Come See Me!

I am overwhelmed right now, so if you want to read what I have to say - visit the friendlybooknook.com. My daughters and I add to this weekly. Bye for now!

Getting Lazy

Boy oh boy oh boy am I ever enjoying my time off. Getting some work done - not. Watching lots of tv and reading lots of books - yes! It is so nice not to have to rush to do everything. Next week when I go back that'll all change. I've got morning duty AND parking lot duty. That will give me zero free time except for lunch during the day. Actually I am getting a little bit of work done. The garage looks a teeny bit better and I again cleaned out my closet. I've gone down a pants size so had to get them out of the garage and the fatter pants packed upstairs. Next Monday is my 35th anniversary - hard to believe. Where did the time go?

Today I sat in the waiting room waiting to get my yearly mammogram and met the most interesting person. She had spent most of her life as a park ranger until she had her first baby (a son) at the age of 42. She said he changed her life so much (I bet!). He is now 14 - wonderful age, don't you think? He thinks she knows nothing. The fun part of the conversation was when she told me what Riverside was like "back in the day." They used to shoot beer cans in the field where my church sits now. There are still lots of beer cans around - some things don't change that much. Where we live used to be all dusty and dirty. As I said, not much really changes!

Enjoy your day!

The Friendly Book Nook

Have you checked this out? I'm so busy writing for that, I haven't added to this blog. But...we just got back from Denver. We had a great time visiting our son. We saw the BEAUTIFUL Rockie Mountains and it snowed the first day we were there! We decided that we like the snow there. It doesn't hang around long! The drivers are about as crazy as they are here, there just isn't as many of them except maybe in downtown Denver. We visited some good friends in Colorado Springs area. THAT's the place I LOVE!

Here are the babies. Unfortunately, the adult male bird died. The babies are doing well though, thank goodness!

They are still moving!

They are still with us, but the egg disappeared - didn't hatch, just disappeared.

I love this picture! Baby birds sure are ugly!

Life is a Little Crazy

Our life is very crazy and pretty darn busy. We've been fixin' up the house, doing taxes, visiting with our church friends, working day and night at our jobs, and trying to keep in touch with family (not always so well, unfortunately). It has been hard for me to post on this blog and now we have a new one. Thankfully, I'm a fast typist, but please forgive me my errors.

There are two new baby birds in our nest. Unfortunately, I have killed about 20 of them to this date, but I'm pulling for these two little ones. Do you think it disturbs them that they live next to the pencil sharpener?

Weather in So. Cal continues to be wintry. It's been rainy many days and the mountains shine with snow - so gorgeous. Feel free to visit us - we'd love to show it off!

New Blog to Visit

My daughters and I have began a new "booky" blog. I think we will have fun working together on this despite the miles of distance between us. Please visit when you get chance. The address is thefriendlybooknook.com

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Now I know why people love living in So. CA and there are SO many of us. The mountains are just about breathtaking right now. They still have snow-caps and just stand so tall. We can even SEE them right now - no smog, clear, clean air. What a rush! Even the hills which I fondly call "big piles of dirt," are gorgeous. For about once a year they turn green - lovely, lovely, lovely! The weather has been great. After about a month of good, crisp colder weather (we had to wear coats), it now feels like spring outside - midday it is about 75 degrees. Wonderful!

Back to Work!

Well, my vacation is officially over - tomorrow it is back to work. I always feel depressed this time of the year. Unbelieveably, I miss winter. The good news is - I'm only working for three days this week then I'm going to a women's conference in KY and get to see my mom for part of that. So I'm glad. Today dd and I went shopping and I got some new clothes and I'm 3/4 packed. We also watched an interesting movie called "Waitress." Is it just a let down after the busy, busy holidays that I feel? Anyone know what I'm talking about?