Hey, you! I log on to start this up again and what do I see!

Instead of a nap, have you ever tried walking or doing something physical? I know it sounds kind of contrary, but if you're flagging in energy, sometimes walking will help and then you'll get a burst of energy and will still be able to sleep. Hey, it's a theory I read! That and eating some protein. I have no idea if it works, but I hear you about napping and then trying to fall asleep at night. My Dad says he just can't sleep at night and doesn't know why. Well, most of the time in the afternoon I see him napping in his chair. He doesn't admit that, though. My DH and I were mentioning that we're glad we gave him a chair with arms because he'd be on the floor if the chair weren't holding him up every afternoon.

So when do the grandkids come? Yes, those are pigtails on my GD. That photo was taken in February. I have some current pictures that my son sent me, but I haven't scanned them in yet. She'll be four at the end of next month. Hard to believe! She's been around far longer than she was ever supposed to, or we could ever have hoped for. A true miracle.

Do you enter stuff in the county fair? I have a cousin who does. Looks like it could be a lot of fun. When I lived in Boise, the State fair always signaled the end of summer. I always went by myself to the fair because I am the only one I know who likes looking at all the exhibits, even the jams and jellies.

Hope you find some energy, Bluet!

Sheila, I took your advice and after supper went outside and worked in my flower gardens. Then I watered everything and now it is raining.

I wonder if it is raining in Green Bay? The Packers are playing the Seahawks at Lambeau tonight. Some of our kids went to the game. DH gave up his tickets to our SIL, because DH doesn't feel like driving home so late tonight after the game. I will go watch it on TV in a little while after I send this email to you. Does DH and Dad follow the Seahawks?

When the kids were all at home and we were big into registered Holsteins, we practically lived at the fair. I never entered anything, but the kid always had tons of things entered, plus each would have a heifer or two for the show ring. Talk about testing patience trying to get those things trained to walk right for judging. I can't tell you how many times one child or the other got drug around the yard in their efforts train a heifer for the fair.

Grandkids come on Friday the 20th until Monday the 30th. I stopped at their house tonight on my way home. I said something to my daughter in a teasing way about leaving her kids. Her comment was "Sure Mom, make feel more quillty than I do already about leaving the kids." I try my best!

I haven't heard from Fatpuss yet, it is pretty late there by now, nor Charlotte. Charlotte may still be laying low from the tropical storms. That sure is a scarey thing.

Well talk to you tomorrow.

Bluet

Checking in girls, nice to see the gang back. Caught this as I was going to work so will check in later.

Good Morning,

What a sappy softie I am, I am sitting here with big old tears in my eyes. I am so glad you are all here again.! I wish I could hug each one of you. I have to go put orders on, just finished payroll will be back later during my lunch break.

Bluet

Hi All,

Well, the sun is trying to peek out at us, at high noon today. We had 1/4" of rain last night with strong winds and cloudy over cast skies this morning. I think my roses have plenty of water now!

I haven't been spending much time watching the olympics. Usually I glue myself to all the events, well not all. I am not interested in baseball or basketball for the olympics. Last week we had the PGA Championship about twenty miles south of here and we were all a buzz about it. DH and SIL from Stevens Point attended on Saturday and got very close to some of the big names in golf, Tiger Woods, Vijay Sing, etc. They were all keyed up when they got home Saturday evening.

We are starting into the harvest mode on the farm. The winter wheat is off and in storage the straw is baled and we have the soybean, corn and plowing left before winter hits us with it's icy blast. I was working out a plan in my head this morning about how to drain my pond and winter proof it and devise a plan on how to keep all the maple leaves from ending up in it. I hate the yucky job of cleaning out the pond in the spring with all the leaves and melted snow in it. I talked about getting rid of the pond last year, but DH talked me out of it. I must admit I enjoy the pond in the summer. It is that clean up stuff I hate.

I really like a new program on the BBC. House Doctor. It is absolutely amazing what that host can do to a home, to get it to look very smart to sell. I think I need her to come to my house, not to get it ready to sell, but to help me come up with a new scheme for decorating. I would like to do some painting this fall, but I can't seem to be able to fit it in my schedule.

