For Today ...Nov 3, 2014

 

 

Howdy.... I hope you had a good weekend.  Jerry had to work both Saturday and Sunday. He only had to work 8 hours on Sunday and that feels more like only working a half day most of the time.  He will have next Sunday off, and I expect we will sleep in very late.  I am thinking of doing the shopping Saturday after he gets off work but only if he wants to cash his check then and not wait until Sunday morning to do it. We will have to do laundry sometime on Sunday. We put off until Monday last week and that was okay but made for a very long day for both of us. I missed our breakfast out yesterday.  I missed it more than eating dinner out Saturday night.  It's been our habit for a while now to eat breakfast out on Sunday mornings.  I have almost all of our Halloween things put away. I just have to take the window clings off the front window of the camper.
Outside my door ... The sun is almost to the horizon.  It's not up yet, but it won't be much longer. The gray is starting to pick up a little bit of pink on the undersides of the clouds an there is a bit of yellow you can just see in the tops of the trees across the way.  The breeze is making what leaves are left on the trees dance and wiggle and make me wonder just how much longer those few that are holding on so tight are going to let loose and float to the ground. We had a heavy frost Saturday morning and I think the grass has gone dormant now.  It's not brown but I don't think it's going to do any more growing either. I am glade we got the Grass mowed last week instead of waiting. 

 

The Dogs ... (7:15) are sleeping but s soon as I get up to put on some "day" clothes they will be ready to go outside and look around and play and potty, not in that order though, I'm sure.  They will want to come back in soon enough as it's still chilly this morning and they don't like to stay out for long when its like this. Neither do I and I can put on a coat.  Barney will try to take a ball out, then will try to get me to toss it for him. I have to take it away before we go out or he will bark and its too early in the day for that.
The Cats ... like the dogs, are sleeping for now. Earlier they were having a merry game of chase and pounce on each other.  One jumped up on the sink countertop and didn't like that I told her to get off. She gave me a look but she did jump down, right on top of her brother. Then the chase to the bathroom was on, jumping over the other sister then jumping over Macon who happened to be sleeping in the flor at the time. He got up and got on my bed after that. The two chased each other back into the front of the camper then went chasing back to the back again, jumping from bed to bed and Macon snapped at both of them for distrubing him again. The cats can't believe that I didn't yell at Macon for snapping at them and gave me looks to let me know they noticed that. I told them... He warned you to leave hi alone. It was after that they have all curled up on Jerry's bed and gone to sleep for a bit.

 

From the kitchen... The last couple of weeks we have just had cut up vegetable instead of salad but I did pick up a bag of precut salad this week. I'll cut up cucumber and green peppers, and tomatoes to go into that for the next couple of days.  We bought a large pack of Hamburger and I'll divid that into two or three meals then decide what I'm going to make with each. Today I'm leaning to seasoning a portion with Taco Seasoning and forming into patties.  I'lll make some instant mashed ptatoes for our starch and I may make a cake for dessert. 
I am hearing... The morning local news and political ads. Rocky is asleep in the chair beside me and is snoring loudly.  Evern now and then I hear Barney, who is in the kennel in front of me, stirring around a bit. The heater just cycled off but I expect it will be back on soon and the coffee pot just gurggled, letting me know it's done brewing and now my coffee if ready to go into my cup.
I am wearing... Right this minute, white socks with pink toes and heels, a house dress that my good friend Donna gave me a couple of years ago.  I'll be changing into sweat pants, and a t-shirt and putting tennis shoes on my feet when I finish this up.  I think I'll wear my shoes with the buttons at the lace holes today. I have four pairs of these shoe.s. They are so easy to decorate and change up. I have one colored with permenet marker I call my Rainbow shoes because they have all the colors of the rainbow on them, the button shoes, and a plain pair of shoes. I haven't worn the fourth pair yet, as I'm still deciding how I want to fancy them up a bit before I do wear them. Once I do that, I'll spray with waterproofing and that will help keep them looking nice.
I am reading... emails and recipes right now. I really do need to start carving out an hour a day for reading and another two for crafting each day.
I am thinking... How funny it is that where we want to go (Tennessee) has had snow and where we are now, (Iowa) hasn't had any yet. 
I am thankful for... Jerry still having a job to go to each day. Our neighbor got fired for calling two people slackers, because they are not doing any work and always standing around, not even looking like they are working. Someone else over-heard him call those two "foreigners " that and reported him to the office. He's not all that upset about it. He's already found another job and it's much closer to his home and family. As he told Jerry, He can sleep in his own bed, by his wife, at home on this next job he's going to.
I am hoping... That Jerry can get hired onto a job we know of in Tennessee soon. It's going to be a long term job of over 2 years. I would like to find a place to rent for a while if he gets that job.
I am creating... First a cleaner camper with things put out of the way so I can decorate for Thanksgiving. I will need to make a few things for Thanksgiving and have a few ideas of paper things I can hang from the hooks along the rail above the window.

