Adventures with Geannii

                                                       Unrestrained Travis    My brother Travis came to visit,  the same week, my mother-in-law passed away.    Perfect time for my kids to get to see Uncle Travis.    The morning of the funeral, we went to breakfast, Travis, my son, Montana,  daughter, son- in- law, grandsons and sister.    We googled a good place to eat near me. The Apple Barrel came up. 4.7 stars. That was the highest rated place with good friendly staff.   We are all dressed like we’re going to a funeral or maybe we’re a new band in town who knows?    “Travis, just behave for today.”   “I’ll try, but I’m not making any promises.”    Our family tries to be serious at a funeral.. We fail a lot.    My brother-in-law passed away a month ago. At th...

I love my grandsons . Sometimes I have to make difficult decisions, watch a movie with my daughter or play a game with the grandsons. The grandsons win every time of course.  We were playing Sequence, Rowdy #2 was bored and distracted by the third turn. I said hey Jimmy, John, Joe (the list of names when we can't think of the right one.)  "Just call me Bob." Rowdy #2 said and laughed.  Bob it is!  After he quit the game, we continued to call him Bob . It was no longer funny to Rowdy #2, he asked us politely to stop, "that isn't my name."   "Sure we will... Bob!" There may have been a little bit of wine involved, (who am I kidding, there was a lot of wine involved.)  We went a little too far calling him Bob . Upset, Rowdy #2 flew up stairs to get away for a bit.  I really felt bad, this is my grandbaby, he may be 13 years old, but he is precious to me. I went upstairs, knocked on his door and asked to come in so I can apologize . In the ...

      February 2024... Began with a small gentle rocking that quickly turned into a hard shaking rattle and roll! EARTHQUAKE!   If that wasn’t enough to scare the Hell out of ya. (Make you drop to your knees praying for forgiveness!!) Toss in a good old fashioned thunder, lightening and hail storm!  Welcome to February!!    The ground hog did not see his shadow this year...  I’m sure the weather had something to do with it, when he came out... all that storming and earthquake scared him right back into his hole for another six weeks! It did me!    One of my friends, I'll call Brenda, dragged me out of my cozy safe comfort zone, and forced me out into the cold cruel world.    Sure I need a swag bag full of junk Right? I promised myself, I will not bring home anything I do not need... I need nothing.   Yeah right, we all know how well that worked out.     This year, I had my free reusable little bag kinda full...

    Darlin' Daughter had COVID  and was quarantined to her bedroom upstairs. Darlin' Son-in-Law kindly decided to let us face chat. SIL and the boys are in the living room,     SIL said, “we should buy new pillows every year for the bed, drool is a breeding ground for all kinds of undesirables, Hey B show your mom your pillow.”   I expected her to show me a bed pillow, she pulls up this travel pillow wraps it around her neck... like a huge thick neck brace. I said the first thing popped into my mind. “Doesn’t that kind of hinder the romance department?”  The look on SIL face as his eyes were darting back and forth he wanted so bad to say something.   SIL said, “ So many things raced through my mind, all of them inappropriate.”   “Hey Rowdy #2, show Mema your leg”    Quick exit to the left there SIL... lol    Rowdy #2 showed me the long gash on his leg...     “What the What?” Is all I could say, it looke...

 I found from my old blog I think I had a sense of humor where did I put it? it must be in the extra closet with all those sox, shoes and other missing items I can't find in my life. The questions are designed, one would guess, to get insight into a person's real psyches 01. What is your favorite word? Christmas. I get as excited as a new bride. I know I'm gonna get something, I just don't know what or how much. 02. What is your least favorite word? Liver, just the word conjures up images makes me shiver and shudder. I think it has to do with taking a warm liver straight from the pig to the house in my bare hands. It took two of us, either we were that small, or it was that slimy doesn't matter! 03. What turns you on creatively, spiritually, or emotionally. My computer, I can turn it on, I can turn it off I can create, it makes me laugh it makes me cry it makes me an emotional wreck. 04. What turns you off? My computer when I can't get online. It makes  me laugh...

We've been cooped up for months or so it seems. I thought I had to have this beautiful wooden desk, (thankfully it is not made from particle board, or I doubt we'd have ever got it in the house.)   In the thrift store, it looked perfect, fit right under my window....I was wrong.   We took out the drawers to make it lighter. Bulky more than heavy now.  We (my sister and I) got it out of my little equinox, don't ask me how we got it in there... we did.   Now to drag it up the seven steps into my house... yeah right.  All went well until the third to the top step, (there were seven steps), it caught on the edge of my boot, I had to lift it up and over my boot as well as up another step... I felt my back give.   Rather than quit and wait for help... I gritted my teeth against the pain and kept going until we got it in the house.   I move furniture all the time with the help of a rolling Ab Cruncher. I bought it to move furn...

  I got a phone call from my dear ninety year old mother-in-law. "Jeanne  I've been praying for you every night."    Me: oh that is so sweet of you. I can always use prayers.   Mom: Has Pam lost her mind?   Me: WHAT ? No she lost her husband... not her mind. (I had forgot all about the Christmas letter I sent to everyone this year. I added it below.)   Mom: But she is trying to kill you. I've really been praying for you, now I know why.   Me WHAT? NO WHAT?   Mom: we got your Christmas card...    Me: Mom, it was a joke, she wasn't really trying to kill me  it was to be funny. (I didn't add it was all true. She would never understand.)   Mom: Oh good. I've been really worried you'd go back and visit her, and her trying to kill you like that.   Me (banging my head on the table.) No mom, it is all good. it was just a joke. She did not try to kill me...    Mom: okay that is good. I'm still praying for you.  ...

 Camping is the life especially when I am the guest and others are responsible for all the work.    We woke up to the sound of a high wind rocking the camper, then a huge crash! We left the awning up.      No reason to take it down, it was a beautiful balmy summer evening, so hot we hated to abide by the no generators after eleven pm.  We suffered in... not silence as we all sweated and flopped around to get more comfortable.       Finally a bit of  relief as the wind quickly cooled everything down, then the huge crash! Oh no!    The Awning pole is bent just a little.  Pam's  #4 son quickly helped us get it down. May as well stay up we are all drenched from the sudden rain.     Sweet  son #4 so thoughtful and kind brought us milk and cereal for breakfast. No bowls, oops. He found a huge fruit bowl. I said I can eat out of  a coffee filter.  I truly thought he was going to share as I ...

  My brother, Buddy invited me to come and visit.  (He lost his partner of eighteen years,  nine months after I lost my husband.)  I love his patio, I could live here and I do most of the time I'm with him.     One day, he left to check on something  leaving me home alone. (He forgot I kind of need a little supervision.)    Sun shining bright throughout the house. I went to shut off the kitchen light, I flipped every light switch I found. Nothing.    Oh maybe it's a Google house.  I tried saying the magic words "Hey Google Kitchen light off. Siri kitchen light off.  Alexa kitchen light off. " Nothing happened. Then I found the light switch hidden behind the back door. I flipped it and got side tracked as Buddy drove in.    I left to get us some lunch, when I got home, Buddy had an electrician going through all the wiring in the three car garage. For some reason, we no longer have power to the patio or garage. ...