What's Needed

Nice music is great to have while working. Crosby Stills Nash beautiful harmonizing just as great as forty-plus years ago. Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic all over my house and car. Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Little Feat, Simon and Garfunkel; of course Bob and many more. All fantastic musicians who decorate a room as much as carpet or paint. The windows media player is working well, now that I learned what I'm doing with it. Only took about five years. Just about any old song that occurs to me can be purchased and playing in less than two minutes. The great soundtracks from kid's movies, burned onto a cd for grandkid. Look for the bare necessities! I never would'a thunk being able to use the internet for buying music was a necessity but there you go.

Okay, That's More Like It

Today was just a blueskysun day, I could see all the way to the Blueridge hills and even some snow at the very tops. Still chilly but much better than the cold with rain/mixed precip/ice/sleet anything but dryness we been having.

Tonight's refreshments are lentil soup with cabbage from a couple days ago, hummus with pita bread. And I have to admit, a little glass of cheap chard, yes it is TIME!

Enough With The Cold Weather

Here we are in north Georgia and freezing to death. I have had it! Have to wear my coat all day from the minute I get up. Last night my feet stayed cold so long I could hardly fall asleep. We loved the high ceiling in this living room and the fake hardwood floors but cozy it isn't. Now there's a table and a rug in my room by the spaceheater and that's where I watch TV! I could be doing that in a camper or a tent.

I am not a penguin! I hate this!

Nearly a Year

Hello, my Bloggy, here it is nine full months since we moved into our new (to us) house and tonight I'm using the oven for the first time. Naturally the kitchen window is open with a fan aimed outdoors to get rid of the stink of hot oven cleaner residue. Five sweet potatoes baking at 350 degrees should be done soon and ready for lunch tomorrow.

Our little person is visiting her mom and Papacito and me this week. Such a short time and it will go by very fast. It is so tragic to see how much she enjoys being here with us and how badly she wants to stay here. Possible changes are coming up but nothing for sure. Maybe when she's an older teen she can choose to come here on her own. That's a long time away.

The good news is that we heard my father died in 1995, and here we were thinking that the convicted pedophile was still alive somewhere. All this time we could have been enjoying his decease-ment. One less pedophile sicko in the world is a big reason to celebrate.

And a pretty blue scarf for me from Target on sale, and a box of jigsaw puzzles for grandkid, and a pack of 3 chapsticks for me, and a little wallet for grandkid, and some jeans for grandkid, and a game of Boggle for grandkid, and two cans of black beans for me, and a sweatshirt for grandkid, and a game for the Nintendo for grandkid...and a Monet poster from Goodwill. That'll do it!

Take It Easy

Hi my bloggito, Now my knee has had a week to recover and improvement is noticeable. Hardly any pain and the weakness has lessened. I just walk real slow around the house and pay attention to every step.

Yesterday and today I've been enjoying the dusting and cleaning and catching up on laundry. Good Old Steve has been painting doors and stairs a nice sage color that goes well with the iris bedroom walls. We got old dying plants cleaned off the porch and back deck and moved bookshelves from one room to another, making a new arrangement for his office stuff.

Then we cooked yellow rice with black beans and beef tamales, yummy supper.

We are missing a certain little miss but maybe someday things will change for the better.

Kneed I Keep Doing This

For the second time in less than a year the floor rushed up at me real fast. Stepping out of the shower too quickly to get the phone, each foot was on a different mat. The right foot begin sliding to the side and I couldn't get my balance. I was actually doing the splits and wondering which hip or pelvic bone was fixing to break. Then fortunately the weaker knee, left leg, just twisted around and smacked the floor and took all the tension off so nothing actually broke.

Now I'm back doing intense ice therapy, same as last March; walking very little, watching a LOT of tv and thinking about how bad of a decision it is to weigh 280+ pounds. Also the decision has been made to leave the phone out of the bathroom from now on!

Pewter Is Cuter

Little cute lead-free pewter charms with rose quartz and adventurine. Hope to make lots of these as they are fun and quick.