Last Dream of 2017

My hubby and I was in town and was going though Mi Pueblo, Mexican restaurant. And notice that Mr D was there. He was our insurance broker and far as I know still lives lives our community. Worked variety of jobs.

He was sitting a lone drinking coffee. And we ask if we could join him. My hubby left and I sit across from Mr D.

We were chatting on verity of things. 

I ask him if he still lived in the Moyie Spring area. He said he was still out there. I ask him if he was part of the ward for that area.

Editor note...This is some thing I wouldn't do. Mr D is a Mormon.

well he said he was and thought that group was a little stuffy, and after the first of the year he was going to start attending the ward on the other side of the Kootenai River. 

Mr D was wearing a medallion. Which is a total suprise to me. 

It was been while and I thought it was strange my husband haven't came back. I nicely excuse my self so I could go and fine my hubby.

Five things I think all people should have.

1. Affordable and descent health care....I'm not saying it should be a free ride. Everyone should pay a certain percentage of there income.

2. Affordable and descent housing....Not talking about building mansion, well maintain places that keep people safe.

3. Safe heath and affordable foods.... Still they would be people who would choose not to eat healthy foods.

4. Good reliable mass transportion...Still be able to drive your own vehicle.

5. Every one should be able to go out a lease twice a month for some type of enjoyment...Such as movie, bowling, bingo, skating rink, skiing, local tavern, amusement park, and such.

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Best Wishes for the up coming New Year....Coffee is on

How Does One Accumulate

Since I should go far from Dear John (Toilet) and hopeful I can get my digestion system on track. And it doesn't mean I can't be Productive.

We bought a snow blower. Not sure if this one is model is our, put the brand is. It sure beat shoveling out the drive way.
Although we need to do some shoveling. I did the side and back deck. And Murphy ran blower. I haven't yet.

Haven't yet figure why I accumulate so much paper, Today I took care of quite bit of it. And of carouse there more.
I was told technology would decrease paper. It sure wasn't here.

Not saying I don't change my mind. Statement time....I have trouble with people who can't make up there mind...I have trouble with wish washy people.
I've been a planner and I like my "ducks in roll" but I wouldn't say "I always have my duck in a roll"
Got chance to do some up coming planning in my bullet journal.
Since I mess up a few time. The white out came handy. Couldn't tell you how many mistake I did in my bullet journal.

It rare I get a chance to take a photo of Mr Ziggy. Zig usual looks like he in deep thought. Being in to much thought could get one in trouble.
It came to my own attention. I been in my own mind way to much recently and it was causing me go between depression and anxiety.
It was time to get my self out of my own head.

Coffee is on

Yes, Taking Off So I Can

We got snow and I went into work knowing I will be taking off Friday the 29th. So hopeful I can get my digestion system back on track.
I know it was going snow most of the day and I heard snow and snow was coming in. So I thought it would be a good day to try to get my digestion back on track, and I want to be close to a toilet.
I've been a milk or dairy cosumer for ages. A week ago I had a cup of ice cream, pumpkin spice and this was first time I got some stomach cramp.
Then I decide this morning with my breakfast I had a glass a milk and for about 1 to 2 hour I was belching milk, and to me it taste sour.
So I'm going to lay off the dairy and a little while I'm going to try a little dairy.

I had a very little trouble with either one of my son. Although I wouldn't give us award for Top children or parent for me.
Liz sure has some major issue with her children, and even it carried to her adult children even in present times. I know there nothing I can do or anyone else, force someone to communcate with you is fruitless. It's to learn how to deal with your own emotion on any sitution.
I find her relationship with her adult children very sad.

For Christmas dinner Murphy and I bought figgy pudding.

Sorry a little late...Coffee is on

Home Sweet Home

Drive down to my son in law went well, road were good all the way. Slightly slick in the Athol area.
Grand daughter Claudia did quite well when it came to gifts. She has yet figure Christmas out her favor toy was Elmo from Sesame Street. and the boxes.
Had a wonderful food.

Return to work on Tuesday and also went to doctor later that afternoon. Because of the Imodium AD it mess up my plumbing, digestion system.
So the weekend I will take Bisacodyl and fiber in the morning. Then in evening I will take Milk Of Magnesia.
Hopeful when I turn to work on Tuesday I will be back on track.

As many you know I belong to a local weight lost group called T.O.P.S and this year most of us where down. We have 12 members and only four didn't loose.
I lost five pounds in 2017.

Coffee is on

Christmas 2017

Merry Christmas to all my blog friends. Wishing you all happiness contiue though this year and many more years....Coffee is on

I'm Still Holding on That It Will Be Alright

Things are less stressful here. We lost power for about 24 hours. No fun our lantern even ran out of juice. Lite plenty of candles and it a good choice for people up in Northern Idaho have two source of heat. We have 3 but haven't use the eclectic for ages. Well that not quite true. When I shower or bath I will turn on the eclectic heat in the bath room. I'm a wimp.

