Bye Bye Little Mouse

 Hi Everyone,

 The ladies on my forum are mostly European. I love how they speak of things and I have learned some things do not mean the same here in America as they do "Across The Pond" so that said I have learned not to say "Fanny" as it has a totally different meaning than here!
 Also the word Loo.... When we need to use the ummm Ladies Room for example here at my house it is usually called the bathroom or the rest room. I don't know why they call it a rest room because I never rest in that room, never the less, my friends call it the Loo....
 My friend Rosie and her husband are English and they have been here 21 years. As I have mentioned, their daughter Becky has gone to college and Rosie is experiencing the Empty Nest Syndrome. I feel for her. I remember those days vividly.
 Well Becky called home and eased her mother and fathers fears. She is loving her classes, has made tons of friends and they had a Toilet Paper contest/fashion show the other night. Of course on the forum it was called A Loo Roll fashion show.
 Becky had a really great time telling all about it and it reminded me of my daughter Karyn;s friend that entered a contest using Charmin Toilet paper. They could only use the Charmin, needle thread and glue.
 This dress above was the one that won first place! Isn't is just gorgeous? Even the bag was made with the toilet tissue as well. I have some other pictures as well, not of this dress but of others. But this is one of my favorites. Isn't it amazing what a creative mind can conjure?  So I made a page showcasing the dress for Rosie and Becky and the ladies on the forum.
 In the process, my mouse and I had a really long talk. I promised to send it to Mouse Land if it let me complete the page. It did but was frustrating for the both of us, so on Wednesday I am hoping to be able to get a replacement.

 I really wanted to make this post a nice long one but I have taken my meds and am really struggling to keep my eyes open. So I will be here for as long as I can and then head to bed. My darling Cisco has already found his spot and is watching me to make sure that I don;t go anywhere. Ha... I can probably stumble to the bed but that is about it!

 I am having problems with Wal-Greens with my prescriptions. I called today to find out what they have ready fo me to pick up and was told that the cannot give that information out on the phone. What a crock and so tomorrow I have to go over and talk to them in person. This is the most ridiculous thing. I mean how do I know what to call in for refills if I don't know what they have already refilled?

 I shook out all of the cover on my bed and made it all up nice and neat. Then I took a long hot shower and I am going to call it a night and go and crawl into my bed and sleep so until tomorrow, have a wonderful Sunday!!! Hugs to all... BB

Lavender Love

Hello,

 It is a brisk morning here but not too bad considering it is a pretty sunny day. I will take it. No rain, snow, sleet or ice and no fog! It is 48 here with a high of 57. Sweater weather!!

 This page is called Lavender Love made with a kit of the same name from my friend Rosie. I love the purples and pinks of this kit. I probably will not be doing any pages for awhile because I have worn my mouse out and need to get another one. Mine is skipping and this page took me over an hour to do when it should have taken me about 20 minutes.

  So not much is going on here. Matt is home but he will be leaving on Sunday and it looks like he will be out on the road crew for 8 weeks this time around and then he will probably go and see his kids. I just cannot make the trip in the car. It is just too far.

 I am having problems getting my ID. Now they want 2 proofs of residency. My lease should be good enough. They will not take any thing like a personal letter or medical bills or anything like that. Bank Statements and an award letter from SSI will work so that is what I am going to have to do next. I think that I must have tossed my water bill away in the garbage as I cannot find it. It is so aggravating. Word of warning to my American friends. If you get divorced you have to have a certified copy of your divorce papers to prove that you kept your married name and or went back to your married name. Second of all, your birth certificate and your social security card along with 2 proofs of residency.
 I understand that there is a lot of fraud and they are just being extra cautious but good grief, my lease should have worked as proof but they want 2 copies of proof. If you just go to renew your license it is not a big deal. My problem is that I was in the hospital and mine expired. So that is why I have to go thru all of this. I am not sure how it is in other states but here in Texas it is a hassle. It looks like it will be the first of Feb. before I can go and get it done as Matt is leaving today to go and see his dad and they are closed tomorrow. I spent hours yesterday trying to get this taken care of.

 Sleep has been elusive for me. But here is a photo of someone being lazy today.

