Daddy takes a picture of Lexie brushing her teeth with the new toothbrush her Daddy got from the dentist.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
What it all comes down to, Is that everythiing going to be fine, fine, fine...
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Oh that darned dog! We were all getting in the car yesterday after work. Frank had Thumpers door open and he jumped in. I opened Lexie’s door and she was at the end of the driveway looking at the pile of dirt the city workers had piled in the court. Thumper noticed it too and leapt out of the car to investigate. He got a wild hair up his wazoo, and after a quick sniff of the dirt pile he trotted of towards the entrance of the court. This is a big no-no, and he usually sticks to the houses farthest back. As he headed towards the street, a cat raced by and went in the yard of the corner house. He tore after it, but was quickly distracted by two teen boys bicycling across the street. So, hackles three inches in the air, he sprinted after them. I let out a blood curdling command, “Thumper! No! Get back here no!” Which was really only helpful at slowing him down and attracting the boys attention so they were forewarned. The boys cried out in amazed fear. I, of course, know that Thumper would never touch them…All bark, no bite. But they saw 70 pounds of German Shepard roaring at them. Thumper came back to me most of the way when I called, then thought it was more fun to scare them, so he did a u-turn and went at them again. Yep, same reaction. They were still just as terrified for the second round. Finally, he came back, but decided to go up the street the other direction towards a yard with a dog he visits when Frank takes him for a walk. Another blood curdling invective from myself, but nothing from Thump. When I said the heck with it and walked back towards the court and the house, he decided he’d better follow me and raced past me. Then he had a brief encounter with a construction worker who was doing something with the caution tape, construction cones, and pile of earth they dug up. Awkward encounter, but brief. I told the guy he wouldn’t bite (yeah, always believe that one, huh), walked past the two of them, opened the car door, and bellowed at Thump to get in the car. He reluctantly complied, and we we’re on our way. I hope this doesn’t become too much an issue for him. At the Safeway parking lot he tried again when I opened the door to get Lexie out. He bolted over her, and I barely caught him, front paws on the blacktop, by the scruff of the neck and pushed him back in. I scolded him fiercely as I undid Lexie’s safety belts. Luckily, this time I was wary of him, so when I opened the door I wasn’t alarmed that he tried to escape.
Word(s) of the day: CIRCUS CLOWN
Lexie log: Yep, that’s right, we’re going to the circus Saturday. VIP tickets, reserved section, elephant rides, clowns, and all. I can hardly wait. I must get the cameras ready. – Lexie now has a wall in the kitchen just for her art. It is the wall we used as a Christmas tree, our Christmas wall. Well there are still a few leftovers from Christmas, but slowly Lexie’s crayon, paint and sticker art pieces are taking over. I think it will be splendid when it takes up the whole wall. Last night she did two sticker pieces, both princess and flower/heart stickers on pink and orange crate paper.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, no headache for the first time in over a month-Thank-you Carrie, the Circus, weekends, audio books, and life.
Oh that darned dog! We were all getting in the car yesterday after work. Frank had Thumpers door open and he jumped in. I opened Lexie’s door and she was at the end of the driveway looking at the pile of dirt the city workers had piled in the court. Thumper noticed it too and leapt out of the car to investigate. He got a wild hair up his wazoo, and after a quick sniff of the dirt pile he trotted of towards the entrance of the court. This is a big no-no, and he usually sticks to the houses farthest back. As he headed towards the street, a cat raced by and went in the yard of the corner house. He tore after it, but was quickly distracted by two teen boys bicycling across the street. So, hackles three inches in the air, he sprinted after them. I let out a blood curdling command, “Thumper! No! Get back here no!” Which was really only helpful at slowing him down and attracting the boys attention so they were forewarned. The boys cried out in amazed fear. I, of course, know that Thumper would never touch them…All bark, no bite. But they saw 70 pounds of German Shepard roaring at them. Thumper came back to me most of the way when I called, then thought it was more fun to scare them, so he did a u-turn and went at them again. Yep, same reaction. They were still just as terrified for the second round. Finally, he came back, but decided to go up the street the other direction towards a yard with a dog he visits when Frank takes him for a walk. Another blood curdling invective from myself, but nothing from Thump. When I said the heck with it and walked back towards the court and the house, he decided he’d better follow me and raced past me. Then he had a brief encounter with a construction worker who was doing something with the caution tape, construction cones, and pile of earth they dug up. Awkward encounter, but brief. I told the guy he wouldn’t bite (yeah, always believe that one, huh), walked past the two of them, opened the car door, and bellowed at Thump to get in the car. He reluctantly complied, and we we’re on our way. I hope this doesn’t become too much an issue for him. At the Safeway parking lot he tried again when I opened the door to get Lexie out. He bolted over her, and I barely caught him, front paws on the blacktop, by the scruff of the neck and pushed him back in. I scolded him fiercely as I undid Lexie’s safety belts. Luckily, this time I was wary of him, so when I opened the door I wasn’t alarmed that he tried to escape.
Word(s) of the day: CIRCUS CLOWN
Lexie log: Yep, that’s right, we’re going to the circus Saturday. VIP tickets, reserved section, elephant rides, clowns, and all. I can hardly wait. I must get the cameras ready. – Lexie now has a wall in the kitchen just for her art. It is the wall we used as a Christmas tree, our Christmas wall. Well there are still a few leftovers from Christmas, but slowly Lexie’s crayon, paint and sticker art pieces are taking over. I think it will be splendid when it takes up the whole wall. Last night she did two sticker pieces, both princess and flower/heart stickers on pink and orange crate paper.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, no headache for the first time in over a month-Thank-you Carrie, the Circus, weekends, audio books, and life.
Monday, March 27, 2006
There's a little black spot on the sun today, Same old thing as yesterday...
