Last Day of August Yeah!

I am so ready for the beautiful fall weather. It's my favorite time of the year if only because of the gorgeous colors in the trees as they get ready for winter. I like Winter too. I just have to cover my face so I'm not breathing cold air.

I've been harvesting tomatoes O'plenty! I've given away 3 full strainers full and I need to go out when it gets cooler and probably find another strainer full. I think I'll make some salsa. If I don't make it too 'hot' then I'll be able to eat it. Otherwise the rest of the family will eat it. Charlie's man says it's real easy to make tomato soup so I'm going to go looking for a recipe for that next.

Our little Chihuahua is pregnant and last evening my grand daughter thinks she spotted a little white worm in her poop. So today I got her some worm medicine and mixed it into some Turkey Pate' but she won't eat it. And it's pretty spendy too. Maybe if I cover it with some gravy and mashed potatoes she'll eat it. She hasn't had much of an appetite lately but the book says that's normal. Her tummy is so big with the babies that she can't eat much. just often. I'm going to be the midwife and our Tiny Human is going to assist me. Her mother is too squeamish. She'd probably barf all over the place

I just posted a link on my face book page for the annual Time Of Remembrance event here in Richland. It a weekend to meet with other families who are suffering the same loss and who are usually too soon forgotten. I'm going to put the link here also: Just in Case!  http://timeofremembrance.org/ There is a yellow button on the left side of the page if you want to donate. This year is a really tight year and more families to care for. Every little bit helps!

Moe and Phil should be winding down their trip. They have been on the road foe the month of August. She did 9 National Parks in 9 days. I've been getting the pictures and making scrap book pages. Here's a few that I've done.

They had a great trip and shared some beautiful pictures.

The land in the mid to western US is a lot of dessert. Complete with all the creatures that inhabit it.

And I lived close to this one and never made to see it in person. Maybe next time.

This is Canyon Lands Nat'l Park. Phil taking a picture and Moe posing by the sign.

Black Canyon Nat'l Park looks like some climbing to do.

Early in the month Moe officiated a wedding and they ran into some old friends at the camp grounds. That was an extra good time.

Moe had the fun of standing in 4 states with one foot.  Geographically this is where they intersect and so there is large metal and marble plaque to mark the spot. I have a picture of me standing there but it was a long time ago. Now it cost $5.00 to stand up there and get your picture taken. And there are vendors all around the circle, some Native American and some others are different nationalities.

It's time to check the news. Louisiana has been having way too much rain and thousands are homeless this week. Flood waters up to the porch roof and lots of rescues going on. I only hope they thought to look out for the animals. During past storms volunteers have run through the neighborhood and rescued pets. Hopefully they are doing it again.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the Labor day festivities where ever you are!

Summer is almost done!

I went to my general practitioner last week, (actually she specializes in Geriatrics), she just loves us old folks. I think she might be Korean but her English is almost as good as mine and I love her!  She cares and she asks questions and spends the time to find out what's going on. She gave me some new type of compression socks/stockings. Actually they just came off a big roll and they cut them to my size/length. I can't believe how much it has helped my walking!  

And then on Monday this week, I went back to the Audiologist for my new hearing aids. They are sooo cool ! very tiny and you can't see them. They have a blue tooth connection that lets me listen to my cell phone through them, even if the cell is in the other room.
I wear this little box around my neck with buttons on it to turn them up or down, and one to push to connect to the cell phone when it rings and then to listen to the TV through my hearing aids so it can be turned down to not disturb the rest of the family. I am so happy with these ones.

Now to get the rest of me fixed, even though I know that the Lungs and Heart aren't going to get to 100%. I just keep working on slowing the damage down so I can live to 100 yrs old (lol). 

I did get to the Perseids Meteor shower last Friday night with my daughter Charlie & her boyfriend Kelin.  The volume of the  meteors didn't get very big until about 1 am and I wasn't up for that and neither was Kelin's mother who went with us. I did get to look through a good sized telescope from one of the Astronomy Club members and saw a really good close view of the moon with all it craters and dents. And then we looked up at something going across at a good speed and found out it was the space station. It circles the earth every 90 mins so we just happened to catch it. The sky was really clear so we saw it great and for about the whole 2 mins it took it to go from one side of us to the other. We managed to see about 5 meteors streaking across the night sky but we were early. The Observatory is about 5 miles out of town and not many city lights to interfere so we can sit and watch the sky clearly. Next good show will be sometime in October. I just looked it up. We have to wait awhile. I'm posting the info from www.stardate.org 

The Orionids

Night of October 21

Sets after midnight.

Well it's time to show off my scrapbook pages; I just found some that had been on my facebook page in 2013 so I thought I might share them too.

My friends Phil & Moe somewhere nice (I forgot to get the location) and they are such a neat couple.

A good friend and the Mom to one of my Great Grand daughters who will always be close to my heart! She checks up on me and whenever I go into her Albertson's store she always gives me a big hug when she spots me riding around through the store.

