tulips, greenhouses, flower nursery....

Today is the last day of February, it was Black history month, Valentine's Day, Lincoln's Birthday, and my Birthday....wow....can't believe it's over...it has been very stressful this month sadly....

I'm looking forward to the upcoming Spring season, and I know soon I will be looking for flowers and flower/vegetable seeds to plant on my property....I always enjoy planting vegetables and flowers in the Spring.

My favorite Spring flower has to be the Tulip and it is available in many different colors, you can purchase them already grown at the local home/garden stores, at your local greenhouses/stores/flower nursery OR you can purchase the bulbs to plant in the ground, it takes it a while to grow with attention, water, etc.... 

I think anytime you can plant a bright colorful flower somewhere that is gloomy/sad it will change the way you feel about an area that you see often...flowers kind of end sad feelings about sad places....I think everyone should plant beautiful bright cheerful flowers anywhere they feel sadness....flowering trees/shrubs are also beautiful and last a very long time, many years with attention and water etc...good-bye gloomy sad places..they change how you feel when you look at an area and see bright beautiful flowers/trees/shrubs...there are so many to choose from!

When going to a local home garden store, a flower/plant nursery, or a green house I enjoy browsing through the aisles of plants....I really enjoy going to these stores and I like the grand-sized flower/vegetable greenhouses that are covered above by plastic tents with cute names above the entryway, they shade and they invite the sun to shine down also, the caretakers of the plants always water/nourish them, and they make sure they are tended to daily....some of them grow the plants there in small plastic throw-away containers and they are horticulturists...that is also interesting how they can grow the flowers and the vegetables there.....I just choose out the flowers/plants that I see and I wish to have to plant and take home and I purchase them, some of them need to be more affordable though!....

Purchasing seeds packets to plant the flowers/vegetables at home is something I enjoy working on, I don't purchase any vegetables plants from the stores, I just purchase a few flowers that are difficult to find in seeds packets.....

ordering plants and seeds from the seed/plant catalogs are much easier than driving long distances to find the right plants/seeds you need...so I like ordering from the catalogs much better often times...

I just wish that there were many more locally available plant green houses/nurseries in the closest local small towns....just something nice and grand sized you know?..

I would even like to work at one that close by....very professional. good, trustworthy people working there, organized/clean, and affordable plants....no cheats!...

it would be so nice to not have to drive 40miles to find all the good flowers/vegetable plants/seeds/garden tools, What a relief that would be for someone like me who likes to garden!!!

I would purchase for gardening tools----

tiller, water hoses, stakes, fertilizer, plant food, gardening gloves, shovel, straw gardening hat, plastic or pottery planters for flowers, something to rid the garden of unneeded weeds....etc...

I love spring, flowers, and gardening.

julie

homemade noon sunday meal.......

Went to Oklahoma City yesterday with family...We went to lunch at a nearby BBQ restaurant called Swadley's...it was...eh...ok....Rudy's BBQ is way better!...I always like to purchase a loaded baked potato with brisket on it too...I like BBQ.

I also purchased a few sets of Easter stickers at another store...lol!...

anyways, thinking about preparing sunday noon meal today...I am going to be making a meal my Grandma makes often..sometimes she uses pork chops in place of the chicken....I just don't like pork chops, and they take a long time to cook!...I prefer the chicken...

4 thin chicken breasts---with excess removed...fat and etc...I like to prepare thin chicken breasts fried..not cooked in oven for this meal..much easier, quicker, and better I think..

5 medium sized potato--halved
homemade skillet gravy OR 2-3 cans of mushroom soup prepared..and poured onto top of cooked chicken/potatoes placed in crockpot.

Thaw/wash with only water chicken breasts in a bowl, after they thaw place on board and tenderize with meat mallet or fork..i like to place plastic wrap over the chicken breasts so when I tenderize them, no water/chicken pieces fly everywhere!...haha!..always check for plastic wrap pieces afterward...lol....

after tenderizing chicken breasts, place on a clean plate, roll them in salted/peppered sifted flour to cover them..After that I pour some canola oil in a frying skillet heat setting 5, pour oil-- enough to fry the chicken breasts..well done browned good....I place them on a plate with paper towels to soak up the excess oil...place them aside for now.

next I make skillet gravy after washing the frying skillet.

recipe for skillet gravy--remember gravy is time consuming and may take some practice! or you can use 2-3 cans of mushroom soup poured onto the top of this...easier.

4T canola oil(or any oil)
4T Flour--(no more flour than oil)
2 c. milk

Pour canola oil and flour(sifted) in frying skillet on setting 3 or low-med setting....Stir with spoon, the flour and oil until flour is brown....Take off of burner. Add 2 cups of milk a little at a time while stirring with a whisk..Place back on burner setting 3 or med..Stir until it thickens, salt and pepper to however you like.....place the gravy and chicken breasts together in crockpot on low level heat to keep warm or pour them into another pan on low level heat to keep warm...

last preparation is 5 halved potatoes uncooked..place them in microwave safe dish and turn the microwave on high for 7-8 minutes until they are cooked..(this is quicker/easier than oven cooking) when they are tender to a fork remove potatoes from microwave and place potato halves in crockpot or pan that has chicken and gravy warming still....then you are done!

