Grandma's Grumbles

Where have I been and..It's my daughter's 30th Birthday tomorrow...........

2011-06-05T22:20:00.002-05:00

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...
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 ....
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!
~mom~

hello anybody

2011-03-09T20:28:00.002-06:00

i'm still here, is anybody else??????????????????
please send a hello if anyone is there. i have been soooooooooooooo busy.
have a great week to all ....................

:)

2011 is here.....WOW where has the time gone???

2011-01-04T09:32:00.002-06:00

hello everyone, if anyone,
i am still here, just have been soo busy with finishing the house, christmas, grandkids, etc, etc.
i will be going back to real work soon, so maybe then i will have more time to blog! :)
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.
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......
leave me a hello if you drop by so i know that it is worth me going on here to gab...
drive safe.....
oh before i go i have to tell you, i got a new grandson last may and another in november......LIFE IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW, it has been awhile!

2010-09-04T07:57:00.002-05:00

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)
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.
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!!!
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.
have a great labor day weekend everyone. we're going to spend ours working on the house...............
drive safe and buckle up!

still here

2010-07-28T07:49:00.002-05:00

i'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.
i hope all of you are enjoying your summer.
cheers,
~cheryl~

A Post for my Daughter

2010-06-03T20:56:00.002-05:00

Well 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).
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.
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!!!

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.
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.
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.
On Sunday, I wish you a very "Happy Birthday" to the sweetest little pumpkin in the patch.
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.......

i love you honey................Have a nice Birthday

Happy Mothers Day

2010-05-09T08:59:00.002-05:00

I 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.
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.
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.
well have to cut this short, have to get back to some paper work.
enjoy your day Moms
till next time...................

Sick

2010-04-27T13:15:00.004-05:00

I'm sick with a cold and working with it. that really sucks.
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.
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.
well just kind of checking in to see if i had any friends yet.
maybe when i am moved i will be able to post more grumbles on this blog..........
grandson due June 4th,
another grandchild due November 21, 2010
exciting, exciting,exciting, happy............waiting........
have a great peak of the week tomorrow everybody..........
drive safe................

Exciting News

2010-04-18T09:53:00.002-05:00

I 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.
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.
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!!!!!!!!!
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".
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.
''''''''''''''''''''''yadda, yadda, yadda............happy day!

closing to loosing it

2010-03-14T20:41:00.003-05:00

after 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.
well i'm going to get back to work.
gotta run............

To my son on his Birthday.....................

2010-02-28T19:15:00.003-06:00

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.
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.
always, always, i love you more.
don't forget to make a wish honey.
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!

dentist appt today

2010-02-16T06:53:00.001-06:00

i really don't care for my dentist appointments. does anyone really like going to the dentist? have a great tuesday everyone.

2010-02-02T09:30:00.000-06:00

a day with my grandson

2010-02-02T09:17:00.003-06:00

yes 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.
i am going to try to teach him tick, tack, toe in a little bit here and see if he gets it.
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.
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.
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.
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!
happy week to you all!

hey

2010-01-20T19:32:00.002-06:00

is 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................
hey,
thanks,
Gram

It's 2010

2010-01-05T21:22:00.005-06:00

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Well I've bored you too much now and I am going to get to bed. 5:30 am will come soon enough.
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
And to all a Good-Night............As you can see by the picture I am exhausted..LOL
To the right of the picture is my future Kitchen!! VERY excited about!

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T05:55:00.002-06:00

Just 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.
I hope you all are warm, safe, happy, and get to spend your day with your loved ones.
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.
It is going to be a great day.
So to all of you I wish you a very "Happy Thanksgiving"
drive safe
~cheryl~

This is Dedicated to the one i Love "My Dad"

2009-11-16T20:22:00.006-06:00

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.
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!
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.
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!)
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.
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".
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!
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.
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.
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!

pretty much all work and NO play,,,,,,,for now

2009-11-12T21:34:00.003-06:00

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 tweeking, 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 sheet rocking to do before he comes in to do his magic, he is 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!!
i hope all is well with my readers, if i have any left. i hope to have more time to blog in the future!
take care everyone! have a really great weekend!!!!

Just a little catch up........

