5 am- Wake up
5:03- Make coffee - stand and stare at coffee maker in a stupor
5:05 pour coffee
5:06 drink first sip
5:07 finish first cup
Oh my I am tired this morning-
5:07:30 remember that I have new grand child- pictures to come
Relive some of the Breaking Bad binge that I had last night. I am seriously hooked on this show. So glad I don't have to wait for "next season". Thank you Netflix.
5:15 Get another cup of coffee and remind self to use the biggest cup in the house tomorrow.
I am so so sleepy today. There is really no GOOD reason why, I slept reasonably ok- but there is this getting back into the gym and spending time on the cardio machines, thanks to the cold weather..... ugh. I need to hire someone to either stand next to me and talk or hop on the next machine so the time goes faster. Even the podcasts I listen to don't distract me from the fact that I want to leap out of my skin while doing that mindless stuff. I would much rather be outside. But winter....
6:00 decide I will leave my 3rd cup to later when I get to school, but the coffee maker is speaking to me- make it stop.
So yes, I have a new baby grandgirl. I will write more about it later. She is still so new! Put plans are being made to go see this new little wonder! She was named partially after ME! :D I can't tell you how touching that is.
I have been spacing out in front of the laptop and the TV and I realize that I need to still dry my hair and make my lunch, so
6:21 post blog and get dressed for work!
Make this a joyful day everyone!
Showing posts with label Baby Girl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baby Girl. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Friday, April 19, 2013
Grand daughter from heaven!
FINALLY!!!
Here she is.
A perfect, lovely child - daughter of two perfect, lovely people.
If I do say so myself!
Arriving at 12:56 pm on April 19, 2013
8 lb 12 oz
21 inches long
No name yet, so for now she is christened Little Debi! JK!
My little sunshine baby girl grand!
I'll blog those pix tomorrow, I want her to have her very own post today, because as you can imagine, we will see more of this little girl! :) The first Mad-grand! I think I am going to be crying again.....
OH-- this just in...........
A pic of the happy family- better ones to follow, but this is just fine!!
I can't wait to see her
Welcome to my newest JOY
Our lives will never be the same
My first "baby" and his wife had a baby today. They have no idea....
They have no clue how much this little girl will change their life. They have no idea how much she will infiltrate their minds, their hearts and their soul. They have no comprehension of the joy, the worry, the pain, the tears, the love and the laughter.... the amount of sheer time they will spend thinking, wondering and considering this child. Even after she has left home the connection remains, the concern continues and it is the hardest thing in the world to let them go to do their own thing in the world.
BUT she just arrived, so we can't let go yet!
Jonny texted last night to ask for a few pictures to use for comparison of the little one. So I had a pretty good time looking through the photo album and finding some shots of him as a tiny infant. Wow this was a long time ago, in some ways, though, it wasn't all that long ago at all.
Interestingly enough, the Kutz genes are very strong (sorry Oswalds!) and so there is a good possibility the little one resemble Jon, but you just never know. They change a lot as they grow- an understatement if I ever typed one!
So a child is born and some parents, Grandparents, aunties and uncles are also newly arrived. And are we ever excited!!
So welcome Baby Girl Oswald. Grandma Debi is so happy and so anxious to meet you! And, wow, are we going to have a good time....
They have no clue how much this little girl will change their life. They have no idea how much she will infiltrate their minds, their hearts and their soul. They have no comprehension of the joy, the worry, the pain, the tears, the love and the laughter.... the amount of sheer time they will spend thinking, wondering and considering this child. Even after she has left home the connection remains, the concern continues and it is the hardest thing in the world to let them go to do their own thing in the world.
BUT she just arrived, so we can't let go yet!
Jonny texted last night to ask for a few pictures to use for comparison of the little one. So I had a pretty good time looking through the photo album and finding some shots of him as a tiny infant. Wow this was a long time ago, in some ways, though, it wasn't all that long ago at all.
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| I couldn't resist!! |
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| I look kinda tired! |
Pictures WILL follow!
And that will give me more joy than you can imagine
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
And where is spring???? Daffodil "watch" 2013
More like- Daffodil- PLEASE snow please go away, PLEASE!!!! watch. 2013. The year winter would not quit.
Ok kids, I just realized something over the weekend- spring is truly behind this year. Now, many of you are going to say, oh DUH!!! ~ put down the paint brushes, you've been sniffing too many fumes these days~ but in my defense, I was trying to be positive with myself. I recently emerged from a cocoon of "busy" and I got a chance to actually look around and see what has been going on. This may seem like an exaggerated over-dramatization of things, but it really is true.
