tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714946788581930562024-03-05T12:44:29.794-06:00Grandma's Grumblesgramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-49092803367249900232012-06-14T10:37:00.003-05:002012-06-14T10:37:27.799-05:00Yup... Here I am again!Its funny, I keep saying that! And yet my daughter just turned 31...so it's been a year almost since I've traveled these pages, I tried it some time ago but it erased all my words and was too tired to retype another post.
Well we got the house done...the main living space anyways, we still have a basement to conquer, but no hurries. We have been cleaning and going thru all the stuff we packed up and brought with us when we moved....so much has GOT to go! I've had one rummage sale so far, (love mingling with the people!) and have one more to go in a few weeks, then it will be donation time and will start all over again, more boxes, more (good garbage) stuff!
We are also attempting to do our landscaping which is going to be nice with once again...HARD work....I wish the dirt fairy would come do the work for us! Soo much to do!
I guess we did retire a week ago according to my husband....one of our sons said he will believe that when his dad hasn't worked outside the home for one year!
I am finding it difficult that I may never see some of my extended working family ever again...it has been hard for me to think about. So I won't right now.
Well I hope I haven't bored my followers, which I don't think I have any, but it was fun to post again, I have to update my picture....that little guy is now 6 and have had a few grandchildren since then....another LOVE in my life...my grandkids, who make this world a wonderful place! Life is Good!gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-68737262227478815962012-05-04T19:22:00.002-05:002012-05-04T19:23:32.336-05:00Still hanging in here.....gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-32999505988325313242012-02-28T17:57:00.001-06:002012-02-28T17:59:57.845-06:00I'm hereI'm still here. I hope to blog more in the future. Is there anyone out there still reading....<br />Leave a comment if you'd enjoy a read from me...just courious.<br />Expecting a huge snowstorm tonight thru tomorrow...we shall see.<br />Stay safe everyone.gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-44082633982448234522011-06-05T22:20:00.002-05:002011-06-05T22:35:25.808-05:00Where have I been and..It's my daughter's 30th Birthday tomorrow...........Ya, it's been quite awhile...........with work, and working on the house, there hasn't been much time for anything else. I am sooo wanting this house to be done.. My back is killing me, my arms tingle and hurt along with my fingers, wrist, feet and neck,and other things,.. am i complaining here...yes i am, but i will be fine...<br />i am hoping i have a few frinds (lori for sure) and a few family members that may read this once in awhile, i swear i am going to be better at writing one of these days, i miss it, along with alot of other things in life.......photography, crafting, quilting, maybe taking a vacation once in awhile, i think it's been 5 years since we took one....how sad is that, i miss alot of things.......BUT ....<br />The main reason tonight i am on her is to wish my beautiful daughter a "Happy 30th Birthday" tomorrow. I don't know if or when she will read this, but I want to tell you, she is a very special person in my life. She is alot like me and alot like her father. She is unique, smart, a great mom, wife, sister auntie and just a real neat young lady...... ha, ha, ha, look out Sara Palin, I want my daughter to be president someday......I just had to say that, she is kinda political too, which is a.o.k. too. she's just a pretty awsome daughter.Thank you for giving me the joys of being your mom and I would not change anything about you, in my eyes you are pretty close to perfect. I love you honey, and I hope you enjoy the next 30 years even more than the last 30 years. And I hope I am around to enjoy them with you. I love you kiddo!<br />~mom~gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-85930225882597278342011-03-09T20:28:00.002-06:002011-03-09T20:30:24.125-06:00hello anybodyi'm still here, is anybody else??????????????????<br />please send a hello if anyone is there. i have been soooooooooooooo busy.<br />have a great week to all ....................