Brent and I are managing without our little chickens. Fred is really enjoying his classes and taking him back to UT was more like taking him home than dropping him off at school. He's got some great friends and is doing very well. Rosie not only survived, but thrived, during her first week of classes at Ga Tech. She had a lot to get used to and figure out, but sounds like she managed everything well and had fun in the process. We are very proud of both of them.
We are working on learning how to purchase and prepare the right amount of food! Our big eaters are gone!! Also getting used to doing various chores: mowing, recycle, house cleaning, etc...without our helpers! We're getting there.
Hope you all have a great week. With love - c
Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Back to work!
How lucky am I?!!!! I arrived at work this morning to find a cute scrap-booked poster with photos and bubble comments and big letters welcoming me back hanging in the hall as the first thing I saw as I walked in!!! It made me smile. (Thank you , Hannah!!!!) Then........I got flowers and cake and cheese and snacks of all sorts and doughnuts!!!! I work with crazy people!!! The best sort of people in the world!!!
It was great to be back with my friends and taking care of my patients. Had to get back in the groove, but I think I got there. Sweet Diana had to give me all the updates and help me stay caught up!!! Was glad to find that I spoke Spanish just as badly as I did when I left....but my patients understood me and I them, so it was all good. (Brent and I are working on our Spanish together, as of this past Sat, although he is so far ahead of me that I told him he couldn't turn into a bossy, demanding teacher, or I wouldn't play his games!!)
To all of you at Peds Care...I thank you for all that you have meant to me and my family for all these years. You have made me feel special, given me the strength and opportunity to help children and their families in a way that I have always wished to do, and supported me when I needed it most. It means more than you know.
Better get to bed with my silly self. 0500 came early this morning. Haven't had to do that in a while!!!
May you work with colleagues like mine....then you don't have to call it work - c
It was great to be back with my friends and taking care of my patients. Had to get back in the groove, but I think I got there. Sweet Diana had to give me all the updates and help me stay caught up!!! Was glad to find that I spoke Spanish just as badly as I did when I left....but my patients understood me and I them, so it was all good. (Brent and I are working on our Spanish together, as of this past Sat, although he is so far ahead of me that I told him he couldn't turn into a bossy, demanding teacher, or I wouldn't play his games!!)
To all of you at Peds Care...I thank you for all that you have meant to me and my family for all these years. You have made me feel special, given me the strength and opportunity to help children and their families in a way that I have always wished to do, and supported me when I needed it most. It means more than you know.
Better get to bed with my silly self. 0500 came early this morning. Haven't had to do that in a while!!!
May you work with colleagues like mine....then you don't have to call it work - c
Saturday, August 21, 2010
The tree
Trees are ever so much more impressive laying down than they are standing up!!! If you look closely at the right of the pic, you can see Rosie standing by this trunk. The tree people were here Thurs and Friday and removed most of it, but the main trunk will be with us, at least for a while!! Luckily Rosie's garden remains unscathed!
May all your trees remain standing!!! c
The Roo moves to Georgia Tech!!
We were all excited to moved Rosie into her purple-durple room with her friend (and now roomie) Maureen this past Thursday. She fixed it all up cute with her Daddy's prints (selected by Rose), the afghan I made her and lots of purple help from her Aunt Ruthie. We are so proud of her and happy for all the opportunities her hard work now affords her!! Knock 'em dead Rosie!!!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Tough day for my dear friend....
Hard news today for my friend. Please hold her and her family close to you heart. Spent some time with her at the hospital late this afternoon.
Rosie and I had a day. We exercised and I trimmed her hair for her. The dryer was delivered and we have it up and running all by ourselves since the Sears people will not put the vent and electric cord on it unless you buy new ones, which I didn't want to do since the ones we had were perfectly fine! Anyhow, we got that done with careful reading of the directions. And....it is so quiet and actually WORKS!!! The clothes get dry. They are not burnt. AMAZING.
