Happy Thursday Blogger’s. Hope we are all doing well with the challenge!!! This is one of my favorite challenges…
Today will be all about my adorable grandbabies. We have been so blessed with 9 healthy lil ones. 5 boys and 4 girls with another one on the way.
We were blessed with 5 children, 4 boys and our middle one, the daughter!!! So happy I had at least one girl. As I’m the youngest of 4 girls, no brothers it’s been quite a journey. My mom was the only girl with 7 brothers OMG 😱!!! Her mom was the oldest of 6 sisters. So it’s been a flip/flop generational line.
I’ll post pics of my lil darling grandbabies ♥️♥️
Big sister, Ruby & SamMr. Oliver #9 and counting ….Go Northwestern Mariah & OliviaOlivia & Mariah
I have the most beautiful grandbabies in the world and that’s the truth !!! 💯💯
Busy, busy, busy this weekend. I don’t usually go for the Black Friday sale thing but the deals were just too good to pass up. We had the Gabriella and the, “Littles” (that’s our name for the two youngest of the granddaughter’s”) for Thanksgiving as mom was working. She’s a nurse so they always are working one of the big holiday’s and she picked the Thanksgiving straw 😉 ... Let’s enjoy some music while we look back over an amazing Thanksgiving Holiday …
I didn’t cook this holiday (which is fine with me). #1 my kitchen is no where even close to set up and #2 still waiting on our new furniture which is not going to be here til sometime in December and #3 it’s just so much easier to go out to a nice restaurant and have someone else do the cooking …
Rosie loving the napping w/the Little’sGrandmama & #1 LittleThe Big Sister & the Little’sGrandpapa & #2 Little
All the kids slept over at grandpapa & grandmama’s house on Wednesday night. Grandpapa and Grandmama slept on the couch and the girl’s got our bed. Our daughter told us they just loved our bed. Still waiting for the furniture for our guest room and hopefully by Christmas it will be here and we’ll all get a bed. Not a fan of the couch. They woke us up soooo early. I’ve forgotten the early getting up thing as it’s just been me and the husband for a while. It was all good. Loved seeing little faces in the morning and we got sooo much done..Look down 😉 …
This is what happens when you get up that early …
Rosie & #2 Little…#` Little playing w/tabletBig Sister is out cold
We decided to go and get some cars first thing on Black Friday OMG…I finally have my own car. I don’t know how to act. I can just go and do what ever and I don’t have to pick anyone up from the train. I have died and gone to heaven. I have been this family’s taxi drive for ever !!!!
SkylarkDad’s very cool car It looks good on him !!The Princess of Plainfield’s new ride !!!
I absolutely love, love, love the colors. I can at least find where I parked now 😉 …
We also did some Black Friday shopping w/the Little’s as the Chicago Winter has arrived…Macy’s had some insane great sales on the winter stuff so we took advantage of that !!!
Ready for a Chicago Winter 😉
No rest for Grandmama & Grandpapa… Will be traveling out East this week for #3 son’s wedding… I’ll share my “Mother of the Groom Dress” for a sneakpeak. More pics to follow of the big day !!!!
Mother of the Groom
Stay tuned !!!! So many fun things planned for this Christmas Season …
Hi, SLS fan’s. Always down for listening to some music to settle into my Sunday night routine…Sunday night’s are the best. A whole new week to look forward too and it’s Thanksgiving week Y A Y !!!!So much to get ready for. Will be traveling out east for our #4 son’s wedding. So excited to see him with his forever person. She is just so lovely and they are quite perfect for each other. It’s going to be a swankified event so I really went all out which is fine with me. The weather is looking good too !!!
