Cold, Cold Windy Snowy Day

How could we possible go from 61 degrees on Friday to the frigid cold that we had yesterday and today. We had 45-50 mile a hour winds which made it horrible. We didn't get the heavy snow like the states to north and east of us. I feel sorry for them because I know what it is like to be drifted in.
Today is being spent catching up with you all here on blog land with a cup of hot tea close by. I was so glad to get home from what shopping I had to do. I had a hard time with the doors on the car and had to be careful where I parked as to how the wind would hit them.
I stocked up on some things because I didn't know what the day was going to bring. We were in and out of the snow flurries. I wasn't able to do a craft show that I had planned on doing yesterday. The back was hurting just to much and the cold has a tendency to make it stiffen up on me. I already have a cold and my son told me that they didn't have any heat there. They had it in the school gymnasium, but the thermostat is programed not to run on the weekend and nobody changed it. My cold would have been a lot worse if I had set there without heat even bundled up.
My office will be cold tomorrow unless someone changed the thermostat. They pushed it back for the weekend not realizing it was going to be that extremely cold. We all leave and learn.

The Christmas picture is of my youngest grandson. He has been helping his mommy decorate the house. He has to have his Christmas tree with his Cars ornaments in his room. She loves to decorate and that is where we spend Christmas Eve with the rest of the family.
He is just like the older two grandson's, they don't think you should come to their house unless you have certain people with you.
I will close for the afternoon and go bake some cookies to go with the hot tea or cider. Have a great day. Stay warm and out of the cold .

Christmas is Coming

We are getting closer to Christmas and the boys are getting a little more excited about it. Matt was making a wish list as mommy and him were going to the city to see the ear specialist. His little ear is completely healed from having tubes put in which makes everyone concerned very happy. He doesn't have to go back unless he has a problem.
He thinks that he is so big because he can ride his bike without the training wheels. He has a bike picked out that his other grandpa bought at auction. It is purple, but he is going to ask his Uncle Kevin to paint it green. I would like to be a mouse when he asks him. I know he won't be turned down. He says he can't ride it until he is in the 1st grade. Although I think that he could if he really set his mind to it. W hat do you do with a child that catches on fast and then he is bored because they keep going over it for the others? He made the honor roll this semester, I agreed with his mother do some drawing after he gets his work all done or do some reading if the teacher will let him. It would keep him out of trouble. My oldest grandson is so much like his father was at that age.
My son is going to take his dad to the doctor's office tomorrow for me. I don't have any vacation left so this way I won't lose a days wages. I picked up my new medicine tonight. They showed me how much it was going to cost to see if I still wanted it. I knew it was going to cost, but I also know that it works. My blood pressure tonight after working all day was 119/64 since I started back on this medication plus I can add my cholesterol medication back to the mix. I just wish the insurance company would just fill the prescription as the Doctor prescribes.
We have been having cold weather, but no rain or snow yet. They are talking like we might get some this weekend. It will be a wait and see that is for sure. I plan on doing some Christmas shopping or at least try to get started.
Well I must close for now. Tomorrow is another working day.

December A Busy Month

I have so many things that I want to get done and I wonder if I will make it. The weekend has started off with my phone call on Friday. The doctor's office called to tell me that the insurance company finally approved my blood pressure medicine that we know works.
I always check my e-mails on Saturday to see if I had anything to take care of. I found out that my latest quilt that I just listed in my etsy shop was sold. I did a showcase with it when I listed it. I can only hope that helped it sell.
It went within a week, and I sold my Christmas tea towel that I just show you in a previous blog. I am working on a couple of new ones, but I will have to wait and see how they go. One has three different size poinsettia's on them. I took time out to go to an open house and then I am taking a break at the moment from it. I will work on it some more probably before I call it a day.
We were so cold today and the wind was really strong. I had to hold on to hubby's car door to help him get out of the car so it wouldn't blow shut on him. All I need is for him to have a broken leg or something from it.
Our neighbor hung their Christmas lights, but I am scrooge. Not really it is just that I lost my dad on Christmas Day and it makes it hard on me. I know they say you get over it in time, but I think about my parents at this time. My mother died the 18Th of December when she past away.
The best thing coming up is my brother's 77Th birthday on Christmas Eve. He is one of the special ones because he walked me down the aisle when I got married. He has always been there when I needed someone to talk to because he lost his wife to cancer and she went through some of the things that we have gone through with John. We have a decision to make because one of our doctors is leaving the group. I don't know what we will do. We will be able to see him and find out more as we have one more time with him before he leaves. .
My son is taking his dad this coming Friday to the doctor's office for a routine visit. His job got cut this past Friday so he is unemployed at the moment. I don't know for sure what he will do yet. I will maybe post about that when I know more what is going on.
I just know I have no vacation time left so I would lose a whole day's wages if I had to do that .
Well it is getting late so I better close.

