Winter seems to want to stay with us a little longer. The snow blower comes in mighty handy when there is snow on the driveway. The recyclables and garbage had to be put out and hence the driveway needed the snow to be gone.
My husband has been taking medicine to regulate his blood. When he has too thin of blood count, he could bleed internally should he fall. Too thick of blood he might have a stroke. Either way, it isn't good. He doesn't like that I use the snow blower, but I am a safer bet than he is on the ice. He has to get it started, and then I take over and blow the snow off of the driveway. We have had some mighty caring neighbors that has helped, also.
Our grandson purchased a new laptop for me and this is the first time I have gotten on to type with it. It has all the "bells and whistles" to it, so it will be sometime before I catch on to all of them. My old one was so SLOW that a new one was the way t0 go.
We have been checking into getting a new bathroom counter top. We have stripped the wallpaper off and hope to get all done before warm weather. We are rather SLOW like our old computer! Maybe we need to be traded in for a new models! Do you think?
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
SIX WEEKS TIL SPRING!
I'm so glad that we have four seasons. I wonder if I would ever tire of just perfect weather all of the time. In the spring, I think it will be nice to have summer and fresh vegetables and fruits. When summer comes and hangs around too long, I long for the cooler days of fall. The fall leaves turn their blazing colors and oh my, how beautiful! Then there is winter. I can't think about what it would be like without a little snow at Christmas. That would be rather weird. But of all the seasons, I like winter the least. If one could stay indoors and not have to go out to get groceries, go to the doctor, etc. then winter wouldn't be quite as bad.
The ground hog saw his shadow and they claim we have six more weeks of winter. It will be nice to see the green grass and smell the fresh earth again.
A snowy winter that comes to my mind is when I was going to work and it was extremely icy, and snowing. Since I was running late, I was really trying to step up the pace for fear I would be late. Didn't want any nasty looks staring at me (believe me there were a few). The firemen had just finished washing the firetrucks. With the ice that already was on the sidewalk, fresh water on top, and snowflakes on top of that, it was an accident just waiting to happen. Yes, I fell so quickly that I had hit my head before my body could catch up. That was the closest I had ever came to being knocked out. Yes, there were stars that were dancing around my head. Due to this fall, I walked around about six weeks in what would be a daze or dizzy feeling. Yes, I had a mild concussion. During this same period of ice, a lady had gone out their back steps and fell and died due to the fall and ice. Maybe this is the reason, I have high respect for the ice and how it leave a terrific punch.
Oh you people in that perfect weather and environment, you just don't know what it is to have the best of all the world. Now who am I kidding! Right now I would change places with you. Spring is coming and hopefully soon.
The ground hog saw his shadow and they claim we have six more weeks of winter. It will be nice to see the green grass and smell the fresh earth again.
A snowy winter that comes to my mind is when I was going to work and it was extremely icy, and snowing. Since I was running late, I was really trying to step up the pace for fear I would be late. Didn't want any nasty looks staring at me (believe me there were a few). The firemen had just finished washing the firetrucks. With the ice that already was on the sidewalk, fresh water on top, and snowflakes on top of that, it was an accident just waiting to happen. Yes, I fell so quickly that I had hit my head before my body could catch up. That was the closest I had ever came to being knocked out. Yes, there were stars that were dancing around my head. Due to this fall, I walked around about six weeks in what would be a daze or dizzy feeling. Yes, I had a mild concussion. During this same period of ice, a lady had gone out their back steps and fell and died due to the fall and ice. Maybe this is the reason, I have high respect for the ice and how it leave a terrific punch.
Oh you people in that perfect weather and environment, you just don't know what it is to have the best of all the world. Now who am I kidding! Right now I would change places with you. Spring is coming and hopefully soon.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
LAURAINE SNELLING BOOKS!!
I'm not much of a reader, but Lauraine Snelling books are addictive and they are hard to put down. Since November, I am on my 10Th book that she has written. The series that have such a hold of my attention are the RED RIVER OF THE NORTH (6 books) and RETURN TO RED RIVER (3 books) and now I am reading DAUGHTER OF BLESSINGS SERIES (4 books).
Red River of the North
1. Untamed land
2. New Day Rising
3. Land to Call Home
4. Reaper's Song
5. Tender Mercies
6. Blessing in Disguise
Return to Red River
1. Dream to Follow
2. Believing the Dream
3. More than a Dream
Daughters of Blessing
1. Promise for Ellie
2. Sophie's Dilemma
3. A Touch of Grace
4. Rebecca's Reward
These are Christian Fiction books about the trials that our Forefathers that Homesteaded near the Red River in South Dakota. Very factual and depicting the trials and hardships that our ancestors encountered as they came over from Norway.