2009-09-23T09:34:00.002-05:00

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!
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.
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.
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. :(
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!!!
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...
have a great week everyone.
drive safe and enjoy the upcoming fall colors. it is by far the most beautiful time of the year!

my mom

2009-08-25T12:29:00.001-05:00

hi, 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.
thank you to all.
~cheryl~

I'ts been awhile, i'm tired

2009-08-06T08:16:00.002-05:00

hey to all my friends and family,
I'm taking a break today and spending the day with my grandson. i call these days my vacation days.
the house is coming along. we have all the risbo 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 isonene (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, coz 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!

just a note of thanks

2009-07-17T21:39:00.003-05:00

i want to take a minute to thank my son for his help today putting up sheetrock. you were so generous to offer your help at a time when you have so much going on yourself at your own home. we so appreciated your help today. we are geting things done bit by bit. we have a great start and hopefully before too long we will be done with the sheetrocking. but anyway, Dust, Thank You so much for your help, you did a great job and have a nice little side job talent that is not only helpful to yourself, but was sure helpful to us. thanks dust. i love you honey! i hope you aren't too sore tomorrow. Good Luck in the Fishing Contest!!!

Sweet Summer Time............

2009-07-03T20:51:00.006-05:00

Happy 4th of July everyone, have a safe weekend. I can't believe it's July already, where is the summer going. Still busy working on the house, it's a real project. I'm getting pretty burnt out, so is hubby. We will keep going till it's done. It will be so nice to actually cook in my new kitchen and sit in my new living room and sleep in my new bedroom. it will happen sooner or later. Hope you all are enjoying your summer!

take care and don't forget to wear your seat belt!!!

it saved my life once 18 years ago on July 5th, 1991. I fell asleep at the wheel 6 miles from my home. i will never forget that night. so please, please buckle up. because i had mine on, i am here today. it latterly saved my life.

the picture of me is with my little grandson who is the apple of my eye, he was a ring bear in my best friends son's wedding, my daughter and her husband, my son and his wife were all in the wedding also. It was a fun day had by all!

i've been busy, i wish??

2009-06-23T21:47:00.004-05:00

hey there whoever is still out there reading this.
i've been busy at the new place...
been busy once a week with the little grandson (my vacation day)
been busy kinda packing up the house. (it really, really sucks)
been busy with the mother and mother in law the last 2 days
been busy with just plain being busy.
the little great grand dogs are old enough to sell... hummmmm... gona sure miss them when they are gone, they are so darn cute. (shitzues) sp is wrong, sorry
the 4th of july is just a couple weeks away, wow, where is the summer going?....FAST
i wish the house was done.
i wish i could spend more time with my kids.
i wish i could retire and not have to work anymore.
i wish i didn't ache so bad every morning when i got out of bed.
i wish i was 10 years younger so i felt better.
i wish i was 15 pounds lighter on my feet and maybe i would feel better, and my back would feel better.
i wish i could spend more time with tucker.
i wish, i wish, i wish
i guess i should be just thankful for each day i wake up to see the morning light.
i wish i didn't have so much to wish for........................
i wish you all a great week.

this picture is of my son and my grand son. these are two of the people on my WISH list.

love you guys... very, very much!!!

Ground Hog's Day is finally over "It's Mothers Day"

2009-05-10T07:26:00.003-05:00

if you know me and what i do, my life at work is purely ground hogs day, over and over again. i named it that about 3 years ago. besides it being a favorite movie of mine, it is also my life when i am working.
well ground hog's day is finally over and it is mother's day and i am sitting at my messy kitchen table at 7:25 am enjoying a cup of coffee by myself, (hubby is still in bed)
it's been a long 6 months for me with only having time off about a month here and there total. I'm tired and i need a break. we went up to the new house yesterday and did some measuring for the interior doors and trim, even that got to be a chore towards the end. today we are going to go have lunch with hubbies mother, who lives about an hour plus from us. i will go up and see my mom on Thursday as well as my kids, grandson, and not to forget my grand-dogs and the 3 new little great grand-dogs, yes Oakley and Basil had 3 puppies, they are shit-zoos, i know i spelled that wrong but you get the picture. they are absolutely adorable. i can't wait to see everyone. i need a family fix. i miss them all so much when i am gone.
we will be home now for the summer pouring all of our strength into finishing our new home. believe me, we will truly need strength with what we are about to attempt. i will let you know as the progress progresses.
well i am going to have another cup of coffee and take a look at Craig's list, another favorite place i have found on the Internet lately, like i need to buy anything else...... it's fun to look tho.
so to all those mom's out there, whether you are a single mom to a great great grandma mom, i wish you all the best and happiest mother's day.
especially to my daughter jenny who this year i will give the greatest mom award for giving me the happiness of my little grandson tucker, who warms my heart and gives me some of the most special days of my life, she is a hardworking mom with having a full time job, (thank God for that right now) but she has the time to give her little guy all the love a mother could give. Happy Mother's Day honey, i love you so very, very much!!

