tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81238517976738923052024-02-19T11:47:45.589-05:00B. MeanderingA woman who is on a winding path through life with God as my Guide.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01783056492527420487noreply@blogger.comBlogger714125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123851797673892305.post-9437526070825367522020-05-16T20:11:00.001-04:002020-05-16T20:11:32.463-04:00Mother's Day 2020 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For Mother's Day my daughter and her family sent me this arrangement through FTD flowers. I set it on the bar level table in our kitchen. It has since been planted in a ceramic pot outside on the back porch. Miss Kitty had to get in the picture.<br />
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My son and his family bought me this and brought it over to me. He, his wife, and her daughter came over with their lab. His kids were at their mom's. We sat out in lawn chairs six feet apart and talked for over an hour. Such a nice time!</div>
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I bought some pansies for my back porch. Later on when it gets hot and stays hot, I'll have to plant something else because they will wilt and die.</div>
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Just a few of the flowers I got to plant in my pots. I had to put them in the garage because it got down to freezing three nights in a row. I have since planted most of them, but not taken photos.<br />
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This is the entrance to our back porch. I have not weeded or planted annuals here yet. I also need to transplant the lavender bush you can barely see in the back middle of the photo. The crock was my husband's parents and have traveled with us from house to house. The white door behind it leads to a nice-sized room we use as a pantry. There is a freezer in it. Mike installed a heater so things don't freeze in the winter though we have to be careful what we store there as far as perishables in the summer because of the heat. We store our extra toilet paper, paper towels, kleenex,, water, ice tea, etc that we get from the big box store Sam's. It's been a real blessing for us.<br />
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We are still hanging in their. Our Ohio governor has lifted a lot of restrictions. One of the things that means is I get to get my hair done on Monday. Wonderful news. We will wear masks. I'll have to hold mine in front of my face because of the color treatment, shampoo, etc.<br />
Next Sunday Ohio churches start back with seating and mask restrictions. It will be fantastic to be there once again!<br />
I met a friend in our local middle school parking lot overlooking a pond on Friday. We sat in chairs six feet apart, had lunch from Dairy Queen's drive-through, and visited for an hour or so. Rain finally ran us out. I meant to take my camera but forgot.<br />
My friend then went to the Dollar Store and was dismayed at the fact that only she and one other person wore masks. I won't go to the Dollar Store because of that and also that it is always crowded (I can see the many cars from the road.) Irresponsible in my opinion.<br />
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I have been spending some time during this shelter at home time to clean out and reorganize my kitchen cabinets and drawers. I have found things I'd completely forgotten I had and some I'd been wondering where they'd gone to. I'd also forgotten how far back my lower cabinets went!</div>
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I didn't realize how many cookbooks I'd crammed onto the above shelves. I only saved ones I've regularly used over the years. The green binder and the tan plastic recipe box on the first shelf were my mom's. They'll eventually go with my recipe binder(the white binder) and recipe box(over on a counter) to my daughter.<br />
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I put a bunch of books in a big box to take to the local Catholic thrift store when it reopens.<br />
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This was a huge mess and I would have to take a lot out every time I was looking for a particular spice. Things are much more accessible now.<br />
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Below are misc. drawers that were jumbled chaos.<br />
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I found an outstanding Pampered Chef sharp knife in the above drawer - have already used it.<br />
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A lot got either thrown out or moved from the above drawer.</div>
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And on an entirely different topic, here is a photo of my lilac bush. The white one on the other<br />
side of the yard always blooms later. I didn't get a picture of my magnolia tree this year, but it<br />
wasn't as full or as pretty this year anyhow.<br />
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I did finally venture out to the grocery store in the early morning that was set aside for at risk folks. I wore a mask and latex gloves which I turned inside out and threw away when I got to my car. The checkout aisles had plexi-glass separating the clerks from the customers. Surprisingly, not all the workers wore masks which I thought was a bit irresponsible. There were very few customers and we kept out of each other's way like not going down an aisle if someone was already there.<br />
Finally, I got everything I wanted including the brands and sizes I wanted. I wrote detailed notes on my lists but my sister-in-law goes to Walmart and I go to my local family run grocery store so she had to make substitutes. She and my son overall did well, but it just wasn't the same. Plus I bought fish which I wasn't about to try and have them pick out!<br />