<br /><br /><br />:)gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-82281805084709952132011-01-04T09:32:00.002-06:002011-01-04T09:52:38.366-06:002011 is here.....WOW where has the time gone???hello everyone, if anyone, <br />i am still here, just have been soo busy with finishing the house, christmas, grandkids, etc, etc. <br />i will be going back to real work soon, so maybe then i will have more time to blog! :) <br />it's been a busy year. we put our old house on the market in august and signed papers of sale october 1st. we were so very lucky to sell it so fast. <br />then we moved into the new house. unfortunatly it was unfinished. the bathroom tub,sink and toilet were in and the kitchen was mostly done, other than that we have been plugging along everyday. we have been laying tile, framing windows, putting up tounge and groove wood ceilings, did i say laying tile, yes, entry way, laundry room and kitchen tile. we have the master bathroom tile left and then after that i don't want to lay tile for the rest of my life......on thursday we get 3 rooms carpeted, yes i said 3 rooms, the den, guest room and yes, my computer/grandchildren sleep over room. it is really a bedroom, but it is going to be my space. i can not wait. well i am watching my 2 grandsons and one just woke up, i will post more later...happy new year everyone, glad to be back if anyone is out there......<br />leave me a hello if you drop by so i know that it is worth me going on here to gab...<br />drive safe.....<br />oh before i go i have to tell you, i got a new grandson last may and another in november......LIFE IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-43302579373195290492010-09-04T07:57:00.002-05:002010-09-04T08:23:24.418-05:00WOW, it has been awhile!Hello there to anybody that is reading, if anybody is reading. I have been sooooo busy. We move to the new house, it is far from done, but we are plucking away daily. so far the kitchen just needs trim and a decorative cover for the fan, then we can say its done. the main bathroom just needs the trim and the water lines put in to the sink and that room is done, we even put the door on yesterday!(a little privacy finally) The laundry room needs trim and a door and needs the closet put together, then that will be done. Overall we need the wood ceiling in, the carpet, the trim, interior doors, master bathroom, (nothing done yet in there)<br />my grandsons are great, the 2 youngest ones have had colds and the littlest has had a few formula issues but overall they are all good, my granddaughter i haven't seen for awhile, but last time i seen her she was doing great! we need to get them all together one of these days. <br />my son and his wife are expecting in november. they did not find out what they are having, so we are in for a big surprise! i can't wait! they are going to be Great parents!!!<br />well there is an update on whats been going on with me, oh i have a miserable cold right now also, so wash those hands everybody, i do all the time, but caught this somewhere along the way.<br />have a great labor day weekend everyone. we're going to spend ours working on the house...............<br />drive safe and buckle up!gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-65476043223932706372010-07-28T07:49:00.002-05:002010-07-28T07:51:03.945-05:00still herei'm still here, just busier than heck and not much time to get on my computer. is anyone even left out there? we will be moved soon, within the next couople weeks and maybe then i can find some time for myself again............i hope so.<br />i hope all of you are enjoying your summer.<br />cheers,<br />~cheryl~gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-2745868572512608982010-06-03T20:56:00.002-05:002010-06-03T21:24:06.478-05:00A Post for my DaughterWell it's been awhile since i have posted, alot has been going on. On May 24 at 1:45 a.m. my daughter gave birth to her second son. She called me at midnight, i beat her and her husband to the hospital by 5 minutes, she was there for 45 minutes and she had him. they are soooooo lucky they didn't have a flat tire or something. things went pretty fast! he was almost 8 pounds and about 20 1/2 inches and is a good looking little babe if i don't say so myself. i was so happy to be able to be at the hospital, seeing 4 years ago when my other little grandson was born i was 1300 miles away and didn't meet him till he was almost a month old. (he came 7 weeks early).<br />so anyway, i am sooo excited he is finally here and he is just the cutest little guy. he looks alot like his older brother. (who simply adores him, and is always saying as he gently brings his little hand on his face, "he is sooooo cuuuute!" he is going to be a super special big brother, with lots to teach his little brother.<br />honey, you did a great job and i was glad it was you in that room and not me. but you went super fast and didn't have to lay there for 8 hours in labor like i did with you and your brother....thank you for my little grandson, i love him to pieces!!!<br /><br />Now to my daughter......it is her 29th birthday on sunday. i would like you to know that i have loved you since i first laid eyes on you, june 6th, 1981. i will have to tell you i thought you were a boy....i was wrong, we had a daughter. i was entirely thankful for that and told your dad that the next year we could have a son, well that happened 22 months later. anyways, i can not imagine a life with out you. i want you to know how proud i am of you and of all that you have accomplished in your 29 years. there has never been a time that i have complained about how you have turned out as i hear alot of parents do sometimes. i have alot to be thankful for, and you are on the top of my list.