reading

 Isn't she the cutest ever?? This was the 1st time we let Sade in the same room. she did fairly well.. was VERY excited at 1st, then calmed down quite a bit.. and it was easy to keep her down and not stick her nose in Novah's face. I have started a reading program.. it makes no difference what you read, just that you do. and Robt Service has a nice cadence to his story/ poetry i guess.. she liked the Cremation of Sam McGee!!! Just watched me. i am sure she could feel the vibrations of the words i was speaking. Mom (who was a teacher for 25 yrs) always said the way to make a reader was to read to them ALL the time as they are growing up.  She had a system  she said in how she held my bottle and the book and read to me at most all feedings. And i am and have always been a voracious reader, always have a book going, sometimes 2 or 3.  and always carry one with me, you  never know when u have to wait for something, appts, waiting for prescriptions to b filled, you know how you are always waiting for one thing or another.  I think the 1st time went well..

She pooped and it went all up her back and she had to have a complete  change and wipe up!! Sade was quite interested in that whole procedure.  But i am going to have to find some Dr Seuse somewhere, Costco? Brian has all of his children books packed up  in the shed, way in the back, i guess.  so it feels hopeless to find any of those..I try to see her every week. her hair has gotten much longer, but still stands straight up!! and she is out of the newborn clothes.. she seems like such a chill little thing, have not seen her having a fit yet.. either sleeping or soberly watching all about.  getting better holding her head up, not quite so floppy about.

I did have surgery, had some complications of the bariatric surgery i had in 2012 that needed to be addressed.  Boy i felt OLD at 1st.  recovering from surgery is no joke as you age.  but it has been 10 days and i am perking right up  and introducing foods other than a liquid diet,  which is a chore and w/o anything to chew is hard, just to drink everything, and i found that cottage cheese blended to death no longer tastes like itself!!  But ENSURE mocha/cafe   is really ok and has 30 grams of protein.. so that may be something for breakfast!

It is so very old here, 52 out.. even had to turn the heat up, BUT supposed to heat up next week. I mean it does not feel like summer at all!!!

My son turned 55 today.. he was born on Father's Day  in 1970... sooooo long ago...

Take Care all and God Bless 

Sun

 Getting to b a fav thing to do in the morning sunlight...

little things

 Got new glasses!!! every time i think these will be the last glasses i need to get, then i live some more and get tired of the ones i have. and this time my eyes started not reading very well, straining.. and i broke my newest pair last year when i fell. so was using some from 4 years ago.  so here i am, new glasses.. and they are big enough when i look down, i can still see thru them. especially to read!!

Then shopped at Old Navy.. really like Old Navy.. and i AM Old Navy, hahaha thought i needed a pair of wide leg white jeans...

Been working in the yard, always weeds, planting some things, watering takes up a bunch of time, in and out moving sprinkler... 

Get nails done tomorrow, she got called for jury duty, on my normal day and had to re arrange everyone, at least i got an appt!!  and one day is much like any other

  

 

 

 visited baby for awhile, got to hold and feed her some, she immediately fell asleep, but it is still nice to just hold her.

Sade was tied outside on the porch and was not too happy at 1st, but got used to it, i guess and was pretty good.  We did that last week too, so maybe she is getting used to it..

Got eggs for neighbors. always go for a little drive around the country on the way back, to just see 'stuff'  lots of trees and flowers.

Been taking Sade to different parks and walking around them, good for both of us.

Have finally finished watching The Handmaid's Tale.. Geez, those people were crazy.. Worked my way thru 6 seasons!!!! and cried at the end, it was good, but sad. so much was lost...

 

Last picture of Sade taken 5-28, look at the stink eye....

Take Care and God Bless all
 

Sisters

 Sisters!!!

Got a quick visit Friday... took scraps for chickens and got eggs.. also wanted to get out of the house and go for a little drive. Sade and i like walking around the parks we have.  lots of times there are paved paths around them even! 

 They had a huge sleep over party for rylie's birthday which was the 30th but baby born 29th put a hold on that. they rented an airbnb, with 6 bedrooms and a hot tub and there were 14 girls... guess everyone was worn out the next day,,

look at the hair on the baby, gettin longer every day!! Dad has black hair. she has reddish eyebrows tho so think it is going to be a dark red maybe???  she slept the whole time

 

  Rylie even transferred her into the swing thing  in good fashion and did not even wake her up. she is a good sleeper and noise doesn't seem to bother her.. .   

Got all the yard work done and yard debris taken to the free dump for yard debris weekend.. Pick up even started up!  We have been having a bit of moisture so not needed to water too much.  Got limbs cut back on lilac bush and dead limbs from Hawthorne tree.. so things are looking pretty good at this point..  Have gotten my "affairs" in order,, will and what not, so that is a good thing and a relief i have to say.  I did go to a lawyer, to just make sure.  all of this "do it yourself" stuff is concerning to me. but the will done on  the computer was good, signed not by relatives and notarized  ...  have everything written down in a book, steps to take, who to notify.. cremation paid for, soooo i should not be a burden when i am no longer here.. Except for ALL my 'things' that i like having about me, pictures, stamping things, tons of books...   clothes/shoes... dog...  all that should keep someone busy for awhile figuring out what to do with, and i do sort out now and then and pick up something and think why do i have that, then it goes to garbage or goodwill.. but i want to be with my things, makes me happy... and i do recycle books to other people and neighborhood little libraries, i no longer feel that i need to keep EVERY book i read..

