Sunday November 29, 2009

Grandma: Well I guess you all know what I did last week! Once everyone left Sat, I start cleaning up. Cleaned out the refrig, cleaned out and reorganized the pantry, cleaned the bathroom and put away the Thanksgiving decorations. Took the trash to the dump and then we went to Texas Steakhouse for supper. (had a $5 coupon) Today Dad got up early to play golf. Dean and Earl played with him. He did not fall down the stairs on the way out thanks to the new light. (Thanks Todd!!) Dean reported that AS went to ER yest with her back. She really needs surgery but is too scared to have it. I went to Sunday school. Adds and I had 6 kids. Adds gave them advent calendars. When I got home dad wanted to go to the Mayflower to eat so I went with him. I had broiled scallops and dad had fried oysters and flounder. It was good! We then came home and I washed my car. I cleaned out the inside too. Well sort of. Just the drivers side because that was the only place that needed it. The back window was so dirty I could almost make a mud pie on it. Anyway it is great now!! I then came in and did some internet shopping. I also packed up Dar's pocket book for shipping. Dad will give it to the UPS guy tomorrow and she will have it back Tuesday by 10:30 am according to the UPS site. I sure hope she can manage two days without it. :D (Dar when she gets her pocket book back!) I also changed out to my new pocket book. It is great! I am now wondering what's for supper. Dad is watching TV and I hope planning something exciting. Dad has been working around the yard picking up pecans. Throwing things at the tree to try to get down pecans. He also ground up some leaves with the lawn mower so the neighbor would not have so many to rake up. Well that's about it! LE&E!!!!

whoa. sorry to hear about pop's pre-dawn wipe out. i didn't know he only had one good knee. but i'm glad he's better.
congrats on the new w/d. 25 years is pretty good.
they have to replace some frame rails on the pathfinder and it looks like ill driving the ol' sonata for at least another week. probably even home for thanksgiving. i'm not paying anything so i'm just waiting it out. i'm not supposed to have pets in the sonata but if i'm coming for thxgiving, knuckles will have to ride.
i went to charlotte to see panthers and falcons with jay and his girlfriend sunday. panthers won. they play miami tonight so i gave the tix away to jimmy, who is on the pool team and a dolphins fan. jimmy is probably 400 plus and his neck is bigger around than his head but thats ok. no other news from here!!

November 18, 2009

Grandma: So much excitement to report!
First the bad news. Sunday at 5:30am Gramps missed the last step going down the back porch steps and landed on his left knee (that's his good knee). It was dark and he did not have the light on and he thought he was on the ground. He was carrying his golf clubs which he did not drop! His knee is skinned and slightly swollen. Getting out of a chair is a little difficult. He says it is stiff until he gets going. He also reports it is some better today. He went ahead and played golf Sunday in case you were wondering. He said he thought that would keep it from getting stiff. I fussed about the stupidity of not turning on the light. Maybe, just maybe, he learned his lesson. He is the world's worst for not turning a light on.
More bad news with a happy ending! After 25 years of loyal service and a brief illness, the washing machine died. So we had to get another one! We decided to get a new dryer too since the dryer sometimes got very hot. So hot in fact you had to wait until the clothes cooled off to take them out. I only dried when I was home for fear the house would burn down. Anyway we got a GE. The washer is extra large and the spindle thing/agitator in the middle is only a few inches tall, leaving lots of room for clothes. The dryer looks bigger inside too. I guess they made some improvements in the last 25 years!! We did not get a front loader because we were told if the floor is not sturdy and level it shakes a lot and is real loud. Besides this set was half the price of those fancy ones. Bass Appliance delivered, installed and took away the old ones the day after we picked them out. Last night I washed 2 loads for the fun of it! I hope this set last 25 years!
Well that's about it. UB and family are eating Thanksgiving with Dawn. AA will be here. I left Jan a message but no reply yet. Looking forward to seeing youall then. Rocky is excited about family Boot Camp. I do hope you all are planning to attend.
le&e, having the lights on and especially the new washer and dryer

car update. the adjuster came wednesday and said he thinks the body shop will be able to repair the pathfinder. i'm kind of skeptical but we'll see. i have an appointment to drop it of monday at fender mender on ashley phosphate. they should be able to tell once the get it on the lift. menawhile i am riding in a hyundia sontata (sp?). it is small and go-carty but pretty nice.
i'm going to charlotte for the panther game this weekend.
like everyone, we had lotsa rain lately esp wednesday. no other excitment!1

