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May 29 Happy Birthday Daddy!Tomorrow will be my Daddy's Birthday.
He thinks it's a real joke that we all fight over which day his bday falls on. I know the real date and he makes me promise to just smile when asked. You see when we were younger it was always easy to remember, because Memorial day fell on the 31st. And his bday was the 30th. Well when they changed the holiday, well everything went to heck! tee hee!! He always says if you can't remember I'm not tellin and that means I don't get older. tee hee
My dad is an amazing man. I look just like him! He was born in France and raised in Brazil. By the time he came to the USA at age 9 he had been through 8 different countries and knew 7 different languages. The only thing he knew in English was Please and ice cream. He worked very hard in school and graduated with honors. He did become a citizen of the USA as well. And when he turned 18 he joined the US Army.
He always says he served with Elvis. It makes him feel cool. But the real story shhhhhhhhhhhh is that He and Elvis were at the same airport once. tee hee ha ha
My father is a work a holic always has been and always will be. At this current time he works two full time jobs and does side jobs on the weekends. I think it's what keeps him going. It drives me crazy!! His passion is cooking. Recently he and his wife remodeled the house. She got to pick out any thing and everything......except the kitchen. He planned it and tweaked it and just made it his own. You can tell it too now that it's done. When he's working in there we have a place to "visit" him without being in the way and maybe lending a hand or two, if he allows us to.
My father is the dad to 7 children, no they are not all his "blood" five are, but the way he loves us all you would never know. His oldest child is 43 and his baby is 22. We older children had friends that called him captain because he demand respect. It was so different with each child and the older he got. He adores his grandchildren. When they walk in his world lights up and everything stops until he gets his hugs, kisses and high fives.
The only thing this man knows is to do for his children, almost to a fault. There is nothing he will not do, if the boys wanna wrestle he joins in. If we are water skiing he'll join in. If he's not working and there you can guarantee that he will join in. And you should see him DANCE! HOLY COW he's an amazing dancer!
I love him. I adore him. I respect him. He is my daddy!
I love you Daddy, Happy 69th birthday... may the days ahead of you be as busy as you wish!
Isn't he so cute!!
 (photo taken just after he zip lined through the jungle this past spring). He has always wanted to skydive and his wife will not allow it. I wanted to give him that gift and the brothers said, oh no it will start a war. tee hee ha haSo I don't know what to give him.
May 28 (updated) Fingers Crossed Please.....Guess what I did...... tee hee ha ha
I applied to adopt a rescue dog. YEAH!! Oh I so hope that she is able to be a member of our family. She is so beautiful!! She is actually in prison right now, yes a human prison learning all her basic commands and manners. She is to be released from the program in June. Oh man I hope that she gets to come home to me then!!
So if you could just keep your fingers crossed that this all goes through, I'd so appreciate it. Once I've gotten some word from the rescue I'll post some photos of her.
It's crazy, you can totally fall in love with someone and never have met them....
I'm trying to not get my hopes up but man it's hard!
I don't see any reason why our application wouldn't be approved, but you still worry. Silly I know.
Since our girl passed on Christmas day 2008 our house seems so empty. I can not wait to meet her!
O.K. so still trying to keep my hopes in check, ya that's not really working out for me is it?
Hopefully I'll have some good news soon!!!
xoxo    Update: well I just got an email. It looks like another family is going to get her. I'm crushed.
I don't understand how that can be when I talked to one of the workers last night she clearly stated no one was asking about her. But then the boss emails me back and said there is another family in the final stages of adopting her. UGH!
I knew I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up. Stupid Me!
But I wanted to let you know so that you can now uncross yourselves so that you don't get stuck like that. I am sure that another lost soul will find it's way to me. Why this dog had my heart from the start, I'm not sure.
Thanks all for your thoughts, and words.
May 27 It's God's Land.Hello All!
Hope that your Memorial Weekend was a fabulous one. And that we all took some time to remember the reason for the day. God Bless em all!
Well Friday I did go out dancin with the girls. FUN!!! Super FUN!! We had a DD which was my friends father which happens to be my boss. It was cool. He thinks we are all super silly and crazy! tee hee ha ha He's not far off!
I was a tired girl with lots of beer in me and decided I didn't want to go into the last stop the girls made. So I stayed in the vehicle with our DD and watched movies. Well about 20 minutes of one and then good night! tee hee ha ha I slept the entire way home too! tee hee ha ha
When I got home I crawled into bed and it was 3:15AM, hubby woke me up to hit the road for up north at 5:30am... UGH!!!!!!! Not enough sleep! Still had the effects of the beer going! WHEW! Not pretty!
But I made it through the day. I did get a few winks of sleep on the way up and laid down again once we got there and got everything unpacked.
