Apr2

A new stitcher in the family?

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I got up to use the computer, and Cosmo scooted over to where I had been sitting and stitching. Brian thought he looked cute and I suggested he put my stitching near Cosmo’s paws. These are cute shots and they gave us a good laugh.
I’m going to the GI doc with Bri later in the afternoon. Our time schedules are really off and we both are a little light-headed today. Whoa!
I enjoyed the finale of ‘Life on Mars’ last night seeing that Sam Tyler was really from the ‘far’ future in a spaceship that was about to land on Mars. Didn’t see that coming-but the name of the show should have been a hint. I enjoyed seeing his ‘dream’ about living in 1973. Too bad it was canceled. I do like the show ‘Cupid’. Jennifer said it had been on before, somehow I missed the first time around.

Apr1

No foolin’ day

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Today did not start out very typical and when Brian woke up and came in the family room at 12:45 am and said he was in pain, we decided to take him to the ER. There are a few different hospitals near by, but we went to the one affiliated with the doctor he is seeing tomorrow-good thinking (he can see the results of the tests from the computer right away-in system ). I’m not use to driving at that time in the morning and was scared about deer and wildlife-a few bunnies hip-hopped out of the way. We got there and it was pretty deserted except for the young guy with the dry heaves. They asked Bri the same questions I have asked him for days and then they took blood and a few x-rays. It took forever (it seems) for them to look at the x-rays and he is rather ‘bloated’ so they sent him home with a mix to clean him out. He’s waiting for it to work. So we got to bed about 4:30 am. I think he’ll be scheduled for a certain test every 50 year old is suppose to have.

It’s a typical spring day here with spotty rain and is overcast. A good day for a nap.

Thanks for all your comments of concern, we appreciate them.

Mar31

A little better

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I didn’t get my act together until after dinner. Brian and I both slept better, but he’s still having GI issues. He brought home cheesesteaks and only ate half of his-I ate all of mine. I took kitty for a walk as I see I’m not the only one who gained a few more pounds this winter. ; ) I then got the rake and cleaned out a few more spots and completely wiped myself out. Bri did come out and clean up the debris, hoping that moving around would help. I can’t believe how much tall grass got in my irises and roses. They are going to be a bugger to weed.
I was happily stitching on a new cross stitch piece-Herb Bouquet, and lo and behold-that blasted linen-I was a stitch or so off. I was thinking about stitching around it, but it messed up a stem on a plant. Rats.
Herb Garden Bouquet cross stitch begins
So that’s about all the excitement besides Sean having to write 5 papers by May and not getting a good grade on one he worked so hard on. A Facebook friend and former high school pal John, said he would take a look at Sean’s papers to help him. He use to help under grads at Harvard with their papers. What a nice guy. I told Sean and I think he appreciated that.

Mar30

Touching base

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Hey, just to let you know that things here could be better. Brian hasn’t been sleeping or eating like he is suppose to. I made an appointment for him to see a specialist. I’m grouchy and suffering from lack of sleep myself. Keep us in your thoughts. Thanks.

Mar29

Spring is really here!

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Here’s the finished gift I made for my niece who will turn 10 the day before Easter. Let me tell you, it’s not easy to make an egg shaped ornament, especially since I had to make it bigger as my piece was larger than the template. I added some chiffon peachy ribbon to the light green corded thread.
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Right outside my front door were these sweet little crocus flowers:
Right outside the front door-crocuses!
And the forsythia bushes are a bit damp, but ready to open. We planted these from ‘slips’ of our moms’ bushes. Either yard has any left now.
The soon-to-be-in full bloom forsythia bushes

Mar27

Show and Tell

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Child’s tea service, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

This is an adorable little tea service my mom gave me one year when I was really into porcelain dolls. I use to have a table set up in my living room for several years with this on the table. I’d say the teapot is only about 5 1/2″ tall. I have this in my china cabinet now as I didn’t put the dolls back after Christmas.

Sorry this is a bit late, had major sinus issues earlier.

Mar26

Thursday Thunks-by the thunkers themselves!

