Give me such joy

What's left of my back yard roses ...

I live in the woods

I do not take care of them at all

I do walk around and talk to them

I tell them how nice they smell

How pretty they are

I trim them and try to kill the bugs

I need to do better

I say that every year

I'm sad to see them go

I do enjoy them

My wild roses that give me such joy

Coffee Memo Monday

Monday Coffee Memo

Coffee ~ Seattle's Best French Roast .. very nice. Bought some vanilla lowfat powdered creamer at Safeway. Now, I will not run out and be pulling my hair out ... which I don't need help with .. it's falling out on it's own ...

Headaches ~ when will the buzz saws and blurry vision stop ? I'm not really asking I'm complaining at this point. I try to pretend that I don't have it. I eat advil like it's candy. I wish. Nothing like the leftovers of being in a coma. I'm almost at the four year mark ... I promise to stop now ... just needed to vent. It's the Siamese in me.

Painting ~ Mr. Boatman got the main part of the house painted. He's working on the trim. He got most of the front trim done. Supposed to rain for a few days. He's really busy but I will keep on him til he gets 'it' done. He volunteered to do this. I wanted to hire someone. I'm not complaining like I was before. Didn't want you to get confused.

Cats ~ Ashton is so cute. I know ... but he is. Every meowning he runs down the stairs and jumps into his box. Look at the photos from Saturday. I think the box will stay in my entry hall til it falls apart or Ashton finds another way to entertain himself.

Weather ~ It's been so nice. Sunny. Warm. Supposed to rain this week which will bring in the cooler weather. I can't believe that it will be October this week. I want June back. Give it back to me !!!

I find that with Mr. Boatman's new job ... yes, he left his other one to work for a better one .. at least that was the sales pitch that landed him. What does Mr. Boatman do you ask ? He's a phone expert. Designs the insides ... what they can do ... anyway, with this new job will be lots and lots and lots of traveling.

Which means that I, the cat lover, will be by my lonesome ... more than I usually am. What to do with this extra time ? That is the problem ...

I will be coming up with things to do ... making that list ... creating ideas ... fixing up this old house ... yes, I know that is a tv show, maybe write that novel ... ha ha like that's ever going to happen, maybe travel ... what .. where ... and who would take the purr gang ... things to ponder ...

And, with that ... I will also consider whether this blogging thing is me ... I've been doing it for a few months. I do enjoy typing out my thoughts and taking those nifty swifty photos ... but, am I a good blogger ? I don't think so. I've found some awesome blogs and some cool ones and some funny ones. I haven't quite found my nitche ... and how do you spell that word ? And, why don't they have spell check on here ?

And the most important question of the day ...
How's your coffee ?

Busy playing laser tag

Ashton ran down stairs first thing and jumped into his box. He's been sleeping and taking all his personal meetings there. This morning he asked Jasmine to forward his calls to his box. She responded like any Siamese sister would ...

I'm busy playing laser tag with Al. Take your own messages.

Typical Saturday

What's it like at your house ?

Celebrate

What I did this week ..

Went boating with Mr. Boatman

He was on a mini vacation

Photos ~ ducks on Lk WA near where we keep our boat

Water from the back of our boat

We named her after my dog who loved to swim

Mr Boatman in his element

What we drank to celebrate

What did you do ?

In A Box ...

Ashton was in a box

Riley wanted to be in the box

Ashton left the box

Riley went in the box

Al had been in a box

He left the box

Ashton went in the box

Riley went in the box

Al sat on Mr. Boatman's lap

Jasmine sat in the window

I took photos

Monday Memories

Although it is only Sunday night, I have decided to remember Monday and the memories I have of Summer. I put together a few pictures from my Ocean vacation. Some of the grass, a couple of the sand and of course the Ocean. I added the crane from my little beach place. Just cause I got a close up of it with my new camera which I think is about the coolest thing ever.

Fall is here. It was cold this morning. Fog was coating the hills. By mid morning, the sun was warming me up again but it was that thought of thinking about turning the heat on. Just that thought .. means that Summer is gone. Oh but not forgotten ..

I know that what I did this Summer only exists in my world. The things I saw. The way it made me feel. The smell of the air. The water rolling in. The moment that I ran back and forth collecting shells. Those all belong to me.

I wanted you to see .. what I saw ... what I felt ... for just one more moment.

On this Monday that I think is meant for Memories ...

(Oh and you are welcome .. I did it for you as much as I did it for me )

Perplexed ...

So here goes ...

I am over weight. Have been for several years.

Last year I lost twenty lbs. Felt so good about myself.

Around July of last year, it slowly started to come back.

Not that I did anything ... really. I just started to eat .. again.

