So, I don't have a camera yet. However. At Lee's request, he was wondering when I was going to buy new sheets. We have one set for our bed, because our mattress is one of those pillow top type mattresses. It's actually a double pillow top one on each side of the mattress (bottom and top). The last time I bought sheets for the bed was when we first got it. I had to think really hard on that one. I remember Lee and the boys were in the car waiting for me, and then it dawned on me. The reason they were in the car waiting for me was.....because Mason was still on oxygen, and in those days-it took a good 10 minutes to get him out of the car with his "equipment". I had it down to 5 minutes or less actually. But that is neither here not there. It had been 6 YEARS since I bought bed linens for our bed. 6 years ago, I only had 3 choices, because they didn't make very many sets of sheets for the "thicker" beds. Now, the world is your oyster-if you go to Bed, Bath and Beyond. I just needed to narrow it down to thread counts. I'll spare you on all of the details. But they were pricey. Hence the reason why, I haven't bought bed sheets in 6 years. I buy pillowcases once a year, but not the sheets. I guess I am sharing all of this because, I can't believe it has been 6 years since I last got sheets for our bed. Time goes by so fast, and it blows me away.
I joined Facebook a few months ago. Since then, people I graduated High School with, attended Church with, and other people who have come out from the woodwork have found me or-the other way around. When you log on to Facebook, it tells you who is "on line". Low and behold, yesterday 2 of my siblings were online at the same time as me. It freaked me out a little, but I thought is was funny. Facebook is a blast, and I recommend it to everyone.
Mac came home from Scout Camp Saturday night. I was so happy to see him. So was his brother. He got the Care Package I sent him. And I got the letter he sent us....today. I don't have to ask Mac if he's happy to be home, he says it often. He had a really good time at Camp and got alot accomplished in a week.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
In Search of a New Camera, a Visit, and Donuts.
In my search of a new camera, I went to Best Buy yesterday-JUST TO LOOK. Mason came with me, so I didn't get a lot of "looking" done. There were almost 100 different choices (okay more like 50), my head started to spin, and I got overwhelmed. I narrowed it down to two different ones-one of them is a Canon and the other I think is a Sony. I saw all of the cute pink, purple, and blue camera's, and it came down to how I really don't care what color it is, as long as it's easy for me to use. I need easy in my dyslexic life. I also need it bigger than my cell phone. I would lose one of those cute little mini ones.
I went to go visit An Ordinary Mom's Lucy and see little Eli. He is so beautiful! And a good little baby. I got to hold him for a long time, and he slept and we visited. I used to live near Lucy and I have recently realized how much I miss her and my friends in Seattle. I enjoyed our visit, I ran an errand for her and took Keri with me, and Mason. Keri is about the same age as Mason, and was a wonderful influence on him. Lucy also showed me her camera, and told me why she likes her's. It kind of looked like the one I want to get.
And, no trip to Seattle is complete without stopping at the local neighborhood Krispy Creme's. We lived 3 minutes from this place for 2 years, and if I didn't have "something" somewhat ready by 8:00 on a Saturday morning for breakfast, Lee would get the boys in the car and go to Krispy Creme's for donuts and chocolate milk. It amazes me how much Mason remembers about living there. He was so young, but he always remembers where we are in Seattle, and that we need to stop for donuts. We went through the drive thru (a mommy's best friend) and I ordered 3 different donuts-and I went to open the box up (because Mason was foaming at the mouth) and his plain donuts were not there. Out of an order of 8 donuts total-6 of them were not right. So I go in there, and tell the Manager- in a nice way- what donuts we ordered (I brought in the box). He gave me the donuts I was missing (and didn't order) and made me keep the mistakes-because they just THROW THEM AWAY. So, I ended up with more donuts than I wanted. I'm sure Lee won't have a problem with it.
Mac has also been gone this week, and someone misses his big brother very much. His parents miss his guts too.
