almost Christmas season....

Thanksgiving was nice....I finally got to take a nap!...haha.

Today I helped my Grandma find a lost cow...she got lost in a pasture away from the other cows and was hiding in some trees...it took most of the morning to get her led back to the other pasture and the other cows before we got a round bale of hay and fed them...I think she's happy to be back with the others!...we had to call her by honking the pickup truck horn and shaking some feed that was in a feed container....

going to try and decorate outside with some Christmas lights tomorrow maybe if I have time and it's not too windy outside!...They would all be took away out of my hand, and off of the house if it's too windy!!! Haha!....I like to nail lights up on the side of the house where the roof ends, you know, that board that hangs over..whatever it's called..lol..

it's a lot of work but I like to get the ladder, hammer and nails and hang lights strands up on them....I have multicolored lights you can choose any color you like and that's what makes it beautiful!

Some people like to buy other forms of decoration for Christmas outside your house and I have a wreath that's lighted and a new decoration that sits on the ground that I bought this year!...it's a surprise what it is...very pretty lights on it....

some decorations are very inexpensive that's what I buy...and some are expensive...inexpensive is just as great as expensive I think!...so get out there and get to work on decorating outside your house for Christmas!!!.....it's cheerful and pretty at night when you have them on...

I think decorating with lights outside at night helps to bring in the celebration of the Christmas year...I believe in Jesus and it celebrates his birth and his mother Mary....I like Christmas because I love God...so I put those lights on the house and I decorate it beautiful for everyone to see and to know I believe....I also believe in angels...I think they watch over us all the time....you can't see them but they are there!

I am also putting up the Christmas tree tomorrow in my house....Because I have allergies/asthma I have to have an artificial Christmas tree and it is green. I like to adorn it with light strands of any color and bright colored tinsels that are inexpensive I buy/collect all kinds of ornaments and Christmas related items at the dollar stores or other stores and I have been collecting them for awhile.....it's a lot of fun looking for those in all kinds of dollar stores and all other stores...unique and something different and fun to do for the holiday season!

my favorite shape is a star and I have one on the top of the tree that has lights on it that flash...very pretty!..You can make your Christmas tree themed any color you want or multi colored...

I have been listening to some Christmas cds that I have bought and there are so many out there to buy and so many to choose from.....I like the traditional Christmas cds the classics...and I also like to watch all the Christmas claymation tv programs that are on the tv this season....haha!...they're unique and fun...I always watch for their advertisements.....watched them since I was a small child...

I think Christmas is a very special time of the year to know to always be peaceful and celebrate with family and friends, and to just make the whole month of December whimsical...

Christmas is not about all the presents and material things you can buy it's about celebrating for the season , being thankful for your loved ones, being thankful for all the blessings from above, and living your life the right way....Christmas doesn't have to be expensive, it can be beautiful with money or without money....

Just get out there and immerse yourself in all the Christmas decorations, celebrations and claymation tv shows you can!!! Haha! 

gotta go to work on these things tomorrow...

Happy Thanksgiving 2014.....

Today I bought a few sparkly blue and turquoise foils for Christmas..I'm theming my Christmas blue and turquoise...and decorating my room in those iridescent plastic icicles that are on a strand, and blue lights as well...

I bought 2 snowflake decorations that go on a Christmas tree and they are blue and turquoise separately and also sparkly!....

Getting ready for Thanksgiving.....I have already made a Pumpkin and a Pecan pie...they're probably my favorite.....along with broccoli casserole, Turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, salad, hot rolls and the list goes on...just spending thanksgiving with my Grandparents and my brother I guess...

Thanksgiving is about being Thankful and I'm thankful to be alive and not be sick this year I suppose....no more pneumonia like last year....I always think well I made it another year..

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

appreciate farmers.....

I was just thinking about how I worked in the fields in the summers growing up all these years....My brother and I worked in the fields in the summer, keeping them free of other plants that would destroy the crops and also running the tractors, plowing, planting, and taking care of cattle all these years with our other family members.

