HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween and not too many tricks are played on you and you get lots of treats!
I have to go to the store and get another bag of candy because I got hungry for a snack last night... darn.
I have to go anyway because I ordered some digital pictures from Walgreens and have to pick them up this morning... they should still have some treats left I imagine. :) Other than that all I have to do today is carve a few pumpkins and make supper. Should be a good day. Hope you have a good one too, Sandra

beautiful fall day

we all had a fun time playing with the sponge ball last week end and I even got to watch the race... it was a great day for a family get together....
We had a beautiful fall day with sun and temps in the 60's so I did a little fall clean up in the yard... still have lots to go but it looks like I might be lucky and get some more nice weather this coming week...
I even carved one of the pumpkins and put a candle in it tonight... I will try my hand at a few more before halloween I hope... I like seeing pumpkins carved and I am the one that does it I guess. I won't get fancy but just carve them the easy way and the old way...Anyone else like carved pumpkins? then I will put them in the back on the patio and light them every night for my pleasure.. :)
If I don't get to say it later, hope you have a happy halloween, Sandra

Friday already

Where do the days go????? to fast I think. Mike left Wednesday and is back home doing his yard work already. He has a few more days off before he has to go back to work.... We miss him already but what can we do...... I guess just enjoy the time we can have together and leave it at that.... We can't change his mind about living in Florida so we have to live with it don't we. Kids :)I should be happy I still have 6 more in Green Bay but it seems we all get along better when Mike is home.... he is a peace maker and maybe that is why he wants to live away, who knows. He did get to relax and do some fun things while he was home and I cooked and cooked and cooked for him too... It was good.
Now it is back to other reality and Leo and Gary like me making meals for them and I will as long as they eat what I make for them... Its nice to sit down together again. we will see how long it lasts. I have to think of something to make everyday and that is hard with Leo having his eating problem etc but so far its working out but Iam kinda getting sick of eating at the same time everynight too. It will  be interesting to see how long it lasts.
Last night there was frost on the impatients so I will have yard work to do... Maybe tomorrow as its supposed to be in the 60's and sunny. today I have to finish the laundry and go grocery shopping.... :(  Maybe I will go to a different store and see if they have any good ideas for tonight and the week end. yesterday I washed Mikes bedding and put it all in a space bag and put it away probably for another year and the 2 rooms are back in order... that is good but it was better having Mike home...
Hope you are all having a nice day today, Sandra

Wilma is almost over

Mike and Leo decided to go fishing this morning... just a few minutes ago as Teri assures us that things will be ok with her there in Florida. She said it is only 63 now and the cold air has gone through or is going through so she figures there will not be a tornado by her. She had to bundle up good though to get the dog out as she had to go with her...It' sraining very hard right now, but they made it through the night and she even managed to get 3 or 4 hours of sleep.... I think I got 6... I was tired and she was going to call if she wanted to talk with us during the storm but didn't call until 6.... she is a brave soul. Iam so glad the waiting is over and the storm on the way out. I guess by noon it will be gone but they will be cold tonight. Mike said when he goes back it should be 70 and that is fine with him because he is just so darn cold here in Wisconsin that he can't warm up. He can't remember the last time he had to wear so many clothes he said.
He changed his plane tickets from Sunday to Wednesday because that is what they said people should do. I think he is anxious to get home now as he has had enough rest and enough of our cold weather. I think I will make a nice roast and mashed potatoes and gravy etc for supper tonight.... comfort food for some I guess. :)
We are supposed to get more rain sometime today and I will be happy to see the sun again. I hope it is soon.
We went to our daughter Julie's house yesterday to have a little party and watch the packer game  ( I watched the race on one of their large screen tv's and Jeff Gordon won... yipee. My favorite or all and then the White Sox won another game too so even if the Packers lost it was a good day for me. I got to take a lot of pictures of my Grandaughter and Great Grandaughters and watched them play and even joined in with a game of catch with 8 of us and a soft ball... It was so nice to see everyone laughing and having so much fun! Julie finally had to go and get some fresh air ( think she was having a hot flash or something,LOL) Anyway it was nice for us all to get together. Seems we always do when Mike is home....
So I had better hurry and get some work done and get to the store.... again. I want to get everything done and supper started at least by the time they get home from fishing. I like to be alone when I work :)
have a wonderful day, Sandra

