July 8, 2011

• Rainbows and Fireworks

  If you had ever told me I would slack off from blogging each day, I’d have never believed you!  But, here I sit – a slacker!!!

  And, I will explain UP front, I am having trouble with my keyboard and the letter “r” sticking.  So apologies for any “R-less” words!

          

  I have some new pictures that will tell a little more about what has been taking up all of my time.

                                               

  In the last post, I wrote about a nest of birds in our backyard tree.  This time I have baby bird pictures of an open mouth and a parent bird, who watched everything I did under that tree!

                

  I also found a strange bird (to me) and maybe one of you can identify the bird for me.  Kind of a brown and spotted thing.

           
  

  Independence Day came and went.

                   

  Jesse cooked the meat out.  Thee were hotdogs and burgers, and chicken legs, as well.  Stephanie made baked beans.  We had corn on the cob.  Dessert was a delicious watermelon (a gift) and a Tres Leche cake that Jesse picked up at the Mexican Bakery.  He knows I love them and it was meant as a surprise for me.  It was!!!  It’s very moist and has fresh fruit on top.  This one was chocolate, but didn’t have much of a chocolate flavor.  Usually, the cake is vanilla.

  

  It was a beautifully clear night!

      

  Jesse over-bought fireworks.  There were so many that even the children were tired and wanted to go inside, and light the rest of the stuff the next night!!!

  

  We had sparklers, whirlygigs, colored smoke (some scented) bombs, cones or fountains, and some accidental things that shot up over the roof.  Jesse had specifically asked for nothing airborne, but we had some, anyway.   We threw all the burnt up things in a small pool of water and I continued to wet our (AND the neighbor’s) yard, fence, and roof with the garden hose.

   

  In fact, Granddaughter JanaLyn fell asleep in her chair!  She and Stephanie spent the night and the next day with us.

   

  In my continued decluttering and redoing my house, I bought some new curtains for the windows.  It all started with a new bedspread we found as a bed in a bag set at Wal-Mart.  We had to change our curtains and valance (old one was black) and I found some inexpensive satin brown drapes for cheap (also Wal-Mart).  I bought new bedroom lamps for our nightstands.  These are 3-way lights and I”ll finally have a decent lamp for when I read in bed! 

                 

  We never finished the formal living room drapes.  I bought REALLY cheap taupe sheers (Wal-Mart, again!) to go in between the ivory sheers.  The pictures didn’t turn out well, but trust me, the $5/panel sheers made a huge difference in the room’s look.

                    

  I’ve had the white tablecloth on the dining room table for months, and I took it off and put a white floral arrangement on the dark wood, for an instant “new look” in the dining room.

         

  THEN, the den.  The problem room and the problem windows.  The windows are especially bad this summer because of the intense heat and the south exposure windows.  The heat bakes the den and makes it really hot, despite the a/c running constantly.   I found some black out drapes in a satiny dark brown, and they transformed the room’s look, as well as blocked out the hot sun.  It seems so dark in thee, now, but they are good for blocking heat and cold, AND the bright light.  That means no more reflection in the TV when we sit in the den during daylight hours.
   

  I took my kitty (Chiper) to the vet on Tuesday.  He has had some tummy issues and I’m not sure he is going to pull out of this.  The feline leukemia makes for bad digestion, anyway, and it’s an immune deficiency disease which makes recovery harder.  He’s lived much longer than anyone expected, but I’d appreciate anyone’s prayers for his recovery.  He’s a sweet cat and has become my little buddy.  He follows me everywhere and sleeps with me at night.  He had been hiding over the weekend (what animals do when they are really sick or going to die) and found his way under my desk.  I put a blanket on the floor and he rarely leaves, except to drink water and use the litter box.   I’m prepared to loose him, but would rather not.  You know how that goes!

       

  The girls and I went to the library yesterday.  They each pick out books and then I choose 4 or 5 from them to read.  I keep my choices in my room in my book case and they take the books and return them after they are finish. 

                                  

  This tine I wanted some about the Underground Railroad and found two.  The other books are just a variety of different types of subjects.

  

  I need to go.  This afternoon I’m having my twice a year MRIs and CAT scans done.  I’ll be there from 12:30pm to almost 6pm.  Most of the time will be spent in the MRI “tube” where I can’t even move an inch.  Literally!  I never open my eyes in there.  That way, I can pretend I’m a hundred different places, other than an “enclosed tube” for several hours, not even moving my fingers!  They are doing the CAT on my organs and the MRI is of my spine, from head to tailbone.  AND, this time, a brain scan.  I’ve been having headaches and blackouts, and the brain scan is to rule out a tumor in my head.

  What a horrible place to stop writing.  I’m sorry, but I HAVE to go get ready.

  I can’t even proof this. 

  Here’s a picture of a perky rainbow that showed up out of nowhere, one afternoon!  That is a little more cheerful!!!!

        

  Be Blessed  ~

  P.S.  That was a rather rude and crude way of ending my post.  I’ll make up for it next time!

     

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