This BLOG has sort of gone by the way side for a while. I’m not really sure what made stop writing, life got busy, I lost interest or just plain laziness but here I am. I have been thinking about coming back here and writing again for a while now but never seen to get to it. As I ride in the car I think about what I would type on these pages and I have all kinds of philosophical thoughts and ideas and then when I finally sit to write I can’t seem to come up with anything interesting to type. Funny how that goes…
My children are growing up (little by little) and have had their share of ups and downs. My oldest daughter is now divorced. She works full time and goes to school full-time at night and has the primary responsibility for two young children. Her former husband is being helpful and supportive and remains an active dad. My grandchildren are growing so fast, and I enjoy all the time I get to spend with them. They have handled the divorce well and I believe as long as their parents behave all should be fine.
Their mom has begun a new chapter in her life and is seeing her first boyfriend from high school; he is a nice young man who has a son of his own. I look forward to seeing where all of this goes. New relationships are forming and there is another little person calling me mammy.
My son still struggles along through life but ever so slowly he is growing up and taking more and more responsibility for himself. I have to keep reminding myself that “Every Flower Blooms in it’s Own Time”. He really is a very nice young man with a giant heart. It’s his view of the world and life around him that is just so negative. I sometimes call him Eeyore, as he is very loveable and compassionate but at the same time eternally gloomy and depressed. He does not expect much from or for himself. It’s rather sad really. I hope that someday he can see what I see in him and be happy and satisfied with his life.
My youngest daughter is working and going to college. She is the child I am the most detached from. I’m not sure why this is the case, but our relationship is much different than the one I have with my other children. She is much more independent and she doesn’t seem to have the same need for my approval or assurance as the others. I don’t get to spend the time with her that I would like as our schedules are very different and she is young and I am old. LOL She is a strong young woman who I have no doubt will be very successful. She is single at the moment and I hope she will wait for the “right” person. I know that she is feeling lonesome in that area of her life but it will come for her.
My husband and I are very comfortable in our lives. We both enjoy our jobs, we are comfortable financially and we are comfortable with each other. We are extremely blessed. He is my biggest fan and my best friend. We’ve sort of moved into a more relaxed place now that the kids are less dependent and we have more time for us. We are enjoying spending time together going to comedy shows and different music venues. We are both lovers of live music and most especially outdoors in the summer.
Speaking of Summer… It will be nice when it finally gets here. This is one of the snowiest and coldest winters that I can remember. Seems like we have a storm every week with another foot or more of snow. It’s only the beginning of February so we still have a ways to go before winter is over. I sure hope the Ground Hog is right about it being a short winter.
I am going to Florida at the end of the month to visit my parents. I think that’s what’s keeping me sane in all this snow. I am really looking forward to some sunny beach weather.
I guess that’s enough for my first day back… hopefully I can find the time to put something here each day.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Fabulous Day
I got up this morning and decided to have a fabulous day. I will let nothing stand in the way. : )
It's been so long since I checked in here and I have so much to write about. My son is still causing me some worry and anxiety. He had his day in court over the accident and leaving the scene with property damage. It cost my husband and I a lot of money and I'm not sure my son appreciates what we have done for him. As a parent I guess that doesn't matter so much. I love him unconditionally and I will always be there to help him. I have a plan for the near future and he isn't going to like it very much but I'm pretty sure it's what they call "tough Love" and I will fill you in on the details later.
My youngest daughter is just finishing up her senior year of high school and she plans on going to the community college in the fall. I am so very proud of her. She has had to overcome some obstacles in her life but she has done so with hard work and grace. Recently she went through some extensive testing and was diagnosed with Dyslexia, ADD, an anxiety disorder and depression. Even considering that diagnoses she has made it through high school and is on the honer roll again this semester. (with no extra help or meds)
She is taking a lifeguard class at school and is just about finished. Last week she was at a State Park in CT. (Senior skip day). There was a man swimming quite a ways from shore and he began having trouble. Several of the kids she was with thought he was just kidding around but she was unsure so she swam out (in extremely cold water). When she got to him she told him her name and that she came out to help him, she asked if he needed her help. He said yes and then he went under. She was able to get him to shore and he was okay. He sat on the edge of the water for a little while and got his breath, thanked her for her help and then he left. The kids on the beach all clapped and cheered for her and she felt very good to be able to help someone.
She has had a lot of people in her life that have helped to shape her into the young women she has become.
PROM PICTURE
It does take a "village" and she was lucky to have such a caring and loving group standing behind and beside her.
