8-22-12

7:30am

Oh yeah, off to a really good start to the

first day of school.

Getting the boys up and ready for school

was a breeze because I had everything planned out.

Breakfasts were already made- just popped

it in the microwave for 20 seconds.  Can't get much faster

than that, lol , clothes laid out,

binders and school supplies all packed

and lunch money in pockets.

Left house and picked up neighbor kid

around 6:40am.  Arrived at bus stop

and saw about 4 other kids there.

Bus drivers have no clue.

We had about 3 buses stop and ask

what school the kids went to.

The bus is supposed to be here at 6:55am.

A bus, off by one number that we were told

would pick the kids up,

finally showed up for their school

at almost 7:30am!!  And it was still

making stops down the road after picking up from our bus stop.

Hellooooo, school starts at 7:30!!

This is my one son's first day of middle school.

They are already stressed out as it is

being at a new school and having

a new schedule.  Now he's going to school

on the first day after school has already started.

It's a good thing I feed them breakfast in 

the mornings because they would have

no time at all to eat it at school. 

These buses should have GPS in them

with each route put into them for

all drivers!

I hope it goes much better tomorrow!

Here are some more photos from the apartment
fire just up the road from us.
It's from channel 10tv.
Not sure if the children who lived
there attend our kids school or not
since it's close by.  The Red Cross has taken
all the children who has been forced to live
in temporary shelters to the bus stop this morning.
I just couldn't imagine having only minutes to grab
your most important belongings and being
forced to leave your home never to return to it.
We drove by the place yesterday and
was able to get back in there to see the front side.
Might get some photos this evening to
show what it looks like now.  It's bad! 
Here's a news clip I recorded to show
how bad it was.

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8:50am


Got a load of laundry in the washer & dryer
and got a load hung up.
Got supper going in the crock pot.

Teriyak pork chops with chinese veggies over rice.
Something I threw together that sounded good. 
Just guesses as to how much of each
ingredient I put in the crock as I just
"threw" it in there, lol.

-1 package boneless pork chops ($1.64)
-1/3 cup crushed pineapple (.10 cents)
-1/4 pineapple juice (from the canned pineapple)
-1/4 cup soy or stir-fry sauce (free)
-worcestershire sauce (free)
-dash of ginger (free)
-tablespoon or two of brown sugar (free)

Once cooked shred or cut up chops, stir, then add in can of chinese veggies to warm through.

Serve over rice.


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Last night I gave the boys each a hair cut.
Nothing like doing something at the last moment.
It's been about 2 months since their last hair cut.
Looking a little shaggy, lol. 
They are 11 and 12 years old and have
never been to a barber or had anyone
but myself cut their hair.

It's only 9:40am and I'm so ready to go 
lay back down.  My stomach is in an uproar,
churning and gurgling and the body is
starting to throb.  Not sure if it is because
of the stress and worry of back to school or what.
Going to pop a tylenol or two to see if it helps. 


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4:00pm


I spent some of my afternoon before picking
up the kids peeling the skins off concord grapes.
I'm thinking about making freezer jelly with them.
You take the skins off, add them to a food processor
with 1 cup of sugar then add them with the
grape centers in a pan and let them boil
with another 2 cups sugar and lemon juice.
Once done then you strain out the seeds
and skin.
Here's another recipe for Grape Jam.
I ain't go that far yet.  Still have more to peel. 
I'll have to compare regular jam/jelly recipes
to freezer recipes to make it work.


The kids had a good first day of school :0)
Of course the bus was late this afternoon.
Was supposed to be here at 2:45pm
and didn't show up until about 3:15pm.
My kids had to tell the bus driver that
she missed their stop.

8-21-12

7:20am

I just read on Facebook that Dollar Tree

will start accepting manufacture coupons soon!

Woo Hoo!

