ONE MAN

                                                         One Man

One son was born to a family , who needed him.
First he was raised by two , then one, then none.
Now he was one man.
One man who traveled all over God's land.
He saw the creature's that lived there, he smelled the flower's that bloomed.
Felt the breeze that blew upon him in God's land.
That one man became a lonely man, so he took a wife.
Wife said,"I will stand behind you in whatever you do."
The man said," You will not stand behind me, but beside me."
That one man became a father, a father of three boys and a daughter.
All of whom he loved with his wife. The father taught his children love,
pride and honor, faith, and to acceptance to walk the path that was set
Before them in God's land.
The father became a grandfather of many.
He loved his grandchildren as much as his children.
The grandfather became a traveler with his wife,
They went to many places together.
The man became a tried old man, and he said to his wife,
" I need to rest , take me home."
The wife said, " I shall take you home and there I will stay beside you always."
God said one day to the old man, " I have watched you grow, I have seen you walk in my land
And leave it as you have found it, I smiled the day  you took a good wife,
And I have blessed you with healthy children, and many grandchildren, but now I see that you are tried, and I shall take you home, so that it may become your home, and you may rest till you see your family again."
That one man went with God, and became a man in Heaven.

   I wrote this poem in honor of my father  Jan, 4, 1992. I have missed him for 20 years. I think of him always. He was my best friend. my father Jerome (Smokey Cloud, Jerry) Had a first marriage  and had three children then. 2 of which are now in the Blue sky with him. David , Bonnie. His youngest son Jerry is well , and we are back in touch. My mom had 3 girls and 2 boys from his first marriage , whom he also loved .I mean not to take anything anyway from them as my family in this poem. They are and always be my brother and sisters. No matter who the mother or father was. I Love you all.
I love you daddy, and I miss you everyday.


  So till my next talking, peace and happiness .

Chatting Over Coffee Friday

                                                            The last Wish

I was out walking in the woods ,
I came upon a Wish Maker.
Oh a Wish Maker,
Put there just for me.
Don't just grab it up ,
And make a foolish wish.
Just think about this for a minute,
This is the last wish of the year.
Maybe money, no health ,
A new car, no a big T.V..
Wait a month long vacation ,
Hawaii ,no Paris,no Italy
Spain sounds nice, Jamaica even nicer.
Oh those shoes I saw,
Along with the dress and purse.
I should could use a new house.
Wait a in house gym,
No a pool with a spa.
An on call masseur.
A really good man,
He has to be cute,
Have a really good job.
HA, HA, HA,........
Okay maybe, maybe, maybe, Maybe,
I wish there was a bathroom right here.......
AHCHOO,
(Blows all the fluff off).
AH SHOOT.


So I hope you enjoyed the poem  on chatting over coffee Friday.

Till my next talk, Peace and Happiness

                                    
                                

Boo'tober

     IT'S BOO'TOBER TIME!!!!!

          Not only is this the month for costume making it is also the time for CANDY, and scary stories.
I love a good scary story, don't like all the blood and guts stuff through. Oh by the way the above picture is my sweet little granddaughter and myself as mama mouse and baby mouse, many years ago.
        This month I am going to try and tell you as many things that give me a fright as I can. Starting with what scares me the most. Here is number 1.

      The thing that scares me the most is ATTICS. I will not go in one, I have one here and I have boxes and more boxes stacked in front of the door. You ask what is so scary about attics, well let me tell you.
      When you are watching a movie where does the lone girl always go to be hacked to death or gobbled up , " THE ATTIC" and there you are yelling  from your easy chair, " don't go in there." But does she listen? Hell no and " hack", " gobble", later and she is gone. When the lone girl is in bed, and her parents are out for the night, where does she hear a noise come from? alas but above her bed, the "ATTIC". So she goes up there finds some doll and brings it back to her room , and Hack and Gobble , and she is gone.
       I wasn't always afraid of the attic, we always had a house with one, when growing up , great hide and seek spot. When I was fifteen my parents let me and my friend Tee  go to the movies in the big town of Auburn CA. while they where at a dance at the Fair Grounds, We told them the movie would be over by midnight, and that they would pick us up in front of the theater. The movie we saw was the famous movie of the 1975 The Exorcist , What a scary movie that was , and it all started over a Ouija board in the ATTIC.
The movie got out at around 11:15 or so and we were not about to stand there in front of that theater that long but our self's. Tee is older then I and she made the decision to walk to the fair grounds, which were not far from the theater , we could be there in before my parents dance was over. So here we were walking along and Tee started talking about the movie and I must say it was one of the fastest 4 block run I ever did, well except when the bull chased Kathleen and me into the barn.
      So the result of a mere child going to see that movie scared for life. Okay I was 15, but compared to my 50 years of today a baby I was.
      So my friends , I ask you this question , " What scares you?"

Till my next talk, Peace and Happiness.

Chatting Over Coffee Friday

   Well here it is Friday and I have decided to take some time to Talk to my clouds.
A lot has been going on this past summer, some good ,some not so good. Guess I can share it all.

On the fourth of July had BBQ planned , had nice spot to watch neighbors fireworks, ( front  porch swing ) with family. Ma,Marty ,Me ,dogs. Ma woke up not felling well that morning . By 1:00 pm we called a friend of ours to come check her out. (EMT from Victor Fire) she came and said lets go to the hospital. Off into the ambulance she went. Ma said the she was treated like a queen on the ride in, and at the hospital, great staff.
We all thought it was her heart , it was not, just really bad stress. She came home on her birthday the 6th . Had something planned but I put that aside when she went in and never got the time to carry through with that. So she had a cupcake with 1 candle in it. My brother and sister -in-laws were here. So we sang happy birthday to her, she was happy to be here for her 84th birthday . She is doing good now. We did Marty and I and Bruno watched the fireworks, no BBQ saving the ribs for Ma.