Darian is blogging!

who loves it?! Me (:

hey. friday dave and i were coming back from lunch and got rear ended by a guy on rivers ave. we pulled over in parking lot and waited for the cops. the gut had insurance and today a adjuster is coming to look at the car. i think it's going to be too expensive to fix but we'll see. 140,000 miles, i guess it is about time for a new one.
then saturday and part of sunday i made b a tv table. it turned out good but i haven't seen it painted yet.
sunday b, d, and i had dinner at carrabbas with UR.
while working on b's tv table i noticed the water heater in the garage had a slow leak, so i changed that yesterday. it was very easy to do since it was easy to get to.
dave has gone to florida to play in a baseball tournament so i was off yesterday but working wed, thurs and fri.
perhaps more blogging when the insurance adjuster comes!

yo.
last week i went to asheville for a meeting. the leaves were looking good and i took a car ride on the parkway and rode my bike one day on a mountain road that was suggested on the internet. i also took some classes and bought some books. there was a lady in the exhibit hall that was selling shoes 280 bux!! but they were the most comfortable shoes ever. even more than sketchers. but i did not buy them.
near the hotel was an earth fare grocery store. they have all the foods for rich hippies, like whole foods if you didnt know. they had a salad bar that was so great but expensive. i ate there twice. we ate downtown with a drug dealer i mean drug rep. we had tapas, i had some sweetbreads and some bluefish and some taco with lamb cheek meat. it was fun.
i saw my old friend john howland from vet school and his 3 year old clinic. he is doing well but working hard.
more later as today looks not too busy..
adds are you coming here for sunday dinner with special surprise guest??? i think you should!
we will not be sitting at a booth.

here are a couple of great pics from the weekend. not in this order...but... emma and amoret - same costume - but they told me they didn't plan it. emma was a vampire...not sure what amoret said that she was. anyway, had fun getting them ready. we spray painted emma's hair black with white streaks. that was fun until it go all over everything by the end of the night. it was all over her hands and her face - i told her that she looked like a homeless person that lived under a bridge (cuz she looked so dirty). she liked that. we had about 10 people at the most - it was great. went over to kevin and kristi's house. the big orange cat is Bull. he's so big and great. as you can see a normal sized cat next to him. No one can EVER say that sam is big again after seeing Bull. of course olivia was a lobster. she loved it and went to every house. the bull dogs are getting bigger. T - i really thing you should consider getting one. they are sooooooooooooooooooo sweet and cute. that's all for now b/c i'm ready for bed. i will blog more later and hopefully more pics, too, b/c that is full. Oh and I've been selling stuff like crazy on ebay. it's so fun i can't stop!! miss and love everyone!!! Adds

November 3, 2009

Grandma: Well another busy weekend. We got up early Sat and went to the Outer Banks where no fish were biting. So, we came home and were home in time for supper. Sunday I helped out with the Samaritan's' Purse hot dog lunch at church. We collected 69 boxes and the goal was 130 but there are two weeks until the final deadline so hopefully we will get closer to our goal. Then dad and I went to Sam's and bought a lot of stuff. We went to Sam's in Goldsboro, then to Outback right down the road. Dad was starved because he did not attend or eat hot dogs as I had. Anyway he got a meal and I got a wedge salad. Back home for the Amazing Race.

Earlier in the week we got some Chinese takeout. My fortune cookie said " You are working hard. :0 )" I told dad even the Chinese know how hard I work.

Very busy at work but all is going well there.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at Thanksgiving. I would like to formally invite one and all to boot camp the Saturday after Thanksgiving. After all the Turkey eating we will all need it. I think it will be fun for us all to go, so bring you exercise duds and shoes or plan to make an early run to Target Sat am for new ones. Please let me know if you plan to attend as I will have to preregister youall.
I still le&e and working hard!!