Monday, My Anniversary & Gripes About ABC-TV

The dogs woke me at 7:45 on Monday morning. No sleeping for the incredibly exhausted! I got up, and headed to the door to walk the dogs when I realized, I hadn’t set the coffee machine last night. So, I stopped at the coffee maker  before I went out with the dackels.

By the time we arrived back in from our walk, the coffee, thankfully, was done! I poured a cup and then sat down to read my email!

Hubby got up at a fairly decent hour and then I made our breakfast, before we went back to watching news, and eventually Kathie Lee & Hoda. I used to watch Regis & Kelly, but I miss Regis so much, that I don’t watch any more.

We did watch our local news at noon and I love “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”, but then I switched it back to news because I boycott ABC TV in the afternoons since they cancelled my Soap Operas.

I also watched “Baby Story” and reruns of “NCIS”. Anything but ABC TV!

Hubby asked me, why I didn’t just watch another one of the Soaps, and I stared at him quizzically! He obviously didn’t get it! After 40 years of watching these shows, I knew the characters and they were like family to me.

No, to ABC TV Programming Chiefs, you totally screwed things up, and lost me as a loyal viewer.

At 6 PM, Hubby and I went out for a nice dinner. Quiet and slow paced, a very nice way to spend the evening!

A Happy & Blessed Easter!

All day long I have been doing things here and there and here. Busy. If I wrote it all down, you would say, gee, that’s not so much, and yet, here I sit at 5:30 in the afternoon, and I feel pretty tired. All that busy-ness!!!

But the house is ready for tomorrow, I got all my vegetables ready to cook, and I’m almost done doing the math so I can cook both a Prime Rib Roast and a Rotisserie Chicken, so that they come out at roughly the same time. I also want to have the appetizers ready at noon so when people arrive they can start the grazing!

Can you believe it is already Easter? I mean, WOW! This year is flying by! Before we know it, my grand daughter will be here, and then it will be the Autumn and I will turn 54. Which for some silly reason sounds quite old to me. Even though, I do not feel old.

I remember, being a little girl, where the hours in the days lasted forever. I remember lying in the grass, watching the clouds move, and thinking that life was going by sooo slowly.

And yet, here I am. My life is more than half over, and each year seems to go faster than the last. I’d like it to slow down a little. I want to savor the sunshine!

Do you have those sorts of days where you feel like time is flying by?

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I do want to wish you all a Blessed Easter! I hope that no matter where you are or what you do, you are able to celebrate with the ones that you love!

“Lil Miss”

On Friday I drove down to have lunch with my daughter, Matt’s Mom and Mandy’s sister. It was a girls gathering, before her 3-D ultra sound. I was so excited, and we talked about all the things we were going to see, if….”Lil Miss” cooperates.

The sonography office was well appointed. In the examination room there was a sofa, bean bag chairs and a comfortable examination table for Mandy. We all took our seats, and then…

The sonographer put the paddle on Mandy’s belly and we saw, a beating heat! I also could see the baby’s ribs, spine and arms. She appeared to be sleeping, but then I think I saw her eyes open, and her little mouth too!

Baby balled up her fists and punched outward! she kicked, and then went back to sleep. Right now, life is on her terms.

The sonographer turned on the sound, and we could hear her little heart beating. The sweetest sound a grand mother can ever hear!

But this “Lil Miss” is a stubborn little girl! Every time the sonographer got near her face, she turned away! Ah yes, this whole birth thing, will apparently be on her terms!

My daughter’s little girl!

Friday Fill-Ins

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Happy Easter to all who celebrate it! Here we go!

1. Eggs are the very best! I love having them boiled and then stuffed! Let’s call it Easter.
2. After a long time, with no strength, I am finally feeling well, and that is awesome!
3. When I look in the mirror, I see a survivor.
4. Turkey, chestnut stuffing, gravy, mashed potato, peas, cranberry sauce, and butternut squash, these are the things I like for a special dinner!
5. Currently, I’m drinking a nice hot cup of tea and snuggling with Anneliese.
6. Mind games.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to looking at the 3-D picture of my grand daughter, tomorrow my plans include vacuuming, dusting and finishing getting ready for Easter. and Sunday, I want to enjoy each and every member of my family!!

Thursday Thirteen

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And I am back! Finally. After feeling really truly ill, I am now over the worst of it and starting to feel human again. So here I go with my Thursday Thirteen List!

  1. On Tuesday I was feeling pretty good, so I started the big job of cleaning every thing!
  2. On Wednesday I even took apart the fridge and cleaned that!
  3. The laundry is getting done now.
  4. My Prime Rib is thawing for Easter!
  5. The vegetables will be, mashed yukon gold potatoes, green beans, maybe a little asparagus, butternut squash, and some pearl onions.
  6. My cousin Janet is making her special yeast rolls. These are totally amazing!
  7. She is also making coconut cupcakes!
  8. I went to Weight Watchers today. After being so ill, I did not lose anything! I told Hubby that my body is really good at self preservation! If I was somewhere and couldn’t get food, I’d last at least a year!
  9. I came home and moved furniture. I was so careful, so I did not hurt my back. All is well!
  10. I got my call to Jury Duty again. I will be called in May.
  11. Mandy has her 3-D ultra sound tomorrow and I am really excited. I get to go with her, her half sister, and Matt’s Mom! We’re meeting for lunch before, and making a real party out of it!
  12. My forsythia is starting to bloom. I sure hope we don’t have a hard frost!
  13. I’m trying out a new recipe for salmon fillets.  If it  is good, I’ll post it!

