Cozy Blanket

Skeleton Key Necklace Giveway

2012-02-15T09:07:00.000-08:00

Skeleton Key Necklace
Hello my Bloggy Friends. I have been asked by ShappyApple.com if I would like to offer a giveaway of one of their beautiful vintage pieces of jewelry. They didn't have to twist my arm, that's for sure. I had a hard time picking out the perfect piece to offer. So many wonderful items to choose from. They also have wonderful vintage clothing in white and other amazing colors. You have to check out their site. Please note: US only and no exchanges.
How to win:
Like them on FB www.facebook.com/pages/Shabby-Apple/56291792791 then come back here and tell me that you "liked" them. You will get special promotions and exclusive discounts by liking them. If you don't do Face Book just go to www.shabbyapple.com and come back and tell me what piece of jewelry you like best.
Also you can get a 10% off coupon by using this code " cozyblanket10off " . This expires in 30 days.
Okay, that's the scoop......all you have to do is like them. That's easy right. Oh, and you can share on your blog if you would like.
Now, go check them out.
Please leave a way to contact you in case you are the lucky winner.
I will draw the winner on the 22nd of this month. That's next week.
((((((HUGS))))

Hearts for you.....Happy Valentines Day

2012-02-14T07:36:00.000-08:00

Share the love.

Love never forgets

2012-02-12T06:42:00.000-08:00

One year ago today I was on my way to Florida to say good-bye to my cousin. As many of you remember that she died of H1N1. She was so full of life and such a loved person. Her best friends, sister and brother in laws and her sister and I were on the same plane. We had all booked a flight immediately after getting the call from her husband. We didn't even know that we would all be on the same flight. She was already in the ICU and in a medically induced coma. They were trying to let her lungs rest. They tried everything to help her. She was transferred by life flight to another hospital but suffered brain damage on that flight. Then two days later she died. There were alot ot hearts broken that day. We are all still missing her vibrant personality. At the same time my cousin, Jo, had lived her life preparing for Heaven. We all knew that and that did help our sadness. We are trying to move forward. Reality has sunk in, we know that she isn't coming home. We know that she is singing and dancng with Jesus. We will hang on to the memories we all had of her. She was the sister I never had. We even looked alike. I will never forget my cousin Jo......as love never forgets.

Great idea for Brown Baggers

2012-02-10T14:56:00.000-08:00

This is my sweet granddaughter that I call Goose. The other day her Daddy called to see if I could pick her up at school because they thought she had pink eye. So between the other two getting on their buses we went to get her. She had her lunch with her. She had quite the system. First she opened up her lunch bag and pulled out a cute washcloth. She spread the cloth then placed all her food in places on that cloth. I thought this was such a great idea. So much better than placing that food on the table directly or in the lunch box. Imagine the germs floating in those lunchboxes. I thought those of you that sew could take this idea and run with it. (Bev) Also about the school lunch tables......I have seen what they clean them with....chemicals and the water is nasty that they reuse......just saying. (I only had her a couple hours as her Daddy got a sub at school to pick her up.....we were careful not to spread germs)
It is snowing........Yeah. So today for "What I love"..........it is SNOW. I do really love it. We haven't had much this winter. There may be more coming our way as winter isn't over.
I took the day off today......stayed home and rested. I have been so exhausted this week and I have been sleeping........
My heart today is from Nan and came all the way from Alaska. Isn't it adorable.
Have a great week-end Bloggy Friends.

My ace wrapped hand is holding the heart. It is coming along.

Piper suffers Bed Head/ A heart

2012-02-09T14:52:00.000-08:00

Today I am loving this dog. He is so cute and funny and loveable. He loves to be on my lap every night. He is about 30 pounds, not too light. The last couple of days his hair has been doing this. I think it is static electricity.....but so funny. The little kids have been laughing at him.

Here I was trying to get him to look at me. He's a cutie, isn't he.

And for today's heart........found this cordoroy heart at Target for $6. I picked it up then put it down and walked away....then decided I needed it. Well the little girls have had this pillow just about every where. They love it so much that I went back and got three more for the granddaughters. It is so soft.

So what are you loving today?

Back to amost normal

2012-02-06T12:56:00.000-08:00

Pretty much back to a normal routine after some week-end pampering from Mr. Cozy. I even had the kids today. I was hoping I wouldn't have to cancel as that gets difficult for the parents to find someone else.

So did you watch the Super Bowl. I went to bed after half time. I watched the game but mostly for the commercials. Was it just me or did you think the commercials weren't as funny and the half time not that exciting. Maybe it was just me.

We continue to have days with sunshine. It sure is nice to have sun. It is a definite mood lifter.

Makes me feel like I should be raking the yard or doing something spring like.

Hearts have been arriving here at Cozy Blanket. Love them all.

I have decided to post something with a heart every time I post this month.....and to also tell you something that I love....besides the obvious things.

I love Hazelnut International Coffee!

Tell me what you love........

Resting

2012-02-04T10:04:00.000-08:00

Just to let you know, all is well. Surgery went okay. It was a bit more than I remember the carpal tunnel being. I am getting lots of sleep......and that is good.
I will post more in a couple days.
Thanks for your kind thoughts and prayers.
xo

Living small, really small

2012-02-01T07:02:00.000-08:00

Could you live in almost no square footage. I'm sure this would be for camping not real living but.......small it is.

These first three pictures are from the same little "egg" camper. Pretty sweet.

They both were at the Country Living Fair last fall.

This one has even less space. The bed is all that fits inside. I like how the end pulls up for storage.

Glad it has two doors. It would be too confined for me without that feature.

My doctor has one of these even smaller. I honestly don't know how two people can fit into hers. I will post pictures of hers when I find them.

Have you ever thought of how much space that you really need to be comfortable.

We once had a cottage that was 750 square feet. It was big enough for two. I loved that little cottage. It has a screened /glassed in sun room. That little room helped make it seem alot bigger. I think that is probably as low as I could go.

Since out kids have grown we have one floor that does not get used at all. Two years ago we decided to find something smaller. We did but our house didn't sell. So we are still here. We basically live in our living/dining area, kitchen and bedroom. I even have all the day care toys in there. We have a craft room and a toy room that is untouched most of the time. My house is all very open and maybe that's what helps. But it's COZY all the same.

How COZY can you go.

(Updates.....Izzy is doing great, thank heavens. I have finally gotten some sleep. Minor surgery on my hand in two days.)

"You okay Izzy?"

2012-01-27T14:51:00.000-08:00

Dear Cozy Blanket followers......Piper here. My Mama asked me to make this post. She is a little tired tonight. My little sister Izzy had her dental surgery today. She is back home and did okay. My parents were worried that they would cancel the surgery since her belly was so swollen. But they did blood work and said it was a go. When Mama went to pick her up they said she had her dental but they had to pull a tooth. Mama nearly came unglued.......she even told the tech that she was there to get teeth pulled not just cleaned. She had been told there were 2 maybe 4 that needed pulled. We have been stressed out for months about getting these pulled ......and they only pulled one. OM Gosh. The doctor (same one that put her on a diet) told Mama that it would help if she could loose some weight. Mama said, " Are you kidding me, I don't even want to hear that" The other tech told her that Izzy lost 1 lb. 4 oz. (After all that effort) She reassured me that was 10% of her body weight. Geez Louise.
Now let me tell you why Mama is so tired (besides not sleeping) and not in the mood for posting. After dropping Izzy off she had her chest x-ray, blood work and EKG. She then ran home so I could tinkle and then went to the foot doctor......she said she would tell you about that later. She ran to the bank and then to the grocery to get soft food for my Sissy. She picked Izzy up and went home. The foot doctor left a message saying she left her cell phone. She tried to call back on the land line and it went dead......., so she will probably not get her phone until Monday. She is okay about it as she didn't want to get back in her car again. We are all just glad that out baby is home again. They think her belly swelling is from swallowing air from her breathing problems.....she has a collapsed trachea. I'm going to be really nice to Sissy and Mama til our Daddy gets home.
Toodles and Puppy nose kisses.
Love,
Piper
P.S. Mama said to tell you that a 58 lb. over friendly doggie tried to sniff Izzy and she tried to take him out. She does that to me too, I just back away and say, "Well, okay then Sista.

Surgery Woes

2012-01-26T05:48:00.000-08:00

Izabella (Izzy) has her dental surgery tomorrow. I don't know how many teeth they will pull this time. When she was three she had eight pulled. I know that she has 4 bad ones now. Izzy is 7. Because of her breathing and liver problems this is risky. You can see her belly is still puffy. I can't wait to see if she has lost weight since we have reduced her food intake. The next two pictures aren't great but just wanted to show her belly.

Brett had his surgery yesterday. They put the rod down his femur (just like they did my mother last year) . They also put him in another cast. They were able to take away the deformed bone. I haven't heard what they will do next. Thank you for your prayers.

I am having surgery next friday on my finger. It's just a minor surgery. somewhat like carpal tunnel surgery. Because I am old, I have to have alot of pre-op tests. That part I don't like.

Updates: The first of the hearts have arrived. They are so cute.......Jan does such beautiful work.

The new kids started yesterday. I was exhausted. When their mom picked them up they told her they didn't want to go home, hah. Their mom posted on her FB page that she knew that was a good sign. They come on the days that the girly girls don't come. It is a full house here but I still take Fridays off.

We have a pumpkin from Halloween that keeps being moved around . I came home and it was on the porch. It wasn't there when I left. I think it is a deer.......I don't think the squirrel could do that.

Do any of you have problems going to sleep........I always have but it has gotten so much worse. Any tips that help you.

Our crazy weather........freezing rain last night and alot of it.........now lots of rain all day. I can't believe how much snow has fallen in Washington and where Nan lives in Alaska.

Okay, I know this is boring today........so off to read Brenda, Claudia and the others posts about being frugal........it's a good thing because I have that" I got to go shopping feeling" going on.

I think it's because of suddenly stopping the holiday shopping.

Hope the weather in your neck of the world is kind to you this week-end.

Share your heart

2012-01-22T10:21:00.000-08:00

We need another person to make this swap a go. (If not I will be making more hearts and that's okay because it is fun)
So far Genie, Amanda, Amanda's friend, Jan and Moi. I have 3 others just wanting to swap one. A couple others that I thought I could twist their hearts into the swap, that have too many other things on their plate. So it's a go, one way or another.......but still have room for more.
I went to a craft day for a women's church group yesterday. When I saw the iced in parking lot I thought I was crazy. It was fun. I only got three hearts made as I was having fun talking to people that stand more than 3 feet tall. Got in and out of the car safely. Got home and had forgotten to turn the porch light on. Walking down our sidewalk there was a man standing by the tree. I screamed. It was my shadow, girls, I am just fine.
Staying in my COZY house making hearts and maybe , just maybe I will do a little work in my craft room and toy room today.
I won't be bugging you anymore about the hearts........so please come back again.
(((((HUGS))))

2012-01-20T12:20:00.000-08:00

It's not too late to sign up for the heart swap. I have been having fun making these.

Some more hearts. These I made. Sorry for the blur. I will wrap up the swap this week-end. I will post who all is sending hearts to me. I hope to go to an all day crop/craft tomorrow. I am afraid that the weather may cancel it. Winter advisory all night and into the morning tomorrow.

I have groceries and dog/cat food, just missing the Hubby. I hope he doesn't stay too late at work so he will be able to get up our big hill. I am so glad that I quit the school job. I wouldn't be home til late as they never cancel.

I still have my jammies on. They have skiing bears on them. I don't plan on changing either. Just trying to decide how I hike to the mailbox in them. I am looking for some packages and saw the mail lady put something big in the box.

But it is soooo cold. I think in the single digits.

I will have to carry the land line with me as I am expecting the doctor to call me about my referral to the ortho for this trigger finger. I know you can make your fingers do this, its not a trick. The trick is to get it to return to normal. Online it says a trigger finger isn't painful. Well let me tell you it is getting more painful. My whole hand hurts. It's is a good thing that I am right handed.

Well, to bundle up and take the hike. Then back home to make some split pea soup. I have been saving the bone from the Honey Baked Ham we had for Christmas.......in the freezer.

Stay warm and have a wonderful week-end.

Sign up for the heart swap

2012-01-18T07:56:00.000-08:00

Here is a heart made by Genie for the swap. How cute is this. It is all hand stitched and mine will be as well. Sign up a.s.a.p. Thanks to Genie for showing us this sweet heart.

Random things............Mother Nature is mixed up for sure. This crazy weather. 50 yesterday and freezing rain/snow last night. It was supposed to warm up for the rest of the week. Now more snow on the way.
Seattle is getting slammed with snow. Goodness, it is hard to plan anything.
The cruise that went bad had to be so scary. Sounds like no one was in charge. With it being dark out and the water 50 foot deep, I would have had heart failure.
Just because Paula Deen uses alot of butter in her recipes, it doesn't mean she eats it all. Give her a break, after all she's my sista. Just for the record, I have never used any of her recipes.
Remember the last time I asked you to pray for my friends. Well, we need some more prayers for Brett. He fractured his leg right after the last surgery. He continues to grow cysts instead of bone in his hip. They now are going back in to put a rod into his femur bone. It wasn't an option before because he was still growing. So now they are out of options. I don't know and I doubt his doctors know what to do next. He is so sweet. He is only 9. He is my DIL's nephew. This last setback has made him sad and worried. Please pray for Brett.
I know there is some kind of blackout happening today online......but.......even before I am seeing so many post about blogging issues. I am having them as well........will this get better or should I begin to change things on my own blog. I sure hope not as I am afraid that it will all go away if I do one little thing wrong.
Have I told you lately that I appreciate you. I do, you know. Thanks for listening to all my random thoughts.

Heart Swap

2012-01-16T15:04:00.000-08:00

Hi there. Would you like to swap hearts. You can make them out of fabric, felt, wood, chipboard, paper.........there are no rules. Well maybe a couple little rules. How about making them anout 4 - 6 inches long. Make them sturdy. If you want to swap one with someone or if you want to make six to swap with others. Those you would mail to me and I would send you back 6 hearts. I'd like to do this rather quickly so that you could have them for Valentines Day. So maybe by 2/5/12.
So if you are interested leave a comment or email me at grammypetals@yahoo.com .

This is a primitive heart I found in a store near the Red Rocks.

No magic answers at the doctors office. I actually have to see a foot doctor and also an orthropedic doctor. There are several things with my foot.....mainly it gives out on me. The other problem is a have a trigger finger.........don't laugh it hurts. It bends and gets stuck. My doctor said they will give me injections in my whittle finger. That sounds painful to me. But this is painful as well. Sooooooo, more on all that later.

Hope your week is starting off well. Sign up, please........

Little cabin in the woods

2012-01-15T16:56:00.000-08:00

This little house is very tiny. It sits in an upscale neighborhood near an old mansion. The mansion, Bryn Du, used to be owned by Dave Longaberger. The last two years the village of Granville took over the ownership. They have art shows and special events in the main house and the other buildings. But this little house sits all alone. There is a newer house close to this and the mansion. I love it, how about you? I could imagine living there. It has very weathered green shutters, beautiful stone and looks like two fireplaces. I'd love to see the inside. I am surprised that it hasn't been demolished or at least moved. Seeing the small trees and those three little shrubs makes me think (or hope) someone is taking care of it. Some day, maybe I will find out the history and share it with you.

A cold week-end here in Ohio. Stayed in and stayed warm. Sure makes you thankful to have a warm home.

I've been thinking..........I'd like to have a heart swap. Anyone want to do this. We could just make one or make a few to share with others. Leave me a comment if you have interest.

Tomorrow is another day off. Off to the doctor to see if she can mend this ole body from its aches and pains. Stay well and stay warm.

Is it snowing in your world today

2012-01-13T12:43:00.000-08:00

The snow has arrived. Gone are the days of running outside without a coat on. Baby it's cold outside. Brrrrr. We had freezing rain before the snow so school was cancelled.

The little high chair is celebrating it's 3rd season here at the blue house.........this time with snow.

