I forgot to mention how much I love having Robyn and baby come to visit. She is one sweet girl. Steve is a lucky guy.

I'm back after a few days of fun with Robyn and Dexter and the Gambles.
Robyn and baby got here on Monday afternoon. He is such a darling baby. BIG blue eyes and always his beautiful smile. He scoots around commando style. He is very calm.
Carolyn, Dana and kids came for dinner. You should have seen Claire and Dexter together. They were laughing and patting each other. On Tues we went to a surprise luncheon for Dana. He started his new job on Monday . He is certainly well liked by his co-workers AND his family!
Than Robyn, Dex, Claire and I went to Cosco. We put them in one of the carts that hold two kids, again they were laughing and petting each other. Claire calls Robyn, Robbie and she can sort of say Dexter. yesterday we went to a favorite place fro breakfast and tan to , Polor Bear, a second hand baby shop. All kinds of really expensive clothes etc for cheap. She picked up a few overalls etc. We went to Carolyn's for pizza and Robyn left about 8PM.
Today I minded Claire. We went to a park where the Mommy & Me,( or in my case- Grandmommy & me) meet. she liked it and got nice and tired so she took a 2.5 hr. nap.
I need my nap now.

I watched Finn and Claire this morning while Carolyn went to an annual breakfast meeting for her job at UCSB. They were really cute. Claire wrote all over her doll with magic markers, than she put her doll in her stroller and walked her all around the house. It is still raining here so we could not go outside. While she took her nap Finn and I played, Deal or no Deal. What else would we play? He loves the game and the show. He won, of course.
Dana went to Pasadena to see his parents. He goes every other Sunday. Tomorrow he starts his new job.
Tomorrow morning I have my adult Ed class.

This morning I got some bills paid and cleaned up a little. Than I went to lunch with Norma. She said it was the first time she has been out all week and guess what...she PAID for my lunch!!!!
This was a first.
When I got home another friend Kitty Glanz called to see if I wanted to go to early dinner. Of course I did. We went to a Thai restaurant . she is a Social Worker I worked with at Hospice. She still works there. She and her husband were hippies in the 60's. He became a doctor and she became a Social Worker. He has retired and now is very involved in Blues. He was having some kind of concert tonight at the SB show grounds. She does not like Blues so we went to dinner. We got caught up on lots of gossip about Hospice. It is still a crazy place.

today Carolyn, Claire and I went to the art supply store. Finn's school is having a ,"art auction" and Carolyn is in charge of 1st grade. They are going to make a submarine . The portholes will each have a picture drawn by a student. It will be a picture of what the child will be in twenty years. When they are 26-27. Claire was so cute in the store. All the sales people were making a fuss over her. They took her to the art table and gave her color pens and paper. She had a ball. The school sells the art work at the annual art fair. I don't get it.
Yesterday I had to work overtime! I am going to demand time and a half. Claire baby (thats what I call her) slept 2 hrs. Than we went to the store, I bought food for Carolyn, took it to their house and made a nice casserole for their dinner.

Hi. I worked yesterday. It was sooo hard. (ha) . It was raining ( a rare thing in SB). I took the Queen for a walk in the rain, than took her to the store. She was good and took two naps. Yay.
So it was a hard day at the office.
Today I am having a bone density test. Only because my DR. has been asking me to have it for about 3 years. It is raining to beat the band.

Today Carolyn and i took Finn to be taped learning how to do the times tables. It was with the guy I met at my Adult Ed class, who had written a book about it. EZ Times Table. It was very funny. took an hour and Finn got most everything right. It seems very complicated and the kid needs to refer to the tables to do the work. I just don't think any kid will walk to math class with a paper.
Especially today with calculators and computers!
Thats all I did today.
Yesterday Istayed in my PJ's all day. Watched football of course.

This Blog is going crazy again.
I spent the morning doing research on my land in NY. It is interesting to find out things like I pay taxes on 22 acres, but when I called them they told me it is 18 acres. The guy was really nice and said that was as close as they can get unless I want to have it surveyed for 6 or 700 dollars. Also got some good web sites. As you know I am making a flyer about it ,than I am going to sell it on Craigs List.
Now I am going to watch the kids while C&D go to a retirement party for the person Dana is replacing. The woman who was also up for the job and has been second in command has resigned. I guess that can be good and bad for Dana.
Got to go.....

I cannot get this Blog to accept my response today so Art, here it is.
My hours are 9-3 on Tues. and Thurs.
Of course I am still on call for free. Today was 12 noon to 2PM and now I am going from 5PM until they get home. I take her everywhere with me.

