I'm Calling My Granma!

Randomness With Pictures

It is 2:00 PM

It is 95* with a heat index of 107* out side today!

I am not leaving the house.

I went to the garden this morning and nearly had a heat stroke.

This is my FIL, Clemon H. Griffis

He had a quadruple By Pass done on Monday.

He is doing well and they had him up walking yesterday.

He will go to a Rehab place for a few days when

he is released from the hospital on Monday.

The 3 Arlene's

My Mother, Janice Arlene

Me, Gigi Arlene

And my niece, Amelia Arlene

I also have a Great Aunt, Betty Arlene

She has a daughter Becky Arlene

And also several cousins with the name Arlene.

I don't think that any one of us even go by the name

it's just our middle name.

When the Sweetheart and I were on vacation back in May

I called to talk to the oldest GRAND~girl.

I asked her what she wanted me to bring her from Michigan.

She thought about it a minute and said,

"I believe I want some 'Beef Jerky'"

I'm, like, "are you sure"?

She said "yes".

So that is what we brought her along

with a couple of summer dresses.

As you can see I still have that beef jerky.

She doesn't like beef jerky??

I asked her, "then why did you want me to bring you some?"
She didn't know.

So into the food storage it goes.

This is how the Sweetheart enjoys the beach.

What EVER!

More cake, yum!

A friend celebrated her 40th birthday last month and this was her cake!

Different but good.

Nip Tuck

This is a dog on drugs.

Bentley had a few things removed this past week.

His dewclaws and his manhood.

But look at that cute ear standing at attention.

The Sweetheart thinks maybe we should

have had that thing taken care of but it's my favorite thing about him.

He was a little silly acting.

He's feeling a lot better.

That's A Big Ugh!

The season officially starts today June 1, 2010 and will end on November 30, 2010.

On Thursday, NOAA released its annual hurricane season outlook in a press release. Like other U.S. weather forecasters, NOAA is calling for a very active 2010 hurricane season, and one that could be the most intense since the 2005 season, that produced 28 storms including Hurricane Katrina.

Fun Facts

A Fun Fact for Each State

ALABAMA ... Was the first place to have 9-1-1, started in 1968.

ALASKA ... One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.

ARIZONA ... Is the only state in the continental U.S. that doesn't follow Daylight Savings Time.

ARKANSAS ... Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S.

CALIFORNIA ... Its economy is so large that if it were a country, it would rank seventh in the entire world.

COLORADO ... In 1976 it became the only state to turn down the Olympics.

CONNECTICUT ... The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University.

DELAWARE ... Has more scientists and engineers than any other state.

FLORIDA ... At 759 square miles, Jacksonville is the U.S.'s largest city. Also has the longest shoreline in the US - 8,426 miles of saltwater shoreline.

GEORGIA ... It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola. Is also the largest state east of the Mississippi.

HAWAII .. Hawaiians live, on average, five years longer than residents in any other state.

IDAHO ... TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.

ILLINOIS ... The Chicago River is dyed green every St.Patrick's Day

INDIANA .... Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which get a half million letters to Santa every year.

IOWA ... Winnebago's get their name from Winnebago County. Also, it is the only state that begins with two vowels.

KANSAS ... Liberal, Kansas, has an exact replica of the house in The Wizard of Oz.

KENTUCKY ... Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath Fort Knox.

LOUISIANA ... Has parishes instead of counties because they were originally Spanish church units.

MAINE ... It's so big, it covers as many square miles as the other five New England states combined.

MARYLAND ... The Ouija board was created in Baltimore in 1892.

MASSACHUSETTS ... The Fig Newton is named after Newton, Massachusetts.

MICHIGAN ... Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food capitol of the world. Has the longest

freshwater shoreline in the US - 3,288 miles.

MINNESOTA ... Bloomington's Mall of America is so big, if you spent 10 minutes in each store, you'd be there nearly four days.

MISSISSIPPI ... President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear here ... that's how the teddy bear got its name.

MISSOURI ... Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.

