Yikes!

Yesterday I was in Ontario on an errand.  Thought I'd stop at Burger West and grab some dinner.  So I stopped at Red Apple so I could get some cash (Burger West is one of the few places left on earth that doesn't take a credit card).

So I went to Burger West and then headed for home.  I got back to Nyssa and was just rounding the corner onto Bower when I thought to myself.... "I'm so glad I brought dinner home cuz I know Mr. Spear is hungry and will be so excited to see a Ranch Hand Special."  In my thoughts I was patting myself on the back for thinking ahead. 
I looked over at the passenger seat to make sure the food was safe and sound.

The seat was empty....

A whirlwind of thoughts started spinning in my head.

I remembered getting the cash at Red Apple.

I remembered pulling into Burger West drive-thru (I was the only person in line).

I remembered ordering.

I remembered sitting at the window waiting.

I remembered handing my money to the girl at the window.

I remembered her handing me my change.

I remembered driving off and heading home....


I forgot to get the food.


I got this feeling in my stomach that I'm not sure I've had before.  I guess that's the feeling you get when you realize that you're not who you used to be.

Confession #10:  I'm kind of starting to scare myself.

Bye for now.


p.s.  Next time I see you, you might have to remind me what your name is.

Great Movie Alert

 

 

This movie made me so grateful to be am American.

It also made me appreciate and love every single serviceman and woman.

And the Navy Seals...... oh my goodness.

The real Captain Phillips was, in my opinion, and hero and a very brave man.

Of course Tom Hanks is an amazing actor.

 

Tweet

The next thing I'm supposed to do is learn to tweet. Now, I'm really struggling with this one.

Confession #9:  I'm a twitter hater.

I just don't get it. I think it's stupid.

If anyone has anything good to say about tweeting..... please let me know.

 

Call me
leave me a message
use a ham radio
write me a letter
send a telegram
email me
send smoke signals

a bike messenger
send a courier pigeon
come to my house
use morse code
facebook message me

or leave me a comment.

 

Just don't tweet me ....I won't get it.

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning / Bargin Alert

 

 

They say that kitchen sponges are filled with bacteria after a day or two, but I can't function without a scrubber sponge by the kitchen sink. So this is what I do....

Buy a package of 7 scruber sponges at the Dollar Tree. I cut each sponge into 4 pieces (you could cut them in two if you want them a little bit bigger).

If you cut them into 4's that gives you 28 sponges - each costing 3 and a half cents.

Use them on your pots, pans & dishes throughout the day.  Give the sink a quick scrub at the end of the day. Throw the sponge away, then start with a fresh one the next morning.

 

 

Happy NFD

I kind of got thrown into the world of blogging and websiting against my will, which quickly became a "sink or swim" situation. I immediatly started to sink.

Confession #7:  Generally speaking .... I am easily overwhelmed.

With help from my kids, I got my website going on WIX.  With patience on their part and work on mine I got more comfortable with designing it.

At the beginning of day two I found myself in serious need of more font choices on WIX.

Confession #8:  I am addicted to fonts.

Hi my name is Jeanne and I am a fontaholic.  All together now..... Hi Jeanne.

While some people go fishing for fun, I go "fonting".  Yes, I made up a name for it.

I've been known to "font" for long periods of time, too many hours for me to admit to.

So I did some research, and found that I was just one fish (sticking with the fishing parallel) in a sea of font seekers in reguards to WIX.

The challenge was before me. The game was on. The gauntlet had been thrown down.

In order to satisfy my addiction I had to figure out a way to be able to use my own personal fonts in WIX.

And.... after several grueling hours.....I did it.

It takes a bit more time and some creative powerpoint manipulation, but it can be done.

Mr. Spear was impressed.

I officially declare this "National Font Day".

Bye for now.


p.s. happy "fonting"



Lesson I learned today:

Don't leave a pot boiling on the stove when you're fonting.

Fun Find Alert

 

Costco  $6.99

the perfect gift for a creative little artist

 

 

Time Flies

Nothing says "it's going to be a great weekend" like having Carter show up at 1:00 in the morning to surprise his parents!  yayyyyyyyyy!

