Stolen From "The Library"

Good Morning! I sure wish that my lurkers would leave a footprint on my pages, maybe even on my heart...

I received a comment from Miss Glenda who simply stated that since she has been on the 360 that she hasn't even taken the time to scrub her toidy! 

*Stomp*   *Stomp*   *Stomp* as I ran to check my own...  

...Whew!; mine was OK; ...and there were NO spiders at all!  Yes this is an actual unretouched photo!   (The one in the house was clean too)!!!  *wink*  Thanks for the reminder Miss Glenda!

(OK, everybody remembers the urban legend about some poor chick sitting on a toilet at ____  (fill in the blank), and got bit by some narfy arachnid and died)...  Too bad, so sad... it was not true anyway!  Check that link and those stories out!!!

I never really worried about the spiders as much as I did when there used to be the old outhouse type of johns at the rest stops on the highways- You would go in there and it smelled like something dead?    Confession being good for the soul,  my own greatest fear was that BATS would come flying out just as I sat down...   (Stop your darned hysterical laughing now)-    It doesn't 'end' there...    I would never use one of those if it was close to dusk or dawn.  (Don't know if I even would to this day)?!? Hmmm- No, I just don't think so... (I can't do it, Cap'n, I just can't DO it)!

And speaking of leaking...      ...Well, wasn't I????...

Lots of you have asked for my recipe for the leek soup- It takes a whole six months or longer to make you know, and yes, I will probably send it on (if you really want it), in a message to you... Let me know!

Another asked where my little Punkie was, since she was NOT included in any pictures?  She was trying diligently to save us all from the coyotes of course- (and once I had realized THAT, my camera was the very last thing on my mind)...   

Steve wrote that coyotes were attacking dogs down in his neck of Wisconsin... (That is too close for comfort, even if it is 75 miles or so)...  But then again, Miss Milly is kenneled at night, and Miss Punk is on the inside most of the time-  So they should be OK-  (In the event that they wouldn't be, please remember my ability to use my guns)!    I promise that Annie Oakley WILL strike again, if ever that is the case.  Gee, does anyone any have coyote recipes then???    just kidding...

One of my neighbors works for the DNR- and should this become an nightly occurance, or manifest itself in any other dangerous or nasty way, they will be removed post haste.

I love all of your comments you know- and cannot possibly pay tribute to them all; but OKA made me laugh 0ut loud at her reference to when she was in her wheelchair (and keeping her humor in check) quickly quoted Teri Garr and asked, "Does this wheelchair make my butt look fat?"  (THIS is the kind of attitude and sense of humor we all need more of)!  A blessing to hear from those of you that shared your own stories too- I will not betray any confidences either- if you have written  a message to me, never worry you will not be "quoted" on my blog.  (Guess that one simply must fall under "do unto others")...   You have become an integral part of my life just by checking in and being there for me!   But I sure wish the lurkers would show themselves too.   (And Stasha, if you keep doing your danged "happy snow dance",  you will be back to being a lurker here)! 

Gotcha!

 

A dear friend of mine has a houseboat for sale...  I will happily move in with anyone that buys this!  AGAIN, I was just kidding;  (you guys scare me)!  But DO take the time to check this listing from eBay out! 

She said she sure got a lot of crazy, weird, (stupid) questions too.  People are like that sometimes, (but hey, stupid or not, if they got the ca$h for it, then I say "MOOOOVE OVER, intelligence" )!

And then there's the ebayer who is trying to $ell 7  "stupid insulators" - A funny posting!

'Butt' now, back to the topic of the day...

Zoe had called me the other day whilst I was upon my throne- She asked what I was doing?    DOING????

????...

I told her I was reading Edgar Allan Poe.  

The sassy girl found my answer, (which was simply and innocently stated), to be extremely hysterical---   I suppose I could have come up with a zillion other 'things' I might have been doing, but she caught me off-guard, and so I only spoke the plain truth.    And I was reading EA Poe too!!!     NOT  "The Telltale Heart" or even "The Raven" - Rather a lesser known title of "The Black Cat"   ---Nasty story, that- (and I was happy that it was daylight)! It surely keeps with the season at hand...

