Molehill Mountain Art - Part II

[choochoogranny]

What surprises me, Dale, is reading where young people and men in their 40-50's having trouble sleeping. I can understand women of a "certain age" having trouble. Goes with being female.

Hubby hasn't never had a problem sleeping.....so far. But, he does come from a family who slept easily and long! I had no trouble sleeping and getting a good 7-8 hrs in one stretch until I hit "that age" which also coincided with my youngest's troubled teens. Double whammy! Didn't plan that right at all.

 

[daleron]

What surprises me, Dale, is reading where young people and men in their 40-50's having trouble sleeping. I can understand women of a "certain age" having trouble. Goes with being female.

Hubby hasn't never had a problem sleeping.....so far. But, he does come from a family who slept easily and long! I had no trouble sleeping and getting a good 7-8 hrs in one stretch until I hit "that age" which also coincided with my youngest's troubled teens. Double whammy! Didn't plan that right at all.

I believe we are all under a lot more stress these days than we used to be, and good health care is out of reach for many of us

DD & I had the same situation as you and your youngest ... puberty & the change DO NOT go well together

 

[choochoogranny]

Ha! She is the one child I wished children on......Lots of children! Unfortunately, she is the one that had to have the partial hysterectomy this past summer......So, they're getting a new puppy. *sigh*

Sun broke through! Going out to do a "welcome back" dance!

 

[angelphyre]

Did someone say sleep deprivation...that seems to be the only thing I know during the week!

 

[choochoogranny]

Aw-w-w, Angel. You too? I'd say "Good morning!", but is it for you? I've seen over on Facebook where one post said you are exeptionally smart if you have a hard time sleeping. We must be a group of geniuses! Ha!

 

[angelphyre]

Haha Chooch...then yeah we must all be Einsteins! ...Yeah I'm dragging this morning...only about 2-3 hours sleep the night before last, then real busy day yesterday, followed by babysitting all 3 grandkids last night, and then maybe 5 hours sleep last night, if I count the time in my chair!

 

[choochoogranny]

Yeah, 15 yrs. later and the couch is still my favorite place to nod off.....and once I do, woe....BIG WOE.....to the person who wakes me especially if it's "to go to bed"! Got to the point that whenever and wherever I decided to "drop off", everyone was thankful and decided "tiptoe" was the best course of action. Ha! Not so bad anymore and only hubby around to make noise.......He is a quiet person by nature anyway.

Angel, don't know how you find quiet time with everyone in the house!

 

[angelphyre]

Well actually it's a lot quieter now that my son and his family have moved out...of course now the son I have left at home seems to always have a group of friends over whenever I come home...but those I just put to work around the house and they never bother me!

 

[choochoogranny]

Woot! That's super, Angel. Extra hands make short work. Love that the guys are pitching in.

 

[Kayte]

Does anyone know what day it is?

Angel - I obviously missed big news! Your son and his family moved out? So everything turned out okay with him?

Dale, that pie. I neeeeed. I'll take chooch's crust. I shouldn't. But I will.

This week is proving to be a lot lazier than last week. I like it. I'm wishing I had some of the rain you guys are getting since rain goes so well with lazy days. The sun is shining here and that offers me no excuse whatsoever.

You all make me very relieved that my kids were out when 'the change' started. Can't imagine doing both at the same time. Someone might not survive. lol Paid off to start our family early... in more ways that one. (Chooch... my daughter is a 79'er, too. I was 18 when she was born.)

Doug is slowly bringing in tips for me for tonight. Right now he's dealing with an escapee. It flipped out of his hand and flung itself in an impossible place. He's got to remove the leg from a work bench so he can reach it. I could tell he was really excited about that.

See you all later!

 

[keepsmiling]

Hello my Molehill family! How is everyone doing? I have missed chatting with you all. I won't even attempt to catch up...as I have fallen far behind.
Just thought I would say hey..send some love, and hope everyone is well.
I have some new things to show you soon. I will be needing a couple matchy tips!

 

[keepsmiling]

Uggh not sleeping well is a terrible affliction and I do not wish it on anyone. I can fall asleep fine...just cannot stay asleep.

 

[choochoogranny]

LOL! Poor Doug. Course we're not so happy either when a couch, washer, dryer, frig, etc. has to be moved to "get the d--- thing"......I do spend time before hand to think if I really do need it.

You would have thought my oldest (1964) having spent only two yrs. with her younger sibling before going off to school, would have remembered the difficulties of raising a child at a more "mature" age. Nope! Think Mother Nature has a way of wiping out certain memories or the ol' "it will never happen to me" thinking sets in. So, she has her one and only child at 42. However, that child has another 3-4 yrs. yet before the demon hormones set in good and hopefully oldest's own hormones will have settled out somewhat.......Last time was up there, she said without any prompting from me, "Mom, I didn't plan this very well." ......Daughter like mother to a T. Ha!

 

[choochoogranny]

Hi, KS! Oh, oh! Pictures! What in the world kind of yummy things did you manage to snag this time?

Staying asleep is my problem now too, KS. But I have to admit, since I quit cigarettes I do stay asleep better.....That and I wear those BreatheRight strips. Started using those quite a few yrs. ago while I was smoking and it helped keep my mouth shut......Ha! Hard to believe, I know. Hate waking up with cotton mouth and way beyond trying to impress anybody with my wonderous, tousled, morning self!......Wasn't that good anyway. Ha!

 

[angelphyre]

Angel - I obviously missed big news! Your son and his family moved out? So everything turned out okay with him?

Yeah they moved out to their own place a few weeks ago...I've been enjoying the peace and quiet and am trying to figure out what all I want to put in the two empty rooms I now have!

As for his situation, well no, it's not settled yet, he goes to Court in February. My boss was able to get it continued to after Christmas so he can enjoy his daughter's first birthday and Christmas. Looks like they'll be doing a plea and he'll have to do a year in a long term alcohol rehab program. He'll still be a guest of the state for that, but at least they aren't going to make him serve out the remaining 8 years of his original sentence. So I'm grateful for that. The one thing that sucks though is that he just got a pretty good new job and now he's going to have to give that up. But it could be worse. And the good thing is he hasn't had a drink since all this happened and is still going to AA. I'm proud of him for that.

 

[choochoogranny]

Whew! Angel, don't know what to say 'cept looks like your son should thank his momma big time for having such a wonderful attorney boss. Don't worry, you'll fill up those two rooms in no time. Humans just have to fill up empty space!

 

[Sirius]

Okay Mountaineers.. Y'all ready?!?

Don't do the tip justice though really.
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[Sirius]

Hello my Molehill family! How is everyone doing? I have missed chatting with you all. I won't even attempt to catch up...as I have fallen far behind.
Just thought I would say hey..send some love, and hope everyone is well.
I have some new things to show you soon. I will be needing a couple matchy tips!

I'm going to have a few new things as well..Wood squonker with a Rapter 110watt chip...Hand burned Boykin in the mod body!
[emoji2]

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[Kayte]

Hi KS! Good to see you. Hope you're doing well.

Sirius! It came! YAY! Hope it vapes like a champ for you. The new mod in the works is just beautiful!

 

[Kayte]

These are on the website now.

Paws on Blue Teal - WB

DotDotDot - WB

Rose Petal Sea Potpourri

Treasure of Paititi

Magenta Fizz - WB

Treasure of Eldorado

Purple Space - WB