It's Friday!!!!

Hi Everyone,
 I know I just posted last night and really haven't been up all that long to have much to say but I have time right now and I will not be here tomorrow to post as we will be at my sister's. I pray that we have a safe trip.

 Can you believe that Christmas is in just ten days? I sort of had Christmas last night. Matthew went to work for an apartment complex and when he is assigned a unit where people have moved out, he has to go in and clean it and make a list of what needs to be done. If there is anything left in the apartment he gets to keep it.

 So he brought me some goodies. Lots of cleaning supplies, a really nice shower shower hanger to hold shampoo's and stuff of that nature. I really needed it too because mine was too small and this one is metal and will not rust. I was happy with it.
 There was a really nice stool and a wooden trash bin that is just right for the bathroom or by my desk or bed. A gorgeous floor lamp, 2 rugs, one for the kitchen and I put the other one by my bed. Brand new. Price tags still on them.
 A nice surge protector card and a plant stand and that is just some of the items but what delighted me most were these canvas paintings of Artisan designs. So pretty and blue. 

 I did have one mishap. In the cleaning supplies was a jar of jewelry cleaner. I had several pieces of jewelry that had tarnished. I cleaned them and I loved the way that they are all nice and shiny now and I plan to wear them. But one of my necklaces, my favorite was not real. The chain was sterling silver, but the heart was silver plated. Well it is in between silver and pink now lol. Matt said "Aww Mom it wasn't real. I should have told you that when I gave it to you". It was a Christmas gift from about 6 years ago. Anyway it isn't that big of a deal as it actually turned out pretty with part of the silver showing, making it look antique.I use to wear it all the time but I took it off when I had to start having a lot of surgery and it started tarnishing. I hung it in the bathroom with my other necklaces. I will wear it now but I plan on wearing my mom's locket tomorrow when we go to my sister's house.

 Cisco got a new toy from Jonathan last night when he stopped for dog food. They had these mix and match toys 2 for $5.00 and he got one for Cisco and put the other in for the animal shelters plus a bag of food. We always contribute to the animal shelters. 
 I think that after I get back from Florida I am going to buy some new towels and I will donate ours to the shelter as they are always needing them. They are not in really bad condition but I would like some new ones for the boys bathroom and for mine as well. 

 When Matt came over last night we picked out Christmas cards to send to Alex and Celeste. He chose a little pug wearing a stocking cap for Alex and a cardinal for Celeste. I chose a Gingerbread house for Celeste and a Santa for Alex. We will get them sent out today. So far no one has gotten their cards from me. It is so aggravating. I know that snail mail can't be this delayed. It makes me think that our postman is not doing his or her job. I mailed them out from the postal center here at the apartment complex. 
 I have only received two cards this year. One from my sister and one from Miss Edna. I use to get so many and now I hardly get any. 

 The dentist office called and my case is in. Problem is I cannot get there today and the next available appointment is 2 weeks away. I have to give the ride transportation 3 days notice and I can't just call on the spur of the moment. It would be great if I could. Jonathan is working on reports and is trying to train 4 new employee's. Karyn is put on case readings right now and can't take time off right now because they are not working any Saturdays for the rest of the month. She is on production. It is mandatory so they have to get it done and have a hard time taking off work to take me. If it is an important visit then they can, but not for minor things at the moment.
 Jon's boss, her mom is at the end of life stage. What they call Twilight. Karyn's boss, her mom is not doing well right now either so they are both doing double duty so to speak. 

 Well I think that I am going to go back to bed. I just cant keep my eyes open at all. 3 cups of coffee later and I am still fighting to stay awake. 
 Have an awesome weekend everyone..  See you on Sunday.... BB

My Trip Down Memory Lane 2015

 Hi Everyone,
 I am hoping that all is good with everyone today. I am fine other than tired for I am going back thru another phase of not sleeping again. When I do sleep I tend to sleep hard and deep and over sleep. I am staying away from naps so hopefully I can sleep some tonight. It is just me I figure. The house is quiet, their is no one blaring the television, no one in and out, (that being Cisco) and I am a night owl by nature. 
 When the kids were little they had their days and nights mixed up and since my husband was never home and off driving a truck, it was easy to let them be up and I would clean house or something and then we all went to bed and slept. 
 That changed when they started school, but summers and weekends and holidays still had me in the night owl stage. And then when I went back to work I did a lot of night work so it has just stuck. I love the nights. So there it is. 

 Patsy is in San Diego today. She left really early this morning and is going to spend the night at her friends house, plus she is planning to take flowers to her son's grave site and then visit with her grandchildren and visit her son Patrick as well as some Christmas shopping. I am going to miss her but it is alright. She will be back tomorrow night and we can catch up then. 
 We had a great laugh last night recalling her visit last October. It was an experience lol. I told her that I was going to blog about her visit. So I will.

 Before we decided to move here into this apartment complex, Patsy and I had a few months to book and plan her trip out to see me. In case she couldn't make it, the ticket was non-refundable so we were determined that she was coming and she did.
 We picked up the keys here on October 1st but I didn't actually get to move in here until October 3rd as we still had some packing and downsizing to do and not to mention we had to clean the other apartment. It was still hot. Even tho I had my bed here, no way could we stay without electricity and air. Too hot for all of us and they were not going to turn the electricity on until the 3rd. (That was another huge hassle as it was supposed to have been turned on on the first but we had to play by their rules and not ours.) 

 So Jonathan made several small trips back and forth getting our boxes moved over and then the Sunday October 2nd Karyn's friend Marcy brought her truck over and loaded all the big stuff. That gave me the rest of the time to clean the apartment. Jonathan took the next day, Monday off from work and helped me with all of the last minute things. He had to. I was just getting over having some surgery done and a bout of the flu so He did the bulk of the hard stuff and we kept 2 chairs so we would have a place to at least sit. The last load was finished by 5:00 pm. We loaded Cisco up and the two chairs, our cleaning supplies and off we went to our new apartment. Joey, Karyn, and Nathan put my bed together the night before. 

 Karyn and Jonathan traded out the car. Our electricity was still not on and Jonathan was ticked and kept calling the electric company until someone finally agreed to send someone out. He told them, my mom is disabled, a diabetic and it is hot as blazes and the woman actually told him "Well can't she get a hotel room for the night?" That did it. He said I want to talk to your supervisor now. She tried her best not to let him talk to her and he kept saying Supervisor now. She finally put her supervisor on the line. Jonathan made a formal complaint as the electricity was already supposed to be on. We didn't figure anyone would come out but Karyn and I left and went to our local supermarket H.E.B. and there I was able to get food for dinner that night and some drinks, and ice and I found a really pretty welcome present for Patsy. I found a pretty throw, and we bought her a couple of our specialty bags and filled it with a Cup from Austin, some special coffees, special sodas we have here and candy and other things. We didn't know if we would have electricity or not, but I got a bag of ice to keep my insulin cold and drinks and other foods just in case.

