Just a few more

I tried to put this picture on yesterday but the computer was not co-operating.

A tired puppy. Too much vacation

Becky, working on the ever present crossword puzzle

Uncle Boyd

BB and oldest daughter. BB is about 6'2' and daughter may be about the same. Her grandpa on her mom's side is about 6'5-6" I told you we grow 'em tall in our family.

Becky's husband, clowning for the picture...I think!

Big kids and small had a good time in the Activity Room

One of the Unc's. On the way home. He sais he wanted his hair SHORT for the summer. His wish is my command. Short it is. The good thing is...hair grows.

A few more vacation pictures

I love my little camera. I believe they are called web cams??? It is OK to correct me if I am wrong. I often dis-remember the names of things. I have a hard time with nouns. When my sweet grand daughter lived with me she talked me into buying a different chip? to go into the camera so that it would accept more pictures and my BB reset it so that it would hold even more. He said that it would hold over 800 pictures. I took over 100 on the trip. It is so much fun to take pictures and not even think of the expense of film, having to go to the place to have it developed, go pick it up, etc., ect., etc., I love all the new teck stuff I am able to do. Anyway...more pictures.


Michael always takes a good picture.

You KNOW I just had to include this one!


Michael (or MIKE, which he now prefers) Becky's son and Princess Lily, (Beth's baby.



This is Paul, Beth's sweet hubby and Kala's dad (for all of you who know Beth and Kala) I don't know why he was frowning, he is one very sweet man.

This silly site will not let me add anymore pictures!! So, I will quit for today. I have things to accomplish anyway............"Till tomorrow

Two down, one to go (vacation that is)

I just arrived home yesterday after a week in Williamsburg, VA with 14 of my family. Seven from here in my desert, five from TN. and two from Baltimore. AND A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. I will attach some pictures with some names. There have been a couple of request for names.
I put the first picture in only so that you can see the background. My late husband used to take beautiful pictures. He took them of scenery. I always fussed at him for not taking pictures of people. I am making up for that. Most of all my pictures are of the people I love.

We were at a Marriott Resort in Williamsburg, VA. All very beautiful. The beautiful part to me is that my family were all there, except for Kala. I hated that she was not there. My babies are growing up and I will be losing them year by year. Spencer will be the next one. Love them while you can, you can't keep them babies forever.

Danica, (Becky's daugher) and Sam (Beth's son)



The one and only #1 son. To those of you who have known us forever, you are seeing a reproduction of his daddy.

The ever photogenic Lily.

BOYS WILL BE BOYS.......Michael, Becky's son and Beth's son Sam (in the headlock)

Youngest daughter Beth...Kala's mom


Beauty Queen Lily

Oldest TN grandson Spencer, Beth's son. Can you believe this fella is only 17 y/o?

Here is a picture of the same "boy".

Below is a picture of BB Carl, his oldest daughter Rebecca and her friend Addie. She is the short one. All of my family are tall, tall, tall.

Below is a picture of "Da Boys" My baby brother Carl and my oldest child Boyd. I believe the man with the hat was probably a signer of the Declaration of Independance. Why? I don't know. He just looks official.

Oldest dauther Becky, husband Bob and son Michael. At the airport awaiting a plane home.


I may put a few more pictures tomorrow. For now, THAT'S ALL FOLKS.

Delightful read

I haven't had anything to share in several days and have spent some time "Poking" around in other people's blogs. I found the following yesterday. I had a very nice time reading the 100 things about this lady. She lives (as you might see by reading the comments on my blog if you are interested) not too far from where I was born. Take time to read it. Diane is a delightful lady. Connie

http://100thingsaboutdiane.blogspot.com/

ME AND MY DESERT

This is a picture that was taken of me by my grand daughter (I think it was her) enjoying the weather.


