Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Corn On The Cob




Jibber Jabbering...I stepped on the scales at the Doctor's office and did my best to pretend I was somewhere else.  I knew I'd tip the scales at a whopping umpteen pounds.  I am on the verge of no return.  My weight has sky rocketed to what a hefty football player ought to weigh.

With the meds I take, I can say good-bye to the good old days.  It's ironic...I'm thankful to be alive, but am not happy about the slow weight gain that has continued to creep up on me the last 5 years since thyroid surgeries took place.  I visit with my doctors about the side effects this medicine has and they look at me like I'm the first human to ever mention this aspect of weight gain.  Not according to the internet or the write up on the drug that comes with the prescription itself.  Hello.  Please pass the corn.   




Dieting is the answer.  Dieting.  How much rabbit food can one chic eat?  The side effects from Synthroid are there.  So is being hypothyroid.  Right on the paper it states weight gain, excessive sweating, irritability, on and on.  

I continue to read what's out there in cyberspace about how to reduce weight when on Synthroid.  T4 only treatment/therapy causes problems with some.  I'm one of them.  Hello….and so is my husband.  Two in one household.  How bizarre.  Please pass the corn.





I've been married to him for over 40 years 
and this is the greasiest I've ever seen him.

~Mister Grease Monkey~


Hubby worked on our car and got it running again after replacing the alternator.  Grease is the word!  Please pass the corn.





Made a teeny tiny progress this week on thinning down and going through boxes.  It's almost like Christmas, 'cause I cannot remember all the stuff we have packed away.  Emptied some.  When the day comes that we have ORDER....I will be ancient.  I went through a collapsed box that held my childhood artwork in it.  Gosh…I wasn't very good, but it brought back so many memories of when I was a child.  I showed my Grand daughter and together we chuckled.  Please pass the corn.
  




My sweet Momma ended up in the Hospital before  Mother's Day with bronchitis.  She started having fainting spells at home and went to the doctor which told her that her oxygen levels were too low.  She's another one of us Thyroid Cancer Survivors that's blood pressure goes back and forth being too high then being too low.  We shall see if she gets to return HOME soon.  My brother has been looking out for my Dad.  Saying my prayers.  Update: She returned HOME this week and will see the doctor next week.  Mentioned COPD.

The weather has been ugly at night across the state of Kansas and the rest of the midwest.  We've been so fortunate to have the storms go around us that our nights have been quiet. Sleeping like a baby.  Hope it stays this way.






Our guest bedroom mattress arrived this past week-end.
  We bought from LEBEDA a full size organic cotton mattress and box springs.   Next...to get her upstairs to nestle inside of the antique bed frame.  Making special arrangements for her journey upstairs.  Special arrangements have to be made to get certain pieces of furniture up the stairs and into the rooms.  Long story short...it's just part of living in this old house.  Pics to follow   Please pass the corn.







Watched an entertaining movie that I had not heard of before and liked it so much I watched it again.  The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.  Oh, if only there was CONTESTING NOW!!!





Can you imagine winning a car because you penned a jingle that won the hearts of the sponsors? Because this movie was set to the era of my childhood...it appealed to me. 

Evelyn Ryan, the character that this movie was based on was a sweet natured lady with 10 children and not enough money to buy milk.  She had a knack for jingles in which she entered contest and she won and she won and she won and won prizes, but not all was fun and games in her life.  Many trials.  Please pass the corn.





For Mother's day, Daughter treated 

me to DANCE RECITAL TICKETS to 

watch Lil Miss dance.  Sheer delight 

watching the dancers perform to a huge 

array of different styles of music.  Such 

a pleasant evening.  Great time.






Mother's Day was wonderful.  I woke to my Daughter and Grand-daughter telling me HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.  Music to my ears.  Hubby came in a close third with a beautiful card and a bouquet of flowers.  I LOVE YOU, TOO.  Lil Miss gave me a miniature white wooden basket that held a piece of candy, a wooden bracelet and a stress toy in it!  Daughter blessed me with front row tickets to the theatre.  Ice Cream treat to boot.  Long distance phone calls from both of my Sons were music to my ears. A card in the mail from my folks.  A card with TARGET GIFT CARD from Son and Daughter in law and children.  I will enjoy my bouquet of flowers gift card!!!  A very very nice day.

Mother's Day weather was wet, but I got to stay inside surfing the internet.  Later, I picked an armload of irises that the wind and rain knocked down.  Considerate Husband grilled steak and served it just right with steak sauce, baked potato with real butter and the best corn on the cob cooked in the micro-wave.  Please pass the CORN.



He asked me how corn on the cob is fixed in the micro-wave...I had to refresh my memory.  LIFE JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT EASIER fixing corn on the cob.  Leave the corn wrapped in it's husk.  No need to clean the corn at all or the silk off the cob.  Place two cobs still in their husk in the micro-wave then nuke for 6 minutes.

Using a hot pad take the corn out and cut about two inches off the top part of corn, then squeeze the cob out of the greenery.  Out comes a clean corn on the cob.  AMAZING TASTING TOO.  No mess to clean up afterwards.  Please pass the corn.  



