Good BYE 2022…

Good BYE 2022…

January.. losing 4 friends to cancer and heart.. to start the year..   11 inches of snow over night.. (guess we are ending this year as we started it)

Feb… learning about Ukraine..

March…Our neighbor’s son hit by a car in an intersection..  the up date is.. he is doing wonderfully well, he is healing and back to work..  THANK GOD literally

April started the yard work and enjoying great grandson’s outside.. and the start of tearing the outside of our house off for our project of replacing it..

May .. working on the outside of the house… and showing appreciating for mother in laws.. 

June..  was stepping up with the project of putting up the metal on the house outside….    With a quick break for a ride thru the woods looking for mushrooms.. 

July… the ending of the project..  the whole is finally done with some help of friends and grandson.

August…. Brought in a tractor in the King’s life.. now called the MONEY PIT…  also August brought the King to help his friend all month with his haying.. Like the good old days, except these guys are 70 plus.. so not as fun as the good old days.. but they got it done.. took the whole month

September.  was a trip to the coast to see the kids and watch one of our grandson’s get married to a lovely young lady.  Also the King help two of the son’s with their sheds.. 

October  brought fresh new snow for our fall weather..  bring in winter early and hunting with the King getting his elk and deer..… also October brought us a new little girl..  Frosty.. which has been quite an adventure..Mini doxie…

November … brought elections, thanksgiving and me with the frustrations of a smart phone and finding out I am not smart at all and I flunked smart phone..   and the month ending with the real start of winter.. with snow plowing seriously…  coming on strong and early…

December… fighting snow… daily.. hourly for the month.. 

Adventures with Frosty and her quirts… getting Christmas out of the way…ice comes to town… lots of wrecks.. and here we go folks..  with just 4 more days of this year..  and hopefully 2023 comes in calmly..    Happy New Years everyone…  

ONE HUG AT A TIME…

ONE HUG AT A TIME….

Several things have become less common that it was years go… One of those is hugs..  Especially with the elderly.  If you have ever working in a nursing home over the years.. you know there is hardly ever any hugging going on.  Even family to family..  And for those who are elderly, and alone.. no family left.. it is even worse.

While working in the HEALTH CARE CENTER… better know to those of us older ones… as nursing homes…  They changed the name to soften up the harness of what nursing homes mean to the older generation.   Nursing homes.. the place you go to die. I had hear that so many times over the years that I worked in one.

I didn’t give it much thought.. until one night while  I was working..  I had taken a woman and put her on the commode.  As I raised her to put her back to bed.. I held her a little bit longer than normal.. AND  SHE HUNG ON.. WE WERE HUGGING… I never dreamt how much it meant to her.   So I did it to a few others… that I would be in a position to hold them as I transferred from the bed or to the bed..  It was an amazing feeling…. For both of us.. 

Working the noc shift..  which some called the graveyard shift… I found that the human touch is lacking a great deal for our elderly… Working the late shift gave me the time to take a few seconds out .. to a minute or two… to show just some compassion.  One man, who I had laid back down, then covered him over with the blanket..  for some reason, I bent over and kissed him on his forehead and told him good night.  As I started to walk away from the bed… he whispered..  thank you.

We forget .. how much the human touch means.. and especially to our elderly, who no one seems to remember they too, want to be held.

It only takes a second.. to hug, to give a gentle kiss on the cheek.. or even say something about how nice someone looks that day.   I can remember I was walking back to my car after getting the mail from the post office.  A woman, got out of a car and started towards me, when I noticed what a beautiful green dress she had on… and how great it looked on her.. and with out thought, I told this stranger, how beautiful she looked in her green dress.  She was a little startled at first, (as we had never seen each other before or since) but then she said THANK YOU.. and kind of blushed..  and a huge smile..   

IT JUST TAKES A SECOND..   ONE HUG AT A TIME..  some kind words…   Let’s be kinder to each other.

 

Signs of winter......

this is fair warning for those heading to the 0 temps 

or even less than 0

FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT FREEZING..

REMEMBER THIS SIGN JUST  4 MONTHS AGO ..??????????..

And for those who want to do like we used to do as kids...  

but remember the number 1 rule...

NO YELLOW SNOW.. 

 

HANG ON TO YOUR HATS AND GLOVES, FOLKS in the north.. we are heading into 4 days of freezing our butts off...   Here in Idaho..  Wed. -3 for mornings and 8 for days....  Thursday...  -7 to -12 below folks..   and days will be 6 above ............................................. the BUT help is on the way.. the heat wave of the day after Christmas....  will be ................drum roll... 31!!!! degrees.. 

Heading downhill on the year…

Heading downhill on the year…

The physical therapy is going well… and the snow shoveling has lightened up…  for now..  But sadly there is reports of some more coming in.. Did get an inch yesterday.. After the past two weeks.. this was easy and it is light.

