Friday Evening

I did not take the pants back... nope. I decided I'd lose the few pounds it's going to take for them to feel comfortable. Now if I can just get myself in the losing mode that will become a reality instead of just a maybe. But I don't want to talk about weight or diets or pants that are too tight. Just don't want to talk about that tonight.. I had something I wanted to talk about but it's slipped my mind.. seems like things slip my mind a lot anymore... whatever. Oh that reminds me. I am making a t-shirt transfer... the saying on it is going to be... What Ever. Do you think it should be one word or two? This shirt is going to be in memory of Kiko who actually paused between what and ever when he said it... It was one of his most oft saying. I remember when he was losing an argument or simply didn't want to discuss a subject anymore he would close his eyes, and even his ears, or put his hands over his ears and say... "What Ever!!!"..... yep that was him. And I'm going to honor him by making this transfer.. then I just have to find a place that can press it onto the shirt for me. Might even make a few for gifts for his special people...

That wasn't what I was going to write tonight but that's where the post went so be it.

J.

Some days it feels like Saturday....

But it's not. It's only Thursday. I was so lazy today. I hardly did a thing. I did go to walmart and tried on two pair of jeans.. oh how I hate trying on clothes in that store. The dressing rooms are small... no hooks on the wall and the little built in board bench slants forward. One pair of jeans actually fit fairly well... but they had the wide bell bottoms.. is that what they call them? That's what they used to call them but I bet there's another name for them now.. anyway, I didn't like the wide legs.. felt too bulky. I hate bulky. The other pair had a high waist or something and felt awful.. so by the time I put my clothes back on and my shoes back on and tied them, I just didn't have the energy to go out, look and then try on more pants. So I grabbed up another pair and bought them thinking if they fit I'd keep them but if not I'll just take them back. They actually fit except right in the tummy they are about five pounds too tight. So now my dilema is shall I keep them in hopes of fitting into them soon, or should I take them back and find something that fits me now? I really need some jeans. Mine are all baggy and saggy and so thin I get cold. Ok. I'll take them back tomorrow. Hopefully I can find something to fit this weird shaped body of mine.. of course we know I'll have to hem them.. even extra short pants are too long for me... how interesting this post is.. don't you just love it?

J

Boring isn't bad...

I've had a very boring day, I suppose some would think. But to me it's been ok. I like quiet days. I like days all to myself. I seem to accomplish much more when I'm alone in the house. Today I made a big batch of candy to take to Oregon on Saturday... also wrapped all the Christmas presents we are taking. Defrosted the soup for dinner and added a few more veggies just for good measure... ooh and best of all I got to try out my new swiffer......... did the kitchen floor. But I was a bit disappointed because it didn't stay wet till I finished the whole floor. I thought one of the wet wipe thingies would be enough but it wasn't. Maybe I should have worked faster? Maybe my floor was just too dirty. maybe if I don't let it get so dirty it won't take so long to clean it and the wipey will stay wet till I'm done? Whatever... anyway it is much easier than dipping a big heavy hard to lift string mop into the sink... then trying to wring it out with my dumb non-working thumb. Ever notice how much you need your thumbs? Try opening a jar without your thumb... how about tying your shoes? Combing your hair? Shaving your legs? driving a car? Cutting some veggies? Yes we need our thumbs and mine have given out on me.

Soup for dinner... I love easy.
J.

Hit the green button!!!

I went shopping today.. in the market I got in line behind two shoppers, well actually three, but two were together so... Anyway... there was a man and his son in line, another older rather dowdy looking man and then myself in line. The older man only had one item so the other man and his son let the older guy go first... Well evidently he was down on his luck because he had a roll of pennies and some loose change to pay for his package of oatmeal rounds.. The clerk became visibly upset for some unknown reason. Maybe he didn't want to count the pennies. Who knows. When the transaction was finished the down and out fellow turned to us and thanked us for waiting... which I thought very nice. Didn't bother me to wait and evidently didn't bother the man and his son either. So then they checked out and the clerk began ringing up my purchases. I slid my card and followed the instructions.. it was hard for me to see the little box because I'm short and wear trifocals.. have to stand on my tiptoes. The clerk said something and I didn't hear him.. I said, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you said."... he took a great deep sigh and said in a very loud, angry and demanding voice..." HIT THE GREEN BUTTON!!!"... I heard him and so did many others in the store... "What?" I said, "You want me to HIT the green button?".... "YES YES YES," he repeated, "HIT THE GREEN BUTTON!!"... so I did. I reached up and whaled the hell out of that poor innocent green button. The little box almost fell off.. The clerk never said a word. I smiled, said thank you and walked out of the store feeling very proud of myself..

J

The Craft Closet is Cleaned...

What a relief.. hate things pending. Have to say it looks good and is very well organized. Now I feel comfortable starting a new project. I think I'm going to start a doll.. but first before I do anything else, I'm going to make a list of things I want to accomplish this year. Could be some little bitsy things and maybe a bigger task too.. I'm just going to write down everything I want to do in the very near future. These will be doable things. Not things like take a world cruise or a safari in Africa... I know I'm not going to do that, nor do I want to. But these are things like find a chest of drawers for my bathroom, make some stepping stones, touch up the paint on the kitchen cabinets. That kind of thing. Then when I'm bouncing around not knowing what to do I will just look at the list and choose something. I do this every year....and most times I accomplish everything on that list.

