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Good Morning, Flowers! The sun is shining brightly and it's supposed to be another warm 80+ degree day. The leaves are falling fast in the slight breeze. I got the gift shop bank statement yesterday and in filing it in the notebook, I found another reconciliation bank sheet which I knew nothing about. :crazy: I really don't see why all the extra paperwork if no one looks at it. I have to take the check book in for an audit in January and make a yearly report for the annual meeting. I'm hoping that is one task I can avoid; I sent the former treasurer an email so have my fingers crossed.
I need to do some much needed dusting and vacuuming today. My windows are filthy but the prediction is for rain over the weekend so think they will stay dirty awhile longer. I have a memorial committee meeting and then a nominating committee meeting at church this afternoon. Bob is farming all day today so I won't see him until after dark tonight. Have a terrific Thursday and enjoy your day! :D :wave: |
Good morning everyone. Well, we went and voted, though our votes count zippo. I voted for the least worst of the bunch for mayor as not one mayoral candidate even comes close to my politics, but in this city it isn't surprising. I voted for 2 council members and didn't vote for the rest as none of the ones running are worth anything and a couple of them are incredibly dishonest. Three of the mayoral candidates owe back taxes, one of them seriously owes bigtime so you get what you get. The one candidate I would vote for dropped out along the way. I can understand it. It takes a lot of money to run for office even city offices and frankly if you are white, you can forget about getting voted in as mayor so this guy gave up. He was the only conservative candidate running.
I have a clean downstairs but need to tackle the bathrooms. Unfortunately, Fortune kept me up all night. I don't know why he has been so very fidgity lately, but he squirms and jumps on and off the bed all night long the last few nights. I haven't had more than an hour of sleep at one time. So, I am going to read a bit and probably nap this morning. Jean: Accounting stuff when handled by more than one person sure can get convuluted that's for sure. Hope your committee meeting went ok. We are supposed to be near 90 today so I am staying indoors. Maggie: Sounds like Cecil is settling in nicely. Beanie still has his puppy genes going and that little doggy I am not sure is ever going to grow out of his puppy stage. Funny how dogs, even the same breeds are so different. Kelly's dog was alway so active, jumping around not getting still and Fortune is just the opposite never wanted to do much except set right next to you or on your lap even. Susan: Glad to see technically you are again with us! Sounds like your fall is going to be full of lots of things to do. I can't believe we are almost to Halloween. Alicia sent me a picture of Jackson in his costume for this year. He is going to be Wolverine from the comic strip and movies. He is all into super hero stuff! Now that Thomas doesn't trick or treat anymore it is kind of sad. He is getting so grown up and I wish my boys could stay little, but they just don't do it! :lol: Have a grand Thursday to you all. Next week the whole bunch of you have birthdays, bang, bang, bang. Faye |
Thankful Thursday
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It is a beautiful windy day here in the heartland. Should blow a lot of trash into our yard from the place across the street. It is a building center and the wind picks up stuff from their trash bins. But the wind sweeps the town nice and clean looking. Beanie played with Cecil so much the baby has been sleeping for a long time now. He still likes going into his carry crate to sleep which is good. He re-arranges the towel and snoozes away. All the animals go nose to nose now and are good with each other. The hallway is getting a work out. Up and back Beanie chases Cecil then Cecil chases Beanie. It is so cute to watch. I have been busy this day so far doing computer work for the tea party. I made up some tickets for a dinner we are putting on for the Wounded Worriers. They are numbered and look quite good I do believe. Will will show a page to the head guy and get his approval. Then I will print a couple hundred or so and we can all get to selling them. I think Will has a leather tool I can use to perferate the tear off portion. When I made some before for something else I sewed a line of stitches without thread along where I wanted to tear them. I could that again if Will doesn't have a tool that will work. I am so glad I have that publisher program where I can do these things so don't mind at all when Will volunteers me to do things of this sort. DONNA FAYE Beanie is only 10 months old and he is surely going to get out of the puppy stage by age 2.;) I sure hope he does. He is so much better with Cecil now though, but I can't seem to keep him from sticking his head in the butt hutt when Cecil is in there. Guess he things he has to supervise. We put a block of wood in front of it to make it easier for Cecil to get in for he was just hooking is front feet in and pulling himself up and over the edge. Well he promptly moved the block of wood and entered the hutt his way. So much for trying to help him out. It is good that you vote ~ don't stop please. Things will turn around if we stand firm. JEAN We have wind now ~ real wind. It is supposed to shower some this afternoon. Last night we had just a spit or two ~ nothing to even take the dust off anything. It is good that you get the books to balance. I believe only one person should do that to keep it on an even keel so to speak. Too many hands in the pot surely spoil the mix. Everyone have a lovely afternoon. :wave: Type at y'all later. |
"Gma" -- I always figured if I didn't vote then I couldn't complain about the ways things aredone in the end. :) I did get most of my cleaning projects done today! :cp: Our memorial committee went through the list of designated money and there are some people we need to call to see if they have a preference as to where the money goes. The nominating meeting was a "bust" because only 2, out of 10 of us, showed up. We did have some things explained by the minister so I learned a bit more about how the church is governed. Both committees are set to meet again in 2 weeks. I'll bet Jackson makes a "cute" Wolverine! Kids get such a kick out of Halloween!