 

A few plans for today... First, change my clothes and take the dogs out. Clean the back of the camper, dishes then work in the livingroom area and maybe seal up the rest of the windows with duct tape.

 

A few plans for the rest of the week... keep doing what I've been doing. cooking, cleaning and crafting.

Billie C.
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For Today ... Jul 28, 2014

For Today ... Jul 28, 2014

 

Howdy.... I'm taking a breather from camper cleaning to write this part (10 am)
We had a great Sunday and got a lot done in such a short time.  We started a habit in Danville, of eating Breakfast at a Buffet on Sunday mornings. The closest Golden Corral is way to far away for us to just hop over and eat breakfast. But Nyland Cafe, has a good breakfast that is reasonably priced. I had the Scrambled eggs, A spoon of the breakfast casserole (no potatoes in this one) a couple of slices of bacon and one sausage link and two pieces of Waffle.  My second plate was a small slice of Lemon Poppy seed cake, two slices of watermelon and three large strawberries.  I had two cups of coffee, as well.

    From there, we headed to Marshaltown (sp) and Menards to check it out. We were looking for a couple of chairs that would fit where our Love-seat/couch is, in the camper.  Jerry seems to have mis-understood  what I meant by Office Chairs. I meant the type of chairs in the waiting area of the local Ford dealership. Deep seat, thin but nicely padded arms and  comfortable. He thought  Desk chairs.  We didn't find what we were looking for at Menards. I did see Cricut Cartridges but I didn't find one I wanted. I did find glass Votive candle holders for Fifty cents a pair and picked up two pairs.  (Christmas gift in the making)  From there we headed back to Wal-mart in Ames because I had a script to pick up.  Found that the "Back to College" stuff is out.  I picked up a tail gateing Table for $25 and into my cart it went without me asking Jerry about it.  My table I have been using is rather large, missing a bolt and now outside with my plants on it. This one is much smaller and I don't know how tall yet. but I am hoping it's just the right size for me to sew on.  Then be able to put away when I have to, or leave out for a day or two and not be tripping over it or have it filled up with "Other" stuff when my back is turned.  Jerry went looking for chairs. I thought he had stopped at a small pull out bed. Not bad in price but a bit too small for the two of us to sit on, but plenty large enough for one to sit on. Nope, he found the office chairs (remember he didn't know just what I had thought to get) and was trying to put them on his cart. He called me to bring him my cart so he could put the pet food he picked up into my cart. I was looking at Plush throws at the time and ended up putting one in my cart. I didn't buy it , but left it at the register and told Jerry that's what happens when he doesn't let me finish doing my looking. I am thinking of picking up a few of them for Christmas gifts this year, They are so soft. The two chairs cost us a bit over $200 but are well worth it.  When we got home. Jerry mowed the grass and I cleaned up the yard, and held things up off the ground so he could mow around things that don't move ( Wires) The dogs spent most of the time he was mowing outside, out of the way. I put Rocky and Macon inside when they wouldn't shut up but tied Barney to a tree on a short line because he's had a lot of time in the kennel and I figured he needed a break from that. He had a blast while I sat in the chair and read to Jerry the directions on how to put these chairs together.  Once they were done, we had to move things around in the camper so we could get the love seat out.  That was a job. I ended up having to turn it around inside the living room space and then tilting it forward to get the first arm out, smashing Jerry's hand by accident while doing that. Then work the back out. The back cushions are attached and were in the way and had to be pushed out of the way. Jerry was able to put the base in the truck before I even got out the door. Tossed in the legs we had removed, and the seat cushions and a very short drive to the burn pit and a quick dump. we were done with that. Of course we cleaned out around the edges before taking it out of the camper. Jerry found a dollar and a few coins. 