 What a relief when we got back to see that we had lights... (Hooray!) and so Karyn and I had just enough time to make up my bed, fix Patsy's Welcome bag and to set out fresh towels. Oh we were like... No Hot Water! The gas company had not turned on our gas so we were upset over that but not much that we could do about that problem. We had to hurry up with the necessities because Karyn and I had to leave for the airport to meet Patsy's flight. Luckily we found good parking so that wasn't an issue. I didn't take my walker because not enough room for mine and hers so Karyn dropped me off at the entrance and I waited for her to park. We were early so we had time. But once we got inside they were pushing Patsy towards us in a wheel chair. She had her luggage and walker. We were like okay we will have to make some adjustments here but the attendant said "Oh I will push her to the car." So I took Patsy's walker, Karyn took her luggage and the attendant steered Patsy to our car and even loaded her luggage and helped her into the car. 

 We explained about the not having hot water until the next day but she was okay with that. We wanted to give her a view of the city as much as possible so of course we drove up to the State Capital and it was lit up beautifully. We asked if she was hungry when we picked her up but she said no but after we gave her a tour she said she was. We gave her choices and she spotted a What A Burger fast food place and said... There. I haven't been to one in ages. So we whipped in and had a wonderful time talking about her flight, our move and apologized about the unpacked boxes and so forth. She just laughed and said Oh we will just rough it. 

 By the time we got in Nathan was home from work and Jonathan had his bathroom in order with a shower curtain. Mine was thrown away because I had washed it and it didn't make it thru the laundry cycle. (Actually the dryer) as I had forgotten to turn the heat off when I put it in the dryer. Introductions were made and Cisco went crazy wanting her to pet him. Funny how he never barked or growled at her. We gave her the welcome bag, but Karyn didn't stay for that as it was late and she had to work the next day so she got us settled and went home. At that time she was living across town so she had Jonathan take her home. 

 The next day Patsy and I got up pretty early and had coffee and girl talk. It was just us. We had made all these plans but we caught hell from Jonathan as he said it was not safe for 2 disabled women to catch a bus and leave for site seeing. We tried to argue our way out of it but when Patsy talked to her husband he agreed with Jonathan so we had to change our plans. We have what is called a "Silver Alert" here for missing elderly or disabled people and Jonathan threatened then and still does to put out Silver Alerts on us if we took off to far from home. We assured him we would not go far. Besides I had to wait for the gas company to show up and turn on our gas and they had to come into the house to get to the water heater. 
 As soon as he left and we had some hot water it was shower time. Patsy had hers first and I took the time to sort of unpack some kitchen stuff and then I had mine and we walked over to The Brooklyn Pie Company and had lunch. We split a chicken strips with wedge fries and she ordered an artichoke and spinach dip. It was so good. I am a spinach lover but not so fond of artichokes but that dip was pretty darn delish. 

 We went next door to Walgreen's and looked around and by that time we were both getting tired. It was either walk and walk all the way to the front entrance and back all the way to the end or call a cab. We called a cab and it was not even $3.00 home so I gave him a $5.00 bill and we were happy to rest. In fact we both took a nap.
 Jonathan came in a little after 5:00 pm and asked if Pizza was okay for the night. We assured him it was. He put it on and the next thing that we knew the smoke detectors were going off and Patsy and I rushed to the kitchen and Jonathan was beating the pizza with a towel because it was in flames.... What Happened? I told Jonathan that pizza had not been in the oven long enough to even be done. We opened windows and doors while he managed to get the smoke detectors to stop going off.  
 We looked at the burned Pizza and we checked the oven dials and I told him that we were going to have to cook the pizza's at a lower temp. So off to the store again for Pizza. This time we cooked it at 350 degrees. Same darn thing happened. Not only did the pizza not get done but it was black on the bottom so we were just looking at each other wondering what we were going for dinner.
 Jonathan said get in the car and he took us to a little place.  We had something but I cannot remember now what it was but it took care of our hunger. The next day the maintenance man came and put in a part.  I cooked a pan of cornbread for Patsy and it burned. So I was totally upset, but she ate the top and enjoyed it but I was so upset so I called the office and they came back out and put in a new regulator. Yay my oven finally worked.
 We didn't do anymore cooking here at home the rest of her visit until the night before she left to catch her flight home. It was a party of sorts. For my birthday and for her going back home.
 The boys cooked these steaks out on the grill and they were delicious. Karyn made corn on the cob, a big salad and mashed potatoes. Then she drug out the cake. Yum, German Chocolate, but I of course couldn't eat it because of the nuts, but I had a bite of the inside. It was too rich for me. Or it could have been that I was just satisfied by the meal.

Patsy and I knew before hand that this was mainly just a hang out and do not much of anything visit. I really enjoyed having her and last night we just laughed about all the things that happened on her visit. 

 We snacked for lunch, sandwiches and soup or left over's from some of the places we ate. We went to Baby A's for Mexican food one night. While we were there I couldn't stand the smell. They seated us in the back and it was over whelming with the smell of sewer. I was the only one that could smell it and it made me so nausea's that Karyn brought me home. Jonathan, Nathan, Patsy stayed and of course Karyn went back. They brought my dinner home to me but I didn't eat it. Patsy and I split it the next day for lunch. 

 Patsy ordering the Spinach and Artichoke dip! Oh Yum...

 The waitress taking our photo as we waited for our food at The Brooklyn Pie Company.

 The first night Patsy was here. We were planning on going to sleep but we ended up just talking and talking and talking. She took this selfie of us. 

 Me and Foxy waiting for Karyn to add the finishing touches to our dinner and the boys to finish grilling our steaks.... The last night Patsy stayed before her flight back home the next day.

 Anyway that is my run down on a trip from Memory Lane. It was a good visit and I hope that we continue to see each other at least for another visit.

 On to some other news. I just got off the phone with my sister Susie. It looks like they will have Daniel's dad's funeral service on Sunday so he and my niece and the girls are planning on coming to our Christmas gathering.

 My nephew Rusty and his family isn't going to be able to make it after all. I understand tho because they are having to come all the way from New Orleans, Louisiana and then try to make the trip the next week for Christmas so it would be to hard on him and the kids and his wife to make the trip, but my other nephew Eddie and the kids will be there. Amy has to work, his wife but she might stop by on her way home from work, but she has a bit of a long drive home, so not sure if we will see her or not, but at least I will see my nephew Eddie and my great nieces and nephews.  I wish that my Brandy could come but she is in Tennessee so that would be a very long drive for her. Maybe she will be able to come Easter. 

 Matthew is on his way over, he has some things for me so I guess I will go for now and try and take care of a couple of things before he gets here. I just spoke to Jonathan and he seems to be in a bad mood so I am just about ready to smack him. I called to remind him to pick up Cisco some food and he bit my head off. So I am going to have a talk with him when he walks in the door. I am sorry he has had a bad day but that has nothing to do with me. 
 So I will add that and a smack to my to do list... Have a great day on Friday..... Hugs to all... BB

I like Wednesdays (Most Of The Time)

 Hi everyone,
 This is my great niece Alissa. She is a huge Texas Long Horn fan and I love these photos of her. They were taken several years ago in her back yard. Her mom took pictures of her so I scrapped them.

 This is her now, this past Valentines Day. She looks so much like her mama in this picture. She is the one that was in the bad motorcycle wreck with her dad Daniel. She is doing really well and they are working on restoring that beautiful smile.

 Normally my sister Susie puts on this huge Christmas party every year. She cooks and cooks and cooks and we all clean and clean and clean. This year she decided that she is not cooking and using her good dishes. We are doing paper plates and plastic utensils and cups and napkins and it is Pot Luck... no fuss. This is a time that we are just going to enjoy each other as a family.

