I am better.
Today my friend Norma ( she the one who is always sick) and I went to,"The Club", for lunch.
the" club" is part of the Santa Barbara Golf Club, It sounds ritzy, Oh but its not! I had a cheese sandwich for $6.99. She does not drive anymore so I have to pick her up. Well, when we got back to her house she had locked herself out. It's a good thing I did not just drop her off or I think she would still be out there. I finally made a tiny cut in the screen back door and the key to the door worked. than I went to church and prayed for patience's.
So far I am still feeling fine.

I feel better today, not 100% but better. Carolyn came over last evening and brought me some great soup she had made and some ice pops. Both were good and stayed down. I still have the pain in my side so I am glad they are doing the CT scan. GOD I sound like an old lady! Oh thats right I AM an old lady. EEEK! Today I will pretend I am fine. I plan on playing lots of games.

I won't go in to the gross detail s,but I have been sick. I could not even hold my head up yesterday. Carolyn took me to Urgent Care where it took 3 hours to see the doctor and get some x- rays. I almost laid down on the floor lid the lady in LA did. Anyway the upshot is I have either, a bowel obstruction, a virus or food poison. Today I am better but still have a bad headache. Good does come out of everything-I lost 3.5 lbs. Thats more than I lost when I was operated on. Today I am laying low and having only clear liquids.
Monday I will have a CT scan.

This evening I went to the Lemon Tree Inn for dinner with three friends from Hospice. Two of them still work there and the other works for the Cancer Center. The Lemon Tree is the Motel where the kid that was killed by Jesse James Hollywood was held. The movie, "Alpha Dog " was based on the kid's being killed. We had a great time talking about when we all worked together.
Other than that I did not do much.

I'M BACK!

The reason I have not Blogged in so long is because I have been busy . Here is a little bit of what I have been up to.
Sat: I went over to Carolyn's in the morning to help her get ready for Claire's birthday party. The sumer Solstice Parade was downtown and she took Finn and Claire while Dana and I got the party ready.
Steve, Robyn and little Dex arrived about 12 noon. He is so cute. I can't decide who he looks like, he has Robyn's big blue eyes and Steve's mouth and nose. He is a very very good baby.
The party was fun about 12 people including 5 children. Claire slept through lots of the party.
Sat. night we all, except Claire who stayed with a neighbor , went to see John Williams in concert. It was wonderful except Dexter only liked the first number before he wanted to go home. It was his first concert. and he was one day short of being a month old.

Steve, Robyn and Dexter stayed at my house. On Sunday Steve had to leave early because he was writing with his partner. I asked Robyn if she would stay for a few days and I am happy to say she agreed. We had sooooo much fun. Stayed up and talked until midnight like two school girls. I got to spend time holding and hugging my new baby too. He is very cuddly. Robyn and Carolyn took all three children to ,"Shipwreck Park" yesterday and today I got to mind Dexter while Robyn went shopping.
She and Dex left about 2 o'clock today but she promised to bring him back soon. I am so thankful.

Oh darn, I forgot to post again.
Yesterday I had Finn all day. It was Carolyn's last day at work. Hooray.
Finn came over and played the computer for about an hour. Than he read me a book,than we went to Barbara's house. She lives right on a golf course (for over 55) but, Finn got to play a little right outside her patio. Than we went to Zodo's for lunch. Zodo's has a bowling allay and lots of games . He had a ball. You play the games and win,"tickets" that you cash in for prizes. He had 77 tickets and got lots of crappy toys. Than I watched Claire while Dana took Finn to see that Fabulous Four movie. Than I went home a collapsed.
Today , is Claire's birthday party. It will have an ice cream theme. Steve, Robyn and Dexter are coming and staying overnight with me. This will be the baby's first trip. The day is going to be long. First I have to make sure my house is clean. It is. Than I have to go to Albertson's to pick up the cake I ordered and the ice cream. At noon is the Summer Soultice parade downtown, than the party. Dana will grill , than tonight we are suppose to go to a concert by John Williams. I think I will skip the parade and the concert.