I also went to the drugstore. There were too many things that I had to choose which to get. I doubled everything so I won't have to go back for a long while.<br />
So whether it was the wisest thing to do, I did it anyhow.<br />
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Mike and I are still doing fine--hanging in there. We've been watching an eight-part documentary on T<u>he Roosevelts</u> and <u>The Last Dance</u> about Michael Jordon and the Chicago Bulls. Both are really good. I just ordered three more books from Amazon for my Kindle. I go through them fairly quickly. Heather Graham has a thirty-one book series that I love.<br />
Well I hope things are well with you all. I'm enjoying reading your blogs once again.</div>
Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01783056492527420487noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123851797673892305.post-30223376042533924932020-04-26T18:28:00.000-04:002020-04-26T18:28:34.267-04:00A bicycle wreck<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The first picture shows my grandson Aaron in Texas breading fish. Notice he's using both arms and hands.</div>
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In these pictures he's in a children's hospital in Fort Worth. He had been spending a lot of time outside riding his bike. He was loving it. Then he went to stop his bike in front of his driveway and he flew over the handlebars. He of course had a helmet on. He tried to break his fall with his right wrist. He broke his arm and wrist in two places, majorly displacing one bone and involving a growth plate. You can see how high the cast had to go. He'll wear this for a month, then a cast to his elbow for a month, and then a brace for a month.<br />
A friend was able to come stay with the two younger children and both Sara and her husband Robert were able to go to the hospital. The children's hospital's policy during COVID-19 is to allow both parents but no substitute can be made unless he/she is the guardian of the child in place of parents. <br />
They got him into emergency surgery and he was out by midnight and home by 1 A.M. He never left the surgery area. All to practice caution during this time of isolation. He did get sick from the anesthesia but went home and slept through the next day. Once the bones were set the tremendous pain left and they got the remaining pain under control.<br />
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Here he is playing with legos using his left hand (he's right-handed). It takes him longer but he says he appreciates the process better (he has an upbeat positive attitude). We sent him two Star Wars Lego kits through Amazon(thankful for Amazon during this shelter-in-place time especially for people my age)to help him spend his time and let him know we were thinking of him.<br />
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Below he's putting flowers on the Easter cross Easter Sunday. The congregation's members could come by and place flowers on it.<br />
Below that picture is Sara and all her family on Easter Sunday. There was only a taped service on Facebook, but they went over to get their annual Easter picture. They're not as dressed up as usual but are not real casual either.<br />
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Today is my husband's 66th birthday. My son, his wife, and her daughter (his kids were with their mom) came over to give Mike his present. He moved some things in the garage and swept it and that's where we met, standing 6 ft. or more apart. It was raining heavily, so standing outside wasn't an option. They stayed for almost 45 minutes and we had a really nice chat. I didn't go to our favorite bakery in another town to get his cake, but I baked him one from a mix, something I haven't done for over a year. I don't bake much anymore. I had bought 4 months of birthday cards at a Hallmark store 3 weeks before all this craziness started, so I had his card already. I did get on Hallmark.com and ordered 2 Mother's Day cards and some sympathy cards. It was free shipping and I had them within 5 days.</div>
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This past Thursday we met my son at a grocery store in the near-by town where he lives. He went grocery shopping for us. Then we followed him out to his house where we stood on one side of the garage and he, his wife, and their kids stood on the other side. I took some pictures but we didn't stay long (it was cold outside with a brisk wind).</div>
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This picture I put in because I so enjoy having a little one again. Andrew is 3 and lives in Texas.</div>
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He loves to Facetime and show me things. These were two of his Christmas presents.</div>
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His sister is 9 and his brother is 11.</div>
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His cousins shown in the first picture are 17, 15, 14, and 13. The 14 year-old is my daughter-in-law's daughter and the other three are my son's. They have blended really well into one family.</div>
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They are 11, 9, 17, 13, 14, 3, and 15( their ages now - they were all a year younger at Christmas).</div>
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The two in pajamas had just gotten them and had to put them on. We all enjoyed our time together.</div>
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I wish I could have them all over for dinner now!</div>