A picture of Olivia with my daughter Charlie's puppy that we call Junior (the whole name is Chazz Junior cause he looks like her but isn't related at all. Just best buddies!

A picture of Olivia who had "Cinderella duty" for the day. She did something she wasn't supposed to or she got sassy and her mom put her on Cinderella duty. 

Darling Olivia when sh was just 2 yrs or probably no even 2 yet. She has such a photogenic face that we couldn't  help our selves.

My brother Frank and my sister Dianna live together with Dianna's youngest daughter. It's quite good for all of them. They share expenses and chores. These are their cats. Yellow one is Boss and the dark one Ruby. Looks like they enjoy napping together.

Another picture of darling Olivia when she was almost 2. Her birthday is in Dec. and I had custody for a couple of years while her Mom went back to school etc..

These are my two oldest daughters when we lived on Midway Island. Dani (on the left) was just 3 in May so she got to go to school in Sept. there on the island. Little sister didn't get to start until Sept of 67 and then we left the Island in November with a 5 month old littler sister Charlie. I loved dressing them alike but only had one of each of these dresses.

I'm sort of proud of this picture, taken on Midway Island about March and Baby Charlie came in June that year (1967). You need to look close to see that I'm resting my right arm on top of the 'Baby Bump'.

This is my friend Marie's daughter Jeweli working on her science project. I guess she had to grow something, (hopefully something she might want to eat). She's a big girl now. In High school even.

Well that's enough of my rambling on for one day. I don't do too much housework but I help out when I can. I've been mopping floors but the tile in the kitchen is so old it's never going to shine. But it still looks good and we really like our house. Can't wait for the Autumn weather to start. I don't like heat. It makes my breathing worse. At least in the winter I can cover my face half way and I'm not breathing in cold air, (not good for lungs) but covered up it's tolerable.

Everyone have a nice day and enjoy the remainder of the Olympics.

Hugs from Grandma Sarge!

What's going on!

Wow! Bridgit and Tiny Human-Olivia are up in the woods camping and tomorrow is an Archery shoot that will both enter along with the rest of the Gibson family.Grandpa Kenny has an Archery business (not really large but it keeps him busy till the bars open or he gets called in too work). So needless to say all the kids and grand kids shoot a bow and arrow. Some better than others. Olivia managed to take a 1st place for her age group last year and she's been practicing.  They are in a camp ground a little ways away from the wildfire and up wind to boot. They should be OK. I say my prayers, they have 2 of my Gr-Grand daughters up there. I'm sure the Park management and the Forest service is keeping a close eye on which way the wind blows. I have 2 great grandsons up there this week end as well. They are a pretty close knit group even with the extended members, of which there are probably another dozen people and lots of cars, trucks and camper.

 We now are the hotel for 1 small deer head Chihuahua, 1 very old (14+) and 1 very young kitten. Mrs Beasley the old dear is mine but I live with a family of Wicca's so naturally there is a black cat in the house. Albeit still very small, 2 months old kitten but she still hasn't learned her boundaries so there is a lot of growling and backing off. The kitten's name is Lagitha (A Warrior Shield in the Wicca religion). She's a lively little thing and she is making friends with the doggie although maybe not for long. The little dog was mated two & half weeks ago so she might be pregnant and then she'll get some runaway hormones. (I did 3 times so why shouldn't the dog). That might either mellow her out or make her vengeful toward the kitten. Mrs. Beasley (my old cat) is almost 3 times the dogs size and really loud (no front claws so she uses her voice) and scares the small dog but not the small cat! I picked the list up from another blogger who has more 'fur babies' than we do.

I'm sure by now you've figured out that this blog is just for fun and me showing off! I made a couple of new Scrapbook pages so I'm going to post them here.

I had that cat tree for my old bitty but she won't go near it. It sat in the corner of the hall way for months (since last Christmas) and when Bridgit brought the kitten home from the shelter and put her on the floor to explore going down the hall way this was the first thing she found. Ran right up the silly thing so I put her food dish at the top to keep the other critter out of it. She has laid claim to it and no amount of talking is going to change that. She's still making up her mind where she's going to sleep at night but she has 3 choices so until she figures it out, she makes the rounds. P.S. That is my Geeky Tiny Human Olivia with a Mohawk haircut. And she starts middle school in about 3 1/2 weeks. I know for a fact she'll be the only one with that type of haircut and colored Blue & Purple at that! Hopefully it won't be a detriment.  I know she can take care of herself if someone tries to act the bully. She has stepped in at her other school when she saw one of the younger kids getting a trashing from a bully. Just walking in between him and his target was enough to send him packing.

My computer desk is in a niche in this hallway so I'm here quite a lot the time. She decided that my desk was a great place for a little nap and now she's here a lot. If I make too much noise shuffling papers she jumps down and stretches out on the floor. Yesterday, I picked up a towel headed for the laundry and folded it up and put it right where she wanted to take her nap and still keep an eye on me. She didn't look to comfy in that first picture so the large towel folded in half and half again was just right for some sort of softness.

