Follow Friday Four Fill in Fun Blog Hop – week 148

Okay, you know the deal – Each week, Hilary will list four statements with a blank for you to fill in on your own blogs. If you want to join the fun and come up with four fill in’s of your own, please email them to her  .

If she use them, She will add you as co-host to the hop! This week’s co-host is ELOQUENT RAMBLES she who came up with the last three statements.

The statements:

1) Have you ____ yet?

2)____ is my favorite ____ product

3) I like ____ but prefer___

4)Social media ______

My Answers:

1) Have you gotten bad weather yet?

2) Gardenia  is my favorite cologne product.

3) I like peanut butter  but prefer nutella

4) Social media very addicitive
This is a Blog Hop!

Day 68 Grafitti

 how cool is this?  this is a wall that 
is painted with all this graffiti

The pics are in order that they are on the wall
only the wall was one pic lol

somebody really has an imagination
with painting all these skeletons
if you click on the pics to full size 
you can read the captions

My favorite one is 2nd pic
the bottom right hand one love the saying

happy weekend everybody
and please be safe

Day 67 train wreck

 This train wreck happened in Dec,
however I haven't had a chance to drive by
until today, and it still looks awful.

Click here to read Train Derailment
BNSF is suspecting foul play as the
only way the cars can come apart
is by using a tool to make them loosen
as they can't be loosened by hand

They were hauling new cars, thankfully
nobody was hurt in their passing cars, or
other train operators

All picturs are @to me, you may share them
but please don't steal them

Thankful Thursday

wow  HOW CUTE is this?  it matches the background!!!!

here we are on Thankful Thursday, no place better to be
sharing our many blessings with each other, we all have so much to
be thankful for.   IT is always so hard for me to write a few down on my list

Gilligan's Love 
a nice cozy and warm home during this awful cold weather
God, giving me the ability to get my new truck 
a GREAT financial rate :)
parents *mom had her 77 bday on Tusday* she doesn't look 77
The trees are starting to bud out *yayy spring is on its way*
I am scared they are gonna get frozen back, because we have 
rain, sleet, snow and freezing rain coming over the next week
My big screen tv so I can watch my favorite shows better.
Friends who call out of the blue,  I know I say this alot, it is always nice
to get an unexpected phone call.
Family always calling mom n dad to make sure they are ok.
Getting to visit with my aunt and uncle today while visiting my parents
That we live in the USA *and that we still have some of our rights of our 
forefathers*  I think they would not be liking the way things are now days.
People who take the hint, that you don't care if they are there, and  volunteer
to leave on their own.

Hope everybody has had a great week and it continues to be full of
many blessings

Day 66 and Wordless Wed my trip to car dealer

Monday, I go to the dealership
to get a remote programmed for my car,
the cold weather was/is so hard on me
so I needed to get it programmed anyway
so that I could use remote start and at least
the car would be toasty.

While waiting,  I made the BIG mistake
of going to the showroom and 3 hrs later
I am the proud owner of a brand new
2014 Chevy Silverado 4x4   You should see all the bells and whistles on this truck.  It has an onboard computer yes I said that...voice over the radio, my phone connects auto to it if it rings, pandora radio, xm and sirrus.  along with the
cool back up camera.   This dealership has been sending me emails for a year now telling me
I need to trade my car in.  However I did it and it is sooo nice and comfy.  Can't wait
for Gilligan to see it,   looks like a future road trip.   To my surprise and I am saying this
literally surprised they got me financed through gmac with 7% interest.  I have never in my life of driving had a brand new car.  Thank you God for giving me this beauty.

Now, this morning I get a call from the dealer scared to answer that something had not been approved so I reluctantly call them back to find out get this....2 recalls already on it I am thinking what the heck?  how can a vehicle with 3400 miles have something wrong?  well
the fuel pump and exhaust system are faulty.  Tuesday I return red to the garage :( for a loaner.
Sure is comfy driving actually it is like a car

blessings to you all

day 65 duck duck duck goose

took this Sunday while out and about
if you look in the back ground there is still
ice on the water.

