It's Your Choice

I thought I was fat until I saw the fat sisters on TV. They are a little pudgy. They make us all feel so wonderful because we didn't eat our bacon and get fat too. They enjoyed their life eating all that wonderful fattening food. Now they may not live a long life. 

This old age isn't what it's cracked up to be. The body is almost worn out. Everything aches and hurts and zaps all your energy. 

It's true you're wiser when you get old but it's too late now, you already did all the unwise things such as buying something you couldn't afford and regretting it. I'll add  picture or two just because!

This is a photo of the LeMaster family.

Nancy, Mel, Me, Bud, Dennis, Karen

Cora
 

Whatever

I just got on here to see if it was working better than it was the other day. It is so far.  

I think it must be my old age but I cannot stay awake. Kenny said he has the same problem and he isn't old yet. I remember when I thought 70 was old age. I also remember the time I went to a doctor and was shocked because the doctor was younger than me. Now, if one was older than than me I'd probably pass out. 

It just turned dark and it's 6 PM. I guess that isn't exactly a news flash but I have nothing to write about. 

It's pitch dark outside and I need to close the window blinds. Someone may be out there peeking in at me. You know I'm so beautiful they are probably lining up out there to get a peek. 

Goodnight to all. 

Lockwood Family

Not sure who I stole this one from.

Stop the World and Let Me Off

My  Great grandsons grew a year older. They were born the same day 27 years ago. Now because of one of those Great grandson I have a great great granddaughter. Notice how everything I have is great? Isn't that great that everything I have is great. That must mean I am great or something. 

I don't know anything to write in these blogs anymore and this time I had so much trouble getting to the blog to add a story I was about to give up, but give up is not what I do. 

I did get to spend a little time with the great great granddaughter. She is so adorable. I will include a picture if they haven't changed the format again. 

I got the first Covid vaccine with no bad side affects except some more fatigue which they told me it may happen. I guess I can handle that for one day. 

Now for the picture. 

Tylor and Dylan LeMaster

Aniyah and Great Great Grandma

Winter Works

I woke up in the morning on Mocking Bird Hill. Well, not really, that is the name of a song that is stuck in my head. Burl Ives used to sing it a lot. The sun is out and the snow has almost departed. There are still piles and patches of it. The mask is still required and I wonder if that also cuts down on the common head cold. I suppose if one touches the handle of a shopping cart after someone with a cold touched it you would be doomed so carry a bottle of disinfectant around and squirt it on everything and everybody that comes within six feet of you.

I have no appointments right away. My appointments are always in the medical field. What other kind of appointments would there be anyway. Oh, I guess there are Beauty shops and Barbers. Are barbers still around or are they called hairdressers? Words come and go. You're much obliged is what folks used to say instead of 'thank you'.  

I got out of the house recently, my grandson, Anthony and Nichole, had a Birthday party for Papa Kenny. I think they call him Papa. Anyway, they had BBQ meat that was out of this world delicious. They had lots of good food. I enjoyed it very much. I just ran out of words so I'm outta here!

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More of the Same

If you watch TV the only people that go to the gym for exercise are already fit as a fiddle.  

My neighbor, Polly, got her shot today and ended up in the emergency room at the hospital. She had a reaction to the Covid shot and I think this was her second shot. 

Polly is home today and shoveled my driveway and her sister helped her. Just now more snow has started and will dump another few inches.

I had become rather adjusted to a snowless winter such as we had last year. 

I don't know if it's my vision or what but I am always misplacing some little something and spend a lot of time looking for it. When I finally find it, it's right where I have been looking. Today it was the little gizmo (because I don't what it's called) that sets on the lid of the pressure cooker and it rocks back and forth so you know if you need to turn the burner down a little or up. I do not own one of those quick cookers of this modern age. All you do with those is adjust the dial. This is the Dial age, I'm from the rocker age. The gizmo rocks, you rock in a rocking chair. A hard chair with rockers on the legs. Cushions had never been heard of. I'll never forget that cold toilet hole we had to sit on. 

