8-1-10

Been cleaning out the shed. That is
no fun task at all. Along with crap
that is laying around shed.
We've been putting metal stuff
out along the road. One scrapper
has been by twice now to pick
up the stuff. Makes our job easier
when they haul the crap away for
us for free, lol. That would
have probably been 2 loads to the
trash bin for us.

This morning I got the rest of
the shelves hung up in the bedroom.
In no time Tony had his car stuff
on them, lol.

Got a couple loads of laundry done
and hung out to dry. Had a problem
with my line falling, GRRRRR!
I think it had something to do
with neighbor kids pulling on it
as it NEVER fell last year.
This time around I used nylon
instead of rope so it won't bust!

Well lunch is almost done, then need
to run down to Speedway for some
cigs, hang another load of laundry
and help Tony more with getting
the shed weeded out and organized.

Kendra and Dewaine are supposed to
be out sometime today so I am
trying to hurry ourselves along
to make time for them.
Supposed to get cement in the
post holes today for the fence.
That would be good because I worry
about rain and kids bothering
the fence posts and being level
at the moment.

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4:55PM

Done with cleaning shed.
Got a Tracker full of crap to go out.
The later this week will borrow
mom's truck to haul out another
load of stuff from around the shed.

I got about 4-5 loads of laundry
done, hung on line to dry. Still
need to put away. Probably tomorrow
as I'm too pooped to pop at the moment.

Might do something easy for supper.
Thinking about a breakfast.
Maybe some potato cakes, sausage, bacon,
eggs, toast and fresh tomato slices.



Too much on the To Do list around
here and trying to accomplish
it all is rough. Slow and easy and
little by little.

Kendra and Dewaine couldn't make it
over today so we're looking at maybe
Tuesday eve to do it. Gonna try
to start on the panels Sunday.
Hoping to have the fence complete in the
next couple of weeks, that's including
the gate over the driveway.
Then next Spring put in 2 more gates,
2 parking pads and put in another garden.
Doesn't it sound like fun?
Never ending around here.

Tomorrow mom's taking us out to dinner
at Texas Roadhouse for our anniversary
which was 2 weeks ago. The reason being
is Tony was on call and has had to work
mandatory overtime a few times.
It gets hard finding time to do things.

Last night we took an evening drive
since it was nice out. Drove over to
UV and saw they had the big rental dumpster
out. That means move out time for college
students should be happening soon, in
the next couple of weeks.
That place will have at least 400 move
outs if not more by the end of August!
I look forward to this event all year
because it's like one big free for all!
The college students throw out so much
stuff it's crazy! And I'll be sure
to be there to swoop up on some goodies!

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Thinking Inside the Motor Inside Columbus
LOL!
Becoming one with the motor to see
what the problem may be.

Hmmmm, could be a broken distributor
wire or spark plug wire, might change those.
May be the distributor button.
Might change that also.
Hoping to start out with small
stuff to see if that works
before going to major or more
expensive things!



Took the kids out this evening to
McDonalds to get a free smoothie
and me a free caramel frape.
YUMMY!
Went to McDonalds on Bethel Rd.
because they have an outside playground.











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9:00PM

Just returned home.
Got laundry down off the line and
hung up another load to dry throughout
the night.
Gonna chill for the evening.
More laundry to do tomorrow
and more cleaning of our bedroom and putting
laundry away.

7-31-10

I was reading a post on Walgreen Facebook
site about who was getting a flu shot this
year and do you know that about 95% of all
the comments said NO! There was about 439
comments! I am so glad I am not the only
one that thinks flu shots can be unhealthy for
you. That's about like getting the H1N1 shot.
They freaked everyone out about that then it
dropped off the face of the earth and you
heard nothing more. They gave out free
shots for the kids at school. I DID NOT
have my kids get them. How fast did they
make these potions to inject people with
that they did not have very many
guinea pigs lined up to see if they did
work or even prevented the H1N1 virus???
AND do you actually know what kind of
contaminents they are injecting you with???
There was one company that was giving
away $10,000 to someone who could actually
prove that they did work. No one won
that money!!!


Maybe for some the flu shot works. But I
got a flu shot 13 years ago at work
and still ended up with the flu. They say the
flu shot cannot give you the flu.
But they can only guess as to what kind
of flu will be going around that year.
And if they guess wrong you can still
pick up another strain of flu!
I never got another flu shot again
and took my chances. Knock of wood,
I have yet to have the flu for the past
14.5 years!

