Had to Come Back and Name This,,,

Just heard the weatherman say,, if,,could,,maybe, as usual.  I don't listen any more.

Gosh, someone was talking about being alone and dying, and no one finding your body for days, and to me, that's not the problem.  You're dead, YOU DON"T CARE anymore.  BUT, if you have had to lay there for hours, days, etc, then THAT"S BAD.  I almost had that happen to me.  If i hadn't called 911 when i did, and if they hadn't gotten me to the hospital when they did, i wouldn't be here.  Was all in the timing.  They got me into the ER, sitting on the table looking at the doc, when i quit breathing.  Was out for 3 days.  Flown to Austin, stayed a week.  BUT, no one knew where i was!!! I became a missing person the next day!  Late the next day, my g/dotter came by, found everything not right, and called everybody else.  They looked, asked, hunted everywhere, i'm just gone.  One picked my phone up and hit redial, found out the last number had been 911.  Soooo, they called the hospital, was told no, i wasn't there, and had not been a patient there either.  WELL,,passing thru the ER, you're not.  Someone finally told my sis  that i had been flown out the morning before.  I didn't know you could have pneumonia without a cough or a fever, but you can.  You just feel bad, and if you wake up and can't walk, CALL 911!!!  This man that put in my front doors, said he had that happen one time.  They called his "walking pneumonia" but why he didn't know, he couldn't walk! lolol.  I just had it again, a couple of months ago.  From this lapband making me inhale stuff during my sleep.

Then,,when i was still working in Home Health Care, i went to a lady's house 2 blocks from me, and found her on the floor in her bathroom, been there at least 2 days, maybe 3.  And her son who was the patient, had been in the chair the same.  He was unable to walk without help.  Another son lived in the next house up the street, had to have seen her lite on for days, and never stopped and checked.  Her newspapers were laying out there too.  She had to stay in the hospital for about 2 weeks, and then the younger son and her were put in a nursing home in another town, where one of her dotters worked.  It was time, she was getting really bad with altzheimers. 

I would love to have one of the necklaces, but don't want to spend the monthly fee.  I try to keep my cell phone handy.  My family had good intentions for a while, but it goes away.  Gosh, it's been 3 1/2 years,,and o yeah, that's when i quit smoking...lololol.  The cough was gone almost instantly.  Amazing.  And i got my voice back.  As far as my lungs are concerned, i can't tell any difference from having the copd, the effects of, i mean. I use just Spiriva,,,and that's a once a day thing.  No oxygen, no breathing machines, nothing else.  If i walk, it's my back that makes me sit down, not my breathing.

Ok, nuff said. 

Here i am, saying i'm ready for Christmas, and you watch, right at the last minute, something will pop up.  Gonna cook my potatos tomorrow, they will just get better, sitting. 

OMG, just made those Firecrackers, and the bag leaked!  A Ziploc at that.  What a mess.  Did manage to get them into another one, and turn them in a safer place, like ,, the sink.  lolololol.  That bag wouldn't seal, don't know if it's the oil, or what.  Turned it upside down here on the table, and,,,Big puddle of oil!!!  Managed to catch it before it got off tho.  Geez!  I mixed saltine with ritz, 2 columns each.  Looking at all those crackers thot HOW will they all fit??,,,But, they did.  Bag's full, right up to the zipper,,,lololol.  Wondering when to try them.  Guess they're ready, huh.  Used OLD red pepper flakes,,hahahaha,,see if they get out of date.  I have some coarse ground black ,,,,if they are.  Thot i had some of those little packets from the Pizza Hut, but,,NOOO,,,when i cleaned out that drawer they got tossed, along with all the ketchup, lemon juice,,,etc.  Think that's a reason to save it all?,,,Might need it some day,,hahaha, like i just did?  Too bad i'm a tosser, not a keeper.

UMMM yeahh they are good!, and,,the red pepper is HOT.   It was one of HJ's recipes.  Thx, HJ.

Yall tc, and

HAGD

A Day in History

Had a mouth dropping experience this morning.  Last Sunday i had heard about someone out on E71 needing EMS, seemed to have had a heart attack while driving.  He did, and didn't make it, but that's not what i'm talking about.  He was coming here to visit the man who as a policeman 45 years ago, was the one who killed Charles Whitman.  Houston McCoy.  I never knew he had moved here.  When Whitman got on the UT Tower and started shooting people, i remember watching it on TV, staying glued most of the rest of the day.  Horrified!  Watching EMS trying to save some of the ones shot, putting their own lives in danger, being shot at too.  The one thing that impressed me was people driving by, stopped and got out with their own guns, and starting shooting at Whitman too.  This is Texas, people carry guns.  Even now.  My druggist had been one who had to find shelter just walking down the street.
http://www.statesman.com/solr-search?firstResult=0&numResults=10&searchString=toby+hamilton&searchType=site&searchType=unified_search

In 2006 i think, one of the tv stations had shown that old footage, and still had the reporter working for them.  We couldn't imagine anyone doing something like this.  Hamilton's story is welllll worth the read.  His was a short essay about that, and there were others sent in, back in 2006, the actual 40 year anniversity. 

