It’s the start of a new day or sumfin. Come on in and help selves to hot biscuits and butter and jelly. (low to no calories) lolol Would I lie about sumfin this important? Oh yeah! I’ve even ventured to make some coffee…two cups at a time…lolol
I have laffed so hard this morning… lolol How come it is that I get all the nutty animals?
Over nite, meems was sound asleep.. I hear a small dog complaining… Not alarm barking, complaining barking! Sheesh… well, I try to tune it out… does not work… Dog continues to bow row! At the top of it lungs… I bellow ‘quit!’ from the depths of the covers…Nope, that didn’t work either. I know I am not going to get any sleep until I find out/fix what is going on.
I start the move, move, move! order… Dogs scatter… Delilah stays curled up at the foot of the bed…grumbling and mumbling to myself, I roll out thinking Lilyputz is trapped in the bathroom or sumfin by the Newbie. (He blocks the hall way and Lily will NOT climb over him. She bellows non-stop for help)
Pyggy (1/2 of the wrecking crew) and the Newbie on the right (Newb’s is still growing)
Well, I was wrong! It wasn’t the Lily trapped somewhere… It was the Pyggy – on the floor- at the foot of the bed.
Now, either one of two things have occurred. The 6 packs water bowl was empty (couldn’t this wait until morning?) or the Pyggy has gone to get a drink and the Spudley won’t let him back on the bed! It appears that the later idea was the correct one.
Spudley at attention or on guard duty or both… lolol We only have 3 more dogs to go!
I am now up right? I go out the door of the apartment and sure enuf, there’s the Newbie… sound asleep, guarding the bathroom door while blocking the hallway . I could see the back half of the Viva as she sleeps part in the kitchen – part in the living room. Am I safe or what?
Gots to give you a heads up about some of the pix I’ll be posting in the News… I have some new military who are just beginning to receive the news… I’m sure they will have no idea of what or who I am talking about. Soooo, every once in a while, I will probably repeat some stories also.
The people I’ve talked to by phone seem to like the idea of getting the letters from home… were totally charming and they were even laffing by the time we hung up. Did they have an option? Lolol It’s much safer to humor this mean lil old lady! Oh yeah!
And kids…Serious here for a minute… I watched a program the other nite about Guantanamo… Better known maybe as Gitmo… Get your keyboards and pens out and start writing to our troops.. They need our support… need to know they are valued by us… the people they have devoted their lives to protecting.
They are discouraged by all the bad press (Don’t get me started on that subject). Are all of ours wearing haloes? No, probably not. BUT they are putting their lives on the line for us. Please, please… Let them know they are valued.
Take care all of mine. Go in safety always. Remember that looks can be deceiving… you may not be the top dog you think you are… lolol Gotcha Brats..
Many hugs, much love and lots of lafter… meems aka Paula aka emom
Get your buns in here and make yourselves to home. If y’all want coffee, fix it yourself… I quit.. I’ve thrown a fit and cleaned up another mess.
The 10 cupper was knocked off the counter, right? I started using the two cup maker, right? The two cupper is working, right and wrong!
I stagger out to the kitchen this morning… Broken field running first thing… Feets and ankles surrounded by half awake critters. Regular routine, right? Right! I am heading for the two cupper…
I have enuf coffee in the mug to get me started… I stuff mug in the nuke machine. Set it to heating.
While that’s working, I go to make more coffee. I pour in the water… Measure more fresh grounds in… shut the lid and turn on the little red ‘go’ light. In the meantime, the nuke machine tells me the leftovers are ready…
I drag the nuked cuppa out of the machine… lean on the sink and stare out the window at the boar’s skull hanging in the mimosa… drink my warmed up coffee. I hear a strange sound to my right…
Well, damn! Guess who forgot to put the two cupper coffee catcher under the opening? Guess who now has coffee all over the counter top and running onto the floor? Will I never learn? Should I give up? Should I buy instant? (not in this lifetime) Is this an example of what happens when you age? Should I regrind the coffee (I may have asked this question before?) If I sit out by the mail box and look pitiful, do you suppose someone will come along and fill my cup with delicious home made coffee? Oopsie, I seem to be on a cascade here! Lolol Is anybody surprised?
