Awhile back I mentioned the sweet little boy we met at the park, who chatted and chatted and chatted to me. Upon learning that we both visit Deming, he asked if I knew Louisa. Yup. It's for sure now. I know his Louisa. Or he knows my Louisa. Whatever. It's a small world.
Louisa is a very dear friend to Tio, my great uncle. The last remaining siblilng of my Grandma Marg's. Tio is in the hospital right now. Dehydration, pneumonia, congestive heart failure. I'm preparing myself to go out there, but not loading up the car just yet. We'll see how he's doing over the next few days.
Our next camping trip is this weekend. I'm excited. Our goal is to camp every other weekend until it's too hot. We're gonna be expert campers, I tell ya! Or maybe not. It might get too dang hot here in Central Texas mid-May. ;-)
I'm going to be a preschool teacher next year. At Lauren's school. There's a room with one year olds - looks like I'll be in that room with Sasha.
Our new cat has been tough to name. So we've had him almost 2 months, and this week he's Frankie. But last week he wasn't. Sheesh. It shouldn't be this hard. At least the cat doesn't care what we call him.
I took my car in for an oil change today, and had the mechanic check on a few things. $400 later, my oil's been changed, and some problems that should have been noticed a year ago (when I dropped a crap load of cash at our Wisconsin mechanic's feet) were that much worse and have now been fixed. Ah well. Such is life.
Aubrey slammed a stuck bathroom door into her foot, breaking her pinky toe. Ouch. The brusing and swelling has been impressive.
Sasha thinks it's hilarious when Lauren runs screaming at her. Laurens loves running and screaming, so it works out.
The Easter Bunny was very generous to us this year. Maybe a twinge of sadness (when realizing that EVERY Easter of Aubrey's life, and Lauren's, had been spent with our WI family) prompted the shopping spree at the candy store. But chocolate covered gummy bears, candy legos and "Indoor Truffles," along with half the rest of the candy store, have been enjoyed.
I just read Fortune's Daughter by Alice Hoffman. It's been on my bookshelf for years. I have no idea how it came to live on my bookshelf, and I finally read it. It was really good.
We've been working on the garden lately. Most of it is in whiskey barrels. I have 3 barrels. It's a modest garden. But, it's a garden. Now I need to work up the courage to start vermicomposting.
1 year olds. Ah, yes. Fun. I did 3 mths in that room at KLC. What are your ratios? Ours are 6:1, too high in my opinion! I like the 12-18 mth age but it's difficult when you mix 12 mth olds with, say, 22mth olds. Such worlds apart. If you need some ideas next year hit me up! It really is a fun age and hopefully your ratios are low because it makes a huge difference :)
ReplyDeleteI hope your Tio is feeling well soon. Your family has had much too much loss ((((hug))))
Mmmm, I love the white indoor truffles. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope your uncle gets better, but if not, I hope you have a safe trip out there.
Preschool will be fun, especially with Sasha. I love your stories about your girls--they sound a lot like my boys, with the running and the screaming.
I hope Aubrey's toe gets better. OUCH.