December is Here

My middle grandson wants to know when we are going to get more snow. He wants to go coasting. I think that is what most children want to do plus build snowmen, or a snow ball fight.
We warmed up a little today and the wind died down which really helped. We have had a busy schedule right at the moment and I hope that everything gets done.
We have an open house to go to this weekend on Saturday. The 18Th we are babysitting the boys while their parents go to a Christmas Party. I don't know when ours will be at work or if for sure we are going to have one. They are tossing around what we are going to do. I usually have to make the reservations after they make the decision.
I changed my header a little thanks to my friend Karen Valentine. I wanted something a little different, but not just specially for Christmas, but more for the winter season. She is very easy to work with if you need something new.
The paper work went to the Insurance company today to apply for my blood pressure medicine that works. I developed allergic reaction to the third one that I had to try. I think it is wrong for the the insurance company telling you that you have to do all of this other before they will let you have what the doctor prescribed.
I hope that they don't get it passed to where you have to have a prescription for over the counter allergy and cold medication. It will just make it that much more expensive if you have to pay for an office visit too.
Must close for now. Have a great week.

COLD WINTERY DAY

It has been a cold windy day with some snow, but not enough to cum late. You didn't want to be outside anymore then you had to that is for sure. I decided it was time to break out the long johns or cuddles as some would call them and my lined snow boots. I was trying to scare the snow away. I am not really ready for the cold.
It was hard to go back to work after having four days off. On Saturday we went to Joanne's because they had a big sale, then went to a quilt shop in Kearney, Missouri where they carry the needles that I like to embroidery with. I use them until they start to curve and then they break. Isn't that the way it is when you get them just to the point that you like them? It was a nice day for a drive with the sun shining and in the 50's.
My son wanted to watch TV so I got the computer. Normally he is on it until around 9 or 10 . Then I don't get to spend that much time on it. I decided I was going to do some reading tonight for a change of scenery instead of the normal.
I have to talk to the doctor's office tomorrow about the blood pressure medicine that the insurance company wanted me to take. I have been having a runny nose, cough, and my back has been bothering me more then it normally does. I thought at first I had a cold, but after doing some more reading about Micardis I wonder if it is do to the medicine The allergy medicine has not stopped the nose from running nor has the cough gone away which makes me wonder.
My son is having fun with the telemarketers. He answered the phone is Japanese, and the questions in other foreign languages. They hung up on him. He spent several years overseas when he was in Navy. I always said that I just wanted a tiny little pinch of all of the countries that he has seen.
I have started making a Christmas list for my shopping and I usually do a Christmas letter for our family and friends. I haven't started that project yet.
Have a great week and stay warm.

My Helper

Today is not a day that I would want to go shopping. When we went to gas the car up this morning, Kohl's parking lot was full of cars. I didn't want anything bad enough to be out in that crowd.
We did go to the post office, the bank to get my change order for this evening, breakfast, and a drive for hubby. He was staying home tonight, which was probable the smart thing. They were really wheel chair friendly and it was so cold where we were at. I have been home for a while and I am still cold.
My grandson, Jake, has gone to the craft shows with me. He was selling his Christmas ornaments and wooden puzzles. He made more money then I did. I just enjoyed spending the time with him.
I probably won't do this one again. They had a
baby show and a dance revue in the same room as our craft fair. They came to watch the kids and left. They sure didn't buy and you couldn't get through the people standing there if you did want to buy. I don't know who came up with the idea, but it sure wasn't a good one .
It was cold and windy, but at least we didn't get the snow and rain that went to the East and South of us.
I thought I would show you my poinsettia that I had framed that is going in my etsy shop. I got one of my Christmas tea towels done. The other one I had this brilliant idea I would use a iron on transfer paper where you copy your picture and then iron it on which was a big mistake. It definitely didn't turn out the way that I wanted it to for sure.

