Life Thoughts

2026-09-05T10:18:30.729-07:00

New Rant!

So I was listening to Nino's podcast on You tube. Some people on there didn't like the way he conducts his show. Well I thought people understood that if it is his channel, it's up to him. I am also wondering what these people do if they go to a party and aren't having fun? Do they bash the host or leave the party? 💫 I would think an intelligent person would just exit the party. Hhmmm. I would not hang around if the channel wasn't for me. People could try to understand that there are different strokes for different folks. Different podcasters resonate with different people. There is nothing wrong with that! So to those negative people, I would say that maybe they should go where it feels better for their poor souls! Yikes! The things that make one shake one's head everyday.

Adventures in my Amazon Account

2026-09-01T13:23:09.656-07:00

I have noticed for a bit now that there are things I didn't understand that were happening within my Amazon account. I would get an email saying that my item had been refunded. I didn't request it, it just showed up. Then I would get another. Then another. I didn't complain or ask for a refund on said items. I really didn't understand what was happening. So, additionally, when I would order something I saw where my order got credited some gift card money. Then, I get this email saying I had requested refunds on too many items and I got the impression they would like to close my account! Of course I am furious since I didn't have anything to do with what was happening. So last week I got this email saying my item had been delivered like normal. Only thing is....I didn't have anything on order. So I checked out the info about that order. It had been delivered to Arizona. I live in Ohio. 😡 So, I went to my account and did some digging. I was looking at all my account information and I saw where there was an Arizona address attached to my name. So I also dug around a little more. I saw where Amazon will give a gift card balance on some items that are refunded that they don't want them back. For example eye liner. (Which I did not ask to return). Now I understood what was happening. Fraudster Alert! Some scumbag in Arizona was doing this to me. I tried to talk to the Amazon assistant and got nowhere other than I should alert Amazon and change my password immediately, which I did. I want them to know what happened so it won't happen to others and besides, it is costing them money too. Since it was rather difficult to get a real person to talk to on Amazon, I gave up. But hopefully with the changes I made it will not continue to happen.. Now I am paranoid now and I am checking things daily. I figure the person was trying to get to those gift card points before me to get their stuff free!

RANT OVER FOR NOW! Hope this can help someone else who is experiencing this!

The Storm

2026-08-14T08:36:18.585-07:00

Well hello! Glad to be here! It's been a rainy, windy, muddy week at our county fair. On Tuesday, we happened to be at a 4-H hog show. We were sitting on the bleachers under an open structure with only a roof for shelter. The show was getting close to the end, so we were all trying to hang in there with the rain forecast looming over our heads. All of a sudden, it hit! All those who were trying to watch the show ended up in the middle of the hog arena trying to stay dry and safe. What a scary experience! That wind and rain came with such force! I had my arm around this little boy who was scared and couldn't find his mom. Of course, the electric went out. It was soooo dark out too even though it was daytime. In the end we obviously survived, but I don't want to do that one ever again! We were all soaked but O.K. Whew!! There was so much damage to temporary structures on the grounds. All kinds of tents, ect., were a total loss for the different exhibitors and vendors. We have a camper out there for the 1st time. There was no good way to get from the midway to the camper to stay out of mud. :( We will never forget this fair!!! The other fair experiences were O.K. The fair was closed to the public for the rest of that stormy day. This was in the town of Urbana, Ohio and there was much damage within town. Down trees everywhere. There were a couple I guess at the fairgrounds as well.

I will say that there are all kinds of theories about why we are having the kind of weather we have recently experienced. I will just leave that thought right here....

Peace and safety to all!!!

Stay tuned!

What I think

2026-04-29T07:34:09.448-07:00

My whole idea here was to write whatever is on my mind on any given day. Apparently, Google doesn't like some of my thoughts. They say I cannot do Ads on here because they don't like my content. Well....I really don't care about whether they like it or not. That was not my intention here anyway. It was just something I thought I might do. No big deal. They can keep their Ad stipulations. I don't need them. I thought this was a place I could simply express myself a little. But hey, if Google doesn't appreciate their clients maybe someplace else will. Rant over! My "Life Thoughts" on that will percolate a little until I make a decision.