Let me tell you another thing! This is the second attempt at the News… I don’t know what I did or didn’t do but I lost my first edition of today’s news! Can you say grumpy? I spent an hour or better trying to find and retrieve the lost… Sheesh! First the two cupper and then puterwon acts up! I would give up but I am a stubborn old broad!
We’ve had some terrible storms up here lately. The mountains can be an interesting place when the storm gods come out to play. Yesterday, had an inch of rain in a very short time… the winds were fierce and the trees were a dancing.
The rain interfered with the satellite system on the TV… so no TV… I had to shut down the puters because of heavy ground to cloud lightening. Jumped a foot when lightning ran down the creek behind the house. Six dogs and two cats came flying into the apartment… Like the meems was going to save them. Lolol Critters do keep my feet warm…lolol Couldn’t use the phone either.. ( I am a firm believer in having a land line) Cel phones don’t work up here. I think I went into a withdrawal state… No phone, TV, Puter? Sheesh!
Let’s see here… what else? Oh I have three kittens who need names. Any volunteers out there to help? One black male… two females.. one is a faded calico and the other is a beautiful tortoise shell with white paws. Maybe I should have a contest and let the Marv and the KK be the judges… and maybe Smokey if I can con him into it. Kitty, kitty works but it would be nice for them to have their own personal names.
Guess that’s it for the time being… It’s early yet and I still have plenty of time to get into trouble..
Take care all of mine… go in safety always… Remember to always put a coffee catcher under the return spout of the maker… or sumfin like that… or else carry a squeegee in your hip pocket!
Many hugs, much love and lots of lafter… the very addled meems
Tripped over the following… Mine in the desert… and the music is A Horse With No Name performed by America.Somehow, in my mind, the music seems to fit the situation.I sure hope this works…
Just had a hellacious storm come rolling through…Had a short power outage … Lots of thunder, cloud to cloud lightning and a brief torrential downpour.Winds were gusting to 35 mph… I sat on the back porch for a while… Just watching the wind blown rain patterns… Got a little damp around the edges but the cool spray from the rain felt wildly delicious…
The six pack crowded around… and the cat/kittens showed up… lololLike the emom can protect them from the thunder bumpers… After a bit, the sun broke thru… I saw the rainbow to the east…
Ya know, I couldn’t stand being stuck in the house all day again… I thru on some clean paint clothes and off to the little store I went… Surprised me, but the two pumper was closed.So I drove the extra 5 miles to J&C store.Bleach… Bleach… Bleach! Bought two gallons and ordered a pizza… YES! I got my all meat pizza with onions, shrooms and double cheese.Can you say ‘pigged out’?It was yummy!
Would have stopped at Anna’s for a short while but she was at church…She went by while I was out watering the plants.This is still Sunday, isn’t it?Or is it… ?I think I am fused!
Guess that’s it for now… Take care all of mine… Go in safety always.Remember to run between the raindrops.If you can manage that, you can manage anything…lolol
Many hugs…much love… and lots of laffter… meems
Get your buns in here and cool off! It is absolutely miserable out there already! I just got back inside. Was out there watering the new plantings…everything looking good so far. The baby mimosa was down right perky this morning.
I sprinkled some perennial seeds over MrT’s spot and watered those in. The new roses are coming right along. Best yet, I have seed pods hanging from the back porch mimosa! YES!
I know SherriAnn says the mimosa is an invasive tree… getting into water lines… only have one line coming in from the well. Then they will grow into fence lines… I don’t have any fences.
An aside here… I got one of those emails… Western Union says I have $1.5 mill coming if I just will pay the fees involved up front. (Remember the email from the FBI?) Crackin’ me up… Greed aside, do you guys have any idea how much trouble I would have with the USDA… Soc Sec…and a few other government agencies should I really win or really be entitled to this mil and a half? Trust me, it boggles the mind! When it comes to playing mind games with the G Agencies, it don’t pay! It ain’t worth it (the VA comes to mind)… and final opinion… you CANNOT argue with closed minds…I do believe I am on somebody’s ‘get her’ list.
