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My bedroom. It was a light green color. The bed pretty much takes up the whole room, but it is totally worth it! I always wanted a 4 post bed.



View from the other side of the room. The door I am going to strip and stain.

Yesterday was my first day at work. I was so tired when I got home that at 8 I fell asleep and got up at 9 to go to bed! The kids were so happy, I was amazed. We had 3 babies, one 1yr old and 3 2 year olds. I kissed boo boos, read books, played and rocked little ones. At one point I had 4 kids sitting in my lap. There wasn't a dull moment all day! And I am going back today for more!

Another shot of my wash stand



My daughters quilt, over halfway done. I stopped working on it to paint and get things upstairs squared away.

WOW--Connie, all the changes you made, and the quilt look absolutely amazing! You have been one buys woman!

How is work going?

Is it fun to be with all of the little ones during the day? I imagine they are so cute (and so busy, lol).

Can't wait to hear how everything is going!

Hey Brandii, well, last week was awful. Monday morning I got a call that my husband had passed out at work and I met the ambulance at the hospital. They thought he could have had a minor heart attack or heart arithmea. He spent 2 nights in the hospital, had 2 cat scans, lots of tests and they never did figure out what was wrong. He got dizzy every time he sat up and passed out a few times at the hospital. Finally they let him go home and he had to spend all week at home. Yesterday he went back to the dr and was released to light duty. I had still been coughing and ended up at the urgent care on Wednesday. I got tested for mono and that was negative but my white count was really low. I have had this happen to me since I was in 4th grade. I get really tired and it turns out my white count is very low. Last time it happened was about 3 years ago. It always goes back up on it's own but no one can ever figure out why I do this. I got a shot at the urgent care and I spent the whole week at home too. My work was nice enough to let me off. I slept off an on for a couple of days and am only coughing a little. I couldn't even sleep at night for coughing. I think I was just exhausted too worrying about my husband.

I went back to work yesterday and it was nice. There was one little girl who saw me and ran to me and I picked her up and she gave me a good hug. She even remembered my name! The last day I was there we were talking about what my name was. So it was nice to be missed!

Saturday is the bead mart in Oklahoma City and I am going. It will be fun. I could sure use some fun after last week!

I looked back and I hadn't written in a while. The last week I worked I was in the 2-3 yr old room. There are 8 kids per adult and we had about 12-14 kids each day. I didn't like it as much as the baby room at first, but I really like it better in there. There is never a dull moment! I think they are little monkeys climbing on everything. It didn't take long at all for me to learn all of their names. The one girl that I was talking about earlier is very sweet. She follows me around quite a bit. The day really passes quickly in that room! Yesterday was nice so we went outside and they had their snacks outside. They had a wonderful time out and no one wanted to come back in when it was time! They are so cute, they all wanted to show me how they could go down the little slide.

I got my first pay check yesterday. I had forgotten all about getting paid last week and it was nice to get that check! We are working on getting our siding and windows paid off and then plan on getting the house paid for. Hubby says he wishes I could get more hours but I told him that may come in time!

Hello, girls, or maybe I should say "April Fools". I have a hard time believing how long it has been since I last checked in here.

Connie, hope your husband and you are both feeling better now. I really hate it when the docs cannot figure out the problem. You don't know how to avoid a condition or to prepare for it. And all the work you have been doing in your house, while we are still deciding if we want to move into seniors-only apartments. We usually stop that kind of thinking in the spring - how could we not want the flowers and a green lawn, etc. It's all that snow we don't like to deal with. Spring came early here. We expect we'll still have snow at some point, but it won't stick around. In the meantime, we have had temps in the 70s for 4 days now. That's May for us; not the end of March. The snow piles were so high in my yard, I had seriously said they would last until June. The last was gone as of yesterday, so they didn't even make it to April.

And finally the subject that brought me to this forum in the first place - my grandkids are doing great. The youngest had his 4th birthday early in March. I still have a 'Grandma Day' for the 2 youngest. Yesterday my granddaughter was here, and I had the nerve to be on the phone. She let me, and my brother, know in no uncertain terms that it was her day to have my attention and I'd better 'stop talking'.

My late-winter-early-spring priorities have been met, so I should be able to stop in at Bella more often. Hopefully it won't be so long before I poke my head in here and wish you both well.

Good spring thoughts to everyone. GrannyH

Hey GrannyH, good to hear from you! Sounds like all is well with you. I had a horrible migrane yesterday and called in to the dr for a shot, but I had to see him and it turned out I have ear infections in both ears and a sinus infection. Hubby thinks I am just allergic to work! I was a little late to work but I stayed all day as the shot does help. I would have felt just as bad at home as at work so I went ahead to work. Luckily I was in with the babies yesterday. I don't think I could've chased 2 yr olds!

The weather has been really windy and in the 90s here. We had one week of really nice weather and then it got hot. So much for spring! The daffodils are very pretty and I am anxiously awaiting the tulips blooming. They are so thick this year!

Hi Connie and Granny H!

Connie, I'm so sorry it's been a while since I posted on this thread--I think I missed your last post about your husband. How is he? I hope the dizziness has gotten better.

And, how are your feeling? Are your counts up?

I'm so happy that you are liking your job! I bet the kids make you smile a million times a day!

Granny H, I was so happy to see your post! I'm glad to hear your grandkids are doing well! I'm laughing at the "phone rules" that your granddaughter has.

Hope you both have a wonderful day!

Hey Brandii, Hubby is feeling fine, he hasn't had anymore dizzyness. Strange! But I am not complaining. It makes you realize just how precious your family is to you when you see them being wheeled in from the ambulance! He even let me nuture him some. Last night he was laying down on the couch and I sat down and started to rub his back and he says "Connie...I am not 2!!". I guess I am just used to rubbing little ones! I haven't seen the 2 yr olds lately and yesterday I was in there during naps and got lots of hugs. They are just too cute!

My white count is back to normal...good news. I just go to bed at night when I am tired. Yesterday they called me at 7:30 to come in, I wasn't scheduled until 10:30 and I worked until 5. The longest day so far. I went to bed a little before 9. I have always required lots of sleep to feel good! I have been trying to eat more healthy too.

For the most part I have been in with the babies lately. They paired me with a young girl that I really like. She is very sweet and out of all the people at work I would love to see her on the weekends to go shopping or just hang out. She does scrapbooking and I would really love to do some of that. She came in Monday and said they were moving. I was really bummed out! I really don't make close friends, can't remember the last real friend that I had that I did things with. The other girls are nice, but there is just too much drama and talking about each other that goes on for my liking. I am like "why can't we all just get along??!!" My mom tells me it is just typical when I am complaining about getting put on the spot by the boss. Mainly he said she said kind of stuff. Some of the girls are pretty "clicky" and I just don't care about that kind of stuff. Either they like me or they don't! Life is too short!

I have a craft show next weekend and am trying to make jewelry and get geared up for that. My hubby is bringing my tables in and I will post some photos when I have my dry run!

Hope everyone is well! Connie