Entry for July 01, 2006

Its 930 pm Saturday night. Im cross eyed from cutting, sewing and ironing. I started with 26 each of white and tan print strips cut 2 3/8 inch wide. Eachof these strips had to be cut into       2 3/8 inch squares. Oh fun.   OK, so I had about 400 something squares. I then had to sew diagonally down the center of the two pieces(white and tan right sides together) of fabric squares 1/4 inch from center on both sides, so i would end up with two triangles, when cut apart and opened up again would be a white and tan square. I know, sounds simple enough. I spent two freaking days cutting the   strips. Two days sewing them together and cutting them apart. Now i am trying to sew them into strips again, with three points going in one direction, and three points going in the other. I made one, just so I could know how to do it, and that is the finished one you see there. the points on the outside of the block are what I have been working on. The smaller the piece, the more time consuming it gets. The finished  squares are 2 inches.  I have to make 36 finished squares. Hopefully, once the blocks are done, the rest will go a little quicker. OH Please God, make it go quicker. It s really sad, now Im blogging God.

Other than a little insane, everything is still the same here. It  is down in the 90's, finally. I have been getting up really early and doing my walks. I leave around 630, cus im kinda scared to leave any earlier, its as brite as its gonna get for the day, I dont know why I would be scared, but Im a wuss. By the time I get to the park, (see virtual walk in my album) everyone else is going home, Im  late. If I leave any later, its already getting hot. I can only walk this early on the weekends, weekdays, I have to walk when I get home, and its gettin warm already. Oh well. I have added another block to my walk. I circle the last block twice now, cus it wasnt taking me a half hour to complete my walk. If I wasnt walking so freaking fast I could make it last, but that doesnt get my heart rate up, which boost your metabolism and burns those fat assed calories. I dont know yet if I have lost any weigth, but my pants feel better on me, Im happy with that too.  You gotta learn to accept the little things. Inches count too.

My son Alex is home for two weeks. He got home Friday, and will be going back to tulsa on the 8th. Tuesday, he had his wisdom teeth removed. he was a pretty good patient, and Claire was an excellent nurse. I would have been lost without her. she stayed the whole three days here that alex was recouperating. I know, that seems like a lot of time, But he was on vicoden fro the three days and slept most of the time. He finally started to eat something when he threw up from the vicoden on an empty stomach,  I told him he needed to eat before that, he didnt beleive me. I guess everyone has to throw up when they have wisdom teeth pulled, i think its part of the process. Everyone I heard have them pulled, throws up at some time in the healing process, including me.

I allowed myself to look at my emails this week, but no blogging, cus I will sit here for hours looking at all the pages. I did get to read your messages to me. thank you all so much for your support. Now, as to the quilting question, A quilter makes the front of the quilt. If they happen to own a longarm, which a very expensive piece of equipment to attach to their sewing machine, they can quilt it them selves. I dont own one. If the piece I was working on was smaller, I could quilt a simple straight stitch pattern into the quilt. I send the completed front, and back fabric to the shop in Turlock, about 20 miles away. They will stretch the fabric on rollers and stitch them together with the batting in the middle of the fabric. The batting is the stuffing inside a quilt. There aere many different types of batting, I wont even start on that. I have pics of this, but they are not digital. Maybe when I take the quilt in, I will take some more pics and put them up for you guys to see. It really is kinda kool, how they do it. I can pick the pattern I wnat to be in the quilt and what color thread, Then to finish it, you have to bind the edges with another strip of fabric. it is a long process, but its rewarding and fun for  me. They make the best gifts.

This is getting really long and gonna put you all to sleep pretty soon. I get to go and read all the blogs now. See ya all later.

 

Entry for June 27, 2006

Just to let all 5 of my reading fans know what is going on with me. I am so far behind on the quilt I am making, i have decided that If I can spend 1-2 hours a day here, i can certanly finish my quilt. My neice is getting married in August. I know it wont be done by then, but I at least want it inthe shop to be quilted by then. If I spend all my free time here, which i can easily do, I will never get it done. So, I ahve decided to give myself Sunday afternoons here only until I get the front of the quilt done. I know this seems rather etreme, but a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do.

So here is my plan. Get off work, do my walk, take a shower and sew for 1-2 hours. this should move things along quite nicely and I should reach my goal of finishing the front in a short time. Think good productive thoughts for me. And for you guys, Mavis, keep up the no smoking. i am very proud of you. Your family will have you around a lot longer for this. All the dieting crew, dont forget to walk, and take Boops advice and drink lots of water. Fuzzy Girl, Get that Dam Cam n mic. I will be here Sunday, and I would like to chat, unless the local puter store has quit selling them. If that is the case, just let us know, we will understand. Amber, I will let you know when I see it, cant wait.