Maggie -- It turned cooler here this afternoon and the wind kept right on blowing. Wind makes me tired. :yawn: I would love to meet Cecil and watch him play with RM and Beanie. :yes: Kittens have so much energy but when they need their nap, they nap! I did find out the gift shop reconciliation papers come from the hospital so I don't have to do that. Whew! I am heading off to bed. See you all tomorrow! |
Good morning ladies. I got up to feed the starving doggy and couldn't go back to sleep so thought I would stay up for a bit. I sat up late last night and finished 44 Charles Street by Danielle Steel. It was a good book. I am reading another one of hers and a couple other things. I need to put them down and get the knitting going again. I have just been so tired lately not getting enough sleep that knitting is not an option. Knitting is soothing for me and makes me sleepy! :lol: So, I have to be well rested to knit or I get drowsy.
I am tackling upstairs today and washing bedding, shower curtains and the like and then putting everything back together. My guest room is a hurricane disaster and will remain so for awhile until I figure out what to do. Our condo has small closets for the most part and I have clothing in our small walkin closet in our bedroom and in Jack's office closet. I had no where for shoes so bought something a few years ago to hang in the closet, but it crashed just a couple months back and all my shoes are all over the place now, falling out of the closet and such. I have quite a few prs of shoes a lot of them I don't wear now because of a couple reasons, but want to keep them. Then there are the handbags, which hang on hooks running down the closet doors, but again, they are full up and I have not a place top all of them so stuff is sitting on the bed for the time being. Our big plan is to take the spare bedroom and eventually turn it into a big closet with shelving, storage and all of that. I have found stuff at the Ikea store in Nashville to use along with a couple other places, but we need to replace the carpet in there with tile and "build it" so to speak and that is a couple years down the road. So for now, we have a keep out policy in that room. My dr called with my blood test results and a-ok on everything. You wouldn't think a morbidly obese woman would have excellent cholesterol, but I do! :lol: I have to go back to see her in 2 months, but can't make the appt yet because they didn't have their "calendar" up. You would think they would have it at least two months in advance. Jack's cardiologist let's him book his appts 6 months to a year in advance. They did just get great new digital scales with a big platform, which is nice for me as standing on that little one on those old mechanical scales was difficult with my knee because the platform is so small, especially with the gunboats I have for feet. :lol: Jean: I absolutely agree if you don't vote you don't have a voice, but frankly in this town since we are white and conservative we end up without a voice anyway because none of candidate choices ever win. That doesn't mean we don't go and vote anyway. I just don't vote for offices I know nothing about the candidates. Unfortunately, Tennessee is a "bipartisan" state and unlike other places we have lived finding platforms for these people is almost impossible. I sat for over an hour the other night trying to read up on just the mayoral race and couldn't find anything except for one young man. Of course, I knew that there were not conservatives even running for the mayor's office, but I wanted the least of the evils. Pretty much the same old people were voted back in so we will have the same stupid idiots on the city council and sitting in the mayor's office. Maggie: Hope all is going well with you today. I am going to get out of here and see if I can snooze a bit more. Have a great day and weekend all. I have a grocery run later on in the day, but cleaning comes first! :lol: Faye |
Good Afternoon! It is very windy again today; we started out with dark clouds which blew away to let the sun shine. I went to church to stuff and seal envelopes for the quarterly giving statements. Then I sorted through 2010 giving envelopes, picked out rubber bands and paper clips, threw the envelopes away, and shredded the check copies. My last effort was to sort through a pile of catalogs which had lots of 2010 and a few 2009 expiration dates. We get multiple copies of some catalogs and everyone just adds their's to the pile. I've already told the secretary there are lots of Dec., 2011, that will be gone in January! Now I'm home for the rest of the day and have laundry to do, as well as some clothes sorting for the SOS store. I also need to regroup my shoes since sandal season is just about over.
