WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY AND BLESSED NEW YEAR

I hope you have had a wonderful

2019!

If, like some of us,

your 2019 

was less than perfect,

I hope that 

2020

brings us health and happiness.

See you on a more regular basis

SOON!

Love to all my blogging friends~

A POEM I WROTE FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY-

Happy Fourth Of July!

She's a grand old flag,

She has passed the test.
She has stood strong,
Guarded by the best.

The best of the best,
Have served her well,
From the mountain of Victory
To the pit of Hell.

Our soldiers have banded
One and all.
To fight for our freedom,
When they heard the call.

 I thank you soldiers,
Each and every one,
From father, mother & brother,
To daughter and son.

You have given yourselves,
That we might be free.
A big "thank you so much"
from my family and me. 

God bless you all,
Happy Fourth Of July.
Remember our freedom
Caused someone to die.

Raise up the families
Of those that are gone,
And pray for their peace
Until they all come home.

Blessings-
©Diana Kosmoski

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

JUST POPPING IN TO SAY:

I hope your year is blessed and beautiful.

I pray for happiness and good health 

for all of us and for our families.

Back with some 

FUN on Wednesday morning!

Hope none of you are nursing a hangover.

Hmmm....does that

CREATE A PICTURE

in your mind?

Nursing a hangover?

 Someone a bit more tech savvy

could have made that look real...

but I am just the 'idea woman'....

LOL-Never said I was good at photo alteration.

Have a GREAT NEW YEARS DAY---2018!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Wishing You All

A Beautiful

And Blessed

Happy Thanksgiving

Now WHERE did that

turkey get to?
He knows we have a date!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!

It is a day for celebration

for most of us.

We wave our flags 

and grill our burgers

and wolf down our hot dogs.

We stand in line for dripping

ice cream cones

and we stare at the sky

in awe as fireworks

feed us a feast for our eyes.

We are free.

What a blessing to be free.

But that freedom comes at a cost.

A big cost.

I see it every day I work at the VA.

I see the sacrifices made

 by men and women

to ensure our freedom.

So, take just a moment today

and whisper a

THANK YOU

to all those that fought for us

on this, and foreign, land.

Wing a prayer up 

for those families left behind

when their sons and daughters,

husbands and wives,

mothers and fathers

gave their lives for all of us.


Say a prayer, too,

for all those who served

and whose lives are forever altered.

Prayers, too, for those in

ACTIVE SERVICE.

I am so in debt to all of you!

I will leave you with one of my

very favorite photos

of SweetCheeks.

This was taken on our dock

about 5 years ago when the

fireworks were

bursting in the air over the bay.

THAT is 

WONDER & AWE

I hope I never lose that

WONDER & AWE

and I hope I never lose

my appreciation for this

GREAT COUNTRY.

GOD BLESS THE USA!

HAPPY, BLESSED FOURTH OF JULY!!!

It is a day for celebration

for most of us.

We wave our flags 

and grill our burgers

and wolf down our hot dogs.

We stand in line for dripping

ice cream cones

and we stare at the sky

in awe as fireworks

feed us a feast for our eyes.

We are free.

What a blessing to be free.

But that freedom comes at a cost.

A big cost.

I see it every day I work at the VA.

I see the sacrifices made

 by men and women

to ensure our freedom.

So, take just a moment today

and whisper a

THANK YOU

to all those that fought for us

on this, and foreign, land.

Wing a prayer up 

for those families left behind

when their sons and daughters,

husbands and wives,

gave their lives for all of us.

Say a prayer, too,

for all those who served

and whose lives are forever altered.

Prayers, too, for those in

ACTIVE SERVICE.

I am so in debt to all of you!

I will leave you with one of my

very favorite photos

of SweetCheeks.

This was taken on our dock

about 4 years ago when the

fireworks were

bursting in the air over the bay.

THAT is 

WONDER & AWE

I hope I never lose that

WONDER & AWE

and I hope I never lose

my appreciation for this

GREAT COUNTRY.

GOD BLESS THE USA!

