2009-1-25 0738est…

Mornin’ everybody…

Gee whiz!  My flyguys are up there playing already… lolol  The contrails are really standing out against the clear blue!  Them rotten kids must get up before breakfast!  I would too if I were going to go up there to play!  Oh yeah! 

The sun’s not up over the mountain yet and it is a chilly, frosty 8 degs out there.  Looks like it’s gonna be a purty day though. 

Puter was giving me fits again last nite!  I don’t know if I will ever get this mess straightened out… lolol  I think I have the emails straightened out … sort a… or not!  LOLOL  If it ain’t one thing it’s another! 

I had to laff yesterday… lolol  LittleEva was complaining in her gentle manner about babysitting with her son’s baby boa constrictor!  I’ve had two boas and Glen had a ball python…I guess having snakes is an acquired taste… I just wanted to overcome my fear of snakes…   

If you are squeamish, don’t read the next or look at the pic…

Here is a pic of a Cow/ black snake that I tripped over; it was curled up in my bedroom door way… Poor thing was dead… one of the dogs must have brought it in and buried it in a throw rug..lolol  I know… Don’t run screaming just yet… Poor critter all 5 feet of him/her was dead… neck broken.  (The ruler is a 48 incher and the boards are 6 inches wide)

I have two of these critters living under the boulders at the waterfall end of the pond.  I’ve watched them hunting for frogs… very efficient they are!  Cow/black snakes also take care of mice and other types of snakes…Good to have them around…

Well, the sun is still hiding behind the mountain…and I am gonna head back to the covers… I rolled out way too early for this old bod… lolol

Take care all of mine… go in safety always… Remember to look around you and really see the beauty of our world.

Hugs and much love… meems

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The poem I sent you was written by Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee About Sept. or Oct. 1941. On Dec. 11, 1941 He was killed in a crash over England he was 19 years old. Thought you would enjoy it espicially after the little comment the other day on you blog. Enjoy hugs Cheryl

Meems

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So very inspiring! .......Thank You!

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2009/1/24 1229est

Gonna use the nasty word… MISERABLE !  It’s gray,  uniform gray and right at freezing… Right now, the mountain weather is fighting itself!  The Boss said  the high for today in Iowa is going to be in the minus figures.  I am downrange from him and LJ but that cold will get here eventually.  Yesterday, it was absolutely gorgeous!  68° and I did get outside for a while!  I guess I should be thankful the sun shows itself once a week or so.  

Saw a couple of my flyguys up there… Got flashed..!  Oh yeah!… Made my day!  Ain’t everybody who can says she gets flashed by the guys in them big beautiful silver birds! (BBSBs)  I get so tickled.

And somehow, I managed to get my emails totally screwed up last nite!  (for me it’s no problem at all to screw up the puter)  I was ready to pound the monitor to a pulp with a large brick… I complained to the Boss about my problem.

Did I get any sympathy?   I don’t think so.  The Garymeister told me to count to 10… that he would wait!  Hmmmm… I think that was a gotcha, Boss!  Sheesh… I even had to ask if I could take my shoes off… Was gonna take a while to count that high!  He’s a brat!

But the Boss does help me a lot when it comes to puter stuff… He made new banner for me in CCC… Well, that’s all the nice I have for him today!  Lolol

Marv has been up to no good lately too!  Not that he’s done anything overt… I just know he is peeking over my shoulder, watching carefully, waiting for me to screw up and do something.  He takes great pleasure in nailing me when I do.  Lolol  Both he and the KK are always out there ready to take a hand in the mayhem that follows..  Pick on this poor little sweet natured ol’ lady… grumble … mumble… lolol  If you believe that nonsense, I  have several bridges and a ton of gold bricks for sale…(is this advertising?)  lololol 

Running late again… Anna called me and rolled me out at 1000est..  She loves it when she calls and I am still in bed… I never hear the end of it… lolol  This is Saturday, right?  I should be able to sleep late… Hung up with Anna.  Then Becky calls… Sheesh!  Anybody else?….lolol

Gonna get scooting… still need to work on the panda and the hat… and the chickyducks are waiting to be fed and watered… See if I can slide down the frozen grass to the pen.