"Gma" -- I haven't read a DS book in a long time. There is talk of adding a second story on to our library and the last time I was there the head librarian checked my books. I asked her if they would have to close during construction and she didn't know. Maybe we will have to "book shop" with hard hats! :lol: Glad your bloodwork came back ok. :cp: That is always good news! We always vote, but if I don't know the person or their stand then I don't vote for that particular office. I'm beginning to think politics are pretty much the same at all levels of government. I hope you and Fortune enjoyed a nap! Guess I will see what's available for a WW frozen dinner and have lunch. Enjoy the rest of your Fantastic Friday! :D :wave: |
Good Morning, Flowers! It's cloudy but still no rain happening. The wind has settled down into a slight breeze which is fine with me. I need a couple things from the grocery store and will head there when I finish here. Bob just left for the farm so have no idea when I will see him again. I have plenty of "to dos" to keep me busy today.
Maggie, Susan, and Gail -- Missed you yesterday -- hope all is well at your house! "Gma" -- Did you sleep in this morning? ;) I need to get my rear in gear and head out. I hope you all have a relaxing weekend and enjoy whatever chores you decide to do. :D :wave: |
Good morning ladies. I came in here at 4 AM and couldn't get in. Kept getting a database error so I finally gave up and sat down and read until 7 then had breakfast, fed the dog, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher and then went back to bed for awhile. I am going to go up and shower and go to the grocery store when I finish here. I need to stock up on more fruit and veggies, ff cheese, get some turkey breast for sandwiches and a couple boxes of that chicken that comes in the box in the lunchmeat area.
Jean: I get catalogues everyday. They sure pass around your address because I am now getting clothing catalogues for shoes, handbags and clothing aimed at black women. I don't do leopard! :lol: :lol: How is Bob coming along with his farming??? I have to get the dusting done upstairs. Jack has volunteered to vacuum upstairs so I am going to let him. I hate to vacuum and our vacuum is really heavy too so it can be hard to push. I don't want to buy like a stick vacuum for upstairs because we eventually are going to replace the upstairs with hardwood or tile and I don't want to waste money. Besides I am overwhelmed with appliances! :lol: I am down 2# so far this week, am striving to eat balanced meals too and get more veggies in my diet and such. So far so good. I have cut out sugar and am using more Splenda. I think since Pepsi One has Splenda in it, I am used to the taste now so it doesn't taste metallic or whatever like it used to but I am trying to stay away from baked goods and such no matter what sweetener is in it. Jack weighed himself this morning and is back to his prevacation weight so he is happy about that. The scales at his cardiologist is wayyyyy off as there was only 1 lb difference between my scales and my regular dr when I weighed on Tuesday(theirs weighed a lb heavier) but Jack's is off by at least 5 lbs. Jack weighs with shoes and such on and was 11 lbs heavier at the drs than here at home. I too had shoes on and fully clothed and my dr was only 1 lb difference. We are going to have to buy a new toaster and I just bought one a few months back. The thing burned two pieces of toast this morning, even set at the lowest so either the dial is broken and it is dialed all the way up or the toaster is just wacked. My house stinks of burnt toast now! :lol: Have a great weekend. I am out of here and am going to the store in about half an hour. Faye |
Rainey Chilly Saturday
