 Ramblings of an Old Woman I am an old woman and I do tend to ramble so this section of my web site is devoted to that. I hope you will enjoy reading the ramblings my mind thinks it has to share with you. I am sure you will be able to identify with much of what I talk about here--anything goes, so be prepared. The most recent entry is first in this blog.
Today is a VERY important day in our history, and one I am privileged to be alive and witness. Today Barak Obama is to be sworn in as our 44th President of the United States of America. He is young, energetic and has high hopes of making a better country for everyone. I pray he will be able to accomplish this. Times are so bad right now in so many aspects that it is nearly an impossible feat. I did not vote for Barak Obama for many reasons, but will support him as our President. I am very upset, however, with this. He is touted as the country's first black President. True as this is, it is only a half truth. He is also half Caucasian but no one, including himself seems to want to acknowledge this. He is pretending to be 100% African American. What is the big deal about also embracing his white heritage?? In case anyone has missed it, being Caucasian is now the new minority race. Personally, I feel we are all people of God and equal, but I do not like the idea that he ignores who he is, and feel he has used it to get himself elected. Time will tell if his polices will help or hinder our lives. I wait and see, and pray he will truly be a good President and work for the people of this great country. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I tried a new soup for lunch. Progresso Chicken and Vegetables--Weight Watchers approved with only 70 calories/serving. Of course if you eat what is in the can like I did, you've eaten TWO servings. LOL It is very good!
What a day this has been. Well, I mentioned "be prepared" so I will tell you about my day so far. I put Tony (our dog) into the car and drove through the slush/icy/snow to get the mail box which is a mile down the road. There was the ol' orange postal note saying we had a package at the post office box which is a 16 mile round trip, so off we went. We also got my sister-in-law's Sears bill. The one she said "oh I changed the mailing address to where I am now" this was three months ago. Ya! right! She lies like a rug. She has since moved again. I had put in a change of address for her last month. (since she had refused to do it, the post office said I could do it for her). Last month went fine--no mail until today. Soooo, either our carrier missed the forward, or she has changed it BACK to our address again. Grrrrrrr. I wrote "return to sender" on it and told my hubby that what to do about her bill, was in his hands as it's his sister. He opted to call her once again and tell her it was here, and when she comes to get it we will make it VERY clear that from today on, any mail sent to our address will be returned---bill or not. It's bad enough that we get all of her creditor calls because she gave out our phone number as hers. We surely don't need the stress, that's for sure. Anyway, before I left for the post office I took my morning pills, three of which are water pills. About half way into town I knew I was in trouble. The water pills were working really fast today. LOL I hurried and quickly picked up the package, then and the dog and I headed for home. I prayed all the way home that I'd make it and not pee my pants. My bladder was about to burst. I was honestly surprised I was able to even get out of the car when we arrived back home. Now mind you, it's quite a walk from the garage to the house, then up 5 steps to get inside. I knew I would not make it as my bladder was giving out and peeing my pants and shoes was immediately evident, so I did the unthinkable, yup, almost 65 yrs old===I took the few steps behind the garage and pulled down my britches. I thought the dam had burst. I peed in the snow ha ha. I NEVER would have made it to the house. The funny part besides the fact that I would normally NEVER do such a thing, was that I looked to my side, and Tony had lifted his leg and was peeing too. All I could do was chuckle. We are indeed a "pack". He had such a confused look on his face too. Like, ok, you're the pack leader--is this what we do next? I may not have made a snow angel like I had planned this year, but I did make yellow snow ha ha I have finally finished the laundry. It took me three days but it's done. I don't usually let it get so far behind, but my week had been hectic to say the least. It is now almost time to begin dinner. I still have Christmas decorations to sort and put away but that will wait another day!
I looked at my wrinkled hands today---I saw my Mother's hands.
Tonight is New Years Eve.
It will be uneventful for us. We gave up partying years ago and now opt for a quiet evening at home with our fur babies. We still have a good foot of snow on the ground, and with Barry being pretty much confined to the house, it's my job to drive through the icy, slushy snow to the mailbox. Today it yielded my first OLD LADY official Medicare card! I cannot believe I will be 65 in 4 short months. Luckily my mind has not caught up with my body in the aging department. Today I brought in boxes to begin un-trimming the trees and household decorations. It will most likely take me a week LOL Of course the fact that I spent 2 hours watching the Kennedy Honor's show I recorded last night doesn't count. Most of my day today has been on the computer, updating my Members Only site. There is still a lot to do there. Time to fix dinner and my fingers are numb so it's time to go. Have a fantastic 2009, May God smile upon you and shower you with wonderful blessings. Buster and
The year is nearly over. Whew! Christmas was great. My son and his wife drove over the mountain to visit. They spent the night. We have a couple feet of snow on the ground, with more on the way. I cooked dinner for 5 as usual. I took a few dinner shortcuts this year. I am glad I did. This is the first year all the preparation of Christmas wore me out. Tonight I feel so exhausted, tired and sore it's ridiculous. Before the kids headed home, my Son brought in our ladder and changed the light bulbs in our hallway. We have 12' ceilings in the family room and hallway. I couldn't reach even with the ladder. LOL Then he used the snow blower on the driveway. Boy was he tired and cold when he finished. It was so nice to have the help. Buster is meowing for me to go to bed, so I'm going to take my pain pill and turn in.
I've been up since 6 am this morning. It's nearly Christmas and there is so much to be done. Barry, my hubby decided to have elective hip replacement surgery on December first, so the first week of this month was driving to the hospital each day, which is an 80 mile round trip. All went well I am pleased to report and he is home and recuperating with the help of a walker. Since he came home I've been very busy caring for him while I try to get ready for Christmas. I'm cooking as usual. My sister-in-law will be here (she doesn't cook, nor can she, but she can be a royal pain in our butts. LOL. My son and his wife are going to try to drive over the Cascades, from Ashland. It's a 150 mile trip one way. I sure hope they can make it. They will stay the night. Our weather has not been so nice...we have about 1-1/2 feet of snow on the ground. It is beautiful, but---- Barry usually drives, so even though I've lived in Oregon since 1985, where I lived before was over the mountain in Ashland, and we had more ice than snow. Not so here in La Pine. I have also learned how to use the snow blower this year. Not easy for my almost 65 yr old fat and falling apart body! Today I started making some "Man" cookies, which is a tradition in Barry's family. They are like Hermits but with cloves, nuts, figs and dates added. They are delicious but you don't want to eat too many as they will keep you farting, and running to the bathroom all day! I got down to adding the last ingredient, the cloves, and discovered that I didn't have enough for the recipe and that I also need cloves for my pumpkin pies tomorrow. So, I donned my Arctic 180 earmuffs from QVC (my favorite place to shop), my winter gloves and scarf, put my no skid cleats on my shoes grabbed my purse and off I went on the 16 mile round trip to the grocery store on the snowy and icy roads. I went an old lady--25--mph all the way and I did manage to get home in one piece. The "Man" cookies did get maid *made (a little wishful thinking there I think LOL)--the recipe makes about 5 dozen so you stand a lot making cookie balls with a small meat ball maker. Tonight we had Pot Pies for dinner. There was no way I was cooking. My muscles are sore, so are my feet. It is now 1:30 am the 24th, so I'm outta here for tonight. Be back soon. Something just came to mind as I made the line divider below. There is an English comedian, Jo Brand, who said on the Graham Norton TV show recently--- "When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple---heck, I drink wine, so when I am an old woman, I shall BE purple! I'll leave you with that ha ha
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"Happy New Year" too!