<br />thank you for putting up with me thru the years. i know you sometimes get anoid with me, but i look at you during those times and i will have to tell you, you seem to take after me at those times...........that's okay tho. <br />i just wanted to take this time to say "I love you Jen." I cannot love you more. If there is ever anything you need or just want to vent or just want to talk, i will always be here for you, i think you know this.<br />On Sunday, I wish you a very "Happy Birthday" to the sweetest little pumpkin in the patch. <br />and know too that papa Owen is so proud of you and not to mention smiling down from the heavens that you named your sweet little on after him. he loved you and your brother so very, very much.......<br /><br />i love you honey................Have a nice Birthdaygramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-90081791736984233342010-05-09T08:59:00.002-05:002010-05-09T09:34:27.853-05:00Happy Mothers DayI would like to wish all you ladies a Happy Mothers Day. I am not home to enjoy even thinking about taking a break today, but for all you who are, enjoy your Mothers Day.<br />I will be home on Wednesday and my counter tops at the new house are scheduled to be put in on Thursday. I guess that will be a gift enough for me. It is going to look sooo nice. Then it will be time to get the butt in gear and MOVE. I know i keep saying it, but it is now time to DO IT.<br />My daughter is due real soon to have her baby (boy). so that is going to be in my schedule also. I want to help her out also as much as i can while still getting some moving done. We need to sell our old house. Having 2 places is NOT fun.<br />well have to cut this short, have to get back to some paper work. <br />enjoy your day Moms<br />till next time...................gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-15766722003627375002010-04-27T13:15:00.004-05:002010-04-27T13:33:53.929-05:00SickI'm sick with a cold and working with it. that really sucks.<br />hope to feel better by the end of the week, we start working long hours next week. then after we get done with this job it is time to get serious on MOVING..........i wish i didn't have so much (treasures) junk. <br />my husband hasn't started moving his (junk)treasures (LOL) yet, i tell everyone when you see a dumpster outside the house you will see that he has started to move. <br />well just kind of checking in to see if i had any friends yet. <br />maybe when i am moved i will be able to post more grumbles on this blog..........<br />grandson due June 4th, <br />another grandchild due November 21, 2010<br />exciting, exciting,exciting, happy............waiting........<br />have a great peak of the week tomorrow everybody..........<br />drive safe................gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-66952373888723434112010-04-18T09:53:00.002-05:002010-04-18T10:01:58.117-05:00Exciting NewsI am going to be a GRAM again! My son and his wife are expecting November 21st. I am on an ultimate HIGH. I am going to have 2 new grandchildren. My daughter is expecting a little boy on June 4th. I can hardly to meet this little treasure. His older brother is the best grandson in the world, I can not wait to meet his little brother. <br />Then we wait for D & T's little one to arrive.............and wait, and wait. I hate to wish time away, but i can't wait till November. <br />I am truly blessed with my children and all of my little grand babies. I just love, love, love being a "Gram", it is one of the best feelings in the world!!!!!!!!!<br />Have a great week all my blog friends, (i think i am down to NO followers by now) but i enjoy dropping in once in awhile just to check my "comments". <br />Still busy with the new house and trying to get moved in. still far from finished, but gotta get out of our other house. have to get it on the market. back to work in real life this week. looking forward to getting the move DONE and the house DONE.<br />''''''''''''''''''''''yadda, yadda, yadda............happy day!gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-74401192844832983292010-03-14T20:41:00.003-05:002010-03-14T20:48:29.615-05:00closing to loosing itafter tomorrow i think i will be going to the nut house. i will have close to or over 400 people on our payroll. there are a couple of us girls in the office and we are loosing it already. i have had one day off since the 21st of february. we started working 10 hour shifts and have been working 14 hour shifts for over a week now. after awhile you start to crack up without sleep and with added stress. i have both. i thought i would get more blogging time when i went to work, but i was totally wrong with that thought. i miss spending time with my family. i am tired and i am looking forward to the end of this month. <br />well i'm going to get back to work.