OK THE BEAR GETS IT

OK Sharon, it's your move, the Bear's in trouble,you haven't said a peep in days, what gives? Ole Aunt Woosy snuck up from behind and gotcha? Hey, I don't usually have anything earthshaking to say either, but when I sit down here on my trusty chair, something ends up on the screen. May not be news worthy but it's out there.

Maybe if you sat down to post at 3:00 AM like it is now, you might could think clearly 'cause your house would be quiet. Seems to be when I think the best, in the wee hours of the morning. Kenny went back in to work tonight at 10:30 so I did some laundry, cleaned the kitchen then proceeded to try out Mom's fudge receipe. I made one batch in my Kitchen Aid and it was crumbly so I melted some dark chocolate and addad it last then mixed it in. It was warm an soft from the hot chocolate, I dumped it in a 9x9glass dish and pressed it down with plastic wrap and a wide spatchula. I made another batch a little different. I put the peanutbutter in the mixer, added the hot melted chocolate [ 2 dark chocolate bars ] and mixed the two together. I then added vanilla, honey, then the powdered milk and nuts. That batch ended up looking more like fudge than the first. Haven't tasted them yet, they are in the fridge till morning. I'll pick the best one for the care package at church tomarrow. We send a monthly box to a girl in Bible collage in Pa. I've sent the home made trail mix bars twice and she loves them. She's always on the go and don't have time to stop and eat. I covered an empty Bible box with pretty wrapping paper, lined it with 2 colors of contrasting tissue paper, packed it with individually wrapped bars then folded over the tissue and put the lid on. Timmy had to draw a dinosaur for her and placed it in the box before I put on the lid. Anyway, I need to think of a pretty way to wrap the fudge tomarrow.

Went to Ruth's shop today and took some chairs, roll of fence wire and odds and ends. Stopped at Moms but they wern't home, boo hoo.

It's 2:30 now, not 3:00, Kenny's not home yet but think I'll retire now. Ut Oh, he just pulled in, Good night.

Whatch Doin?

Ruth, where ya been all day anyway? Did Ole Aunt Woosy Get cha? Rang your phones all mornin , Ole Aunt Woosy musta had your phones disconnected. It's a good thing you got a cell phone, but I didn't remember the number.

Anyway, do you want 4 kitchen chairs that go with the little table we set up for Christmas dinner? They are metel chairs with leather padded seats and backs. They are worn but could get a few dollars from the at the shop. Let me know, maybe could bring them in the morning.

Went to Sams tonight then ate at Captain Dee's. I feel like a stuffed Christmas turkey. I only wanted a fish sandwich but got over ruled. Ended up with a 10 piece dinner with hush puppies[and I'm the only one who likes them] slaw and a mountain of fries, and root beer. Had to stuff to eat all the fish, it's not very good warmed over the next day.

Kenny came home tonight with a whole bushel of yellow apples, need some help eating them. I read to him the other day about the 'Three apple a day Plan' and said that I wanted some apples. Well, I got some. Read how all these people lost a bunch of weight and inches by eating three apples a day, one, thirty minutes before each meal. Exercise and a diet plan was a part of it but I thought the apple part sounded good and easy. It don't help any though when you eat out.

Timmy helped me take a leaf out of the big table today. Kenny walked in and said,"Wow, what happened to this room?" It looks more spacious now. I like the little table in front of the china cabnet, the one we brought up for more seating for our Christmas dinner and that's the one we've been using ever since. It 's right under the light and I can sit at supper and look at the nice lighted china cabnet and it's pretties. Thank you Lord, never thought I'd have such a nice piece, let alone a place for my pretties. Driving home tonight, Kenny mentioned how nice it is to finally have a good vehicle to drive. We got to talking about the ones we had to ride in growing up. Like.....Holes in the floor so that when we drove through the creek we had to pick up our feet to keep them from getting wet, like the blankets we had to carry with us to wrap up in to keep from freezing and when it rained we had to scoot closer towards the middle to keep from getting wet, remember those days? I guess it all started when I said that it was nice to be able to take our coats off in the vehicle and still stay warm. I then said "Thank -you Lord for all your blessings," and he said
"AMEN."

When we left Ruths house, we turned right at the end of her drive and went towards Taswell. Timmy was saying, " I've been this way before. Hey
daddy, you have to see this water up this road. You gotta see it. There's fish in there, they are huge, they're hew-normis, there double big bass,I'm telling ya! Hey Dad, can we fish, see, see that water?" Poor kid, You'd think he was born with a fishing pole in his hand, OUCH!!! At church, at least twice, when they ask if anyone has prayer requests, he's raised his hand real high and Pastor says, "Yes Timmy?" His reply was as follows, loudly, "Uh, please pray for my dad that he'd take me fishin more often, and that my dog would stay home."
Out of the mouths of babes.

