Weekend Photo Hunt (Joker-Painting)

First time I heard the theme for this weekend photo hunt theme, Joker. First thing came to my mind was song from Steve Miller band the song called the Joker

Off and on the different part of the song keeps going though my mind. I believe this would make a good cover for any Cd that feature the song the Joker.

 

There is a lot of things around here that would make a great painting including Ziggy. I believe we would be best done in water colors.

At one time ages ago I've diddled in painting. Maybe sometime I might just picked it up again but I don't see my self doing it this year or next. 

Next weekend photo hunt theme will be Ooooo and or Path

 

 

What Area In Life Doesn't Have It's Ups and Downs

I thought I would have a few picture for this week photo hunt and also of our family reunion. I brought my camera but left the card to the camera in the computer. Had to reset the camera knowing that I wouldn't get that many pictures.

Now I can't find my usb cord that goes to my camera.

This time our family reunion was held at Pothole lake over by Moses lake. There where 50 of us there about, a small family gathering.

Confession time...I wonder if I was born in the wrong family. I look at our world a lot different then some of my family. Actual some of them have some real stupid ideals and don't bother asking me where in hell they come up with these ideal.

I know sometime I've have few dumb ideals and even done some dumb things.

Here one of them. There a farmer who lives down the road from us. He let some local septic company dumb there waste on his field. “Human Manure” my Aunt Eve is all worried about someone buying the hay or eating a beef that ate the hay that came off the field that in the food chain one could get aid.

My first cousin Baron came the farthest, Nebraska. He one of my older cousin. I hardly know him he grew up in Havre Montana. He just retire off the railroad.

He will get retirement of $3,000 a month and he is winning it so little....Statement time...shit we're sure not going to live on that, when Murphy retires not even close. I figure will be just find. I would guess they don't know how to live frugally.

The little bit I've known Baron seem like a pretty nice guy.

I wouldn't use the term hate. Which is actual a little strong of term to use I have trouble with two of my cousin. Statement time...They never done anything personal to me.

My cousin Jon is just plain weird. I don't mind people being different then me. I ask Murphy if he thought Jon was weird. He thought so to.

I guess he use to baby sat some of my older cousin born let say 1953 or earlier. I sure wouldn't let him watch any of my kids.

He done some family research some of us are wondering if he fantasise that our family has some glory back ground of Irish royalty and or criminal back ground.

I even ask Sawyer if he thought Jon was weird. He ask me if I was talking about the short ball guy. I said “yep” his reply was also “Yep”

Editor note...Jon hasn't done anything to be alarm about.

My first cousin Laim who will be 64 years old this up coming October. For some reason he irradiates me. Not as much as he once did. “Crap he thinks he is the best does matter what it is, my cousin Laim is the best...not”

Hell he got fired from his teaching job down in southern Idaho. Not sure the whole story is but I know he thinks “Lesbian isn't an acceptable life style”

Statement time...Hell I have relatives and people in my area don't think my life style is for the birds...I try to take care of our planet we live on.

As I may bitch and moan about my relatives most of them would bend over backward to help someone. The truth be known Jon and Laim would give you a shirt and the buttons would be sewn on.

Most time by now a lot of things are dried out but not this year. I don't have many flowers in bloom now, roses, petunias, and hollyhocks are in bloom.

My hollyhocks and roses are pink. Then my petunias are purple.

The hummingbirds are really going though the sugar water we make up for them.

The garden is doing super. Between Friday and Saturday morning I put up 17 pints of pickle beets. Froze 8 quarts of beet greens.

Hart & Huntington Men "Hell On Wheels" Short Sleeve Tee - Shirts

Go With the Flow.

Sometime life can be a real adventure. But there time in one life it's easier to go with the flow. Friday Murphette and I got her daughter Annie and son in law David on the bus head to Texas. Once we drop them off I decided to drive over and see what Sawyer and Bart was up to.Both my son sort of lives with there cousin Sam and Amy.

