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!

ANOTHER PRAYER REQUEST--FOR AN UNBORN BABY & MOM

It is amazing to me

that someone that I don't know

finds their way to my blog

through one means or another

and asks for prayer.

This came from

Nancy @ A Joyful Cottage.

It is not for her!

Nope-it is for another person she visits.

Homespun Devotions.

I don't know this lady,

but she has asked for prayer for 

her niece, Kristen, and 

Kristen's unborn baby.

For anyone that has ever had 

a tenuous pregnancy-

one that is fraught with anxiety

and the fear of the unknown,

you will know exactly what 

Kristen is going through right now.

Not only does she have to worry about

her baby's life but also her own life.

I am just going to copy and paste

the words Kristen's Aunt wrote:

"Please pray for Kristen.  She is 26 weeks pregnant with a baby boy, and due to the improper handling of an IV, she developed a blood clot, which has traveled to her lung.  She is also suffering from tachycardia and has to give herself blood thinning medication shots for the remainder of her pregnancy.  She cannot give birth while taking the medicine she is currently on, as it would endanger her life.  Yet, they cannot switch her to the medicine she needs to be on before giving birth too early, as it can cross over into the placenta and kill the baby.  One of the things that concerns us most is that they have not been able to figure out an exact due date.  Timing is of the essence, as it is imperative that the switch in medications be made at the exact right moment.  We would SO appreciate your prayers  that God will spare both Kristen's and the baby's life and allow His power to be revealed in this situation, in spite of multiple medical missteps that have happened along the way.  I think often of Jehoshaphat's words, "Neither know we what to do, but our eyes are upon Thee."  Your prayers are appreciated more than we can say."

Please lift this young lady 

and her unborn child up in prayer.  

If you are not a pray-er, 

please send your good thoughts 

and personal blessings to her.

Thank you all so much. 

When I know the outcome

 I will do an update here.

Have a wonderful Sunday.

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----

WHO'S YOUR DADDY? FUNNY ON FRIDAY/ AD NONSENSE

Jerry, being a bit naive,

never quite understood what

the guys were laughing and

talking about when

they said that Judy had been a

REAL WILDCAT
before she met Jerry.

He was happy when she agreed

to marry him after only two dates
 and even

happier when she gave

birth to their first son
seven months later.

There were lots of whispers
when their friends saw
the child for the first time,
but he ignored them.

However, even Jerry had to admit

the boy, Leo,  was a bit

unusual looking.

Have a FUN Friday!
You know I will!!!!



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PRINCESS BRIGHT EYES TURNED THREE-

HOW is it possible

that or sweet little 

ANNA IRELAND

(known here as BrightEyes)

is already THREE?

But - she is.

I posted these on Facebook

but for those of you that are

not on Facebook I am posting these here.

These are straight from my daughter's camera.

All I did was watermark the bottom of them.

Sitting-

I love the way the sunlight dappled through

and put the little 'teardrop' on her right cheek.

That's my girl!

Always smiling-

Sometimes "posing"

Loving the sunlight on her sweet face

Is it just me or do YOU see a halo

around this sweet angel?

(and maybe an angel behind her?)

Photo shoot is over and 

OFF SHE GOES!

As our Ria used to say...

"An' the beauooiful princess runned away"

Hey---looks like you are losing

your skirt.

Better YOU than ME!

Have a beauoofil day!!

PRAYER REQUEST UPDATE

This will be short and sweet.

Thank you for all your prayers for

JILL-A STAY-AT HOME MOM

I got a text from her hubby 

Monday morning.
He texted me three times 
during the day.
Jill is in quite a bit of pain
but

she came through the surgery 

and the doctor said 
everything went fine.

Now - on to recovery.

I think she will be in the hospital 

for a few days yet,

so if you want to leave her a message here

maybe she can read them 

as she is recovering.

Many Many Thanks

to all of you for the

PRAYERS, GOOD WISHES 

& 

HEALING THOUGHTS.

I will be at the VA this morning

shoving the 'old boys' around!

Have a GREAT Tuesday!

PICK YOUR FAVORITE RESULTS--Who are YOU sitting with?

Well,  This is a LONG POST!

Holy Cow!

If I had known you were all going to come out

of the woodwork and

PLAY ALONG and VOTE

I would have run for 

ELECTION!

The tables all got votes--

but there were a couple that filled up

so I have 

RENTED A BANQUET HALL

for a couple of these tables.

This time I am actually going to

NAME NAMES

(isn't that a lame saying?)

Anyway,

IF your name

DOES NOT APPEAR ON YOUR BLOG ANYWHERE

I am using the name of your blog.

I figure if your name isn't there 
it is for your reason

and you don't want it published

and I am not going to rat you out!

So--that being said:

THE BIG WINNER IS:

TABLE #4

SWEET GRASS

So....Visually

 EXPAND THIS TABLE 

and think of it as banquet sized.

