Keeping the Ole Brain Shut.

Confession time...I have trouble with anxiety. Since Daisy been sick I keep thinking the worst.Like she will be have to put down, and I'm afraid I will get all emotional. My husband tell me I'm jumping to conclusion, worrying over something that may or may not be. And thoughts keep racing though my mind.
Then end of June I worried my self over the gun law of open and carry. I thought everyone would be walking around town toting a gun.
Same people who had a side arm, still has a side arm.

Now on to positive note. Both Regis and I lost weight. He doesn't go to my T.O.P.S group. Every Tuesday her goes to speech therapist for his cognitive. Well his speech therapist wasn't there. Well he got weight and lost 3 pounds. So did and I lost the most in our group for week.
After Regis and paying meadow creek for my broad band. Wrote a check out for $177 and that will be 3 months of internet. I stop at park and took walk.

Breakfast pancake with peanut butter and fresh raspberries.
Lunch yogurt, crackers and it was larger one, slice of cheese, and peanut clusters.
Dinner, pork ribs, pork n beans, and rice.

Murphy and I got the rest of our shorter lumber clean. Now if everything works out right. We're planning to load the pick up with longer boards.
But it look like Murphy got quite bit done around the place done. Not very often I every came home from work and something was done around the place.

Stop over at Alice to see how her MRI went she won't know until Friday. And she gave notice with her client Joel and Margret that the end month she won't be coming in. She complete giving up in-home care.
Anyhow she has some health issue. Anyhow some of care givers have some issues that they need a care giver.

Coffee is on

It Had To Be Better

Got an appointment for Daisy at PEND ORELLIE vet in Bonners Ferry Service. She doing better but still uncomfortable.
The basement floor which she is laying on cement and it cooler.

Work went well. Did both Regis and Liz. Friday Liz was a pain in the ass. Had a short time with her this afternoon.
 So I did some general cleaning at Regis. Plus shopping. His doctor want him to get in a lease a 20 minute walk daily.
So he and I went over to ball park across the bridge, north side and walk down to pond. Which he enjoyed.
I such instead of just waiting for his care givers to show up to take out trash. That he take it out to can.
See he just put it on the kitchen counters. This way if he took can he would get a few extra steps in. And I will still take it to the dumpster.

Murphy can 6 pints of raspberries.

Eating went well today and I weigh in for our T.O.P.S group. This week a few of our members did a test run on our new contest KEEPING IT GOING. Me personal I feel it a easy to keep on task with, and not to difficult to do.
Breakfast...Grapenuts and strawberries.
Lunch...half roast beef sandwich, yogurts, banana, and my brain is farting. I don't recall what else I had for lunch. I have four items. Can't recall the fourth thing.
Dinner...Ground beef patty, mac and cheese, with beets out garden.
In the morning on my scale I been weigh in between 216 (97.9) and 217 (98.4) that in the morning. But sometime I will get on the scale and haven't yet hit the 220 (99.7).
I will change my weight lost ticket after I get back from tops. Usual there scale is 2 (0.9) lighter then my home scales.

Coffee is on 

Strawberries and Raspberry Battle

Our Strawberries is finishing out. Let me state we had bumper crop and actual wish we had a wine making kit.
Our red raspberries are coming on.
Every year my parents usual made batch of strawberries and raspberry wine. Well the strawberries was consist of good taste.
Now for the raspberries it was graded two ways "awful" or "excellent" nothing in between.

Murphy and I start to wash the lumber for the framing with the power washer. I don't think we got even half done, would say over quarter done.
It has a small gas tank. Murphy thought about a gallon.

Murphy planted a short roll of green onions and lettuce.
As he was picking the strawberries. I picked some raspberries. The amount I got was about 1/2 gallon.
It been a while since I took any photo of my flowers. Holly hock and the lilies are beginning to bloom
After church Qunella stop in I said she could have some Raspberry leaves. She dries them and makes tea out of them.
It open the side next to the fence.
Most of the time I ask Qunella what was the service is about. It was about  anxiety and letting God handle it. Not getting worked up over something.
It sort of reminded me that Regis old care giver didn't think he should take his "Antipsychotic"  medicines. Just pray it away.
Maybe I'm lacking faith or my common sense is a higher power.

