Gosh, guess i was raised right. I learned how to do a lot of things, and more after i married, (at 16). AND NO, wasn't pregnant either! I helped do carpenting, plumbing, electrical, u name it, and o yeah, roofing. After doing roofing the last time, i got tennis elbow, and NO MORE! That was shingles. My bro does metal only. So living alone, i'm not helpless. My first hubby was a perfectionist, and after sanding and taping a car for him to paint, one time, he told me i taped it TOOO close, so no more of that!!, We were putting down new vinyl flooring once, in our kitchen, and he sat there, and sat there, for hours, measuring, remeasuring, thinking,,so i finally got so tired of it, i told him to get out i would do the thing myself, and i did! I got the scissors, rolled out that flooring and started cutting. Made ONE 1/2" mistake on a corner, but it didn't show. I could eyeball things right. lol, ask my history teacher in high school. We made a huge stucco map of this county and i was drawing the rivers and creeks on it, by just looking at the other map when he walked over and nearly died. Told me to stop!,,,Then he measured, and every one of them was right. He just walked off, left me alone.
Back then, there was an epidemic of kids getting married, and a lot of us did. I did go back and finish high school, tho. Seems like each generation has it's own thing, that was ours. Better than drugs, but,,,,there was still the drinking. You could go to OK and get hitched no matter what ur age. No ?s. When we went, we found a man laying on a hammock at 2 in the morning, sign out front, marriage info, and he got up and took us to the hospital to get the blood tests, then to the court house the next morning. How's that for super stupid? 2 of my best friends did the same, but i was the only one to finish HS. Lots of others did too. We were married 26 years, and we get along ok now. He's even helped me out with my car every once in a while. I bought it from them.
Today is my dotter's birthday, and i just went by there, took her gift, etc. I had to give her her Christmas present, since i haven't been out any where to shop. She was my first, then 3 sons. Just her and one son now. She had bigggg boxes, that her Dad had brought from Ft Worth, from his Mom's house for her. Boxes and boxes of porcelain things. OMG She has noooo idea what she's gonna do with all that stuff. Some of it could be valuable, tho. Some of it's real old. I never liked that stuff, dust catchers all it was to me. One of the ladies i had in home health, had a bunch of that stuff, and every once in a while, i would wash them. I wasn't afraid to handle them, didn't break things. They looked so good afterwards, was worth it.
Well, didn't have anything to say, so guess i'll see yall later.
HAGD
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Yep My Kitchen
My Mom was just horrified I was gonna replace these REAL WOOD cabinets, lololol,,,soooo, we spent at least 3 weeks taking 5 layers of paint off. Then my bro G asked what color I was gonna paint them, I told him red,,,and of course, he said “WHAT?” he never had any taste,,,hahahahaha
There’s not a whole lot of them, but,,there they are, and it’s enough for me. I took that chefrobe? and made the huge pantry, adding shelving.
I tried and tried to add this to my post today, but could NOT get the pics there. Got tired of messing with it, so here an add-on, mainly wanted Gypsy to see them.
Got my brunch done, now,,,if I could make myself get in that shower, ,,,,,,,HUSH! I heard you,,,, lmaooooo.
I Got Friends in ,,,,PARKS
They know me, hear my car and come running or swimming to check me out. FOOD? lol
We have overflow! Been a long time. This is the dam at the city park, 2 miles W.
It’s not just me that feeds them, tho, I see a lot of ppl doing it. They surrounded me, then did all their cleaning, went to sleep, just like a cat would. I love to just go out there and watch the wildlife, and read. Lots of squirrels too. There were 3 different kinds of ducks yesterday, but the others were too far to get a good pic.
When I do the blog on this, windows live writer, it corrects all spelling, puts caps where needed, and does lots I don’t do. Like that cap I,,, I didn’t do that. lololol
Tonite there’s a new 48 hours mystery about a murder that took place in Austin, more than 20 years ago. I remember it. I will either watch it or record it for later. OMG,, a few years ago, this man over in Burnet and his wife, faked his death by digging up a body out of a cemetery, putting it in his car, wrecking and burning it. The worst thing, it would have worked if she hadn’t started going to Austin to see him. hahahaha,,,This was on one of those shows last year I think, too. They both got time for that!
OOO Boy!! By next Tuesday, gonna need heat around here. Got a real cold front headed this way. Guess I’ll dig out a quilt to add on.
Catch yall later, brunch time.
HAGD
We have overflow! Been a long time. This is the dam at the city park, 2 miles W.
It’s not just me that feeds them, tho, I see a lot of ppl doing it. They surrounded me, then did all their cleaning, went to sleep, just like a cat would. I love to just go out there and watch the wildlife, and read. Lots of squirrels too. There were 3 different kinds of ducks yesterday, but the others were too far to get a good pic.