One of the Silky Roosters has feathers all the way down to feet… also has extra toes.  Unfeathered, a very primitive looking critter… Puts me in mind of the velociraptors in Jurassic Park…   

Take care all of mine… go in safety always… Remember to always keep a brick by your side… just in case the puter decides to act up!  Or call me, I will take such pleasure in bricking the puter!  Lolol  

Hugs and much love… meems

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2009/1/23 1038est

Welcome home dear hearts.. welcome home.. Grab some coffee or tea or or or… and come on out here on the porch….

Gonna be another beautiful day, weather-wise… Puter-wise,  I ain’t too sure about!  Sheesh… I spend more time trying to get back to where I was than I do writing!  (Did that make sense?)  I don’t even want to talk about last nite!  I went to bed early!

Got tickled first thing this AM… New neighbors brought their second dog out with them last nite..  I opened the door to let the rest of mine out…LOLOL  Max (the diplomat) was up at their place playing/teaching doggy gotcha to the newcomer…  Max was it!  I cracked up…  Betcha the Max will sleep tonite!  Heidi and her pal are chasing the Max all over the place… I can hear the play barks… lolol

I watch real cop shows all the time… kind of like listening to a scanner/background noises…  Well, right at this moment I am watching a California Officer (Chinese, by birth) speaking Spanish/Mexican  to a dui subject.  He then switches to English.  The officer’s English usage and  grammar is perfect!  A heck of a lot better than mine!  And it just cracks me up!  What is it about this that strikes me funny?… I really don’t know!  Except maybe the switch from language to language so easily is so unexpected.  I know how hard it is for me to communicate in one language, let alone two or more!  Lolol

I’ll tell you a secret… sometimes I have to go through the whole list of the names of the 6 pack plus 1… especially if I am gonna scold somebody.  Nothing to do with age.. Always have had that problem… It was really interesting when the kids were home…lolol    “Bobbi… ah Shell… Glen.. Phil… ah, Smokey… Buns… Pedro.. Mac… er… well, by the time I had gotten through all those names, I had already forgotten who and why I was yelling… the brats love it!  Thank goodness, I didn’t give names to all the tropical fish! Lolol

 Just came back in the house… still watching the dogs play.. and  it is way too purty to stay in!  The sun is out… the wind is blowing… sky is mostly clear.  And I saw a couple of my flyguys up there…

The contrails are kinda’ iffy today again… Have high wispy mare’s tails just a travelin’.. Not much moisture in the air.  If I can’t see the contrails, it’s kinda’ hard for me to see and follow them BBSBs.  If they get in my blind spot, I lose sight of them and can’t always find them again… Tiny lil things up there…But I stood in the drive-way for a while and just looked…

I love to stand in the wind and let it blow thru my hair… Can you say: another mare’s nest?  Lolol  Tangles or not, the wind gives me such pleasure…

Heard and saw the red-tail … she must be hunting…Caught a look at my very own house wren on the back porch… The wren has a nest in the cupboard out there… Last spring she raised 3 or 4 little ones in the cupboard and I was lucky enuf to see them take their maiden flights… Dem is sooooo cute… Big aw factor!   I hope she raises another bunch this year cause she is a typical Mom!  Lolol  Just fusses at the young’uns almost non-stop!  I get so tickled… Been there done that!  A lot!  Lolol

Well, kids, I need to get busy… Gathered the makings for a couple of brooms yesterday afternoon… Will try and get them put together today… Need to dry for a couple of days before I can send them out…

Then there’s a small painting needs to be boxed up and shipped… Need to finish the trim on a frame… and then put the painting in frame… And finally, need to work on the panda in the santa hat…  That should keep me busy for at least 10 minutes! (I wish!)  Then, there is a panel with Anna’s name on it.  A painting of the farm…  just a waitin’ to be started!

