Yesterday late morning we got on the road with Caryn and Joe and took off for Mammoth Lakes. What a beautiful drive, we made a stop on the way to see Convict Lake, there is a fishing tournament going on around this area so many fishermen and women around. Mammoth Lakes was really packed with fishing people and bike riders. The ski slopes turn into bike trails in the summer months, the ski lifts even were taking the bike riders to the top so they could ride down. We drove around to more lakes and I believe it was Lake Mamie were we saw the Black Bear. We were walking around taking pictures when you saw some fishermen leave their poles and climb up the hill, then we looked and saw why. The bears, Caryn said, always come out to steal the fisherman's catch, and that is exactly what that bear was doing. He walked up and down the fishing poles and if the fish were there he stole them. After he walked away the fishermen climbed back down to their sites, pretty neat to see, hopefully Dave's pictures will come out. (he needs a zoom lens though, so don't know how well they will come out)
One funny thing that happened, don't ask me why but Dave was doing the driving, he got a little too much on the wrong side of the road and a car was coming at us, Caryn was sitting behind Dave and she said "boy, that was a Butt Pucker" I started laughing, I had never heard that saying before. Dave said sorry and stayed on his side of the road after that.
After a long day of touring around we went to Caryn and Joe's for dinner, I had been teasing her about knowing how to cook, since we always go out or Dave cooks, so she had to prove to me she did know how to cook.
Tomorrow is the demolition Derby, at night, and Joe is entering one of his trucks into the ugly truck contest at the fair, at night. During the day might help Joe decorate his truck and do some more touring around Bishop, plus, Dave is trying to finish up their website before we go.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Website work for Dave / Tri County Fair
Yesterday when Joe and Caryn closed up the shop and picked up Carlee they came by the coach. We sat and talked awhile but it was so darn hot we decided to go back to Caryn and Joe's house, much cooler in the air conditioning, plus Carlee had on her Volley Ball outfit and hadn't had a chance to go home and change.
We sat and visited more, after a couple hours Dave and I came back home. This morning Dave got hot and heavy on the website for Joe and Caryn's business, did updates and some changes that they wanted done. They keep telling everyone to watch for the website so they really want to get it done, plus, the new phone book comes out in November and they put in there that they have a website. We got together with them in the late morning and looked over the changes Dave had done, then went to lunch. They said that Uncle Mike had said he was going to come out and check out the shop and work being done, but he hasn't showed up yet, hint hint Mike. They do one hell of a business here, they even just hired an office girl to help Caryn out with the phones, filing ect.
After lunch back to the coach then went back to Caryn's at 5pm. We left for the County Fair and the Tracker Pulls which start at 7:30pm. We got there a little early and did some walking around the fair, don't get to walk much because Caryn and Joe, but mainly Caryn, knows everyone in town and she stops to talk to all of them. I would love to live in a community like that, where you know almost everyone, to me it just seems safer. Anyway, the tractor pulls were really neat to see and we got back to the coach at 10pm and boy was Valley glad to see us.
Kim and Danny texted me a picture of Kim and Miss Madison sitting at a Mexican Restaurant while they were all having dinner. (well not Miss Madison, just Mommy and Daddy) I was hoping they were missing us but it seems like they have moved on. :(
We sat and visited more, after a couple hours Dave and I came back home. This morning Dave got hot and heavy on the website for Joe and Caryn's business, did updates and some changes that they wanted done. They keep telling everyone to watch for the website so they really want to get it done, plus, the new phone book comes out in November and they put in there that they have a website. We got together with them in the late morning and looked over the changes Dave had done, then went to lunch. They said that Uncle Mike had said he was going to come out and check out the shop and work being done, but he hasn't showed up yet, hint hint Mike. They do one hell of a business here, they even just hired an office girl to help Caryn out with the phones, filing ect.
After lunch back to the coach then went back to Caryn's at 5pm. We left for the County Fair and the Tracker Pulls which start at 7:30pm. We got there a little early and did some walking around the fair, don't get to walk much because Caryn and Joe, but mainly Caryn, knows everyone in town and she stops to talk to all of them. I would love to live in a community like that, where you know almost everyone, to me it just seems safer. Anyway, the tractor pulls were really neat to see and we got back to the coach at 10pm and boy was Valley glad to see us.
