It’s snowing out but not sticking, I am setting here with my coffee and country music on. Have you ever noticed how music can effect your mood. I love all music was raised in a  musical family and swing between rock and country and the last year have been in my country mode.. There are so many good singers and song out now it’s hard to pick 1 song or 1 singer. Different songs make me think of different family members “Those Muddy Water” brings my brother to mind he was baptize in a river and is very proud of his Pentecost back ground (holy roller) and have ministered gods words to any one who will lesion and a few who didn’t want to. (I say that in a loving way) It’s hard to pic one for Karen my sister it would have to be rock and something hard and loud but in the end a message. Me I have several that take me back depending on my mood. There we are again “Mood” I love rock and something loud on my way to work in the morning to get me awake and moving and coming home easy music to help me to deal with traffic..lolo  I really don’t know much about new rock I am still thinking, Gun and Roses, Aero Smith, Rolling Stones, I have no idea who the groups are now.

The song most of my old drinking friends say remind them of me in my drinking and party days was ‘Straight Tequila Night’ and then “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off”. I have to laugh now but I wonder if I would back then..lol I much rather have the radio on than the TV. I enjoy Jazz when out to a nice dinner you can talk while it is playing with out having to yell over it. What is the song or singer that takes you back with a smile or tears? It would take an whole other blog to just list the love song I like so many out there that are great.

Speaking of singers who ever told Billy Ray Cirrus his hair look good?? Lolol

Friday I took off work and had Christmas with my daughter, since she was in high school we have taken a day just for her and go shopping and have lunch and that is her Christmas. When she was in Hi school she came up with the idea because she realized she would get much more for the same money if we went shopping after Christmas. When the boys were little David stayed home and keep them for us and off we go. This time we went to my grandson High School first and watch him give a presentation and then went to lunch at TGIF’s which neither of us had been to in a year or more then off to the malls. We had a great time and got a lot of great stuff. I only have the one child and I value the time we have together as with her being a busy mom of 2 high school age boys and a husband she doesn't’t have a lot of free time so when it is just her and me I enjoy it very much.

I am still shopping for a bike but not in a hurry because I can say with out any thinking about it I am not a winter bike rider..lolo so it will have to dry up get warmer and stay light later before I plant my fanny on it.

Will I hope this next week is good to you and will catch up with you next Sunday.

Peace

Jessie

Have you ever spent a few hours in a Tea Room?  Yesterday was my first time and it was enjoyable but not my cup of tea (excuse the pun). A friend who I enjoy being with invited me to meet her and another friend there for lunch. It was in a town called Sherwood Oregon and it was in the old town part. It was easy to find but parking was not..lolo I was a few minutes late but not bad. You have to have reservations. It was really nice in side very cute and the dishes and cups were beautiful. White linen table cloths and little gold spoons, and beautiful cups and tea strainers. The gals I was meeting went ahead and ordered for us as they have been there before and know what they wanted. We each got to pick the kind of tea we wonted each got our own large pot.

This is what we got and it was $18.00 each. The seasonal fruit was about 5 red grapes and two slices of orange. I had a pot of  cocanut tea was very nice. This is the link to the Lavender Tea House http://www.lavenderteahouse.com

Lavender Tea

Sweet cream scone served with clotted cream & strawberry jam
Four tea sandwiches
Seasonal fruit
Assortment of mini desserts
Pot of tea

It has been beautiful here the last few days, cold but sunny and I can take the cold when there is sun to go with it. I took my Christmas tree down last night yes last night. I was so beautiful this year I hated to remove it but there comes a time and if I didn’t take it down soon I could of removed the gold stuff and put red hearts on it for Valentines day..lolol

I am ready to do my taxes have everything but my W2’s and I hope I get it soon I want to get them done and over with. I had to pay state last year but I hope not to this year.  I have a full year of interest and tax’s on my home  so that should help.

I am now also on facebook not sure why or if it is for me but my daughter is on it and though I might be able to find some of my old school buddies.

Everyone have a great Sunday and……

Peace

Jessie

2009! Boy did it get here fast. Remember when you were a kid in the 50’s 60’s and so on and those numbers never entered your mind except in the movies.  J 

Our snow is gone and the rain hit so now the flooding and landslides and we have had both. I-5 the main interstate freeway between Mexico and Canada so has a lot a trucks using it was closed for 2day as 20 miles of it were underwater. They thought it would be closed till Monday but it stopped raining for a day and it is now safe to travel. They had the trucks go though first that was an awesome sight on the news as there were so many parked along the highway and in fair grounds up and down the highway there were so many stuck on both end of the flooding and then an hour later they started letting cars go though. December was a crazy month for weather and it’s not normally our worse months Jan and Feb are.

Going to take my Christmas tree down this weekend I really would love to keep it up, as it is really beautiful this year but there comes a time and a cat. Mr. Ming has been really good not even looking at it till the last couple days.

Because I couldn’t get out on Christmas I had my Christmas on the 3ed at my daughters and also my grandson’s 17^th birthday party. It was a nice day and a dry one.

I rejoined weight watchers, yes yes yes AGAIN! I stopped last April I didn’t realize it had been that long ago but gained back 20 pounds so needed to get back on the right track. I like weight watchers because I don’t have to give up anything I like just change how much, when and how often I eat it. So here we go again..lolo

I noticed it was a little lighter last night when I left work, for a while I left for work in the dark and get home in the dark and when it is like that I get a lot less done. It’s like you don’t have any daytime to do anything. I love the longer days when I get home I seem to have more energy.

We have a new pres now and new ideas I hope and pray he not only does what he said he would do but the congress and the senate will back him also. People forget to put as much time in choosing their congressmen and senators as they do the leader of our country because most of what he wants has to pass both of those offices.

Happy New Year!!

Peace

Jessie