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Wandering through lifeJust observations I see while wandering through life! June 07 Honey, I'm Hooooo-mmmme!Well. I have just been busier than a one-armed paper hanger lately.. We have been twirling at a fever pitch around the lake. My niece, M, has graduated high school, selfishly also turning 18 the same week, so there were TWO milestones to celebrate. My bro and his wife were here, so we got a good visit, then they took M to Peru for a couple of weeks, to visit Macchu Pichu, Cuzco, Lima, etc.. My SIL is from there, so they will stay with family, part of the time at their beach house.. must be nice..lol They're having a great time.. Here are a couple of pics of her at her prom, and her senior pic.. Not that I'm proud, or anything...   
And, in other news, we had the big yearly Auxiliary Barbeque today! We had it at our local horse ranch, in the arena.. we had pony rides for the kids, (and one adult) live music, boneless ribs, chicken and sausage, cole slaw, potato salad, baked beans, your choice of almost any kind of desserts, door prize drawings, a bake sale, with those cinnamon rolls we had last fall.. remember those, Maria and Kelly??LOL We had a blast. We didn't have quite the turnout we wanted, but it was a success, and the pony rides were quite popular! But, now I'm dead tired!! So, I think I'll go and save more rambling thoughts for another post.. You all be good, and get to blogging! Don't be a slacker like I've been! May 12 Spring Swap!!Well, hello again!! Sorry I'm late for our swap reveal! I've been sick, then busy, and then having photo challenges!! I was Shannon's "giftee" this time, and am I glad! She is so clever. I got a HUGE box, filled with gifts and peanuts which my cats have truly enjoyed. Inside were 4 lovely gifts, wrapped in my favorite color... PURPLE! Plus a wonderful pack of Violet candies, and a beautiful note card! YUM. 
Then, opening them!! There was a lovely journal, perfect for blog ideas, or a great prayer journal, some note cards and a notepad, all with a great design. There was also a great dish with a blackboard center and a piece of chalk! And I got a Joy Jar!!!! Yea! The greatest joy thoughts on pieces of paper..when you need a dose of joy, you just open one up! And it's a pin cushion on the lid.. How handy is that?? Then there was an adorable apron to wear while I cook! I needed one, too.. It's a beautiful bright floral pattern. THEN, there is a bath set of wonderful shower gel, lotion, and a great scrunchii for them. All things to pamper myself and improve myself!! What a wonderful gift box! And the candy tastes just like lavender smells. I'll get a pic up as soon as I resolve the weird problem I'm having with downloading.. This was so much fun! Thank you so much Shannon! You're such a creative person! I love these swaps! April 03 Ok, Ok!! Computer Surroundings Week!OK, Kat!! Well, I'm finally back.. I've just not been myself lately.. don't know who I've been, but they're not bloggers, whoever it is! I must have spring fever!  Been overthinking everything, and find myself just sitting and staring! It's beautiful today.. 65, sunny, gorgeous. We've had everything from 70's down to 30's, sunshine to sleet and snow in the last week!! And every time a new weather front goes through, I can tell it before the weather changes!!
Well, Katsoup tells us it's the week to post where we compute! So, I didn't clean mine up as much as some people did.. obviously..lol
 but, it has everything I need close at hand!!lol
So, there it is.. now go take pictures of where you blog and post them!! March 11 Sorry!Sorry I've been sooooo absent lately! I've just been very, VERY busy! My bff has been off on vacation days, and seems to think I should spend more time with her when she's home all week!! She's about to kill me! We also had an Auxiliary meeting last week. Very weird stuff going on there! And I will be on the board for ANOTHER YEAR!!! Just shoot me now! Anyhoodle... my bff and I decided to make some Chinese food.. we used to do this fairly frequently.. it's somewhat hard, and time consuming.. but absolutely wonderful. So, we made our menu, bought our stuff, and Saturday I went to town to chop and slice, and spend the night so we could start early Sunday to feed 6 or 8 people.. It was a wild time, folks.. but we finally prevailed. Then, we did it again today!!! We're nothing if not psychotic! But, I must say, we are the queens of Chinese food. You won't get food that good in the buffet line.. and you'll never find egg rolls that good!! We made: egg rolls(40), crab rangoon(100), sweet and sour shrimp, beef and vegetables in oyster sauce, fried rice, steamed rice, and banana pudding for dessert. Every bite was homemade, chopped, sliced, etc from scratch.. not a pre-prepared bite in the bunch!! J thinks it was harder than I do.. I think the main thing was just not having done it for a while, it was hard to get organized. It was much easier today.. but, umm umm good! And this weekend is our Soup and Chili Luncheon with the Auxiliary!! Next week I'm collapsing, as I so richly deserve to!!lol So, sorry I haven't been around for a while.. I'll be back!! February 24 Fun!!