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It is a chilly 65 day here in the Heartland and raining. Yes ~ raining. Love the rain and we need it. Beanie totally supervises the kitten now. Gives him a bath and wants so bad to eat his food. I know it won't hurt him to eat Cecil's food but I would like to know just how much Cecil is consuming. Beanie has gone from following Cecil around step by step to laying and watching him in his antics. Ragg Mopp just goes on about his own business. I really did make a post yesterday and evidently it is out in cyber space floating around. I have been working on making numbered tickets with stubs for a dinner our local T party is putting on for the Wounded Warriors. Doing what I can for the cause. I can make them much cheaper than we could get them done at a printers shop. I love our service men and women. DONNA FAYE :dancer: Congratulations on being 2# down. You go girlfriend. What really matters is that folks show a loss on their home scale. If a person weighed at the Dr office all the time then they would show a loss on that scale. Once I weighed on my docs scale and he sent me across the street to another specialist doc and I weighed 10 pounds higher on his scale. I told him he needed to recalabrate his scale and he got on the phone right then and told someone to call the company and get someone out there to do just that. I laughed and asked him if he was sure that the one across the street was right. He slapped his forehead with his palm and called my doc across the street and asked when they last had had their scale calabrated. I have a set of upright doctors scales where I move over a chunk on a bar when I have lost ~ or the other way if I show a gain. It is calabrated "right on." I see now Cecil has gone into his sleep hut and is napping. Things got real quiet in here. :p JEAN Bob sure does like his farming doesn't he. OUCH ~ I just picked up Beanie to get him out of here while Cecil takes a nap and he has a goat head sticker somewhere on his under belly because my finger is now bleeding where I got stuck. I'll have to get it off of him in a bit. Hope you have a good day doing what it is that you are planning to get done. I have work to be done and my break is over. :wave: Type at y'all later. |
"Gma" -- :congrat: on losing 2#s! :cp: You are on your way down the scale. I have noticed that leopard print seems to be around more this year. The guys are combining corn now, and the poor deer look lost because they are used to hiding in the tall corn. The main complaint today was people who pass on the double yellow lines. There are some really DUMB people driving! I have an electric Hoover "stick" vacuum and love it on both the bare floor and carpet for a light once over. In fact I think it gets in corners better than my regular vacuum. My doctor's scale and the WW scale weigh exactly the same as I have gone between the 2 within an hour. I take my shoes off too! I've bought 3 or 4 toasters over the last few years. The problem is they only toast hot on one side so we end up flipping the toast to get both sides toasted.
Maggie -- We never did get any rain today, maybe tonight. It was a warm day and I still have windows and the back door open. I did get a few things done but found a new game on Facebook so spent too much time there. :o It's nice that you can make the tea party tickets, and save money by doing so. Ok, I'll bite. What is a goat head sticker? :?: Doesn't sound like something I'd really want a first hand experience with. I'm heading off to bed. Bob got called to usher tomorrow and I have to be ready to practice at 7:30 so it will be an early morning. :yawn: |
Good morning gals! It is a lovely morning here again today. I did forget to turn off the ac unit so the downstairs was {{{cold}}} this morning. We usually leave it off completely until afternoon when the house gets hot and turn it on then turn it off before bed, but I forgot last night.