My oldest daughter and husband are doing okay. They struggle with money issues and keeping afloat, like most of us, these days. They are lucky enough to have a seasonal campsite and trailer in a campground close to where they work. They spend a lot of time there now that the good weather has come. My grandchildren love it there and it's like living on vacation. They are both getting so big.
This is Zachary's first fish.
Life is good. I still have some issues with pain in my upper back and chest. I have had a bunch of tests and they can't seem to find anything wrong. I think I have narrowed it down to pain medicine. It seems to happen a few hours after taking percocet (sp?) or vicoden. The last two times I had episodes of pain I had taken vicoden for tooth pain just before I went to bed. I don't think that causes the pain but I do think that it triggers whatever it is. Almost feels like a spasm or something. Of course the doctor thinks that it is just a coincidence and it's not related. I know what I know and I won't be taking any pain meds. I was going to test my theory but I'm afraid... the pain is just to bad to do it on purpose to myself.
My husband is good and he has been very patient with all that is going on around our house. He finished building a chicken coup for our chickens quite a while ago and I love it. He did an amazing job. The chickens love it too.
If you don't see me here for a while it's because I'm probably attending a graduation. My sister, my two neices and my daughter are all graduating from either college or high school in the next few weeks. I also have a confirmation, a baby shower and family parties to attend over the Memorial Day holiday. Enjoy the good weather. The sun is out and it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. :)
I am looking forward to summer and spending some quality time with my husband. There is nothing I enjoy more than just being with him.
It's been so long since I checked in here and I have so much to write about. My son is still causing me some worry and anxiety. He had his day in court over the accident and leaving the scene with property damage. It cost my husband and I a lot of money and I'm not sure my son appreciates what we have done for him. As a parent I guess that doesn't matter so much. I love him unconditionally and I will always be there to help him. I have a plan for the near future and he isn't going to like it very much but I'm pretty sure it's what they call "tough Love" and I will fill you in on the details later.
My youngest daughter is just finishing up her senior year of high school and she plans on going to the community college in the fall. I am so very proud of her. She has had to overcome some obstacles in her life but she has done so with hard work and grace. Recently she went through some extensive testing and was diagnosed with Dyslexia, ADD, an anxiety disorder and depression. Even considering that diagnoses she has made it through high school and is on the honer roll again this semester. (with no extra help or meds)
She is taking a lifeguard class at school and is just about finished. Last week she was at a State Park in CT. (Senior skip day). There was a man swimming quite a ways from shore and he began having trouble. Several of the kids she was with thought he was just kidding around but she was unsure so she swam out (in extremely cold water). When she got to him she told him her name and that she came out to help him, she asked if he needed her help. He said yes and then he went under. She was able to get him to shore and he was okay. He sat on the edge of the water for a little while and got his breath, thanked her for her help and then he left. The kids on the beach all clapped and cheered for her and she felt very good to be able to help someone.
She has had a lot of people in her life that have helped to shape her into the young women she has become.
PROM PICTURE
It does take a "village" and she was lucky to have such a caring and loving group standing behind and beside her.
My oldest daughter and husband are doing okay. They struggle with money issues and keeping afloat, like most of us, these days. They are lucky enough to have a seasonal campsite and trailer in a campground close to where they work. They spend a lot of time there now that the good weather has come. My grandchildren love it there and it's like living on vacation. They are both getting so big.
This is Zachary's first fish.
Life is good. I still have some issues with pain in my upper back and chest. I have had a bunch of tests and they can't seem to find anything wrong. I think I have narrowed it down to pain medicine. It seems to happen a few hours after taking percocet (sp?) or vicoden. The last two times I had episodes of pain I had taken vicoden for tooth pain just before I went to bed. I don't think that causes the pain but I do think that it triggers whatever it is. Almost feels like a spasm or something. Of course the doctor thinks that it is just a coincidence and it's not related. I know what I know and I won't be taking any pain meds. I was going to test my theory but I'm afraid... the pain is just to bad to do it on purpose to myself.
My husband is good and he has been very patient with all that is going on around our house. He finished building a chicken coup for our chickens quite a while ago and I love it. He did an amazing job. The chickens love it too.
If you don't see me here for a while it's because I'm probably attending a graduation. My sister, my two neices and my daughter are all graduating from either college or high school in the next few weeks. I also have a confirmation, a baby shower and family parties to attend over the Memorial Day holiday. Enjoy the good weather. The sun is out and it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. :)
I am looking forward to summer and spending some quality time with my husband. There is nothing I enjoy more than just being with him.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
April 2009
I haven't been posting for a while. Just laziness I suppose. This month has been pretty good. We had a nice Easter with the kids and enjoyed spending the day with friends and family.