Jerry cooked Hamburgers for our dinner. I Sliced up a large tomato and we had a few potato chips, as well. Yes, I ate a few chips. Not a lot of them.  We had watermelon for dessert and later we had some cookies for a snack.
Rocky got in trouble for jumping into my new chair.  I turned the chairs toward the window before going to bed.  I found kitty tracks in the seats when I got up this morning. I now have both chairs covered in matching blankets
One of the cats is on my "Short List"  I was sound asleep and it attacked my feet with it's claws out. OUCH!  Not sure just which cat it was but all three got booted off my bed and they all know they are in trouble with me, now. That is not a nice way to wake up.
It is soo nice outside that I hate to have to be inside doing all this housework and I plan on spending a bit of time outside in just a little bit with the dogs and a ball or two. Our high today is suppose to be in the low 70'2.  Tomorrow in the mid 70's and Wed. still in the 70's.. the rest of the week in the low 80's.  I  am loving this weather. I want it to last a really long time.  Oh, I do miss the heat a little bit. Not much though. I just hope that this mild summer does not mean a really cold winter.
Tonight I'm going to "bake" a few potatoes in the crock pot once I get the dishes done (just did about half of them) And we will have salad with radishes, tomatoes, Green peppers and Cucumbers added to it.  I plan on making a Jell-o dessert.  I'm going Umber with it.  Staring out with a dark red (Raspberry flavor) then a layer of Orange, and last a layer of Lemon.  I like Jell-O and what I don't use in the cups, I'll chill in a pan and then cut into cubes and make a different dessert for later this week from the rest.
I am hearing... Y&R right now.  had "The View" on a bit ago.  Watching for the Hummingbirds around the feeder than I cleaned and refilled this morning. I know of three that are now visiting it each day.  I hear a car door from time to time as someone here goes out or comes back in. A few birds chirping in the trees, the wind in the trees. There is wind here, all the time. Even a tree windbreak does not stop the wind much.  We have a nice cloud cover right now and we might have  a shower later today or over night.  I'll have to check my plants I have outside to see if I need to water them when I take the dogs out next time.
I am wearing... Cut off  brown sweat pant shorts and a purple top with short sleeves. I have my hair in a pony tail.  I found out I have 3 pairs of tennis shoes, plus three other pairs of shoes and I'm switching them out on a daily basis. Today's shoes are the ones I'm using buttons to keep closed. I do need to replace my slip on, low heeled shoes soon. They are breaking down and I need something easy to get into in a hurry in the dark shoes.
I am reading... Face book and E-mails. 
I am creating... A sewing center in my living room.  I have some material set out for a skirt for Heather and some set out for a dress for Bailey as well as a dress I need to finish for her that I started last Spring. 
One of my favorite things...  working with Jerry outside when it's not too hot. He can sure mow faster than I can, and he's good about putting things together for me.  I wish we knew just how long we are going to be here. I would pick up a few pallets to make a deck outside the door If we are going to be here until December. That is when this job is suppose to be finished.  But we are still waiting for a call from a job in Tennessee that should be starting in late August. But then the worst of the heat of summer will be over with "down South".
A few plans for today...Finish cleaning the kitchen.
sweep the floors and maybe even vacuum the whole camper. 
Sort the laundry and then straighten up the bathroom.
 Set up the tailgating table and see how high it will go. 
iron some material to get it ready to cut.

