February 6: Dinner (nom nom nom)

February 7: Button(s)

February 8: Sun (pay no attention to the filthy window, mmmk,thnx)

There ya go… I think Dinner and Sun are my faves so far!!

Carry on….

So, here are my first 5 photos!!!

Cause I am a rebel and will not be coerced into posting daily!! Cause that’s how I roll, yo! Or it could just be that I have been spending 24/7 setting up my new site for by Cupcake Biz over at Jo-Lyn’s Cup Cakes N’ Candies.  Go check it out! I’m pretty excite about it!!

Aaaaannnnywho….

February 1: Your View Today (looking out my back slider)

February 2: Words (recipe)

February 3: Hands (my daughter’s hand makin’ the love sign)

February 4: Stranger (peeps I don’t know…blurry cause it’s an action shot taken at a basketball game  at ‘The Girl’s’ school.

February 5: 10 am (making soup for ‘The Girl’, she’s sick today)

Well, there you have it, a picture for every day of February 2012! BAZINGA!  Sadly, none of my pictures are taken with a nice fancy camera because I don’t have one.  I have a simple little digital camera that takes average photos most of the time and below average photos sometimes when it wants to give me grey hairs and bleeding ulcers irritate me.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip (It’s so good!)

We pulled into the motel down by my dad’s and realized our car was leaking radiator fluid (always a good sign, or NOT).  On a positive note, we knew going down that we were coming back with a new (to us) Honda CR-V.  My dad decided to give my step-mom’s van to my brother and sister-in-law because they have been looking for another vehicle and he thought that would work great for what they needed. And because he did that, he thought he needed to get us a vehicle too.  I assured him he did not, but he was having none of it (Thanks Daddy, you’re the best).  So, immediately, he started looking for a suitable vehicle for Buster and I.

Find This:

• 1 stick butter, room temp
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 (8 oz) block cream cheese, room temp
• 1-2 cups powdered sugar, depending on how sweet you want it
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup chocolate chips + some for ‘garnish’ (or more depending on how many you like)

Do This:

1. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar and whisk until sugar dissolves and mixture starts to bubble. Set aside to cool, and whisk in vanilla.
2. Cream together cream cheese and powdered sugar for 60 seconds. With mixer on low-speed, add in brown sugar and butter mixture. Mix until combined. I added the chocolate chips at this time so the mixer could break them up into pieces. You can do that, or just fold in the chocolate chips.
3. Garnish with additional chocolate chips. Serves with fruit, cookies, crackers, pretzels or just dig right in with a spoon (not that I did that or anything).

This stuff is really good.  I think I found the original recipe on Pinterest but I didn’t stick to the original recipe because, well…. I’m me!!  Of course now that it’s the new year and I am now on a mission to lose another 40 pounds in the next 5-6 months, sugar (and flour and anything processed) is the enemy and I can no longer eat yummlies like this.  Sigh.

So my dad got online and searched for an all-wheel or 4-wheel drive car that would get as good or better gas mileage as we were getting with our neon.  He and my brother actually looked a couple of Honda CR-V’s, but ended up getting the one we drove home. It’s a black ’99 Honda CR-V with 91,000 miles on it.  It’s in really good shape and even has a remote starter on it! It’s an awesome little truck/car.

When we left my dad the reality of his loss was setting in, but he seemed to be doing well.  I texted him this morning to see how he slept last night and to make sure he had a good breakfast this morning.  He said he had a rough evening but slept well once he got to sleep.  He had fed himself a healthy breakfast and was having a fairly good day.

I just hate the thought of him being lonely.  He is going to take the rest of the week off I think and go back to work on Monday.  He could take Monday off and have it paid, but I told him to be careful not to sit around and stew too much and he agreed.

He has a good support system in place.  He is already plugged into a Promise Keepers group through his work and He is a member of a church and has a good Pastor who will look after him.  I wish I lived closer so I could be there more.  But I will just have to pray a little harder! He will be fine, I know God will take care of him!

