Life

Jeff and I had a great time on Friday. We went to the Neville Public Museum to see the dinosaurs. The display was only going on till last weekend. I love learning about dinosaurs and how the earth changed after the meteor hit. They even had robot dinosaurs that would roar and move their heads and tails. It was so cool!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was also a section where we couldn’t take pics. It was tiny art. So tiny! It was so cool! This husband and wife team make tiny paintings. I liked that section too.

Then there was a section of Legos. They built Lambeau Field out of Legos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the museum we bought lunch for my parents. We wanted to celebrate my dad’s birthday he turned 63 on the January 24th. It was great to hangout with them for a little bit.

Life

First I want to start with what made me mad. Since the start of January I asked Chrissy if her and her husband want to get together for game night. At first she said should couldn’t in the beginning because she a business trip. Then we couldn’t because Jeff had to work all the next weekend. So we decided on this weekend Saturday, January 27. She said that was perfect because her dad was taking her kids for the weekend. But then two of you friends died tragically. I understand but that was before the 27th was a week away. I understand it’s sad I had a friend die.

If she wanted canceled she could have said I can’t I am still grieving. And that is understandable but no her excuse on canceling was: my dad’s birthday is the 28th. Which by the way is every single year! Like how can you in this day in age forget anyone’s birthday? It’s called putting in your calendar on your phone or computer. It will always reminds you or on even FB remembers.

 My dad’s birthday was on the 24th. She put it as MY dad’s birthday is the 28th so we MAY not be able to get together. I told her why didn’t you say that in the first place. Like why didn’t you say we can’t get together this weekend because my dad is having his birthday party on Saturday. Let’s schedule something else. Her response was: I did!  All that day I was hurt. I thought for sure we were getting along and having fun. I don’t see anywhere in that sentence that she wanted to reschedule? What really got me is my mom went over there and had dinner with them the day after the tragic event happen. She told me they were laughing and having a good time.

So…guess what my response to myself was? “Well I guess we won’t see them until there is a family event.” Thinking to myself that I don’t need her and that just another sibling not willing to hangout with me which makes me sad and it feels like it’s me. It’s just another wall that I didn’t want to put up yet there it is.

Now let’s talk about fun!

April came over on Monday January 22 till the 23. We had so much fun! My FB friend made coconut butter and I wanted to try to make it. She has a food processor and I do not. I figured I could make it in my blender what’s the difference. The one she showed looked chunky. April and I made it and it came out as spreadable butter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guess who liked it? Jeff! I couldn’t believe it. So we did good because he liked it. It has very simple ingredients as well and we didn’t measure.

It is: Shredded coconut, coconut milk, vanilla extract, and salt.

With April I always have fun. Also April is now a Wiccan, Christian. So I am learning so much about Wicca. It’s interesting to me. She blessed our house. That was was cool and fun.

Look what I got:

 

 

 

 

 

 

My IDLife box. It’s strange it comes in a big box like this. Also so fast! I thought for sure it wouldn’t be here but I got it on Monday.

Here is what’s really strange to me:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pills come in a roll. So what if you had to go somewhere are you supposed to take your roll with you? Also let’s say I have to fly, I am pretty sure you can’t take the roll with you.  I really hate this design choice they made for this. Now I have to cut all this up to put in my pill container. Thanks for the work and garbage.

It will be awhile to see if they actually work.

Life

Is it coincidence that my doctor told me I needed more vitamins then my FB friend posting on which vitamins we all should take? Strange right?

So my doctor told me I need vitamin D because I live in WI and don’t go outside that much in the winter. True. So I started taking vitamin D. Talking to my mom she said she takes biotin for hair and nails. I was thinking of taking something for that.  I started taking that and I have to say biotin has helped with my nails they are stronger then they ever had. I also have brittle toe nails and this has really helped with that. I never know if OTC vitamins would work but so far so good. 

My FB friend does IDLife. Which is an online company where you buy all vitamins, powder etc. It’s a healthy company. I am always skeptical of companies like that because I don’t like to be lecture on my health and such. I didn’t get that from her and I know she does her research on such things. When going out to their website you have to take a health assessment. They ask some detail questions found it strange that it didn’t have a lot of OTC meds that I take on their list. They ask you that what you take everyday. I have heard taking fish oil has really good health benefits about it except I have tried taking it before and it tasted like fish. I hate fish. I don’t like to eat fish so why would I take a pill that tastes like fish? Anyways I am willing to try fish oil again. I decided to try IDLife fish oil which is omega-3. I hope it doesn’t taste like fish. So far though I thought it was a bit pricey. As a penny pincher it was hard to shell out the money for it when I see it on Amazon for so much less. The shipping is what killed me. A little over 10 dollars for it to be shipped to me and they go by FedEx. Was hoping for regular mail. I had to wait to order anyway, payday! But she had a coupon for one day. So I got almost 4 dollars off for the pills. The pills came to 20 dollars and some change for it. I am being skeptical that they will work as everyone said it does but I can be wrong.

