goin' on here. Dan is home from another jaunt to Coeur d'Alene, and is out helping Amy's father spray weeds on the farm, and I'm trying to get motivated to do a little redecorating by watching HGTV. I just watched a $100,000 kitchen/family room redo that ended up quadrupling in price when they decided to add "outdoor living space." According to my math, that would end up being $400,000. Reality check?!? Mercy me!
However, I am pleased to report that I dusted and vacuumed last night and that the smooth surfaces of our house are dust-free and shining. As much as I hate those chores the results are hard to deny. And all for the price of a few sprays of Pledge and a little aerobic exercise as I pushed the vacuum. Score!!
I'm also working on a project for the shop and I'll share it when I get a little further along. It's out of my color comfort zone at the moment, but I think I'll like the final result.
Happy weekend!
Friday, July 15, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Fourth of July
A little late, but that's me. :-) It was a great family weekend and so I'll just share some photos.
Gigi and Daniel:
Great Papa and the little man:
Ann and Cameron:
Keaton:
Below is a sleepy Daniel in one of the two bibs my dad brought back from Tombstone, Arizona back when Ann and Matt were little. It's been dribbled with a lot of cereal in its day!
Great Papa and Gigi were up on Friday for the day and we had a good time shopping and eating burgers. Ann, Eric and the boys were back on the 4th for grilled sausages and then Cameron and Keaton put on a great fireworks display for us. As we cleaned up the kitchen, the boys arranged all the different fireworks in the order they wanted to set them off, and then took turn lighting them. It was a wonderful and very special evening.
Gigi and Daniel:
Great Papa and the little man:
Ann and Cameron:
Keaton:
Below is a sleepy Daniel in one of the two bibs my dad brought back from Tombstone, Arizona back when Ann and Matt were little. It's been dribbled with a lot of cereal in its day!
Great Papa and Gigi were up on Friday for the day and we had a good time shopping and eating burgers. Ann, Eric and the boys were back on the 4th for grilled sausages and then Cameron and Keaton put on a great fireworks display for us. As we cleaned up the kitchen, the boys arranged all the different fireworks in the order they wanted to set them off, and then took turn lighting them. It was a wonderful and very special evening.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Summer, Ahh, Summer!
I truly think summer has arrived and how wonderful it is!! We had a small Bible study in East City Park this morning, starting at nine, and it was so lovely. Lots of people, especially small children, were about, and our table of four was just right for sharing what we've each been learning. A great start to the day!
Dan is off in Coeur d'Alene, working again, and so I'm puttering around the house. Lots of chores to do, but all day to do them. We've been doing a little work in the kitchen and it's looking so good. Cleaning out closets is next on my list--the ones in the boys' room and the downstairs guest room are just piled with stuff that's on its way OUT. Time for order and space.
In the sewing room, I completed a purse last week and love how it turned out. I bought the pattern when we in Longmont last November and several weeks ago I decided it was time to be brave and tackle something new. Yes, another buffalo to be tamed. It was interesting to make as it had lots of interfacings of various sorts to make it sturdy and firm.
I think I'd like to make another one, this time all out of one fabric. There's a cute red print at the shop that would look good with denim (my uniform!).
And now, I'm off to get to those chores. Or maybe a nap. Hmmm... :-)
Dan is off in Coeur d'Alene, working again, and so I'm puttering around the house. Lots of chores to do, but all day to do them. We've been doing a little work in the kitchen and it's looking so good. Cleaning out closets is next on my list--the ones in the boys' room and the downstairs guest room are just piled with stuff that's on its way OUT. Time for order and space.
In the sewing room, I completed a purse last week and love how it turned out. I bought the pattern when we in Longmont last November and several weeks ago I decided it was time to be brave and tackle something new. Yes, another buffalo to be tamed. It was interesting to make as it had lots of interfacings of various sorts to make it sturdy and firm.
