July in the South....HOT

Yes, I admit it once again. This blog is a way to shamelessly brag about my children and grandchildren and their friends...and my family.

I visited Dad this morning. I stood and talked to him trying to get him to wake up gently, but he was deeply asleep. I have found it is better not to wake him when he is this sleepy.

He is confused the rest of the day and gets irritable and cross---just like a kid. I will go back over in a few days. I left him a couple of homemade cookies in a ziplock bag on his bedside table.

Now, I am having a yard sale on Saturday. It will only be open for 4 hours....it is too hot to go too long. My plans are to thin out my penguins, the miniature teasets, my green things and other odds and ends. I have been thinking that I will be in a smaller place, so it will be good to thin out. Besides, it will give my children less to go through when I "go." ha!

I had a busy morning, did some packing, cleaning, etc. this afternoon. Life moves onward. BTW. A friend emailed me last night and asked me to sub for her the 4th day of school. Her husband has a doctor's appt and needs someone to go with him. I accepted. Of course, I won't get paid until the end of September, but it is a start. (Note to sil, Linda. I am heeding your advice after crunching the numbers)

We had rain again last night. I am hoping for it to hold off tonight and let us get the front lawn grass mowed. It will need it before the yard sale.Everyone will be at the beach for the rest of the weekend....except me and the dogs...all of them. I will go by and feed Will's big old yard dogs...Lucky me.

Some Mondays are worse than others.

Lelani at her first birthday party.

Went to see Dad yesterday. He was in a good mood and somewhat chatty. Without any questions or prompting he told me how much he liked this place he is in now. I am glad he is content and hope the Medicaid lady and I can get things worked out next week. I have an appointment with her on next Tuesday---I think it is Tues.

I think the kid next door and his friends are trying to feud with me, but I am trying to ignore it...however, I find it hard to ignore that they probably smashed my mailbox with a baseball bat.I haven't spoken to them, Haven't said anything to them about cutting through my culvert to the street behind me, didn't say anything when the ball came across and hit something (Jonathan's car in the driveway--but it wasn't damaged--but they ran away) hit my house a couple of times yesterday afternoon. I did go outside when they hit the car and the house, but didn't say anything to them. Jonathan came out too, but he didn't say anything either.This morning Jonathan came back inside to tell me the mailbox was off the post and had been smashed. No one else on the street had a baseball bat (or a similar sized hard item) print in the side of it, no one else had their mailbox knocked off the post, but mine did. Guess I will have to go over and talk to the Dad. I haven't ever said anything to them, even though they come into my yard to play....Strange? Eh?

I had lunch out with the friends today. We went to Ruby Tuesday's. Small but fun group.

I made lots of phone calls about moving today, and got the keys to the house. I went by and measured some things, opened some closets to let them air out, and just figured out some other things. I guess I will be mostly ready when the date arrives.

William has asked me if I am interested in picking up the grands after school this year. It is about half what I make subbing, but several factors make it attractive: Less gas, mornings free, less hassle with not knowing where I am going and what I will be doing, less needed for the wardrobe, 'going' when my ulcerative colitis acts up. The down side is the money, and being sure I am paid on time. I am thinking upon it.

That is all for today. God bless

Friday update

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.....

I made it through the MRI today, though it looked like I wouldn't for awhile....actually, I didn't get the contrast part of it, but the rest went okay,....after Michelle removed the earring in the cartilege of my ear. Then I got back to the office, and got through the first part, but the contrast kept blowing my veins out. Since I have so few veins, after 3 times, we gave up. They assured me that they could get plenty of information from just the plain MRI. My ears were plugged because the test was so loud. The machine was so tight around me, and my head was encased in some kind of soft helmet. Anyway, it was weird, but necessary. I should get some info about it next week about Wed. or Thurs.

I went to the VBS program for the kids today. My grandkids had asked me to come every time they talked to me this week, so I was able to be there.

I rented or arranged to rent a truck for the 9th of August. Still packing.

Dad slept through my visit yesterday...I hope to get back over on Sunday.

The dogs and I are being bored together. Jonathan and Brooke will be back tomorrow afternoon.

Tomorrow I am helping Stacey with her yard sale and then next Saturday, she has agreed to help me with mine. All my grands and their parents and their aunt and uncle will be at the beach...a good time to get rid of lots of things and stuff.

Have a good weekend.

Catch up!

This is an official 7 year old boy! His birthday party was fun.
Now the kids are 6,7, and 8.

