Family

Yesterday was a very nice day. We really enjoyed having the kids over that live close, and even GR had a great time. She really enjoyed her self from helping in the kitchen to playing Phase 10 with Chris , Bruce and I in the evening. Today has been good too, we have been lazy for the most part. I went to Curves in the morning and then did some decorating in the afternoon. It has been a good day also.

We are looking forward to Jenny and Lorelai coming in on Sunday. It will be so nice to have them here. Of course Sandy comes in on Monday, and the holiday season begins.

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. Love ya

Didn't take long

Well, I knew that I was looking at a bad time with GR, but I didn't think it would be so fast. Yesterday after noon around 4:30 pm, we were visiting just she and I , (Bruce wasn't home yet )about different things, and we were having a good time I thought, when out of a conversation she started in with not wanting to be here, why did she have to be here, blaming her sisters, and Bruce , she started crying , well I must say I was proud of my self, I let her talk and didn't get upset and listened to her for a bit , and interjected when necessary. We made it through it and it was over by the time Bruce got home at 5:15pm. She struggles here, as she feels lonely in the crowd, she complained that the kids don't talk to her, which isn't true but they don't engage in long conversations with her because she is hard to talk too, any way I am expecting more of these break downs as the days and weeks go bye. And for our children who are coming home, just be prepared, it isn't any thing your doing or will do, but just know that you may see a few of these times while your here. She really can't control her self and I am seeing more of these flare ups now, closer together then I was when she first came here. Hopefully she will have a good day today, but I never know..... Love ya

First week of Curves

Okay, so my first week of going to Curves is over and I must be honest and tell you all I really did enjoy it. I didn't feel out of place or older then most in fact I felt young some days.:) all the women I met there were very nice and very much encouraging. I also felt really good at getting out for 40 min's with out GR. All in all it has been the best birthday gift. I have been trying to stick to the weight management program too, it is alittle hard to understand but I am trying to stick with it any way. I do find the weekend to be a challenge which has always been the case, but I will work with it. I will be returning to my work out tomorrow and I know this will surprise all of you, but I can't wait.....

GR has been pretty good this weekend, and most of last week. She has spent weeks working on curtains that she wants to put up in her bedroom, really quilts for the windows but any way, it has kept her busy for at least a week and a half. However she has not been working on them for the past 3 days. Her sister Sandy is coming into town on Dec. 1, and she is looking forward to that, altho I am sensing that she is alittle worked up over it. I am expecting a change this next week also because Meg and Beckham, return... hurray.... and she will have to put up with them coming and going... and my attention some where else besides on her. Then there is the holidays coming up and the business begins here at the Catanzaro home -stead. So I am bracing my self for some problems but we will handle them as they come. I hope she has a good week with her sister here, she has asked me if I am going to do things with them and my answer is always the same, I am leaving my self open for Jenny and Lorelai. She also asked if she could come see me work out at Curves some day, I didn't answer her but will try to avoid that as much as I can. I get the feeling she doesn't want to do things with Sandy with out me... but I am afraid she is going to be disappointed, because I have no intentions in doing much with them, Jenny and Lorelai and who ever else for my kids that around is my first and for most priority. Any way it should be an interesting to say the least.

I am so excited that Meggan and Beckham are coming home this week. It feels like they have been gone for ever.... so needless to say we are counting the days now... and we have only 3 left. We do hope they have had a great visit there in NH tho ...

Well, I guess this will be it for this post. Hope all is well with each of you. Love ya...

Reflections

Well, tomorrow is my 54 birthday,and our 36th Anniversary. The years have flown bye and yet there is so much that takes place in one's life. There are days when I look at Bruce and think my goodness it was just yesterday that we were in High School dating, and then married and having children. And now I look at our lovely family with all it's additions and think WOW, could I have ever imagined at the time I fell in love that we would have all this! It has been a wonderful life , full of living. I am a very blessed woman, from the love and support I received and still to do to this day from my parents, who I love , to the love of my life, to the best children in the world including our lovely daughter in laws,and wonderful son in law ,to the grandchildren that are the apples of my eye.... for the brothers and sister that I have had a pleasure to be sister to, to the mother in law who with out her I would have never had the love of my life. Needless to say I am thankful for all of you. May God Bless each of you with your desires and dreams and may he take care of each of you. I am thankful for the life I have and look forward to many more years full of living..... Love you all....

