Scrappin With Life

Music?

2012-02-10T02:42:00.000-08:00

Some reason I like this little song. now particular...just a feeling...

Grandma and Grandpa's Final Resting Place

2012-02-06T17:19:00.000-08:00

Here we are the night before at a place in Folsom called Chicago Fire... It was Okay.. Jake grabbed my camera and took a few pics. Above is Pinky my son... with a screwball face on. Next to him is Aunt Jayne

Then it is me. My hair is short from being sick and it started falling out...but now it is growing back :)

The gang of yea hoo's they raisied... from left to right, Tashia, Pinky, Callie, Kim, Jayne, Jake, Pat, Richey, Denny... Joanne was in Illinois taking care of lewis her husband he ain't doing well. Allie and Reno, Jakes kids and Briley his Grand daughter stayed home. Kim's Daughters Kalea and Lola were in Alabama their other grandma. Juhn Kim's other half was about and around here somewhere, Tashia's husband was somewhere around here. My husband was at work in Lebanon, Oregon. My Daughter was at work in Portland. Pat husband Bob was at work in las Vegas...oh yeah my Grandkids Brighton and Jack were with there Dad's. If I forgot someone I am sorry I have a 3 year old underfoot of me right now.

Kim, Pat, Jayne

Wes, Jake, Pinky

Jake and I making a feeble attempt to keep it together while talking about our grandparents. Jake lost it and I had taken a sedative so I wouldn't get all crying and such...I walked more like the funeral Drunk... GREAT :( but i didn't want to break down and cry...instead I was wobbly...

Granny's final bed

the on looking of the burial plot

the worst part, when they lower them in the ground more later

2012-01-29T03:14:00.001-08:00

A month of Letters

2012-01-26T00:08:00.000-08:00

Go Check the site out and see how it works, I think it might be a hoot! I am gonna go for it ;)

A month of Letters

this is how to get to this great site with the following idea.
Hope to see you all there :......and life goes on....da da di da do....

A Dying Fact

2012-01-20T14:40:00.000-08:00

So when my Grandpa was bed ridden last year we had gotten some new t-shirts and cut them up the back so it was easy on him to put fresh clothes on him everyday. Well, I just found out that my mom and aunt were putting these same old shirts on my Grandmother in her dying bed. Well, I don't know but I got pissed off.

I think if and old woman of 89 years old is bed ridden she should at least have some flowered t-shirts. Not her husbands old blue, red, orange, green and brown dying shirts. So I texted my Mom, My Aunt and My Brother and chewed them all out. This picture above is the result. My granny will now be laying in her dying bed in a fashionable way... Flowers and Purple. I love it. Thank you so much family for listening to me.

Let it be known if I end up in a dying bed... I want flowers and purple also and some make up and someone combs my hair and washes me everyday and puts some makeup on my face and brushes my teeth and if I have some crazy hairs on my face. I want the crazy things pulled and any black heads Squeeze away!!! Sorry to be so direct but wouldn't you want the same?

Peanut, Flooding and Granny

2012-01-19T21:54:00.000-08:00

So yeah I am suppose to be updating this site, my blog... LOL, I am doing so good at it. Don't ya think? Don't come here if you are looking for Grammar... it doesn't exist here! ha ha

Anyway. Granny is still chugging along. She keeps having strokes. She is in the bed almost all the time now.. Get's in the wheel chair a few minutes every day...

Well, I live in Oregon and we are having this gigantic flooding again. It is terrible... We have lost 2 lives so far that I am aware of and some homes.. I don't remember it raining so hard, so much, for just a few days causing all this mess. Washington State is in a freeze.. I have a friend that just moved there...what a welcome she got.

This picture was taken by Pamela Hayes... it has been passed all around Facebook today.. I have no idea whom she is but I would like to personally thank her for this picture. She has taken many that express the tragedy unfolding...

Oh and by the way My Family Dog Peanut passed away on Jan 16, 2012. She passed from complications from Diabetes and overall a dislike for feeling like shit and having to wear diapers and get stuck with needles... it was degrading to her.. Seriously she was so unhappy... I love you my little "Woo Woo" girl. Her most favorite person in the whole world.. my son "Pinky"... "I am sorry your dog passed son".

Peanut is the silver one... Ozzie is the black...he is now 3... When Peanut lost her mom she needed a companion so that is when Ozzie came into the home... I must say Ozzie is so sad about losing Peanut... But, I just can't get another little one right now. So that is life today! :)

update

2012-01-09T10:12:00.000-08:00

So here we go starting this new year. Have lost 3 people so far in just a week. A friends mother, another friends mother and Putter's Grandpa... hope it stops at 3. That would be enough for me.

Brighton is doing well. We are learning our ABC, 123.. words...how to scribble inside the lines and most of all how to me calm and not want to eat every 15 minutes... She was eating like an old coal train when she first got her.. Anxiety I will call it. Now she is nice and calm. She eats normal... Yeah!!!!

She doesn't like Vegetables except corn and in my book corn ain't a vegetable. So I have been making smoothies for her sneaking the veggies in...you can drink anything with a straw and a pretty spritz of whipping cream on the top... I love my Vita-Mix machine... well that's the news from the Pacific Northwest for today... Have a good one!

Pinky New Year

2012-01-06T00:58:00.000-08:00

Have not posted a picture of Pinky my son in a while. So there it is. His New Years Party. Found it on face book and stole it..looks like some sort of wine thing. He is doing good. He has a awesome job that he just loves. He loves mostly the security of money coming in to his pocket on a regular basis. I am so glad for him and he also has a lot of good friends. Yeah for Pinky... From the Old Mom!!

A day of Brighton

2012-01-04T02:45:00.000-08:00

A Day in the Life of Brighton... full of energy and fun....

She wanted her box to be made into a race car with doors.... okay

Then she was out to ride her scooter that Aunt Jayne got her and Papa built... it stopped raining for a few minutes so we could test the scooter.

Getting ready for the road

2012-01-02T17:44:00.000-08:00

Not sure exactly what I am feeling right now. My mom called yesterday and said both my Dad and Grandmother are on Hospice. Neither one of them can walk right now. Grandma keeps having strokes and can't even suck out of a straw... Last year dealing with my Grandfather so close and taking care of him his last 30 days of his life. Well, let's just say it has left me screwed up! Yeah that is how I would put it. So I am not in any hurry to get out there and see what is going on and helping. I have my own set of Medical Problems. Gonna need the neck surgery again. The titanium screw is backing off and I have my grand daughter Brighton full time 24/7 she is a handful... :)

2012 it is

2012-01-01T23:59:00.000-08:00

It's is the start of the New Year... 2012.. I have about 13 minutes left to post for the new year. I am so hoping this year is so much better than last year. :) Smiles for hope.

I have my Brighton back again. I love her so much. A 3 1/2 year old keeps me busy and I am thankful for it. I need the reason to get up and make the day happen. I took a picture of her this evening as she was snuggling into bed. I will post it tomorrow with this post... Ah it is so much fun being a Nana.. Why is that? I enjoy it much better than the Mama time. Maybe as they say it is because I have so much more patience. For instance she didn't want to finish her dinner tonight. She mashed a taquito in her mouth and kept adding more milk but not swallowing and making a ton of nosies and faces...a little bit came out and got on her clothes. I simply asked in a calm voice "are you ready for bed?" NO she replied and promptly swallowed her food. Ha Ha..it cracked me up what I learned in that moment.. when I was younger. I would have reacted so much differently. Life is Good!!!

