Well it has been almost 2 weeks, since you have heard from me. I keep promising that I am going to post at least once a week, but our lives are so hectic, I cannot find the time- NOT!! The truth is I have trouble finding things to write about.

I did get Charlie to go to a movie last week. We saw The Bucket List with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Good movie! Charlie even said it was enjoyable. Somebody told me that the critics didn’t like it, but I don’t usually listen to movie critics anyway, or listen to any critics too much as far as that goes. The reviews that I have read since the movie are good. (See reviews at Internet Movie Database, IMBD.)

We haven’t been going to many High School Basketball games this year. Since they changed the girls games to winter, the scheduling is really screwy, the girls are having a fairly good season, but the boys have yet to win a game, so those are no fun to watch.

I have been using the CPAP for a couple of weeks now. Like I said before, it takes some getting used to. For several days I woke up with my eyes really puffy, eyelids and huge bags. I apparently had it too tight around my head. Now I wake up because it is a little too loose, when I change position it shifts and the air leaks, making noise that wakes me up. I do feel much better though. I have even been able to get up in the morning to ride the exercise bike before I go to work. I don’t feel like I need to take a nap mid afternoon, and the dark circles I have ALWAYS had around my eyes are noticeably lighter. I have a little more energy.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Destination ImagiNation regional tournament- March 1- I will be judging, this year.
March 2 Ed, Shonda and I will be visiting NY, NY. ( I think there are probably better times weather wise, but that is Shonda's Spring Break)
March 25, I will be attending a library conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota (yippee Minnesota in March)

Try to stay warm. ^i^

Dresses, CPAP

I just realized that it has been 2 weeks since I have written, where does the time go?

Actually not too much happening here.

Shonada got a call last week from her friend, Kylie. She is is getting married and one of the girls she had asked to be in the wedding backed out, so she asked Shonda. Shonda said she would and last week we went, to look at dresses, somewhere in that process, Shonda became the maid of honor.
Kylie saw a dress she thought she liked, but wanted to think about it. She found dresses she wanted for the brides maids, (her first choice of colors were John Deere Green or Mint green. She decided on "Clover" and "Honeydew" The Brides Maids will look like this (the sash and slip are a little more green than the look in the picture) The Maid of Honor will be the reverse.
The wedding was originally supposed to be in September, but they have had to change it to June, 7th, so Kylie is a little behind in the planning.

On the way home last week Shonda was on her cell phone calling the other Brides Maids and told them they all needed to meet this Sunday and go try on dresses.
Last week, Wednesday, Shonda and Kylie got together, and told Kylie, she needed to get things done. They got a canopy for the ceremony, it is going to be outside a a light house. A reception hall, a caterer and invitations picked out. They did have to change the date to June 21st, the reception hall they wanted was open all summer except June 7th.

This week the girls all met at our house, to go try on dresses, and Shonda told Kylie they were not coming home until she got her wedding dress. they all got theirs ordered. They even had the dress Kylie wanted in her size, so she got to take it home yesterday.

I finally got my CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine, Wednesday for the sleep apnea. It does help, but it is also taking some getting used to. I wake up in the middle of the night, but only once instead of the several times an hour I apparently was before, without realizing it and Charlie sleeps better because I am not snoring. This is what it looks like. Lovely, don't you think?

Happy New Year

We did nothing last night, Charlie didn't even stay up long enough to wish me happy new year. He was out before 9:00. I did manage to see the ball drop and call Shonda and wish her a happy new year.

We woke up this morning to more than 4 inches of snow. I managed to go out and get some pictures before there were too many tracks, even before breakfast. See what happens when you go to bed so early.




Irish toast
In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, never in want.