Time's a Flyin'

Today is my oldest grand-daughter's birthday...She is now 29 years old AND a mom! How in the world did that happen?? She is special to me because she and her mom lived with us for a while when she was first born...A beautiful red headed child - and, guess what! - she still is!!

This last week was fairly uneventful...no drama out my window. Nice weather for the most part, so the ladies gathered at the river most evenings. On Friday last week, Dian and I went to the Muckleshoot (sp??) casino. I did fairly well...only took $20 in and came out with $53! nice, huh?!Love it when that happens!

Spent most of the week working on Brooke's birthday gift....I made her a Christmas Stocking for Grayson....It is felt with a ton of sequins and beads and is a little drummer boy. My eyes are not good enough for sequins and beads, believe me! It was truly a struggle...but I made it! I think we are doing lunch today.

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Marcia has had a difficult week or 10 days.....Her Husband collided with Isai ( a three year old they have bonded with) and fell on his (Isai's) head and on his (Doug's) tailbone....There were several skull fractures and lots of trauma....Isai ended up in Harborview Hospital in Seattle and now he is over at Children's for Physical Therapy. Prognosis is pretty good...but complete healing will take a long time. This child is a real pistol...he is never still...and he is not too happy with his situation! Poor Marcia has had to be there for Isai's mom to listen to the doctors so that she gets the right information, since mom's principle language is Spanish. And she also has to tend to her hubby and his sore tail bone and guilty feelings over the accident...so her hands have been full....I think both patients are doing well now. I still can feel my tail bone once in a while and that injury was when I was a teen!!!!

Well...I need to take a picture of the sock, since all the "river ladies" wanted to see it....

It's HOT!

Yes..it is finally hot around here.. Fortunately my apartment is fairly cool for the most part. I really don't do too well when it is really hot...tend to stay in and complain.

Dian and her family got home from England Thursday night...they had a great time but are happy to be home...and I am really glad they are back...I missed 'em!

Marcia and Jocelyn catered a "commitment ceremony" up in Monroe on Saturday....so Friday we got together to help with the prep and to celebrate Dian's birthday Went to dinner at Vino's where Brooke works...it was wonderful...then we went up to the dollar store, goodwill store, and Saar's Market for supplies...next to Fred Myer to find outfits for them to wear - which we did - and then I begged out of going any further and had to come home...I have a lot less stamina these days. I dislike that a whole bunch!! They worked until 2AM and then they went up to Monroe to finish the function the next day. I hear it went off well and the customers were really happy with the food...they are quite talented in this area....I am really proud of them.

Yesterday there was an ice cream social downstairs and - of course - I went. It was really nice. We were all supposed to bring toppings and SHAG provided the ice cream.,..there were some interesting toppings,.,..the usual chocolate, strawberry and caramel...along with stewed cherries, apple pie spice flavored pureed apples, apple pie fillings, various nuts, candies, pineapple, marshmallow,.....on and on. It was pretty neat...I was actually sort of worried what all of this would do to my blood sugar...but not worried enough to not "imbibe".....didn't seem to bother it at all....thank you very much!!!

Today must get my nails done...one popped off while I was doing laundry last week....also going to lunch with one of the ladies here....so....have a good week, everyone..I will talk with you later.

Evacuate!!

Boy, we had some excitement last night! About 9:33 nor so,the fire alarms started screeching and blowing like they do...I stuck my head out the door to the hall and was told to get out of the building. So, I hitched up Fritz and went out through my sliding glass door..... Soon the parking lot was full of residents in various stages of nightwear. Of course rumors flew around - mostly that there was a fire on the second floor. Once we heard that, of course, we thought we smelled smoke...One fire engine came and two firemen got out in full gear..,.,it was curious to me that there was only one fire engine and only two firemen.,,...when the guy broke the toilet, that rated two trucks, a pickup and an ambulance! Of course we were worried about the folks in wheelchairs and otherwise impaired....they finally started to trickle out...,.All the time the alarms were going...and all the dogs except Fritz were in panic mode. It was difficult to hang on to them.,.,.Old fritz was completely unfazed by it all....more folks to pet him, was his thought!!

Come to find out it was a glitch in the sprinkler system,....no fire.....we could go back home.....and slowly and surely we did. Ella, the manager asked if I would make sure all was well on my hallway...along with my next door neighbor. Even tho' I don't know most of those folks yet, I agreed..... Then the next door lady knocked on the door and said we needed to check every four hours...was she kidding me? check what? I said okay and got ready for bed. Then, around 2:30 AM, there was a knock on my door (which I didn't hear but Fritz did) and it was next door Mary....all seemed well, she said so I could go to bed....thanks a lot! That's where I was!! Of course, I went back to bed and could not fall asleep.....so I got up again and turned on the TIVO and zoned out on a couple of shows and finally got to sleep at 4AM...So here it is - almost noon - and I have not had breakfast yet. I hate it when this happens - which it seems to be happening oftener these days.

I have friend two doors down who was in Fred Myer parking lot ...stepped out into a crosswalk, and got hit by a truck! Knocked her down and, miraculously (sp??) did not break any bones....but LOTS of internal bruising - putting her into a lot of pain and difficulty in breathing - She spent one night in the hospital and came home.....had to be taken back to the hospital the next day and came home again the same day....she is in some serious pain. She made her way down to the river - God only knows how! On the way back I could see she wasn't going to make4 it on her own.l...so I went and got a wheelchair (they keep 3 of them by the door for just this purpose ) and, with the help of another friend got her back to her apartment,,....All this happened yesterday afternoon. Needless to say last night's excitement she really didn't need !

That's life in the "old Folks" home for today.....Hopefully, today will be quieter!!!