WINNER OF MY GIVEAWAY--

POP BY MY OTHER BLOG

COTTAGE ON THE COVE

to see who won 

THE OLD WITCH

AND NO-The Old Witch is NOT me!

SOME NEWS FOR YOU-----POP BY MY OTHER BLOG

I have some

STEALS AND DEALS

over there for you today.

Better hurry!!!

Click here to see what's up 

over THERE at

A Cottage On The Cove!

WHO'S THE APPLE OF MY EYE? IS IT Susie @ She Junks?

BIMBO, BOMBO,

TOMKIN PIE.

She's  the apple of my eye

Swing her low or swing her high.

She's the apple of my eye.

The original poem says HE but...

I took a little liberty there..

If you have never read 

FATHER FOX'S PENNYRHYMES

you have missed something

WONDERFUL!

My friend, Judy Tower,

(I have sadly lost touch with her-

if you read this Judy-please call me)

gave me this book and it soon

became my children's favorite.

Speaking of friends,

I was

SO VERY LUCKY

to meet Susie,

from the  SheJunks blog.

A REAL LIVE BLOGGING FRIEND!

You KNOW how sweet Susie is on her

blog and leaving comments in blogland?

Well, she is even sweeter in real life!

I don't think either of us felt

the least bit awkward when we met.

She is a very pretty lady

and a lot of fun!

I was lucky enough to meet her 

sweet daughter, too.

We met at Horton's in Tipton, IN.

Susie only lives about a half-hour from my daughter, Mimi.

We talked so much I don't remember

half of what I saw at Horton's

but it is a FANTASTIC PLACE.

I will write more about that another time.

Right now-

I need to get busy because I have been 

a bit lazy since I got home.

I left Indiana the day after Jason's surgery.

He is doing well and thanks

you for the prayers.

So...I will say..

TaTa for now

and head on down the lane--

just like little Miss BrightEyes.

She has two lines for me-

She wakes me up with 

"Good morning, Beeyoutuful"

and when she turns her back on

me like you see below

she calls out over her shoulder...

"Go 'Way, Nana"

Sigh....

So---off I go.....

Next week I'm gonna have a 

NEW APPLE OF MY EYE...

It might be one of these three!

Or....maybe not.....

Oh- wait---

almost forgot---

You have a couple of days to sign up

for my giveaway

on my other blog-

A Cottage On The Cove.

All you have to do is be a follower.

AND---I have added a few more 

GOODIES to the GIVEAWAY...

AND if you don't like witches

I will have another 

GIVEAWAY

coming up for Christmas.

I will have one of the

"apples of my eye"

draw a name on Sunday sometime.

UPDATE ON MY SON-IN-LAW, JASON-THYROID CANCER SURGERY

It was a long day here.

My daughter and son-in-law

left here about 10:30 am.

His surgery was scheduled for 1pm.

Things got backed up as 

often happens in a hospital setting.

He did not go in to surgery

until a little after 3pm.

They just finished his surgery 

and said it went well.

There were no unexpected problems

and it appears that he 

will recover in the hospital

during the next few days.

In about a month he will

have radioactive iodine 

treatments and  be in 

TOTAL ISOLATION

for 96 hours.

After that-

It will just be a matter of getting

his meds regulated that will 

replace the function of his thyroid.

Thank you for all your prayers.

and good wishes.

We all appreciate them.

I just wanted to let you know right away

what was going on.

Love you guys!!!

PRAYER REQUEST FOR A FAMILY MEMBER

Well, here I am again

asking for 

PRAYERS

for a member of our family.

This is our son-in-law,

Jason The Harley Man,

holding little Bright Eyes on her

first day of 3 year old pre-school.

(yes-yes-she cut her hair tight to her head

just a couple of days earlier)-

I have not mentioned this until now

because my son-in-law

wanted to inform 

people he worked with and 

his own family members first.

A while ago he discovered a lump

on the side of his neck.

It stayed the same for a while

but then started to get bigger.

He went in to have it looked at.

It was a fluid filled sac surrounding a cyst.

However, the doctor looked a bit futher

and discovered another lump

that Jason had not even noticed.

It has been diagnosed as

METASTATIC THYROID CANCER.

The chances of a complete cure

are very good.

We are just praying that it is localized

and not in his lymph node system.

Please pray for a good report.

Also pray for his family,

my daughter, Mindy,

his boys, Ethan, Charlie

and the little princess, 

BrightEyes (aka Anna Ireland).

They need a healthy 

husband and daddy 

in their lives.

They need a lot more beach adventures!

AND

After all-

Mimi needs to ride behind 

SOMEBODY on that Harley!

See what I mean?

So---if you are a pray-er,

please pray.

Otherwise please wing good

and healing wishes

their way!

Thank you so much...

AND ALSO

 thank you

for coming by my new blog

Cottage On The Cove

and supporting my Etsy Shop-

also called

Cottageonthecove

I'm clever like that!

You guys are 

THE BEST!

HERE'S MY NEWS- I HAVE A NEW BLOG WITH A GIVEAWAY!!!