I like to serve this with prepared  broccoli or green beans, and a salad with dressing...

j.

early easter basket prep.....

I know that Easter is a month away...But many churches and organizations are already creating the Easter baskets now so they will be able to gift them in a few weeks...In stores now they have the Easter baskets already together....I like looking at them in the stores...

this is just for fun, I was thinking about preparing the baskets for Easter..

When creating an Easter basket to gift to anyone you should include Easter themed gifts and also throw in Christian themed gifts...make it bright pastels colorful!.....For children you can place anything from the Oriental Trading catalog, and other inexpensive Easter items from stores and also anything Christian too....

I think all children should be attending church service/Sunday school early on in life to start your life with God/Jesus(to know them) it is a good start to begin your life---the right and good way..you already have the right path to follow, and know how God wants us all to be in life for him.....

It helped me as a child and now as an adult to attend church/sunday school early....being taught to be a good person, learn to be just like Jesus! a very kind person, and learn to care about others and the world, to want to make it a better place for everyone....rid the world of all evil.

many times you can find nice Christian items at the Christian stores for the baskets.

Easter baskets can be themed or personalized for individuals, just whatever you wish to gift! baskets for girls/boys/men/women....i always like any plush animal that is pastel colorful for Easter in mine!....lol..

I like the idea of gifting adults Easter Baskets because even though we are adults we all deserve an Easter Basket too!....lol...

I would include in an adult Easter Basket---whimsical smaller gifts in bright pastels, something with Bunnies, baby Chickens, Caterpillars, Ducks, Bluebirds, Flowers, Frogs, Lambs, anything Spring, and always something Christian.....something fun, colorful, and something nice...

ANY of these i think are nice to place in the baskets for adults--have fun!

ooey gooey gel easter eggs
small word search books
small coloring books with small pack color pencils or crayons(i like them!..lol)

small activity books(even if they are for kids they are still fun to work!)

Easter or Christian pens and pencils
gel slappy sticky characters
prisms
Bible and Book mark
small notepad
nail cross necklaces (for Jesus) or plain cross.
bubbles--i like bubbles still fun!

worry stones--engraved with a cross, you get worried or you have addictions you rub these between your thumb and first finger, think about God and Christ and it helps you to stop worrying or stop wanting your addiction...

Bible verse gold tone coins---place these in your pocket and always have Christianity with you.(just don't lose them!)

Bible Verse Cards---place them in your wallet and always read them when worried, scared, upset, or feeling defeated.

mini lights to carry with you
Christian keychains
wooden crosses
stress balls
mints
chewing gum/bubble gum
candies
address books--for good friends numbers/addresses

my favorite easter candies are:

Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs and Bunnies
Cadbury Mini Candy Coated Eggs
Cadbury Easter Eggs--all kinds!..i like the foil wrapping, they are ooey gooey and good!...lol.
Whoppers Easter Robin Eggs
Mighty Malts easter eggs
Any Chocolate Easter Bunny--creative and cute..i like Russell Stover and Palmer
Any Easter Gummies
Hershey's Pastel foiled kisses
M&M's--pastels colorful for Easter
or just any colorful printed foiled easter chocolates.

this was fun thinking about these easter baskets and candies...lol..

j.
















 

old, abandoned, oil / gas wells....

Oil field production many years before that has not been properly capped off and removed is a very dangerous situation and site...I know that here on my family's land there is an old abandoned site and the wells are not capped off they are strong iron pipes that go many feet down into the ground.....

Whenever I have walked up near the uncapped wells it sounds like it is under a lot of pressure and is hissing and percolating!!!...It is water or something down in the piping and their is no cap....it is spooky! the way it sounds...like boiling hot water down there!

I see these old abandoned oil/gas pipes in many fields in this area and I know that they probably have not been capped off properly either!...My family has always told me to stay away from that old well and they said it is dangerous and could cave in down into the ground....

I just wonder why the oil companies were never responsible and environmentally safe thinking to take the time to cap these old wells off???!....I know they have seismographed our land in the last 12 years or so, and I am very interested in seismography and geology...I found that fascinating how it all works with oil companies and gas companies.....but they need to be more responsible and environmentally safe...it is also a health hazard and hazardous to the environments, they should all get their butts out there and clean up their messes! or get that oil/gas outta there!

I know of many oil/gas companies here in Oklahoma ones that I know of are:
Chesapeake
Phillips66
Haliburton
Helmerich and Payne
Kirkpatrick Oil
Devon
Gates Oil and Gas
Mustang Fuel Corp
Chaparall energy
Marathon Oil
Steagall Oil
OG&E
Oklahoma Natural Gas
CenterPoint Energy

anyways, I just think that since Oklahoma has so many oil/gas wells that are abandoned and not capped off they need to be tended to or re-opened for exploration to get that gas/oil out of those areas, If they are not gonna take the time to be responsible and environmentally safe and care about their work, why not go out to these abandoned fields and just start all over again, that old piping is still in the ground way down there, and it could help with jobs for people, and it could help the state's economy again.....we can drill here too.

but who knows!?.....I'm just tired of crap like that just junked down in the ground and you always have to be safe and remember that oil/gas field equipment/junk is down there on your land!....It is percolating and boiling something crazy there...not capped off.....lol.....I think you could boil something down that piping the way it sounds...whatever is down there needs to be capped off or put to good use....

environmentally safe and responsible gas/oil companies need to be working, we don't need idiots who don't give a care and tear everything up and sling crap around everywhere and leave....

j

severe weather season is near.....

