14 February 2009

Paul's new socks



Hand made to fit from wool.

13 February 2009

Paul's health update

This morning we saw his cardiac doctor. The verdict is, he needs a treadmill stress test to find which areas of the heart are being affected. I guess that they will look at that area with an angiogram next.
Stress test is next Thursday, Feb. 19th. We don't get the results until Monday, Feb, 23rd.

06 February 2009

Welcome Tyler Keith Wilson


This is my first glimpse at my new grandson.

Kelsey and Brian brought Tyler into the world Thursday afternoon in Paradise, California.

I missed the blessed event by 3 days.

Kelsey and Tyler will go home Friday to join his siblings: Michael, Hailey and Kyson.

How Tucson Travels




I thought you'd get a kick out of how Tucson chooses to travel. Sometimes she rides in the dash, sleeping in the sun. Other times she wants to ride the steering wheel so Paul can pet her. This time she slept on Paul's shoulder while he drove down the road. She is SPOILED!!!

05 February 2009

Nevada and Utah


Monday afternoon we headed out of Paradise for Ely, Nevada. Paul's older brother lives near McGill. He and his wife built a log home on the Indian Reservation (she is Paiute). We spent 2 days and enjoyed getting to know them better and the peace and quiet of the hills. Delane is quite a bow hunter. She has trophy bear, mt. lion, wild boar, elk, deer, and numberless other animals.
The next stop is Hurricane, Utah at Jerry and Deb's house. They have been married about 2 years. Their home has the most amazing views out of every window. The picture is just one of the views from their house. The mountains, hills, and rocks are varied with color and texture. It's looks like an early spring or a false spring. There are grasses sprouting up on the hills and looking beautiful.
Today Paul and Jerry took a short motorcycle ride up around the reservoir and some of their land. The weather was good, 60ish but it's starting to cloud up now. They are quite a pair on matching Harley Davidson's. Both bikes are red Screamin Eagle V-Rods.
I got a call from home today and Mt. Redoubt still hasn't blown and now it's calming down and may not blow right away. Maybe it's waiting for us to get home, lol.
Next stop, Las Vegas!!!

31 January 2009

Finished in Paradise

Well, today was the last activity in Paradise. I attended the baby shower for Kelsey at Kimberly's house. It was a very nice affair and she got lots of much needed baby items. There were about 15 ladies there and several were pregnant or had little ones. Oh to be young again, oh yeah, that was harder than retirement, lol.

Monday I'll go to the midwife appointment with Kelsey and if she's not in labor, we're heading out of town. There's still some friends and siblings we might visit before we have to be back in Las Vegas. Maybe Paul will just want to find a quiet place to rest.

Not much else to report except the movie we saw today. Joy, Paul and I went to see "New in Town" with Renee Zellwegger and Harry Connick Jr. It was way funny, all 3 of us really enjoyed it. OH, and it's rated PG.

Paul and I also went to the movies with my dad and Lorene. We saw "Paul Blart, Mall Cop". That was much better than the previews suggest. We were surprised at how hard we all laughed. That one is also rated PG. (Thank goodness there are more movies that aren't full of sex and bad language.)

28 January 2009

Happy in Paradise

I've spent the last 2 weeks visiting all 5 of my beautiful daughters. Unfortunately I only got 2 days with Candy in Fresno and Kristi spent a day visiting here from Portland Oregon.

Good news, the girls are all well, healthy and have BEAUTIFUL children. I did get to spend a little time in the pool with several grand kids.

I have also spent 6 days total (2 at a time) going to Cottonwood (Red Bluff) California visiting my best friend, Joy. We knit, crocheted, quilted and ran errands. We even saw a movie, Twilight, which I'd missed up till now. She took me to the Quilters Guild meeting the other night and I learned much about quilting. The ladies were friendly and helpful. They have a big quilt show coming up this spring (wish I was going to be there). I'm excited to get back home and start quilting with the fabric she sent home with me.

Still no news on Paul's health. He's holding his own but it doesn't appear that he's received the hoped for improvement. His Dr's appointment isn't until February 13th. More after that happens.