Hello

Hello. I had every intention of keeping up with all my blogs, and I have failed. I am not giving them up though.  We have moved from Iowa, back to Tennessee. Hubby is working in Cleveland TN and we are very happy to be back in Tennessee. For the first month, we were living with our daughter. our dogs were not allowed in her home though and we kept them in the camper. But as the days got warmer it was harder and harder to keep them quiet and comfortable. Then the cats started to climb on the neighbor's cars and that got us in more trouble with the neighbors.  We were able to move the camper out to some property that her boyfriend owns and the cats can roam and the dogs can bark, and run around without a lead on (most of the time) and we are comfortable since we have power for the air conditioner to work.  So all is good. 

 

Hubby changes jobs here from the one we came here for, to the one we had hoped would call us, while we were in Iowa. This job is suppose to last a couple of years. Maybe even longer. The only draw-back is how far away it is from where we have the camper. It take over and hour to make the drive each way.  We were doing good with that, until the job went from 10 hours a day 6 days a week to 11 hours a day 13 on, one off.  That's a lot of hours to be awake and then to have to stay alert while driving, well that was not going to work at all. so Hubby has moved into a motel room that is much closer to the job. Meanwhile I'm still at the camper, with the pets. Our daughter and her children are making sure I am not lonely.

 

I will be having surgery on July 20 (yes, Hubby will be there with me for this).

I will have a total hysterectomy done. Found out I have cancer in the lining of my Uterus.  But, unless things are much worse than expected, I will not have to have Chemo or Radiation treatments afterwards. I won't know on that until after the removed organs are examined, and I have my post op check up on Augest 27. I will be in the hospital over night when I have the surgery. The doctor told me he wants me up and walking by the end of the evening. That it would be better for me to be up and moving so soon afterwards.

 

Right now. my daughter and her family are planning on camping out in a tent at our place (her boyfriends land) the night of the surgery, and will take care of our pets while Hubby stays with me. She and the kids are going to be taking care of me, as hubby will have to be back to work on Wednesday after my surgery.  (have to pay the bills somehow, right?)

 

I will try to spend more time on my blogs from here out, but no promises.

 

Billie C.

Hello

Hello. I had every intention of keeping up with all my blogs, and I have failed. I am not giving them up though. We have moved from Iowa, back to Tennessee. Hubby is working in Cleveland TN and we are very happy to be back in Tennessee. For the first month, we were living with our daughter. our dogs were not allowed in her home though and we kept them in the camper. But as the days got warmer it was harder and harder to keep them quiet and comfortable. Then the cats started to climb on the neighbor's cars and that got us in more trouble with the neighbors. We were able to move the camper out to some property that her boyfriend owns and the cats can roam and the dogs can bark, and run around without a lead on (most of the time) and we are comfortable since we have power for the air conditioner to work. So all is good.
Hubby changes jobs here from the one we came here for, to the one we had hoped would call us, while we were in Iowa. This job is suppose to last a couple of years. Maybe even longer. The only draw-back is how far away it is from where we have the camper. It take over and hour to make the drive each way. We were doing good with that, until the job went from 10 hours a day 6 days a week to 11 hours a day 13 on, one off. That's a lot of hours to be awake and then to have to stay alert while driving, well that was not going to work at all. so Hubby has moved into a motel room that is much closer to the job. Meanwhile I'm still at the camper, with the pets. Our daughter and her children are making sure I am not lonely.
I will be having surgery on July 20 (yes, Hubby will be there with me for this).
I will have a total hysterectomy done. Found out I have cancer in the lining of my Uterus. But, unless things are much worse than expected, I will not have to have Chemo or Radiation treatments afterwards. I won't know on that until after the removed organs are examined, and I have my post op check up on Augest 27. I will be in the hospital over night when I have the surgery. The doctor told me he wants me up and walking by the end of the evening. That it would be better for me to be up and moving so soon afterwards.
Right now. my daughter and her family are planning on camping out in a tent at our place (her boyfriends land) the night of the surgery, and will take care of our pets while Hubby stays with me. She and the kids are going to be taking care of me, as hubby will have to be back to work on Wednesday after my surgery. (have to pay the bills somehow, right?)
I will try to spend more time on my blogs from here out, but no promises.
Billie C.

Feb 4, 2015,

Hello.

 

It's been a few days since I wrote to my blog. 

 

 

WE got about 9 inches of snow over the weekend and then it got Cold. We may start thawing and melting snow by this next weekend. Jerry didn't go into work on Monday due to the amount of snow and the road around the trailer court didn't get cleared until late Monday night.
The snowplow (on the front of a pickup truck) almost pushed the snow onto our Dish connection and the back of the truck. He did miss both so he's a lucky fellow.  He even missed the trash can and that reminds me that, if we got another snow like this last one to move the can to the other side of our driveway until it melts.  that way there is plenty of room at the end of the drive for it to be moved to. 