MONTANA ... A sapphire from Montana is in the Crown Jewels of England.

NEVADA... has the only complete skeleton of an Ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile measuring 55 feet.

NEBRASKA ... More triplets are born here than in any other state.

NEW HAMPSHIRE ... Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in 1938 by Earl Tupper.

NEW JERSEY ... Has the most shopping malls in one area in the world.

NEW MEXICO ... Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest fire here.

NEW YORK ... Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch, started in 1747 in Montauk.

NORTH CAROLINA ... Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.

NORTH DAKOTA ... Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact geographic center of North America.

OHIO ... The hot dog was invented here in 1900.

OKLAHOMA ... The grounds of the state capital are covered by operating oil wells.

OREGON ... Has the most ghost towns in the country.

PENNSYLVANIA ... The smiley, :) was first used in 1980 by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University.

RHODE ISLAND ... The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse Tavern, opened here in 1673

SOUTH CAROLINA ... Sumter County is home to the world's largest ginkgo farm.

SOUTH DAKOTA ... Is the only state that's never had an earthquake.

TENNESSEE ... Nashville's Grand Ole Opry is the longest running live radio show in the world.

TEXAS ... Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco back in 1885.

UTAH ... The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened here in 1952.

VERMONT ... Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald's.

VIRGINIA ... Home of the world's largest office building ... the Pentagon.

WASHINGTON ... Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state.

WASHINGTON D.C. .... Was the first planned capital in the world.

WEST VIRGINIA ... Had the world's first brick paved street, Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.

WISCONSIN ... The ice cream sundae was invented here in 1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from being sold on Sundays.

WYOMING ... Was the first state to allow women to vote.

Love Tree

St. Augustine Love Tree

An oak tree that is totally wrapped around a palm tree,

now if that's not love I don't know what is.

It is believe that if a couple KISSES under the tree their LOVE last forever.

Try These

if you wish to clear your sinuses!

Umm...What??

Last night at the Taco Bell drive through the young 20 something year old handed me my order and said,

"Thank you Sugar, have a good night."

I took a double take and he had already walked away from the window.

I drove off laughing and thought,

He didn't look a thing like Flo!

Blustery Day

Just in case you were wondering, it's cold today.

Thanks to Ida.

She only left us with a few days of rain.

I thought you might like to know that it is 55* out side and the wind is blowing 13 mph with gusts up to 17 mph.

I know you are shocked! Try and soak it in will ya.

But no worry, Saturday is going to be back up to 81*

I can go back to complaining again.

It feels really nice.

Saturday~Photo~Hunter

This Weeks Theme: Orange

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Random Afterthoungts

Just want to start off by thanking you all for your comforting words at the loss of my aunt. I will attend her funeral tomorrow with the Sweetheart, my parents and my siblings that live on the east coast.

Long ride ahead.

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Shelby took the news about

Cooper pretty good.

I'll tell you about it one day :)

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!!!Good News!!!

Officer Josh Bain was released for full duty!!

He is really looking forward to going back to work!

How blessed he is.

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Maybe I'm the last to know about this site for the Rednecks in your life or maybe you didn't know about it either????

When you are to RED for Myspace or Facebook you turn to "Camospace."

I'm not kidding, check it out.

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Fantsy Pants Award

Connie gave me this award.

This award is called "Fantsy Pants." It's an award for "dedicated bloggers who love to blog and encourage friendships through blogging." State why you love blogging and pass it on.

Thank you Connie!

I started blogging because my cute niece Tara though I'd be good at it and helped me get it up and going. At the time I though that it would be a good way to keep the parents and siblings and other family member's up on the comings and goings of the Griffis household. And looked at it as an online journal. Since then it has turned into a way to share my pictures and other parts of my life too. I enjoy all the blogging friendships that I have made through blogging.Thank you for visiting each day and for the comments and encouragement that you leave each day. Thank you for the things I learn from each of you. I will pass this on to:

DAWN in Austin

DEVRI of The NAULA Tribe

JAN of Crazy Lady on Road 80.

