proper mental health care....

Mental health is something that I think a lot of people should always remember to be aware of..I have known so many people with mental issues and I know that all people with those issues need to always know it's ok to reach out for the right care...to be treated properly and get on with their lives...

all kinds of awful things people have encountered, seen, and unfortunately have had happen to them in life all lead to depression, suicide and all kinds of mental illness...People need to know it's ok to talk with psychologists and all kinds of mental health behavior specialists to be treated for the illness....

depression and suicidal thoughts are things that people can always get through and get on with their lives...Don't let it ruin your life or consume your life! take charge of your life and don't let it control you!

it always takes a very long time to get through those mental conditions/issues I'm sure...I always want to let people I care and love know how much they mean to me and that I would and will always be there to support them through their times of mental illness and depression....

So I think it's always the right thing to let your loved ones , or the people in your life with mental illness know that you care for them and that they need to seek help from professionals and to always take their prescribed medicines from the mental health doctors/clinics....

It is VERY important to always make sure your loved ones are watched over and monitored when they are having depression, other forms of mental illness, or suicidal thoughts....because it can be very dangerous if they are not monitored and cared for at all times.....

They should also know that it's nothing to be embarrassed about that they have mental illness, and that going to get help is very crucial in saving their lives.....

psychologists and mental health professionals, along with the right clinics, are always needed to help people with these conditions and the proper medications to help them get through it are needed....

mental illness is treatable with the proper care and it's always ok to let someone know you need to seek treatment.....

I know how mental illness can control someone's life and affect their life because I have known soooooo many people in my life with this illness.

when i love someone, i want them to get better.

I myself have never battled depression or these mental issues...I think it's probably because i just wasn't born with mental issues....and i have been kept safe from a lot of terrible bad things that could have happened to me like it  has others...

i always think about people with mental illness and i know that proper care is and should be always available to those people with this condition.....and to let them know it's ok to get help so you can get better!

your mind is very important and it should always be cared for and when you have problems get proper treatment....to get through tough or bad times and to get on with your life!

schedules for tasks...

Had some things to purchase at the store today and then I went and had lunch with my Grandparents.

It started raining and pouring like crazy and lightning all of the sudden while we were in the store and we got into the vehicle and the rain was all over the roads/highway and the creeks are very full...

nice rain.

so nice in fact, that Goofball had mud all over his house and I went out to feed him this evening and I lost one of my garden shoes in the mud...my shoe started sinking in the mud and it was into the mud and off of my foot!.....haha!...

anyways...

I like schedules for tasks...planners are always nice as well..with dates and times.

schedules...I think schedules are good things to plot/ plan, map out and keep..always busy...

keep your mind in check and thinking about your day and your tasks..

Following a schedule that keeps your day planned and lined out is a wonderful way to complete any task or occupation...

wake up each morning I think and be ready to work on something that achieves something that makes a good difference!....Everybody working together with the mind to work on something and complete it will get results and those would be the right results!

teamwork on anything is always valuable..

autocollants--self adhesive stickers....

Something I want to start collecting is autocollants or self-adhesive stickers...I've always liked using those to decorate envelopes with letters, cards you give to friends/family, and also sometimes decorating in scrapbooks with mementos......

there are many different types of stickers---all kinds of colors, themes, and designs..some for the scrapbooks look just like actual pretty pictures...some are 3D, holiday themed, some are holographic, glittery, bright, cheerful, dark, and some are even too spooky! yikes.....I don't like spooky ones, but I like the cute, whimsical Halloween themed ones...

with many stickers to choose from, I can spend several minutes browsing the sticker aisle!...haha....I don't know why I like them so much...they're just neato I think....

even when I have seen decals like for Coca-Cola the soda, I like those too..nostalgic stickers or old stickers I like those as well....anything nostalgic American like that, I like to collect.

any kind of stickers that aren't too spooky I'd like to collect...I like the ones with animals on them as well..cowboy-western themed....holidays...just any kind!..i'm looking all the time...they are fairly inexpensive...

I at one time tried collecting Hallmark's cute themed stickers when I was younger but I guess I lost them or someone stole them...*sad face*

I think they are nice to attach to cards/letters to loved ones....or just to collect!

love, julie

junk mail is a waste....

Turned the cows out into another pasture yesterday...they can get more water and then we separated some off into another field...the older calves are together they are really getting tall....

They all were running this morning in the pasture and I saw Stormy..she walked up to the fence to say:" Hey girl!"....haha! Goofball saw her and he barked for her....

Purchased some more mineral tubs then set those out onto the ground from the back of the truck...you have to just sort of push those off the tailgate and they hit the ground....those are heavy they weigh 100lbs....

I really wish I could go to the longhorn sale this year!....

In another local county, there is a horse/tack sale fairly often that I'd like to go see sometime when I have extra time, it's quite a distance to travel... 

