The Little Dog Ran Away With the Spoon

Yesterday I went an spend some money. I order my self a Cuisinart food prossor

I been saving up for one. Out of every pay check I would stick $10 in a container of some time.

Plus I gather reward points from the credit card. When using the debit card I run it as a credit.

Well I had enough points to get a $100 gift card from amazon though my bank.

Plus the money I get from Faith for driving her around. That check I just put on the credit card account it some where between $30 and $60 bucks.

So there was an over payment on the card.

So I ordered the food processor

I also got a card for my camera amazon offer a lot better deal then even wal-mart I pay right around $25 for 1mb and amazon offered a 2mb for $13 something.

It end up I didn't have to touch the money in container and I have little over $70 toward the good on my credit card.

I been back doing genealogy. History has always fascinated me. There a possibility that my 2^nd great grand-father “Gilman” Witherell was a letter carrier. So back in his day they only had three choices to delivery mail; on a horse, horse with some type of buggy, or on foot.

He had two son that served in the Civil war. His son Henry who died of disease during the war. The his youngest son Duane my great grand-father who was part of the 21 gun salute over President Lincoln grave.

I been finding odds and ends about the family. Like “Gilman” other son George who was the oldest head to California with his wife “Suzy Church” I only know of one son “Bert”. I don't recall the name but I believe it was Bert son who served in World War I.

But what I find is strange either they had large families 6 or more. Or they only had one only child. I know Gilman had 5 or 6 kids.

At this point George only had one child.

Henry had one child Harley. But it looks like Harley mother Susan Brown (Baines) remarried after her husband Henry died.

Duane had two son Clarence and Maurice. Maurice died do to some type of food poisoning during the San Francisco earth quake in early 1900's

Clarence and his first wife Elsie only had one child Harold my dad. They where soon divorce after there marriage. Both remarried and Elsie with her new husband Rolph had 4 more children. Clarence remarried to woman name Pearl. I gather she had some children but Clarence and she never had an of there own.

My dad Harold was married to a lady name Anna Bleazby for 4 months and she died. I know later on he remarried a lady name of Louise. They where married for 20 years and had no children and where divorce. In about three years after his divorce he married my mom Myra and I'm there only child.

You see even before Gilman they had large families or just one child.

Editor Note...I just found this picture on the net. I'm waiting for my card for my camera I just took my last picture one for photo hunt on Saturday and the other one is for September weather report. I know I didn't spell 

processor right I had trouble changing the link.

The Cow jump'd over the Moon

It seem once we get less the 12 hours of sun. I notice more and more leaves are turning colors. Still getting produce out of the garden.

I got out my fall color candles. Sort of rust orange color.

Wrote the last bill check for the month of September. It our gas bill for $4.00. So our basic bills for this month ran us $144.71. But of course I had our yearly home owner insurance of $583.00.

Plus I've been paying off some lab work. I wrote them a check for $71.89 and still owe them about $101.00

On the lab bill I talk to company and promise them more then $20 a month. Well I been sending them well over $20 a month.

Confession time...I have know clue what I spend of food.

Last Friday I tried to fire the smaller kiln of greenware but it didn't fire right. I just sucked up the power. I'm sort of thinking to give it anther try sometime over the weekend.

Murphy thought it wasn't shut tighten enough. I hope that was it, so easy to take care of.

So Today I had my T.O.P.S (taking off pounds sensibility) I feel I don't get much support from my husband. At time I feel like showing him and saying “See I weigh over fucking 200 pounds I don't like it and I fucking hurt”

But I have to say T.O.P.S taught me not reward my self with food. I think I got it down that now I don't have to continue to eat after dinner.

I've been more disappointed in a weigh in only a ¼ pound gain.

One thing we been doing in T.O.P.S we're having a contest on changing some of our bad habits. I won't going into much detail. Each of us picked 3 goals that would benefit us and each day we give our self a grade on how well we think we did.

My three goal I picked are

1. Walk down pass the skinny larch and back home (1 ½ miles)
2. No eating after dinner
3. drink 48 ounce of water
   So far I'm doing really good on not eating after dinner.

Hubby is heading back to work for Will toward Porthill. It been a while since Murphy since been to work he been apply for other jobs but he is a lot happier at the tree farms. With the economy they haven't been doing all that well either.

In about 13 months Murphy can get his social security. Not sure if he will or not lot depends on whats going on.

Photo Hunt (Yellow)

A color for this week hunt. There were quite a few items that is yellow and I didn't want to use any of them. But this is what I decide to use

We have a yellow rope we use mostly for getting firewood. I know it was a little longer at one time.

I believe Sawyer our oldest got his dad this rope, but I'm not quite sure.

It showing ware and tare because it's been used. Actual I thought of getting Murphy anther rope like that for a present. Statement time...I haven't figure out how to wrap it.

There one more yellow item. A yellow shovel handle. I can recall people buying the handle to fix things such as shovels. But now there the same price to purchase a complete shovel.

We actual like the fiberglass handle then the wooden ones.

Every Saturday TN Chicks 

host “Photo Hunt”. Every week there a new theme and next Saturday theme will be “covered “

Murphette got an extra hour of care. Which makes my hour for the week with her 8 ½. But they got her under a different program so my pay scale will be different. When I'm doing home type of things I get $10.41 and hour. Then when it comes to personal care I get $12.47 an hour.

Opinion time...it sounds like a book-keeper nightmare. I would put everyone at $11.00 an hour. But I should'nt complain to loudly. Because lot of the home care agency that only pays minimum wage of $7.10 an hour.

Medicaid and or Medicare pays these home care agency here in Idaho about $14.00 an hour.

