A few happy moments. In a rush. More soon!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Home from Coulee!
We had a great time and took pictures which I will try to post tomorrow. Allison, Pat, Randi and Kauleen are wonderful, gracious hosts! It was great to see Ryan and DeWayne after several months, and Tammy and Vince, and Dave and Pam, Cori and John, Spencer and Bella, Bruce and Jesse, Barb and Dick, Tory and Girlfriend, Joe and JD, and of course all the Canonicas. I hope I didn't leave anyone out! It was a really good weekend. More tomorrow!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Friday Fill-Ins
Friday, May 16, 2008
1. There is absolutely NO way you can get me to jump in this cold bay, except maybe to try to save a life!
2. Today's weather forecast reminds me that summer is almost here!
3. I cannot live without my New York crossword puzzle and coffee in the mornings.
4. Making another quilt and getting a suntan are two things I'd like to try.
5. When life hands you lemons, squeeze them for all their worth and save the juice for blackberry pies and of course lemonade!
6. Learning to swim in the Pilchuck River is one of my favorite childhood memories.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to having the house, beach and deck full of kids and grandkids, picnics and lemonade, sandy wet towels and suits, and suntan lotion, tomorrow my plans include more of the same and maybe staying cool in 90 degree weather and Sunday, I want to do more of the same!
Friday, May 16, 2008
1. There is absolutely NO way you can get me to jump in this cold bay, except maybe to try to save a life!
2. Today's weather forecast reminds me that summer is almost here!
3. I cannot live without my New York crossword puzzle and coffee in the mornings.
4. Making another quilt and getting a suntan are two things I'd like to try.
5. When life hands you lemons, squeeze them for all their worth and save the juice for blackberry pies and of course lemonade!
6. Learning to swim in the Pilchuck River is one of my favorite childhood memories.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to having the house, beach and deck full of kids and grandkids, picnics and lemonade, sandy wet towels and suits, and suntan lotion, tomorrow my plans include more of the same and maybe staying cool in 90 degree weather and Sunday, I want to do more of the same!
Thursday Thirteen Things Thought Today
Thursday Thirteen
Things Thought About May 15, 2008
1. Payday! Score!!
2. Planting corn! Tom and I planted 4 rows and it's warm and we should eat well and prosper (this fall)!
3. Paying bills online; I did it for the first time today!
4. Four bald eagles kept swooping over our deck so I hid our cat Midnight in the house.
5. It's the Ides of May and it feels pretty good! Sunshine at last and being outdoors and on the beach! Hooray!!
6. The mountains were out, too, in all their glory and still sparkling white with snow!
7. All the granddaughters will be here tomorrow, we hope, to bask in the sunshine!
8. Colin got to go to the Zydeco Festival near the San Diego airport last weekend, and also to Lego Land.
9. Eight Common Loons were swimming out front yesterday, in the misty showers and fog.
10. Veronica will have her birthday next weekend at Life is Good and I will miss her. Randi will also have a celebration there.
11. Chloe auditions for a part in a Shakespeare play this weekend in Seattle.
12. Tomorrow we will buy lots of flowers and fill all the pots on the deck with hopes of having beautiful color by the Fourth.
13. When the strawberries are ripe in the fields at the end of June and first part of July, the wild mountain blackberries will be ripe in the woods and it will be time for picking.
Things Thought About May 15, 2008
1. Payday! Score!!
2. Planting corn! Tom and I planted 4 rows and it's warm and we should eat well and prosper (this fall)!
3. Paying bills online; I did it for the first time today!
4. Four bald eagles kept swooping over our deck so I hid our cat Midnight in the house.
5. It's the Ides of May and it feels pretty good! Sunshine at last and being outdoors and on the beach! Hooray!!
6. The mountains were out, too, in all their glory and still sparkling white with snow!
7. All the granddaughters will be here tomorrow, we hope, to bask in the sunshine!
8. Colin got to go to the Zydeco Festival near the San Diego airport last weekend, and also to Lego Land.
9. Eight Common Loons were swimming out front yesterday, in the misty showers and fog.
10. Veronica will have her birthday next weekend at Life is Good and I will miss her. Randi will also have a celebration there.
