So far it has been an exciting weekend, I was able to have TJ all last week and now I have Tika and Lychelle this week. Plus I have had Lina off and on, and Skyler brought over Nala (his dog) yesterday while they are gone this weekend. I had a yard sale yesterday and today. It has been exciting at my house Lina left with Sky and Mona, and TJ left with his dad yesterday afternoon. this morning I woke up at 4 to let Nala out to do her thing and left the back door open so she could come back in. What I didn't expect was for her to bring company in the form of a chicken no less. The Chicken got loose and the chase was on both girls slept through all the squawking and the barking. The chicken got stuck under a cabinet trying to hide from Nala. So I put on my leather gloves and tried to free the chicken crazy bird was off again with Nala right on her heals, out to the shop they went. the bird tried to get through a rake and got stuck again. So I kindly picked up the bird, and put it in one of our dumpsters, yes that bird was still a live. I called the cop shop, Animal control doesn't come to work until seven. Okay, so the bird is stuck in our dumpster for two hours. Nooooo at 8:30 I call back to find out when he is going to come pick up this chicken after all I do live in town. The dispatcher "oh the animal control won't come in until tomorrow." So I'm suppose to leave a bird in my dumpster until tomorrow? Won't that kind of piss off the inhuman society, with out no food and water? Dispatcher, "Oh you mean the chicken is alive!" Well duh, I wouldn't be calling you if it wasn't. I'd already be frying it up. I need someone to get this damn bird. So the police arrive, and he goes to get the man who own the chickens across the alley from us. they have 10 days to remove their chickens. Did good on my yard sale and a thousand laughs. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. lol

Sad Little Girl

Funnies from children I found these on the net and had to share.

A small boy is sent to bed by his father.

Five minutes later.... "Da-d...."
"What?"
"I'm thirsty. Can you bring a drink of water?"
"No. You had your chance. Lights out."
Five minutes later: "Da-aaaad....."
"WHAT?"
"I'm THIRSTY. Can I have a drink of water??"
"I told you NO! If you ask again, I'll have to spank you!!"
Five minutes later......"Daaaa-aaaad....."
"WHAT!"
"When you come in to spank me, can you bring a drink of water?"

An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief, finally asked him, "How do you expect to get into Heaven?"
The boy thought it over and said, "Well, I'll run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the door until St. Peter says, "For Heaven's sake, Dylan, come in or stay out!'"

One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her son into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?"
The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug.
"I can't dear" she said. "I have to sleep in Daddy's room".
A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice: "The big sissy".

It was that time, during the Sunday morning service, for the children's sermon. All the children were invited to come forward. One little girl was wearing a particularly pretty dress and, as she sat down, the pastor leaned over and said, "That is a very pretty dress. Is it your Easter Dress?".
The little girl replied, directly into the pastor's clip-on microphone, "Yes, and my Mom says it's a bitch to iron."

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/AEpjEo/:-kVp.Gy$:OITVHRX@/www.btinternet.com/~knutty.knights/adult_children.html/

Spring Flowers

 One of my newer paintings, (Spring Flowers).

Poppies bloom in early Spring,

 The sun rises in the sky, as Angels sing

Gardens grow with tender loving care.

A letter for you!

This is for all my friends and family out there who wonder why I never write. Lol

Actually the first time I ever read this letter was when my sister Jan and I were small. Young enough I didn’t even get all the jokes that were actually in it. I found it once again while going through some of my mother’s things one day. I thought I would share with all of you. Hope you enjoy. I have no clue; who wrote the original letter, or where the letter actually came from. Hope you enjoy the letter as much as I have, Janeal

Caliwood, Holly fornia

Same day of the same year

S.U. and part of the Peninsula

Dear Friend,

            As I have time because I ain’t so busy, I thought I would write you a few lines, eight or ten pages, and let you know the up-to-date news about six months old.

            We are as well as could be expected for the shape we’re in. We ain’t sick, we just don’t feel good. I am feeling fine. Aunt Martha is dead, hope this finds you the same.