 

 

 

 finished another afghan, brian wanted one that looked like the one on the back of the couch in Rosanne, or Big Bang Theory or one of those shows like that, so this is it, your classic black granny square with jewel tones and my own take on a border.  it is quite large and took it seems like forever.. but all done, 54 squares in all,  9 X 6, now, will give it to him for birthday   in June....

Made this last nite, Googled: ravioli, asparagus, tomato, basil..  has garlic sauteed first... and they only had mushroom ravioli, and recipe called for cheese, but it was really good and not saucy at all and i like the asparagus sauteed like that.. was fresher tasting and did not get too soft as it sometimes gets when boiled... don't know why in my whole life had never done that? just the way we always cooked it, i guess.. But Brian said to keep that recipe, and that is a good recommend from him.. and will surely tell you if is is not a keeper...
 

The mountains Friday... Take Care All and God Bless

update

Eyes open and ready to start the day!

 

May dog!

 Smith Rocks

 Went for a little drive about near Terrebonne, went to Oliver Lemons, small grocery store thought these trees were beautiful all pruned up nicely

 

And my beautiful lilacs are blooming!!! One of the reason i bought this house, was the HUGE lilac trees/bushes... some years are not as good as others and this is a good one.  Had a very mid Winter.

Went to Costco today, thought a Monday would be much better than a week end, and NO.. still lots of people there, BUT getting things and going thru the check out was fast.  Since they built this new store, they have alot more people working there i think ..  they did not have the made up chicken stir fry i was planning on or dinner, so now, i have no idea,,, Brian says we have hot dogs.. they are putting up more buildings near the new store, have no idea what is going in there, might be interesting???

We had a rainy couple of days and today sun no clouds, but stil a chill wind out there. I DID get all of my yard work done, well, more of less, always something more t do, spray again for weeds, have to pull out a little dead fir tree and a blueberry bush, that is doing nothing at all .  and there are some limbs that need to be cut up to go into the back of the pick up for a dump run next week.  The dump is having a free yard debri day and want to take advantage.  Took a load of "stuff"  and it cost $16.. we have a nice new dump and things out there, but geez... the pick up was not even loaded.. 

for some reason, blogger is not letting me add anymore pics, so will go for now,   not much to say in any case...

Take Care and God Bless

OH!!! My Gosh

We (family) had a baby!!! Novah May 6# 11oz.... Dad picked out the name...

 

And she is just about perfect.  Look at all that hair!

 I got to hold her for about an hour yesterday and she just laid there... not a peep. course she was asleep the whole time.. 

She latched on right away, within an hour of birth. No problem at all.. She was making little sucking movements so, they said, lets go or it!!!  Just seems pretty laid back so far...

I was on teenager duty... Novah born  9:24p 4-29-25 and Rylie turned 13 on the 30th... 

We had a little celebration dinner at Olive Garden Sunday... Mom had flowers delivered at her school, which Rylie said was totally embarrassing...!!! I have stayed two nights at their house and was the 'chauffeur'... to school and home and to baseball game and practice and who knows what all... lots of driving.. all the towns in Central Oregon are basically 20-25 miles apart, Bend Redmond, Prineville, Madras... and she is in school baseball, little league baseball and track... sooooo, lots of driving and waiting

She just is perfect baby

I have been weeding, weeding, weeding and still have limbs and dead leaves stuck here and there that needs to be picked up.. have weed n feed the lawn. and am going to use a mixture of salt, white vinegar and dawn dish soap for some of the weeds in the gravel, which i have been working on seems like weeks now And drove by the other day and there is GREEN coming up..again..... so plenty to do around here... and have started another afghan.  just need to have something to do when i sit here watching or listening to the TV.. and Brian wanted a specific one, the black granny square with jewel tones... sort of a classic. it was on the couch in Rosanne or Big Bang Theory or some such thing.... sooooo..... not hard, but had to make it more difficult the way i wanted to put all the squares together and you have to keep changing color.... 

Thats it.... pretty exciting tho    Take Care and God Bless

Birthdays

 My "baby" is a year old!!! (this picture is just about perfect! look at those whiskers, got it focused really good) She is so darling... just the sweetest doggie.... even if she at times does drive me crazy...

 My niece is 34!!

 

Took her for lunch where we had an excellent sandwich at One Street Down and then had pedicures. (she hasn't seen her feet now for 6 mos!!!)  She is feeling pretty good and is due end of April, but we are hoping for May !!

Have planted pansies and my hellabores..   It was a beautiful Spring  day,  if a bit windy..  

Went to JoAnn's ...again.... and submitted to their 2 yd cut for fabric.. so ended up with much too much of one thing for what i was going to make,  but will just have to make more i guess.. pillowcases and back for my chair.  I get fleece and like to change it out with the seasons, and don't like the same thing over and over, year in and out... what i have on there now is snowflakes, for xmas, but could also be for Feb and Jan... also got yarn, last time i was in there, it was all gone, this time there was all kinds.... so...  now i have yarn for afghan that Brian wants... traditional black with jewel tones granny square... so am going to be busy doing 'things'.. but i can watch binging things, right now The Handmaids Tale. In 2nd season only and it is interesting.. not as i remember the book, which i just re-read last year. and the updated sequel... scary.... and just crochet like crazy

Take Care All and God Bless