Some Pictures With Friends

Thank you John and Donna for a nice afternoon.

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Saturday

All is good on the farm today.
The goose laid an egg and the ducks have three in the nest. We won't have baby geese because we don't have a boy goose, but when the ducks get between 8 and 12 eggs they will start sitting and with any luck we will have baby ducks pretty soon!

Gk slept really well last night and feels good today. We are going to Dohn and Jonna's for dinner tonight and he is really looking forward to that. Mike just went to town to get the guts for my signature dessert dish....Cool whip surprise Delight.
I don't know if it's anyones favorite, but it's what I know. I need to think about what the surprise will be today.

I wish I could wave a magic wand and be skinny. I am so tired of being fat. My bones hurt, my clothes don't fit and I am soo uncomfortable. All the time. I have to do something. It may be time to resort to something radical. Exersise. I'm not saying I will, I'm just considering it. I wish I could just become one of those crazy extremist's who only eat healthy food because they can't handle the thought of preservatives and sugar. You know, like a peetist or a vulcan. Heres what worry's me about losing weight. What if I lost so much that I turned into a saggy sack. have you seen Courtney Love? GROSS. What about Oprah? she's really fleshy too. I'm not saying it's better to be fat, but at least you fill out your skin.

News flash.
Wyatt say's he's done playing with dolls and no longer wants to be a designer.
He was in town last night and only looked at boy toys. I figure it's because he has all the girl toys and needs some varitey.
A part of me would be very sad to see him grow out of this stage, but if he wants to play with Lego's and Ninja Turttles, so be it. He got a new bucket of clay and is making claymation things. He digs that, and it's still creative. He didn't even want to watch Project Runway with me today though. Oh well, they all grow up sooner or later.

K, ready for this............
JA called from Texas early this morning and woke us up. He called to say he is sending Wyatt something his Dad carved out of wood. He must of felt compelled to honesty because he told Mike he would be going back to work in 30 days. He has already been off 30. Know why??????
Suspension for failing a DRUG test.
HA!
I swear, just when I think that creep gets away with everything he fry's his own bacon.
Failing a drug test. can you believe it! Jack Swafford, Mr. Anti-Drug. Got baked at a bbq and tagged the NEXT day!
Good things do come to those who wait, and trust me, I've been waiting. So, Monday morning I will call Clemmie in Texas and fill her in on what happened and with any luck the judge will take stonger action against him. This also takes care of any more conversation with Jack about Wyatt coming for any Texas vacation time.
Hmmm.... I wonder how Charlene feels about sending Dalton to live with his Dad now. Two weeks after he gets there Jack loses his job for two months for smokin' dope. I bet she has to send more money so they can still afford smokes and vodka.
I shouldn't gloat. That isn't nice. HaHa!!!!! HA!

Later!

Game Day Sunday

Mike, Julie, Becky, Pat and KIDS!
Have a good time and a hot dog for me!!

City Dump

Did everyone get the David Copperfield e-mail kelly sent to me that I sent to everyone?
Freaky creepy! How does stuff like that work? Remember the one about the toes? I don't remember what it was but it was creepy to.

I'm cleaning today. Feh. Yech. Ick.
Why is it I don't mind cleaning at the big house, but something about my own filth bothers me. I have the bathroom soaking as we speak and next I need to clean Wyetti's room. That place is a real hogpile. I can't imagine how he pigs that room up so fast. Sometimes in the morning when I go to wake him up I cant even see him. I need to clean, throw out half of everything and organize the rest. The worst part is when he gets home, he will love the clean room, but not miss a thing that's gone because he has so much crap. They say every time you bring something new in, take something old out. I remember when I was a kid my Mom telling me to clean my room. She would set a timer. Once when I didn't finish she came in and dumped EVERYTHING out in the middle of the room. EVERYTHING. Another time I didn't do a good job and came home from school and EVERYTHING had been thrown out my second story bedroom window. EVERYTHING. Even my bed. I wish they had prozac back then, I think one of us needed it. Anyway, I won't lose my mind over Wyatt's room and he will be so surprised when he gets home. It will be a good thing. I need to get his closet ready for kitten delivery pretty soon too. For some reason Oreo always goes in his closet to have her babies. Maybe she feels safe in the mess. Like she blends in and won't be noticed.

John got the cabinet doors back in today. I am ashamed to say, they look great. I am ashamed to say it because I was so against it. He did a very good job and they look sooo nice. This afternoon or tomorrow I will wash everything on the shelves and arrange it so the teacups are on the bottom shelf where you can see them. I think Grammy would have really liked it.
I will take a picture when I have everything cleaned up.
I watered all the flowers this morning and the fushia's are growing so fast. They are the upright kind and I think they will do well. Julie bought some geraniums at Costco and they are the really big hearty kind. So pretty, and they are doing really well to. The roses are starting to get their leaves and have all been pruned back. They didn't do so good last year, really leggy and sparse. Lets hope for better this year.

Gk was up at 2:30 this morning. He said he just couldn't sleep. He got up and sat in his chair with the dogs and watched CNN.
I feel so bad and wish there was something more I could do. He talked to his oldest sister in Minnesota last night. He was happy to talk with her but it also makes him sad. I think he misses his family a lot right now. I know how much he misses Grammy and how empty the house feels. It's a void that can't be filled for him now. He can try and keep his mind busy, but you know it keeps drifting back to Grammy. It's like he goes along and is o.k for a time and then something strikes him and you can see the look in his eyes, he just gets filled with sadness. The death certificate came in the mail yesterday and that was just one more thing to make it real. So sad.
Listen to this.
I wrote an obit for the paper.
Modest, non-wordy, pleasant, nice.
350.00$$
Can you believe that!
So what I think I am going to do is have it printed on some pretty paper and mail it to everyone. What do you think of that idea? I won't even charge anyone. I'll let you know if I get ot done, and then you can let me know if you want a copy or how many copies you want.

