Winter is Here

Once it snows, there is no more denial that Winter is here. But who cares about winter, I live in a damn cute house!

The Blue Truck

I love my little blue truck. She has served me well these past ten years, and I have tried to take good care of her too. She got new tires, just in time for the snow.

So she has a few bumps and bruises, but hey, don't we all. The engine is top notch and that is what is most important.

I realized how close I was coming to turning over 100,000 miles, so I had to take a picture in case I missed it while I was on the road....this was Friday morning.

Then Willie and I were out shopping Friday night after midnight. He was driving and I asked him what the mileage was...we pulled over to take a picture with my phone....and watched it turn over as we drove Thanksgiving dinner groceries home.

Thank you little blue truck for taking me where I need to go.

Have a great Day!

Bacon Cheesy Beans

Bacon Cheesy Beans are a favorite with my children, and a classic for me. I used to call them Dad's Beans because this was the refried bean recipe he taught me. The kids began calling them Bacon Cheesy Beans and this name is known among all the boys who ate in my house over the years. Lots of bacon, refried beans, lots of cheese and in Dad's original recipe one would add green onions. My children did not like onions, so I excluded this ingredient for many years, occasionally I would add them on the side for myself, but generally not, because I would not eat a whole bunch of onions by myself and what a shame to waste so many. Well, today I made Dad's Original Beans, with one fresh onion grown in my yard and it was the best darn burrito I ever ate, can't wait to eat another one tomorrow.

Life is good.

That Martha Beck...

...she got me back on the blog, lol

Cheerfully fessing up to our failures turns crazy mind off, humility and compassion on.

—Martha Beck, O Magazine- August, 2005

For some reason these words really struck a chord and I wanted to share them with my blog reading public, if there still is one, lol. Been thinking alot about blogging, but then I go dig something up instead. Winter is upon us here in Reno and I am racing the snow to prepare the yard. I have turned over all the garden beds, moved two rose bushes, so Bill could create the strawberry patch. Strawberries come back year to year, and we have quite a few good plants, so we decided to put them all in one place.

In the front I created borders in the grass and planted 180 tulips, daffodils and hyacinth. Willie, bless his heart began the tedious job of removing the dead hedge near the front of the driveway. We were working in the yard together, and he asked me what I wanted him to do next. When I looked at the hedge, he just shook his head, and I said it was cool if he was not up for that job on this particular day, we laughed about it and he disappeared into the back yard through our newly created door which we love! It was a beautiful day and we had the windows open and Eminem's new album playing in the background. After a few minutes had passed and I was back at my work on the border, I heard Willie walking down the driveway singing, "I'm not Afraid, I'm not afraid, to use an axe, to use an axe." You'd have to hear the song to get the full effect, but I just cracked up. After we laughed for a minute, he took that axe and demolished that hedge in about half an hour. I was thoroughly impressed. Then he dug the roots and turned the dirt. The next week when I went to finish the planting it was a breeze. Now we can see the rock wall to the flower bed next door, and I will line all the borders with rocks to tie it all in, yes, I know I am obsessed, but my goodness, I am having so much fun.

Here is the rock pile I have pulled out of the backyard. Soon to be moved to the front borders.

I can't wait till spring.....

Have a wonderful day.....