Just been trying to figure out what more I can do for my body just then exercising and eating right.

Life

Sunday, January 7 Jeff and I went on an adventure. After unloading a ton of pellets which isn’t fun at all. I said we should go for breakfast. I said on Saturday too since we had to be up early to get a ton of pellets. Of course he didn’t want to too but after unloading he said it was a good idea. Lol! We usually go to this one place that isn’t too far away but it was packed! So Jeff said you want to try a different place but it’s about 30 minutes away. Yes!

We went to Wittenberg, WI. Went to the restaurant The Harvest Restaurant & Bakery. We have been there before but it was years ago. I forgot how good their food is and price isn’t bad either. What you get is a big portion too. The restaurant is next to a gas station and near the gas station is a hotel. Therefore it’s open in the early morning to late. It was worth the drive. Also they had these machines which are everywhere. Thought it would be fun to get some toys. I asked my Russian friend if they have these and they do not which is very common here. I like knowing the difference on stuff like that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course when I was kid the toy machines where 25 cents and the stickers where 50 cents. Now the toys are 50 cents and the stickers are a dollar. That candy is always an ify thing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I spent a dollar and got these toys. I have no idea what the gray animal is. A deer? Because it has antlers but it’s gray. LOL! Of course the orange animal is a hippo and it’s orange. It was fun.

It has been really cold here lately in the negatives for about two weeks now. I was chatting with my sister-in-law and she wanted to know what it looked like here. So I had Jeff take a pic of me before unloaded the pellets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hair

Oh I almost forgot to blog about my hair. I can’t believe I forgot so I will blog about it now. On December 15 I got my hair done by Miss Lori. I spent four hours there! I wanted something different then a hair cut and color. I wanted to get highlights. I haven’t had highlights in forever. It was fun time talking with Lori and all the people there, they are a bunch of silly people. So I always have a good laugh with the people there.

I didn’t realize how much my hair has grown since I saw her last which was earlier this year. It’s getting long and I am happy about that. I have been growing my hair for two years. I told Lori I wanted purple and she gave the look then said no. Lol! That is her. She told me it wouldn’t have lasted and I do want something to last. So we went with four different reds mixed together and I am quite happy about it.

Instead of traditional highlights. She started the highlights further down my head and then all over. She said it was the galaxy sweep. Okay whatever that is I like it. I can’t see Lori all the time so when my whites come in I can use a touch up color to cover them but still have my highlights. It’s so cool!

 

Popcorn Balls

On December 16, we did popcorn balls. It was fun! Maybe it’s because I am getting older. But I wanted event with the family where it’s in a fun environment and it was. Everyone was laughing and having a great time.

This is my favorite pic from the day:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left to right: Andy, dad, Corey, Bree, myself, Drew and Crayne.

See Drew? Lol! Asked my mom if he could paint his face blue. Funny kid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bree and I were having so much fun together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff and mom were wrapping the balls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cute picture of my mom and I.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are a cute a couple!

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a great day it was!

Life

 

Went to April’s house on Friday. She was supposed to go to a horse show but she broke her finger. She really broke her finger! It’s broke beyond the knuckle and she hurt her tendons as well. She has to go to six weeks of therapy. It’s her first finger on her left hand and it’s all bruised still after two weeks of doing this. I feel for her.

It was very fun hanging out with April. We ate lunch at a bowling alley. It was actually really good food. Who knew a bowling alley would have good food?! Then we headed to the coffee shop. April had an apple cider and I had an eggnog latte. It was okay. Not enough eggnog. After that we went to Walmart and I spotted this ridiculous sweater!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funny thing is Jeff thought it was awesome! How would anyone wash this if they got stuff on it? LOL!

After Walmart we went back to her place to decorate her tree. This tree screams April!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Every branch has an ornament on it. Just like April to have a lot of stuff. Lol!

We exchanged gifts and she got me this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cool and awe it’s Koko!

