“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” By Edgar Alan Poe
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
I'm afraid of 10 out of 72 common fears
Murphy and I are going for a drive in Mountain. So Monday I’ll post about our little trip. Is Meme is open who wish to do it. Please let me know if you do this
[ ] the dark
[ ] staying single forever
[ ] being a parent
[ ] giving birth
[X ] being myself in front of others
[ ] open spaces
[X ] closed spaces (Every so often I have panic attack and I will feel like the walls are coming to an close and actual there not)
[ ] heights
[ ] dogs
[ ] birds
[ ] fish
[ ] spiders
[ ] flowers or other plants
Total so far: 2
[ ] being touched
[ ] fire
{] deep water
[ ] snakes
[ ] silk
[ X] the ocean
[X ] failure
[X ] success
[ ] thunder/lightning
[ ] frogs/toads
[ ] my boyfriend’s/girlfriend’s dad
[ ] boyfriend’s/girlfriend’s mom
[ X] rats
[ ] jumping from high places
[ ] snow
Total so far: 6
[ ] rain
[ ] wind
[ ] crossing hanging bridges
[X ] death (I’m not scared of being dead but it the style I may die in. I don’t want to die in pain)
[ ] heaven
[ ] being robbed
[ ] falling
[ ] clowns
[ ] dolls
[ ] large crowds of people
[ ] men
[ ] women
[ ] having great responsibilities
[ ] doctors, including dentists
[ ] tornadoes
Total so far: 7
[ ] hurricanes
[ ] incurable diseases
[ ] sharks
[ ] Friday the 13th
[ ] ghosts
[ ] poverty
[ ] Halloween
[ ] school
[ ] trains
[ ] odd numbers
[ ] even numbers
[x ] being alone
[ ] becoming blind
[ ] becoming deaf
[ ] growing up
Total so far: 8
[ ] creepy noises in the night
[ ] bee stings
[X ] not accomplishing my dreams/goals
[X ] needles
[ ] blood
[ ] dinosaurs
[ ] the welcome mat
[ ] high speed
[ ] throwing up
[ ] falling in love
[ ] super secrets
Final Total: 10
… if you wish to post this in your journal, it’s been requested that you title it “I’m afraid of __ out of 72 common fears”
If you get more than 30, I strongly recommend some counseling.
If you get more than 20, you’re paranoid.
If you get 10-20, you are normal.
If you get 10 or less, you’re fearless.
People who don’t have any are liars
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Photo Hunt (Bright)
This week hunt for a certain photo is BRIGHT and for the following hunt the photo that needs to be capture is “pointed”
To be part or the hunt please visit our hostess TN Chick and her Photo Hunt
I had two ideals for this week photo hunt and if I couldn’t find this picture I would of posted the other one.
This is I and I was in third or fourth grade.
I recalling my mom sewing this dress for me so I could have my picture token in it and she stayed up late at night sewing it for me.
I recall walking in my class room and everyone commenting on that I had the brightest colors on that day.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Falling Off The Wagon
I want to post this on the 25th that is my question in the know. I guess it better late then never.
On the 25th of every month I’m going to try to ask a deep thought question. It ok to past this around blogsphere.
If any one answer my question can you please let me know Peppylady
We all have our short coming and they’re area that we need to over come in our life.
When one sit a goal to change something in their life why do you believe you personally will fall off the wagon
I recently gave up my afternoon coffee and I usual drink something else instead of my coffee.
It is usual some type of warm herb tea.
So I replace a habit for anther one.
But now I’m trying to cut back on my animal fat, which I eat and I know we all need some type of protein in our diet.
Honest time…I’m not even sure real how much animal we eat here But I believe we eat way to much of it.
Honest time…I don’t know what, how, or how much I should replace our animal fat consumption to But with our out of shape bodies I believe it would be a beneficial.
Going to different Christen churches they all had this one verse they use Roman 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”
In the back of my head I think to my self.
