Wishing you & yours a Blessed Christmas and a New Year full of Wonder & Love...
Brighid
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Been a while...
Well Yes, it has been a while since I posted anything... what can a granny with permanent BB (bleacher butt) from watching grands, have to say, that will be of import to others? Probably nothing...but that hasn't seemed to stop me so far... So I'll just tell it like it is for me...
Sky (the mini aussie) has gone to live with a young military family in Washington state...it was good karma, and he is were he was Meant to be...
I spent a while looking for another "Gus"Scottie...they are few and far between around here and way too pricey for a granny living on a fixed income and the grace of family. Then, I saw a picture of a little Jack RussellxDoxie that was up for adoption by the local pound. Willie has since come home to live with me. He is a sweet little guy and everyone in the family loves him, travels well, and is the first guy I've slept with since...well never mind that...
Ol Bessie, my ancient suv, was taken to the local mechanics for her smog test. She passed, but...needed $1,000 worth of repairs...some urgently...! Knowing she isn't even worth that much money resale... I contacted a good friend from home, whose sig other is a one man auto repair operation and asked if he would look at her. After he went over her with a fine sense of detail...he came in and said..."she's fine for her age, you've taken good care of her, and keep on doing what you've been doing... Those guys were just trying to sell you a lot of stuff she doesn't need..." This really makes me mad, as the local guys know me, and know I have little extra to spend, yet they try to pull this crap...
The Navy Corpsman and the College Student were home for Thanksgiving. Makes a granny happy to see them expanding their wings and going forth... A twinge, with the Navy man extending his stay in the Navy to save more money for college...as this means he will most likely be redeployed to the 'stan. The rest of the crew are fine and dandy! Where is the time going...we don't have any babies left...sigh...
This fall Marymine and I went to a craft fair and had a great time. She got some awesome metal letters and I got a necklace with a small bird charm & the words Old Soul punched on a flattened spoon. Marymine says it fits me... wasn't that sweet? Then, as I was telling a shopkeeper some tall tale... she stopped me with a laugh and said... "You have the sparkly..est eyes!" I think I heard Marymine in the background...say something along the lines of "OMG...don't be telling her that...she's trouble as it is..." but I could be mistaken...
Sky (the mini aussie) has gone to live with a young military family in Washington state...it was good karma, and he is were he was Meant to be...
I spent a while looking for another "Gus"Scottie...they are few and far between around here and way too pricey for a granny living on a fixed income and the grace of family. Then, I saw a picture of a little Jack RussellxDoxie that was up for adoption by the local pound. Willie has since come home to live with me. He is a sweet little guy and everyone in the family loves him, travels well, and is the first guy I've slept with since...well never mind that...
Ol Bessie, my ancient suv, was taken to the local mechanics for her smog test. She passed, but...needed $1,000 worth of repairs...some urgently...! Knowing she isn't even worth that much money resale... I contacted a good friend from home, whose sig other is a one man auto repair operation and asked if he would look at her. After he went over her with a fine sense of detail...he came in and said..."she's fine for her age, you've taken good care of her, and keep on doing what you've been doing... Those guys were just trying to sell you a lot of stuff she doesn't need..." This really makes me mad, as the local guys know me, and know I have little extra to spend, yet they try to pull this crap...
The Navy Corpsman and the College Student were home for Thanksgiving. Makes a granny happy to see them expanding their wings and going forth... A twinge, with the Navy man extending his stay in the Navy to save more money for college...as this means he will most likely be redeployed to the 'stan. The rest of the crew are fine and dandy! Where is the time going...we don't have any babies left...sigh...
This fall Marymine and I went to a craft fair and had a great time. She got some awesome metal letters and I got a necklace with a small bird charm & the words Old Soul punched on a flattened spoon. Marymine says it fits me... wasn't that sweet? Then, as I was telling a shopkeeper some tall tale... she stopped me with a laugh and said... "You have the sparkly..est eyes!" I think I heard Marymine in the background...say something along the lines of "OMG...don't be telling her that...she's trouble as it is..." but I could be mistaken...
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Small steps
Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen hard.
Practice wellness.
...Play with abandon.
Laugh.
Choose with no regret.
Appreciate your friends.
Continue to learn.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is.
~~~Mary Anne Radmacher
Walk to the edge.
Listen hard.
Practice wellness.
...Play with abandon.
Laugh.
Choose with no regret.
Appreciate your friends.
Continue to learn.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is.
~~~Mary Anne Radmacher
Friday, September 21, 2012
Air Time
Well I should have had a clue from that ol buzzard flying over the bunkhouse yesterday... I'm a granny, I should have been able to read the signs:
Marymine, Lizzy and I left for Sac at 4AM to make our flights to Denver to watch college volleyball... I say flights because when Marymine asked me if I wanted to go along she already had their tickets, and that flight was full...so she booked me on another carrier. No problem, as both flights left close together.
