Redneck Dog Sled

I just had to share this little snippet with you all.

This is what my Grandchildren do on a cold Saturday afternoon in Wisconsin to amuse themselves.
Enjoy!!!

Frozen Week

I just looked at the weather forecast for next week. The High for Monday is supposed to be -3.  Yes that is Minus 3.  Yes that's the high for the day.  It is expected to go down to -12 over night.  You want to talk about cold???  Well go ahead and whine.  But just remember that it has to Warm up around here just to snow.....which BTW is expected on Thursday.  Yes we are praying for snow. Something has to happen to warm it up around here.  LOL 

I have had bronchitis for about a month now.  I have been off and on antibiotics and so far have managed to stay out of the hospital and at home without my usual wintering in Hospital World.  This is the first winter I have been home for in three years.  Yeah Me and Yeah Dr Jenny for keeping me well.

Everyone here is fine.  The kids aren't sick.  The kids have all stayed healthy in spite of the flu going around school.  The boys are both doing well in school.  Tyler reads like a champ. His math skills are getting better too.  He is learning multiplication and division   Mikey is starting to read also.  He is doing adding and subtracting too and getting good at number and letter recognition and writing.  Mallory isn't in school this year because we didn't qualify for Head Start.  But Wen does a good job of teaching her what she will need to know when she goes into Pre K in September.  We are all working on getting Mallory potty trained but some days it is a total bust.  Other days she doesn't have any accidents.  Wendy got a potty training video that she and Mall will be watching. I asked if there was a book with the vid but there isn't.  I thought if there was Wen could beat the kid with the book.  She didn't see my humor.  Oh well.  hahaha

The boys are both in Cub Scouts this year.  It keeps Mike and Wendy busy too.  They had Polar Camp today.  They all had fun.  Tonight they are all going to see Monster Jam.  Should be great fun for all of them.  Nothing better than watching giant trucks smashing into cars and flipping over and all that good stuff!

Ok time to go but I leave you with this thought.....I recently have been watching a very cool show on TV called Criminal Minds.  At the beginning and the end of each show they do a quote from different people.  I love this part of the show.  I have heard some very profound quotes but this one I find exceptional:

In youth we learn,
In age we understand.
     Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Starting the New Year Off

Wow 2013 already.  Whoda thunk we'd get this far.  I have been fighting off pneumonia for about 3 weeks now.  For the first time in three years I had Christmas and New Years at home with my wonderful family.  I have been sick but I go to the hospital daily for injections of antibiotics so I have managed to escape captivity so far.

Christmas Eve we all went over to Mike's sister Karen's house for our family time with all of them.  It was good food and great fun watching all the kids open gifts.  Chloe and Mallory are the littlest and those two are great buddies and Oh SO CUTE!!!

Christmas Day we were here when Santa came and dropped off some neat stuff.  Wendy fixed our traditional Egg Casserole for breakfast and then we spent the rest of the day relaxing.  I, of course, watched sports.  Friends Drew and Vicki and their 3 boys came over so I got to play Grandma to their little one Joey who is just two months old.  He is such a sweet little boy and already he is huge.  His nickname is Tank!  And he's so snugglely!!  Wendy is his God Mother so i guess that makes me his God Grandmother then right??  LOL

Dialysis is going as well as can be expected I guess.  My blood chemistry is good and the treatments are doing their job.  I have lost almost 100 pounds this last year. A lot of it was fluid I was retaining that dialysis has removed.  I have these skinny little bird legs now.  If I could get rid of the fat hangover in the tummy area I would be one hot momma.  HAHAHA  In case you can't tell my sense of humor is still in tact and my outlook these days is very good.  Trying to stay in decent shape is not for the faint-hearted.  I will be 65 this year and it has been a struggle at times but I'm finally officially here In my "Golden Years".

Stay tuned for my further adventures!!  Love to you all!!

Hugzz.....R

Knee Deep

Wow We got up this weekend to snow snow snow!!!!  It got up to about 8 or so inches.  I think it is done for now but it sure dumped a bunch.  The trees are all laden down with white powder and the driveway vanished.  My son in law got out there and plowed it all really well so no problem getting in and out since I had dialysis to go to this morning.  The kids were surprised and delighted to get their first snow day.  Trying to build a snowman was a daunting task though as the snow is very dry white powder and it didn't stick together   We ended up eating the carrot that was supposed to be  Mr. Snowman's nose. LOL

Thanksgiving was great food and fun as usual.  

Then life settled back into the before Christmas shopping frenzy.  I think I have almost everything I want.  As usual the money runs out before the list but what the heck!!!  It's fun to get those bargins with that last few dollars!!

Have a happy week Friends!!!

Hugzz

Halloween

Hope you had a great Halloween.  Around here we sure did.  Saturday Mike and Wendy took all the kids to town for the annual walk up and down Main Street to visit all the stores and merchants getting goodies as they went.  They scored some pretty good stuff, candy and other things and had a long walk to get all the places in. Then they went to a birthday party then.....the Haunted Trail which was a lot of fun for them.  Ghosts and goblins and all in the maze like trail.  Spooky but totally fun.  They were exhausted by the time they got home.  They all were fast asleep by the time their little heads hit the pillows.  Mom and Dad were pretty tired too.

