tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27532515523305120632024-03-18T20:21:00.318-07:00. . . on Ponderosa Lane...many things happen on Ponderosa Lane... follow me...mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-35357158644515129182020-09-30T10:42:00.000-07:002020-09-30T10:42:02.703-07:00Ya ... I'm still around ... I did something last night that I haven't done in a long time ... I watched the debate. WOW, what a pathetic performance by biden and wallace ... I had to calm my dogs several times 'cause I was yelling at the TV ... biden and wallace ganged up on President Trump and he had to fight harder to get a word in edgewise ... there has to be someone out there that can control their bias and mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-66887955551128147092019-02-01T10:43:00.000-08:002019-02-01T10:43:06.153-08:00Hey again ...It's been a week and a day ... not bad if I can keep it up ... LOL ... ... ...
The weather is gloomy and we're expecting rain later today, and some snow over the weekend. There are dirty little patches from the last round of snow but I don't really consider that snow anymore! The only place I have snow (ice) is in the front of the house as it faces North East ... lots of ice melt on mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-9335038786369227742019-01-24T13:28:00.000-08:002019-01-24T13:28:52.679-08:00I'm not trustworthy ... LOL All the times I've said I am ready to post on a regular basis I've fallen by the wayside almost immediately ... not on purpose but I just get wrapped up in something else and I forget about blogging. If I put a note on my calendar to blog, I just say "Ya, ya, ya ... tomorrow" and we all knows what happens then - I forget. The last post I made was in September 2018 and I mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-1232055915629724742018-09-23T13:55:00.001-07:002018-09-23T13:55:58.418-07:00New start ...I've had a lot of stuff happen in the last year, therefore I took a break from blogging. I think I'm now ready to start again, possibly only on a limited basis, but I'm still around ... 😊 ... and will try to keep up.
I've recently adopted 2 little dogs who's owner had died. As best I can figure they are a Maltese-Poodle mix (Rudy) and a Yorkie- Wire haired terrier mix (Rascal). mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-74497300777845221762017-08-25T18:18:00.000-07:002017-08-25T18:22:27.644-07:00L O N G T I M E ... !!!I don't know what happens that there is sooo much time between posts, maybe there just isn't enough exciting things happening around here ... I don't know ...
At the end of April we had our annual Mount Mazama Mountain Men camp out. It is always fun watching every one in Mountain Men clothing and the shooting competitions with the old Black Powder rifles and pistols .. In a way it is like mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-384112628145486872017-01-22T15:28:00.001-08:002017-01-22T15:28:23.664-08:00Getting old isn't for sissies!!!Four days ago I crawled up on my roof to clear part of it ... the part over the dining area ... the ceiling was sagging and I hit Panic Mode! Now in order for me to get up on the roof, I have a regular 6' ladder, I had to crawl up to the 4th tread, brush the snow off the wood shed ... crawl up there and make my way through 2 feet of snow to the edge of the carport. The carport has mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-7759597879884742822017-01-04T13:47:00.001-08:002017-01-04T13:51:06.896-08:00Weather Service ...The weather Service said we'd get 8 - 12" overnight ... Hmmm, I think I have 18" new snow on top of 6-8" from the previous storm a few days ago ... makes about 2 feet and some 3 foot drifts. I've been shoveling since about 8:30 this morning and came in at noon ... Phew!! Thank goodness I have my wood stove and the wood box (on enclosed porch) is full ... the vent for the exhaust of mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-34502547908088742832016-12-18T13:14:00.000-08:002016-12-18T13:14:56.413-08:00Baby, It's cold outside!!!I am ready for a bit of above 30 temps. When I got up this morning (at 6 am) it was 9 deg outside the window! We are on a heatwave today, it is now 17 ... today's high of 30 will be the low in a couple of days ...
