Monday morning…well…noon anyway. lol I have been up for a while, reading and putzing…doing laundry and vacuuming, cleaning cat boxes. sigh… Apparently in the night, somone knocked a new bottle of fabric softener off the shelf, it hit one of the litter boxes, broke the cap and spilled softener all down into the cat litter. (And these boxes both have lids on them!) Luckily, most of it landed inside the catbox. But, it was good reason to completely empty them out and scrub them down and refill with new litter.
The 4 week old kittens are tumbling about and playing and climbing and following us around the house. They have become friends with the dogs (mostly) and are looking more adorable every day. Mama cat is perpetually hungry, as are the babies. I’m calling the vet today to see when I can start feeding them supplemental food. I have some cans of salmon that I have been feeding her as well as the odd can of tuna or cat food. I know the little beggars are sucking the life out of her….lol
It’s nice and sunny and breezy today….about 50 probably. I’m hanging select parts of my laundry out on the line. Mostly towels and sheets and hubbys work jeans and T shirts. Drying socks and underwear in the dryer, for expediency sake. Sure is nice out.
Yesterday got lost in the shuffle and I never did make it on here to post. We got up and had breakfast, gathered up grandson’s things and packed him into the car, picked up a sponsee, dropped GS off at home, went to a morning meeting, took sponsee to Walgreens and then back to her house and then we came back home. Had a spot of lunch and hubby grabbed his pole and went fishing. We had snow Saturday night, and a power outage that lasted 2 hours. So, out came the candles and hurricane lamps, the hot chocolate and the Uno game. Grandson thinks its a real thrill playing in the dark….lol BY the time hubby went fishing it had all melted and things were back to normal. I checked my emails, fielded about 5 phone calls from all over, got separate calls from 2 sponsees (new new, like 13 days and 7 days) and they were going to a 4 o’clock meeting, so I decided to go as well. I like this particular meeting alot, but it’s hard for me to get to it. If you plan to do anything on Sundays (since hubby doesn’t work that day) it’s hard to get to a meeting that time of day. Plus we usually go to his homegroup on Sunday mornings. So I shut down the computer and headed back down to the city (35 minutes from here). They were tickled to see me and I got to see lots of folks I hadn’t seen in a while. It was a good meeting too.
By the time I got back home and fixed supper, it was almost 8 PM before we ate. Oops. Eating that late is not conducive to staying awake and writing in a blog or answering emails….lol
But today is another day, and I have some reading to do for tonight’s final class on Voluntary Simplicity. We may have another class, potluck style thing for an ending. And we are talking about starting another class. We’ll see. It won’t be long before we are too busy with gardens and such to cram anymore long term things into our schedule. Although we are going to the Environmental Art workshop on Earth Day.
Life is good and full of wondrous things to be part of if you just look around.
Namaste.
Morning, you mind-bloggoling peoples!
It’s a grey cold rainty day here this morning. They’re predicting possible snow showers. Ughhhhh. lol I WANT SPRING !!!!! (she cries, banging her fist on the high chair tray).
Saw the eye doc yesterday…got a new prescription. Got new glasses ordered-no line bifocals, transition lenses. He told me I have a stage 1 cataract starting to form. I was like
“WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT !?!?!!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
He said cataracts are a possible result of several different things, diabetes-birthdays-family history-and being in the sun without sunglasses. Oops. I hate wearing sunglasses…it’s a pain when you wear other glasses to be constantly changing out your glasses. Some years back I had transistions and loved them, but the last time I really couldn’t afford them. They cost an extra hundred dollars, more or less. So I decided I would do it this time, with the cataract diagnoses.
I feel like I am getting older by the minute, and my old trustworthy body is in mutiny mode.
Grandson is here for the weekend,. and we are having a ball. Playing with the kittens and rolling around with the dogs. Chasing the frogs and turtles and gathering eggs from the henhouse. Last night with dinner we watched the movie Twilight. I thought the book was better, but it was okay too. This afternoon, since it’s all cold and rain, we’re going to the movies to see Monsters vs Aliens, and then afterwards, we’ll go out to dinner somewhere. Not sure what’s in store for tomorrow, but hey–we’re living ODAAT here, thank you very much. lol
I was going thorough pictures on the computer, and found some of the gathering a couple of years ago, and some great summer time pictures of my yard. It just made the spring fever worse than ever! lol
Above-view across the side of my front yard.
