Stuff

I am having so much fun living here among the kids, both my older kids and the little ones. So nice to be just 5 minutes away. Makes it really easy to just see everyone on a whim.

Tucker has turned into quite the little baker. I have a stand up mixer and have shown him how it works. The last time we baked, he was telling me all the safety rules!

When we first started baking he wanted to do all the measuring, but since he has been "trained" on the mixer....well you know what he wants to do. It does make the process go a little faster with me doing the measuring, but baking with him does take a little longer which is ok with me. I am having so much fun with him.Snickerdoodles were our last cookie to make. We looked on line to see where the name came from, they don't really know. It has its base in German but that's about it.

Getting him from school today to make a gingerbread house. I bought a kit this year. Last time he was over, we went thru everything we had to augment the supplies that came with the house. Depending on how the house goes, we may do cut out cookies as well. I plan on making up the dough this morning so it's chilled this afternoon and take a little time out of the process.

Finley is such a cutie. Right now I don't think he feels very well, so he wants Mom a lot. He loves to watch nursery songs with Greg on the computer. I'll look around and Greg has them both on his lap watching songs. So cute!!

Both of the boys like to do duplos at our house. Duplos are legos answer to blocks for little hands that can't yet grasp the little tiny lego block. We have quite a collection going.

The weather here has been great so far. I think God is easing me into the winter this year. I am sure the snow and wind will come soon, but I'm going to enjoy it while I can. I would have liked a white Christmas but don't think it is in the cards.

Jenn and I got a massage yesterday. Ryan had found a great deal on them and he and Greg got them for us. Jenn was very relaxed when she came out. I think it was just what she needed.

Wegman's

So, we went back to Wegman's this afternoon. I need to change my earlier theory. They are not in fact as cheap as the alternatives. They are cheaper on certain things, but as a whole, not. Plus they don't have any apples just for eating. All their apples are the kind that should be baked. No Fuji, no delicious, no pink lady, jazz, honeycrisp..... Who does that????? However the rest of their produce is good.

I love being in NJ around my family each and every day. The ability to see what is happening in their life daily is wonderful. Watching the grandkids change and grow. Seeing my daughter and son in law in a wonderful loving relationship. Actually, I think more of Ryan as a son, but if I posted it that way, you all would think that a little weird.

Becky helped me fix my blog. Somehow it is tied to an old email with a new email password. As Ryan put it-the strangest things happen to you. Jenn and Ryan would have helped me as well, but I forget to ask them when we are together.

Got a job at a quilt shop. I know everyone is surprised at that. Things are going well there. The people are really nice and the shop is cool.

Going to Wegman's today. It is an awesome grocery store. If they haven't got it, you don't need it. Last time I went, I got the most juiciest flavorful grapefruits I have ever had. After comparing prices with the other local stores for me, they are not any more expensive than the others. If my grocery mix was different they might cost more.

Becky Quilt

I made this quilt for Becky a long time ago and now I am using the picture as a test for my blog.

Moving

wow, we are finally getting to go to NJ to be with daughter, son in law and grand kids. I still can hardly believe.

I am a firm believer you should move every 5 years just to keep all your stuff cleared out. We have already had 1 garage sale and are thinking maybe another before we leave. How do 2 people accumulate so much stuff??? Well, some of it we are holding for some of our kids-you know who you are.

I had forgotten what all entails moving. Went into overload this weekend, but am better now. Our official move date is July 5 & 6. Because of the cost, we have decided to do the majority of the packing ourselves.

A guy at Greg's office just moved here and lo and behold he wants to get rid of all his moving boxes. Wardrobes, mirror, and dish packs. Hallelujah. He even has paper. Figured our boxes would be a mix of liquor, fruit and assorted junk boxes. In addition, our moving company has some used boxes they are giving us and another friend has some for us as well. When you have 13,500# of stuff you need all you can get.

Pray for me that I can get it all done-cancel everything and get everything all hooked back up. I know that Greg will be a packing fool. He can get that kind of thing done in no time. I don't know how he does it.

The bad news is that we can expect our stuff to be there any where from the 11th of July to the 20th. Let's pray that it is sooner than later. It's because we don't have a full truckload like last time. We moved a car last time and filled the truck. This time they will put someone's else stuff with ours and whoever is first in the geographic gets their stuff first. Maybe the second person is moving to Maine.

Back to the paying of the bills.