Great Weekend

I’ve been a little occupied this weekend.  Our oldest daughter and her family were here for the weekend.  So we were able to spend time with our grandchildren.  We couldn’t believe how much they have grown!  Grandpa spent 2  days fishing with his grandson and son-in-law.  So us girls, grandma, daughter & baby hung out around the hot house (no airconditioning).  

They left early Monday morning and the house is now way too quiet!   I didn’t think we were worn out, however, I fell asleep at work, not once, but 3 times,  with my hand on the mouse, while I was entering a window quote.  I have no idea how long I had been asleep, I know it was only a few minutes, but still!  Grandpa is already in bed.  Geesh, the miles on our bodies just can’t seem to keep up with the age of the youth.  

We can’t wait to see them again in 2 weeks.  Being worn out is definately worth it!!

Speaking of youth, I have to tell you.  I was driving to my last book club meeting      , on the highway, I saw a van off the road and the cows were mingling around the fence.  I wondered if they were part of the ranch hands and I was seriously considering pulling over, stopping and asking if I can pet a cow.  Well, as I got closer, the real reason why they had stopped was revealed.  A little toddie, apparently just potty trained, was sitting on his potty chair, on the ground, in front of all the cows.  Talk about pressure, he had to do his business while being watched by 50 mooing cows. 

Can you imagine what the cows were thinking?  “Myrtle, what the heck is he sitting on?”  “Harriet, what’s that smell?”

All I can say, is … when ya gotta go, ya gotta go !!  I laughed all the way to church!

How was your day?

Every have one of those days when you realize your brain wasn’t with you the day before?  Let me explain.  Yesterday at work, I thought I had my brain with me, however, today, I was finding that I either forgot something, or drew a sample one way and wrote it out the opposite way or just plain didn’t do something. 

I have to review the confirmations of our orders.  I received a  confirmation and it said clear glass and not LowE glass.  I called the supplier and had them correct it.   Being the arrogant person that I can be at work, I blamed it on the salesperson since they usually change things and do not make any notations on the purchase order.  Well, not long after that, another person from our supplier called and said someone called them yesterday afternoon to change it to clear …. Well …  that person was me …  DUH!!   I changed it, because our customer called right when we were closing to change the glass to clear.  In my haste, I called the supplier and didn’t change the purchase order.   I had to retract what I said about our salesmen.  Yes, I did feel stupid!   

Unfortunately, that is how my morning went.  All the things I did or didn’t do came back to haunt me.  My lesson today was humility.  I must have finally passed, since the afternoon went more smoothly.

What do you do while sleeping?

When I was younger, I used to talk in my sleep.  I thought, as I got older, I had stopped doing that.  Well, apparently not. 

This morning my husband asked me what sliding shoes were?  I looked at him like he’d fallen on his head or something.  Last night I kept telling him to pick up my sliding shoes right there on the floor.  I must have been pretty insistant, then I fell back asleep.  But that’s not the end, a little while later, I asked him who he was talking to.   He said, “You!” 

Yeah, ok, I don’t even have an excuse.  I had not taken anything stronger than my Lipitor and Glipizide.  The only thing I can think of is I was real tired.   I am almost afraid to fall asleep, who knows what I’ll tell him to do next!

However, I am not the only one that talks while sleeping.  When the kids were younger, they knew when to ask dad for money.  Wait until he was sound asleep and ask .  He ALWAYS said yes.    But,  he wouldn’t remember when he woke up.  It was always quite embarrasing for him when he went to the store thinking he had a $20, and finding out, while looking into his wallet to pay the cashier,  he only had $1.  Now that the kids are grown and out of the house, I rob him, only I turn his wallet facing the wrong way, so he knows  to check and see  if I  left him any money, before leaving the house. 

“Hindsight”

After church on Saturday night, we went to a local casino for dinner.  Don’t ask me why I enjoy casino food, I just do.  Anyway, after our prime rib dinners, we were walking through the casino, the lounge act had just started their set.  Dragging my husband we found a table and chairs just outside the lounge area and watched.  The group “Hindsight” plays R&B, Classic Rock & Roll and Pop music.  They were so much fun and had the audience laughing.  They will be at another local casino from July 31 thru Aug 5.  I can’t wait to see them again, maybe this time I’ll have my dancing shoes on  instead of my flip flops.  They definately can make you put your groove on.

Blog site

I just have to say, I’ve been having so much fun checking all the different things that can be added to my site.  I know, I’m strange!

I also have to comment on the cattle.  Yesterday as I was driving, the black angus and oreo cows were right up to the fence staring across the highway.  So, I took the bate, and looked across the highway also.  Then I felt sad.  Two SUV’s were pulled along a side road.  All the occupants of both vehicles were outside laughing and having a good conversation.   I think the cattle thought it was their food truck.  I’ve seen them line up following the food truck as they dump hay.  Can you imagine, these hungry cows were thinking, hey, where’s the hay!!  Yeah, I know, get a life …!