Just take the ordinary precautions of hand
washing, taking vitamins and things of the
sort.

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Well today I woke up and started
cleaning. I clean everyday so it's
nothing new. With kids you could
still clean 24-7 and never get ahead.

Anyway got the living and dining
room tidied up, kitchen cleaned, dishes
washed up and carpet cleaned. Not the
greatest but it looks better than it
did.

Getting ready to head to the store
and to a parts store to get
the suburban on the scanner to
see if we can figure out what it's
problem is.

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Back from getting the scanner put on
the truck. It said it was misfiring.
We'll no duh, we knew that it wasn't
running on all 8 cylinders at times.
So what is causing the misfire?
Does that little machine of theirs
say that, heck no!

Have you ever had them put one of
their scanners on your car?
How many times have they told
you oxygen sensors are at fault.
I think about every time we've done
it, it's said that. We know
it's not those sensors because
they are newer.
Wonder how many oxygen sensors
these stores sell in a year's time???

7-30-10

8:30AM

Going to yard sales this morning.
Afterwards will be working on
3 cookie recipes. Contest is open
through tomorrow so time is running
out!

Dewaine is supposed to be coming
home from the hospital today, yeah!
He keeps telling everyone that in
about 5 days he will be back over
here to finish up our fence!
Can you believe that???
I can't, especially after seeing
pictures of him after the accident.
I think he should take it slow
and easy for awhile. I just can't
picture him picking up 40 to 80
pound bags of cement or fence panels
or digging more post holes with
some fractured ribs!!

12:11PM

Just back from yard sales.
It sucked today.

We went to McDonalds for breakfast
and use two buy 1 get 1 free
sandwich coupons.
Then got the $1.00 large soft drinks.
The drinks still have the free
coupons on the for smoothies or frapes!

From yard sales I got:

X Large travel cup with lid .50 cents

women's wallet/change purse .5 cents

Toby Keith CD $1.00

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2:00PM

Just finished making and
putting my first round of "cookies"
in the oven. Now I'm sitting back
and waiting.

Did get word that Tony's bonus
should be on his next paycheck.
That's good to know so I can
breathe a little easier!

Crap, I gotta go out and take pics
of the Trans Am. Tony's brother
was wanting to see it and says he
was interested in it. Not holding
my breath on this because he's probably
more talk than action.

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Yesterday I pushed our bed over to the
wall more and took out my bedside table.
Now I have about 6 inches between the
wall and bed. Last night I was missing
a table to put a remote or my drink
on so came up with this idea.
I had an extra little wooden shelf
that I put about mattress level.
Works perfect for that small space!
The shelf even has a groove in it
where people would prop picture
frames up on it. If I had reading
material I could set it upright
and that groove could keep
my book/magazine from sliding off.



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2:30PM

My "cookies"




And since I have already entered the recipe
I can now share it with everyone.

Caramel Apple Empanadas
makes 21 empanadas

1 package Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix
5 ounces cream cheese
21 ounce can of apple pie filling
1/4 cup caramel syrup
1 large egg
2 Tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In large bowl add sugar cookie mix. Cut in cream cheese until thoroughly combined.
If preferred you could use a food processor instead to combine
cookie mix and cream cheese.

Take 1 1/2 Tablespoon dough and roll into a ball. Place on lightly floured surface and using palm of hand flatten into a 4 1/2 inch circle. Carefully, using a spatula, move to a cookie sheet.
Do remaining dough the same way.

Spoon 1 teaspoon apple pie filling
into the center of the dough circles.

Spoon 1/2 teaspoon of caramel sauce on top of each one.
Using a pastry brush or fingertips, dip in water, and run along
edges of dough circles. Carefully fold dough over into half circles
and gently press edges together.

In a small bowl whisk together egg and 1 teaspoon of water.
Brush each top of the empanadas with the egg wash.

In another small bowl combine sugar and cinnamon.
Sprinkle over top the egg wash on each empanada.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 17 minutes or until golden brown.


Provide tips or variation ideas for making this recipe:

You could replace the apple pie filling with other fruit pie fillings.
Instead of the egg wash and cinnamon sugar,
you could glaze them with a combination of 1 cup confectioner's
sugar and 1-2 Tablespoon milk once they are baked. Either way, they
are delicious.
Can serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.