Wilma

So Mike is home and Teri is down in Florida with Wilma on the way... hope it gets broken up or takes a different path. Looks like Sunday is the day .... that means maybe Mike will be staying an extra day. I wonder because his flight is supposed to land Sunday night in Florida.... Last time he was home there was a storm too and he had to stay an extra day..this could get to be habit forming. Last time it was September though. What is it with these late October storms. I sure hope it calms down and this is the end of it now.
I went with Mike today to get tickets for the Milwaukee Bucks basketball game. 5 of them are going to that tonight. Should be nice as its in the new Rusch center and that and a professional game should make their day. He has to go to the hospital this afternoon to visit Teri's mother. and then out to eat with friends and then to the game.... He is keeping busy so far.... tonight I don't "have" to make supper... that is good I guess. back to our ole routine for one night. So I only have to make 3 more suppers... LOL Pork chops one night and chili another and maybe I will go and get some chicken another.... that should do it... Now I wonder if Leo and Gary are already spoiled and I will have to start cooking again???? hahahaha  It would be nice though and I would have something to do every day.... well maybe every other day or something like that.
The leaves have started to fall last night and we have leaves all over the yard.... I mean we had them. Leo is out there on his mower picking them up and Mike raked around the edges. Now Mike is going for a bike ride... Its a nice cool sunny day and so pretty with the leaves all turning. I should go and take some pictures soon .... wonder if they will wait until next week.
Hope you are having a nice day too, Sandra

Hi everyone

It's been awhile hasn't it??? I have been so busy and then I got this nasty cold so just didn't feel like writing anything... I'm feeling a little better today though so thought I would write just a little. I started to twice before at least but always got called away or the phone rang and knocked me off... wonder why that started happening as it never did that before. I should find out from aol I guess or my phone company. its rather frustrating when that happens because if I am in the middle of something I lose it and have to start over and don't always have the time or inclination to do that. It's early now so no one should be calling anyway... I should have gone back to bed but have too much to do today.... Iam not used to making meals anymore as we all seem to eat what we want but Iam finding a lot of things we all can eat... funny but Leo can eat more than he has let on before. Maybe its just because Mike is home. Tonight I will have chicken stew... should be good. Last time he was home he got invited out more.... I still expect someone will ask him over again before he leaves but everyone is working during the week. He is fishing again today with Leo. Looks like they will have a nice day. He seems happy to be home and just relaxing for a change. Hope it does him good.
Thats all for today... Have a nice day, Sandra

My new clock

This is more fun than that camcorder I sent back, LOL I managed to get this for myself and most of my Christmast shopping finished with the money from the camcorder... good choices I think... I was always fascinated with cockoo clock ever since I saw one at my Grandmothers house. Leo always said they didn't work though so I waited.... I figured this one should work though since it came from Germany. The man from the factory in Germany was on QVC and he had his wooden hand made clocks with him. He comes once a year in October so I waited and he came just at the right time.... my camcorder was sent back and credited to my account... LOL so now was my chance and it came today. I very carefully put the pieces together and Leo found the stud in the wall and we hung it and it works just fine so far... Yah. The little bird comes out and the birds on the bottom fly back and forth ( well sort of) and the pendelum swings and those weights move..... oh so slowly. Now Iam just hoping Charlie leaves it alone..... Maybe I should get some double faced tape to make it more secure???? wondering.
Today I just went grocery shopping because my bones ache from the yard work yesterday. Now the weather has changed and its supposed to rain the next couple of days so it won't be finished when Mike gets here..... darn darn darn.  Maybe I will get the front finished though as I have until Friday night....praying for more Sun around Thursday, LOL
  The "darn" Yankee's lost last night.... makes me mad but I will get over it. The Chicago White Sox will be playing tonight and that is a good thing too. Hope they win.
Hope you had some fun today too, Sandra

The Yard work

We worked in the yard today... I really don't want to freeze my fingers doing the yard work so we started early... well not early but things are still blooming and looking pretty nice but I cut a lot back and Leo asked me what I wanted him to do and I wanted him to take the vines off the fence as they are starting to look shabby... he did and he brought 5 baskets of things to the recycle center... that is him coming home from there in the last picture... It all looks so pretty and neat now... the roses are blooming and with all the other stuff away and cut back I can finally appriciate them more... So all the hard work was so worth it. Mike is coming home for a visit this coming week end for 9 days and I won't be wanting to do yard work when he is home so we are trying to get it finished now... You know though it never really gets finished does it? You just stop when it is freezing out and you call it the end for the season. I don't like to do a lot in the spring so I like to have it all  cleaned up in the fall. Even if I cut everything way back I still have too much the next year.. Only the things I really really like are the things that freeze out it seems. :)
Now Iam going to find something to eat and sit down and read a magazine and watch a little tv.... I have earned it tonight.
Hope you had a nice day today too, Sandra