2011-12-16T02:33:00.001-08:00

I am feeling the itch again to blog...lookout world something is starting to boil.....I feel it!!! soon :)

2012... :)

2011-09-23T22:03:00.000-07:00

Bwahahahah this is so damn true it is amazing :)

President doing the Crotch Salute

2011-09-14T23:59:00.000-07:00

The CROTCH SALUTE AT IT AGAIN.

At the Ft. Hood Memorial Service...

The Crotch Salute Returns! I am sorry folks, but is this what was elected President of our country? You know, the United States of America. I do believe that saluting the flag goes with that, as does respecting and honoring the service members who have died. Does this pompous ass believe he is above that gesture? He can shower us all with flowery words (via teleprompter) and dazzle us with his B.S., but actions speak louder. This sucks!

EVERYONE needs to see this Pic!

Too Cute...watch and listen

2011-09-14T23:36:00.000-07:00

First Days

2011-09-14T09:15:00.000-07:00

My Very First GrandChild Jack Pepper Smith has his first real day of school. He will be going to an all day Kindergarten class. His Step Sister will be in one class and he will be in the other... They are sick of each other at home. So they thought it best for them to be in seperate classes....

Jack first day.... "How was your first day"..Jack..."it was okay" Nana, "what did you do?" Jack replied. "We went outside and then we ate and then we went outside and guess what we had an ice cream from Dairy King"....OH Geesh... Teacher Report... Jack is the clown of the class and get all the other kids off task.... Oh Boy.... I hope this gets better... Just Saying. This is Jacks step sister Avalynn. She is a real sweetie...but Jack wants to be in charge :)

9/11/2001

2011-09-11T21:53:00.000-07:00

The local paper asked for our thoughts on 9/11. I submitted this to the paper but it didn't run.... :(... but that's okay... was very interesting the people's memories that they did pic. (grumble)

9/11
I remember it like it was yesterday.

The TV was on, the plane was headed for the second tower.... The first tower was a blaze....our world as we know it died that day.

I ran into the other room and woke up my husband. "I said something bad has happened, come and watch"... We couldn't believe what we were seeing on live television. The images were just awful. It was horrific to see people jumping to their death. We kept asking each other. "What the hell is going on"? ... No one knew. It was truly crippling. It seemed so unreal. Like it wasn't true. We sat and watched as the anchors tried to make sense of what everyone was watching. Then we found out there were plane crashes in other places in the East. For 3 days we sat glued to that television. It was hard to leave it. We needed to see what was happening and why. Seeing the President go to ground Zero truly helped many people to have some kind of hope for that moment.

I remember how this country banded together like we had no issue's. We were all Americans and loved this country... The Flag of the United States flew every where you looked. It was about all the people that died, all the first responders rescuing survivors and looking for the dead. All the people that sifted through all that destruction, looking for memories of people and evidence of the people that had wronged so many that day. At first the death toll was thought to be in the 10,000 range, just in the towers. But for some reason on that day the public count was lessened. The rumors were flying around the country like crazy. Whom had done this to all these people, to the country of the USA? It was so sad for so many souls to be lost that day. Also so many current souls are being lost today due to illnesses from the toxins that poisoned the rescue workers. We lose souls every single day in our armed forces and contracted people fighting for the American Freedom. May all who fell, all the ordinary heroes of that day rest in peace. I hope and pray our country rallies as one before there is no more USA and freedoms so taken for granted are lost. I really don't see an end to these wars...it is like man can not, not fight... it has gone on for centuries.

Thank you for listening

Callie Hanson

The Dread Factor

2011-09-10T18:49:00.000-07:00

Daughter goes for the Dreaded Dreads.... She's Gone.... Portlandia on me!!! Yikes

I found this very interesting...my opinion..should stay Military... give something different for Civilian Service Recognition

2011-09-08T02:32:00.000-07:00

Congress will soon take up the “Civilian Service Recognition Act of 2011″, an act to make military service to our country no more significant than stamping a passport. Conservatives should oppose it.

Under the Civilian Service Recognition Act of 2011, it will no longer just be the bereaved families of soldiers killed in action who get the flag properly folded in grateful recognition for their service to the country. No, now it will also be the post office worker who refuses to deliver your mail because you once wrote a letter to the editor in favor of post office privatization (I know people who’ve had this happen).

This well meaning legislation, sponsored by Joe Lieberman and Daniel Akaka, takes a notable act of the military and devalues it across the civil service letting a massive amount of civil service employees also qualify to get a folded flag if they have a heart attack on the job, get in a wreck in their postal jeep, etc.

The act of folding the flag and giving it to the grieving family should mean something special. And when anyone who works for the federal government can get it, not just soldiers who died in active service protecting the country, it becomes just another trapping of power from the federal government available to all those people in the ever expanding federal bureaucracy.

The American Legion has come out opposed to this legislation. John Boehner intends to put it up for a vote as H. R. 2061. You should call 202-224-3121 and tell your Congressman to oppose H.R. 2061. Here is what the Legion says:

Seemingly as the nation attempts remember those thousands killed on September 11th, the House is throwing up a token effort to remember those federal employees killed that day. Maybe, on its face, the House is merely trying to recognize the sacrifice of the nearly 3,000 federal employees who died since 1992. No matter the reasoning, The House has set a consent vote on H.R. 2061 Civilian Service Recognition Act of 2011 on the calendar. As amended in the Committee of the Whole, this bill would allow the head of an executive agency to pay for the expenses incident to the presentation of the United State flag for employees of a federal agency.
The American Legion’s opposition to this is multifold:
This bill has not been fully vetted in committee hearings and proceedings to further clarify the intent and limitations of the bill.
The Committee of the Whole stated, “Presentation of a United States flag is an appropriate way to honor Federal employees’ contributions to the American public. The Committee believes these individuals are no less deserving of our respect than members of our armed forces.” The American Legion and most certainly a multitude of veterans and those currently serving would disagree with this statement.
It allows for payment of “expenses incident to the presentation of a flag.” Not being further clarified, would this require payment of a formal “honor guard” to present the flag, postage of the flag to the next of kin, or other costs? Those are allowable expenses under the 1993 DoD measure.
It loosely allows the agency head to provide the flag to the “next of kin” or an individual other than the next of kin if “no request is received from the next of kin.” Would this allow a friend or acquaintance to take advantage of this provision if the family had decided not to?
We remain deeply concerned that individuals who provide “volunteer services” might also be covered under this without a true understanding of the provisions this inclusion might provide.

The Mistress for 2011

2011-09-08T00:07:00.000-07:00

Yep this is where the hubby spends all his time during 6 months of the year.... But she is still as much of a Bitch as I can be... Men and women and Cars... Same story different look.... LOL They are doing good this year!! But a car still doesn't do exactly what the guys want it to do. But, hey they are having good dirty fun. I tell myself at least they don't hang out at the local bars or do drugs.. So I say I should be happy... But I still miss him when he is gone...

AT THE PARK

2011-09-01T22:33:00.000-07:00

At The Park With My Daughter and The Grand kids...