   On July 21 my Marty went to the hospital , he was in so much pain , I drove him and it felt like I was only going 25mph when I was doing faster then that by a lot. Anyway got him there and after a EKG, Ultrasound, Lab work and a MRI ,the Dr. said it was he gallbladder and that it needed to come out before they would let him come home. I told them that when we first got to the ER. anyway 3 days later gallbladder out , he came home next day and he was fine and is fine.
       
     During Marty's hospital stay our nephew Jason came up with his daughter my sweet Skyler. So they spent time in the hospital with me visiting Marty. I must say Skyler was as good as gold while she was in there. Just love her. Jason went and picked Marty up on that Monday and Marty went back to lite duty work on Wednesday. Jason and I bummed around and just had fun. He was a great help to me and comfort. Thank You Jason , I love you. Skye  and I and Ma watched cooking show at night and played. I can't watch a cooking show without thinking about her. I miss you Skye, I love you.
 
   I went and had a blood test done and found out my Thyroid is not working and needed more med's and needed them now. which explains alot. Anyway I am doing better now. This new stuff is from a Pigs thyroid.So if I look different next time you see me you will now know why.

   Had our friend Randy up for two weeks. He went home last Friday.  He did some hunting and just stuff while he was here. It was so good to see him, time went by fast.

     I did go to a Pow wow with some friends of ours. It was so good to go and listen to the Singers and watch the dancers. I sure miss Pow Wows and singing. If I make it to Calif. This year you all better set me up with a drum, and a song or two. The friends I went to the Pow Wow with have 2 daughters , that I must say are just beautiful girls, inside and out. They are not little girls, the youngest I think is around 14yrs and the other I am going to say is 20. Anyway just wanted to let you all know I had a good time with the McKee family  and Dad. Looking forward to next year.

   Okay before I close let me tell you something  funny. I have a 3yr old grandson I call Sonny Boy.  My daughter Paulina called and told me this today. And I had to share it with you all.
   Paulina and her Hubby with Sonny went over to the mother-in-laws house and she has chickens, so Paulina locks all gates and tells Sonny not to chase the chickens , he is boy and boys do what boys do. He caught a chicken, ( Paulina failed to tell him not to catch a chicken, just not to chase them) . She went to look for him and when she saw him he had the chicken cradled in his arms like a baby. She asked him what he was doing and he told her the chicken was sleeping. Paulina looked at the chicken and it looked back at her with its beading chicken eyes as if to say, "I hate you for bringing him here". She saw that the chicken was fine, and she got called to do something before she could deal with Sonny, when she went to help the chicken he was no longer where she left him. She went looking and found him and the chicken laying in her mother -in-laws bed. Sonny had his head on the pillow and the chicken had its head on the pillow, Sonny was pretending to be asleep making little snoring sound, she went to get the camera and when she got back he and the chicken were sitting on the side of the bed.
 Had to stop and wipe the laughing tears from my eyes. This my friends is a good note to end on.

So till next talking , Peace and Happiness.

Tummy Control, HA!

 OK so I am a chubby person. Like most chubby people , I look for ways to look skinner, clothes that don't cling to me , wear black , stand up straight, oh and suck it in. While the other day I was watching TV when and ad came on about "TUMMY  CONTROL " panties, looked good, so I thought why not.
  Off the the store I go, I find them , I got the flesh colored ones. That way no one would know that I was wearing them, Well maybe the Doctor would know , if in case I had to go to the hospital. { you know clean undies and all that stuff, your mom told to to wear and wash every morning, case the trip to the E.R. every came up.}
    The very next day after buying said Tummy control panties, My Hubby wanted me to go to the truck show with him, I will wear my tummy controls. One leg, OK, the other leg OK, now for the pull up. I wiggled, I hopped, I laid down, I said a few words, { not for  young ears}, and finally they are on.  I walked to the MIRROR ugh.
    But wait something is wrong. Every where that the  pantie was , was smooth and sucked in, but hanging over the top was .... well  a huge " DOUBLE MUFFIN TOP" whine , cry and cuss. I started stuffing it back into the pantie. Well that was better, but now everything was sliding out the legs. So okay I could go with a muffin top or tree trunk legs. Going with the trees, cause I would have to take panties down again , so no way was I going to to that. I mean these are Tummy control right?
   So off I went with Hubby to the truck show, everything going good, I wore a skirt so the trees weren't outlined and I was feeling sexy, These tummy controls, so far were controlling , after about the 3 hour mark , something went wrong, I felt my first pang, I said come on tummy controls kick in now. 15 minutes later there it was again , that  gnawing feeling , I waited an another 15 minutes and there it was again, worse this time , and there was a growl to go with it, so loud that Hubby looked at me. I said, " get me something to eat , I am hungry , these panties aren't working."
     After we came home the "TUMMY CONTROLS" came off. Now I ask you what good are tummy controls if they don't control your tummy from the pangs and growls of hungry ?


Till my next talking, Peace and Happiness
  

FAT HAT TUESDAY

  Hey can ya see me?

OK so this may be more about the Lilacs then about the hat. This past Saturday  it was finally a beautiful sunny day. So out I went with my camera to take some pictures of flowers.
I didn't have to go far . Just up the street in our local cemetery is all these Lilac bushes, They also grow all over out little town of Victor.

 The camera can take a picture and you can see how beautiful these are , but what it can not do is let you know how wonderful they smell. Just this small group have filled the house with their smell . Now I must go out and find some to dig up and plant in my yard.

