Not All Grandmas are Great...

Last week, Locklan came to spend the night...

I love those times and try to make them special...

He's growing so quickly, it was time for new grandma-house pajamas...

He was pretty tickled with them!

The next day, we played with one of our favorite things,

those glass stones from the dollar store!

We make designs, we separate them into colors, 

we even count them...

Over the past few months, we've accumulated about 8 pounds of them...

How do I know?

Our latest project...

We weighed them on the kitchen scale!

Lunch time, Locklan showed off his chop stick ability...

He even figured out how to eat a peanut butter sandwich!

Later, Andy and Teagan picked us up and we went to visit my mom...

Teagan loves Grandma Toots as long as she can sit on Dad's lap!

Yesterday, Tony, Andy and Locklan went out to play with their RC trucks...

Mr K and I went sectional shopping...

But I couldn't make up my mind...

And since Mr K has had a hankering for German Food,

We headed for one of our favorites...

Max's Allegheny Tavern

so he could chow down on Stuffed Kielbasa!

That should keep him happy for a while!

~soooooooo~

It's still sunny out there, 

Mr K announced he has a cold...

sooooooo I'm going shopping!

Let's Celebrate!

Wednesday, Mr. K and I celebrated our fifth anniversary!

 

(this photo was taken last year on our anniversary and Tony & Mindy's honeymoon)

 

Well, technically, we didn't really celebrate...

 

We acknowledged our anniversary and made plans to celebrate the next day

(Which was yesterday)

 

Since we do what we like when we want,

we decided that since there were cruises we wanted to take...

concerts we wanted to see...

food we wanted to eat...

We'd just do something simple.

 

We decided to go to dinner at one of our local restaurants that we really enjoy

and then hit the cinema to see Bohemian Rhapsody

 

 (I have always been a huge Queen fan)

 

Dinner was so nice, we had a corner table, the server was personable...

The timing was right, the show started at 7:05 (which is dangerously close to my 8:00 crash and burn time).

 

We got to the theater at 6:55...

Mr. K hit up the rest room while I inhaled the scent of popping popcorn...

 

We went to purchase the tickets...

I looked at Mr. K to see him frisking himself...

Giving himself a real pat down...

No wallet!

 

We headed back to the restaurant where they had his wallet waiting for him...

 

By this time, it was too late to see the movie!

 

~sigh~

 

Maybe tonight!

 

A bit of this...a bit of that....

First off, Mom is doing well.

 

When I reported in last time, they weren't sure what to do with her.

 

I walked in the door of her hospital room and my phone rang.

 

It was her surgeon.  He said he had just been in to talk to her and they decided to do surgery that day.

 

It went quickly and smoothly, two hours from start to finish.

 

They found adhesions blocking her small intestines and removed them.

 

Of course, with mom, nothing is that easy...

 

This time they kept her in ICU a few days because of low heart rate and low blood pressure.

 

It involved transfusions and other things, but she is home and doing well.

 

Whew!

 

Like I've said before, it's not easy raising parents!

 

So, since I'm frazzled and dazzled, how about a little of this and a little of that...

just whatever is sitting on my desk top this morning.

 

First of all Tony and Mindy went on an adventure of a lifetime with friends...

Eight adults and Annabell, who is only a year old!

A week in California which included...

Four Penguin Games

 

 

Where Miss Annabelle got the puck!

 

 

And made the Penguins' Instagram page!

 

Alcatraz Island

 

 

The Price is Right

 

 

Disney

 

 

 

 

And wow, so much more.

 

In January, 2017, Mindy and her family went tubing...

 

 

This year, since they had the old people along

(Yes, me and Mr K)

We went bowling instead!

 

 

Locklan loved using the ramp.

 

Getting the ball there was half the battle!

 

 

 

 

Uncle Tony showed him how to bowl...

 

Aunt Mindy was much more fun.  She let him swing on the ramp!

 

 

Grandma? She was just good for hugs...

 

 

Even the most accomplished athletes get tired.

 

By the end of the second game, he was content to watch a video and rest...

 

 

He was asleep halfway home!

 

My desk thermometer says it's 16 degrees,

it snowed last night!

 

Stay warm!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Twas the day OF Christmas!

Twas the day of Christmas when all through the house...

Creatures were stirring, even my spouse!

What?  Mr K stirring?

Seriously, the thought is too funny...this is the man who thinks breathing should be considered an Olympic event!

I was reading when I heard this strange noise.

I ran to the windows facing the front of the house...

Looked out the window and this is what I saw...

 

Yes, THIS!

 

I was shocked.  Yes, he did buy this snow blower a few weeks ago

but I never thought he would USE it...

 

I ducked so he wouldn't know I was photographing him...

 

 

That's when I did 'something' to his bathroom window and it came crashing down...

 

I wasn't going to tell him I saw him...

but it's 25° out there...he's going to figure it out!