 I just love our cuddles. I am getting morning kisses! The other night I got up to go to the bathroom and slipped on my shoes and felt something in my shoe. I had Jonathan help me shake out my sheets as Cisco brings all kinds of sand and such in with him in his toenails, then he scratches and it gets in the sheets.
 Anyway I felt something in my shoe and when I got to the bathroom I took my shoe off and shook it and out fell one of Cisco's teeth. I tried to see where it came from but I couldn't find it. Anyway it came out all in one piece. Root and all. So I am so glad because if it had broken off he would have had to go see the doggie dentist.

 I am feeling well. Just tired. My pain meds and my other meds really make me drained but it is to be expected and the blood pressure meds are used to protect my kidney and to bring my heart rate down. It runs extremely high with out the meds. Being tired is just part of it. I should be used to that by now.

 I just stepped outside and there is water pouring from the patio above me. I don't know if they have a leak or if they just washed off their patio. I will keep an eye on it and if it doesn't stop in a half hour or so I will call the office and let them know. Any kind of leak is taken seriously here. Our water is odd. What they do is that they take a total of all water usage and then they divide it among all the tenants in the building. Sort of not fair to the single people in our building that are paying the same amount of money for a family of 4 or 5. As it is our water bill averages a hundred dollars a month and that is without a washer and dryer. I am not sure that we can afford to have one with the rates like this.

 The apartment and the ammenities are wonderful but this place does have some issues. Some that really should be handled a bit differently but are not. All of the apartments here do the community water thing however, so not much chance in that changing. They also add several other fees to the water such as the size of your apartment, one or two baths, trash pick up whether you use the service or not your still billed, sewage is out outrageous and pest control fee. By the time that you add in all the extra fees your twenty dollar water bill is a hundred dollars.

 Oh time for me to get up and moving. I need a shower and some lunch. Take care everyone... Have a great weekend. BB

A Little Of This And A Lot Of That!

 Hello to everyone,
 Today I am posting this page I made with a new kit for one of the sites that I enjoy. I am not much of a steampunk person. I really don't understand the concept of Steampunk. Is it a mixture of Gothic and or something else? I didn't get very many compliments on this page so I have to agree that it is not a very good page. But it is not as Ghastly as some that I have seen so it is what I have come up with and so be it!

 Many of you already know that I was sick with a nasty stomach virus last week and then I barely recovered from it before I had to make a trip back home on Friday. The trip home went smoothly, traffic was light and we made good time.
 My daughter Karyn took Friday off to take me to go and pick up some important paper work. After that was done I went to my sisters house and had a chance to see my niece's and nephews and hold that precious baby. Oh what a chunky monkey he is and so happy and he is learning to babble and laugh and is just so happy. Don't think that they are going to be giving him much tummy time as he wants to stand. He wants to see what is going on!
 I accidentally left my favorite robe. She said that she will mail it to me but my daughter said that she is planning on going home in a few more weeks so she can pick it up then.

 The trip home was very long and taxing. We of course was tired after the day and night and we had to leave early in the morning. There was such a dense fog that slowed us down, 2 bathroom breaks and traffic was heavier due to the weather but there was a storm coming and we beat the storm! When we finally arrived here in Austin the sun was shining, very few clouds in the sky and it was hot and muggy.
 Jonathan had to be at work at noon. We dropped Joey and Foxy off at their house and I called Jonathan to tell him that we were pulling up. I didn't even get out of the car. We took Jonathan to work and we planned to hit the grocery store, but Jonathan told us that Nathan was called into work and we had to take him in.
 Karyn didn't really eat much at all as she was driving and she had 2 kolachi's , which are very small crescent rolls with small smoked sausage and cheese in them. Some people refer to them as pigs in a blanket but those are made with biscuits, and these with crescent rolls. They were delicious but we were hungry by the time that we dropped Jonathan off and we decided to go have lunch. We went to a Thai restaurant. This place is totally different from where Jonathan took me too. They do serve shell fish but in a totally separate area and they prepare the food the food in a separate area as well so there is no cross contamination. How cool to know that a business will go out of their way to accommodate their customers with shellfish allergies like I have.
 I have a couple of pictures to share.

