WEDNESDAT OCTOBER 6th 2010

ANN Has been hired by a company in CHARLOTTE NC...... we're moving soon!

I'm excited........

Friday is the day Tim, TJ, & I fly to Michigan to see family and attend a wedding. Ann can not get the time off work. She will miss her baby boy terribly. This will be TJ second time on an airplane and he's only 6 months old. There are some grown ups that haven't EVER been on an airplane. I wish there was a direct train system from Raleigh to Dearborn. I think I would enjoy a one day rail trip. Tim will be riding someones bike in Michigan. We both will try to do everything - see everyone we can in the week we will be there. My blogging will suffer next week because I will be having so much fun. Soon I will not want to see snowy Michigan. The heat this summer in NC was brutal, but ...... it didn't mess up my gutters, prevent me from driving [white knuckled] and I don't have to SHOVEL it. The snow people can come and see me...............................in sunny warm NC!

I think about...........

.......things to write about in my blog, but most times I am not certain what I will write about even while I am typing. So, a few things that are excellent in my life: hot or cold coffee with lots of milk, A queen size bed all to myself, orange juice not reconstituted, toilet paper, pedicure, projects like painting or fixing up something, cats & dogs [Lily], baby skin and smiles, my children, grandchildren that need you, good movies, warm bathrooms, cool bedrooms, the intense flavor of fruit chewies, hugs from friend & family, trees, pink flowers, a car that always starts, non fiction books, foot or head rub, ceiling fans, schools bands, basketball [grandson], my computer and change. Things that scare me.............. having to support myself, anger [others] the seamier side of humans.

6 months old today!

Well the reason I'm in NC turned 6 months old today. And what a beautiful day it was. Some rain in the am then sunny and 72 degrees. Ann had the day off to prepare for her second interview with the company in Charlotte NC that she is looking to work at. Ann thinks the interview went very well and she might start working there as soon as Oct 18Th. We're all excited about the change. Well maybe TJ's not too excited about moving, but he gets excited every day about everything. The dog and cat excite him, as do his play balls and bottle. I stared walking him after his first nap and he stays awake the whole time. He met four small children today and took in all the things that are so new to him. Seeing the world through a child's eyes opens a whole new aspect of neighborhood, things and life. It feels good to stop and smell [taste] the roses. Live, love, laugh.

The last day of September....

It feels like it's been raining for 40 days and 40 nights. I'm sure after 3 weeks of drought, that a few people were praying for rain. Be careful of what you pray for.....you just MIGHT get it. I'm not in the camp that prays for what they want, I'm more comfortable in the prayer of gratitude camp. Nothing beats a troubled mind like a through review of the things in your life to be thankful for- starting with INDOOR plumbing and HOT water that comes straight from a small metal devise in the centrally air conditioned and centrally HEATED house that you live in. I could go on and on about all the things that I am grateful for, but I'm sure we would part ways down the gratitude line. Live happy! Be GRATEFUL!

WOW!

Tj was astounding today. Good humor - good eater - took naps - sits very well, all the usual stuff, but his understanding of his toys and what he could do with them kept him occupied. He seems to have grown in physiology 50 years. Before he would play a few short minutes with the object near him or handed to him. For some reason I just gave him his toy [shoe box size] and it enthralled him. Tj's brain took a huge leap toward child and away from "baby". Ann and I were amazed at the skill he acquired in one day. Speaking of Ann...she phone interviewed VERY well for a position in Charlotte NC. Friday is a conference interview. Keep your fingers crossed.

yesterday & today

Well yesterday was catch up on "normal" life. Tim is working one hour overtime some days, so my day job is one hour longer. I would stay and visit with Tim till 5pm, but he was there to take care of TJ. Now I am out of there as soon as Tim gets home so I can start recharging my batteries for the next day. There was no recharging last weekend when Tim and Ann left after work Friday and came home @ 6:30 pm Sunday. They took an anniversary weekend in Charlotte NC. There is a pretty good reason that mother nature [god] doesn't give infants to single 60 year old women....... [even 60 year old woman with a 60 year old man]...... we don't have the stamina a younger woman has. My right [non dominate] wrist hurts and I figured out why when I tried to hold TJ under the arms to facilitate his dancing to the music....oh my g _ _. I told you 60 year old women are fragile. While I was at Target tonight, I purchased a wrist brace....hoping that it will help the situation. TJ ate like a lumber jack today.