I dare say, that if you don't shed a tear reading these books, you are "one hardened dude"!
Thought--Sometimes scripture comes alive when it is put in the context of everyday trials. The author of these books has just this ability to convey to us the meaning of scripture as it applies to our everyday living. I hope you check these out at the library and in the order in which I have listed so you can get the total picture of this family and our founding fathers trials.
Red River of the North
1. Untamed land
2. New Day Rising
3. Land to Call Home
4. Reaper's Song
5. Tender Mercies
6. Blessing in Disguise
Return to Red River
1. Dream to Follow
2. Believing the Dream
3. More than a Dream
Daughters of Blessing
1. Promise for Ellie
2. Sophie's Dilemma
3. A Touch of Grace
4. Rebecca's Reward
These are Christian Fiction books about the trials that our Forefathers that Homesteaded near the Red River in South Dakota. Very factual and depicting the trials and hardships that our ancestors encountered as they came over from Norway.
I dare say, that if you don't shed a tear reading these books, you are "one hardened dude"!
Thought--Sometimes scripture comes alive when it is put in the context of everyday trials. The author of these books has just this ability to convey to us the meaning of scripture as it applies to our everyday living. I hope you check these out at the library and in the order in which I have listed so you can get the total picture of this family and our founding fathers trials.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
SPELL-CHECK!!
This is what I ran across this week and I thought it was worth passing on. Most people use spell-check to check out some of the things that you have typed. I don't know who wrote it but thought it was the way it is!
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strke a key and type a word
And weight four it tow say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea every wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weight
My chequer tolled me sew.
Have a good day!
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strke a key and type a word
And weight four it tow say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea every wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weight
My chequer tolled me sew.
Have a good day!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
THE CASE OF GIGGLES!
Recalling some of my childhood memories centered around the family at the table.
It seemed that I had a full blown case of the "giggles" at the table on this occasion. Every time I looked at my sister, we would burst out laughing. What we were laughing about, is totally unknown. It got so bad, that our father told us we had to leave the table. They separated us so we could get over what was so funny. They put my sister in the "wash room" (actually today, it would be the bathroom, absent of a tub). They put me in the family room. There was only one problem with this plan, we still was able to see each other. I don't remember whether we ate supper that night or not, since we kept on laughing.
Another memory was when my mother served round steak. Now round steak needs to be chewed up quite well, since the pieces seem to cling together. This particular day, I jumped up from the table, I couldn't say a word. I ran into the family room. I was totally choking on this beef steak in my throat. My father apparently knew what was the matter, and followed me into the family room. He reached in my throat with his long finger and pulled out the steak. If you have had an experience of choking, you will never forget it. I have had a few times that I couldn't get my breath for some reason or another. It totally freaks you out! My dad saved my life that day!
My mother loved to cook and we lacked nothing in the way of food. She was a very good cook and prided herself in her ability. However, when you are young, you sometimes don't appreciate everything that seems to be on your plate. One of the rules at our house, if you take it, you must eat it. There was a shelf under our kitchen table, that was there to add support for the table.
This little shelf was the ideal place to store anything that one didn't want to eat. You had to eat everything, since there were starving children in the world. We were discovered when the table was moved and the contents of the shelf shifted a bit. Out came the uneaten roll, etc. onto the floor.
During the month of August, I didn't care what we had to eat as long as there were roasting ears of corn and sliced tomatoes to eat. This food memory lingers on and I still love corn on the cob and sliced tomatoes.
Since my dad's family came over from Germany/Switzerland, we had hot German Potato salad a lot. To this day, I do love potatoes fixed this way.
Thought--Our granddaughter (actually our grandson's wife) told me one day that she noticed that I like all kinds of food. I guess it all stemmed from eating up all that was on my plate.
We ate what was served, and there were no exceptions to the rule. Of course, my mother would try to cook the dishes that all of us liked. But once these dishes were on the table, we couldn't order special favors to be served to us. Hence, I learned to like what was set before me.
It seemed that I had a full blown case of the "giggles" at the table on this occasion. Every time I looked at my sister, we would burst out laughing. What we were laughing about, is totally unknown. It got so bad, that our father told us we had to leave the table. They separated us so we could get over what was so funny. They put my sister in the "wash room" (actually today, it would be the bathroom, absent of a tub). They put me in the family room. There was only one problem with this plan, we still was able to see each other. I don't remember whether we ate supper that night or not, since we kept on laughing.
Another memory was when my mother served round steak. Now round steak needs to be chewed up quite well, since the pieces seem to cling together. This particular day, I jumped up from the table, I couldn't say a word. I ran into the family room. I was totally choking on this beef steak in my throat. My father apparently knew what was the matter, and followed me into the family room. He reached in my throat with his long finger and pulled out the steak. If you have had an experience of choking, you will never forget it. I have had a few times that I couldn't get my breath for some reason or another. It totally freaks you out! My dad saved my life that day!
