book club

I should have taken pictures!!!

The book club went well. Good friends and interesting book :"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

I'm so glad to have my own set of problems and challenges...This book is some stories about Jean-Dominique Bauby. True story. If you want a quick version read on line. Just google his name and all will come up.

Tomorrow morning Rich and I are driving off to California to see Tiet and her family and Chinh and his family for T-day week-end. Have a great holiday everyone.

the table

this is the up close one of the table..
This is the length view. I will still get a few candles in green and yellow to put down the middle and trim up the edges. Thanks Mom and Heather and Haley for going shopping with me in Utah so I could get a few things for the house it has all worked out so nicely. Also for DeOnn's help in putting in all in the right area's..Then OF COURSE for Rich driving us around in the snow and PAYIING for it all..thanks :))))))

What I really am doing.The final posting of the day please read the last 3.

Ok not a very good picture but.. this is the play room with many boxes yelling my name..Paula get done here and empty me out.....
Me toooo. so I go and get a few done everyday.
Then I sit on the couch and watch the river...
Then I go and get more boxes and bring them home.

Take them into the garage and listen to my name being yelled until I go...take them into the play room because it is heated and get the job done..then do it all over again..

Oh I even have a system. Nothing stays unless we have a place or it. I threw away...goodwill it..or give it away.....Why did I not do this before!!!..Well need you ask how buys I have been. Also of course in Oregon we have rain..I have been saving it for a rain day and it is RAINING..... :)))

This is also what I have been doing..Well some of it...

Birthday time.. We had 4 birthdays all at the same time. It was really Nate and Vivian's on the 5ht. Tucker and Hailey's on the 9th so we had a party with the kids at one time.Good food provided of course by Thuy. She is the best chef..
Vivian turned 12..
Nat and Dillan who would not stop moving to get a good picture..They are both a like in that area always moving.
Tucker turned 30 Yahooo!! Lighting all the cakes with one hand. A little help from Alicia. Kennedy in the background cheering on the lighting.
Hailey's cake with the 3 girls helping to blow out the candles. Boy do we have a GRAND time...What a life we have.

OK read on for the next post of what I really am doing everyday..Of just what I can get posted. I well leave out the boring stuff..

More of what I have been doing...

The fireplace mantel. It has the leaves on it and then we put some lights to make the glitter light up on the leaves little more..I know it is not the greatest picture. It looks a lot better in person..But it is the easist way for me to blog is with my IPHONE. Shoot and load..perfect.
The plate with the Pilgrams and Indians. The back light makes it look dark but it is just beautiful.
Up above the frig is the pumpkin made out of grape vines with lights in it also and floral stuff on top. I probably could have been bigger..But also look really nice.
close up of the pumpkin and Pilgrams. I forgot to take a picture of the table at a later date. I have a runner and leaves on that with a runner of acorns and walnuts etc.

Nathan came home yesterday and said with a big hug. You FINALLY did it decorated the house for the holidays. Mom I'm so proud!!! That from a kids that would go to his friends and say HOW COME we can't make our house look like there's...??? So OK I have Joined the jones and decorated...FUN...:)...I does help to not have little ones here everyday so I can't actually think and get it done with a lot of help from DeOnne...All Rich can say is DON"T CLUTTER IT UP!!!! That is a MAN for ya...So I'm sitting here enjoying the fire..Watching the river rise, the trees blow, listen to the pinecones attack the roof like bullets and blog...very content..

What have I been doing????

I wish I knew how to do this right I always post the pictures backwards. OH WELL!!!This plate DeOnne and I bought at Pier 1 Imports. It is on the china cabinet along with the Pilgrams and Indians Mom let me borrow. It is stunning
The cornacopia in the entry way.
The big wreath that we bought in Utah and I had shipped here PERFECT!! DeOnne gathered some pinecones from outside and some potpouri to put in the vases I already had. Along with a table runner we got at Pier 1. When you walk into the house it smells so YUMMY...
Up close of the wreath. I just love looking at it...
This is Aunt DeOnne Grimmer. She is Rich's mom's sister but more like a sister than an aunt.Louie has been in the hospital for the last 5 weeks and is recovering in the VA Rehab now. She lives in Salem and that is JUST TO FAR to drive everyday. I know I did it when Nic was in Shriners for a month. So we invited her to come stay with us. She has been a great help and fun to visit with when Rich has been gone . We have been to a few movies and have had long talks.Done some genelogy... She has helped organize this house with me and cleaned and emptied out many boxes and helped me decide to throw what away and what to keep. More on those pictures coming up.