Happy Valentine's Day.
This morning I met my three long-time friends, Ginger, Bobbie, and Pamela for breakfast at Denney's. As usual, we had a better-than-enjoyable time together. Our plan is to meet the second Saturday of each month, and for the most part, we do meet each second Saturday. I have taught with them at some point in my life. I was Bobbie's Assistant principal at Ault and Pamela's and Ginger's principal at Lowery and we are very good friends and each others big fans. Such a good time with them. I do love their friendship and the time we dedicate to being with each other.
Then whileI was eating with them I received a call from Matthew inviting me to go out to eat breakfast with him, Ramona, and Karsen. I met them at IHOP for a cup of coffee while they ate their Valentine breakfast. It was Karsen's first time in a IHOP and I got to sit by him and we had a good time.
When I got home, Karsen had bought me some sugar-free Valentine candy and he gave it to me. It was so unexpected and I was thrilled for him to give it to me. BTW, sugar-free is "good eatin", and the way to go for a diabetic...of anyone else for that matter.
Now I am going to attempt to finalize getting my taxes together. I have been working on this since the end of January and I haven't made any progress for the past two weeks. Hopefully, today is the day I will continue to work continually until I have completed the task.
Some friends from church invited me to go out with them last night for dinner at Carrabba's and then to go to their house for dessert and games. I did not go. I intended to go but developed head-ache and called and declined at the last minute. There were going to be nine of us, so I didnt feel that I had ruined the get together. I appreciate them so much for inviting me, but I continue to feel sort of like a lone wolf sometimes. I must get over thinking it is all about me and learn to try to attend events for the benefit of others. Oh well. I will see them tomorrow at church and possibly we can go out tomorrow for lunch.
Life is good.
May God richly bless you, my dear ones. jk
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
This is the day that the Lord has made and I have been rejoicing in it.
Man, I do enjoy taking care of my grandson, Karsen. My usual duty is from the time his mother returns from her night shift at Polaris' Lab and brings the sleeping baby down to my room until he is ready for his afternoon nap. this time is so precious to me He will lie beside me in my bed for about an hour until he is ready to get up. We get up together and i go get ready for the day. Today, i got him a cup of milk and then we both went into my bathroom for me to get ready. He gets his "bathroom toys"out of the green bag and begins to play with the toys inside while i get ready.
After I am ready with my hair/ face done and am showered and dressed, we go and make my bed. Karsen helps me by opening the shutters on my window while I make the bed and arrange the pillows and turn on the lamps. Then we head outside to feed Helen, Oscar, Robert and Vern. Next we went inside for breakfast.
Yesterday, for the first time, he put his little hands together for the prayer before we ate. This morning he did it again, and he didnt pull his hands apart, but patiently remained for the duration of the prayer. This is the first day he used his little plastic fork to feed himeself. We had scrambled eggs with cheese, he ate all of his and since there were no more eggs and he was still wanting to eat, I cut up a banana into little fork bites nd he fed himself all but an inch of that banana. This was a grand day of accomplishments for that precous little boy. He was proud of himself, I could tell. Great times.
This morning after breakfast, I got the dishes ready to put in the washer and put out a load of wash. He went into the laundry room with me as I placed the wash in the washer. Then we went into the family room and turned on the lamps and placed him in his playpen where he played.
After a little less than the hour I wanted him to stay in the playpen, it was time for us to read the new books I purchased for him that aired yesterday. He went over to the couch, where we sat yesterday and he patted the cushion for me to sit on it and he sat beside me as we read the books three time each. They are picture books and it was fun. Then he played a bit more with his puzzles and then it was time for lunch.
We went into the kitchen and he was ready for the prayer again and he ate applesauce and one bite of his macaronni dish. then we played a bit more in the family room and Matthew came to get him for the balance of his day to be pent with his mother and his daddy too.
Although his mother definitely takes over the bulk of the "Karsen job".
Now I am catching up on my e-mail and mail and going to go to Walgreens for a few things. I enjoy my activity with Karsen so much. I also purchase a CD of little childrens church songs: Jesus Loves me, Jesus Loves the little Children, Climb, Climb Up Sunshine Mountain, Deep and Wide, This Little Light of Mine, etc. This is the second day we have listened to it while we are in the family room. I am experiencing such joy.
