Another list of 10 plus ramblings ~ March 21, 2012

It's happening again.  I need to take a break from Facebook.  ha ha.  Who would have thought that would happen.  I go on to play a few games, but have cut way back on it.  Guess what???  I actually did housework today..  Yup..  I sure did.  Along with that I am reading another Robyn Carr book, and did some on my afghan.

 

Yesterday Mary, from my Happy Hookers, showed me the V stitch afghan, and I can do it and I really like it.  Now if only Michael's will get in the yarn I started with... They have been out of so many yarns lately.  I can't wait until Hobby Lobby opens.  I smell a field trip coming up.  ha ha..  It's just what we need to get Michael's to shape up.

 

I tired greek yogurt for the first time today, and do I like it?? Not so much.  ha ha.  I tried the Fage with cherry.  It was so thick and reminded me of sour cream, which I don't like unless it has sugar in it, but the Honeybell Orange was sooooo sweet.  Now I'm sitting here thinking about supper.  I am leaning towards hamburgers and green beans.  I got some fresh beans from the farmers market on Monday, and they have been really sweet, so I am hoping these are too.  Beulah even likes them... Oh wait, those were the frozen ones she liked.  She'll either have to like the fresh ones or not share my supper.  ha ha.

 

It has been a sunny dreary day.  Quite an oxymoron.  It is overcast at times, and then sunny.  I was sitting out with Beulah reading, the sun was shining, and it was raining.  Just a drizzle, but hard enough that I didn't want to get my book wet, and you could see the rain landing in my cup of coffee.  So I came in, turned on the AC, and am sitting here typing this.

 

Here is another list of 10 things.  Please feel free to post yours.

 

10 Things I am grateful for (not people or animals/pets)

 

 1. The ability to read

 2. Books and magazines

 3. Coffee, especially the first cup of the morning

 4. TV..Yes, I watch a lot of t.v.

 5. Crocheting.  It is new to me and I'm loving it

 6. Air Conditioning

 7. Eyeliner.  I am not vain, but a little help doesn't hurt.  ha ha

 8. Pain Management. My back not hurting as much as it usually does

 9. Butterflies that remind me of Don, My mom and dad.

10.The computer

 

I could go on and on, but 10 is good. What are yours?

 

Well, until next time........

Another List of 10 plus more ramblings - March 11, 2012

Let's see what has been happening in my neck of the woods.  Not a whole lot.

 

It's bike week here and so there are a gajillion bikers out.  We have some of them in our neighborhood, and lets just say they are "loud".  Sounds like thunder.  And the roads are full of them too.  But there are some really neat bikes.  My neighbor down the road has a little itty bitty dog that weighs about 3 lbs.  She is a tiny maltese, and they have goggles for her.  They're pink.  Val has a baby carrier that she wears in front of her (like the sling), and Missy sits right in there with her little bow and goggles and the 3 of them take off riding.  It is adorable.  Then there is another guy here who has a bike with a side car that his collie Lady rides in everywhere he goes.  So you can imagine what you see during bike week in Daytona.  Beulah thinks it's thunder and so I need to try to calm her down every now and then.

 

I just finished reading "The House I Loved" and was disappointed in it.  I have read the author, Tatiana de Rosnay's two other books,  "A Secret Kept, and "Sarah's Key" which were excellent.  This one was set in Paris and used a lot of French words and innuendos in french that I had a hard time getting into it.  It had a good story line, but was very slow going for me.

 

In the meantime, back at the ranch, well not really, but I have been having the steroid shots in my back again.  2 weeks ago they worked for the first time in 2 years.  I went back again this past Friday and had more, and they are not doing the trick, and I am so disappointed.  I thought for sure that pain I felt right down to my toes on two of the 6 shots he gave me meant it was going to work.  It's not as bad, but not as good as the last time.  Oh well.  I am grateful for each moment that I am able to stand.

 

Just finished making a macaroni salad with tuna, hard boiled eggs, onions, celery, and kalamata olives.  Mmm Mmm Good.  The hard part is waiting for it to all cool down.  My friend Michelle loves it and so of course I made her some too.

 

Did a little thrifting yesterday.  Went to Hospice and got a mug to make the chocolate brownie microwave cake recipe that Steve printed out for us.  Then over to Goodwill.  I found a shirt.  Brand new, with tags, for $2.99.  It was Yellow Day, and so with that discount it cost me a whopping.....drum roll please...........$1.43.  Woo Hoo..  ha ha.  It is nice but sleeveless, so I will only wear it to sit outside when Beulah decides she wants to just bask in the sun.  My underarms are like bat wings taking off.  ha ha... I don't want to scare all the dogs and kids... ha ha.

 

It has been raining and it is so nice.  It is an off again on again rain and it is the misty kind with no storms attached.  No thunder or lightning, and that is my kind of rain.  This time change is messing with me though and I just realized that maybe my back is hurting more this time because of the arthritis and the rain.  Hmmm.  It's possible I suppose. 

 

I did 3 more pages of the scrapbook of Don's chemo hats.  They are getting easier to do and look at.  I am now finding just a tiny bit of sadness attached to the pictures, but mostly I laugh at remembering him in them and what he would do and say.  So, I think that's a good thing.