She also has another blog that is

wonderfully informative.

I call it Give a Hoot.

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I got this cute Tea Towel

form Sarah Lulu!

She lives in Australia.

She's a first time Grandmother

to little Matilda.

Thank you Sarah Lulu,

you know I love it :)

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And last but not least I had a visitor last week.

I love turtles.

When we were growing up my daddy would bring them home when he found them on the road. We would play with them for a day or so and then they would crawl away. It brought back some of those fun memories.

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Now go and Make it a

Great Day!

Friday Shoot Out

Friday Shoot Out's Theme this week is Random

Last week we were making a delivery in Savannah.

Why use the GPS when you can get the Royal Nephews to show you the way. Oldest nephew says,"when you go over the this hill be prepared to see something really big!" I had no idea what to get prepared for but I was trying really hard to be ready to be 'WOWed'!

We get over the hill and he says, 'TA DA"!

He was right this was really big!

So big that I put in the telephone pole so you could see it in comparison.
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So how's that for Random?
Pretty good huh?

When I was on my class photography field trip and suppose to be taking pictures of Skyler, I couldn't help but watch this couple and their photographer taking pictures.
So I took one too.
I was actually feeling very sorry for the photographer because he was losing light so fast.

I thought this was pretty random.
Ever seen the Zoo Keeper feed the snakes?
Cool!

I took this picture of Lovely Lane Chapel last week when I was taking pictures for the Water Challenge. Who knew I would need it this week for Random?

Still not sure what this is?
found it on the beach last week.

Did I show you what I got for Mother's Day? Before you get to feeling sorry for me that it wasn't something all girly, I picked it out! All the sweetheart had to do was pay for it.

It's an awesome wheelbarrow. When it is like this you can just rake up what ever and then roll it away. I've even given the GRAND~girls rides in it. Because of the big tires it is so easy to use. Need one? Check it out.

This is a Cedar Tree.

So big that I had to take it in two pictures.

Top half, not such a great picture.

Just one table at the farmers market.

Do you know what that green stuff is on the first row?

That's okra!

Yummy, anyway you cook it. If you like okra you must be southern.

Latest victim of the swine flu!
I don't have to tell you who he caught it from, do I!

Saturday~Photo~Hunter

This weeks theme:

April 25: Protect(ion)

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May 2~Next weeks theme: Walking

Darien Police Officer: Josh Bain Jr.

An umbrella or parasol is a canopy

designed to protect against

precipitation or sunlight.

A daddy's arms!

Last week click here: Purple

randomness

Budding photographer

Sand Angel

Boss of the Family

(They are usually buried in the sand so no one notices how long they are)

I'm flying Shelby's kite

in celebration of Barbies Birthday.

Barbie 2009

No Real Reason

Youngstown Steel Kitchens by Mullins, 1949

Photo Friday

Why don't men wear hats like

this anymore? These are

just so handsome looking.

Weekend

Photo Friday

Which is the real leg and which is the

fake one?? Can you tell, can you tell???

This is the first time he has walked into our house since July! By the time he got to his chair though he was worn out. He's just weak from not walking. He's doing great and still going to P/T twice a week and that is really helping him to learn to walk again. Hopefully he can shed that walker in a few weeks. He walked all the way into the Lab today for blood work. I was so proud for him.

Changing the subject, we have been at odds about that gray goat on his face. It's driving me crazy. He says he'll cut it when he kills a deer. With his luck that could be 2012 and it'll be down to his waist like ZZ Top. I'm trying to have patients but it's hard.

I show you this picture so that you can see my new wall color. It's Sherman Williams Restrained Gold. Sistah Carla and DIL Jordan picked it out. It's different. It's growing on us slowly. I'll show you a before and after sometime next week.

Oh and what a cute little girl in the picture too. I asked her yesterday where her daddy was and she said 'huntin', clear as day. We had to bribe her out of the dress up tutu so they could go to the fair Wednesday afternoon.

My FIL.

No real reason for this picture. Just thought I'd share. Happy Friday and have a great weekend!