We went to the Candy Dance Days in Genoa and it has been several years since the last time I went. Del, Maura, Marina and myself all went and had a wonderful day spending it together. I found little girl dresses just like the way Nana used to make for my girls when they were little, all frilly and fufu like, we got two of them, one for VE and one for JadaLynn. They are sooooooooooooo cute, a older Mexican lady made all the dresses and I fell in love with them. One of the dresses has a pinafore over a pink dress and the other one was pinky/peachy color with lacy edges and just frilly with under petticoats. Love them....That event has grown so much they had over 300 venders, anything you could think of, it was there, food, yum, candy, music, oh my gosh, it took us 45 min to go 1/2 mile down the road just so we could park but it was worth the time it took us. Also this weekend they had what is called weekend vivations, they expected approx 30,000 motorcyles in town and believe me they were here and to the joy of Hwy Patrol, local police, they had a field day handing out speeding tickets, I bet they made their year operating monies, hahahah...it was something to see.
It is so much fun to be able to spend time with my girls, going out, shopping, doing lunches, going to movies, love the time I get with them.
5 Months ago we moved back to Northern Nevada and I have not regretted a day of the move, it was an adjustment moving with my one daughter and her husband but we have done great and I think it is a good move for us, love the company, we have gone and we have done more here in the 5 months than the whole 4 years in Alaska. Don't get me wrong, I love Alaska but it did not like us very well. Our health has improved vastly. I do miss my daughter, granddaughter and great granddaughter we had to leave behind in Alaska but that is where they belong and where they are doing do great.
Love living life.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Fall is here
oh my gosh, where has this year gone? today is the first full day of Fall or Autum, which ever you may call it, I like Autum, I love the smells, I love the changing of the colors, I love the mums that bloom in Fall/Autum, I love the fall veggies, and I love Fall/Autum because it is the start of the holiday seasons and the time of the year that will bring families together.
Just Sharing.
Just Sharing.
Monday, September 20, 2010
more reflections
I was thinking that life can really bring you lot of challenges, I think that is what makes a person either strong or weak depending on how they handle the challenges that come their way. In my family I think it shows how much love, strenght and caring we have. As in all families we have our ups and our downs, but because of the way we are it seems we always come out stronger. I have the best daughters, the best grandchildren and the best of great grandchildren a person could ever ask for. We are a mixture of all people, we have Asian, Hispanic, Black, white, you name it and we have it in our family. I am just rambling, not thinking of where this blog is going, just jotting down thoughts. I was reading one of my granddaughters blog and it made me cry for the pain they are feeling and I cannot do anything to help, actually I was reading two blogs, and they both have pain, but you know what? one of them is going to be just fine because of the love in her heart for her family, her child, her husband. Her heavely Father has blessed her and he will go on blessing her, she and her family have so much love in their hearts, that I think he put them here on this earth so they can teach other families what it means to love and care and to share. He has given them a challenge and I know they will meet that challenge and because of that this world will be a better place for having them here. The other granddaughter is so young and she has faced so much sorrow in her young life, but you know what? she will grow and she will find what she is seeking when she least expects it. She will always have her family to help her, listen to her, give her the hugs she needs and maybe just maybe, she will open her eyes to what is around her and realize what a fantastic life she really has and what is there for her in the future. We all say things in the heat of the moment that sometimes we wish we would never had said, but that is another life learning moment, hopfully we will find peace with what ever we made have said or done and go on learning. It is hard to let go of thoughts, you try to push them out but they have a way of sneaking up on you and popping in your head when you least want to remember. Maybe that is nature's way of reminding oneself of where you do not want to be and you change your path and go where you should be.
Like I said these are just random thoughts that really go no where, but I just felt like jotting them down. Just thinking, just wishing, and just praying.
Like I said these are just random thoughts that really go no where, but I just felt like jotting them down. Just thinking, just wishing, and just praying.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
We went to a beautiful wedding of our granddaughter
I thought I would write a short blog on a beautiful wedding on Sept 4, 2010. Our granddaughter Maura LeAnn became Mrs Snyder and blended a beautiful family. Brian has twin daughters who are 5 years old and Maura has a daughter who is 5 years old, we call them the triplets. They were married and now are a family of five. It was a wedding filled with love, respect, and friendship and happiness. I am so happy that they were brought together to share their lives. They are a great family.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
My Birthday
Today marks my 48th anniversary of my 21st birthday. I had a wonderful day, it started off very early at the Dept of Motor Vehicles to register my birthday car, I love it, then it was off to the Car Dealership to order a key, then we headed out for breakfast, then some shopping, car wash, and then off to the movies, after the movies we indulged in Ice cream, yum, then headed home. It may not sound like a lot of fun to you, but to me it was wonderful because I got to send it with my better half of myself. I love my husband so very much and after over 51 years he still makes my heart go pitter patter and my chest feels like it wants to burst with all the love I have for him. So that is why this birthday is so wonderful.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Just random thoughts
It has been a rough week but we have made it through. I have come to terms with it and now I will move on.