Why try to improve your self it real not worth your time you’re a sinner and doesn’t matter how hard one become a better person we all are just darn lucky that god/dess for gives us.
So even this Bible verse still has effect on me in a negative way.
So I believe there two main reason why I fall off the wagon. Which are not having the tools to over come one bad habit and general guilt
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Two New Items
Well I’m up and running. They set up my computer a little different then what I had before.
In all honest I like it a lot better, so far so good.
In general my life is pretty routine.
Not much excitement for this gal
I did something new and different. I made a lemon meringue pie for the first time the filling came out great.
But I could twick the meringue. I believe I would use less sugar in the merinque, pinch of cream of tartar, and cook it in oven with the rack in higher position
I ran into town to pick up the computer and as I’m in town. I would grab a few items and I notice the fish and game was in B.T.C parking lot.
With their birdhouses and only for five bucks.
You can’t get the material for that even.
Now need to find a place to put it. I learn edge a field is good spot which I have, they like their birdhouse 6 to 8 feet off the ground and they don’t care for after noon sun.
But still I need to fine a spot
I’m doing a push up challenge, which I post about on the 23 or 24 of this month.
I tried to do regular push up and couldn’t
So I’m starting at level one and at button of the pile.
I’m doing them the wussy style. The ones that your on your knees
Well tomorrow sometime I’ll be posting a question. I’m calling it “In the know”. I hope to post some type of question around the 25th of every month that doesn’t have a right or wrong answer
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Late Breaking News
I will catch you all up on news....
This is type on the 26 of June and post for the 25th.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
No Need For a Title
What the House Test Says About You |
You consider yourself important, but no more important than anyone else. You love attention, but you don't feel like you deserve more of it than anyone else. You aren't against being community oriented, but it's not really your thing. You tend to prefer to focus on your family and not the neighborhood around you. You are creative, expressive, and bright. You are always in the middle of some amazing project. You take good care of your physical appearance. You dress well, stay in shape, and do your best to look great. You are moved by romance and love. You are optimistic about people, and you love hearing about happy endings. |
You Are 56% Open Minded |
You are a very open minded person, but you're also well grounded. Tolerant and flexible, you appreciate most lifestyles and viewpoints. But you also know where you stand firm, and you can draw that line. You're open to considering every possibility - but in the end, you stand true to yourself. |
I did the push up test on Sunday and I did not even one. 20 years ago I could do a 100 of them.
So off to boot camp.
For more info on the 100 push ups
Monday, June 23, 2008
Thirty It Depends What
I’m taking my computer in shop Monday today and I should be back on Wednesday.
Make sure you stop in on the 26 of the month. I’ll be posting my monthly question “Need to know__________?”
During the photo hunt last Saturday I was visiting Joy is my goal and I saw this interesting challege called How many can you do? That is push up. Here the Challenge
Joy is doing it and so is her Daughter in law is doing it. Hey before Sawyer was born I could easily do a hundred push up and I couldn’t do one now.
I’m in
24 As a 1930s wife, I am |
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Lithia Celebration
It was beautiful day to begin Lithia , summer solstice or some may say mid summer
The picture above is looking south down our road. Anyhow that our cat Ziggy in the picture.
I made a Litha pie which I got the recipe sometime ago from Jaspenelleand my friend Quenella brought a rhubarb pie which is my all time favor pie.
Her and her hubby Earl just got done making 10 gallons of rhubarb wine
Ingredients:
· A pie shell
Ingredients for the nectarine layer:
· 3 cups of nectarines or peaches (peeled and sliced)
· 2 Tbsp sugar
· 1 Tbsp lemon juice
· 1 tsp cornstarch
· 1 Tbsp butter or margarine
Ingredients for the berries layer
· 4 cups of blackberries or blueberries (I use 2 cups of each)
· 1/4 cup sugar
· 1 Tbsp lemon juice
· 1 tsp cornstarch
· A dash of cinnamon
· 1 Tbsp butter or margarine
Instructions:
1. Bake pie crust at 350ºF for about 15 to minutes. Let cool on rack.
2. Mash the peaches with sugar, lemon juice, and cornstarch and pour into a saucepan. Cook on medium for 5 minutes until it thickens.
