Where have I been?

Well, so much has happened in the last 8 months...where to begin!

I have a new grand daughter, Savannah - yes, she is adorable!
Cayden is going to turn 4 this month.
Gabriel is getting bigger and cuter every day!

I am currently providing day care for my grand children and for a couple of other kids to earn some extra cash. I still bartend and I am still loving that!

I had an interview yesterday with Maui County! Hope they liked what I had to say and took me seriously! wish me luck...

Until next time...
Carol

Two Week Notice...

I put in my two week notice this morning *sigh* I'll be okay ~ right?

Aloha Friday #10

Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday.

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. The An Island Life blog has a tradition to take it easy with posting, too. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, as well. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.

If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

To answer Kailani's question...
I love the sunshine in summer. The beaches, laying in the sun and riding my motorcycle! Love summer!!!

My question for this week is:
What is the sure fire way to get an employer to take your resume seriously??

Unimaginable...

Are you effing kidding me??

What kind of person prey’s on others sympathies by misleading them about a sick baby?? Seriously, what is up with that?? I honestly am aghast!

I pray for her!

You know what I mean - if not, read about it here!

Until next time…
Carol

Aloha Friday #9

Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday.

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. The An Island Life blog has a tradition to take it easy with posting, too. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, as well. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.

If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

To answer Kailani's question...
I'd like to write for Grands Magazine or maybe a travel magazine! How fun to write about the worlds best beaches!!

My question for this week is:
If you had the opportunity to meet fellow bloggers in person would you do it?? Any blogger in particular you'd like to meet? What would you talk about?

Did last night last only 5 minutes?

I’m tired, exhausted, drained, beat – no, really…

Kevin, Tyler & I were enjoying a beer after work last night and trying to decide what we wanted for dinner when Tyler got a phone call from his supervisor at work, “we need you in Atlanta tomorrow” was what he told him. We thought he’d be home all summer, but there is a repair job and they need him!
Okay, so we go online, book the airline ticket and start laundry. The evening became longer than normal *sigh*

After the ticket has been secured and the ‘checklist’ of things he needs is run through, he realized that his company badge and his hardhat and his phone charger is in his truck, which, coincidently was taken to the repair shop to get a dent fixed earlier in the day. We called the repair shop (at 11:45pm) hoping someone might be working late – unfortunately not. We, our neighbor who used to be married to the repair guy’s brother, called the repair guy at home (about 12 times) no answer! So, I called the secretary of the repair guy at home (I apologized over and over and over again). She met us at the repair shop so Ty could collect his stuff!.

Kevin will be taking him to the airport – hey, I think right outluod “I bet Cayden would love to go to the airport and see the airplanes”, there I go suggesting things again….Lindsey brought Cayden over, he’s going to go along!
I played with the very wound up Cayden &let him use permanent marker, I folded laundry, packed Ty’s suitcase and got everybody tucked into bed.

The alarm went off at 3:30, I woke up Cayden, got him dressed and popped him into the carseat. The car is loaded and off they go to the airport.
I snuggled back into bed and reset the alarm for 5:30 so when Lindsey arrives to drop off Gabriel, I can use her car to drive her to work so I have a vehicle to take Gabriel to daycare and get myself to work. I get back from dropping her at work, reset the alarm for (the third time) 7:00 so I can get up & ready for work. Gabriel (thankfully) fell back to sleep in Nana’s bed!

I was awakened by the ringing phone, Cayden LOVED the airport. We have no photographic evidence, because Kevin left the extra batteries in the camera case in the car and didn’t realize the ones in the camera were dead until they were in the terminal!
They hung out in the airport for a while and then Kevin & Cayden said their goodbyes to Tyler and headed back home.

Kevin took Cayden to Lowe’s to look for pond lighting, stopped at the Harley Davidson shop in Albert Lea and then called to say they were about 90 miles from home!

Then, about 10 minutes later Kevin called me and said they were headed back to the airport! Tyler’s plane was broken down and he wouldn’t be flying on it. When he told his boss that he couldn’t make it today, the boss said to just get there by Sunday!

So after jumping through hoops, racing around like crazy people, waking people in the night to unlock doors in order for Tyler to arrive in Atlanta today, Tyler switched his flight, called his dad who turned around & headed back to the cities to pick him back up.

Tyler now will be home until Sunday – which, ain’t all bad! Man, I love that kid!

Did I mention that I’m tired!?

Well, it’s my life!

Until next time…
Carol

List of 8 ~ with a BONUS!

1. We (Kevin & I) got a new entertainment surround sound system from our son Tyler for our anniversary. It’s an early gift – our anniversary is in 2 weeks. 26 years – wow, time flies!! We didn’t get it hooked up yet because we need an extra thing-a-ma-jig to get it working (I’m super technical, as you can tell). We’re glad that Tyler will be spending (hopefully) the majority of the summer with us!! He is thinking about getting his motorcycle permit so he can ride our ‘extra’ Harley!


Thanks Ty! I love you! As you can see, I stole borrowed a picture of yours from Facebook!!

2. We snuggled both boys this morning in our bed. It is “normal” for Cayden to crawl in between Nana & Papa, but this morning Gabriel was fussy (which is NOT “normal” for him – he’s usually always happy) so we popped him in with us too! I love those guys – even if I wake up with milk in my hair from their bottles &/or sippy cups!

3. We have three Harley Davidson motorcycles. A 2003 Hundred Anniversary Edition 883 Sportster (she is for sale – if anybody is interested $6,600 {that's sooo ChEEp); a 2003 Hundred Anniversary Edition 1200 Sportster and a 2005 Dyna Super Glide. I get to ride “whichever one I want” – ‘cause, I pay for them! I love my bikes. This is one of my favorite places to shop.