<br />gotta run............gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-38529711999330595412010-02-28T19:15:00.003-06:002010-02-28T19:31:29.751-06:00To my son on his Birthday.....................tomorrow it will be 27 years since first setting eyes on my son. that is one of the memories i still do have and it's having my children. first it was a daughter, then 22 months later i had my son. i hope he knows how special he is to me, and the happiness he has given me in my life. <br />he is an easy going young man, he is intelligent, he is a hunter, a fisherman, a fireman, a hard worker, a good provider and a soft hearted individual. he has brought much happiness to my life. he is a fun uncle for my grandson, it's cute when they get together and the tease is on, they get along great and love to razz each other, yet you can see respect also. my son took my grandson out on skates for his first time, i was out on my skates on the ice too, but it was watching those 2, and seeing him take the little guy out that brought my heart happiness. it was so nice to see the 2 special boys in my life on the ice. my son is a good teacher, (he even married a teacher!) yes he is married to a great young lady and the two of them seem to be a perfect match. he has made good choices in his life, and tomorrow, 3/1/2010 i want to wish this young man i call "my son" a very, very "Happy Birthday" i love you so very much. have a great day honey, and always remember how proud i am that i have you for my son. i am the lucky one. <br />always, always, i love you more.<br />don't forget to make a wish honey.<br />Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-56397633872816173332010-02-16T06:53:00.001-06:002010-02-16T06:55:07.025-06:00dentist appt todayi really don't care for my dentist appointments. does anyone really like going to the dentist? have a great tuesday everyone.gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-69885414994366680182010-02-02T09:30:00.000-06:002010-02-02T09:32:05.191-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qtiFGc2QKbMyfqwrk2a31cRsDdSRvQItCR8rbMBB_iqEhDcylZ7hKz2-aGtrfBXFNj7cZdkpidPHF0n8v4K_FYMsXYyWvxF87LNWpa8Dr67lkn_Q5v7p6t_XUmX03VqPkAKhbvLOTb8/s1600-h/IMG_9958.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qtiFGc2QKbMyfqwrk2a31cRsDdSRvQItCR8rbMBB_iqEhDcylZ7hKz2-aGtrfBXFNj7cZdkpidPHF0n8v4K_FYMsXYyWvxF87LNWpa8Dr67lkn_Q5v7p6t_XUmX03VqPkAKhbvLOTb8/s320/IMG_9958.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433669291932732546" /></a>gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-30731444063107133302010-02-02T09:17:00.003-06:002010-02-02T09:33:26.125-06:00a day with my grandsonyes i'm spending the day with my little grandson. i brought him up a new game for his leapster, and a electric tooth brush today. he liked my electric tooth brush when he spent the night one night so i thought he'd like one, he did. and he liked his game too. i enjoy getting him educational games so he can learn from them. he will be 4 soon and is a pretty smart little guy if i don't say so myself.<br />i am going to try to teach him tick, tack, toe in a little bit here and see if he gets it. <br />then we will venture out to go see his great grandma, (my mom) we'll spend a little time with her and then go have lunch with my best friend. <br />we've been busy with the house, we have all the interior painting done, except touch up and have put the sub floor in the kitchen and are now installing our cabnets. i tell you what, it is a dream kitchen coming true! i look at it and think "is this my kitchen?" it has been soooo much work this whole job, but now all the final things are falling into place, with our help of course. we would have never been able to do this house if it hadn't been for our doing alot of the work ourselves. i wouldn't do it again tho. i may post some pictures one of these days.<br />i am posting one of me, my son and grandson, his first time on ice skates, also my first time in a good many years. my husband bought me skates for christmas 2 years ago and i tried them out for the first time with him. so enjoy this shot, we had a fun time, my son had the biggest work out i think, but he was pretty proud to bring his little nephew out for the first time.<br />hope all is well with my few followers, i will have more time to post in a couple weeks, i have to go back to work and i can post while at work, he, he, he!<br />happy week to you all!gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-66624917723770169712010-01-20T19:32:00.002-06:002010-01-20T19:34:35.220-06:00heyis there anyone out there anymore that reads this blog, i'm thinking i should maybe start a new one, maybe grandms's grumbles is not such a good catch name, i should think of a different name.................hummmmmm if you read, please leave me a hi or a hello or something................