But I Need A Haircut

But I need a haircut!!! and my beauty Shop is out in the country and Chris does not drive on icy streets, but I need a haircut! I crochet Beanie and stocking caps, but I look like a dork in one of those. When I was a teenager we wore Bandanas. When your hair was a mess you could hide it with a bandana. Now the bandanas are smaller and very popular. I don't Google things, I Amazon them. That is how I found out how popular bandanas are. 

Facebook can't leave its site alone. I hate the way it is now. And they don't even care what I think. 

The local news is telling us to expect 12 degrees tonight.

I remember when it was 25 below zero in 1947.

Jolly Merry Newyear

It's a quiet day on the home front until you turn the TV on; every wild thing you can envision is going on somewhere. We seem to have our share of it. A boy received shots in the legs from a Gang rival. Homeless people are welcome at the Senior Center, but they are not open overnight. What are those poor people going to do? They could set some bonfires and hope the authorities won't notice.

I guess they can't do that either, what will they use for fuel?

Now a Christmas tree caught fire. I have been around for a long time and I have never heard of a Christmas tree catching fire. I know those trees are collected away too early and are dried out.

I have a new Great-Great-Grandson I hope to see before long. I'm sure they are not in any hurry to bring him out in the cold weather. 

I have a blue blanket I made for him. It doesn't take me forever to crochet something when I set my mind on it. My hands have to be busy. I am either crocheting something or writing something or trying to draw something. I set my plants in front of this window and they like it much better. They are growing like weeds. 

Does anyone know what this plant is called?

I found something that said Chinese Evergreen but that doesn't seem right.

Another Day

Another short day. I think in the next week or so our days are going to start getting longer. I never gave it a second thought when I had normal vision. The worse my vision gets the darker it seems. I keep all the lamps in the room on until I go to bed. I'm constantly knocking something over or tripping over it. I'm learning some new dance steps.

Thank Goodness, I have a good neighbor, she brings my mail in for me and puts my garbage can on the street when it's time, and even takes care of the Cat's litter box. She has a cat and also has one of those extra expensive litter boxes that take care of the litter without changing the litter so often. I looked online to see how expensive they are. They are out of my budget by a country mile.

I think I would have claustrophobe on one of those Plane rides. They are jammed in there like sardines. No wonder they have so many oddball things happen on planes. 

Well, as you have probably guessed by now, I have nothing to write about so I will stop wasting ink and get off of here. 

My Great Grands Joshua and Natalia

Older

Carolyn Crupi

Something To Do

Once upon a time, I tried to learn how to draw things. I don't know why part of the picture seems to be missing. Well, I gave up that pastime. 

 I took up crocheting. I learned how when I was a teenager. Back then the only crocheting I knew of was done with thread, not sewing thread, I don't remember how many ply's it was but I made a few fancy doilies with it. I had never seen any yarn. The years went by and I found yarn. I also taught myself how to knit. It was before YouTube so I bought a book of instructions. I didn't teach myself, the book taught me how. Now, I'm burned out on both so I am at a loss as to what can I do. 

I am not a fan of watching TV. I watch Dr. Phil and the news and that's about it. Today I found The Big Band Era and that was nice to watch. I enjoy Facebook. I drop an opinion on there every now and then.

Well, TaTa and Merry Christmas. 

I love this picture of Cora and Chloe

I think Chloe is now 13.

Blame it on the Pandemic

It is a cold December morning and I have risen before the sun. I have no earth-shattering news. The Pandemic is still with us and now the news reports it may be the cause of so much unrest and violence. 

If everyone would just turn off the TV it would solve the problems of the world. 

I sit in the same chair in the same corner and if you don't irritate me I won't irritate you. 

I started this yesterday but the days are so short I didn't have time to finish it. Now it's already dark again at 4 PM. 

I don't do much cooking these days, I let Amy do the cooking. Amy as in frozen TV dinners. She is the best, even her Pizza's are wonderful and I am not a big Pizza fan. 

