Happy Birthday Hubs!

There is something so attractive about a man who loves his grandchildren.

There is something even MORE attractive about a man who loves his wife.

 Happy Birthday to my main squeeze.

I love you.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Mom is 76 today.

To me, she is just my mom.

I don't stop and think about her age or how she looks.....

I just love her.

My Beach Buddies and I were talking the other night and they commented on how young mom looks for her age.

Yep.

76 looks good on you mom!

Look forward to celebrating you tomorrow.

Love you much!

 (this pic, though blurry, was taken this past December)

31 Weeks....Twinsx2

Our DIL, K, is now 31 weeks with twinsx2!

(I call them twinsx2 because they are our 2nd set of twin grands!)

We had a sweet little family shower Sunday.

She soooo wants to make it at least three more weeks before delivering.

I pray she makes it until at least April 1.

Her due date is April 25.

Grow babies grow!

If You Ever Wonder If It's Worth It To Stay Married

It is.

I KNOW he would do this for me.

Click on the above link.

It's three minutes.

It is a promise.

Hold on.

Every year gets better.

Fridge

Didn't realize this was suppose to be a picture of INSIDE Fridge until too late!

Oh well, I love my instagram magnets!

Love Is.....

Love Is........... 38 Valentines together.

Happy Valentine's Day Honey!

Boring

Today's pics are boring.

*Where you ate lunch*

I sat right at my desk and had leftovers.

Told you it was boring.

*Walking*

(blurry pic taken with my phone at 5:30 a.m..)

Nothing exciting today.

Maybe tomorrow will be better!

Entrance

Day 11 is

ENTRANCE!

This is the front door entrance to my house.

We had a friend make the door last year....

It turned out EXACTLY like we wanted!

Guilty Pleasure @ 3:00

Catching up on my daily pictures!

Catch up seems to be a theme here.

Drinking my *guilty pleasure* @ 3:00 today fit both picture days!

I confess to knowing Diet Coke is bad for me.

That's why I feel guilty.

I will admit to drinking less now than I did last year this time....

Baby steps!

Catch Up!

Day 7

Your Name

I answer to a lot of names. 

All of them meaningful. 

Day Eight

Something Orange

My DIL, K, made me a calendar for Christmas. 

One of my favorite pages is this pink and orange Chevron print.

The kids on it are kinda' cute too....don't ya think????

Soft

Day 6/Soft

Day 5

I walked into Cracker Barrell tonight to exchange something.

The SMELL of bacon called my name.

I gave in.

Day 5 of the photo challenge is:

*something you smelled.* 

So, I ordered my bacon, got my camera ready,

and

ate the bacon.

I forgot to take a picture.

So, here's proof I was there.

And I smelled bacon.

 

I'm not too good at this picture thing!

HOPE (Day 4)

"In the morning let me hear of your gracious love, for in you I trust. 
Cause me to know the way I should take, 
because I have set my hope on you."

Psalm 143:8

I cannot imagine waking every morning without the hope that Jesus brings.

Hope is a wonderful thing.

February Photo a Day

Fork. Pattern. E. WHAT?????????

Thought it would be fun to take this challenge.

(I'm joining SHANNON over @ The Willcut Girls Blog)

Just me and my little Point And Shoot Camera!

I'll take a picture a day in February following the schedule below:

I am a little behind, so catching up here!

FORK 

What can I say? They love to eat with cute forks!

Pattern

I really like toile. 

This is the cushion in front of my gas logs.

I sit here every morning with my Bible, my laptop and my coffee.

Something Beginning With E

My favorite five year old girl...EC!

I cheated on the last one.

She is my favorite E but I took the picture a few weeks ago.

I'll do better from here on out:)

Join the challenge! It's fun!

Let me know if you do!

Oh, and today is the Super Bowl...just in case you hadn't heard.

Will you be watching it?

Vintage!

Sometimes I forget that things are not as they always were.

Drivers License.

Years ago you did not have your picture on your license.

There were no INSTANT pics...

and you trusted people to say they were who they were.

Does that make sense?

Anyhoo....

My mom was going through some old things and found my Mamaw's license...

from the 1950's.

It was brass with the info stamped into it like a *dog tag.*

Mom mailed it to me and I now have it on my key chain!

Fun facts about South Carolina Driver's License :

It wasn’t until the 1930’s that legislation was passed requiring vehicle drivers 

to obtain a driver’s license and pass a driving test to drive legally. 

Anyone who was at least 12 years old could obtain a license by

 completing an application and paying a $.50 fee.

In 1968, legislation passed requiring color photographs on all driver licenses.

Ironically, state law continued to allow for the issuance of a metal driver’s license to those drivers who had not been suspended or cancelled. These metal licenses resembled a military ‘dog tag’ and included all information on a regular driver’s license except the photograph. A hand-held numbering machine ‘engraved’ the driver’s information into the metal license.

I just thought those facts were cool!

P.S. I saw on license my Mamaw was 5' 5" and weighed 110 lbs.

Geesh!