Kim and Danny texted me a picture of Kim and Miss Madison sitting at a Mexican Restaurant while they were all having dinner. (well not Miss Madison, just Mommy and Daddy) I was hoping they were missing us but it seems like they have moved on. :(
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Back on the road again arrived in Bishop, Calif.
We left Kim's at 8am this morning and arrived in Bishop, Calif. with no problems happening on our drive. We got to the RV Park and set-up then went to Caryn and Joe's shop to meet them for lunch. We walked to a little Mexican Restaurant 3 doors down from them, nice lunch. It's 101 degrees here, even hotter then Bakersfield but this Sunday a cold front is suppose to hit here. It's a Holiday Weekend so Bishop has the County Fair going on so will have to check that out. We will stay here until Monday then make a stop in Tahoe for the night, we plan on taking our time going to Redding which is the next stop for visiting friends.
Before we left we took the Motor home in on Wednesday morning to have the tires rotated and balanced. Then we went and picked up the truck and took my car into have the new tow bar installed. Dave's chair, in the motor home, that he sits in had kind of given way and the stuffing was flat so he had taken that in to have it repaired. Needless to say Wednesday was a very expensive day but hopefully everything is fixed now. We spent the night at Kim and Danny's Wednesday night before getting on the road this morning.
Miss Madison was in bed by 12:30am and was still sleeping at 6:30am, boy her mom and dad are sure lucky, will see how long this will last.
Before we left we took the Motor home in on Wednesday morning to have the tires rotated and balanced. Then we went and picked up the truck and took my car into have the new tow bar installed. Dave's chair, in the motor home, that he sits in had kind of given way and the stuffing was flat so he had taken that in to have it repaired. Needless to say Wednesday was a very expensive day but hopefully everything is fixed now. We spent the night at Kim and Danny's Wednesday night before getting on the road this morning.
Miss Madison was in bed by 12:30am and was still sleeping at 6:30am, boy her mom and dad are sure lucky, will see how long this will last.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Back in Bakersfield Again
We left the Elks around 9:30am and headed back to Bakersfield, Dave in the motor home and Valley and I in the Envoy. When we stopped at the Flying J outside of Bakersfield so Dave could fill up I went on ahead to Kim's to say "Hi" see Miss Madison and drop Valley off. When Dave got close to Kim's I jumped in the car and met him at the RV Park so we could get all hooked up. Dave flushed out the tank and had to go get another water filter because ours was full of mud. Yea, good water again, well as good as we could get it anyway in Bakersfield.
Went back over to Kim's at 3 and she and Miss Madison were home but Danny was out car shopping, or actually just looking and talking to the BMW Dealer. Miss Madison was awake for awhile and played with Grandpa, then it was my turn. We played for a little bit then I did my walking around the house with her explaining what each room is and as usual she fell asleep, I must be that boring or it's the hot flashes that just instantly put her to sleep. Kim cooked dinner,(thank you because we were tired) which was really good but by 5:30 Dave and I were really hungry, hadn't eaten lunch today, so we started without Danny. Danny then comes home around 6, I'm folding my laundry in the garage and I hear Miss Madison. I walk back in the house and Kim had taken her into the room to breast feed, she and Danny had just started to eat dinner, figures, Dave had said to her she should have eaten with us. We talked to Danny for a little while then hit the road for home, we were tired after this little camping trip.
You know in Edna Calif. we had our heater on at one point and I even had a sweat shirt on, but back in Bakersfield and it's 105 again.
Went back over to Kim's at 3 and she and Miss Madison were home but Danny was out car shopping, or actually just looking and talking to the BMW Dealer. Miss Madison was awake for awhile and played with Grandpa, then it was my turn. We played for a little bit then I did my walking around the house with her explaining what each room is and as usual she fell asleep, I must be that boring or it's the hot flashes that just instantly put her to sleep. Kim cooked dinner,(thank you because we were tired) which was really good but by 5:30 Dave and I were really hungry, hadn't eaten lunch today, so we started without Danny. Danny then comes home around 6, I'm folding my laundry in the garage and I hear Miss Madison. I walk back in the house and Kim had taken her into the room to breast feed, she and Danny had just started to eat dinner, figures, Dave had said to her she should have eaten with us. We talked to Danny for a little while then hit the road for home, we were tired after this little camping trip.