            I suppose you will want to know about us moving from Penn. to Calliwood, Hollyfornia. We never started moving until we left; we never turned off till we came to a cross road that went there so it didn’t take us any longer than from the time we left till we got there. The trip was the best part of it all. If you ever come out here don’t miss that. They didn’t expect to see us until we arrived and the most of the people we knew we were acquainted with, and the ones we didn’t know looked like strangers to us. We are at the same house we moved to last, which is beside our nearest neighbor across the road from the other side, John says he thinks we will stay here till we move or go somewhere else.

             We are very busy faming, we have 3 cows, but we are going to sell one because we can’t milk him. Eggs are a good price,. That’s why they are so high; I sure hope we get a lot of them.  We just have 25 old roosters and one old hen.

            Some of the ground is so poor you can’t raise an umbrella on it, but we have a fine crop of potatoes on it, some are the size of hickory nuts, some the size of peas then a hole lot of littler ones. We also have a crop of corn; I think it will make about five gallon to the acre. Some worms got into our corn last year, but we just fished them out and drank it anyway, our romance started with a garden of corn and ended with a full crib.

            Mary was taking the cows to water and when they went across the bridge one fell through and strained her milk now gets the hiccups once a week and churns her own butter.

            The dog died last week, John said he swallowed the take measure and died by inches, Jane said he crawled up by the bed and died by the foot. But Mary said he went up the back alley and died by the yard.

            My mother-in-law is sick and is at deaths door, we sure hope the doctor can pull her through.

            Joan fell off the back porch and skinned her somewhat and bruised her elsewhere.

Alice got the mumps and is having a swell time.

The baby swallowed a roll of camera film, but the doc doesn’t think anything will develop.

            Every time John gets sick he starts feeling bad. The doctor gave him some medicine and said if he got better it might help him, if he didn’t get any worse he would stay about the same. I think he has paralysis.

            Mary had a garter on her stomach and the doctor said she had been drinking too much knee-hi-pop and it moved up on her.

            Every time Grandpa gets a toothache his foot starts hurting and it doesn’t quit till it stops aching.

            I would have sent you the money I owe you, but I already sealed this letter before I remembered it.

            I sent your overcoat to you, but I cut off the buttons so it wouldn’t be so heavy. If you want them they are in the left hand corner of the left hand pocket.

            We are out of jam so we’re sending John to New York to get a new type we just heard about over the radio, it’s called traffic jam. Maybe you have heard about it. Sure hope its good eating.

            I’ve put your address on the inside of this envelope so it won’t rub off. I must close now.

            If you don’t get this letter, let me know and I’ll mail it to you.

If you can’t read my writing make a copy of it and read your own.

            It took me three days to write this, as I know you are such a slow reader.

             Write soon if it’s nothing more than a check.

P. S. (Pea Soup)

            I would like to describe our new house to you. We now have a house where, everything is modern. We have a kitchen, with running water, a living room, and two bedrooms and then there is a little room upstairs that we just found last week. It’s got a thing in it that looks like what about three feet tall that is to wash your face in, but it isn’t very good as it has a hole in it. Then there is another thing over in the corner that is the handiest thing in the house. You can put one foot down in it and wash it all over then press a little button and you have clean water for the other foot. Grandpa went to get a drink out of it and the lid fell and hit him on the head. It had two lids so mom took one to roll pie dough out on and took the other to frame Grandpa’s picture in.

The only disappoint we have found so far in our new home was we had to build our own outhouse since it didn’t have one as we moved in.

Love to all,

From someone you know, you don’t know.

To All Bloggers that Pass by My Site

Cheers to All the World Wide

When the snow come down

The kids come around

Snowball fights and forts

Snowmen with twigs, carrots and hats

Sledding, tubing, and sliding though the hills

When the snow comes down

The fire is lit in the fireplace bright

Hot coco and cinnamon rolls the evening snack

Puzzles and games come out to play

Family togetherness is headed this way

Christmas time is all most here

So many enjoy the Yule Tide Cheer

Jesus is remember for his birth

Plays, movies, and children cartoons

Bring a season of giving and love

It’s a wonderful Life

Scrooge, and White Christmas

Comes back around all the favorites

Every channel found

Winter is a wonderful time of year

So God bless you all with love and peace

Here is my wish for every one a Happy New Year 

By Janeal Mulaney

just for laughs

Email to me by a friend and wanted to share with all of mine.

