The Meanderings of A country housewife and mother.

Friday, September 29, 2006


It started out as one of those rather blah, dreary fall days where it does little but drizzle rain but the clouds slowly parted and we do have some sun peeking thru right now.

You know from some previous posts that we have been having issues with one daughter but she did call today and ask me for a recipe of her favorite casserole which is meatloaf on the bottom of a pie pan then bake it for about 45 min. then put valveeta cheese and melt it on then put mashed potatoes on top and bake for another fifteen minutes. Very good recipe for anyone who is looking for something to do in a hurry. I was just glad she called and we did talk for awhile. I am keeping those doors open for her. I want her to know she is loved and cared for no matter what. I felt better after she called.

As you can see the new cat is settling in just fine. She is a very lovey dovey cat and I am so glad we have her. We took her for her shots and she was a real trooper. She is getting fixed next month and the vet says she is about 9 mos. old now so we are going to keep her from our other cats in her own room where she has claimed one of the chairs. She is very indignant when anyone even suggests she move off it.

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Another vent

Not really a vent. I am too tired to be venting today.

For months we have suspected that our youngest has been living with her boyfriend. She never said anything but he was always there and we just never asked. We were waiting on her to tell us. She finally did today. I was not surprised and not really angry but upset because it goes against what I feel is right but I have told her it is her life and I will love her no matter what.`
Any mistakes she makes now are her mistakes and she will have to deal with them.

My husband was ready to disown her but I think it was the typical fathers reaction to the fact that his baby daughter is a woman now and he is up set with what she is doing but he will come to grips with it.

But why does this bother us so much now that we know about it? I think it took alot of nerve for her to come and tell us about it. I meant that in the best way. I think she was scared that we were going to disown her or whatever and she was already rejected by one set of parents. What would it do to her to be rejected by us because she is in love and thinking with her heart instead of her head?

Sometimes I think he is too protective of her and just has to know when to let go. I think our kids are always going to do things we may not agree with as long as we are alive but there comes a point where we just have to say, you know what , it is your life, kids, you live it. We have done what we can....

It does not help that I feel like I am being pulled in two different directions either. I can see where she is coming from and understand his feelings too. Still, he needs to let go.....

Friday, September 15, 2006

I am on someone's 'list' now.....

Three years ago our neighbors called and accused my husband of shooting their dog. He did not do it. We do not shot dogs. We find homes for them or return them to their owners if they have lisecense. These people have always let their dogs run loose with no liscense. I was even bit by one a few years ago and did not do a thing but clean it up and hope the dogs did not have rabies as I did not want to cause trouble with them. They had six of them this summer running loose and raising hell here. They came down here and harassed our dogs. Our dogs are in the house mostly but I was afraid they would attack them if they were outside and six on one would not be much of a fight. Since one of dogs very small, it would be no fight at all for her.

Last week they tore a fawn apart. A doe and her twins were running from them and one was not fast enough. Poor baby was ripped apart. It could have been I child. We called the dog catcher and now they are going to be sited for not having liscense and stuff.

I will cost a pretty penny but I am tired of it. They will not take care of their dogs. I take care of mine and keep them under control and I think they should too.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

tv quiz

Going to try this. Copied from Thersea who copied it from someone else.

Instructions: Bold (or change the color) of all of the following TV shows which you've seen 3 or more episodes of in your lifetime. Bold and Italicize a show if you're positive you've seen every episode of it. If you want, add up to 3 additional shows (keep the list in alphabetical order).

