Thursday Babblings 7

This last couple of weeks have totally flown by!! I looked back to see when I last posted, and it was a LOOONNGG time ago!! I was out a couple of days helping mom with legal stuff. And I had my eyes re-lasered to try to get my distance vision a bit clearer. I now can see to read without my "cheaters", however, that wasn't the plan - and my distance is still fuzzy! I go back in 2 months for a re-check and I don't know if they can laser them again or not! Seeing up close is not all bad though, I am enjoying not having my granny glasses around my neck on a chain! (I know - not a pretty picture, but they were handy that way!!) I was going to have to wear them for up-close anyway, so if I can see everything else pretty well, maybe I'll just wear glasses to drive and call it done! We'll see - I have to keep my eyes very moist with hourly doses of drops, and they will continue to adjust for about 4 months. I would love to have the best of both worlds, and not have to wear any glasses at all, but I can't do mono-vision (one eye for close, the other for distance), so that is probably not in the cards!

Mom is doing very well - she is keeping pretty busy. Her lonelist times are around dinner, so quite often she calls a friend and they do dinner together - either potluck or out. She started back at her art classes today and is excited about the new painting she has started. She started taking classes several years ago and she is VERY good!! She sells them every once in a while and averages $300 - $400 depending on the size!! I feel very lucky to be able to "baby sit" some of them in my apartment! She is doing a 1-woman show next summer that will require her to hang 30 -40 paintings for a month. But I get to keep them til she needs them for that! I should take some photos of them and post them - I'll have to see how they come out!

I am having a "rich" couple of weekends! Last Saturday Computer Guy and Darling Wife came up with Miss C for a visit! We hadn't seen them since July 4th in San Diego and in that short period of time Miss C has certainly bumped up on the cuteness scale!! She is 16 months and her hair is getting long enough to curl around the back of her neck. It's blondish and she has big blue eyes! She had fallen asleep in the car, so DW carried her upstairs and put her on the floor in the guest room with her blankee. We halfway shut the door and were visiting quietly in the living room. About 15 mins later Miss C came out of the bedroom dragging the blankee with the biggest smile on her face! She was SO CUTE!!!

We got the blocks out and she sat and stacked and whacked and stacked again for the longest time! She is such a joy - very happy, and will come to Grandi and Poppy for a kiss without being shy!

After a late lunch we went out to the pool and Miss C loves that too! DW and CG are teaching her to be pool safe - she is a little young for swimming, but is not afraid of the water and was at ease floating on her back! They are very cautious with her anywhere near a pool, but her San Diego cousins have one, so she will learn to swim early!

In the early evening we got ready and went to a 1-year birthday party for Miss McK - another cousin and really good friend. There was probably 60 people there during the evening, and momma served 4-ft long burritos - it was a lot of fun. There were several kidlets there, and they are not totally sure how to play together yet, but it was great fun watching them!

This weekend is going to be fun too! We leave tomorrow morning early to fly to Ohio to see our other granddaughter; Miss T!! Her parents, the VP and his wife (daughter-in-law) have invited hubby and me and my mom to come back for a visit. We haven't seen her in a year, so we can hardly wait!!

I could write a lot about the relationship to explain why so long, but it's not fun to talk about, so I won't! The VP has been lobbying for this for several months however, so we are grateful that DIL said yes!! She loves my mom, so she was delighted that she is coming with us!

We will be staying at a nice hotel just a couple of miles from their house, so the 3 of us will have fun there too! Hubby and I flew back last September when VP was starting the new job and getting the house ready to move in to. We weeded flower beds, ripped up carpeting and stayed out of the way of the guys laying a new tile floor in the kitchen and generally had a really fun time with him! DIL and Miss T flew back about a month later after their SoCal house sold. He told me today that their new patio should be done by noon Friday, so we are anxious to see the house now that it is done and the new patio!

I hope to be able to post some pictures when we get back! Bye til then!