Take care all of mine… go in safety always.. Remember to look, see and give nature a chance… You’ll be amazed at what you might discover!

Hugs and much love… meems

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2009/01/22 0812est

Mornin’ everybody!  Welcome home Dear hearts… welcome home!  Get your buns in here and set a spell!  Y’all know where everything is so help yourselves…HandsofHope sent me a beautiful warm fire… getting cozy warm in here now.

Gonna be a purty day…I see my flyguys up there… conditions just right for some of the contrails to show.  Oh, how I would love to see my world from up there just one time… Or from space… OMG!  Just to be able to see… A poet should be sent up… an artist… Wonder if  anyone could capture the glory of our sunlit world in words or paints… I must ponder more on this thought… I think the emotions would be overwhelming…  How to translate those feelings…  Is it at all possible?

If you remember, several days ago I mentioned not always being able to hear the guys when they fly over the house because of the heat exchange pump. Can’t see em because of the clouds…

Well, be careful for what you ask, the gods may grant it!  Lolol  The very next morning, I was sitting here in front of this one eyed monster, and over the house they went… Two of them… Rattled the roof tops and cracked me up…

Yes, you might just be sitting there shaking your heads in disbelief…  It’s my fantasy and I can ‘imagine’ as I please.  Thank you very much!  Lolol 

0846est… just came back in the house… Took some photos of mine going who knows where…  BBSBs just a hittin’ it… lolol

The moisture in the air seems to be a little iffy this morning… Some places, the contrail is really outstanding… some places, no trail at all… Shucky darns, I didn’t get flashed this time!  

I’ll play with the digicam later today and see maybe post them in tomorrow’s news.

Let see, what else?  Hmmm… Oh, I talked to Annie last nite.. for a short while… Told me I was interrupting her ‘sits bath’ schedule.  Lololol  Don’t ask!  You think Annie is outrageous in cyber space… try talking to her on the phone… OMG!  I laffed til I cried!  Lolol  She invented a new word… pruniefied!  Ladies, you can take it from there..  Guys, again I say, don’t ask! 

And you know, kids… I don’t know what I would do without  my friends  out there helping me when I need it…

KK has done some really neat banners for me to use in the Weather group..  Good job, KK!  Is that over and done now!  It’s as much as I can handle being nice to the KK and she sure isn’t used to it either!  Lolol  Gotcha Brat!  Lolol

When I start being nice, ya best be looking over your shoulder cause it means I am gonna getcha… Oh yeah… never miss an opportunity!  EVER!  Lolol

Guess that’s it for the day… Well, except for a pic of a local critter…Not the best photo in the world… I still have the critter…He resides on the book shelf to my right!  I am gonna take a better pic when I get around to it!  Lolol

Later all of mine… Take care…go in safety always… Remember to look up and see the sky… The sky can tell you lots of things… if you just look!

Hugs and much love… meems

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2009/01/21 0957Est

Been an interesting two days!   Sure have!  Y’all get in here… Get warmed up… Wowser, it’s too cold out there for this old body to stay out for any length of time!  A minus 2 degrees… thank you very much!  Slight breeze…

Saw a contrail out there this morning… Jumped out the door…(more like hobbled) and started waving like I had some sense (wrong)…and bout froze…Sorry, my BBSBs,  a minus 2 is just a little more than I can handle right now…The air is so dry that the contrails were very short lived up there… I waved at my flyguys and then hustled my buns back into house! 

Oh, I am so glad this last week is over! 

I have GOOD news!  Oh yeah!  I won my bet… our local “environmentalist”, who was supposed to be out to pick up the dead raccoon, did not go to work… A really nice young man (environmentalist) from a nearby county called me yesterday morning.  Showed up when he said he would… This guy had a long drive to get to my place…

The locals say I live at the end of the world.  LOLOL  Not quite but very close. 

