Still alive

No time.  I have no time for blogging.  My life is very happy, and very busy.

Our Easter was lovely.  We went to church, and had dinner at my house.  We made ham, and potatoes au gratin, with asparagus, caramelized carrots, broccoli, home made rolls, and three kinds of dessert.  We were supposed to have been 14 all together, but Matthew got sick, so his Dad stayed home with him.

Last weekend we went hiking for 7 plus miles in Harriman State Park, a wonderful  spot, which even my mother knew.  I had driven her and my Dad on a trip just to see, and ever after she wanted to go back there.
Well, Ma, I made it!  We walked just about all day.  It was cold and gloomy, and rained toward the end of our hike, but we were dry thanks to ponchos and good hiking shoes.

The day after we walked in Midtown Manhattan and got theater tickets for The Adams Family on Broadway for later in May.

We are planning a trip to Washington, DC the beginning of June.  I am really looking forward to that.

Maybe I'll be back in between to report, maybe not, it depends on my time.

I hope all you out there are having a wonderful time, and that you all are enjoying your lives!

.... and busy still

Hiking was on the plan for the weekend.  And we hiked.  In Massachusetts at the Quabbin Reservoir.  Beautiful!  One of the largest man-made reservoirs (ask aunt Google), and just gorgeous.
I requested at some point to see an American Bald Eagle.  And promptly one was found for me, far away in a tree, but an eagle in the open!  How cool is that?!  To even spot it is something.
Of course now I want to see one closer.... never enough.

Busy, busy, busy

Too busy to visit you all out there, and too busy to share what's going on with me.

I did have company over the weekend, my sweetie pie grandson Noah brought his Mom for her baby shower.  And a nice shower it was!  There were his cousins, all of them!  He got to play and run around with them, and he got to sit on my lap and watch youtube videos of trucks and truck crashes on my lap.
Jessica was upset when he left, because she had such a good time with him.

And his little sister will have lots of nice clothes when she is born!

I chatted with the other grandma, and was sorry that she doesn't live close anymore, she is a lot of fun.  One of the aunts lost a lot of weight and looks terrific.  Got to see Noah's other girl cousin from Tennessee, and it's amazing how fast she is growing up.

The expectant Mom.  

Looks great, and feels great, she says.

Opening gifts, I just realized there are all the girls, the sisters, sisters-in-law, and daughters!

 A balloon toss and the gang all on the stairs.

aren't they cute?

And I learned how to text.  Which proves the point that one never is too old for anything.

(very happy)

Snowy March weather.

The snow plows going by woke me up this morning.  It's supposed to snow all day and into tomorrow morning here.  So please don't tell me about sunshine and flowers blooming and bees flying otherwise I'll add mosquitoes to it in my imagination!

Beginning.  New beginnings are wonderful and scary at the same time.  To meet up with someone at any age brings back all the anxiety one had as a teenager, and one - okay me - must remind myself that I have lived a few years, can tell things, am usually a confident person, and to stop with all the silly stuff and just enjoy.
So I'll enjoy.  And if I focus on that, it all is well.  
Very well!
I also realized I can't blog about our time together, because it wouldn't be fair.  I should tell about the blog, and ask permission or at least warn that I do have a blog.
Those are the thoughts running through my head.

And when I'm not thinking, I am totally happy.

A walk in the woods

A hike in the woods was planned for the weekend.  In preparation to hopefully do more and longer hikes.  The weather was nice, but we still have that chilly wind.

How terrific to come back home smelling of fresh air!
And to have the company of an experienced hiker who brings soup for lunch and a heater to warm it up.