Boo and a sleepover

As most of you know Boo is my oldest grandaughter [all of 6 yr.] and she is wanting a sleepover which is not a surprise to anyone. We have to have a sleepover at least twice a month or we both get out of sorts. The new part is she has made a list of 25 things to do for Friday night. I told her we would save some for Saturday and she sighed and said "Nannie, you are suppose to make a list of 25 things for Saturday". Do yall remember how OLD I am?????? Oh well, I told PawPaw he gets her from 7am until 9am Saturday morning because I need my sleep. He wanted to know if he needed a list so I said Yes, of course!!!!! He had written 3 things......make her pancakes, watch cartoons, wake up nannie! She is very good to let me sleep til a little before 9 but after that it's head um up move um out {cowboy lingo for go go go].I am soooooo glad she was in kindergarten this year because any time I wanted to go get her on a Thursday or Friday it was fine. Next year I guess I'll have to go see Miss Ella Grace and Miss Lanie Elizabeth. [13 months apart in age] I'm not getting any younger ya know. Boo is already planning for Ella to turn 5 so she can teach her about sleepovers. I hope I last that long, LOL!!!! Well, gotta run just me being me tonite. cj aka nannie

PRAYER REQUEST

Dear friends, family and passerbyers, I am asking for prayers for Miss Amanda right now as she has just lost her grandfather plus she is due to have Lanie Elizabeth in June but has had a few contractions. She is sad and stressed and we have all been there at one time or another. If you are just passing by my blog please have a kind thought as you are on your way. Thank you all. Today is hard......even though I didn't personally know her grandfather I know her daddy and I am sooooooo sad for him. I lost my daddy some 10 years ago and have his picture, dog tags and flag above my computer and it seems like it was just yesterday. When a loved one passes it touches more than just the family. There are people that you don't even know who your loved one touched by example or deed. I like to think of an added star in the sky when someone passes. I am rambling but again, MY BLOG! I write to get the hurt out. My hurt is not equal to my friend but knowing what he and his family are going through just hurts. I can't do or say anything to fix it. I hate not being able to comfort, or have words of wisdom so great that takes their pain away. God is the only one that heals this kind of hurt. I can only sit back and pray which is the best thing. Still I want so badly to help. I will ask again for all of your prayers, thoughts and prayers as you pass by and I know some of you will email but that's not needed for my benifit. I just want you to pray for The Simpson Family including Amanda and Lanie. In Zambia they say "Let God Be The Final Medicine". In Him I know all things will work out but I am still sad for my friends. Just me, Hugs and Love cj aka nannie aka friend aka momma

56

Yep, yesterday was my 56th birthday and I spent it in OKC all day going from one surgeon to another. Remember way back on January 1 when I said no more surgeries!!!! I had 3 last year. Well looks like i am having 2 this year. I feel like I am not really believing it so maybe if i write it here and reread it I will get the idea that "Yep, I am having 2 operations this year"!!!!!! The good news is it isn't my back but my right ankle, and right knee [torn ACL]. Two different doctors and two different hospitals. I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo scared to be put to sleep, not because of dying but because I already have so much scare tissue in my throat from the last 9 surgeries. Again, the good news is it isn't my back!!!!! I hope it is over before Lanie Elizabeth is born so I can help Miss Amanda out. Yes, I still called my daughter-in-love Miss. Only because I called her that when I met her and found out she was going to become a teacher. She is adorable and I love her like my own daughter......I keep forgetting she is not my daughter. I tell people that I have three daughters and three sons and three grandchildren. Really, there will be 4 with Lanie. I count Phillip as a son, and Suzy as a daughter as well as Amanda. God has blessed me soooooooooooooooooooo much and I feel sooooooooooooooo unworthy. I am trying harder to be a better mother-in-love and that is hard when you consider them your children. I am working hard on communicateing better and not giving advice that is truely not needed. Shannon has learned to say "Oh Really" and we laugh and I know that she doesn't need any advice. She doesn't hesitate to call when she really needs me. I think my abandonment issues from childhood cause me to need to be needed. I am trying to work on allowing God to take over and I just take care of me and spoil the grandbabies, not raise them. It really is that much more fun when I don't worry all the time.As usual this was just me being me and getting it in writing. Shout out to Ali and Katie bug and Liz, Hugs and Love cj

