Get out here on the porch and set a spell. Or we can all go out by the pond and set in the sun! Oh, it is a magnificent sunny day… Light breeze and the temp is up to 70° already! Wooo Hoo…
I’ve already laffed so hard this morning. I saw a contrail as I let the critters out this morning. I come back in…make a pot of coffee and warm up the last of what had been in the pot.
While the nukemachine was doing its thing, I scampered back to the apartment to dress up in my ‘Granny Grunge’ best. Lolol Grabbed my reheated mug and out the door I went. Put the chair upright and plopped myself down! (Can you believe I was out there for 2 ½ hours?) Oh yeah!
[Before I forget again… When the chair is face down, it means I am staying inside for a while. This info is for my flyguys…If it is in the proper stance, it means I will be right back]
‘Chair’ reminds me that I need to go out front to rescue my old rocking chair. The high winds last week knocked the poor thing off the front porch.
Back to them BBSBs. Saw bunches of them this morning… I got flashed and buzzed and and and… I waved and laffed…and giggled… Gots to watch them guys! Believe it or not, they can sneak up on a person. Lolol
On a day like today [very dry air upstairs] , IF you hear the sound, the BBSB might already be overhead. I constantly scan the sky when I am out there… Just so I don’t miss anybody.
Back up a minute… When I say ‘constantly’ I mean in between the critters trying to crawl up on my lap, or trying to take a sip of coffee. Spudley is jealous of my flyguys! Then Pyggs wants on my lap or the Newbie wants his ears rubbed… or sumfin! Lolol
Another thing, my arms get tired when I am waving a lot. So, kids, don’t feel bad if I stop waving right in the middle of your crossover. Just catching my breath.
Let’s see here, what else? Oh I have to tell you about the trip to the grocery store. Grasscutter came out and took me to the store in Lee County… lolol
Would you believe the store manager, Chris, reads the News? Well, he does! I gave him a hug when I went into the store. He was busy up front. Off I went to look for stuff…GC pushing the basket!
Got to the far end of the veggie section and here comes Chris! Chris wanted an explanation of BBSB… and a few other things he’s read in the News. I got so tickled! Lolol I told him he was in real trouble! Lolol
This is the same guy I offered to help when one of the store freezers was malfunctioning. I rec’d a ‘no thank you’. You sure? “do you think I’m going to let you near the freezer when you can’t handle a coffee maker?!?’ I cracked up! Another funny thing about this one is that nobody else in the store knew what he was talking about! Lololol Gotcha Chris! Lolol [I’ll try to get a pic and an ok from him] Like I said.. the guy is in real trouble.
Oh I need to tell you that he read my report on my demise… Told me my color was good considering everything! He gotme! Lolol
Chris is really a good guy! He is running for magistrate in Lee County, district 4… Sort of like a county commissioner in other states.
Told him to check in the cemetery files, if he found a Paula Rice over there, I would vote for him…
Then while I was in the store, a strange guy was following me very closely! Some times I would go back to the previous aisle for an item. Three or four aisles, this guy was there. Fiddling with the canned goods or straightening an item but watching.
I started to get angry! I’ve seen this behavior before. [My opinion: A cop/security guard in plain clothes.] And then, the whole situation struck me funny! I was dressed in my winter Woods Camos… I should have been invisible to him. Lolol
More of my kids going overhead… Fandamtastic! And more tales later… Take care all of mine…Go in safety always. Remember, even small things can be fun!
Many hugs, much love and lots of lafter. The bubbling over meems
Man, oh man! What a magnificent day! Come… sit in the sun with me… Just came in long enuf to issue the invite! There is SUNLIGHT coming thru the windows of the apartment! Can you believe it? Real sunlight! Coffee is hot.. and then there is the hot cider. Wowser!
Been out there playing with the 6 pack and the Fan club! My flyguys went over…. Clear blue sky. Them BBSBs soaring overhead. Oh my gosh! Fandamtastic day!
The snow is melting rapidly and it got up to 50 today! 50 degrees! Sun out… wind was a little chilly tho.
I was dressed in my Granny Grunge (thank you, Bobbi) outfit… only this time I had a zipperless city camo vest on over the paint clothes. I’m telling you I am really cute when I go out to sit a spell! Lolol Yes, I got flashed by them BBSB’s… and NO I didn’t flash back… way to chilly to show my ankle! (You thot I was gonna say sumfin else, Dintcha?!?! Lololol)
Miss SnowPlow of 2010 (read unmade bed Lilyputz) was out there rooting in the snow. The Newbie was sprawled next to my chair. Spudley was trying to climb on my lap. Viva and the Wrecking Crew were digging in the soft dirt… looking for sumfin. Moles maybe? LOLOL Who knows? Them critters live in their own worlds.