This era cannot be embarrassed about anything. When women got pregnant they hid under big smocks so nobody would know what she had been doing. The word pregnant was embarrassing so they said PG. The only sex education you got was from your friends, your same sex friends. What they didn't know they surmised. I remember a girl about three years older than me said the woman poops the baby out. Ouch!!!

Oh, to be young again.

 

YouTube

 I love YouTube. It's my favorite form of entertainment. Tonight it was Carol Burnett and her life time. She is five years younger than I am and living in California. She has a sister and three daughters. 

I also watched some Johnathan Winters, another funny one.  

Now our masks are probably not what they should be. I still don't have the Covid shot. I wish our doctors could give them to us. 

A cold temperature is predicted for us here in Yakima. The high will only be in the 20's. It could get down to zero temperature and snow is expected.

 Oh, the weather outside is frightful, the fire is so delightful. Oh, it doesn't show signs of stopping, and I've brought some corn for popping. The lights are turned way down low, Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! When we finally kiss goodnight, How I'll hate going out in the snow! But, if you really hold me tight all the way home I'll be warm.

This is Minnie my baby, I lost her several years ago. Now I have Sassy the cat and she won't go outside.

Now I have that song stuck in my brain. 

Appointments

An appointment is my social life. I love it when there is nothing on my calendar. I recently had two appointments that I had been dreading and when they were over I thought I could relax for awhile and then I get a letter in the mail that they set me up for a bone scan on the 16th. They didn't call me to see if it was okay with me. Aren't they special!

I get those bone scans and never hear a word from them. Maybe they decorate their walls with them. 

Oh, yes I know they send it to my doctor and I never hear from him. Maybe the bones are okay but they could let me know. 

Now I keep hearing how difficult it is to get the Covid shot, but Polly, my neighbor said she went to Memorial hospital and got the first shot. She said her and her sister just went to the basement and got it. I think she is getting another one Thursday because she asked my son it he could come over and get her mail while she is getting the shot. ???

Brand New Day

 I found this on Facebook and thought it was funny so decided to share it. Number 18 fits me. When I lived in a level state by the name of Oklahoma I knew directions without even thinking about it and now in the mountain country of Washington I hate when someone says it's on the west side of something, you may as well say it's in New York; I couldn't find it if I had a GPS simulator attached to my nose.

Days Turn Into Eons

 It's 56 degrees and windy. Does anyone care? In 1950 it was freezing cold when I went to the hospital to push out a baby. He was squalling and making his entrance known to everyone in hearing distance. He is 71 years old today. A few days later  we went home and the weather was thawing and warm and wonderful. We lived in a tiny little house but we were happy.

This was my only friend, Lorraine Mathis.

We remained lifelong friends but her life ended several years ago and I'm still kicking.  I had just moved here in Washington from Oklahoma so I had no friends yet. It's been 75 years now. I'm ready to bail out of this Lifeboat but I guess God has other plans for me. 

We moved out of this cracker box when the husband was called back into the USAF because of the Korean war. I moved into an apartment house and waited for the war to end. He finally served his time and came home. We moved into a bigger house with two bedrooms and our family grew a little so we found this house and spent many years there.

I'm just killing time. 

Nothing new around here.

Stay out of trouble and don't forget to wear your mask.

Over The Hill

 It's a great day when your Great Granddaughter age six brings you a gift. It's Play-Doh, just what I always needed. Now I'll have something to do with all this time I have on my hands. Her name is Hailey and she is a sweetheart and always busy doing something. Her 11 year old sister is a hairdresser. 

Both girls have long black hair and Chloe the 11 year old knows how to put their hair in a ponytail. I couldn't believe my eyes but she knew what she was doing and I wish I would have taken a picture but I didn't even think about it. 

They both take aerobics and someone came to take them to their classes. 

The sandman came to tell me to go to bed. I am yawning and wishing it was bedtime. I just now noticed the clock says 11 PM so it's to bed for me. 

Goodnight All!

Here I am playing the witch with my

granddaughters and my Sister-in-law

Marge Engel, she was married to my husband's brother and was widowed when she met Lloyd Engel. They were married and then my daughter and his grandson met and wed and they had kids and what a tangled web we weave when we practice to conceive. It probably didn't take much practice.