Even more Vacation!

We flew to Talllahassee Florida and spent a week with Wayne's college roommate, Charles and his wife Cindy. We had a great time from riding his school bus route with him, visiting the Andersonville Civil War Prison, visiting a Plantation, cruising in water full of interesting flora and fauna and alligators, going to the coast to see a lighthouse and finding it was the monarch butterfly festival and they were everywhere! Then on Sunday we attended a Branch of the church in Florida to visit my college roommate, Bev. After church they eat a big potluck dinner outside on the lawn every Sunday - tables set up out side. The weather was beautiful while we were there and we had great fun with friends we hadn't seen in 40 years and 45 years!

Our Vacation

Wow! did we ever have a good time! the first week we spent our time with Angela and Ben and even better playing with Ella and holding and loving Will. grandpa slept a lot with will on his shoulder! I went shopping a few times just for food and stuff. It was a great time. That Sunday we blessed our 31st grandchild - William Charles Quinney, in his white tuxedo with tails! This was a great time for all of us and we enjoyed every moment of being there and celebrating Ella's second birthday with her!

Babies are the BEST!!!

Well, here it is October. Our 31st grandchild arrived Wednesday, Oct. 7. He is darling and my daughter Angela looks beautiful after giving birth to him. William (after his dad) Charles (after my grandfather) but we will call him Will. I am leaving Monday to go stay with them and hold the sweet new little one who just arrived from heaven. It will be great to be there. My sister, Linda, may come from Louisville, Kentucky to visit us - I hope she does! We are going to Florida and Georgia to visit my husband's roomate who is the one who got us together. We haven't seen them in 40 years at least. We are going to have fun! I have been working hard substituting to keep extra money in the bank for our fun times. I am looking forward to no work for a couple of weeks! I am already scheduled for 3 days the first week we are home. We are so blessed in this life and I am so happy to be feeling good - not like last year! Wayne is feeling good too so we shall enjoy this trip and seeing family and friends.

A short trip

Any vacation , short or long, is always a welcome change. We went up north to see my dad and spent a couple of days with them. Then we drove to Tracy, Ca to visit Ryan and family and to be there for Caden's first birthday. It was fun to be around Kayla and Caden and to visit with Ryan and Kristina. Kayla had me telling lots of stories - of course, they had to be told her way so she could act them out! It was nice and cool at my dads and we missed some HOT temperatures at home. Now we are home and back to normal. I am doing my treadmill walking and my hot tub exercises and Wayne is doing yard work. We are looking forward to Angela, Ben and Ella to arrive the end of the month. Might even make a second trip to the beach - the last one was GREAT!

It really is summer now!

Since I finally got healthy I have been substitute teaching way too much! The $ is good but I do get tired by the end of the day! I am so lucky that when I get home my husband says what time do you want to eat? And it's ready at whatever time I choose! Some days I get home and sit because my right knee hurts so badly I can barely walk due to the pressure on it. So, next week is the last week of school and in the past I have actually been called to sub during the last week. This year yesterday was my last day - period! I need the whole summer to rest and exercise to lose another 20 pounds. I am turning in my two pages of time sheets this Monday - just in case I get a call and feel tempted to do it!

Yesterday I was at Dartmouth Middle School - the school I retired from. As I went out the office door to go to my classroom I heard a little red-head yelling grandma, grandma! She came running over and just hugged me good! I loved it! We talked for a few minutes and as I walked away I heard all her friends saying 'Is that your Grandma?" It was Janalee's daughter, Jessica. Gary's daughter Kelbie is in 8th grade there and I have actually done her class before but i did not see her the past two days while there. That is okay though because she just talked to me on Facebook and when school gets out I am taking her to lunch for some fun time. I feel so blessed in my life to have such wonderful children and grandchildren - they all make the pains and sorrows of life well worth it! Love you family!

I love this weather!

Well, finally it is warm and I love it! I know I don't have any complaints about snow and such but I just love this time of year. We have a hummingbird nest with two eggs in it in our pluot tree. Some red-breasted birds have made a nest in one of the curtains over my hot tub - I just use the other curtains for now! Wayne has put up more than 100 pounds of strawberries and they just keep coming - he has given away many too.

I really am better - I feel great! so good that all I do is work now! This week I had one day off! I only want to earn 1000$ a month which would mean 8 days but my friend, Sharon, at Hemet High School always has another job for me by the time I leave each day. Life is not boring. We have beautiful flowers that I love to look at. Our roses are especially beautiful this year. Our Thompson seedless grapes are loaded - anybody wants some come and see us the end of July! I am so happy to be feeling good and to be able to work again - I get bored just staying home. School will be out soon and that is okay too - I always like vacations! LIFE IS GOOD!!!!

Wayne is so happy our neighbors are finally putting in new grass that he is freely putting in drainage lines and extra dirt for them so it will turn out right! It is his little service project! We are doing great!