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We had such a fun weekend in Bellevue/Sun Valley! I am sooo proud of Jill & Jeff! Jeff ran the Sun Valley half marathon & came in 8th place--first in his age group--way to go!! Jill ran her first 12K & came in 11th place--way to go!! WoW!!! John is also hiking & running & is in awesome shape! I am soo proud of all of my children! Greg golfs almost every day. I think it's time for NaNa to get on board! I'm tired of being tired; &, I think that if I become more active, I won't be as tired anymore! On to the next generation--my grandkids! They truly are the most fun little beings that have ever come into my life! Cade, Lucy, Lilybeth, Seth. Mothers have this extremely protective feeling for their children. The way I feel about my grandkids is even stronger than that feeling!?! Who knew?

Sylvia & baby mice

I've had a 'harrowing' evening! My cat, Sylvia, she belonged to Jill, but that was my fault, so now she belongs to me, has been bringing baby mice into the house!! I only saw one--AT FIRST! She played around the kitchen table with the poor little baby as I was checking my e-mail on my laptop that was sitting on the same table that Sylvia was chasing the baby mouse around (my feet have been permanently planted on a stool at the breakfast bar). I decided that was enough & that I had to save the poor baby! Scared baby mice are extremely hard to catch! As I lifted up the dog beds to find the poor little baby, I found that there was not 1 but 2 baby mice clinging to the dog bed! Baby mice are especially hard to catch when there are several dogs that are trying to get involved in the chase. I finally caught one with my "suede-gloved" hand (I don't like to be bitten by rodents!). I threw it out on the front lawn--it pretended to be dead--but was not there when I checked a minute later. Sylvia brought another baby in--it appeared to be dead--I threw it out on the front lawn. She's still out hunting. There is one baby mouse at large in my house! I rue the day I met Mouse!

Mother's Day

Had a wonderful weekend with the loves of my life---my family!! The best gift I received was to have all 4 of my beautiful grandchildren here for the weekend & to have their Great-Grandpa my Dad) & his beautiful wife, Great-Grandma Jean, here for Mother's Day dinner on Saturday. (I have got to figure out how to put pictures on my blog!) Thank you all for being here--XOXOXOXO!!!