WHAT A BUSY SUMMER

Last post I was going to Indiana.
What a busy time since than. Had a great time in Indiana, got home for one week and than took off to Montana. I than adventured to the west coast, Oregon with John and his Montana family.
Had a greattttttttttttttt time and saw alot of beautiful America.
Found out what is was like to really camp out. That was great. Gabe and I spent alot of time in the back sit of the car. He is very smart and is a great traveler.
Needless to say that I was tired after all of the traveling. At that at that point I had no idea what was ahead of me.
Go to Houston!!!! Yes now I commute to Houston everyday to work. Girling made a change and I had to go with it. I love the people I work with. This week the computers were down in Houston so I came to work in Wharton for a afternoon and morning. Found out that I am glad to be in Houston. Wharton group are just to gossipy. Is that a word? I think that you get the message.
Well, the week I started traveling to Houston, Deanna and the girls came home. Busy, times, but they were great. Thanks to Billy we had a great barbecue on Sunday and were able to go to the beach on Saturday. Thanks Bill for being the man of the weekend. We all had a great time!
I love having all the girls together, Amanda, Deanna, Sue, and Ann. I am so blessed with such great children. Now, do not forget the grandchildren! Garrett, Lance,Shelby, and Tessa all were great Saturday night when the girls went out for a night out. The funniest part of the time? I think it has to be when Deanna sat on Garrett when he was trying to sleep on the couch Saturday morning. Needless to say that was a rude awaking! Woke up the rest of the house!
Now, all are back in their homes. The house is quiet and I am trying to get it straightened up.
Getting ready for the next great visits.
Yesterday, Saturday, 08/08/08, I took Grandma Heimann to see her sister, Evelyn Holub in Houston. She is dying of lung cancer. That was a tough one. Will let all you know when something happens with that. I really do not think she will be with us to much longer. She was always such a happy person and it was hard to see her so sick. Grandma is a trooper. She just says"what can you do. That is just the way it is. " It is not going to be easy when she does pass and the funeral is not going to be easy. Life is life, what else is there to say.
Grand ma and I did have lunch with Sue and then I took her shopping for her birthday.
All try to send Grandma a birthday card on August 21. She thinks of all of you all the time.
Ed and Anna along with Brian's wife and kids are going to Brain's graduation from boot camp.
He has been in basic training in Alabama since June 4the and graduates on Aug14. He will be home in October. They are also going to Arkansa to see Lisa. Coy and her are now stationed in Little Rock, Arkansa for 2-3 years.
Better close for now. Need to get ready for church. This afternoon Dad and I are going to Ryan's grandma services in Rosenberg. She died on Friday.
Sam Halbert, remember our neighbor, is in hospice now also. Ruby is so sweet. It has been hard seeing her gradually lose him. They were a living love story. You kids know what I mean.
See ya! Love mom.

INDIANA

Is it feally June!?
I get to go to Indiana this week.
I will fly out Tuesday at 7:20pm and will be home Sunday night. Ann and Ryan are taking me to the airport. I am packing my Texas shorts. Deanna said that it is hot and humid like Texas. I just can not get away from it.
This has been a busy week. Gloria and Julius trimmed their saga palms on Sunday and I planted 14 in the yard on Monday and Tuesday. We will see how many come up. Yes, the ground was hard! Found out how out of shape I am.
I finally got my glasses now also. The first pair I got the lens was to narrow for the progressive lens and I had to go back again and get a different style. Now I can see again.
Today Dad works and I am going to the Kolache-Klobase Festival at Riverside for a while this afternoon. Tomorrow on Father's day we are going to Bill and Amanda's. Get this -- Dad told me last night on the phone that he is bring his beer to sit back and forget about everything. That is the first time that I every heard Dad talk about bring his own beer. "I just want to sit and drink beer with Bill." So we will see if I have to drive home. I doubt it, but I never know what to expect.
So all have a great Father's Day and I will post when I get back from Indiana.

MAY IS GONE!

What happen to May!. One day it is May the 1st and now it is the 31st. Of course for some people, like teachers, that was great. Congratulations Susan for completing a first school year from HELL!
This the first weekend in May that I am actually home all weekend.
1st weekend Retreat from Thursday to Sunday
2nd weekend Graduation in Lubbock with moving Ann and Ryan home
3rd weekend On call
4th weekend Matagorda with the Heimanns
So you can see that there is a lot to catch up on around this house.
I am going to let Ann take the Explorer to El Campo today and bring it back on Sunday. This way I have to stay at home.
Getting new glasses finally. For those who might remember Dr. Snelling the eye doctor, he is retiring so I went to see him this week. It had been 4 years! Cannot believe that.
Well, Ann went with me to Eyemasters to help find some new frames and after 1 1/2 hours of looking we got the job done.
Dad works all weekend, so I should be able to get some closets clean. It all depends how good my book gets or what is on TV.
I have two more weeks before I leave for Shelby's dance recital. Can not wait.
Will close for now. See you at the end of June. (Sooner if you are lucky)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHIRLY

