tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56073803789969901552024-03-06T01:14:25.186-06:00~*~*~*~MAMA MONROE~*~*~*~Nonsensical BabbleYankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-57752221068261532092012-02-11T17:57:00.001-06:002012-02-11T17:57:58.791-06:00MOVED!Okay.....I am moving. Yankee-Chick is alive and well and you can find her here:
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So delete Mama Monroe from your Google Reader of what ever method you use to follow, and add Yankee Chick back. :)YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-50167766181190008622012-02-10T19:19:00.000-06:002012-02-10T19:19:24.390-06:00Here's the DealI think I need to change my identity. I need to revert back to the whole Yankee Chick scenario. I was trying to start fresh a few months ago by blending my Mama Monroe persona with the blog thing, and it's just not right. It doesn't work for me. Mama Monroe is my Roller Derby name and Roller Derby is all about my family and Alaska friends. I will always be Yankee YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-72915789047746342622012-02-09T22:54:00.000-06:002012-02-09T22:54:12.152-06:00Poolie Sent MeYes she did, indeed. I'd pretty much given up on this whole blog thing, but it does still haunt me I mean, the urge is still there.......is there a Viagra for blogging??? Hahahaha Maybe now that I'm getting close to the end of some rough times, I can find more upbeat things to write about. I felt that all my posts have become negative, but my life has been pretty YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-22040535290299284322011-12-11T11:30:00.000-06:002011-12-11T11:30:23.045-06:00Bless Me Blog-Father...for I have sinned. It has been 2 months and one week since my last confession blog entry. I haven't even been reading any! Just an occasional peek at a few. Blogging just doesn't hold my interest like it once did. I try really, REALLY hard and I do think about it a great deal, but never quite make it here. So many of my old blog buddies don't write any more andYankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-60192933853921195752011-10-04T10:27:00.000-05:002011-10-04T10:27:39.643-05:00Election Day in AlaskaToday is a big day for my family. My awesome SIL, Michael is running for a second term for Borough Assembly. Here's one of his ads. I love that he is so well spoken, but then he wouldn't have been so successful in the radio industry if he wasn't, and certainly wouldn't have his own radio talk shows! And that lovely voice at the end of the ad? Yep. My lovely YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-78405500337218957712011-10-02T10:07:00.000-05:002011-10-02T10:07:21.978-05:00PrioritiesI can never seem to get my priorities straight. Why is it so hard for me to keep up with this whole blogging concept when it really is important to me? I have a bad memory for details, like dates and timelines of particular events and I've counted on being able to refer to my blog for the bits missing from my wee little brain. I think about things that I wanna blog about YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-66212844985623741022011-09-10T09:05:00.000-05:002011-09-10T09:05:13.531-05:00Holy Cow!Another week, another post. Can't keep up the daily thing, although I regret it because I like having a reference to things and after so many days have passed, I forget most of what I wanted to write. I even made some notes......they're around here somewhere....... LOL
My last post was in regard to trying to de-clutter and reorganize "My Room". Well, some of it is done YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-828741231687071832011-08-26T20:10:00.000-05:002011-08-26T20:10:46.777-05:00Clearing the ClutterWell, I started with my computer area and now I'm making a sweep of the whole room. Cleaning out and attempting to organize. I tend to 'accumulate' and I never seem to have the 'proper place' for some of my accumulations. Of course, it was too easy to let things pile up while convalescing from 2 major surgeries. Just trying to keep the kitchen and dining table looking YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-30887044903949252192011-08-19T20:37:00.000-05:002011-08-19T20:37:17.838-05:00Is There Such a Thingas "Collector's Anonymous"?? I sit here in my domain and look around me and find I am surrounded by various collections of various things.
There are my Boyd's Bears, of which I have 200+. Probably about 30 of them are out and about in this house, but in Alaska they were all out. Tucked here, there are everywhere! Except for the motor home bears, of course. People would YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-7594798606856128972011-08-07T09:23:00.000-05:002011-08-07T09:23:53.240-05:00Shopping OnlineI was supposed to have a rare shopping opportunity with my BFF yesterday and it didn't work out. While posting my complaint about it on FaceBook, my buddy Terri @ myseniormoments suggested that since I always get the short end of the stick when we have vehicle problems, I should just shop online. Well, I'm here to tell you......I do plenty of that! Here are some of my recent YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-67569708554724965982011-08-06T16:58:00.001-05:002011-08-06T20:49:31.554-05:00Beasties in the 'MatersThere are about 10 Hummingbirds flitting about, feeding or waiting their turn, at the 2 feeders on my front porch. Murphy is sitting on the table by the windows, just trembling! I'm not sure if she is trembling with delight or despair! LOL She's chattering, too which is something she usually does when she is curled up near me and is seemingly content......not sure what it YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-68866547171900651022011-08-02T20:31:00.000-05:002011-08-02T20:31:51.995-05:00I'm Gonna Be A Writer!!!!!!Well, sort of a writer. I have finally decided to do something that Chuck has been trying to get me to do for years. I'm gonna write a cookbook!!