3. Mash 2 cups of the berries with the sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, and cinnamon. Cook in saucepan over medium heat for about 10 minutes. Add in the butter with the rest of the whole berries and stir. Cool and pour it over top of the peach layer.
Chill and serve.
Standing left to right is Earl, Peppy, Quenella, and Murphy. I invited anther family out to celebrate with us.
But they couldn’t come. Murphette knee was bothering her. She has fibromyalgia and some other bone problem. It was acting up.
But we had a great time just visiting. We start with drinks Qunella and I had ice coffee that sure brought.
Earl and Murphy had beer out of our fridge. Murphy isn’t much of a drinker and I ended up finish his beer.
Quenella brought some chips and dip that she made and it was outstanding. I need to get it and share it with you all.
Plus they brought some grapes.
Earl brought his one steak and his horseshoes. The two men tossed Horseshoes including Bart tossed some.
It seems like at our family reunion we play a lot of horseshoes.
Actual I can toss horseshoes fairly well, which I don’t do very often.
Quenella hasn’t ever played horseshoes before. She isn’t very adventure toward new things and ideals.
I’m actual taken on new things and ideal.
Then after we ate barbeque hamburgers and all the toppings. Plus we had baked beans with it.
Then we played one game of pinochle. Murphy and I were against Earl and Quenella. Murphy and I ended up being the winners.
On the last hand Earl got sick and Bart ended up playing his tricks out. He did a great job for the first time. But I think he was nervous
For being now summer and Sunday it time for feverish thoughts
My Aunt Eve gave me this Lupine. Which is planted in my hodgepodge flowerbed. I have anther one in my royal sunshine flower bed which isn’t as far as this one. Fact time..it is quite a way behind the one in the hodgepodge flower bed.
But it seem that flower bed blooms a little later then the others
I don’t recall the name of these flower. When I was taking care of Callie over at the Bonners Ferry Apartments the mangers let me dig some of these flowers and I put them in my hodgepodge flowerbed.
I’m thinking now adding some to my royal sunshine flowerbed
My friend Quenella gave me this Silvia plant which I might look for some more in different color and texture. I like the little soft looks of these flowers.
Once again I’m considering breaking this up this fall and adding it to my royal sunshine flowerbed
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Photo Hunt (water)
Welcome to the hunt which is hosted by TN CHICK each week she was a assignment or theme to take a picture of and this week theme is WATER next week theme will be “bright”
For more info on hunt please click here.
I’m bless to live in such a place as North Idaho. Couple a days I went over to Sandpoint City beach and got this picture of. Lake Pend Orellie I real like the area around Hope maybe I’ll get chance to take a drive out there but with price of gas. Who knows
There these ghost stories about Farragut state park and submarine that they lost during world war II and no one found the submarine yet as far as I know of
Friday, June 20, 2008
No Clouds
Good Morning “its morning some were always in the world. Plus here in Northern Idaho it’s Skywatch Friday which is hosted by Tom and Jane of Wiggers World.
There a lot great picture of sky picture from all over the world.
Some morning but not many the sky isn’t cloudy and this picture I took looking North towards Canada.
For some reason it reminded me of home on range.
Song Lyrics & Words
1st Verse:
Oh, give me a home, where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Chorus:
Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
2nd Verse:
Where the air is so pure, the zephyrs so free,
The breezes so balmy and light,
That I would not exchange my home on the range
For all the cities so bright.
Chorus
3rd Verse:
Oh, give me a land where the bright diamond sand
Flows leisurely down the stream;
Where the graceful white swan goes gliding along
Like a maid in a heavenly dream.