I was going to put a picture on here this a.m. of a wool sweater that I just finished but I can't find the picture. I thought sure I had taken a picture of it but it simply can't be found. I plan on sending it to Kala. When would I ever wear a wool sweater here in my desert? I will take a picture of it later along with the SOU'WESTER hat I made to go with it. If I have enough yarn left I plan on making mittens also.

A QUILT MAKERS NIGHTMARE

Below is a picture of the quilt of the title of this post. I have completed 3 quilts and there is one in progress. I AM NOT a quilt maker. All that precision is not yet something that I am interested in pursuing. Maybe someday but please, don't anyone hold your breath. I too much enjoy just slamming something together. The quilt pieces below came in a great big zippered bag that you would buy blankets in. I bought it stuffed full of fabric pieces at a thrift store. Imagine my surprise and excitement when I found many finished quilt blocks. I believe the quilt below was to have been two seperate quilts. I had fun making a "summer quilt" from those blocks. After I sewed all the blocks together ON MY SEWING MACHINE! I backed it with some white linen from my stash. After completing the quilt I set my machine to say "Grammy Loves Lily" completely around the whole border of the quilt and it will go to my little China Doll grand daughter this summer when I head for Tennessee. If you are a quilt maker, please do not even dare to click on the picture to perhaps examine the quilt closer. NIGHTMARE CITY for you.

What ever

Nothing particular comes to mind to post this a.m. I had thought of taking pictures of all the yarn I "scored" at the yard sales and thrift stores while in Ventura but I already have it put away. It was a great trip for yarn. There is not a whole lot of yarn available here in my desert. Not much call for it. Even two yarn stores I have visited in the past five years I have lived here (for the second time) have closed. Can you blame them? I can seldom wear the things I make because even in the winter by the time I get to where I am going I shed my sweater. When Becky and I yard sale together we part company immediately. She heads for the books and I head for whatever crafty things I can see in the hope of getting my hands on yarn. I end up with a double deal. Becky has a "library" in her house. I probably would never need to buy a single book.

I found a skein of ribbon yarn, (I have not ever worked with ribbon yarn in the past) and Sunday a.m. before Sunday school I picked it up and crocheted a hat for whoever likes it in Tennessee. It was fun to work with and very quick. I have a drawer half filled with a beautiful pale coral ribbon yarn that I have not yet decided on a pattern for. Now I am anxious to finish the sweater I am knitting and start on the ribbon yarn jacket. I am thinking it would look good as a jacket. The only problem is...I don't attend functions anymore that would require fancy dressup clothes. I used to attend the symphony and stage plays but now I would rather stay home. Yarn and old age is catching up with me. When the sun comes up and goes down so do I.

I will post a picture of the sweater I am almost finished with.

Until then, GOODNIGHT MRS. CALABASH. (Wasn't that Jimmy Darante, Derente, Darente) Durn, wish I could spell.

Face Book

My baby daughter who lives in Tennessee set me up on Face Book. I may not spend much time there because I am finding it simply eats up much too much of my time that I could be spent with yarn in my hands but...today, I took a peek at my oldest grand childs Face Book page and she had posted a whole bunch of pictures of me that she took in Down Town Tucson for an art project that she undertook while she was living with me for a couple of years, attending college here. I will put those pictures on this blog, in no particular order. She has an artist and a photographers eye. She even made this Ol' Grammy look pretty acceptable.

1 VACATION DOWN, TWO TO GO

Middle Child and I took a week and went to the beach. In my desert you say? Nope, Ventura, CA. I was raised in San Jose, CA and didn't even realize that Ventura was on the coast. Middle Child's sweet hubby told her to go with her mom, have a great time and he would be totally responsible for the two children. He is a principle of a grammer school and still had a weeks work to do before he too was released for the summer, so the kids went to school each day with him and helped him do what-ever he had to do. I do believe all three were very glad to see their mom arrive home. The kids are 13 & 14 y/o. It sure would have been fun if Baby Daugher could have been there also, but I don't believe that Tennessee family could have survived w/out her.