Take the Good with the Bad

Hey there, well we made it through another week, we had such a good weekend last weekend when we went up to visit Marc's family.... really did have a great time and Grammy did so well I was very proud of her. It was nice to see the new apt. of Marc's and Satcie's ,it is very nice and it was nice to see her folks. We really had a great time.

Now, to Jenny who thought my calling her little love bug a bad weed, I didn't mean a thing sweet Jen, just a saying however dear daughter.... I'll try to control my self....lol.....

I miss Meggan and Beckham alot... it has been very different not having them come in for lunch each day. I hope they are having a good time.

It has been an okay week as far as GR is concern. Today was alittle hard, it was shopping day and that is always hard, it gets harder each time we go, any way we made it through that. At lunch time she had a melt down over a conversation we had about Sisters, and got mad and went down stairs mad and stayed there all afternoon, crying and all..... I left her be and had a church thing to go to, which I left her here and Bruce came home as I was leaving, so it worked out okay. By the time I got home she was doing okay and we "made up" and went out for the evening. Oh my goodness, can I really make it through this trial? Any way she is doing ok this evening. We went out for ice cream after going to an open house that Bruce had project manage and you should of seen her, she had it all over her by the time we got home... you would have thought it was Beckham eating back there.... she laugh so hard and so did I ..... there are times when she is a 3 yr. old and then other times a teen and then other times an adult. She for the most part has a good sense of humor about her self, but of course there are those times when watch out.....
Any way another weekend is upon us.... we have things to do tomorrow and then Sunday is full.

Hope all is well with each of you. Have a geat weekend....
Love ya

It's all in a day

Goodevening, another week has come and is almost over. We are looking forward to our trip to Marc and Stacies this weekend. It has been a couple of months since I have seen the kids.
It has been an okay week for the most part. Grammy Rose had a bad day today, she spent the morning and half the afternoon crying down stairs , she really wasn't sure why,missing her Donald, but I also think maybe she is anxious about going away for the weekend ,not that she minds going to Marc's and Stacie's but it is out of the routine and she has a real hard time with being out of her element, any way she is doing okay this evening, but is kinda of draggy and seems like she could be set off any moment. I feel bad for her but there really isn't any thing much Bruce and I can do for her, she has to come out of it her self. Hopefully the weekend won't be to much for her, but life has to go on and we will do what we have to do. Well guess that is it for today.. Hope every one else is doing fine... Matt sounds great and enjoying Hawaii, Lorelai is growing like a bad weed and all the rest are doing great. Good night, until next time....

Colonoscopy

Okay, I made it... not something I care to do again for another 10 years. All went well, and they didn't find any thing, so clean bill of help the prep is worse then the procedure it self. It was over and done with before I really knew what was going on. I am tired tonight, but all in all I am fine.

Okay, back to GR... we got through the weekend, wow... not fun. She had a semi bad day Sun. spent the morning crying uncontrollable but by afternoon she was better. Yesterday she was some better and today she had had a good day, she has felt needed and done some things around the house for me today do to me laying low for the rest of the day. She did get alittle upset yesterday when she thought that Bruce didn't want her to go with him to keep him company today while I was in surgery. But once we got that worked out she has done well. She is failing more and more each day, and I see signs of her condition getting worse. But we are still in that half way point. I do get tired of having to explain every thing that is said in her presence that she doesn't understand even if it is a passing conversation between me and Bruce....I know I am moaning again.... I need to stop it ... I know....lol....Any way she seems to be doing better and maybe we can stabilize for a bit. We will see.

Well, guess I will close this now.. still trying to recover some and it is getting time for bed.
Love you all......

