Today...

FOR TODAY July 13, 2010...

Outside my window... the sun is setting.  Today was chilly (68 degrees) a big change after temperatures in the 90's for the past few days!

I am thinking... HOW VERY EXCITED I am for Thursday....the day our 6th grandchild will be born!!!  (The beauty of a c-section, we know what day this very blessed event will actually happen!)  I find myself thinking, and thinking and thinking some more about this precious baby boy coming into our lives, I wonder how much he will weigh, will he look like his big brother, will he have curly hair like his Mommy or straight (and think) hair like his Daddy?? So many things to wonder, but one thing I know for sure...he will be loved and cherished forever.

I am thankful for... "K" and "A" coming to spend the week with us!  We are having a wonderful time and have so many more fun times planned for the week!

From the kitchen... tacos tonight, and the best part---I didn't even have to cook, we were all invited to spend the evening with Bridget and Jeff!

I am wearing... crop pants and a sweatshirt, remember, I mentioned the temperature, 69 degrees! Brrrr!!

I am creating... a "Brother's" scrapbook, almost finished, as soon as I find out the new baby's name!

I am going...to the movie tomorrow, to the lake this weekend, and then next week to MICHIGAN to visit the new baby, his brother, and his Mommy and Daddy!!  Can't wait!!

I am reading... "The Castaways," a very good book!  Just finished "Falling Leaves, Memoirs of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter," another good book!

I am hoping... that summer returns very soon!  I missed it today! :0)

I am hearing... "quiet" from upstairs.  "A" and "K" are sound asleep..I better join them soon, morning will come much too early!

One of my favorite things... watching our new house going up this summer!  Each day brings progress and changes, it's very exciting!!

A few plans for the rest of the week...
"Toy Story 3"
putt-putt golf
plumbing walk-through at the house
some "real" golf
meeting with Joanne, our interior designer
celebrating the arrival of our precious new grandson
playing with "K", "A", "K" and "R".
 

A photo for today...

Jim enjoying a day at the lake!

Moving right along...

Summer, and sunshine, are really helping out with the construction of our house!  In fact, the roofers were "roofing" yesterday and it was 90+ here!  Poor guys, last week they needed jackets and umbrellas and this week is HOT.  But, we'll take it!  So nice to see progress, we might just make our October move-in date!

My Dad....

I was one of those "LUCKY" children blessed with a terrirfic Dad!  The quote "My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it." ~Clarence Budington Kelland, comes to mind when I remember my Dad.  So many special, happy memories on this day that we celebrate Dads!!

Sunshine, finally...

Sunny skies are predicted this week (finally!!)...the roof trusses are coming on Wednesday...we're making progress...YEA!!

The back

Looking out some of the great room windows

The hallway

A marathon, great food, a doggy and FUN...

We had a great "Memorial Day" weekend at the lake!  The weather didn't cooperate (lots of rain), not fun, but, we still managed to enjoy every minute!  The rain did slow down for the morning of the marathon (actually stopped for a few hours) and that made the runners happy!

A very sweet dog, wandering around the cabins, was adopted by A and K!  People who live in the area had seen her around the area for over a week, and once we arrived on Friday afternoon, she seemed to feel "right at home" with us.  We did get some dog food on Saturday, but to get by on Friday night she enjoyed grated cheese and grilled flank steak  (I know, poor little doggy!!) :0)

They have sent a picture of her to the humane society and contacted vets in the area, but so far there has been no missing dogs reported.  So....looks like A and K might get their wish for a puppy!  Her name is "Casey!"

We have walls...

Jim looking out our front door---windows on the sides of the door still need to be cut out.

The eating nook off our kitchen---looking out toward the mountain and our view

The windows out of our great room

The rain slowed things down yesterday, but the walls are going up!!  Plan for today to to frame the garage and then begin on the interior room walls.  Roof trusses come in a week!!  (I'm into "instant gratification" and after weeks and weeks of dirt, rocks and concrete I was just so anxious to see wood---now that we have some walls, I'm wanting a roof!! :0)  Guess that is the fun of the building process---we love it!!)

Springtime...

I'm thinking SPRING...even though it has temporarily disappeared!! (It got down to 31 degrees here last night, brrrr!)  But, we did have a few days in the 70's and 80's last week and I was able to take these springtime pictures of Miss "K".  She turned "5" in April and her Mommy and Daddy got her this adorable bike---I love the "girly" colors! 

And, I'm guessing these lilacs got "nipped" last night, but they were just beautiful in Jamie's yard when we were visiting last week.

Spring and soccer...

Our weather has finally improved, YEA!!  We've been enjoying temperatures in the 70's and even low 80's! We spent the weekend in Spokane and had lots of fun watching "A" and "K" play soccer on Saturday...

The nice weather really helped speed along the building process...our hole is the ground is beginning to take shape and look like a house!!  They have almost finished framing in the basement and are ready to put the deck on the floor for the main level!  Jim walked out on the trusses to see what the view will be like from the main floor! :0)

Counting my blessings...

When it comes to Moms...I "hit the jackpot!"  Just yesterday I was watching Dr. Phil and the show was about healing the relationship of a daughter and her mother...they hadn't spoken in over 3 years.  "What a waste of three years," kept running through my mind; and how terribly sad for both of them.  A mother's love is like no other in this world, and I cannot imagine a hurt so deep that it separates a mother from her child for even a day, yet I know it happens all the time. I wonder if someday they will realize all the precious time that they wasted...what I wouldn't give to have just one more day with my Mom!

My Mom was always "in my corner,"  always my #1 fan, someone that I knew I could count on to share my joys and help to heal my sorrow.  Her unconditional love was a "given", something I knew that I could count on.  Wow, I was lucky....I wish the mother and daughter that I saw on Dr. Phil yesterday could know the joy and peace that this kind of relationship brings to your life. 

"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."

Cardinal Mermillod

I think about my Mom a lot, especially on Mother's Day.  I miss her!  But, I know that I was so very blessed to have her for as many years as I did.  My sister, Jean, and I talk about Mom a lot...what a great seamstress she was, how she made the "best" homemade applesauce, how she and Dad loved to play bridge with their friends...I could go on and on, but the most important thing she did was teach us what it meant to be a Mom...she was a role model for us! 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY...love your Mothers, and Mother's, love your children, don't take even a moment for granted!

Putt-Putt...

"L" having a fun today doing his very favorite thing---playing putt putt golf!!  (I love camera phones!!)  While he is enjoying a beautiful day in the sun with his Mommy and Daddy, we are watching the rain, then the sun, then the rain, then the wind, then the sun, then more rain...typical spring day for us!!