I visited Dad on Sunday. He was alert and chatted some. Talked about some things, nothing special, just talked. I took his belt and the CNA, said she would try his shoes and slippers on him when she gave him his shower. I got one pair of velcro fastening, and one pair of slipper type shoes since he is so bad to get into bed and wear them...Saves time I guess.

I took a workshop yesterday afternoon. My car was registering 108(outside temp) when I got back in it. It settled at 102 degrees for awhile and the rest of the way home., but then, there were lots of storms last night.

I am still working with my Inflammation, but it is NOT worse. Sort of stablized. For that I am thankful.

I am setting the second weekend in August as the major move to the new house. I am packing more each day, making arrangements, you know, all the moving stuff to be done.

I watched "The Closer" last night. Brooke watched it with me. Jonathan is in Orlando for a conference....in a hotel between Epcot and Small World. Maybe he is lucky???

Went to the movies last Friday for the first time in over a year. I saw "Mama Mia" Pierce Bronson can't sing, but he is still 'easy on the eye'
I enjoyed it. If you like musicals, Meryl Streep, or great scenery, you might give it a try. I do not know what the critics are saying, --like I care--but I found it to be fun and entertaining, just what I needed.

Getting a haircut today....hurrah!
That's all, folks!

And the beat goes on.....

Brooke and Jonathan shared this shot from their honeymoon in Antiqua. Lovely isn't it??

This hasn't been my best day physically. I have mostly had liquids today to give my system a chance to 'rest' Sometimes that helps and sometimes, not. Oh the joys of an autoimmune illness. Yeah, right.

Dianne and I have plans to go to see "Mama Mia" tomorrow. It will be my first time going to the movie theater in over a year...lucky me. I wanted to see something fun and uplifting. I will catch "Dark Knight" later.

I have changed some of my addresses, accounts and such today. Social Security wants to know my whereabouts almost as much as the IRS. I have been trying to figure out the best day to move....I will probably hire movers for the big things and get my sons, friends, etc. to help me move the smaller things. At least right now, that is the plan.

If you want the new address, let me know. Send an email, leave a comment, or something.

Summertime...and the living is.....living.

Dental hygiene is just, well, just awesome.

Linda, Diana, and I visited Dad on Tuesday. He was in a good mood, and happy to see all of us.

Uncle Jim and a friend of his came in to visit just as we were walking down the hall to find a better, and bigger place to visit. We had a good time. Uncle Jim told us 'war stories' and 'family' stories. I think we all loved hearing these pieces of the past.

Linda and I had worked on paperwork Monday night, and we dropped it by the office on our visit......That paperwork has been going on since early Jan. I drop it off myself now, since they have "lost" two sets I have sent in the past few months.

Today I took some time for myself and used the gift card to get a pedicure. Very relaxing.

Then I came home, and sorted out lots of papers and shredded off and on for about 3 hours, packed a couple of boxes, and took a nap...I needed it.

I did some filing and other odds and ends around the house. Worked a bit on the summer project....about 20 minutes....and that was it.

Have a good rest of the week.

Monday madness

The first shot is a late afternoon sky picture right after the storm had passed.

Isn't she a beautiful birthday girl? Her first birthday. And her whole family is celebrating. There was a nice, large group to celebrate. That is the party I had to leave early...I hated having to leave early.

Linda and I are going to try to figure out more paperwork for Dad's application for Medicaid....what a hassle!

I did the work on the project from home this morning. We are editing, so that does take some time, but I do not have to upload the lessons.

Ian is back from camp. It was a church sponsored Youth Camp. Isaac is in a basketball day camp this week. Next week our church is having VBS, so they will all go to that for 3 hours in the mornings.

This is an odds and ends week for doing things. I started with some things this morning and have done a few off and on today...at least I got a few things accomplished. Then after lunch the spasms kicked in again. Seems every day they are a bit worse. Much more and I will go to liquids for a couple of days. That works usually.

Don't know much else.

Nature day

I can't remember much what I did yesterday, but it took all day. By early afternoon I had to go to bed and try to get my stomach better. I had to miss a special event and that was disappointing, for me, anyway.
Today I had to leave a birthday party for the same stomach pain and discomfort. It's that Crohn's thing again.
Maybe I will get some shots from the party and shower from someone. Then I will share here.
The project is all but finished. When it gets uploaded, I will do some minor editing and it will be checked out and hopefully approved. Maybe a day or two more and it will be finished.
Disclaimer:Thanks for the nature shot, Brooke.