Goofing around is fun :) Tickling Jack is Better

First Day of School

2011-08-31T21:02:00.000-07:00

Jack Pepper's First Day of Kindergarten.
He is in the same class as his best friend Avalynn

My Little Angel

2011-08-27T20:42:00.000-07:00

Jack left this weekend to go live with his father.....Jessica is gone to Portland for however long, Miss B is at her dad's for the weekend.. I miss them.. especially Brighton on cause she is so sweet right now. She is a wonderful little girl. I am hoping she lives with her Nana for a long time. She brings happiness into the home. I want to teach her to cook. She loves food :)... that is good and bad Eh? She will be an artist she loves to draw..this week she is mastering circles...

Jack at the playground... He is a Monkey :) I love him so much

Monday in the sun

2011-08-22T23:33:00.000-07:00

Well it was another one of them Stupid Monday... chaos all around me.. felt like a chiwawa today...yip yip yip... I am tired should of went to bed when I got home...but had to pick up the little's from preschool... This is how the day started... got the kids all ready for school, check, everyone strapped into the car, check... friggen dead battery.... so it went just like that the rest of the day.... LOL it was impossible and my self doubt was working overtime... Bleck me. Hoping for a great Tuesday :) Happy fun friends

Brighton and Silver Falls

2011-08-21T19:33:00.000-07:00

This is Brighton Today August 21, 2011... We went to Silver Falls State Park in Oregon today. We had a great time...Brighton and myself went creeking.... We went to a family gathering of Putter's side of the branch. It was a beautiful day. I had a great time with everyone and my granddaughter. Shann says Brighton and I look alike when I was that age. Too Funny... a little girl was walking the creek by us and she said.."hey, your daughter is cute! you guys look alike".. Man I wish I looked like Brighton.. Somedays my eyes get that blue and then other days...not.so much. Have a Great Evening Friends...Jack got to go to his Dad's this weekend...Yeah for family :)

2011-08-21T01:30:00.000-07:00

Life has been so strange for myself lately... all the chaos can be over whelming. I don't much care for it... It needs to find someone else to bother.. gonna be 49 the end of September... it is mostly bugging me.. No Fun. I feel like I wanna do life over again and some how get it right....but then I ask myself "who knows what is right"..."Who says anyway"...

Found a new Artist tonight...love his music.. Josh Garrells... don't know shit about him. Just know the 2 songs I listen to...remind me of the pacific northwest...where I currently reside.I will miss summer... I can feel it leaving in the night... you can feel the wet coming and seeping into the air. I want the sun to stay longer.... It makes me smile on most days.
I dedicate the song above to my DadI will be going back to Illinois on my birthday to see my dad.. his birthday is the same day.. he will be 79 and he hates life right now... he gets upset and says he can't do anything cause of ailments... but he does love having his own nudist colony... Mom came home the other day and he was butt ass naked watching TV.. HA! My dad gotta love em!!!Special thanks to Lala..from What? Mermaids? for the songs... Very cool

2011-08-17T03:14:00.000-07:00

Very interesting little video on our stuff.... Watch it...

2011-08-11T23:56:00.000-07:00

well, Here we go again...It's Hay Season.. I working like a warn out cow dog. I got both grandkids living with me now. I am sick as a dog.... no voice, no energy... I was in this place last year this month... so I am a little freeked out about my perdicament... I don't want to get screwed up and throw in the hospital again. The grandkids I am raising are 5 and 3... There Parents are being not grown up about anything I would say.

My one aunt is basically homeless now, she has made a mountain of bad choices. looks like she may be coming to Oregon to sleep on the couch.

My dad has decided don't to take anymore medicines and just like that.. So I don't know what will happen with him... Granny has the alzheimers and al........... just a mess

Early Bird Gets the Coffee

2011-07-25T05:39:00.001-07:00

Hey Yall, It's Monday morning. Got up at 4:30 this morning. Made a Scentsy order... and now the birds are chirping. I love early summer mornings. I had forgotten how much I adored them. Get the Grandkids tonight after work. There spending the night at Nana's. I sure hope they won't be little grumpy's. Well, take care and have a beautiful summer day everyone!

2011-07-24T22:19:00.001-07:00

Had a great friday and saturday..spent some time with my mom and granny and aunts in California oh yeah and my brother...then we went on to see my BFF Shannon, her sister Brandi...her mom and dad Uncle Wes and Carol... I flew home on Saturday. A stressful time at moments and then relaxed at others... Made it home to spend and entire day with my Hubby....on sunday. So I scored a good three days overall. :) Yeah!!!!

2011-07-19T01:34:00.000-07:00

Looking for the Positive? Well, It ain't here!

Can't sleep...Things flying thru my mind. Seems the rain is ruining the grass seed crops in Oregon...which in turn ruins the straw that we bail... Crop disaster in other words.... Grand kids are all in a freakin nightmare from all their parents acting stupid! Grandparents, Parents...relatives... Alzheimer, Boss has Pneumonia, Child Custody, Job Hunting... flying, trips... money..Lawyers....it's all there in my head.... my heart is pounding....my head is pounding... anxiety attacks...many allergies...

That is pretty much it all in a Paragraph.... go away you nasty sad thoughts you.... Scat!!!!

Another day in the life

2011-07-17T10:46:00.000-07:00

My gosh, I haven't blogged in a while. The set up is all different...yikes hmm well life is on a fast forward jaunt it seems... still on my weight loss journey.. My hubby has lost 140 pounds. I am still hanging at 60 gone... but getting serious again... I am an emotional eater... depression foods I crave. Ice cream, Tacos and cereal... those are my trigger foods... Jack is with Jess in Portland now...living the city life. Brighton is here with me... The Dogs are on the floor..Putter is asleep he has to work all night. It's my brother's birthday today..hope he has a good one... Well, that is what I got...oh yeah it is Raining!!! LOL imagine that.

Happy Father's Day

2011-06-19T01:14:00.001-07:00

Life Without Risk, Is Without Bliss!!!

going to school :(

2011-06-07T08:11:00.000-07:00

Well, Today's Jack event of not wanting to go to school was nice and whiney.... Brighton came by to pick him up...she was so happy and then Jack... playing limp lizard not wanting to go to school was not cooperating...Then Brighton started crying... Mike and I just looked at each other... We can't just beat the kid to the car...What an ordeal............................................. Blech!!! Mean while...the Mother of the children laid in bed...how nice is that...

I believe it is a mess

2011-06-06T23:46:00.000-07:00

Yep,

I describe myself....as gullible lately... perhaps I have always been... My thoughts are what is she saying... is she saying it at all... making it up...not really feeling it... hmmmm

Thought's to Ponder

Children, GrandChildren.... Heart breaking.... fullfilling.... What to do? That is the question most at hand... what is right? What is wrong? What will happen...What won't happen...by whom's authority... and who says so anyways???

Not a happy camper is me :) but yet I still can and will smile and have a happy day....

Like a Tree in the Wind

Raising Grandchildren

2011-05-26T00:15:00.000-07:00

My worst worry in the world has become a reality. Seems Putter and I will be raising these two sweet little ones. A 3 year old comes to me and says "Nana, can I live with you?" Well, and she is serious... three years old and having to worry about where to live? OH Boy, Here we go....

Horoscope for Saturday May 7th 2011

2011-05-07T18:31:00.001-07:00

Libra

By Rick Levine

You may not be as certain today about a few of your recent choices. Asking tough questions is healthy, but harboring self-doubt is not. The next few days might be frustrating because you can't see very far into the future, making it nearly impossible to finalize your plans. Instead of allowing yourself to be overwhelmed by stress, engage the energy by doing chores around the house or working on an unfinished project. Rest assured that the dust will settle and you'll gain clarity regarding your final answer.

this was my horoscope today...and it was so right on with this Grandpa stuff and my life in Oregon...which I so desperately need to get back to.