And now, I'm off to get to those chores. Or maybe a nap. Hmmm... :-)
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Bein' A Grammy
Last Wednesday was Ann and Eric's anniversary (15!!) and I got to watch the boys while they went out to dinner. Dan was out of town for the week, so I asked if it would be okay if they brought the boys over here since I'm a world class chicken heart when Dan is out of town and go NOWHERE after seven. I know, how silly of me. But that's the way it is. :-)
We had our usual gourmet meal of chicken nuggets (the Disney ones from Costco), tater tots, and applesauce. Hey, it was boys' night out at Grammy's and nutrition is out the window. They also had ice cream cones.
I managed to capture a couple of pictures of the boys, and then Cameron grabbed the camera while I was on the phone and snapped a couple of me and Daniel. I'm so thankful for computers and cropping because one was so perfect of Daniel, but not so perfect of me.
So here are Cameron and Daniel:
Keaton, playing on the Webkinz site:
And the cropped picture of Daniel:
It was a fun night and I loved every moment. Well, except when we couldn't get the pak 'n play to set up so Daniel could go to bed, but then a miracle happened and we got it to work!
We had our usual gourmet meal of chicken nuggets (the Disney ones from Costco), tater tots, and applesauce. Hey, it was boys' night out at Grammy's and nutrition is out the window. They also had ice cream cones.
I managed to capture a couple of pictures of the boys, and then Cameron grabbed the camera while I was on the phone and snapped a couple of me and Daniel. I'm so thankful for computers and cropping because one was so perfect of Daniel, but not so perfect of me.
So here are Cameron and Daniel:
Keaton, playing on the Webkinz site:
And the cropped picture of Daniel:
It was a fun night and I loved every moment. Well, except when we couldn't get the pak 'n play to set up so Daniel could go to bed, but then a miracle happened and we got it to work!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Same Ol' ...
The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be sun!
Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
'Til there's none!
When I'm stuck a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh
The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
'Til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow!
Tomorrow!
I love ya
Tomorrow!
You're always
A day
A way!
Everybody, let's sing!! Tomorrow, tomorrow... So yeah, it was another dark, gray day here at the inland coast, three hundred and fifty miles from the ocean.
On the bright side, I made a scrumptious soup in my crockpot today. All I can say is, "Yum!" Dan said, "Is there more?" You can find the recipe here. I bought her cookbook, Make It Fast, Cook It Slow, and there are so many recipes I can't wait to try. And it's a fun cookbook to read! Yes, I read cookbooks for pleasure.
I have another project about to begin in the sewing room and hopefully I'll be able to share the start of it in a few days. I'm working at the shop tomorrow and Friday, so sewing will have to wait.
Meanwhile, tomorrow, tomorrow... Hmm, this song is making me think of the movie Dave. Maybe I'll go watch it now!
Meanwhile, tomorrow, tomorrow... Hmm, this song is making me think of the movie Dave. Maybe I'll go watch it now!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Thank You, Eric!
For a week or so I was having strange problems with signing into Blogger so I could comment on blogs. When prompted to sign in, things kept going in circles. I finally figured out how to do a work around, but then even that didn't work. And more problems surfaced: I couldn't log into our spam files, work emails for Dan weren't showing up, and then finally I couldn't log into my blog. The information from Google that would come up was very confusing and I finally talked to son-in-law Eric about it.
I need to explain that the running joke around here is, "Marry our daughter, fix our computers." Those are of course, Dan's words. :-) Anyway, several years ago we needed to change internet providers because we were finally going to go high-speed. Yay!!! Our choices were exactly one because of where our house is located. Eric's family has had their own domain name for quite a while and Eric volunteered to set us up with accounts that would be ours no matter where we got the internet. In other words, our address could stay the same if we were able/decided to switch. We said yes. We then threw a kink into the works and asked him to set it up so Dan's email also came through on mine so I could read it when he's out of town (in the woods). Bless Eric's heart, he was able to do that.
Down to this week: apparently Google and all its subsidiaries reworked things and didn't like how my account was set up. So, they blocked me!! The fix was supposedly easy, but I couldn't get it to work, and hence the call to Eric.
