I had Jackson sleep overnight at my house from Friday to yesterday.
I called him to the sliding door to show him the birds feeding. I forgot about two-year-olds.
He came to the door, looked at the birds, and let out a yell, and was totally happy when all of the birds disappeared.
Mission accomplished.
I only have him over once in a while, so he (and the others) are pretty much allowed anything they want to do. I took the chance and hemmed a tablecloth, knowing that he loves machines, pushing buttons, and trying things out. Whatcha doing? he wanted to know. And played with the on-off button, the thread, and watched how the machine worked. Then he grabbed the scissors. Since they are sharp, but have rounded tips, we tried them out. I let him cut paper (helping), ribbon and a bit of fabric. When he was satisfied, I put the scissors away.
He wrestled with me - he started it! and he giggled.
His mother came around noon to pick him up. We went shopping together, and he fell asleep on the way to drop me off.
January 10, 2010
January 8, 2010
Deep freeze
A deep freeze is forecast for the weekend. That's okay, it's January and it's winter. At work I have tons of layers on:
A thermal undershirt
a turtleneck
a sweater
a fleece jacket
and of course the
thermal undies
knee socks
pants - sweat pants
snow boots.
And yes, sometimes I get cold.
We have a fairly large order in, and I hope it keeps up.
Tonight I'll babysit for my 2 1/2 year old grandson. He is so cute! He just went from the few words to telling a story, seems like overnight. He can argue, tell a story, he sang 'happy birthday' with us last night, when his mom and dad and other grandmother came over for dinner. He loves to take the stick to the spinning wheel off, and go hit something with it. I dragged out my pots, and had him hit those, and try different sounds.
I made goulash, carrots, potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower - it was so good. And the Pilsbury Grands which Nicole loves. And brownies for a family who loves chocolate.
Oh, and I got my treadmill! This is an almost new treadmill, only used a few times, which was going to be thrown out. A good brand, at that! I'm thrilled, because now I don't have to go out and wrestle the bear. Actually, the bear should be sleeping, it's cold enough. I had just gotten a treadmill, but it was an older model, great to have before I got this new one. I was happy with it, until this model came along.
I tried the treadmill last night, and again this morning. I'm happy. I know the German bloggers and runners go out in all kinds of weather (actually so do the real fitness nuts here too), but my time would be in the AM when it's dark, or in the evening, you guessed it, when it's dark. And it's nice to be able to stay in the house. I just have to learn to read when I run/walk....
A thermal undershirt
a turtleneck
a sweater
a fleece jacket
and of course the
thermal undies
knee socks
pants - sweat pants
snow boots.
And yes, sometimes I get cold.
We have a fairly large order in, and I hope it keeps up.
Tonight I'll babysit for my 2 1/2 year old grandson. He is so cute! He just went from the few words to telling a story, seems like overnight. He can argue, tell a story, he sang 'happy birthday' with us last night, when his mom and dad and other grandmother came over for dinner. He loves to take the stick to the spinning wheel off, and go hit something with it. I dragged out my pots, and had him hit those, and try different sounds.
I made goulash, carrots, potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower - it was so good. And the Pilsbury Grands which Nicole loves. And brownies for a family who loves chocolate.
Oh, and I got my treadmill! This is an almost new treadmill, only used a few times, which was going to be thrown out. A good brand, at that! I'm thrilled, because now I don't have to go out and wrestle the bear. Actually, the bear should be sleeping, it's cold enough. I had just gotten a treadmill, but it was an older model, great to have before I got this new one. I was happy with it, until this model came along.
I tried the treadmill last night, and again this morning. I'm happy. I know the German bloggers and runners go out in all kinds of weather (actually so do the real fitness nuts here too), but my time would be in the AM when it's dark, or in the evening, you guessed it, when it's dark. And it's nice to be able to stay in the house. I just have to learn to read when I run/walk....
January 7, 2010
A stick
That's what the German bloggers call it. Like throwing a stick out to be caught.
And I caught it.
Here it goes:
Since when do you blog?
Since maybe April or May of 2009
Why do people read your blog?
I have no idea. I don't have enough feed-back yet, so I can't tell. I'm trying to make it interesting, I'm going for funny, which I do in my real life, but I know I'm not there in my blog yet.
Which was the last search question which brought someone to your page?
I have no idea again. How do you look that up? Do you create a link? It would be cool to know. The Germans know a secret they haven't let me in on yet.
Which one of your blog entries deserved more attention?
I really don't know. To me, the entry about 9/11 is pretty important.
Your current favorite blog?
The ones I check every day are one in German: Frau .... aeh ... Mutti
And the one in English: The meanest Mom
And I like the two blogs because both to me convey a sense of humor. I'm striving for that, but it takes practice.
Which blog did you read last?