Anyway… When I told him the incident occurred a week ago yesterday, he looked shocked.  The critter SHOULD have been picked up last Thursday…..

Well, that was taken care of… then I had to wait for Joey, the Vet!   Yes kids,  here in the mountains, the vet will make house/farm calls…

Joey arrived… I had everything set up… dogs were safely penned on the back porch…I would let one dog in… Joey would give them their shots… I’d throw that dog out the side door.. Bring the next one in!  Can you say: assembly line?  Lololol

I was so glad that Joey knew his numbers… He managed to keep track of the numbers while I was busy wrassling dogs around the kitchen…I just wish I’d a thot to have somebody here with a movie cam… lololol 

The only one of the 6 pack + 1 that I worried about was the Spudley!  Joey confirmed my belief that the Spud was part pit bull… I plopped my buns on the floor…scratched his ears (Spud’s, not Joey’s) … Joey gave him his shots… Out the door Spud’s went.

Then there was the Lilyputzer!  Oh man!  She caught me with a dew claw and raked my right forearm… can you say: ouchie!  Still smarts this morning… Got finished with her and out the door she went!  Lolol 

Are we done yet? 

Joey and I sat at the table exhausted by that routine… had a cup of coffee, ran our mouths for a while… and he left….I went to bed early!  I was flat killed!

The very good news is the dogs are showing no signs of rabies… and the Newbie doesn’t have hip dysplasia!  Seems like his near hind knee has been hit/injured a while back… It will become arthritic and go thru phases of better / worse. 

It’s finally starting to warm up some out there… Need to gather the makings of another broom… One of mine is in need of the threat!  Need to find another broom handle too while I am out there… If you remember,  Max ate the last one!  Speaking of the Max… check this cute lil feller out…Doesn’t he look innocent?  Well, he ain’t!  He is rotten to the core… A mini-Newbie on the hoof!  Lolol

LOLOL  I just noticed I typo’d Max’s name… that should read Maxfield!  Lolol  How did KK miss that one… Oopsie!  Liven up, KK!  lololol 

Take care all of mine… go in safety always… Remember to open your arms to each days new possibilities and enjoy…

Hugs and much love… meems

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2009/01/18  1425est

Well, RATZ!  I did it again!  Dogs alarm barking at side door!  Open door.. Dogs go roaring out and down the ramp... I follow a bit behind them!  Yes!  I am in the old RED ROBE... and YES!  My hair looks like a mare's nest!  Oh dear, no teeth in... (am I allowed to tell this?)

It was the new neigbor... he had been cleaning and picking up and and...He was in the pickup...I waved... he backed up the truck... Oh dear... He stops at the end of the drive... I walk up the slope towards the end of the drive... we yell back and forth at each other... He drives on and I trudge back up the ramp to the house.

I hear one of my flyguys up there behind the clouds...I know he can see me!  He was right above the house!  I can't see him, of course, because the cloud deck was near the tree tops again... Sheesh! 

I guess my reputation for being the SSMSS is ruined forever! (Sunny Side of the Mountain Sex Symbol)  lolol  Now, THAT is a funny idea!  lolol  

A small heads up here!  If you are EVER out this way...spot a silver haired lil ol lady dressed in red...do an immediate about face!  This about face thing is a safety warning!   And Lordy pete, don't ever get in the line of fire!  This lil ol lady does pack a gun!  Oh yeah!

I came back in the house... threw on some clothes.. Heard another of my BBSBs out there... Waved and threw more kisses and hugs...

Oh dear… I forgot to switch to Word for the News… well, blog section on Eons was dancing all over the place with each key stroke!  Now what!?!  I did manage to save what I have already written…

One thing I will not forget… an occurrence/event in one group to which I belong… A good man left the group because a few attacked him personally instead of directing their angry remarks to the subject at hand.  This, for the good man, was all he could take.  He too suffers the pain of PTSD.   I am so ashamed of the few… just the few, who did not consider the person.   Enuf said!

