NEW WORD WEDNESDAY

There won't be many words

needed to explain this one.

The word basically says it all.

Do you know what 

THESE ARE?

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Well, according to my youngest 
when he was little

Those are
STUNKS!
Yes-indeedy!  That is what they are.
They STINK and they are SKUNKS
so combine those two words and 
you have 

STUNKS!

You will remember this is the daddy
of little CJK who has a 
WEINESS!
You can read that here-if you missed it.

I think we should add that one to the 
new Webster's Dictionary!

You have a great Wednesday.
And PLEASE if you see 
ANY STUNKS
DO NOT- 
I repeat-
DO NOT approach them!
And if you DO- well, let's just say-
We'll know where you've been!

HONEY! I'M HOME! Back Up And Running!

GOOD EARLY TUESDAY MORNING!
What do you do when your 
baby's crib is all packed up?
Why you put in the baby in a
LAUNDRY BASKET
of course!

Helloooo-

I am back-well, almost back-

 full force.

Give me a day or two to get

myself organized again.

Meantime,

My Etsy Shop 

opened again today.

I will continue to run the book sale

The Mystery Of Lucy

until this next shipment sells out.

The price is $14.95 

INCLUDING SHIPPING.

I will autograph the copy if you like.

I have had so many wonderful

personal emails from you!

Thank you so much for all your

wonderful, uplifting feedback.

So far, so good.

Amazon has it at a solid 

FIVE STAR RATING!

I will be back tomorrow 

on a regular basis.

If I don't get around to visit you today

I will be there tomorrow...or try to be...

Can I cry just a little when I tell you

that Baby Bright Eye's house is being packed up

as we speak and the moving company

will be taking them further away 

from us....

Wonder if I could stuff 

a few clothes on top of 

Bright Eyes

and bring her home with me?

In all the mess of moving,

Mom might not miss her for a 

few days.

yeah......right....

Have a wonderful Tuesday!!!!

I'll be in the bathroom crying a bit....

 over at the VA with my "old boys"!

A COUPLE of WEDDING PICTURES & I REALLY AM GONE THIS TIME!!!

Well, being a BLOND means that 

the post went up yesterday and

should NOT have gone up at all!

This wedding happened on top of 

the weekend my brother-in-law

passed away so I wasn't going to post

anything about the wedding until we got home

(NEXT MONDAY)

Can I get a DUH?!?!!!!

Anyway, because I have already 

TEASED you by dangling a 

WEDDING in front of you---

I will show you a few candid shots

that were taken.

When I get home I will show you

some my son took.

He was the photographer

for the wedding.  

Ready?

Shaina and Christian

Aren't they CUTE?

Look at her flowers!

Her gown is 

WHISPER PINK!

Saying I DO!

That's MyHero standing behind them

performing the ceremony.

He did a GREAT JOB!

And WHAT comes after I DO?

Why---THE KISS--of course!

Now THAT is a KISS!

The barn at night....

And-WHAT'S THIS?

Oh!  Look!

The groom is trying to 

RUN AWAY!!!

Too late, buddy--

You IS stuck!

Just kidding, Shaina!

Okay--

And NOW I am officially gone until

NEXT WEEK!

I might have a few

REALLY GOOD PICTURES

for you then.

My son, MR. PHOTOG...

took THIRTY ONE HUNDRED 

Yes- 3,100!!!!  Pictures!

That's my boy!

If A LOT is good

A WHOLE LOT is even better!

I'M AWAY--I'M AWAY--SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENS TODAY

I am off to a 

VERY SPECIAL WEDDING TODAY.

It is kind of a 

FAIRY TALE WEDDING.

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The bride is beautiful.

She's my hair stylist so you KNOW

her hair is going to be PERFECT!

MyHero is performing the ceremony

and the wedding is being held in a 

Wedding Barn!

She is one of my son's best friends

and HE Is the photographer.

It is going to be a 

wonderful family day!

I'll be back tomorrow with some pictures.

Hmmmm...Now what shall I wear?

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What do you mean that might be

TOO MUCH?

Spoilsport!

See y'all tomorrow!

I AM TAKING A BREAK

Hi friends,

I am going to be away until 

JUNE 23, 2015.

Please bear with me.

We need to take a family break

and I will be back full of nonsense

in no time at all.

My Etsy Store will also be closed

until the 23rd.

If you have an order in place I will

ship that out this coming Monday,

June 8th.

IF YOU WANT TO ORDER A
COPY OF MY BOOK

while I am gone~

The Mystery of Lucy

you can go to Amazon

by clicking HERE.

You can order a printed copy 

or the Kindle version.

Thank you!

I promise that I will be back!