Another warm day

Here are some flowers that are still in bloom in my front yard... The roses are really doing well this year a those marigolds have been blooming like that all summer... I didn't even pick the dead ones off as I usually do and it seems they did just as well anyway...
Today I will do some laundry and then go shopping... I saw a few things in the paper last night I want to go and check. Leo said he heard its supposed to get really cold tonight.... wonder if it will and how long it will last. It seems now like summer is just going to keep on all year. :)
The Yankee's won their first play off game last night and that makes me happy. Maybe one of these years the Brewers will get into the playoffs too.. They seem to be doing better with their new owner... Promising anyway. Thats a good thing, as I like baseball better than football and it seems all we hear 12 months a year is something about the Packers.... we could use a little diversion.
so off I go to start another new day... hope it is a good one for all of us, Sandra

 

Sending Camcorder back

I am sending my new camcorder back... so happy qvc gives me 30 days to try and figure it out..... Iam relieved . Funny but I don't like the pictures it takes... you are supposed to be able to take still photos along with the movies but the stills are a step backward from my camera I have... so I wouldn't use it for that.... (extra money too) and then I finally figured out how to take the movies and get them to my dvd player etc but I can take small movies with my camera too. So I am sending it back anyway and now I don't have to worry about what size cds it takes and batterys etc etc etc.... I am relieved ~ very relieved. Sometimes a good thing isn't so good. LOL I am going to get an extra card for my camera and extra batteries and that should serve me very well and be a lot cheaper too.... Whew..... I guess I learned a lesson but at least it didn't take me too long to figure it out. I can now say I had one but it didn't work out for me.... and I have money again. :)
We had a nice rain today... where was it this summer anyway. You should see how pretty my roses are... I will have to take some pictures, lol  with my good camera. I took some with that darn camcorder and they didn't turn out near as well. It is warm again today ~ in the 80's but we are expecting cold before the end of the week.... this has been a nice lonnnnng summer this year. Would be nice to have a nice lonnnng fall and a short winter haha... of coarse it would.
I took Peaches and Twinkie to the vet today, they were supposed to get their yearly shots but when I got there they just got a checkup and she said they won't be giving shots every year anymore.... every 3 now...I was charged almost as much as before though..... All I found out is the dogs are getting tarter buildup on their teeth and they need a cleaning for $130 each.... and they are too fat and need a special kind of diet food they just happen to be selling.... so far Twinkie threw it up.... If he can't keep it down I will be bringing it back. Maybe it was just the stress of going to the vet that did it. He seemed calm about it but Peaches was breathing real hard the whole way there and was nervous so that probably bothered Twinkie.... Poor things. Now they must go on a diet along with me.... should be fun, (not)
Now the sun is shinning again ~ I think I will go and read on the porch for awhile and relax.... was afrustrating kind of day. Hope your day is good and sunny too, Sandra

Just another day.......

I thought I would add a picture I took last year.... it's enough to make anyone smile isn't it?
Not much has changed since yesterday because it's humid outside... I don't tolerate humid days very well anymore I guess.... I swell ...... :(
I shut the doors and windows and turned the air on and I feel a little better now. I will be happy when we get those nice cool days back with the low humidity again I guess... would like warm and low but I guess that is asking way too much.
  I was watching a cooking show a little while ago and the Italian lady was making spagetti and meat balls... boy was that making me hungry. First she makes the sauce using up to 5 different kinds of canned tomatoes which she simmers for a couple of hours... she makes the meatballs out of beef and pork and bread crumbs, eggs, par. cheese and spices. She said she can't give that away ... but the thing is she does something next I have never heard of or thought to do..... she throws the meat balls right into the sauce and she cooks it for another hour... she said it flavors it nicely..... (she doesn't see a need to fry or bake the meat balls first) Have you ever tried it that way ????? I think I may give it a try...... they really looked delicious.
   Hope your day is a good one so far, Sandra

Sunday

I'm hopeful ~ hopeful that tomorrow is a happier day than it was today. Seems like there wasn't anything happening to my liking today... Can't always have things go my way but when most things that make my day don't its not a good day... I suppose when I really think about it though it was a good day, not just a great day. Things will get better I bet but not today. Maybe its the weather.... can always blame the weather I guess but it is hard because the day was pretty nice... kinda humid now but warm and nice all day...Did you ever have a day like this??? I feel like sleeping or crying only Iam not tired nor do I have anything to cry about... go figure.
If I had a nice big piece of chocolate I would eat it but I don't have any in the house to tempt me..... Maybe I am feeling sorry for myself... not good. I will go and read awhile and snap out of it.... thats what you are supposed to do right? snap out of it.... LOL
Hope your day went much better than mine, Sandra