I will be restocking my booth with what I took out of it. I don't know about your craft shows , but ours sure wasn't a buying crowd.
The countdown is now on until Christmas. I don't even want to think about that right now, but I know that I have to start.
Well it is getting late so I will close for now. Have a great rest of the weekend.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching. My daughter-in-law has the turkey in the refrigerator thawing. Our family will all be together at our son and daughter-in-law's house. She is doing the cooking and she is a very good cook.
Our craft show is over with one left to go. I had a wonderful time with my grandson. He was so excited and it was fun watching him sell his wooden puzzles. He sold enough to pay for his cell phone card plus. Grandma sold some but the show was different then what it was the previous year. The vendors were so different and some things weren't really what you call crafts.
They say you are to be handmade and I would sure like to know how some qualify when they say on the bottom made in China.
We have one left to do the Friday after Thanksgiving. It is from 5 P.M. to 8 P.M. in the evening. I just hope that it isn't like the past when you froze because of it being so cold. We have had such crazy weather temperature wise, but we have been lucky to not have the snow, ice, and bad weather.
Happy Thanksgiving to each and everyone of you. I hope you have a wonderful day and get to spend it how you want to do it. I know we always eat way more then we should. Our excuse is that it is the holidays and they only come once a year.
It is a time to stop and think about all the things that we are thankful for. We have been blessed this year so far with no trips to the hospital for that we are very thankful. We have been able to spend time with our family more this year then the last. Enjoying the time spent with our grandsons. They always are teaching us something new and they never let you forget what you told them.
It is getting late and tomorrow is another work day. Have a great week.

The Rain is Here

The month is flying and it will be Thanksgiving. I don't know where the time goes anymore. I just know that I don't like daylight savings. I just wish that they would change it a half hour and leave it a lone all year.
It started raining late this afternoon. We never got very warm. The last temperature that I heard we were at 51 degrees, It was very damp and cold. We aren't suppose to get down to freezing, but it is that time of the year when we can have snow.
Today we honor our veteran's and my son had a floating holiday which he took today. He and his dad ran around today. A lot of the business were giving the veterans a free meal to show our appreciation. I was glad for them. We had our parade.
I thought I would show a few more that I have got done this week. My teddy bears are a nice size that you could use as a hand towel in the kitchen or bathroom.
I am anxiously waiting for my poinsettia to get back from being framed. I think it will really be neat that is for sure.
We have been so busy at work which is great, but it really keeps us moving to keep up with it all. We got another house to supply the lumber that we didn't know we were going to get. They said that it was the service they liked and we give them free delivery. If you work with people it is all about the service that you give them. They will come back if they like it.
I will list the tea towels on etsy or if you would like one and not go through etsy just let me know.

I have started making my list for the boys. I know what I am going to do for my girls. Something that they both will like, as they read what I write, I will keep it a secret at the time being.
I hope you all are having a great week. Take care.

November has started

The holidays are just around the corner and it seems like they move them up every year. Tomorrow is my son's Pat's birthday. I can remember having snow on several of those in the past, but we are suppose to be in the 70's tomorrow. I just wish that our wind would die down.
I have to make a trip to the city tomorrow to pick up my new med. I am going to try samples before I have a prescription filled. I don't even know if I can handle this one or not.
The weekend was beautiful weather and we still have some pretty color in our area. We came across a train wreck when we were coming home from our drive on Sunday. They say that one train rear ended the other, but it looked like they hit head on to me, but we will have to wait to hear what the investigation shows. We usually go this highway so that my husband can see his trains. It is still a dream of mine to take a vacation on a train before I die. I don't know if it will became a reality or not, but there is no harm in dreaming. I decorated for the Holiday Open House on Saturday. I put up the Christmas tree and restocked. I need to check it Wednesday to see if I need to add anymore. It is starting to pick up, but that is usually the way of it. I have the possibilities of another baby quilt, she is going to take a look at them I have on display at the mall. I will do one special that she can pick if she wants. I have time after the holidays because the little one will be in the spring. They are having a sonagram done this week and needless to say they are anxious to know if it is a boy or girl.
Well it is late and tomorrow is another work day . Take care my friends.