Today was another busy day.
This morning I took Sally to Ross-Dress-For-Less. She had to look for tops she can get into with her right arm strapped to her side. Than we had lunch at a neat salad place. I had Greek and brought half home. After I dropped her off at her beautiful home, I went to a neighbors to pick up Finn. The neighbors have two little boys and he was there most of the day. We got home and when Ca and Da came home we had a little 1st birthday dinner and party. She was so cute, got a new doll and picked it up and kissed it. On Sat. they are having a party with some friends and hopefully little Dexter and his mom and dad will come too.
Also had a nice chat with Katy's mother. I invited them to come to NJ when we are all there in Sept. I hope they will come. They are really nice people. Robyn's mom is coming too.

Had to be at Carolyn's this morning at 7:30 because Carolyn had jury duty! She forgot to call to be excused. She had to go but, than they let her off. I had to take Finn to school for his last day in Kindergarten . Than I went lunch with Barbara when Carolyn called to say she had to go back to work and could I come over! This is her last week of work. Of course I went and watched them until almost 6PM. Now I am tired.
Tomorrow is Claire's birthday and I was going to do nothing when my friend Sally called. She fell into an elevator at DisneyLand a month ago and broke her right shoulder and left hand and had a concussion. She asked if I could take her shopping tomorrow as she can't drive and neither can her husband. He has some kind of eye problem. I'll take her shopping and then we will go to lunch, than I will go visit my baby Claire on her first birthday.

Oops! I forgot to post yesterday. I spent the day with Carolyn and Claire. Than watched them (Claire and Finn) for awhile . Today we went to a used store store (my idea) to buy Claire some birthday presents. I showed Claire a toy and she looked up and said," duck", which it was.
I got talking to another customer and the owner about old Fischer-Price toys and when I told them that I have LOTS of them from the 60's & 70's they both wanted to buy them. Of course some of them are in the storage space and others are in the house in NJ.
So when We are all in NJ in Sept. my kids are going to have to take them or I will sell them.

Clarie's birthday is Thurs. They are having a bar-b-que lunch on Sat. I will get the cake. I want it to have ice cream cones on it, as we are having sundaes too.

I didn't post yesterday because I didn't have any thing to tell you.
Today I am not doing anything either.
I will think of my Father and the Father of my children.

I took care of Claire from 8:15 am to 5:00 pm! The babysitter could not come today. It's a good thing that next week is Carolyn's last week.
I forgot to tell you last night after dinner, Finn made,"Bad Guy Soup". He mixes all kinds of kitchen stuff ie. milk, juice, tomatoes,any leftovers etc. mixes it up and says it is for the bad guys. He has been making this once in a while since he was three years old. I think it is so cute.

Today Claire and I hung out for a while before the babysitter got to Carolyn's. Than I went home and did not much of anything. Carolyn invited me for dinner so, of course I went and guess what she had. SLYMPHIE STEW!!! It was very good too.
We are going to LA for Father's day. Dana's dad is starting on dialysis. He has really been sick since the operation for aortic aneurlysms two months ago. I hope to mind Dexter while Steve and Robyn go out to eat.

I had a wonderful two days with my brother, Larry. He had never been to SB before so I had a great time showing him around. Some of the sights we saw were: The Santa Barbara Mission, The Courthouse-It is a magnificent building with beautiful art work and a tower with a view of the city.
Than we went to Starns Wharf -a pier with all kinds of boats, shops etc. We ended the tour with the Maritime Museum. I than made dinner for Carolyn, the kids, Larry and Me. Dana is at a conference in Washington DC for the week.
Larry left at 6:30 AM today.
I want to get his deal next year. Take a car from Fl to some other state for $19.99 a WEEK!
Hertz wants the cars that people leave during the winter to go to other places.

Quick Note:
Took Claire out to lunch with Barbara. That kid can really eat. She just kept eating and eating until I had to stop her. she is so cute.
Brother Larry arrived today about 4PM! We went to dinner at the waterfront and than just sat around talking. He has never been to Santa Barbara so tomorrow I will give him the,"tour".