I have decided to attend my high school reunion in Fort Worth this first week end in May. I am always sort of nervous about this, but I have Vicki and that always gives me courage even though I will act like I have a lot of courage anyway....my close friends know I feel I am nothing without Vicki and always have felt this way.
Yesterday's Ladies Bible Class was so up lifting and our study directs my vision to look for God in everything of beauty I see and in the good things I see others do throughout the day. My teacher, Cassandra Martin, is such a blessing to me and to all of the ladies in our class.
My postings are so infrequent because of the new work load I have undertaken that is taking up a large part of every day. Life is good and God is so faithful.
May God richly bless you, my loved ones. jk
Man, I do enjoy taking care of my grandson, Karsen. My usual duty is from the time his mother returns from her night shift at Polaris' Lab and brings the sleeping baby down to my room until he is ready for his afternoon nap. this time is so precious to me He will lie beside me in my bed for about an hour until he is ready to get up. We get up together and i go get ready for the day. Today, i got him a cup of milk and then we both went into my bathroom for me to get ready. He gets his "bathroom toys"out of the green bag and begins to play with the toys inside while i get ready.
After I am ready with my hair/ face done and am showered and dressed, we go and make my bed. Karsen helps me by opening the shutters on my window while I make the bed and arrange the pillows and turn on the lamps. Then we head outside to feed Helen, Oscar, Robert and Vern. Next we went inside for breakfast.
Yesterday, for the first time, he put his little hands together for the prayer before we ate. This morning he did it again, and he didnt pull his hands apart, but patiently remained for the duration of the prayer. This is the first day he used his little plastic fork to feed himeself. We had scrambled eggs with cheese, he ate all of his and since there were no more eggs and he was still wanting to eat, I cut up a banana into little fork bites nd he fed himself all but an inch of that banana. This was a grand day of accomplishments for that precous little boy. He was proud of himself, I could tell. Great times.
This morning after breakfast, I got the dishes ready to put in the washer and put out a load of wash. He went into the laundry room with me as I placed the wash in the washer. Then we went into the family room and turned on the lamps and placed him in his playpen where he played.
After a little less than the hour I wanted him to stay in the playpen, it was time for us to read the new books I purchased for him that aired yesterday. He went over to the couch, where we sat yesterday and he patted the cushion for me to sit on it and he sat beside me as we read the books three time each. They are picture books and it was fun. Then he played a bit more with his puzzles and then it was time for lunch.
We went into the kitchen and he was ready for the prayer again and he ate applesauce and one bite of his macaronni dish. then we played a bit more in the family room and Matthew came to get him for the balance of his day to be pent with his mother and his daddy too.
Although his mother definitely takes over the bulk of the "Karsen job".
Now I am catching up on my e-mail and mail and going to go to Walgreens for a few things. I enjoy my activity with Karsen so much. I also purchase a CD of little childrens church songs: Jesus Loves me, Jesus Loves the little Children, Climb, Climb Up Sunshine Mountain, Deep and Wide, This Little Light of Mine, etc. This is the second day we have listened to it while we are in the family room. I am experiencing such joy.
I have decided to attend my high school reunion in Fort Worth this first week end in May. I am always sort of nervous about this, but I have Vicki and that always gives me courage even though I will act like I have a lot of courage anyway....my close friends know I feel I am nothing without Vicki and always have felt this way.
Yesterday's Ladies Bible Class was so up lifting and our study directs my vision to look for God in everything of beauty I see and in the good things I see others do throughout the day. My teacher, Cassandra Martin, is such a blessing to me and to all of the ladies in our class.
My postings are so infrequent because of the new work load I have undertaken that is taking up a large part of every day. Life is good and God is so faithful.
May God richly bless you, my loved ones. jk
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Yesterday was Ramona's first day at work and my first day to take care of Karsen --with Matthew--, but mostly me. Ramona has to be at work at 7a.m. so she brought sleeping Karsen downstairs to my bedroom at around 6:20a.m. She put him in bed with me, where we stayed until 7:30a.m. when we arose for the day. He is so sweet.