Any way… back to the mims… I have a section of land that comes to about 1/3 of an acre. It shows on the Google pic and lies to the east(to the right) of the house. It is uncut and I leave it that way…. I do have a ‘road’ mowed along the edges every year. I throw seeds of all sorts in there. There are ferns along the back drop off. I’ll dig those up as soon as I get shade going along the edges of the pond. I also plants seedling trees… I throw the cherry pits in there too. Something is bound to grow… or not… lolol
While I was out there watering, some of my BBSBs went over. Could only see a couple cause of the haze but I could hear them…Couldn’t show any ankle…darn it! I was wearing my snake boots. I think I am better off wearing the Granny Grunge outfits..
I talked to Butch and Dotty yesterday…lolol Butch was in a definite maybe mood. I cracked up. He has a back hoe! Yes, he does…! And he has his very own creek. I asked him if he could bring me a load of creek rock… Doesn’t every body call the good neighbor and ask for a load of creek rock on a Saturday morning? Well, we discussed the merits of creek rocks mixed with sand and gravel and and and. Yup, yup, that’s what I want. I did ask that he leave any water moccasins down at his place. Said he hadn’t seen any this year. Just wanted to make sure, me. Then Dotty got on the phone and we gossiped a bit. And we talked about the goats…They have lost several in the past week or so… (don’t quote me on the time)… Lost some of the babies too. They do love their critters.
I heard a round fired while I was out… saw a couple of buzzards circling to the west of me. There is a lovely breeze blowing but the ‘no-see-ums’ are out… Can you say I got bitten… and I also had a tick on me.
Good Grief! I just received a pic of a disease carrying mosquito from the Brat, Marv. What is he up to? Yesterday it was a patriotic jelly fish!
Oh last and least, here is the set up for the just finished apple painting… lolol The black background is a camo vest… Some pup or another ate the zipper! Just thot you all needed to know that too… I’m getting tickled… lolol
LOLOL another remember… It’s all in the mind! lolol
I am outa here. More coffee and maybe some breakfast… Take care all of mine. Go in safety always. Remember steer clear of the Marv… he seems to be in one of his moods! Gotcha again…
Many hugs…much love… and loads of lafter…Meems
WooHooooo! Looky what I did! I know it’s not a big thing for you young’uns… but for me, this is a biggy. I Googled home, my haven and look what I finally got. I printed the info on it and then put it on the scanner… Rearranged, cropped and hit the GO button and here it is! My Haven
I know it’s blurry but there it is… the house, the drive with my pick up… The curves… the forested hill/drop off behind the house. Thank you again, Google…
Yesterday, at least I think it was yesterday, Grasscutter came out and brought some fantastic flat rocks. We started a flower bed over MrT’s place out front. Doesn’t look like much yet but, Becky’s daughter gave me a small pond.
Gonna do the small pond with a waterfall and all that stuff…Now, if the weather will just dry out and cool off some. I did the layout of the pond/beds and GC did most of the heaviest work… But I was slinging and moving some fairly heavy rocks too. I was really woofing from the heat and the humids but I am a stubborn old broad. Just ask Grasscutter… lolol or better yet, ask the Marv. I just kept working…
I dug up a seedling mimosa to plant near the pond. My very own seedling! Yes! Anyway, I potted it and used our awful clay and some potting soil. Poor little thing… All its leaves folded up and sagged from the stress. Keep fingers crossed that it will grow. I didn’t even threaten to cut its roots off. It was scared enuf already. Lolol
Two days ago, I put the finishing touches on Kathy’s Cabin… I needed to change a few of the shadows. Anyway, it’s in the apartment, setting on the drying shelf… drying! Lolol or sumfin.
Finished that, took an 8 x 10 panel and did a painting of a wooden apple (matte surface)… all in one setting. Took me two hours at most. I surprise myself sometimes.