 

Hope your day was this much  fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Not yet!

I know I promised wedding photos...

 

I'm still waiting for some to come in,

organizing the ones I do have...

 

So, an anniversary photo of a couple who celebrated their fourth anniversary

on the cruise will have to do...

 

 

Did you like that?

How about another one?

 

 

If you thought those were cute

check out this one...

 

 

I know...we're adorable.

 

Happy anniversary, Mr K!

I love you!

Leaf Me Alone!

We don't have a tree in our backyard...

 

The neighbors around us have many.

 

Our back yard is fenced in...

 

Can you say Leaf Collection Site?

 

Seriously...it's all good...

 

The leaves collect in the back yard and on our patio

but having a son in the lawn care business makes it all okay!

 

The other day, Andy and his sidekick, Locklan came over to do the second leaf-sweep of the season...

 

 

Andy did the grunt work and Locklan supervised

and handled the heavy equipment!

 

 

 

 

 

Isn't he a hoot?!?

 

Andy would get a shovel full of leaves and Locklan would blow them off.

 

 

Andy's back pack leaf blower is much too heavy for Locklan to move...

 

 

It didn't seem to bother him!

Andy is so patient.

 

And...

 

Last week, Andy, Ashley, Locklan,

Mr K, Tony and Mindy went out to dinner

and on to watch my nephew, Tyler's hockey game.

 

Remember this historic game from a few years ago?

Miracle on Ice!

 

Tony has retired, but Tyler is still playing!

 

Locklan enjoyed working the crowd more than the enjoyed the hockey game...

 

 

But we had a great time!

 

Now for the 'no photo' section...

 

Last night Andy, Tony, Mindy, Locklan, Mr K and I headed down to my mom's for a pizza

party.  There we met Michael and Catherine and my cousin Mark and his wife Anne who were in from Chicago.

 

I love getting together with my family!

 

Now, it's time to get dressed for church.

 

God is good, ALL of the time!

 

 

 

 

 

Dumb Stuff

Did you ever spend time on Facebook and all of a sudden and ad pops up...

And you think...

Wow, that'd be cool.

That's how I come to be the proud owner of...

 

A PANCAKE MOLD RING!

 

according to Amazon.com:

It makes the perfect pancakes...eggs...hash browns...brownies...

in non-stick silicone maker tool.

 

Since Mindy loves to come over and make us breakfast...

 

 

Like she did for Mr. K while I was in New York!

 

I thought this would be perfect...not to mention, they came in a set of two...

One for me, one for Mindy!

 

I always like to stay ahead of the rest of the world...

 

A trend setter, you might say...

 

So, when it was so new that there were no ratings,

I thought I'd be the first on my block...

 

All I can say is that I hope I'm the last on my block...

 

Not at all comfortable with the thought that any of my neighbors

are dumb enough to purchase this...

 

I hate the thought that I might be surrounded by idiots!

 

Off it went to a thrift shop...

 

If you see it there...

 

Step back from the pancake mold!

 

                                                                                                                     

Another year older...

Yes!  I had another birthday!

 

 

 

I am now officially 66!

 

It was a good one, to be sure!

 

I slept in!

 

In my life, anything past 6:15 AM is sleeping in,

 

So by 8:30, my bladder was screaming for someone to call 911...

 

Seriously, I slept until 8:30! 

 

Is that an indication of old age?

 

I came downstairs and Mr K had my coffee ready...

 

He gave me a happy birthday kiss and a card...

 

And THREE presents!!!!

 

Of course, he's a guy and everyone knows guys don't give gifts that look this nice when they wrap them...

 

To be honest, his wrapping paper usually looks like this...

 

 

So the fact that he wrapped at all was exciting!

 

He told me to open them in a particular order...

 

Now, before I tell you the rest, let me say this...

 

I am EXTREMELY hard to buy for!

 

When the kids asked me what I would like,

I responded with a request for a family day at camp!

 

When Ron asked me,

I said I wanted a REAL trash bag for my car.

 

REAL, as in not looking like this:

 

(yes, like his version of wrapping paper)

 

My first gift was a REAL trash bag for my car!

 

No photo available, it's in use!

 

My second gift was this...

 

 

Yes!  Mr.K and I will finally figure out where I come from!

 

And last but not least...

 

TWO of these babies...

 

 

BOB SEGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

EEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I was so excited...

 

I cried!

 

Oh yes!

 

Of course,

 

we all went to the river

where we ate and ate and ate...

 

And floated on inflatable things...

 

NOT this...

 

or this...

 

 

Which would have been uber cool...

 

But suitably inflated things...

 

Ahhhhhhh

 

It wasn't a good day, it was a GREAT DAY!

 

So what's new with YOU?

 

 

 

 

Sarah and Tom's amazing New Jersey Wedding!

 

I'll tell you all about it later,

but for now...

 

 

Enjoy Mr and Mrs K in all their photographic splendor...