My parents returned from Florida this week and it is so nice to have them back. We all missed them vry much while they were there and the kids have grown so much since they left.
My son's issues withhis accident have been dealt with and his day in court was yesterday. All I will say about it is that it was an expensive lesson. He has no job and no money so the expensive part lies with my husband and I. I am exhausted. Enough said.
My youngest daughter is all enrolled in the community college for the fall semester. Her high school graduation is early June.
My chickens are getting so big. They have moved from the livingroom to the chjicken coop in the garage. We will be moving the chicken coop out to the back yard this weekend.
Weather is supposed to be in the 80's all weekend and I am very much looking forward to that. My son power washed and water sealed the deck last weekend so I will be putting out my summer furniture on Saturday.
My mother-in-law is due to arrive sometime this weekend for an extended stay. We all look forward to seeing her. She travels in her motorhome and parks in our driveway. She has her own place so it's not exactly like having company. It works out nicely.
I am struggling with my weight these days. Trying very hard not to gain. It's been just a little over a year since I had the Gastric by pass surgery and I've lost 110 pounds. At this point I gain 5 and lose 5 over and over. TOnight is my support group meeting and I need to go.
Tha't all the news fit to report at the moment.
My parents returned from Florida this week and it is so nice to have them back. We all missed them vry much while they were there and the kids have grown so much since they left.
My son's issues withhis accident have been dealt with and his day in court was yesterday. All I will say about it is that it was an expensive lesson. He has no job and no money so the expensive part lies with my husband and I. I am exhausted. Enough said.
My youngest daughter is all enrolled in the community college for the fall semester. Her high school graduation is early June.
My chickens are getting so big. They have moved from the livingroom to the chjicken coop in the garage. We will be moving the chicken coop out to the back yard this weekend.
Weather is supposed to be in the 80's all weekend and I am very much looking forward to that. My son power washed and water sealed the deck last weekend so I will be putting out my summer furniture on Saturday.
My mother-in-law is due to arrive sometime this weekend for an extended stay. We all look forward to seeing her. She travels in her motorhome and parks in our driveway. She has her own place so it's not exactly like having company. It works out nicely.
I am struggling with my weight these days. Trying very hard not to gain. It's been just a little over a year since I had the Gastric by pass surgery and I've lost 110 pounds. At this point I gain 5 and lose 5 over and over. TOnight is my support group meeting and I need to go.
Tha't all the news fit to report at the moment.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
screen door
I long for the sound of a slamming screen door. YOu know the sound... an old wooden framed screen door with a spring. Nothing says summer like the sound of a slamming screen door.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Weekends are GOOD!
My weekend was very good. I got to spend some quality time with my husband and we did some fun things. Sunday morning breakfast out and then a few errands. I spent some time working on a quilt (first one) with my daughter. It was good to spend time doing something with her. My husband is working on the chicken coop. This week we finally met our neighbors down the road and they seem very nice. They have chickens too so we stopped over to see there coop and get some ideas for ours. They stopped by our house yesterday afternoon to see our baby chicks.
I am going to be calling the doctor today to ask about some issues I am having with pain. I think it may be my ulcer or maybe even a kidney stone. It's not constant pain, but when it comes on... OMG It's very very intense.
But all in all "Life is good".
Thursday, March 12, 2009
A quick post
Time for a quick post. Everything is pretty good in my world, I am still struggling with parenting teenagers but I guess that is to be expected. The latest disaster on that front is a car accident. My son was in the city late at night with people he shouldn’t be hanging around with. Those two things alone were enough to get him in trouble with me.
The story begins with a call from the police asking if my son is home, do we know where he is. Well its 2:30am and he isn’t home. We don’t know where he is but we track him down on his cell phone to tell him to call the officer. Oh by the way the officer wouldn’t tell us why he was looking for our son. We suspected it couldn’t be good at 2:30am. We find the boy child and his story goes like this… “Mom, I’m not sure exactly what happened because I fainted or blacked out or something. I ran over a fence and I woke up to “Fred” slapping me in the face. I was sooo freaked out. I sat there in my car for a few minutes and then I drove “Fred” home and went to “Sam’s” because I didn’t want to drive all the way home. I’m not feeling very good.” Hummmm sounds suspicious to me. I tell him to call the officer and I give him the number. I ask him to call me back as soon as he talks to officer. Now I am AWAKE.