I TOOK THIS PICTURE TO TORMENT MY SERFER BABY BROTHER.

WE ARE TOLD WE BOTH LOOK ALIKE AND SOUND ALIKE.

BEFORE THE WIND COMPLETELY DISTROYED THE COIF

A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY FLOATS BEHIND MY DAUGHTER

BECKY'S FAVORITE THING TO DO

A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT FROM OUR WINDOW




THIS IS A VIEW FROM OUR SECOND STORY WINDOW

OK, here's the deal. I am getting more and more acquainted with this blog thing. I am finally able to label the picture a little more successfully but I am still not able to get the first pictures first and the last pictures last. They are up in reverse. While showing you a bunch of pictures of THE VISIT I couldn't help but throw in a couple of other grandkids pictures. So sue me! I am a very proud grammy. Don't forget to click on the picture to make it bigger so as to see better.
Kala's LITTLE brother is over at the right
Cool Kala
Zeke and mama
Aunt Becky watching The Zekester
His eyes are brown, brown, brown
No explaination needed on this one
Dinner time
More time at the table enjoying fish tacos
Fun time for Zeke & cousin Michael
Zeke's mama with a mouthfull of breakfast
Zeke's daddy with a mouthfull of breakfast working on his laptop
Zeke being mesmerized by a Veggie Tales video. The little mountain man doesn't have TV reception at home. Sometimes the "electronic baby sitter" is a very handy thing.
My house from across the road at Holly's Little Farm.

Zeke is very tentative about getting acquainted with the tiny donkey.

Company (loved ones)

It is always great to have even more family here to join MY COMMUNE. I will try to figure out the way to put captions under each picture. I looked up the word "commune" and the discription is: community that shares all ownership and duties. Well, we don't quite go that far but we do share a lot and enjoy the sharing. Last night almost everyone shared the duties of getting supper on the table. I have a way to prepare fish tacos that EVERYONE loves and it appears often on my table. What with lots of help, cooking the fish on the BBQ last night and therefore keeping the greasy mess and heat out of the kitchen, it was on the table in a flash and gone just as soon.

Now, to see if I can get more picture on the blog with captions.

I am a lazy thief!!

I have company still. Very enjoyable company. When I am no longer being lazy I will post a picture... or three of them. Right now, while I am waiting for their little to "make like an alarm clock" and wake them, it is just coffee and peeking at other people's blog and in this case, stealing something from someone. Below is what I have stolen this a.m. with my answers instead of the other blogger's answers.


1) What was I doing 10 years ago?

10 years ago I was living in Iowa with my husband. He had accepted a job there(he was a consultant for them at the time) that he could not turn down. He tried to keep from accepting it and they made such a nice offer that he finally accepted. He knew that the company would not thrive in the place where they were and he planned on moving the company to a more profitable place, which was Scottsdale, AZ where the market was much better for what the company was offering. So, we kept our home in Scottsdale, rented it out (to our son and his wife) and I was able to join him for a year and a half. Company was moved and we came back home.

2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):
No plan, Nada, Nothing planned. Enjoy my company and feed them when they are hungry.
3) Snacks I enjoy:
Food. I enjoy almost all food. Try NOT to eat the snacks I most enjoy. Try to eat only things that won't distroy me. Fail. Favorite? Coldstone Creamery Coffee ice cream with toasted almonds. So happy that they are a very, very long way from me!

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
Get this family of mine together much more often than just one time a year.
5) Places I have lived: Keep in mind, I married an IBM executive.
Thayer, Missouri (starting place)
A place in Oklahoma that I can't remember the name of at the moment
San Jose, California. 28 years
Danbury, Connecticut (twice)
Boulder, Colorado
Davenport, Iowa
Tucson, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona
Marana, Arizona
Next stop, HEAVEN



6) Jobs I have had:
Mowing lawns
Baby sitting
Housekeeping and cooking for an elderly couple while I was in Bible College
Telephone compnay: long distance, information, and teletype
Front office of a dentist office
Hot dog stand (while saving the position for my son until summer vacation)
Diet Center
All very short term jobs. Most of my life, I have held the job of mom &
home maker and been so grateful that I was blessed with that privilege


7) Peeps I wanna know more about
Occasionally a notable person comes to mind and I think I should type the
name into google and then I forget.

