As I told you, I would keep you updated on the Artist’s new pic. It’s rough in the beginning, but so worth it when you get to the end. I’ll post some of the other paintings he’s been working on. Blessings on your Tuesday…
Below are just some of the paintings he’s finished , yet as he puts it he’s still picking on them. He’s fixing the professor’s finger’s.  He didn’t like that other guys nose, so he fixed that and I just took a pic of the sailboat…
I’ll show you the one he’s working on now, His special Rosie and Sam …
Could this day get any better. The weather is beautiful and believe me, saying this is the Midwest at the end of October is hard to do. We have had an absolutely amazing Fall.
Today is Masterpiece Monday. The Artist is painting again and I couldn’t happier. He s doing great and I am so thankful for that. My youngest, Connor and his family came out for a visit at the end of the summer . We had so much fun.
I’ll post some pictures of the visit. This is where he came up with some new paintings to create. I can’t hardly wait til he finishes them…
That last picture is the one he is painting…He’s adding little brother Sam b/c he can. What an amazing picture it is going to be. We had so much fun having them for a visit. Family is everything and we sure ended up with a lot….Grandbaby 11 is on the way in the Spring !!! Woot, Woot.
One last pic of grandbaby #9…Mr. Oliver. My Grandbabies sure are cute !!!! He’s now big brother Oliver !!!
I‘m going to end with the beginning sketches of Masterpiece  Monday…
I’ll keep the updates coming … I’m sure it’s going to be amazing. Blessings for your week…
Jumping back onto SLS as it is one of my fav Blog Challenges…Today’s theme is to find a song about the American West, or one that mentions cowboys, a sheriff, an outlaw, horses, cactus, or tumbleweeds.
As usual, always ask the husband for a song. He’s good with the ideas for alot of topics especially music.We love Toby Keith RIP…had tickets to one his concerts but unfortunately he got sick… We did see him in Vegas though and he was amazing to watch.
The song for today is, “Should’ve Been a Cowboy”. This video is obviously from when he was very young !!!!
You are missed and we love your music…
I bet you’ve never heard ol’ Marshal Dillon say Miss Kitty, have you ever thought of runnin’ away? Settlin’ down, would you marry me If I asked you twice and begged you, pretty please? She’d have said, “Yes”, in a New York minute They never tied the knot, his heart wasn’t in it He just stole a kiss as he rode away He never hung his hat up at Kitty’s place
I should’ve been a cowboy I should’ve learned to rope and ride Wearin’ my six-shooter, ridin’ my pony on a cattle drive Stealin’ the young girls’ hearts Just like Gene and Roy Singin’ those campfire songs Whoa, I should’ve been a cowboy
I might have had a sidekick with a funny name Runnin’ wild through the hills chasin’ Jesse James Ending up on the brink of danger Ridin’ shotgun for the Texas Rangers Go west young man, haven’t you been told? California’s full of whiskey, women and gold Sleepin’ out all night beneath the desert stars With a dream in my eye and a prayer in my heart
I should’ve been a cowboy I should’ve learned to rope and ride Wearin’ my six-shooter, ridin’ my pony on a cattle drive Stealin’ the young girls’ hearts Just like Gene and Roy Singin’ those campfire songs Whoa, I should’ve been a cowboy
I should’ve been a cowboy I should’ve learned to rope and ride I’d be wearin’ my six-shooter, ridin’ my pony on a cattle drive Stealin’ the young girls’ hearts Just like Gene and Roy Singin’ those campfire songs Whoa, I should’ve been a cowboy
Yeah, I should’ve been a cowboy I should’ve been a cowboy
My featured image is last best cowboy of all, John Wayne of course, “The Duke.’ My husband, the artist, did this sketch ofFeatured Image…He’s an amazing artist
Last night as I lay in bed I was thinking about, ‘Someday’…I don’t really think many people think about that…’Someday’.
I think about, ‘Someday’ a lot b/c I have experienced that day more than I wish I had. I won’t go into the details because those aren’t really that important and if you know me, then you know.