Well, back to the Granny Grunge… I got caught by Tim, the mail man! Wanted to know what I was doing standing on the far side of the road. Lolol Nothing I do seems to surprise him either! I was attempting to take pix of the lower curve. All that stands out on that pic is the road way to the neighbor’s barn. If you look closely at the pic, you will see the light colored vehicle coming up from the lower curve. or view link or view link
This is a pic of my mail man, Tim. He seems to think I am ok. Boy, do I have him fooled. Lolol He is a delightful young man… and I do love to torment him!
Have I mentioned the Marv lately? Oh dear… He is pestering me no end.. Going on about this and that! Trying to keep me on the straight and narrow! I’ll ‘straight and narrow’ him! He should talk! Gotcha Brat! Lolol
Then there is the BossMan! Sheesh! It must be ‘pick on meems’ weather. Did y’all know he has a ‘pizza carry out’? LOLOLOL But he doesn’t deliver in the snow? Gotcha Boss… lolol One for me!
Let’s see here… what else? Been doing a lot of wild paint brushing… Have 3 going right now… a bird un-named… The Hoskins Homestead… and Free Bird…Think I need to add one thing to the Yellow House… Sometimes I have to look at a painting for several days before the brain decides it is finished with the work.
Oh yeah… I checked prices on aluminum frames yesterday… Sheesh… It’s been a while since I’ve priced them. Like two or three years or more. Prices have more than tripled. I think I have been out of the ‘loop’ way too long! (Bite your tongue, Boss! Shut up, Marv!)
I’m outa here for a while… more wild paint brushing to do. Take care all of mine. Go in safety always. Remember to get out of the house more often..look up and see the sky.
Many hugs, much love and lots of lafter. The sun wild meems
What is today? Oh! It’s Tuesday! Tuesday edition 2010*2*16
All right! Everybody get in here and warm up… Sheesh!
Oh boy! I just received a call from my oldest! Talk about your basic heart attack situation! Oh DEAR!!!! She has received numerous condolences resulting from the news of my recent demise. (Last nite) These messages are still coming into Twitter. Bobbi called me right away.
I know this isn’t funny in one way but in another, it is! She was sooo relieved to hear me answer the phone. (You’re alive. Yeah!) She tells me why she is calling. I look around the apartment…As far as I can tell, nothing has changed at my end… lolol
Six pack scattered all over the apartment and cover diving on the bed. Check Storm gods still scattering litter? Check Snow still falling? Check Wind still blowing? Check Took my pills? Check Coffee? Check Granny Grunge outfit (thank you, Bobbi) Check Removed fingers from ears? (Newbie started a sing song) Check Realize you cannot type with fingers in ears! Check Attack cat trying to con me out of my tater chips? Check!
Shall I continue? Lolol I have a very long list! Especially on the Granny Grunge outfits! I was really cute yesterday when I went out to feed the wild critters… lolol
Naturally, I got caught outside in my bundled up condition. I never in this world thot any one would be on the road yesterday. Not only did one neighbor catch me, I got caught by two of them! LOLOL I discovered the one is one of mine from the Nam era! Awww… I patted him on the arm…
Would you believe that he was checking on me to see if I was/am ok? Was I warm enuf? Food? Electric? I almost cried… I have some really good neighbors around here.
Back to still being alive… Yup, I’ve decided I am but it’s a little hard for me to judge. I am happy and content here. This is as close to heaven as I am gonna get here on this earth. I have been so blessed.
I found the Body Butters! Oh yeah! Would you believe they were sitting on the bottom shelf of the bathroom closet? (Not in the basement, Sherri… gotcha back!) I cracked up. How did I miss the closet the first time around…? See, a little logic helps!
Then there is the Marv! Complaining to me and discussing color usage. I must remember to ask if he wears those amber colored sunglasses out there in Calif. Colored lenses will color your view of the world.
Which reminded me of a conversation with a good friend. This friend of mine who, when driving thru a new neighborhood, commented that all the houses were painted yellow. Remove hunter’s sunglasses, ding ding! LOLOL
Well, both these convo’s sparked an idea for a totally abstract painting in yellows… Title: The Yellow House, of course…! I laffed and giggled the whole time I was working on it.