No Hodgepodge Here

Usually I follow Joyce, with her Wednesday Hodgepodge, but since she is suffering from severe jet-lag this week, she is taking a spring break. So here is another random free thought type of post.

I was handed a very large packet of things to read in one week, including a 40 page report. I’m not thrilled about it, as I have a problem with reading. However, I know that in the real world, reports are reports and I better suck it up!

So I need to put my Kindle down, turn off the TV, and computers, and sit in a silent room and work through these, somewhat dry pages.

I had gotten a Kindle Fire from my cousin and Hubby for my birthday last November. Now I am a reading maniac! However, I can adjust the font size, and let’s face it, “The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo” is a whole lot more interesting that my work documents!

Why, oh why, can’t I find a job that pays me to read things on my Kindle?

For those of you who may be new to my blog, I have had retinal detachments in both eyes, cataract surgery in both eyes, lens replacement, and then 6 surgeries in my left eye to clear the vision. My eyes, simply put, have been beat up a bit with all the cutting and stitching.

I am grateful to have vision, but it is not easy to read small fonts. I think perhaps, I’ll just get a job greeting people at Walmart! They wouldn’t make me read small fonts, would they?

Back In The Old Days

In just three more days I will get a peak at my grand daughter. To say I am looking forward to this would be a gross understatement! I can barely contain myself, I am walking on air!

You see, I had babies back in the old days. You didn’t know what the baby was, sort of fumbled with charts to determine your actual due date, and the baby usually went into a dresser drawer until you could afford a proper crib. (Not really, but I loved a Prairie book that told that story!)

When I had Mandy, I mostly had hand me down clothes for her and I used REAL cloth diapers. I remember several older neighbor ladies commenting on my whiter than white diapers, and me smiling with pride!

Back in the old days, you had to buy film! So my pictures of her were few and far between. I did the best I could, but when you had to buy the film and then pay to develop it, it was expensive. You know the TV show “Two Broke Girls”? well, my first husband and I were “Two Broke Kids”. I didn’t care though, because I had Mandy, and this was our little miracle!

When I was 13 years old a doctor told me I would never have kids. Endometriosis. I suffered so every month,  and then…there was Mandy. I never regretted her birth, or the fact that I was just past my 18th birthday. My former husband and I just made due with what we had.

We were blessed with a very happy baby and she was easy. Thankfully, since we learned everything about a child’s care, while she grew.

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Now I will go on Friday and I get to see my grand daughter moving around inside her mother’s belly! How cool is that!

Oh, I can hardly wait!!!

What I Did This Past Weekend

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Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!

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The great news is that on Saturday I started feeling better, which meant that by Sunday I was almost back to eating normally. Still weak as a kitten, but definitely on the right side of the illness coin!

I worked some more on getting my laptop set up again. Really, people do not know how much you do to have your laptops just right, unless you are starting from scratch. I have just a wee bit more to do, and then I will be all set.

Just before winter we got new neighbors. They bought the house where Emily lived. Occasionally, Fritz goes over looking for Emily’s dog, and we get him back quickly. On Sunday, Fritz got himself into trouble. He was caught pooping in the back yard!

This is a problem because, they do not appear to like animals, and do not appreciate the poop. It’s sort of odd because we live in a very rural area, an most people do not care. The smell of a dog will keep the deadly creatures, such as a Fischer, at bay. So I told Hubby that we need to build up the stone wall in that area, so they do not get upset and report us to the dog officers.

We built this house in 1998, and no one has ever cared about where our dogs pooped before. I sure hope that this isn’t a prophecy of things to come!

Friday I go with Mandy to her three dimensional ultrasound! I have never seen a baby, while it is actually being done, so I am really excited!

Hope your Monday is starting well!

Mothers & Daughters

Yesterday I cooked a rotisserie chicken. I actually ate some of it too! My first real meal, in a very long time. It tasted okay.

I boned the chicken, and set the bones, carrot, onion and celery, on to the stove with some water and herbs, to make my own broth. And then I cooked it. Six hours last night and 5 hours today.

Meanwhile, Hubby helped me chop vegetables for the soup. It is a wonderful full and delicious chicken and vegetable soup, that we will have tonight.

I got a text from my daughter and I will be going with her on Friday when she has her next ultra sound! I am going to get to see my daughter’s daughter!

I can’t even begin to tell you how fabulous it is that my daughter will have a daughter of her own. You see, I love her so much, and now, in so many ways, she will know how I have felt all along! Mistakes and all. I have loved her completely.

And I will see her little girl and a whole new chapter of her life and my life will begin. New love and life and so much happiness!

Happy Sunday Everyone!