Years and years ago, I had found this awesome program {Kitchen Gourmet} that I could enter all of my recipes in. It had a great layout and made a nice presentation. One year for Christmas, I printed it all out, put it in sheet YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-73087924493701124762011-07-31T10:53:00.000-05:002011-07-31T10:53:02.787-05:00Why Do I Need a Title???It's so friggin' hot here. Still. And more triple digits predicted for next week. We need rain SO bad! Our lawn and the pasture is so dead and dry that even Gus, our Cocker Spaniel, leaves a little cloud of dust behind him when he trots across the pasture! You should see the cloud of dust the horses raise!!
In this shot, you can see how badly poor Gus needs a hair cut, and I YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-34814906456915821642011-07-28T13:52:00.001-05:002011-07-28T18:22:56.864-05:00Doctors, Tires and ToiletsI woke up this AM fully expecting to have a really great day. I had my 1st follow-up appt with my surgeon, after which I was going to Sears to get much needed (and long awaited) new tires for my Tahoe and THEN, I was/am supposed to get my hair color done this afternoon. That's about 2 weeks over-due. Ick! So, here's how it went......
Went to the DR, didn't even get to seeYankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-75915622334063054422011-07-24T10:08:00.000-05:002011-07-24T10:08:07.743-05:00Time in a BubbleWell, the time has come for Chuck to either put me in a bubble or lock me in my room. My COBRA health insurance expired on July 21st and I am not eligible for any other health insurance coverage until April 2012. 8 or 9 months with NO coverage. Pretty scary. Especially since the 4 prescriptions that I take tally up to about $900 a month without insurance. That alone YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-6270710227105554312011-07-21T15:29:00.000-05:002011-07-21T15:29:27.400-05:00I Don't Know........Don't know why I haven't written for a few days. Time has just slipped away, I guess. Who knows! But I am just certain that I have lots to report on.
The roof is done, thank GOD! It's quiet and Murphy is happy once again. All is well in her little kitty world :)
I've been out driving on my own, even tho' the Doctor said to wait 6 weeks. It felt SO good! YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-1109113422130441012011-07-16T09:17:00.001-05:002011-07-16T09:34:49.095-05:00Roof, PT and DERBY....Oh My!
This AM I still have men banging around on my roof! All week this has been going on and all week, my poor kitty, Murphy, has been in hiding. She is terribly unimpressed by the noise.....as am I. They 'say' they will finish up this AM and I sure hope so. Murphy & I want our "little piece of quiet" back!
I thought that yesterday was my last day of Physical Therapy, butYankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-74136763496896807862011-07-12T17:49:00.001-05:002011-07-16T09:36:00.389-05:00Where Do Your Loyalties Lie?Friendship and loyalties......how deep should they run? I've always had a problem with this regarding both friends and family members. So quick to go to bat for someone dear to me. Always too quick to stop and think first. I just jump right in, defending, supporting, protecting. I figure if I care about someone, then I should put my 'outspoken' self to good use when YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-85992634064749385042011-07-11T10:42:00.001-05:002011-07-16T09:37:58.878-05:00Hot & CrispyWow. It was 102 here yesterday and they are calling for 104 today. Ugh..... That is just wrong! So, I shall light a candle and say a prayer for the man that invented Air Conditioning and stay inside and let my Bionic Hip heal, while the electric meter spins in a wild frenzy to keep me cooool............I think some knitting might be in order today.
Chuck rounded up a couple of straysYankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-4927060087751256312011-07-09T15:57:00.001-05:002011-07-16T09:38:45.429-05:001st Official PostWell, I've pretty much got the new place set up the way I want it, so I'll go ahead and write an entry!
I'll start by explaining the Title, "Mama Monroe".
As many of you already know, my daughter, Terri and eldest grand-daughter, Riley are both in Roller Derby. To be precise, they belong to Midnight Sun Roller Girlz. Okay, so I had been hearing about this group and the girls joining for YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607380378996990155.post-81127811301417709652011-07-08T07:59:00.001-05:002011-07-16T09:39:07.656-05:00New BlogI've been faltering in the blogging arena for quite some time now and my good friend Terri, from Indiana, has talked me into starting 'fresh' to see if this helps get me back in the groove. I thought I'd start this AM with a short post, that will help me to get my template set up and then I'll write more later. I'll be sending invites out to my old and faithful blog buddies to let them know YankeeChickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083279644642577719noreply@blogger.com0