Oh what a day....another one!!

Okay, I am so tired after the day I have had but I need to get this written down and so here goes.

Yesterday Meggan GR and myself went to Chris's apt. to help pack the rest of the things that he hasn't had time for and we wanted to do a service project for him as he does so much for all of us. So any way we did that yesterday morning, came home and spent the rest of the day as usually. I mentioned to Meggan that I wanted to come back tomorrow, today, to finish it up and I wanted to go early because I had other things that Bruce wanted to do this afternoon, and because I really wanted some time with Meggan and it is easier with out GR to do most things. And I just need to get away from her some times and have some time to feel like I have a normal life. Any way, she picked me up 8:15 am and we went on our way, GR wasn't even up at that moment. Well, we went on our way and she got up 15 Min's later. I had told Bruce what to tell her, and I guess he did . However, she was in one of those moods and it didn't help, she started saying that I didn't want her around and that first Aunt Sandy didn't want her and now I didn't want her around and she started crying and acting out and had a real melt down. I have been noticing lately that she has been having a hard time with the amount of time I spend on the phone with my daughters, and she has made several comments. I have noticed that she is fine as long I give her all the attention but as soon as my attention is turned away to some one else except Bruce she really gets jealous , so any way Bruce called me about 3 hours after being gone, and told me about this happening , well, I was not happy needless to say, it felt and feels still like I can't leave her for even a few min's because she feels like I am not caring if I do.... well as you all know me.... I was upset with her when I came home an hour later after Bruce's phone call, so I walked into the house and you could have cut the tension with a knife, so I took the bull by the nose and went over to her and told her that we needed to talk, she said no, and I said yes, we have a problem that needed to be resolved. Needles to say she broke out in tears again and we talked or I should say I did most of the talking, but she did say a few things like she missed her family, and she wants to go home, and that her sisters don't miss her because they don't ever see her or call, not true, but in her head it is because she doesn't know time at all. But the thing that got her really in trouble with me was when she said that I didn't want her here, and I am afraid I got alittle stern with her and told her that it wasn't fair that she should say that because if I really didn't want her here she wouldn't be here.... needless to say she did apoligize because she knew I was right, any way I did remind her again about her illness and some other things , and then we got on with our afternoon.
Now I know it is her illness, and I need to have patience with her and I do most of the time, but there are limits even with me. I am not about to give up my time with my daughters, even if it is on the phone ( she hates it that I talk for hours some times on the phone with all of them) and not about her either.... infact very little does it ever concern her ,she has got to get over the fact that I have a life other then her. I feel badly for her and have a great concern for her, but I do have a life beyond her. Any way we are back to normal this evening, Bruce took her to church and we are doing our thing this evening , watching TV before we go to bed.
I hope it is true what they say, that she won't really remember this day for long. It is hard, but for the most part we do really well around here. But if every time I leave her and she gives Bruce a hard time I am afraid we may have more problems then what she is ready for.....time will tell.
Any way keep us in your prayers we need them.
This is it for my rambling tonight. Love ya all.

Return Home

I am home after spending a month with Jenny, Erick, and Lorelai, I guess I didn't spend a month with Lorelai, but did get to spend 2 weeks with her. I enjoyed my time with them and it was great to hold Lorelai and give her love. She is such a sweet baby. I really hated to leave them but it was time to come home and rejoin Bruce and Grammy Rose. Of course Grammy spent the time I was at Jenny's with Mike and Vicky. It was along time to be away.

Since we have been home which was 2 weeks Sat. alot has gone on. Last week was spent going to dr's all week either for her or me. All turned out good for me but we are going to the dr. on Thursday to find out how G. Rose test went. We are hoping to hear good reports . She had a mamagram done and Cat Scan of her lungs. So we will get that report from the doctor. Then next week I am going in for that all dreaded colonoscopy that every one is suppose to have done at my age.... no I am not old thank you.......but getting there.:)

We are gearing up for the holidays, as we are expecting Jenny and Lorelai in on the 30th of Nov. Then Erick and Marc, Stacie and kids come in on the 20th of Dec. I think Matt will be home at that time too. Of course most of you know that he is headed for Hawaii, and will be working over there for 2.5 years to 3 years. As far as we know Meggan and Beckham will be moving there with him after the first of the year. We are not looking forward to them all going, but know that they need to do what is best for them. We will miss them alot, it has been so nice to have them around close for the last 2 years..

