my walk today

while walking this afternoon (while my sweet husband prepared dinner) I noticed how dirty and drab everything looked - not like in the summer and spring when trees and flowers are in full bloom. The streets and gutters looked dirty, yards were a mess, etc, and suddenly I realized what we needed to brighten things up. ABOUT 12 to 18 INCHES of BEAUTIFUL WHITE SNOW!!! How dazzling that would be.

The Coldest I Ever Was In My Life

When it was 1 below here Friday morning, it reached 19 below in Columbus -- poor Julie & Jit. And this reminded me of one of my visits to Julies years ago. I'm not sure of the year, but I know I went alone, drove our pick-up-truck, and sleeping that night was the coldest night of my life. I tried to get out of bed, needing more blankets, but my legs were frozen in place.I was unsuccessful at screaming for help because my teeth wouldn't quit chattering. I swore to Julie the next morning that I couldn't have been any colder if I'd spent the night in the back of the pick-up.She laughed, insisting that I was stretching the truth a tad. So, hearing about those frigid temperatures in Columbus reminded me of the coldest night of my life.. funny thing - no one else in the house was cold that night. Go figure.

remember Chuckles the Clown

Mark---Mark Wagner, that is---and I were at the hospital this morning with Uncle George because he was having a repeat of the surgery he had before Thanksgiving. By the way, the Dr. said all went well, and it's wait and see, just like the last time. But after they took George back to prepare him for surgery, I began to tell Mark about my little adverture trying to find them this morning at this hospital; it went like this. I was supposed to enter the surgery waiting room, knowing if I came to the main lobby, I'd gone too far. Of course, I couldn't find them. I decided I'd go to the main lobby info desk and ask for help, but it wasn't yet 6:30 a.m. and nobody was there, except an hispanic cleaning lady saw me and insisted upon assisting me. I told her I was looking for a surgery room, and was told if I reached the main lobby, I'd gone too far. "This ees thee main lobby," she told me.

ME: No, I don't want the main lobby. I want a surgery room before I come to the main lobby.
HER: EET ees Emergency?
ME: NO, no, it's not an emergency. I'm just looking for a waiting room close to the main lobby.
HER: I know. I know. She then took me to Radiation. (I knew this was wrong, but I could not get rid of her)
ME: I'll find it. but thank you for your help.
HER: EET's Emergency?
NO: Just surgery.
HER: EET' s EMERGENCY !
Thankfully then another employee came up, told me I'd entered by the wrong door and directed me to the other end of the hall.
But Mark and I sat in the waiting room, and every time and said EET's Emergency, we'd get to laughing, until we couldn't stop. He finally had to leave the waiting room, and he said on the way out some lady held the door for him and gave him a very pathetic look thinking he was crying and had just received bad news. But it was one of those times when we just couldn't stop laughing. But we were like the Mary Tyler Moore Episode with Chuckles the Clown, laughing it up where we shouldn't be, quite loudly, and just couldn't stop.

Mika's necklace

On Morning Joe, which I watch each morning before climbing out of bed, I noticed this morning that Mika had on the same necklace for the 3rd morning in a row. But after the third commercial break, she was wearing a different necklace. Interesting.

honeybelles

For anyone who wants some oranges that are absolutely delicious, Pauls has minneolas, sometimes called minneola honeybells, $1.99 lb., only available in Jan. and Feb., and are they juicy. I'm having fresh squeezed every morning. Yummy.

2008 major accomplishment

Is anyone interested in one of my major accomplishments in 2008? It was learning to put eyedrops in my own eyes quickly and efficiently. My eyes had been blurring on me, and upon visiting the eye doctor I discovered that sometimes when people reach middle age like me their eyes can dry out like mine have, and I was advised to use drops 3 times a day. Bobby put them in for me for months, but every time he put them in, he almost missed. I'd tell him every time that he "almost missed." So I decided to learn to do this on my own. I first used Brian's method, letting the drop run off the side of my nose, and it worked, but discovered if I rested my index finger below my eye, rested the bottle on my index finger, extremely close to my eye, I could get two drops in every time, quickly without fail. Presto!!!!!
And for those who are thinking Bobby either missed or he didn't---I KNOW!! That's a little laugh we had going back to when Julie was a bank teller here in Louisville and she counted out some money to a little old man, and he stood and recounted it twice. When she asked him if she gave him the correct amount back, he replied, "Just barely." So anyway, no telling what I'll accomplish in '09!!

Mr. Green....or John McCain?????

Once again, Erin and Jill amused and entertained during their sleepover with MiMi and Grandpa Friday evening. And I'll pass this along, hoping you'll enjoy it also. We were in the basement, setting up Clue Jr, when Jill said that Mr. Green looked like John McCain. Not being sure I'd heard her correctly, I asked her to repeat who Mr. Green looked like, and sure enough, she said John McCain. Erin started laughing, and seemed to think it was as funny as Bobby and I did, so I asked Erin if she knew who John McCain was. Erin said, "Yes, he's the senator." We weren't sure which surprised us most - that Jill had heard of John McCain, or that Erin knew he was a Senator.

Just saying hello

I just set up my blog - took awhile. I've wanted to comment on previous blogs and haven't been able to, and now that I have my blog, I'll be able to respond. I can't imagine what I'll have to say on this blog, or who will be interested, but I thought I'd just on the bandwagon.