I enjoy working in agriculture related jobs, cattle, crops, those types of things...my family have all always been farmers and I grew up with the life of a farmer or cattleman...things like that are things that I am interested in and I like learning about farming everyday....

working in the fields or driving tractors, feeding cows or planting crops, are things that I really enjoy and I like....I like getting out there and working in fields and getting dirt on my hands, working in the dirt, driving all kinds of farm machinery, taking care of animals, those are things that are fun and enjoyable to me as work...

you don't need makeup or fancy clothes to work in a field!...*giggling* I like that!

to me, it's more so peaceful and you can look across a field and not see anything but sky and land....I like living on a farm and being sort of isolated!....Haha...Looking at all the crops you have planted and see them actually growing and being productive is good and it's also a good thing to stay busy and work on any job you may have....it's just better for you to be busy as much as you can!..That way you stay so tired you can't get into any trouble and don't have time for trouble or bad things!...Haha!!!

working in fields and doing that kind of job is a good thing for the environment and the world because the world will always need farmers and I know I have family that are farmers and I have learned to appreciate just how much work it is to be productive and run a farm or keep a crop going and without that, we wouldn't have food and many people make a living and a life of building and growing or supporting the agriculture business....

I like farmers and I think they need to be more appreciated...because I think of myself as a farmer, and just how blessed I am to live a life on a farm....and take care of animals and work in fields!

this weekend.....

This weekend I went to my Grandparents house and they wanted me to have breakfast with them...We had biscuits and gravy at breakfast...it's one of my favorites....

It rained most the weekend as well and the electricity went out from lightning for a while...it happens all the time, the electricity always goes out from frozen power lines or storms.....annoying!..

The rain was nice it helps the farmers, and the land to grow crops and water animals....

I had cramps this weekend, from female problems..PMS!...I just have to laugh about it and take a Tylenol....female problems are something I have always suffered with...very painful....I know I will never be able to have children, so my pets are my children!...haha!..that's ok with me...Being a mother is just something I don't really ever want to be and I don't think God wants me to be one either....the world is dangerous and I think overpopulated...

I see so many people with many, many children and they can't care for all of them...I don't think people should have anymore children when they have one child..they are very expensive I'm sure....one child is enough I think!...Haha!

allergies and asthma have been bothersome lately..i take 1 allergy pill a day and my inhaler when I can't breathe...having asthma feels like drowning...the only way I can describe how it feels is suffocating, can't breathe...that's how awful it is....cigarette smoke and other smokes really bother my lungs and i'm very happy that I don't smoke and never have!

church was great yesterday...it was about blessings from above...I think about blessings this time of year with the holidays on the way.....I know I am blessed to have people who love and care for me!

I saw at a store the other day some lollipops the brand was Carousel.....I remember buying those in highschool I was fascinated with the different colors and flavors....really neato!...I'd like to purchase more of those....

love, j.

i like dollar stores....

Had to buy a few boxes of Puffs tissues for my home...I have allergies very bad so something I always have at home is a box of Kleenex or Puffs tissues for sneezing and colds...I bought 3 boxes the other day at the Dollar store with coupons from the newspaper....I saved $1.50 on the boxes of tissue!....
 
I like to shop at the dollar stores it's fun to go in those and look at things and they have name brand items in there that I like to use...I also like to look at all the other items they have at holidays...I like the Dollar General stores and the Family Dollar stores.....sometimes it's better than shopping at the larger stores when you are in a hurry or they are closer to where you live!
 
I just like going in them and looking at things and I also like to look at their sale ads in the newspapers on sundays....they have all kinds of things that you may need you know?...works just fine for me to go in those stores to shop whenever I want to! I don't mind going in there at all.

 another one I like to go shop in is the Dollar Tree it's got a lot of things to buy in there that are sometimes just $1!!!....a lot of people in my family like to shop there as well as any other store at a mall or a larger store....they have lots of cute holiday things, paper items, cooking items, food, soaps..all kinds of things...my favorite Aunt likes to shop in there and she shops everywhere nice too, believe me it's a good store to shop in and we all like shopping in there.
 
Something I need to get more of is some antibacterial soap...I like the antibacterial soap bars and the liquids as well...they get rid of germs and bacteria which will help you stay cleaner and healthier...I like to use them daily....