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My husband and I are doing well. He works outside a lot. Right now he's grading </div>
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I am cleaning out closets and kitchen cupboards and reading <b>a lot.</b></div>
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I recently changed my indoor winter arrangements to spring ones. I took pictures of the winter ones on my phone but not on my camera, so they are not easily shared. However, I did take pictures of the spring ones with both my phone and my camera, so I was able to download them off my camera onto my computers. I also put away most of the angels I had out (I've been given at least one every Christmas since 1973, but I no longer put my whole collection out.).</div>
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In place of the Christmas/winter angels, I put out my collection of Victorian houses and buildings of my town of Ohio.</div>
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The collection is on my mother-in-law's dry sink in the dining room.</div>
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On my parents' armoire in our living room. Abigail was maybe 4 at the time.</div>
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This is in an old white metal pot on a stool in my kitchen.</div>
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A corner of my dining room. The mug was bought in one of my much earlier travels.</div>
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Living room. The picture frame has moving pictures of my son's </div>
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A table of my parents that moved everywhere with them.</div>
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As we cope with the COVID-19 situation there are two things that I haven't had to deal with in a long time: grey hair and growing out fake nails. I missed my 5 week hair appointment and may be forced by the state to miss my May 4th one. I usually get my nails filled in every 3 weeks. It's been 5 weeks and will probably be at least 9 weeks before I can get them taken care of and that's if they reopen in May.</div>
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My husband and I visited Ireland the year we turned 50. That was 16 years ago. I thought I'd feature some pictures.<br />
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Ardmore looking down on the town and beach. I am</div>
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The remains of a castle tower at Ardmore</div>
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We are managing Ohio's Shelter in Place. We have gone to the grocery store twice. But the doctor advising our Governor DeWine has said a wave of COVID-19 will hit Ohio hard in the next two weeks and that folks over 60 should not even go to the grocery store. So we are giving a short list of staples like milk to my husband's younger sister who is going to work every day because she works at a health clinic. She lives just up the road. My son and family lives 35 minutes away in another town and my daughter and family live in Dallas, Texas.<br />
We have been communicating with my son and daughter via Facetime. And my daughter-in-law set up a meeting on Zoom for 6 groups of family to sing Happy Birthday to our granddaughter who turned 17 on March 25th. We could see each other one group at a time, but she was able to get us all on her computer. She was quite happy. It was the best we could do with social distancing.<br />
I have enjoyed catching up with all of you on my blog list who are still keeping their blogs. I decided to reach out again during this time of isolation.<br />
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I'm experimenting to see if I can post after all this time.</div>
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Our town, like so many others, pack lunches for kids who otherwise might go without a decent meal. We do it 5 days a week from the 'headquarters' of Main Street United Methodist Church. We do 260 lunches in a day. They go to 3 apartment buildings in our town and 2 very small towns bordering Barnesville: Belmont and Bethesda. Today, we packed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, pudding cup, granola bar, and small packets of fruit juwies. There were 7 of us plus the head person with 3 more persons in the other room doing the 2 outlaying towns - a little more than we needed, but next Tuesday 3 will not be there so we should be just about right. I and two friends of mine help out on Tuesdays. Others come on other days. It's a very good cause and I enjoy doing it. It's fun being with my friends too. The one is really funny and kept us all laughing. </div>
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My son Doug came to church with me on Mother's Day. I go to the First United Methodist church, a massive grey stone church in my hometown. After the service, we had a picture taken in front of the altar. When my dad was pastor was there for 9 years back in the sixties and early seventies, they needed new pulpit and dad designed this one. He made it big because he was 6 ft., 3 in. A pull out step was made so short people could stand on it and reach the mike. The chairs are massive also. It's a beautiful set up.<br />
My son also got me a beautiful flower arrangement and a huge card from him, his fiance, and the grandkids. I need to take pictures of them, but haven't yet.<br />
My daughter always calls from Texas.<br />
It was a very special day.</div>
Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01783056492527420487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123851797673892305.post-91236868810492407942018-04-24T18:56:00.000-04:002018-04-24T18:56:03.339-04:00My New Studio!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My new studio is on the second floor and is 20 by 24 feet. This doesn't show the whole length because I blocked out a double bed and dresser that has stuff piled on them. I need to tackle that corner.<br />
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Right now everything is lined up below the four windows. The chair and TV will be moved to down by the end windows.<br />
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Looking out a window into the yeard. It's hazy because of the screen. The yard is mainly dirt and still needs grass sod on it.<br />
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Showing off the deep purple color that I had the alcove painted as an accent wall.<br />
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The desk was Mike's. He was going to install a counter top almost the whole length of the alcove but I liked the roomier desk. The counter would have been narrower and I wouldn't have a place for the chest with the printer on top. We're going to paint it. The dresser was my dad's. The artist desk has been put away for 24 years. It is now 'seeing daylight'.<br />
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Pictures of the flooring. It's a distressed white with gray undertones.<br />
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Looking out the other end and down the hall past a closet on either side leading into the old office which eventually will be a full bath. Right now we have a half bath. You can see way down into the old master bedroom. We have a new master bedroom downstairs near the full bath which has been there all along. We would take our stuff downstairs to get ready every morning. Now we have two walk-in closets in the new bedroom. I will show it another time.</div>
Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01783056492527420487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123851797673892305.post-51946944597613803062018-04-21T21:43:00.000-04:002018-04-21T21:43:13.219-04:00The baby of the family<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is the baby of our family. Andrew Roy (Roy was my dad's name) was 11 months at the time of these pictures.<br />
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This my daughter Sara holding her son who was a surprise, but a welcome one. With the other two 6 and 8 (now 7 and 9), she is really getting to enjoy Andrew.<br />
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Grandpa was his favorite--he wasn't too sure about me!<br />
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I'm just now getting my Christmas pictures off my camera and I came upon these pictures of Andrew and had to show them off. I adore this kid! He is so happy and self-amused--a great baby! Can you tell I'm proud?! <br />
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Sara and her husband Jory and their children: Aaron, Abigail, and Andrew stayed with us for four days. Thanks to the new addition, everyone had their own room which helped everyone sleep longer.<br />
There are three bedrooms upstairs now plus the old office which is where the baby slept.<br />
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Abigail got the new studio which she loved. It has an accent wall of purple and the sheets on the bed are purple --her favorite color. She was quite happy and had to tell everyone about her room!<br />
Sara and Jory got our old master bedroom and Aaron slept in what had been the only guest room.<br />
Mike and I slept in our new master bedroom downstairs which we love.<br />
Sara and family loved the arrangement. At her dad's they would have shared one big room. With five in the family it would have been quite crowded and they would have had trouble getting everyone to sleep at the same time.<br />
I was thrilled we could offer them this freedom. We all enjoyed our time together--lots of fun!</div>
Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01783056492527420487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123851797673892305.post-27659910260606549922018-04-18T19:36:00.000-04:002018-04-18T19:36:23.220-04:00Oldest granddaugher and a dance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Peyton is 15 now. This was for a St. Patrick's Day dance. That's a jumper she has on meaning shorts not skirt. I gulped when I saw the shortness of it, but then I remembered how short I wore my skirts in high school. Check out those shoes! She loves them! So do I!<br />
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Peyton is the oldest of my son Doug's kids, though he has a 19 yr. old step-son Colton who is studying in Austria this semester on an exchange from his school: Ohio University of Athens, Ohio.<br />
Peyton will get her permit in 6 months. I'm curious to see what kind of car she drives. Her dad's truck is a company vehicle so he'll get her something to kick around in. He's looking now for a good used one that's not pricey but of course, is safe.<br />
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The weather was a 'balmy' 45 but the temps are to plummet and more snow tonight. I don't know where spring went to, but I wish it would find its way back!</div>
Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01783056492527420487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123851797673892305.post-70933351269811565482018-04-16T17:17:00.001-04:002018-04-16T17:17:53.551-04:00I'm Back after Two Years!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My magnolia tree is just beginning to bloom, so I'm using pictures from last year. We had 70 degrees on Saturday and now the temp is dropping and it's spitting snow.<br />