I have a question to ask of Marv! What in the heck does the pic of the red, white, blue jelly fish mean?!? He posted it on my guestbook… However, on second thot… maybe I shouldn’t ask! Lolol Dangerous grounds there.
Hey everybody… Come on in… Have a cuppa or tea or hot cider or or or… lolol
Welcome home, dear hearts, welcome home!
Lordy pete… this sleep problem is getting to be a real problem… (like I can’t find sumfin to grump about!) lolol How bout I slept right around the clock this time. I slept thru a whole day! Well, I was up long enuf to feed and water but that was about it!
Woke at 0100 … can you believe it was pitch black outside? Lolol Anyway, I went out to collect the trash can…brot it back to the house. Stepping carefully, I might add… Mr. Noshoulders (thank you for the term, Smokey) could have been lurking out there in the deep darks.
I figured I was fairly safe tho because the Newbie and the Spud went out with me… lolol Yeah, right!
Well kids, I have some bad news. The new little doggy, MrT, is gone. Sometime last Friday, he was hit by a car.
I didn’t find him until Friday morning early. I wrapped him and buried him out front. I planted the forsythia starts that Anna gave me. I need a lot of creek rock out there… I want to build a short east to west wall to back up the forsythia and other flowers I will plant out there… or view link
He was such a happy little dog…And he did have a good home here.
Now from the sublime to the ridiculous… and yes, I am talkin’ about the Marv!
Sheesh… I’ve tried to raise him right, honest I have…I have discovered that trying and succeeding are two quite very different things.! Oh Yeah!
He tells me about his trials and tribulations with the wasp population Outside his home…. OK…So I tell him how to fix the problem… Use bug spray on the nest after dark… Spray thoroughly…Next day, use hair spray on any strays. Sounds simple enuf, right? WRONG!
After all my effort, the poor boy is still complaining! Lolol Somehow, the poor boy managed to end up with ‘fancy hair styled’ wasps. Not satisfied with just complaining, the Marv decides to post a pic on my profile guestbook!
Well, it could be worse… Marv could live next door to me… I’d never get any sleep then! Wasps are one way to get even with me if I lived next door to him…
Guess that’s it for now. I’ve been looking at Kathy’s cabin and have decided it needs a little more work…
Take care all of mine. Go in safety always. Remember to stay away from the Marv when he decides to play with the waspers… lolol Safety first!
Many hugs, much love and lots of lafter… the ever helpful meems
As we all know, my sleep patterns are disrupted. However, the Boss and Little Jake have been offering advice. They tell me I should be sleeping when it’s dark. Hey guys, thanx for the help but I believe I already know this! Lolol
Marv is grumping again about the lack of the Mountain News.
Several of my female friends are wanting to read more of the on-going saga of the Granny Grunge Meems… I am cracking up and God knows, I need to laff.
OK, you all asked for it and here it comes.
Since I am not sure what day is which right now, I’m just gonna throw in bits and pieces. Lolol
Broken field running down the hall again. I try to miss stepping on the Newbie…dodge the Viva and get run over by MrT. Spudley is at my heels and the rest of the crew is sound asleep under the covers.
I discover an empty ice cube tray on the floor… Tray now has a bottom that looks like a sieve. Hmmmm… wonder who might have chewed that up? Bought new trays about two months ago. They sure don’t make things to last like they used to…. Where’s the mouse trap?!?
I get into the kitchen… start the two cupper and find the collectors’ surface of the kitchen table has been wiped clean. (any flat surface in my place is fair game to catch whatever I might have in either hand at any given time) Discovered the table top hasn’t changed any. It’s still made of and looks like wood but it is the first place I look when I can’t find sumfin.
Back to the two cupper for a minute… Would you believe I had a cup full of coffee grounds when I tried to drink it? Lordy pete! What have I done to deserve this treatment? And ya know what? It dawned on me finally that part of my problem might be the coffee I’m using. The grounds seem to float rather than absorb/do their thing with the hot water. Need to experiment with this thot. I’m also going to dump the makings into the grinder for a short spin to see if this helps.