So...

This will be 

SHORT AND SWEET!

I have a new blog 

and there is a giveaway

going on over there.

You will lots of info over there

about what I am doing.

Curious?

Pop over,

Sign up to follow,

AND

enter the giveaway.

I am pretty excited about this--

Yes! Indeedy!  

Yep--so just

pop over 

HERE

Thank you to all my wonderful, 

faithful readers and friends!

Can't wait to have you see 

my new "place".

A Cottage On The Cove

POPPING IN TO SAY HI~STILL ALIVE AND KICKING

SO...

For ALL of you that have asked me

WHERE ARE YOU?

I am HERE!!

This weekend I am at the base of this bridge

in the UP of Michigan.

MyHero had his 18 month post cancer treatment

throat scope and check up on Friday.

As soon as we were done,

we packed up

and headed north.

Doc says his throat looks good--

but still swollen.

That's okay- Cancer free is good!

Today if he is a GOOD BOY,

we will go see the monks and he can

buy himself a treat!

This place is FANTASTIC!!!

Some of what I've been up to---

I have enjoyed my flowers and sunsets

and even read a couple of books.

I PROUDLY watched

THIS ONE-otherwise known as CJK-

transform into a MAGGOT 

(the ONLY maggot, thank you)

in the play to finish out his pre-school years.

No one could be prouder than we were

of our little maggot!

I watch him Monday thru Thursday 

after school and will volunteer 

one afternoon a week at his school.

I will go from my VA shift

over to his school---a mile or so apart.

These three headed off to school-

Ria going into 8th grade

at a brand new school.

SweetCheeks--with new glasses--

(the better to see my wrinkles with)

going into 5th grade,

and Lulu a sophomore already.

Mimi's two boys- BigBoyE & CharlesInCharge

 are in 2nd grade and kindergarten....

They were so scared getting on the bus

that their hair stood on end.

or it might have been crazy hair day at school

AND

Not to be outdone in the hair department

Miss Bright Eyes cut her hair

tight to her head just in time for 

her three year old pictures

at her little 2-mornings-a-week

church pre-school.

She's a corker!

We are headed down to Mimi's house

next weekend.

Can't wait to see that crazy crew.

Older grands- are John M.

off for his 2nd year of college.

He is one of the fastest runners

in the whole country.

and Miss A--a senior at the 

same school Lulu attends.

This is a prom picture with her date.

  I have other grands, too, 

but don't have permission to 

post pictures of them.

I have been working on a big project

that I will share in a week or so.

I am just not quite ready to put it out there yet..

but it is something fun!

AND---I am still planning on taking the trip

with my best friend in life, Sandy,

mid-October.

We are taking a truck of things to her

vacation home in Colorado.

Looks like we picked up a coupla fellas

along the way there.....

Being as I AM blond--

I get to be the blonde....sorry Sandy...

friendship only goes so far....

Sandy and I laugh about everything, 

anything

and nothing.

Everyone needs a friend like that.

So---if you are very good and 

promise to NOT put Ex-Lax in 

your husband's brownies when you 

are mad at him.....

I might have a little

giveaway that you can enter.

See you shortly with

A GIVEAWAY 

and news about my project.  

AND-
A very happy anniversary today to
Mimi & HarleyMan!
Eleven years today---

Love you to the moon and back.

(mom & dad to Ethan/Charlie & Bright Eyes)

TAKING A BREAK.......AND WHERE IS NANA GOING?

Here, there & everywhere.

I am taking a brief 

BREAK FROM BLOGGING.

I am spending some time with the kids

before they go back to school,

even if that one knocked me down

in the bouncy house every time 

I stood up.

I am

visiting some kids that are

already in school,

and getting ready to take a 

ROAD TRIP

with my girlfriend of 46 years!

Sandy-sister-by-choice-

She might look all nice and sweet

but don't let THAT fool you!!

We met when we were mere girls

and have stayed connected all these years

in spite of the fact that we have both

moved cross country several times.

Just to tell you what kind of sport she is-

I bought HER her wedding dress

on the way to HER wedding.

AND she wore it!

You can read that post here

Her mom was NOT happy having to

do alterations at the last hour.

Pfffftt...I knew her better than she knew herself.

Who else could pick out a wedding gown for you

except your best friend.

Don't know WHAT ever happened to her

other outfit.

Good Lord- a pants suit of all things!!!  lol

She has a new home in a new state

and I am going to 

spend her husband's money

help her move a few things around

in her new house.

Just call us Thelma & Louise

without the bad luck 

and we aren't planning on driving off

any cliffs.

I will be back before you know it

with stories and pictures.

Have a wonderful few time while I am gone!!!

Love all you peeps!

One last thing--
I lost my blog list and had to rebuild it.
IF you don't see your name on my sidebar
and want it added
please let me know.
I apologize if I missed your name
on my list of 800+ blogs
(yes-I am nuts-thanks for asking).....

TASTES LIKE CHICKEN- FUNNY ON FRIDAY-AdNonsense

TASTES LIKE CHICKEN

Squintina's family watched

entranced

as she took her first bite.

