Love of My Life...God Speed Kyle Bradley Wiehr!!

I think I have stopped crying for now so here goes. It has been a little while since I have even wanted to write anything, though it may be very cathartic. In early February the man that I accepted as the love of my life passed away. I have some of the details and could get more if I wanted...but I gave him to God 15 years ago. He was an alcoholic and died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 55, he was born in 1959, I was 59 when he died and I was born in 1955.

Enough for now...

Electoral College, Guns and Illegals...

You know it just came to mind...yes I do have a mind...a brain well that is another story!

What if "We the People" put as much emphasis, on straightening out "Politics" as we do bickering about gun control or illegal aliens. I think our country would be in a better place!

Really have any of you out there noticed how skewed we have made the Electoral College? I am pretty darned sure our "Founding Fathers" did not think of America being as large as it is and if they even had an inkling we would be as far northwest as Alaska and Americans live there...year round! The same as they NEVER would have imagined an assault rifle, or that other countries would flood our boarders!

I introduce my educational platform,

www.diffen.com/difference/Electoral_Vote_vs_Popular_Vote

Some things just need tweaking now and then, if the abolishment of the Electoral College does not help us, revert it back. Lets see I think we did that with PROHIBITION from 1920 to 1933, though I personally...never mind not part of my rant today. I will add it to the brain thingy! Phew I am glad to get this off my chest...head...shoulders?

Elementary my Dear Student. Elementary...

Memories light the corners of my mind...Harrison Elementary School Livonia, Michigan

Miss Kenyen

I remember Kindergarten...Miss Kenyen, I was scared to death of her she looked like a nurse in white shirt, big black fluffy skirt. I would not even stay five minutes I screamed bloody murder even thought my neighborhood friends were all there, my Mom and Dad took me home, they calmed me down and they succeeded the next morning. I really thought I was going back to a hospital.














First Grade...Mrs. Mackie SHE would lay on the lipstick and give you a big red kiss for your birthday and NO washing it off.

Second Grade...Mrs. Runyan, I remember her getting so mad at one of the boys she tied him to a school chair with a jump rope!!

Third Grade...Mrs. Riddle, I only remember her having parties for all of the holidays. Though I could have had Mrs. Crunker which means there were NO parties!

Fourth Grade...Miss Stoppenhagen (got married during school break and was Mrs. Schultz) I remember she could not stand the sound of squeaking chalk one squeak she would put the chalk down and go to her desk and sit for a moment! Once Bruce Belfield, a classmate jumped on her back, the principal Mr. Granger had to come down and get him off of her.


















Fifth Grade...Miss Hitchcock (again got married on school break Mrs. Denison) best teacher ever!!! I

remember so many things she taught us, like the 23 helping verbs rhyme...Did, Do, Does, Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Be, Being, Been, Has, Have, Had, Can, Could, Shall, Should, Will, Would, May, Might, and Must.

I must say though I always felt bad for David Lassilla, I am not sure he ever did figure out the difference of THEN and THAN. (She wrote it in big green magic marker on his desktop)


I was not allowed out during the winter recesses but I do remember watching the snow ball fights with her out in the side yard building fortress walls and stockpiling snowballs. So Miss Hitchcock taught me different things like a potters wheel and how to throw clay and make sculptures.Though it was lonely.







 


















And last but not least Sixth Grade...Mr. Dunn, he would have us put our head down for "Meditation." And I remember Mary Birdsall had some kind of reaction to the fertilizer the school used, her face blew up and was so distorted I was SO happy she was her pretty self when she came back to school, PHEW.

































Who remembers the fall out shelter under the stage in the lunch room? Or the dooms day drills??? I also remember the fluoride and polio treatments?

I remember other teachers like Mr. Davison, Miss Jaffee, Miss Collins, Mrs. Crunker, Mrs. Eddy the lunch lady...umm Mrs Beaman? and of course the principal Mr. Granger. We had a school nurse that did weekly check ups on me I did not think much of it thinking all the students had weekly check-ups.

AND THEN CAME RILEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL...AHHHHHHHHH
                     ( Please excuse me if I butchered your name :-O )

Diabetes in Check...Check, Thryroid in Check...Check, Flu Shot in Check...OUCH!

Well I went for my 6 month check up with my Endocrinologist this afternoon she and her associate gave me the thumbs up, and lose weight speech!