  Oh the hat I got in Fort Bragg Cal. a couple of years ago in one of those little shops. Everyone up here seems to wear camo like most people wear jeans. But since I am not that into the green and brown look or the desert look. I seen this pink one and I knew this was it. Marty told me he will not take me hunting in this hat.
   So I say " why its camo, and you tell me that deer can't see color's , only patterns, so whats the big deal,?"
Marty says, " Because I can see the color."
What can I say?  " Men  go figure."

Till my next talking, Peace and Happiness

Fawn Lilly

I took a walk into the woods.
Searching  for what ,
I am not sure.
I came across a nice little mossy spot.
I laid my weary body down.
How long I slept ,
I am not sure.
When I awoke,
I was looking at Fawn Lilly
Looking back at me.

I am not sure,
But I don't think this pretty little face was here upon lying down.
Did I sleep so long,
For this to grow ?
I am not sure.

I am lying here,
I smell the sweet smell of moss,
Of woods, of  Fir trees,
I am not sure ,
But it must be,
I smell the Fawn Lilly.

I am not sure.
I feel you looking down upon me.
It must be you,
I feel you in the moss,
The Fir trees .
Singing and dancing in among the woods.

Fawn Lilly you watched over me while I slept.
I am sure.
I woke to quickly ,
And I caught you.
Is the magic gone now ?
I am sure.





      I took this picture on Sunday  May 22, 2011. Went out for a little ride . Went up a dirt road and found a little patch of these Fawn Lillie's . I thought they were pretty so I snapped a couple of pictures. This is the one I wanted to share with you. I am not sure what would come from my mind to my fingers when I sat down .
      I like it. I have not wrote a poem in years. I know that at least one of my friends will know what this is about in a round about way. that it for whatever it is to you. I hope you enjoyed it. I do.

Till my next talking , Peace and Happiness .

Chatting Over Coffee Friday

  Hello my friends, today is chatting over coffee Friday, So who is going to join me in a big old cup of Joe? the cup is old , not the coffee.
   It has been a good week for me . My brother was down for a couple of days , enjoyed a visit with him and his wife. They brought down a big ham and we had a great meal with that . Then watched a good movie. As I said nice visit.
   I want to say while I am thinking about it. I posted on Wednesday about cows. And I want to say I like cows, I think calves are cute, and sometimes they are cute when they grow up. I love steak, hamburger, ribs, milk, ice cream, etc.... So you see I don't hate cows and wish they were wiped off the face of the planet. I am just saying I don't want to raise anymore. I did have nice smooth skin after my mud bath. I just didn't enjoy it at the time.
   My summer dress still has not come in yet. That's what happens sometimes when you order it over the Internet. But now I must look up and try to find a new swimsuit. Put the old one on and where there was suppose to be solid cloth ,guess what , it was paper thin. My girls were showing through. Now the men in the pool may not have minded, but I am pretty sure that it might upset their wives. I know I was upset when I looked in the mirror. Thinking on getting one of the jogger style ones. Just a thought.
    Another good think that happened this week , is a dear friend of mine got in touch with me , now I just have to remember to answer her email. I have been to my email a few times, I even got her new email address down in my book. But when I start to write , I am called to the phone, to the girls room, run out of coffee, the dog wants attention, then when I get back I forget what I was doing and go look at crochet patterns. I get lost easily. Anyway I promise you Deann I will get back to you and I am so happy you got in touch.
    
     My advise for the week. Never ever take pepto-bismol with ice tea. It is a guarantee to make you puke.

    Question: Have I ever dated a different nationality?
Wow what a question.  Okay here I go.

In grammar school and high school, I dated a couple of squirrels
My first marriage was to the Rabbit from , Monty Phyton's  " In search of the holy grail."
After my divorce , I dated a fish, a skunk, and  E.T.'s brother,  Micheal , { form  the movie Halloween} used a handgun and a sharp stick on that one.
Then there was a Java man. Way to prehistoric for me.
But best of all I married Big Foot.
Does that answer your question G. ?

Till my next talking, Peace and Happiness

Done Deal

  I was talking to mom, about her plans for around here. She wants to put in a garden, fine we can do that. Hubby went and picked up a rototiller from my brother. Garden.Done deal.
     Then she says she is thinking about raising a calf. She has always wanted one to raise. So I don't see why not. We got the pasture already fenced off, so no problem. Then she say she is thinking about going to see my sister in CA. I start to say fine. When the thought comes to me , that while she is gone I will have to take care of the calf.
   The memory of my last great Cow escape came to my mind  like a headache you get from drinking your ICY to fast.