I had to give up driving a few years ago because of my vision and I miss it more than anything. I even had a dream recently that I was driving again and I was so happy. I parked the car to go into a store and when I came out I couldn't remember where I parked and was in a panic trying to find my car. I walked and ran all over that town looking for it. It was a nightmare. No wonder I am so tired all the time. 

Merry Christmas.

and don't forget your mask!

The Cows

The Day the cows didn't come home was just another day on the farm or so we thought. It had been raining most of the day and the roads were muddy and the creek was rising. The cows had always just walked across the creek to the greener meadow and had their normal grass chewing day. This day when they decided to return to the the barnyard pasture the creek was overflowing. Hark! what shall we do said one cow to the other cow. "Well, you figure it out, I'm on milk overload and can't think very well". 

I think we can wait for the man in the straw hat to solve the problem and that goes for me too.

Mystery

Chris is my DIL if they'd get married. We find things to do so we drive around a lot and if we see a yard sale, we bailout and hope the car stops rolling. Yesterday I found this Picture and it was love at first sight so I shelled out $10.00 and I had to take a few other things with it that I didn't really want, but what I don't want will fit in the garbage can. They were just trying to get rid of their stuff. I have a watch that knows everything. it's connected to my phone and I took a picture of the house with the flowers and the phone begins to tell me everything about the picture. It is on Ebay for $45.00 and is a 1984 vintage. I gather that it used to hang in one of the better wine shops that only sell the high-priced wine. Now, for the mystery, what is that thing at the bottom left side of the picture that looks like a candle? It absolutely is not in the picture, I even looked at it with a magnifying glass. Not there. I don't even have a white candle in my house or anything that looks like that.

So when you get it figured out just let me know. 

My daughter figured it out. It is the reflection of the top corner of a lamp that sets on an end table.

Bored

Chris and I decided to go out for lunch. We had a couple other errands to take care of so we were driving all over the place. Something so simple as driving around old familiar places is fun.  We stopped at a yard sale and I bought a picture to hang on the wall. We ate lunch at Red Robin. A very good place to eat. I had Fish and Chips and they were excellent. We both wanted onion rings and they were out of them. That was disappointing. We went to the Bread store as we call it, and bought Raisin bread which we both love.

This is AnthonyAKA AJ. This was taken a long time ago. He was always called AJ until he started school and the teacher called him Anthony. He told me he was happy that he had a name like everyone else, so think carefully when you start calling your cute baby some odd name. My husband was always called Bud and he had a very nice name, Kenneth. So I named my first boy, Kenneth. He ended up being called Kenny by most people, but at least it's his real name, and don't call them by their middle name.  I was called by my middle name and it's always been a problem. 

Anthony still has a motorcycle. I don't know if he still has this one or not.

 

Goodbye

The Birds Have it

A long time ago my husband and I went to the annual Carnival that was part of the Fall Fair. We came upon the game of winning a parakeet. He decided he would give it a try and Bingo! he won a parakeet. We bought a cage for it and enjoyed it. I think we named him Pete. They are messy and require a lot of time keeping the cage clean. We had it for a year or so until we took a trip to visit my family. We had friends that took the parakeet to care for while we were gone. The Parakeet died while we were gone. I am not sure why or don't remember but we had the cage and one day I saw a little grey bird in the back yard fluttering around and it couldn't get off the ground so I picked it up and I don't know if his wing was broken or what so I put it in the cage and nursed it back to health. It finally got better so I took it outside and put it on the ground. It tried so hard to fly but just couldn't do anything but flutter around. Finally one day when I sat it on the ground it went flying off into the wild blue yonder. The bird was happy and I was happy and I hope he found some friends or his family.

I think it looked like this one, but I don't remember those big feet.

Happy Thanksgiving

It's a beautiful day here. The sun is shining and showing how dirty the window is. I'm thankful for Windex, now if only I had a house cleaner that would show up now and then. I would do it myself, but I do well to get out of my chair and take a few steps. Old age is a bummer. 

I have nowhere to go and nothing to do when I get there. 

It's Thanksgiving day, my daughter's birthday. It was the day after Thanksgiving when she was born.