The King yelled over to me last week..  well, do you want to good news or the bad news…..  which my answer is, the bad news (to get it over with) and he said.. that is good because there is no good news…. The bad news is…THE SNOW BLOWER JUST BLEW UP…   My answer was.. you have no idea how bad of news that is… because the worse news is.. I am betting there is not a snow blower in town for sale.. And sure enough, our travels to each and ever place in town was NO.. NONE… and worse, they aren’t getting anymore.. and the one who said they were, said they had no idea how long it would be, if in fact they could get them.   Not even have one or any of the stores able to order one for us.   So that sent us to online.  I only could find one place that had 3 left … from a trust worthy company…as I check the reviews.... was Jack’s small motors…  IN MARYLAND!!! It said free shipping..  to make a long story shorter… we got a fair price  BUT.. it was the add on’s that killed us..  First was a lift charge.. that meant shipping it to us with a lift gate truck.. as it weighs in at 400 pounds.. that was $52…ok, not too bad.. but then the killer but we still ordered it.. was the free shipping to IDAHO is not possible.  That will cost an additional $300!!! They were paying for part of it.. and that was our share. We could cancel if we wanted to, they said, and they would understand…  but we have no other option.. so we bit the bullet.. and said yes.. AND God willing we will have a new one on December 22.  Figures crossed.. and etc.. 

 

OH MY ACHING BODY…

OH MY ACHING BODY….

Last week I started physical therapy. I have had a huge pain in my left leg.. in the side thigh part. About 6 inch area. And it got worse this past summer.. From July to about November it was bad..  The part for year has been a 3 to 5 rating.. to me an annoyance after all these years. I learn to live with it..  But this late summer it was huge. It was on the 10 to 15 rating on some days..  a lot of 8 to 10.  There were a couple of days that it was times I was almost in tears. And even Aleve did not help.. when it did with the lesser.

So I broke down and call the Dr. And of course there is no such thing as getting in right away..  but did get one about 2 weeks out.  In November…

And I will be an s.o.b.  the dang thing, the day before, turn on me. I felt like the lady who took her car to the mechanic and told of noises and shaking.. and the mechanic comes back after a try out.. and can’t find anything.  But the dr. and I decided maybe physical therapy would help. 

So off I go and she gave me some exercises to do before I go to my next visit… today..  Well, I am here to tell you, the thigh area is about the same.. but my BUTT.. hurts like hell.  There are muscles I guess, I have not used for some time and boy do they hurt.  I am suppose to do these stretches 10 at a time.. with a break.. and then do more. Making it 30 at each time..  Doing them in the am..  noonish and evening..   meaning 90 per day. After the first day and shoveling show..  I am here to tell you, I hurt so much I could barely walk for about 3 minutes.. And the next morning .. oh brother.  And it isn’t even the area I went in there for. It is muscle in the butt and along the back side of the legs..  because now it is both legs.  I sure am hoping as I go thru it.. those muscle loosen up..  You know the old saying.. don’t use it.. lose it.. well, I guess I lost it.

And I downsized it to 60.. meaning doing 20 instead.  Until these muscle loosen up.. Figured 60 is better than none.

Geesh it is hell to get old.  

 

ECHO/ALEXA

ECHO/ALEXA

Still working on the Echo machine…  all is good with the exception of setting up the call part..   Says it has to be set up with a smart phone.. well, we already know how that worked out… me and smart phone..   but all is not lost..we will find a way.. But in the meantime.. I am enjoying what it does do for me.. playing music.. finding out the weather for my town.. at a mere.. ECHO what is our weather for the day..   Gives the weather for the day and any storm warnings for your own town.  Even will tell you a joke, if you ask.  

But as I am playing around with it.. choosing music.. even saying Echo.. good morning and have it tell me back, Good Morning Cis..  hope your day goes well..  I got to thinking.. You know there are a lot of living alone widows out there. And maybe this might be a good thing for them.  It gives them someone to talk to and talks back… most of the time, with what you want.  Once in a while, she will say.. I am not sure of that.. or I don’t understand that..  But with elderly, lonely living by themselves … just might be something …  a voice and that voice will give you appropriate answers. (for the most part)…  and then if the adult children, grandchildren can get it set up for a face to face call.. all the better.   Might be a good Christmas present… and have them set it up.. voice friendly for the elderly person.. so the Alexa or Echo recognizes it.. It might be a few minutes of company for that person..  Working over the years with the elderly (yes, I have become one.. not by choice..  ha ha) .. I do know especially the women get lonely.  The guys go down to the bar or the club.  But for those who don’t leave the house or apartment.. it might be nice for them..   Just an idea.

 

In life, there is some wonderful light…

In life, there is some wonderful light… 

As winter starts in on us.. it is easy to get down, or drudge thru …  but this past weekend.. I had some sunlight come in and lifted me up..  Probably just a little thing to the gifters..  but turn out to be a huge thing for me.. 

After a difference of opinion with the King about snow removal.. and some heated words.. with me yelling back..I DON’T CARE… YOU ARE WRONG.. WRONG.. and him adding his two cents worth..  and me repeating I DON’T CARE..   I went in the house… and there was a noise on the front porch..  Nope not Santa.. but maybe close.