P.S.S. I googled the apartments where she lived in the 1950's.

They are still there!

Fun!

Random

We got ice in NC yesterday.

The roads are covered so I guess we'll be home bound today.

I may take down the Christmas Cards hanging in my kitchen....

FINALLY

 

Last week at preschool my oldest granddaughter had show and tell day.

She was to bring something from another country.

A friend of hers lived in China for a few years 

and brought her a dress from there.

So, EC dressed in her China dress and also took Mulan with her to school.

Her mom did her hair like Mulan's too!

 Hubs made CAN CAN Soup last night!

One of our favorites...especially on a cold night.

P.S. This was originally titled Creamy Chicken Vegetable Chowder, 
 but my sister always called it CAN CAN because you use so many cans! 

It's a family favorite!

Recipe for Can Can Soup:

2 cups cooked, chopped chicken 
1 can Cream of Potato Soup
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
1(11 oz) can Mexican Corn (undrained)
1 (4.5 oz) jar sliced mushrooms (undrained)
1 (4 oz) can chopped, green chilies (undrained)
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup chicken broth
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Combine first eight ingredients in large Dutch Oven (pot), stirring well. Cook over medium heat five to eight minutes or until thoroughly heated. Remove from heat and add cheese, stirring until cheese melts. 
We also sprinkle cheese on top of each bowl of soup. 
Yields: 9 cups...I always double.
YUMMY!

(If you use canned chicken or a rotisserie chicken you an use canned broth and make this soup in minutes! I almost always cook my own chicken but use canned broth for a little more flavor. You can use low sodium broth and soup if you want to cut down on all the sodium that canned items have.)



 

Ok, told you this was random. 

What's on your RANDOM list?

Saturday!

We packed a lot into our day Saturday!

Hubs and I began the day at one of our favorite breakfast places.....

Cracker Barrell!

Then we drove a couple of hours to Ikea! It wasn't a very successful trip.

They were out of what I wanted.

UGH!

My parents eat lunch every Saturday at QDoba, 

so we met them for their Saturday ritual!

They are celebrating an anniversary this week!

Happy anniversary you two!

After lunch we had the PRIVILEGE of visiting with Meryle Garr.

Meryle has been in my life for as long as I remember and is the wife of the pastor who married us.

She is almost 90 years old and means the world to me.

A trip for hubs to the Queen City is not complete without a visit to 

TrySports!

 We had not seen our grandgirls since Christmas!

So, we went to play a while and keep them while their parents went out.

Their Bitty Babies have pajamas that match theirs.....and they love that!

It was a busy, good Saturday.

What did YOU do?

Lance and Cycling

Hubs is a cyclist.

My son-in-law is a cyclist.

So, of course, we have always had an interest in Lance Armstrong.

We have bought his jerseys, and his Livestrong bracelets.

We've watched him in all seven Tour de France races.

We also watched his interview with Oprah last night.

I won't go into how we (I) feel about things

And can really only speak for myself here.

BUT

I was struck last night by ONE thing Lance said.

He said

" I will start my answer by saying that this is too late. It's too late for probably most people, and that's my fault." 

It's not too late for

Jesus 
Lance,
Jesus.

It is NEVER too late.

He will forgive you.

You really don't need US to forgive you....though, somehow I do.

 

SNOW?????

Forecast of three inches of snow this afternoon in our neck of the woods.

People,

In North Carolina when they call for snow

we SHUT DOWN.

I mean it.

SHUT

DOWN!

Seriously.

The schools have ALREADY cancelled all after school activities.

Just at the mere MENTION of snow.

I love it.

I love the hype

and the news reports.

And the crazy people who buy milk and bread.

Even if it doesn't happen.

I don't love the cold, but, if it has to be cold

Let It Snow!

I know people who get lots of snow laugh at us.

I get that.

My daughter lived in Pittsburgh, Pa for a while.

They would go everywhere with a foot of snow.

BUT

Seriously

Their roads were cleaned better with a foot of snow 

than ours are with one inch.

We just don't have the equipment here to do that.

So laugh along with us you snow people.

Bring on the flurries!

(propane snowman hubs made out of old propane cylinders
 to sit out front at our business)

Tuesday Thoughts

I saw this on another blog.

 After reading it a few times, I realized how true it is.

One of the twins, (C), has been sick this week.

Poor baby.

He was suppose to go to The Children's Museum with us Sunday.

But, he had a fever so his brother,T, and Baby B went with us.

(Blurry, but the best I could do because they won't slow down.)

T seemed lost without his twin.

Baby B really DID have a good time but you can't tell it in this pic!!

The girls have been sick too.

I haven't seen them since Christmas because they've had the flu.

Nonny didn't want it.

I sure do miss those girls though!

I've been trying to clean out and organize.

I'm sure lots of us do that every January.

When I tackle a closet or a drawer I always ask myself why in the WORLD I keep some of the things I keep.

Ridiculous.

Here's to an uncluttered, organized house in 2013.

What are YOUR thoughts this Tuesday?