Kenny and Chris will be bringing a nice dinner over here for us. I am really looking forward to that.  They should be here within the hour. 

Have a great Thanksgiving !!!

Just some random pictures.

This is my Mom years ago.

This is five of my six granddaughters.

The whole gang

Old Stuff

Life can be scary when you're a little kid. Think of your own life as a child. Can't you remember some scary moments? When I was 8 years old we had moved to Colorado from Okla. It was a new school and I didn't know anyone. Someone must have taken me to the room I belonged in and I sat down at one of the desk when a kid came along and told me to get out of their desk. A teacher found me a desk to sit in. I was doing okay until there was some kind of event going on in another town. Busses were lined up and a teacher said for us to go get on our bus. This is the way I remember it. I didn't know which bus I was supposed to get on and instead of asking someone I just climbed on one.  I'm sitting there when a little boy saw me and told me he thought I was on the wrong bus so he told the bus driver. The bus driver took me to the right bus and all ended well. Why wasn't a teacher making sure we got on the right bus? I remember thinking about it later and wondering where I would have ended up.

One time at this same school I was walking home from

 school which was only a few blocks but it was a busy street and I was freezing cold. Girls wore dresses in that day and I probably had on long stockings but I was still freezing when a car stopped and asked me if I wanted a ride, I almost jumped in that car to get out of the cold. Then I realized I was in a car with a stranger and I had been told about such things and was scared out of my wits. I started telling him where I lived and was so scared but he pulled over and let me off. I never forgot it. I don't think I ever got in a car with a stranger again. The next time I had a really scary experience was when I was very young adult working in a Coffee Shop. I had to park a block away in a dark area and I was on the evening shift. So I had to go to my car in this dark area and one night just as I got to the car I realized some one was almost on my heels. I jumped in the car as he ran for the passenger side I locked the door and reached over to make sure the other door was locked when he was right there. I got out of there and quit the darn job. I had a 3 year old and tried to take care of him and couldn't get any sleep. My husband was working so we got by without the extra income.

Nothing new ever happens these days so I have to dig up something out of my past.

The Weekend Is Half Over

 The Weekend is half over and so am I. I am at least half over and maybe more over than that. Sassy is my guard dog. She is perched on the back of the chair that is near the front door. Speaking of her, today we heard a noise come from the guest bedroom. It scared me and when I saw Sassy with her ears laid back and staring at the doorway I went into high alert. In all the years I've lived here I have never had a mouse or any such creature as far as I know. We didn't hear any more noise so we are back to normal. Well, normal for us anyway.

Winter is here and so far no snow. At least not in my yard. 

I have no news so guess it's time to turn this off and run a scan on the TV to see what I can find.   

This was taken in 1950.I am holding my newborn, Kenny, Sister-in-law, Florence, and Alice LeMaster. Her name is Tobey now. 

Happier Times

Once upon a long time ago, it was November and we were out for a drive. It was just something to do to pass the time away. I was about nine months pregnant and we drove by the new hospital that was being built. The five-year-old in the back seat said, "Oh, it's a girl and she will be born the day after turkey day". We were hoping for a girl, we already had two boys. Well, the night after Turkey day my husband woke me up to ask if I was having pain. I said I wasn't having any pain when a pain hit me. I was having labor pain in my sleep. Now I could feel the pain. He thought we should head for the hospital and I thought we can wait awhile when another pain hit. We had to take the boys over to the grandparents as we had to notify them and deliver the boys. So we got a move on and took care of the details and I delivered a girl on the day after turkey day.

This was before they could know what sex the baby was until you gave birth. Now, I am giving her age away. Her birthday falls on Thanksgiving day this year.

Happy Birthday, Karen Girl.  The Karen Girl comes from a show that was popular at the time. I can't even remember the name of it but it had a John Boy in it. I still call her Karen Girl at times. I think she was born in the new hospital but I'm not sure. Yakima Valley Memorial hospital and I don't care how many times they change the name of it, I still call it Yakima Memorial.

