Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Monday April 29th 2013

I have a dentist appointment this morning.  I lost a cap, or crown, when we were down in Texas and I figured it was time to get it put back on again.  It doesn’t hurt or anything and I did save the crown so it is time.

I really feel, well, not to bright sometimes!  I went into town, first time to see this dentist. I got the address from the phone book and figured it would be easy to find.  Wrong!  I knew the dentists first name was Jeff so I saw a sign that said Jeff Nagel so I went in and had almost all the paperwork filled out when I heard them mention “chiropractic” and I was pretty sure they wouldn’t do dental work so I went and told the receptionist I was at the wrong place.  I couldn’t remember the dentist’s last name.  The receptionist told me I was close, wrong building but close.  I had to walk next door.  I wasn’t to late, got all the paperwork done and still had to wait a couple of minutes.

Only took a few minutes to get it cemented back in and it feels a little funny but it will work.  I made another appointment for Thursday to get an exam, which I haven’t had in years, may get my teeth cleaned also.

When I got back home I put a new spark plug in the roto tiller and it started right off.  Might as well try the pressure washer also.  After priming it, it started right off too!  Now I only have the Might Mac to get started but I think I will leave that for another day.

Today is one of the prettiest days of the year I think.  It is still cool but sunny and there are a bunch of cotton ball clouds, just gorgeous!

I decided later to mow the lawn.  I will probably have to mow it again Friday but it is looking kind of ragged so I guess it is time to do it.

Not a lot going on today, or tonight, a little TV and to bed.  I am going to check and see if I have a picture to post…

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Oh Yeah!  The sunrise this morning!!  Little bit of fog and a nice red sky.  It was great.

Back to tonight…Time to say Night Y’all….

Monday, April 29, 2013

Weekend Apr 27th & 28th 2013

We are getting the rain!  It isn’t raining hard but it is steady, I think when it was all over we had more than an inch of rain.  Guess we needed it because we were still short on rainfall for the year, this should help get us back in the normal range.

We aren’t going to do much today, I downloaded a couple of games on my computer so I will try to keep warm and play games.

I am having a hard time keeping warm.  I have the temperature up to 77 in the house and I still have my coat on!  I must be getting old.

There sure isn’t much exciting going on on Saturday.  I did take a picture of our fruit plate (desert) though…

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This pretty well takes care of the craving in the evening.  Orange, strawberry, grapes, blueberries (when available) and banana.  Pretty good  fruit portion for the day.  Oh, I top it off with some sweetened coconut.

Sunday is still cloudy and pretty chilly but it warmed up even though the clouds didn’t go away until almost dark.  Tomorrow is supposed to be a beautiful day.

Sunday School and church were really down today. Lot of sickness going around.  Coyita was in the hospital this week, didn’t even know it!  Since John resigned and Coyita is sick we had some canned music at both services which really worked out quite well.

Even though the services were down in numbers, Randy had a couple of really good sermons.  I enjoyed them anyway.

After church I made some soup, vegetable with beans.  Linda liked it but I’m sure that it will be potent!!!  I was right!

I got my new Sunday School book titled “Survival Kit” and I read the first lesson in each book.  I think it will be a pretty good study, hopefully I will be able to lead it and have a good class.

I have been reading a book called “Not a Fan”.  Very interesting, actually very eye opening!  It gives examples of being a “fan” and being a “follower” which really can open your eyes to how you are living your Christian life!

 

Guess that is about all for today, or this weekend.

My little hotspot is about out of time.  I let Linda download some games on  her notepad and it used almost all the time I had left.  If it was up to me to use it I would have time left and lose it.

Time to say Night Y’all….

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Friday April 26th 2013

I went into work this morning even though it has sprinkled a couple of times. I figured that it would wait until this afternoon to rain.

I dumped the garbage and got the mower out to mow and it was sprinkling harder, not bad, but enough.  I mowed for about forty five minutes and figured it wasn’t going to quit sprinkling.  The roads were wet and I was getting wet.  I did get the front part mowed though but decided to call it a day and go on home.

We decided to go to Cape and look around.  I figured today would be a good day to cheat on our diet!  Kind of hungry for a regular meal.  We went to Logan’s Roadhouse and Linda got a humongous hamburger and I got a chicken breast with steamed veggies and a salad.  I got part of Linda’sSmile which was very good and mine was also good and even though it sounds like a diet thing I’m not so sure it was.  We enjoyed it though.

We found a fabric store and walked through it.  I figured it would be really easy to find some fabric for curtains (for the place in Texas) but I was wrong.  I found stuff that I liked and Linda found stuff she liked but would couldn’t agree and will probably wait until we go down there and maybe see if we can find some fabric and maybe have Marty sew them for us if she is still there.