To get there I went down sprague ave heading east. I came to stop light at sprague and appleway merges. At that stop light I knew my Toyota Tercel was in some type of trouble. I thought my clutch was messed up. So I knew I had to get over to my nephew and nieces place. So driving though traffic with or with out a clutch is a lot different then non traffic.

I can shift with out a clutch...not going to explain how to do it here..the trick is to get your getting your r.p.m up high enough. Well I was running red/yellow lights all the way there. Kept a close eye out for cops and the traffic.

Well I got us there. Confession time...I wasn't to concern about my self but for Murphette it would be a complete different story if we didn't make it over to my nephew place, she uses a walker. But this trip we didn't have a walker but we took two cane for her.
 Bart drove us home in Sawyer Land Cruiser.

Well Sawyer called I think it was two days later and told me and my link-ch cable was broke and it should be fix by Friday. I'll picked up my car on the way back from the family reunion.

My cousin Holden and Amari use to live next door to us and they move up to Fairbanks Alaska. There home became a rental.

So  neighbors move in and out and a new one will be moving in shortly. I just briefly met them seem nice enough. But I been cleaning out the basement.

Actual it wasn't to bad. I've clean for rentals and for real estate companies and some people are just plain gross.

But this isn't real what I want to post about. I can't believe how much chemical they had in there basement. Even before Murphy hauled out bunch of chemicals. I mean these relatives of mine has some nasty chemical. I bet most of them been pulled off the market ages ago. They even had chemical one would use for dry cleaning.

Plus at one time they had a hot tub in there home in a small room closed in. They been gone for more then two years and one can still smell the chemical you put in pool and or a hot tub. But it isn't as strong as it once was.

Amari fought cancer several time. Statement time...I have to wonder if the chemical in there home had any thing to do with her cancer. I know her family has quite a history of cancer.

He actual my first cousin he would be my Aunt Eve middle son. Not much cancer in our family.

One time he made fun of things I ate...I was eating an avocado and called it hippie food.

Statement...I see these people having major medical treatments and they ingested tons of nasty chemical and I'm including cigarettes. I don't have trouble someone having a treat here and there but on regular base it whole different story.

Weekend Photo Hunt (Work Place-Zany)

On my job for a personal caregiver in someone home. There quite a few different tools I use at my workplace. But the most use is common sense.

 

I'm not sure what zany is but I thought the clouds looked zany.

It look like I won't be doing next weekend photo hunt. We're heading over to a family reunion at Pothole Lake which is by Moses Lake Washington.

But the theme for next weekend hunt is dance and metal

Like most major holiday we went over to Faith place. Neither one of our son was up for the 4^th. I figure both of them our spending time with there girl friends, in the cities.

Actual this was one of a smaller family gatherings. 10 people this time Terry parents were up visiting from Phoenix Arizona.

Terry is a full-time national guard and he will be deployed right around October. At this point he will be going to Afghanistan.

Confession time...I never understood...about loving your country. I have to say I don't love my county but sure don't hate it. I guess I'm not true patriot person. I've heard people say they die for there county right or wrong. When something isn't right why die for it.

Majority of war though had something to do with religion. Then other stuff we fought over and for are corporation earnings, control, and political gain.

I look at this whole war bullshit...if everyone jumps off a bridge does it make it right it just makes it plain stupid.

Well one last thing....Usual any project Murphy does there usual quite bit of swearing. Well he worked on a coffee pot although didn't get it fixed. To me it was total joy and relief that it wasn't done with out a string of swear words.

So I finely got one my wishes that he did a project that didn't involved a bunch of swearing. Statement time...I'm going to make every attempt to remember when we worked on the coffee pot there was no string of swear word not one.

Bio-Matic Fingerprint Door Lock - Right Handled - Monitors & Intercoms 

Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Marker Pen - Porous Point Pens 

"Collegiate Michigan State 3 Qt Football Theme Ice Bucket" 

Weather Report for June 2012 and Other Stuff

The warmest day was June 28th at 87.8(31.0)

The coldest day was June 14 at 28.8 (-1.0)

The average high for the month was 72.3 (22.3)

The average low for the month was 41.1 (5.5)

Rainfall for the month was 5 inches (12.7)

Been getting all sort of Greens from the garden during the mouth. Two lighting storm came over us one was on the 11-12 right around midnight. The other one came toward the end of the month.