Wait for two hours and son calls home. Officer is satisfied that son isn’t under the influence. Thank God. Tells him they know it was him who drove through this yard because he happened to leave his license plate in the fence. (Only my son could be so lucky). Now the story gets even better. The house belongs to a Judge. Not only that but the house has some damage too and it’s protected by the historical society.
My husband drove to the house to look at the damage and it isn’t real obvious where the damage is. So hopefully it won’t be too bad. We are just waiting now for a summons to come in the mail. I’m afraid that I can’t rescue him from this one. He will have to suffer the consequences of his actions.
Well enough with problems in my life.
Last weekend I resurrected my grandmothers Singer sewing machine from the basement of my daughters house. It was in rough shape. I cleaned it all up and oiled the machine. The machine is in a table, it’s actually a nice piece of furniture. I painted the cabinet and reupholstered the seat cover. It’s working like a charm and I am starting a small quilting project on my own at home. I am really having fun with this. I joined the quilting class and have started working on a table topper to match my kitchen curtains.
The second thing I am working on is learning all I can about chickens. We moved to the country from the city where I had lived all my life two years ago. I have been thinking about getting chickens for some time. I only want 5 or 6 chickens. I have been reading all I can find and talking with others that have a small flock of backyard chickens. I am hoping to be able to get them just before Easter. I want to take my Grandchildren with me to get them and let them be involved with getting them set up in their new home. The chickens will have to live inside for the first month so we will have time to build some kind of a coop in the backyard. I have done quite a bit of research on that too. I already know what I want it to look like and I have a good idea how big it needs to be. I think that my husband and I will start working on that this weekend. (hubby isn’t at all excited about chickens but he is going along with it)
If you are wondering if I am crazy… maybe I am. If so, it was the teenagers that drove me round the bend!
The story begins with a call from the police asking if my son is home, do we know where he is. Well its 2:30am and he isn’t home. We don’t know where he is but we track him down on his cell phone to tell him to call the officer. Oh by the way the officer wouldn’t tell us why he was looking for our son. We suspected it couldn’t be good at 2:30am. We find the boy child and his story goes like this… “Mom, I’m not sure exactly what happened because I fainted or blacked out or something. I ran over a fence and I woke up to “Fred” slapping me in the face. I was sooo freaked out. I sat there in my car for a few minutes and then I drove “Fred” home and went to “Sam’s” because I didn’t want to drive all the way home. I’m not feeling very good.” Hummmm sounds suspicious to me. I tell him to call the officer and I give him the number. I ask him to call me back as soon as he talks to officer. Now I am AWAKE.
Wait for two hours and son calls home. Officer is satisfied that son isn’t under the influence. Thank God. Tells him they know it was him who drove through this yard because he happened to leave his license plate in the fence. (Only my son could be so lucky). Now the story gets even better. The house belongs to a Judge. Not only that but the house has some damage too and it’s protected by the historical society.
My husband drove to the house to look at the damage and it isn’t real obvious where the damage is. So hopefully it won’t be too bad. We are just waiting now for a summons to come in the mail. I’m afraid that I can’t rescue him from this one. He will have to suffer the consequences of his actions.
Well enough with problems in my life.
Last weekend I resurrected my grandmothers Singer sewing machine from the basement of my daughters house. It was in rough shape. I cleaned it all up and oiled the machine. The machine is in a table, it’s actually a nice piece of furniture. I painted the cabinet and reupholstered the seat cover. It’s working like a charm and I am starting a small quilting project on my own at home. I am really having fun with this. I joined the quilting class and have started working on a table topper to match my kitchen curtains.
The second thing I am working on is learning all I can about chickens. We moved to the country from the city where I had lived all my life two years ago. I have been thinking about getting chickens for some time. I only want 5 or 6 chickens. I have been reading all I can find and talking with others that have a small flock of backyard chickens. I am hoping to be able to get them just before Easter. I want to take my Grandchildren with me to get them and let them be involved with getting them set up in their new home. The chickens will have to live inside for the first month so we will have time to build some kind of a coop in the backyard. I have done quite a bit of research on that too. I already know what I want it to look like and I have a good idea how big it needs to be. I think that my husband and I will start working on that this weekend. (hubby isn’t at all excited about chickens but he is going along with it)
If you are wondering if I am crazy… maybe I am. If so, it was the teenagers that drove me round the bend!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Do you have a "Bucket List"?