Daisy the dog is doing much better. I notice there some type of growth on her tail. Calling one of the vets to get her in, during the week.

Eating and real no walk today.
Breakfast: egg, sausage patty, and potatoes it was all fried.
Lunch: hot dog, pork n beans, and then just plain wiener alone.
Dinner: London broil, corn, and rice.
Going to have a small snack latter on before 7 this evening. I usual don't eat after 7 it my daily fast time.

LaWalla called and told me that Liz was so aggressive and real bitch. I know when she under stress an aggressive behavior becomes more relativity speaking. I'm not a head shrink but I would guess she has INTERMITTENT EXPOLSIVE DISORDER.
One thing LaWalla told me she went in to KOOTENAI RIVER BREWERY  and not sure what was wrong with her sandwich. It could be any small thing. Like the color of the decor in place. She start to bitch about something.
Well she ended up with a free meal.
This is small town and sooner of later she going to find her self un-welcome in quite a few establishments.
Well LaWalla is massive cutting her hours. She will finish up July and maybe a little bit of August.
Then she will come over for one or two days in the month.
And week in September so Murphy and I can go down to Medford Oregon.
Then she isn't working anymore. But who knows what will happen next spring. I sure wouldn't be looking forward in driving those miles, mostly in winter time.
The scary part is that Liz already have to guns and she planning to get anther one.

Coffee is on


  

Cool Floor

I want to post the Son of Pioneers sing "Cool Water" for some reason I don't mind some of HANK WILLIAMS.
After yesterday post. Our dog Daisy start to itch and I look her over for fleas again, never saw any. I'm think it possible some type of allergies.
I've been giving her benadryl so she can be a little more comfort. And read that she may drink more water.
One thing I notice as she rubbing her back I notice a cysts under her tail. Monday morning I'll call one of the local vets to bring her in.
Anyhow she seem to be more comfortable on the basement cement floor.

I've been doing ok on my walks. Daisy and I walk to the third power line pole and back. It takes about 15 minutes.
And she still want to play fetch.

Maybe I need to post what I ate. Steel cut oats with raisin, and mid morning snack cherry yogurt. Lunch was re heated chicken noodle soups. For an afternoon snack was a slice of toast with peanut butter.
Dinner Pork chop with mushroom soup over potatoes and peas.
Been watch my portions.

Murphy and I sort out the lumbers. We got a pile of 2 by 6 and all under 10 feet. Plenty of staples to be pulled out.
We barrow a power washer. Swept out the garage/shop so once the boards are clean they can be stacked in garage/shop.
Murphy picked a few raspberries he got rain out. We had two brief rain showers today.

Coffee is on

No It Was The Repair Man

Regis made a few repair quest on his place. They been trying to get hold of him and make agreement for the repair man to come in.
I have no ideal how he figure that someone coming into clean.
I have trouble is he actual experience an altered reality or he just plain faking it, so he could get something for it.
But no harm done.

After the repair guy and some cleaning. I headed out to Liz so I can get my paper work done and sent off. So this week I work 18 hours.
LaWalla is finish up the week with Liz she will put in 13 hours for the week.

LaWalla brought over some MARY JANES FARM magazine and considered getting prescription. So also brought over a sample to show Liz of LOCKER HOOKER piece, trivet.
She going to teach Alice and I how to this. But it seem something always came up and why we never could meet.
So we're trying for this fall.
Can't prove anything but possible Liz will join us learning looker hooking
See LaWalla is planning to semi quite the company we do in-home care.
She 66 and also has some health issues. And to maintain her health it some what costly. She very CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY.
She getting a small inheritance from her mom and she planning to pay off her credit card and bank the rest in Canada.
So the check will be here in July or August, and I will go back to 31 hours a week. But I will have her come over 1 or 2 days in the month.
September planning to
In September Murphy and I want to fly down to see Sawyer and Betty down in Medford. LaWalla will fill in for week.
After I get back she probable won't be going back. Driving from Troy to Bonners Ferry is a little much.
Not sure what will happen after winter. If I had the chance to get out of doing in home care I would.

