just checking in

Just adding a quick post to keep account active. Figuring out my new iMAC & keeping busy with "the girls" have put me more than a little behind.Lots to post and little time. I will add more to all my blogs soon.

Please stay tuned!

The Moral of the Story is. . . .

I hope I have that type of chutzpah when I'm elderly.

clipped from www.funny.com

Like Mother Like daughter

Beanz and Bou come from a long line of stylish women...



...........Auntie Lis......&.....Mama Baby.......




...................Gran'mare was ~HOT~

(actually...reallly, really hot...I sweated like a pig in that costume)

Help-Wanted Ad for Nanny: 'My Kids Are a Pain'

Saturday, August 30, 2008

NEW YORK — It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, a 1,000-word tome beginning, 'My kids are a pain.' But it worked, attracting a brave soul who's never been a nanny before.

'If you cannot multitask, or communicate without being passive aggressive, don't even bother replying,' Rebecca Land Soodak, a mother of four on Manhattan's Upper East Side, wrote Aug. 19 in her advertisement on Craigslist.

'I can be a tad difficult to work for. I'm loud, pushy and while I used to think we paid well, I am no longer sure.'

This being the age of instant communications, the ad took on a life of its own, making the rounds of parenting blogs and e-mail inboxes and inspiring an article in Thursday's New York Times.

Soodak, a 40-year-old painter whose husband owns a wine store, eventually hired Christina Wynn, a 25-year-old University of Virginia graduate, to take care of Rubin, 12; Ellis, 9; and Shay and Cassie, both 6.

'I made a commitment to stay in the job for at least a year,' Wynn told the Times. 'I met the oldest"

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Puppy Love

Boogie Fever

"The Girls" were so fascinated with nostrils at one point that
we had to don protective gear.

Such gifted children

It was quite apparent at an early age that Beans & Boo were talented well beyond their years..

There's nothing like a good book to help you relax

A Heartbreaking Goodbye

With a profound sadness and a heavy, heavy heart, we had to say good bye to our beloved ol' beagle Snoop...Snoopy..a.k.a. noodle (I've no idea why...he was just..."my noodle") and sometimes I called him porkchop...Portly Porkchop.

He entered our lives when he was 5 years old and we enjoyed his company for the past 7 years. He was strong, healthy & quite content except for a bladder problem the past few months (which bothered me a lot more than it bothered him). He suffered what appeared to be a very sudden blood clot and was in some pain for a bit before rapidly loosing all feeling & mobility in his hind quarters. There was nothing more that could be done ( we tried against the odds with some injections). My husband & I sat with him, I held him in my lap & we fed him a bagful of k-bits. It was gut wrenching. I wish he had lost his senses but he knew us. We kissed him as he drifted off to sleep. We let him keep his dignity. He took a piece of our hearts.

..............Love'ya Noodle....................

What's in Your Pillows?

Time to buy diapers.

No, not for "The Girls"

For me.

Now that they're two.....

Things happen

When I pee.




They were laying down for their nap.

There was a tiny tear in the pillow.

I couldn't wait any longer.

They're laying so still.
I'll just be a minute....

There was a tiny tear in the pillow.

Wishing for Wings

Soap Opera

Always, Always! look in the mirror before leaving the house

Mama leaned over & hugged Beans before leaving for work.

My camera was on the table.

I took these pics right after the hug.

Mama should have used some static guard.

If I wasn't there......

I wouldn't have believed it.

Crying Over Spilt Milk

The cup's broke
The furniture's soaked
And to cross the floor
I needed a boat

What the ferhekkon!?!
You want to know
O.k. then
I'll tell you so

"The Girls" each fed their baby
as quiet as could be
So Gran'mare stole a moment
To sit down & pee

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It's never too late

Concerned about fitness in my middle 40s, I enrolled in an aerobics class.
To my dismay I walked into a room filled with much younger women and decided
to combat my nervousness with humor.

'I'm here to do my postnatal exercises.'

The instructor gave me an appraising look. 'How old is your baby?'

'Twenty-six, ' I replied."

....and I thought Gran'mare had a big heiny......

"The Girls" get a New Kitchen!

The back of my family room belongs to "The Girls".
On one side is their kitchen (as yet unfinished)
On the other side I am working on another mural which I'll post later





Please ignore the cat..he looks like something the cat dragged in!
A direct result of "can't leave well enough alone"

I bought "food" from the craft store..much more realistic