Lorrene and Karen

The Olden Daze

It isn't fathers day but I was just thinking of something my Dad did that was so wonderful. We lived in the country in Okla. and one day my Dad saw trucks unloading power poles along the road so he asked them what was going on and they told him we were going to have electricity. We had lived in Colorado for a few years and one of the jobs he had was working for the power company and he had learned to wire a house for electricity so he went shopping and found what he needed and wired our house. He got the necessary permit and had it inspected and we soo had electricity, We had plug-ins and light switches but nothing to plug into the plug-in. That soon changed, Kelvinator refrigeration co was soon in the neighborhood selling them on the installment plan and we bought one and it lasted for years and years.

Sorry about the mess above but I am going to bed so you'll just have to put up with it. I tried to copy and paste and this is what happened. Ain't life fun?

Sing A Song

Everything becomes outdated including me. These hearing aids are so much fun. Today I heard the dish washer running, but I had  not turned it on. Oh, I guess it's the Fridge. 

It's not all bad, today when I was in the bathroom I heard water running and discovered I had not turned the water completely off when I took my shower. It probably saved me a few pennies. 

That reminds me of when we took those Saturday night baths in the galvanized tub in the middle of the kitchen. We went to church on Sunday so we had to be clean for that. Then my Mom put my hair up in rags yes, I mean rags. It took a strip of cloth and she wound a section of hair around the rag and I have no clue how the rest of it went, but I had curls the next morning. Lots of people used the method in those days. 

I can't watch movies anymore. My brain can't move fast enough to keep up with what is going on. 

I thought it was my hearing, but my aids are working fine.

I hate this changing the clocks. I never look at the clock without thinking but it's really --0'clock.

And I'll bet you do it too. 

I'm listening to my country music. The words to the songs can be interesting. Here are some I just heard. 

"I've been saving cuss words under my tongue". 

Willie Nelson is singing it. 

Well. it's 7:30 but it's really 8:30 so I guess I'll sign off. Happy New Year or whatever it is. 

Clouds

The morning clouds moved in and decided we didn't need another soaking so they moved on out to drier territory. Don't we wish clouds had brains but all they have is water. One time I was a kid  (I need to interrupt this sentence to tell you my Dad did not call his kids, kids because he said kids are goats) we woke up to downpouring water that was coming out of the leaky clouds. It rained and rained until the nearby creeks were overflowing including the bridges. I asked my Mommy if I could go wade in the creek and she told me if I would wait a few minutes I could go wade in the yard. I found out as an adult that they were very worried about the flood as they called it. Now, we live in an era when the rain will not stop until it destroys everything for miles around. 

I have new hearing aids. They take some getting used to. My own voice was driving me nuts. I had a follow up appointment today and he made adjustments so they are much better.

Kenny put an app on them and I can listen to my goat roping music. The music plays right in my ear. 

Chris and I finally have an appointment for hair cuts. I wear the mask and save on make-up. But how can I hide my hair. It seems that most women just wear their hair long and semi straight. Then they can put it in a ponytail. I grew up before the ponytail was heard of and that would have been perfect to my super straight hair. 

I've rambled long enough. I will listen to the news. CBS for me. 

Sunshine

It's a beautiful sunshiny Saturday morning in the Yakima valley. I'm sitting in my corner listening to my Goat roping music as Chris calls it. Some country is a little gaggy, that is a new adjective I made up. Well, maybe not, spellcheck thinks it's okay. I will admit you can not sleep with Goat Roping music. It keeps you awake. Sometimes you almost jump out of your chair. BUT I like it!!! I need exercise and that is about as close as I'm going to get.

I have about given up my Hooker career. That is what crocheters are known as. I have crocheted so many little dodads that they are coming out of my ears. No, wait that is my new hearing aids in my ears. They will get better as they get used to me or I get used to them. They need to be turned down a few notches, I hear every little squeak that happens down the street. I am afraid of the dark and at night I constantly hear noises just outside the door. Scares the peewadden out of me. Spell check thinks peewadden should be Pete Wadden. He probably wouldn't like it either. 

