My last post in May!!! I think I’ve done better posting this month! Trying to make it a habit, which, with my addictive personality, should be a BREEZE. Vito is downstairs making ravioli for dinner. Bless him! We got to watch Ella for a few hours today while the kids went to Toys R Us and bought out the store. We’ll get to see Ella’s new toys tomorrow when we go over for our regular family dinner.
I put Ella in her swing for a bit today, but I think she is too big for it. We should have gotten it sooner. We’re going to put it away until our next grandchild arrives, which should be around December 21st. Yep, Chrissie is pregnant and so far so good. Doing just fine. She still works part time at K-Mart and I told her not to overdo it. She says she wants to know the baby’s gender. That will make it easier for me with my crocheting!!!
Vito and I are going to take a vacation next week. Mostly porch view, but we need the rest. I haven’t taken a full week since Christmas. I’m hoping to make some videos on local attractions for You Tube. We’ll see. Maybe we’ll get our fishing licenses this week and search for fishing spots.
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Well, gotta go and enjoy Vito’s ravioli! See yinz in June!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Nobby gets Neutered
Another quick update from the Natali household. We are going to my nephew’s house for a barbecue when Vito gets off work at 4. We have to stop and get pop, chips, and pretzels. We always do things at the last minute!! 2 of my sisters & their husbands and Chrissie and Bill will be there also. Brian is working and Mallory and Ella are at her aunt’s house so they won’t be coming today. I wanted to show off my grandbaby!!!!!
On the 14th we took an unsuspecting Nobby to the vet to be neutered. Yes, Nobby has lost his Nobs.! (Chrissie just came in and Nobby is following her around….he thinks he’s a dog) Anyhoo…when we picked him up later that day the volunteer gave us the normal post op advise and said that he would probably still be under the effects of the anesthesia. She figured he’d be slow and lethargic for a while and would sleep a lot. Knowing my cat I doubted that. And I was right. He did have trouble getting out of the cat carrier at first, but took off from there with no problem. Getting on the bookcase eating the memorial flowers from the wedding (yes, they are still there), hiding under the blanket on the couch attacking us, etc.
Nobby is obsessed with our tub and the faucet. He seems to be trying to figure out how the water comes out. Every morning when I get up and run my tub he comes flying into the bathroom with me. He jumps up on the toilet and puts his forepaws on the edge of the tub by the faucet. When I lean over to turn it on he looks up into my face and puts his paw in the air, as if he’s saying THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!!! It’s really disgustingly cute.
One of our baby birds fell out of the nest the other day, landing on our porch. The mama bird was still feeding it and we should have just gotten a towel for him to have a warm nest and left them to it. But we tried to catch it and put it back. He flopped into our glider cover and it took us awhile to find him in the folds. When we did, he flopped/flew under our glider. We decided to wait until he came back out and try again. When we came back out he was gone. Still haven’t found him. Now I feel bad!!! We should have just let him alone.
Today, when Vito came home for lunch, he found two baby grackles drowned in our pond and one trying to get a drink. What is it with birds around here? *LOL*
Not very bright I guess.
I’m thinking of compiling different clips of Pittsburgh for You Tube. One theme will be our city steps and paper streets (paper streets are city steps that show up on maps as actual streets. Lots of visitors aren’t happy when they find out that Litchfield Street is a pair of city steps in the Sheraden section of the Burgh!) Another one may be entitled “Odd Pittsburgh” (Do NOT comment! *LOL*) and/or Odd Pittsburgh houses.
Well, have to go and get ready to head out to Zelienople for the barbecue! Take care. Will post again soon I hope!!
On the 14th we took an unsuspecting Nobby to the vet to be neutered. Yes, Nobby has lost his Nobs.! (Chrissie just came in and Nobby is following her around….he thinks he’s a dog) Anyhoo…when we picked him up later that day the volunteer gave us the normal post op advise and said that he would probably still be under the effects of the anesthesia. She figured he’d be slow and lethargic for a while and would sleep a lot. Knowing my cat I doubted that. And I was right. He did have trouble getting out of the cat carrier at first, but took off from there with no problem. Getting on the bookcase eating the memorial flowers from the wedding (yes, they are still there), hiding under the blanket on the couch attacking us, etc.