The white goose, came in and joined in
with the ducks it is a snow goose
this is the first of its kind I have ever
seen here in OK.

Hope everybody is having a great week
and staying warm and safe if you are in
the cold weather

Hodgepodge Questions - Volume 160

Here are the questions for this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge.  Answer on your own blog, then hop back here tomorrow to share answers with the world wide websters. See you there!

1. It's  been said that one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day. Do you think that's true? Do you find that an easy exercise most mornings? What's something positive you told yourself today? If you missed that boat, what's something positive you could tell yourself tomorrow?
I do believe something positive in the morning can change your day.  Today I told myself to take a deep breath and that everything was going to be ok, Today had a perfect ending to a perfect day

2. There will be karaoke at the next party you attend...are you in? Or will you be faking a sore throat? 
Yes, I love karaoke, as long as I do not have to drink to do it, those days are long gone

3. January 29th is National Puzzle Day...what's something you've found puzzling recently?
wondering, how people can be your friend then talk about you behind your back

4.  Jigsaw, crossword, acrostic, logic, sudoku, word search...what's your favorite kind of puzzle, and when did you last work one?
I do the crossword puzzle everyday that comes in the paper.

5. Recently a writer by the name of Amy Glass ruffled feathers with a post she wrote saying she looks down on young women with husbands and kids and she's not sorry. Among other things, she says women will be equal with men when we stop saying house work and real work are equally important. You can read the whole piece by clicking here.

What say you? Do you think men and women are equal in the 21st century? Why or why not?
I think men and women are treated more fairly than in previous decades, however
if women can stay at home and not work outside the home, then I am all in favor.

6. What's a product you've noticed in the grocery store that you'd like to try, but haven't yet?
hmmm, this is tough,  because of the so many things eaten when growing up there is not alot of things that I haven't tried.  let me think,   maybe some of the natural waters : the coconut water looks good

7. The author, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) was born this week in 1832 (January 27th).  Which character from his celebrated novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, would you most like to meet, and why? Here's a linkto a character list if you need help on this one. 
The Cheshire Cat -  A perpetually grinning cat who appears and disappears at will. The Cheshire Cat displays a detached, clearheaded logic and explains Wonderland’s madness to Alice.  Cheshire cat, is funny, smiles all the time and is very clearheaded


8. Insert your own random thought here.
if you let go and let God you can have total control over any situation

Treasures from Heaven

How Ironic?   This week has been a very blessed week,  Monday I was taking the doggies
out and find a penny in the drive way,  Tuesday evening I stopped at Denny's and found
a quarter in the drive right by the car, Wed  I stopped at the local gym and found not 1
but yes 2 shiny penny's on the driveway by the car.  Thur another penny in the drive at home
Friday, I find 2 dines, and 2 pennies in the dyer.   Maybe I am going to be coming into some unexpected money?

Maybe, my guardian angel is trying to tell me I need to
slow down *and "smell the roses so to speak" and btw
my guardian angel is my grandmother.

however, I love my little treasures falling from Heaven.
I mean finding a penny randomly is unusual but finding
coins everyday is ironic.

Do you pick up money when you find it on the ground?
Do you wonder how far it has traveled to get into the spot
for you to find it?  Did it fall out of somebody's pocket perhaps
or did they leave it behind on purpose?

Follow Friday Four Fill in Fun Blog Hop – week 147

Okay, you know the deal – Each week, Hilary will list four statements with a blank for you to fill in on your own blogs. If you want to join the fun and come up with four fill in’s of your own, please email them to her .

If she uses  them, She will add you as co-host to the hop! This week’s co-host is LISA from LISA WRITES she who came up with the last three statements.

 The statements:

• ____ always makes me ____
• If one song represents how I feel right now it is ____________.
• In 2013 my biggest challenge was __________ and made me __________
• I feel ________ about making New Year’s resolutions.

