Tuesday, March 31, 2015

inspiration....

Whenever I think about things I want to work on, or create, or even think of a way to achieve, I always have to have inspiration by someone or seeing something that makes my mind think and be active...stirs my imagination!

You think of how you feel emotionally and what you see right in front of your eyes...If you are confused, sad, mad or upset I think it's best to think about how you feel and put that into ideas to be creative or achieve what you want to achieve to get yourself through situations or bad times....

Somedays I am uninspired and I have no feelings about anything, and I feel lost, but everyone does I suppose....Everybody gets too tired and too upset from time to time and everyone feels uninspired at some times to achieve anything....everyone feels lazy at times!...haha!

when you need to be inspired to do nice things or the right thing, it's always good to be inspired by goodness---like your loved ones or your favorites....

whatever inspires you, it should always be something good....never something bad...

to be a good person, be heroic, be strong, and take care of things the right way, you always have to be inspired by something good or someone or something you love...

you can also draw strength and inspiration from loved ones to get you through all the sad bad choices in life you have made, and to get you through any thing that is difficult to get over or get through...Being inspired by loved ones is always a good way to get through difficult things in life....

you can be inspired to achieve greatness and be inspired to get out there and make a good difference in the world....

everyone needs to be inspired sometimes.

Saturday, March 28, 2015

roses and fruit trees.....

The rose plants and fruit trees I purchased arrived in the mail from a catalog I ordered them from.

I had 6 rose plants in all colors.

2 Peach trees, 2 Apple trees, and 2 Apricot trees...they were fairly inexpensive they were probably $4/a piece.

I like fruit trees and all flowering trees I think they smell wonderful and are very beautiful!

(added bonus)...fruit on the trees in a few years hopefully it will grow..

I like to travel to Texas sometimes with my Grandparents and pick ripe peaches in the orchards..i like to do that...it's rather fun to me to be able to actually go to the orchard and pick fruit from the trees...

those peaches were very sweet and I'd like to go every summer and pick them, but the sometimes frost, and travel expenses, along with the peach prices have made it very costly to go every summer to Texas.

I purchased a few bags of potting soil yesterday to plant the trees/roses with and I also watered them after planting....

I'm working on patching up the backyard for the summer so I want to try and patch up holes that Goofball has dug into the ground in the backyard...I moved his house away from my house because of pests and he keeps digging holes and ruining the lawn....he's pooped and peed all over the yard and I have to scoop poop all the time and spray for ticks/fleas...haha!

he's further away back behind the house..still close....but not right up by the house....he's alright!

Sooooooo......I'm going to work on fixing up the backyard with more flowers and I planted 3 roses there....now that I have moved him....

anyways, have to go feed cows/animals now.




Thursday, March 26, 2015

never give up....

Went to Target yesterday and purchased a few items I needed and then stopped by the pet store to purchase some cat food.....

I was sleepy last night and I was even more sleepier after it started raining and thundering...we need a lot of rain!...I hate droughts and dry weather.

I can't wait to get out there and plant more of my vegetable seeds in the garden, but I have to wait for frost time to pass otherwise I would be planting seeds for no reason...the frost would ruin them.

my red potatoes are already starting to grow...and the roses I planted are starting to get extra leaves on them...

I want to make sure I purchase some bird seed this year for the birds and make sure I also find a bird seed holder to put on a tree limb...Birds gotta eat something too!!!

sometimes I think about how when you work at something and you really try no matter what you try your best at...it can always fall through and be destroyed...But I think when that happens you cannot give up!...You just have to keep trying and go on....

you can have all these things fall down around you and be left with nothing...but you have to be brave and courageous to have the strength to get through stress/sadness, disasters, family problems, health problems, friend problems, life problems, bad choices.....or being belittled or made fun of..any of those things?...be strong, get up and go on! Try again! show them what you are made of!!!..

when you get knocked to the ground, or fall down, you just get back up and try again, never give up on life!...my Grandpa told me that a long time ago...and he has always been very wise and that is true what he told me...

he also told me, that you have to fight for what you want in life and fight for what you stand for....I believe that is true as well.

j.

Friday, March 20, 2015

snobby people who make fun of others......(yawn)

Something that I always want to try at everyday in life is reaching out to people who are made fun of, belittled, and considered less than.

I have always been there for the down trodden, and the people who are unique in their own way...Nobody is better than someone else...I believe everyone is equal...nobody is perfect and everybody matters in this world...