Monday, March 27, 2006
Well, another super weekend. Saturday we went on our weekly trip to Dittler’s. This was an interesting trip. As we drove there, Frank pointed out the sky showing impending wetness. We knew that we would only be there a short time before rain encouraged up back to the car. But, we were still determined to make a ‘run’ of it. So, Thumper got in a couple swims, and I ‘oooooh’d and ‘aaahhh’d at the sky and the atmosphere. The Southwest sky was black and green, good stormy colors. The Northeast sky was White with a hint of grey, super bright. This caused the lighting to be eerie and wonderful. We were running later than usual, so we happened to be there as the tide was going out. Truly amazing. The closest I’ve seen to it was in Alaska on our fishing trip. It was like someone pulled the stopper out of the Columbia and all the water was washing away, but still with a current. There had been dozens of sailboats a little to our west when we showed up. Just before the green/black skys came upon us, the sailboats all started moving our direction. A chilly breeze picked up. We could see the wall of water coming from the sky about a mile away. A couple fat, icy droplets of water slapped my forehead. We put Thumper back on the leash and headed back up the beach. We had only gotten a couple yards when the skies opened up pouring torrential buckets of rain and ice on us. Thumper pulled Frank up the wet sandy beach to the car, but Lexie was like a little anchor. She kept yelling that it was raining too much, but she moved slower than molasses to keep up with me. So I swung her over my shoulder (she must be about 40 pounds by now) and continued to trudge up the wet sandy slope. I got almost to the top before I had to put her down. We were all completely drenched. It would have been pointless to towel off Thumper, since we were swimming in the sky already, so when Lexie and I finally made it to the car, Frank and Thumper were sitting inside listening to the ice pelt the metal frame. After we finally got going, Thumper got a good shake in, coating the back seat, and Lexie, with wetness of the dog. We all laughed. We tried again yesterday and had a much dryer go of it. – As soon and my visa card is paid off, I sent the payment today, I’m getting an iPod. I hope it won’t affect my blogging too much, but I’m going to start walking at lunch. Either outside or at the gym, but I have to start. I’m seeing Dr. Johnson Wednesday to talk about my blood pressure. The closest it has ever been to normal was when I was pregnant, and even then it was high. Every other doctor I’ve had has said that if it doesn’t go down, they want to put me on medication, and then I move or switch doctors. So far, every time I’ve seen Johnson, he’s brushed it aside since I’m always coming in for other issues. This time I’m making the appointment all about this issue. I know that with diet and exercise, it will help, but I’m no longer willing to be taking this constant risk in the mean time. It’s actually causing me fear and stress to worry about it so much. So, my blog time may decrease to only a couple days a week, but it’s worth it.
Word(s) of the day: IMPETULANCE
Lexie log: Boy, we really need to start our Saturday night swims again. She is getting excellent at her listening and following instructions…except when it comes to her kicking and not using her hands. Shortly after she pushes off, she starting doing some vertical inchworm/dolphin maneuver while she dog paddles with her hands. It’s ridiculous looking, and during playtime it would be hysterical. So, since we stopped going Saturday nights, she adds a little more playtime in on Sunday. At least she had fun. – Saturday, after our hail storm, we went to Gramma Betty’s. Gramma climbed into the front seat and made Daddy sit in back with a very wet dog. Lexie continuously spoke about how it was really, really raining too much. She is very independently picking her own clothes out now, when I walked in her room before we left, she had already picked out what she was going to wear and putting it on. Of course, she picked a summer time tank top, Capri pants, and sandals. I gave in, figuring we could always layer once we got there. So…it was warm enough for her outfit and a sweat coat…until the hailstorm. Now she sate in the back seat drenched. The first thing we did at Fred Meyers was head for the 60% discount clearance rack and I picked out blue sweat pants and a purple shirt. Gramma went and bought them, and while she was in line, I found a pair of purple fuzzy slippers that Lex fell in love with. I took them to another line and bought them. Super deal, they were in the clearance area and had been marked down from nine something, to seven something, but when the clerk rang them up, they were only $1.99. Hehe. We went into the restroom and changed her. She was a doll, and the other patrons in the bathroom all talked with her as they waited to wash up. – Yesterday, we went to the river again after swim. This time I brought along a bucket and some other things for her to play with, and she enjoyed herself more than any other time. I created a channel for water to come up the beach and showed her how to pack sand into a cup and start building a sand castle. She threw a fit when it was time to go.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, family, beaches, sand, rivers, weekends, atmosphere, and life.
Well, another super weekend. Saturday we went on our weekly trip to Dittler’s. This was an interesting trip. As we drove there, Frank pointed out the sky showing impending wetness. We knew that we would only be there a short time before rain encouraged up back to the car. But, we were still determined to make a ‘run’ of it. So, Thumper got in a couple swims, and I ‘oooooh’d and ‘aaahhh’d at the sky and the atmosphere. The Southwest sky was black and green, good stormy colors. The Northeast sky was White with a hint of grey, super bright. This caused the lighting to be eerie and wonderful. We were running later than usual, so we happened to be there as the tide was going out. Truly amazing. The closest I’ve seen to it was in Alaska on our fishing trip. It was like someone pulled the stopper out of the Columbia and all the water was washing away, but still with a current. There had been dozens of sailboats a little to our west when we showed up. Just before the green/black skys came upon us, the sailboats all started moving our direction. A chilly breeze picked up. We could see the wall of water coming from the sky about a mile away. A couple fat, icy droplets of water slapped my forehead. We put Thumper back on the leash and headed back up the beach. We had only gotten a couple yards when the skies opened up pouring torrential buckets of rain and ice on us. Thumper pulled Frank up the wet sandy beach to the car, but Lexie was like a little anchor. She kept yelling that it was raining too much, but she moved slower than molasses to keep up with me. So I swung her over my shoulder (she must be about 40 pounds by now) and continued to trudge up the wet sandy slope. I got almost to the top before I had to put her down. We were all completely drenched. It would have been pointless to towel off Thumper, since we were swimming in the sky already, so when Lexie and I finally made it to the car, Frank and Thumper were sitting inside listening to the ice pelt the metal frame. After we finally got going, Thumper got a good shake in, coating the back seat, and Lexie, with wetness of the dog. We all laughed. We tried again yesterday and had a much dryer go of it. – As soon and my visa card is paid off, I sent the payment today, I’m getting an iPod. I hope it won’t affect my blogging too much, but I’m going to start walking at lunch. Either outside or at the gym, but I have to start. I’m seeing Dr. Johnson Wednesday to talk about my blood pressure. The closest it has ever been to normal was when I was pregnant, and even then it was high. Every other doctor I’ve had has said that if it doesn’t go down, they want to put me on medication, and then I move or switch doctors. So far, every time I’ve seen Johnson, he’s brushed it aside since I’m always coming in for other issues. This time I’m making the appointment all about this issue. I know that with diet and exercise, it will help, but I’m no longer willing to be taking this constant risk in the mean time. It’s actually causing me fear and stress to worry about it so much. So, my blog time may decrease to only a couple days a week, but it’s worth it.
