HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! 

What to do today? I am trying to plan out my day. I do not want to drive into the city for fireworks tonight. Too much crime and traffic. I think we will  take a day trip. We may head down towards the finger lakes.Small town craft fair and celebrations are more my cup of tea. Perhaps a picnic and a splash in one of the lakes. Seems the older I get the more I want to just veg out, grill a few hamburgers and watch  a good afternoon movie curled up with a blanket on my couch.I have to remind myself to go out and do something my youngest,who is a teen would enjoy.Watching your mother take an afternoon nap does not seem to be one of her favorite things to do...darn! O.k. then I guess I will dust off the cooler and the nikes and head out for a fun filled day of parades ,craft boothes and hopefully some wonderful ice wine.

We have lovely parks, therefore we go alot.

The roses seemed a little past their prime.

Other flowers were beautiful.

Russ liked these..I want some too.

Cody and Britt had fun climbing .

Yes we brought both dogs...they are so spoiled!

Down by the bay...

Looks like fun...it was!

I love saturdays. It may go back to no school and wearing pjs all morning while watching my favorite cartoons.Cooked breakfast..is a plus. The weekdays are always so cram packed full of stuff

But not saturdays???? My hubby has a weekday job usually home by 4:00 and off every weekend.

Therefore;we are blessed to have wonderful saturdays.

Today's plans...Big breakfast. You know the breakfast with everything bad for you on the menu.YUMMO as Rachel Ray would say. I will use 4 or 5 pans and cook up a storm , then clean up a disaster.. Which means guilt salad for lunch. I think I will meander around my yard. Great day to plant more flowers and weed my garden I should add some new mulch today too.Might even jump on the trampoline. I think a bike ride will work it's way in and maybe a visit to the park. Of course Britt ;being a teen will insist on the weekend trip to a store...probably the mall.I will have to bathe both dogs today. They get stinky when we have a rain filled week.I will have to hit the grocery store and fill up my truck...can you spell Cha-Ching? Since the school/work week is so busy we should wash the trucks today.Later around 6:30 we will drive across town to a friends for dinner.This is wonderful..no cooking tonight.

If saturdays are so wonderful...why am I so tired on sunday? Playtime and fun stuff can wear you out when your ...ummmm..over 30?

That is it..I too must finally after all these years give up my boo....my pacifier, my binkie. I have been inspired by my grandbaby. She is stronger and more courageous than I am...but I am willing to give it a shot. So I am off the ma ba! Withdrawal will come and go..I must be strong

 the temptation is almost to much to bear.....

 We can do it lee-lee....step away from the boo!

.... and yes, I would do just about anything to make my daughter laugh!

Seriously???. What is there to gain from being mean. Does it make mr. or miss meany feel better about themselves. Are they getting some kind of high from the adrenaline rush that mean people seem to love inhaling at every opportunity.I wonder what makes a mean person tick Inside...how can they live day in and day out in the same state.They thrive on lives filled with the ability to be mean. I know I am rambling,but I am bewildered.I am thinking about mean people...and I want to vomit.

just had to get that off my chest.

 I treat my dogs like kids. Here are the latest pictures of my dogs. Abbey and Cody will have beautiful puppies one day soon.Abbey has a look on her face...like leave me alone. Cody is hugging her...they have such different personalities. One is shy and the other outgoing.The vet has given us the go ahead to breed them. Cody had undescended testicles and we feared he would need surgery.

But he will be fine.

... we may have puppies around Christmas time!

Shelties generally are three colors. Tri, blue merle or sable.

Abbey is a bi-black with a blue merle gene. Cody is sable with a tri -and a sable/blue merle mother. The puppies will most likely be tri's . The picture below is a blue merle,  sable and a tri. The far right is what abbey and codys pups should look like.

Are they beautiful or what?

I miss my Nana ...this seems to be my most constant thought...When someone you adore leaves this earth and goes to heaven it leaves a void. I stopped filling the void and just cried yesterday. Which is needed and I will do often over the next year.I picked myself up and did what I needed to do today. Which is tough when your heart aches.It has been almost  a month since I watched Nana leave for heaven...hard to believe. I remember fearing this time...I am amazed how God has carried me thru thus far. I have wonderful caring friends who have lifted me up in prayer and called often.Without such relationships..this would of been impossible. Without the life lessons she shared with me..I would have been lost.

Today I am tearful and thankful .

My Thursday thoughts are now going to change to Laughter...So I will share some unanswered question ...laugh a little as you ponder these questions-

1. What is the speed of dark?


2. If a cow laughs hard does milk come out his nose?


3. If a #2 pencil is so popular why is it still #2?


4. If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself is it considered a hostage situation?


5. When sign markers go on strike is anything written on their signs?


6. Would a fly without wings be called a walk?


7. Is it possible for someone to become addicted to therapy..if so how would you treat them?


8. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?


9. Can you get cornered in a round room?


10. Is Disney World a people trap operated by a large mouse?


11. If a fork was made of gold would it still be called silverware?


12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected"make the unexpected expected?


13. If something"goes without saying" why do people still say it?


14. If a turtle doesn't have a shell is it homeless or naked?


15. Whose cruel idea was it to have an "S" in the word lisp?


16. What hair color do they put on a bald mans license?


17. How is it possible to have a civil war?


18. If quitters never win and winners never quit, how can it be wise to "quit while your ahead?"


19. Most mothers feed their toddlers with little spoons and forks, do chinese mothers feed their kids with toothpicks?


20. After eating do amphibians have to wait an hour before getting out of the water?


21. How come you never hear father in law jokes?


22. If two wrongs don't make a right,then how come two negatives make a positive?

I hope a few of your thursday thoughts turned into laughter...mine did!