Today is vacuum and dust day. I had such a time at the grocery store yesterday I gave up doing it upstairs yesterday. I know I shouldn't go on Saturdays, but I needed fruit, veggies and some other stuff so had to go. I didn't want to stick Jack with a big ole long list so I went. It was hot in the store first off when you walked in so fatty me was sweating the whole time, then my back hurt as it usually does from walking and then they had no loose oranges and I won't them in bags anymore because you don't know what your are getting. They also had no pears except a little basket of really expensive ones so I opted for rock hard peaches and plums, which I put in brown paper bags when I got home hoping they ripen that way. The topper though was only 2 checkers except self checkout (this was at Krogers since I knew what Walmart was likely to be like) and I got in line behind 3 black women from their talk all lived together. Anyway, they are are welfare and wick(sp) people and it made me angry that I was basically paying for them to buy expensive food and get it all free. The one woman alone bought $296 worth of groceries and that didn't count the 6 boxes of cereal, peanut butter, 8 gallons of milk, 2 gallons of juice, that she got with her wick coupons. THEY ALL did that and frankly it makes me angry. I don't have a problem with a bit of a help up, but no one helped my family when my dh was serving his country in the Navy and we couldn't make ends meet. My kids didn't even get juice or lunchables or fancy cereals because I couldn't afford it. Our family of 4 had to eat 1 box of hamb helper between us and we didn't have salads and rolls and such to make it stretch farther. I knew going on Saturday was going to make me mad because they all go and shop on that day, but I had to have stuff and thought Krogers would be better than Walmart, but obviously I was wrong. I let them know what I thought though because I called my husband as they were checking out and told him I would be home as soon as I could I had "3 of our tax dollars at work" ahead of me and it was going to take awhile. I said it loud enough for them to hear too. So, I came home tired, hot, aching, and hungry not including irked! I fixed myself a turkey, ff cheese, lett, tom, lowfat mayo on white bread sandwich with pretzels and grapes for lunch and felt better after sitting for a few minutes. I then finished putting everything away and cleaning up. Susan: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!:celebrate::hb::gift: I hope your birthday today is just grand!!!!! Jean: A goat head stick is called that because it sort of looks like a goat's head. It is round and has two prongs sticking out like goat horns. They are tiny but man sharp and if you step on one or like Maggie get stuck, you are going to know it, that's for sure. They were really bad when we lived in New Mexico and since she is from California, I imagine she has see her share as they tend to be a more western thing. I will keep that in mind about the stick vac being good on the wood flooring and such. Our dr office don't let you take your shoes off. Our practice caters to a lot of medicaid crowd and frankly some of them are pretty nasty so I think they don't want athlete's foot or something spread around. I wear my lightest shoe. Maggie: I agree. We don't take too much stock in the dr office scales. Jack was so funny yesterday. He is worse than a woman, as he weighs himself everyday! :lol: He weighed himself yesterday and turned to me with a big grin. I said, "let me guess, you are back to your prevacation weight." Yep, he was. I actually weighed this morning and I am down another two lbs so what I am doing is working for sure. Well gals, I need to go and eat. I try to eat at around 7, then at 10 have a little snack like pretzels or a piece of fruit then lunch at noon. Have a wonderful day all! Faye |
Good Afternoon, Flowers! Our sunshine has disappeared and it is a cool 79 degrees with a breeze. I went to church for practice at 7:30 (bells were awsome according to the new minister), :cheer: Bob came at 8 to usher, and we stayed for a custodians' retirement cake 'n coffee afterwards. Bob is on that committee but the ladies had everything under control so he didn't have to do much except make small talk as people went through the line. He's long gone to the farm while I read the paper and cleaned up the kitchen.
"Gma" -- I hear ya on the food stamp merry-go-round. I followed a couple out one day and he bought beer, booze, and cigarettes with cash while she bought milk, bread, and cereal with food stamps. Our "free food" center is crying for help because the shelves are bare. Our church offers free food every Monday evening. College kids pick up leftovers from the hospital, college, restaurants, etc., bring it to the church, repackage it, and put it in the freezers. The secretary was telling about 2 women, with 6 children in tow, that came in wanting money for food. Lynn took them to the freezers and offered them anything they wanted. Both looked disgusted and said their kids wouldn't eat any of that stuff and left in a huff! I try not to go to WM or the grocery store over the weekend if I can help it. So, where do goat head stickers come from? Susan -- :hb: :woo: I hope you are having a fun day on your special day today! :bday2you: May you enjoy many, many more happy days! I have a load of laundry ready for the dryer and another one waiting, so I'm off. I should wash farm clothes today too. Enjoy the rest of your day! :D :wave: |
Raining Sunday