On a happier note, we had snow yesterday and the day before, yes snow.... a little early but we love it. It is all melted now tho, but the MT's still have snow on them. It is nice to have the fall weather here, finally after it being so hot all summer. I really love the fall season, it is my favorite time of the year.

Guess this is it for today. Love you all.....

Lorelai

Well it has been a busy week, and to think I have been here over 2 weeks now. But what I came for has happened and she is a sweet baby. Lorelai is her name and what a doll. She is doing so well. And mom and dad are doing well too. Jenny makes a great mom and is a real natural. Erick is the very protective dad, and husband. But the tiredness of a new baby is taking it toll alittle bit I think. He is off for two more days from work and school so hopefully he can get some sleep. I have been doing the needed helping things around the house, and getting my hands on Lorelai every chance I can. Not happening as much I might like as I could just hold her all day, but we all know that she would be so... spoiled when I left it that happened. So I get my loves in when I can. Well thought you all might like to see some pictures so here they are. Until next time, love to all.

Wow what a day....

Wow , what a day.... I went to Meggans this morning to spend some time with her, she lost the baby yeaterday and with Matt out of town she was in need of some company and support. I was so happy to be there for her. I went over at 10 30 am and stayed until 2 45pm. Grammy R didn't want to go and I felt that she would be ok to stay for a couple of hours, as we have done that before. And Bruce would be home for lunch at noon and would stay until 1 pm. Well , little did I realize that this was not a good day to do it. I came home and she was doing ok but was very tired, and complaining about a back ache. She complains about her back from time to time... mine hurts to from time to time so I don't think to much about it with her, any way I asked her if she wanted to have some IB for the pain, and she said oh she had taken some already, well that is ok, except she proceeded to show me what she had taken and she had taken her Equate allergy pills, which is fine also except she had taken two, which also ok because it say's on the pill box that she can take two... so I went ahead and gave her the 2 IB for her pain in her back, well she went down stairs to take a nap because she was sleepy, the allergy pills do that to her any way and she had taken a double dose, well she came up about a half hour later and seemed alittle more lively, but as I started talking to her she was not able to make any sense of what she wanted to say, her words were gone, she not could not say two words that made any sense she was switching from one idea to another faster then I could keep up with.... it was bad, and I for the first time had a glimpes of what we have coming. And she knew she wasn't making sense so it was frustrating her... as I tryed to understand what was going on it occured to me that it must be the med's that made the condition worse, and she was still in a bad way when Bruce came home for supper . So..... yes I learned a couple of things, I can't leave her that long alone and two I need to be moving the med's that we have on the top shelve to a more secure place.... she is failing and we know that it is coming faster then we want . My heart aches for her.... and there is nothing we can do beyond love her and take care of her and keep her safe.
Now also her dog has been sick for a few weeks now, he has been coughing and sneezeing lately and we have had him to the dr. 3 times in the last 3 weeks, any way she is worried about him too and thinks he dying most of the time... she will start crying and get worked up over him, and she had done that this morning.... needless to stay she is struggling. But we are hanging in there and all is well with Bruce and I.
Well this is a long one.... sorry about that, just wanted to jot this down because I am kinda keeping these notes so I can kinda keep track of Grammy R journey... as they say it is a long journey with AD. Love ya all......