Well, the front office staff is back from lunch, so I guess I gotta go. Lat :

Bluet

Happiness is the sense that one matters. Sarah Timmer

Oh, my goodness, is that Fatpuss I see?? How cool! I'm so glad we're back, too.

Charlotte, you lucked out with the hurricane. How fun to do a live weather report from the beach--bet your listeners loved it. My DH was in Florida (Port Charlotte) last November and it turns out the hotel he stayed at was destroyed as was the building where his meeting was held. The person who was hosting the meeting lost her business, but at least she's alive.

Bluet, do you get involved in the farm stuff like harvesting? I love the look of ponds, but I don't know if I could deal with the maintenance issues. Same with swimming pools. Guess I'm rather lazy at heart. Don't mind the fall garden cleanup, though.

I'm going to have to check out House Doctor. I've been watching Designed to Sell on HGTV and Sell This House on A&E, which sound all the same. It really is amazing what they can do. Actually, just cleaning really well and putting fresh flowers and candles around helps an awful lot. I started out with Olympic fever, but the constant yammering and commercials are really turning me off. Plus I don't get all that much enjoyment out of watching the preliminaries. I watched beach volleyball (men's) the other day, and it was kind of fun.

A grey day here in Seattle. I don't mind much since it's been so hot and sunny for weeks. I've lost a bunch of my new plants in the front yard because of sun damage. Oh, well, I guess some loss is to be expected. Other than those crispy critters, the new front yard is looking really good.

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!

Hi to all,
Sheila how did the wedding go? Well, I hope . We had to cancel a wedding we were due to attend with four weeks notice because DH is again in Russian state and wedding was in Wales so we had planned to stay over at a country pub. Just thankful the wedding party were able to have others there in our place instead but I so wanted to go as not many people get married these days and it's a couple of years since I went to one.
Bluet, I suppose you have to be very organised on a farm preparing for seasons and whathaveyou. Seems strange thinking ahead to the autumn, good job I don't really need to I suppose because I wouldn't be very good at it.
House Doctor is brilliant and the only 'home improvement' show I watch. It finished about a year ago over here but it's an American lady, Ann Maurice, who does it and she is so good. Seems she started off in real estate and went into design. She has a wonderful San Fransico house on a hill and a fabulous place in Mexico too. I like the way she is so direct, tells people their house stinks of dog or they have awful colour taste. The houses sell though after her visit. Speaking of which, must go and empty the kitty litter tray before I go to bed.

Sheila
Just noticed new picture of your sweetie, she has grown and become even more gorgeous than ever, you must be so proud of her.

Hi Fatpuss,

Glad to see you back again. I was very happy to see that scraggly little grey cat jumping up and down again.

Bluet

Yup, I've missed that scraggly grey cat, too.

So, I saw a horrible news story from Cornwall. There were photos of what looked like a raging river running right through the streets--quite scary. Hopefully that doesn't happen often. I've seen photos of floods over here, but it's all just high water, not rivers running through town. I hope there was no loss of life.

The wedding was nice, stressful, but nice. I think Erin was paralyzed by so many things to do. We arrived about 10 days early, and after spending the weekend in Washington DC, my DH and I got down to business and ordered the cake, arranged for the beauty salon, took Erin to buy shoes for herself and the bridesmaids, and did a bunch of other stuff that they should have done before we got there, but didn't. We had a fun time with her slip. She bought it here in Seattle, but the place didn't order it in a timely manner and so they ended up sending it overnight via UPS. The day before the wedding she waited at her apartment for it. When we got there that day, there was a slip of paper from UPS saying they'd attempted delivery--NOT! They didn't even knock on the door. The paper said they would redeliver on Monday. Yikes! Erin had a mini meltdown. Her Dad called and arranged to pick it up at 8:00 pm, but that was right in the middle of the rehearsal dinner. Then he arranged it for 5:00 pm, but that was right in the middle of the rehearsal. Then he called and we were told to meet the driver in vacant shopping mall behind a Burger King at 3:00 pm. He had to drop me off about 2:45 pm there to wait because he had to do something else and didn't know if he'd make it back by 3:00 pm. So here I am standing in the parking lot of a vacant strip mall behind a Burger King feeling like I'm waiting to make a drug deal. The guy eventually came, although at the other end of the parking lot, and I gave him the delivery slip in exchange for the package.

