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I'm done!
Category: Just Stuff | Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:04 am I am all done in or up or something. I had to take a nap when everyone left. We went back to town Sunday afternoon to the pet store to get Fred a Christmas present. He really enjoyed his Christmas. I had to get back early because my son and his family came for supper. We had baked a turkey and fixed dressing, green beans and an "orange" salad. They stayed until about 9:30 and then I cleaned up and got ready for today. I was up at 7 and put a ham in the oven and then fixed breakfast. Then I started on dinner. I fixed glazed carrots, candied sweet potatoes, scalloped corn, mashed potatoes and gravey. Then a relish tray and pumpkin pies for dessert. I baked them last night before I went to bed. After eating we opened gifts and the two little girls had fun "helping" everyone . Would you believe I didnot get one picture! They all left about 3:30 and it was Quiet.It is hard to believe all that work and it is over in such a short time. I guess number 2 son is going back to Ohio Wednesday morning. He has to give some kind of presentation Next week and the week after. He says it is to noisy to work on anything here. Hope you had a good holiday. Wannabe This blog entry has been viewed 529 times
I can't believe it!
Category: Just Stuff | Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:52 am We made list of things we had to do in Springfield and then we bundled up to go on our shopping trip. We divided everything up so we only had to shop at two stores. Well, we didn't get out of town. Somehow a crack started up the middle of our windshield and with the streets being all snow packed and uneven it started cracking more. We had to turn around and come home. We tried shoveling out the drive from the garage but it took so long because we kept having to stop and rest. I guess 67 year olds don't have the stamina of younger people. We finally stopped, got in the truck and went to Petersburg. We stopped at a hardware store and got a flourescent bulb to put above our kitchen sink as the other one quit working. Then we went to the grocery store to get a few things. One was baking powder because I've been making biscuits instead of using bread. Guess what? They were out! We finally got home and our little store had baking powder. We put the bulb in the light, it doesn't work. We went out and worked more and got the drive shoveled out, but our garage door broke. It comes to about two foot from the floor and stops. It has to stay that way til morning because I can't see what is wrong to fix it. I was still stiff from shoveling yesterday so hope I can move to get up tomorrow. I've got to go do supper dishes and then I think I will head to bed. Wannabe This blog entry has been viewed 533 times
Ir's over--this time.
Category: Just Stuff | Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 3:19 am We were basking in the 60's Wednesday but it all changed Thursday. At 10 it started with freezing rain, we had received 2 inches of rain Wednesday, and it continued until 3 am the next morning and then it snowed. It snowed until noon Friday and we got 8 inches and had drifts to 3 foot high. When I took Fred out he looked like a bunny rabbit hopping around looking for somewhere to land, without snow. The van, outside, and the truck were covered with snow and ice so we didn't try to go out. Gene and I are both to old to shovel snow. Today we went out to try to clean off the vehicles. We just shoveled around so we could get to the windows. My son came up and shoveled out the drive enough we can go out if we need something. We came in and dried off and just sit for awhile. Now I have to get up and move every little while or I get stiff. We have got more snow at one time before but I guess I was a lot younger than I am now. I am hoping we don't have a lot of snow this winter but when they said a mild winter they must have meant temperatures. But it was only 6 this am. Wannabe This blog entry has been viewed 501 times
This and That
Category: Just Stuff | Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:27 am I guess I have been doing this and that trying to catch up. We decided we would put our house up for sale, but our list of things "to fix" made us think we'd have to wait until spring. We had to put a new stool in the bathroom and that is done. Our house has aluminum siding and needed painted. They are doing that now. We are leaving it white with black shutters, they pressure washed it Monday and put the first coat on all except part of the front. About 6 weeks ago we pulled the bushes around the house. We aren't going to do much to the inside. Today the little granddaughters came up to have breakfast. They had to get out all the toys, play with Fred read books, watch cartoons and they were only here about an hour and a half. They don't sit at the table and eat but use it as a feeding station and come back for "bites". I have not been to well this past month so I don't get out and about as much as before. I will see the Doc next month and maybe she can do something. We went on the Spoon River Drive, which was started as a drive to look at fall foliage, but has flea markets, garage sales, food stands etc. all along the route. We didn't go far this year and there weren't as many stands and vendors. Well dishes await so see ya. Wannabe This blog entry has been viewed 516 times
That time again
Category: Just Stuff | Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:03 am I think I mentioned that I am a retired RN. Forty three years ago I graduated from a 3 year diploma school with 15 other girls. I was from Wisconsin and the other 15 were from no further than 30 mile from the school.We were the class everyone remembers as always being rowdy and we did pull pranks but all in fun none harmful. We had our first class reunion after we had been out 5 years and have had one every year since. No one misses them if at all possible. Usually we had them in the park near a playground with a picnic lunch. The family was invited so we could see all the kids and how they had grown from year to year. Also to reminise about school years. This year we traveled two and 1/2 hours south of us for dinner in a restaurant with 11 of us being present. Our school sent a librarian to tape our reunion and interview us for the 100th school celebration in 2009. Our class is the only one that has reunions so we are kind of unique. One of the girls is president of the garden club where she lives. I need to Email her about Gardenstew. A good time was had by all but my husband said it was the first time he drove that far for lunch. Wannabe This blog entry has been viewed 502 times
To Rest?