Walking to the Senior Center

Today was a nice day, but I am tired. This morning Grammy Rose and I walked to the Sr. Center, and we went in and checked it out. I think she is going to go try it Wed. morning and she wants to go for the whole morning, so we will see. She really wants to make friends and this will be a good place to start, I have let the director know that she does have AD and as long as she tends to her own things like eating and going to bath room by her self, she can be there. So it will work for a bit. The other thing I did was mow the lawn this evening, well I did the usalle out skirts of the lawn while Bruce rode the mower. So needless to say I am very tired.
Tomorrow I have a HM open house with Meggan, and then she has a dr. appt. in the afternoon. I will take GR with us for a bit, but I think she will come home as it is running from 10 - 2pm. We seem to be keeping busy. Well that is it for today, love to all.....

An afternoon with Meggan

Well, here we are finishing up another weekend. It has been a nice one, I had a chance to spend some time with Meggan and Beckham bye my self for a change yesterday afternoon. It was nice to be away from my responsibilities for Grammy Rose. I really enjoyed having the time away. We didn't really do any thing much, we went shopping at Baby R Us, and then went to her house for a short visit. Bruce stayed home with his mom, and then took her to church like he always does each Sat. evening. I must say it made me miss my times with Meggan and Beckham bye my self, but I appreciate the little times like yesterday when I can get them.
Our house has changed some since GR came to live with us. We don' t see our kids near as often as we were, and spending the same amount of time together as a family. It makes us alittle sad I guess, but know that they are doing their own things and getting on with their lives. I guess we have been spoiled alot and have enjoyed the past 2.5 years . But it is rewarding to see our children independent and living good lives. And it isn't like we don't see them of and on, some parents don't get to see their children more then once a year ( like my folks) so I really can't complain.
Well only 2 weeks and I will be visiting with my daughter and have plenty of time as I am staying a month... hope she and her husband don't get tired of me ( you know they will) I am really looking forward to it.
Okay time for bed.... love ya all.

Peach Jam

Makng Jam with Grammy Rose

Well, it has been a busy day here, Grammy and I made jam this afternoon, she helped and did a good job, she did the stirring and ladle it into the jars. I put in the ingredients and made sure all was measured right. She enjoyed it and wanted to know when we were going to do it again...lol.... I was not going to do it with her but she came up stairs and wanted to know where she could start.... soooo what could I say??? It was good for her as she was taken back , when she used to do it . We have berry's from our back yard that will be needing to be done up soon. They are blackberry's. Stacie did my cherry's while she was here. So we will be doing that soon I guess.
She has gone down stairs to watch tv, she gets bored with the olympics which is what we have been watching this week, but that is ok, she likes her space down stairs and enjoys going down there in the evenings.
She didn't watch tv at all down there today, so she was ready .
We also got the yard done tonight, Bruce rode the lawn mower and I did the edge... and grammy swept the front porch area. Need less to say I am tired..... so I will say goodnight.... love ya all.

War in the silverware drawer

Okay, so you all are wondering about the title of this blog.... right....well it has to do with each time Grammy puts away the silver ware she really has a hard time with the spoons and forks.She is for ever moving the forks to where the spoons go, and the spoons are every where.....so it looks like the forks and spoons had a war with each other.... it isn't a problem but I am getting tired of having to fix it each day....lol.... I could just leave it but then we would never find any thing... I appreciate the fact that she can even put dishes away at this point as the day will come when she won't be able to do that . She and I have a good time together right now, we do alot of laughing and she is able to laugh at her self most times. I feel so badly that she is not able to remember the things that she should, but she is doing well and we are happy to have her here with us. I think the hardest thing is knowing what is to come for her, and how much we will miss her even in her condition today. But we take one day at a time right now, and try to enjoy each day as it comes. I feel really blessed that we have this time with her and I am really enjoying getting to know her on a level that I have not ever had.

The day has been a good one, the kids were over for supper and that was nice. We don't see alot of them like we use to, everyone is busy and it is ever changing. We really do enjoy seeing them when we can just like those who live away from us.

Well that is it for today, hope all is well with all of you. Love ya.....

