Off To

I tired so hard to have a positive weigh in at my Tops meeting. Well I can see why I gain weight the weigh in before this.
But this time I gain two pounds.
My hubby been doing most of the cooking and he doesn’t buy a lot of prepare package food but his choices I feel isn’t the best.
He bought the fattest ground beef and is making casedeas.
Then he will add a little pork sausage.
So I wonder if it my hubby cooking. Might as well blame it on him.
I might say I fell off the wagon but that wouldn’t be a true statement. Statement time…the changing my life style when it comes to my health is on a broken wagon

Well today I did two client one was Faith who isn’t at hard. It was short day and I got a few things at Safeway. Grapes there are at $1.79 a pound.
Plus there super sweet

Then off to do Murphette. The only house work I do there is dishes and I know if I did anymore. It sure wouldn’t benefit the gentleman who is staying there.
Sometime I’ll give more detail what is going on.
But today I took her up to the Jenni Lane apartment and she could request a fair hearing why she getting rejected. And never explain what is wrong with her credit.
Talking to the residential manger he said over the last year. 4 out 5 people who apply for the low-income housing get turn down.
Actual before that we went and turn in the paper work for food stamps.
Then we headed to down town Bonners and finished out the rest of her errands.
First one I needed to go over to our local clerk office and get a copy of her oldest daughter marriage lesion
Our local courthouse isn’t really at all set up for the handicap. One can get into the lower level of the courthouse but I don’t believe any other floors.
Then I had to go over to Safeway again and get her prescriptions.
Opinion time…I find it disgusting how these drug company real empty out ones pockets Her two prescription cost $300 give or take a little bit.
She has Medicaid but still it taking from the taxpayers. They could have Medicaid pick up a generic brand that does the same thing for a whole lot less.
Then my last stop was the post office to get her 10 stamps

Well when we got back the people who does the fair hearing called and explain why they where possible things wrong with Murphette credit.
The three main credit companies what conflicting information.
Question time…Why in the hell didn’t someone say anything. Except you have problems with your credit.
So now she can get this straighten out. I know it anther loop hole to jump throw

Before I went out to work I fix some of my weather report pictures.
Then this evening my son Bart called me up and possibly need to barrow $225 for rent. He got approve for a student loan but it might not be here by rent day

Buffet Table

There been a few project we been working on but it seem to take us so many moon to do them.
I believe it lays the categories of lack of money, lack of knowledge, lack of time, and lot of time all three.

But we did get a buffet table into our dinning area. It was an older dresser that my parents had.
I believe it will do nicely.
I have a small confection oven out in the shed/barn that I can put next to the microwave that cooks things like pastries really good.
I had a dresser there before. I believe I will end up taking it to the thrift store. But I’m going wait on it for a short time I don’t need to end up on a shortage of space

Murphy put up a simple clothes line in our basement to dry clothes during the winter months.
With today economy it save ones pocketbook and also decrease one carbon footprint.
Our last month electric bill was $34.55 and that was for 603 kwh.
Statement time…I need to say that our power company charges everyone a $25.00 monthly fee

Both of my sons are up for the weekend. They have been helping around the place. Sawyer was thrilled that I made biscuits and gravy for breakfast

Photo Hunt (Veterans/Military)

This Saturday I decide to do photo hunt and this week challenge is November 7: Veterans/Military

I don’t know much about our local National Guards here in Bonners Ferry. They got a new building in last few years.
But before that it was a green cinder block building.
I understand back in the 40’s the ground had an old folks home. I guess two of my Aunts worked there as they was in high school

Yesterday the 6th of November I was reading some of my coffee pal blogs. At Mary writing nook she is Passing the words around about a family who wishes to celebrate Christmas early.
Because there son has Neuroblastoma, which is a childhood cancer.
Also one may cheak out Snopes
I’m sending Noah a Christmas card. Hope you can do the same and let others know about this

Please Take Off Your Blinders

Last few times with my client I been stepping out of the box to help them. It really gets to me how narrow minded some people or have blinders on.

I can see how much therapeutic a pet is for elderly and disable.
My client Donna has this wonderful pet called Rex.
On my job description I’m only there to help my client. Fact time..Pets are very an important part of these client life’s and lot of time these people can’t total do everything for the pets
The main thing I do for her and Rex is take him for a walk, simply because she can’t.
Plus I do other smaller project for her and Rex.

Rex is aging and is getting stiff in the hind quarters . But I have seen a lot worst cases so she got some Rx from the vet.
As far as I know there isn’t a program to help low income people with there pet care. No I don’t think they should get a 100% care for there pets. But a discount and or vouchers

Now my other client Murphette is trying to get into low income apartment and she is having trouble.
They say it her credit but they won’t say what exactly the problem with her credit is.
I know one of her possibility problem is on some type of loan when her credit report came back it show that she didn’t make any payment and the bank had to write it off.
I saw the statement and seen she has been making the payments.
So I suggest she get hold of this bank and have them write out a letter saying that the payments have been received.
I also got her the phone # for legal aid.
Then I wrote her a letter and it goes like this.

Twice my friend Murphette applied for a low-income apartment in Bonners Ferry Idaho.
The apartment she applied was at Jenni Lane located at 6762 Wilson, Bonners Ferry Id 83805.
And she has been rejected both times, due to her credit but they won’t advise her exactly as to the problem with her credit.

The residential manger of the Jenni Lane apartment been a resident of our community for well over 20 years and was kind enough to help her fill out her second application.
Showing her what she needed to do by under line on her bank statement each of her payments to her credit cards.
Also he knew her personally and wrote a personal letter that he felt this would be a suitable resident.
I feel his effort had no or little effect on those who they choose to be at the Jenni Lane apartment complex.
My question why doesn’t the residential manger have any influence whom can and can’t be in the Jenni Lane.
Since he lived in this local area for well of 20 years.

