Be Sure What You Get,,Buying Thru any School

Really late today.  Had to take my car to my x to see why it's missing.  And the worst thing, i've been smelling gas too.  Couldn't go to sleep last nite, thinking about it catching on fire, so that HAD to be done ASAP.  AND, wouldn't you know it, the gas smell wasn't there!!!  I do have one cylinder not firing, need a coil, and probably plugs/wires.  Now, WTH happened with the gas smell???  If i get it any more, gonna look to see where it might be coming from.  He said it could be coming from something down under, in the back of the engine, getting into the tail pipe.  He had to leave, not gonna be able to be there until maybe Wed. and i haven't been able to catch my son, so gonna let it sit, mostly.  I know i can drive it with the miss, but,,,NOT the gas smell, which was NOT there today. 

Got a cheese ball made as far as i could, til it chills for a few hours.  Then i roll it in the other stuff.  Don't ever mix cream cheese with your hand!!!  I think most of the ball got washed off. lololol.  Stuck so bad, i couldn't scrape it off.  I bought this from my niece thinking i got the cheese balls,,,what i got is,,,a box, with the mixes to make 2 cheeseballs,,allll for $13.00!!! I couldn't believe it!,,Then you have to buy the cream cheese.  Never ever will i buy anything thru the schools again.  She didn't know it either.  lol, licked my fingers, and there's sure enough garlic in that ranch mix,,,hahahaha.

 Remembered to get out some shrimp to cook for today.  (2 meals)  I pan sear it, cooks in just a few minutes in my iron skillet.  Been getting hungry for some Cooper's pork ribs.  That's gonna come up pretty soon. lol,,,2 will make me about 3 meals.  Way back when i cooked for my "army"  i would buy a 1 lb bag of ready to cook shrimp, bread it with buttermilk, flour, deep fry it.  Just that 1 lb made a huge platter of shrimp!,,We (my army) couldn't eat it all.  When i was told by about the best cook around here, (town), that she used buttermilk for her breading, i had to sneak it to use it.  Hubby and sons would never have even tasted of something with that horrid buttermilk in it.  So,,,i used it a long time, before i let them know what they were eating, and by then, what could they say??? hahahaha  It is the BEST!  There was one brand that was real thick,,the best one.  The kids had seen Mom and Dad drink it, and would gag thinking about it. hahahahaha. 

Heyy,,,it's raining!! yeaaaaaaa,,, Showed 70% today, and it's really happening.  lol, Think it's already quitting.  Sorry folks,,almost a false alarm.

Still tasting that garlic,,,hahahaha...gonna be a good cheeseball, huh?

Miss DD,  but he sure deserves a day off.  Can't wait to see where BB lands, lol. 

Yall tc, and

HAGD

Anything Happening?

 

Slow day around here.  I have done all my blog reading, ate, had visitors. 

I just looked up something I had seen on an Austin TV channel, about some old film footage of early Austin.  Supposed to be from a balloon, but, I couldn’t find it.  What I got out of it, was,,,there were these films you could buy, if you wanted. 

I watched a movie last nite, had a normal nite’s sleep.  That means, waking up a few times.  Usually with a really dry mouth.  Have to get up and  wash my mouth out, can’t swallow it.  If I do, it will come back up when I lay down.  That’s the lap band.  It’s ok if I’m not pressing on it, like during the day.  It’s not the BAND, it’s the bit of my stomach above it.  lololol.  Anyway, that works as good as drinking it.

I’ve got ONE Christmas card I’m gonna mail when I get out later.  It’s to a Doc that did bladder surgery on me, it lasted 3 weeks, and by then I was laid off, no insurance.  He felt so bad, he called me later and did something else to fix it, collagen injections, for free!!  Anybody ever heard of any Doctor that did that???,,,I sure never have. It’s been several years now, and I’m still fine.  So that’s who gets my one and only card, lol.  Just letting him know, I haven’t forgotten, and doing fine, and wishing him the same.

Well, I do send some ecards.  LMAO,,,my spell checker says that’s spelled wrong, ecard,,, wonder about email,,,nope,,it’s ok.  hahahahaha.

Sometime I need to get dressed.  Just way too comfortable in my robe.  My bro came by, then later my sis, but that was ok.  I keep getting chilly, then too warm.  Heat on, heat off.  Need a happy medium.  I have natural gas, (LOVE IT), so I have a  space heater in the living room, modern one, all the safety issues, etc.,,Then ,,for the dining-kitchen, I use 1 or 2 burners on my range.  That is all ever needed.  Warm and comfy.  Except for today,,,lololol.  My ceiling fan I set on lo, in the winter, and it’s above me in the dining room.  Pushes the heat down on me.  If I get up and it’s really cold in here, it heats up in about 10 minutes.  My bedroom stays cold, my choice.

