December 2nd

  I came home from Bible study this evening to my lil tattoo girl.   Apparently her daddy let her put on as many tattoos she could fit on her arm.  She told me the tats made her tougher.  I wouldn't have let her put that many tattoos on her arm.  Then she did this pose.

December 1st

December 1st --Tonight we went to the Christmas parade. (Here is the rest of the story..I didnt get to finish this last night as Addie was having a melt down.)  Addie and I walked over to watch the parade.  The place we usually watch from is about 4 blocks from the house.  Bill met us there a few minutes later.  It was cold but not as cold as last year.  It turns out where we were standing was a little girl and her family that Addie goes to Addie's school and aftercare program.  She is older than Addie.  She looked at Addie and said, "Addison is that you??"  Addie said, "Hi Lauren."  I was glad Addie had a friend to watch the parade with since her cousin had other plans.  The parade was nice but at times I wish it were during the day so you can see better.  Not all the floats or cars had lights.  But our favorite part is when Santa comes around in the fire truck!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Addie made this turkey in Sunday school last week.  I hope everyone has a great and blessed Thanksgiving.

“...love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it” Maya Angelo

I am thankful for...

I am thankful for that we had two weeks without any rain.  It gave us a chance to dry out.  Now the rain is back but hopefully won't stay too long this time.










photo by Jon Sullivan

A sad day

My Gramma passed away Monday morning.  Today is her funeral.  I will miss her dearly.

Christmas Tote

My Momma made this beautiful Christmas tote for me.   I can't wait to use it!   I am so thankful that I have a talented Mom.  I only wish I could sew as well as she does.  I know if I practiced more at sewing I would get better but I get frustrated with it.  I'll stick to paper crafts!

Prompt 5-Photo only!

Public or Private-prompt 2

Hmmm, I have been thinking about this prompt so it has taken me a couple of days to blog about it.  Shimelle wrote about how much info do we share on the internet.  For the most part, I try to keep certain info about myself private.  I know not to post about vacations (even though we rarely go anyway..but on occasion.) until after the fact.  And I try not to give specifics about where I live...and I am careful about not posting pictures that may give away too info of where I live.  Not that this is a big secret but unfortunately there are people in this world that are evil and I would rather be safe than sorry.  Thanks for reading my ramblings while I am awake in the middle of the night!

"Love Will Keep Us Together"

For the better part of this morning, I was singing Captain and Tenille's Love Will Keep Us Together. 

"Love, Love will keep us together
Think of me babe whenever
Some sweet talkin' girl comes along singin' his song
Don't mess around,
You just got to be strong
Just Stop, 'cause I really love You
Stop, I'll be thinking of you
Look in my heart and let love keep us together..."

Now, you are probably asking yourself why was she singing this particular song.  Because this morning on my way to work the DJs were talking about Captain and Tenille's Muskrat Love.  One of the DJs was claiming to say he had never heard of Captain and Tenille.  Really, you don't remember Captain and Tenille Show which was a weekly variety showed that aired in 1976-1977???? Ah...come on now. The DJ is only a couple of years younger than I am.  The other DJ gave him a hard time..so she started playing other Captain and Tenille songs.  I was singing along with them. 

Anyway, that was my big excitement today.  Other than that it was just a normal day at work.  Addie is spending the night with her Gram.  She is out of school tomorrow so Gram is keeping her.  It gives me a little break from our nightly routine.  I can read some more of the blogs from other people taking Shimelle's class.  YIPPIE!!!!