losses

this one above is the baby quilt

this is the coffee quilt one The one at the top is gherrys

well my friend is moving tomarrow to texas. i will be seeing her when i take her car to her but now i have no neighbors i can call or visit. Hal and Peg are gone now and now Anita and Jeff. Leroy has no guy he can call to help him or discuss things with and i have no place to walk to for coffee. It just makes me sad. I am happy for them, i think this is a good move and for them what they want but its a loss here and i feel like you do when we experience any loss. Sad. Its the only word i can use.

I have finished a few quilts that i will put on here. One is one i made for Gherry. I bought the top almost done at an auction so i finished it and gave it to him when he had his surgery. Then i made one for the coffee girl who is pregnant. I had all those fixings too since it was cute and i thought someday someone might have a baby. The other is the one i made for the coffee gals at the clinton stand. It is really the first artsy fartsy thing i have ever done all on my own and i think it turned out pretty good. they have it hanging at the stand so i am rather proud to have my first piece in public.

Guess i will get more done now since i have less friends than i had before (and i could count them on one hand then) so maybe i will have more postings.

another day

Another day. I am tired and depressed. My friend Anita is moving back to Texas and I know in my heart she won't be back this time. I have cherished our friendship for the last 20 years and I am moved to tears when i think about her leaving. I can talk with things with her that i can't with anyone else. Who else will quilt my quilts for free? ha ha.
I am busy washing material that i bought up at the discount house, Over the Rainbow. Got all the backings and things i needed to finish a number of quilts and presents. i am eager to get at it but as of yet i have not sat down with the machine, in fact stuff is still packed. I also went to Sewers Dream and got some things i needed 40% off, so i have a total mess. Did I mention I bought the Accuquilt cutter. It is my Xmas present. I got it on sale and also dies up at sewers dream for that incredible price too. Things should go smoothly now and i should be able to cut some strips that are true to size, not all wiggly.
I am trying to start my training for the 3 day walk next Sept and i am pathetic. After 30 min on the treadmill i am sweating like a pig, but i found a way to make it more interesting. i rigged up my little DVD player beside it and i can watch dog training videos, quilting videos and such that i have and that does make the time go by faster. Maybe i can rent some at the library.
I also put a book on hold at the library. Temple Grandin "Thinking in Pictures" It sounds great and even tho she is autistic, I too only think in pictures which i just recently figured out. Knowing it has helped me a lot. Does this mean I am autistic? No autistic people are usually smart, i think that rules me out. ha ha.
Hope if anyone is reading this you are having a special day.

Iris

Iris got her UKC championship a few weeks ago in St. Helens Oregon. This is the professional picture that got taken and I just got it today. Thought I would post it. It was an exciting weekend and I did the showing myself which was a totally new thing for me. I was able to run around the ring, that was the exciting part. And the last time in the ring we beat that darn good sheltie that has been plagueing us.

see how long the grass is

this is the veggie garden, overrun

this is leroy trying to bale hay with a string trimmer

this is the flower garden, can't tell how bad it looks cause leroy already baled the hay. it will be full of digitalis next year cause it is over run with them now.

this is a repeat and don't know how to get it off.

cool october afternoon

I wanted to send out some picture to show what happens when your mower breaks, number one, and what your garden looks like with at least one year of neglect and partial neglect for 2 years before that. Plus Kathy, wanted you to know what it looks like out here. I am in so need of you to come help me with this place. I keep at it but i am so behind. You can see the grass, its so long, Leroy tried to mow part of it with the string trimmer. The mower has been broken for almost a month but at least we have the parts ordered now. The paths are where the dogs have worn thru the bark, so we are badly in need of barking, and not the kind the dogs do, but that's a good job for winter. So things are still green here but leaves are turning and starting to fall. We got no walnuts this year, or very little, cause the darn Stellars Jays get most of them when we aren't fast on the draw. My veggie garden did poorly and got overrun. But I can do stuff now so i do a bit at a time, eventually i will get caught up. Its fun to be able to do stuff now. Its in the 50's here during the days lately with some sun in the afternoon but usually morning fog that burns off. Having problems with the pictures but i will get them on.

