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April 11, 2026April 12, 2026

AtoZ Blogging Challenge ‘ H ‘…

So glad it’s the weekend, hoping I will be able to catch up with my Scarlet Story’s…Husband has been on the DL, that’s the Disabled List in Baseball terminology so it’s been a stressful week, Hospital, procedures, hoping & praying for the best of outcomes. On top of that our electricity has been sketchy b/c of all the storms. No A/C until today…Good thing too b/c it’s suppose to get hot and stormy.

The letter’s I have missed our ‘ H ‘, ‘ I ‘ and ‘ G ‘… I will try to catch up with those prompts.. Today I’m going to start with the letter, ‘ H ‘… I’ve been thinking about it for awhile and of course it has to “(H)ockey” .

Having all those boys around all of my life, believe me I know every season, sport, player’s, yadayadayada. Right now all the boys (including the husband) are busy playing fantasy baseball whatever that is. I can remember when our Connor was just a lil guy walking around the house saying, “Isn’t there a ballgame on or something.” It was inbetween basketball and baseball after the NCAA. I think this is the 1st year I didn’t make a bracket. Being honest, Connie always made my bracket anyways…That was sweet of him, letting me be a part of their sports world.

My love for Hockey started back in I think 2016…We were in Minnesota watching the Chicago Blackhawks in the playoffs and when they won, Connor picked me up and threw me on the bed. From that moment on, I was hooked. So many great memories…

I’m going to start with Jim Cornelison sing the National Anthem…You will never hear anyone sing this better than he does. Perfection !!!

They started their run on winning the 3 Stanley Cups in 2010, Philadelphia Flyers, 2013 , Boston Bruins i.e. game referred to as 17 seconds and 2015, Tampa Bay Lighting…So exciting. You must watch the video…So much fun and they won the Cup in that game !!! You must watch the video below. An amazing finish to the season !!! ” 17 Seconds ” Bam!!!

https://youtu.be/YXx6_7fpnKM?si=h7uXiRHbUUFuLBUp

We’ve traveled all over as a family to hockey games in Cinncinati, The Winter Classic in D.C. on New Year’s Day, so much fun making all those memories w/the boys and their wives !!! Different cities, hotels, all the things 🙂 … Need to have some more music for the games

I needed to add this one !!! Love my Blackhawk’s. That team was unstoppable!!! This one’s for you Connor !!!!!

April 9, 2026April 9, 2026

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April 8, 2026April 8, 2026

AtoZ Blogging Challenge ‘ F ‘

This could be for, ‘ (F)amily or #frainsthename or (F)riends ‘ that are family. I’m thinking it’s all of the above…

Let’s go back to where it all started.

We’re Married/Sadie, Sadie My ***fav*** ***of all the wedding*** **pics!!!**

This is the video our youngest made for us for our 45th anniversary…

https://videos.files.wordpress.com/6xChRDt8/mom-and-dad45th-anniversary.mov

47 years later … Outer Banks

Yes I know there’s 4 kids (we had 5), but our 2nd son, “Sean Patrick” is in heaven watching over us all. Making sure we get there with him and of course there’s always that one kid (our oldest) who has his own agenda and so I really don’t have much more to say about him except too much drama and disrespect !!! We’re the mom and dad and we don’t have to take that ever !!! That is why this is the most you’ll seen of him on my blog. So I’ve purposely let him go b/c not really that interested in what he’s doing…

One final pic of the family that I came from…Irish/Italian Catholic and these are just some of the cousins b/c some weren’t even born yet 😉 …

This was the first group and from the looks of how old I was it was probably 1964…I’m down in front on the left w/my 3 other sisters…Mary had her head turned and Beth (Liz) was in the green dress. I’m right next to her, kay was on the outside.