I just came back in from the kitchen with a hot cuppa… grounds and all, I need my COFFEE! Lolol I looked out the side door. The thermometer said 98 degrees. Sheesh, this is as bad as being frozen in for weeks at a time during winter… I can’t wait to see what the electric bill is going to say…I shouldn’t complain tho… It is cool in here and we are having some rain. The 6 pack plus are scattered all along the back inside of the house. Zonked out and sound asleep.
Well, I spent some time re-installing Weather Bug. I personally like it better than the National weather service’s. Anyway, I braved up and sent one of my pics into them. One with a BBSB leaving a contrail. Maybe they will show it; maybe they won’t but I thought I’d give it a try. The most they can do is ignore it.
This is not the photo I sent. I just like this one a lot.
Speaking of my BBSBs, I haven’t seen very many since the really hot weather has set in. Listen up, Brats… I do try to get outside after the sun drops behind the trees on the horizon. Don’t make me come get you! I am dangerous when I am riled. Lolol Kathi, get on them… lololol Gotcha…
Oh and I have to mention this… I lost my cranberries! Now, daggone it. I bought 3 packages of dried cranberries when I went to the store. I was making some trail mix. Do you think I could find those cranberries? I don’t think so! Sheesh!
I started looking in the kitchen… all the storage cupboards… No cranberries. The freezer? Nope! The fridge itself? Nope! The little freezer in the basement? Nope! Well, ratz! Not on the kitchen table… nor the counter tops! Where?????
Ponder, ponder… I come back to the apartment and start sulking… Where in the heck did they go? I make the trail mix… mixed nuts, raisins, choc chips… Well kids, I finally found them rotten little critters. The very last place I looked naturally. Lolol All 3 packages were stashed in/on the bookshelf here in the apartment. Don’t ask cause I don’t know! Doesn’t everybody keep their cranberries in/on a bookshelf? Just thot I’d ask.
Guess that’s it for a while… Are you satisfied Brats? Lololol Take care all of mine. Go in safety always. Remember that these silly little messages are meant for all of ours… past, present and in the future. I am so proud of you all.
Many hugs…much love and lots of lafter. The thoroughly confused meems
Check the pic above.Doesn’t look like much, Right?Seems like everything in my life has some type of story attached though. So does this one….
I am in the kitchen… rooting around looking for sumfin in the junk drawers.I don’t remember what I was after now.LololOK, so I was rummaging thru the drawer to the left of the stove.The stereo packet (got it on sale a couple of years ago…never opened) was getting in my way… I take packet out and lay it on the counter top.Root, root, stir, turn over, dig around… whatever it was I was looking for wasn’t there.I shut drawer and move to my right…To the right of the stove are two more junk drawers… (Have I mentioned I have a lot of junk?)
Well, I rooted thru those… still can’t find what I was looking for.Gave up for the moment.
Warmed up my coffee… spotted the stereo packet…Go back to the stove side of kitchen.Pick up packet which was face down on the counter…. Hmmmmm… sumfin written on the back of packet… My handwriting… another note to meems from meems?
OMG!And I quote: “… ene maCured every 3 – 6 months …â€Now what the heck was I talking about back then that prompted this memo?
Oh dear…. Have I mentioned that MrT is a disaster on 4 legs?Looking for a place to happen at anytime?My poor kitchen!
I did some broken field running over nite… down the hall and came to a screeching halt at the door to the kitchen.Thots of a fresh cuppa flew right out of my mind.(what little I have left..mind that is)
How bout a skillet on the floor and a whole new roll of paper towels shredded over by the fridge.AAAACCCCCKKKK!Well, I know it could have been worse, a lot worse but 0300 hours is not my idea of a clean up time!Sheesh… I need to find the mouse traps and start using them again.A couple of snaps and doggie learns to leave trap alone.No longer need to set traps ..but leave traps in the area… Doggie learns and soon enuf, no more putting paws on counter or stove or nosing thru the trash or or or…lolol
I get the impression that MrT is gonna give the Newbs a run for his money.. (readreputation. ) lolol
Guess that’s it for now…I’ve intended to fix me some breakfast (2230 hours) but got carried away with the Stereo headphones story… lolol
Take care all of mine.Go in safety always… Remember to look and really see what is around you.Our world is wonderful!
