Taylor Tots......

Harmony is showing some dance moves on YouTube.........It's a dance party every night with crazy Aunt Harmony.............

This is the Conga Line to - can you say "Shake Senora"?

down the hall...................

Back to the Kitchen...............

around the table...........................

This would be Milo......between Moms Booty and Harmony's Boob!!!

Squishy............

Here's the lyrics.......just in case you want to sing the next time you conga................

Shake, shake, shake, Señora, shake your body line

Shake, shake, shake, Señora, shake it all the time

Work, work, work, Señora, work your body line

Work, work, work, Señora, work it all the time

My girl's name is Señora

I tell you friends I adore her

And when she dances, oh brother!

She's a hurricane in all kinds of weather

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Whoa!

Shake, shake, shake, Señora, shake your body line

Shake, shake, shake, Señora, shake it all the time

Work, work, work, Señora, work your body line

Work, work, work, Señora, work it all the time

You can talk about Cha-Cha

Tango, Waltz, or de Rumba

Señora’s dance has no title

You jump in the saddle

Hold on to de bridle!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Rock your body, child!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Somebody, help me!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Whoa!

Shake, shake, shake, Señora, shake your body line

Shake, shake, shake, Señora, shake it all the time (Whoa)

Work, work, work, Señora, work your body line (Yep)

Work, work, work, Señora, work it all the time

Señora, she's a sensation

The reason for aviation

And fellas you got to watch it

When she wind up, she bottom, she go like a rocket!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Hoist those skirts a leetle higher!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Up the chim-en-y!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Whoa oh oh oh!

[Instrumental Break]

Shake, shake, shake, Señora

Shake your body line

Work, work, work, Señora

Work it all the time

Dance, dance, dance, Señora

Dance it all the time

Work, work, work, Señora

Work it all the time

Señora dances Calypso

Left to right is de tempo

And when she gets the sensation

She go up in the air, come down in slow motion

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Somebody, help me!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Whooooa!

Shake, shake, shake, Señora, shake your body line

Shake, shake, shake, Señora, shake it all the time

Work, work, work, Señora!!

A Stool Story

I have a sad story.  I've never purchased bar stools.  I've only had cast-off's, or hand-me-downs.  Don't get me wrong.........love cast-offs.  The problems was that I have a small space for barstools, so I need some that would fit in my area......and fit into my budget.  Sadly, I never found any that were in those parameters that I liked any better that the ones I have.  The above beauty is lovely, if you have $599.00 per stool......I need 4.......no way.

I like these, can't afford them and they are really not in my "scheme" of everyday real home!! The place that real people live, and eat off of and drop food and wipe dirty hands on.....but I do like the hobnails.....I have a thing for them.

I liked this mostly for the hobnails - again with the hobnails - other than that they're ho-hum!

I like the clean lines.............too much money for leather and wrought-iron.

These bad-boys were $2499.00 for the pair....what a bargain.......not!......like I said, I need 4.

This is what I have. Picture these babies from the 70's with bright orange wide-whale corduroy covered. Nice........I have upholstered these tops no less than 6 times. The last time was the black pleather. I purchased some black curtain panels from Tai Pan and covered them about 6 years ago. I can't believe how well they've held up. So, I purchased some lime green pleather and some flocked zebra print pleather and re-covered 2 of them, just for a change......yeah for me!

Sometimes don't you just want a change? Since granite countertops are not in my immediate future......I settled for a change in seating.

Do you think I could put some kind of brush-on acid etch to make the shiney stainless steel .......less stainless steel looking and more pewter-ish looking?

By the way, these bar stools were given/donated to me about 25 years ago by my Mother in law, Shirley.  The barstools I had previous to these (there were 3) were also given/donated to me by the aforementioned Mother in law.  I took these because there were 4 and I thought to myself: "Self, 4 will be handier than 3 in the future."

Rain In Summer

How beautiful is the rain!
After the dust and heat,
In the broad and fiery street,
In the narrow lane,
How beautiful is the rain!
How it clatters along the roofs
Like the tramp of hoofs!
How it gushes and struggles out
From the throat of the overflowing spout!
Across the window-pane
It pours and pours;
And swift and wide,
With a muddy tide,
Like a river down the gutter roars
The rain, the welcome rain!

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882).

We had rain today, it was delicious.

America, The Beautiful Lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates - 1913 O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern impassion'd stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law! O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness, And ev'ry gain divine! O Beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam, Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! We sang this song in sacrament meeting on Sunday.  I only made it thru the 1st verse, then I wept for the remainder.  I'm still going over the lyrics in my head.  How blessed I am to live in this most magnificent land, to enjoy freedom that has been secured by the ultimate sacrifice.  I pray that I never take it for granted.  The gratitude I feel for those who serve and have served is tremendous.  Happy birthday America, May God continue to shed His Grace on Thee.

The State is on Fire

Last October, when this was presented to me on my 54th birthday, I thought is was out of control.  I informed Boyd and Harmony that is was ridiculous to put than many candles on a cake.  I was mocked!

They lit them, I was concerned that when I blew them out that the smoke alarm would go off, because of the abundance of smoke.  Again I was mocked.

This happend right after I showered........so my freshly washed hair would smell like smoke

Once again......this is what a controlled burn looks like.

This is an uncontrolled burn........latest in a string of fires in the state.  So many people losing there homes.........so sad.

For now I'm grateful for a controlled burn on a birthday cake and some smoke in my eyes......I still have my home.

Smoky Sunrise

The last few weeks it seems like the whole state has been on fire. The smoke in the air has made for some gorgeous sunrises. I meet up with my pal Val in the lovely part of town called "Chesterfield" where my brother affectionately refers to the residents there as "Chestermites". We meet there with our mace and tasers, because it is close to our place of employment......yes we work in "the hood", but I digress. I get there as the sun is peeking over Mount Olympus, and I've pulled over to the side of the road to observe it.....and take a picture, although these pics do not do justice. I have also put a lovely profile of me in my car with my early morning "look" velco rollers!! It keeps the Chestermites at bay!  There have been some breathtaking colors.  This is truly my favorite part of the day.

Saturday .......

Boyd and I took the Lloyd Brothers to see this film......

fun--fun--funny

We had to have lots and lots of these.......

Here's Grumpy and the Lloyd Bros.......

Grumps was tired, he had painted

in the morning a rushed home to catch

the 1:35 showing.....

.......and Sweet Sophie.....

She is such a good eater.................

................more please.................

This is her fat little hand 2 weeks ago......the ring no longer fits. 

I put this picture in....*sigh* I'm hot....and not in a good way.....and this picture soothes me.