Confession #6:  Some days I wish all my kids lived at home again.

I can't believe that all of our kids are adults.... how did that happen?

I know it's such a cliche ...... but time really does fly. 

Bye for now.

p.s. Hug your kids today.

Fun Find Alert

 

 

Notepad    Staples  $1.00



Glasses

For the past several weeks our Apple TV remote has been missing from our bedroom.  So yesterday I did a major deep cleaning of the room.  Pulled the bed out, flipped the mattress, washed everything, emptied out nightstands, vacuumed EVERYTHING...the whole bit.  It took all day.

Confession #5: I don't deep clean very often.

Good News:  the room is very clean.

Bad News:  no remote.

I did, however ... find 17 pairs of glasses in my nightstand.





And that doesn't included the ones in my backpack, in the car, in my desk cubbie and a few other places.

I've decided I need to do that to every room. No telling what I might find.

My house is too full.  I asked a friend recently if she would come over when I wasn't home and throw away half of everything in here (it's a good thing my kids don't live at home anymore.... 2 would have to go).

Bye for now.

p.s. Lesson I learned today:

Don't buy any more glasses for a while.

Cookie Alert:  Crunch Cookies

 

 



Cream together with mixer:                                   add:

1 cup Crisco                                                          2 cups flour

1 cup sugar                                                           1 t. baking powder

1 cup brown sugar                                                1 t. baking soda

2 T. milk                                                                1/2 t. salt

1 t. vanilla                                                              mix on low or with spoon

Add:                                                                       Stir in by hand:

2 eggs                                                                   1/2 cup coconut

beat until well blended                                           1 cup chocolate chips

                                                                              1/2 cup crushed corn flakes

                                                                              1 cup rolled oats

bake at 350* for 13-15 mins.

 

 

 



Change

If you know me, you know how far out of my comfort zone I am with this blog and website.

Confession #3:  I'm so not computer savvy.

I had help from my kids, Mr. Spear and my niece Rebecca......thank you very much.

I'm pretty sure that kids today are born with computer knowledge. Seriously, it's kinda creepy.  If you hand a 2 year old a Wii controller, she starts playing the game.

Everything changes so fast.  Here are a few things that were a major part of my life that my kids will never have...

a TV with no remote control - we had to actually get up off the couch and turn a knob on the TV to change the channel

a TV that only gets 3 channels

a telephone that's on a "party line" - you only pick up the phone when it rings YOUR ring or you'd be listening in on your neighbor's conversation

a phone that had a dial instead of push buttons - and here in Small Town, USA you only had to dial 5 numbers to reach your friends instead of 10 or 11 (if you have to use the 1).

an answering machine

a phone that is attached to the wall - you had to stand within a 4 foot radius of the phone to talk to your friends

a phone that doesn't take pictures

And the list goes on. 

Wow, that was a fun little trip down memory lane.

Needless to say....I have learned a lot in the past month.

A true testament that you CAN teach an old cat new tricks...

Confession #4: Yes, I'm a cat person.

Also a true testament that anything is possible.

Bye for now.


p.s.    Lesson I learned today:

When you ride in a convertible...put your hair in a ponytail.

Great Movie Alert:

 

 

Delight

I guess this is a good day to start my blog.

Can we just start with the word 'blog'? It's an awful word. To me it suggests tired, heavy, sweaty, trudging through deep mud, wishing like crazy that I was somewhere else.

Maybe that's why I never started one.

I say... just for today let's call it something else. A nice word. Something happy. Joyful.

I'd ask for suggestions except I don't know how to make a place where people can make comments yet.

Confession #1 I have no idea what I'm doing.

I know I'm the last person on earth to start a bl-- wait a minute, I was in the process of renaming it.

By the way, I don't have a cellphone either.

We'll talk about cellphones another day.

Now back to the task at hand. Today I'll call it a 'delight'. Yes, I'm really enjoying writing my delight. It's fun, despite the fact that I've already had to ask Mr. Spear how to spell two words. No, I'm not going to tell you which ones.

Confession #2: I'm pretty sure I'm dyslexic.

Okay, make that three words.

Bye for now.

Fun Find Alert:



Target   $7.99