Chatbug Karen

the rapture this morning! I heard a rumble and felt the house shaking and wondered what was happening. I thought maybe it was a sonic boom but the way the house shook made me question that. Finally, the news came on and I found out we had an earthquake here in the mid-west. We don’t have them very often so it is filling up the Facebook pages. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck just before 8 a.m. ET and was three miles deep. The USGS initially reported that the quake had registered a 4.2 magnitude, but later revised the estimate. Its epicenter was located about 15 miles east-southeast of Kokomo, and 50 miles north of Indianapolis.

No damage was immediately reported in Indianapolis, though some residents closer to the epicenter were surprised by the quake’s intensity.

I don’t know if you know who Patsy Clairmont is but I have known of her for a few years. She is a down to earth person who gives good advice. As our family remembers my husband’s brother who passed away two years ago, it would be easy to be sad. I enjoyed hearing Patsy say that her loved ones, who have passed on, are sitting at Jesus’ feet. What an awesome picture! So, if you are feeling a bit blue this holiday season, or simply want to hear someone’s thoughts on the subject, listen to Patsy’s words of wisdom.

I went to the hairdressers on Friday to have my hair highlighted. I don’t know if it is called highlighted any longer. I used to get my hair highlighted by having a plastic bag put on my head and the hair pulled through tiny holes. Man did that hurt! Now days it is done by putting color on strands of hair and wrapping the strands in foil. Maybe it is called having my hair foiled. Hmm? I am not sure.

Anyway, I had my hair done and it turned out so dark. It makes the feature of my eyebrows and eyes stand out so much more. I am not sure I like it. I am going to have to find out how to remove dark circles under eyes because they really show up now. Oh the hazards of trying to beautify. LOL I think I shall learn to “get over it”.

Last week, I went for my annual check up with my doctor. How many of you do that? I know that many of us worry about weight loss supplements and eating healthy foods but how many of us have routine check ups? October is breast cancer awareness month. Please, go to the breast cancer awareness website and click on the icon. A simple click provides mammograms for those who cannot afford one.

Each time we check into a hotel while on our mini vacation, mom, my sister and I walk by the exercise room. We decided, in order to avoid the side effects of lipovox, we needed to actually visit the room and use the equipment. I thought we were going to get hurt on the equipment because we were laughing so hard. I think we may have worked off an eighth of a pound while laughing on the exercise equipment. I highly recommend exercising.

Before I even turned fifty year old, the AARP people were welcoming me into their club. I do not want to join AARP. I see no advantage in joining a club that celebrates my getting older. All the discounts they offer, I have been able to get through my insurance carrier of other affiliation. I just wish they would stop wasting their money by sending me mailing after mailing. Although I am not interested in AARP, there are some perks to getting older:

1. Kidnappers are not very interested in you.
2. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.
3. No one expects you to run — anywhere.
4. People call at 9 pm and ask, “did I wake you?”
5. People no longer view you as a hypochondriac in fact, they ask
you for your lipozene reviews.
6. There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
7. Things you buy now won’t wear out.
8. You can eat dinner at 4 pm.
9. You can live without sex but not without your glasses.
10. You get into heated arguments about pension plans.
11. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
12. You quit trying to hold your stomach in no matter who walks into the room.
13. You sing along with elevator music.
14. Your eyes won’t get much worse.
15. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.
16. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather service.
17. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can’t remember them either.
18. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size.
19. You can’t remember who sent you this list.

I had to get up early this morning for a doctor appointment. I guess I have high cholesterol so I need to take medicine to lower it. Waiting for my appointment left me reading everything I could find in the little, cold, room. I read what to do if you get H1N1, pronexin reviews and how to contact my doctor online. I should have brought my own book. Why don’t they let me sit in the main waiting room if the doctor is going to take a half hour to get to me. I would rather watch people than look at four walls and read boring stuff.

I sound grouchy and I really am not! I am excited to get to work with some new fabric I bought this past weekend. I cleaned out my sewing room yesterday and feel as if I can really think now. Why is it when my room is chaos I cannot function? I found a few projects I had started but never completed. I made a space on a shelf for those projects so I can get to them without having to dig for them. Organization was my goal yesterday! Sewing is my goal for today.

You know what? We can think for ourselves. The government does not have to require food manufacturers to reduce sodium in the food we buy. We can actually “not shake the salt shaker”. When are they going to put labels on gold coins telling us not to swallow them? The government already requires ladder manufacturers to put labels on ladders that tell us not to climb on the top step. When I get that shaky feeling upon arriving higher than I feel comfortable, I stop climbing. I don’t stop because of a label. Does the government think we are stupid? Apparently so.

Here are a few more dumb warning labels that either our government or a foreign government decided we needed to see on items.

Do not use while sleeping.
Sears hair dryer

You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.
Bag of Fritos

Use like regular soap.
Dial soap

Serving suggestion: Defrost.
Swann frozen dinner

Fits one head.
Shower cap box

Do not turn upside down.
Bottom of Tesco’s Tiramisu dessert box

Product will be hot after heating.
Marks & Spencer bread pudding

Do not iron clothes on body.
Rowenta iron

Do not drive car or operate machinery.
Boot’s children’s cough medicine

Warning: May cause drowsiness.
Nytol

Warning: Keep out of children.
Korean kitchen knife

For indoor or outdoor use only.
Chinese Christmas lights

Not to be used for the other use.
Japanese food processor

Warning: Contains nuts.
Sainsbury’s peanuts

Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts.
American Airlines peanut packet

Found at the Innocent English website

I am so thankful for sporting events that have kept me going this winter. Each weekend I have had something to look forward to and that keeps my mind off of my inability to get in the car and do what I want. What I want to do is visit some fabric stores and replenish my stash!

I have been so sick ever since Tuesday. It isn’t as if I am having diet pill side effects. No need to even diet when I am so dizzy. I give up on taking anything to alleviate the pain from neuralgia in my jaw. I think I’ll put up with the pain rather than feel dizzy and unable to function.