This is a picture story of my my good friend Moe and her husband Phil. She and I collect the Parks & recreation quarters but Moe & Phil are going one better. Each of those parks has a stamp and when you stay a night or two they stamp your book. She's trying for all 50 states, I think. I just follow her pictures and make a scrapbook page to document the journey. This time when they got to Montana she had the opportunity to meet up with her Aunt Joannie and her daughter Linda Mohr. They had a nice visit and it wa a big plus for their journey. I understand she's going to be on the road the whole month of August, I think. They have a nice camper and she cooks a really nice meal. I'm going to have to make a page of the first meal she put together in the camper on this trip. Quite a nice looking, well balanced meal.

Tome to run off to another blog and see what's going on on FB. I've been leaving FB alone a lot, during the election campaign. Can't stand the negativity.

Have a nice day, friends and fellow bloggers and fellow scrap bookers!

What's going on!

Wow! Bridgit and Tiny Human-Olivia are up in the woods camping and tomorrow is an Archery shoot that will both enter along with the rest of the Gibson family.Grandpa Kenny has an Archery business (not really large but it keeps him busy till the bars open or he gets called in too work). So needless to say all the kids and grand kids shoot a bow and arrow. Some better than others. Olivia managed to take a 1st place for her age group last year and she's been practicing.  They are in a camp ground a little ways away from the wildfire and up wind to boot. They should be OK. I say my prayers, they have 2 of my Gr-Grand daughters up there. I'm sure the Park management and the Forest service is keeping a close eye on which way the wind blows. I have 2 great grandsons up there this week end as well. They are a pretty close knit group even with the extended members, of which there are probably another dozen people and lots of cars, trucks and camper.

 We now are the hotel for 1 small deer head Chihuahua, 1 very old (14+) and 1 very young kitten. Mrs Beasley the old dear is mine but I live with a family of Wicca's so naturally there is a black cat in the house. Albeit still very small, 2 months old kitten but she still hasn't learned her boundaries so there is a lot of growling and backing off. The kitten's name is Lagitha (A Warrior Shield in the Wicca religion). She's a lively little thing and she is making friends with the doggie although maybe not for long. The little dog was mated two & half weeks ago so she might be pregnant and then she'll get some runaway hormones. (I did 3 times so why shouldn't the dog). That might either mellow her out or make her vengeful toward the kitten. Mrs. Beasley (my old cat) is almost 3 times the dogs size and really loud (no front claws so she uses her voice) and scares the small dog but not the small cat! I picked the list up from another blogger who has more 'fur babies' than we do.

I'm sure by now you've figured out that this blog is just for fun and me showing off! I made a couple of new Scrapbook pages so I'm going to post them here.

I had that cat tree for my old bitty but she won't go near it. It sat in the corner of the hall way for months (since last Christmas) and when Bridgit brought the kitten home from the shelter and put her on the floor to explore going down the hall way this was the first thing she found. Ran right up the silly thing so I put her food dish at the top to keep the other critter out of it. She has laid claim to it and no amount of talking is going to change that. She's still making up her mind where she's going to sleep at night but she has 3 choices so until she figures it out, she makes the rounds. P.S. That is my Geeky Tiny Human Olivia with a Mohawk haircut. And she starts middle school in about 3 1/2 weeks. I know for a fact she'll be the only one with that type of haircut and colored Blue & Purple at that! Hopefully it won't be a detriment.  I know she can take care of herself if someone tries to act the bully. She has stepped in at her other school when she saw one of the younger kids getting a trashing from a bully. Just walking in between him and his target was enough to send him packing.

My computer desk is in a niche in this hallway so I'm here quite a lot the time. She decided that my desk was a great place for a little nap and now she's here a lot. If I make too much noise shuffling papers she jumps down and stretches out on the floor. Yesterday, I picked up a towel headed for the laundry and folded it up and put it right where she wanted to take her nap and still keep an eye on me. She didn't look to comfy in that first picture so the large towel folded in half and half again was just right for some sort of softness.

This is a picture story of my my good friend Moe and her husband Phil. She and I collect the Parks & recreation quarters but Moe & Phil are going one better. Each of those parks has a stamp and when you stay a night or two they stamp your book. She's trying for all 50 states, I think. I just follow her pictures and make a scrapbook page to document the journey. This time when they got to Montana she had the opportunity to meet up with her Aunt Joannie and her daughter Linda Mohr. They had a nice visit and it wa a big plus for their journey. I understand she's going to be on the road the whole month of August, I think. They have a nice camper and she cooks a really nice meal. I'm going to have to make a page of the first meal she put together in the camper on this trip. Quite a nice looking, well balanced meal.

Tome to run off to another blog and see what's going on on FB. I've been leaving FB alone a lot, during the election campaign. Can't stand the negativity.

Have a nice day, friends and fellow bloggers and fellow scrap bookers!