Gramps still kicking, Alzheimer's a disease from Hell

2011-05-03T21:23:00.000-07:00

Well Grandpa hasn't ate nor drank since last Friday, this is Tuesday night... He looks emaciated... his muscles are contracting and cramping up. You can just sit there and watch it. What a horrid way to die... Hospice has us give him Adavan to help with the muscle cramps and Morphine for the pain. Alzheimer is a wicked disease.. I have no clue as to how this experience is effecting me. I sort of just feel numb about it all. I have little break downs and then trudge on.

Grandma can't figure out why in the world his mouth stays open. She said it puzzles her. She is just staring at him and then she gets up walks over and tries to close his mouth, but it keeps opening. This is very hard on her. She has the same disease. She told me she just wants to die in her sleep along side Grandpa. Don't see that statement happening since the old Kevorkian way was snuffed out. She was accepted by Hospice this week. Which is a nice thing so she can go in her own time and be with loved ones. She has her daughters with her, but keeps asking about her other daughter Pat. She says she needs to call her. They have grandma on a mood stabilizer which has made her so sweet the last few months.. Before she was always mad and depressed. Today she drank 2 whole pots of Coffee... What a crazy thing to watch. She says she ain't hungry but will eat the Medifast Bars I give her. That makes me glad because she needs nutrition and it helps with her diabetes.

The Weather Man says it is cold here tonight.. Gonna Freeze!! I just want it to warm up so I can go swimming... Went for a drive today with my Aunt... I just decided we needed a tawanda adventure it was funny not knowing where we were going. But I figured the Farm Lands in Illinois ain't all that much different than Oregon.... Just keep making Right turns and you will get there and that is what we did. It was fun :)

My Nephew is living with Everyone here, but he says all this dieing crap is making him crazy!!!! So when school gets out this month he said he will stay with his Mom this summer. Which is cool... I think things are just too heavy for him here right now. I love that Kid.

Taken while laying on the Ground and looking up to the sky in Illinois

Just wanted to let everyone know, I really appreciate all the support from everyone. It does help. Thank You.

Bin Laden... the evil mind behind 9/11 DEAD

2011-05-02T08:38:00.001-07:00

Praise God!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Death is not something you can stick a pin in.

2011-05-01T23:21:00.000-07:00

Been here a week and a half here in Illinois.... in this time a tornado went thru St. louis and did damage at the airport..basically destroyed terminal C which was in bad shape and they had been remodeling... then a couple days later a slew of tornado's took out several other states...my cousin Kim lives in Alabama near Huntsville... Took out a bunch of houses in the next street overs neighborhood... Kim says no electricity, no water, no services , no gas for car or generators... what a mess....She says the roads are horrid and most impassable...Wow... We offered to come get her, but she says the 6 hours wouldn't work because of so much damage in Tennessee also and all the flooding.

When we got here, grandpa has went from being bed ridden and weak... to the last 3 days not eating nor drinking.. he is in pain. so he is on Morphine.... but he still Rallies... Just when his respiratory is down to 8 beats per minute and you dare not give any more pain meds.... and your certain death is any moment... he opens his eyes and smiles.... There are so many story's to tell about just the last few days.. I am over whelmed with emotion.. I sit next to his bed holding his hand, checking his pulse, checking what I can to make sure he is comfortable and not in much agony... This afternoon we actually played catch... What a wild deal.. He is laying there 90% out of his mind, a shell of the man he was... to having the strength to throw a toy at me.. LOL... he makes me proud... I don't understand why he is holding on so strongly and why he doesn't slip away... I will never know.. I am just amazed... He said to me today... " I am almost ready to go"... I said, "Okay where we going" he said, "I don't know"... I said, "are you going to God?" He said, "No not there...not sure where" he said.. What is one to take from that???? We hear so many stories about death but after this... no two Alzheimer patients death are the same... They are all so different... Ya know Grandma has it.... She is moving along at a good pace.. she can't understand why she can't feed grandpa... we tell her he can no longer swallow... she doesn't understand.

To get my mind off things... I asked my Brother to find me something to do... So he rolled up on his Big Boy Lawnmower...showed me a few maneuver's and I was off on the coolest lawn mower ride ever... What a fun thing to do.. I mowed for almost an hour... I loved it....the sun was shinning... The hospice nurse had come to check on Gramps.... and life was just wonderful.... Mowing about 2 acres of Land... My biceps are sore.... Oh yeah I found them... cramp city...but none the less awesome... tomorrow I will spray round up all around the giant chicken house and spray the outside of the house for bugs... I been finding them black jumping moving real fast spiders in the house... NO LIKE!!!

More Later... it is 1:15 AM... SLEEP IS NOT HAPPENING FOR ME....

OH Yeah weight loss results... consistently parked at the 50 pound loss... Can't get proper rest, can't eat on time, not drinking enough water... Plain old not doing what I am suppose to... My Job... I have no idea.. but I know where I am suppose to be in time and that is right here..... with My Parents, brother, grand parents, nephew, niece, great niece and Aunt... As for my wonderful Husband.. He understands.. He misses me and I miss him but he understands.. My kids.. they don't understand... they are both saying.. come home mom.....

I hear noises in the house.. gotta go see what the hell is going on.....................

School Teacher Look

2011-04-18T14:47:00.000-07:00

It is Monday.... Work is Mundane.... Gramps is still living, he is asking for Jayne his daughter so she talked to him on the phone... Pinky is doing well on the www.getoffthefatbus.com Journey... I am so proud of him and his dad (putter)....

This is the look I give sometimes that my Kids and Brother in law call my Old Lady Look... LOL they crack me up... What do you think? is she old and wilting away... ???

Well... gotta get off here.... My mom needs me in Illinois so I am headed there Wednesday Morning..... Next installment then.... Be Good Friends...

Oh Wow..... it can mean so many things h.mmmm

2011-04-18T00:06:00.000-07:00

not a whole bus load of stuff going on lately... Let's see we had a new baby born into the family. Megan had a little one named Max in Placerville Calif..... been back to work for two weeks. Having to go back to Illinois for my mom. On Thursday she will be having a breast biopsy... so of course everyone is trying to ignore what the outcome of that will be. Gramps is doing horrible but still hanging on... He has the Dog Jet so up set all he can do is go around barfing... What a mess... poor old dog.. Hospice says make sure that went gramps passes that we let Jet smell him so he will know the smell of death and not go crazy and run around looking for grandpa after he is gone. I fear grandma ain't far behind him..She has walking pneumonia and a pretty good case of the loons in her own head...Well, they are still working on the pool back there...another catastrophe.... useless at best at the moment... Hope to get some good bangers when we go back there.... WE may just may hit up the local hanky's wanky bar when we go down... but whom knows.... life is unpredictable...I will miss my Grandpa dearly... He sure is a fighter hanging on for that last hope.... always looking for a knife.. I told him the Germans came and took all the knives in the 50''s... He just gives me a look like "I know your fuckin with my head kid" get me a damn knife... I got to get out of here. lol so many funny moments... I have lost 50 pounds...starting over for the next 50 look out Putter her I come... I am that age where it is darn good my husband is younger...cause the word Nymph comes to mind and he can fulfill that want... :)..... Be still my heart.... Now have a great Day, Night or what ever your feeling.....