My Answers:

• Talking with Gilligan always makes me smile
• If one song represents how I feel right now it is heatwave, sure could use some heat now
• In 2013 my biggest challenge was getting out of CALI and getting back home to OK and made me closer to Gilligan for 1, and back home where I belong.  but 2014 my BIGGEST challenge will
• be getting Gilligan back here in OK with me
• I  feel positive about making New Year’s resolutions.

This is a Blog Hop!

day 64 cold front coming

took, this pic on the way home from my parents
I think you can safely say there is a
cold front brewing!!!

Spose to be nice over the weekend
but COLD again on Monday

I think Father time really needs
to quit making mother nature mad
please do your honey doos mr time.

hope everybody has a great
weekend

Thankful Thursday

wow is time flying by, it seems just yesterday we were at Thankful Thursday and here
we are again.

We all have so many things to be thankful for, it is always hard to just list a few.

Salvation Thank you Jesus for you ever ending love
Gilligan
Roof over my head
heat (it is 15* plus have -2 wind chill)
water lines not freezing
friendship 
getting pictures in the mail (snail mail)
Bethe  http://lifesbeautynuggets.blogspot.com/  if you have never visited
her blog, you are truly missing out, why not stop and show her some love
my ereader so that I can read more often
crafts that I am working on in the winter months

Day 63 My New Car Coasters

how cool are these  lady bugs *they don't hurt anybody* in fact they keep some of the other bugs away.

I ordered these cup coasters off of amazon for my car thought you all might like them.  I had to chuckle when I saw them in the car ;)

They are thirsty stones or car coaster *they prevent water from getting into your cup holders*  you can google ( I LOVE GOOGLE)  car coasters and there is many to choose from and fairly cheap too.

Hope everybody is having a Terrific Thursday ;)

Ten Pin Hodgepodge

Welcome to the Wednesday Hodgepodge! We're tucked in under a blanket of fallen snow and frigid temps, perfect weather for hodgepodging.  Add your link at the bottom of my post and then go a-visiting.  Here are my answers to this week's questions-

1. It was decided on Sunday the Denver Broncos will meet the Seattle Seahawks in this year's Superbowl.  So, when was the last time you bowled?  Not where you thought this question was going is it? Do you like to bowl? Are you any good?
BRONCOS!!!    I love bowling, haven't bowled in a couple of years now.  I used to  be pretty good average was 165 high game was 267, I have 4 trophies that I display proudly

2. Should sports stars be role models?
WOW. we really have some good role-models for our upcoming kids.  I mean really Miley? Gaga?
I think our sports stars do a pretty good job of being a role model, I just hope they realize how much of a role they do play on the younger kids.  However, the outburst at the end of Seahawks and 49ers by the seahawks player was not setting a good example!!!!

3. January is National Oatmeal month...are you a fan?  How do you like your oats?
I love oatmeal  yum!!!! I like it with milk, brown sugar, pecans, and cinnamon
I also love fresh oatmeal cookies

4. What is one book on your reading list for 2014?
I am on Goodreads   here is my info not sure how to tell you :(
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/26375007-ginaone book I am going to finsih reading is the bible, I started a plan on Jan 1st
 reading the bible in a year
5. What would you like your future self to say to your present self?
I have turned into my mother.

6. When scrolling through the TV guide, what is one movie title that makes you want to stop, grab the popcorn, and watch for a while?
Shall we dance, mr. hollands opus, pretty woman, any disney movie, the Taking of Phelom 213,
but I guess the big one would be The book of ELI, I could watch that movie over and over again


7. What are two style trends you hope never come back into fashion?
I have to agree  Hi-Waisted pants!!! and Bell bottoms grrr I didn't like those things
in the 70's and didn't like when they came back the 2nd time.  now I know I am getting old

8. Insert your own random thought here.
make sure if you are in the deep freeze again, to wear layers, as Hypothermia and Frost bite only'
takes moments to set in.  Don't forget your pets!!!!If you are cold so are they!!!

wordless Wednesday

how cute is this?   this is our great nephew and great niece
belonging to 2 different nieces.  Justin is 3 1/2
Cheyenne will be 2 the end of Feb.
We have another great nephew, who is just 6 months old (the little boys brother)
and Cheyennes mommy is expecting in Aug.  lots of august greats for us

blessings

day 62 silly kitty

I come into the living room and find the
Kitty all stretched out on the table.  Oh to have that life.
He thinks he is King of the house, ok he really is most cats are
He isn't moving from his comfy spot, as the vent is also
right above the table, so he really does have the best of both worlds.