Above-Gathering bbq on Saturday, 2008
Above–meeting down by the pond…must be a splinter group, I’m not there. lol
Above-view of the back yard, looking towards the house.
Okay–I’m done. Time to get ready for our trip to town and see the movie. I feel a craving for greasy buttery movie popcorn!!
Have a great weekend all…..
Namaste.
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A crispy cool morning, and I awakened to the sounds of that man playing with kittens…he’s such a moosh…
Busy day today…appointment with the eye doctor, picking up grandson…all sorts of fun stuff.
Wanted to drop by for a quickie and say hello to all my friends in bloggerville. You guys make my day with your blogs. Even though I don’t always post something, I always read when my computer is up and running. lol Which it is now, thanks to Wild Blue. WooHoo!!
I’ll be back tomorrow…
Namaste
**EDited to say… I found this post in the saved draft box. lol Go figure. Duuhhhhh………
Let’s rock awhile….
Awoke with a start this morning, and realized I’d overslept. It was 9:30 . I jumped up and grabbed some clothes and pulled my wild ass hair back in a rubber band and ran to the neighbors house. This morning is the last time I feed their dogs (who eat at 8AM usually ) and they are coming home today. I was listening to messages on my cell phone and called the woman who was coming this morning. I was huffing and puffing and alarmed her, lol. I said, I’m running !!!
After feeding the dogs, I ran back home and straightned the house, put some powder under my arm pits since I didn’t have time for a shower–she was on her way. I was ready before she got here, just making a fresh pot of coffee. When she came in she said…Ooooo–I was hoping you’d make me your great coffee… lol
Now she’s gone, and I fed myself a little bowl of basmati rice and figured out what to make for supper and sat down at the computer. I was gonna get some laundry done and hung out to dry, but didn’t m,anage it. Tomorrow morning though…bright and early.
I’m going to the optometrist tomorrow for [finally] new glasses. I have been wearing the ones that are the prescription before last after I broke my glasses over 6 months ago and couldn’t afford new ones. I will be so glad…I am getting transition lenses and nice frames (I hate the ones I’m wearing!) and new prescription that will help me see better. Read better. I wear no-line bifocals for about 15 years now. I can’t wait. Then I am picking up the young prince after school and he’s coming to spend the weekend. YIPPEE!!!!!
I am off the minute the husband arrives to the women’s meeting I attend on Thursday. Today I am picking up a newcomer and dragging her along. The meeting gets a little sparse at times attendance wise, but it’s always good. I have a good feeling about tonight…
The kittens, Merlin~Chichi~Goldie~Blaze, are playing at my feet and climbing me like I’m their personal Kilmanjjaro. Kittens are God’s furry rainbows…. Everyone that walks in the door and sees them smiles amd oohs and ahhs over them. It’s way cool.
I’m ready to take a quick shower and get some raviolis ready for supper. Raviolis and putanesca sauce with garlic bread and a small salad. Makes me think…I got some Siberian Kale seeds yesterday. Last summer I experimented with serving different kinds of stuffed pastas (Raviolis and rigatonis, stuffed with portobella mushrooms, spinsch, cheese-any combination thereof- on a bed of very lightly sauteed kale and chard and spinach. Sauteed lightly in olive oil with minced garlic. It’s the only way I have ever been able to get husband man to eat kale. He THINKS he doesn’t like it… LOLOLOLOLOLOLL…little does he know.
I just remembered–I have a batch of brussell sprouts in the fridge. I adore them, little tiny heads of cabbage, steamed and served with fresh cracked black pepper and butter. mmmmm…Think I’ll cook them and have them with my meal.
Does life really get any better than this ?????
Namaste.
It’s a crisp morning here on the Prairie, but stunningly sunny and beautiful. I have kittens climbing up my legs… they try to run and tumble about like Chinese acrobats. They are heartbreakingly gorgeous. I started calling them names and hubby cried “DON’T!!” If you name them….” I shushed him. lol
They are Goldie, Blaze, Merlin and Chichi. LOL They follow me around the house and are underfoot every minute. I have tried putting up the baby gate to corral them in one room and the little buggers climb up to the top of it and fall over. They chase babydog around the house and want to climb her, but she’s having none of it. Merlin is a fluffy grey longhaired kitten. Chichi is the runt of the litter, a grey tiger stripe with white patches. Goldie is…well, gold, with some white. And little Blaze is black and white. He’s the most vocal of the bunch. But they will all chirp and chatter and cry when they lose sight of one another or their mom or me.