i'v lost my voice

2009-05-02T07:43:00.003-05:00

hello, yes it's true i have lost my voice, i asked my boss this morning, "how am i suppose to answer the phone?" his reply..."don't.." so that was easy. i started coming down with a cold like thing about a week ago, now it has ended with a voice loss.... GREAT!!

our job is at peak, working 24x7. we have about 130 people on our end of it with lots of misc. sub contractors walking about. things appear to be going okay, but can change at any time.

today we are having a lunch brought in for everyone, even for the night shift. we're gona have pulled pork on a bun, with beans, potato salad, pop and a brownie for desert. will be quite yummy.

hopefully we'll be home for mothers day. i'm wishful thinking. we may have to come up for a few days the following week, but then it's home free. that's when the REAL work will begin. i really have to start packing up the house so we can get it on the market, and we will have to get real serious on getting the new house livable. hummm, will be interesting. so lots of work ahead of us.

hopefully all of you are enjoying a fun filled weekend. i won't be having one of them for awhile.

looking forward to seeing my little buddy. attaching a picture of me and him. the picture says it all.. oh how i love this little one.

have a nice weekend, enjoy the sun if it's out and get out there and soak it up if you can!!

hugs to all my family, i love and miss you all!!

4 tens made a week for me!! yeaaaaah!!!

2009-04-16T07:25:00.003-05:00

heading home today for a 3 day weekend. that will be the first in well over a month. we had a mere 22 hours at home last weekend before we started a different job.
we are in the process of packing up and moving out so the house in a wreck but that's just the way it will be for quite sometime. the new house is FAR from finished. hubby and i are doing the in floor heat, electrical, plumbing, etc. etc. as i have mentioned in the past. whatever we can do ourselves we will do it. it is a pretty big house so it will take us awhile. the main thing is to get a bathroom and heat in the place because we are selling our other home this fall. so we will live like gypsies, which i really don't mind at all. maybe after awhile it will get to me.....we'll see.
it will be fun to see each finished phase. if i ever have time i will post some more pictures.
we got to meet our new little granddaughter last weekend in the few hours we did have at home. she is simply adorable. so tiny she is. she has lots of dark hair, brown eyes, a real nice complexion, skinny legs, nice little ears. and she wears PINK. that is so weird for me after looking at 5 grandsons wearing blue for the past 17 years. now we have a little girl. i'd sure like more than one girl in the family so some of the other children of mine will have to get busy one of these days.
i am patiently waiting........
we are supposedly going to have some grand dog puppies, unfortunately i can't have one of this litter, as much as i want one, it isn't the time with building this house right now. shucks!!! it will be hard to see them go once they are here. they will be shitzues. (no spell check for that one, but you get the picture)
well work calls me, (so sad) but wanted to get a new post on. life is good for me right now, few aches and pains i'll deal with.
husband was on meds for his arthritis, went off for a week and started on a lower dose because his liver readings were too high, will be going in mid may for more blood work. he is taking ibuprofen also and that has helped also. his hands are now the worst, his feet are starting to feel better. he did have fluid drained off his elbow, not sure whats up with that. so we just are hoping it will get better for him. we'll see with time.
have a great weekend everyone and drive safe. don't forget to wear your seatbelt and kiss your kids each day. i wish i was close enough to kiss mine, so i'll just send kisses thru my blog today to each of them.....to my kids i love and miss you all!!!