OK. That is it for today. Perhaps more tomorrow.

Sombody is sleeping in my bed!

My neice, her sweet hubby and two y/o arrived yesterday on their way home to Colorado. Of course, they are in my room since there is only one of me and I can sleep in the twin bed in the guest room. In the next day or so or even a few days away, I will put some pictures on here of them and their visit. Meanwhile, I peeked at a blog written by a lady in England. I think I found her because of her special interest. The name of her blog is "BORN TO READ and knit. Since it is early Sunday and I can't get into the shower in my room to get ready for church I will steal something from her blog. It looks as if you are to answer with ONLY one word. We will see how it comes out.
Not as easy as you might think. Now copy, forward, or post this and change the answers to yours and pass it on. It is sometimes hard to only use one word answers.

1. Where is your cell phone? ………….. dresser

2. Your significant other?………………….. Heaven

3. Your hair? …………………………………….. graying

4. Your mother? ……………………………….. Heaven

5. Your father?…………………………………….. Heaven

6. Your favorite thing?……………………….. family
7. Your dream last night?………………….. ????

8. Your favorite drink? ……………………….. coffee

9. Your dream/goal?………………………….. pliability

10. The room you’re in?…………………….. kitchen

11. Your ex?……………………………………….. non-existant

12. Your fear?…………………………………….. none

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years?…….. here

14. Where were you last night?………….. home

15. What you’re not?………………………….. shy

16. Muffins?……………………………………….. carrot

17. One of your wish list items?………….. children'shealth (so, I cheated)

18. Where you grew up?…………………….. California

19. The last thing you did?………………….. read

20. What are you wearing?………………….. bathrobe

21. Your TV?……………………………………….. Sony

22. Your pets?…………………………………….. cat

23. Your computer? …………………………….. emachine

24. Your life?……………………………………….. happy

25. Your mood?………………………………….. up

26. Missing someone?……………………….. husband

27. Your car?……………………………………….. Nissan

28. Something you’re not wearing?…….. makeup

29. Favorite Store?……………………………….. ??????

30. Your summer?……………………………….. hot

31. Like(love) someone?…………………………….. many

32. Your favorite color?……………………….. coral

33. Last time you laughed?……………….. yesterday

34. Last time you cried?……………………….. ?????????

35. Who will re-post this?…………………….. ???????

Estimated weather report

No way did it even come close to the estimated 76 degrees today.

Something is wrong with my desert!!!!!

I can't even begin to understand what is wrong with my desert but I am not complaining! A bit of reprieve before summer hits. BB says it feels like Feb. I was out almost all day yesterday, which is a big change for me. I usually enjoy staying home but yesterday it was errands. I may go see if there are any garage sales happening today. Maybe. Just look at the weather I copied from the computer. AMAZING! And it is MAY 23Rd!!!!

Currently at 5:52 AM
53 °F RealFeel®:48 °F
Thunderstorm
Humidity: 66% Dew Point: 42 °F
Pressure: N/A Visibility: 10 Miles
Winds: SSW at 8 mphEarly Morning Fri, May 23
Low: 53 °F RealFeel®: 54 °F
Partly cloudy and windy with a shower or thunderstormStargazing conditionsForecast Details | Hourly Forecast for Today | Hourly Forecast for Tonight | AccuPOP® Precipitation Forecast | Local Radar
Friday, May 23
High: 76 °F RealFeel®: 71 °F
Cloudy most of the time, windy and coolFriday Night, May 23
Low: 54 °F RealFeel®: 56 °F
Partly cloudy and cool