I survived inventory one more time. Now I'm on vacation.. I worked 12 days in a row and I was ready to take off a few days. I hadn't mowed in 2 weeks so I was out there at 6:30 Sat. morn. It looked like it was going to rain is why so early but it didn't. Got it over with anyway, took a shower and a nap and was lazy the rest of the day.

We're not going any where this time. Just going to hang around here and do some things around the house or houses. That never ends

Have a great day and all my fellow USA bloggers have a nice Memorial Day.

Off today. had to take my mama to the Dr this morning. Her last blood test showed low sodium, plus she's not feeling well. I've always heard to drink plenty of water. Now I have to measure what she drinks because thats why her sodium is low. she was drinking too much.  She normally drinks water or tea all day. Learn something new every day. When we got home, I fixed us some burgers and fries made sure to put on the  salt.

2 weeks til vacation. That is if i survive inventory. Every year i say no more then next thing I know its that time again. The worst part is the last 2 or 3 days before.. Staying late and going back early. I like it on payday though. 

I need to check my settings on here. I get email messages saying I have comments here and there isn't any. I know I meant to block spam. I may have blocked it all. Not that I don't like ads, I place ads myself..but they are clean ones if you know what I mean.

OK, speaking of ads, I better get busy.

Have a great day and Happy Mother's Day if I don't make it back before then.

chores are all done for the day so now I can play with my blog.

I'm sitting here waiting on daylight so I can put Bud outside. My son and them are coming today and I don't let them (excuse me - Him - sometimes i forget Spud isn't here anymore) stay in the house when company is here. My daughter -n-law is allergic and Bud isn't used to little kids. He's not going to like it but Kitty will keep him company.

I'm giving Kade a little BD party. We won't be able to go to his in May because of inventory at work so I'm giving him a little early one. He's going to be 2 already. They grow so fast. Tye is 4 now. I  haven't seen them since December. My son said Kade weighs as much as Tye now. Maybe I'll get some good pics to put on here.

Nothing really interesting has been happening around here. I'm still working on the little house when I can. I finished patching and painting the bathroom last week end. Looks pretty good if I can say so myself.

Its getting daylight so I better get busy. Get Bud out, pick up cake, buy groceries, wrap presents, tidy up the house..

cya, and have a great week-end

Thought I'd pop in and post a little note. Nothing  different is really happening around here. Same ol stuff every day..work, home, more work..work on rent houses.  I think I made up my mind this time. I'm going to sell out in a couple of years or asap. Maybe sooner or may take a little longer. There's a lot to do. I'm going to be getting ready for another yard sale and put more of my stuff in it. I went through my bells again. I use to collect them but I'm just keeping the ones that were gifts and getting rid of the rest. I sold some in my last ys. They're usually one of the first things to go.

I need to get off of here and go over there now and take inventory and make a list of what I need to do and buy to get the little house rented again. The dern water company wants $200.00 buck to turn it back on so I've been hauling water over there until I can get it turned on.

You know what? I can't hardly wait to get out of this town. I guess I just need a change. I'm sick of trying to take care of things around here and sick of my job.

Well, I'm not getting anything done sitting here, better get.

cya

Catch ya later, Jan

Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy
eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old
person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize
over those things for long.

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less
gray hair or a flatter belly.. As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less
critical of myself.. I've become my own friend.
 
I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio.  I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the
great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until
noon?

I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love .. I will.

I will wal k the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.  They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful.  But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten.
And I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken.  How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my
youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think.
I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free.

I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day.  (If I feel like it)

MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!

MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A RAINBOW OF SMILES ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR HEART FOREVER AND EVER!

FRIENDS FOREVER!

Amen to that!

I got this today in my email..thought it was pretty good. I'm trying to enjoy my birthday and the last day of vacation. I had a good vacation. My yard sale went well and my neighbor's son - and new friend -  has been helping me fix my little rent house. Actually, I helped him. Today he took me to get some lumber and a window that he's going to install next week-end.  Nope, can't complain except it went by to fast.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

cya

I had to remove some discusting comments. If this keeps up, I'm out of here. I don't have enough friends to worry about changing the settings or whatever you're supposed to do to let certain ones post. I'll just delete the blog and be done with it.

Since I'm here and may not post again til then:

Everyone have a Merry Christmas and Happy New year!

I got up around 2:00 a.m. so since i couldn't sleep, I would redo my blog for Christmas. OK, it won't win no contest but here it is.

And as always, I'll be getting ready at the last minute. I probably won't put up my tree til the 11th. I'm off 2 days in a row that week so one of those days  i'll spend on getting ready. My grandsons will be here a couple of days after Christmas so that gives me a little more time.

I'm going to get me a  and a cig.

cya, Tere

A VOICE FROM THE BACK PEW

There was a preacher whose wife was expecting a baby so he went before the congregation and asked for a raise. after much discussion, they passed a rule that whenever the preacher's family expanded, so would his paycheck.

After 6 children, this started to get expensive and the congregation decided to hold another meeting to discuss the preacher's salary. There was much yelling and bickering about how much the clergyman's additional children were costing the church. Finally, the preacher got up and spoke to the crowd. "Children are a gift from God," he said. Silence fell on the congregation.

In the back pew, a little old lady stood up and in her frail voice said, "Rain is also a gift from God, but when we get too much of it, we wear -------. (no smiley for rubber boots."

The congregation said, "AMEN."

LOL, I was going to put a lil tag on there for Jan in case she popped up and screwed it all up.  Oh well, we won't sweat the small stuff

Now. Jan, in case you pop up again,( You're the only one that does ),  I'm not ignoring you. I'm going to try to post on you now blog with  my other pc. For some reason I see better on that one.

I'll bbl, just wanted to leave a lil note.

cya