 

 

The dogs are dealing with the snow okay. Barney wants to play in it. Chasing nowballs and I'm thinking he's hearing something from the way he digs in the snow and follows some sort of trail.  Macon will stand and stare at one of the neighbors houses. I'm not sure if he's watching for them or if he is hearing something in that direction. Rocky doesn't much care for the snow this year. He does what he's outside for the runs to the door to be let back into the camper. At almost 8 years old, he's starting the feel his age I'm thinking. He has been more playfull inside the camper the last few days.

The cats are wanting to go out and so I have to put them in a kennel every time I want to open the door.  They have been practicing their Nija moves especially just before we head to bed.

 

All of the pets but Macon want to sleep in Jerry's chair and they don't want to share all that often.  If the cats are in the chair, the dogs will stare at them. look at me, then stare at the cats again as if I'm suppose to run them off the chair. Every now and then, Rocky will share the chair with a cat, not always though and sometimes the cat just gets up there anyway and makes it self comfortable no matter if Rocky is sleeping there or not.

Jerry texted me about eating out yesterday but I was busy starting dinner and didn't read the text. He called, asking if I got the text and I said I knew I had a text but couldn't get to my phone as it was on the other side of a small table I use when I am cooking and need more space. He said he needed to pick up another bag of hot hands and we could just eat out since he had to go out anyway.  Theisons only had a few 6 pack bags left and Jerry got the last of those. They should last him this week.  We ate at Perkins. I tried their Sunrise Burger. I asked for fruit instead of the fries. After dinner, Jerry took me to Wal-mart so I could pick up a loaf of bread and some breakfast sausage (forgotten when we shopped on Friday) I also picked up a few other things while I was there. Some yogurt I want to try, frozen fruit to go into my oatmeal, a tube of biscuits for late this week. I also picked up some  Snow peas and shrimp for my cabbage soup I made yesterday. I still have enough ingredients  to make more later, when this batch gets low.  I forgot that I wanted to check out the frozen vegetables for some Asian stir fry mix.  When I was checking out, I realized I didn't have my hat with me. I knew I had it in my pocket when we went into Perkins so I called Jerry to see if it was in the truck. No, it wasn't. I looked around the ground from where I got out of the truck and it wasn't there. Jerry drove me back to Perkins and it was on the ground from where I got out of the truck.  I like this hat because it has a clip on it and I don't have to tie it to keep it on my head.

My Cabbage soup is more a "clean the Fridge" soup.  I started with a cup of V8, then added to that 1/2 a bag of Cole Slaw mix.  I had some Green pepper cut up and I diced it up smaller to add to the pan along with a bit of Yellow pepper and a Red pepper as well.  I cut the corn off the cobs that I had in the freezer, then thawed. I have a bag of shredded carrots and I added a handful  of that to my pan, as well as a half a box of mushrooms and I diced up a small chicken breast I had cooked last week... When I get it out today, I'll add a stalk of Celery since I forgot that, and I'll open a can of water chestnuts that I also forgot I wanted to add, along with  few of the snow peas I picked up last night and some of the shrimp

 I've not gotten dressed for the day just yet.  Right now, I'm wearing my flannel  nightgown that Donna gave me. I love, love, love it. I have a pair of leggings on under it and a sweat shirt over it. I'll put the leggings back on, after I take my shower, after I take the dogs out, here in a bit. I need to clean out the bathtub so I can take my shower, but that is  after I make our beds and sort the laundry. I think I'll wear my red sweat shirt since it has a nice large heart on it's front. I might also wear the red sweat pants that match the shirt just because it matches and I doubt we are going to go out tonight since we were out last night.

 

While Jerry was home Monday, I worked on putting together a couple of card fronts to send to a couple of our grand kids for Valentines day. l want to finish those up today so I can put them in the mail by this weekend.  Plus  I want to make a couple of cards for Jerry, as well.

 

Billie C.

SPICE BAGS FOR WARM DRINKS

 

This looks great for any Fall and or Winter time celebration or Cozy evening spent in front of a fireplace. I am thinking of making a few outer covers of holiday print and then filling with a couple of  muslin or Cheesecloth pouches to send to family this next Season

 

 

SPICE BAGS FOR WARM DRINKS

 

8 sticks cinnamon, broken into small pieces
2 whole nutmegs, crushed
1/3 C. whole cloves
1/3 C. minced dried orange peel (or 1/4 C. ground)
1/4 C. whole allspice berries
Optional: garnish with cinnamon sticks, slice of orange, lemon peel

 

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl. Tie in sachets of 1 tablespoon
each in a double thickness of cheesecloth; transfer to an airtight
container (perhaps into a canning jar with a decorated lid and tied
with
a big fall-ish bow!!).

 

One sachet of the mixture will flavor 1 quart of cider, tea or wine.
To
use, simmer 1 quart of the chosen beverage with 1 sachet for 20
minutes;
ladle into mugs. If desired, add a garnish or a sprinkling of
additional
spirits.

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