Entry for June 25, 2006

Its a good productive day today. I woke up too early again, around 430 and did a little bloggin. Then i did another chapter of schoolwork, missed one again on the test. Only 20 questions this week, so Igot a 95, shit. I keep missing one.  I am still at a 94 GPA. I should be happy I guess.  Then, I took my walk before it got to be 90 degrees. It wasnt even 7 and it was hot. I am so glad I got that over with.

Yesterday, I bought a new cam for my puter. I got that installed. I still need a new Mic. I have a loose wire somewhere and it cuts in and out. Drives me crazy. Next time I hit the puter store, its a new mic.

I weighed myself yesterday. The last time I weighed myself was at the doctors office. My scale and the one at the doctores office are the same, mine is digital and the dam thing wont lie for anyone, it sucks. Anyway, I was 10 lbs lighter than at the docs office. That is my jumping off point for loosing lbs.

I havent worked on my quilt for a while, since I have gotten a bunch more stuff done than I thought I would, I will sew today. John has a meeting today, and Im sure Alex and Clair are gonna do something. Good, a lazy sunday. I love lazy Sundays, I can do what i want.

Entry for June 24, 2006

I have found my Avitar. She was off in Paris. I cant beleive her, she didnt even say she was leaving London.  Anyway, found her and sent her to the library to look for Fuzzy. I told her to try and help her out with that novel she has to write. Even if she only runs for coffee, help her get it done.

My son came home today from Tulsa. He has finished his Airframe course, or at least part of it, I think. He is studying to be an Airline/airplane mechanic. He gets all pissy with me cus I cant remember all the stuff he is doing. Actually, he laughs at me about it, and teases me. No big deal, I rememeber the importamt stuff, like buying his plane tickets, sending him cookies and jellie, making sure the stuff I send him actually gets there. the behind the scenes mom kind of stuff. The stuff they probably will never know about till they finish growing up.  Anyway, he got an A in his class. So far, he has only gotten A's n B's. I am so very proud of him. When he finishes the plane part of his studies, he will go until he gets his bachlors, then go into the Airforce. He should be able to go in as an Officer. The kid is 19 and has so much of his future planned. Most kids dont have a clue till they finish their general ed in college what the keck they want to do.

I started walking this week again. I posted a virtual walk on my album . Amber wants me to put it on the group page, but it is 45 pics. I wouldnt have to post all of them. Maybe i will post some there and just referance my album for the whole tour. In the photo/album thing, your supposed to be able to use the select entire album option, I have only been able to get that to work a few times. I have to keep going back and checking each pic to get it into the album. It is sorta time consuming, and I didnt have that at that moment. I still need to go back and pit a description on the pics. note to self to do this.

We got new furniture a few weeks ago. the lounge shown here is MINE MINE MINE. I love it. It reclines all the way back and is so very comfortable. the couch reclines also. Alex sat on them when he got home yesterday and I thought he was gonna just stay there. The fabric is Micro Fibre. Looks and feels like suade, but isnt.

We have been getting all this really cool stuff from the guys at yahoo. Thank goodness I have Amber, or my page would have a silly assed dolphin on it. Anyway, I wrote to those brainyacks and asked if they would put spell check on our blog  page. thats what I would like to have, and maybe a save option so I dont keep loosing half of my blog and have to rewrite the thing.  I have had to rewrite so many cus i blinked and it was half gone. I know, if you loose the page and come back, there is an option in the corner to get your blog back, but you only get some of it. I want all of it, I dont wanto have to remember.  it was good the first time.

K, thats it for this too early morning. woke up at 230 am again, dam graveyard shift.

Entry for June 21, 2006

Yesterday was so intense, and emotions were flying all over these pages. I cant do that two days in a row. I havent forgotten, I just have to do something else to counteract what I did to myself with what I wrote yesterday. So, that being said, today Im talking sorta silly stuff again. Stuff I like, dislike, stuff that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. NOT stuff that pisses me off, but stuff that makes me happy.

Stuff I like:

Fresh home made warm bread,babies breath and puppy breath,Real sincere hugs, Seeing my family, hearing kids laughing while they play, that really hystericle laughter, the smell in my house after I bake.

Stuff I dislike:

People throwing trash in the street, lazy people, Gangs and drugs, Ugly food and food that is part of the guts(hearts, toungue Gagchoke)that kind of stuff, what i call body parts.

I know this seems sorta silly, but i had to do something like this to counteract yesterday. Those days take their toll on me. I really do appreciate all the responses.