It occurs to me that I really know some very strange people… lolol I love all of you anyway!
Guess that’s it for today… Gots to go swing a hot paintbrush again!
Take care all of mine… Go in safety always. Remember that the bad days make the good days so much better.
Many hugs, much love and loads of lafter. The mildly demented meems
Woohooo! Get in here and get warm! Sheesh…I’ve got lots to tell you? But first a question…Well, make that a reminder first…
Anybody remember the day I did a little cleaning/straightening around here? Miss Neat & Tidy (me, oh yeah! Would I lie? Me? ) put the Body Butter away. Did I happen to mention where I stashed it? I’m sure I put it in a safe place.
Three bedroom house, full basement… wait…! Just double checking… 6 closets and scads of kitchen cupboards. Lots of shelves… I can’t find my body butter! I’m getting a little tired of smelling like a strawberry. ( I did find another strawberry in the med cab in the bathroom)
Maybe if I went looking in a logical and organized manner, I might find them. (this ain’t never gonna happen! The logical and organized part) And how many ‘safe places’ can you have in so many square feetsies? It boggles (another one of my fave words) the mind! Lolol
Ok, so I call Dorothy and ask her where she hid my body butter… Can you say stunned silence at the other end of the phone? I cracked up! Not only did she NOT know where the butter was hidden, she didn’t know WHAT it was! I had to explain! Hey, Dorothy Brat! Gotcha! Lololol
Well, let’s see here. Oh, back to the digicam. ‘Member I been working with the programming? The picture of The Boyfriend is huge… I think. It sure did take up the whole page when I c/p’d it. I had changed the original setting to 8m. I also put the date on each shot.
I remove the auto date thingy. Then I go looking for the ‘size’ on the menu. Struggle, struggle, fuss, fuss… lolol I find and change the setting to 4m… whatever that means. Lolol Gonna try with The Boyfriend again… would somebody let me know what you are seeing at your end?
Another thing. I have gotten two of the most fantastic clips from my buddy and good friend, LittleJake…A virtual clip of the WALL and a beauty of the Blue Angels. Do you think I can get them to copy/paste? Now, I can forward them from my email to others but I cannot get the hang of transferring them from my email to Word. Giving it a try…
I gonna keep working at it tho…I’m a slow learner on this beastie but I WILL eventually learn how… lolol When that happens, teleportation will be the mode… lolol
Guess that’s it for the time being…Saw a few flakes of snow.. called Anna to see if I had the first snow of the day… Shucky darns, she already had it falling at her place! Then snow stopped at both places at the same time. She saw one more flake…I saw two more. This is our start of a snow storm? Lolol Small minds, small pleasures!
Remind me to tell you what I did to the Sheriff’s office last Friday.
Take care all of mine…go in safety always. Remember to torment your friends… it is so much fun!
Many hugs, much love and lots of laffter… the misbehaving meems…
Someone asked me to explain my comments...this is what I was referring to... it has to do with my feelings about the incident in Canada... hugs all and much love. meems
EMOM IS NOT HAPPY!
posted 1 day ago
Aug. 28, 2008...
Friday nite edition… 2010*2*13 EMOM IS UPSET!
Might not want to read this one… I am SO angry!
How dare the Newspapers, TV and other assorted news agencies show the young man at the moment he died in Canada? Money? How dare they!
How dare they show such a lack of consideration to his family, friends, fellow athletes? I love the winter Olympics. Not any longer… I want to vomit when I hear the news anchors going on about the up coming events.
Did I know this young man? A fellow human being… ? No… and I have no idea of his personality nor his abilities. But he was, WAS, human and as such worthy of respect.
Would you, could you, sit there and watch the way this young man died?
God knows, I’ve seen enuf and heard enuf in this lifetime that I don’t need to be reminded of how bad things can sometimes be.
How about a drunk … 100 pages of printouts on dui’s and wreckless ops…who killed a 13 yo little girl. A reporter called and asked if he could use the name of the child? He would have gotten the scoop on all the other media in the Cinti area? The parents had not been notified. Do you want me to continue with the list?
Have the news media ever had to go into a home and announce the death of a loved one? It is one thing to see something on a screen; another thing entirely to enter the home to advise the loved ones.