Today was work day. I took Claire to a park where there is a Baby and me group. I was the only Nana but it was fun for Claire and not bad for me. There were about 12 1 to 2 yr old babies and their moms and 1 dad and me.It is from 9:30 am to 11:30 AM. At about 10:30 I was pushing Claire on the swing when she almost fell asleep. It is her nap time. I took her home and she slept about 1"30 than she ate and I took her for a walk . She was carrying her doll. About half way around the block she threw the doll on the ground. Than she would go and get it. Kiss it and threw it down again. It was a cute little game. I think.
About 2PM Finn's school called to say he had thrown-up in the computer lab. So Carolyn had to go get him. He came home laid on the sofa, had a Popsicle and seems find.
That was my day.

I forgot to Blog yesterday so here it is---
I went to Carpenderia yesterday morning to pick up a copy of the Filing of my law suite. A friend picked it up fo rme. Than we went to IHOP for breakfast.
I got home about 1:30 , did some things around the house. At 5PM Judy Cook picked meup. She is the daughter of a Hospice Pt. I had in 2004. Her husband died two months after her mom so she pretty much alone. She had two sons but they do not live in the area. Every few months she calls me to go to dinner. This time, however she wanted me to meet a friend of hers. A lady with MS. She is in a wheelchair and says she needs more help. The problem is she is not a very nice person. She complained about everything especially the people who are helping her. She is not in touch with her ex husband, tree sons, or any of her brothers and sisters. She told me to ,"get your hands away for your mouth. i can't hear you". The worse part was when I was leaving she asked if I would like to exchange phone numbers! I was too chicken to say no. Thank God for called ID.

I started my new job today. For all the thousands of you readers who have not heard, I am watching my Granddaughter for twelve hours a week for money! Carolyn said she had to pay someone so it might as well be me. As you know I have been watching the Grandchildren very often for no money, but this time I have regular hours and I think she actually wants me to show up on the hours she needs me. Anyway,it was fun. Claire is turning into a real character. She dances and goes her own way. She lets no one stand in her way.
Everyday she walks around the block with her doll coach. Usually she has a doll in it but today it was some kind of talking toy shaped like a basket.
I did not do anything else today.

This morning I went to an adult Ed class for using Adobe etc for doing graphics on the net. It was fun. They only use Mac's. and I must admit it was easy to get use to. I sat next to a man who had written a book for kids. ES Times Math. I told him about Finn's teacher saying he was a math genius and he asked if C&D would let Finn be video taped. He is a retired teacher and teaches the kids to do times in an hour. He already has a kid in kindergarten and one in second grade. Carolyn said she thought it would be fun and the taping is set for next Monday.
The book is for sale on Amazon.

Carolyn, Claire and I went to lunch today. We went to the public golf club. I go there all the time with Norma. It is right near where she lives. I always say I am going to,"The Club",as if it is a classy place but its not. It's real name is Mulligans. Food is pretty good.
We first sat outside because it was so warm today, but Claire would not sit still so we moved inside and she was much better. Stopped at the food store on the way home.
Yes, Rosemary I did watch football yesterday. I'm happy except for Dallas's loss. I like Texas because that is where Katy was raised.

Today, Carolyn,the kids and I went down to the ocean to see the carrier USS Ronald Reagan. It is here for a few days for three days. There were sailors and masses of people down there to see it.
We stayed there a few hours walking the boardwalk (it is concrete but they call it the boardwalk),etc. I took some pictures that I will try to get in Flicker tonight.

Today I watch some good football, did some paper work than took care of Claire while C&d went to dinner. Finn went to his first sleep over party. A kid in his class was 7. Carolyn is nervous, but Finn was very happy to go. One time when his was staying her with the Halpin's kids. He wanted to go home at about 11PM. When he sleep here with me he is fine, but his is, of course very use to me. Claire was funny and good, went to bed at 7:30 so I just watched TV until they came home.

Went to pay Cosco what I owe them, but the line was so long that I left and went to buy gas,($3.77 per), well my crdit card would not work at the pump so I had to give it to the guy who works there. I got my gas, got in my car and came home. After I got home I could not find my credit card. Ugh! I called the station and they had it so I had to drive back to the station, about 10 miles. I got my card started home and decided to stop and buy fruit. I bought the fruit, drove home and realized I did nto have my purse!! I panicked,called them and sure enough they had my purse. SOOOOOO I had to drive all the way back to get my purse. I actually feel very lucky that I got both my credit cards and my purse. I really thought it was time to call in the shrinks.