Here are the names of your meal mates.

No fighting over 
who sits next to who either-please....

or is it whom sits next to whom.....

Lori, Sylvia, Kris, Sissie, Nancy, Ronda, 

Cecilia, Lorrie, Karen, Lisa, Martha, Ellen, 
Vee, Dianna, Carla, Amy, Laurie, 
Kay, Nancy, Jan, Krishna, 
Missy, Donna, Linda, Doreen &Pam.

We had a couple of people that want to 

SWITCH TABLES 
(in case they don't like the company?)

Patty, Wanda & Stephanie

aren't sure if they want to sit with 
YOU ALL or join another table.

SECOND PLACE IS

TABLE #5

PEACHES & CREAM

You want to know who you are sitting with here?

Well, good ol' Susie is at your table

and joining her are:

Mildred, Judy, AnnMarie, Carla, Liz, Ellen, 

Janet, Mary, Ann, Ckrut, & Ellie.

 Stephanie  and Jill have decided 
they MIGHT join you

for half the meal.

THIRD PLACE 

With ONE LESS VOTE than the above table is:

TABLE #1

AQUA & PINK

Your companions are:

Linda, Susan, Starting Over Accepting Changes, Nancy,Lynn, 
Connie, Chubmama, Katie, 
Tia, Lola & Donna.

Wanda has decided she MIGHT join you or she

MIGHT just sit at Table #4 with her 
OTHER FRIENDS!

THE FOURTH MOST POPULAR TABLE

IS A TIE

TABLE # 3

PRETTY IN PINK

You are sitting with:

Sheri, Dazee, Spicing Up Idaho, Sandi DiDio, Sue, Pompom,

Karen, Racheld & Anonymous (hmmm...wearing a mask, maybe?)

Jill has decided she MIGHT LOWER herself to sit at your table

IF she doesn't stay at Table #5 
with her REAL FRIENDS!

FIFTH PLACE TIED WITH ABOVE-

TABLE #2

PURPLE PLEASURE

I think those beautiful Jadeite plates got you!

Launna, Lisa, Louise, Cindy, 
Carol, Beemie, Jettie,

Beach Gypsy, Julie  & you have an UNKNOWN guest!

Those are always fun because you never know

WHO might show up!

Could be Nicole Kidman? 
Ya never know!

AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST--

TABLE #7

NESTING EGGS

You will be most pleased to know 
you are sitting with:

Ron, Brenda, Debra, Celeste, Rose, Adam, Vera,

Kathleen & Karen.

Now...Patty & Karen Ann 
are trying to decide if they 

LIKE YOU GUYS 
well enough

to spend all their time at this table.

They are kind of fickle like that.

Please don't judge!

As for me...

Well, I will be sitting at each table for a bit.

I will eat the best thing at each table and 

THEN I WILL LEAVE.

SO THERE!!!!

This was a lot of fun...

IF I missed anyone's name I am SO SORRY.

I went through twice to try and make sure 

I had everyone down at the right table and didn't miss anyone.

You can call me out if I missed you!

So-what do you think?

Is this fun enough to do again?

Maybe not tables next time but places or something?

PS- I am gonna say this for whatever it is worth.

IF YOU DON'T

have your name on your blog anywhere,

please consider putting it on there in some form...

even if it is a nickname.

It is much easier to make a true 'connection'

when there is a name to associate with the blog.

Doesn't even really have to be your 
REAL NAME..
(like Beemie-you know that is not Beemie's real name-right? 
 But you KNOW her by that)

I think even BOZO is acceptable....
for some of us

Those are just my personal thoughts...

And if you do leave an 

Anonymous or Unknown comment 

(which I don't mind at all)

consider just adding your name or even an initial
at the end of your comment.

That way I can feel more connected to you.

Hope you have a wonderful, wonderful week!!!

A PRAYER REQUEST FOR A STAY-AT-HOME MOM

I love it when people I know

ask me to post a 

PRAYER REQUEST!

I have been following this sweet lady

and her family for quite a while.

She is just one of the sweetest people

I know!

This is JILL from

BLESSINGS OF A STAY AT HOME MOM

Isn't she pretty?

I took this picture off her sidebar 

so it is not MY photography skills, 

this time, folks!

Her blog is warm & welcoming

and full of family life.

Jill is having some pretty extensive 

abdominal surgery

tomorrow-Monday.

She is a woman of faith

 but

even those of us that are full of faith

have times when we are scared---

when all those horror stories 

we have heard about surgeries gone wrong

assault us.

Please pray for a successful surgery 

and please pray for 

PEACE OF MIND

for Jill.

To add to her anxiety,

her oldest daughter has been having

a lot of health issues and they 

cannot nail down what is wrong.

AND

her husband has an injury that is going 

to require surgery in the near future.