WE are the United States of America! We were, at one time, the leaders of the world.. in kindness and compassion. When did the “I†become more important than “WE�
I am so ashamed…
Those of you who can, enjoy the Olympics. I am watching reruns this weekend!
Feel free to copy and paste this edition anywhere you all please.
I just bet you kids are glad I’m in a better mood today. Sheesh, I was really upset last nite. I didn’t inflict my bad mood on everybody but if you want to read my blast at the national news services, go to my daily blog! I even published it on WLEX’s web home page…Sent a copy to the Lex Herald Leader while I was at it.
Still not watching the Olympics… just cannot do it.
Anna is right… lolol ‘They’ are gonna come get me with the butterfly nets.
Anyway, I went looking for my fave pix of the attack cat. She was/is always into sumfin. Started out that way and she hasn’t improved… lolol Anything to get my mind off the other.
KK says it doesn’t show much of the Delilah. lolol Just the part where she always has her nose into sumfin. lolol Did I say that right? Lolol
Had planned to write about ‘love’ on Valentine’s Day but looks like my brain wants to do it right now. So here goes…..
What is love and what should the term mean? For me, ‘love’ means caring. It is also the sharing of the good times and the not so good. It is the giving of affection, of being there when there is a need for someone to lean on.
Love is giving of yourself, your time, your heart to another. It is giving a pat on the shoulder… an ‘I am so proud of you’. Giving a hug or a kiss on the cheek for no reason… Telling a loved one to be careful. Listening carefully to the tall tales from a small child. Telling tall tales to all. Giving a smile.. causing a smile to appear.
Love is teasing, tormenting and giving a hard time to a dear one. Love is trying to make the day go better for another. To offer a hand with no strings attached… The giving of your undivided attention without being intrusive.
Love is discussing, arguing and debating without being hurtful or closed minded. Love is simply giving of oneself with honesty and integrity.
Happy Valentine’s day all of mine… go in safety always. Remember there is more to love than the heart alone. Many hugs, much love… and lots of warm lafter. meems
Get in here and warm up! I have a question to ask. How come The snow is melting? No sun today at all! Temp never got above freezing. Yet, the road is mostly clear; exception being the curves.
Had about 4†of snow… I think. Was kind of hard to tell with the wind blowing so hard. And did I stay in the house? Oh yeah!
An Oh Dear! My fave catalog came in today. I could get into so much trouble…One time, it had a watch on sale that had an altimeter built into it. I did want it… I thought it would be so much fun to have when I was driving. It also had GPS capabilities. Is checking your altitude/location the same as or similar to text-messaging? I wasn’t real sure that I would be smart enuf to program it but I was certainly willing to try! lolol ‘Program’ in this context brings me to the Boss and the Cam!
Well now… I learn sumfin new by watching, listening and doing. Puterized cam is not easy for me to use, let alone program. OK, so the Boss mentions that some of my pix need to be larger… and asks about my settings. [Check Blooming Boomers’s Mountain News] I have settings? I gave him the brand and model info. Lolol I think the Boss got confused! Would I cause confusions?
Oh dear. Well, since I didn’t have any plans for that day, I decided to program my cam. Used up one pair of batteries! LOLOL I also used a lot of cuss words. The critters stayed in the kitchen… safer in there. [Except attack cat…she walked on my keyboards] Truth about the batteries… Not so true about the cuss words… I was in learning mode. Couldn’t honestly say whether I said any no no words or not.
I did take a break during my mad ramblings thru the cam innards. I went to the studio and worked on the ‘Boyfriend’ painting.
Back to the programming… lolol I finally got most of it done… date/time [took me more than an hour]… everything else is on auto [I think]… lolol except the flash thingy…
Took cam to studio… pix of the second day’s work on The Boyfriend. Uploaded, anyway I think that’s what I did, the info in the cam. All I did to the pic was crop the surroundings. Bad cam angle and ambient lighting.
So then I c/p’d [only took me 10 years to learn copy/paste…truth] the image directly to the Blooming Boomers Mountain News. I had no idea what would happen size wise… but I think it worked.
BOYFRIEND*2
Wow! A lot larger than I expected. Lolol work of day 2.
Ok, so we had rain on the mountain allllll day…now, it’s snowing. Temp, cloud layer, barometer all dropping and the wind is picking up… Another N’easter predicted. Did somebody mention that it’s winter out there?