The Gost Of Christmas Past

Help RUth, I lost another one to Dy Teck! I posted then Hit 'post', instead it went to 'save as draft' on it's own and I never could find it. That was last night, and a good one to. It's not on there today.
If it makes yall feel any better, we took the tree down tonight. Who was that ya say, Aunt Woosy? I saw here tonight, at least I think it was her. I kept seeing a misty shadow fadeing in and out behind the tree. A few bulbs dissapeared and the lights went out, smelled pine tar really bad, the angel lost her halo but other than that, after the last branch was placed in the box, there was a loud whooshing sound, a big bang and that was it. When we picked up the red velvet tree skirt, there was some odd looking dust, a old worn hair pin and a crumpeled up note that read, "Only by the skin of your teeth, Oh so close. And here I was looking so forward to having company this year. So sad, Aunt Woosy.

POST SCRIPT

Hey Dear Hearts, Wish I could have stayed longer, maybe next time. OH, WHAT DID I JUST DO? Sharon WE MISSED YOU! Don't feel bad though, we ate a plate or two for you, desert too, with icecream to boot! Hope you enjoyed it, we did. Left Ruth's house, drove to Grantsburg and stopped to see Kenny's brother Gerald and wife Barb. We stayed and visited for over three hours. Kenny said he hasen't talked to Gerald like that for YEARS. We've never stopped to visit before, first time I've been in there house. That was good. We needed to visit. Only see each other in Wal-mart or some place like that. We keep saying we need to get together but it never has happened before. He just today plowed his garden eith his work horses. Barb said she and I need to get together and go to some Amish store that has EVERYTHING. Told her I'd like that. Well gotta go, it's 2:35 and I won't be able to keep my eyes open in Sunday school, oh how utterly miserable

Surprise surprise Lois Tee Hee I bet you wern't expecting to see this picture!!!!!!!!!!! I put something on here for you to look at. So do you rebember this? We have to have another tea party for everybody now! I can bring my pretty magnolia tea cup you gave me.
Thank you for your yummy tators and your delicious tea today and for coming. It was a nice day altogether. Mom is sitting here drawing up plans that she wants to remodel her ol'house some day. She does petty good drawings to. She is waiting to give them to Ty Pennington!!
Time to go and check my wash so talk to you later.

Help!

It's 11:15, Kenny went back to work for a few hours, Timmy's eating popcorn, watching The Lone Ranger, and I'm sitting here trying to put off taking down the Christmas tree, guess I need a swift kick, or some help. Took Timmy up the road to get a haircut today, he tolerated it and when he got out of the chair he shook like a dog. Said he didn't want to go back there, said she pulled his hair with the comb.
Got my coo coo clock out, It's been packed away for about 8 years. I didn't want little hands to pull the chains and break it so I kept it boxed up. Think I'll get up and hang it before Hubby gets home. Timmy helped me move the china cabnet down a little for an itty bitty wall space to hang it. I hope he's old enough now to not bother it, cross my fingers.

Smile

THAT SPECIAL SMILE

Her lips curled up,
Her lashes drooped
Her head was stately bent.

Her glance demure,
she gazed at me;
I wondered what she meant.

With heart-a-thump
and interest high,
I pondered at her guile.

Unanswered still
my question is:
What made that llama smile?

E.M. Mays


Good Morning,
Just thought I,d start my day a little different and give you a jumpstart. I usually do this late at night But right now the early morning sun is shining brightly in the window on the computer and feels toasty warm on my shoulder. It's 25 degrees outside, looks are deceiving.
Timmy is still sleeping so the house is quiet, that's my time to think. I sat down at the table after Pappa Bear left, pulled out a stack of recipes and found the poem above on a page from a FARM AND RANCH magazine. If I could, I'd print the picture that goes with it, help Ruth. The other side of the page has recipes on it from cooks around the country. The SCALLOPED POTATOES look good, think I,ll make them for supper. What else could I have? My guys don't like peas, greenbeans, rice,etc. I,ve had corn every day for a week. To begin with, I was looking for my cornmeal pancake recipe, found it and sounds good. I've never made them before but Sarah and Mom have and I hear they are delicious.
Wow, the sun is revealing, it showes me all the dust on the computer cabnet. I'd never sat here in the morning sun before but it's nice, think I'll do it again.
Baby Bear just got up, [9:15] and I got over ruled on the cornmeal pancakes. He informes me he wants chocolate pancakes. He said, "Iknow how to make them. You just make the usual and while they are cooking you drop those chocolate things in them."
I hear a barge on the river, chugging up stream. When it's foggy we can hear their fog horns blow. The other day there were three barges churning up river, one right in the wake of the one ahead of it, manuvering the horse shoe bend.
Well I'm hearing "Mom, the pancakes, did you forget? I got the cord out for you so you wouldn'd have to , I thought it would be to hard for you."
GOOD DAY

Post Script

Ps.....Good, glad to hear you can make a little gift. Rachel, do you have time? We might need a couple extra for guests, such as Sarah's friend. She is Spanish.
Rachel, how about Daniell, is she crafty too?

