We are parents again for a short while.

Elijah and Mary have come for the week end while Michelle, Brian & Emily go to sunny Florida for a very short week end. Michelle's brother Jeff is getting married on Sat. so they have flown down for the wedding. What a world we live in. I never cease to be amazed at what is available to us for our convenience. Need to be somewhere thousands of miles away no problem. Can have you there in a couple of hours with out breaking a sweat.

Anyway Susan and I are taking care of Elijah and Mary until Monday. It will be a sweet time of never ending questions and spontaneous conversation. I have come to love those out of the blue remarks by those two. They make me laugh out loud. Tomorrow we go first thing to the dentist for Susan's appointment. I looking forward to how they guys handle this event. Then off to have fun. That is what this week end will be all about. We have a few ideas but nothing firm. I have learned to be flexible and ready to ad lib. I hope we have pictures to post when I next write. Right now I here a lot of talking from upstairs which means that there is some discussion gong on about bed time. I'm sure that If I go up there I'll just upset the cart so I'm content to sit here and do nothing but listen. Susan has come down for now it seems that they both will need a bottle of water for bed time "it's something Mom always does." We will sit here and listen to the thumping of little feet on the floor upstairs boy does this bring back memories. Little feet tromping over head. They should be in bed but alas the aren't.

Now it has started, Elijah is down because Mary is bugging him. This will mean Mary is moving in to our room for the week end would be my guess. Susan is so patience with the little ones. I remember with our own three I would start out cool but sometimes I would be pushed to the limit. Susan tells me that Mary came to her at 6:30 and said she was ready for bed Elijah was ready by 7:30 they're good kids. When Susan went back up to deal with the sleeping arraignments Mary was already in her sleeping bag on our bed room floor. She new what the rules are. I'll leave more for tomorrow. By for now.

The best laid plans...

Well I should be getting ready for a quick trip to Brooklyn New York to visit the Brooklyn Tabernacle with our pastor and other. But alas God has other plans. It seems that Pastor Brian has acquired pneumonia and has been restricted to bed for a week or so which put the plans on hold. I'm sure that he will recover and we will pick a more suitable time weather wise to go.

So the next thing on the list is getting ready to head south to Hopefully Sunny Florida for a week of relaxation. I'll keep you all posted.

Right now Susan and I are going to take care of Elijah and Mary while there folks go the Florida for a wedding. Michelle's brother is getting married on Sat. on the beach. So she, Brian and Emily are flying out Fri. afternoon and returning Mon. Susan and will have a time spoiling the two of them intime to return them to mom and dad. Nothing I like doing better than that. I'll see you the next time I post and I will have pictures.....

Home Improvements

Hello again from Sherman St:

It seems that even though I tried as hard as I could the Kitchen make over is happening. I thought that if I said I didn't like the color choices that Susan would just not try. Well that worked for the summer months. But I came in the house last week and she was on the floor with roller in hand painting the kitchen cabinets EGG PLANT. ugh!!!! I have found that, at this point, I will step in and do the job because I will take the time to do it right. In other words I will not paint the handles and hinges as well as the electrical outlets whatever color in on the roller and I will not hate it as much if it is done well as I would if I left it to her. Plus she will take FOREVER to finish and I have the time. So all last week everything in my dreams was EGGPLANT!!!!
I think my truck was even EGGPLANT!!!! You all know that this is just the beginning from here we move to the walls and then a new counter top and floor. It is fun but at the same time I would prefer to be working on the 500 cc Honda in the garage.

This is My latest work in progress. It is a 1984 Honda VT500 that has set for a while unloved. I have the carbs cleaned. At this time I just received the necessary parts for a tune up. The Christmas FedEx rush caused me to have to wait a bit for them to arrive. Once I get it running then I'll work on the cosmetics to make it look, well, different. Then off to the auction block to see what it will fetch. But this too will have to be postponed I have a commitment to take care of a gutter issue at Brian & Michelle's the first of next week. So the final kitchen make over will be documented in the coming weeks.

Until then so long from the little house in Battle Ground.

January stuff

Hi to all of you,

I hope that the New Year is starting off on a good note with you and those you love. If not My prayers are with you all. It has started to thaw a little here in Hoosier land ( Global warming I think). I have been playing with my newest Grandson. He is a hoot. Jonathan is such a strong little guy we spent last night just watching Pluto's Christmas tree over and over and over. It seemed those pesky little chipmunks were fascinating to him. Then we spent some time working out. He would exercising by standing up while I held his arms. He was very talkative last evening. I have no idea where he gets the chatterbox box thing. Ha Ha.

So as you can see I am having a great time being a grampa. I'll try this year to be more faithful in posting my life. See you soon.