With it being storm season, I am thinking about how I need to be prepared for severe weather that occurs....I always have a severe weather safety plan to keep me safe...

Being in Oklahoma we know all about tornados, flash flooding, rain storms, hail storms, and terrible windy weather....AND we know we should always be on the lookout for severe weather occurring then know when and where it may appear, and how to keep safe....

I love weather, I am a weather nerd!...I also like listening in to the storm chasers following tornadic thunderstorm cells....and the local weather team reports/radars....online I watch NOAA weather and I look at the radars there online....I can follow the storms there and see where they are moving and how intense they may be....

One thing I have always wanted to go see is the National Weather Service(NWS) in Norman, Okla....I like that it is located here in my home state!.....I'm all nerd about weather gadgets/equipment, anything weather related....it is very interesting to me...

I have always been fascinated by the weather and how it all works...I enjoy watching thunderstorms form and collapse in the sky...I always look at cloud formations and how they build, form storms, and then sometimes collapse quickly...very beautiful...

I will forever have to live somewhere where there are thunderstorms, rains, and neato clouds....the colorful skies/clouds/storms with the sun in the background look like paintings they are so beautiful...

we always have to take weather seriously and keep ourselves informed at all times so when you are travelling or going outdoors you know what to watch out for, how to dress, how to drive in harsh weather events, and how to keep yourself safe....

weather radios are good to have at home--Sometimes if I get bored i just turn on my weather radio and listen to the local weather station talk on and on......Haha!......I think everyone should have a weather radio----you may have to program these for your local area, follow instructions manual.....I keep mine in my kitchen...it will ring loudly and alert you, then tell you when there is a tornado or storm in the area...I like that....it rings for a lot of things, other types of alerts, so it will tell you what is going on in your area...

other weather radio equipment will let you listen in to the storm chasers....they're always travelling and they are finding tornados, sometimes they don't find any, but it is exciting to watch the storm chasing teams on the highways and I think you can go storm chasing also, but it is dangerous...you have to be prepared to be excited and a little scared!...lol....

I have seen tornados from the highway driving home before, and I have sort of almost been in a tornado before....spooky all the sounds and then the aftermath of it's path was upsetting, cars in trees, people crawling out from under bridges covered in mud....emergency vehicles everywhere...a few people died in that tornado....so we always need to be prepared for tornados and severe weather....

storm shelters that we place in the ground help keep us safe and they need to have grand sized storm shelters underground in all towns in tornado prone areas, so all people can be safe.....

not many people have storm shelters so you can always remember to:

Get as low as possible, completely underground if you can

Put as many barriers between you and the outside as possible..

As far in the building as possible, away from windows/outside walls, in as small of a room as possible, cover your head with something, they said years ago use a bed mattress or many pillows to cover your body/head...and to get into the bathtub and cover yourself with a bed mattress....

there is information about tornado safety everywhere...when the tornado is approaching, quickly begin your safety precautions....you have to watch the local tv weather teams, and listen to what they say and the weather radio says....then whatever they say to do, you listen to their warnings on tv/radio...when driving, local radio stations sometimes give reports on the weather...

I know that it gets very exciting in the weather rooms for the local tv stations, because of everything going on during severe weather season!....

severe weather is very exciting to me, and I know it is a scary situation for many, but you just have to be prepared and know what to do when it approaches.....

I enjoy the local weather team's severe weather preparation program it is very informative and a great way to learn all about the local weather in the area...they also have severe weather lectures/seminars at the schools to inform everyone...it is a wonderful thing that they do that for the public...

we always need to be thankful for our local weather-men and weather-ladies....

I love weather.

local adult baseball teams, baseball caps...

Woke up this morning and the weather is very rainy.....It is so nice to finally have the rain clouds churning out raindrops...Peaceful and nice...I like rainy days, so do the crops and livestock!

I went to the local Dollar Store yesterday and I like to shop/look in those stores for items when I cannot drive 50miles to the local chain store for items I need....I found yesterday 2 plastic party cups one is a smaller Shopkins cup and the other is a full size cup that has Strawberry Shortcake on it...each just $1/with tax added to each ya know?...lol....I am weird about juice in the morning w/breakfast so I like to have a small cup for my juice always...haha.....Shopkins for that one, and I can drink other beverages in the Strawberry Shortcake cup, the had several different ones, they're just party cups but they are cute and durable!...

I saw a few guys outside playing on the baseball field yesterday near the school, when I was driving past on the highway, it makes me think about baseball game time again here pretty soon!..Spring is almost here and they will be practicing more and more for the season...

it would be so neat, if they could have local adult baseball teams!....I know so many guys have to let go of their baseball playing with a team after they complete highschool/college....and it would be something good for any adult male to take part in baseball playing again....I think it would be nice, gives others something to take part in, and support in your local hometowns...compete against other local towns, have uniforms, everything just like highschool/college had.....they need coaches, umpires, a field that has bases/chalked/worked well, well ventilated roofed stands with seating.....and concession stands...