Larry May Become My New Favourite!

A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses.

She started her class by saying, “Everyone who thinks they're stupid, stand up!”

After a few seconds, Little Larry stood up.

The teacher said, “Do you think you're stupid, Larry?” “No, ma'am, but I hate to see you standing

there all by yourself!”

Larry watched, fascinated, as his mother smoothed cold cream on her face.

“Why do you do that, mommy?” he asked.

“To make myself beautiful,” said his mother, who then began removing the cream with a tissue.

“What's the matter”, asked Larry “Giving up?”

The math teacher saw that Larry wasn't paying attention in class.

She called on him and said, “Larry! What are 2 and 4 and 28 and 44?”

Larry quickly replied, “NBC, FOX, ESPN and the Cartoon Network!”

Larry's kindergarten class was on a field trip to their local police station where they saw pictures tacked to a bulletin board of the 10 most wanted criminals.

One of the youngsters pointed to a picture and asked if it really was the photo of a wanted person.

“Yes” said the policeman. “The detectives want very badly to capture him.”

Larry asked, "Why didn't you keep him when you took his picture?”

 Little Larry attended a horse auction with his father.

He watched as his father moved from horse to horse, running his hands up and down the horse's legs and rump, and chest.

After a few minutes, Larry asked,

“Dad, why are you doing that?”

His father replied,

“Because when I'm buying horses, I have to make sure that they are healthy and in good shape before I buy.”

Larry, looking worried, said,

“Dad, I think the Milkman wants to buy Mom .......”

If this brightened your day, don't let it stop here
Pass it on with a smile Keep spreading the cheer!
Pass on to your friends

Silly Sayings

To All the Fat Cats out There

Don’t bug me until I get my wake up juice!
If my eyes are open I must be dead!
Smiles outlawed until 2pm violators will be prosecuted!
Every time my lids open it hurts my head!
Beauty sleep is important, now go away so I can become pretty!
One third of your life is spent sleeping; let me try for a half!
Popping out of bed sounds good if I wasn’t so toasted!

Raining Cats and Dogs

http://artsandpoemsbyjaneal.blogspot.com/

It’s Raining Cats and Dogs

By Janeal Mulaney

Look over there a paw I did see

Look over here one is stuck in a tree

Look up yonder one fell from that cloud

Look for another the storm’s getting loud

The cats go flying through the air

The dogs soon follow without a care

A cat snags a man hat as it leaps to the ground

A dog lands on his feet and is homeward bound

Dings on my car where they fall and lay

I for one will never forget this horrible day

Question for the Day

T.J. asked me this question: Why does the sun go around the earth? And if we are on the top of the earth why doesn't the people in China fall off. Do they not realize they are upside down?

Riddle Solved from Tueday

The cowboy had the hicups.

Riddle of the Day

Riddle of the day

Courtesy of NCIS

A cowboy walks into the saloon

Looks at the barkeep and orders a tall glass of water

The barkeep pulls out his rifle and shot over the man’s head into the far wall
The cowboy tipped the man five dollar gold piece then leaves

Why did the cowboy tip the man?

How many of you can come up with the right answer?

Song from Air Supply always been one of my very favorites

I know you're leaving
I won't ask you to stay
I won't hold you back
I won't stand in your way
If that's what you've gotta do
I understand

It's not that easy setting you free
But that's how it's gotta be
And as you're walking away
As I'm watching you go
There's one thing I want you to know

[Chorus:]
Just remember my heart's with you
When the night gets so long and cold
And no one's there to hold
And you're all alone
Take a moment to think of me
And the love that we used to know
And if you ever find you ever need me someday I'm just a heartbeat away, wo

Saying goodbye isn't saying we're through
Just know through it all I'm still here for you
Light a light in the window
When your lost in the dark, ooh
These arms would be happy to hold you again
If ever you miss me or when you
Start thinking about
All the nights that we shared
Darling you know I'll be there

[Repeat Chorus without last line]

You walk to the door with nothing to say
I look in your eyes and you look away
You're leaving me now, but darling I hope
Hope - that you'll look back someday

(and remember my heart's with you...)

