Monday, January 16, 2006
Little Pilgrim.....January 16, 2006
Just gotta say Pilgrim is home with us and doing great!!! We picked him up last Friday and he been a blessing. He is a tiny, little charmer. He wants nothing more than to follow our 10 yr old Fay around. He puts his little ears back, and looks up to her. She didn't want much to do with him but now, they curl up together on Fay's big bed. Last night Little pilgrim slept from 11 pm to 6 am. He is only eight weeks old. We just love him.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Our Little Pilgrim........................
Getting you up to date on life.
Bob and I have been researching the dog breed "Rat Terrier" puppies and finally found a very nice breeder in Colorado. We fell in love with one. He is the color of this lettering and white. His littermates are black and brown. We emailed back and forth and even drove up to Golden to see the litter of four. Fell in love all over again. We gave a deposit and kissed him bye for now. They were born on Thanksgiving, in a car, on the way to AZ. So being born ON Thanksgiving, and Bob loving John Wayne, I came up with
the name 'PILGRIM'.
Ok, this morning I get an email saying "Bad News". gulp and I open the letter. TK the breeder, said they were all taken to the emergency vet last night in very bad condition. It seems their cat knocked over a bottle of dog wormer right into the puppy pen and they all drank some. That is very bad. Long story shorter, one male puppy died. He was so cute and pure black. The other two are home and getting better slowly, and our little Pilgrim actually stopped breathing and his tiny heart stopped but the vet people did CPR and brought him back.:) Thank you God. He is still at the vets being watched overnight. They say he should make it, but its still too soon to say. We are suppose to pick him up to bring home this Friday. Please say a prayer that Pilgrim makes it and is fit for us to love and care of. Our other dog, Fay is 10 now, so we want her to show him how to behave. So we are like, overlapping dogs. We will be so sad when Fay goes. She has been a sweet addition to our life.
Well, I have rambled on and on.
Bob leaves for the power plants Jan. 19. Boo Hoo. I will miss him so much. I hate that he has to travel but the money is good and he likes it. Someday I will be working with him. For now I get my daily hugs at the Day Care Center. Little Roger said Monday aas he was working on something." I love you Miss Gail." Gotta love that!. I do miss my co-worker Nicole. She quit to do home child care. Check out her blog in my list. She's a riot.
Keep us all in your prayers, and to all my family I love you, and I am praying for you. To all my friends, I love you too. Hugs..............................................................Gail
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Well, here it is. The end of another year. 2005 was a year I'd like to forget really. Some of it anyway. I did grow a lot. I searched out God more so I guess thats a good thing. I lost my precious niece to suicide, March 2.
We traveled with Bob's work. South Carolina. Illinois.
We were homeless for a few weeks. You really think about life when you live in a camp ground.
We prayed alot after a dear friend broke 1/2 the bones in his body, in a horiffic car verses 'Mack' truck crash. And with God's great healing, Mitch is now walking slow but gives God all the glory that he IS alive and with his family.
We moved from IL to CO. We miss the grandson more than life, but when we do see him it makes it even better. Hurry up March...
Bob passed the NUF Nuclear Test, and that makes life better. He is now a Senior RP Tech. Great job Bob! I love you, and I am very, very proud of you. I am sad that in a few weeks he is off again for months of more Power Plants. I am staying home, and working. I will miss him so much. Please pray for his safety.
As I write this I am seeing we had good and bad happen but geez, We are healthy, love eachother, are searching GOD deeper, Love our church, with our funny Japanese pastor, live in a state that is so beautiful you can't believe what you see. Besides, on Christmas, it was 65 degrees out and we ate dinner outside. I love COLORADO. People think it is always cold and we have tons of snow all winter here. Huh. Its hardly in the 30's all winter. We had a whole week of 50s-70 degrees. Hello. Right now we have no snow where we live. Only up in the skiing areas.
We have big plans for 2006. I pray God guides us, and things start to happen. We are out of the Greyhound business, and that, to me, not Bob, is a very good thing. Bob has talents in other things that make money, and it is now time to embrace them. We will celebrate 8 years of being married May 10. I finally feel we are letting God be in control of our marriage. Because I see Bob growing in God. It is so neat. I love it.
I love my little Day Care job. The kids. The other week Derek says, "Do angels really resist?" He meant exist. It was so precious. I told him that we all have angels all around us keeping us safe. Then another girl, Allie said to me as we were coloring together, "Miss Gail, when I woke up I had lots of googies in my eyes." I didn't laugh at her. I just said , "Wow, did you get them all out?" She said "Yeah.".......and we kept on coloring. I love getting the daily tiny hugs of these beautiful, little angels. Bob says I go there everyday to get my grandma fix......He's right.
