"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength." Corrie Ten Boom
I found that quote while reading in my usual jaunts on the www. Are you a worrier? I don't worry about things till it is time to worry about them! Worry is a waste of a good day. For as the quote says: "...It empties today of its strength."
Some people say I live with my head in the sand cause I refuse to worry about things I have no control over. Worrying isn't going to change a thing about any situation. Action is what changes circumstances, not worry.
Worrying gives you gray hair and ulcers. I have very few gray hairs and not an ulcer in sight! I take great pride in not having an overabundance of gray hairs growing out of my scalp. As you all know I have six sisters and two brothers. I am fourth from the youngest. ALL of my brothers and sisters have much more gray hair than I do. And all of them worry more than I do!
Worry is a waste of good emotions! If you're prone to worrying and you think you HAVE to worry about something....worry about how much you spread joy around instead of worrying about why that same joy doesn't come your way. It's a known fact that what you give will eventually return tenfold. Smiles and joy are in that category as well as hugs, love, respect ect, ect.
The wind is blowing like crazy today! The wind chimes out in the trees out front are singing up a storm! Hopefully not a real storm, but they are making pretty music for today at least. It's not near as warm out there today as it was yesterday though. The Christmas tree is still in the living room and will stay there until the wind dies down some. If I took that tree outside now, it'd end up in Plainville before the day was out if it got away from me. I'm not even going to attempt wrestling with that tree in that wind!
Dishes and finishing up laundry are on my agenda for the day. I declined lunch in town with Susan and Linda. I didn't feel much like getting properly dressed and I wasn't hungry at the time either. I'll save my $8 it would have cost for lunch and spend it on something else on another day. I just went to the grocery store last night and I have plenty to eat at home. I'll be putting that baking hen in the oven in a couple of hours. I think that bird is too big to put in the crockpot or I'd cook it that way. Guess the oven will have to do.... See? No need to worry about what to do with that yardbird...just cook the danged thing...one way or another. I actually know someone who would be torn about how to cook that yardbird and she'd worry over it, chew it like a dog chews a bone, and ruin her day because of it. Worry isn't good for a body anyway you look at it.
There are things I do worry about .... but only when its time to worry about them. Like the electric bill. I've not given a thought to the electric bill since the 22nd of December when I last paid it. I am worried about it today though cause it should have been paid yesterday. But to eliminate that small worry all I have to do is make a phone call and the bill is paid! I am worried about my son's upcoming back surgery as well. That's a worry that is on the back burner, stewing till the time comes to really worry. The boy isn't under the knife today so today isn't the day to actively worry about that and once the boy is under the knife, I still won't worry all that much cause I have no control over the ability of the surgeon that's doing the cutting on the boy. I'll leave that up to the Good Lord to watch over the boy at that point. Prayers go up everyday to help eliminate any need to worry on that matter.
I don't know why I'm on about worrying today other than I found the quote and it got me to thinking. I am a very patient soul. I was without heat in my house in the dead of winter for eight days and I didn't worry about it. I knew I wasn't going to freeze to death! And I didn't! It would have been wasted emotion to worry about it. I guess patience and worry are two completely different things. I have an overabundance of patience and probably (according to others) not enough worry in me. How many folks do you know who would have spent 73 minutes on the telephone, without getting angry or upset, to fix a problem with a cell phone? I talked to one fella for 45 minutes before I asked him if there was another person I could talk to to help me out with the trouble. I let him do everything he could possibly do to clear up the problem. He seemed quite relieved that I wanted someone else to take this problem off his hands! I was quite pleasant throughout the ordeal... Ok I did get a little bent out of shape when he said he couldn't help me at the beginning of our conversation but I convinced him at that point that he could help me. I didn't yell at him or anything like that... I just made it perfectly clear to him that my phone did me absolutely no good at all if I couldn't make a call on it! My youngest son RW, could never have had that conversation about a cell phone without getting angry in the first five minutes. I don't know why I have so much patience and that boy has very little. His brother RJ, hasn't a lot of patience either but he's more than RW has. Not worrying just works for me, I guess!
I have to get off this machine now and go do something productive. I can hear those dishes screaming at me from the kitchen so to shut them up, I better get in there and wash the damned things!
You all have yourselves a fantastic Friday! I might be back before tomorrow if anything comes up that I care to talk about. Be happy!
Peace
831
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09 January 2009
08 January 2009
Propane, a clear agenda and me just rambling about nothing
Propane was delivered yesterday morning. I still didn't have any heat though...no propane coming into the house. I called the Coop this afternoon and they sent Doug out to fix my troubles. He lit the hotwater tank pilot light as well. So, I'm back to having heat again. Only eight days without it! I'm a tough old bird apparently. I'm doing laundry at the moment. I really need a shower! Gotta wait for the hotwater tank to get its job done of heating enough water for a shower though. I'm real tired of cold spit baths!
Not much on the agenda today. I didn't get up till after one o'clock this afternoon. I was supposed to go with Susan to Pburg to pick up her car but I didn't hear the phone ring this morning around 7 when she called. After I got up for the day, I listened to the messages on the phone. There were three of them. Susan called twice. Her second message had me laughing out loud! She said the mission had been aborted. This message will self destruct in 30 seconds! Run, Donna, Run! LOL I have yet to talk to her to find out why the mission of going to get her car has been aborted. I thought they had fixed it and it was ready to go. Perhaps Justin drove it over for her this morning? I really don't know at this point.
I got one thing done on my list of things to do yesterday. Laundry was one of those things but it didn't get started till just a bit ago. I got the Christmas tree undressed and all the ornaments packed away in their box. The tree is still in the livingroom and so is the box of ornaments but at least the tree is naked now. That was my goal! I had much help in detrimming the tree too. Fred helped. Miss Blue helped. Justin and Courtney watched. Actually J and C left shortly after I started removing the baubles off the tree.
I don't see any art getting done today. My muse is off on vacation. She needed one after the art frenzy on Tuesday! I might work in my altered book but that's about it I do believe. Though I never know when that fickle muse will show up and produce something spectacular. Somebody really outta retrieve that scanner cord from behind the dresser and hook it back up. I got a large pile of chunky pages and few ATCs that need to be scanned. I can't very well trade them if no one knows what the heck they look like! Housework takes precedence over artwork today unfortunately.
I hit the after Christmas sales at Dollar General on Tuesday. Most of the stuff I bought will be used in art in one way or another. I got a pretty good deal on some shirt boxes that will end up being bases for ATCs and Chunky pages. Some will probably end up being book covers also. Most of the shirt boxes are plain white but a few of them are decorated for Christmas. Those decorated ones will end up being the book covers before the white ones will.
It is a beautiful day outside. There was a honeybee in the laundryroom earlier. I shooed him back outside to do his hunting. When honeybees are out and about in the middle of January, you know it's a nice day! Temps are in the low 60s. I'll be hauling that tree out to the burned house sometime before the sun goes down today.
All in all it's been a pretty good day thus far.
I hope you all have had a fantastic day yourselves!
I'll come yak at you all another day when I have something of importance to say. Seems all I do is ramble on and say not much of anything in the process these days! Thanks for staying with me and reading the ramblings! And thanks especially to John for commenting on the ramblings! You all behave yourselves!