Also, I read Bears blog yesterday, Poor bear has to diet. Amber is gonna loose five pounds laughing over that one. Well, since Amber and bear have to loose some of the extra stones they are carrying around, I decided I should admit to myself, that this other person I have grown, isnt paying rent, so she needs to find somewhere else to go, and not further down my hips. I suggested to Bear to walk for half an hour each day, it will help a lot. I also said I would do it also. So, today, I came home, changesd my pants and grabbed my 3lb weights and walked for 1/2 hour. I have already changed the food I eat for lunch, a few weeks back.  Not to loose weight, but to keep me from getting hungry every hour. about a cup of lowfat cottqage cheese with sliced tomatoes and lowfat yogurt, lots of water and a banana. we'll see how it goes.  I feel better now. See ya later, hope everyone is having a great week.

Introductions

And Some Friday Fodder

I have been meaning to do this for a while, but I remember when I am away from the keyboard, and forget when I am here, go figure.  Anyway, I dont think I have ever really explained who everyone is that I write about. I dont like to always say my husband,  or my son, I prefer to just refer to them as their given name.  So here goes, my name is Lisa, I am number 11 of 12 kids. 10 girls and 2 boys. John is my husband, so when I write John, you know who I am talking about. Andy is my oldest son, and he is married to Tania, and they have two beautiful babies. Alex is my youngest and his girlfriend is Claire.  I know this is probably sorta silly maybe, thinking you are wondering who the heck I am tlaking about when I say someones name, without saying who they are. Rather presumptuous of me huh?

 Actually, it is only for my own self.  I feel sorta funny sometimes when I write about someone and no one knows who the heck I am talking about. I dont want to say "my oldest sons wife" or "my youngest sons girlfriend". It is just easier to write Tania or Claire.

Ok, on to the other silly stuff. Once again, I didnt have to work last night. I am getting sorta used to this little routine. I know it wont last very long, so I am enjoying it while it does.  I went in for about 15 minutes, and they told me I could go home, I made all the right checks, once again changed my shoes, and was out the door.  I slept when I came home, so I should feel good today. I think I will get my house clean and get some sewing done. Please note the new blast at the top of my home page.

Tomarrow, there is going to be a chile cookoff at the VFW  John belongs to. They make quite a bit of cash at this function. It is used to support and make improvememnts to the hall. And it is fun. There will be a raffle and an aution. Last year I volenteered to make a quilt for them to auction off.  It has been ready since January. It is a heritage quilt with a star pattern. I will take a pic of it and post it in my album. I really hope they get a good price for it. I have about 150.00 into it, so I would hope they get at least that. Yes, it cost that much to make a quilt, and it isnt even a King size. John will have to work, so Claire will hang out with me. It should be fun.

Ok, so much for todays Friday Fodder. I need to get doin what Im gonna do. Probably sew first.

Entry for June 14, 2006

Good Morning. I got to come home from work two hours early. I was so happy. You should have seen me. I asked if I could really go, and when I was told yes, I punched out and changed out of my horrible steel toed shoes and ran out the door. OH baby, no one runs faster than someone getting out of there early. All you see is a blur of arms  waving bye bye. then its into your car and out of the parking lot before someone can chase you down and say, oops, you have to stay.  run baby run

So I have to wait up till at least 12 today for the phone people to get here. For some reason, the outlets in my house arent working. Only one is working, and that phone doesnt have an answering machine on it. Too Bad???? But I do need the phone lines to work, so I will wait.

And while I wait, I will work on the quilt. I got a bunch of peices done yesterday. I need 144 of these two triangles sewn together, so I can make the center of the block. Once I get those done, I am hoping it will go a little quicker. I wish I had someone to iron and cut the peices apart. You just keep sewing the same peice until you have enough.  Then you cut all those apart, iron them open, and then sew them to the next piece. Its very repetive, but in the end, you have a beautiful quilt.

the picture above is a block I made the other day. I like to make one, just to make sure i know what i am doing. It still needs some border pieces around it, but that is pretty much it. I need to make 36 of those. It will be very nice in the end. Thats it for now. Hope ya all have a good day.

Entry for June 14, 2006

Good Morning. I got to come home from work two hours early. I was so happy. You should have seen me. I asked if I could really go, and when I was told yes, I punched out and changed out of my horrible steel toed shoes and ran out the door. OH baby, no one runs faster than someone getting out of there early. All you see is a blur of arms  waving bye bye. then its into your car and out of the parking lot before someone can chase you down and say, oops, you have to stay.  run baby run

So I have to wait up till at least 12 today for the phone people to get here. For some reason, the outlets in my house arent working. Only one is working, and that phone doesnt have an answering machine on it. Too Bad???? But I do need the phone lines to work, so I will wait.