Here are some guidelines to uses those

coupons at that store-

• Only 2 LIKE coupons will be allowed per transaction.  (examples- 2 coupons for crest, 2 coupons for Hunts tomatoes, 2 coupons for betty crocker cake mix)
• Coupons that give you a free item when purchasing a select item will not be allowed.  (buy 1 get 1 free coupons or coupons that say if you buy a certain item and get another different items with it free.  For example buy a toothpaste and get dental floss free)
• Only 2 internet printed coupons per transaction.
• No retailer specific coupons -- so they won't accept CVS or Target coupons or anything like that.
• No BOGO coupons will be accepted.
• No overage will be given on coupons if the value is higher than the shelf price.  (if something is .50 cents and your coupon is for $1.00 then the cashier will only apply .50 cents off to get the item for free.  The other .50 cents will not be applied to your transaction at the checkout.)
• No Free Product Coupons -- either printables or newspaper coupons!
• No coupons that require the cashier to write in the amount on the coupon will be accepted.  (these are usually coupons that are for buy 1 get 1 free or a coupon that is for a free item)  

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Tony told me yesterday that his coworker

is going to pay me $15 for my

Better Than Sex Cake I'll be making for him

for his birthday.

It will have cost me $5.27 to make

so I'll profit $9.73 from this :0)

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9:45am


Just got home from taking mom and the kids
to check out the apartments that caught fire.
I guess 12 hours later they were still
putting out hot spots and still have some roads closed.

This was the area we were standing at last night
behind the apartments on fire.
 You can see two air conditioners on the
top of the building on the left and one single
one on the right.  Last night there was
two other air conditioner along side that
single one.  Before we left the scene 
those other two ac's not seen today was
on fire and starting to lean and ready to crash through the roof. 
There was a hook and ladder over the roof
of this area and some of the major flames were coming
up through the area by the single air conditioner

Stopped by my insurance office to
submit my tow truck bill.
I was amazed that they cut me a check
right then and there.  The lady now said
they have changed the roadside assistance plan
and now we call a number to have someone
come out to help and we do NOT have
to pay ANY money up front like we just did
with the tow truck.  Unless of course
you need gas or some other extra expense.


Even though the rebuild of our transmission was
expensive we still saved LOTS of money
by having it done by friends.
It would have cost anywhere between 
$2000 to $2500 at a typical
shop that does transmissions.
We called other places to see what they would
charge so that's how we know how
much it could of been.
Our cost to have the friends who work
at this one transmission shop do it on the side
after hours along with towing...
 
$736.
A savings of 
$1,264 to $1,764  !!!!!!

8-20-12

8:50am to 10:10am

Getting ready to work on making a

bunch of ham, egg and cheese sandwiches

to put in the freezer for breakfasts

before school.  

2 packages rolls,  24 total

$1.49 and $1.19 found marked down half price at Kroger

 $2.68 for both

1 dozen eggs

(each can be cut in half to make

two sandwiches)

These were free with Kroger coupon.

12 cheese slices

(used half slice per sandwich)

$1.08

mayo  .25 cents

Deli type shaved ham slices $1.86

(used about 3/4ths of a pack.

The rest I froze for another time)

TOTAL COST TO MAKE

24 BREAKFAST SANDWICHES

$5.87

or .24 cents a sandwich.

Enough for two kids to have

breakfast before school for 

two weeks and two days.

My sandwich assembly line

all laid out on cookie sheets.

Don't want to waster nothing

so will try and recycle these items.

-Mayo jar.  Once cleaned I'll use it

to put soups in for the freezer.

Or I can use for dry goods like rice

and beans to put on the pantry shelf.

-Bread bags.  Reuse to put breakfast sandwiches

in and put into freezer.

-Egg shells.  Will crush these up

and sprinkle around my rose bushes.

They didn't not bloom this year so

are hoping for next since they were

planted late.

-Egg carton.  Using this to put 

lunch money for the kids in for each day of the week.

11:00am


Got a load of laundry in washer & dryer
and another load hung up and brought upstairs and hung in closets.
I had to do a re-evaluation of our closet.
Tony just brought home some new work uniforms.
5 shirts, 5 pants and a new Winter jacket.
I was running out of room in our closet for
all his work clothes!
Not including the uniforms I just mentioned above
I just removed 11 pairs of NEW with tags work pants
still hanging in the closet along with
11 pairs of worn work pants.
We don't pay for uniforms,
the company pays for them.

Each year Tony has to do an evaluation
on himself.  On this evaluation it asks
where the company can improve.
For years I have been telling him to have the
company supply each apartment they punch out with 
a new plunger and leave picture instructions
under the sink of how to use the darn thing.
How much can a plunger possibly cost?
$5 maybe less through a company discount.
How much is it costing the company to send
out maintenance guys after hours to plunge a toilet
giving them overtime at the rate of
$24 to $30+ per hour!
Well this year they finally started 
putting new plungers in the apartment. 