 This is me. As you can tell I am wearing a long sleeved blouse but I had to push up the sleeves as it had become so warm. I am drinking a Thai Tea. It is so refreshing and it is one of my favorite drinks. Karyn had never had one and ordered a soft drink but she took a drink of mine and said that she loved it and when she goes back she will have one herself.

 I have no words to describe this dish other than delicious..... It is very thin Asian noodles, almost clear in appearance covered in a delicious cashew paste sauce along with thin strips of beef and chicken, a cabbage slaw that of course I couldn't eat at the time but it was alright as I could not finish even my small plate as we also enjoyed a chicken curry dish of rice with plump raisins, chicken, bright green sweet bell peppers and onions, with sauteed carrots and peas and it is more of a normal type of curry but it was made with a coconut type of cream as well. Very delicious.

 I have a photo of it as well but cannot share it as it did not save when I emailed it to myself. I could go and get it but I will pass for now. By the time that we finished lunch we had an hour to get home and rest before Karyn had to take Nathan to work.

 This is where my venting comes in. This is what I came home too..

 It was actually worse than this. By the time that I took the pictures the wind had picked up and had blown most of the loose trash away, all over the parking lot and I took these pictures from my patio. What you cannot see is the dirty baby wipes, the spilled liquid, the food that is thrown behind the garbage. I was so upset. These new neighbors are doing this and I have complained to the office and they are not doing anything about this. These people put this kind of trash out every single day and this area is reserved for the tenant's who bag their garbage and have it picked up on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays. It is supposed to be tied up and set out on those days between 5:30 to 7:30 pm for pick up. It states in the lease that we will be charged a fee and tho I have called and complained before this time I have pictures to prove it as usually a porter will see it early the next morning and clean it up. However since this is a weekend, we do not have a porter on call but a half a day on a Saturday and he was gone by the time that I arrived home.

 A bright spot was Cisco who greeted me at the door and I had to drop everything in my arms to be able hug him, take his toy and toss it and watched as he raced to bring it back to me. I finally made it to my bedroom! Treats and Toys and Playtime ensued. That in turn led to belly rubs, doggie kisses and barks! Well someone was glad to see I was home. Nathan said he moped the entire time that I was gone!

 I started putting my things away and put on my favorite comfort clothes and laid down with Cisco when my phone rang. It was my son Matthew.
 About a week ago he and Barbara had a fight and they broke up. Or I should say Barbara decided that she needed a break from their relationship. So Matt being the soft hearted guy that he is decided to step back. Well she called him while he was out working and said she decided she just wanted to break if off. Matt went back to pack his things and they agreed that he would take the car as she cannot afford the apartment and the car. Well he is on the lease and the apartment owner will not let him out of it so he is now having to continue to pay the rent but Barbara will not let him stay there. She told him she would make his life a living hell. But when he went out on the road he gave her back the car to use while he was working.
 The company he works for is cutting back expenses. Now he cannot work in the yard and they flew him or was supposed to fly him back to La Cross Wisconsin. Okay so they routed him from Nebraska to Kansas, to Texas, to Chicago where his is stranded since yesterday due to the weather. He is waiting to board a flight to Wisconsin but he called and said I need for you to pick me up at the airport and Pardon my Ugly words here as I rarely say it but she told him "Go Fuck Yourself".... so when he gets to La Cross he has no way from the airport, and no place to live as she will not let him come back.
 Now Matthew has been nothing but good to this girl. When she and her brother was homeless he moved them to La Cross and that was against my advice but he did it because he loved her. I tried to tell Matthew that she was drinking and she was drinking a lot. She and her brother lived with us for 2 weeks last year because they had no where to go. She was getting drunk every day but Matt chose to believe that things was not as bad as I said.
 Of course the drinking has just gotten worse. Half the time she doesn't even go to work. What started it all was when he came home from his break and the house was trashed. The dog has peed and pooped all over the house because no one will take her out, but she even started going on the furniture and bed. Well he was pissed. I don't blame him. Matt said that it took him 3 large trash bags just to get all of the trash out of the car!
 That is when they broke up, but he ended up having to go back to work and left her the car and now he is stranded at the airport and she has the car and the apartment and he has no where to go.