The girly girls have been sick. I was to go to their house to watch them a couple of hours today so their Mama could go somewhere. My little bug was covered. I almost got stuck in their driveway. So I backed up and went a little faster. This was the first time inside their beautiful home. Even though it has all the bells and whistles it was very lived in and COZY. The girls were allowed in all the rooms. Their own bedrooms were adorable, PB style. Little O. was really not feeling well. Mom called and decided to turn around and come home. Too many cars in the ditch made her rethink her outing. So, back on the road home for me. That was fine, glad to be back home.

I think I will COZY up with Piper and Izzy until Mr. Cozy gets home. This is my view outside my front windows. Snow is so beautiful, isn't it. It's like a blanket ........hmmmmmmm a COZY blanket.

Hope all of you have a warm and COZY week-end.

Let the sun shine through

2012-01-11T06:43:00.000-08:00

In January, in our neck of the woods (Ohio), we barely see sunshine. This year (2012) we have had sunny days since the 1st of the year. Nice temperatures. Sweater, no jacket kind of warm. This was a sunset the other night. I quickly took the picture. If I had gone outside I am sure it would have changed and I wouldn't have gotten this color. I couldn't believe the beauty of this sunset.

We are back to full swing here. Here is O and A doing what they do best........play.

On Sunday we had tree trimmers working. They got the trees and branches off of our neighbor's fence. The neighbor thanked us..........sure hope he appreciated our swift actions.

I thought you could all use a little laughter. So here goes......

When I was in Colorado my daughter and granddaughter went to a hair salon. My granddaughter asked the receptionist if old people could have tinsel in their hair. She said of course. So Grammy got some silver tinsel in her hair. Dancing girl got a feather (feddar) and her Mama got a wee bit f tinsel. Well mine just kinda stood out. I didn't blend in. I had three people over the course of 10 days of having it in tell me I had tinsel in my hair. I think they thought it came from a Christmas tree and I didn't know I had it. Well, it is gone now. Dancing Girl's feddar stuck straight out the next day. It looked so funny bt so fitting for her.

Okay Dancing Girl gave Grammy and Grampy a tattoo. Those darn things had to be scrubbed off as they weren't budging.

Have you heard of miss matched socks. Well they are right up my alley and DG's as well. She got me a pair (that is 3) for Christmas. When I went through security of course I had to take my shoes off. My socks were black, one with colorful polka dots and the other one stars with the same colors. You know how those security people are so serious. Well as I was approaching the scanner the security guy told me I had my socks on the wrong feet. He said they needed to be on his feet. I loved to see that he had a sense of humor.

I finally went to the grocery. Hubby had for a few things but I was putting it off. So I went and carried all the stuff in and up the stairs (bi-levels are so wonderful). I went to step over the groceries and caught my toe in one of the plastic bags and went flying into the wall. Almost smacked my head. I am fine but I am sure this was a site. Tanner was here and he got very quiet.

Okay a little more serious... Pogonip of Meadowsweet Cottage left a comment and said I should use "accomplish" as my word for the year. Perfect.....so "accomplish" it is. I went for paint chips yesterday. The one I liked and my Hubby (after a little coaxing) was Peanut Butter. The funny thing was I picked the chip and then read the name. A friend of mine had used the very same color in her home and I loved it. I wasn't looking for that color though when I saw the chip. So back for the paint today. When will I get to it, we will see.

O and A are only coming two days a week now. So I get a phone call yesterday for two more darlings to come on the days that I had just feed up. Oh my, I don't say no well so said okay. They will go to school in the afternoons just like O and A do.

Our sun has gone away and today we are getting rain and later snow. I think we all knew it was just a matter of time. Of course I love the snow but not slippery roads.

So thanks for those beautiful sunshiney days to kick start our new year. Now off to "accomplish."

Closing 2011 and moving on to 2012

2012-01-08T07:16:00.000-08:00

These beautiful pictures seem like a great way to close a year and move onto a new one. They are from the Red Rocks in Colorado.

It seems like it has been hard for me to start the New Year. Maybe because I was gone for a week. But, I am ready now. I can't come up with a word for the year. There are many things that I want to accomplish this coming year. I want to "move more"......to exercise more. I need to have my ankle checked out first. I want to continue to improve my diet. Going gluten-free has not been easy. Now I want to cut way back on sugar.

I want to "paint". On my list is our master bedroom and the little bedroom on our main level. I also have little accent pieces lined up. I just can't seem to narrow down a paint color. I am going to do what Nate Bercus says........to pick out an inspiration piece and go from there. Not stopping there with paint. I want to do more art/craft projects.

I also want to be more "helpful." I want to be there when someone needs help.

As I look back on last year there were good things that happened along with the sorrow. Having our grands all together for the first time was the highlight of the year for me. I know that this year will have it's ups and downs and I know their will be struggles, that's just life.

So bring on the new year and I hope I will have lots to share with you.

I want to thank all of you for your sweet comments and for being there for me. I enjoy reading about your lives and seeing all your pictures. Blogging is a wonderful experience.

Happy To You. (My two year old grandson sings this all the time)

More Christmas and Yesterday (A crazy day)

2012-01-06T08:28:00.000-08:00

These pictures are from our Christmas at our house with our son and his family. They live in Colorado. I know, they came to Ohio and we went to Colorado. We did get to see them a couple of times in Ohio.
This is our sweet Mabel. She turned three on December 31st. She talks like Minnie Mouse and is adorable. She has a temper and is pretty much in control. She has her Daddy wrapped around her finger. He melts when he is around her. And she has nothing to do with anyone when he is around. It is very heartwarming.

My son and his "little fella." This boy is so sweet. He is quiet and well behaved. He seriously loves sports and knows so much. He'll watch entire football games and actually knows what is going on. I always faked it when it came to football games my sons played in. I still can't figure out that "first down" thing. (I don't know if I should tell you this but he asked me if I had a VJJ. I let my son handle that one, sorry if that offended anyone.)

Stand on your head again. This is funny. I want to learn to crochet. So when Mandy of Mandipity had a course on how to crochet on her blog I tried. The first project was to do the basic chain. You were to make 3 - 20 feet long chains. Well I did....but out of this wild pink yarn. Then you were to braid it and then loop it around your neck. So I wanted to give this to my daughter for Christmas. First I had my 8 year old granddaughter start braiding it. I can't braid.....I think it is a brain thing that I don't have.....I have a brain but not for braiding. She did well but it kept tangeling. So when my DIL was here she wanted to try. Well......it was crazy. She braided and we had these long chains that went all over the house. My son was dying imagining his sister in this scarf. So my DIL kept cutting it and trying new things. Now the scarf looks like skinny boas and in many pieces. It is a disaster but the fun we had with it was worth it. No, I didn't give it to her. I am going to send it to Dancing Girl to add to her collection of mixed matched clothes.

Grampy and the littles.

Okay, are you still with me. You have to hear about my day.

As I was taking A. to pre-school our road was closed. So I took another route. Got her to school and needed a couple of things at the store. As I have said before I don't do WalMart. But I had won a $50 gift card from a blog giveaway.....nice,huh. So O. and I went. I tucked her in the cart so no one would steal her. I swear I walked the perimeter of the store twice just trying to find the few things I needed. One thing was kitty litter. Okay, now I have watched the girly girls for three months now. as I put the litter in the cart O. says, "What, you have a cat, too." She didn't know, hah. I think one reason I don't like shopping there is trying to find stuff and wanting to move faster than the rest of the people. Man some move so slow......and I am not fast.......I just know what I want and don't dilly dally.

So afterwards O. said she was hungry. Geez, she should have eaten her PB&J for lunch. So McDonalds is next door. I thought what the heck it was a nice sunny day and we had an hour to kill before picking up Tanner and her sister.

We go into Micky D's and order. Oh my. There was a family of two young moms, a grandma, a husband or SO, and two little girls around the age of 3. All if them spoke in screaming voices like they were the only ones in the place. They told the girls to sit and eat. One of them would grab a nugget and run in the climbing thing. Then she would look at O. and motion for her to come. It was an evil look, seriously. Then the other little girl would do the same, grab the food and go play. BUT, the adults were not having it......they would yell at her. I mean really yell. They forced her to sit and she screamed also very loudly. Then as soon as she could break through she would run. I sat there with my mouth dropped open. One of the moms stood up and loudly said," Take a picture, it lasts longer." She said this to an older lady sitting alone eating a carmel sundae. (I know this because she ordered when I did) I felt so sorry for her. I was going to go over and say something to the lady when the crazy people left. I looked over and she was gone. What an ordeal.

Okay, now to pick up Tanner and A. We go the other route thinking the road was still closed. When we came to that spot there were squads and police and even a helicopter hovering. I knew something bad had happened. We live about 1/2 mile away from the scene. Tanner flips out and starts screaming to" gun it" as we are going to be blown away by the copter. The poor little girls were scared. We got home and he calmed down but it was wild. Later I found out that a tree trimmer had died. Terrible accident.

Okay, then in the door was a business card for a tree trimming company. Weird. Also weird that our new neighbor came over on New Years Eve. to tell us that we had trees down on his fence.

The End to a crazy day.

Flying into a new year

2012-01-05T06:58:00.000-08:00

Strange title, I know. But these pictures are from the Butterfly Museum in Colorado. Also, the title could be from the fact that I flew home on New Year's Eve. That flight I don't remember much from. I have a habit of falling asleep as the plane takes off. I think I slept the entire flight home.
This picture is of Baby Q. and the (I think) dead butterfly. He didn't know that it had already passed on........but see the hand. It was to protect the butterfly in case he decided that he would smash it. That's what little boys do right.......yes, he is a little boy with lots of curly hair.

He isn't feeling too well right now either. We have discovered some kind of allergy to shrimp. Three episodes in two weeks. Now he has a bad cough. ( A different illness) Poor guy.

Okay, bear with me. I haven't figured out how to turn the pictures on this new toy. So please stand on your heads or something because I love this picture of Grampy and Dancing Girl. This little girl is very high maintenance, trust me. Might be the reason I slept on the flight home. She dresses herself. Notice all the patterns......her hat had butterflies on it as well. Some of her combinations are stunning. Her uncles' husband sends her big boxes of clothes that he buys her in NYC. Yes, you read that right. I have been there when those boxes have arrived. What fun. He has great taste.

Dancing Girl and Grampy went to a movie together, The Chipmunks. She called Grampy her "dater." She even said she thought she had a crush on him. He sure has a way with the little ones. Baby Q. loved him.

What's everyone looking at......a turtle. Dancing Girl has met her match.....another mixed match little girl.......that looks like she gave herself a haircut.

Grampy......so proud. He just held Rosie the Trancula and I didn't have time for a picture........he got a sticker. My SIL tried to push me into holding Rosie......no way.

Okay, the computer will only let me download 4 pictures so I will be boring you with more pictures as I have alot to share.

I am working on "my new year's" goals, word, and all that jazz. I am still a bit behind on my thoughts and adjusting to being home. Every time I am away for a week it takes me a week to return to normal. What's with that.

I'll be back and with more pictures.......I know you will be so excited when I return, he he.

Home again

2012-01-04T09:06:00.000-08:00

Home again from Colorado. My laptop and it's backup both died. They were old, used and slow. My sweet Hubby bought me a new one last night. I am still a newbie on this one. I wanted to add more pictures but it won't let me.......so many more photos to follow. Not sure why this print is blue and underlined.We had a wonderful holiday. The above picture is of two of my Colorado littles on Christmas morning. This was a pooping dog. Yes, you heard me. It made the most disgusting noise. See Baby Q. with the shovel.......he is catching the _______.

We had Christmas with each of our adult children on different days. Someday, I hope that it could all be at the same time.

My Ohio girls loving the owls that we bought for them.

Two Colorado ones at our home with Grampy.

Grampy's birthday celebrated in Colorado.......fish cake made by SIL.

My daughter and I visited Red Rocks on afternoon and had lunch in the downtown of Morrison......I think that was the name. Red Rocks is an concert arena and absolutely beautiful.

Okay, there are alot of other pictures that I will have to share later. I' m glad to be able to visit all of you again. I tried on my cell phone.........but that didn't work well.

No New Year's Resolutions here yet. I need some time on that one. How about you. I have high hopes for this year and hope that you do as well.

Happy New Year.

It's a wrap

2011-12-26T20:12:00.000-08:00

I have so enjoyed seeing everyone's homes with their holiday best. Loved all the family photos and the memories shared. I am hoping that everyone has survived this holiday and have many new memories to share for years to come.
My Hubby and I are in Colorado visiting our daughter and her family. We are celebrated to the max. We enjoyed all of our get togethers with all of our children.
Tonight we are watching our grandchildren while their parents get a night out. Not sure we will still be awake when they get home. As I look around the room it seems that I am the only one awake.
My back up computer also bit the dust since my last post. Not sure when I will be back to normal after returning home. I am ready for a computer that works.
Yesterday in the middle of presents I had a melt down that was totally unexpected. My daughter had made some photo books of our trip to Hilton Head. All of our grandchildren were together for the first time. She had lots of pictures of the cousins together. I started reading the quotes that were with the pictures. Suddenly I broke down with memories of cousin Jo. It was the hardest I have cried since her memorial service. I still can't believe that those quotes did that to me. I guess it goes to show that memories last forever and why it is so important to have family and friends in our lives. Sometimes all we have are the memories. Treasure each and every one.
Blessings.

Happy Birthday Baby Jesus

2011-12-21T14:08:00.000-08:00

As we wait for this fellow to arrive...................

To bring all the little ones beautiful dolls and toys............................

to be unwrapped with excitement...............................

Just take time to remember THE REASON FOR THE SEASON

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY JESUS.

Merry Christmas my friends. This will be last post before Christmas. Things are suddenly getting busy here. Those three little girls are having a sleepover tonight.....what was I thinking. We are making bottle brush jars. Tomorrow my son and his family from Colorado will be here for another Christmas. Then another Christmas with another son and my Hubby on Friday. It is my dream someday that we can have one big Christmas with everyone. Then on Saturday morning Mr. Cozy and I leave for Colorado. We will be spending the week with our daughter and her family. I will try to check in with you while I am there. So have a great holiday and enjoy your families and make lots of COZY memories.

Photos........handpainted manger scences from a friend

The santa and Mabel's doll were made by Pat from All Is Bright. Oh my goodness are you loving them.

Little girls unwrapping presents......by moi, should have hidden that TV cord.

PS. Mother Dear is feeling a bit better. Back to the doctor for her tomorrow. My brother is coming from Alabama to be with her for the holidays.

Is it nap time

2011-12-19T08:58:00.000-08:00

I think Piper has the right idea, don't you.
We have had two Christmases so far. Saturday with the Moms. Hubby with his and me with mine. My Mom isn't feeling well. I just talked to her on the phone and she says that she is better but with tears. That's not good.
Last night we had Christmas with our son and his family. The ones that live here. We had a nice dinner, watched Four Christmases, opened presents and all had our fingerprints taken. Hah, I got K. Bug a forensic kit. They sang Jingle Bells to us. Goose learned it at school and taught it to her older sister. Goose has a memory that blows us all away.
Tomorrow my two grandkids come to visit. The ones that are home from Colorado. Then Wednesday it is a sleepover with K. Bug, Doodle, and Goose. Thursday my son arrives from Colorado. We have our Christmas with his family on Friday. Then Saturday morning we fly to Colorado to our daughters for Christmas. So............................................................I think today I will take that nap with Piper. Is that okay with Christmas so close.
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Gifts on the go

2011-12-16T12:49:00.000-08:00

I made these little canvas bags for the girly girls. Actually the canvas bags I already had. I just painted faces to resemble (I am so not an artist) the girls. Then I put some candy canes, coloring books and crayons inside. I thought it would be a good bag to tote all their things back and forth. Then Mama said they needed new bags for dancing SO there you go. It is hard to find something for kids that you know have everything and also to not spend alot of money on. I also made bows and glued them on the hair I painted.

The third graders at our elementary school singing at the Christmas program. Although, it doesn't look like anyone is singing but they were. The cute one in the middle with the earring belongs to me. She's my oldest grandchild.

I am officially on a two week vacation. Non-paid but still a vacation. I ran errands today. Oh my, people are grumpy out there. I saw some finger gesturing going on and some horns a honking. Slow down people and cheer up. I had a rough time telling the girls from the boys......geez what is up with that.

