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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Still Here
Yesterday was a time of feeling poorly, just a bit weak and light-headed, no appetite.
I went to bed early, which did not help because my innards were rumbling and my pulse pounding.
No matter how I turned, some body part was not content.
This morning, I was sitting in the bathroom 4 times before 10am, each trip a little more urgent than the last.
Musta been something I ate 
And then a shower, which also cleaned my sinuses.
Leaving the bathroom with my head held high cuz my hair was wrapped in a towel, I decided that was the best I had felt in 24 hours.
And now I must get done some household chores.
Even when I’m an at home wife, I still wish for a maid.
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
A little note
The cat is upset that I have not left the computer to fix his bedtime snack, so this is gonna be short.
I’m a bit busy with yarn and thread projects, with the Mennonite Relief Sale only two months away.
Also plan to crochet a few bookmarks to tuck into cards, and my daughter-in-law’s birthday is coming soon.
Even when I’m not here, you know I’m in the middle of sumthin 
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Takin’ It Easy on a Winter Day
Today was a 3-point errand route
Post Office to mail off a birthday package
Credit Union for monthly CASH
McDs for Eats, which I decided to bring home since I was alone with nothing to read
somewhat of a mistake,
the girl cat sat about 10 inches from my elbow and mewed pitifully with wanting some ground beef bits
(yeah, she got last morsel size of a marble)
and now I will play a cd of soft music while I crochet a bookmark
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Snow on Snow on Snow
Today was a Snow Day for schools, and the Activity Center where I go for my Needlework Group. Then I got an e-mail saying this evening’s committee meeting also cancelled, so I am one woman who is happy to stay home!!
The flakes stopped falling around Noon, with 3 marks over 8” measured on the front steps. Yes, I’m a teacher at heart, I went out with a ruler.
When I got my driver’s license when I was a teenager, my dad taught me many extra things about the car, such as how to put on chains, where to check for oil. He also said to always clear off the car as soon as possible after a big snow… not to wait until I needed to go out. Ya just never know if something comes up, such as a family member needing something.
Over the years, I try to stick to do that,
get ready for going, even if I have no plans.
So I went out with my shovel and a broom, then cleared off both cars and a little path around each, and the mess at the end of the parking place where the snowplow heaps basketball size lumps. The big spot in the middle is still full of level snow. It looks odd, and that is where son Chris usually parks when he comes by, but I was running out of oompf, yet I still had to shovel off the front walk.
I miss having 3 sons to help with all the work here.
Best job ever, when I was a stay-at-home mother.
The wind is picking up, blowing powdery white stuff against the window. Sounds almost like sand on the glass.
Weather people seem to have the forecast Correct.
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Latest Visit to the Dentist
My Tooth has been given the All Clear!
the permanent crown went on this morning
then the dentist warned me to not chew on it for an hour while the glue got set
As if the several weeks of using the other side of my mouth hadn’t been long enough.
He says the X-rays look good, so next time I need to be in will be for a routine exam and cleaning, which ain’t until March 2010 Wow!
this does not mean I am going to be taste-testing all kinds of caramels or nuts for the holidays
Such treats are long gone from my Can Try list
the pain and money are a price most costly
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Good Thursday Morning!
When the phone rang, I thought it would be the confirmation for the furnace guy expected this morning. However, it was the assistant principal for an elementary school wanting me to work a TA Sub job today.
When I explained that I am not available on Thursdays, she said she did not know this, and would make a note.
I told her “it’s nice to be wanted”
then she said “Oh Yeah, we need six more like you”
Not sure my spouse would agree, tho nice to hear.
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Hey, Lady, let’s get away from it all
Life is busy, Live is Earnest
but we have no need to turn up the furnace
because the temperature sign at the bank said 73o !!
so I ain’t complainin’, NO, not at all 
My planner book says many places to be and things to do,
so I’ll be not here very often in the next few days.
Mahalia says that’s fine with her.
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Monday, November 02, 2009
Today Is the Day
of my appointment at the endodontist office for the root canal.
