It took awhile, but we finally got to the Arboretum with Hot Rod.  Of course there were pictures taken, and I want to share. When we were at the Dallas Arboretum with Pretty Baby, the mums were not in bloom.  On this visit, they were gorgeous.  Look at the azaleas.  They were in full bloom also. The pumpkins […]

How convenient it was that Halloween was on a Friday night this year.  Oh, how I dreaded the day after Halloween each year when I was teaching.  Have lessons to teach – fuhgeddaboudit.  Sugar highs and tired children do not make for a good day of learning. The Grands came over for trick or treat […]

Hot Rod and Pretty Baby came over to swim.   Hot Rod had been in the pool this spring, but for Pretty Baby this was her first swim – it was her FIRST swim.  Pretty Baby had never been in a swimming pool. She had a new swimsuit for the occasion. With these bejeweled spectacles, she […]

The gang came over for Easter lunch/dinner.   What do you call it? Wikipedia says: Dinner usually refers to the most significant meal of the day, which can be the noon or the evening meal. However, the term “dinner” can have many different meanings depending on the culture; it may mean a meal of any […]

Super Sister and I met in Stephenville to visit Aunt Lois.  It was a day I will always remember! On the occasion of Aunt Lois’ 101 birthday, there was a half page article about her in the Lifestyles section of The Stephenville Empire-Tribune.  Aunt Lois sat back and shared her memories with Joyce Whitis a […]

Drum roll, please.  (I do like drum rolls.) It was a celebration honoring Aunt Lois who is 101 years young.  Yes, that is one hundred plus one. (We learned expanded notation in second grade.)  AND she is doing well – Thank you very much.  Oh, she has her problems – eyesight extremely bad, hearing not […]

Aunt Lois is one hundred (100) years old, or thirty-six thousand five hundred (36,500) plus days old, or eight hundred seventy-six thousand (876.000) plus hours old, or fifty-two million five hundred sixty thousand (52,560,000) plus minutes old. (The plus is for leap years.  I hope I did my math correctly.) Staggering isn’t it. I can not imagine […]

Number One Son has a blog called The Doodle Daily.  Most days he does a doodle and sometimes a commentary.  It is fun, and I wanted you to know about it.  Click on the above link, look through the archives, and you can subscribe if you like. Dreaming of vacations. Of course he would remember his […]