We have a neighbor (I'll Call him R) up there that is a vet from Veitn@m. He has always been kind and loving to both hubby and I. He adores my hubby. This weekend he was not nice. There were lots and lots of people up all around us. People that haven't been up in 4+ years were there this past weekend. They had the whole family up there. Probably 5 adults and 8 kids. They were having such a great time... playing ball, Frisbee, games, and etc. the adults played with those kids All weekend long.
At one point they all were playing botchee ball (sp) and R was very restless. And crabby too! He started talking loudly from my yard hoping the family would hear them. He wasn't being nice. Their games sometimes trickled into R's property. R was not happy at all! He started to get up to go yell at them. I told him OH NO YOU ARE NOT! Listen to that laughter, that family has not been up in 4+ years and I've not heard anything but laughter coming from over there leave them be. And you surely aren't going from my property over there to yell at them.
R said: They are disrespecting my property, it's my property and I don't want them there!
I told him it is GOD's land he put them there to grow love as a family and you just pay the bills on the land and want to stop God's work?
He went home. He came back the next day and tried to yell at me and I stopped him before he had a chance.
He's got mental issues, I know that. It does not excuse his behavior with me. I told him that. He didn't like it one bit. I don't care. Everyone in his family treats him like royalty because they are afraid of his temper. I don't play by those rules. Before we left to come home he and hubby had some beers together and talked about how he doesn't get why my hubby allows me to be so sassy, and that he's sorry he made me mad.
Tee hee ha ha ha ha .... "allows me to be sassy" tee hee ha ha
Wake up mister this is 2009 and women speak!
It was a good weekend, great weather, saw some super cool birds that I've not seen before. The hummers were very happy to see us ( they follow hubby everywhere! and he purposely doesn't wear red while there), the flowers were happy to be cleaned of weeds and grass. And a friend planted some potatoes for us in my flower beds (ha).
I hope you are having a great day!
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GO RED WINGS!!
May 20 I'm smiling today!!I've got a smile on my face today and it feels fabulous!! Been a while since I've been able to smile like this. Ya know what I mean where your face and soul feel the same! Glorious I tell ya!
I've been playing in the dirt every night after work and it's been great! My flowers have NEVER looked better. Neighbor guy decided he wanted to kill all his flowers with round up so I yelled at him to stop and I went over there and dug lots more stuff up. I've never agreed with this guy and his thoughts from day one and this was another reason to not like him in my book. UGH!
My hubby thinks that I'm taking God's therapy (workin in the dirt) to an OCD level. tee hee ha ha I just told him you'll love it when I'm done it will look good and there will be less grass to mow. He laughed and said yes, but our water bill will be the size of a years worth of mortgage payments. UGH! MEN!
Today a good friend of mine asked me to lunch. He's coming to pick me up on his Harley for lunch. I'm so excited. Not been able to get my lil scooter out as $ was an issue and I have no insurance on it yet. Hopefully soon though! So that's another thing to smile about.
Hubby and I are going North for the long weekend. I'm not going camping at the Colorado River this year. Kinda bummed about it. But it was the decision I made. I'll go to California's Ocean Beach some time this year instead. If the money is available. So hubby told me last night instead of going up with the traffic Friday night lets leave Saturday morning early. No complaints from me. My girls wanted to all go out dancing that Friday night and my boss (whom is also my friends father) is going to be our DD. It's funny he drops us off at the door and watches dvd's in the parking lot waiting for us. He's so excited when we come out because he loves to hear our stories and laughter and of course he can't live without 6+ girls singing at the top of their lungs all the way home. tee hee ha ha
I hope your day is fantastic and that your soul is smiling!
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WAHOO!! Just got back from a great lunch hour. Spent it on the back of a HD riding around the lakes. It's 80 degrees and that hour just flew by! But it was AWESOME!
Wahoo!
May 18 Take that mr. rototiller!Tee hee ha ha
Well I took another spin on the rototiller and let me tell you I came out victorious! Tee hee ha ha
Friday after work we were forcasted rain. So I hurried home, changed clothes and ran to the rototiller. I had it under control when I did the final spin on the garden. WAHOO!
Got the tomatoes, cukes, peppers and zucchini planted and then it poured rain for the remainder of the night into the morning. Saturday it was still too wet to plant or play out there. I had to help a friend move some furniture. Why is it when women try to do something that involves muscle power we laugh? Seriously we 4 girls must've lifted that couch no less than six times and the roar of laughter erupted each time. Crazy women! Tee hee ha ha
Sunday was beautiful. A wee bit chilly and windy but good enough to plant.
We planted seeds in the garden, Radishes, spinach, onions, kohlrabi and beans.
Flower beds have almost all been weeded and turned over. Got 2 small ones to tend to still, but I'm getting there and I'm very proud of me for doing such good work this year in the dirt.