stuff

well i posted but to the wrong place last time. Iris went to the UKC breed show and got her championship. She did it with two third places and a second place and the second place was over her sheltie nemesis. (Its a really good sheltie that always wins).
My coworker had a hip surgery so we have taken on the duty of keeping her Aussie Brody occupited and exercised. So he has come to Pine Needle Farm Doggie Day Camp a couple times as well as accompanied us on hikes.
I have Iris out working on her carting and tracking now that i can walk so we are getting exercise for both of us.
Leroy had l 1/2 toenails removed this last week so he has been sore and a bit cranky. I have gone through this 6 times so I kinda remember how he feels, but i also know he will live.
Picked up a wireless printer today on sale, man have they gone way down on price. Its a small one and should work fine. We need a new screen for the main computer too when we find a deal there.
Leroy's nephews boy Justin and his wife Molly have moved out here. It is Micheals middle son. He got a job with Boeing. Guess Leroy is having them over Fri nite. I work so its his problem. Justin's birthday is sun and Jeff's birthday is Fri so maybe he will be here also. I am not much of an entertainer anymore, to many years of living with animals and Leroy, not much conversation, so i talk to myself. Man can that be boring. But think it will be nice to have some family around occasionally. Imagine they will go back for Christmas but most likely they will be here for thanksgiving. Molly's sister and spouse moved out at the same time as they got transferred, nice coincidence for them i think.

carpet cleaning

well my carpet was so bad it was either pull it up and paint th floor or try one more time to clean it. it is so crappy it is buckled in spots. So we spent $226 dollars to get the whole house cleaned. Let me tell you i wish i had plain floors instead. Now its wet, the house is a bigger mess than when we started and we are going to be gone on the weekend and our son will be here. Who knows what kind of a mess i will get home to.
I came home from the agility trial sad and depressed because i think i am a terrible handler. Iris never focused on me or looked at me the whole two times she wasin the ring. Sallee did so good, and leroy did so good it was unbelievable. It was so unbelievable to watch i forgot to even film it. I am so ashamed.

This comming weekend

Well this weekend is Iris' debut into the real agility ring. She does great in class, she had a bit of stage fright but got thru it at a demo and this weekend is the real thing. I just hope to have fun and expose her to it and remember there is a lot of agility between the start and the finish, so we will take it one jump at a time. Frosti and Trixie are getting a bit to arthritic to do it tho each one just needs one qualifying class to get a title. Sallee and Leroy will run and hopefully it will go good but he doesn't practice so don't know why he should expect much. It is our club putting the show on so we will also have to do some work with set up and volunteering here and there thru out the weekend. The show is in Oak Harbor so its not far from home. Most of you reading this have no idea what I am talking about but that is what i am doing with my weekend.

Happy Day

i forgot to say, those of you who may read this may know about my little granddau i adopted in my heart, we both did. Well situation is that we haven't had a chance to see her in a long time. The horse quilt wall hanging i have a picture of on face book was made for her graduation. Well the little gal (shes taller than me) came over and finally got it and we had such a nice long visit. It made us both happy. She still considers us honorary grandparents and feels comfortable with us and felt like she could talk freely. It was such a joy to have her here. I hope she keeps in contact, she has so much future ahead, i hope we can at least be a small part of it.

Rainy Sunday

Fortunately i live in the nw. I love the rain, and drizzly days The weather doesn't seem to bother me no matter what it is, i like it weather or not. Today i met with my little handler and she tried to teach me what to do so that in Sept if she can't go along to the show I will know what to do and I can show Iris in the breed ring myself. She has a commitment with 4H and if she wins this next weekend she probably can't go as she will be in grand champion classes that weekend but hopefully I was a good enough student and with some practice in the next couple weeks i will be able to get by. I hate to wish her ill will in her other competitions. She is just the sweetest little girl. We are having such joy working with her. Her grandparents gave us permission to adopt her and her sister Sam as grandkids also, but we would adopt the grandparents too as they are just the best people for us to be friends with. The whole family is great. Its nice to meet nice people in this world isn't it. And I have been so blessed to meet so many.
We had a farm tour this weekend here in the area but since i had to work i missed out. When i got home today we went to two of the farms that were on the tour and that are just down our road. One was an alpaca farm and another a vegtable farm . Got some good ideas tho, and the baby alpacas are so cute.

computers

I swear these things will make you crazy. i have to wait for Jeff to come home to help figure things out. Tho i am doing better than i used to. One day Jeff said, we have had a computer in the house since i was 5 years old (he will be 40 next mth) and i can not figure out why you still can't learn them. I thought about it, and decided he was right and decided i was going t learn. I am way better than i used to be and at least now i can ask pertinent questions and usually understand the answers but i would be screwed if it wasn't for him comming home occasionally.

reflections

well i am on my weekend of work (call). its one weekend (or two if you are nice or money hungry) and just the thought of it makes me tired. Its all week and the weekend. I have no idea why the thought makes me tired but it does. So off i go.