I blew a blood vessel in my right eye last week and it was ugly. Some kids thought it was sooooo cool, and I scared a couple others, not meaning to. It is still there, but getting better. Creepy, man.
I look back at this year, and see how much I love my in laws. I have never met two more hard working people in my life. I am so blessed to be a part of their family. Bob's dad loves me as I love him. He loves my photo work and that helps me do it better. He just loves me. He is always complimenting me on our house and how I decorate it and what a good cook I am. We all need ego boosts. And Betty, Bob's step mom..Oh my gosh. She just never quits. I have seen her bale and stack and throw hay, fix fences, drive tractors, ride horses, sew anything, climb a ladder to shovel snow off their roof, and she still goes to help other people with their chores. A couple years ago, she was on her tractor, got off it and it larched forward and she was all of a sudden it ran on top of her, she was trapped under it. . She yelled and yelled for help. She got loose, somehow, and crawled to the house and called 911. Much recouping!!! She is in one word 'AMAZING'. She is always there to give me my much needed hugs. She is in her 70's! I want to be just like her when I grow up. I am blessed with Art and Betty. Truly blessed! Bob, thanks for finding me, loving me and adding me to your family.
Well, thats about all for now. Thanks for reading my babblings. I wish you a blessed 2006. Keep us in your prayers please. We need every one of them. God Bless you..............................................
We traveled with Bob's work. South Carolina. Illinois.
We were homeless for a few weeks. You really think about life when you live in a camp ground.
We prayed alot after a dear friend broke 1/2 the bones in his body, in a horiffic car verses 'Mack' truck crash. And with God's great healing, Mitch is now walking slow but gives God all the glory that he IS alive and with his family.
We moved from IL to CO. We miss the grandson more than life, but when we do see him it makes it even better. Hurry up March...
Bob passed the NUF Nuclear Test, and that makes life better. He is now a Senior RP Tech. Great job Bob! I love you, and I am very, very proud of you. I am sad that in a few weeks he is off again for months of more Power Plants. I am staying home, and working. I will miss him so much. Please pray for his safety.
As I write this I am seeing we had good and bad happen but geez, We are healthy, love eachother, are searching GOD deeper, Love our church, with our funny Japanese pastor, live in a state that is so beautiful you can't believe what you see. Besides, on Christmas, it was 65 degrees out and we ate dinner outside. I love COLORADO. People think it is always cold and we have tons of snow all winter here. Huh. Its hardly in the 30's all winter. We had a whole week of 50s-70 degrees. Hello. Right now we have no snow where we live. Only up in the skiing areas.
We have big plans for 2006. I pray God guides us, and things start to happen. We are out of the Greyhound business, and that, to me, not Bob, is a very good thing. Bob has talents in other things that make money, and it is now time to embrace them. We will celebrate 8 years of being married May 10. I finally feel we are letting God be in control of our marriage. Because I see Bob growing in God. It is so neat. I love it.
I love my little Day Care job. The kids. The other week Derek says, "Do angels really resist?" He meant exist. It was so precious. I told him that we all have angels all around us keeping us safe. Then another girl, Allie said to me as we were coloring together, "Miss Gail, when I woke up I had lots of googies in my eyes." I didn't laugh at her. I just said , "Wow, did you get them all out?" She said "Yeah.".......and we kept on coloring. I love getting the daily tiny hugs of these beautiful, little angels. Bob says I go there everyday to get my grandma fix......He's right.
I blew a blood vessel in my right eye last week and it was ugly. Some kids thought it was sooooo cool, and I scared a couple others, not meaning to. It is still there, but getting better. Creepy, man.
I look back at this year, and see how much I love my in laws. I have never met two more hard working people in my life. I am so blessed to be a part of their family. Bob's dad loves me as I love him. He loves my photo work and that helps me do it better. He just loves me. He is always complimenting me on our house and how I decorate it and what a good cook I am. We all need ego boosts. And Betty, Bob's step mom..Oh my gosh. She just never quits. I have seen her bale and stack and throw hay, fix fences, drive tractors, ride horses, sew anything, climb a ladder to shovel snow off their roof, and she still goes to help other people with their chores. A couple years ago, she was on her tractor, got off it and it larched forward and she was all of a sudden it ran on top of her, she was trapped under it. . She yelled and yelled for help. She got loose, somehow, and crawled to the house and called 911. Much recouping!!! She is in one word 'AMAZING'. She is always there to give me my much needed hugs. She is in her 70's! I want to be just like her when I grow up. I am blessed with Art and Betty. Truly blessed! Bob, thanks for finding me, loving me and adding me to your family.
Well, thats about all for now. Thanks for reading my babblings. I wish you a blessed 2006. Keep us in your prayers please. We need every one of them. God Bless you..............................................
