we were over at a friends house this afternoon,he brought Ian back a bottle of Old Granddad Bourbon. We notices a smoke plume rising and heard emergency vehicles. There is a fast moving brush fire not far from their place. After we left,we looked back at the smoke and it was black and heavy. Guess we wont be quadding in there for a while. The smoke is over Redwater and I have a sore throat from it. Supposed to be hot until next Tuesday.

Ian got two planters filled with mixed dirt and cow manure. We will have to go gather more cow pies tomorrow. I dont have much to say tonight,not too much happened today and I am going to have grilled cheese for my supper. Ate my salad but fell asleep watching the news. Just heard they are going to put water bombers on the fire,there was one in the same area last year. fire should be out soon. Night to the few who read this blog,it must be the most boring thing ever! Have a good one

It has not been a good day fibro wise. My biceps and triceps are all in spasm,elbows hurt and the weirdest of all is the charlie horses in my diaphram. I turn too quick and there it is feeling as big as a baseball. Have the brain fog,too. I am trying to get along with as little pain stuff as possible.

One bright note,I bought more solar trash for the backyard.Sure bathes the yard in colour!!Ian is planting parsnips and if I can I will be planting all the sunflowers,and the geraniums. I just noticed today that the metal bench needs to be painted I put a large planter on the seat with 3 different colours of geraniums. This year its 3 shades of pink.I will put nastursiums all around the the planter. Last year we planted marigolds in a huge bed,but this year it will be an assortment of flowers,will have to wait until they germinate. We are going to be gone for 2 weeks in July,so I didnt want to have too much for Cathy to water when she gets here to clean the cat box.well,Caits can do the cleaning of the box.

We went fishing yesterday and it was so much fun,I couldnt fish and I wont get into the boat so Harry and I had a good time napping. We have to get him some gravol or the like,he got car sick on the way back home.Just drooled a lot and laid with his head in my lap. Poor thing,he was fine once he got out of the truck.I knew that I was in for a bad day when I woke up,I usually stretch before I attempt to get up.could not even do that well the flareup usually only lasts a few days.

Ian is still being a food Nazi,I have decided to just ignore his attitude and keep on with what I am doing. I like to have a choice of what I have on my plate,not something he thinks I like. I am tired of potatos ,no matter how they are cooked. same with rice so I will make bulgar and coucous. Well,it is after midnight and I need to try and get comfortable. Will try and find something interesting to talk about. Bye for now.

last post got eaten by something in the web,no sign of it.

Went fishing in a trout lake today,at least Ian did. There were a pair of Great Blue Herons flying around and I think I know where their nest might be. Saw 3 Osprey,one dove down into the water but came up empty beaked. There were crowds of red winged black birds,males of course. The females are a stripey brown,very plain looking. we used to have all those at our old place. Even saw a big red-headed woodpecker and a little downy woodpecker. we see those each winter here.Ian mixes up chunky peanut butter with chopped peanuts and bird seed. no wonder we go through so much peanut butter,all the nuthatches and chickadees eat the black oil sunflower seeds plus niger seed. we grow a lot of our own sunflower seeds so just leave them standing all winter.

I am making an appointment with the family doctor because of really bad headaches and bleeding nose.Oh well,just more tests.wonder if that is because of low platelets.Well they will also find that out from my next blood test. I have to go pick up my insulin tomorrow.they gave me 2 boxes and owe me 10 more. I have 98 refills left. 1 refill of 12 boxes costs $640.00, I pay $25.

Poor Harry was car sick on the way home.He didnt barf just was drooling and keeping his eyes closed. Now I know that I need to go to the vet and get him something for travel sickness.Got to find out about heartworm meds. We didnt have that on the island so never thought to get information on it.

Ian is still being a food Nazi. I have finally gotten him to realize that somedays I am just not hungry. I have something to eat much later.Like yougort or strawberries or my favorite raspberries. I was going to make pea soup tomorrow but the temperature is going to be warm. I should be able to plant the sunflowers,the calendulas and nastursiums.

