A CONGRATULATIONS & VERY BITTERSWEET NEWS

I have been waiting to announce this

until I got the all clear from my

son-in-law, Big J

Sorry for the poor picture quality!

He has a new job

and while we are

THRILLED FOR HIM,

we are a bit sad, too.

That means that he will moving

with my daughter, Mimi,

BigBoyE, CharlesInCharge

and our sweet

Bright Eyes

out of state.

 I know that many families

have their relatives spread out all over the 

United States.

We have been so blessed to have 

them only live a couple of hours away.

Now they will be 8 hours from us.

Anyway,

as sad as I am we are thrilled for my 

son-in-law.

He is the new

DISTRICT SALES MANAGER

in Indiana

for

HARLEY-DAVIDSON!

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Harley-Davidson

thinks he is serious and staid.

We know the other side of him, too.

This is one of my favorite pictures of

Big J & Mimi.

Hmmmmm...

Now that he is going to be riding 

A HOG

that's what they call those big ol' Harley's ya know.

I think I will have to order my daughter

an outfit so she can be a

BIKER BABE!

Look at this!

PINK HARLEY CLOTHES
for ladies!

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and PINK PURSES

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Pretty Cute, huh?
I can't wait to see if BigJ
brings Mimi home one of these!
I am trying to picture BIG J just riding
this HOME from WORK!

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Do you think they would laugh at him?
Now that I am looking at 
Harley Stuff
I told MyHero that 
 there are some real

BIKER BABES 
out there!

I thought MyHero might like to see

a BABE in a Harley outfit.

So-I found the perfect one for him 

to look at!

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Preacher approved!

Congratulations, Big J.

We love you and wish you well-

even if you are taking our girl

and grandbabies away from us!

Oh-Wait!

That means that when 

THE INLAWS

(that would be us)

come to visit we will have to 

STAY LONGER.

YOU are a LUCKY man!

Finish It Up Friday- Five Favorites (plus a couple)

Any of you old enough to remember

The Three Faces of Eve

with JoAnn Woodward?

Well, today's post is all about

The Looks Of Lulu

I couldn't resist posting these.

Her baby sitter made her up and

took pictures of her for a school project.

She is supposed to look like a

1950's young movie star.

I think they hit the nail on the head,

don't you?

One more of her in the 50's mood
Look at the bow in her hair and the curls.

Here she is unmade up...
as we usually see her as she goes off to school.

 If you remember for Easter Sunday 
she set her hair in pin curls.
She is usually NOT THE CLOWN in the family
so it fun to get her when she is 
mugging for the camera.

C'mon Lulu!
Give us a nice smile for the camera!

Okay-
How about one of your 
"SWEET" SELF?

I love that one, Lulu,
but could we get 
JUST ONE MORE?
Do a nice picture with Papa now!
Okay?

(Papa thinks she is smiling nicely at the camera)

Lulu!
Now look what you've done!
He feels so bad now- 
Papa is sitting in the car and texting his only friend
cuz his feelings are hurt.

Poor Papa!

I felt so sorry for MyHero that I decided
I should take him away for the weekend.
(Hey-Any excuse for a road trip, right?)

I am leaving this morning and will
be gone until Monday morning.
Hope MyHero wants to go with me
otherwise it is Hasta la vista, baby!

NEW WORD WEDNESDAY

Here I am again as promised!
Second week in a row for
NEW WORD WEDNESDAY!

Here is another 

NEW WORD

to add to your repertoire.

Today's word is brought to you by

Lulu, when she was age 3.

The word for today is

LASTERDAY.

It is pronounced

LAST-TUR-DAY.

This is composed of two common words.

LAST and YESTERDAY.

.

Let's use this in a sentence.

LASTERDAY I went to Disney World

and I saw Piglet there.

Doesn't that word make 

PERFECT SENSE?

What does YESTER mean anyway?
LASTERDAY  can be ANY DAY
BEFORE today!

Just so you know,

LASTERDAY- 

Lulu's sister was human

Today she is....

well, see for yourself.....