Brent and Fred got rid of the old non-working microwave on Sat before Fred left. Then, they returned the newly acquired non-functioning microwave and got another one that they insisted they check before leaving the store. SO....it works. Brent is in process of fixing the cabinet around it.
In fact, I thought my new shelf and cabinet would be all set when I got home from the hospital. But, no. Instead, he and Rosie were out in the yard working like crazy people, sawing off limbs and hauling them about from a HUGE tree that fell this afternoon. (Poor Rosie thought someone had run their car into the house when it fell!) Luckily, it did not hit the fence, nor the house, nor any person. It did not take out any other important trees including our willow, nor did it knock any other trees onto the fence. And even more importantly, it didn't hit the newly installed garden that Rosie created for me. Brent and Rosie got branches off azaleas and other things so they wouldn't be any worse damaged than they already were, but everything looks pretty good considering. We will have to get some folks in to cut up the rest and haul it off.
Sunday we took Fred-o to Knoxville. Moving in was the usual college bedlam of crowded, slow elevators (He lives on the 11th floor...a climb he, Brent and Rosie made many times!!) and general chaos. My job is more about sitting with "stuff" and making the bed. He was happy to be back with his friends and in his own place again. We miss him dreadfully...but it is as it should be.
Tired with all the events of the day. Hope yours was much less chaotic. - c
Rosie and I had a day. We exercised and I trimmed her hair for her. The dryer was delivered and we have it up and running all by ourselves since the Sears people will not put the vent and electric cord on it unless you buy new ones, which I didn't want to do since the ones we had were perfectly fine! Anyhow, we got that done with careful reading of the directions. And....it is so quiet and actually WORKS!!! The clothes get dry. They are not burnt. AMAZING.
Brent and Fred got rid of the old non-working microwave on Sat before Fred left. Then, they returned the newly acquired non-functioning microwave and got another one that they insisted they check before leaving the store. SO....it works. Brent is in process of fixing the cabinet around it.
In fact, I thought my new shelf and cabinet would be all set when I got home from the hospital. But, no. Instead, he and Rosie were out in the yard working like crazy people, sawing off limbs and hauling them about from a HUGE tree that fell this afternoon. (Poor Rosie thought someone had run their car into the house when it fell!) Luckily, it did not hit the fence, nor the house, nor any person. It did not take out any other important trees including our willow, nor did it knock any other trees onto the fence. And even more importantly, it didn't hit the newly installed garden that Rosie created for me. Brent and Rosie got branches off azaleas and other things so they wouldn't be any worse damaged than they already were, but everything looks pretty good considering. We will have to get some folks in to cut up the rest and haul it off.
Sunday we took Fred-o to Knoxville. Moving in was the usual college bedlam of crowded, slow elevators (He lives on the 11th floor...a climb he, Brent and Rosie made many times!!) and general chaos. My job is more about sitting with "stuff" and making the bed. He was happy to be back with his friends and in his own place again. We miss him dreadfully...but it is as it should be.
Tired with all the events of the day. Hope yours was much less chaotic. - c
Friday, August 13, 2010
Busy week...
Hope your week was a good one. Spent some time at the hospital with my friend each day. Her daughter remains in intensive care and my heart just aches for them all.
We have Fred about ready to head out. Stayed home today to help him put things together. Later, Brent and I went shopping for a microwave (ours has been dead for a while) and a dryer. Yes, I think it is finally toast. Or at least, clothing that is put in it go through the "singe" cycle....heat that will render the most sturdy of fabrics forever changed into small wrinkled balls. So, after much examination (thanks to Brent's Internet research and shopping at various stores) we settled on both items from Sears, with the dryer to be delivered Monday and happily brought the microwave to its new home ourselves. But, functioning appliances are not in my destiny. Despite a perfectly intact box, the microwave had clearly been slammed against a cement wall or sat upon by a 400 pound gorilla...or...well, you get the picture. So, I guess it's back to Sears in the morning.
