Gold, Silver, or Bronze

It has been such an enjoyable few weeks of watching the Olympic athletes compete. I'm not sure any one athlete can claim to be the best when a mere difference of 12 hundredths of a second may have separated gold from silver. But the athletes have trained long and hard to put on a spectacular show. I must say it was all very entertaining, and I enjoyed watching the drama. Emotions ran high, and I laughed and cried along with each of them.

As enjoyable as it was, I'm also glad it's over. The reason being - I sat in front of the TV wayyyyyy toooooo much. Now I can get back to my sewing, reading, scrapbooking, housework, etc., and just life in general... if I remember what that was?!? Give me a month and I'm sure I will be dreaming of the next winter Olympics. Maybe I will take up speed skating, or cross country skiing. No, I better get realistic. How about curling? See you in Russia!

Medicine

I'm not feeling well, so I wish we lived close to a medicine shop.....



After having a wisdom tooth extracted, the Jamba Juice would be just what the doctor (dentist) ordered!

Divine

I'm feeling free and easy in Arizona. Must be the warm weather. Today I found a quilt shop, huge mall, and walked around snoping in some neighborhoods. Had breakfast, lunch, and dinner (only one meal though) at Olive Garden and realized how relaxing it was to eat all alone and not feel guilty about not sharing a dessert! Usually I don't have dessert at OG, but today I had a lot of time so I ate slowly and enjoyed the moment.




It's called "Torta di Chocolate", and they describe it as having "no sugar added". It's hard to believe, because it tastes sweet and oh so delicious!! Maybe that was a typo on the menu.

On my walk, I saw a fat rabbit and geraniums in bloom. What a treat to know that while we live in a frozen, no life state of Minnesota, there is actually someplace enjoying living plants and non-hibernated animals.





Oh, and then there are the oranges and lemons ripe on the trees. I don't think I've ever seen this before. I thought all fruit came from the grocery store! It really is a beautiful sight to see the yellow & orange against the green leaves.



Can hardly wait to see what today has in store for me. My plans are to visit a botanical garden... my friend Barb said it is a must see. I hope she's right!

See, See, What do you see?

Two posts in one day... a record for me.
(I know that rhymes with the title - it was a fluke!)

I had another opportunity to play with Ethan last Friday night. After laying him on the green bug mat, it occurred to me that his view was quite different than mine. But we were both smiling and laughing!

Here was my view...




Here was Ethan's view...




What joy!!

Know Your Limitations

I'm willing to try just about anything, but I'm certainly not very good at all things. For example... grandson Samuel asked me to make a birthday cake. No problem, he just wanted white cake with white frosting. A few days later he decided it should be a Darth Vader cake. Oh dear, now what to do? Thinking it wouldn't be too difficult to copy, I asked grandson Michael(the artist in our family) to draw me a simple picture of Darth. His picture was great!



However, my limitations were soon discovered when I tried to copy the image using frosting onto the cake.



It looks more like "mad cow" don't you think? The only redeeming quality was that it was delicious! I think grandma's cake decorating days are done.

Grandma, Let's Play!

This little piggy went wee, wee, wee, all the way home!



Thursday was my lucky day... Ethan came over to play! What fun for me to play, take a nap, and snap a few pictures!




Isn't he adorable?! I love being a grandma!!!

Another One Bites the Dust

John and I closed out the year with health issues. H1N1 with pneumonia for me, and gall bladder surgery for John. Is this what aging does? We have been so fortunate in regards to health, so I'm hoping this was just a fluke for 2009.

I'm looking forward to 2010 and have many plans (I won't say resolutions)! First is to find someplace warm to visit for a week in February - this would break up the cold winter. Second is to eat healthier - can't start that until I finish eating the chocolate candy left over from Christmas. Third plan is to enjoy life and not fret the small stuff - and it's all small stuff! And last, I plan to rent a lake cabin for a week with the intent of just sitting by the lake, reading, sipping Dr. Pepper (oops, not in compliance with plan #2), and watching for beautiful sunsets.

Not too heavy a plan, so I think it's all doable. Wish me luck!