I'm a little congested and wish we had some mucinex, and I can get hold of it. But when I go into town I will purchase some them.

We're not doing Blue Apron for a while and it was good. But I think it wise. Murphy got his notice for his social security for 2018. In nut shell we're staying the same. The raise he got was ate up with increase in medicare.
Not sure what will happen to my job. Liz got her hours cut with her social worker, right in half.
Some time shortly after the first of year her hours she gets with me, well the medicaid hours will be figure. For in personal care giver which is me.
Well I would like an increase in hours and or a slight wage increase. I've heard a few companies is giving raise to there employees.
But the sad truth I believe with the new taxes it going to mainly benefit "Wall Street" but I never claim to be overly intelligent.
I got better deal on my new heatlh insurance. What people call Obama insurance has worked great for us.
I'm not impress what happen with the UN with the United States move the capital from Tel Avia to Jerusalem.
The only thing I'm going to say...We have a mental disturb president that leading the free world. Or what left of it.

There about 20 inches snow in our yard. After we got dug out and I'm so use of driving in snow. When I went to work on Wednesday I was pushing snow up and over my car.
Here in Idaho they keep the highway pretty plowed.

Not sure when Murphy and I will be going to Spokane for Christmas. At this time I want to leave Christmas eve between 3 and 4. It looks like were in for anther round of snow.
But we're do all un-wrapping gift on Christmas day.

Coffee is on

It Should Be But It Isn't

Didn't go into work because I couldn't get out. It been snowing! We as hubby and I shovel out part of our driveway and drove the rigs to end of the drive way. Well the snow truck went by a short time ago. I figure the highway are plowed and de-icier is on the highway.
So the odds are I will go in tomorrow for work.
Regis had his speech and it only male contact he has. And we were planning to take a trip into Sandpoint. But the road contention it sure not worth it.

There plenty of I could of done around the place. I did up dishes. Work on my locker hook rug. This one is going to Sawyer and Betty.
There planning to come up in January and I would like to go down in February.
But I will see.

I wrap up a few more gifts. Haven't put up a tree, don't think I'm going to. Not much in the Christmas spirit.
I've gotten out my snow people collection.

Last Saturday Murphy and I. Pick up Liz. Went to our Yule celebration and also did the WHEEL OF YEAR and I cover IMBOLC.
Soon the days will be getting longer. At some time the sun will look like it it will be standing still before it head up to the Northern Hemisphere. And maybe everyone should take a few minute and take look at them self during the SOLSTICE
But there a few pagan events I'm looking for and it depends on the roads. One is on DIVINATION and many FORMS OF THESE. Opinion time...I don't think anyone can see the future and all of us for what every reason is meant to go though certain things in our life time.
One I'm not to up on, is the OUIJA BOARD. It simple one can could call in something on the other side and in nut shell, and un-friendly spirit.
Then also there is IMBOLC. I'm looking forward to hearing from there guess speakers. Ms Weber did a tarot deck base on photo from NEW YORK CITY.
I hope to fine the time to talk to her about the deck I'm making.

Just talking to hubby and it hard to fine a snow plow in this area, Naples. Quite a few in Moyie area and if I live out there. I sure wouldn't look forward driving clear on the other side of the county.
Usual people who take up plowing and it same with wood gathering. Usual your equipment takes such beating and the up keep and repairs will eat up your money.

Cats in the house snug as bug.

Coffee is on

Dreams, Goals, and Reality.

Our local historical society usual post some photo from the past. This time it was a passenger train in Naples. My thought wouldn't it be great if we had passenger train service with decent hours. I would love to take the train into Spokane. If it heading west it stops in Sandpoint shortly before midnight. Then if it heading east the train stops, two thirty in morning.

Usual I make NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS and have I complete my resolution a 100% the answer would be "no" but that ok. We're all work in progress and something are harder to meet.
This year I wrote in my bullet journal my goals.
I've made 6 area I feel I like to improve on. Which would be health, reading, spiritual, cleaning, craft and personal growth.

Health goals. To loose 35 pounds, and all honest I could actual loose 80 pounds. But I figure there 52 weeks in a year, and I lost a pound a week I would be down 52 pounds.
But ate 35 pounds one would be loosing around two third pounds a week. Still a health improvement.
My other two are have my teeth clean, usual I get my teeth clean 3 times a year but this year I didn't.
The other thing I need is an eye exam. Which will come out of our own pocket. Need to budget it.
As one could see I had cookie and milk, sure was good. But if it get out control one could be putting on the pounds.

