It's My Oldest Grandchild's Birthday today

I was 41 and living in Bremerton Washington when she was born. I know all you grandparents will know what I mean when I say it seems as if it were yesterday. She was such a happy child, and her parents couldn't believe the joy she brought into their lives. I remember my son saying, " We love her and being parents so much that we want to have another one right away so we can have twice the fun." HA! The second beautiful girl was not quite the joyful, smiling, easy baby that Jennifer was. AH, live and learn. Happy Birthday my precious granddaughter, I love you so much.

I Was A Bit Hasty

I was whining about the October rain, and we have had two glorious sunny days. It sprinkeled a little yesterday but all in all it was a great day. Today was even better. It was sunny and 60 degrees. I sat on the deck and read for awhile and then went to the Friends of the Library book sale. I made my free week-end calls and ate lunch on the deck. It all of a sudden dawned on me that I should finish cleaning out the garage while there was no rain and wind. What a great day for finishing things. After the garage I went to the knitting store and finished two knitting projets while visiting with my friends. We had a full house today as the "season" is over and all the working girls are free. We will all be knitting up scarves, hats, mittens, socks, and other small projects to sell at our booth during bazaar season. I think we needed the two sunny days to get braced up for the usual Oct. weather.

Not Looking Forward To Oct.

In the local paper this morning the yearly rainfall (so far) was publshed, We had 25 inches of rain in September! Traditionally, October is our rainiest month. We had two big storms in the last week or so of Sept. One day we had over 5 inches of rain. We'll get through it, we always do. This weekend our "just fro us" events kick off with the annual Friends of the Library booksale, and the fall schedules of events for the crafters in the area at two of our local craft stores. I just finished a pair of socks for my daughter. It only took me 3 mos. to complete them. I did knit a few things along with the socks, but the socks were very frustrating for me. I did learn a lot doing them though. I learned to read my knitting,how to tink, which is the opposite of knit, and how to fix mistakes. So it was a valuable experience. I'm wanting to go on to something easier on the brain and less frustrating. I'm also trying to decide what to do this winter. Whether to rent out my condo and go south for a few months or not.I have so many options, it's overwhelming.