24
3rd rock from the sun
7th heaven (this one was a must see when my kids were growing up)
Aeon Flux
Alf
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alias
American Idol/Pop Idol/
Canadian Idol/Australian IdolAmerica's Next Top Model Germany's Next Top Model
Angel
Arrested Development
Babylon 5Babylon 5: Crusade
BattlestarGalactica (the old one)
Battlestar Galactica (the new one)
Baywatch
Beavis & Butthead
The Ben Stiller Show
Beverly Hills 90210
Bewitched
Bonanza
Bones
Bosom Buddies
Boston Legal
Boy Meets World
Brady Bunch
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Bug Juice
Chappelle's Show
Charlie's Angels
Charmed
Cheers
China Beach
Columbo
Commander in Chief
Coupling
Cowboy Bebop
Crossing Jordan
CSI - only because of reruns
CSI: MiamiCSI: NY
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dallas
Dancing with the Stars
Danny Phantom
Dark Angel
Dark Skies
Davinci's Inquest
Dawson's Creek
Dead Like Me
Deadliest Catch
Deadwood
Degrassi: The Next GenerationDesigning Women
Desperate Housewives
Dharma & Greg
Different Strokes
Doctor Who (new Who)
Doctor Who (series 1-26)
Dragnet
Due South
Dungeons and Dragons (old cartoon)
DynastyEarth
2Emergency!
Entourage
ER
Everwood
Everybody Loves Raymond
Facts of Life
Falcon Crest
Family Guy
Family Ties
Fantasy Island
Farscape
Fawlty Towers
Felicity
Firefly
Flamingo Road
Frasier
Friends
Full House
Futurama
Get Smart
Gilligan's Island
Gilmore Girls
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Green Wing
Grey's Anatomy
Growing Pains
Gunsmoke
Happy Days
Head of the Class
Highlander
Hill Street Blues
Hogan's Heroes
Home Improvement
Homicide: Life on the Street
House
I Dream of Jeannie
I Love Lucy
Invader Zim
Invasion
Iron Chef (Japan)
Iron Chef (USA)
Ironsides
JAG
Jackass
Jeopardy
Joey
John Doe
Kath and Kim
Knight Rider
Knots Landing
La Femme Nikita
LA Law
Laugh-In
Laverne and Shirley
Law & Order
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: SVU
Little House on the Prairie
Lizzie McGuire
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Lost
Lost in Space
Love, American Style
M*A*S*H
MacGyver
Magnum P.I.
Malcolm in the Middle
Married...With Children
Melrose Place
Miami Vice
Mission Impossible
Monk
Moonlighting
Mork & Mindy
Murphy Brown
My Family
My Favorite Martian
My Life as a Dog
My Mother the Car
My So-Called Life
My Three Sons
My Two Dads
Mysterious Cities of Gold
NCIS
Night Court
Nip/Tuck
Northern Exposure
Numbers
One Tree Hill
Oz
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Perfect Strangers
Perry Mason
Picket Fences
Pirates of Darkwater
Pokemon
Power Rangers
Prison Break
ProfilerProject
Runway
Psyche
Quantum Leap
Queer As Folk (US)
Queer as Folk (British)
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy
ReGenesis
Remington Steele
Rescue Me
Road Rules
ROME
Roseanne
Roswell
Samurai Jack
Saved by the Bell
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
Scrubs
Seinfeld
Sex and the City
Six Feet Under
Slings and Arrows
Smallville
Small Wonder
So Weird
South Park
Spaced
Spongebob Squarepants
Sports Night
Square Pegs
St. Elsewhere
Star TrekStar Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Enterprise
Stargate Atlantis - New season
Stargate SG-1 -Newseason
Supernatural
SurfaceSurvivor
Taxi
Teen
Titans
Teletubbies
That Girl
That 70's Show
That's So Raven
The 4400
The Addams Family
The Andy Griffith Show
The A-Team
The Avengers
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Bionic Woman
The Colbert Report
The Cosby Show
The Daily Show
The Days And Nights Of Molly Dodd
The Dead Zone
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Flintstones
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Golden Girls
The Jetsons
The L Word
The Love Boat
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mighty Boosh
The Monkees
The Munsters
The Mythbusters
The O.C.
The Office (UK)
The Office (US)
The Pretender
The Prisoner
The Real World
The Shield
The Simpsons
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Sopranos
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
The Twilight Zone
The Waltons
The West Wing
The Wonder Years
The X-Files
Third Watch
thirtysomething
Three's Company
Top Gear
Twin Peaks
Twitch City
Upstairs, Downstairs
Veronica Mars
WingsWhat Not To Wear (US)
What Not To Wear (UK)
Whose Line is it Anyway?
(US)Whose Line is it Anyway? (UK)
Witchblade
Will and Grace
Wonderfalls
Wonder Woman
Xena: Warrior Princess
Young Hercules


That is alot of shows but I am older than some of you. *sI*

Rainy day blues got to me....


Today was one of those days where I just did not want to get out of bed. It has been raining about three days now and today was one of the worst. I just wanted to take a pain pill for my arthritus and pull the covers over my head. But something stopped me. Something who had other things on her mind.

It was Phoebe. Phoebe is the feral cat I tamed for my daughter. Of course she liked me better and my daughter said she did not want a cat now and this is the second cat she wanted but decided after the last second that she did not want it. Both my kids are great for wanting animals then not wanting them after they get them and Mom inherits them.

Not to worry. I love this cat. She is marvelous and loves me too. I am happy and she is happy. Our world is happy......

Monday, September 04, 2006

Well, I've done it now..........