I went to a meeting to meet up with and have lunch with a sponsling who was late nd then didn’t want to go anyway. It just so happened that a long lost lamb showed up again, so it freed me to take her aside and then go to Arby’s for a sandwich after the meeting. When I walked in, she ran up to me and threw her arms around me…I looked at her and said, with faint surprise..”Huh. I thought you had died.” SHe said “I came very close!” And I said close? Only in horseshoes and hand grenades. And neutron bombs. She’s just out of a detox and rehab, who dismissed her for medical reasons. ?????????? She started having seizures, and the liability was too much for them. But she’s clean and sober 23 days….
And life is good. Being sober is the right place for me to be. AA is where I find the magic and the miracles that keep me living this life, keep me wanting to recover.
I’m grateful that I got the chance to break the cycle. It was a true gift.
Namaste.
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Boy oh boy….every time I have tried to post, I am getting kicked off the internet. Same problem with email, only I can sometimes get it to send if I try 3 or 4 times, AND don’t throw the computer against the wall. lol
I cannot download pictures — they take so long that it closes the window. I feel isolated and alone….lol Tomorrow Wild Blue is coming to hook me up. I am praying for cyber salvation.
I am going to stop here and see if this will post and then come back in and edit to finish. Maybe that will work…. TTFN
Well, I’m back….we’ll see.
Been staying busy. This past weekend (sorry, Paxaa!!) was so beautiful we worked out in the gardens, turning over that beautiful composted soil, and working more straw and manure and leaves into it. Should be getting my potatoes any day, and the bed they are going into is ready. I ordered Ruby Crescents and Banana Fingerlings…both wonderful fingerling potatoes that I have grown before. Am also going to plant some red Pontiacs, the old standard around these parts. Pat had burned some more brush on Friday, so we had some wood ashes to put on there too. The main compost pile got turned over and mixed up and recovered with black plastic so it can cook a little longer too.
(Back again) 
Saturday we went to a solstice celebration out at the La Vista Gardens…it was great fun, met lots of new people and had a magnificent potluck afterards. Lots of yummy healthy food and good company. And an outrageous view of the Mississippi River from up on the bluffs where this place is situated.
Last night, one of my sponslings celebrated 6 months. We had a good turnout and a great time of fellowship and celebration. It was awesome!
OKay. I’m going to update this, and then try to come back and post a baby kittens picture.—Wish me luck !! So far, this back dooring thing is working…sheesh. Some days I feel like such a technotard.
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It’s another gorgeous day out there, and I’m gettin’ ready to run smack out in the middle of it.
Meeting up with family for lunch, girls, and I’ve just spent half an hour getting SIL’s birthday bag assembled. This year, she got:
Furry pink bedroom slippers (thongs, furry!)
Pink sateen jammies that are capri bottoms and a sexy slitty top
A dvd with Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd called “I can’t be your woman”
Jar Candles…vanilla, lilac and strawberry-kiwi
A box of Celestial Seasonings Fruit teas sampler (decaffeinated)
all wrapped up and sprinkled with Dove Dark Chocolates…
What more could a girl need >??????
I’ve had 4 phone calls this morning already, otherwise I would be showered and ready to go. sigh… So much crisis…so little time. LOL
I have to be 20 miles from here in an hour or so–guess I’d best get a move on!
Have a marvelous day…getting on the road to spring.
Namaste.
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Ah…and a happy St Pat’s Day to you all. A beautiful one here on the Prairie…temps of 75, sunshine and blue skies. Doesn’t get any better than that.
I’m making it an early night again, have to be up at 5 AM and will be seeing my sister and sister-in-law for lunch. Only problem is I have to pick the place. Racking my little pea brain…
Interesting–the font and type color just changed while I’m writing this post. Hmmm….
The satellite was a no-go…turns out these guys were not satellite, but a point-to-tower and I have too many trees. I feel like I got scammed, but maybe not, He did say they googled the land map of my property and saw that it was wooded. He was a nice kid, until he told me I reminded him of his mom. I told him to get off my property. LMAO…
I called Wild Blue, they really are satellite and it will cost a bit more, but they will be here March 24 for the install. I’ll still be paying less than I am now.