Nobby is obsessed with our tub and the faucet. He seems to be trying to figure out how the water comes out. Every morning when I get up and run my tub he comes flying into the bathroom with me. He jumps up on the toilet and puts his forepaws on the edge of the tub by the faucet. When I lean over to turn it on he looks up into my face and puts his paw in the air, as if he’s saying THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!!! It’s really disgustingly cute.
One of our baby birds fell out of the nest the other day, landing on our porch. The mama bird was still feeding it and we should have just gotten a towel for him to have a warm nest and left them to it. But we tried to catch it and put it back. He flopped into our glider cover and it took us awhile to find him in the folds. When we did, he flopped/flew under our glider. We decided to wait until he came back out and try again. When we came back out he was gone. Still haven’t found him. Now I feel bad!!! We should have just let him alone.
Today, when Vito came home for lunch, he found two baby grackles drowned in our pond and one trying to get a drink. What is it with birds around here? *LOL*
Not very bright I guess.
I’m thinking of compiling different clips of Pittsburgh for You Tube. One theme will be our city steps and paper streets (paper streets are city steps that show up on maps as actual streets. Lots of visitors aren’t happy when they find out that Litchfield Street is a pair of city steps in the Sheraden section of the Burgh!) Another one may be entitled “Odd Pittsburgh” (Do NOT comment! *LOL*) and/or Odd Pittsburgh houses.
Well, have to go and get ready to head out to Zelienople for the barbecue! Take care. Will post again soon I hope!!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Quick Update for a Monday
A quick update so that I can say I posted 2 days in a row! Just got home from work! Vito bought Ella a high chair so that she can eat with us when we have our weekly family dinners at our place. Today we are going to Brian & Mallory’s for dinner. We usually switch every other week. When Chrissie & Bill get their own place then we can switch every 3 weeks, *duh*
I wore my new shoes to work today, but had to change into my old ones by mid-day. My feet are so messed up!! I have to break my shoes in a little bit at a time.
Well, off to get ready to go over to the kids. See yinz soon.
I wore my new shoes to work today, but had to change into my old ones by mid-day. My feet are so messed up!! I have to break my shoes in a little bit at a time.
Well, off to get ready to go over to the kids. See yinz soon.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Another Sunday!!! It’s a bit chilly today so I spent most of it indoors. I watched an Ellen Degeneres HBO comedy I recorded called “Here and Now”. I think she is hysterical. I also practiced, off & on, on my piano, crocheted a bit, and checked in on twitter. I’m new to twitter and still trying to figure it out. I have 2 people following me. How exciting! *LOL*
We went out with Brian, Mallory, & Ella to look at houses. They want their own place. The first house wasn’t too great. I got stuck in the attic because of the tiny stairs and no railing. I hung on to Vito to get down. Also, the floor had a definite slant to it. It sat on one of Pittsburgh’s really steep hills so it didn’t feel at all safe. The 2nd house was much, much, much better! Hardwood floors, nice closet space, plenty of outlets, finished basement. It’s a 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bath duplex (I actually call a side by side duplex a double. To me duplexes are top and bottom….1st floor one house, 2nd floor another. Don’t know if that’s right or not, but that’s how my head works!) in the Ingram area. Much nicer area to live in. The only thing I, Grandma, didn’t like was the busy street out front. I worry!
We have another active bird nest on our porch. Vito found an old bird’s nest on our swing and moved it to the left corner post on our porch. Yesterday we discovered a robin sitting in it. Hopefully I will be able to take some photos or videos of the babies when they hatch. Mallory and Ella came over to visit yesterday. I just love having Ella over! We played, I showed her some signs (Much easier when she can sit up on her own and watch me) I got to feed her and let her play my keyboard. I’m going to be such a pushover with her! Vito already is.
I finished Childhood’s End. Really good book, not what I thought it was going to be at all. Now I’m reading a Fern Michael book I had laying around the house, Kentucky Sunrise. It’s 3rd in a series, but I probably won’t go hunting the 1st two. I’m also still reading Crime Scene: Inside the World of the real CSIs by Connie Fletcher. Really interesting. She has another one called What Cops Know that I want to read when I’m done with this one.
