Cookbook

It's been another busy week. Most of he week I've spent at the Eagles, oh no! A few months ago, Doris, a friend of mine, asked if I wanted to be on a cookbook committee. Hell why not? It sounded like a good idea. Besides that, it would be a good project to work on to raise money for the Ladies Auxiliary.
About 10 years ago I joined the Eagles and they had just come out with a cookbook with favorite recipe's from the members. Well I never got one.
A lot of times we'll be sitting around the bar and it seems like we're always talking about food. It's always who makes the best such and such. Where the best this and that is. Then there's "Oh,man you gotta try this". You know how that goes,it always ends up being just talk. So Doris thought it would be cool if we had another cookbook out. She went to one of the Auxiliary meetings to see about getting the cookbook started,but nobody seemed to be interested in it. They said the last one didn't do too well.(not too many people go to the meetings) Doris brought the subject up again and ended up being in charge of getting it going. Then she asked me if I would help out with getting this thing together. You know the best time to ask me to volunteer for something is after I've had a few drinks in me. Which is how I got involved in this. She also got Weezy,who still has all recipes and programs on her computer from the last book,to help out too.
We have a box set out in the club for people to turn in their recipes and so far we have good response. Way more than we thought we would get and they're still turning them in. Hopefully we can have everything done so the books will be available around Christmas time.

Rock Border

Rock Border
Originally uploaded by Photofreak57.

Mike got a truckload of topsoil and filled the garden up. Now it's ready for some plants. He found the rocks on a job he was on last year,but I think a few more wouldn't hurt. This is gonna turn out pretty good after all.

Garden Update

I'm making some progress in my garden. Not much. Right now I can't upload the picture I wanted to post. The plan was to have pictures of all the phases my little garden goes thru from Spring till Fall. I've spent the last hour trying to figure out this picture thing and all I get is stupid error numbers. Well anyhow picture this: the same little garden from a previous post except now it has more topsoil and a rock border around it.

Where Does the Time Go?

I thought keeping up with this blog would be no problem. Ha! Before I retired I would be a work and daydream about all the things I wanted to do. It's amazing how many chores you can do in your mind. Too bad it doesn't get done just by thinking about it. Like cleaning and rearranging the kitchen cabinets. The basement. In my mind, I had it all fixed up for play room for the grand kids and a work area for my so called projects. It's still a hell hole for junk and treasures. One of these days it might get done,but it still looks good the way I worked on it in my head.

When I was younger,working full time and raising kids,I never thought much about getting things done.It just got done because there wasn't time to think about getting it done. Funny how that works.

A few of my friends,who are senior citizens,complain about being bored and lonely.I suggest that they find something that they enjoy doing and go for it. Then I realize that they enjoy complaining about being bored and lonely. What a waste of time. It's just hard for me to understand how people can be live that. Then there's my senior friends and family that are in their 70's and 80's constantly doing something or going somewhere. Now I can't forget to mention some people I know that hang out in the bar day after day,drink after drink. That's all they do. Sure I like to go there to have a few cocktails a couple times a week. For me it's not going to be a daily habit. Well I haven't been to the Eagles in about a week and I know next time I go in there I'm gonna hear " Where have you been" and "Haven't seen you forever". I would like to reply "Duh,I have a life and have other things to do than to get stinkin drunk everyday". Being the nice person that I am I just tell them I've been busy.

I guess what I'm trying to say is if you think everyone and everything is against you,then it's up to you to get your mind right and move on to a more positive outlook. Hmmm,I think I might have been describing my ex-husband. Maybe I should thank him for being the way he was because it taught me that there was no way in hell I wanted to live such a pessimistic and miserable life. For my sake and my kids. He was dragging us down to a dark place. It was one of the hardest things I ever had to do,but I kicked myself in the ass to get me to move on with a better life. I was soo glad I did. Life is much better now.

On the lighter side,I need to get off my butt and get on with my day.
That's all I got to say about that.

My Garden

I'm going to plant flowers this year. How about that? The last couple years I haven't planted hardly anything out in the flower bed. Last year Mike was painting the house and mangled a few plants that were coming up.I had a few things planted in half whiskey barrels on the porch that looked pretty cool. The year before the whole yard was tore up because of the garage and driveway we had under construction.

Sunday,I weeded which didn't take too long.Now all that's left to do is till it up and head down to the local nursery and pick out the plants. Can't wait to get started

Busy Week

It's been a busy week for me. Last Wednesday Makayla came to spend a few days with us. I'm tellin ya this kid never stops! You gotta make sure she has something to do all the time. The weather wasn't the greatest,cold and rainy,but we managed to get a few things done. We went to the store to get stuff to make smoothies. Mmmm they sure were tasty. Oh yeah, the stawberry shortcake was yummy too. Later on she helped me fill the bird feeders since we both like to watch the birds and those old pesky squirrels. I have a bird chart by the window so she can identify the different birds that come to feed.

Thursday was one of those days when it would rain on minute and then the sun would pop out. I did manage to get a picture of a rainbow. Makayla was so excited because it was the first time she ever saw a rainbow.

Friday turned out to be a beautiful day. The sun was out and it wasn't too cold out. It was the perfect day for me to try out my new camera lens. The camera is a Canon Rebel Xti. It rocks. The only problem is ,I gotta get smarter than the camera. I'm learning though.

I packed the camera up and we headed to Carraige Hill Farm to spend the afternoon. Makayla had a lot of fun looking at the farm animals and I had fun taking a bunch of pictures.

A Bryanna Funny

Tuesday I had to pick up a few things from the store. As I got into town , I looked at the clock and saw that it was almost time for Makayla to get on the bus for school. So I stopped by and we all walked to the bus stop together. After Makayla left I noticed my former neighbors, Mary and Barry outside. I talked with them for awhile and got caught up on all the neighborhood gossip (they know everything that goes on) In fact all of my former neighbors love to tell me the juicy stuff about the neighbors,including my daughter Heather. Ha Ha!

I get back to Heather's house and asked her if she wanted to go to the store with me since she had to get some stuff too. We're in Meijer going up the aisle, all of a sudden Bryanna,who is 4yrs old, puts her little hands on her cheeks and yells out

"Oh my gosh Mommy,look it' a Dora blah-blah-blah!" (can't remember what it was exactly)

"Oh my gosh Mommy,look at that!

You would think that this kid had never been in a store before.

"Oh Mommy we lost Grandma"

Sometimes I take off to browse down another aisle,but I'm usually not too far away.

"Oh Mommy we lost Grandma again,ugh!"

This kid is crackin me up.

We leave Meijer and go to Target. They didn't have what I was looking for so we end up looking at the childrens clothes. I told Heather to pick out a couple outfits for the girls,since I have no idea what size they wear anymore. Heather holds a shirt up to Bryanna to judge the size and Bryanna grabs it and says

" Mommy I'll hold it up to me myself."

She holds the shirt up to her chest,turns from side to side and says

"Oh I just love this!" and tosses it into the basket.

"No I don't like that one." hands it back to Mommy

This goes on for about 15 minutes or so with an occasional "We lost Grandma again." By this time we gotta get moving because Makayla will be out of school soon. As we were driving back to the house,I told Heather that Bryanna might be a future drama queen in the making. Where does she get this from? Ohh, duh, it's gotta be from Heather's daddy side of the family. No doubt about that.

I drop them off at the house,get home and decide it's time for Grandma to take a nap.