When Regis and I was at the good will. Bought two more so called mask to hang on power line pole. A moon and sun.
Plus Daisy a new toy.

She doing much better from the fleas. Still worrying about her. She got bite up pretty good, and her skin is tender.
But she is very willing to play fetch. Mostly with her new toy.

Murphy clean out the shop/garage and we haul the trash to dump. He want to stack the lumber for the deck framing in the shop/garage.
I have the next couple of days off and so he and I should be able to get it in the shop/garage.

Eating been odd. Lunch was so late and I was hoping a piece of left over pork would be around but it wasn't so I grab some yogurt.
Breakfast was pretty early and had a BLT sandwich and a little before I left for work ate some grapenuts with resins.
Dinner Chicken noodle soup and carrots we put in it was out of our garden. Except for the celery and onions.
I will eat a little something before seven. Thinking about plain popcorn.
Had a nice walk this morning and been walking around the property

Every felt like your PMS (ing) and your middle age woman who haven't had a period in four years....One minute your depress and next minute and next minute I'm having a panic attack..................Now what up with this crap.


Coffee is on

Individualism To Be Or Not To Be

Every one I seem to talk to been a bit off, mental. I was having balancing back and forth from depression and the every day worry wort.
This morning maybe a quarter after nine. I showed up and Regis was all up set and said that the lady who mange the senior low income apartment said someone is coming in tomorrow and deep clean.
Which I thought was strange. Usual anything connected with any government agency there policy of handling such, is to send out a form letter to every person such to dwelling of apartments.
So I got him calm down, and said I would come in around 8:30 and talk to his social worker and see what going on.

See Regis been collecting Gothic, Monster, and super hero items for ages. If this is true it would take a bit of time to clean.
I'll post a few of photo I took today of his collection. It some collection. Although it something I wouldn't collected.

  So I did some basic cleaning, load of laundry, and sprinkled soda and salt in his carpet and worked it in. Trying to get rid of nasty parasites that looming about.
As I was doing the chores in his place. He was working on one of his corners.

After we got done with our chores. He want to go to the GOODWILL down in Sandpoint and I have mix feel about the operation of there stores and there PAY SCALE. But on the other side of the story. Those who you don't see up front, those disability workers that are back getting items ready to bring up front to sell. There pay is AWFUL
I notice on the door as I was walking in that they were looking for employees. I only worked as cashier ages ago one time.
But they were offering a benefit package which surprise me. See I get $12.43 and hour now. With no benefits.

I got a couple of items from there and so did Regis.

After the Goodwill he went over to the Library and I got a few DOCTOR WHO The one I got has TOM BAKER  as Dr Who. But there been three more before him.
Regis got some dvd also.

Even had the chance to take around the neighborhood by the library. Quite a few apartments in area.
Not sure if there low in come and subsidies or not.
But our community up in BOUNDARY COUNTY could use more housing for the poor and disability.

Eating was so so.
Breakfast a slice of Pizza
Lunch piece of chicken, can kipper snacks, yogurt, cherries.
Dinner Pork ribs, bake potato, and greens.
Naughty food some chips over at Alice, two doughnut holes, and two raisin cookies.

The reason I went over to see Alice was to apologized to her for forgetting about her appointment for her MRI.
And to find out she planning to quite the company we both work for. She has some health issue and it just draining everything out of her.
I took care of her client before. He is exhausting  But not as bad as Donna.
We get bi annual distribution checks. Our next one will be in August or September. What we earn from January 1st till July 31st.
So she planning to quite shortly after we get our checks.
She was wondering when she quite when will she get her reminding part of her distribution check for July 1st until December 31st. See usual we receive that one in March or April. Once all taxes are done.
What she earn last half of year she hoping she doesn't have to wait until next year.