And now I see another area of improvement,
too many clothes purchases each
year for their employees!
I'm sure they are not cheap especially
having embroidered logos put on each shirt and jacket.
And the Winter jackets they buy 
all the maintenance employees are
costing them $125+ per each person.
They are buying these heavy duty coats
with zip out linings every year for them!
Tony has I don't know how many coats now.
This is crazy!  One jacket should last many years.
Why is it these big companies cannot see 
where they are losing money?
Bonuses are nice but even bigger ones
would be better when they can shave
off some of these extra expenses.
Another expense I see that would
save them money in the long run would
be to buy quality replacement parts.
These cheap parts they buy are 
having to be replaced all the time
at the cost of the part and the cost
to pay the employees, especially
if it's when they are working overtime.

Oh well, just my thoughts for the day.
I think outside the box and outside
my home with being frugal and try to help
people save money.


12:00pm


Time to start thinking about what to have for supper.
I think I'll make 
Slow Cooker Sausage Breakfast Casserole
from Jimmy Dean.
Looks good doesn't it and who says
it can only be for breakfast.

Gonna have to tweak the recipe with
what I have on hand.

1 pound Bob Evans maple sausage-  $2.50

bag of hash browns-  $2.00

I'm not putting tomatoes in it.

Packet of Kroger onion soup mix- .35 cents

Used 7 eggs instead of 12-  .70 cents

1/2 cup milk-  .10 cents

1-2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
$1.00

TOTAL COST TO MAKE
$6.65


 12:55pm

I did three layers of hash browns instead
of two called for in the recipe. 
I have made this in a skillet for years.
This will be the first time trying it in a crock.

10:00pm


Our house smells like a campground.
Smoke has filled the air in the neighborhood
and can be seen under street lights still.
We went out to Groveport around 6:30 or so
to visit Tony's friend by Ricart.
On our return trip home around 7:30pm still out by Ricart I 
could see smoke off in the way distance.
As we got closer and closer to home we saw
that the huge cloud of billowing smoke is coming from
our neighborhood.  That's not the kind of thing
you want to see as you are just blocks from home
and wonder just where that fire is.  I
It was less than 5 minutes from our home
and is a large apartment fire.
100 people were evacuated and
over 30 apartments were involved.
I usually have my camera in tow and
of course tonight I had left it at home.
They had roads closed and so many red lights
from fire trucks surrounding the area 
and hook and ladders along with other fire trucks
coming from any and all directions trying to come
down some of these side streets.
I was determined to see what was on fire
and knew my way around back roads.
I ended up in another apartment complex
directly behind the building on fire.
So close I could throw a stone at it!
And my camera was at home, GRRRR!
I'm pretty sure a guy I saw there was
from the Dispatch with his fancy
SLR camera.  
We all got out and watched the fireman
on the hook and ladder aiming the water down
onto the roof which was causing the roof to open
up.  It seemed like they were fighting a 
never ending battle because once that roof opened up
in a few places it allowed oxygen to get in there
and feed the fire causing it to flare up and
shoot flames upwards.  There was so much water
on that two story apartment building
that it looked like a waterfall coming off the roof.
We watched as the sofit and gutters collapsed to the 
ground.  They must of used a foam at one time
to try to put on the fire because it was all over the
ground.  Pretty scary evening that I never
imagined would end up this way.

 Channel 10

Channel 28 

Channel 4

And of course it's all over Facebook with
photos from friends of ours.
The only pictures I got were from Tony's
cell phone and I have no idea how to 
even get them from the cell phone to the computer.
I'm sure the pics were crappy because the 
flames were so intense and bright 
in the photos.
I'm taking my camera with me from now on
because something always happens when
I don't have it. 

Eyes are burning and my hip is killing me!
It's gonna be one of those nights.
I didn't sleep well last night either.
Then I gotta get up at 6:30am tomorrow
as usual.  I get up when Tony gets up to see
him off to work.  Then about 8:00am
I'm gonna take the boys and mom over
to see where the fire was (with my camera, battery is on charge now) then head over
to my insurance office to submit
my tow truck bill and hopefully
get reimbursed in the near future since I have roadside assistance.
Let's see what else, oh yeah still have
to give the boys each a haircut.
That didn't quite get done tonight
with everything going on.
School starts Wednesday so gotta
round up and make sure they
have their clothes set out and ready to go.
It's gonna feel weird Wednesday without
any kids here (including neighbor kids).
It's been three months since this
house has been quiet, lol.
I don't know who stresses more with
the back to school thing,
me or the kids. 


