30 Days of Lists, Day 7

Today I Saw

1. The huz still sleeping peacefully
2. My daughter, Jilla, make breakfast for us all
3. My inlaws visiting their baby.
4. David facetiming me with THE news

So, in this case, Today was YESTERDAY, which was quiet eventful!  The huz had no problems sleeping after his knee surgery, he had a good night and a good day!  Jilla surprised us all by cooking cinnamon rolls, scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast.  Jay had breakfast with us.  The two of them cleaned up...even better!  :)

My inlaws came over to see how their baby was doing after his surgery.  Just after they got there, I got a TEXT from Liz Atwood, alerting me that THE proposal was about to take place in Central Park.  I passed my phone back and forth to Jilla for the next hour, as Liz updated us.  Finally, my phone rang, it was David calling my phone for the first time ever...actually facetiming me.  I put him on speaker, and the two of them were in the screen!  Janell told us that she'd agreed to be his wife!  My inlaws were surprised, the huz was overwhelmed, I was so happy for her!  Such exciting news!  What a great birthday Janell had in NYC with David and Liz & Jeremiah Atwood.  So happy the secret is finally out!  David had asked for our blessing on Thursday, August 29, those 9 days about killed me.  I thought I would burst!!!  Whew!

Here's a photo of the happy couple!

30 Days of Lists, Day 6

Today the huz had surgery on his right knee.  Arthroscopic surgery.  He's still drugged up pretty good.  I hope he (and I) have a good night!  Here's a pre-op photo!

Today's 30 Days of Lists heading is:

Rules to Break

1. No white shoes after Labor Day. (duh!)

2. Children should sleep alone.

3. Recipes should be followed.

4. Women don't have long hair.

5. Follow the doctors orders.

I am a big fan of co-sleeping!  Recipes are just a guideline!  Women should have what ever length of hair they choose!  Doctors order...ha, they call it practicing, because many times they have NO clue

Have a good day!  See you tomorrow!

30 Days of Lists, Day 5

I'm home from the quilt guild.  Was installed as First Vice President, in charge of membership, and Show and Tell, the Beekeeper and Lottery Blocks fall under my umbrella.  The guild voted on new by laws a few months ago.  Shook things up a bit.  More elected positions and took some of the pressure off the President by dividing the responsibilities out among the rest of us. Here's to a sucessful, stress free year!  :)

#30 Lists

Day 5!  The topic is:  Things That Worry Me

1. Employment, specifically, the huz, two days of firings...just this week. Still employed.  Whew!
2. The kids, specifically, the twins.
3. My health
4. My parents and in laws
5. Freeways

Worry is my middle name.  Stress, you name it, I can stress over it!  Not only do I have high blood pressure (due to stress/worry), I also have 'white coat syndrome' (documented)!  Totally awesome!  <rolls her eyes>

Happy almost weekend!  Oh, wait...the huz has knee surgery tomorrow, torn meniscus (at least one tear), not going to be a fun weekend at my house!  Happy weekend to the rest of you though!  Thanks for visiting!  Would love for you to comment!

30 Days of Lists, Day 4

Today's list header is:

Favorite Time Wasters

First off, do Kam and Amy know me...have they been stalking me????  Oh, my, time wasters!  Favorite time wasters, where to start?

1. Television, although I am better than I used to be, I can sit in the livingroom with it off now!  :)

2. Pinterest, what did WE do before we had this?  Saves paper!!!

3. Facebook

4. All my 'with Friends' games on my iPhone.

5. Instagram.  Definitely my favorite!  I love Instagram!  I have met so many wonderful people, some true friends even.  It is so different from Facebook, so much friendlier.  A great peek into peoples lives.  Love exploring Instagram and finding those with like passions!

So thrilled that I am staying on track.  See y'all tomorrow!

30 Days of Lists, Day 3

Still on track!  Super stoked that I am keeping up!  Yes, only day 3, but still excited!  :)

Things Younger Me Would Like About Current Me:

1. I am still a Rebel
2. I am only grey around the frame of my face, wispy grey, and have never dyed my hair
3. Still married to my original model husband, 30 years and counting
4. I finally learned how to knit, 5 years ago
5. My house has 3 toilets*
6. I had 3 kids
7. I live in Texas
8. I am a grandmother
9. I have long hair
10. I have a group of good friends

*I grew up in a home with one toilet, 2 kids, 2 parents and 1 toilet, not fun!  Especially when it was being remodeled!

That was pretty easy!  Bring on the next list!  See y'all tomorrow!

30 Days of Lists, Day 2

Projects I am currently working on...

1. Growing up my twins.

2. Teaching Tanner to read

3. Organizing dining room into my sewing room

4. re Watching Star Trek Voyager on Amazon Prime

5. me, 2 years, 3 months into a weight loss voyage, slow, slow process

6. 2013 Project Life/Pocket Pages/Pocket Scrapbooking album

7. Organizing my scrapbook supplies

8 100s of quilt projects

9. many knitting projects

The twins will be 24 in October, they behave like teenagers though.  Love them, so much. 

Day 2 was hard.  Very hard.  Right now, I only plan to 'list' on my blog, no physical listing album.  That may change.  Time will tell!  It is a good thing to be blogging again.

Have a great week y'all!

September 2013, 30 Days of Lists, Day 1

I am participating in the 30 days of lists during the month of September 2013. Today is the first day of September and the title of the first list is: New so far this year...

 1. Tanner started Kindergarten on August 26th.
 2. Gabe will have knee surgery on Friday.
 3. I spent 3 days in the hospital in June...and I did not have a baby.
 4. During that stay, I realized my oxygen level is back up to normal.
 5. We put up an iron fence for Jack and Carter, so they have a peek at the outside world.
6. Egypt is very unstable.
 7. Under the Dome is a pretty cool show.
8. I have now been to a foreign scrapbook store. (in Hockenheim Germany)


Tanner is my grandson.  Gabe is my huz.  Jack and Carter are our Labradors.  They are brothers, litter mates.  Jack is a Black Lab, and Carter is a Chocolate Lab.