Chatting Over Coffee Friday

                                          It's Chatting Day , But it is over a diet 7up


    Wow , oh wow do I feel great today , well actually I have felt great all week. Let me tell you why.
Last week when I went to the Doctor and although it was a long day there I got some good news out of it. Then on the way home I had an a WOWZA moment . I realized that I was given a another chance to live and smile . It was like the Creator sat down in the car with me and said "don't blow it , I love you and every thing will be okay now". How cool is that . It put a song in my heart and a lightness in my step (well sort of I am still not all that graceful). So by my choice I am now on a renal (kidney ) diet. I want to keep what I have. So far Mary and I are doing good on it. We are not hungry and I am fixing satisfying meals with "Dessert".Best part. I have had a whole week of under 180 blood sugar days. I feel great, my back still hurts and I can hardly move today after a full day of house cleaning. but guess what I am happy that I can still clean my house. I know that for some of you it maybe hard to get what I am so over joyed about , and some of you know fully what I am saying here , I just got to shout " I GOT MY LIFE BACK!". I have finally let go of the pain , but not the good memorizes and the love .That's all I got to say about that.
   

          Okay something else to be happy about Marty went back to work today after being laid off since OCT 2012. We have just been surviving , now I can save up money again and take some of the pressure off the old bank account and pay off a bill or two. Now Marty is looking forward to spring Turkey season. I hope he gets one I love wild turkey oh and the bird too. (insert smiley face) He is always such a whiny baby when hunting seasons are over. He and Sunny Boy went out the other day to go check out his hunting spots, see what animals how been through. He brought back Sunny Boy with a shiner.He fell, Sunny not Marty . Sunny wanted Mommy, so end of play day. He and I love having our grand kids so close . It nice to be  able to see them when we want. My grand-daughter Rose is going to prom tonight with her boyfriend. As she said ," I am so happy ,I could burst into a million pieces!" Please don't that's to many Roses.

        My mom is still in Ohio visiting my sister Bonnie. She calls every couple of days to let me know that she is fine. She has been swimming I think every night and that is so good for her. Maybe build  up that hip of hers. I do miss having coffee already made when I get up in the morning.

       Energy is running through me so I got to go do something maybe put my books back on the bookshelf. I am making a friend of mine a gift so maybe I will work on that.

   P.S. Now maybe I can get Pork Chop a hair cut.

Till my next talking
Peace and Happiness.

Chatting Over Coffee Friday

           



            I know that it has been awhile since I  have sat down here with coffee cup beside me on my desk, to let you know what my life has been like lately. Lucky for you all I have a moment of time to do just . 
        
            First off I would like to tell you all about my desk . This is it mess and all.

    I inherited this desk from my father , whom I adored and can honestly say he was my friend . My father was not a writer and anything like that, I would say I used it more then he did ,maybe that is why it is mine now. Or maybe my brothers just didn't want the big old thing. I on the other hand "LOVE IT". It is a part of me like my left hand is. It is always this messy too. I live at this desk at times.  I laugh while sitting here , I have cried while sitting here and I have wrote my poems and stories here and the dreaded paying of the **** BILLS at it. Oh and I play my face book games here. This is also where I do my phone talking from. So if you call me now you can picture me at my desk.
        On my desk is one of my many coffee cups I do these Friday chats drinking the nectar of the gods from.  The cup my grandson Sunny Boy picked out for me as my Christmas present , funny story here. I went to the big city of Missoula with my daughter and said grandson just before Christmas and while we were shopping my Sunny said he wanted to get me a Christmas gift, I said okay , he picked out this cup put it in my basket, I paid from it. He gave it to me and mow every time he sees it , he says " I bought you that cup , huh New Grandma?" I always tell him , " yes you did and thank you, I love it."  He calls me new grandma, because I am younger then my mom, so she is called Old Grandma. Not to sure if she likes that or not. My grand-daughters call me Granny and my mom GeeGee, (great grandma) . 
        Also on this desk is a picture of my much loved and missed Annabell dog. She has been gone now 12 yrs. That's all I am going to say about that ,because I can already feel the tears coming. My note pad is there so that when I am taking on the phone I can write down any important thing you tell me so I don't forget. Another coffee cup full of my pens to write those notes with.

                                                                                                        

          This is what is under my desk my dog Pork Chop. He is a terrier mix pound puppy . He is 11 yrs old now and doesn't like to be any where but where I am. As you can tell he is not the cutest dog ever , so I had to tell my Bruno dog that he was a pork chop just to get him to play with Pork Chop. Bruno has been gone now almost a year , he lived the good life for 13 years with me. I sure miss that 90 pound goofy dog. Well that is I guess all I can say about my desk.