 My nephew always asks me to make my Frito Salad for holidays, but this year I am just going to get one of those huge Stouffer Lasagna's and let it thaw the night before and when we get to her house I can toss it in the oven along with some garlic bread.

 It will have plenty of time to thaw as it will be a 4 hour drive. Just Matthew and I are going. She wants us to spend the night but we are just going to leave here early and leave around 6:00 pm or so because Matt needs a day to do some things on Sunday before he has to go to work again on Monday. I am really looking forward to going. I have missed the last 3 years so I am excited about seeing all of my family. And I hope all of my pictures turn out.

 I really need to invest in a camera. It doesn't have to be fancy but something better than what I have now. But right now all my extra money (yeah haha) is being saved for Florida. I want to be able to get some new things while I am there. I really loved the flea markets last year. So I want to make sure that I have a little money set aside for a few things.

 The last time that I saw most of  my family was at my brother's funeral so it was not a joyful occasion. And of course not everyone brought the kids. I know that someone in the family will bring Alissa and Kennah with them. I don't think that the girls parents will make it. Their dad Daniel, his father passed away on Monday unexpectedly so they may have to be with his family. We don't know yet what plans have been made.

 I had a very sleepless night last night. I ended up at 10:00 pm taking a shower. I just felt so sticky and so hot. I made some chamomile tea with lavender and that helped to relax me and I was able to rest some.
 I did look at my phone for the news to see who won the Alabama Senate race. I am not saying I am a democrat or a republican as good people work hard on both sides and I usually choose who I think is the best person for the job. Anyway I was glad to see Doug Jones win. I know that it is a blow to President Trump, but Roy Moore gave me the creeps. I usually don't post anything political on my blog but today is an exception. Not that I have a say as I am not from Alabama!

 Well I guess this wraps it up for me today. I have a few things that I need to do and I better get started on that. Have a awesome day to all...  BB

A Christmas Layout 2017

  Wishing Everyone A Wonderful Holiday Season

 Hi everyone,
 Well it is a gorgeous day here. Not to hot or cold, the sun is shining and I am happy with that.
 I can't believe that Christmas is just a few days away. I wish that things were a bit cooler for this time of year, but I cannot complain overly much as we did get snow and that is a very rare event here for us!

 My son Matthew took me out on Sunday to The Trail Of Lights. We were both very disappointed and the parking cost, and then we were so far away that we hired one of those pedicabs to take us up to the drop off point. That was expensive as well. $20.00 plus a tip and if we had known that the drop off point was as close as it was we would have just walked. 
 Once we got there we were stunned by the amount of people in the line. It went all the way to the street and it was 3 lines deep. We estimated about 2 thousand people. In another line was a zip line. Those with a zip pass didn't have to wait and they could go right in. The announcer said that it would be another hour before they would start letting people in and only 100 at a time. Well we decided to wait. I had my walker and I could sit but I knew Matt was getting tired as he had worked all day so I stood a bit and let him use my walker to sit. We didn't make much progress in the line but we did finally get out of the street. 
 I took some pictures but none of them turned out at all. I think that the lights were so bright and the perimeters were so pretty, at least what we could see. Then the announcer said that it would be about another 45 minutes to an hour before they opened our line again and I told Matthew that it would be closing before we could even get in and we should just go.
 He didn't want to but finally after another half hour he said "I'm sorry mom but maybe we should go." I agreed. I was getting really tired by this time and could not believe how little the line had moved. So we started walking back to our car.
 All was not lost tho. On the way back we stopped to chat with some people, then I spotted a couple with a gorgeous dog. He was a cross between a large poodle and a Cocker Spaniel.  He was decked out with a glow in the dark necklace of orange and just so sweet. I got to pet him and love on him and he liked that a lot. His name was Bubba. I wish my Cisco would behave so I can take him places. 
 We stopped at a shop that had hot chocolate and other drinks and food. I chose the Chai Tea Latte and it was sugar free but I could add splenda if I wanted so I said yes thank you and she used a special soy or rice milk instead of regular milk and no whipped cream. It turned out to be delicious. And I was able to have a treat and stick to my diet. 
 Plus I got a Christmas Hug from my Barista. I couldn't beat that in a million years. I told her I would be coming back and she said "I welcome you back." I told Matt on his next time off to let's go back and visit. He agreed. They were closing and we said that we would just go ahead and leave and she asked what it was that we needed and Matt told her just a drink for his mom and she said, "Oh if it is for your mom name your drink and she wouldn't even let us pay her for it. 
 Now what a girl. Her name was Chris and she had part of her hair in purple, red and green! Short on the sides and a long braid in the back of multiple colors. She had a lot of ear rings and piercings so she was definitely one of the Keep Austin Weird people but she was super nice. It isn't my style but I admire people that have the courage to express themselves. 
 From their it was just a short walk to our car. So even tho we didn't make it into the park, I still enjoyed the night.... at least until I got home.

 About an hour after I got home, I got really sick to my stomach and had to run to the bathroom most of the night. Last night I ended up sleeping a lot off and on. Jonathan came home early as he now has the bug. I have my bedroom door shut. I will stay in my room so I am not exposed to it again. 
 I wonder where I picked it up at. I was at several different places that day. The grocery store, the library, the pharmacy and a couple of other places. So no telling where I came into contact with it but am better today.

 I took Cisco out this morning and he was not a good boy. Their was a man and he went crazy trying to get to him. The man leaped up the stairs like a super hero. I told him, he is all bark but I understand why you would want to get away from him. He said I don't trust any dog, especially the ankle biters.

 Oh and I was telling Miss Edna the other day how well Cisco has hung on to his teeth. Then after we hung up I decided to remake my bed and found one of his teeth in my bed, so I am guessing that he is going to start losing them now. Poor little guy. I will have his vet take a look in February when he goes in.

 So this just about wraps it up for me. I have dishes to be done so I will close for now and wish everyone a great day and rest of the week... BB

Snow.... We Had Snow!!!

 Good Morning,
 A Winter page made for a challenge last year. I didn't win but I never did but a couple of times in the entire 8 or 9 years I was at that group. But I love the snow. I know it is easy to get sick of tho.

 It is early here for me. About 9:00 am. I am rather sleepy but the kids woke me up. They are having a quiet morning because due to the snow they don't have to go in until 10:00 today. We didn't get this much snow as in my page.  Bu enough that it covered the cars but most of it has melted but I had to go to the store so I was out in it. It was so pretty. I took pictures but of course it was too dark to really see the fat flakes. Funny that we had snow and lots of places didn't. Our friend Kevin in in Ohio and said he was waiting for it and it was a no show. The minute he moves.. we get snow lol.

 I wont be on long as the light still bothers my eyes, but I really wanted to post. This surgery was difficult, but I got some good news. I don't have to go back for 8 weeks and if all goes well then I don't have to do it again for 12 weeks. Sounds good to me. Sure beats going every 3 weeks, or every month.

 I cannot believe that it snowed. They said it was supposed to but I really didn't think that it would. Perhaps some flurries, but it really snowed. Big fat flakes falling from every direction and coming down hard. I was worried last night about Nathan getting home, but Matthew went and got him which was a relief since he does have experience in driving in the snow. Jonathan doesn't because we never see it here.