Off to do Christmas with our Mamas tomorrow. We will be doing things a bit differently. Hubby with his mom and me with mine. Mine is sick. I need to help her do a couple of things.....like get her car from the repairman, etc.

The computer I am on is as slow as a sloth. It won't let me read some of your blogs. It also won't let me leave comments on some. I am asking (begging) for a new computer in the New Year.

Okay that's about it for now. Ho Ho Ho.

Christmas Keepsake

2011-12-15T06:17:00.000-08:00

A fun art project to do with your little ones and to keep for years to come.
The reindeer is the child's hand. The footprint is the sleigh. Santa's head can be a thumbprint. The child or the adult can add a few special touches to complete the project. Use some glitter for the stars and paint snow for the bottom of the picture.
This can be tricky getting the right placement. Painting their feet tickles them. A little bit messy as well. But I have done this for years and the parents love it.

On another note my computer died. I am using our backup which is slow as Moses. I don't know how long it will last. So if I disappear and you need me, shoot me an email.

Hope you are checking off your Holiday List..........be nice not nauty.

Inside looking out

2011-12-13T08:23:00.000-08:00

The opposite from my last post. This is Izzy checking outside for squirrels, deer, wild turkeys, or the lady that walks her dog with the motorized wheelchair. Oh those furry babies do not like her at all. The pillows are all nice and pretty until Piper tosses them around to make the sofa all comfy for him. Usually he is under one of the pillows when he is finished. Hubby's leg searching for another Christmas movie to watch. The TV used to fit in the cabinet.

I put the children's tree on the little chair and moved the other one that was there. You are wondering aren't you....why this is the children's tree when all the other trees look like trees for kids. Well this one has Charlie Brown ornaments and Crayola ornaments. The Crayola ornaments started with a gift from a friend. You see, I met our adopted son at a pre-school named Crayons. The mason jars are missing their lids because I can't remember where I put them. Two have candy in them, one has pictures and the other has a bottle tree. Don't you love all the things in jars for decorating this year. So cute, aren't they.

My house ornaments on the china cabinet, my Dad's antique chair. Had to move it from under the tree because I couldn't get to the outlet to plug in the tree.
A basket full of all the catalogs for Christmas. Geez, how many trees were used for those crazy things. The frame is many different years of my children on Santa's lap. There are ones with the first born only, of the original trio, the youngest alone and also with his birth sister. Very special pictures.

Piper, the check eater, looking out. He loves this spot. His toy is on display on the white coffee table, hah.

I want to paint this sideboard this summer. I am thinking of white. Speaking of white. Still nothing but those little flakes the other day. I heard last week that we might have a White Christmas, we will see. I know once it starts it will be snowing forever but I still love it.

So this is my house in it's Christmas glory.
Plain and simple but COZY.

(((((HUGS))))) to all.

Outside looking in

2011-12-12T06:39:00.000-08:00

We wish you a Merry Christmas inside and outside of our holiday home.

The wreath from the Boy Scout's fundrasier. I took off the bow, turned the pine cones around so you couldn't see the red bells, and added this garland (from Urban Farmhouse, last year) and it looks so much better.

The Santa was a gift as was the star lantern. The high chair is from this summer's Buckeye Blogger outing. We went to the neatest little antique store in Tipp City. Everyone walked out with goodies from that store. The chair was $5. I was going to refinish it and let the kids play with it. One of the Bloggers said to put a plant in it and set it outside. Well it's had a plant, then a pumpkin and now Santa. It has made it to the front door but never inside yet. Love this $5 chair
We all need angels in our lives.

Of course, Santa is the star of the season but we need to always remember the reason for the season.........

the birth of Baby Jesus. (Sorry Baby Jesus, I almost didn't get you in the picture)

Just pretend the white spots in this picture are snow flakes.

The bank cashed my check. There were some giggles about it but not to my face.

My cards are mailed as some little packages. My decorating is done. Several things still in the boxes but I am pleased as I don't like it to be all cluttered up. My presents are all wrapped. So now there is Peace in my house. I still have things to do but Christmas is under control. It amazes me, but it gets easier through the years.

I remember when I worked at a Montessori day care. They parents were so stressed the first couple weeks of December. The kids were a mess. It dawned on me that it was from all the pressure of getting the tree and the decorations, the presents, the cards, and the parties. Then things seemed to settle down the next couple of weeks. I have learned from seeing what it did to the parents and the children that things need to slow down for everyone's sanity. It all gets done somehow. So hoping that you are all taking time to enjoy and to rest. Happy Holidays my friends.

Santa is in the house (Well kinda)

2011-12-09T05:40:00.001-08:00

Cindy of Rick Rack and Gingham hosted a little house swap. You were supposed to make a house that reminded you of your blog. The little houses make up a "Blogging Neighborhood". I hope to turn mine into a banner and display it in my craft room. Look how creative these sweet ladies are.

Ooops, this one is blurry. See the bee hive with the banner.
All gussied up for Christmas. Somehow I missed that part of the instructions. Can you tell which one is mine, hah.

How about the little camper. The other one looks like a candy shop.

A cottage that's cozy but still in summer mode, two sweet little cottages.

Thanks Cindy for hosting this swap. Thanks to all that made these sweet homes.

I hope your sweet homes have a bit of Christmas cheer. You don't need alot to make it sparkle. My wish for you is that you take time to take care of yourself during this crazy busy holiday season.

Piper chewed a hole in my babysitting check. Just happened to be half of the account numbers and half of the signature. Will they take the check? I will let you know. It might help that the person works at the bank.....we will see.

Happy 2nd Birthday

2011-12-07T18:43:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Sweet Baby Q. We love your blue eyes, your curly hair and that great smile.

You have style as well. XOXOXO Grammy and Grampy love you.

Do you have a best friend

2011-12-06T14:02:00.000-08:00

I watched these two from the time they were 6 weeks old. Of course the one on the left is K. Bug my granddaughter) and the other Doodle. (just like a granddaughter) You have heard about her many times before. She was so tiny when she was born. I think she only weighed 6 lbs when I started watching her. These two have been the best of friends ever since. K. Bug and I went with Doodle's family to Breakfast with Santa.

This is how they stood in line to see Santa.

They have their lists ready. When they get this age you dread that they find out for real about Santa. I loved Mrs. CLaus. She was so sweet to all the children.

The girls are in their own world aren't they. That's Baby B. in the middle. He has no clue what is going on. He's only 18 months but a very tall little guy. Everytime anyone says anything about Christmas he says, "Happy Halloween." It is so funny.

K. Bug jumps out of the picture and Bew Baby B. sits down. He wasn't liking this at all. He's almost 3 months.

Mrs. Claus is going over K. Bug's list while Santa is in shock over Doodle's long list.

Later that evening Doodle's parents went to a Christmas party. I took care of all the little ones. I finally got the boys to sleep but those little girls chatted to the wee hours. I slept with the 18 month old. That was interesting. He'd reach over and pull my hair every so often. I think he wanted to make sure I was still there.

If you haven't talked to your best friend in awhile give them a call and say hi.

Thank you Ruby Jean

2011-12-05T05:55:00.000-08:00

Ruby Jean posted how to make these sweet skates. She stuffed the tops with goodies. She also made a garland with them......cute, cute, cute. I made little ones and big ones.......think the littles are my favortie. I haven't stuffed mine with goodies yet. I bought more felt to make more, I'm on a roll..........glue, felt, glitter, stuffing and that's it. I made bows on mine but Ruby Jean made pom poms on hers.

Curly Girl after 4 shots. She was hurting by the end of the day. Does she look like a mini adult.

Little Miss
A. was very happy to model the skates.

Updates: I watched 4 darlings over the week-end. Got to sleep with an 18 month old..... whoa that was an experience. Still no snow here just lots of rain. Finished the grandchildren's Christmas.
Not much left now. I think I mentioned this before. Quaint toy shop, no crowds, and they wrap. I went to Barnes and Noble this week-end and had to leave.......the crowds swallow me up. I went to see Santa and Mrs. Clause. Pictures to follow. So far this season has been pretty mellow for me. Hope it stays that way. Hope you are all surviving.

little bit of Christmas

2011-12-02T08:30:00.000-08:00

Cindy and I had a challenge to post our decorating today. So here are a few of the pictures. I still need to take some pictures and post in another post.
No special camera or lighting so look past that.
This chair was passed down to my father. It has to be at least 100 years old. The teddy bear was a gift for my anniversary from my hubby 9-12-11. I bought the doll because it looked like my daughter.
The wagon in a favorite of mine. I love it. In the newest PB catalog there was a small glimpse of one like it with Christmas things in it.
These are the little trees that I put out instead of a big tree. It looks kinda jumbled up with the cabinet in the back. But, really it doesn't look like that in person, you have to trust me.

Lots of
Boyd's bears here.

Another view, sorry about the cords. The trees are tucked in the corner to avoid furry babies and little curious people.

I found a little
Brownie. Do you see what it says "Holiday Flash". I was cleaning it up and my husband saw it. He said he had the same camera and told me how it worked. Usually he doesn't get why I have these things but this one brought back memories. How cute is that little angel looking at you. She was a gift from a friend that paints beautiful faces. (I also have the little instruction book that came with the camera. There is a penciled in date of when it was given as a gift....1956.....thanks Murphy for finding that for me at the sale)

A bear from my cousin Jo. So many of my Christmas items came from her. Glad to have the memories. The little desk it is sitting on is supposed to be from CHina and 100 years old.

A new little ME wreath from my sweet friend Genie.

My grandma's hutch and punch bowl. The punch bowl has ornaments in it. There was a bear in the little basket but he is hiding it looks like.

Our old TV fit in the cabinet. I loved being able to close the doors on it. The new one just fit on top. It limits what I can put on it. Has to be low so the controllers work. This had been a favortie place to decorate.

A little musical tree in the kitchen.

More to come later. I am trying to make it simplier every year.

I am headed out to a toy store to see if I can find a little gift for Mabel. She wants a baby carriage for her Calico Critters. It's a fun store that has lots of little stocking stuffer like toys.

Are you getting in the holiday spririt. Sometimes it is hard. I had one of those weeks nut it is time to move on.
Blessings.

My annual candle safety warning

2011-11-29T15:41:00.000-08:00

Just a friendly reminder on candle safety.
A couple years ago I went to blow a candle out that had been burning most of the day. There was alot of melted wax in the glass container. Somehow when I blew on the candle the flame went back into the wax and hot wax just exploded burning my face and my eyes and all over the table. Trust me, I looked pretty bad for about a week. I still have some small scars but overall I was lucky. So please be careful blowing out your candles.
This candle experience I cringe even to tell you. I was watching a 3 year old (Doodle) and a baby that just turned 1. I put candles in donuts to celebrate the babies birthday. I lit the candle for the 3 year old but not the baby. That three year old is the one with the long red hair in the picture above. I went to take a picture and the next thing I knew her hair caught on fire. I reacted quickly and clapped it out immediately. In the photo I had just taken there was a wild strand of hair sticking out that must have caught the flame. I am such a careful person and couldn't believe this happened. I tried all day to get up the nerve to tell her parents and I kept getting cold feet. When they both got home from work the dad asked if the mom had told me that she was trimming the dogs ear the night before and cut a big gash out of his ear. So that was my open door. Of course they thought it was funny and every birthday since it always comes up. Those that hadn't heard the story are quite shocked. So the moral of this story is......be really careful when lighting those birthday candles with little girls and long hair. (It was only a strand and it didn't even singe it..... but there was a flame instantly.....I was fast( trust me) to react)

Side note. Today I picked up China Girl at pre-school. She refused to hold my hand and was running to the car. She wiped out falling flat on her back in the mud. I was right behind her and tripped but was able to jump over her and not fall. Surprising if you know how unbalanced I always am. She was covered with mud. I had a towel in the car and just told her to sit on it til we got home. She never cried which helped alot. So me and my Motley Crew headed for home in the VW Bug.
Not all that happened today.......I didn't yield in the cross walk and I always do. I didn't see a friend of mine crossing. I was already through when I saw her on the other side of the cross walk. I stopped and yelled that I was sorry and we laughed. Then someone almost sidewacked me a little later. I said outloud, "What the heck are you doing".....except I didn't say heck. Ooops, sorry Olivia I hope you won't tell your mom........but then I told her anyway. I am glad this day is over.
There is SNOW in the forecast, yippee.
Cindy and I are in a challenge to get our decorating done and posted by Thursday. Don't tell her but I had most of it done before she challenged me........she was out of state and I was home all week-end.
Okay I will move on for now. I didn't mean to be so wordy.........but please be careful out there with those candles.

Decorating for Christmas

2011-11-27T07:47:00.000-08:00

Is everyone decorating for the holidays? I am. Every year I saw I want to simplify. Then I see all my goodies and want to put everything out. This photo I borrowed last year. I love it.
All I would need is a small tree and a teddy bear and I would be fun. When I am finished I will show you my little trees.
Happy Holidays my friends. Let the fun begin.

Holiday Humor (Hang in til the end for the funny)

2011-11-25T06:33:00.000-08:00

Wednesday I baked pies for Thanksgiving at my son and DIL's house the next day. I picked the girls up from school as same son and DIL were Christmas shopping all day (Wed.) How do you do that the day before you have Thanksgiving. They are so organized all the time. This was their first time to host. My DIL said she didn't want to stress like her mom does. She felt that we were the perfect trial run because we aren't fussy.
All we care about is getting together.
So when I picked up the girls they decided to dress Piper up.
As you can see he is less than pleased but he's such a good sport, he will do anything. He loves them so much.

Froggy Boy.

Giraffee/Doggie??????

Not to pleased to be a flower boy.

Blurry but had to post.

Here are the guilty ones that dressed Piper up. (Hubby's ugly chair that soon will be curb side)

Where was Izzy........avoiding the dressup time. Really blurry as she was trying to get away. See Piper in the background. He is so jealous of her getting any attention.

Thanksgiving was alot of fun. Those two cute little girls kept us all entertained. They had Lipton's noodles and peas and they didn't even eat that. They are so picky. With two celiac people and one vegetarian our menu was mixed but oh so good.

Okay, are you sitting down........here is the funny part......

Goose walked out into the kitchen when her daddy was dressing the turkey. She said, OMG (the letters not the words) THAT IS TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE AND I AM NOT EATING ANY OF THAT TURKEY. She is five.

So funny.

Foot notes:

Am I shopping today, no way. Even if I had $ I wouldn't be. Thinking of shutting off the TV as the ads are driving me crazy. Hubby has to work today so I am going to start decorating for Christmas, going to clean carpets (yuck) and let the dogs in and out all day long. Don't you envy me, he he.

Have a good week-end my friends.

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-23T07:43:00.000-08:00

However you choose to celebrate this holiday, may it be full of blessings. When things look dim let the light shine through. We have so much to be thankful for. God bless each one of you. Thank you for your kind words and prayers they mean so much to me as always.

Sad ending

2011-11-22T06:10:00.000-08:00

I need to post this so I can move on. I need to be posting positive, thankful things this time of year. Thank you all for the prayers for "my people." Sometimes so much piles up I have to put it out there before I explode. While most of "my people" are doing better, I am so sad to tell you the recent news on the person that was missing. My adopted son's sister's father (by adoption) has been found. His body was found.
Now they are trying to figure out what happened. Just terrible. Then his sister's dog got hit by a car yesterday and was killed. The puppy was only a year old. My son and his sister have just found each other by facebook this year. The conversations had stopped in the past few months. He called me yesterday to say he was talking to her on FB as he spoke to me. I think she reached out to him. I hope it helps her to heal. I posted this picture because this was the age the two of them were when they were no longer allowed to see each other. My son never got over it. His sister was told that he died. There is always a bond there for a brother and a sister. So give your sib or sibs a ((((((HUG)))))) this holiday season. Even if they drive you a little crazy........

From my heart - caution some sadness involved

2011-11-18T08:23:00.000-08:00

I can't post without a picture. So what does this have to do with my post.........my two grandsons.........they are COUSINS. Okay I will number my concerns.........not in any certain order.

1. I so miss my COUSIN. She has been gone nine months now. PLEASE get your flu shots. I hear some many excuses.....if you can't do it for yourselves do it for the people you love. Enough said.

