Bears are Back Again

No, not real bears, but the cross stitch project that I have been working on forever. This new year is the year the sucker will get finished. I started it when my daughter was in to ‘Build-a-Bears".. www.buildabear.com

 

But that was eons ago. She has now informed me that when/if I finish this project, it will look great in a nursery some day, if/when she ever has the need for such a room.

 

On the bright side, I’ll save a mint by not framing it.. at least until my daughter decides she actually wants to hang it. Wish framing wasn’t so darn expensive.

 

Finally there is a trip in my future to haul Kermie, the lean green rv diesel machine, out of storage. With my daughter competing less in taekwondo due to college, the trips have been limited. Good for the wallet but bad for the side of me that loves the road. At the end of the month, I’ll be heading north.

 

I don’t know how full time rv people handle the cold climates cause Kermie is like an icebox when traveling north. The dash heat doesn’t do squat to offset the ton of windows up front and if its cloudy without sunshine beaming in, thawing my butt off the driver’s seat can take days. Sure, I can run the generator and furnace while driving, but its propane and well, it makes me nervous.

 

Even with the cold, I’m still happy as can be about the trip. If its going to be cold, it would be great to see SNOW as long as I don’t have to drive in it. This trip I’m going to only drive during daylight hours… taking it REAL easy. The last thing I need is my RA/Fibro to flare up and put a damper on things. A veteran of cold from NY and long term netbud will be joining me for the trip back. We plan to slowly ‘craft’ our way back. We will be the Happy Stitchers.

 

Kermie needs to be taken out for exercise at least once a month. That was easy when my daughter was actively competing…now, not so much so.  There are a few state parks near me that I want to check out for weekend trips. The only thing slowing me down is most of the parks lack pull through spaces. Backing up Kermie by myself is challenging enough in a parking lot muchless in an area where not only do the sides and rear need to be checked, but over hanging tree branches as well.

 

I just need to get off my butt, get in my van and go investigate these parks. Once I know which ones I can actually back in without help, then break Kermie out of storage and enjoy.

 

Kermie has to be stored off premises because I live in a gated community that doesn’t allow such eye sores. I am allowed to bring the rv in for 24 hours to load and/or unload and even longer periods of time when under a hurricane warning. I have to admit, Kermie is an older rv and its exterior doesn’t compare to the luxury inside. I don’t think I would want my neighbors to have a ‘Kermie’ parked in their drive way either.

 

However, if they had a Monaco Rv (www.monacocoachshowcase.com) I’d be tempted to pay them to park it in MY driveway. The Monaco is the rv of my dreams…. once I win the lottery.

 

 

 

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Merry Christmas

I managed to finish a craft or two and some cards for the holidays but that’s about it. I did manage to buy A LOT of craft stuff that is piling up to be completed sometime in this lifetime. The pressure of trying to get things completed by today is off and now I’m all ready to start working on next year. HoHoHo. Look out Ebay, here I come!

 

One very special thing this year was the HUGE celebration of birthday cards I received from my friends in the Threads of Friendship. My birthday is on Christmas day. Usually, at my age, birthdays are best skipped. However, Threads of Friendship made it a very special day. Thank you!

 

 

Merry Xmas everyone!

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No Food no Drink

Just crawled back from the dentist office. On the
way out the office, I was told ‘no food, no drink, for an hour’. Its going to be
DAYS before I will even be able to find/feel my face anyway, muchless stuff
anything in it.

 

My dentist also found a way to squeeze out another
$1500.00 before xmas. Lucky me – another appointment next Tuesday. By
then I should be able to feel my face and start this mess all over
again.

 

Pool dude swung by and when I heard taps playing
out by the filter, I got that gut feeling that all was not well. The filter
pump, one year out of its ridiculously short warranty, is deceased. RIP. On the
up side, pool dude wanted to know if I minded if he just keep the pool clean
looking and super chemical’ed up, and replaced the filter pump after xmas.
Mind?? Hallelujah… heck no I don’t mind. My master card doesn’t mind. My
savings doesn’t mind.

 

I was so happy there was a way to keep the pool
from looking like a swamp without writing a check on the spot. Pool dude thought
I was the easiest going customer on earth. My dentist didn’t share that opinion
as I screamed and screamed and screamed today. Hence, enough novocain to last a
year got shot into my mouth. I also noticed I didn’t get a prescription for the
good stuff today.

 

Its not a good thing to scream in your dentist’s
office if other patients are present.

 

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Surf’s Up

Grab your rubber duckies and head over to my place,
while the surf is still up. Since 4am, I have been sitting here watching the
pool drain for no known reason. I have been pondering, just what IS the correct
time to call the ‘pool dude’? I mean, how long can it take him to pull up
spandex thongs and trot his butt over here?

 

Ok, he doesn’t wear spandex thongs – he wears those
long surfer baggie type shorts but one can’t be too sure there isn’t some
spandex underneath – or is that only in California? Well, regardless what
dearest pool dude is wearing, I do need to get him here to discover whatever is
causing this tremendous leak.