And the Band Played on.....

Thank God for the rain.
Posting a rehearsal for Jonathan's wedding picture of Ian, Isabella, and Grayson (Brooke's niece)

Today is Thursday. I am to be at my work site by 9 AM to meet the people who will replace the windshield on my car. Although the office doesn't open until about 10, (about is the operative word.....they deal with people all over the world and 10 is an estimate). The windshield repair person said the car would have to remain still for about 2 hours after it was repaired. I am taking a folding chair to use if the car has to be vacated before the office opens. There is no coffee shop or anything similar in the area, so I will just have to figure it out.


After work Tuesday night, Dianne and I went up to visit Ian at camp. We arrived at supper time.. We only stayed a few minutes, he was in line to get his food. Even grandma's have to take a backseat to meal time at the camp. He did come out to the car to get his bag of goodies I packed for him. It wasn't a lot of stuff, but always welcome at camp. He hugged "Miss Dianne", gave me two good hugs and went back to the cafeteria.

We laughed all the way back down the mountain.We stopped at the retirement home to visit Dad. He wasn't in a mood to really wake up, so I didn't get to really talk to him.

Dianne and I stopped and got some dinner, but we ate so late, I couldn't go to bed for awhile when I got home. Another joy of growing "older."

I am packing boxes each day. I try to pack between 2 and 5. I figure that is a good rate to get me ready to move by the first of the month.

My summer job is winding down. I hope to finish my part by tomorrow, but know I may be called back to do some editing and such. I don't really mind doing that. It is not too far from my place now or later. Later it will be about a mile for me to drive to get there.

I guess that is all for today. Kinda boring, but it is my life.

Rain, rain, don't go away.

Finally, the server is letting me upload pictures. Edy is rarely still and quiet, so this is a good pose for her. Maggie is playing in the water at the park....

We have had rain over the weekend. It was welcome and more is welcome also.

I worked so hard today,. As I have mentioned before, it is tedious work. We uploaded the tests last week, I went through, found all the things that didn't upload properly and repaired them.....Today, I did that all day long. Near the end of the day, John uploaded them, and some still didn't work out right. Some did, but all did not. He thinks it is something he is doing.....and so do I.

I am hoping Ian is having fun at Bible camp this week. I am missing him, and he doesn't even live with me...

Nothing much to tell, so have a good afternoon.

Sunday, Sunday

Not much to report today. I visited Dad yesterday, he was asleep. I have learned that if he is deeply asleep to not wake him up. He ends up confused for the rest of the day if he is awakened. I waited awhile, then left. The nurse said he was doing better and had been having a good day.

Isabella's birthday party was yesterday afternoon. It was a fun time. We ate at the Mellow Mushroom, opened presents, and then Dianne and I left. Will told us today that they found more bronze mice over the city than were on the list....That is what Isabella wanted to do for her fun thing at the party....have a scavenger hunt for the mice. She got her ears pieced for her birthday present from her aunt Vanessa. Very nice gift. They also got Leilani's ears pierced. I wish my photos would upload to the site, but so far they aren't letting me put photos on. Maybe I will figure it out tomorrow.

I will probably be working on figuring out what is wrong with the questions that didn't upload correctly. There were a few other small issues. I made a list of ones with problems, so tomorrow, we will take them off line and work on them....or rather, I will.
Have a good week.

Slow posting

Still won't let me post pictures. I visited Dad before going to work this morning. He was in good spirits and very chatty. I haven't seen him this verbal in several weeks. He was telling me that they were having some sort of special events July 4th. He talked about his brother Jim, "wonder where that rascal is....he hasn't been to see me in a long time." I was impressed that he was so animated.

I am afraid my computer may be on its last leg...if it has a leg. It is incredibly slow and won't do too much.
Isabella's birthday party is this Saturday and her party is at Mellow Mushroom. Then the kids are going to go on a scavenger hunt for the bronze mice on Main St. She has been so impressed with the mice for quite some time.
Isaac will have a skating party in a couple of weeks. For the next 15 days, they will both be 6 years old...Gotta love it.

I worked at home over the weekend and Mon. and Tues. Today and tomorrow I will be going into the office. We uploaded the questions today. There were some minor problems, but we will work on them and then upload the other info. and content. I can't complain about the work. I need it and it is interesting....but tedious...

Later.