It was the best.

Looking forward to this week.  School will be dwindling down. Making plans for Summer fun.

Thanks for stopping by and letting me jabber away.  I needed this.  May you have a sweet corn week.



Oh happy day,
d 



Genesis 41:5-7
He fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good. Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them. The thin ears swallowed up the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.





Saturday, May 9, 2015

Wishing You All A...


Hello...can you hear me now?





Thursday was interesting....i won a trip to the Bahamas!!!! 
AND the IRS is suing me.  Tis true...the recorded messages on the telephone said so.  

I hung up on the win and listened intently to the being sued one.

Oh Babee...life is never dull around the farm.

HaPpY Week-end!
Do you have plans?
I do....think I had better go pack for my trip to the Bahamas. 
 The IRS is after me.

This is a joke...BUT, the calls were real.  
All identity has been changed to protect the innocent.
I'm innocent I tell ya.


The best is yet to come,
d

Friday, May 8, 2015

Granny Nanny and the Omelette


~Omelette~


Lil Miss prepared an omelette all by herself.
She showed her Grandpa how it's done 
and we enjoyed every bite.

SO very good!

She did a beautiful job,
granny d nanny





Blessings to you!

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Victorian Study



This image has been in my archive for so long...I don't remember 
where it came from.

Sorry.

Still enjoy looking at this image 
and seeing how someone decorated 
Once Upon A Time.


Looks like this house is divided into three sections.  
Far section being the Formal Parlor,
middle section being the Music area and the closest section
the Day room or Family room.


Making HOME the place to be.
Happy Day to you,
d

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Stranded


We were stranded in Topeka on Sunday evening after we went hunting for a mattress and box springs for Grandmother's antique bed that's hiding out in the upstairs guest room.  If you've been pricing mattresses lately it might make your eyes bug out a tad at how expensive they've become.  I've been looking for half a year and finally took the plunge.  Hubby and I agreed on an organic cotton covered one that can be flipped.

I'm of the old school and believe that the flippable mattresses have a longer life in them then the one sided ones with euro fluff.  Hoping we will get a good twenty years out of this one.





The mattress and box springs will arrive on Saturday, so I must clear the hallway of all clutter and tidy the Guest room.  Dust and vacuum for this will prep the room for late Spring and early Summer company.  Another mattress pad cover will have to be bought.  I have some nice white sheets and a comforter to dress up the bed.  In hopes this Summer of getting the beaded board on the walls primed and painted. This will be my Summer project to complete.  Lil Miss wants to help me paint so I think if we paint an hour a day the room will be finished in a couple of weeks.
 




We drove around looking at houses, stopped to shop at Dollar General and when we decided to go home, the battery light came on with the car sputtering.  We made it uphill to a shopping center to park the car.  Oops, battery dead.  Car decided she needed more oil.  Walking over to the grocery store, we ate chinese and sat to figure out what to do.  Oil was bought and we caught daughter at home just returning from Topeka grocery shopping.  She drove the distance and picked us up so we could buy a battery at Wally World.  That's a sweetheart of a daughter.





As Husband changed out the battery he was burning up with sweat.  He labored as we Ladies waited with a cool breeze blowing through the windows.  NOW that's a MAN!  A good man.  The car fired right up and we drove home.  Approaching our small town, the battery stopped charging and we held our breath.  We did make it home.  There will be more expenses as a new alternator will be ordered. 


Last night the rain pounded the Earth as we ate Supper.  The power went out for a few minutes before we went to bed to sleep.  Thunder.

This morning I was sleeping well when the alarm went off.  I would have liked to stay put instead of soaking in the tub where I shaved my legs for the Doctor's appointment.  Wearing a denim skirt.

My black clogs are needing replaced, but are still comfortable for my feet.  I'll wear them.  My nicer sandals have disappeared which is a mystery.  Not sure where they are.  The clogs don't look so great, but hey.  A hot pink peasant blouse, no added jewelry, frizzy hair and only pink lipstick for my face.  Clean for my appointment to have ears checked out...they've ached off and on for a year with pain at the base of my head.  Will start with a nasal spray and go from there.

Today as I drove about Manhattan, Kansas I was amazed at how clean the roads were considering just 12 hours before the roads in certain parts of town were flooded.  My morning Doctor's appointment wasn't cancelled due to flooded roads.



Said all that to say this, we can make it having only one auto, but it's challenging.  Just have to plan a little more and what's a few more brain cells to use.  We took my Lincoln to Manhattan this morning for Husband's Lab work, breakfast in a bag, Bank deposit, went to another place of business, Hubby back to work.  I drove around looking at flowers, went to my Doctor's appointment for ears, shopped two thrift shops, picked Hubby back up, went to pharmacy, then lunch for the road as we drove back to our small town America so Hubby has a car to get home in for the evening.  I have to be back in town to pick Lil Miss up from school.  I'll walk to school and together with Lil Miss we will walk to Gambinos for an after school snack.  My treat.  We'll wait the hour out until Daughter gets off work.  I need to put a load of undies in the wash.  Relax some with fat feet up.   

Day is done.  Onto fixing supper.
Hope all is well in your world.