 So he called me upset and I could hear that he had been crying in his voice. It was all I could do to not pick up the phone and call that girl and give her a piece of my mind but I promised not to. BUT I want to so bad. I am so pissed at her. I told Matt that as far as I am concerned she is nothing but a Skanky Drunk Bitch. And I am being nice about even calling her that!

 Now Matthew has so much to worry about. He is in the middle of a custody battle because his ex has been busted for drugs and he is trying to get sole custody of his son because it looks like his ex is going to do jail time from what I hear, but I don't believe she will. A slap on the wrist is my guess. So he is in a real pickle. No place to live, his job is cutting back and IF he gets custody of Alex he has to have a home for him. This is coming up really fast and of course his money is running out because he is still having to pay rent on a place that he can't live at and is a total pig sty with a woman and her brother who are to lazy to put the bottle down and take out the trash, and take out the dog and to clean up a little bit.

 Matthew is like me. OCD in the clean department. It doesn't have to be spotless but it does have to be picked up and areas cleaned. I know that he is just heartbroken but he had told me that things were not good. We have tried to get her help and she has resisted all attempts. Matthew thought that by buying her things, taking her out on dates and spending time with her would help her and he really put his heart into this relationship even knowing that he was coming out on the short end of the stick.
 Yes I am mad at her for hurting my son. I am mad at him for putting himself in this predicament and I am upset that he can't get out of this lease and it is not just there but all over. The only thing that we have here in Texas now that helps us is that if a tenant decides to leave he or she is only responsible for their share of the lease and can have a buy out.
 That means for instance say in my case that Nathan decides to move out then he has the option to pay his third of the rent each month or he can pay off his share at the time that he moves out and if there is any damage he only has to pay a third. Not be held responsible for all of it at once.
 I don't know what he is going to do but that girl better not call me. I swear she will not like a word that I have to say to her.
 Matthew cannot afford another place to live and pay the rent there too. He can't live in his car which she has practically destroyed.  I don't know what to say to him. I don't know how to help him. I as a mother feel like I am failing him. And I know realistically that I am not but as a mother it is all there in my soul.

 I am getting all kinds of chain mail from the election. Hit like if you agree with Trump. Hit like and share if your against Trump.
 I am soooooooooooooo OVER that crap. Ok so I am not a fan of Trump. I think that he should stop crying that the media is unfair to him. Doesn't he have more Important stuff to think about now rather than whining that the media is unfair and biased? Not every media association is against him. Not everyone has bad mouthed him. Not every journalist out there is against him.
 It is time that he puts his petty issues aside and starts to take his position as the leader of our country seriously. At some point in the next 4 years he is going to need the very media that he is whining about. At some point he is going to need the support of journalism, unless he plans to air everything out on twitter.
 Ok so enough said about him. That is just my opinion, right or wrong we have to come together some way and alienating is not the way to go about it. I am an American. I want to be able to support my President but when he acts like a 2 year old having a pity party it is hard for me to stand behind him. His message is Let's Make America Great Again" so let's do it. Get on with it. Tackle the Big things and let the media just do what the media does. Everyone has critics. Every President in our history has had critics because you cannot win over everyone, but damn it don't make the situations worse!

 Now let's talk about the First Lady. Isn't she lovely? Wasn't her dress just so beautiful and she so elegant? People criticized her too but you don't see her going on tirades and rants on social media. No she holds her head up high and walks right on by. That is Class! Now I have heard the stories of her but it has not swayed my opinion of her.
 So what if she posed nude? There is nothing shameful about a beautiful body. She was a model. She knew what modeling meant. She had NO idea that someday she would be standing before our country as the First Lady Of The United States.
 And tell me why is it acceptable for movie stars to film nude but not a model that had no idea what her future held decades ago?

 Okay well this is all that I have for now.  I am very tired emotionally. I am going to try and just relax for the rest of the day. My son Matthew has finally boarded a plane and headed to La Cross as I type this and now I just pray for his well being as he faces another saga of drama about to unfold in his life. I have to stop worrying. I can't do anything about it anyway...