4. My gas light in my Durango came on again today. I have gotten used to the dinging of the ‘low wash’ light but today I heard two dings – and notice the gas light on again. That car is such a gas guzzler, but, it’s paid for so I can’t justify trading it in and having another car payment! I hate payments!

5. I’m two days behind in my invoicing, that’s not uncommon at the beginning of the month! I guess I should just get used to being behind – my vacation is coming up (July 31 – August 9, I’m going to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota). There is nobody here in the office who knows how to do invoicing, close day procedures or month end and getting statements out. My boss told me yesterday that he thinks it might be okay if I close the month of July after the 30th so it is done and statements are ready to go before I leave on vacation….ugh….I was hoping SOMEONE would step up and learn the procedures so I’d not have a 6 day pile up of invoices when I return…no luck – evidently!

6. It is a sunny day and tonight I’m going to try to finally get our trench dug. We’re digging a trench between the house and garage so that we can run a gas line out their so it stays warm in winter for my Harley’s! Kevin won’t let me bring them into the house for winter – imagine that?? We started digging the trench last September, and it’s time to finish it wouldn’t you think!

7. I am so not ready for my Lia Sophia party on Saturday, I was hoping that it would be warm weather and I’d have the party out on the deck. Well, according to Kevin (who watches the Weather Channel – ALL the time) it’s going to be cold and rainy on Saturday morning. So, I have a house to clean, laundry to fold, dishes to do, counters to clear off – oh man, that’s going to take forever – any offers of assistance would be greatly appreciated! At any rate, if you’ve taken a look at their site and see something you simply cannot live without, pop me an e-mail and I’ll gladly take your order!


8. Our recycling can is usually fuller than our actual garbage can. I can take full responsibility – my beloved Amber Boch bottles take up a lot of room. Maybe this is where I should enter a ‘list within a list’ of my favorite beers/drinks: Michelob Amber Boch (tied in first place with a Screwdriver – not picky about the Vodka, but Absolut is good), Leinenkugel 1888 Boch, New Belgium Fat Tire, Modello, Corona (with a lime), Leinenkugel Caramel Boch, New Belgium 1554. That list within a list WAS the bonus – so, if you were looking for something extra special cool as the bonus, I’m sorry I’ve disappointed you!!

Until next time...
Carol

Aloha Friday #8

Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday.

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. The An Island Life blog has a tradition to take it easy with posting, too. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, as well. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.

If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

To answer Kailani's question...
I work Friday nights and after work we're heading to the lake for a weekend of camping and fishing!

My question for this week is:
I'm changing the question...Lindsey is pregnant and she is terribly nauseaus all the time!
What is your sure fire remedy to qwell morning sickness.

Who knew who you'd meet?

When I’m driving in my car from work to home or home to work I have a hundred of blog post ideas running around in my head…Then I sit down in front of the keyboard and cannot recall one of them!

Weird – I am too!

Okay, well one thing I do want to do is blog a bit about some really interesting, talented, very special and bright people, none of whom I know IRL (in real life) but I know they’re cool because I “met” them in bloggysphere!

One of my favorite blogs to read is written by Beth Fletcher, she’s an amazing photographer – I wish I had 1/2 the talent that she has in just her little finger. She has two super adorable children! You’ll have to check out her blog today and enter her giveaway, a $100 gift card from Land’s End!

Another that I read daily is authored by Stephanie, an extremely talented writer!!
She is a ‘babywearing’ mommy who simply adores her sons & her little baby girl. I really think you should check out her writings!

And then there is MckMama, yeah she’s amazing. The mother of 4 small children, the youngest one with a heart condition, you can read about Stellan on her blog! This family is pretty amazing, I kind of wish I had known her when I was raising my own 3 children all those years ago. I am, however, able to take some of the information from her blog now and apply it to my grandson’s who, as you know, are a HUGE part of my life!

I know, I know, I should make some bloggy friends my own age, but, I am truly fascinated by these young wives and mothers!

There are a few other blogs I follow also, mostly so I can help to lift these little ones up in prayer! Go share their stories Little April Rose, Jonah and Noah. I know God will continue to watch over them!

Okay, I guess that’s all I’ve got today!

Until next time.
Carol

Fishy Fishy Fishy

Memorial Weekend plans changed, we didn’t go camping, it was kind of rainy & cool, and Gabe had pink eye (and, Papa got it too – Gabe shared!), but we did go fishing.
We fished at Fox Lake, and caught nothing but Cayden found some dead minnows which were ‘fishy’ enough for him!

We fished at the Des Moines River (at Ashley Park), and Cayden ‘caught’ his first ever fish. A Bullhead…it was spotty dotty – and we threw him back into the river.

We fished at Loon Lake, and Cayden ‘caught’ his second fish. A Bullhead…it was pretty nice, we would have kept it, if we would have caught enough for a meal, but it was the only catch of the day – so we threw him back into the lake.

Better luck next time...but, for his first ‘fishing weekend’ Uncle Ty helped Cayden catch 2 fish!

And an amazing thing happened over the weekend.
I (with a LOT of help from Kevin) got the fish pond cleaned out.
We’re on the hunt for underwater lighting – anybody know where we can get our hands on some?? As soon as we get the lighting in place we can fill it up and go find some fish. I think we’ll try to find a Koi this year!

So, there you have it – all the fish stories!

Until next time…
Carol