Reconstruction of an Old House

Reconstructing an old House

My daughter and I have moved back into the house I grew up in. There is a lot of work to be done to the old place. My mother had been sick for several years before she past, but had not let any of her family know until the last few months, by then she couldn’t hide it with the clothes she wore anymore. For the most part she had come to my sister’s and my home so we never really realized how bad her house had become. We knew she was a pack rat, but according to my mother she was straightening it out a little at a time and no she did not want or would she appreciate our help. So we left her to do it on her own.

Our first mistake, we should have checked on her and the house more often. After her death it fell to me to clean up her home. I was the only one living in our hometown by that time. After much discussion with my father and sister we all decided someone should be living in the house. I was the only one that could pick up and move.

Now my daughter and I are three quarters of the way moved in, with a ton of work to do not only on the house but also sorting through the things my mother left behind. Trying to figure out what to keep what to toss out and what to sell has been to say the least a nightmare. In the middle of all of this we also have to repair a roof that leaks, a tub that is worn out and can’t hold water, because of a hole in the side. Numerous things need fixed or replaced inside as well as outside the house. So where do we start?

I decided to make a list of all the repairs that I am aware of at this point and time. As I did I decided what was the largest priority at the moment and then took the weather and time of year into consideration. Some things I cannot accomplish during the winter months, like the roof. It will have to leak until we get some warm weather for a couple of days. Hopefully it will warm up soon and the snow and rain will stay minimal until we can get up on the roof to fix the damage. So although it is the most important thing at this time it had to be put below something else. With three small children living in the home who do not like to take showers became the priority so my dad and I have started to work on the walls the ceiling, and buying a new tub for our bathroom.

So in the middle of moving out of a rental house and moving into a home that I grew up in we also have construction going on. I feel over whelmed, but I know it all has to get done. In a time limit I have given myself as well as my landlords for the other house. There are walls to be built while others need torn down and repaired. Sink faucets that need replaced and cabinets that need to be refurbished.

God Must Be Busy

Moving In And Repairing

My mom passed away a couple of months ago. So we are in the process of moving out of our rental house and moving into my old home the home I grew up in. My mother was a pack rat, so it has taken some time. As well as there are a lot of rooms that need repaired. Most are small repairs like paint, holes in the walls, and then some are not so miner. The tub has been there since my own parents had built onto the previous house back in nineteen seventy-two. There is also water damage that has happened over the years in several rooms. The house was never finished inside or out and so it has many things still wrong with it. The roof has needed repaired and redone for over ten years now.

I guess it is time for me to put my construction skills to use. Some I have done for larger companies throughout the years while other skills have been taught to me at the hands of loving parents. Most of the repairs I will be able to do my self. I’m certified in insulation. I know how to hang sheet rock and yield a mean hammer along with painting.

The rest I am going to learn rather quickly because I only have this year to see if I can put it all together. I also have to figure out a new plan for the house we have a few too many people with not enough bedrooms in our home. We need more space. So do we go up, under or build out to the side.

My daughter will have a mechanic shop in the back as well. So we need a plan. There will be cars to park while other cars are getting fixed. We have three lots to build on and work with. This is a plus as well as we have two years to actually figure out how to expand the shop for the best assess to the shop. 

I’m glad we have some time to redo and repair, but I hate the fact that we will be living in our home while all of the work has to be done. It will be along process to get the house ready for everything we need to do, but I honestly think in the end it will be a beautiful home once we are through.     

Parents

My Parents Through the Eyes Of My Childhood

My dad and mom had met when my dad was fifteen, his father had moved into the house next door to my mother’s family. He would come over and pluck chickens just to be near my mom, if you have ever plucked chickens then you would know that was true love. I’ve plucked my share of chickens in my lifetime and trust me I would have never done that for any man I have ever met. Even with taking a shower you never get the stink of burnt pinfeathers out of your pores. Although my mother had not fallen in love with my father instantly, she grew to love him over the years they worked along side each other. They married against my granddad’s wishes in May before my mom turned eighteen in August. My grandmother gave her consent and let them marry before my dad took off to join the Korean War.    