Funny thing happened this week tho. We picked up a friends dog to take him along with our three herding dogs and went to a new trustland trail near home. Well we thought the signs were confusing and not clear but we started out on one trail head blindly. And we always end up going without water or our gps or map (dud). Well we walked and walked, up and down, round and round, over logs, narrow horse trails, man it was beautiful, interesting, and a workout. The dogs loved it. Pretty soon we thought, man this little 1 1/2mile trail should be comming to an end by now but it never would turn and go the direction the car was so we continued walking. Finally when i am about to say UNCLE we come to an opening that leads to a road and gate. We go out on the road, try to get our bearings, and leroy thinks it would be safer to follow the road back since we aren't even sure where we are. We walk and walk, we go past workers in the road, we go past a house i had just been at the day before. We finally figure out where we are and we have a huge distance to go before we get back to the trail head and the car. We ended up walking about 5 miles, man was i tired. I am not ready for that yet. After we delivered our guest dog home and swung by the house and grabbed a bite to eat we had to leave for agility class. Boy we got thru class, did well, but were a slower bunch than normal. We were exhausted when we got home. I think we met our exercise quota that day. But it was a beautiful fall day to get lost.

I also had a surprise last nite. Lacey came by and i got to give her her quilt and a blanket we had found at a thrift store for her with horses on it. We had the nicest visit and we are hoping she can achieve what she is planning for. Life has a way of changing the best of intentions. But it was fun to know she still has the two other quilts i made for her (one is her baby blanket) and she took them with her when she left home. She said she just loves them. That helps the incentive to make some for people when you know they care.

All for now everyone

Return to th blog

Well, I am back. did anyone miss me? I had my left knee done so i am not limping anymore but when i see the videos i still walk goofy. I walk like a fat old lady, well i guess i am but i don't want to walk like that. I want a spritely walk.
I just came back this weekend from a canine musical freestyle competition thu the World Canine Freestyle Organization. Iris, my young collie didn't qualify but she came close . It was mostly an adventure with her to get her used to being in the ring and learn focus, both of which are things she will need for her first agility trial this month. She knows lots of moves but didn't really show them in the ring this weekend, but by sun she was 50 percent better in the ring. Trixie on the other hand is and old hand and did pretty well on sat and sun would have done better but i practiced to much outside the ring before hand so i stressed her. But even so she made the minimum qualifications and got a second on sat and a third on sun and completed her title. She has a senior beginner/novice freestle title now, which is lots of letters that i have to look up to be sure i have right.
It was a fun weekend and we also got the award for the team that had the most fun because i was happy and smiling no mater what happened and just had fun.
If you are interested you can find all the four videos on youtube and you just put in quiltedcollies in the search area and all four come up.
I am sitting her at midnight with this stupid post because i can not get to sleep. And i have a busy call week ahead. why does this happen when you just can't afford to have it happen?
To awake to go to sleep and to tired to accomplish anything.
Hope you all had a nice labor day weekend. Today it rained here but since i had catch up to play, and the dog were bone tired from their exciting weekend, and lero was busy in his studio, it was reall quite cozy.
Sat after the competition i took the dogs on a mile walk (I stayed at a motel down there to avoid early morning and driving), then i went to a workshop on freestyle held at the hotel and then i was so tired i went to taco bell at the end of the block, fed the dogs and we all curled up and watched Legally Blonde, and Legally Blond 2. Stupid movies but it was a nice cozy time for the three of us. it was our girls weekend out. ha ha

return of the nurse

i guess this is to hard for people to follow and i guess facebook does it all. the postings on facebook are all so profound and or political that mine are a bit boring. It would seem that people try to out do each other on the profoundness of their statements. I personally am not profound and if i am its few and far between.
My new thing is to do a journal for myself. I read a thing that said god help me not to feel like i need to sharee every memory or thought or piece of wisdom i have learned in my life. I decided then that we do it cause we have to relive memories for ourselves, not necessarily others. So since i seem to have a problem with accepting aging I am putting memories down in black and white so i can relive them but not bore others. Haven't done a lot but have gotten started. When I am dead and gone they can just throw it away or since i am dead they can read what they want. take it for what it is mainly, ramblings, which is about what my speech is, ramblings.
Hope this finds you all well and happy. I must post some more pictures soon, I love it. It would seem the only one who can access this blog is Kathy, and I guess Judy was also. Her blog is great, same place to get to it but it is called untamed threads at blogspot.com

does anyone read this, i wondered what people think of my pictures.