Chorus
4th Verse:
The red man was pressed from this part of the West,
He's likly no more to return
To the banks of Red River where seldom if ever
Their flickering campfires burn.
Chorus
5th Verse:
How often at night when the heavens are bright
With the light of the glittering stars,
Have I stood here amazed and asked as I gazed
If their glory exceeds that of ours.
Chorus
6th Verse:
Oh, I love these wild flowers in this dear land of ours;
The curlew I love to hear scream;
And I love the white rocks and the antelope flocks
That graze on the mountain-tops green.
Chorus
7th Verse:
Then I would not exchange my home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play;
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Chorus
I’m going to quite busy today and I want chance to look at some skywatch blogs and Fiil in Fridays. If your interested in playing the fill in or reading others just click here
1. A smile is better then some old frown
2. Pinochleis my favorite board or card game.
3. I would love to have more organizing skills in my life and lessbumpy life
4. When I think of the Summer Solstice, I think of Lithia celebration
5. I just remembered I need to get some lemonade for tomorrow Lithia party
6. . One of my favorite song lyrics goes like this: One of these nights One of these crazy old nights We’re gonna find out Pretty mama
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to having my pie crust donetomorrow my plans include hosting a Lithia barbequeand Sunday, I want to relax or just take it easy
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Fast Toys..No Thank You
part of my job is walk Donna dog Rex and this morning we headed down to ball park area in dist 2.
The mountain in background is Clifty and it still has snow and that’s strange for this time of year.
I was on stiff side so I was moving pretty slow and Rex kept looking back at me and wondering why I wasn’t moving at a faster pace.
Sense the grass wasn’t wet and he already went poop I decided to walk over to the ponds in back of park hoping to get a glace at turtle or something but nothing.
The birds was sure chirping during my walk
Well we got her bedroom pretty well done I think and it looks real good. Only if our place looked all that good
Before I head to work I mange to get 3 chores done in morning and 3 chores when I get home the ones in evening are pretty light ones.
Then after dinner I sit the timer for 15 minutes and do some type of chores around the place
Well after work Bart and I went and talk to the insurance agency.
Bart want to know why his Toyota Terrell was $315 for 6 months.
Then his pick up he isn’t driving so we took that off of the policy.
Sawyer pick-up had this knocking noise and he thought he put a rod though it but he took off the oil pan and didn’t see any metal piece in oil pan.
Now he thinks it might be something else.
I talk to him and he told me what it might be but I don’t recall.
But also he looks for a dodge diesel 6 banger pick-up for the line of work he does.
His cousin Sam and him have been doing these small contactor jobs that just takes less then 3 days to do.
The bigger companies don’t want to handle it.
And his F150 real is limit on what he can and can’t do.
Well he got rid of his bike and he got 700 cash and wooden canoe.
I guess he done with motorcycle for while. His little cousin who is Sam son got this little put put go cart and he won’t even get on it
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Upcoming Summer Party
I wasn’t sure what I want to blog about today. The last two blog I been on a warpath with the world.
This morning I did my morning magick or some may say prayers.
I ask Father Sky and Mother Earth to look over those who lost there home to a fire.
I also ask them to comfort the person who lost their child in a drowning accident.
Plus I real didn’t like my inward attitude so ask for peace in my heart. Filling much better.
Then I just sat a few minute in silent to clear my self of thought.
As always I ended it with “I’m at peace, I love, and the world is good”
Well I clean my bathrooms up today and clean out the fridge. We’re hosting a small party for Lithia celebration.
We invited our friends Earl and Quenella of Katka area.
I also sent an invitition to Murphette and Steve but the invitation came back which I’m sort of glad.
After I talk to Quenella she told me that they can’t afford gas and I though of offering them gas.
