O is for Oregon, I think

I was thinking that I would write about something

ostentatious or outrageous on this "O" day of the

 A-Z Blog challenge,

but since I'm pretty much an ordinary sort of gal

I guess I'll have to settle for writing about our travels

to Oregon.

Oregon has it all............

Beautiful beaches in Seaside

Two of my favorite people

Treasure hunting in the ocean

Green hiking trails

scenic biking trails

blackberries by the roadside ripe for picking

Lots of WINERIES!

Mountain side resort where the movie "The Shining" took place
(sad note....only the outside of the building was used!
all the rest of the movie took place somewhere else!)

and where else can you make a snowman in September?

Beautiful flowers

Hiking in God's country

Unfortunately I didn't have any pictures of the QUILT stores you find in almost every little town in Oregon!   

I'm a homegrown Ohio girl and I really miss those 

green rolling hills that surrounded me there.  

Oregon reminds me of the home of my youth..........God's Country.

The last two monday nights have found me at Great Skate.

What great fun!

It's been about 10 years since I last skated and I was AFRAID....very afraid to go now.

The last time I was at the rink I fell and fell hard!

Took about 6 months to heal so I quit skating after that, but I

LOVE TO SKATE!

So I'm skating again, but I will admit that I am very cautious!

Now I started skating many, many years ago and I've got

to tell you......ALOT of things have changed!

Like the picture below......texting while skating!

 And I have NEVER seen a stroller with a baby inside on the skating rink!
There were not too many people on the floor tonight, but LAST week it was packed and they had a stroller out there.

They have also come up with these PVC pipe contraptions to help beginning skaters.  They are pretty cool.........EXCEPT when those beginning skaters decide they want to leave the middle and cross straight across in front of a ton of skaters.  Kinda like crossing the freeway during rush hour!

 Hi Kathy!

You look great!

Back in the day, I used to be able to backskate.

Made it 1/2 way around the rink tonight before I ran into a wall

so I decided that going forward was good enough for me!

 Close up of the beginning skater helper.

I learned to skate in my basement back in Ohio

using those metal key skates

(remember those?  they tightened onto your shoes?)

and two brooms to hold me up!

Hey....it worked!

Next week I will be celebrating a birthday

and I've decided that I want a roller skating party!

So next Monday night if you are in the area

make sure and join me at Great Skate!

6-9PM

Do you think they would play a special song for me?

When I used to go roller skating back at

Dow Roller skating rink in Nelsonville, Ohio

they ALWAYS played

Tammy Wynette   "Stand by your Man"

Now THAT was a few years ago!

They probably wouldn't even have the song available.

AND if they played it all of the other skaters would groan!

Here is a pic of my sweet granddaughter taken today.

She is such a precious child and

never ceases to amaze me!

I'm going to start bragging now...just wanted to let you know.

She does all the usual fun baby things........smile, laugh, sit up.....

But today I realized that she understands when I talk

to her and can perform simple tasks when I ask her!

One of the things I did today was ask her to grab my finger

and pointed to the hand I wanted her to use.

Then I asked her to use the other hand

and then both hands!

She is so amazing and smart.

Yep....I'm a pretty proud grandma!

Lots of love!

tammy