Whatever he does oughta help somehow…
I’ve been down this path before,
but I still worry about the medicines and finances
the pain, well, it can go away any time
Thanks for all your good thoughts and prayers….
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Friday, October 30, 2009
Water and Toothache—A Dreary Day Hovering
The morning is cloudy, warm 64o oh dear, raining again 
Husband went down to check the basement and found water on the floor in the corner. No matter what we have done in all the years we have lived in this house, hard and long rain manages to get into the basement somehow. Every lower thing in that room is either on wheels or in plastic bins.
Since son Chris needs our big mop and bucket at his rental house for the same problem, I went out last week and bought a smaller bucket and wringer for us here. My wrists don’t like using a mop anymore, but I can toss down some old beach towels, then squeeze them in the wringer to get the job done.
I sopped up and poured out two gallons whilst Husband was cooking oatmeal for breakfast.
Then I emptied the dehumidifier container down the laundry sink, replaced it, set the machine to Maximum Dry, then came upstairs to eat.
SubFinder schedule says “No Jobs Available” which is fine with me. Actually, those words onscreen belay the guilt I would feel if I turned down a job, knowing I was needed at a place where I earn wages.
Sopping up water in one’s own house is working for a different reason.
Plus, my run of antibiotics is through, but there is still a sour taste in my mouth.
I have been able to cut back how often I take ibuprofen, but the toothache is still with me.
Procedure happens on Monday.
I’ll be glad when all this is over.
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Monday, October 19, 2009
Don’t Bother Me Right Now
A few weeks ago, I updated my Profile on Facebook, so several folks jumped aboard who want to be my Friend. I don’t really understand the whole Friend Request stuff, I see many of these folks every Sunday at church, or e-mail a couple times a week, and my weblog is right here for anybody who happens by.
This evening, while I was Logged In to Facebook, and typing in a Comment for someone else, a little box appeared in the lower right corner saying HI! I assume it was to chat in the moment, which I don’t do well at all, neither on Facebook nor Google.
I do know how, but I don’t like to do it, so I usually seem rude and click it off, logout, and mouse on my merry way to the next blog.
Online is a world unto itself.
Tonight’s tv show is HOUSE, which got delayed due to a baseball game going overtime. The phone rang, and dummy me answered it. Would I be willing to take a survey? Um, NO, HOUSE is on at long last.
Again, I might be rude, but I said “Move along to the next name on your list” hung up the receiver and scurried back to the couch to watch Hugh Laurie in scruffy beard mode.
Now it’s time for bed, and I’m hearing hissing on the back porch. Two cats are jostling for who gets to look in the window and tell me to open the door. I’d leave ‘em out there, except they are both too dumb to fend for themselves in the dark.
I’m just not wanting anymore communication right now.
A toothache brings on impatience.
Dentist @ 11:30am Tuesday. I’ll bet he says root canal.
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Monday, October 12, 2009
So glad Monday is done
Quote from long ago: the hurrieder I go, the behinder I get
If I didn’t know better, I would think my body is having PMS. All day it seemed like I couldn’t finish a task (the towels are folded but not put away), spilling stuff (sugar on the stove, counter, floor), forgetting what I went down to the basement to fetch (brown gravy mix for the beef roast and potatoes).
Today was a school holiday, and there were 6 things on my To Do List. As I sit here thinking about getting ready for bed, I look around and see that 5 of the things are still waiting.
Husband assures me that everyone has an “Off” day sometimes. Although the things need to be done, nothing is urgent and will wait until I get around to it.
Bless his heart, he even loaded the dishwasher while I’m in front of the blue screen.
So I guess I should log off and move along.
Job in an elementary school tomorrow, but I don’t recognize the name of the regular TA, so I’m not sure what I’ll be doing. I hope it does not involve cafeteria supervisor, which is second on my Dislike List, after Bus Lane Duty.
Here’s hoping your week began a bit easier.
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Singing in the Lane
After Yarn Group this afternoon, I went to Sam’s for a roasted chicken. I’m not sure what all the seasonings are, or even if it’s the flames doing the cooking, but the $4.97 is well worth our supper centerpiece.