<br />hey,<br />thanks,<br />Gramgramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-34361197373278707042010-01-05T21:22:00.005-06:002010-01-05T21:49:04.610-06:00It's 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PD9FBjl2xUx4bQQuOqKE9iQkBJhkDPhElSNROkDOcb0OzxmZEMypr_2iAnVMf4kSXNz0oYP70JLjWqxmupP188vClZj0wJ6JiKwGgsec8aP-h9QvEBqp4Uc0kjonbN86uTXI7TMulFU/s1600-h/DSCN5391.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PD9FBjl2xUx4bQQuOqKE9iQkBJhkDPhElSNROkDOcb0OzxmZEMypr_2iAnVMf4kSXNz0oYP70JLjWqxmupP188vClZj0wJ6JiKwGgsec8aP-h9QvEBqp4Uc0kjonbN86uTXI7TMulFU/s320/DSCN5391.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423468413743771106" /></a><br />Happy Late New Year to everyone. I have been so busy I haven't had time to Blog. I went in here not too long ago and I couldn't get in because I had forgotten my password, how sad is that. So tonight I reset the darn thing, and here I am.<br />We have been busy with the new house. 2 days ago we finally finished sheet rocking. I looked at my log and seen that we have been sheet rocking on and off for 6 months. We only had help with a few of the ceilings and a long wall in the loft, other than that we have did it with just the 2 of us. It was sooooo strange to go up there today and not have to sheet rock. I even got to start a little sanding on a project i want to complete for the house. More on that later. <br />Anyway, we are on our way to completion. We had someone come in and do the mudding and taping. they will texture tomorrow and put on the primer on Thursday, then it will be time to paint. OH MY GOSH, what colors do I want to paint in my new house????? You would think I would know the answer to that. NOPE. On Monday we're going to Sherwin Williams to start looking at some paint colors. We will go from there. I've lived mostly around antique white and now I think it will be time for some colors. Nothing too bold tho. I'm a natural type person and I like lighter, more soothing colors. It will be interesting. I'll let you know what I pick out for colors.<br />Yes it has been a long haul. I am sore and tired and i think i need a few days to just relax. Unfortunately I don't think that is going to happen too soon. <br />Tomorrow I go up to see my littlest grandson and it will be our special day together. I Cherish each and every one I have with him. He gives me something to smile about and I seem to forget everything else when we spend the day together. For now that is my fix.<br />Next week I will start to paint then. I do enjoy painting so I think this part of my journey will be nice. I have my little scaffold thing that I will be moving around from room to room with all my paint stuff on it. (bought it at Menards) I used it when I stained all the windows in the house and it was so handy to have. I could just sit on it and have my stuff all right there for me to work with. NO LADDERS! I hate ladders.<br />Well I've bored you too much now and I am going to get to bed. 5:30 am will come soon enough. <br />Happy New Year to whoever reads this post. I don't think I have too many followers anymore so maybe I am just writing to myself.................oh well I talk to myself all the time, I may as well write to myself also....LOL<br />And to all a Good-Night............As you can see by the picture I am exhausted..LOL<br />To the right of the picture is my future Kitchen!! VERY excited about!gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-71722416512406316832009-11-26T05:55:00.002-06:002009-11-26T05:59:54.327-06:00Happy ThanksgivingJust a short note to anyone who is reading this. I want to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for. Life itself, our health, happiness and spending time with the ones we love. <br />I hope you all are warm, safe, happy, and get to spend your day with your loved ones.<br />We are going to spend the day with my mom, my kids, my brother,my neice and nephew my sister and her kids and of my grandson, Tucker.<br />It is going to be a great day.<br />So to all of you I wish you a very "Happy Thanksgiving"<br />drive safe<br />~cheryl~gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-73814495808703546042009-11-16T20:22:00.006-06:002009-11-16T21:28:23.343-06:00This is Dedicated to the one i Love "My Dad"I love my dad, he is a super dad who was the one that always borrowed me the car, i swear to God, when i got my drivers license my dad never drove his car again, (it was a station wagon). When i was a senior in high school my dad drove a "Corvette Yellow" Station Wagon, yes it was almost as bright as the sun. It was a supper hard car to hide when you were skipping school, that's for sure. It was an automatic. Well i use to put it in neutral while going down hills to TRY to save gas as a juvenile, i was just a girl so i didn't know that it would RUIN the transmission if you did that with an automatic, and low and behold my dad had to replace his transmission because of my stupidity. Well a few years later i told him what i did and how dumb i had been. he didn't get too upset. he didn't get too upset about too much. He loved children and he loved my two kids as if they were his own. my parents watched my 2 children while my husband and i worked to make ends meet back in the early 80"s and I'll have to say rarely did they have a babysitter,other than family till they were probably the age past 8.