heading home

2009-04-10T20:11:00.003-05:00

i haven't posted awhile because i have been working again very long hours. this job is now done and a new one begins on monday. on mothers day i will be off for hopefully the entire summer. it will be time to work on the house. and time to move and sell our old house, ( a house 2 doors down went on the market less than a month ago and is sold, so maybe we will get lucky and sell ours just as fast!!!) we will be physically busy, i'm excited for that, seeing i have been sitting on my rear end for almost 6 months. it's time to MOVE around a little and get some exercise. i've been cooped up wayyyy to long.
i can't wait to see my kids and the grandchildren. i've been talking to the littlest grandson quite regularly. i sure miss him. he's my little sweetheart.
we also got a new granddaughter who was born on the littlest grandson's birthday. it's our first little girl seeing we have 5 grandsons. we will get to meet her on sunday before heading to our next job. will be different looking at pink stuff!
well it's time to pack up my ole' besse. (computer)
i hope all is well with my blogger buddies, i don't have too many, but it's fun to write anyway.
have a great weekend everyone, and hello to my family whom i love and miss very, very much!

sad,bad day in the "Bay"

2009-03-24T20:14:00.002-05:00

In my home town there was one of the worst ice storms ever yesterday and today it isn't much better I guess. My son said they finally cut this one down because it was too dangerous hanging over the road like it was. I'm working out of State so I won't see the town till it's cleaned up. Which will take some time I imagine. It's such a pity. It is a nice town. It seems like at least once a year we get a spring ice storm, but why this one. I'm so sad about it. There are towns near that are completely out of power and will be for the next 2 to 3 days. My little 3 year old grandson said he didn't want the trees to break anymore...... sad, sad, sad. Please keep this little town in your prayers that it will be even more beautiful than before when they get done putting it back together. I know it could be worse, but this is really sad.

gramma lylia

2009-03-16T08:19:00.004-05:00

The grandmother of my children passed away last week. She was an true angel among us that's for sure. I was blessed to be her daughter in law for 11 years. And in the time after (my divorce) she never mad me feel that I was not a part of her family. She always welcomed me with open arms and never let me forget that she was thankful I was the mother of her grandchildren. It's hard to explain her closeness to the Lord Jesus Christ. Her relationship with him was as pure as anything I have ever known. She was the one I called if I wanted someone to pray for someone, it gave me comfort knowing she was the one doing so. She would never let you down. She never talked down on anyone. She was one of the kindest people I think I have ever met. She was the grandmother of 33 grandchildren she also had great grandchildren. She was just a beautiful lady. She will be missed very much by so very many people. I thought the world to her and loved her with all my heart.

For the birds........

2009-03-08T14:41:00.003-05:00

look who visited my feeder a couple days ago, a pileated wood pecker. he had a companion with him also, but once the two of them were on the feeder, they both took off. so i only got a picture of the one. yesterday one came back again. they are huge birds! pretty neat looking. i enjoy feeding the birds, it's with them i form a friendship, seeing i'm not really a busy body to have lots of friends i hang with. i tend to spend more time watching my birds. family and birds. just seem to love them. do any of you feed the birds? i buy the chipped sunflower seeds for them. it doesn't leave the mess the black sunflower seeds do. i use to come home after working a job and have sunflower plants all over the front yard. they are a little more expensive, but they tend to clean it up pretty well. i like making peanut butter seed balls also for them. do any of you have any good bird food recipe's? (or pizza, bloody mary recipe's, lori?) if so i'd love to have them.

have a great sunday everyone and enjoy the brighter (longer) days, don't forget to change your clocks today!!