This past weekend, it became April, thankfully, and I have one big thing change in April (aside from the imminent arrival of Baby Girl) - and that is that tax season gets FINISHED- and you-know-who is going to be hanging about the house again. This is usually not an issue at all, as he will ordinarily come home, doff his work clothes, don his "play clothes" and go "frolic in the woods" as so many of us know is the MO of the said M-A. He does not allow a lot of grass growing under the proverbial feet- he gets outside and puts tax season out of his mind, quickly!! WELL- holy crap. I realized as I was reassuring him that April is indeed almost upon us, that he will most likely NOT be able to go outside and rake the crud off the lawn in the late afternoon of April 15, as I am pretty sure the snow will NOT be gone! THIS is a problem!!! THIS has only happened a few times in the years we have been up here- like only 2 or 3 and the last time has not been for at LEAST 10 years. So hence and therefore, spring is ACTUALLY slow to arrive this year, it is not me just assuming that we are not having a scary warm spring like last year- but it is SERIOUSLY COLDER!!! UGH. And now I am seeing that there is a forecast of 3 plus inches of more snow this Saturday. REAL CUTE MOTHER NATURE, REAL CUTE!!! and there are not super warm temps forecast for the next 10 days either. Sigh. **sob**
He will find plenty to do out there, regardless of the snow, so that isn't a real big deal, but what is to me is the fact that I am going to be waiting a long freaking time for my flowers and for me to be able to garden..... which is such a bummer.
There might still be ice on the lakes here for the opening of fishing season, too, in just 4 weeks! That hasn't happened for a long time either! All I want to do is go for a walk without my long underwear on and my hood up- is this too much to ask for in April???? Hmmmm????
I guess I will have to keep doing cardio at the gym, hit the weights, attend classes and then come home to sit likea slug, er, um, a Princess in my new livingroom instead of walking outside until the precipitation decides to turn to rain. Which will be totally fine with me! And heaven knows I still have a lot of cleaning and putting away to do in the rest of the house- as it is in a bit of disarray from that reno project. I can't find ANYTHING!!! Who ever knows where I put it.
Speaking of weird- I had the strangest dream last night, it involved me going swimming, my uncle Bob was letting me ride his BMW motorcycle, my dad was there in some fashion and then someone stole my purse! WHAT is going on in my brain?? I woke up a billion times with a seriously dry mouth and stuffy nose, so it probably had something to do with that. Oy.
So I better get on with my day, I do enjoy a Wednesday, so this shall be a nice thing to look forward to. I am obviously still feeling a little out of sorts for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to all the things listed above, plus the fact that I feel like I need to do something challenging in terms of my exercise or diet and I am not finding success in pinpointing it. But I am working on it, so stay tuned. It does involve dropping a bit more weight, but that is also unclear at this point.
On a REALLY FANTASTIC POSITIVE NOTE:
*I have maintained my weight now since January at 147- with few fluctuations. AND I don't feel the need to weigh myself obsessively a million times a day. WIN!
*I have made good strides forward in my strength, as measured by a 135# bench press a few weeks ago! YAY!
*I have a canoe in my garden shed!!!
*I have plans to organize and set up my garden shed and to finish up a few mosaic/concrete projects as SOON as it bothers to warm up.
*I have had quite a few people mentioning how they are trying that banana chocolate ice cream thing! It is seriously good!! And it is a hoot to have people want to try it!
*AND I am feeling way better as far as the sickness I acquired a week ago, so that is the best thing of all.
So daffodil watch has turned into yet another random post of odd ball things, but that is how I roll!
And it is part of how I find my joy
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| Daffodils? |
Ok kids, I just realized something over the weekend- spring is truly behind this year. Now, many of you are going to say, oh DUH!!! ~ put down the paint brushes, you've been sniffing too many fumes these days~ but in my defense, I was trying to be positive with myself. I recently emerged from a cocoon of "busy" and I got a chance to actually look around and see what has been going on. This may seem like an exaggerated over-dramatization of things, but it really is true.
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| Any sign of spring? |
This past weekend, it became April, thankfully, and I have one big thing change in April (aside from the imminent arrival of Baby Girl) - and that is that tax season gets FINISHED- and you-know-who is going to be hanging about the house again. This is usually not an issue at all, as he will ordinarily come home, doff his work clothes, don his "play clothes" and go "frolic in the woods" as so many of us know is the MO of the said M-A. He does not allow a lot of grass growing under the proverbial feet- he gets outside and puts tax season out of his mind, quickly!! WELL- holy crap. I realized as I was reassuring him that April is indeed almost upon us, that he will most likely NOT be able to go outside and rake the crud off the lawn in the late afternoon of April 15, as I am pretty sure the snow will NOT be gone! THIS is a problem!!! THIS has only happened a few times in the years we have been up here- like only 2 or 3 and the last time has not been for at LEAST 10 years. So hence and therefore, spring is ACTUALLY slow to arrive this year, it is not me just assuming that we are not having a scary warm spring like last year- but it is SERIOUSLY COLDER!!! UGH. And now I am seeing that there is a forecast of 3 plus inches of more snow this Saturday. REAL CUTE MOTHER NATURE, REAL CUTE!!! and there are not super warm temps forecast for the next 10 days either. Sigh. **sob**
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| I'm not sensing imminent yellow flowers anytime soon |
He will find plenty to do out there, regardless of the snow, so that isn't a real big deal, but what is to me is the fact that I am going to be waiting a long freaking time for my flowers and for me to be able to garden..... which is such a bummer.