You know in Edna Calif. we had our heater on at one point and I even had a sweat shirt on, but back in Bakersfield and it's 105 again.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
GOOD THING FOR THIS MINI CAMPING TRIP/Happy B/Day Marisa
We got on the road about 12:30 Thursday afternoon. Right before starting out the computer GPS quit working so we got the one out of the car to use. The one from the car has never even heard of Edna Calif. so we put in Pismo Beach. Once on the road the GPS would say turn and Dave wouldn't, because he didn't believe it. Honestly I don't know why we even plugged it in, anyway within an hour we got lost, kind of. We were suppose to stay on 58 but somehow it turned into 33, there was a little road that turned off and we noticed after we went by it. We were on a 2 lane road and could not turn around, after 2 miles we finally came into a wide spot in the road and pulled into it. We got the map out then backed tracked for 2 miles and got back on 58. After the turn we noticed a sign that said "Semis from Kingpin to rear axle over 30 feet not recommended on this road.(we are 60 ft long) Dave said we aren't a Semi so we should be OK, well let me tell you what this road was like, winding and very turny and I mean sharp turns. Luckily no one was coming the opposite way, now we know why, because we needed both lanes to make these turns, it was a long drop off if you missed one, not fun at all. We were driving 5 to 15 mph on this road, it was a long 3 hour drive, not all was curvy so that was good, still a long drive. We got to Edna about 4pm, and then when Dave unhooked the car he noticed the pins the car hooks into were leaning down towards the ground, he said "that don't look right to me" so he looked up under the car and noticed a bolt loose on the Base Plate. He did some more looking and noticed the whole plate was leaning downward and was breaking the grill on the front of our car. Too late to do anything about it now would have to start making calls in the morning so we joined the Elks for Happy Hour. Now before we left the coach I was giving Valley food and water but I noticed the water was yellow, so I said I wasn't going to give Valley that shit so I gave her Dave's bottled water. Later on when Dave saw the water he went "oh shit". Before we had left to go on this trip the RV Park we are staying at had broken a water line and had shut down the water. Well, when it was fixed Dave hurried and filled up the 100 gallon tank for this dry camping trip. We should have let the water in the park run for awhile to get all the dirt out of the lines but we didn't so now we have 100 gallons of muddy water that is unusable. The guy here in charge said we could go ahead and dump our tank and refill with the water here at the place we are camping at, thank goodness because we were going to have to drive to the Elks Lodge in Pismo to get fresh water if not.
Friday morning after refilling the water tank we drove into Pismo to have my car looked at. It ends up we need a new Base Plate, we thought we broke it driving the 58 but it ends up this plate has slowly been working its way off for awhile. Dave is thinking it was probably from the Mexico trip because of those roads. Anyway, one place wouldn't have time to fix it on Monday so he sent us to another place that could fix it on Monday if he could find one. Ends up he didn't find one in time so Dave called Rosedale RV in Bakersfield and they are having one shipped out and will receive it on Wednesday and will fix the car then. We were suppose to leave on Wednesday but now won't leave until Thursday or Friday, will see when the car is done. So thank goodness we found this problem now or else we could have been driving down the road and watched the Envoy pass us up one of these days. When we leave here tomorrow I will follow Dave in the car because, although he thinks we would be OK to tow it, I said NO WAY!
We are having fun here with the Elks, Dave is with his people, it's funny watching Dave walk with a cane and him and the others discussing hip and knee replacement. I would say 75% of the campers here are in their 70's some in there 80's but a lot of fun. There is one guy here that looks just like Harold, if you remember Ruthie (the stutterer) and Harold File, Mom and Pop's best friends and his name is Harold too!
Today Dave and I went driving around Pismo Beach, got out and walked the pier, there was a surfing contest going on. Then we drove to Avila Beach and stopped and had lunch at "Fat Cats", the restaurant that Mom and Pop use to take people too, they loved that place. We also drove by McKlintock's another favorite place of Mom and Pop's.
