Bumps and Bruises

Last Friday I got hit in the head by a falling metal book end. How my head did not crack open I just don't know. The lump went up like in a cartoon. It still hurts. Then I didn't move my right leg in time and closed the car door on it, so scratches and bruises from that. Then today Jersey got away from me and during the chase I took a bad fall I am so sore, my right forearm got the worst of it. I am sure that bruise will last for weeks. :(

My Cold Heaven On Earth

Turkey Hill Chocolate Cherry Cordial Creamy Frozen Yogurt - It's Fat Free with Calcium and Vitamin D - It is cold churned with live and active cultures - It came in a 1.5 qt. container and I could buy two containers for $5.00! ahhhh...

My Shopping Experience

Off to Walmart for a few things. Bird food, a glance for things for the special project I am doing, Aleve, dog bones, computer disks to complete the back up, and light bulbs. All is going well, the decision of what disks to get was hairy but not even close to how hard it was to pick out light bulbs! I wanted 75 Watt light bulbs, not hard! HA! They don't come saying WATTS anymore! Reminders of being in the eighth grade when the METRIC system decided to make my life crazy came flooding back to me. Now some nut is going to totally make me nuts with changing watts on light bulbs. By the way if it has a number 67 that means 75 watts. I don't know why, I don't want to know why, I just want people to leave things alone! I want to talk to people on phones, not computers, but that is a whole other story.

Another One Gone

When you work in a school system the amount of people you "know" grows. One young lady, Danielle, is someone I know. I know her mom, her sister, her niece, and I knew her finance. You see the person on the bicycle was her finance, Scott. they were high school sweethearts that had just recently gotten engaged. Tonight was the service. As I stood in line, again, for yet another young person, I couldn't help but look at the others that came in to pay their respects. So many that I have known since they were five years old. Please Lord look after the children of all ages, and please help Danielle.

My Little Brother

I haven't felt well for a few days but back to work I went. After work a Summer Rec meeting and then my brother Johnny and I had something to do. He witnessed a horrible accident where a van hit a man on a bicycle and drug the man at least 150 feet. Johnny said the blood was everywhere and he just couldn't imagine the man surviving. God be with him. Well we got a little bite to eat and off to the Mall. (this is a first) We did what we went there for and then found a really cool place called "Krazy City". He took off inside! 44 years old and away he went. The place has a restaurant on the side and video games and rides everywhere. It was like being in a Wildwood arcade. I spotted him, started toward him, and away he went again. Okay this is nuts! I find him, starting the skee ball machines to have a competition with me. I am laughing now and I won by 2000 points! Older sisters rule! We pull our tickets and off he goes again, now to basketball. Where and when my little brother became good at basketball I will never know. He beat the record, blue lights were flashing, and tickets galore. He played at least 5 games. I can't remember the last time we laughed like that together. He took all of the tickets and divided them up and then gave them out to all the little kids that were there. A rough day turned into a great memorable night. Thanks Johnny.

Little White Lies Pay Off - sometimes

Nascar's Pre Race show gave me a reflection of why I like Darryl Waltrip. He pulled a cute trick on his wife as did I on Steve. Waltrip's trick - a pretty girl drove up in her car and he asked her if he could look at her engine, she of course said yes. He did and while doing so pulled her coil wire. When she went to drive away the car of course would not start. He said he'd look at it for her, reconnected the coil wire and it started. They are still together all of these years later.
Me, I asked Steve if he could check my mom's gas tank for a leak as I heard he knew about cars. (I knew it had a leak) So he got a flashlight and I scooted under the car with him. Here we are 31 years later.

Steve, Jersey and the Hose

The hose of course is Jersey's favorite toy. No need to water any plants as she has eaten them all. A ritual has started here. Steve comes home, shuts the gate, and I let Jersey outside. First it is the charge as fast as she can run to greet Steve, hopefully he is set to received the blow. Then the hose challenge. If Steve can catch her with it they have an unbelievable tug of war. Steve had yet to fall until tonight. In all fairness Jersey did to Steve what Steve does to her. She wrapped the hose around his legs and upended him. He is alright. Steve came walking in the back door laughing and telling me the story.

Three Little Things

#1 Trouble in the lower end, legs, ankles and feet are all the same size, and that's 3 times the norm.
#2 Lost my temper last night, the boss gave me her opinion, I walked out before I said things that were better not said at the time, I calmed down, and then this morning I gave her my opinion. All is fine. I am just sick to death of happenings and attitudes.
#3 It doesn't matter what it is shoes, sofa, perfume, tissue paper, yarn, magazines, books, as long as it is mine, Jersey thinks it is hers. She jumps at me and actually takes her nose and hits my book out of my hands when I am reading. She scoots in between the computer and me. She also cries like a baby if I am on the phone. As soon as I hang up she stops crying. There she is now, knocking on the door, yes I did say knocking.
Toodles