Vito sold his industrial size espresso machine (see picture) today. He got a buyer from Craig’s List. Now we have vacation money for Ocean City, NJ!!! YAY!!!
I really don’t want to go to work tomorrow, but we have to pay the bills! At least next weekend (I think) is our 3 day weekend for Memorial Day. I might add Tuesday off so I’ll have 4 whole days. Maybe we can go visit my sister Josie in Atlantic, PA. Not sure, though, since I hate traveling on holiday weekends.
Well, gotta go and check twitter and practice some more on the keyboard. I’m taping Desperate Housewives tonight. I come upstairs and surf the net at 10 on the nights when I have to get up for work. Then I read a bit and hit the hay.
Take care and Ciao for Now!!! : )
We went out with Brian, Mallory, & Ella to look at houses. They want their own place. The first house wasn’t too great. I got stuck in the attic because of the tiny stairs and no railing. I hung on to Vito to get down. Also, the floor had a definite slant to it. It sat on one of Pittsburgh’s really steep hills so it didn’t feel at all safe. The 2nd house was much, much, much better! Hardwood floors, nice closet space, plenty of outlets, finished basement. It’s a 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bath duplex (I actually call a side by side duplex a double. To me duplexes are top and bottom….1st floor one house, 2nd floor another. Don’t know if that’s right or not, but that’s how my head works!) in the Ingram area. Much nicer area to live in. The only thing I, Grandma, didn’t like was the busy street out front. I worry!
We have another active bird nest on our porch. Vito found an old bird’s nest on our swing and moved it to the left corner post on our porch. Yesterday we discovered a robin sitting in it. Hopefully I will be able to take some photos or videos of the babies when they hatch. Mallory and Ella came over to visit yesterday. I just love having Ella over! We played, I showed her some signs (Much easier when she can sit up on her own and watch me) I got to feed her and let her play my keyboard. I’m going to be such a pushover with her! Vito already is.
I finished Childhood’s End. Really good book, not what I thought it was going to be at all. Now I’m reading a Fern Michael book I had laying around the house, Kentucky Sunrise. It’s 3rd in a series, but I probably won’t go hunting the 1st two. I’m also still reading Crime Scene: Inside the World of the real CSIs by Connie Fletcher. Really interesting. She has another one called What Cops Know that I want to read when I’m done with this one.
Vito sold his industrial size espresso machine (see picture) today. He got a buyer from Craig’s List. Now we have vacation money for Ocean City, NJ!!! YAY!!!
I really don’t want to go to work tomorrow, but we have to pay the bills! At least next weekend (I think) is our 3 day weekend for Memorial Day. I might add Tuesday off so I’ll have 4 whole days. Maybe we can go visit my sister Josie in Atlantic, PA. Not sure, though, since I hate traveling on holiday weekends.
Well, gotta go and check twitter and practice some more on the keyboard. I’m taping Desperate Housewives tonight. I come upstairs and surf the net at 10 on the nights when I have to get up for work. Then I read a bit and hit the hay.
Take care and Ciao for Now!!! : )
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Wow!!! I didn’t realize how long it’s been since I posted here!!! I missed April altogether!!!! I REALLY have to put my mind to this!
Had a beautiful day today. A little cool, but not bad. Sat on our “new” glider out front and watched a little bird drama going on. We have canvas awnings on our front porch that I won’t allow to be let down because we have several bird families that nest there. Yes, the awnings are getting ruined but I just can’t kill baby birds!!! One nest, the far left front one, has babies. I can hear them chirping. Today I watched what I thought was the mama bird clinging to my porch swing getting ready to enter the nest. (Most of the nest is hidden in the awning’s folds, so we can’t see the babies) Sure enough, she flew to the edge of the opening in the folds but out of nowhere another female came flying at her and attacked. The first bird was NOT the mama!!! NOT THE MAMA….sorry, flashback to old tv show. I know nothing about birds so I don’t know if the intruding female wanted to kill the babies, adopt the babies, or simply take over the nest. There were two males flying around, also. I know one was the papa because he chased a poor innocent robin (who had no clue) away. I don’t even know what type of bird it was. I think some sort of finch, maybe? The only songbirds I know by sight are robins, cardinals, and blue jays. Anything else to me is guesswork.