Please be good while I am gone!!!

Yeah- right!

HE IS GONE~Mike Is Gone!

My brother-in-law, MIKE,

left us around 6:30.

His wife said she felt like 

he was in the room with her...

and then he was gone.

This is how I choose to remember him.

Happy and whole.

Full of life and vibrant energy.

He lived to make our world green

and a better place to live.

He was in on the ground floor

of wind technology and spent

his career working to make

wind energy a viable resource.

My sister-in-law and her two daughters

will need some time to adjust

to life without a man who

was so vital to their lives.

This is the first one of this family's

"siblings or in-laws" that this generation

has lost.
It will leave a hole.

Please keep his family in your prayers

and send up your well wishes 

for them.

RIP Mike!

I will be gone for a bit...

but I will be back.

Got a little NAME IT CONTEST for you!

I suppose many of you already know

CONNIE over at HARTWOOD ROSES.

Yes- It's true-

She always looks like this when she gardens!

Don't we all?

ANYWAY~

If you don't know her 

you are missing a woman that is 

a fount of knowledge about roses and

plantings and gardens and..

dogs..and did I say roses?

Yes. Yes I did!

Which brings me to the purpose of this post!

Doesn't that roll off the tongue beautifully????

Purpose of this post....

Anyway,

She went out to her 

EXTENSIVE rose gardens and 

found a BRAND NEW ROSE.

The link to her blog is here

Now the Mama Plant is this one...
(Lilian Austin)

and there must be a daddy plant around somewhere

(cuz we all know how THOSE things work)

This little sucker looks guilty to me...

 like it might be his handiwork
(a Noisette rose-Frazer's pink musk-hope I got that right)

So----What's YOUR JOB you ask...

Well, YOUR JOB is to name the baby!

So have at it!!

Name away.

Prize?

You want a prize?

Well.....the prize that Connie will send you a

24" x 36" framed photo of her wedding picture

for your living room...it's that one

you see above!

Nah---I just made that up.

Hope I didn't  give you a heart attack, Connie.

The prize will be that 

YOU have NAMED a NEW ROSE!

I'll throw the first name out there...

BLUSHING BABY...

Your Turn....GO!

Connie will pick the winner

and the rest of you are all losers...

okay just kidding....

The BIG FAT TRUTH - About FAT

FAT!

She's so FAT!

Look at HOW FAT that one is!

FAT!

One of the biggest prejudices in the world.

IF you have NEVER been FAT

you have NO IDEA what it's like.

You have NO IDEA about how

people sit in judgement of you

and the raised eyebrows and the 

snickers behind your back...

that sometimes hit you in the face.

Why am I writing about this today?

Because of something that I came across

on the internet that made me raise my 

eyebrows!

Yes!  I can STILL raise my eyebrows

no BOTOX for this girl old lady.

Anyway-

I have always loved the colors 

 and simple fashion created by

Lily Pulitzer.

When I was young and lived in Florida 

Lily Pulitzer's influence was everywhere on the 

East Side of the Intercoastal in

Palm Beach and she dressed the likes of

Jackie Kennedy.

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Lily Pulitzer was a lovely lady..

and gracious from what 

I understand.

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After her death,

her family decided to make her clothes

AFFORDABLE and market them through

Target.

And- Horror of Horrors-

She is selling 

PLUS SIZES!

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You can just bet the 

Palm Beach Battalion

in up in arms!

Lily CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT

her clothes sold to PLUS SIZE people

~or would she~?

One of her STAFF MEMBERS didn't think so.

She had this posted in her cubicle.

(down at the bottom right it says

YOU SHOULD PROBABLY 

JUST KILL YOURSELF)

Do you suppose she was a bully in school?

One of the people that made fun of anyone that

didn't fit her idea of perfect?

SHE DREW THIS ONE , too!

Hmmmm...how many

PLUS SIZE SALES 

does it take to keep someone like that 

employed and sitting in that cubicle?

Just wondering.

I have been up and down and 

everywhere in between

over my lifetime.

Once when I was TEN POUNDS 

over the LOW WEIGHT

on a chart a Florida Doctor tried to give me

DIET PILLS 

because 

"while ten pounds doesn't look bad at 25

it will make you look FAT at 35!

Seriously?

A DOCTOR?!!!

Anyway!  I could show HIM what FAT at 35 

looked like--but I don't want to go back there!

Now, before you get all riled up, ladies,

just know that I love people 

NO MATTER THEIR SIZE.

I don't think someone's weight

defines them.

We are all just on a life journey and we are all

a little different

and I think we are supposed to

love and accept each other just as we are.

It is not our job to take someone else's inventory.