Last night went by to see sis and lil man. Oh my was he dirty. When it was time for the bath he hollered at me... Aunt Shelly come help me and mom get this dirt off. So I did. It's amazing how fast they grow.
We played and scrubbed and played some more. I was almost as wet as he was. tee hee
I hope you all have a good week and that your gardens are growing beautiful and maybe yummy things. ttfn
May 15 Me: 1 Rototiller: 7I love to garden. I've always loved it. But for the past year or so my mind, and heart just weren't into it. I'd forgotten along the way what it is that I like to do.
I'm making up for lost time now. I've gotta tell you playing in the dirt is God's therapy. Working with living things is just healing. Every day I'm in the dirt pulling weeds, turning soil and loving it. I've moved plants and gave some away. Sometimes I'm even amazed at how much plants reproduce.
I've decided to plant a veggie garden this year as well. It's been 3 years since I've done that. My cousin Jenny was buggin me about us having a garden together since she lives in an apartment. So we are doing it.
So last night we had to rototiller it all up. OMG! That machine was a beast. I don't remember ever getting bucked off from a rototiller before but damn if it didnt' happen to us both last night. It was funny as heck I'll tell ya. Two blondes and this machine! If you didn't have the rear tines buried, well it was taking you across the yard quickly. Of course the hubby told us you two can't handle this and you'll never be able to do it. HA ! WRONG THING TO SAY!! "Don't tell me DON'T!" HA! He even lost control of it a time or two and I almost peed myself laughing so hard. FINALLY, I told him turn the throttle down a bit and lets see if I can handle it. DING DING! It worked like a charm. Don't get me wrong it was still a beast but it was way better. My arms feel like JELLO today. And I have to rototill it one more time tonight. It should be better hopefully! Tee hee!!
We are planting some Tomatoes, peppers, beans, kohlrabi, radishes, zucchini, summer squash, onions, cukes, and maybe some acorn squash as well. MMMMM getting hungry just thinking about it.
I hope you all have a beautiful weekend. Get out there and put your toes in the dirt and relax, it's God's therapy. OH and here's a tip from my mother in law the ultimate gardener, put newspaper down around your plant. Cover with a wee bit of dirt and water well, this will keep the weeds down and hold the moisture in.
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May 11 Brothers and momsWhat a weekend. WHEW!! It was fabulous!
Friday night as my brother from CA was in town for his Great Grandma's funeral (see blog entry 112), we decided to have a "small" get together at my home. Well small turned into big. Tee hee ha ha I cooked my dupa off.
My brother D came over with his wife and 3 kids. It was great this was the first time ever he's been to my home. I was over the moon! Then the lil brothers A and N came over and stayed way late. We played cards, drank some beers and just had a fun night. My brother A is dating a girl Nat. And she sings opera. She will never sing when we ask her for a sample. But just hanging out around the table playing cards she was singing along with the radio... WOW!!!! It's like lil angels roll off her tongue with each note. WOW!!
She was telling me about singing the national anthem for an event at the Palace.
And she said, I so love singing the National Anthem because everybody loves that song. And if you do a good job at it they really cheer for you and get loud and the crowd is alive, You really don't get that in Opera.
Tee hee ha ha ha funny! Can you imagine? Tee hee ha ha. It was hard saying goodbye to my brother from CA. He's very bummed I'm not going camping with them over memorial weekend as I've done for 2 years now. I just am not in a place financially or mentally to do it right now. I do hate when he leaves though.
Mom's day was good. I was to make baked beans. Ummm they weren't my best.... Don't like it when you cook your buttocks off and make something for hours and hours and it's just "o.k." grrr! Oh well .
My hubby's mom had a great day. Her memory is getting worse. So sad. She thinks she already planted her garden and the critters ate it. Dad says let her think that so she doesn't want to plant it this year.
I found asparagus in the garden and picked it for her and she was so happy. I've really got to get over there and work in the raspberries. They are so in need of some TLC.
Woke up this morning and the house was 55 degrees. BRRR!! I'm so anal that I wont allow the furnace on from May 1st till October 1st. Hubby couldn't handle it being that cold and told me it wasn't the furnace running but his time machine and he was fast forwarding Michigan to June! tee hee ha ha
Hope you all had a good weekend and an even better week to come.
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May 08 Enjoy your day.HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL OF YOU!!
I know being a mom is a thankless job sometimes and I hope that you are able to have a YOU day on Sunday.
You don't have to be a woman to be a mom. There are many men that are doing both roles.
You didn't have to give birth to be a mom. You could be a step-mom, adoptive mom or just a relative being the mom.
But you are all equally important and deserve a hug, a smile, a thank you and an I love you!
So here's to you doing what you all do and keeping us kids in line, and making sure we always have clean undies!
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HOPE YOUR DAY IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU ARE!
