April, 2009

Well, here we are with April nearly over and I haven't blogged in over a month. I am really behind. I am now on Facebook so anyone reading this can keep up with me on Facebook. I have planted a few more plants in our flower bed out in front of the house and have gotten some pots with tomatoes and peppers planted in them. Hopefully we will have some tomatoes. I miss my little garden, but Bobby says lets wait until next year for a garden. We are going to put up the rest of a fence on both sides as soon as our neighbor finishes hers. One neighbor put up his fence and it is complete, and now the other neighbor is getting hers put up so we will have a lot less to put up than we originally thought. We only have about 20 foot of fence and two gates to install, which will be a lot cheaper on us. Pat, our son-in-law, built us a cover over our patio and that is really nice. We have had so much cool weather and rain that we haven't got to sit out there much, but warmer days are here now and will probably stay so we will be getting out more.
On Thursday afternoon, Kristi and the kids and I are heading for Ft. Walton Beach, FL. We are only going to be gone until Monday, but at least we will be on the BEACH.....Bobby was supposed to be going, but one of the guards retired and he is working a lot of overtime, at least he is still working, and he has to stay home, so I invited Kristi and kids to go with me. Once they get someone hired to take that guys' place, then Bobby and I can resume our travels. We haven't done much the last couple of months because he is working all the time.
The grandkids and great granddaughter are all doing fine. Panda, great-granddaughter, is really growing and so sweet. She was here on Easter and just smiling and so happy.

Update for the winter

There hasn't been a whole lot going on here this winter. Bobby was sick after I was with the cold crud for about a month, just like mine. Now I am snifling again and don't like it a bit. I have been using Zicam and it really works. I was hesitant about buying it, but it does work. Pass the word on....

I am still working on lap quilts when I have a minute, when Bobby is working. When I finished the current lap quilt I am going to make a large quilt(hopefully) for the sleeping room bed. I enjoy working on the quilts, it is very relaxing.

We bought a new car a couple of weeks ago and are really enjoying it. We got a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu, which is really nice. We traded in our 2006 Honda. The Malibu rides so quite and has all kinds of gismos on it.

We had a little snow last Saturday night, but not enough to really enjoy. I would like to have one big snow before the season is over, if possible, but if not, I will wait until next year. I love SNOW. It seems like it has been a long cold winter for Arkansas and I am really ready for spring. It is going to be warmer the next few days and I am sure I will enjoy having the windows open and enjoying some fresh air. We put a few pompas grass plants out in the yard today and have much more yard work to do on this new yard. We were waiting for spring to plant trees and flowers, so the time is fast approaching.

Kristi's oldest child, my 3rd grandchild, will be a teenager tomorrow. He is not supposed to be 13. I sometimes forget he is that old and still treat him like a little boy, but he enjoys his Granny treating him special. Donna Jo will be 9 in June and that seems impossible, also.

Well as you can see there is not much going on in our life, but that is the way it goes when you reach retirement.

Well, it is now wintertime in Arkansas. The last two weeks have been really cold. I know it gets cold every winter, but this year seems to be worse, I guess that is because I am getting older. The older I get the colder I get. We did miss the ice storm this week. We had a little bit of ice on Monday night, but then came the rain, rain, rain, and no snow. We only had a few flakes of snow early in the morning. I really wanted some snow, but there is still time for that later.

My weight loss program(weight Watchers) is coming right along. As of last Thursday night, I have lost a total of 8 pounds. I hope this week I have lost at least two more to make a total of 10 pounds. I have not gotten hunry at all on this new Momentum diet. It is really a good plan. We will have to wait and see what tomorrow night brings.

Not much going on around here with Bobby and I. Bobby is taking a cold and that is not good. I am working on another quilt. This one is going to be large enough to go on the guest bed. I have have bitten off more than I can handle, but we will see.

