Mom in her new room at A Lane.

Mom's 88th Birthday at her new home.

Mom with me, Jon, Carrie Sue, Tabitha, and Jonathan


Just thought I would quick post these pics. of mom in her new place. She seems really happy there. She has started painting again and is on her seconed painting. She is now healthy again too. They take such good care of her at the group home. Donna and her husband Simon are the owners and care givers and are also Christians. I truely believe that God provided this place for her and I am so grateful. She eats well, gets her medications when she needs them and has made a friend there too that she seems to enjoy, Pat. Pat is also an artist and works in pastel. Mom also plays rummy after lunch and dinner with her 2 friends there every day and seems to enjoy that too. Must go get supper on the table so will continue later. Ta Ta for now.

Just another 3 generation look alike photo.

The top 3 are big Jon bottom right is Jonathan.

and bottom left is our grandson. The genes are going strong.

I just got some new photos from this weekend at Old Tucson so will post them soon. We spent the week with Jon, Carrie and the grandkids. It was fun.

OBAMA WON............BUMMER!!! What more can I say.

Tonight is the last debate.( Presidential) I have got to quit listening to talk radio. I am getting such a knot in my girdle I am having trouble breathing. My radio addiction is feading into my fears and it's getting way out of hand. I was out driving again yesterday ( listening to the radio..of course) and it suddenly occured to me that I am probably the only person in phoenix with McCain/Palin stickers on the back of my car!!.Then I began to look suspiciously around me at the other drivers to make sure I hadn't insited some gun toting , democrat, road rager to take action. I slumped down in my seat and after a while realized I was getting quite good at driving with just my eyes pearing over the steering wheel at 75 MPH.( sick..HUH?) . It's a good thing I work in a psyc unit. They understand me there, thought most of them aren't voting right ( literally).

I was out driving yesterday , as I have already said, mainly cause it was Tues. and I take mom out to lunch and to get her hair done. I finally talked her into getting her hair cut and shaped so that when she gets showered 2 times a week and they wash her hair, she doesn't look like a punk rocker anymore when they get done. We took her to church Sunday and I was hoping that they weren't thinking that she was candidating for the praise band. She does not have a church service to go to anymore since leaving Thunderbird so Jon and I are are going to take her to our church every other week. If gas gets cheaper we will try to do it every week . It's about a 70 mile round trip to get her then another 70 to take her home so every other week is about all we can do for now. She was thrilled to go with us and afterward said it was her church now also. We took her to breakfast and she enjoyed that too. She is eating so much better now. I told Mark about our first week at the group home fiasco but didn't blog it. Gramma was really ill that first week. She had not been eating right and had such an impaction that she was almost obstructed. After 2 full days in the ER , bocoo laxatives, suppositories and physician attention she was basically straightened out. I felt so bad presenting her to the group home in that condition but Donna, one of the owners said," Do not vorry vee straighten her out, good food and care and she be OK.. has happened before and vee take care of it."...V-e-e-l-l...that sold me and they have . Mom's color ( which was grey) is now pink again and her appetite and strength is returning. I took her to El Paso for lunch yesterday and she ate 1/2 a platter of onion rings ( the group home is going to love me for that) oh, and a dish of cowboy beans too...ahem...but she enjoyed them so much!!! By the way I ate the other 1/2....Poor Jon.

I just made some really good coffee and must now go have a cup so have a great week and pray for the debate tonight and the election...Babs

I guess it's time I blogged again. I think it has been about a mont again.

I am just sick about the way the election seems to be going. I am afraid that we are going to have a very dangerous man for us in office, namel Obamah. He and the democrate party scare me to death, but then if he gets voted in , then I guess we've asked for it. I sound like E'Ore. I think I better get off the subject of politics before I have to seek psychiactric help for depression. ( E'Ore is a donkey isn't he? Oh great!!!...I think my analogy was a Fruedian slip....ya think?)

On to better things . We just got back from Pinetop Friday.We spent the week there with the kids and grandkids to look at hot rods and enjoy the beautiful forrest and now I need another vacation to get me rested up from the one I just took! Grandkids are wonderful but they sure know how to wear a body out. We played in parks, fed ducks and geese in a beautiful woodland lake, ate lots of pizza and Mexican food, walked, shopped, and walked some more...whew...makes me tired just remembering it. It, however, was a good time for all!! A really nice R&R.