Whenever I go to town to the stores, I like to use a bottle of antibacterial hand liquid that is like a gel and it gets rid of germs when you are in town and have no way to wash your hands properly...I keep a bottle of that in my purse...it's nice to have with you when you have no way to wash your hands before eating at a restaurant...or hand sanitizer...I use Purell in a small bottle....travel size....and I keep that in my purse along with pocket tissues for my allergies/sneezing/hay fever...

julie

A safe, clean, happy world....

One thing I think about early in the morning is how much I wish the world would change for the good...The world is a place for happiness and peace...not anger, and violence...I think people should reach out and try to make the world a much safer, cleaner and happy place!!! ;)

The world is a place for living not for violence..I think that our Lord wants us to strive for happiness and end all the violence in the world..I sometimes think that he looks at this world and is very disappointed!....we are here for a purpose and I know that we need to be here to make God very proud of us..I know that the world is full of different people who all have different ideas and think about things differently and that we don't always agree but we need to work through things with peace and goodness not violence...

All countries all over the world need to be peaceful and work on being a better, safer, happier place....the whole world would certainly become more peaceful if all people all over the world would focus on making good things happen and not focus on evil....They could really change the whole world and make their lives and everyone's live much cleaner, safer and wonderful...

it would be so beautiful if everyone could laugh all the time and be happy wouldn't it?! That would make me very happy and I'm sure it would also make others happy if that could ever happen...

There are so many things to be doing in the world or in their own countries to make it safer and happier...Something they could all work on is ending violence and drugs....focus more on cleaning up their countries ridding them of trash and being more clean and beautiful....

my cleaning ways are as follows: Haha!

something I always like to do is keep things clean and wash things...

1.I don't like trash in the house, so I always clean up trash and I have small inexpensive plastic trash cans in each room with small trash bags in them.....I keep them cleaned daily...and put them in the large trash container outside.

2.I also pick up trash out in the lawn and pasture and put it in the large trash container...I always keep things clean and I dispose of trash.

3.I clean any vehicle in the car and outside of the car that I may drive..that's important...to wash and vacuum.

4.I vacuum and clean my home floors...with a vacuum, or the kitchen floors with a cleaning solution. 

5.i scrub and clean toilets with toilet bowl cleaner.

6.I also scrub and clean sinks in my bathrooms/kitchen...with a cleaning solution.

7.I dust all over the house with a dusting cloth and something called Pledge on the woodwork in the house makes it very pretty! dust is something that is in your house all the time...bad for asthma/allergies! also dusting a turned off ceiling fan/light fixture is something else I work on...changing out light bulbs also.

8.I keep my pets food/water bowls washed and I also give my 3 cats in the house baths and the 2 large dogs outside a bath when it is warm outside so they won't get sick.

9.I like to wash clothes, bed sheets, quilts/blankets, clothes/undergarments/socks/hats I wear, bath towels, kitchen towels, curtains all over the house, all separately in a machine....I use laundry detergent for those items...smells great!

10.I keep all bath and kitchen towels folded and put away in their proper storage place.

11.I like to cook food in the kitchen, so something I always do is keep my dishes, bakeware, pots and pans washed with a wonderful smelling dish soap they are in all smells so I pick a smell I like and use that!..

12.Something I like to use at all times is bleach and I prefer Clorox bleach and something else called Clorox Cleanup which works pretty much in the bathrooms and kitchen areas...and pet bowls...I use paper towels to clean up messes all over the house too!

13.sometimes I get a bucket and a mop and I make a half water solution of one part bleach and one part water. and mop up kitchen or bathroom floors..to keep germs/bacteria away.

14.I am very clean when I prepare food, I clean counter tops with a cleaning solution all the time, and I keep my stove top clean and oven clean with a oven cleaning solution and scrub that always...it's clean and keeps you from getting food borne illnesses...very important to clean those at all times.

15.I always like to take a bath or shower everyday..sometimes 2 times a day I will take a shower/bath..i like showers more....I also wash my hair and use a shampoo I like and a favorite bar soap or bath gel...and wash cloth or bath scrunchie.

