A 1970's Valentine Tale-Your Laugh For The Day

The other day I was blog hopping

and came across a blog

called

Mommy is CooCoo.

Amanda is a cutie..

go visit and see for yourself.

Anyway, she asked for the

most memorable

Valentine's Day stories.

I think she meant romantic ones.

However, I have an

un-romantic, funny tale.

This is me..

Taken in the year 1973.

A year when I was single

and living in Florida.

A year when I was

dating.

A year when micro minis
worn over
HOT PANTS
 were

all the rage.
(Anyone remember hot pants?;>)

Who is that girl and

where did she go?

MyHero prefers NOT to

remember this time

but I gotta tell you

I did have some fun.

I worked for a TV station

and had lots of contacts.

One day one of the gals

I worked with invited

me to "get a date" and

attend

The Sheriff's Ball

with her and her hubby.

Now, when I hear the word

BALL

I think of a BALLROOM.

Don't you?

One like this?

I had a 

Go-To-Guy for dates,

handsome and wickedly funny.

Nothing romantic,

just a fun, let's go

kind of guy.

I called him to see if

he would like to go with me.

Sure.He.Would.

What are you wearing? He asked.

A gold lame' halter gown.

It was very similar to this one.

Great! He said he would pick me up.

He did and off we went to

The Ball.

He showed up in a tuxedo

with a

GOLD CUMMERBUND

because he was just

THAT GUY...

A BALL. Right?

I was excited to see

THE BALLROOM

What we GOT was

 bar...a NICE BAR...

but-a bar and grill.

Everyone except US

was in

Blue Jeans and

Cowboy Hats.

After getting over the momentary

shock and bowing to laughter

all the way around,

we had a great time.

Everyone thought we were

King and Queen

of the Ball.

I gotta tell you.

I had a BALL..

With or without

the fancy ball room.

We danced till the place closed

and went to Lums for breakfast...

gold lame' and all!

Wait till my grandkids get old

enough to read,

and understand,

this story.

How about you?

Any surprise

Valentine's stories

that you would like

your grandkids to read about someday?

I'm betting there is....

Prayers Please For The Giltter Queen

Well, here I am once again,

asking for prayers.

I don't know how many of you

know Donna.

(My Shabby Chateau)

At least she SAYS that's her name.

I prefer to call her

The Glitter Queen.

There are lots of

sparkling personalities

out here in blogland...

but Donna takes

SPARKLY

to a whole new level.

You see what I mean?

And look at THIS~

Anyway~

Donna needs our prayers.

She is a very private person

so I KNOW how hard

it is for her to

make such a personal

request.

You see,

She is a GIVER,

rather than a receiver,

and it is hard for a

GIVER TO ASK

for anything for themselves.

Y'all know a few

GIVERS,

right?

Anyway,

Wednesday morning

Donna is having a tumor removed.

She has never had surgery.

She is scared,

and anxious,

living away from her family,

even though her hubby

will be by her side,

it is, ultimately,

a journey each person

takes alone.

If you are

a praying person

please lift her up in

prayer.

Pray that her surgery goes

smoothly and that they

can do the laproscopic

procedure without having

to move to the more

invasive surgery.

Pop over to her blog

and wish her well.

Let her know she is loved

here in blogland

and that we are sending a

blessing her way.

And I thank you!

What I Did On My Winter Vacation

Oh! Wait!

I didn't GET my little

winter mini-vacation,

did I?

Wondering what

 I am talking about?

Read yesterday's post.

Well, give me lemons

and I will make lemonade...

or lemon meringue pie-

your choice!

We decided to drive down

to Milwaukee

to attend church with

my daughter, son-in-law

and two boys.

They have been

trying to find a good church

that has young families,

is warm, welcoming

and not too far from home.

BigBoyE seems to like it!

He toddles right off to the

kids' class in

Christ Church

in Mequon, WI.

We liked the church...

At the very end of the service,

all the little ones march to the

front and dance to the

exit music being played.

It was so much fun to

see him dancing with his

little classmates.

CharlesInCharge

was a good boy, too.

After church we headed off

to a little local restaurant.

Being a Wisconsin gal

(now)

I had a ham & cheese omelet.

Gotta keep those cheese factories

in business.

I gave my

pancakes to

BigBoyE

who ate some of them.

I'm pretty sure his

Daddy polished the rest of

them off

when I wasn't looking!;>)

After breakfast

we made a quick trip to their

house to pick up

some paperwork I needed.

We were greeted by the

SNOWMAN

that Mama & BigBoyE

created yesterday.

Just the right size for

LittleMan to help.

Is this the cutest little snowman

you ever saw?

We headed home

to beat the predicted

freezing rain.

And we did.

I don't mind driving in snow...

but I HATE driving

in freezing rain

although it is beautiful

as it dresses the pines.

source

So, in the end,

all-in-all

it was a very good day.

A day that made me smile.

I will be smiling about

YESTERDAY

all day

TODAY!

I hope

YOUR DAY

is full of smiles, too!

My Weekend Getaway Flip Flop

Well,

I'm still home!

