NEW Flickr!!!

Have you a Flickr Account?

If you do, check it out this morning!

If you don't, check it out!

You don't have to be a photog,

absolutely not!

You simply need to 

enjoy looking at images.....

And who doesn't like that?!?!?!?!

A new look and 

A Terabyte of storage.....

FREEEEEEE!!

who doesn't like FREE!

HERE

are some of my favorites!

Start there and go to find your 

favorites......

LOVE!!

Meet Freddie....

Do you see him?

Straddling the handle bar?

Trying to look all MACHO?

And non-chalant at the same time?

Yep, 

that's Freddie.

Contrary to popular opinion....

Freddie ain't dead....

(sorry for the 70's song reference, I couldn't help myself)

Well, anyway....I was minding my own bee's wax one day, 

visiting the local grocery, and there he was.....

bobbing his head up and down,

showing me that 

scarlet neck of his.....

strutting his stuff all over town.

(well actually all over the handle bar)

Letting me know he was AVAILABLE

and 

A CATCH of the FIRST order.....

(bobbing furiously)

I had to stifle my laughter,

didn't want to embarras him....no, 

I am sure that some sweet thing came over as soon as I left the 

scene.....

Soon, there will be little freddies all over the grocery parking lot!~

smiles...

TGIF!!

What a week!

Things are so much better today....

the promise of tomorrow,

and 

hope....

Now

back 

to 

work....

I have been working 

(as focused as I am capable of)

on the 

Not Yo Mommas Handbag

2013 Collection

Ever have one of those days?

You know the type....

the one

where you wake up at 2:57am and 

cannot go back to sleep?

the one

where you are having your first cup o' joe

and you hear something odd in the bathroom 

down in the guest room?

AND

it turns out to be a sewage back up?

the one 

where you are afraid to take a shower and make the 

sewer back up worse.....so you go down to your office

and start on much delayed work......and 

(wait for it....)

you notice that the floor under your desk is damp?

No, ....make that soaking wet?

(thank goodness it wasn't sewage)

Rain coming in from the other side of the foundation wall!

You know, the one that was taken completely back to the studs

JUST LAST YEAR...

water proofing (?) painted on the cider blocks, Drywall replaced, 

interior paint whole room, new shoe molding.....

ALL WET......

the one

where you go to get your handy dandy carpet cleaner 

to SUCK up the water out of the carpet in your office,

and EVERY SINGLE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT BOX

is between you and the carpet cleaner....

the one 

where you finally get the carpet cleaner out of the closet

and start the SUCKING of water.....

and after emptying the reservoir several times

it doesn't seem to be getting any drier?

Yeah....

that's the day I have been having.

I think I will go take a nap...

An enduring love....

We all want it....

We search for it...

We pray for it....

We would do just about anything to find it....

An 

Enduring 

LOVE.

I think this sums it up;

      I will love you no matter what. 

I will love you if you are stupid, 

if you slip and fall on your face, 

if you do the wrong thing, 

if you make mistakes, 

if you behave like a human being - 

I will love you no matter.

--Leo Buscaglia 

(I miss Leo B. tremendously)

(especially in Valentines Day....)

Any who...

my sweetie and I were talking to a young man this morning

about replacing a window

(our BAKW, as a matter of fact)

and he noticed the 

roses that were sitting on the kitchen table.

He stopped and said

"Would you like to hear the sweetest story I have ever heard?"

What?

This was the very las thing I expected to hear out of a window salesman.

Yes?

So he started to tell us the story of his wife's grandfather who died 

approximately 2 weeks ago...

close enough that family were still staying with her grandmother.

Yesterday. the doorbell rang and there was the florist with 

roses for grandma, from grandad.....

bought months ago,

paid in advance,

for years to come,

the card read;

"I will love you, eternally"

A sweet story, but I have heard something like this before,

(the cynic in me said...)

Then I looked up at him,

and he said to us

"The best thing about this story is that when my wife told me this,

she said "That is exactly how I want you to love me"

And as he shifted in his shoes,

he said

"And that is exactly what I am going to do, because I am the luckiest man in the world"

Now, that part of the story is what choked me up....

smiles.

me to Z.....zzzzzzzz......

many thanks

to 

Joanna Jenkins

at 

Fifty Factor

for giving me an easy topic to post!

Me...

Age- 55

Bed Size- King, don't ask me more....Wink, Wink, Nudge, nudge, say no more...

Chore You Hate- Anything having to do with movement......

Dogs- miss my basset hounds, Sam and Fred and covet my neighbors' dog

Essential Start To My Day- Coffee, no-fat 1/2&1/2, sugar 1 tsp, not a morning person....not so much.. 

Favorite Color- changes regularly, initial response-pink, then purple, and of course there is always blue....ah, blue.....

Gold or Silver- Hi-Oh Silver!

House or Apartment-  condo, now.....prefer house.

Instruments Played- Kah-zoo

Job Title- Mom, Boss, Head honcho, Chief trash collector, Cook, Cleaning Lady...

Kids- One son, 2 stepsons, One step daughter all grown up and moved away.

Live-happily

Married-yes

Never Again- work for a person crazier than myself

Other Fun Fact- former flight attendant 

Pet Peeve - cell phones in meetings

Quote- "Everything will be alright"

Righty or Lefty- batting right these days

Siblings- brother.......oh brother.....

Time You Wake Up- gratefully, when my body says so, most mornings

University Attended- yes, but don't remember most of it....it was the 70's people...

Veggies You Dislike- canned beets, good only for dying wool....

What Makes You Run Late- not much, I like to be early.

X-Rays- teeth

Yum Food- bread, bagels, donuts, muffins, no Atkins for me.... 

Zoo Animal Favorite- lion, I am a Leo after all...

If you care to share your story, please let me know when you will post. I would love to see your responses.....AND, gratefully, I was furnished with a list you can copy and paste, so here it is;

Age

Bed Size

Chore You Hate

Dogs

Essential Start To My Day 

Favorite Color

Gold or Silver

House or Apartment

Instruments Played

Job Title

Kids

Live

Married

Never Again 

Other Fun Fact 

Pet Peeve -

Quote

Righty or Lefty

Siblings

Time You Wake Up

University Attended

Veggies You Dislike

What Makes You Run Late

X-Rays

Yum Food
Zoo Animal Favorite