It was the UPS man leaving a box for us.. from our son. It was an piece of electronics.. and those of you, who know me well…. WELL… electronics and I are not exactly friends..  remember my post of last week..  I am an idiot…

But there it was..  I left a message on Messenger that I got the box and would finish my Sat. chores and then look at it so I could use my full attention..  But it got the best of me.. so about 15 minutes I unpacked it.. (we had already talked about it, so I knew what it was)… and I took out the booklet.  I thought.. maybe I can handle this..after all..  so instead of waiting.. I read and then took it out and plugged it in..  To make it a shorter story.. It is a screen thingie.. that tells the time and weather and date.. at the minimum… and I AM SO PROUD OF MYSELF..  I actually got it hooked   up and running..  Yes indeed.. even gave it a name.. and then I changed the name they had on it.. and put my nickname on it.. and IT PRONOUNCED it perfectly.. Oh, this is so good..  But then it came to the settings. And going on the computer to do that.. finding out not so easy.. For one reason it is a download of a app.  Which it would not let me change to this devise and listed the STUPID PIXEL7 that I had got and then turn back.. As much as I tried, I could not delete it. So back to square one on that one..  And son will help with that.. 

But in comes the daylight…  you can ask question in general and IT ANSWERS.. and changes things..  and one of the sides is… MUSIC..  So here I have.. the temp. the date, the time..  and the music I chose.. and don’t ask me why.. because I am the child of the 50’s .. but I chose the 80’s and she gave it to me..  not only the music.. but as I walk by…. I SEE THE WORDS.. I can sing.. (I am home alone) with it..  For hours..  it was so GLORIOUS!!!

In life, there is some wonderful light… 

 

Living with Frosty 101

Living with Frosty 101

We have decided because we could not trust Frosty to stay at the house by herself in the whole house…. We could have her gated in the kitchen.. Giving her …her food dish… the water supply… her softy bed and A PAD…

Which has worked pretty good.. notice I said pretty good.

Most like a hit and miss.   I think she might need glasses as her aim is lousy..  But actually I think she does that on purpose… to get back at us for not taking her with us.  But you got to understand.. we never have taken her any place with us.. yet.

I think it is a doxie trait. Because I had some friends who had a black doxie.. and they took him most places.. His name was Charlie.   But if they went to dr. or somewhere .. where Charlie was not allowed.. they leave him home..  One of the times he went to the bathroom, pulled the toilet paper off of the roll and ran thru the trailer with it.  ALL OF IT…  So they shut the door.  Next time, they left him, he found a way to jump up on the kitchen chair and then the table.. and threw the salt and pepper shakers all around the table.. as there was salt all over the table and then on to the floor..  So the next time, they pushed the chairs under the table.. He moved the chairs back out and got up there again..  this time, not only throwing the salt and pepper around but chewing on the napkins left on the table.  I don’t remember what happen after that.. but I know Charlie was with them most of the time. 

We never know what the kitchen is going to look like when we get home.  So far she has taken the towels off the towel rack.. hit and miss the pad with pee and poop…  if my slippers are in there, one is by the gate.. and the other is down the room a bit.

Now Frosty has got creative.

Friday morning we went out to breakfast and the store..  We came back to the pad being crumpled up.  The food dish has been moved under the stools in there.. and the water container was moved to.. and she was sloppy about it.. as there was water every where..  I told the King I think the reason why the pad was crumpled up, was she was trying to clean up the mess.   I clean up the mess and took her outside for a potty break.

Later that morning we went to our sister in law’s house.. so we were gone 3 hours.  We came back to the pad crumbled up, the food dish moved across the room and under the sink hang over. No water spilt as I had removed the water container.. Figure she would not be dry in a mere 3 hours. My slippers that were in there, were flung around the room and the towel hanging from the towel rack was on the floor, crumpled as well. 

It is getting to be a challenge to see what can she do next. 

SO IT STARTS…

SO IT STARTS…

Yesterday started the serious winter.. we have had.. a few .. hey  hey..  look at this.. SNOW.. but it was gone within a day or less.. and it was only about an inch..

But yesterday it was serious stuff and still coming.. We decided to go to Coeur d Alene to get my hearing aide at Costco .. it was back from the factory for repairs.  

We headed out of town.. and it had just started to snow. We got about 8 miles out to be greeted by a white out blizzard. We had slowed down.. going steady.. talking about maybe we should turn around and go a different day. We knew it was going to be another storm coming..  and then the snow slowed down..  and the road was getting slightly better.   We saw two wrecks on our way.

We had 43 miles to go in all..  One of the wrecks was a white SUV that had slide off the road.. although I don’t know if slide off is the correct word for it..  As it looked like it shot off the road, thru the ditch and pass about 8 trees before it stopped.  There were 3 people around that had stopped..  then about a mile down the road, there was a car upside down… and what appears to be a small flat trailer it was towing.. also upside down. And all kinds of emergency vehicles  around it. So we kept driving… the weird part was, the road was clear of snow.. best we could figure out …maybe that a half hour or so.. it was covered with black ice, maybe. 

After going to the store.. we were going to go get something to eat, but when the snow stepped up, we decided to head for home.. And was glad we did.. as it got worse.  At home there was 2 inches of snow on the back deck.. I shoveled it off..   2 hours later Ken took off an inch.. and then two more hours later, I took another 2 inches off.

