Trick or Treat!

One of my favorites past times is hanging out with Clare, she makes my heart smile - Halloween was a good time had by all, She pranced, danced and trick or treated her little heart out

Pumpkin Patch

Sunday David and I took little bear to the pumpkin patch so she could pick out her own pumpkin - She was SO excited, Lola! - wow, pumkins - Wow --

WOW

Been awhile since I've visited my blog, bad girl! - Have alot of things happening, I did get picked for Jury Duty (not fun) the worst 3 days out of my life, and pray I never have to go thru that again. Kids finally moved into home, now unpacking and decorating. Will post pictures as soon as it's done
I will be better at this - :-)

VIsit with Folks

Was great to visit the folks. David, Little Bear and I. My mom gave Clare her mothers rocker that was made for her when she was little, we estimate about 100 years old! This is a treasure to be passed on for many years to come. Clare is so funny - Oh oh, and What happened are her favorite things to say and Mom looked great!

Alfie at the office

so I have a sick pupy, his breathing is labored-xray shows some kind of infection in his right lung - He is on meds and one way to keep eye on him was to bring him to office - here he is laying on my desk while i work laying on an Aflack Goat - lol Oh and POE was not a happy camper when we left this am. He is NOT used to being alone

BLAST FROM THE PAST

Meet Mrs Potato Head

Yesterday I had the privilege of picking Clare up from school. SO a trip to TARGET prior to departing up north was necessary. While cruising the aisle 's for poss able entertainment for her. I came across MR POTATO HEAD - thought, hmm maybe they have a MRS! So digging through the few they had lo and behold there she was. In her own carry case big as life with 40 different pieces! I was thrilled. Brought her back to the office and proceeded to put her together. So I ask myself, who did I really buy this for?

Cut and Cute

New and improved Beasty Boyz - well not so much new BUT Edgar Allen Poe just turned 3 so we decided to celebrate with new look, clean cut and matching shirts! - Poe is the bigger of the 2, but the youngest. Alfie on the other hand none to happy with his new look. Maybe cause I'm LAUGHING everytime I look at him.

Walking in Daddy's shoes - TOO CUTE!

Fathers Day :-)

Yesterday (Fathers Day) David/Clare and I went to the Dallas Aquarium - what a wonderful trip! We had never been so it was new to us all. Clare really enjoyed the penguins, birds, and fishs. Her eyes were wide open. She fed a bird, talked to them and tried to touch the turtles. Here are a few pics of the day. She came aways with penny the penguin and a counting book on penguins. David of course received cards and a daddy cool book from his best little bear

Little Bear weekend with Lola

When asked about babysitting Clare (2) I thought how hard could this be? - I raised 2 kids that were 1 1/2 years apart and trust me they were terrror's~ So the word yes came out of my mouth. I picked her up on Friday after school, and away we went in the the unknown. I was prepared, food, treats, juice, new toys, books, bathing suit, water vest, I mean I thought of everything! or did I? The beasty boyz ~~ somewhat excited to see her, but after being chased, pulled on, loved on, dressed up, and god knows what else (poe) they hid under the bed. We got thru our first night - just got beat up with her kicking (wild child sleeping) Saturday Im up at crack of dawn walking the boys - shhh she is sleeping. They lay outside the door just waiting for movement. OH she's up - so bath, breakfast, hair? why lola ouch hurts lola - then it was onto destroying the living room. Im thinking how in god's name can this sweet child do so much damage! - But we made if thru another day and Im exhausted. I have decided that Im taking care of THREE children. 2 of them just happen to be on 4 legs, Trust me that didnt stop Clare - so the 10 legs of pure energy took a tolle on Lola, I took a nap on saturday when she did, And sunday after dropping her off at her mom's another nap as soon as I got home. So, hard is an understandment. But as they say, after all said and done Lola I wuv u with hugs and kissed - PRICELESS and it was worth every minute

Beasty Boys

I am just like my parents, they replaced all us kids with dogs! After we moved away, And look at what I did, - HAHA the cirlce of life, Bring up children, get older and get dogs. WOW !

Alfred Lord Tennyson and Edgar Allen Poe

Family and Friends

Was nice to have a Saturday get togther with my boys and friends. Darts and cocktails. Im a lucky mom to have such wonderful boys
Me, Brenda and Tricia
Of course we all know these nuts!