I have nothing on my agenda today unless Chris can get us an appt for haircuts. The last appt had to be canceled. 

Sassy, the cat gets under my elbow as I am trying to type. She is stronger than I am. I try to pick her up and sit her on the floor and she digs into the chair and I don't want my chair ruined so I leave her alone.

Stop the World and let me off

What else can go wrong! My laptop and the internet are my lifeline. My Laptop computer decided it wasn't speaking to the Internet anymore, No amount of coaxing on my part had any effect on it. I called a number and there was an outage in this area so I forgot about it until the outage was restored and my Laptop was still not speaking to the internet so I had to wait.

To make a boring story a little more boring I'll jump ahead to a day later when Kenny could come over and hopefully he could decide what was wrong. We thought the router was probably the problem and it was. Spectrum took care of it and now I am online. 

 

Winter Blahs

Getting a little chilly, time to put the Chili pot on. Not really. but I would like some good homemade chili. I think I have the makings for it. I have the ground beef and a can of pinto beans, I would have to find a recipe. But first I need to cook that pork chop I thawed out for today but didn't eat.

This is why I don't write much anymore. I have nothing to talk about. Chris and I made some plans we are getting our hair cut so I have that to look forward to. Yipee!! how exciting. After we get our locks cut off we will find a place to eat. No, we already decided on that. Chris has been in Nashville and just got back. She probably cut one of those country music albums. I think she calls country music, Goat chewing music. 

I decided to get some hearing aids which will break the bank. It takes awhile. I've waited this long so I guess I can wait awhile longer. 

I told the man I am 93 years old so if I depart before they are ready could he forward them to Heaven. I think he thought I was serious because he said if that happened the family would be reimbursed for the cost. SO REMEMBER THAT, FAMILY.

Well, I killed a little time so I think I will scan the TV.  

Aniyah my great-great-granddaughter.

I don't know who that old lady is.

GoogleNoodle

Before Google, we had the party line. When you decided to have phone service you could get a much better rate if you accepted a party line, meaning you would share the line with two or three other families. If they weren't using the phone you could use it. If you were the curious type you could listen to their conversation and if they were nosey they would snoop in on your conversation. You could learn very valuable information such as what they were having for dinner that night and interesting things like that. This was before blocks, you couldn't block anything. It was what it was and it wasn't forbidden! So everyone used their lily-white language just in case. A block was something the kids left on the floor and you stepped on later in the night on your way to the bathroom. Nothing was blocked. 

Nothing new from this side of town so I think I'll shut this down for the night. 

See ya later sweet potater!  We also had a different vocabulary, we made it up as we went along. 

TaTa 

Passwords

I wish someone would come up with a way to end passwords. Or if the same password would work with everything. Or they could use your fingerprint or picture. Maybe soon it will change. 

For entertainment I watch the fat people. I feel sorry for them because I know it could be me. Some folks don't care what others think but I'm not one of them. It's called pride. I care what others think of me. I sound like I am a skinny Minnie but I don't even come close to that. When I worked in the public I cared how I looked and worked on it. Now I am old and then some so I know my days are numbered and I may as well enjoy what time I have left. That includes eating. 

Now prices are going up temporarily. Isn't that a laugh! When do prices ever come down? 

They must pay a lot to get people to do the reality shows. How would you like a camera man following you around all day with a camera? Not my cup of tea. 

I always liked, Big World Little People. I don't know if it's still on or not. I never remember to look for it.

Hey, that's something I could do now. 

Have a nice day.

            

I can't even do this anymore.

Challenge

I no longer love a challenge. I can't remember anything long enough for it to be a challenge. I have to look at the phone to see what day it is and not just once a day. Why do I care what day it is? The sun came up and the sun will go down. 

Chris and I were out and about the other day. Wear the mask. I noticed some do and some don't and some won't and some are without because they forgot it. I forget to put it on. I got a pedicure because I cannot see well enough to trim toenails. Everyone had on a mask in that place.

