spots, storms, snobs, Silverdale, and sleeping

Decided to get rid of the cat the other day.  But  papa has been kind of sore at me since then....making snide little comments. Yes, I said snide. He loves that kitty. He will put his arm down and Kitkat will run to him and wrap his arms and legs around it....ouch. Then papa picks him up. So weird. They play alot together and the kitty sure loves him a lot too!!!  whatever.  So he stays. Papa loves it that he is getting spots on his back. He is cute.  He has been playing all morning without a break. Hopefully he will sleep about 8 hours!

Watching the news on the hurricane coming in.  Suppose to hit in a few hours. My brother and his family live in Virginia. I am thankful they are not on the coast. Praying for all those people who are!!!! They still are in a state of emergency and it really hasn't hit yet.

Been a busy weekend. I am not even sure when it started! It seemed like most of the week was the weekend. Friday we went to Central Market and had biscuits and gravy. It was me, Andrew, Lauren and Annika....we met Nell and Jael....and Karla dropped off Dylan and Maddie.  It was a bit crazy and hectic with everyone. Then all 6 of the kids got in my van and we went to my house. Kit kat stayed crazy. Maddie freaked out. It was a little crazy.  That is the only word I can use. Jael must think we are absolutely insane. I think Annika knew it!

It is so hard to concentrate on this with Fox news on about Hurricane Sandy. I do want to post a pic of Lauren and her guitar....her Uncle Kevon is teaching her to play.  She is doing good....

Took kids home....Maddie and Dylan were going to spend the night....but Maddie didn't want to without Lauren and couldn't. So Karla came and got the kids.  Made me sad. A huge part of it was the cat.

Saturday afternoon Lauren came and spent the night. We didn't do much. She watched Netflix and we watched iCarly and went to bed. She slept with me and we locked the cat out for Papa to deal with. lol. Toby slept with us.

Sunday morning we picked up Maddie and went to Bayside church.  Papa stayed home to watch the Seahawks lose. I took the kids to their class....and went up to the sanctuary.  Sad no one said hi to me except the lady giving me the bulletin. Even people who knew me. Weird......and it was so balmy and hot in there. I left during music and went downstairs to cool off. It was nicer to be alone and read a book.  I was sad though. Our former Pastor Barry said today maybe the Lord is showing me we need to commute. lol.
The girls got out and we went to McDonald's for lunch. Then I took Lauren home for a birthday party. Maddie and I went to Silverdale to Ross's (bought nothing), then to Barnes & Noble at the Mall. Got Maddie a Bible she wanted. Then to Claire's where she got glasses. Left the mall and went to the Dollar store and I got some water bottles and stuff. Maddie didn't want anything. She thought we were going to Walmart and was upset we weren't. I wasn't feeling well at all.  Feverish all day, sweaty, bad headache, sore throat and earache. I needed to go home.  It was nice spending time with Maddie though. She's a good girl.

Joel got a deer.  If you are not on Karla's Facebook ...you need to see what Maddie said....love it:
When Joel got his deer and cut his finger, Maddie was concerned that he keep it covered up when he was cleaning the deer. I thought that was really intelligent of her to remember about cleanliness of wounds and stuff. Then she said in a whisper "if deer blood mixes with his blood, he could get pregnant with deer babies." Oh, um. So I guess it's about time to have the talk about where babies come from, because that sure isn't it.

Well.....this morning was weird. Power went out in parts of Kingston, Port Gamble and part of Poulsbo.  Tree went down.  Just made life weird ...but was good in a way because I got to take Andrew to school and we had a great time talking.  I love spending time with my grand kids!!!!

Well.....I am going to try to nap now.  Sounds like a plan....everyone else is! Til later!!!!!

Today is Thursday?

It is Thursday.  It took me a minute to think about that!!!!  This has been a weird week because of school conferences.  Lauren didn't have school on Wednesday so she spent the night on Tuesday....then I took her to Walmart in the morning to meet her best friend....Annika.  She went with her family and spent the day.  So papa and I did our grocery shopping....our monthly shopping trip.  I am getting used to it now.  I am getting it figured out.  We certainly aren't starving...it hasn't been easy to buy for a month. But now it is kind of nice. I used to shop every two weeks.