Years ago I had a great friend. She was like a sister to me. I honestly thought of her in those terms. Our husbands were best friends and so were we. I often babysat her kids in the summer and they were like my own kids. Two of the sweetest boys who grew into fine young men, despite their dad.

We would have remained friends if her husband had decided it was time for them to move closer to his mother and the woman he would eventually leave her for. You see he always ran around on her and I think she felt we all knew things and were not telling her once she found out he was a cheater. I did not know for sure but I suspected. Had I known would I have told her? I don't know. There are times when I think it is best to turn a blind eye. I think she was happy not knowing what he was doing.

Anyway, I had been contemplating writing her a letter and finally decided to do it today. Nothing great but just a note to let her know I was thinking of her and the good times we used to have.

I really do miss those times and if she does not respond, that is okay. I know I made an effort to try and reconnect with her.

Saturday, September 02, 2006

Nudge the balance

Nudge the Balance=================
A 91-year-old woman died after living a very long dignified life. When she met God, she asked Him something that had really bothered her for a very long time. "If Man was created in God'simage, and if all men are created equal, why do people treats other so badly?"

God replied that each person who enters our life has an ability to teach us. It is only through these lessons that we learn about life, people and our relationships with god confused the woman, so God began to explain:"When someone lies to you, it teaches you that things are not always what they seem. The truth is often far beneath the surface.

Look beyond the masks people wear if you want to know what is in their hearts. Remove your own masks to let people know who you really are.

When someone steals from you it teaches you that nothing is forever. Always appreciate what you have. You never know when you might lose it. Never take your friends or family for granted, because today and sometimes only this very moment is the only guarantee you may have.

When someone inflicts injury upon you, it teaches you that the human state is a very fragile one. Protect and take care of your body as best as you can, it's the one thing that you are sure to have forever. When someone mocks you, it teaches you that no two people are alike.

When you encounter people who are different from you, don't judge them by how they look or act, instead base it on the contents of what is in their hearts.

When someone breaks your heart, it teaches you that loving someone does not always mean that the person will love you back. But don't turn your back on love, because when you find the right person, the joy that one person brings you will makeup for all of your past hurts. Times a thousand fold.

When someone holds a grudge against you, it teaches you that everyone makes mistakes.

When you are wronged, the most virtuous thing you can do is forgive the offender without pretense. Forgiving those who have hurt us is often the most difficult and painful of life's experiences, but it is also the most courageous thing a person can do.

When a loved one is unfaithful to you, it teaches you that resisting temptation is Man's greatest challenge. Be vigilant in your resistance against all temptations. By doing so, you'll be rewarded with an enduring sense of satisfaction far greater than the temporary pleasure by which you were tempted.

When someone cheats you, it teaches you that greed is the root of all evil. Aspire to make your dreams come true, no matter how lofty they may be. Do not feel guilty about your success,but never let an obsession with achieving your goals lead you tongues in malevolent activities.

When someone ridicules you, it teaches you that nobody is perfect. Accept people for their merits and be tolerant oftheir flaws. Do not ever reject someone for imperfections over which they have no control."

Upon hearing the Lord's wisdom, the old woman became concerned that there are no lessons to be learned from man's good deeds.God replied that Man's capacity to love is the greatest gift He has. At the root of kindness and love, and each act of love also teaches us a lesson.The woman's curiosity deepened.

God, once again began to explain:"When someone loves us, it teaches us love, kindness, charity,honesty, humility, forgiveness, acceptance, and all of these can counteract all the evil in the world.

For every good deed,there is one evil deed. Man alone has the power to control the balance between good and evil, but because the lessons of loveare not taught often enough, the power is too often abused.

When you enter someone's life, whether by plan, chance orcoincidence, consider what your lesson will be. Will you teach love or a harsh lesson of reality?

When you die, will your life have resulted in more loving or more hurting? More comfort ormore pain? More joy or more sadness? Each one of us has thepower over the balance of the love in the world.Use it wisely!"Don't miss an opportunity to nudge the world's scale in theright direction!

Pass this lesson of love on to those you love and those you havehurt, and those that have hurt you, hopefully with each person that receives this, there will be far less evil and a great deal more love!~Author Unknown~

Music

  • Beatles
  • Classic Rock of all kinds
  • Garth Brooks
  • Music from the sixties and seventies
  • Very old Gospel and country music
  • Vince Gill

Music

  • Classic rock

Books I love

  • Chicken Soup Series
  • Gone With the Wind
  • The Bible
  • The Shinning
  • Turning angel

About Me

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I just enjoy life. Especially my family and all the little things life has to offer. I love reading and chatting with my online friends and quilting. I always have a project started. Sometimes I have two or three going.