I understand why landlords need to be careful whom they rent to.
Ms M is diligent with her low income of her disability check and has paid off her credit cards and the remaining ones are being paid on, and some months more then the required amounts.
Ms M doesn’t have any out standing debt that hasn’t been turn over to a collection agency or has any leans against her.
I strongly feel that she can make her rent each and every month.

One need not to look at the credit score and what one owes but if they’re faithful on getting out there payments.
Simple these people who apply at the Jenni Lane Apartment are low income and may not have top credit scores.
Those who decided who can and can’t get a low-income apartment needs to look at the bigger picture of each application they receive.

I also do personal care (homecare) for Ms M and at this time I believe a different living resident who greatly benefit her health both mental and physical.
Simply, at this time her housing is inadequate.

Sometime if only they would think a person as a individual not to clump everyone into some type of group.
People would be far more happy and healthy.
Plus give the tax payer more bang for there buck

I’ve never done this but I though I would give it a whirl and do “Thankful Thursday”
1. I’m thankful that my hubby does the housework as I’m out working.
2. I’m thankful we got in all of our firewood.
3. I’m thankful I could help Donna with her vet bill
4. I’m thankful I got chance to vote for our local fire commissioners
5. I’m thankful when I come home from work I get a friendly greeting from my pets and hubby.
6. I’m thankful that our income is high enough that we don’t qualify for energy
assistant
7. I’m thankful for the rain we got in October so now the ground got a good soaking.
8. I’m thankful that we had an extra set of 4 tires in the shed/barn for the pickup.
9. I’m thankful that I got the shelves clean in the hallway closet and gave some stuff to local thrift stores.

10. I’m thankful Murphy came up with and ideal for a buffet table for the dinning room.

One can head over to our host of Thankful Thursday and her name is Grace

Since I told you about the buffet table. Well it actual a dresser my parents had when I was younger.
No it doesn’t have swing doors but recently I saw a few people put there dishes in drawer and it worked great for them.
So I’ll also have room for things such as tablecloths.

Weather (Oct 09)

The hottest day in Oct was 60.3 (15.7) on the 6th
The coldest day in Oct was 11.1 (-11.6) on the 11th
Average high for the month 51.5 (10.6)
Average low for the month 26.3 (-3.1)
Rain 3.5 (8.8)
On the 2nd of Oct saw snow on Black Mountain.
The 9th first snow in the yard, spotty.
Birch tree on the southwest corner leaves are well over 95% off.

Ghost Are having Fun

For Halloween around here it sort life and death day. I did a lot of smaller project like clean the last shelf in the hall way closet.
Clean off the sew table which hopeful will go in the smaller bedroom.
So there some stuff I tossed, then the stuff that I’ll donate to the thrift store, and the stuff I organized. “I’m happy how it looking but still a little to do tomorrow”
Faith gave me some purple gem Iris. So I planted 3 in each of my front flowerbed. I’ll give 4 of them to my friend Quenella.
So I’m guessing late spring they’ll have life to my royal sunshine and hodgepodge flowerbed

I had hard time getting into festival mood for spooks. Partly, because I have hard time putting up any holiday stuff.
I live with a very low populated neighborhood. Our road is about ½ mile long and there 4 homes on it.
So not many to see ones decorations.
So we put up some corn stocks by the front door

It wouldn’t be Halloween with out a jack a lantern. We grew these out in the garden and I gave 5 to my sister in law Faith grandchildren that lives here.
I know Naday was total thrilled.

As year past and the veil is being more open this time of the year. I decide to fix possible one of my mom favor dishes.
Confession time…I real don’t know what my mom favor dishes is I know she wasn’t much a fan of tomato base things.
But always-made fantastic things using tomato dishes.
But I believe she liked beef hash. So I cooked up some beef hash

Do you think this boots was left here on our front steps. Maybe a ghost or spirit visiting North Idaho left them. I know an evil spirit won’t go behind a pumpkin with a light in it.
So it most be a friendly one. I bring in the jack a lantern at night it been raining and cool during the night hours.
But soon as it dark I light it up

We really don’t get trick or treaters. The ghouls head into town were the house are lot closer together.
I heard some people get close to 300 little ones
But just in case I got some “little devils” to give out.
Then I bought some earth worms (jelly worms that looks like an earth worm) that I will give to Quincy children, Faith grandkids.

It also end of the month. I took time to put together a month in review for October. Enjoy the slide show

Sky Watch (Top of the World)

Last Friday was Murphy and mine last time to adventure out in get firewood up on Myrtle Creek.
As we where heading up Myrtle creek there a turn off so one could gander across the valley.
I thought it was amazing how one looked down on the clouds.
So I thought this was great picture to share for Sky Watch Friday
Down below us was our local game reserve.
Then across the valley is anther mountain range called the purcells.
Then the Carpenter song pop in my mind “Top of the world”

ARTIST: The Carpenters
TITLE: Top of the World

Such a feelin's coming over me
There is wonder in most every thing I see
Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eyes
And I won't be surprised if it's a dream

Everything I want the world to be
Is now coming true especially for me
And the reason is clear, it's because you are here
You're the nearest thing to heaven that I've seen

I'm on the top of the world looking down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world

Something in the wind has learned my name
And it's telling me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

There is only one wish on my mind
When this day is through I hope that I will find
That tomorrow will be just the same for you and me
All I need will be mine if you are here