Starting all over....

Many generations of the women in my family have crocheted.  I still have the memory of my grandmother crocheted even as her hands were shaking.  She didn't have a purpose for the crocheting; she would just make blankets like crazy so we would donate them as baby blankets to St. Vincent De Paul.  Well I used to say as my mother tried to teach me that I couldn't sit still long enough for crocheting and that I'd rather read a good book (still would rather read a good book).  These days I like to crochet.  Even made a purse. 

The one thing I hate about crocheting though is that as you are going along and everything is all peachy keen, if you start making mistakes, particularly in the early years of learning, then you have to unravel the entire thing.  It sucks.  Also if you want to cut off a piece here or there, you can't because then your yarn would unravel.  I've started all over on one of my blankets three times now.  Hope it is the charm and I won't have to start over again.
M

Many Hours of Searching...No Job

I have spent countless hours searching many different websites looking for a part-time job or something I can do at home and have come up with nothing.  It gets frustrating when you know bills are coming up and your husband has been carrying all the weight.  I have searched my brain trying to think of something I can do.

I have started two separate novels.  One of the novels is about 1/4 of the way done.  I am hoping that I can finish it and maybe publish it.  Problem is, I'm stuck.  Too much stress from the job hunting and money problems have wiped my creative brain.  Please muse come and visit so I can continue writing.  The one I am focusing on is a romantic drama about a woman who experiences a death in the family and then has to overcome that.  It might be the answer to my prayers. If only I can finish it.
M

Dogs must have arthritis

Today I saw a commercial for an orthopedic bed for pets.  My mother and I sat and laughed.  It's made out of the temperpedic material that returns to shape after you lie on it.  I guess some pets must need a really comfortable bed once they get up in age, but some of these TV ads are just hilarious.  What will they think of next? 

By the way, people claim the Pedi Sure works to cut down dogs nails but it scares the crap out of them every tme you put a nail in the litte hole and it hits the sand paper.  I think it's a bunch of crap and I ould rather take my dog to the groomer from now on. 

Have you guys ever bought anything off the TV that actually worked for you?
For me, it was the wonder hangers.  That's about it.
M

When you're out of commission

Whenever I am sick or unable to do the regular chores around here, somehow the world starts to become messier.  I admit that my husband does try to do some dishes but unfortunately he does not know how to cook.  So I tell him, "Baby, what happens when I am so sick that you have to take care of me completely and you can't cook anything?" Well, we are at that point. I can't stand on my splinted ankle and my husband has to run out and get fast food every night because he doesn't know what else to do.  If he tried spaghetti, it would be mush.  I know, he tried mac n cheese; you wouldn't have wanted to be there.  His eggs leave something to be desired and I am a picky eater.  He should go to cooking school or at least take those classes where you learn a few dishes.  I would attend.  So today I had a meltdown because I knew this would happen that I would be left telling him that I was hungry over and over and he wouldn't know what to do so the hours would drag on.  Here we are and he finally went to Taco Bell and I hate Taco Bell but it was better than your traditional hamburger and fries.  During my meltdown earlier today I called my mom and cried mom help me.  So she is coming over tomorrow thank goodness and I know I can count on real food instead of fast food for days.  Soon she will be moving in and it will be for the best because situations like these come up more often than not.  I love my husband but there is no one that can take care of me like my mother.
M

Uncomfortable Restrictions

Well, friends I am sitting here with a splint on my right ankle/foot.  It sucks.  It is bothersome and sometimes it hurts.  I have to wear it until I have an MRI and the doctor gets the results back.  All because I stepped wrong on my ankle and two months later the pain is worse.  The worse part is we have stairs.  How in the hell can I bring my dog up and down the stairs with this damn thing?  I hope I don't have to wear it for long. 

And to add to my frustration, I think I have killed my seedlings. I have been trying to grow daisies in this special seedling grower and there are only a few hanging on.  I'm hoping if I put them in a bigger pot they will live.  If not, I'm giving up growing things from seeds because my thumb is brown not green.  I'll just buy the flowers already grown up.  Perhaps then I can keep them alive?  Please Mother Nature.

M

Things you may not want to do

When you go throughout the day to day, suddenly you realize that too many years have passed and your parents are getting older.  Unfortunately for me, my father passed away so it's just the one parent I am speaking of. Parents need tender loving care when they are older because a lot has changed since they did the things we do on a normal basis; for example, buying a car.  Now we seem to know better but because they are stubborn, they still know best.

So, my friends I will be walking around a dealership tomorrow being harassed by the salesmen left and right but mother knows best. 

Could I say no, sure I could say no but she is my mother and put me on this earth and we do what we have to for our parents.  All I can do is be there to try to fend off the annoying bloodsuckers as long as possible.  (I hope none of you are car salesmen).  The way the world is, or the way it should be is that the mother gives birth and takes care of the young and then they fly off into the world to do as they will.  But there comes a time when the mother needs to be taken care of from the young they cared for.  Well, my time is coming slowly but surely. 

M

Cure for boredom

How many of you have ever gone to bed because you are bored?  How many of you ever picked on your significant other because you were bored.  Well let me give you some advice about what not to do do when you are bored.  See Paranormal Activity .  If you are of the light hearted, especially with ghosts, don't see that movie.  They made it seem like the Blair Witch, where it looked like real footage of hikers getting lost and the witch comes after them.  Well I was scared out my wits because we have had some spooky ghost type stuff at my house.  It looks like it would be real footage and Paramount says in the beginning thanks for the tapes from the family...but my husband looked up some information and it said that the people were actors and so on.  So I refuse to believe that it was real.

The other scary movie I ever saw was The Exorcism of Emily Rose and that was based on a true story.  THese ghost stories are the only movies that scare me.  Oh and The Ring made me jump a bit.  Otherwise, these days scary movies are for a good laugh and a cure for boredom.  Anyone agree?
M