AGING---READY FOR THE NURSING HOME YET?

Ever wonder what your

GRANDKIDS

will look like as

OLD PEOPLE?

I recently went to a

PLAY put on by the

SUMMER PROGRAM

(NOT DAYCARE, NANA)

that my grandson,CJK, attended

this summer.

They did a parody of

OLD PEOPLE

in a nursing home

listening to music

from their past.

(I fit right in except for the

nursing home part).

The play was so much fun.

Here is what he looks like

with gray hair and glasses.

My dad actually had a head of hair

like that only it was silvery white.

Here is a 10 second clip of his 
ONLY LINE~
He has a really deep little voice.

And...yep...Nana was there, too.

Look at his expression.

Gotta love a kid like that.

OH!  To be young again, huh?!

Have a great day!!

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RIP CURTIS CANNON-Prayer Request Follow Up

Good Morning!

I really HATE doing this

kind of post.

It is a follow up to a 

PRAYER REQUEST

by Curtis's wife, Sylvia

A Grandma's Blessing.

Curtis fought a good fight

but lost his battle

to health issues.

His healing was not to be

here on earth.

Please pray for,

or wing healing thoughts 

and good wishes,

to

Sylvia & her family

as they start to walk this

new life path.

Thank you so much for the prayers,

thoughts and love 

you have sent already.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Love to all of you-

PICK YOUR FAVORITE WEDDING TABLE-AUGUST RESULTS

Well, Holy Cow!

(We don't really think our cows are holy,

but we ARE called America's Dairyland)

You all have turned my fun little "game"

into something so special.

I feel like I know each one of you

at every table.

Without further chit-chat,

here are the tables and the people 

that have chosen to sit at each one.

AND-AS ALWAYS

I will be making fun of 

SOME OF YOU!

Hey- No complaints!

You wanted to play along, right?

Table #1-AFLAME WITH LOVE

Melanie, Judy,Sue, 

CHERI (She is afraid of fire but chose to sit here anyway),

Cindy Jo (bringing a bellini-NOT an Italian gigolo), 

Rain-(has attended a BYOB wedding-and kept her STASH in her purse so she didn't have to share)-I am NOT making that up!

mxtodis, Rose-(said she feels it- I have a funny feeling that Rose has found love),

Marilyn, Pam, Anonymous, Nonnie, Betty, Jan, Benita(willing to rotate tables and annoy others), 

Pam(needs to bring a fire extinguisher in case she sets her sleeves on fire)

Whew-quite a bunch there!

Table #2- TABLE 2-GET IT?

Jan (here because she thinks the succulents are favors she can take home), Deborah, Sugar,

Missy-(didn't like ANY of the tables but plopped herself here anyway), 

Doris(here because she doesn't want to look at dog pictures while she eats),

Jane, Linda /LaCarte, Heather, Tete & Leena.

Table#3-THE BRIDE WORE BLUE

Gayla likes this table, Jeanie, Dewena (picked her table without looking to see who she would be sitting with)expect her to show up with a blindfold that she may, or may not,take off!!!

Karen Ann, Carla, Happy One, Sandi & 

last but not least, Beach Gypsy/Debbi

Now - I want you to see how SOME PEOPLE 

(Beach Gypsy/Debbi) make their decisions

3!!!! I like the blue dishes! I almost picked the sunflower one simply because of the dog picture though, LOL.  I'm bringing candles to this party. Glo-necklaces and bracelets. Charm bracelets for everyone. Miniature flashlights. It's a wedding party, right? I'll also bring a big basket of miniature bouquets to throw and miniature garters, LOL! This could get wild with all the throwing of things, ha ha. Blue balloons too, those are fun to toss around, just like in the old days, at big rock concerts, ha ha LOL. There will be dancing, right?--I will bring my tambourine with the rainbow ribbons as well. And of course, My crystal ball will be with me. Cant wait for this party and to see who I will meet at my table! thanks

Anyone want to move to a different table?

Anyone? Anyone? Anyone?

Table #4-DRINKS ARE PINK

Jan/LowCarb, Julie, Phyllis,

Diane-(fickle-will move for friends),Roxy,

Denise, Babs, Kay, Cindy/Cloches, bobbie,

Sylvia, Susie (likes the chairs), Dolly,

Linda/LaCarte, Gay, Linda/Life & Linda!

Table#5- BLUE & WHITE BRIDAL FANTASY

Carol (only here to steal ideas for a dinner party)

Adam -I hope he brings his sweet wife, Daisy,

Nancy, Kim (she likes drama)...gonna move

Beach Gypsy here for the drama...lol.,

Lisa K, Ellen, Brittany

Table #6- DOGGONE IT-I LIKE SUNFLOWERS

Buttercup (I am singing-Build Me Up, Buttercup-anyone remember that?)

Patty (Loves the dogs and the padded chairs), 

Dear Gert, Fran, MA, Jack & Sherry(hope they can stop traveling long enough to sit a bit)

Linda/Life Journal, Mevely, Arlene, Jettie (is bringing her two dogs-Copperhead & Bocephus with her for cleanup and crowd control)Ann (LOVES dogs-sounds like she might bring framed pictures of her own dogs), Debby Ray,  Susan Kane(maybe-unless she likes the people at 7 better)

Table #7-SWEET SUMMER WHITES

Saimi, ANOTHER Anonymous, Shelia, 

Jenny (insists on cake), Ron (Mr. Cocktail)

bj-wants to sit right next to Ron-figure THAT out,

Debbie-Dabble, Theresa, Krishna, Liz, Barabara,

Kris (all white-surprised?), LV, Terri D, Jenn,

Sandra (here if someone holds a gun to her head-don't ask),

Laurel, Susie, Louise, Cindy/Creations, Lisa.

