Video Bar

The videos posted on the video bar are from my brother in law Josh. The videos star my sister Meredith, and my nieces, Murell and Avery (aka Noodle). In case you were wondering who these people are.....

PMS makes me crazy!

ok, well maybe not certifiable crazy, but my emotions have been all over the map for the last couple of days. I know for sure it's PMS and not just generally being bitchy, when I can be totally pissed one second and then sobbing at a Pedigree dog food commercial the next (they are usually touching commercials). I have been pretty pissy this week anyway, as I was doing an overnight dog sitting job, and returned home after 4 days to find the house in a wreck: laundry piled up, clutter and piles of Ken's stuff all over the house. Now, I admit I am not the neatest person in the world, but it seems to me, that the person who WAS home should have taken some initiative to straighten up, even just a little. Instead, he was off for 3 days and did nothing except sit on his butt. So, I have been doing laundry, cleaning litter boxes, washing the dishes ( he SUCKS at washing dishes-can't get it thru his head that all dishes, glasses and pots & pans have TWO sides and you need HOT water to get them clean) and getting all the clutter picked up. So, that's my rant for now!

and another thing....

Trying to make sweet potato pie again tomorrow. the one from last weekend still had the soggy crust issue...gotta fix it...prebaking the crust, maybe? Not part of the instructions, but I have learned alot of my old family recipes seem to miss something...guess those old country cooks just knew what to do! Off to research this issue!

Truly Thankful!

This is why I am thankful at Thanksgiving....
I have a dog. Her name is Maisy. She's got a problem with staying in the yard (she needs lessons from Lucky-my cat who comes to the door when she accidentally gets outside to be let back in!). I know her moves, so rarely does she escape on my watch, but Ken is a different story. Maisy knows she can outrun him, so she will slip under the fence and she's gone! So, today Ken takes her out, and she makes a run for it, but instead of going to the abandoned housing un-development behind our street, where she normally goes (lots to smell and chase)she went up the road and crossed a VERY busy strret and went to the Kroger. Maybe she wanted to pick up a few things...I have no idea. when Ken called me and said she had been out and that she was found at Kroger, it just freaked me out! It terrifies me that she went on a road where the speed limit is 45 mph, and many people go faster than that. Thank goodness some kind soul took the time to call our house to let us know she was there. But Ken was out looking for her for quite some time, so when noone came to get Maisy, someone from Kroger called to say they had contacted animal control and we could get her there. Thank goodness, whoever it was looked at her rabies tag and realized her vet was across the street, so they took her there and that's where Ken picked her up. So, I am thankful Maisy is home safe and sound! She's now not allowed out except on a leash, and I may be learning how to make my own doggie hobbles..anyone got a concrete block I can use?

What a looong week!

I don't know exactly why, but this week went by so slowly for me, although, today went quickly enough. It's been extremely slow at work (thanks, shitty economy!) so I haven't been absorbed in work. I could have done some knitting ( who would know?) but I'm decreasing for the crown, and can't afford to be interrupted, as I will forget where I was and then it's rip! rip! rip!...I haven't got time for do-overs! SO, now I'm waiting for Chinese food to come...yes, it's being delivered in a sense; Ken's picking it up and delivering it home to me-lol-I even got him to run into the grocery store to get me two ingredients that I need for baking pies. I am going to make a pecan pie, as well as sweet potato. The pecan pie is for Thanksgiving, and the sweet potato is for practice...I want to make a couple to bring to my sister's for Christmas, and I've only made sweet potato one time, and the crust was soggy... I failed to read the part about brushing the crust with melted shortening or vegetable oil...supposedly that keeps the crust crisp..we'll see! Y ou may think "Hey! You have days before Thanksgiving!" Yes, except that I will begin 2 dog sitting jobs this weekend, one runs thru next Saturday and the other thru next Wed.,which will cut down on my free time quite a bit, so I'm trying to stay ahead of the game. I'll keep you posted!

WHERE does the time go?

I am making this a short post as I really have things to do ...gotta do laundry (a never ending cycle) must work on the first of the hats for the kids- i have the first 2 inches of the 5 I need to get done for the body before I decrease and did I mention it's a stocking hat?...I have been letting myself get disracted by the lure of the computer and the internet...for now all my random questions or thoughts can be researched in an instant as well as checking email and my Facebook page...Sooo, I now have to go and feed the critters before Maisy pokes me to death!

Didn't sleep at all last night

I had a bad night last night....sick as a dog (why do we say that?)...must have been something I ate, but it lasted for about 4-5 hours, and today, well, let's just say I'm not feeling up to snuff today. I have kept down what I ate today...keeping it bland, just in case.
I do have a couple of knitting projects in the works...well, 4 hats and 2 scarves and trying to finish the shawl that I began for myself. I may have made a boo-boo in my thinking. Well see. Gonna go now and get the laundry finished and have a little chicken and rice.

WIRELESS!!!

Well, it took a little brain work, but I finally gotthe wireless router to work, and I can now access the internet anywhere in the house-yipee! I wll also be adding in some opicuresof some of my knitting projects as well as some critter pics.
Now that I have the computer and the internet at my fingertips, I have a feeling I will become one of those internet junkies...we'll see!
It's gorgeous here today...a chill in the air right now, but it will warm up a little...our maple tree lost all it's leaves yesterday...poor naked tree...I guess you could say in the tree's case, Fall fell!

Wire-less...

I am finding that the joy of a laptop comes with being portable....somehow that feeling gets a little less when you realize that inorder to access the internet, you gotta be hooked up to a wire. Now, I have to get a wireless router and get us a home network going, so I really can be free to blog, browse knitting patterns or recipes anywhere I choose. I evidently can go to a free wifi hot spot, but I find drnking coffee and typing away on a computer in public view kind of cliche'... maybe it's not, but that's how I feel about it. So, I guess it's off to find a router...and some networkin advice...hey Randy! (my brother-in law, who KNOWS this stuff). See you remotely later-hopefully!

It's Been A Long Time Come'in

I come to you now from my own laptop! I have wanted my own computer for a while, and was actually going online and looking at used laptops...they're pretty inexpensive, and I figured I could save up and get one. Well, Ken had asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I jokingly said "a laptop!" He surprised me the day of my birthday telling me hed had ordered me a computer, but not a used one...this thing has a 15" screen and a camera attached -no, no photos of me this morning...jeez, it's only 8:45 am and I have only had one cup of coffee! I am now going to rectify that, so I'll have more later.