Hodgepodge Questions - Volume 159

Here are the questions to this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge.  Answer on your own blog, then hop back here tomorrow to add your link to the party. See you there!

1. It was decided on Sunday the Denver Broncos will meet the Seattle Seahawks in this year's  Superbowl. So when was the last time you bowled? Not where you thought this question was going is it?  Do you like to bowl? Are you any good? 

2.   Should sports stars be role models? 

3. January is National Oatmeal month...are you a fan? How do you like your oats?

4. What is one book on your reading list for 2014?

5. What would you like your future self to say to your present self?

6. When scrolling through the TV guide, what is one movie title that makes you want to stop, grab the popcorn, and watch for a while?

7. What are two style trends you hope never come back into fashion?

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

Day 61 old wash board and crying iron

I had to take my big comforters to the laundry mat to wash today,
 I noticed this ole wash board.  Wow I am so glad we don't have to
 do laundry the old fashioned way.
Thank the Lord for modern day washers, dryers.  However I do
like to hang my towels, sheets on the line to dry nothing seems
fresher than those smells of line drying.

I even on my counter have an old crying iron most I can tell is early
 1900's now that sucker is heavy...no wonder they called them crying irons.
This thing is made out of cast iron heavy yes, I use it also when it gets cold,
put it on the burner and heat it up it stays warm for hours

Hope everybody is having a great Tuesday and that your week
continues to be full of blessings.

Do you remember ironing and washing clothes the old fashion way?

Day 60 nature

Isn't this amazing?  this was taken
on the nature trail that I visit often.

The trees all barren from leaves,
many different shapes, sizes all being
trampled for the next cycle of life to start over.

Bugs hibernate underneath the leaves, crunched leaves makes good mulch for the worms
to till the soil in the spring.   The fallen
trees in the water makes great breeding grounds
for the fish, limbs stretching out for what seems to be eternity make great places for spiders to build their webs, allows the squirrels to have a safe haven to play.  

Nature is the most awesome thing in the world to photograph, as you can't argue with what
God gives us on a daily basis.

Monday Quiz #MQAM - the better late than never edition!

Welcome to Monday Quiz About Me - hosted by Acting Balanced.  We are continuing to answer questions together.  

Here are FOUR QUESTIONS that everyone can answer and then you have the option to add a fifth question of your own for those who are visiting your blog to answer in the comment section, along with commenting on the four standard questions you answered! Grab the badge for your post if you like: 

Here are the Questions:

1. Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day from the US!  Do you have a favorite MLK quote?

“I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the Promised Land.”

2. Wayne told Heather to get the questions up early because we'd be exhausted from our trip... she didn't listen to his good advice, so MQAM is late - when was the last time you didn't listen to good advice?

I think we all do that from time to time, honestly I can't remember the last time

I didn't listen to good advice,  as I am a listener.

3. Since we talked about Movies last week, lets talk TV this week - what show or shows do you wish was still on TV that ended or was cancelled?

Older shows, Gilligans Island (I know most of the cast have all gone on now), Alice, Happy Days, I love Lucy, the Waltons....those were true tv family shows.   Today, I would have to say As The World Turns that was my favorite soap

4. What is your personal anthem or theme song?

laverne and shirley

And here is our 5th Question:

Are you more of a procrastinator or a "get-er-done" kind of person?

I am a get-er-done type person, Gilligan on the other hand is the BIGGEST

procrastinator I have ever met, but gotta love him

Now, please link up your MQAM posts below:

Follow Friday Four Fill in Fun Blog Hop – week 146

Okay, you know the deal – Each week, Hilary will list four statements with a blank for you to fill in on your own blogs. If you want to join the fun and come up with four fill in’s of your own, please email them to her.  If she uses them, she will add you as co-host to the hop! This week’s co-host is CARLA from RANDOM RAMBLING she who came up with the last two statements.