Dad's B-day surprise brunch

Great time had by all, Diane and Steve arrived seconds before the folks. Told Mom and Dad we had a surprise for them, when Mom saw Diane she RAN across the parking lot, Wish I had a video going at that time, camera left in the restaurant. Here is a picture of all, including Charlie, Diane is holding him. What fun we had. Pictured, Steve, Diane, Mom, Dad, Brenda, Austin, Courtney, Merilee, Megan and Troy.

My Little sister and her girls

This is a great picture of (from left to right) Courtney, Merilee (Grandma) holding Charlie and Megan. Can't imagine My little sister a grandmother!

Day at the Zoo

The weather happened to be awesome, David picked me up at 9 am and we headed to the Dallas Zoo. What an adventure Clare had, from the children's zoo, to the monkeys, lions and giraffe's. She had a full day of adventure and was pooped out. Here she is crawling in a turtle shell, look to the slide show for all. She wasn't wild about the carousel ride. LOL

New background

I had to it was named LOLA

FLowers for Mothers day

These arrived today - aren't they awesome

The kids also pitched in and bought me an iPhone Bluetooth -- totally rocking kids

New photo of how big the blooms are! - When I open my office door the scent is wonderful. :-)

MOTHERS PRE-DAY

Wonderful day with Troy and Brenda, received a new picture of the baby tennyson. Due in December and the kids are going blind. They don't want to know the sex. We had a wonderful time playing trivea, cocktails, lunch and lots of laughes. Great day for me!

WHY GOD MADE MOMS

This was passed to me from a really good friend so Im sharing

Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:
Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.
How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.
What ingredients are mothers made of?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.
Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's mom like me.
What kind of a little girl was your mom?
1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.
What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?
Why did your mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my mom eats a lot
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that mom didn't have her thinking cap on.
Who's the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed...
3. I guess mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.
What's the difference between moms and dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them..
3. Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friends.
4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.
What does your mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue..
If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that...
2. I'd make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL

Rough start to the week

Just wanted to let you all know how much fun MY weekend was. So the 4 am was a bit of WOW to my family, I couldn't sleep. Had that wake up and toss turn syndrome. So I did a few things on the blog and did some work, tired me enough to go back to sleep. Good thing the office was ONCE again BROKEN into. Man, I'm getting tired of these #$@%$^#@ They didn't get anything, but to be waken up in the middle of dead sleep to a phone call, Sherry Tennyson this is Counterforce we have alarms going off at blah blah blah. We have had 3 break ins since January, oh we are not alone There is an architecture office at end of our complex. He too has been hit two times.

They threw another bolder into the glass door. I have a collection of them going on in my office

:-) I have had tempered glass with wire installed, I have had bars put on the door, along with Laminated glass door. We have deadbolted every door in this office. They kicked the door to the conference room in - Believe me when i say we have done ALOT to stop this. and Its like Fort Knox! in here! - They have not succeeded on getting anything the last 2 times. 6 laptops on first breakin. But frankly people I'm tired of it. I'm going to Hire me a Badger with a shotgun! -

I'm still trying to get the images of the friday the 13th spooks going thru my office that i spend over 50 hours in a week out of my head. The Crime Scene lady knows me by first name. LOL. So know Im playing catch up on real work since iIspent all of yesterday making this place "safe". But you and I both know, if they want in they will get it.

I keep saying "I love my job, I love my Job" OH wait I have a job I have a job :-)

Contemplating life

As i sit here reading the things that has been said about my family, I ponder and think! I search fot the meaning of Family- I know what MY feelings are but Wikipedia states