We had a great weekend. It started alittle scarry. I had gotten up Saturday morning and just enjoying being at home when Dad called me about 9:00 and said that he was on his way home. He had had a spill at work and hit his head. Scared me!!!
When he got here he explained that when he was pulling a plate off the machine the magnet slipped and he lost his balance and he fell backward and hit his head on the trash bin on the way down. He had a knot on his head and an abrasion. Thank God it was not any worst, because it sure could have been. He said that when he started his morning off like that he said it was time to come home. He took a nap and felt better. We went to Shirley's 50th birthday party. It was real nice. Good food and Good company.
Today we stayed around the house. Amanda, you need to tell the boys that Grandma's fan in her room got fixed. Yes, Robert put up a new fan in my bedroom and a new light in our bathroom. Whoa it is great to have some things fixed around the house.
I actually sewed alittle this afternoon and planted some flowers.
The other thing that occurred today is that our neighbor came and cleaned up the lot. He is serious about selling it. He put a big wood sign on the lot in big orange letters, "Lot for sale" with his phone number. Than he put a sign on at the end of the street on Cty Rd. 2919 with an arrow saying lot for sale. So we will see what will happen now.
Going to go read my book now. Actually it is Sue's book, "PS, I love you." It is good.
Dad is going to bed, but I took a 2 hour nap, so I do not believe I can go to sleep now.
All have a great week!

Busy Saturday

The boys and I had a great day today. When we got to the house last night, the boys were ready to get the toys out. I told them we would do that tomorrow. We watched ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS video that I had bought. Garrett loves to watch the videos on the computer. This makes it nice because Lance and I get the bed. Garrett sits in the big chair in front of the computer. Last night I got my pillow are fixed so I could watch and the boys decided that they wanted some popcorn. One likes it with SALT and the other likes it with pepper. Well, when I got back from the kitchen, Lance had stole my spot. The little tot was all propped up on my pillows just as relaxed as can be. Had to go get another pillow.
The boys and I slept in the king size bed and Dad slept in the garage room and actually move his stuff in the other bathroom so he would not wake us up in the morning. Garrett was up at 7 am and Lance slept till 7:45am. From than on we were busy. We got dressed and went to a garage sale down the street and Garrett found a RACE TRACK. I would have never seen it. We than went to the post office, the dollar store, Sylvia and James house, and the grocery store. Hats off to you two with kids. I had forgotten what it was to get two children in and out of seat belts, in to the store, and than back into seat belts!!. One time Garrett went, "Grandma! you forgot to put on my seat belt as I started the car. ....
Well, we made it home and thank goodness the race track I bought for 2 dollars was a Hit. We had a blast with it. The boys got picked up about 2:30 - 3:00 and than I took a shower and went to Scott Heimann's confirmation in Wharton at 5:30 pm mass. All the kids were home and it was good to see Lisa and Michelle. Shirley and Kinny made it also. Next Sunday we have Shirley's 50Th birthday party at her house.
Tomorrow I get to rest. Dad has to work again, so I can sleep late in the am since I already went to church and relax all day. Hope all are doing well. Love mom

Back to Work

Well, Dad made it back to work. He did fine. He will be on days for 4 weeks.
Work for me is going good now. Hopefully, there will not be anyone else leaving. For those I forgot to tell or the subject did not come up, 7 RNS left in the span of 4-6 weeks. Makes for a whole new work place. Most went to work for UHC insurance at home.
Amanda called me and asked me to take care the boys Saturday while she and Billy had there garage sale. Fine with me! Actually, they will come Friday night, so we will have a great time.
I think I will let Dad sleep in the other room and the boys and I can have the king size bed. That sounds like great fun to me. Can't wait.
Hope Susan had a happy birthday. Ann turned 23 and Susan 25 this month. Where did that time go?
Deanna, I can not believe how those girls are growing.
Amanda, I need to find out about all of Lance's cousins names!
Susan, I love your purse.
Ann, no new post for you?
Love you all, mom

I am Back

I am going to post. I have not done this in such along time that I probably forgot.

If you are reading this you will know that I figured it out.

Dad is doing great. He is getting ready to go back to work on Monday.

He will be on 4 weeks of days and than go back on nights.

Get this. Tomorrow he is going with me on my visits.

I am on call and I have two patients to see. One in Brazoria and one in Matagordia.

He was telling me how to cut across from Brazoria to Matagordia on 521 and I asked if he wanted to go with me. He just checked out 2 new books from the library, so I told he could read while I admitted the patient. So, he agreed. This is great for me because I do not have to drive and go by myself. If no other visits come up I might get him to take me down to the beach to watch the waves for awhile. We will see what tomorrow brings.

Believe it or not we have wireless internet now. It is great! I can actually get on the computer and read the blogs and my email without reading a book while I am waiting for items to come up.

So be checking your e-mails because I might be send out some.

Better go now. I actually think I will drink my sleepy time tea and go to bed. Bye for now.

Love mom.