If the cleaning part is even true. I sure hope they don't hassle Regis about his collection. I won't enter-fear unless he ask me to or they start to bullying him.
He is real easy to push about.
He pays rent and I know he has rights to his place.

Editor note...Regis might of been experiencing an altered reality and image the entire thing about having someone cleaning.
On the way down to Sandpoint he ask me if we was about to Colorado. 

Coffee is on

Let See How Well I Do

My mood seem to be all over the place. It been riding on a teeter totter my mood has been, one minute I'm feeling some where between anxiety and paranoid.
Confession time...I think of the strangest thing to worry about and actual if they did happen there not a damn thing I could do about it.
Then in little bit I was horrible depressed.

Part of our contest "keeping it going'' is to try a new food or dish. Today was the day and I had KIFER it was sort of tasty. But at first try I wasn't to sure of it.
My daily bless "My husband loves me" and I have to say he tried to cheer me up. By saying he going to tie me up and feed me lobster. Which made me snicker a little.
Breakfast fried potatoes, poached eggs, a fried wieners
Lunch salad, cottage cheese, and cherries.
Dinner pizza, and cottage cheese with slice strawberries
Did get in good walk this morning, and very short one right after dinner.

Notice our dog Daisy is getting a little stiff in the hind end. She 10 I believe. But she still like to play fetch.
Every so often and I wish it was even less often. My left hip bothers me and had steroid shot in before. Next time I go in to the doctor they will send me over to have X-ray over at our local hospital.
And I would have to pay for it out of my own pocket.
I do have medical insurance with a 5,000 deductible. I know I won't even come close to making my deductible.
Last thing I had x ray was my foot bone. Still living at home and my dad was still working for the rail road I believe and member of the teamster union. He might of been retire and part of his retirement package we still had medical insurance.

Well Murphy and I went over to barrow Fynn power washer. Most of the time I can gabby with the best of them.
I was thankful that we had few candy dishes. In hope a few piece of sweet would put me a slight better mood.

Murphy and I froze a quart of chard which came out of our garden. I wash down the love seat with white vinegar. I thought I better keep at flea and dog is so much more happy.
Last night I took some soap and vinegar and wash the pet door. When they go though it I figure that those nasty little parasite is good place to transfer form one critter to anther critter. Resting in the pet door.

I gather my "Wednesday Words" this week at ELEPHANT CHILD. Decided to take the second set of word and work them in my blog posting. They are tasty, x-ray, bone, gabby, and stay.
But the other choices was stop, can, boiling, knotty, scrape, and competition.

So most of day I stay home and that was relieve.

Coffee is on 

Let Start Out

Got under my 220. Three of us lost weight in our group. Not many was there I believe 7. Today was fruit/veggie day. Everyone is posse to bring a fruit or veggie first Tuesday of the month. and the one who lost the most weight get all the fruit and veggies.
But if you forget you can toss in $1.00
I brought strawberries and kohlrabi, from my garden.

Might as well start with the last thing I stuff in my mouth was a mushroom.
Breakfast a bowl of cheerios with raspberries from garden.
Lunch some yogurt, cracker, cold beet, and salmon.
Dinner Spaghetti, green salad, with ranch dressing, and cottage cheese.
Naughty food and it was soooooo.....gooood.
ice cream cone, 2 Oreo cookies, and York Peppermint patty.
Did get 2 walks in today. I took one when Regis was over at speech. And the other one when I got home.