Sparky went with us and he did fine in the car, we took his blanket and he didn’t complain at all except when we walked away he barked a little.

We were still full from dinner so all we had is our fruit treat tonight and I had a few almonds.  Guess we didn’t blow the diet all that bad. So, I guess it is time to say Night Y’all….

Friday, April 26, 2013

Thursday April 25th 2013

What a gorgeous morning!!

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It is a little cool this morning but the wind isn’t blowing and no clouds.  I think it is supposed to warm up today, somewhat, but if the sun is shining I am sure it will be nice.

I am going to try to do all the mowing today and tomorrow.  Looks like it is going to be a great day for mowing.

The day is going great, the mower is running pretty good, at least it was until this afternoon when the drive belt seems to have gotten a little loose and when I hit a heavy patch of grass it almost stops the blades.  Mark tried tightening it up but it didn’t help much and I sure don’t want to use the old tractor.

I mowed all the mobile home park and got started on the outside of the RV Park. They are calling for some rain tomorrow so hopefully I can get it all done before that happens.

Got home and while walking around the house I noticed that Mrs. Robin has a little one sticking it’s head up!!!

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There is at least one in there.  Mrs. Robin doesn’t want us to get to close.  She hasn’t attacked us yet but she sure is noisy.

Time to sit down and relax a little.  Sparky sure does get comfortable….

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This is his favorite spot for some reason, he doesn’t ever lay on my right side, always on the left, he also takes up quite a bit of room.

We had baked catfish and veggies tonight for supper, we were going to try to blacken it but our blacken seasoning wasn’t cooperating.  It still turned out very good.

We had our fruit for a snack tonight.  We are getting used to it and it actually tastes very good and should be pretty good for us.

Guess that is about all for now, guess it is time to say Night Y’all…

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Wednesday April 24th 2012

Well, today Sparky goes to the vet and Linda doesn’t want to get up to go with us.  Sparky like to go and really gets hyper in the vets office but he really does good.  He got his shots without any problem or complaints. He is a pretty good little (fat) dog.  They thought that his coat really looked nice.  I give him a teaspoon of olive oil every day, wonder if it is helping?

We had some egg substitute and I wanted to try making an omelet. I made veggies and eggs yesterday that wasn’t to bad so today I’m trying an omelet.  Well, they don’t cook right for an omelet and I should have used the ceramic pan, the Teflon pan sticks so they ended up scrambled.  Linda put some jalapeno cheese in with it and it was actually good and tasted a lot like eggs!

I tried to take a nap this afternoon but Sparky wouldn’t let me so we spent some time outside and then I sat in my recliner and took a little nap. 

There is church tonight and I need to eat a little something so along with the beans I made some broccoli and mixed veggies.  Actually it was very good.

Church was good tonight, very few people come on Wednesday night, I think there were nine adults, probably more kids than adults.

Guess that is about all for today, back to work tomorrow if it is nice so I will say Night Y’all….

Tuesday April 23rd 2013

Boy it is cool and windy!  It is cloudy and supposed to rain so I’m not working today or tomorrow.

I went into town this morning with Sparky.  I wanted to look around at Lowe’s and Wal Mart.  I also went to check see what was on at the theater. There are a couple of good movies on but we probably won’t go.  I would like to rent a couple of movies and I am wondering about the Red Box that you can rent movies at and I’m not sure if there is one in Sikeston or not, I don’t remember seeing one.

I also stopped at Aldi’s and picked up a few things for our diet.  It seems strange that I’ve gotten used to eating a small bowl of beans and a salad or some vegetables and am pretty well satisfied, still crave the good stuff though!

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This was pretty much all we saw of the sun today.  It was not a real nice day but then the days can’t all be perfect.

We didn’t do much today, just tried to stay warm.  I made an appointment for Sparky at the vets tomorrow for all his shots and I made an appointment for myself at the dentist to get a crown glued back on, lost it in Texas.

Well, we are just taking it easy today and burrowing in.  I can’t hardly believe it, I have the temperature up to seventy five in here and I’m still chilly, wonder if that is a sign of old age???

Time to say Night Y’all….

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Monday April 22nd 2013

Looks like a beautiful day today, nice this morning, not to cool but still cool.

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This is a Robin’s nest on our front porch light.  She really doesn’t like me walking around here during the day and she does a lot of scolding when I’m out there, she hasn’t attacked me or Sparky yet though.

Well, I’m going into work today, I’m sure the garbage will have to be dumped and some cleanup.  I think I will be able to keep busy for a few hours.