 So I had the eye procedure done and came home and took a pain pill and went straight to bed. Some things don't work out as planned tho. Cisco thought that I was gone for ten years instead of a couple of hours. He had to be right at my side. Nothing would do until he was put in bed with me. He cuddled just long enough for me to drift off to sleep and then he wanted to play. He kept pawing me and giving me itty bitty bites on my ears and sticking his nose under my chin, doggie kisses all over and I tried to pull him down to cuddle but he was having none of that. He laid on top of me, put both paws on my shoulders and tried to lick the eye patch. He knew it shouldn't be there and sheesh he was heavy.

 I rolled over onto my side and he was miffed so I found a toy and held it out to him. He played with it for about 2 seconds. I finally had Nathan to come and get him so I could just rest a minute because my eye was throbbing. I needed to lay still.

 All the way to the clinic it was pouring rain. I was thankful that it stopped for a minute so I could get inside the clinic. On the way home, I of course had the eye patch on and my eyes were so dilated I couldn't see anything. I was searching for the car when Karyn came up to me and guided me to the front. She had moved the car closer for me. She didn't go in with me. There really is no room for her or anyone else in there with the doctor and 2 technicians so she said she would just stay in the car and listen to an audio book or something. They had a couple of premature babies in there and so they closed off one of the seating areas so the babies are less exposed to germs so she had no place to sit.
 It will be a good thing when the new building is finished. Each time we go, we see more and more progress on it. They still have a lot of work to do on it tho.

 Right now there is only one eye surgeon. They will have 2 possibly 3 at the new building. I told my doctor I don't want to change doctors and he said he was going to keep all of his patients. The other doctors will be moving to the new clinic and bring their own.  They are all of the same association anyway.

 The trip home was super scary for me. Not being able to see properly, everything looked far away until Karyn went to stop at a light and it looked like she was running right into the car ahead of us. So she had me lay the seat back and just keep my eyes closed. That helped some but I got sick to my stomach just before we got home. A case of vertigo in a way. She was walking behind me on the way into our apartment. Good thing she was with me because I made a wrong turn and was going into someone else's apartment. She just guided me on into our own.

 I didn't do anything yesterday. Last night my left eye was pretty good and I could see normally out of it. Before I went to bed I took the patch off so Jonathan could put the drops in my eyes and I left it off and kept the lights off. I had to go to the store so I beat Jonathan home. He doctored my eyes and I went to sleep. I didn't have a restful night tho. I tossed and turned most of the night.

 My dinner did not agree with me. I had a salad and it tended to sit on top of my stomach all night. I think that I took my night meds too early and that is what did it but I was afraid I would fall asleep and forget to take them so I took them about an hour earlier than normal and I  don't think that my food had digested as well as it should have.

 Karyn made me breakfast this morning but it wasn't appetizing to me so I hope that I can eat it in a little while. Then I am going back to bed.

 I guess that I will close for now. I really don't have much more to say so until later on, you all have a wonderful Friday.... BB

Eye Injection Tomorrow

 Hello to everyone,

 This is a scrap page I made of my sister's Sharon and Linda a while back. I am not sure why I don't have a picture of my sister Susanne or myself in it, but that is okay. I was going thru some of my memories from Facebook and so many pages I had forgotten about was in my folder so I saved them and put them in another folder. I have them all, they are just on my external hard drive and I had forgotten about them.

 Dinner is in the ovens. Baby Back ribs, (Nathan brought them home from work) but there is no sauce to go with them. That's okay tho. We barely use it anyway. Green beans and sweet potatoes with ginger and cinnamon butter. I really wanted some kind of squash but that got eaten last week. So I have a half hour left before dinner. I do have to check my beans in about 10 minutes tho. I really miss my produce delivery. I will be looking for Spring to arrive for the Farmers Market club and I really enjoyed the months that I received the produce box. 

 So I spent some time downloading some new fonts for my scrap pages. I was hoping that I could use them here but so far it is not giving me the option to use any of them in this blog. I guess Blogger doesn't support any other than the one ones shown. I usually forget to put on the bold and italic but remembered to do so tonight.

 I got a few hours of sleep today. I get myself worked up I think when I have to go to the doctor and especially since I have to go to have this eye injection done tomorrow it makes me nervous because I know how painful it is.. I swear I don't know what gives me the strength or the courage to go and sit in that chair and I thought the dentist was bad lol.

 Since today was the last day that I could read, I took advantage of that and am almost finished with my book. I want to finish it before I have the eye thing done. If I fall asleep reading it tonight then it is okay because my appointment isn't until 2:30 tomorrow afternoon so I will still have the morning to finish it but I only have about 2 chapters left so I will probably finish it off tonight. 

 Cisco is glued to my side. He smells the ribs and thinks that he is going to get some. It is just a small rack but I wouldn't give him any anyway. He gets snippets of bacon but pork is really bad for a dog so poor guy will have to be content with some kibble with a bit of turkey in it tonight. 

 My sister and husband are on the water. They sat sail Sunday for Chile and Peru. I forgot to ask her what cruise line they were going on. They will be back in time for Christmas. They will be home on the night of the 21st. 
 Then January 4th, my sister Linda and Susie are leaving for a cruise to Mexico I think. Linda has never been on a cruise so she is excited to go. Susie's husband paid for the trip for my sister and he to get away but his dad has taken ill and he is afraid to leave for the 12 days so he transferred the ticket into my sister Linda's name. I am sure they will have a fantastic time.

 We were planning on going to my sister's for Christmas but I think that Karyn is going to try and visit a friend in El Paso for Christmas. She is alone, her husband is deployed over seas and she is pregnant with a couple of little ones so she is feeling down so I told Karyn to go.  She really never gets to do to much so she should go if she can.

 Well it is time for dinner. I have to put on the finishing touches, so take care and I will be back in a couple of days. Hopefully Saturday, or Sunday the latest. It just depends on how long the eyes take to heal.

 Have a great end of the week and take care of yourself. BB

Sleepless Night In Austin

 A Beary Merry Christmas.....
 A small mini kit by Patsy Berry, Bellimisa Designs....

 Good Morning,
  Yes it is early morning and I have not been to bed. Well I have but it was no use so I got up and downloaded Patsy's little Mini and worked with it. Not my best work but I wanted to have a little play and so I did.

 I did not accomplish not one thing yesterday. Well I did go thru some stacked up mail and did some tossing and organizing some important papers but that is about it.
 I am all wired up about this eye injection tomorrow. It is so painful and I know that it is going to hurt like crap and I just am dreading it.

 Also found out that a beautiful young girl that was the daughter of friends passed away night before yesterday. Her dad was my kids Coach in school. I remember when she was born. She was premature and spent a lot of time in the hospital but she was such a fighter and she grew up into a lovely young lady. She was a senior in high school. Just 18 years old. I don't know the details, but it was hear breaking to hear about her passing away.

 Then my friend James has had a lot of ordeals lately. Skin cancer on his arm, he had surgery, then on his hand, and today on his neck. All in the space of a month. He is doing pretty well considering what he has been thru.

 I have been thinking and praying for Jan, Kyra's husband. I know that she is going thru a terrible time emotionally and very worried about her Jan, as I am sure I would be too and his battle has been hard as well.

 Patsy called today to tell me that one of the boys that her sons grew up with, his mom was hit by a car and is critical. So I have been doing a lot of praying and lighting candles.