Talked to Uncle Bob today and he sounded good and says he is doing good.
Happy 35th Birthday to you, Marisa, hope you have a great day and the back is better.
Friday morning after refilling the water tank we drove into Pismo to have my car looked at. It ends up we need a new Base Plate, we thought we broke it driving the 58 but it ends up this plate has slowly been working its way off for awhile. Dave is thinking it was probably from the Mexico trip because of those roads. Anyway, one place wouldn't have time to fix it on Monday so he sent us to another place that could fix it on Monday if he could find one. Ends up he didn't find one in time so Dave called Rosedale RV in Bakersfield and they are having one shipped out and will receive it on Wednesday and will fix the car then. We were suppose to leave on Wednesday but now won't leave until Thursday or Friday, will see when the car is done. So thank goodness we found this problem now or else we could have been driving down the road and watched the Envoy pass us up one of these days. When we leave here tomorrow I will follow Dave in the car because, although he thinks we would be OK to tow it, I said NO WAY!
We are having fun here with the Elks, Dave is with his people, it's funny watching Dave walk with a cane and him and the others discussing hip and knee replacement. I would say 75% of the campers here are in their 70's some in there 80's but a lot of fun. There is one guy here that looks just like Harold, if you remember Ruthie (the stutterer) and Harold File, Mom and Pop's best friends and his name is Harold too!
Today Dave and I went driving around Pismo Beach, got out and walked the pier, there was a surfing contest going on. Then we drove to Avila Beach and stopped and had lunch at "Fat Cats", the restaurant that Mom and Pop use to take people too, they loved that place. We also drove by McKlintock's another favorite place of Mom and Pop's.
Talked to Uncle Bob today and he sounded good and says he is doing good.
Happy 35th Birthday to you, Marisa, hope you have a great day and the back is better.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Toss up - Miss Madison or Dave
Yesterday was a toss up for me. Kim was having her hair cut at 3pm and had asked me the other day to watch Miss Madison, then there was Dave's doctor appointment at 3:30pm for his knee. What to do, what to do, Dave dropped me off at the hair place, where we met Kim and Miss Madison and Dave drove himself to the doctors. Miss Madison won, at least this time she did.:)
Kim had said Miss Madison had screamed the whole time while driving to the hair place, but when we got there she was sitting quietly in her car seat and she was sleeping after a while being in my arms. I know I'm pushing my luck because one of these days I will get to hear her screaming but not in the next couple days anyway.
Dave's knee is arthritis and the only thing to fix it is knee replacement. They gave him a shot in the knee and gave him anti-inflammatory medicine for now and said stay off of it for the next couple days. By October if he still has pain they can start with shots of lubricant in the knee and try that out, if that doesn't work, then knee replacement. He suggested he walk with a cane instead of the crutches so we went and got him a cane, I'm telling you the walker is next, I wonder if Uncle Bob has any xtras? :0)
Today we are headed out for a mini camping trip to Edna Calif with the Elks Lodge and will be back on Sunday. Should be fun the Elks group seem to be pretty nice, plus, we have been sitting so long now we need a mini trip to make sure we remember how to hook up and drive this beast.
Hopefully we won't have any mishaps, but if we do you know I'll write about them.
Kim had said Miss Madison had screamed the whole time while driving to the hair place, but when we got there she was sitting quietly in her car seat and she was sleeping after a while being in my arms. I know I'm pushing my luck because one of these days I will get to hear her screaming but not in the next couple days anyway.
Dave's knee is arthritis and the only thing to fix it is knee replacement. They gave him a shot in the knee and gave him anti-inflammatory medicine for now and said stay off of it for the next couple days. By October if he still has pain they can start with shots of lubricant in the knee and try that out, if that doesn't work, then knee replacement. He suggested he walk with a cane instead of the crutches so we went and got him a cane, I'm telling you the walker is next, I wonder if Uncle Bob has any xtras? :0)
Today we are headed out for a mini camping trip to Edna Calif with the Elks Lodge and will be back on Sunday. Should be fun the Elks group seem to be pretty nice, plus, we have been sitting so long now we need a mini trip to make sure we remember how to hook up and drive this beast.