I had a bad day today... some aren't. Today was.
Tomorrow will be better.

J.

Sunday excitement...

What an exciting day I've had so far... Apart from the regular making breakfast etc... I used the new lint roller on the couches to remove the dog hair... oh joy what fun that was. I knew there was hair on them but I didn't know it was that much.. Still that little cheapo thing we bought at walmart really picked it up. I'm so happy to know they work that well. I've only been wearing jeans and a certain few t-shirts because they are the only things the hair doesn't stick to. I dislike dog hair immensely... I didn't think this

dog was a shedder when we got him.. but he turned out to be quite the hairy little thing.. and he's white. But what can I do? Can't give him away and I don't want to. He's really a smart thing and a good dog.... well until we have company and then he is quite unruly. He acts like I'm not even there and doesn't hear a word I say. I really need to teach him to stop when I say stop and come when I say come. He minds really well until someone knocks on the door, and then he's like a wild little boy who's parents have taught him NOTHING.
I'm not avoiding the issue of the craft closet.. but there's been no activity in that direction so really nothing to report. It's on the list. That's all I can say. It's on the list.

J

I'm almost ashamed to show my face....

I did NOT get that closet cleaned out again... well, it wasn't my fault... we decided to go check out a tool store and then to buy some tea. That took half the day. I cannot do a whole days job in half a day, so I'll wait... not gonna talk about doing it tomorrow... but I really really do want it done. Well not so much that I want it done, but I've vowed to do that before I start working on the doll project and I really want to start that project. I actually have four dolls I want to make. I might then give some of them to granddaughters, but not sure about that. At what age does one become too old for dolls? I can't answer because I'm seventy and I love dolls. So I guess it just depends on the person.

It rained all day. I'm not a gray day person. I need the sun to get me up and going. Right now I'm so doubly sleepy. Last night I was sleepy and when my head hit the pillow my eyes opened and stayed that way half the night.. boy is that ever aggravating. Tonight will be better.

Hasta manana...
J

The best laid plans.....

Yes it's true, even the best of plans by the most organized can sprout wings and fly out the window, leaving the planner and the organizer feeling just a little bit like a common liar... but so what? If you can't do what you planned to do today, maybe you can do it tomorrow. It's not like it's earth shattering or anything. It'll get done. It WILL get done. Not even a question about that. I will pencil it in for tomorrow. I actually did open the closet and surveyed the mess. Everything is all whichways and nothing is straight... this is with that and the other thing is where is isn't supposed to be. I couldn't find anything if I wanted to... it simply must be cleaned and organized. Hate starting a project when things are not organized so, no I will not start the doll until I get the closet cleaned. Not much storage space in this house. Hard to keep things really well organized... but I try. Just let it go for awhile though and now it's a royal mess... I had a good excuse for not doing it today.. I went shopping. Not fun shopping, just shopping. By the time I got home it was too late to start an all day project... I'll do it tomorrow..

J.

Yesterday out of time, today out of energy....

Well my intentions were good. I had the day all planned. Was going to concentrate on the craft closet... but opened the other side of the closet for something and decided to start there.. Well, one thing led to another. Found some stuff that needed to be put in drawers, but the drawers had stuff that needed to go other places.. So in order to do one thing right I ended up doing three things. Never did get to the craft side of the closet. But I will tomorrow.

Raining. We need it but I don't have to like it. My bones don't like it. My shins feel like they are itchy and crawly.. hard to explain but it's awful. Not painful but uncomfortable. I'm not able to keep them still. Weird.

Maybe I'll go look at the doll kit.. but I told myself I couldn't start it until the craft closet was clean. Still it wouldn't hurt just to take a peak inside the box just to make sure all the materials are there, would it?

I took half a pain pill early this morning... they really do help the legs and back but I don't want to become dependent on them.. trying to figure out if that might happen if I take another half. I usually take half at bedtime and sometimes half during the day.... but rarely take more than that. Excuse me I'm hungry, need a bite of peanut butter.

J.

Eeeek I ran out of day

Busy the whole day... didn't do fun things. I did get all the album supplies sorted and put away. Tomorrow my plan is to clean my craft closet and get ready to start a new project. I'm going to do a doll named Violet. She wears purple clothes and has pink hair. Too kewl. I'm anxious to get that started, but I'm sure it won't be tomorrow. Need to get organized first.. The craft shelves are a total mess.. It will be nice to know what I actually have. That's my big project for tomorrow... plus of course all the regular day to day boring stuff. I also want to go to the pet store to buy my doggie some treats. Couldn't find anything at walmart besides pepperoni flavor.. smells terrible. Oh that reminds me.. I have a big quarrel with walmart. Why do they stock darling little girl dog clothes and NOTHING for my little boy dog? Grrrrr. They do that with baby clothes too.

