Weekend report

We had a great weekend. I went to a flea market in New Hampshire where they sell pocketbooks (mostly knock offs) with the girls on Saturday morning and then did a few errands on my way home. I left the house about 6:30am and didn't get home until about 4PM. I was only home for a little while and my husband asked if I would mind spending a little more time in the car. We hemd and hawed for a while and at 7 headed down to Foxwoods (the casino). We went to MGM for a change and ended up having a real good time. We didn't win but I found a penny machine that let me play. At 2AM my hubby was beginning to pace around my machine and we had to leave. We didn't get home until 4am.

We got up early on Sunday to get ready for company. My girl friend of 40 years and her husband came for brunch. I think that brunch is "my thing". I set a real pretty table and we had fruit salad, bacon, eggs, toast, juice and coffee. Laura brought scones and bloody Mary stuff. My daughter and the kids came out and I got to show off my grandchildren. My husband finds Laura’s husband very interesting and they always have lots to talk about. He was a Marine in Vietnam and has many stories to tell and my husband just eats that stuff up. My husband was also a Marine; he was a JAG and served after Vietnam. So while they visited Laura and I went for a walk and caught up on all kinds of stuff. We had a great weekend.

My ulcer isn't really bothering me and the medicine seems to be working great. I will go and see the Dr. in three weeks and I will have to have the scope done again in 3 months to make sure that it is healing properly.

I talked to my son yesterday and he sounded good. He seems to like this job and the man he is working for. He worked all weekend for the overtime. I am keeping my fingers crossed and I continue to pray that he will make this job stick.

My youngest daughter is doing fine and she is reading (at my request) for practice. We went to the bookstore this weekend and picked up a book that is a 7th grade reading level and she is doing okay with it. She said the story is good and she is enjoying reading it. I ordered software to help her with some phonics instruction and that should come sometime this week. Once I have that we will start working a couple nights a week to increase her reading skills. I am confidant that we can get her to where she needs to be with some effort.

My 4 year old grand-daughter was so cute this weekend as she told me all about going to vote. It went like this:

Madison: Mammy, Rakabama wined ya know.
Me: Oh yeah, what did he win?
Madison: A trophy.
Me: Cool…
Madison: He’s getting a puppy too, and he’s goin to live in a white house far, far away. Not the white house on my street.


So I explained that he won after all the people voted on who should be the President and the most people picked him to be in charge. She told me that she went to vote. It went like this:

Madison: I went to vote with Mommy.
Me: I went to vote too.
Madison: Did you go to church?
Me: No, I had to vote in my town where I live.
Madison: I had to show daddy how to vote.
Me: You did? How do you vote?
Madison: You go in and tell the lady your name and where you live. She gives you a paper and you sit at the table and fill it out then you tell another lady your name and where you live again. I don’t know why you have to tell the other lady, you live at the same place. Then you put the paper in the machine. That’s all.


My daughter went to vote and she took the kids with her. My son-in-law had to go up a little later to vote and this was his first time voting. He was a little nervous that he wouldn’t know what to do so my daughter sent Madison with him so she could show him. LOL

She is like a little sponge and she doesn’t miss much. I told Melissa she really needs get that whole thing on video, it was very cute and I love the way she says his name. One word rakabama.

I walked at the mall with my sister this morning and I am going to join the YMCA so I can start going with her to Pilates. I really need to do something to increase my muscle tone. I am not losing weight right now. It’s no surprise, I can eat more and I have found that I don’t have a problem with sugar. (big mistake on my part) I shouldn’t have tested it. I’m not gaining, but not losing either. I guess if I’m going to eat more than I need to exercise more. So I’m going to find out what I need to do to join and start going with her soon.

My youngest daughter had every leave out of our yard last Tuesday but by Friday it looked like someone had trucked them all back in plus more. She isn’t at all happy. It’s cold and fall like here, most of the leaves are down now and it’s sort of depressing. It will be winter before you know it. I saw deer in the yard over the weekend. They are really very beautiful animals.