Greetings From Down The Street!

How's eveybody doing?

Look at the pictures I found of my  baby ===> 

He's 2 years old in these pictures. Now, he's 28! Man! did time fly!

Here's a picture my Dad sent me. He went to a seminar where Judge Toler spoke. You know Judge Toler -- Divorce Court on T.V.

He's so proud! 

Me, I'm doing great.

Went to the VA doctor the other day and all my test game back great.

I'll tell ya,  Diabetes is no joke. When your sugar is uncontrolled all kinds of nasty things happen. No, I'm not talking about just threats of heart attacks or strokes or blindness.

You can break out in blisters and large bumps that burst. It's gross and no fun.

Any way enough of the yuck.

Have you ever looked for something in a place where you know you put it then, when you go to get it -- it's not there!

Well, I've been looking for a Cheerleading picture I know I had from High School and can't find it. I've been going buggy looking for that picture.

I found my best friend from High School on Classmates dot com. We found out that she lives down here near me. Of course we got together for a brunch and I wanted to take that picture to show her.

Wouldn't you know, I can't find the darn thing.

She looks like she did in High School. Yes, a little older but, she doesn't have the white stuff all through her hair like I do.

It was so good seeing her. Now we're together again. We won't break out into a cheer or anything like that -- I'd throw something out of whack if I did.

We talked about kids and other people from out graduating class. It's amazing how time flies!

Now we're in touch on Facebook too.

So, what have you guys been up to this past week?

Did you hear about the old lady who beat a fawn to death? A baby deer, I can't believe. . .

Knock -- knock...

...who's at my door this early in the morning?

Neither the Cardinals or the Robins have started their wake-up songs at this time of morning. 

Why. . .  Good morning! You've smelled the coffee I was brewing -- didn't you.

You know I'm an early bird.

I don't sleep well so, why stay in bed -- I might as well get up and do something useful.

It was a strange and irritating day yesterday.

I've got an even stranger question: "Why do these food manufacturers package their goods in these easy to open packages that aren't easy to open? Isn't that misleading?"


Really, look

 

These are suppose to be easy to open packages and I still have to use a knife of scissors to open them -- something's wrong with that picture.

Look at the re-closable cheese packages -- they rip when you tear open where it says: "tear open"  -- you can't use them and have to put them in a baggie.

If you think about it -- they jack up the price of the item for packaging so, they're telling a lie when they say it's easy to open -- right. Didn't they use to call that false advertising?  Can I sue?

Okay, so, I'm on a roll today -- sorry!

Anywho!


I went to the Chiropractor and he used this benign looking table to bend and twist me in ways I haven't bend or twist in years. You know I'm like an old stale pretzel -- crumbling if you look at me wrong.

Any way, after I got home and was sitting in my usual spot [here in front of the computer] my son came and asked me the strangest question.

He said "Mom, I didn't know Mandy had two kids" I'm thinking yes she does, but why is he asking about her.

Just as I got up to ask him what I was thinking, low and behold the front door opens and in comes hurricane Mandy carrying her darling Queen Elizabeth and right behind her toddled her son AJ.

I was in shock -- She's never come visit me.

Who is she -- Oh, sorry, she's my best friend's [beside you, of course] youngest daughter.

She says: "Miss Debbie I'm stressed. My boyfriend is getting on my nerves. I've got to be out of my apartment by the end of the month, and W.I.C gave me the wrong milk coupon for Elizabeth" 

Look, this girl doesn't breath between sentences, her mouth is M-16 caliber and fully loaded. She's the only person that I know on the planet that can shut my son up. Neither he nor anybody else gets a word in edge wise -- believe me!

I said: "Breath Mandy breath -- you can't think straight when you're stressed" 

Mandy: "But I'm stressed, I'm so stressed -- I don't know what to do"   

Well she went on and on for about half an hour. She told me about how she has to get out of her condo by the 30th of this month. The new owner won't take Section 8.