Share your inspiration for this recipe:

My family loves apples. I wanted to create a smaller apple pie type cookie
that wasn't so messy for my kids to eat. They are easier to pack in
lunches, and eat when on the go, when compared to a traditional apple pie.
My kids are hard to please and when they gave my recipe thumbs
up I knew I should enter it in the Betty Crocker Cookie Contest!

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6:55PM

Kendra just sent some pics of Dewaine.
This is him leaving the hospital today.




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9:30PM

Just finished up the yard.
Got the back yard mowed and Tony
weed whipped everything.
Then we proceeded to the front
yard and I trimmed 11 bushes.
Can't wait to see what the bushes
look like out on the corner since
I was trimming them in the dark, LOL!

Well gonna go and try to get the
feeling back in my arms and hands.
That bush trimmer has numbed everything!

7-29-10

12:00PM

Well it isn't looking like today will
go as planned. We were planning on having
Tony and his friend work on getting cement
around the posts this evening. Now they
are requiring all employees to have mandatory
overtime today. So who knows.

I am currently working on our bedroom
wiping it out. I am hanging those one
shelves I originally had in the kitchen,
in the bedroom. That way Tony has a place
to put all his car nick knacks.
Not fun at all getting them even
and spaced just right.
Took out a night stand
in there and pushed the bed over more
to give us a little more room
to maneuver around the closet area.
I don't think they designed these bedroom
with a queen or king size bed in mind.
I think a king bed would take up that
whole bedroom!
A lil squishy but tolerable with a queen bed.

12:30PM

Tony and Randy came over to check out the
fence. All I can say is that Dewaine
and myslelf were on the same page.
He understood what I was wanting to do.
I'm about ready to google some do-it-
yourself videos and me and Tony can just
wing it with what Dewaine has told me so far
about fencing. Dewaine probably thought
I was a bother watching him do what he's
done so far but I was learning
as he did it. So maybe between me
and Tony we can do the fence/gate
and posts across the drive way.

1:10PM

Just got done mowing the front and side
yards. Whew it's warming up, but I think
it's just me sweating. I would have mowed
it earlier like I wanted but Tony had
the key on his key chain. Good thing
he stopped by today on his lunch hour
so I could unlock the shed to get the mower.

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5:20PM

Working on pulling supper outta
the crock. Put a deer tenderloin,
a can of tomato sauce, 2 packets
of brown gravy and some onion
seasoning in there and have had it
cooking on high for about 5 hours.

Neighbor kids have been in and out
and in the yard most of the day.
Had a teenager kid ask
me if we owned guns because
there is a Rifle Association
sticker on our screen door outback.
My answer was, that's for burglers
to find out. I left the question
up in the air. We have nothing
more than BB guns, baseball bats
and a ferocious dog (LOL) but with a sticker
like that on the door it will make
you wonder. Hey it was a cheap
form of security. I think I got
an advertisement in the mail
wanting us to sign up for the Rifle
Association. Don't know why or how
we got it but inside was a sticker.

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I forgot to mention this from yesterday,
We stopped in McDonald's to get a large
pop for a buck. On each cup was a coupon
for a free smoothie or frape!!

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Called Kendra at 7PM Dewaine just got
back to his room from recovery.
The novicaine in his face was starting
to wear off and he was feeling
a little pain. But it all sounds
like it went well. Now will start
the healing process. Not sure when
he will be able to come home from OSU.
So far he's been in there 3 days.

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GARAGE SALES TOMORROW

Great sale - tons of girls clothing, toys, ceiling fan, paint, household goods and more! Don't miss this one - Friday 8:30-5 and Saturday 8:30-? 241 E.North Broadway, 43214
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Part of the neighborhood sale at Shadow Wood Farm
Colony and Hempstead, next to Inniswoods Park
Fri and Sat 30 & 31st

Tons of books, games, shoes, baseball and football cleats!!
Wrestling shoes - headgear
Clothes
DVD's
Coca-Cola misc
Antique baby rocker
Lots of cute country decor
Curio cabinet
Much, much more!!!!
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HUGE Multi-Family Garage Sale! This FRIDAY, JULY 30th, 9am-4pm. 175 E. College Ave in Uptown Westerville (just east of State Street.) You can park on the opposite side of the street from the house.
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5150 Smothers Road
Westerville, OH 43082