Election Day

I trust everyone got out and voted wherever you live. It was warmer this evening when we went then this morning when I left the house. I am glad it will soon be over for a while.
I thought I would show you some pictures of what I have been doing. I have several things that I am going to be involved in, I just hope that I haven't bite off more then I can chew. If they do what they say they are going to do at the mall, I probably won't stay after Christmas. They want to charge you if you don't walk. The other mall that I was at, they gave you a break on your rent. I will have to wait and see. I just don't have the time to donate.
I have a set of 6 of the snowmen pot holders that I have done lately. They are easy and you can do one in an evening if you have no interruptions.
The tea towels are a pig pattern . I am trying a stripe towel to see what people think of it. One of the craft shows I am doing is in farming community so I made some cows and pigs. I thought perhaps they would sell good, but who knows.
I traded this evening with my son, he wanted the TV so I took the computer. Normally he is on the computer and I work on the embroidering.

I hope you all are having a good week so far. This past weekend was beautiful with it so nice outside for a change. This week the temperature has got a little cooler, but they haven't said anything about rain yet. We will take every good day that we get.

Don't you like my pigs. I think they are cute. The first one reminds me of a piggy bank that I had a long time ago.

Have a great day.

November is Here

I really don't know where the last month went. The days just seem to fly by before you are ready for them to end.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I will be so glad when tomorrow is over and maybe no more political ads for a while. I wish they would pass a law saying that they could only politic 3 months before an election. This time has seem like it was forever.
I thought I would show you a couple of trick or treaters. Ethan's truck costume was a couple of years ago. His dad made him the truck. This year he was a pirate, but I have to wait for my picture. You never know what he will tell you. I can see a difference in him since he is going to school.

Little Miss Riding Hood is my great niece, Miss Emma. She was suppose to get to help pick the color for her parent's new front door. They changed their mind after she told them that she wanted a pink door. I don't know why they didn't like the idea. I thought that would make their house easy to find. She is very different then her brother, she is more outgoing. She goes to the reading hour at the library and she says she is going to school.
I went this past Friday back to the doctor's office. The second med that the insurance company wanted me to try didn't work any better then the first. I have never spent so much time sleeping in the chair because it made me so tire. I was getting to the point where I didn't know about driving. At the moment I am not taking any, waiting to see what the insurance company does. The worse case scenario will be we will try something that the doctor has samples of instead of spending anymore money.
I just thought I would check in with you all to let you know that I am still here, but you can't be on the computer when you are in the chair asleep. Have a great week and I will talk with you all later.

Windy Tuesday.

We didn't get blown away today, but the winds was strong. We were lucky to not have the storms that were to the North and East of us. They say we could get some rain tonight, but I hope not.
We had a wonderful weekend with the family. Matt. my birthday boy, was so excited about his party. His cake was a football field with the players in the center. His name was behind one goal post and his age was behind the other goal post. He informed us it was chocolate and vanilla. Mommy used two cake mixes to make it long enough for his football field.
Ethan and Matt were racing a three wheeler, and a four wheeler down the hill. Jake was the official starter. It was so much fun to watch and make me tired just to watch them.
I thought I would show you a picture of Eeyore who is on his way to a new home in Illinois. He is going to a young couple who is expecting a baby girl in December. It made me feel honored to be part of her decor for their little one's room.



I need to take some pictures of what I have been doing lately, but just never seems to be enough hours in a day.
I promise that I am making my way around tonight for a while before I go to bed.
We were gone for a while this evening. We babysat Matt while mommy and daddy had parent teacher conferences. We played tic-tac-toe. Of course, he won. It wouldn't seem right for grandma to win. Hehe.
They have been doing some fencing so that the boys can have their ponies closer to home. It will also make it much easier to take care of them. It has still been nice enough on weekends that they can ride for a while.
We will just take every nice one that we get. Well I really need to try to go to bed and get some sleep. The new med is not really working like it should. I go back to the doctor Friday. All the insurance company needs to do is let me have my med I know that works. You have to do step therapy. I have tried two now, and it is ridiculous.
I will talk to you all later. Have a great day.