I see that many sports stores are ready for baseball season and they have gloves, batter's gloves, cleats(shoes), safety garments, bats, baseballs, helmets, uniforms, scoreboards, everything you need to start a baseball team and get it going!...and baseball caps....I know many people wear baseball caps all year....I even have baseball caps I wear sometimes...I think they look nice on people...you can have a plain baseball cap, or you can have a logo/brand cap, or a baseball team cap, MLB or your local baseball team favorite!...oh, I like baseball caps....

sunglasses are also something that I like!...I wear sunglasses all the time to protect my eyes from the sun...they have all kinds of sunglasses and I like just about all of them...I just wear affordable sunglasses, you have to take care of them all the time, and know where your sunglasses are when you take them off.....I always take good care of my sunglasses, they are good to wear on sunny days, and I always wear them when I attend baseball games....they have many designs/colors/shapes---just whatever you like and can afford....

I like to purchase a pickle, or a pack of sunflower seeds to snack on while watching the games....sometimes, i like a fresh hot dog, or just nachos with pickled pepper slices/chili/cheese, or a small bag of popcorn, sometimes just a candy bar...sometimes just a Gatorade/PowerAde! I like those to drink and water...that's my favorites, and they also have sodas like Coke and Dr.Pepper...my favorites--when I am ok to drink those......?!

when I create nachos I like to always prepare them with Ricos, La Preferida, La Costena those brands--ingredients....I like Hormel chili....I like pickled pepper slices on my nachos--always...I liked creating nachos at the baseball concession stand....tortilla chips I like the brands--Mission, Santitas, Tostitos, On the Border, Calidad, Herdez--all good I like them...I also like fresh restaurant style tortilla chips too with queso, pico de gallo, bean dip...

concession stands are just apart of attending a baseball game, all apart of the atmosphere of the season....I have worked the local baseball concessions before and it is a lot of work and you have to keep all your foods temperatured and make sure you have no foods spoiling and causing salmonella!...icky! a nice clean concession stand that is air conditioned with a serving window is always needed!...and a portable cash register!...a lot easier for concession stand workers/help!...lol...

oh it would be nice to have a local adult baseball team in all the hometowns--it would be good for everyone to get out and socialize, make good friends, and take part in playing baseball and supporting the baseballs teams...be serious about playing, but NEVER lower ourselves to fighting at any sports competition or anywhere ever and NEVER yell awful things at the players/coaches/umpires/attendees....nice coaches who are trustworthy, never belittle the players, let everyone play!....

ALWAYS be kind, helpful, friendly, polite and socialize nicely with others, say hello, and be respectful always!.... 

an adult baseball league needs to be well-organized, and planned, with people who can schedule games, practices, and purchase uniforms/equipment...it's all fun...

julie

sunday tradition.... wednesday night bible study group....

I received in the mail my Oriental Trading catalog for Spring/Easter....I once again like every item in it....so cute and sweet for Easter...I think of creating Easter baskets with cellophane, plush animals, candies, and any of the items from the catalog!...lol...You can also create adult Easter baskets with word searches, Easter pens, candies, or anything fun for Easter....just laugh and celebrate Easter! I always like to find Christian and Jesus related items from this catalog for Easter and be gifted those also...items with crosses, Jesus emblems, Bible verses on them, just anything like that...

In about a month it will be Easter Sunday, and that has always been a very important and special day to us because of Jesus Christ risen from the tomb....And I always think about the celebrating that day with hiding Easter eggs, being gifted an Easter basket, ( for the very young or older), we always create an Easter cake and after church services have a nice dinner with friends/family that you love and care about!...decorated brightly and all Easter/Christian items...

It has always been a lot of fun waking up on Easter morning attending church and creating Easter artwork, then having an Easter egg hunt, opening Easter Baskets filled with bright pastel colorful items, at my Grandparents...it is all exciting and we always remember why we celebrate Easter---for Jesus...

today is sunday and I think about bible study groups, attending church services, preparing sunday noon meal(anything you want to prepare!) with friends/family, because when we are friends we are a family, many people all they have are their good friends they can always rely on to be their family, so I always think about friends! and you want to invite them over to share sunday at church with you, go to a Bible Study with you, and have them over for noon sunday meal you have prepared, (even if you just go order a pizza!).....lol.

fellowship is something I believe we all need to take part in on sundays, and make sundays a holy day in your life, and continue that tradition!....handing out Bibles is always something good we can do for people, and maybe gift them a nice bookmark also...let them know you care when you gift someone a book as good as the Bible, it changes everyone's life, once you let God into your heart and you accept Jesus Christ as your savior.....things in your life start to change and you change for the better...

everybody makes mistakes, but once you go to God and follow him, allow him and Jesus into your life and heart, your life will become much better and you will feel better, being a Christian opens so many doors to many more good opportunities and the chance to meet good people, to help you find a much better, cleaner, safer, happier life...always take anything Christian serious...it's your life.

that is why I love being a Christian because I am a happier person, I care about myself and others, I care about the world, I have hope, and I want to make good things happen for the world, and END evil....good things can/will happen it just takes time!

I love it when I see people give their life to God and I start to see them happier, see them changing, seeing them making good nice friends, who want to jump into creating goodness for the world and their surrounding communities, their countries....