 Until next time have a good day. BB

Time Is Flying Right On By

 Hello Everyone,

 A page that I did for a challenge. The challenge was a theme that started with the letter "P" and so this is mine, I really thought of not entering the challenge at all but then I started working on this page and it just sort of formed and I liked it well enough to enter it. I won't win of course. Too many other pages that has a lot of detailed work and are just gorgeous. I never look at the pages in a challenge so that I am not influenced in anyway. But once it is uploaded I can see everyone's pages and I tell you, there are some ladies out there that are just totally so talented that it makes my head spin. But I am not in it to win the challenges. It would be nice but that is not why I enter them. I do it because I enjoy doing the challenges. This was a pretty easy one to do. I wanted something simple and still beautiful.

The dentist appointment went fine. The x-rays were a little uncomfortable but not unbearable. I will go back on the 25th and they will remove the teeth. They are going to try and remove all of them at once. I have lost a lot of bone so I need extra healing time, then in 6 to 8 weeks I will go in for impressions and then dentures. Edna, I hope that you don't mind my being toothless!

 I am also going home on the 20th. Next Friday to visit family and take care of some paperwork that I have been needing to have done. We are leaving around 7:00 am and will be back probably early Sunday. The plan is to be back on Saturday but I know that once we get to visiting and making the rounds, one to go and see Joe's mom and another to see his grandmother in the nursing home, and then my family and I have a friend that I really want to see if she isn't working so it will be probably Sunday when we get back. That is ok. I am just going to go with the flow!

 It has been over 2 years since I have seen my family. My sister did come thru for a couple of hours on her way back from San Antonio the day that Patsy left to go home. Her husband had to come down this way to pick up a racing dirt bike or some kind of motorcycle, so they spent the night down on the River Walk in San Antonio and came by on their way home. It was so good to see them. The visit was way too short tho.

 My grandson Dante turned 3 yesterday! I have to share pics of course....

 A few hours old....

I have one more of him but will have to swipe it from Facebook. I thought that I had. He is such a stinker... He is so much like his mama.... He has her coloring and her stubborn ways. He has a temper to match too. But when he cuddles and he can be so sweet it melts my heart...

 This is the latest! Taken about a week ago. My little Eskimo baby! I really hope that he is wearing boots as he is almost knee deep in this photo. He does not like the snow. I am surprised he isn't throwing a fit. His mama says that he is usually crying up a storm when he sees that he has to go out in it. He must have been having a good day.

 My friend Rosie and her husband and doggie Charlie are on their way to take their daughter Becky to college. This is going to be a very hard time for our Rosie. She and Becky are very close. Becky was a miracle baby. Rosie has MS and she also had meningitis when she was younger. She has a whole lot of medical problems but that has never slowed her down. She has home schooled Becky from the very first, so this is really the first time that Becky has left the nest and both of them are going to have a time of adjustment. I think that I cried the first 3 weeks when we took Jonathan to Arizona. I know I cried all the way from Arizona home! Well thankfully it came in spurts!

 I want to look for some photos today and see if I can find them and scan them into my computer. I have one of me with a Siberian White Tiger Cub named Caesar. From the moment I walked into the cage he took a liking to me. He wanted me to hold and love on him. I sat on the floor with him and he crawled right up into my lap. When it was time to go, he was having none of it. I bond easily with animals. I am sure it is part of my path. Anyway he was so bonded with me when I finally did make it out of the cage so the next woman in line could have her turn he howled and hissed and growled... They had to give her back her money because Caesar was not letting her in the cage. It broke my heart to walk away from him.

 The other day we were talking about strange dreams that are so real like... a few months ago I had this very vivid dream of standing in the ocean, just about waist deep and I had this Great White Shark next to me. I was petting the shark. When anyone came into the water to rescue me the Great White Shark would lunge at them. They dubbed him in my dream as my guard shark... and I swear as I was petting him he was smiling.
 I am sure that it is all tied in with Cisco.... How he protects me, how he smiles when we are cuddling and yep he can smile a great big huge toothy smile... Kind of looks scary unless you know in advance.
 Last night we were cuddling and he had his head tossed back so I could get under his chin and scratch and rub. Every time that I do this he has a burst of sneezing fits... I asked him if he was allergic to me! All that got me was a great big wet sneeze in many places, namely the face! Ugh.. I ha to wash off the doggie sneezes lol.