2. This one is so heavy on my heart right now. I know Mr. Cozy is sick of hearing me talk about this. My adopted son has a birth sister. She was adopted by another couple. I was instrumental in that adoption. You might remember me saying how her mother broke our hearts for years but not continuing their relationship....actually blocking us from her. Well, now my heart breaks for his sister and her mother. Yes, the same mother. 7 weeks ago her adopted father never returned home from a day of working on their farm. His truck was found on one of their properties slightly damaged. His splattered blood in the bed of the truck. Other things not quite right around the outside...... No clues to his where abouts. They have offered a reward for any information. They live in a small close community in Northern Ohio where things like this doesn't happen. I saw them on the news this week. The sadness on their faces was so hard to see. They need lots of prayers.

3. My daughter-in-law's little 9 year old nephew had his third hip surgery this week. He has cysts that continue to form on his hip. I don't understand it all but this was supposed to be a surgery to repin this area due to growth. What they thought was the bone where they could place the pins was another cyst. So the surgery was not successful. He has been in alot of pain. Pray for Brett. He is such a sweet boy.

4. Our blogging pal, Maggie from Grandma Yellow Hair blog Just between you and I is hurting badly. Details not known but something happened to her daughter. She supplies us with such laughter and stories on her blog and now she is beyond words. Lifet her up as well, please.

5. Two of my friends are facing foreclosure. I am sure we all know people that this is happening to. So many homeless people and all these houses sitting empty.

6. I saw a man from my neighborhood at the grocery. The last 3 years are so I have noticed how thin he has gotten. I would not of known him at all. He weighed nothing. I don't know what is wrong with him but something very bad. This man once critised our son in the neighborhood swimming pool. Something like calling him "stupid". My older son was so mad he jumped into the pool and carried his chubby little brother all the way up our hill and home. Our son has challenges and that was just not called for. I still feel bad about this man.

7. This is getting long........Luanne and Teresa........also had surgeries this week that will take alot of therapy to heal. I am headed to see Luanne with a tall vanilla latte in a couple of hours. I called to see how she was and she mentioned how she was craving the coffee. Teresa on the other hand lives in Oregon.......so can't drive there.

8. My daughter's husband lost his job. They are doing okay for now. She is a counselor in a middle school and is always gathering money and gifts for other people. One of her co-worker's son was in a terrible accident and is paralized. Money was gathered for her just last week. She takes on families at Thanksgiving and Christmas for her school. She just told me last week that she and my granddaughter were going to deliver turkey meals today after school. Our daughter wanted us to come for Christmas. Yes, I haven't even been home for a week. My hubby has only seen her almost 2 year old two times. She booked tickets for us. We will repay her but just saying how unselfish she is...........like her dad.........always thinking of others. WELL, she found gift cards on her desk this week. She didn't know where they came from. She sent out a memo as she didn't know how she was to spend this on the families. Guess what, her bosses gave these to her for her not the families. She isn't hurting right now and I think that makes it even more special. They did it for her because she is always doing for others.

9. Money is so tight for some this year.
Alot of sad times . With the holidays coming I know that I will appreciate everything just a bit more. It's not about the presents but the time spent with friends and families.

10.
Are you still with me, hah. I will end this not so happy post with : Get your flu shot, give lots of (((((((HUGS))))) and pray for those that you care about. Why, because I care about YOU.

House swap

2011-11-17T13:57:00.000-08:00

Have you read about house swapping before. I have always thought that would be fun. You trade homes with someone else in a different location for a couple weeks or so. Okay, that has nothing to do with these pictures.Cindy or Rick Rac and Gingham is having a "house swap".
A few of us are making houses that are supposed to resemble our blog. I couldn't think of any way to incorporate a blanket into a house so I just made mine to look COZY. That will work, right? Well we will see.

The banner is the back side of the house. Mine houses are on their way to Texas now. This will be fun to receive all of the homes and feel a part of a blogging neighborhood. Thanks CIndy for hosting this......she is just the sweetest girl.

The girly girls thought they were gingerbread houses........not my intention but I'm okay with that.

Tell you what, it is cold in my neighborhood right now. Brrrrrr........no flakes yet.........hopefully soon.

Grammy's Visit/Part Two

2011-11-16T06:33:00.000-08:00

My granddaughter is a Daddy's girl all the way. (My son)

This little guy is the sweetes little boy. He can talk your leg off about sports. He really knows what he is talking about too.

We walked out of the museum in downtown Denver and the view was breath taking. The lake, the downtown and the mountains. My pictures don't show the beauty as it was overcast at the time. It was so beautiful.

Love this picture. Off and running to who knows where......

Some serious finger pointing.

Mabel's favortie part of the museum. You could throw scarfs up and the air would make them float. She giggled and giggled.

We didn't think this picture would come out. The light was bright coming in the window. That view again. It was pretty but not like when we stepped out of the museum. We had a fun day. I think I am still on dinosaur overload, though. We topped off the evening with a pizza party with the other half of the family. They made plans for their Thanksgiving celebration. They always spend Thanksgiving together. I was there last year with them. So glad if they can't live here near us that they have each other so close by. Five minutes is pretty close.

Hope you are all having a good week. It takes me a few days to get back to my routine........almost there.

Grammy visits Colorado

2011-11-13T16:16:00.000-08:00

I am home again after a week in Colorado. So much fun visiting my 4 grandchildren that live there. These are pictures of two of them. In the next post I will post pictures of the other two. I don't want to keep you too long. I am exhausted today. Dishes and picking up toys non-stop can wear a Grammy out.
And it isn't like I'm not used to it. These kids have way too many toys.

This was walking home from the park. You should hear this little guy say "Gooble, Gooble." He talks non-stop. Every now and then you actually understand a word or two. It is so funny as we are always guessing what he is saying.

This is "our" Punky Brewster". Oh my the outfits she chooses. This was a floor length velvet skirt. She has two shirts on and decided to add the flower to her waist. She wore this to school one day. She signs her name followed by an exclamation point. That's my girl. (Groceries waiting to be put away) Snow White had me playing Wii. She said that it would help take my wrinkles away. Didn't work.

This poor dog takes alot from Baby Q. He loves his dog but is always in his face. He will offer him a bite of something and then yell,
"No Maslow".......like Maslow was trying to steal it away.

Doesn't he have the cutest smile. He is a bit onery, can you tell?

A cold evening at the park. It didn't snow while I was there but there was still some on the ground. Mostly the temps were in the 60's and actually really nice.

Snow White made a mad dash for the park and Baby Q. had to hold on tight. Sometimes you wonder how they survive. The baby took three bad falls while I was there. God knew what he was doing when he made babies little heads so strong.

Nice doggy.

I went to Colorado as Baby Q.'s babysitter had to be gone. My son-in-law lost his job a couple of months ago. My daughter was afraid if he got a new job she wouldn't have anyone to watch the baby. So far he isn't working. He did have an interview and it gave him a chance to do some things around the house. I don't need much of an excuse to head West. They grow up so quickly and I want them to know who I am.

Having a day to rest up is so nice.
Never got dressed. I also have tomorrow off but going to the eye doctor. I am also painting houses for Cindy's neighborhood swap. I hope to get them finished quickly to get them in the mail.

Lots of catching up to do...........((((((HUGS)))))

Colorado

2011-11-08T12:04:00.000-08:00

Hi there. I am enjoying visiting with my family here in Colorado. The grandkids are so sweet. So nice to be able to hug and kiss them. It has been 5 months but seems like alot longer that I have seen them. There is never a dull moment and not alot of quiet time. The baby is napping right now and so I am sneaking in a post. I am trying to visit blogs very quickly so I don't get to far behind.
It was supposed to snow last night and it didn't. I was so excited........then there was not even a dusting.
I went to Ikea, my first visit. It was terribly crowded, and I really don't do crowds. I must say I wasn't too impressed. I know so many of you love it. Maybe if it wasn't so crowded. All I bought were some paint brushes and paint for the girly girls when I return. Now since I have a carry on, I am wondering if I can even bring the paint home.
Well, on to check out your posts before the bambino wakes up(((((HUGS)))))

A little tour of my home

2011-11-02T15:38:00.000-07:00

Just a little tour around my house. My house is not one bit fancy, very lived in and child proof.
No granite coutertops or stainless steel appliances. My kitchen hasn't been remolded for several years now and I still like it the way it is. So here we go........the above picture is from last fall. The cabinet in the back was my grandmothers. I have thought about painting it.

My living room and dining room is combined.
Actually the whole upstiairs is very open.

Piper and the kitchen cabinets. I didn't want the mess of painting the cabinets. I am lazy and didn't want the big mess. I changed out the handles. It was hard to find ones that were the same length as the older ones so we didn't have to redrill holes. I found these a long time ago at Restoration hardware. They still took time adding the new handles and sanding and oiling the cabinets so the original hardware marks weren't seen.

I'd like to get another sofa someday. The dogs love this one to take their naps on.

My antique wagon. You most likely have seen this before. I think it is my favorite piece in my house.

I bought this little chair at the French Hen Barn Sale for $15. I need another chair for my kitchen. Sometimes two isn't enough.

My antique ice chest.
Not liking this picture because it's the microwave you notice. I moved it there to free up counter space.

The littles eat at this table and do all their painting. I bought this table at an antique barn ages ago. It looks like it would fold up but it doesn't. I do plan on painting this one day as well.

The shelves above that table. I loved this wallpaper and still do. It has french words.

I used two tea towels for the curtains. I loved them......they didn't work mid way because I wanted to be able to see out. This way I could still put flowers in the little bottles. I had more pictures of the kitchen but can't seem to find them.

So that's a little bit of my home. Very simple but it's COZY.

Another happenings......today I forgot that it was early dismissal. My DIL called and said that someone went into my son's classroom (different school) and said I was to pick up Tanner right now. I asked my DIL what time it was because my clock said I didn't need to pick him up for 30 minutes.
As soon as I heard "early dismissal" I felt so bad. Tanner was okay but his aide not so happy. Then after he was in the car he said, 'How many more days do we have." I am going to Colorado this week-end for a week. He said, "You can't leave me and it better not be for a year." So I guess he wasn't mad at me for being late.

Then yesterday while riding in the car the girls were talking about having a babysitter. I said, "Well, I am your babysitter." Little China Girl laughed really hard and said, "You're not our babysitter you are like a Mommy to us." I did explain more like a grandma. Made me feel pretty good about what I do.

Today we had a beautiful day. I took China Girl to the park. She ran and ran and had the best time. It was O.'s 5th birthday. I told her she could choose a place for me to take them for lunch. She choose Brews......hamburger and beer restaurant in the village. So that's where we went. I expected her to say McDonald's or for pizza.

I saw a beautiful fox yesterday. So red and colorful. Not far from our house.

I am so excited about heading West. Can't wait to see those grandbabies.

Thanks for listening my friends.

Last of the Halloween Cuties/I think

2011-11-01T07:17:00.000-07:00

That is until I get pictures of the Colorado little ones. Here in Ohio this it. I went trick or treating with Doodle's family. She was a bat......a fancy bat. Someone else handed out the candy and got to hold that sweet baby. It was fun though. Most of the kids in her neighborhood I have watched from time to time. The angel in the last picture is moving away. So that was a little sad.Doodle's other baby brother as a dragon. He was so cute. He kept wanting to go into the houses. He's 18 months old and really tall for his age.

This was part of the neighborhood kids.........Mostly those living close to each other. It was a fun night. When I left my town the sky was scary. Dark black and thundering. I guess there was lightening, rain, sleet and snow and then it was over. But the strange thing was it was 50 out. It dropped in temp. and then went back up. Strange weather everywhere.

Happy
November.

Happy Halloween

2011-10-31T07:49:00.000-07:00

Hope all your pumpkins are this cute.
This is Doodle's new baby brother. She also has an 18 month old baby brother. I mentioned I would have pictures from her Halloween party. Well, this is it. I was on baby duty and got to be with this cutie all night. Doddle's party was a big hit as always. They have the bestest of parties. My granddaughters had a ball. They were fast asleep on the way home.
Since our Halloween trick or treat was Thursday eve. I maybe going back over to Doddles house to pass out candy...........and watching this little fella again.
You all have a safe and fun Halloween. Hope the East Coasters get their power back on. Wow what a storm for October.

not so freaky friday

2011-10-28T16:58:00.001-07:00

The elementary classes parade around the school before their parties start. My granddaughters were so happy. They weren't expecting me to be there. Goose is a spider......a cute one.

Here's my K. Bug...... a really scary mummy.

This is my sweet neighbor girl. The one that said she was "farsighted". Look behind her.
Now, that's a scary first grader.
Our trick-or-treat night was last night. The street in front of the elementary school closes and most of the whole village goes there. This one house does a big pumpkin display like this every year. How would you like to carve all of these pumpkins.

Our neighborhood used to have lots of kids until they all started going to town. I had 8 this year.
These little guys are regulars. I love the look on the little Mario. So serious.

O. and
A. had their pre-school parties on different on different days but both were ladybug princesses

Lunch before
A.'s day........Izzy's ears at the bottom. She scored this day and got part of a sandwich blowing her diet.

A. took this pose on her own, funny girl.
Not smiling though.

She's smiling at O.'s school.

I will post more cuties later. I am helping out at Doodle's Halloween party tomorrow night. My granddaughter are going with me.

Happy Haunting my
Bloggy Friends.

Booooooooooooooooooooooooo

Winners, winners chicken dinners

2011-10-27T07:28:00.000-07:00

Drum roll here..........................the winners of the free 25 photo cards from Shutterfly are:
NAN.........................FRENCHY...............................AND GINA
Now the ones that didn't win can go back to my post and click on the post that shows you how you can earn free cards.
All you have to do is post about Shutterfly and photo cards.
No gimmicks , very easy. That's what I did last year. Like I said the quality is great. Well worth a post.
Thanks everyone for entering. If the winner could send me an email to grammypetals@yahoo.com then I can send you the code you need. I know, I probably have your email addresses but I am lazy. I like to make things easy for me, hah.

Next time, I won't do two giveaways at the same time. It just happened about the cards and their was a deadline.
That's all folks.

Disclaimer........no chickens were harmed in this post. These are the chickens that lay eggs for me.
Not mine but my friends.

And the winner of the birthday giveaway is

2011-10-27T07:05:00.000-07:00

Since the month is almost over and I have to quit celebrating......actually I did a long time ago........I had the girly girls draw names. Since I am having two giveaways I will post the other one in another post. I am confused enough. I had them draw the wrong list of names for the wrong giveway So we had to do it all over again. I had taken pictures of the names but you couldn't see them well enough SO you have to trust me as to who the winner is...........................................
Kimberly of Kimberly's Corner is the winner of my birthday gifts. She is a sweetie.
No matter how much is on her plate she is still a cheerful and caring person. So congratulations Kimberly.

Here are the girls getting ready to draw names. They said afterwards that it was fun. So we will have to have another giveaway soon.

In case you wonder what they are doing as I post this.........of course painting. We paint every day.

Thanks everyone for entering this giveaway.

Some projects I am working on/Advice please

2011-10-24T15:08:00.000-07:00

I want to make a shadow box for my daughter for Christmas using these dolls. The picture below is the inspiration. It's not the best of photos but I don't even think the photographer could get Baby Q to hold still long enough for a formal shoot. Here is the problem......the ringbearer above is fine but the bride needs to have the white dress with the brown hair.
Any suggestions how I should do that. The clothes are sewn on but I can probably still remove it. Then there is what to do with the brown hat....paint it? (I must say I love it when McDonalds has these Madame
Alexander mini dolls in their Happy Meals.)

The cuties at their cousin's wedding in South Hampton

This is the shadow box I saw at Dorothy's booth. See the bride and groom. I thought I would put the photo behind them some way and maybe ad some sea shells and other thingies.

I have been working on tags for E.'s swap. I also made some cards and little tags for a friend to take to her church's auction. I used Jillibean papers. Archivers had just a small book of the papers but no single sheets or embelishments. I loved the penquins. I have glitter everywhere......not the fine stuff but the glassy kind.

Some updates:

I am having two giveaways......one for 25 free Shutterfly photo holiday cards. They are beautiful cards and this is an excellent deal. I think last year I priced my free 25 for about $63.