So we are into the serious stuff.. hang on to your hats … ladies and gentles..  it could be a rough ride.. but again…  maybe not..   Last year we had a horrible snow storm for 3 days.. the rest of the winter was really mild .. only an inch or two at a time.. weeks apart.. So we shall see as the weather is really been weird for about 3 years.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok, I am an idiot and I flunked smart phone 101…

Ok, I am an idiot and I flunked smart phone 101…

So there I was on Monday…My smart phone is on the counter. I just got finish charging it.. so it was at 100%. I  walked by about 2 hours later.. About 10am.   And I see on the screen the keyboard.  I didn’t touch it.  The King is outside in the garage.   I get my glasses on to see if there was a text from someone and this was put up so I could answer it.. NOPE.. nothing..   so closed and put back on the counter ..  Couple hours later, I walk by and the calculator is showing on the screen.  I don’t even know where the calculator was on this phone.. or how to access it in any form..  AND the voice dealy is also open.. I had already read about this part of the cell, so know to give the password for shutting it off..  STOP LISTENING..  and it closed and the little  icon went to the area of the icons..  ok.. that is weird.. At bedtime, I went to see if everything is ok.. and NO.. this phone has now taken on a life of its own.   The voice part is open and the icon is gone off the icon area…  So once again.. I say…STOP LISTENING.. NOTHING..  I REPEATED IT … NOTHING..  after 8 times and my husband in the bedroom.. almost falling out of bed laughing at me.. I said, turn off cell phone.. NOTHING..  So I pushed the off button on the side.. and the cell phone went dark.. Good it is off..  OH NO, NOT THAT EASY..  BECAUSE IT COMES BACK..  It is on the front page.. the voice part is off.. And the battery was at 47% for just 5 hours.   I plug in the battery charger… I went to bed.   Next morning..  nothing new… but the night before was a deal breaker.. No way was I going to have anything in my house that can listen to what is going on.. is a deal breaker.. How do I know it is listen to what is going on?  Because it is typing out everything that is being said as well as the dog barking… I AM SO DONE WITH THIS THING!!!!. I am so totally done..

Off to the Verizon store n the morning.... the guys in there are terrific..  After hearing my story.. and my husband with me backing up the part of laughing..  The guy said yes, after calling someone.. we will take it back.. and you want a basis flip phone?   Yes, I said.. And you can put my phone number on the flip phone, right?  Yes…  you can transfer my contacts on to the flip phone right?  Yes.. AND you can remove all things of mine on the smart phone… yes.. DONE DEAL.. shook hands with him..   See when I got the so call damn smart phone.. I had to put those contacts in… one at a time…about hour and half worth of time.. So this was great.

So 20 minutes later.. I was walking out of the store with a brand new flip phone..  THAT I KNOW HOW TO USE…. And I was happy..  

So you see..  I FLUNKED SMART PHONE 101.. AND I DON’T CARE.. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy eating and thankfulness

Tomorrow is a day of thankfulness.. For good food, good friends.. lots of family… and hopefully good health.

Tomorrow is the day of starting the feasting season.  Lots of food..  Thanksgiving…  company parties thru out the month of December .. and Christmas itself..  then onward to the next year..  more food for New Years Eve..  January it lets up and most head to the work outs … be it spa, gym or home.. then Valentine comes..  and of course Irish day of pot stews and brews.. and Easter ..  the list goes on..

Then we head into the feast of the summer..  BBQ’s and 4^th of July cook outs..  and more cook outs until Labor Day..

Yes we American’s know how to eat.

So here is hoping you all have a great day..  Remember what you are grateful for.. not what is negative..  We have so much to be grateful for..   If you have a job..  if you have a home.. if you have food in your cupboards, and freezers.. if you are in pretty good health.. if you have friends.. and family to enjoy.. be THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THIS.. as there are a lot of people who don’t have all of that or even a portion.  

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL…

PS...   As I was posting this..  I came across last year's...  with these words at the end.. 

And most of all I think of Jo Brownell, who made thanksgiving so great in my teens... And my Aunt Harriet who made the best fried bread for breakfast on Thanksgiving mornings. 

I miss these two ladies so very much..  our lost of our great person of a Aunt.. was almost 20 years ago.. and the lost of Jo was this year..    So be thankful for those in your life.   God Bless...

 

 

I am not an idiot, but close to it..

I am not an idiot, but close to it..

I have been dealing with my new smart cell phone. I replaced the house phone with it.. and I am staying barely afloat with it..  it has brought out frustration, anger, and testing my self control.

We had a unit that gave us wireless with our home phone.. but Verizon has forced us to replace it.. as they said it was a 3 G.. I thought that was only for cell, but apparently not.  So after holding off as long as I could.. I went down to replace it with a 4 G.. why with all things turning to 5G is beyond me..  and will I have to upgrade again with in a year for a 5G?  They started out with a $125 price tag on the upgrade.. and also a $99.99 activation… charge.. So over $200!!  Well, I waited it out long enough they offered me a FREE (now we all know there is no such thing as free)… unit AND FREE activation fee..   Again.. remember nothing is for free.   So this is where everything went south.  I ordered the new unit.. went down and got it 2 days later..  AND BINGO.. the new unit lights up the whole dang bedroom.. AND IT HAS A BLINKING ALL THE TIME… LIGHT.   No dimmer. I tossed and turned, I just don’t sleep well, with the room lit.