April has been getting into Yule. So we made God’s eyes and Pomanders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The God’s eyes were sort of hard to make. We had no sticks so we used straws. The Pomanders are oranges with cloves in them. Supposed to rub cinnamon on them but it made a huge mess. April and I only made one each with cinnamon and left the other ones.

The next day we had breakfast and more coffee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look how pretty! I had Xmas cookie and it had sprinkles! I don’t know why I like sprinkles. We had lots of fun together.

I also want to add this. My mom has been working on an ornament. I was with her when she bought a cross stitch book full of patterns for Christmas. I got to see her progress of making this ornament and she made a bag for it too. I helped her pick out the material for the bag as well.  It’s cool to see the end result.

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Remember last year I saw the most stupidest doctor ever?! Well I actually found a good doctor this year! He didn’t make feel nervous and didn’t ask stupid questions that are already in my chart. He was laid back and actually a funny guy. Made me feel comfortable at the doctor’s office which I never feel comfortable there. The reason is never know what they are going to say and I had to get blood drawn today. That always makes me nervous because usually have the nurse who can’t take blood for some reason. But the nurse today was great. 

Now I have a dilemma. It’s so hard to find a good doctor. I was going to switch next year but now I found a good doctor. So do I switch or stay? Ugh the problem is finding another doctor that I like in a different system. Or stay with this doctor. I’ll have to think about it, as I don’t really like Theda Care all that much but got a good doctor. Decisions, decisions.

I got Dead Rising 4 for PS4! Omg! It’s so fun! Been losing sleep because all I want to do is play. HA! I like that they made the lead character Frank not a fat old man. He has been working out since the first one. Hahahaha! The graphics are great and I like that they didn’t make the maniacs as hard as all the other games. It’s a lot of running in circles though to kill them but I can handle that. Combing weapons are actually easier in this game as well. Don’t have to hold as many items to combine.

However I did have a glitch happen twice to me now. My character gets stuck. He doesn’t pick up weapons or open anything, also he won’t fight back for a bit of time till zombies or someone comes and hits him a few times. Not sure what’s that is all about. I figure that is what I get for playing a game that just came out. I am sure it will get updates.

This is the game I have been waiting for since I got the PS4. It was well worth the wait!

 

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Here is our tree!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We actually had to buy more ornaments. Over the years Koko killed many of them with his tail. Ha!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have no snow! It’s so crazy! By now we would have snow. In fact today we have rain and thunderstorms. Our weather is so very strange right now.

I thought for sure I wouldn’t make anything for Christmas but I ended up making things for Christmas. Since this year is a gift card Christmas, I saw these cute bears on YouTube to knit. So I knitted these gift card bears for everyone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put the gift card in the hat part. Awe they are cute!

I also made Adam’s girlfriend a messy bun hat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Life

On Tuesday November 28 I was tasked to take my mom to another appointment. Which is fine you know the thing I hate is all that driving I have to do. Also I live 45 minutes away to pick up mom then drive almost an hour to her appointment. That the part that I hate also I dislike driving in general so it’s a lot of driving.

Anyway I drove there and picked up mom then headed to Appleton early. Mom was not a happy person because insurance was being dumb. They called her and said that they will not take her insurance for the scooter that she has been using. I hate insurance we all need it but they love to give you the run around AND make your life just a little bit more hell. So we headed out early to return the scooter however after mom called she was like “Screw it, I am keeping it.” Ha! She can be funny. We did eventually go to another store in Appleton but told her flat out there is a very high chance that she won’t be getting a scooter from them. At least she was honest about it.

Mom and I had two coffees! I had a major caffeine crash later because of it. My own fault. First we went to Copper Rock and oh it was yummy! Mom and I ate there too. We both had a bowl of chili and coffee. I haven’t been to a Copper Rock in forever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love that they can do this!

Mom wanted to get something for my friend Helen so while we were out we went to Starbucks. Oh my friend is going to like what my mom picked out! That is where we had our second cup of coffee. It sucked! I have been told that I am strange that I don’t like Starbucks and that is the reason why. Copper Rock the coffee was great! Starbucks made me feel like they just added some hot water to our mochas. And it cost more there too. I will go to Starbucks if I don’t have an option for coffee however I would take anywhere else than Starbucks to drink fancy coffee.

We went to a lot of places on Tuesday it practically took all day but I did have fun! Except I had to drive home in the dark which I think that is the worst. I even turned down dinner. ME! Turned down free dinner to go home. That is crazy of me!