Two pictures

Two of my husband's aunts.

James and Aunt Judy

James and Aunt Alice

Heat Wave!?!

Getting prepared for the next round of heat wave. Air on full blast... Cooling before the heating. Cookie baking tomorrow and meal prep that takes heat. Crock pots ready to go. Cool meals... Well I don't know. Maybe diet time.
I have my meals planned and I am going to start tonight. I do not want to heat the house any more than I have to.
Tomorrow I plan to get all house work done... run to the library and get some good books to read. Get some cross-stitch or some sewing things. It is going to be a long hot week!... This is suppose to start Sunday at 7 a.m. and go through Friday 7 p.m. I will not be on the computer any more than I have to be.
I guess I should go change some of the water in the pond for the fish. If it gets that hot they could die... don't want to loose any of them. Hopefully Rachel's game Wednesday will get cancelled due to heat.

Have a great week... stay cool... stay safe....

We went on our vacation 1

This past week we took a weeks vacation to Tennessee. We had a really great time. Only thing that could have made it better if some of the grandchildren were with us.
Lara, my hubby and I started off by going to the Monkees concert with my sister and our son-in-law, Chris.
The morning after Chris took off for Germany and we headed back home with Lara and my sister.
The next day we just lazy around and got prepared for the trip. Off we went. First we stopped at Cathy and Darrell's house. Lara stayed the night there while we headed to a hotel up the road. The next morning we went back and picked Lara up.
Our next stop was at our son's house. Visited for 2 days there. Then we headed to my husband's sister's house. We visited them 2 days and then we headed to Pigeon Forge. Stayed a night there. Then we went back to Knoxville and visited two of my husband's aunts. I had never met the one, and the other we have not seen in too many years.
My husband's one cousin had had a stroke, but seemed to be doing well. His other cousin (we visited) is in stage 4 lung cancer. It is in her liver and brain now.
We took off from there and headed back to Darrell and Cathy's place. We stayed the night there as we were going to a Stampin Up party. It was really fun and I learned techniques I thought were going to be hard. Thanks Cathy. I really enjoyed the party.
After the party we packed up and headed home.
Lara stayed the night, visited her grandma (my mom) the next morning and then my wonderful husband took her home.
When will the next trip be?
Hard telling. My uncle is very ill and not expected to last much longer and we plan to go to my husband's cousin's funeral when the time comes.
Not a good way to end a great trip, but life is not always fair.

Weather

It seems to be a little cooler today. Only 77 right now. Wonder if we will get storms or not. The girls had games last night. I did not go because it was soooo hot. I don't know why they didn't cancel those games. Oh well they survived and they are over.
Can't complain too much as winter will be here soon and we will be wishing for warm weather.

TSA

Okay someone got through security with a stungun, however small children are being sexual abused by these people and old women strip searched because they are wearing a depend diaper... I think this is a crock and we should do away with TSA screening. They pick on children, old people, and people whose plane doesn't come in and have to be transferred to a different airline. I just wonder who it was that carried that stungun onto the plane... a friend of a TSA person?

TOO HOT!

It is just too hot to do anything. The air conditioners are going full blast. Sure hope we get a break soon. I need to get out in my garden to do some much needed work.

Vacation

We are home once again. Visited many relatives. Some we haven't seen in too many years, others we see each time we go.
Our one grandson will be graduating from high school this coming school year. He is growing into a wonderful young man. Of course we share the passion of family history.
I met an aunt of my husband's that I have never met before. She was so funny. Loved meeting her. She has many stories to tell. I can't wait to go back and hear them.
I am so lucky to have a wonderful family. I will post a few of the pictures of the grandchildren on here soon. Still trying to get motivated after the trip.

More Monkees

This is all the pictures I am going to post of the Monkee's concert. Hope you enjoy them.
I will be posting vacation pictures in a few days. Have too much laundry to do.

Need a vacation...

I need a vacation to recoup from our vacation. Will write and post pictures in a few days.

More pictures...

I will be posting more pictures tomorrow of the Monkee Concert. Check back.

Those Monkees can still ROCK!!!!!

Wow those Monkees can still rock. I found myself, and most of the crowd, singing right along with them. This concert was well worth the wait.
These guys are true entertainers.

Hey Hey We're the Monkees....

Hey Hey We're the Monkees.... Taking my sister to the Monkees Concert. Heart be still.
My daughter and her husband are taking me (and my "poor" husband) as my mother's day (father's day) gift and I am taking my sister.