We all stopped by the group home to see gramma on the way home. She was thrilled to see the grandkids. She still says she is happy at the group home so I guess God found just the right place for her. She looks so much healthier and has found a "best friend" there. Her name is Pat. Mom plays cards or dominos after lunch and dinner with 2 other ladies everyday and really seems to enjoy their company. I went there yesterday and it smelled like a bakery. Simon's( one of the owners) sister was making huge homemade doughnuts with powdered sugar. I sat down to watch the ladies play cards and the next thing I knew a big old doughnut was plopped down in front of me and ...w-e-e-l-l-l....I HAD to eat it. It was yummy. Mom says the food is really good there. The kitchen and eating area are joined so it always smells good in there. I think the sister was making homemade chicken noodle soup for supper too. Actually the home where mom is always smells good, Carrie Sue commented on this when they were there this weekend.. It is so neat and clean. Mom's room is spotless, her bed is made, her things were where she could reach them, and mom is always dressed in neat clean clothes with her hair combed and her make-up on.( She smells good too). She is getting such good care. I think she is getting stronger too because she is not using that motor chair. She is also getting her meds on time and correctly...so all is well on that front too. God worked things out wonderfully. I am so grateful.

It was so fun to get back to work Saturday( to those familiar rubber gloves and slippery little suppositories)...yeah right!!! ( even the mentally ill get constipated). I guess I should be glad to have the job..I am. But, after 41 years of the same ole, same ole , I wish I could think of something else that pays the same ( or better) but requires little or no effort. Mabey I could apply for a CEO position at a bank or something. Since I know nothing about banking , it would be only a matter of time and I would be fired, however, I hear the severance packages are to die for.....a pink slip, 22 mil, and a fond farewell. I could handle that.....in spades!!! It would be like winning the lottery...only easier..I probably wouldn't have to put out the dollar for a lottery ticket.

Painting. What's that? I haven't picked up a paintbrush since I touched up the toilet seat in the guest bathroom upstairs about a year ago. There are cobwebs and mouse droppings in my studio and my canvasses are growing green mold. I have forgotten how to draw and have completely run out of ideas ( ha!!). Actually ,it is time I don't have. I told mom I would bring my drawing stuff to her place and we could paint together. We will see.

I still haven't finnished the wash or put all the vacation stuff away yet so must make a beeline for the laundry room...how mundane. Will blog again soon...bye for now.

I have forgotten how to put pictures and words together so this is probably a bit disjointed.
Anyway...these pictures are from last christmas so kind of out of date but since it has been a year since I last posted anything I guess it will have to do . Tabitha is 3 and Jonathan is 1 in these photos.

I looked at the date on my last posting and starting next week september 1 , it will be a year since I last blogged. WOW !!! How time flies. It seems like only yesterday. How do you catch up on a whole year? I guess you don't. I talked to Mark on the phone yesterday and told him I probably wouldn't be blogging anymore........ and here I am. It just proves how fickle women are!
I caught him up on mom and how she is doing and about a big decision I have had to make about her. She loves it where she is at but has deteriorated both physically and mentally to the point that if she even gets a little under the weather she needs more care than where she lives can provide and I live to far away to go over there all the time plus I work. Also since Ken died moms finances went to only her ss and what was left of her anuity which is almost gone now. not enough to cover food and rent so I have come out of retirement to help her out and it is getting too much...so... today I am going to have to tell her that she is going to need to move to a group home or care center. I am praying for the right words to say. It is not easy getting old...for either parent or child.
Just to catch you up...Jon is doing fine health wise. The business is hanging in there..had a couple of close calls this summer but we got through them and the business is beginning to progress forward a little bit now. Yeah. I am still working 2 days a week..probably forever. I broke my left leg and tore the miniscus in my right knee somehow last spring just walking down the hall in our house and twisting my leg wierd. I walked on it for 2 months before the insurance would pay for an MRI and by the time they did it and found out it was broken , it was almost healed by then(wouldn't you know). It must not have been a bad break but it hurt like crazy for almost the whole 2 months. I have a high pain tolerance thank goodness.
Jonathan is thinking about getting his engineering degree and loves working at Rathion. Carrie Sue is taking a medical secretary course so she can type medical stuff at home for an in home job.
Tabitha is 3, Jonathan is 18 months and just started walking, we were worried he was so late but I guess we shouldn't have he is now of course getting into everything. His eyes stayed blue and he has sandy hair. Really strange for a Woolston. But he looks and acts just like his Grampa (Jon)I will post pictures next time.
Brian is working as a pipefitter. Ashlee was working at The children's place ( clothing store) but got layed off this last week because of slow business so she is looking for something again. They are in their own apartment for now.They are doing ok but have their ups and downs. They both have a lot of growing up to do.
Well gotta go and take mom to get her hair done. Hope to get back here again before too much time slips by.