Awards and smiles and stuff

Pardon me while this proud “auntie” brags on Joy’s daughter.  Last night I had the pleasure of attending the YHC Alumni Awards Dinner to watch Melissa accept the 2012 Young Alumni Achievement Award.  She was joint enrolled at the college during her last two years of high school.  After that, she continued her education and is now a pediatrician, married to her best friend.

And she is gonna make Joy a grammie next month!

We are ALL very excited about this new arrival.  Stay tuned.

And I had the pleasure of talking with and getting a hug from former Georgia Governor Zell Miller, who has always been an asset to the North GA Mountains.  MM and I have a long history with this gentleman.  He and MM butted political heads many times over the years, but they came to a mutual respect for each other.  Srsly.  He wants MM to come see him.  He will.  With pleasure.

Life is good in rainy paradise.  Have yourself a smiley day, y’all!

Friday stuff

See this messy pile of yarn and ribbon.  Notice the bulging drawer that won’t close?  Lovely…NOT!

Well, before the day is over all of this will be color sorted…

…and then put into these:

…which will then go under a platform bed (after MM gets that built).

Ribbons, scissors, tape measure, and other stuff will then go into the stackable drawers where they belong, sorted, of course.

I’m feeling better already.  Messy is not good.  Mama’s not happy with that.  And if Mama ain’t happy…

But first, back to the regularly scheduled laundry.

Have yourself a peachy day, y’all!

Things left undone

I has them.  Srsly.  My two besties and I went shopping  (successfully) down to the big cities yesterday, finishing off with a nice dinner at one of the lovely chain restaurants.  It was a perfect girlie day, despite the rain…which we needed.  Most everything I bought was majorly on sale and with bonus coupons (love both!), in addition to the bargain shoes I found for Doodlebug’s growing feet.  Amy loved that I was a good shopper for her.

So today, it is chore day.  Blah, blah, blah.  No details needed for you gals out there, other than I do keep losing my coffee mug, running from room to room doing this and that.  It needs a pager thingy on it like the portable phones all have at the base station!  Then I could easily and quickly find it.  Oh the problems in paradise!  They are mighty indeed.

But it is Thursday, so that means Thursday Supper Group—no cooking.  Not that I dislike cooking, but still…cooks always need a break.  Right?

Have yourself a smiley day.  Life is good in paradise, y’all!

Look at those teeth…again!

In the first place, I don’t know why this post didn’t post at 5am, as I set it up the night before to post before Joan, Joy and I headed out to go shopping for the day.

Oh well, stuff happens.  Here it is, second try:

You and I would look at this photo and merely see a log floating in the water.  Not so with wee boys.  They looked down into the water and saw an ALLIGATOR!  An alligator with big teeth that could eat up little boys.  Giggle, giggle.


Grammie, that’s not a real alligator.


Oh really, are you sure???


Yes, Grammie.  It is a log!  It’s OK.  It won't hurt us.

Oh, the imagination these boys have.  They played hard, and then slept like the proverbial log, waking up with lots of hugs and snuggles for me.  Boy do I love that!

Life is never dull with wee boys, but no alligators are allowed!  Ever.

Look at those big teeth!

Tuesday stuff

So what's going on today?

Lunch with the ladies, followed by the arrival of these two wee hot rods for the afternoon.

Life doesn't get much better than that, unless it involves water and a boat. Right?

And chocolate melting cakes! Sweet dreams...

Mayberry limo