Wednesday, December 30, 2009

MMmmm MMmmmm Good!

Eating 90% of my meals alone, when I have something especially yummy to eat, I find it next to impossible to refrain from licking my plate.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

SNOW WONDER I Hate Winter in North Dakota!!











There was very little snow here last Monday when I left town. This is what I came home to.




Thump-thump

David melted my heart when he told me, "I love it when you come to bisit me."

Christmas in Connecticut











Doesn't that have a nice ring to it? I had a wonderful time with all my "kids"!
Tom-Tom still has the most incredible eyes I've ever seen. He'll be a heart breaker for sure!
Alex and David found the baby jail a perfect place to keep Thomas away from their Lego castles.
Alex is such a fabulous big brother, teaching David how to use his new Leapster.
David watched to make sure the cookies were actually baking when we made them.








Sunday, December 20, 2009

Taking Off

My flight to Minneapolis leaves at 5:00 tomorrow morning. That means my alarm clock is set for 3:00AM. The only good part of that is that I'll land in Connecticut at 10:46AM.
Can't wait to see my little round headed boys :)

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Prayer

Dear God,
Jim's been dead for 4 years and 4 months now. I've proved I can make it on my own. Now please send him back to me.
Kathy

Friday, December 18, 2009

Traumatic Day at the Groomer??


Yesterday after I picked Stella up from the groomer, she slept all day. She's been going to Erica every week since she was a pup so I can't figure it out. She didn't even come to investigate when I made myself an ice cream cone. Highly unusual!! And from 6:00PM on, every time I went to find her, I found her snuggled down in bed. Do you suppose she has a case of the winter blues??

Thursday, December 17, 2009

David

I like to talk to David on the phone. There's just something sweet about talking to a 3 year old on the phone. Most of the time when I ask to talk to him, he says no. I get that he's busy, really I do. But today, he agreed to talk to me.

I asked him if he knew I was coming to visit him at his "repartment" on Monday. He said, "Yes." I then asked him where I was going to sleep. He didn't have an answer. Then I asked if I could sleep in his bed with him. He quickly said, "You can sleep in Alex's bed."

Evidently, sleeping with his 56 year old grandma didn't sound like too much fun!! :)

Oh, and I love that he calls me Kathy. Not Grandma, not Grandma Kathy, just Kathy. I'm really not one of those grandmas that hate for her grandkids to call her Grandma. This is just one of many "David quirks."

God, I love that kid! He's such a little Grandpa Jim Aiken. I'm sad that Jim never got to enjoy him.

The Perfect Date

I have a lunch date today with a man who's a perfect gentleman, attentive, generous to a fault, always willing to lend a hand when I need one, is mannerly, has a good sense of humor, is non-judgemental and is quite good looking looking. TOO BAD HE'S MY BROTHER!!!!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

A Dog is a Dog


I've always said I wouldn't put clothes on a dog. But with wind chills of over 40 below zero last night, I finally broke down and put a sweater on Stella. She didn't seem to mind at all.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

14 below zero, windchill 30 below zero

I was sitting on the fence deciding whether to go to church this morning because I have to be there for services Wednesday night. After finding out that it's 14 below zero with a windchill of 30 below zero this morning, I decided to stay home with Stella and a book.

Friday, December 11, 2009

200 Caramels OR


How I Spent My Morning.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Preparing for Christmas

Christmas time = caramel time at my house.

So far, I've made 4 batches which is approximately 400 caramels. I mailed some today and still have 2 batches to cut and wrap.

I won't be doing it with Gage around however. He was here Sunday while I was cutting and wrapping and he was eating them almost faster than I could cut them. And of course, the little bugger had to eat the wrapped ones!

Back By Popular Demand!

Several people have wondered why I've been missing in action here. (Hi Sharon and Allan!)
I'm feeling fine and everything's fine but the truth of the matter is that my life is so boring that I don't have anything to write about.
I guess I'll just start making shit up :)