People come in and out of your life and I like to believe that God handles who’s there and who’s not. He knows who will love you and who will support you and bring you joy. Healsoknowswhowillnotsoheremovesthemfromyour picture. I don’t always agree with the choices, I just keep the faith and accept life as it comes. I guess being in my sixties now, I love who I’ve become and I trust in God to watch over me and keep me safe and happy. He brings me all the joy…Blessings on this beatiful Saturday
Someday will always come. It’s the day when you want to do something and you can’t, just because. Pick up a phone and to talk to someone dear. Go on a road trip to be with someone you love. Trust me, this will happen when it’s no longer possible, ‘Someday,’ and it’s sooner than you think. Memories of , ‘Remember When,’ is all you have. That’s just how lifeis. Blessings. This song says it all ….
I have been gone pretty much all summer. That’s probably not a bad thing. Doing all the summer things and then some of the not so fun stuff, but I’ll save that for another post…
August is always a really busy month but it really starts in June. So first it’s Matthew, our 3rd son. He was born on Father’s day that year 1988.
Now he’s a dad with our 9th, I’m thinking that’s Oliver…Love the name
Then we have Connor, our 4th son…He was born in July, 1992
Baby Connor’s ChristeningConnie/#3 Son/Joffrey/4th Baby…I was a busy mom
Now we get to August, which we start out with our 3rd child, a daughter Ms. Lizzie…She’s my nurse 😉 …I figured out I was pg for 45 months between 1982 thru 1992…
PG w/LizzieBathing LizzieNurse Lizzie
Okay my last one of Lizzie…Isn’t she a beauty and my own personal nurse!!!
Lizzie & Me
Now it’s my turn…My bday is 2 days after hers…
This is our song for our family…It’s a great one !!!
Together forever
I have to post our song too…This one’s for you Lizzie !!!!
That’s me and the husband…We’ve been together for 50 years this year, and married 47 years. I’ve had a beautiful life full of love and family…I want another 50 !!!
I have another post coming with some great August memories. Stay tuned. Blessings
I love this country…I thank God everyday for allowing me to live in this Shining Star on the hill, The United States of America !!! Freedom is not free and so many have given their lives to give us this great gift of living in America.
I truly pray for all those who spread the negativity about America and try to change it to communism…I thank God for the bullet missing and giving us President Trump who truly loves this country. I know people who have escaped communism, and they know just how blessed they are to have made it to America…The question everyone needs to ask themselves is, ” Why does everyone want to live here? ” hmmmm… I see on the news every night people risking everything, including their life, to get to America.
Last night I watch President Trump’s speech where he said this country will never be a communist country….Thank you for protecting us from that. School’s really need to teach the ACCURATE History about the hero’s who made America the greatest place on earth.
Either you love America or you don’t. Like the saying goes, “Love it or guess what you can leave.” There is no other place that is greater than America !!!!America is not perfect, but it’s pretty close…
Freedom of Speech, Freedom to worship how I choose. LIFE, LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS…. Freedom is not free, we have to defend it with everything we have. Celebrate today and never take it for granted. Our Freedoms want to be taken away by people who hate us. It’s really is only a generation away and to me that is frightening…
H A P P Y 4TH !!!! Let’s get the party started for the next 250 years….
What a great country to live in…The best in the world !!! I love this holiday because of the greatness we have been afforded.I’m reminded of this when ever something w/my health goes south. This time it has been my knee.Need a little bit of music…
I’m not a huge soccer fan but I have been loving all the love that the soccer player’s from around the world have been giving to this amazing country. For all who do not love this country, my advice to you is leave there’s so many other place you can live. Maybe then you’ll understand what freedom really means. It’s too bad there are people who don’t understand what freedom and prosperity really looks like…
If you have followed my blog, you’ll remember I fell and broke my arm back in 2023. At the same time I also messed up the knee, but I said let’s just focus on the are for right now. I could walk and that was enough for me.
Probably starting last year around the holidays it started giving me trouble. I went back to the Ortho Dr. that took care of the arm and he’s been treating me. The 1st Dr. our GP, Xrayed it and told me to take to Tylenol…Sure that’s going to fix it. Needless to day, it would not. So I had my daughter the nurse take me to my Ortho Dr. He really did take care of it. After looking at the Xray he walked in the room and said, “I hate to use the term, “Bad” but this is bad. Bone on bone and then he said, “If you were my mom (Which I loved to hear b/c I knew he would be as kind and gentle as he could) I am going to start out with the least I would do which translated into a steroid shop.