I got this from Manda.. It's really fun! Some of them come out pretty amazing! Go try it and post it! This is mine.
1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random”or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomThe first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 - Go to "Random quotations"or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7daysThird picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.
5 - Post it so we can see what you got! February 17 Valentine's Day Swap!Well, I got my Valentine's Swap today from Nora, a new "swapper", and it is FABULOUS!! She couldn't have picked anything better for me! It's a beautiful cookbook, from the Symphony Guild near her.. It is all Southwestern food (Mexican and tex-mex)(YUM), and even has art in it! They have quite a few artists that allowed them to copy an original oil painting and place them at intervals in the book! They're wonderful.. I can tell what I'm going to be doing for a while! Cooking out of this book!!
 For just looking through my blog, Nora sure nailed me!! Thank you sooooo much!! This is wonderful!!For those of you wondering, my Dad is doing great! He's still getting physical therapy, and the nurses are drawing labs and teaching him, and watching him. His doc is very pleased with the way things are going.. Thank you all for all the prayers and good thoughts sent to him!! February 11 Tornadoes- Are we in Oz? Well, we are all still alive! The horrible tornadoes were centered more to the southwest of us. It's awful when a twister touches down..if it stays down, there's damage as far as the eye can see. And so many strange stories. Everyone in Oklahoma has their tornado stories! There are so many of them every year, that we all have ours. Tornadoes can do very odd things, like put a straw straight through a board without breaking it, or totally demolishing one house on a block and only minimal wind damage to everything else around it. Or demolishing an apartment complex, and leaving some cabinets standing with a puppy inside, unhurt. All we had was some big wind, heavy rain, thunder, and lightening , which is fine by me!! I love thunderstorms, but I'm not fond of tornadoes. Although I admit to being like most Oklahomans, which means we run outside when we hear the sirens, or hear on the TV to seek shelter!!LOL  It is a little unusual to have February tornadoes, as it must be warm enough to spawn them. But, it's been in the 60's and 70's this week, so I guess it was long enough to do it.. I hope everyone else's week is going a little more calmly! February 04 How Wonderful!WooHoo! I got something in the mail today! Some time ago, our blog friend Shannon, at Sweet Blessings, asked us to pick one word we wanted to focus on in our lives this year. I picked "Hope". She has taken the time in her busy life to make a wonderful reminder of these words. This is so special!
 Hope:
to look forward to with desire and reasonable confidence.
to believe, desire, or trust
Faith is the evidence of things hoped for.. without hope there is no faith.
