musings

 Got to spend some time with the "girlies" They are aging out of my system and are pretty self entertaining these days, took them for one of those awful sugary  drinks at Dutch Bros.. ( i still had my Starbucks, thank you very much)

My lilies are blooming... they come up every year... so far....  love them

 

Downloaded some pis taken of baby by a 'professional'

She will not like these when she is a teen!!!

Sade went in for her yearly check-up and had her shots, she was not happy at that!!

Today being Sunday felt i needed to get out of the house, so took her for the Starbucks pup-cup .. she was happy.. trying to get her to spend some time in the back yard without barking ALL the time, not going well, even bought one of those bark deterant things.. that we can't hear, so is it working, don't know.. does not seem to affect her like it did in the commercials!! and she is still barking, at i know not what. the other day the neighbor across the street was chopping wood..

I am so very glad i have my little air conditioner as it has been miserable  out.. and so-so dry  went to Crooked River Ranch for an estate sale ( a bust) and stepping out of the car was stepping into two inches of powdery dust.. got feet and sandals all dusty.  each step brought up a cloud.. was glad to get out of there. All the places out there are so very dry. i think they have well water... and there are LOTS of little 5 acre plots. all jumbled together, with single wide mobile houses and some great mansions.  i would not like that at all. and only one way in and one way out!! so traffic going to work and coming home..   At one time it was quite the draw for people to have a place,  prices were cheap, but now, even just the land is in 100's of thousand $$

 Another beautiful lily

Take Care all and God Bless 

 

 

Sade Day

 

So cute when she tilts her head back and forth trying to understand what i am saying

Today was a day spent with Sade. Went to Wilco to get her some of her Peruvian cheese chews.  they get chewed down to nubbins, put them in the microwave for a minute and they swell up like pop corn to twice their size and then are much easier to eat for her and a different treat, like two in one, eventually and she loves chewing on them, they are her nummy when she goes to bed, chews on it for a bit. ( and was getting them at a specialty pet store for  (9-11$ and at Wilco 6.99!!)    Then we went to Starbucks for a pup cup.  then to Petco for her bag of food and some chew  bones and a toy, that is tuff!!!  Haha and maybe she won't be able to tear it apart in 10 minutes!!  has a squeaker which she found right away...

Then a drop off at Good will, went thru a book case and got rid of tons of craft books, cook books and some novels i determined  i was never going to read as they had been in the bookcase behind the bedroom door for ,what, 12 years now and remain unread.. 

 

 THEN we went to Umatilla Park for a walk, They have a soccer pitch and 4 baseball fields and a large playground, so there is alot of space and we amble around the outer edges, There is up and down terrain.

There was a little dog on a leash that someone let go and she came for a visit. they whistled for her and she would run back, they wouldn't watch and she came to us yet again, then back, so that made for some fun for Sade... nice walk

and she got to go into all of these places, so she got interaction with lots of shoppers and floors, lots of sniffing..

Good day

I am so glad  i have her, she is such a sweet little thing and i think she likes me :) 

Take Care and God Bless 

 

the river

 Got to go to the river (Deschutes) at Cline Falls, which is only about 8 miles maybe, west of Redmond.  It is the go to place for the summer, Sade and i have gone a number o times already to walk around the loop. So she was familiar with the place when we drove up and was all excited to get out!!

 

 

 The girls have grown so much this year! I no longer get to watch after them as they are fine by themselves. Rylie is 13 and Ava is 11.

Cline Falls is a great place for kids as it is shallow enough for them to be in the water and it flows fairly fast, but not too fast, so floating is a fun ride ... and they don't have to be watched like a hawk the whole time...

We were always going there on picnics, taking my grandma Larrance, then taking my parents, then just Mom.. went alot when i was in high school, it as a great place to cool off after a day in the mint fields hoeing out weeds... 

 

This is after bottle.  She was really active, moving all around and  stretching..

 

It was just a nice, nice afternoon, sitting in the shade, listening to the water flow by and the laughter of people  on the river .. talking about the kids and life in general..

She doesn't have the BOO in her mouth all the time... she was just starting to be a bit cranky and was ready for her bottle...

She is such a darling little baby, sorry for the always pics of her

But that's my life, dog and baby ;)

 

take Care and God Bless

 

bbq

 Kids had a nice BBQ on Sunday after they got home from a week at the beach...

Got to feed Novah

She  is holding herself up really well and sturdy, gets a little wobbly when she gets tired :) sleeps 8-10 hours at nite... was awake for almost the whole time i was there this time!

There were 4 babies there and one of the mothers (of twins) is preggars again!!! 

Made my baked beans, there is never any leftovers!!!

Have been having long, lazy, hot days. Try to stay inside as much as possible.

Nothing is accomplished,,, nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? 

You know, i did nothing but sit in the shade, but it was so hot, it was tiring.. slept really well that nite! 

Got  pedi..

We are having our 60th class reunion this summer,     class of '65... geez!!!

Take Care All and God Bless 

wanderings

 This is her fav place! just curls up.. we have been having a hard time, it is so very hot.  am sure it is hotter in some places!!! I know, BUT  it is hot here, SO glad i invested in that AC. going on 3 yrs now, an still working like a champ.  I can even leave my bedroom door open with a fan drawing air from living room to cool down and she will not leave my side. even with Robin going to work and Brian coming home... i sleep like i am drugged.. The niece and fam are in  the RV at the coast this week and i am driving to Sisters to feed the chickens tues and thurs... i like the eggs, but boy are chickens, icky, poopy... and it is so dry out there.. been watering like crazy, to try to keep things a little green and blooming around here..

Took a drive to the Mt B area saturday, to Sparks Lake and Devils Lake, lots of people out kayaking and just driving around.. Took Friend Carol G to get her out of the house for a short while.  See something different.. there were still spots of snow up there in the shade of the trees.. mosquitos were out!!

Had check in with surgery doctor and all looking well, so that is a good thing.. Have lost my appetite  tho.. which i guess can be a good thing.. just nothing sounds good.. much less tastes like anything..

Sade sacked out on the couch. AC chugging away, sun is shining.. Life is good

Take Care All and God Bless

 

 

Oh, had another painting class, last nite.. this is the result...

hmmmm

 

 

 

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...