Posted in family, holiday on 30 April 2008 | 12 Comments »
My daughter “Jujubee” Jenny is 30 another year older today. Saturday, Miss Madeline turned 3. I just want to wish them both Happy Birthdays and let them both know that they are the two most beautiful young ladies in the whole, entire world and I love them with all my heart and soul.
Read Full Post »
Posted in family on 29 April 2008 | 11 Comments »
Ten years ago today, my father died. It’s very, very hard for me to believe that it has been ten whole years that I’ve been rattling around in this world without listening to his jokes or seeing his handsome face.
One of my favorite things in the whole world was watching my dad being all [...]
Read Full Post »
So the other day I was walking around the yard with my camera, taking pictures of my tulips. The orange and yellow ones, at least. I thought a nice Spring flower picture would cheer up the look of the old blog. Well, of course I never got around to getting the pictures [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in family, humor, irony, travel, work on 26 April 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m so excited. Last night was the first time this year that I was able to go to sleep with the windows open and oh my goodness, I love that so much! I woke up with the early morning sun shining in my face, the birds singing and the sweet smells of freshly [...]
Read Full Post »
≈You probably aren’t going to feel very social today, dear Pisces. In fact, you’re likely to want to work on projects and tasks alone if you can. This actually might be good for you, as you probably need to concentrate on crossing certain things off your list without being distracted. [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in family, music, rant, travel on 22 April 2008 | 14 Comments »
Having traveled to NY to see the kids this past weekend, there are a few things I’ve noticed and feel compelled to share with y’all. Some are personal, some are universal. Any offenses are purely coincidental and (of course) not intentional.
People who drive Dodges are the slowest drivers in the world. No. [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in just regular stuff on 14 April 2008 | 9 Comments »
(click pic for full effect)
Julian
I have to have one of the coolest grandkids in existence. He’s always loved music and we’ve been dancing since before he could walk. He and JuJu lived with us from his birth until Ju “left us” for Mr. JuJu. Ours was and is a musical household. [...]
Read Full Post »
I been totally busy the last few days getting our hurricane aftermath house back in order after making our new living room and the guest room for the grandkids. The little spare room which used to house the monstrous computer desk and all it’s craziness, a single bed, a nightstand, PD’s stereo and a zillion [...]
Read Full Post »
Just out of curiosity, coupled with my own masochistic tendencies, I’m going to try to post a picture using the new WordPress handy, dandy “Add Media” option. This could seriously change my life! Or send me deeper into the depths of depression… ;-) Wish me luck.
Read Full Post »
I think I was on here Friday and was surprised to see the new WordPress design. I vaguely remember thinking WTF, where did this come from? I also thought I was just on the wrong page and I would wake up and it would all go away.
Well, in the mean time there has [...]
Read Full Post »
After searching a few assorted sites under the heading of “On This Day…” I’ve only come up with a couple of things that happened on this day in 1961, particularly. Those two things are as follows:
~ Tad Szulc (d.2001) wrote a front page NY times article on anti-Castro forces training to fight at [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in family, health, humor on 3 April 2008 | 11 Comments »
I’m waiting for a couple more responses to the “two groups” question for the sake of drawing some parallels maybe… but in the mean time, I’ll share this little story.
Bit of background first: You remember the dreaded medication I was on that made me mildly postal AND increased the hot flashes a hundredfold? Well, George, [...]
Read Full Post »