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Christ mas time.......................
Just wanted to say Merry "Christ"mas to anyone who may read this. Lets keep Christ in Christmas. All the stores want to say 'Happy Holidays' But, it is all about Jesus' birthday not who can buy the most presents. I don't look forward to December. Its so rushed and crazy. For Christmas, just give me your friendship.
I want my family back in IL to know I love them, I cherish them, and I miss them tons!!! God Bless each of you.......In His Name, Gail
I want my family back in IL to know I love them, I cherish them, and I miss them tons!!! God Bless each of you.......In His Name, Gail
Saturday, December 03, 2005
ADVENTURES....................
Oh, its been a few days since I wrote.
Before we left our dog Fay ran away. But was found safe in a straw filled barn down the road. Also my bosses husband, had a heart attack and is fine now. Thanks GOD!!!
Thanksgiving was so fun. We drove to IL and stayed with Molly and Mike. Well, I just vegged, and loved up Brock. I didn't plan to do anything else. I hate driving so far. Especially in Bob's truck. No radio, no CB, boring. Among other things with his truck. Anyway, Brock was so fun and we laughed alot together. I babysat every chance I could.
He is a cute, adorable, funny, wild, happy, cuddly, little 19 month old. Oh I love him. I loved when he would walk up to me with his little arms open to me and saying, "Gramma" and hugged me. He calls Bob..BA. I taught him to say yellow. Well, he says it..."Thellow" It is so cute. But everything he does is cute. I'm his grandma. It was a great visit. Mike and I cooked the Thanksgiving dinner right down to the homemade gravy. Man we pigged out. It was fun!. The way home was totally different. Bob loaded up the truck with the last of our stuff from storage in WI . It was loaded!! I choose to leave a bit later. So Bob left in the am. Molly drove me to the train station and I took a train home. Well, poor Bob got stuck at a Petro station in Neb. for 12 hours!!! It was too dangerous to drive on I 80 so they closed the roads. Meanwhile back on the Amtrak train, the train I was on 'blew an engine' in Neb. in the middle of the night and power went out and we all froze in the car I was in. What a nightmare. it was a terrible experience. We arrived in Denver 7 hours late!! Bob and I kept calling eachother and texting back and forth. We figured out we were both just about 16 miles apart. How weird. When Bob and I finally met up again in Denver, we got a room at a Best Western and got refreshed, and the great van driver/assistant manager, drove us around Denver showing us the sights. It was so fun. Bob and I ate at The CHEESECAKE FACTORY. Great food and cheesecake. We took lots of leftovers back to the room. On the way out Bob says, " Gail, look at that girl over there." Well I almost fell over because she looked just like Laurie. All I could do was stare. It was like Laurie was just sitting there. I got a little teary, then it was time to catch our ride back to the hotel. Wow.
The next morning we ate our 'free breakfast' and got in the truck and made it home in two hours. Whew. it was great to be back, but of course I missed Brock, Molly and Mike.
Back to work on the 30th. That was fun . I walk in and I hear "Miss Gail is back!!" So many hugs and welcomes from the little ones. I loved it.
We woke up this morning and it was like a picture postacard outside. Everything is white. Covered in snow. Even the horses across the street. Beautiful!! Thanks God, for all your beauty. It is neverending...I love CHRISTMAS TIME. Lets go pick out a Christmas tree Bob...................
Before we left our dog Fay ran away. But was found safe in a straw filled barn down the road. Also my bosses husband, had a heart attack and is fine now. Thanks GOD!!!
Thanksgiving was so fun. We drove to IL and stayed with Molly and Mike. Well, I just vegged, and loved up Brock. I didn't plan to do anything else. I hate driving so far. Especially in Bob's truck. No radio, no CB, boring. Among other things with his truck. Anyway, Brock was so fun and we laughed alot together. I babysat every chance I could.
He is a cute, adorable, funny, wild, happy, cuddly, little 19 month old. Oh I love him. I loved when he would walk up to me with his little arms open to me and saying, "Gramma" and hugged me. He calls Bob..BA. I taught him to say yellow. Well, he says it..."Thellow" It is so cute. But everything he does is cute. I'm his grandma. It was a great visit. Mike and I cooked the Thanksgiving dinner right down to the homemade gravy. Man we pigged out. It was fun!. The way home was totally different. Bob loaded up the truck with the last of our stuff from storage in WI . It was loaded!! I choose to leave a bit later. So Bob left in the am. Molly drove me to the train station and I took a train home. Well, poor Bob got stuck at a Petro station in Neb. for 12 hours!!! It was too dangerous to drive on I 80 so they closed the roads. Meanwhile back on the Amtrak train, the train I was on 'blew an engine' in Neb. in the middle of the night and power went out and we all froze in the car I was in. What a nightmare. it was a terrible experience. We arrived in Denver 7 hours late!! Bob and I kept calling eachother and texting back and forth. We figured out we were both just about 16 miles apart. How weird. When Bob and I finally met up again in Denver, we got a room at a Best Western and got refreshed, and the great van driver/assistant manager, drove us around Denver showing us the sights. It was so fun. Bob and I ate at The CHEESECAKE FACTORY. Great food and cheesecake. We took lots of leftovers back to the room. On the way out Bob says, " Gail, look at that girl over there." Well I almost fell over because she looked just like Laurie. All I could do was stare. It was like Laurie was just sitting there. I got a little teary, then it was time to catch our ride back to the hotel. Wow.