I must not have any blood as I've been cold to one degree or another in the past 2 weeks. The shower helps, but it doesn't take long for me to feel chilled again. &mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-90786345991282510562016-11-19T11:09:00.001-08:002016-11-19T11:09:34.679-08:00WOW - Didn't realize it's been THIS long ...I read other blogs, but then forget about my own ... that age thing again ... LOL The summer was pretty normal, a week or two of our hot weather (Oregon style) in the mid to upper 90's. We only got together for camping 5 times instead of the usual 6-7. Time conflicts for one member of the group, but the times we did go out, we has a GREAT time as usual.
My friend & I mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-59424404499080875292016-02-20T18:28:00.001-08:002016-02-20T18:30:06.234-08:00Time flies ...Time sure flies when you're having fun ... NOT! I've hit the "bored beyond comprehension" state. I'm beginning to hate the computer! I upgraded to Windows 10 and changed my browser to Chrome. Boy do I miss Windows XP!! It was easy to use, and things were called what they were ... I needed to clear all the cookies I'd been accumulating for a while and couldn't mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-89902272503757372352016-01-01T12:37:00.000-08:002016-01-01T12:37:24.018-08:00I'm still running on absent ...I just can't get it together to post regularly ... I'm learning how Windows 10 works and it's not the easiest thing I've ever done! There are things I want to do, things I had in Windows 7 but don't exist in W10. I need to have reminders pop up on my screen, and make a sound, from my calendar ... I can't find instructions for it. Now I'll agree that "I" might be the mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-33628128827741683302015-10-31T15:37:00.000-07:002015-10-31T15:37:02.482-07:00Boy oh boy have I been absent ...It seems to go in spurts - nothing to say for a long time, even though things do happen, it just doesn't seem blog worthy. I wish I could hit a consistent pace ... like once a week, or twice maybe, but sometimes I don't think you want to hear on a daily basis that I'm dehydrating onions ... I've been doing that almost daily for 1 1/2 weeks. I dehydrate because I can't eat them fast mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-56072837116746762042015-07-22T15:55:00.000-07:002015-07-22T15:55:39.152-07:00I'm still around ... really!I always seem to be busy in one way or the other ... but when I look back, I can't see one darn thing that was accomplished! I'm retired so there's always time to get things done, except it just never seems to get done no matter what.
My procrastinating has got to STOP!! I don't know how to schedule things that needs to get done so they get done ... I schedule my grocery shopping mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-28679891233342463862015-04-05T13:18:00.002-07:002015-04-05T13:20:52.758-07:00Easter SundayHave a Happy Easter Bunny Day ... and more seriously, have a Wonderful Easter Sunday. I wish I could be in Texas with my family to celebrate this High Holy Day. I miss them, but they are all in my heart.
I know it's been a long time since I posted, but since my last post in January, nothing in the world has changed ... it is still burning, the Christians and Jews are still being mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-75771532543592029872015-01-13T12:09:00.004-08:002015-01-13T12:10:37.343-08:00I'm still around ... Things have been very blah and so so since my last post. The weather has been real cold with a day or two of 'nice'. No snow to speak of which makes me sad. I've been following the things going on in the world, but I really have nothing to say since I think the govt is as crooked as a winding mountain road! The attacks in Paris makes me worry about when it will come to themtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-28848199427363646742014-10-27T17:53:00.003-07:002014-10-27T17:55:01.071-07:00If it ain't one thing it's another ...I feel like I'm loosing the battle of the dollar. I just paid my vehicle registration on my Jeep - only $86 ... it is for 2 years but next month I have $86 to pay on my GMC, also for 2 years. Then in July '15 I will have to lay out $118.75 for my truck camper. It's nice that they're all for two years, but I'd really like for the GMC truck to be during in between years from the mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-88882621007835931072014-10-21T16:22:00.004-07:002014-10-21T16:23:57.236-07:00More stuff, not all of it nice ...We had good weather out at Deer Camp. We filled 3 out of 4 tags. Ron did not get his deer. The guys are now out at Elk Camp - it ends fri the 24th, so we'll see if any Elk are brought home.