Two Days Off

We left work a little early today, which I didn't mind at all. It gave me a chance to go by and check my booth. It hasn't been as profitable this month. I noticed that there is several that are moving out all ready.
You signed a lease for three months to start with and then it is month to month. I would think that you would want to stay until after Christmas, but then some of the booths rent is quite bit more then mine.
I will have a busy weekend with finishing shopping for my grandson Matt's birthday which we will celebrate on Sunday. I needed something else for him so I called his mommy. He told her to tell me that he needed a new sweater.
He got hurt school yesterday playing kickball. He ran into a pole that didn't give. He has a goose egg on his little forehead and his chest hurt a little. It hasn't slow him down anything. His teacher said you knew he was hurt because he never cries, but he did then. He only has two speeds full steam ahead or crash city when he is a sleep.
We get to baby sit him on Tuesday evening when his parents go to brother's parent teacher conference. The new Lego catalog came so I know what him and grandpa will be doing. He will be showing him all of his wish list.
Work has been very busy with having two new houses starting and they are in opposite direction. It makes the day go faster when we are busy like that. One of the guys cooked us each a hamburger on the grill so we had lunch together and then it was off and running the rest of the afternoon.
Our family will all be together. We will also celebrate my son-in-laws birthday because his is the day after Matt's. Matt thinks it is cool that he is sharing his birthday with his uncle.
We may get some rain later this evening, but I don't think it will amount to much. Have a wonderful weekend.

WEEKEND ALMOST GONE

I found this picture when I was surfing in Photo bucket. It is absolutely gorgeous.
Why does the weekend have to fly by in such a hurry especially when the weather is so beautiful. It has been cool in the mornings and warms up beautifully in the afternoon.
It is the kind of weather that you want to stay forever, but you know it is going to change in the near future. It is just the way it is when you have the changing of the seasons. I enjoyed being out in the fresh air today even in my own yard.
The boys came and cut the yard. I don't know if it will be the last time or not. That remains to be seen. We are to have beautiful weather most of the week. We might possible have a little rain on Tuesday. We are suppose to get down in the 30's. I would love to have a good frost and then warm back up. It would so help the allergies.
I have started a new medication again. I hate step therapy which is what the insurance says I have to do before they will let me have the blood pressure medicine back that I know works. At least I got to go off all other medicine until we see if this one will actually going to work or not. We finally got the results of my hubby's lab work. They had a hard time finding it and they ended up not doing it right so parts of the blood work was wrong. They are going to redo it. I just want to know if we can have it done here or if I have to make a trip to the city just for that. It means that I have to talk to the doctor's office on Monday. Always something.
We have seen some beautiful scenery over the weekend. I just wish I could drive and take pictures at the same time. Now that would be a miracle, but I am not stupid enough to try it.
I will just wait another week and maybe I can talk my son in doing the driving and I can take my pictures. He was still recovering from having an asthma attack earlier in the week.
It takes time to recoup after one of them.
Well I hope you all have a beautiful week. I will be coming to visit, but I have just been a little busy. Take care

Beautiful Weekend

We had such a beautiful weekend for our trip to see the fall color. The river bluffs are getting pretty and will be probably even more so this week. It was just enjoyable to be outside enjoying the fresh air. We started off in the upper 40's and ended up in the low 80's.
We went South on Saturday for our tootling and North on Sunday.
Today we have had rain off and on through out the day. It is in the 60's at the moment and has been there practically the whole day.
My youngest grandson has a new thing now. To try to get his way, he wants to bargain. I really don't know where he picked that one up. He is looking forward to his party this weekend. Anymore whenever they are having company. It is a party. I would love to be a mouse to watch all of the kids. There will be seven with the oldest being 11 and the youngest being three. They are close to age and their parents all went to college together. The kids can play and the adults can catch up with what each other has been doing. They didn't have to have a babysitter which I thought was nice.
We won't get to do our annual fall trip to Branson this year. Just to many things going on at the moment. I am not to take anytime off the next couple of weeks. I wasn't planning on it because I have used all of my vacation time up with doctor visits and I can't blame my other half for that. I have seen the doctor more this year then he has which is unusual. I am going to try to get back the bp meds that the insurance company wouldn't pay for. The doctor did give me an alternate if necessary. It is in the same family as the one that I want.
So much for that. It is bed time and tomorrow is another day. Have a good one.