Last Tuesday I went to our company bi annual meeting in Sandpoint. We didn't get our so called bonus checks because the Idaho government but in a new software system that hasn't yet got all the kinks out.

See we get paid once a week. Now there thinking of paying us every other week or bi monthly. You should of seen the people wine about that.

Actual I wouldn't mine being paid twice monthly.

I told my hubby about that. He said “It would probably have more people running to the pawn shop or the pay day loan place if they didn't get paid weekly”

I've been close have to use a pawn shop or a pay day loan place, but no potatoes.

I sometime shake my head when I see people handle there money. Opinion time...I actual believe people doesn't know the different between a need and want.

Both hubby and I know the different between and want and need.

Yesterday was our oldest son birthday he 23 now. I haven't yet called him to wish him a happy birthday . I'm planning to call him Sunday instead as I'll be firing my small kiln which I finely got loaded.

Right now with this economy. I know it would be hard to make a living doing ceramics but a few extra dollars never hurts.

Photo Hunt (wooden)

Actual this hunt sort of scared me. This may sound weird living in Northern Idaho where there plenty of timber and wood. I want to find something a little more then a tree or wood pile for this week theme of wooden.

Some time ago I did a ceramic train that has a wooden look to it. At one time the ceramics paint companies made a glaze that fired out to look like a wood tone. I'm not sure if they do make such a glaze any more or not.

One time I did a nativity set out of a wood tone glaze.

 

To be part or to enjoy the photo hunt please visit our hostess

TN CHICKS

Next week theme is “yellow”

Photo Hunt (Greasy)

I'm not here actual I been busy on most Saturday during the hunt. I did fine something for Greasy. It best to have some fat on your steak to barbeque. So I bought a chuck steak a little costly, $4.09 a pound but there was a 50% off sticker on it.

Sure taste good with salad from the garden. I think we had potatoes from the garden also

To see more of hunt and to be part of the hunt please stop in at our hostess Tn Chicks

I'm down in Hayden Lake for a T.O.P.S (taking off pound sensible) so I won't be able to visit other this time around. I don't think anything is happening next Saturday.

Next week theme is “wooden”


Editor Note...I thought this would of been posted earlier.

At This Rate Either Side Will Come Out On Top

On Saturday the 27^th of August we went up to Roman Nose the way of snow creek. I found quite a few wrongs in the woods.

Some left a can in caribou creek.

But at first look into the Forrest everything my look just fine. But there plenty of wrongs in our Forrest mostly do to with policies.

One time our local community ran on timber dollar. Yes, the timber industry was king which would consist of logging and the sawmills.

At times clear cutting an area is actual necessary. Still they need regulation on forest management. Opinion Time... Out of section of timber no more then 5% should be total cleared. If there is a need to clear cut more anther 5% in a section it should be brought to the community of that county where national forest land is located. I know national forest is own by the entire country and there voices need to be heard also.

No more then 10% can be clear cut in a section and this can only happen once every seven years.

I would also add no land swap between the national forest and timber company for 25 years.

You see the national forest and timber industry swaps lands. So once it private land timber corporation has less regulation and can do more damage. “You know private rights”

But to me it is wrong to only selected the strongest species and best genetics. Then leave the weakest species and genetically defected. Now our Forrest is full of disease and deform trees that are dieing off.

Statement time...the timber company took the best and drove off with money in there pocket and now our little town is struggling.

But on the other hand the environmental don't want a tree to be cut. This is wrong. Simple because trees are a crop like any other crop which needs to be harvest.

Letting things go isn't good stewardship either. Not having proper lumber harvest can cause on healthy trees for future generation.

What you exactly end up having is bunch of tooth-picks for trees and the trees don't make proper growth for things like plywood.

Sure one can make press board but the stuff the use is toxic chemical for everyone.

Statement time..So saving every little tree is doing the same as lumber company did.

So both our wrong

Opinion time...Our woods need to have a major thinning. I would take 25% of every thing under 4 inches in diameter on every other section of Forrest land.

Then on the other section I would take out 15% between 6 and 8 inch in diameter.

Editor Note...I was going to post “wrong” with photo hunt but for some reason I couldn't get on line.

Actual no one won or winning with managing our national forest. Truth be known there both side our digging them self in a ditch.

Weather Report (August 2011)

The warmest day in August was 22^nd 90.7(32.6)

The coldest day in August was 17^th 28.0(-2.2)

Average high for the month was 83.7 (28.7)

Average low for the month was 43.7(6.5)

Rainfall 1 ½ (3.8)

I was wonder if we where ever going to have summer or not but it seem like the last week of August summer came out of hiding.

The last of August a thunder storm came in and dumped all the rain in one sitting.

I notice the second cutting of hay seem to be less then most years.

The Cat and The Fiddle

This what I plan to post today was Aug weather report. The fact is our home computer is having issues. So here I am at work typing away.
I  guess sometime or day the computer won't be having issues. I guess everything has issues including me.

First of all I thought I was going to put down zero rain fall but the last day a thunder storm came though and dumped an 1 1/2 inches of rain.


I still been trying to make it to end of the field. Haven't yet made it. Haven't gave up either. Well I went in to my weight lost support group I was down a 1/2 of pound.
I'm trying not to eat anything after dinner and if I have to I eat plain popcorn.


So over Labor day weekend. Murphy, His sister Faith and her hubby Heinz with two of there grandchildren went and hiked into the second lake. The first lake one can drive too but I've never been to the other lakes up at Roman Nose. Hopeful next year I can see the third lake. 

 Both boys are back in college and still going to North Idaho College.   
     
I think it would be easy to teach my to cats Ziggy and Rosie to play the fiddle then figure out why in hell I can't get one line.
We still have Dial up so I'm taking in my external modum and see if that causing me issues.