At the ripe old age of 67, almost 68, I am a great grandmother...Instead of signing my emails to my grand kids, "G'ma J", I can now sign them "Gr. G'ma J". My oldest grand daughter gave birth to a little girl on Sept. 8...another Sept. birthday...Grandson#4 is on the 2nd, Grandson #1 is on the 10th, and Grand daughter #1 is the 28th. I have a great niece on the 9, as is my husband's and his best friend's.
My friend and I have been going strong on the beads. We're going to have a "private showing"...in other words...anyone we can drag in here to look at, and possibly buy the jewelry I make from the beads. It really speeds me up to have Sandy do all the "dirty work"...that would be anything other than making the beads and the jewelry. She says, "I work for beads." I think I'm going to buy a plain canvas bag, stencil "I work for beads" on it and give it to her with several sets of beads in it...maybe for Christmas. I used to do some stenciling... hummm... wonder where my "stuff" is.
This was a really busy week. It was my team's turn to cook at church on Wednesday. We had baked potatoes, meatloaf, corn on the cob and angel food cake with triple berries and whipped cream. Yum. Everyone seemed to like it...except the last two through the line...we were told to prepare for 45, we prepared for 48 and ran two short...usually I run long, but not this time. = (
In preparation for Wendell's and Walt's birthday dinner, I made BBQ meatballs on Monday and froze them. On Tuesday, I made the potato salad and the 3 bean salad that has turned into 6 bean salad. Then Thursday morning I made my "World Famous Butterhorn Rolls". = ) I'm not sure exactly what I did all day long on Thursday, but I was busy the entire day getting ready, which was kind of funny, as I thought I was all ready after I got the rolls done. Just little details I guess. Oh yes...I made layered salad too. Sandy got here about 11:00 to help out. There were 15 of us. It was a fun time. I slept a lot today. = )
OK...my allotted time is up...I need to put 2 weeks of pills into boxes before I go to bed.
Later...
Friday, September 10, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Oh my! Here it is...Already August! The kids will be going back to school in several weeks. We've already done our yearly school shopping trip to the mall.
We spent two weeks in Colorado again this year...same wonderful old two story-four bedroom log cabin by a mountain stream. This year we were there at the time of the Glen Haven Fire Department's breakfast and the Arts and Crafts Fair at the town hall. It was great...I met a fellow bead maker, and she let me come by and pick up some pointers. She's been a bead maker for 16 years, and is just as excited about it as if she just started.
We also spent a day with a friend from my high school days and his wife. They drove over Trail Ridge Road to be with us. We ate lunch at Hunters, took the gondola to the top of a nearby hill, and finished out the day setting in the shade, enjoying drinks at the local juice establishment.
My adventuress grand daughter has now arrived in Malaysia. I'm following her blog, which is her way of staying in touch with friends and family. I check each day to see if she has had time to add another post.
My grand son's wife graduated from her Air Guard basic training last weekend, and now will be starting in on her specialized training in Texas.
Actually, at this moment, I can think of no more news...I think my brain has been soften by watching too much TV news. Can you believe the goings on in Washington DC?...as they say, "inside the beltway". What are those people thinking of!...or are they thinking at all!
And can you believe Chelsie Clinton is 30 years old...she's been dating her guy for over half her life! Wow! I'm impressed!
And how about Arizona's governor...She, Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman are my heroines! They, along with my grand daughter "the adventuress".
OK...It's late...
We spent two weeks in Colorado again this year...same wonderful old two story-four bedroom log cabin by a mountain stream. This year we were there at the time of the Glen Haven Fire Department's breakfast and the Arts and Crafts Fair at the town hall. It was great...I met a fellow bead maker, and she let me come by and pick up some pointers. She's been a bead maker for 16 years, and is just as excited about it as if she just started.
We also spent a day with a friend from my high school days and his wife. They drove over Trail Ridge Road to be with us. We ate lunch at Hunters, took the gondola to the top of a nearby hill, and finished out the day setting in the shade, enjoying drinks at the local juice establishment.
My adventuress grand daughter has now arrived in Malaysia. I'm following her blog, which is her way of staying in touch with friends and family. I check each day to see if she has had time to add another post.
My grand son's wife graduated from her Air Guard basic training last weekend, and now will be starting in on her specialized training in Texas.