Boring weekend

Good Evening,

Well another weekend has come and gone. I must say it was a very boring one at that. We did nothing all weekend. In fact I am so tired of watching TV, we watched 4 movies yesterday, and the TV has been on all day, between Bruce and Grammy Rose, I am not sure who is worse.:) Any way it really was a long weekend and I am glad tomorrow is Monday.
Even the kids didn't come over all weekend.... except Meggan was over this evening to do a load of wash. She wasn't feeling good tho, with her pregnancy isn't feeling good.

It was another hot day this afternoon, I am looking forward to the Fall season to get here... I am ready for summer to end. It won't be long I hope.

Not much else going on here. All is well here tho and I know this is a little bit of a mummer note, sorry about that.

Have a good night.

Love ya all

Thought I would put a picture of Grammy Rose so all of you could see how she looks today. We rearranged her living room this afternoon, she wanted he couch over by the door and her hutch over by the windows. Oh my that thing is heavy.... but we did it. She has been down there working and will be all evening I am sure. She wanted a change and she got it. Of course she doesn't have the strenght any more so she helps but I have to do the bulk of the work...lol... oh well she is happy.

We ran to the store this morning also, she wanted to do some shopping. We will go back tomorrow tho because I need to do grocery shopping. But she didn't want to wait for tomorrow so we went today for her.... that is the way it goes.

Any way, things are good and it hasn't been as hot today, so that has been nice. Oh yah we did her bills today too... it has been a busy day now that I think about it.

Bruce will be golfing tonight, and so we will have a quiet evening, if she comes up from her mess down there. I will need to go check on her soon and see how she is doing.

Well enough for today, oh yah I forgot to say we had a nice evening with the M&M and C last night. It was a good movie.

Until later....

I just wanted to say Thank you Meggan for helping me with my set up today on my blog page. I am so unable to do the things that I want to do with this computer. I learned alot today. I would like to get a groovey page like Jenny's on my back ground but we couldn't figure out how to do it with out losing all my stuff. Maybe another day.

All is well here, we enjoyed watching Beckham today but he was a wild man....

I did want to tell everyone that I had a Candide talk with Grammy Rose about her condition and illness, and it went well. She is trying so hard to do what she is suppose to do, but I think she really doesn't or didn't have a clue to how bad her illness will be , she has some resentment with her sisters as to why they couldn't take care of her, and we are working on that, she is the one who has to work on it, but it was good talk. It was just her and I and we really did well. She did say that she hates that she can't make the words come out when she wants them to. She also said that she hates that she perceives that every one looks at her as if she is stupid. Again her perception. Any way it went well and I was honest with her about her illness and what is to come, you might say I really didn't hold back much, and she seemed to appreciate it.

Well I really need to get going on some thing else. Have a great rest of the day, until next time, love ya.

Hot Tuesday

It is a lazy day.... Hannah is here and will be until her folks pick her up and they leave on Sunday. We are happy to have her with us for a couple of days. She is busy doing scrape booking right now. Grammy Rose is down stairs working on curtains for her living room, it is keeping her busy and she will be busy for the next couple of days I am sure , she is slower these days then she use to be. She is enjoying her rooms more and more down there. I am glad she likes it here. We enjoy her being here too. I do get tired of having some one around all the time, but I am doing good. All is well with the rest of us. Bruce has been very busy with work lately but does find time to golf twice a week with our sons. He is looking forward to Marc coming in to play thursday night with the boys, it always better when there are 4 of them because then no one is left out . LOL I started up on my Heritage Makers again, I am glad to have it back, I have so many books to make. We are looking forward to seeing the family from Idaho this week, it has been a long time since we have seen the boys, since March I think. It will be nice to see them. I talked with Jenny this afternoon, she sounds great. I am excited to see her in Aug/Sept. It will be nice and exciting to be there with our newest grandbaby. Our family is growing fast .... I am also excited to have our next grandbaby from the Matt and Meggan family born in March, and glad that it will be close by so I can get my hugs and kisses all the time.... it has been very nice that Beckham has been close by , and I wish all my grandkids could be that close where I could get all my hugs and kisses.... but the older they get the less they give hugs and kisses , but it would be nice to see all of them from afar nearer.... but we will take them when we can. It has been very hot around and I am sick of summer and I don't mind telling you that.... I am looking forward to winter again. I hope we get alot of snow like last year..... I really do. Well until next time hope this finds you all well and happy and healthy. Love ya.....