So  I went on line and talked to a Verizon agent… no there is no dimmer light.. no they do not have any other units.  Just this model…  So after about 15 minutes of conversation..  I mention, I would have been better off .. replacing it with a cell phone.  She said that was possible. That she could not do it but the store manager could possibility, offer me a refund towards a cell for  the new unit.   

Off to the store.. very nice young man talked to me about the different options..  without stretching this out more than needed..   I finally decided on a smart phone..  and yes they would let me return the unit WITHOUT the reshelfing fee of $75!   My thoughts were not good .. My one thought was..  I would get the smart phone..  get it down pat and then pass it off to the King who has wanted a smart phone ever since he saw one of our son’s use his.. and it was voice activated. Meaning he did not have to type in words, he could just talk to the phone and it would do what he wanted.. AND print out what he said for texting..  So if I could manage to understand it and teach him.. I would just give him the smart phone and I would take his flip phone for the house.   This sounds so much easier than life…  As it has been a horror show ever since.   Which leads to my lack of self control. with things that I don’t understand.  Some where around 75, my brain soften..

Had my daughter disenabled the email.. as neither of us want that on the phone..   can’t delete as it .. they said that was not advisable.. due to it doing bad things to the cell.. not even going to go there…   Why get rid of the email when I do it all the time on my computer?   Because when I got the phone home.. it immediately downloaded my email contacts and the emails coming in..  I DID NOT ASK FOR THAT.. Which for some reason. mixed those contracts with my phone number contacts.. what a mess that was..  Finally got rid of that.. deleting each contract..  one at a time.. and then putting my phone contracts in…. one at a time…  thankfully I had typed them down…  That took the first two days…

Then the phone.. it was not pretty… I could not open the phone when it rang..  Then my granddaughter did a quick tour of the phone.   So then knew the thumb brushed upward would answer the phone..  and the little orange/red dot on the bottom..  hung it up..  Well, that worked just fine when she was here..  after she left.. that night..  all hell broke loose.  No amount of swiping my thumb up.. worked.  Then it did.  Ok. And I turn it off.. it did it.. but got to tell you the first time.. it didn’t.. and the other person hung up for me.. on their end and so it was hung up.. I HATE THIS CELL PHONE. 

The next day.. with calmer mind.. I looked thru. AND I HAPPEN and don’t ask me how.. but I found the voice mail.  YAHOO, I AM NOT AN IDIOT.  And I was able to put a message on it.. I had the King call the cell phone and sure enough the voice mail worked….I AM NOT AN IDIOT.. well, that did not last long..  I am telling you.. a week of off and on be able to answer the phone has being trying …  My daughter told me to go on line and find a simple tour of the phone.   I did that..  and after repeating many times.. writing down different things I wanted..  I was able to put.. 3 dots at the bottom..  one for return to previous page.. one for home.. and I forgot what the other one did. But I used it ONCE.. that was enough.. but was able to recover with the return button. Whew..   I WAS SO PROUD OF MYSELF..  that did not last long either..  As my daughter called after work.. and I swiped and I pushed answer.. and NOTHING was happening. I finally went in contracts after she hung up… and I pushed her name and call.. and thankfully it worked.

Back to the tour and repeats over and over and writing it down in simple language… But I know I am well over my head.. and the worse of this.. is I can’t use the voice command, as she keeps typing..  I DON’T UNDERSTAND TRY AGAIN!! To the point I told her, she doesn’t understand a f…. king thing.. which she repeated back to me.. much to the joy of the King.  WHO has now decided he wants no part of a smart phone.. 

I am truly thinking of  just getting a flip phone like his.. and use that.. it will do what I want.. I want to be able to make a call..  I want to answer a call… I want to have a voice mail to take the messages when we are not around it…  I want the camera.. and I can learn to text..   THAT IS IT..   but I hate giving up..  So I promised myself..  I would try one more week.. and if it doesn’t get better..  then the flip phone will be in my future..

OH.. you know the FREE PHONE AND ACTIVATION!!! Remember I said nothing is for free… WELL, it is free..IF I KEEP THE PHONE FOR 36 MONTHS.. and they will put the amount up on the bill and deduct a portion of it each month.. as a monthly rebate…  I was not happy about that.. but figured it is what it is.. until my delayed brain kicked in at home..   36 MONTHS…  THAT IS 3 YEARS.. I AM 82…what the hell?? I could be dead by that time..   Oh, well, will let you know next week how I am doing..  if you care after reading all of this..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social hour…

Social hour…

Today is social hour time…  My aunt said if it wasn’t for dr. appt. and dentist and chiropractors, you have no social time.. 

She told me that is what happens when you get pass 75. 