I knew she was on section 8 for low income or no income people for housing, but man alive the government allows her to rent a house or an apartment for up to [are you ready] $1050 a month.

Can you believe that! 

I'm all for helping people get on their feet but GHEESH  why do they get to live better than I do?

Come on now, this is like rewarding people for uncontrolled procreation.

Just spit babies out and you get a nice house and food to feed them [along with the no good, slovenly male, living with you.]

I worked all my life, at a great paying job, and never could I afford that.

Don't get me started on this soap box. However, I will tell you, I do resent the fact that I worked hard all my life and couldn't afford to pay that kind a rent. A rent which would have put me in a nice neighborhood.

I raised my child off the sweat of my brow.

But, NO! -- all I had to do was lay down and spread my.....

Good Starry Evening

It's so close to bed time -- I thought I'd stop by and say -- hey!

I've been working on my other blogs today: "forgive my naughty ignoring of you."

I started a new blog BabyBoomer Nest check it out one day.


AnyWho!


I do want to show some pictures of my two or three sweet babies.

They're the good babies they never talk back they just stare at you.

Oh, my young cousin still isn't doing well, her sugar is back up to 500 -- not good!

Well, I think I'm going to go and let my eyes watch the back of their lids.

See y'all in the morning~ 

Hello People!

Drama in the Old Neighborhood

Looks like I missed a day of blogging and COFFEE.

Well, not quite -- I have other blogs to attend to. Things like this happen when you're disabled and have a difficult time getting around.

I visited the old neighborhood yesterday. Of course I wasn't disappointed. There's always drama in the "hood"

Not  long after I pulled up in my friend's driveway, we heard all these sirens blaring.

We went to find out what was going on, low and behold there were 5 police cars, 1 EMS truck and 1 Fire Engine. I never found out exactly what was going on, but people were milling about like something dramatic happened.

It never fails there's always something going on in the ghetto. If the helicopter is buzzing around you'll always find police cars lurking about.

I'm so glad to be gone from there.

I don't know what it is about "some" poor people -- I  reiterate the word "some"  are always surrounded by drama. From my experience many of these people have no respect for the space of other people. What's happened to common courtesy and social graces?

You know what I mean -- they blast their music, as if they think the rest of the world wants to hear. Or they talk loud as if what they have to say is of interest to passers by.

Worst yet,some don't watch their children. I'm talking about 3 to 6 year old kids. These kids will be all over the place especially, in other peoples yards and driveways.

What part of "I am not watching or putting up with your children"  isn't understood.

Speaking of kids -- Monday I had to drive up north to see about my younger cousin. She's 10. She's diabetic like me. Her mother has MS and drinks more than she should so, you know what that means. It means that she doesn't think right and can't make good decisions.

Anyway, My cousin and her girls live with her mother,  my Aunt. My Aunt had gone to Chicago for my Uncles funeral, you remember I wrote about that earlier.

Well, she hadn't returned yet when my young cousin's sugar became dangerously high and she was hospitalized. My other Aunt told me that her sister was frantic because she was afraid for her granddaughter and that she was 8 hours away. She knows that her daughter is now forgetful and isn't cognitively useful during times like this.

My 73 year old Aunt has custody of both the younger girls plus she loves them.

I promised that I would drive up and look into the situation. Both Aunts wanted someone who has some iota of sense -- why they think I do, is beyond me.

Any way, I jumped in the car and took off.  When I arrived at the hospital. My baby cousin seemed to be doing fine. Her sugar was down in the 200s. I know that's still high but it beats being in the 700s.

Her mother was there and fairly lucid -- I was surprised!

I stayed for a couple of hours and talked to the doctors and nurses. I still can't figure out why they're having so much of a problem with the insulin pump they have my cousin on.

The pump seems more confusing than just loading a needle and injecting yourself.

I left and made it back home just after dark. I don't like driving in the dark, my eyes don't work well and inanimate objects seem to jump in the way at times.

So, what did you guys do while I was gone?

Did you get your coffee fix?