16.I just wash my face with a bar soap called Ivory..i don't use any kind of special face soap or lotion..i never have...just a wash cloth and a bar soap, then I scrub my face and wash it off in the shower.
 
sometimes you can do all this house cleaning in a few days, sometimes a week or so, but it needs to be done so when you work on being clean and keeping things cleaner in your house you don't have such a large mess to continually clean....

thank goodness for bleach and cleaning solutions, soaps, scrubbing pads, cleaning cloths, toilet scrubbers, paper towels!!!...Haha!

i think we should be cleaner and work on those things and work on ending violence and drugs...to make the world a better, happier place for you, your loved ones, and everyone!

healthy things.....nail art...

Going to start walking today...I've always walked as part of my exercise regime...I try to eat healthy with fruits and vegetables everyday as well....I only drink water and 100% cranberry juice...everyday..no sodas at all!!! hurts my kidneys!

It's been very difficult to walk nearby my house due to the dust in the air, and the terrain is a climb which is good for a walking workout...but sometimes the road is rather dangerous nearby and I'd like to be able to walk down the road but it's dangerous so I just walk in the pasture at my house....

I'm going to start walking again in my pasture and I like to take a music player and headphones with me as I walk..I've always done that....music helps you to walk I think!...haha...I like to listen to that and I sing along and walk...it's just been so dusty and windy that it affects my asthma and allergies whenever I walk out there somedays....exercising outside is a good thing to do because being outside in the sun you also get vitamin D from the sunshine and fresh air...

I try to eat yogurt at least once daily in the evening because it's good for your digestive system and some people I'm sure can't eat that due to health related issues, but a probiotic is good to take as well if you can't eat a yogurt....it just helps my stomach I know so I like to eat that everyday...

I haven't painted my nails in a while I think I will try to paint them today a pretty color that I would like...I just paint or decorate my own nails with gems and adhesive art gems sometimes and occasionally I will buy a nail art kit those are fairly inexpensive and you can find those acrylic nail kits already decorated and painted that you just glue on and shape yourself...I like those!

I like to do those when I want pretty nails...it's art to me, and I like to be able to make my nails look how I want them to by myself....it's fun to me to decorate and manicure/pedicure my own nails and toe nails....I just do my own nails myself it's cheaper and quicker when you don't have time...and you create the look yourself and I like that....

there are acrylic nails with designs on them already, and some are painted already, and some are plain, then you can shape them with a nail file and paint them or clear polish them after you have glued them onto you real nail...whatever you want to do..when you want to have the acrylic nails....it's more fun that way I think to do your own nails!

I don't wear acrylic nails, just sometimes when I want to or I'm bored I will get a package and work on my nails...they are very pretty and fun to work on when you want that look on your nails...the glue is very strong glue, so I'm always careful to get the glue only on my nails not my skin or anywhere else because it will glue my skin/everything... and make it very difficult to get unglued!!! yikes!

 you can remove the nail glue sometimes with acetate nail polish remover works well, you have to use a cotton ball and put that over the area with glue to remove the glue from your skin...I like to sit at a table to work on this with a newspaper or magazine underneath my hand....you can also get friends or family members to help you and you can help them too....

I can buy a bottle of nail polish for $1 to $4...I don't go over that amount of money on a bottle of nail polish...they're just as good as the $15 bottles!!!...I like all colors and I like glittery nail polishes of all colors...the adhesive gems and decorations are a lot of fun to put on your nails..and they are also fairly inexpensive.I like the Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter nail art adhesives they are cute!

I just wear fake nails sometimes...I haven't wore any in years, they sort of hurt my nails...whenever I do put my own acrylic nails on, I like them short and filed square straight across the tops....pretty!

I think it is a good thing for men and women to always buy nail clippers and keep their nails and toe nails trimmed.....it's better for you....nail clippers are fairly inexpensive and at most stores.....

love, julie

first snow of this season....

Didn't go to church yesterday..My Grandpa had an accident in the house and my Grandma decided not to go to church....he's ok.So I helped her feed her cows instead..we put a round bale out in the pasture for the cows and some feed before the snow got there....we put it behind some trees so they could eat the hay and feed with the trees blocking the wind and snow.....it was very cold! Brr!

It did snow yesterday and last night quite a bit so yesterday during the evening after I fed my dogs and cats I watched the snow fall it was very pretty!....I made some hot chocolate and drank it yesterday while it snowed outside...