Actually, at this moment, I can think of no more news...I think my brain has been soften by watching too much TV news. Can you believe the goings on in Washington DC?...as they say, "inside the beltway". What are those people thinking of!...or are they thinking at all!
And can you believe Chelsie Clinton is 30 years old...she's been dating her guy for over half her life! Wow! I'm impressed!
And how about Arizona's governor...She, Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman are my heroines! They, along with my grand daughter "the adventuress".
OK...It's late...
Saturday, March 13, 2010
What a blogger I am.
Oh what a blogger I am, I am.
From tales of my family to tails of my dogs...
Oh what a blogger I am.
It looks like it's been a month and a half...same song 45th verse.
Still to cold to make beads...unless, of course, if I have something else already planned...then the sun comes out!
I'm going to have to back off on my Face Book addiction...although it's hard, as I just got my youngest grand daughter hooked on it, and it's fun to send her stuff.
Not only do I spend more time than I'd like on Face Book, due to some injury or another I've done to myself, (pinched nerve in my neck) being on the computer causes my right arm to hurt, and my two outside fingers on my right hand to go numb...well, they're pretty much numb all the time, but being on the computer makes them swell...This is not a good thing if I expect to return to bead making when the warmer weather gets here...IF it gets here! = )
So where am I...on the computer, of course.
I tried to make myself go to bed early, as Daylight Savings Time goes into effect tonight. It was earlier until I set the clock forward...then it was later. I'm on prednizone for the swelling in my spine, so guess who is fully energized here at 2:40 am...actually my computer still says 1:40, but I know full well what it's going to say in about 20 minutes...3:00!
So anyway, as I lay there fully awake, I got to thinking about the left overs in the frig from the night before and...well here I am.
Had a great time with my daughter, her husband, their daughter and her husband last night. I had them over for dinner. Fixed chicken and rice casserole, corn, broccoli, garden salad, and french bread. For dessert we had angel food cake with fresh strawberries and ice cream on top.
My daughter is one of my biggest fans...she loves my cooking as well as my beads.
I heard from the grand daughter who was hired by the oil company...they couldn't get her visa into Australia...they say that's a problem sometimes...so they're sending her to Malaysia. She's still happy...she's my adventuress. The job comes with a co-efficient rating...working in the US mainland is a 1 out of 7. Working in Malaysia is a 1.4 out of 7. Her friend who was selected to go to Equatorial Guinea off the coast of Africa, where the co-efficient rating is 4.7, and she is assigned a body guard. Yes, I truly am thankful she is not going there. (what turns grandmothers gray!)
This evening our family cooked dinner for the Ronald McDonald house. We could cook it there, but it's a lot easier to cook it at home where you have everything you need and just haul it down there. One of the couples have been there for three months now. They had a full house this evening, with three families being sent over to the Woodward, a bed and breakfast they use for overflow. It makes one really thankful for the healthy babies in our family.
Speaking of babies!!! My oldest grand daughter and her husband are going to make me a great grandma for the first time in September! WhooHooo!
OK...I just looked at the clock on my computer...it is now officially Daylight Savings Time 3:05.
I must get to sleep, as we do the early service on Sunday mornings.
From tales of my family to tails of my dogs...
Oh what a blogger I am.
It looks like it's been a month and a half...same song 45th verse.
Still to cold to make beads...unless, of course, if I have something else already planned...then the sun comes out!
I'm going to have to back off on my Face Book addiction...although it's hard, as I just got my youngest grand daughter hooked on it, and it's fun to send her stuff.
Not only do I spend more time than I'd like on Face Book, due to some injury or another I've done to myself, (pinched nerve in my neck) being on the computer causes my right arm to hurt, and my two outside fingers on my right hand to go numb...well, they're pretty much numb all the time, but being on the computer makes them swell...This is not a good thing if I expect to return to bead making when the warmer weather gets here...IF it gets here! = )
So where am I...on the computer, of course.
I tried to make myself go to bed early, as Daylight Savings Time goes into effect tonight. It was earlier until I set the clock forward...then it was later. I'm on prednizone for the swelling in my spine, so guess who is fully energized here at 2:40 am...actually my computer still says 1:40, but I know full well what it's going to say in about 20 minutes...3:00!
So anyway, as I lay there fully awake, I got to thinking about the left overs in the frig from the night before and...well here I am.