And while I wait, I will work on the quilt. I got a bunch of peices done yesterday. I need 144 of these two triangles sewn together, so I can make the center of the block. Once I get those done, I am hoping it will go a little quicker. I wish I had someone to iron and cut the peices apart. You just keep sewing the same peice until you have enough.  Then you cut all those apart, iron them open, and then sew them to the next piece. Its very repetive, but in the end, you have a beautiful quilt.

the picture above is a block I made the other day. I like to make one, just to make sure i know what i am doing. It still needs some border pieces around it, but that is pretty much it. I need to make 36 of those. It will be very nice in the end. Thats it for now. Hope ya all have a good day.

Entry for June 11, 2006

I have decided I better do my own blog before I set off reading and commenting on everyone elses. 

Yesterday, I got most of the cutting done on the fabric for the quilt. For those of you not in the know on quilting, I use a rotary cutter and many rulers to cut the fabric. If I had to use scissors, I would leave it for the more patent sewers. A rotery cutter is a round retractable blade attached somehow to a handle and it rolls along the edges many different rulers. there are so many rulers you can buy. Just getting started with the basics is very expensive. some rulers are 25.00. I wait for sales and coupons. no sale or coupon, no ruler. the same holds for the replacement blades and any other item i might need. It is a very pricey hobby.  I love it though.

I just took a bunch of pics of the stuff I use to make my quilts. I just thought you mihgt like to see what i do for fun. If not, thats ok. I will put it on my album if you want to  see.

In other news, yesterday, while I was sewing, I heard the mailman trying to get into our mailbox. We have a locking mailbox(which I highly recommend) to prevent theft. the door has a tendency to jam. I heard him out there making a bunch of noise, then driving away. so later, I went out to get the mail. I had to pry the door open with my key, and unlocked that part of the mailbox,only to find out we had no mail in the box. The delivry person broke the handle off, left it on the ground and left without telling us. What a jerk. I will have to call the post office and report that. I sound like a beyatch, but half the time we get our neighbors mail, and it goes all the way down the block like that. Everyone getting their neighbors mail. All the person would have had to do is get out of the truck and walk to the door. It s not like I wasnt home. Or at least leave a note, but nothing. So, Im tellin on em, neener neener.

I took two tests this morning since I woke up so freakin early again. Got a 92 on one, and a 97 on the other. I am at a 94 GPA. I am really loving this course. It is so interesting. i saw a reference to a legal magazine in the chaptor, I will have to check it out. That is all for today. Check out he new album. i even marked what everything is.

Entry for June 11, 2006

I have decided I better do my own blog before I set off reading and commenting on everyone elses. 

Yesterday, I got most of the cutting done on the fabric for the quilt. For those of you not in the know on quilting, I use a rotary cutter and many rulers to cut the fabric. If I had to use scissors, I would leave it for the more patent sewers. A rotery cutter is a round retractable blade attached somehow to a handle and it rolls along the edges many different rulers. there are so many rulers you can buy. Just getting started with the basics is very expensive. some rulers are 25.00. I wait for sales and coupons. no sale or coupon, no ruler. the same holds for the replacement blades and any other item i might need. It is a very pricey hobby.  I love it though.

I just took a bunch of pics of the stuff I use to make my quilts. I just thought you mihgt like to see what i do for fun. If not, thats ok. I will put it on my album if you want to  see.

In other news, yesterday, while I was sewing, I heard the mailman trying to get into our mailbox. We have a locking mailbox(which I highly recommend) to prevent theft. the door has a tendency to jam. I heard him out there making a bunch of noise, then driving away. so later, I went out to get the mail. I had to pry the door open with my key, and unlocked that part of the mailbox,only to find out we had no mail in the box. The delivry person broke the handle off, left it on the ground and left without telling us. What a jerk. I will have to call the post office and report that. I sound like a beyatch, but half the time we get our neighbors mail, and it goes all the way down the block like that. Everyone getting their neighbors mail. All the person would have had to do is get out of the truck and walk to the door. It s not like I wasnt home. Or at least leave a note, but nothing. So, Im tellin on em, neener neener.

I took two tests this morning since I woke up so freakin early again. Got a 92 on one, and a 97 on the other. I am at a 94 GPA. I am really loving this course. It is so interesting. i saw a reference to a legal magazine in the chaptor, I will have to check it out. That is all for today. Check out he new album. i even marked what everything is.

Entry for June 10, 2006

Yeasterday, I sent my avitar to the UK to visit with Amber cus I couldnt be there. I went looking for her today, and she is somewhere else.  I told her to meet me by the big clock, just where I dropped her off, and she wasnt there, no one had seen her, now I get to find her.