Hopefully we won't have any mishaps, but if we do you know I'll write about them.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Happy 1st Anniversary Kim and Danny / Wicked
Today is Kim and Danny's 1 year anniversary, Congratulations, you two, you have had one great year and there will many more to come.
Our present to you is babysitting tonight so you can have a nice dinner at a real restaurant, you haven't been able to do that since Miss Madison arrived. (which is going to be 6 weeks this Wed.)
Yesterday we went and saw "Wicked" with David and Jodi and it was great great great!!! David got tickets that were the best, we were 5 rows back from the orchestra and you could see everything. It is going to be real handy with David working for the Music Center for scoring tickets, I just wish we were going to be here for "9 to 5" opening Sept. 3rd, I believe he will be meeting Dolly Parton within the next few weeks. Anyway, Wicked was the best, like Marisa said you have a whole understanding of the Wizard of Oz now plus now I can see why Spanky has gone to see the play a couple of times, it really is great.
Dave's knee went out again this time he is walking with a crutch. He has a doctor appointment on Wednesday afternoon will see what they have to say. We were suppose to leave this Thursday for Edna, Calif for a mini camping trip with the Elk's but it depends on what the doctor says now. He has to get better because in September we have a "Welcome Home" rally in Salem Oregon then New Mexico for the balloon fest. If he needs surgery, which he will, he will have to wait until we get back in October, hopefully he can hold out until then, I guess it's wheel chair time for him.
Danny's parents and brother came to the house on Saturday and spent the night, we went over to the house for dinner then had to leave so Dave could ice his knee, plus, we wanted them to have time to visit since we see Kim and Miss Madison everyday. (we don't see Danny everyday) That's the news from Bakersfield, signing out.
Happy Birthday to my Uncle Renzo too.
Our present to you is babysitting tonight so you can have a nice dinner at a real restaurant, you haven't been able to do that since Miss Madison arrived. (which is going to be 6 weeks this Wed.)
Yesterday we went and saw "Wicked" with David and Jodi and it was great great great!!! David got tickets that were the best, we were 5 rows back from the orchestra and you could see everything. It is going to be real handy with David working for the Music Center for scoring tickets, I just wish we were going to be here for "9 to 5" opening Sept. 3rd, I believe he will be meeting Dolly Parton within the next few weeks. Anyway, Wicked was the best, like Marisa said you have a whole understanding of the Wizard of Oz now plus now I can see why Spanky has gone to see the play a couple of times, it really is great.
Dave's knee went out again this time he is walking with a crutch. He has a doctor appointment on Wednesday afternoon will see what they have to say. We were suppose to leave this Thursday for Edna, Calif for a mini camping trip with the Elk's but it depends on what the doctor says now. He has to get better because in September we have a "Welcome Home" rally in Salem Oregon then New Mexico for the balloon fest. If he needs surgery, which he will, he will have to wait until we get back in October, hopefully he can hold out until then, I guess it's wheel chair time for him.
Danny's parents and brother came to the house on Saturday and spent the night, we went over to the house for dinner then had to leave so Dave could ice his knee, plus, we wanted them to have time to visit since we see Kim and Miss Madison everyday. (we don't see Danny everyday) That's the news from Bakersfield, signing out.
Happy Birthday to my Uncle Renzo too.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Tinted Windows just in time
Let me start off with YEA MISS MADISON gaining so much weight, as Kim said in her blog she is over 8 lbs now.
The new tinted windows are great, and got done just in time. Yesterday it was 102, today is suppose to be 103 and 104 on Friday. We can now keep our window covers open and now I can really spy on the park, and they can't see in the windows so they don't know that I'm spying on them, ha ha. I just have to remember that if a light is on in the coach they can see in that window where the light is. It really keeps the coach a lot cooler and when you put your hands near the windows you don't feel any heat. Going to be loving life now, just wish we would have done it in June and not wait until we are about to leave Bakersfield. Oh well.
I did find 2 other stores besides Wal-Mart, it was Kohl's and Avenue it was so much fun. :)
Wal-Mart is my favorite, and really the Super Wal-Marts are the best, hopefully by next year the Super Wal-Mart will be done here in Bakersfield.
