5 Days since!

Tis TRUE love!!One picture is worth a thousand words. Try three thousand words! You do the math!

HE IS HERE!

As of around 9:55 this morning I became a grandmother.
Fanfare! Trumpets blowing!Sun shining!

Matthew Carleton Whitesell, son of Maidy and Todd Whitesell, made his debut this morning at 21 inches and with a full head of hair. He weighed in at 10 pounds and an ounce. He is the envy of all he sees.

Todd said Wednesday/Thursday

Ah! We're leaving Tuesday morning for Virginia. I know I said Wednesday but DH got his vacation changed. Anyway I called Todd after I got home from Northview (Taught English/Speech). Maidy is third on the list so they will do a c-section Wednesday or Thursday. I really hope that she goes ahead naturally within the next 48 hours. Having a baby in the birth canal and doing a c-section when he is already in the canal is another story.It took me a tad longer to heal from Todd compared to the other 4. Yes! I know that's 5. I was meaning to tell you of my "record", but the subject never came up before. Well now you know. Actually I think I posted about the scar belly club once before, but you probably missed that one. That's all right. You know now!

Who darns pantyhose anymore?

Guess the weather is too nice to stay in and here I sit writing to you. I guess as things stand now we are going to leave Tuesday morning for Virginia. Hopefully the weather will be this nice then. Mom is almost packed. Me? I haven't even started. Probably tomorrow afternoon. Notice that I said probably. As mam-maw would have said I feel like I been drug through a knot hole backwards. As a kid I never understood that, but now I think I'm just starting to get it. She had a lot of those sayings. Mom got a permanent this morning. I took her. Fog as thick as pea soup. I have no idea where that saying came from. Anyway took her to GW before I took her home. She found a suit that I carried around for 45 minutes before she decided that it wasn't needed. She did find a pair of new pantyhose in the original package for .99, so she did get something. You know that she darns her pantyhose. Hold over from the war, I guess.

Cody is on his way!

Oh he's just going to Evansville! But he is on his way. He has one more year at DePauw in Greencastle and then we'll really see where he's bound. Never mind what I hope, he's pretty much his own man.I went to the Post Office twice today. I had to mail a trade to Lithuania and it came to $18.00. Come on! I don't even know this guy and $18! No way! So I re wrapped it at home and took it back. This time $5. Felt like I was getting a bargain. Then I went to Walmart to pick up glue for another swap. The glue was $2 but it came to $11 at the checkout. You know me,I had to pick up a few more things. Ken called when I got to Krogers. We are leaving for Virginia Wednesday morning. I sure would like to be driving a different car out there. (Huge sigh!0)The knitting can travel with us, I really need to get other stuff done.

DENTIST

Most people cringe at this. But when your dad was a dental tech for 47 plus years,it's no biggy. Besides it was just a cleaning. My first in 5 years. I know what I said about dad but life happens and I really had been to the dentist (bridge work, filling,etc) in 5 years, just not for cleaning. She said that I had maybe 6 months build up. Go ME!

I picked up some grosgrain ribbon for those pants for Matt. Oh and I forgot to tell you that they will induce Tuesday if he doesn't get here sooner.Todd called last night to say, among other things, that they are still waiting.

Yes! and I got another JOANNE'S pkg yesterday. Not the one that I was waiting for but a fine one nonetheless.

Brad is home!!

Hey when you have 5 living outside the area and 1 of those lives out of state, it's so nice to be visited often. Dee called twice this PM. Todd called thrice. Still no Matt. Soon! Weekend? We are on a roll.A sweet roll!!