A heads up to the ladies… We have a troll on Eons again… a “More Better” type looking for a victim!   This guy is 44 and wants to meet a 72 year old woman… for ….  Lolol   Just a warning to be careful… these trolls send out form letters… Never EVER  respond to the messages… I haven’t blocked him yet but Eons has been advised! 

And  HERE”S LILY!  Lolol  We call her the ‘Horlette’ because she will flop on her back for anybody as long as they scratch her belly…  Here, she is doing guard duty for the old rocker! 

I know, she looks like an unmade bed… but that and her grumpy vocabulary are a part of her charm… (I do make things up as I go)  lololol 

Well,  kids… I am outa here for the time being…  It is spitting snow  and temp is dropping again… Wowser!  I just looked at the barometer.. It is dropping rapidly too.  Stay warm everybody… this too shall pass… or not!  Lolol

Take care all of mine; go in safety always… Remember to look before you climb this mountain…lloll

Hugs and much love… meems

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2009/01/16  0838est…

Oh Gee!  Can you say: cold?  … Miserably cold!   Ungodly cold?  Brrrr!

Get your buns in here and close the door behind you … in a hurry!  Get over there by the electric logs… grab some coffee or tea…Warm up!  Don’t know what you young’uns are doing out in this kind of weather.  Nobody should have to go out in this kind of temp! 

(Thank God, there are all the brave souls who will suffer the weather to help all of us!)

I guess I really made a splash yesterday when I wrote about the cover-alls  and how cute I am in them… Got lots of helpful suggestions from my ‘friends’… lolol  Oh yeah!  (KK has mentioned my OMG! Factor!)  lolol  Can you believe that I still make her nervous after knowing her this long?   According to her, she’s a little (read a lot) leery  of what I might say or do!  Lolol    And rightfully so!

The Boss gotchad me again!  Daggone him!  He wrote an blog/article in CCC.  Title is: Things That Go Bump In The Night!  Good read and contains a little gallows humor!  Well, I ventured a small lady like comment and he nailed me to the trophy wall!  Gots the giggles!  Lololol .  Gots ta watch the Boss Man,  him can be awful quick on the come back!   That’s ok, tho… He knows I will get even…Again, just a matter of time!  Lolol

Ok, now to yesterday afternoon!   I had just finished washing my hair… Towel wrapped around head…I stood looking out the side door.   Sun was out!  Clear blue sky…a few white puffies AND a contrail! 

Oh my gosh!  One of mine!  I could see him to the west of me!

Out I went… hair sopping wet… no coat… Ruh row!  Would you believe it was really cold out there?  Oh yeah!  All of 8 degrees with a sharp wind blowing!  I waved til he was out of sight!  Ran back into the kitchen… took towel off and started combing the tangles out…I hear the drone of another BBSB!  Out I go again!  Comb in hand and still no coat!

Trust me, one cannot get a comb through frozen hair!  I finally gave up on that idea!  So there I stand with frozen, tangled hair… Waving for all I am worth!  Lolol  But I am starting to get cold…

Back into the kitchen!  Grabbed a saddle blanket (same one ss before) wrapped up in it.. Back to the side porch!  Waving mightily and throwing kisses!   Blanket not  heavy enuf to stop the breeze!  I am now starting to get cold…

More BBSB’s coming over… Ran in and grabbed parka and hat… back out the door… I tried to stay sheltered from the wind by standing close to the house!   That helped some but apparently not enuf.   Fingers started stinging… nose was turning a lovely shade of blue!. 