The new tinted windows are great, and got done just in time. Yesterday it was 102, today is suppose to be 103 and 104 on Friday. We can now keep our window covers open and now I can really spy on the park, and they can't see in the windows so they don't know that I'm spying on them, ha ha. I just have to remember that if a light is on in the coach they can see in that window where the light is. It really keeps the coach a lot cooler and when you put your hands near the windows you don't feel any heat. Going to be loving life now, just wish we would have done it in June and not wait until we are about to leave Bakersfield. Oh well.
I did find 2 other stores besides Wal-Mart, it was Kohl's and Avenue it was so much fun. :)
Wal-Mart is my favorite, and really the Super Wal-Marts are the best, hopefully by next year the Super Wal-Mart will be done here in Bakersfield.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Quick Update
Yesterday was the 1st day since Miss Madison has come into this world that I did not see her. Boy, when Dave and I had gotten there this afternoon she had grown soooo much!!! :)
Since we see her everyday we don't noticed how much she is growing, but this last week you can really see the difference. She stays awake alot longer and just looks around more and more. Her favorite thing is still the fan, round and round it goes. I'm so excited for tomorrow because it is 1st shots day (that's not exciting) but it is weigh in time, can't wait to see how much she has gained.
The reason we didn't go over yesterday is we had a company come out and give us an estimate for tinting our windows. The big slide out windows just kill us in this heat, I know, good timing on our part now that we will be leaving Bakersfield we should have done it when we 1st got here. Anyway, the guy came out and said what it would cost and would go back to the office and see when they could do it if we decided to do it. We decided to do it, we wanted to spend what is left of our money before the stock market took it all. Well, they then needed to come back out and have the person installing the tinting look around and see what we needed to do, before installing. (like moving the desk or dining table)
They are covering the windows tomorrow,Wednesday, which is gardener day at the RV Park, plus the installing will take like 5 hours, so Dave is staying at the motor home and Valley and I are going over to see Kim, Danny, Miss Madison and Toby. Since it is Miss Madison's doctor appointment and Danny is going with Kim I think I will take off and do some shopping at Walmart, big day for me, I don't get many by myself anymore, hope I can handle it.
Does anyone know if there are any other stores besides "WALMART"? :)
Since we see her everyday we don't noticed how much she is growing, but this last week you can really see the difference. She stays awake alot longer and just looks around more and more. Her favorite thing is still the fan, round and round it goes. I'm so excited for tomorrow because it is 1st shots day (that's not exciting) but it is weigh in time, can't wait to see how much she has gained.
The reason we didn't go over yesterday is we had a company come out and give us an estimate for tinting our windows. The big slide out windows just kill us in this heat, I know, good timing on our part now that we will be leaving Bakersfield we should have done it when we 1st got here. Anyway, the guy came out and said what it would cost and would go back to the office and see when they could do it if we decided to do it. We decided to do it, we wanted to spend what is left of our money before the stock market took it all. Well, they then needed to come back out and have the person installing the tinting look around and see what we needed to do, before installing. (like moving the desk or dining table)
They are covering the windows tomorrow,Wednesday, which is gardener day at the RV Park, plus the installing will take like 5 hours, so Dave is staying at the motor home and Valley and I are going over to see Kim, Danny, Miss Madison and Toby. Since it is Miss Madison's doctor appointment and Danny is going with Kim I think I will take off and do some shopping at Walmart, big day for me, I don't get many by myself anymore, hope I can handle it.
Does anyone know if there are any other stores besides "WALMART"? :)
Video of Mady
This is my first attempt to put a video into the blog, of course it is of Mady. Just wish I could get rid of the audio so Jeri and I don't sound so stupid. Guess that's what a new grandchild will do to you. Enjoy.
Now we just need to train Danny and Kim to do this so we can keep up with Mady while we are on the road. Boy it is a lot of work getting ready to leave Bakersfield.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Catch up time / Dave's injured again
Last Saturday Linda and Larry came into town, this is a couple we met on the Mexico Caravan, and boy did we have a fun 2 days. We took them over on Sunday to Kim and Danny's to meet them and so they could see Miss Madison. While they were here we talked a lot, shopped a lot and played cards, we really hated to see them leave on Monday, but hopefully we will see them again in Oregon when we are there.