 

A few plans for the rest of the week... Keep the camper nice.
spend some time outside with the dogs,
cut out a skirt pattern for Heather. a dress for Bailey
sew

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Billie C.

Howdy.... April 22

Howdy.... And Good Afternoon.  We just had a small shower go through and it looks like we are going to have more rain. We need this rain and it's going to do a lot of good around here.  We were up around 80 before the rain started. Now it's much closer to 70.  I didn't even have to close the windows or the door because of this rain.  We have a couple of Dog wood trees in our section of the campground and it's nice to see them in bloom. One is a pink Dogwood and is very bright on a day like this.  I really need to have Jerry check out our lawnmower before I try to crank it for the first time.  I do need to mow the grassy are where our dogs potty at. I've been diligent about cleaning up after the dogs but I would still like to mow it myself.  I have not let the dogs go behind the camper at all and that area really needs mowed. There is a power cord on the ground that will have to be picked up before any one can do that.  Jerry put the cover on the canopy frame over the weekend and I'm in no hurry to take it back off. As long as we don't get a strong wind it should stay on okay with these storms we are suppose to get today.
Barney, Macon and Rocky have been outside three times so far today.  Barney wanted to play but the other two just wanted to stand around and stare at nothing.  For a while this afternoon, Macon laid in front of the door staring out. Then one of the cats joined him and he left.  I'm not sure if he got bored or didn't want the company.  The cats have spent some of their time looking out the back window and sleeping on the back of the couch, today.
I'm making one of Hubby's favorite meals tonight for dinner. I'll put together a salad first, but he loves Hot Dogs and Mac & Cheese. I baked some sugar cookies for our dessert tonight. I am slowly emptying the freezer. 
I am hearing... the last couple of days I have been turning off the T. V. for a bit and turning on a Christian Radio Station in the afternoons.  I have been trying to catch up on some of the shows I've DVR-ed but I am not interested in the T. V. as much.  Hubby and I use to watch a lot of the comedy's but not any more. What some are calling funny or comedy just is not funny or entertaining to us any more.
I am wearing... Light Gray Sweat Pants and a dark shirt with horses on it.
I  am creating... I have been trying to gather all my scattered craft stuff into a couple of places. I found some T-shirts I bought last fall and some iron on lace and rhinestones and I really need to work on that this week.
 I should have taken my walk earlier but Now that its raining I don't feel like going walking at all. 

 

Billie C.

Howdy....

 