I went to go visit An Ordinary Mom's Lucy and see little Eli. He is so beautiful! And a good little baby. I got to hold him for a long time, and he slept and we visited. I used to live near Lucy and I have recently realized how much I miss her and my friends in Seattle. I enjoyed our visit, I ran an errand for her and took Keri with me, and Mason. Keri is about the same age as Mason, and was a wonderful influence on him. Lucy also showed me her camera, and told me why she likes her's. It kind of looked like the one I want to get.
And, no trip to Seattle is complete without stopping at the local neighborhood Krispy Creme's. We lived 3 minutes from this place for 2 years, and if I didn't have "something" somewhat ready by 8:00 on a Saturday morning for breakfast, Lee would get the boys in the car and go to Krispy Creme's for donuts and chocolate milk. It amazes me how much Mason remembers about living there. He was so young, but he always remembers where we are in Seattle, and that we need to stop for donuts. We went through the drive thru (a mommy's best friend) and I ordered 3 different donuts-and I went to open the box up (because Mason was foaming at the mouth) and his plain donuts were not there. Out of an order of 8 donuts total-6 of them were not right. So I go in there, and tell the Manager- in a nice way- what donuts we ordered (I brought in the box). He gave me the donuts I was missing (and didn't order) and made me keep the mistakes-because they just THROW THEM AWAY. So, I ended up with more donuts than I wanted. I'm sure Lee won't have a problem with it.
Mac has also been gone this week, and someone misses his big brother very much. His parents miss his guts too.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Gas Prices 20 Years Ago
I thought I would share this little tidbit of information. My 20 year High School reunion is coming up next month. I was going through some stuff, and found this little book that I apparently filled out. It was a book about my Senior year of high school. It has things like the price of jeans (Guess Brand Jeans were $45-$50), a gallon of milk (I don't like milk, so I didn't fill it out). I did fill out the price of gas. 20 years ago this summer, gas was .87-.96 cents a gallon!! Just thought I would share.
Busy, Busy, Busy July
Yes, we are still all here. We have had a busy month, here are some of the highlights (without pics, and we will get to that).
My Sister-In-Law (my brother Sam's wife) and kids came for a visit and stayed a week. Andrea and her kids (Zach, Riley, and Gracie) came from Yakima-and we literally ran all week with 5 kids in tow. We bought Seattle City Passes, which was a great deal if you broke it all down. We went to Pacific Science Center, IMAX movie, The Aquarium, a 1 hour harbor tour of the Seattle Harbor, Woodland Park Zoo, and the pass also came with passes to 1 of 3 museums, but we didn't go-because the kids were tired (and so were we). It was nice spending so much time with Andrea. Her and Sam have been married for 1 year, and we haven't had a chance to really sit and visit much-so it was nice once the kids were in bed, to chat, watch a movie, or whatever.
On our way home from the Zoo on Thursday late afternoon/evening, my Mom called to let me know that pickling cucumbers were up, and because of the heat, they were only available for a week. So, I had to act fast. The following week was also going to be busy with Cub Scout Camp and another visitor, and babysitting my friends 2 boys for 2 days. So after a busy week doing all things Seattle, I went to Yakima on Friday. We drove down in the morning, got my cucumbers and stuff. Visited with my Parents, and went home that night to prepare to make pickles all day Saturday. But that didn't happen. I needed to get supplies and wash jars and prepare. These are things I usually do BEFORE I go to Yakima-but it didn't happen. After I ran errands, I took a nap, and didn't make the pickles until after church on Sunday. I made 39 Quarts of Pickles and 14 Pints of bread and butter pickles, which was a new thing for me.
The following Monday, I volunteered 2 days for Cub Scout Camp. I am the Webelos Assistant Den Leader, so I volunteered as a leader, being that Mac is a full blown Boy Scout now. I was told I was a saint several times for being at Day Camp, without having a Cub Scout in Day Camp. I switched "daycare" with another Mom-who was also volunteering 2 days as well. She watched Mason, while I watched her 2 boys when she went. I was a "station leader" for Scientist for 2 days. I didn't know what I was doing, and hated Science in my youth. The experiments were fun, the boys had a good time, and I did 10 Mentos and Diet Coke Fountains in 2 days. I don't want to see another 2 liter bottle of Diet Coke or a package of Mentos for the next 6 months.