I was right, there were a few spots I needed to mow and I sprayed a lot of Roundup and then did some weed whacking.  The day went pretty fast and by 2:30 I was ready to go home.  My back is hurting so it is time.

I took a shower when I got home and relaxed.  I hadn’t eaten much today and was starting to get tired so Linda fixed a salad and I cut up a chicken breast to add to it and I also had a bowl of beans. 

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I also got a picture of Sparky and I relaxing…

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I think I may have fallen asleep in the chairSmile.

For a snack later I made some fresh fruit kind of like an ambrosia salad with out any sweet stuff in it except sweetened coconut.  It was good!  Linda kind of wonders about my concoctions sometimes but usually they turn out pretty good!

It is time to go to bed and I think I may sleep good tonight, I’m tired… Night Y’all…

Monday, April 22, 2013

Sunday April 21st 2013

Church this morning at Morehouse.  The Choir sang a special and today will be the last time that John will be directing the choir.  Going to miss him.

Sunday School was also very good, we had a pretty good discussion going on and it pretty well took up the whole Sunday School hour.

After I got home I baked some chicken and made some veggies and we had a salad to go along with it…

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This was a very tasty dinner but still isn’t fried chicken and deep fried Okra!

Got to take a nap this afternoon.

Church tonight was just singing.  The quartet took requests and we led the singing.  I had a great time, not sure it was the greatest singing but we were praising the Lord and having a great time.

We had a little thing after church for John and Pam.  Not many people there but it was a little send off.  I think he may be going to East Prairie to Pastor there.  Will probably find out in a couple of days…

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Had a good time tonight and then time to go back home.  It is also time to catch up on my blog. 

Not sure if I will be going back to work in the morning or not. I think I will probably go in at least for the morning to get a few things caught up.

Time to say Night Y’all…

Saturday April 20th 2013

It is clear and cool this morning.  I think it is supposed to warm up, some. It didn’t warm up much but a little, I still had to wear a coat.

Not a lot to talk about today, we stayed home but I did get a picture of our place which really doesn’t look to bad, for a mobile home…

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I mowed the lawn and it still looks pretty decent, I think I will probably have to do it again Monday though, it is growing pretty fast.

After looking at the garage I will have to paint it again, some of the paint is peeling or fading or something, maybe it is places that I missed the first time, a couple of years ago.

Afternoon and evening were just relaxing, nothing special so I guess it is time…. Night Y’all.

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Friday April 19th 2013

It is really chilly this morning and the wind is blowing and it is cloudy, this is the kind of day that chills be to the bone!  I have the heat on in the house and it gets nice but it is still cold.  The sunrise was beautiful though..

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I got Linda up later and I wanted to go to town.  The car is a lot warmer than the house for sure.

We stopped and checked some linoleum at Stan’s Carpet place and it will be expensive but it would cover the boo-boo that I made putting down peel and stick tiles without gluing them.  They are coming loose at the corners and I can’t keep up with gluing them down.  Time for  a change!

We took Sparky with us and he got to sit in the car. The sun came out so it is nice and warm in the car.  We went into Lowe’s and Wal Mart and Aldi’s.  We picked up a lot of groceries, diet kind of stuff, which should last us quite awhile. We have both really cut down on our eating.  I fixed some fish and cabbage, not together, and Linda fixed a salad.  I baked the fish, fried may taste better but not good for the diet…

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We didn’t do a lot tonight, watched the unfolding of the capture of the guy who helped in the Boston bombing.  Glad that they got him alive, maybe they can find out if there is a leader or not.  Someone like him I wouldn’t be so kind, I think the truth drug, sodium pentothal, would be the kind thing to do to him, well, maybe it isn’t sodium pentothal, but there is something that works like that and it isn’t inhumane.

Well, I played a game on the computer and then decided it was time to go to bed, forgot that this morning I went out in this very cold weather and mowed our lawn!  I just couldn’t look at it anymore, the grass is growing like crazy and it sure makes the place look bad.  I am going to have to start mowing twice a week for awhile I guess.  Oh well, Night Y’all….

Thursday April 13th 2013

I decided to go in to work today, it is cloudy but it isn’t raining.  Hopefully I will make it the whole day.  I was going to add a picture of Russell Street that I took the other day…

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This is the South end of Russell Street and where I am starting to mow is five lots all together.  I was going to take a picture from the North end but forgot when I was finished.  Maybe next week.

I am mowing the RV Park today and it is a pretty good day for mowing.  The wind is blowing and it is getting warm but I kept my sweat shirt on all day.  There are nine sites that are back in and the last ones I do.  I really don’t like mowing them, moving picnic tables in this area because there isn’t much of a place to move them.