Quilting Time

I picked out the most girly of girl material [pink,cream, greens and rosebuds]pinned it and have started Lanies first Nannie handmade quilt. That was two weeks ago....duh! Lanie is coming in 3 and a half months. I just can't believe that she is really that close to coming. With Miss Ella Grace we prayed and waited prayed some more, and waited so I made about 4 quilts. Now I must get busy because Lanie is really coming. I think it has finally sunk in to Davy and Miss Amanda too,because they are finally looking at baby furniture. This time Miss Amanda was about 3 months along before any of us knew about this wonderful surprise. I can't wait.....yet I guess I have been waiting but only because we found out she was a girl in January and the really cute summer baby material isn't out yet. Today is sunny and cold and I am feeling like getting down to business. I had a 3 day 2 night sleepover with Boo last weekend and I am not sure which of us had more fun [even PawPaw joined in].LOL! It is hard for his big hands to hold little tea cups but he is great when the building blocks come out of the box. I want to THANK all of you for the emails and the love that came with each one. I know you don't want to end up as a comment in my book but come on guys, it's only a book for my 3 kids and their families. Anyway I love all my little blogaphobics so keep on emailing. Hugs and Love and shout out to Katie bug, Liz, and Ali. cj aka nannie of 4 [Lanie is already in my heart so I tell people I have 4 grandbabies] and soon she will be in our arms. Okay, enough said, I am going straight to the quilting chair [of course it is a recliner that vibrates and heats my back at the same time] and no I don't feel sorry for the older folks that sat in hard wood rockers. I believe that picking cotton made them sturdy!!!!HA! I guess every one can't live in my happy little world.cj

Busy, Busy, Busy

I can't believe it is the end of January already. Of course being sick for two weeks blew most of the month. We went to see Miss Ella Grace Twice but the first time my back was hurting so cowboy got the pleasure of holding her and we left after 2 hours. Last Sunday we helped Davy and Miss Amanda get the final Christmas stuff put away and this week I am trying to finish putting up my snow men and women, although, we are being teased by the weather man with the promise of snow tomorrow. Okay, the weight watcher thing is fun online an I lost 8lbs the first week. Awesome for me....PAT ON THE BACK!!!! I am having to learn this new way of living because I just found out that I have some Kidney damage....I KNOW...WHERE DID THAT COME FROM????? Well after my dr. appt. last week and blood taken I got the results yesterday along with a note saying I have an appt. Feb. 7th to talk about whats going on. SWELL, I said to myself and then I said OH well, why not. So today I have a baby quilt to work on, the sun is shineing, the wind is blowing 60 miles an hour [normal for OKLA.]and the happy thought of a new grandbaby in June although I think she might come last of may. I picked the 6th of June so we will see. I guessed Miss Ella Grace would be born May 12th and she was. Okay you are right Ali, I am stalling. I am going to put up the snow people and then work on the quilt. Wait, I have a funny Memaw story about my mom. She called yesterday telling me about the cutest baby material that she bought. I had her describe it and i said "Mom that will be so cute" to which she replied "When can you start on it?" Yep, she wants me to make it and give it to Lanie from her. Does anyone see the humor in that? I have two quilts going already and now a third one from memaw. My fingers just don't work that fast so Lanie may get her memaw quilt for Thanksgiving, ha! Hugs and Love cj aka nannie aka Ethel aka momma

Weight Watchers

I did it...I finally did it! I joined Weight Watchers on line and am loving it. No more meetings unless I want to go, but lots [or should I say tons] of information, success stories, recipes, and place to write down what I am having for a meal. This is where it gets really good...it calculates your points for you. It has a chat room or rooms that is secure and goes from needing to lose 10lbs to over 200lbs. This is my year to finally get the job done. Last year I wore a cast on my right leg, knee to toe for a achilletendinitis [that may be two words] anyway it is finally getting better. Two years ago I was walking 5 miles a day...dropped to nothing last year and packed on way too much weight to be comfortable sharing. I know, I can hear you Ali, but sissy you share everything. NOT THIS TIME...I am mortafied, horrified, and angery for letting myself get this heavy. However, with lots of prayer, my new thyroid medication and walking I am gonna suprise even me!LOL!!! If anyone passing through today and needs some inspiration then just comment to your little hearts content! I've been on diets since I was 15 years old and now I am not dieting. Weight Watchers is a life change. We can all get through this so email if you r not comfortable commenting on the blog. To all my little regular blogaphobics, see ya on the email later! Love and Hugs to all who pass by.Psalms 100:1-5 shout out to Katie bug and Liz [long time no hear from yall].

LANIE ELIZABETH

Isn't that the most precious name ever? Yes, you reply!!!! Our newest addition to the winn family is a little girl. She is due in June and there are 46 people in Oklahoma still waiting to meet her big sister Miss Ella Grace. Babies are just the happiest news ever in my happy world. They are so new and sent from Heaven so pure and beautiful. Each one so different and so special like a snowflake. I love the name Lanie [pronounced like Lane with an ie].What a wonderful child so full of love and getting to come to earth to bless all our lives and all she has to do is get born. That's all, just be born and have hundreds of people waiting and praying and loving her. Love really is that easy and I for one love to love so color me the happiest Nannie of 4 in the whole wide world!!!! Lanie Elizabeth and Miss Ella Grace we are gonna have a big ol party this summer to welcome you both to the Oklahoma side of life. [I secretly wish I could also introduce you to the Arkansas side] but that's a whole nuther world.HA!!!!! Please every one who passes by this blog, take a moment to pray for the safety of my daughter-in-love and our new baby Lanie, or just spend a moment thinking of a happy thought for your self. Thanks for passing by, Hugs and Love to all and a shout out to Ali and Katie bug