Howdy....  I hope you enjoyed a blessed Easter Sunday yesterday. I have found 5 ticks on me in just one day.  All very, very small. I have found that they die very fast with hand sanitizer.  We got a lot done yesterday. We ate breakfast at Golden Corral although I thought we were going to eat at IHOP. Jerry said he prefers Golden Corral.  I gave our some Easter Mini cards to the girls I know. We drove around a little bit, but there just wasn't anything going on. We never saw any cars at the mall so assumed it was closed for the day. We went to Wal-mart and did our shopping. I picked up the pet food and my insulin before heading to the back. I picked up a rubber made tub before starting the food shopping. Jerry picked up the cola's and the gallons of water I need for this week. I got Eggs and Jerry's breakfast sausage. He picked up one as well. That's okay, we'll use them both.  I really didn't need much more than salad making stuff this week. I did pick up a Chop Magic (dicer) We still were close to $200 total. But then. that's close to $50 in Insulin and at least $30 in pet food and cat litter.
We brought that home. and I put away the food. let the dogs out and Let the cats out for a little bit. We put the cats back into a kennel and then Jerry pulled the screen frame off the front window. I had to help with moving stuff and getting the couch out of the way. Once we had the frame off, it didn't take all that long to cut the hardware wire screening and put it back up.  I moved all my plants out of the back window so we could do that one next.  It went faster since we didn't have to move much out of the way.  Next was the window over my bed. We have 5 more windows to go, but we can do those with 2 foot wide instead of using 3 foot wire screening. One we really don't have to do, but I want them all to look the same. I'll have to unload and move the drawers my Cricut stuff is in to get to it.
Jerry put the compressor together that he bought last week.  He needs to tighten up a couple of couplings.
I got to wear my skirt yesterday. I did change out of it while we were working on the screens and put it back on when we went back to Golden Corral for our dinner.
 Because we usually have so much to do on Sunday's I don't wear a dress or skirt.  We were able to do the laundry on Saturday. Although for a while, it was beginning to look like we were going to have to do it on Sunday. Every laundry mat was busy. The one we stopped at had three cars but one was loading up their laundry so we stayed. I used two large front loading and two double load machines.  I got all of Jerry's winter coats washed and dried as well as half of the blankets from our beds. I want to do the rest of the blankets next time. The blankets I washed included the Electric blankets.  
We were on a hunt Saturday. Not geo-caching but for an item I had seen last fall. A portable storage unit. It's a metal frame with a poly tarp cover that zips up in front. Only two people seem to know what I was talking about and recalled seeing them. but no one had any of them. I did suggest we make our own with PVC pipe but Jerry said no.  I just need large enough to put the compressor and the lawn mower in it.  Maybe I can find a couple of them this fall.
Whew.  That was the weekend for us. Today I have been cleaning the camper. I have worked in all but one room. The living room tends to be more of a catch all and today I am just too done in to work on it now.  Besides, Jerry just texted me that he's on his way home so I now have to start our dinner soon.
Outside my door ...  Sunny, high 74, chance of rain tomorrow.

 

The Dogs ... were in and out all day yesterday. Of course they were pushing things for a bit. Barney kept wanting to go where I don't want them. and then he peed on the truck tire even though he knows we don't want him doing that. Rocky wanted to go behind the camper as well. I don't want them back there as it's harder to clean up and it needs to be mowed. Jerry didn't get the lawnmower checked for running yet.  I may check out the weed eater and trim around the camper with it. 
The Cats ... Were not happy being in the kennel so much but once they were let out, ran to the back and sat on the counter and looked out the window. Today will be much better. Once it warms up, I'll open the windows and they can look out and enjoy the fresh air from either end of the camper.

 

From the kitchen... Salad, Pork chops, Boiled/Baked Potato,biscuits Banana Pudding
 I have a problem getting my baked potatoes soft enough to eat. Any more, I boil them for about 15 minutes earlier in the day then bake them while the meat is baking in the roaster and they come out nice and fluffy. I put a bit of salt in the water when I boil them so they taste better.
I am hearing... I asked Jerry to get batteries for my radio since I can't seem to find it's power cord.  I know most of today will be covering the Boston Marathon and I don't want to hear that all day long. I'll turn on the radio while I'm working in the back.
I am wearing...  Yesterday, was a skirt and nice looking T-shirt. Today I'm starting off in brown sweat pants but if I get warm, I can change into the dark blue shorts I wore while we were working on the screens and a stained up (work) T-shirt. 
I am reading... I've restarted Hunger Games, and I'm still reading the Bible a chapter a day. I've started 2 kings.
I am creating... I need to paint up the flower pots I picked up last week and the saucers for them. after that I can repot all my house plants and leave some of them out on the table for a bit.  I started a list of things I need to work on. I keep finding ideas on the weekend then forget them when the weeks starts. 
A few plans for today... Today is "Clean the Camper" day.  I give a through cleaning on Mondays and just have to maintain it the rest of the week.  Weekends I don't do much cleaning at all and we are messy.  Add to that, the pets are shedding and the floors need to be swept before I can run the vacuum over it. and I have to fold the laundry we did over the weekend. I have all of it in today and that is going to take more than the usual amount of time.  I just don't want to spread it over the week this week.

 

Billie C.