I was tired by the time I finished mowing and I was ready to go home. 
 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

We are running low on our salad stuff, have to go to town tomorrow and pick up a few things.

I seem to be making mistakes to I think it is time to say Night Y’all…                                                                       

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Wednesday April 17th 2013

I am going to work again today and will mow Russell Street.  This will be the first time this year…

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This is Russell Street and right here are five empty lots.  If I counted right there are eight on this side of the street and on the other side I think there are probably six with an abandoned mobile home.  The abandoned mobile home is the arm pit of Russell Street, the place was condemned by the city.  The people seemed nice but the place looks like a picture of “trailer trash”!  It  will take us a couple of days just to clean up the trash around it and in the field behind it.  Something to look forward to.  The trees really need to be trimmed and some cut down.  Actually it will take a long time to get the trees done and back at the mobile home park there are a bunch of trees that need to be taken down.  Lots of work sometime in the future.

My back was hurting by the time I was done but figure I will be OK.

When I got back I did a few odd jobs and got ready to go home.  Mark asked if I was in a hurry and I wasn’t so we went to check out Bitsy’s Ranch.  Nice place, they are doing a lot of work.  I got a couple of pictures of her new barn…

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They are putting down gravel in the second picture.  I think they are really fixing up the place nicely!

Got home and we had supper….beans…..Linda fixed a pot of navy and pinto beans with no meat!  Tasted pretty good.  I am amazed that I can eat a small bowl of beans and a small salad and be satisfied.  I was full.  I figure we will have some fruit later.

Went to church at Morehouse and they are getting ready to change things a little bit here.  On Sunday starting in June they are going to change classes and I will be teaching one for new or young Christians.  I volunteered last year to do this and I’m looking forward to it.

I didn’t get much out of TV tonight, couldn’t stay awake.  I don’t think there was to much on anyway. 

We were going to have some fruit but it really didn’t taste good so we threw that out and went without anything for a snack.  I don’t think it hurt us though.

Time to say Night Y’all….

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Tuesday April 16th 2013

Well, it looks like rain today, it is a little chilly but not to bad.  Going to change though towards the end of the week, it is supposed to get cold again for a few days.

Not sure if I have to work today or not, especially if it rains.  I am going in anyway.  Yes, I am working today, it is cloudy but not raining and the mobile home park needs mowing.  I forgot my sun screen so I am wearing my sweat shirt all day, a little warm but better than burning.

Got a picture of Bud this morning.  Not sure what it is about these chairs, must be comfortable…

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For a big dog he sure looks comfortable.  Sometimes he has a hard time getting out of the chair.

Work  went pretty good today, my back starts hurting after a few hours of riding on the mower but it sure is a lot better than pushing a mower.  I couldn’t do that for very long.

I got home around 5PM and we had chili for supper.  We also had a salad then later on we had some fresh fruit.  We have been on this for about two weeks not and I think I have lost about two weeksSmile

Not much going on tonight, a little TV then to bed.  I think I will sleep good tonight….Night Y’all…

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Monday April 15th 2013

Nice and warm this morning and the sun is shining, I think it is going to be a very nice day!

I texted Mark and asked if he had anything planned for today and he said that he didn’t so I am taking the day off.  I don’t want to have to look for things to do.

I was right it is a beautiful day, I don’t have much to do so I decided to try to start the roto tiller but couldn’t get it started and I don’t have any fresh gas.  I tried both of the chain saws and couldn’t get the Might Mac started but the Poulon Pro started, not easy but it did start and the chain is so dull that when I tried to saw some wood it just started smoking.  So much for all of that.

I was going to go into Lowe’s and look around but then decided to stay home.  I really don’t feel like going into town.

Linda fixed another salad for tonight and I fixed some fish, Tilapia, and some stir fry veggies that I didn’t stir fry.  I think we are doing pretty good on our diet…(I baked the fish).

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I know Ranch Dressing isn’t good for a diet but I don’t use very much.  The supper was quite tasty!

Tonight I fixed some more fresh fruit, it hit the spot and guess it is better for us than cake and ice cream, sure miss the sweets thoughtSmile

Time to say Night Y’all…

Monday, April 15, 2013

Sunday April 14th 2013

Not as chilly this morning, supposed to be a very nice day, I can use a really nice day.  Spring, we get both here in Missouri, warm days and cold days.  They say on the news not to plant flowers etc because it is supposed to frost again towards the end of the week.  I don’t think I will plant a garden this year, maybe a few flowers.