Peace
831
Not much on the agenda today. I didn't get up till after one o'clock this afternoon. I was supposed to go with Susan to Pburg to pick up her car but I didn't hear the phone ring this morning around 7 when she called. After I got up for the day, I listened to the messages on the phone. There were three of them. Susan called twice. Her second message had me laughing out loud! She said the mission had been aborted. This message will self destruct in 30 seconds! Run, Donna, Run! LOL I have yet to talk to her to find out why the mission of going to get her car has been aborted. I thought they had fixed it and it was ready to go. Perhaps Justin drove it over for her this morning? I really don't know at this point.
I got one thing done on my list of things to do yesterday. Laundry was one of those things but it didn't get started till just a bit ago. I got the Christmas tree undressed and all the ornaments packed away in their box. The tree is still in the livingroom and so is the box of ornaments but at least the tree is naked now. That was my goal! I had much help in detrimming the tree too. Fred helped. Miss Blue helped. Justin and Courtney watched. Actually J and C left shortly after I started removing the baubles off the tree.
I don't see any art getting done today. My muse is off on vacation. She needed one after the art frenzy on Tuesday! I might work in my altered book but that's about it I do believe. Though I never know when that fickle muse will show up and produce something spectacular. Somebody really outta retrieve that scanner cord from behind the dresser and hook it back up. I got a large pile of chunky pages and few ATCs that need to be scanned. I can't very well trade them if no one knows what the heck they look like! Housework takes precedence over artwork today unfortunately.
I hit the after Christmas sales at Dollar General on Tuesday. Most of the stuff I bought will be used in art in one way or another. I got a pretty good deal on some shirt boxes that will end up being bases for ATCs and Chunky pages. Some will probably end up being book covers also. Most of the shirt boxes are plain white but a few of them are decorated for Christmas. Those decorated ones will end up being the book covers before the white ones will.
It is a beautiful day outside. There was a honeybee in the laundryroom earlier. I shooed him back outside to do his hunting. When honeybees are out and about in the middle of January, you know it's a nice day! Temps are in the low 60s. I'll be hauling that tree out to the burned house sometime before the sun goes down today.
All in all it's been a pretty good day thus far.
I hope you all have had a fantastic day yourselves!
I'll come yak at you all another day when I have something of importance to say. Seems all I do is ramble on and say not much of anything in the process these days! Thanks for staying with me and reading the ramblings! And thanks especially to John for commenting on the ramblings! You all behave yourselves!
Peace
831
07 January 2009
A Day Away From Home, A Runaway Dog and A Visit to the Vet
The day away from home started Monday night around 9 p.m. I didn't sit with the girls on Monday cause their brother was going to be home and he could keep an eye on them. That's two Mondays in a row now. I LIKE sitting with the girls on Monday evenings and I feel as though I've missed out on something important when I don't get the chance to do so on Mondays.
RJ and Terah spent all day Tuesday in Kansas City consulting with the doc about RJs upcoming surgery on his back. That surgery will occur on the 4th of Feb in Kansas City. Was a long day for the kids. Kansas City is a six hour drive from their doorstep. I stayed at their house to keep an eye on Brenton...get him to school, get him home from school, feed the kid. I got him to school via Richard and the principal brought the boy home cause we got our wires crossed somewhere and Brenton missed his ride home with Lou (Rich's wife) when she picked her younguns up at school. It all worked out alright though. Brenton made it home. I was fixing to go find the boy when he came through the front door. He devoured a bowl of cereal after school and an hour later he devoured six pizza bites. That's a lot for Brenton to eat at once. He's a picky eater!
The runaway dog was Pug. I really thought it would have been Fred who took off on me in Pburg instead of Pug. She was hellbent on talking to the dogs across the alley though and she paid no attention to me when I called her back to the house. Fred went right on inside after he peed on the tree in the front yard. Not Pug though! Dang that varmit's hide! I chased that dog all over the trailer park where RJ and T live.
She's the dog that went to the vet today too. I didn't take Fred with me on Monday night to Pburg cause we thought Pug had a touch of the mange and I sure didn't want Fred getting the mange. He spent the night at Susan's with Evelyn. Evelyn was quite happy to have Fred spend the night with her too! :) She said he tried to climb in bed with her twice but she's like me and doesn't think dogs belong in the bed! Especially one that weighs upwards of 120 pounds! Anyway, Fred didn't go with me on Monday night. My sister Linda, (who is RJ and Ts neighbor more or less) went with me to Dr. Nash's office so he could take a look at that rash Pug has. Come to find out the dog is allergic to fleas. So we came home with some antibiotics, some flea killer for the dog and for the house and Pug got a cortisone shot to make her stop digging at herself. She saw the doc at 11 am and by 11 pm her rash was no longer red and she had stopped itching. I gave her the first of the anitbiotics earlier this evening.
I could have stayed the night at RJ and Ts but it was only 1am when they finally got home and that's still pretty early for me. So Fred and I got in the van and drove those 23 miles to Stockton without seeing a single vehicle till we topped the hill on the north end of Stockton. That's quite a ways to drive without seeing another vehicle! Not even a big truck on the highway. I ain't complaining mind you, I'd rather have the whole road to myself anytime!
I spent the whole day in Pburg. I don't know how to run their television so I couldn't watch TV once Brenton went to bed cause I forgot to ask him to fix it for me before he fell asleep. I made him turn it off when we did his homework and read his books for the day. He's a first grader, six year old. Pretty bad when a six year old can run a remote and a 47 yr old woman is clueless! I have to laugh at the absurdity of that!
I still have no heat in the house. I knew it was going to be cold at home when I left RJ and Ts. I'm uncertain if propane was even delivered! I haven't been home to know. Wouldn't matter if it has cause no one has lit the pilot light on the furnace or the hot water heater. No shower for Donna today....That is on my list for tomorrow though! Should have taken one at RJs while I was the only one there but I had my hands on the sharpies and was busy drawing while Brenton was in school. I went to the Dollar Store with Linda after we took Pug to the vet also. Then she and I headed to Stockton to check on things at my house and to get the mail and bring Fred back to Pburg for the evening.
He and Pug get along great. She's a tiny white and brown dog and he's a huge black lab. She cracks me up and terrorizes Fred at the same time. He steals her balls and she demands that he give them back. She'll bite him on his heels and he'll sit on her head to make her stop it! They make enough noise for a herd of dogs when they get to playing like that. Growls abound like they're going to tear one another's throats out! It's all show though.
Played with the sharpie markers well into the evening while Brenton played a car racing game. I did 11 4x4 inch drawings Tuesday night. Of the 11 maybe four of them can be called quality. Those four are all trees of one sort or another. They will go in my tree chunky book once I get them chunked up a bit and I get my other trees in the mail. Those will be here within the next two weeks.