This morning I woke up and went outside with my cold weather clothes on and I tried to make a snowman...Haha!!! I could only make a small snowman that was about 2 inches tall!!!...Haha...It wouldn't stay together because the snow wasn't sticky enough, so I tried and failed miserably at making a snowman...but I gave it a try!

I got some snow in my hands with my gloves on and I stood in the sun and looked away from the sun and threw snow up into the air and the snow looked like sugar or clear glitter when the sun reflected on it....it was beautiful...I think God likes sparkles....

I think I am going to stay in today and work in word search books with my colored pens/markers and make chili..or vegetable stew....

I think I will also make a Pumpkin Bread today....I have enough pumpkin in a can for that...I like the way homemade Apple, Pumpkin, or Banana bread makes the house smell so nice this time of year!!!

I sometimes like to make these different breads and wrap them up in bows and give them as gifts to people I care about....I think that is a nice thing to do...

so I give up on making a snowman today...Haha! i'll make Pumpkin bread instead!

love, julie

collectible figurines...magazines i want...

Looks like it is very foggy outside...I can see the yard light this morning and in the background it looks very foggy....Maybe that means snow?!! I wish I could make a snowman from the snow that falls onto the ground today.

i was just thinking about things i like to collect...one of the things i like to collect are those plastic poseable figurine sets...from all kinds of things..i think those are very unique especially whenever you can find them....i just leave them in the package i have a few from my childhood but they were opened and i still have 4 or 5 of them...i don't know why i like those so much...

i also like those Pez dispensers...all characters..i have one or 2 of those, but i haven't been able to find those anywhere nearby where i live so i had to stop collecting them!

i was thinking about magazines...i wish i had subscriptions to the magazines All You, Southern Living, Paint Works, Oklahoma Today, Taste of Home, Western Horseman, Cowboys & Indians magazine, Country Living, an Archaeology magazine, a flower magazine, and the Smithsonian magazine..just all of those...but oh well....

j.

cold fall day....

Slept in today it's been very cold outside and I have a touch of bronchitis...I feel better when I get more sleep...I'm feeling better my inhaler helps with bronchitis and my asthma....

I cleaned up my bathroom cabinets today and my bathroom counter...I like my toothbrush holder it makes things more organized...My toothbrush is blue, they are all different colors at the stores, but I choose blue everytime(my favorite color) and they don't cost very much so I buy a new one at least every 4 or 5 months because you need to keep those changed because of bacteria....

I prefer the whitening toothpastes....my favorite toothpaste is Crest 3D white...it makes my teeth very clean and bright...I like the minty flavor to it and I also like to use a mouthwash daily after I brush my teeth...I gargle with Scope or Listerine...I like all the minty flavors to those to keep my mouth clean and my breath smelling great!....I like the blue or green mouthwashes of those brands.....be careful not to accidentally let any of that get to your stomach! yikes! makes you sick!

anyway, this evening I made a pumpkin roll cake, it's one of my favorite desserts to make this time of the year.....it's a thin cake and you bake it, roll it out onto a towel sprinkled with powdered sugar, let it cool, then put a powder sugar cream cheese mixture on it then roll it up with the towel underneath it..then onto a plate..fairly easy and inexpensive and it's a great dessert!..you just make slices of it...i like to drink a cup of milk with it sometimes...you can also make this sugar free as well...

this time of year I like to also make different types of bread...I like Pumpkin, Banana, and Apple bread, those are my favorites to make I always use pecans or walnuts in them too....I like the Pumpkin the best because I like the sort of goldish orange color to the bread when you make a slice of it...

hopefully I will see some snowflakes flying around tomorrow...but I don't know if I will be able to travel to go to church tomorrow because of the freezing temperatures, wind, ice or snow on the highways...so i'll have to wait and see.

about to take a shower..I take a shower or bath every evening...it helps me to rest better when I am clean and smell like my favorite soap!...showers are my favorite though.

nite nite!!!

work on being happy....

Sometimes life can seem like it will never get better in all situations that we all go through, but I always like to think that things will get better and they are going to get better....