At 1pm today our

granddaughter, Lulu,

(Alana in real life)

will start the city festivities by singing

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

and

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

We are so proud and so blessed!

Have a wonderful, safe

 4th of July!

Papa Gives The Princess Advice

MyHero loves giving advice

to everyone.

Most nod their heads and say

"uh-huh--uh-huh"

But when he gave

Baby Bright Eyes advice?

 THIS is her response!

She listens about as good as I do!

No time for a longer post this morning.

I had a house full of people since last Thursday 

and some are leaving today.

And now----

I am off to the VA for 6:00AM

I will be back tomorrow with some pictures 

of the back yard and other work

I got done before the 

Fourth of July holiday

AND 

ONE PICTURE TOMORROW

will give you a 

BIG BELLY LAUGH...

a spurt-your-coffee-out-your-nose kind of laugh!

Have a great day!

I will be around to visit when I get home.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY TO ALL OF YOU!!!

It is a day for celebration

for most of us.

We wave our flags 
and grill our burgers 

and wolf down our hot dogs.

We stand in line for dripping

ice cream cones

and we stare at the sky

in awe as fireworks 

feed us a feast for our eyes.

We are free.

What a blessing to be free.

But that freedom comes at a cost.

A big cost.

I see it every day I work at the VA.
I see the sacrifices made by men and women
to ensure our freedom.
So, take just a moment today
and whisper a 
THANK YOU
to all those that fought for us
on this, and foreign, land.
Wing a prayer up 
for those families left behind 
when their sons and daughters
gave their lives for all of us.

I will leave you with one of my 
very favorite photos.
This was taken on our dock
about 4 years ago when the 
fireworks were
bursting in the air over the bay.
THAT is 
WONDER & AWE!

My family is here for a few days

so I will be back on Tuesday 

as full of the devil nonsense as usual.

Have a Happy & Blessed 

FOURTH OF JULY!

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Happy New Year-2015 & A Health Update

Thank you!  Thank you!

THANK YOU!

I just wanted to let you know that

I am still above ground!

Thanks to all of you that have reached out

and left me comments.

Thanks, too, to each and everyone that sent me

emails that tell me that you are

praying for a speedy recovery for me.

You all are

THE BEST!

Seriously!

Who knew that bloggers could, and would,

care so much about each other?

I am sorry that I seldom responded to 

your comments and emails.

I have been dozing off and on

and watching old movies.

I can't even read because it is hard

to cough and read at the same time.

It is NOT CUTE!

They ran blood tests and lung scans
yesterday.
I only hope everyone has a doctor
that is as good as the one I have.
She leaves no stone unturned.

I will continue on another 

round of treatment
for two more weeks.

I have some new, stronger meds
that I hope will nip this 
thing in the bud.

I cannot believe how long this is hanging on.

I started coughing on 

December 7th at a concert

and have not stopped coughing since.

I have missed the parties

and all the Holiday preparations 
that  I so  love~

but I did 

CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS

with my family.

I hope to post a few pictures soon.

Let's hope that happens before

the 4th of July-

which will be here before we know it.

So that is the update and

with that being said~

I just wanted to wish you a 

BLESSED & WONDERFUL

NEW YEAR!

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I pray for 

HEALTH

HAPPINESS

&

LOVE

for you and your families in the upcoming year,

And, lest you think I lost my sense of humor

I have been thinking a lot about

aging another year.

I have decided it might not be too bad after all!

Bet that doesn't surprise you in the least.

I will be back soon!

Pinky Promise!

Happy Labor Day!

Just popping in to tell you I am still

above ground

and to wish you and your families 

A

source

I have the grandgirls here.

Tomorrow they start school

and I am left wondering 

WHERE DID SUMMER GO?

I will be back to blogging regularly 

in a few days....

pinky promise.

I just need to catch up on all the things

I DIDN'T get done on my

"Summer Vacation".

Thank you to all of you ~

that stuck with me-

and wrote to me-

and cheered me on-

and sighed and/or cried with me.

It has been quite a summer!