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Neighborhood Garage Sale
Shadow Wood Farm
Colony Drive off Hempstead Road, just south of Inniswood Metro Gardens
Westerville 43081

Friday and Saturday
July 30 and 31
(Some houses will only be participating one of the two days.)
9am-3pm

saturday
North Linden Neighborhood Rummage (behind Northern Lights Shopping Center) Sat. July 31st (raindate Aug. 7th). 8a.m. to 5p.m. Too many items to list. Too many families to mention. Stop by 3493 Kenlawn St. to pick up a map of the streets included in the sale.

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25 83F ERRIS PARK DRIVE SOUTH, OFF FERRIS BETWEEN CLEVEND AND WESTERVILLE ROADS.
JULY 30 AND JULY 31 9 TO 5

7-28-10

9:10AM

It's taken me a few, with everything
going on and all, to think of the
perfect recipe for the cookie contest.
Nothing like cramming for a cookie
contest at the last minute.
I got the idea from another past contest
recipe that took third place. So why not
run with the idea and see if it could
do it again in another form.

10:25AM

Just back from Kroger. All I can
say is I'm thankful for 25mph speed
limits. Because Hop Along Cassidy,
I mean the Explorer, was lucky to
do that speed limit! It's going
downhill and I'm not sure I want
to put the money in it to fix it.
I sometimes smell antifreeze which
could mean the heater core is getting
ready to go out and it needs a speed
sensor. When your speedometer needle
bounces all over it has a hard time
figuring out your speed and when it
should shift gears. I'm guessing
we were in about 1st or 2nd gear
on our trip to the store. If I went
any faster it acted as if it threw
itself in neutral.

So you can see how bad I've got it
for getting these recipes made for
the contest that we hobbled along
to the grocery store and back.
I could really, really use $5,000
right about now along with selling
off a few other cars to get me
a good running Explorer.

While at Kroger I found
4 loaves of whole wheat grains wheat
bread for .50 cents a loaf!
And I had a hankerin' for some
tortilla chips and salsa, so got
some of those also. Thanks Kendra,
LOL!, got me all worked up for some
homemade salsa and chips that unfortunately
never made it over here with Dewaine
yesterday.
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10:30AM

Why does it take so long for this
Ibuprofen to kick in???
For the past two days I haven't
been getting around too well due
to the muscles in the back of my legs
aching. And when you walk with a limp
it throws everything else outta wack so
now my back and hips hurt. Can't win!

I'm gonna go work on my next recipe
for the contest. Got my fingers
crossed on this one!!
It has exactly 7 ingredients
and should be really easy to make!

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My horoscope from yesterday:

Confidence and inner harmony prevail.
You can move forward with creative
projects and express yourself more
easily and comfortably now.
Your efforts are well received at
this time.

Hmmmm this sounds like when I wasn't
going to accept being the Downy contest
winner due to not wanting to fly.
But I was able to work it out that
we can drive there instead and still
attend. I was able to get all my paperwork
done yesterday and sent out. It should
be on their desk in their office
right about now!


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We do have a backup person that is coming
over starting tomorrow to help with getting
the rest of our fence up.

I went outside today to soak up some
sun and check out what we have going
with the fence. Our neighbor who lives
directly behind us, and has probably lived
there for many years, thinks he can
do whatever he wants back there.
For starters we have a grass alley
way behind the houses. That is city
property. It does not belong to any
houses around here. It is for any
access to telephone poles that
may be back there. Right after we moved
in the backyard neighbor made himself known.
Not in a friendly way either. I decided
to mow half of the alley way behind our
house. He came out and told me he mows
that, not us. The people before us didn't
mow it. Well, I am not the people before,
I am the people now, so he needs to get
over that! He got tired of people driving
through the alley way and put up a hitching
post, oops I mean fence to block them
from doing so. He did a half assed job
on his fence for starters. Then he put
his fence half way into the alley.
Then where our yard was, decided he would put
down these huge rocks to help
block it even more. He said he was making
a flower bed. Flower bed my ass, it looks
horrible and ain't no flower ever lived
in there. What pisses me off is that
three quarters of these rocks he put down
is in OUR YARD, and the other quarter is
in the alley way, blocking off alley way
access. Then a couple weeks ago I noticed
dead grass around the rocks. He came into
our yard once again and must have sprayed
weed killer and killed the grass around
the rocks. The funny part is that he put
up this half asses fence and boulders
in the yard and people are still
driving through the alley way. Instead of
coming straight up to the road at the end
of the alley, they are now driving up
between his house and his neighbor's house!
LMFAO!! But I am still pissed he
has this crap in our yard and thinks
he can do what he wants outside his
property line!! I'm really considering
rolling these huge rocks into his yard.
Then maybe putting up a half fence to let
him know where he needs to stay out of!!