For majority part of this month (June) we use cash and I paid the bill with money orders. I do this twice a year.

When I make deposit in checking account...If I get a check for $145.17 I never record the .17¢.

Then when I write a check or use the debt card...If I use either one let say I get something for $23.98...I'll round it up to the next dollar so I would subtract $24.00 from my checking account. So this way the bank say I have more then what written in our check book register.

Yesterday was Murphy and my 24 years of being married. Live together for 5 years before that. Confession time...not often I thought of divorce. When I was thinking of getting divorce I soon came to the realization it was to good for him....I then change my thinking and figure I ought just kick the shit out of him....These thought real didn't happen often.

I been ask how we been married for all these years. I just don't have one answer to it....Let just give short tidbit of marriage wisdom....You can't change anyone including your spouse...if you want to change someone (including spouse) you better start with your self.

Playing the blame game...One needs to look at your self and take responsibility for their own doings...Now if your not the blame and don't back down....There been plenty give and take in our relationship...nothing wrong with compromising...One more and very important thing enjoy life and each other. 

Day-Timer Sienna Simulated Leather Organizer Brown Desk 5.5x8.5 

Slow As It Goes

I think I got it or least part of it. Murphy and I carried out some old particle boards to make a small new veggie garden. This garden space will be 240 square feet. Right now the particle board is being used to suffocate the lawn. Then as particle board breaks down it will be rototiller in the ground.

We decided where the next flower garden will be. Under the power line and it won't start all that big. This up coming fall I have chance to dig up some peonies.

We been eating fresh greens out of the garden. I finish harvest the first roll of lettuce we put in, mix lettuce leaves. Plus I found a few strays of kale so I add them to our salad last night for dinner.

Not much going on in the royal sunshine flowerbed. A few stragglers are in bloom. But a few more colorful bloom in my hodgepodge flower bed. The allium is trying to open. I don't know all the flowers that is planted out there. But the grass is doing real good. Which look like next fall it will need clean out total. The start over again. But for now I just pull out some of the grass when I get the chance.

Now for the shed/barn I been cleaning out slowly. Went out and looked at the next two area of the shelves coming up to go thought. This one we both need to go though it together. I took a quick peak in the boxes. I notice some rainbird sprinkler head and broken door knob. At this point this area the stuff is good or heading into the trash. I'll be surprise if any or much go to the thrift store.

I don't know why we kept the two teflon fry pans, teflon been off for years. Finely it out in the trash can.

It's A Different Play

I'm surprise how well the stay with Murphette been. Everything she tried to get her self south seem like a monkey wrench was thrown in the works.

Now I think together we figure it out. Which is to send down the two kids first on the bus. But at first I thought I was going to have to loan or give her the differences in the money so they could go on the bus. I was some what worried about them not having a place to stay. They where staying up at his dad place and I guess his dad sister law has some issues with Annie.

I guess for the first week of July there staying with the youth pastor family that Annie attends.

Murphette gets one of her checks on the 29th which is $398 which isn't quite enough to go. But her other part of her check comes in on the 3^rd of the month which will be $320.

I know I have to keep her children and her separate. Her daughter will demand or wine to her mom giving her things. She won't tell her daughter “No” and she will be come flat broke.

But I don't care if they visit but I don't want them together for any length of time.

It basely divide and conqueror. Keep it under control. Plus David family is piss me off. I can't see why the hell they can't help. Everyone can help in some way it might be a small bit. Shit he was ask to bring potato salad to the wedding and could mange to do that. Plus he get more on his disability then Murphette does.

Our sons were raised a lot different.

