Island News

Wow the time is flying by, 

yesterday I didn’t have Brooke , I had a fairly busy day just the same.

first I walked down to use the vibe machine and then walked to the store and then home. from store to home carrying about 20 lbs of groceries. I was getting pretty tired by the time I got home and then I got to thinking,, 20 lbs,, that is close to what I’ve taken off !!!! so really I was just carrying the old me home today ! 

after lunch I decided to tackle my flower beds, the poor things have been very neglected this year due to me having the grandbaby pretty much every day. so I put on the old clothes and set out to rectify that. I completely cleaned out my big flower bed , took everything out of it and worked the soil all up to get it ready for the 75 new bulbs that I have coming to get planted for next year. and then I set out to clean up the other 4 beds , I pulled weeds, thinned out plants, cut back the dead ones ect. then I had to get ready and get my butt in gear and get cleaned up to go to my dr appointment, they finally got results back on the x rays I had done back in JUNE ! apparently I’m going to need to see a specialist about my wrist there are clusters of little cycsts in there that have little barbs on them and the barbs are breaking off and floating around scrapping on things which is what causes the pain I get. 
after the dr appt. i came home and peeled carrots, turnip and potatoes to put in my pot roast dinner. and after dinner back into the old clothes and back to the flower beds to finish up the clean up and work up the soil some more. 

On top of all the work when I was coming into the house last night after finishing up the last of the outside work I tripped on my deck and came down on my knee and hand so I hurt the OTHER wrist and have a big black bruise the palm of my hand and knee.

I think I got my work out yesterday don’t you think ? haha 

here are a few new pictures of Brooke she is doing so good at balancing herself for a few seconds at a time. here she is standing.   and her “best side pic.” 

Have a wonderful weekend folks !! Thanks for stopping by 

ahh the weekend is here again !! time is flying by, Summer has come to an end again. Where DOES the time go ?

I went down to use the T-Zone machine again yesterday and since it was a week since I started going we took my measurements again and I have lost 10.5 inches in total since last Thursday ! Whoot !! 

Wendell and I are joining Viv  and Shelton this evening for supper we are going to a salad bar for a nice quiet evening of chit chat and relaxation ! Amanda has offered to take Brooke for us while we are out .  

Karla goes for her interview today , Keeping fingers crossed for her that she will get a call to go to work at the Group home in Tyne valley so she won’t have to far to travel. 

Brooke and I went shopping last evening, she got a new doll and I got a book called The Shack, looks like it will be a great read.

Brooke has started with this new laugh,  its so cute, I’m going to try to catch it on video and I’ll get Wendell to post it. 

She sure is entertaining LOL

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend ! 

take care and thanks for stopping by !

Hi guys, here are the pictures I promised  Never noticed till I started posting them,,guess I could have moved the basket of laundry sitting in the kitchen. haha  So there you have it the kitchen, dininroom and livingroom all rearranged. 

plus a few of Brooke with her little piggytails.. haha (click on thumbnail to enlarge) as you can see, its not hard to tell when Brooke is here just look at the toys all over, 

have a great humpday folks !! 

Well today I seemed to have had a little burst of energy. 

this morning I managed to do a half mile on the treadmill. and then Amanda came in for a visit. 

shortly there after Karla and Brooke arrived down. 

Brooke had a little accident one day last week.  She was visiting her Auntie Verna with her Nanna and she was standing by the cubboards and doing a little dance,, well she lost her footing and fell hitting her mouth on a cubboard door,, so now her left front tooth looks like its 2 little vampire teeth, did a complete upside down V in the center of the tooth. 

Ahh and so the bumps and bangs begin, there will be many more of those before she’s all grown up. her poor Nanna felt so bad , Karla said the poor woman came home with Brooke and looked like she was going to be sick she felt so bad about it.  But it was no one’s fault , those things will happen.  

Anyhoo after Karla left for work I pulled out the other playpen for Brooke to play in while I did some cleaning,, and I cleared out my kitchen and dining room.  the dinningroom is now all opened up , I pushed the table up to a wall so that the middle of the room is bare floor, this will give Brooke a little more “roaming room” to get around. and I took the table in the kitchen that is normally used as just a catch all and cleared it all off and moved it out from the corner so we can actually use it as a table to eat at if we want to. 

that sounds pretty easy eh?  but there was a lot of junk to move around in the progress to make room for the tables and stuff to stash away that used to be in those spots. not to mention the floors looked horribly dirty after all that moving stuff around so those needed to be cleaned as well. 

So just have to clean up the entry way and I’ll have the downstairs all rearranged and cleaned .. AGAIN.. LOL

With all this damp weather we’ve been getting we are being over run with earwigs and fruit flies !! thankfully no earwigs in the house but the fruit flies are a bit annoying !! 

Bobbie and Faye I will post some pictures soon of the new hair cut and the new set up for the kitchen and dining room. 

Have a wonderful week folks !!  I will be enjoying my beautiful grandbaby for the week. Take care and thanks for stopping by !

Well those two days went by quickly, Had Brooke and Karla down for  a couple of days while Karla was working, she had today off so once she woke up her and Brooke headed home.  Not sure when I’ll have them again. Didn’t get Karla’s schedule and she wasn’t sure what days the other grammy would be babysitting so we’ll have to figure all that out later. 

I sure do miss them when they aren’t here !   Brooke is a going concern now she can travel like lighting !!  she won’t be to long before she’ll likely be up and walking !!  Monday will mark her 8 months of being here, unbelievable how fast the time goes by ! 

before we know it ,, it will be Christmas and her Birthday !! 

been lots of gray rainy days lately,, hopefully we’ll get a few more summery days before the end of the month hits !

Not much new happing here, I still haven’t done much with the flower beds, but I think if its fit tomorrow I’ll try to get out and get the front one dug up and ready for the bulbs that will be arriving in the next couple of weeks. 

Hope all is well with all our blogging / reading friends. 

take care and thanks for stopping by !