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Mother’s day is coming

Charlotte — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:03:20 +0000

Mother’s Day is coming soon and I’d love to find unique mday gifts for my mom. She is in a nursing home and is now 90 years old. She doesn’t look or act like she’s that old. She barely has any grey hair and that’s natural. She doesn’t dye her hair and never has.

She has some dementia that is slowly getting worse. Just yesterday I went to visit her and she was saying how we haven’t had much snow this winter. I reminded her that we had 20 inches of snow the day after Christmas and she doesn’t remember that at all or the other storms we had with over 8 inches of snow. She thinks the last time we had a big snowstorm was years ago.

It’s sad to see her going downhill like that. But I guess it could be worse. She remembers me and the rest of her family. It’s just other things she forgets about. Maybe a really nice mother’s day gift will brighten her world just a little.

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Speaking of being prepared…

Charlotte — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:57:53 +0000

If this winter is anything like last winter people might want to find stores that have honda generators for sale just in case. Last winter we had lots of snow and really cold temperatures and the electric would go out.

We were in our camper last winter and luckily the camper has a battery backup for the lights. Anything plugged into the outlets didn’t work, like the TV and computer, but at least there was light. We would also lite the burners on the stove to heat the camper, which wasn’t too bad.

It would have been nice to have a generator last year. I just hope we won’t need one this year.

Snow, snow go away

Charlotte — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:57:52 +0000

We have had so much snow so far this winter that we broke a record. We’ve had a few big storms in row, which is very unusual for this area. Usually our winter average is about 10 to 18 inches. We’ve had over 40 inches for this winter and it’s not over yet!

There is so much snow on the ground that anyone who has a fish pond won’t see their pond filters for a good long time!

I swear if I see another flake come down from the sky I’m going to cry!

Staying away from there

Charlotte — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:21:12 +0000

We could get up to 2 ft of snow starting this afternoon and continuing into late Saturday night. As soon as the weather word, that we have a blizzard warning, got out Shoprite got crowded like they were having a super daily deal and giving stuff away.

I went past Shoprite yesterday and it was jam packed. There was almost a couple accidents with people trying to get into and out of the parking lot. Luckily I went and got food on Tuesday so I’m good for the weekend.

I should really go there because JoJo is almost out of her food, but I think there might be enough until I’m able to get the car dug out. If not I do have a couple cans of canned food for her.

Not the time of year for that

Charlotte — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:06:25 +0000

The other day I drove past a house and they were having a yard sale. The temperatures have only been in the 20′s and 30′s here. There weren’t very many people there and they had a lot of stuff out. I could see something that looked like a cigar store Indian too.

I don’t know why they didn’t wait until spring or a really warm day to hold a yard sale. I know I wouldn’t want to tramp through several inches of snow in someone’s yard to buy some over-priced items.

Merry Christmas

Charlotte — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:05:42 +0000

I hope everyone had a great holiday. I was hoping to get called for some employee screening but I haven’t heard anything yet. There are just not many job opening out there for me and those that I do get an interview for have a lot of people that applied. I’m still keeping my hopes up that I get a job soon.

Last week we got over 12 inches of snow and starting Friday night the temperature rose and we got rain. It rained all day yesterday too. Now all that’s left of the snow is what was piled up from it being plowed. Now hubby wants more snow. He worked 34 hours plowing during that last snowstorm. Big money to be made doing that!

Tis the season

Charlotte — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:56:25 +0000

It’s just about that time to start sending out the Christmas cards. Do you make your own or buy them? Do you have them engraved or do you write your own personal messages in them and sign them by hand? Do you pick up the cheapest box of cards that are all the same, generic ones or do you spend a few bucks and have fancy christmas photo cards made?

I’ve done it just about every way mentioned above except for the photo cards. I could never get hubby to do a family photo. He hates having his picture taken and getting dressed up for one.

Which types do you like the best? I really love the cute ones with snowmen, animals or with a pretty snow scene on the the most. Unfortunately I probably won’t be sending out any cards this year. My leftover cards from last year are in storage and I really can’t afford to do the cards this year.

White Christmas?

Charlotte — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:58:35 +0000

I know a lot of places around the country had snow just before Christmas. One place was las vegas nv and a lot of the mid-west. I was hoping we’d have a white Christmas but that didn’t happen. In fact it got up to 68 degrees today. On Christmas day it was in the 50′s. A few days before that we barely got out of the 20′s.

The weather has really been messed up lately. No wonder there are so many people with colds. You just don’t know how to dress from one day to the next.

I’m hoping we do see snow sometime this winter. Hubby has a plow and would like to use it to make some extra money.