 And I cannot forget my friend Judy who's husband is in a bad way himself. Oddly I have noticed that Bruce has some of the same symptoms that Jan has had. He is a preacher and managed to host the annual church Christmas party yesterday.

 I am ready for some good news now. And I am so tired. I want to sleep but every time I lay down I get comfortable and suddenly I am wide awake. But as I sit here in front of the computer my eyes are heavy and I am fighting to stay awake.

 I have a slight cold or allergies and it feels like it is up in my head and chest. I don't want to make an appointment to see a doctor. I am sick of seeing them. But this headache I have developed has really got me in a tailspin. I should take some Tylenol but it makes me sick to my stomach so it is not something I want to do but looks like I am going to have to if I want some relief and sleep.

 Boy this post is a sad one. So sorry for that. I just needed to vent a bit I guess. Venting is good for us but boring for my readers I am sure.
 So I will close this for now, take some Tylenol and lay back down.... Have a wonderful day to all.... BB

Rainy Days And Mondays

 An Elegant Christmas, for Master Pogo and Miss Edna,

 Hello.
 It is rainy here. I love it when it rains, especially since it has been rather dry for us lately. I don;t know what the weather forecast is for today, but I awoke to the rain pattering my window this morning at 4::30 am. I got up and started my coffee. Just waiting now for that first cup. I can hear the coffee maker doing it's final stages so I know in a couple of minutes I will have my first mug of the day.

 I have been quiet busy the last few days doing one thing or another or just reading and resting. On Thursday I am thinking it was, I went with Karyn to drop Nathan off at work and then I came home, did some cleaning, then I started on my blog and got really sick to my stomach and a bit dizzy. It happens with my medication sometimes.
 The ride to work with Nathan was really nice. The traffic was bad so we got off and took the scenic back way in and Oh how gorgeous it all was.
 I told Miss Edna later it was like I had my own New England for a little while. The trees were changing from dark reds and golds to browns and yellows. There was a pond with thousands of lily pads, the Dam and all of the beautiful houses and hills. It was just gorgeous. The leaves were falling around us, before us, on us. I loved it. Traffic then became cleared up so we came home the regular way which isn't as scenic or as pretty as it is so many buildings as the city can be.

 Then I came home and had lunch, took my medication, started my blog and that is when I got to feeling sick. So I apologize for such a small post the other day. I think that was Thursday but it could have been Friday. On Saturday I was home for most of the day doing regular stuff and I checked in on Matthew and he came over and we went riding. We spent about 4 hours riding around at the park and then when it started to get dark we went looking at Christmas houses decorated, with the lights and the reindeer and snowmen, Santa and the elves,  then we stopped at a Jack In The Box fast food place and he got a soda and fries and I got a glass of water. I was good. I had stayed on my diet. Then we came home and I went and got Cisco and Matt and I took him on a long walk around the complex and after that talked a long time. Close to midnight before he left. I came in and read for a long time. Then slept late yesterday.

 I was up no time before Jonathan and I went out and did a few things. I had to return my books to the library so we went to one closer to home. It was a really nice little library. They had the book I was looking for and they ordered the other 2 for me. I will be finished with my book probably today that I am reading and will be able to start the new one.
 We had a good time looking around. Jonathan found the series that he has been looking for but they only had book 2 and 3 in so he didn't get anything. He said it was just as well as he has a busy week ahead of him.

 After that we stopped at my favorite dollar store and I ran in to get a couple of pairs of reading glasses. I am going to have to talk to my eye doctor when I go in next. The prescription glasses are becoming weak so it is time for a new pair. I only use these for the computer mostly and doing things I need to see up close. Except for reading. I cannot see well to read out of these.  I use them at the computer tho but my vision is changing.
 At the dollar store I picked up a package of Benadryl. I have had allergies or a slight cold or something. The sniffles. I took one and we made a couple of stops and came home. I told Jonathan I was going to read. I fell straight to sleep.
 I don't know who turned off my bedside lamp but someone did and Cisco was cuddled against me when I got up so apparently he was with me.

 Jonathan did take me out for an early dinner after the stop for the glasses. I had chicken breast and steamed leeks and a salad. I had the dressing on the side so I just dipped my fork into the side dressing and then into my salad. That is a trick my diabetic coach taught me so I have done it for years now. That way I am not getting my salad all swamped and soggy and I am not getting all the bad stuff.

 Today I plan to address all of my Christmas cards and get them ready to mail. I have a few that need to go out of the country so I will go to the post office to mail those out. I also splurged on a pair of ear buds.
 With Karyn working here all of the time I really need them for when I am on the phone or computer. The kids keep swiping mine so I found a brand that I really like. With my points from the Walgreen's pharmacy I only paid $4.99 for them. I can't beat that. I still have my Frogz. They are my favorite but they don't carry this brand anymore so I went with the next best thing. Anyway I have used all of my points. I have bought Christmas presents through out the year with them. I have a dollar on my card and they will expire on the last day of this month. So I bought those with my points and a box of Christmas cards and a small box of candy for a gift.
 I also got all of the kids ear buds for Christmas too. But I did that thru the months as I shopped for this one and that one. We won't have a big Christmas but there will be some gifts for each of the kids from me. Socks, boxed sets of cologne, body wash and deodorant for the boys. For Karyn I have a box of her favorite chocolates, a pair of leg warmers and some girly stuff. Then of course the ear buds for them all.
 And only 3 gifts left to buy. I will probably wrap the last of it today. I need to go down to the office to do it and I might do that today since Karyn might be working from here and I can exercise a bit and have fun too. The office has a wrapping station for residents. It is so cool. They have bags and tissues, boxes and tape and several different types of paper. I love going to the office. I might even take my swim suit and sit in the spa for a while. It will if nothing else, help my neck and shoulders.

 I received from Patsy for my birthday a set of books I had been wanting by Nora Roberts. They are called The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy. Book one was The Dark Witch, Book two Shadow Spell and Book three is Blood Magick.
 They are all good and I would have finished them all by now but the eye injections wont allow me to do it. I have my next one day after tomorrow, Wednesday the 6th, so I won't be online for a few days.

 I guess that wraps it up for me today. I hope that everyone has a great week. I will be back tomorrow   and Wednesday morning. My eye appointment is not until the afternoon and then it will be a few days until I am back.... Have a great day to all... BB

Friday At Last And December Too

 Hi Everyone and welcome to December 2017.

 I meant to post yesterday but with the dentist appointment and working in the kitchen, time got away from me and by the time I got home I was just wanting to lay down for a bit.
 The bottom impressions are not right. You said they probably wouldn't be Miss Edna, and you were right. He filed them down before he tried them but they were still not good and a piece cut the inside of my mouth on the right side and irritated the bottom jaw. So I have a sore mouth and left a very irritated oral surgeon who said that this was the 3rd set of the day that had bad impressions and that he was going to call the lab and find out the technician because all 3 had the very same mistakes. So well another delay. Heck I might as well just give up on having teeth for 2017.