11. Chloe auditions for a part in a Shakespeare play this weekend in Seattle.
12. Tomorrow we will buy lots of flowers and fill all the pots on the deck with hopes of having beautiful color by the Fourth.
13. When the strawberries are ripe in the fields at the end of June and first part of July, the wild mountain blackberries will be ripe in the woods and it will be time for picking.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
1. The white chocolate mocha had an extra secret ingredient; it was cinnamon!2. I can see the new moon through my window.
3. Right now, I need a hug.
4. To see MJ, Chloe, Ronnie and Frank is where I went Thursday night; it was nice to feel the love.
5. "Why does having a tooth pulled hurt so much?" Frank asked.
6. All I can think of is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to working on my quilted Christmas tablecloth, tomorrow my plans include possibly a movie with MJ and Chloe and Sunday, I want to be pampered!
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Thursday Thirteen "T" Destinations
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2. Tahiti, , Society Islands, South Pacific (or any tropical island) 3. Taj Mahal, white marble structure built in Agra, India 4. Toowoomba, town in SE Queensland, E. Australia 5. Timbuktu, Mali, Africa, or any place far, far away 6. Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, home to Chiara and family 7. Torino, Piemonte, Italy, home to Chiara-Due and native region of the Canonica's (Barolo) 8. Table Mountain, near Capetown, South Africa 9. Tennessee, a hot southern state that was fun, Opryland and Memphis, USA 10. Tonga, an island kingdom in the SW Pacific 11. Tortilla Flat, Arizona, outdoor jazz sessions at an intersection northeast of Apache Junction 12. Thailand, formerly Siam, exotic kingdom in SE Asia 13. Times Square, downtown New York, New York, USA |
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
A day to forget
I've been pondering all day trying to think of something substantial to say and it's just not there. Tom is razor clam digging in Copalis, or has been for two days, very successfully. He stayed at Cliff and Linda's in McCleary two nights with my car since C & D had his truck in Coulee. This morning when I talked with him, he was just finishing breakfast with Cliff at the Rusty Tractor in Elma and from there he was heading to Seaview to see his brother Larry. Larry had a tachocardia (??) episode with his heartbeat over 230 a week ago Sunday so he landed in a couple hospitals and had a pacemaker/defibrilator implanted. And he now sounds good and is doing well. On his next trip to Cabo, Larry will have to remember to bypass the xray machines at the airport and have the "personal" patdown! A lovely experience.
A couple of weeks ago, we had a flock of 29 Common Mergansers out front on the water, 5 males and 24 females. Today the Eagles are fighting in the gloaming and trying to find easy food. Our new cat Midnight, who came to us from who-knows-where, has gotten used to our house and thinks she should always be inside poking around. And Angelo, our English Springer Spaniel has decided, in Tom's absence, that the recliner is the place to curl up when soaking wet from a swim in the briny bay! (All the rest of the furniture is covered and somewhat waterproofed for this occurrence but the recliner is ill-prepared.) Last night I wondered why I had a wet backside after sitting in the chair.
Well, anyway, remember, I said Tom had my car. That leaves me with his red F250 Ford pick up. And, I kept Megan and Madison overnight last night so Denise could leave early for PM school in Bellevue this am. We did great, jumped up at 6:30, showered, dressed, ate, jumped in the truck after rounding up Angelo from the neighbors, hummed into the Everett Avenue house to pick up some things for Megan. Plenty of time to make it to school on schedule. Then I remembered I needed to leave the girls' overnight bags in the house and so I slammed the truck in park and hit the emergency brake. Normally, this is no problem, but the brake release is broken and total frustration ensued. I'm not supposed to step on the emergency brake! I knew the brake release was broken. With flashlight and screwdriver in hand, I set about manually releasing the brake, but to no avail. I have watched Tom and Chris do this magic trick, but alas, I was not privy to the secret of releasing the emergency brake via screwdriver. Frustration, frustration, calls to Chris in Seattle, calls to Tom in Elma. What's a woman to do?!! Vent! Called the schools to say the girls would be late; rounded up Angelo who kept escaping the truck onto Everett Avenue. I locked Angelo in the truck and the girls in the house watching morning TV, (all before 8 am mind you) and I walked the two blocks to the Auto Repair shop, asked the mechanic to come help. He walked back to the truck with me, hit the magic spot with the screwdriver and Voila! The emergency brake flipped off. End of story, except I handed the guy 20 bucks, and he walked back to his shop. Then I delivered Megan to her school and Madison to her school and made it home in one piece. I then took my blood pressure medicine and my daily aspirin, curled up back in bed with Angelo on the floor beside me, cooled down and slept. Another day conquered!! or is it, Another day conquered me???!!