This may seem like it’s coming out of left field but as I drove to work this morning I was listening to a CD and I started thinking about things I would like to learn how to do. I would like to be able to sing just one song really well. (you have to know that when I was in the choir at church as a youth they told me to stand in the back and hum). I have little confidence that I will be able to accomplish the singing thing. I would like to learn how to play the guitar. We do a lot of camping and playing the guitar around the campfire is something that I would like to be able to do.
Last week I went out looking for new curtains for my kitchen. I really just need valences for one window and a sliding glass door. I found just what I was looking for at Country Curtains they were perfect for my décor. Golden colored with a rooster print in brick red. I loved them. I needed to buy 5 valances, when I got to the store I found out that the valances were $22 each. I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t justify spending over $100 on valances. I decided to check out a fabric store in the next town that I had driven by several times. I went in and asked the owner if she had any fabric with roosters on it and she pointed me in the direction of the Waverly Fabrics along the wall. I found almost the identical fabric for $11 a yard. I have not sewed anything in several years and I do not own a sewing machine. The owner of the fabric store helped me figure out how much fabric I would need and she helped me pick out the thread. I told her I was going home to attempt to sew these curtains by hand. She told me about walk in sewing classes on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening from 6 to 8 that she runs and how she would help me make the valences. The cost of the class is $10. I was so excited to get started. I went Tuesday night on my way home from work and did all the cutting and some of the sewing. Last night (Wednesday) I went back and did more of the sewing and I am almost done. I may have been done already if I had been doing them on my own but Laurel, the owner of the fabric store, is a bit of a perfectionist and I had lots of opportunities to get acquainted with my seem ripper. If the seem wasn’t just so I had to take it out and do it again. My valances are going to be beautiful when they are done. This is a picture of the material
I’ve met some nice people at the Fabric store in the classes and many of them are working on quilts. That is what I want to do next. So I will add learn how to quilt to my bucket list too.
I want chickens. I imagine that may sound strange to some people but I want to have a few chickens in my backyard. My husband thinks I have gone round the bend and he wants me to explain why I want chickens. I just think it would be cool and the kids will think it’s neat too. I want to get them for Easter weekend as a surprise for the kids. I have been reading as much as I can find on the internet about raising chickens and I have some good ideas about building a small chicken coop. I will be ready by Easter for the chickens to arrive. Now I just have to figure out where to buy them. That’s all for now.
It’s time for me to put my dreams and wishes away and do the work that needs to be done. I am dealing with a difficult situation with my son and he takes up a lot of my energy right now. Be well everyone.
Last week I went out looking for new curtains for my kitchen. I really just need valences for one window and a sliding glass door. I found just what I was looking for at Country Curtains they were perfect for my décor. Golden colored with a rooster print in brick red. I loved them. I needed to buy 5 valances, when I got to the store I found out that the valances were $22 each. I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t justify spending over $100 on valances. I decided to check out a fabric store in the next town that I had driven by several times. I went in and asked the owner if she had any fabric with roosters on it and she pointed me in the direction of the Waverly Fabrics along the wall. I found almost the identical fabric for $11 a yard. I have not sewed anything in several years and I do not own a sewing machine. The owner of the fabric store helped me figure out how much fabric I would need and she helped me pick out the thread. I told her I was going home to attempt to sew these curtains by hand. She told me about walk in sewing classes on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening from 6 to 8 that she runs and how she would help me make the valences. The cost of the class is $10. I was so excited to get started. I went Tuesday night on my way home from work and did all the cutting and some of the sewing. Last night (Wednesday) I went back and did more of the sewing and I am almost done. I may have been done already if I had been doing them on my own but Laurel, the owner of the fabric store, is a bit of a perfectionist and I had lots of opportunities to get acquainted with my seem ripper. If the seem wasn’t just so I had to take it out and do it again. My valances are going to be beautiful when they are done. This is a picture of the material
I’ve met some nice people at the Fabric store in the classes and many of them are working on quilts. That is what I want to do next. So I will add learn how to quilt to my bucket list too.
I want chickens. I imagine that may sound strange to some people but I want to have a few chickens in my backyard. My husband thinks I have gone round the bend and he wants me to explain why I want chickens. I just think it would be cool and the kids will think it’s neat too. I want to get them for Easter weekend as a surprise for the kids. I have been reading as much as I can find on the internet about raising chickens and I have some good ideas about building a small chicken coop. I will be ready by Easter for the chickens to arrive. Now I just have to figure out where to buy them. That’s all for now.
It’s time for me to put my dreams and wishes away and do the work that needs to be done. I am dealing with a difficult situation with my son and he takes up a lot of my energy right now. Be well everyone.
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