Class tonight

It does seem as though the days sure go by fast around here. I swear I just did a class but no it is just my mind playing tricks with me. I have to get away from my computer as I have to finish the bag I am making for Raymond's "pumpkin" slingshot. It is for small pumpkins and this is a modification to the bag I made earlier. These kinds of things always happen when I am working with Steve or his brother on this kind of stuff. What they visualize in their heads and what actually happens doesn't always work out.

ETA: Class went well, I had a gal from Seattle in the class. Her husband was on a business trip and she had joined him. She was eating at McDonald's when she spotted the store, so she walked across the street and the rest is history. Steve also received a call from Garmin this afternoon. They will be doing a phone interview tomorrow at ten. Lots of prayers would be appreciated.

One thing after another...

First I had to wait till Lisa brought my camera back to me, then I had to go into the scrapbook store to take the pictures of my Halloween layout and my cards for my classes then load them on my computer. You think that would be easy, but no I couldn't get my card reader to recognize my card. I was seriously starting to stress since the only thing left to finish up my class kits were the photos! I was beginning to think that maybe there was something wrong with the card. I finally decided it was time to ask Steve to come and take a look. It took him all of five minutes and then he proclaims "I think it is broken". First question I had was "is it expensive and can you get me another?". Of course, he comes to the rescue and says "I think I might have a spare." Only my hubby would have spare computer stuff laying around, I think it is the engineering degree that demands it. So here are the pictures of the class I am teaching on Thursday.

Lazy day

I caught up on my paper reading, drank a cup of tea and am now watching "Emperor's New Groove" while I sew some rag dollies. It promises to be a fairly quiet and lazy day. I am going to load up my car before the rain starts with my scrapbooking stuff. I am scrapping with my friends Camille and Janet tomorrow at Scrapbook Fever. I hope to finish my challenge pages for the book we started last month for the challenge class. I also have to remember to take pictures of my Halloween layout and cards for my classes this month.

ETA: I just finished two of the four dolls I was planning on making. My goal is to finish the other two before the end of the week. :)

What a day...

It started out good, hubby snuggled with me till the alarm went off at 6. He and Jerry Torresdal, a Pratum School classmate and neighbor, were flying out to Twin Oaks to the pancake feed. He dropped Jerry off at McNary Field here in Salem at about eleven-thirty and then flew to Hillsboro to a luncheon and monthly meeting of the Short Wing Piper Club that he belongs to. In the meantime my day started going downhill and rather fast. I slipped and fell in the tub so my left leg and my right knee are bruised. Lisa flaked out on me leaving for Corvallis and the OSU game instead of stopping by here, so I had to go to her house use my spare key and get my memory card for my camera. Then Sarah who said she would be here roughly around noon didn't show up till much later. Then I went to put my camera card in the reader and it wouldn't even acknowledge that it was in the reader. Suffice it to say I was not a happy mom. I didn't get to run the errands I planned on doing and then I realized at around 4:30 my dear husband hadn't gotten home yet. Lunch would have ended hours ago and I was getting worried. He left his phone here because the battery was dead so there was no way to reach him. Of course, time gets away from him when he is with his pilot buddies. He didn't realize he had been gone that long. By the time he did get home I was on the verge of tears from worry. It has been a long time since I have done that and I did break down. I didn't even realize how worried I was till he walked in the door. The tears weren't from fear anymore but relief. Though I know he is safer in the air than on the road, I still worry. I can't help myself I just love him to pieces.

They are home...

I picked Lisa and Buck up at the train station yesterday afternoon. They looked good, rested and happy to be home. They got some great pictures, and I am glad I lent them my camera so they have some great memories of their first vacation together. It now appears as though Grandma Lucille will be staying at Brookstone. She seems to be happy there and it doesn't seem to be fair to uproot her again when she is fine with living there. My family and I are not, but mostly it has to do with how she was lied to and how she landed up there. Her attorney sent a scathing letter to the court and all parties were copied. I still have a bad feeling about all this and I told Steve not to be surprised that Cheryl will at some point refuse any number of family members access to Grandma. This whole thing has been very frustrating for all of us and it appears as though it will continue. Steve left earlier this afternoon and flew out to LaPine to pick up Aunt Shirley so she could see Grandma. It will be a short visit. Steve's plan is to be back home at Lusarti Field before dark after he has flown Aunt Shirley home. This picture was taken at Grandma's house in 2003, we were there to celebrate her birthday. Grandma is talking to cousin Scott and Aunt Shirley.

A real struggle...

The aunts and uncles have decided to leave Grandma where she is. She is adapting and seems to like it just fine. Steve and I think it is a combination of things, lots of company visiting her and drugs being administered to Grandma. My girls are so upset about this whole mess, especially our Sarah, as she doesn't feel like the family fought hard enough to stop this injustice. I do agree with her to some point but at the same time our hands were tied. As the grandchildren all we could do is advise the children but we could not make them do what they didn't want to do. The family will never be the same again. Many hurt feelings and it doesn't just effect Norma and her siblings but their families as well. We have a wedding happening next year and there will be no invites to Aunt Cheryl. I agree with Raymond that she is not to be trusted around our children whether they are adults or not. God gave us our children to watch over them, guide them and keep them safe from all evil and we will be doing that to the best of our abilities. It is hard to come up with the right words to say to our grown children so I can only imagine what it must be like for Raymond and Annette when it comes to their young ones.

Lunch date...

I met Sarah at the Noodle for lunch. She was in fine form after having just heard that their receptionist just gave her notice. She ranted on how the gal had been a temp first and then interviewed for the permanent position. They were concerned that the job wouldn't be enough of a challenge but she said she wanted the job. So three months later she is quitting because "she is bored". Wow, she has put Sarah on the war path. We chatted away about her work stuff while we waited for our food. The restaurant was "super" busy today. I got the last table just before noon. There were people waiting for tables and orders to go, so it was standing room only barely. Poor Janet was running her legs off trying to keep up. We tried the new appetizer, the spinach stuffed cannelloni and had cheesy bread. As usual the food was wonderful and my lunch date was very entertaining not to mention cute as a button!!!