 

Today’s plans -were- to go pick up Kermie, the lean
green diesel rv machine. Kermie passed his physical with flying colors and is
now all lubed up and ready to hit the road. Breaker one nine, here comes Trucker
Al. Course, I will only get to drive Kermie from the shop to his rented storage
lot but what the heck, its still fun. Wind in my hair, the fresh smell of diesel
fumes, (I know, I’m a sick puppy!) and a huge smile on my face. And that’s
before I even turn the key. Guess I could make a real adventure out of the day
and try to locate a place to dump the black water tanks that are, well lets say,
a tad full. A heck of a lot fuller than the pool in the backyard is right
now.

 

Went to the doctor yesterday. At my age, that
counts as a social event and a big active day…at least it feels that way
sometimes. Anyway, he had the nurse shoot something in my rear that was worth
losing dignity over, and doubled my meds. I bet by the end of the day, I’ll be
SUPER WOMAN… hear me ROAR!

 

Yesterday, I got to open a gift from a cross stitch
ornament exchange. Wow.. did I luck out. The person who drew my name is very
talented! Inspired with all her stitched goodies in hand, I went a little over
board on the way home from the doctor’s office and purchased trinkets and things
to hang in the foyer, away from happy, bouncing, drugged but not slowing down,
puppy from hell, Lily.

 

Can’t have a tree because Lily will see it as the
biggest dog toy on earth but I think yesterday’s inspiration with the exchange
ornaments and decorations, along with the shopping for extras, a little xmas
corner has been created that is fairly safe from Lily. Course MY precious pup
Sandy would never do any harm to anything – not like evil Lily. 🙂

 

Tacky as some people may think they are, I couldn’t
resist, and picked up two of those lighted wired reindeers at the Dollar Store.
Need to get them together today and slap them on the front porch. Coming home
last night, I noticed that this house looked like the home of Scrooge in the
evening. There are ribbons on the front door, very tastefully done, but they
don’t show in the evening. So lets break out the tacky lighted reindeers!
Yayayayayayayayay! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

 

My daughter has shown concern but I told her as I
was coming through the door last night with bags of stuff (including one pink,
as in Victoria Secret pink table tree), that I had an increase in
meds….

 

Too which she replied – ‘no kidding’ 😉
🙂

 

Happy Holidays – need to go watch the pool
drain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Eat, Drink & Be Merry

…then have the thrill of going to the dentist for
a root canal and caps. My dentist will be having a very merry Xmas. Two root
canals + four caps = $6,000.00

 

I live in the equivalent of Hooterville, at least
on off season and one can’t help to wonder how in the heck these prices can be
justifiably REAL? It’s easier to justify Santa Claus than this
bill.

 

By Florida standards, its cold as of late, so my
RA/fibro is flaring. Perhaps the fingers will be too stiff to write the check.
Ahhh. but with a root canal, you get the good stuff to take home so the buzz
knocks out the pain in the nerve endings and your wallet. Unfortunately, it
wears off.

 

Speaking of Santa, yesterday I found an online
radio station that plays holiday music all year ’round.
http://www.totallyacappella.com/

 

Needless to say, its not a big hit with the teenage
daughter. 🙂

 

Last night I was wondering about this ‘going to
celebrate Xmas forever’ trend that I’m  on. If memory serves me right,
during summer (yes, we have seasons here – well, sort of) – I was on the ‘be a
tourist forever’ trend. I’m just a trendy type of gal. 🙂

 

All I really want, is to get the RV out of the shop
and hit the road. Maybe I can hit my dentist up for a loan.

 

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Name Trees

Been working on a ‘name tree’ for my daughter. You
can get them at www.m–designs.com It
was suppose to be a surprise but my daughter saw it and instantly recognized
that the tree being stitched, consisted of the letters that make up her name.
Just my luck, lots of folks look at these things and can’t find the letters
(ok.. those folks who wear glasses like me that is)

 

I bought a new frame to hold my stitching. Its the
Stow Away model by K Creations. I promised my daughter that for each piece of
crap I drag in, one goes out. So I mailed my other floor stand to a good buddy
in New York. And then I bought more STASH on ebay (which I swore I wouldn’t)
-and- some new lights to make working on the stash easier through out the house.
Wonder if lamps go into the ‘one piece of crap in, one piece of crap out’ rule.
The rule wasn’t working anyway. 🙂 🙂 I was trying to unclutter… and that just
isn’t going to happen.

 

I’m considering dusting off the domestic goddess
apron and rediscovering the kitchen. Home made bread and home made cookies seem
like what the house needs the week of Xmas. Lean Cuisines will be what I need
the following week. Bread I can make but for some reason, cookies are hit or
miss with a lot of misses being eaten before anyone can see them. Oatmeal raisin
cookies are my favorites and those are the ones that turn to bricks more often
than not.

 

Oh great.. now I’m hungry!

 

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