Went to church at Morehouse today, got a picture of the quartet…

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From right to left is Coyita, Randy, John and me.  John turned in his resignation Wednesday night and I’m not real sure what is going to happen to the quartet.  Hopefully someone will want to step up and join us.

I got to take a nap this afternoon! 

I went to North Acres tonight to church.  Omalene and J.W. were there and she was practicing a special and they asked me to help in the choir.  Sounds good to me, The song was pretty good but I think we all could have used more practice.  Omalene did a good job on the song even though she had a sore throat.

Didn’t do much tonight, watched a little TV and I got to go to be early, well, wasn’t really early but seemed good since I got the nap this afternoon.  Night Y’all…..

Saturday April 13th 2013

We don’t have anything planned for today, just chill out I guess.

I have been messing around here, picking up some things and putting them away and I used the vacuum cleaner.  Sparky is scared of it.

My DVD player came and I got to try it out.  I can’t remember when it came but it sure works good on my little Acer but not on the Chrome.  The Chrome is really different, it always needs  a driver and to go to the Chrome Web Store.  Not sure what I’m supposed to find there, haven’t found anything that looks like drivers, whatever that is.  The Chrome works great for internet but sure leaves some things open that I can’t do.  I need something to write my blog on and I can’t find anything that will work on the Chrome machine and I can’t download any pictures on it without first downloading them on another computer then transferring the file to the Chrome machine.  Kind of defeats the purpose but hopefully Google will come out with some apps that will work on it.

Linda and I have been dieting and the hunger for food is getting pretty strong so we fixed chicken, baked, and salad.  Still didn’t do the trick so tonight she made chili and put ground pork in it.  It didn’t taste to bad but hamburger sure tastes a lot better.  Supper was good and we are pretty well satisfied.

Later tonight I mixed some fruit in a bowl.  Strawberries, blueberries and a banana.  I put a peach in mine and it was really good.  Didn’t put any sugar in it or anything!

Well, not a lot going on tonight either, a little TV etc. and then to bed…. Night Y’all…

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Friday April 12th 2013

Beautiful morning, it is chilly, had a little frost on the ground!

I went on into work today and after getting a few things done I started mowing.  Got the regular mower back and it is really good. A lot better than the old one.  I got the whole RV Park mowed and my back is hurting but nothing like with the old tractor.

Got home and mowed our lawn.  It really grows fast in the Spring.  Looks much better with the weeds mowed.

Had another diet supper tonight…

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I had to start using dressing on my salads, just couldn’t hardly eat any more just plain or with vinegar and oil.  I also have my little bowl of beans.  I get really full but I sure do crave sweets at night.  I can be stuffed and still crave sweets. 

I am really tired tonight so I am going to say Night Y’all….

Thursday April 11th 2013

Went into work this morning and Mark had sent me a text saying I didn’t have to but as long as I am here I may as well dump the trash.

I went on home and we got ready to go to town to see about some things like getting a Veteran ID card.  We found the Amory and asked about the ID card and I’m not eligible for it.  Never fought in a war and didn’t retire so I am out of luck on that point.

We went to Menard’s and shopped around for different things but didn’t see anything that I really needed.  We went on to Wal Mart and Linda needed something to eat so she went to Subway and got a sandwich and I bought a bunch of bananas and had one when we got out to the car.  I am trying to stick to the diet.  Lost about seven pounds but I have kind of sat here for awhile which is OK, it will come off later.

We went to a Christian bookstore and I looked for some Sunday School material for new Christians but they really didn’t have anything.

Headed on home, oh, we took Sparky with us and he did pretty good.  He got to go into Pet Smart. He had to leave and go to the bathroom, glad he didn’t go in the store!!!

Had a nice quiet night at home tonight and guess it is now time to say Night Y’all…

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Wednesday April 10th 2013

I am taking the day off today, got lots of stuff to do. 

It is nice and warm out today, I think maybe it is going to be a nice day, tonight may be a different story.  Supposed to get some bad storms tonight.

We stopped at Wal Mart on the way in to get our passport pictures taken, took awhile to find anyone working in the store but finally got someone to get someone else back there to do it.  Well, it is a bummer that we can’t get our pictures until this afternoon and we need them when we go to New Madrid so I guess we will wait until this afternoon to do that.

We went back into town to get our medicines and then for groceries.  Got our pictures and headed to New Madrid.  First thing we did was go get the license for the camper.  I really don’t like the way Missouri does their license plates, or tags.  I don’t think I have ever gone in there but what I was missing something,  Today is was proof that I paid my taxes, it is right there in the same building!  I asked if they couldn’t just call, “nope” have to see it so I had to go pay a dollar to get the proof that I paid it then got my sticker for my license plates.  Really hard to give Missouri money. I am really tempted to my my registration and plates to Montana or Nebraska, a lot less hassle there.