Reading goal. Actual at one time I read quite a bit. But I choose to be on techie stuff a lot more then I real want to or need to be.
My two Authors I would like to read, FRANK BAUM and PEARL BUCK. Then I would like to read two other books other then these two authors.

Spiritual goals. Continue the assignment in WORKING WITH TAROT and the next step would be " The Empress" here is some of the things one need to look at with this card, I take pleasure in______.
I enjoy_______. And I feel joy when______. Then the last part of is about diversity
Be part of my local pagan group, Spairfiterea. Then continue making my own tarot cards.

Cleaning and Organizing goals. Finish hauling items from the shed/barn and basement to thrift store. Organize my fabric I need to get a plastic tote to put them in.
The corner in guess room is getting out of hand. Not sure what all in that corner. But my guess is more then I need.

Craft goals. Finish up first quilt, and grand daughter Claudia quilt done, and next year Christmas gift I'm going to do hot pad, quilt ones of carouse.
I got enough fabric around the place.

Personal goals. To be more comfort with success.

Question time...How do you feel about improving your self?

Coffee is on

Things Aren't Change With A Nod

Every Spring after the snowdrops has bloom and the afternoon sun was fairly high in sky people would come out of there gray homes in Bogus and sat under the tree out in meadow.

It was believe that anyone who put on the great hat would have great knowledge and wisdom.

It was never known who was aloud to wear such a hat. But only certain people could put on the great hat.

Any who wore the great hat it was told not to question them on anything.

But those who wore the great hat sometime would have this attitude that everyone was taking in what they were saying. No one every spoke or question there greatness.

But people had individual thought going on in there head. Questioning what was being said.

Dream of new ideal that may lay over the mountain. 

People start to adventure out and one sunny day a new comer wrote there bike in from Comlege and he had a rabbit sticking out of his hat and duck on the back of his bike in a bowl. Every time a bump was hit feet had to be stuck out or the bike would tip.

The person on the bike was always looking way forward, and not paying attention to what was under foot.

Great tools was brought into Bogus and new and wonderful things start to happen in Bogus.

With diversity knowledge, and understanding they never had.

Just finish up my next there tarot cards...One is the Hierophant which represent...wisdom, answer, and harsh truth, 

three of pentacles which represents...praise, recognition, and completion, 

Two of pentacles which represents...balance, responsibility, and pressure.

I Now Know Who's The Guilty Party

I misbook my flight, and I'm 97% sure I haven't yet mail in my last progress notes in. I don't like to look like a fool. But I'm honestly thinking of calling the company and ask if they receive my last set of progress note.
See it been a crazy last week with horrible back house trot and Mercury in retrograde. But still I can think of one more place to look is in my car.

It been some what a ruff at work. Liz son got send to prison and it not easy on her. I don't believe it would be easy on any parent.
Let me restate that...He was sent to Prison to be held and waiting a bed at some rehab place. Well he been diagnose with schizophrenia, and refuse to be on medication.
Off and on he been aggressive with his mom. But I haven't had any trouble with him.
I don't know if it feasible or not. That someone be court order to take medication. No one been kill or hurt by him. But it only time.
Hopeful this time he will wake up.

I got my odds and ends of gifts for Regis grandson. We got them boxed up, but he couldn't fine his son address. They seem to have a good rapport and he should be getting hold of his dad.
Then with Liz it seem to be anther story. Her two other kids haven't yet contact her on the address.
Well I'm still waiting for one more item. Which I will pick up Thursday from my friend Qunella.
Can't do any more then that.

I was planning to crochet on my rag rag. But I need to sew a ball of fabric to end piece. My sewing foot is my bag, and that in my trunk of my car.
Well I'll work on my locker hook rug. As I watch star trek.

Coffee is on

Not All Is Totally Dispointment

Didn't make it to Medford. Some how I mis-book my flight. Then the issue with the back house trots and this is first day of real real relief, the day isn't done.
So we were going to fly down on the 14th but once we thought about it, it just wasn't all of that bright of an ideal.
The schools will be starting to let out for the holidays, I'm afraid finding a flight might not work out. I love my children I don't want to wear out my welcome.
Now I'm not sure when exactly we will be going. I thought the first part of the new year would be good. But it looks like Sawyer and Betty will be coming into Spokane, that month for a visit.

Christmas shopping is coming along nicely. A few minor addition I need to make for my client Christmas children gifts. To me it real important to be fair.

I order some items from Amazon and I thought I would order and witches almanac. There plenty of them out there. So I went with 2018 Witches companion an Almanac for Contemporary living.
Not impress with the calendar part at all. But most of it looks like it has some pretty interesting chapters and or articles.
Last one caught got me curious. Counting the dark side: Finding Balance Between Light and Shadow. Making friends with your shadow.