See you shortly..

well, I am NOT short...

but you know what I mean!

And here, of course, is what

MyHero is doing for 

Labor Day!

Pulling what hair he has left

OUT 

because I MIGHT have asked

him to do me one little favor....

or maybe it was two...

or it might have been three...

I say..

Labor Day means

YOU WORK

and I rest-

for a change

Amen!

HAPPY, SAPPY, NAPPY AND LOVEY THE BABY- Father's Day Weekend

It was quite a weekend!

I went to Fleet Farm on Saturday with my son and

HAPPY

A few hours later 

SAPPY 

came in from the playhouse looking like this...

We tired poor little 

NAPPY 

right out!

And- Oh- Yeah!!!

Love the baby, 

Love the baby.

Love the baby!

3 months & 3 days old.

I think she looks like the 

Gerber baby-

but then I am a little biased!

Have a great Monday.

I have a couple of projects I am working 

on to show you this week.

A Wee Bit 'O Spring In The Front Hall

I was so busy yesterday with some 

projects that I almost forgot to take

pictures for a post this morning.

But, never fear, I can always

come up with something.

So-here you have it-

SOMETHING!

Something Springy and lovely

in the front hall.

Sorry- I  know it is a tad out of focus-

Kind of like my eyes in the morning.

The bottom has an Irish greeting

for St. Patrick's Day.

Overall, it looks like this.
~Erin Go Bragh~
I am adding this after someone
commented they had to look it up.
You know what THAT means
 someone that is 
NOT IRISH reads my blog!!
Whoo Hooo
Anyway-
Erin Go Bragh means
Ireland Forever

MyHero said he thinks it looks like a 

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENT

I told him THAT COULD BE arranged!.

And YOU know what I mean by that!

Fall Gardens And Family Faces And MyHero Goes Flying

 I took a few days off from blogging

over the Labor Day weekend.

I was going to rest and enjoy 

some Green Bay gardens.

However, I was not idle.

We did a LOT of drinking.

And Olympic style swimming.

There was some really rough Wilderness Camping.

Then there was a Pregnant Pause.while we regrouped.

Pregnant Pause-she's pregnant-get it? Oh-Nevermind

We braved tough terrain

and the rough waters of the lake,

Lulu sprouted wings-hope they fall off before school today.

And there was some kite flying.

My Hero's job was to loft the kites in the air

so that others could fly them.

OH NO- If I've told him once 

I've told him 100 times!

When the kite goes UP 

LET GO OF IT.

Good-Bye, My Hero, Good-Bye

Let's hope he gets back in time to

Pick A Pumpkin

for Fall decorating.

Off to take pictures of the kids
going to school for the first time
this Fall Season.
I'll be visiting later today!

HAPPY LABOR DAY

I wish you a 

Happy And  Blessed Labor Day Weekend.

I'll be back after the 

Holiday!

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

It is early morning hours here.

Yes-I am still up.

The Fourth is over and I have

washed the last dish and

sealed the last of the leftovers

and stored them.

Everyone has gone home except

for the three little granddaughters

sleeping upstairs.

 MyHero got called in for

an emergency and the house

is quiet except for the

soft little lip smackings

coming from SweetCheeks.

I thought I would check my email

before I went to bed and saw that

many of you prayed for Kurt
and many of you visited 
Kurt's blog yesterday.

I don't know if I am overtired,

or overly emotional

but by about the 5th comment

on Kurt's blog I was 

bawling like a baby.

I know you have said prayers

for people here before

but the words you left Kurt

were amazing!

I hope he was able to read

every one of them yesterday.

My heart is overflowing with 

love for all of you.

Where else in the world would

there be such an outpouring of

love and concern and caring

for a man that you have never met?

What a blessing you are-

to Kurt- to me- to each other.

Can you BELIEVE this blogging

community?

I am in awe!

I don't know what else to say-

except

THANK YOU!

oh- and I saved you a S'more.

There are NO calories involved

if you want to lick your screen.

 I hope you have a wonderful day

and I'll be around with a REAL POST later-