We got hats!!!!!!!

We got three more hats and a crown.  She always says she wants to be a princess.

Above is a pretty pink hat and gloves that will go with her coat I got her last month.  These are that VERY soft fleece that we love.

This is a black 'velvet' hat that will go with her pretty Christmas dress. She will love them all.

Good Morning, All

I am playing on the laptop again.  I just do not like typing on it.  But, I like it better when I use it as the name implies, on the lap.

Helen called before 8 this morning.  I was just getting up and had not even made coffee yet.  I usually sleep till 7 or so on the week end.  I only go to work at 5 so I can get off at 2.  Other days, I really try not to wake up at 4 am.

We are going today to the Verizon store at Harrison to ask about our internet gadget.  I have about decided that it will not connect wirelessly because we do not have broadband here at the house, but I am going to go ask.  And then the device will not turn off.  It is supposed to turn on and off like a cell phone, but it just stays on all the time.

George is taking me and we are going to do a little Christmas shopping.  I want to look for a black velvet hat for the baby girl to go with her pretty red and black outfit.  Not a stocking cap, but a real hat.  It is hard to find real hats for toddlers.  After Harrison, we will go on to Branson if we do not find one.  Branson has many more stores to look in. George will like that.   I will take him to breakfast as a reward for going along.   It is supposed to be really cold today, so he would not be doing anything except watching TV anyway.

Hannah's Hats

This is Hannah with her hats so Helen will not feel bad about not making her a hat.  The plastic box on the arm of the chair had the new hats.  I put this one on her because it was Christmasy, but there are two in the box t hat are homemade, very pretty and brand new even though I bought them at the thrift store.  One is pink on top with a multi colored 'cuff' in pinks and greens. The other one is multi colored greens with a little bit of pink.  They are both very nice and very pretty.  See here dress, jacket and purse beside.  Jackie said she could ware this outfit when she has to go back to Little Rock next month.  Maybe we can get a picture of her in this outfit sitting on Santa's lap in the next weeks.

The babies

We went to see Hannah and Robert today..  Hannah is doing good.  I took her 5 knit hats that I bought for her.  This is one, then she has a pink and green one, a green and pink one, a blue one, and another one like this that is red with white trim.  Robert is playing with the remote control monster car his Daddy bought him when he was here.  He really likes it. I did not let him take it home because I was afraid it would disturb Hannah because.  Now that she is better, she can play with it while Robert is at school.

I changed over to the 'new' improved blogger.  I do not like it.  I can not get the pictures to behave, and I can not get it to let me put text between the pictures.  I wonder if I can make it go back to the old version of posting.

This is their yard.  The house is the neighbors house.  They have a  bigger yard to play in than I thought they had but it is a hill side.  It is about 30' by 20' and has this big tree.

Hannah loved her new red dress.  We did not get to try it on her.  Maybe next time I can get some pictures in the new dress.

Surprise!!!!!!!!!!

Helen, I am posting.  I read your post, and thought, 'I will go over and post, Surprise, A post from Fleta' and nothing else, but I need to say I called Jackie and the girl is doing great.  Jackie says she is just like nothing happened.  Tomorrow, after Robert is out of school, Papa and I are going over to see for ourselves.  Papa got a little attached to Robert when he was here for a week, so he wants to wait till Robert is home so they can talk.

Patsy is always posting jokes or stupid stuff, so here is my joke for the day.

This involves laughing Terry at work,  I do not know Terry's last name, but I assure you, Patsy and Clayton will both know who I mean by laughing Terry.  Last week, we were both walking from the front offices back to the FP offices where I work.  The flag pole in front of the building has three flags, the US flag, the Arkansas flag, and a worn out, tattered Tyson flag.  I think it is appropriate that the Tyson flag is coming apart with a big strip about the length of the flag hanging off the bottom. Anyway, as we looked at the flags, it looked as if the Arkansas flag was hung on the rope sideways with the diamond running up and down instead of sideways.  I thought it might be that the end of the flag has frozen to the Tyson flag below making it hang sideways, but it really looked like it had been hung on the rope sideways.  I said to Terry, 'I know when the flag is upside down it is a sign of distress but what is the flag hanging sideways a sign of?'  Terry said, 'A Dumb Ass.'

Good Morning, Helen.

My Day

Betty posted about how her day started, so here is my day today.