The statements:

1. Don’t you love when you get to spend _____
2. I wish there was a were ____ but I would settle for ____.
3. When I hear the word ____ I always think of ____
4.  My dream ___ is ____

My Answers:

1. Don’t you love when you get to spend the day with your special somebody
2. I wish there was a were fewer miles between Giligan and me  but I would settle for 800 vs 2500 any day
3. When I hear the word Love  I always think of  i think of Gilligan
4.  My dream date is soaring over the beach in a hot air balloon 

This is a Blog Hop!







Day 59 friends

This is my best friend Lorrie, and my cousin Kim I am in the middle
this was taken last year on 1/8/14 it was like 70* the next morning we woke up to 2" of snow on the ground and sub zero temps to boot.

Hope everybody is doing well and that your week is going great.

Thankful Thursday

Here we are on Thankful Thursday no better place to be
Thankful for my parents health they are both finally back to normal
my salvation
a new baby coming in August (gonna be a great aunt again)
friends in CA that just call to ck in
Bethe, just love her blog
nice warm comfy clothes,
washer and dryer to keep clothes caught up
buddy and pepper always being loyal
electric staying on in the winter storm
family
freedom of speech
living in the USA
our rights protected by the constitution

Day 58 beautiful sunset

took this on the way home from my parents
tonight, isn't this amazing?
I love OK sunsets they are quiet
beautiful

hope everybody is having
a great week.

RIP russell johnson of Gilligans Island

http://centurylink.net/news/read/category/Top%20News/article/ap-russell_johnson_gilligan_professor_has_d-ap

Schussing Through The Hodgepodge

Welcome to another edition of the Wednesday Hodgepodge! Add the link to your answers at the end of my answers, then go see what everyone else had to say.

1. Are you a force to be reckoned with? In what way?
Well, UM I have a short fuse and turn into a firecracker
as Gilligan says, I WILL GET YOU FOR THAT ONE!!!
but on a good note, I am pretty laid back and easy going, 
but if somebody is hurting someone I care about you had better
beware because yes then I become A force.

2. What are two things you love about the wintertime. Or, if love feels like too strong a word, what are two things you like about winter?
Christmas for one,   I am not a BIG winter time, in fact I hate the cold weather, and I like to see the beautiful snow.  

3. Pomegranate, kumquat, persimmon, kiwi, and guava are all fruits said to have health benefits, particularly during the winter months.  Do you have a favorite on the list? Are there any on the list you haven't tried?
I have tried all of the fruits on here, I like them all but KIWI is by far my favorite

4. I passed a local church yesterday and noticed they had this on their sign, "When all else fails, do the right thing." Your thoughts?
I saw this,  Parking is for members only, violators will be Baptized (good one)
But my thoughts on your sign,    doing the right thing never hurts anybody right?  maybe they
were thinking of the people who are out to do harm to others

5. Do you ski? According to one list I've seen, the top 5 ski destinations for 2014 are St. Anton Austria, Whistler Canada, Cortina Italy, Tahoe USA, and Zermatt Switzerland. Of the five listed which would you most like to visit? We can make skiing optional if that helps the non-skiers with their answer.
Unfortunately after having 2 lower back surgeries and severally breaking my ankle, that isn't even
an option for me any longer, I would love to yes   Tahoe for me

6. What's the last thing you looked for online? (besides my blog!)
I am always surfing the internet (the last thing I looked up was for a friend who bit a big part of her tongue off was looking up home remedies for tongue sores)


7. What saying, slogan, quote, or motto, have you seen lately that inspires you for the new year?
"Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties today of its strength"
Corrie Ten Boom

8.  Insert your own random thought here.
Try stopping to smell the roses once in a while, and quit being in such a hurry.  You aren't getting the whole 
picture if you don't slow down sometimes.