pictures

some came out way to dark, sorry, they were fine on my computer and i had adjusted them besides so you will have to know they are the ones that had the textures in the forest part. Sorry. i am still getting the hang of this.

pictures

I plan on working on this till i get all these pictures on the post, so bear with me.

South Whidbey Pictures

Here are some pictures from one of my days. The farmstead is a home that was on the garden tour in 1999, it has some wonderful old buildings, some textures in an old foundation and snags over their pond, it is the most beautiful setting. One of the first times i saw it the day was a lite mist and it was almost magical. The other pictures are of a lane in Langley that is lined with blossoming cherry trees. They were not quite at their peak but i had to grab what i could cause some times they don't last so long. It is a beautiful place to drive around on a regular basis, I thank God everyday that i have this chance to experience it. Hope you will find something magical in these photos also.

Reflection

I couldn't pass up this beautiful picture today. My helebores are in full bloom and the purple one looked so good against the purple birdbath (which isn't a birdbath this year- cracked) I just had to share this. The long shot is so Kathy can see the mushrooms she gave me in place in the shade garden. It is such a lovely place to sit, so relaxing and peaceful. i plan to put in more helebores and more shade things there and into the front yard to get a more natural look to the area.

Good Dogs at Pine Needle Farm

Today was a great day off. I was working outside doing chores this am and when i fed the chickens a chicken got out right into the area where the 4 girl herding dogs where. I thought OMG that's curtains for the chicken. Trixie knew enough not to touch it. The rest made a rush for it and I yelled in my most calm collected stern commanding voice LEAVE IT and they all stopped dead in their tracks and held there ground while i figured out i would have to prop the gate open, hope no one else got out, and move the chicken around the tree and into the pen which meant going in front of the frozen dogs. I did just that and they held their ground until the chicken was in the pen and then sallee made a pass by the gate ( a so there pass). Everyone else held their place till i told them they were free. Was I proud of my dogs and my training. This is a big deal for these dogs as frosti and Sallee have a hard time controlling themselves around poultry and Iris is better than they but she still a baby learner.
Then this afternoon after Leroy helped me plant 40 some bulbs we practiced agility and i had my girls working 10-15 feet away from me which means i don't need to run. I was very proud at how well they did there also.
So even tho i can't run and barely walk we are training and it is paying off. May not mean much to you non dog people but its a big deal for me.
I planted some greenish yellow (lite color) glads, some dark purplish black glads and 6 calico jack
daylilys. I know you hate day lilies Kathy but i love them and I am trying on this old broken down farm to get more old fashioned perennials and bi annuals planted. I would love to get some hollyhocks growing. The bulbs that i transplanted seem to be doing well and are all perked up. And some columbines i transplanted from a ditch last year seem to be coming up. Not sure about the lupines i transplanted tho. There is a ditch near us by the eye docs house that is prolific and beautiful with masses of colors of lupines. They are so gorgeous, you drive by just to look at them, so he told us to try and transplant some. I did that and took seeds, so we will see.
My peonies are coming up, my primroses are blooming, my lilacs and such are bulging with buds. Its so cool outside right now.

Ramb;lings

Thank you judy for helping me figure this out. I still haven't got it but it will go smoother the more i do it. One of these days i will post something profound. A poem or something deep, like a thought about something. But for now I just have to get the hang of this thing.

this is the camelia (not an azalia which i can't spell anyhow) outside my front door/window.

