I'm at Nottawa Library again and it's going to be super cold this weekend sub zero temps, 3" more snow. Mark the runner is behind me on another computer, now he's leaving the area to talk to the support help here.
I sent an article from the Kal. Gazette to my brother in Calif. bcuz his daughter has interest in what the article spoke about. Depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and suicide. Amanda Southworth, my niece is like a poster child for the psychology industry. She did a TED talk age 15. She has had numerous interviews including one in Oprah magazine! coming out Feb 19! She is sort of famous via the internet.
Last night Paul and I watched a movie from library, Huck Finn, was pretty exciting! Nice ending. I have to admit, never read the book. Tho't I knew the plot etc., but got it mixed up with Tom Sawyer.
Somebody needs to do a cartoon of the Twain characters. Don't know if his estate still has rights to the story line or if Disney owns it now. Anyway, it'd make an awesome cartoon. Maybe it's been done. Coloring book. Guys don't color much I don't think (except Jeremiah, Leah's grandson, age 9 or 10), and Huck Finn is a guy's story, I think. In the last scene, Huck throws off his fancy clothes and runs across a wheat field towards the river where the river boats are. It's like a drone shot of him running. Oh, and slave Jim is freed by Widow Watson dying and freeing him in her will. Nice.
My ears are ringing. My phone just rang and it was no one. Hung up. had an area code starting with 8. I hate that.
Yesterday I took Mary Ellen H. to library and taught her how to google on computer. She is old order Amish and a former schoolteacher. She wanted to spend more time. Sorry, I TOLD her I had someone coming over 1:00pm and we had to leave 12:30, then she wanted to look at anatomy books, then she wanted to buy distilled water from Dollar Gen'l, I said no we had to GO. She hasn't changed since I worked for Nathan driving her to and from work every day. Except now she works every other day.
At 1:30 yesterday we had a sales-guy at our house for Erie Construction. I've got 3 days to cancel order I put in. Liked the young man. He's adopted, like me. Anyway, I've got to come up with 74.00 a month more to pay for windows I ordered in April to be put in, if I don't cancel order. We are getting 5 triple pane windows for 6,000.00, over 12 years financing.
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
New Year 19
Ahhh...New year, new slate. Made Pffernusse and sent to Mark N and Jeff N, north and south. I did not send very much, I would like to make another batch of Pffernusse. It involves a qt of molasses and 4 spices in large quantity, anise seed whole, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground cloves. 1 lb shortening, 5 lbs flour, 1 lb sugar. Makes 2 pillowcases full of cookies, we make em small and round like little brown pennies. They must be rolled out, and therein lies the rub, most people (incl. me) are too lazy to make them.
Hope to get new glasses, maybe just computer glasses, in Feb. Been using old ones, they work fine. A little small.
Need to get dog licenses. its $25.00 (shot) + 10.00 for Red's and 20.00 for Hezzy's bcuz she isn't spayed.
Need to do taxes in March with AARP thru St. Joe Comm on Aging.
Need to call COA and schedule appt.
Made about 100 cards or so past 2-3 weeks. Not stellar. some are what I call "private stock", I use them for my own personal correspondence. I sent out 14 letters the other day.
Went to craft day at Crossroads church, was chilly, fingers white (Raynaud's syndrome or phenomenon) left after 1-1/2 hours. Everybody there sews. I am only painter. Elizabeth, who used to be a certified Donna Dewberry painter, who used to come look at my work, died last month. Heart issues. Miss her.
Jill's in AZ with Mark M. Lyd's baby, Ellie, took first steps, I think it was Sat last week or Sunday this week, 1-12 or 1-13.
It's icy out with below-zero temperatures promised this weekend. We had much snow over Thanksgiving, then warm-up for 2 months, now it's starting to seriously bode for winter. I can stand it because it's getting lighter later every day, just 60 days or so until Spring!!!
Paul was pleased to find not just 6 but 7 eggs in the hen-house yesterday, total. I guess none of them are slackers.
We have an assortment of stray cats in our area. We do not let our chickens outside of coop, therefore they must be finding mice around our place to eat. We've got an orange tom-cat, a tuxedo and a calico cat, Paul says we'll have lots of kittens come Spring. He has a pane missing on one of his sheds where the cats come and go (and I hope do not go inside as in potty).
Paul built a shield for his snowblower to keep him from getting sprayed with snow and it works. He borrowed a window out of an extra storm-door we had for the view, and it works, but it looks clumsy what with feed bags for wings or shields.
Doris Schlatter also died in December, 31st, was my pen-pal, wrote me weekly. I figured she was having a harder time than usual, didn't hear from her for 2 months.
Also, a neighbor near us died, Jim. His house is being sold, $65,000 last I heard. Needs a lot of work says a friend who knows the inner workings of the house.
I'm at Nottawa Library. Open til 6 p.m. on Tues/Th.
Hope to get new glasses, maybe just computer glasses, in Feb. Been using old ones, they work fine. A little small.
Need to get dog licenses. its $25.00 (shot) + 10.00 for Red's and 20.00 for Hezzy's bcuz she isn't spayed.
Need to do taxes in March with AARP thru St. Joe Comm on Aging.
Need to call COA and schedule appt.
Made about 100 cards or so past 2-3 weeks. Not stellar. some are what I call "private stock", I use them for my own personal correspondence. I sent out 14 letters the other day.
Went to craft day at Crossroads church, was chilly, fingers white (Raynaud's syndrome or phenomenon) left after 1-1/2 hours. Everybody there sews. I am only painter. Elizabeth, who used to be a certified Donna Dewberry painter, who used to come look at my work, died last month. Heart issues. Miss her.
Jill's in AZ with Mark M. Lyd's baby, Ellie, took first steps, I think it was Sat last week or Sunday this week, 1-12 or 1-13.
It's icy out with below-zero temperatures promised this weekend. We had much snow over Thanksgiving, then warm-up for 2 months, now it's starting to seriously bode for winter. I can stand it because it's getting lighter later every day, just 60 days or so until Spring!!!
Paul was pleased to find not just 6 but 7 eggs in the hen-house yesterday, total. I guess none of them are slackers.
We have an assortment of stray cats in our area. We do not let our chickens outside of coop, therefore they must be finding mice around our place to eat. We've got an orange tom-cat, a tuxedo and a calico cat, Paul says we'll have lots of kittens come Spring. He has a pane missing on one of his sheds where the cats come and go (and I hope do not go inside as in potty).
Paul built a shield for his snowblower to keep him from getting sprayed with snow and it works. He borrowed a window out of an extra storm-door we had for the view, and it works, but it looks clumsy what with feed bags for wings or shields.
Doris Schlatter also died in December, 31st, was my pen-pal, wrote me weekly. I figured she was having a harder time than usual, didn't hear from her for 2 months.
Also, a neighbor near us died, Jim. His house is being sold, $65,000 last I heard. Needs a lot of work says a friend who knows the inner workings of the house.
I'm at Nottawa Library. Open til 6 p.m. on Tues/Th.
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