Say BOO to Breast Cancer!

What? Pink pumpkins???????........
Can you believe those punkins??? A BSP sista (a breast cancer survivor) has a very caring son in WA who has a special fund raiser going. Here is what she said about him:

He had a small event last year raising money for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. Well this year he got an idea to raise more money. He has made many pumpkins and painted them pink. He is selling them to people and they will paint them. He hopes to make $500 this year. The large pumpkins sell for $50 and go down in price to $5 for the small ones. He is also collecting checks for the cure. The program that he is participating in is called Passionately Pink, he has named his event...Just Say Boo to Breast Cancer.

Well, I think this is a fabulous idea! Kudos to this son, and to his mama Liz. I clicked over on the breast cancer site today in Liz's honor. Don't forget to do that today. Go ahead...do it right now!

Have a happy Friday, y'all! I sure will...Brian is coming home, Chuck/Steph arrive...Bob/Lynne are on their way south, Sherman/Pat are here. What's cookin' for dinner...grilled chicken...and banana pudding for dessert (my special recipe)...yummmm

Rain, sweet rain...

I woke up at 4am this morning to the sound of rain! We haven't had any in two months, so this was indeed a *sweet* sound. It has continued off and on all day, which is the best kind to give our parched ground the good soaking it needs.

Sherman and Pat are the first of the clan members to arrive here today for our annual get together. They are in their moho, so they are staying at our RV park. We are heading over to Amy's house for dinner tonight. She's a good cook...promises brats and chicken on the grill...yumm. Dick will be smoking some fish so I can try making Ginger's smoked fish dip that is outstanding. I'll be in the kitchen a lot over the next few days. Stay tuned and I'll let y'all know what's cookin'!

Did y'all click over at the breast cancer site today? NO? Go do it!!! The link is on yesterday's pink post.

Rebels FOR a cause...think PINK!!!

See the two pink streaks in Haley's hair? Well, she learned it was against the school dress code! What? That itty, bitty bit of pink...done for breast cancer awareness??? This is October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, when special attention is brought about every year about this disease that took Dick's sister last year. She and the wee girls all got 'pinked' the other day. She certainly did not realize this was a violation of the school dress code. Now I ask you, how disruptive is this, compared to pants bagging down around a person's nether region? Well, she didn't take that rule on face value...and so she and her co-teacher marched straight to the superintendent's office to very politely disagree with the 'intent' of the code. They certainly felt their 'intent' was OK. Check out her blog for details of their, um, respectful disagreement...that she and her co-teacher won! And leave her a comment, OK?

Hooray to you both for standing up for what is fair. The apple didn't fall too far from that gene tree. Scary, huh?

Ginger, she wore your pink angel pin...and could have sold a bunch of them! See the pin below...

OCTOBER IS NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH Your daily click is worth double all month!
Simply click the pink button at The Breast Cancer Site to help provide free mammograms to underprivileged women.http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/tpc/ERB_100608_BCS

And don't forget to schedule your own mammo, gals! Think PINK...think health. Life is good.

Dad did it...so can I!

We have the Bell clan arriving this week, Dick's siblings/spouses and a cuzn, so this is a good opportunity to get some of those dreaded honey-dos done, right? Those high windows on the deck have been a perfect spot for spiders to weave their webs. I know it is getting close to Halloween, but they were not a pretty sight. Dick and Jason hauled the tall ladder through the house and placed it on the deck. Dick climbed up and knocked away all the collective critters, but hadn't gotten around to taking the ladder down yet. Enter curious Parker, who climbed all the way to the top...

....didn't find a thing of interest to a little kitty cat...
...so back down the ladder he came...with coaxing from Dad in the recliner...
Whew! That sure wasn't worth all that effort!
And speaking of cuzns, I just learned that my cuzn Pat from the Redding clan reads my blog every day. Who knew??? Hi, Pat. Give Aunt Nene a big hug from me. That sweet lady turned 97 this past July. She got a hug-in-a-card from me recently, as did her younger sister, who *yikes* turns 88 next week! Needless to say, she'll get a birthday card! These two ladies are all that remain of the 10 kids. We'll lose a lot of history when they pass on.

I visited Aunt Eloise several years ago and she showed me lots of old family photos that she has kept. She even graciously let me take them with me to have copies made. I actually need to scan them into my computer first before placing them in a scrapbook, which is where they will eventually go. That way, I can place the scanned album online for the rest of the family to view. Or ignore. But at least they will be preserved and available. Haley and I have done some scanning of old Bell photos...and I need to get back on that *massive* project! So much to do; so little time! I know, it would help if we would stay home...then I could get more of these projects done:-) All in due time.

Create memories and preserve them. They are precious. Life is good! Happy Monday...

New dollar bill issued...

The Treasury Department has just issued a new dollar bill commensurate with the current state of the economy... spend it wisely!

Happy Sunday, y'all!

Where has the week gone?

Enjoy this view off our back deck! See how the leaves are changing colors? The colors are really popping out now. Friends Neal and Judie arrived here Friday and parked there moho in our driveway. We took them out for a ride on the pontoon. We love showing off our area to visitors! It is still pretty from the water, even with the water levels down pretty low...
I kept 'da boyz' Friday so Amy and Jason could go hiking. Everbody say 'aaawwww.' They are adorable...and soooo good...however, I am always happy to turn them back over to their parents. God gave us menopause for a reason! And you ask about the pole barn progress now didn't you? Of course you did. Chris joined the guys on Thursday and they got the rest of the trusses put in place. Dick has been working on the decking off and on since then. That's the place where the tin roof is going. Check out the leaves behind Dick way up there...
Of course 'Meals on Wheels' arrived to feed the hungry crew...
And this is a sourwood tree that is near the pole barn. We pass by it every time we drive out our driveway. Pretty, huh?
Haley said on her blog today that this is "World Card Making Day" and for everyone to go make a card or two...so I had a bit of quick fun making these four cards. They are made from two sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 card stock cut in half and then pared down a skoosh to fit in an invitation-sized envelope.
Now I need to go clean up my mess and put away a few of my supplies. I hope y'all enjoy the rest of your evening...and Sunday. Hopefully we'll have a quiet afternoon at home. Anybody doing anything special for Sunday? Life is good!

Wordless Wednesday...