frankly, it's just friday

2009-02-27T08:52:00.003-06:00

i wonder why i haven't posted, it must be because i'm home.......YES I AM FINALLY HOME!!! it's been a long 4 months. i've been packing up the house.. seems so strange to not know when i will ever see my stuff again. the house is looking naked. believe me i have a ton of stuff to pack, seeing i am kind of a pack rat. just ask my kids.... (right guys?) so i will be packing for quite awhile.
i went up to watch the littlest grandson yesterday. we had seen him last saturday also. he gave me the biggest hug when i seen him. i soo missed the little guy. we had a real nice day yesterday. we went and spent the afternoon with great gramma who he adores. he's getting potty trained. well he did the potty dance at home and would not go potty, then his mom came home at lunch to give us a ride down to great grams. she tried to get him to go on the potty, he did not go. we went down to great grams, i tried there to have him potty, no luck, i even gave him a bath, thinking the warm water would make him potty in the water, just so the poor little guy would potty. he did the potty jiggle in the tub the whole time. i dressed him, he still did not go. put him in his pull up and out in the kitchen he was STILL doing the potty dance. great gram and myself finally decided to tell him it was ok for him to go in his pull up and we would put a new one on, he gave my mom a look and let loose, poor kid peeed a gallon i swear in his pull up. don't know what the deal was, but he had held it for over 5 hours. WOW. he was so relieved tho to go in his pants. then he took a nice little 2 hour nap. holding his pee must have tuckered him right out. anyway, then mom came and picked him up after work and i managed to drive home in our little snow storm we had yesterday. it was wicked on the roads. i managed to make it home.
then last night i heard husband say (after we had went to sleep) "well it's been an hour" and i said " an hour for what" he said "listening to you" (snoring i guess) so for the first time ever i got up and went to sleep on the couch, which i slept horrible, but felt sorry for him that he had to listen to me snore, once again. i guess i do it alot. i tell him it isn't something i do on purpose so being he had to work today i thought his sleep was more important than mine. do any of you people snore???? what do you do about it???
well guess i'll sign off for now. hope all is well with all of my blogger buddies (i have sooo many) so for the few that i do have, have a great friday and a great weekend.
Also i want to wish my son a very "Happy 26th Birthday" on Sunday. I love you so much honey and am so proud to have you as my son. You bring much happiness to my life!!! Have a great day honey!!!

what a monday

2009-02-17T08:37:00.002-06:00

first of all it was a mad, sad, monday. for several reasons.

first of all my boss's mom is dying. he left work yesterday morning to go see her in the hospital. it's 8:38 tuesday, he's not back yet but word has it he's on his way here. I don't know if she passed away last night or not. she was told about 15 or so years ago she had less than 2 years to live, so she's been hanging in there for quite some time. the last few months she has been in the hospital more than out. i hope he(my boss) is okay, he is a real tough guy, an in control type of person. he's the boss and you listen to him and he is always right. that's the type of guy he is. i know there is a soft side of him in there somewhere, i hope he is alright.

another guy that is a sub contractor for us came in yesterday, his mom went from her home in arizona to california to visit her sister, they went horse back riding and the horse got spooked and threw her and she broke her hip! she is over 70 years old for crying out loud! The dad never called to let him know, he found out from a cousin. go figure. he said his dad is an alcoholic, and the kids wanted their mom to divorce him, they tried to talk her into it last year but she didn't leave him. guess he's a real jerk. i hope she will be okay. wow!!

then i go home (to the motel) and i meet on the street (the hallway) a neighbor of mine (co-worker who (lives) bunks across the (street) hall from me. he's having problems at home. he has an ex wife who's a drunk, a 13 year old daughter that lives with the ex wife, a current wife and a son and 2 daughters with her. things are not going well for them at all. the guy travels for work and is never home. (gee i wonder what that feels like) anyway he added up all the child support he would have to pay and it was horrendous (if he were to get a divorce). i guess the wife is kinda unstable, he just doesn't know what to do. will be interesting what happens there. i hope things will get better for them.....................

it's so sad to listen to all these heartaches, it seems that everyone around me has something going on.

wish i could be of more help for all of them, but glad they confide in me and get a somewhat of a release of some of their problems.

as for my problems, i just have one current issue. i want this job to be done. i did get to go home over the weekend and went to see the progress on the house. it's looking mighty fine!! even packed up a few boxes in my kitchen. at least it is a start!

husband is still hurting, he goes in the first week in march. he has the lymes disease but he also has what they think is psoriatic arthritis. by reading about it, it isn't something i would want. i just hope they will be able to do something about it with medication or that it goes into a remission of some kind. he is in alot of pain. mostly his hands and feet but other joints are affected as well. poor guy. i feel so bad for him.

well have a terrific tuesday everyone, enjoy your day. enjoy your life and i hope that it is a happy life!!!

i might change the name of my blog.............................thinking about it anyway

It's Friday.............the 13th!!