We left Dayton NV on Wed to go to Sacramento to put Olivia on her flight home to Alaska, then we headed off to San Diego to see family and to celebrate my sister-in-law's 70th birthday. It took us 2 1/2 days because we took our time and stopped here and there and to reflect on events that happened this past week and to come to terms and move on.
We had a bbq Saturday and we had a wonerful time meeting up with family, enjoying life, and realize what a great husband and soulmate I have, wonderful grandchildren, and children. My thoughts are, be happy, love your family no matter what, and try never to say harsh words that can never be taken back.
We left Dayton NV on Wed to go to Sacramento to put Olivia on her flight home to Alaska, then we headed off to San Diego to see family and to celebrate my sister-in-law's 70th birthday. It took us 2 1/2 days because we took our time and stopped here and there and to reflect on events that happened this past week and to come to terms and move on.
We had a bbq Saturday and we had a wonerful time meeting up with family, enjoying life, and realize what a great husband and soulmate I have, wonderful grandchildren, and children. My thoughts are, be happy, love your family no matter what, and try never to say harsh words that can never be taken back.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
drama of the worst kind
I sit here at 4 am because of the events of this past day, my heart is cracked all because of 3 selfish, self centered, ungrateful children that caused a riff in 3 families today. I hate texting, it causes so much hurt and damage. This time it is going to take a long time in healing.
The three children I am speaking of are my grandchildren, they came down to visit and have been here for 2 months, my great grandchild came too so there were 4. All had a bit in this play, but the 3 siblings were the ones who started this one. The one grandchild decided early on to stay at another Aunt's house, that was all good and fine, he needed to stay there to find out how a family truly works. During his stay there he had the opportunity to go to DisneyLand, he was told not to mention it to his sisters because it would cause hard feelings but to wait until he got home to Alaska, when it came time for him to return to where his sisters were staying at another Aunt's house, the first thing he did was rub it in his sisters faces and his cousin that he got to go to DisneyLand, his Aunt asked him why did he do that, when he was told he should not say anything until he went home? he said his Aunt said he could and gave a sly smile knowing he started problems, of course his other Aunt would not have told him to do this, she would not condone this behavior. I got very upset with him and told him as much and I told him that he lost all my respect for him and that I would not be able to trust him. Finish....so I thought. The next morning, my husband and myself went into town very early, all kids were sleeping when we left. I was in a good mood. When we returned home all heck broke out, Aunt of this house called me and asked if their mother (her sister) had text me wrote a very bad text using the f word in it. I check my phone and sure enough it was there, she accused me of calling her children mindless, which I never did, and just went off using the f word, which I detest. I thought it had to do with the business with my grandson causing hurt feelings with the siblings, but no, it had nothing to do with that, I still don't know all the facts. Backing up, when we got home from town and I was in a good mood, the kids were up, we had brought home a treat for them from the bakery, gave it to them, asked them to pick up the family room, get all their stuff out into the RV because we were leaving the next day to take them to the airport and to San Diego, then the oldest started in about mice stealing her finger polish, just her carring on upset me, I started to pull all the pillows off the couch, throw the trash they were suppose to have picked up and I tossed a water bottle that was not suppose to be on the couch, one of the girls walked into the bottle, I did not throw it at her and I was not picking on her, but apparentley she told her mother I was being mean to her, picking on her and threw the water bottle at her. then all the texting started with their mother accusings us all of stuff, involving her sister, then calling the other sister to have the kids go and stay over there, but I told her no, it would not be convenient for us to pick them up the next morning when we left for California, she called her sister anyway to have someone come out to pick them up, she (sister) text me and said her daughter, (my granddaughter) was coming to pick them up, I told her to tell her not too, the kids were not leaving here and that she should not get involved in this situation, I texted the granddaughter and told her not to bother coming the kids were not leaving here. She came anyway, I met her outside the front door, and told her the kids were not going with her and to go home, she told me "bullshit I am taking them" I told her no, they were not going, she raised her hand at me like she was going to hit me, shoved me, and said the F word to me and was inches from my face, I slapped her in the face, one she came at me, second she used the "F" word on me. Her grandfather came out of the house and told her to leave, I have never hit any of my grandchildren in that anger before, it has broken my heart. All of this because of 3 self centered, ungrateful, and mean spirited children and their mother dragging her sister into this mess, it could have been prevented by a phone call asking what was going on, but no she had to send out a nasty text. This has broken 3 families. Now the kids are over at the other Aunts house, their mother is adding extra expense to their return home to the tune of a thousand dollars, when we were taking them to SD to fly home in the morning. What a diaster, that all could have been prevented with a simple phone call. Now it will take a long time in healing, 3 families are adrift, and cracked hearts everywhere with flood of tears, and the 3 who started all of this will go their merry way without a thought to the damage they caused.