I need my beauty nap.
Sigh,
d



PS
i am now officially o.l.d.
walking to the school caused an significant emotional event and physical distress upon my out of shape body.
i had no idea i was as ill as i am.
my muscles do not want to move like a normal person's that has their thyroid.
help.
please pray for me.

Monday, May 4, 2015

Pink Fluff = Cotton Candy


School Carnival


Pink Fluff Champions


Panda and House Cat Faces



Panda Pretty


 Nachos and Cheese



 I won a cupcake at the Cake Walk! 

Didn't need the calories, 
but the SWEET WIN was exciting.
d











Thursday, April 30, 2015

Decorating On The Prairie: Shining Example



Keeping it real easy.
Relocated a small lamp from one piece of furniture 
to the window ledge.

Decorating On The Prairie
shines on.

Can it get any easier than that?




Making HOME a little brighter,
d


"This lil light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine.
This lil light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine,
let it shine,
let it shine,
let it shine."

Blog Archive

DAUGHTER'S PIE CRUST RECIPE

Pie Crust Recipe.
With her permission I share her recipe with you.
BLESS your family, friends and your taste buds with this wonderful crust.

Pie Crust Recipe

1 cup flour
3 heaping tablespoons of shortening
A dash of salt
A tiny bit of ice cold water

Mix ingredients together well.
Roll out on wax paper.
Assemble pie.
Spread a little milk on top of crust before baking.

Simply delicious,
d


DECORATING

I knew a very frugal Lady named Edith that shared with me a excellent guideline for decorating. She said with ease, "If your room has clean ceilings, floors, and walls, and the windows have nice curtains, you'll have an attractive room."



John 3:7

“Marvel not that I said unto thee,

Ye must be born again.”

King James Version (KJV)

PSALM 118:17

I shall not die,
but live, and declare
the works of the Lord.

PROVERBS 24:3-4

By wisdom
a house is built,
and through understanding

it is established;
through
knowledge

its rooms are filled with rare

and beautiful treasures.



Lilacs On The Prarie

Lilacs On The Prarie

MEMORY VERSE

MEMORY VERSE

SALVATION

Romans 10:9 King James Version (KJV)

9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Acts 4:12 King James Version (KJV)

12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

PHILIPIANS 4:13

PHILIPIANS 4:13


THANKSGIVING IN THE MOMENT

THANKSGIVING IN THE MOMENT

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THESE TINY BLESSINGS

HE TOUCHED ME

THESE WORDS CHANGED MY LIFE!

THESE WORDS CHANGED MY LIFE!

ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHILDCARE MOMENTS

ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHILDCARE MOMENTS
CLICK ON PIC TO READ Granny Nanny And A Living Canvas.
"HOME is a wonderful place to LIVE. No matter the size of the rooms, ones HOME is a place to call ones own. I so LOVE my HOME." ~Deanna~

Dining On The Prairie In The Old Stone House

Dining On The Prairie In The Old Stone House
Blue Garland Dishes

Blue Willow Moment On The Prairie

Blue Willow Moment On The Prairie

Why I Decided To Become A Homemaker

Why I Decided To Become A Homemaker
Read All About it Here

PSALM 90:12

SO
TEACH us
to number OUR days,
that we may apply our HEARTS
unto
WISDOM.

HOME HAVEN LILIES ON THE PRAIRIE

HOME HAVEN LILIES ON THE PRAIRIE
LUKE 12: 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

BLUE RIBBON WINNER MEATLOAF

BLUE RIBBON WINNER MEATLOAF

BLOSSOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED

BLOSSOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED
As long as I live, I will have to continually submit to God's plan for my life. You will be blessed because you turned your life over to God. Be confessing how good God is and tell Him you agree with who He says He is. BELIEVE and watch miracles happen. Be not afraid. ~Deanna

I Love My Husband

I Love My Husband

A Quiet Life

A Quiet Life

FUN FACTS FOR CHANDYS

FUN FACTS FOR CHANDYS
SELECTING THE CORRECT SIZE CHANDY TO USE IN A ROOM MADE EASY. FORMULA MEASUREMENTS: Measure the room's height and width. Add together the numbers. Example: 8' x 10' room is 8 plus 10= 18" Use a 18" wide chandy. OR Take width of room calculating 2" for every foot. Example: 15' wide room. Take 15 times 2 = 30. Room needs 30" wide chandy. Standard distance between the bottom of the chandelier to the top of the table is 30 inches. When hanging the chandelier, make sure to hang it at the proper height. The bottom of a chandelier over a dining table or kitchen island should hang 30 to 32 inches above the top of the table or island. Most rooms call for at least 7 feet of space between the bottom of the chandelier and the floor.
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HOME SWEET HOME

HOME SWEET HOME

WISHES

NO MATTER HOW BADLY YOU WISH with all your might that the something devastating that happened in your life hadn't happened and want so badly to go back in time to prevent it from happening...it isn't humanly possible to do this. You can't change the fact that it happened. IT DID. But JESUS can change the MEANING of what happened to you and give you PEACE. He can show you the way in which you are to go. God richly BLESS you. ~Deanna