Now...back to today's thoughts. LOL Of course, there is almost always my laundry to do. Does that ever end? Nope. It is what it is. Our family as a whole has been very busy. Each individual seems to go through different things in life. We are all where we are I guess. I have to remind myself that I can't solve everyone's problems. I can only be here for them in ways that I can. We all know that essentially, we are all responsible for our thoughts whether they be positive or negative. Those decisions can make or break our days. If you always think the worst is going to happen to you, my thought is that it probably will. One has a much better chance of things improving in life if you take the good out of a day and leave the bad in the dust. Just my opinion and results of my own experiences.

I do hope that for anyone out there that is having a bad day, bad life, can turn theirs around to an extent due to how the attitude goes.

Food for thought! It is a rough world out there at the present time. Hang in there people!

C-ya all later!

Happy New Year

2026-01-01T08:19:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

I now have mixed feelings about New Years. It was also my brother Terry's birthday.

RIP Terry! Hope your heavenly birthday was wonderful!

Terry played drums and was very good at it until Parkinson's Disease decided to enter the picture. 😠Such a dreadful disease! (Took our mother as well.)

But...other than that, it was a good New Years Eve. Hope 2026 is better for everyone!

Christmas

2025-12-26T10:08:00.000-08:00

Christmas activities are over for us and we had a great time! Of course, we missed those who are no longer with us. :( It always amazes me how much effort it takes to prepare and then poof! It's over. LOL

Jim and I made pancakes and sausage links for our kids/grandkids for breakfast on Christmas morning. That went well and was a fun time. Of course, they all had other places they had to be as well so not long after our exchange they were all off and running to the next thing. (I don't miss having to do that.) The rest of our day was spent chillin'. We were tired but it was a good kind of tired. We had Christmas with Jim's sister and family the night before. That is how it goes. It all seems like it's all over in a flash once the events get started.

I do miss my Mom, Dad, Terry and Joe. Randy and I are the only 2 kids left in my family and he spends Christmas with his family in Florida. They won't be back here until like March.

On to the next thing!!

Hoping for a Happy New Year now!

Miss you Joe

2025-12-20T09:30:00.000-08:00

Harley Joe Knox

My brother Joe passed away on Dec. 20, 2018. I miss him so much! I won't ever forget you Joe! I am luckier that a lot of people. I at least still have his voice on songs he recorded on a cd. I can get on You Tube and listen too. At least I will always have his voice.

https://youtu.be/INQk96FhTVw?si=rvtvGIWH0Qj3nQ3h

The Countdown is here

2025-12-20T08:31:00.000-08:00

Time to take a break from all the odds and ends tasks that happen before Christmas. My problem is that I will start a little project that turns into something bigger because sometimes if you even give one item a new home, another item has to have one too. LOL Or, I will start a cleaning project that will simply lead to another one. Yikes!

I still have a little wrapping to do but other things have to come before that. It's kind of the "hurry up and wait" kind of thing. I'm still waiting for Amazon to deliver a couple of the gifts so I might as well wait and drag that stuff out all at once. I really want to go do some last minute shopping too. I like to find little extras to add to some of the gifts.

Above all, I don't forget the reason for the season. This time of year you can run into some Grinch like people or you see some major beautiful giving individuals making big impacts on someone's life. Depends on who you are and what kind of life you have been living and what things have happened to you along the way.

And... here I am rambling again, but...it's what I do. 😉

What If?

2025-12-14T10:31:00.000-08:00

Have you noticed how lately there are a lot of shows/movies that involve time travel? My analytical mind sure went there.

What if you wanted to place a thought in the minds of the population that time travel was truly real. What could you do? 😉

Well, how would you place that topic in the minds of the masses? You could create plots in shows and movies that depicted that very thing. You could create a lot of them. There could be enough of them that the public would no longer be surprised about a discussion of something like that. That way when the truth came out about the existence of time travel, it could be readily accepted instead of freaking people out.