My daffodils are either still debating whether to bloom or have died. I don't know which. The following pictures are from two years ago.<br />
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I have been absent from blogging for two years. Why am I back now? Due to the fibromyalgia I have to rest a lot. I've been sleeping and reading mostly. Well, I was laid up with a broken foot for three months --long story---so that limited me big time. ( I've kept a record of all the books I've read in by "Book Notebook" but offhand, I don't know how many there are.)<br />
My new studio has a desk with my computer set up on it and flooring on the floor - a distressed grayish white. The desk is in front of four big windows, so I now have a really awesome place to work. (We added on a three room addition to our house and the top floor is my studio.) I was crammed into a corner of an office before and I couldn't see out the window. So I will enjoy blogging more. I will show pictures in the future. My camera is downstairs.<br />
My foot is healed up and I'm back subbing two or three times a week. I still enjoy that. (I've been retired from teaching 3 years now.)<br />
I need to update my blog, but that will come in time. I hope someone stops by, but if not, I'll enjoy writing again.</div>
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Sara and her children were up from Dallas over their spring break from Wed. through Sat. of last week. On Friday Mike and I took them to COSI (Center of Science and Industry) in downtown Columbus, Ohio. There are two newer sites in Bexley Square and Easton Center but the downtown one was closer, so we went there. It's new since the 1990s. I remember taking my kids to the first one in the 80s. It was huge and quite nice. There were various exhibits throughout three floors. There were things to do and read about in each big section plus a play area. The little one chose mostly the play area whereas Aaron walked around with Mike and read and tried things. He really liked the LEGO section. Abigail loved the play area in it as you can see below.<br />
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This was in the LEGO section also. You could make your own car and race it down a long slope. Both children enjoyed that.<br />
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This was an interactive that Mike was helping them with.<br />
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Then there was the humongous play area on the third floor. There was everything imaginable, but their favorite by far was the water play area. We only lured them away from there with lunch. I accompanied Abigail throughout the day whereas Mike was with Aaron, so there are more pictures of Abigail as I had the camera.<br />
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Resting while we wait for Aaron to put his water bib away.<br />
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This was the barn area. There was also a big playhouse with a kitchen and all kinds of play food, etc but it was hard to see her well enough there for pictures. The same with the playground area. In that case, there were just too many kids milling around.<br />
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The bottom two pictures were taken at Columbus airport. We always have lunch at Max and Erma's in the airport then they go through security. It's become a tradition.<br />
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It was a wonderful visit! Doug and his crew came over Thursday eve for supper and the cousins played together. Then we went to Doug's on Friday for a surprise birthday party for Peyton. She turned 13--a teenager! I will post about that later.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">The Jr. Women's Club that I'm in does a fundraiser every Wed. night at the Elks. It's community Bingo. We serve the food. I usually take dessert. The people </span>love<span style="font-weight: normal;"> cheesecake, but I had never made it from scratch before so I googled and got this simple recipe. I put a can of cherry topping on it and it was delicious. It was all gone too!</span></h2>
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Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with mixer until blended. Add eggs; beat just until blended.</div>
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Bake 40 min. or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours.</div>
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We are doing this fundraiser through March and then we'll be done.</div>
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Today I'm going to the Columbus airport to pick up Sara and her children. They are staying until Sat. when I take them back to the airport. </div>
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Sara has two meetings with her dad's family's company of which she is an employee and member of the board.</div>
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The children are on spring break and her husband is in his busiest time of the year (taxes), so she asked if I wanted a visit and would I babysit on Friday? I said "Sure!" We're excited and so are they!</div>
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So I will be very busy the next few days. My son Doug is having a birthday party for his daughter Peyton Friday evening. She turns 13, I think. Wow! A teen! Time goes fast!</div>