Ok, friends, and all, yall tc, and

HAGD

 

 

 

Counting Down

Good morning, all.  Yep, it’s Saturday, and we are running out of time for that last minute shopping.  Which I’ve already done.  Been reminiscing about past times when the kids were little, and this time of year was so exciting, for me too.  When they were under 10, we made double recipes of sugar cookies and decorated them.  Got really fancy sometimes, too.  I had the cutters for lots of choices.  So that was one way we enjoyed a whole afternoon, cooking, filling up the whole table several times with cookies to decorate.  I put them out of the pan onto torn open paper sacks.  After years of doing this, no one ate them,,,so that ended a family tradition.  lol.  One year, my daughter was in about the 2nd grade, and I was always a room mother for all of them, and my son still wasn’t in school yet, but got to go to her Christmas party.  He wanted to carry the box of cookies, several layers in a box ,  so Ok,,,,As soon as we started walking he started shaking that box,,,hahahaha,,and,,,we had cookie crumbs that day.  lololol.. No one cared.  When they passed out the gifts to each one in class, OMG,,he didn’t get one!!,,He kept asking,,where is mine?,,I felt horrible, and NEVER let that happen again!,,There was always a gift for the little one too.  I can’t look forward to it now, kinda dread it.  It’s always the worst time of the year,, when there are ones missing.  I try to look at it as just another day now.  We have a big family dinner, and there’s lots to do, we never sit around bored.

I made a copy of HJs  Firecracker recipe and just need one ingredient to make them,  the Ranch Dressing mix.  So now,,it’s that and the potatoes. 

My niece called yesterday, said they opened the box I had sent them.  Actually, when I ordered the stuff, I had them send it.  And, it worked great.  They even printed on the outside of the box, not to open til the 14th, like I put in other instructions.  I didn’t have to pay shipping 2 ways!  Love it.  One of the items was a chocolate water fall thingy. Runs, flows, over 3 tiers.  Even I would love to have one of those, well, not really, but,,one accessible. lol.  That was kinda a family gift.

My son told me last nite, that he wasn’t gonna think about what all he had to do next week.  He is finishing up some craft stuff in the next 2 days, then,,all the rest coming up.  He’s the one I donate to, and he knows all the needy kids, here and in other places too.  He goes thru the parents if they are not druggies or worse, so the kids never know it’s him.   He loads up at Goodwill too. lol.  If a bicycle needs a little fixing up, he does that, makes them look new.  Lots of merchants help him, knowing what he is doing. 

Ok,,enough, I need to get up and get dressed, lol.  I have leftovers to eat on, so don’t have to cook.  Cabbage casserole with biscuits,, yum.

I have written all this in Windows Live Writer, after reading about how to not lose your blog, going thru blogger.  This is wonderful.  Rvsue keeps losing hers in whatever she’s using, and it’s one of my favs. Readers told her a lot of remedies, and even I’m doing one. llololol.  I have lost mine too.  I know readers have said to use Word, Works, whatever, but this is so much better.  You just hit publish, and it all goes to your blog post.  It has nothing to do with IE, or your browser.  And comparing the browsers, Chrome is first place, followed by IE, then Firefox.  I looked at a chart, showing each one’s features.  I took firefox off, installed Chrome.  But, I still like IE.  lolol.

Ok folks,,yall tc, and

HAGD

Vinegar Works,,Well, I Think So

OK first thing,,i think that vinegar has really helped!,,My wrist and hand aren't hurting near as much.  I'm still putting it on, rubbing it in, and really don't care if i smell like it or not.  It's helping!  The smell goes away as soon as it drys, just checked.

That X Factor is down to the 3 i picked, but,,,i'm not even gonna vote next week!  How can i ever decide, they are sooo good.  And, i watched that 2nd 1/2 of Bag of Bones,,that i had to record.  I used to love to read Stephen King, but not much any more.  So,, don't think there will be any more movies either.

I've been sorta busy today.  First thing, my phone rang at 7;30, woke me up, but i didn't even answer, went back to sleep.  Then, i did remember to use that other 1/2 of my cabbage and made the casserole.  Also, decided to change my sheets, which i do over time.  I leave it, and go back.  Wished i had someone to help me turn my mattress, but,,decided,,later on that.  Does anybody remember what i used that first 1/2 of that cabbage for? hahahaha,,,  Ok,,gonna give you the recipe..
Boil cabbage with butter (about 7 or 8 mins)
Cook potatoes (enough to kinda equal the cabbage), in a bit of oil, with lots of onion, seasonings,        over  low heat, til soft and done. 
Add bite size sausage to skillet til hot.
Add all together,,,TADA  there you have it!!

The potatoes i'm cooking for Christmas, you cut into chunks, (about an inch size)  boil with onion.  Don't use much water, don't want too much later.  If so, pour some off.  Kinda overcook them, add butter, little bit of milk, then stir til mushy.  You want chunks left.  Add whatever seasoning you like...ummm ummm good.

Reading rvsue today,, heck, the first place i stop when i'm grocery shopping here, is the $Store.  They have so much in that dept. that is so much better priced than the grocery.  And, that's where i got my little tree, which i love!  Wouldn't have one, otherwise.  I've used it for several years, and even got my g/dotter one at 1/2 price after Christmas,,a whole $5.00.  So Sue, if you read this, maybe you've never had them around, but they are a good place to shop.  Can't do a pic of the tree, but here's the box. 

