I'm Here!!

Thanks to my three daughters and several family friends, I am in my new apartment...and I LOVE it here. I love not having to take the elevator every time I leave to go out...love being able to see the traffic coming into the apartment...love not living on top of the busy main street...love not hearing the fire engines wail every time they go out....Love being able to take Fritz out oftener because it is easier....etc., etc.

I am still looking for things, since they put stuff away as they found room. Everything is reversed so that is a bit confusing...fridge opens on the left side, for instance....cupboards also open differently...guess I am truly a creature of habit,huh!! Oh well, I will adjust.

While all the moving stuff was going on, I took Fritz and went to get my nails done and to purchase some new sheets and a shower curtain liner. Got back and they were nearly finished...I don't know what I would do if I didn't have those girls!!!!!

I have been having some car issues. I went out to Redmond to pick up some boxes from Marcia and when I went to go home, I could not get the key to turn in the ignition. Marcia called out a couple of guys who tried and they couldn't either. So I called trusty AAA who sent a traveling locksmith....AAA paid $50 of his bill and I had to pony up $95!! The guy got in the car and - whadda ya know - it started right up. He told me to bang it with the head of a screw driver, and it would loosen it up...also to be sure the wheels were straight. So I got home, parked and made sure the wheels were straight. Next time I tried it was moving day and it started right up again... and when I left the nail salon it started right up....and when I left Fred Meyer it started right up.....and when I left KFC I couldn't start it! Called home and Dian came to the rescue...banged it with something heavier than my fist and got it going again. So....yesterday I was telling the ladies in the social room about it and they said there was a locksmith near by....so I took Fritz and went looking and, sure enough, there he was. He said it looked fine to him - lubricated it and sent me on my way....Sure hope he's right...I asked him what I owed him, and he told me to bake him some cookies! What a nice man!! Have to go to volunteer today and am nervous about being able to start it up in the parking garage....He also said NOT to bang it....just wiggle the steering wheel until it starts.....oh my..I really hate having car problems. Wish I could manage without a vehicle - particularly this big boat!

Better get going...wish me luck!!

Rain's back!

Yep...it is back and this is the first day of summer....summer solstice...the longest day of the year and it is so gray out there we'll probably never realize it! Oh well, I have a lot to do this week inside....like tackle the packing. I am going to use the luggage I have to pack up clothes and linens and the grocery bags I have collected for the food items. We have a couple of great carts to transport all the stuff down stairs! This will most likely be the smoothest move ever.!

Yesterday I was coming back from the evening walk and met one of my dog-walking friends and she was tracking a beaver in the river...Sure enough there he was - swimming down the river - we think he was after the baby ducks nearby.,...the mama duck put up quite a fuss as he went by..I love this place!

Yesterday I went over to visit baby Grayson at Jocelyn's house...he was sleeping, of course....but when he finally woke up I was amazed at how he had changed...He is a bruiser!! so strong and big..He has the most beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen....and that's saying a lot 'cause my own children all had beautiful eyes...(still do, actually). He is too heavy for me to pack him around..and not quite 4 months old!

Well....gotta eat breakfast and then get to work....have a great week everyone!

Finally - it stopped raining

Hello again...Not much has happen in the last two weeks....I am VERY excited about moving downstairs...that'll happen in about 10 days or so. The girls will come in and help and I am seriously thinking about hiring our maintenance guy here to move the heavy stuff. He has all the equipment to do it. He is pretty cheap....$50.....I don't know that I would do all that for 50 bucks!!

I ventured downstairs last Thursday night for bingo here in the building. I was finally getting low on quarters - and I won twice!! Now I can do my laundry!:-) The Saturday before that, Jocelyn and I went to regular bingo and I won there too!! Of course I had to share the prize with someone else but I got $162 out of it.....Split that with Joce and it is still a fine chunk of change!!

I got a bee in my bonnet the other day to round up all my old jewelry that was sitting around. In the back of my mind I was thinking to sell it but once I went through it I decided to offer up whatever the kids might want to keep....and, so far, they have been happy to take a few things. there were things like my mother's rings and other jewelry....she had the smallest fingers possible....my grandmother's rings - tho I had already taken care of all but one of those. My dad's old pocket watch...lockets with pictures in them....various bracelets. Jocelyn and Marcia have gone through it all and tonight Dian is coming down to do the same. I am saving the pocket watch for Steve since he is the only one who remembers my dad.. Also found Mort's original wedding ring - which I am keeping. I wish Susie were closer so she could have a "go" at it as well...but alas, she isn't. I will save out some items she might want....probably the lockets 'cause she would love the pictures......and they are certainly unique!...most of that stuff is already officially antique. :-)

Hoping for a continuation of this nice weather....doesn't look too promising for today...but you never know!!

It's June already!!!

Time surely does seem to fly by quicker when one gets older....why is that???

The last couple of weeks have been somewhat uneventful...I am probably going to move downstairs on June 26, Once they get it all duded up for me I can start taking things down as I see fit. I am so excited!! Especially since summer is coming - or so they say - I wonder about that!! The rain has been dreadful this spring. I am used to rain - I have lived here most of my life - but this year is ridiculous. It isn't really cold, though...but certainly not "tropical"either.

Last Thursday was bingo downstairs and - guess what ! - I didn't win this time. My quarter supply is now seriously depleted. The next day Fritz went to the beauty parlor and got himself a trim. He looks so darned cute! Like a little stuffed toy. He was way overdue for a trim, that's for sure.

On Saturday, Jocelyn had a little "do" at her home for her ex-husband and his wife. It was fun and good to see "sunny Jim" again. He hasn't changed a bit. His wife seems nice - very quiet - it probably wasn't the most comfortable situation for her. I got home that night around 9 or so and took Fritz out and went right to bed....woke up at 3 AM with horrible foot pain...got up and took some extra strength Tylenol....watched a tivo show,....went back to bed around 4:30....and didn't wake up again until 10:30! I couldn't believe it.... it screwed up my whole "clock" for the day....

Memorial day there was a BBQ here in the building. I went - and it was fun. I'm getting to know more and more folks here - and that is nice

Yesterday, we found out that our dear Brooke got engaged to Greg - Grayson's papa. I'm pretty excited about that, believe me! Grayson is getting so big...nearly 17 lbs....and he is 3 months old already.

The month of June looks pretty empty...June is pretty much our least favorite month....we miss Mort a lot this month..,..It has been 3 years - but seems like yesterday. I DO look forward to moving downstairs on the 26th, however!