Posted 8:46 AM by Bonnie

Reading Victoria's blog she posted she had been blogging for three years. So, I decided to go check out my archives and see when my first blog went up here. It was January 26, 2003!! I couldn't believe it. As Vic said it is still fun. Sometimes I post silly stuff, sometimes serious, sometimes I answer memes, and often I post my life in review. It's a place where friends and family can come and see what's going on in my life. Hopefully, I'll keep it up for years to come.

Posted 5:42 PM by Bonnie

Update: My sister, Victoria, and our friend Bernie, all said we would update our blog once a week during this year. I posted a fun picture, but Vic said that didn't count as an update...so I guess I'll write a bit about what's going on with Keith and myself.

He finally got to see another orthopedic surgeon about his foot and ankle. Physical therapy has been helping, but not going fast enough. The new surgeon said surgery would be too risky since Keith is on coumadin, so he gave him a prescription for a brace. On Friday Keith went to the place here that makes braces and they took measurments. I guess it is going to be one built into his shoe. Hopefull, that will give him the support he needs and between that and the physical therapy he'll be able to stand and walk without as much pain.

As for me... I spent yesterday cleaning the house. I mean really cleaning! I even took every litter box, emptied it totally, scrubbed it out, put in plastic liners and then newspaper and poured fresh new litter on top of that. What a difference it makes! The house smells wonderful again. I have to admit since starting this job I was getting a bit slack in the litter box department.

When I got up today it was colder here - 39 degrees - than it was back home in Erie, PA - 44 degrees! Today I did laundry and shopping. Tomorrow I will tackle this room - our computer/storage room.

Okay, Vic, does that count as an update?

Posted 1:33 PM by Bonnie

A simple statement:

Posted 9:26 AM by Bonnie

My Job: Well, I've been at it a few weeks now so figured it was time I wrote about it. This is one of those dream jobs everyone dreams about having and I wouldn't give it up! I love it! I enjoy the people I work with, the students, the teachers and the fact we can banter and cut up with them and it's okay! It's not a lot of pay but it's taking care of the vet bills and that was one of the reasons I decided to find a job. Once the vet bill is taken care of I can work on my credit card! Yea!! So a little about the job...

It's pretty simple. I work in the lunch room and my main function is to do prep work in the morning...peel and dice potatoes for home fries, make salads, fill ketchup and mustard bottles, restock the salad dressings and syrups and jelly things. Then take orders and when the cook needs help do that. Last wednesday she had to take off for the afternoon so I got to do the cooking too! What fun! And I mean that! This job is just that...fun! Working 7 hours a day 4 days a week you don't even feel like you're working. I get off at 2 p.m. and still have plenty of time to get other things done. On Friday I do shopping and laundry then have an entire weekend to do what I want. Oh, and I clean house Friday and Saturday.

The two people I work with are a lot of fun and have the same type of strange personality I have, so we work very well together. And like each other which helps!
I hope to be doing this for as long as the business stays there. The person I replaced had a baby and it is doubtful she will want to come back (I work with her monther-in-law so get the inside scoop) because the baby was a premie and she is worried about leaving it with someone else even though her mother volunteered to watch the baby free of charge. I don't blame her. Besides I told her MIL to tell her she'd have to fight me for the job now. I love it!! I'm having fun and earning money, what more could anyone ask for?

Posted 2:46 PM by Bonnie

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Posted 9:29 PM by Bonnie

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they
carried us.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored
lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took
hitchhiking.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE
actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but
we weren't overweight because

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back
when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O. K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down
the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the
bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Play stations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no
99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell
phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat
rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang
the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't
had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They
actually sided with the law!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers
and inventors ever!

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL!

And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as
kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.

And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?

Another gem sent by a friend...am I saying all those things were good or right? No, but the point of the list is we did survive them and grew up to be strong, good, responsible people. We didn't expect things to be handed to us on a silver platter with no effort on our part. We were taught to take responsiblity for our actions and not blame the other person.

Posted 3:21 PM by Bonnie

Fun things! Friends keep sending me cute and fun things I put aside to post here, so I decided to start posting a few so you all could enjoy them too!

HOW MANY DOGS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB??

1. Golden Retriever: The sun is shining, the day is young, we've got our whole lives ahead of us, and you're inside worrying about a stupid burned out bulb?



2. Border Collie: Just one. And then I'll replace any wiring that's not up to code.



3. Dachshund: You know I can't reach that stupid lamp!



4. Rottweiler: Make me.



5. Boxer: Who cares? I can still play with my squeaky toys in the dark.



6. Lab: Oh, me, me!!!!! Pleeeeeeeeeze let me change the light bulb! Can I? Can I? Huh? Huh? Huh? Can I? Pleeeeeeeeeze, please, please, please!