I didn’t really make any New Years Resolutions to speak of, but I did decide I needed to work harder at keeping my home uncluttered.  I live in a very small house and it’s very easy for it to become cluttered in a very short amount of time.  I also have decided to get more exercise this year.  Even with my heart murmur and breathing difficulties, I want to lose weight and be healthy and SOME exercise is a must.  So, I have decided to do what I can and call it good.

This morning I went in for the 24-hour Heart Monitor test.  Last week I had a Pulmonary Function test and my Dr.’s office called and said they got the results and want to see me so they scheduled an appointment for Monday.

I haven’t heard anything from my Dr. about the Echocardiogram yet.  I will ask about it when I see him Monday.  I still laugh every time I think about the lady’s reaction when I asked her if the sound I was hearing was the murmur I wasn’t supposed to have anymore.  She said, “A murmur means you have a leaky valve and that’s a loud one!” LOL I knew what it meant.  I was told years ago that I had Mitral Valve Prolapse and that eventually I would probably have to have that valve replaced.  but a few years ago before having major surgery, I had a physical and they told me I didn’t have the murmur anymore.  I guess they were wrong.

Anyway, that’s what’s going on here.  What’s going on with you? Are you well? Did you have a good New Years?

It’s crazy up in here.  I have no idea what I’m doing.  Well that’s not exactly true.  I know enough to get on here and write a post and publish it.  I can check my stats. I could probably add a fancy pdf page counter if I really wanted to.  Fun stuff like that, but I have been known to do some crazy stuff like delete the whole blog somehow and then I have to get in through a back door somewhere and reload the whole darn thing!

It scares me cause I really don’t know what I’m doing some times.  I love blogging and I like to think I know what I’m doing, but I guess I really don’t know much.  I have tried to get into all that HTML stuff but, I just don’t get it.  My brain just isn’t wired for it, I’m afraid.

Maybe someday I’ll smarten up?!?

I have been super busy…

Wanna know what I was doing???

This is what I was doing…

Photo’s are Property of Jo-Lyn’s Cutie (Cup) Cakes

And we had a wedding to go to and the girl was sick and I was sick (and I’m still sick) and so on and so forth…

So I have been a lil’ busy.  Happy and Busy!

See ya soon,

They said to come in yesterday and if it got worse overnight to go into the ER.  So that’s what we did, we went into the office yesterday.  Doc says I have Pleurisy.  Which is basically just inflammation of the protective lining around the lungs.  This is odd to me because normally an infection or some sort of trauma occurs to cause such a thing to happen.  None of which has happened to me recently.

Disease can also be a factor, so now I am left to wonder if I have something else going on with my body.  Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus were the two that stuck out in my mind, but I’m sure there are others.  I have been having problems with a lot of joint pain an weakness lately, but I don’t want to be one of “those” kind of people, you know the ones who think every ache and pain means they are dying of some mysterious illness….

Anyway, there it is.  I finally went to the Dr. and there was something wrong and we are hopefully fixing it.

See you around, til then,

She refuses to e-mail unless she has to.  She hates using the Internet.  She will not make electronic payments because she is convinced that everyone is trying to steal her personal information.  And she thinks any one who likes computers, Internet and blogging (me) is silly.

Me personally, I love the internet, blogging, technology, the nine yards, I think it’s fun and exciting all that we can do today.  We can keep in touch with family and friends that don’t even live in the same state we live in!!  What with the social media and all!!

Each to his/her own, I guess…

Til next time friends

HHhhmmm??

That tells me that I have a lot of people that come and look and read but they don’t tell me what they think!!

I wonder why that is?  Is it because you don’t agree with what is being said here and don’t want to be confrontational? Are you afraid you’ll hurt my feelings?  Don’t wanna ruffle my  feathers?? 

Or are you just shy and don’t wanna say Hi??

It’s okay, you don’t have to be shy, I won’t bite!! I promise! You can say Hi!! You can share your opinion here! I like to “hear” other people’s opinions on things.  It takes all kinds to make the world go ’round friends! If we were all exactly the same or all thought exactly the same how boring would that be!?!