Here you can plainly see where he
dumped all this crap in OUR yard!!
He did it to keep people from
driving in the alley. The only
problem is that he HAS NO BUSINESS
IN OUR YARD!!
He knew at one time we were gonna
put a fence up. His comment was
that we should attach our fence to his!
I DON'T THINK SO!! So now I fear he
will one day go out and put up
a fence and attach it to ours!!
If that happens then I will call the
township he lives in or the city.
Half the alley to the left is township
and half the alley to the right
is city. But I am not gonna be fined
for blockage of an alley way.
Our fence runs to our property line
unlike his which goes into the alley.

Here is the mess load of large rocks
he dumped on OUR property without
OUR permission. This looks hideous
and does not look like a flower
bed to me as he claims.
You can see the top of the sewer
grate. That runs down the exact
middle of the alley.

Here is a direct view of the alley
way behind the houses. You see
how a section of his fence goes
into the alley. He did not have
permission to do this. This IS NOT
his property!!

Our grass he killed with weed killer.


Here's a picture that I drew on
to show where I would like to put
up a little fence to keep the neighbor
out. Doesn't have to be a privacy
fence but at least some kind
of dividing line to keep him out.



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4:10PM

For those who are wondering about
Dewaine who was in the car accident
yesterday, Kendra says she will
send me pictures of the truck
and of Dewaine. I just spoke to her
and he will be having surgery
tomorrow I am assuming on his
face for his nose and cheek
damage.

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9:00PM

Just returned home from Tony's dad's
birthday party. It was pretty humid
outside! Everyone had a nice time.
They had a cookout, lots of food
and cake and ice cream. Everyone's
tummy got full and then some.

Kendra sent me an email and some
photos of Dewaine and his truck
from yesterday.

Here's her email:

To all my family and friends. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers. As many of you know my daughter is recovering from surgery on her jaw and then yesterday my husband was in a 4 car accident. He is having surgery Thursday. He has 5 broken ribs, 3 broken bones in nose, his cartilage in his nose is mush, his left eye socket needs rebuilt along the bottom edge of his eye and above his skull is fractured on the left side and had stitches in his nose. He is dam lucky to be alive

7-27-10

7:30AM

It's one of those mornings I could
have stayed in bed a few hours more.
Back of my legs are still hurting.
Hoping some Ibuprofen will help.

This afternoon we are going to Lowes
to get some cement for the fence posts.
Then I need to stop in Walmart to
pick up a photo. I guess I got there
too late last night to be able to
get it then.

Gonna start breakfast of strawberry
banana yogurt with some warm chocolate
muffins from the oven.
Then I'm gonna get started on one
of the recipes for the cookie contest.

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10AM

Got my cookies in the oven.
Now the wait begins to see if they turn out.

It's not easy coming up with your
own recipe. You have to write down
exact measurements of everything
and the details on how to make it.

You can get ideas from other recipes
but are not allowed to use someone
elses recipe.

I, myself, try to make something completely
different than past winners. I take note
of what has been made. I'm sure everyone
is tired of regular cookies and the
ordinary bar cookies.

10:15AM

I keep sneaking peeks in the oven.
So far it is looking good, and smelling
good :0)
Being a new recipe I have to keep watch
to see how long it cooks for because
I have no idea and have to keep checking.

It gets tricky, you can only use 7
ingredients and one of those 7 has
to be the packet of cookie mix.
I have managed to keep it at 6
and that didn't include a little
water, don't know if they count
water as an ingredient.

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10:40AM

And here is the end result.
Some dusted with powdered sugar
and some without.




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11AM

Just because I have nothing
else better to do at this time.






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10PM

I have not had any internet or phone
since 11AM today.

