I started mowing the lawn....or rather lawns since our lawn is so huge that I section it out. I have already mowed the front hillside and now am starting the flatland in front of the house.  Since we got rid of all the farm animals, my Husband is going to have to think about bushhogging the pastures.  He already is planning to kill the thistles that grow there.  He couldn't use weed killer before because of the animals so now is the time.  Already so a lady red as a lobster due to mowing her lawn during the heat of the day.  The sun is so sneaky since it is bright but not really that warm.  The rays are still lethal.  I miss the sun that I had in my youth......it was more forgiving.

My Husband turned off the coal stove.  Now, the early morning cold has filled the house and the dampness that only cold brings with it is freezing me.  As the day heats up ....so will the house but for now, I am thinking of turning on the oven just to take the dampness out of the air.   The sun is out and I just love it.  I am light sensitive so this much sunshine is such a blessing to me.  I will probably just make a hot cup of coffee instead to get me going since I am such a thrifty soul and would hate wasting the propane.  I could make cookies but since there is just Jen and me for now.......I will be good and give it a pass.  I wonder if my Xangan friend Lucy has had her baby yet?

I had 6 more challenges to complete to complete my 2004 Challenge Badges Album.  I just won a Cribbage badge.  I had to win 5 games of Cribbage to win the badge.  I do not know if I have ever told anyone but I HATE the game of Cribbage.  I do love my Club Pogo though!  Unfortunately, another of the personal challenges I have to complete in my 2004 Badge Album is to win 10 Cribbage games.  I keep putting it off....but the 2004 Album is the last album I need to complete to be up to date on all the albums.

People forget what you say

People forget what you do

People never forget how you made them feel

I received this in one of my emails.  I think I am feeling a protected posting brewing in my soul.  I have been holding a heavy load within my heart and soul and I think I have reached the point where venting is needed.  Now I am just working out the presentation of my blog since it has been a long time coming and my silence was never meant to be forever.  I am taking my time to do this ....so bear with me.

The newest addition:  Neko Dametrie born Friday, 13 April 2007 measuring 21 3/4 inches long and weighing a whopping 10 lbs and 8 oz.  I got to hold him for the first time this afternoon when the members of my family who were able to attend lunch at Ponderosa Restaurant, met after court to finally greet and welcome our newest addition to our family.  He is such a sweet little chub and he looks just like my son, Josh.  I am hoping this start will reunite my Son's family since that is his greatest desire and has been for the duration of this whole ordeal.  The "friend" , I understand, is no longer talking to my daughter-in-law since my daughter-in-law has decided to try to work out the problems in her marriage.  I do not understand why her "friend" is so deadset in interfering with someone's marriage when she has problems in her own marriage.  My guess is that she is jealous of my daughter-in-law and is having some kind of personal challenge on who has the best marriage.  I would feel sorry for her except that she has caused so much damage to a young newly married couple......and there were children involved, that my opinion of her is that her worth is less than pond scum.  I used to like this "friend"........now.........I am just indifferent to her existence and wish that I had never met her. 

Was going to check with the Husband but my daughter Jen informed me that the snowblower would not work anyways since Tim had tried to use his snowblower to clear his driveway.  Seems the only way to make it work is to shovel (!!??) the snow into the snowblower since the snow is so heavy with water.  Seems to defeat the purpose of why I would want to use the snowblower in the first place, so I just sat at home Monday admiring the beauty of the snow.  I live in the country so my yard is huge.  When it snows, it remains unmarked until our dog or a wild animal leaves their tracks in the snow.  I love looking at unmarked snow since it has an unreal quality about it in its pristine state.  Tuesday I ventured outside and discover that the snow .....while still beautiful to look at.....when you stepped on it had the consistency of a Slurpy......a very wet Slurpy.......any wetter and it would be slush.  Definitely not a good walking surface unless  you want to give the appearance of a drunken sailor wandering around the yard.  My daughter was amused as I made my way up the driveway when I helped her light her way up since she is still afraid of the dark.  Can't really blame her there since the driveway is just on the edge of the forest and I, for one, am convinced that werewolves and all the bad guys in all the scary movies are in that forest when the sun sets.  I do not do forests in the dark.......way too scary for me!  This Wednesday morning I opened the door to sunshine and the sound of bird song and the sounds of snow melting........music to my ears.  So, finally, this afternoon I got to drive my van down the driveway and went shopping.  Hopefully this will be the last snowfall.....keeping my fingers crossed!

Looking out the window this morning, I decided that I refuse to shovel the snow out of the driveway.......let the snow be melted by the sun.  That was this Morning.  Now I am rethinking that stand since it was only about 4 inches this morning.  Now......well, let's just say that my daughter tried to get up the driveway and had to stop about halfway up.  She was pushing so much snow that when she stopped and backed down the driveway, there was an impression of her license plate formed in the pushed snow.  I kinda figure that in this battle of snow and me .......that the snow is going to win unless I want to stay home for a few days.  I am hoping that the snow at least will stop to allow me to shovel since I really.....really.....do not want to shovel while it is falling so thick and fast.  In fact, I think I will make certain that the snowblower is out of commission first since maybe.....just maybe.....my Husband fixed it.  For now, I am staying put and keeping warm and comfy.  The snow is so heavy it is breaking the bottom limbs of the pine tree outside of my home.

RE: Hoping this is Trish.......

  I am so sorry that you feel the need to cover up the fact that you wanted to visit my site. I have made it more accessible for you to return and visit. I know that you came to my site, Trish, since I have the IP address for your computer and I also know that the reply came from Mayra's computer since I have her IP address as well. Trish, I am hoping that you were able to read my message and that it has not been intercepted by Mayra and destroyed before you could read it. I am going to post this on my site in the hope that if you visit my site again, that you receive the message. Josh loves you and wants to find a solution to the problems you two are having that will mend your marriage. We do not understand the silence and I know I do not understand why this all has to be so complicated when the solution could be so simple. Problems do not get solved by being apart since communication is the key to any type of solution. I just wish that we could get together and talk. If for no other reason than to just be able to hear why you think this course of action is your best plan of action and what do you want the final outcome to be. This all does not make ANY sense to me at all.
Sent 4/11/2007 12:44 AM by mundanejane

Hello, Sorry but I'm not who you are looking for. I was just browsing all the sites, my granddaughter got me into xanga. I'm not too good at it yet, and haven't really found anything to post about, but I'm hoping to soon. You're more than welcome to come back and view when I do post. Hope you find who your are looking for, thanks, Viola.
Posted 4/10/2007 8:22 PM by sorrowsdoormat

Trish, if this is you .....please contact me where I can actually respond to your contact. Things do not have to be this way. You are not the enemy and neither are we! We are just family with a HUGE problem to be solved and overcome. It is not an impossible task. Everything can be fixed with a lot of love and patience and understanding. Please reconsider your stand.
Sent 4/10/2007 6:55 PM by mundanejane