Lolol Get in here and get some coffee or sumfin… I also have a new thingie… a powdered cider in a packet… just add hot water … wish I had a cinnamon stick or cloves to add to it. Try it anyway… spices or not. Sounds exciting to me! I know, I know… the life style I lead? Don’t take much to get me stirred up. Lolol
So I just finished the mug of hot cider mix… wasn’t bad at all… Now I have to find someplace that sells it. Think I’d like to have more of it for these cloudy miserable days. Anna says that I complained about last year’s rainy winter… Looks like I’m doing it again. Complaining about the weather, that is.. and maybe getting a little grumpy around the edges?
The 6 pack and the attack cat have been back here in the apartment all day. Then about 1800 hours, they woke up. Decided to play doggie gotcha in the house. Pyggy was it! Lolol Spudley and the Pyggs are on the bed .. Mexican stand-off going… Pyggs is growling like a ‘giant’ Rottweiler (which he ain’t) The Spud is not moving anything but his tail.. but he’s a grinnin’ for all he’s worth!
Guys… this is just for the women! Gals, I started doing my nails last nite… You’re gonna love this… Seventy-three year old female now is wearing PURPLE sparkly nail polish! Yup, yup, purple sparkly! Gonna put some gold decals on… and maybe a ‘dimont’ on the pinky nail! Let’s see here… add a little bit of strawberry body butter… hummm…. Lolol
Think the guys will notice? Will my flyguys be able to see this? Ladies, do you think it will be too distracting? Will they, the nails, show up through the cloud layers? Don’t want anything to disrupt the flights of them BBSBs! The south eastern mountain sex symbol in action? Oh dear… I’ve gotten carried away again! Conjures up a real picture in my mind. I’m on the floor turning blue with the giggles… Gotcha guys! Lolol Told ya I’d get even.
And I heard one of you go over the house last evening! Oh yeah… and I started giggling. I am comforted by the knowledge you guys and gals are up there. Remember that I am with all of you.. peeking over your shoulders. Can you say: back seat driver/flyer? Lolol
“…hallowed halls…to touch the face of God.â€Â
Had hunter/s up the road last nite… coon hunter maybe. I could hear a hound crying in the distance. The Viva was throwing a fit. Spudley went out to back her up. Every thing settled before midnite. I finally got those two brats to come in and I went to bed.
posted about 16 hours ago, updated about 16 hours later
Monday edition..2010*2*8
WELCOME HOME, ALL OF MINE, WELCOME HOME!
BigThoughts (in the Gotcha Gang) is still at it… I just read one of his punny stories about 2 little boys throwing peanuts to an elephant. It reminded me of an event that occurred many a year ago.
Honest to God’s truth coming up.
Once upon a time ago, meems had to make a trip to see a doctor in Cinti. Appointment was before noon. Made the trip… was a beautiful sunny fall day. I decide to visit the zoo.
It was only a short side trip off 275, down I75. I get to the zoo… wander around… go to the Aquarium… Watched the lemon sharks for quite a while. Finally leave and as I go out the door, I spot people gathering around an elephant and her keeper. I walk over and chat with the keeper for a moment.. Elephant checks me out… scent wise.
I go over… pay my money and take a ride on the elephant. Then I see the camel…oh boy! Another ride.. Pay my money and climb aboard the custom made two hump saddle.
I know I’ve talked about this before but I still get tickled when I think about it.
I get home.. call my friend, Jackie. I tell her about riding the elephant and the camel. I got dead silence. She changes the subject.. I go along with the change.
Wasn’t til later that I got to thinking about the rides and why Jackie didn’t say anything. I call her back to ask “why?†“didn’t you believe me?â€Â… lolol
Jackie says: “Oh, I believed you! I can see the elephant reaching out to you (me). See you climb over the rail and clamber across the moat. Get to the elephant and climb aboard. Me (Jackie) getting a call from Cinti PD. You have been arrested for…. “ I cracked up… She was serious. Did I mention that Jackie was a Captain on the Hamilton Police Department? May I mention that NOTHING I did ever surprised her?
I’ve decided I am cute but a little strange…Is this an understatement? Lololol
Anyway, back to the camel for a minute… I’ve ridden horses, mules, walking horses, pacers… done all the gaits a horse might have. But a camel is different.
I’ve read where camel riders bind their stomachs… I finally understood why. Setting and riding a camel means that the body, below the waist, moves in a figure eight motion. (And in case anybody might be interested… my body don’t move that way any more!) lolol In other words, I am definitely staying away from zoos from now on! Got the giggles!