No matter what you may look like, how much money you have, or how you believe in something...or any disabilities you may have, you matter and you are unique in your own way..

We don't need to live in a world where everyone is the same! Nobody needs to be just alike in all things..How boring this world would be if everyone was the same...Unique qualities exist in everybody.....

I like unique and different...nobody has to be just alike to fit in with certain types!,,If you have to be something that you clearly are not, why would you want to worry with fitting in with those "snobby types" !....haha!.....They're all just boring replicas anyway!

I don't like people who belittle, make fun of, and who are horribly snobby to and ruin things for others all the time....That's awful to treat people that way...I have seen people who have in the past made fun of people with disabilities, laughed at people who are less fortunate, and made fun of people who aren't what they "think" is beautiful...and made fun of people who have mental illness...

clearly the type of people who make fun of others have something wrong with them and need a reality check!....Haha!...sad cases all them!...They seriously have severe issues and I think that's why nobody likes them! what kind of person makes fun of others all the time?.....a sad idiot!...haha

I feel that when they all look alike, and talk alike they are soooooo Boring and NOT unique at all...those types of people...*eyeroll*......yawn....

the people who are unique, different, and interesting, they are wonderful and I think they should never be ridiculed or made fun of because they aren't who those snobby types want them to be....

i always want to be there cheering on the people who are belittled, ridiculed, made fun of, and called mean names because of "snobby witchy poo people" and their worthless opinions!....because nobody cares what they think....haha! They may think someone cares about their worthless opinions...but nobody cares! that's what is funny! haha! i laugh about it.

anyways,

had to get a round bale of hay and get that out to the pasture yesterday and then need to go buy feed in a few days....the pasture is getting greener..Spring is here..so that's always a good thing.

been walking Goofball everyday...climbing the hill is great exercise.

I'm thinking about cooking spaghetti this weekend and making sauce if i don't have a bottle of spaghetti sauce..I like cooking spaghetti...i thought i lost a can of mushrooms for the spaghetti and i found it underneath the seat in the car today!....haha!...

I thought how funny that was finding that can of mushrooms after a few days underneath the seat in the car...Just me driving around with a can of mushrooms rolling around in the floor!...Haha!!!

love, julie





Wednesday, March 18, 2015

hurting...yoga might help???....

Bought dog flea and tick collars yesterday..You can purchase them pretty much anywhere.

It's time to start treating for animal pests like fleas and ticks..also lice too, I think on some animals.I like to get them started with a flea and tick collar now while it is early spring before they get out of hand and lay millions of eggs and hatch babies that will never stop attacking my dogs and trying to get near the house....

I like to also purchase a flea and tick dog and cat shampoo for my indoor cats and the dogs..any brand is just fine with me...but you use that sometime in a month after the collar on the dogs has been used long enough..so they won't get over treated.

various worm and heart worm treatments are also things that need to be completed at all times to keep your cats and dogs healthy....labeling helps with the instructions on those medications...thank goodness for instructions on labels!!!

thinking about trying to exercise with my walking and with yoga...I hurt a lot at all times with arthritis and I think Yoga would be a good exercise for me to attempt....some exercises are too difficult and hurt my arthritis lifting heavy weights/things and fast exercises also hurt those muscles and bones in those areas of inflammation...ouch!

so I think I will try and attempt some yoga I have tried it way back several years ago and I liked it I just liked walking better but that was before all my hurting started with arthritis inflammation....

seems like sometimes I will get started exercising and really work on it and stay after it everyday and it works!...BUT THEN......I start hurting terrible because of that stupid ol' arthritis!...and I have to just stop for awhile and then walk or something else for exercise.

so I will try yoga...maybe it will be easier for me and not hurt like weights are...

I bought a new cd of that Spa and Stress Healing music that I enjoy...it's very quiet and peaceful...I like to listen to it to calm my mind and it is used for Yoga and it somehow calms me and I relax by listening to it.

I think certain music like that is good for your mind to calm you.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

green = Spring !!!

Happy St Patrick's Day!!!...I always think about today and the color green...It celebrates Irish heritage( I don't think I have any Irish heritage?) 

anyways,  I also think of it as a spring celebration because things are green....Shamrocks and all green things...very cute!

I'm wearing a green shirt today just for fun because it is St. Patrick's Day...

Happy Irish Day to everyone Irish!

Time to start mowing the yard out there with the lawnmower...It's a good thing to keep your yard all mowed and to invest some saved money you have earned into purchasing a lawnmower...push mowers are good along with the lawn mowers you drive or the lawn tractors work well also.