Mel and Nancy came over today and we chatted awhile. We didn't have on our masks.  Mel always seems to be in a happy mood. It's his personality, he has always been a cheerful type of person. Maybe those that live and work with him have a different slant on it. 

Natalia and Daddy

I have later pictures of them but this will have to do. She is four years old now.

I have lots of Grands and Great Grands, This is just a sample.

Logic

You never see a silver dollar anymore. Well, maybe you do but I don't. That may be because I never go shopping.  I excel in logic. For instance, if you don't want to get Covid get the vaccine. Or it might cause you to grow two heads. Well, maybe you need another one.  

I no longer have any friends, they all went to the great beyond. How do we know it's so great? No one ever returned so it must be great. 

I'm at an age when you buy groceries, buy the smaller size, you may not be here next week. When the Dr wants to see you in a year. Wow! Dr thinks I'm in great health.

I am required to file an annual report to the secretary of State regarding this so-called Condo I am buying. It was due in June and I failed to file it. Now it is so far past due I have to pay $35 late fees. Or write them a letter explaining why I am so late with the payment. 

It's because I'm 93 and I forgot. 

It's past my bedtime, I forgot to go to bed. 

                                              

                                        The End

            

Happy Pumpkin Day

Sleep or not to Sleep

I can't watch the TV, it puts me to sleep. I don't want to go to sleep this early so I force myself to stay awake. Wow! I stayed awake until ten PM. So off to bed I go. I adjust my pillow just right and make sure I can reach the extra blanket just in case. Snug as a bug in a rug, and now I lay myself down to sleep I pray the doors are locked and the sheep don't bleat. I don't like the bleating sheep disturbing my sleep.

The brain flies open and all the things I don't want to think about come right in. I open my eye and peek at the clock every few seconds. I need to flip the pillow over because I like a cold pillow. Can you buy cold pillows? I'll have to google that. 

I need to stop looking at that clock so I turn over so I can't see it. My imaginary friend keeps telling me I need to go potty again, It's time to flip the pillow over again. It's time to amputate the imaginary friend. 

 It is ten o'clock so goodnight to all!

Less than Nothing

In case there are folks out there that have not noticed yet the world is turning into a loony bin. I dialed a big business out of the area and found the phone number on their website. It was a long 1-800-800- etc number. A voice answered the phone with a simple hello and I thought that was odd but I proceeded to tell him what I had called about when the voice said, "Mom, this is your son, Mel, I'm at the car wash".

Not sure why I didn't recognize his voice. 

The evening news opens with the latest shooting. A girl was shot Saturday in the chest and the bullet found an area that caused no problem she has been released from the hospital. Now girls are involved in gang fights. 

  

What is all this smoke doing to our lungs? 

I turned the A/C on because I thought the cleaning lady was coming. She called and will come in the morning. I forgot about it until I started shivering so time to turn it off. 

Well goodbye...

Killing Time

Karen Lemaster Engel
She wasn't an Engel yet.

Another day, nothing new. Bad news is all we hear these days.

I am glad I was born when I was, but I sure would hate to live it over. There are so many crazy things going on now, wear a mask in public or risk getting the deadly flu. 

I just started this post to pass some time away. Well, I see it is almost my time to call it a day. 

Goodnight all.

Granddaughters

Bob bobbed the bushes

Belly Acher

Blue skies and no masks would be wonderful. 

 Gloom, doom, and covid belong in the same sentence.  

Will things return to normal? Only time will tell.

Now it's normal to find things out of stock. 

Starbucks Frappuccino coffee drinks are difficult to find in this town, Yakima, WA. so I decided I would order a case of them through Amazon. Well, guess what, they don't cover this area. What's wrong with this area? When shopping you find many shelves bare such as cat food. I'm unable to go shopping but my shopper helper tells me about it. 

I can give up the Coffee habit. I gave up smoking once upon a time so I can give up this habit and lose some weight and save money (whatever that is).

Little disappointments are daily events such as no Newspaper this morning. We will get the paper later today the message said. They are having a production problem, they had a production problem a week or so ago. I expect Newspapers will soon be a thing in our past. With the internet, we can find all the news we need.