~Home Sweet Home~

Looking out the window

at the snow covered playhouse.

Even though I was supposed

to be in the UP.

Upper Peninsula for all you

Non-Midwesterners.

So...What Happened?

Hmmmm..

SOMEONE

who shall remain nameless to

protect his red-faced hide

FORGOT

he had to work.

WHAT?

Yeah..Yeah.

I switched with somebody.

And you forgot until I am up

at 5:30 am and packing to go?

Yeah..Sorry.

BIG SIGH

Yeah..ME TOO!

Call and cancel the hotel.

We always stay here....

Drink the Starbucks coffee

from the thermos.

Yes-Yes-I have a

PINK STARBUCKS THERMOS

Settle in on the sofa with

the computer,

my magazines,

my Bible

Shhhhhhh I am behind on my

read the Bible in a year

commitment to myself.

Hmmmmm...wait...

Do you have to work on

SUNDAY?

Nope!

How about we drive down to

Milwaukee...early church with the

kids and  buy them brunch?

Works for me...
Good! It works for me, too.

I get to see

BigBoyE and CharlesInCharge.

Not such a bad weekend

after all.

But let's not let

YOU KNOW WHO

that it's not so bad...

m'kay?

I want to milk this for all

it's worth.

AMEN!

A Quick Quote From SweetCheeks

I am going to be

UP North

for a couple of days.

For us,

that means the

UP of Michigan.

I am ready for

2 or 3

down-days.

So..

Today I am leaving you

with one of what

what I like to call

Quick Quotes

by

SweetCheeks.

Scenario: Powder room

SweetCheeks is on the potty.

There is a yell

from inside.

NANA!

What?

I need sohme toilett papher.

Okay.

Here you go.

Papa  ussed up all the papher

and didhn't put eny on the

holder.

What makes you think

it was Papa?

Cuz' girhls

ALWAYS remember to

do that cuz they
KNOHW you need
toilett papher .

Boys NEVAH remember

that sumbuddy ehlse is

gonna use the potty, too.

In my humble opinion,

she has nailed one of the

first realities of

living with a man.

A LIttle Pinterest Request

I have been trying

to get a

 Pinterest

"membership"

since last Fall

after seeing things

like this.

I have sent in a

request several times

only to be told that

I would be

receiving an invite.

Sadly, so far,

that has not happened.

Now my understanding

is that someone that

is already a member

can invite others.

Is that how it works?

If so,

could someone

PLEEEEASE

 send me

an invite?

I promise to keep

your identity a secret

because

MyHero

will be looking for you...

and blaming

YOU

for contributing

to my addiction(s).

This is NOT one of

My Addictions

even though

I live in Wisconsin

(otherwise known as the

BEER STATE)

google image
Are you gagging yet?

I found THAT on Pinterest, too!;>)

Yes! I! Did!

Hey!

I told MyHero I gave up

SUGAR.

I gave up

WHEAT PRODUCTS.

I don't

DRINK.

I don't

SMOKE.

I don't do

DRUGS

(Well, unless you

consider

STARBUCKS coffee

a drug)

AND

MOST IMPORTANT

OF ALL...

I gave up

DATING!

A little pinning

surely

won't hurt....

Will it?

He thinks
THIS

is a pin.

Maybe I can throw

him off track

and keep him

in the garage

(so I can pin)

by offering him a

PIN

of his own.

Whaddayathink?

Edited @ 6:25am
I have an invitiation.
Thanks, Lorraine.

Now..
If any of you have popped by
tell me what you
LOVE
at Pinterest.
Any ideas where I should start?
Thanks.

Sad-So Sad-Shabby Streamside Studio Update

I usually try to do an

UPBEAT

FUNNY

POSITIVE
POST.

Today, though,

my heart is breaking for

a girl I have never met.

A girl that is the author of this blog.
I would have posted this earlier but wanted
to wait to get her permission
before I did.

I may not have met her

but I feel like I know her.

She lives not too far

from where I was

born and raised in

the Catskill mountains.

Her name is Sandy Foster.

You all know her.

Most of you have drooled

over her

Shabby Streamside Studio.

I know I have.

She has not had an easy life

although you have never

heard her complain.

But THIS..

Well, THIS is just too much to bear.

She needs prayers.

She needs support.

She needs love...

the kind of love that

womankind extends to

one another.

Please pop over to her

blog

and uplift her

and

God will bless you for it.

And The Bride Played On

The Land Of

Make-Believe

is often present

at our house.

I have a whole slew

of costumes

for the girls

when they come over.

Usually,

SweetCheeks adorns herself

with the

Snow White costume.

Or...

Sometimes

she is Cinderella.

Today, however,

she has chosen to be

A BRIDE.

Don't you love how she never

loses the bow?

She does look like

a rather pensive bride,

wouldn't you say?

However,

once dressed,

she happily informed me

 that

she was playing her

Owhn musick

at her wedding.

This is a 30 second piece-

You will be amazed

at the raw talent here.

Seriously....

I can't WAIT to show

this video clip

the day she gets married.

Imagine what

HER

wedding night will be like!