Family denotes a group of people affiliated by a common ancestry, affinity or co-residence. Although the concept of consanguinity originally referred to relations by "blood," anthropologists[who?] have argued that one must understand the idea of "blood" metaphorically, and that many societies understand 'family' through other concepts rather than through genetic distance.
It has been argued by many sociologists,[who?] anthropologists,[who?] philosophers[who?] and psychoanalysts[who?] that the main function of the family is to perpetuate society.[citation needed] Either socially, with the "social production of children",[1] or biologically, or both. Thus, one's experience of one's family shifts over time. From the perspective of children, the family is a family of orientation: the family serves to locate children socially, and plays a major role in their enculturation and socialization. From the point of view of the parent(s), the family is a family of procreation the goal of which is to produce and enculturate and socialize children.[2] However, producing children is not the only function of the family; in societies with a sexual division of labor, marriage, and the resulting relationship between two people, is necessary for the formation of an economically productive household.[citation needed]
A conjugal family includes only the husband, the wife, and unmarried children who are not of age. The most common form of this family is regularly referred to as a nuclear family.[3]
A consanguineal family consists of a parent and his or her children, and other people. This kind of family is common where mothers do not have the resources to rear their children on their own, and especially where property is inherited.[citation needed] When important property is owned by men, consanguineal families commonly consist of a husband and wife, their children and other members of the husband's family.[citation needed]
A matrifocal family consists of a mother and her children. Generally, these children are her biological offspring, although adoption of children is a practice in nearly every society. This kind of family is common where women have the resources to rear their children by themselves, or where men are more mobile than women.
So after trying to understand this, I have come to one conclusion.
Family; those who don't undertand, but yet still understand. Those you love no matter what, The people in my life, given to me by god's grace are the most important of all. My sisters, My mother and father, and most of all, be it as it may, My son's! I would not be the person I am today if it were not for those people I have mentioned - Thank you all for making me the person I am today

Time to update

I am in the process of re-doing my bathroom; paint, ceiling, baseboards (finally) lemondrop color is what I choose, it's bright and cheerful! Will make sure after complete to take pictures to show you. Totally forgot that I havnt shown you my re-do of my bedroom. RID of all furniture and went shopping, (love that) The boys have given me Ansel Adams photos for x-mas since they were small, so keeping with that theme. I decided to black/white my furniture and keep the red walls. New sleigh bed and chest/night stand. Keeping clean lines thru out. Put the flat panel on my wall and purchased 2 ladder shelves to set under. Im pleased with the turn out which really is all that matters. :-)

Troy and Brenda's Casa

Some of you may know, but for those that do not, Troy/Brenda decided to "stage the house" for sale. I have been helping them with this job. Pictured below are some changes that have been done. Spare bedroom, just rearranged and staged, Bathroom, had to de-fish and de-personalize, but I believe the transformation turned out great. Blue room as they called it, re-painted 3 walls white and stage for comfy, serene place to chill. The Living room pictures were blurry so i deleted them but we just took some furniture out and re-arranged, dinning room same thing, Den, removed pool table. placed some of the LR furniture in there and decluttered. It takes alot of time and energy to do this. Thank goodness they are young, also the wallpaper in the kitchen is GONE - Troy had workers come are redo it,now I bet that was a JOB! - looks awesome though.

CUDDOS to Troy and Brenda for having done a terrific job getting all this ready! Wishing them luck!

Troy's B-day Dinner

Last friday was Troy's 35th b-day. I know 35! Man time flies. Friends and family gathered at Abuelos for mexican food, margarita's and laughs. Troy and Brenda's good friends, Badger, Beaver and James joined in the celebration. I believe good time had by all! - oh and we did get a mexican desert and sang happy birthday.

My friend Ron and he can COOK too --

The most beautiful, amazing and wonderful woman I know

Anyone that knows me, know's my mother Liela. She is and always has been one amazing woman, but you also know her battle for the last 7 years. She has fought and WON 4 different types of cancer, She has inspired me to not get down, depressed, and to enjoy the life that has been given to me. I admire her strength and courage. I also give extra cuddos to my father who has been by her side for 57 years of marriage. The man who told me "she is just as beautiful now as the day I met her". Now, that my friends is true love and admiration for each other. Something I will always treasure.

Re-setting template

Ok since I did find out that NONE of my pictures were available I had to re-set my template. Im blaming it on that - I downloaded and found one i liked, BUT I had several people say NO pictures! - SO, I sat at my kitchen table and re-did all the posts. Its all good, had chance to add some comments that I didn't get in. AND took this wild picture of me on my computer, you can add different styles, this one i thought fit me perfect! I hope you can all see the picures now. I believe it was computer error, not human.- Have a great Sunday!

CLARE BEAR

Deep in thought