Well BLOW me down!

Last night and today and into tomorrow is CRAZY weather. The wind woke us up several times in the night. We felt the house shift and groan then shudder. It's not suppose to be better until tomorrow. I have thought several times KANSAS here we come! The news said tonight that we have 40 mph wind gusts and maybe up to 7 inches of rain tonight. Oh joy oh rapture!

Yesterday I said I had jogged and got the cutest comment from my cousin Joy. She said something about a marathon. I almost spit my drink on my monitor. I love walking but mostly am a fair weather walker. I don't like walking in the rain. We usually walk late at night and that doesn't bug me, the rain does. I don't actually want to be a runner but I love watching people run, they look so free or something. I think if I was going to run there would have to be someone chasing me with a gun.

This is T2 yesterday. Both Bolt and Scout were asleep until I moved and stood by him then they glared at me. It just made me smile.


Yesterday Bolt and Scout (Actually Bugs) had a visitor come to play. His name is Shadow and he belongs to a friend of Bugs. He is a few months old and a doxie. He was shaky at first then he just started playing and playing with Bolt and Scout.

Scout was so excited to see someone smaller then her. They played very well together. I was proud of our 2, they were nice to the baby and played with him.
They ran and played until they all collapsed.

I hope you have great day.
Peace

Sunday

Whew! A new week. It's been a quiet weekend. My house is clean and laundry is done. Well until everyone gets naked, then it starts all over again.
Heir apparent came for dinner tonight. No Roommate or Mindy. They were working I guess. We had taco's and homemade Barrocho beans. We are all stuffed silly. I love that we sit at the table for an hour afterwards and just talk. Heir was telling us all about his new job. He really likes it. I'm so proud of him. This has been a long summer for us all and it seems to be looking better for him.
It has rained and the wind has blown so hard we have wind warnings. I'm not sure there is a leaf left anywhere that hasn't been stuck down by the rain. Dh trimmed our tree up or I almost think we would have a limb in our house.
My friend and I have been walking, even in the rain a few times. Last night I jogged home from her house. I'm sure it wasn't pretty but hey I did it. LOL I'm amused by simple things.
I hope you have a blessed week!
Peace

Oh no she didn'n

This has been a buuuuuuusy week. And SO MUCH FUN! I'll esplain.... Wait, that will take to long, I'll just sum up. 10 points to the person who can name that movie.......

Wed night was Cheila's birthday. (birthday club) She picked Mexican. We went to a place in Everett. It was good. It's always nice to see the ladies. We were missing a few and had a few newbies. No one went home hungry.

Thursday I went to Charlotte's. She was feeling pretty good but this next week she has another round so it will be an icky week. It gets worse as she goes. She will be bald when I see her next. There was hair all over the house. When I swept the bathroom there was a pretty impressive pile of hair and I started to tear and choke up. I told myself to knock it off and to put a smile on my face, I'm not the one who has cancer and it's not about me and Charlotte does not need to deal with my tears. Sigh. I just want this to be over for her.

Then when I was done there I raced home and ran through the shower to try and get to Enumclaw by 4:30. I was clipping along FINE UNTIL Seattle then it just stopped. I almost howled! I was doing so good! I was going to be late so I called Anita and asked her to meet me at the Super Mall. We did and left from there. We went to Olive Garden for dinner. It was so nice to have an adult dinner with her. She is so much fun and the daughter/sister/friend of my heart. This has been a very good year for us. We have seen each other so much and we can almost convince ourselves we live closer then we do. After dinner we hit I-5 S again and came to a fast STOP again! We made it to the Tacoma dome in OK time and then it took 45 minutes to get in the parking lot. THEN we were told we couldn't park there and they re-routed us down an alley and then right into a parking lot right outside the door for $15 less. WEIRD! But they must have held the show because it hadn't started yet. We were so excited. We were there to see Jeff Dunham and all his friends. Brian Haner opened for him. They both did GREAT jobs. We laughed so hard! My stomach hurt! There were people there with younger kids and that disturbed me but they aren't my kids. Jeff is an adult comedian. I know he's not for everyone but we had an absolute blast and have waited for a long time to go! It really was a good time for us.

After we got out, we decided to go find the new Sonic's in Puyallup. It's really not that far out of the way and we needed dessert. We found it ( with help from Skater boy and Google) and had an ice cream treat. Then as we were driving back down - the exact way we had come up - I said, Anita you know where we are now right? She laughed - HYSTERICALLY! She is the MOST directionally challenged person I know. She is also the first person I've seen get lost WITH a Garmen. When I told/showed her we had been up there before, last Fall we met there for dinner. Then we had a great laugh! She really is so funny. She took me back to my car and I had

to head on home. I got home after 1:30. It's a good think I'm off on Fridays.

While Anita and I were off having fun Rescue Rita took Bugs to have his picture made. Her daughter Melinda just started work at a photography place and needed a practice subject so Bugs was it. I think she did a pretty good job! They always have fun together.

Friday I cleaned my house and did some laundry and got groceries. My cupboards were pretty scary. No one will starve now. It's all good. I hope your weekend is going just as you planned.

Peace

Anita after the show.

Brian Haner.

