the Baitlady's Blog

2011-08-28T08:22:00.009-05:00

Shame On You American Media

2009-04-11T07:44:00.002-05:00

Edward Freeman You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam, LZ X-Ray, November 14, 1965. Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8 - 1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in. You're

bait shop news~

2009-04-09T09:52:00.004-05:00

It's that time of the year again...Getting ready for the big switch over from winter to summer in the bait shop. That means big sales coming up ~ so come on in and check it out!We have one new product this year that we are all excited about from Earthworm OrganicsThe African Crawlers:Remember:You can always visit us online over at our other website Donner's Bait for the latest news and fish

overheard~

2009-04-08T12:15:00.004-05:00

Gross... isn't it? I know... what did I go and show that for!It's healing though and I am anxiously waiting to get the stitches out and getting the full strength back into that hand. I'm ready to dig in the dirt and do some planting and finish my painting project that I started before all this happened.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~I really should write a book ~Yesterday I was sitting in the waiting

early campaigning~

2009-04-06T06:10:00.002-05:00

and this little piggy said~

2009-04-05T07:32:00.005-05:00

... and this little piggy said ~ouch ouch ouch all the way home.Well I survived the surgery on my thumb. I have to wait two weeks to get the stitches out. At least I can still use my pudgy little fingers to type; but it's not easy. Just as long as I'm through with this bummed up hand by the end of the month when we start to get busy in the bait shop again.I did do another scrap page the other

the face in the rose petal~

2009-04-03T06:33:00.005-05:00

How many faces do you see?My nephew has a very interesting item in his collection of things. One of them is a rose petal. The petal is dried flat and was placed between two pieces of glass for preservation. When you hold it up to the light ~ this is what you see:Here's two more views of it flipped over onto it's other side:When you take the petal and lay it perfectly horizontally to you ~ like

like son like father~

2009-04-02T08:10:00.004-05:00

Some days I just can't help but laugh at some of the situations that Sam gets himself into. I know this picture doesn't really show what the problem was. Notice the trail in the woods ~ it goes off to the left of the maple tree or straight. There is no trail where Sam's truck is sitting.Sam walks back up to the house to see if Dad can help him. He claimed to his Dad that he was cutting through to

my new answering machine message~

2009-04-01T10:34:00.004-05:00

Hello this is Donner's BaitPlease press 1 to continue in EnglishPress 2 to disconnect until you learn to speak EnglishOr do sign language; because I don't do Spanish.So speak to me in Englishor hang up already.~~~~I am so sick of pressing 1 to continue in English!!! This is the United States and our language is ENGLISH!!There should be NO check here for your ethnic background on anything. If your

Kimo Puddin~

2009-03-29T07:42:00.002-05:00

Colleen ~ this one's for you! What a cutie! I can see why Dad called you his little Kimo ~ the eskimo baby; but I'm still trying to figure out the Puddin that Mike tagged on you. What? Are you as sweet as chocolate pudding??? Or he likes to smear it on you??? La La La... my hands are over my ears now... please don't answer that. LOL~~~Is it spring yet where you are??? Not here!! It's 21

love knows no boundaries~

2009-03-24T10:50:00.004-05:00

Love knows no boundaries~How true it is!Dear Hubby and I are living testament to that phrase. We sure have been through a lot of ups and downs in our lives; but the one thing ~ no matter what ~ is that we always know we have each other. Just that in itself makes all the rest easier to endure.Slim is on his last week now of the home antibiotic infusions... yeah!!! I believe his last day will be

come on sun~

2009-03-18T06:00:00.004-05:00

We need some more sunshine to get rid of all the snow and ice around here. The fields are clearing off; but back in the woods there is still plenty of snow and ice.I thought it was so cute day before yesterday when we were going for our walk. Bailey was helping her Grandpa Slim get down the driveway. Once you get out by the highway and across our road to the Pixley Shore roads it's good

scrappin' again~

2009-03-15T09:52:00.004-05:00

Yesterday I went over to my sister's place to take a snapshot of the portraits that the funeral home gave to her kids. The paintings are of my sister and her husband.Then I came home and put together this memory page:It was sad walking into their house and not seeing my sister there. Time will heal ~ I sure hope time flies!~~~~~This warm weather... and reading a post over at another blog has

me again~

2009-03-14T13:30:00.006-05:00

The girls and I got out for a walk the other day. Brooke and Bailey were just like cows that were stuck in a barn all winter and finally let loose in the field of fresh grass in the spring. They were running all over the place. Oh to have so much energy! Here's Amanda and "The Birch" Our shoes~ Our shadows~Well I finally got some time this morning to do a little baking. All this running with Slim