Plus when I sent out invitation to a couple I’m including the whole family. Honest time…I don’t recall there two girls name
I just notice it was June 18th and it would have been my Dad and Mom 55 anniversary
I went to Sandpoint to get a few items plus get my prescriptions and before I did that I went over to City Beach on lake Pend Oreille and on the walk way I saw this sign and it says ”May peace prevail on earth” I know one of the
service at the gardenia center out back in there little outdoor sitting park they put one of these sign up.
I drove over and took a quick picture of the Gardenia, which I call there little Sitting Park out back..
I haven’t been to Sunday Service for a while. I’m hoping that Murphy and I could go to one on the 29th of June.
Quenella and I are going sometime in July. If Murphette shows up party I’ll ask her if she would like to go to a service with us
Then I head of to wal-mart to get a few items. One items I got was this
Lunch sack. I’m trying to be more environmentally friendly to the earth. Confession time…when I go to work I use plastic bags which I’m trying to get a way from.
I have a bag that I take to the store when I buy my goods.
confession time…resently I been forgetting it I like to pick up a few more.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Same Ole With a Little Different Twist
I was going to gripe again about my job but what good does it do to grip about something that you real at this time taking any action and do something about it.
My Dad one who grip all the time about every little thing.
My mom said if she had a nickel for every grip he had we would be rich beyond rich.
Confession time… It irritates me when some one grips and does nothing or don’t try to do something about a situation there in.
I know I can’t real do anything about my ceramic business until Bart graduated from High School which will be Spring of 2009.
Confession time…I sometime I feel like telling her about my spiritual path So I could get fired.
You see every religion other then Christianity is thought up by the devil.
Also I’m afraid she might set on me and try to eradicate the devil right out of me.
Personal belief…I believe in good and bad spirits and out of fear and mean---nasty thoughts and ways bring in evil spirits.
So it usual are own doing by thoughts or action that we summons on what spirits that visit us
Actual I like my client Donna real well
I’ve set up my self a little goals to do on the days I work. Do three chores around the place, three chores when I get home, and sit the timer for 15 minutes after dinner to clean up or what ever.
So far it been working and I don’t feel guilty that I’m not super woman but I can recognize that I have accomplish something.
Even if it small
Sawyer finely sent me a picture of his Motor cycle that he crashed up.
I talk to Bart as he watch the basketball championship being played.
Well I guess Sawyer going to sell or trade off his bike for what every he can get for it. I understood the reason he bought it, gas.
He land on his cell phone and that works off and on now.
Plus the following day after the wreak he was on a job moving a couch and smashed it some more.
He will get him self back on his feet but I wasn’t all that thrilled about the motorcycle
Monday, June 16, 2008
It Been a Hard Day
It has been a tiring day.
I worked hard.
My client Donna bought a bookcase at a yard sale and paid only $5.00 for it.
So my friend Alice who works for anther lady in the building help me carries it in.
It sure wasn’t heavy but tipsy.
But we got it sat up and I clean it up and then we started to go though her books that she had in her kitchen cabinets and place them on her new book shelves and also the ones on her floor.
She purged some but she real has a hard time to throw any thing out. I asked her when the last time she went though her file cabinets and she said never.
I told her you only needed to keep your taxes for so many years. But call account for some many years.
But it comes right down to it I could do some purging and organizing at my place as well
I like to get out of her place in about a year and start doing ceramics and other crafts. Plus even work on my place.
I know I mention that once Bart graduated from high school, which will be a year. I would be moving on.
I actual like my clients. I find them interesting and I don’t agree with them but that’s ok.
I real don’t like doing the home care.
Confession time…I’m afraid that President Dubya will do something dumb in Middle East before he leaves office and wreak the economy more that I would be stuck at my job
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Two Thoughts Are Better Then One
It Sunday and a lot been growing like crazy and changing out side so it could mean it Green Thumb Sunday. Which is hosted by Feverish thoughts
I don’t recall which day it was Murphy and I went up on Katka this past week to visit some friends of ours.