Being baptized is also so very special and life changing, I was baptized and I take that very seriously, once you are baptized you feel much better after giving God the reins to your life....he's in control.

Wednesday nights are good nights for the middle of the week so you can enjoy fellowship at the church or an establishment that others can attend, Maybe rent a building for a few hours on Wednesday nights, you know, something like that---if you don't have a church to attend, maybe have a Wednesday night bible study group at someone's home, you can have Bible study, refreshments, and have board games, checkers, etc... to play there afterward......you can also practice your music for choir, church musical instruments/band.....and sing for choir practice, something like all these ideas...these are all things I have taken part in....or just practice band music of your own....

Wednesday night fellowship just helps to keep God in your heart and mind throughout the week and a way to socialize with like-minded others....you have something to look forward to on Wednesdays!.....You can have refreshments and maybe pizza or snacks after your Bible lesson/study...this is also good for the children, when they are in a controlled setting and being tended to by a good trustworthy person/children's Bible teacher...

also on Wednesday nights you can create a women's group to meet and after the Bible study, the group of women can get together, chat, talk about issues in the surrounding area and the world, then plan out ways to have fundraisers for your church or study group to help with local events/projects, tackle tough issues that need helpful ideas, or maybe bring an issue or new idea to the table that you think needs attention from the community.....All us girls need to get out there, get together and clean things up!!! Think about things we can change in the world and our surrounding communities, bring goodness to the world, make it safer, cleaner, happier for all of us....we will all feel better when we get together and clean things up everywhere!...

men can also have Christian group meetings as well, just work on good projects to clean up the world and constantly invite others to attend a meeting with you....be serious, but enjoy socializing!...lol......make more friends, get to know others who are working on creating a Christian path to follow in their life...it helps to make everyone feel much better about everything...men have many good ideas and want to know how to tackle tough issues also, so they can work on those together too....men can have the groups too, bringing good things to the surrounding areas/world also.

I know that some stupid snobby idiots in the world have taken part in stupid things before and given Christians a bad reputation, but that's not how real Christians are!...

I am so embarrassed/angered by those snobs for the stupid things/bad attention they have brought to others who are attending church!!!....Real Christians are accepting, never judgemental, want to change the world, follow the Bible, never snobby, never idol worship, never greedy, never terrible to family members or anyone else, allow everyone into their church, no matter what they look like, how much money they have or their social status in life! Who cares about that stuff!----Allow all people who wish to attend a church into your church, that's what they are for!.....

Real Christians---they want to make good things happen for the world, make good changes!  and rid the world of all evil.

You never look your snobby nose down on someone who wants to attend church or treat someone awful who is working toward being a Christian....there are so many people who have made mistakes, so many people who have been abused, and have terrible addictions, who want to make good changes in their life, all church doors should be open to all people, that's what God wants....always be supportive to others who want to join your church and be supportive to those who want to become a Christian....everyone can be a Christian if/when they want to!

love, Julie

allergies, asthma, water mold....

Spring will be here soon, and I know that my allergies and asthma problems will become much worse!

The wind was terrible the other day/night and I started sneezing Achoo!...haha...I had to have an allergy medication, I take Benadryl 1 or 2 a day is all....they make you very tired, but it is the only allergy medication that works for me, over the counter....just be prepared to rest, don't drive, and make sure you don't have any other medication you are taking that could interact awful with a Benadryl...

when I was a child I had to have allergy tests and allergy shots all the time from an Allergy Specialist and I know that I like Allergy Specialists and they are needed for those with the allergies/asthma problems that are severe like mine...

I have been tested for many things, I am not allergic to any cats or animals surprisingly because so many people have dander allergies, but I'm not allergic to them, I am allergic to things that are molds, pollens, certain plants/trees, soaps, some smokes, wasp stings, detergents, dyes in some fabrics, overwhelming candles/fragrance oils,  loud stinky perfumes....

I have to use an asthma inhaler when I am having allergic reactions to things in the air, so I start to cough and I am wheezy, I take a puff off of the asthma inhaler and I go on!...it is a genius invention, and saves so many lives of asthma sufferers!

hypo-allergenic items are something I always use when I can find them, we probably need more of those all the time for more items to be hypo-allergenic....I have sensitive skin....I get itchy.

I know that water mold is everywhere near the ponds and the creeks, those old trees that are dead, falling down need to be taken out with a bulldozer, pushed down,  taken from near the creeks so they can dry out some on the banks edge...areas need cleaned up of old dead trees/vegetations, along with old moldy houses that are hazards...it could help some....

I just cough and I get bronchitis all the time and it starts out with a bad case of the sneezes!...the wind carries a lot of it outdoors, and dust off of the road is terrible and you constantly have to vacuum and dust to keep the house clean, dust all the time....my lungs hurt when I have bronchitis and cough/sneeze all the time...stress can also cause illness like this.

I have felt miserable with asthma/allergies my whole life and miserable with many other things in my life, like idiot people in my family and that stupid town--who won't leave me alone, and other things, but oh well, I battle my way through it all...nobody cares....lol

livestock sale barns....

I have been to many livestock sales for years, even when I was a child I was going to the livestock sales.

