Well January is nearly over.. .but not without its celebrations. Although we couldn't visit the kids due to COVID cautions.. our granddaughter turned 1 yesterday, which is also when my oldest turned 33. It sure makes remembering their birthdays easy. And today is my Tika's 14th birthday. No special cake for her but she did get an extra bite of warm bread. :) This is how she spends a lot of her time these days.. but she still loves face rubs, loves to bark when it is meal time and always wants to be near me. She is the oldest dog we've had so far...it warms my heart that she is still with us.
After the Nest is Empty
6/23/13 ** Just changed the name of my blog. I am now officially an empty nester ** My countdown started in 2009 to becoming an empty nester as my youngest was headed to college. Now I just blog about whatever I feel like for as long as I feel like...
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Birthdays
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Happy New Year!! 2021
It is still January, so I can still say Happy New Year, right?! :)
A few weeks ago I was mentioning to hubby that a good project for the spring would be to replace the last bedroom floor which had old Berber carpeting about 38+ years old in it. He was so excited he went upstairs with a measuring tape. So he has already done it!! He has been very sore as he was using muscles he hasn't used in quite some time. But as I told him the other day 'He's still got it." Here are some BEFORE and AFTER pictures. There are some photos with orbs in them. Pretty neat! Looks beautiful! This was our youngest's bedroom but has been turned into a music room. Can you tell?
I will blog more this year too. It is not a resolution, it is a promise :)
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Happy Thanksgiving
Hi~! Remember me? Sure you do!!
It has been oh 4 months since I blogged. I have today and tomorrow off work so I thought about wishing everyone who celebrates a Happy Thanksgiving!
I sure would have loved to post today about COVID 19 being in the past, but alas it is still spreading rampant here in the U.S. A vaccine is in the works, though I won't be running to be first in line. It worries me that they streamlined this on a fast tract....(to who knows what for those who get the first shots). Anyway didn't want to make this a doom and gloom blog, so enough about that.
Despite COVID, life goes on...my granddaughter is days away from being 10 months old. My other daughter had her baby boy October 1st. Here is a picture taken just a few days ago as the youngest is out visiting her sister (and others) for Thanksgiving. My little extended family is growing. :) So I can say I am a proud grandmother or Grams as I like to go by....to a granddaughter and a grandson. I haven't seen Asher in person yet. I'm sure I will some day. I have to just be cautious with this ongoing pandemic.
Friday, July 17, 2020
Nearly 2 months later...and COVID 19 still rampant
Hi ! I'm sorry it has been close to 2 months. And here in America COVID 19 is still going rampant....in fact Texas has been hitting some records (and not in a good way). Prayers to all!
I thought I owed it to ya'll to at least post a blog this week since I have had this week off!
It is the first full week vacation I took off in over 2 years! It was a staycation but a much needed rest for my brain. LOL.
I spent part of last weekend finishing up our tax returns since we took advantage of the extended filing date. I was glad to get that done. I also cleaned up my office as that had been a while too. My desk has never looked better! There is wood there under all that dust!
One of our dogs had been developing a bad bacterial skin infection so I spent part of my time off taking care of her. She has had 3 baths with special shampoo (that has to soak in for 10 minutes) and I sewed some leg sleeves for her from ace bandaging to cover a spot on one leg that she keeps licking to help that heal better. Her skin condition is improving but we did go ahead and have her tested for food allergies and she is allergic to some foods including beef and rice (which most of the dog foods we give her have). So a change in her diet is also happening.
When I gave her the first special shampoo treatment I forgot to take any kind of timer with me so I doubt it was the full 10 minutes. The second time I shampooed her I remembered a timer but didn't bring anything else in the shower area with me, so I was really bored though I did rub her back a lot to rub the shampoo in better.
By the third time I got smart and also brought my iphone in so that I could have something to do in that 10 minutes time. :)
A long 10 minutes for Tika |
Hand sewn sleeve |
Keeping her from chewing! |
Baby Adeline - almost 6 months old |
Snicker, snicker |
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Almost Memorial Day....
The company I work for has gone 100% remote for the most part and with that and the low interest rates, it seems that everyone is working all the time. Well not ALL the time. There is the needed energy (food) time and brain rest (sleep) time that are important to squeeze in between the work time. I'm working so much that I've had to stop and ask my hubby if we are still on COVID19 lock down. He said "You look familiar but I can't quite remember your name".
So hopefully you are convinced that I haven't had the time to blog because I really haven't. That being said, my granddaughter is nearly 4 months old and I haven't seen her for over 2 months, we have already hit our first 100 degree day here in Texas this year and Memorial Day is right around the corner.
That pretty much gets you caught up. :)
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Toilet Paper
Every time we order curbside, delivery or even give up and go into the store, there is none to be found.
When my mother was still alive I used to shake my head when she'd insist on using just one square of toilet paper to wipe. She grew up in the depression era and I guess it just stuck with her to always be very conservative with toilet paper use. When I took her to doctor appointments and she had to use the rest room, I'd insisted she used MORE than one little square. I don't know how she did it, because I definitely need more than one little square. I was afraid to ask her how much she used when she went #2!
Growing up during the Depression was a challenge for many I gather from the stories my mom told. One dim light bulb for the one light over the dining room table. Eating bread with lard on it was a treat, and going without was a daily event. I'm hoping that with this pandemic and how long it is taking to get through the states, that we don't head in that direction. So many are already losing their jobs or have loved ones who are sick or both. Hope we will all get through this strong!!
Back to the toilet paper shortage though, these days I do find myself trying to count out no more than 4 squares when I use the toilet, well unless it is #2. ;-)