It's a good thing my nephew didn't ever call me back about that tablet,,,lol, i might have bought it.  Need to get thru 2 or 3 months of these extra expenses before i do something like that.  Got house insurance and taxes, plus Christmas, which i really didn't spend a lot on, but now isn't a good time, ya know what i mean?  Put myself in this hard place, replacing those 2 front doors, but oooo, how i do love em.  Don't regret it one bit.

Got a load of laundry done, about all i'm doing today.  Just remembered, my neice said they were coming down here today.  Don't know when i'll see them, tho.

Yall tc, and be sure to,

HAGD

PS,,DD, In windows 7, it used windows live for a lot of things, it's what i use for email, photos, movie making, even blogging sometimes.  You might have to DL it, but i really thot it came with it.

Just Flat Forgot

Yep, i did.   Just totally forgot to do this today, til i was on the way to Kingsland HEB, grocery shopping.  Didn't need much, but,,,one of those things,,pays to go there, rather than do it here.  Filled my car up, which i do when it gets down to 1/2 a tank, that way i can always get in and go.  When i got back, just had 3 bags, nothing heavy, and headed in, and oops, dropped one bag,,,right on my walk.  lololol,,,o yeah,  the one with the eggs.  Thot i got by with just breaking one, but on closer look, there were 3.  Put them in a bowl and covered them, will use them first.  That store was packed!  I had to LMAO when i turned up one aisle, and there were 2 birds eating bird seed on the floor..hahahaha.  They knew where to find it!  I know they fly in the doors, and can't get out, but still, it was neat.  I told a little girl and she got all excited, and wanted to go look, even tho they were in the check out.  She'll look from now on. lololol.  Only thing i didn't find were light bulbs, and was no problem.  I'm not out, but just have one more left.  The little curly ones,,60W.  My son said he hates them, takes too long to get bright, so he was stocking up on the others, thinking they weren't gonna make em any more, then,,,,a couple of days ago, they changed their minds, now they're NOT.

Ok,,that's it,,,folks,,wondered how i had so much time earlier. hahahaha,,,

HAGD

Up to the Future,,

Hey, i made it today!..Don't know how i can just ,,well,,kinda dawdle so long.. Lots of blogs to read, and comment on.  Think it was Gypsy talking about rodents, reminded me of how i got rid of this whole hill of em.  hahahaha.  Read my 6-26 blog, it explains.

My son put a coil on my car late yesterday, when i had finally been able to catch up with him.  Runs great, no miss, no gas smell, which he had explained how it did it.  Something about how when it misfired, it kicked gas back in something, into tail pipe, and hence the smell.  Don't know if it needs the plugs, wires or not, i'll find out later.

DD finally got a new computer!!!  lol.  Can't believe he's been using Vista all this time.  Way back, right when Vista first came out, i had to buy a new computer, (new about as much as repair), and the only choice i had AT THAT TIME, was Vista.  I hated it!! Nothing was compatible, NOTHING. Not even my printer!  Had to get new software from the HP company (online didn't work, left out a step).  Everything had to be redone to work with Vista!!!, Even my mouse!,,Worst thing they ever did.  Had to spend hours on the phone with a Dell rep to even get it going at all.  THEN, like 6 weeks later, they put the XP back on the market.  Was too late for me, i had to live with that DAM Vista til Windows 7 came out, which i think i might have been the first one to get it. hahahaha,,,i downloaded that and finally got rid of Vista.  I have loved the win 7 since i got it.  It's on both desk and laptop.  So i know DD will too, and wonder how he waited so long.

I look at a site, http://www.dealnews.com/ and yesterday it had this little tablet looking thing, (which i don't know anything about),,,marked down to $149. from $200 and free delivery.  I just might have gotten it if my nephew had called me back to tell me exactly what it was.  It's not on there today, might have sold out at that price.  Wasn't a refurb either.  I know it had Google Android in it, whatever that is, lol.  Did ebooks.  Wasn't Kindle or Nook. O well, might see it again.  I'm lost on those things.  Like DD, need to get  with the future,,,here. lol.  It WAS a tablet.  If i figure it out, i'll let you know.


Why does my skin, neck area, turn jewelry black?  The only thing it won't turn, is gold.  It started doing this about 2 years ago, and i still don't know why.  Even sterling silver turns black.  I put on a necklace a few days ago, and this morning noticed it had started turning black.  Supposed to be SS.  I can wear rings, earrings, and all, and they're ok.  Just the neck area.


Ok, enough ramblings,,yall tc, and


HAGD

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