Hair 2 Day Goon Tomorrow

DROVE ACROSS THE PRAIRIE TO A HAIR APPOINTMENT.  

Needed a trim, but especially wanted my hair shampooed by another set of hands.

AT THIS TIME we have NO SHOWER at RETIREMENT COTTAGE and leaning over the kitchen sink or tub is labor.

A little bit too rustic for me.  I will admit I AM SPOILED.  I miss our shower where I stood under the running water to wash my head of hair.  I miss this.  Sigh.  I will get use to using a pitcher full of water once again.  I will have to.

No complaining.  Just being real here.  

Skies were full of fluffy white and grey clouds.  They highlighted the rolling hills displaying blonde wheat colored dried grass.  Twas beautiful to see on this SPRING-LIKE day in March.  Cracked the car windows to let fresh air in.

When we went to Oklahoma they were having SPRING in February.  The Mock Pear Trees were bloomed with white flowers that were stunning.  OKLAHOMA seems to be a head of us about a month than in this part of KANSAS, but I noticed today that some Forsythia Bushes were sprouting yellow flowers that will eventually fade into green leaves as SPRING progresses.



On my drive down the back roads, I noticed a lot of stone houses that peppered the countryside.  CHARMING and I miss my rock house.  I wasn't ready to say good-bye.  

Husband and I have been talking about how we will doll up this Folk Victorian Cottage.  Wish it were already done.  sigh.


The young Lady that washed my hair, trimmed it and styled it, did a great job.  Running my fingers through the locks felt like silk.  She has the magic touch.  

I wanted to snap a few selfies and just couldn't get a good one noticing the bags under my eyes and the wrinkles across my forehead.  What's dat?   That's LIFE written across my face.  When did that take place..... 

I am getting older by the minute.  BEST accept that I am the age I am.  It's a blessing to have hair, even if they're grey and frizzy.  I noticed on my selfies that there were a few strands of hair just sticking straight upwards.  HAH.  A wild child.  Looks like lightning is striking.

I had fun getting my hair done.

Afterwards I drove to a THRIFT SHOP and bought a pair of vintage earrings that will clip onto my earlobes the next time I want to wear green.  15% off and all is well.

Blessings to you!
Hairs to you,
d




LUKE 12:7
King James Bible
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

MATTHEW 10:30
King James Bible
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

CREAMER IN MY COFFEE

It isn't the house that makes a HOME.  It's the people living in the house that makes it a place to call HOME to enjoy and cherish moments.  THE PERSONALITY OF A HOME comes from the ones LIVING there.  

HOME is where I pray out loud when no one else is around, but GOD, me and a cup of coffee.  Having coffee with GOD is one of the things I savor doing.  Creamer in my COFFEE is a treat as I sip my coffee and talk out loud knowing I am heard and will be comforted.

  

I enjoy COFFEE with my Husband as well, but COFFEE with GOD helps me stay on track as to how I am to live, 

what I am to do, clear my mind, and make a HOME.

HOME Life is for me,

d

I DOn't KnOw AbOut That

Not My Neighborhood But in Kansas

With clear BLUE SKIES abounding today, small town america blew the Tornado Sirens for TESTING.  The winds are still gyrating.  Windy this month.    

The sirens blew yesterday evening for REAL.  TORNADOES in the area.  The Sheriff drove his truck down the street blowing his siren as the in-town sirens were tardy to sound off.  We were in the front yard unloading some items from a moving truck before heading over to Manhattan to return the rented vehicle we had used to haul items from our rock house garage to a storage unit and RETIREMENT COTTAGE.

After three days of clearing out our Garage we were actually VERY tired.  

QUICKLY we took shelter in the cottage cellar and waited out the storm.  If we had headed back to Manhattan when we had planned, we would have drove directly into the storm.  SOMETIMES plans are best altered.    

Waited it out.  Given the clear.  Drove the moving truck across the Flint Hills with extreme winds, ate supper then safely returned HOME.  

The Kansas wind continues to howl.  Makes driving difficult.  Kansas is having strong winds and fires.  Tornadoes.

As we were working at clearing out the garage, I kept thinking that we have packed and stacked and shuffled and packed and stacked and shuffled so many times that I am really tired of doing this.  

TIRED.  

I have items to polish up, price and take to a booth to sell.  I will do the HAPPY DANCE when the garage is completely cleared out.  Truly.  That's if I can still stand when the garage is cleared out.  Muscles are sore.   Muscles are weak.  Muscles seem to not want to move as well as when I was young.  SO young.  I feel my age.  61.  We DON'T want to be doing this shuffling thang when in our 70s if we are blessed to live till then.  The THOUGHT of a dumpster comes to mind.  Just a thought.  NOT SO SURE it's a good one.    