When I do the blog on this, windows live writer, it corrects all spelling, puts caps where needed, and does lots I don’t do. Like that cap I,,, I didn’t do that. lololol
Tonite there’s a new 48 hours mystery about a murder that took place in Austin, more than 20 years ago. I remember it. I will either watch it or record it for later. OMG,, a few years ago, this man over in Burnet and his wife, faked his death by digging up a body out of a cemetery, putting it in his car, wrecking and burning it. The worst thing, it would have worked if she hadn’t started going to Austin to see him. hahahaha,,,This was on one of those shows last year I think, too. They both got time for that!
OOO Boy!! By next Tuesday, gonna need heat around here. Got a real cold front headed this way. Guess I’ll dig out a quilt to add on.
Catch yall later, brunch time.
HAGD
Friday, October 14, 2011
Critters Everywhere
For some ungodly reason, i decided to make TWO scrambled eggs for brunch today, and 2 pieces of toast. Welll,,,i've gotten about one down, and the rest is sitting here staring at me, saying "eat me, eat me, even tho i'm cold". The other is like a lump in the middle of my chest. When this happens, i just have to wait it out. It'll go away eventually.
WOOOHOOO, for BB!!! He made it back, and his "yard" looks good to me. I know he doesn't have any fish to eat, but,,,, Hey BB, how bout a can of tuna?
Good gosh, i keep hearing about skunk problems. lolol. Now it's one under someone's house. I went out one morn bright and early to get the paper and nearly ran over one, he took off and i did too. I'm a little more careful now. lololol. Besides, that's where i found the rattlesnake,,back there. Did i ever tell ya, one day i was out there and saw this long coral snake and thot, gosh, i'm gonna catch that thang, it was so pretty, and about 3 feet long. I planned on giving it to my bro. They can't bite except on a itty bitty place,,can they? So here i went, chasing that thang, finally caught up enough to step on it, but sure didn't stay in THAT position with it trying to bite me, THEN when i moved my foot it went under some stuff there behind my store room, lost it. Well,. later that same day, i saw on the news about these kids catching one and playing with it, and got bitten of the side of the finger. THEY CAN BITE ANYWHERE!!! That's a myth i've heard always. And it's NOT TRUE. They really can bite anywhere, just like any other snake. Red n yellow, kills a fellow. All u have to remember. But it is really really rare for one to be that long. That thang coulda bit my whole foot off, if i hadn't been so fast.
Did i tell ya, got almost all my Christmas shopping done? Don't do much any more, just close family. And, i shop online,have it brought right to my door. Just don't know how i ever did without the internet. Lol, been using it since 96, and i think i've mentioned it before, but here is in the sticks. So when i got my first pc i had ONE choice for service, and was limited to,,,get this,,40 hours a MONTH. Yep, u heard me. If i remember right, which is rare, i had a compaq 286. and thot i was in heaven. I had taken 5 months of classes, could even take one apart and replace things, add things, etc. Nothing to it. Well, my modem wouldn't work, so for the next 4 months, here we all went, back and forth to Best Buy, which was a trip to Austin, repairmen sent to the house,,,the whole thing, nobody could fix it. Finally, compaq in Houston picked it up, spent 3 days with it and brought it back. Me, and one of the repairmen, wanted to know HTH they fixed it. And all it was, after all these months, was, the modem was plugged in wrong!!!!. I called that repairman and told him that, and he said he had looked at that, but didn't change it. He had spent hours sitting in my floor trying to make it work. The others never knew.
Got some chili con queso made, been keeping it to snack on, and sometimes it makes me a meal. lol.
Yall HAGD
WOOOHOOO, for BB!!! He made it back, and his "yard" looks good to me. I know he doesn't have any fish to eat, but,,,, Hey BB, how bout a can of tuna?
Good gosh, i keep hearing about skunk problems. lolol. Now it's one under someone's house. I went out one morn bright and early to get the paper and nearly ran over one, he took off and i did too. I'm a little more careful now. lololol. Besides, that's where i found the rattlesnake,,back there. Did i ever tell ya, one day i was out there and saw this long coral snake and thot, gosh, i'm gonna catch that thang, it was so pretty, and about 3 feet long. I planned on giving it to my bro. They can't bite except on a itty bitty place,,can they? So here i went, chasing that thang, finally caught up enough to step on it, but sure didn't stay in THAT position with it trying to bite me, THEN when i moved my foot it went under some stuff there behind my store room, lost it. Well,. later that same day, i saw on the news about these kids catching one and playing with it, and got bitten of the side of the finger. THEY CAN BITE ANYWHERE!!! That's a myth i've heard always. And it's NOT TRUE. They really can bite anywhere, just like any other snake. Red n yellow, kills a fellow. All u have to remember. But it is really really rare for one to be that long. That thang coulda bit my whole foot off, if i hadn't been so fast.