I eat whole wheat pasta, whole wheat rice, whole wheat bread.

Fake all organic chips. Meat. Fish. Basically, organic foods.

Now, in my struggle to figure out .. what the h double l's ..

is going on.

I have given up all pasta. I don't even know what chips look like.

I don't even stop by their row to admire from a far.

Chocolate ... what's that. I bought one slice of cake to share on my birthday.

We even did that for another family birthday.

I've eaten so many veggies .. I think that broccoli is the new four letter word.

I've looked on line. Maybe I have thyroid problems.

Only everything says that most things don't work.
It seems that anything I put in my mouth .. lowfat or not ... makes me gain weight.

Do I exercise ? No, I do not.

Why ? After my coma, my right side is weak.

It sometimes likes to go a different direction than the rest of my old body.

I hope that this stops. The weight gain. I feel like a cherry ... plumb as can be.

I am in a good mood about all this. What else can I do ?

To gain weight when you're eating nothing fun is insane.

Go to a Dr ? No Way ... won't go to them anymore.

It's just me and figuring out what to do.

Just wanted to get it all out there ...

Been one of those frustrating months ...

Even diet dinners make me gain weight ...

I'm down to water ...

Not that I feel sorry for myself ...

I'm just perplexed to the max ...

Wordless Wednesday

One Look Says It All

There Once Was A Box

There once was a big box.

I had to go in.

I looked Silly when I did.

Just A Nice Day ...

In the evening known as Sunday, I am looking into the future ...

Monday and the week ahead.

I had a lovely ... isn't that a great word .. day. Mostly by myself.

As most of my days seem to be.

It was warm out for a Fall day. High seventies which is rather nice.

I worked a bit in the yard with the girls .. of course ... coming out with me.

Anytime I left Maddy Jean in the back, to go in the front.

She would bark to let me know that I wasn't .. there ... right when she wanted me to be.

Maddy is a funny dog. She was a Winter puppy and has always had me be out with her.

She still needs me to go outside with her. She turns her head to look at me ... to make sure

that I'm staying. She plays in her den ... a fern hill with toys hidden here and of course there.

I wait til she is usually running with a football or on her back in the dirt.

She'll still look but keep playing. Not today though. She needed me to be with her.

I gave up working on the front yard and went in the back with her.

Bella doesn't really worry if I'm not with her. She knows I'll be back.

Maybe it's a Summer dog versus a Winter one.

Or, that she is more interested in the world around her.

Maddy Jean is kind of stuck in puppyhood.

Bella is the older and wiser sister after all.

It was one of those days where you want to stop the clock.

Not that anything grand or special happened.

It was just a nice day.

How was your Sunday ?

What ...

What you looking at ?

It's Sunday

I can do what I want ...

Spiders Everywhere

It seems like there are

SPIDERS

everywhere

Tis the Season

I guess

In The Bag ...

Riley Has Friday  In The Bag

Clouds ...

Since I got my new camera, I have been trying to do photos ...

Last weekend, while it was a bit rainy, I took a few cloud shots.

Yesterday Chronicles of A Country Girl blogged about storyboards.

She mentioned how to do them. I being a Silly Siamese ... I'm really just the Mom to one but, I think if enough Seal Point fur gets on you, it counts ... anyway, I thought I'd try it.

First, I don't have photo shop even though I have something that says it's photo shop. What I do have is Microsoft Digital Image Suite. I tried last night & it kept making my collage disappear when I cropped it. It did it again this morning. So, for now I have given up. Well, not really but I needed more coffee .. and got up. This is what I did .. it needs to be fixed but what the heck ...

At Last ...

The Latest News is that George .. no need for last names ... has a new girl friend. Well, I am so relieved. I was so worried for him. Being all alone. Now, I can sit back & pet the Fur Gang. George has a date for Saturday night ... at last. And, one so close to his age too ...

Maddy & Bella

Maddy Jean ..

Bella

On this foggy Tuesday, I thought I would share with you the latest photos taken of 'My Girls'.

I think they are the cutest older dogs in the world.

Tell me about your dogs ?

Monday Meeting

The three boys had a Monday Meeting

I grabbed the camera and it came out fuzzy

I still have to figure out this new photo taker

Don't I ?

Pawfect ...

It's Sunday

Rainy Meowning
Dogs are playing
Bella sat with me
Let me pet her
Velvet Ears
Maddy Jean found
An old squeekie bone

Mr. Boatman is fixing things
It's very quiet
Windy
Clouds are rolling in

We might go to a fair
Later today
If the weather
Doesn't
Pour On Us


Just a Peaceful
Sunday
In My World


How's your Sunday ?

Today's Pick Is ...