After they left we got back to work on the front yard of the Bakersfield house. We added sprinklers and capped off other sprinklers which included a lot of digging in the yard. We would work for a few hours, before it got too hot, then spend time with Kim and Miss Madison. Thursday we went and got a couple trees, plants, soil and a heck of a lot of rocks, we dumped everything off at the house and since it was already hot we decided to start work early Friday morning. Thursday night Dave went and filled the back of the truck with bark for the front of the house too.
Friday, in the flower beds we kept having problems with the old sprinklers, and because Dave had been kneeling all week his right knee gave out. So who's left to do the work, ME. Dave helped as much as he could, he was in a lot of pain, so while I worked he sat and gave me the instructions I needed to get the work done. I planted the plants, we had planted the trees together on Thursday, thank goodness, then it was time to start moving all those rocks we purchased for the grown cover. Boy was that a lot of work, getting it out of the driveway into the wheel barrel then onto the plant area, thank goodness by 12:30 I got to stop because I was going to watch Miss Madison because Kim had a funeral to go to. By 5pm I was back out trying to finish up with the rocks, Dave was out too, hobbling around trying to work. I finally sent him back in the house while I did clean up so he could fix dinner for all of us.
Saturday, we went over early again and we started with the bark ground cover. I filled the wheel barrel and dumped it and Dave was able to spread it around, as long as he didn't need to bend his knee. We got everything done pretty early and the rest of the day was just hanging around the house. Kim and Danny got to do some running around while we watched Miss Madison, then later Danny and Dave went to an electronic show at the fair grounds here, which was a rip off, oh well.
We had managed most mornings to play pickle ball but now with Dave's knee hurt we will have to take a break from it again till he feels better.
Miss Madison is getting bigger and stronger everyday, the other day while I was giving her a bottle she managed to hold the bottle. Kim was in the room working out and I took Miss Madison in there to show her, it was pretty cute but it didn't last to long, she wanted grandma to hold the bottle. She is staying awake a lot longer so you can play with her, her favor thing is the fan in the living room, she loves watching it go around and around. She goes for her 1st shots on the 13th so can't wait to see how much she has gained.
After they left we got back to work on the front yard of the Bakersfield house. We added sprinklers and capped off other sprinklers which included a lot of digging in the yard. We would work for a few hours, before it got too hot, then spend time with Kim and Miss Madison. Thursday we went and got a couple trees, plants, soil and a heck of a lot of rocks, we dumped everything off at the house and since it was already hot we decided to start work early Friday morning. Thursday night Dave went and filled the back of the truck with bark for the front of the house too.
Friday, in the flower beds we kept having problems with the old sprinklers, and because Dave had been kneeling all week his right knee gave out. So who's left to do the work, ME. Dave helped as much as he could, he was in a lot of pain, so while I worked he sat and gave me the instructions I needed to get the work done. I planted the plants, we had planted the trees together on Thursday, thank goodness, then it was time to start moving all those rocks we purchased for the grown cover. Boy was that a lot of work, getting it out of the driveway into the wheel barrel then onto the plant area, thank goodness by 12:30 I got to stop because I was going to watch Miss Madison because Kim had a funeral to go to. By 5pm I was back out trying to finish up with the rocks, Dave was out too, hobbling around trying to work. I finally sent him back in the house while I did clean up so he could fix dinner for all of us.
Saturday, we went over early again and we started with the bark ground cover. I filled the wheel barrel and dumped it and Dave was able to spread it around, as long as he didn't need to bend his knee. We got everything done pretty early and the rest of the day was just hanging around the house. Kim and Danny got to do some running around while we watched Miss Madison, then later Danny and Dave went to an electronic show at the fair grounds here, which was a rip off, oh well.
We had managed most mornings to play pickle ball but now with Dave's knee hurt we will have to take a break from it again till he feels better.
