​Visiting Family

I love spending time with my grandson. I’ve always been fond of babies and fortunately for me, even though this one is approaching two and no longer a baby, he’s still adorable to watch!
 
The other fun thing is he really enjoyed playing with my mother. Mom would have loved to have had twelve kids, but she had to settle for one little old me !  As a result she laughs and laughs at everything her great grandson does.  Even when he makes a game of standing behind her on the sofa and pushing her forward. Bless mom’s patience level!
 
We went looking at houses once again. This time with hopes of finding something so mom can stay with my daughter until her memory really disintegrates. It’s hard because Texas is dealing with a real estate boom and a lot – and boy do I mean a lot – of seller are trying to take advantage and are asking insane prices. By insane I mean as much as two hundred thousand dollars more than they paid for the house six months ago! And that’s without changing a thing!  So I’m vigilant for the honest deals that are a bit higher but not six figures higher! And that is making the shopping harder.
 
For now, Mom is staying in the guest room at my daughters and we’ll see how they all get along for more than a weekend. It will be interesting to see how all the interaction affects Mom. Will keep y’all posted!
 
On the bright side, I did a lot of eating this weekend. We ordered pizza one night, and they cooked spaghetti and meatballs another and then we had Mexican take out last night. None of them were diet friendly meals and yet I only gained a few ounces. I was delighted! For me it really seems like skipping breakfast and not eating till lunch time is doing wonders for not gaining weight! Today I am keeping my calorie intake low to try and lose those few ounces. My mission is to maintain the fifteen pound weight loss I accomplished over the last two months.  Then after a while I’ll give losing another ten or fifteen pounds a shot.
 
If all goes well, by next week’s blog I will have stabilized my weight, have great news to report on Mom, and have started writing again. I’m a bit behind and need to get caught up on that!
 
Take care and enjoy!  Here’s a picture of my grandson and me. He was enthralled with a movie on the TV.  Just love snuggling with that little guy!
 
Do all your family live close by or do you guys have to drive to see everyone too!
 

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