One thing I have always noticed is that when you have way too many cattle crowding a large pen, you need to always have plenty of shade, enough water/feed troughs, and extra pen room for the cattle to all be rested and nourished before the sale....Sales can last all into the late hours of the evening and the cattle get tired and weary before they are sold....

Too many local sale barns are in poor shape and are neglected, and when they don't have any shade for the large pens that is terrible!....

When you go into the sale barn seated area to watch the sales, there NEVER is enough room to be seated there indoors, and it is always too nasty stinky dirty to even watch a sale indoors, and then they have concession in another room and serve the refreshments there at your seats with all the dust flying!....haha!...I've been to these sales for years and I sometimes would rather set outside and enjoy a Coke and nachos and watch the cattle sale than ingest dirt and stink....

I know I sound whiny about it all, and it is just a damn cattle sale, that's how those are, but when you have asthma and you are trying to watch your animals be sold, you want to be comfortable, especially when you are kind of nervous already from loading your animals at home into the trailers, and driving them to the sale safely and properly....most people get very nervous about it! 

you always have to make sure you trailer doors are all latched right!!!....I have seen so many sad things happen, and you need good flooring in the bottom of your trailers that are solid with no holes, baby calves can be injured terribly when their feet go through the bottom, I have seen so much sadness when others have been jacked up bad and hauling cattle!....oh it makes me upset and angry at those idiot people!

another thing that I don't like is that when you are at a cattle sale and there are messed up hillbillies yelling at the livestock in the sale room pen, and throwing ice and paper cups into the pen at the animals!...It is stupidity, abusive, and ignorant!!...I hate these hillbillies...It is very cruel to the already stressed out animals in the sale room pen...sick of this behavior from others! they are rude and disgusting people! very inhumane.

concessions need to be clean and evaluated, they need good clean workers working on sale days.

office help needs work, those women behave stupidly and talk nasty, they're not good people, some of them that are older are very nice, and helpful....they're not all that way, BUT most of them are disgusting and I don't like them handling any money or information when they know hillbilly relatives too well....they need to all be good people working these offices as well, so there are no bad events taking place in the offices....we need good trustworthy people...working everything!...lol..

I just have seen too much neglect and nastiness at these sale barns and I don't think we need bad people ruining things or abusing animals all the time in the pens either..they need more padded nudging sticks and do not need to be constantly yelling at the animals!...they just yell and yell at them, these people are all messed up on something, I can see that....makes me upset and very angry!

sale barns need to be monitored, need security cameras in the parking lots, and they need to be constantly watched and evaluated, they just need a ton of work, too many bad people at these and there's always theft, fights, or something nasty going on.....I have had to attend these alone before and it is upsetting...

I am tough, but I get sick of this crap at the sale barns, they need to step it up and make things work right, behave properly and hire people who want to make things work right and people who know how to behave nicely....sick of hillbillies all the time ruining things..

julie

music at home....and local music...

Music, singing, playing music, reading sheet music, learning songs, has always been very therapeutic for me...When I am stressed, or have any upsets, maybe I am happy at times, I just have to always be listening to music at the moment or I need to get lost in music to get away from how I am feeling right then....or whatever I may be going through.....music has always been there to help me.

I believe that everyone needs to be involved in music in some way by singing, playing instruments, learning to understand music or also writing songs, having a band, or just singing with friends when you have extra time......singing karaoke is also fun and a good way to forget your worries, and laugh/ have fun! listening to the radio when you are working on things and have access to the radio, well, turn it on! sing along!

I have always been so intrigued by people who are able to have a band of their own and make it work locally, you just sing and play in your band because you LOVE music!...these local bands that play at clubs, festivals, venues they just get out there and sing/play because they love music and to perform for others.....that's why I like local bands/musicians because they are always available in the area to go listen to and watch.....we need more of them locally...

I like to sing a lot and everyone says that I can sing very well and I appreciate that, I guess I'm ok as a singer!.....haha!...I like to be creative and sing at all times....it's more fun with friends there to sing/play music with you...

One thing that I have always wanted to have on my property is my own personal space!---a music building!...I'd give anything to have a nice sound proof building with acoustics and plenty of room for me and my friends who are singers and musicians to just play music in this building and sing there too!...maybe even have a medium sized stage there with all the equipment to get things going with the music/singing.....microphones, amplifiers, etc... all the equipment and instruments available...it would be a good way to socialize with friends and just de-stress!....just a creative space for music and performing.....and in the building--- a kitchenette/rest room....wow what a dream!....also plenty of coffee.....lol....

oh well, dream on Julie!..... :(

I love music.

music is great.

nascar.....

It is time for the Nascar races to start!

I like watching the races on the tv and I always choose a car and cheer for it to win.

Race car driving and racing is something I think I would enjoy on a speedway...lol.....

Many different branded cars race on the speedway and want to win, sometimes it can be dangerous and it is always exciting...I have never been to an actual Nascar race I just have watched a few on tv throughout the years...

saw an advertisement in the paper about Nascar, I know many fans are excited to watch the Nascar races!

j.

it's my birthday......

Happy Birthday to me!

enjoyed early Birthday dinner with my family on Saturday...

Blue Margarita. always frozen.