After my 2 day stint at Camp, my other Sister-in-Law (Lee's sister) called on Monday wanting to come over Tuesday evening with her 2 adorable little girls Natalie and Ashtin. She came a day early. I didn't get a chance to put my house back together from my previous company, or put my pickles away. She came, and I was so happy to see her and the girls. Jessica has been in Washington for almost a month from Florida. She goes back in about a week. We went shopping at Seattle Premium Outlets (10 minutes away from my house), visited, played with the girls. They just wanted to hang out. Thursday I was trying to get Mac ready for Scout Camp. He needed olive green "Scout Pants". The Scout shop didn't have any his size. We were blessed to find some that fit him, and the best part, I didn't have to hem them!!! Thank You REI! Thursday evening, all of the Bryant Grandchildren had their portrait taken, together. There are 9 total ranging in the ages of 12, 10, 9, 8, 6, 3, 2, 2, and almost 1 years of age. I wrote 2 twice because there are two 2 year olds. It was interesting to say the least. There wasn't 1 picture where all of them were smiling, looking forward, etc. The older kids were looking like zombies with fake smiles, while waiting on the smaller kids to stop crying or look forward. I finally said "we are never going to get a perfect picture, so we need to take what we can get". We were there for an hour.
Friday-was getting Mac packed and ready for his first Boy Scout Camp. His troop went to Idaho, and will be back next Saturday. Mac was really excited. They were meeting at 3:30pm-so we had the morning and afternoon to finish what we needed at Target or G.I. Joe's/Joe's. We got him at the Church on time. I then wanted to crash.
While Jessica was here, she was able to update her blog (my In-laws have dial-up). I showed her what I did to mine with Leelou Blogs, and she showed me the "how to get pictures" on my blog. So, I got my camera (because I had been taking pics) and Lee forgot to put on the memory card IN THE CAMERA!! She showed me with her pics and blog an,d I will be buying my own camera, my own flash drive thing, and Lee WON'T TOUCH IT.
Sorry for the "book" on our lives. So tell me, what kind of camera do you have? I'll be shopping for a new camera next week.
My Sister-In-Law (my brother Sam's wife) and kids came for a visit and stayed a week. Andrea and her kids (Zach, Riley, and Gracie) came from Yakima-and we literally ran all week with 5 kids in tow. We bought Seattle City Passes, which was a great deal if you broke it all down. We went to Pacific Science Center, IMAX movie, The Aquarium, a 1 hour harbor tour of the Seattle Harbor, Woodland Park Zoo, and the pass also came with passes to 1 of 3 museums, but we didn't go-because the kids were tired (and so were we). It was nice spending so much time with Andrea. Her and Sam have been married for 1 year, and we haven't had a chance to really sit and visit much-so it was nice once the kids were in bed, to chat, watch a movie, or whatever.
On our way home from the Zoo on Thursday late afternoon/evening, my Mom called to let me know that pickling cucumbers were up, and because of the heat, they were only available for a week. So, I had to act fast. The following week was also going to be busy with Cub Scout Camp and another visitor, and babysitting my friends 2 boys for 2 days. So after a busy week doing all things Seattle, I went to Yakima on Friday. We drove down in the morning, got my cucumbers and stuff. Visited with my Parents, and went home that night to prepare to make pickles all day Saturday. But that didn't happen. I needed to get supplies and wash jars and prepare. These are things I usually do BEFORE I go to Yakima-but it didn't happen. After I ran errands, I took a nap, and didn't make the pickles until after church on Sunday. I made 39 Quarts of Pickles and 14 Pints of bread and butter pickles, which was a new thing for me.