We got there in good time, parked close to the terminal, and went to check in, the girls to Southwest & I across the way to Frontier.
We got there in good time, parked close to the terminal, and went to check in, the girls to Southwest & I across the way to Frontier.
I haven't flown out of this airport since the total remodel was done, so everything was new to me. No problem, as there was an attendant lady to help me operate the check-in kiosk. She grabbed my itinerary and DL, shoved them in some ports... asked me my last name, and proceeded to hand me my boarding pass...while pointing me up the stairs.
I didn't see the girls in the crush of people across the way, that's ok, I will meet up with them at the airport in Denver.
OK I can do this, upstairs I went, followed the herd down a hallway, into a shuttle & across to the terminal... I'm not sure I'm supposed to be going this way, but what the heck! Get off the shuttle, stand in line for a while, showing anyone and everyone who wants to see my DL & boarding pass.
Go thru the Security screening...I think they now have pictures of my back teeth and my new black & white polka dot wonder bra...on file. I put everything back on and in, that I had removed moments before...
I calmly do a check of my boarding pass to confirm airline and gate...while wandering around trying to look like I've been here a million times. I need to do this for my self esteem as the traveler I should be...
I'm early, but that's good. I can use the restroom, get a cup of coffee, and get back to the gate in time to read a couple hundred pages on my Kindle.
I recheck my boarding pass against the monitor, check my gate number, and departure time. All good.
I didn't see the girls in the crush of people across the way, that's ok, I will meet up with them at the airport in Denver.
OK I can do this, upstairs I went, followed the herd down a hallway, into a shuttle & across to the terminal... I'm not sure I'm supposed to be going this way, but what the heck! Get off the shuttle, stand in line for a while, showing anyone and everyone who wants to see my DL & boarding pass.
Go thru the Security screening...I think they now have pictures of my back teeth and my new black & white polka dot wonder bra...on file. I put everything back on and in, that I had removed moments before...
I calmly do a check of my boarding pass to confirm airline and gate...while wandering around trying to look like I've been here a million times. I need to do this for my self esteem as the traveler I should be...
I'm early, but that's good. I can use the restroom, get a cup of coffee, and get back to the gate in time to read a couple hundred pages on my Kindle.
I recheck my boarding pass against the monitor, check my gate number, and departure time. All good.
The gate attendants start calling for the people with special needs, extra special tickets, extra special special class tickets, elderly, crying babies, and cranky toddlers to board... I patiently wait to be called with the rest of the seasoned travelers...
Giving the attendant my DL, boarding pass and a cheerful Good Morning, I prepare to board. The attendant cheerfully checks my info and asks me my last name, I give it... she looks confused and says..."but you've already boarded, Nancy."
"Aah Nope, I'm right here, and I'm not Nancy...see on my DL...I'm B...."
We're both still smiling like idiots...as she asks me to step aside and speak to the other attendant. He takes one quick look at my boarding pass...turns to me and says... "I don't know how you got this far...but your ticket is for the same flight, day & time in October!"
Say what... I still smiling (I'm like that you know) proceed to ask if he might let me on this flight in a jump seat or the overhead bin or with the crew... or something... because I'm going to Denver to watch my granddaughter play college volleyball, and the rest of my crew will be waiting for me there.
He really tries to find me a seat on another flight, any other flight...full...full...full...
In the mean time I'm trying to call Marymine, no answer. Ok, text her...when she texts back it's to say, "she's so horrified & sorry, get another flight, or... we are boarding and have to shut off our phones!"
"Aha ma'am, there is another flight to Denver with seats available leaving...tomorrow late afternoon. But, you must go back down to reservations and you can't stay in this Secure Area."
Off I go to find my way back to the beginning of this adventure that has not included time in the air...
Following the specific directions of a few Security men, I found myself outside in the passenger loading zone under the watchful eye of another Security man.
While setting there sipping coffee, and looking across the way to where I can see Marymine's locked truck... I realize that I have no way back to the bunkhouse. Shuttles don't go there, it's way too far to walk, or for a cab.
Didn't my friend L just tell me a while back that she was thinking of starting a shuttle service to the airport from where we live in the back of beyond. I call her..."L, I really loved your shuttle idea, and I sure want to be your first customer." She's a sweetie, and after she checked on her dad, fed the horses, and ran her grandkids to school, she drove down and picked me up!
I got back to the bunkhouse at 11:00, started a load of laundry, and kissed my pillow...
Giving the attendant my DL, boarding pass and a cheerful Good Morning, I prepare to board. The attendant cheerfully checks my info and asks me my last name, I give it... she looks confused and says..."but you've already boarded, Nancy."