My friend was supposed to of been
here around 1:00 to 1:30PM today
to start cementing our fence posts.
When he hadn't made it by 2:00PM
I knew something was up. He is a very
prompt person and sometimes even shows
up early to work. And I know if he
is running behind he would call me.
At 2PM I called his phone and he didn't
answer. I called his wife telling her
it wasn't like him to not be here.
She hung up and was going to try to
get hold of him. It wasn't 5 minutes
later that someone had called me back
saying he had been in a serious accident
about a mile from my house (was on the
way to my house) and was rushed to OSU.
It's not been a very fun day playing
phone tag with everyone to keep updated
of what his condition was. He was wearing
his seat belt but his S-10 pickup was so
totaled that they had to pull him out
through the back window. If I get this wrong
Kendra, please forgive me, as it's hard
to keep up with everything at the moment.
But here are his problems,
broken cheek bone, badly broken nose
with a nose bleed they cannot get stopped,
they actually found his eye glasses
embedded in the front windshield that
he was wearing, he has 8-9, maybe more
broken ribs, a concussion and something
about air pockets in his forehead, I didn't
understand that part completely. You know
how it is when people are very stressed
and talk fast. Now think about how I feel
considering he was on his way to my house
to do fence work for us when this happened!
So yeah I feel guilty at the moment.
Because if he wasn't doing this for us
he wouldn't be in the condition he is in.
He is a very nice guy and works his ass
off to help others. He didn't deserve this
today at all!!!!!! Now I hear he has to have
surgeries to repair his face and bones.
Kendra is supposed to sometime get pictures
of the truck and of him to show me as I cannot
get down to the hospital to see him.
And I am sure I would only be in the way.
Maybe when he starts to recover somewhat
and gets the attention he needs now.
This person, Dewaine, was the one I showed
the other day that was on Wall-To-Wall
sports on Sunday.

They say bad luck comes in three's
and I believe it.
First an uncle of mine recently
was admitted to the hospital for
blood clots and breathing difficulties,
next Tony's uncle has been in the
hospital for the last couple of
weeks in a coma, and now my friend was
admitted to the hospital from an accident.

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On the good side of today, I guess you could
call it that after what everyone's been through,
but not as important, I did get my paperwork
sent Fed Ex today to Proctor and Gamble
for the contest. So I guess we will
be going to that when they set a date.
I had never dealt with Fed Ex before.
I called and they came out to my home
to pick up the envelope I had to send.
It should get to them by tomorrow morning
to one of their offices in Nebraska.

This evening we stopped in Big Lots.
Had to find Tony's dad a birthday present
for tomorrow. Found him some solar yard
lights. They were $15 but had a mark
down price of $11 on them.
Not sure why because I checked
the contents of the box and it all seemed
to be there. Then they had
their 30% off lawn and garden items,
so that made it about $7. So I ended
up getting them for half price of
what they originally were.
Also got him a set of moving men type
sliders you put under furniture to
be able to move it around easier,
for $4. Those things are great!
I have 2 sets!!
While there I got the kids
two 10 packs of glue sticks for
a $1.00 each and a double
package of 2 scissors for $1.25.
I splurged and got something.
Feel guilty sometimes getting myself
something but it was something the
whole family and neighbors could enjoy.
I got 2 packages of window flower
box brackets, each $2.50.
I think it would make the house
look nice with a couple window
flower boxes. I have some flower
boxes I am not currently using that
I could use for this project.
I could paint them white to match
the trim on the house.

That's all for now. It's been a loooong day!!

7-26-10

7:40AM

If you ever need to exercise your leg
muscles all you need to do is weed a
garden.
The backs of my legs hurt
so bad this morning.
And I'm sure giving
the dog a bath yesterday didn't help
with squatting over the bathtub sides.

Now if I could figure out how to
get rid of what the kids call either
bat flaps or chicken wings, the skin
that hangs on the underside of your
arms, then I be set.

Christmas in July. I'm gonna scream
if I see one more Christmas thing
on TV. HSN was selling Christmas trees,
they had Christmas cartoons on yesterday
and now they have something Christmas
on the news. Give it a break already.
When I think about Christmas all I see
are dollar signs!

Well I need to make some breakfast
for a hollering kid. Then work
on getting the salmon in the crock.
Will be glad to get that thing
outta the fridge because fish can
get stinky. Will probably stink
up the house while it's cooking.
Think I'll cut up some candles
and throw them in my potpourri
crock to help mask the scent.