<br />My dad was the best!! he loved to go up to the local Restaurant and hang out at the retirement table, he would leave his house and say,"Well I think I'll go see what's Happening in the World" It was a favorite place for him to spend his mornings. He loved to communicate with people, he could talk to anybody, i think i get that from him, he could have lengthy conversations on the telephone. I mean hours!<br />We spent almost every weekend growing up over to his parents (my grandparents) it was a 5 hour drive but i tell you what we made the trip at least twice a month i swear.He loved his family and enjoyed all the time we ever spent there as we did.<br />He was a collector, as i am, i always use to love going up to see my parents and rummaging thru the garage, that is where all "Dad"s Treasures" were, and i'd usually talk him out of giving me some kind of "Goodie" before going home. I'm just like him in that way, we are going to move soon and i am looking at all of my "Goodies" thinking of my Dad.Thinking "Why am i such a collector?" (thanks Dad!)<br />Well it has been 2 years today since I lost my "Dad", he passed away on a cool afternoon November 16, 2007 of a heart attack, brought on from loss of oxygen from the disease called "Pulmonary Fibrosis" which is Hardening of the Lung Tissue. <br />My dad was a great man, he worked hard for a living, he loved his family and his grandchildren to no end. We all miss the man we called, "Dad",and "PaPa Owen".<br />I just wish he could have lived longer to share his love for life, his wisdom and his love for his family. He was just a number one guy!<br />I love you Dad, I miss you Dad, I think of you every single day, I wish you could have seen or land and our new house we are going to call our home. <br />I planted a White Pine up at the land, (one we had dug up on that awful morning before I had gotten the phone call that you had died). I planted it on November 17th (the day after) in memory of you at our land, i can see it from a window in the house, i will watch it grow everyday, it is going to be a beautiful tree (as i know you loved white pines)and i will think of you every single time i lay eyes upon it. i will think of you Dad, and i will still Miss you every day of my life. I miss you, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you so verrrry, verrrry much. I can't forget to mention how special my Dad's little Great Grandson Tucker was to him, my dads eyes lit up with every visit with this special little guy. I just wish Tucker could have had more time with him, I'm glad they had the time that they did.My Dad got to love the little guy i call my "Grandson" if only for a short time. <br />Thanks Dad, for giving me the gift of life, and for being a part of me. There is a part of you that is with me every day and I will never forget the man that i loved with all my heart. XXOO love you!gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-27483492405172156962009-11-12T21:34:00.003-06:002009-11-12T21:55:10.783-06:00pretty much all work and NO play,,,,,,,for now<span style="font-family:arial;">well it's been awhile. my hubby and i have been busy getting the new house winterized. it is not ready to move into, and with winter coming we had to get our heating system working. that took us about 3 weeks. we now are able to turn on the heat, and by gosh it works!!! it took some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">tweeking</span>, but we are satisfied with our outcome. we are getting the finishing touches ready for out insulators to come and do the final insulating. then that will be done!!! then it will be time for the finishers. we still have some <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">sheet rocking</span> to do before he comes in to do his magic, he is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">tentatively set for the second week in december. i am soooo anxious for him to be done. when i have a paint brush in my hand, i will be one HAPPY CAMPER!!!! it has been such a long haul. my body aches with pain every day, we get up between 5:30 am and 6:30 am and get ready to go to work, yes, work on the house. we put in anywhere from 7 to 10 hours usually each day. it has been a tough go, i just hope i am able to move when we get done with this place! i haven't cracked up yet, so i think i will make it. i'm just plain tired!! </span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:arial;">i hope all is well with my readers, if i have any left. i hope to have more time to blog in the future! </span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span style="font-family:arial;">take care everyone! have a really great weekend!!!!