Oui Oui!

My wonderful husband took me to a wonderful French restaurant tonight for our anniversary! He's so good to me. He's the main cook in the household & he didn't feel like cooking so we went out for an anniversary dinner. Before we left we had a great visit from Peanut even though she slept most of the time! Here's a picture. I think she's a dolly. I'm biased but all my grandkids are smart & beautiful!

Happy Anniversary Grandpa M

Grandpa M, originally uploaded by Grandma Jacki.

I know you would like to meet my better half (okay, I'm really the better half!). Today is our anniversary. Grandpa M & I are celebrating by babysitting our youngest grandaughter, Peanut! She's a sweetie & will be 5 month old soon. Peanut is Little A's sister & since Little A is going to the movies with her Mom & Dad we get to play, visit, love on Peanut. I think I have some of this figured out as far as uploading pictures. Who knows, I'll try more later when Peanut is gone. Have a great day.

TEST

Here's my test with uploading my first picture. This is a picture of Andy, our dog. Unfortunately we lost him on Halloween of 2005. But this was a picture I had stored. I'm also experimenting with getting pictures onto my Flickr account today too. Well, since I've uploaded a picture of Andy, I'll talk a little about him. He was a Peke mix (but mostly Pekingese). What he was mixed with we don't know but he had a nose that wasn't flattened to his face & he was a cute-lovable guy. We alway had him shaved except for his tail. They always trimmed his ears. Otherwise all his hair would be just above ground level. He always had a problem in the winter when it snowed here in the Chicago area because, as you can see his legs were only about 6" long. With legs that long (or short) he would always get lost in the snow. In his golden years we had to shovel a path for him in the backyard!

Some Rules (I Think) for Being a Grandma

So today was kinda normal. I'll start @ the end & work my way back. I gave my husband a haircut. I always like that cuz I feel he gets too shaggy before he asks for one. Of course, if I ask him if I can give him a haircut he says "NO". I've learned to wait until he asks for one. My boss is on vacation this week so I'm the "Big-Wig" in our department. That's a kinda scary! So, my hours are 7 am to 3 pm this week. I hate starting that early but I really like getting off work @ 3. (There's so much day left) I go excercise then come home. I'm normally fairly busy in the evenings during the week but Wednesday night is "DATE NIGHT" with my hubby. It's not as exciting now (we talked about paying the house off, buying bonds, saving money after the house is paid off, etc. tonight) as when we first started dating about 13 years ago but it's still "our" time. All our children are grown (not first marriages for either of us) but we've still kept this habit. I haven't figured out how to put pictures on my site yet but hopefully this weekend I will experiment & get that figured out. I actually found out that we have a digital camera in the house! WooHoo! I thought that Grandpa M had lost it so right now, this is my journal. Oh, back to my day. Well, I'll sure be glad when my boss gets back. No matter how much I moan & groan about how he doesn't work Did I really say that - it's been hard while he's gone. Did I really say that! So apparantly he must do something! Did I really say that! I have a new appreciation for him. I feel new insights are always great. We have 2 new people in our department (who are wonderful) but people from other deparments have figured out that I can do some of my boss's work so they keep coming to me while I'm trying to get my work done and answer questions for the new people. Don't get me wrong - I always welcome questions. I would rather a question be asked & it be done right the first time than for it to be done incorrectly. Side note: I work with numbers so sometimes it is very hard to correct after the fact. I realized today that I could very easily become a workaholic. Eww! So that's another reason I'll be glad when he's back. I won't work as hard (even though I'm a very hard worker). After work, I excercised then went home & watered the garden. I think that's a rule or something. When you become a Grandma you have to garden. Another Grandma rule (I think) is that you have to bake. I'm losing weight now so I've laid off that for my own good right now. I have no will power. I am a powerhouse with cookies @ Christmas time, though. I start baking cookies about the week of Thanksgiving & bake until after the new year. Whew - just saying it makes me tired. I basically stay with the same hand-me-down recipes (I feel those are the best) that I got from family but I bake in bulk & freeze. Cookies freeze really nice but with 4 sons they don't stay around long! I will add more "Grandma Rules" as I think of them (or discover them!) My day is over. Time for TV then bed. Have a great day.