Hey, you want to join? How many of you are lonesome at night because the snorer in your life has vanished from your nest from being poked one too many times? Another pal said she is having the same problem. This certainly isn’t a new one for us. Now that we have a guest room set up, Bri’s moved into there which doesn’t help me at all. He use to go crash on the sofa and ruined the sofa in the process. He says he can’t be woken up all the time. Well how about me? Now that he’s in the back room, I have to get up to tell him to turn over and that again, he woke me up. This happened at 5 am today. He said maybe if we got a new bed as the old one is so hard. Gee, I’m sleeping on it. He’s sleeping in a twin pillow-topped bed which was my son’s bed-too small for a 200+ pd man. So maybe if we got a decent bed that would help. I agree with my friend that these chronic snorers need to get checked out. My brother did and he had sleep apnea. My brother lost weight and doesn’t snore anymore. Hmmm…there you go Bri! I can’t get it through his head that all that extra weight is a big issue with snoring and his knees. I ask him to eat slower and not to take seconds, and he does as he pleases. His choice of exercising is a Nordic track machine. He has huge Popeye-like legs and his tummy is still sticking out. I am eyeing up one of those Ab-loungers as an Christmas gift for him.
Sean was home yesterday as he was tossing his cookies at 1 am. I am hoping he did this from overindulging in candy and egg rolls. Yeck right? He ate almost an entire bag of mini-Snickers in two days. We went to a Chinese buffet and I saw him eating one egg roll, but had no idea he ate almost 2 more. Than on top of the Chinese food he ate soft serve ice cream. When he got home he drank this really red strawberry drink. You don’t want to clean up after someone who ate from a buffet. He got yelled at when I found a 3″ piece of green bean in the washer along with his soiled bed linens. He could have choked on that! I thought he had a steel tummy, but he proved me wrong. We are only hoping he was sick from overeating and not a virus-but it looks like the later right? He was better in a few hours and it wasn’t an all night thing. He’s in school now.

A 17 yr old project I finally finished just in time for Thanksgiving! I had to locate the chart to finish it, but that brown backstitching was horrible. It’s going in a wreath. 

I don’t know if I consider searching for colleges that have meteorology as one of their majors as all that difficult. That’s the major my son would like to try at least. He’s loved weather phenomenon all his life. We took a drive up to Millersville University which is about 64 miles away, an hour or so. It’s a lovely campus in Lancaster County, PA. We were late, not unusual for us. We headed into the gym and thought we had missed the tour and the guides told us that the meteorology one hadn’t left yet. Talk about lucking out. We heard the tail end of the college overview. Sean saw his friend Jeff from school (whose mom is our primary doctor) and he was glad to have someone to talk to that he knew. They took us to a lecture room and the prof laid everything on the table. Meteorology isn’t just weather predicting, it’s Physics and Calculus too! Sean was getting discouraged as he hasn’t taken those classes in high school. They took us to the 4th floor where the computers are set up which is a nice lab. I asked a few of the tour guides who were also seniors majoring in meteorology if not having Physics and Calculus in high school was a problem. They basically shrugged the worry off. The one girl said she took easy classes in her senior year. Sean is still having his doubts and is even thinking about taking Geography instead. It’s his decision of course. I wish he would at least give meterology a shot. I know he may regret it if he doesn’t try it. I found the alumni page at Millersville and many of the meteorology majors have decent jobs.
The campus is pretty with it’s 100 yr old buildings mixed with it’s modern buildings. The lounge looks like a mall restaurant. They have a pond with two swans. I noticed that the lovely trees next to the pond have carvings on it with secret messages from the past. We had lunch in the cafeteria and the food was good too. I hope he decides to go here.