 I do hope that you enjoy my Christmas page. I had a lot of fun making this one last year. I was trying for a different look and I think that I accomplished that. This layout was made using kits from a lady named Anna. I have not been able to find her designs again so I am supposing that she has closed up shop.
 I will be doing more Christmas pages but not like I did last year. I tried to make all of my friends a personal page, but wow that turned out to be impossible. I think that there were some hurt feelings as well with the group I was doing them for as one of my friends said that she liked the page that I did for so and so better than the page that I did for her. I didn't do them in any particular order. I wrote everyone's name down on a sheet of paper, I did a page and crossed the first name off the list and continued down, so I didn't do a page with anyone in mind. So anyway I decided this year that I am not doing personal pages for the group. I am just going to do one page for everyone in that group.
 I will also be doing the eye injections as well and I won't really be able to see to make the pages anyway.
 Oh I am not feeling well suddenly so I will update this later... so sorry.... BB

Middle Of The Week Doldrums And Memories

 Howdy Everyone,
 I thought that today I would post a simple page of your's truly. This is Me Quiet a few years ago. I had just turned 40. I was full of spunk and energy back then. I turned 40 and went down hill. Well that is not totally true. The 40's were my best years in working and family and fun, but a month after my 40th birthday is when all my kidney issues came to a head.  I managed tho, but Karyn took on a lot of responsibility for her age. I wish that I could take that back. I should have hired help at the time and she should have been able to enjoy more of her teen years.

 She cooked and cleaned, shuffled the boys to and from basketball practice, she attended the games, made sure they had baths and homework done.
 Is it any wonder she decided against having a child or children of her own?
 Of course I ask her that a lot and she says, "No" but other times when I bring up having kids she said, "I already have. I should just adopt a senior and send him or her to college." I know that she is using her sense of humor, but sometimes I wonder if, especially now if she has given up much of her life for me.
 Still to this day, she cooks and cleans for me. She shuffles me back and forth to doctors that she needs to be with me for, she has been there for days at each surgery and it didn't matter where it was she was there and she stayed at my side until I came home. Only one time did she have to leave, but she was there for the surgery and much of the night before she had to leave to come home.
 She says I owe her nothing, but I do. I know that it is not an amount of money or material things that matter to her. But I owe her so much in her giving of time, love and attention. I hope she knows how much she means to me.

 Not just Karyn, but all of my kids. I love them all. I don't love one more than the other. I love them differently tho. Jonathan was my first born, so there is a special bond there.
 Karyn was my Princess K. We battled. I wanted her to be girly and dress her frilly and she detested Pink. Now it is one of her favorite colors.
 Laurie was a mixture of a girly girl and a tomboy. She would wear a dress to church or special occasions but most of the time it was blue jeans and boots. She was the quiet one and it is true that you have to watch the quiet ones. Our run in's are legend.
 Matthew... He was planned. I wanted another baby and I decided that if I got pregnant that month then I would. If not then I would get my tubes tied. I got pregnant. I also think that I developed Diabetes then but they just didn't catch it. Matthew is his father's son. Charming and handsome brown eyed man. It is tho he gives his heart to easy and to fast to the girls. He seems to always come out on the losing end. I pray he will find someone deserving of his heart.
 Nathan was my surprise baby. Not only a surprise but his soft spot closed at birth. They told me brain over ride. Where the skull closes during the birth process to protect the brain. But that is not what happened. Being a diabetic, the insulin caused the skull to fuse together. Surgery and way over a year later he was in my lap. We could not allow him to hit his head. They chose not to put a helmet on him. We have a special bond as well.

 Anyway I am not sure where all of this came from today. I was just thinking how thankful that I am for my family and my friends. Every person in my life holds a very special place in my heart. I am like Matthew in so many ways. Some friends are better left in the past. Others are in my present and I hope they are in my future as well.

 On to other news. I vacuumed my room, and even my baseboards. My bed got a good shaking out and clean bedding. Cisco's bed as well. I dusted and put away things and wondered just how in the world did I have so much mail pile up.
 I made another call to the Visa card company. The card has not been activated so they cannot track it. They are going to deactivate that one and send a new card. I asked them to send it to Miss Edna but no they are to send it to me. This time when it goes in the mail it is going to go to a different postal office and I am going to have it certified so I will get a receipt when she receives it.

 I have been thinking of dinner tonight. I looked up a recipe for a chicken dish on the website I use for my diet. I have the ingredients. I will make green beans with it and I am out of good carbs until Friday but I will figure something out. I do have this rice but it has to soak for 24 hours before I can cook it. So it is too late today for that.

 Thank you for stopping by and listening to my rambling. I better close for now and get on with my day. Have a fantastic evening/day where ever you are in the world... BB

Almost Bedtime For This Old Gal

 This scrap layout is for my sisters Linda and Susie when they went to Europe last year. I came across it on my external hard drive. Enjoy.

 Hello,
 It is getting late here. Almost 10:00 pm and I am getting ready to call it a night. I still have to get my coffee ready for in the morning and put another few dishes in the dishwasher for a full load. While Nathan eats at work, Jonathan and I have very few dishes. I just rinse them off and put them in until I get a full load.

 I made split pea soup today. Jonathan decided he didn't want any of it so I have divided it into half and froze half and kept out the other half for tomorrow. It has been a couple of years since I made any and it was very good.
 I have no idea what to cook tomorrow for the evening meal. I might make a few stuffed peppers tomorrow as I have several that need to be used. And I have plenty of tomatoes to make the sauce with.
 Jonathan wants pinto beans and cornbread. I said. Not on my diet. Feel free to put them in the slow cooker tonight for you but I will have something else. He knows that is not on my food list. Anyway I noticed that he did not put any beans on in the slow cooker lol. I will send them over to Karyn to cook and she can make it for him and bring him a bowl.

 I am still super stiff and have had some problems getting around today. Matt picked up my meds and brought to me tonight so I will be taking those and going to sleep pretty soon. I am just waiting on the boys to get back so that they can take Cisco out before bedtime. He turned his nose up at his dinner tonight. I am out of apples and carrots so he was not wanting to eat just plain kibble but that is what he got. He finally ate it.

 News is short and my bed is calling me. I think that I will go ahead and take my meds and go on and lay down. The boys should be home any minute so I will make sure to tell them to take Cisco out before I fall to sleep.

 Have an awesome Tuesday.... Be kind to one another and enjoy your day... BB

A Lazy Sunday

My page that I made for my sister Linda. This is a current one that I did for this year. Thanks for looking. She had a great Birthday and I am so glad that she did. She is a very special sister to me.

 It is a beautiful Sunday here. It is 64 degrees but will drop down into the 40's tonight. How I wish I could crack my bedroom window, but since we live on the bottom floor, it is not safe to do so. But I do open it during the day. Just nights I close and lock it because we are at our most vulnerable at night and no matter how safe you think that you are, you may not be.

 My son in law Joe and I had a date for the library today. But I got a call from my daughter Karyn and she told me that Joe's feet, both of them are swollen badly. About 2 shoe sizes. Anyway I just seen her. She brought me lunch/dinner. She made a plate for me with a slice of roast with roasted veggies, half of a sweet potato and some sugar free jello.... Yes Miss Edna, all is on my diet. She did not bring me gravy, mashed potatoes or corn which she had at home. My veggies consisted of roasted cabbage, carrots and onions. But there is enough for my dinner tonight. Oh and I just love cabbage anyway that it is cooked, steamed, boiled, roasted or fried. I can actually have fried cabbage cooked in grape seed oil.