The other giveaway is for some goodies for following my blog. I have added a couple other little things to that giveway. These giveaways are in my last two posts. You have til Thursday morning to enter. I will have the girly girls draw names on Thursday. Good luck.

Do squirrels hibernate. Please say yes. My barking dog is so annoyed with them and he is hurting my ears. I thought we had one left but now I see two. We had babies this summer. Little stinker chewed a hole through the outside of our house into the garage.

Izzy is feeling better. The breathing problem is better as long as she is on the meds. She has less in her belly since she is on a big diet.....1/4 cup dog food a day. Folks, that is nothing.......so I give her a little more. But she is compensating with trips to the kitty litter box.....
ANY advise on that one. Sorry, gross.

My headaches seem a little better. Haven't done anything different. Hoping maybe colder temps will help.

Well, back to my kitchen. Big cleanup after making the cards/tags and a clutter control toss.

(((((HUGS))))

Shutterfly Giveaway

2011-10-21T13:53:00.001-07:00

Do you send out photo holiday cards. I have for many years now. I love receiving pictures of my family and friends in return.
Shutterfly has offered three of my readers a chance to win 25 free Holiday photo cards. This is a great offer. I was lucky enough last year to be able to order 25 free cards. The quality was amazing. I actually think they were the best cards I have ever sent . The color and clarity were outstanding. They have so many styles to choose from. Here are two sites that you can go to and see for yourself.
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery
http://www.shutterfly.com/greetings/
The only hard part is choosing. We have 6 grandchildren. So for the last 8 years we have sent pictures of our "grands." Our family and friends were getting tired of pictures of my husband and I and our pets. Since our grandchildren are 8,5, 5, 5, 2, 1 and live in Ohio and Colorado they had never all been together at the same time. So, I had to find cards that you could have more than one photo choice. Shutterfly has all kinds of options. This year we were fortunate to have all our grandchildren together at one time. So this year I have a group photo and may choose the one photo option.

All you have to do to win is be a follower and make a comment on this blog post. Please tell me about the photo you will use.

Are you a blogger? If so you can earn your own 25 free cards this holiday season.
Register here:
http://goo.gl/DDw7Q

Please note: Shutterfly is offering me 50 Holiday Cards for doing this promotion.

Belated Birthday Giveaway/ 911 from last week

2011-10-19T10:46:00.000-07:00

First of all, here is O. waiting calmly on the firemen to come to free her foot and leg from the grasp of a FP yellow school bus. Yes, I called 911, quit laughing, I hear you. It was really stuck. I was hurting her trying to get it out. I told the operator that it wasn't an emergency just a problem. I could have cut off the tights, greased her up and continued to try to get it off. I didn't want to upset her or hurt her. The firemen (2) worked together and got it off quickly. Lesson learned, Do not stick your foot and leg into a school bus just for the heck of it. Where was I......sitting close by unaware until she asked for help.
Okay the GIVEAWAY.........MY BIRTHDAY WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO............AND THIS IS TO THANK ALL MY FOLLOWERS FOR LISTENING TO ME FROM DAY TO DAY AND LEAVING SWEET COMMENTS.

How about a little white framed chalkboard (that I got at the Rural Society Sale). What's that that O. is holding.
Here it is a little closer. It's an vintage bottle with a french envelope inside of it. (This came from the French Hen Barn Sale) What's in the plastic you ask. Just some sweet note pads from the Donovan Designs Sale. That is paint not blood on her little hands. We have been painting up a storm here lately.

A little closer picture of the chalk board. I really liked these when I saw them.

Now what do you have to do to win these little gifts. All you have to do is be a follower and leave a comment on this post. I will have the girlies draw a name next week. Good luck.

Now excuse me why I go look out the window for the exotic animals that are on the loose.
No kidding we are on alert. Some crazy man let 40 - 50 animals loose on his farm and then he took his life. We aren't in the county that they were turned loose but there has been sightings in our county. So sad for the animals.......grisslies, monkeys, wolves, lions, and etc. We are seriously being careful.

Good luck.

Meet Dorothy of Tickled Pink

2011-10-18T07:16:00.000-07:00

This is Dorothy. Her booth was called 'Tickled Pink". How about all this pink goodness. I think I was so excited over all the pink that I wanted everything. I stood behind Dorothy at the French Barn Sale while she was checking out. Then here she was at The Rural Society Sale. She said she felt a little out of place with all the primitives. But we all need a little vintage and creativeness.....esp. in this color.

Okay this was my favorite thing ever.
Not the skull, but the baby in the shadow box . I have a Gerber Baby that looks similar. I want to do that with my doll. Oh my I love the little doll shoes on the top of the box.
And isn't that Amy Butler scrapbook paper?

More fun....check out that banner. I just downsized my own baby doll collection a couple years ago. I kept the best ones and the ones that I loved the most. I was looking online at dolls from the 50's. So glad I saved some of mine.

Queen of the mall......love those scrabble pieces.

Another cute shadow box. Check out the bride and groom. Just adorable.

Dorothy was also at The Country Living Fair. How did I miss her there. I will have to find out where she will be next.

Okay, my next post will be my birthday (belated) giveaway.
Nothing fancy, no sponsers here. Just some things you might like. So come back tomorrow.

((((((HUGS)))))))

Rural Society Fall Sale

2011-10-15T14:03:00.000-07:00

What a beautiful day.
A little cool but lots of sunshine and wind. It was perfect. I absolutely love this farm. I keep telling my husband I want one of these trucks. I think he wants me to keep my bug so I won't be able to bring more things home with me......at least the big stuff. But last week I bought a chair and it fit. This week I bought an old ladder. I know he is going to say something about how I got it in my car. Well, the nice man loading up his van helped me. I got it in but it was too close to me. So he helped me move it over and it was just fine. Hubby will also say that it just looks like the one on our old gym set. Well kinda, but this baby is well worn. I plan to paint it something bold. I will show it to you in an upcoming post.

Now this is the house I want to live in. Isn't it such a great little cottage. I posted pictures of this in the Spring. I am so in love with this.

And guess who I ran into......Patti of Crystal Rose Cottage and Pam of Frippery. Pam was a vendor. I bought a sweet little vintage ceramic turkey from her.
Now if you wonder why I have strange looks on my face in some of the following pictures, it is because their hubby's were taking the pictures. They were pretty funny. I think Pam was blushing in this one.

Now was does Patti look so cute and why do I look really worried.......hmmmmm.

The rest are some random shots. I will post the vendor that stood out amongst the rest and some of her unusual but fun items.

It sure was fun. I had planned on going the day before but as I said the weather and being a
Nanny took over. I was thrilled that Sue from Sullivan and Murphy and her sweet husband drove through my town on their way home. One of my girlies and I met them for lunch. I then showed them Enjoy Co. a unique store in Granville.

So this was a fun week-end. Fall and friends just go together, don't they?

That's all for now but more will follow.

Pumpkin Patch,

2011-10-14T05:32:00.000-07:00

First......my blog does not have a virus......I followed someone that did. When she cleared up the virus my blog was okay. Very strange that it affected me that way.
Second.......change of plans......Rural Society
Antiques Show tomorrow on Saturday instead. Lousey weather today and I am watching the girly girls today. I usually have Friday off.
Okay, now for the Pumpkin Patch. My favortie part of fall is going to the PP. Even if there aren't other activities there. We have two close by. This one is the more low key one. The other has all kinds of animals and even more activities. It looks like a carnival. We went to Devine Farms on October 1. It was cold that day. Goose and K. Bug loved every minute. They kept saying so in the car afterwards. They could have stayed even longer but Grammy was getting cold.
Don't you love this VW Bug.

I know, I posted this before......but I love how Goose is looking at her sister's fingernails. Look on my shoulder. My arms look short. I have my big Minnie sweatshirt on under this coat. It was chilly. The older farmer guy took the picture. I could tell he had know idea who to use a point and shoot but he did well.

They had this whole barn full of riding toys. We were mostly in there alone. The girls had so much fun. Most of the toys were too little for K. Bug but she didn't care. Goose is showing you here John Deere sweatshirt and she is on a John Deere. What a sweet face.

Wish you could hear Piper and Izzy right now. We have had deer standing near our back door starring at us for a couple of days. The furry babies do not like this.

Okay, what do you do with this the rest of the year. Is this bus huge or what?

Now this would be easier to store.

Checking out the bees. The girls always love this. They are looking for the Queen.

The barrel ride. This is the favorite. Grampy got stuck in this ride last year, so I didn't attempt it.

I hope youa re enjoying cooler temps where you are.....sorry California......and lots of color.

Thanks for stopping by. I really am not contagious, hah.

Fall Beauty/Rural Society

2011-10-13T05:29:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is the Rural Society Antiques and Garden sale. (Sorry, for some reason I couldn't put this in my title). It will be on a beautiful farm with lots of outdoor buildings near Mt. Vernon, Ohio. I hope to see some of you there. You all know what I look like.......come up and say hello. Hoping to have a little lunch at the cafe they have set up.......say 11:30 or so.

I went around and took some fall pictures this week. Remember I have a point and shoot camera. I also took most of them while driving from the dashboard window. I don't take my eyes off the road. I just hold the camera and shoot. I know crazy.....but it works.
Now, Suzi Q. had marvelous pictures of fall at her Rabbit Run Cottage Blog. Don't compare them, please.
The first picture is driving into Granville from my house. I love this little bend in the road. At night you have to dodge the deer. The leaves here turned quickly and then the rain came. The leaves are dropping quickly. But oh so beautiful.........thank you God for all the beauty.

The pool in our neighborhood which is across the street from my house. Just beyond this fence we had a fire over the week-end.
A bordering neighbor had a bon fire that got out of control. My little neighbor girl noticed the flames. Firemen were called to help control the flames. I asked the 6 year old how she ever saw the flames through the trees. She said, "I saw them because I am farsided". So funny. She is the cutest little thing in her glasses and just so sweet.
I will post soon about having firemen at my house yesterday.
Nothing serious, I promise.
Then my sweet son-in-law called from a park in Colorado. He asked if Buckeyes were okay to eat. He said my grandson ate several and they were good. He was joking but he was thinking of letting him. Goodness they are poisenous. He called me because we are the Buckeyes here in Ohio. (I know, but we will rebound)

A local ballfield. My husband actually hit a deer here this summer.

Love the fence post here.

My favorite road again.

The community garden at Denison University.

Welsh Hills where I live. The round things are hay bales.

Hope you are enjoying all this fall beauty where you live. I wish it would last til the first snow but it won't.

Hope to see you at the farm.

Breast Cancer Fund Raiser/Days at Buttermilk Cottage.

2011-10-11T08:44:00.001-07:00

Susan at "Days at Buttermilk Cottage" is having a fundrasier for breast cancer awareness. Hop on over there to see her sweet little lamb and here about what she is doing to raise awareness. Check out how you can win one of these sweet lambs. We are all aware of the importance in finding a cure for this kind of cancer and other kinds as well.

Susan's blog address: http://mybuttermilkcottage.blogspot.com/

Thanks, my friends.

Weekend Fun

2011-10-10T15:39:00.000-07:00

On Friday I went to the French Hen Barn Sale. Look who I found there.....Sue of Sullivan and Murphy and Linda the host. Check out those cameras. Can you tell they are bloggers, hah. See that big white thing over the door. Someone bought that. Linda's husband had to get a big ole ladder to get it down. It was huge. How that lady ever got that in her car....... Lots of goodies there and such a beautiful day.

Pumpkins and parking.

It is hard to take pictures when so many people are shopping but I had to take pictures of the chandy's. Isn't this a beautiful barn.

After the sale, I met my Mom in Marysville for a little birthday celebration.

I bet you think I bought this at the sale........
A little random photo here. Remember when I said what I bought at the Country Living Fair was still in my trunk......not anymore. Mr. Cozy hung it for me. I love it above the door. Don't know why those walls look purple....they are the color of a Wendy's frosty and the name of the paint is COZY BLANKET.

On Saturday we met my son and his girlies for breakfast. Then the girlies went home with us while Mom and Dad ran an errand. I had taken out the car seats for the sale. I bought a cute little chair there. So when we put car seats back in the chair had to come out. My son put the chair in his car. Only so many people fit in a VW
Bug. While we were transfering, Goose sat down on the chair in the
Bob Evans Parking lot.

They played and played. Then had a little lunch. This picture is for "Nana Takes a Break". Does Goose look like your Sweet Cheeks here. She is saying, "Grammy why are you picturing us."

Then we had a little Gluten Free birthday cake that my Mom had made for me. It was yummy.

Then some quiet time. K. Bug rearranged the house. Goose took some time out to read. Love how her feet are in the basket.

And just a little bit to catch you up. Yes, I am still having headaches. I had a mini scan the other day and it was okay. Our insurance didn't approve the CAT scan with contrast, so they had the same test I already had done . I guess it still is a good thing that it was normal.

Now for Izzy.....another appointment today.....no change. Every time I go, I get another doctor and another plan. This doctor wants her to loose three pounds. I couldn't get it across to her (the vet) that it isn't the weight that has her belly all swollen. She said that her liver is still enlarged and she thinks there is alot of air in her belly since she has a hard time breathing. Some of the same meds given again. I will try to cut way back on her food and see how it goes but I am thinking we need to find someone else to take a look at her. She doesn't look very happy about being told she has to diet. She hid way back under my chair while we were at the vets today.......not a happy camper at all.

So that's it folks. Wanted to say thanks for all the birthday wishes. You are all so sweet.

2011-10-08T09:02:00.000-07:00

Today is my birthday.
And I get to spend it with these cute little girls. The weather is beautiful and it's a good day. I think I should have a giveaway, don't you?
Not sure what it will be but as soon as I figure it out, I will post it. Ihave all month, right? I can celebrate my birthday all month, that's the rule, I'm sure.

Check out K. Bug's fingers. I think Goose thinks they are silly. This was last week at the Pumpkin Patch. The cake is from Sweet E. from Creative Breathing. She gave me this special cake when we met this summer.

Off to have some fun.

Blinding sunset

2011-10-05T05:43:00.000-07:00

This picture was taken on the last day of summer. I was driving and on headache medication......I know what was I thinking........and the sun was blinding. It looked like lava. I wasn't sure that it wasn't a fire. The trees would keep covering the sun. I have never seen a sunset that looked like a blaze of fire. There were planes landing into this sun. Have you seen anything like this?
We haven't had alot of sun here lately. Some dark, cool and rainy days. It's fall for sure. The sun is trying to come out here this morning. I think the park is calling our name today.
Have a sunshiney day.

South Hampton Wedding

2011-10-01T16:13:00.000-07:00

Two of my grandchildren traveled from Colorado to the Hamptoms to be in their cousin's wedding. Snow White was the flower girl and
Baby Q. the ring bearer. Can you tell he doesn't like to be held by his sister. (Notice the peer is destroyed from the recent hurricane.)

Of course they had to spend time at the beach. Their Daddy grew up here and they also have the love of the ocean just like him. This was just last week-end.
Brrrr, it has to be cold there today.

I think
Baby Q. found something. Hope he didn't try to eat it.

There are more pictures but I had trouble finding them after I downloaded them. So they may appear in another post, or not.

Super tired today. We moved our youngest into another apartment today. I didn't do the physical stuff but all the transferring of everything. I took my granddaughters to the pumpkin patch todayl 3 hours in 52 degree fall weather. Ironically my son's new place is in the Pumpkin Patch Apartments. It used to be a pumpkin patch.

Have a great Sunday.

Grammy Gone Wild

2011-09-27T05:44:00.000-07:00

This is a post that you weren't expecting, hah. The day started out with the following picture. It was my firend, Luanne's birthday so we went out for Mexican food. I gave her this gift in the car.

I gave her this "Into the Wild" lotion. In case you can't read the card it says, Looking forward to many more WILD adventures. This was because of the car accident we were in last year together.

We went to the Heritage
Antique Mall in Pickerington/Reynoldburg area. I loved this little yellow chair.

Loved these doors and this white chair. The chair was $120, seriously.

Loved this flamingo colored door with the cross on it. I didn't pull my camera out til we were leaving. I wish I had gotten pictures of Motley Junk, the space by Polly and Keeley. Loved the little kitchen set below. Looks like it came right out of a little diner.

