Another Loss In Our Lives

I know it has been a while but I have been very busy and part of it has left this world to join her son in the arms of the Lord.

Since December 2009 my mother in law Lois Hills has been in the hospital and on Saturday she closed her eyes for the last time on this earth and passed into another. So this week it has been a week of going here and there to help out with things for Thursday afternoon.

Today dad went to the dentist and got 3 teeth pulled out and I am feeling very guilty at the moment that I didn't call tonight to see how he was doing but getting photos scanned and then spending more time up at the H ills's getting things ready for Thursday actually took a little more time then I thought. Then I actually helped Matthew write something for Thursday as well and here is after midnight and I am still up and writing... First thing tomorrow morning when I get up I will be calling to find out how things are going with dad because I am sure that I am not going to get up there tomorrow.... I am promising myself that Friday will be my day off today but I am not actually counting on it... because looking for something to munch on tonight I found out there is eggs... no bread a little milk and not too much more... Matthew must think I have gone a little crazy having not all that much in the house... but I am sure he understands...

It is the same with Mr. and Mrs. Nickum... they must think that I have left the country because I have been there either this week. I promised Carl that I will try and stop by tomorrow morning after an appointment I have with a Tim's for his dad. Actually it is hearing aide day I have to get there tomorrow...hmmm I better make a note of that one so I pick up his stuff before going over...

There was a very bright light in my life this weekend... Master Caleb was down to the house and I got to spend sometime with him... I still thing all people who have blood pressure problems should spend time with a sweet heart like him... it takes so much of the pressure away...

Well it was just a note to say I am still alive... have a good one all... Joanne

5 AM Blogging

Tuesday morning and almost 5 am and I am up... someone not mentioning names but they know they are actually thought I was up at 2 am and wanted to have a chat... how silly can one be... now I am up and not able to sleep... makes for an interesting coming day....

So what has been going on since the last time I wrote... I guess lots. Maybe that is why I have not written... Dad is still in the hospital... didn't go up to see him today... actually I just thought of it I have not even called him... what a bad daughter I am... but then what else is new... lol which meant that I didn't go up to see Mrs. Hills, Carl's parents or Aunt... wow I am really bad... well there is always tomorrow...

This past weekend was my birthday... I spent the day cashing in my Christmas gift from Carl... a day at the Spa... so I have to say to anyone who is listening... anytime you want to send me back there just feel free to hand me a gift card for it... I am more then welling to use it... the only thing I can say is that the day was awesome... what a way to relax and forget your life even for just a little while...

I am still working on a blanket.. the baby is going to be here and it is not going to be there... have been working on a lot of other stuff when I am not out of the house... today was a re use thing for me kind of day... Susan, Carl's sister, just in case somebody didn't know or doesn't remember who she is, was getting ready of some curtains some time back and of course I took them thinking they would work in the bedroom but they were really long... but I put them up any way... so last week I took them down... washed them, cut and hemmed them... leaving me with quite of left overs... of course me being me didn't throw it out which was great in the end... now I hem with the no sew tape... I love the stuff... I have said thank you Flo for telling me about this stuff... amazing I have to say... any way so we moved some stuff again once again... the sitting room which was the dining room which was the bedroom is now a bedroom again and the living room is a living room again... so I thought of the left over curtains that I tucked away ... taking them out I discovered that they would be too short for the window.... threw them on the bed and when to do something else... but while I was do that I thought of something.. adding a piece to it... so when I got home from having lunch with Roger, Flo and Mom I got to it and now I have re used, done over curtains in the bedroom and I have to say I didn't do too bad of a job....

So the moving of the furniture from the basement to the ground floor made an extra room empty down there... so I decide to decided to make it into a craft room so that is what I have been spending my spare time with these last few days.... I just have to say I don't want to move in the near future there is way too much stuff in this house to move and pack...

Well that is it for now... I hope everything is good your way... and I really wish people stop leaving ad messages on this blog and of course people that think I don't sleep at all are the reason I am up at 5 am writing this blog... I do sleep....

Have a great one all... Joanne

Just a Few Things...

Well no one pictures of Caleb this week ... we have not had a chance to go down at all... it has been running to the hospital... actually that has been going on for a month now... with Carl's both parents in the hospital... the good news about all of it is that they finally put the two of them in the same room... the bad news is we don't see them coming home for a while...

Carl's vehicle went belly up last Monday... and it has not been fixed yet... we are waiting on it hoping that we get it by Friday since he is heading to Fredericton on Monday for 2 weeks of work... not sure what is going to happen if it is not fixed because this woman will not be without a car for any length of time...