 Karyn and I ooohed and awwwed over the pictures of Pogo that Miss Edna sent to me. He is just too cute. I love his little Jammies. They are soooooo cute. And he is so cute in them. I wonder if Cisco would like them. Not sure if he would or not. Oh he knows I am talking about him. He is laying in his bed, opened one eye and is staring at me, eyes drooping occasionally. Silly Boy. I just took a photo of him. I am going to go get it to share.

 He is all propped up, better to keep an eye on me lol. He usually lays the other way and in a ball or with his nose tucked into his blanket. He is getting old. It is breaking my heart, but he doesn't act his age. He still loves to rough house with the boys and he likes to run thru the house chasing his balls or toys. He likes his tug of rope and he likes his stuffed babies. I am surprised that he doesn't have one in bed with him.

 I talked with my sister Sharon today and she said that she left me a voicemail. My phone is so low on space that I cannot get voice mail messages anymore. But I found out that my brother in law Raymond will be having open heart surgery. She is worried and I understand why. They cannot get into the cardiologist until Jan. 10th. In the mean time they have a cruise planned and will leave this Saturday for Chile and Peru. She is worried that something will happen on the water, but my brother in law said, if we cancel the cruise, we will just be sitting here at home anyway. So he wants to go and he told her, Let's live while we can. Worrying about it is not going to solve anything. So they are going. They will be back December 21st and will still have a few weeks before they see the cardiologist anyway.
 Raymond is like a dad to me. I was 4 when they got married, so he has been my father figure for most of my life. My dad was a hard man, and hard to get a long with. I loved him of course but I learned early to tip toe around him.
 Raymond on the other hand was the opposite. Fun and Jolly and positive. He has always been the one that I went to when I had a problem. He is the one that talked to me about the birds and the bees and he is the one that guided me in life. Of course I grew up with their children. So my sister and her husband was more like my family than my own was.
 This is going to be hard for me, but my sister especially. I hope that they have a wonderful time on their cruise.

 Well I guess I had better go for now. I am waking up stiff in the mornings and it is taking longer and longer for my meds to kick in for the stiffness and the pain. My shoulders and neck especially. I have resorted to using the cream that my pain management doctor prescribed for me 3 times a day now. I was just using it once or twice a day but I am needing it a bit more now. I also think that they need to up my pain meds by just a little. Maybe just for the mornings. Not much but maybe a half a pill. I will talk to her at my next appointment and see what she thinks. It has been a long time since I have needed an increase.

 I have a story to tell you today. Not much of one but over Thanksgiving I sent Nathan to the store to get me some bleach. I make my own dish washing detergent. It is much cheaper than buying it. Anyway years ago when the boys were growing up, this is about Matthew and Nathan, I would send them to the store and it never fails they would come home with out what I asked for. It would be in the same linage but not what I needed.
 One time I sent them to get me a head of lettuce.. We lived right next door to the supermarket. They come home with the hugest head of cabbage I ever saw. I said "This is not lettuce, this is cabbage." Matt grumbled all the way back to the store and finally returned with a scrawny head of lettuce.
 Another time I sent them for a package of toilet tissue. I was in between paydays and I made it clear as I handed them my last $20.00 bill just to get the cheapest 4 pack that they had. That would get us thru to payday.
 Matt comes dragging in the most expensive 24 roll that they had. Well he didn't want to take it back and I said, look you have to because what money I have left out of that twenty dollars is what I have to put in the gas tank to get back and forth to work this week. In those days I made them walk together every where they went. We lived in a huge city, Las Vegas and I always worried about them so Nathan this day griped that he had to go back to the store with Matthew and return the toilet paper. Matt just complained that it was embarrassing having to haul it back and return it. I told him maybe he would start to listen to instructions and if he had been listening to begin with instead of being more concerned with his I-Pod then he would not be making a second trip.
 Neither boys have really improved. Even if I write it down. Even now I have problems with them.
 Jonathan makes me write a list and I have to be very specific because if for example I put Water on my list he will come home with the big jugs of purified water. To him water is water. He gets what is on sale.
 So I have to write on my list: 2 Cases Of Spring Water in the Bottles..... You would think after 3 years of shopping for me he would automatically know what to buy. It is a good thing that he at least can read lol.
 Anyway the day before Thanksgiving I give Nathan the money and asked him to go to get me a bottle of bleach as they were going to Walmart. Well naturally he forgot so I said Okay just go get it from Walgreen's when you go later on.
 Thanksgiving comes and I need to start a load of dishes in the dishwasher. The only task my daughter let me do.
 So I am looking all over for the bleach and I ask Nathan, "You forgot to get my bleach didn't you?"  "I bought it last night Mom."
 "Where is it?"
 "I put it on the counter. You must be blind, it is sitting right there on the counter."
 I looked and looked and all I saw was Clorox Toilet Bowl Cleaner. So I said "Okay maybe I am blind because I don't see bleach anywhere."
 He comes in and hands me the Toilet Bowl Cleaner... "Right here Mom... Clorox Bleach." I am still shaking my head over that one.
 "You want me to wash dishes with Toilet Bowl Cleaner?"
 He shrugged and said... "Bleach is Bleach"...........

 So I hope that you got a chuckle from my story of my boys..... Have an awesome day and week ahead.... BB

Happy Birthday Linda

 Happy Birthday to my sweet sister Linda. I made this page for her last year. I haven't done one for this year yet. We had to disconnect the internet yesterday so we could move Karyn's work computer and when we connected to the internet again I was busy just enjoying my family.

 Our day was awesome and peaceful. No arguments except the good nature'd teasing from one sibling to the next. We talked about past holidays and some were hilarious conversations that had us in stitches.
 By the time that dinner was served and we decompressed Jon took Karyn home and I came to my room for a bit. Then I decided to put the rest of the food away and then finished up a little bit of the kitchen.
 Still I didn't sleep well. Sometimes I think that I might be to tired to rest well. I got up at 1:30 to go to the bathroom and that was it. I never really slept well after that. But all is not lost. I did finally go to sleep.

 Patsy and I are chatting now about books that we want to read and authors. It is so fun chatting about things we have in common. Today I will be doing my publications for her. I haven't done them in awhile. So I will be doing that today. I think I have 4 pages that need to be sent to the forums that I have chosen. She will do the ones for the stores because I am not doing those. I don't mind the others because they are my choice.

 The weather here is so nice still. It is a bit warm today. It is 75 degrees here and will not get much lower tonight. But Cisco is enjoying the day and that is what is important for my boy.
 He is so funny with the boys. They come in and play with him and he acts so funny with his balls and blankets. We have a ritual with his bones too. That is so wonderful to watch him get so excited. He will take it and run with it... then wait for one of us to act like we are going to take it from him and he will run away from us again. He finally will eat it, but he likes the game.

 Christmas is just around the corner. It is one of my favorite holidays. This year will be bittersweet as we are going to my sister's house December 16th for Christmas dinner. It is really the only time that she can have it this year and it falls on the day of my mother's passing, so it is bittersweet, but mama loved Christmas so this is really a great way to still celebrate her.
 I really hope that nothing crops up to keep us from going. I know that the kids are off work but transportation could be a problem.
 Jonathan's car is needing to go into the shop and Matthew might not be here. He might be driving to Reno to see his kids this year. I was hoping to go, but I don't know but Matt sort of made an issue out of it so I changed my plans. I really don't have the money to spend on the extra food and such so I will let him go by myself.

