It's Finally COOL!

YES! It finally feels like Fall!! It's a mild 53 degrees on our deck this morning, absolutely LOVE it, reminds me of Iowa! And tonight, for our dinner group from church, we'll actually be able to sit outside! Gotta get busy and finish cleaning house ... haven't done that in a while!

Seven Senses, do you remember what they are?

Well, I didn't remember them all so I 'googled' and they are sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing, intuition and equilibrium ... I didn't remember the last two. Why do I wonder, well many of you know my almost 94 year old mother has been living with us for almost 7 years, that's a whole other story! Anyway, she is nearly blind, and probably only has 20% of her hearing ... until today.

Today, she was fit with her first pair of hearing aids. It was not until that point I realized how totally precious hearing and sight are ... for the last 7 years I have talked way too loud, having had to repeat myself time and time again. It totally took the joy of talking to her away from me as there is no joy in repeating, and imagine when I took her shopping for greeting cards to have to read at the top of my voice so she could hear the verse (remember, she has lost most of her vision as well). I always felt bad in stores since others would look at me like, "why are you screaming at the poor, sweet woman".

Hopefully from this point on, for whatever time she has left on this earth, she'll have a better quality of life. We can't change her vision, but now she'll at least hear ... probably too well :)

So bear with me now as I must learn to lower my voice so she doesn't feel as though I'm screaming at her. God has given us some incredible gifts for living, appreciate them daily ...

THANK YOU!

Put your hands together in THANKS for niece Lori helping her Aunt CiCi with her blog wallpaper! You're appreciated!

It's Monday

and our grandson is sick, Carin takes him to the doctor in the morning; seven of his classmates are also ill today, we're hoping it's not swine flu. I remember the girls growing up and being sick, it's not much fun ... for anyone!

Well, the calendar says it's Fall, but it's warm and humid today, no rain yet. Both Don and I are eager for cooler temperatures, the Hill Country has had enough heat for the year. Being a midwestern girl I miss this season most of all, the cool crisp temperatures, trees turning their vibrant colors ... it's beautiful in Iowa this time of the year.

We are also eager for the Holidays, our first with a grandchild, and we'll all be celebrating at Carin and Rusty's. What a treat that will be to have our small family together for Christmas, it's going to be so special! We're praying for cooler weather, a Christmas tree that sparkles and we can hardly wait to see Dylan's big eyes on Christmas morning. It brings back very special memories of Carin and Melisa sitting atop the stairs waiting for Santa to finish arranging all their gifts before he leaves ... yes, we were usually finished with all of our presents well before daybreak and then we'd have to wait to call cousins Lori, Jenni and Megan until well after 9:00am.

Well, more later, waiting to hear how Dylan is feeling!

We're GRANDPARENTS

Well, here I am almost 6 months later, really haven't gotten into this "blog thing", but will see if I can now!

AWESOME news, I'm a Grammie now!! Dylan, 6 years old, joined Carin and Rusty on August 17th ... they're all adjusting and we are really excited to have him in our family. MORE AWESOME news, Melisa and John are expecting, so mid-May we'll have another precious grandchild. Our family is growing and we are so blessed and happy to have grandkids!!!

Gotta run for now, more before another six months passes!

Happy New Year!

Well, better late than never I say! I'm not certain where the time goes!

I'm so impressed with Carin, Melisa and Lori's blogs, love reading them and maybe one day I'll get more progressive and consistent with this "blog", until then, well just be patient!

Let's see, I'm working today and Sunday, so have some time on the internet ... we've got some exciting happenings in our family with Carin and Rusty beginning the adoption process of their special needs child. How much fun it's going to be when the process is complete and everyone is settled in to their new routines and activities. Don and I will be celebrating 40 years in June, really where has the time gone! Carin and Melisa with Rusty and John will host a celebration event for us in late June, we're looking forward to our family and extended family all being together.

Now Don and I have to really get busy with yard work, if this weather ever settles down (warm for a few days and then cold once again), and inside the house as well. We are really looking forward to seeing everyone!

Since I'm at work, it's very slow today, I should probably close for now. Stay tuned, maybe I'll post something else and even sooner than 3 months.

Well, okay, I'm so new at this blogging thing I don't actually know what I'm doing. Guess I'll have to take lessons from Melisa and Carin.

Let's see, our son-in-law, John, was on business in Austin yesterday and spent the evening with us. We had good conversation and food (Tamale King) ... you know Michigan isn't known for it's Mexican food! He's winging his way back to Michigan this morning ... wish Melisa could have come, but not this time!

Oh back to Mexican food, we hadn't had since Don and I celebrated our birthdays in September ... it was soooo gooood, but so bad for my weight struggles. Went to Curves this morning and will have to walk both Saturday and Sunday, guess cutting out the chocolate would help some as well.

A couple of weeks ago we visited Carin at a horse show in Glen Rose. Good to see her, and she was doing quite well, so many ribbons. Of course, Rascal (our 10 year old Brussels Griffon) was with us and apparently ate something off the floor ... resulting in two trips to our fabulous Vet, Dr. Craig ... she was a very sick puppy, but has totally recovered! Yea!!

I'm working this week at Travel Ezee, learning lots about the travel industry and having fun, but guess I'd best get back to work. That's it for now ... I'll figure this blogging thing out ...