Monday because of the ice. The side streets are bad, the main streets are clean. The buses have not been able to get through. Also , they have to make sure the school grounds are safe for the kids. Don't want anyone walking around to classes and fall and get hurt.
We really are not that well prepared for a lot of ice, snow , whatever , we only have it for a month or so, if that much . It would not be cost effective to be prepared like they are in the
snow belts.
Well , I need to go do some stitching on some of my stuff , more later.
Monday, January 19, 2009
New Year
Well, here we are in a new year already. Time sure does fly when you aren't looking.
Hope the new year is good for everyone.
One of our kittys has diabetes, we are treating him for that. His blood sugar is hard to regulate.
He seems to be doing OK. Leo has some neuropathy in his back legs. He walks flat footed with his back legs. it does not seem to be slowing him down any. He stills trys to jump on things when he should not. Oh, well, at least he is still enjoying life, although he still does not like the dog, Jewell , sniffing on him.
Jewell has been losing weight , not good in winter, so I got her some canned food. She needs to get some winter weight back on her. She tends to run alot so she needs the energy. Jewell has been off her food since we had to euthanize Ruby. It seems that she goes looking for her in the back yard sometimes, she wanders around with her tail droopy and her head down , sniffing around.
The weather around here can't make up it's mind. It is 25 degrees out one day , then the next day it is 55 or 65. Crazy stuff, no ice or snow yet , but then winter is not over.
While I write this , I am printing some stuff out and one of our cats has decided that he needs to see where the paper is coming from. At least he did not jam it up by putting his feet inside the area where the paper comes out , Duchess did that once. Crazy animals.
Well , tomorrow is inauguration day, I am going to tivo it because Jeff has to work. Love him or hate him , we have a new president. I hope the idiots are at a minimum. We don't need a bunch of trouble.
Oldest son Joe, got a job with a contractor at the air base near by, he is doing something with supplies , not really sure what. It is a temp job , hope it becomes permanent. He has a decent shot at getting permanent, the guy who runs it is a retired Air Force man , so Joe being a Marine is a good thing in eyes.
Sharon is still at Convergys with me . Same old thing for now. Yesterday was fun(NOT), the fiber optics that carry the Filipino and Vietnamese programing were out , and of course everyone called. There was message on the screen that said we are aware , no need to call, so guess what every one did ?............That's right! They called us . Now , before anyone says , that is because they could not read the English writing , I want you to know that folks who were born in the US do the exact thing. No one believes what the messages say , it is like , It don't apply to me. Just like a lot of other things. "Oh, that sign says , only 20 items , well , I am special , I will take my cart with a hundred items through the short lane."
Elizabeth is still working at Harry Bear's restaurant. The other day there was a biker wedding there. Liz said it was interesting. They parked their bikes in front of the restaurant, when they went to leave they revved all the bikes at once and she said the building rattled. They were all a pretty nice bunch.
Right now I am working on a baby quilt for a friend of Jeff's from work. As soon as I get that done I am going to work on a cross stitch picture of the Sistine Chapel. The picture will be 57 inches long and about 25 inches tall. I figure it will take me about two years , but I hope not that long.
Well , more about that later.
bye for now Debra
Hope the new year is good for everyone.
One of our kittys has diabetes, we are treating him for that. His blood sugar is hard to regulate.
He seems to be doing OK. Leo has some neuropathy in his back legs. He walks flat footed with his back legs. it does not seem to be slowing him down any. He stills trys to jump on things when he should not. Oh, well, at least he is still enjoying life, although he still does not like the dog, Jewell , sniffing on him.
Jewell has been losing weight , not good in winter, so I got her some canned food. She needs to get some winter weight back on her. She tends to run alot so she needs the energy. Jewell has been off her food since we had to euthanize Ruby. It seems that she goes looking for her in the back yard sometimes, she wanders around with her tail droopy and her head down , sniffing around.
The weather around here can't make up it's mind. It is 25 degrees out one day , then the next day it is 55 or 65. Crazy stuff, no ice or snow yet , but then winter is not over.
While I write this , I am printing some stuff out and one of our cats has decided that he needs to see where the paper is coming from. At least he did not jam it up by putting his feet inside the area where the paper comes out , Duchess did that once. Crazy animals.
Well , tomorrow is inauguration day, I am going to tivo it because Jeff has to work. Love him or hate him , we have a new president. I hope the idiots are at a minimum. We don't need a bunch of trouble.
Oldest son Joe, got a job with a contractor at the air base near by, he is doing something with supplies , not really sure what. It is a temp job , hope it becomes permanent. He has a decent shot at getting permanent, the guy who runs it is a retired Air Force man , so Joe being a Marine is a good thing in eyes.
Sharon is still at Convergys with me . Same old thing for now. Yesterday was fun(NOT), the fiber optics that carry the Filipino and Vietnamese programing were out , and of course everyone called. There was message on the screen that said we are aware , no need to call, so guess what every one did ?............That's right! They called us . Now , before anyone says , that is because they could not read the English writing , I want you to know that folks who were born in the US do the exact thing. No one believes what the messages say , it is like , It don't apply to me. Just like a lot of other things. "Oh, that sign says , only 20 items , well , I am special , I will take my cart with a hundred items through the short lane."
Elizabeth is still working at Harry Bear's restaurant. The other day there was a biker wedding there. Liz said it was interesting. They parked their bikes in front of the restaurant, when they went to leave they revved all the bikes at once and she said the building rattled. They were all a pretty nice bunch.
Right now I am working on a baby quilt for a friend of Jeff's from work. As soon as I get that done I am going to work on a cross stitch picture of the Sistine Chapel. The picture will be 57 inches long and about 25 inches tall. I figure it will take me about two years , but I hope not that long.
Well , more about that later.
bye for now Debra
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