My kitties missed me while I was gone. I've been fighting off Doob since I sat down in this chair to make this blog entry. She keeps wanting to sit between me and the keyboard on the desk. She's too fat to be sitting there! I can't see around her! All three of the cats were on my bed snuggled up like little balls asleep on top of the electric blanket which I left on for them. Now Blue is alseep on the floor by the little heater next to me. Billy's sitting on the kitchen floor in front of the fridge stalking a mouse. I hope he catches that mouse pretty soon! He's been fiddle-farting around about catching that varmit for days now. Doob's gone off to the south end of the house cause I wouldn't let her sit on the desk between me and the keyboard. Sulking more than likely! She will be the happy critter when I climb under the sheets on that bed. She likes to sleep under the blanket with just her head sticking out. Fred's asleep on the floor here in the deskroom not too far from the heater. He sure had a good time in Pburg.
I don't know what's on the agenda for later today. It's 2:30 am right now. My soup dinged about ten minutes ago. The microwave will cook soup from a cardboard bowl! Thank goodness! I'm hungry! So with that....I shall bid you all a wonderful Wednesday! Be good, share your smiles, give a few hugs....be thankful for a beautiful day!
Peace
831
RJ and Terah spent all day Tuesday in Kansas City consulting with the doc about RJs upcoming surgery on his back. That surgery will occur on the 4th of Feb in Kansas City. Was a long day for the kids. Kansas City is a six hour drive from their doorstep. I stayed at their house to keep an eye on Brenton...get him to school, get him home from school, feed the kid. I got him to school via Richard and the principal brought the boy home cause we got our wires crossed somewhere and Brenton missed his ride home with Lou (Rich's wife) when she picked her younguns up at school. It all worked out alright though. Brenton made it home. I was fixing to go find the boy when he came through the front door. He devoured a bowl of cereal after school and an hour later he devoured six pizza bites. That's a lot for Brenton to eat at once. He's a picky eater!
The runaway dog was Pug. I really thought it would have been Fred who took off on me in Pburg instead of Pug. She was hellbent on talking to the dogs across the alley though and she paid no attention to me when I called her back to the house. Fred went right on inside after he peed on the tree in the front yard. Not Pug though! Dang that varmit's hide! I chased that dog all over the trailer park where RJ and T live.
She's the dog that went to the vet today too. I didn't take Fred with me on Monday night to Pburg cause we thought Pug had a touch of the mange and I sure didn't want Fred getting the mange. He spent the night at Susan's with Evelyn. Evelyn was quite happy to have Fred spend the night with her too! :) She said he tried to climb in bed with her twice but she's like me and doesn't think dogs belong in the bed! Especially one that weighs upwards of 120 pounds! Anyway, Fred didn't go with me on Monday night. My sister Linda, (who is RJ and Ts neighbor more or less) went with me to Dr. Nash's office so he could take a look at that rash Pug has. Come to find out the dog is allergic to fleas. So we came home with some antibiotics, some flea killer for the dog and for the house and Pug got a cortisone shot to make her stop digging at herself. She saw the doc at 11 am and by 11 pm her rash was no longer red and she had stopped itching. I gave her the first of the anitbiotics earlier this evening.
I could have stayed the night at RJ and Ts but it was only 1am when they finally got home and that's still pretty early for me. So Fred and I got in the van and drove those 23 miles to Stockton without seeing a single vehicle till we topped the hill on the north end of Stockton. That's quite a ways to drive without seeing another vehicle! Not even a big truck on the highway. I ain't complaining mind you, I'd rather have the whole road to myself anytime!
I spent the whole day in Pburg. I don't know how to run their television so I couldn't watch TV once Brenton went to bed cause I forgot to ask him to fix it for me before he fell asleep. I made him turn it off when we did his homework and read his books for the day. He's a first grader, six year old. Pretty bad when a six year old can run a remote and a 47 yr old woman is clueless! I have to laugh at the absurdity of that!
I still have no heat in the house. I knew it was going to be cold at home when I left RJ and Ts. I'm uncertain if propane was even delivered! I haven't been home to know. Wouldn't matter if it has cause no one has lit the pilot light on the furnace or the hot water heater. No shower for Donna today....That is on my list for tomorrow though! Should have taken one at RJs while I was the only one there but I had my hands on the sharpies and was busy drawing while Brenton was in school. I went to the Dollar Store with Linda after we took Pug to the vet also. Then she and I headed to Stockton to check on things at my house and to get the mail and bring Fred back to Pburg for the evening.
He and Pug get along great. She's a tiny white and brown dog and he's a huge black lab. She cracks me up and terrorizes Fred at the same time. He steals her balls and she demands that he give them back. She'll bite him on his heels and he'll sit on her head to make her stop it! They make enough noise for a herd of dogs when they get to playing like that. Growls abound like they're going to tear one another's throats out! It's all show though.
Played with the sharpie markers well into the evening while Brenton played a car racing game. I did 11 4x4 inch drawings Tuesday night. Of the 11 maybe four of them can be called quality. Those four are all trees of one sort or another. They will go in my tree chunky book once I get them chunked up a bit and I get my other trees in the mail. Those will be here within the next two weeks.
My kitties missed me while I was gone. I've been fighting off Doob since I sat down in this chair to make this blog entry. She keeps wanting to sit between me and the keyboard on the desk. She's too fat to be sitting there! I can't see around her! All three of the cats were on my bed snuggled up like little balls asleep on top of the electric blanket which I left on for them. Now Blue is alseep on the floor by the little heater next to me. Billy's sitting on the kitchen floor in front of the fridge stalking a mouse. I hope he catches that mouse pretty soon! He's been fiddle-farting around about catching that varmit for days now. Doob's gone off to the south end of the house cause I wouldn't let her sit on the desk between me and the keyboard. Sulking more than likely! She will be the happy critter when I climb under the sheets on that bed. She likes to sleep under the blanket with just her head sticking out. Fred's asleep on the floor here in the deskroom not too far from the heater. He sure had a good time in Pburg.
I don't know what's on the agenda for later today. It's 2:30 am right now. My soup dinged about ten minutes ago. The microwave will cook soup from a cardboard bowl! Thank goodness! I'm hungry! So with that....I shall bid you all a wonderful Wednesday! Be good, share your smiles, give a few hugs....be thankful for a beautiful day!
Peace
831
04 January 2009
Sunday's Ramblings
It's still cold at my house. That will change tomorrow! Thank God~!
I really didn't do much in the line of art today. I need to keep track of that artwork business. How many get done...I said I was going to do 365 pcs. I didn't say I was going to do one everyday. I did do one today though. Sharpie on a steno pad at Susan's this afternoon. Nothing special...alien upcomance or comeuppance ... my mind was a tad foggy when I named the piece. I could finish the two chunky pages that need done. Art isn't counted as done till it's ready to be traded or sold. Sold. That's an excellent idea! Now if I could find someone willing to shell out some cash for the stuff that comes out of me! I already got folks trading their own art for mine. I suspect there are more than a few of them who would love to find someone to shell out some cash for what comes out of them too!
