Books, Weddings, and Mother-in-laws

I just finished reading Donna A's new book. It is great! Different from her others, but still just as well written. I'll be blogging about it later, either tonight or tomorrow.

We took my mil to a wedding in Calgary this past week-end. Left Fri. a.m. and came home yesterday evening. She's 86, has two bad knees, and is about 60 lbs overweight. We ended up going back for her sweater, which she swore she couldn't live without -- luckily we were only about 1/2 a mile from home. Then about an hour down the road she started fussing because she just remembered that she'd left her lunch at home in the frig. We had plenty, but would she eat it -- no. I'm sorry, but one hour into a 9 hour trip I'm not turning around for a few sandwiches! The morning of the wedding she couldn't find her rings. Then she couldn't find her bottom teeth, and then she couldn't find her purse. My husband finally found her purse under her bed, and in it were her teeth and her rings. Don't even ask how often she left her cane hanging somewhere and I had to go searching for it.

Needless to say, I was exhausted by the time we got home. Don't get me wrong, I love her dearly, but she's starting to lose it, and we're the ones who have to find it -- if you know what I mean. She won't even consider going into a senior's complex. And I can't see it getting any better any time soon, either.

Ah well, I'll be like that some day, and my kids will be saying the same things about me. . . :-)

Quite The Day

Today has been quite a day so far. We finished gyproc-ing the arch between the kitchen and diningroom at our daughter's house. Now instead of two separate rooms with a doorway, she has one large room with an arch. It looks real good! Then our son came over and helped us catch the cat that's been living in our garage for the last two weeks. That was fun! Not!

I have to clean my house and bake something yet today as I'm having company on Tues. and I won't be home either Mon. or Tues. all day.

My First Post

I'm not sure where this post is going to end up, so if you find it in the wrong place, please forgive me.

It's Friday, Nov. 14/2008 and I'm trying something new.

I've just signed on to review books. I'm rather excited about it, but getting started is scary, to say the least. Are people going to like what I write? Am I going to like the books I'm asked to review? I truly hope so, as reading is my first passion (after my husband, of course)