The garden is doing fairly well considering how much rain we had. The other day I thin out some of the beets. So for dinner we had fresh beet greens and left the tiny beets on. Actual can't remember what else we had for dinner that night.

Now we been keeping and eye on the strawberries there turning red.

My friend Alice gave me a call that a 2^nd harvest food truck was parked at Lutheran Church in town giving away food. I was pretty much finishing up dishes and ran down got flat strawberries, frozen french fries, frozen mix veggies, apples, oranges, and cherries. The cherries and strawberries need be taken care of right away. About 10 minutes after I arrive home Murphy came home from work so he gave me a hand what needed to be taken care of.

We sort the good fruit from the bad fruit, we're dehydrating some cherries and strawberries save some fresh back to eat. Look like we will have strawberry short cake for dinner. But didn't

I went had my annual check up which is called “Well Woman Check Up” here in Idaho at this time if a family makes under $30,000 one can have physical for free.

I didn't need a pap this time around. I never had an abnormal pap so unless some thing comes up in the year 2013 or 14 will be my next one.

Now my last mammogram they found a nodular some what like a fatty growth. So sometime in July I'll go and have my boob smash.

All of my blood test came out normal. The only thing is my weight is the key issue.

We took a few minute and I told her that I was member of (T.O.P.S) gave her the run down. It a little under $30 a year for membership, 50¢ for dues each member, and .10¢ per pound one gains.

I ask her if there anything for “Well Men Check-up” like the “Well Woman Check Up” but not in the state of Idaho.

Last thing they gave me some poop cards. There really hemoccult cards. It non-intrusive for colonoscopy

Most medical things don't scare me. The bill scares the hell out of me. For years I never and went and had a mammogram. If I had anything serious like cancer I could loose the small bit we had. Any leans or debt we couldn't handle was medical.

Just recently Murphy got a job over at a tree farm that is own by my Aunt Bea. Anyhow Murphy is only working part time.

My Aunt is a nice person but she sure has some delusion about the work world.

She can't imagine in her wildest dream that majority of the employers are assholes. That one reason we live cheap. So we don't have to put up with there shit any longer then possible.

I know I got a bad attitude about work.

Editor Note...I been having trouble with our computer...didn't have a chance to do photo hunt. Pictures anything to up-load takes every and day. There something not right with connection and or browser.

Plus hubby is having nose bleed.

Candy House 1 Dozen Chocolate Dipped Strawberries - Candy & Chocolate 

Weekend Photo Hunt (Fashion-Hot)

This waterfall up on Harvey Mountain would be a good place for a fashion photo opt. 

 

It wasn't very hot on the first day of summer it got up to 75.7(24.2) So I made some cookies Here the recipe.

Just eye ball the ingredients.

Eggs

butter

stevia

rye flour

regular cheap white flour

yogurt vanilla

dried cherries

banana

coconut

vanilla

nutmeg

cinnamon

Statement time...One Teaspoon of Stevia = one cup of sugar.

Next weekend photo hunt will be flash and street art

It's Not All About the Wedding

Quenella had some vehicle trouble the head gasket went out. So Thursday I ran her around to do some small errands. She got Annie and David some gift for there weddings.

Statement time...If Annie attitude don't change toward being married...I'll be surprise it will last a year....unless they wake up and smell the turds.

Plus I help her on Web Site. Then took few moment and looked at her gardens.

Way before the wedding Annie had a real nasty attitude towards her mother Murphette. She been telling her mom that she couldn't show up early to the wedding or she would be kicked out. So I reminded her the wedding can't start until the brides-mother sits down.

Then soon as the wedding is over and before the reception start she and her friends mainly Quenella needs to leave.

I have to say when Murphette brother Joe and few of us straighten her around about her attitude. First of all I explain to her, us old lady which includes my self. Want to see the ceremony, see you cut the cake, get a bite to eat and see you open your gifts and we will be out of there.

Well she was civilized and a few times behind Quenella back she rolled her eyes. But in general her attitude didn't become an issue.