I was pushing my cart up and down aisles, there’s always something new there to ogle, and the servers who give out little food samples have been the same faces for a long time, so we chat a bit.
Then I was humming as I got to the checkout.
the gal scanned my membership card while saying it was a pretty song I was humming
Being with youngsters means I am often singing to help with lessons, but what I had was from the WICKED soundtrack, so without further ado I sang out the words
Because I knew you, I’ve been changed for the better, because I knew you, I have been changed for good
which I first mentioned on my blog here
She went on scanning my groceries with a little smile, but the customer and clerk in the next lane looked over.
That was all the words I sang, there was a bit of silence, then she said I should scan my debit card.
As she handed me the receipt, she got that same little smile and said “Yeah, a pretty song”.
My reputation for being a bit kooky remains intact
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Monday, October 05, 2009
Robbery is Annoying
Some time during last night, my car was the target of entering. I won’t say breaking, because the driver’s door lock has been malfunctioning since the last time somebody decided to pilfer items from the interior (such as the ash tray which was full of coins and the dealer says the part is $78 to replace).
Ever since then, at random times, if the door does manage to lock properly, I cannot use the key to open it again. I have to go around to the passenger door, unlock it, then climb in and reach across to unlock the driver’s door from the inside. It is worst during cold weather, and I am dreading any future ice storms.
So, much of the time, I just leave the driver’s door unlocked, especially in the driveway of our quiet neighborhood.
When I went out this morning to take the trash container to the curb, I noticed the light on for the trunk of my car. The lid was ajar about 6 inches. As I got closer, I realized the interior overhead light was also glowing brightly.
Thank Goodness. If the battery had drained and died I would be much more p*ss*ed off than I was already.
I look through, noticing that my usual junk was not in the usual places. Missing was the $8 flashlight in the glove box, a pair of son Chris’s sunglasses from that little console between the bucket seats, and a faded red blanket from the trunk. Strangely enough, almost $2 in coins was still in plain sight in the holder.
When I got back in the house, I mentioned it to Husband, he asked about his car which seems fine, since it was locked properly. Then I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast and got ready for a TA Sub job in a 4th grade classroom.
After school, I stopped by the police station and said I wanted to file a report, just in case there were other folks getting bothered by somebody who doesn’t know how to leave property alone. Rather than just handing me a form on a clipboard and saying please fill it in like the clinic does, I had to answer questions back and forth through a little hole in a bullet-proof window around the receptionist’s desk.
Let me tell ya, a flashlight, sunglasses the kid has forgotten about, and a really old faded blanket purchased at a yard sale was not worthy of so much annoyance as me standing there.
The officer says that car burglaries seem to increase with cooler weather.
However, Husband says our neighbor’s car was also riffled through, also with piddly stuff missing. I’m not sure if a police report was filed by them, but we will have to be alert and careful. And I’ll have to remember to lock the trunk so that the little lever by the front seat will not be able to open it.
An idiot or two can sure spoil a good life for the rest of us.
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Here then Away
Today is when I decided to be free for a Mental Health day.
Actually, it’s catch-up time, with errands to run, towels to fold, yarn items to sort out for donations.
There was one lonesome TA Sub job on the grid, but after Kindergarten yesterday, I don’t think I can do it again today, then carry a loving attitude for the church Nursery tomorrow.
Those younguns each week are most important to me 
Besides, Husband is home with what looks like ‘flu, and he might need some help.
The early part of Autumn weather is also calling.
Nobody should be stuck in rooms without windows on a wonderfully glorious day. Always reminds me of Dad taking us in the truck out to the country to gather black walnuts.
~~love and Huggs, Diane
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Don’t miss me more than you have to
I am going outta town again, for church conference Women’s Retreat. The camp is not so good with cell phone nor Innernet connections, not that I want to be bothered anyway whilst I’m sittin’ on the dock at the lake.
See ya again on Monday!
~~love and Huggs, Diane