The three children I am speaking of are my grandchildren, they came down to visit and have been here for 2 months, my great grandchild came too so there were 4. All had a bit in this play, but the 3 siblings were the ones who started this one. The one grandchild decided early on to stay at another Aunt's house, that was all good and fine, he needed to stay there to find out how a family truly works. During his stay there he had the opportunity to go to DisneyLand, he was told not to mention it to his sisters because it would cause hard feelings but to wait until he got home to Alaska, when it came time for him to return to where his sisters were staying at another Aunt's house, the first thing he did was rub it in his sisters faces and his cousin that he got to go to DisneyLand, his Aunt asked him why did he do that, when he was told he should not say anything until he went home? he said his Aunt said he could and gave a sly smile knowing he started problems, of course his other Aunt would not have told him to do this, she would not condone this behavior. I got very upset with him and told him as much and I told him that he lost all my respect for him and that I would not be able to trust him. Finish....so I thought. The next morning, my husband and myself went into town very early, all kids were sleeping when we left. I was in a good mood. When we returned home all heck broke out, Aunt of this house called me and asked if their mother (her sister) had text me wrote a very bad text using the f word in it. I check my phone and sure enough it was there, she accused me of calling her children mindless, which I never did, and just went off using the f word, which I detest. I thought it had to do with the business with my grandson causing hurt feelings with the siblings, but no, it had nothing to do with that, I still don't know all the facts. Backing up, when we got home from town and I was in a good mood, the kids were up, we had brought home a treat for them from the bakery, gave it to them, asked them to pick up the family room, get all their stuff out into the RV because we were leaving the next day to take them to the airport and to San Diego, then the oldest started in about mice stealing her finger polish, just her carring on upset me, I started to pull all the pillows off the couch, throw the trash they were suppose to have picked up and I tossed a water bottle that was not suppose to be on the couch, one of the girls walked into the bottle, I did not throw it at her and I was not picking on her, but apparentley she told her mother I was being mean to her, picking on her and threw the water bottle at her. then all the texting started with their mother accusings us all of stuff, involving her sister, then calling the other sister to have the kids go and stay over there, but I told her no, it would not be convenient for us to pick them up the next morning when we left for California, she called her sister anyway to have someone come out to pick them up, she (sister) text me and said her daughter, (my granddaughter) was coming to pick them up, I told her to tell her not too, the kids were not leaving here and that she should not get involved in this situation, I texted the granddaughter and told her not to bother coming the kids were not leaving here. She came anyway, I met her outside the front door, and told her the kids were not going with her and to go home, she told me "bullshit I am taking them" I told her no, they were not going, she raised her hand at me like she was going to hit me, shoved me, and said the F word to me and was inches from my face, I slapped her in the face, one she came at me, second she used the "F" word on me. Her grandfather came out of the house and told her to leave, I have never hit any of my grandchildren in that anger before, it has broken my heart. All of this because of 3 self centered, ungrateful, and mean spirited children and their mother dragging her sister into this mess, it could have been prevented by a phone call asking what was going on, but no she had to send out a nasty text. This has broken 3 families. Now the kids are over at the other Aunts house, their mother is adding extra expense to their return home to the tune of a thousand dollars, when we were taking them to SD to fly home in the morning. What a diaster, that all could have been prevented with a simple phone call. Now it will take a long time in healing, 3 families are adrift, and cracked hearts everywhere with flood of tears, and the 3 who started all of this will go their merry way without a thought to the damage they caused.
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