The pictures loaded funny and I cannot fix them without harm to my computer. So here they are as they are. :)

Haircut Tuesday

Today I went to work and then The Littles and Skater dude had dentist appointments. Monkey finally let them do x-rays. He just could not do it last time. He looks good. He already has his 6 year molars. Bugs looks good too. BUT they each have one little tiny cavity. They have no school tomorrow so Rescue Rita is taking them in for me so I don't have to miss work. Skater had no cavities which is great since he has braces. They want him to floss more. HA. Good luck with that. They all brush well, flossing, not so much.
After the dentist Skater dude wanted to come home and since I was already out and Bugs is having his picture made on Thursday we went to get The Littles haircuts. They were shaggy boys. This is Monkey before.


Bugs during......


Monkey during...


And after. Handsome guys.

Monkey was trying his serious/tough face.

I then made dinner and then watched Biggest Looser. I cannot believe Shay lost 17 pounds and STILL fell before the yellow line. Maddening. I wanted Abby to win but she already went home. No one listens to me. :) Have a great day.

Peace

Monday Monday

I did not want to get up today. I did though. :D
I have 2 precious ladies that I call the Hens. They are very good friends and they look out for each other. They are both in their 80's. I was at M's today. When I get there I normally just knock and go in and holler HELLO. Today the house was dark and the door was locked. Totally not the normal. M uses oxygen and had been in the hospital last month. My heart dropped to my feet! I was so scared something had happened. I went to my van and dug out her number and dialed - praying please answer please God let her answer. She did! I almost sobbed when she said hello. I said M! I'm at the front door. She said Oh I took a shower and thought I had left it unlocked. I said don't rush (one time the other Hen came to the door in a towel) . She came (fully dressed) and it was all I could do to not hug/squeeze her. She would have been totally clueless as to why. I just love these 2 precious ladies.
Ashley and Caleb came down for a time this afternoon. The Littles act like they have a new toy or puppy every time he comes. All 3 of them wrestle and are crazy with each other. They really love to play though. It was just to ugly to go outside. Then they went home and Dh was here and I went to Curves. They (the Curves Smart computer) keeps upping my goal. It's kicking my butt!
Tame' and I went walking last night(she is home from Arizona) and went tonight also. It was cold but not raining. Half way around our first lap the sky's opened up and it poured on us. The rain wasn't bad enough so it had to start really blowing too. By the time I got home and in the house I was soaked clear to my skin. What a lovely feeling. THEN as I was just going to get into a warm shower, T2 had gotten up to get ready for work and showered and used all the hot water! Life just isn't always kind. LOL Such is my Monday.
Peace

Sunday

This weekend was lazy. It was cold dark and rainy and I had no desire to be out in it at all. I ran to the bank Sat. morning with T2 and I'm pretty sure that's the only time I left the house. I got all the laundry done, beds stripped and remade. I also finished gutting Monkey's room. I had 3 piles, Goodwill, put up for grand kids and Anita's pile. I love it when things go out the door and nothing else comes in. I didn't get as much done as I would have liked but things checked off my list non the less.
I would like to cook ONE meal that isn't taco's or pizza that someone doesn't complain about. We used to think Heir apparent was picky, he has NOTHING on Bugs and Monkey. Skater has always just lived on air. We know this and have adjusted to him just not eating. I wonder how these family's of 12 - 18 kids do it. I am tired of the "I don't like that" every flipping night. My friend Anita is so good about trying new recipes, my family would have a stroke every night!
It is flannel sheet weather and I have them on my bed. I think Fall is here and it's not happy. Dh trimmed up our huge tree out front. It looks sort of naked and bone-ish but come Spring you will never know it's been cut on. One year my dad cut it way back and you would have never guessed it a year later.
It was a pretty boring quiet weekend.
I hope you have a blessed week.
Peace

This is it.

This is Thought Salad.

• Heir apparent and T2 and I went to see Michael Jackson's This is it tonight. It was very good. Not what I thought it would be at all. I was worried it would be a glorified snuff film and it wasn't. No mention of his death at all. Just MJ dancing and singing and rehearsing. He seemed to be a perfectionist and knew what he wanted. He expressed it in a very kind and gentle way. He never wasted one movement. He really was poetry in motion. He seemed to be very kind to everyone. It was a good movie. I'm very sorry for his families loss.
• I brought Dh home some popcorn and the rest of the M&M's. He was pleased.
• The leaves are almost totally gone off of our tree. The neighbors will be totally thrilled when it's done. :) I wish they didn't stress over something that happens every year. Just seems such a waste of emotion and time to me.
• I want to be Bette Midler when I grow up.
• I realized there is no more babies for us so I really do need to go through all the baby clothes and maybe set a box for each boy aside and get rid of all of it. That seems very strange and not sure I can do it yet. But I do know it needs to be done. Soon.
• I have a GINORMOUS cold sore (I know - pretty!) and I have no clue why. I haven't been sick. The only thing I can think of is that I have been taking lots of extra vitamins so I don't get sick and then make Charlotte sick. Then I missed 2 days. Who knows.
• My own house REALLY needs some time and undivided attention from me.
• The Littles both need a haircut.

I hope you have a good weekend.

Peace