You also noted i loaded a picture of leroy taken at our awards dinner (dog club). And i loaded some other pictures from our party. The lady alone in the chair is a supervisor, Kathleen

Flowers/Garden

this is my azala (sp) outside the front door/windows.

pictures

pictures from judys party

this is Brodie, Mollies dog. Nancy above in pink. Pc taking a picture.
Judy below with the tiara

hey guess what i lost my drafts and found them and figured out how to send them , thats why the similarity in the last two posts. sorry.

ramblings

Well its sun and its raining, which is ok as i have so much to do inside. I hate paperwork and crap like that but i can only put it off so long. The only one that is upset about being stuck in the house is Iris and she has been complaining constantly. I wrote a note the other nite and then lost it and got fed up so i just forgot it. Today i am going to try and add pictures.
It was a long week, i think it was because we said our goodbyes to judy on sun. Now instead of feeling like you are working for judy, i feel like i am working for an institution. It will be a long 2-3 years at this rate.
We are working outside the best we can, or i should say the best i can. I am determined not to let this crippled exterior stop my work outside. It has gone for 3 years almost with me doing very little and it shows. Leroy does better if we work together on projects. Right now we are just trying to clean up the place. I tried transplanting some daffodils yest that are comming up so don't know how that will work since it is not the right time, but i did plant a few glads also. I got a couple of nice bags of bulbs at costco for 13$ each bag.
My toes are improving. I went back in as i was afraid of the one being so red but he said it was inflamed not infected. So that is a bit better as he gave me something else for it and they are looking better.
There is nothing else here. Leroy is watching the daytona 500 so that is his present. i said i would leave him alone for the day. Diesel tried to make me a card on the computer, that is cute. He added his picture. Jeff called but it was a coincidence.
Well I have charting to catch up on so i better get that done so tomarrow isn't even worse. But god it kills me to do it. I need to go stock my car too and I dread doing that too. I tell you work is like pulling teeth anymore.
What i have on my camera is some pictures from our dog club awards but don't think they came out very well, and some from the going away party for judy, and one of my azalia (looks like it is spelled wrong) bush out front. My other stuff is comming up sooooo fast.
Have a nice valentines to any of you that read this. I guess its a day to remember who we love and why and honor that. Every holiday seems like a day to be thankful for something and this seems like the same thing to me. I am thankful for all those i love, hell even some i don't

Ramblings Again

Well here i am again. Not much new here. This has been a really hard week, felt like I was walking thru molasses. I used to work for Judy, now i just work for a faceless institution. Everyone is having medical problems, stress can really take its toll. Weather has been rainy on and off. I still work outside as much as i can, you wouldn't believe how much stuff is up. I planted some bulbs today. Got some nice ones at Costco. Tried replanting some daffodils but this isn't the time of year to do it so we will see what happens. Anybody watching the olympics. I just let them run and watch what i can when i am in the room.

Ramblings again

OK, Yest was my day off and it seems i didn't accomplish much. We had an awards dinner in Bellingham in the pm and we took a load of people up to that. We have it yearly and if you earn a title that year you get an award and a gift card to Cenex. if you help at trials you get a free dinner at this very nice restaurant. Frosti was the only one who earned a title. A slow year for us, so hope we take em by storm next year. The morning was spent taking Sallee up to the vet as she has gotten quiardia from Iris so now they are both on pills but once we get it under control it should be OK. I still think they snuck away with Mexico with Diesel and that's where they all got it. you know that water in Mexico.
I was going to work today but figured i better finish what i didn't get done yest. so I passed. Now its raining and i can't do what i planned outdoors so guess I will try and finish Jeff's Xmas present that my back so rudely interrupted. We also have a going away party for my boss so not sure if that will be sad or happy. We are devastated she is leaving but I am hoping for good things for her. I have to get my pot luck piece made. I am going to take barbecue sandwiches. Hope they turn out.
I went and got the makings yest. I took Frosti and Diesel along to the local store. I had to go to dairy queen to ask Lacey to come by after work and let the dogs out. I took the sack of meat in with me which was supposedly pretty funny to all of them. BUT when i got back Frosti had gotten in the other sack i had tried to tuck away and she ate a WHOLE package of hamburger buns or actually 7 1/2 buns and squashed another package. Oh the joy of owning animals. I should have carried both bags in and really looked like a bag lady....