So, please, if you stop by, don’t be shy, say Hello and leave me a comment…if you try one of the recipes, let me know how you like it…if you have a great recipe I might like, leave it for me to try!! I love gluten-free, sugar-free recipes!!

Come back soon, and as always…

As a kid I remember wanting horses.  My parents were always telling me no.  Giving me excuses about how expensive horse equipment is, blah blah blah…when in reality, I think they just didn’t want to deal with it.  Not that it isn’t expensive, it can be.  They just thought I was going to get the animal and then decide I didn’t want to take care of it a week later, which may or may not have happened.  I guess we’ll never know, because it never happened.

And I’m still bitter about it, can you tell? 

No, not really, I’m kinda glad I didn’t get everything I wanted as a kid, it make me thankful for the little things and grateful for what I did have.

]]> http://blog-diggidy.com/index.php/2011/10/the-girls/feed/ 0 http://blog-diggidy.com/index.php/2011/10/this-post-is-a-must-read/ http://blog-diggidy.com/index.php/2011/10/this-post-is-a-must-read/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:43:01 +0000 Jo http://blog-diggidy.com/?p=4325 If you only read one post I ever post, please let it be this one.  I beg of you. This might just be the single most important post I will ever post.  Okay, maybe the second most important.  Because the posts I post about salvation are probably the most important…

But this one is very important!

I want you to realize that we are in a fight! A fight against the devil and evil! Yes,  the devil! He is waging a war against us and if we are not careful and vigilant, he is going to win!

You think I’ve lost my mind don’t you? Look around you, friends…

Look at all the pastor’s wives fighting cancer or some other life-threatening or life-altering illness right now, do you think that is a coincidence?

Look at all the “men of God” being accused of “sexual deviance”, do you think that is coincidence?

Look at all the marriages in ruins, do you think that is coincidence?

We are in the fight of our lives, people, do we not realize this? The devil is after us and our families and I don’t think we even realize it!

Hold your dear ones close friends.  Yes, even when they hurt you.  Even when you think they have done the unforgivable.  Jesus forgave you!

Husbands, pray for your wives.

Wives, pray for your husbands.

Church members, pray for your pastors.

Pastors, pray for your church members.

Parents, pray for your children.

Children, pray for your parents.

EVERYONE, pray for EVERYONE!!!

Every time I hear about an ipod touch sale, or a the newest, latest,  greatest gadget comes out on the market and they have a huge blow out sale on it, I just know my little girl is going to have to have it!  Especially if she can text on it!  

Oh my soul, TEXTING!!! If I didn’t like it so much, it would be really annoying.  It’s a conundrum, I tell you…I can hardly get annoyed with my daughter for doing it when I secretly love it myself, now can I??

]]> http://blog-diggidy.com/index.php/2011/08/mom-i-want/feed/ 0 http://blog-diggidy.com/index.php/2011/08/poor-poor-blog/ http://blog-diggidy.com/index.php/2011/08/poor-poor-blog/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:59:20 +0000 Jo http://blog-diggidy.com/?p=4187 Poor, Poor Blog…

I have been neglecting you, I know.

I’m sorry.

I have been busy, to the point of borderline insanity at times.

And at others bored to the same point.  because I have been able to do nothing but sit on my fat lard butt and do absolutely nothing because of these debilitating migraines I have been getting.  It’s really quite annoying, I assure you.

But, at some point, school will start back up and camps will slow. And hopefully, these migraines will eventually go away and I can have my life back.

There are so many things I would like to do here on the ol’ bloggaroo!! I would like  to maybe start a weekly meme (if i could get some participation that is, hello out there…..), maybe host a few giveaways.  I have done some in the past, but not many.  I really want to do some cool stuff here, but haven’t had the time or the drive to do it lately.

But, I have a feeling things are gonna get better soon!!!  So, hang on to your undies, it’s about to get wild all up and around in here ya’ll!!  Stay tuned!!!