Josh and Tori got a dog! Her name is Zoey. I don't know what kind of dog she is.
The temps are dropping. Barry is taking care of the cooking. I finished month end.
Angela sent me an email with pictures of the wedding dresses.
Mama cat came over here with me but then decided that she wanted out.She was gone for about twenty minutes, and then I heard a scratching at the door....
Showing posts with label Angela. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Angela. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Monday, September 22, 2014
14 09 22
We had a good time at Goodtimes.
Noah: "We don't call it 'Goodtimes for nothing,"
Brittany worked, and Skyler was sick.
Angela and Ryan came and we all sat out on the pool deck and talked and played Phase Ten. She said it was fun to just come and hang out for a little while. Tori was here last weekend and couldn't make it back. Kennedy kept in touch, but was busy wrangling with her washer and dryer. She said she thought she'd be in Mobile today, and that she would probably get to stop by.
Blake and said he was going to try to come. Morgan was in Atlanta. Amber came after while and sat out by the pool with us. I was glad Beth checked to see where Zak was --- turns out his truck is broken and he needed a ride, so she went to get him. He sat with us for a while, too.
When Evan sent a message last week, he was sick, so I guess he was still sick Sunday. Faith and Daniel didn't come, but Michael was here. He said he'll be playing the drums at a game this coming Thursday.
Noah was here, as were Shawn, Tyler, and Willo.
Noah has become a French Toast fanatic, Kim and John said, now that he can eat eggs even if they aren't in baked goods. He gave lots of hugs and pat-pat-pats.
It was the smallest group ever in the pool, and for most of the afternoon was just Willo and Rodney. She is all about her Uncle Rodney. She said his name so many times Sunday that she really was saying it more clearly by the end of the day.
Beth played Phase Ten with us. Most of the rest of the kids stayed inside, playing the video games, I think. Barry was inside.
Chris went to get Faith, Michael, and Daniel, and while he was gone, Willo started saying that she wanted to swim. She was dressed in her shorts, but no shirt. Beth told her she needed her bathing suit, and Willo told her that she was wearing her "silly suit."
She took her shorts off and asked again. I told her we needed her swim pull up. She said, "Please let me swim in this pull up." I told her would mess up the pool, and I thought we were done with the conversation. But....we weren't. She solved the problem by removing it.
Noah: "We don't call it 'Goodtimes for nothing,"
Brittany worked, and Skyler was sick.
Angela and Ryan came and we all sat out on the pool deck and talked and played Phase Ten. She said it was fun to just come and hang out for a little while. Tori was here last weekend and couldn't make it back. Kennedy kept in touch, but was busy wrangling with her washer and dryer. She said she thought she'd be in Mobile today, and that she would probably get to stop by.
Blake and said he was going to try to come. Morgan was in Atlanta. Amber came after while and sat out by the pool with us. I was glad Beth checked to see where Zak was --- turns out his truck is broken and he needed a ride, so she went to get him. He sat with us for a while, too.
When Evan sent a message last week, he was sick, so I guess he was still sick Sunday. Faith and Daniel didn't come, but Michael was here. He said he'll be playing the drums at a game this coming Thursday.
Noah was here, as were Shawn, Tyler, and Willo.
Noah has become a French Toast fanatic, Kim and John said, now that he can eat eggs even if they aren't in baked goods. He gave lots of hugs and pat-pat-pats.
It was the smallest group ever in the pool, and for most of the afternoon was just Willo and Rodney. She is all about her Uncle Rodney. She said his name so many times Sunday that she really was saying it more clearly by the end of the day.
Beth played Phase Ten with us. Most of the rest of the kids stayed inside, playing the video games, I think. Barry was inside.
Chris went to get Faith, Michael, and Daniel, and while he was gone, Willo started saying that she wanted to swim. She was dressed in her shorts, but no shirt. Beth told her she needed her bathing suit, and Willo told her that she was wearing her "silly suit."
She took her shorts off and asked again. I told her we needed her swim pull up. She said, "Please let me swim in this pull up." I told her would mess up the pool, and I thought we were done with the conversation. But....we weren't. She solved the problem by removing it.
Friday, September 12, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
14 09 02
People scurried about did their chores yesterday, so that was good.
Zak and his friends came out to swim.
Angela and Ryan are at the houseboat.