Jim has picked out theprompt for this week is acoustic music…I’ll be honest, I had to look it up but I get it. My song for this week is done by one of my all time fav musician’s. Ed Sheeran who is great with acoustic music…My song that I’ve chosen is,
Lovingcan hurt Loving can hurt sometimes But it’s the only thing that I know When it gets hard You know it can get hard sometimes It is the only thing that makes us feel alive
We keep this love in a photograph We made these memories for ourselves Where our eyes are never closing Hearts are never broken Times forever frozen still
So you can keep me Inside the pocket Of your ripped jeans Holding me closer ‘Til our eyes meet You won’t ever be alone Wait for me to come home
Loving can heal Loving can mend your soul And it’s the only thing that I know (know) I swear it will get easier Remember that with every piece of ya And it’s the only thing we take with us when we die
We keep this love in a photograph We made these memories for ourselves Where our eyes are never closing Hearts were never broken Times forever frozen still
So you can keep me Inside the pocket Of your ripped jeans Holding me closer ‘Til our eyes meet You won’t ever be alone
And if you hurt me That’s OK, baby, only words bleed Inside these pages you just hold me And I won’t ever let you go
Wait for me to come home Wait for me to come home Wait for me to come home Wait for me to come home
Oh you can fit me Inside the necklace you got when you were sixteen Next to your heartbeat Where I should be Keep it deep within your soul
And if you hurt me Well, that’s OK, baby, only words bleed Inside these pages you just hold me And I won’t ever let you go
When I’m away I will remember how you kissed me Under the lamppost Back on 6th street Hearing you whisper through the phone “Wait for me to come home”
Hope you will enjoy someSunday evening music to focus you into this holiday week. Let’s have the best week ever and enjoy your holiday. We have so much to be thankful for. Remember, You our blessed to live in this amazing country of plenty. Blessing’s blogger’s. Safe travels this week ;).
Today I am thankful for so much I could not fit it into one post, so I’ll concentrate on what I think is at the top of my list.
My greatest blessing is M E !!!! I know that it may sound a bit narcissistic (that spelling of this word was computer generated) and I don’t care b/c that’s a hard word to spell. I’m a good speller too, “Thank you Sister Madonna 🙂 “
Okay why am I my greatest blessing ?? I’ll tell you why…Because it’s the same as love. You can’t possibly love someone it you don’t love yourself first. So you really don’t understand blessing’s or being grateful if you don’t think you/yourself are a blessingand you are grateful for the life you have been given.
I’m really a very special person. If I love you, I’m all in. You can trust me with everything. That is special. Day or night I’ll be there for you. Basically I’d give you a kidney if you needed it.
I’m a great person to call when you have a problem. My life experiences are such that I have been through so many different issues, I have many answer’s to problems. If I can’t be of any help to an issue, I’ll pray and I’m pretty good at that. I have a special love of the rosary and I believe that will get you through any problem or situation that is out of your hands.If it still doesn’t happen, I’ll just use my 1st thing to do in a crisis, GIVE IT TO GOD !!!
I’m not saying I’m perfect but I’m pretty good. I love myself, my family, my life, my husband who is the love of my life. Most important I love God b/c all I have has come from Him. My mom is also a very special person as she made sure I had religion in my life and set a great example for me to follow. Thank you mom because w/o you I wouldn’t have had such a great life. You too husband, no one (except mom) has loved me as much as you have.
You’re still the one !!!Everything is beautiful at the balletHighschool/GorgeousMy GuyI definitely do !!!46 years you’re still the one …
Going back into a Midwest winter, which is something everyone can be grateful for…Not. But it’s going to be okay. I’m just grateful for being on my blog again. It’s going to take a bit to get my, “Editorial Calendar” operating again, no worries though. I’m just grateful for being able to blog and post.
So if your reading this, just post a comment in the section below so I’ll know that I truly am back… 🙂 Thanks so much for the help Mr. John. It worked, blessings to you for helping this blogger.
I just had to post a picture of our absolutely precious newest granddaughter !!! My heart just melts. Our family is truly blessed.
Happy Thursday and it really is. Having an amazing fall here in the Midwest, but we all know what’s coming…I really need to get out and get my tree pictures i.e. leaf peeping. I have seen a few that makes !!!!
I saw this today and I grabbed it with my phone. I loved it and making, “Lists”…Really I can’t do the day, any day, w/o a list. Top 3, To Do’s, Daily, yadayadayada. I’m sure you get the picture.
