HOMECOMING 2008

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Well...Hey there!!!!

Surprise! Surprise! Here's a little catch up post...Too much has gone on since my last post, here are some highlights:

It's FOOTBALL TIME and Stink is doing great this year. I am the official team photographer and web site mom so tht is keeping me BUSY!I have created the website and I tke pictures at every game and then post them to the gallery on the site for the kids to see. I am having a great time, but time consuming it is!!

I took my darling Niece with me to the Sheila Witkin Memorial Concert in South Florida and they honored my Dad , her Pop Pop, and recognized him for all of his contributions to the 1980's music scene that included young guitar players such as this....


It was a great weekend for a good cause and I had so much fun seeing old friends, famous or otherwise!
We are still trying to sell our house....any takers?




We bought a little cottage downtown last week, a foreclosure that needs a total redo...here are some before pics, I will post the afters when we are done. The plan is to move in there when it is finished and keep trying to sell our house, hopefully with it vacant the showings will increase.....



Nice paint color choices huh??? Can you say...DUMP!!!! It will get better, it will be fine,it will get better it will be fine...c'mon say it along with me!
On a sad note we lost one of our pets, our dear old Aussie friend Luke had to be euthanized....we miss him.

Well, that's enough for now...you can see we've been busy...I still hve to share our vacation with you.....next time! Take care!!!

Genealogy...Not just for bored old people....

I started searching for my ancestors for no apparent reason, not like I had time...just had to add another thing to do....anyway, I started in 2001 and have done it on again/ off again. I have to stop sometimes because frankly I get so confused I forget who I'm looking for, days turn into weeks, I'm telling you it is mind numbing...Overall it has been rewarding, interesting and addicting. I highly recommend it, it is easier than you think. Rootswebis an awesome place to start. I have several of our family lines all the way back to the 1500's. Through the search I met a great genealogist who turned out to be my twice removed cousin, she is the one who told me about the reunion ( see earlier post today) and was the reason I was able to reconnect with my Great Aunt Pearl, which has been an experience I will always treasure. Since my father passed in 1984, Great Aunt Pearl is one of my few remaining direct descendents.While at the reunion Aunt Pearl asked if I wanted all of the family pics and history that she has been saving all these years. Of course I said it would be my honor to step into her shoes as the caretaker of our family history.As I said before, it has been a rewarding journey and I feel so blessed to have taken it. I never knew anything about my Dad's ancestry beyond his immediate family Please enjoy these photos of my family, who I did not know but of whom I am quite proud.

Mo' southern Food from the reunion

Waz up??????

Everyday I say to myself, " I need to take a pic of that for the blog, or I need to blog this or that....". But as you can see by my not so regular posts it just never gets done. I take the pics...but that's the end of it, but as Elvis says..."You were always on my mind. I , again, am going to try and catch up...sit back this is going to be a long rambling post and who knows where it will lead.....Let's see where to start.....
This past weekend my sis and I , Cass over at Mockingbird Hill and I went to our family reunion on my Dad's side of the family...my dear Dad passed in 1984 so Cass and I still try and keep in contact with what is left of his family. Anywho...my dad grew up in North Florida in Malone, near Two Egg, yes,that really is a name of a town. Both towns are near Marianna, about an hour Northwest of Tallahassee. The reunion was held in Malone at a place called The Joy Club. we visited with our Great Aunt Pearl who is 87.

Other than the whole Popeye thing I have going on with my left eye, it's a pretty good pic of the three of us all in all.
There was sooooo much good ole' southern food there it was a treat for sure!

The GIANT catch up post...

Hi All,
I have been a bad little blogger and have decided to set aside some time today to catch you all up....In my previous post I had promised pics from Stinks birthday night dinner so I am going to start there and keep going till you are all caught up......


Next came my birthday and the whole group got together and decorated my office ....
My sister surprised me with this cute little girl that she made for my bday...

My adorable neice Bailey came up for a visit...

We went out for dinner at this restaurant whose slogan is ..."I shucked my nuts at Zellie's"...don't know what else to say about that but here's Stink and Big B representin'

Stink's big day for taking his driver's license test was fast approaching....I spent WAYYYY too many afternoons driving around...and around...and around..... with him practicing for his driving test....one day we were making our umpteenth trip down Overlook Drive and look what we saw....
Two baby red foxes out of their den.....sooo cute.....keep driving.......

Next on our list was a Football Fish Fry Fundraiser.....hot is not the word for that day....I thought I would die...but we raised about $8,000 bucks for the team....that's alot of oysters and fried fish.......

Let's see, what next.....hmmm......we decided to build a deck over looking the water behind our house....


Got so hot Stink took a dip with our Corgi....Simon
This brings us to the BIG DAY.....Stink was ready for the driving test....
And he did it!!! Of course I made him pose in front of the Driver License place for a pic...they even gave hime a lollipop, note the stick in his mouth....

Big B's Mom, Stinks' Nana, is awesome and was gracious enough to give Stink his first truck. The truck had been Daddy J's and when he got a new SUV, Nana and Daddy J were so sweet and offered the truck to Stink.....he is one lucky boy....we are such lucky people, we have an amazing family...
Well, about an hour after passing the driving test, here's what I saw.....


Note the dirt flying from his back tire.....he was gone...like the wind.....

And we have barely seen him since..................

Remember and be thankful...

Pray for peace.

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Stink's Birthday Celebration Begins....

Had a little cake issue...when I went to pick up Stink at school, ( with balloons tied to the car no less), he had a friend with him that I had not planned on taking home....the cake was in a bag on the floor of the back seat....big boy with big backpack collided with cake.....
We did the best we could, and Stink did not mind.
Aaaaahhh yes.....the presentation of the sword....this is a BIG deal. Big B's Dad got this during the World War II and after he died when Big B was only 11 he inherited it. This is a precious thing to Big B...he decided that it was time to pass it to his son....Stink was FLOORED he has asked for this sword since he was little. Tyler said he will pass it on to his own son someday..... So sweet of Big B and so meaningful. I have the BEST husband.
Tyler promptly cut his cake...........notice the "Ipood" t shirt....that's my boy
Licking the frosting from the candles.....this birthday thing had started off pretty darn good!
Tomorrow prepare yourself for Part II. We took Stink and 4 of his friends to "Lampu".....many more pics to follow.....

April is BIRTHDAY month in this house....

Big B's birthday is on April 7th, I'm the 21st and Big T also known as "the stink" is TODAY!!!

It's a whirlwind of birthday fun and excitement......

Needless to say I cried on mine, turning 49 was a bit of a revelation for me...I'm old. Ha!

The pic above was taken on my big day. tonight we are taking Stink and his friends to his fav restaurant...pics to follow.....