We have to start thinking about getting the trailer ready for the Yukon trip. Need to unroll the canopy and give it a scrub besides all the outer shell. We left the fridge door open all winter so I just need to scrub it down with baking soda. Same with the bathroom..we wont find any mice nests because we put bait on top of the tires and every cupboard. Probably left clothes in there over the winter as well as towels.Have to wash them,they get a funny 'dead air' smell.

I am going to finish this now, and go to bed,have been fighting off sleep since 6pm. Maybe instead of fighting it,I should just go to bed.will talk again soon,hope it is more interesting next time. hmmm dont I say that every time?? Night to all

I am finally talking to Ian a little bit. I was sooo mad at him yesterday.I was in the veggie department of Walmart getting salads and he goes "PUT THAT BACK" people turned around and stared and I was so embarrassed that I called him a dumb ass and told him he could just F&%#K right off. I immediately headed to the check out. My face felt like it was on fire I was so embarrassed.

We later went to get cow manure,I stayed in the truck with Harry as he picked up cow pies. Will have endless supply now. I still didnt talk to him,just Harry.This morning he finished the pergola roof with out me mentioning it so I figured he was sorry and didnt know how to say it yet.I still am not completely unangry with him. Jerk was just in here and said the salad dressing I bought was gross,all I said was dont eat it then,wanted to say more but its like arguing with an unarmed combatant.

If he would not be a food nazi,then I wouldnt get stressed,which wouldnt cause more cortisol to run around my body and that on top of chronic fibro pain and the arthritis in my sacro-illiac joint I could deal much better with him and everything else. I think I am just tired,when I am I get achy and bitchy and just want to be left alone.

He wants to get manure tomorrow,then probably go see if there are any pigeons flying. then end up at his buddy's place to help take out a tranny in a big tracked Cat.

I am hoping all my solar thingys in the backyard are charged. 2 werent last night so I moved them to a better place to get charged. I also have a gnome in a hammock to hang up also. Have all kinds of gnomes,pigs and rocks from all over.We brought 2 from BC that you dont see out here some from Yellowknife and will get some in the Yukon. We left behind my red Jasper nuggets which weighed 10 lbs each. Couldnt bring everything as it was we were condensing 2-1152 sq.ft.floors into a total 950 sq.ft. basement included. we had to be ruthless.

I brought all my books because we took 3 U-Hauls full before we even sold the place. and we had this house already. well think I will take some pills and try to sleep. hope next blog is something of interest.

well we awoke to howling winds and some snow.Guess my poor lilies and alliums will freeze.It was a mad house around here.Ian tore the shelves out and there are holes in the gyprock.He has to patch them and repaint 11/2 walls. Harry was so upset with all that was happening that he peed on the floor. I dont get any bookcases until the wall is painted so I must get to HomeDepot for more.At least we still have the label so we can get the right colour. I have so much to get done tomorrow before the kids come. One is to clear off the dining room table,the other is to make sure the bathroom floor is swiffered. Have to make a birthday cake. Ian made jello yesterday. Hope I can find birthday candles somewhere in this place.

It is cold,just like early spring before anything grows.I hope Kritter likes his birthday cake made in a bundt pan. I may just see if I can find other cake pans in the coldroom. Coldroom my ass,it is the same tempurature as the basement.It is a good place to store things you dont use often and have nowhere else for them to go.

I cant eat garlic bread,had some with supper and have a gut ache and bloating which means dont put your face under the covers!! This is going to be short tonight, The house looks like a bomb went off. Just wait until they get a look at the kitchen wall colour!! they havent seen it since it was painted. The closest to a neutral colour is the living room with walls that are blue/grey.They will be getting painted a nice topaz this winter. I have so much to shovel away because Caits is bringing her boyfriend,and I kind of dont like strangers coming here with the house like it is.oh well,if he doesnt like it too bad,he will be covered with cat hair and dog hair.Welcome to the MAD HOUSE!!!

thats all tonight,talk again tomorrow.

We went into Edmonton to go the the flea markets. It was a fun day,didnt spend much but it was great. Got a wrapped cd I had on my list,and a wrapped DVD that was on another list.Now I can get rid of the VHS version. DVD's take up less space than videos.,space is something we dont have too much of.Today has been a madhouse here,finding places to put stuff off the shelves. There are only 2 more shelves but the bedroom looks like a bomb went off in there.