A couple of weeks ago, we had a flock of 29 Common Mergansers out front on the water, 5 males and 24 females. Today the Eagles are fighting in the gloaming and trying to find easy food. Our new cat Midnight, who came to us from who-knows-where, has gotten used to our house and thinks she should always be inside poking around. And Angelo, our English Springer Spaniel has decided, in Tom's absence, that the recliner is the place to curl up when soaking wet from a swim in the briny bay! (All the rest of the furniture is covered and somewhat waterproofed for this occurrence but the recliner is ill-prepared.) Last night I wondered why I had a wet backside after sitting in the chair.
Well, anyway, remember, I said Tom had my car. That leaves me with his red F250 Ford pick up. And, I kept Megan and Madison overnight last night so Denise could leave early for PM school in Bellevue this am. We did great, jumped up at 6:30, showered, dressed, ate, jumped in the truck after rounding up Angelo from the neighbors, hummed into the Everett Avenue house to pick up some things for Megan. Plenty of time to make it to school on schedule. Then I remembered I needed to leave the girls' overnight bags in the house and so I slammed the truck in park and hit the emergency brake. Normally, this is no problem, but the brake release is broken and total frustration ensued. I'm not supposed to step on the emergency brake! I knew the brake release was broken. With flashlight and screwdriver in hand, I set about manually releasing the brake, but to no avail. I have watched Tom and Chris do this magic trick, but alas, I was not privy to the secret of releasing the emergency brake via screwdriver. Frustration, frustration, calls to Chris in Seattle, calls to Tom in Elma. What's a woman to do?!! Vent! Called the schools to say the girls would be late; rounded up Angelo who kept escaping the truck onto Everett Avenue. I locked Angelo in the truck and the girls in the house watching morning TV, (all before 8 am mind you) and I walked the two blocks to the Auto Repair shop, asked the mechanic to come help. He walked back to the truck with me, hit the magic spot with the screwdriver and Voila! The emergency brake flipped off. End of story, except I handed the guy 20 bucks, and he walked back to his shop. Then I delivered Megan to her school and Madison to her school and made it home in one piece. I then took my blood pressure medicine and my daily aspirin, curled up back in bed with Angelo on the floor beside me, cooled down and slept. Another day conquered!! or is it, Another day conquered me???!!
Friday, May 02, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Friday Fill-In #70
1. Two of my favorite ingredients in a drink are Kahlua and cream! (along with a little vodka and a splash of Pepsi over ice, making it a Smith and Wesson.)
2. Veronica and Lynn often amaze me. (My two Awesome daughters, so clever and bright! Where'd they get that?!!)
3. You can keep doing that forever, the dog is at Joe's. (My dog Angelo is always at his friend Joe's, next door.)
4. Lima beans and kernel corn, mix it all together and voila! You have succotash! (Isn't that what Sylvester says in Tweety Bird?)
5. If I had a yard with a garden, I would love to grow wisteria and hydrangeas. (Oh! That is what's in my garden!)
6. Showering is best au naturel. (Imagining Tom in the shower in his gardenwear: Carhartt coat, gloves, boots, and all!)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Grey's Anatomy, tomorrow my plans include picking Chelsea up at the mall and Sunday, I want to spend $600 on a new wardrobe like my unnamed friend did!
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