Carolyn, Claire and I went to Nordstrom's this afternoon. She wanted to return a gift that Dana had given her for their anniversary. Than we went to a store that was closing, everything was 50% off . It was a gift shop so we bought some things. Mostly weird lamps.
Than I came home.
My brother Larry is coming to visit on Tuesday. He has not been out here since I moved here six years ago. I am looking forward to his visit. I'll show him around town and take him to a Mexican restaurant.

There is a neat new (I think it is new) Web site for people over 50! Someone told me that included me and a few of my readers. The site is eon.com .
Today Carolyn , Claire and I are going out, I am not sure what we are doing.
I'll check in later.

I forgot to Post yesterday. Sorry.

Steve just emailed me a neat place. cinematreasures.org/theater
Look it up. It is all about the old movie theaters in AC.
Today I did not do too much other than puzzles and Feeding Frenzy.
I did go to church at the Santa Barbara Mission. It is really beautiful up there.
Later

Went to lunch and had salad.. Good for me.
This afternoon I went to Finn's,"Spring Recital" , at his school. His class did a cute little song and dance. Finn kept saying he was ;not going to do it, but in the end he did very well. Each class (k-8) did a number. Than servers came around with trays of goodies. Crab cakes, shrimp, cheeses,watermelon and chocolate covered strawberries. Just like HSHS.
Claire lives watermelon so she had a ball.
Nothing else happened.

Today I went off my diet big time. first I went to lunch with Sarah. She was my neighbor until last year. Now she lives about 15 miles away. We went to Taffy's which is a nice pizza place , so I had to had pizza. Than I watched Claire and Finn for awhile because Carolyn had to work late. Dana invited me for dinner and guess what we had. PIZZA!. So my diet went to hell but, I had a nice day.

I spent the whole day in Retail Therapy. Here is where I went and what I bought.
1. Staples-----------Ink and photo paper for the computer.
2. Costco----------- Only bought a," I Can Read " book for Finn.
3. KMart-----------All kinds of diet drinks. Peach Snapple, diet 7Up and Arizona Iced Tea. Oh, and I returned some ugly clothes.
4. Oriental Market--Hot and Spicy Kung Pao Chicken Mix, Spicy Orange Beef Mix and Cantonese Beef and Broccoli Mix.
5. Albertson's-------Salad, and Beef Jerky
6. The Front Page----A little store where I can buy Crossword Puzzle books that are ALL Cryptograms. I bought two books with 300 puzzles each.

I was all by myself and had a really good day and the best part was I did not spend much money.

Today, Carolyn and I took Finn and Claire to the Santa Barbara Court House. We went up in the tower where you can see the whole beautiful city. A worker there let Finn pull the rope and ring the bell. He was so excited. Than we went and played on the lawn at the Court House.
A fun day.

Today is Carolyn and Dana's 12th. wedding anniversary. It is hard to believe it has been that long. I took care of Finn and Claire while they went for a walk on the beach and than to dinner.
Claire slept for over two hours and Finn was good. He has three new pets! Three snails!! He took them out for a,' walk" and ,"fed " them.
Oh..big.. news--I got a score of over a MILLION in Feeding Frenzy. I am very proud of myself.

Today I actually cleaned my house. Ugh! Than I went to lunch with Norma. She is the one who is
somewhat confused. After lunch I took her to the bank and she did not know her account number or her SS #. The bank was able to find her account and she could deposit her check. Her son is a friend of C and D. She likes to be sick.

Today I minded Claire all day and Finn when he came home from school. The babysitter had something to do and I told Carolyn I would watch them a few weeks ago, but I forgot until she called me last night. It was a long day, but they were very good. This morning Claire slept for almost three hours and this afternoon Finn slept for about two hours. He is the only six year old kid I know who likes to take a nap! Claire is in love with my watch. She must have it the minute she sees me. She gets all over the place and is beginning to do lots of other cute things. She seems to be over her colic and is on track for her age. I am so relieved.
Dexter is doing fine. His father reports having a baby is,"easy". He is of course only five days old.