Catch-Up Weekend

Terrible weather outside! Howling and Creeking!! Perfect for the pre-Halloween festivities. No festivity planning here...just fall resting up for another busy week. Finally managed to down load some pictures that I took last weekend of my wonderful visitors. It is always fun to look back at other past pictures taken too.

Will be a very sad week at work. Why do some have to be here such a short time? A sweet little boy will need lots of comfort as he just lost his Dad. So young to have to try to understand how cruel life can be. Hopefully he will also come to understand how wonderful and supportive his family, schoolmates, and others can be. This will be a reminder to others who have also lost someone they loved so much. We are afterall, human, and thus we shall feel the pain as well.

Looking forward to bringing Professor McGonagle back to school on Halloween. This day will help us all lighten up, atleast momentarily.

Fun Weekend With The Cuddy & Landry Fams

Wonderful fall weekend with Sarah, Brian and little Tommy. Tommy loves the kittys and they are most definitely warming up to him. When we weren't observing Percy's mischevious side or trying to find Toby we were enjoying their little antics. Tommy had a wonderful train track built in the living room and we tried very hard to keep Toby and Percy from dismantling it in their frolicking. The Cuddys and Landrys all enjoyed the great "Pumpkin Festival" yesterday but Nana opted out of the multitudes of onlookers. Too bad, all the hard work of so many didn't break their own record. Hard to believe that "26,000 plus" pumpkins doesn't break a record. Boston stole our idea and of course with all their folks in that city they were able to beat our old record with over 30,000 pumpkins. Somehow it doesn't seem such a feat for them as they have so many more folks to begin with. Maybe Keene should start asking an admission fee of 1 pumpkin per family to attend the festival. I mean, afterall, they did say that over 80,000 people attended. Seems like 1 pumpkin per family would have put them over the top.

Tommy, Brady, and Brooke all had fun playing together today at Nana's home. Little Brooke is really getting around now. Brady and Tommy always have a great time playing.

Now that everyone is safe at home Nana will try to get back in the mind set of accepting that tomorrow is another work day. Oh bother!!

Busy Busy Busy

This was, afterall was said and done, a productive weekend. After locking myself out of my own home yesterday I was not sure what the rest of the weekend would bring. The wind blew my door shut so fast it left me standing in disbelief. Upon hearing the loud slamming door I realized immediately that I was locked out. There I stood in disbelief and clad in a light shift with the wind and cool air laughing at me. Luckily Barb was home and let me in to use her phone. Thank goodness Beck was home and also that Scott was able to come over and let me back in. The only other way back in would have been to borrow someone's ladder and try to scale the balcony and get back in through the open slider doors. Can you imagine what the neighbors would have been thinking. Proably they would have called the local peace enforcers and they would have carted me away to the funny farm. When Scott let me back in Toby and Percy were still trying to figure out why I left them alone in the house with the sliders wide open.

I was afterall trying to be productive and empty my window boxes and straighten up the deck. In the end that was accomplished. I also managed to do my fall cleaning and prepare for a visit from the very nice real estate agent, Colleen. She came this afternoon and I have now put my lovely condo on the market. Here is hoping that all goes well with that adventure. More to come on that topic in the weeks and months to come.

Talked to my 4 wonderful grown children this weekend and they are all well. Another weekend in the books. Next weekend will be a fun one as expecting a nice visit from the Cuddy family. I do so look forward to their visits. I wish we didn't live so very far apart.

Weekend With The Cuddy Family

This weekend found a little blue subaru and it's Nana heading over the hills and mountains thru Vermont and to New York. It was so much fun to spend time with little Tommy and his Mom and Dad. We had a nice trip to the cider mill and picked out some pumpkins. Saturday we decorated our pumpkins and helped Tom's mom to make some "Halloween Chocolate Lollipops". After a trip to the Christmas Tree store we all had a very nice lunch out. After SJ and Brian headed out to their long over due dinner theater "DATE",Tom and Nana had fun telling and reading stories. As Tom says, "Goldilocks was a naughty, naughty girl". Though we couldn't find Tommy's copy of "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, Nana remembered her Dad's version well enough to relay the humorous tale.

Why is it that Vermont drivers tend to not have a care in the world, atleast when they are on the road? One has to wonder how low their blood pressure is, compared to ours of course....maybe they have something there. Nana tried very hard to try to enjoy some of the glorious fall colors on the way back over the mountains to offset some of the terrible Vermont drivers that she found very frustrating on the way home. When all was said and done the drivers didn't matter as she will always remember another wonderful time with little Tommy and his Mom and Dad.

PAINTING, PAINTING, PAINTING!

The walls have been needing some painting for a while now. Finally, after hours of searching and comparing, I found the right color to touch up the walls and woodwork. Saturday morn found the rollers and brushes moving right along. As work proceeded it became clear that the color match was not perfect and touching up a small area meant having to do the entire wall. Because of a great roller which I purchased a couple of years ago it went faster than I thought it would. About a pint of paint is poured into the roller and that was a real time saver. At the same time I purchased the roller I also purchased a smaller roller with a trimmer attachment. That made painting alot less frustrating. The fact that I have had the painting equipment for a while now shows how much I was dreading the process. It was a cool day but one would not have known it by watching me drip as I painted. The best news is that it came out pretty well and I don't know why I procrastinated for so very long.

Today was closet day and I went thru my little pantry area and then headed upstairs to my winter closet. After filling three more very large bags I was able to store the air conditioner in the closet with out much ado. There is still the means to fill many more bags and I shall continue to do so. Next weekend I will be with the Cuddy family so fall cleaning and weeding out will have a weekend off. I am looking forward to watching our sweet Tommy while his mom and dad have a night out.

These old bones are telling me that this weekend has taken a toll on them. Tomorrow is bowling night and that should be a challenge. We shall see =)