This one the later one in the early 70’s. I’m in the middle of(Red, White & Blue shirt) with pig tails. That was grandmama Fannie and Grandpapa Harry…She had 7 boys and 1 girl, my mom. Family is everything and we still get together and many of my cousins are like sisters to me…Love and Blessings to this bunch…We had a blast growing up at grandmama’s in the the summer and our family reunions were a blast ….

I need to add one more pic…They’re our best friends. They got married a week before us and we were neighbors (that’s how we met). Scott was in dental school and now our family dentist for the last 48 years and me and Cheryl had all our babies together !!! We are together forever !!!

Friends for life/Connor & Melissa’s Wedding

April 7, 2026April 7, 2026

Good Tuesday Morning AtoZ Challenger’s

Today I will be posting paintings from our Store …

He really is quite talented and can really paint anything he has a mind too. He also does contracted work, if anyone is interested in that. Just msg me if you’re interested. Blessings on your day …

Enjoy the paintings….

April 6, 2026April 6, 2026

AtoZ Blogging Challenge ‘ C ‘

I chose the picture Jesus (C)Christ with the crown of thorns b/c that was the one he was working on during lent…I have a couple more that I like better than that one.

The husband is an artist, not his day job…B/C a starving artist is a real thing and we are way past that point. He told me to be famous when you are an artist, death usually has to happen first so I think I’m happy just the way things are.

I’m the writer of the family and he’s the artist. He sells commercial title insurance for his day job. We’ve been together going on 50 years, 47 of them married. It wasn’t til Covid happened that I realized what a huge talent he had with painting and drawing. When we were raising our family, when it came to art things for the kiddos during their school years that was his job. Writing of course was my strong suit. It worked out well.

I might as well throw in a couple of pictures he has been working on during this Lenten Season…Haven’t quite found the best venue for selling them on, that too is in the works.

I’ll put up a couple of his Masterpiece works, as he really is quite talented !!!

It you look in the middle painting, he put himself in as one of the attendees…He’s the one with his hands folded 🙂 …

This is one of my favorite compilations … It’s his band ‘Elan’ which means, “With Eagerness of Spirit…”

Trust me, these are just a few of his paintings. He’s really an amazing Artist….

April 5, 2026April 5, 2026

AtoZ Blogging Challenge…

This morning woke up to half a house w/o electricity OMG !!! I had to find an outlet that worked for my coffee. Scarlett has to have her coffee first before anything. I found an outlet that worked and called right away on the electricity. It’s been all the stormy weather and rain that did it. Long story short, it’s fixed…Thank you so much I could get my Easter dinner done.

Scarlet’s story for today is my moment in time that will forever be etched in my heart. I always told my story to the kids that when my story was finished here on earth, I hope I would be met by Patrick Swayze and he would be dancing with me for the song, “Time of my Life.”

If you have followed my blog, then you know all about all of the professional dancer’s that are my boys. Joffrey Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Richmond Ballet yadayadayada… My 3rd son, Matthew got married to Hannah (both professional dancer’s). At his wedding he told me we were dancing the mother/son dance to, “A Simple Man” by Leonard Skinner. So the night before the wedding I went on line and listened to the song so I would have some idea of how the dance would go.

Below I’m just going to post the link of how the dance went. It was a memorable moment, one that I will never forget!!!!! Enjoy

Now that was the time of my life and a son who truly knows his mom and loves her to the moon. He is just the best dancer and totally confident and led me through the entire dance. I loved the ending the best. Thank you Matthew, you gave your mom a gift that I will always remember!!!!

April 4, 2026April 4, 2026

Boys, Ballet & Babies …

Happy Good Friday to all. I’m a day late for the letter ‘B’… No worries. As I was laying in bed last night, I was trying to come up with a good story for this atoz post.

Today I’ll write about my boys, as the mother of 4 boys. Our 2 youngest boys (now grown men, husband’s and father’s) they have added so much joy to this family. Another one of my boys (our 2nd baby) is watching over his family from above…

Our 3rd and 4th son’s are retired professional ballet dancers!!! They both married ballerina’s that were also dancers on the same company …

I’ll post more pics as I have so many great ones with their careers !!!