I also purchased some Lemonade in cans yesterday...I like that in the summer..looking forward to grilling this summer as well....

I keep getting these stupid ads in the mail wanting me to purchase some kind of movie channel on the tv or something............I don't know anything about movies or those people.....those things are too expensive and I don't know anything about that stuff....

I don't even watch tv much..I'd rather be outside working on something...

If I do watch tv, I watch just agriculture or weather is all that interests me.....that other stuff is boring....a lot of things are boring to me in this world....I know others agree....

I get so much junk mail...they need to recycle and not waste so much paper!...I think about how much junk mail I get in the mail and you know that is a lot of trees that are just wasted...I'd like to know how they get away with that much waste like that....so many trees are wasted....sad.

purchased American flag....

Went to town today and I found the store Academy...I really like looking in there and shopping in there...I purchased an American flag with attachments to let it fly outside on the lawn...I want to find a way to make it somewhat taller so I will work on that tomorrow....

I like American Flags and the themes to decorate with American flag colors and stars...be patriotic I say!.....red, white, and blue....

Then I went to Target and found some fruit snacks and cheese crackers Cheez-its.....haha! I like those crackers....

planted more flowers today and weeded the garden....it has been raining so it's a lot easier to get the garden weeded..i have several potato, beet, black-eyed peas, okra, and yellow squash already growing...the tomato plants are doing just fine...I purchased Better Boy tomato plants..that's the name of them anyway...

petunias are growing nicely the rain has helped a lot.

I am happy that I have a new weather station on my tv called WeatherNation....just totally weather casts and NO weather stories or world news stories...just weather like it should be.....more peaceful..

rain drops everywhere.

j.

Happy Earth Day.....!!!

Today is Earth Day....

I think about recycling and planting trees on Earth Day...I can remember once or twice in school helping plant a tree for this day...

I have already planted several fruit trees weeks ago!

I try to recycle and reuse things that I can and I always want to make sure I do not ever litter..no throwing trash out the windows onto the highways/roads....Nobody should litter..We only have one Earth and we need to always take care of it....

Car-pooling is another way to save on exhaust fumes that cause pollution in the air and ozone...you know on days whenever you are in town/city and the sky looks hazy...pollution makes me very sick...

Whenever you can car pool you save gas and exhaust fumes...you can give the person who is driving the car cash money for gas every time and then you can drive at another time with that person or others....that's a good thing.

waste management is something we all need to think about..making sure things are properly thrown away and in the trash containers....there are a lot of areas that need more waste management capabilities and programs like that to recycle...so much trash/waste in the world...

recycling cans and plastics is something that I like to try to constantly work on...

I also like the highway clean up that the highway department does when they have several individuals get out there and clean up trash off the roads..sometimes they even have planted flowers...

renewable energy is also something that is healthy for the Earth...along with conserving water.

Happy Earth Day !

wind power....

The wind has been terrible the past few days I have tried painting a few things nearby the house..so much for that!!! *eyeroll* annoying!

One thing I have been working on is the porch and painting a few things for that...The wind kept getting worse yesterday and I obviously couldn't paint.....so....I had to stop that and go take some allergy medicine because of the sneezes!

The wind can be both a good thing and a bad thing....ruining activities outdoors and making people sick with colds/allergies like me....that's the bad part about the wind.....

But the good thing about wind is it is renewable...and I think this state could really use the wind as much as the wind likes to get loud and rowdy!...haha!

Wind power and wind "farms" as they call them with the wind turbines, could supply a lot of power/energy to areas that are in need of more power...I think they could definitely put that wind to use as much as it annoys me at times...just give that wind an occupation doing something good and make it leave me alone!...haha!

Wind turbines are those ginormous wind mills and I have seen those things in use when the wind has blown in areas I have been for quite a while..i know they bring in work and that also helps people.....you don't have to worry about the wind never screeching out of control nearby because that is all it ever wants to do!...

somedays I think when it ruins things I want to say:" Wind ! leave me alone and go put yourself to good use!"....so in the mean time it may annoy us, but we can always throw out a wind turbine and make it work to help us.....I know the turbines work really well on the hilly areas I have seen and they are constantly turning....

I like renewable energy like that as well...it helps because we all need oil/gas/coal but wind can help as well....it's just out there annoying everybody all the time so why not give it an occupation so it will be put to good use to help out?!....haha!

j.

i like baseball...

Thinking about baseball games today.

Baseball is one of my favorite sports I think.....My favorite team is the Texas Rangers...I've always enjoyed going to baseball games my brother always played in school and it was always nice to be able to go and cheer the team on!

I was driving by a baseball field the other day and I saw a local small town team getting ready to play for the evening and I thought how I'd like to be able to just go and stop by and set there in the crowd and watch the game...but I didn't have time to.