The Weekend

The weekend is suppose to be a beautiful one for being outside in the fresh air. Cool in the morning and warm up nicely in the afternoon. A true fall day and being Homecoming.
I would much sooner go look at the fall color after I see if I get my blood pressure medicine back that we know how it reacts. What the insurance company required you to try was stupid. I told my doctor if we are going to try new medicine I only wanted it 30 days at a time instead of the ninety day.
I am to work on that and forget the other issues for the time being so we shall see.
We went to see our older two grandsons last night. We hadn't seen them for a while. My Matt had to tell us how he caught grandpa mule with the corn bucket. He let him stick his head in the bucket without reaching the corn. He walked backwards through the gate and a circle until he got back to the gate. He quickly got through the gate shutting it after himself. It was so cute how he told us. I can really see a difference in him since he started to Kindergarten. They both have to go to bed early because they catch the bus before 7 o"clock.
Jacob was showing us the Christmas ornaments that he cut out. I asked him if he was going to sell some of them and all I have gotten is a long drawn out Maybe. I told him I would take some to the craft show and put it in my booth. I will just have to wait and see.
My youngest one was going to the pumpkin fest. They had 10 rows of pumpkins that were carved and going to have a lighting ceremony. They will have the parade tomorrow for the kids in their costumes.
This month is absolutely flying and I don't know where it is going. We will celebrate our 47Th anniversary the 19Th of this month. When we celebrated our 40Th, we didn't think the way things were going with hubby's health we would make it this far. We did a lot of gambling with new meds and had a lot of people praying for him to help us get this far. Of course, thanks to our doctor, who has been there with us from day one when he was so sick in and out of the hospital every month. Very Very stressful. We just take every day we are given and enjoy our tootling as I call it. It is the most fun because we have no particular destination in mind when we take off. We just pick the direction. Tomorrow I think we will go see the River Bluffs toward the South because they should be getting quite a little color.
Well it is getting late so I better close for today. Have a great weekend and I hope you have beautiful weather where ever you are.

A Pretty Tuesday

I thought this was a neat old truck. They thought at work it was either a model A or model T. They weren't for sure. We were just out for our drive when we saw it and I took a picture.
I thought I would show you a couple of my tea towels. My pictures aren't doing them justice that is for sure. I sold a tea towel at my antique mall which it has taken just about the time element I thought it would. It is rather hard because you are competing against so many that has been bought at an estate sale or auction. I thought about making me a sign to say all items are hand embroidered by Shirleystitches. I need to do something to let them know that I do them myself.

The spots are done so that you can run your fingers over them and they feel like they are raised up. I just thought they were cute. The tea towel is a little different with the stripes and a solid corner in each of the four corners. It just shows you some of the things that I have been doing lately.

The doll was done by my niece's aunt. I thought she was really neat. She does some real neat things and I just thought I would show you one. She looks darling in their bridal gown.

We have been having some beautiful weather. It has been cool in the morning and warm in the afternoon. The leaves are starting to turn.

This weekend is our college's homecoming. I don't know if we will go and watch or not. The kids all graduated from there. I know that we have been selling some lumber to kids building floats for the weekend.

Hope you all have a beautiful day.

BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY.

The fall color is starting to show in our area. Today we started off at 34 degrees and have warmed up to 54 degrees at the moment. We are only suppose to get up to the 60's which will be all right.
We had frost on the back window of the car this morning. When we have the good frost then it will help the people with all of the allergies.
We went to Jamesport, Missouri to find some towels that I was looking for . The owner of the shop can get them for me, ship them, and made me a wonderful price. It was well worth the trip.
The drive lets us see some fall color , we came home a new route, so we got to see some country side that we hadn't seen before. As long as we have plenty of gas, I am not afraid to try a different highway as long as I know where we are suppose to end up.
My son and his family should be on the way home from being in Branson, Missouri. They were going to spend Friday at Silver Dollar City. They left Thursday afternoon after their oldest got out of school. Of course, they had to call and tell us that they were eating supper at Lammert's south of Springfield. It is one our favorite places to eat when we go that way.
I have been busy working on my towels for the craft show. I haven't got my pictures taken yet. I just hope people like them.
Have a great Sunday. We may take another drive today if it isn't to late when the laundry gets done. I am washing winter coats right at the moment so we will have them when it is time all nice and clean. Take care.