Grandma's House

September 16, 2006

Today I opened the windows in the house, which I don’t do at all because I have such sever allergies.
Then the memories started flooding back, childhood memories of grandma rea’s house. When I was young during spring, summer, and fall she always had the windows open because she had no A/C. Almost always she had fans going in the windows too, which is a sound that almost always brings my thoughts back to home wherever I am.
Hearing the insects’ sounds, cool breeze gently blowing through the house. For a moment today I imagined myself back in grandma house as a child again. What a wonderful feeling to be a child again, no worries, no jobs, nothing but time to play and imagine. The gentle sounds of wind chimes, which my grandma collects. I can remember my favorite spot in her house, to lay under the big brown refrigerator. Even during the summer I would curl up in front of it and let the hot air warm me. Whenever we watched TV that was my spot. My cup was the little yellow Tupperware cup as a child. We often played with blocks, Lincoln logs, and playing cards. I remember playing Go Fish, then when we got older Rummy, and solitaire. Then in college we played peanuts. When I married Dan, he introduced Oh, Shit, which is what we play now.
I miss grandmas house.

Lily's Fall

After the post wide yard sale the girls took their money and bought scooters. They are required to wear their bike helmets on scooters too.
Ever since we got the scooters Lily never takes her helmet off. We can always tell who kid is outside playing (not on scooter) because she always has her helmet on. She has helmet hair every night. She never it takes it off because she only might be off her scooter for a bit.
Yesterday Dan’s best friend Dave was in, and we were laughing about lily’s helmet issue.Tonight, while at the campfire Shelby comes running out “Lily’s hurt in the house mom.” When I got to the house she had tried to jump the dog gate instead of go through it. I was in such a panic I took her helmet off and her shirt to check out damage to her side. I was asking does anything hurt? How is your head, did you hit your head? Dan says “Wendy, you just took her helmet off, her head is fine.” She was fine, other than her side is going to have one nasty bruise tomorrow. After we sent her to the couch to rest we were fixing the gate and laughing so hard because to be honest our child will never hurt her head because she never takes her helmet off!

Dinner with the girls

This is always the most interesting part of our day, mostly for what comes out of the girls mouths.
Shelby “Daddy, are their invisible men?”
Lily “No silly, there are no invisible men!”
Lily “Well, if they have invisible spray then they can be invisible.”
Dan “Well, how can he get invisible spray if he can’t see it.”
Lily “Duh, dad. He goes to the store and buys it!”

Yup, it really never is a dull moment at our house. -Wendy

Post Wide Yard Sale Today!!

Oh my! What a day that started at 6am and ended for me at 2:00. The girls set up their stuff and a soda and candy stand. They made $23.00 and then 40.00 off the soda & candy stand! So 63.00 total for the girls and of course $5.00 went to the ice cream man when he came around today at 4.
We did good $550.00 mostly in scrapbook stuff. I'm so tired I think I'm heading up for a nap! I will post some recent pictures up of the girls tomorrow. Loves, wendy

Orders

We have orders... to Ft. Hood, TX in Jan '07

What do you want for Breakfast, Shelby?

Do we have pickels mom? YES. Then I want pickels and strawberries for breakfast. OK.

Yup.. she ate them all too... and wanted more.. if I would have let her she would have added cherry tomatos too.

Job Interview

Today I went for my job interview at The Scrapbook Page in KS. Very excited, this is a large very nice store has been published in the top spot to shop at scrapbook magazines. I entered the store met the husband and wife who owned it, sat down and “so you’re at Ft. Leavenworth?” Yes, and we are only here until Dec. I responded. Oh, well I guess the interview is over we are looking for someone to work 3-4 years or longer with us. So what is it that your husband does in the Army? Is he deployed? Is he heading to Iraq? How does he like Ft. Leavenworth?
Needless to say my job interview was over before it started. I bought some glue and went home. We should have our orders by tomorrow sometime.

Ft. Lewis, WA
Ft. Hood, TX
Alaska
Or Dan by himself in Korea.

The girls had an excellent day at school today. Shelby’s soccer meeting is tonight at 5pm and Lily’s cheerleading is Thursday night at 5pm. I’ve got 4 orders of Army paper bag books to do so I will be working on those and the tooth fairy boxes that I sold over the week. This weekend should be GREAT, Saturday is our Post wide yard sale. Paid $11.00 and got our permit today for it. I will be doing this myself, Dan has college class Friday night and all day Saturday…. JOY…