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It is a rainey day here in the Heartland. Wonderful much needed rain coming down gently so some will soak in nicely. Had a wonderful church service this day with quite a few visitors. Went out to eat at Mokas and I had a turkey panini. So you guessed it ~ I am now sipping on a sf ff latte from there ~ our favorite place to get them and eat a sandwich. It is so cute to see Beanie mothering Cecil and bathing him. I now have all 250 tickets sitting on my computer waiting for the go ahead to print them for that dinner or make a change where it will be held before printing. Life is good. DONNA FAYE Food stamps and welfare were never to be a way of life like some of the folks now think they are. They were just to be a safety net while folks looked for work which used to take about 3 months. Now whole generations have been on welfare and stamps. It has become a way of life for lots of folks. They feel entitled to it. They feel the govt owes them. For what ~ I can't figure that one out for what have they done but been on the dole. :soap: JEAN Goat Head Stickers come attached to other animals or the seeds come on the wind and can grow in your yard SUSAN :bday2you: :celebrate: :bday2: :hb: :balloons: Hope the day is going well with you my fellow Roctoberian. Enjoy and have a wonderful celebration. Type at y'all later. :wave: |
Maggie -- Still no rain in my neighborhood but it has cooled down considerably. It sounds like you had a nice lunch. :T I'm hoping Goat Head Stickers don't move eastward! ;)
I'm going to play some solitaire and then hopefully stay awake for the news and weather before I head to bed. See you all tomorrow! :wave: |
Good morning gals. Jack wanted to wait until this morning to do the upstairs so I went along so I have dusting to do upstairs this morning. Tomorrow I imagine I will start downstairs with cleaning again. Jack is going to do just a quick sweep in the dining room with the shampooer. Fortune may be having abit of trouble again as he had some loose stools this morning so I have to shampoo in there. Who knows, he drives me nuts sometimes, but I still have meds left from his last bout so if he gets worse, I will just start him on them. I have to call this morning and get him in to see the vet this week. I think he may have an eye infection. They can sure cost you money once dogs get into their senior years that's for sure.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HUBBY TODAY!:woo: Nothing planned as he doesn't even care about celebrating his birthday. I guess growing up it wasn't much of a big thing. Today was weigh day and I am down a total of 5 lbs for the week! :carrot: Getting back into the swing of things after vacation. I am working to better balance my meals and such too. I guess I need to get ahold of Alicia and get her started on thinking of things Jackson would like for Christmas. I am getting gift cards for BMOC this year. :lol: He wants clothing gift cards from the places like Abercrombie and Hollister and such so that is what he is going to get. They aren't very much fun when they get to this age and just want clothes! :lol: I also have to think of some fun stuff for the Toys for Tots gift gag exchange we do every year with the kids. I need to start looking for stuff as it can take some time getting just the right thing and not go over budget of $10, which I seem to always do. It is fun though. Jean: We used to get people into the church there in Indiana wanting money all the time. Usually the deacon board would give them a tank of gas, or take them up the street to Mcdonalds or maybe to the grocery store with a certain $$ spent, but most people that showed up were not even from the city but "passing through." You are right though about folks saying they didn't want what was offered. Good food is good food and people that refuse it just want money not to feed the family, that's for sure. I just get steamed with the welfare business because they buy stuff most folks going through the line with money don't buy because they can't afford it. One of those ladies on Saturday bought a couple racks of ribs and a package of those precooked prime ribs. Now if you have only a certain amount on that card for the month and truly had financial difficulties, wouldn't you want the biggest bang for your buck? I mean you could buy tons of chicken and other less expensive beef for what those two racks of baby backs and those prime ribs cost. Instead of a loaf of bread, a package of sliced cheese, and lunchmeat, you but 12 packages of lunchables???? That tells me you have income frankly because the bread and lunchmeat will take you farther than the more expensive lunchables would. In the old days you got peanut butter, cheese, and such along with the food coupons you didn't just get handed over a card with money on it. Enough about that I guess. Hope Bob's combining is coming along. Jack has one more week than he reports back to work. His boss misses him! :lol: He called here last week and talked sports and such with Jack and complained about some issues at work. He now sees what Jack is talking about with one of the guys. He is a BIG racist and lazy and Jack has been trying to tell him this for a long time, but he got the full on experience I guess since Jack has been gone and now this jerk has filed a grievance against Jack's boss because he dared to make him work. Maggie: You are right, Welfare was set up as temporary, but there are people here who have been on it for decades because it is easier than working. Sad, but true. Well gals, it is 7:30 so time for breakfast and to set up my meals for the day. You all have a grand start to your week. Hello, to Susan, Gail and Gloria. Faye |
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