After hours of work and research on Thursday night, he finally was finally able to resolve it by getting me a whole new account with gmail so I could log into my blog, and managed to salvage my original email name for everything else. So now, depending on what I'm doing, I log in one way or the other. Small price to pay. Once again, Eric is my hero and I'm sure I owe him a big batch of cookies. And I owe Ann a lunch out because she lost a whole evening of his company as he worked to bail her mom out.
Computers: can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. Or something like that... And oh yes: In the course of Eric's research on Thursday night, he discovered that many others were also having the same problems and there was much frustration (ie: anger) in cyberspace aimed at Google.
I need to explain that the running joke around here is, "Marry our daughter, fix our computers." Those are of course, Dan's words. :-) Anyway, several years ago we needed to change internet providers because we were finally going to go high-speed. Yay!!! Our choices were exactly one because of where our house is located. Eric's family has had their own domain name for quite a while and Eric volunteered to set us up with accounts that would be ours no matter where we got the internet. In other words, our address could stay the same if we were able/decided to switch. We said yes. We then threw a kink into the works and asked him to set it up so Dan's email also came through on mine so I could read it when he's out of town (in the woods). Bless Eric's heart, he was able to do that.
Down to this week: apparently Google and all its subsidiaries reworked things and didn't like how my account was set up. So, they blocked me!! The fix was supposedly easy, but I couldn't get it to work, and hence the call to Eric.
After hours of work and research on Thursday night, he finally was finally able to resolve it by getting me a whole new account with gmail so I could log into my blog, and managed to salvage my original email name for everything else. So now, depending on what I'm doing, I log in one way or the other. Small price to pay. Once again, Eric is my hero and I'm sure I owe him a big batch of cookies. And I owe Ann a lunch out because she lost a whole evening of his company as he worked to bail her mom out.
Computers: can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. Or something like that... And oh yes: In the course of Eric's research on Thursday night, he discovered that many others were also having the same problems and there was much frustration (ie: anger) in cyberspace aimed at Google.
Monday, June 6, 2011
A Couple of Finishes
Every year our school district hosts an all-schools fifth and sixth grade track meet. Needless to say, I've been to my share of them! This year's, however, was the best: I got to watch Cameron run and I wasn't in charge of twenty-five students for three plus hours. :-)
Dan and I drove to Ann's house where we plunked Daniel in his stroller, and the four of us set out for the track which was only blocks away. The day was sunny but cool, perfect for both the walk and the meet. Our timing was also perfect as they were calling Cameron's first race as we entered the grounds. He was competing in two relay races and as we settled in, we saw his team lining up, and then watched him run across the way to be in position for his leg. They won!
We had a while to wander before his next race, so I enjoyed visiting with my former teaching partners and my principal. (I must confess it was fun to show Daniel off, too!) Then it was time for Cameron's second race. He was again running clean-up, and had to go one and a half times around the track for his leg. When he got the baton, his team was in fifth place. He held steady around the first turn, and then took off, passing them all in short order. He finished first with a quarter of the track distance between him and the second place runner. He sure doesn't take after his Grammy! Ann says all the training his soccer coaches put them through paid off.
And the other finish? My table runner.
Dan and I drove to Ann's house where we plunked Daniel in his stroller, and the four of us set out for the track which was only blocks away. The day was sunny but cool, perfect for both the walk and the meet. Our timing was also perfect as they were calling Cameron's first race as we entered the grounds. He was competing in two relay races and as we settled in, we saw his team lining up, and then watched him run across the way to be in position for his leg. They won!
We had a while to wander before his next race, so I enjoyed visiting with my former teaching partners and my principal. (I must confess it was fun to show Daniel off, too!) Then it was time for Cameron's second race. He was again running clean-up, and had to go one and a half times around the track for his leg. When he got the baton, his team was in fifth place. He held steady around the first turn, and then took off, passing them all in short order. He finished first with a quarter of the track distance between him and the second place runner. He sure doesn't take after his Grammy! Ann says all the training his soccer coaches put them through paid off.
And the other finish? My table runner.
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