Starting a New Year

Well, we have started off another year with me running behind. I just can;'t get enough energy to do anything. I made two lap quilts for Kristi and Angela and need to finish them or they will think I am never going to finish their Christmas present. I just can't get enough umph to finish them.
Last week Bobby and I went to New Orleans for a couple of days and then went over to Biloxi and Gulfport area for a couple of days and came home. The weather was perfect. The temperatures were in the high 60's and low 70's. We missed the ice storm at home by being gone. Now the weather is changing and getting cold again. The weather changes more in Arkansas than anywhere I know of. After we got back from the trip, I decided I needed to do something about my weight and have joined Weight Watcher's. Everybody pray for me that I can succeed at this. I need to loose weight and hopefully feel better. Well, this is about all that is going on in our house as of now.

I know, it has been a long time since I have written anything in the blog. Since we have returned from vacation, I have been busy making lap quilts and still didn't get all of them finished for Christmas, but gave them anyway and Kristi and Angela just had to give them back to me to finish. I have really enjoyed making them and it keeps me and my mind occupied. I, also have had the cold and cough crud for two weeks now and I haven't really felt like doing a lot of quilting.

We had a nice Christmas in our new home this year. I had to get a new tree because the old tree was to big for this small living room, but the new tree looked great. I am going to try to get new decorations next year and fix the tree totally different. We had lights outside on the house and down the sidewalk, but not having much traffic on this street, I don't know if anyone really saw them or not, but we enjoyed them and that is the most important thing. On Christmas Day, we had brunch with our kids and grandkids and then had the present opening. We(Bobby and I), like every married couple of 40+ years, didn't know what to get each other, so we got new recliners and called that our Christmas, which was great.

Our two cats are still here and eating us out of house and home. They are both gaining weight and doing great. Lady is back to normal after his little escapade after our moving. He had a UTI about a month after he came back and had to make a trip to the vet,but is doing great now.

Well, I have gotten caught up on the past two months. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and I wish everyone a Happy New Year!!

October 17----Lady Cat

Well, i guess most of you know by now that Lady, my white Himalyan Perisaon cat had disappeared after we moved. Well, tonight, after a busy day moving boxes out of the storage unit to the garage, Lady came home. He had been gone for 7 weeks. He is very skinny, but at least found home again. I don't have any idea where he has been, but I don;t think some one had him because he is too skinny. I feel like he tried to find his way home on Salem Road, but after a lot of roaming he found his way back here. I am so glad to see him. I called Kristi and Bobby and was crying like a baby, but at least my baby was back. He needs a lot of nourishment and hopefully he will be okay.

We finally got a storage building on our property and now the final part of the move will be done. The boxes we moved today, I am going through and putting what I can in the house and the rest will go in the storage building and I will leave one corner for Bobby to have for his tools and whatever he needs to have room for him a work area. I will be glad when all the stuff is moved out of the storage unit we have been renting and is HOME with us.

Oct. 11-Oct. 15

Well, we made it out of Laughlin, Nv, after taking a cruise on the Colorado River. It was really a nice cruise. We left Laughlin on Sunday morning and drive over to Phoenix and stayed in the Ak-Chin Hotel, which is a property of Harrah's. I didnt' win anything but enjoyed staying there. On monday, we left and drove throught he Sanguara Natl. Park and looked at the cactus. I love cactus and really enjoyed driving through the park. We drove on over to Tucson and on up through New Mexico on an off road and ended up staying at another casino, Inn of the Mountain Gods and it is really a nice place. We have decided that when we need a retreat we are reatreating to this place. It has a lake, golf course, walking trails and just about anything you want. It is in the mountains, outside Alamogorda, and it is very quite and peaceful. The next morning we got up and it was raining, the first day we had rain on our entire trip. It rained on us all day, until we reached Shamrock, Texas, where we stayed for the night. It continued to rain and we got up the next morning with more rain and it rained on us off and on until we reached home that afternoon and then the big storm came through here and it rained all night. It was good to be home and we really ahd a nice trip. Hope I haven't bored everyone with my blog.