A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 75

A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 75

By Amulbunny   

April 10,2014

Outside my window. . 63, hazy with fog coming in.

I am thinking…  Nice change of pace from the 89º earlier

I am thankful for…  the fact my husband got a real good job.

From the learning rooms …  I found a great dane puppy site. 8-)

I can't believe . . . taxes are done, e-filed and money in hand for the kids

From the kitchen . . . best guess? Grilled cheese.

I am wearing…  jeans, flip flops and a comfy shirt

I am creating . . .getting ready to repot my lemon tree.

I am going…   to start making my travel list.  

I am reading . .  Magdalene Rising by Elizabeth Cunningham

I am hoping…  that I don’t ever have to apply for food stamps again. How degrading.

I am hearing…  Channel 5 news at 1pm.

Around the house. . . 2 dogs, and me

One of my favorite things… Planning trips.

A few plans for the rest of the week…

1.  Groceries tomorrow!

2.  Think about getting a new Kindle?

3. Hug my kids.

Here is a picture for thought I am sharing:

Quick, quick, the engines on.....

1. G*O*T --- OMG Arya, you're gonna be a wild woman when you grow up.
                      Tryion, you try and try and still get to be like a mushroom.
                      Danys...... let dem dragons go!!!

2. T*B           Starts in June. Not enough time, only 10 eps, and the grand finale.

3. Roadtrip    If I have any sanity after 4000 miles of US highways, I'll be surprised.

4. Movies:     NO I don't want to see Captain America, Noah, or anything else right now.

5. Kindle       I do want to upgrade my Kindle and will tell my husband it comes in 4 easy payments

6. Rental Cars     It would cost us $600 to drop the rental car in MSP. That's more than the cost of 2 one way tickets home. So we have to drive it back to SoCal.

7. Taxes        This is the first time I did all our taxes and Efiled. My children love me and the IRS got it's money from us that much sooner.

8.  Jobs          Finally the husband found a job that is right.

9. Inventory   I still hate doing it.

10. Packing:   My kid is moving in 2 weeks and not a thing has been thrown out, donated or boxed to go.

11.  Mom's Chauffer   We need another car.

Why I love libraries. . . .

When I was a little girl, I used to run up ancient wooden stairs to a musty old library that was above our village hall. What wonders it held. 

Stereo-optic viewers much older than the Viewmasters that languished in our toy box. But the pictures I beheld were of a time long past in our little corner of Wisconsin. Pictures of rough looking men holding huge hand saws felling trees that were more than 100 years old. Logs filling the ponds at the paper mill. People dressed in their finest to have photos taken of them for a special occasion. 

The library was a place of refuge for me. Books took me on journeys that I never dreamed I would go on. Reading about the Champs Elysees and later going there in the winter time when the trees sparkled with tiny white lights. 

It's where I discovered Dickens and Austen and books that were supposedly above my reading level. 

Then one day we left our little town to come to Los Angeles. 

I didn't go to a library except at school for research. Those days you searched through card files and wrote information down on paper and hoped that the book you needed was there. Once you got your information then you wrote it out in handwriting and hopefully you had a typewriter to type your paper. A manual one that didn't self correct. By the time college came, I had bought my own typewriter. An electric one from Sears that had correction tape. 

I still read a lot but bought the books out of my salary as a sales clerk.

Now days nearly everything is available at your fingertips via the computer and e-reader.

 I love to read. 

VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY!

YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED.

da bunny

A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 74

A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 74

By Amulbunny   

March 13,2014

Outside my window. . . 66, partly cloudy and a wisp of wind.

I am thinking…  Temps are going up. Water plants soon.

I am thankful for…  a pickup job for the husband.

From the learning rooms …  I like art history!

I can't believe . . . Still no 1099. Oh well I’ll go ahead and file anyway.

From the kitchen . . . I have no idea.

I am wearing…  sweat pants, long sleeved shirt and slippers

I am creating . . .a place to meditate

I am going…   get ahead of the dishes.

I am reading . .  Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy

I am hoping…  that our SNAP goes up.

I am hearing…  Gordon Lightfoot radio on Pandora

Around the house. . . 2 dogs, and me

One of my favorite things… Listening to music from my high school and college days

A few plans for the rest of the week…

1.  Weeks almost over

2.  Maybe buy Frozen

3.  Get over the fact that my daughter will be moving 1800 miles from me in May.

Here is a picture for thought I am sharing:

Random and then some more…..

Well back to the dole. I hope the DPSS will think better of us and give us more than $15 a month. Especially since my meds went up and my disability went down. But since the congress in it's war against women and children and disabled on food stamps I bet we get zip.

Watched the end of True Detective. Wow. Wow. Wow.

Beginning of OUAT: wow, wow, wow.

A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 73

A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 73

By Amulbunny   

February 16,2014

Outside my window. . . 66, sunny and windy

I am thinking…  Tomorrow is water the plants day.