Did i tell ya, got almost all my Christmas shopping done? Don't do much any more, just close family. And, i shop online,have it brought right to my door. Just don't know how i ever did without the internet. Lol, been using it since 96, and i think i've mentioned it before, but here is in the sticks. So when i got my first pc i had ONE choice for service, and was limited to,,,get this,,40 hours a MONTH. Yep, u heard me. If i remember right, which is rare, i had a compaq 286. and thot i was in heaven. I had taken 5 months of classes, could even take one apart and replace things, add things, etc. Nothing to it. Well, my modem wouldn't work, so for the next 4 months, here we all went, back and forth to Best Buy, which was a trip to Austin, repairmen sent to the house,,,the whole thing, nobody could fix it. Finally, compaq in Houston picked it up, spent 3 days with it and brought it back. Me, and one of the repairmen, wanted to know HTH they fixed it. And all it was, after all these months, was, the modem was plugged in wrong!!!!. I called that repairman and told him that, and he said he had looked at that, but didn't change it. He had spent hours sitting in my floor trying to make it work. The others never knew.
Got some chili con queso made, been keeping it to snack on, and sometimes it makes me a meal. lol.
Yall HAGD
Thursday, October 13, 2011
New Front Doors
Don’t know when I’ll get the frame painted, but here’s the pics. I love them, and I did get the magnetic blinds up, even tho u can’t see them much.. I like seeing out.
Just got back from the $ Store. Decided I didn’t know when I could make it to Walmart, so shopped there this morning. lolol,,, HAD TO. Used my last coffee ground for this mornings coffee. I mean, I turned that container upside down,,,took every one of em. lololol.
I’m gonna have to eat something, so, maybe bbl.
HAGD
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Cattle Bawling,,,
Well, i did make it back on,,,today, lol. Been tired, taking it easy. Didn't get back from Austin til 7 last nite. Just in time for the Biggest Losers, love that show for some ungodly reason. One of the nurses at the clinic i just went to this morning, told me she and her daughter applied and were gonna send in videos now. That would be soooo cooollll!!. They went and did an interview already.
Got my antibiotic renewed, need another round. With that new 1cc fill taken out, i didn't wake up coughing last nite. Was an instant thing. He said to get over this, then we would go slower on the fills to get back to where it would be the best place.
Was down 3 lbs,,,, can't afford to have the pneumonia tho.
OK know i've bored everybody to death with this, should have just not done the blogs. Heck, i'm sick of them too.
BB has FINALLY shown back up, and about time. While i was commenting on his blog, heard a heifer mooing, and that sound is so welcome. From the time we moved here, when i was 6, you heard the sounds from the cattle stock pens at the auction barn. The sales were on Tuesdays, and on Monday nites, there were 100s of cattle lowing and bawling. On Monday you would see the big cattle trucks taking them there, then on Tues and Wed, they would be loaded leaving. There were always some there, tho. And no matter where i lived here, we could hear them.. When the owner shut it down a year or so ago, it was terrible. Like something running in the background always there, then all of a sudden NOT. So now,,ranchers are bringing in cattle and leaving them there for pick ups, and i'm back in my groove,,,I live just over the hill from it now, and love the sounds. Ranchers not able to feed are being forced to sell, and in the paper today, a lot are being trucked North. On rvsue's blog, which i can't comment on, by the way!, she was talking about coyotes,,,,well, around here the ranchers asso. hires a trapper, hunter, and pays bounties on them. Can't have them eating their stock, which runs from cattle, goats, barbado sheep, whatever. They aren't tolerated. Years ago, they put a donkey out with the herds, now they use those dogs, those big white ones. Lol, my nephew has one, but they made it a pet, so it doesn't stay out with the stock. lololol. When those dogs were first imported they cost like 5000 each, and you got on a long waiting list. A friend ordered a pair and bred them for years. Now they are common. Everywhere. He did say he heard it one nite tearing something up and the dog came out on the top. (my nephew).
Lol Hobo, didn't have the flat top then, but never lost the "personality",,,,loloololol. By the time i was 14, i had decided you either worried about what other people thot, and never had any fun, OR,, you didn't,,,I took the latter. I never did anything bad, but i sure had lots of fun. Gosh,,we went out on Halloween nite and threw sacks of talc, later water balloons, til we were around 30. Running all over town, hidden stashes, til the wee hours. One woman told me,,she wished she had the guts to do that,,wellll DO IT. There was a talc plant here, and we would "lift" a few bags,,laying outside, and spend weeks sacking that stuff, those itty bitty sacks. When they hit something they burst, talc allll over ya. Drove race cars, rode trails on motorcycles, i was NOT your typical woman. And here i was, short and petite, about 115 lbs. M hubby called one day and just kept insisting i come up there to the shop,,,so i finally did, and he told me to get on that great big bike out there and ride it. I just looked at him like he was crazy and all i asked were how many gears, and how they shifted, and off i went. Rode around the block and then found out the new employee did NOT believe i could ride that thing,,,well, i showed him!! I skateboarded, roller skated, played football with the guys, til i got 2 toes stepped on and broke. I never sat around with women wanting to talk kids, cooking,,etc. Boringgggg. Ok,,,gotta git.