The whole thing was kind of like that--I guess no wedding is perfect, but Erin looked so happy walking down that aisle that nothing else really mattered.

Good Morning,

I wonder how close Cornwall is to Fatpuss's home?

Another tropical type day here. Warm and humid.

Thank you for the good advice Sheila, I will give that a try.

Everyone have a good day. Talk to you later.

Bluet

Hi again and thanks for missing the manic old grey cat - I missed seeing him myself. Sheila, your picture is lovely, both looking very glamourous. What a carry on over UPS ...don't think I could take the strain of it all not to mention all the other last minute stuff you had to organise. Hope my DD elopes. You, dear Bluet, have already been through this with your DDs, haven't you. My DD loved her trip to the US, she flew to Chicago then onto Las Vegas. She stayed at the Luxor in Vegas and the photos are incredible. Her and her boyfriend then drove and stayed for a few days at Yosemite Park thenstayed at the YMCA in San Francisco (did the bay and rock tour) and Santa Monica in Los Angeles before flying back from Los Angeles airport via Boston. Anyway, she had a lovely time and found the Americans so friendly. I am the proud owner of a letter opener from Lee's Frontier Chevron 1900 S.Main St. Lone Pine, CA 93545 - seems a nice guy there loved her English accent and gave her one of these for each of her family. Very sweet.
We are a four hour drive from Cornwall thank heavens. My DH being a meteorologist and paranoid about global warming and flooding so he always insists we buy a house either on a hill or nowhere near a flat plain or flood gully. Remarkably, no one was even injured in the Cornish floods but there are areas in the UK which regularly flood like the flat areas around the south east coasts of Cambridgeshire.
Wonder where the rest of the tribe are on this site? Hope you both have a good evening. x

I'm so glad your DD enjoyed her visit to the U.S. Did she mention how hot it was in Las Vegas and how cold it probably was in San Francisco? What parts of her trip did she like best and least? I love visiting San Francisco. I like the letter opener story--what a nice guy! If I ever go through Lone Pine (wherever that might be), I'll have to stop and say I heard about him all the way from the U.K.

Yup, we really fall for those English accents. Did you ever see the movie "Love Actually?" It was kind of cute, but one of the funniest parts was the guy who couldn't get a date in London so he went to the midwestern U.S. because he'd heard that girls really like English accents, and he comes back to London with three hot girls in tow!

We live on a hill, too, but it was just happenstance. I'm glad that nobody was hurt. Those photos were just so horrendous that I had a flood dream last night. Yuck!

Hope everyone is having a great day! Sunny and warm here, but not too warm yet.

Hi All,

I went to my Yahoo News site and pulled up the flood in Cornwall. I viewed 135 shots of Cornwall after the flood. Terrible thing. So much destruction and cars piled on top of each other. I looked at the Florida situation too. What a sad horrific mess. You can imagine all the ribbing DH and I had last week with Bonnie and Charley ravaging the East Coast.

Glad you and yours are ok Fatpuss. I too was wondering how your daughter liked the United States. I am glad to hear the Americans were good to them and they they enjoyed their stay. Yah, we are really big suckers for the English accent. I saw Love, Actually too. a really fun movie.

We have thunderstorms threatening this afternoon. I figured that with the way the wind was whipping around and as humid as it is.

My daughter from next door called me this morning and said she had the day off and could she stop over and drop off food and clothing for the kids ahead of time. So get ready guys, those grandchildren are a coming to Grandma's house at the end of the week.

I want to go to the library to do some research tonight after work. I will have to get it done either tonight or tomorrow night, otherwise I won't be able to get it done for 10 days. I haven't been able to read any bodice rippers for most of the summer. I guess that is what the long winters are for around here. Well, at least winters are good for something.

Take care all

Bluet