Oh, I almost forgot.
Earlier today my friend called and asked
if I wanted to come over and pick some
Concord Grapes from her grapevine.
So me and my boys and a another neighborhood kid
all walked over to her house with bags
and started picking away.
Here was our haul-
Concord grapes,
apples & pears.

I spent the evening before Tony got
home removing any grape stems and leaves
and getting the grapes prepared for
some jelly.  It'll have to be later this week
as I am too busy at the moment.
I have them sitting in the fridge at the 
moment and poured a little sugar over top
them and will let them sit to help release some
of the juice before smushing them all up
for the jelly.

step-by-step with pictures of 
HOW TO MAKE GRAPE JELLY.

8-19-12

11:25am

Getting a grocery list together for the week

and trying to quickly plan out a menu for the week.

Here's what I came up with-

Suppers

-Meatloaf, scalloped potatoes and corn

-tortilla pizza roll ups

-Sloppy Joes

-Hawaiian teriyaki pork with chinese veggies over rice

-Baked pork chops with french fried onion and parmesan coating with mac & cheese and stuffing

-Breakfast casserole with hasbrowns, eggs, cheese, sausage

-Spaghetti with meatballs 

-Lasagna

Breakfast

-ham, egg and cheese on a roll sandwiches

-cereal

-yogurt

Snacks?

Plus I have to make a Better Than Sex Cake this week

for a coworker of Tonys.

And other things on the list of to do's for today-

-give both boys hair cuts

-get Christopher's booster shot for 7th grade

-laundry

-and see when or if we get our truck back today 

2:00pm

Back from the store and Walgreens.

Didn't end up getting Christopher's shot, maybe later on today.

Figures when we went to Walgreens the clinic wasn't open

due to them being on lunch.

Got lots of deals at Kroger with mark downs,

Kroger coupons and freebie coupons.

Kroger sends me coupon booklets all the time.

I had one or two from previous weeks

and they just sent me three more one day last week.

Sometimes they'll give you coupons for free items.

3 boxes Kroger doughnuts marked down to .59 cents each.

I kept one out and put the other two boxes in the

freezer for school morning breakfasts.

Kroger large eggs- FREE

Big K 2 liters- I had .40 and .50 cents

of every 3 bottles bought.

Which made them .72 and .76 cents each.

1/2 gallon Kroger chocolate milk

marked down to .99 cents

I was planning to get 2 cans of spaghetti sauce

knowing they were around $1.00 each.

When I saw some on clearance for .57 cents each

I stocked up and bought 6 large cans.

Kroger Tortillas with .40 cent coupon

was cheaper than the FMV brand.

Kroger frozen rising crust pizza on sale

for 3 for $10.  .70 cents coupon on one.

Made it $2.64.

When not on sale these can run $5 to $6 each.

Digiorno Pizza for one.

Was $3.49

was free with coupon

Kroger 16 ounce cheese slice $1.88 each, got 2

had two .40 cents off coupons which

made them $1.48 a 16 count pack.

Bag of Jelly Belly jelly beans marked down To $1.49.

I get these for Tony to keep in his car

at work if he starts to get shakes

from having low blood sugar.

Bottle of Kroger Ranch with bacon salad dressing

was $1.50

Free with coupon

100 count bottle of Kroger ibuprofen

was $2.48

Free with coupon

 Package of 4 apple danishes

marked down to .49 cents.

Bag of red shredded cabbage

marked down to .99 cents

Plus I got any additional ingredients

I needed to make the Better Than Sex Cake

for someone at Tony's work.

While I find mark downs for ingredients

I went around the store and wrote down

how much the regular price is for them.

I will then submit this to the person

who wants to buy this cake I'm making for their birthday.

I will ask for the money for the cost of

the ingredients at regular price then

leave it up to them as to how much

they want to donate to me for making them the cake dessert.

Most of the time I would end up making more

than what I have asked so that is why I do it

this way.