So, there you have it.

Another dinner table sorted out.

No offense meant to anyone I teased.

Will be back in a flash.

Have a wonderful Sunday!

And, although I checked the list here
and FB twice I may have missed someone.
If so---PLEASE let me know and I will
add you in.

ALSO-ANONYMOUS people-if you post as
anonymous please give us a first name or
even intitials. We want to know you!

TWO PRAYER REQUESTS FROM BLOGGERS~

I got an urgent request last night

from Sylvia.

Her blog is A Grandma's Blessings.

She would like prayers for 

her hubby, Curtis.

His health has been compromised

for a long time and 

Sylvia has dealt with it admirably.

However, yesterday he was 

admitted to the ICU

with respiratory failure.

She asked me to let everyone 

know that she won't be posting

(for a while) and to ask you to 

please pray.

Here is a picture of them in

better times.

The second prayer request is from

Debbie-Dabble

A while back I put out a prayer request

for her beloved nephew, John.

He had cancer and in the picture below

his poor body was already showing

the ravages of the disease.

His spirit was strong and 

he was a loving, giving man.

A man of medicine that helped make others well,

but for him there would be no  earthly healing.

Please pray for his sweet family,

his mom & dad, his wife,

and his beautiful children.

Pray for Debbie too.  

She will miss him terribly.

His obituary is here if you would like to read it.

As always, thanks for your prayers 

and if you don't pray.

please send well wishes 

and healing thoughts their way.

Personally, I believe we are all in this

GAME OF LIFE 

together and we need to support

and uplift each other

as much as possible.

I have been out of town and then

came back to lots of work

so I will do the 

Pick Your Favorite Results

on Friday (Lord willing and the river don't rise).....

AUGUST-PICK YOUR FAVORITE WEDDING TABLE

About time to do another one of these-

Right?

So, I went searching for  

LATE SUMMER WEDDING TABLES.

I was expecting lots of color

but I was surprised at how many

pale colors there were--

I guess weddings call for doing 

what you love, 

using the colors you love.

REMEMBER THE RULES!

Pick ONE table!

This is NOT a life or death situation, people!

If you hate your seated companions

you can always move- right?

Here we go!

#1-AFLAME WITH LOVE

#2- TABLE #2- GET IT?)

#3-THE BRIDE WORE BLUE

#4-DRINKS ARE PINK

#5- BLUE & WHITE BRIDAL FANTASY

#6- DOGGONE IT-I LIKE SUNFLOWERS

And last but not least-

#7-SWEET SUMMER WHITES

So-there you have it, friends.

Think of your favorite person in the world

that you would like to see get married-

a daughter, a grandkid, even a friend--

Which table would you like to sit at

for the reception?

You will notice there is

NO ALCOHOL

in any of these.

It is a BYOB!

(Can you imagine THAT happening)?

For those that DON'T KNOW-

BYOB means- Bring Your Own Bottle....

Happy Picking!

I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM?

You know one thing 

I love about 

summer?

Ice Cream!

Now you can go to

an ice cream shop but----

Is there anything better

than homemade

ice cream?

This tastes like a 

DREAMSCICLE!

Remember those from when

you were a kid?

Well, I made ice cream

that tasted much like that!

ORANGE CRUSH ICE CREAM

Ingredients:

6 cans of ORANGE Crush Soda

2 cans Sweetened Condensed Milk

1 cup sugar

Put 2 cans of Eagle Brand Condensed Milk 

into a big bowl.

Stir in the sugar.

Slowly pour in one can of Orange Crush to

combine the first can of soda with condensed

milk and sugar.

Continue adding 5 more cans of Orange

Crush.

Add the mix to ice cream freezer.

Crank up the ice cream maker.

Mix until the ice cream is firm.

Let sit several minutes to "ripen".

Freezes well.-Makes 3 quarts.

So- after mixing this-

I dug out the old

ice cream maker,

and cranked her up.

Here is where the 

I wanted to SCREAM

comes into play.

She made a few turns

and groaned and moaned.

We "helped" her run

until her motor quit.

Thankfully, the ice cream

was almost done.

Bye-Bye old girl!

At least we got this out

of you before you died.

I went to Sam's Club

and found a new friend.

Hello Baby!

You sure are a pretty thang!

Aroma (don't you love the name)

 ran perfectly and 

we were delighted with

this- 

OLD FASHIONED CUSTARD ICE CREAM

We really like the custard

rather than ice cream.

Ohhhh...This is sooo good!

It's too bad that 

no one in this family likes

ice cream!

THIS ONE

 would rather have

a cupcake

at the local trough buffet.

It's an old picture-

I wonder if SweetCheeks remembers

that day like I do.

Bittersweet-to see them grow up.

isn't it?

Anyway-moving along-

If you don't have an

ice cream maker, or have

never made your own ice cream,

you are missing one of

life's special little joys.

Yes. You. Are.

Have a wonderful weekend.

I will be back with a

PICK YOUR FAVORITE

the first of the week!

Pinky Promise!