We went upstairs to get our passports, or apply for them, and that took awhile.  The lady was very nice and we decided to get the card instead of the book.  I don’t think we will be going anywhere other than Mexico or maybe Canada and it was a lot cheaper.

Almost forgot, I put Weed and Feed on the yard this morning.  That was kind of expensive.  Most of our yard is weeds and I’m not sure what to do about it.  I have put grass seed down but the weeds have pretty much taken over the lawn.  Oh well, it is greenSmile

I fried up some onion and portabella mushrooms for supper.  Also had my cup of beans.  Pretty good.

At church tonight it was a business meeting which went pretty good.  At the end of the meeting Pastor read the resignation that John handed in. Not sure if he has another job or what is going on but it really didn’t surprise me, just a little sooner than I figured.  Will have to find someone else now for the quartet.

Nice night tonight, lightning started and the wind blew and the rain came down.  Not near as bad as they had predicted even

though some places had tornado sightings.  We needed the rain so we will praise the Lord for that!

I’m having problems with my computer so I will say Night Y’all….

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Tuesday April 9th 2013

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Sunrise!!!  Actually the picture looks better than the sunrise!  This was just a very small part of the sunrise, I used the telephoto to get it to look like this!

It is going to be a beautiful day, it is already nice and warm and should get up into the 70s.  Actually it made it to about 82 and was windy.

We are still on the diet and it consists mostly of raw veggies and salad and fruit.  I am still losing weight but I’m pretty sure that will come to a halt pretty soon and then I should start losing again, if I can keep this up.  It sure isn’t like pizza and pasta and hamburgers!  I get full eating this but it sure isn’t satisfying.

Let me see now, at work I sprayed Roundup and did a lot of little odd jobs and around 3PM decided I was tired and went on home.  There are still things I could do but my back hurts and so do my feet.  Time to take a break.

I didn’t do much at home either, went outside with Sparky and enjoyed the nice weather.

We had the same things for supper tonight and without salt and dressing for the salad I had a hard time finishing my supper but I didn’t get hungry the rest of the night!  Guess I shouldn’t say I didn’t get hungry, I managed

to resist chowing down on everything I could find.

Well, I really feel tired tonight but I didn’t go to sleep before bedtime!  That is something for me….Time to say Night Y’all….

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Monday April 8th 2013

It looks like it is going to be a nice day today, this morning I only have to wear a sweater and not my coat!  It is supposed to keep warming up until Thursday and then it gets cold again.  Guess it isn’t summer yet.

I am going to finish mowing today.  I still have to use the little, old, mower and it isn’t comfortable at all.  Have a few little odd jobs before mowing though.

I finished mowing around 1PM, took my lunch break, (diet stuff) and sprayed a couple of bottles of Roundup.  I quit at 3:30 today, my back hurts and it is really windy which isn’t good for spraying Roundup.

I called the Doctor this morning and made appointments for Linda and I to see Doctor Travis on Wednesday.  We haven’t been to him for quite some time, last year in fact so it is time.

Linda fixed a salad for supper and it was really good, I need to download that picture…

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Yes, this was our diet supper, almost more than I could eat.  Salad, raw broccoli, steamed veggies and beans.  It was almost to much to eat, but my big problem still is bugging me.  I love to eat at night, especially sweets.  I could eat cookies and ice cream every night and the last two nights I have gone without anything.  Six weeks of this type of eating! I have lost about four pounds already but I know that will slow down real fast. John and Jim, from the valley, have both lost a lot of weight, feel better and look really slim.  If I can lose twenty pounds of fat I will be happy.  Losing it in the fat department may not work that easy.

Taking it easy tonight, not much going on tonight.  Wednesday we have a lot of things to do but that is another day.

Night Y’all….

Monday, April 8, 2013

Sunday April 7th 2013

Church this morning at Morehouse.  We were late for choir practice!!  I didn’t know they start at 9:15AM, we made it at 9:30, that is the time we used to start.

We got to practice our song for this morning, “He Touched Me”.  The song is a beautiful song and we actually did a good job, I think.

Jim preached this morning…

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Didn’t do a lot this afternoon, Linda made egg salad from the eggs I got from Mark…

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I am pretty sure you can’t tell but there are two green eggs in this twelve pack!

Church again tonight, I made choir practice on time and John printed off some lessons for me.  I will have to go over them and see if I can use them.

