Left out

I am feeling quite left out of the loop since I have no cute shoes to post or great recipes. Dang.

Happy Mothers Day to Me!

I love my hammock! Goofy Bob is not sure what he thinks about it which is OK - he is way too wiggly to be in it with me for very long!

Pictures

Mimi and Theo - what a cutie he is!

Mary, Erin and Wendy

G'Pa, Erin and Papa enjoying a tody for the body

Erin and proud dad John Paul

Erin and Granny , we are going to have to start making Granny stand on a box for pics!

Erin and very proud mom Ann

What a great week-end

What a hoot that was! I think the only time I really freaked Erin out was when I saw her graduation robe and cried into her laundry that I was folding. That's pretty good for a 3 day visit! Putting the grill together was fun - even though Erin was our Doubting Thomas. She had no faith in the power of determined women. And do not let Abby's maintenance level fool you....she can take us all.

The odd things we remember

Most of this will not mean a thing to you unless you have known me for 45 years.

• When I walk up to my mail box, the crunch of the gravel sounds exactly like it did when we "walked around the mountain" at Aunt Grace and Uncle Ben's
• All motorcycle shops smell the same - even those that sell street bikes.
• I sleep with the covers pulled up over my head just like Grandma Geneva did
• No body makes Hushpuppies like Mrs. Miller did - although Bert's Diner comes very close
• Happy was not the only bulldog that could wriggle that way - they all do when you talk to them. I think that they have no idea that they are not shaped like a poodle and look really goofy doing their dance.

Just so you know

Over the week-end the big green bean (commonly referred to as my car) died. It was a sad thing, but even sadder was the fact that they were able to resuscitate it. So just in case we have to go through a painful decision at a future time: THE BIG GREEN BEAN HAS A DNR. NO MEASURES ARE TO BE TAKEN TO SEE THAT IT STARTS AGAIN. I mean the poor thing has 247,000 miles on it. It's time.