I forgot to post yesterday, so I am doing 2 today.
Yeasterday was a usy day for me. First=Carolyn and Claire stopped in after they dropped Finn off at school. I love it when they stop in. They were still here when my former neighbor, Sarah came to pick me up for breakfast. She is a retired teacher (special Ed) her birthday is the same as our so we were celebrating. She is only 66. She lives with her high school boyfriend who she met again at a reunion. He is a really neat guy. Loves the sea. He built his own boat and surfs everyday. Her daughter who has two kids just the same ages as Finn and Claire. They live in Texas but are moving to Richmond Va. Her husband in in Advertising and just got a new job.

Right after breakfast I got a call from, Cathrine. She is a nurse I worked with at Hospice. She wanted to have early lunch, so of course I had to go . We went to an Italian place. I took most of it home. She is working in management now. It was a nice time.

Next I went to Cosco to return a little rug I bought. Anyway, I thought it was a little rug. I wanted it to put at the front door. Turns out it was a long runner. I took it back and they gave me more money than I paid for it! I had given them the wrong recite. I'll go back today an correct it.
When I came out I backed into a new white car . Not much damage, but the lady was cursing and screaming at me.
I was glad to get home.

Today I took Norma to lunch than we had our hair cut and than she wanted to go to Cosco. I dropped her off than went back to pick her up. She had all this heavy stuff and just waited until I got out of my car and put her stuff in. Than of course at her house I had to unload it all and get it into her house. Ugh! I always think I am not going to cater to her, but I always end up feeling sorry for her.
Tomorrow I am going to lunch with Sarah, she is my former neighbor. When we go to lunch we spend the whole time telling each other how wonderful our Grandchildren are. That's fun.
Here is a funny story about Finn.
He loves the game show,"Deal or no Deal". ( A really gross TV game) He only sees it when I am babysitting. Anyway, I bought him the board game for Christmas and of course everyone had to play. Well yesterday when Carolyn picked him up from school, the teacher said to Ca,"Well, I hear your husband is going to be on Deal or no Deal. Seems Finn told some of the kids that he was going to be on TV. Dana said he wanted to be on Jeopardy.

I got this awful post yesterday from someone who claimed to be my twin! I know my REAL twin would not suggest I get fit instead of watching TV all day. I am trying to track down the person who besmirched my sister.
This morning Claire and Carolyn came for a visit. Claire ate the whole time she was here. Fruit, crackers, cereal bar etc. This was an hour after she had had breakfast. She eats like her Nana.
Later today I went to the ATT shop and got them to put all my phone numbers in my new phone, than I went to Home Depot to get a step stool. They were out of them, tried KMart, they did not have the kind I want, so I came home and played Word Slinger. I am still on 65 but I came within one of winning. Tomorrow will be the day I get to 66.
Tomorrow i go to lunch and take Norma to get a hair cut. Than she wants me to take her to Costo .
I like lunch.

Well I found out that I CANNOT get DirectTV and TIVO!!!!Ugh. The manager of this place said they did not want anything on the roof. So I guess I will have to be content with what I have now.

Today Carolyn,Claire and I went to Cody's for lunch. Its a popular dinner-type restaurant. I used to take Finn there when he was young. Claire is getting so cute. When you ask her to smile she , smiles and closes her eyes. We had nice lunch. I had,"healthy burrito", made with all steamed vegetables. I didn't do anything else today.
I am turning into a hermit.

I just read your comment and noticed I forgot to tell you that I am not sure if I CAN get Tivo, because I need the written consent of the management of the apartment. I spoke the the manager this morning and she said she would have to talk to the company, blah, blah , blah. I emailed her the permission needed so I will have to wait and see.

I was so impressed by the pictures Rosemary put up yesterday that I spent all day today trying to get some of my pictures on Flicker. EEK I must nuts because I can't figure it out. I had to have Wes go online (he can run my computer) twice, then I think I sent the ,"working" page to people instead of pictures. If any of you actually got pictures today. Please let me know.
Rosemary I know you got some, but they were sent yesterday with Wes's help.

PS. Arty- Wes and Katy said they are not going to name the baby Carmen! Thank God.

I'M BACK!!

HELLO EVERYBODY-

I actually got my internet fixed today. A man in Mexico who works for Verizon checked it out for me. I had to disconnect all the wires twice and restart the computer twice. It took about an hour but lo and behold it is fixed! I also ordered DirectTV today. I found out that if I get my phone,internet and TV all from Verizon my bill will be about $20.00 a month cheaper. Plus Iwill have TIVO. yeah.
Today it is raining to beat the band. Something we have not seen out here since the 26 houses fell down. Carolyn just called and said she took Finn and Claire for a walk in the rain. The kids loved it and they all got soaked to the skin.
Nothing else is going on here. I'm staying in until the rain is gone. I am becoming a real California Girl.