Howdy....

Howdy.... I woke up about 6:10 and got dressed then took the dogs out. Jerry got home a bit after 7 and I found out he called me but I never heard the phone. I made breakfast for the both of us, and now he's gone off to bed. With this rainy day he should be able to sleep well. It's nice and dark in the bedroom today.

( 6 PM) We have had rain all day long and it looks like most of tonight as well. Hubby has gone off to work but half expects he'll be sent back home. I've jumped up and gotten most of the dishes washed, waiting on the hot water tank to reheat now as I write this. I know it's still winter but I'm so ready for warmth and spring to get here. I think the ground hog got it wrong this year. Beth said they had over 8 inches of snow where she's at.
The dogs are barking and running between the door and Jerry's bed. There's a new camper moving in down the row from us and they want to go see. The cars are all back outside now that they have had their canned food. Stripes got booted out the door earlier because he jumped on the stove and wouldn't get down when I told him to get down. He spent the rest of the day outside, mewing to come back in. I only allowed him in to eat.
Tomorrow morning, I'm going to start a pork roast. Jerry isn't much for pork roast but if I season it right he may eat it. I'm debating between cooking it in the crock pot or in the oven. I'm thinking the crock pot because if I use the oven I have to plug the heater in someplace else. I'll have to fix a salad to go with the roast. I will add potatoes and green beans in the pot as well. I going to remember to sear all the sides of the roast before I put it in the pot. Not sure what I'll make for dessert yet. I'll figure that out in the morning.
I have the news on but I'm waiting for Jerry to call me and let me know he's on his way back home. I need to watch a couple of the shows I DVR-ed today. Tonight we will have NCIS and NCIS LA on. I don't know what I'll watch after that because from what I've seen of the ad's for "Golden Boy" I'm not interested in that show at all.

I am wearing... dark blue sweat pants and a purple sweater. (sigh) I need some lighter colors to wear, I think.
I am reading... I read my chapter of the bible this morning and I've been reading emails all day long off and on. Playing Book Worm from time to time as well.
I am thinking... I can't wait for my Magic Bullet to get here so I can see just what does it do. I want to try the juicer part out first I think. I will need to go to the store first.
I am thankful for... Jerry still working although we would rather he not work nights.
I am hoping... Jerry doesn't have to work in the rain tonight. That we can visit Heather and her family next month.
I am creating... I need to work on a couple of cards for the grand kids for St Patrick's day.
One of my favorite things... surprising Jerry with things he likes to eat.
A few plans for today...Well tonight anyway... I plan on making Jerry's bed. and I hope to get the floor cleaned up, I know it would get done if I would just get up off the couch and do it.
A few plans for the rest of the week... I try not to make plans because sure as I do, I have to scrap them or change them around too much.

 

Billie C

Each leaf on the four leaf clover represents one of the following:



1st leaf is Hope
2nd is Faith
3rd is Love
4th is Luck

Howdy.

 

 

Howdy. It's a fine Sunday afternoon. I'm on the lazy side today.. I'm just now starting my dishes... our water tank is so small that I have to run the dish water, let a few things sit in it while the tank warms up more water.  Try taking a shower sometime with just 3 to 4 gallons of hot water and you'll have an idea how much fun that is. 

 

I've already fed the cats outside. I want to change the time I feed them from afternoon to mornings.
Because Jerry got off work because of rain yesterday, he had to go in today and work.  So he's not got a full day off because he had to get up early and go to the  job yesterday.  He took a nap yesterday afternoon and went to bed a bit later than his usual. He did pick up "Game Of Throwns" season 2 while we were at Wal-mart yesterday. 

 

The sun is shining and I have the door open for a little while.  Rocky is sitting on front of the door staring at the neighbors. Macon is asleep in the sun on my bed and Barney is right beside him.  I haven't made the beds yet today.. I may not make them for a while. as I said, I'm on the lazy side today.
I'm going to make Hot dogs with spegettie noodles poked through them for our dinner tomorrow, and I'll serve them with tomato sauce.  I have the makings for Chili for later this week.
I have the tv on for noise but I may turn it off and play some music on my mp3 player.
I've been reading emails today. I have most of next weeks craft newsletters ready to go out. Just have to finish them up with a printable picture
Oh Man. Jerry just called. He's still working but he's going to nights. Not by choice, I'll have to go to Hobby Lobby tomorrow and pick up some dark material to make the bedroom dark enough he can sleep.