Beverly, re: guessing what was in Barry's latest juice creation, "I just love this game!"
Blake came out to order his computer for school.
Zak and his friends came out to swim.
Angela and Ryan are at the houseboat.
Beverly, re: guessing what was in Barry's latest juice creation, "I just love this game!"
Blake came out to order his computer for school.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
14 08 28
Text from Angela, accompanied by a picture: "Humming Birds have been checking out my feeder and pink hibiscus lately! I wasn't fast enough to snap a picture w him in it but hopefully he will keep coming back like our little humming bird friend did (smile)"
Ryan and Barry talking. Really quite a while. Working together on some kind of a project for Ryan ... power washing. Comfortable with each other.
Facebook Email from Kennedy:" Due to an unfortunate (but awesome) schedule mishap, I get to take drawing AND PAINTING this semester!!!!! I'm so excited and I love my art teachers! I did find out that I actually do have to take Drawing 3: The Figure though...
I'm not too thrilled about that, but I figure I have awhile before I need to worry about that. Hopefully some of my art from this class will be back on the walls and you can come see them! I love you both and hope you're having a good week!!!"
Swimming with the boys. I finished Thursday in the office without a lot of ... or any that I knew of... Wonderland Friday panics. Still an enormous load of things to do. Still a slew of undone things in the household sector --- like getting the phone line checked .... but no scary Thursday night thoughts. After "tea and the news" I asked Barry what he wanted to do, and he said, "I think I want to go get in the pool." I told him to get Tyler, because Tyler would love that. I had to hang up some jeans, but that didn't take long. I put on my bathing suit and joined them, but I sat in the rocking chair at the\\\\deep end of the pool. A few minutes later, Chris and Shawn came out and joined them in the pool. I sat in my rocking chair. I rocked. I settled. The evening temp was nice. The stars came out. The boys --- all four of them --- laughed. The had competitions ---- who could hold their breath the farthest, who could do jump the highest, who could do the most spectacular dive, could Tyler catch them? I tried to take a picture of Chris diving, to use for his contact picture in my phone, but just couldn't get it. So I got him to come to the deep end of the pool where the light was. "Be still, " I said. "It's hard to be still when you're treading water," he laughed. I just settled. I just enjoyed.
Miss Belinda to Beverly: "You know, you have a very willing heart. " Miss Belinda has a very sick son. He is mentally and physically overwhelmingly handicapped and cannot do anything for himself. The doctors have told her that he has reached the end of his life expectancy. She told Beverly that when she was at the hospital the night before, she at least did not have to worry about about the stacks of things that had not been done, because they had gotten caught up on everything. I think that is because Beverly is such a willing helper, and said so. Beverly said, "No, it is because of her work, but she did say the nicest thing to me. She said, "You know, you have a very willing heart."
So Tori and JA have a thing about meeting famous people. Her contribution last night was to tell him that when she walked into (?) she saw herself .... a picture of her on the brochure for the Computer Science department. She told Beverly that she went ahead and grabbed one. :-)
We pulled the wedding dresses out, and found the sixpence that Barry put in Beverly's shoe.
14 08 27
That thing where I got to spend the afternoon/evening listening to you two big-girl talk and little-girl giggle...thank you ab that
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
14 08 26
Skyler, Angela, Phase Ten. So, Skyler asked if she could join our Phase Ten game. We'd only played one or two hands. She sat down beside Angela, who was still on Phase One. She'd never played before so Ange gave her lots of help. Skyler did well, but two hands later, Ange was still on Phase One. Skyler was all set to go out, and Ange was showing her what to play. The table protested, "Quit helping her!" Skyler protested, "Let me play myself," and proceeded not to win, but to purposely give Angela the card she needed to Phase.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
14-08-12
Really enjoyed my little road trip with Josh. When we got to the airport, and were out of the car and walking in, he said something to the effect that to be honest, he'd worried a little about our trip --- about how we'd do, what we'd talk about --- and I interrupted with, "Me, too! But we did good!" And we did. It was a chatty, easy visit, and I enjoyed it.
When we were at the cafe, my contact started to give me trouble, and after I struggled a few seconds, he said gently, "Do you need to go to the restroom to fix it? I don't mind sitting here and holding down the fort. I've worn contacts before --- I know what that's like." It occurred to me this morning on my swim that he is just instinctively considerate.