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9:55AM

Just got done with my salmon fillets.
I marinated them overnight in some
Italian dressing, a little lemon juice
and soy sauce.
Today I breaded them with Italian bread
crumbs. I placed them on buttered
aluminum foil then topped with orange
zest and dill.
I crumpled up some aluminum foil and
placed it in the bottom of the crock
then added a little water in the bottom.
I then placed the salmon foil
packets on top. The crock is on
medium heat.





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Here's an idea I had.
Some stores are starting to have Summer
clearances so that means those lawn
and garden items will start getting
marked down.
I was thinking about trying to find
some cheap solar lights. (should
have gotten some when I saw them at
Dollar Tree but figured they didn't
work too good for a buck).
I can have Tony drill holes into
the center tops of the fence posts
and insert the stake of a simple yard solar
light into them to illuminate
the tops of the fencing in the yard.
To get an actual cap solar light for
a fence post would run about $15 to $20 each!
I know at the moment Big Lots
has solar lights for 30% off.

Oh and if the power ever goes out
you could grab a couple solar lights
to use indoors instead of candles!

Just a thought I had.



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10:35AM

What to do, what to do!

Just got a phone call from Proctor & Gamble.

I was actually supposed to of had my paperwork
sent to them last week if I was to go through
with the contest. I didn't turn it it pretty
much for fear of having to fly on a plane.
People with anxiety or panic attacks
would have a hard time with this.
I explained to the lady on the phone that
I won't fly on a plane. And she said
that they would probably cover the expense
of driving if we chose that route. I have
another 2 days extension on my paperwork
if I chose to go.

So driving expense would possibly be paid for.
I think any expense we would have to come up
with would be for meals.

So now I'm sitting here wondering what to
do. I'd have to get a babysitter for the kids
for two days. And I don't have a date
for when the trip would be.
Still need to send them a photo.
Think I'll use the one from Facebook.
They say they need one to use for publicity
all around the WORLD! Oh yeah that makes
me wanna puke! Well at least it would just
be a picture and not my actual self!

Too many thoughts going through my head!!

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11:30AM

Today's garden goodies.



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11:45AM

Well I woke up not feeling too bad
and in a half way decent mood.
Tony's getting rid of the pager today
so that's a good thing.
Now I don't feel like doing much of
anything! Maybe I'll try to go clean
the bathroom or something not too hard.
Guess it's the place to be when
you feel like crap or made to feel like
crap. In some people's eyes you cannot
seem to say or do anything right!
No it's not anyone in this
household. And here I was all excited
about the contest and possibly going
to do that. Didn't take long for someone
to ruin that moment.


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2:30PM

Just discovered that Betty Crocker's
cookie contest is going on NOW through
July 31st!!! AHHHH when did this happen???

It's only from July 5th to July 31st.
Wowzer the entry time has gotten a
whole lot shorter than what it used
to be.

You would think if you were a member
of their website they would send
you something in your email about it!!

I have ONLY 6 days to enter anything!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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4:30PM

Took Salmon out of crock.
I made salmon fillets once awhile
ago and they were horrible.
Not sure how I fixed them or if
I even marinated them.
I'm slowly learning how to make
fresh fish. Tired of the boxed
kind.
I sampled a little today from
the ones made in the crock pot
and I give it thumbs up!!
Very good!




Here it is all put together.
I served it with sweet Italian buns,
cut in half and grilled with butter
and garlic. Melted some velveeta
and sour cream french onion dip in
microwave and spread it on top of bread.
Topped with a Tuscan blend seasoning.

For the pasta I used a box of
parmesan hamburger helper
(just the pasta and mix no hamburger),
boiled the pasta, drained. Then
added butter, a little milk,
parmesan mix from Helper box and a
couple squirts of Italian dressing.

This was not at all from a recipe.
Just something I threw together
as usual with ingredients I have
in the cupboard or fridge.



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Tony has to work late tonight due
to a property inspection tomorrow.
I still need to run to Kroger to
get a few things to start cookie baking.
So much for not using the oven.
At least the humidity level is
not like it was.

I have one, possibly two, recipes
I want to create. Who knows what
to expect with last minute entries.
The one that became a finalist before was
one of the last ones I entered
a couple years ago.