Had a great time with my daughter, her husband, their daughter and her husband last night. I had them over for dinner. Fixed chicken and rice casserole, corn, broccoli, garden salad, and french bread. For dessert we had angel food cake with fresh strawberries and ice cream on top.
My daughter is one of my biggest fans...she loves my cooking as well as my beads.
I heard from the grand daughter who was hired by the oil company...they couldn't get her visa into Australia...they say that's a problem sometimes...so they're sending her to Malaysia. She's still happy...she's my adventuress. The job comes with a co-efficient rating...working in the US mainland is a 1 out of 7. Working in Malaysia is a 1.4 out of 7. Her friend who was selected to go to Equatorial Guinea off the coast of Africa, where the co-efficient rating is 4.7, and she is assigned a body guard. Yes, I truly am thankful she is not going there. (what turns grandmothers gray!)
This evening our family cooked dinner for the Ronald McDonald house. We could cook it there, but it's a lot easier to cook it at home where you have everything you need and just haul it down there. One of the couples have been there for three months now. They had a full house this evening, with three families being sent over to the Woodward, a bed and breakfast they use for overflow. It makes one really thankful for the healthy babies in our family.
Speaking of babies!!! My oldest grand daughter and her husband are going to make me a great grandma for the first time in September! WhooHooo!
OK...I just looked at the clock on my computer...it is now officially Daylight Savings Time 3:05.
I must get to sleep, as we do the early service on Sunday mornings.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
An evening at home.
Is tonight a good night to write??? We'll see.
Normally I write when I am totally alone. Right now I'm setting in front of the television, my husband on my left, and my dog tucked in tightly next to my right leg...The dog I speak of is itty bit...I don't capitalize her name as she is to small to capitalize...she's a chihuahua. When she came to live with us, her name was Libby. She had belonged to my great niece, but being a college student with a job and a social life, she didn't feel she was able to do justice to the little dog, so went in search of a home for Libby. We were the third choice. At the time we had three other small dogs, but we decided she wouldn't eat much, so we took her on a week trial to see how everyone got along...The rest is history. That was five years ago this month. My how time flyes.
My bead business is on hold again. My heaters on the sun porch just can't keep up with the cold...especially if the wind is blowing. There were two days I could have worked out there, but unfortunately, I had "other plans" already in the works. (would I like a little cheese with my whine?) = )
The other night we were invited over to friends for crab legs and shrimp. We also had gingered rice and broccoli. YUM! Afterward, they invited us to stay and watch a "pay-per-view" movie on TV...a first for me...we have the service, have just never used it. We watched Julie & Julia. I especially enjoyed the cooking, the blogging and fact both Julie and Julia had good relationships with their husbands. The way Meryl Streep emulated Julia was incredible...she had her mannerisms down pat. I always enjoy Amy Adams. In my estimation, she is a young Meryl Streep, who I refer to as a chameleon actress...she becomes whoever she is playing...unlike John Wayne, who always played John Wayne and adapted the part to him. (no offense intended)
Well, I'm going to have to give it up as there's too much competition for my attention...I'll do better next time.
Normally I write when I am totally alone. Right now I'm setting in front of the television, my husband on my left, and my dog tucked in tightly next to my right leg...The dog I speak of is itty bit...I don't capitalize her name as she is to small to capitalize...she's a chihuahua. When she came to live with us, her name was Libby. She had belonged to my great niece, but being a college student with a job and a social life, she didn't feel she was able to do justice to the little dog, so went in search of a home for Libby. We were the third choice. At the time we had three other small dogs, but we decided she wouldn't eat much, so we took her on a week trial to see how everyone got along...The rest is history. That was five years ago this month. My how time flyes.
My bead business is on hold again. My heaters on the sun porch just can't keep up with the cold...especially if the wind is blowing. There were two days I could have worked out there, but unfortunately, I had "other plans" already in the works. (would I like a little cheese with my whine?) = )
The other night we were invited over to friends for crab legs and shrimp. We also had gingered rice and broccoli. YUM! Afterward, they invited us to stay and watch a "pay-per-view" movie on TV...a first for me...we have the service, have just never used it. We watched Julie & Julia. I especially enjoyed the cooking, the blogging and fact both Julie and Julia had good relationships with their husbands. The way Meryl Streep emulated Julia was incredible...she had her mannerisms down pat. I always enjoy Amy Adams. In my estimation, she is a young Meryl Streep, who I refer to as a chameleon actress...she becomes whoever she is playing...unlike John Wayne, who always played John Wayne and adapted the part to him. (no offense intended)
Well, I'm going to have to give it up as there's too much competition for my attention...I'll do better next time.
