and now it's December, 2008

I had a goal/plan that all chores, sorting, winterizing and fixing had to be completed by Nov 30th, and 99% was actually done. I'm impressed with myself!! I am on high speed, the furnace is fixed for the season, I have changed from Bell Expressvu to Star Choice (wotta difference!! when I have a question I actually get a real live person, who knows what they are doing!! ) and I have a new to me car, a 2001 Chev Cavalier. I decided I needed to stay home for Christmas instead of going to my sister to be spoiled. Plus I cleared out TONS of un-used/unwanted stuff from every room in the house and from my life . Not bad eh??
So now my December goal/plan is to get the last gifts made, prepare for a show this month with the Land o Lakes Artisan Guild, and enjoy a 3 days a week for 8 weeks pulmonary rehab program that I was referred to by my doctor. and pay off some bills!!! THEN I can get back to creating my art!!! I have some very specific goals for that too. but more about that later

This is a squash that grew "by mistake" this year Dontcha love it!!

Sumac in my back yard

Isn't this colouration extraordinary??

Fall 2008 clearout.

This fall I have been clearing out my house and life, discarding old fabrics, yarns, projects and volunteer organizations that are no longer of interest or use. It was definitely time!! Life had become so overwhelming and cluttered that I was no longer able to focus on anything. Now I can actually get going with the things I really love. Wotta concept!!
My head and brain is actually becoming a useful appendage again. Yippee.

I have finally joined the 21st Century

Today I am finally hooked up with high speed internet..no more 8 hour downloads, no more going to make a coffee while I wait for my bank info to arrive, no more jammed mail system because someone sent me an enormous sized junk mail joke. AND the phone can be used at the same time, instead of permanently having a busy signal. WOW!!!
On the down side I have to start to send out mailings with my new email address..now THAT is going to be an extra large pain in the neck. However I can still access my old server for a while so no panic!!
Everything is so fast now. My evening "check the mail" took only minutes to deal with, even with the "gotta check that out" side trips. LUV IT!!
Picture me HAPPY Shirley

Oops, I missed October!!

It is November 9th, 6.30am, and I have been trying to access epost. Wotta pain that is!! Sometimes it lets me in, but mostly it ignores me, then shuts me out. VERY irritating and time consuming, especially as I'm still on dial up.
and that's another irritant. There are finally a few high speed services out here in the boonies, but trying to get someone to actually install everything in my village has been a nightmare. None of them have followed thru on what they say they can/will do. Frustrating, and time consuming again.
Hope your internet experiences are less annoying!! Happy Sunday

September 2008

My life over the last couple of years has been a real slow, brain-dead, lethargy filled drone, with lung infections and my puffers appearing not to have any effect. At the end of August I was finally referred by my doctor to a pulmonary team/clinic to see if my lung function could be improved. (I have COPD). DONT EVER SMOKE FOLKS!!!!

AMAZINGLY, I was just told to reshuffle the puffers I use, use this one first, then that one, then that one. Two of the drugs were combined into a single dose application, and I was told to prop the head of my bed up a little. and unbelievably, there has been a MASSIVE improvement in my health, attitude, and levels of oxygen in my blood stream. I simply am astounded at the changes as are my friends and family. I can stay awake, think, plan, work in the garden, have fun and generally feel alive again.

Life is GREAT again. Have a fun fall folks Shirley