December 2008

For those of you who have made it thru my mother rants – thank you – here comes another one.  I have pretty much removed myself from my mother’s daily life.  She lives next door so I’m not far away if anything happens….happens, huh…like I was going over several times a week because there was Read more

Gee…it is up to 11 above…now we are getting heavy snow….I give up Read more

I think one of the most satisfying things in my life is purging and organizing.  I know it is probably some psychy thing that I want to organize and purge when I feel that things are out of control in my life…ya…I really do think that is true.  Tonight I cleaned out my work bag…read Read more

Three men were sitting together bragging about how they had given their new wives duties.The first man had married a woman from Ohio and had told her that she was going to do the dishes and house cleaning.. It took a couple of days, but on the third day he came home to see a clean house and Read more

 I was moved to tears tonight listening to Master Sgt Caleb Green singing O Holy Night.  He performed during Christmas in Washington on TNT… I listened to it several times, then hooked it up to the stereo so I could get the full effect.  I’m at a loss for words.  Here it is……..  Read more

This is a very touching and heartwarming story about folks who welcome home our soldiers at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport.  Read more

This picture says it all it explains why I don’t have ornaments in the lower half of the tree…it explains why I don’t have the ribbon that matches the bows around the tree The fact that it has been on the floor several times explains why all of the ornaments are deshelved and last of Read more

..DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO DEVELOP OVER IOWA TONIGHT….A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST TODAYACROSS IOWA AND USHER IN A 30 DEGREE TEMPERATURE DROP IN ABOUTTHREE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THE FRONT PASSES. TONIGHT ASTEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS SOUTH TO NEAR TEN BELOWNORTH BY MONDAY MORNING. THE BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINEDWITH Read more

Today’s email headline from KCCI TV weather reads:Major one day meltdown….hmmmm…how appropriate.  Read more

I knew if I waited long enough, Baxter would assume his comfortable position … this just makes me laugh. NOW, I’m going to bed Read more