Yesterday I cleaned house. At least the living room and toy room is clean again. Worked on papa's puzzle.  He loves doing jigsaw puzzles now!  Very relaxing for him. It is set up in the den and he can watch the news while doing it.

Toby is not happy.  The kitty is getting bigger and driving Toby nuts.  The cat loves Toby! He is looking for him now and crying. lol! (Toby is outside). Not sure what to do. Toby is itching himself raw....no it's not fleas. We've checked both animals thoroughly. I don't know if it could be stress (haven't read anything about it), the time of year, or allergic to something like the cat! lol!  We are wondering if his skin is dry so we are giving him oil every morning with his food. We give him pumpkin in the evening for his rear end, and last night  we tried spraying him and then wiping him down with a mixture of cider vinegar and water. Oh, he didn't like that at all!!!! So we stopped that treatment. We may have to take him to the vet. I hate spending money on the vet if we can help him at home. They will give him prednisone which isn't good for him. But neither is itching. We'll see by tomorrow if he needs to go.

The kitten is only 3 months old and turning into a cat! Acting like a wild thing. But getting bigger every day! We really love this critter though.  Papa puts his arm down and the cat runs to it and jumps wrapping his arms and legs around papas arm and then papa picks him up.

Well...that is about all I got. Please pray for Toby. Thanks!  Love to all!

Bread, bugging, bedroom and breakfasts!!!! What a weekend

It is Monday!  Not that I am thrilled about Monday's.  I am trying to figure out this computer Google crap.  Lost what I had and now trying to figure out a new way.

I just got a bread recipe that is suppose to be so super easy ....I haven't tried it yet but wanted to share in case someone beats me to it they can let us know how it is!

. Preheat oven to 375, grease loaf pan... Mix 3 cups SIFTED self rising flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 12oz room temp beer. Dont over mix. Pour into loaf pan, pour about 4 tbl spoons melted butter over top amd sprinkle with more sugar. Bake about 1 hour or until knife comes out clean.. cool, slice and eat. I like to spread a little softened butter on my slice when it is still warm... U can add more sugar to the recipe if u want... I have made it 3C flour, 2C sugar, 1 beer... This way is reallllllly sweet. Make sure ur flour is sifted, so that you have a heavy bread that rises and not a brick... It is soooooo good..

Had a good weekend! Friday Lauren and Maddie spent the night.  I had cleaned the toyroom for them to play in where the animal couldn't terrorize them.  Lauren is ok with the kitty....buy Maddie gets a little nervous the cat will hurt her.  Which he could because he is wild as moose milk! Trying to train him not to attack our feet when we walk....or try to climb up our leg....or our back.  It sucks. I love him like crazy (which I must have been for getting a kitten!) and he sleeps really great at night and makes us laugh. Got a new lazer pointer and he loves it. So does papa.
Anyway...even got papa to take off the closet doors and now the girls slept in there! The closet freaked them out so they wouldn't sleep in there before. So they slept good in there without a cat to bug them. :D

I went and picked up Andrew and we met Nell and Jael at Walmart. I really like Nell.  We have similar personalities and had a great time. I drove to The Red Apple Diner and it was a great breakfast! Loved it!

After breakfast we went to Starbucks...but it was too cold. So we went to Maxx something...it is some health food place and the kids got smoothies. They got these sample green smoothies.... which got spilled all over Jael. Gross. We still don't know who did it. We walked around Walmart. That was fun! But the day tired me out!  I fell asleep at 6:30. Woke up at 4 a.m. with such a back ache.

Sunday Dylan called and I did a repeat breakfast with Dylan and Maddie. We had a nice drive.  Then we went to PetSmart, Big 5 and Office Depot. My back really got to hurt.   We went to Dollar store too. I love that store!!!!

My handsome grandson Parker got his hair cut. He looks so great! Older! I love this boy so much!!!!

Well....this one will be short.  I need to go vote. Papa is waiting patiently. :D