I'm exhausted, but I have made it another year!

another year older, another year wiser.

no birthday cake for me, I like cheesecake.

j.

sport at the mountains.....rattlesnakes....

I enjoy going to the local mountain range(Wichita Mountains) and I like to go fishing, boating, wave running at the lakes nearby....There are also many other sports that you can enjoy there at the mountains....

Hiking and Biking on the trails are always a good way to get out there and take part in a day of fun there, and it is also good to camp at the campsites and have picnics..all of those areas need some work, they are older everyday!.....We always had picnics there when we had school field trips to the local museums----the US Army Field Artillery Museum, Museum of the Great Plains, Comanche National Museum & Cultural Center is newer, it is nice!...we always have enjoyed those museums...

another outdoor activity that is exciting but rather dangerous is mountain climbing/rappelling....I have watched others take part in these with safety gear and harness, it is very dangerous and you have to have a trainer or guide to help you if you don't know what you are doing....always wear safety gear when you are involved in any of these activities.....I know that a few of my friends have taken part in these activities at the mountain range.....

one thing I know is that it is illegal to take anything from the mountain refuge even the rocks, you cannot take them!...people try to take them all the time....and always stay away from the wildlife on the wildlife refuge there, you can look at them from a car window, but stay in your car and keep driving! it is very dangerous to try and pet or feed them, buffalos are dangerous and the elk need to be respected also....as well as all of nature there....

after enjoying a few hours of activities we always like to have a meal at Ann's Country Kitchen or Meers Store/Restaurant, any restaurant in Medicine Park....it's all historic....so pretty but needs work..i enjoy meals here at all of these restaurants......my stupid hillbilly family have all ruined beautiful things there for years even before I was born...terrible!  :(

rattlesnakes are also everywhere at the mountain range, I had a great uncle and aunt that lived nearby the mountain range and they had a rattlesnake get into their house through a screen door and into the laundry room!.....

There are so many rattlesnakes locally and I like that they have a Rattlesnake Festival in Apache, I always loved going to the festival, I enjoy the carnival games and the Rattlesnake showings that they have....always watch out for rattlesnakes they have told us forever!....lol....and parking is terrible!

disgusting things on the internet....icky!

I like having the ability to go online and find helpful information and learn about all things, BUT I find it very disturbing and upsetting when I am typing in an animal and something upsetting, disgusting, nasty, shows up in an image or a link about animals....weirdo animal abusers!!!

and then there's all those nasty websites those nasty girls from my hometown have all been chatting on and meeting people to do nasty things with!...icky! they all kept on talking about meeting people online and going to their homes and sleeping with them!...they didn't even know those people! they're stupid for taking part in that! dangerous....those girls are all nasty!....

i just think that this kind of behavior they have all been taking part in online is disgusting, and those nasty images and online videos that are creepy weirdo like those, need to be taken down, it's upsetting when you see something like that online when you are just looking online at informative websites about nothing nasty, and then something gag nasty and upsetting shows up on the page instead!!!....

there has to be a way to take down that upsetting weirdo stuff off the internet, all kinds of sick abuse and nasty filth online and things all these nasty creeps have all been apart of all over the world!...there's no need for that crap online!.....

all kinds of disgusting nasty pornography needs to be gone from this world, that crap belongs in a trash bin!, just disgusting things i have heard all these nasty women talk about....it makes me vomit! i know that there are types of videos for couples and they're for them, BUT this nasty pornography crap is just disgusting/upsetting with millions of people sleeping together at once, animal abuse(i cry over this!) and people being sexually abused, along with children!...it is a disgusting nasty business when all those things go on with people anywhere! and they make money off of it!....evil....they all need to be gone from the earth and take their nasty online crap with them!

that upsetting stuff should not be allowed to go on....it makes people think about nasty things all the time when it is constantly right out there for people to see all the time....everything is too sexual all the time with everything.....i wish that life could be more innocent instead of nastiness with people all the time, that's all these idiots near here have ever done is sleep around with anyone/everything and constantly think about sex and take stupid worthless drugs!!!...upsetting!..i am sick of it!!!!!!

These people near here are so weirdo, nasty, and boring!..there's more to life than all that nastiness! go out and help the world or work toward something good!, make a good difference in the world, don't support or take part in that disgusting nastiness like those weirdos!

j.

antique stores.....

I went to a new local small town Dollar General store yesterday...It was very clean and nice, the shelves were stocked and it had everything....Having dollar stores locally available in the small towns that are too far from cities are a relief to all the local small town people!...You don't have to travel 50 miles or more to purchase a box of tissues!....lol.

while driving through another local small town I noticed  a lot of old antique stores...I like antiques but I was given by my great grandparents many antiques that are from the pioneer days when everyone was trying to survive life here on the plains....I have many of those that I have been given....I even have old cooking utensils, flour sack dress, quilts, long skirt....old glassware, just many items like that....mine are mostly farming antiques, just the days of a lot of tough people and tough work....they just did whatever tough work they had to do back then and went on with life...

having these antiques from my own family members makes them that much more special to me, because that's my family!....I appreciate the antiques and anything any family member gifts me, you know, it's just special when your family leaves you something from their days of life....

