What day is it?

I was awakened by my husband handing me the phone, I said “Good Morning “ quite cheerfully…one of my best friends in the whole world was laughing…she said “Are you okay it is 8:30 at night?”  It is??  I was just napping and dreaming…it was getting darker out here in the woods..I thought it was Monday morning and it was Sunday night.

I had a great four hour nap!  Chance napped too…and I think Far Guy napped for awhile…you could have moved the entire house and I would not have heard a thing. I was dead to the world.

It was good to catch up with Susan, her birthday is this week. She turns the magic retirement age this week. She is in a high state of stress..getting  a house ready for sale and moving to the lake just a half hour from us.  She may get a week maybe two at the lake before she comes out of retirement to Nanny for her daughter’s four children.  Since she loves kids especially her grands it is a perfect fit for her…she will do it for just one school year and then retire for good.  She was the best Day Care provider my grand boys ever had.  She has raised generations of children…children of children all who adore her.  It will be another year before she can nap full time.

Consciousness: that annoying time between naps. ~Author Unknown

Milestones

"Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone just stood around and sang Happy Birthday.”... Stephen Wright 

It has been a bit of a milestone type of week for several people that are special to us.

First of all a small child was born in New York City..a much awaited first Grandchild to one of my best friends. I told the new Grandma to think positive..Sadie Magnolia  doesn't sound real New Yorkie to me ..so I am sure that she will become a Minnesota gal!!   My friend will be 60..and she is just now a Grandma for the first time ..I was a Grandma when I was 45.  So she has some serious Grand mothering to do! Since she only birthed male children..this little girl is a very special person that is entering her life. Will Sadie ever know how much she is loved?  When she is older..when I meet her I will have to tell her..that her Grandma was pee your pants excited for months before her birth..she ought to remember that!!

Far Guys Auntie Esther was ninety yesterday..we went to town for a gathering of friends and family for cake and coffee. It was a great turn out, after all the golf course is shut down for the winter! Ninety years..not everyone makes it to that milestone! She reads my blog everyday..she is probably my oldest reader! Yes, she is a computer savvy ninety year old! Don't that beat all! Many people her age wouldn't even try to navigate around the Internet.. way to go Auntie Esther!

Milestones reached..what are you reaching for?    I am reaching for several things..several dates..December 20, December 25, and December 28 ..all milestones for me/us.   December 20 will mark forty years of wedded bliss, December 25 marks a two year Trigeminal Neuralgia diagnosis for Far Guy,  that was a gift that kept on giving.. (not all milestones are pleasant) ..and December 28..two years of blogging for me:)