 I guess this about wraps it up for me today. Not much news left on my end so I will say goodbye for now and go and eat lunch... Have a wonderful day.... BB

Happy Birthday Kyra

 Good Afternoon Everyone,

 Happy Birthday to Kyra. I hope that your Birthday is fantastic and that you have a perfect day doing what ever that you want to do.

 This page was done with a freebie kit from my friend Rosie for all of the members at Daisy Trail. I really enjoy her kits. This one is called Vintage Lace. It is brand new. I just downloaded it and thought that it would be perfect for Kyra's Birthday card.

 So yesterday evening Karyn and I were going grocery shopping and then we couldn't find a place to park, it was that full, so I felt a little woozy so I told her to pull over somewhere and let me test my sugar. It was below a 100 so I knew that it was time to eat something so we went to a little place called Taco Cabana. I am not crazy about their food but it was fast and easy and relatively cheap so that is where we went.
 Before we left I ordered the boys a plate each to take to them and one of them came with a drink. It was too much trouble trying to bring drinks home so I told the lady to pay the drink forward. Who ever came in after me and had to buy a drink would get a free one instead.
 The server came over to me and said that the lady would like to thank me for the drink. I told her that it was my pleasure. Sometimes the smallest kindness can make a difference in a persons life. And I received a very nice pleasure of a sincere thank you.

 Karyn called and said if I made a list she would grocery shop for me. What a wonderful thing for her to do as my side started hurting at 4:00 am and I had to get up and move around. I was in a bind because Cisco was sleeping so oddly. I had my heating pad on low and laying on my side and he gets too hot under the cover, yet he wanted the heat from the heating pad so he was stuck to my side as well but a bit further down so his head could receive most of the warmth.
 Well that put my legs in a bind and boy not only was my side hurting but my back and the upper part of my legs. I tried to move over and that little stinker moved over with me. I finally gave up and just got up. When I came back to  bed about 20 minutes later, he was laying right on top of the heating pad cross ways!
 I had no choice but to move him and he got all huffy and whined. So I did what any fur baby mom would do. I moved over to the other side of the bed and let him have my side and the heating pad! Oh and I had to also make room for the stuffed animal that he loves and a tennis ball and his chew ring.

 Jonathan has no sympathy for me. He said he would have kicked Cisco out and let him sleep with Nathan! I was aghast. What? No my baby gets comfort first lol. But I know that if Cisco was knocking at his door he would get up and let Cisco in. He talks a good talk but in reality he let's Cisco have what ever he wants as much as I do. It is a game that we play regarding the dog. He acts like he doesn't care and I know that he does. So the same with Nathan. You should hear them talking to Cisco... Nathan will say in a sweet baby voice... Are you ready to go to your bed? Come on and I will tuck you in. There are you happy now? Do you want your bankey?
 Jonathan comes in from work and says... "Roni.... that is his other name. When Cisco was a baby they were always playing that commercial for the rice, Rice a Roni the San Francisco treat so they called him Ciscoroni... and it somehow got shortened to Roni so Jonathan comes in and says .. Roni do you want to go outside? Come on Roni let's go potty! All in a sweet voice and Cisco wags his tail and gets on the leash and out they go. They come back in with Cisco doing a little dance and they play tug of war and he will let Cisco win of course.

 Cisco has a built in radar and knows exactly when the boys are supposed to come home. He is waiting on them by the door. Cisco gets greeted before I do. They will play with him and then as an after thought.. Hi Mom... LOL... so you can tell who rules the roost in our house and it is none of the tenants!

 I have nothing planned for today. I am just going to hang out here at home, probably in my room and just chill out. I have 2 appointments for this week. One for the dentist and one for my primary care doctor for the ultrasound that they are going to do on my side. I will make sure that I have clean clothes for those days. Jon is going to do laundry today so I will toss in what few garments that I have in with his. I might cook dinner tonight but more than likely I will let one of the boys do it.