When Tori came through the gate, I stood a few steps behind, and after they had a big hug, but while she was still looking at him, he said, "I'm sure your granny wants a hug, too."
A few minutes later, when he stepped away to look for the elevator, she gave me another hug and said, "Thank you for going to get him!"
He said that she is pretty clear that she wants to raise her children close enough to Angela's for the them to get to know each other, and that he is fine with that. That he had thought for a long time that you should just move away from family, but that he sees now that both ideas are valid, and it is about whatever makes you happy. He said that his grandfather, who lives in Florida, has invited both he and Tori to come stay with him after graduation, if they are still looking for jobs. He said graduation will be the hard time --- when what if their dream jobs turn out to be in very different places. We talked about graduate school, and he said, "If Tori wants to go to graduate school, I'll just get a job wherever she goes."
Morgan took $500 out of her savings to get a secured credit card. When she told me that, I said, do you realize what you just said? Do realize how few human beings who are your age can say, "I took $500 out of my savings..." I think she made a wise move, and told her so, because at some point, she is going to need credit.
She took the bed frame from here and has it all washed up and painted and looking good!
Rodney called to say that Blake might be coming to visit us.
Angela brought A Sharper Image t-shirts for Barry and me.
Beverly is loving her new job. "Okay, Miss I Have to Do Everything All by Myself," --- "Well, it's always been that way." (Her to her new boss.)
When we were at the cafe, my contact started to give me trouble, and after I struggled a few seconds, he said gently, "Do you need to go to the restroom to fix it? I don't mind sitting here and holding down the fort. I've worn contacts before --- I know what that's like." It occurred to me this morning on my swim that he is just instinctively considerate.
When Tori came through the gate, I stood a few steps behind, and after they had a big hug, but while she was still looking at him, he said, "I'm sure your granny wants a hug, too."
A few minutes later, when he stepped away to look for the elevator, she gave me another hug and said, "Thank you for going to get him!"
He said that she is pretty clear that she wants to raise her children close enough to Angela's for the them to get to know each other, and that he is fine with that. That he had thought for a long time that you should just move away from family, but that he sees now that both ideas are valid, and it is about whatever makes you happy. He said that his grandfather, who lives in Florida, has invited both he and Tori to come stay with him after graduation, if they are still looking for jobs. He said graduation will be the hard time --- when what if their dream jobs turn out to be in very different places. We talked about graduate school, and he said, "If Tori wants to go to graduate school, I'll just get a job wherever she goes."
Morgan took $500 out of her savings to get a secured credit card. When she told me that, I said, do you realize what you just said? Do realize how few human beings who are your age can say, "I took $500 out of my savings..." I think she made a wise move, and told her so, because at some point, she is going to need credit.
She took the bed frame from here and has it all washed up and painted and looking good!
Rodney called to say that Blake might be coming to visit us.
Angela brought A Sharper Image t-shirts for Barry and me.
Beverly is loving her new job. "Okay, Miss I Have to Do Everything All by Myself," --- "Well, it's always been that way." (Her to her new boss.)
Sunday, July 27, 2014
14 07 27
We had Goodtimes today. Beverly and JA were our playground duty.
Angela coming for one more hug. She had hugged me bye in the house, and then I had come out in the backyard. She and Ryan walked through a few minutes later, on their way to their car, which was in the back. She smiled and walked over, "One more hug."
Willo to Skyler: I like your pony tail. Willo was on the pool step. Skyler was in the pool near her, faced in the same direction as Willo. Willo said, "I like your ponytail!" After Skyler said, "Thank you," Willo asked, "Do you like my ponytail?"
Willo asking Evan to sit by her. It was 5:00, and almost everyone was gone. Willo sat down on the sofa, and then asked for "that boy."
You mean Evan?
She nodded.
He was standing by the kitchen table, and came to sit down beside her when I relayed her message.
What do you want? Do you want me to sit beside you?
She nodded, and leaned her head on is arm.
Are you tired, Willo.
One more nod, before she nodded off, I think.
Willo wanting to be called by a different name. "Call me Elsa." apparently a character in Frozen.
Evan helping with the kitchen. I was cleaning up the house, getting ready for Goodtimes, and Evan asked if I would like him to do the kitchen.
Card from Annette. I will have to find a way to save the words on this. Touched my heart.