Word(s) of the day: IMPETULANCE
Lexie log: Boy, we really need to start our Saturday night swims again. She is getting excellent at her listening and following instructions…except when it comes to her kicking and not using her hands. Shortly after she pushes off, she starting doing some vertical inchworm/dolphin maneuver while she dog paddles with her hands. It’s ridiculous looking, and during playtime it would be hysterical. So, since we stopped going Saturday nights, she adds a little more playtime in on Sunday. At least she had fun. – Saturday, after our hail storm, we went to Gramma Betty’s. Gramma climbed into the front seat and made Daddy sit in back with a very wet dog. Lexie continuously spoke about how it was really, really raining too much. She is very independently picking her own clothes out now, when I walked in her room before we left, she had already picked out what she was going to wear and putting it on. Of course, she picked a summer time tank top, Capri pants, and sandals. I gave in, figuring we could always layer once we got there. So…it was warm enough for her outfit and a sweat coat…until the hailstorm. Now she sate in the back seat drenched. The first thing we did at Fred Meyers was head for the 60% discount clearance rack and I picked out blue sweat pants and a purple shirt. Gramma went and bought them, and while she was in line, I found a pair of purple fuzzy slippers that Lex fell in love with. I took them to another line and bought them. Super deal, they were in the clearance area and had been marked down from nine something, to seven something, but when the clerk rang them up, they were only $1.99. Hehe. We went into the restroom and changed her. She was a doll, and the other patrons in the bathroom all talked with her as they waited to wash up. – Yesterday, we went to the river again after swim. This time I brought along a bucket and some other things for her to play with, and she enjoyed herself more than any other time. I created a channel for water to come up the beach and showed her how to pack sand into a cup and start building a sand castle. She threw a fit when it was time to go.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, family, beaches, sand, rivers, weekends, atmosphere, and life.
Friday, March 24, 2006
We're the kids in America, Everybody live for the music-go-round...
Friday, March 24, 2006
Whew, It’s Friday! I’m leaving in 45 minutes for Frank’s dental appointment. Then, we’ll see if I can get an eye appointment for a new prescription. Then to PetSmart to see if we can get the picture of Thumper’s graduation. Since I’ll only be here a half day, and half my day yesterday was eaten up by having to do the mail, I’m really busy. So, short blog day and small blog week. It’s been fairly busy at work and staring at the screen while I type has really been giving me a headache.
Word(s) of the day: ANGEL
Lexie log: I just got off the phone with Lexie and Daddy. Lexie slept in today and was just waking up when I called. She was so cute, Daddy kept asking her if she was going to wake up and she kept saying, “Nope” in her cute sleepy voice. I put her on speaker and made the whole office listen.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Gramma Betty, pets, God moments, Felix, Jan, Val, Cherri, Carrie, Lana, Tracy, Michelle, cards, purple, soft, smiles, warm fuzzies, butterflies, and life.
Whew, It’s Friday! I’m leaving in 45 minutes for Frank’s dental appointment. Then, we’ll see if I can get an eye appointment for a new prescription. Then to PetSmart to see if we can get the picture of Thumper’s graduation. Since I’ll only be here a half day, and half my day yesterday was eaten up by having to do the mail, I’m really busy. So, short blog day and small blog week. It’s been fairly busy at work and staring at the screen while I type has really been giving me a headache.
Word(s) of the day: ANGEL
Lexie log: I just got off the phone with Lexie and Daddy. Lexie slept in today and was just waking up when I called. She was so cute, Daddy kept asking her if she was going to wake up and she kept saying, “Nope” in her cute sleepy voice. I put her on speaker and made the whole office listen.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Gramma Betty, pets, God moments, Felix, Jan, Val, Cherri, Carrie, Lana, Tracy, Michelle, cards, purple, soft, smiles, warm fuzzies, butterflies, and life.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Oh, the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'...
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Time for a new pair of glasses. I’m starting to get daily headaches towards the afternoon from my right eye. When I was at the ophthalmologist a couple weeks ago, she did an vision test with my glasses on, and I was amazed at how poorly my right eye was. So, little by little our tax refund is being divvied up. By the time it arrives, it will already be spent. – I left my swipe card to clock in and out of work in my pants pocket…at home. So, today I get to fill out an exception sheet, which I prefer. It means I can be lazy and not have to go down and clock out and back in for lunch. I just write the times down.
Word(s) of the day: BONAFIDE WALNUT
Lexie log: Another weekend of swimming. Thumper swam Saturday, Lexie on Sunday. Thumper is a bonafied swimming dawg now. We went further up the beach than usual, and happened to find a spot that had a drop off real close to the waters edge. This surprised Thumper on his first attempt at fetching, but he must have been pleasantly surprised. He discovered that he loves to swim. He went out pretty far too. This summer is going to be nice. – Lexie had too many swim instructors Sunday. There were only Lexie and Donovan in class with Teacher AJ, and then two ‘interns’, Lilya and William, were there too. Too many cooks in the kitchen. All the attention made Donovan and Lexie act out silly and play. Neither of them would put their face in the water when they swam or climb up and sit on the wall. Donovan’s mother actually was very upset with Lilya’s instruction technique. She spent quite a bit of time discussing it with Teacher AJ and then came over and discussed with me towards the end of class.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, coffee, water, swimming, weekends, pets, cups, clocks, carbon, calcium, corks, candles, clips, carnations, cauliflower, corn, calculators, color, and life.
Time for a new pair of glasses. I’m starting to get daily headaches towards the afternoon from my right eye. When I was at the ophthalmologist a couple weeks ago, she did an vision test with my glasses on, and I was amazed at how poorly my right eye was. So, little by little our tax refund is being divvied up. By the time it arrives, it will already be spent. – I left my swipe card to clock in and out of work in my pants pocket…at home. So, today I get to fill out an exception sheet, which I prefer. It means I can be lazy and not have to go down and clock out and back in for lunch. I just write the times down.
