WHEN GREEN IS BLUE ON APRIL FOOLS DAY

 THIS IS A STORY FROM MANY YEARS AGO

WHEN THE GRANDGIRLS WERE LITTLE.

WE HAD LULU, RIA AND 

THE BABY-SWEET CHEEKS.

I FOUND THIS IS MY STORIES AND LAUGHED RIGHT OUT LOUD

READING IT.

LOVE THESE MEMORIES.

It is funny the way kids perceive things. It was April Fools Day & Lulu knew that it was a day you were supposed to play tricks on people. However, she didn’t quite get the concept of HOW the tricks were supposed to work. No, she thought that the trick should be something kind of naughty.

About mid-morning my daughter called me. She was laughing hysterically. She had just received an email from Lulu’s teacher. Now, let me preface this by saying that Lulu is a typical "oldest child". She minds her manners, she is a good student and reads & does math in an above average manner. She is, basically, a good little Christian girl. Today-she slipped off the path of righteousness as only a child can-she was naughty.

She thought she would play an April Fool’s trick on some children in her class. Here’s how her version of the "trick" worked- she simply walked up to the kid and shot glue at him out of her squeezable bottle. Better yet-she glued some poor girl’s hair to her head. I'm hoping it was good old Elmer's WASHABLE school glue. Ah...what is the outcome of this you want to know?

Well, in Lulu’s school -when you are on your good behavior-you are BLUE. When you are naughty you move to the GREEN catagory. When you are REALLY bad you move to the RED catagory and you and the principal have a little sit-down chat. Well, Lulu was GREEN. As soon as the teacher told her she started bawling and couldn’t quit. She doesn’t cry very often and when she does she just can’t stop. Thank God they only had a half day of school.

When she got home I called their house and SweetCheeks informed me that, 

"Hers laying on da couch wright now cuz hers tirahd from crwying cuz hers wus naughty." 

"Really?" I ask. 

Just for the fun of it I asked what Lulu did that was so naughty. 

"I dunno, I think hers glued herselve to da wall or sumfin & hers gonna turn green". 

And there is an April Fool's Day smile for you!

BRINGING AN ALMOST DEAD GERANIUM BACK TO BLOOM IN AN HOUR

Is This Possible?

Can I take an almost 

DEAD GERANIUM

and bring it back into

bloom in less than an hour?

Well,

They say a picture is worth

a thousand words.

See for yourself!

Here are the step-by-step

instructions.

Try this yourself and see what happens.

The plant started out like this.

As you can see there are a few

spindly, waxy looking leaves.

First you must cut them all back.

Save these-you may need them later.

 Your plant will now look like this.

Next- Take a 1875 WATT

blow dryer.

Place it 7-1/2" from plant

and turn it on 

HIGH HEAT.

Set your timer and 

apply blow dryer for 47 -1/2 minutes.

After time is up

Add 1/2 cup water

Once again apply blow dryer

for an additional 9-3/4 minutes.

Make sure it is 2" from the plant.

If no green has appeared add

1/2 cup of filtered Spring water.

That should do it.

Stand back and gasp in awe.

Your plant should now look like this.

Within 5 more minutes

you will find that it has bloomed

and it should look like this.

What?

It didn't work for you?

Ummmmm.....sorry I mighta lied because

it is, after all,

APRIL FOOLS DAY!

Hope yours is happy and relatively

FOOL FREE!

I am still 

ON BREAK

but wanted to give you an

April Fool's Day smile~

FALL HAS FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP.....

Whew!

Just so you know right upfront
I lied about the 
"I can't get up" part.
How I WISH I COULD sleep in.
Apparently my DNA is tied to the
whirling dervish rather than
a fat lap cat.

These last few weeks have been a whirlwind.

Fall is finally here,

after a long hot summer,

 and the leaves have started to fall.

I have been putting bits and pieces 

of FALL around here.

They will stay up until the day after

THANKSGIVING.

(except for the Halloween stuff)

This is the little slate I painted

when my kids were little.
These are the youngest three-
my older son was "too cool"
to dress up anymore.

I sold a lot of these slates back when

FOLK ART CRAFT SHOWS

were popular.

This is the only one I have left 

for Halloween.

Love this soft side of fall.

I will do some overall pictures this weekend

of the new place and I will post them

this coming week.

I found an opaline pumpkin that is gorgeous!

I have never seen one like it

so I need to get a picture of that 

on the blog here so 

YOU CAN SEE IT,

too!

On the last warm nights of autumn

the kids liked to go down 

to the beach by the bay.

Their Mom took these pictures.

SweetCheeks said they are 

MAGIC PICTURES.

Cooler nights bring

sunsets like this!

Oh!!! How I miss this view.

I hope to have some sort of 

water view when we figure out

where we are going.

We have fall colors all over.

Wisconsin is a wonderful place to 

take a drive to see colors

like this.-

Or this-

However,

Please remember-
DO NOT TEXT 

while driving...

or in MY CASE-flying!

The kids say I have found

the perfect sign for my

front door.

I need to hang it there this weekend.

Wonder if I should paint

The Witch Is Out

and turn it over when I leave?

Nah....let 'em be scared!!!!

HAVE A WONDERFUL

FALL WEEKEND!