Not feeling so good with my stomach,looks like I will be going to the doctor soon.I may end up with having the hiatius hernia fixed. I am going to try an experiment,stop eating bread and wheat products to see if I feel better. Doesnt hurt to try and all I will really miss will be grilled cheese and garlic bread.

It was raining when I got up this morning but has stopped now,still looks real grey out there. I have got to get the lilies planted real soon.They are calling for rain/snow showers for tomorrow. who knows,the weather lady is such a dumb bitch so we could have what southern Alberta had.I think I will go in a few months early Oh,it started raining again!

I have the oven on,waiting for it to heat up to bake the spuds, I am not all that thrilled with gas cooking.we had propane in BC and all my recipies are timed for that. It was hard getting the timing right so that is my excuse for not baking a lot anymore.If Ian wants a cake,he makes it himself,they are generally okay but he puts fruit cocktail in most cakes. All I bake these days are butter tarts and tomato soup cake. I do xmas cake all year long,I dont use and peel,hate the stuff,just use glace cherries and almonds,golden raisins.Has hardly and cake to it. Have to bake a cake for Kritters birthday on Wednesday.They are coming out for supper-rotissed chicken

I won a contest at the Home Shopping thingy,got a lot of stuff.The rotissery is the best thing ever,got2 flavor wave cookers and other stuff. My friend phoned me because her mom had watched the draw and heard my name. I didnt believe it until Purolator pulled up in the drive way.That was at least 10 years ago,when I was still chatting on Gamehouse.lol The spuds are in the oven and in half and hour or 45 minutes I will stick the sausages in with the spuds.

I was too late remembering I had to go to the drug store.well,there is always tomorrow.I might be on here again tonight but if not will be back tomorrow.Bye now

We went into the Fort today.The main reason was to get the last 3 boards we need for the pergola roof. As usual,Home Depot only had warped and twisty boards or ones full of knot holes. Then we went to Walmart again. Ian got wheels for his table saw.I bought the original Robin Hood that was on the air when Scott was born. I really liked that show,but then,I turned 7 the following week.Old but good.

I again bought food.I am not buying any more food till either the freezer downstairs or the fridge freezer are emptied.Have better luck getting hit by lightening that emptying either one of them.

I even cooked supper tonight,baked chicken and baked potatoes. Had no fat sour cream for it.Doesnt taste too bad,although I would prefer full fat stuff. I do what I can do to keep the carotid artery from getting more blocked. Ian said I could make a normal stirfry and he would just pick out the high "K" veggies which would be broccoli and baby bok choy. It would then taste normal to me.

Have a box up to clear off the shelves in the bedroom. Then Ian can take them down and put up the bookshelves. One bizarre thing I saw outside of walmart was 2 ladies putting on gloves,scarves,and ear muffs. Where did they think we lived,the north pole?? One thing I did buy was 20 lilies. They survive the winters good here.Maybe this year I can have enough to cut some for the house. I have to get 3 large geraniums for a pot on the garden seat. All of the flowers Ian dug up from the ditches around town are up with about 3 inches of green. The other bed of lilies has lots of growth,the alliums are by far the best growers this year.Having said that,we will get snow and cold temperatures.!!

I also got an Xmas cactus, they do really well here,could be the big east facing window.The 2 I had already ,1 is still blooming for the 3rd time and the other has new leaves all over.The new one should be doing good with a new pot and some fertilizer. Also finally got a weeping fig. It has new growth all over so should do good.

It is good that I can sleep in.I cut back on one of my sleep meds,back to the original dose,see if that has any effect on the sleep. Ian says I have been thrashing around in my sleep again,like I have a belly ache. Must mean I will be sleep-walking again. actually it is more like sleep eating.

Must truly be a mad woman!! well,I must go and fill my pill box for another week and give myself a shot of Methotrexate. Just got to remember which leg I used last week.well,enough from me and my boring life. If I win the lottery I would have lots to write about but since all I win are free-plays,will be a long time of this. Night all!!