HAGD
Got my antibiotic renewed, need another round. With that new 1cc fill taken out, i didn't wake up coughing last nite. Was an instant thing. He said to get over this, then we would go slower on the fills to get back to where it would be the best place.
Was down 3 lbs,,,, can't afford to have the pneumonia tho.
OK know i've bored everybody to death with this, should have just not done the blogs. Heck, i'm sick of them too.
BB has FINALLY shown back up, and about time. While i was commenting on his blog, heard a heifer mooing, and that sound is so welcome. From the time we moved here, when i was 6, you heard the sounds from the cattle stock pens at the auction barn. The sales were on Tuesdays, and on Monday nites, there were 100s of cattle lowing and bawling. On Monday you would see the big cattle trucks taking them there, then on Tues and Wed, they would be loaded leaving. There were always some there, tho. And no matter where i lived here, we could hear them.. When the owner shut it down a year or so ago, it was terrible. Like something running in the background always there, then all of a sudden NOT. So now,,ranchers are bringing in cattle and leaving them there for pick ups, and i'm back in my groove,,,I live just over the hill from it now, and love the sounds. Ranchers not able to feed are being forced to sell, and in the paper today, a lot are being trucked North. On rvsue's blog, which i can't comment on, by the way!, she was talking about coyotes,,,,well, around here the ranchers asso. hires a trapper, hunter, and pays bounties on them. Can't have them eating their stock, which runs from cattle, goats, barbado sheep, whatever. They aren't tolerated. Years ago, they put a donkey out with the herds, now they use those dogs, those big white ones. Lol, my nephew has one, but they made it a pet, so it doesn't stay out with the stock. lololol. When those dogs were first imported they cost like 5000 each, and you got on a long waiting list. A friend ordered a pair and bred them for years. Now they are common. Everywhere. He did say he heard it one nite tearing something up and the dog came out on the top. (my nephew).
Lol Hobo, didn't have the flat top then, but never lost the "personality",,,,loloololol. By the time i was 14, i had decided you either worried about what other people thot, and never had any fun, OR,, you didn't,,,I took the latter. I never did anything bad, but i sure had lots of fun. Gosh,,we went out on Halloween nite and threw sacks of talc, later water balloons, til we were around 30. Running all over town, hidden stashes, til the wee hours. One woman told me,,she wished she had the guts to do that,,wellll DO IT. There was a talc plant here, and we would "lift" a few bags,,laying outside, and spend weeks sacking that stuff, those itty bitty sacks. When they hit something they burst, talc allll over ya. Drove race cars, rode trails on motorcycles, i was NOT your typical woman. And here i was, short and petite, about 115 lbs. M hubby called one day and just kept insisting i come up there to the shop,,,so i finally did, and he told me to get on that great big bike out there and ride it. I just looked at him like he was crazy and all i asked were how many gears, and how they shifted, and off i went. Rode around the block and then found out the new employee did NOT believe i could ride that thing,,,well, i showed him!! I skateboarded, roller skated, played football with the guys, til i got 2 toes stepped on and broke. I never sat around with women wanting to talk kids, cooking,,etc. Boringgggg. Ok,,,gotta git.
HAGD
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
What Will Be, Will Be
River flow today>>>>>> get this,,,,84 cfs!!! Then, i read that we can expect this drought to last at least another year. I don't believe we have caused this climate change. It's a cycle that has repeated thru out history. I've read a lot of the pros and cons, and i do my part conserving, but what will be, will be.
Been waiting on a call back from the dietitian in Austin all morning. Why do they wait so long to return a call? Guess it doesn't matter, i left my cell phone #, so i can get it anywhere, anytime. My Doc here, called me yesterday very concerned about getting the pneumonia that way, and said it can't keep happening, lol, which i fully agree with. She called it asphyxciated pneumonia. (Spelled like it sounds) For the first time, i'm feeling almost normal.
The man that keeps my yard work done, is here today, trimming dead stuff. Wow, it's a LOT. Now i need to call the city to pick it up. It's 2 huge piles.
Darn it. Have to go to Austin and get some of this fill out,, TODAY. Bro B gonna take me. Just when i've got it right. Guess it's better than pneumonia tho.
I need to make a trip to Walmart, long list. Groceries, lol.
I'll try to get back on here tonite, but, most likely tomorrow.
Yall HAGD
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