Word(s) of the day: BONAFIDE WALNUT
Lexie log: Another weekend of swimming. Thumper swam Saturday, Lexie on Sunday. Thumper is a bonafied swimming dawg now. We went further up the beach than usual, and happened to find a spot that had a drop off real close to the waters edge. This surprised Thumper on his first attempt at fetching, but he must have been pleasantly surprised. He discovered that he loves to swim. He went out pretty far too. This summer is going to be nice. – Lexie had too many swim instructors Sunday. There were only Lexie and Donovan in class with Teacher AJ, and then two ‘interns’, Lilya and William, were there too. Too many cooks in the kitchen. All the attention made Donovan and Lexie act out silly and play. Neither of them would put their face in the water when they swam or climb up and sit on the wall. Donovan’s mother actually was very upset with Lilya’s instruction technique. She spent quite a bit of time discussing it with Teacher AJ and then came over and discussed with me towards the end of class.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, coffee, water, swimming, weekends, pets, cups, clocks, carbon, calcium, corks, candles, clips, carnations, cauliflower, corn, calculators, color, and life.
Friday, March 17, 2006
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling, From glen to glen, and down the mountain side...
Friday, March 17, 2006
Top of the Mornin’ to ya! No, I am not wearing green. I don’t think I’ve worn green on St. Patrick’s Day ever. I don’t really know why, I just don’t think of it. Val, the office Leprechaun, pinched me on the arm.
Strange focus group. I don’t even really know how to describe it. I was a little irritated with a couple of the participants. The ‘leader’ looked just enough like the Peter Funt that I kept suspecting, “Smile, your on Candid Camera!” There were four ‘super birders’ there who were almost like binocular snobs. One particular guy had a $4,800 pair of Zeiss binoculars. I mentioned how many of my family are birders and have been on extensive bird watching excursions. I explained that I enjoyed bird watching, but I use my binoculars for hiking, camping, animal watching, etc. This must have escaped him because towards the end of the meeting, the ‘leader’ decided to question my devotion by asking if I married into the birding family since I kept saying I wasn’t familiar with the top of the line binoculars and how much they would cost. I looked him square in the eye and told him that I didn’t have the cash to throw around at hardware and I was used to mine. Another lady barely spoke, and new even less than me about binoculars, which was fine. She said she used them to watch the squirrels in her yard. She has squirrels that she has named, they come into the house, and come when called. Again, this is just fine. But Teresa…Just couldn’t stop talking, about bizarre stuff. Made me uncomfortable. Martin (aka Mr. Funt) asked all to close are eyes and he would say a word, we were to describe to him what we envisioned. He gave the example that he was an avid scuba diver, and if he closed his eyes and someone said ocean, he would picture himself and his buddy 120 feet below the surface looking at some wolf eel around a shipwreck. So, of course the word he says is binoculars (duh). He asked me first, so I say that I see my family and I ¾ of the way up Saddle Mountain on a beautiful spring day, we climb to the top and sit enjoying a snack and the view. So…then he asks Teresa and she rambles with much hand gesturing about time slowing down and everything moving slower. Two hours of this crap. That and I felt bad about leaving my housebound family stranded while I went off to do something by myself. I am going to seriously re-consider the next offer for a focus group.
Word(s) of the day: MANIACAL LEPRECHAUN
Lexie log: She is still a decent little angel when she is fully rested. When I left for the binocular focus group, she was beat tired, cranky, demanding, crying. While I was gone she took a nap. When I came home, she was a sweet, happy, considerate, angel again. Oh, when I left, she had such a fit that as I was closing the front door she came screaming toward me, yelling, “Don’t go Momma!” She was barefoot and I hit her foot with the corner of the door. Ouch! She started wailing as I scooped her up and carried her to the bathroom. I ran cold water on her foot while I assessed the damage. It scraped her, but no excessive bleeding, I carted her to the kitchen, sat her on the edge of the table, dried her foot, kissed it, applied Neosporin and a Sponge Bob band-aid. I gave her a huge hug and was much more careful this time when I left. She was still upset at me leaving. She sure was as pleasant as could be when I came home. I definitely prefer her and Daddy’s company to a roomful of strange strangers.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Betty, Thumper, Tiki, Miadda, Chikita, Turkey Swoop, Felix, Blackberry, Ray, Bob, Shasta, Kiwi, Strawberry, Meridian, weekends, strange little experiences like binocular focus groups, the color green, the color red, clovers, laughter, joy, and life.
Top of the Mornin’ to ya! No, I am not wearing green. I don’t think I’ve worn green on St. Patrick’s Day ever. I don’t really know why, I just don’t think of it. Val, the office Leprechaun, pinched me on the arm.
Strange focus group. I don’t even really know how to describe it. I was a little irritated with a couple of the participants. The ‘leader’ looked just enough like the Peter Funt that I kept suspecting, “Smile, your on Candid Camera!” There were four ‘super birders’ there who were almost like binocular snobs. One particular guy had a $4,800 pair of Zeiss binoculars. I mentioned how many of my family are birders and have been on extensive bird watching excursions. I explained that I enjoyed bird watching, but I use my binoculars for hiking, camping, animal watching, etc. This must have escaped him because towards the end of the meeting, the ‘leader’ decided to question my devotion by asking if I married into the birding family since I kept saying I wasn’t familiar with the top of the line binoculars and how much they would cost. I looked him square in the eye and told him that I didn’t have the cash to throw around at hardware and I was used to mine. Another lady barely spoke, and new even less than me about binoculars, which was fine. She said she used them to watch the squirrels in her yard. She has squirrels that she has named, they come into the house, and come when called. Again, this is just fine. But Teresa…Just couldn’t stop talking, about bizarre stuff. Made me uncomfortable. Martin (aka Mr. Funt) asked all to close are eyes and he would say a word, we were to describe to him what we envisioned. He gave the example that he was an avid scuba diver, and if he closed his eyes and someone said ocean, he would picture himself and his buddy 120 feet below the surface looking at some wolf eel around a shipwreck. So, of course the word he says is binoculars (duh). He asked me first, so I say that I see my family and I ¾ of the way up Saddle Mountain on a beautiful spring day, we climb to the top and sit enjoying a snack and the view. So…then he asks Teresa and she rambles with much hand gesturing about time slowing down and everything moving slower. Two hours of this crap. That and I felt bad about leaving my housebound family stranded while I went off to do something by myself. I am going to seriously re-consider the next offer for a focus group.