"Aah Nope, I'm right here, and I'm not Nancy...see on my DL...I'm B...."
We're both still smiling like idiots...as she asks me to step aside and speak to the other attendant. He takes one quick look at my boarding pass...turns to me and says... "I don't know how you got this far...but your ticket is for the same flight, day & time in October!"
Say what... I still smiling (I'm like that you know) proceed to ask if he might let me on this flight in a jump seat or the overhead bin or with the crew... or something... because I'm going to Denver to watch my granddaughter play college volleyball, and the rest of my crew will be waiting for me there.
He really tries to find me a seat on another flight, any other flight...full...full...full...
In the mean time I'm trying to call Marymine, no answer. Ok, text her...when she texts back it's to say, "she's so horrified & sorry, get another flight, or... we are boarding and have to shut off our phones!"
"Aha ma'am, there is another flight to Denver with seats available leaving...tomorrow late afternoon. But, you must go back down to reservations and you can't stay in this Secure Area."
Off I go to find my way back to the beginning of this adventure that has not included time in the air...
Following the specific directions of a few Security men, I found myself outside in the passenger loading zone under the watchful eye of another Security man.
While setting there sipping coffee, and looking across the way to where I can see Marymine's locked truck... I realize that I have no way back to the bunkhouse. Shuttles don't go there, it's way too far to walk, or for a cab.
Didn't my friend L just tell me a while back that she was thinking of starting a shuttle service to the airport from where we live in the back of beyond. I call her..."L, I really loved your shuttle idea, and I sure want to be your first customer." She's a sweetie, and after she checked on her dad, fed the horses, and ran her grandkids to school, she drove down and picked me up!
I got back to the bunkhouse at 11:00, started a load of laundry, and kissed my pillow...
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Summertime
I'm up in the PNW for an extended stay with my Sean & the girls. Sky made the trip with me, and is having a good time. The girls keep him busy fetching tennis balls. Housebreaking him is still a work in progress...
There has been lots of antique'n/junk'n, drinking of fruit of the vine..., meeting new friends & a revered blogger, driving the Big truck, drinking of wine..., eating of great food, treasure hunting on the beach, and just being...
On the repurpose trail: found a very cool magnet board (made with a piece of old tin put in a picture frame), pieces of drift wood to make sail boats,
and fabric for sofa pillows.
Bought an old Singer featherweight sewing machine from a really nice older (scratch that...they are my age) couple. I've been searching for one of these for a while now...but with the limited budget...it wasn't happening. I had one when I first started sewing as a child...loved that little machine...even took it up to granny's cabin in the summertime. So far I've mended Miss J's large stuffed snake...(Hisss, is her name), and made two dresses for same...! Also made two summer dresses for the girls, and will start on a few others, as well as teaching the girls how to sew.
The girls talked their dad into building them a large wooden doll house. It's going to be wonderful. They designed it, and are busy making executive decisions on every single thing they are putting in it. Furniture making with clay & cardboard is on going...
We made Flubber one day, and have been flubbering every since. Everyone who stops by takes a handful to play with (doesn't matter if your a big or little kid)... It acts as therapy of some sort...
So, Sean's once neat house is now over run with women...treasures from the ocean and sand, wine bottles, scraps of material: wood, cloth & clay, dog foot prints, and Flubber...
There has been lots of antique'n/junk'n, drinking of fruit of the vine..., meeting new friends & a revered blogger, driving the Big truck, drinking of wine..., eating of great food, treasure hunting on the beach, and just being...
On the repurpose trail: found a very cool magnet board (made with a piece of old tin put in a picture frame), pieces of drift wood to make sail boats,
and fabric for sofa pillows.
Bought an old Singer featherweight sewing machine from a really nice older (scratch that...they are my age) couple. I've been searching for one of these for a while now...but with the limited budget...it wasn't happening. I had one when I first started sewing as a child...loved that little machine...even took it up to granny's cabin in the summertime. So far I've mended Miss J's large stuffed snake...(Hisss, is her name), and made two dresses for same...! Also made two summer dresses for the girls, and will start on a few others, as well as teaching the girls how to sew.
The girls talked their dad into building them a large wooden doll house. It's going to be wonderful. They designed it, and are busy making executive decisions on every single thing they are putting in it. Furniture making with clay & cardboard is on going...
We made Flubber one day, and have been flubbering every since. Everyone who stops by takes a handful to play with (doesn't matter if your a big or little kid)... It acts as therapy of some sort...
So, Sean's once neat house is now over run with women...treasures from the ocean and sand, wine bottles, scraps of material: wood, cloth & clay, dog foot prints, and Flubber...
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