On to other stuff. Last week, I bought some new sheets at costco. does everyone know what costco is? It is a huge wherehouse store that sells really good products. If you see somethng with the Kirkland brand on it, you cant go wrong buying it. Anyway, last week I bought some 500 count 100% Pima cotton sheets. OMG! If I could stay in bed all day I would. These are the best. So soft, you just wnat to wrap them around you. I fall asleep so quick, I just love them. I used to only buy Egyption cotton, but now I think I like Pima. I dont know the difference, and really, I dont care. I think everyone should invest in really good sheets, after all the time we spend sleeping, or  in bed, we deserve to be wrapped in something delicious.

I went today to buy more fabric for a quilt for my neice and her fiance. they will be getting married in August. I wont have the quilt done by then, but it will be most of the way done. I hope to have it in the quilting shop by then at least. It will be Kind size, in browns and tans, very pretty. when I get some of it done, I will post a pic.

I dont have a lot more to go on about. Not a lot going on here. So, I guess taht is all for today, Im gonna go get cutten. See ya later.

Entry for June 10, 2006

Yeasterday, I sent my avitar to the UK to visit with Amber cus I couldnt be there. I went looking for her today, and she is somewhere else.  I told her to meet me by the big clock, just where I dropped her off, and she wasnt there, no one had seen her, now I get to find her.

On to other stuff. Last week, I bought some new sheets at costco. does everyone know what costco is? It is a huge wherehouse store that sells really good products. If you see somethng with the Kirkland brand on it, you cant go wrong buying it. Anyway, last week I bought some 500 count 100% Pima cotton sheets. OMG! If I could stay in bed all day I would. These are the best. So soft, you just wnat to wrap them around you. I fall asleep so quick, I just love them. I used to only buy Egyption cotton, but now I think I like Pima. I dont know the difference, and really, I dont care. I think everyone should invest in really good sheets, after all the time we spend sleeping, or  in bed, we deserve to be wrapped in something delicious.

I went today to buy more fabric for a quilt for my neice and her fiance. they will be getting married in August. I wont have the quilt done by then, but it will be most of the way done. I hope to have it in the quilting shop by then at least. It will be Kind size, in browns and tans, very pretty. when I get some of it done, I will post a pic.

I dont have a lot more to go on about. Not a lot going on here. So, I guess taht is all for today, Im gonna go get cutten. See ya later.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AMBER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,

HAPPY BIRTHDAYDEAR AMBERRRRRRR,

HAPPY BIRTHHDAYYYYYY TOOO YOOOUUUUUUUU!!!

AND MANY MORE!!!!!

 

Happy birthday Amber,

I hope you like this rose, I cut it from my yard and saved it here for you on your birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AMBER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,

HAPPY BIRTHDAYDEAR AMBERRRRRRR,

HAPPY BIRTHHDAYYYYYY TOOO YOOOUUUUUUUU!!!

AND MANY MORE!!!!!

 

Happy birthday Amber,

I hope you like this rose, I cut it from my yard and saved it here for you on your birthday

Entry for June 07, 2006

Productive day

Last night I went to work, and there were too many people there. They sent some to other departments, but I got to go home. Yeee haaa. I love the days when I get to go home early. I dont get paid, but like I said before, I dont care.

So as soon as I got home, I tried to work on the test for the chapter I just read. My eyes were burning so bad by the tme I finished readin, I couldnt look at the page any more, so i decided to finish it later.  last nigth I tried again to do the test, and agin, my eyes were burning, so I put the book down and went to sleep. That helped.

Today was Claires birhtday, and since she just got her own place, i decided to get her something she would need for her new apartment, towels. Two sets and a set of kitchen towels, at least she has a start.

Anyway, I started out this morning at 8 am headed towards Target. I got everything I needed there, including a Banana mocha frapacino on the wayout the door from starbucks. Oh yummy that was good. From there I went to Eye Exam2000. My eyes have been changing for the last few years, but I have been trying to make single vision last for as long as I could. Well, this is as long as I could. Today, I wear no line bifocals.

I also got to Turlock to put the quilt I just made in the shop to be quilted. It is just too big for me to do at home. I also brought in the Katrina quilt to Hospice. That was harder than I thought it would be. I thought I would be able to just walk in, explain why Iwas giving it to them, and be on my merry way. But as soon as I started talking, the dam broke and it was all over. Im ok as long as I dont think about how much i miss my mom. thats another blog for when I need to release emotions on paper again.

