Well, tomorrow I head down to CT for a well deserved day off! I'll leave right after lunch, and head down via RT 44. One of the times I went down to visit Liz and Mike, I happened upon Willimantic, CT.....the town with the amazing frog sculptures sitting on top of giant metal spools. I just love them! Unfortunately, on that trip I was rushed for time and could not stop to explore the town. What made it worse was I noticed a rather large, fancy looking quilt shop on Main Street. So, tomorrow, that will be my first stop! I'm also hoping to find a book store, with some local books explaining the history of the town, which OBVIOUSLY has something to do with mills and textiles....hence the giant thread spools, but the frogs? Hum.....I'm dying to find out what they mean.
After wandering around for a while, I'll head to Liz and Mike's. I'm looking forward to relaxing with them, and enjoying their new home! I'll be bringing my old, trusty, custom made butcher block cart with me.....along with a TV that has been sitting in storage for two years. Who knows, maybe the TV isn't any good, after all that dampness.....we'll see. I noticed that I only have three pieces of furniture in my storage unit......and some boxes. For that I pay $117 a month to store. I'm hoping I can talk Mike and Liz into letting me store the 20 boxes at their house, thereby saving myself some money. They already told me they would take the fouton. I have an antique jelly cabinet in there, that I'm going to somehow squeeze into my room for more fabric storage space. I have my most valuable piece of furniture down there, which I think Mike and Liz wouldn't mind holding onto for me......it's the beautiful coffee table that Maureen made for me in her shop class in high school! The last piece of furniture in there, is a maple table that Amy let me borrow for my apartment in Wickford. I'll be returning that to her this summer. So, with that said,......all I have left is about 20 boxes. Surely, not worth the storage fees!
Well, it's time to get ready for my big adventure! Time to do some laundry, charge up the cellphone, mapquest directions, get the camera.....etc. Oh boy, oh boy! I'll be free for about 27 hours! Ahhhhh.....nothing like a day off!!! Can't wait!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Nana's Birthday
Yesterday was Nana's 93rd birthday. Grampa and I got to Hebert's at 11a.m. bearing gifts. She was "surprised" that it was her special day, even though we had been talking about it every day for a month! "OH TODAY? I didn't know that! I'm not prepared! I have nothing nice to wear." So, I reminded her that yes, in fact, she was prepared, and we had already picked out fancy clothes for her to wear.......and then she was happy.
Doug and Allyson arrived bearing gifts and flowers about ten minutes later. Nana had a blast opening her presents. She did always love to get presents! (See Flickr pictures.) After opening presents, we all left to go to the restaurant. On the drive over, with Nana sitting in the front passenger seat, and Grampa sitting in the back seat......Nana asked "Where are we?", and , "Where are we going?" dozens of times. As we passed a rather large boat with a for sale sign on it, I asked her if she wanted to buy a boat. She responded by quickly saying, "Do you want to buy me a pond?" hahahaha. You go, girl!!!
Lunch was fun, even if the food wasn't great. Nana feasted on clam cakes, lobster roll and curly fries. She enjoyed every speck of it! For dessert she ordered the Willy Wonka Cake, and I ordered the Hot Fudge Sundae to share. The entire wait staff came out with a lit candle on her cake, singing happy birthday. They were clapping in unison, and Nana's eyes lit up like huge, silver dollars when she could not figure out what the commotion was! When we said, "Oh look......I think they're coming over here!"....She was just tickled!
On the way back to Hebert's she again asked dozens of times, "Where ARE we?"
Just that little trip OUTSIDE to a place other than Hebert's got her confused. However, we somehow managed to nip that in the bud before it turned into a crisis, like her last trip "out". When I told her, "We are where we are SUPPOSED to be.".......that made her happy and she settled down. I don't know why I used that particular word. I guess I thought I would try it, but I never expected it to work so well. It seemed to calm her and be just the right word at the time.
We got her settled in her blue chair, and once she started to fall asleep, we said good bye and left. Today she may or may not remember any of it. If not, we'll tell her all about it, and she will be delighted all over again! It's sort of like the movie Ground Hog Day!
It looks like it might rain today. I'm actually happy about that. It forces me to stay inside and work on some art projects that have been neglected while I spend most of my free time outside in the garden. If I finish my painting projects, I can unbury my sewing machine and get back to that!
Doug and Allyson arrived bearing gifts and flowers about ten minutes later. Nana had a blast opening her presents. She did always love to get presents! (See Flickr pictures.) After opening presents, we all left to go to the restaurant. On the drive over, with Nana sitting in the front passenger seat, and Grampa sitting in the back seat......Nana asked "Where are we?", and , "Where are we going?" dozens of times. As we passed a rather large boat with a for sale sign on it, I asked her if she wanted to buy a boat. She responded by quickly saying, "Do you want to buy me a pond?" hahahaha. You go, girl!!!
