I'm much too tired to make a proper blog, so I'll just post these pics of my son's family in Colorado... six from their camping trip, three of their 4th of July tattoos, a hailstorm they had a few days ago,  their new house from the back, my granddaughter in their flower garden, wild bunny at camp, and my youngest grandson at Space Camp.

My little granddaughter just celebrated her fourth birthday yesterday, and I have the pics to prove it.

 

She of course woke up while they were decorating her room.

Big brother made pancakes for everyone... 7 people since my son's inlaws were visiting.

 

Mmm good!

 

Off to build a dog and her puppy... Diamond and Jewel.

Getting Diamond all ready.

Filling out the adoption papers with mom.

What a nice Princess cake!

But I'm the real Princess!

 

Somewhere between the dog and the cake, they ate at the Olive Garden.  The birthday girl had her favorite Seafood Alfredo (shrimp and scallops), and enjoyed it when the waiters and waitresses sang a song for her.  Then later after the cake and ice cream, there were gifts to open, including a humongous wooden doll house.  No pics of those, they were on video.

I can't believe she's growing up so fast!

 

 

I just made a blog yesterday, and now I'm making another one.  Two days in a row is unheard of for me.

 

I saw this on JRS's blog, and she saw it on Jane Chu's.  At first I thought it was a game, but evidently not.  The only reason I can even do it is because I now have a digital camera.  The hearts are a feeble attempt at making it look like a valentine.  :)

 

Write:

1) Name / Username
2) Right or left handed?
3) Favorite letters to write
4) Least favorite letters to write
5) "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
6) Tag 5 contacts

Take a picture and post.

 

 

I was cleaning out some old emails when I ran across this one from a female poster that use to hang out here.  She left about 3 or 4 years ago, but I still get an occasional email from her.  Anyway, this one was dated February 13, 2003... 6 years ago to the day.  I have no idea what I had said, but everything below this is her reply:

 

Oh of
course Mark is bigger than that. Cause as you said you
jumped him and he was pretty level headed about
the matter. Now I know his job could never be
easy........but the thought of scrapping the mb.....no
matter how fleeting, has me twitching. He better not
even joke about it. It's our only way to be close to
Jet. I could just see me now (after Mark scraps the
MB) bursting into Jet's place.......brushing Jet aside
with my right hand.

 

Jet: "Wha.......what the......."

By now I rush over to Mark and wrap my ten fingers
around his throat and start sqeezing for dear
life.....his that is......

 

Jet: "Mark didn't I tell you
to keep personal life to your self and away from my
property and family!!!!"

 

Meanwhile poor Mark is
turning blue from lack of oxygen and his body is
slumping to the floor.

 

Jet continues....."How dare you
let one of your hoochie mothers follow you unto my
premises!!!"

 

By now Mark is on the floor and only the
white of his eyes are visible and his fingers are
twitching ever so slightly. Jet walks over to us and
while I'm looming over Mark's almost lifeless body Jet
hovers over me and says....

 

"Miss, I would appreciate it
if you.....dont do that again".

 

Bwhahahahaha! <-------- (her's  )

 

(I miss her!)

 

 

Last night I took my oldest son out for his birthday.   He had his choice of restaurants, I was buying, but he picked The Lone Star Steak restaurant because he had a coupon he got online for a free  dinner up to $14.99, so we decided to meet there at 5:20.

 

The evening started off badly when I drove thru the McDonald's window and couldn't find the speaker box. There was nobody at the first window, and when I pulled up to the second window, a young girl looked at me surprised and asked if she could help me. I said I guess I missed the place to order, and she said it was back around the other side (the two I normally drive thru have them on the same side as the windows). I said, "Sorry. I'd like a half dozen choc chip cookies in a box, and two bags of three." She said, "So you want a dozen... that will be $4, but for $3.99 you can get 13." I said great, put the extra cookie in the box. The box was for my son, the others were for me.

I met my son at the Lone Star at 5:20, and after we were seated. he gave the waitress his copy of the $14.99 free dinner he had signed up for online, when she took our drink order. He ordered the $14.99 beef medallions/shrimp combo with a baked sweet potato, and a Caesar salad, and I ordered the $14.99 beef medallions on Texas rice, baked potato, and garden salad w/French dressing. She brought a little loaf of pumpernickel bread with the salads and Cokes. I didn't eat the Texas rice...it was brown with peas and raw mushhrooms in it, and I hate peas. The baked potato was one of the best I've had in ages, and the beef was perfect for med. rare. When I took a bite of the last piece (the biggest one), it was sooo briny I had to spit it out. Gah! And I'm a salt eater!

Naturally our waitress was nowhere to be found. It was 6:15 and the movie started at 6:40 in a completely diff area. I finally stopped another waitress and asked if she could please send our waitress over right away... I figured they could get me another medallion pretty quick. She never ever came, so after waiting 15 minutes, I asked another waitress if she could call the manager. It didn't take long for the soft spoken very pregnant manager to appear at our booth, and when I explained the problem, she asked if she could get me another dinner, and I said we're going to the Maumee Cinema and the movie starts in 8 minutes. She said she would adjust the bill, and I said my son gave the waitress a free coupon for his dinner, so she said "Then you're free to go, and we're sorry this happened". My son son said what about the Cokes, and she said "No problem, they're on the house." I thought that was very nice, because I would've been happy just to have a few bucks knocked off my dinner. My son laid two bills on the table, and we left. I told him I didn't think the waitress deserved $2, and he said he left $6.

As we rushed over to the cinema, I was telling my son that I was going to try to use a Visa card that I haven't used in a year, just to see if it was still good, because I heard on TV that even if you don't like one of your credit card companies, you should still use the card occasionally or it might not look good on your credit report.  As we hurried up to the cashier, of course 2 other couples came right behind us. I handed the guy the card and told him it might not work because I hadn't used it in a year, and sure enough, it was DECLINED. Then I had to nervously fish around in my purse to find my Mastercard card, and as I handed it to him, I said I KNOW this one will work. So all we missed were the advertisements and trailers, and my son LOVED it (Tropical Thunder). We both agreed that Tom Cruise was the funniest thing in it!  lol 

So on the way back to my car my son said when he and his wife get a new card from their existing credit card company it has a sticker with a phone number that you have to call to activate the card. THEN I remembered (Alzheimer's!) getting a new card in the mail a long time ago and peeling the little sticker off (without calling the number) so if I lost it, or my purse got stolen, nobody could activate it, but I have NO idea what I did with it. I suppose I could call them and say I lost the activation number last year and was just getting around to asking them what I should do so I can use the card again. Really.   Anyway, I had started my car and my son was just getting in his car when I yelled at him. I had forgotten to give him his card (with his birthday check). On the front of the card there was a beautiful model in a bikini, and underneath was written, "She wants to rip your clothes off!" Then inside it said, "So she can give you some that are coordinated."  We never give serious cards in our family... they're so boring. *wink*

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