Word(s) of the day: MANIACAL LEPRECHAUN
Lexie log: She is still a decent little angel when she is fully rested. When I left for the binocular focus group, she was beat tired, cranky, demanding, crying. While I was gone she took a nap. When I came home, she was a sweet, happy, considerate, angel again. Oh, when I left, she had such a fit that as I was closing the front door she came screaming toward me, yelling, “Don’t go Momma!” She was barefoot and I hit her foot with the corner of the door. Ouch! She started wailing as I scooped her up and carried her to the bathroom. I ran cold water on her foot while I assessed the damage. It scraped her, but no excessive bleeding, I carted her to the kitchen, sat her on the edge of the table, dried her foot, kissed it, applied Neosporin and a Sponge Bob band-aid. I gave her a huge hug and was much more careful this time when I left. She was still upset at me leaving. She sure was as pleasant as could be when I came home. I definitely prefer her and Daddy’s company to a roomful of strange strangers.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Betty, Thumper, Tiki, Miadda, Chikita, Turkey Swoop, Felix, Blackberry, Ray, Bob, Shasta, Kiwi, Strawberry, Meridian, weekends, strange little experiences like binocular focus groups, the color green, the color red, clovers, laughter, joy, and life.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
Happy birthday to Dad, Happy birthday to Dad, Happy birthday dear Daaaaaaad, Happy birthday to you! I just ate a bell pepper sweet as a birthday cake. Hope you have a terrific next year full of good health, happiness, and prosperity. I LOVE YOU, DAD!
I wear slippers at work.
AY caramba! This is my daily food intake at work; boiled egg, kiwi, grapes, two small tomatoes, two soy shakes, a bell pepper with fat free ranch, ¼ cup left over macaroni, and a tiny slice left over meatloaf. Then, six of the gals up here chip in and they are all having the greasiest food on earth, Poor Richards. Every thing there is deep-fried, potatoes, mushrooms. It’s so hard to eat healthy around these people, but today I am successful.
On Monday Mom bought Thumper a huge, I mean HUGE dog bone. Looks like it came from a dinosaur. He’s still working on it, but he’s got in four pieces now.
Tonight is my binocular focus group. Should be interesting.
Word(s) of the day: WIKIPEDIA
Lexie log: She has started picking out her own clothes. It’s very cute to see her choices in color and style. – Yesterday I noticed that she initiated a conversation with me about what she did during the day without prompting from Daddy. She showed me her hands and told me that her fingernails were clipped.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Betty, slippers, pictures, cows,
I wear slippers at work.
AY caramba! This is my daily food intake at work; boiled egg, kiwi, grapes, two small tomatoes, two soy shakes, a bell pepper with fat free ranch, ¼ cup left over macaroni, and a tiny slice left over meatloaf. Then, six of the gals up here chip in and they are all having the greasiest food on earth, Poor Richards. Every thing there is deep-fried, potatoes, mushrooms. It’s so hard to eat healthy around these people, but today I am successful.
On Monday Mom bought Thumper a huge, I mean HUGE dog bone. Looks like it came from a dinosaur. He’s still working on it, but he’s got in four pieces now.
Tonight is my binocular focus group. Should be interesting.
Word(s) of the day: WIKIPEDIA
Lexie log: She has started picking out her own clothes. It’s very cute to see her choices in color and style. – Yesterday I noticed that she initiated a conversation with me about what she did during the day without prompting from Daddy. She showed me her hands and told me that her fingernails were clipped.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Betty, slippers, pictures, cows,
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Twinkle twinkle little bat, how I wonder what your at, up above the world you fly, like a tea tray in the sky...
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Well, what a relief. I got two major things out of my inbox. And, as usual, they weren’t as big a deal to resolve as I had made them up to be in my head. A true procrastinator trait. Yesterday, Marylue brought me an accounting error to research. The bank deposited a different amount for our February 3rd deposit than what we have on record. I spent a while re-calculating check copies and finally we found the deposit slip had two different amounts on it. Per Marylue, the culprit was lashed with an Al Dente noodle. Then, I have been storing up questions for Cerner support for over a week and putting off making the call. I finally did it, and it only took about 10 minutes. Now, except for our 10:00 meeting, my day should be a breeze.
Word(s) of the day: BELL PEPPER
Lexie log: Something happened between Saturday and Sunday to her angel attitude. Every day for the last three days, she’s had a spell of rotten three year old syndrome. You hear about the terrible two, but two was a breeze. I hope this attitude thing turns around quickly. It hit us like a ton of bricks; we were side swiped with no warning, so now we are scrambling for effective parenting techniques to reprimand the tantrums and rebellious opposition to any and everything. We’re not just talking a few “MINE!” She wants whatever she can’t have, doesn’t want anything she can or is supposed to have, and has a tantrum about it either way. We were at the optical store last night to fix my glasses and I tried on a couple frames anticipating a new pair of glasses soon. Lexie really liked the light purple pair I tried on first and had a fit when I tried on any other pair of glasses. She got all squirrelly, and the assistant helping me offered for her to play with a couple Barbie dolls the store keeps around for children. I realized immediately that Lexie would assume they were hers to take home and told the assistant that if she (meaning Lexie) could find them, she could play with them. Mistake. The assistant thought I meant that I wanted her to find them and give them to Lexie to play with, so she did. Oh my, the fit she threw when we had to give them back. It’s the same story with most every meal or movie. Really, this is only happening for about 10% of her day, the rest of the time she is angel Lexie, but it’s still a bummer. She seems to be having a good day today.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Bell Peppers, Gramma Betty, weekends, laughter and life.
Well, what a relief. I got two major things out of my inbox. And, as usual, they weren’t as big a deal to resolve as I had made them up to be in my head. A true procrastinator trait. Yesterday, Marylue brought me an accounting error to research. The bank deposited a different amount for our February 3rd deposit than what we have on record. I spent a while re-calculating check copies and finally we found the deposit slip had two different amounts on it. Per Marylue, the culprit was lashed with an Al Dente noodle. Then, I have been storing up questions for Cerner support for over a week and putting off making the call. I finally did it, and it only took about 10 minutes. Now, except for our 10:00 meeting, my day should be a breeze.