    Hubby was back East on a job, which left me in charge of HIS cows. Oh what joy and fun this would be.(WRONG).I went out to sit on the porch for a little sun. I look out into the front yard and thought " those cows look to be on the wrong side of the pond". Well guess what , they were. So I start to chase them back inside . I ask you now how were they to get back in without the gate being opened?
   So back to the house I go , out the back door and open the gate. Back out to the cows, and the cows run to the other end where the gate isn't opened. I had enough of cow chasing, so "BING" I get this great idea of getting on the Quad and rounding them up like a real Montanan. So I jump on Hubby's quad. I herded the cattle like I was born to it. Got them back in and both gates closed. Done deal.
  You ask what was so hard or awful about that. Well hang on I am not done yet.
   Most of you know I have a real bad back and hip. And the earlier foot chase did me in. I knew I had to check the fence for where they got out at and  check that nothing was touching the hot wire and shorting it out. Aha "BING" back on hubby's quad to check the fence. I drive out and see where the hot wire is touching. " Well I can fix this without getting off the quad." I reach over and grab that wire, And " BANG" that thing knocked me out of the saddle. Why didn't someone tell me to make sure that it was unplugged first.
   So I crawled back up onto the seat, drove over , cause I sure wouldn't be able the walk now, I was barely thinking. Off it goes, okay cool I go back out . Ride the fence line with a piece of plastic pipe to fix any more hot wires. I knew I turned it off, but why take the chance. Over the very muddy ditch , did I mention that it was deep? It was deep. Had to really gas it to get through it. I made it. The fence Is good and I started back over, the very deep muddy ditch and gassed it. Wheels spinning and mud flying . I WAS STUCK. OK think, "BING" I will go get my quad , wrench out Hubby's with it. done deal.
  I stepped off the quad and sunk up past the top of my muck boots, which came to my knees. I tried and tried to get out of that mud with boot still on my foot, not happening. So I sort of threw myself on dry land. Ha, you trying throwing this chubby body around. Landed in mud. So I crawled to dry land and lay there.  I will just stay right here till I rested up in about 2hrs. I lay there and closed my eyes, thinking how good those cows were going to taste. I felt a hot blast of cow breath on my face, opened my eyes, and there they were. Standing over me. Looking at me like I might taste good. You would have been so proud of how fast I got this chubby body up.
   Limped back to house, took all my clothes off and sprayed the mud off. I threw on a house dress, called a friend to come get quad out. He did, he left, I went and laid downed.

   So I look at mom and say, " In no way are you getting a calf!!!"   Done deal.

Till my next talking, Peace and Happiness.

FAT HAT TUESDAY

 Hi every one , ITS FAT HAT TUESDAY!!!
And I am finally on time on my Tuesday 's posting. This is one of the hats I have crocheted.
I love a good hat.
      So now that the sun is finally shining here , I feel like having a tea party. You know , like Mad Hatter tea party. All women , crazy hats, those cute little sandwiches cut into cute little shapes. Stuffed full of, olives,ham, little cheeses, oh and lots and lots of little cakes. OK you got me , BIG cakes. and yummy tea, cold, hot, and luke warm.
   Where all of us women sit around and talk about the women who didn't come to my tea party, and laughing till tea comes out my nose. I know that some of you have actually seen that happen to me, and I have seen the same on you. You know who you are , {Lisa}. Ha, Ha!
   I would even wear my summer dress with my rain boots. But alas my dress hasn't got here yet. But when it does , tea party my house.
   Who's coming and what's you thoughts on tea, sandwiches and cakes. Lets do it!!!

Till my next talking, Peace and Happiness

Chatting Over Coffee Friday

    Hi, I am finally able to sit down here again on a Friday and chat to you all. And yes it is over coffee. I have recovered  form my 32ozer. Speaking of coffee, yesterday on my way home from Missoula , I stopped at the coffee shack and order a 20 oz, latte with low fat milk and only 3 shots, oh and a little sugar free Butter Rum, YUMMY. Had a coupon for buy 1 get 1 free. What a deal, Wait  20+20=40 Oz's. 
No really I learned my lesson. One was moms.
  Took Mom yesterday to a new hearing aids place. Nice man. Mom has hearing aids now, but the lady she was seeing, keeps her waiting for over an hour each time, just to see her. The last 3 appointments she waited over an hour Mom just got up and left. That is why we went to a new place. Mom is taking back the ones she has now, for various reason. Getting new one that fit inside the ear.  I know when Mom doesn't have them on. 
  Me. " Mom come and eat."
Mom gets up and goes to the window and looks out.
Me." Mom what are you doing?"
Mom . " I don't see any sheep in the yard."
   I have plenty of days like that.  She doesn't like to wear them , they make her ears itch. So back to the Hearing place we go.

   Mom and I stopped at a Mexican restaurant in Lolo. Named Heraldo's. Very good place , if you are ever in Lolo stop by. Anyway after a great meal, I decided to stop for the coffee. I thought I did good by just getting the 20ozer. It was like dessert. Hey does anyone know what Mexican Flan is? I thought about it. Was going to ask, but didn't want to find out then not order it.  So I had coffee instead.
 
   Happy Wedding day Saturday to my niece Cheyenne, Wish I could be there with you. Much happiness and love to you and David. Send me pictures.

     Here is my advice for what its worth. When you have a grey haired elder living with you and you have to take them anywhere , where you have to wait out in a waiting room for them , DRESS them in something bright. Like Orange, I take her in and wait for her and I don't know how many times I look up from my book because I see some grey haired old lady and think it is mine , but it isn't. I never knew there were so many Elders around.

     Advise for the ladies, go out and buy yourself the bath washing gloves. They are great. They lather well, they even fit my big old hand. Best thing I have found other then shower body scrub for removing the top layer of skin. Come on ladies I know you all know what I am talking about. I was so smooth after I used those gloves. Well worth the 2 bucks at Walmart.

Question of the week. What shoes do you have from 1979?

   I have a pair of Dr. Schols. the originals wooden ones with the leather strap, I still wear them.
My dad was badly hurt in a truck accident in 1979 and was in the hospital . My brother Fran came home on leave from the Navy and I was walking { Clomping ) around the hospital in them.  Next thing I know is my brother taking me to the store and buying me my first pair of Nike's. Nice wish I still had them too.
   Saw on EBay a pair of Dr. Schols going for $ 80.00 the original  Mine not for sale. 

Till my next talking, Peace and Happiness
     
  

FAT HAT TUESDAY

Wow it has been a busy week for me , so be sure to check out Chatting Over Coffee Friday.