The color doesn't show well next to this, but it's a lovely light purple! It's so special, THANK YOU, SHANNON!!! You're so thoughtful, and kind.(And talented!) February 01 He's Home!!I'm doin' my happy dance!!  Which you all reaaally don't want to see.. lol You guys are the best with the prayers, good vibes and wishes! Dad just came home! He came out of ICU Friday night, and was able to get off the oxygen. So, they decided he could recuperate at home, now.. We're all breathing a big sigh of relief. It could have been strokes, heart attacks, anything.. Lots of people don't survive Pulmonary Emboli.. (blood clots to the lungs) So, thank you all for the good thoughts and prayers. It always feels good to know you all are out there!! I'll be back later.. got to go do stuff over there. Hugs to all of you..  January 30 Keep It Up!Thanks for all the prayers for my Dad. He's still in ICU, but doing well. The pneumonia is getting better.. he's still on high dose anti-coagulants, but he might get to go to a regular room tonight. He still needs oxygen, so he won't be home for at least a few days.. You all are good pray-ers!! Keep 'em coming, please! He's not out of danger.. but it's looking up.  January 28 Need some helpHi guys! I need some prayers.. We took my dad in today to the ER, with dizziness, being short of breath, etc. He evidently has a pneumonia, and blood clots. They're putting him in ICU, now, and say he'll be there for a week or so, on blood thinners. So... Please pray!! Thanks.. January 14 Well..Well, what a week! Today it was 50 degrees.... three hours later it's 23, with a wind chill of 14, going toward 7 tonight!! I think you northerners need to keep your cold temperatures!! LOL I started a fire in the fireplace a bit ago. Naturally, I had things I had to do outside after it started getting cold. Thanks to all for all the prayers, good vibes, and wishes.. My dad had surgery Monday morning, and came home Tuesday night.. He's uncomfortable, but doing very well. It went just as his doctor thought, although worse than she thought.. and she thinks he will recover fully, and have MUCH less pain from here on out. We're thrilled. Just have to get him healed up, now.. He's a horrible patient. I think I take after him And I'm getting used to only two cats.. it's actually kind of nice, since I only have two hands! But, I still miss my Magic.. I've had LOTS more drama from Florida, but I'll spare you..I continue to learn more about people as I wander along through life, and I find them fascinating... occasionally very sad, and sometimes happy, but not usually boring. Or is this only the people I associate with? And I didn't know they were going to start showing LOST tonight!! They are showing the last few episodes of last season, in preparation for next weeks premiere.. I am fastened securely to my new TV I got after Christmas!!! Well, I think I've run down, now.. be back soon.. I'm double posting some of my entries, just until some people have gotten settled.. January 09 The Party's overWell, they're gone, the holidays are over. I'm kind of relieved to have my house back!! But, we had a great time.. The weather was wonderful, My babies left yesterday, and my favorite cat, Magic, died just about then. She had been ill, and was 18 years old.. it was time.. But just kind of bummed me out. But.. life goes on. At least the little girls got out of here before I had to ruin their flying day! But, I was blessed to have them for almost the whole three weeks they were here! So, I had Rosie to play with almost every day.. I could get used to her..LOL So, now I get to wind down.. Til Monday.. All those of you that pray, or send good thoughts, etc, please do so for my dad. He's having surgery on his spine, in the neck area, on Monday. I know he'll do fine, but you all are good prayers!! So, I'd appreciate some prayers, good vibs, good thoughts, whatever you do.. Thanks... December 17 SpacesWell, I still don't like the changes to Spaces. It's harder than ever to find out who's posted and if I have any comments! I'm staying here, for now.. but you're welcome to come comment over there!! Most of my friends have also moved. Many of us are keeping our Space, so we can comment, and because we don't want to leave a place we have loved.. I hope you'll come over and keep up with me and my silly things. I'll miss you, otherwise!
And then, of course, we have the regular idiots that have to spam people, and try to start trouble with their comments. I don't understand why they get some charge out of annoying and/or hurting people, but... there ya go.. December 03 MORONSThese people are morons! They're trying to make our spaces like every other site on the web.. like that will keep us here. Leaving it alone and letting it just work correctly will keep us here! I am history.. I'll be HERE, unless someone figures out how to make these things work right. Can't manage your friends, can't see who's posted, forced to read all their comments everywhere.. how much like Facebook do they want to make it?? I hope you all realize your real name is showing.. first and last!! Go into your profile and put a period in place of your last name!! That way, at least stalkers can't find you!! November 27 To all my friends!  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
To all my blog friends, near and far... even if you don't celebrate this Thanksgiving, it's still a good day to be Thankful!! We have about 15 to feed today, so Mom and I have been cookin' up a storm. We've done it together so long, it's like a ballet. LOL Clumsy one, but a ballet! And I'm thankful for all my friends, both online and real life, and a few that are both. I love you all and am grateful to have "met" you. Have a great day, eat lots, and just enjoy your family and friends!