Miss Madison is getting bigger and stronger everyday, the other day while I was giving her a bottle she managed to hold the bottle. Kim was in the room working out and I took Miss Madison in there to show her, it was pretty cute but it didn't last to long, she wanted grandma to hold the bottle. She is staying awake a lot longer so you can play with her, her favor thing is the fan in the living room, she loves watching it go around and around. She goes for her 1st shots on the 13th so can't wait to see how much she has gained.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Jeri has a growth on her Arm
This is now a normal view of Jeri. If we are at Kim and Danny's you will find Miss Madison enjoying the comfort of her Grandma's left arm. I am not sure if we can get it removed in time for our planned travels that start at the end of the month. My main objection to this attachment is that I have to schedule time to hold Miss Madison.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
MISS MADISON'S NEW PICTURE POSTINGS
Miss Madison will be 1 month old tomorrow and I just posted 5 new pictures of her with some friends of ours that just stopped by for a visit for a couple days and will write more about it real soon.
Friday, August 01, 2008
Back to Work / Mama Mia
Yesterday morning instead of playing pickle ball we went to the house and worked on more of the sprinklers in the front yard. We stopped around 11:30am, asked Kim if she would babysit Valley so we could go home take a shower, have lunch and then go to the movies. (so much for helping her with Miss Madison) Mama Mia was great, the theater was pretty full with old retired folks like us, I was just hoping the movie would be good or else the whole group of us would be snoozing, after all it was nap time. But like I said the movie was really good, just like Spanky said, there was laughing and some crying parts, I think when it comes out on DVD I will be purchasing this one to add to my collection of musicals.
We went over to Kim's around 2:30 and she had been having a tough day. She said Miss Madison had been fussy all day with gas, and had just fallen asleep right before we got there. Miss Madison had lots of gas bubbles, was upset and crying, then after a long while Kim would cry because she wanted nothing else but to make her daughter feel better, I told her that's when she should call me, even if it's just for moral support. We leave here in 26 days so she better use us and abuse us while she can.
We had dinner together, when Danny got home, then Dave and Danny worked on the computer for a little bit then went on the Wii to play golf. Kim was pumping and Miss Madison was sound asleep in my arms, so the guys had some free play time. At 8pm Dave and I left and Danny was going to the gym, he hadn't left by the time we left so don't know for sure if he made it there. Will find out tomorrow when Kim and I go for our pedicures, mommy daughter day, Miss Madison will join us when she gets a little older.
Dave and Danny are working on setting up a site for them to be able to post pictures of them and Miss Madison for all to see. This is a must, since we will be leaving for about 6 weeks, and you know how much a baby can change in that time period. I think Miss Madison keeps them both pretty busy, right now, so don't know how much picture taking they will take. It will be a lot easier to take pics when Miss Madison gets a little older, like maybe 3 months old. The main thing is getting Kim and Danny putting pictures on the computer instead of getting all the printouts at Costco. Printouts are old school.
We went over to Kim's around 2:30 and she had been having a tough day. She said Miss Madison had been fussy all day with gas, and had just fallen asleep right before we got there. Miss Madison had lots of gas bubbles, was upset and crying, then after a long while Kim would cry because she wanted nothing else but to make her daughter feel better, I told her that's when she should call me, even if it's just for moral support. We leave here in 26 days so she better use us and abuse us while she can.
We had dinner together, when Danny got home, then Dave and Danny worked on the computer for a little bit then went on the Wii to play golf. Kim was pumping and Miss Madison was sound asleep in my arms, so the guys had some free play time. At 8pm Dave and I left and Danny was going to the gym, he hadn't left by the time we left so don't know for sure if he made it there. Will find out tomorrow when Kim and I go for our pedicures, mommy daughter day, Miss Madison will join us when she gets a little older.
Dave and Danny are working on setting up a site for them to be able to post pictures of them and Miss Madison for all to see. This is a must, since we will be leaving for about 6 weeks, and you know how much a baby can change in that time period. I think Miss Madison keeps them both pretty busy, right now, so don't know how much picture taking they will take. It will be a lot easier to take pics when Miss Madison gets a little older, like maybe 3 months old. The main thing is getting Kim and Danny putting pictures on the computer instead of getting all the printouts at Costco. Printouts are old school.
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