oh, my - Lemon Pie

It was so good, lasted one day!

I bake, I Prine - good X 2

I Had A Dream Last Night. . .

...I had a dream last night, last night I had a dream...(John Prine)

Yes, I sure did - I met all my John Prine friends. Only thing, I don't know where we were; but everyone was there and we were having a Prine Time.

Reeda took me to a room - down a hallway we went. I anticipated we would meet our Johnny - and we did. Unfortunately, our Johnny was writing Happy Birthday Dear Reeda and not batting an eye at me. All I saw was the handwriting; I saw a green ring. John was wearing black, I did not even get to see the boots - only arms and writing. oh, alas, dreams.

So many Prine friends and we were all lip flappin' at once. Some folks, I did recognize; others I did not. It was so much fun. I awoke this morning with one hell of a headache; dream overtime.

Thank you Janis for the heart. Love it; as I do chocolate, heart rocks, and hugs.

Wisconsin, Bayfield

Have mercy on Bayfield, Wisconsin - Prinettes/Priners will be flocking in near the 19th of August. I, so wish, I could be a part of the flock.

Recently, I seemed to have fallen off my perch.

I may have fallen, but in the fall ~ I Prine.

New Cleats

Happy Days -- new cleats are going to be arriving soon! I am so deathly afraid of walking on the ice; well - I just do not do it anymore. I have not been to pick up the mail for two days and furthermore, I will wait for Monday. It is death sentence to be outside walking, everywhere is ice.

These cleats are called Icers. They are from Lee Valley Tools and I anticipate they will be of high quality. Lee Valley is high quality.

On a side note; I was chatting yesterday with a representative from Proctor and Gamble. I am having difficulty with their website and required some assistance. I asked the question -to where have I got to - where are you located? The lady replied, Wisconsin. Oh, I near went to lip flappin' overtime. I told her, I know people in Wisconsin - I have friends there. I spoke of Burlington where Tom lived. I spoke of Charlene in Madison. I continued on; we met through John Prine, Prinesville. I do not believe she knew of John Prine; but she was polite just the same. She was located near Green Bay (is the Bay green - is there money floating in it ;)

Ode to Prine, anytime.

A New Visitor...

A new friend came and paid us a visit yesterday morning. It was a Weasel.

So cute, it was. It is rare to see - a Weasel, I mean a real Weasel.

Many politicians are weasels.

I ventured out to try to get to the mailbox yesterday; should not have done that. An elderly couple stopped and inquired if I wanted assistance. I thanked them, waved, and hoped for the best.

I have my cleats, my walking stick - the ice was just too much for me. I crawled and I made it home.

Unfortunately, today while shopping, I lost my cleat. Noisemaker, will never be the same. He ranted and raved like he lost a million dollars in some far off foreign investment.

I was happy for him to drive - somewhat safely - down the road to home...and with one cleat I proceeded to our house.

...it takes four walls to make a house
...it takes love to make a home

StuffOlive Eggs

These are delicious! They are beer material.

Slice 6 hard-cooked eggs (27 minutes starting in cold water and let them cool down) in half lengthwise. Gently remove yolks and place in bowl; with fork, finely crumble yolks. Stir in 1/4 cup Hellmanns Mayonnaise (do not use any other kind because that mayonnaise it too tart) and 2 tablespoons of Frenchs prepared mustard. Coarse chop about 8 to 10 pimento stuffed olives - add to mixture. Pile into egg white centres. Refrigerate covered. Makes 12 stuffolive eggs. Enjoy!

My Back Yard

Evening sunset.

My Christmas Baking

This is some of my christmas baking, my sugar cookies. I bake so much - I think I am baking for the entire neighborhood - but I do love to bake.

I make up baking boxes for our mail delivery person and for my fine neighbor, Gary (he lives two down from us). They do enjoy them. Such a fine assortment of goodies I placed in the boxes - sugar cookies, butter tarts, chocolate chunk cookies, chocolate chip cookies - lots of goodies - and a candy cane! I enjoy to do it, I enjoy to share.