I give up, on moving them up.   The pics of the tree are blurry, because the thingy in the bottom turns all the time, changing the colors of the lites. 

I changed batteries in my camera, and didn't change the date and time,,gotta do that.

Ok, thru here, going to eat that gooooood casserole over there.  Yall tc, and,,,HAGD

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I Am What I Am

Was reading a couple of days ago, about wearing reading glasses, and using neck chains to keep them near.  I would hate that.  Having a pair of glasses hanging around my neck, swinging around in my way every time i moved! NO WAY.  But,,(always a "but") lol, I'm really near sighted, and had to start wearing glasses ALL THE TIME,,well, if i wanted to see, when i was 14.  I put those things on, and never took em off, except for bed.  First thing on, last thing off.  One day, in English class, a neighbor boy made what he thot of as a disparaging comment,,,that the only reason i wore them was because they made me look better,,... hahahahaha.  It had come out wrong,,for what he was trying to say.   I had never given it a thot about what i looked like, didn't matter, i COULD SEE!  But gosh, my Mom sure did.  I walked in one day, and caught her jerking her reading glasses off, like OMG,,she caught me in glasses!!  Good thing i could just let that slide, her attitude about glasses.  In fact, i thot it was kinda funny.

 Back then, the cat eye frames were all the rage, too.  (Just about back to those now).  I had decided by the time i was 14, wasn't gonna let other's comments or actions, influence ME, by golly!  I am what i am, you get what you see, and don't ever! try to change me.  lol,,,my rule for life.

 Really got off that by getting married, at 16, and, you make your bed, you lie in it, for 26 years.  Not saying he's not a good person, just that WE didn't mix well.  We get along better now than we ever did.  Well, for most of those years, i just kept my mouth shut,  around him. 

I just remembered to rub my wrist with vinegar.  It's been hurting for about a week, everything irritating it.  My Mom used that on her joints and she was a nurse!  lololol. Does anybody have a better idea?,, I think i need to wear my brace, but gosh i hate to do that.  Seems worse this year.

I had to quit my book last nite, with about 10 pages left.  My eyes quit working lol, wanted to shut.  As soon as i finish this, gonna finish it.  When i take 2 of them back today, gonna get 2 more.  Then i won't have to mess with it, til next year,,,o wow..almost 2012!

I tried taking pics of my Christmas tree, but, with the revolving lites, just didn't work.  Actually, just one lite, that goes thru the colors and they show on the tree at the end of the little thingys.

Rain Rain,,,wooohooo..... love it.  Bring it on.  I'll put my cd of a fireplace on, and read.  That sound good?  Think that's where i'm heading right now....yall tc, and

HAGD

Forget It

Did a whole post, hit publish, and,,,said my URL wasn't correct,  so, sorry folks, not gonna redo.

..... the 13th,,,lol.

I made it!  lol.  Glad i went yesterday, today is so foggy, not safe to drive.   I went to the Bluebonnet, there since 1929, and got the fish.  ummmmm.. Got home and got my big red wagon to load my stuff in, dropped my plate of leftovers, but,,,it landed upside down is all, so was ok, just mixed.  Got everything in, almost, just left the 24 pk of water out there.  Way too heavy for me to even move from wagon to inside.  Don't know where i'd put it anyway.  ONLY reason i have that, was, if you bought duracell batteries, which i had to, you got that water free.  HEB has that kind of thing a lot.  I'm gonna just bring in a few at a time.  I shopped there instead of Walmart because i didn't need other things.  Well, had to get stamps, glue, but HEB had those.  You can get lost on some of their freebies. lol.  Buy this, get all these free. 

I keep reading others blogs, and i don't think there's any sun left.  Not here either, and won't be.  But i love rain, so bring it on.

Lol, told DD he should check out Ol Jules, and then!!1 today, he's got all this stuff about the sun.  hahahaha  He's always talking about stuff that DD does too.

I ordered some stuff way back, about a month ago, and filled in on ,,other instructions,,to put on the box,,Do Not Open til 12-14.  I had it delivered to my niece and her family at Lake Worth.  Since i had never done this, i texted her too, not to open til then,, the reason being she and her oldest have birthdays starting on the 14th.  She told me, tho, that it was on the box, so they have gotten to stare at it, wondering what,,,  Well, tomorrow is the day.  It's BDs and Christmas time.   One time, we were at the check out counter with my oldest son's pellet gun, paying for it so we could hide it in the trunk, and here he walked up.  Well, it was the WORST thing he ever had happen,,because he had to wait til Christmas to get it!! The thing he wanted more than anything,,was torture.  It was about 6 weeks, too. lolol,,poor kid.  They pored over those catalogs, making lists, and just wore them out.  I got 2 Christmas ones.  But he told me one time,,how do you always know what i want?,,,

Visibility, 1/3 mile right now, just after noon.

I know there was something else i wanted to put on here, but,,,where it went i don't know.  So yall tc, and

HAGD