Then we went into Grammy's getting-ready-for- the-day groove which begins in my bathroom. Next, I say, "Let's make up Grammy's bed" and he rushes over to the bed and I make my bed. He usually looks out the window whileI put the finishing touches on my bed. Then I say, "Let's go feed the fish." at which point Karsen dashes to the door to the patio. As he fast-toddles, it is so cute, because he slants his head in the direction of the left turn to the door. It is sort of like when one is riding a bike and making a turn--"leaning into a curve"
I open the door to the patio and we go out and feed the fish. He is thrilled with this. Sometimes we stay out there for a while, but yesterday morning, he desired to" go get breakfast", so we did. I put in those quotation marks because this is what I ask him. Once, more he is fast-toddling to the door to return to the kitchen. Again, as he comes to the open area of the kitchen, he leans into a right curve as he enters the kitchen.
I prepared him oatmeal and milk, while I drank my protein drink. He continues to pull his hands from mine as we say the prayer before eating, but I believe, I can detect a bit less "tug" on his part, at the "Amen section" of the prayer. When he signals that he is through eating (He uses the sign language signal for "finished") , I get him out of the high chair. Sometimes I let him play while I clean up, as I have stated in prior posts, bit his time I said, "Lets go play with toys", and he fast-toddled to the family room.
I go around and turn on the lamps in the room as Karsen walks with me while I do this. Then I put in the Kidz Praise songs and he plays in his playpen. While Karsen is in his playpen, I begin to dust the furniture. It looks so pretty when it is shiny and freshly dusted. I also emptied trash cans and dust-mopped the foryer. At some point, I realize that Karsen needed a nap and I rocked him to sleep in the rocker. He napped for about an hour, while I watched "The View" on tv. When Karsen awoke, Matthew was interacting with us and playing with Karsen. I left to go to the bank and deposit some checks and go by Walgreens to pick up a prescription.
When I returned, it was time to fix Karsen's lunch. While Matthew was with Karsen, I fixed Karsen's Hamburger-Helper lunch and placed it in two dishes for it to cool. Matthew was preparing to feed Karsen. When I came in the kitchen, Matthew was feeding Karsen, and Matthew informed me that Karsen had grabbed the bowl on the counter and splattered one of the dishes of his lunch on the floor. I continued feeding Karsen while Matthew cleaned up the floor.
After lunch, Karsen returned to the family room and we played puzzles. He is very good at puzzles. He likes to dump three puzzles on the floor and then mix up the pieces and then put the pieces where they go. He is so good at puzzles. After about thirty minutes, I could tell he was ready for a nap and both of us went to bed for a nap.
He slept for a little under two hours. BTW, I changed three diapers, two wet and one of them dirty prior to his nap. Then he had another dirty diaper and I changed it. Matthew brought down clothes because I had never changed Karsen out of his p.j.s. Matthew dressed Karsen. Karsen played around a bit in the family room and his mother came home. It was about 4. They were both very happy to see each other.
Today Ramona is going to be gone all day because she has her teacher-training-class this evening and she decided that it would be easier if she just went there straight from work instead of returning home and then having to leave in 30 minutes to go to class. Matthew is in school today in the morning until about1 and then again in the afternoon until about 9p.m. so it will be just Karsen and I for the entire day. I will be fixing his breakfast, lunch, and dinner and putting him to bed. Matt and Ramona, both, will return home around 9 or 10 or later, I am not sure.
I am thriving with taking care of Karsen. Isnt this somethng? I went to Newburgh and was rejuvinated by taking care of my three Indiana grandsons, and now I am revived by taking care of Karsen. I am really enjoying it and it gives me something to look forward to every day and some goal to accomplish before the day is done.
Next week, Ramona begins her 11p.m. to 7:30 a.m. shift and I will only take care of Karsen in the mornings. Ramona is going to try to get her sleep in the mornings and she will take over Karsen's care when she arises for the day. I will continue to go to Ladies Bible class on Wednesdays, but our proposed routine is for me to take care of Karsen every morning.
Life is good.