A little itty bitty bit for ya

2011-04-01T16:32:00.000-07:00

What a crazy couple of weeks...i have been on rescue missions, relief missions, my own missions and not what I would call a vacation at all... First thing was delivery a baby back to it's mother who just got out of Jail and whom is 9 months pregnant... Also visited my Dad Lews brother in jail. He is out of his head and been in jail the past 6 months as a terrorist cause he threaten his crazy azz wife...so off to the hoosegow he went... anyway..I talked to him, he thinks he has only been in there a month...I informed him it had been 6 months... He claims he is doing fine but skinny as a damn rail.... Skitzo I would say is how he is now. i am pretty sure he will be in there until he croaks... He said to tell my dad he is fine... So I told dad the scoop.... I think dad has already forgotten about the information.

Grandma just came in the room making sure if I have feed grandpa and who else have I feed.... She says "I know you feed me, who else you got to feed tonight?" I said, "My dad in an hour".... She said "okay"... I said. "yep grandma, I got it all under control" Then she moseyed back in the room to see if I had given grandpa his medication... I said, "in an half hour" She said "okay just making sure, cause we could have a loon on our hands if we don't give him his meds".... yep yep I said......

Off to change out laundry... back later with much more...

Saturday

2011-03-19T16:16:00.000-07:00

Well, what is New? I am still losing weight..got off that plateau I was hanging out on... Got some Feathers Put in my Hair... I Be American Indian in 5% of my body....so there ya go... they are pink, orange, black...coolio...

It's pouring rain and It's Boring... My Aunt is here with her Grand Daughter whom is 15 months old... I am over the baby part.. Gads..... to much to explain

So that is hooey on the hatch of what is going on in Oregon...

Have fun!!!

Awwwww

2011-03-14T14:24:00.000-07:00

Another day at work, Another day of rain... at least I have pandora to help me...and my love Jack Johnson... bee bop, beee..eeee bop...banana pain cakes..... it's just raining.... loca ou lou lay lee.....

I wanna the sun and the weekend...................................................................Happy Day someplace :)

not much

2011-03-14T01:00:00.000-07:00

not a whole lot going on this weekend... storms, power outages, trees falling, roads closed.... I saw the sun for a quick peek. Other than that it was full of facebook, grocery shopping, chores (blech)... Any how got a stupid cold/cough/.... got to get rid of it.... I am sip on some herbel blueberry tea at the moment... Should be in bed. But, what is the fun in that.... can't sleep anyway... The Dogs want to go to bed... Poor little things... Got to get up early and take them to the hair cutters.. this week... My hair is scheduled for Saturday...some hot pink in the right place and some feathers... gonna be cool.... looking forward to fun and getting a pedi :)

Have a great Monday...Love to all :)

makes me think

2011-03-12T17:44:00.000-08:00

My heart goes out to this sweet little girl.... Damn Stuff That Happens.... NO Like, No Like!!!!

All this Terrible Hell going on all over the globe...and then the terrible Quakes in Japan... I had a friend quote some words from the bible..

Matthew 24:4-14 (New King James Version)
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors ofwars. See that you are not troubled; for all[a]these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences,[b] and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

And then it made me think this

But hasn't the world seen things just like this many times before? That is when those people sit on the roofs and put pointed foil hats on.... couple of days go by and they climb down off the roof.... The fall of the Romans, what happen to all the cave men? All the wars in the name of god... Well, if these men and their writings are true.. Then I hope when I go it's right in the middle of the action..."Poof" there she went.. Wouldn't want to be a survivor.... And you know what is weird when the bible starts out...this Adam and Eve thing....they went right into incest to make more crazy people...Yikes I am babbling...sorry.... Just nothing makes any sense at all... Makes me think I believe in evolution... like maybe I was a salamander once.. and a cat bit my tail off...so I died.... then that come back as something else happened...and it was a bad joke and I came back as me.... To Much To Think About...

A Spring Mishap

2011-03-07T14:32:00.000-08:00

I went on a walk about to the Mail Box, and some Spring Fairies Flew by and one Crapped on my Head.... What an experience.... HAPPY ALMOST SPRING.... BRING IT ON..... I hope the next Fairy will Crap Purple on my head... Fun Fun

Not Lost, Just here

2011-02-24T14:23:00.000-08:00

HA! People keep asking where I am.. Right here is the answer.. Just been busy with life. I went on this all consuming life style change just before Christmas. I am down 32 pounds. Putter is down 63 pounds. Let's see, went to California a couple weeks ago. Got my Aunt Jayne and her grand daughter living with me now. So yeah I am still working at the lil Hitler Job. As much as I can... Family life is getting in the way. Always someone needing something. Never Ends.

Grandpa is getting severely out of hand, and frankly my mom can't deal with it anymore. Even though she has the help of Hospice, it is a full time Manic Job taking care of a mobile-insane person. He is always doing terrible things. Pissing on walls, shitting his pants. Eating Paper... A big old baby in a old person's body. Strong he is, so that makes it worse. My Mom is on her way for a Nervous Breakdown. So we have opted to put Grandpa in a home. He is just looney tunes. If you know anything about Care Takers of Alzheimer Victims then you know the Ratio is usually 2 to 3 workers per patient. Well, my mom is doing that backwards.. 3 Alzheimer Patients to her....it's Stupid.... The Storys of Grandpa's crazyiness is getting way over the top looney tunes. Grandma is doing good, more in a zombie stat. My Cousin just went there for the weekend. I will try to get more about this updated for you...but dangit I gotta get back to work :)

Toyota Rock Crawling

2011-02-14T21:00:00.000-08:00

Pinky, riding the Quad... I love this fat kid :)

2011-01-26T22:59:00.000-08:00

The older this Kid gets, the more fun we have. He is so much about fun and good times....and now he is Serious about work... He finally got him a good job... Sure hope things stay this way a while :)

For all my friends that are sick of the snow!

2011-01-19T10:44:00.001-08:00

AHHH Tuesday

2011-01-18T08:20:00.000-08:00

How in the world did it get to Tuesday already? I mean I am glad and all that. Seems lately I have been trying to cram so much stuff into one day, I feel like I am getting behind, on what? I am not certain. So many new things going on in my life. With this weight loss and stuff. I am happy. I like it. Yep it is cool to finally be losing weight a real and consistant way... and the best part is my health is getting better.... Jump up and Dance :) Well, I need to zoom on thru this. See ya'll later and have a great day!!!

It be Thursday

2011-01-13T07:27:00.000-08:00

Life is good today!!! Listening to Pandora and Music called Train... nice getcha up, getcha going music.... Get your groove thing on!! Train~Counting Crows~Five for Fighting!!! We only got a hundred years to live :)

I am going back East to Illinois... What an armpit of the country... LOL... gonna see Family!... Double What... The loons are starting to really skip a beat sooooo need to see them for the final days... Gramps oxygen is down to 62 and he won't wear his air... So be it!

Can't wait to go back and make them Laugh. My Grandpa always tells me, There is no one that can make him laugh like Callie.... I am always happy he says... Good thing he doesn't see me everyday :) LOL

My Nephews Birthday is today.. He is 15.. Wow Dude Slow Down... Happy Birthday RENO

Well, that is it for the Moment... Go out and make it a Rockin Day!!!