Murphy and I'm heading to Sandpoint to do some Christmas shopping and other errands. I haven't finish up getting items for my youngest family.
I was looking on line to see what I can get Molly and she wears a small to get some ideals. Both of my son wears a meduim.

Coffee is on 

Just Won't Except One Way

Our local pagan group, Is starting to go though a book called TO RIDE A SILVER BROOMSTICK and our first assignment is each of us is to do a basic report on a pagan sect or some may use the term coven.
Paganism is an umbrella term, there many path one may choice from. Like Christianity some of the sects under there umbrella may be Church of Christ, Roman Catholic, or Friend of Man.
Then there a listen of Jewish sect, and under there umbrella. Reform, Messianic, or Orthodox. Now out of the Christan faith the only two I have some ideal about is Church of Christ and the Catholic and Friend of man, total clueless. The Jewish I would be clearly lost.
So for my pagan report I'm going to Eclectic I consider my self more eclectic then anything. Statement time...There more then one way to make the god/dess happy. I'm not into black and white rules when it come to one faith practice. As long it has some solid basic ethics and I feel it right for me.
Then the other one I took is Austru. Their sect is teaching of Norse God/dess and Vikings. To me they seem so violent. It's like saying all Jew's will con you out of what every and have nose that can sniff out money, and our greedy.
The few Jews I been in contact there life wasn't much different then mine.
And negro I meant haven't had any criminal or immoral intentions. Not saying it doesn't exist but jerks  come in all color of the rainbow.
So I bet I can fine a more peaceful side to Austru.
Then the last on is Pictish, Scottish that attunes itself to nature, animals. plants and mineral. Which I found listed in the book the group is going though. And which I never heard of. But it does sound interesting

We finish up our plans for Yule. Usual we do our wheel of the year during Samhain but no circle then. So we will be doing it during wheel of year, the pagans holiday.
Everyone is taking one of our holidays. Murphy doing Yule and I will be doing Imbolc.
Then for our general meeting it was decide to do continue on the book of shadow. We will be cover what goes in the first part.
As I understand in the first part of book dedication, blessing, personal ethics, and index. But I can be wrong.


Isn't it amazing about our possible new tax plan for future. I know President Trump haven't sign it. But cutting taxes is always the answer to our democracy. Opinion time...It just going to raise the debt and the ones who will pay for is the lease of us. Cutting service for the poor, disable, children, and woman.
Opinion time...I'm for a personal income tax rate which would include investment income. Let say those under 40,000 wouldn't pay and those over would pay 20%. It shouldn't have to be done on multi pages.

Sundays I post a question on facebook and Question time...Have you every thought of closing down your facebook page, and why?...when name calling and insults gets out of hand. Not everyone is going see eye to eye.

I woke up with the back house trot, diarrah. Although my stomach isn't up set. I got my flight line up to see my son and his wife down in Medford Oregon.
We will fly out Thursday morning.
The odds I won't have there locker hug rug done.
And I'm making moon water, holly water.

Coffee is on

November 2017 Check in

I guess this isn't all that late for a check in. I just can't believe our weather we had for November. To me it been on the warm side. Usual after mid November we usual have a fair mount of snow. As you can see in photo, no snow in the valley.
Warmest day was 11th and 26th of November 44 (6)
Coldest day was 6th of November (-7)
Average high was 39 (3.8)
Average low was 30 (-1.1)
My walking seem to stay about the same. I walk 30.75 miles (49,487.3)
Confession time there been times I didn't record the weather or put on my pedometer.

Been looking though my bullet journal how November went. Look like I need to should keep track of my plans and goals. I know there been a few things I didn't mark off and I did.
I could list what I didn't finish, but I did work on my goal. Sure I could of done but I didn't do nothing.

It been a while and I done anything with my 30 days of gratitude. Just did #10 "What taste are you grateful today?"
I like most foods. What my mouth desire might change day to day or where my emotion may or not be at.
I don't care for overly sweet food. I'm not a big fan of chocolate cover cherries.

It time to end this post...with a PERSONAL INSIGHT I've had a few ask me about this...Just click on body of text, and your own text...Then you can copy and paste some of your own blog post. Or type a story.
One can learn a lot about them self

You are inner-directed and analytical.

You are uncompromising: you think it is wrong to take advantage of others to get ahead. You are deliberate: you carefully think through decisions before making them. And you are calm-seeking: you prefer activities that are quiet, calm, and safe.

You are motivated to seek out experiences that provide a strong feeling of organization.

You are relatively unconcerned with both achieving success and taking pleasure in life. You make decisions with little regard for how they show off your talents. And you prefer activities with a purpose greater than just personal enjoyment.

Coffee is on