Sunday they rested up from all the festivities.

Pumpkin carving night was great.  They all made the cutest Jack O'Lanterns and then put them out on the porch all lit up with candles in them.

Then of course last night was Halloween.  They all got into their costumes and went into town and Trick or Treated with their friends.  Man talk about a haul.  I haven't  seen so much candy outside of the market in ages.  Mom put it up so they will not go nutz and eat it all in one day!!!  Talk about a Sugar High!!  LOL

So Halloween is over and we are on to the next thing.  Thanksgiving!!  One of my favorite holidays.  This year we are cooking here.  I am not sure who else will be here but all of us is a crowd to being with.  I am going to look over a bunch of recipes and see if I can find something new to fix for a side dish.  We have the same wonderful things each year but I want to add something new this year.  I'll let ya know what I find and how it turns out as the month moves on.

Hugzz to you all!!

My Promise

Ok so I am a bad bad girl!!  I haven't posted here in a age or two.  I was showing Mikey my blog since he asked if I had one and decided to start posting here again.  Bookmark this page and check back often.  I will be sending some kind of notice every time I post so you don't miss a thing.  Won't that be a thrill!!  LOL

Where do I start.  My health is about the same.  I am still going to dialysis 3 days a week.  It is difficult at times but the resulting benefits are worth it.  I have lost 100 pounds since February and I seem to be leveling off now.  My clothes are all falling off me.  Wendy will take them in for me when necessary.  I have been in the hospital a total of 4 days with pneumonia since last winter.  Good for me.  I am hoping for a good winter this year and not be in there any more than necessary.  I am trying to get my lungs stronger so I breath correctly and don't get all full of infection and fluid.

Family!!!  I am still living with my wonderful Wendy and her family of Mike and 3 of the cutest grand-kids you have ever seen.  Laura is living in Simi Valley with two of her darling babies and boy do I miss them.  They are growing up so fast!!  My oldest granddaughter is in South or North Dakota .. I never remember which.  She is working on graduating with her GED and is doing wonderfully!!  I am so proud of them all.  

Mike's Mom Kathy has moved back in with us so we have a full house here.  Thank god this is a huge 5 bedroom house so we all have our privacy when we need it but none of us has to be alone when sick or wanting company.

Tyler is doing fairly well these days.  His platelette count is down in the low 20,000 but he is keeping pretty steady in that range.  He is feeling good and is an happy active little guy.  He is learning to read and his spelling is also awesome!!  He gets 100% frequently.

Mikey is 5 now and is in Kindergarten   He is learning to write and he is doing great with it.  He enjoys school and is attentive and polite.  He is still a little shy til you get to know him then he is funny and lovable.

Mallory is 3 and she is so smart it's scary.  She gets into everything and loves things like flouring the dog (Poor Bella) and rubbing hand lotion all over everything!!  I came home from dialysis to hand lotion all over my laptop keyboard.  I thought Mike was going to have a heart attack.  He grabbed the computer and got it all cleaned up.  I have now hidden all my stuff!!!  

I am going to go for now but I will be back and post at least once a week.  That is my promise.  So many things are happening......some good and some not so good and I want you all to be aware.  I also will be posting pictures and other things like recipes I love and thoughts I have.....yes I still do that on occasion.

I love you!!

Doing Better

Well I have been on Dialysis since Feb and I am finally starting to feel better because of having it done.  I have lost so much weight with fluid and toxin buildup being removed (60 or so pounds) and some actual weight too that my clothes are all falling off.  Especially my pants, which can cause some embarrassment when they drop in awkward moments.  LOL

Mamma cat Sassy decided to get knocked up again and has given us her third batch of kittens in a year.  This time she had 6.  We have two males we kept from her first two litters, Bullet and Mac.  They are black and white and gray and white respectively.  They are the house cats.  The girls are outside cats but Sassy is the only one who makes babies.  This litter has 4 gray tabbies and 2 orange tabbies.  We don't know who the daddy of this bunch is.  We must have a new Tom in the neighborhood.  The kitties are 3 weeks old now and they are starting to get really cute.  NO we are not keeping any of them......maybe.  Mikey hauls one of the orange tabbies with him everywhere so hmmm......maybe.  The other night Wendy was feed and watering all the animals and saw that one of the kitties was missing.  After a thorough search of the house she got the flashlight out and started looking around the yard.  Turns out that when she made noise the kitty started crying and she found him in the shop.  He was hungry but otherwise no worse for wear.  Mikey had been playing in the shop and forgot to put the kitty back with his mom.  4 year olds....quite a test of strength for kittens.  LOL  Side Note**  Sassy will be making her trip to the vet next month so we can eliminate this problem she seems to have of not keeping her legs together.

I have been doing OK health wise.  I have had bronchitis and a sinus infection but my doctor has me under control.  A few antibiotics and steroids and I'm good as new.  I may never get rid of this cough but I have new nebulizer meds that break up the gunk so I can breath easier and boy do they help!!

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