Anyway, I took Claire to lunch for her birthday and then back to Modesto and it still  wasnt even 100. i dropped off claire at her house, picked up my finished glasses and got home in time to try out my new mop. OH boy.  and it still was only around 330 when I finally said I was done for the day.

I dont get extra days off like that very often, so when I do, I have to make them count. I am just happy the quilt will have a good home now. I asked the ladies to give it to someone special, and they told me they would find a special person for the quilt.

Entry for June 07, 2006

Productive day

Last night I went to work, and there were too many people there. They sent some to other departments, but I got to go home. Yeee haaa. I love the days when I get to go home early. I dont get paid, but like I said before, I dont care.

So as soon as I got home, I tried to work on the test for the chapter I just read. My eyes were burning so bad by the tme I finished readin, I couldnt look at the page any more, so i decided to finish it later.  last nigth I tried again to do the test, and agin, my eyes were burning, so I put the book down and went to sleep. That helped.

Today was Claires birhtday, and since she just got her own place, i decided to get her something she would need for her new apartment, towels. Two sets and a set of kitchen towels, at least she has a start.

Anyway, I started out this morning at 8 am headed towards Target. I got everything I needed there, including a Banana mocha frapacino on the wayout the door from starbucks. Oh yummy that was good. From there I went to Eye Exam2000. My eyes have been changing for the last few years, but I have been trying to make single vision last for as long as I could. Well, this is as long as I could. Today, I wear no line bifocals.

I also got to Turlock to put the quilt I just made in the shop to be quilted. It is just too big for me to do at home. I also brought in the Katrina quilt to Hospice. That was harder than I thought it would be. I thought I would be able to just walk in, explain why Iwas giving it to them, and be on my merry way. But as soon as I started talking, the dam broke and it was all over. Im ok as long as I dont think about how much i miss my mom. thats another blog for when I need to release emotions on paper again.

Anyway, I took Claire to lunch for her birthday and then back to Modesto and it still  wasnt even 100. i dropped off claire at her house, picked up my finished glasses and got home in time to try out my new mop. OH boy.  and it still was only around 330 when I finally said I was done for the day.

I dont get extra days off like that very often, so when I do, I have to make them count. I am just happy the quilt will have a good home now. I asked the ladies to give it to someone special, and they told me they would find a special person for the quilt.

Entry for June 06, 2006

I have to admit something. Not a real traumatic thing, nothing really mind blowing going on here today. Im a spaz. Yes folks, I have taken the love of my Cruizer  and every other Cruizer I see, just a tad too far. I havent joined a club, that is a commitmit I dont want to enter. but when I see a cruizer that is filthy and needs a bath, it upsets me. I want to scold that driver and tell them to make their cruizer look as cool as its supposed to be. If I see a dented one, Oh, my heart breaks. Now you tell me, is this not the mind of a spaz??? Dont really tell me, I already know.

Do any of you know Cruizer owners? Are they as spazzy about their cars as I am. Mine is just a base model, but I love it as if it were the top of the line. As I said before, It is the  first car I ever fell in love with and had to have.

I dont have a whole lot today. Sometimes i just want to pop in and say Hey to everyone. Today is a "hey everyone" day. Hope ya all have a good week.

Entry for June 06, 2006

I have to admit something. Not a real traumatic thing, nothing really mind blowing going on here today. Im a spaz. Yes folks, I have taken the love of my Cruizer  and every other Cruizer I see, just a tad too far. I havent joined a club, that is a commitmit I dont want to enter. but when I see a cruizer that is filthy and needs a bath, it upsets me. I want to scold that driver and tell them to make their cruizer look as cool as its supposed to be. If I see a dented one, Oh, my heart breaks. Now you tell me, is this not the mind of a spaz??? Dont really tell me, I already know.

Do any of you know Cruizer owners? Are they as spazzy about their cars as I am. Mine is just a base model, but I love it as if it were the top of the line. As I said before, It is the  first car I ever fell in love with and had to have.

I dont have a whole lot today. Sometimes i just want to pop in and say Hey to everyone. Today is a "hey everyone" day. Hope ya all have a good week.

Entry for June 04, 2006

This is a subject I am intreaged about. This morning I was talking with a friend about online affairs.  My friend asked me if I had ever wanted to meet the person I was chatin with in person.  I said no, not realising where the conversation was going. I set ground rules for online chats when I first start a friendship with people, so this caught me off gaurd.  Not that I am saying I am all that or anything, I just want to keep it friendly, and nothing more. Really.