Sweetened Condensed Milk

reg price $1.70

I paid .49 cents

2 Heath bars 

I paid $1.80 full price

Chocolate cake mix (Kroger brand)  

$1.29 full price

1 small box pudding mix

.49 cents full price

Caramel syrup

Gonna guess at $2.00

I paid nothing for it.

3 eggs 

.39 cents regular price

I paid nothing

Cool Whip Kroger brand

$1.00 full price

1/2 cup oil 

my guess .25 cents

cost me nothing

1 teaspoon vanilla

.05 cents regular

1 cup milk

.15 cents regular price

TOTAL REGULAR COST

$8.12

TOTAL MY COST

$5.27

So I'll be making $2.85 off the ingredients

plus whatever he pays me for making this cake.

I had Tony call the guy working on our truck to

get an update around 1:00pm.

The guy said he would be on his way to the shop soon

to get the transmission put back in the truck.

And that's all I know at the moment.

Well it's almost 3:00pm

and I need to head back down to the basement

to continue working on laundry.  No fun.

7:30pm


Went back to Walgreens and got Christopher's
booster shot before school starts.
It's required by 7th grade students.

We just got home not long ago.
Mom and my step-dad and all of our gang
went out to Reynoldsburg so we could
pick up our Suburban.
Tony drove it home while I still
played chauffeur and drove my parents
back home in their vehicle.
Tony said the Suburban drove so much
better and didn't have any problems.
I'm just happy to have my trucky back home!  :0)
It's been gone for almost 2 weeks.

Too tired to do the boys hair cuts tonight so 
will definitely will have to do them
and the rest of the laundry tomorrow.

8-18-12

10:00am

Last night we ended up getting pizza and wings for

supper since it was payday.  I ended up putting

the lasagna back that I had originally planned

for supper back in the freezer.

Minuteman pizza had a decent deal with coupon of

two large one item pizzas (actually

one of our pizzas ended up with 2 items somehow

while the other had just one topping)

and an order of hot BBQ wings for $17.93. 

The two large pizzas were only $13.99 for both.

And then the truck driver neighbor invited our

kids to go to Greaters Ice Cream his treat.

Only one of my kids went.

I spent the rest of the evening watching

the new Gold Rush and feeling miserable.

I had about 4-5 pieces of pizza which

was the rectangular smaller pieces

and ended up with a big bloated belly

for the rest of the night.  At least for 5-6 hours

after eating.  I could not get comfortable at

all with sitting or laying down.  

We won't be getting our truck today.

Supposedly they have taken the transmission

out of the truck and have rebuilt it.

It won't be til tomorrow, Sunday,

that they will reinstall it and we can go

pick it up.

Well I gotta jump off here and start taking

some thing down to the basement from yesterday.

I emptied about 4 of those plastic drawer

organizers out of my closet and are

going to use them in the basement to

store things.  Then after bit we're heading

to Menards to see if we can find some sort

of straps for our Dodge truck.  A strap

broke off the gas tank and the other one

still holding it on doesn't look too good

either with lots of rust.  What is it with

gas tanks lately, lol.  


3:00pm


Got supper going.  I made up a bunch of meatballs
and will have enough leftover to put in the 
freezer for another meal with some spaghetti.

1 pound maple sausge
1 pound deer burger
1/2 small onion chopped
garlic powder
seasoning salt
oregano seasoning
 1 egg
bread crumbs or bread from sweet Italian bread


Mix all ingredients together by hand in a medium
sized bowl.  Scoop out by 2 Tablespoonfuls
and roll into balls.  
Place a wire rack on top of cookie sheets
then place meatballs on top of racks and bake.
 The cookie sheets will catch any grease.

Next cut two loaves of sweet Italian bread
in half then in half again.
Cut a rectangular section out of the tops
of each piece of bread.  
This is where you meatballs will sit.

You can always find marked down bakery bread at Kroger.

For another meal or snack I have
a package of chicken gizzards with some
water and a couple of chicken bouillion cubes
on high in the crock.  Will cook these for about 4 or so hours.
Tony usually boils this on the stove top for
a couple hours.  I suggested trying it in the crock
pot this time around.
Then once done and tender he'll dip in flour and seasoning
and fry them in the skillet.