May God richly bless you, my loved ones. jk
Then we went into Grammy's getting-ready-for- the-day groove which begins in my bathroom. Next, I say, "Let's make up Grammy's bed" and he rushes over to the bed and I make my bed. He usually looks out the window whileI put the finishing touches on my bed. Then I say, "Let's go feed the fish." at which point Karsen dashes to the door to the patio. As he fast-toddles, it is so cute, because he slants his head in the direction of the left turn to the door. It is sort of like when one is riding a bike and making a turn--"leaning into a curve"
I open the door to the patio and we go out and feed the fish. He is thrilled with this. Sometimes we stay out there for a while, but yesterday morning, he desired to" go get breakfast", so we did. I put in those quotation marks because this is what I ask him. Once, more he is fast-toddling to the door to return to the kitchen. Again, as he comes to the open area of the kitchen, he leans into a right curve as he enters the kitchen.
I prepared him oatmeal and milk, while I drank my protein drink. He continues to pull his hands from mine as we say the prayer before eating, but I believe, I can detect a bit less "tug" on his part, at the "Amen section" of the prayer. When he signals that he is through eating (He uses the sign language signal for "finished") , I get him out of the high chair. Sometimes I let him play while I clean up, as I have stated in prior posts, bit his time I said, "Lets go play with toys", and he fast-toddled to the family room.
I go around and turn on the lamps in the room as Karsen walks with me while I do this. Then I put in the Kidz Praise songs and he plays in his playpen. While Karsen is in his playpen, I begin to dust the furniture. It looks so pretty when it is shiny and freshly dusted. I also emptied trash cans and dust-mopped the foryer. At some point, I realize that Karsen needed a nap and I rocked him to sleep in the rocker. He napped for about an hour, while I watched "The View" on tv. When Karsen awoke, Matthew was interacting with us and playing with Karsen. I left to go to the bank and deposit some checks and go by Walgreens to pick up a prescription.
When I returned, it was time to fix Karsen's lunch. While Matthew was with Karsen, I fixed Karsen's Hamburger-Helper lunch and placed it in two dishes for it to cool. Matthew was preparing to feed Karsen. When I came in the kitchen, Matthew was feeding Karsen, and Matthew informed me that Karsen had grabbed the bowl on the counter and splattered one of the dishes of his lunch on the floor. I continued feeding Karsen while Matthew cleaned up the floor.
After lunch, Karsen returned to the family room and we played puzzles. He is very good at puzzles. He likes to dump three puzzles on the floor and then mix up the pieces and then put the pieces where they go. He is so good at puzzles. After about thirty minutes, I could tell he was ready for a nap and both of us went to bed for a nap.
He slept for a little under two hours. BTW, I changed three diapers, two wet and one of them dirty prior to his nap. Then he had another dirty diaper and I changed it. Matthew brought down clothes because I had never changed Karsen out of his p.j.s. Matthew dressed Karsen. Karsen played around a bit in the family room and his mother came home. It was about 4. They were both very happy to see each other.
Today Ramona is going to be gone all day because she has her teacher-training-class this evening and she decided that it would be easier if she just went there straight from work instead of returning home and then having to leave in 30 minutes to go to class. Matthew is in school today in the morning until about1 and then again in the afternoon until about 9p.m. so it will be just Karsen and I for the entire day. I will be fixing his breakfast, lunch, and dinner and putting him to bed. Matt and Ramona, both, will return home around 9 or 10 or later, I am not sure.
I am thriving with taking care of Karsen. Isnt this somethng? I went to Newburgh and was rejuvinated by taking care of my three Indiana grandsons, and now I am revived by taking care of Karsen. I am really enjoying it and it gives me something to look forward to every day and some goal to accomplish before the day is done.
Next week, Ramona begins her 11p.m. to 7:30 a.m. shift and I will only take care of Karsen in the mornings. Ramona is going to try to get her sleep in the mornings and she will take over Karsen's care when she arises for the day. I will continue to go to Ladies Bible class on Wednesdays, but our proposed routine is for me to take care of Karsen every morning.
Life is good.
May God richly bless you, my loved ones. jk
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