Well on this day off i worked outside. But even tho i got a lot done i was in pain from the moment i got up. My sciatica and my left knee are so bad today even oxycodone doesn't dent it, so unfortunately I missed agility tonight.
Diesel is feeling better but i gave him a bath tonight so that puts him down for a while. I still think we need to get him to Dr. Suluski (chiro/vet) cause he seems to yip when we sometimes take his diaper on or off. it seems like it is his right him.
I had to go get more pills today and weigh the dogs. Iris either didn't get over her guiardia or she got it again so we got more pills and we started her vacinations for it. The vacinations help her make the eggs inactive so she doesn't get reinfected. That will help the other dogs too. Tho no one else has gotten it.
Todays weigh ins showed that everyone is overweight but Iris who can't seem to gain
weight but today she was up one pound. In dog pounds that is pretty good.

As I sit here I have to listen to Sydney (jeffs cat) snore. Did you know cats snore. I didn't. He snores so loud you hear him across the room. He has a bed and sleeps on my sewing table. Occasionally he will reach out and try and grab what i am sewing or get up and come over and look at the situation and then go back to bed.

so I have no interesting news, as usual. Maybe as i journal this more I will get more profound. think?

Oh my little Lacey came by today on her horse while we were outside. She graduates June 12. I have a horse wall hanging i am making for her so i better get busy on it. She plans to go to Walla Walla in august and go to horseshoeing school for two years. Finally her folks agreed to loan her the money (not pay for it) and she has to pay for her truck and her room and board. She was feeling sad as she will have to either lease her horse out or sell it. Her folks won't take care of it for her. The horse isn't stupid, it hates Mike. Smart horse I say. Gads, she was the same age as Buster, they celebrated their birthdays together. Shes been made to feel she isn't smart enough to go to school for anything, so she figures she will do something she likes. She knows she always has a home here with us.

Leroy went to meet his first hospice patient today. He joined the hospice volunteers thur our agency and he finally has his first case. A man in Langley. i think he will be very good at it and will like it.

Did i tell you we are volunteering helping with a dog 4h group. Leroy may become a co leader but i said i am just HELPING. We have known the gal who leads it since we came on the island. Her oldest daughter is going to show Iris for me in conformation or at least that is the plan if Iris ever gains any weight. She is so sweet and talented and has such a gift, I would like to see her turn into a junior and then senior handler. They make great money for a part time vocation.

ok, here is how exciting my life is. I had a day off right. I spent the morning still trying to fix my checkbook fiasco and then spent the afternoon limping around outside helping Leroy clean up the yard and then training the dogs in the agility field and then we decided to herd the ducks around the yard. Well Sallee has no control so that was exciting and Iris did quite superb with control, i was very impressed. they usually do sheep but we have none so you take the next best thing. Iris only once got close enough to put her paw on one and hold it down. That's her motive opperendi (sp) when she plays or fights or whatever. Hold the opponent down till they settle down. Then we went over and helped with our dog 4h group that we are getting snookered into. the excitement and energy in the room is unbelievable but you really feel pretty good when you leave surprisingly. Its the mothers i wish would go away and go to coffee, they sit and talk and elevate the level of noise in the room. Then it was go get gas and groceries and aget home to eat pizza and watch the biggest loser on TV. See anything wrong with that scenario. Our other concern for the day and maybe today is that diesel is not feeling well. He slept in the bed till 130 and Leroy made him go out and then he went back till about 230 and then slept on the couch till bedtime. He wouldn't eat or drink. he was one of those dogs that had that food from china so i wonder if that is what is wrong again. He was doing fine but his blood levels were still bad. So he may have to go in if he doesn't perk up. It is so sad to see something so small be sick, you don't know what to do. the vet said we could try an eighth of an aspirin, do you know how small that is? So I got no quilting done and Jeff didn't come home as he says he is sick.Maybe he will come today. Leroy worked Mon as a sub so that is a surprise and ablessing. So that is my rambling for atues.

what do you mean you wondered if i would come back on. I have posted every two to three days, look at the dates. Thats pretty good for me. Has Bonnie seen it yet. She may need some help in trying to figure it out. Now you guys start adding some information and pictures and i will try and tell donna o. about it too so she can be included but i don't want to see and read my old junk.
Making pillowcases today for jeff and leroy. Linda showed me a cool way to put on the header piece without having a seam show and then sew it up and turn it over and resew it and it has all hidden seams all around. Its really nice. But think after feeding the dogs, doing one more pillowcase, making supper, i am headed to bed to watch tv. I hurt all over today. Some days are like that and if i fight it i get cranky and you know what thats like.

