My Favorite Flower

Gladiolas are one of my most favorite flowers! We planted some bulbs this spring, and I have been anxiously waiting for them to bloom. Some of the plants were eaten by a neighborhood rabbit. Some, just haven't even bloomed at all. I took this picture the day before I left on vacation, believing it may not still be around when I got back. I was right! No more pretty Glads :(

I Know You Have All Been Waiting

This what I ended up doing with it! OUT WITH THE TRASH! I thought about taking it with me on the "Mind Eraser" ride, as it was making me lose my mind!

I thought about drowning it at the water park!

I thought about throwing it in this bonfire!

I thought........maybe the bunny would enjoy it more than me!

I thought about sending it up with the rockets red glare!

I thought about letting it get run over by the John Deer (and my son in law)!

I even thought about hanging it from this tree! (But I like the tree to much)
Thank goodness I only thought about doing all these things! I actually took it out of the trash and put it in the kids playroom. It continued to speak only to me, during my entire stay. At least it was no longer in the bedroom I was sleeping in!!!!!! Fisher Price.....did you give this toy to my grandson when he tested some of your other toys??? Curses on you FP, if you did!

Joey looks so innocent, Thats a laugh! He loves his big sister so much!

ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM on everything he takes for a ride.

And has a ton of silly faces!

Joey is six yrs old and going into first grade. He astounded me this past week with the way he reads so well. He, like his sister, loves his books. One day he actually took along a Bible in the car and was reading to us from it. He has at least a million books, well maybe not that many. He looks kinda like my oldest son Clint, when he was little, but acts like my younger son Greg. You just never know what he is going to do or say next. He has us laughing all day and into our dreams at night!

The Lovely Julia

Julia loves to smile for the camera, She loves to "hang out" in the back yard,

She loves a relaxing swing in the breeze,

And, she loves to catch the baseball!

Julia is nine years old, and is my first grandchild. She was named after my sister's little girl, who died after an unfortunate car accident. That little Julia was named after my maternal grandmother. She was only four yrs old at the time she died. My daughters would send up balloons to her in Heaven, when ever they had them. Sherri and Jen always said, whichever of them had the first girl, she would be named Julia. My grandaughter is quite the reader! Her and I kinda had a contest to see who could finish our book first. Since none of my children ever loved to read, it really warms my heart to know she does! She has also had the chance to donate her hair to "Locks of Love" twice now. I'm sure she will be doing it again. Her latest endeavor in life is; learning to play the violin. I sure can't say her first tries were music to my ears! Maybe next time.

Boom, Boom, and Pow

I have always enjoyed going to see the fireworks. This year I took a video of the finale.

You're Never To Old!

You are never to old to go on kiddie rides with your boy. My son in law Joe with grandson Joey. My daughter Jennifer, mother of Joey

My daughter Sherri, Auntie of Joey

And, you are never to old to sleep with a couple of Teddy Bears, in Joey's bed, under Thomas The Train! (I did that!)

Senior Citizens, ya gotta LOVE them!

OK folks, now I have surely waited a LONG time to become a senior citizen, and let me tell you, it is SO WORTH IT! Not only do I get some super discounts here and there and everywhere, but I actually get added days to my vacations!!!! Let me explain: I made the plane reservations for Buffalo, sometime early in March. Told everyone I was going to be gone until the 8th of July. OK, so somewhere along the way, amidst all the gray hairs, batwings, and aching muscles, I lost a day! I was saying I was due to fly back to Orlando on the 7th. A few peeps in my life thought they had just forgotten the dates and went along with me as far as the 7th goes. When trying to check into my flight tonight, I was told it was to soon. To soon I thought?????? After all I am leaving on TUESDAY at 5pm! Dumb airline! Went to my original e-mail from airline, in black and white, it says, Wednesday the 8th! Hmmmmm..................Soooooooo here I am............HAPPY AS A PIG IN MUD! Now I certainly love my hubby and my little dog Bill, but am SO HAPPY to have this extra day with my kiddos!!!! I think my hubby is a weeeeeeeeeee bit upset with me. (hehe) Um.............does anyone feel that I have a problem with my brain? I DON'T! (at all)

Furry Friends

I really got a giggle out of all my friends blogs this morning! Makes me miss my little Billy:( But tomorrow he will meet me at th airport with his Daddy, and all of us will have BIG smiles! My daughter has a dog and two cats. Lacey is a black lab/beagle mix, so she is quite the petite pup. Last year she was extreamly skittish with all of us. This year, she LOVES me! She comes up to me a lot, looking for loving or food. She is really a very pretty little girl. I will miss her when I leave. (But I won't miss her barking when her Daddy gets home). Then, there are the two cats, snowball and kiki. Kiki just stays mostly out of every ones way and likes to sneak out the door when I open it. She is also a cat that likes to bite your feet sometimes, if she is in the mood. OUCH! So far, so good this year, no bites for me! Now Snowball on the other hand, is very sociable. She goes up to everyone for some loving. I left my bedroom door open one night, and got woken up to her sniffing around my face. That was a bit scary at first, hehe, but then I realized what and who it was. I found out a few months ago that I probably am allergic to cats. Now after spending a week here, I am wondering if it was just the cat box that I am allergic to. (I had to clean one at a caregiver job, and was quite ill afterward) No cleaning cat boxes for me EVER AGAIN!

It is off to Darien Lake Park for me and the family today. LOTS OF FUN! Can't wait to post some pics when I get home! Much love to all my friends and their fur babies!

Things Have Sure Turned Around!

I am sitting here laughing to myself as the two daughters are just outside this room, bickering about how to do the laundry. Me? I just dumped my few things by the washer and walked away. (hehe). Let one of them take care of it. (hehe) I actually LOVE doing laundry, always have, and never have considered letting someone else do it for me. This is truly a first! I normally would fight for the use of the washing machine! NO ONE can do laundry as WELL AS ME! NO ONE! Just maybe that is not so true anymore. After all my daughters are 39 and 36 yrs old. I think they probably have enough years of experiance under their belts by now. They should be at least half as good as me at this job by now. Being half as good will suffice for this week,(hehe). As I age, I find myself gettin less OCD about different tasks I have to do. Too much of my life was spent striving for perfection. In the process, I probably lost out at a lot of good times. Life is just to short (at my age), to worry about such mundane things as the laundry getting perfectly washed. Besides, it really is a lot MORE FUN, listening to the girls doing it for me!

Ladies Only!

Today is Ladies Day! We three are going to get pampered with manicures and pedicures! I have never had a pedicure. It sounds LOVELY! To bad we can't spend an entire day at a spa. Maybe someday.