I  guess she was sleeping standing up...

You have a great TODAY and I hope

YOUR LASTERDAY 

was a wonderful one, too.

Look What I Found In My Mailbox

I meant to post this 

BEFORE EASTER

but I didn't get around to it.

So-you are getting it today.

You know how it is when you have a

REALLY CRAPPY BAD DAY?

Well, I had a couple of those last week.

Anyway, my highlight was that

SweetCheeks came home with me for 

a couple of days.

We stopped at the mailbox 

and THIS was inside a package 

I received.
That was the SECOND HIGHLIGHT of my day!

Each piece was wrapped in tissue paper 

and tied up so sweetly.

SweetCheeks helped unwrap things.

She was pretty excited.

Then she asked me:

Nana, Why do people you 

DON'T EVEN KNOW

send you things?

I explained that I did know them

through my blog.

She said-

Those are NOT REAL people, Nana!

So...just so y'all know-

You are NOT REAL....

I guess you are all figments of my imagination.

Close up of the sweet handmade card-

Some SWEET candy-

Someone liked those 
ORANGE CANDIES 
quite well.

I had to arm wrestle them away!

A sweet tag---

Now- I am NOT SAYING that my friend

thinks I am a

DUMB BLOND...

BUT- you see these CLAY handmade

SPECKLED EGGS>

She included a note that says

DO NOT EAT THE CLAY EGGS.

DON'T EAT THE CLAY EGGS?

Do you know what this

DUMB BLOND

has to say about THAT?

Now I am not saying 
WHO sent me these things
but if you LIKE pretty things 
you MIGHT BE ABLE to
find something similar here
@ MyShabbyChateauEtsy

Like I said-

Not saying who sent those things but I
Love that Donna!

I'll be around later,
I am pushing the guys around 
over at the VA today.

SOME BUNNY IS PRETTY CUTE!!!

Here is just a quick peek 

of our Easter get-together.

We met in Sheboygan, WI at the

Blue Harbor Resort.

The first thing we saw was

THE EASTER BUNNY.

Baby Bright Eyes

 could not keep her hands off him.

Here he is making his get-away~

Sadly, her Mama does not like her at all

as you can plainly see!

The Blue Harbor Resort

is beautiful-inside and out.

It is the halfway mark for our families to meet.

The brunch was delicious

but the best part was watching the kids

hang out together.

The kids all looked beautiful.

What I love about this picture of Lulu

is the way her Dad is gazing at her

from the side.

I don't know that I have ever seen a 

Daddy that loves his girls more than

Allen does.

Lulu set her hair on PIN CURLS the night before.

When she woke up she said she looked like

MEDUSA!

Look at the light fixture behind her...

She DOES look like Medusa here!  

She is going to hate me for this.

Anyway,

I think she looks adorable.

She is only 12  and you can already see

the young woman she is going to be.

I think Daddy is going to be fighting off the boys

before too many years go by.

Ria looked so pretty, too

Sorry- the place was so bright

it was almost impossible to get pictures..

She loves her little cousin

Charles In Charge.

Big Boy E is so adorable.

There is something about him 

that reminds me of my Dad.

He just looks so Irish to me.

Our SweetCheeks was not feeling very well

but she smiled so Mom could take her picture.

Can you believe how big she is getting?

After we ate we went to another room to see

The Balloon Lady.

Big Boy E was fascinated 

watching her create 

A LION 

for him.

Sweet Cheeks was still not feeling well 

but she perked up when she

The Balloon Lady

made her a penguin.

Isn't that amazing balloon art?

I tried to get all the kids together

to take a group photo.

As you can see, 

the top of Lulu's head is missing.

We'll just say she had her head in the clouds....

The one my daughter took is a bit better-
except one kid is hidden behind the red balloon
and one kid in the front has a squiggly face
and SweetCheeks is looking at the penguin,
other than that-it's a great picture.