Rosie made special pizza for supper in honor of her brother. Then, we watched Mulan for old time's sake together. "Can't believe my baby is all grown up and saving China!!!"
Will be taking Fred up to Knoxville on Sunday. Can't believe my other baby is all grown up and off to his junior year...and can pick me up and sit me outside of his room when I try to get him to go through one more pile of junk in his closet.
Hope you have a great weekend. Love - c
We have Fred about ready to head out. Stayed home today to help him put things together. Later, Brent and I went shopping for a microwave (ours has been dead for a while) and a dryer. Yes, I think it is finally toast. Or at least, clothing that is put in it go through the "singe" cycle....heat that will render the most sturdy of fabrics forever changed into small wrinkled balls. So, after much examination (thanks to Brent's Internet research and shopping at various stores) we settled on both items from Sears, with the dryer to be delivered Monday and happily brought the microwave to its new home ourselves. But, functioning appliances are not in my destiny. Despite a perfectly intact box, the microwave had clearly been slammed against a cement wall or sat upon by a 400 pound gorilla...or...well, you get the picture. So, I guess it's back to Sears in the morning.
Rosie made special pizza for supper in honor of her brother. Then, we watched Mulan for old time's sake together. "Can't believe my baby is all grown up and saving China!!!"
Will be taking Fred up to Knoxville on Sunday. Can't believe my other baby is all grown up and off to his junior year...and can pick me up and sit me outside of his room when I try to get him to go through one more pile of junk in his closet.
Hope you have a great weekend. Love - c
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Warm wishes for my friend...
We are all doing well here. The kids are excited about going off to school and Brent and I are pondering what we will do all by our lonesome...we do have a few ideas!!! Hope your summers are winding down in the best possible way.
I do ask that you send the warmest thoughts and best wishes to a dear friend and coworker and her family. Her 22 year old daughter had a lovely baby about a week ago. However, on Friday the new mom was stricken with seizures and has been in the hospital in intensive care (now here in Chattanooga) ever since. The Peds Care family is pitching in in such an amazing way, as they always do, but help me hold her hand today.
love- c
I do ask that you send the warmest thoughts and best wishes to a dear friend and coworker and her family. Her 22 year old daughter had a lovely baby about a week ago. However, on Friday the new mom was stricken with seizures and has been in the hospital in intensive care (now here in Chattanooga) ever since. The Peds Care family is pitching in in such an amazing way, as they always do, but help me hold her hand today.
love- c
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Kicking back.....
The kids and I are just chilling for the next couple of weeks. We're going to go shopping for school shoes!!! (HA!) tomorrow and have lunch out together. I want to get them an extra pair of running shoes before they leave. When I told Fred the plan, he said he didn't need any because he has a pair. I said, "But, Freddie, I always get you school shoes before you start the new term!" He just looked at me saying he really didn't need any right now. I told him he could keep them in the box until he did. So, then I got a Fred hug with a kiss and an, "OK, Mommy." He used to think new tennis shoes could make him run ever so much faster and jump way higher than his old shoes ever could!!!
Today I ran badly with Rosie!! It was SO hot and I waited too late in the day. I've promised to do better and run earlier with her from now on.
So, after our shoe shopping we don't have much left to do. We'll move Fred back to UT on the 14th and take Rosie down to GA Tech on the 19th. Not sure what it will be like around here without my lebchukens!! But, I go back to work at Peds Care on the 23rd so that will definitely keep me busy and I am really looking forward to it.
Stay cool - c
Today I ran badly with Rosie!! It was SO hot and I waited too late in the day. I've promised to do better and run earlier with her from now on.
So, after our shoe shopping we don't have much left to do. We'll move Fred back to UT on the 14th and take Rosie down to GA Tech on the 19th. Not sure what it will be like around here without my lebchukens!! But, I go back to work at Peds Care on the 23rd so that will definitely keep me busy and I am really looking forward to it.
Stay cool - c
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