I am a grandma!

My beautiful Kayla.  I miss you so much.  I have always loved you and always will. My beautiful girl when I first got her, her name was Holly, which I quickly changed to Kayla.  She had a lot of character and was very smart. Who could resist those eyes? She loved her Bruce! Thank goodness she grew into her ears.  I regret that I didn't have a lot of patience with her at this stage.  She was so destructive.   She was adventurous! She loved the snow. And her walks along the canal. And I hope she loved me: Good bye, my beautiful baby.  I miss you and love you so much. 

Well, another Christmas is over and the New Year is about to begin.  2015 is not a year I want to remember.  But I am hopeful for 2016. A short recap, my psycho neighbor, lost a friend of 20+ years, then her dog died, then my dog is gone. I miss Kayla so much.  I love you, baby. Enough is enough.  Hopefully my vertigo will go away quickly and things will return to normal. I have a positive outlook for 2016.  Looking forward to time spent with Cassidy, maybe a new dog (rescue of course) and a stress free year (as much as possible). Off with the old and on with the new.  A very happy new year to all my friends.  Health and happiness and love to all. TTFN.

Not a bad week.  Got a lot of stuff done.  Got back my Christmas decorations after a year of them being lost.  Lent them to my son a couple of years ago, then, when I asked for them back, he couldn't find them.  I was so upset as the stuff they produce now is garbage.  Some very special pieces in there.  So happy to have them back. Last day for registration into classes is Monday.  YAHOOOO!  No more whiney students wanting to get into full classes.  Not a lot happening otherwise.  Weather is supposed to even out this week, thankfully.  Mid-September and we still have temps in the 90s.  Too much.  Made a stew today and it smells soooooooo good.  Cooking in the crockpot.  Yum.  Just in time for the cooler weather. Anyhow, not much else happening.  Hope you all have a wonderful rest of the weekend and a peaceful week ahead.  TTFN.

Well, after talking to my friends boys I feel much better.  Seems I am not the only person she has done this to.  So sad, she alienated her boys, hardly saw her grandsons.  I just spent the day with one of the grandchildren and he was absolutely delightful.  She has missed out on a lot and all her own fault. Sad that someone can have the attitude that they must control everything and end up driving so many people away because of it.  I heard her stories, then her sons told me the other side of things.  She was wrong.  You don't tell your children that their choice of a mate (life partner) is wrong and try to break them up.  How sad.  You only end up pushing them farther away.  I have not always agreed with my son's choices, but they were his choices, and he had to learn.   Which he did. I just hope she has found peace now.  Lord knows she was her own worst enemy in life. TTFN.

I have had the opportunity to hold and play with Cheryl's 5-month old grandson this week.  Too bad that her relationship with her boys was such that they moved so far away.   What a delightful baby.  All smiles and giggles.  Too bad she is missing out on this. Her boys are wonderful.  They wrote up the most fantastic obit for her.  Sad that they couldn't say all that to her while she was still alive.  Just goes to show you.  She was the type that wouldn't tell you what was going on, but then got mad when you didn't ask what was wrong. Oh, well.  Funeral on Sunday.  Life will be different from now on.  RIP Cheryl.  I hope you find the happiness you didn't find here. TTFN.

A friend of over 30 years died recently.  I was so angry that she hadn't told me anything of what was going on.  We were good friends until just before she left for Guatamala to see her grandson being born.  When she got back, she shut me out completely.  Then I found out through rumor that she had died.   Well, I found out tonight the reason she cut me off. She had been dealing with heart problems for a couple of years now. I am guessing when she got back from Guatamala, it was discovered she had kidney problems also. She left for Guatamala just after I had my psycho neighbor arrested. Apparently, when she got back, she confided in a mutual friend that we hadn't paid enough attention to her when she was so fragile. She decided she couldn't deal with my drama any more so cut me off completely, even though at that time it was over. So, my neighbor threatening to kill me and terrorizing me for months was supposed to be flipped off so we could gather around...

I am almost afraid to say that life has been great the last couple of months, I don't want to jinx it.  LOL.  My new neighbor is a delightful older man, probably in his 70s, who only speaks Spanish.  He hit on me the other day and seemed disappointed that I wasn't interested in a romantic relationship.  I told him: Amigo, si, amore, non.   LOL.  He is a lovely man, but I just don't see the merits of a relationship where I can't understand what he is saying.  Anyhow, another week and a half before my 3 week vacation.  I will have Cassie for a week in the middle, so it should be fun.  Can't do much with Kayla these days as she is getting too old to do what she used to.   But that is OK.  Anyhow, the heat is supposed to ease tomorrow.  Thank goodness.  Have a great rest of the week, my friends. TTFN.