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…
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
Started off the weekend with a great nights sleep, OMG !!! Always so grateful for that. Last night experienced some weather that I have never been in before. It was sooo cool. When we were driving home from dinner, my weather alarm went off which I wasn’t expecting at all. We live out incountryside, sort of. It has been very dry as of late and the farmer’s were out plowing up the fields to get them ready for planting. W/O warning the wind started blowing and the Clouds of dust just came out of nowhere !!! I got some really cool pics…Check it out.
Here’s a little bit of music to enjoy the dust storm 😉 …
I love the cross/Backyard Field across the streetLove it !!!! Sun CrossStorm winding downBlack out w/Cross from the sunTotal black outBlack out
It was a site, but I really enjoyed the cross from the sun…Never have I seen that before. I felt very blessed to experience that…
Then this morning we got all the planting done before Memorial Day !!! Woot, Woot, Woot. Really happy about that.
3 burning bushes/5 Red LiliesOur Japanese Maple5 Yellow Rose Bushes
That is a huge check off on our to do list!!!Now just getting ready for a road trip to see the new grand baby #9 Mr. Oliver out in Virginia and we will stop out to make sure the Atlantic Ocean is still there !!!!
Momma & Da to be…Hannah w/Grandbaby #9/Mr. OliverMatthew & HannahOliver’s Momma-to-be
Stay tuned b/c I have the Artist working again so I’m hoping for a Monday’s Masterpiece soon !!!
Mt. Who Knows …The Artist…
Enjoy the rest of your weekend…Thats’s all for now. Love Y’all and Blessings ..
2. When was your last field trip? I’m guessing when you say, “Field Trip” you are referring to a School Field Trip. Since that was eon’s ago, I’m going to use my vaca for my last “Field Trip”. So that would be New Smyrna Beach!!! It was beauties and I spent it with my best friend of 45 years, the husband…Here are a few pics…
3. What is your favourite past time as an adult? I guess that would have to be working in my planner, Mz Serena and writing my cookbook …
4. Do people ask you for advice?Only for directions.
Gratitude: I‘m so grateful for my life w/the husband and our new home and my family. I’ve been with the husband since 1976 and he is my best friend. We are working on #9 grand baby and busy, busy, busy decorating our new home. My life is so good I say everyday, “Thank You <3 .”
#frainsthename
I’m going to try to get back to the blogging thing and figure out … It’s been an absolutely beautiful Summer (weatherize) and the fall is starting out just wonderful. Fall is always beautius in the Midwest !!!
When it comes to, “killing two birds w/one stone” you can count it on my participation. That was a very lame use of that phrase, but I think in can work. Sorry Mz. Linda, I tried 😉 …
Back to SoCS…Had a great Saturday, Mani/Pedi and a 9 hour house wake-up. How do you erase your stream of consciousness??? I did though. Husband is still working on Mr. Paul Newman and it’s looking good. I’ll feature maybe on Monday’s Masterpiece. I guess I could sneak a peak at his progress on the painting…This picture was streaming through my consciousness 😉 …
Had leftover Spaghetti & Meatloaf again. It is very delicious to use leftover meatloaf in your new spaghetti sauce. Very tasty and I made some Gooey Sugar Cookie Bar for dessert. House is cleaned and life is just moving along, no complaints from this lady.
I’m just glad I got this up for today…See y’all tomorrow for Song Lyric Sunday. Hope everything is good in your corner of the world. It’s movie night at # thename and if you know what that is then good for you <3 . Blessings Blogger’sfor a quiet Saturday evening…
Happy Sunday blogger’s. Weekend’s come and go pretty fast around here. The prompt for today’s music is Metal Music !!!! Yeah. I have a friend in that music. Actually he is our son’s friend and we made some really fun memories with him and the fam…I became a rockin metal momma that summer and it was nothing like I thought.
A bit of a back story of meeting the lead singer of, “Lamb of God” Mr. DRandallBlythe. Our son’s living out in Virginia (Dancing Professionally) became friend’s with Mr. DRandall Blythe. They collaborated with his music and my son’s choreography on theBallet. They were both featured in Rolling Stones Magazine.
When we met, it was when he went out on his book tour, “Dark Days”
I’ve decided not play any of his music, it’s just that my mom who is 91 years old likes to read my blog and I think that is something that is not in her wheelhouse 😉 …I’m sure he’d understand, he was an absolute diamond, a real keeper … Love you Mr.DRandallBlythe <3 Momma Frain <3 …I just had to give him a shout out for the Metal Community.