I have a awful, hacking cough.  Taking Emergen-C.  Still believing this product helps keep me healthier.  When a cold starts coming on, I now take the C's.  It seems to help keep colds at bay.  Still have a cold/allergies to dust/asthma, but this seems to help stop the lingering effects of a cold.  I sure don't need this challenge when we have to move ahead on our FIRE RECOVERY.  Already too much going on to have a rotten head cold.  

Should have started the C's a few months ago when the weather started cooling off.  It got me this go round when it was SPRING LIKE weather changing to cold with a cycling of naughty to nice to naughty weather.  

GOT ME.

During the rest of MARCH I've got to gather up items to turn loose of.  Am hoping to have this behind me in the near future.  It's been an ongoing job that I need to retire from.

TOSSING IT ALL IN A DUMPSTER might be the best solution to an ongoing saga, but then it would haunt me for the next 50 years that I should have been more resourceful and sold the goodies.  

OR WOULD IT?

I just need to retire from this phase of LIFE.  Okay...shall see what I can do about this.  If I think that this is a new assignment perhaps it will help me heal.  MOVING is never easy.  RETIREMENT is a horse by a different color.  Heeeeeee. 

Excuse me.....this is a zebra.  RETIREMENT will be different for sure.

Getty-up,
d 

HOME Life Is For Me

After two medical appointments on Monday, Husband and I went to lunch to eat an Italian meal at Paisano's.  Delicious salad, spaghetti, garlic breadsticks, and hot coffee. Pleasant time.  Left with a doggy bag to take home for another lunch.  My stomach will thank me later.

http://www.paisanoskansas.com

My Husband suggested we go to one of my favorite THRIFT SHOP  and I agreed.  See how easy it is to go along with a Husband?  Grins.

Looking for Blue Willow dishes, I spied a oak table painted grey that put ideas in my head.  Hum.  It was in such great shape with two leaves in it, I couldn't turn it down.  After we get the table set up at HOME, will show pics.  

My kitchen table at HOME has sentimental value to me and I plan to never give it away, but this table at the THRIFT SHOP was really nice and in great shape.  It doesn't wobble when using it.  My old one does.  IN BETTER SHAPE THAN MY KITCHEN OAK TABLE.  Hope to find upholstered dining room chairs in the near future for sitting.  That will be sooooo nice to say the least.

Husband looked the table over and pulled the leaves apart to discover that the table has appropriate gears that work well.  He asked if I wanted it and I thought for about 2 seconds....yes.  I'd like to have this.  The old oak one will hopefully go into a studio for my Husband.

~COMFY CHAIR~

Then like clockwork I spied an overstuffed club chair.  There were two of them with one already spoken for.  Hubby sat in it and went ahhhhh.  He hadn't told me that our temporary television chair at HOME had been bothering him.  We talked and said let's get it.  

HOW CAN YOU GO WRONG WITH A $45 CHAIR 

IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE?

In a matter of a few minutes we were the owners of a club chair and a grey dining table.  So affordable that it was a joy to buy them.  

THEN I SAW THIS CUTE QUILT.

I picked up a quilt for little of nothing that smelled so fresh it made me keep sniffing.  It's in superb condition.  

The inside of the car had this fragrance all the way home.  SO refreshing.  This is one clean THRIFT SHOP.  

There hanging by the furniture was a sweet rug.  She's going HOME with me as well.  A small rug by Shaw Rugs.  Appreciate the bargains that become a treasure to bless our HOME with.  

BARGAINS can still be found.

We loaded the oak table in the trunk and into the back seat.  Husband knows how to disassemble things which comes in so very handy.  We traveled home, unloaded, took a break and returned to Topeka to pick up the comfy chair.  Drove HOME again and watched PBS Victoria and Mercy Street.

Hubby fell asleep in his new chair.  He was contented.  So was I.

THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY.  GOD BLESS.
HOME Life is for me,
d

Party Time

~PARTY TIME~

Somebody very special to us that we know 
and LOVE had a BIRTHDAY PARTY.

We got to help celebrate the big day.

VERY NICE PARTY.

HUGS.

All the best,

Granny Nanny

Granny Nanny Chronicles Continue

MOST OF THE TIME

I cannot get a picture of me with this child.  

Often it's a blur.

Usually I'm exhausted from the drive and look it, but it's always a treat to visit with this lil guy 

and his Daddy.

We had a BUSY week-end to celebrate 

lil guy's birthday.