A hundred years ago

Same Sappy Stuff

Now that I am elderly, old, over the hill, I am half blind, memory deficient, and can't remember who, when, how, what, or where.

Wear a mask and that requires memory to remember the mask. I still remember what a mask is so there is hope for me. 

Hmm, I watch Dr. Phil and I learn things from him. One thing I thought I had learned but I need another lesson. He said we believe what we tell ourselves. 

No more criticism. 

I watch the folks on TV trying to teach us something and some are about as bright as a 40-watt light bulb. 

 

Shelly gave me the adorable

LLama's

The Name of the Game is the Same

I had a birthday, it started in 1928 and they still show up every year on the 24th of August. Life moves on and the world gets wilder and wilder. It's the wild wild west again. I really don't think it's any wilder here than any other place.

I am the tree and my kids and grandkids are the nuts. I guess that makes me the biggest nut of all.  I forgot to take a picture of the cake. I got two birthday cakes when you get this old you deserve two. 

I drew this years ago when I thought I was old. 

Time Waits for No One

One fine June day in 1946 I arrived in Yakima, Wa from Stillwater, Okla.                              I looked like this.

I was standing in front of an apple tree or it could have been a Cherry tree. I was 17 and just married. Back in that era women and girls wore dresses. Even in the cold winter, we had to wear those dresses to school. We could wear long stockings but not pants. You had to wear a harness, like a horse, to fasten those stockings to.

I guess it didn't hurt me, I'm still here. I wish the picture was in better condition.

When I was a child we lived on a farm in the country but moved to town when I started to highschool. I didn't know a soul and was not a happy camper. I didn't even try to make friends. I guess I thought they would come to me. Tell your kids it doesn't work that way. If you want a friend, you make the move. I finally managed to make one friend, we remained friends and kept in touch by mail until she went to the great beyond a few years ago. I always found someone to be a close friend with. 

Now, I'm past my prime and do nothing but waste time. 

It's beginning to get dark a little earlier. I hate the short days but maybe the smoke will take a hike for a while anyway. 

Goodbye until we meet again.

I guess I should add that I started out in Oklahoma and am now in Washington state for those that might care. 

I Heard Your Voice

I'm sure everyone has someone that death stole from them. 

Nothing Much

Karen's Sunflower

We come into this world about the same as when we go out of it. Not much hair, no teeth, no smiles, sleep all day, stay awake all night. 

I have very little to write about in this blog these days. 

I'm going to bed now. It's 10 P.M. and my bedtime. 

I shall add a little story I took from Facebook.

A woman was flying from Seattle to San Francisco. Unexpectedly, the plane was diverted to Sacramento along the way. The flight attendant explained that there would be a delay, and if the passengers wanted to get off the aircraft the plane would re-board in 50 minutes.

Everybody got off the plane except one lady who was blind. The man had noticed her as he walked by and could tell the lady was blind because her Seeing Eye dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of her throughout the entire flight.

He could also tell she had flown this very flight before because the pilot approached her, and calling her by name, said, 'Kathy, we are in Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your legs?' The blind lady replied, 'No thanks, but maybe Buddy would like to stretch his legs."

Picture this:

All the people in the gate area came to a complete standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with a Seeing Eye dog! The pilot was even wearing sunglasses. People scattered. They not only tried to change planes, but they were trying to change airlines!

True story... Have a great day and remember...

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS THEY APPEAR.

A day without laughter is a day wasted!

Life on the Globe

Just another day on the globe. My son is making a grocery run for me. I am still counting flowers on the wall. Sassy, the brat cat, is sitting on the arm of my chair making cat sounds. She is trying so hard to send me a message that she wants some cat treats. I am ignoring her because she needs to go to cat-treat therapy. It's a habit she needs to quit cold turkey and not look back. If I had a dog she/it would be looking out the window for something to bark at. They want their voices heard. They also need a poop scooper to scoop their poop. I'm not signing up for that job. Now wouldn't that be prestigious employment to enter on an important document? An official poop scooper.