Long time No time

Goodevening, it has been a while since I got on this blog site, it however has been busy around here. I have been to Ill. since the last blog, and got home and now grammy's things have come we have been very busy setting her up in her space. it is coming along tho and each day it gets alittle more homey down there and she seems to be comfortable. She is doing ok, she fell last night triped over the dogs little stairs to the chair and fell backwards and went to the floor on her back, she hit her head on the rocker and has a nice bump on her head today. She is doing ok today, but is sore. She is some what unsteady these days, but for the most part is doing well.
We got our lawn water system fixed , I am so happy, our grass was getting really burned out. I am happy to have it back.
Meggan and Beckham are in Idaho visiting with Marc and family, they seem to be enjoying it alot. We have missed she and B. at lunch time, it is too.... quiet.....LOL:)
Hope all is well every one. Until next time
Love ya

Tuesday Night

Goodevening, well another day has gone by and it has been a fast one. I didn't get to do much of what I wanted to do, I had many plans to get my house work done, but I went VT this morning, and then this afernoon I worked on Meggans curtains, I did get my kitchen floor mopped , but I didn't get the other work done, oh well there is always tomorrow. Grammy's truck is getting ever so closer and will be here day after tomorrow. I guess we are ready for it, just a few more things to move around and then we will be ready.
She is doing well,she did do something funny today, this morning she put tea bags in her coffee maker instead of coffee and still thought she was drinking coffee. She did her bills tody too which is always hard for her, but she got them done with help. She gets confused but at times she is very much with it. Its one day at a time, she goes back to the dr. on July 10th. We will see what he thinks on how she is doing. All in all we are doing well. Guess that is enough for tonight... until next time.

Back Home

Well, back home again, and it has been a quiet day, just catching up. I even took a nap this afternoon, haven't done that in a long time. Meg and B came over for supper , we had breakfast for supper, it was good. Meggan made a lemon poppy seed bread that was great, and we had egg and bacon and hash browns. She went home around 7 30 pm, and since then we have been watching tv, and getting ready for our week. Oh I took that test that was on Amiees site, and it came out The Caregiver... figure that.... I tryed to copy it but didn't know how. Any way it fit me to a tee I think. Well all is well here, and tomorrow is another begining to a big week, grammy's truck comes on thrusday, and the fun begins. Guess this will be it for this post. Love all of you so much, and Meggan your blog today was really great, you have come such a long way... and your doing great. Until tomorrow.....

BABYSITING A MOLLY DOG

Good evening every one, yes we are baby sitting baby dog Molly, she has company at her house and they are not being very nice to her so she ran away from home and came to Grammies house to be protected, however she has an uncle dog here that doesn't think she should be here, so she is not wanted any where at this point, however Uncle Red has been spoken to, and he is being kinder to her.... Grammy will protect her any way... oh ya and she got a treat after supper tonight..... shhhhhh.... Molly's mom won't be happy with Grammy. It was just the left over hamburg from supper and that was it..... so all is cool.

Every thing else is well here, Grammy Rose worked out in her garden all morning and alittle in the afternoon, until I asked if she didn't think she should come in because it was hot and she was getting really tired. She came in and has been resting a watching TV every since. We are getting ready to travel Sat. and pack up her house. I will be happy to get it over.

It was nice to day, but it is suppose to get cooler and rainy again.... I must say I am not going to complain.

Well every one have a good evening.... love ya all.