Lunch was fun, even if the food wasn't great. Nana feasted on clam cakes, lobster roll and curly fries. She enjoyed every speck of it! For dessert she ordered the Willy Wonka Cake, and I ordered the Hot Fudge Sundae to share. The entire wait staff came out with a lit candle on her cake, singing happy birthday. They were clapping in unison, and Nana's eyes lit up like huge, silver dollars when she could not figure out what the commotion was! When we said, "Oh look......I think they're coming over here!"....She was just tickled!
On the way back to Hebert's she again asked dozens of times, "Where ARE we?"
Just that little trip OUTSIDE to a place other than Hebert's got her confused. However, we somehow managed to nip that in the bud before it turned into a crisis, like her last trip "out". When I told her, "We are where we are SUPPOSED to be.".......that made her happy and she settled down. I don't know why I used that particular word. I guess I thought I would try it, but I never expected it to work so well. It seemed to calm her and be just the right word at the time.
We got her settled in her blue chair, and once she started to fall asleep, we said good bye and left. Today she may or may not remember any of it. If not, we'll tell her all about it, and she will be delighted all over again! It's sort of like the movie Ground Hog Day!
It looks like it might rain today. I'm actually happy about that. It forces me to stay inside and work on some art projects that have been neglected while I spend most of my free time outside in the garden. If I finish my painting projects, I can unbury my sewing machine and get back to that!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Heat wave is over.......phew.......
Whew........finally, our four day heat wave is over! It tapped 100 degrees a couple of times. I'm so NOT a hot weather person.....don't have a clue how those people down in Florida can stand it! Well, it's only 87 degrees this afternoon, but with the lower humidity, it's not bad at all.
Our gardens are full of "stuff", like Nana likes to say.....and now it's just a matter of standing back and watching things grow. Of course there's always little critters to deal with. This morning, I planted about 24 plants, and some little animal dug up two! Good thing I noticed, before the plants died.
So, as of today we have about four different types of tomatoes! Yikes! WHAT WERE WE THINKING!!! We also have green peppers, hot peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, beets, radishes, green beans (bush and pole) turnips, butternut squash, parsley, basil, dill, and lots and lots of flowers! I'll take pictures as the season progresses, so you can see it all before it turns into one, huge, mosquito infested jungle!!!
Nana was good today. They had a concert at 2p.m. which we went to. The singer sang lots of old songs......and Nana remembered a lot of the words. We also spent quite a bit of time fooling around and giggling. It was fun, and both Nana and Grampa enjoyed it. At least I THINK Grampa enjoyed it.....he rolled his eyes a lot! Is that enjoying it? Yes,.......
Some of the girls who work at Hebert's have adopted Nana. Ann, one of the girls from the activities department got together with Nana and they started a club. It's called the "BFF for Frogs, Club." Nana and Ann are the co-Presidents, and I am the Vice President of Comedy. Grampa is the bouncer. Chris wants to join, but only if she can use her bar name....."Ruby the Barmaid". We're still deciding on that. She said, if she can't join our club, she'll start "her own freekin' club", to which Nana responded, "That would be O.K. We'd like some competition!" Ah, Nana.....
Tonight I'm going to the movies. I haven't decided what I'll see yet. It's a tossup between two. Guess I'll flip a coin!
Our gardens are full of "stuff", like Nana likes to say.....and now it's just a matter of standing back and watching things grow. Of course there's always little critters to deal with. This morning, I planted about 24 plants, and some little animal dug up two! Good thing I noticed, before the plants died.
So, as of today we have about four different types of tomatoes! Yikes! WHAT WERE WE THINKING!!! We also have green peppers, hot peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, beets, radishes, green beans (bush and pole) turnips, butternut squash, parsley, basil, dill, and lots and lots of flowers! I'll take pictures as the season progresses, so you can see it all before it turns into one, huge, mosquito infested jungle!!!
Nana was good today. They had a concert at 2p.m. which we went to. The singer sang lots of old songs......and Nana remembered a lot of the words. We also spent quite a bit of time fooling around and giggling. It was fun, and both Nana and Grampa enjoyed it. At least I THINK Grampa enjoyed it.....he rolled his eyes a lot! Is that enjoying it? Yes,.......
Some of the girls who work at Hebert's have adopted Nana. Ann, one of the girls from the activities department got together with Nana and they started a club. It's called the "BFF for Frogs, Club." Nana and Ann are the co-Presidents, and I am the Vice President of Comedy. Grampa is the bouncer. Chris wants to join, but only if she can use her bar name....."Ruby the Barmaid". We're still deciding on that. She said, if she can't join our club, she'll start "her own freekin' club", to which Nana responded, "That would be O.K. We'd like some competition!" Ah, Nana.....
Tonight I'm going to the movies. I haven't decided what I'll see yet. It's a tossup between two. Guess I'll flip a coin!
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