14 01 30

Had some Wonderland things that had to be handled by 31st, and I got them done today. It was the first time in a long time that I got the 1099's in the mail a day early. Went ahead and mailed the forms to IRS and Alabama Rev, even though they aren't due till Feb 28 and March 15. They're just off the do-list, and I'm pretty jazzed about that.

14 01 29

Kennedy called papa, and that made him very happy!

Snow and ice. Everything closed down. Worked all day on bookkeeping, but managed to get through everything and have everything ready for Taylor's visit / year end taxes, tomorrow. Barry and I celebrated by watching Mama Mia, even if it did cost us $12.00. 

14 01 28

Beth brought Barry a surprise. She brought me cookies. It is a wall hanging --- a woven bonsai tree. I don't know where she got it, but it is cool, and she thought about him when she saw it. She posted on Facebook about BelVita cookies, and we both like the blueberry, but I"d never had the cinnamon, and she brought me some of them.

Special because you made it. I was going to heat Barry's grilled cheese up in the frying pan, and he said he used the toaster. I told him I was trying to make it special an d he said it is special becauseyou made it. 

14 01 27

Ryan and Angela cleaning up. Angela hugged me bye, mid afternoon. Homework. I understood. And then she cleaned up around the project she'd been working on, and Ryan brought the craft table in, and they both worked at neatening things up. I thought that was sweet. 

Annette visit. Annette, hug. "I feel like it has been forever since I've seen everybody." And so she sat, and we visited, and she told me about her run, and feeling a good tired, and what she wants to do next. And Skyler's competition. 

Noah helped me make the bed.  Beverly.  Pillows. Noah and I played Crazy Eights, and then I told him I needed to clean up for the cousins, and he said, "I will help you." And so he helped me make the bed, and we talked about when he used to help Aunt B with the pillows.

Faith, connection. Faith and I, chatting and visiting throughout the day.

Zak Shawn Tyler.... recycling. So, we were down to three. Three boys and two big boxes of recycling. I asked if they would take it for me. Tyler asked if there was something for him to take, so he took the original recycling bin. They did it without hesitating, and when they came back, and Zak saw that some of it had spilled, he gathered it up and took it out the bin, too. 

14 01 28

Angela sitting on our sofa, feet not touching the ground --- by three inches or so.

"Grannie, they're stressing me out!" So Zak got her about noon, and while we waited for everyone else, I told him he could supervise the science experiment. When it came time for that, he did a good job --- toting multiple cups of warm water, and adding ...."Grannie, these kids are stressing me out!" 

14 01 25

Beverly is coming v home. Or, at least that's what she told me the other day when she called. She said the latest they'll stay in San Diego is August. She said she loves it, but JA hates it, and marriage is about compromise. 

Andrew stopped in to n give us a hug! He and Paul were on their way to pick up Kara and Annette, and they stopped in to say hi. They talked with me and Papa for a few minutes, and when Andrew say me, he just gave me a hug --- more than our regular hello hug ... like an I really love you, mama, hug.

Playing crazy eights with Noah. I told him my grandmother and I used to play. 

Noah looked unhappy.  I asked. This movie makes me sad, he said. And I hugged him, and he gave me his tender pat pat pat hug.

14-01-24

Angela came yesterday, and finished up the dispatch sheets for 2013. We'll be putting 2014 in Prophesy, out in the office, so it was quite a moment. When she asked me if I had any work for her, I was overwhelmed with Danielle's leaving, and had piles of dispatch sheets everywhere. We were so far behind, I didn't see how we'd ever catch up.

She has a bobo on the back of her head, and we've been looking at that. She said she sent her mom the picture I took of it, and Beverly said something about Dr. Palisano. Ange told her that Ryan and Papa didn't seem too concerned, and Beverly said, "Ask Grannie! Just ask Grannie!"

We got the letter in the mail to Dr. Killian.

Barry and I had a nice supper at Outback, but were too full to go furniture shopping afterwards. We're going to do that tonight. I delegated two more things to Andrea.