I bbq’d ribs for supper and made a nice big salad and cooked some Yukon Gold potatoes. These are called Butter Golds, and they were marvelous.
Well, today was Maureen’s funeral. How appropriate that she would be buried on St. Patrick’s Day….she would have loved that. I took a bit of time and sat out by the water, remembering her and wishing her well in her next Grand Adventure.
Got some reading to do and then I’ll hit the hay.
Have a safe and happy Tuesday, all y’all…
Namaste.
Arrgghhh…having a terrible time with the internet connection. I would scream, but…got a call from the new guys and they’re coming tomorrow to [hopefully] hook me up.
Have been on the run all day. Took a woman to the detox and they wouldn’t take her. Said she wasn’t bad enough for her insurance to pay. WHAT!!!!!! But they signed her up for out patient treatment. I hadn’t actually seen her in over 6 months. Good God, I almost didn’t recognize her…she is swollen and bloated and can barely breathe and walk. Her husband came with her…so we wound up coming back home and she promised to go to a meeting tonight (probably won’t) and promised to be at the hospital at 9 o’clock sharp tomorrow to start outpatient. I am ….exhausted. And absolutely unable to believe that they couldn’t diagnose her … I don’t get it.
I didn’t get to go to detox or rehab. I had no insurance coverage and not enough mony to pay for it on my own, and noone to work my restraunt if I did. So I went to work every day, shaking and sweating and drinking orange juice laced with honey (GOD–That is nasty! To this day I don’t drink orange juice). Eating candy bars. And hiding out in the back most of the time. After a week, I was presentable again (I thought,lol) And I was so tired and so sleepy… I had a terrible resentment in those early days against everyone who came into meetings chanting treatment center bullshit and talking about how they’d been sober 15 minutes and were on step seven. LMAO… And I would say (I swear to God–I was ridiculous) “Well, I Never had the chance to go to TREATMENT…I had to shake and shit and sweat all by myself, while I was working”…poor me…LOL (Maureen would have said, in her best voice–”Get off the cross–we need the wood!!!!”)
I better post this while all the little lights are still blinking on this F*&^#g modem.
Really. My life is good, and I am sober…and somedays that’s as good as it gets.
Namaste, from me and the chickens…
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Another frigid start to a sunny and otherwise beautiful day. I have [maybe] company coming out at 11 and I promised lunch, so I have a couple of chicken breasts deforsting and though I’d throw together a magickal stuffed shells and salad and garlic bread kind of a thing. I have cheese raviolis in the freezer and I also have some spinach rigatoni stuffed with portabella mushrooms and some stuffed with spinach. But she’s a very boring picky eater who only under my supervision in the past 2 years has even started eating real food. So, I certainly won’t waste the portabellas on her. The first time she ever came here was for a lunch I was having for a bunch of women in recovery. She asked what I was making and when I said, Kabobs with chicken, shrimp, beef, zucchini, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers and pineapple, she shuddered and asked if I could make a couple special for her with just meat. Arrggghhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Another time she and her family came for a games night and I was making a lasagna. She wanted some with no ricotta in it, bevause she said that cheese makes her gag. Seriously. Sh**T–I guess that means raviolis are out, doesn’t it? She is one strange little lady with a doctor/hospital addiction….constantly at the doctor. Yikes.
Anyway. I’ll have to figure out something. Too bad I don’t have any baloney…LOL
I have to get a flyer made for the upcoming workshop for new GSR’s that I have to present. It’s not until next month, but the District meeting is on Sunday and I need to have it to hand out to the GSR’s to take back to their groups. I’m thinking about doing some foody stuff, so I may put an RSVP on it. Wonder if it’ll do any good? The old Alt.DCM told me nobody ever came to the workshops he put on.
Well, it’s early, but she’ll be here in an hour. I think I’ll make some peanut butter cookies. I have a marvelous recipe, courtesy of my BFF Tim from NY. HI, Timmy!!!! (If you’re reading) He lurks around here from time to time, I understand…lol It’s a very simple and basic recipe with only 3 ingredients…egg, peanut butter and sugar. And they are hands down the best cookie I have ever eaten. Just like grandma used to make.
I may come back later….so I think I’ll save this for now. TTFN !