I am thankful for…  a nice surprise on Valentines Day

From the learning rooms …  Time to hit the recipes book

I can't believe . . . that that asshole still hasn’t given us the 1099 so I can finish the taxes

From the kitchen . . . Leftover heaven

I am wearing…  tee shirt, jeans, and slippers

I am creating . . .good will

I am going…   to do a room clean out this week

I am reading . .  Soul Survivor about a plane crash

I am hoping…  that even though NGC didn’t work, something else will.  

I am hearing…  bad sci fi movies in the living room.

Around the house. . . 2 dogs, True Blood, husband and son and friend.

One of my favorite things… Listening to the rain fall but it hasn’t happened lately.

A few plans for the rest of the week…

1.   Take the meds to stop my back and shoulder ache

2.   Get Turbo Tax and the State edition. (still)

3.   Wait for my Burt’s Bees package!

Here is a picture for thought I am sharing:

A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 72

A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 72

By Amulbunny   

January 27,2014

Outside my window. . 60º and a little breezy at 1849.

I am thinking…  Boy I wish we had some rain and soon.

I am thankful for…  the wedding going off without a hitch.

From the learning rooms … The Maeve Chronicles. Book 4 to come.

I can't believe . . that we are on pins and needles again.

From the kitchen . . . Beef Stew and Biscuits.

I am wearing…  mid sleeved shirt, jeans and slippers.

I am creating . . . I made 3 bouquets for my BIL’s bride, attendant and flower girl this weekend.

      

I am going…   on a road trip in April.

I am reading . . . so much that I have to take a day or two off.  

I am hoping…  that the new job comes through.

I am hearing…  the dog snoring behind me.

Around the house. . . 2 dogs, Pandora, and beef stew smell.

One of my favorite things… Watching the planes take off from the 24’s while standing on the roof of the Ralph’s parking structure.

A few plans for the rest of the week…

1.   Get the tax info organized

2.   Get Turbo Tax and the State edition.

3.   Shave my legs. 8-)

Here is a picture for thought I am sharing:

 This is the actor Alexander Skarsgard sitting on an outside loo at the South Pole, reading his book. 

ok ok i promise

I have to apologize for my belated return to the blogging world.

I've been really sick and haven't had much energy to come up with witty repartee.

I have to go to a wedding this weekend and I have serious doubts about it. ***

Pray for rain for all of California. We are in a really nasty drought. My plants will thank you.

I am flummoxed over the Super Bowl. I like both teams even if they aren't the Packers.

da bunny



*** family. you know how that goes…..

WE NEED RAIN

HAppy New YEAR

Fingers aren't working well tonight.

Here's to saying good bye and get the hell out to 2013.

Let's all hope that 2014 brings prosperity, peace, a steady job for the husband, a vacation we can plan, and lots of happiness for all.

da bunny 

No mo' flu shots for me

Every year I get a flu shot and within days I am desperately sick. No change this year. I got the shot on Tuesday and Wed my throat was scratchy and Thursday I was getting miserable and I had to take my mom to the surgicenter to have an epidural. Friday I was bedridden as I was Saturday which was my 28 anniversary.

We ordered Italian in. I'm having it for leftovers today.

I have done absolutely no shopping. Tomorrow, I am praying to God, FSM, Thor and anyone else who wields powers in the heavens that I feel good enough to go out and get it done.

In the meantime, have a wonderful Christmas and I'll be back healthy and happy before the New Year.

da snifflin bunny

A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 71

A Happy Woman's Life Book Page 71

By Amulbunny   

December 10,2013

Outside my window. . Cool, slight wind and nice at 1419.

I am thinking…  I love this cold night weather.

I am thankful for…  my pooches who keep me company.

From the learning rooms … I’m reading the last Harry Potter book again.

I can't believe . . that he got laid off and got another job so soon.

From the kitchen . . . Have no idea. Oven is still DOA>

I am wearing…  long sleeved shirt, jeans and slippers.

I am creating . . . ideas for decorating this weekend.

      

I am going…   think about getting another cat.

I am reading . . . HP 7, and a couple of other free ones from Amazon on my Kindle.

I am hoping…  to go get another mouse, mine is acting up.

I am hearing…  the boy child coming home from work.

Around the house. . . . boy child and 2 dogs.

One of my favorite things… cold nights where you’re all bundled up with lots of covers.

A few plans for the rest of the week…

1.   Get the bookkeepping done.

2.   Go to Office Depot and get some folders.

3.   Find all the stuff I’ll need for SE filing.

Here is a picture for thought I am sharing:

Here I sit

. . . wearing my Hollywood Bowl sweatshirt and jeans and comfy fluffy slippers. It's 58º outside. Winter has shown it's scabby face to southern CA. It won't last, but it's a nice taste.

Where else do you stand in line at the CVS behind a woman in a heavy wool coat, long leggings, and Ugg boots; a guy in a tee shirt, dock shoes and cargo shorts, a kid in a big pink puffy jacket with a woolen cap on? Southern CA. Gotta love it.

I promise when the muscles stop hurting I'll get back to my regular blogging. But the trapezius isn't cooperating. Even with the compounding cream.

Peace. I'll be back next week. I promise. In full regalia.

da bunny.