Lost And Found!

Today has been great, because while I was fengshui-ing my office earlier I found some old paintings that I've done. And this post is going to be mainly pictures, because I need to go take a nap with Roy, Belle, Beau, Henry Standing Bear, Little Debbie and Big Al(ice).

Early this afternoon, I took a break from de-cluttering my office and cooked us lunch. And those pretty tomatoes came out of Tony's organic garden and they were totally delicious.

After lunch and cleaning up the kitchen I went back to my office and these are some of my paintings, finished and unfinished, that I stumbled on. I stumbled, because there was too much stuff I had put on the floor to put in a trash bag.

Finding these were so much fun, because now I am inspired to finish painting the dog by the stream and adobe house paintings. And that's about it for now, because I need to get a short nap in, so tonight I can continue to watch more episodes of Northern Exposure.

Y'all have a great evening and keep on laughing.

Sidetracked!

Today and the last few days have been great, because my "new hand-picked media" is really working and I've actually been feeling upbeat.

I totally enjoyed watching My Fellow Americans that Kris & Jim loaned to me. And after watching that movie I went to Amazon and purchased that hilarious movie I got sidetracked, which seems to happen to me quite often.

Anyway, I ended up adding one my most favorite television shows Northern Exposure which aired in 1990 -1995 and I bought this "package deal" consisting of the complete series with 110 episodes, 14 DVDs that are neatly stored in an adorable faux leather carrying case.

So the last few evenings I've been glued to the television watching one hilarious episode after another. Enjoying the characters: Dr. Joel Fleishman, Maurice Minefield, Maggie O'Connell, Holling Vincoeur, Shelly Tambo, Chris Stevens, Ed Chigliak, Ruth-Ann Miller and Marilyn.

And I am already halfway through Season 2! When it arrived I took these pictures of my Northern Exposure collection. And I totally suggest that everyone watch it, because it was before everyone had cell phones and computers.

This morning, I received an e-mail from a dear friend or ours and it really concerned me. His note read:

"Nancy, I entered Area 51 today…!"

So after I read it, I Googled Area 51 to refresh my mind, because I could not remember everything about it. And when I read the part "Signage around the base perimeter advises that deadly force is authorized against trespassers" it alarmed me. So I immediately wrote my friend back without trying to scare him on his adventure:

"Hi, it is great to hear from you, again. Please be careful in Area 51 and I hope that you are out of there by now. Since we've both seen that hilarious movie Paul I hope that you will get to see all of those famous Alien sites that were in the movie and maybe their will be a Comic-con that you can go to. Take care and keep on laughing. Nancy"

A few hours later, this friend actually called me to visit. "....I'm really worried about you and I hope that you're still not in Area 51, because you might get shot!"

"What?"

"I just read all about Area 51 and sent you an e-mail to warn," then he interrupted me and chuckled.

"Nance, I haven't read your e-mail and I am not in Area 51 and have never been. I'm in Colorado right now. What I meant was my age. I'm now 51. I'm in Area 51." Then we both had a good laugh about it.

A few hours later, after he had finally read my e-mail about warning him my friend shot me this e-mail:

"Ha yes, I will be  in Area 51 all year !!!!!" And that's about it for tonight, because I am going to watch a few more episodes of Northern Exposure.

Y'all have a great evening and keep on laughing!

Northern Exposure!

Yesterday was great and today has been great too. Yesterday afternoon Tony and I jumped into Trigger and took off for Kerrville to get supplies. First, we went to Home Depot and bought some lumber and then we went to H-E-B to get groceries, because our cupboards were nearly bare, because it had been over a week since our last trip to Kerrville, because of the harsh weather.

On our way home I talked non-stop to T. about being so happy that the weather had warmed up to sixty-five degees and so thankful that the sun was shining brightly and everything getting back to normal. My happiness came to an abrupt hault, right after we walked inside the trailer with our groceries.

As we started to put up the groceries we listened to the new messages that Carlton had collected while we were gone on our shopping spree. "You have four new messages," Carlton blandly stated, before playing back the messages. "Nancy, Tony, Nancy, Tony call me!" The second message was forty minutes later, "Tone, Nance call Kinky!" The third message was made an hour later, "Nancy, Tony! Where are y'all? Please call me as soon as you get this message." By the time the fourth message played we had put up the milk, dog food and canned goods. "Nancy, Tony please call me as soon as you get this message or just come over," Kinky said. "I need to shut off the water to the Lodge, so Ray can finish fixinf the plumbing and I don't know where it is, and I did something wrong and now my televison isn't working..."

"Tony, leave the groceries—they'll keep. We need to get over to the Lodge," I said, as I turned on the kitchen faucet to wash my hands. "Tony! We have no water, again! No hot or cold!" And that is officially when my meltdown began.

As Tone drove Buttermilk over the river and through the woods I said, "I can't believe we don't have water again. This is starting to get really old and I can't believe it." Then I  realized that I was starting to whine like a baby, so trying to be more positive and upbeat I said, "Well, at least we have some clean clothes, clean hair and it's not cold outside."

When we pulled up to the Lodge, Kinky and Sophie came out to greet us. "Are you okay, Kinky?" I asked, as Sophie jumped up on me. Kinky laughed.

"I am now," he said, as we entered the Lodge, "I now have hot and cold water! Thank goodness. Y'all aren't going to believe my day..." As I walked into the big room to see if we could fix his television. "The TV is fixed, too. I had to talk to three different people at *&^%^&# to fix the problem..."

"That's great, Kink, but we need to take off, because we are out of water," Tony said. "Let's go, Nance."

When we returned to the rescue ranch Tony and I walked from pen to pen to look for a busted pipe and then we checked under our trailer and found nothing—then Tony found the problem in the outside bathroom and quickly fixed it and an hour later we had hot and cold running water inside and outside!

When Super Bowl 45 started I went outside and worked on the Space Ship until dark and then I came inside and watched it with Tony.

Today has been warm, windy and sunny at the same time and I spent most of my day catching up on my paperwork and returning phone calls and e-mails. Around two o'clock I was so tired of sitting behind the computer I decided to take a break and went over to the Lodge to visit with Kinky and pet The Friedmans and it was exactly what I needed, because we went on a hike with The Friedmans and it was fun for all.

Tonight I plan to work on my "Secret Project" for a while and then watch some of Season Five of "Northern Exposure" that I ordered from Netflix and I can't wait to watch it, because "Northern Exposure" is one of my all time favorite televison shows, because of the quirky characters and plots, but more importantly, because it makes me laugh.

Y'all have a great evening and stay warm!