Destin Christmas Family Vacation

The day after Christmas Den and I left for the 14 hour trip to Destin, Florida to stay in a home we rented for a week just a short distance from the white sand beach and emerald water of the ocean!! We were so excited and ready for warm weather. Plus, Justin and Jen and Lukas and Jake and Anna and Wyatt and Garett were joining us for the week!! It was a parent/grandparents dream!!! We enjoyed walks on the beach, shopping, golfing, pedicures, good food (at home and at restaurants) and just all around fun!! We even went bowling on the Wii (spelling?) ( That is one game that Den and I have to think about getting!! It also has the fittness games!!) Den and I got to spend quality time with everyone especially all three grandsons who are the cutest boys in the whole world!! We are sooooo blessed to have 3 healthy, active grandbabies!!! We are also sooooooo blessed to have happy, healthy and loving sons and daughters!!! What a wonderful time spent together!! Our truck was really loaded down going down to Florida with the Christmas tree and the gifts. Couldn't see out the rearview mirror but thank goodness for the side view mirrors!!! Coming home we were less crowded, sad to leave the warm weather, beautiful ocean but most of all our children and grandchildren. We all voted to do something similar again in the near future!!! Thank you to Justin, Jen, Jake and Anna for making this a Christmas to remember family fun and togetherness!! Thankyou to Wyatt, Lukas and Garett for the fun time and laughs!! I love you ALL very much and thank God for you all everyday!!

Visit with Jen, Justin and Lukas = moving

I just returned from visiting/helping Jen and Justin and Lukas get ready for their move to Destin, Florida area. I had a great time!! Hopefully I helped them some- They said I did so that made me feel good. Lukas is a real cutie!! He giggles and laughs!! He is also a real thinker. I told Den Wyatt is our Stinker and Lukas is our thinkder!!! I am not sure what Garett will be yet! I do believe that Lukas will give his cousin Wyatt a run for!! He is a very active boy at times!! So he may become my stinker thinker!! Above is a video we recorded the morning I left. That little boy was awake at 5 am!!! Guess he just wanted to see grandma w before she left!! This is the game we would play with the stuffed dog. He giggled and giggled and giggled. I will post some more photos/videos also. Plus, all kinds of photos, etc are coming after the first of the year when we get back from our trip to Florida!! Both sets of kids, spouses and grandbabies will be there with us. Den and I are sooooo excited!!! Can't wait!!

Tastefully Simple

I now have a new job!! I am at this time a Tastefully Simple Consultant!! Signed up a week ago to give it a try and am really kind of excited about it. I shadowed my team leader today at a party where the host sold close to $1000. so the team leader made about $250 in about a 4-5 hour period. She also does this full time which is not what I want to do. I just really want to make enought to keep the privileges of having the discounts and also maybe make enough to put away for my "grandbaby trip fund!" Anyway, If any body who reads this needs or wants to try some tastefully simple products just let me know!! A great variety of gift sets are available for the holidays!! I will have an email account soon and also set up my own website if I make enough to afford that!! Right now I just want to get thisngs started and have fun at doing it.
More later- just updating. Oh yea - yesterday was Den's 56 th birthday so if you talk to him or see him tell him Happy B'Day!!!

Snores-be-gone!!

So, the update on snoring grandma!!! I had the sleep test a few weeks ago and the results are in...I stopped "breathing" an average of 48 times an hour and my O2 sats went as low as 82% (normal O2 sats should be on average 98%). Never fear though - I have been asured that I have not lost any brain cells so no smart remarks Jake and Justin!!!! Sooooo the treatment for this is to go on a CPAP machine (pronounced c-pap). So about a week ago I was fitted and oriented to this new machine that is now sitting on my bedside table. After using it for about 1 week I can honestly say that I think it is helping. I really do feel more refreshed in the mornings and I am not feeling near as exhausted as I was. Also I am not feeling the need to take naps off and on through out the day. I hardly take naps at all now (really and truly Jake!!) Denny says that I do not snore AT ALL. So I have returned to our master bedroom cause I had felt soooo bad that I kept waking Denny up and he would go to sleep on the sofa and he wasn't even in trouble!! I do have to sleep with this humidified air (presssure setting of a 10) that enters my nose through these nasal puffs and then a strap that goes around my head and under my chin loosely. I am getting used to it. I guess I'll have to use it for the rest of my life but the advantage is that by treating this problem now it can lessen my chances of B/P problems, heart disease etc. as I get older. I was rather intimidated by it at first especially because it isn't really attractive to go to bed with this on. I actually almost cried about it but then seriously scolded myself because having to do this is nothing compared to what some people have to go through and if this is all that happens to me then I can say I am really truly blessed!! Den was really sweet- he didn't laugh at me at all. He was really kind of glad I got this all taken care of I think - especially since now I don't snore and keep him awake.

Everything else is going well with us. Den is working hard. I am still at the hospital. Both of us are trying to save our pennies for Christmas in Destin.... we can not wait to see ALL of our kids!!!

Got to go- going out for chicken wings tonight---to Dad's favorite spot. Maybe catch some football on the screen too.

Love you all

Mom

This is a recent photo (just yesterday, Friday 10/3/08) of Ginger (in the back seat) and Gracie (in the front seat) of my car. I had to take cleaning in for Denny so decided the "girls" could ride along with me. They really enjoy riding in the convertible, or just riding in a car in general!! We make a lot of people smile when they see us coming --- everybody thinks the girls are really pretty!! I agree!! ahahahahaha

Are they related?

Here's another photo that I am posting for my son-in-law!! It truly proves we are related!!