I have been in antique stores before and they are always full of old items, I like to look in them sometimes on lazy days in small towns with my Grandma, seems as though there are always plenty of antiques stores to browse through....lol......I have attended estate sales before in towns and they always auction off many antiques there also....I like items with flowers on them when looking at the stores...I guess that people have always loved flower prints...I know that I enjoy them....there is also a lot of antique jewelry....I like that too. 

I don't need any local antiques or anything I was just looking in the windows yesterday at some of the items and thinking about all the old antiques I have from the old days and how much they mean to me because they are from my family.....

j.

africa and others....

I know that many countries are unsettled and that there is so much devastation, poverty and sadness going on in those countries, it also takes place here in the United States!

One of the horrible events that goes on is poaching wildlife, and I know that many exotic animals like the Tigers, elephants, and rhinos, and the list goes on are killed for their hides and tusks!...I cry about all this awfulness that goes on..i want that to end!!!..I know that Africa has many evil terrible people who set out to hurt/kill/harm many innocent creatures, and even the human population there in Africa...it is sickening and angers me!

I cannot even begin to think about what terrible events take place in Africa and in the villages to many innocent people who are being attacked all the time...Africa needs help all the time, and I know that maybe someday it will all be cleaned up of evil.....People there need to have towns, businesses, and to be settled and have peace, happiness, and never starve or be terrified ever again....as should all countries all over the world...we should all be able to be happy, and have peace...We just need to rid the world of all evil people who threaten, attack, kill, harm all innocent creatures and humans...I just believe that the world can and will find peace and happiness someday...No one should ever give up on having peace, happiness, for the world...

Many Christian Missionaries have always flown to Africa to help out with distributing medicines and food to the suffering people and I have always admired the Christian Missionaries and all the good work they all bring to the world....they have flown to so many countries and brought with them many good medicines, food, and they have also taught many people how to work things that will help them to drink/filter water for cleanliness and how to prepare food, I just think that all people need to bring goodness all the time like that to help those in need all over the world, not just in Africa but all countries who struggle with devastation, danger, hunger, sickness everyday.....

water is something that all countries struggle with, and even here in the US we struggle with water cleanliness and water filtration....water is very important to everyone and we need to figure out how to purify water so all countries will be cleaner and safer...water carries so much illness when it is contaminated, and that is very upsetting!...it should be clean for everyone....

I've always wanted to help out with Christian Missionaries work and help people all over the world like that to help make the world a better place and bring God's word to everyone....We all need God!....it makes me very happy to see good events like that take place!....everyone can change the world together when we all work together all over the world to rid the world of evil and fight evil to bring peace and goodness to everyone!

I know that they donate items to these countries all the time, but I know that things need to continually change, bad people need to be gone, and the people need to want to make things better in their own countries, you have to try all the time and want to make good changes in your life, and your surroundings, I just think these areas need to be settled and all people need to work together to try and help their areas...it can happen if they all try and work together, they need to learn to be self-sufficient and be trained to keep themselves safe, and know how to run things properly...everyone in every country can achieve greatness in their own country.....when things get better this can happen! and I know they will....

I am aware of the terrible events that take place all over the world in many countries, I was just looking at a news story last night in the newspaper and saw something about Africa....things will get better in time for everyone....we just have to want things to change and work toward peace all of us together fighting evil!

julie

lake clean up.....

I've been thinking about going fishing in the spring, it will be here soon! I enjoy going to the lake...

I like going to the lakes and fishing and then throwing the fish back, and I know that a person needs to purchase a fishing permit to fish in some of the lakes, it may be all lakes you need the permit to fish in here in Oklahoma...

Many of the lakes have been severely neglected and abused by many nasty lake goers...it makes me upset to see trashes floating on the lakes and to see old pieces of machinery thrown in to the lakes...many boaters party on the boats throughout the years and I have seen them throw trash into the lakes before...stupid people...they just trash up everything here!

I know that lakes need to be cleaned and debris should be removed from the lakes because nobody needs to be swimming/fishing/boating in trash!...They have house boats at some of the lakes and I know that they are very filthy, partying all the time and once again trash is everywhere!...it is sad how neglected everything is and ruined by filthy hillbilly people, who do not appreciate and protect nature and all it's creatures....and they do not respect others.

The lakes need to be replenished with fish all the time from hatcheries, and the other lake inhabitants need to be there, except those water snakes! yikes!....lol.

There are many bait shops locally available at the lakes and they need to be clean and kept up nice, restored some of them, near here, in the area of Porter Hill, Oklahoma they have a bait shop and it needs work, the whole area is nice but it all needs work and to be cleaned, I like the area but it needs many more businesses, it's historic....the local lakes are well known as problem areas with bad people, and it just annoys everyone who wants to go out and enjoy a day of fishing, water skiing, wave running, boating......fishing and wave running are my favorites at the lake!

Oklahoma has beautiful vast lakes with a lot of potential, they just need many more businesses readily available at the lakes, it would be very nice to have nice looking shops/restaurants at the marinas here....and nice rest stops, camping grounds there also, that are safe and have lights at night in parking lots, security cameras and more on call security....

a lot of trash needs to be cleaned up and gone from these areas, so they will be beautiful and not nasty looking....it would be great for the area and the economy, more jobs available maybe?

day dreaming about fishing in the spring..lol..