I can't help the places my mind goes to visit sometimes! LOL

I'm That Grandma

2025-12-12T13:12:00.000-08:00

Dressing up in a funny hat and purse to pretend shopping with a 4 yr. old and push a plastic cart around the house. I'm that grandma.

Building sand castles in the sandbox with the granddaughters. I'm that grandma.

Going down the tube slide because the little one is too scared to go down by herself. I'm that grandma.

Shoot baskets on the half court out back. Because I'm that grandma.

Get on the teeter totter at the park because the other kid was too lightweight to make it happen for the older one. I'm that grandma. (That grandma who stretched a tendon in her foot doing it.)

Turning the kitchen into a whatever they want to eat diner as long as it's in stock. I'm that grandma.

Waiting to make cookies until the 4 yr. old can help because she likes to crack the eggs. I'm that grandma.😏

Playing playdoh with the 4 yr. old because the other kids are in school. I'm that grandma.

Playing Go Fish, Memory, Connect 4, Checkers and drawing pictures on the whiteboard. I'm that grandma.

Messing around in the pool with the kids. I'm that grandma.

Do Not mess with my granddaughters! I'm that grandma. 💪

And THAT is a little tidbit about me. Call me crazy but ya only live once in this life!

Christmas program and craft show

2025-12-06T09:40:00.000-08:00

Today Triad had their school craft fair and Christmas program featuring the 3rd grade chorus. I will have to say, those kids did a bang up job! It was great! The FFA served their breakfast of scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausage, coffee and juice. Very nice job!

Over all I think those involved did a fine job! Now that half my day is gone, I've got to get busy and attend to household chores. It never ends!

Later,

So It's Cold

2025-12-04T09:17:00.000-08:00

So it's cold and going to get colder tonight. The forecast is about 9 degrees. Not looking forward to that, being that I get up and out of here my 5:45 A.M. I woke up this morning and I'm telling you everything hurt! I know I've got some arthritis in my knees but not sure why everything else is all upset. Geez. Getting older is not for the faint of heart I guess. Be brave!!!

My youngest granddaughter will be here in a bit to hang out this afternoon so I'd better buckle up buttercup! She is 4 and busy absolutely every single minute which means I am too. We do have a good time together thought. Last night I went to her preschool Christmas program. It was so sweet! Time goes so fast...I can't believe she is already this old. 👀

Later all,

Cindy

Christmas

2025-12-03T06:26:00.000-08:00

Did I say that too loud? Christmas!!! Coming at us at the speed of a freight train! 😃 Seriously, I'm still eating the pumpkin pie! But..it is coming.... the shopping, house cleaning, tree assembly and wrapping are on my list now. Yikes! I now need a nap!

The 3 Grands were here yesterday to help put up the tree and decorate it. Three girls decorated that tree in record time! It was like being in a wind storm! 😂💫 I still need to put out my additional decorations but what a start!

I am tired today and can't imagine why. Doesn't matter, there are things to do today. I have a friend I want to see today because her birthday is tomorrow. The granddaughters are off to school so on to my agenda for the day. My thoughts are also being invaded by the possibility that I may not get that door stripped and painted that I wanted done before Christmas. Kind of a present to myself! Well myself is just going to have to take the back seat again I'm thinking.😑

Stay tuned!

Holiday thoughts

2025-12-01T06:36:00.000-08:00

We are back from our little holiday away. It was wonderful! We unplugged for a few days. I managed to read 2 books and started on the third. The only way to get me to slow down it seems is putting me somewhere that I can't see everything that I think needs done around home or for someone else. But...this trip is the perfect solution. :) Even though it was rather cold, we managed to get in a nice hike. We have a lot of memories of this place because we have been going there for over 40 years. Yikes!

Each day we had homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast, turkey of course and homemade pies. (That's on my agenda to make before we go, but sooo worth it!) Oh..and don't forget the homemade noodles too! Yum!

Now that we are back, it's time to get back into the groove of our daily habits and responsibilities.

It's time to prepare for Christmas. Oh my goodness it's like time is speeding!

Later,

Cindy

Observations

2025-11-26T07:07:00.000-08:00

👀 Sometimes I observe things in general. Recently my brain got me to thinking about what one would do if they just wanted to get some information out to a large mass of people. How would you go about that? Hmmm.

Well...if you owned a tv or radio station, you might put the information out like that. But what would you do if you didn't have that choice? Maybe you could take a play from the mainstream media playbook (otherwise known as the mocking bird media) and go by the way of the internet. You might enlist the help of a few content creators of different types of personalities that might resonate with like personality listeners. You might do the same with blogs and vlogs. Yeah...you could do that. For instance, you might enlist help from lets say a boxer, seal team 6 member, farmer, pastor, school teacher and etc. You would need these various personalities to resonate with maybe 80% or so of people to really get the masses on board with your message. You could get help from any man, woman or business owner. The platform possibilities are endless. (Of course if you don't identify yourself as at least a man or woman I'm thinking you should just stay in Neverland until you figure out what or who you are.) And THAT is what my brain threw at me today. ☺

Remember this blog only contains my thoughts, feelings or observations on any given day.

I have no intentions on causing anyone to get their panties in a bunch! LOL

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Blessings

2025-11-23T08:50:00.000-08:00

Now that I have my rant out of the way, my thoughts are now on Thanksgiving. I am truly blessed with the family and friends that I enjoy. I am thankful for the food we eat and our health that is so important. We have special things we do at Thanksgiving that have become tradition. We face now whether some of those things should change...or not. The world changes, circumstances change and we are not immune to them.

I sincerely hope anyone who might read this has a Happy Thanksgiving even if you happen to be someone who doesn't hear those words from anyone else in your life. I personally thank God for my life. He is in charge of it, no matter what happens.

As always, things written here are just my thoughts on any given moment of my life. Frankly, it surprises me that there is anyone interested in reading it. LOL

This is going to be a busy week. Preparations for our family outing are almost complete except for the last minute things that have to stay "last minute".

Blessings to all until the next rambling, rant or just plain "thoughts".

Later....

What is it?

2025-11-23T07:54:00.000-08:00

What is it? What's bothering the powers that be at Google? They tell me I've done something wrong and my blog has been flagged to not receive any monetization. They say I have to fix it to remedy this problem. Problem is...I don't know what exactly set them off. The title of my blog basically explains that this blog is about MY LIFE THOUGHTS. It is not meant to cause any trouble for anyone, hurt anyone's feelings or mislead anyone in any way. It is my opinion on a lot of things that come up in my daily life that I've read, seen or heard on or offline. The other kicker is that my blog receives very little traffic. Very little views or comments. So what in the world is the big deal Google? It's as if I am some dire threat somehow. I'm just me trying to navigate my life. Do I have opinions? Yes. Does everyone else? Yes. Do others have their own brains to be able to establish their own opinions? Yes they do.

So here I am, as usual, just writing my thoughts down. I must matter more than I ever thought to be censored like this. 😡

P.S. I don't speak any other languages so as far as comments go, keep this in mind. If it's not in English it won't make much impression on me.

Things Are Happening

2025-11-01T09:37:00.000-07:00

There were a lot of things that happened in 2020 and before that as well. Some have lost hope that anything was going to happen to the evil ones involved. It appears that things are starting to come out now. Things that have happened and are going to happen. Stay tuned to Facebook,, X and Telegram to find out more. Make sure you have extra things that you might need if you should decide you should stay home for a bit.

EBS....they are telling us it is very close! Then the whole world will know everything and some will not be able to take what they find out. Yikes! It's not cool. Not at all. The problem with rabbit holes is that you can't forget what you see or hear.

To Bill and Ammie

2025-10-18T16:08:00.000-07:00

Thank you for your previous comments. I miss Joe more than I can say! I know many people liked his music. Thanks for reading!

Time!!!

2025-10-18T16:03:00.000-07:00

Seriously! It's Oct. 11, 2025. How did we get this far so fast? I have been busy trying to get my fall outside work done while doing baking and freezing items for Thanksgiving. Yes, I know we are going to go through Halloween 1st. Luckily, the weather has been good for doing the outside work. I've been doing some much needed weed eating and weed pulling! I can't say exciting things are happening here but in the country in general is a different story!!!

We have this shut down to deal with now. Nobody is giving in yet! Time will tell, huh. Silver prices are going up up up! Grocery bills have been going in the same direction it seems. Ouch!

I sure hope anyone reading this is surviving just fine!

Best wishes!

Stay tuned! Things could get dark soon!

Busy!

2025-10-10T06:32:00.000-07:00

So it's been a while. Life is busy, what can I say? What has me so busy? Well, for starters we are involved heavily with our kids and grands. I'm not complaining. I'm just saying I'm busy. Then you add in all the day to day operations of a household and you've got BUSY!

Two of our Grands are playing volleyball now and that happened right after softball. We are the type of Grandparents the go to almost everything we can. It's just fun watching them progress in the sports from year to year. They grow so fast! It's unbelievable that the youngest one is now 4 and in preschool. Yikes! Of course that only means we are that much older too. 😐😐 But, hey! It's better than the alternative!

To be continued, housework is calling my name!

Goal Met!

2025-04-20T08:57:00.000-07:00

Yay! Jim's PT is completed. He will now continue his exercising on the treadmill and bike at home. The challenge will be to make himself do it. I'm doing it as well so it sort of is a reminder to him to get his done. Of course, it is beneficial to me as well. My problem is that I have knee problems. For some reason the treadmill makes my knees hurt. I think I started out with it too intense. Maybe I will back off a bit for a while, see it that helps. 😐 It is an experiment for a while I guess to see what helps.

A happy Easter to all!!

Stay tuned!

Sunday

2025-03-02T08:23:00.000-08:00

We used to go out for breakfast more than we are doing now. Since Jim's heart attack, not so much. :( We miss our forever waitress that isn't there anymore. But...it's the fact that our schedule is different right now that Jim has PT 3 times a week in the morning so we don't try to go out on those days. We average about once a week now. It is what is is!!

This thing is becoming more and more like a diary I guess. That's the season it's in I guess. I write to one of my deceased brother's friends. He is in prison probably until his 70"s. I just feel bad for the existence he has now. I suppose too, he was a contact of by brother's is why I do it as well.

We have our taxes done for another year. I hope they do away with the income tax. We will see. And...I suppose the penny is gone forever. Who would have thought? Yikes! So many changes!

Stay tuned...

Things That Test My Patience!

2025-02-16T12:29:00.000-08:00

So...the last couple of days I've been spending time trying to get updates downloaded and installed on my laptop. I confess I'm over it! It's not even clear done yet. I don't even know if all this trouble is going to be enough to get windows 11 onto my computer. My desktop won't qualify because it doesn't have the "guts" it needs to handle it.

I keep thinking of all the other things I have to do instead of doing these necessary updates. Life is so busy most of the time that I don't like sitting at the computer doing the maintenance.

Who knew retirement would actually be busy? LOL I remember people that would tell me when I was at the bank that I would be totally bored if I retired. 😂

The hubby is doing well with his PT even though he is not thrilled to have to do it. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it all I guess. It scares me to think of what might have happened had we not gone to the ER when we did. I know I haven't totally dealt with it all. Just pushed it aside like I so often do with things.

Well guess that's all for now. Gotta check on those updates! Stay tuned!

Happy Heart Attack!

2025-01-12T10:21:00.000-08:00

So...we have started out with the hubby having a heart attack to start our 1st month of the new year. Not fun so far. Not to mention that the country is in a shit show right now. Yikes! My husband is doing well for a guy that had one artery blocked 100% and they couldn't get a stent in it. His heart had already created it's own bypass so we are treating with medication right now. He is doing well at the present time. I can really do without that kind of excitement!

Who knows what is going to happen with our country....new developments daily! Stay tuned!

Happy New Year to all!!!