Sunday!!!! Getting Healthy

2011-01-09T20:40:00.000-08:00

It's been a great week. Learning new things all the time... Like get the damn tablespoon out and measure stuff... don't just eye ball it!!! Yep. Hooked up my Wii Fit tonight... was scared to death what it might say to me... I am amazed... my balance was 51% on my left 49% on my right... That is damn near perfect... It has you put in your height, It weighs... you so you can't lie to it :).... Then your Birthday... 48 years old EEKKK.... it has me do a few moves... comes back to me and says... BRATILDA! (That is my name on the Wii Fit, My Son hooked me up on it... Ha ha ha... My body has big hair and a big tummy and stick legs and arms... Just like Me!) your Wii FIT Plus Age is 37!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What!!! Whew what a relief... ain't near as screwed up as I thought.... I just want to get the Wii fit age of 25 :) Man wouldn't that be grand!!!

I am focusing this week on some exercise. Tonight was the first time since the start of the year... oh yeah I did Aerobics... just up and down... worked up a sweat... Yikes and then I did some Yoga... how to focus and not let the light flicker.... I DID IT!!!! 180 Seconds... got 4 stars that means CHAMPION!!! That was fun, never done that before.. I like the Wii Fit thingy!!!

Okay so I am actually on a program call "Take Shape For Life" which incorporates the Medifast food into it! Loving it so far.... Putter is on it with me :).... I will check in Tuesday on Weigh in Day and let ya know... What is a shaking off.

End of 2nd week

2011-01-04T00:06:00.000-08:00

hmmm

I am not craving anything, I am not starving, I drink all my water plus... but my stupido body is having emotional bitching about letting the weight go... I feel my metabolism is that of a door knob... Frustrating not to worry I won't be giving up... Insulin is reduced by half currently... I see the doc in a few weeks... hope fully weight will be cooperating.... Still Can't Sleep...story of my life.... blah blahblah...

lost it

2010-12-27T10:47:00.001-08:00

Lost 10 pounds in one week on the Medifast Plan...I Like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just some Merry Christmas Cheer....

2010-12-23T22:47:00.000-08:00

Merry★* 。 • ˚ ˚ •。★Christmas★ 。* 。*FROM OUR HOUSE TO YOURS!!
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˚ ˛ •˛• ｜田田｜門｜ ˚And a happy new year... to all my family and friends thank you :) and enjoy 2011 ......Pass it on!

My Daughter and Grandkiddles will be spending the night under my roof for Christmas Eve and I couldn't be more thrilled... Santa is coming to our house this year :)

Tornado hits Aumsville Oregon

2010-12-15T04:18:00.000-08:00

Nathan Zachary Farrar

2010-12-10T02:19:00.000-08:00

This little sweet pea was born this morning December 9th, 2010 at 9:20 am via C-section. He weighed in at 7lbs. 6oz.. He has a beautiful mother ( my adopted grand daughter type thing) She is 18 years young... She sent these words to me this evening...

Dear Gramma
This has been the hardest, scariest most amazing day of my entire life. I couldn't be happier with the Family I am placing Nathan with. I love them both like I've known them for years :)... I am tired so I am going to try to sleep now. I am in a lot of pain.
Love Airlie

This breaks my heart! I am so proud of her for adopting him out.. her life is such a mess. I don't think I could have done it...I am to selfish. But in this situation this is best. Poor sweet things.

Reno my nephew

2010-12-04T10:55:00.000-08:00

He is 14 and building his own rock jeep. They went to Disney, Oklahoma to have a great weekend. He said it was the funniest time he has had jeeping ever!!!!

Just a ride

2010-12-03T00:18:00.000-08:00

Just a pic of my Brother in his ride and my Dad standing on the Rock with the hat on. They were in Disney Oklahoma whooping it up... Suppose to be a great place for Rock Wheeling. I miss my family!!!!

See this Cat

2010-11-30T18:47:00.000-08:00

This is exactly how I felt all damn day long today... Skeered out of my hair! Why I have no idea although we did have a pretty good storm today... rain wind... but I like that sort of stuff...... What was it about today... You could of said BOO to me today and I would of Jumped... that is certain!

Caregivers of the Alzheimer Victims..

2010-11-20T14:09:00.000-08:00

This is what worry's me. My mom is taking care of three Alzheimer victims... both her parents and my dad... I keep telling her she needs a support group. Help!!! I tell her!! She is stubborn... I worry that the stress is killing her... She is A Brat!! anyway if you have family helping someone in your family with Alzheimer... be aware it is a huge job... Like the guy said your basically growing old backwards right into the hands of a diaper and drooling. Basically a Big Baby and there ain't nothing you can do about it currently... but reach out and support people...

Silly Times

2010-11-18T04:44:00.000-08:00

Ha! Jessica has put up her Christmas Tree already. I was over sitting with the kids and Jack was messing around by the tree. He said "Nana I am looking for the Alien!" I thought oh no god please don't let him be schizophrenic... cause I have to cousin's that talk about Alien's stealing their DNA all the time.

Any way I finally caught on to what was happening. He had shot the Alien in his toy up into the Christmas Tree and couldn't find it... So Bee and I decided to get under the tree and look straight up into to find this thing. We couldn't find it but we found a penguin lost up in there. The tree ain't decorated yet and their mom was gone "So we Did It!!!" That was fun looking up into that tree with all it's lights on... We were all giggling like crazy... I said Jack get my phone... He did and we laughed like crazy some more.... It was a good time.
I love those little people.

Jeff and I's anniversary is today... officially #3 unofficially #13... we are both going to work, I think we will have Pizza and Salad for dinner tonight. Have a good day everyone.

She is Famous

2010-11-15T21:03:00.000-08:00

My wonderful blogging friend and real life friend has been published in the Yankee Magazine

I even went on Vacation with her for a whole week in the wonderful state of Rhode Island, I been to her house, have had phone calls and many emails over the last few years... Oh she is a wonderful story teller of History... I love reading what she writes and listening to her talk....And she is an unbelievable Photographer Check out her Blog. Linda's Blog

Generations of fun

2010-11-12T05:48:00.000-08:00

Justin Above One of Many Rigs he has built, broke, modified to infinity

Below My Brother Jake...One of Many Rig he has, built, broke, modified to infinity also.

Nope, Justin wasn't raised around his Uncle...but you wouldn't know it. I really think it is a Genetic thing

both these pics were taken at the Rubicon in Calfornia... But the one below was in 1997 and the one above 2010. Nothing much changed... I love both these guys and I love the fact they live life how they please.

Now my Dad is in to the Out doors also and he has a dune buggy that he wheels and keeps right up with these two yahoo's.... but I don't got a pic of that. I will see if I can find one... Happy Friday

it's your father, no that is bee's father.... No it is Jack's father.... @-@

2010-11-09T23:34:00.000-08:00

So I am going to take a risk here and ask what would you do. So a four year old boy goes to his father's for the weekends and is told your a man you don't wear clothes to bed. My opinion is yes, he is a boy and he should wear pajamas. Jack has recently been complaining about going to his dads. He has been screaming arms and legs flying saying he doesn't want to go with his father. He Does that behavior when his dad shows up to get him. I as Nana am totally not sure what to do about this... there are more issues. To me they are all right and wrong type things. I don't want Jack being raised by some mountain man that crawled out of a dream. So answer if you please Thanks Callie

Brylie

2010-11-09T15:49:00.000-08:00

A pic of my grandniece... can't wait to see her in real life :)

Loving the Races especially when they get all Old School on Ya!!!