I discovered ATCs in November of 2007, so I've been through my first year of trading. I couldn't tell you how many exactly that I have traded of my own. Generally when you make a trade with someone it is one card for one card or one chunky page for one chunky page. There are times when one will send out a RAK. I've done this a few times in the past year. The only way to tell you exactly how many pcs of original art have gone out of my house since Nov 07 is to go through that box of index cards sitting in front of me and break it all down into what went where. I really can't even give you an accurate number of ATCs and Chunky pages that have arrived in my mailbox from others who took a pc of my art out of their own mailboxes. The last time I counted the ATCs, there were 560some. A rough guess would be around 580 ATCs, close to 75 inchies. I've never counted the Chunky pages. I have a lot of chunky pages cause I like to make Chunkys. I haven't traded a great number of them though. I've participated in swaps for Chunkys where a group of folks all make chunkys with a set theme. Probably better than 100 Chunky pages. It's been a great year in the mailart department of Donna's house! I don't see any trouble in making 365 pcs of art this year. Maybe I should up those odds???? You know what? Let's see how long it takes me to get to the 365th pc of art. Until I get the scanner's cord retrieved from behind the dresser you all will just have to take my word on the art department. Once it's back to working order I'll show you guys some of it! Just remember....I haven't said anything about quality...I've only dicussed quanitity with you all!
Here's what's been done in the art department thus far this year:
Jan 1 - Zentangle- ball point ink on steno pad paper
Jan 2 - ATC with ribbon flowers
Red and silver Chunky page with postage stamp
Jan 3 - 1 Black Chunky with old photo of little girls
Zentangle - ball point ink on steno paper
ATC - red and black face in sharpie marker on white chipboard
Jan 4 - Zentangle in Sharpie on steno pad paper--Alien Upcomance (Comeuppance)
Yeah I don't see any trouble hitting 365 pcs of art this year! Those zentangles on steno pad paper are done at Susan's house. She hasn't participated in art with me for awhile. She could care less that I sit at her table and draw all over her steno pad. Works for me! I like to keep my hands busy and putting lines down on paper is one thing I truly enjoy.
Susan invited me to pizza at her house for supper this evening. It's not delivery! It's Di Giriono! It was alright. It filled my belly and I had a good time watching TV for a couple of hours. TV really doesn't interest me that much. We watched something on the Discovery channel about shallow seas. It was pretty cool actually but I don't need TV. I'm thinking I should go finish that book that heads the list of those read this year. It shouldn't even be there, yet.
Only people I've seen today are Susan, Courtney, Justin and Evelyn. The only people I've talked to are Susan, Courtney, Justin, Evelyn, Terah, RJ, Brad and Jeanny. Haven't seen my mother for days. I have many things to get done tomorrow! Many! First thing in the morning when that silly dog wakes me up to let his hide out, I'm gonna call the Coop and tell em to bring me some propane and then I'm gonna get dressed, go to the bank, rearrange the finances and go pay for propane before they ever get out here to put it in the tank. After that...I'll probably go back to bed for a bit. I sit with the girls tomorrow night. RJ said he'd come light the pilot lights for me. I won't know how to act with hot water and a stove to cook on! After the girls' parents get home from bowling I'm headed to Pburg to spend the night at RJ's house so I can get Brenton off to school on Tuesday morning. RJ and T are headed east aways for a dr's appt for RJs back. They want to do some sort of surgery on his back, this is a preliminary meeting with the surgeon. My brain is foggy...details escape me at the moment. I know I have a busy start of the week ahead of me. I probably ought to put some gas in that van before I stop by my house to pick up Fred around 10 pm. All the kids go back to school tomorrow.
Alright that settles it! I'm outta here! I gotta go read on the book that shouldn't be on the list yet and then close these old eyes before midnight strikes! You all behave yourselves on Monday! Spread some joy around...smile at everyone! Don't forget to pick out some hugs too!
Peace
831
I really didn't do much in the line of art today. I need to keep track of that artwork business. How many get done...I said I was going to do 365 pcs. I didn't say I was going to do one everyday. I did do one today though. Sharpie on a steno pad at Susan's this afternoon. Nothing special...alien upcomance or comeuppance ... my mind was a tad foggy when I named the piece. I could finish the two chunky pages that need done. Art isn't counted as done till it's ready to be traded or sold. Sold. That's an excellent idea! Now if I could find someone willing to shell out some cash for the stuff that comes out of me! I already got folks trading their own art for mine. I suspect there are more than a few of them who would love to find someone to shell out some cash for what comes out of them too!
I discovered ATCs in November of 2007, so I've been through my first year of trading. I couldn't tell you how many exactly that I have traded of my own. Generally when you make a trade with someone it is one card for one card or one chunky page for one chunky page. There are times when one will send out a RAK. I've done this a few times in the past year. The only way to tell you exactly how many pcs of original art have gone out of my house since Nov 07 is to go through that box of index cards sitting in front of me and break it all down into what went where. I really can't even give you an accurate number of ATCs and Chunky pages that have arrived in my mailbox from others who took a pc of my art out of their own mailboxes. The last time I counted the ATCs, there were 560some. A rough guess would be around 580 ATCs, close to 75 inchies. I've never counted the Chunky pages. I have a lot of chunky pages cause I like to make Chunkys. I haven't traded a great number of them though. I've participated in swaps for Chunkys where a group of folks all make chunkys with a set theme. Probably better than 100 Chunky pages. It's been a great year in the mailart department of Donna's house! I don't see any trouble in making 365 pcs of art this year. Maybe I should up those odds???? You know what? Let's see how long it takes me to get to the 365th pc of art. Until I get the scanner's cord retrieved from behind the dresser you all will just have to take my word on the art department. Once it's back to working order I'll show you guys some of it! Just remember....I haven't said anything about quality...I've only dicussed quanitity with you all!
Here's what's been done in the art department thus far this year:
Jan 1 - Zentangle- ball point ink on steno pad paper
Jan 2 - ATC with ribbon flowers
Red and silver Chunky page with postage stamp
Jan 3 - 1 Black Chunky with old photo of little girls
Zentangle - ball point ink on steno paper
ATC - red and black face in sharpie marker on white chipboard
Jan 4 - Zentangle in Sharpie on steno pad paper--Alien Upcomance (Comeuppance)
Yeah I don't see any trouble hitting 365 pcs of art this year! Those zentangles on steno pad paper are done at Susan's house. She hasn't participated in art with me for awhile. She could care less that I sit at her table and draw all over her steno pad. Works for me! I like to keep my hands busy and putting lines down on paper is one thing I truly enjoy.
Susan invited me to pizza at her house for supper this evening. It's not delivery! It's Di Giriono! It was alright. It filled my belly and I had a good time watching TV for a couple of hours. TV really doesn't interest me that much. We watched something on the Discovery channel about shallow seas. It was pretty cool actually but I don't need TV. I'm thinking I should go finish that book that heads the list of those read this year. It shouldn't even be there, yet.
Only people I've seen today are Susan, Courtney, Justin and Evelyn. The only people I've talked to are Susan, Courtney, Justin, Evelyn, Terah, RJ, Brad and Jeanny. Haven't seen my mother for days. I have many things to get done tomorrow! Many! First thing in the morning when that silly dog wakes me up to let his hide out, I'm gonna call the Coop and tell em to bring me some propane and then I'm gonna get dressed, go to the bank, rearrange the finances and go pay for propane before they ever get out here to put it in the tank. After that...I'll probably go back to bed for a bit. I sit with the girls tomorrow night. RJ said he'd come light the pilot lights for me. I won't know how to act with hot water and a stove to cook on! After the girls' parents get home from bowling I'm headed to Pburg to spend the night at RJ's house so I can get Brenton off to school on Tuesday morning. RJ and T are headed east aways for a dr's appt for RJs back. They want to do some sort of surgery on his back, this is a preliminary meeting with the surgeon. My brain is foggy...details escape me at the moment. I know I have a busy start of the week ahead of me. I probably ought to put some gas in that van before I stop by my house to pick up Fred around 10 pm. All the kids go back to school tomorrow.