                     I have been working on another chapter to my blog space about being a Diabetic and all the fun that goes along with it. I am writing it for me , maybe I can start a support group going . Talk about some of the  problems I am having with it and some of the good stuff that has come from being a Diabetic. I know you are wondering what those can be, hopefully I would have that page up soon so just stick with me. I am also working on another story  and just finishing up another poem. So I do have stuff for you all to read about ,(fingers crossed.) I find I have to fight Marty for the computer since he been laid off from the Log Home building. People just are not ordering log homes like they use too. He is still building custom bows, check out his web site. 
www.zbowsticks.com some nice bows there. Maybe you are thinking about your loved one who is hard to shop for. { And yes that was an ad }.  I am going to start going back to the pool to see if it will help my back and I know that it will also help my sugar levels, maybe my stress to. I just love to float around in the water. I will be doing laps too, so it won't be all fun.

        Mom is going back East to visit with my sister Bonnie. Hope she has lots of fun. I am sure my sister has a lot of fun stuff planed for her. I also know that Bonnie plans on taking mom to the pool while she is back there. I know that will do mom good.

     This is not what I started out to write about but it is what came out , so maybe it is what I meant to write about. Oh today is my grand-daughter Pooters birthday, So happy birthday to her, have lots of fun today and I will see you later on tonight.

So till my next talking,
Peace and Happiness.
           
         

Five Question Friday

                                            Five Question Friday



1. If you were going to be stuck on a deserted island, which 5 books, movies, people and foods would you take along?

Books. All 3 of my Jimmy Buffett  books.(Island stuff there) It by Stephen King, because it takes me forever to read . That is one book that really scares me. Webster Dictionary. might as well learn some new words.
Movies. Jaws, Forrest Grump, Oh Brother,Orient Express,Creature from the black lagoon.
 People   Wow , I guess my husband, Cody Lundean (need someone to build the fire) My brother Jim (he is a good fisher) my nephew Bo, ( cause he can climb trees like a monkey) my dog porkchop just cause, Bobby Flay( need someone to cook for me).
Food. Everything to cook southwest food. Black tea,apples,sunflower seeds, chicken.

2. What is your thought on year round school?
  Love it. 

3. What is your most embarrassing potty story? (Can't be one of your kids' potty stories either!) Hee Hee! This cracks me up and stems from a HILARIOUS twitter conversation...
   Went camping with my hubby 25 years ago , we were hiking up some mountain trail, and I had to go....BAD.... so I stepped off the trail and found a nice spot behind a tree, I could not see my hubby so I thought no one on the trail could see me. WRONG , just as I got my pants down , some hikers came up behind me, lets just say they got mooned big time. They started laughing witch when I heard them it  scared me and I fell back down into the puddle. They laughed louder I turned redder. I pulled up my pants and turned to them and said, " Happy to have made your day." I took off back to hubby and took him what just happened , he started laughing and so did I. I never saw those people again, so I am okay .

4. What's the temperature where you are?
      Today the sun is shinning and it is a whopping 22 degrees.

5. Are you a winter/spring/fall/summer person?
    Fall , I love the colors and maybe early spring, flowers. I hate hot weather, if it is over 70 degrees I am looking for shade.

25 Things I Love (other then family & friends)

                             25 Things I Love ( other then family and friends)

   Lets see how many of the things that I love that you know about me, Ready? Go!!

1. Puppies Bellies.
2. Puppy breath , = PUPPIES!!!!!!
3. The soft spot between a horse nostrils , you know just above the upper lip.
4. The smell of a sunshine warmed horse.
5.The smell of fresh mowed lawn.
6. Clean ,crisp mountain air.
7. The smell of walking among Pine trees.
8. Going on a picnic.
9. Quading.
10. Mexican food/ Chinese food.
11. Fresh picked tomatoes.
12. Surprising myself when my homemade soups taste really,really yummy.
13. Sitting on my porch in the sun.
14. My P.J.'s .
15. Books.
16. Painting landscapes.
17. Flying kites.
18. Watching Bigfoot movies.
19. The movie Jaws. LOL!!!!
20. My first cup of coffee in the morning.
21. Camping.
22. Fishing.
23. Singing.
24. Watching wildlife.
25. Swimming.

   So my friends now tell me your loves.


Till my next talking
peace and happiness

A reading challenge

Today is my day to find new blog sites for me to link up to. Since we have 6 inches of snow right now, I find it is a good time for reading challenges so I have found A-Z Reading Challenge hosted by Babies, Books and Beyond.

The A-Z challenge focuses on titles not authors.

The goals are: finish 26 books each starting with a different letter of the alphabet by December, participate in the mini-challenges and above to have fun with it!

I'm going to do "option B" which is fill-in-as-you-go because I don't know what book I'm going to pick up next.

A reading challenge I set for myself is to read books that make me laugh, make me cry and expand my mind. Don't know where that will take me. (oh yeah, and something to give me a little fright/scare!)

This is my first year doing a reading challenge cause a person has got to set goals for themselves! ha!

Keep up with my progress through my Reading Challenge 2013 page.

till my next talking,
peace and happiness

5 question friday

This is my first time linking up with Five Question Fridays hosted by My Little Life. It looks like it will be a fun way for you to get to know me and for me to get to know other bloggers.

Here we go!

1. Flu mist? Flu shot? Or take your chances?

Flu shot. I never take chances.