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Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01783056492527420487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123851797673892305.post-73343075560458588612016-03-08T21:20:00.000-05:002016-03-09T11:53:26.812-05:00Books I'm Reading and have read<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The above are books I have from the library to read. I'm reading the top one now. It's <i><b>Christmas Bells </b></i>by Jennifer Chiaverini and is a historical fiction about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writing the poem "Christmas Bells" that then became the song, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." It is excellent. Henry's story is told parallel to a modern day story and that keeps the pace going. It deals with the death of his beloved second wife Fanny (his first wife died in childbirth). Fanny's dress caught fire and she succumbed from the injuries. The book deals with his horrendous grief. <br />
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Jennifer Chiaverini is the author of the quilt series, some of which are also historical fiction. One such book was <b><i>Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker</i>. </b>Her book can become tedious in some parts, but this one only had a very brief spell of that and it was at the beginning before the first civil war battle.<br />
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The next book is <b><i>Any Village</i> </b>by Faith Baldwin and is about the people in an English village. I've not read her before, so I don't know how it will be.<br />
Another author I've not read is Sara Addison, the author of <b><i>Lost Lake</i>.</b> I stumbled upon both of them when looking for other authors. I'll let you know how good they are.<br />
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Tess Gerritsen and Harlan Coben are authors I've read before and thoroughly enjoy. Tess writes the Roseli and Isles murder mysteries. She also writes books that deal with other material such as <i>Gravity</i> which is about a strange disease in a space station. That is the one I will read next. Ones that I've read that starred Risoli and Isles was<b> <i>Ice Cold</i> </b>and<b> <i>Die Again</i> -</b>- great books. <b><i> Harvest</i> </b>was about illegal transplants and the Russian black market; it did not feature the detective Risoli and the medical examiner Isles.<br />
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Harlan Coben also writes murder mysteries and is excellent. He has several that feature sports agent Myron Bolitar. Myron has a sense of humor while solving a murder. The ones I've read that feature Myron are <b><i>Fade Away, Drop Shot</i>, </b>and<i style="font-weight: bold;"> Deal Breaker</i><b>. </b>The first one that I will read that doesn't involve Myron will be <b><i>The Woods</i>,</b> which I think was his first book.<br />
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Jude Deveraux is another good author. She does romantic mysteries. Some that I've read are: <i style="font-weight: bold;">Someone to Love, The Mulberry Tree</i><b>,</b> and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Wild Orchids</i> -- all good books. So is Kristin Hannah, although hers always have a sad part in them. <i style="font-weight: bold;">Comfort and Joy, Magic Hour, The Things We Do for Love, </i>and<b> <i>Night Road</i> </b>are excellent books.<br />
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Janet Evanovich writes the Stephanie Plum novels that always have a number in the title. She's a bounty hunter that always ends up in the middle of a murder mystery. They are risque, irreverent, and funny with a bit of cussing. Some are silly; all have made me laugh out loud. I've read 16 of them. I'm hoping there are more. <br />
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One of the best books I've ever read is<b> <i>100 Days of Happiness</i> by Italian author Fausto Brizzi. </b> It has been translated into English, but the references to artists, books, plays,celebrities etc. are all Italian. A man finds out he has terminal cancer. He maps out 100 days and then dies in Switzerland by assisted suicide. The book is about all the things he does and how his priorities change. Wonderful book!<br />
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Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01783056492527420487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123851797673892305.post-40548512810999997222016-03-05T14:49:00.001-05:002016-03-05T14:49:31.448-05:00February highlights<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My birthday was Feb. 8th. Below are the flowers Mike got me. He always gets me flowers which I love.<br />
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These flowers are from my son, his girlfriend, and their kids. They came in a bundle-like and I had to arrange them. I was thrilled!<br />
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In February, we had a big snowfall that shut schools down for three days. Below are pictures of our home, etc.<br />
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This is a 1959 tractor. It was my husband's grandfather's. He is very proud that it still runs and is very useful.<br />
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His head is a little fuzzy but I still think he's beautiful.<br />
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We are in March now and I've resolved to write more. I think I haven 't written because of several factors: that I'm isolated up in my room and that no longer is as appealing as I have time to myself a good bit of the day, and that I'm active in being out with friends and volunteering. I don 't have the need to be alone or to reach out nearly as much as I did. But I miss writing, so I will try harder.</div>
