Catching up

                                                            CATCHING UP TIME.

         I know that it has been such along time since I have sat here to actually get you caught up on what is going on in my life. 
     Nothing . The End.








Okay my attempt at a very small joke, I shall start with my mom;
Mom had her hip replaced in November 2013, she was in the hospital for 5 days and then did therapy here at home twice a week. By February of 2014 she is doing really good at getting around and now here in May she is out cruising in the yard without walker just using her cane. She never goes alone my little dog Pork Chop goes with her. If he gets to far ahead of her he always stops to wait for her. Now the is a gentleman for you. She likes to take him so she has someone to talk too. I secretly think,  she hopes that if any thing happens to her that he will run and get help. We all know that he won't get help (just read my blog Nature and Me).
 On Thursday mom got a new hair doo, a perm and a cut looks good, she is getting ready to take a couple of trips, she will be going to CA. and OH, this year. My beautiful niece Pamela is graduating from high school this year. "YAY CUPCAKE!" Then Ohio to visit my sister Bonnie and all the family back there. Not sure what order the trips are going to be in. Guess she hasn't made up her mind yet. Oh she will also be going back to visit Richard, but he lives in MT too, so not a lot of flying time there. What flying time I will be driving her over to see him. We will be stopping along the way to see the sight, Greasy Grass, a couple of Tatanka Jumps.I went to these places with Girlfrien' and I know mom will like to see them. Going to be looking for fossil's back at Rich's .Really looking forward to that, also will be stopping at some ghost towns now that mom is ready to be doing some walking.Mom and I will be wearing our sunscreen , about 3 weeks ago my had to have some surgery done on her face to remove some skin cancer, not the bad kind but cancer just the same so, lather up we will be doing. She had 42 stitches ,but the scar really doesn't look bad.Mostly just under her chin. So okay aside from that she is fine.
    
    Okay now about Marty, he is fine. Has been doing that on and off working thing, he has been to CO. twice this year working on a log home. Keeping it a blessing because at least we can make the mortgage payments on time, but for the rest of the bills.....His ZBOWSTICKS are doing good he has sold some, a couple of them back east. He is making a name in the Bow making world. Happy for him. He keeps himself busy with making Bows working on his quad(finally got that figured out)it was the ....now don't start laughing cause this is what it really is called, hand in the air, pinkie swear it is called a petcock,..I'll wait for you to stop laughing...................
When he called around for a new one it was going to cost $109.00 buck-a-roo's. We went on ebay and found a rebuild kit for $26.00 should be here any day, then we will be heading to the hills for some good riding time. Love the wind in my face. Marty is a fire captain on the Victor fire department and he has been doing that on Wednesday nights they are gearing up for fire season hopefully with all the snow and cool/cold weather we are having we will not have a bad fire year.Right now he is out on a fire call, not sure if it is land or building fire. Praying for the safety of our firemen and women. I keep CA. firemen and women in my prayers also.He might be going back to work on Monday, fingers crossed.
Marty still has his website Zbowsticks.com, he is also on facebook, zbowsticks. He likes playing the pirate game, so stop by and say "hi". He came in and said it was a shed that brunt.I just hate hearing if it was a house. No one hurt all safe.


     Now about me;what have I been doing? Okay I have made a couple of baby blankets, I have had the blessing of two nieces this past year. My nephew and his wife are excepting in Oct. I am thinking this little one is a boy , so I have to get started on that blanket but maybe I ought to make a little girl one too. I have been beading learning to bead in random pattern, thanks to my friend who moved up here last year, been spending some time over there, I mean to stay only a short time and always end up staying longer, I just get to talking and can not stop. I love visiting with her and her mother. Anyway she likes random and she,(Vicki) is teaching me how to set my mind free.Vicki is also going to teach me how to pin loom, that is sometime I have never done, looking forward to learning that. I have gone back upstairs to the sewing room now that it has warmed up, made mom a cute skirt, and I also made one for myself, have a vest pattern to go with mom's skirt so I will be doing that next and another skirt for me .I bought this material a year ago and I am just now getting around to making my skirt. I also have a quilt that I am working on, hopefully will get that finished.I have been painting, working on painting roses, want to be able to paint a couple of picture's good enough to frame for my bedroom.Learning acrylic paint is harder then oils for me, not sure why, but I am not giving up.
   I am also doing a few things that I am really proud of, I have brought down my A1C level down from 12 last February to an 8.04 this May and I am going for a 7.anything by July.I have also starting crocheting hats preemie hats, newborn hats and toddler hats to donate this year the baby hats to the hospital and the toddler hats to the coat closet where they give the hats away free with the coats 30 hats so far.I call it The Warmth Of Willow,They are all donated in her namesake, She is one of my blessings.I have a couple of secret surprises I am working on and hopefully will be able to show/share with you all later in the year.I have been busy with all this because I have had my Direct T.V. turned off because it was sucking my energy. Now I have time to fill with created things and so far I am enjoying myself.
Thank you Wakan Tanka,Creator of all things, for the many blessings you have giving me.Well that is it for now,almost forgot I have 3 stories in the making; so keep an eye out for them.



So till my next talking,
Peace and Happiness.