The weather has been prrrrfect up until yesterday but I think we’ll eek out a few more nice, sunny, warm days before everything goes south. I think they call it Indian Summer…I know, that you can only call it that after the 1st tracking snow. Yes, I’m also a weather geek…There really isn’t a season or storm that I don’t like.
I hope this makes you smile !!!
This one’s for you Mz. Cheryl !!!! Because I knew you <3This song really says it all for me <3 I love you friend <3 …
I told myself today I am going to sit here and write a blog !!!! I’m not getting up til I post something. I miss you guys and I’m sorry for not posting all summer, but summer’s are for being outside and enjoying the sun and warm temps. It’s also time to love the storms, what can I say I am a weather geek…
This morning I got up at my usual, 7 am ish and drove the husband to the train, to go to work yadayadayada… I decided I would post today and as we all know life happens, distractions, you know. I was cleaning out a closet and came across some old pics. Hard copies, that you can actually hold an look at. Seriously, on some of them I tried to enlarge them with my fingers like I was viewing them on my phone, but it doesn’t work that way with the old pics from back in theday…sorry I digress.I smiled to think how much our world has changed.
I had a bit of a scare last week that I’ll start out with. I didn’t feel very well and it woke me up early on Labor Day Sunday. I couldn’t feel my hands and that scared me b/c I wasn’t laying on them. I thought I was having a stroke. I jumped out of bed and started doing the, “stroke protocols” that I know b/c I’ve been surrounded by nurses my whole life. The husband just said, “Let’s just go to the Hospital and get you checked out.” His father died when he was very young from a stroke/aneursym.
Out thedoor we went to the ER. I got checked in and they started the usual triage on me. It was making me a bit nervous. They started an IV and started hooking me up to heart monitor’s.Then the creepiness started to set in. I watched real close to what they were doing. I ask a lotquestions b/c that’s what I’ve been taught by all the nurses in my life. The looks on their faces rivaled the faces of a Hollywood movie i.e. think “Independence Day” when they saw the spaceship. I’m like, what are you looking at. Fast forward to them starting another line, i.e. a second IV in my other arm and then moving me to a “B I G G E R R O O M” Me, “I don’t want to go to a bigger room, this one is fine and what is that second IV about. Them, the nurses, “Just in cast we need another line.”
I was not prepared for any of this. I figured it was just a sudden drop in blood sugar and here’s some juice and you’ll be fine. OMG this was not the way it was going. Me again, let’s just forget the whole thing and everything is fine. Can I go now ??? Two IV’s, all kinds of heart monitor leads, ECG, x-ray machines…WT..you know the last letter. Drawing blood, chest X-rays and then the emergency room doctor was sitting by my bed taking my pulse, watching the monitor, and he has that look on his face that everyone knows not a good look. He gets up and leaves. Me and the husband have been in hospitals enough to know this is not going in a the directionthat we are hoping it would go too. I told the husband to call our RN Daughter (our personal nurse) and get her here.
One phone call and she was there … Fast. I realized when she got there she’s me, only younger. She had 2 bags (1 was a purse), starbucks and an extra drink in her thermal cup, just in case for later. I smiled 🙂 …
Scarlet’s in the Emergency Room !!!
Scarlet’s in the Emergency Room taking a Selfie…
Okay so back comes the ER Doctor and he said all my test results were fine and he consulted with the Cardiologist on call because he thought he saw something when he was sitting next to me. The Cardiologist says it was just a, “Blip” it was nothing. Basically I had a $6000 anxiety attack. First mistake was saying whata great weekend we were having. That’s the kiss of death 😉 …
I know long story short, I’m fine…Really, but I am really thankful for everything being good. I was reminded of how quickly life can happen. Anyone who knows me, knows about my car accident I had when I was a new bride.
