Colors and Smells of Tuesday

[Nancy]

Yea for Dee's news of soon to arrive dgbaby!

We're back from doing some errands and have at a fav. taco stand after getting h's lunch box at
work on the way he forgot it at work so I used that excuse to not cook in this heat any excuse will do! I had a few things I was out of at the store so stopped at W-mart on the way home. Got a big thing of eggs I see at least a doz. deviled eggs in my future and they had pickles they were out of stock last time we were there.

I've watered a bit more now that we have shade in the back yard.
Ddg "helped" me water the dirt this afternoon. I picked up apples and weeded a bit more.
While the older gkids were at the water park.
Dd had a hair apt. & other errands.

[DeeClutter]

DH just called -he's working on dgs7's go kart. DS-A just called, ddil is in hospital and they're going to deliver soon. So we're getting ready to head in. It's about 25 minutes from us. Doubt we'll get there beforehand, but that's perfectly okay. I had just gotten ready for bed -silly girl! I'll leave this on and post when we get back. Going to be a short night.

[Lynlee]

Hugs and prayers for the Dee's. Safe arrivals to little bub.

Colour of Wednesday - grey skies. Saw some birds - maybe rosellas - doing some ground foraging down in back corner of my yard. Yard and things are green here with all the recent rain.

I need move. eat then otd.
Car is at repair shop getting a bumper ding out. Hope to pick it up this afternoon. Other person said they will pay for it. So hope its all taken care of.

[DeeClutter]

11:15pm - they're in delivery but may be hour or two yet. Taking other 2 Dgks home with us dsgd12 still in soccer clothes.

[lucylee]

Ohhhh!!!! I got here just in time!!! Sooo excited for Dee & family!!! Saying a prayer for safe & easy delivery.
Ditto Harriet -- I'm glad dbaby got to choose his own birthday!!!
(All seems perfectly fine w/our little dgson, but dh & I will always wonder if doctor & ddil just wanted to rush delivery to suit doctor's schedule & ddil's impatience! )

Colors & smells...
I always answer that my favorite colors are baby blue and/or any ocean tones/teal/turquoise, etc... but I also love pastel yellow, pink, and green.
Smells... hmmm... vanilla, coconut, cinnamon, maple, coffee (although I do NOT drink coffee)... newborn baby... ... ocean/salt water smells... rain... and the brickmason's ruler -- the kind that folds out, back & forth -- that still sorta smells like my granddaddy.

Tonight however... and this is a HUGE TA-DA for me -- and a HUGE SHOCK for y'all -- are y'all sitting down?

Tonight the best smell was spaghetti w/homemade sauce... crescent rolls... salad... & cupcakes (salad & cupcakes were straight from the package). I MADE SUPPER FOR DS/DDIL/& DMIL TONIGHT!!! Can y'all believe it??? Well, no... of course you can't believe it, b/c no one can remember the last time I actually cooked something requiring more than the microwave. But mmmm... it was good.
I actually almost had a panic attack before I finally asked them if they'd like to come over, but I really felt that I needed to do this. I had not cooked for ddil in the whole two years they've been married, and with the new baby here, I really thought it was about time I acted like a good mother-in-law/grandma!
Everyone cleaned their plates & ds & dh went back for seconds, so I don't think I've forgotten how to operate the stove.
Now, I just need to develop a few other meals I'm confident with.

Best colors tonight? My fine china, which I used, which ds said he had NEVER eaten from -- but that's not true, LOL! -- and the color of dgson's skin... and the color of the clouds when it rained tonight.


Well. On another note, my computer is REALLY acting up, so if I disappear at some random point in the future, that's what it will be. Every once in a while, my mouse & keyboard just cease to function. Sometimes, ctrl/alt/delete will get it back, but at least once, we had to just shut down w/the power button and start over. We know we're on borrowed time with this computer... we're just trying to let it die on its own time, I guess, rather than giving up on it and buying a new one while it's still working.

Harriet -- I am so sorry about the unexpected news from school. Stuff like that is always so aggravating, and seems like these administrator types do this ALL the time. Coaches do it too. I know we can't expect them to say, "Well, I am here with you guys 100% and I plan to retire in this job -- unless XYZ High School accepts my application, that is. Then y'all are on your own." * sheesh * I don't know how they SHOULD handle these sorts of situations, but it certainly does cause people to lose faith in them when they just out & out LIE to their teams/students/faculty/PTO, etc. I hope y'all get a principal you & dd will just LOVE. (((HUGS)))

I'm 4 pages late, so y'all please forgive me for lack of personal responses. I know I've been out of the loop a lot lately -- I hope y'all forgive me for that, too. I'm blaming it on new-grandma syndrome!

[cathyy]

Anxiously waiting for news about the new baby!!

[DeeClutter]

We have a healthy boy! 11:01pm. 8lbs 9 oz, 22". 98% on the apgar score. It was quite stressful waiting for him after Zoe last year.

[lucylee]

Congratulations!!! So thankful for this wonderful news, Dee!!!

Oh -- I forgot to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mr. MT earlier!!!

Now we have two fine young men in our village sharing a July 10 birthday.
This is also my late dgmother's birthday, on my mother's side.

[cats]

Congratulations Dee so happy that the new grandchild is healthy. Enjoy the newest little one.

[sherinjoy]

Congrats to the newest village grandchild!! Wonderful news for the Dee family. I'm so happy to hear it's a healthy baby boy!