Back after it!

Back to work today after 5 days off.  *sigh*  When the alarm went off at 5am I forced myself up, hobbled to the shower, slapped some make-up on my face and got back after it.  **double sigh**  There was a fairly light load of work considering the office was closed several days in a row.  The media log only had a few errors to clean up but the arrest log was a little trickier to do.  One booking entry was deleted by accident.  The Officer was able to re-enter the info but all the jail logs were on the old entry that was deleted.  So all that had to be pulled out of one program and added back to the new entry.  My boss had to fix that part.  One of the places that all this info is sent to is called Owassoisms.  The lady that runs this site is very good at what she does.  It isn't easy to find a balance between the public's wish to know and public safety.  I like the way her site still has the "small town" feel to it.  If you would like to read about our little town you can find all kinds of stories on her site at http://www.owasso411.com/ or you can follow Owassoisms on Facebook.

I did have a small pile of headache requests on my desk from my days off.  I call them headaches because they are all the odd ball things that seldom come up and it takes time and extra effort to get through them.  The first thing I picked up after lunch was a request for a 2011 child drowning report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.  I hope that reports like this don't lead to excessive new rules or regulations.  I know public safety is an issue but if I want a small pool in my backyard I don't want there to be so many rules that I can't afford one OR that it becomes to much trouble and takes all of the fun out of it.  I will just hope for common sense to rule. 
Having CAUTION CONTENTS HOT all over McDonald's coffee lids does not follow common sense.  What does follow is somebody suing them when they spilled their hot coffee in their own lap.  Go figure, coffee is hot.  At least I think it should be.  Unless you order the ice coffee, then of course it should be cold.  I wonder if they will ever be sued and have to put CAUTION CONTENTS ICY COLD?
 
Turkey day was good.  The turkey turned out juicy, the mashed potatoes were creamy and fluffy, Mattie did her normal excellent job on the green bean casserole, the dressing was good even if I did almost forget it, there weren't any lumps in the gravy, the corn was extra yummy with butter melted all over it, the bread wasn't bad considering it was just heat and serve.  (I didn't have the time or energy to make yeast rolls from scratch!)  Oh!  Then there were the desserts.  Oh my the Pie.  I do like Pecan Pie, and Pumpkin Pie.  The Cheese Cake wasn't to bad either.  Thank goodness it is all gone now.  Well, except for the cookies Kita made.  I am gonna have to take them to work to save me from eating them all!  I was supposed to go back to watching my carbs today after eating all I wanted over Thanksgiving.  But there was a conspiracy against me and I failed.  The candy maker turned lawyer made fudge. 
It was the best ever fudge too! 
Carmel Pecan.
Oh My! 
I say was because my hubby helped eat it all gone.  Not saying he ate it all cause I ate my share. 
I wasn't supposed to eat sugar today.
Darn It! 
I will try again tomorrow.  He can't make fudge two days in a row.  I hope!

Another failed plan that ended up well after all

Trying to take a picture of a two year old doesn't always go the way you plan.  I doesn't help that the person trying to take the picture doesn't always know the best way first.  Two year old boys get impatient,  even more than the grown up "boys" do.  Think about it.....when was the last time you heard a grown man, that was tired and ready to stop shopping, throw a crying fit at the store?  I am not saying that it never happens..... it is just much more common for a two year old boy to pull that kind of stunt in public.  OH and that fit will always happen with the snootiest lady in line behind you.  Just saying that is how my luck always went. 
Back to the attempts to take pictures.....  I was thinking that Mr. Man would look so cute in all the fall colors sitting in his little Harley Davidson chair.  It sounded like a good plan to me.  There were leaves all over the place and the sun was bright, but filtered, underneath the tree.  There were nice fields with old farm buildings in the back ground.  I was thinking this is gonna look good! 

The two year old was not impressed with ga-ma's plan near as much as I hoped he would be.   

 The first attempt the sun was in his eyes and he didn't want to look towards me.

The second attempt the sun was really bothering his eyes and he didn't want to look up at all and was making squished up faces.  Squished up faces do not equal cute smiles.

So I figured if he was ever gonna give me one of the "too cute" smiles I would have to change positions of the chair.  The back ground wasn't as nice but at least he looked at me.  This time I couldn't get him to hold still.  He bottom is barely in the chair.

 

Then he started giving me the "I have had enough Ga-ma" look.  He was so over sitting in his chair, while outside, on a pretty afternoon. 

 

 

So over it!

He walked off and left me......  I had to give up on this idea and just go with the natural shots.  I learned pretty quick that you can't make this two year old give you the shot you want.  The only way to get a good shot of this little man is to follow him around and have the camera ready.

I don't mind too much, cause he does let me take lots of pictures.  AND when he holds still long enough, AND looks right at me, AND gives me a cute look like this one......

 

It makes feel better about not getting that cute shot in that cute chair in all the wonderful fall color. 

Charmer

This adorable little charmer has such a hold on me.

 

He has developed such a personality!

I love, love, love his smiles.

He talked and talked and talked.  There was very little that I couldn't understand.  He wants to know the name of everything.  He loves to play outside and in the back of his PaPa's truck.

If he can't be outside playing then he will be playing with his cars or "reading" the paper.  Oh!...  and he likes quarters too!

He can use quarters to ride the ice cream truck at the local WalMart or he can buy more cars. 

 

He kept me laughing doing silly things and just exploring everything.  He thought it was so funny to have PaPa's glasses on his head.  (Do you see how long his eyelashes are?)

 

He told me all about Halloween, the Elmo movie and what Elmo says, (for people like me that don't know what Elmo says it is.... "WAKE UP!"), his race cars, his hands being sticky, what turkeys say, what doggies say, (pronounced goggie),that he can run fast, he is a good jumper, and asked me lots and lots of times "See it Gam-ma?"

 

OH! MY!  What a Charmer..... What an adorable charmer.  He is just so cute.  So cute that I don't even remember his 2 year old moments.....

What else could a Grandma ask for?  Except maybe more grandkids!