Word(s) of the day: BELL PEPPER
Lexie log: Something happened between Saturday and Sunday to her angel attitude. Every day for the last three days, she’s had a spell of rotten three year old syndrome. You hear about the terrible two, but two was a breeze. I hope this attitude thing turns around quickly. It hit us like a ton of bricks; we were side swiped with no warning, so now we are scrambling for effective parenting techniques to reprimand the tantrums and rebellious opposition to any and everything. We’re not just talking a few “MINE!” She wants whatever she can’t have, doesn’t want anything she can or is supposed to have, and has a tantrum about it either way. We were at the optical store last night to fix my glasses and I tried on a couple frames anticipating a new pair of glasses soon. Lexie really liked the light purple pair I tried on first and had a fit when I tried on any other pair of glasses. She got all squirrelly, and the assistant helping me offered for her to play with a couple Barbie dolls the store keeps around for children. I realized immediately that Lexie would assume they were hers to take home and told the assistant that if she (meaning Lexie) could find them, she could play with them. Mistake. The assistant thought I meant that I wanted her to find them and give them to Lexie to play with, so she did. Oh my, the fit she threw when we had to give them back. It’s the same story with most every meal or movie. Really, this is only happening for about 10% of her day, the rest of the time she is angel Lexie, but it’s still a bummer. She seems to be having a good day today.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Bell Peppers, Gramma Betty, weekends, laughter and life.
Monday, March 13, 2006
Put me in coach, I'm ready to play, today...
Monday, March 13, 2006
Another super weekend. Saturday we took Thumper to Dittler’s again. He raced around the beach and had a blast. Right when we got there, an odd thing happened. A woman came up to me with a clipboard asking if I used binoculars. Of course, I do, so I told her so. She apologized for the strange circumstances, but she worked for a marketing firm called MDC, and she had been interviewing candidates for a focus group all day on the phone with no luck, so she decided she would try looking where the people are. The beach. She was looking for women who use binoculars either for boating or birding and who bought a pair in the last two years. She was incredibly pleased that I fit into one of these categories and invited me to participate Thursday night. I just love giving my opinion, so this will be a $50.00 cooperation fee that will be paid to me. What a combo.
Word(s) of the day: SOY NUT
Lexie log: We found a pair of expensive looking brand new sun glasses that had washed up on the beach. Lexie looks super cool in them, but they’re still a little too big. – After the beach, we went to GI Joes to get a birthday present for her cousin Marissa. While we were picking up a baseball mit for her, Lexie tried one on, for kicks, and it turns out they do make them that small, pink and black, and she loved it. So she got one too. She really likes it. Since Saturday, we played with it (and her new baseball) about three or four times. She likes it and is getting better at it, but for some odd reason, she will only play catch for two or three catches, then she is done and puts it away. – Sunday she did excellent in swim. Teacher AJ had a substitute, I think the owner, and she was a darned good teacher. It gave me confidence that she will enjoy future classes no matter who her teacher is. Speaking of which…I hadn’t realized until we got there that sign up already began, so we signed her up for the next session. This time her class will start an hour and a half later. Hopefully this will give her a chance to take a nap and be rested enough not to be so distracted. She loves the class so. Oh my! I just had a realization this very moment. If she moves to Water Safety I, which she is signed up for, Daddy and I won’t be able to sit on the pool deck with her. We’ll have to sit in the observation room. That kind of saddens me, but at least she will still enjoy it. – After swim, we went home for a couple hours, then off to Marissa’s party. Lexie was so excited about going to Chuck E. Cheese, that she wouldn’t sleep for anything. She could barely keep her eyes open. Oh, and this was fun…We had to drive by the Beaverton Chuck E. Cheese on the way to the one on Powell, and she saw the sign. She had a fit when we didn’t pull in, and it took about ten minutes to convince her that we were going to a different one. When we got there, she was like the poster child for Chuck E. Cheese. She bounced from the car to the door, dancing, chanting, “Chuck E Cheese”, and ear to ear smiles. She sat and ate half a piece of pizza, and then we made the mistake of letting her go out and play while we waited for the show. She went straight for the tubular maze and it took almost fifteen minutes to find her and get her down the slide. Then we literally had to drag her kicking and screaming back to the table. Of course, she loved dancing and singing up front for the show. Then she ate caked and then more play. We were all exhausted by the end of three hours, but still, we had to carry her kicking and screaming to leave. She was asleep before we got back on the highway and slept until eight pm.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, family, friends, fun, laughter, water, music, and life.
Another super weekend. Saturday we took Thumper to Dittler’s again. He raced around the beach and had a blast. Right when we got there, an odd thing happened. A woman came up to me with a clipboard asking if I used binoculars. Of course, I do, so I told her so. She apologized for the strange circumstances, but she worked for a marketing firm called MDC, and she had been interviewing candidates for a focus group all day on the phone with no luck, so she decided she would try looking where the people are. The beach. She was looking for women who use binoculars either for boating or birding and who bought a pair in the last two years. She was incredibly pleased that I fit into one of these categories and invited me to participate Thursday night. I just love giving my opinion, so this will be a $50.00 cooperation fee that will be paid to me. What a combo.
