Traveling with Terrible Twos

Grandma and Grandpa and getting too old to travel with a two year old. At least we took time to smell the roses. And now we are home and settling back into our normal routine. Next chapter... Grandma tries to remember how to potty train so she's off to the AARP Grandparents Raising Grandchildren website and maybe a visit to baby.com. She needs all the help she can get. For Little J's view of the trip see this

It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This

A room with a view
Warm sunny day
Good company
An afternoon at the Follies
Spending disposable income on yet another red hat
Soaking in the Hot tub
A stroll on the wharf
Clam Chowder and a Fresh crab louie
A night of full moon
Listening to the ocean all night
Breathing in the ocean breezes all night
Hearing the bark of Sea lions
Sinking into new pillow top beds
High thread count sheets (double sheeted no less)
Big fluffy pillows
Huge terry bathrobes
Deck chairs
Sipping quality coffee in the morning breeze

New Telemarketer Strategy

Hubby is in shower. Phone rings. Hubby jumps out of shower to answer. It's a telemarketer. Solution.... Hubby hands phone to two year old toddler. Hubby snickers as he returns to shower. A few minutes later hubby emerges from shower. Toddler is still jibber jabbering about mommy, daddy, Elmo, Minnie Kitty and Spiderman. Perhaps our number will be deleted from their database???

Labor Day

Little J spent the day with us at Stow Lake. Grandma & Grandpa are all worn out from paddle boats, feeding ducks and other assorted birds, and chasing Little J.

Donations

Knitters (and nonknitters) please donate here:

Excuses Excuses Excuses

Couldn't bring myself to making the bed this morning. They were just a bit too comfortable.

Catchow

The Catchow Puursonality Quiz



What they said: We've determined that Miss Minnie Poopalot has a Lover Cat purrsonality. As a Lover Cat, Miss Minnie Poopalot gets along with everyone, is extremely devoted to you, adjusts well to change, and doesn't mind being in a carrier.

What I say: Miss Minnie Poopalot does not fit in a carrier nor does she resemble the lover picture.

Now about Russ T.
They say: We've determined that Mr. Russ T has a Scaredy Cat purrsonality. Mr. Russ T spends a lot of time out of sight, but that doesn't mean you can't develop a loving, caring relationship with Mr. Russ T.

I say: He's only scared of the vacuum and two year olds. He does look somewhat like this picture.

Keep your germs off my...

My local office supply store gives away samples for supplies delivered on Tuesdays. Today I got a Preventa Antimicrobial Ballpoint Pen. Built-in AgION technology prevents growth of bacteria, etc. Last time I visited my doctor I had to sign in and I actually was thinking about all the germs that could be on that pen I had to use. Really, I was. It was not one of these. I got sick a couple days later. Taking my own pen to follow up visit.

Too Much Knitting Causes Rejection

I have been knitting. As with most things that I start doing, I just don't know when to stop. So here's the latest beginning of the Orchid Pi Shawl in Red Hat yarn that I bought at Knitpicks. OK so it doesn't look like much right now. It won't until it's off the needles and blocked. That's part of the challenge with doing lace knitting. You just keep plugging along and trust that when it's all over, 60,000 some stitches later, it will be all you ever hoped for.

The rejection part: It's no wonder I've been rejected. If one spends all her time knitting and puts writing on the back burner, it shows. Somehow I always thought whatever I turned into StoryCircle for it's quarterly journal would be printed. Not so... my work won't be in the next issue. The good thing about that is... since my previous work was published, I must have some talent.

New Favorites

For any of you cat lovers, don't miss this: Kat with a K found this darling link

And for your listening pleasure... One of my good friends told me about Tom Rigney. I went to see him last nite. Think I'm gonna have to follow his calendar. I am sooooooooo lucky to live in the Bay Area where there is never never never a lack of entertainment! Putting his CDs on my want list.