Here was a photo I forgot was on my camera card
from the other day when I was talking about
the mail order prescriptions and how much they would cost.
I had mentioned that the Humira shots were not covered
by our insurance.  I wanted to show you how
much they would cost without insurance.
Let's hope I can qualify for the Humira 
prescription plan for $5 or less per shot after seeing this!!!!
Because if I can't qualify I definitely cannot afford to have this medicine!!  It's a no wonder my insurance won't cover it.

4:25pm


Meatball subs/boats.

I had leftover spaghetti sauce and 8 meatballs
that I put in a freezer bag for some spaghetti sometime.

 


I haven't felt the greatest today.
Dizzy spells, shakiness, floaty head,
legs that feel like a jelly fish 
and my thighs are hurting to no end.
I did not do anything or pick up something heavy 
to pull those muscles.
They hurt to walk and to even touch my leg! 
I feel like someone has beat me with a bat!

I had a bowl of cereal earlier
and I tried to eat one meatball sub
while I gave everyone else two. 
Well I ended up having problems eating
my sub and got sick.
Mom thinks I need to go for an endoscopy.
Food gets stuck in throat (not choking and can still breath).
Doesn't go down even when you try to swallow.
If you try to drink something it doesn't help
and only sits on top the food.
Sometimes it will go down if I get
up and walk around but most of the time
I get a stabbing pain in my back between my
shoulder blades and have to throw up
the food  to get any relief.
I have had this happen to me so many times
over the years now I have lost count.

THIS sounds like what I have.

I researched to see if there was a link
to Crohn's Disease and and my problem swallowing
and there is something
called Crohn's Disease of the Esophagus.
which is a rare disease of Crohn's
occurring in less than 1% of people with Crohn's.
 Maybe I'll bring up this subject at my
next digestive doctor's appointment
on October 2nd.   
Knowing my luck I'd be that one than less
percent of people who get it.  :0(


7:30pm


Tony was thinking about replacing the blind in
Jonathan's room.  Jonathan said he would prefer
a shade instead of a blind.  Got the creative juices
flowing and I turned his blind into a roman shade.
I made it out of a full size sheet that I folded
and made the fabric double thick.

9:15pm


Earlier I had went across the street to talk to
truck driver neighbor who was working
on his semi truck fixing some lights on
the rear of the cab.
I had been talking for about a half hour
when his kids came outside and I had taken a couple
steps away from the truck and into his yard to talk
to them.  There's trees and bushes in his yard along
with decorative yard things making it difficult to see certain things
or people even going by let alone to try and even see another neighbor's house just across the side street.  I don't know what made me stand in that exact spot (probably the only spot in his yard to see the neighbor's house across the road)  and what had
made me even glance at the other neighbor's house
when I was in a full conversation with kids and
the truck driver neighbor, but I was glad I did.
I saw the 90+ year old neighbor had fallen and was sitting in
a discreet spot in her yard not visible to many people.
With all the pain I was in I took off running like a bat out
of hell to her.  Adrenaline took over.  
The kids I was talking to had no clue
why I had just stopped talking and took off running.
I can still see the vision in my head of her on the ground,
near the corner of her house and porch
not being able to yell out and her arms stretched out
like a little kid wanting to be picked up.
She was sitting beside a gutter and I know I had squished
the part of it which helps water flow away from the house
with my foot, knocked that piece totally off the 
downspout and uprooted a U-hook which held the
gutter in the ground running so fast to get to her.
You wouldn't think a little ole skinny lady would
be difficult to get off the ground.  I grabbed her hands
trying to get her to her feet.  I was afraid I would pull her
arms out of socket.  I finally got behind her and wrapped
my arms around her to get her to her feet.
She stood there awhile holding onto the side
of her porch lattice and used a large stick as a cane.
We talked for a bit.  I wanted to make sure
she was ok.  I asked if there was anything I could
do for her or finish up for her in her yard.
Not sure exactly what she was doing in her yard
but her water hose was on.  She said she done with the yard.
As she stood there trying to stand for a moment
I felt so bad I tore her gutter apart and was trying
to put it all back together with her saying,
oh honey, don't worry about that.  She's a tough old lady!
I helped her walk to her door and she invited me inside.
I've never been in her house before, only talked outside.
We sat down at her kitchen table and talked and talked.
She ended up giving me her phone number
and I gave her ours.  I just wanted to stay with
her a bit to make sure she was ok.