Party

Saturday we celebrated Curly's 5th Birthday at Chuck-E-Cheese's and I was nice to the other grandma. She had a great time and so did Many Hats as illustrated below. That is her friend Darrien. She and Many Hats volunteer at the nursing home on Mondays and I drop them off. Many Hats really likes working with the residents there. She is talking about doing it next year too. Curly received a crown and scepter and earrings and was a real princess. But we knew that. The pizza was good too.

Today was yoga. It is such a relaxing thing to do. I plan to start a class for friends starting in February. It will be to focus on relaxing and meditating. I find both of these to be important in maintaining sanity. It will also be to have fun. My yoga teacher has been doing this for at least 30 years. She attends seminars and trainings and recently went to Belize for a Yoga retreat. She always has new ideas. Plus she is a neat person. Her voice is always calm and I think she practices what she preaches.

My Gretchen (White Shepherd puppy)turned a year the 14th. She really tries to do what I want but she gets so excited she forgets and goes back to the undesirable stuff. Maybe we will need another year. Her brother, Charlie, is different. He is more laid back and willing to follow directions without a hassle.

Stars

SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Lazy after lunch
Fed by food and talk with friends
Relaxing I watch as
My male shepherd poke around
Gray blue skies and naked trees
Framed by bay windows.

A memory stops by
Grandma's couch and Aunt Catherine
She reads the funnies
To me and my sister
Her voice expressive
Her words sure.

A yearning swells in my chest
For the softness I felt
Sitting near her
Loved, sheltered, warm and lazy
No one pushing me
Free to enter the make believe.

Rose Schamberg

In memory of my Aunt Catherine who died this year. I am grateful that the memories are beginning to surface. This is something recent as she died in June.

Long time no news

Someone recently told me that I hadn't entered anything since the last time I entered. How succinct is that? Please don't tell me. One of the reasons is that no one comments so I assume that no one is reading which lets me feel I am writing a personal diary rather than a blog. It is nice to have a comeback now and then. Tell me I'm full of s__t if you want.

But enough already, How about that INAUGERATION!! I am so encouraged by the new bunch and the head honcho. I hope he can keep gathering steam. It will take a lot or maybe very little. His approach is to get us involved and if he can get the big CEO's cracking we could get it up out of the mire. Right now we are real close to getting sucked up in the quicksand. I plan to do more volunteering which was zero so anything will be more.

My youngest g-girl Curly invited me to her Chuck-E-Cheese party. She turned 5 Jan. 18 She said I could come to her party if I was nice to the other Grandma. I said I would be and she said, "OK then you can touch her." Where does she get this stuff? I have been knitting myself a sweater. Mostly because if I gave it away no one would wear it. Too many oops. Oh well it will be warm. It keeps me busy.

There is more to tell but I will save it for another day. This is known as the tease in news reporting.