2. Do your kids have iPads? What are some good educational apps? Price?

What's an i-pad?? ha!

3. What are your favorite boy/girl baby names?

Girl: Belle Star, Erin Elvis. Was going to name my daughter Belle Star, which is the name of an 1800's pioneer saloon girl/hooker and everybody said "Not a good name." Erin Elvis- of course after The King!
Boy: Cody Lamarr. Western writer.

4. If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, which apple do you choose to eat? (red/green, gala, red delicious...)

Green tart apples!! The tartier the better (hey, do I have a theme here?)

5. What is your favorite place to escape to for peace & quiet, to think? Why?

My bedroom. It's my space and it's the only room in the house that is totally decorated for me and I'm surrounded by my favorite things. Besides that I can leave my books in a pile and no-one sees them.

Till my next talking,
peace and happiness.

CHATTING OVER COFFEE

     

                                                         Chatting Over Coffee Friday

    Wow it has been a while since I have sat down and filled you all in are what has been happening in my corner of the world. Where do I start. I will start on up dating you on my mom.

  This past April my mom tripped over the rug and broke her hip. After the hospital stay they sent her to a care home for 3 weeks. There she had PT  twice a day. They  helped her to learn to balance herself again . She couldn't stand on the broken hip side , so she leaned a lot. We brought her home and she was in the wheel chair for about six weeks, then her Doctor told her to start PT again. So twice a week I took her to PT there she started walking with a cane and got her out of the wheelchair. Now she only uses it in the middle of the night when she wants to be sneaking and go get a peanut butter sandwich . Not that I deny her a peanut butter sandwich . I think she just likes the sneaking part. As of Tuesday of this week the Doctor told her that she could quit PT and start going to the pool whit me and work out there. Mom is so much better that she has been doing a little walking without her cane. It kind of scares me to see her wobble like that. Maybe in Dec they will take the 3 screws in her hip out they give her a lot of pain. Which I has seen on the x-rays and my hip hurt when I saw them. They are huge. Plus they have backed out a bit . Yikes. Will keep you updated.

    My Daughter Paulina moved in with me in April, with my 3 grand kids. What a house full that was. She got her self a really cut A-frame house that is just the next driveway up. I can see her front porch from mine. She moved in on Oct.1  inside is all knotty pine and it is beautiful, comes with about 15 acres that ought to make my Sunny Boy happy. He is the most active kid I have ever seen. He loves to go out with his Papa , they fish, they go for walks in the woods, they split and stack wood together. For being only four, he sure can fling a piece of wood. He just climbs up into the back of the truck and starts throwing it out , when he is done he jumps out sits down on a log and pulls the handle on the log-splitter. He also climbs on every thing and has toys all across the yard. What a boy he is.  My 15 year old grand-daughter Rose is a TEENAGER and every word of raising a teenager is true. We have crisis form can't find socks, too boyfriends not calling, homework, pimples , bad hair days, to dirty tennis shoes. She plays JV volley ball. After that is over she wants to play basketball. She is going all the time . My middle grand-daughter is 9 and she catches frogs like no one else can. she stand there real still then pounces like a Cat and she has a frog. She always lets then go. She reads to me from the Scary Weenies book. It's funny stuff there. She reads to me from other books too, and she is always there to watch TAPS with me. My son-in law is working in North Dakota , soon he will have his CDL, then maybe he will see what he can find in MT. Wish I was young enough to work the oil fields of ND , money to be made there.
  My grand-kids are Loud, they run up and down the hall way,2 of them are always hungry,there is laundry everywhere. Lord how I love them and miss them. I know they only live next driveway up.

      Marty was laid off again this past summer so he went on the fires across this state of MT.

He made money to keep us going and he had fun. He loves being out there fighting fires. Helping people. He did miss our 27 anniversary, he did call me, So that was nice. When he got back we did go out and buy ourselves a 40 inch flat screen for our gift to each other. Wow I can see the tops of peoples heads now, and there is no line in the middle of their bodies. So this is what everyone has been talking about for years. Marty went back to work building log homes and right now he is in Sun Valley Idaho on a job, he will be home Sunday. 
  He stills builds Bows oh he has in interview in the TRAD'S ARCHERY WORLD magazine so check it out.He hunts when he can , which I think is a lot. So he is a happy guy.

   That brings us back to me. I have been here at the house most of my time . Crocheted a new Afghan and now I am working on one for my bed. So look for them soon on my face book page of" I made this", to see the pictures of it when I am done. I thing it is beautiful. Not done yet almost. When that is finished , I think I will start on a baby blanket ( I think it is a girl this time) " NOT MY DAUGHTER PAULINA".  I have also been writing some short stories you can read them here on my blog. I have also started back on my painting with oils, done some bead work. I have also been working on myself. Wait till the end of the year, to find out what has been going on with that. I have been expanding my mind, reading more books , drinking more tea ( cause I am out of COFFEE) Thanks Sis for the mint leaves, send more hot peppers please. I am finished for now , so love to you all.

Till my next talking, Peace and Happiness