 Oh I read the weather report and we are going to jump from freezing temps to the 80's in the next few days. No wonder people are sick. Freezing one minute and summer/spring weather the next. Well at least my plants can go back outside for a few days. The next storm system coming in will be a wet one. Cold and rainy too.
 My birds still have not come out to eat. I am not sure what they want. I just looked and the food is still waiting for them. They are not like Pidgeon's.  Pidgeon's will get all mad if your late with their food. They will gather in a flock and sit there at your door until you feed them. Thankfully we do not have any here where I am at. But we do have some beautiful doves that come every morning or late afternoon. They seem picky too tho.
 My squirrel comes late evenings. Of course since it is so cold he is not out and about to often as he use to be.

 I am calling the office tomorrow and putting in a complaint. We have garbage pick up on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays. The hours are from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The other days we can take it to the compactor if we need to but we are usually fine with the days that they schedule to come. Well the people above us... 2 couples actually are putting their garbage out every morning. One of the couples do not even bag it up and just set it out in paper sacks. This is going to cause problems. Rodents and especially raccoons. They come and spray every Tuesday the grounds for insects and bugs, but it is unsightly to have to walk past other peoples garbage every day. They are not supposed to do this and can be fined. But how is the office going to fine people when they don't know who is doing it?

 Sheesh this is a long blog post so I am going to get off of here and crochet for a while... Have a wonderful day to all........ BB

Not Much News

 Hi Everyone,

 It would be nice today as cold as it is outside at 37 degrees to stay home and read but I can't. I have a doctors appointment and it will be a short visit but just the fact that I have to get up, shower, get dressed and leave, see the doctor, call the transportation company to come and get me and the drive home... Well you can see how tiring that these trips are and I have 7 of them this month. Down to 6 after this one.

 On the 11th of January I have a dental appointment. My insurance has become effective for 2017 so now they will pull the remaining bottom teeth. I really hate to meet Edna with no teeth but it can't be any more embarrassing than what my mouth looks like now. It depends upon how fast my gums heal for dentures. They are not going to take impressions right away they said. But that is not what they told me before so I guess I will have to wait until I get to that point and then find out. This first visit is just for a yearly exam and xrays. Then they will schedule the procedure.

 Cisco is pouting this morning. I made the mistake of buying him some bacon treats. Just a small bag and they are gone. So breakfast came and he turned his nose up at it and went and climbed into bed with Nathan. So I thought that I would entice him with a few bones Pogo sent. Oh yeah sure he took those and wagged his tail and wanted more but I showed him his bowl again and once more he took off to pout.

 Nathan swept all the dust bunnies for me. He cleaned the entire house for me sans the dishes. I only have a bowl, plate fork and spoon and my coffee cup so I can handle those. Oh and he bagged up the trash and took it out for pick up tomorrow night. He has gone to work now and Cisco is still on Nathan's bed pouting. He looks so cute! He doesn't know what to think when he gets everything that he wants and today he can't.

 The weather says that we have a chance for snow flurries tomorrow. North of us can see snow. I don't expect much of anything here but I do hope that we don't get any rain with this system as it causes so many problems on the roadways. We are not prepared here for ice and snow.

 I am reading a book by Jerry Doyle called "Have You Seen My Country Lately?" and I am really finding it interesting. I am going to pass it on to Edna when I finish and at the rate that I am going it shouldn't be too long before I am done. I am reading and crocheting at the same time. Put one down and pick up the other.

 Oh boy, I really have to keep an eye out on my boy. I just offered him a little of my breakfast and he isn't eating that either. I hope that he is not getting some tummy issues. I hope that we don't have to take him in to see the vet. This is one month that we cannot afford an extra expense.

 I placed an order on Saturday with Karyn. I decided to put it on my card and she paid me cash for her part of the purchase. We did it this way because we were ordering the same thing and instead of a 25.00 dollar shipping charge each it would just be one. So she gave me her money and I placed the order....
 The company charged me 3 times and 3 times the shipping.... Well of course my bank was closed on Monday and no one answered their phones on Monday and so Karyn and I spent 2 hours on the phone Tuesday getting it all straightened out. What a pain....