 So Fat Hat Tuesday, is on Thursday this week. This cute  little fireman hat I made for my grandson's birthday. I crocheted  it in about 3 hours. I did pull  it out twice, the first time it looked way to big, It fit my hubby's fat head. The next time it was to small , looked newborn. The 3rd time just right, well it was his 3rd birthday. So I guess it was fitting..
  The two red things on the yellow patch were to be axes, my daughter thought they were shovels. My grandson thought that this was the greatest hat ever. I also sent him a fire truck, and a kids bag of fire stuff . My Hubby is a fireman here MT. so he brought it home to put in the box.
  My daughter said he was very happy with it all, and he put the hat on right away. It made him happy, and that is what Granny's are for. So I am happy too.

 So till next talking , Peace and Happiness to you.

FAT HAT TUESDAY

   Hi, here's a new one I thought I would try.   I love hats , big hats, little hats, paper hats, hats that I made.

  I love to crochet so a lot of my hats will end up on this Fat Hat Tuesday. This hat my BFF got for me  to go along with her Buffalo Hat. This is one of my favorites.   My bear hat, never wear this one while hunting in MT.
   I was going to do a fat fashion Tuesday ,but figured you all didn't need to see that. So that is why I am doing hats. Hang with me I have a lot of hats.
  I am just learning how to add pictures , soon maybe I will be able to do links.


Till my next Talking, Peace and Happiness

   OMG, I went to a well known coffee shack around here to get a latte. You all know how I love my coffee.
I could drink it in the Morin, afternoon ,dessert, and before bed. I am talking I love my coffee!!!
   I am looking at the menu for the favor' s of  their sugar free syrups. Okay I have a choice of 12  favors. With nuts, without that nutty taste, white, chocolate, white chocolate. Rum, English toffee, etc. I decided on the English toffee . Okay that done and it only took to 5 minutes to decide that.
  Now the size , you got 6 oz,8 oz, 12oz, 22 oz, and hold your hat batman, 32 Oz's , guaranteed to keep you going for two days . Guess which one I got. That's right 32ozer. I figured I would be sipping on that thing all day.That only took five minutes to decide that one.
  32ozer , sugar free English toffee, LOW FAT milk ( got to watch the cals) with five shots, Latte please.
12 smakaroos later and 8 minutes waiting time. I got the two handed coffee.It barely fit in my cars drink holder. Now for the drive home , I did get it with the little slipping straws. Must  maintain my lady like status. Okay their is straight away , and no other cars are coming in my direction, hands off wheel and slip. Back down, Spit it on widow shield cause that monster is HOT!!! Where was the fricking warning? I ask you "How was I know to know that it takes at least two hours to cool that thing down."
  Pull over and put it in park , dig around under the mounds of stuff on backseat, aha I find a half full water bottle. (notice how I said half full) . I know I have paper towels I never leave home without them. Clean off inside of window and dashboard. I open lid off monster cup , blow , stir, blow, a touch of water. Lid back on , small sip. Still hot.
   Arrive home, take the lid off stir, sip , alright I can drink it now. I drink, and drink some more, nowIcangaranteethat , thatistheBESTcoffeeever,and whatdayisitTIMEigotplentyarrrggggggggg..............


  * Missing my wife , last seen wearing pink PJ's , one brown slipper, may have lost it by now. 
If found please do not approach on foot , she may be dangerous. Call Victor Fire Department.*
  
 

Chatting Over Coffee Friday

 Well it is finally chatting over coffee Friday, so that means pj's all day and coffee.
  This has been a quiet week for me , someone I know told her cold to pack up their stuffy nose and cough and get out, well it did it moved to Victor MT. You guessed it , it came to my house snotty , stuffy , cough and all . I feel like I have a cold. {Thanks Julie}.
   I did take my mom for a hearing test yesterday and just as I have known all a long ,and the Doctor confirmed it , She is very hard of hearing. They tried  hearing aids on her, and I talking in a normal voice ask her if she could her me? Mom " Quit yelling at me!". Glory be she can hear. So we got her hearing aids, will be here next week. Mom and I was hoping they would just give her some then , but they didn't. Long ride home. I have to repeat everything I say . It's a wonder that I don't type that way.
   Marty went back to work last week. Thursday, so he has been at it for 7 days, I think he wants to take a week off now after a year of not working, he is not use to it. I think the only reason he went in today was cause it's PAY DAY. Money to spend!!!!
   Lets see, there is the light bill , phone bill, gas bill, I am sure you all know this story.
   I did spend one day patching 7 pairs of work jeans, never thought I would be doing that . But the hubby comes to me and says" I got nothing to wear to work." I knew that couldn't be true he has a dresser full of jeans, so I took him by his huge hand and showed him the jeans, and he showed me the holes in the pockets and the place where his knees shouldn't be seen. You could see skin. Hubby" sawdust gets in through these holes and into my boots". So patching I did.
   That brings up to Friday.So here I am . I have no advise for you really, except when a cold comes a knocking " Don't open the door.

  This weeks question. Did I really work at a topless bar?