That is a LOT going on in one family, folks.

Isn't it true that when

IT RAINS IT POURS?

Please SHOWER THEM with

PRAYERS.

If you are not a PRAY-er,

please send up good thoughts 

and  well wishes.

They do have one 

GREAT BRIGHT SPOT

their sweet red-headed daughter,

KATHLEEN.

She fills their hearts with joy.

Thank all of you that

are such faithful and wonderful

followers.

My blog would be nothing 

without all of you.

YOU are part of my BLESSINGS

and I have come to know 

and love many of you

on a more personal level!

I will be back with the results

of the 

PICK YOUR FAVORITE 

EASTER TABLE

in a day or so.

Still time to pick a place!

FUNNY ON FRIDAY--THE ACCOUNTANT

She was so sick and tired

of her mother nagging her...

Nag..

Nag..

Nag....

She did

NOT WANT TO

be a ballerina.

And, no amount of

dance classes or

Charm School

influence

could change her mind.

Her Dad had told her she

had the perfect aptitude

to be an Accountant..

because she was good with numbers
and they would teach her how to

BALANCE THE BOOKS.

She was so excited to be accepted
into business school.

 She proudly

walked into the front door,

just as you see her,

to sign up for 
Accounting 101.

Happy Friday- Keep Smiling!

PICK YOUR FAVORITE- EASTER TABLE SETTING

It's been a 

LONG TIME

since I did a 

Pick Your Favorite Feature.

I think it's high time I 

did it again, 

don't you?

Here's the deal.

You pick your favorite 

and I tally up all the votes

and tell you who you are

sitting with in a day or so.

Ready?

These are all from either

Martha Stewart 

or 

Good Housekeeping, Country Living

or 

Woman's Day.

You can feel free to vote without 

fear of hurting anyone's feelings

because these settings are not from blogs.

Will you be at....

TABLE #1

AQUA & PINK

OR

TABLE #2

PURPLE PLEASURE

OR

TABLE #3

PRETTY IN PINK

OR

TABLE #4

SWEET GRASS

OR

TABLE #5

PEACHES & CREAM

OR 

TABLE #6

KNOT MY NAPKIN

OR

TABLE #7

NESTING EGGS

SO---

There you have it.

What's your pick?

Let me know and I will let you know

MY FAVORITE TABLE

in my next post!

This is VA DAY for me

so I will check in later.

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

FREE BLOG MAKEOVER GIVE AWAY

Well, if you came here

thinking it was ME that was

doing the 

FREE BLOG MAKEOVER

you can stop laughing now.

It's NOT me!

Nope!

It's Linda

The Fairy Blogmother!

Life and Linda

Linda is the one that took my blog

from pathetic to pretty.

Just imagine what she can do for

YOUR BLOG.

Head on over to 

sign up HERE!

Good luck and 

Happy Weekend.  

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY----FUNNY ON FRIDAY/AD NONSENSE

Sure and there was a lot going on

at the 

IRISH DAY FESTIVAL

being held downtown.

'Twas a fine day for the

folks that were Irish

and those that claimed 

to be Irish.

Everyone knows that

there is magic surrounding

the Irish.

Flying cars are normal

as are bottles that spray a

FINE GREEN MIST

into the air.

Sure and the lads had a 
whale of a time with the
canny Irish lasses 
that waved
checkered flags for those
that wanted to race for
the Guinness beer.

Everyone had a great day

except for poor Dickie O'Connor.

He was the one that picked the

short straw and had to

strip naked and act as a

human ice holder.
Thanks be to God,
he had tattooed some
designs on to his upper thighs
years earlier.
People thought he was crazy
when he got tattooed like that-
but he smiled to himself
as he thought---
Who's crazy now?  Huh? Huh?
Still and all- that ice was cold
sitting in his lap that way.

Poor Dickie!

He said he is never attending another

IRISH FEST 

in his life.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY
TO YE!

I got home late yesterday and have
the grandgirls today.
Will share some pictures this coming week
and try to catch up with everyone.

To the advertiser:  If you would like me to remove this ad-please contact me.

FUNNY ON FRIDAY----FRENCH FRIED!!

Jacques Johnson

was beyond

embarrassment

when his

Grandmother dropped

him off in front

of his new friend, Chloe's house.

She was a lovely young girl that

had offered to tutor

Jacques.

It wasn't bad enough that

Gramma had chosen a

French name for him....

or that she

drove a bright

yellow, rusted-out,

beat up old

Renault

(made in France)

but when she

yelled..

"Make sure you practice 
a lot of

Frenching with that

new frienda yoars"....

he liked to have died.

Gramma meant well

but with her

failing hearing she

had only heard part of

the conversation

when he told her

that he was going

to be practicing

the

French Horn

with his new tutor.

When he got home

he told his Mother

that he would be

walking to any further

tutoring lessons.