 

Billie C

Each leaf on the four leaf clover represents one of the following:



1st leaf is Hope
2nd is Faith
3rd is Love
4th is Luck

Paint a Shamrock Ivy Bowl

http://www.allfreecrafts.com/stpatrick/ivy-bowl.shtml

How to Paint a Shamrock Ivy Bowl

If you've never painted on glass before, this St. Patrick's day shamrock ivy bowl is a perfect project to learn a new skill.

St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Bowl
What You Need:

glass ivy bowl

glass paint (brand used here was Pebeo vitrea)

rubbing alcohol

soap and water

Glass Painting - Ivy Bowl
Instructions:

1. Wash the ivy bowl thoroughly with soap and water and allow to dry completely.

2. Paint on the design. Shamrocks are easy to do - simply paint three heart shapes to make the familiar shamrock leaf shape, with a small stem added at the bottom.

3. If you make a mistake, you can erase the paint with rubbing alcohol, then allow it to dry and begin again.

4. Wait 24 hours to allow paint to set and cure, before baking to set the design permanently. Follow package instructions for baking -- the glasses shown were baked in the oven for 40 minutes at 325 degrees. After baking, your design should be resistant to normal usage and dishwashing.

 

Billie C

Each leaf on the four leaf clover represents one of the following:



1st leaf is Hope
2nd is Faith
3rd is Love
4th is Luck

Howdy

Howdy. Can I pull my hair out now?? I've poured a whole bottle of drain cleaner into this darn drain. 1/2 in the morning and the rest throughout the day as it's seeped just a little through the drain. I know it's not under the drain as I have a large dishpan under there to take care of any drips that may occur. I have a drip from the faucet so I've been keeping an old juice jug under it to keep from diluting the drain cleaner more. That is also how I know it's a very slow seep. When I first put the jug under the drip the bottom of it was in the bit of water/drain cleaner at the edge of the sink. It got low enough that the water wasn't even touching it. I empted that jug last night and put it under the drip again, It was over-flowing when I got up this morning at 7 AM. and the water was touching the bottom of it again.

 

I'm getting so spoiled with this, though. I get my kiss and a "I Love You" as Jerry is walking out the door. I don't have to get up. That is, unless the dogs beg to be walked. And if I wait until around 9 PM to walk them, they are good until 7 AM.

We ate at Pizza Hut last night. It wasn't too crowded. A family with 5 or 6 kids were there, and there was one kid, one of those "in the middle" kids who was just pushing his luck with everyone at the table. His Mom even made his change places and sit by her so she could stop his bad behavior. And I mean he really was pushing it. First he wanted down off the high chair. and he was determined to get down. He got a swat for that and he stopped tried to get down. Then he would push his highchair away from the table. It's on wheels so hey, that was fun. He did that several times even after his mom said she would take him out into the parking lot and give him "What For". That was when she moved him from beside his dad to around the table and to sit by her. Then he was banging the table with a spoon so they took the spoon away. Then he wanted to go to the bathroom. He got down and started to pick on one of his brothers instead of going to the bathroom, so back into the chair he went. Then two other brothers went to the bathroom and he wanted to join them. Not going to happen. By then their Pizza's came out and he settled down to eat. I did very well, not laughing out loud. We got a discount on our bread sticks because of how loud that kid was all the time. I didn't have the heart to tell the waitress that I was entertained by him, knowing that "I" didn't have to take him home and put him to bed.

We went to K-Mart after we got done eating. Jerry needed to replace his watch. He just can't find his watch and he's lost without it. He also picked up a different drain snake but by the time we got back home, it was time for him to go to bed, He said he'd use it tonight but I bet he won't work in that drain until Sunday. Which of course, naturally means we are eating out tonight. It will be hard to find someplace that isn't crowded because it will be the day after Valentines and Friday (date night for lots of people).

 

 

When we got home, I had Jerry's Valentines gift ready for him. I had a card on his computer and this cup on top of it. Jerry got me a card, while he was picking up his watch and the drain snake.

 

I reminded Jerry that I want to go look at the used Campers at the local R. V. center. We need larger but lighter. I would like a pull out of the side, as well. We want the Bath in the middle as well so that the bedroom is at one end.