No, we havent set a date, need time for our craft and nicer weather.
Just had a thought. Valentines day is coming up, do we want it around
Valentines day or is that to close to Ruth's dinner?
Maybe wait till it's warmer and we have our planning and ideas together?
I need some input, I've never had a tea party before.

Back to Valentines. Could we all come up with a love letter a poem on love, thoughts about love, original or something from the archives of time, to post on our blog on Valentines day? Just something fun to do and to look forward to reading each others. We have a little time so start thinking, start looking or start writeing down your love lines. We'll all vote on the best. HAPPY DAY

Lazy Day

Went to church this am. A local police officer came to church, sat on the back row. He was out on patrol and just wanted to go to church so stopped in. Had his ear phone in so he could hear his dispatcher.

Got home and HunnyBunch was working on his dozer pony motor. I fixed leftovers for lunch. Started to rain so Papa Bear and Baby Bear spent the afternoon watching John Wayne movies. I sat down to write to Aunt Marge and fell asleep so I didn't get much done either. Went to church tonight, came home and Timmy wanted chicken noodle soup and frozen blueberries so that was his supper. Papa Bear went to bed, Baby Bear is watching Animal Planet and since I'm cold and it's 10:45, I think we'll wind the cat and throw the clock out. Nighty Night.

Family CIRCLE

Welcome Home Rachel. Now we're talking. If we could only get Sarah on here now, we'd have the circle complete. Ya know, she could write on weekends when she goes home to moms, Mom, get here on the line. Rachel, right on about the jeans, I'd have said the same thing. Now, about the hair, [I know, this is none of my buisness, but] you'll have to tell him if he don't get it cut that he's going to have to go to the beauty shop and get it trimmed and permed like a girlie, maybe wear a pink bow or ribbon in it! What's with this computer, I can't get it to drop a line to make a new paragraph. 'wheelinggrammy' that's too cute. Is that also your CB handle? Now about the tea party. Shall we say that a homemade, handmade, small gift will be the ticket to get in, or is that to much for some of you? Somthing small and simple. Carry on.

Got up this morning at 7:10, Fixed kenny a piece of jelly toast and a glass of orange juice. He left at 7:25 and I right away got out my bread machine and loaded it up with HONEY OATMEAL bread and got that to makeing. My next move was my downfall, I sat down on the couch with a book, 'The Store Keepers Daughter.' I read alittle bit and sleep overtook me. The robin came back for a visit and did his thing. I wanted to choke him but was to sleepy and lazy to scare him off. The way I was sitting on the couch was very uncomfortable and the bright sun was directly in my eyes but the little intervals of fitfull sleep felt too good. Anyway, by then I had to hurry up and get some things done real quick. The bread came out nice though. Wrapped up the bread and Timmy, took my bread knife and headed for the car. Stopped a few miles down the road and picked up Betty Draper and we went to the Marengo Elderly Housing and cleaned for a lady from church. She had no money to pay us [I wouldn't have taken it anyway] so she paid me with a container of her frozen soup. She dearly loved the bread. She paid the other lady with a neat little flower vase that [Betty] had given her 48 years ago when she was in the hospital after a horrible car accident. It's a fine collectable now. Oh, she also gave me a white ceramic sleeping hearth cat that she made, life size.
That was the biggest part of my day . Kenny went back to work tonight from 9:30 to 2:00, he's now home in bed and since it's 3:oo, I must head there too, as soon as I check the dryer. Beddy By By.

Evening Folks, no Ruth, the one I lost is gone forever, that was a new one.

Late nights scrambles the bloging brain. I just noticed that I grossly mispelled 'throat' last night. Hope ya understand.

Not a lot going on today. I went back to bed after Kenny left, stolen sleep is sweet. I kept being awakened by a very familier noise. I tried to ignore it and sleep but it kept up. Timmy got up, went to the kitchen, came back and woke me up asking, "Mom, why does that robin keep hitting the window?" Sure enough, there it was, back to it's old self. Last summer it would do that for hours. I'd have to chase it away. It would leave for awhile then go down to the lower deck and bombard those windows till they were filthy. HE DID IT ALL SUMMER LONG! You would think he'd wear his beak plum off. Don't know what he had to eat beings there was a snow on.