7. German Shepherd: I'll change it as soon as I've led these people from the dark, check to make sure I haven't missed any, and make just one more perimeter patrol to see that no one has tried to take advantage of the situation.




8. Jack Russell Terrier: I'll just pop it in while I'm bouncing off the walls and furniture.



9. Old English Sheep Dog: Light bulb? I'm sorry, but I don't see a light bulb!



10. Cocker Spaniel: Why change it? I can still pee on the carpet in the dark.



11. Chihuahua: Yo quiero Taco Bulb. Or "We don't need no stinking light bulb."



12. Greyhound: It isn't moving. Who cares?



13. Australian Shepherd: First, I'll put all the light bulbs in a little circle...



14. Poodle: I'll just blow in the Border Collie's ear and he'll do it. By the time he finishes rewiring the house, my nails will be dry.




How many cats does it take to change a light bulb?

Cats do not change light bulbs. People change light bulbs. So, the real question is:


"How long will it be before I can expect some light, some dinner, and a massage?"

ALL OF WHICH PROVES, ONCE AGAIN, THAT WHILE DOGS HAVE MASTERS, CATS HAVE STAFF!

Posted 12:50 PM by Bonnie

A friend emailed this to me and I thought it was so great decided to post it here. Thanks Rick M.!

I'm perfectly willing to tolerate Christians. I have never, for
instance, attempted to prevent Christians from marrying each other,
or tried to stop them from adopting children, or worked to make it
illegal for them to hold certain jobs. I don't threaten to boycott
companies that market their products to Christians, and I don't
organize letter-writing campaigns to complain about Christian
characters on television. It would indeed be hypocritical for me
to complain about fundamentalist Christians who've done all of
the above to gay people if I turned around and did the
same thing to them, but I've done no such thing. Intolerant?
Hell, I'm a model of tolerance! -Dan Savage, 01/05/06

Posted 9:34 AM by Bonnie

In Memoriam - Princess LingLing: Last week our little Balinese cat stopped eating. She was a tiny cat to begin with and within a short time dropped from 6 pounds to just over 4 pounds. At first the vet thought it was her liver, but after a lot of testing discovered she was in renal failure and it was going fast. We tried hydrating her for a week and that helped some, but she still refused to eat. I could get her to eat a little once in awhile, but not enough to sustain her. So, we brought her home Thursday and I tried to feed her and give her the anti-biotics. Thursday night and Friday morning she drank a little of the Rebound (the liquid diet), but by that afternoon she decided she wanted no more. If I tried to feed her or give her the medicine she just lay there and moaned. It was time to give up and let the poor thing go. So, last night I sat on the floor and she laid on my chest for a good hour or more, then went to the bed I had made up for her and never moved again. This morning I took her to the vets and they ended it for her. While we will miss her we will also have a lot of great memories and fun stories to tell about her. Like how this little tiny cat could out eat even the cats twice her weight when it came to chicken.

Posted 12:07 AM by Bonnie

Happy New Year to all my friends and family – and especially to those who are both ?.

I guess this is the time to sit and reflect on the past year and make promises and resolutions I know I’ll never keep for the new year. But, I’m not one for reflecting and looking back. I prefer to look ahead and today I have a brand new year to look forward to…and to wonder what new adventures await around the next turn.

2005 had it’s ups and downs and at times it seemed more downs than ups, but when all is said and done Keith and I are pretty lucky. We have each other and that’s about all that matters. So, I’m not complaining. As Keith says, life with me is definitely not boring ?.

We’ve had some close calls with some of our cats, but all have pulled through their traumas and are still with us. And still just as sassy as ever. Keith injured his ankle, but with physical therapy is slowly on the mend. I actually had a winter cold this year and sinus infection, but survived it. Since I am rarely sick I sometimes take my good health for granted, so every once in a while I need a wake up call to remind me to enjoy my health because I may not always have it.

We lost a good friend this past year and are still feeling the sadness of her death. It’s hard when anyone dies but when someone so good leaves us we feel it even more. I just hope when my time comes I will be remembered as fondly as we think of Pam.

And now we enter 2006. A new year full of hope and promises for new adventures and escapades in the lives of Bonnie and Keith. So, all I can say is, stay tuned folks. You never know what this year will bring.

Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
And here's a hand, my trusty friend
And gie's a hand o' thine
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne