Oktoberfest

Monday, September 17, 2012

It seems that everywhere near here the Oktoberfest is in September, not October. I don't know if it is that way in Germany or not. This weekend I found out they had it in Parker. Mostly it was a craft and business sales show, but they did have some German dancers and German band that I enjoyed watching and listening to. I had not been to an Oktoberfest for years, so it was enjoyable to go to it. They also had Brats and one place even had German Potato Salad, which is hard to find around here (the potato salad, not the Brats), so I did have to splurge and have some of it.

On the way to the Oktoberfest there was a booth still open at the farmers market in Parker where the guy sold only heirloom vegetables (mainly tomatoes). Now I have found I like tomatoes if they are in a sauce, sliced on a sandwich or cooked with seasonings and usually melted cheese. The man handed me a taste of one of his tomatoes, though, and it was so sweet that I bought one of them (couldn't afford more as they were $2 each). I have never had so sweet and flavorful a tomato, even with growing my own tomatoes.

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The Bible Through History

Sunday, September 09, 2012

Today I went to The Bible Through History tour, which was very iinteresting. They had information on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the different translations of the Bible through history. One man spoke about the translations in England and the first Bible printed in the United States. There were Bibles from throughout history to see and two early English Bibles we got to hold and look through (I looked at the Geneva Bible from about 1563. The King James Version he had was from around 100 years later. (The first birth recorded in that Bible -- a family Bible -- was in the 1680s). There was a lecture on Noah through Moses that showed where different people lived in the Old Testament.

I think that anyone interested in history might enjoy this tour if it is in your area.


On the way to the tour I left early and did a little looking around at a couple bead shops and found some pretty jasper to make some things with and also some charms that I haven't seen in Denver. I have never seen the red, Apple Jasper before. The trip ended up pretty expensive, but I am going to try to do a craft show in November, so I need things to get the jewelry made for that part of my table.

It wasn't a very good eating day. I had a sandwich for a late breakfast before starting out and got sick on that, so only had some not so great for me snacks because I was afraid of getting sick again. On the way home I got a small McDonald's cheeseburger and a flavored coffee to keep me awake for the drive. I shouldn't have worried about the awake part because it was the time of night I usually can't fall asleep anyway.

For those who can, please pray that I can find a place to keep Fancy at that I can afford and that I can make some money with my jewelry and crafts to help suplement my disability income. The thought of losing Fancy to someone who will just have her killed is killing me. Thanks.

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Farmers Market

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Today I decided to go to a Farmers Market a little way from here. They were pretty expensive there, but I still got some tomatoes, berries, and fruit, plus a loaf of bread. It was the berries that got to me, though. Tomorrow is a friend's anniversary and she once told me that her husband liked blueberries. I don't know how to make rhubarb pie, so I decided to make him a blueberry pie and I got her a big bouquet of carnations. Of course, I have never made a blueberry pie from fresh blueberries and had too many, so I have two pies. But that was fun. I just hope it turns out.

For the carnations I needed some fern to go into the bouquet, so headed to a flower shop nearby, which turned out to be closed down. I ended up at a nursery and got some plants, then found a flower shop they told me about. I think that it turned out pretty well. And, there were enough carnations left to have a small bouquet in my living room, too.

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Don't know what to do anymore

Monday, June 25, 2012

I am in the unfortunate position of having to wear dentures after developing diabetes and having cancer. Well, a few months ago I went in because the old ones no longer fit and they told me they could make new ones that would fit better. Everything was going find until I picked them up. They don't fit at all and the teeth are so bad that I can't bite a cracker. Everything was fitting perfectly before then. They switched dentists during this time and the new one is rude and refuses to do anything to fix them. What's more, she is putting in my file that I approved of everything, agreeing to take them as is. I am not that stupid. I have contacted the insurance company and they said I have to get ALL my medical records and xrays (xrays were done 6 years ago other than the 2nd opinion I got and he said that they could be made to fit). Getting records costs something like $10 a page there. The bite does not come together right. The front hits badly and the back doesn't meet at all. I have contacted the patient advocate department, but that will just have my word against the dentist's and I know where that leads. I've gone through that too many times before. They put a bunch of lies down saying that is what you said when it wasn't what you said, and they are the ones who are believed.

I cannot take any more of this. I cannot eat anything but ground beef and crackers practically. In order to eat any vegetables they would have to be cooked until they are mush and then it wouldn't be worth eating them anyway. I can't afford to go somewhere else to get new ones made again. I just had to go through the house to find as much as I could to sell and still have to find things to sell to pay bills. I cannot even get through to my doctor to have her talk to them to see if that will help.

Sorry to be so down. It just doesn't seem to be worth the fight anymore.

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Sad week

Friday, December 16, 2011

Monday I had to make the terrible decision to send Blue to Rainbow Bridge. His auto-immune disease just got too much for him and he couldn't get up when he fell. He tried so hard to keep going, but I couldn't help him anymore. Blue was the one puppy that Annie had that no one wanted. He just didn't have the right conformation. But he was Annie's (my bitch) baby and I would not give up on him. Those puppies deserved as good a life as any, even if they weren't perfect. I guess other peoples' rejections pushed his insecurity and he would get upset if I left him, even for 6 feet during a stand-for-exam in Obedience. But he could sure figure things out, too. Clicker training him was fun, because he would stop and study what he was getting the praise for. When the light came on he would run to complete whatever it was he was supposed to do. He was also my little escape artist. Not that he went real far. I left him outside once last year and found out that he had opened the gate latch and gone across the street to try to play with the dog over there. He could also always open his pen that I had to use to keep him and his brother separated. That one he just pulled on with one paw.

He had a habit of grabbing my arm with his paw and holding it until he had completely licked my hand. He was always showing me his love that way, but he didn't want me hugging him until the last few weeks.

His brother is now very sad and has looked for him a few times. Even when they don't get along, these dogs miss each other if one is no longer around.

So all you who have fur babies in your lives, give them your hugs and accept and return their unconditional love. It is all too soon that they might be gone.

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