Howdy

Howdy.  Yesterday Jerry was rained out. After the rain eased up a bit, he took me to town and I was able to do a bit of shopping with him not looking over my shoulder.  I picked up a couple of things I forgot while food shopping. A can of Baked Beans I got hungry for  and some coconut as well as a small package of Chocolate chips to make desserts for the week.  I found a box to send Beth Heather's Easter dress in and had to get a Sharpie pen and tape to close the box with. I was able to get both boxes in the mail and she should have them by Monday.
I had meant to start a roast for our dinner tonight but by the time I remembered it was too late to put into the crock pot. I'll fix it tomorrow.  I have all my dailies done except for making dinner and I'll start  that in about an hour. Salad, Mashed potato and a ham steak.  I'm trying to cacth up with a few shows today. I need to watch and delete all the old Game of Thrones and make room for the new ones of the season.  I also need to catch up on my Y&R soon.   ,
This morning started off very cloudy but now this early evening (5 pm) it's mostly sunny and in the mid 60's. I have two of the vents open and the door is open as well. Suppose to be in the mid 60's tomorrow as well.   The trees are starting to green up around here. Just now starting. I have seen the dog woods and the cottonwoods blooming when we go to town but there are not any close to where we have the camper and I have yet to walk around the lake but I really need to try to do that soon.   I have seen a few Daffidills this year and there are a couple of Tuplip Populars I saw on the way to town that are in bloom. I have seen just one red but tree this year. I think I miss seeing those on dark rainy days most.  The buds just look so much brighter on a rainy day.
The dogs have been sleeping most of today. Barney got in trouble for trying to go after Tupelo. She was at the door and scratched at it and he went after her and Rocky put him down on the floor.  Barney has been trying that more and more here lately and I'm afraid we may have to find him a new home at this rate.  I would much rather find the cats a new home, to be honest. They don't like moving and they really could live at a place they can be outside more.
I went through the tub I had my summer clothes in last week and found my shorts. I'll be wearing some of them this week. Right now i"m in grey sweat pants and my yellowish "cave horses" t shirt we picked up three years ago in Erin TN.
I have re-started reading " Hunger Games" and want to find my copy of "Game of Thrones" since I'm watching the series again. We need to pick up Season three of Game. I already have one and two.  I finished the last chapter in 1 kings in the Bible this morning. Some of those kings I never heard of and I have to wonder why they are not preached about in churches. 
I am looking foward to our next move. I am in hopes that it' to Tennessee but right now it could be any where. It's getting crowded here in this back section. Last fall we wanted to move the camper up front, closer to the road but the space we wanted was suppose to be worked on and we didn't want in the middle in bad weather.  I'm disappointed that the work that was suppose to be done was not done and we could have been more comfortable up front. 
I went through my patterns and material on Sunday and plan on doing some sewing soon.  I need to look through toddler patterns again for a dress I want to make Heather. I do have a few things to cut and sew for Bailey. I found a few tops I want to iron on some designs to and the iron on studs and color dots.  I may work on that tomorrow.

 

Billie C.

Good Afternoon,

Good Afternoon, I hope you are feeling well and enjoying some good weather. The last three days have been wonderful We had a rain shower mid morning today but it was short and oh so sweet as it washed the pollen out of the air.  By the time I took the dogs out for their afternoon potty it was dry again. The sandy lot has a way of doing that.  I enjoyed a nice walk with Rocky this afternoon. We went to the playground, then down to the roadway, along the lake, up the hill through the middle section to a picnic table for a short rest then back to the camper.  Rocky was fairly good and he also waited until we were back to Poop in the woods. I didn't remember to take a bag with me so that was very good. The cats are not all that happy because they can not be outside, but I only have to rattle some cat food in a dish to get two of them to come to a kennel and the third gets the "Princess"  treatment. That is she is carried and gently put into the kennel with the other two. I put the canopy cover on the frame yesterday, by myself. It took some doing because its a tight fit but I got it done. It smells a bit musty and since we are suppose to get rain tomorrow I plan on spraying it with some cleaner before the rain starts to help clean it up.  I have been trying to catch up with "The Young and the Restless", and "Game of Thrones" the last couple of days.  I need to make some room on the DVR for more recordings.  I'm going to have to ask Jerry to look through his stuff and either watch or delete. 