I had the vaccine and wish everyone else had it as well. I understand others are refusing to get it because it means the government is trying to take control and take over our minds and they don't want another Hitler. Or they don't believe it's been tested enough yet.

I understand if you get it you might die, ready or not. and if you don't die you still suffer a lot. I'm old but I am still in no hurry to leave this planet.

As you were.

To Seal or Un-Seal

Today Chris and I went to the Beauty Shop to get beautified, but it didn't work very well. We still look about the same. She had highlights and a cut and I had a cut. Then we went to Walmart because I wanted to buy a utility knife because I misplaced the one I had. 

So I bought the utility knife to open things with. It is almost impossible to open some of the packages these days. 

I needed a buzz saw to open the cardboard plastic the knife was enclosed in. Chris was here and finally was able to get it off of the cardboard it was on. It says the blade is retractable but we couldn't get it to retract at all. So it has to have the sharp blade exposed all the time. It says it's retractable so that means we need lessons on how to do it.

We found a Pepsi Cola sale and bought some and OJ and a few other things and went to our favorite Mexican food restaurant and had a wonderful meal and came home.

Wasn't that exciting!!!

Ways to beat the Haze

Ways to beat the haze, go back to bed, and sleep it off. Oops! it's still there. I think it's here for the long haul.

What could we gripe about if no haze? Politics? It's not politics it's lunatics and I'm not getting into that, I'm not going to ruin my day.

Don't be mean, get the Vaccine. 

Wear a mask and show some class.

Stay at home and do everyone a favor. Hey! everyone, I'm getting out of my house tomorrow and getting a haircut. Now, that is exciting. As you were, life goes on.

This is my mother on the left and her 

sisters and their Mom on the right.

They also had three brothers,

Many many years ago.

What's Next

Why is it such a big deal to live to such a ripe old age? Another year, another pain, nothing to gain, that I have found yet.

No, I don't really want to die because I would miss everyone. But think of all those we loved that have moved on that might make up for it. If you don't mind I would like to wait a few more years to find out. Let them wait! We don't want to wait too long because it looks like everything is going to burn up someday.

Are we going to get vaccinated? Are we going to wear a mask? 

I think everyone has a right to their views except in this case. Get vaccinated and wear a mask!

It is still 97 degrees here and it's 5:30 PM.

When there is nothing on TV except Basketball and no place to go or any wheels to take me there I may as well hibernate like the bear does.

Crazy World.

I've been here for a good long time and it has never been this crazy before. Oh well, they always find a way to fix things. Just wait for the fix. 

I just sit here and wait for the time to go by. If I had a car it would be a lot more fun, but think of the money I save! No insurance, gas, oil, mechanic expense. It might not be so bad if I was able to walk somewhere, but I can't even walk to my mailbox on the street anymore. I have a very kind neighbor that brings my mail to me and takes my garbage can to the street on the pick-up day.

The eyesight is bad and eliminates a lot of what I would like to do. As far as I know, I am in good health and may live another 8 years, which will put me at 100.

My memory is bad and I may have written all this last week but if I did, too bad. You already read it again. It's time to shut up.

See ya later!!!

Stop The Clock

Stop the clock and let me off. I'm tired of going round and round. With every tick-tock, we grow a little older. When we get so old or the body fails us we stop ticking.

We never know when we'll stop ticking for sure.  Doctor's can make a pretty close prediction at times, but it's still a guessing game. 

Karen and Dennis came over this weekend from Tacoma to visit. They had a brand new car, it's a Honda and the prettiest blue color and has all the bells and whistles. It's a smart car, if it is about to run into something it will stop in its tracks. You can start your car from inside your house and the car stays locked. it has a screen that shows everything behind you and even shows the blind spot. It does all kinds of things. The first car I remember had a crank hole in the front and you had to start the motor with the crank. It didn't have turn signals, you used your arm for that. 

We went to a fruit stand and found really good tomatoes and cantaloupes. They got Cherries and Peaches and Apricots, I haven't tried my cantaloupe yet.