Many hugs, much love and lots of lafter…the still giggling meems
Where do I begin? Maybe I should first tell y’all to get in here and make yourselves to home. It’s gonna be down hill from here…lolol Would I not complain when I have a chance? No need to answer, just take the complaints as a given. Lolol
The a/c is working beautifully… The humidity outside is high enuf to drown a hellbender. (yup, there really is such a critter..homely little feller too)
This is gonna be boring… I went grocery shopping… Grasscutter came out and picked me up and off we went. Trust me, we didn’t wasted any time getting to the store, picking up stuff and getting back here to the house. The pick up takes good care of me and her A/C was working great.
Stopped at the Dollar store to get a few things first and then to the Save-A-Lot. Woo hoo! My favorite manager was working. Haven’t seen him for a couple of months now. Gave and got a hug… Teased, tormented and bantered back and forth for a while. He went his way and I went mine.
I’ve got to tell you he stayed out of my way as much as he could while I was in the store. Lolol Him is scared of me.. Gotcha Chris!
One time, I was in the store and he was having problems with one of the freezers. I volunteered more than once to help him fix it… the freezer. Nope, nope, he didn’t need my help! If I couldn’t keep the coffee pot under control, he didn’t want me anywhere near his freezer unit! Can you imagine? BTW, we were exchanging words half way across the store….You should have seen the expressions on the customers faces when we first started. I got hysterical… Grasscutter just tried to fade into the woodwork…poor man.
Oh, speaking of the coffee pot, it done bit the dust! It boiled over… all over the counter…the floor, under the sink, under the coffee maker…and what coffee did come thru to the pot was full of grounds…Then sometime over nite, the cat/kittens must have knocked the pot/maker off the counter and onto the floor… top snapped off pot. I QUIT! I QUIT! Lolol I am now using the 2 cup maker and doing quite well thank you!
And I have the back up pot that LJ sent me. I have that one saved for foul weather and the basement stove.
Another WooHoo! I did a big gotcha on the Marv… lolol I think he is still sitting in the corner sucking his thumb. Lololol Check this out….
Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:30:54 GMT Newbie's opinion of Marv.... wooo hoooo.... gotcha! lolol em
You really should go to my profile blog to read all the comments… lololol Poor Marv. Even I feel sorry for him! Lolol view link
Let’s see here… what else? Oh yeah… the ticks are running rampant again. And yes, I got nailed again. And no, I am NOT going to start taking the prescribed meds… the meds are worse, for me, than the hives. Poor Viva is covered with them…
Oh, I have to tell you about the Viva. I finally went out to get the mail…about 2000 hrs… I get the mail… head for the tail gate and plop my buns down to read the mail. Well, Viva, Ophie and the Spud start playing doggy tag in the front yard. Running around the shrubs and trees and and and…
I give up trying to read the mail to just watch the critters. I cracked up…Viva towers over all the others (except the Newbie). She chases then they chase. Viva flops down and the two smaller dogs attack. The growling and barking are outrageous… lolol I now have the giggles.
Then here comes the Newbie… guess he was around back… he comes around and stands a little ways in front of the porch…watching.
Oh oh… Viva spots the Newbie. Jumps up and comes running at the Newbs full out. Spud and Ophie right along with her. The Newbs didn’t move…Viva hit him in the chest and bounced off him. Almost knocked herself silly.. Newbie still hadn’t moved an inch. OMG! I was impressed. To me, it looked like she had run into a brick wall. I fell off the tail gate laffing. Pyggy was sitting alongside me… Him was smart enuf to stay out of that one!
Still having problems with my sleep cycles… All the critters seem to like the idea of Mom sleeping all day and crawling in with me. I am back to dreaming regular dreams and THAT is a big improvement.
Take care all of mine. Go in safety always. Remember to torment your friends everytime you have the chance. Life is short! Lololol
Many hugs, much love and loads of lafter The way off schedule meems