I like to make the rounds. the last one was: Aff yer heid!!! which is in German, but the blogger lives in Scottland. And she is the one who 'threw me the stick'
How many feeds are you subscribed to?
Too many. In Google Reader, and I have about 800 feeds, not all of which I read. And I don't know how they figure it's 800+, I'm still learning.
Which five blogs will you throw the stick to and why?
Deep breath in and here it goes:
One to All My Yesterdays
because she responds, seems lovely, knows life, seems to have a similar life to mine
one to Frische Brise
because I enjoy her blog
And I think I'll leave it at that.
And I caught it.
Here it goes:
Since when do you blog?
Since maybe April or May of 2009
Why do people read your blog?
I have no idea. I don't have enough feed-back yet, so I can't tell. I'm trying to make it interesting, I'm going for funny, which I do in my real life, but I know I'm not there in my blog yet.
Which was the last search question which brought someone to your page?
I have no idea again. How do you look that up? Do you create a link? It would be cool to know. The Germans know a secret they haven't let me in on yet.
Which one of your blog entries deserved more attention?
I really don't know. To me, the entry about 9/11 is pretty important.
Your current favorite blog?
The ones I check every day are one in German: Frau .... aeh ... Mutti
And the one in English: The meanest Mom
And I like the two blogs because both to me convey a sense of humor. I'm striving for that, but it takes practice.
Which blog did you read last?
I like to make the rounds. the last one was: Aff yer heid!!! which is in German, but the blogger lives in Scottland. And she is the one who 'threw me the stick'
How many feeds are you subscribed to?
Too many. In Google Reader, and I have about 800 feeds, not all of which I read. And I don't know how they figure it's 800+, I'm still learning.
Which five blogs will you throw the stick to and why?
Deep breath in and here it goes:
One to All My Yesterdays
because she responds, seems lovely, knows life, seems to have a similar life to mine
one to Frische Brise
because I enjoy her blog
And I think I'll leave it at that.
January 5, 2010
An Island
I changed my banner photo matching to the season. I took this photo a year ago. It was as cold as it is now on the East Coast. This is on Shelter Island, all the way out at the end of Long Island. It's a wonderful, magical, different place. I haven't been to the Jersey Shore in years since I've been invited out there for weekends.
It takes me totally away from my life, not that there aren't any beautiful spots in my life. It's just totally different. By the ocean, and not by the wild waves of the Atlantic. It's just like the name, sheltered. It's sort of New Englandy-coasty, but it's own thing. One of the things that makes it special is that you have to take a ferry to get there. On winter days we're there we don't do much, watch TV, go outside for a minute to take pictures, come back inside, play games, and go to dinner. Spend the night, have breakfast and go home. Maybe a visit to a vineyard on the way there or on the way back, but not much more.
In the company of my some of my children and grandchildren.
Perfection.
It takes me totally away from my life, not that there aren't any beautiful spots in my life. It's just totally different. By the ocean, and not by the wild waves of the Atlantic. It's just like the name, sheltered. It's sort of New Englandy-coasty, but it's own thing. One of the things that makes it special is that you have to take a ferry to get there. On winter days we're there we don't do much, watch TV, go outside for a minute to take pictures, come back inside, play games, and go to dinner. Spend the night, have breakfast and go home. Maybe a visit to a vineyard on the way there or on the way back, but not much more.
In the company of my some of my children and grandchildren.
Perfection.
January 3, 2010
Cold
Three days into the new year already.
Today was icy cold. I spent most of the day in the house. Only went out to the movies with Penny and Rose to see 'It's complicated'. I laughed, it was funny enough.
The day before yesterday I went to my middle daughter's house to spend time with visitors from St. Louis. We had pizza and sat and talked and laughed. I spent the night, since my s-i-l went off with a friend to spend a couple of nights away. Yesterday we went to Ikea, where I found some material on sale, and then to a mall, where we met my older daughter, her daughter and a cousin. It was nice to see the little guy behaving much better in a mall, walking the entire time (no stroller for him!), and we only had to keep him in a good mood a couple of times.
I found a sweater I liked at the Gap, and that was about it.
I can't believe all the days off are already over. Tomorrow it's back to work.
Have fun you all!
Today was icy cold. I spent most of the day in the house. Only went out to the movies with Penny and Rose to see 'It's complicated'. I laughed, it was funny enough.
The day before yesterday I went to my middle daughter's house to spend time with visitors from St. Louis. We had pizza and sat and talked and laughed. I spent the night, since my s-i-l went off with a friend to spend a couple of nights away. Yesterday we went to Ikea, where I found some material on sale, and then to a mall, where we met my older daughter, her daughter and a cousin. It was nice to see the little guy behaving much better in a mall, walking the entire time (no stroller for him!), and we only had to keep him in a good mood a couple of times.
I found a sweater I liked at the Gap, and that was about it.
I can't believe all the days off are already over. Tomorrow it's back to work.
Have fun you all!
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