HAPPY 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR

TO ONE AND

ALL!!!

MAY GOD BLESS EACH

AND EVERYONE.

Not a Good Year's end. I'm venting!!!

This has been a very bad couple of years and it just continues that way. I could blame all sorts of people and actions for all the problems, but that doesn't help one bit. The fact that my foundation was severely destroyed has a great deal to do with it. I have tried very hard to see the good in the actions taken by others, but to this day I can find none. What I do see is that we were in a bad place and God removed us. Now to find another place to feel secure. That is not simple.

This month has been exceptionally hard because the boys both have their birthdays and of course the Christmas and New Year celebrations. We always celebrate their birthdays early so they are not confused or included into the Christmas. One was born 2 days before and the other 2 days after Christmas. Anyway, this year was very important to the oldest as it was his 18th birthday. His mother had told us all that she was coming down and staying over for Christmas. We have not seen her yet.

#1 grandson has been very down and depressed. We had snow. a lot more snow than we are used to having. It stopped a lot of things around here including the last 3 days of school. He has not been able to deal with the fact that she could not get down here. Of course her husband losing the van keys didn't help one bit. Anyway, he has had a very hard month. On the 22nd, he grabbed a knife and slit his wrist open to the point that I called 911. My hubby was physically fighting with him to try and stop him. They both ended up being transported to the hospital. The good thing, #1 has agreed to go into personal therapy. Maybe, just maybe he will deal with his deep seeded problems.

I am sitting here more or less depressed, as the people I used to be able to reach out to talk to and pray with are no more. So, I reach out to the unknown. I pray for guidance and strength. I know that sounds bad, but it could be so much worse. I could be trying to go through all this alone. As it is I have a wonderful, loving and supportive hubby. That is a real blessing.

#2 grandson is a moose. He has gotten so big. He is 17 and bigger that both of us. That is OK, he is our Teddy Bear. He is constantly reaching out to grip my hand or coming to me for a hug. I sincerely pray that never changes. He has a girlfriend, but this time he is using his head a bit more and just being a boyfriend instead of jumping right into saying he is engaged. Score one for me... He has so much trouble in school, but I can not get the school to recognize the problem as learning problems. Just the behavioral problems. So that fight goes on.

OK, I have bent your eyes enough for today. I won't always vent so don't let me scare you off.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I do think we had more snow last night after we went to bed. It sure didn't look like this before... I think this is just completely beautiful. I call it a Gift from God. The beauty not the hazards. Either way, I still love the snow. I have waited a very long time for a White Christmas.. I do believe it is going to happen this year.

I got an email from my granddaughter in Roy WA. this morning. She wanted me to go plant my foot in the snow and send her the picture. Later I found out it was her way of judging how much snow we have. I also used a ruler... 9 inches. Yes, I know that is not near what some other people have, but it is a major snowfall for this area!! We can not even get the Suburban out of here!! You might say we are grounded for now.

Yesterday we made some cutout sugar cookies. The oldest grandson went nuts decorating them. It was fun to watch. Of course I will have to make more, I don't expect those to last long. Not with two teenage stomachs walking around this house.

I have been working my sewing machine overtime. I had ordered order a part to upgrade my embroidery machine. Since my machine is considered OLD, they have to make the part. They are doing that, but I won't get it until January sometime. When I get the part I need, I will be able to download and sew any pattern. It is exciting and very cool... But for the meantime, I must make do with the patterns I have. Life is so unfair...:)

That is about the long and the short of it for now. Stay warm and cozy.

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Snow an Ice.

Yesterday we got hit with a good snow. That was fine until the temp dropped. Hubby was not home yet and he didn't quite make it. My car spent the night parked at a friend's home and he had to walk part way home. Today I retrieved my car, with him following along behind me with the Suburban.

This little trip made me think back many year to a trip a friend and I made one Christmas time. We had some shopping to do so we got sitters and off we went. Well we were living in the eastern foothills of the Cascade mountains. Our shopping trip was to Ellensburg. It started to snow. We had not been shopping for just ourselves and some things to drop off up a nice icy hill. Yes, we got stuck. Stuck in another friend's very long icy driveway. Of course this was before cell phones. We had a CB radio. We were finally able to get someone at home to call the friend where we were stuck. The insanity that went on between my friend and I, I won't go into that. I am not into self embarrassment tonight. Needless to say the two of had the time of our lives being stuck in the snow and ice. Wonderful memory!!!

We finally got some shopping done today. It is going to be a light Christmas this year. But I am able to make homemade kitchen towels and dish cloths for the ladies in the family. The men just kinda eat the treats and say "Oh how nice." But the grandchildren!! We have 9 we have to buy for. I don't count the two we are raising as they are "ours". I usually go a little overboard on them. Haven't got that done yet.

We have about 5 to 6 inches of snow now and we are expecting another big storm to hit us Saturday night. The news people are talking high winds and bad cold weather. We can only pray that most of the expected high winds stay up in the foothills. If we get a power outage, there goes finishing up my home made gifts. I am hoping that we are able to hang on to our snow. It has been a long time since we have had a White Christmas. That would be fun.

As I sit here writing it is 21* outside. I am thinking about a hot cup of tea or cocoa. I think I will go do just that. Stay warm..

The absent just might return...

It has been forever it seems like since I visited my site here. So much has happened and then some things have not changed. The boys have grown into very large teens. That was to be expected. They are both struggling in school. That I am sorry about. I try to be as helpful as they will allow. Yes, they are very stubborn. The oldest will be 18 next weekend and my youngest will be 17 on the 23rd. I sit here and wonder where all the years have gone so quickly. It seems like just yesterday I had 2 toddlers in my home. Now they are taller that both G-pa and I. I call them my monsters!!

We still have not been able to find a church. We tried one local church. The people are very nice and the church is completely welcoming. but attending it like attending a funeral every Sunday. It is not the Pastor, he is wonderful, it is just their service. So the search goes on. But we will find the home church we are suppose to attend.

With Christmas just around the corner, I am getting a bit tense. No, I am not ready. We have 11 grandchildren. Not one gift has been figured out yet. "SCREAM"!! But I know from past experience, we always seem to make it work. Every year I make a statement about not waiting until the last moment. Some day I might just do that. If I keep telling myself, I just might actually do it one year. I am making the gifts for the adults. That is under control almost. I need a part for my sewing machine. It won't be in until January, so I have to make trips to the sewing store and use their machines. You know, I like my "OLD" machine better that the new fancy ones.

Well, we have been getting snow here in this corner of the world. It started last Sunday when I was sewing. The drive home was slippery, and long but safe. I went to work on Monday and then Monday night we had a major medical situation and I ended up spending until 2:00AM at the hospital. Everyone was released and sent home. So, on Tuesday I took a personal day. That night the snow cut loose again and we have not had school since. Tomorrow is the last day before Christmas Break. I am taking bets on whether we will have classes or not. Any takers?? Didn't think so. One snow flake around here and everyone goes nuts!!

I think I will stop rambling today. I believe I have possibly bored you enough today. Stay warm and safe.