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Whew! Life! It's time to get down and let her rip! |
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{f:comic} It's time to get SERIOUS. I haven't been writing due to life but I know now if I let life stand in the way of my talent I will loose it. I have to write or read about writing. I have to hand write in journals. I have to be active on this sight. I need to read the literature I want to write! We all have to get with the program or get off the speed boat of life. |
| Saturday, June 17. 2006 A new craft! I went with Tim to his Mom’s today and I am going to attempt my first quilting project of my choice. I am making a sunflower that I am going to put on a towel for the bathroom curtain. This is going to make a rather thick towel that will keep a lot of the heat out when the sun hits in the evening. I am going to blanket stitch this on very good, I hope, in the fact that it will please me and also make Letha think I am worthy of doing a quilt. I am going to start out with baby steps. This is just one sunflower then I am going to make a quilt hanging then graduate to a full size quilt with sunflowers if I make it that far. It does not seem to hard right now and I know I could machine quilt this one but I want to know that I can pass on this craft of quilting and embroidering to future generations. I may have grandchildren one day instead of grand dogs. That’s not to say that I do not just love my dogs. The more I am around dogs the less I like people! Pets are better. Even Jean’s bird is better than most people. Therefore, since I am going to also be leaving a lot of my writing; I am going to include in this journey of life my very favorite quotes that I have collected. Some I have collected and lost. Some collected and given away. I started this in my teen years in Detroit when I used to visit the awesome, huge Detroit Public Library near Wayne State University. On the weekends, I would go there many times just to look in the quote books with notebook in hand and write them down. I wish I could find those old notebooks just to see if the same quotes then attach me now. SSince I am writing about quotes and dogs, I guess this leaves an excellent opportunity to include some of my favorite dog quotes. We give dog’s time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It is the best deal man has ever made. -M. Acklam Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate. -Sigmund Freud I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. -Rita Rudner A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. -Robert Benchley Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog. -Franklin P. Jones If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons. -James Thurber If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise. -Unknown My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can. That's almost $21.00 in dog money. -Joe Weinstein Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chick! en, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth! -Anne Tyler Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. -Mark Twain You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'Wow, you're right! I never would've thought of that!' - Dave Barry Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. -Roger Caras If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give him only two of them. -Phil Pastoret The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -Anonymous Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -Ann Landers If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will Rogers There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. -Ben Williams A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. -Josh Billings The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. -Andy Rooney |
| Doesn't life change just each and everyday? You know one day my husband had an accident. He had already had a terrible coalmining accident that left him disabled but one day while taking medication that clearly states do not drive and operated machinery while taking this medication. He drives, totals his pick up, it's his fault, our dog leaves the site of the accident while he is being taken to a high tech hospital in a neighbooring city. He's in ICU/Truma Center for seven days. The injuries to numerous to entail. I loose my job, good paying job to nurse him to health. My son was in jail at the time on sucide watch because he thought his father was going to die. The story goes on....now he's better. He got a settlement the other day. I said to him how about getting me a set of porcelian teeth. They are guarantee to last 20 years. I have good teeth but they are 51 years old. This would last me probably the rest of my life. Oh, he says. You are just a dependent. What have you brought into this household. I fought for his workman's comp, his pension, his social security, worked for 8 yrs. at the good job, provided him with insurance and look at the thanks I get. God, I get so pissed with life. When it looked like he was dying he had a halo on top of his head in place of it now or horns and I'm expecting a pitch fork to jab me at any time. He might as well because he does it with his words quite often. |
| Finally, my world slows down for awhile. I am trying to surround myself with things that are of beauty without over ding it. My Aunt passed away April 25 leaving me her home and the contents. The contents are amazing. I don't think she ever threw any thing away. it's amazing what people save. I guess I'll soon become the ebay auction queen. If any one has any hints on what to do I would greatly welcome them! |
| The day was spent at funeral homes, health departments, insurance companies, and things like that nearly a month after the death of my Aunt. Why so much trouble even though it was a prearraged funeral? I want mine quick. Either make me a cedar box I'll fit in or give me the pauper's casket. Don't emblam me and just let me rest. Do it quickly because I don't want my family and friends standing around supplying the tears. I want funny jokes and stories told at mine. It won't be long. Life's funny, it doesn't seem like time at all. Diane |
Awwww..to be a woman. Isn't it just wonderful? Some thing weird usually happens to us once a month from about the age of 11 until well, until it stops. Then you go through this wonderful phase of life that is named Men-O-Pause which to me has a deeper meaning such as a Pause on the Men, the women, the dogs, the children...whew...what a feeling. Do you know I bought Evian Water that sprayed my hot face for $14.50 a bottle, desparate, must I say YES! I need hormones if anyone knows of any on the black market, white or purple market I don't care. I'll by um I don't care if it kills me or you. Just a little BLOG to not make lite of this wonderful situation!  |
| The last week seems like a dream. Funerals are like that you know. You go around in a daze and talk to people. It's like being in a movie and you are acting. it's never seemed what I would call normal when a person is laying lifeless in a casket and all around them are loved ones, friends, and even strangers from the funeral home. All are talking but it just isn't a sane thing to do. Has anyone ever thought this thing out? |
| Well, I've had enough of loved ones that's for sure. They will take advantage of you more than anyone else in your life except some of these overly demanding jobs! I've been helping out alot with my elderly Aunt who is terminally ill. Hey, though she isn't dying. The doctor suguested Hospice but she isn't going to take them up on the extra help because she has three slaves, me, Mom and my son. She has so much junk. I counted 79 collector plates! No order to them either. Elvis the king is right next to Jesus loves the little children. Then a red bird. Then Scarlet O'Hara, then Wizard of Oz, then another bird, drives me crazy. Okay, not as much as when the clock strikes another hour then we have a bird clock, a ten commandments clock, rooster clock, etc. Okay, not as much as the Teddy Bears, all 32 of them. One even plays Elvis' song "Let me be your Teddy Bear." In the mornings its gospel music and preaching. In the afternoon she's cussing like a sailor. I guess she expects the Lord to take her in the morning. If she departs this earth in the evening the devil can have her. She's selfish, inconsicerate, and bullheaded. There isn't a bed to sleep on in the house but the one I cleaned off because each bed has her new clothes on it, plus 5 closets full, clothes are on doorknobs and hanging on things from the doors to the rooms. The place suffocates me to know end. She said to me a few years ago just look this stuff will all be yours someday. I just said to myself "This will be a hell of a ebay sell." THE END. |
| Nothing like being a caregiver to the world. It will make for some great writing. I need to go ahead and invest in a lap top computer just so i can keep my things together at my Aunt's house. It's just to heavy to wag this big huge computer to her house so I just wag my scrapbooking stuff instead! BeDiane |
| Stayed with my youthful daughter for 4 days. It helped but I am back home. We'll see. |
| but we all know especially if you do your morning entrys (see "The Artist Way" by Julia Cameron) you'll know it gets those creative juices flowing. If I just wrote one on my dreams it will be a hell of a book! Diane |
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