 

For Dinner tonight I think I'll make hamburger patties and fried potatoes. Of course I will have a salad but I'm not sure what, if anything, to fix for a dessert.

 

I am wearing...  For the first time this year, I'm wearing shorts.  I should have worn them yesterday. It was that hot (I'm not complaining about that) when I cleaned out the cat box Monday, I have to clean the whole closet and since I was down to the floor, I opened the tub in there and there was all my summer clothes. I put them out and now that tub is full of my winter tops. So my shorts and white tops are at the top of my drawers and ready to wear.  Too bad the weather is suppose to be back in the upper 50's this weekend.  but I'm ready for that, as well.

 

I am reading... I am still reading the Bible one chapter at a time (sometimes I may read in the morning then later in the afternoon, and I am now in 1 kings.  Interesting reading and there are kings in there that I never heard of from any pulpit. Each one was worse than the one before.
I am thinking... About when we move the camper again, and what am I going to do with all this stuff and the stuff that is outside, as well.  I'm hoping that it won't be really hot so we can have the cats in the camper and not in the truck, they just don't like moving and are very vocal about it. 
I am thankful for... Still having the ability to walk around the park and driveway.  This week some gravel was dumped along the roadway and into our parking area.  That was noisy and dusty but well worth it. We could use more that at least Jerry doesn't have to worry about slipping in the mud. I know that the girls are going through a lot each but they are each handling it better than I would have, I think. 
I am hoping... that Jerry comes home with some great news. We may be moving sooner rather than later but to where is the question. This company has jobs open in PA, TX and TN. We are hoping for TN but I think Jerry may take TX if we can't go to TN. He's not sure the camper will be able to hold up on that long of a trip is the only draw back on that.

 

I am creating... A plan on keeping the camper cleaner this summer.  I am also planning on taking better care of "me". I really need to get out and walk more often. Mornings would be better for me than afternoons. finding the perfect place in my "dailies" list for that.
One of my favorite things...  Once I get out, walking.  All the prep just to get out the door, not so much.  I have to be sure the cats are in a kennel, the two dogs left behind are not going to get into any trouble. The camper is not too hot for a bit of time. let the dog I'm walking take a leak, and have time to poop, have a plastic bag in case he waits to do it while we are walking,  and then, finally we can start our walk.. today I had to turn back three times to shush up the other two. Barney ended up with a spanking and he still didn't shut up. I finally had to put Macon in with him because then Macon didn't want to shut up when he saw me walking away from the camper so into the kennel so he couldn't see me, turn up the TV and turn on the fan even though it wasn't hot in the camper. I didn't hear a peep out of them after that.
A few plans for today... Well my day is almost over with. (it's just after 4 so all that is really left is making dinner)  but I might get up from writing this and make a card or two just cause I can.
A few plans for the rest of the week... Tomorrow (Friday) since we eat out on Payday, I may try to make a couple of Easter Cards for my Grand kids or some friends.  Of course I'll be reading emails and doing my dailies, take care of the pets and try to get in a walk.

 

Billie C.

it's been a while since I sent in an update.