Ramblings on sun

Ramblings - sat

well it was call today. Mostly paperwork but i did have to go to oak harbor to see a patient that no one else was willing to do. short visit so I did manage to look up a work friend and see her house and her new pup. Yest. was our bosses last day. Kinda a depressing and weepy day. Who knows what lies ahead for our agency, us at work, or me specifically. Yesterday I worked part of a day and met a friend for lunch so at least i am mixing work with some pleasure. Weather here is just drippy mostly today. How is it going out there for all of you. Linda, I finally found a post from you from the other day. Yipee. Like i say, this may be the most boring blog ever. Trying to write a prose or poem for my boss today as i drove, lots of ideas, but nothing concrete. I did write a song the other day. It goes to the tune of Hey look me over. It goes Don't knock me over, lend me a cane, I am just a nurse whos trying to work in pain, I am still around, so don't count me out, whatever i do, wherever i go I'm sure you'll hear me shout------- don't knock me over etc etc etc. Dumb huh? Guess I have way to much time on my hands.

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OMG I finally figured out where your posts are. they don't show on the blog unless you click on the comments. Linda I haven't gotten any of yours but I got yours Kathy and the one Leroy sent to check it out. OMG So that helps me some. Please everyone try to send me some kind of confirmation so i know its getting thru. Cool. The next thing will be to figure out how to post pictures.
Now, no new news here. Its raining. The dog is improved. We are well but tired because we spent all sat (well just 4 hours for me) working on flower beds. Today is Leroys birthday and we did nothing. I fixed him his favorite meal when i got home at 630 and then i guess we will watch a movie. Whoopee ding. What a birthday. But I let him watch football all day yest. He watched that Vikings game.

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well can't understand why i don't get any posts. I thought we had it figured out for everyone but evidently not. don't know if i will keep it up if i don't get any response. Today we went to greenbank for a short walk with the dogs and then home to replant some trees and do some yard work. Spring is here and the weather is wonderful, perfect for planting stuff and cleaning up outside. Toes are still sore but found the hiking boots with their hard toes give me the most protection and are the most comfortable.

ok, i checked before i go to work. still no activity on my blog. i do so hope thishelps. i swear it is spring here. The days are warmer, stuff is starting to come up, the birds are starating to sing not cherp, the squirrels are more active and it just sounds and smells like spring, so if its not here it around the corner.That is very promising and uplifting. Have a nice day everyone.

leroy is trying it. Maybe go to the sign in. Guess the others screens are like mine and you don't have what i last said.

ok here's a test of what the h---- ever

If i am someone else how would i post this, will try a test. lets see if this works. if it does i will pass it on.

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So you can't get in kathy, i don't know what to tell you. I sent the address. I think it is google but you don't need to go thru it to get it. If you found the site, on blogspot. you should be able to post. maybe leroy has an idea.
a full day at work today and it went ok. had physical therapy first. it was a long day and my toes in my shoes are sore but i am alive. Its a sad job right now and it doesn't seem things will change for a long time. Hope i can survive this.Not something i can really talk about in depth but just know it was a devastating blow to our agency and our home health family and losing our boss at the end of the month after 26 years is going to be unfathomable. Life goes on. It was warm (50's) and sunny today. Wish i could have been home and outside working on something.

ok, day 2 of my blog and no visits. how sad. I had two toenails removed fri and today they are kinda sore. Took the dressings off today and now goes the soaking and such. Guess I will be wearing sandles to work. that should be fun in the rain.
Nothing else new around here. Just sitting and sulking and working on donnas belated xmas present early birthday present at the rate its going. Jeff is going to Denver for a few days this week, it would be nice if i could finish his poker vest so he could wear it when he plays. We will see. We set up the web cam last nite with jeff and it was fun and a cheaper visit than the phone. The dogs were even interested in him. Diesel saw him, but Frosti heard him but couldn't find him.

I see heidi's pic is under my followers on my blog. How cute a picture. Reminds of some good days. Sure miss you and worry about you Heidi.

this is a real learning experience. it has taken us all afternoon to get this set up to this point and that was with phone contact with jeff. Gads its good these kids know computers better than us.

Quilted Collies

This is my first post trying to set my a blog in which i can comunicate with friends and family that really want to follow our goings on here on Whidbey. It will contain ramblings of dog, activities, work, kites, medicine and medical issues (which seems to be our topics of late), and hopefully pictures. Leroy will probably want to see up his own but trying this out vs facebook.