Not going to do much tonight, watch a little TV and finish up my blog..

Well, it is time to say Night Y’all….

Saturday April 6th 2013

Got a few things to do today, want to take the camper in and get it inspected.  Need to get the license also but will have to wait until we go to New Madrid sometime next week.

I stopped at the campground and helped a couple get their slide out back in.  We tried it on Friday and couldn’t get it so he had a guy come out and take the gear off that was broken.  They tried to slide it in before I got there and they couldn’t get it.  We could get it a little bit at a time but took awhile to get it all the way in and even then the bottom was out about three inches and the top was all the way in.  They were going to leave it like that which would be OK.  They have to take it home and let the manufacturer fix it.

After I left there I went to the place to get it inspected and they said I couldn’t get it done, they were way to far behind. OK, I went to Raben and they said I need the thing I got in the mail but that was for the license, they still needed it but they did the inspection anyway.  Didn’t take long to inspect it and didn’t cost much $12.  Now to get back home and pick up Linda and go back to Wal Mart.

We are going to start a diet on Monday and we need a lot of green stuff.  Hope it isn’t to hard to stick to.  We will see starting Monday

We didn’t do a lot the rest of the day, The weather is great and nice to be outside.  It didn’t take long to cool off though when the sun started going down…

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Yes, another beautiful sunset…

Night Y’all…

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Friday April 5th 2013

The sun is shining this morning and it is a little cool but not like the past few mornings for sure.  I think it is supposed to get kind of warm today, sure hope so.

I took the cover off the camper…

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I didn’t actually do this this morning but I couldn’t get the picture downloaded on the computer. It wasn’t hard getting it off but getting it rolled up was another story.  I have a bag for it but it sure won’t fit the way I have it rolled up!

Well, work went pretty well but I had to use the old lawn mower and it sure doesn’t ride like the newer one.  By this afternoon my back really hurt.  I had to keep getting off the tractor and stretching and walking around.  I was really glad when it was time to go home.

I mowed our lawn when we got home.  It wasn’t real bad but the weeds are really thick.  Looks a lot better now though.  I like my mower a lot better than the old one at work.

A little TV tonight and then to bedSmile  Night Y’all…..

Friday, April 5, 2013

Thursday April 4th 2013

Another very cool and cloudy morning! Not sure if it will warm up today or not, the wind is blowing out of the North at a pretty good clip so I am bundling up and getting ready for a really cool day of mowing.

After dumping the trash I started mowing and it went pretty good for awhile.  Made it until 11:30 and the mower broke, lost a pulley and it won’t cut the grass anymore.  I found the pulley laying on the ground and I couldn’t figure out where it went but I knew that it wouldn’t mow anymore!

Mark looked at it and figure out where it came from and a few calls later found out for sure it was broken!  They have to get a new pulley and a new belt.  I was going to use the little mower but couldn’t get it started then Linda called and said Jim was being released from the hospital and we said that we would pick him up and bring him home so I took the rest of the day off.

The trip to Poplar Bluff went very well and after we finally found Jim we headed home.  Well, while we were there I tried to get a VA ID card.  They don’t have them there so after a few calls I found out that maybe in Cape I can get one.

I have a picture I want to post but I can’t get it downloaded on Picasa for some reason, I will try it again…well, guess I will have to do it later.  I was busy this morning but will put it in tomorrow I guess.

Linda and I fixed some rice crispy treats tonight only we used cheerios instead. They are pretty good, maybe not as good as rice crispy treats but maybe healthierSmile….

Well, time to say Night Y’all..

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Wednesday April 3rd 2013

We are really having some chilly days!!  Hope that it warms up soon.  It isn’t bad when you are working, this wind is chilly but  when working it isn’t to bad.

I am only working a half day today, we are going to pick up June and take her to town, Jim is in the hospital at Poplar Bluff and she can’t drive.

When we got back to her place I tried my hotspot on the computer and guess what, it works!  I’m amazed, Canalou is in the middle of no where and not near a major road, wonder why it works there?  It works here some times, no all the time but even tonight I had Linda try her tablet and it is working here, she used it for about an hour.  If it keeps on working I will keep using it but sure hate to pay for it if it doesn’t work here.

I wanted to do a few things in town but we weren’t there long enough to do anything.  Maybe Saturday we can go get things done, or maybe not, just have to wait and see.

Went to church last night at Morehouse, they had a speaker in and it was about doing things different.  Small classes and I had already said I would like to teach one so that is three Sunday School classes now, or maybe a Wednesday night class, we will see.

