Sweet

I saw this picture and it made me smile. I was thinking of what a wonderful thing it is to grow older with a partner. I envision me and my Hunka Hunka Burnin' love growing old together and still holding hands.

SLEEP DEPRIVED

I should wear a sign like this. I tried every trick in my arsenal of tricks to try to get to sleep last night. I was still up at 1:49, staggering around the house. Boyd asks: "What would you like me to do to help you?" I answered: "Just shoot me, they put horses and cows out of their misery. . . .why not me?" So, I'm going to all amped up on caffeine this morning and try to make it thru Thursday, notoriously "The most tired day of the week"!

The easiest job ever. . . . .

Iwant to be a weatherman, they have a cake job. They can be wrong EVERY.SINGLE.DAY and still get paid, and I'm sure quite handsomely!! I want them to be held accountable. (I think that only peeps with "super powers" should be able to forecast the weather!! I need to be careful, because I have a little grandson who could be a weather forcaster-he's that much in love with weather. But, in my opinion he does come close to having "super powers") I want sunshine, I want, I want, I want. . . . . . . .actually, I need some sunshine.

58 Years
That’s a long time.
That’s how long my Mom and Dad have been married.
I’m proud of them and their commitment.
That is rare in this day and age.
They have been a wonderful example to me.
Between my parents and my brothers and sister
there are 223 + years of marriage. I think I’m right:
B & B = 33 + years
D & S = 32 + years
P & B = 28 + years
P & G = 30 + years
G & J = 21 + years
L & S = 21 + years
This is an honorable accomplishment.
This is a hard thing to do.
This is a rewarding endeavor.
Congratulations on an amazing achievement and
an awesome couple – My Dad and Mom

Clarification. . . . .

I know that I'm always saying that I love the change of seasons. I love the snow. I do love the change of seasons and the snow, but I DON'T love the inversion that comes with cold and no snow. i like the snow because if we keep having a storm blow through we don't end up with air we can chew. I've included on this post some pictures that have one thing in common. . . . . . .sunshine, or memories we made in sunshine. I miss blue skies, I need to see blue skies, I'm tired of taking a wide sweep around my car because I don't want to rub against her and leave the filth of humanity on my jeans. I think this is what is referred to as the "winter doldrums" I have a few passes on my 10-punch tanning pass. I may go and see if I can fake my brain into thinking that it's observed sunshine. Wish me luck.

Sunshine thru the window of my "green room"

Lazy days of summer, just me and Benny

This fat chick is me. . . . . soaking in

some rays in Chicago in 2009.

I can almost feel the warmth on my cheeks

and the tops of my feet. . . . .ah

Mr Bryson eating ice cream this last summer

A BBQ with Boyds siblings
BBQ's are generally in the summertime.

Boyd hiding in the geraniums at

a winery in California last spring.

Can you feel the sun. . . . . .ummmmm

Boyd and I in Chicago, the sun on

our face and the wind

in our hair. Yeah

Alex and Viv on the lawn last Spring.

Alex and Milo blowing bubbles,

does anything say sunshine like

a bottle of bubbles?

2010 Reads
I decided to keep track of all the books I read this year. I might have left off 2-3. I didn't think about it until close to the end of January. But here's a list my books.

Under the Dome
The Traveler **
The Last Anniversary
North River **
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
The Book Thief **
Open (Biography-Andre Aggasi)
Broken for you
Night over water
The Key to Rebeccah
The Cradle **
The Shanghai Girls **
Shutter island
Major Pettigrews Last Stand **
Hollywood Moon
Blockade Billy - Morality
Sarah's Key **
Baseball Box Prophesy
Memoirs of a Geisha (actually listened to this on CD)
Songs Without Words **
The Heretics Daughter **
That Old Cape Magic
The Red Scarf
Molokai
Hawaii
The Lost Symbol
Shades of Milk and Honey **
Water for Elephants **
Peace like a River **
Fat Man's Daughter (couldn't finish- approx. 100 pages read)
Riding Lessons
Murder on the Cliffs
The Girl who Chased the Moon **
Prayers for sale **
The Body in the Sleigh
The Scarpetta Factor
Long Division (couldn't finish approx. 100 pages read)
The Sugar Queen **
Garden Spells **
Driven (Biography Larry Miller)
The Secrets Sisters Keep **
While My Sister Sleeps
Breathless
Full Dark, No Stars **
Odd Thomas **
Brother Odd

The ones that I've ** are books I would recommend.

There was a time I only read biographies.

There was a time I only read female authors.

My dream job would be to work for a publishing house and

read/edit books for a living. I've made a resolution for

the coming year to read more of "The Classics" and

less of the "light fluff"