Today Topic at T.O.P.S was about "how to tell some one is fat?" I was going to post about I believe most people know there fat. But I wonder some time.
There a people who sometime have false since of there image. One lady and I in our group weighs about same, and we carry our weight different.
As heavy as I am I don't have much of stomach. I'm heavier in the boobs, hips, and thighs. The lady I'm talking about is more heavier in the stomach, and broader across the shoulders.
Anyhow if some bring up there weight I then might suggest a weight lost support group. And tell them how responsible cost T.O.P.S is
Brought in our contest of "keeping it going" we're doing a test run. See if there any kinks need to be worked out.
I posted our contest a short time ago and I did some changes. One thing I did take out was weighing your self daily. Figure maybe some people don't have a scale. Some people can handle weighing every day and other can't.
Well our contest is for who accumulate highest point and loose the most weigh in a 2 months.
The way we accumulate points is keeping a food journal, healthy breakfast, healthy lunch, healthy dinner, no eating after 7 in evening, one daily blessing, and just being you. All of these are worth 1 point each.
But these three items of daily good health habits is worth more. Portion control 1 point for each meal, water 1 point for every 12 oz, and physical activity for every 15 minute it worth 1 point.
During the week or at T.O.P.S weigh in is worth 1 point, Maintain or lost 2 points and staying for the meeting 2 points, try a new food or dish 3 points and also for 3 points bring a friend to T.O.P.S
End of contest bonus and these are worth 5 points. Being a K.O.P.S or becoming one, and loose 5 pounds during the 2 month contest.
Now for the prize. Everyone is to put in $1.00 in can every week. Except the one who loose the most weight and has the highest points for the week and they will pay only fifty cent instead of one dollar.
At end of the contest the money will be split between the person with highest points and biggest weight lost.
The reason I did a split between the weight lost and point. Anytime we have a contest the K.O.P.S get left out. They meant there weight lost goal and there maintaining.
But if one person get the highest points and loose the most weight it will be winner take all.

My daily blessing was "That I have good clients" I had some who got less hour and they was so intense they drain everything out of you.
So with Regis and Liz a lease I can go home and do a few things around the place. This morning before I went to work and I won't count picking the berries.
One load of laundry which was mostly towels, put dishes away, and swept the floor.
When I got home I clean the pet door, swept the outside basement stair, and put the dishes away that Murphy did.

Daisy is doing a lot better about her fleas and worm her.  



   

What Every

There actual quite a bit to choose from in life. One thing for sure you have no choice who your family may or not be.

My first guess that Murphy sister Faith lost our new phone #. Usual on the 4th we go to her place and celebrate our INDEPENDENCE.
I know Faith youngest daughter Gissele doesn't care for her Uncle Murphy or me. Simple because we're tend to lean toward liberal thinking.
Confession time...Lot of the time I find there ideology appalling. I believe it was Christmas or Easter Gissele husband Terry and his father in law Jeff making racist remarks about happening with shooting of MICHAEL BROWN.
Editor Note...I decided to remove the racist remark. Repeating it just makes me sound as low class and stupid.
When I heard that remark. I thought what an idiot. It would take an entire posting on what service they got from our government and us tax payer.
I believe in supporting our government.
So they even might be a feud between someone other family members, and Faith doesn't want to bring it to her place.
Time to move on.

We spray Daisy down good for fleas. Not sure why she been bother with them so much this season.
Washing her down yesterday and spraying seem to help.
Now I'm going though the house washing and VINEGAR DISINFECTANT  but I see it wouldn't hurt to add little hydrogen peroxide.
But still need to worm her.

Murphy mow the grass and worked in garden a bit. As I went and took care of Regis. We got a stray tomato coming up in corn patch.
My guess it was from last year. So we're calling the new plant a "cornato"
A few flowers are in bloom and some are coming on.

Tomorrow I'll be bringing in our new contest "keep it going" for our T.O.P.S
It seem to do a test run on our contest. That way we can take out the kinks.
Breakfast bowl of grapenuts and fresh raspberries form our bushes.
Now I might as well mention my snack. One thing I like and safeway carries them, jack pepper cheese stick, and one Oreo cookie.
I guess one could call it more then a snack. I had some type ginger dish from deli in Super One.
I wait for Regis to his shopping.
Lunch left over Pizza from yesterday.
Dinner beets from our garden, salmon, and corn on cob.
Since the weather was comfortable after work I took a short walk.