FAT?  Actually I kinda love FAT.

because I do love a

FAT BABY!

Yes.I.Do!

And that BABY FAT will be gone

way too soon!

Next time I talk about 

FAT I will tell you my

SWEET CHEEKS STORY-

But that's enough

FAT TALK for TODAY!

although

FAT CHANCE ANYONE IS

GONNA SHUT ME UP, HUH?

NEW WORD WEDNESDAY-A Celestial Revelation!

Our sweet little Ria

had the most whispery little voice 

when she was small.

It was always fun to listen to that little 

voice.

One day we were sitting out back

by the bay

and a plane went overhead.

She looked up and said

Look- I'ts s 

SKYSCRATCH!

What?

A SKYSCRATCH!

That airplane up there 

scratched the sky.

It's a SKYSCRATCH!

And here, all this time,

 you thought it was a 

JET TRAIL  or CONTRAIL

caused by hot air 

mixed with atmospheric conditions.

YOU were/are WRONG. 
All that blue actually has 
white scratches on it.

Your challenge THIS WEEK is to say

SKYSCRATCH

ten times in a row.

It is a REAL tongue twister!
Try it!!!  It is harder than you think!
You just tried it, didn't you?
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Have a great day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CJK!!! You are THREE!!!

It seems like only yesterday

that you were born.

Look at your 

PROUD PROUD DADDY

holding you close!

Who knew back then you would be so cute

that first year?

Here you are at one year old!

We had a party for you but you won't remember that.

neither will I cuz I can't find my 

one year old birthday pictures of you...

Then you got sick.

You were so so sick and a blogger friend of Nana's

most likely saved your life.

You can read about that here/Kawasaki Disease

Once they figured out what was wrong 

and treated you

you recovered quickly.

.We were so happy...

And then you GREW...

You have always been such a happy little guy.

Before we knew it you were

TWO YEARS OLD!

And now another year has gone by...

We watched you grow some more

and watched your personality change

from darling to devilish....

And now you are THREE.

We had your birthday party a couple of days early.

Mom worked hard making everything perfect-

Right down to 

THE CAR DECORATIONS!

Yep-You STILL love your CAKE

and on YOUR BIRTHDAY 

after you blow out your candles

You can

HAVE your CAKE and

EAT IT, TOO!

And I might even have had one of these myself!

What?

OKAY-ya little tattle tale!

I mighta had three two cupcakes!

Geez!

We have several names for him.

At school they call him "A Handful"

I call him "Boy-o"

His Daddy calls him CASH

 (cuz he never knew how

much it cost to have kids 

till CJK came along!)

Wait'll the kid gets to college---

Daddy ain't seen nothing yet!

Happy Birthday- CJK-

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Have a GREAT TUESDAY-

I'll be at the VA-Enjoying my time with the veterans!

Romantic Homes June 2015 Review & A Sweet Wake Up Call

Here it is JUNE!

How the heck did THAT happen?

It still feels like April here most days.

We had frost a few nights ago and
LAST NIGHT it was 28 degrees
in parts of Wisconsin.

Oh-Well-The calendar tells me it is June

whether it feels like it or not.
THIS is JUNE?

Anyway-Here we go-

The June Romantic Homes 2015 Issue:

There is lots of food in this one!

LOOK at THIS!

Diane Sedo/Jickie Torres-photographer

I would like MY CUPCAKE served out here

under this pergola!

Devlin Smith/Mark Tanner/Photographer

These two lovely photos are part of 
a 12 page spread

on the home of Angelique & Jan Hammond

A beautiful sideboard in the dining room-

And here's a peek 
at a sun-filled room in the same home.

Devlin Smith/ Peggy Janssen-Photographer

I love that we are seeing blue make a comeback

and could that be a 

BRASS Light Fixture

in the home of 

Richard & Joey "Dixie" Dylla ?

Anne Lorys-Article & Photography

Ah..and now on to a restful blue bedroom:

Gotta love that beadboard wall!

Written/Styled/Phot0graphed by Melinda Graham

This chair in the same bedroom sits next to a

sweet faux fireplace.

See it?
The faux fireplace-see it?

No?!

Guess you will have to buy the magazine.

I can't show you EVERYTHING you know!

So-- HERE is the cover you need to look for!

Someone's Mama was looking for a romantic 
new home in another state and 
this sweet girl went with her.
Here she is waking up in the hotel room.

Good Morning Baby Bright Eyes!
Look at those lashes!

Wait till she learns how to use those lashes
on the boys some day.
They are gonna be a goner!

If I haven't visited you recently-I apologize.

I have had a LOT going on here.
Hopefully, things will settle down soon.