Alright that settles it! I'm outta here! I gotta go read on the book that shouldn't be on the list yet and then close these old eyes before midnight strikes! You all behave yourselves on Monday! Spread some joy around...smile at everyone! Don't forget to pick out some hugs too!
Peace
831
Brrrrrrr! Art Attacked!
It's danged cold at my house tonight! That ain't a complaint. It's fact! The Coop wouldn't deliver any propane without it first being paid for so I'm still without heat until Monday. I got the little electric heater right here beside me at the desk.
I made art earlier today. 2 ATCs and a couple of Chunky Pages. Make that three Chunkys. Only two of those have their danglies though. Wish I could show them to you all. I kinda like the red and black ATC. The scanner's cord is still on the floor behind the dresser where that hellion, Billy cat put it! I stuck to a monochromatic theme for the 3 chunkys. black and silver for all three of the pages. I had a couple of old photographs that were sent to me with other ephemra of two little girls about 3 yr olds, I'd say. I incorporated those into two of the chunkys.
I'm sitting in front of th pc here yakking at you all and listening to a bit of Nickleback on iTunes. They all wanna be Rock Stars. Big Dreamers! Nothing wrong with dreaming big!~ Not a thing wrong with it! I really like this song!
I went to lunch with Susan, Justin and Courtney. I think Justin got shafted on the bill. It shouldn't have cost 44 dollars and some change for three sandwiches with fries, three pieces of pie and 4 drinks. Frank's a good cook, but he ain't THAT good! Justin didn't argue with them though. It was tasty and I'm thankful for the invite! Susan and I shared a sandwich and fries. It worked out well.
It's been quite chilly today. Temp said it was 27 outside but the wind is blowing like a troop of dancers hellbent on entertainment that it felt MUCH colder out there! It's getting down in the 40s in the house at night. I am VERY thankful for the electric blanket! (Which I owe my sister $8 for still.) We found it at the thrift store week before last. I almost left it there cause I didn't have the money to buy it. Susan insisted and I'm toasty warm cause she did! Thanks Susan! :)
I sometimes get to feeling sorry for myself, thinking I'm all alone in this world. I am weary of living alone. When I'm not feeling sorry for myself though I do not doubt there are those who love me. I may be alone a lot but that's more often my choice than someone else's. When I think about sharing my space with another...I'd rather have my own space, I think. I've lived alone, with only animals for more than eight years. I'm kinda set in my ways.
Someone really should go get that box of puzzles off the seat of my van and give them to someone. I've already given one of them away. I don't do jigsaw puzzles myself but Ma and Susan enjoy them and I was given a box of them last Monday. They've been in the passenger's seat of the van since then. I gave one of them to Cory. He likes puzzles and he really liked the artist of that one I gave him. Sorry can't remember the artist's name. I'm lucky to remember my own name sometimes!
The Christmas tree still stands proud in the livingroom. I was gonna take that thing down but it never got done.
I procrastinate a lot.
It's cold in the livingroom though. Fred sleeps on the sofa. Remember I told you he took up sleeping on my bed when I wasn't in it? He gave that up not too long after he started doing it. I gave up telling him to get out of my bed everytime I found him there. It was like it wasn't any fun for him anymore and he stopped. I found him sprawled out on top of the blankets a few hours ago. That electric blanket is turned on to the highest setting. That bed is warm! He ain't a stupid dog like I sometimes call him. :) He still can't sleep in it when I'm in it though! There ain't enough room for one thing. And dogs are not allowed in the bed!
All three of those cats are asleep on top of that warm blanket right now. Fred's more than likely there as well cause I haven't seen him in the deskroom and he wasn't sleeping on the sofa when I went to the kitchen to fill my coffee cup. I've run out of clean coffee cups because of no hot water to do dishes. I had to hunt in the cupboard earlier to find one. It's platic. I hate plastic! It's the scrouge of the earth. I prefer ceramic coffee mugs to any other, though I do have a couple of glass ones that I drink out of frequently. Ronnie and Terah gave me a really large black mug for Christmas. It's not only pretty but large like I like my coffee mugs. I don't drink near as much coffee in the summer as I do in the winter though.
Not really much has happened today that is noteworthy enough to talk about. It's been a slow day. Not much excitement. That's not a bad thing though!
Guess I'll go climb under that warm blanket in the bedroom and shut these old eyes for the night. That would be a change...me going to sleep before dawn! My leg hasn't given me any trouble for a week or so. Maybe the kink it had has been worked out. This fibro confuses the heck out of me cause when I hurt, it is hard to figure out if it's something new going on or if it's the fibro playing havoc.
If I could take one day in my life and change the circumstances of that day, I'd have never taken Rich back to Sappa Valley with Ronnie on the 25th of December 2000. Perhaps it wouldn't change a thing that has happened since that day, I don't know. I'd like my old body back, please. It worked so much better than this one I have now. I used to strong as an ox! I had muscles, not flab! I had strength in those muscles! Even after eight years of living in this not so perfect body, I miss being able to do anything I wanted to do! I am thankful for what does still work. I had my doubts about the arms ever working properly again right after the wreck. I couldn't even cut my own food up to eat it for better than three months afterwards. I've come a long long way since then in so many ways! I do still miss my old body though...
Alright! I'm outta here for the time being!~ You all behave yourselves and I'll come yak at you another time! Probably tomorrow. Hugs!
Peace
831
I made art earlier today. 2 ATCs and a couple of Chunky Pages. Make that three Chunkys. Only two of those have their danglies though. Wish I could show them to you all. I kinda like the red and black ATC. The scanner's cord is still on the floor behind the dresser where that hellion, Billy cat put it! I stuck to a monochromatic theme for the 3 chunkys. black and silver for all three of the pages. I had a couple of old photographs that were sent to me with other ephemra of two little girls about 3 yr olds, I'd say. I incorporated those into two of the chunkys.
I'm sitting in front of th pc here yakking at you all and listening to a bit of Nickleback on iTunes. They all wanna be Rock Stars. Big Dreamers! Nothing wrong with dreaming big!~ Not a thing wrong with it! I really like this song!
I went to lunch with Susan, Justin and Courtney. I think Justin got shafted on the bill. It shouldn't have cost 44 dollars and some change for three sandwiches with fries, three pieces of pie and 4 drinks. Frank's a good cook, but he ain't THAT good! Justin didn't argue with them though. It was tasty and I'm thankful for the invite! Susan and I shared a sandwich and fries. It worked out well.
It's been quite chilly today. Temp said it was 27 outside but the wind is blowing like a troop of dancers hellbent on entertainment that it felt MUCH colder out there! It's getting down in the 40s in the house at night. I am VERY thankful for the electric blanket! (Which I owe my sister $8 for still.) We found it at the thrift store week before last. I almost left it there cause I didn't have the money to buy it. Susan insisted and I'm toasty warm cause she did! Thanks Susan! :)
I sometimes get to feeling sorry for myself, thinking I'm all alone in this world. I am weary of living alone. When I'm not feeling sorry for myself though I do not doubt there are those who love me. I may be alone a lot but that's more often my choice than someone else's. When I think about sharing my space with another...I'd rather have my own space, I think. I've lived alone, with only animals for more than eight years. I'm kinda set in my ways.