Friday, shopping day

Good afternoon, well we have been out to the store and shopped until we dropped, Grammy Rose, and I both are tired, now we have settled down for an afternoon movie. We do that each afternoon, and she generally takes a nap in her chair too. It is a dreary afternoon, looks like it could be rainy this afternoon and evening. It will be a good evening to stay in. I think Bruce and I will go back to the store this evening, because I forgot a few things, so we will leave Grammy home and go bye our selves. All is well for the most part, Grammy is a little more confused today, but that is typical when I take her out of her routine. We will be getting ready for our trip a week from tomorrow... I will be glad to get it over with as will she. I have a feeling it is going to be a hard week but we will manage. Well have a great weekend kids.
Love ya,

Rainy Day

Hey all.... well it has been a quiet day here. It has been a stay in kind of day and we have been laying low. Grammy gave her dog a bath today, and I did bills and made browines and fixed supper. All in all it was a quiet day. We are getting ready to go to Ill. next weekend. I am not thinking about it too much, but I will be getting ready next week. Grammy rose is doing well and has had good day. Well enough for tonight... Love ya all

Dreary Tuesday

It has been a good but dreary day here. This morning I mowed the lawn, the front one, got that done. I should do the back yard too but it is sprinkling out so I won't be doing it tonight. It was easier for me to do it this time and it wasn't so hot which was good.

Our plans for moving grammy Rose out here has changed a little, she and I are going to fly back to Ill. to pack her house up, and then a trucking company is coming in to pack a truck and bring it out here and unload it, the dates have changed too, we will be leaving June 14, and return June 21st. It should go well tho and this will give grammy Rose a chance to say good bye to her house and have closer and I think she needs that. I am not anxious to fly or travel one more time but it is necessary. I will be happy to get it done. I did want to say that the change came about because Chris talked with grammy Rose, he can work mircles with her some times.... so we thank him.

Well enough rambling for today... hope all of you are well. Until next time....

Monday another week has begun

Hi again,
Well i had m Dr. appt today, it fine. I have a Limpoma, or another word, a fatty tumor, that is none cancerous. I am going to go to a surgeon to have a second opinion done, but he didn't think that I would need surgery. I go to the surgeon on next Monday. So that is it for me and the dr.
Grammy Rose is doing well also, she is findin it hard to concentrate on her move , as it is on her mind all the time and is making her alittle neverous and upset but for the most part we are doing well. I will be glad when we get her settled. The plans have changed alittle, since lunch time, we have decided that she and I will go pack her house up and have movers come in and move it for us, so that means she and I will fly back for a week, and we will pack the house and then a trucking company will come in and pack every thing on a truck and bring it out here. She is good with that today, so we really must get it in cerment before she changes her mind again. LOL.... She has been working in her garden today alot, trying to stay busy, and that is good for her she will sleep well tonight. Red the dog is doing well, spoiled rotten, but good just the same. Bruce and I are doing well too, I think Bruce thinks he is going to go crazy with two woman in the house, oh well he will survive. Well kido's that is it for today... Unitl tomorrow, love you all.

Sunday

The day has been the same as any other Sunday, church from 11am to 2 pm, then home to eat lunch, and now we are watching tv and resting for the afternoon. Every thing is going well, and we are having a quiet afternoon. I think Meggan and Beckham will be over for supper tonight. Matt has been working on a job that is finishing up today. Maybe he will be able to get to come home to his family.It is hot today, but we are trying not to put the air on, but we will see how it goes. Bruce has meetings this afternoon and evening, so it will be just grammy Rose and I here for a bit. Well this is it for today.....

Another weekend

Well, I am going to try this blog thing since all my children are doing it. And I have a few siblings that are doing it too, so here goes. It has been a good day, I helped grammy Rose, with her paper work, and bills ths morning. She had a hard morning, for alittle bit, but got over it fast and we were on to other things. We went to Meggans this afternoon, for a bit, she called and I was glad she did. All in all things are going well, grammy has made up her mind to stay here with us... and we are going to get her things in July. I think she and I will be flying out to Ill. on the 12th of July , so we can go pack up her house and then Bruce and Chris will come in a week later and drive the truck back. It will be nice to have it done with have her settled. Her dr. appt went well thursday and he told her that she has Alzh. diease. She will go back in July to see him again.Well I am going to post this and we will see how it goes.

Goodnight all....