Hello. I hope you are doing well.
I know, it's been a while since I sent in an update. I'm sorry
Just in case I didnt tell you before, My eye surgery went well and is healing as it should. I go back in May for another check up.  I can see a bit of improvement each day out of that eye and hope that the work on the right eye does just as well.
My Hubby and I figured it up and since the first of this year, he's gotten in two full weeks of work. All the other weeks he has missed at least one day if not more. And he missed a day this week (Yesterday) due to ice and sleet. We did get some good news in that he was asked if he would like to go to Tennessee with this company and of course he said Yes!.. Not sure when that is going to happen but should be sometime this Spring.  I am hoping that it's after my eye appointment. 
Speaking of Weather.  It's been crazy here. We have had sunny and 70's only to be down in the 20's and icy and snowy and dreary all in one week.  it just is wild.  I went looking through my pictures I took last year and after searching for a bit found that our trees here didn't budd out until April last year. I though it had been in March.  I have not been taking as many pcitures this year as I did last year. I lost the battery to my red camera and I miss using it. I'm hoping to get a new camera when we get the tax return in. 
Barney and Macon seem to like this weather but not Rocky. He wants to come back in as soon as he's "done" and the other two want to play. when it's dry Rocky will find a place in the sun and lay down and watch the other two playing. He gets a bit miffed if , in their play, they run close to him. Worse if they run over him and the two have figured that out and will look at each other, start to play then run over Rocky.  Yes, they are mean to each other.
Barney is in the dog house.again. He pooped in the floor. but he also peed on my bed. He is just lucky that where he peed it didn't seep through to my blankets or sheets. I had planned on washing that jacket anyway.  But Jerry found where he pooped on Jerry's bed, as well.. We can't be too mad at him though. He did come to us twice to go out and we ignored him.  He does not get the idea of waiting for just a few more minutes. So he is now limited to the living room (again)
The cat have to stay inside now.  We have had new people move in and they don't like kitty tracks on their trucks. They don't seem to mind them covered in dirt, but don't let a cat near them.  They have been behaving so far.  They do seem to get more active just before our bedtime and have gotten in trouble with me, jumping onto the back of the couch while I'm sitting on it, because they like to use my leg to boost themselves on up.. I have three scratches on it right now because of that.  I hold a flyswatter over my left leg (the one with the scratches) to remind them, that's a no-no. 
With last weeks paycheck being very short (19 hours) I was limited in how much we could spend on grocries. But since I knew it was going to be a short check I was able to stock up a bit the week before. Hubby has been helping with the cooking on the days he's not working and I think he forgets that I am eating less.  I do eat all my salad, and just take less of the rest of the meal.  Tonight, I'm going to either fix Hot dogs and Mac and Cheese or Chicken breast and mashed potatoes. Either way, I'll have much less of the starfchy stuff and more salad. Hubby is okay with taking the left overs to work for his lunch.
I made Sugar Free pudding four our dessert tonight.
I am hearing... I got to hear my Grand daughter playing in the back-ground while talking to my daughter today. 
I am wearing... brown sweat pans and a black tshirt that has the names of all the members of the Jazz band from my daughter's last year school.
I am creating...  My notebook of crafts.  I include any thing I do with my fingernails as well. For St Patricks Day, I painted them a medium green then put a glittered green on top of that, then on the thumb nails. I added a bit of irradance sparkle  I made a couple of "Happy Spring" cards. I'm thinking of sending them to my Grand Daughters. I need to make a card to send to my grand son as well.   I need to find some Super Hero ideas for his card. I'll work on his card tomorrow.  I may make one for another little boy I know of.
Of course when I was almost done, I had to take the dogs out. I cleaned up first though. I also added the information to my notebook. Oops. I forgot to add in the size details. I'll have to do that in a minute or two.  I also need to look up a "Spring" poem to put into them.
Tomorrow, once I get the camper cleaned up, I'll work on another card or two.  Hum. maybe even some Easter Cards because it will be here before we know it. I also need to get out a cartridge for Tinker Bell and cut some of those out and send to my daughter so she can pick out which one she wants on her daughter's invites for the party in September. She's giving me lots of time to put them together.  We want to include a "wish list" without it looking like she's asking for these things, but only as suggestions of what to give if someone can't think of what would be a good gift.  I want to do that on a seperate paper or card so that who needs it can carry just the list when they go shopping and not the whole card. 
I'm fairly sure that Hubby is going to have to work on Saturday to make up for yesterday.  So we will have to do our laundry as well as the shopping on Sunday.

 

Billie C.