Someone really should go get that box of puzzles off the seat of my van and give them to someone. I've already given one of them away. I don't do jigsaw puzzles myself but Ma and Susan enjoy them and I was given a box of them last Monday. They've been in the passenger's seat of the van since then. I gave one of them to Cory. He likes puzzles and he really liked the artist of that one I gave him. Sorry can't remember the artist's name. I'm lucky to remember my own name sometimes!
The Christmas tree still stands proud in the livingroom. I was gonna take that thing down but it never got done.
I procrastinate a lot.
It's cold in the livingroom though. Fred sleeps on the sofa. Remember I told you he took up sleeping on my bed when I wasn't in it? He gave that up not too long after he started doing it. I gave up telling him to get out of my bed everytime I found him there. It was like it wasn't any fun for him anymore and he stopped. I found him sprawled out on top of the blankets a few hours ago. That electric blanket is turned on to the highest setting. That bed is warm! He ain't a stupid dog like I sometimes call him. :) He still can't sleep in it when I'm in it though! There ain't enough room for one thing. And dogs are not allowed in the bed!
All three of those cats are asleep on top of that warm blanket right now. Fred's more than likely there as well cause I haven't seen him in the deskroom and he wasn't sleeping on the sofa when I went to the kitchen to fill my coffee cup. I've run out of clean coffee cups because of no hot water to do dishes. I had to hunt in the cupboard earlier to find one. It's platic. I hate plastic! It's the scrouge of the earth. I prefer ceramic coffee mugs to any other, though I do have a couple of glass ones that I drink out of frequently. Ronnie and Terah gave me a really large black mug for Christmas. It's not only pretty but large like I like my coffee mugs. I don't drink near as much coffee in the summer as I do in the winter though.
Not really much has happened today that is noteworthy enough to talk about. It's been a slow day. Not much excitement. That's not a bad thing though!
Guess I'll go climb under that warm blanket in the bedroom and shut these old eyes for the night. That would be a change...me going to sleep before dawn! My leg hasn't given me any trouble for a week or so. Maybe the kink it had has been worked out. This fibro confuses the heck out of me cause when I hurt, it is hard to figure out if it's something new going on or if it's the fibro playing havoc.
If I could take one day in my life and change the circumstances of that day, I'd have never taken Rich back to Sappa Valley with Ronnie on the 25th of December 2000. Perhaps it wouldn't change a thing that has happened since that day, I don't know. I'd like my old body back, please. It worked so much better than this one I have now. I used to strong as an ox! I had muscles, not flab! I had strength in those muscles! Even after eight years of living in this not so perfect body, I miss being able to do anything I wanted to do! I am thankful for what does still work. I had my doubts about the arms ever working properly again right after the wreck. I couldn't even cut my own food up to eat it for better than three months afterwards. I've come a long long way since then in so many ways! I do still miss my old body though...
Alright! I'm outta here for the time being!~ You all behave yourselves and I'll come yak at you another time! Probably tomorrow. Hugs!
Peace
831
02 January 2009
Wild Cats, Cold and Sunshine
I haven't actually finished the book Love Medicine yet. I am better than half way through it though. I'll finish it probably today or tomorrow. It's on the list so I could start the list. And if I don't do something when I'm thinking about it, it might not get done later.
Did you all eat your black eyed peas yesterday to promote wealth in the new year? Black eyed peas taste like dirt to me and I avoid eating them at all costs. My sister Susan is convinced that ANY beans eaten on New Year's Day will substitute for black eyed peas so she made a big ol pot of ham and pinto beans which we devoured in hopes of wealth coming our way in this new year. It was a good day to spend with family as I brought in the new year the night before with friends who consider me family.
I look at wealth as having much more to do with than just money. I'm hoping/striving for an abundance of new friends, new experiences and rekindling old friendships this year. To me, all of that is much greater wealth than money alone. Though a few extra dollars in the coffers won't hurt my feelings any either. And if those extra dollars come into being, I hope they come from the sale of artwork. Then I could essentially kill two birds with one stone...and the dream of selling my artwork would come true as well.
Those wild cats refer to that silly Billy cat who lives in my house and thinks he can get into any cabinet or drawer in the place he takes a fancy to. I sent his snoopy hide outside a few moments ago cause he's been into everything this morning! I'm very glad he couldn't get into the drawer he was hellbent on getting into cause I'd have had a mess to clean up after that fool cat. He really really wanted into the drawer where I keep all my ribbons, string, ect that I use in my art. That cat would have had a hayday in that drawer! It was bad enough he was drinking the water out of the coffee pot sitting on the counter while I filled the coffee maker with ground coffee to make a pot. That other wild cat would be Miss Blue! She's not quite as rambuncious as Billy this morning, but she was feeling her wild oats as well, running up and down the hallway and sitting on the desk here between me and the keyboard. I put her on the floor three different times. Then Billy came along on his quest to wreak havoc with the ribbon drawer and I decided outside was where they both needed to be. Neither of them argued with me and went right out.
It is a bit chilly today. It's 43 degrees inside the house and 40 outside. Why so chilly in the house, you ask??? I ran out of propane the day before yesterday. No delivery yesterday and I just haven't got around to calling the Coop today yet. They won't be able to deliver propane till tomorrow and I'm not even sure they will deliver any unless I pay for it first and I can't do that till the 5th. Oh what a delimma! I won't freeze though. Neither will the water pipes so long as it doesn't get too cold overnight.
The sun is shining bright outside this morning and I have the front door open to let a bit of that sunshine into the house. Might warm the place up a bit!~
Not too much on the agenda for the day. I have no hot water so dishes and laundry are out of the question. Water heater runs on propane. Good thing those two can wait for another day. I think it's time to take the Christmas tree down and out to the shed. That will take up about an hour of the day...then there's only 23 other hours to figure out what to do with! Maybe I'll just crawl back under my electric blanket and finish that book. I really don't know what is in store today. Right now, I'm going to sit here with cold fingers and talk to whoever may be reading these ramblings! Oh lucky you! :)
I did two pcs of art yesterday. One page in my altered book and an ATC. I started another page in the altered book as well but can't count it as finished cause it ain't finished yet. I'd show you all the ATC but there's no way to scan it this morning unless I fetch the cord to the scanner from behind the dresser and I can't do that by myself cause I can't move that dresser alone. We have that silly Billy cat to thank for the cord being on the floor behind the scanner. Brat cat, that one!
That other cat, Doob is the smartest being in this house today! She's still asleep on top of the electric blanket on my bed.
Fred dog has been outside since about 9 this morning when he sat at the back door whining to be let out and woke my hide up to do so. Someone let him back in around 11 and I got up shortly thereafter and he was ready to go back out. He's asleep in the sunshine out on the front lawn. He looks like he's dead laying there. More than once my friend, Bob has commented that he had thought about calling me when he'd driven by here to tell me something was wrong with Fred. I've convinced Bob that really isn't necessary as the dog is just sleeping.
