Did you say milkshake?

No, Did you feel the earthquake?
5.9 Earthquake hits East coast of the United States around 1:50pm. Epi center located in Virginia.
I was on my way, in the car, to get my father and take him to the Somerset Medical Emergency Room to have his blood levels checked. ( He is on blood thinners and his level was 9 and should have been around 2.5 or 3). Caro texted me the question Did you feel it? and I told Pop, Hey we just had an earthquake.(No I did not feel this one, but several years ago around 6:45 am I heard a loud rumble and then the whole house shook, five minutes later the radio announcer said that it was an earthquake (Ramapo Fault). It sounded and felt like when they were blasting rock at Chimney Rock Quarry in Martinsville.
Got to the hospital...wait.....seen by triage....wait.......move to cubby......wait.......see nurse....wait......watch the earthquake news over and over again until we couldn't stand it any more......talk to ER Doctor.....wait....bloodwork taken......wait (Don't forget what the hospital charges for an emergency room  bed) It is now around 4 or 5 pm. Chris and Charlie arrive. We Chat, laugh.....Doctor reports blood count is ok, level is down slightly to 8. something. They give Pop a tiny vitamin K pill, and release him, then off to Olive Garden we all go.

Worried again!

Just throwing this out there........I do not want Hurricane Irene coming anywhere near New Jersey!
There I  said it...now I can let it go.
US Weather service doesn't know where it will make landfall, but predicts that it could be stronger than Hurricane Floyd. It is expected to arrive on the east coast sometime this weekend.
OK! I am not going to worry anymore!

Babysitting Kellen

As you can see I had a full KELLEN experience. I went to Easton to stay overnight and to babysit Kellen while Kamryn, Robyn and Tim (who was in the wedding) attended Carl"s Wedding in New Jersey.
What a sweet baby! I got so many Grandma smiles. We played on the floor, on our back and then on our tummy. We drank bottles, had cereal and added sweet potatoes to the mix. We took naps (more like cat-naps). We celebrated Kellen turning 5 months, we ate again , took a nice, warm bath, cuddled some more and then promptly at 9pm, into bed for the night. No picture taken of Grandma passing out in front of the tv, on the couch. LOVED IT !

A Favorite

Tired of Summer

Yes I am, but that is because I have not been to the beach! I feel like I have been cooped up for a long time. It is either too hot to go out or it is raining with flash flood warnings. I have been trying to not shop. I have been trying not to over eat. I almost never drink. What else is there to do for fun? I know
that I am just feeling sorry for myself. I keep pictuing my toes in the sand, me curled up reading a summer novel. The waves gently swishing in the background with an occasional gull flying by. Eat, nap,read,swim,shower, eat, drink and maybe a Dairy Queen.....Heaven! Oh my goodness, the sun is out,gotta go!

You can't make this stuff up!!!!

I wake up around 3am and think that I hear the dog jump off my bed and fall down. I get up, turn on the light and look for him. He is standing in the middle of the floor, looking like he has to go out. I take him downstairs, all the way to the backdoor. He won't go out. His tail is up his butt and he is cringing and shaking. I think, He's having another seizure. Then I hear it. The intermitent beep of a battery going dead in a smoke detector. The dog cringes and shakes uncontrollably. Up the stairs I go , get a chair to stand on and then I remove the battery operated smoke detector from the ceiling, and take out the battery. I hear another beep. I can't figure out where it is coming from. Our two hardwired smoke detectors were disconnected several years ago because dust or moisture would activate them all the time - can't be them!
Wake Doug up and tell him I can't find the blasted noise, help, please. He determines that the beep is coming from

First Alert Carbon Monoxide detector. He can't find a battery so he plugs it in. no more beeps.
I take Chase back into my bedroom and cuddle him for about 45 minutes until his extreme shaking and panting stops. Caro, who slept through the entire event, gets up in the morning, opens her door and steps into a large puddle of dog pee! Good Morning!

Apparently the dog lost control of his functions during one of his seizures. We are still removing the smell of dog urine from the hallway. Caro's feet went right into the shower :)

What Happened?

Nothing terrible! Just Busy! Spent three very fun days at Creating Keepsakes Convention in Valley Forge by myself. Took Photoshop Elements classes, scrapbook layout classes and a Family History class. Oh, did I mention I shopped? I do not NEED anymore scrapbook parts BUT there was all this new stuff that I didn't have and........!

 Came home on Saturday night and then had a busy day Sunday. First the Smurf movie with Samantha and GP and her parents then later in the afternoon The Balloon Festival in Readington (right near Pop's).

Caro and I sitting in park near Pop's to see the balloon festival.

Counted over 30 balloons up at one time.

Best balloon show in ten years.

Pop did not care about seeing the balloons, so Caro and I went to visit him right after seeing them and we took a picture of "This years Balloon Party at Pop's!