My Great-Grandson is beginning to communicate with us

I will be 8 weeks old next Monday Grandma

My g-grandma is soft and comfy

Grandpa, remember to move your fingers,
oh well....

Grandpa Wallace likes to take pictures of his fingers

Where's my blanket?
It's just a little chilly out here in the shade.

Oh Grandma, that feels so much better.
I wuv you grandma!

My grandma Wallace loves me too!

I have a pretty grandma and she looks a lot like
my mommy

I can see a kitty cat from here eating under that umbrella

I like to have my back rubbed by grandma

I can hold my head up too,
but only for a few seconds. 

Oh Grandma....that feels soooo goood

I always wake up happy,
but could you please change my diaper
and in about half an hour I'd like to have some
warm milk.

We saw the sun today....

The sun has been missing for most of the summer here, but today it showed up in all its glory. We even broke out in a sweat while clearing away and mulching some of the fallen leaves. We abandoned the rake and brought out the leaf blower and I used it for most of the time while Jimmy ran over my piles of leaves with the riding mower. We mostly worked in the back yard while our neighbor worked in our front yard.

Earlier in the day I heard a lawn mower in my front yard and looked out to see our neighbor sucking up our leaves into this great big white canvas bag that was attached to his riding mower. Jimmy was already out back using the leaf blower, so I got myself off the computer and went out to help. It was a beautiful sunny day and a day when I thought Jimmy might want to ride a little, but since he was having surgery he thought he'd better get the leaves taken care of first. Me, for one, thought that riding should be first on his agenda and I could run over and mulch the leaves on Saturday or even better, when they ALL FALL DOWN later in the week, but Jimmy doesn't like to wait. Our neighbor, Blonde Holt, is about Jimmy's age and likes to help Jimmy when he can...of course Jimmy also runs to his aide when he sees Blonde doing something that might require his help.




****Thomas Edward & Ruth Wallace****

While we were outside, Jimmy's brother Butch and his wife Ruth stopped by and brought us some of their home grown tomatoes. It's always nice to see them, but they're not too fond of my camera. I had to practically threaten them to get this picture. I think this is a very good picture of them and they don't know that I have a blog. Some day they, or one of their children, will run across this picture and be surprised to see it online.


Look how muddy! All it does is rain here and our driveway is in desperate need of some gravel. The driveway finally dried up a little today in the sun, but gravel is on the top of the list of things to be done. Sharon and Scott stopped short of the mud puddle and just parked their bikes there.

Scott is doing great and he has recovered faster than anyone of us thought he would. He's decided to go back to his construction job starting this coming Monday thanks to his Swedish Nurse, Nurse Ulna. Nurse Ulna has had Scott jogging a couple miles a day this week and after that Scott said he was ready to return to work. Nurse Ulna has once again worked her magic on Scott and he has become suddenly healed and ready to return to work. Good job Nurse Ulna!

So...what's new?

Well...there's no snow to report for today although we had some flurries yesterday that were rather pretty, and just about 3 days earlier the temp was in the 70's. This is a picture of Sharon out hiking in the last snow that we had. It didn't last long and melted away the next day. Today the skies are sunny and there isn't a cloud up there, just an endless sky of blue. It looks like it's going to be another beautiful day here in paradise.


This cardinal was outside my window peeking in at me as I was trying to compose my post. He looks a little shy.


It's become a habit with me now to crochet each time I sit down. My lap gets rather crowded with my project and with Daisy. She's learned that if she wants to remain there, she is not to playfully grab at the dangling yarn. Each time she grabbed my yarn, I simply put her down off my lap and she soon learned not to touch the yarn....Of course, she turns her back on me now so she isn't tempted. Smart kitty.


I haven't got passed making rectangles yet and look what I made with one. Yep...these slippers are made by making two separate rectangles, folding each in half and stitching them up leaving only a hole for your foot to slide into. Then I added a cuff. They were too loose, so I also had to make some slippers strings ( you know....'shoe strings'). I laced them in and out and drew them tight and tied a bow. Walaah.... cozy warm slippers.
They need to come with a WARNING though...
"DON'T WEAR THEM WHILE CLIMBING STAIRS!"

A close-up view

Here's Sharon preparing an Easter Basket for Megan. She's adding lots of extra goodies to a pre-made Easter basket. When she was finished Sharon tried to hide it under Megan's bed but it wouldn't fit, so she just hid the card under there with a hint for Megan on where she could find her Easter Basket. Megan is Sharon's baby...she's barely 18....not months....Y.E.A.R.S.

And...

while Sharon was busy with Megan's Easter Basket, I was playing with Megan's hats and generally snooping around her room. And, NO! I didn't snoop in closed up areas like drawers, cabinets or closets. I just looked at everything that was out in plain site. I was being good, hehehe.


Matt gave us a new in the box medicine cabinet, and it was so timely as Jimmy & I were just talking about one the day before. Jimmy attached it to the bathroom wall and we love it. Now I have a place to put my two prescription bottles in, plus all the other stuff you fill them up with.


Daisy found a strange cat wandering around the living room and had to stop and take a good look at it. I'm not sure if she liked the kitty or not, as she wasn't too sure about approaching it.

I really can't remember everything that's happened since I blogged last unless I took a picture of it. As I get older I need picture reminders of events that happen so I try to keep my camera handy, to everyone's dismay. It's a well known fact that the first topic of conversation when being introduced to someone is to warn them that," grandma has a camera and will use it to put embarrassing pictures of you on her blog....so watch out."

Hope everyone had a nice Easter and didn't eat too many chocolate bunnies or marshmallow peeps as I did. I found out that if I eat a WHOLE box of peeps at one sitting...make that two boxes...that I get mean & cranky from the sugar over-load. Now I know what Laura & Brian go through. Sugar never bothered me before, but I tried it a second time just to confirm the meanness, and I got cranky again. No more sugar for me...anyway not in large amounts.