Well, I spent about an hour out side… waving and, I might add, getting flashed!  I love getting flashed and  crack up every time the guys do that!  Lolol 

Came back in the house to stay… Grabbed a mug of fresh coffee and headed back to the apartment.   Just a chuckling to myself… happy that I had seen some of mine up there playing!   (My fantasy that they are playing… air time is serious business)

That’s the fun part… the not so much fun?  My legs  were numb!  Oh yeah!  Had on paint sweat pants, which were not heavy enuf for the actual temps, let alone the wind chill!  I know better but I did it anyway…

The 6 pack + 1 didn’t like the idea of being in the house while the emom was outside on the porch…  In/out… out/in…  Wonder if they were trying to tell me sumfin…  Like get yourself  back in the house, Mom; it’s cold out there!  

Yes, it was cold but it did get a lot colder…  Was a lovely, balmy, beach towel/bikini wear MINUS EIGHT degrees at 0700 hours  this morning!  Brrrr!

Let’s see… then there is the dead and now frozen raccoon outside….Short version: 

  Monday night… coon hunters… hound baying on hilltop across from front of house.

  Tues.  Raccoon comes wandering into yard trying to get home?!?  Dogs attack and some are bitten…I get  dogs away from critter.. At least three bitten… Critter dies (maybe adrenalin shock)… I go out and double bag!

  Wed. I call game warder… no help there… Call my veterinarian… “Call health dept.”

  Thurs. Call Health Dept… Environmentalist is in… put on hold… called back… gone for the day!

   Fri.  Call Health  Dept.  .. Env. Not in yet… leave message..    Rec’ve call from Env for the county.  Will be out this coming Tues to pick up critter…Late Tuesday!   I am hoping the weather stays cold enuf to keep it frozen…  

This has not been a good week for critters… I have also bitten my tongue and sat on my hands… Cause I sure do have an opinion on this situation… Ah, me!

And here you go!  The one!  The only! Spudley!  Holding down the covers on the bed.  Making sure they, the covers, don’t get away!  Lololol 

And I was afraid I might be bored out here in the middle of nowhere!  Right!

Later all of mine… Take care and go in safety, always!  Remember  to enjoy  all the good times and learn to live with the not so good! 

Hugs and much love… the irrepressible meems

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2009/01/15 0905est

Git your buns in here!  Not a fit day out for man nor beast!  Windy, cold and snowing.  Temp is a lovely and toasty 8 DEGREES!   Sheesh… time to get my bikini out!  Yeah, right.   I dug out my cover-alls yesterday!

Let me tell you how cute I am in men’s cover-alls!   LOL  I ain’t!   They are warm but cute is not the word!  I’m not sure what the word is cause I have yet to think of it! Lolol

Picture this chubby lil old silver haired lady in a yellow canvas one piece outfit… Zips up the front… Some decorative splotches of white paint…Waist around my hips… seat down around my knees and  pants bottoms bunched around my ankles…bunched almost up to my knees!   Hmmmm.  Sleeves are just right!   I’m starting to sound like an ape!

Now, I know this sounds like a case of sheer sex appeal… (guys, the line forms to the left or right or whichever)  I didn’t dare look in the mirror!  I would have cracked up at the sight and never gotten out the door!  Lolol    Something I had forgotten,  there are slits behind the pockets in the front… Can you say: cold and drafty?

Well, I wandered out the door… to the truck… filled the chickyduck bucket with a mix of grains… grabbed the large water can and trundled down the slope to the pen.  All critters were accounted for.  Plenty of food and water… don’t take a whole lot to make the chickyducks happy… 

Gonna keep this one short… it’s an experiment for me… not typing this in blog,  I am working in WORD… maybe this time I won’t lose the News. 

 Here is a pic of the Newbie and the Pyggy half of the wrecking crew… Remember now, the Newbie is still growing! 

I hope this comes thru right… If not, I’ll keep working on it! 

Later all of mine… Take care and go in safety always… Remember to wear long handles under your cover-alls… Long handles take care of those drafty spots!  Lololol

Many hugs and lots of love…  the still learning Meems

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