Lisa gave me a projector for Christmas, something I've wanted for a long time, I was just to cheap to go spend $70.00 to get one. Now I can project a picture on my big cabnet and paint it. It scares me though, because I Know in my head what I want it to look like,[like a profesional did it] and I've no experience at it. HELP! Any way, I scoured the house for a 70 watt bulb for it and couldn't find one, that was part of my day. During the scouring, I read a story in a magazine I came across, that was another part of my, you know how that goes. I also looked for a certin receipe, and you also know what happens when you start looking at cook books, that was more of my day, ect, ect.
Now my guys are asleep and I should be, at 1:30. Ketcha later.

SAVE THE BEAR!!!

Sharon, leave the light on and unlock the door 'cause I'm comming right over to save you from the brownies. Did I say, "Save or eat?" can't remember.
That Sunday afternoon nap looks peaceful, wonder what one of those would cost, any idea? I'd like to buy one and try it out, is there a money back guarantee?

Mom, Your scones were really good! I've been wanting to make some for years, just haven't got started yet. Thanks for the push.
Hey, guyes, how about a tea party? Any ideas, games, fancy hats, small gift exchange, secret teapartner pal? Throw something out there to think on. I have 10 cups with matching saucers. There's 9 ladies including one Sarah want's to bring, who could be #10?

Yes, Sarah Dear is a sweetheart. She showed up on my doorstep on NewYears morning and saved my sanity. I don,t do stress very well any more but she saved the day and helped me out a whole bunch. She has a way of taking controll of a harrowing experience and making it work out, run smoothly and get it done on time. You know, all those last minute things you've not had time to do, even thought you don't get to bed till 3:00 am, or later. Bless you Sarah Belle, you're an angel in disguise. Your wish is her command.

As for the mommy thing, yes, there's times we wish we could go back in time, be 5 years old again, be foot loose and fancy free, play all day and never, never have to take one of those horid things called a NAP! Now, what would we give to have 10 uninterupted minutes to drift off to dreamland once in a while, to not have to bother our brain about what to have for supper, or to make sure the dirty whites are washed, folded and put away. Oh the sweet relief to remember the kettle of leftover chili in the frig, or the leftover Thanksgiving turkey in the freezer, just thaw it out for sandwiches, pour the tea and get the bar-b-que chips from the cupboard, light the candles and put on some soft music, WOW, Supper is figured out.

ON the other hand, how about those times Timmy says, "Mom, you make the best chichen soup ever." Or out of the blue I'll hear "Mom, I love you, Just wanted you to know that." Or, "Mom, you O.K.?" he hollers up the stairs if I drop something and make a big noise, "Just wanted to check." Or this morning when he brought me two pieces of dry toast in a bowl and one of his plastic cups of cold water to my bed and said, "Mom I brought you your breakfast," with a smile on his face as big as Texas. Or, like tonight at the supper table when he got up from his chair, came around to mine, gave me three kisses and whispered in my ear, "I only gave daddy one kiss." I don't rightly know what that was all about but I'll take the kisses. Or the nights after he's gone to bed, I go in the bathroom and there sits my toothbrush with toothpaste already on it and my cup of water just waiting on me, with a 4 inch piece of dental floss he cut off for me to use, he got it all ready, never said a word about it, got himself into bed and went to sleep. Those are the nights you go into his room, look at your sleeping angle, give him a kiss and wish he'd never grow up. Now I've went and done it, I have a lump in my throught, think I'll go kiss my baby then go to bed, it's 2:15.

Poor Little Teddy Bear

Oh such a heart wrenching, tear jerking sight. Poor little guy. If He only knew his fate. But wait, hold the phone, the Governer is on the line with a last minute stay of exicution. His Honor says to Please give Mr. Teddy Bear Just one more chance at life, to prove himself as a writer, to pick up his pen again and be a productive member of society. His punishment will be 10 lashes with the mouse tail.
It just so happens that last night I sat here at this computer for four long hours, from 11:30 to 3:30 AM pouring out my thoughts and my day, commenting on your blogs and thoughts and just rambling. Well guess what? It wouldn,t publish for the life of me. I tried everything I could to safe it. Ruth, you said it's not possible to loose something, well I can do it.
Gotta go, Kenny will be calling in a minute and I have the line tied up. See Ya.

Sleeping?

Hey , is everyone asleep out there? Where's all the news? I keep checking a couple times a day and I don't see any thing new.
What happened to this print, it enlarged it's self somehow.
I fixed a salad for supper with all the trimmings, leftover turkey, tomatoes onion, sunflower seeds, cheese, mandarin oranges, boiled eggs, grated carrots, ranch dressing and salad sprinkles. It was yummy! Timmy peeled the eggs then dropped a yellow yoke down in a glass of water and brought it to me.
I'm sitting here looking at the Christmas tree still, it will be another week and a half before I can take it down.
Well, I'm all talked out. Gotta go check the dryer and iron Kenny a shirt for work tomarrow. Write when you can and keep the pictures comming. Lo Lo.