2009-02-13T08:40:00.005-06:00

Friday the 13th to be exact...........my job here is finally winding down, i went from 140 men down to 65 today, with another big lay off today. looks like i will be home by the middle of next week if all goes well. I've felt kinda homeless since the beginning of November. A feeling that I feel quite often to tell you the truth, with this kind of lifestyle............

My littlest grandson is talking up a storm now and I think there isn't a word he won't say now. It's total conversation now with him. I asked him the other day if he wanted to come down to grams house and stay with me overnight, he responded "Is it built yet?" He is referring to our new home. How did he remember that, he's only been up there a couple times. He's a smart little cookie!!

Him and his mom had a day together yesterday and got their hair cut!! He was a pretty shaggy little fella, of course his Uncle D.didn't think so, isn't that right Uncle??????????? he, he, he
I swear to God when Uncle D. has a son, he will have hair down to his butt, or not to forget maybe a mullett :) God forbid!!! I think Auntie will have the upper hand on that matter :)

I'm looking forward to my visit with the little guy. He has never stayed overnight at our house. I've stayed at his house once since he was born and slept with him in a twin bed, what a little wiggle worm he was...

Husband is now on pretizone for 2 weeks plus a double dose of what ever they gave him the first time he went in, when they diagnosed the lymes disease. He also has a form of inflammatory arthritis, not diagnosed yet. He goes in on the 5th of March to see what the next step is. He is frustrated.

Glad y'all liked the house!!! I'll post some more pictures as it changes :)

Have a Happy Valentines Day everybody, one of the guys at work even brought me in pink heart cookies and some strawberry bread to boot. I'm sharring with the guys at coffee time.

Love and Kisses to all of my family (and my grandchildren and not to forget my grand-dogs) and never forget how special you all are to me and how much I miss you when I'm away. You're all in my thoughts everyday and in my heart always.
love, ~mom aka "gram"

have a great weekend everyone........

our new home sweet home.....

2009-02-07T11:42:00.004-06:00

today isn't a day off, it's just like every day i've had for weeks now. i'm still working and dying to have some time off...

our new house is coming along nicely, the contractors are putting the siding on it now and then they will be pretty much done for awhile. husband and i will be doing the electrical, plumbing, tiling, wood floors, wood ceilings, etc, etc. so we have lots ahead of us.

husband is still being treated for lymes disease and has some other type of inflammation arthritis. we're waiting on some test results. then they can put him on another medication to hopeuflly make him feel better. he still feels horible. so that's the latest report on that.

well i'm going to post a picture of the house as it is now. i was going to post pictures like from the starting point till now, but that might have taken me forever. so here it is everyone. i'm absoulutly going to be living in a dream home. we designed every inch of the place ourselves and are very proud of what it has become so far. i hope to make alot of sweet memories with my family there and hopefully soon.

so i'll leave you today with a look at something we've been working for, for a very long time.

our dream is coming true...........

have a great weekend everybody and enjoy the ones you love!!!

tuesday

2009-01-27T15:36:00.001-06:00

have a terrific Tuesday everybody, will post more later!

Thank You Daughter :)

2009-01-19T15:43:00.003-06:00

I would like to send out a very special Thank You to my daughter who has made my page beautiful. I absolutely love it. I've been working quite a bit lately and I don't have time to play on the computer as much as I'd like to, so I asked her to help me out. I think it looks great. I get to go up and see my kid's this Friday, I haven't seen them for 2 weeks. I can't wait to see them. So Thank You, Thank You, Thank You honey, I'm really happy with what you did!!!

it's monday...........Martin Luther King Day

2009-01-19T08:41:00.004-06:00

happy Martin Luther King day, for those of you who have the privilege to have the day off, you are very lucky. i have to work. i wish i had tomorrow off i'd like to watch history in the making when our new president gets sworn in. i think we are all ready for a change. the economy is in such a slump right now. i hope over time he will be able to turn things around. time will tell.
have a great monday everyone.

welcome!

2007-12-07T08:39:00.000-06:00

welcome to grandma's grumbles!