Found a little more info on some of my MICHIGAN family. Ran in to some info on my Great Grand Mother Dora (Stansell) Witherell siblings "Jennie" and "Charles".
Married a guy name of "Bert Bissel" and it got me wonder if family have any connect to the Vacuum cleaner company and if, so.
But it seem a lot of my dad side they seem not to reproduce as some other family. I keep running into only children and CHILDLESS  couples.
If they choose not have children that's a choice. But I find it some what sad if the couple just could have children because of INFERTILITY.

Coffee is on

It Been A Battle

Not sure when anyone out there in blogasphere is going to read this post. Yesterday I was to tired to post anyhow.

Our dog Daisy been hit bad this year by fleas. I've heard pet fleas been hit HARD THIS YEAR, not sure what the rate in Idaho.
And I know it won't hurt to anther round of worming, but I won't be going into town until tomorrow.
Today we gave Daisy a bath DAWN DISH SOAP.
I only have empathy for poor gal.

The vacuum cleaner gave out. I know there people out there would say I bought a cheap one. Bought $300 Kenmore and it was shot in two and half years.
This time we went to Walmart and pick up there FORTY THREE dollar model. If it last a year it did a lot better then the one I bought at Sears.
Also I read that you put salt and baking soda on CARPET. I know I will use up the box of soda and quite bit of salt.
When I go into town I will be getting some supplies.

Yesterday Murphy was with Regis, and found out his ex sister in law is having some type of break-down.
I just talk to LaWallla and when she left she thought Liz was doing ok.
Except her son Cyrus was drunk and passed out, before that he made such a mess at her place. In simple terms "He is an asshole when he drinking."
As I understand that her therapist had to come in.
Opinion time....she should of stop bailing her son out of his messes ages ago. Some time you need to let your kids knee get scrape so they learn it isn't wise to run across a gravel road.
I'm no therapist. But all three of them are mental ill.
Liz social worker is planning to help her get a gun. Like I said I'm not a therapist or social worker. But none of these people are stable enough to have gun.

Eating went ok. I decided not to wear my pedometer on the weekends. No bad snacks for me.

Coffee is on
      

A Day Late and More Then Dollar Short.

You are sentimental.

You are empathetic: you feel what others feel and are compassionate towards them. You are uncompromising: you think it is wrong to take advantage of others to get ahead. And you are calm-seeking: you prefer activities that are quiet, calm, and safe.

Your choices are driven by a desire for well-being.

You consider helping others to guide a large part of what you do: you think it is important to take care of the people around you. You are relatively unconcerned with taking pleasure in life: you prefer activities with a purpose greater than just personal enjoyment.

Yesterday the 30th of June I send a few of my POST over to "My Blue Mix" 

It been a while since and mean a while. Since I posted a monthly report on weather or anything else.

Hottest day in June was on the 6^th and it got up to 105° (40.5)

Coldest day in June was on the 15^th and it got down to 31° (-0.5)

Average high for June was 91° (32.7)

Average low for June was 48 (8.8)

I've start to wear a pedometer during the week day.

Ticker above is what I've average for the week, not counting the weekend. Actual my goal I set was to average out 35,000 steps in a week. By the end of July. I over shot my capability. Now I'm curious what my average will be end of July.

Walked 115,123 steps for month of June. Which for month average 61 miles (98,170 Meters) which would of put me in town of COEUR'D ALENE in a "make believe world" On daily average weekend off I did 3 2/3  mile (5.793.64) a day.

Usual I re-post my blog with 3 different social media site and or groups. This month of July I will be sharing my blog with G PLUS If you want to connect with me at G Plus, CLICK HERE I'm also going to re-post my blog though two group that Face-book offer. BLOG HER WRITING LAB which is a public group.

But BLOGGERS CORNER is a close group.

Brunch Slice of Pizza, hot-dog, pork n beans, and crumbly potato chips.

Dinner. Pork chop with mushroom gravy, mashed potatoes, and New Zealand Spinach.

Snack a bowl of grapenuts with raisin and yogurt

Coffee is on