Monday, January 18, 2010
January 18, 2010
Fog! Can you believe it? Of course, first came the cold that stayed for two weeks...then it warms up, and now it's FOG! I don't really remember how long ago it came, and yesterday I thought it had left...but it came back!
Well if the weather is all I have to talk about, I guess things are pretty good.
What else is going on in my life...I'm about to get back into ancestry.com. I've picked up some new information from some relatives, and hopefully that will get me going again...in fact...that's next on my list.
Since last writing my oldest grandson and his new wife have both joined the Air Guard...he is in Texas right now for six months, and about the time he gets back, she'll be going. Some way to spend your first year of marriage!
My third granddaughter has accepted a position with a big oil company...it looks something like "Shellenberger" (I think) but is pronounced Slumber J. She will be in Perth, Australia.
My next oldest grandson is planning on joining the Air Force when he graduates from high school this spring.
I worked really hard and fast making beads all November and December...then it turned cold, and there's only been several days I have been able to work, due to the two heaters on the sunporch just can't quite keep it comfortable, unless, of course, if the sun is shining with no wind. There have been several days I could have worked out there, but had something previously planned, so missed making beads. Sooooo since I can't be out there, you'd think I'd have everything in the house caught up...right?...not so...
My 4th grandson introduced me to Facebook...I was quite flattered when he invited me to be his "Friend", then had a great time finding a lot of my other friends on it...then I got involved doing some virtual farming with my daughter, her four kids and my niece. It's great fun to be able to plow, plant and harvest with just a click of your mouse...and more fun to work on their farms and get "paid" for it...yet more fun to send and receive virtual gifts of cows, goats, horses, chickens, ducks, etc., and many kinds of trees and flowers...the longer I play it, the more stuff is introduced.
I need to spend more time in the real world of laundry, ironing and getting taxes ready to go to the accountant...and if I get all that caught up (like that's gonna happen) there's always the basement!
Back to the beads...I sold some, but I sold more when I made them into bracelets, necklaces and earrings! But what was even more fun was making them for my family. I gave away about 25 outfits, and really was rewarded by the excitement ...oh..I've got company...gotta go!
Well if the weather is all I have to talk about, I guess things are pretty good.
What else is going on in my life...I'm about to get back into ancestry.com. I've picked up some new information from some relatives, and hopefully that will get me going again...in fact...that's next on my list.
Since last writing my oldest grandson and his new wife have both joined the Air Guard...he is in Texas right now for six months, and about the time he gets back, she'll be going. Some way to spend your first year of marriage!
My third granddaughter has accepted a position with a big oil company...it looks something like "Shellenberger" (I think) but is pronounced Slumber J. She will be in Perth, Australia.
My next oldest grandson is planning on joining the Air Force when he graduates from high school this spring.
I worked really hard and fast making beads all November and December...then it turned cold, and there's only been several days I have been able to work, due to the two heaters on the sunporch just can't quite keep it comfortable, unless, of course, if the sun is shining with no wind. There have been several days I could have worked out there, but had something previously planned, so missed making beads. Sooooo since I can't be out there, you'd think I'd have everything in the house caught up...right?...not so...
My 4th grandson introduced me to Facebook...I was quite flattered when he invited me to be his "Friend", then had a great time finding a lot of my other friends on it...then I got involved doing some virtual farming with my daughter, her four kids and my niece. It's great fun to be able to plow, plant and harvest with just a click of your mouse...and more fun to work on their farms and get "paid" for it...yet more fun to send and receive virtual gifts of cows, goats, horses, chickens, ducks, etc., and many kinds of trees and flowers...the longer I play it, the more stuff is introduced.
I need to spend more time in the real world of laundry, ironing and getting taxes ready to go to the accountant...and if I get all that caught up (like that's gonna happen) there's always the basement!
Back to the beads...I sold some, but I sold more when I made them into bracelets, necklaces and earrings! But what was even more fun was making them for my family. I gave away about 25 outfits, and really was rewarded by the excitement ...oh..I've got company...gotta go!
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