Our John Prine Christmas Tree

I am going backwards here. I am so excited I learned this process today. Smucksville!

This is our christmas tree - our John Prine Christmas tree. We have a small home, it does not constitute a big tree. When we first move here; I was telling one of the ladies I met that we could only have a small tree and that we would purchase one. She told me not to bother, to come with her; and this is what she gave to me. I decorated it up with handmade christmas decorations and it gives a fine spirit of christmas. Noisemaker loves it!

I love doing this!

The Luge

Oh Thank You, god of Nikon and god of Brett I made it work! Happy Days.

This is the luge - our walkway. It is about 100 feet to the roadway. Today, it is near glare ice. I tried to walk it; but I did not even get to the roadway. I am afraid to walk on ice, even with cleats. It is one year today that I receive that beautiful attire; my cast. Darn wrists will never be right again.

I am all a flutter now that I uploaded the photos correctly, I'll be snappin' my fingers off, can't catch me now! YIPPEE!

This Is A Cake!

Beautiful! Photo and cake made by Michelle Byerly - Jasper, Texas.

My My -- Hey Hey

My my ~ hey hey
There is far too much snow today
My arms are now burned out
I don't think they'll turn to rust

It is brutal here, there is so much snow. I shovelled in twenty minutes intervals. That was all I could do. Noisemaker said I should not complain so much - he quickly changed his words, when he went to shovel.

On a sad note - To Sue Umbrella and Family for the passing of her Dad and to Al Bunetta and Family for the loss of their son - My Deepest Sympathy.

I Have A Nikon

I have a Nikon

I can snap in the morning

I can snap in the evening

but cannot email to my friends

I cannot email them justice

I cannot email them freedom

Because my programs

My limited abilities

Of computer programs

Do not realm ...

In my mind, my mind, my mind. . .

I do own several hammers, I have a light weight one, a heavy weight one. I have a hammer from my Dad and a hammer from Noisemakers' Dad. I do not think any of them weigh 9 lbs. Teehee, a Nine Pound Hammer is a little too heavy - buddy for my size.

The snow is falling heavy this morning. I shovelled early to now what seems I did nothing at all. Noisemaker is out there shovelling the descending diamonds. Yep, sometimes the snow does look like diamonds. I laugh, I sing -

John Prine - spot lights, snowflakes, like the dust in the sun

John Prine - the diamonds will be shining ~ no longer in the rough

Stuffola

Song For The Week - will now be a new post each week - hopefully. I am trying to revamp here; renew, but not reuse or do arithmetic.

Arithmetic - who knows Arithmetic anymore? Heck, I had to go into my memory bank to find - A Red Indian Thought He Might Eat Tobacco In Church. Think about it folks - you will figure it out.

Cold, on the mountain side...a warming trend coming in perhaps tomorrow. I pray for spring, the tulips blossoming!

Song For The Week

oh Waylon - Just To Satisfy You - with Willie Nelson

Someone's gonna get hurt before your through
Someone's gonna pay for the things you do
How many hearts must break, how many will it take
To satisfy you, just to satisfy you...

...how many tears were cried
how many dreams have died
to satisfy you, just to satisfy you...

I Met Mrs. Walker

Too Funny... as the song goes...'Mrs. Walker got a bump on the knee'. But today, Mrs. Walker and I had one heck of a great chat in the line to the cashier at Safeway, indeed!

Mrs. Walker is not a tall person, she does not have a daughter named Pamela - Patricia is her daughers' name. We share 'short' jokes. Mine was - it is better to love a short woman - than not to loved at all. We laughed!

hmm..Birthday Greetings, Jason

I do not believe it is your birthday, Jason. However, I have - with this blog - just call up birthdays' at random. This is one of them.

May you be a 'King'.

Photo is from Charlene Stevenson, Madison, Wisconsin.

Does not he look great!

Your birthday, Jason could be in December for all I know - does not matter -

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HUNK!