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We all submitted questions for this week…
1. What is your favorite type of soda (if you drink soda)?
Coca cola
2. Do you believe in astrology?
Since it’s been around a long time, I do in a way and see some similarities between me and my sign.
If so, what does your sign say about you? I’m a Scorpio-I’m suppose to be hot-blooded, but I’m cooling down as I get older. ; )
3. Who is John Galt? I don’t know.
4. What is the last thing you do before you go to sleep at night? Either put in eye drops or used some lip balm or hand lotion-do all three.
5. Who’s your Daddy? None-you don’t refer to you hub as such, correct?
6. Jelly beans or Jelly Bellies?
Love the different Jelly Bellies-will not touch their ‘Harry Potter’ flavors of vomit and boogers. When they made them, it kind of made me associate yuckiest with the name brand.
7. What do you think about yellow car? Why car manufacturer actually made yellow cars? I think you mean they are associated with being lemons. I don’t like yellow, but I do know my husband had a yellow Mustang at one time and he loved that car.
8. Holding on or Letting go?
I think I tend to hold on when it comes to family matters. If a friend isn’t a friend anymore, I let them go.
9. What kind of underwear, if any, do you wear?
Hanes or a few higher end makers like Vanity Fair.
10. Who is your daddy and what does he do? Mine is deceased-we were estranged. He use to be a land surveyor. Now his look-alike grandson is about to graduate from PSU with a degree in geography/climatology. How weird is that since they didn’t know each other?
11. Spring – is it here yet??
It’s been too cold! I’ve seen a few croci, but the daffodils are keeping tightly closed up.
12. Does Google Streetview scare you? We have done our house and it is there for the world to see. It does scare me a little.
13. What is your favorite brand of ice cream?
Turkey Hill is good (think it’s local). Baskin Robbins for the store variety.
14. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Probably Rocky Road or anything with chocolate and nuts in it.
15. Do you ever get tired of your everyday routine?
Yes!! And with the way the economy is, I may be looking to change it by getting a job if I can.
16. What inspires you?
People who have been ill with say cancer and get better to make a difference in the world.
17. It’s springtime-do you spend more time outdoors? This is my question-yes-it’s mainly just cleaning out leaves from flowerbeds right now, but I do get cabin fever really bad and need the exercise and fresh air.
18. When do you think Bud will let us see the DVD of him and the french twins? Pass
19. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you, and why?
Near a beach area, more secluded than a resort. I did a Facebook quiz and said Italy would be perfect for me.
20. Why do you blog? To keep a record of things and to make friends.
21. What are electrolytes and why are they good for us? Aren’t they the balance of certain chemicals like sodium in your body-I think. I remember my grandmom’s got unbalanced after eye surgery and she felt strange and had to drink Gatorade.
22. Do you twitter? Why or why not? Not yet-just use my Facebook to update what’s new with me or what I’m thinking about.
23. What did you dream last night?
I know I did, but it faded already from my mind.
24. What is the strangest thing you’ve eaten?
Probably just fried calms. My father-in-law use to eat escargot when we went out to eat at a certain restaurant-I may have tasted that, I probably didn’t.
25. What was the last picture that you took? Of a bouquet Brian got for his birthday
26. what is your favorite part of spring? When the grass greens up and the spring flowers open.
27. what is one thing that you did this past week that no one knows about? It wouldn’t be a secret-gee-I can’t think of anything.
28. What kind of bandages do you typically have in your household? We have a first aid kit with a variety of different ones-not sure of the brand name.
What to play along
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Mar24

Happy Birthday Brian-Down Memory Lane

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It’s hard to believe that three of these photos were taken almost 25 years ago on our honeymoon in Cancun, Mexico. The other was taken 8.5 yrs ago in New Hope, Pa.
We celebrated his birthday in 1983 as an engaged couple. I remember using most of my pay that week to buy him a Walkman. Seems like such an old concept now with the MP3 players and Ipods around now. I wanted to get him a MP3 player this year, but wasn’t sure if he’d use it.
I thought he’d enjoy seeing these photos again. Didn’t he look hunky in those earlier photos? He’s still my hunk. ; )
I baked some yellow cupcakes with dark fudge icing for him and placed them on the  ‘special’ plate:
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FYI-I didn’t have vegetable oil and read where you can substitute apple sauce for the same amount of oil needed. I did this and they are light and tasty. This will be good for my brother to know as the veggie oil bothers him when mixed in waffles.
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My mom sent Bri a bouquet:
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I also finished this to be made into an egg shape for my niece T as her birthday is the day before Easter:
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The Prairie Schooler

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All the Kosher food is on sale at the store, so I bought some toasted coconut marshmallows and potato pancake mix which I made last night:
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They were good with meatloaf. I will say I should have used a bigger pan and I had to get the hang out of making sure they were solid and brown before turning. Be sure to check out your Kosher stuff-there’s some good eats there that you may not try that much!
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Sean is enjoying seeing the sights of Vegas-he saw some of the fancy hotels like The Mirage and Treasure Island last night and said they were huge! He is all dressed up in these clothes for the job fair:
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FYI, the suit coat is from the Goodwill and only cost $6.50. We bought the shirt and tie in Macy’s to match the jacket. If we had purchased a new suit coat, it would have been approx.-$150-$200. This assemble cost $83.50. So we saved a lot! He may not even have to wear a suit if he works in the field, so this was a wise thing to do in these hard times. He wore a used jacket in his high school portrait too-who knew?

Mar23

Flying solo on Sunday

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I just talked to Sean about 11:50 est (Sunday) and he was waiting on his luggage out in Las Vegas! He had 12 hours of travel today and is beat. He left State College and drove himself and two buddies to the Pittsburgh airport. The flight was delayed about 1 hour 45 minutes. So the entire day his dad and I were on pins and needles as this was Sean’s first non-family air flight (He’s only been on 3 other plane trips in his life). Here’s where we watched the progress of his flight:
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As you can see, they were flying over the corner of Texas at the time of this screen capture. He flew through 9 states. Knowing Sean, if he could, he would have wanted to stop and check each one out if he had the time.
I’ll keep you posted on his trip. It’s a conference/job fair for Geography majors.
My mom and her friend Jim stopped by for a little bit today. We weren’t very good hosts as we were waiting for Sean to board the plane. After dinner, we ran down to the grocery store and it was pretty much empty. Bri will have my van again, so I wanted to get shopping out of the way.
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My nephew K. enters the teen years today. Hope he has a great 13th birthday. Even though Sean doesn’t have any siblings, he has watched K and T grow up and they really like their cousin.