Happy Foolin'

Let them stay little

Saturday we celebrated Alex's
2nd birthday.
Where does the time go?
It reminds me of a song
by Lonestar - Let them be little
here's the chorus, it
makes me tear up every time
I hear it.

"So let them be little 'cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little. "

OK, so now I'm all old
and sad and I'm getting
melancholy and pathetic!
Somebody take me out and
shoot me!!

New Exercise Routine!!

I've started a new exercise Regime!
Wow, my hips really ache.
Does anyone have a
better way to stay
flexible?

no work. . . . . .altered

I didn't go to work today.
I got up washed, brushed, dressed,
ate a bowl of frosted flakes.
Felt crummy- and got back in bed.

When I did get up I decided to
make a batch of my mom's
30-day bran muffins.

For all you peeps that I've
given this recipe to over the
years, I modified it to make
it more "healthy" and I
can't tell the difference
{maybe a tad less sweet (?)}

What I changed was:
1 C of butter (1/2 C. of veg. oil 1/2 C. applesauce)
5 C flour (4 C. of white 1 C. of whole wheat)
2 C sugar (1-1/2 C sugar)

So, 25% less sugar, 50% less fat and more whole
grain and no difference in taste!!! "Yipee Zipee"

Sorry if you read this hoping
for some great tid-bits
of my usual wisdom (hahahaha)
but I was so excited
that my muffins will
be better for me
(and you if you try it)
I just wanted to share.
ok.
I'm
done.
Goodbye.
have a
great week.
BTW
it's Spring
yeah!!

Change. . . . . .

Never say "change" to a 50+ year old woman,
it can mean many things,
facial hair being one of them.

But wait, I digress. . . . . . . . . . . .

This was Boyd on Sunday morning after it snowed all day on Saturday.


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When I pulled into the garage on
Tuesday afternoon
(after driving home with my windows
down and breathing in lots of sunshine-filled fresh air)
I heard a small squeek!
More like a "whisper" really.
This "whisper" said,
in a most bold way:
"Hey, LADY!! I could use a break here!"
Lo, and behold it was my lovely "Benny"
She was gasping for fresh air.
She's been, dare I say "banished"
to the rear
of the garage, next to Boyd's tools, a ladder ,
some windshield wiper fluid,
and a bag of snow and ice melt.

I pulled her dusty
little body out of the garage,
I turned the key (oh joy!)
I revved the throttle . . . . gently,
and I putted away. Up the
street, I steered my little beauty.
With the delicious spring-like
air against my face,
I breathed deep, and smiled.

aaahhhhhhhhh

Time for change

It's time for this bad-boy
to get over his "front row seat"
in the garage and let Benny take her
rightful place "up front and center"

See ya next year. . . . .pal!

Sunshine and my Seester

My beautiful sister and Beau drove
up to visit London,
Craig and her grand kid-lets.
I played hooky from work for
the afternoon and met them
for lunch at the Gateway.
It was Fabulous. The sun was
shining and I found a great
parking spot on the street
(yipee zipee)

Here are Beau, London Peggi
Adam, Afton and Rachel.
How darling are those little munchkins?
Thanks guys for
a great break in the
mundane-ness of Thursday.

Twitter

TREES

by: Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)

I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

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I love twitter.
Not the electronic kind.

I have a beautiful Blue Spruce in my backyard.
My dad (gardener extraordinaire)
comments on it's beauty
each time he visits and steps onto my deck.

I sleep with a sound machine.
I usually listen to waves lapping on the shore,
OR
thunder.

I sleep with this machine
to drown out the random noises
every home and neighborhood has.
I do this so I can sleep.
I swear by it.

What do these random thoughts
have in common?
Well, the last 4-5 early mornings
that find me wandering
my halls,
I've heard the tweets
and twitters of birds.
There are many who have taken
up residence in my Blue Spruce.
What a sure sign that
Spring in on it's way

I'm happy.

Ahhh. . . Springtime in the Rockies
(my happy hot-tub ending!)

This is what I was looking at on
Friday March 5th at about 8:00 a.m.
Wowza

This is what greeted me when the garage door opened.

This is about 8 hours later, you can't tell but the sun was really
out-doing itself . . . . .
The great thing about March
snow storms is. . . . .they
don't stick around too long.

This is me, aahhhhhh. . . . . . . .Warren made the last
of the required fixes, and so it's just
me and my bad-self enjoying
what I've been missing for
5 weeks!!

What makes your butt itch?

Same old, same old. . . . . .
Drivers on the phone!!!

People just hang it up and pay attention!
Focus on driving and getting to your destination alive.
(allow others that same opportunity)

The only "impulse" that is worth it, is a purchase at TJMAXX
NOT changing lanes (or 3 lanes) on a whim.

I'm finished.
I'm going to go change my underwear.
I wet myself when I was almost run off the road!!