When we walked out this big RV was sitting there. There is a bar next door to the antique mall. They had just pulled up. So Luanne and I decided to try out. They didn't pick us. We were so shocked. Okay, no we really didn't try out, but I bet you guessed that already.

So that's about as wild as my adventures get. Pretty boring, I know, I know.

P.S.
Anabelle, the little China Girl, I watch told me she has on magic socks today. They are magic because they have pissy dust on them and her daddy bought the pissy dust in
New York. Kinda goes with my wild post, doesn't it.

Welcome to Cozy Time

2011-09-23T12:36:00.000-07:00

My dear blogging friends I have decided to start something new on my blog. When you see this word COZY it will be to introduce you to a COZY friend of mine. I am so excited for you to visit and meet my new COZY friend Angie of Hillsboro, Ohio. Yeah, she is a Buckeye. Her blog is at http://becauseidontwanttoforget.blogspot.com/ . The following picture is one Angie posted this week. Don't you love the name of her blog.
Blogging to remember those precious moments. She is a mama to some sweet little people. They are so cute. You know how I am about little ones. I don't even know how I found her, or maybe she found me. So you COZY followers go over and tell Angie hi and follow her if you'd like. I am so glad that I found her. I know you will be too.

The "new" baby's room

2011-09-20T18:29:00.000-07:00

I know I promised that my posts for a couple of times would not have pictures of little ones......well, I'm sorry. I just can't help myself. This is Doodles' new baby's nursery, painted again by her dad. The images on the wall are from the Land of Nod line of bedding. Dad free hands them and paints.........the above dino goes clear behind the chest of drawers and you can see his tail on the other end. You can see the former baby of the family. It's hard giving up his title of "the baby" at only 16 months.

Sorry, bad glare here.

Oops, I got Mam's arm.

How about this color combination different and cute.

And here he is the beautiful new baby. He looks like Doodle did. He was just due yesterday but he is 2 weeks old. He weighed 8lbs. and 8 oz.

Cookie time for the former baby and his new little friend. She is newly adopted.....3 months ago. Sorry Mama I should have cropped you out. Everyone can see why your children have the hair that they do. Still to come, Doodle's room.

Hope you are having a good week. Mine hadn't started off too well, hoping that changes really soon.

P.S.
A couple of you dear friends asked where they got the lower case letters in the other nursery. They came from Restoration Hardware
Baby....didn't even know that existed.

COUNTRY LIVING FAIR

2011-09-18T09:21:00.000-07:00

My good friend Sue had a neck injury and had to cancel going to the CL Fair with me. I decided not to go. Then on Saturday about noon I decided to forge ahead and go alone with a little coaxing from Mr. Cozy. He would have gone with me if I pouted enough. His knee just couldn't handle it and I knew he would not have had fun.
Now if he had know who was there..........Carrie from Cash and Carrie from HGTV......he might have changed his mind. I literally almost ran into her. She had a cute little booth there. Someone was having their picture taken with her. I was right behind her and then someone said, "Are you from that show." Oh my goodness.......I got so excited. I am sure I made a fool out of myself. I pronounced her name wrong....but apologized. I told her I loved her show and her. She is adorable and so friendly.
OKAY now you are thinking this this was the highlight of my day......WRONG, the highlight was meeting these girls in the potty of all things.........MEET Paula and Julia. I followed them to the nearest potty after buying my ticket. I told them that I was following them because I knew where they were going. We went into the museum instead of using the pot- a- lots......I hate those things. We had to get our hands stamped so we could leave the museum. Hmmmmm, that was strange. So when I told them I was following them they turned around and smiled and said that they had just said that I looked like .......you know who......Paula Deen. Well that made me laugh and we started talking. Talking in the lu, a teeny tiny lu.......still better than the pot-a lots. And inside that lu was a lady cleaning with a broom. We are talking a two bun bathroom and I think there were about 4 or 5 in there.
Anyway walking out I mentioned being by myself......they asked me.........so sweet, huh.....if I wanted to look around with them.

We, seriously, had the best time ever. I felt like I knew them forever. We laughed so hard......I will tell you about that later. We liked the same booths. We thought things were overpriced.
Not enough food choices..........thought people dressed all across the board, chatted non-stop with vendors and even the man picking up the trash, hah. We were looking at the books and mags in the Country Living General Store when I realized my purse was not on my shoulder. I wasn't sure if I put it down to look at a book or left it at where we sat to eat. Well Julia took off for the table and Paula was all over the general store. Julia returned to say that they had found my purse and it was at the information center. We were right in front of the center. We found Paula and refocused and the phone rang. Mr. Cozy asking if I lost my purse and told me they called from NJ to tell me it was at the information center. We retreived it and on with the fun. We went to the CL Photo booth. You could have your picture taken and they would email it to you. They wanted you to get the pictures with something you had purchased. Well, all we had purchased was the new FOLK magazine (must say it was autograped by the author)....so we three posed with that. Well, we got to laughing so hard......oh my gosh you should have seen one of the pictures. Then a camera crew appeared and took a picture of the picture. I have no idea where that picture will end up.

The girls called me Paula the whole day. I even would answer to it. Poor Paul Deen would have been so proud, not really.

I will show you in another post what I purchased. It is still in the trunk. That bad boy will stay in there awhile because it was a bear to carry around.....my new friends helped me though.
After about 5 hours I had to head home. My body was aching so bad, wrong shoes, old body. We hugged each other and said we would go to some other shows/fairs together. I had parked really close to the entrance so I scurried on home. I had to get out to get gas on the way home. I could hardly get out of the car.
BUT, I had the best time. I missed about half of the fair......it is definetly a three day event. It was so FUN. I missed you Sue. Next year if I have to come and get you, you are going with me and my new friends, that I met in the bathroom.

2011-09-16T10:40:00.000-07:00

A few reasons I haven't been posting as much lately.
Number one.....these three......aren't they a crew. I wondered how a three and four year old would get along with a 13 year old autistic boy. Well, to my surprise they are just crazy wild about each other. This was the first day. They were laughing like crazy. He even played ring around the rosey with them. He did say he was too old for that but he still did it. Tanner is only here a couple hours each night. The girls are here three days a week. I feel like a school bus driver going back and forth to their pre-school. They are adorable but I must say I am so glad that I have Fridays all for me. So far, I love it. Today I am headed to see a friend that I haven't seen in two years. A long story but she moved far away suddenly.Another reason is my Poor Baby Izzy. She so needs a real haircut. I have been whacking away at her hair and it is just not doing it. I have been waiting to get her a pro job when she was feeling better. Her breathing is better but her belly is so big it looks like it could pop. The vet is still hopeful and said last week that he was not too worried. He started another antibiotic and a couple other drugs.
Now up to 6 kinds a couple times a day. I was hoping for more improvement by now. Thank you all for your concerns and prayers. I guess I am hopeful that she isn't worse.

And I am missing these two. I haven't seen them much lately. I so miss them. The others in Colorado as well, of course.

My plans are changing like crazy for this week-end so I hope to get to spend time with them. I don't think I am going to the Country Living Fair. My partner in crime hurt her neck and can't drive. I am a little sad but I know some really good shows/sales are coming up. Maybe I will get Izzy's hair cut instead.

Well, I do have some other things I need to post that don't involve cute little kids, I promise. But for now have a wonderful week-end.

I do want to thank all of you for the wonderful wishes from my anniversary post. You are just the greatest.

41 years today

2011-09-12T08:24:00.000-07:00

Today is our anniversary. 41 years. That's a long time. 4 adult children and 6 adorable grandchildren and three furry babies.......we are blessed. To survive all these years you have to have alot of love and a little humor. I am going to post my email to my husband this morning and his reply. Love and humor for sure.

From me to Mr. Cozy:

Happy Anniversary to the love of my life.......my best friend.....my caregiver.......my rock.....my everything. xo

Mr. Cozy replies:

Happy
Anniversary to you Sweetie. It has been a wonderful marriage.
Love,
The Rock

9/11

2011-09-09T06:54:00.002-07:00

God bless us all on this anniversary.

2011-09-09T06:54:00.001-07:00

Cozy Blanket news

2011-09-06T14:02:00.000-07:00

My new job is going to be watching these cuties 3 days a week. We will spend lots of time in the Green Bug transporting to and from pre-school. The girls will go on alternating days.
Now, aren't they cute. They are 3 and 4 but in a couple of months they will be 4 and 5. The youngest is adopted from China and what a sweetie. She told me she loved me twice this morning. Her name is
Anabelle just like my MIL. Curly Girl is going to be the handful.
I have been registered with Sitter City and Care.com. I had several leads but most were for the Columbus area. I called my neighbor and asked to borrow a potato for soup for my BFF. She didn't have any but she told another neighbor that I was looking for someone to watch. The same day I saw that neighbor at the stop sign in our neighborhood. She said someone she knew needed someone.
And this is how I met Curly Girl and
Anabelle.
I am supposed to also watch a 13 year old boy that has
Autism.......actually something like it but not exactly. I had him in SACC last year and my son has been his special ed teacher. He moved up to the middle school and was too old now for SACC. My son and I both adore him and this is more like a favor to his family. His mom said he just needed a safe place to go after school.

New babies.......my neighbor had her baby girl on Sept. 1. I was on call but their Grammy got there before I was needed.
Doodle's Mom had her new baby this morning. I did get called at 5 a.m. to go to their house (45 minutes away) and get Doodle and Baby B. off to school and sitters house. I made french toast for them and got them off just in time to return home for my first day with the girls. Wait til you see the new baby's room. OMGosh.......his daddy did an amazing job again.
A week ago it wasn't even painted.....wait til you see it.

Yesterday was Piper's second birthday. Happy Birthday Sweet Boy. We are guessing that it is his birth day but not sure since he came from the pound. What a lucky find for us.
No party this year but he got this sweet flat bunny. No stuffing. Hopefully it will last a couple of days. He was so proud. I had to take about 20 pictures to get one good one......that is if red eyes count for good.

My MIL is home but still very grouchy. She fell in the night Sunday. I think she is okay.

Poor Izzy's tummy is getting bigger. Her antibiotics are almost gone. We are to return to the vet when she finishes them. Sometimes her breathing is better......but she is not improving. We added SamE to her meds four days ago......no change yet. Today I got thistle milk supplements. Not sure how much to give her, I had to do some calculating. So hoping I don't give her too much. I have read online that this stuff is amazing and works quickly. I want her to try it for a couple of days before we return to the vet.
Anyone out there in blog world have anything similar to their pets. She is still eating, drinking and going to the potty. She seems a little different today. Grumpy and that is new.

Okay, I think that I have covered everything that has happened here in the last couple of days. If not I will remember after some rest.

COUNTRY LIVING FAIR

2011-09-02T15:11:00.000-07:00

BUCKEYE BLOGGER ALERT:
The Country Living Fair will be in Columbus, Ohio September 16,17,18th. You can order tickets online.
A one day pass is $13 ($16 at the gate plus you might have a line)
A 3 day pass is only $15. There is a $2 service fee. Parking is $5 They also have deals that you get a CL subscription for $8. Have known people to sign up and not get the subscription for some reason.
I just wanted to know if any Buckye Bloggers will be going. What days and what times? We can "try" to meet. With cell phones and some of us knowing each other....we might actually find each other. Looking for newbies as well. We are not an exclusive group, just a bunch of crazy fun loving junky, vintage picker ladies.
So just send me an email and maybe I can arrange something -grammypetals@yahoo.com .
THE FRENCH HEN BARN SALE is October 7 and 8 (my bd). This is another fun sale. So much goodness under one roof. A beautiful barn with chandys hanging everywhere. Another good place for us bloggers to meet up. This sale is in Marysville.

ANOTHER UPCOMING EVENT is the Ohio Rural Society Antiques and Garden Show on October 14 and 15. This is located in the farmlands of Mt. Vernon Ohio. It is on a beautiful farm.....lots of great vendors......so much fun. This would be a great place for us all to meet up. It isn't as big as the CL Fair.....easier to find each other and just a fun place to spend some time. Motley Junk and Flippery will be there as vendors. (aka Polly, Keely and Pam). I really hope we can get a bunch to go there. So also let me know about this so we can plan ahead. Also, less walking, should be cooler, no admission or parking fees.

UPDATES: I have a job.....actually a couple. I will fill you in later. My MIL is out of ICU. She isn't doing well and so grumpy.

Okay, ladies think about the dates and let's get something started.

Goose and Mrs. Diddle

2011-08-31T11:35:00.000-07:00

Goose and her teacher Mrs. Diddle. She is so excited about school. But, yesterday they had a fire drill and she cried. She was worried her big sister (below) K. Bug wouldn't get out in time. Poor baby. Low and behold there is a tornado drill.....which is coming.......they probably will go get her big sister to be with her.....they do that there.

Home from school. She rides the bus home with her sister.
Grampy said, "What kind of a dress is that K. Bug has on." It's a little swirly isn't it. I love the name on the headband. Probably to make sure she got on the right bus. They are just so cute........I know, I know.

Updates.......interview went okay but not taking it. I couldn't even get up their driveway.....long, rutted, gullies. And the hours are 1-11:30 p.m. Just 8 nights a month.....just not for me. I am going to keep looking but I will be watching a boy after school that I had in my before and after school program. He has some sort of brain damage and is just the nicest boy. My son was his teacher last year. He loves my son and will be so excited to come to my house because he thinks my son lives here. It's isn't much money at all but something I'd like to do to help out the family. He has aged out being in the after school program.

My MIL is in the ICU right now. Not, sure how serious. She has just been going downhill so much. We will go tomorrow.

My best friend has had her third surgery now. First on a replacement (knee), second one for a bleed from the first surgery, the last one for a nasty infection in the replacement. She now has a port and has to have IV antibiotics for 6 weeks. Not sure that another surgery won't be ruled out. Her husband has heart surgery later this month....Sept. Oh, and they may be loosing their home.

I think that's all the good news I have for right now but it does put life in perspective.

Blessings!

2011-08-30T10:59:00.000-07:00

Seriously this is not a picture out of Pottery Barn. I guess you could tell that, hah. I need a new camera.......I keep saying that, don't I?
Okay the above picture............ all this was purchased BUT notice the painting on the wall. Dad did this......see the little stripe on the trim.

Dad painted this pictures to go above the changing table.

Dad did the letters and this painted banner.

Can you tell this crib is not slept in.......Baby
B. sleeps with his Mama and Dad.....but not for long as his baby brother is about to arrive. He is the sweetest little thing. It took him over a year to like me.
And this Nanny was crushed. Their whole family thought it was funny as Laken adores me above everyone. When I left this week-end he ran over to me with his arms up and cried, "Nanny." Okay, I was over the rainbow.

Sorry this is dark. I was taking pictures at midnight while I babysat and in the dark. Wonder what the neighbors thought. Doodle and I made the little star ornament by the teddy bear. I love how her mom always displays the things we make. Just so you know Dad is a fishing, hunting, party man. He totally remolded their downstairs and it is unbelieveable. He is so funny and has never met a stranger. He was so excited when Baby B. was born that he started screaming, "He has a weiney." Actually he said the "P" words but that's not very funny, is it? He was so excited as they didn't know the sex of the baby. On this note, I will end this post. Stay tuned for Doodles' room.

Shake your tail feathers

2011-08-29T12:27:00.001-07:00

Goodbye Irene. She was a nasty one. I hope and pray that things get back to normal on the East Coast.
Trying to bring some joy back in my posts. These pictures are taken in Doodles' home. Her parents bought their house after it was on Tour of Homes......7 years ago. I just love these chicken(or is a rooster). The back side is clear across the kitchen. (oops, I thought I posted the back side but I didn't) I still don't know whether this is a stencil or it is hand painted. There are other decorative paintings in their house. I took pictures of the kids rooms and that will follow in another post. There home is like living in the Pottery Barn catalog. I always say that's where I want to live......in the PB catalog......or the store.

This picture came from Doddle's great grandmother. It is very old but looks brand new. I think it is tin that it is painted on. I really like this, don't you?