I added a quote of the day to the top of the blog this morning. Just something different for the new year and because I learned how to add gadgets to this blog! Now if I could figure out how to add video I'd share some music with you all occasionally as well. I'll be working on that in the next few days. I've never been able to get it to work for me so I'll just have to keep trying!
I think RJ was here yesterday while I was gone off to somewhere. I don't recall going anywhere but to Susan's yesterday....but someone was here and left me a 2GB DataTraveler. I believe those things are called external drives? Not sure just what they're called. Little electronic gadgets that hold information instead of keeping it all on your computer? There are tons of images that need to be taken off this computer but yet need to be saved as well. I will have to give RJ a call to see if it was him that left the little dohickey and left the telephone sitting in the overstuffed chair in the livingroom. The phone out of place sounds more like something RW would have done...maybe they were both here? Another mystery to figure out!
Well whatever is going to occur today, I suppose I should get on with it! Time's a wasting! You all have yourselves a beautiful Friday! I'm going to make the most of whatever gets thrown at me.
Go collect your hugs. Give a few while you're at it and don't forget to smile at a stranger today!
Peace
831
Did you all eat your black eyed peas yesterday to promote wealth in the new year? Black eyed peas taste like dirt to me and I avoid eating them at all costs. My sister Susan is convinced that ANY beans eaten on New Year's Day will substitute for black eyed peas so she made a big ol pot of ham and pinto beans which we devoured in hopes of wealth coming our way in this new year. It was a good day to spend with family as I brought in the new year the night before with friends who consider me family.
I look at wealth as having much more to do with than just money. I'm hoping/striving for an abundance of new friends, new experiences and rekindling old friendships this year. To me, all of that is much greater wealth than money alone. Though a few extra dollars in the coffers won't hurt my feelings any either. And if those extra dollars come into being, I hope they come from the sale of artwork. Then I could essentially kill two birds with one stone...and the dream of selling my artwork would come true as well.
Those wild cats refer to that silly Billy cat who lives in my house and thinks he can get into any cabinet or drawer in the place he takes a fancy to. I sent his snoopy hide outside a few moments ago cause he's been into everything this morning! I'm very glad he couldn't get into the drawer he was hellbent on getting into cause I'd have had a mess to clean up after that fool cat. He really really wanted into the drawer where I keep all my ribbons, string, ect that I use in my art. That cat would have had a hayday in that drawer! It was bad enough he was drinking the water out of the coffee pot sitting on the counter while I filled the coffee maker with ground coffee to make a pot. That other wild cat would be Miss Blue! She's not quite as rambuncious as Billy this morning, but she was feeling her wild oats as well, running up and down the hallway and sitting on the desk here between me and the keyboard. I put her on the floor three different times. Then Billy came along on his quest to wreak havoc with the ribbon drawer and I decided outside was where they both needed to be. Neither of them argued with me and went right out.
It is a bit chilly today. It's 43 degrees inside the house and 40 outside. Why so chilly in the house, you ask??? I ran out of propane the day before yesterday. No delivery yesterday and I just haven't got around to calling the Coop today yet. They won't be able to deliver propane till tomorrow and I'm not even sure they will deliver any unless I pay for it first and I can't do that till the 5th. Oh what a delimma! I won't freeze though. Neither will the water pipes so long as it doesn't get too cold overnight.
The sun is shining bright outside this morning and I have the front door open to let a bit of that sunshine into the house. Might warm the place up a bit!~
Not too much on the agenda for the day. I have no hot water so dishes and laundry are out of the question. Water heater runs on propane. Good thing those two can wait for another day. I think it's time to take the Christmas tree down and out to the shed. That will take up about an hour of the day...then there's only 23 other hours to figure out what to do with! Maybe I'll just crawl back under my electric blanket and finish that book. I really don't know what is in store today. Right now, I'm going to sit here with cold fingers and talk to whoever may be reading these ramblings! Oh lucky you! :)
I did two pcs of art yesterday. One page in my altered book and an ATC. I started another page in the altered book as well but can't count it as finished cause it ain't finished yet. I'd show you all the ATC but there's no way to scan it this morning unless I fetch the cord to the scanner from behind the dresser and I can't do that by myself cause I can't move that dresser alone. We have that silly Billy cat to thank for the cord being on the floor behind the scanner. Brat cat, that one!
That other cat, Doob is the smartest being in this house today! She's still asleep on top of the electric blanket on my bed.
Fred dog has been outside since about 9 this morning when he sat at the back door whining to be let out and woke my hide up to do so. Someone let him back in around 11 and I got up shortly thereafter and he was ready to go back out. He's asleep in the sunshine out on the front lawn. He looks like he's dead laying there. More than once my friend, Bob has commented that he had thought about calling me when he'd driven by here to tell me something was wrong with Fred. I've convinced Bob that really isn't necessary as the dog is just sleeping.
I added a quote of the day to the top of the blog this morning. Just something different for the new year and because I learned how to add gadgets to this blog! Now if I could figure out how to add video I'd share some music with you all occasionally as well. I'll be working on that in the next few days. I've never been able to get it to work for me so I'll just have to keep trying!
I think RJ was here yesterday while I was gone off to somewhere. I don't recall going anywhere but to Susan's yesterday....but someone was here and left me a 2GB DataTraveler. I believe those things are called external drives? Not sure just what they're called. Little electronic gadgets that hold information instead of keeping it all on your computer? There are tons of images that need to be taken off this computer but yet need to be saved as well. I will have to give RJ a call to see if it was him that left the little dohickey and left the telephone sitting in the overstuffed chair in the livingroom. The phone out of place sounds more like something RW would have done...maybe they were both here? Another mystery to figure out!
Well whatever is going to occur today, I suppose I should get on with it! Time's a wasting! You all have yourselves a beautiful Friday! I'm going to make the most of whatever gets thrown at me.
Go collect your hugs. Give a few while you're at it and don't forget to smile at a stranger today!
Peace
831
01 January 2009
Happy New Year!
I had typed up a nice long post yesterday and then ran off to my New Year's Party without posting it and all was lost cause I didn't save it either...I do hope that's not how the new year is going to be! Start something and never get to see it to completion? Let's hope not!
My desk is littered with detruis from the year previous. Litter I wish to not repeat in the year ahead. My head is kinda littered with a lot I'd like to leave behind me that won't be near as easy to accomplish as getting rid of the detruis on my desk from the last month or so.
I hope to quit smoking sometime this year. I have plans for doing just that. I am going to make a very serious attempt at this in the coming weeks. I know this can be accomplished! I've done it three times before. Problem is, it has been some years since the last time...
I intend to make at the very least, save the computer crashing, 300 posts in 2009.
I WILL make over 300 pieces of art in 2009. I probably won't show you all all of them though. Not unless I get totally organized in any short time and I truly do not see that happening in 2009.
I intend to write in my daybook at least once a day everyday in 2009. I averaged three times a week in 2008 and there's a lot of stuff that happened in my life that means nothing to anyone but myself that happened in 2008 that I cannot remember anymore.
I intend to talk to my children and grandchildren at least once a week...more would be fantastic!