And so, my question to all of my friends, family (except Zelda of course), and lurkers out there too-  Do you have a "Library" in your own water closet?

Have a wunnaful day!!!!

hehehehehehehehehehe........................

 

XOXO

Anne

Hit the Floor GROWLING

Good Morning to all!

I woke at about 3:30; with Miss Valerie asking to be warmed up- So into my waterbed she went!  Nice and warm there!  (A little FYI  for those of you that might be having hot flashes and night sweats, having a controlled temperature waterbed also keeps your body temp in line! Cool in summer, warm in winter-  But do get one that you can control the waves in too-    "Word to the Wise" too:  Do not ever "sleep on cheap"-  any mattress can ruin your back that way).

Imagine my surprise this AM-  coming back here (over an hour after having Valerie go back to bed), and finding out it was only quarter to four?!?    Yes, I had completely forgotten about Daylight Savings time- Did you?  (FALL BACK kids, or you will be very early for mass and/or your football games)!       

Go  Packers!!!!

 

Cool picture up above, right?  Miss Valerie, peeking over Isaiahs chair...  Zoe and Eric had a Halloween party to go to- Zoe borrowed a few pieces of my moms old jewelry for her costume...  Jenne and Isaiah had also come out to visit... And to eat the windfallen apples, there are some left that the deer haven't gotten to yet...

  

 

 

Isaiah LOVES those apples!!!

 

 

             

 

And we all got to play outside for a long time before we got too chilled...

 

            

 

DID YOU KNOW???   Hanging upside down makes you feel warmer too- (the old heat rising thing)... hehehe...

 

Not to be left out, my Little man, Isaiah also got up on that old clothesline to 'warm up'... 

 

                     

 

Valerie and Isaiah first tackled each other...

 

 

 

 

And then Jenne got way too close- so they tackled HER too!

 

 

And  I  got spend my day laughing!!!

 

After all of this, we came inside- a good hand scrubbing to warm those little fingers up; and Miss Valerie read to Isaiah while Jenne and I made a fresh pot of leek soup! 

 

                     

 

and THAT, finishes warming you up all the way through!!!

 

Isaiah ate TWO bowls- Valerie, recovering from a strep throat only ate one...  

Shortly after 'food', there was more than enough commotion around here when Punk started growling- No amount of consolation for her, and so she went outside; where she stood guard right by the door- more growling and woofing...  Miss Milly, out in her kennel was also more than a bit concerned...   Jenne and I took our flashlights out and waited to see something--- anything.    But we saw nothing that the dogs would be so overconcerned about with their barking and growling. 

(It IS kinda creepy to know there is SOMETHING going down somewhere and you haven't got the slightest clue WHAT it is)...  

Making Punkie come in made matters worse too; by then she was in her fierce protective mode, and there wasn't much to calm her...  I called my cousin who came down and checked out the fields and the little orchard too...   ...NOTHING!    

Earlier, Jennifer and I had heard something- an odd barking and growling that was NOT coming from my two dogs.  CREEPY...    Jim thinks maybe those coyotes are back- He will come check the sheds, barngrade and pumphouse in the light of day- perhaps even today?    It took Miss Milly and Miss Punk until after 9:30 to settle down- Jenne and Isaiah had left, and who can sleep with all that noise, so Miss Valerie never did fall to sleep until almost 10.  She has been down four times last night- duty calls, but is ever so tired with her throat healing- and from being so active yesterday-  Kids get as "passed tired" as we do, and I am hoping that maybe she can get another hour or two anyway...  She needs that to heal and to be well...

But, like I said, I got to laugh almost all day long- had two of my grandchildren here,  and so it was a very fine day for me!!!

 

we are all more than a little tired here...

 

XOXOXOXO

Anne

 

 

PS     I also want to thank everyone who has had ideas for me to keep my house warm... I would love a woodstove- or that wood pellet thing- But am sure wondering how one goes about getting homeowners insurance then, ...without having to build an extra chimney, nor having to pay through the teeth for such...   Any ideas???   (cuz God only knows my teeth can't take it anymore)!!!