Okay, now this has nothing at all to do with the above photos. Today I had a 911 call from Goose's Mom my DIL. Goose had an accident at her day care.....where she goes before kindergarten. She didn't make it to the potty. So Grammy to the rescue. I ran by their house and got some undies and a cute little dress for her to wear to kindergarten and back to the day care. This happened almost a year ago to the date. I think her Daddy (my son) sometimes forgets to remind her to go to potty before they go out the door. I don't know how these kids hold their bladders all night and into the morning. Geez Louise, I am up several times a night. The minute my eyes open......I am in the bathroom. I think, then, when she has to go there is too much to hold back. Sorry, too much information. Anyway, problem solved. We can't have her going to her real first day to K. like that. She had a trial day last week.
Not my Goose.

Okay, ooops, almost forgot about this picture. I went to get some tea on my way home.......both drive thru lines were 20 cars deep. I had to turn around and leave. But, I thought I'd show you why......do you see the sign. I don't think we are a fat nation, just a poor one. Look what brings out people ....a $1 Big Mac. So I went to Wendy's for my tea and guess what.....no one was there and it was lunch time.

This is it for today, headed on a job interview. Yep, I am.

Praying for my East Coast Friends

2011-08-27T09:25:00.002-07:00

Just heard that Irene has hit the shore. I am praying for all of you that will be affected. Please be safe. Hopefully things will not be as bad as they are predicting and power and such can be restored quickly.
My son in law's elderly parents live in the Hamptons and his sibs close by. His parents are in their 80's and live in the same home as their parents.......so they have been in the Hamptons before it was what it is today.

Also I have my sweet son-in-law on my mind. He lost his job this week. His job loss is much more of a big deal than mine. This guy is a work-a-holic.....will work 80 plus hours on salary. He is not only the kindest person but good at everything he does. My daughter said they will be okay for awhile. Wish they lived closer to us.

I am fine. I just need to settle down a little bit. My son was just here and said, "Mom it has just been two days since you haven't had a job." So true.
But, I have been off for three months and was ready for a paycheck. I think all the caffeine I am on for these headaches (There backkkkkkkk, only gone a couple of days) has me a little on the hyper side.

My dear best friend is back in the hospital. She had her knee replaced in July. Two weeks later they reopened the incision due to a bleed.......two days ago again more surgery.....reopened for infection. They put a drain in and also a port for antibiotics for 6 weeks. Her husband is disabled and is to have heart surgery this month to replace a battery for his pace maker and also the wires on his defibrilator. She is out of sick leave. Then to top this all off.....they may be loosing their home. My son said maybe they could move into our house. Possiblity. They have Izzy's parents.......3 Yorkies in one house and a Springer.

Today, after I go see my friend in the hospital I am headed to Doodles house to help her Mama. She is about to deliver any day now.....very sick......already dilating. Her husband is "in" a wedding tonight. She said if she doesn't go to the wedding (hah), she needs me to take care of Doodle and
Baby B. anyway. (overnight) Just hoping we don't have to make a run to the hospital. Imagine me driving, a mom in labor and two kids in the back seat. Dad better meet us there. My son said (our families are so intertwined) maybe this time off will be need to help my friend and Doodle's family. Hmmmmm, thinking the same thing.

Izzy slept in bed all night last night,. She wanted down once and then didn't move and wanted back in bed. She slept well and seems a bit peppier......so hoping she is going to get better. She still will not take her meds in her Yorkie sized peanut butter sandwich until her big brother Piper has one. He is loving the PB sandwiches. I showed my Hubby how to make the sandwiches.....and he questioned why Piper has to have one. He will find out when he takes over for me.

Okay this spazzy hyper Grammy is going to sign off. Praying for Irene to be kind.

2011-08-25T11:35:00.000-07:00

Even though Little Fella looks kind of guilty here, he didn't do anything to make Miss Mabel cry. She was mad because Baby Q. was in her car seat. When Miss Mabel isn't happy nobody is. She is so darn cute and has such a temper.

Sorry for all the random pictures this week. I am just searching for ones that fit my mood.

You probably guessed this.......I am unemployed as of today. Mom called today to tell me that the dad had an emergency appendectomy last night and she was just not ready to leave the baby. She was really nice and said I was really good with the baby and she would give me a good reference.

Excuse my rambling today, I have no one else to talk to. The furry babies listen but not too well.

Izzy still not doing well. The breathing is concerning me. Got to give the meds time I guess.

My Goose started school today. Oh how I wanted to be there. Mom said not this week. Geez. Just because when she started pre-school her Daddy and I took her and I was told to leave the room. Miss Goose was screaming for her Grammy. Dad called and said that she took the bus from her extended care center to kindergarten. He was there waiting. She walked into the room saying, "I'm here, I'm here." He said so everyne knew that she had arrived. That's my Goose. She will ride the bus home with her big sister. was thinking of how she must have felt. I can see her.......thinking that everyone was thinking about her and only her and how excited she was . She will probably end up teaching the class by day's end, hah. My big girl. I think from caring for her (Like Doodle and K.Bug) it's such a big deal to me. (Okay, I have no idea why my font changed)

Now about that earthquake. I didn't feel it, wish I had........I didn't know about all the damage to the historical places in DC.
Now the hurricane......have you heard what it could do to
NYC. I am glad I live here in Ohio.
Now, that can be debated as we lost power for one week here do to hurricane winds, go figure.

Did you happen to watch Roseann's Nuts. We couldn't find anything on TV last night so turned to that. I was on this, of course, and Hubby was reading a book. Her language is unreal. Every now and then I would just laugh out loud. She can be so funny. The whole Mary Jane thing was hilarious.
No I never did that, never even ever wanted to try. She was writing this speech that she was to give to some high school girls. When she was practicing, I thought it was going to be a disaster. Then she pulled it off and it was good. I must say her boyfriend is perfect for her. Okay, the show won't make it but it was funny for one night.

I decided to make some peanut butter cookies today. BJ's recipe. Three ingredients.....one cup peanut butter, 1 cup sugar and one egg. 350 for about ten minutes. Very sweet but yummy. The vet told me to give Izzy her meds in peanut butter. I wrap the pills in Yorkie size PB sandwiches. She will not take it until Piper has one She's not trustig of me right now. SO that smell made me crave the cookies.

Tomorrow I am meeting my friend for lunch. She was actually my teacher when I went back to school to get my early childhood degree.

Okay, if you are still here with me. Thanks for your listening ear. I really am fine........things will get better, sorry for all the drama.

Sick little Izzy and Being hopeful

2011-08-24T09:40:00.000-07:00

My little Izzy, the Yorkie, is not feeling well. Her liver is enlarged as her lymph nodes and sludge in her gall bladder. Her little tummy is bloated. She keeps "me" up at night wanting to get out and in our bed. She hides most of the day under a big buffet. Yesterday they did a scan and blood work. She has some form of hepatitis.
Not sure what kind, a biopsy would be able to tell but that is so invasive. The vets are trying meds for now to see how she will respond. She is still eating and slightly active. The doctor told me today on the phone that he was "hopeful. " Izzy is only 6.

I knew the other night that something was really wrong. Piper, her big brother, walked up to her and licked her all over her head. It was the sign I needed to call the vet. He is like a little mother to her. She likes him but still bosses him around. We kennel him when we are gone because he eats pillows. When I come home it is warm in front of his cage. Izzy must be sleeping there to be near him.

I am "hopeful" as well. Of course this is all costing a pretty penny. What do you do?

Okay more of life.........I knew day one that something wasn't right about my new job. The first day the dad says we are too loud after less than an hour. The second day, all is well and mom comes down and nurses the little girl (18mos.). I really have this feeling that she is going to tell me any minute that she doesn't want to leave the baby while she works at home. Well today, only day 3, she calls and dad has food poisening and cancels me for the day. Hmmmmm, I think I see where this is heading. This will be a first for me if it doesn't work out. I am thinking that the past two years since Goose started school, that I am not making good choices about jobs. I have a couple other options so I am "hopeful."

Today school started. I got up at 8:00 a.m. without an alarm clock. I would have gotten up at 5:15.......I do like this. Last night Izzy had me up alot. Then early this morning some really strong storms moved through. My first thought, seriously, was please rain in Texas. Then we I got out of bed for good, I look outside.
Not expecting to see a dozen wild turkeys right outside my window. I ran to get my camera, well walked, and of course they had scooted away. The mom turkey reappeared but still didn't get her picture.

I didn't feel the earthquake and I am bummed. I must have been driving. Very strange that the East, West and Colorado all had tremors. I am "hopeful" that some of the dry areas will get some rain out of the storm that is brewing.

I read a quote the other day that said that God was insulted when we worry.......just another reason to be "hopeful."

On my mind this week

2011-08-23T06:23:00.000-07:00

My little pirates are off to school this week. Grammy is so proud but anxious as well. Just like with my children when they started school, I will think of them all day long. Out of the five above, four are starting school for the first time. Lil Fella, Snow White and Goose will start kindergarten. They were all born 6 weeks apart. Snow White and Lil Fella started yesterday. One goes all day and the other just in the morning. Things are different in Colorado. Our school system is still fighting to keep kindergarten as half days. Goose starts tomorrow. Her teacher is Mrs. Diddle. Snow White's teacher is Mrs. Purdy.
Not sure what Lil Fella's teacher's name is.
Now our big girl, K. Bug starts third grade. She is still such a sweet innocent little girl. I know that big changes are ahead......can we just freeze her. The youngest in this group, Miss Mabel starts pre-school for the first time. I hope they are ready for her cuteness. I wonder if she will say, "I do it" all day long. Baby Q is already back with his day care person. She has cared for his sister since she was 4 months old. She is amazing.

My son, his wife and my daughter are all teachers....one is a counselor. But, we now have a new teacher in the family. My DIL is now teaching Pure Barr classes. (Something like yoga)

I started with my new little girl yesterday. Let's say I started with the family. Dad works from home and I found out likes everything very quiet. Mom is having a hard time leaving the baby. She also works from the home. I felt a little in the way yesterday.......I am sure it will improve.

I am excited about not getting up before daylight tomorrow when school starts. I will miss seeing two of my granddaughters at school.

Still not sure what is going on with this head of mine. I have had one day free of aches. They seem to come and go now. I am ready to move on, in many ways.

Our temps are cooling off. I am sure that there wil be more hot days.......but loving the coolness.

Hoping all of you have a good week.

The last two days

2011-08-19T12:49:00.000-07:00

The last two days were busy with little ones.......like most days. Yesterday I watched my granddaughters and Doodle and her baby brother. They were all dancing (yes, I was as well). The music was a bit loud for Grammy's headache. (They are getting better) The picture below is really blurry but Baby B was dancing away.

The day before, I just had Doodle and Baby Ben. I promised Build a Bear for Dodddle's birthday. She choose a BFF Peace Kitty. They had a special for the animal, an outfit and a pair of shoes. Baby B. was just content hanging out in his stroller drinking some water.
Afterwards we went to California Pizza Kitchen. Do you know they have gluten-free pizza. It was yummy. Doodle loves their mac and cheese. I mean she really loves it.......she loves to go there just for that.

On our way back to their house a car passed me. It had logos all over it. I wanted a picture but couldn't try to with the little ones in tow. It said "Canadian Goose Relocaters" ( I think)......and things like "got goose" and pictures on it. Have you ever seen or heard of a company that does this. I sure haven't. Wonder if my husband would like that job, hah.

You just never know what you will see.

Today I am resting up. I start my new job on Monday. Just talked to the mom and she told me the little girl has been really clingy and super attached.
Another new beginning......keeps life interesting......and it's fun.

Just Clownin'

2011-08-15T10:45:00.001-07:00

I was asked to clown at Goose's school. So, I asked Goose to be my assistant. Her Mama did a great job getting her ready. This picture was taken very close to her face so she wouldn't shut her eyes. Since her eye surgery last fall, her eyes are really sensitive to the light.

Goose did the tattoos. I painted faces and did balloons. We also told the story about The Rainbow Fish. We talked about making and keeping friends and sharing. We gave each child a rainbow star. Goose helped tell the story. She has a little lisp so the story was much better when she told it.

We had a great time. I gave Goose some of the money I made. Her Daddy thought it was a good lesson for her. Grammy Petals enjoyed having a helper.

ahoy maties

2011-08-13T11:16:00.000-07:00

Ahoy Maties.
I haven't posted for a few days. For the most part all is well. My camera is MIA. Hoping to find it soon. I went to Doodles' horse show and was taking pictures there. I think I left it in her Mama's car.
We have some cooler temps. So nice. I have the windows open for at least a few hours.
My husband's mother is not doing well in the nursing center. He left early this morning to meet with his sister to see what they can do. It is so hard when your parents age and need care.
My granddaughters are back from Canada. They had a wonderful time. They are getting excited for school to start in about 10 days. Their parents (teachers), not so much.
My headaches continue. 8 days now. I went to the doctor and she still think that this is a form of migraines. Just wanting them to go away.
These last two weeks before school starts and my new job seem to have gotten really busy. I guess that is a good thing. I need to get into a routine.
Most of you are buying school clothes and supplies.....makes me want to go buy a new box of crayons. I wonder how many of those oxes I have purchased over the years. This year is exciting having three 5 year olds started school. They will have so much fun.
Good luck to all the teachers and moms that are getting back into the groove again.
Soon, more pictures if that camera show up.

Here's the dirt

2011-08-08T11:23:00.001-07:00

Dirt pudding.......have you made it before. There are many recipes that require alot of ingredients. I have used those recipes. I think it would be just as good, less compicated, just using pudding topped with crunched oreo cookies. Gotta have those gummy worms on top and a real flower. These girls loved their little clay pots. Fun also to make in a new sand pail with a new shovel. My DIL made this batch.

Here's the dirt......after all that soul (job) searching last year...... sorry to have put you through that........I have decided not to go back to my school job. I've decided I am more of a warm COZY BLANKET kind of person than a mean and grumpy person. I am going to watch a baby in the afternoons now. If something comes up for the mornings, I might do that as well.

More dirt.......I am so tired of these headaches and dizziness.

Missing my Ohio girls alot.........hope they come back soon from Canada.

Doodles' party was fun. I will post about that later.

Tomorrow is my cousin Jo's first birthday in Heaven. She celebrated her birthday the whole month long. Her best friend and I are meeting tomorrow. I am hoping that celebrating this day will help us in many ways. My emotions are certainly stirred up.

Okay, that's enough dirt.......

Have a week to remember.

Friends are blessings

2011-08-05T11:58:00.000-07:00

My grandmother made this some 50 years ago. She would be around 109 now. I just last week decided to put this in my kitchen.

Then along came Sadie Mae and her pups which led to my meeting Elizabeth of Creative Breathing and making a new friend. Friends are blessings. What a pleasure to meet her and to call her my friend. E. brought me this darling birthday cake that she made.
As most of you know, E. is very talented. I am always amazed at how perfect her stitches are. I can't wait on her felt book to come out this fall. She said she knew we had alot of birthdays around our house with all the grandkids. If you notice that the candles are a little bent. Like I said before, we almost melted that day.

The next pictures are what came with the Friendship Bag, Sadie Mae. We were supposed to send something to the next person from our state. Mine came from Elaine from http://hshollow.blogspot.com . Elaine lives in White House Tenn. Cindy, our tour guide, thought Sadie went to the real White House.

Elaine sent her gifts that she got at Cracker Barrel. Did you know that CB originated in Tennessee (Lebanon) and their headquarters are just outside of
Nashville. The box of GooGoo clusters are empty. Hmmmmm, let me tell you that was one great sugar rush but I did share with Mr. C.B. These babies have been made in
Nashville since 1912. The cute little guitar candy tin is to represent
Nashville as the little musical instrument. She thought the grandkids would have fun with that.

See, who knew how educational this adventure would be. It is also going to be to show support for a friend of Cindy's. We'll hear more about that later.

Now Elaine also sent this cute little Christmas towel and adorable Santa from a shop she used to own. So cute. Thanks Elaine.

Now since Elizabeth and I are from the same state, she was familiar with my gifts. I tucked some little things in a 31 Gift bag from Bath and Body Works, Donovan Designs and Hartstone Pottery.
Again, what fun this was. Thanks Cindy for your friendship and for blessing us with new friends.

Sadie Mae, Rufus and ToTo Visit Cozy Blanket

2011-08-02T14:01:00.000-07:00

The gang arrived in Granville via B. from White House Tenn. (I will show pics of the goodies that were sent in the next post.) Here are the pups meeting my pups. Izzy could have cared less.