And, on the way out,

we caught my oldest son,

Mr. Elusive

that hates the camera almost as much as I do

sitting on the bench with his three nieces.

As you can see, when we said 

"Look at your Mom,"

three girls looked at THEIR Mom

and Mr. Elusive looked at me!

Hellllllllllloooooooo?  ummm......never mind....

Anyway, it was a great day

and I will leave you with just one more bit of sweetness.

Baby Bright Eyes

loving on her Elmo balloon.

She is SO CUTE I just can't

STAND IT!

Oh- and one more

CUTE SHOT~

MyHero can put his 

bunny ears away for another year.

The cotton tail can go, too!

I have some big news coming up

later this week so 

STAY TUNED!

Have A Wonderful EASTER WEEKEND!

I hope you have a 

Blessed and Wonderful 

EASTER!

I am gone for the weekend.

I will be spending it with some of my 

FAVORITE PEOPLE

in the world.

I really need to update 

that picture but I am too lazy.

Add one year to each person, m'kay?

Now you have the real picture!

I will be back Monday

with more of my 

REGULAR NONSENSE!
You know---like this!!

Romantic Homes- April 2015 Review

Is it 

FINALLY APRIL?

Did we all survive the worst of the winter?

For many of us it is still 

COLDER than an BAD Witch's Heart.

Yes-Yes- I know there are 

good witches with WARM hearts but that is

another story for another day.

TODAY

We are going to look at the 

April issue of 

Romantic Homes

Do you LOVE ironstone?

If you do there is a 4 page spread on it.

.By: Gay Van Beek/Canterbury Cottage Designs

The cover might set you drooling!

We won't get fresh strawberries locally 

until early June (if we're lucky)

But I COULD make this!

Lavender Lemon Rolled Shortbread

The recipe is on Page 24.

OHMYGOODNESSGRACIOUS

It is too pretty to eat!

Barb Bamber/Just A Smidgen

Janet Parrella-Van Den Berg 

White & Faded

has shared with us 

the most gorgeous photos of her home.

By: Jo-Anne Coletti

Then~

Alex Deringer

Ivy Lane Living

shares 10 pages of beauty

that ends with the master bedroom.

GORGEOUS home!

By: Charlotte Safavi/Robert Radifera Photographer

Here is

Caroline Cowan's 

 12 page spread of  her farmhouse.

It is full of life and color and  

has a charming kitchen.

By:Sharon Parsons/Richard Gadsby/Photographer

Feeling inspired now?

How about a sweet topiary for your home?

You can find instructions for this one 

on page 88.

Melinda Graham

Isn't that the sweetest thing ever?

Oh- Wait-

There is something 

EVEN SWEETER HERE!

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That mighta been MyHero 

practicing on his cousin, Peggy...

just sayin'.....

~You just never know~

-he's gonna kill me-I just know it!

NEW WORD WEDNESDAY

I am starting a new 

LITTLE THING

for myself here.

You know 

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

is a pretty big party on the internet
BLOGGING WORLD.

Well, being the rebel, crazy person blogger

that I am,

 I decided to do my own 

LITTLE THING!

IF you have kids, or have had kids,

or have GRANDKIDS,

or have ever been around kids,

you will most likely get a

KICK OUT OF 

these posts.

My kids/grandkids

have invented words.

Yes! They! Have!

Some are 

WEBSTER DICTIONARY WORTHY.

Today's NEW WORD

is brought to you by 

CJK-AGE 2

The word for today is

WEINESS!

(pronounced WEEN-NUS)

It is a combination word.

It is composed of two separate,

yet very common words,

WEINER and PENIS.

Let's use this in a sentence:

CJK:Nana, if I don't touch my

WEINESS when I go pee,

I don't have to wash my hands afterwards.

Hmmm....who told you that?

CJK:  My Daddy did, Nana!

Now I know why my bathroom towel is always dry

when his Daddy leaves.

Could this be a case of-

Like father like son?

Your challenge will be to use 

WEINESS 

in a sentence at least once this week.

That's all.

Amen.