Rockin Metal Momma w/Randy Blythe & The Painter 😉
I’m thinking of using Guns n Roses, “Paradise City for my first choice and I’m going give AC/DC an honorable mention 😉 …
Guns n Roses/Paradise City
Lyrics
Take me down tothe paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Take me home (oh, won’t you please take me home) Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Take me home (oh, won’t you please take me home)
Just a urchin livin’ under the street I’m a hard case that’s tough to beat I’myour charity case so buy me something to eat I’ll pay you at another time Take it to the end of the line
Rags to riches or so they say Ya gotta keep pushin’ for the fortune and fame You know it’s all a gamble when it’s just a game Ya treat it like a capital crime Everybody’s doin’ the time
Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won’t you please take me home Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Take me home
Strapped in the chair of the city’s gas chamber Why I’m here I can’t quite remember The surgeon general says it’s hazardous to breathe I’d have another cigarette but I can’t see Tell me who you’re gonna believe
Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Take me home, yeah yeah Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won’t you please take me home, yeah yeah
So far away So far away So far away So far away
Captain America’s been torn apart Now he’s a court jester with a broken heart He said “turn me around and take me back to the start” I must be losing my mind “are you blind?” I’ve seen it all a million times
Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Take me home, yeah yeah Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won’t you please take me home Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Take me home, yeah yeah Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won’t you please take me home
I wanna go, I wanna go Oh, won’t you please take me home I wanna see how good it can be Oh, won’t you please take me home Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Take me home Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won’t you please take me home Take me down, lead me ’round Oh, won’t you please take me home
I wanna see, what a woman can be I want to take you home Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won’t you please take me home I wanna go, I wanna know Oh, won’t you please take me home, yeah baby
I want to give a special mention out to AC/DC. They make me want to dance and sing and my youngest likes them and so do I 😉 Enjoy my Metal Play list 😉 …
I’m going to just get something up b/c I’ve been away for a bit…You know, time just goes by so fast. Can’t believe it’s almost that time of year.
The family Northwestern vs. Wisconsin
Tickets to the game !!!! Birthday present from the kid’s for grandpapa. Thank you so much. It was a perfect day. The game wouldn’t of been complete w/o breakfast at Walker Bros.
A couple of our girl’s <3…Breakfast at Walker Bros./Evanston, IL
Jumping on my blog this Sunday…I am in the process of getting back here and making changes to give my blog a fresh look for Spring. Hopefully my IT guy won’t be 😉 Out of the Office toooo long. Set up a quick brunch this morning. It was wonderful…
Fill in: ‘If I were really completely honest, I would say that …’ This is a question for ‘radical honesty’. What are the things you wouldn’t normally say? Things you would otherwise actually hide? What’s on your mind? What would you really like to be able to say? ********************************************
I guess I normally don’t speak about my conservative morals & values b/c they aren’t likely to align with today. I don’t really hide them, it’s better just to keep your cards close to the vest. The people that really are important in my life know what they are and that is all that matters. Actually all that truly matters is me, but whatever. I write in my Common Place book quite often and one of the entries way back on February 16, 2013 was
Have you ever broken anything? What about rules? *******************************************
I suppose that’s all I ever do is break the rules. The question I have to ask myself is who makes the rules?? Isn’t that why rules are made to be broken ?? I don’t care about these wordpress settingsthat keep changing and altering mid post, whatever…ugghhhhhhh
Are you also afraid of spiders? What is your biggest fear, other than spiders? (if you’re not afraid of spiders, use your biggest phobia instead). ***********************************************
Spiders just creep me out. I mean how can you be afraid of something so small…Just smash it with a shoe or your foot. But whatever you do, don’t have your husband kill it b/c he hates them worse than you do and 9 x’s out of 10 he misses and it disappears under the bed!!! :0 Ahhhh OMGGGGGG
Do you think time goes faster as you get older? ***************************************************
I’m certain it does. Think of your life’s timeline as a roll of toilet paper…At the start it is big and bulky and takes some coaching to come down. When it gets to the end of the roll, well it just spins out of control right til it’s empty 😉 Am I right ??? You know I am 😉
How do you like me now…As the years go by <3
GRATITUDE SECTION (as always, optional)
Please share something that really inspired you from this last week or month.