WELL, HERE I AM…

Today was the King’s social time.. with the dentist.  And because it is in Coeur d’ Alene .. it means to run other errands as well.. So went to Cabales the sports store.. meaning fishing and hunting mostly..  He couldn’t find what he wanted, and then the gal looked it up at their site, so he ordered one.  And while she had his attention..  he ended up signing up for their card.  Now you have to understand.. he had one before.. but let it go because .. he didn’t use it.. why? Because their prices are high AND most of all.. it is 46 MILES (one way) away. So he would get there maybe once a year.  If that..  his brother gave him 3 gifts cert. over a time and he still had them..  But oh, well..    I was out by the door in what I call the wife bench..  you know how some big department stores have benches for the husbands?  Well they have them for the wives..  So while I was waiting on the bench.. he got talked to about the card..  As we walked out.. he is saying but look I get $20 I can have for free.. (I try to explain to him..NOTHING IS FOR FREE)    AND, I get more if I spend money 5 times a year!!!  I said.. oh, like the gift cards you have had for 3 years???  Because you haven’t come here?    He said I was a wet blanket..  lol..  

Any way, we went to Costco and dropped off my dead hearing aide.. and stopped by KFC for something for dinner and head home.. Stopping by a good friend’s house to see how she and her husband are.   Always enjoy stopping by and visiting her.

Then we get home.. Now we have taken to putting up a gate for Frosty… to keep her in the kitchen..  while we are away.. Seems she thinks it is funny to potty RIGHT BESIDE.. THE PAD..  So now she is put in the kitchen, with her bed and her pad.  She still retaliates by pulling towels down, and today.. she moved her water dish under the stools, and her empty food dish as well..  she found two empty boxes and crunched them.    This is all because she thinks she should go as well, I am guessing.   BUT she did use the pad.. so there is a plus…   yep, life with Frosty..  but we love her dearly.   And tomorrow’s social time is my dr. appt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning more out of the junk….

Cleaning more out of the junk… oh, I mean the good stuff.

Some of the gems I came up with, cleaning under my desk, which is a catch all in my bedroom..    As it is stacked with stuff on top and the drawers have stuff.. and where your legs go.. well, that has a lot of stuff too..

I was looking see where I put my left over Christmas cards from last year.  They weren’t in the boxes out in the garage.  And a lot of times over the years.. I have them in the house. On top of the file cabinet or varies of places.  But yesterday, I could not find any.. so that means I will have to actually BUY Christmas cards at full price. Heavens to Betsy..  I never do that..  But there is none to be found.

But what I did look thru and found other things.. was the leg room under the desk.   And what a bounty I found..  Well, I am guessing that I thought so .. when I put them there..   Because now they are ranked with JUST STUFF.

In that stuff..  I found 2 NEWSWEEK..  one of them is 10 years old and it is the LAST ISSUE..  and that is the reason I kept it.   Who knows it could be worth money some day… but I doubt that.  The other one is 42 years old.. 1980… the blowing of Mt. St. Helens..

It is a hoot to read these…  well the ads are..  But the Last issue of the Newsweek, is a walk down memory lane for the reporters and etc.  For the big stories they worked on up to the last one..  The 9-11… the Clinton story… (that they held off from reporting right away)..   but the ideas of how they handled each story.  The rivalry of them and Time magazine. 

The other magazine is the blowing of MT ST. HELEN… there is a few other things there.. which was.. interesting…. Love Canal story.. remember that??? Story of the beatings in Liberty City, Florida…  beatings in South Korea ..protest of the military General Chon Too Hwan… (I don’t remember that) and the story of the baseball strike.   Some stuff I remember.. some I don’t.  But it was interesting.. 

But even more so..  There were lots.. and I do mean lots of cigarette ads in the magazine.  AND the ads for electric typewriters.. … no no… no computers..   pocket recorders.. lol.. copy machine but no printer.. Oh, yea… even back then, there is an article… Do Moral Values belong in school?

This wasn’t about what they argue about now.. this was about moral judgments.. that they thought belong in churches and homes.. not school..  The more things change.. the more they are the same.

Now I got to figure out what to do with these magazines.. after all too good to just throw away..   Do you want them?

THIS IS THE DAY… THE DAY OF DECISIONS

THIS IS THE DAY… THE DAY OF DECISIONS…

I think it is safe to say with mail in ballots.. some states offering early voting at the city halls .. and etc.. that at least ¼ and maybe half of the nation has voted before today..  So the start this am.. I would think, would be the start of counting the votes.  Counting the votes this year, more so than any other year.. is inspected… beyond belief. Yet there will be those who when their side loses .. will yell foul.

Midterm voting is usually kind of a none worry thing. Most even let it slide by .. maybe voting.. maybe not..  mostly the interst is local.. as the national part isn’t very interesting..  like.. I said.. lots don’t even bother to vote midterm.

But this year.. it is very important. Especially in your local elections.. be it town or state.  There is a LOT riding on several states. More than ever there are what we call radical candidates.  There is the trumpester of course, type.. but there is just a lot of so far out of the left or even right… that are running..  And if you are paying attention… they are not in the mindset of you and your values. It is on both sides.. But the Republican party seems to have the most.