But few days before the wedding we did the tourist things and Annie and David rode with us. Someone from Annie church went on her mom facebook page and seen her religion was listed as Wiccan. As not going into lot of detail pretty much shit green twinkies.

I never seen or heard Murphette criticized or judged other peoples religious believes. 

 

The wedding went really well. First time I've been to a wedding that was that informal. The food was great it was a potluck.

The cake was even good. I had a piece of chocolate. Plus it was home-made. Most bakery cake with a few exception are just plain yucky. Statement time...Oh I wouldn't dare use the word “Yucky” around my mom.

I wouldn't think of showing up to a wedding with out a gift. But only four people brought present. We got the couple a toaster although it was a re-gift Christmas present.

One don't need to spend a lot. I gave a used cookbook from a thrift store and gave it at a bridal-shower.

Then one wedding we went to gave items for the bathroom including tooth brushes and paste.

The only real issue I saw was Quenella being bossy. She told the couple that her gifts needs to be open last. Sure they where nice gift but nothing fantastic.

Personal I would least open one of her gift first.

She doesn't boss me around. 

 

Well the wedding is over and the honeymoon is started. In about two weeks the everyday grind of married life is going to hit.

But before the wedding it seem she wasn't interested in nesting. I've always had some desire to nest and what I thought my life would be like didn't necessary worked out as I planned.

One of my cousin Murphette when she got married had desire to go with (sort of like her foster) great grand parents down to Yuma Arizona then be a wife.

Sometime I wonder if Annie has more desire to go to Hubbard Texas to be with her sister.

Well I guess there times I didn't mine nesting but I want to do it by my self.

Editor Notes...I want to have this posting up the 17^th of June but my browser had issues.

Weekend Photo Hunt (Cooking-Ripple)

It was well into the first part of June and we got our last thing planted in the main veggie garden. It was a tomatillo. I looking forward cooking with fresh veggies out of the garden.

 

A week ago Friday my hubby and I went to our local Museum to hear a lecture on Mining and Geology for North Idaho. When I was watching the slide show and following lecture it dawn on me what I could take a picture of for ripple.

Murphy and I been picking up these rocks called belt rock

we never new what they were called until week ago Friday. But they do have ripples in them which was form in there development.

Next weekend photo hunt will be fashion   hot

Navy Blue Enamel Ripple Ring- Size- 10

"Bloom Where Planted Wall Decal"

Weekend Photohunt Clean-Graveyard

It been a while since I did any cleaning on the barn/shed. One of my goals for 2012 was to get the barn/shed clean and organized. It seem like it's been slow going. I want to use the items that I was trying to get rid of and have a yard sale. But I decided at this rate 'Wink Van Winkle” would been up from his nap ages ago. So it going to one of our local thrift stores.

I take one area in the barn/shed shelves pull everything out and get rid of 10%. This time 12 items are heading to one of our local thrift stores.

One thing I noticed on my job. Opinion time...Lot of my clients are hoarders. Plus I been ask if my children would be up set that I'm getting rid of there inheritance.

Murphy Grand mother Charlotte was a hoarder had lot of things like odds and end yarn like short pieces. Opinion time...This lady was a hoarder of trash. Well when she pass on. Lot of her things just got toss out of the windows in a bond fire. 

 

This is the newest graveyard. Which is about a mile from our home and usual when someone goes to town they end up going by it.

One day I was telling Bart what I want when I go, what to do with my body remains.

He told me when I kick the bucket in the house I live in...He was going tie a rope to me and drag my funky ass behind a rig and dig hole over at the neighborhood graveyard and throw me in

But I guess he going to have to sneak me over there because it an Orthodox graveyard and to be placed in there grave yard one must be orthodox

Editor Note...I couldn't get into the graveyard.

I understand they have some different Christian Custom then the majority of Christian burials...So I'm giving 3 links for those who want to read on it.

http://www.funeralwise.com/customs/christ_orthodox   http://www.funeralwise.com/custom/greek_orthodox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_burial

Next weekend photo hunts will be cooking and ripple