2010-11-08T20:39:00.000-08:00

Dirty Laundry

2010-11-07T10:44:00.000-08:00

Not much to report. It's been a busy week at work and I have pneumonia again, but got the antibiotics in time not to have to get nearly as sick as last time. Although I do sound like a old woman who smoked for years whenever I laugh.

Good Grief. The Prayer thing has really been active this couple weeks. Shann's Father in law needed them bad. So he basically came out the other side of his ordeal. Major Miracle for the family for certain.

Granny's Flowers from 2009

My Grandparents are hanging in there out in Illinois with my parents and my brother. Although my dad isn't doing good. Sounds weak and depressed. Not sure what is up there. I need to see him soon. My brother is having an insane time with a girl friend he had. She started a bunch of dumb stuff.. so he asked her to leave. But, no she ain't going no where so he had to go to the Sheriff and get a 30 day eviction notice. In the meantime she turned all the burners on his stove on and burnt that thing up. It was brand new, one of those glass top ones. If someone went to the trouble to give me an eviction notice... I would be gone before the ink dried. Not this gal... some people.

And yes I do have some laundry to wash :) Have a great Sunday.

We seen em!!! flying spiders in Oregon

2010-11-05T04:55:00.000-07:00

Yesterday at work in the late afternoon we saw giant webs of flying spiders. It looked like particles of dust. Like when you bam the couch and the dust flys up and you see it cause the sun is shining in... Just like last with long stringy web in the middle.... the video above kind of shows you what I am talking about. But, comes no where close to what we saw. We were all glad we were in the office. This scene went on about 20 minutes... it's like they just rode with the wind current. The really cool thing is when I got home, I told Putter about it. He said he saw the same thing yesterday on his way home from work. He said his truck was covered with stringy webs.

I became a Great Aunt Callie tonight :)

2010-11-02T01:22:00.000-07:00

My Niece Allie just had her baby girl. Her name is Brylie and she is Six Pounds 4 ounces and 18 inches long. I am so happy for Allie and Bryce.

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T13:49:00.000-07:00

My daughter found this little Vampire running around the house this morning.... OOOO look at those teeth and that drool and she is only 2.5 years old.... Crazy Nutt's just like her Nana! :) she is so damn cute

Bucket List be still

2010-10-27T22:45:00.000-07:00

Well, so much crazy in my life lately..just wanted to say I want a cruise, the ones that go to Alaska. That is my next bucket list adventure... I wanna do it!!! ROAR...

I often wonder

2010-10-23T23:24:00.000-07:00

Got these off of PostSecret

I messed with college here and there. Where would I be if I had went to the 4 year thing or the 8 year thing? Would I be happy? Would I be miserable? Would life be different? Well yeah it would be different. But, I have went thru some really lousy times in my life. But, overall I think I did the right thing. What was that you may ask. Had Kids 2 of em. I love em like crazy and now I have 2 grandchildren. So all in all I am gonna say I made the right choice for me... I would of hated to have felt like these peeps that sent those post cards to post secret.

Have a Nice Late Saturday night or Sunday :)

Boring Food Funk (Taco's) :)

2010-10-22T20:01:00.000-07:00

I am so dang bored of food right now... Seems all I ever want to eat is a TACO! That's it nothing else. I Can't even figure out what to cook... I need an attitude cooking change or something. I don't even want to do a drive thru deal, not even go out to dinner. Everything sounds dull!

Work is pure stupid right now. I have become a Research Engineer. The Task trying to figure out what this customer of ours is paying on. Good Grief everything is Harry Karry!!! My Brain Hurts... I get to work tomorrow also because this has become a Challenge to me to figure this out. I wonder if they have figured out they keep paying for the same stuff? Wonder where their Office Person's Head has been.
Well have a good Friday Evening!

"You Shit The Bed, Bert" said by Grams

2010-10-21T07:17:00.000-07:00

There are moments in ones life where if you don't laugh....you must have a gigantuous stick up your hiney.

What I am about to tell you is truth.. heard thru my own two ears over a phone across the united states... with full voice and a narrator at the other end... The other end has a Monitor and Voice into the room of the following

A 92 year old man with Alzheimer's Advance Stages= Name Gramps

A 88 year old woman with Alzheimer's Medium Stage= Name Grams

A 67 year old woman with Serious Case of Nerves= Name D for Daughter

We open with this scene.

In the bedroom of a home of a family clear back in Illinois.

D says: Dad you smell like poop, you need to go in the bathroom and see.

Gramps says: No, I am fine I checked this morning!

D says: No, Dad you smell like poop, you did something

Gramps says: I can take care of myself

D says: Okay, Goodnight

D goes back in her house and checks the monitor which goes into their bedroom (Cause they are old and have Alzheimer's and probably couldn't do any sex thing.. but whom knows)

Anyway

Grams is laying in bed, Gramps walks around to his side of the bed and sits down...

Gramps says: Woman there is Shit on the Bed!

Grams says: What???

Gramps: There is Shit ON THE BED!!

Grams: well, get some toilet paper! she then looks, NO, Get a Washcloth and get it wet!!!
Gramps walks back into the room. Walks to his side of the bed...

Grams: You have Shit all over your backside, Get back in there and clean up.

Gramps: Woman I need some help in here!!

Grams: Oh My God you have SHIT all over this bathroom.
Get out here and put on some Shorts!

Gramps: OKAY ... gramps already has a pair of depends on, he walks to his side of the bed and says
I don't want to lay on the SHIT!

Grams: says well your the one that Shit The Bed!!! Then put something else on. Put your Dirty Clothes in the laundry and shut that dam door. "It Stinks!"

Gramps puts on another pair of Depends over the First pair of Depends. Stares at the Bed again...

Gramps: I need to put something else on, I don't want to lay on this... So gramps put on some long Pants

Grams : There is Shit on those pants also

Gramps: God Damnit I got to put on new pants...

Grams : Okay get in bed now..

Gramps: Stands there staring at the bed. hands holding both side of his head... the lights go out.

This guy will laugh with ya, he is certain that he is going to and starting making his way to Oakland Calf... gonna try to get his license this monring.

These 2 people crack me up. My grandma is so mellow with all the crap my grandpa does. The best part of what is happening is my grandma is getting nicer and my mom is having a great time with her. This makes me happy. I said to my mom "you may need a HazMat suit when you go clean that up tomorrow"

3 friends practicing for Halloween..

2010-10-19T23:59:00.000-07:00

So now we have flown thru to Tuesday. I am tired but yet again can't sleep... let's see the kids in their costumes for Halloween a little early...wanna peek with me?

Jack Pepper is wearing a buzz light year costume.... looks more like a little book worm to me... kind of odd

Miss B. has went for the more traditional look of a fancy witch...

and then the kids friend Jayden... got some sort of a monster thing going on, on his head... Miss B. went crazy jumping up and down...not sure if she was scared and had to pea...alot of dance jumping and screams were seen.

the three friend are happy now... took them forever to figure out how to smash together...Silly kids

Going to the Pumpkin Patch :) 2010

2010-10-18T18:47:00.000-07:00

Well, off to the Pumpkin Patch we went. Went to Grampa's Pumpkin Patch outside of Albany. The kids had a great time and as usual... really mad when it was time to go home. It was a beautiful Sunny Day... Which makes smiles kind of hard, because your eyes want to squint... But, it was fun, made for great memories... We didn't lose the kid off the back side of the Pumpkin like we did in 2006... that was the year two idiots took baby Jack to the pumpkin patch and he fell off the pumpkin and did a face plant... Jessica and I laugh like two fools when we look back on that... CRAZY

Miss B. Showing her special Pumpkin she picked out all by herself!