The following Monday, I volunteered 2 days for Cub Scout Camp. I am the Webelos Assistant Den Leader, so I volunteered as a leader, being that Mac is a full blown Boy Scout now. I was told I was a saint several times for being at Day Camp, without having a Cub Scout in Day Camp. I switched "daycare" with another Mom-who was also volunteering 2 days as well. She watched Mason, while I watched her 2 boys when she went. I was a "station leader" for Scientist for 2 days. I didn't know what I was doing, and hated Science in my youth. The experiments were fun, the boys had a good time, and I did 10 Mentos and Diet Coke Fountains in 2 days. I don't want to see another 2 liter bottle of Diet Coke or a package of Mentos for the next 6 months.
After my 2 day stint at Camp, my other Sister-in-Law (Lee's sister) called on Monday wanting to come over Tuesday evening with her 2 adorable little girls Natalie and Ashtin. She came a day early. I didn't get a chance to put my house back together from my previous company, or put my pickles away. She came, and I was so happy to see her and the girls. Jessica has been in Washington for almost a month from Florida. She goes back in about a week. We went shopping at Seattle Premium Outlets (10 minutes away from my house), visited, played with the girls. They just wanted to hang out. Thursday I was trying to get Mac ready for Scout Camp. He needed olive green "Scout Pants". The Scout shop didn't have any his size. We were blessed to find some that fit him, and the best part, I didn't have to hem them!!! Thank You REI! Thursday evening, all of the Bryant Grandchildren had their portrait taken, together. There are 9 total ranging in the ages of 12, 10, 9, 8, 6, 3, 2, 2, and almost 1 years of age. I wrote 2 twice because there are two 2 year olds. It was interesting to say the least. There wasn't 1 picture where all of them were smiling, looking forward, etc. The older kids were looking like zombies with fake smiles, while waiting on the smaller kids to stop crying or look forward. I finally said "we are never going to get a perfect picture, so we need to take what we can get". We were there for an hour.
Friday-was getting Mac packed and ready for his first Boy Scout Camp. His troop went to Idaho, and will be back next Saturday. Mac was really excited. They were meeting at 3:30pm-so we had the morning and afternoon to finish what we needed at Target or G.I. Joe's/Joe's. We got him at the Church on time. I then wanted to crash.
While Jessica was here, she was able to update her blog (my In-laws have dial-up). I showed her what I did to mine with Leelou Blogs, and she showed me the "how to get pictures" on my blog. So, I got my camera (because I had been taking pics) and Lee forgot to put on the memory card IN THE CAMERA!! She showed me with her pics and blog an,d I will be buying my own camera, my own flash drive thing, and Lee WON'T TOUCH IT.
Sorry for the "book" on our lives. So tell me, what kind of camera do you have? I'll be shopping for a new camera next week.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Happy Morf of July!
When Mac was 2 1/2, he couldn't say his "F"s at all. We lived 1 mile away from Grandma and Pa Bryant-who celebrated the 4th of July in a big way. When you have 5 acres of land, in Western Washington, it gives you free reign over what you can do, or should I say blow up. And don't get me started on the food. It was enough to feed an Army. So, one year, when Mac was 2 1/2, his Grandma says "Happy 4th of July!" and he said "Happy Morf of July!". He continued to say Morf of July for 2 years. Lee and I called it Morf of July for several years after that, with Mac correcting us. Mason, said Morf of July for only 1 year.
Lee and I have always enjoyed celebrating the 4th of July. We teach our family the meaning of the 4th of July, and to appreciate the freedoms we enjoy here in the U.S. We have always supported the troops, and are grateful to all of the men and women who are serving in Afganistan and Iraq right now, fighting for us-for our rights & freedoms.
I hope everyone has a fun and safe 4th of July!
Lee and I have always enjoyed celebrating the 4th of July. We teach our family the meaning of the 4th of July, and to appreciate the freedoms we enjoy here in the U.S. We have always supported the troops, and are grateful to all of the men and women who are serving in Afganistan and Iraq right now, fighting for us-for our rights & freedoms.
I hope everyone has a fun and safe 4th of July!
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