My first thought was OMG, that’s terrible b/c I’ve had that before and it was pretty painful, but whatever it was either that or give up walking. So he gave me the shot and it was not so bad. Actually it was pretty easy and I said, “OMG I love you” and I hugged him and it was good. Of course he said this is not a permanent fix, it’s just the 1st and eventually I’m going to have to do surgery. Fun … When this wears off, come back, b/c then I can do another shot w/gel that will help w/the bone on bone.
So last week I could tell I needed another injection. Again a bit nervous about the pain it could inflict, and again I brought my nurse daughter. We were just talking about nothing so I could get through this and next thing I know he said were done. And this was 2 injections. Again I said, “I love you and hugged him!!! ”
Also have been at our dentist and he’d been doing an implant, and I’ve decided this getting old is like being a raggedy Ann doll, but that’s why I love living I’m America. We do have a pretty good health system. Be safe out there and Happy 4th. I’m having a pretty great holiday. Treated myself to a mani/pedi and a facial so I’m feeling pretty fresh…Again, Happy 4th !!!
So I’ll end with how blessed I am. I’m grateful for my life, it’s pretty perfect and I’m so thankful to live in the most amazing country !!!! Blessing’s
The Painter, i.e. the husband is painting again. This is his latest work. He’s not finished yet but I’m calling him Greg. He might be a butler but he could be a writer or a scholar. I’m just going to have to see where the Painter will take this…Happy Monday Blogger’s.
I’ll add a few of his older paintings just because. Remember everything is for sale and he does commissioned artwork b/c he’s that good !!!
I have been blessed w/many great Father’s in my life!!! My Dad
I’ll love you forever…I
You can see in his face how much he loved me and how hard it was for him to give me away !!!
Take good care of my little girl ….I’ll never forget you…Thank you for being my dad.
Then thereis the man I married…An amazing Dad to his 5 children. He did so much of the heavy lifting !!! I Love you to the moon….
My Forever. I really love this song and it reminds me of you…
The family picture 1993/94
Where has the time gone…They all grew up and have flown…Ages 34 thru 43…
Then there are my son’s who are amazing father’s and husband’s !!! They learned from the B E S T !!!
Loving the H A I R !!!
I can’t forget my daughter the nurse…Our own personal nurse. When dad was in the hospital, yes she slept there in his room. She made sure all the nurses that were assigned to him did their job right !!! She’s an amazing daughter and it’s b/c she had an amazing father !! They are so much alike, it’s scary sometime 😉 …
Nurse Lizzie
G R A D U A T I O N D A Y !!!!
Yes I have an amazing family b/c of the Leader of the band !!! He’s so awesome !!! You are loved by so many…Happy Father’s Dayto great father…
I have been gone for a bit…Actually I say I’ve been on IR/Injured Reserve 😉 as my guys would call it. I have a bad knee that my doctor’s first word when he saw the xray was, “I Don’t like to use the word ‘Bad’ but this is Bad. ” Of course my response was, “Well don’t use it then !!!” So it looks like knee replacement at some time in the future, but he says he wants to get me down to at least a year from now because I’m still young. Finally something that made me smileand made a little of the bad news easier to digest. Still will be doing shots for the next 6/8 months and hopefully that will keep me moving.
Besides the Doctor being young and easy on the eyes 😉 he was amazing at not hurting me. I took the daughter (i.e. nurse) with me b/c I kind of knew I was in for an injection which I know can be quite painful as I have had them before. When he said, “I really need you to get the shot !! ” I tried to talk him out of it but that didn’t work and the daughter being the daughter said, “Mom I will sit on you if I have to but you’re getting the shot…” I knew when I was outnumbered and so being quite good at dealing with pain (I’ve had 5 babies, 3 without any pain management) I just said let’s do it and get it over with !!
Thankfully he was a great doctor and the shot was totally pain free and I can now walk again with. minimal pain… Y A Y So on with SLS.
I will close this post with some very happy news. This past week we welcomed our 10th, yes 10th!!! grand baby into the world this past Thursday, Mr. Lennox James…Love the babies so very much, we are blessed for sure.
Happy Song Lyric Sunday to all and let’s have a great summer…Be Safe out there …