. The one really bad thing about Jerry only getting one day a week off is we don't have time to just drive around. I still want to visit Shelby in Lynchburg but I just have so much to get done in just one day. Laundry, that takes at least 2 hours. And here lately we keep putting it off until we have next to nothing left to wear. We have to do all our shopping as well. The van will only hold so much so we usually end up taking the laundry home then have to go back out to do the shopping. Jerry wants to just sit at home and rest and I want to get out because all I have done is sit at home. We would like to go to a couple of museums around here. We would like to go find more Geo-caches.

Billie C
make a fake email address in your address books. It works for any email account and will prevent anyone accessing your address books to send viruses and spam out. It is really simple to do. Go to add a new contact. You do not have to put a name at all. All you have to do is make the email address as follows. ~aaa.aaaaa@aaaaa.aaa

Because I also text to phones from my computer, I used ~111@11.11 so it's at the top of my email book

Once done the hacker cannot get past this fake address and so all your other addresses are safe and out of reach. The second safety feature of doing this is that you will be notified of a mail delivery failure notice when a hacker tries to uss this fake address to begin sending out mail. Because it is all (a's) this will always be the very first contact address in your email address books and hence why all others will be safe. I hope that this helps.

10 great uses for Altoids or Sucrets tins

http://penelopesoasis.com/2011/altoid-tin-project-uses-crafts.html

10 great uses for Altoids or Sucrets tins.

 

Billie C

Tuesday Howdy....

Tuesday Howdy.... Now that I'm back on line... I just hate the my address book was used to send spam out. And worse was that I couldn't use my mountainrose mail for the rest of the day. The one bright spot is I now have a list of useless email addresses I can remove from my address book. I've been working on that a bit already.
I spent some of my off line time, copying recipe from emails into my recipe files.
I did manage to get a lot of my chores done yesterday. All but washing the dishes and putting things away in the living room. When Jerry called that he was on his way home, I asked him to pick up "Draino" or some other clog busting chemical. (I don't want to do it) He didn't stop on his way home... I'm guessing he thought I just didn't know what I was doing under the sink.... Duh. He tried but didn't get any better results that what I got.. Let's see, I tried to snake the drain. I got about 3 or 4 foot, I tried lots and lots of boiling water, laundry soap, dish soap and even fast orange hand cleaner. None of it seemed to work at all.

Outside my door ... Oh, Nice today. The sun is shining and we are to be in the low 60's today. That means I get to open the door later and let this camper air out, again.

The Dogs ... Went ballistic this morning.... They saw deer, by the time I got out the door to see what they were barking at all I saw was some white tails bounding through the woods. Barney was bouncing off of things so he's in the kennel for a bit.

The Cats ... come and go as they please. If they want in, they will "Meow" at the door. If they want out, they will sit at the door until one of us opens it for them. They are still in hopes that I'll open the back window so they cane come in and go out that way. Not going to happen.
From the kitchen... Salad, Taco seasoned Ground Beef in Mac and Cheese, and I'm not sure on dessert just yet. I'm thinking of baking a cake and tinting some of it Green and Purple ( a King Cake).
I am hearing... Jets over-head. the fan on the heater, the TV, the dogs barking at the low flying jet.

I am wearing... Gray sweat pants and a black T-shirt with horses on it.

 

Billie C

Sausage Corn Bread Stuffing "From Our Home to Yours"

Sausage Corn Bread Stuffing

 

"From Our Home to Yours"
Ozark First Church of the Nazarene"
2004

 

1/4 lb, Bulk Pork Sausage
1 1/4 cup water
1/2 cup Whole Kernal Corn
1/2 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 teaspoon Parsley Flakes
4 cups Pepperidge Farm Corn Bread Stuffing

 

In medium pan cook sausage until browned, breaking up the meat as it cooks, drain off fat.
Stir in water, corn, cheese and parsley. Add stuffing mix, Mixing lightly. Spoon into greased 1 1/2 quart Casserole pan.
Cover and bake at 350F for 25 minutes or until hot.

 

Billie C

<Goals for 2013
Lose a pound a week. Y
Walk around the drive circle twice each day.(M XX,T ,W ,T ,F )
Complete at least one craft a week
Read at least one book a week. X