My mother loved to cook and we lacked nothing in the way of food. She was a very good cook and prided herself in her ability. However, when you are young, you sometimes don't appreciate everything that seems to be on your plate. One of the rules at our house, if you take it, you must eat it. There was a shelf under our kitchen table, that was there to add support for the table.
This little shelf was the ideal place to store anything that one didn't want to eat. You had to eat everything, since there were starving children in the world. We were discovered when the table was moved and the contents of the shelf shifted a bit. Out came the uneaten roll, etc. onto the floor.
During the month of August, I didn't care what we had to eat as long as there were roasting ears of corn and sliced tomatoes to eat. This food memory lingers on and I still love corn on the cob and sliced tomatoes.
Since my dad's family came over from Germany/Switzerland, we had hot German Potato salad a lot. To this day, I do love potatoes fixed this way.
Thought--Our granddaughter (actually our grandson's wife) told me one day that she noticed that I like all kinds of food. I guess it all stemmed from eating up all that was on my plate.
We ate what was served, and there were no exceptions to the rule. Of course, my mother would try to cook the dishes that all of us liked. But once these dishes were on the table, we couldn't order special favors to be served to us. Hence, I learned to like what was set before me.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED?
The other day I was wondering about a person's mind and memory. Some people have an inborn memory system, and others seem not to have this as much. What brought it to my mind was that my cousin's husband passed away this week and I had mentioned this to our younger daughter. She said, that she didn't know that I had a cousin living in our town. She had met her at my sister's home one time for lunch. Also, we had gone to see this cousin's brother at his beautiful home in her city one time when another cousin came to visit. She couldn't remember ever going inside of this house. I remember her saying to them (as she had to leave early) "How do you get out of this house?" It was very large new home and beautiful backed up to the country club golf course. She couldn't remember going there. I guess her mind is clogged up with other things. I think she vaguely remembered later.
It got me to thinking about how God has created us. Our memory and mind is like a computer and we can instantly bring up things in our mind with clarity, vividly, and emotions are remembered, things that happened years and years ago, as well as things that happened just yesterday. Don't you think that is amazing? God's computers have been at it for generations. Some of them, like this computer I am typing on today, run rather slowly at times, just like some memories are hard to bring up by some people. With a little jogging of their minds, they do remember.
It does seem like our family has had little trouble remembering events of the past. My brother could tell you what he had for lunch and where they stopped on a specific vacation and town and county the town was in. My cousin that lived in Florida had just such an unusual memory.
Wisdom--It is wise to remember the good times, but lay aside those things that are hurtful, painful and causes us to have an unforgiving spirit within us. These can only damage ourselves if we think about these things and dwell on these for long.
It got me to thinking about how God has created us. Our memory and mind is like a computer and we can instantly bring up things in our mind with clarity, vividly, and emotions are remembered, things that happened years and years ago, as well as things that happened just yesterday. Don't you think that is amazing? God's computers have been at it for generations. Some of them, like this computer I am typing on today, run rather slowly at times, just like some memories are hard to bring up by some people. With a little jogging of their minds, they do remember.
It does seem like our family has had little trouble remembering events of the past. My brother could tell you what he had for lunch and where they stopped on a specific vacation and town and county the town was in. My cousin that lived in Florida had just such an unusual memory.
Wisdom--It is wise to remember the good times, but lay aside those things that are hurtful, painful and causes us to have an unforgiving spirit within us. These can only damage ourselves if we think about these things and dwell on these for long.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
BEEN UNDER THE WEATHER!
I've had a bad cold since Tuesday. Haven't done much other than drink OJ and lay around.
When you get older it seems that it takes longer to get back to normal.
The weather has been a bummer besides. Our neighbor's father plowed the driveway for us the other day. There was at least 7-8 inches of snow and near zero or below. My husband drives down to the mailbox each day to get the mail. The box is at the end of the driveway, but he can't afford to fall on the ice/snow, so it works out fairly well to go in the car.
Hopefully, next week will be better in the weather department and I will be out of sickbay!
Thought--One has to experience a little down time, so we can appreciate the "up" times that come later.
When you get older it seems that it takes longer to get back to normal.
The weather has been a bummer besides. Our neighbor's father plowed the driveway for us the other day. There was at least 7-8 inches of snow and near zero or below. My husband drives down to the mailbox each day to get the mail. The box is at the end of the driveway, but he can't afford to fall on the ice/snow, so it works out fairly well to go in the car.
Hopefully, next week will be better in the weather department and I will be out of sickbay!
Thought--One has to experience a little down time, so we can appreciate the "up" times that come later.
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