I've been through tough times in my life, had my feelings hurt, had my heart broken, been betrayed by people who I thought were my friends and also had rotten family members who have hurt my feelings and ruined things for me, but I keep going on with my life without them after they have treated me that way, who needs them! through with them! kicked to the curb out of my life! haha!

everyone goes through bad times or sad times that's just life so instead of being upset and giving up in any situation I trust in my faith in God to get me through it and I work on my outlook of things...how I look at the future...You can look at the future in a good way or a bad way...I think that if you think bad thoughts about the future and you are upset all the time and don't ever try to think good things will happen then I think they won't ever happen and life won't get better if you think that way...

I know that in my life whenever I think about the future or I think my way through a bad time or bad feeling and I say: "Hey Julie things are going to get better just keep thinking about it getting better!" then that way I can uplift my bad feelings and turn them into good happy feelings and work my way through being upset, sad, depressed or being disappointed about things in my life...

I know it has to be the way it is right now in the present situation but I have hope and faith it will get better.

I mean hey, that's just normal everyone goes through that kinda thing! so whenever you realize that you are not the only person who goes through bad thoughts or disappointments it's not that tough to get through...

it's all about training your thoughts to be more so happy and looking to the future in a happier way..i know that's very tough to do sometimes but I trust God to get me through everything and I pray a lot about things...also reading your Bible is a way to get through bad times...Faith is something that I think everyone needs to get through bad times and bad feelings..

if you can train your mind to think happier and to train yourself to laugh more I think that is a very good thing for you to always try to laugh through bad times and think happier about bad things the best way you know how to...sad things are awful and life is full of awful sad things but it's also full of happy things too and I think people seem to see the sad and awful moreso and focus on that in life like on the tv...

it's stupid to focus on sad and awful when life is also full of laughter, good things, good people, and silliness as well...so that's something I like to always do is laugh and be silly to get through sad or awful times..and find good people who can make me laugh to share my life with!!!

they say:"Oh, she laughs all the time, what is wrong with her??!" and I just say:"Why are they always so hateful and frowning all the time??? why aren't they laughing you know?!" I just laugh at people all the time when they pick everyone apart when they seem to have it all and they keep frowning all the time and saying that about me!!!..they have the problem not me!...it's called being jealous and that's their problem.

I mean, these people have more than me money wise and materialistic people like that who worship money and jewelry, etc.... Those kinds of greedy people are never happy, so when I go around with hardly anything and I laugh about things and work at being happy and laughing...they seem to make fun of me or say something is wrong with me!!!....Haha..I just laugh because I know what matters in life and I know how to be happy because you know why? I'm a good person...not greedy or jealous..

all these things like jealousy, greed, evilness or bad things, they all ruin people's lives and make them bitter and unhappy so I stay away from those types of people and things because I do not want that in my life..I want to be a happy, good person and have a better life that is wonderful...So when I work all the time on getting through bad times or sad times I always tell myself things are going to get better and most times they do!!!..

you just need to stay away from jealous, evil or greedy people to be happy and don't let them into your life because they will set out to ruin things for you...and ruin your life....

But if you have people like that in your life you love and care about, who love and care about you also, you need to help them think differently and be happier, kinder and laugh more...help them think happier about their current situation and their future....and help them to be a better person!

always try to work at being happy and laughing more...think about better days that will be on the way when you think good things and have a good outlook for your future and your loved ones future...

because you can't go around sad, mad or upset all the time!!! Laugh more and turn that frown upside down into a smile! and make good things happen in the world so more people can laugh and smile in the world!!!

love, j.

winter weather preparedness.....

It is very cold outside!!! It was 24 degrees last night and I made sure that I fed and watered my cats last night in the house and outside the house i made sure the dogs had warmed up food and a nice warm dog house with hay and out of the chilly cold wind.....

something else I always do whenever it gets very cold outside is that I always leave a little water dripping out of the faucet in the sink or bath tub so the water pipes won't freeze or break into pieces because of freezing temperatures....

I have my heater on and extra blankets on my bed so I am very warm when I go to sleep!....sometimes I wear socks to sleep in with my pajamas...I like the socks that are extra soft and all kinds of colors...I think they are microfiber fuzzy socks or called chenille socks I'm not sure of exactly what they are called...those are my favorites in all colors....comfortable socks!...