Answer is.  It was hard time for me , I was starving! It was during my first marriage, and we were poor. My husband ate on base and my friend and I got to eat rotten fruit he brought home to us. It was so bad , that B. and I would tear the house apart looking for change, we lived with a bunch of Marines, so there was always plenty to drink , and we cold usually scrape up enough to go get two small fries at BK. So off we would go , order two small fries and the lady behind the counter always gave us two large fries. She knew what was up. And between B and I we would get about 30 packages of ketchup.
 Then we would stop at Jacks, and tell them we didn't get fries in our drive through order, we would get fries, and about 30 more packages of ketchup. We would use the ketchup for soup later in the week.
   Sometimes we would take the neighbors paper for the crossword puzzle, and read Dear Abby, go through the want ads. There it was "needed topless waitress." I said I could get the job , B. said no I couldn't I was too young. I was too young. I dressed up , put on some makeup, and away we went. I told them that I had just turned 21 and was ready to go to work. We needed to eat.  B got the job of cleaning up and well my job, lets just say involved pasties and tray.
 B and I earned enough money in two weeks through payday and tips. That we caught a bus home. We both gained 15lbs from moms good cooking. Although we had both lost weigh about 25lbs,before coming home.
  First hubby sent money for us to come home on , we flew on a military plane . First time flying and bolts were popping out and the seats were shaking so bad that I never got over the thought I was going to die.
   Any way I never went back to that job, I started my own baking pies and cakes and selling them for $5.00 a piece to the marines that we knew, they told their buddies and so on., that was a good business for me. B. and I did at least 3 pies a day, so we were in the food .I can't say I never went hungry again because I did . Till I married my Marty. He has always taken care of me.

  So now Lisa you know the rest of the story and why I don't like flying. Smiley face.

Till my next talking , Peace and Happiness.

25 Things You Didn't Know About Me.

  OK this ought to be easy , right?

1. I am a nudest at heart.

2. The first thing I do when I get home is take off my bra.

3. The fastest way to end our friendship is to lie to me.

4. I love to just sit and watch people.

5. I hate to drive , but love to travel.

6. I eat 1-2 dill pickles a day

7. I have a huge crush on Johnny Depp

8. I am a dog person, but I have met a cat I liked. {Chuckie}.

9. I have my hand print in cement in New Mexico. { well it really is a Bear Paw print I did}.

10. I love home made soup, better then store bought.

11. I am still a secret biker , but now I ride a quad for the wind in my face effect.

12. I still have a pair of shoes I had in 1979. Remember Fran when you came home from leave and I was clopping around in them , so you went and bought me tennis shoes. {HA!}.

13. I love Mexican food.

14. OK I admit it, I sweat.

15. I  worked in a topless bar.

16. I beat the tar out of someone for a friend.

17. My shoe size is 11

18. I still love whiskey

19. I think my daughter Pudge is the smartest women I know.

20. I am a shaking , babbling pool of goo , when I fly.

21. My dad and brothers are my hero's, oh and John Wayne.

22. I like to be alone, 89 % of the time.

23. Stephen King and Dean Knoozt are my favorite writers.

24. I didn't tell my BFF when she walked out of the bathroom with her skirt tucked in her undies. I laughed till I tripped and fell.

25. I am a believer in Ghosts, Big Foot, and UFOs, in that order.

Well , do you still like me?

Till my next Talking , Peace and Happiness

Chatting Over Coffee Friday

 Well, today is Friday is I have decided that my Fridays was " Chatting over coffee Friday" . I will give unwanted advice, and answer your questions to me. If you want just email me a question you want me to answer, about me, life, anything and I will try my best to answer as truthfully as I can.
 On Friday's I usually stay in my Jammie's as long as I can. I mean if you want honesty , whats more honest then that . I can't hide in Jammie's. Coffee refuels my brain so I should be at the top of my game.

   So OK advise first; I know this to be a fact, for I have done this myself. Never ever, ever have a mirror any where near your bed, so that it is the first thing you look into in the Morin. I have one at the foot of my bed on the closet door. Now that my hubby is back to work he leaves the hall light on and now just enough light comes into the bedroom that it shines on the mirror. So this Morin I sit up and turn my head towards the foot of the bed where my little dog was sitting and all I saw us ME!!! Yikes,now that my friends was scary. I closed my eyes and laid back down for an hour or so till my mom got up and turned the hall light off. I love darkness, it is my friend.

    Now the question to me.
 If I could be anywhere in the world right now, where would I be?

   I have thought of this and I have to say I would be right where I am now. I love my house and Montana is a great place to live. I can look out my window and see the Bitterroot mountains, the other window  looks out onto the Sapphire mountains. So I am happy here. But I would have my daughter and son-in-law and my grand kids here with me. My friends would all live down the street form me. That's where I would be. Surrounded by love.


If you got a question for me email me or post it here. If I get no questions I will just make things up. Oh check out my blog about "25 things you didn't know about me."

Till my next talking, Peace and happiness

Unconditional Love, Unshakale Trust, Never ending Friendship

    They were sitting in the tall grass that hid them so well from the outside world. They are best friends.What they said to each other never went farther then each others ears.
    It was just before dusk, and it was quiet, nothing made a sound, even the grass had stopped dancing. As if it knew that something of great importance was about to take place.
    Her friend pulled out a small pen knife, She had taken from her brothers room that Morin.
    She opened it and drew it across her palm, there was a small slice. She squeezed it till there was a pool of blood in hand.
    " Hold out your hand."
    " No way!"
    " We will do it just like the Indian's did a long time ago, We will become Blood sisters."
          " We are already best friend."
   " Being blood sister is better."
   " Why?"
   " when our blood has mingled , We will be one person. My family and friends will become yours and yours mine.We will always stand together,never apart. Your enemies will be mine , and mine yours.Together we will be strong, no one can hurt us. we will never be alone, it will be you and me against the world, and it had better watch out for us."
   " Now give me your hand."
   She held out her right hand.
   Her friend grasped her hand firmly, and put the knife to her skin. " It will only hurt for a moment."
   The pain was sudden . She would have drawn her hand back ,if her friend had not held onto it so tightly. With shaking fingers she squeezed the cut till the blood pooled into her own palm.
   They tied their bloody hands together. Looking into each others eyes, they could feel the others strength.
   " My sister forever." her new sister said.
   " My sister." She said.
   " Forever!"
   " Forever!"
  They sat there feeling the warmth of their blood, waiting for just when the others blood began to flow into their own veins.
  Trying to memorize each moment. Both knowing the impotance of this ritual. The sacredness of this Rite.
    Unconditional love, unshakable trust, and never ending friendship.
   Knowing the truth , that this was forever.
   