Wyatt's Nintendo charger just arrived via UPS. He will be very excited. He never played until the cousins were her, and now he loves it. I think we may have to buy him another game.
Oh yeah......get this.
Jack Ass called last night, all drunked up.
When Wyatt told him his Grammy had died JA asked to talk to me and started CRYING, saying how sorry he was for our loss and that he feels our pain. What an idiot. He also told me that I would be getting child support again soon. He had been laid off for doing something he was "very ashamed of" but got to go back to work soon. Don't ask, I didn't touch it. I didn't want to know. I doubt I will see any money any time soon.

Mike just called and said he is having a good day. He is on his second load. The first went to Seaside, and this one is from Longview to Molalla. Val, do you remember when we drove from Bellingham to Longview in search of Cowboy Clint. I was going to confess my love and move to Texas with him. Then we figured out he had gone to Longview Texas and not Longview Washington. Long trip, but a good time.
Anywho, back to Mike. He almost had a stroke last night over his KFC. They messed his order up TWO times in a row. He was all fired up. The Jerkoff 17 year old manager throwing his weight around didn't help matters. Thinking back it's kind of funny, but last night it was serious business.
O.k, I think that's all for now. I need to go find an old toothbrush and clean the tub.

Bye Bye

Happy Birthday

Uncle John!
70 Today : )

Gk and Uncle John went to town this morning to get dog treats and insure the truck. GK says he wants a new seat cover for it to, so they may swing into schucks.
John brought the neighbor a sausage mcmuffin for breakfast today and that was a huge hit! So he had cereal and sausage.
Good way to start the day.
Gk has most of his tax stuff in order, he has been going through it for a few days now and I think is just about done.
The kitchen table is covered and gawd only knows his system but I think he's got a handle on it.

Minnesota called last night and was happy to hear the good report from GK's doctor. They said they have snow and it's pretty cold there. I told Hutsie I hadn't cleaned the windows yet, so maybe that will inspire her to come visit again soon. She said she only uses Prell shampoo and water and it cleans better than anything else.
The problem is that the windows on the end of the house are about 15 feet up and on a hill. I think we will need to get scafolding to do it and take off the 30 year old storm windows. Maybe I'll invite Julie down for some "special sister time".
She likes to clean stuff. I could hold the hose.

Kelly called to say she made it home ok. They were having snow too and the house was pretty chilly. The people who are renting their cabin had been doing laundry there while she was gone. Their washer went t.u so they just used Kelly's. I told her I thought that was kinda creepy and to get back at them offer to do another load for them and throw the kids dirty socks and underpants in the same load. Stuff like that really grosses out non-parents. She wasn't sure if she was going to work today, but the kids would be in school for sure.

I am just kind of out of it today. With Gk gone to town and everybody gone things are very quiet. I feel like I should be next door, but theres nobody there. I have the laundry done, dishes done, dogs tended to and....that's it. Nothing else to do at the big house. I guess that means I could do our laundry, dishes, dusting and vacuming but I don't really want to. Our STINK dogs need a bath but yuck, I don't want to do that. Maybe I should start with a shower and see how things shake out from there. I got on the scale this morning and in the three weeks I have been off weight watchers I only gained four pounds.
I started smoking again though so that could be part of the reason I didn't gain twenty. Hutsie told me last night her clothes shrank a little while they were here, I told her it was just the humidity.

I guess I'll go call Julie and see what she is doing. That should kill half an hour or so. I wonder if I should shower first.
Maybe not, she can only hear me on the phone, not see or smell me.

Ciao 4 now

Shhhhhhh

You can almost hear a pin drop.
Nobody is here.
The t.v is turned off.
Wyatt is at school.
Mike is at work.
The dogs are sleeping.
All the family has gone home.
The neighbor is at his house listening to his quiet.

I cried when I dropped kelly and the boys off at the airport.
I cried till I called Julie and told her I was crying and that I felt like a retard for crying.
She made me feel better.
I cried when she and her family left.
I cried when GK's family from Minnesota left.
I hope I'm done crying for a while.

If you would have told me a month ago how things were going to go starting that Tuesday that Gk went to the Hospital, I dont know if I would have believed you.
I just checked, that was March 20th.
As I sit here and think about everything, it hardly seems real.
I'm going to quit thinking about it, because I don't want to start crying again.

This is what I want to say.
Thank you to every one of you who sent cards and letters.
Thank you to everyone who called with kind words of support.
Thank you to everyone who came to be part of the greiving and part of the healing.
Thank you to everyone who was here to support and love Grampy.
Thank you to everyone who did dishes, folded laundry, walked dogs, cooked dinners, laughed, cried, shopped, talked, smiled, swam and sang.

Life goes on.
I know this is true because I missed GH today while I was at the grocery store.
I think I need to get tiVo.

Gk went to the doctor today.
All his levels are great.
He doesn't have to go back for two weeks.
That makes him really happy.
Red blood and calcium are both where they should be.

We went to the pool again last night and had a great time.
The Gerbers are really good swimmers and go off the diving board and down the slide.
Again, Wyatt was banished to the short end, so I am signing him up for swim lessons.
I think they start the 23rd.
That will give him something to look forward to and maybe make some new friends.

Our cat Oreo Cookie is knocked up again.
Anyone want an Oregon Kitten?
Not such a big deal here in Oregon, but anywhere else might be a big deal.
Your friends would say..."My, what a cute kitten"
You could then say....."Yes, he/she's an OREGON kitten. Quite rare to this area"
Think about it and let me know.

Wyatt's home.
The dogs need to go out.
GK is calling.
Mike will be home in a few minutes.
Life goes on.
This I know.