I just found this great meme through I am Pariah,so thanks. I like that you can do a random search for the perfect inspiratonal question.
What does ‘spirituality’ mean to you?
Does it mean belief in a specific religious dogma or other principle, or does it mean something that is more secular and cosmic rather than religious? What were your spiritual beliefs when you were younger? Have they evolved, and if so, how? Was there a specific event in which your beliefs were strongly tested, to the point of having to reconsider what you held to be true? If your beliefs are different than those your family and friends have, how accepting are they of you and your beliefs now? Does spirituality hold a high priority in your life?
I believe that God is all around us and that there is a ‘higher plane’ of existence. I will not rule out reincarnation either. If you read my blog, you know I was greatly touched by ‘The Passion of the Christ’ which I just watched at the end of October. I became Catholic back in 1983, but I am not a Bible beating Catholic. In fact I think the Bible is hard to understand.
When I was younger, we rarely went to church, but I remember when we did it was a special occasion for us. I wasn’t crazy about Sunday school though.I met my husband who went through parochial schools. When we became engaged, I thought it was important to have religion in my life.
Yes, there were times in my life when I felt tested. I had some liver issues (probably from the result of having Lyme Disease) and I thought I had a liver disease. I did a lot of praying and then said, ‘Wait-I have to accept it if I don’t get well’. Which I did. And I didn’t have the disease and most of my liver enzymes stabilized. There is still one that is elevated, but since the others are better, I only have to get checked out once a year. I found a herb that helped my liver-Milk Thistle-through reading. I passed on this info to another friend and her enzymes stabilized too.
I think spirituality is gained through how I live and what I do for other people. Isn’t that one of the main reasons we are put on this earth?

Yesterday I was trying to be a good daughter because I could feel the sadness in my mom’s voice the day before. I got myself ready for the 45 minute drive and got to her house around 2 pm. I promptly started to help her tidy up the place and this went on for almost 2 hours. She was in the middle of a clothes sort. This is the second one of the year. I can’t believe the clothes she has! I then lifted the heavy bags into my van and took them to the Goodwill. We went inside the store as it was senior discount and they had some interesting things I bought for resale on eBay. Afterwards, we went to Ruby Tuesday and mom ate a good dinner. She said she weighs 117 now. About 5 months ago she was 100 pds. Mom’s spirits seemed lifted, so I felt like I helped in my own small way. My two brothers who live near her rarely have done anything for her lately, though Ken got her the car.
Well tonight she called and her toilet was running over and she had dirty water in her washer. Her friend Jim had to turn the water off. She has water on the basement floor and just left it there. Now what can I do at 9 pm? I called my brother Ken around 8:50 and he just ‘grunted’ his replies. At 10 pm he hadn’t called or gone over to her house. He lives 2 minutes away. So I am bummed about all this. I feel my good deed went down the toilet, no pun intended. She really can’t afford a plumber which she needs. And tomorrow it is suppose to be a rainy, lousy day. I hope to heck Ken came through for me. I almost begged him. I’ll keep you posted.

Update:Well my ahole of a brother never called to even offer support. He seems to be alienating himself from all of us. I mean, when his 74 yr old mom is having water leakage in her house, and he’s right around the corner, go check mom! My elderly uncle is footing the bill, once again ,for the plumber to come today. I am hoping it’s a minor problem-maybe snaking will work. She is embarassed by her basement, like who isn’t? So I am crossing fingers this all will be resolved.
Second update: It was a root problem outside. The plumber brought a monster snake into the bathroom (he even had to remove the bathroom door to get it in there). He said the toidy is shot too-cracked. And as of 11/17, there has been no contact from my brother or his wife.

What project has been a WIP/UFO the longest? Or what project took you the longest to complete?
Funny you should ask that. I just pulled out my oldest project and am going to add the backstitching to it. It’s a turkey I started after I had my gallbladder out in 1987! My son was an infant and now he’s 18! It’s suppose to go in the middle of a wreath. Guess I’ll put aside my current projects and just do this! Talk about stalling, beating around the bush and being a procrastinator in general. I’ll post a photo when I’m finished. : )

discover what candy you are @ quiz me
Yeck-I can’t even eat these things and please don’t call me a sour puss. : (

A bookmark I made for my friend in Montana. I had started the top part months ago and ran across it again a few weeks ago and was inspired to finish it. I had wanted to make my friend a cross stitched gift for a special birthday and the design I had chosen (from a kit) was too difficult. Maybe I will finish it someday for her. 

An ornament I made for a lady in Canada in a ornament exchange. The evenweave was hard to work with especially on the ecru part and the basket. The 2nd photo is the back of the ornament.