Brown Eyed Girl

Look, no glasses!

Here's a picture of eldest granddaughter wearing the new contacts she's had since Saturday afternoon. Yesterday evening she slept over at a friends house. This morning she lost a contact, not even 48 hours! Aye-yie-yie! Since she wasn't home and since she didn't call anyone (me) AND since she had no experience with what to do after dropping a contact lens while trying to insert it, she gave up looking for it. Yeah, I know that's a long, run-on sentence, but you get the point. Anyway, she now knows that she is not to give up looking for a lost contact until she finds it. It's hard to find but it's there somewhere! And contact lens will stick to anything so you have to look everywhere, not just the floor. I informed her that I would replace this one but the next time, she has to pay for it. At the time I didn't know they wouldn't charge me for it. Not only that but they are disposable lens that can only be worn for two weeks. Regardless, I feel it is important for her to understand her responsibly with them. None the less, she's doing great and was able to insert them both into her eyes in less than two minutes this afternoon. She informed me that she wants to get blue contacts next time so she will have blue eyes like the rest of the family. "What am I, Swiss cheese?" I ask. Then she goes into a spill about her "half" brother and sister having blue eyes just like her mom and that she feels left out. She rarely uses the word "half" when she refers to her brother and sister. Besides, her dad and other grandmother have very pretty brown eyes, just like her. I think she's working me so I'll let her change her eye color. But just to be on the safe side, I will remind her of how God has made her a special and unique little girl, unlike anyone else in the world, and that is something to be happy about.


The picture below was taken by Hubby on August 2. He thought the folks in WV would be interested in the temperature. He and his mom enjoy talking about the weather and he loves his little weather station. The grandson is also fascinated by it and notices nearly every change. So, Hubby snapped this picture and told me that I should put it on my blog. Okay, it's ten days later, but I'm doing it. I try to be appreciative when he tells me what I should post on MY blog but sometimes I get a little ruffled. Then I realize that ultimately I have the choice to use his suggestions and post his pictures or not. And it is my choice to post them. And I'm not one bit jealous of not thinking of it myself. And it's not about CONTROL either!!! Convinced? Ha! Ha! Ha! It WAS pretty, darn hot that day! The temperature is on the bottom - 106.4 degrees F.

I leave for California tomorrow morning to attend a Celebrate Recovery Summit. I'll be back on Saturday. I'm very excited for several reasons but especially because I will only be responsible for me, myself, and I for the next five days! Even though I'll be busy attending workshops, I consider this a vacation! I'm taking my laptop but I don't know if I'll have time to post. However, insomnia sometimes rules the night.