</span></span>gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-87010860229795578962009-09-23T09:34:00.002-05:002009-09-23T10:35:17.063-05:00Just a little catch up........mom had her surgery and is recuperating nicely. she will be off work for a bit longer but is taking time to relax. she is going to be 75 and is still a maid at the local motel. WOW. don't know how she does it. she has been there over 30 years!!! i just love that woman!<br />i'm back working again, and not on the house. this work involves a paycheck which in turn will go right back into the house.<br />we are 95% done with the Sheetrock and have to tie up the loose ends to get heat in the place. we hope to have it taped and sprayed real soon. maybe before Christmas. i sure hope so. we have really worked hard this summer. i kept track of our hours daily since the last week of may and we have put in about 700 hours. double that for him and me and it puts us at 1400 man hours. i'm tired.<br />we are still in the other place unable to get it ready to sell, we just haven't had the time. i was hoping to be in the new place for Christmas. i don't think that will be happening. :(<br />my kids have been busy with projects of their own this summer but i have managed to get a little visiting time in with them, which has been nice. although i would still enjoy MORE time with them. one of these days it will happen!!!<br />well i hope all is well with all out there. i just wanted to drop in and let all my friends and family know i still have a blog...<br />have a great week everyone.<br />drive safe and enjoy the upcoming fall colors. it is by far the most beautiful time of the year!gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-55397035629200276772009-08-25T12:29:00.001-05:002009-08-25T12:32:32.087-05:00my momhi, i just want to take a minute to ask you to keep my mom in your thoughts. she goes in this thursday to have a triple hernia operation. she is the best mom and grandma and great grandma in the world. please keep her in your prayers. i love her with all my heart.<br />thank you to all.<br />~cheryl~gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271494678858193056.post-49467216971137428022009-08-06T08:16:00.002-05:002009-08-06T08:43:14.297-05:00I'ts been awhile, i'm tiredhey to all my friends and family,<br />I'm taking a break today and spending the day with my grandson. i call these days my vacation days.<br />the house is coming along. we have all the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">risbo</span> in the floor. that's our heating system. we have about 90 percent of the plumbing done, about 90 percent of the electrical done, we have the insulation 90 percent done, we have the ceilings in the basement to do yet. we went with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">isonene</span> (blown) insulation. we have some of the upstairs ceilings sheet rocked and have started on some of the walls, we are about 5 percent done with the sheet rocking. it's been a long hard summer. we are averaging about 60 hours a week. husband worked about 2 months straight without a day off, i think it was actually longer than that. we have now decided that without the help of others we are going to have to slow down. we have to get help with the sheet rocking to do the vaulted ceilings. him and i just can't do them alone. so we will plug away day by day until we get help here and there. i was wishing that the extreme makeover people would come up to our home after they finish the house in south range Wisconsin and put up all the sheet rock. it's just a wish i have. i know the end results of our home will be awesome, so i think of that everyday while in pain and agony. someday i won't have to lift sheet rock and won't have to climb up and down scaffold etc. etc., and won't have to not look forward to each new day. i will be able to get up, sit on my covered porch and sip my morning coffee while looking out at the beauty of lake superior from a distance. i will be able to sew, craft, bake, make bird houses, refinish furniture, and most of all i will have the time to spend with my family. taking the grandchildren will be a favorite pastime for sure. i enjoy teaching and sharing things with them, most of all i enjoy giving my time to them. someday hopefully soon i can start doing that. this is a feel sorry for me post, did i get you to feel sorry for me?? i hope you are all enjoying your summer, somebody has to it may as well be all of you. we go back to work in about a month, that will suck big time, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">coz</span> then we won't get anything done. i wish we could be at the point where we could have a taper come in and do the house while we were working, if we could be at that point i would be one happy camper..... well have a great weekend everyone, take care and drive safe!gramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230859039601603477noreply@blogger.com1