    Till my next Talking, Peace and Happiness.

Fishing Trip

   It was a cold and grey day, the smell of snow in the air. The traffic was light, for a Saturday afternoon. My tummy was full after a late breakfast of sausage gravy and biscuits. The coffee hot and good.
   After a 50 minute drive we arrive at our destination,Pets mart. Now to look for a parking place ,semi close, so mom and I don't  slip and slide our way across the parking lot,(ICE!) After only 3 spins around the lot , we find a handicap spot, it's OK mom has handi plates on her car. So we gather keys, money and sweaters and away we go.
     Enter the store and head to the bathroom, We are women on a mission, and don't want to have to stop half way through our shopping to go to the girls room. So with that out of the way we make the decision not to get a cart ,we are only there for a few fish , for our newly set up tank. I have had the tank for about 4 years now without any fish in it. After we let our  goldfish go in our pond after the spring thaw . I emptied the tank and just let it sit. Time to put it back in use, so it has clean water and new filters. The only thing missing was the fish.
   So here we were to get fish. We breeze past the lady with the tiny yapping dog in a cart. 2 kids , where were their parents? And we make it to the fish section. Holy Air Bubbles Batman, there are tanks everywhere and there we stood with our mouths gaped open like fish out of water. There were more colors then I knew existed. Sliver fish , red, blue, purple, turquoise fish. there were colors that I still don't know what to say what color it was. There were Big fish, little fish, fat fish, skinny fish. You get what I am saying here? Man oh Man , PAID DAY.
  We walked over to the tanks and just looked in awe. We walked from one tank to the next , taking mental notes on which ones we wanted. 1 hour later and total over load , we regrouped and left the store and went next door for a coffee. We needed to let our eyes recoup from the color overload.Did you see this one, or that one? I want 2 of these and 4 of those and on and on, and me with note pad writing it all down and well after I had to stop because of writers cramp . I counted the fish that we wanted to buy , came to a grant total of 83. Now I have a big tank, 40 gallons. But that is not big enough for 83 fish. So after rethinking we decided on getting just 12 for now. 6 apiece.
   Back to Pets mart we go. Still we nix the cart . We can carry 6 fish apiece. Back to the tanks,we kept our mouths from flopping open. " Can I help you? " Mom headed one way , me the other.45 minutes later we are on our way back to home.
  We are now the proud owners of 12 male Guppies, 4 female Guppies, 3 Glofish, 4 Sunburst, 5 Neon's , Oh and 1 catfish named Martin.
   Moral of the story, Have a plan and stick to it.

So till my next talking , Peace and happiness.

Thinking about yesterday Ponder

  So yesterdays post 2/15/11  has me pondering again , because of what I said. " tell them you would go with them to talk to sort of friend". Now how can I tell them that when, knowing what I do , shouldn't I be the one to go to the sort of friend? How can I give that advise , when I myself am not going to go anywhere near this, for 1 thing I do not know who the sort of friend is , or even the good friend that this person was talking about. So I called her today and asked her what she has done?  "Nothing yet. " So I say" forget what I told you , and do what your heart tells you, you know these people, I do not." So how can I judge? I can not.
  This is your life and you got to live it your way , not mine. You have got to go out and get this life experience for your self, I mean how else are you going to grow as a person. I have done a lot in my life and this is how I found out what was the right way for me. when t I can go to bed  each night and be okay with how my day went. So ask me about love , food , even bitch about the day. But no more moral questions, you got to make up your own mind on that.
    Okay now with that said , I know that I will be able to sleep tonight, feeling that I did that right thing for "ME".

Till my next Talking , Peace and Happiness

 Here is my ponder for the day. I have many ponders through out my day ,but this is one that sticks with me. This one is not a funny ponder, as some of them have me laugh at myself. This is one about morals. Mine , yours, I guess it should be everyone. I would hope so anyway.
  Remember (if you read my other blogs) I told you one of my brothers is a health nut. Well I am a, whats right is right and wrong is wrong. I love justice, peace and doing the best I can to do what is the right thing to do. This is one of my soap boxes. I am sure that you will get to read more of my soap boxes as I blog. But with all this being said. Let me soap box this .
  It was brought to me as this. Question. " What to do , I have a good friend , who stole from another friend, but she is just a sort of a good friend. My good friend stole from my sort of good friend's PC, good friend stole it to sell to get some money to by a little smoke , (HAPPY SMOKE) wink, wink. And most likely a little something else. Again wink, wink. I love my good friend , and don't want her to get in trouble , but I don't want her to buy anything either. So should I tell the sort of friend about who stole her PC?"
  My first thought is "SAY WHAT', you hang out with people who steal and are drug users!!" Then I said' I had think about it." I mean wrong is wrong. But could I turn in my best friend? I like to give advise that I my self would follow. Something that I myself have done , will do, and feel good about doing it. Knowing that I have done the right thing for me. So I have to think would I turn my best friend in. I have to say I don't know. But knowing  me now at this time in my life I would not be with people that 1. do drugs, 2. steal. I do not do these things myself and do not want to be around that. So I guess that takes care of that.
  So now I say , " Tell your "friend" that for one stealing is wrong  for any reason." But wait , I myself would steal to feed my baby, only after trying everything else to get money to feed her, then I would scape up the money to make a phone call to family , friend to come and get her /him. Because she /he needed better care then I can give.  OK, " stealing for little smoke is wrong, stealing from a friend is wrong, and I am not sure I want you in my life for fear that someday you may steal from me. Plus I don't want to be out somewhere and get stopped by the cops and you have drugs in your car, or on you. ( Guilt by association). I will go with you to tell the sort of friend what you did, I will take you to get help . But I will no longer hang out with you. You can call me if you need someone to talk to. etc."
    So I ask you did I do the right thing? I would tell this to my friend, because if I truly am a friend . I would help them, and want the same in return. But hey it's your life do as you please , but just know this, I don't want your so called friends at my house, and I really have to think about you being in my life. I know a lot of people smoke a little happy and chances are they might be my friends, family . I do know this they don't do it around me . And that is okay, cause sometimes what I don't know won't hurt me. Right?
    Sometimes being Tanta Opa is hurt, but hey someone has to do it .