So if you have not voted today.. yet.. GET OUT AND VOTE.

For those of you who say, your vote doesn’t count..  shame on you.. YOUR VOTE DOES COUNT.. and for me.. my thoughts on your thinking…  is YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TELL ANYONE…about the results..  no voting.. no bitching rights..  If I hear you spouting off, my question as I interrupt you is.. DID YOU VOTE????.. and I will ask until you answer.. because if you say..  NO BUT..  I will put up my hand.. and tell you… NO BUTS.. you had every opportunity to vote. So many ways.. over the past month.. You did not vote, because you are lazy.. you really don’t care, you just want to bitch.. and to me, as I raise my hand to block you..  YOU GET NO BITCHING RIGHTS.. End of conversation..

So get out and vote.. because more this year than in the past.. there are going to be BIG changes in your life.. if the wrong people get in.. the wrong ideas  get in.. And yes, that is all in the eye of the beholder.. but there are so many running on the ballot of changing things..  Social Security, Medicare and so much more.. So laws will be changed.. is that the changes you want..  well, you better read the ballot..  read what the candidates believe in..  which is dang hard sometimes.. as a lot of them say one thing now… and change it after they are elected.. So be careful out there. Be informed.. AND FOR THE LOVE GOD AND COUNTRY…………..VOTE..

 

 

 

 

 

Memories from an Autograph book….

Memories from an Autograph book….

The difference of 4 years …first is the 54 ending with 57.

 Favorite Recording…                                              

Istanbul                                                                                        

why does it have to be me.

If I ever needed you , I need you know.  

I am in the jail house now..

Only you..

blue suede shoes

Round round (by Perry Como   and

Rock your baby to sleep

Actor

Jack Palance

Burt Lancaster

James Dean

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

Actress.

Marlyn Monroe,

Esther Williams

Judy Garland

Anita Ekbery

 Comedians

Dean Martin and jerry lewis

Sid Caesar

Phil Silvers

Lucy

Television

Dragnet

Topper

Sid Caesar show

I love Lucy

 

Radio

Dragnet

Music

Food

Apple sauce

Ice cream

All Italian food..

Portguese food.

Color

Blue

Red

Black

Flower

Daisy

Roses

Singers

Bill Haley

Elvis

Johnny Cash

 Songs

Papa

Ko Ko Mo

I”ll never stop loving you

I’ll be home for Christmas

I love my baby

Bye Bye Love

Love letters in the Sand

Wake up little Susie

 

Fads

Knee socks

Shirts

Sweaters

Plaid belts

Levi

 

Slangs

Holy Horses

You Know it.

Beans

Oh, Brother

I doubt it

 

 Classes I took

English all 4 years

Gym 3 years

Civic

Typing

Shorthand

Geography

General Science

Law ½  year

History

Bookkeeping

Business training

Guidance…  (what the heck and how do you get D in it? But I did in one of them)

 

 

Weird notes…

Leisure.. Horse back riding.. 

Walking

Belonging the  Newport Horse Club

Found letter from grandfather..

In a gift area for my birthday.. I got a ton of hay for my pony.. which she got rid of 4 months later.. (Humm wonder who ate the rest of the hay? )

Earn money…    got paid $1.50 for a WEEKS  worth of work.. even Sundays…

Found out I wanted to go in the Air Forse or be an Airline hostess.. and or a nurse.. well, got close to that one. 30+ years later became a nurses aide..

 Dumb school song…

Fair Rogers…

Rogers Fair..

They name forever stand for holy fame

From childhood’s day we look to thee

As up to some deity..

Oh, sing ye, son’s of Rogers

(I will have to go find my graduation book.. surely this can’t be the song)
sadly it is true.. it is not in the book but found it on internet. 

And the names of teachers that still ring true of our memories.. some good, some not so good, some fun..  same sad..  

Westall.. typing

Dilion US. History… (friend of the family)

Robson ..short hand

Marion Clarke .. English.. (she told us… DON’T YOU DARE COME BACK HERE YEARS FROM NOW AND TELL ME .. YOU SHOULD HAVE PAID ATTENTION..  PAY ATTENTION ..  NOW!!!!)

Daily   gym.. I swear she was an ex Marine

Oulette   study hall. 

Lali  business training

Coen.. also a coach that all the girls had a crust one

Tripp  typing and shorthand

Triplette… Civic… she was good.. and one of the rare black teachers we had.  I liked her. 

Crosby.

Lakey   geography.. and study hall. (we all ran amok during this class of study hall, because Mr. Lakey would spend a lot of time in the OLD elevator…

North  

 

And none of us girls will ever forget MISS CARR… hell on wheels.. she was about 4 foot 10…  and when she talked we listen.. yes ma’am.. no ma’am.. how high would you like us to jump Ma’am… 

 

The boys had Joe Nevins.. he was a sweet guy, just don’t tell him he is. He too was short.. guess Deans came in short size in those years.

THE GREAT WORDS OF WISDOM...1953 TO 1957…

  THE GREAT WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THE CLASS OF ...1953 TO 1957…

 

I was reading on the internet… the wording was..” the worthless, poems of your life..” and this one showed up..