My father’s dad had passed on long before I was born, and his mother lived in Texas. We didn’t see her much, she moved around a lot, and Grandma Lottie was not a very maternal kind of person so we would lose tack of where she was from time to time. The last time I had seen my grandmother was at four years of age, we’d spent the afternoon with her. Soon after that she had moved down by Corpus Christie, and forgot to leave a forwarding address. Dad and mom explained she did that a lot. It was too trivial of a thing for her to remember. So I didn’t really remember my other grandmother and never met my dad’s father.

So although my grandparents who lived across the street from us was my father’s in-laws he never made that distinction to us children, he loved them and treated them like they was his own parents. If they needed help he was there. So much so that when I was asked in school where my mother’s parents lived I said across the street, they asked where my father’s parents lived I said across the street. One of the kids said, Oh they live in houses next door to each other. No they live in the same house, I explained. So your mom and dad are brother and sister. In my six-year-old little mind, I said I guess so. I had never really thought about any of this, it was just the way it was. I had never realized there was suppose to be two sets of grandparents.

My father worked long hours and came home to be with his family and spend his time with all of us with a smile and a caring hand. They remodeled our two-bedroom home into a three-bedroom home with a beautiful living room that was big enough to set up a ping-pong table and still have furniture around to sit down on. We spent our nights sitting around the fireplace playing board games and putting puzzles together. My mom had lived through a bus accident, which had been caused by a drunk driver, so my dad, sister and I pitched in to help more around the house since she had to stay in bed in traction. My grandparents helped out during the days, babysitting us children, making meals and taking care of mom as well as Jan and I. When daddy would get home they would go back to their home, and daddy would take over our care. 

After my grandfather passed on, my grandmother came to live with us at least part time she still had her home across the street where she could go anytime she wanted. She was a wonderful addition to our family. Through these years I spent a wonderful childhood. Like everyone else we laughed, we cried, we fought, and we made up. We enjoyed wonderful vacations together, we worked together, and we played together. I love my family dearly, the world was great and our family was wonderful.

The Empty Christmas Stocking

By Janeal Mulaney

I’ve noticed every Christmas presents get more expensive

Everyone wants more and more.

Are we forgetting what Christmas is all about?

On the twenty-fifth day of December our Savior,

Jesus Christ was born.

Do we remember that it’s His birthday we celebrate?

Do we put a gift for Him underneath our Christmas tree?

Do we hang a stocking for Him for the entire world to see?

You might wonder what we’d give to Him even if we did.

Well, here are a few ideas to fill His stocking with.

There kindness toward each other,

Peace on earth, and joy throughout the land.

We could put in understanding and forgiveness,

For those who have done us wrong.

Compassion and caring we could give throughout the year.

Is His stocking getting full or is there space for even more       

Then put in gentleness and tenderness, for they go hand in hand.        Let’s not forget LOVE the most important gift of all.

So, hang the empty stockings on the mantelpiece.

But don’t forget the most important one.

The one for Jesus Christ.

Don’t forget all the item’s that make our Christmas bright.

Our Love for the Heavenly Father and our fellow man

For each time we show our love for another.

We show our love for him
Let’s add all the other feelings that God gives us everyday,
Not just once a year.

Christmas Season

Well it's that time again. Yule tidings are everywhere, happy faces are seen here and there. Others think the nightmare has begun. Growded stores, last minute gifts, toys that break within a week of play. Good thing this is not what Christmas is all about. I love Christmas it's not the toys nor food. It our savior's birth and the time we spend with family and friends. Caroling up and down the streets, helping people that we may or may not know. The kindness, and caring for others that we don't always remember to follow through with for the rest of the year. Merry Christmas to all, and may you remember Christmas is once a year, but kindness and caring for others is what life is all about.