I finally started my first scrap book for Caleb today... actually had time to do some printing out and work on the first page tonight while watching a movie... going to work on it again tomorrow morning... now I have to go through all those pictures I have and get some for the book this week...

I decided instead of sitting in the hospital room for 2 hours a day and do nothing so I have been working on a blanket while we sit around and talk... so I am about 1/2 way through it... so one of these days ... I will finally mail it out so Monique you may get it before the baby is born... well I am hoping any way...

We are finally got the puppies to sleep in their own beds that have been placed below our TV upstairs so we don't have to kennel them since they have been spending a lot of time in it with us out of the house a lot every day...

Well that is it for now... off to bed... have a good one all... Joanne

The Guest Of Honor at the Shower

Well it has been a while... but it has been busy but this past week we had Caleb's Baby Shower with the guest of honor present... and of course I took lots and lots of photos.... I think all of you are on Facebook so you have had a peck at what happened.... my photos would have been up sooner but I have been hunting for my cord for my camera to the computer which I have not found and then I thought I would use Carl's new computer and realized there was no program in it for me to edit... and also discovered that I have no idea how to work it as well... very simple woman here... well I then thought of the other one that is connected to the TV so we can watch movies off it... and finally got down stairs tonight to get them on my computer... what a process... while doing it I decided to show you another aspect of the shower... the Guest of Honor himself... so that is what is here and of course on facebook after I am finished here....

Between all the fun there had to be a time out for feeding... which mom got to do for a while any way...


Then Nanny got to do the burping... which she is good at... but was complaining about me taking so many photos of her... well Peggy as you can see I took you out of all those photos... he he

I just had to show everybody all the face Caleb can come out with while trying to burp...

And when he is fed and satisfied what does he do... sleep....

Then Sister Pat got a chance to hold him for a little bit...

And then Sharon's turn...

And then Ellen....

And then Lisa...

Of course you know I got the chance to do it as well... love having him in my arms...

And I have a thing about those little feet of his... just want to eat them up.....

I have always told Carl takes lots of photos because out of them there may be one or two that you actually like... well I got three this time... but then I also took over 200 photos that night....

The first one is of Nanny and Caleb... and the smile she came over her face... when she was holding him...

And then these two.... I just love them...
Those this one is the one I love the best...

Well that is it for now.. have a good one Nanna...

First Visit to the Great Grandparents.

There has not all that much to say these days... it is just after Christmas and the decorations are put away... the knitting is taken out and yes I am working on a few projects but nothing is going all that fast.. maybe because I have been spending more time on here playing then in front of the TV knitting... but they are going to get done before March I am sure... well now someone knows who the knitting is for.. he he... besides that there has been a lot of running from one set of parents to the our and at the end of the day I want to do nothing but some farming and then to bed... I have not even been able to read enough at night to say that I have read ... I think for a few nights in a row I read the same thing over and decided that was enough of that... the books are put on the shelf until I can actually sit and read...

But yesterday I got to spend a very special time with a special young man that has popped into my life... I got to feed him, hold him, burp him though that was not all that successful and even change him... and his father has all the photos...

Today was the first visit to the great-grandparents and it was of course very successful...

and here are some of the pictures...

The special guest has arrived with mom and dad....

Great Granddad help our precious gift ... and you know what happened don't you.. and it was not Caleb that had the tears... actually the baby was so good..

The old and the new... love these pictures....

Great-grandparents... mom was so amazed with how quiet the baby was... he actually slept all the way through it all...

Great Grandma's turn... the way mom looked at Caleb you can see the love coming out of her....

A quiet moment with nanny and baby...
So precious so sweet... so handsome...

Even Mary came in when she smelled baby...

Papa Carl always seems to look so serious when Caleb is close by... going to have to make a point that he smiles the next time...

Mary came back with a Titan cap for the baby...

Even Great Uncle Roger had his moment with the baby... he kind of looks good holding a little one.. he he

Another moment with great-granddad....

And then Caleb said that enough was enough... it was time for feeding... and all hands were at work to get him into his seat to head to Nanny Peggy's to have something to eat... but looking at this photos it looks like he is smiling...
Okay guys I am ready so lets move it... I want my dinner... he he

I can't wait to spend more then an hour or so with this little fellow and his parents... which is coming very soon... and then there will be lots of photos here...

That is about it.. have a good one....