I'm going to guess that every guy out there who played baseball for high school or for any baseball team probably misses that like crazy! when they aren't able to play anymore..

You know you have game schedules, you have destinations, you have fan gear to purchase, you have fundraisers, concession stands, and the best part of all is all the camaraderie you have with your fellow team members/people in the crowd getting out there together and striving to win every game you can....

they always played soft ball in high school when you are a girl, and I never liked soft ball actually, I wanted to play baseball!!!...haha..isn't that funny?!...I just liked baseball so much more than soft ball and all they ever wanted girls to play was that darn softball!...haha!

it's American...and I love it...I like to watch the games on tv also whenever I can see a good game on the tv or radio sometimes.....I've learned all about the sport from my family members who have played baseball in the past and really liked everything about it...

there are many sports for you to like and watch but my favorite is baseball.

when I go to a game I like to purchase a pack of sunflower seeds and an ice water to drink while I set there and watch them play...they have many snacks to choose from but those are my favorite things to eat/drink at games...because the weather is warmer/hotter and it helps keep you cool...

you can purchase your favorite team t-shirt or any of the fan gear stuff....but if you don't want to, you don't have too....I like to wear the t-shirts to the games they are more comfortable...I am always most comfortable in a t-shirt.....no worries!...

so go out there and support your local team, or your favorite (MLB)Major League Baseball Team!!!

love, Julie

inspiring quote....

I found this quote.

I like inspirational quotes to read...

Be a Girl with a mind,
A Woman with attitude,
And a Lady with class.

j.

livestock tank this morning.....

Raining today!!!

rainy days are my favorite kinda days.

I see some of the vegetable/flower seeds are sprouting now....that's good news.

some how a possum got in the cows water tank and I guess he fell and couldn't get out of there or something!...the cows kept acting weird this morning when they were getting a drink..

surprise!....sad surprise....i looked in and I saw him floating in there...that's sad.

I have seen him walking around out by the cow lot recently...he must have wanted a drink and fell in and drowned.....

we had to get him out of there with a rake..it was nearby and it worked....

I saw the tiniest baby calf the other day in a field on the way to town....it was so tiny....I would be scared something would get him....

we haven't had any calves that little so far.....

gotta turn the computer off.....it's lightning.

j.

conserve electricity and water.....

Purchased a few more petunias yesterday along with 2 mint plants...

Chocolate Mint--smells like chocolate mint!....haha

Strawberry Mint----It's something I had never heard of before or even smelled before and it is a mint plant that smells just like Strawberries!...I don't know how that's even possible...but it is very fragrant.

i planted those yesterday and the wind blew through them and I could smell them quite a distance away.....nice.

it has been getting warmer outside now and I did have to turn on my oscillating fan ...one thing I think about all the time is how expensive electricity is and how I always try to make myself pay attention to lights and appliances I have in the house...

I always want to turn off the lights in the house when I am not using them and I want to be sure that I am always trying to conserve electricity and not leaving outlets with things turned on...always make sure that they are not on when I am not using them...

I try to conserve as much water as possible as well because we are always lately in drought stricken areas locally and that makes having enough water a problem at all times....so when it gets closer to summer I always want to conserve water and NEVER waste water it is a very precious thing these days for farmers, towns, cities, rural areas...it's a necessity to life!

I wish for more rainy/stormy days so we can have more water and make it through summer better....

they need to do that cloud seeding process that I have heard about before.....I don't know exactly how it works...but they need to do something like that because the drought is getting bad again...

crop growers need rain and moisture to make a living and grow their crops....

and it also helps with the garden/flower beds!!!

I have had to fill the cattle water tank up with water everyday it is very low, and the ponds/creeks are getting low...I like when it rains a lot after a nice storm the tributaries have so much water in them they rush....and you can see fish sometimes.

raw vegetables and my favorite ranch dressing....

Planted Petunias and Nasturtiums yesterday...I think they will be very colorful for this summer.

My Uncle L. finished working on the metal gates yesterday and now I will have to paint them....I don't know what color they will be yet....He had to weld them and structure them...

Had to go to the feedstore and purchase feed yesterday..

I also purchased at the grocery store a packet of my favorite ranch dressing mix it's Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing dry mix....You just read the instructions on the packet and mix it up...I like to eat raw vegetables with it and on salads....

I was going to look for a red bell pepper yesterday and I forgot to purchase one to eat with the salads and other raw vegetables I like with the dressing...

I've always liked that dressing and the dressing mix.

also purchased some chocolate bars yesterday....

j.

volunteering....

There are many different things a person can do to help out and stay out there in your community to make the town/city/state/country a better place...

