Yes, I am still alive!!! LOL

I tell you, I have had the hardest time trying to blog. I don't know why. I read blogs everyday, love them, but have a hard time blogging. Everyone else's blogs seems so much more exciting than mine.. LOL.

This has been the absolute hottest summer we have had since I moved to Ohio, 12-13 yrs ago. I was used to the sweltering humid heat in Charleston SC and it didn't bother me so much, so when I moved to Ohio, I thought wow, the summers are great!!! This year we have had days after days of 90+ temps with high humidity's and high heat indexes. I haven't been able to sit out on my patio like I usually do, etc and it's made me sad. They say only 80's next week. I am sure hoping!!! I still love summers over winter's although.

I have been wanting a round table for everyday eating forever! We found one in craigslist for 10 dollars!! All wood, nice, except it needed refinished. David refinished it. I will show some pics. If you want to see any pics bigger, just double click on them!!

These 1st 3 pics are of David working on the table. It was so hot!! That's why the rag on his head so the sweat running didn't get in his eyes, so he could see..











The finished table, in my kitchen. I love it!! Costs us maybe 20-25 dollars!!! I am a happy girl!! I should have taken a pic of the table before. It was in bad shape as far as the finish goes. It's beautiful now!!





We went up to my daughter's for the 4th of July. Here are a few pics from then. My son and family came from Arkansas to visit also. I was a happy Nanny!! I had not seen Brice since he was born.

Me with Brice.


Brice and his Mom, Amanda in the pool.


Cooper diving with Daddy watching. Cooper is only 3 and is a fish!!!


My daughter Carrie and Brice in the pool.


David trying to stay cool!!!


We went to Bowling Green to watch the fireworks. Here are some pics of us there.
Here is Morgan, Sydney and Cooper.


Here is Brice.


Here is Amanda and my daughter Carrie. Amanda is Jeremy's wife, my daughter in law.


Here is David and my empty chair, as I was taking the pic. LOL. It was a long walk, so we had to take our power chairs.


My son in law Chad on left and my son Jeremy on right. 2 handsome men!!


My battery was dying on my camera, so the firework pics didn't take well.


I have a double nickles birthday coming up on the 20th. We are supposed to go up to my daughters. That all depends on whether or not Bailey, our dapple dachshund goes into heat. If she does we can't go as my daughter has 2 males dogs. We want to get Bailey spayed, but have to come up with the money 1st. David has been out on disability since April 28th, so funds are not good. He has applied for Social Security Disability so hopefully that will be approved. The doc says he can't work anymore. It's to much with his COPD and oxygen wearing 24/7. Right now he doesn't have insurance, so we are relying on the VA Hospital for his meds and such. Say a prayer he will get approved. I really do not want to lose our home. I have sold everything we don't need on Craigslist.

Well, thanks for reading if you stayed this long...LOL. I guess blogging wasn't so hard tonight!! Of course it's 1:30AM.

I will leave you with 1 last pic of Brice. Isn't he handsome? Looks just like my son at that age and I mean almost exact!!!

Let me know you were here please!!!

God Bless~

A boy and his dog :o)

Here is a picture of Brice my grandson and his Dog, a tiny Yorkie, named Sarge. Aren't those 2 the cutest? Click on the pic to make it bigger if you'd like..

I know I need to do a update and hope to soon. We have had a horribly hot and humid summer, and yes, I still love the summer, but it has played havoc with my neuropathy pain and arthritis. I hope to get one done soon, but wanted to share this precious boy with you.

I hope everyone is having a great summer!!!

God Bless~

What could be better?

What could be better than, summer time, a little boy, a baseball glove, ball and bat, and a ice cream sundae from Sonics?? This is Cooper my 3 yr old grandson. Isn't he the cutest? Hope everyone is enjoying summer as much as he is!!!!



God Bless~

Happy Father's Day!!

Happy Father's Day, Daddy!!!! Even though we are miles and miles a part, I love you and hope you had a great day!!




Now for a few more great Daddy's in my life!!!

My Hubby David, a great Father to not only his children but his step children as well. We all love you, David!!!



Jeremy, my son who is a great father to his son, Brice. Love ya Jeremy!!!


Chad, my son in law who is a great Father to his kids, Taylor, Morgan, Sydney and Cooper!!!



My step son, Craig, a great father to Miranda, Arryssa, Kirra and Daniel.


My step son in law, Bryan, A wonderful father to Jayden, Skylin and #3, due in early October.


My son in law, Earl, father to Matthew, Dominique and Briannah.



And my brother Donnie, a great father to my niece Heather and a wonderful Grandfather to Noah and Jacob!!


♥ What Makes a Dad ♥

God took the strength of a mountain,

The majesty of a tree,

The warmth of a summer sun,

The calm of a quiet sea,

The generous soul of nature,

The comforting arm of night,

The wisdom of the ages,

The power of the eagle's flight,

The joy of a morning in spring,

The faith of a mustard seed,

The patience of eternity,

The depth of a family need,

Then God combined these qualities,

When there was nothing more to add,

He knew His masterpiece was complete,

And so, He called it ... Dad

~~Author Unknown.~~

I hope each and all of them had a wonderful, fun and safe father's day! I love you all!!!

God Bless~

A funeral and a funny...

Tomorrow David and I will leave to go to the funeral of my son in law, Chad's grandmother. She was 87 years old and about a month ago, she fell and broke her hip. When she was in the hospital they found lung cancer, advanced. They fixed her hip, but the cancer took her. She was a very dear woman, who was sweet and kind as they come. We called her Mimi. She leaves behind, her son, 2 grandson's,1 granddaughter in law, which is my daughter, Carrie and 4 great grandchildren, which happen to be my grandchildren, Taylor, Morgan, Sydney and Cooper. She will be greatly missed, and know she is flying high, watching over her loved ones. Please pray for Mimi's family to get over this tough time. Here is a pic of her with the great grands..



Here is a pic of Mimi with her son, 2 grandsons and the great grands.



Last pic is a pic of Mimi with her son Mel, and my daughter, her grand daughter in law, Carrie.



My daughter lives about 2 1/2 hrs north of me, actually where all the tornado's were in Ohio last week. We are staying thru the weekend. Please pray for our safety on the trip and for the family.

Next is a funny I received in a email and wanted to share, to bring alittle humor into today's post. I hope that you enjoy it. I did.



If you need a laugh today, then this should do it!

*Judas Asparagus*

This is amazing and brought tears of laughter to my eyes.

I wonder how often we take for granted that children understand what we are teaching???

A child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible.


Through the eyes of a child:

The Children's Bible in a Nutshell

In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lord thy God is one, but I think He must be a lot older than that.

Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did.

Then God made the world.

He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet.

Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden.....Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.

Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel.

Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something.

One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.

After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.

Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh's people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable.


God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti. Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments. These include: don't lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor's stuff.

Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.

One of Moses' best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.

After Joshua came David.. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn't sound very wise to me.

After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore.

There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them.

After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of The New. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn too, because my mom is always saying to me, 'Close the door! Were you born in a barn?' It would be nice to say, 'As a matter of fact, I was.')

During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Democrats.

Jesus also had twelve opossums.

The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.

Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount.

But the Democrats and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn't stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead.

Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again. He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.


God Bless~