Jack on top of a stack of hay bales... can't see em but they are there

Smiley Girl :)

Got all them Pumpkins and Miss B... Ready to Go Home!!

September 30 2010

2010-09-30T18:28:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of me on my 48th birthday. This last year has been a crazy ride... looking forward to this next year... Thanks for all the birthday wishes on my phone and facebook!!! Have a good Night everyone!

My Son Pinky

2010-09-29T18:30:00.000-07:00

This is Justin (Pinky) and Beth (Friend) he went to high school with they have known each other a long while. He was a groomsmen at her and Jared Wedding.

Tidbits...

2010-09-28T07:38:00.000-07:00

Where to begin... bullets may go backwards, forwards and around... enter at your own peril

Both Grandparents are now back in Illinois with my brother and mom.... We call it loon lake
they have Alzheimer's the Grands do.
My Niece is due to have a baby in November her name is Allie and the dad name is Bryce...So what do we get for the little girls name Brylie... would be it...
I got Pneumonia, got admitted to the hospital, went septic, was intubated for 7 days, Kidneys shut down was put on Dialysis. Was put on that for a couple weeks.... I pulled thru and am now back to daily visits with lil' Hitler
My Son is still working with lil Hitler also...
Jessica is moving to Albany this week.
the grandkids are going to be tall.... they are growing like wild weeds.
That is the short version of one crazy so called summer... more happened I am certain it just ain't coming to my mind yet...
Have a great Tuesday :)

My Son... What a Nutt!

2010-07-31T19:02:00.000-07:00

Hey, Look Guys!!!

My Son, The Crazy!! I have had the pleasure of working with this kid all summer. He has really manned up this year and taken on lots of responsibility. You wouldn't know it lookin' at this Picture. He keeps his sense of humor :)

Baby B Has Surgery

2010-07-16T13:12:00.000-07:00

Baby Brighton had surgery yesterday to get her tonsils and adenoids removed. She has been sick with constant colds and ear infections, basically since she was born. So we are hoping this well help make her well. She is 25 months young now. She is growing so fast. I just adore this child. She is not happy with the nurses they poked both hands many times trying to insert the IV. Now she shows me her hands and says "Nana hand hurts" Poor little girl... I am going to visit her this evening. She is insisting she doesn't want any more Popsicles... she wants real food... but the doc says only soft foods... she doesn't think those docs are right. So... I am thinking she may need some good old mashed potatoes... one can only eat so much soft food...

July 4th MT. Shasta

2010-07-10T15:15:00.001-07:00

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It my Oregon cool off pool! It's Hot

2010-07-10T14:52:00.001-07:00

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My Grandkids at their Great-Great Grandparents House

2010-07-08T16:10:00.001-07:00

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2010-07-08T14:46:00.001-07:00

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Weekend at Lavender Fair in Albany, Oregon

2010-06-27T17:03:00.000-07:00

This is a small portion of The Lavender Fair property. There were about 20 vendors there with crafts and products made from Lavender... some products has not a thing to do with lavender... as Seen Below is Brighton with her new Sock Monkey... Silly Kid

I took a pic of this cause I have seen something like this before it looks beautiful when the water falls down the gutters onto the big Chain... Hint, I would love one or two or four like these people had.

Lavender

Brighton aw ain't she cute

2010-06-24T15:53:00.000-07:00

My little bug's ear... Brighton said "cheese the baby" ha ha ha

jack_in_the_box!!!

2010-06-24T11:22:00.000-07:00

My daughter sent this to me today... she said the following:

Jack says I don't want him to have fun and he is just going to sit in the box until we go somewhere!

Bwhahahahaah silly Kid...

This is for the People that Voted for Obama, I was not one of them!

2010-06-21T12:07:00.000-07:00

My Brother Jake at Moab Utah

2010-06-17T22:05:00.001-07:00

Jake at his finest!!!

These Pics are of My Brother in Moab Utah from Last year!

What an interesting thing this is

I have actually been in a toyota pickup that my son built and went up this Rock... it actually is Straight up and down it really is as bad as it looks.... I miss wheelin soooooooooooo much

Aint it Pretty :)

BP Spills Coffee..... HA!

2010-06-10T21:51:00.000-07:00

new logo for BP

2010-06-09T23:41:00.000-07:00

Har, Har, Har,..... BP new Logo.....

What History Reveals About Insane Dictators

2010-06-09T13:33:00.001-07:00

Vladivostok Russia June 7, 2010 — Russia has uncovered at least 495 skeletons, many with head gunshot wounds, in a mass grave probably dating back to purges under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in the 1930s, municipal authorities said on Wednesday.

At least 3.5 tons of bones were extracted from the site on the outskirts of the Pacific Ocean port of Vladivostok after it was discovered by workmen building a road, the city government said in a statement.

Millions of Soviet citizens were executed or died in labour camps during Stalin's rule from the 1920s until his death in 1953, but discoveries of mass graves became less frequent after a surge in finds that followed the 1991 Soviet collapse.

Experts were checking the hypothesis that the bodies were victims of Stalin's purges. "Practically all of the skulls have bullet wounds," said Yaroslav Livanksy, the head of a group of volunteers who helped to excavate the site.

He said money and clothes from the 1930s had been found at the site. A crushed child's skull was discovered close to a bead bracelet and a small slipper.

Irina Fliege, a senior researcher with Russian human rights group Memorial, which collects information about Stalin-era killings, said she had no doubt that the victims were shot by Stalinist forces.

She said far more bodies were likely to be found as adjacent sites are studied.

"This happens all over the country, it's impossible to say how often," Felige said. "All we can do is put up monuments to remember the dead.

My thoughts... makes ya wonder how many zillions more places like these will be uncovered in the coming decades.... Sad so Sad. All the history these people held with their families...Tragic. Man can be so cruel

Check List

2010-06-08T05:53:00.000-07:00

Wow, a list

Helen Thomas resigned "Thank goodness"
some big primary's in several states today
one more sunny day left in Oregon until tomorrow
Grandpa was looking for his mother Ester last night
Grandpa says he is ready to go to school today
We had to let him know that school was cancelled due to budget cuts
The Crazy Summer Season at work is almost ready to start
Jack has MRSA, is certain to get a pic line for around 6 months
Brighton will be getting her tonsils and adenoids removed
My Dad's Legs are still swollen...hmm wine they say, it was wine
Teresa needs 2 light bulbs :)
Mo has been going to bed with Sookie Stackhouse (HA!)
going to Illinois in September
going to Vegas in October
Peanut found the Dog biscuits and ate half a gallon zip lock bag of them.
Peanut now has a huge stomach and lots of gas (Phew!!)
Peanut was a bad doggie
Today is Tuesday June 8th 2010! Unbelievable

BP Gulf Oil Spill 2010

2010-06-03T16:29:00.000-07:00

Just looking at some of the pictures says it all..... What a Fricken Mess... as everyone points fingers at everyone else. Never Mind the loss of lives.... Disgusting. The domino move will go on indefinitely.....touching things you couldn't even fathom.

New American Dream

2010-06-02T11:23:00.000-07:00

Yep, this is good... borrowed this from The Sarge http://sargecharlie.blogspot.com/