I'm thinking about making some chocolate chip cookies...they are my favorite..but I like all cookies!..chocolate chip is my favorite kind to make...I like to make those with colored chocolate chips...sometimes at different times of the year they have colored chips and I think they are very pretty.

I've been drinking a cup of hot chocolate at night since it has gotten very cold outside so I drink a cup of it before I go to sleep and it makes me very sleepy...I mix it up in a cup from a package, use milk or water, it's not homemade but I'm sure I could try making homemade hot chocolate sometime....I like to put marshmallows in mine or top it with a little whipped cream....

I also think I am going to make a vegetable stew or a chili...this week sometime...

when it gets freezing weather I like to prepare for things like checking the oil, antifreeze, gas in vehicles and I like to make sure that I have plenty of water and food incase the weather begins to freeze and the electricity might go out with power outages you have to be prepared that they may become an issue...

I watch the local weather and if they say it will be freezing or have snow, or icy weather I know I have to make a trip to the store for plenty of groceries and have drinks like water or juice there before the bad weather appears.

I don't take any necessary medicines, but if you have medicines that you absolutely need to have for medical conditions you should always have those there with you as well...and it is very dangerous to drive in icy bad roads so the news always tells me and everyone not to drive on bad roads so I stay home and watch the weather on tv and listen to music or work on my word search books..so I always try to buy a few extra word search books/markers or pens, as well to work on when the weather gets bad for something to focus on so I won't be bored.....I also sleep too.

snacks are good to have because if you have no electricity you cannot cook your meals...so I always buy snacks like gummy bears or pretzels, chips, cookies, crackers you know, things like that you see in the store that are already cooked and safe to keep in "no electricity weather"....haha!

I just try to purchase sanitary items also like paper towels, hygiene products like, deodorant, tooth paste, tissues and toilet paper....lol....I just try to make sure I have all those items here so I won't be without them if we are snowed in or have icy roads...so who knows if it will get icy or snowy or even bad weather?...but I will be prepared anyway! ;)

I like to watch snowflakes fall from the sky they are very pretty and sparkly....

love, julie

i like cowboy boots......

bought 2 new hypoallergenic pillows..maybe I can sleep a little better...haven't been feeling very good lately...I have a little bronchitis I think...i'll get better...my inhaler is for bronchitis...it helps.

sleep is good for you when you don't feel well.

going to church today, then look at a store for a new nite lite for my bedroom...I always like to have a nite lite on in my bedroom so I can see when I wake up...

looking forward to the icy cold air moving in this week...makes it feel more like winter.

I'm sure I will have a cup or 2 of hot chocolate this week because it's going to be so cold I always like to drink it on icy cold days!

I have taken my heavy coat out of the clothing storage and I am going to wear it this week along with jeans, a sweater, socks, a winter hat, and my cowboy boots..

cowboy boots are my favorite kind of shoe..they fit my feet great because I have wide feet and they are very strong when you have to walk on all kinds of things that may injure your feet or go through regular shoes..i have never had anything go through the bottom of a cowboy boot!

they can be pricey, but they are a good investment in the long run because they never wear out! they are tough foot wear..i have always wore cowboy boots and I will always wear them!!!..plus they are very warm, and beautiful in all colors, sizes, and designs on them.

I adore cowboy boots!

new heifer calf ?......

Started taking Nexium for my stomach problems.I like it much better than Prilosec...Nexium works better for me...

Going to get a new heifer calf sometime soon, looking forward to raising her and turning her out to the pasture and letting her meet Stormy..i think they will be great friends! I will have to take them both in to the veterinarian for shots and checkups before turning them out to pasture.

I'm going to name this new heifer Lightning since my other calf a few months ago died...I named it Lightning and I got very sad when she died...so why not carry on the name Lightning and name this new one the same name?!!

I'm going to try and name every cow that I get after something weather-related a word from that field of study!...Haha!!! Isn't that funny?! I think that is very neato to name them after something that I really am interested in...

There are plenty of weather related words and I think about that, and that way I can keep up with their names and the colors they all are and the type of cow they are... 

I think weather names are cute!

looking forward to meeting my new black heifer calf Lightning soon!

rainy day finally !.....