They were such adorable little guys too ♥️♥️

A Magical Wedding /Matthew & Hannah ♥️♥️

Hannah injured her foot so sad b/c it was a career ending injury but she too was a beautiful dancer 💃🏻

I’ll add a few pics of their adorable kiddos !!

Ms. Ruby (Big Sis) & Sam #7/#8 Grandbaby’s ♥️♥️

We are so blessed w/such a great family … Happy Easter everyone. Grandmama loves y’all to the moon!!!

April 1, 2026

Scarlett’s Stories for A through Z Blogging Challenge

Who knew April 1st would be here so fast. So much going on so I’m just going to let this challenge evolve. I have found out after 60 odd years in this life that sometimes it’s just better to wing things. Doesn’t mean you are not putting in 100 percent, just means you’ve learned to be more mindful with your content. Let it go and we’ll see. Hopefully I won’t disappoint and we’ll have some fun with it.

I’m going pull from my many books and journals of my writings. Easy little tidbits of Scarlett’s Wisdom that gets me through this thing called life…

Today we will start w/the Letter

Today’s writing is a quote I found many years ago. This quote below comes from Julian of Norwich, England 1342/1416

“All shall be well,

And all shall be well,

And all manner of things shall be

Well.

Below is a link to more of her writings…Well worth the read. Happy AtoZ Blogging…

https://julianofnorwich.org/pages/who-is-julian-of-norwich#:~:text=Julian%20of%20Norwich%20(1342%2Dc.1416)%20is,classics%20of%20the%20spiritual%20life.

March 15, 2026April 3, 2026

Song Lyric Sunday…

Good afternoon SLS fans…IDK how I got away from the blog but been sort of laying low through this winter…I guess you could say I was hibernating … Today the SLS prompt came from March 15, 2026 – Song related to weather conditions of sunny, cloudy, windy, rainy, or stormy suggested by Nancy of the Elephant’s Trunk aka The Sicilian Storyteller/ I thought of this song right away for some reason I do not know why, but I like this song a lot !!!! So here goes and I hope you enjoy it too.

The song is, Macarthur’s Park sung by Donna Summer…

So here goes and I hope you enjoy it too.

Macarthur’s Park

Spring was never waiting for us, dear
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance

MacArthur’s Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don’t think that I can take it
‘Cause it took so long to bake it
And I’ll never have that recipe again
Oh, no

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground beneath your knees
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing Chinese checkers by the trees

MacArthur’s Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left my cake out in the rain
And I don’t think that I can take it
‘Cause it took so long to bake it
And I’ll never have that recipe again
Oh, no, oh

I found a different version of this song by Richard Harris. I always liked his voice better in his version of the song. The AI music video was amazing too!!! Really you must watch it, you will feel all the feels 🙂 Enjoy and Blessings on for your upcoming week…Love, Scarlett

ps…Not posting for a bit, I must I have gotten a bit rusty. So sorry 🙂 …

February 9, 2026

Scarlett’s PM Snack Latte

I’m just dropping in on this Cloudy February Monday…Dinner’s made and I’m just have having my PM Snack Latte…

This is so much easier and cheaper than Starbucks, plus I don’t have to interrupt my afternoon by going out and getting this…1 Glass, 2 Nespresso Pod’s of Bianco Doppio, a splash of Simple Vanilla Syrup and you can’t forget the Topper of DD Cold Foam Creamer, enjoy and your welcome. You can do it yourself and it’s always better.

And before I forget dinner is going to be Scarlet’s Yummy Apple Pancake. So easy and great for dinner, plus don’t forget the smoky links…Again, your welcome…

If your interested, leave a comment below and I’ll send you my recipe…Happy Monday all of my friendly blogger’s !!! Hope everyone has a great week…Blessings