I suffered a traumatic brain injury, (i.e. coma) hospitalized 5 weeks. Left side paralyzed, physical therapy to get me walking again… That was an experience that changed me for the better, it changed me for good <3 … That was my first experience learning about how fast life can come at you. I don’t remember any of it. My poor family had to watch and wait and pray that I would come back to them…Remember it’s always a good day when you are present <3 …
God wasn’t quite ready for me that day. I had to go on to bring 5 tiny human’s into the world and leave my mark. Today for me I am thankful to be alive and well, as is my family. When I was cleaning out the closet, I came across these pictures from my car accident. Seeing the pictures of that accident along with the trip to the ER last week, reminded me just be thankful. Life is to short to be anything but happy. I love my life and I’m happy to be here. Let’s have the best day ever !!!!!
FYI My featured picture is me wearing the Bengal’s T-Shirt that my sweet daughter Lizzie the RN & Cordell her other half, bought for me from their weekend trip out to Cincinnati…I love it<3 …I’m not a Bengal’s Fan but it’s a gift from two of my favorite people…I love you guys to the moon and thank you so much for being there for me and dad…Family is everything always<3 …
Scarlet & Cordell
Love the shirt…It has been a great year so far !!! No I’m not a Bengal’s fan, but love the shirt !!! Thank you Lizzie & Cordell !! Your mother loves you to the moon …
We always find our way back…This one’s for you … Your mom loves you !!!!
So I just realized that I have not been blogging. Totally in my January Slump. I don’t like January at all except for January 1st. I haven’t been doing anything that I am suppose too. That’s going to stop right now.
The husband is at work at I can’t tell you how that worries me. It’s not the same Chicago it was back in the day. Very dangerous place and I would rather he just work from home. A business man was attacked right out on Michigan Avenue, OMG stabbed right out in broad daylight !!!
There’s really nothing I can do about it and I can’t waste my days worrying about it. Hopefully he will retire soon and we can leave Illinois. As far as states go, it’s pretty horrible here.
My BFF called this morning so we chit chatted for a bit, as we do every morning. I’m her phone call as she drives to work. She works for the husband (i.e. he’s a dentist) at his office. We catch up on the day or whatever, I’m her ride to work. I look forward to that call everyday <3 . When she calls, I know it’s time to get to work 😉 …I’m thankful for her and our phone calls. It’s good to keep in touch with the people that you love <3 .
This afternoon the day started to drag and I needed to get something accomplished so I went through my recipes and found one that didn’t need a lot of ingredients or energy to make. I came across a really tasty one and you could even say it’s healthy, 😉 😉 … I’ll let you be the judge.
Let me know what you think ?? I‘m waiting for my Nespresso Coffee order to get here. It’s out on truck being delivered today, Y A Y … Love, love, love my coffee.
I have to get busy and get caught up on the challenges…Blessings blogger’s <3 .
I always like to think about all I have to be thankful for. Being grateful and thankful are the key to being happy. I have experienced many things in my life that were a challenge and if you’ve followed my blog you know many of them. I must admit though I am grateful for those experiences because they taught me much about life and myself.
All of them made me a stronger and better version of myself and for that I’m truly thankful for. I came out on the other side of it all a little wiser and learned that when life happens you just have to hold on a little tighter and realize you are not in control. There is something bigger than you and has a plan for your life. I have learned that you have to trust in that plan and believe it all happens for our good. I pray a lot and that has gotten me through all of it b/c sometimes that’s all you can do. The higher power is in control and I believe in God and his plan for me to get back to him.
When we were young <3 … 1990’s
After having my children and experience the gift of being a mom and seeing my children being born that is when I knew there was a God b/c only something that grand could create something so perfect. He took one from me, a son Sean Patrick, but that was all part of his plan. I didn’t understand it at the time and I don’t really understand it still. One thing I do know though is it was part of his plan for me and I have an angel in heaven. It made me a better mother and for that I’m grateful for. We will meet again <3 . I am have been blessed with 5 children and for that I will always be thankful for. Blessings Blogger’s and remember to say thank you at the end of the day and thank you when you are given a new day. Happy, Happy 2022 <3 .
January Blogging Challenge/WidgetSoI thought I throw in my #jusjojan challenge for today…The prompt for today is “Anticipation” and again I usually will do the first thing that come to mind. Today that would be a song by Carly Simon. https://youtu.be/PDJ_Mz8ftqI