Word(s) of the day: SOY NUT
Lexie log: We found a pair of expensive looking brand new sun glasses that had washed up on the beach. Lexie looks super cool in them, but they’re still a little too big. – After the beach, we went to GI Joes to get a birthday present for her cousin Marissa. While we were picking up a baseball mit for her, Lexie tried one on, for kicks, and it turns out they do make them that small, pink and black, and she loved it. So she got one too. She really likes it. Since Saturday, we played with it (and her new baseball) about three or four times. She likes it and is getting better at it, but for some odd reason, she will only play catch for two or three catches, then she is done and puts it away. – Sunday she did excellent in swim. Teacher AJ had a substitute, I think the owner, and she was a darned good teacher. It gave me confidence that she will enjoy future classes no matter who her teacher is. Speaking of which…I hadn’t realized until we got there that sign up already began, so we signed her up for the next session. This time her class will start an hour and a half later. Hopefully this will give her a chance to take a nap and be rested enough not to be so distracted. She loves the class so. Oh my! I just had a realization this very moment. If she moves to Water Safety I, which she is signed up for, Daddy and I won’t be able to sit on the pool deck with her. We’ll have to sit in the observation room. That kind of saddens me, but at least she will still enjoy it. – After swim, we went home for a couple hours, then off to Marissa’s party. Lexie was so excited about going to Chuck E. Cheese, that she wouldn’t sleep for anything. She could barely keep her eyes open. Oh, and this was fun…We had to drive by the Beaverton Chuck E. Cheese on the way to the one on Powell, and she saw the sign. She had a fit when we didn’t pull in, and it took about ten minutes to convince her that we were going to a different one. When we got there, she was like the poster child for Chuck E. Cheese. She bounced from the car to the door, dancing, chanting, “Chuck E Cheese”, and ear to ear smiles. She sat and ate half a piece of pizza, and then we made the mistake of letting her go out and play while we waited for the show. She went straight for the tubular maze and it took almost fifteen minutes to find her and get her down the slide. Then we literally had to drag her kicking and screaming back to the table. Of course, she loved dancing and singing up front for the show. Then she ate caked and then more play. We were all exhausted by the end of three hours, but still, we had to carry her kicking and screaming to leave. She was asleep before we got back on the highway and slept until eight pm.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, family, friends, fun, laughter, water, music, and life.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Another brick in the wall.
Thursday, March 9, 2006
From the second story conference room windows this morning, I was taken for a moment with the beautiful sight of large fluffy snowflakes elegantly falling on the sloped black-shingled roof. The effect was mesmerizing as the snowflakes simply disappeared on contact, providing the effect that they had merely passed through the solid roof to the other side. Peaceful.
Word(s) of the day: BALLOCK
Lexie log: Oh what pure joy to play with her in the snow! Last night, after bedtime of course, it started snowing, and sticking to the ground. We all bundled up and went out to enjoy. We had a snowball fight. Lexie ran back and forth from the top of the driveway to where I was standing in the court. She would make a snowball (keep in mind they are three year old size) up by the car and come racing down to me, with peels of laughter, and hurl her tiny snowball at me. Then she would race back up for another one, all the time non-stop laughter. Mean while, Daddy and I were tossing mini snowballs at her and each other.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Betty, family, snow, weekends, coffee, potatoes, fun, happiness, laughter, and life.
From the second story conference room windows this morning, I was taken for a moment with the beautiful sight of large fluffy snowflakes elegantly falling on the sloped black-shingled roof. The effect was mesmerizing as the snowflakes simply disappeared on contact, providing the effect that they had merely passed through the solid roof to the other side. Peaceful.
Word(s) of the day: BALLOCK
Lexie log: Oh what pure joy to play with her in the snow! Last night, after bedtime of course, it started snowing, and sticking to the ground. We all bundled up and went out to enjoy. We had a snowball fight. Lexie ran back and forth from the top of the driveway to where I was standing in the court. She would make a snowball (keep in mind they are three year old size) up by the car and come racing down to me, with peels of laughter, and hurl her tiny snowball at me. Then she would race back up for another one, all the time non-stop laughter. Mean while, Daddy and I were tossing mini snowballs at her and each other.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Betty, family, snow, weekends, coffee, potatoes, fun, happiness, laughter, and life.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
The night Chicago died...
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Super busy day again. As I’m working away, I’m thinking of things to blog about, but I’m working right through my lunch and breaks. It seems like we are basically trying to clean house here in the business office. We’re evaluating workflows and duties, and I’m incredibly busy doing bale out and research.
Word(s) of the day: STEVEDORE
Lexie log: Carrie was just telling me about something her son has that we have to get for Lexie. The Crayola floating bath crayon set. She’s in the tub almost every night.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Betty, sugar, salt, potassium, chlorine, ink, carbon, granite, mercury, platelets, free online stop-watch programs, and life.
Super busy day again. As I’m working away, I’m thinking of things to blog about, but I’m working right through my lunch and breaks. It seems like we are basically trying to clean house here in the business office. We’re evaluating workflows and duties, and I’m incredibly busy doing bale out and research.
Word(s) of the day: STEVEDORE
Lexie log: Carrie was just telling me about something her son has that we have to get for Lexie. The Crayola floating bath crayon set. She’s in the tub almost every night.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Betty, sugar, salt, potassium, chlorine, ink, carbon, granite, mercury, platelets, free online stop-watch programs, and life.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Sky rockets in flight...
Monday, March 06, 2006
Wow, what a wonderful weekend. Saturday, the river, Sunday, Mom and Dads. – Month end closed Friday night (from home), so that’s almost done. Tying up loose ends of reports and what not.
Word(s) of the day: MINUTIA
Lexie Log: We continued or Saturday routine (for the last half month) of taking Thumper to the river, then going to Gramma Betty’s and out to dinner at the Mexican place on Interstate. We got a bit of a late start, and didn’t make it home in time to go to swim, but Lexie was exhausted and conked out by the time we got home anyway. – Yesterday she did the best ever in swim. I overheard Teacher AJ tell Lilya that she was penciled in for Water Safety I. I wonder if she will have a new teacher, and how she will handle that. She did a perfect starfish, listened really well, swam really well, got toys from the bottom of the pool twice, and had a blast. – After swim we went out to Yamhill to visit Grammy and Grandpa. Lexie keeps changing the way she says his name, and for most of yesterday she called him Gramma-Pa. She just loved being there, Thumper thought he was in heaven tromping around the forest, and Daddy and I really enjoyed ourselves. It was so pleasant that we stayed longer than I expected, and even when we did leave, I wished we could stay longer. But, to home we returned and had a pleasant evening.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, rivers, water, swimming, laughter, and life.
Wow, what a wonderful weekend. Saturday, the river, Sunday, Mom and Dads. – Month end closed Friday night (from home), so that’s almost done. Tying up loose ends of reports and what not.