Doc visit

The other day my husband and I had a doctors appointment, same day, same time and were put in the same room.  It was our monthly checkup his lungs and my diabetes. 

Other than me putting forth an effort to lose weight, I had no idea my husband was secretly doing the same.  I arrived at the docs office first and they did the normal weight, temp, blood pressure, blood sugar test.  Then my husband arrived and went through all the normal stuff, less the blood sugar.  Well, he and the nurse come in and the nurse said he had lost 7 pounds.  I looked at him and lovingly said, “You Suck!!!”  Then they did his blood pressure and even with his hectic day, his pressure was better than mine and I’m on medication.  To which I so lovingly said, “And you SUCK again!!!”  Can you feel the love?

The doctor we see has his whole family working for him.  So a couple of his daughters are the nurses, the others are the back office personnel and his wife works the front.  The doc has a great sense of humor, twisted like ours, so it feels like a  party while we are there.   As one can imagine, we were off to a roaring good time by the time the doc entered the room.  Not sure who got the most abuse, us or him.

Reality TV

I don’t usually watch reality TV shows.  However, on my daughters blog site, she mentioned the Scott Baio 45 and still single show.   I feel like I’ve grown up with Scott Baio so I had to watch.  Now I’m hooked.  It will be interesting to see what assignments his life coach will put him through. 

Assignment, what assignment?

Last year, I enrolled in a writing class for children’s literature.  I have completed 5 or 6 assignments and took a leave of absense.  My reasons: 1) my mom got sick and died; 2) I found out I had diabetes; and 3) the next assignment frightened me.  The assignment was to write a story about a child and include what that child likes, how he talks, etc.  It frightened me because I don’t have any children around me to do my observation.   Which is really a lame excuse, since I have my experiences with my grandchildren I can draw upon.  Also I could go to the library for children’s story time or to the book store for the same thing.  So what is my problem? 

I honestly don’t have an answer to that.  All the things I was doing when my mom passed, I have no desire to go back to.  I used to do Tai Chi for 2 hours on Saturday morning.  My husband and I would ballroom dance on Friday nights.  I was doing my writing assignments faithfully.   The only thing I can think of is that I still feel bad.  When my sister called me on a Monday to tell me she was sick again, my week was full.  I had to finish my assignment by Thursday and Friday was ballroom dancing.    I told her I wouldn’t be able to come until Saturday after my Tai Chi class.  I also told her that these were things that I truly enjoyed and didn’t want to miss them.

Well, as it turns out, I missed them anyway.  Mom was really sick this time.  I flew home on Tuesday and mom passed away on Sunday, which happened to be Mother’s Day.  So no, I haven’t gone back to those things.  I can’t even get motivated to go back.  I was so selfish and I truly regret those words now.  Maybe one day I’ll be able to forgive myself. 

What stirred these thoughts again, is I received a letter from the school, advising me that my assignment is past due and my leave of absence is up.  What to do, what to do.  Guess I had better check out the assignmnet instructions again and see if it still frightens me.

What do you see on your travels to and from work?

My commute to & from work takes me through pastures filled with cattle, then up a mountain into pine trees and a beautiful alpine lake.  I enjoy my travel through the pastures and seeing what the cattle are up to.  Some people think they are just dumb cows.  However, watching them each day brings so much joy to my 40 minute one way drive. 

The other day, driving home, a wind storm was brewing.  The cattle in the left pasture were in a solid circle and bedded down.  I have seen this before, however, I’ve seen moms facing outside the circle and all the babies inside the circle.  The next pasture down, those cattle were playing follow the leader.  A line of about 10-15 were walking in a line going only they knew where.  Mixed with these cattle were Black Angus and what I call Oreo Cows.  Black on both ends and white in the middle.  My husband shakes his head at me every time I say that.  

The best thing is watching the babies as they nurse or chase after their mom or play chase with another baby.  I cannot help but laugh and smile when I see them.

I want to stop and pet one of them.  I’m not sure how the ranchers would feel about it though.  If we had several acres, I would love to have a cow.  I could only have one, since I would be too attached to it to slaughter it.  I’d probably have to call it Norman as in City Slickers.  One of these days I’ll get the courage to ask a rancher to pet their cow … then again … sounds pretty kinky to me!  Guess I had better settle for a petting zoo!

Blue like Jazz

I joined a summer reading book club at church.  We meet Monday nights for 4 weeks.  Of course I missed the first week due to some lame excuse that I had a hellacious day and just wanted to go home.  I use this lame excuse alot and I miss out on alot!   So, I have just spent 2 hours sitting at Starbucks reading Chapters 5 -10, preparing for tomorrow night’s discussion.  It’s a good read for non-believers as well as believers.  If you are interested, it is called, “Blue like Jazz, Nonreligious thoughts on Christian Sprituality” by Donald Miller. 

For those of you that know me,  know that I don’t like reading.  I now read, but it has to be something that interests me and keeps my attention from page 1.