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We had Christmas with Doug and his kids on the Saturday after Christmas. They came for tacos and the opening of presents. (I think our new Christmas standard meal may be tacos--easy to fix and everybody loves them!)<br />
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The kids each got a big Lego set, some goofy socks, and a workbook. Peyton's was a math mystery book; she has had another one like it and loved it. Dillon and Addy got <i>Find the Picture</i> books that they had asked for.<br />
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Addy insisted on putting hers together right away. It was a smaller one, so didn't take as long.</div>
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The ice palace in<i> Frozen</i>.</div>
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We had a good laugh while we got situated on the couch. Addison didn't want to sit on a lap, but there was no room otherwise to get us all in, so Grandpa beat her to where she wanted to sit and he landed partially on me.<br />
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The finished product. Scruffy, the girl cat, was hiding, but George wanted in the picture and of course, Ginger.</div>
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On the Friday after Thanksgiving, we went to George W. Bush's Presidential Library. Here is Abby at the entrance. They had a lot of interactive displays throughout. The kids were quite interested. Abby especially liked the books set up to be read. They were part of Laura Bush's display involving her librarian background.<br />
There was also a great exhibit on Christmas at the White House. They set up special displays throughout the year with the main part remaining.<br />
The attack on our country on September 11, 2001 exhibit was tremendous and brought tears to our eyes.<br />
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Then that evening we had Christmas together. Abby got into a pair of Christmas pjs. Aaron usually does, but didn't this time. <br />
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They love workbooks and I had gotten <i>Spelling </i>ones for kindergarten and first grade. Abby is still in pre-school but she reads and works on a higher level. They were thrilled and got into those almost right away.<br />
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Abby got a doll baby that made sucking noises when a pacifier or a bottle is put in her mouth, burped, cooed, and snored. Abby was thrilled! She also got <i>Frozen</i> pjs.<br />
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Aaron got a Miami Dolphins Ryan Tannehill t-shirt which he immediately put on. It's a bit of a story how a young boy in Dallas, TX becomes a Florida Miami Dolphin fan. But a fan he definitely is! <br />
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There was vanilla ice cream with tiny marshmallows and chocolate sauce for a treat.<br />
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She is holding an ornament. They decorated the tree after we left on Saturday.<br />
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Here she was playing make-believe restaurant. I was the customer. Both children have vivid imaginations and can entertain themselves. I think not watching TV has a lot to do with that. They watch a few videos and go to G-rated movies at the theater. Aaron also watches football games on his mom's tablet. He was watching Ohio State on Saturday when we left.<br />
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My wonderful husband.<br />
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Abby with Grandpa Mike. She is wearing a dress that belonged to her mother when she was a little girl.<br />
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Abby, Sara, Jory, and Aaron on Thanksgiving Day.<br />
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I posted this even though I'm not happy with my picture. I had lost 20 lbs by this picture, but I don't think you can tell it. Also, my hair was in a lousy style. I'm trying to grow it out and was doing a short page-boy which is not complementary to me. I have since changed it to a more swept back and curled look. It suits my face better. Hopefully, one of these days, I can show it. Also, since this picture I've lost five more lbs.!<br />
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Isn't this a good "men" shot?! Usually it involves blue jeans, ball caps, and a car. They were trying to do something with the computer and the TV. <br />
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This was the sweet potato and pecan cake---one of my</div>
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Sara and Abigail</div>
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We were goofing around -- this is my son-in-law's step-father, John.</div>
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He and wife Kim were there also.</div>
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Abigail, Sara, Jory, and Aaron</div>
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Mike and me with Abigail and Aaron.</div>
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There has been much <b>joy</b> experienced by me throughout my 61 years. Below is one experience at joy that at one point in my life couldn't happen. Then at age 43, I experienced the joy of graduating from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. Mama had to go in a wheelchair but she wouldn't have missed it. With me are my wonderful parents and my brother David. For more corner views, go to <a href="http://travelingbugwiththreeboys-kelleyn.blogspot.com/2015/11/joy-corner-view.html">Kellen's blog.</a><br />
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