 

Which got me to thinking about my autograph book I had in high school..  so I had to go find it and walk down memory lane..  How many of these little poem put together by our generation, do you remember?   These are just some of the autographs in my book.. I gave credit to those who wrote them.. after all 65+ years ago, they took the time to write them..  many of them are gone now.

Yours till the ocean wears rubber pants to keep it bottom dry…Twins are had, triplettes worse…  sleep alone for safety first!                                                                                                                                      If  all the boys were across the sea, what a great swimmer Cissy would be…. Your friend  (I hope) Eileen Pemental

 

I  love you almighty    I love you almight.. I wish my pj’s were pinned to my nighty.. now don’t get excited or out of your head   mean on the hanger not in bed…. Sandra and Bob…. And not I don’t know who they are..

When I die bury me deep,   bury my school books at my feet..    tell my teacher I’ve gone to rest… that won’t be back for any test.   … Yours till the cows give ice cream… 2 y’s UR… 2 y’s UB..     I C U R   2 y’s 4 me       Mary Louse Cornell 

 

To a swell kid, with a cute smile and a nice personality, and really full of hell.  Remember the fun in room  218   Gracie      (boy did I have her fooled.. lol)  

 

This to hope you are never the color of this page (blue)……. When seated on the sofa with your boyfriend at your side… beware of false impressions, his mustache might be dyed!  The stork flew north, the stork flew south with baby cissy in his mouth and he saw she was a nut, he dropped her in the Richardson hut!    I am dumb,  Inspiration won’t come,   no ink, no pen… good luck AMEN!

YOURS TILL NIAGRA FALLS,    Roses are red, violets are blue.. when I clean out my furnace I will think of you.. (not true) …… Genevieve Ramos… CELL BLOCK 205…. Under warden Huntington…    Now Genevieve I remember … she was a wonderful person.. so caring and compassionate..   and yes her writing took up the whole page..   lol..

 

I see you in, the ocean, I see you in, the sea,   I see you in, the bathtub, OOPS, EXCUSE ME”… Sandy Sceeles    I remember her.. she had a heck of a sense of humor..

 

I love you little ….  I ove you big… I love you like a little pig…   You’re a crazy kid when it comes to horses, that is why are always horsing around…   Always remember 218 and Mr. Lakey. It sure was fun……..Connie Simmons…

Remember Washington,   remember Lincoln.. THE HELL  with them, Remember ME!  Remember room 218… ( there it is again.. room 218..I had to go find out what was in 218.. was afraid it was study hall and I did stupid stuff.. but surprise it was BUSINESS TRAINING… now how was that fun??  Lol  was a great teacher .. Mr. Lalli)   I will always remember you because you are a sweet kid.. Carol Souza

To one crazy mixed up kid… that is just a nutty over horses as I am…. I am not kidding!!  Your Pal…  Pat R. v

In your woodbox of memories, regard me as a chip……. When you are old and out of shape, remember the girdle for $2.98… what did the table cloth say to the table… I got yha covered!!  Don’t be a smo, joe!   State of love… city of wishes.. 19 hugs and 54 kisses…..  Sylvia…  (don’t remember her either…)

 While there are lots of ……you’re a sweet kid…. Have a wonderful life…  wishing you everything in life..  you are the best.. there was one that said…  Best of Luck.. we’ve had our share of arguments, but we are still the best of friends.. your friend Jackie…  sadly after 65 years I don’t remember who Jackie is.. will have to find my graduation book and see if I can figure it out.

There is a church in the valley … there is a church in the hill… there is a church for the person who has a good will……    love ya and hope you have a lot of luck.. choo choo here comes the train.. I just have time to sign my name!!  roses are red,  violets are blue the higher the sky, the better the view.   Theresa Smith

 And aptly said…   There is a girl who lives in the city.. there is a girl who lives in the town,  there ‘s a girl who spoiled your book by (written as such .. and it is written)   UPSIDEDOWN…

By hook or by crook …   It’s raining it’s raining.. the old man is gaining… he sat on a tack to lose some fat, and never did come back.

 Rose are red… violets are blue.. sugar is sweet… I wonder about you…. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall…Humpty Dumpty had a great fall….all the kings horses and all the kings men… had eggs and bacon  for breakfast again…      I’ll be the last to write in your book.  (and she was)                 Helen Ginny Seeman.

Going thru this book has brought back a lot of memories..  there was a post card urgening my father to buy a cedar chest…  (we were giving a post card to come pick out a SMALL chest and while we were there, we were told.. IF YOU WERE TO GET A CEDAR CHEST.. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU PICK…  which was told on the post card to my dad.    There was even a personal card from one of the girls I went to school with, with kind words on the back of it..     

One thing I learn is I need to go get my graduation book and see if I can find these people... lol

 

I think I will make another blog of the changes of songs thru the 4 years this book was for..   finding out it was given to me for Christmas in my freshman year..   cool to see the different changes of my likes of comedians, singers and movie stars and etc.. but all that is in another blog story..     Next Monday..