 November 18 The GirlsI got some new pictures! Kate and the girls went to the beach the other day, and I got some new pictures!
Seems like lots of people are crochety, depressed, down.. our Auxiliary is fighting with the Chief!! Sounds like we may find a new place to have our functions! Silly things seem so important, sometimes.. and no one ever wants to give more or be the first to give in. *sigh* So silly. Oh, well, what is supposed to be will be, and I can see some real good coming out of this. Nothing much will really change, so why get all worked up?  November 13 HousecleaningNo.. unfortunately, not the kind of housecleaning I should be doing!! hehe. I get so backed up with the little funny stuff I want to show people, I have to do a blog every once in a while to get it out there! So..
November 04 Whoopie!WOOHOO! Voters are getting out all over!! We even had lines out here! I think we only have about 1000 registered voters.. maybe more, but we'd already had 700 by 4pm!! That's just phenomenal.. My dad is the Precinct Inspector, so we always know what's going on.
 I hope everyone did their civic duty and made your voice heard!! You're not allowed to bitch if you didn't vote! The election workers are having a blast, having soooo many people! We've had quite a few screw up their ballots this time.. They pick a straight Dem or Rep ticket then go down and vote for another party person!! Nope, lady, one or the other!!LOL Fortunately, Oklahoma  has good machines that verify them, and count... it tells them something is wrong, so the workers can figure it out and have them fix it.. I think at 4pm, they already had 10 or 12 screwed up ballots, and usually we don't even have one!!LOL We have a lot of older people up here.. and they get confused, sometimes. No matter who you're for, or who's elected, I think we're in for some major changes in our world.. Actually so much of this doesn't even have anything to do with the President.. it's the Congress.. and other entities... There's a lot W has been blamed for, that he had no control over.. (he did enough in the areas he could control, I'll agree)..LOL Sure not a job I'd want.. anything you do, someone hates you!!! There's just no simple answers to any of our problems..Well, we had our usual pitiful Halloween, here.  We had TWO very nice trick-or-treaters! They were actually the kids of one of Kate's bff's, who took pity on me, I guess! LOL So we got a 6 year old witch, and a 3 year old Spiderman! They both really wanted cats, rather than candy! Maybe I should have thought about sneaking a cat into their bags?!? October 26 Craft Fair!!Well, the 2008 Craft Fair of the Women's Auxiliary of the * * Fire Department is history! Thank God! *smile* I am exhausted. Sorry I haven't been around, but I started Thursday, and didn't quit til yesterday afternoon. With the economy being like it is, we could certainly see it reflected in the attendance yesterday. On the other hand, most of those that came, came prepared to buy.  Most of our vendors were satisfied with their day.. which is great. We didn't do as much in the lunchroom as we'd hoped, but we made more profit on this than we do almost anything else during the year, and we did well. It's hard not to think of how much more we'd have done if we'd had the same attendance as last year, but we made as much money!! We profited over $1100, which is wonderful!! We'll be able to buy ALL the Wildland Fire Boots for the firefighters this Christmas!!  As well as give a gift to the hospice and the crisis line we also like to give to!! So, we're contented. I only have the rough figures, so far, because I don't have all the costs.. But our president was very relieved when I called her last night. We were worried, because of the lower attendance, about what we made. But our Bake Sale was GREAT!! The ladies really baked up a storm,  and we sold them briskly! And, of course, the homemade cinnamon rolls helped! That's probably what made the difference. So.. today I'm content, and exhausted.. And I even got a brand new, very stylish, purse! Wish you could have all come down for it!! |
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Maybe too much "close at hand"? LOL Unfortunately, I also have cats that knock everything around whenever I move away from the desk! It was my grandmother's desk, so it's a little small, but I love it.
she was my baby.. before I adopted these two.. 
Yes, I know I forgot to tell you. I was so excited about my camera. My bro bought my dad a new bigger HD TV.. So I got their last one, which isn't very old, and has a built in DVD/VCR!! It's a little bigger than mine, but it won't fit in their guest room, so I got it!! Yea me! 
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