There are several groups of campers that come to our campground every year and we are like one big family out there. There are jokes played and they can go back and forth between campsmtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-6427409437077416312014-09-08T12:20:00.001-07:002014-09-08T12:21:11.699-07:00Silence ...I've been silent on sooo many things since I last posted ...
I've gone camping several times and have had a blast! Now our group is preparing for Deer Camp starting on Sept. 30. Opening day is Oct 4, but due to many people having discovered our campground, we need to get there almost a week early. It is a small campground run by the BLM and it has the friendliest Hosts I've mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-54175424944738881272014-06-21T14:32:00.000-07:002014-06-21T14:32:14.667-07:00Saturday morning ...I got up a bit late (9:30), even for me, but my back hurt like heck and I didn't want to do anything. But once I'm awake I can't get comfortable so I rolled out slowly. I had a note on my calendar to MOW ... ugh! But it had to be done. I'm trying to revive an almost dead patch of grass, but it's going to take some work ...
I retrieved the mower from my car port ... neededmtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-42449080820151952352014-06-14T15:22:00.000-07:002014-06-14T15:23:17.625-07:00I think I can breathe now ...It's not that I've been holding my breath, but there sure have been a lot of times where I wanted to. My friend Ron, has had quite a few problems with his '72 Bronco ... it's still a Ford ... LOL. New parts needed, parts not in stock, wrong parts, broken new parts - I think that covers it for now, and hope he can get it put back together without any more issues ... fingers crossed andmtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-21859157141222887582014-03-07T11:16:00.000-08:002014-03-07T11:16:28.083-08:00A lot of nothing ... LOLIt's been too long, but there really hasn't been anything worth mentioning ... I will start mentioning stuff so you don't think I've abandoned you ... LOL.
Today, Mar.7, 2014 at 11:00 am, it is about 35 degrees out with scattered clouds and the grass is starting to green up ... what happened to winter?? There were a few days with snow - maybe 12" or so, but then it just hung around gettingmtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-55058675114466588392013-12-24T18:59:00.000-08:002013-12-24T18:59:23.786-08:00Christmas EveI'm listening to Christmas music on the television and wrapping presents. It is peaceful, warm and fuzzy and I love it. There aren't many gifts this year - too many things have happened that cost money - but the people the gifts are for understand; times are tough for them too.
I've tried calling my Mom a bunch of times, but she was either out visiting with friends or enjoying the mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-7481031681329300192013-12-05T11:36:00.003-08:002013-12-05T11:37:34.811-08:00I seem to be behinder than usual ... LOLThings move so slowly here in my life that the same thing day after day is just not worth writing about ... pretty sad huh? Today I'm playing catch up for the last exciting (LOL) month ...
Thanksgiving was very nice; good friend and good food is always a "fuzzy warm" experience. I ate too much as always, but not "too much" to make me sick. The weather was decent, as in mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-80231442024802007712013-10-26T15:34:00.001-07:002013-10-26T15:34:43.750-07:00OK, it's been wayyy too long ...I'm not quite sure where life was when I posted last ... I was getting ready to pull out of the driveway. The trip to the campsite and set up was uneventful, but it did start to rain while I was getting gas in the truck ... but it stopped while I was driving out. Thank goodness! I hate setting up camp in the rain.
There were a couple of days with wild winds, up to 60-80 mpg gusts!!&mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753251552330512063.post-80705894832223338172013-09-23T13:42:00.001-07:002013-09-23T13:42:35.216-07:00Here we go again ...Not water this time ... it's another camping trip, the last of the season - Deer Camp. I will be out there at least 7 days, maybe 10 - it depends on the weather and more how I feel ... it is fall and getting cold so the arthritis acts up. The camper is packed with food and definitely warm winter clothes - we also have a warming tent that will get you out of the wind - there is always mtnchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.com0