Jeff Yalden~

2009-03-11T03:53:00.007-05:00

As you know ~ I am a member of the JPD Warrior Project and I am proud to announce an upcoming event.Jeff Yalden is coming to town!!We have been so fortunate to be able to get him to speak for us on May 6, 2009.He will be doing 3 sessions for the Park Falls school system. He will speak on the Elementary, Jr. High and High School levels.The times will be posted closer to the date of the event.~~~

giddy up~

2009-03-05T18:32:00.003-06:00

When my brothers and sisters and I were kids we had the best pets!! Horses!!! and calves and rabbits and pigs and chickens and ducks and cows and geese and dogs and cats and mink... and whatever other critters that came along. Dad had us kids up on horseback before we could even walk. The horses really were the stem of a lot of great memories growing up. We were always out in that corral with

beautiful day~

2009-03-05T09:23:00.006-06:00

It is 43 degrees out... and that's above zero!! We're having a heat wave... a tropical heat wave... time for the bikini wax.This is the best ice fishing time now for panfish. You can sit out there and jig for them and not freeze your butt off. There is LOTS of ice on the lakes yet. Most places you're lucky if you can get through with the whole length of the auger shaft ~ which is around 31/2

today~

2009-03-04T09:26:00.002-06:00

This is the day the Lord hath made and let us rejoice in it.I sure have been drawing on my faith lately. Sometimes it isn't easy ~ and I've been questioning God; but I know that my God is a loving God and a compassionate God and everything that He does is for a purpose. It is not my place to question; but to accept what is. ~~~~~~~~~A little update on Slim ~Yesterday he had a PIC Line put in.

one bad bug~

2009-03-02T08:36:00.002-06:00

I know there are many of you readers of my blog that are wondering how my dear hubby Slim is doing. Let's just say he's hanging in there. He has been one sick guy. On February 20th he could hardly sleep. His arm was in so much pain. He said it felt like he had a sunburn. There wasn't anything physically wrong looking with his arm except for a small pencil eraser sized scab on his elbow. He

Fisheree 2009 Pics

2009-03-01T05:09:00.003-06:00

I have some of the pictures up from the fisheree. Click the link to go to the photo album to see them all. ~ CLICK HERESorry JD this took so long to get online; but it's been a hectic month.

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2009-02-23T22:03:00.004-06:00

Yesterday my sister Lana passed from her earthly home to eternal life with Our Savior Jesus Christ in HeavenLana was one of my older sisters. She was ten years my senior. I'm really going to miss her.I was thinking back to our childhood when she would sometimes be my brother and sister's babysitter and I would call her names like Lana Banana who wears a bandanna.... and she would get so mad at me

long legged sally to the rescue~

2009-02-11T09:14:00.003-06:00

The other day Slim and I were down in the basement and we could smell sewer gas... not a good thing. We just figured it was the trap on the bathroom sink down there because no one has been around and using that bathroom. So we run some water down the pipes of the sink in the bathroom and spa room, run some water down the shower and we give the toilet a flush. Mission accomplished ... all

where's waldo?

2009-02-07T10:49:00.007-06:00

Well I'm not Waldo; but here I am. There have been days here lately that I myself don't know where I am. I might be somewhere; but my mind might be somewhere else. I've just had so much going on.First off... my vision still is not completely recovered from my high blood sugars when I was in the hospital. It's not easy but I'm dealing with that.Secondly... we had the fisheree last weekend ~ which

feelin' scrappy~

2009-01-26T13:00:00.008-06:00

Amanda, Brooke and Veronica having some trampoline fun!All my babes ~the chickadee~I can't remember if I posted this one before ~ so here it is again. My little neighbors Morgan and Megan ~ the garden fairies .The saying is:The Garden Fairies came after the early morning dew ~ blessed theflowers ~ and they were gone. Sam being Sam~

more snow~

2009-01-21T06:39:00.008-06:00

Are you sick of the snow pictures yet? Sorry... but when I look out my window what do I see? SNOW! No pretty flowers out there to take snapshots of.It seems like I gripe about the snow a lot; but I really do think it's very pretty when the tree limbs are just hanging with it. Especially when you break it down in perspective as to how small a snowflake is and how many snowflakes it takes to make

winter bird houses~

2009-01-19T19:54:00.010-06:00

Snow Pics~~Every year I leave my bird houses out over the winter months. Some people take them down in the fall and put them back up in the spring; but not me. I leave them for shelter for the chickadees and nuthatches in the winter months. I've even seen red squirrels use them when it was really cold.Brooke and Bailey took a little walk around the yard with me when I was taking the bird house