My Bucket Lists

                                           MY BUCKET LISTS.


                                                  List Number One

1. Mop Floors
2. Clean Bathroom
3. Clean Bedroom

Oh no that is not it the is my Cleaning Bucket List.



                                      Bucket List Number Two.

1. Get gas in my Quad , go for all day ride.
2. Hot air balloon ride.
3. Paint my master piece.
4. Travel to Alaska
5. Get a pair of sneakers that don't hurt my feet. Something with a nice high arch.
6. Learn to do the Sloppy Swish.
7. Travel to CA. to see all my friends.
8. Snorkel off a Hawaiian Beach, without sharks!
9. Take a week with Hubby and go to Glacier Park,MT.
10. Go back to Crazy Women Canyon.
11. Travel the Rose Bud Highway.
12. Do stand up act, just once, and not in the cow barn with the cows.

                                    Bucket List Number Three. (The real dream)

1. Fly to Hawaii .
2. Fly to Spain
3. Fly to Ireland .
4. Learn to fly a helicopter.
5. Take a mule ride down to the bottom of Grand Canyon.
6. Raft the Rio Grand.
7. Bend over and tie my shoes.
8. Hot Air Balloon ride.
9. Fly to CA. and see my friends and family.
10. Take one more trip to New Mexico.
11. Put a book that I wrote on E-Book.
12. Take 2 weeks with Hubby and travel around MT.

 Whats your Bucket List?   Oh and P.S. Learn to play pool. Anyone around here know how?

Till my next talking
Peace and Happiness .

Another Poem .

                                                    ONE MAN
                                    by; Jerrilyn 

One son was born to a family that needed him.
First he was raised by two,then one,then none.
Now he was one man.
One man who traveled all over Creator's land.
He saw the creature's that lived,
He smelt the flower's that bloomed.
Felt the breeze that blew upon him in Creator'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.
Of whom he loved with his wife.
The father taught his children love,pride,honor,faith,
And the acceptance to walk the path that was set before Them as they lived in the Creator's land.
The father became a grandfather of many.
He loved his grand children.
The grandfather became a traveler with his wife.
They went many places together.
The man became a tried old man,
He said to his wife,"I need to rest take me home."
The wife said,"I will take you home and there I will
Stay beside you always."
Creator 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 grand children,But now I see that you are tried. 
I shall take you to my home, so that it may become your home,and you may rest till you see your family again."
That one man went with the Creator, and become a man in the world of Ancestors.
Patiently waiting  for his wife, and family.

Till my next talking,
Peace and Happiness.

A POEM BY ME.

                                  I Am Here.

      Do not long for me.
      Shed not one more tear .
      Place that single rose beside me,
      Turn and walk away.
      Leave all your sorrow beside this grave.
      Rejoice for me,
      For I have lived.
      My life was full of love,happiness,and friends.
      Fear not,
      For I am beside you,
      Only now I will be the wind, the rain,the sun.
      I will be that single Rose that blooms
      In the Winter, Spring, Fall.
      Do not long for me.
      Shed not one more tear.
      Rejoice for me, for now,
      I am truly free.

Till my next talking,
Peace and Happiness.


     

Nature And Me, Really?

                                           

                                           Nature and Me , Really?