After church the quartet practiced the song we are going to sing Sunday. He Touched Me.  If it goes as well on Sunday as tonight it will sound pretty good, I think we did a good job.  I also gave them the song “Step Into the Water” which is a great song, Randy and Coyita already know it John hasn’t ever heard and I haven’t ever sung it but really like it.  Beverly wants us to sing Elvira, but I think we will try to sing “Go Down Nineveh” which sounds like Elvira.

Not much going on tonight.  Linda and I are going to start a diet maybe next week, we would really like to lose some weight and this diet sounds like it could be pretty good.  Sure hate giving up pasta, bread and sweets!

Time to say Night Y’all…

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Tuesday April 2nd 2013

It is very cool this morning but what a sunrise!!

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I keep thinking of all the things I need to do and now I need to find the time to do them.  We are thinking of getting our passports or maybe just the card to get us back and forth to Mexico and Canada.  We don’t plan on going anywhere on a cruise or anything but it still may be a good idea to get the passport.

Work went well today, I finished mulching the trees, picked up branches and then starting hauling away some wood that the electric company made, actually the cut down some trees and cut them up.  Didn’t get that done. 

Our friend Jim is in the hospital, what a runaround he gets from the VA!  He went to Marion IL to get an appointment for a defibulator (sp?) and the put him in an ambulance and sent him to hospital near St Louis and then they put him back in an ambulance and sent him to Poplar Bluff and that is where they kept him.  He doesn’t have high blood pressure but when he stands his blood pressure goes way down.  The doctors say they don’t have a lot of this and they don’t have much to use to correct it. Now I wonder what they are going to do???

Not a lot going on today, just work and when I got home we had supper and I took a shower and relaxed the rest of the evening.

Guess it is time to say Night Y’all…

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Monday April 1st 2013

It is cool this morning but the sun is shining.  May turn out to be a nice day, sure hope so.  This is my first day back to work.

First thing I did at work was to dump trash and pick up the trash.  I spent two hours picking up paper etc. and ended up with four five gallon buckets of paper trash.  Didn’t get it all.

After picking up trash I sprayed Roundup around the trees and different places, so by the time I finished that it was time for lunch.

After lunch I mulched trees, didn’t get them all done but got a good start on it….

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This is one of the trees before I started and here is a picture after…

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This really was an excellent day to work outside, cool with a breeze.  I didn’t get all the trees done but got a lot of them done.  The campers were coming in and made it really hard to mulch the ones around the driveway.  When I left, Bits had the driveway pretty full and they were coming in steady.

Linda made egg salad sandwiches for supper, hit the spot!  I took some pain medicine, thought I may be a little sore, I do feel pretty good now though.

We took it easy tonight and I baked some chocolate chip cookies (for a little snack) and then we went to bed, I was pretty tired!  Night Y’all…

Monday, April 1, 2013

Sunday March 31st 2013

Well it is Sunday and I am going to church at Morehouse.  Linda still isn’t feeling up to doing much.

This is Easter Sunday, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus.  Had a really good service.  I even sang in the  choir, not real sure I should have but John wanted me up there.  I had to explain to John later that I need the notes to sing my part so tonight he let me use the song book.

I am having trouble with my Live Writer.  Not big trouble but trouble, could be the computer or maybe the operator, not real sure.

We had tacos for lunch.  Left overs from Texas but still very good.

It turned out to be a very nice day, the sun is shining and it got around 65 degrees, forecast is still for cold tomorrow and the next few days.

Relaxed this afternoon and went to church tonight.  I think Randy finished his sermon from this morning.  It was good.

John asked if we could sing a quartet song next Sunday, sounds like a great idea to me!  We are going to sing “He Touched Me”.  I like that song.  I will have to practice a little.  Never sang this one in a quartet.

Linda has her programs tonight, nothing much for me so I guess I will say Night Y’all….

Saturday March 30th 2013

Got a lot of stuff to do today for sure!   I unloaded the car last night but I have lots of stuff to do today.  I put some things away and washed two loads of clothes.  Didn’t have much to wash but things needed washing and I wanted to get the washer in use again.  It did work good.  Not good to leave them sit for so long I guess but that is the way it goes.

I went into town and stopped at the tax place and picked up our papers, went to the post office and had our mail started, will see what happens with our mail.  They didn’t do a good job last year, hopefully it will be better this year.

Got the oil changed in the car and stopped at Aldi’s and picked up some groceries.  I really like Aldi’s!

There are still a lot of things I need to do but I have time and the weather isn’t really very nice.  Tomorrow is supposed to be nice but another cold front is coming through.

We just took it easy tonight, watched some TV and went to bed.  Night Y’all….