I am working on a new layout. Sheeesh --- I can see, already, that I have forgotten a ton about changing the 'look and feel'.  When you get my age the only thing that stays in your head is something that you learned yeeeeeeeeears ago or something that you do over and over and over and over and .... well, you get the idea, right?!  And me changing the layout fits neither of those catagories.   So it will take a while to finish --- probably a long while

My grandson was born the 7th of May.  They named him Tayden Christopher.  He weighed in at 5 lbs. 14 oz. and was 18.4 " long.  Delivery was an emergency C-section and Mom and baby both came through it well -- then he got pneumonia in one lung and had to stay in hospital for 5 days.  Was scarey but never really touch and go... but with such a tiny one ... you never know.  He is doing just fine now -- back to his birth weight and growing like a weed.  He is a very good baby which is a good thing as his older sister still demands a lot of everyones time/attention. lol   Am hoping she soon realizes that he will not usurp her place in the family and she will go back to being more independent.  For her Mama's sake, for sure !!

We have found a lot to build a house on [ not a lot of them around here ]  .. now we just need to negotiate a decent/fair price.  It is on higher ground and away from the beach so not only will we be getting away from all the tourist activity but also will be above the tsunami plain [unless, of course, it is the BIG one !!  lol ]  but I do like that, as the last practice run we had was so poorly executed by those in charge that if there had really been a tsunami ---- my son and I would have drowned !!  --  we were stuck in traffic in one of the lowest spots in the town at the time the 'fake tsunami' hit !!  Scarey !!  

Anyway -- just talking about the lot to build on and looking at some house plans has caused some fairly large disagreements, already, so .... I can see how couples end up divorcing or worse -- when building their 'dream homes'.   We could be heading there and it has only just begun !!   yiiikes !! and  aaaargh !!   And to top it off our youngest son is going to be the contractor and has already warned us that once we make a decision about something --- it will not be changed without a darn good reason !  lol   This next year could be very interesting !

Ok -- I am out of here for now

hugs and take care ~ Lodi

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