So the conversation went back and forth for a while,asking questions, answering questions. I found out my friend had had an affair last year with someone he had met online. This totally blew me away. He asked me if I ever thought about anyone else, and if I ever wanted to take that step. All I could say was, no. Of cource, Im not blind or stupid. I do see guys that knock my socks off, but that is all they can do. I cant even bring myself to have the imaginary fantasy of him and me in bed. I just cant. There have been afew guys I have met that I refer to as Eye Candy. Cute face, nice ass, fills out his wranglers just right. But the thought of having someone else touch me creeps me out. Am I a prude, I dont think so.

Anyway, he went on to tell me about his affair, not in detail, but he told me. I think he was trying to get me to meet him off line. If I have a friendship with someone, that is all it is. I told him I had everything I could possibley want right now. Everything is good with me. If I want something, I get it. I dont have to worry about the silly things any more. I dont want to break something I cant fix.

It seems that men are more willing to take that step and start an online affair. Maybe I am wrong, I dont know. Why do they do this. I need some input her from people that have more expereince than me. It troubles  me to think there are ulterior motives to peoples friendships. It makes me remember Ambers blog from a few weeks ago. Kinda different though. I told my friend I would never do that, and if I was ever single again, I would probably stay single cuz I am so scared of creepy guys. I know this sounds silly, but right now in my mind, its the truth.

OK, on another point. I have decided to give the Katrina quilt to the Hospice Center In turlock California. They were with us the last few months of my moms life.  I dont know wht we would have done without them. All the way tothe last day, they were there. After she passed, they came back and waited till she left her house for the last time. I am deepley indebted to them. So, my next trip to Turlock , I will bring the quilt and give it to them. Thank you all for your support. I really appreciate your input.

Entry for June 04, 2006

This is a subject I am intreaged about. This morning I was talking with a friend about online affairs.  My friend asked me if I had ever wanted to meet the person I was chatin with in person.  I said no, not realising where the conversation was going. I set ground rules for online chats when I first start a friendship with people, so this caught me off gaurd.  Not that I am saying I am all that or anything, I just want to keep it friendly, and nothing more. Really.

So the conversation went back and forth for a while,asking questions, answering questions. I found out my friend had had an affair last year with someone he had met online. This totally blew me away. He asked me if I ever thought about anyone else, and if I ever wanted to take that step. All I could say was, no. Of cource, Im not blind or stupid. I do see guys that knock my socks off, but that is all they can do. I cant even bring myself to have the imaginary fantasy of him and me in bed. I just cant. There have been afew guys I have met that I refer to as Eye Candy. Cute face, nice ass, fills out his wranglers just right. But the thought of having someone else touch me creeps me out. Am I a prude, I dont think so.

Anyway, he went on to tell me about his affair, not in detail, but he told me. I think he was trying to get me to meet him off line. If I have a friendship with someone, that is all it is. I told him I had everything I could possibley want right now. Everything is good with me. If I want something, I get it. I dont have to worry about the silly things any more. I dont want to break something I cant fix.

It seems that men are more willing to take that step and start an online affair. Maybe I am wrong, I dont know. Why do they do this. I need some input her from people that have more expereince than me. It troubles  me to think there are ulterior motives to peoples friendships. It makes me remember Ambers blog from a few weeks ago. Kinda different though. I told my friend I would never do that, and if I was ever single again, I would probably stay single cuz I am so scared of creepy guys. I know this sounds silly, but right now in my mind, its the truth.

OK, on another point. I have decided to give the Katrina quilt to the Hospice Center In turlock California. They were with us the last few months of my moms life.  I dont know wht we would have done without them. All the way tothe last day, they were there. After she passed, they came back and waited till she left her house for the last time. I am deepley indebted to them. So, my next trip to Turlock , I will bring the quilt and give it to them. Thank you all for your support. I really appreciate your input.

Entry for June 03, 2006

Good Morning everyone. This morning I went and picked these from my yard. We planted it a few years ago and and it is just now really starting to produce. I put a bunch of pics on my photo album of the berry bush and different flowers in my yard. I have fun taking close up pics of things. They just seem interesting to me, for some reason. Plant life is good close up material though. I plan to make jelly with this bowl. I am going to  strain out the seeds this time, they are begining to bug me. It seems that some berries have more seeds than others, and mine have a lot. So off the get some cheeseclothe to strain them. Check out the picks. See ya later.

Entry for June 03, 2006

Good Morning everyone. This morning I went and picked these from my yard. We planted it a few years ago and and it is just now really starting to produce. I put a bunch of pics on my photo album of the berry bush and different flowers in my yard. I have fun taking close up pics of things. They just seem interesting to me, for some reason. Plant life is good close up material though. I plan to make jelly with this bowl. I am going to  strain out the seeds this time, they are begining to bug me. It seems that some berries have more seeds than others, and mine have a lot. So off the get some cheeseclothe to strain them. Check out the picks. See ya later.