Category: Just Stuff | Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:47 pm Yesterday my husband asked what I would like to do. I said I'd like to stay home and rest.This was after I cooked bacon, eggs, hash browns and toast for breakfast and did up all the dishes. He started the wash and of course needed help changing to dryers and folding clothes and since we washed the sheets could I make the bed? Then he decided we needed to rearrane the living room furniture. By that time we had to make lunch? Grilled steaks, green beans, sliced tomatoes and leftover spagetti with cheese melted over the top. Then dishes again and I don't have a dish washer except my two hands. I finally sat down for a whole hour when they said what is for supper? We went out to Steak and Shake for hamburgers. Today I am going to semi rest. I made sausage gravy and biscuits for breakfast and HE did all the dishes. Now I am waiting for what is next? I know we have to go to Petersburg and to Springfield this afternoon so it is not to be all rest. Wannabe This blog entry has been viewed 504 times
Old out, New In
Category: Just Stuff | Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:20 pm Well, I have been thinking of this for sometime but not sure to how say it. We are on a corner lot and the front,North and West side of our house is open to the weather. When we moved here there were shrubs all across the front, a"tree" shrub at the corner and shrub 2/3 of the way down the side. They had advantages and disadvantages so it took awhile to decide but finally we took them all out. The ones on the west side were dying so all are gone now. It took a bit to get used to but we like it better without shrubs. We planted 30# of grass so it wouldn't turn into a muddy strip while we decide how to landscape it. I bought four a book and three magazines to get ideas. My idea is for a tall mix of perennials and annuals in the back medium in the middle and small in front. But I also want a few bushes. I can't get pictures today as it is raining but I will get some and let you see the area we have to work with now. We probably won't be able to start planting until spring. I will have to ask Dooley for ideas when I see her next spring. A lot of space and a lot of time to fill it. Wannabe This blog entry has been viewed 526 times
State Fairs
Category: Just Stuff | Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:52 pm We went to the Illinois State Fair here in Springfield yesterday. We have gone every year but this may have been our last! I remember having energy and walking all over, seeing the animals, the misc. home building. And all the food stands and free shows on all the stages. The last few years we have cut down on seeing everything and only seeing a few items. This year I viewed the fair from the tram. After the first round as an overview I got off and walked to the grandstand to see an exhibit on the history of the fair. Then the last trip on the tram to look at all the floral gardens. They are planted and maintained by the dept of Corrections and are worth seeing. Of course I left my camera at home so I got no pictures. My husband had only rode half way around and walked the rest of the way. We both had sore tootsies and were ready to sit last night. The fair is for younger folk than us. This blog entry has been viewed 467 times
I Found It!
Category: Just Stuff | Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:22 pm Three years ago I bought a honey suckle vine and planted it so it would grow uo the side of our chain link dog pen. Despite watering and general care it withered up and died. Yesterday I was out looking at the rose bushes planted along the same fence and whoa! I looked at the vine, got closer and looked and it is the honey suckle vine I planted three years ago.It is about three foot high with a lot of leaves and looked like the top had been chopped off. I called my husband over to look at it and he agreed that was the vine and said he just chopped weeds around the pen and didn't even think about the vine. I have to watch the men in this family. I planted two small Rose of Sharon and they mowed them off thinking they were weeds. This blog entry has been viewed 448 times
Weddings
Category: Just Stuff | Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:36 pm I went to a wedding yesterday and I guess it has been a long time since I have been to one. I commented on the flowers, which were a mixture of "garden" flowers, and learned that they were all artificial except the wedding party. And then the bride and groom got "the giggles" in the middle of the ceremony and had to stop for a few minutes. But it was a beautiful wedding. The music was provided by two young musicians, one on piano and the other the violin. The reception was per usual but to this old person it was long. The thing about it was I will be going to her sisters wedding in about six weeks so I know what to expect. But a good time was had by all. I guess artificial flowers are more practical I just wasn't expecting them. This blog entry has been viewed 517 times
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