My lilacs are on the way out and my azaleas are in full bloom. I love lilacs, but they don’t last long. I’ll feed the dying ones to my hermit crabs. I’ve already picked dandelions for them.
Vito is having severe pain in his right shoulder. Possible rotator cuff (though the doctor isn’t really sure at this point) or a pinched nerve. I hope they fix him soon. He is in a lot of pain.
We got to babysit Ella again a few weeks ago. I love it!!! She isn’t crawling yet, but I think in the next week or two at most she’ll be flying around. She will be 6 months tomorrow, the 11th. She is awesome.
The kids and Vito got me an 88 key keyboard for Mother’s Day. Well, Mother’s Day & birthday combined. I am still, slowly, trying to learn to play with both hands. SLOW process!!! I just finished reading the 2nd book in the Twilight series, New Moon, and cannot wait to start the 3rd. Right now I am reading Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End. I have a copy somewhere in the house but can’t find it, so I had Vito get one from the library. I have become a Fringe freak and noticed it prominently displayed on a book shelf in last weeks episode. Always wanted to read it so I took it as a sign!!
I’m boiling potatoes for tomorrow’s family dinner. Chrissie is cooking, but asked me to make potato salad. We are having chicken…barbecued I think. Well, have to go and check on the taters. Hopefully I will do better in the future posting on my blog!!! Take care and see yinz later!
Had a beautiful day today. A little cool, but not bad. Sat on our “new” glider out front and watched a little bird drama going on. We have canvas awnings on our front porch that I won’t allow to be let down because we have several bird families that nest there. Yes, the awnings are getting ruined but I just can’t kill baby birds!!! One nest, the far left front one, has babies. I can hear them chirping. Today I watched what I thought was the mama bird clinging to my porch swing getting ready to enter the nest. (Most of the nest is hidden in the awning’s folds, so we can’t see the babies) Sure enough, she flew to the edge of the opening in the folds but out of nowhere another female came flying at her and attacked. The first bird was NOT the mama!!! NOT THE MAMA….sorry, flashback to old tv show. I know nothing about birds so I don’t know if the intruding female wanted to kill the babies, adopt the babies, or simply take over the nest. There were two males flying around, also. I know one was the papa because he chased a poor innocent robin (who had no clue) away. I don’t even know what type of bird it was. I think some sort of finch, maybe? The only songbirds I know by sight are robins, cardinals, and blue jays. Anything else to me is guesswork.
My lilacs are on the way out and my azaleas are in full bloom. I love lilacs, but they don’t last long. I’ll feed the dying ones to my hermit crabs. I’ve already picked dandelions for them.
Vito is having severe pain in his right shoulder. Possible rotator cuff (though the doctor isn’t really sure at this point) or a pinched nerve. I hope they fix him soon. He is in a lot of pain.
We got to babysit Ella again a few weeks ago. I love it!!! She isn’t crawling yet, but I think in the next week or two at most she’ll be flying around. She will be 6 months tomorrow, the 11th. She is awesome.
The kids and Vito got me an 88 key keyboard for Mother’s Day. Well, Mother’s Day & birthday combined. I am still, slowly, trying to learn to play with both hands. SLOW process!!! I just finished reading the 2nd book in the Twilight series, New Moon, and cannot wait to start the 3rd. Right now I am reading Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End. I have a copy somewhere in the house but can’t find it, so I had Vito get one from the library. I have become a Fringe freak and noticed it prominently displayed on a book shelf in last weeks episode. Always wanted to read it so I took it as a sign!!
I’m boiling potatoes for tomorrow’s family dinner. Chrissie is cooking, but asked me to make potato salad. We are having chicken…barbecued I think. Well, have to go and check on the taters. Hopefully I will do better in the future posting on my blog!!! Take care and see yinz later!
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