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Hey Ladies....Granny you have had your share of weather already! We got the day before Christmas storm, but we were on the edge of it and weren't hit as bad as everyone else. 2 hrs from here (Oklahoma City) got 14 inches of snow in one day. I can only imagine how bad was where you were! That much snow here is one of those blizzards that you only see once in your lifetime.

My gramma was in the hospital and we went to mom's for the weekend. It is sad to see your poor gramma gradually decline. At least she still remembered who I was and I had made her apple pies for Christmas. Little one serving ones. She loved those! Next time I go I will bring some more. Her 90th birthday is at the end of the month.

No resolutions here either. I would love to have my upstairs floor finished soon, but all that mess takes time. I am working on removing sticky residue from the hall landing upstairs. I usually don't do this kind of stuff in the winter but I am ready to get the upstairs finished!! My neice is going to come this summer to stay a month and it would be ever so nice to have a bedroom ready for her! Also it would be nice to get the extra furniture out of the downstairs rooms and basement. Also to get all my pictures and decorations put back up!

Hi Connie!

How are you guys doing? How is your grandmother doing? I know what you mean about it being so hard to see someone you care about so much in declining health--it's extremely hard, isn't it?

Hello Granny H! I hope your grandson is doing well! How are you?

How is the weather for both of you? I hope it's not too bad...we had two inches of snow, and my dog thinks it's the greatest thing ever.

Hey Brandii,

Gramma is doing ok I guess. We missed her 90th birthday party because of the weather. Hubby thinks we got 4-6 inches. We didn't get the ice that a bunch of people got so we were lucky that way.

Hi Connie!

How�s the weather now, dare I ask? I was worried you�d get hit with round two�

How is everyone doing? How are YOU doing?

Hey Brandii, Oklahoma is getting snow again but this time we missed out on it. We still have snow on the ground from earlier in the week.

I have been busy painting. We were going to refinish the floors upstairs but decided on carpet instead so I have been giving everything a fresh coat and am sick of painting! I only have a little bit more to go though, just some details. I used 10 gallons of paint! All the rooms were different colors and now they are all nice and white which everyone keeps telling me is boring! I had to paint all of those rooms and figured it would be easier to go with one color and it is really nice and bright and clean looking.

Tonight we are going to get Mary Jayne and take her out for super. My house is a big disater with everything from upstairs downstairs and not too kid friendly! We saw her a couple of weekends ago and she is doing good.

Hi Connie!

I'm with you on the one color theory. You can always add colorful paintings, pictures, linens, pillows, etc. to add color. I love having one neutral color throughout the house, because you can change the look of each room from season to season or from year to year.

I've been thinking about you guys and everything you have been through. How has the transition been over the past few months? How are you and your husband doing?

Hey Brandii, we got our carpet yesterday...finally! I went through 10 gallons of paint, I painted everything...walls ceiling, baseboards, window frames, doors. Unfortunately I am sick and don't even feel like putting my house back in order! It was about to drive me crazy to have stuff stacked everywhere. I was begining to feel like my house would never be back in order.

We get to see Mary Jayne when we want so that is good. She seems to be ok and is always happy to see us. We miss her lots. I think we have transitioned (sp?) well as could be expected. I got a job and am not sure when I start yet. I will be working at a daycare and I think it will be nice to feel useful. The days are very long now with no kids at home. My therapist had talked to me about getting a job or volunteering somewhere a couple of months ago. So I am excited about starting a new job. I was very worried about finding one as I have not worked in 15 years! I think the daycare will be perfect as I love kids and they love me.

This past weekend I went and visited my mom and family and saw my gramma. They are going to start hospice care today. She did know who I was and seemed pretty with it when I saw her but I know she is not very with it anymore. It is painful to see her that way, but I know it is Gods way of helping us let go. She has been in and out of the hospital and having a lot of bladder infections. Also I think she has had a series of mini strokes.

Hi Connie!

I am so happy to hear about your new job--Congratulations! I can't wait to hear all about it, and I'm sure you'll have lots of funny stories to share!

I'm so sorry to hear about your grandmother! I'm sure that is very hard on your entire family.

I hope you aren't still sick--that just stinks, doesn't it?

Congrats again on our new job. I am so happy for you, and while I'm not a mind reader, lol, I felt like I could see you smiling about the job through your post.

You�ve been through so much, and are a true inspiration for kindness, inspiration and hope.
64,772 people have viewed this thread, and it�s because of your strength and compassion. It was clearly evident when you created this thread and it�s clearly evident now as well�you are simply amazing!

You have to let us know how daycare goes! How old are the kids you�ll be watching?

Hey Brandii, yes, I am still sick! I had gone to the dr that Monday after I got home and he did a swab for flu and I didn't have that. He had sent me home and said get rest and drink lots of fluids. Wednesday I started having green mucos and they called in a prescription. I was feeling way better Friday but then started this horrible coughing. I am going to call Monday and see if they can give me a prescription for cough syrup. Friday night I was up for 2 hours because of coughing. I was hoping to be all well by the time I start my new job! I go tommorow for orientation and Tuesday I work 10:30-5. They have a 4 yr old program and the kids are divided up into rooms by age. There is a baby room, a toddler room, a 3 yr old room and then the 4 yr olds. They also provide care for the preK who only attend school half a day. She had asked me what age I was interested in and I told her I really didn't know. To start with I will work in each room and get to know the schedules and the children. She told me they have scholarships/grants that will pay for 90% of tuition and all of books if I was interested in taking some classes at the local college (2 days a week) and I could be a "teacher" for the older ages. They have full time and part time available and I told her I would like full time. I had to have a background check before I could start, but since we were foster care providers I had told her there wouldn't be a problem. So that is why I couldn't start until Monday. But it is good since I have been sick and I didn't want to tell her I couldn't start working because I was sick! I didn't want her to think I was flaky!

We got our upstairs put back together finally and we rearranged everything downstairs. I will get some photos and post them for you. It was like moving in again!

Oh and you are so sweet to say such nice things about me! Being able to come and talk here helped so much. And WOW I can't believe that many people would read my posts!!

This is the stairwell. It was brown. We had the landing carpeted. I still need to stain the stairs and after the carpet came I thought too bad we didn't get the stairs carpeted!





This used to be my sons room, now it is Tiffany's room for when she comes and stays the night. This room was a dark grey and the beadboard was wood colored. I think the whole room looks better one color. The bed is a trundle bed so it will be nice for when we have more than one little one visiting. My mom and I made the quilt when I was in highschool. It is the first quilt she ever made.





This room was yellow. We replaced the linoleum in here and the washstand is from the 1840s. It was my great grandmothers. Mom said "don't break the marble top!!".