There might still be ice on the lakes here for the opening of fishing season, too, in just 4 weeks! That hasn't happened for a long time either! All I want to do is go for a walk without my long underwear on and my hood up- is this too much to ask for in April???? Hmmmm????
I guess I will have to keep doing cardio at the gym, hit the weights, attend classes and then come home to sit like
Speaking of weird- I had the strangest dream last night, it involved me going swimming, my uncle Bob was letting me ride his BMW motorcycle, my dad was there in some fashion and then someone stole my purse! WHAT is going on in my brain?? I woke up a billion times with a seriously dry mouth and stuffy nose, so it probably had something to do with that. Oy.
So I better get on with my day, I do enjoy a Wednesday, so this shall be a nice thing to look forward to. I am obviously still feeling a little out of sorts for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to all the things listed above, plus the fact that I feel like I need to do something challenging in terms of my exercise or diet and I am not finding success in pinpointing it. But I am working on it, so stay tuned. It does involve dropping a bit more weight, but that is also unclear at this point.
On a REALLY FANTASTIC POSITIVE NOTE:
*I have maintained my weight now since January at 147- with few fluctuations. AND I don't feel the need to weigh myself obsessively a million times a day. WIN!
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| Pretty, but.... |
*I have made good strides forward in my strength, as measured by a 135# bench press a few weeks ago! YAY!
*I have a canoe in my garden shed!!!
*I have plans to organize and set up my garden shed and to finish up a few mosaic/concrete projects as SOON as it bothers to warm up.
*I have had quite a few people mentioning how they are trying that banana chocolate ice cream thing! It is seriously good!! And it is a hoot to have people want to try it!
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| Favorite tree waiting stoically for yet another season of growth |
*AND I am feeling way better as far as the sickness I acquired a week ago, so that is the best thing of all.
So daffodil watch has turned into yet another random post of odd ball things, but that is how I roll!
And it is part of how I find my joy
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Random neuron firings and other lies I tell myself
I had a list of notes of things that I thought were important for me to talk about on this blog on Saturday morning. So - today they all seem a little bit ....meh.... BUT I have had a request for more blog posts, so away we go!
I had a really nice time with Adam on our trip to Hayward, got some goodies, planned to make a little dessert thing- a vegan peanut butter cup dessert- but I just ran out of ambition and frankly did not have the stupid graham crackers for the crust part. WHY do I clean out my cupboards and then am surprised when i don't have the 2 year old crackers that had been sitting there for .... well, two years. I say that every so often- WHY did I clean out my....... insert one or all- closet, shelf, drawer, car.... well, because I couldn't stand it one minute longer, but then I have this sort of thing happen. I think we all need an extra house to put the stuff in we don't have room for in ours any more, but we think we MIGHT need it someday, but we are not sure. I am positive the children will LOVE cleaning THAT out some day. So, fine, the extra house will not happen... but you know what I mean. And food can't be a part of that house, because that won't be a good idea. And what if that house is better than the one you live in? You know, better stuff?? HAHAHA I think I should be going to sleep, I am apparently delirious.
SO- Valentines Day, which is usually a bitter disappointment, was a big surprise! Who KNEW!!! I wonder if I really deserved all this floral attention, but deserve or not, I LOVE IT!! Seriously, don't give me the whole "flowers don't last" baloney, they rock my world. If you want to be a Darla downer ( I never use the saying "debbie downer", because that is just sick and wrong), that is your issue, just don't spew those lies to ME! We all know that flowers are fabulous, whether cut and in a vase or gleefully blooming outside in my gardens. And in case you didn't notice- it was freaking -18 the last 2 days and we know that nothing will be blooming for a while! Much "floratude" (gratitude for the flora) is in the air. And I am working hard to make everything last as long as possible, because that is my gig!
Along the lines of plants, I am really excited at the prospect of ordering seeds soon. Though I am not going to try to start a lot of seeds indoors, I am going to start a few heirloom tomato varieties because they are better than the standard ones around here. But I want to raise and freeze a bunch of things such as kale, beet greens, chard, etc. Going to stuff as much into that garden as possible! We just don't have access to great greens in the winter up here, the grocery store doesn't have a lot in that regard. The solution is to raise my own!