APRIL FOOLS FOLLOW-UP -A 4 Year Old's View

I had the sweet job

of babysitting for CJK the last night

of March.

He slept over while Mom & Dad

went out of town.

Nope-doesn't bother him at all to sleep in a 

"girly bed".  lol

Guess what!!!!????

The next morning was 

APRIL 1st-APRIL FOOL'S DAY

Actual conversation:

Nana- Come on CJK. Let's play a trick on Papa.

CJK:  OK- What kind of trick?

Nana: Come on- I'll show you.

We go downstairs to the little kitchenette

where Papa prepares his special foods

that he has eaten since he got cancer.

CJK:  What are we gonna do?

Nana:  We are going to tape down the SPRAYER on the kitchen faucet.That way when Papa turns the faucet on he will get sprayed. 

(someone else's image using rubber bands)

I proceeded to show him how that worked

 by turning just a tiny bit of water on.

Even that little bit of water soaked the floor.

He was overjoyed.  

This was going to be the

BESTEST APRIL FOOL'S JOKE EVER!

Nana:  CJK-Don't say a word to Papa.  It's a secret. OK?

CJK:  I know, Nana!!!  I won't tell him cuz it's a secret, right?

Nana:  Right!

We head back upstairs where 

Papa is watching the news.

I sit down.

CJK stands DIRECTLY in front of Papa,

grinning like a Irish elf.

Then opens his mouth and laughs.

Papa:  What are you laughing about?

          CJK:  Nothing.

(10 second pause- as CJK continues to stare and grin.)

Papa:  What's so funny?

CJK: Nothing. Hey, Papa-why don't you go downstairs and get sprayed?!!!

Papa gives me the hairy eyeball.

Papa: Thank you, CJK!!!

I give CJK the "you little traitor" eyeball!

Should I tell you that even being 

forewarned he got sprayed a bit

before it 'hit him'?

Well, at least I didn't have such a 

big 'clean up' this year.

Here's the funny thing.

I have done this every year since we

have been married---like 40 years.

He NEVER remembers!

And- he always BRAGS that--

"She got me AGAIN"...

like that is something to brag about--

CJK is NOT invited back for 

NEXT APRIL FOOL'S DAY.

He can play the trick at his own house!

The Little Blabbermouth!

I'll be back later in the day-
I am off to the Va this morning for the 6am shift.
Love those guys.
Love y'all, too.
Have a GREAT Tuesday!

A BIG SURPRISE FOR YOU- I AM CHANGING TO A NEW BLOG!!!! Whoo Hoooo!!!

Good morning--or afternoon--

or whenever you found 

your way here.

This has been in the works

for some time

and I have debated whether or not 

to proceed but I have decided

that it is

NOW OR NEVER!

You know 

my old blog was

Nana Diana Takes A Break...

Well, the new one takes it

one step farther!

Yes, indeedy!

The break is over and I will be

posting on my new blog

STARTING TOMORROW.

Bring me your troubles,

bring me your woes,

bring me your upsets,

bring me your crazy.

I will be ready for 

ALL OF IT.

Here is my 

NEW BLOG HEADER!

Apropos, don't you think?

So...look for me there in the morning...

or maybe you have just been

April Fooled!!

ps.  If I don't come back it is because
MyHero did me in after I,
once again, taped the handle
down on the sprayer on the sink.
Yeah---that's always a bit of an
EYE-OPENER in the morning.
Later----

THE BIG FAMILY SECRET! We have a NEW BABY!

You know,

We were trying to keep things under wraps

but I need to tell our littlest granddaughter

Little Miss Bright Eyes 

to 

MOVE OVER!

 No use screaming about it!

The NEW BABY has a 

LOT OF BLOND HAIR, too.

See for yourself!

Okay- 

April Fool!  Kinda----

She IS a baby after all, you know!

Her name is SANDY and she is a 9 week old

COCK-A-POO!

I am telling my friend, Sandy, that she is named 

after her--even though that's a lie...lol

hmmm...wonder if that is an honor anyway...

to have a DOG named after you?

Pfffttt...SHE'LL THINK it is!

She belongs to this sweet family.

Not sure where Ria was 

when this picture was taken

but she belongs to all three girls.

 Happy Happy April First!

We made it!

Have a wonderful day...

Now go out and fool someone!!!!

SOMEONE ATE THE BABY -OH NO! NOT OUR BRIGHT EYES!!!!!!

WHAT????

THIS is a 

SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS HERE!

This is what 

THE BROTHER 

has to say!

Someone ate the baby it's rather sad to say
Someone ate the baby so

 she won't be out to play
We'll never hear her whiney cry 

or have to feel if she is dry
We'll never hear her asking 

why why why 

someone ate the baby.

Someone ate the baby it's absolutely clear
Someone ate the baby 

cause the baby isn't here.
We'll give away her toys and clothes 

we'll never have to wipe her nose
Dad says that's the way it goes, 

someone ate the baby.

Someone ate the baby, 

what a frightful thing to eat,
Someone ate the baby, 

though she wasn't very sweet.
It was a heartless thing to do,

the policemen haven't got a clue
I simply can't imagine who would go and (burp) eat the baby.

Shel Silverstein

Oh- Yeah

APRIL FOOL!