the big c~

2009-01-16T09:12:00.002-06:00

My pc took the big C ~ as in C R A S H !!!!! I am soooooooo bummed.Thank you Ashley for letting me use your laptop today to catch up on things. First off... just wanted to let you know that I'm doing okay; but I'm still having to deal with some vision issues. When I'm on the computer I have to put the view way up to LARGE+ ... this is driving me nuts! At least I still have mly vision so I'm

thankful~

2009-01-09T14:33:00.002-06:00

I'm back. No I wasn't ignoring you. I had to go in the hospital again; now everything is fine. I'm so thankful that I live in a country where I have access to such great care when I need it!!I'm also thankful that I took keyboarding classes and can type 80+wpm and don't have to look at my keys and chicken peck the letters because my vision is all screwed up right now.~love me

moon ring~

2009-01-06T13:40:00.003-06:00

Did you see the moon last night! After grabbing my camera and snapping off some shots I had to come online and see what the heck was going on. I've seen a ring around the moon before but never as predominate as it was last night.~~~~~~I found some info about it from home.hiwaay.netA Ring Around The MoonThe ring around the Moon is caused by the refraction of Moonlight (which of course is

ice fish baby~

2009-01-05T11:58:00.003-06:00

Baby it's cold outside... this morning it was minus 15 degrees and that's without the windchill... which would have made it around minus 30. I couldn't believe they didn't have any school cancellations; neither could Brooke. I hated sending her out the door this morning to catch the bus. Luckily though, the bus goes past our place first and has another pick up. The bus then comes back

power bird~

2009-01-04T06:22:00.004-06:00

For sgg I thought I'd do this and find out. I was expecting my results to be some little bird like a chickadee or cardinal. lol I guess I just don't know myself yet after all these years. Your Power Bird is a VultureYou are always changing your life and the lives of those around you.You aren't afraid to move on from what holds you back.Energetic and powerful, you have a nearly unlimited

resolutions~

2009-01-03T08:55:00.002-06:00

So how many New Year's resolutions have you made and broke already?My resolution this year is to make something to eat, at least once a week, that we have never had before. I have so many cookbooks and so many recipes saved up that I want to try out and this is the year I'm going to do it. Besides trying out these new recipes they also have to be heart smart healthy. Dear Hubby is already

cheers~

2008-12-31T10:17:00.002-06:00

Christmas Blessings~

2008-12-23T11:08:00.004-06:00

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to ALLThank you so much for all the kind comments that have been left here on my journal over the last year. I really do appreciate each and every one of you who takes the time out of your busy life to slow down for a minute or two and share a little time with me.I'm taking a break from my journaling until next year. When I get back I'm sure I'll have a ton of

snow snow snow~

2008-12-22T14:50:00.003-06:00

It's still snowy as ever outside and cold too. We've been having minus 30 degree weather and that's without the windchill factor figured in. brrrrrrrr Our little old wood stove and wood shed that we put up earlier this fall sure is getting a work out. So are we keeping it stoked up!I was looking out the window and thought of my poor little sister stuck down there in Texas over the holidays..

just me again~

2008-12-19T08:15:00.003-06:00

I look out my window and what do I see? Three snowy turkeys looking at me. Well actually there were 13 turkeys but I only got a picture of three.I had a decorating moment. I put some bulbs and snowflakes on the norfolk pine trees sitting on my plant table. I told Dear Hubby that was our Christmas tree this year. I got a bit of a bah hum bug answer on that so I guess it's off to the great

let it snow~

2008-12-16T07:23:00.006-06:00

let it snow~let it snow~let it snow~let it snow~let it snow~let it snow~

you better watch out you better not cry you better not pout I'm telling you why

2008-12-11T15:11:00.005-06:00

Santa Claus is coming to town!Santa Claus is coming to town!Santa Claus is coming to town!I have to remind myself every day to get into the Christmas spirit. I always get so bummed out this time of the year and I don't know why I let that happen. It's just a psycho problem of mine; but having Bailey around knocks that bummed out feeling out of me when I start baking. She's such a hoot to have

new cookie book~

2008-12-08T09:38:00.004-06:00

Dear Hubby ordered me a new cookie book from Taste of Home. What a nice book! Now he thinks I'm going to bake. Oh is he ever in for a surprise.... just kidding. I love to cook. I told Slim to make me a list of what kind of cookies he wants this year. I asked him to write down the cookie title and the page it's on in the book. Here's the list:I already started some of the Christmas breads