I always want to try and volunteer in town or locally to help out with:
town beautification projects,
 helping take meals to old people who have no one to care for them(they do this in the local small communities here)
help at clothing drives,
pet shelters and homeless shelters---always need volunteers!,

I like the Red Cross and the Salvation Army they always help people and need volunteers.

I know that when there have been tornados or severe storms there are always volunteers needed to help clean up the debris and plant trees sometimes..that's always a good thing to help with as well...

just anything that they need volunteers at and there's always something that needs to be tended to that needs volunteers!

You can meet all kinds of new people, make friends, and get to learn more about your surrounding community/city/state you live in....usually there are always some nice/kind people who want to make a good difference in the world who are volunteering I think so anyway....it takes a very special person to volunteer or be there when someone needs help...it's the right thing to do.

with Summer approaching I  think it's a great thing to be volunteering and getting out there making a good difference in the world...It keeps you active and you have something to focus on and be working at...because everybody knows that it can get very boring in the hot summer days....

cooling fan drives:
they always need people to help deliver and donate cooling oscillating fans to the poor in the summer time...that's something I have helped with before...they appreciate the oscillating or box fans when it gets way too hot outside and they have no air conditioning and they suffer without it! they took truck loads of fans one summer and we helped with deliveries of those oscillating/box fans all kinds of those cooling fans....people appreciated that...

even if you are just filling up cups of water for workers when you are volunteering, or taking plates of food to old people who can't leave their homes it's always sweet and kind. they always need help with those kinds of things.

volunteering at local area fire departments is also one way to volunteer all year-round...also at hospitals/cancer centers they sometimes need volunteers with things I have heard...

a lot of communities need volunteers for all types of things...I think you just have to find one and work on that and then find another...it's a good thing to stay active and get out there and make a good difference...

love, julie

fixing fences.....more gardening...

planted in the garden today----

beets
okra
corn
yellow squash
cucumbers
green beans
black eyed peas

purchased some tomato plants and will plant those tomorrow

been weeding and using the garden hoe to scrape away extra unneeded plants that will disturb my vegetables while they grow...it's something that has to be completed weekly!

want to find some red bell pepper plants to plant as well...I like to eat those on salads with ranch dressing..my favorite dressing!

just completed helping my uncle L. fix fences in the pasture.....

tired.

Happy Easter !!!.....

Church.

Easter Dinner with Grandparents and my brother.

Finished making Easter cake!....very pretty.

Thinking about the meaning of Easter and Easter eggs....A new beginning for everyone!

Celebrating Jesus on this day.

love, julie

Easter cake and egg kits....

Laughing right now...Just gave Goofball a flea and tick bath!...haha...he finished his bath and he ran and rolled in the dirt and ran in circles....So much for that bath!...

Last night there were storms that went over and before the storms got here..i could hear Goofball howling very loudly and he was howling and sitting on the top of his dog house and then he started barking at the lightning....then it started raining and he ran and got in his house!....

It was funny because he was safe and everything but that dog is silly barking at a storm....maybe he is a weather dog!...haha...

Purchased the items that I needed to work on the Easter celebration cake I am making...My Grandma always made the cake when I was younger and it was always very cool and colorful to me....

I purchased:

a Funfetti cake mix with matching icing and sprinkles
1 white chocolate bunny with adornments
small candy Easter eggs
shredded coconut

What I will do is, I will bake the cake, after it cools I will put icing on the cake, after that sprinkles, then add the chocolate bunny standing next to the green coconut nest that I will then place the small candy Easter eggs in..i may tint the icing green with food coloring to look like easter grass...not sure yet!

I also think the Christian Cross cakes you can make are very beautiful and special...

I think about how we celebrate Easter because of Jesus and how special that is!...I like all the pastel colors and brightly colored candies and Easter egg kits that I have always liked purchasing and using.

There are so many different Easter egg kits you can choose from and I always liked to make glittered dyed eggs, or the shiny dyed eggs or sometimes just any Easter egg coloring kit I like them all! It's just once again another creative artistic thing to enjoy along with celebrating Jesus on Easter Day.

you have to always hard boil the eggs remember! haha!

My Grandparents hid eggs everywhere when I was a small child at Easter and we would all look for them and try to find them outside or in the house.....

after we would find the eggs we would remove the shells, and my Grandma would wash them and we would make deviled eggs...pretty good!....just because they're called Deviled eggs does not mean they are bad!...haha!....I like to eat deviled eggs on Easter day....oh Lord help us all....haha!....deviled eggs on Easter day....

my family has always enjoyed a dinner at my Grandma's on Easter day usually after church...

anyway...I am recycling!!! I've been collecting used livestock molasses/mineral tubs that are blue and I am making flower planters out of them....pretty and that is good to recycle...they are sturdy and hold plenty of potting soil and water....

anything you can recycle is always a good thing.

filled them with flowers and flower seeds all kinds of crazy ways/designs...

long day.