Does My Daughter-In-Love Know Me...Or What?

I have been blessed

with a wonderful

daughter-in-law

She is married to

our youngest son,

MamasBoy.

She has a tough job,

and has to act like a

tough girl a lot of the time.

because she is

TheSecretAgent.

BUT

Guess what?

She is really not that tough.

I was thrilled when she

gave me a special

present.

Do you want to see it?

Well...hold on just a

minute because I have to

tell you that

even SHE didn't know

how special it was.

Several years ago,

we inherited

Gramma Hazel's

Ruby thumbprint

glasses.

8 water glasses

 And 8 sherbert glasses.

So..

When our dil went

looking for special

sparkly glasses

to make into candles

she went to an auction.

The only thing she bid on

was this.

Now is that cool, or what?

She made it into a candle

not realizing it matched

glasses I owned.

And it was

accompanied by several

 sparkly glass friends.

I lit these

but couldn't quite bring

myself to light the

ruby one.

Aren't they sweet?

Gotta love a gal like that!

AND

She has a sense of humor, too.

Look what she dropped off

for my friend...

that lives on a farm.

Can you guess what kind

of farm it is?

uh-huh

Pooor, pooor dear.

Let me just tell you...

she married an CPA

for a large oil company.

Once he had snagged her

he told her his dream

was to own a farm..

A pig farm.

And, because I am the

sweet friend that I am,

I never let her forget it.

I send her a box of

PIGGY ITEMS

every year for Christmas.

Shoot!

Now I ruined it!

She will read this and see

the first purchase for

this year.

Only 11 more pigs to find!

The hunt is on~

Clear your shelf, Sandy!

Fixing A Few Blogger Problems- Blank White Screen And More

Well,

I don't know if this is the

Cure-All

Be-All

Do-All

but I 

DO KNOW that

it has worked for me

as far as being able 

to receive comments

on my blog.

I had two helpers.

The first was Tete

Beyond The Garden Gate

She helped me out with several

things yesterday.

Things that most of you 

already know how to do.

Go visit her- she's a crazy broad

but I love her.

The second one was 

Kathy  from 

Creative Home Expressions.

She told me how to fix

my comment section so that

it would be in a 

POP UP mode

rather than embedded

below my post.

Easy-peasy-

following her directions..

even for a computer idiot

like myself.

If I can do this- 

Anyone can.

Trust me.

To Change Your Comment

Into A Pop-Up Box..

(which seems to eliminate

the dreaded white screen)

Go to your dashboard.

Click on Settings 

Click on Comments

(the one UNDER the settings tab-

not the one next to it)

Scroll down until you see

where you have the option of

Pop Up and click on the little circle there.

Make sure you SAVE it by clicking

the Save button.

The other biggie is 

WORD VERIFICATION.

I f you are not

in the CIA

or a 

Federal Agent you probably

don't need it.

(or if you haven't been a target

of spammers)

Blogger does a pretty good 

job of killing the spammers off

before they ever hit your blog.

Having to verify a scrambled

word makes many people 

leave without posting.

So...if you aren't getting
as many comments
as you would like,
word verification
might be on and you

aren't even aware of it.

Here's how to check.

Go to Dashboard.

Click on Settings.

Click on Comments.

(the one UNDER the settings tab-

not the one next to it...

don't ask me HOW I know this, m'kay?;>)

Scroll down.

There is a box that says

Show Word Verification For Comments

Click NO

Then scroll down and hit SAVE.

Presto..

You're done.

So easy even a 5 year old can do it.

Even though she might pick

a bow that is too big for her head.

I also went to 

Chrome Google

and installed it...

this gal that has never installed

anything on her computer before..

crazy, huh?

Anyway~

Just google it and it will

lead you right through the process

of installing it.  It does make your

computer much faster

and it puts an icon on your desk top.

When asked if you want to make that

your Default server. Click yes...and

you are good to go!

Big Boys And Their Toys

My Hero

generally reads my blog.

He sometimes thinks it

is funny.

Sometimes, I get the

eye roll
(y'all KNOW the
EYE ROLL right?;>)
The eye roll usually is accompanied
by the word
"DIANA"

when he thinks I have

touched on the naughty

side of things.

But, usually, he just

reads and leaves

grinning.

Yesterday

he came in all excited

and asked me to do a

blog about him and

MamasBoy.

What?

What about?

I'll email you.

It's about a

TOY.

A TOY?

What kind of toy?

One with wheels.

Oh...you mean like

our Little Man rides?

Nope!

You mean like THIS one?

Nope!

How about THIS one?

Nope!

LOOK AT THIS!

Oh My!

Does one size fit all?

ummm.

Apparently it does.

I see the shoe horn worked!

Side view

Rear view

Wow-

What are ya gonna do with it?

Sell it!

Of course you are!

Uh-Huh.

I think you have a least

TWO OTHER

Wheeled things that

you were gonna sell, too.

Right?

Let's just say this is the

last time you two are

allowed to go out on a

Saturday morning

unsupervised!

And you complain that

I want to spend money

on

THIS?

Seriously..........