15-07-19

Evan presidents list. Evan showed me his invitation to participate in the special event for students that made the President's list. 
Tyler report card. Tyler had been asking about his report card. He came to me last night and said, "My dad found my report card for me." 
Shawn work with Chris. Shawn went to work with Chris Saturday morning, to film a wedding, and spent Saturday night with him. 

14 10 06

Chris singing and vacuuming. Barry and I went to Rouses's to get groceries. When we got home, there wasn't anyone in the kitchen/family room area except for Chris, who had his headphones on and was singing while he vacuumed with the attachment that lets you get the baseboards. Barry and I smiled at each other, and watched him for a few minutes before he noticed us. Barry had gone back to the car for more groceries when Chris looked up and said, "How long have you been standing there?" "Not long enough to get a video to put on Facebook," I said. He thought I'd said that I DID get a video, and said "This talent can't be contained by Facebook. You might want to wait to post that so you don't blow Facebook up," and we laughed. 

Mama Cat scratching at the door of the writing shack, to come in. 

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14 09 15

Willo, "What's next?"

Younger kids playing with Willo.

Faith on the sofa with her cell phone.

Four very lonely tables last night. Finally scrunched them in a little.

John, hug and thank you as soon as he opened his card. Chris thank you.

Chris, John, Shawn, Beverly and JA helped me.

Beverly, doing the dishes even when her legs were tired.

14 09 09

Fun conversations at the dinner table, with Beverly, JA, Chris and the boys.

Chris went and got Willo Saturday afternoon and she spent the night. She ran through the house, looking for everyone.

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 22

Chris reading time with the boys. And it hit me, on that night that I was battling insomnia, that he had listened to me, and heard my heart. 

14 08 06

Chris happy about Beth telling him that he was doing good. He said she is very strong.

JA - cookie day. (JA to Beverly: "We get to be here for cookie day!"

Chris happy re the kids and prep.

10 08 07

Looking for the crossing guard.

January 17, 2014

Barry, when I wondered how Chris was doing, telling me to call him. We were driving, and I didn't know what Chris might be doing, so I shook my head. When we sat down in the restaurant, he placed a call but wouldn't tell me what he was doing. Then I heard him say, "Mama was wondering how you were doing and wanted me to call you."

14-07-01

Tori planning to help the mattress movers.  Just kind of tickled me. She was talking about them having the mattress delivered, and how she worried that the one person was going to have to try to get up the stairs alone, the one her daddy sometimes does, so she had gone out so she could be ready to help them,but they sent two people. 

I made it through all the laundry yesterday, and most of the HH bookkeeping. 

Chris got another moving job booked on his own site. 

Tyler's shoes came in. 

Little text conversation with Kelly. 

Went for a swim. 

Barry called just to hear my voice. 

May 29, 2014

I have power to my writing shack now, and the A/C works! Barry and Chris hooked it up yesterday.

14 01 23

Chris found my cutting boards,  I feel like maybe I've written about this already --- all of us at lunch, me asking Barry if he knew where our wooden cutting boards were, if they'd been taken to the pottery barn for the turkey frying. Him, no. Chris, "Do you still have that cut through cabinet?" Reminding me of when he always used to be able to find things for me.

We got to n play with Willo. Chris was allowed to bring her over here. Autumn and her mother were at Autumn's uncle's funeral. He stayed in the house with us, and she ran around. We came up with all kinds of things to offer her. Her first question was, "Where's the boy?" "I have it?" "Okay." Morgan said she's very agreeable.

Went b to b Phew! After work. At least we know the idea has promise ---- taking my keys with me and leaving Wonderland and going to Phew! for a few minutes. First time ever.