I intend to be a good friend even when I don't feel like being friendly on days when friendliness is for the good of another more than for yourself. I'm not going to be a public bear.
I intend to read 50 books in 2009. I read 44 of them in 2008.
I intend to clean my house once a week. I've always been a messy housekeeper. I'm putting it on my list though cause I truly need to consciously work on this goal.
There are a ton of changes I want to make in the new year. Many of them I shouldn't have to write down to remind me to do them. I'm not good at keeping resolutions. I do intend to try to accomplish what is on this list. Time will tell.
As I read through my daybook this afternoon, reliving the past year, I discovered 2008 doesn't show any truly remarkable events that affected others in a profound way. I think I need to work on that too.
I brought in the new year in the company of friends. I got my butt kicked at gin rummy by Helena. I won a few games but she was on fire last night with cards! While she and I sat the dining room table her husband, Bob sat in front of their computer in the diningroom playing majong. I told the man he was being unsocialable. He didn't care...:) That's just Bob though. The company hadn't arrived as of yet so Kellen, Bob's son, played regular rummy with Helena and I for awhile. Jerry showed up about 9:30 pm so the boys and I headed to the shed for a smoke and Helena stayed in the house with the kids. That was her choice though. I thoroughly enjoy hanging out with men, so I was a happy camper out in the shed with the boys. We weren't out there long anytime we went out there. Bob didn't turn the heat on out there so it was a tad chilly. The boys decided to play Guitar Hero on PS3 and they abandoned me and Helena in the livingroom to watch TV till midnight rolled around. Helena was tired. She'd been up since 4am and worked 12 hours on Wednesday to boot. She was a trooper though and stayed up to see in the new year with the rest of us. The boys were drinking Captain Morgan and coke or Dr. Pepper depending on who was drinking what. Helena didn't touch any booze. Midnight rolled around and she gave out her hugs and Happy New Years and off to bed she went! I started drinking right after midnight. I had one rum and coke and then the coke ran out and I had to resort to Dr. Pepper and Captain. That isn't a tasty combination by any means! Though it does taste a whole lot better than Cherry Pepsi and Captain Morgan. Trust me on this one! Do not drink Captain Morgan mixed with Cherry Pepsi. It's a waste of good rum cause there's absolutely no way to down it without throwing it back up! It is disgusting. Dr. Pepper is at least drinkable. I got a pretty good buzz watching the boys pretend being rock stars. I designated their groupie. I think I should have been their singer cause Bob wasn't doing too good at that last night. He's usually a good singer. He had too much captain in him to keep in beat with the music. I thought Kellen did pretty good with drums considering the amount of Captain he had in him. I really do enjoy the company of men. They are fascinating and confusing creatures! Women sit around and talk about nothing that interests me. Men sit around and act silly. They tickle my funny bone. And they give glorious hugs! I got a good share of hugs last night to bring in the new year!
Here's hoping 2009 is a year of good deeds, love, respect, peace, laughter and kindness towards all those we know personally and all those we share this world with. Be happy my friends! It is like syrup poured on pancakes...it sticks together and covers the whole. When one is happy and showing it---it can't help but rub off just a little onto someone else.
Peace
831
My desk is littered with detruis from the year previous. Litter I wish to not repeat in the year ahead. My head is kinda littered with a lot I'd like to leave behind me that won't be near as easy to accomplish as getting rid of the detruis on my desk from the last month or so.
I hope to quit smoking sometime this year. I have plans for doing just that. I am going to make a very serious attempt at this in the coming weeks. I know this can be accomplished! I've done it three times before. Problem is, it has been some years since the last time...
I intend to make at the very least, save the computer crashing, 300 posts in 2009.
I WILL make over 300 pieces of art in 2009. I probably won't show you all all of them though. Not unless I get totally organized in any short time and I truly do not see that happening in 2009.
I intend to write in my daybook at least once a day everyday in 2009. I averaged three times a week in 2008 and there's a lot of stuff that happened in my life that means nothing to anyone but myself that happened in 2008 that I cannot remember anymore.
I intend to talk to my children and grandchildren at least once a week...more would be fantastic!
I intend to be a good friend even when I don't feel like being friendly on days when friendliness is for the good of another more than for yourself. I'm not going to be a public bear.
I intend to read 50 books in 2009. I read 44 of them in 2008.
I intend to clean my house once a week. I've always been a messy housekeeper. I'm putting it on my list though cause I truly need to consciously work on this goal.
There are a ton of changes I want to make in the new year. Many of them I shouldn't have to write down to remind me to do them. I'm not good at keeping resolutions. I do intend to try to accomplish what is on this list. Time will tell.
As I read through my daybook this afternoon, reliving the past year, I discovered 2008 doesn't show any truly remarkable events that affected others in a profound way. I think I need to work on that too.
I brought in the new year in the company of friends. I got my butt kicked at gin rummy by Helena. I won a few games but she was on fire last night with cards! While she and I sat the dining room table her husband, Bob sat in front of their computer in the diningroom playing majong. I told the man he was being unsocialable. He didn't care...:) That's just Bob though. The company hadn't arrived as of yet so Kellen, Bob's son, played regular rummy with Helena and I for awhile. Jerry showed up about 9:30 pm so the boys and I headed to the shed for a smoke and Helena stayed in the house with the kids. That was her choice though. I thoroughly enjoy hanging out with men, so I was a happy camper out in the shed with the boys. We weren't out there long anytime we went out there. Bob didn't turn the heat on out there so it was a tad chilly. The boys decided to play Guitar Hero on PS3 and they abandoned me and Helena in the livingroom to watch TV till midnight rolled around. Helena was tired. She'd been up since 4am and worked 12 hours on Wednesday to boot. She was a trooper though and stayed up to see in the new year with the rest of us. The boys were drinking Captain Morgan and coke or Dr. Pepper depending on who was drinking what. Helena didn't touch any booze. Midnight rolled around and she gave out her hugs and Happy New Years and off to bed she went! I started drinking right after midnight. I had one rum and coke and then the coke ran out and I had to resort to Dr. Pepper and Captain. That isn't a tasty combination by any means! Though it does taste a whole lot better than Cherry Pepsi and Captain Morgan. Trust me on this one! Do not drink Captain Morgan mixed with Cherry Pepsi. It's a waste of good rum cause there's absolutely no way to down it without throwing it back up! It is disgusting. Dr. Pepper is at least drinkable. I got a pretty good buzz watching the boys pretend being rock stars. I designated their groupie. I think I should have been their singer cause Bob wasn't doing too good at that last night. He's usually a good singer. He had too much captain in him to keep in beat with the music. I thought Kellen did pretty good with drums considering the amount of Captain he had in him. I really do enjoy the company of men. They are fascinating and confusing creatures! Women sit around and talk about nothing that interests me. Men sit around and act silly. They tickle my funny bone. And they give glorious hugs! I got a good share of hugs last night to bring in the new year!
Here's hoping 2009 is a year of good deeds, love, respect, peace, laughter and kindness towards all those we know personally and all those we share this world with. Be happy my friends! It is like syrup poured on pancakes...it sticks together and covers the whole. When one is happy and showing it---it can't help but rub off just a little onto someone else.
Peace
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