I like to mow the yard with the push mower and the lawn tractor at my Grandparents house...I always listen to music on my headphones when I mow...AND since I have asthma and allergies I always have to wear a dust mask on my face so I won't get sick from the dust and grass that is blowing in the air...

I wear sunglasses, sunscreen, hats, and if I am not wearing a hat I want to keep my hair tied back and covered in a bandana or a scarf..i always choose a colorful teal or blue green one....haha....

I will spend several hours out there working on it...I like to try and mow earlier in the morning when summer gets here and it is very hot...because you can get very ill from the heat outside in summer....I drink plenty of water at all times (as usual) that's all I drink!

it's good to keep all the yards clean and mowed so they won't have pests or look cluttered..i think some towns and cities will fine you for that....but I don't live in town, but it is always a good thing to keep your yard mowed from tall vegetation and looks nice! less problems that way.

planted some bulbs sunday in the flower bed/garden...Gladiolus and Blazing Stars..very pretty just $3/a set....I have some Sunflower seeds I am going to plant in April when the danger of frost has passed....cheery.

the Blazing Stars flowers are supposed to be Purple that is my Birth Stone color...Amethyst stone is my Birthstone...hope the bulbs work!

love ya!!!



Friday, March 13, 2015

garden seeds, planting potatoes...

Just planted potatoes.

2 rows which I hope are straight in line in the row!

if not, it doesn't matter..don't have to be perfect everytime.

purchased 4 boxes of random wildflower and flower mix seeds...$1 a box.

I'm going to wait for frost time to pass, and then I will wait for a nice rain and I will just throw handfuls of seeds in the ditches nearby my home just to add some color near the road....hopefully they will grow....it's fun to add color like that with flower seeds.....inexpensive and random.

also I found a few flower bulbs to purchase in the store for $2.50 a set....going to plant those tomorrow in flower beds outside... 

bright cheerful colorful flowers always help your lawn/garden to look beautiful.

found all my garden seeds at a seed store...inexpensive and neatly placed in packages that are sealed so they won't get lost on the way home from the store...

I just pulled the labeled drawers open to the seeds I wanted and the guy who worked at the seed store scooped them out and weighed them for me...I liked that.

they had an heirloom cantaloupe seed pack that was $28 for a handful!!!...haha..I thought: "I sure don't need that!"...so I purchased some cantaloupe seeds for $2...that's much better!

random thought---I'm going to plant enough beets this year so I will (jar and pickle) them this summer...I like homemade pickled beets. yum!

I really had a nice day today...I even got a fresh fruit slush today at Sonic called LemonBerry slush...yesterday I got an Orange Julius....I like real fruit slush icy drinks like that...






Wednesday, March 11, 2015

planting garden and flowers.....

Spring will officially be here next week.

I purchased  4 roses and a small amount of red seed potatoes for my garden....several packets of flower seeds and vegetable seeds.

I have to till my spot there for my garden or you can turn the dirt up with a shovel or a garden hoe to get rid of the unneeded plants and clear the dirt for planting.

then purchase your seedling plants or plant seeds according to the packet instructions.

I went ahead and purchased the roses because I got so mad about those redneck hillbillies poisoning off my roses I took good care of last year!!! I call these new roses the " I hate redneck hillbillies kiss my butt roses!!!".....Haha! Who's laughing now?!!...ME!!!

me =100   them= - 0

I laugh about all the times they tried to scratch on my window or break into my window and the climbing roses attacked them at night! I could hear them cry and whine about them" I hate her and her roses!"...yeah well, me and my roses hated you too idiot rednecks!!! Haha!!!

the reason why I like to plant roses is because women in my family have had breast cancer and survived it...the doctors at the cancer screening center gave them roses after tests they had performed in honor of women's health and women's health screenings...That's why I planted so many roses and I like the roses that I have planted they honor survivors of cancer for women....

I like all colors of roses...they are very pretty and I like helping them grow...I think in someways I look at planting new roses after they have poisoned all of mine that I had last year...I look at it as a way to show I survived them and all the stress they have caused me my whole life...haha!

I will plant them everywhere I can.

going to start work on my vegetable garden this year and plant some other flowers like sunflowers as well....