                 I know that today should be Fat Hat Tuesday , but today I thought I would blog about my fun adventure I had over Fathers Day weekend. I knew that I was going to get to go this time."CAMPING!".
As most of you know I love camping and the great out doors. This would be my first time up to Clearwater MT. My hubby goes up there to compete in a  Bow Shoot. He shoots a traditional bow. Like they had in the old days. Anyway I was so excited to be getting out of the house . Spending time in the woods, the smell of the fresh pine trees, the coolness of the fresh mountain air.The smell of warm pine needles, the sap of the trees, a camp fire at night. You get the picture the , we are talking here the whole out doors. AAAAHHHH!!.
             All week I had been getting our camp trailer " The HOLIDAY RAMBLER" ready for our trip , you know cleaning , putting the clothes in , blankets, towels , coffee pot, coffee,  you know the routine . I was debating with myself if I should bring my little dog Pork Chop with me or not. He doesn't care for riding in the car. He whines a lot. Kind of makes for a miserable trip and I knew that I would have to walk him all the time , cause he is the peeinest little dog that I have ever known , I just wasn't sure if I also wanted to walk behind him with a poopper  scooper and a plastic bag. I don't own cats because I don't want to empty a litter box . My hubby settle the whole question for me when he took Pork Chops feed bowl and water bowl out to the trailer. So I knew he was going. Oh did I mention Porky sleeps with me, which is okay in a king size bed, he sleeps at my feet, But in a single that even I have a hard time finding room for my feet, my bear butt, my belly, legs, etc.... My hubby sleeps on the couch in the trailer because there is only the one bed in the back and as I have all ready said, only barely big enough for me. Porky will not sleep with Marty where there is plenty of room. So I can live with that ,because I get to go camping and be in the all out doors. Yeah!!
               Finally Friday comes and away we go. Porky is in the back of the truck, don't worry it has a camper shell thing on it. He is enclosed in. I always worry about dogs falling out of the back of trucks, because up here they do not have to been tried in . It has something to do with ranch dogs. Anyway so I didn't hear him whining for 2 hours. A $100.00 buckaroos in diesel and two hamburgers later , 3  hamburgers later , one for porky . We arrive at the camp spot. I am so happy to finally be there with Mother Nature. I was called Mother Nature one time by a second grader , we had the Drum there and I was dressed  out and a kid asked me if I was Mother Nature. Funny huh? Maybe because I am round.
           So hubby starts the setting up of the trailer , leveling it,setting the block down. After about 20 minutes or so I figured I might as well take Porky for a walk, get a little exercise in, breathe in the great out doors, commune with nature again AAAAHHHH! I leash my dog, grab the plastic bag, make sure my tennis are tried and off we go. Said hello to a couple of people on their way to do a little target practice. I get maybe a 80 feet form the trailer and I step on a pine cone , which flips out from under my foot, and I know in a second that I was going down. I didn't have time to do a few running steps to try to save myself or flap my arms like a bird about to take flight...... I didn't take flight, I didn't run my self out of the fall. I fell like a giant pine tree in the woods . I didn't even have time to utter a sound. Down I went with Porky scrambling to get out of my way. BAM , I was down . S**T that hurt. But I was quickly up in a sitting position like I was just taking a little break from that long walk of 80 feet. I looked around no one saw me. No one heard the great crash. So it was also true for chubby people in the woods. If they fall when no one was watching did they make a sound? The answer is "NO". No one came to help me up, or ask if I was okay.
          I seen Marty at the back of the truck I called his name and he didn't hear me so a yelled a little louder , but my woodsy voice fell on deaf ears. I have a bad hip and back and when I am down like that I do not have the strength to get up. Oh no I am struck here. I told Porky to go get daddy, which he always does at home. No,  the little dog would not leave my side. I knew that if he when back to the trailer without me Marty would come looking for me. So here I was about ten feet from a pine tree with a lower broken branch sticking out at about just the right height for me to pull myself up with,  but how would I get there? I would have to crawl. So I got up on my hands and knees and started the , "Oh I am just looking for my lost necklace." crawl, you know every now and then I would stop and sweep the grass in front of me, acting like I was looking for something. Humming " DoooDeee, DoooDeee, Dooo!" the whole way. I learned this crawl in my drinking days, when you didn't want people to know that you were too drunk to stand up. Don't shake your head at me. I know darn well that some of you have  done this crawl.
         I get to the tree, no one that I knew of saw me. I reached for the branch like a drowning man reaching for a lifesaver. I got it , I pulled myself  as close as I could get to the pine tree. I pulled my self up slowly , I brushed my face along of the pine. Not on purpose , but I had to get up. I did it , I WAS UP. Whew , I almost jumped for joy, but I didn't want my feet to leave the ground. So I shuffled my way back to the trailer. Just as I was about there  My dear sweet DEAF to my tree in the woods voice stepped around the back of the trailer and looked at me and said, What happened to you? " I said, I had a little fall, but I'm "OKAY".
I got into the trailer and looked down at myself. Oh I communed with nature alright. I had pine needles in my hair and on my shirt, I had Elk poop on my shirt. I had grass on my shirt and in my hair. I had pine pitch on the side of my face and on my hands,  my knees were scratched up from my crawling. I hurt all over for a week.
        I now know that I love Mother Nature , but She doesn't love me.
        Moral of story, Never ever let some one call you Mother Nature, because you can't fool with Her. She always gets back at ya!

So till my next talking,
Peace and happiness.

Almost Friday, So Have A Little Laugh Today.

                         KNOW YOU NEED A MAKE OVER WHEN


  1. When you put your Aha Bra on backwards and it fits better.

 2. When you are looking in the mirror and realize your back boobs are perkier then your front boobs.

 3. When your leg hair is longer and thicker then the hair on your head.

 4. Worst yet is when you start using your shampoo and cream rinse on your legs and boy are they shinny  
      and more manageable.

 5. When combing out your hair you also run the comb through your chin hair and mustache.

 6. When you go to dye your grey hair and also use it on your grey eyebrow hairs.

 7. When you hold your teeth in your hand to brush them.

 8. When you need binoculars to see the scales to see how much you weigh.

 9. When you are now using a putty knife to fill in those Crowfeet (just a cute way to say " WRINKLES")
     around your eye's.

 10. OKAY,OKAY , HANG ON. Your panties  fit better on backwards. UGH.............!

 11. When you go to the pool and you are practically walking on water because sob,sob FAT FLOATS!

 12. When you are the only one who leaves the pool with dry hair.

 13. When you hear a clicking sound while walking on your kitchen floor and look down and see that its your        
       own toenails making that sound.

 14. When you think you see a spider on your upper arm and notice its your arm pit hair creeping around.

15 . When you go to put your shoes on so you don't make that clicking sound , and the only shoes you like
       are your hubbies old slipper's , so now the only sound you hear is the slapping sound of the too big
      slippers.

Okay I have got to get off here and go shopping at Wal Mart and the first thing I am getting is a razor.


So till my next talking,
Peace and Happiness.
 

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.