Calling Me

Fresh air and sunshine.

Are calling me here.

To sit awhile.

And enjoy the view.

It's only a 12 mile ride.

I'll be there soon.

Cha~Ching!

I think that when you find money in the

washer or dryer that it is your little reward for doing the laundry?

Smile!

Normal Person?

The Bathtub Test

During a visit to the mental asylum, I asked the director how do you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized.

"Well," said the director, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub."

"Oh, I understand," I said "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup."

"No." said the director, "A normal person would pull the plug.

Do you want a bed near the window?"

Snuggies for Seniors

Kristina is doing a great fundraiser!

Check out her blog and see if you can help too.

You can also click on the above picture

to take you right to the donation page!

Remember this snuggie?

I never made it.

When Boo Dog is cold he just uses his daddy's, the Sweetheart's Snuggie.

And as much as he loves his Snuggie,

and she loves her Snuggie!

Don't you know how much Seniors would love to have their own.

So if there is any way you could help Kristina with her fundraiser

then PLEASE Do!

Redneck Seafood Dinner

I'm still laughing about this picture.

By brother just sent this in an email.

I just love it!!!

Where's Waldo?

Or may be it's "I Spy".

"I Spy" a baseball.

Can you?

Let's go big.

"I Spy" an ironing board.

I'm not sure you can even get up the steps.

Look there is a paper towel holder right there on the 2nd step.

Well if you saw something that you have been looking for for years, then I think you should call and see if they would ship it to you.

I've been past this porch a few times in the last few months.

I always go by when they are closed.

A few week ends ago as I passed it I told the Sweetheart that if we came back this way on our way home, that I want to snap a few pictures.

How do they keep people from walking off with their stuff.

One man's trash another man's treasure?

Collin's, GA.

Population 552

March 1st, 2004

Six years ago today we were at UAB,

University of Alabama Birmingham Health System.

A male nurse stood between the Sweetheart and I and told this joke:

"If a man and a woman are married in Alabama,

move to California and get divorced,

are they still brother and sister?"

The sweetheart laughed.

He's never forgotten that joke,

he tells it to me at least twice a year.

He still chuckles.

The nurse also told us about the big breakfast he had just eaten, knowing that we hadn't had any.

It sounded so good.

I also remember asking him if I could please get up and go to the potty,

he was sweet enough to let me.

When I came back, I remember giving my Sweetheart a kiss

before I got back on my operating room table.

We held hands and answered all the usual questions.

It wasn't long before we went our separate ways.

Him to one operating room, me to another.

For a girl who has always been afraid of going to the doctors and scared of pain,

I was surprisingly calm.

I wasn't scared at all.

I was actually excited!

Excited to get it over with and to get on with living.

The Sweetheart had been going to kidney dialysis 3 days a week for 18 months.

I would drop him off at 6 a.m. and go to the church and teach early morning seminary to the high school youth.

Then I would leave and go home and study for the next days lesson.

Then at 11:30 I would go back and pick the Sweetheart up and take him to work.

He only missed a few days of work while he was on dialysis.

I really don't know how he did it.

So on March 1st, 2004

I gave him one of my healthy kidneys.

The surgery was a success and the minute they attached my kidney to his bladder it started working and has been working normal and wonderful ever since.

Not one bad report in all these six years.
What a miracle!
He has been blessed with many.

Our family has been blessed.

And yes, we've gotten on with living!

(I wrote about the first part of this story last year in this post. I'm finally getting around to writing the next part of the story)

We are celebrating our 6 years tonight

with our children and GRAND~girls.

I'm cooking a special dinner.
Shelby picked the menu :

Ham,

Gigi's best mashed potatoes ever,

and chocolate fudge cake.

I think I had better throw in a few vegetables.

So celebrate with us and make yourself some chocolate fudge cake too.

(I don't know that I've ever made one before so I had better find a recipe quick. Do you have a good recipe for one, please share it with me.)

February?

