Some more thoughts!

Well, it's still raining and is supposed to really clear up by Sunday but we'll have to wait and see!!! I got an E-Mail from a niece of mine about aprons! Do any of you remember aprons? Seemed like I remember them as a very small child! My Aunts, Grandmothers, and my Mother all wore them! They were part of one's "everyday" wear. As the E-Mail said they were used primarily to keep your one or two dresses in your wardrobe clean! But they did so much more! As she said, they made very handy dust cloths when "unexpected company" was seen coming up the walk to your door! And they were useful to wipe a little one's eyes, or nose, if that happened to be a problem!!!! They were good "oven gloves" for taking something out of the oven, and were even used to wipe one's brow if the weather got too warm. I would love to have one or two to put on over my "Sunday go to Church" clothes, instead of having to waste all that time changing into something for around the house after Church!! All the things that my niece described were what aprons were used for and more. My Mother-in Law never went on a long trip by car that she didn't come out of her house wearing a clean apron over her "good" clothes. And I asked her about it one day and she told me that usually there was a little one or two in the car with them and instead of having to be careful not to get her dress dirty, the child could sit on her lap on the apron!!!!Made sense to me!!!! I just got some good news a few minutes ago from my son, Steve. He said my latest "Great" finally took a little walk of about 5 or 6 steps! She has been taking a couple of steps and then down on her knees for about a month but she was finally brave enough to walk!!! Watch out world!!!! Here comes Lily-bug!!!!!

Me! Again!

This has to be a surprise since I have been delaying in writing daily and I guess it's just because I keep putting it off and "wow"! Another day is gone! Where has it gone and why haven't I done anything I want to do that day???? I heard from my "older" cousin, June yesterday and she told me that she had a heart attack in Dec. My "older" cousin was born in December 1918! She is now home, though I feel that she should be with someone, I know the feeling! As long as I am able to do for myself, I like my own bed, my own food, (such as it is!) and my freedom and the quiet that comes from living in one's own place!!!! June and another cousin Esther, were both born in December before I was born in 1919 in February. She has always been very active. She had the most beautiful gardens and the vegetables that she planted and canned!! Oh, Yummy! She was very active in her Church and when her husband died several years ago, long before my Cappy, she did things like make quilts for her Church, and several other activities. She has most of her family living near her which makes it nice and they are always right there to help her!!! My family helps me out too but I only have one boy that is nearby so he really gets a workout!!! June and Byron had a boy and a girl and the boy lives nearer to Pullman, Washington but Linda and her husband Marvin married and lived right there in Clarkston, Wash. where June moved after Byron passed away. Both of June's children had families who had families and so as I said before she has plenty of people to take care of her!!! Now to get back to today. It has literally poured down most of the time since Sunday! When we came out of Church at about 11:30 A.M. on Sunday, it was pouring and has been off and on ever since! Today it not only poured rain all morning but we had really heavy winds!!! But who's complaining? This State really is suffering for want of water! The flooding of streets and all are minor casualties. In the San Fernando Valley where last August they were hit by such terrible wildfires, now the hills are literally coming down to Sts. and homes in the areas!!! This is pretty usual for them down there too! First comes the Santa Ana winds that dry everything out and then starts the wildfires! Some are delibertly set and others are accidents! Some years are worse that others but it seems that this past year has been very "extreme" in everything!!!!! The thing that I worry about with all this rain is the tule fog that sometimes happens after a good rain in our area!!!! Well, God's Will be done but I do pray for all those who are hit in these "bad" things! Got a call from my son in Ventura County and he said that they had had a tornado either yesterday or this morning down in the Long Beach area!!!! Wow!!!

And so another year!!!

Hi everybody! I know that it's been quite awhile since I have attempted to regale you with my thoughts and "memories" but hey, I'm almost another year old and time does seem to really fly by and I don't even seem to have time to do the things that I really want to do, or should do!!! My legs bother me quite a bit and walking seems to be a little slower and if I stand at all for a few minutes, my legs cramp up on me! But I don't remember whether or not I wrote about Thanksgiving this year but, it was fun and the weather was beautiful up at Arnold and the people were fun! We had Liliana this year to join the fun and at 1 year old now, she is in my opinion the smartest, cutest baby that ever lived!!!! She has a continual smile and now and then gets the "giggles"! She eats almost everything and almost walks! She takes a few steps and then finds it is, I think, faster and easier to get down on her knees and crawl where she wants to go! She chatters like a magpie, and even though no one can understand her, we all "converse" with her and that satisfies her!!!!. At her 1st birthday party, she was quite the card!!!! I left the party and went to Mass with Steve because we were leaving for Simi Valley the next morning for Christmas! I, was, that is! Steve was just my "bus driver"! I got up the first morning with a sore throat and a cough and of course, had the dumb cold for a couple of weeks! Christmas was fun, as usual at Bob's and what made it extra special was that Bill, Wendy, Afton, and Alex came for dinner! Alex had finished Basic training in Georgia and had "leave" for Christmas!!! He looked really great and I had time to talk quite a bit to him! After all, he is my Godson! He is now in Washington State for further training!!! I just hope that he doesn't end up in Iraq or Afghanistan! I guess that's what Godmothers are for, praying constantly for one or the other of their Godchildren! Tim arrived from Texas after Christmas, (my oldest Grandchild. Alex is my youngest!) He stayed until the 3rd of January. It was good to see him!!! Steve came after me on the 9th of January and I have been trying to get back into "living" ever since!!! So much mail and I had put out a few Christmas things so that all had to be tucked away! I just finished this afternoon, shredding things in my shredder! Good thing to be doing on a rainy, rainy day!!!! Love it!!! And is it ever needed! As soon as I can get together a few "thoughts" about the "old days" I will be, I feel, back on track! I had a lot of great things thought up while I was in the Simi Valley but I didn't want to disturb the routine too much!!! Now that is a story! Shame on me!! I just didn't "feel" like doing a blog!!!! Sorry!