 I want to save what money I can for my trip to Florida to be with Miss Edna and Pogo this year. I tried to save thru out the year, but it was harder than I thought that it would be. So what money I will have will be geared to that.
 I swear there was nothing more peaceful than sitting out on Edna's porch having coffee with Pogo in my lap watching the gorgeous sunsets and sunrises and the evening fireworks. Chatting and just doing nothing but enjoying the moments.
 We will demand the flu bug stay far away this year. Poor Edna was so sick. I had to leave a day early and really worried about her. She didn't have a good trip home and then several days later ended up in the hospital... So we are going to guard against all that this coming year, aren't we Miss Edna?

 Everyone have a great weekend. I am going to finish up my pubs for Patsy and then I am going to read a while and watch some tv. I have a new episode of a program I like. Chrisly knows best so I am going to watch that later on.
 Take care everyone and thanks for stopping by.... BB

Happy Thanksgiving 2017

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American Friends, and those that do not celebrate our Holiday, I wish you a special day with many Blessings...

 Hello everyone,
  It is a gorgeous Autumn day here. Right now it is 47  degrees but will warm up to 57 sometime today. It is so crisp and cool outside. I took my coffee out and Cisco was not impressed. He wanted back in almost as soon as I sat down. I let him back inside and he went on to his bed and blanket lol.

 I have been banned from the kitchen. We are not having a traditional meal. We are having Tortilla Soup and Beef Fajitas. Karyn is even making me a couple of tortillas out of Spelt flour but I told her that was not necessary and I would just have the filling and forget about the tortilla. But she is going to make me a couple of tortillas. I only need one but I can save it for tonight or tomorrow I suppose.

 Oh I have some awesome news to share. My doctor changed my insulin and I had 17 boxes that were unused. The pharmacy said that they couldn't take them back but I could bring them in to be destroyed.
 I was not about to do that. Ok that is Thousands of dollars worth of insulin. Seriously. Each box of pens cost $1,348. a box. 5 pens to each box.  Now multiply that by 17 and it comes to $22,916 dollars.... 
 So Karyn went online and found 2 places I could donate to. The first place is called Insulin For Life. I would have to pay shipping cost but it would be sent globally to disaster victims.
 The other place is a clinic right here in Austin so we called them and they said they would take it. They give it to people here in Austin and so Karyn and I took it to them yesterday. They were delighted to get it. 
 You know it felt so good to be able to make a donation like that to people that needs it. It makes a difference to give and it made me feel good too.

 Tomorrow is my sister Linda's birthday. I need to make a page for her. Last year her birthday fell on Thanksgiving. The year before it fell on my granddaughter Cathy's birthday. 

 I hate to cut this short but Karyn is allowing me to come in and watch her make the soup so I know how to do it... 

 Blessings to all....... xxx BB

Almost Turkey Time

 Good Morning,

 It is a gorgeous brisk morning here. Today is in the 50's and nice and cool. Cool for me, Freezing for my kids lol. But they are cold at 80 degrees. Go figure. The other night I woke up sweating. I looked at the thermostat and it said 78 degrees. I turned it down to 68 degrees. You would think that they are living in the Arctic by the way they bundle up.

 I had to go to the doctor yesterday. It was quiet the adventure. The lady that picked me up was new and she got lost in our apartment complex so I called her to direct her to me. It is easy to get lost in this complex because it is big. My day started off in a rush as I over slept so I was in the shower when she called and so I jumped out to answer the phone and tell her I would be right out. I rinsed off and threw on my clothes and headed out to find she was not there.
 Then off we went. I wondered why she was going towards downtown but thought well perhaps she knows a quicker way. Finally she pulled up at this clinic and stopped and I thought, oh she must have another patient to pick up, but she came around and opened my door and said, "Call me when your finished."
 I told her that this was not where I was going and she looked at her logs and said, "Oh I am so sorry." Back into the drivers seat she went and off we went. We made it with 5 minutes to spare. I had another driver on the way home and he was prompt. He said 10 minutes and he was right on the money. He was one of my favorite drivers and he said she was new and so I gave her a bit of slack since she was new. Still I guess that I should have asked when I saw her going down town. We have to travel towards down town to get to where I am going, but then we turn off. We were past our turn off point by the time I realized it and just a couple of minutes later she pulled up at some other clinic.
 My appointment went well. I was sad to hear that one of the receptionists there had moved to another office. I will miss her. She and I use to chat in between patients. I like the other girl too but she is really busy with other work as well as check in's and check out's.
 By the time I got home it was 4:00 pm. I ate my dinner early and laid down. My meds really make me so tired and I was already tired from not sleeping well the night before. Jonathan woke me up for dinner. He didn't know that I had already eaten, but I checked my sugar and it was right where it should be so I had a small plate (saucer) of brown rice and baked chicken breast with green beans and a few grapes. He is learning my diet. Thumbs up Jon. So I didn't have to have a snack. I got up this morning with a great blood sugar. I will take it!!!

 To all of my American friends I really hope that you all have a Fantastic Thanksgiving. Being thankful for family and friends is such a Blessing. I am so thankful for everyone in my life. I am thankful for my home, family, and my beloved dog Cisco. I am thankful that my children are giving and loving and I am thankful for all the Blessings in my life.

 News is short here today. I have so much I need to do. So everyone have a great day. Today is cleaning for me after I get back from running my errands... BB

Lordy What A Day So Far

 Hello All,

 I hope that everyone is having a great day. To everyone here in the U.S. Happy Thanksgiving week! Only a few more days until a lot of folks will be with family and friends and enjoying the holiday. As for me and my family, we are just going to be at home. Karyn is making Tortilla soup and I am sure that she will find a few other things to make. I will just be happy with the soup. She is also going to make me some garbanzo beans as well and I will freeze most of it and make hummus out of it.
 We even thought of desert. This is what we are planning to make Wednesday evening, once again from Ty's Conscious Kitchen.

 I have everything but the apples. We have no idea how it will turn out but I hope it is good. Well we are giving it a try and see what happens.

 Lordy people you do not know how popular you really are until you get Hacked On Facebook. I got hacked and if any of you are my FB friends and reading my blog, I am so sorry. I did not send it. My daughter called me early this morning and told me that I was hacked and to go in and change my password.
 I started getting text after text after text that no one could open the video. I had to send out... Do Not Open, It Is Not Me... It IS A VIRUS... change your password to FB now.... All of this before coffee too.

 Then I had to take some paperwork to the office and then I had to come back and wait for the repairman. I am getting a Brand New from the store Fridge. Of course it was running fine while he was here and the water was no where in site until he pulled out the fridge and ohhhh what a mess. He cleaned it up tho. I told him that I didn't want this one repaired because it has been repaired several times since I have been here a little over a year so he said... I agree, I will go and order you a new one right now and get it in tomorrow morning. Sooner if I can.  Home Depot is just a couple of miles from here and so is Lowes. Can't they just go and pick one up???? But maybe they do business with an appliance company other than Home Depot or Lowes. I don't know but I hope that by the time I get home from the doctor tomorrow I will have my new fridge.

 My neck and shoulder are hurting so I won't be on long today. I have so much I need to do and taking my meds is number one on my list. I have been so busy dealing with this that I have gotten behind so have a great day to all and Happy Monday.... BB