Ok that's enough for tonight, I'm about to fall off the chair.

Hasta manana...

J

Finished..... yea I am finished.

Whew... finally finished the albums I was making for the kids for Christmas.. When Kiko got sick I had to put those kinds of projects on hold.. So needless to say some of them didn't get done for Christmas. It was a huge project. Eight albums with forty pages in each album. I had to design the book, the layout and look for the pictures, then print them making sure the sizes would fit on the pages. Each picture had to be trimmed and captions and tidbits had to be done. I used different colors of paper for each page. Well anyway, ended up making 7 books instead of 8 as originally planned.

In case some of you don't know, Kiko is my son who passed away the day before Thanksgiving. He died of pneumonia from complications relating to chemotherapy which he had for mixed germ cell tumor. He was so sick for four long months. He fought a good fight. And anyone who thought he was the weakest, found out he was so very strong. He had such a will. But he got tired. Turns out the treatment that was supposed to save him actually caused his death. I still can't believe he's gone. Doubt I will ever believe it. Don't want to anyway.

I'm not going to write any more about this for awhile... too hard. I'm going to look and see if I can find a picture of one of the album pages I made.. I know I took some pictures of them but I also know I deleted them off my computer in case the kids came, I didn't want them to see it before it was done.

I'm glad I'm finished with the albums, they felt like leftover 2008 projects, which they were. Now I'll start a new project. I want to make a doll.

J.

Don't send plants....

When you want to send something to a memorial service, don't sent plants. Why you ask? Most people think if they send a plant the memory of the deceased lives on in that plant, but I have a different thought. If you send a plant and it dies, then you make the person in possession of the plant re-live the death of their loved one. Simple as that. Do not send plants. I remember my Mom trying to keep several plants alive after my step father died and when they died she was very sad. It seemed like she felt she had betrayed my step father by not keeping them alive. Maybe it was because as long as the plant lived, he lived. But when the plant died he was gone. So my thought is even though the loved one will re-live the life and death of the deceased many many times, why add to their grief when the plant just ups and dies. So...

Don't Send Plants

J.

Sunday night...

Have you ever bought anything through craigslist? I have. I've gotten some darn good deals too. I've sold things through it too and given things away for free.. but today we went to look at a dresser which was said to be in 'excellent' condition. When we got there I noticed scratches.. ok well no big deal. Then I asked if any of the drawers tipped down in the front when opened. She proceded to open each drawer to show me they were ok, but she never let go of the handles... so then I decided to open them and every single solitary drawer fell down in the front. Nope sorry, don't want it.. . will continue looking. No rush. But I wish people would be honest. We drove 14 miles over and 14 miles back because of it's 'excellent' condition. Obviously my definition and her definition of excellent were not the same. Have you ever looked under Pets on craigslist...lots of strange people there. Some ok, some troublemakers. I've two doggy carrying bags I need to list. Maybe I'll do that now. Maybe not.

Any idea what this blog should be about? I'm not a real blogger.. I have no direction, no aim, nothing. Maybe after a time I will decide what to write about and zero in on something, but don't bank on it.. Wish I were camping.

J

Saturday... Almost bedtime

Nothing comes to mind tonight.. We rode to Chico today..... was gonna go on down 99 to see what we could see. No fruit stands open today. We went to a thrift store. I love buying at thrift stores, makes me feel smart. For instance I bought three candle holders. One cost 69 cents and the other two cost 39 cents each. Now I ask you, where would you find candle holders for that piddley amount? We bought stuffed toys for the dog. He's such a bugger, he tears up stuffed toys with great gusto. Why pay new price for something that will last at best three days? We pay 69 cents for his toys..

Is this stuff interesting to anyone? I don't care. It's interesting to me. It was a good day. Sun was warm and even though we need the rain, I love the sun...

We'll be getting a dvr Monday.. about time, we are so far behind the times. I'm so out dated don't even ask me what a blackberry is. I thought it was something you made jam or pies out of........ until someone laughed at me. Why I'm barely beginning to blog. Is it because I'm old? Don't think so. It's just because I really don't care. I've learned enough in life. No need to clutter my brain with new stuff when I'm happy with all the old stuff....anyway which would you rather have... a little tiny piece of electronic something or a big slice of juicy pie?

I have another blog to update.

J.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I did it..

Started a second blog. This one will be for just whatever pops into my head on any given day. It may be nothing, but it may be something. It will probably be just a log of daily happenings in my life.

First of all I hope I can find a better picture and second of all, did you know when you change your picture in your profile it changes the picture on ALL your blogs? Well blogs through blogspot anyway. Maybe I'll make a blog using something other than blogspot. Any ideas?

I hate it when I look at the clock and it says 9:11. I'm also wondering if there's any bone in my body that doesn't hurt.. oh wait, my pinky isn't paining me right now.. hooray. One unhurting pinky. Is this what old people do when they have nothing to do?

I am hungry. I wonder if I could make a decent, intelligent blog. A blog that means something to someone. Informational or educational or even funny might be good. Alas I am talentless.

I'm tired, enough of this nonsense for tonight. I'll think about it tomorrow.

Jenny