 

My list of l0 is way down here.

Name 10 of your favorite websites.

 

 1. Facebook (of course)

 

 2. Pinterest (I'm hooked)

 

 3. Blogs, any and all. Love to read them, especially the craft ones

 

 4. You tube - Learning to crochet is fun that way.

 

 5. Free Digital Stamps - really cool vintage ones

     http://freevintagedigistamps.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-01-08T03:00:00-07:00&max-results=12

 

6.  Swagbucks.  I am earning lots of them.  You use them for all kinds of things.  I use mine for free paypal money and Amazon gift cards.  If your interested check it out, and if you decide to do it, please use this so I get extra credit for it.  Thanks. (No Spam)

www.swagbucks.com/refer/whinendine

 

7. All things cupcake - recipe site

http://www.allthingscupcake.com/

 

8. The Animal Rescue Site.  You can click free to help feed the animals.  You can also click to help breast cancer, veterans, literacy, and more.  No cost, just a simple click. And no spam.

www.theanimalrescuesite.com

 

9. Card making paradise

http://www.cardmakingparadise.com/index.html

 

10. Online newspapers by state for all 50 US States

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/usstate/usatable.htm

 

Well that's it for now. Feel free to comment or post your lists too.  I enjoy reading them.

 

Until next time.

I am doing another 10 of 100 ~ February 13, 2012

I have neglected my blog.  Shame on me.  I am doing another 10 of 100.

 

It has been so cold these past few days.  Yesterday morning it was  31 with a wind chill of 21.  High today will be 61. Remember, this is Florida.  But in true Florida fashion, it will be back up to 80 on Wednesday. Went and got some really nice produce from the farmers market here this morning.  Beautiful green peppers (and I don't even like them).. ha ha..  some pears, fresh green beans, lettuce, onions, cauliflower, all for $5.00.  Not bad huh..... ha ha

 

I have been having so much fun with my crocheting.  I found a pattern for a head thingy, and I am trying to read the pattern to do it.  I think I can.  I hope I can.  This will give me so much confidence if I can do it. 

 

I am in desperate need of a 12 step program for pinterest.........................It is sooooooo addicting I can't get off it.  My eyes burn from being on this computer so much.  ha ha.  It reminds me of when I first joined facebook and we were all playing farmville with a fervor that matched none other.  My goodness, planting and harvesting before your crops spoiled.  ha ha.  I had a friend, who shall remain anonymous, that would set her clock to make sure she harvested her crops on time.  ha ha.  I wasn't far behind her in the obsession.  I finally got over it, and have replaced it with pinterest.  There are so many people on there and so much to see. 

 

 

10 Reasons To Save Money

 

 1. Vacation to see the grandkids

 2. Train or Cruise to Alaska

 3. Beulah to the vet

 4. New Mattress

 5. New Couch

 6. Buy yarn and more yarn and more yarn

 7. Buy more card/scrapbooking supplies...Like I don't already have enough.  ha ha

 8. Redo extra room

 9. Carpet the living room ~ I am sorry I just put down this wood floor.  Beulah slides all over it and since it's just been about a year I can't do it now.  But if I could, I would

10. So I don't have to worry every month.

10 of 100 is the letter P ~ Wednesday February 8, 2012

Another lazy kind of day.  Worked a little doing some crocheting, and looking around the computer for new and different patterns.  I think you could spend "years" looking and still not see it all.  All I know is that I had to go put more liquid tears in my eyes, or whatever that is called.  I did make one of my weekly/bi-weekly/daily trips to the drug store.  They still don't have a loan department, which I think is outrageous.  ha ha.  Made some chicken for supper and didn't really want it, so I shredded it put it in the refrigerator and will make some chicken salad tomorrow.  Yeah..  That sounds good to me... Took a trip around pinterest too.  I am afraid that it will be my next addiction....ha ha.. 

 

My next list of 10 of 100 is the letter P.  Just the first 10 words that pop into your mind.

 

 1. Pop

 2. Pineapple

 3. Pear

 4. Poodle

 5. Purchase

 6. Pressure

 7. Princess

 8. Plop

 9. Pizza

10.Prozac

 

HA HA HA.  I wonder where those words came from and why they popped up...  ha ha..  The mind is a strange and wonderful thing, so I guess we need to use it before we lose it, which at my age, may sadly not be to far into the future. So join me if your up to it... 

Until next time......

10 list of 100.~ February 7, 2012

Okay, here's another 10 list of 100.

 

Your go to a remote island and can only bring 10 things with you.  No electronics.  What would you bring?

 

  1. Lots of books.  No idea how long I'll be there.

  2. Suntan Lotion

  3. Deodorant - want to be able to stand myself

  4. Crocheting hooks and yarn

  5. paper

  6. clothes

  7. soap

  8. toothpaste

  9. toothbrush

 10.pen

 

It has been a very cloudy and overcast day. We really need the rain.  We are so dry and fires are a constant worry.  The grass is like hay. It did rain a tiny bit yesterday, but it was more of a spitting than a rain.

 

Had a good time at crocheting today, although I didn't want to do much.  ha ha.  One of those kinds of days.

So until the next time........