Soccer in the morning.

Ping Pong in the afternoon.

AND then KUNG-FU in the evening.

NICE VISIT.

On the road again until next time,

Granny d Nanny

Spa Time

FIRST A SOAK then a foot rub.
 Old polish removed and new painted on.

What a nice TREAT to have my feet pampered.

My Grand-daughter gave me a pedicure. 
Greatly appreciated.

She had relaxing music playing.

Picking PURPLE POLISH she painted my toenails and I just love it.

TOES

I was so relaxed. 

She did a super job.

Love her.

Thank you.

HUGS,

Granny d Nanny

On the Other Side Video Dailey

Birthday Boy!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANDSON!

Gosh...you have grown up so fast it stuns me.

TEN is a great age.

LOVE you,

GRANDMA

Optimum Is A Buzz Word

Tis WINDY.
THINKING ABOUT MY DAY.  What I need to get accomplished.  Have to go get me a cup of coffee as this is how I like to start out my day after waiting my half hour after taking thyroid meds.  

I learned the hard way....take thyroid meds on empty stomach, 
and wait half an hour before eating or drinking anything.  
Wait 4 hours after taking thyroid meds before taking any other meds, vitamins, supplements.  
Coffee may affect the absorption of thyroid meds.

When having blood work done to check TSH levels,
have blood work done as early as possible in the mornings before taking thyroid meds.
FAST before blood work.

This is what I read a while back and have done my best to stick to it.
You are supposedly suppose to get a more accurate reading.
Two hours after you take your thyroid meds, they peak and if you take blood during this time, 
you'll get a false reading of how you are really doing.

THYROID HEALTH 101.
Close to a year ago I switched from SYNTHROID (synthetic thyroid) to ARMOUR THYROID (natural).

POLITICS play hard and heavy when berating natural verses their synthetic meds that big pharma can make more money on since SYNTHROID is one of the most prescribed meds in America.  Think it's number two on the charts.  Anything natural cannot be patented???  Researching the findings of SYNTHROID was interesting since royal members of royal families got the credit for synthroid.  
Royal members are in the club babee.  

I was told that Armour WAS NOT STABLE.  

After studying up on this I found out just the opposite that Armour was considered an OLD DRUG and stable.  Synthroid was continually getting the patent sold to other pharmaceutical companies before it could prove that it's shelf life was stable.  Regulations on the run.  

Trying natural and I started feeling better right away.  Synthroid caused me to SWEAT way too much.  I still sweat, but it's not as bad.  GAINED WEIGHT.  I was weak, couldn't hardly walk and irritated.  IRRITATED?  Irritated.  I was ignored by my Endo as to what I shared and all was redirected to me being a FEMALE that it's PROBABLY menopausal with menopausal symptoms.  PROBABLY MENOPAUSE.

My Husband had the same symptoms as he took Synthroid as well.  Menopausal???  He was told to have his male hormones checked.  So he did and was then told that he was practically a STUD.  Well then tell me doc...hows come I'm sweating so much, irritated, gaining weight, etc. when taking Synthroid when right on the packaging it says side effects might be.......SWEATING, FATIGUE, ETC.

I stuck it out 5 and a half years taking Synthroid and suffered.  I asked my Family Doctor if he'd prescribe Armour...yes.  I told him I was considering switching.  Would visit with him later and I did.  SWITCHED and so did my Husband.  My Husband was getting so weak that holding a newspaper was a task.  Walking was a task.  He feels so much better on the Armour. 

My Endocrinologist did NOT prescribe anything NATURAL nor did they prescribe anything with T3 in it.  None in their office did.  T4 ONLY TREATMENT.  T4.  We'd be told that from taking thyroid meds that we were just like our doctor that had a REAL THYROID.  The meds provided exactly what his thyroid made.  The T4 may be exactly like his, but all those other hormones that his thyroid made we were not getting by taking T4 ONLY.  Duh.  Imagine that.  One hormone is not the same as a thyroid that puts out a multitude of hormones.

READING WIKIPEDIA alone tells you what hormones a healthy thyroid produces.  It isn't T4 ONLY either.  But you see I was also told NOT to read about thyroid health.  Don't read.  I don't think so.  

The endos collect your money while you are ignored and feel awful.  HEAR ME LOUD AND CLEAR....I will read and study.  I will do my best to be level headed, but using logic and reasoning takes a part in all of this.  HOW I ACTUALLY FEEL does as well.