 Anyway it is time to get ready for my appointment so I will chat with you all later... Hugs to everyone...
 Before I go I have a little thing that I grabbed from the internet in anticipation to everyone that will be dealing with the snow...

 Enjoy and have a great day... BB

My New Broom

 Hi everyone,

 This is my new broom... the one on the bottom with all of the bling... I wanted something a little different than all of the other Witches out there and my friend June who recently had surgery wanted one that will vacuum for her... so our friend Barb made our dreams come true.... Isn't mine just the loveliest one you have ever seen?
 We are all going on a virtual ride to London tomorrow for a party to enjoy left over New Year's desserts! The only party pooper might be Mary who is in Tenerife Spain right now enjoying the warm sun to help her with her shoulders, arms and hands since she took a nasty fall a few months ago. And of course she and hubby always goes somewhere nice and sunny for 3 weeks for Christmas. She isn't ready to come back to the super cold dreary weather in England at the moment.

 So sorry this is so short...  I will probably update soon. Right now  I have to rest.. Hugs... Beth

Tis The 2nd Day Of The New Year

 Hi Everyone,

 This is a scrap page that I made for a challenge called "Our Natural World Resolutions 4" from my favorite site for scrapping. I love to enter the challenges there because they are so different and it is a nice site to go to so this is mine.

 Speaking of our natural world, my birds had a treat today. Some cereal that is going stale since the boys buy it and never eat it. They loved it. The rice crispies were a challenge however because they were so light that the wind blew them back to me lol. Anyway I switched over to rice chex and they ate that and the rice crispies so it worked out.
 I got a treat too. A Robin Redbreast made an appearance. The first I have seen since I have been here. So far a cardinal and a blue jay have ventured into my garden path. I bought a sack of birdseed along with some granola and trail mix. Do you think that I am spoiling my bird babies much? They are such a joy for me and I love to sit and watch them. We have migrating black birds as well. Also a squirrel paid us a visit yesterday for a little while. He was fun to watch too. I am blessed with all of God's creatures.

 I went to bed really early tonight, around 8:00 pm and went to sleep pretty fast. I asked Jonathan to shut my door when he came in to check on me but he didn't shut it completely and Cisco came in and needing my attention and it woke me up. Jon was supposed to have brought him to my room on his way to bed but since he didn't shut the door Cisco came trotting in. Well I got up and tended to him. He wanted to play. He is in bed now with his head buried under the sheets and his rump curled into a ball. Every toy that he owns is on the bed.
 He is making sure that our bed smells like his bed because I washed the sheets and bedding today and he does not like the new scents! I gave him extra treats tonight. He and I are going to have to have a talk about those treats lol.

 I don't know if anyone has really noticed but I took a break from the computer, mainly Facebook. I have been spending time doing so many other things that I enjoy doing. Crocheting and reading and with the weather as gorgeous as it is I have spent a lot of time outdoors on my patio. It has done me a world of good to have this break. And since I am only doing scrap pages for the enjoyment of it with the exception of Heather when she puts something out occasionally and for Carolyn, I have felt so much less pressure. I have a lot of pages that I want to do, but I have a lot of other things that I am finding time to enjoy.
 And since Karyn and Joe have moved closer, I find myself more active. I am up and moving around more and out doing things that we have enjoyed. Ok we had to go and do laundry today and that was not as pleasant as our day on Saturday but we had some laughs. (And we have clean clothes out of the deal too),

 Oh Edna, we went to the dollar store on Saturday and I bought a new book that you might enjoy. If I finish it I may send it to you in the mail. If not then I will pack it up in the suitcase and bring to Florida with me. I also bought 2 fun books. Or at least they sound like fun. They were just a dollar each and so I love browsing around the book section. Never know what I am going to come across.

 Karyn took some of the ham from Christmas with her and is making us some 15 bean soup. She had a bag and so did I so she took my bag home and said she would make some for us. It is going to be a huge pot. She has one of those huge stock pots. There is 15 different kinds of beans in the bag. It is one of the beans that we really like to use for soup.

 I think that I am going to call it a night. It is almost midnight and I think that I can finally sleep so until next time, take care, be kind to one another and I will speak to you all later... Hugs, BB