Finally got a new tv! 32inch flat screen and it's lightweight which was an added bonus to getting that one...not heavy at all and simple to put together and program...my first all new tv of my own!

my Grandma paid me for helping her with feeding cows and taking her and my Grandpa to doctor visits....I have been saving that up so I finally got a brand new tv!!!

I like helping take care of people I love and care about...it's what I like to do is take care of them so I can be with them most the time and that way I know that they are ok whenever I get to see them...I just really like taking care of loved ones whoever they may be, it makes me happy!!! they're special to me...because they love and care about me!

think I may be taking a little bronchitis...my allergies have been very bad this week with all the wind and no rain but I take my inhaler and that opens my lungs up enough to breathe and it gets better...

thank God for rain last night and this morning...I slept so peacefully and I can breathe better now..i suppose the rain cleaned the air...it's been so dusty because of the drought that has came back again...makes me so mad!

I like rainy days.

looking forward to the upcoming holidays, they mean a lot to me...I saw all of the store advertisements in the sunday newspaper all getting prepared for Christmas shopping!!! they start advertising earlier and earlier every year seems like!

 I saw about a zillion things I want....oh well....I like Christmas shopping!!!

tv blew up....arthritis hurts.....

My tv blew up yesterday!!!...I tried turning it on and the stupid thing started crackling and then it popped real loud then started smoking and smelled like burning wires!!!..I unplugged it quickly and then I watched it to make sure it wasn't on fire!

it's a very old tv that I have had a long time...it was a hand me down tv from a relative...it was made in 1995!!!....haha...that's how old that thing was...so I think it's probably been a fire hazard for a long time as well....don't know when or how I will get a new one...I miss my music channels! I want to be able to watch all the Christmas programs that will be coming on the tv soon...I like Christmas shows!

This cold weather makes me hurt all over and I have pain in my joints because I have arthritis in some places of my body...it's very painful when I wake up some mornings...

I really wish I had a Hot Tub to set in and see how that made me feel...because sometimes when I set in a hot bath it stops hurting...but I don't know...I think a Hot Tub would help....oh well....dream dream dream on huh?....lol...

arthritis is something I have battled for quite sometime and it hurts me a lot and is very painful....it can be passed down from your family members my grandma had arthritis and her mother had it as well....I just take Tylenol for mine and if I hurt too bad I just go stand in the shower or set in a hot bath...it helps a little...

you can get arthritis at an early age after injuries like cracking or breaking bones, like I have and they grow back differently or not quite right...cold weather often makes arthritis hurt more because the cold air compresses you or something like that I have heard.

I hurt a lot from it...I hate arthritis!!!

freezing!......

Stayed home last night...I just fell asleep listening to music...

it was freezing last night and I got rather cold...I have an electric blanket I've had for several years...I need to get a new one hopefully this year maybe for Christmas?!!....lol.

checked the antifreeze in my car yesterday evening and then I had to go help my grandma pickup her feeding truck that she uses in the pasture to feed cows with....it was pretty much a uneventful evening....

I think that now that it is getting to be chilly weather it's time for drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows again! and cappuccino I like decaffeinated the best but it's getting tough to find...

I like to wear my pajamas and that way I get very warm and fall asleep easily they are so comfortable!!! so are nice fuzzy blankets to curl up in!!!...sleepy!

My dog Goofball has tore part of the window screen and it has a huge hole in it so I'm kind of worried about that..i don't know how much those cost and if I can repair it on my own....but I suppose I will be able to repair it myself by finding any kind of information on repairing window screens I will figure that one out!!!

kind of mad at him over that and tearing up my clothes he wants to wrestle or play catch with his chew toy but he's very hyper because he's still a puppy I think...it takes patience to train animals and I know he needs a lot of attention and it will be a chore getting him to be calmer and act more proper like the dog gentleman he is!!!....Haha!

going to have to buy more dog food cans for him since it is getting colder weather outside it's good for all animals to have canned food in fall/winter for them to stay healthy and active when it's cold...it's good for them to stay healthy this time of year...

I like Gravy Train dog food in a can he seems to like it and I can find a good price on it usually...that's great I think to save money when you have bills, groceries, and other expenses....I can usually find it on sale .44cents/a can!!! and Goofball likes it he eats the whole can everytime.....

j.