Can someone tell me what happened to the month of February??

Where did it go??

Well since tomorrow starts the month of March

Here is a little list of things to look forward to.

Party On!

American Red Cross Month
Colorectal Cancer awareness month
Fire Prevention Month (The Philippines)
Women's History Month (United States)
The wearing of a Martenitsa in Bulgaria and Mărţişor in Romania, March 1
Saint David's Day, March 1
National Reading Day (United States), March 2
Texas Independence Day, March 2: State holiday in Texas, United States
Mardi Gras (February 3 to March 9 in regular years, February 4 to March 9 in leap years)
Ash Wednesday (February 4 to March 10 in regular years, February 5 to March 10 in leap years)
World Maths Day, the 1st Wednesday in March
International Women's Day, March 8
Pluto Planet Day (New Mexico), March 13 (discussed here)
White Day(Asia), March 14
Pi Day, March 14
Save a Spider Day, March 14
The Ides of March, the anniversary of the assassination of Julius Caesar by Brutus, Cassius, Casca and others (March 15)
Anniversary of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution, March 15
Saint Patrick's Day, March 17
Saint Joseph's Day, March 19
The equinox, named the vernal or spring equinox in the northern hemisphere and the autumnal equinox in the southern hemisphere, occurs on dates varying from March 19 to March 21 (in UTC)
Nowruz: New Year's Day in Iran and several other countries; also a holiday in Turkey and Central Asian countries as well, celebrated on the day of the equinox
Good Friday, a Friday between March 20 and April 23, being the last Friday before Easter
Human Rights' Day (South Africa), March 21
Easter, the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21, sometimes in April
World Water Day, March 22
Pakistan Day, March 23
Day of Polish-Hungarian Friendship, March 23
Annunciation, March 25
Celebration of the Greek War of Independence, March 25, 1821
Last day of Japanese fiscal year and school calendar, March 31. Hanami, the traditional Japanese custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, starts around this time of the year.
Prince Kūhiō Day, March 26: state holiday in the State of Hawaii, United States
Bangladeshi Independence Day, March 26, 1971

Class Models

First field trip with my "Photographing Children" class.

Such cute kiddo's!

3 Times The Trouble

Puppy Update

Bentley aka Boo Dog 16lbs 7 oz (doubled his weight in a month)

Next is Dawson weighing in at 11 lbs

Walgrin weighs 12 lbs.

Less Than A Week

Just like new.

Orca

Dawn Brancheau, the whale trainer was killed on Wednesday.

And I can't quit thinking about it.

It is so sad.

We were just there at Sea World Orlando a month ago.

We went to see "Believe"

That is the killer whale show.

The Matriarch of the Pod was just not in the mood.

They tried and tried to get her to preform.

She wasn't playing that day.

In fact the past two times we've been there

the whales didn't play.

They tried for over 30 minutes.

That's Mother Nature they told us.

This is not the trainer that was killed.

She did get a few of the younger Whales to show their tricks.

What an amazing thing to watch these

beautiful creatures in captivity.

Something I have always taken for granted.

Again, just so sad.

How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?

My Mama and Daddy used to sing this song to me and my siblings.

It's always been a favorite of mine.

And when I hear it I can sing most all the words.

I've been singing it to the GRAND~girls lately.

I picked up the oldest one from school today and

from the back seat she had a request.

"Gigi will you sing me the doggie in the window, please?"

Well, when you say please!

And by all means it has to be Patti Page singing!

Tail Light Tape

My BIL backed into the Sweetheart's truck with the company dump truck.

You take out the old light out and take it into Wal-mart.

You buy another bulb just like the one you took out of the truck.

And you also buy some red Tail Light Tape.

Who knew they had such a thing??

Not I.

But the Sweetheart did.

So once you put the new bulb in, then you just tape up the hole with

the wonderful Tail Light Tape until it looks like this!

Ta-Da!!

Fixed until you can get it really fixed!!