I woke up about 10 minutes before 4.  My alarm is supposed to be set for 4 am, but I forgot to turn it on last night.  I had turned it off the morning before, because I got up early (don't remember just how early now, but probably around 3:30).  I turned the alarm off so it would not bother George.  Then forgot to turn it back on.  If I wait till it goes off, I turn it off and right back on.  Anyway, I got up about 10 before 4 even with no alarm.  I do not worry much about getting up on time, because it is not really a problem if I go in to work late.  My time is supposed to be 5 to 2, but I am always there before 5.  Usually about 4:45 to 4:50 like today.  So, I got up and started coffee.  Then turned the living room TV to channel 33 which used to be headline news, but today, it was an informational.  I guess they changed lineups.  Then turned to Channel 3 for the Early Today.  I got a cup of coffee, and watched a little news.  Must not have been very interesting.  I do not remember anything I saw.  After drinking the coffee, I go in and brush my teeth, wash my face, put on a little makeup maybe?, brush my hair and get dressed.  That takes about 10 minutes. Then I fix breakfast and lunch to take to work.  I never eat before leaving the house.  Just drink.  Today, I took a bottle of milk and some artificial sweetner to go in my oatmeal.  I had oatmeal at work.  I do not want rasins in it like sister, and I just as soon have the quick cook, but now I have old fashioned.  I took left over pizza and a pepsi for lunch, and jar of peanut butter because I used the last I had at work last week.  I keep things like tuna, crackers and peanut butter in my drawer JIC.  I do not go buy anything at work or town to eat except maybe once a month.  I usually even take drinks from home.  Oh yes, then I took some tea bags and some hot chocolate packets I had here because I like those at work in the winter time.  I pour the coffee in a Thermos to take with me.  It is now about 25 after so I go start the truck.  It was not all that cold, and I usually only warm the truck up if there is frost on the window, but I had to go outside to see if there was frost.  Somewhere around 4:30, I hear the neighbors go out.  They work at Tyson's also.  I always try to give them at least 5 minutes head start, because they drive really slow until they get to the pavement.  At 4:35, I gather up my stuff, turn off all the lights and head to work.

I get to work by 4:50 to 4:55 every day, but I spend the first hour checking email and reading the news on the net.  Don't tell my boss, but I hardly ever do any real work until after 6.  Around 6, I start on my daily work stuff.  After I complained last month about having more to do than there is time at work, some of my daily stuff got assigned to the supervisors.  Now, I am not snowed under all the time.  In fact, by the end of the week, I think I will actually be caught up.  I do not intend to let anyone at work know that.

What's what, December 6, 2010

Just called Jackie and Hannah is doing great.  Jackie has worked on her hair with conditioner and thinks maybe it will not have to be cut short.  She cannot wash it yet, but she said she had it looking better.  I am supposed to look for some hats for her and I will take them over one day after work.

I have my Microsoft Office installed on the laptop and it is working.  I bought an upgrade to my genealogy program and have it on both computers now.  We were putting the laptop up on a high chest in the bedroom while the boy was here, but now we can leave it in the living room.  I have noticed that the color on the laptop for pictures and such is much brighter than on the old computer.

We got the new bigger TV connected in the living room and the older one in the bedroom.  I like it better this way.  The new one was way too big for the bedroom.  And, I have real HDTV to watch the new Closer tonight.  Our other TV was supposed to be HD, but it never worked right.

All in all, I like the new computer, the new TV and the new Internet.

Home again, Home again, Clickity Clack

The baby girl came home yesterday, so we took the boy to his Mommy. He had a good time and is probably a bit spoiled, but he was getting worried about no Mommy. Here he is shopping.

Hannah is doing good. I took her picture in the car, but Papa did not like it and does not want it posted. I thought she looked pretty good considering, but it was the first time Papa had seen her since last week.



This is me and my Christmas stuff. I took this myself with setting my camera on delayed action. I am trying to get used to using the laptop without the wireless mouse. Today is the first time I have had to play with it. I got the card reader installed and got it to work and get pictures from my camera. I installed the picture editing program that came with my camera. As I use it I think I will like it more. I still really hate the flat keyboard. I think I can get used to the mouse easier than the non standard keyboard.

Then, in the background is my new TV. I wanted a bigger TV for my bedroom. This is a 42 inch Sanyo. We really need to put it in the living room but we had so much trouble getting it to work, we are not up to moving it right now. At least it is very light.

If Lane is reading this, I want him to know that Grandma has spent all her Christmas money on herself and there is nothing left for anyone over 10 years old.