Noah sitting beside me on the sofa. And long about 9:00, Noah came and sat beside me, and leaned on my arm.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
January 14, 2014
Angela asked me to look at her sore.
The house is straight again, and that makes me happy.
The house is straight again, and that makes me happy.
Saturday, July 19, 2014
14 07 19
Saturday. Neither one had to be at work on Monday. Out loud, they agreed that if they saw anything that interested them, they would stop. Unspoken, they agreed that they would be driving through. Home, a magnet.
Tori josh Bentley canoe. Beverly said that Tor, Ange, Josh, and Ryan were going to go out in the canoe, but Bentley changed that. Josh said, "He's mad at me for taking his seat," so they set up an inner tube for Josh to float in. And then Tori got out of the boat and swam to Josh. And there was some kissing, which prompted Ryan to say, "I don't like that." Beverly said protective, as he is of his own little sister.
Monday, July 14, 2014
July 14, 2014
Angela hugged me likes she misses me.
Angela, "It's good that Willo is talking to us all."
Willo looking for Tori when she got here. Telling Tori something about her being a big kid and a little kid. A big kid at the table and a little kid when she's outside, I think.
The little kids gathering up first at their table in the reading room.
Evan, Zak and Shawn, hanging out.
Laughing and listening to the kids.
Annette, that one of her favorite memories is sitting by Kim at Mardi Gras.
I asked Annette if she needed me for anything when she called me while I was in Chicago. She said, "No." Called just to talk. :-)
And so we did.... have almost everyone here. Beverly and JA, Kennedy and John, did not make it. We pulled out the stretch table and the older grandbabies sat there. I did that because we were also having a lot of grandbaby boyfirends, and I knew they wouldn't all fit at the square table. I set the little table up in the reading room, but with only four chairs. I wasn't even sure we'd need them. The little kids tried to pile in there, but we told them they could sit at the square table. It took them a minute, but they did move in there.
The macaroni and cheese was a lot better last night. I don't think I'll do that boston butt again. It just wasn't that good. The boys gave me a kind of a blank look when I suggested it might be a substitute for the roast.
Angela, "It's good that Willo is talking to us all."
Willo looking for Tori when she got here. Telling Tori something about her being a big kid and a little kid. A big kid at the table and a little kid when she's outside, I think.
The little kids gathering up first at their table in the reading room.
Evan, Zak and Shawn, hanging out.
Laughing and listening to the kids.
Annette, that one of her favorite memories is sitting by Kim at Mardi Gras.
I asked Annette if she needed me for anything when she called me while I was in Chicago. She said, "No." Called just to talk. :-)
And so we did.... have almost everyone here. Beverly and JA, Kennedy and John, did not make it. We pulled out the stretch table and the older grandbabies sat there. I did that because we were also having a lot of grandbaby boyfirends, and I knew they wouldn't all fit at the square table. I set the little table up in the reading room, but with only four chairs. I wasn't even sure we'd need them. The little kids tried to pile in there, but we told them they could sit at the square table. It took them a minute, but they did move in there.
The macaroni and cheese was a lot better last night. I don't think I'll do that boston butt again. It just wasn't that good. The boys gave me a kind of a blank look when I suggested it might be a substitute for the roast.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
14-06-24
Tyler and Noah on the swings. --- boy noise.
Annette wanting to learn how to make my chocolate chip cookies. She and Skyler are coming early Sunday to help me make them. (Morgan asked for cookies when she comes home.)
Went to the gym.
Was at Wonderland by 9:14. Didn't have a frustrating day.
Ryan posted that he and Ange were going to book their wedding venue. Then they posed pictures and she sent me a text. May 2! And she said she can take me to see it.
And Barry cooked dinner.
And Annette sent me a text when she was worried about Brittany and travel.
Monday, June 9, 2014
14-06-09
Got a text from Angela.
Got to talk to Daddy.
Barry got me flowers.
Shoes came in and they fit.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
March 12, 2014
So, apparently we do have some font choices! I don't know if I have them on my phone or not.
Barry and I spent Monday evening in the pottery barn. First time I'd been out there in a long time. I did a little glazing. It was fun to use Frost Blue just because I wanted to.
Angela, Morgan, and Brit were here yesterday, working. Love and laughter.
Kennedy and John came late yesterday afternoon and had supper with us. More love and laughter.
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