Poor Piper was a little scared . Piper loved smelling Sadie Mae (The Friendship Bag).

Or first road trip was to see the World's Largest basket. This is the office of Longaberger Basket.

When Rufus and ToTo saw this they said they had to go really bad.

And go they did.

Then we all went to see my bestie that was just released from the hospital her second time after having her knee replaced. Unfortunately she is back in the hospital again and had surgery (again) yesterday. Wasn't she a good sport about getting her picture taken. Please say some prayers for her recovery.

Then we went to an Antique Fair in downtown Newark.......Ohio not N.J.

White Cottage was one of my stops. Oh, I love that store. Everything is white. I will share another time the paint she uses.

I found the cutest little girls that posed for me with ToTo and Rufus. Aren't they just the cutest little girls.

They were with their Mommy that had set up her wares in front of the best chocolate store in Licking County.
Thier Mommy, Keely, and Polly (of Sassafras Stuff) sell under the name of Motley Junk. I bought an awesome mirror there. I also used to teach at Montessori with Keely.

On another day we went to Pickerington to see Doodle. We were going to go to this festival but we passed.....too hot.

Here is Doodle with Rufus, ToTo and the Little Black Dog from Hilton Head that Nanny gave her.

She wanted to take a picture of me. I will miss this Friendship Bag. It went with all of my clothes and was so soft and held so much.

On the way home we decided to take a tour of Granville, where I live. Lots of historical homes.

We toured the Denison Campus.

Green Velvet and Coffee Shop

Our new Mexican Restaurant. Granville usually doesn't allow the buildings to be painted this bright. I love it. This year we lost several restaurants this year due to the ecomony. I know the owners of this one, so I hope it does really well.

Another new restaurant, Bella.

This is the Buxton Inn. It is known to be haunted. I had an experience there........I'll post some day.

We stopped for Whit's Custard. Just let me tell you it is unbelievable. This flavor is Carmel Sea Salt. It was raining so we ate in the car. Rufus loved it.Yesterday we went on another road trip. This time we went to meet Elisabeth from Creative
Breathing. She is next on the list to take Sadie Mae on her adventures. I have always wanted to meet E.
Being that this is a friendship bag...... Sadie Mae brought two bloggers together as friends. E. is the sweetest person with such a big heart. I had so much fun just chatting with her. We had a little lunch then went to an antique store down the road. It was okay but so hot inside. We liked her sign and fairy gardens the best. We melted and then hit the road.

Thank you Sadie Mae, Rufus and ToTo for coming to visit. Thank you for my new friend E.

My Doodle

2011-07-30T12:33:00.000-07:00

I went to visit my Doodle yesterday. We have a special bond. I am her Nanny.....I watched her when she weighed six pounds and until she started school. She has a special place in my heart. Her pre-school teacher once told me she could only hope that someone would love her as much as Doodle loved me. It is so true, she loves me alot. When she was little she always wanted me over everyone else. She still calls me from, what I call the Hello Kitty Hot Line, whenever she wants. Our families have blended in a special way.

Doodle took this picture of me. She kept saying, "Put this on your blog." She has never seen my blog but she sure seemed like she knew all about blogs.
Now a year and a half ago along came Baby B. He wanted nothing to do with Nanny. He even turned his head and sometimes cried. Doodle's family thought it was so funy that he didn't like Nanny since I was so loved by Doodle. They would say, "Oh no you have to like Nanny." Well yesterday Baby B. decided he liked me. Mom stepped out to get some groceries. Baby B. has been crying lately for everyone except his Mom and Dad. I feared what would happen. He decided he really liked my straw.....then my cup of iced tea. So I went with it. I dumped the teat out and just put ice cubes in the cup with the lid on. He loved it. He played with it for a long time. Doodle wanted me to see something on her computer. So we went into the office. When she was done, she said she was going to call her cousin on Skype. Well she did. Do you know where her cousin was.....In the Ukraine. She was there visiting her grandparents. It was so much fun. I knew Doodles Aunt but I got to meet her aunt's family. Now how cool is that.

Back to the cup, hah.

Check out his lashes.

By the time Baby B.'s Mom came back he was my buddy. He even tried to push Doodle over (twice) so he could sit next to me. He gave me kisses. Oh this Nanny is so happy that he finally likes me. Yeah.

Oh, Doodle and I filled her treat bags for her birthday party next week. I am always invited to her kid parties. So funny. She always wants me to sit by her. I know one of these days she will outgrow me. I told her once when I was picking her up from school that she could and get me someday from my nursing home and take me on rides

Later last night she called on the Hello Kitty phone to tell me she rode on a ride at the festival and got sick. She said she just wanted me to know.

Love you back bunches Doodle.

Bo Bunny Mini

2011-07-28T11:26:00.000-07:00

I love this little mini album. I added the pictures and used the chipboard accessories that came with the package. I added the ribbons and that was all. The kids can look at this one and it looks nice sitting out.

The shovel is a chipboard. Oh, this little boy loved the beach. His Daddy was born and raised in the South Hamptons. They both love the ocean.

This was a super hot day. Sun was so bright.

This one was lost on the good camera. A passerby took this. Baby Q. wanted down really bad.

I love this shot of all the little in the sand. So busy aren't they.

This photo shoot was lost. They worked so hard to get this picture for us. We had two shots on one of the other cameras. If you look between the older boy and the tallest girl there is a line. I pieced the picture together. Little Fella had a melt down and this was a better look on his face. Yep, sad, this would have made a great photo.

I loved the pirate adventure as much as the kids.

It is so hard to get all 6 in one spot, eveyone has their own agenda. Out of the 5 CDs in the photographers (DIL) camera 3 were okay. They just didn't have the pictures that we had hoped for. I do have some good ones of all six in the kitchen eating ice cream cones. I actually just ordered 200 more photos from those CDs. That's it for today. Stay cooooool and COZY.

Happy Flowers

2011-07-26T13:12:00.000-07:00

This is not the post that I had planned for today. I sure do love my sunflowers. Well, not mine, the sunflower guy's from the Farmers Market. I got some for me and some for my bestie that had her knee replaced last week. I also got her family McDonalds food. A great friend I am to buy them junk food when they are recovering.....but......that was what sounded good to them.
What I am not happy about:
Our government
The elderly man at the drugstore with a huge bag of prescriptions. He told another lady it was alot of meals. I am assuming that he meant the meals he could eat if he didn't buy the prescriptions. Then his credit card was denied and he had to talk to the bank right there. I felt so bad for him and for our elderly people that can't afford their meds......and that may not get their social security checks in
August..........grrrrrr.
Mean parents at Walmart. That is why I can't shop there.
Not happy that the deer ate my flowers last night.

Things I am happy about:
Having time this summer to spend with family and friends. Do I really have to go back to work soon?
I have A/C (yep, I said that before)
All of my blessings including my blogger friends.

Okay, happy thought, happy thoughts, happy thoughts.....................

Zoo Mini

2011-07-24T12:20:00.000-07:00

I went to an all day long crop awhile back. I had my camera card and planned on printing out pictures while I cropped. Well, thier machine wasn't working. So not to waste time, I found this little album in my stash of things I had brought. It was plain as anything. I started by covering all the pages with some cute paper I had with me. Sorry, not sure who makes this paper. This zoo, if you remember back, is in Colorado Springs and its big attraction are the giraffees. Just a note.......if you want to see the cutest giraffee picture yet go to this blog http://The things I learn From Bear . Scroll down on her "the giraffee" post to the end. The giraffee looks like it is posing for the camera. These animals are just the cutest, aren't they.

I realized that in this album there are no other animals, maybe a bird, just my sweet family. I did take a picture of a monkey and a moose. OH, and a horse the 5 year olds rode

Ever since I saw this Bo Bunny mini album I had to have it.
Now, I need to take another trip to the zoo. It is adorable. Still in the package. The last picture is what the other pages look like. It will be hard to cover those pages up. There is a Bo Bunny blog. Just recently they released a pre-view of new papers and mini albums and bling. Oh my, some adorables. You have to see. I will show you in another post the beach album I made from another Bo Bunny Mini album. So easy. The album is adorable without any embelishments. (My links do not seem to be working.......if they don't work for you try my side bar)Oh, the Bo Bunny albums were $7.99. Sweet. The only thing I didn't like were the rings. They don't hold tight. Happy Scrapping.

Just peeking in on you

2011-07-22T10:28:00.000-07:00

Just checking to see if all my Bloggies are staying cool. This heat is not good. It makes my head hurt. (Yep, the headache is back) I took my Mom to the doctor yesterday and that takes alot of driving. ( In and out of the car) But another good checkup on her leg. I am heading out to visit my bestie who had a knee replacement. We have some rain and there is another weather alert scrolling on the telly right now. If it is going to be hot then it might as well rain, right.

Tomorrow my husband and his sister move their mother into assisted living. That is going to be so hard. She is failing fast and she just isn't safe. She will have a hard time adjusting. Change isn't ever good for her. My sister-in-law got her an answering machine a few years back. She cried for a week just having it. Seriously.

So girlies, I just wanted to check in you. I thought this picture of Mabel looked like a little turtle and perfect for my post. Stay cool and safe.

Buckeye Bloggers Get Together

2011-07-19T07:28:00.000-07:00

On Saturday the Buckeye Bloggers met once again, this time in Tipp City. Here we are in front of the beautiful fireplace in the Coldwater Cafe. Yes, there is a fireplace behind us.
Not sure why this picture is so grainy, sorry, it was my camera but I didn't take the picture. I think this is the only group picture. The bottom row is Jo (L) and our ringleader Sue(R). In the back row from left to right , Sue, Pam, me, Pam. That's right two Sues and two Pams. We are missing a few faces. Just being an Ohio Blogger gets you in this group of crazy girls.
What did we do besides eat? We went shopping, hah, imagine that. A few antique and vintage stores. We got to see lots of Chalk Paint in one store. The owner had painted several items with different colors. That was fun to see the colors up close. We purchased old camers, a toy high chair, toy pink retro kitchen set, baskets, suitcases, blocks, and other treasures. It was a fun day but it was HOT.
The great thing about blogging is the people you meet. You meet real people that have real lives (some are really busy lives, he, he) and real families. We have different styles and likes but we all blend together. The best part is that these people become our friends. My grandmother made a sampler that said," Make new friends, keep the old, one is silver the other gold." Thank you new friends for a great time.

Ice Cream Social Yum Yum

2011-07-17T07:50:00.001-07:00

What is your favorite ice cream flavor......here are some to choose from.

Our favorite ice cream is Peppermint from Velvet Ice cream. (Photo taken before Mr. C.B. threw his cone at the fighting ducks......see past post) (puffy eyes....allergy or headache?)

Goose and K. Bug posing in a banana split

Their favorite is birthday cake ice cream

My blessings

2011-07-15T08:48:00.000-07:00

All together and all so loved. We had so much fun and made so many memories. Lots of hugs and kisses.

Randomness

2011-07-14T09:04:00.000-07:00

I marvel at some of your beautiful pictures. I think I will start saving for a new camera. When it comes to cameras, don't put all your apples in one bucket. By that let me explain. When our family went on vacation we designated our own family photographer. She worked non-stop taking pictures of everyone.
At the same time there would at least be at least one maybe three other cameras clicking away. The rest of us are just point and shoot people. Our photographer's camera's disc failed. It's complicated but no pictures. Said sweet photographer was in tears and so upset. With the combination of all three other cameras we still got some great pictures. She was able to do some magic to the ones we took. Soon, I will post. So be prepared as you never know what will happen.

Hoping this will post. My Hubby realized we weren't getting all the cable channels we were paying for. The serviceman came yesterday and said that sure enough we weren't getting the signals we needed. He left and said he would call in a work order and someone would be out. Well, he never left the street we live on. He was outside for about 4 hours and sure enough he has been here all morning.
And folks he has multiplied....there are more trucks outside. My cable, computer, and phone go off and on and off and on. So much fun. But I am getting other things done. Hmmmmm, maybe this is a sign.

Newsflash......our windows are open......we are having a bit of a cool wave......well cooler wave. It's not 90......I don't know how ya all in the south deal with 100 plus temps.

I am in love with Bo Bunny mini books........I will show you later. I am working on an airplane mini book that isn't Bo Bunny today. I have to add the papers. BUT, Bo Bunny has some gorgeous ones .....printed in beautiful designs. And they have some brand new ones just coming out. They are fun for a trip or special event.
As soon as I add some things to the ones I am doing I will post.

Okay these are sure some random comments so I will exit before I loose the whole thing.

Stay cool.

My Mail Lady

2011-07-12T11:27:00.000-07:00

I love the things my mail lady brings me. These are my recent fun things. This is a cute bookmark from my friend Jan from The Journey. Isn't this little girl sweet. Jan does amazing things with paper. I keep asking for lessons but I think she thinks I am kidding. This cookbook is from Victoria from The Things I learn From Bear. I love Gooseberry patch. This cook book is loaded with easy good recipes. The Gooseberry girls are from Ohio.
Also on almost every page is a homemade craft......I sure will be making lots of these.

Next is from Heidi and our exchange in a Homemade Gift Exchange. I think she should win for being most creative. This tin is adorable . Love the fringe. She asked what colors I like and I said ice cream colors. She did well didn't she. Inside as you can see, are little slips of paper of things to d with my grandkids. She added special things that are in our village. She researched my corner of the world. Sweet, huh.

Any how, I love all of my gifts. Whether the gift is from a random act of kindness a blog win or a swap, what fun I have receiving them. I also like to giveaway. I need to have another one of those soon.

So, I have a question for you. What is your favorite thing about summer. Besides spending time with family and friends I think mine is AIR CONDITIONING. Seriously.

What is yours?

Mr. Cozy Blanket saves a duck

2011-07-09T15:14:00.000-07:00

Mr. C.B. and I took K. Bug and Goose to the Velvet Ice Cream Ole Mill today. We ate our lunch while the girls had ice cream, since they had already eaten. I took the girls out to feed the ducks. Grampy stayed in to pay the bill and to get us cones. Well.....we were eating our cones and the girls were feeding this one white duck. You can see some other ducks in the background.
All of a sudden all the ducks gathered in one spot. We thought they were fighting over something. Low and behold one duck had this white duck by the neck under the water and the other ducks were sitting on top of the poor thing. They were trying to drown the duck. OMG. The girls yelled. I yelled at Mr. Cozy to do something. He yelled. When it wasn't breaking up he threw his ICE CREAM CONE at the ducks, smacking one of them on the back. It broke up the fight, almost. The one duck still had the other one by the neck. My husband went over and was clapping and yelling at the duck and that bad dude let go. The poor injured duck came out of the water (next picture) and kept shaking itself. (The duck under the bush had already been there and wasn't a part of the posy of bad boys.)
After awhile the duck went to where the other ones were.
The last photo was of my husbands cone floating in the little lake. He did get another ice cream cone.

I think we made quite a scene. Lots of people were watching. I heard one kid say," That guy threw his cone at the duck."
Another lady told me that she was afraid that my Hubby was going to fall in the lake. We all said that we have never seen anything like that. I am afraid I would have gone in that water to save the little thing. We couldn't have witnessed a murder. After all Goose was with us. That is her real nickname that I gave her. She has always loved anything Daisy Duck and rubber ducks.

We all think that Mr. Cozy is a hero.

Buckeye Bloggers Get Together

2011-07-06T16:22:00.000-07:00

If you are from Ohio then you know what a Buckeye is. The Buckeye Bloggers are having a get together thanks to Sue at http://Sullivan and Murphy.blogspot.com/ . We are to meet in Tipp City, have lunch at the Coldwater Cafe and do a little shopping. This will take place on July 16. If you haven't been invited you are now. Send us a comment and we will fill you in on the details.

Fun Family Times

2011-07-04T08:46:00.000-07:00

A little swinging time

Catching lightening bugs and a slamander (Yep, we found one of those in the dark)

S'mores were big hit

With the kids and the adults

Some silly popping fireworks (pretty safe, no one injured) A little cousin kissing

Mabel and a marshmallow

And proof that I was there.

I hope your holiday was fun of fun.

Happy Birthday
America.