"Hey, let's go to Speedway and get some coffee, theirs is better than mine. I can't figure what..."

It's Monday Already!

Wow! The weekend just flew by!

How are you this gorgeous morning?

Me, I'm doing just fine and dandy!

I just got back from the eye Doctor. Needless to say, I'm half blind!. With my Diabetes and Sjogrens Syndrome I stay at the eye Doctors more than usual.

One thing about the VA, they have taken wonderful care of me.

Look at this picture^^ see how far away I was when I took it.That's how far I had to walk. Now, you know, my legs and hips don't work!


Isn't that a nice building. They just built it last year for the Veterans. It still isn't a full functioning hospital, it's ambulatory, but it's better than the small clinic we were in. 

I still can't figure out why Columbus,  the capital of Ohio, doesn't have a full fledged hospital? That just boggles my mind.

It's a good thing that the VA provides those modified gulf carts to come around and pick up people to take them to and from the building. I told the man:

"I almost went home because I couldn't find a parking spot!"

That's all I would need is to fall down out there in front of everyone.

You do know, I have done just that! 


What!

I've never told you that I'm a disabled Veteran. Oops, must have slipped my mind.

Yes, I am. I've been around the world twice. I've lived in Turkey, Germany and Korea. I've visited Italy, Greece, France, Luxemburg, Belgium, Litchenstein, and Austria.

World traveler -- that's me!  I'll have to find some pictures and show them to you.

Yesterday, I actually cooked a meal that was pretty tasty. That's right, NO charcoal crispy meat. It was pretty good, if I don't say so myself.

We had roast and potatoes, and broccoli with cheese.

 

I use these spices

 

 Here's everything I use

 Here's the finished product -- No burn or scorch marks!

My son thought he'd died and gone to heaven, not a burnt spot anywhere!

So, how's your morning been?

My Uncle's funeral was this morning, I'm going to have to call and see how things went.

I hope my Aunt Ola, didn't get ugly. She's special that way. She doesn't like anything or anybody and doesn't have a problem letting people know that.

I think everyone has someone like that in their family -- don't you?

Sorry, no coffee this morning, I stopped by Speedway before my appointment. Then it was off to TeeJay's after the appointment.

I had a chance to read the Dispatch...

They're still focusing on the young girl who ran away from home because she thought her parents were going to kill her.

What do you think about that, me well...

Go Blogger, Go Blogger

Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies -- don't you just want to bite into one!

Hiya neighbor!

How are you this fine morning -- me, I'm doing pretty good today.

On yesterday's post I tried to upload some pictures and kept getting a failed error. Blogger got right on it and fixed the problem.

Go Blogger, Go Blogger -- you guys/gals rock! 

See those cookies up there^ well, I can have a couple! You know I have a wicked sweet tooth so, going without a cookie or a piece of cake or a piece of pie or...isn't an option, it's mandatory for my piece of mind!


My Landlord stopped by yesterday to check on how the roofers did -- he seemed pleased. His next project is new gutters. I love living in a well kept up house.

Columbus is moving forward with its beautifying neighborhood projects. They're getting dilapadated houses sold or torn down. The ones that are sold the new owners are fixing them and making them presentable.

It's a great idea but, when you move people into these updated homes and they haven't a clue as to how to keep them looking good -- well you find your neighborhood back in the same position it was.

Some people just don't care -- I call people like this hood-rats or ghetto-mutts. Either way it's a shame they're that under-educated they can't take care of the home in which they live..

So, what's new with you?

I've been spending quite a bit of internet time on FaceBook. I finally got my friend Mary to sign up. She posts lots and lots of family pictures on her page.

Right now, I'm looking for ways to up my blog readership and getting people to make comments. It's not an easy task. Most people just like to read and see what people are writing about.

Coffee? I'll make some. I went to Speedway early this morning for my java fix but, I'd be more than happy to make you some.

You have to go to the Doctor? Would you like me to take you?

Sure I don't mind...