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May 06 112USA: One of world's oldest, Bea Cooper, dies at 112.
BAY CITY, Michigan / The Bay City Times / May 5, 2009 By Tom Gilchrist | The Bay City Times  Beatrice "Bea" Cooper, the oldest native Michiganian, watched her beloved Detroit Tigers win on Sunday. She died the next morning at 112.Cooper, of Harbor Beach in Huron County, Michigan's second-oldest resident, "had been coming to funerals right up until early January," said Warren Ramsey, 60, owner of Ramsey Funeral Home in Harbor Beach. "She was mentally sharp," Ramsey said. "Her legs just gave out on her, though." Ramsey said he stopped to visit Cooper several weeks ago after chatting with his aunt, who lives in the same long-term care facility that housed Bea Cooper. "I looked in her room and said 'Bea, how are you doing?'" Ramsey said. "She said 'Warren, I'm just laying here waiting for you.' "She had a wit about her." Cooper was Michigan's second-oldest resident behind 113-year-old Daisey Bailey of Detroit, according to the Gerontology Research Group, whose researchers use census and other data to validate and compile records of extreme old age. Cooper was the 24th-oldest person in the U.S. at the time of her death, according to Gerontology Research Group data. "She was modest about her longevity," said state Rep. Terry L. Brown of Pigeon, who belongs to the same religious denomination - the Community of Christ churches - as Cooper. "There are a lot of older folks who are, like, 'Hey, I'm 90, and I want to tell everybody about it,'" said Brown, noting he has preached at Cooper's church in Harbor Beach in the past. Brown presented Cooper with a legislative tribute for her 110th birthday, two years ago. "This sounds terrible, but she didn't look a day over 80," Brown said. "She was a woman of faith. She was dignified." Cooper, born Feb. 3, 1897, in Port Hope, was a devout fan of the Detroit Tigers, Ramsey said. Cooper is survived by a daughter, Thelma Ferguson of Cadillac, and by several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. ******* 2 of my brothers are her great grand children.
RIP Grandma Bea May 04 what's been goin onThanks to all for the birthday wishes! I didn't mean for it to be such a secret. Just wasn't in my usual mood and it seemed just another day. My friends and family had me celebrating from Wednesday till Sunday. tee hee...
The butt heads I work with forgot my bday. Not nice. Since I am the one to always remember their bdays and get them gifts, cards and maybe a special breakfast. Oh well I guess I know that it's ok for me to not remember "their day". OH and the 150.00 golf club I bought for my boss' bday.... Oh he told me on my bday how wonderful it worked and blah blah blah. So I came in on Thursday pretty upset and told him OH I FORGOT to tell you I can't work on Friday. HA!
So we had my bowling bday on Thursday and I'm so glad I took Friday off to recover. WHEW! Ended up taking my friend to the ER as she thought she was having a heart attack. SPOOKY. I was so angry with her work they just sent her on her way with no ride to the hospital just, call us if you can't work on Monday. Are you kidding me? So I guess the Man upstairs knew this and sent me to her work for breakfast. I passed her and followed her until I could call her and she told me what was going on and I'm screaming at her PULL OVER NOW!
Thank goodness it wasn't a heart attack and she's doing much better today.
Friday night went to the bar to watch the RED WINGS! Wahoo!! FUN. I needed to remind my DD more than once ya know you are the DD. Geeesh!
Saturday it was a beautiful day so I worked in the flower beds. I got one totally perfect. And then decided to MAKE ANOTHER! What was I thinking? UGH! I've wanted to make this into a flower bed for over 2 years and I dug it up. Hubby thinks I need to have my head examined. I need some where to put my ferns and such and this is the place for it. Saturday night cooked supper for my Aunt, cousin and my hubby. We had Chirizo sausage with potatoes and eggs in a burrito. YUMMY!! Up late playing cards and laughing until tears came down our faces and more than 1 pair of pants were wet. I'm not saying whose pants.
Sunday up early as I was invited to go see a Detroit Tigers game. WAHOO Great seats 4th row and one of the guys I was there with almost caught a foul ball. And may I just say that our Right fielder is SMOKIN HOT! Whew! Maglio. YUMMO! Tee hee
And then Sunday evening watched the red wings lose in the 3rd overtime. Man those boys were tired!
And tried to sleep Sunday night. I swear that is my worst night for sleep always. I feel anxious the minute I lay down. Last night I actually fell asleep fast. But woke after only 1.5 hrs and was very restless the remainder of the the night. Finally at 4am I couldn't take it and got up and started coffee. Hopefully I will sleep peacefully tonight.
Well that's a look into my side of the planet. Tee hee ha ha
Hope that you all have a beautiful WEEK ! I'm going to try however we are being audited here at work by the state government on taxes. UGH! That's not gonna help my sleep any. GEESH!
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