Always playing catch up

It just seems so hard to keep up with this blog..not that there isn't stuff happening..maybe that's it..maybe there's so much happening that when I do get on the computer its spent catching up on e-mail and facebook. Got the window on the van replaced Tuesday. Had a great 4 days with my hubby and was sorry to see him go back to work on Wednesday. He was sorry to have to go back also. Saturday Jen #1 came over and she,Ken and I went to Kayla's birthday party in Geneva. Its a beautiful park and we had fun. Came home and my cousin, her husband and Auntie came over and we had a BBQ and then talked for awhile before heading over to make a run around the carnival grounds. Candy apple for cousin and fried dough for Ken and Auntie. Then we came back to the house and played Apples to Apples for a couple hours until it was time to watch the fireworks from the Webster Fireman's Carnival which we watched from our back yard. It was an awesome day but I'm beat. Tried to lay down and take a nap but got a phone call in the middle of it so I'm sure I'll sleep good tonight. Unfortunately a tooth that I've been having trouble with has decided its time to be taken care of so I'll probably have to make an appointment this week to get it pulled. AAARRRGGGHHHHHH so that's it for now

The Latest in My Life

Well its been kind of a sucky week health wise..Monday we went golfing and it was just so hot that it kind of knocked the stuffing out of me. Tuesday I went and spent time with the cousin and the auntie..Wednesday Nicole and I went to Nazareth College and gave blood..her for the first time. Came home and took a nap and then didn't feel real good after that. Ken came home and was hot and sweaty and tired from working in the extreme heat so after eating supper we just stayed home in the air conditioned house and watched church on the internet. You gotta love the internet that will allow you to go to church without leaving your house. Thursday and Friday are kind of a blur...though Friday night I did manage to get to Reformers Unanimous at church..first time I'd been in a while. Saturday Ken,Jim, Nicole, Jen #1, Taylor and myself went to a Rochester Red Wings games...we really thought the Wings were gonna pull off a win but they fell apart in the top of the 9th. Stuck around for the ESL sponsered fireworks and walked out to the parking lot to find out someone had smashed out the back window of the van. GGGRRREEEAAATTTT !! It was a breezy ride home..Because nothing was taken..ie 2 sets of golf clubs and 2 purses the cops wouldn't even come out and do a report. I told Taylor there's never a dull moment when you hang around us. Today we celebrated the 40th anniversary at our church so we had Sunday School at 9:20 instead of 9:45 and morning service at 10:45 instead of 11:00 and then a picnic on the grounds..came home and called the glass department of my insurance company and I've got an appointment scheduled for Tuesday morning to get the back window replaced. Now just sitting around trying to figure out what to do the rest of the day until Big Brother comes on.

Sunday Night Fireworks

After church last night I made up some Aldi's Giant Pizza Rolls and Jim,Nicole and I headed out to Irondequoit to watch the fireworks...we couldn't get anywhere near the place..talk about traffic. So we decided to see if we could get to the top of the St. Mary's parking ramp to watch the downtown ones. Pull into the entrance of the ramp and get met by a guy Jim used to work with..Nelson. Nelson is a cool guy. He's a security guard at St Marys. He was squatted down by the back car window talking when somebody let off a fire cracker. He flinched..laughed...looked at me and said,
" Did ya see me duck? " St Marys is in a very bad neighborhood..its where Main St, Brown St,Genesee St and West Ave meet. He was a smart man to flinch. So we drove up to the top of the parking ramp and sat there waiting for the fireworks to start. There were only 2 other cars up there. I stood outside the car watching the cars go by..it was a very warm night. Listening to the cars vibrating from the music in them being played to loud with the bass turned up to high. People walking by talking and laughing..remember..I'm above them..they don't know I'm there. An ambulance roaring by with its siren going..a while later a fire truck. And all around on every side little firework displays.As I stood there a man walked by on the other side of the street...a white man in a black neighborhood..carrying a bag and I watched him and wondered...who is this man? Where is he going? Is he a little scared? or is he comfortable in this neighborhood? It was a new experience for a country born and raised white girl. Then the downtown fireworks started and all it was was me hanging out with my son in law and daughter,in the semi darkness, on the top of St Marys parking garage, watching fireworks and celebrating the birthday of our country...on the way home I told them thank you ...thank you for letting me spend time with you...and what I didn't say was thank you for the experience.

Saturday

Both grandpuppies are here for the week end. Stella seems to think she's the queen of this castle and has been telling Jake (Shaun's dog) that he's nothing but a lowly servant. She's so tiny next to him and yet she yips and barks at him like she's a big dog. Right now all three of them are flaked out like they've been working all day or something. Haven't done much today. Did the grocery shopping, made supper and did the dishes. Finally the weather has decided it needs to be summer again. I'm loving it..

Finally got some work done...

Mother's Day we put both leaves in the table because Jen and her family were coming over for Mother's Day Lunch.. Finally today I got the table cleaned off and the 2 leaves out of it..Man does my dining room look huge..LOL. Also vacuumed the hall,dining rooom, living room and kitchen. Paid bills. Caught up on Facebook and with e-mail. Now going to eat lunch and then its probably off to pick up dish soap that I thought I had and found out last night when it was time to do dishes I didn't. I was going to go to Walmart and get pics of the grandkids printed out to put in their photo frames but I think I'll wait a while on that. Especially after seeing how much I used my charge card last month. The grandpuppy has been here for almost a week and we're having a good time together. We play and play and then she sleeps..Usually she walks up to me while I'm doing something on the computer and snuggles up against my arm and goes to sleep..its a little hard to type like that. We've been working on potty training..so far not to bad..no accidents in the house yesterday but I'm not sure if she's trained or I am..LOL