Davy Jones is from our mother land, Can't wait to hear that accent...
Of course I loved Mickey... gotta love those drummers.

When my daughter wanted to know if I would love to go to the concert, since I "forced" them to listen to that "old" music (that they now love) while riding in the car... My response to her was, "The Monkees are my NSYNC of your generation."

So look out Monkees, I will be sitting in the audience with all the "old" gals that loved you then and still love you today.
I think I will play the Monkee CD all the way there and maybe all the way home... LOL

Transplanting.

I am looking up information about transplanting plants. I want to change the layout of my garden.
I have moved some of the plants before. They did survive. I think I will be okay as long as I use some of the rooting solution to help them and then keep them well watered until we get into a rainy season again.
I may even try putting them in the refrigerator for a few weeks so they will think they have wintered over. I have read that this can work.
Maybe I will do both. See which one will do the best.

two hours

I just spent 2 hours in the garden. It does look lots better. Wish my garden guy would come by this year. I think my husband scared him off when you reminded him that he owed him money for his habits.(drinking) We are willing to let him work it off, however we have not seen him for some time now.
Maybe he found a "real" job.

Hot and....

Hot and muggy... that is the weather forecast. Wish it would just be clear and pleasant. Off to work in the garden.

Save the date...

I need to get the save this date cards out to people this week or weekend. Lara has given me a date for the baby shower ~ August 20, 2011. Now I need to start the planning phase.
Boy does it come in handy having a sister who has already given a baby shower. It has been too many years ago for me to remember. Rachel's is the last one I gave. Marianne gave Casi's. So I will once again claim the "grandma" clause and schedule this one.
Time to start finding some great ideas for showers.
I have asked Chris' mother to help with the shower. I think she will enjoy being involved it.
So family, save this date.

Fireworks....

The 4th of July is approaching quickly. I know my son-in-law will be out of the country. We maybe out-of-state. My granddaughters have ball games and life goes on.
We were discussing where to go to see a really great show. A few years ago we went to Arthur to watch the fire works.
Any suggestions?

Pat Downs....

I believe we as Americans are stupid for allowing our government make us look like a bunch of limp rags. No guts!
The terrorist groups love our FEAR of them. This is what they live on.
I have also noted that there seems to be some racial bias going on. Has any one noticed that most of the people getting these "Sexual assault" pat downs are white by black agents?
Humm I am not a racist, however I believe it is time we take a look at our laws and see just how unfair they really are. Do you think a white agent would get by with this "sexual assult" of a black child or an elderly black lady?

Selma

Mother has wanted a stone for Selma, her sister, for many years. We went and ordered one two weeks ago.
The cemetery called today and wanted to know where Selma is buried as their records burned up in a fire many years ago. The only records they have are the ones current and that they have gone out and recorded themselves.
As a person who loves family history this fact saddens me.
The person at the cemetery said they found it odd that someone would want to place a stone for someone who had been deceased so long... one hundred years...
I explained to them that this is my mother's sister, whom she never met. That her mother had always wanted to have a stone for her, but could not remember the dates, too painful... Selma was only three when she passed... so mother made this one of her goals in life. So now Selma has a stone being placed...an this makes me happy.
I have told mother every Memorial Day, as we visit each cemetery and place flowers, that I wanted her to leave money in her will for Selma a stone. That I would make sure it was made and placed.
Mom decided she wanted to do it this year. So we did. And now Aunt Selma will be recognized as a living person.

Blog each day?

My goal was to post one post each day this year.... well I have not kept that goal.... So do I want to try and make up for it or just chalk it up to one of those things?

I think I will work on having the amount of post I need to make that one each day.

Now let's see how many of them will get read.

Thinking.....

Thinking.... I know Lara loves sugar cream pies.... wonder if she would like a sugar cream tasting custard?

Good Memories.... Knowles and the 4th of July

I have such great memories of my father's family and the 4th of July. We would all head to the GAO Grotto for a fun filled afternoon of corn on the cob, chicken on the grill and other sides; games, games and more games; swimming and skiing; visiting with the family. We would go home and have dinner and then go back for an evening of fireworks. Grandma loved those fireworks, except the boom ones. We would sit on the blankets, my cousins, sisters and me, and our parents sat in their lawn chairs. The ground display was fabulous, as was the air show.
I don't think it was just the fireworks that brings such wonderful memories, I think it was the family and spending time with them.