Word(s) of the day: MINUTIA
Lexie Log: We continued or Saturday routine (for the last half month) of taking Thumper to the river, then going to Gramma Betty’s and out to dinner at the Mexican place on Interstate. We got a bit of a late start, and didn’t make it home in time to go to swim, but Lexie was exhausted and conked out by the time we got home anyway. – Yesterday she did the best ever in swim. I overheard Teacher AJ tell Lilya that she was penciled in for Water Safety I. I wonder if she will have a new teacher, and how she will handle that. She did a perfect starfish, listened really well, swam really well, got toys from the bottom of the pool twice, and had a blast. – After swim we went out to Yamhill to visit Grammy and Grandpa. Lexie keeps changing the way she says his name, and for most of yesterday she called him Gramma-Pa. She just loved being there, Thumper thought he was in heaven tromping around the forest, and Daddy and I really enjoyed ourselves. It was so pleasant that we stayed longer than I expected, and even when we did leave, I wished we could stay longer. But, to home we returned and had a pleasant evening.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, rivers, water, swimming, laughter, and life.
Friday, March 03, 2006
I tell ya', life aint easy for a boy named Sue...
Friday, March 3, 2006
– Whooopeee! Friday and payday! Not much could be finer. The only thing that would make today better is if my friend and co-worker would just have a chance to get caught up. She came into the job three months ago with a crap load of backlog, and now administration is breathing down the coders necks to get month end close done today. I would hate to work under that pressure.
– Myrtie, or vacuum, died yesterday. Frank is very upset about this. That vacuum was the best we ever had. It was super powerful. Not powerful enough for the superball it tried to ingest yesterday. Frank says that it made a horrible noise, parts flew off, and the beater brush fell off. When I got home we tried to re-assemble it, and it looked good. Then Frank tried her out, and it made a horrible noise, smelt absolutely horrendous, and the belt broke. The jury is still out on what we are going to do to replace her.
Word(s) of the day: ISOFLAVIN
Lexie log: When I talked to her on the phone earlier, she was looking at a magazine, asking for the lollipop she saw a picture of. Her and Daddy went for a walk with Thumper today.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, payday, and life.
– Whooopeee! Friday and payday! Not much could be finer. The only thing that would make today better is if my friend and co-worker would just have a chance to get caught up. She came into the job three months ago with a crap load of backlog, and now administration is breathing down the coders necks to get month end close done today. I would hate to work under that pressure.
– Myrtie, or vacuum, died yesterday. Frank is very upset about this. That vacuum was the best we ever had. It was super powerful. Not powerful enough for the superball it tried to ingest yesterday. Frank says that it made a horrible noise, parts flew off, and the beater brush fell off. When I got home we tried to re-assemble it, and it looked good. Then Frank tried her out, and it made a horrible noise, smelt absolutely horrendous, and the belt broke. The jury is still out on what we are going to do to replace her.
- Things discussed at work while doing semi-mindless data entry: While listening to the song “Manic Monday”, we discuss different scenarios where the subject of the song would have made it to work on time. Transporter, lived across the street from work, lived above work, worked from home, got up on time.
- Ok, now I’m stressed. It’s 3:42pm and I’m still at work. Waiting for the charges to be entered so I can stay here even longer and wrap up. Even then, I’ll have to log in from home tomorrow to do the month end and backups.
Word(s) of the day: ISOFLAVIN
Lexie log: When I talked to her on the phone earlier, she was looking at a magazine, asking for the lollipop she saw a picture of. Her and Daddy went for a walk with Thumper today.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, weekends, payday, and life.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Go crazy, crazy on you...
Thursday, March 02, 2006
A great website for research and fun. CLICK ME.
Many laughs today getting my computer to say butthole and diarrhea
Word(s) of the day: LAUGHTER
Lexie log: Lexie slept through Thumper’s graduation last night. She fell asleep right before we got there, and Daddy stayed in the car with her. We should get some pictures of Thumper with his cap in a couple weeks. Lexie woke up in the car on the way home, and as soon as she realized we were on the way back she started crying and wanted to go see Thumper’s class.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, friends, naps, weekends, pets, smiles, colors, and life.
A great website for research and fun. CLICK ME.
Many laughs today getting my computer to say butthole and diarrhea
Word(s) of the day: LAUGHTER
Lexie log: Lexie slept through Thumper’s graduation last night. She fell asleep right before we got there, and Daddy stayed in the car with her. We should get some pictures of Thumper with his cap in a couple weeks. Lexie woke up in the car on the way home, and as soon as she realized we were on the way back she started crying and wanted to go see Thumper’s class.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, friends, naps, weekends, pets, smiles, colors, and life.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
On the good ship, Lollipop, it's a short trip to the candy shop...
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Bye February. Hello March. Looking forward to longer, warmer days, and spring. – Thumper graduates today. And…we’re going to sign up for the next class. I’m very pleased. – Thumper was a mischievous little horse today. Lexie still likes to sit in her high chair sometimes to eat. Frank went out back while she was in it to pick up Thumper Doo, and Thumper locked him out of the house. Super. He was able to find his way in, but that’s scary. – I just got finished looking at my Aunt’s (Sue’s) blog. I haven’t been there in a while and had some catching up to do. I am so impressed with the quilt work she does. Growing up, I never imagined that quilts could be such amazing art. I still have the quilt uncle Fred made years ago too. – At work right now I’m running some super long report that’s keeping all my other stuff from running. At this rate, I’ll have to log in from home to make sure it doesn’t hang and prevent the backup. Bugging me.
Word(s) of the day: QUILT
Lexie log: Lexie is almost completely over her cold. – Her sentences are wonderful. She answers the phone now when I call home. I love to listen to her tell me what is going on in her day.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Betty, pets, class, colors, and life.
Bye February. Hello March. Looking forward to longer, warmer days, and spring. – Thumper graduates today. And…we’re going to sign up for the next class. I’m very pleased. – Thumper was a mischievous little horse today. Lexie still likes to sit in her high chair sometimes to eat. Frank went out back while she was in it to pick up Thumper Doo, and Thumper locked him out of the house. Super. He was able to find his way in, but that’s scary. – I just got finished looking at my Aunt’s (Sue’s) blog. I haven’t been there in a while and had some catching up to do. I am so impressed with the quilt work she does. Growing up, I never imagined that quilts could be such amazing art. I still have the quilt uncle Fred made years ago too. – At work right now I’m running some super long report that’s keeping all my other stuff from running. At this rate, I’ll have to log in from home to make sure it doesn’t hang and prevent the backup. Bugging me.
Word(s) of the day: QUILT
Lexie log: Lexie is almost completely over her cold. – Her sentences are wonderful. She answers the phone now when I call home. I love to listen to her tell me what is going on in her day.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Betty, pets, class, colors, and life.
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