As we were getting ready to leave we stood and watch the hummingbirds come in for a feeding.
I some time like different plants because of the way they smell.
I’m not sure what this plant is called that is in my hodgepodge flowerbed.
But it smells like methol or some may say vicks.
One of Murphy trees he likes real well is a Tatarain Maple. I have to agree with Murphy on this one.
Not much is going on in my hodgebed.
Some type of geranium is in bloom but actual a lot of things got buds on them. I’m figuring in a few days my lupine will be complete opened
To me it seem not that many
wild roses are in bloom and Murphy thought it was to early for them. But he retract what he said and said there related to apple family and they would be blooming earlier or now
The Iris are coming along nicely in royal sunshine bed. Majority of the flowers planted are some shade of purple or yellow.
Most of them at this time are yellow ones are in bloom. But here is a picture of some yellow iris with one purple in background.
Here is a close up shot of my two tone purple iris
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Crash and Burn
Last Sunday Bart drove me down to the Unitarian Church in Courd’Alene Idaho and he dropped me off and as I told him that the service should be done about 11:30- and noon..
Bart took me to church and he went to take Sawyer his key to his motorcycle and Bart was following Sawyer with my car.
I gather Sawyer was doing between 40 and 45 and going around a corner and his bike went out from under him.
Someone called the police and report that Bart hit a motorcycle
Now back to the wreak Sawyer went sliding toward the side walk and there was a dip in sidewalk and Sawyer slide right up the place where wheel chair goes and as what gather he slide about 30 feet.
If it wasn’t for the dip in side walk he would of hit the curb and possible had worst injuries then what he had.
He ended up in someone yard.
I’m not sure which side he scraped up it was his left or right side.
He scraped his elbow and ankle on both sides.
To me this sounds painful his boxer elastic waist burn to his skin.
Well he got up and pushed the bike to one of his friend house it was pretty wreaked up and Bart thinks it totaled.
Honest time…I wasn’t all that thrilled about him buying a motorcycle but I understood the reason he did because of the gas prices.
Not sure what he going to do with it
He said he was going to e-mail me a picture of it
Friday, June 13, 2008
The Devil Beating His Wife and Memes
Once again it Friday so it could mean a lot of things but my first meme will be sky watch who is hosted by Wiggers world
This picture is taken from our drive way looking west across the cow pasture toward the Selkirk Mountains
I believe the wind blew out all the damp cold rain we been having this actual was taken late last Friday afternoon.
After I post my other picture.
When every it rain and the sun was shinning my mom would always say, “The devil is beating his wife”
Now I’m going to do Friday Fill in
1. getting rid of all those nasty chemical cleaners is high up on my bucket list.
2. My favorite quote is watch those pennies and the dollar will fall in place; it's hell if I know.
3. There was a news story about blogging and it inspired me to start blogging.
4. Strawberries are best picked right off the plant
5. I was playing volleyball in the last dream I remember having.
6. The most enjoyable time to go for a walk is the morning for many reason
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to a clean house, tomorrow my plans include stay home and Sunday, I want to stay home!
Now for the last meme I will be doing the Feast
Appetizer Do you consider yourself to be an optimist or a pessimist? I’m bi polar when it comes to if I’m a optimist or pessimist person. I try to weigh out each issue with the facts
SoupWhat is your favorite color of ink to write with? I don’t have one but as long as the pen works
Salad
How often do you get a manicure or pedicure? Do you do them yourself or go to a salon and pay for them? I have never had one at a salon before and my nails are kept short. I should were protective (nail polish) covering they a thin a crack easilyMain CourseHave you ever won anything online? If so, what was it? I won a gift certificate from Amazon and I got my self a crock pot plus my oldest son one. Then I bought an Eagle Cd
Dessert
In which room in your house do you keep your home computer? In the dungeon (basement) hope to have a home office.
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