So till my next talking, Peace and Happiness

8 AM Terror

  So I roll out at bed at 8 am,  as most of you know that is way early for me , my mind and body  think that it is still the middle of the night. I stumble and slip and fall into the bathroom, because my eyes are still closed. Like most women , the first thing I do is sit down on my throne, but here is where I may differ, where most women think about the day ahead, I sit there and think about the  weird dreams I have had through out the night. ( Really a rickshaw being pulled by some man,and me, with reins and a whip in my hands. Got to stop watching late night TV commercials) I sit just a little longer knowing that when I stand again that I must open my eyes , so I don't stumble and fall into the tub. ( don't want to have to call the young firemen to get me up, that would scar them deeply , maybe for life.) Plus ,this also makes sure that every extra ounce of weight is gone from my body. I stand, I  reach over and turn on the light, I slide over to in front of the sink , I slowly open my eyes, UUUGGGGHHHHH, the mirror, Why is it, I always forget that , that thing is still there? Take one step back , look down and over to right and there it is ."THE SCALES".
   As I stand there looking at that thing ,so many thoughts run ( okay , walk ) through my mind. To step on it, would  change my whole day. If I have gained I might as well go back to bed , cause why get up if I can"t  have  breakfast, lunch and a just a small salad for dinner. Call the firemen , because I have passed out..( this isn't really what would happen, but try to stop my brain from thinking that way) If I have stayed the same weight , then I have to walk a little farther down the road, which means passing the mean old Lady's house and getting yelled at, if I go the other way I have to sort of jog pass the other old Lady's house so she doesn't stop me to talk about the mean old lady down the street , so jogging causes me to have a twisted ankle, Call the firemen ,This would bring terror to my day and the firemen . But wait what if I dropped a 1/2 a pound or better yet 1 whole pound. There will be singing and dancing down my hall way , I could have fruit on top of my cottage cheese, butter on my toast. So much rejoicing would be going on that I would skip down the porch steps and trip and break my leg, so I would have to call the above mentioned firemen.
      I drop my robe , I pick up one foot set it down, pick up the other foot, set it down. I bend over and look down, and turn on the shower, forget the scale why let something like a pound ruin my day. Beside I must think of our firemen, and their well state of  their being.

So till my next Talking, Peace and happiness.

Can He really be right?

    Can he be right, is not about my husband of 25 years, because I have lived with him long enough to know better. Can HE  be right is about my older brother Travis. Yes I said "brother" one of the hardest " you are right a girl can say". My brother is kind of a health nut and he is always reading books on health . So he called  me to get this book , read it , and then follow it. So to get him off my back, I did read it and have been following it ,I must say almost to the tee.
   The book is called  THE PRIMAL BLUEPRINT  by Mark Sisson. Good read. Now I am not telling you to go out and buy the book or recommending the life style change. That is totally up to you. I can only tell you what it has and is doing for me. I am a diabetic , I take insulin with every meal and one shot before bed, and I am 3 different pills, for it. So carb's are not a good thing for me to take, the book recommends cutting all grains from your diet. Again read the book first, ask your Doctor  etc.... So 2 weeks ago I started following this, and I have been getting up in the Morin actually feeling good and it has been staying with me all day. I have not been walking around in a brain fog all day. My sister-in-law Terri (best sister-in-law ever) Travis's wife said that she makes a big old pot of soup and they all eat on the when they need just a little some thing extra in-between meals. All vegetables , no grains and throw some meat in there. What a wonder thing homemade soup is. YUMMY!!
    I have lost a pound and a half, and have lower my blood sugars which to me is the most importance thing, but a few pounds gone I won't complain about. Feeling good and like I actually want to go out and do something is always a plus. The bummer part of this is telling my brother , "HE IS RIGHT", now that's hard to say out loud, well loud enough for him to hear. So my dear brother out of the goodness of my heart( that's another story for another day) I say " You are right!, " and I thank you .
  So till next time, Peace and Happiness to you.

First Blog Ever

   Wow, first blog ever. For months I have been wanting to start a blog, because I think I have a lot to say, but now that I am sitting here I am not sure what to say. So maybe this first one I will be just rambling on . Hang with me.
   I guess I should start this first one by telling you all that I guess I am like a lot of bloger's out there , that I hope someone will be interested enough in my ramblings that they keep coming back . Can I be so vain as to think that what I have to say might capture your interest? Yes, I think maybe.
   I want to write about myself and my everyday life, which includes me , my husband , my mom, my dogs and the rest of my family and friends. (maybe they just might keep coming back to see if I mention them). I will be writing about memories , poems, and what makes me mad, happy , sad. You know just stuff.
   I love to give advise , I don't like getting it though, so I will be doing some of that too. " Talking To Clouds" means to me that sometimes I don't think anyone is listening to me, so it's like I am just talking to the clouds.
  Tell my next Talking, Peace and Happiness to you.