The next morning we ate our 'free breakfast' and got in the truck and made it home in two hours. Whew. it was great to be back, but of course I missed Brock, Molly and Mike.
Back to work on the 30th. That was fun . I walk in and I hear "Miss Gail is back!!" So many hugs and welcomes from the little ones. I loved it.
We woke up this morning and it was like a picture postacard outside. Everything is white. Covered in snow. Even the horses across the street. Beautiful!! Thanks God, for all your beauty. It is neverending...I love CHRISTMAS TIME. Lets go pick out a Christmas tree Bob...................
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Little Kids.........................
I love little kids. They are so funny, so precious. Today we compared owies. To them a tiny little scrape, is a very big deal. And it needs an ice pack, band-aid, and a hug. And they need to tell the story behind it. I love little kids. Here I am little one. Tell me your story....... "I fell down," "My cat scratched me," " I fell off my bike," "My brother and I were fighting." Every story is special. I love it. Today Bob stopped by and I introduced a classful of cuties to him. I said, "This is my husband BOB." They all waved at him and a couple said "Hi BOB." I think he was overwhelmed. After Bob left, Little Abby said to me..."Was that your husband, Bob?" She is 3 yrs old. I said "Yep, That was my husband, Bob." She just smiled and finished eating her cheese and crackers. I love these kids, and I think they love me too..............................................
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Good Day Sunshine.........
Wednesday, Nov. 16.. a full moon tonight.
Bob is sick with the cough I gave him. Sorry Bob... He was up coughing half the night. When he was gone, I had this and it sucks. Get better Bob.
Work? I like it and I hate it. Working with only women is the pits. They talk. Nothing is secret. So if you don't want something told, don't say anything. I wish just one man would work there. A little testosterone would be welcome.
Ya know after I wrote the last 20 things about me , I got so many emails from people who know me . Jim wrote and said " Don't you remember when you met Gary Coleman and how mean he was?" Yes I do and he was a jerk. Yuck. Then Deb V. in WI wrote about me making green french toast. Fun stuff. Then I remembered stuff. Like the cool life size play house my dad built for me and my sisters in the basement. And when I was 8, my dad taught me how to play pool. And that I was in the room right next to my dad when he went to heaven. Sad. When I was 5, I won a tricycle race, That whole thing just brought back so many memories. I'm sure I'll think of more. Like when I made Molly the costume of a Mint Chocolate chip ice cream cone for halloween. She looked so cute. Anyway, I gotta get to work..UGGG. More sick kids, more gossip, more things to clean. I'm the bleach queen and I hate germs. I spray everything with bleach water. I'm gettin tired of sick, snotty nose kids. I love them, but Man is there the sick kids. Calgon take me away...............................
Bob is sick with the cough I gave him. Sorry Bob... He was up coughing half the night. When he was gone, I had this and it sucks. Get better Bob.
Work? I like it and I hate it. Working with only women is the pits. They talk. Nothing is secret. So if you don't want something told, don't say anything. I wish just one man would work there. A little testosterone would be welcome.
Ya know after I wrote the last 20 things about me , I got so many emails from people who know me . Jim wrote and said " Don't you remember when you met Gary Coleman and how mean he was?" Yes I do and he was a jerk. Yuck. Then Deb V. in WI wrote about me making green french toast. Fun stuff. Then I remembered stuff. Like the cool life size play house my dad built for me and my sisters in the basement. And when I was 8, my dad taught me how to play pool. And that I was in the room right next to my dad when he went to heaven. Sad. When I was 5, I won a tricycle race, That whole thing just brought back so many memories. I'm sure I'll think of more. Like when I made Molly the costume of a Mint Chocolate chip ice cream cone for halloween. She looked so cute. Anyway, I gotta get to work..UGGG. More sick kids, more gossip, more things to clean. I'm the bleach queen and I hate germs. I spray everything with bleach water. I'm gettin tired of sick, snotty nose kids. I love them, but Man is there the sick kids. Calgon take me away...............................