Next weekend is going to be a fun one, if the weather holds. Going to go to Janesville for the baby shower! I have the gift here and ready to go.... so I plan to go unless all hell breaks loose. AND it sounds like my Mad-seester is going to be there too! YAY!!!!!! Jeez I love that girl. I am slightly sad to know that I do not have the comfort of knowing that I could go and look at my old home if I wanted to, it is still freaking me out to know that it is gone. I will adjust but it will take a while. I have found that I am worried about my own house here burning down now- I am so irrational sometimes, but I can't help it.
In other news, I am thinking I want to finish this up so I can play word with friends and then get ready for school tomorrow.
And RANDOM THING- I have the song about a guy thrift shopping in my brain- part of my dancey dance play list from my awesome Samarathon! I'm gunna pop some tags.... Lol. I have interesting brain music, let me tell you. This is the clean version of that song.... ;)
I had written some notes to myself for this post- which was going to be like 2 or 3 posts, but you know that whole ..... meh..... thing- HOWEVER, I must have been thinking deeply Saturday morning because this was among my little messages to myself:
I had a really nice time with Adam on our trip to Hayward, got some goodies, planned to make a little dessert thing- a vegan peanut butter cup dessert- but I just ran out of ambition and frankly did not have the stupid graham crackers for the crust part. WHY do I clean out my cupboards and then am surprised when i don't have the 2 year old crackers that had been sitting there for .... well, two years. I say that every so often- WHY did I clean out my....... insert one or all- closet, shelf, drawer, car.... well, because I couldn't stand it one minute longer, but then I have this sort of thing happen. I think we all need an extra house to put the stuff in we don't have room for in ours any more, but we think we MIGHT need it someday, but we are not sure. I am positive the children will LOVE cleaning THAT out some day. So, fine, the extra house will not happen... but you know what I mean. And food can't be a part of that house, because that won't be a good idea. And what if that house is better than the one you live in? You know, better stuff?? HAHAHA I think I should be going to sleep, I am apparently delirious.
SO- Valentines Day, which is usually a bitter disappointment, was a big surprise! Who KNEW!!! I wonder if I really deserved all this floral attention, but deserve or not, I LOVE IT!! Seriously, don't give me the whole "flowers don't last" baloney, they rock my world. If you want to be a Darla downer ( I never use the saying "debbie downer", because that is just sick and wrong), that is your issue, just don't spew those lies to ME! We all know that flowers are fabulous, whether cut and in a vase or gleefully blooming outside in my gardens. And in case you didn't notice- it was freaking -18 the last 2 days and we know that nothing will be blooming for a while! Much "floratude" (gratitude for the flora) is in the air. And I am working hard to make everything last as long as possible, because that is my gig!
Along the lines of plants, I am really excited at the prospect of ordering seeds soon. Though I am not going to try to start a lot of seeds indoors, I am going to start a few heirloom tomato varieties because they are better than the standard ones around here. But I want to raise and freeze a bunch of things such as kale, beet greens, chard, etc. Going to stuff as much into that garden as possible! We just don't have access to great greens in the winter up here, the grocery store doesn't have a lot in that regard. The solution is to raise my own!
Next weekend is going to be a fun one, if the weather holds. Going to go to Janesville for the baby shower! I have the gift here and ready to go.... so I plan to go unless all hell breaks loose. AND it sounds like my Mad-seester is going to be there too! YAY!!!!!! Jeez I love that girl. I am slightly sad to know that I do not have the comfort of knowing that I could go and look at my old home if I wanted to, it is still freaking me out to know that it is gone. I will adjust but it will take a while. I have found that I am worried about my own house here burning down now- I am so irrational sometimes, but I can't help it.
In other news, I am thinking I want to finish this up so I can play word with friends and then get ready for school tomorrow.
And RANDOM THING- I have the song about a guy thrift shopping in my brain- part of my dancey dance play list from my awesome Samarathon! I'm gunna pop some tags.... Lol. I have interesting brain music, let me tell you. This is the clean version of that song.... ;)
I had written some notes to myself for this post- which was going to be like 2 or 3 posts, but you know that whole ..... meh..... thing- HOWEVER, I must have been thinking deeply Saturday morning because this was among my little messages to myself:
life - potential
actual
past
Now, isn't that an interesting little message to ones' self?? I will have to ponder that cryptic little note that could almost be a haiku, but there isn't enough syllables. I can't even consider the possibilities right now.
Time for sleep, kids, the Mad-Art teacher needs to be on her A game tomorrow, long day ahead- kids, classes, pottery, stage crew and scenery painting (I should have ordered paint- rats!), quick back weight lifting and dance class. whew! THAT is a 7 am - 7:45 pm sort of a day. Is it Friday yet??
Until next time- be a joy giver. And find a little bit of sunshine in your day. muah!
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