Sunday

Well, this should we interesting, as I am not at the desk...actually watching password and blogging.  

We took Gary's mom to church with us today, although she does not like going to Elim. It is either too cold...seats aren't right etc. etc.  I don't feel that she likes me very much, but it is a little too late now to worry about it.  I try not to let her know if I am going to be away....as she devoted 60 years of never leaving her husband's side.  It is a different world now and so you can see that she does not approve of my wayward ways.   

Beth was here today for a little lunch break....I think we had lunch together yesterday too at the Captain's Table.   Max was a hoot...he is such a little Scott.  

Tomorrow I will try to get back into the swing of exercise....it will be hard since I have not been to the Y since 1 dec.   

LIfe is good except for this ugly cold sore on my lip.    

Love, 

Mom 

Sat. 3 January 2009

I missed yesterday.....so exciting.   I did some homework with $$$ for the New Year and shredded all old receipts from 2007.   Interesting how 90 % of everything bought in 2007 is no longer usable or likeable.  Hmmmm   another time....

Jake and Olivia were here for a few hours yesterday a.m.  Lesley needed to to get some meat from a locker plant.  I had a hair appt. at 2 p.m. and I actually like my hair.   It is quite a mess this a.m., but I think it will be ok.  

We had dinner last night with E.Star friends at the WindMill.   Not my favorite place, but ok.  

Gary needs to take his Mom to the hairdressers today and then for lunch.  She is lonesome, since Linda (sister) is vacationing in AZ.  

I am encouraging him today to start making some handmade things that would sell at a flea market...or vendor place.   I costs $100 for a table, but sometimes you need to take a risk.  I think you need to make things that don't take a lot of time and keep the price down.  I am sure Beth or Margie would help set up the table to make it more inviting.  It would be a good way for him to make some extra money and keep him busy!   

I need to work on my class reunion stuff today to have ready for a meeting when we return from AZ.   Oh Wow...I need to start thinking about AZ.  I will get my suitcase out today. 

From what I see in the paper the temp.  is somewhere around 70 deg.  but could be cooler in the a.m.   Better take a few sweaters to go with outfits. 

I better get the laundry started and I have a bunch of ironing to do since I neglected it over Christmas.

I am having trouble logging on to the bridge game that Chris sent....I don't know what I do wrong but I always have trouble.   I will need Beth or Margie to come over and get me started. 

I only play about once every 6 weeks, but I want to continue as it is good for the brain as we get older. 

Later.....Love

Mom   

Sat. 2009

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Jan 1 2009

It is 4:00 a.m. this morning...not sure why I am up so early, but anyway it is a good time to get caught up on my blog.  

My brother was here for dinner last night.  We have had a tradition of eating together as couples for at least 15 years.  Last night he came alone.   Pauline sent an email stating that she no longer eats with him and that we were not responsible for his "bad behavior".   I first wanted to reply what about her "bad behavior"?????  Perhaps this is why I am not able to sleep.   Jim had not heard my old saying of "sticks and bones will break your bones, but silence breaks the heart".  I think it may be time for him to start playing a little hard ball with her.  This to shall pass....

I have been thinking about what I want to accomplish in this new year.   I won't even mention losing weight...it is always just out of grasp...another whole story.   I have finally figured out why I overeat....I have a compulsive behavior....(not "bad") and I just replace one bad habit with another.  I gave up smoking for drinking and drinking for eating...it goes on and on..now if I could only stop shopping...but what else is left????  I still have fairly good health so I am very grateful for that and also for the health of my kids and grandkids.  

I am looking forward to a great year with Maggie's graduation from Augie.  She has a very bright future and I hope she follows through with her dreams.  Jane also has a great future ahead of her and I would like to see her go to Sweden for a semester.  These opportunities come along once in a lifetime.  

I wish you all calm and peace and contentment for 2009.  "Tough times never last, but tough people do."  

Love,

Mom 

Christmas past

later Gator 

That time of year again!!!!

Wow....I feel like the cat on the hot tin roof....too much to wrap around my little brain.  Gary has been home now for a month and it seems like just a day or two.  We are constantly busy with one thing or another.  We are finally through with all the fall birthdays, but must start on Christmas soon as this is a big job when you consider our combined families.  

Gary's Mom turned 95 last week and passed her drivers test.  What a gutsy woman.  I would have wimped out long ago.  

We had our cousin's luncheon at Dixie's last week.   It is really nice to hear all the memories of the past and how we all seem to have a basic mid-western value system that must just come with the territory.  

Max had his 10th birthday yesterday...seems like yesterday that he was born.  Time goes by so quickly.  

Today we had lunch with some members of the church at a Mexican restaurant.  It was fun and Jake talked me into another web-can.  Gary was NOT happy, but look at that face....they are soooo cute.  They are only little once.   Soon they will grow up and not want to spend a Sun. p.m. with Grandma and Grandpa. 

We have another busy week ahead.  Walking with Vida tomorrow....I hope my knee will hold up.  All fall we have been walking 2 miles every day and then yesterday when Gary and I were walking at the Y....it just gave out on me.  Maybe I let it rest too long.   Who knows, but I need the exercise and will wear my support.   I have too much to do to have a bum knee.  I surely hope I can escape having to have a knee replacement like all people my age are doing. 

We have an important meeting at OES tomorrow night.  Tues. I have a dentist appt.  I can't remember Wed without looking at the calendar, but on Thurs. I have bridge club here with lunch served.  Now we are up to the week-end again.  The best time of the day is reading the paper and drinking coffee early in the a.m. and we actually are in the same room. 

Life is good and always grateful to have a nice warm house to live in and a dry bed to sleep in every night. Always grateful for Gary...he is my rock and tells me "everything will be okay".  

My love, 

Mom,wife, sister, grandma, and always a friend  

Fall back..spring ahead

Okay, I forgot to set the clocks back and here I am awake at 4:30 A.M. which is what we usually know as 5:30....

I love drinking coffee and reading the paper on Sunday mornings, but apparently the paper girl did not forget to set her clock back and she is still not here.  I will not complain as that is really a sign of "old age". 

Gary's Mom was here for dinner last night.  We should have company more often because it makes you actually cook.  She is not having Lighthouse help her any more since she got her $5,000 bill.   We worry that she does not eat very much and her speed is ....worse than slow.  I am amazed that she still wants to take her drivers test.  I think anyone who comes to renew their drivers tests in a walker should be disqualified.  What do I know....lately everyone disagrees with my philosophy.   The people who put the new roofs on the condos where she lives gave each owner a $100 gift card from Whitey's.   a pretty impractable gift for old people who wouldn't eat that much ice cream for the rest of their lives!!  Now she is in a quandry trying to figure out what she can do with it.   I suggested she donate it to the youth group at church, but that went right over the top of her head. 

I am taking shoe boxes to church this a.m. for "shoe boxes" for kids.   I kept 2 to fill up and will have Margie help me purchase for 9-10 year olds.  She should know what they would like.  

I think after church we should be home all day, but we have a busy week coming.  

Happy Anniversary to Beth and Dan, as I remember it was a nice sunny day in Nov. when they got married 23 years ago.  A lot of water under the damn since then.  So grateful that Dan is cancer free and back to normal.  He always makes me laugh....what is that about him????  Is he really that funny????

I think the paper is here.....later....

Love and Hugs, 

Mom