OOPS, I FORGOT

last weekend rebekah came to help me clean and to pick up a used car my car
man, ron, got for her.
i did not help reb, i just watched her. such energy and stamina! i was very envious of that energy! she is also one excellent cleaning woman! she went way beyond the list i made for her. she read it and started to laugh because i had written "shake rugs good". she asked, "how else would i shake them"? 
ron found her a 2002 saturn, 4 door. i got the loan for her and she will make the payments. was so happy i could help her out. the van she had was a piece of shit!

hello, one and all! (i think 3 people are reading this. WOW!)
my little tree, 30" tall with 200 little white LED lites, is on - also the colored string on my banister. christmas decos have been placed here and there around the apartment, some in every room, even the bathroom.
the decorating is coming to an end. my dear rick, who has helped we turn my ugly duckling into a swan, comes tomorrow to hang up the last of the pictures and small mirrors. mirrors are 3"x3" and frames are 4"x4", a wonderful IKEA find. had 6 watercolors (from the Massachusetts area where susi lives) matted and framed. rick will place those here and there. oh, by the way, there is a small wall to the left and right of the window seat. that is where the mirrors will go. there are are 7 of them, 4 will go on one end and 3 on the other. some are framed in black and the others in a deep red.
i HOPE, HOPE, that fran and i can get together the very 1st of january and take pics and she will show me how to put them on this blog. everyone of you, go outside, face toward sylvania and chant,
"pictures, pictures" and that will help it happen.
i wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR! ciao!

a gathering at the new digs

bill was here to help me buy rugs and to hang pictures. we found the rugs at lowe's.  two are
5'x8' and two are 2'x4' . they fit perfectly. pattern is the same in all four.
not all the pictures have been hung - only put up joan's florida house pics. i bought 6 lovely watercolors in massachusetts - country scenes of actual places around susi's home. i am having them matted and framed. when they are ready, bill will hang them and the rest of joan's houses. 
i hosted a 50's dinner party on thursday night. fran and robin, my apartment friends, came to
enjoy a swiss steak meal with bill and me. 
bill put a string of 200 tiny, white LED  bulbs on my little christmas tree. the tree is only 30" high!
 then the four of us hung tiny green and red balls on the tree and placed an origami
swan on the top. she is lovely!

The Ark's Progress

I have ordered the wood. I had to check my bible to see what kind of wood is the best for a large boat that may float on the top of the water for 2-3 days. I checked with Carter Lumber for cypress wood. They have it and wanted to know how much I needed. When I told Sam, the man who answered the phone,  I was building an ark, he hung up on me! That's not very nice!
Today I baked 30 chicken breasts for my TOPS Christmas potluck to be held tonight. The apartment smells yummy. I was afraid I wouldn't have a pan big enough, but my roaster held them all. Heavy to lift, though.
We are getting rain again. We had a few sunny days, one day a dusting of snow but
the rain has returned. To keep myself cheerful during the gloomy days, I light the lamps in the living-room. There are seven in all. When they are all turned on the room becomes bright and cheery!

I am alive and well

three of my dear friends have read my blog on facebook. they are now nagging me to write more. (one guy, a hunk, but sadly unavailable) said he was tired of hearing about my teeth.
it has been raining here for three days. roads are flooded, fields are under water and my ten-mile creek is climbing it's banks.
i am building an ark in the parking lot behind my house/apartment. i am selling bedrooms for $50,000.00. this price includes bathroom facilities, walks on the deck and talks with noah and family. food is questionable as the rain came before we had a chance to buy up smart one and lean cuisine tv dinners. 
now to my apartment -
the living room is finished except for the area rugs. unfortunately, rick (painter and dear friend) and i do not have the know-how to look at the floor and say it needs this or that. another dear friend, bill, will be here next week and he can say what i need and we will go and buy! then, fran, upstairs neighbor, will take pictures and you all can see the lovely
re-do. 
that's it for now. it may be awhile until i write again but be patient.

glasses and teeth

i went to the dentist and had my teeth cleaned. my dentist was also joan's dentist. i talked about her death and shed some tears. it is hard for me to go back to joan's last months. i still feel such sorrow and loss.
the dentist said my teeth were in excellent condition. since he said that and my doc said i could easily live to be 100 (unless i  get hit by a bus!)  hopefully, i will have all my teeth when they take my pic for the local paper. headline will read, "crazy old broad makes it to 100! Note she has all her teeth".
today i am going to make a big kettle of spinach tortellini  soup without the tortellini. it has chicken garlic sauage, chick peas, garlic, onions, tomatoes, spinach and i will use spatzle instead of torts. i make lots of soup, freeze it in one-serving containers,  pop them into freezer and have easy lunches. keeps me from eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
it's a lovely, sunny day, but cold. had to scrape frost from the window this a.m. better than sister susi in massachusetts - they've had 27" of snow already! YUCK! 

good morning all. today the temperature is 40 degrees.  it is overcast and a bit gloomy. i need to do something fun to cheer me up.
i have no idea what i am doing on this thing! want to be creative like fran and her blog but no 
words are there. 
my living room is still incomplete and i'm getting tired of the mess. hope the landing closet doors come soon. must wait until next wednesday for rick to start painting the floors.
enuf. this is just babble. have a delightful day.

judi-nan's journal

hi, one and all! i am starting a blog for two reasons. 1. my neighbor and friend, fran, has helped me get this up and running. she is a dear!
2. i have re-done my apartment and with the help of fran, will be able to send you pics of my new "nest".
sign onto www.judinanjournal.blogspot.com. and you can read my blog.
more soon.