Little did she know she was

eating

Ricky The Racoon,

the rascal that had

been raiding their garbage cans.

Dad had quite enjoyed using his
meat grinder to process him into
sausage form.

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I have too much trouble with it and it interferes
with people leaving a comment.
If you are reading my blog through Google+
I hope you can find another way to access my blog.
Have a great Friday!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY HERO (Oh Yeah-and to ME)

She wore flowers in her hair-

Yes she did!

42 years of marriage started here-

on the riverbank in Alva, Florida.

Whoop-de-doo

When did I get wrinkles and
when did his hair disappear?
sigh

The bride wore a Gunne Sax gown

and the groom wore a

BLUE LEISURE SUIT!

LOL

Then, we had to re-marry a few years later

IN A CHURCH

just to make everyone happy!

And where are those pictures?

Yeah- I am wondering that, too! 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

I am planning on doing the same!

A QUICK UPDATE FOR A FRIEND- SUSIE-SHE JUNKS BLOG

Just posting this for all of you that follow

Susie @ SheJunks

Her computer is not working-but 

somehow she is able to get emails.

She can't blog, though, and wanted

you to know.

If you want to leave her a message

her email is: huckleberry1@tds.net

She hopes to get her computer

back up and running soon.

That's it--
over and out!

HAPPY GOLDEN BIRTHDAY LULU!!!!

Where has the time gone?

Weren't you a baby just yesterday?

You have always been such a sweet loving girl.

Here you are at Disney loving on Piglet.

I've always told everyone 

that they will never have to

wonder what you are thinking because

your eyes speak volumes.

You are growing up way too fast.

I can see the promise of the beauty

you are going to be as a woman.

You are such a wonderful big sister.

Kind and loving.

From little girl to 

being an awesome volleyball player

and then to 

Freshman Court last year!

Where has the time gone?

Don't grow up TOO fast, honey.

Enjoy this year of being 

FIFTEEN.

-Love you with all my heart-

Nana

ps. I'll be at the VA this morning

but thinking of you, Lulu!

PICK YOUR FAVORITE RESULTS! Who Are YOU Sleeping With?

Well Then!

This was fun!

Some of you poor people

just couldn't make up your mind.

So, if you chose two or three

(or some of you picked FOUR rooms)

I made up your mind for you.

Why you ask---Well,

Just because I can!

Just like the Motel Six-

You get the room I picked for you!

So here is who you are sharing a room with..

And some of those rooms better take up

the better part of an upper story

cuz there are a lot of you in one room.

Just to refresh your memory

here were your choices:

Ready?  I didn't add any last names

so if you think you are in the wrong room,

keep looking!

#1 Bask In The Sun:

Kim, Krishna, Penny, Lisa, Jenn, Brenda,

Carla, Nonie, Judy, Betsy, Jan, Vee, Karen,

Denise, Sheila, Sugar, Kathy, Becky, Suzanne,

Donna, Deb & Eileen

#2 Blue-Graphic Art

Kathy, Sandie, Susan, Carol, Anne,

#3 PEPTO PINK

WHAT?  No one? Anyone? Someone?

Okay- Sandi-You get this room

because you didn't think you wanted

to share with a bunch of people.

Don't like pink? Put your eye mask on,

sweetie-pie-LOL

#4 RUSTIC RETREAT

Karen Ann, Liz, Carol S., Diane,

Billie Jo, Cheryl, Chubmoma, Cindy,

Doreen, Janet, Sylvia  & last but not least,

Adam- hope his sweet Daisy doesn't

mind him sharing a room with all you gals!

#5 SPA DAY

Ron, Lauren, Ricki, Terri, Linda,

Missy, Bethany & Jada (a little late for check-in)

(just so you know- Ron will gladly 

provide cocktails for this room)

#6 RESTFUL RETREAT

Dawn, Connie, DebbyRay, Linda L,

Diane and I have to take the suitcase OUT for her.

You KNOW she is gonna be one of those guests

that complains about the room service, right?

Sheri, Debby, Rose, Jettie, Cathy

#7-SWEET SIMPLICITY

Ellie, Noreen, Cheryl, Cecilia,

Jane, Bobbie

#8 FIT FOR A PRINCESS

Stephanie & Louise

Ah!  Room to stretch out and enjoy yourselves!

#9 FARMHOUSE FRESH

Susie, bj, Linda, Amy, Teresa, LV,

Janice, Debbie, Dolly, Marydon, Linda P,

Tete, Cindy C., Mary, Bonnie, Nancy,

AnnMarie, Lesley, Sylvia, Nancy, 

Donna, Leena, Judy, Sissie, Teresa &
Deborah

Just like Santa Claus, 

I made a list and checked it twice,

so if I left anyone out I am really sorry.

Thank ALL OF YOU for playing along!

I love doing this and think I will do it

at least once a month.

Oh---the choices I have in mind for you....

Forget Johnny Depp- 

bj (SweetNothings) has the corner on that market.

MyHero says this is not even funny!

What a spoil sport!