I also purchased a brightly spring colored wind sock to hang up outside by my window..it's pretty it was $1..the wind makes it move around and it's very pretty....

you have to work at keeping a garden and keep it weeded and watered everyday...

my garden will have:
beans
tomatoes
red potatoes
corn
onions
yellow squash
bell peppers
jalapeno peppers
watermelons
cantaloupes
peas
okra
pumpkins later on--for decorating with in fall.

I think gardens are very good things to have at your home outside and they are grown by you and save you money or can make you money at farmer's markets if you want to I suppose...

I like the fact you can supply yourself with your own  vegetables and flowers by growing them at home...it's also like a hobby to me gardening and having a garden.

also gardens are cleaner and more so organic when you don't use a lot of unnecessary pesticides...I like to use a small amount of dish liquid mixed up in a bottle sprayer to spray on vines and plants to keep pests away...it works most times and is safer.

nothing tastes better than vegetables out of a garden...and flowers/roses make your home beautiful outside.







Monday, March 9, 2015

night lights.....

Something I have on at night when I go to sleep always is that I have to have a night light on...I have always had night lights on in my bedroom since I was a small child...Sometimes I would get scared of things I heard outside my house at night and I would think that someone would get me!
 
I still have to purchase night lights frequently and I have them in the outlets in every room I go into at night like the kitchen, bathroom and my bedroom....You can purchase many different kinds of unique night lights all different colors and artistic figures on them....

I like cowboy night lights with something cowboy on them...BUT I just have been using lately a cheap one from the store for $2...you can find them most anywhere and you need to always go ahead and purchase extra small lights bulbs that go with them..they too are inexpensive...

I only have them on at night and I always make sure I turn them off during the day...

it just helps me with that extra light in the rooms or in the hall when I wake up at night and I can see much better to walk in the dark!...I don't want to fall and knock myself out!...haha! I'm sure I could manage to have that happen as clumsy as I am!

rainy day...I like rainy days...peaceful.

heard this song I like this.

Sunday, March 8, 2015

i like sunflowers....

Just thinking about sunflowers this morning...I always like to grow sunflowers near my home because they are so bright and cheerful....

I like all sunflower varieties...

Some of the varieties are called:

Velvet Queen (crimson petals)
Lemon Queen (pale yellow petals)
Sunspot
Autumn Beauty
Giant Grey Striped

Birds like them for seeds sometimes, and they also attract Dragonflies and Butterflies...

I like Birds, Dragonflies, Butterflies and I think they are all so very pretty and peaceful!...

All flowers are my favorites because they smell good and attract those beautiful things....they make life more cheerful.



Saturday, March 7, 2015

Spring and Easter decorations....

Time to set all your clocks forward an hour tonight!...I have to remember that..

I'm looking forward to the Spring season!

Went to Jo-anns craft store yesterday and I purchased a few Easter/Spring seasonal decorations...I found a small plush baby chick that is yellow and I finally found the glittery foam egg wreath that I have been admiring for decorating with....it has pastel colored glittery eggs attached to a wood vine wrapped wreath....very pretty!

I have collected all kinds of cute plush bunny rabbits, lambs, baby chicks, in all colors and I found some other Easter/Spring related decorations very inexpensive at the Dollar Stores and the Dollar Tree!...you can always find cute whimsical decorations in those stores to collect...

I enjoy decorating for Easter and Spring....Because I am a Christian I celebrate the Easter holiday with decorating and attending church services that day....I like to read the passages in the Bible about Jesus and why we celebrate Easter for him! because he loves us all!

The day of Easter isn't until next month but I am decorating already so I can see how cute/pretty it is in the house...

Spring is one of my favorite seasons because everything becomes green and wakes up from Winter..trees and plants grow, flowers grow...it's a new beginning outside for nature.

the colors for spring are usually pastels that I enjoy to look at..green, purple, pink, yellow, blues all in pastels....umbrellas, rain clouds, and flowers all remind me of spring...

love, julie

Thursday, March 5, 2015

chewing gum, mints, antiseptic mouthwashes.....

weather = muddy, snowy, cold, icy, slushy....MESS! Brr!

Just brushed my teeth....Haha..how random..I haven't been doing much the past few days because of the snowy icy cold weather....

more randomness...

chewing gum right now...

I always like to chew some mint kind of chewing gum during the day all day til lunch then I take another piece out of my purse and start all over again chewing some kind of minty gum---always!

I'm chewing a minty gum right now...I like the flavors of spearmint, peppermint, cinnamon, all kinds of minty flavored chewing gums....