I was told repeatedly that my endo had only lost a couple of his patients.  Good running stats.  I figured out that his patients may not have had their thyroid cancer return, but their overall health suffered and they'd die from some other ailment, not thyroid cancer.  He's off the hook there as his patients die of other causes that taking T4 ONLY TREATMENT contributed to, but he wasn't saddled with being part of the problem since it wasn't thyroid cancer that killed the patients.

The Thyroid deals with so much concerning the human body.  When it's gone, it's challenging to be well.  Overall well.  Other organs suffer when the thyroid is defunct.  So you may have diabetes issues, heart issues, etc.   

When I switched to Armour, I had an adjustment period.  I was irritated about an hour after taking it.  This has lifted.  My numbers have been watched and I'm about to visit with my Family Doctor about perhaps my numbers are too suppressed.  We can watch the numbers together and have a sonogram once a year to see if there is any evidence of returning cancer.

I don't want cancer in any shape or form, but have to have the quality of LIFE be the best I can get and not just staying alive to be alive.  OPTIMUM HEALTH.  Optimum is one of the BUZZ WORDS the medical society likes to use.  OPTIMUM.  

PAUSE
Day planned out on the first day of March.
Will get some fresh air and prayer time.
Load of laundry is drying and I'll need to put another load in washing machine of doll clothing.

I bought special laundry bags to hold delicate items.  Thought this would be the way to go when washing BARBIE DOLL clothing that I have had since I was a wee girl.  NEVER BEEN WASHED.  EVER.  MOST if not all were clothing that my dear Grandma stitched for me as a SANTA CLAUS.  My Barbies came out of the FIRE in very good shape as I pulled them from the rubble.  All was stored in a blue Barbie case all these years.  I was very careful storing my Barbies and clothing.  BUT the fire damage did it's thang and all we had in the house was touched by smoke, smell or flame.

When I do come across something that is still intact, but has some smoke damage...I get a tad bit emotional.  Thankful not all went up in smoke.

I decided that I would clean the Barbies myself and not let them go to SERVICE MASTER or anyone else.  The dolls do not stink of smoke and I believe the tiny outfits will wash up really nice....so I shall see how it goes.

I viewed our list of what the textile people took to try to clean and it hurts that all my dresses were damaged.  My nice dressy jackets were all damaged.  My keepsake dresses that I wore to my Kids Weddings were all damaged.  Keepsake pretties all damaged.  Children clothing all damaged.  Sigh.  

I'll make the bed at RETIREMENT COTTAGE, get dressed, groomed and head to the Post Office to pick mail up as well as to mail them thar BILLS that I wrote out yesterday.  MAIL should go out around two in the afternoon and be sent off to KANSAS CITY.  

LAST NIGHT I watched Prez. Trump on the television as he spoke.  I'll keep quiet concerning how I feel about him being the newest elected president and how he is in my opinion a mouth piece for the illuminati.  Okay?  Okay.  

Okay.  I'll just not talk about this right now.  I'll keep quiet about all this illuminati nonsense that holds hands with kabbalist, occultist, freemasonry, shadow government, bohemian grove garbage, bankers, certain families that rule the world and fund wars.  I'll just keep my mouth shut about all of this stuff that truly must be made up because some people just have too much time on their hands.  Did you say the okay sign is an illuminati signal?  no.  Did you say it is a 666 signal?  no.  Masonic signal?  no.  I didn't say that.  But since I mentioned it....well, it does kind of look like those things, doesn't it?  Well, sort of?  He sure flashes the okay sign A GREAT DEAL....but I'm not gonna talk about it right this minute.  Okay?  Okay.  

All righty then.  Let's just move right along.  Okay?  Okay. 

Okay.  Okay.  Okay.  Okay.  Okay.  Okay.  Okay.  Okay.  Okay.  Okay.  Okay.  Okay.  OKAY.  
OK.

Please note that I am praying for our elected officials.  I am.  Still, this investigating personality that I am has been ENLIGHTENED to much that I didn't have knowledge about before I started INVESTIGATING 101.  Enquiring minds WANT TO KNOW. 

FLOTUS Melania is a lovely looking woman...I will say this:  NICE SMILE.  

Nice smile.  The front of her outfit was lower cut than I think it should have been.  Liked the color, sparkle, the wide belt and overall shape of outfit.  Just a little lower cut in front than modest.  Please.  OKAY.   

AND since you can google nude shots of her on the internet, this outfit becomes her and becomes very VERY MODEST in comparison to being completely nude in an artistic kind of way.  Modeling ya know.

Fer in the neighborhood of $9500.oo you can get one of these pretty outfits very similar to this lovely outfit.

SARCASTIC AS EVER...
Optimumly yours,
d