My A1C was down from 8.4 to 6.2 (normal is 5.8) and I need to get my thyroid checked in two months (they lowered me from 225 micrograms to 200 micrograms) of Levoxyl.  I can get a bit confused with the thyroid medications as they are completely backward, or upside down from what you think regarding medications.

Anyway when my doctor left the room she was still smiling so I figure I did good! Oh and I had them look at my foot (the one I dropped the oxygen tank on) and it is not broken, but if I have any trouble to see my regular doctor!!
THANK YOU GOD!



And on the flip side I hope you had a hauntingly horrible devils night!!

See you all on the flip side!

Off to battle the ants and bees and spiders OH MY!

Well tonight at dusk, (because most wasps and bees are nighty night by then) I am going to plant the NEW black raspberry bushes that Direct Gardening http://www.directgardening.com replaced already!  I also use Brecks, http://www.brecks.com and Springhill Nursery, http://www.springhillnursery.com online or catalog...if an item you buy does not flourish within 1 year of planting send them the appropriate (usually the mailing label with packing slip) and they will replace at the correct planting time or as soon as possible! I will not be buying from anyone else again!!!

So far today Twink is like VELCRO she keeps trying to get into my lap! I was busy making an Anniversary Cake for my young cousins Joe and Alexis Doherty, one year today! I absolutely love Alexis sense of style here is the cake I used Picasa to make...

And now that I am finished, I wonder where Twink went? OH right next to me in her commandeered bed, poor Lucky!

Okay in from planting Black Raspberries. Root Hormone check, Preen check, Diatomaceous Earth check, Big Black Spiders...not so much! Though the big black hairy outside ones do not bother me as much as the white skinny house spiders do, they still took me by surprise there were at least 5 of them at one time marching right for me. And with me sitting on the patio not a fast mover on my feet let alone...anyway job done left water on a trickle to give them a soak. This is what I hope for next year...

Gobbled down a can of Dinty Moore and off to the showers! See you all in the funny papers!

Even Grocery Shopping can be a lesson from my Lord...

After Saturdays trip to the grocery store, I am glad to be home and snug in my pj's!!

This guy, one person behind me in line started calling someone rude in a very LOUD voice, because they had 25 items in the 15 item line! When I turned to look at who was yelling he said "Yeah You" so I said "I hope you are not handicapped next time you are in a grocery line." his answer.."F**k you B**ch" in the middle of the grocery check out area!!

I made the motion tick the lock and zip your lips then, reminded him there are children in the immediate area and to act his age! I asked the cashier if I had taken too much of her time and apologized, she said it was fine. I turned and asked the girl behind me, she said the same no problem, I apologized and all the while she is giving me a roll of the eyes, but I had my eyes locked on  the jerk. He still retorted "Well at least I am not a F**king Rude B**ch!!!" I shot over my shoulder on my gimp cart as I was leaving,

"May God Bless You" his answer was "Yeah like that is gonna help" my thought was, yup you are right it is not going to help a moron like you. Yes, I got a bag boy to take me out to my car!!

McQuillen's Law....

I would swear if I did not have bad luck...lets see we will start on October 10th...

I had the AT&T technician out to put me on the fastest of fast internet...he comes and tells me he cannot do what I want because the signal is not good enough! He sent another technician out to fix that problem, calls me and says it is too late and he would be back tomorrow (Saturday), I asked are you sure. Oh yeah no problem...Monday morning I am on the phone with AT&T again, oh Ms McQuillen the first date we have is the 17th...they basically got me by...so I agree.

Last night I noticed my Ooma Box flashing and checked out the system, no broadcast. Hmmmm I think I need a hot line to AT&T this time the guy says oh no problem we will fix everything tomorrow at 8:00am. The girl shows up at 11:30am and tells me she cannot do what I want I will have to call for an appointment!!!! I told her I had one for tomorrow, then you are all set.

I come into my bedroom to make sure the Ooma box is correctly connected and it falls on the floor and EXPLODES! I tried everything my geeky brain could think of but no go, I called Ooma, well for $109.00 I could give you the brand new Ooma and free shipping...SCCCREEECCCHHH hold it right there, I told him I could get that at WALMART! So he comes back and gives me another offer...$59.00 free shipping and a 3 month credit on my fees and taxes around $12.00.

So wish me luck I really need it, that they will still honor their offer after November 3rd!