Also I like to use Altoid breath mints and breath refreshers...I always want my breath to smell good! You know, nobody wants to smell bad breath!!!..icky! gross!

mints are a favorite of mine to purchase that I always like to have in my purse, Altoids, minty chewing gums....and I always brush my teeth 2 times a day...to keep my teeth clean, whiter, and my breath will smell nice all the time....

I like to always keep these items with me at all times in my purse or in a pocket...because I NEVER want to have bad breath!

Listerine and other mouth washes are also items I purchase and use everyday after I brush my teeth...I like the mouthwashes that kill bacteria and are Antiseptic..which means they clean VERY WELL!...

nobody wants to have bad breath and that is something I don't want to ever have....







Wednesday, March 4, 2015

farmer's markets and fruit stands....we need more!....

Just thinking about how when I go to a store I would really like to be buying more locally grown and organic fresh fruits and vegetables...

I think it is a good thing to try and support local farmers in your area....and I really admire the fact that you can get those things at a farmer's market that is local...we have one nearby, but it is not that spectacular yet!...They need more support and more attention to get shoppers and farmers interested in them...

I think they need to have a very ginormous one!...you know with tents and shoppers everywhere....It would be a good thing for the local economy, shoppers, eating healthier, and the farmers to earn money!

there's nothing better to me than being able to purchase fresh produce like that.....it tastes better and with it being organic that is an added bonus, although I know it is a little more expensive to have organic fruits/vegetables I would still try to save money up to have it be cleaner/healthier....

Farmers can make more money with their fields and shoppers can make the local economy better in the certain seasons....

fruits and some vegetables I know cannot be grown here but they could purchase those elsewhere and allow people to support those farmers as well...

it's just something that I think needs to be here for everyone and it is something that I really like!

all the fruit stands need support as well and we need more of those also....It's just a part of spring/summer that I enjoy shopping at....

roadside fruit stands with brightly colored fliers to get attention and cute signs---all those things get people to stop/shop there and it makes the road have character...haha!

having road side fruit stands, sometimes you do not have to travel all the way to town to a grocery store to purchase fruits/vegetables and that saves time and gas money ya know?

I support local farmers, fruit stands, and farmers markets....





Sunday, March 1, 2015

driven and motivated...

I made a tiny snowman this morning....haha!...I'm sure he will melt by the end of the day probably....

Took Goofball walking out in the pasture this morning and he found Stormy calf and he had to give her kisses and she is always looking for him in the pasture...it's cute!...they are best friends I think....

Thinking about how we all need to be driven and motivated to get things completed and achieve wonderful things for our lives and the world so it will be a much better place to dwell in...

You can have so many things in your mind that you wish to achieve, or clean up messes, or get things completed that you know NEED to be attempted and worked on...I know that I like to make lists on notebooks of dreams, wishes, and messes or just things in general that I want to work on and create or clean up....

one thing I like is to set goals and think things through at all times before I plot and plan something good for my life or my surroundings...that something that I want to achieve or clean up...I always say to myself:" Get up and go out that door and attempt to make these things happen Julie!"...

Don't just set there and worry/cry, or complain!!! Get out that door and work on it or clean it up!! "

You have to have motivation in anything that you set out to attempt or achieve...Wanna clean up a mess?!...Get out a notebook with your favorite pen(I prefer blue or green) write down all your thoughts about your goals/wishes/dreams/messes/feelings....

gripe about all your messes and failures in this notebook and then look at these things you have written and think about them all....plan on how to clean it up or resolve issues in your life!

then plot and plan carefully after thinking all this through....and don't give up until you attempt these things and work on these things...If you never give up on these ideas then you will be much closer to seeing the progress you have made...

I'm all about planning things and thinking them through...I am very motivated in all areas of my life...Sure I have had many failures, upsets, and many attempts but sometimes things fall apart like that, so much better things will be on the way for your life I think!....

a person can NEVER give up on their life or their goals...you have to be motivated and you have to have ambitions you can work through any mess and clean it up..you just have to keep working on it until it is completed....

all tasks have to be completed...I truly believe that way...and I do not like messes in my life...just like I don't like to see trash all over the ground or a nasty mess in a house/yard....clean up messes of all kinds in your life and your surroundings....

always be motivated and driven to make good things happen never bad things and life can have a chance to be better..you just have to work at these things...

I always like things neat and orderly and inline....so they will be cleaned up and I can work on my goals and forget my failures.....everyone has failed miserably at something...forget the past and work on making the future much better I say...

j.