I figured something out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did it!!!!Accidently, but I did it! I logged on and over in the corner, on the other side of the page from the stupid sidebar, is a little sidebar  thingy. It just said sidebar, I dont know what it is called. Anyway, when I put the curser over it, it said close sidebar. I have never seen this before, so I figured what more harm could I do,so Iclicked it and viola, the stupid sidebar on my page was gone. yeah yaaaaaaaaa.  ow aI have my whole screen back the way I liked it in the first place. thats all.

I figured something out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did it!!!!Accidently, but I did it! I logged on and over in the corner, on the other side of the page from the stupid sidebar, is a little sidebar  thingy. It just said sidebar, I dont know what it is called. Anyway, when I put the curser over it, it said close sidebar. I have never seen this before, so I figured what more harm could I do,so Iclicked it and viola, the stupid sidebar on my page was gone. yeah yaaaaaaaaa.  ow aI have my whole screen back the way I liked it in the first place. thats all.

Entry for June 02, 2006

More Friday Fodder

The other day, I clicked the airplane lookin thing on my desktop to get to my yahoo mail, 360 blog, search engine. Right away, there came a message from at&t saying they have changed they look and enhanced the info I used. My life with yahoo will be better if I download this new edition. So I did. Shit, I wish I didnt. I dont like the way the mail looked, but i was given the option to go back to the old style. OK, fixed that one. the thing that is really ticken me off is the new info bar that is sitting on the side of my page now. It takes up about 2 1/2 inches of space on my screen, and i cant figure out how to get rid of it. I keep looking for a "contact us" option somewhere, so I can ask the wonderful folks at yahoo how tro make this thing go away. I cant find that either. I am able to make the thing smaller by pushing it to the side, but I want it gone, I tell you, Gone. If anyone knows how to make it go away, please tell me.

Which brings me to the other thing I need to discuss. I have decided ther are some people that can understand computers and pull things out of cyberspace without blinking twice, no effort at all. I am not one of those people. I have tried, oh i have tried. This is the most frustrating thing to me. I dont understand code and why you have to put something right in the right  spot for it to turn out like glitter graphcs all over your page. This is why I am happy to have friends like Amber who made me look  good on myspace.

I can make cookies, and quilts and other crafty little things. I will be happy with that. I am going to stop wiggin over the other stuff I cant do. I just cant wrap my brain around this stuff. I  have seen those post with more than one picture, where a story is told in words and pictures from all over, making it look so simple. Well, I have given up on this and I am accepting what I can do and this is what my pages will look like. No more will I frustrate myself trying to post two pics on one page, just so I dont have to poast two blogs. Nope, I am leaving that to the puter wizz's. One pic is what I will be happy with.

OK, that is my fodder for today. Frustrating vents is what it really was, but oh well.

Entry for June 02, 2006

More Friday Fodder

The other day, I clicked the airplane lookin thing on my desktop to get to my yahoo mail, 360 blog, search engine. Right away, there came a message from at&t saying they have changed they look and enhanced the info I used. My life with yahoo will be better if I download this new edition. So I did. Shit, I wish I didnt. I dont like the way the mail looked, but i was given the option to go back to the old style. OK, fixed that one. the thing that is really ticken me off is the new info bar that is sitting on the side of my page now. It takes up about 2 1/2 inches of space on my screen, and i cant figure out how to get rid of it. I keep looking for a "contact us" option somewhere, so I can ask the wonderful folks at yahoo how tro make this thing go away. I cant find that either. I am able to make the thing smaller by pushing it to the side, but I want it gone, I tell you, Gone. If anyone knows how to make it go away, please tell me.

Which brings me to the other thing I need to discuss. I have decided ther are some people that can understand computers and pull things out of cyberspace without blinking twice, no effort at all. I am not one of those people. I have tried, oh i have tried. This is the most frustrating thing to me. I dont understand code and why you have to put something right in the right  spot for it to turn out like glitter graphcs all over your page. This is why I am happy to have friends like Amber who made me look  good on myspace.

I can make cookies, and quilts and other crafty little things. I will be happy with that. I am going to stop wiggin over the other stuff I cant do. I just cant wrap my brain around this stuff. I  have seen those post with more than one picture, where a story is told in words and pictures from all over, making it look so simple. Well, I have given up on this and I am accepting what I can do and this is what my pages will look like. No more will I frustrate myself trying to post two pics on one page, just so I dont have to poast two blogs. Nope, I am leaving that to the puter wizz's. One pic is what I will be happy with.

OK, that is my fodder for today. Frustrating vents is what it really was, but oh well.