Riley playing with the Cat Dancer

It's a Drippy Saturday Meowning
Wetness has arrived

Yesterday was nice for a while
One of those Sunny Almost Fall days
I sat out back with my girls
I told them they needed to take it all in
That the Wets were going to arrive
And, we did enjoy
And, the wets did arrive

This Meowning I am enjoying
My coffee
Today's pick is
Starbucks Limited Reserve
South Tanzania .. Extra Bold
Not bad .. I like it
Would I buy it again ... Yes
Is it a Favorite ... not quite yet

Mr. Boatman needs to go to the Beach House
I'm going to go with him 
I'm the entertainment ... ok, just realized 
That you may take that the wrong way
(think what you would like)

Going to take the girls  
But not the cats .. this time

Been thinking about my life
And what I want to do with it
That seems to be an ever on going theme
In my life
I can remember doing the same thing
When I was 16, 18, 21, 24, ....

Do you know what you want to do ?

What I'm doing NOW ...

(Go to the bottom of my blog & turn off the music ... so, you don't get both going at the same time)

The siding is done ...

That was just too much fun for an old lady ...

I just got done adding music to my blog

I had SO MUCH FUN

I have to thank

Susan at Between Naps On The Porch

She was sharing blog secrets

I always wanted YOUR SONG by ELTON JOHN

To be playing

And, now I do

Plus a few other songs too

I went to High School in the early 70's

Yes, I'm an old lady now but Man did I have fun

And, I went to college & joined a sorority

Line Danced to the Doobie Brothers

Listened to Billy Joel tell me I was ok

Just the Way I was

Which I needed to hear after my

Major college love broke my heart

Brandy made me feel like it was ok that

the guy I liked didn't like me

cause I could go on ... just like she did

Oh, and Janis ... come on ...

 who doesn't love her song

And, Carol sang to my soul

Friends ...  That's what I had

After the said boy ... and he was

I see that now

Anyway, they got me through

Joe told me the same thing

I just heard him yesterday

So, when I figured out how to do this

I had to add him

I have to tell you .. I am a Rock & Roll Gal

Mr. Boatman was in a band when I met him

I had no idea he was a Nerdy Guy

Getting his Masters Degree

I just knew that he played guitar

In a Rock & Roll band

(no they didn't play much longer but

it sure was fun on weekends)

I'm sure I'll change these around

A Bit with time but my favorite song

The one that I fell in love with in

Junior High & again in college is

Your Song by Elton John

Damn Life Is Good ...

I wish I was Miss Daisy

I went to Costco yesterday. Mr. Boatman signed us up two weeks ago. (We were members a long time ago. They moved & we just didn't go anymore. Been five or more years. Mr. Boatman decided we should join .. again. Who am I to say no to shopping.)

As I was walking around with my cart, I past by a huge display of bulbs. Daffodils, Hyacinths, Tulips .. I just wanted to take them home with me.

It's the SEASON FOR PLANTING BULBS ..

I put a lot of them in our wooded yard .. when we first moved here ... some fifteen years ago. Due to the wooded environment & the visiting animals, my bulbs don't survive. I have replanted a few times but the dirt here is hard & rocky. Mr. Boatman always has to buy me new dirt & well, it's a big old tiring process.

So, yesterday I just walked on by the bags of beauties. What a shame. I wish I was Miss Daisy and had my own personal assistant who I could tell ... please plant these for me. Oh, I do ... it's Mr. Boatman.

Only he's busy. What's with that ? Doing what you may ask ... and you did ... didn't you ? Working ... figuring out his work situation .. not good ... he decided to quit & start somewhere else. Always a scary situation. Busy day yesterday. (We want Mr. Boatman to be happy & he wasn't)

Anyway, back to the bulbs ... do you think in between figuring out life ... that he could help me plant a few ... just three or so bags ... to add a pinch of color ... I'll be thinking about that today ... his birthday is this month and he doesn't know what he wants ... wa la ... flowers that bloom in Spring ... PURRFECT IDEA ...

Do you plant bulbs each year ?
What do you have ... daffs, tulips, hyacinths ?

Progress was made

It's the end of Summer at my house

My daughter already went back to college

My son goes to High School tomorrow

The leaves are starting to fall

On my lawn & driveway

The chill is in the morning air

I was thinking about

What I wanted to do

And what I actually got done

The weeds that I pulled

Have grown back

The lawn isn't as green

As I would like it

My house is getting fixed

Slowly

The paint has been picked out

But who knows when it will be done

Inside I have lots of things to clean up

The bonus room was supposed  to

Be totally cleared out

Now it looks worse than it did before

I'm fine with it all

Progress was made

I had a Grand Time

Which is what I like about

Summer

How was your Summer ?

Did you do what you had planned ?