HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY
Good Morning Millie and all,
Yes, it is a great country we live in. Not perfect, but I feel lucky to live the life I live also.
Day 3 of my mini vacation and plan to bathe the dogs, run over to the thrift store for a 1/2 sale (I think they are having one) then later to my sis's to float in the pool and have a BBQ with her family and my parents.
Scrapbooking last night and have been having a wonderful time off.
Happy 4th all!
Cheryl
Yes, it is a great country we live in. Not perfect, but I feel lucky to live the life I live also.
Day 3 of my mini vacation and plan to bathe the dogs, run over to the thrift store for a 1/2 sale (I think they are having one) then later to my sis's to float in the pool and have a BBQ with her family and my parents.
Scrapbooking last night and have been having a wonderful time off.
Happy 4th all!
Cheryl
We never touch people so lightly we do not leave a trace.
Peggy Tabor Millin
Hi Millie and my OFF family:
It's gray and gloomy here and looking like rain again. We really don't need any more rain in West Michigan; the river is so high, if it rains, we're going to get more flooding. And my body doesn't like rainy weather, although it feels better than it has in the past few days. My knee is down from the past few days. I think the stretching I did the past couple of days has helped (not that it still doesn't hurt, it just hurts less).
Yes, we have a great country, but there is a lot of things that need fixing ... health care, for one. I think our founding fathers had their own problems (they had a lot of debt, for one). But I love my country, despite its flaws.
No big plans for today, jus****ching baseball. The White Sox game isn't on, thanks to Fox game of the week (the Sox are playing at 1 p.m., so it's not on TV at all ... I can watch the Cubs game at 1 p.m. on WGN and then the Fox game of the week at 4, then a lot of games at night, but no White Sox game ... oh well). The Sox have won seven in a row, including two shutouts. They're finally playing like they should be playing. Pitching's coming together, hitting is clicking ... this is more like it!
Never got out to get my rotisserie chicken last night; maybe today, because they're still on sale. I had leftover chili for dinner yesterday. Thought about ordering a pizza but then didn't have enough money. The chili was good. Then I had a beer. Watched the Sox, the Tigers-Twins (extra innings) fell asleep as that game was on because it went into the 16th or 17th, something like that.
I'm glad everyone's having fun at Nan's ... I wish I could have pulled myself together and gone, but I know I would have been a party pooper and spoiled everyone's fun. So it's best that I stayed home.
Well, have a good 4th. Enjoy your BBQs and parties and fireworks ... I like fireworks but I don't like the crowds and skeeters. The best fireworks I've ever seen were in Macon, Ga., over New Year's Eve ... no skeeters ... it was in the 60s and we watched them shoot over the river near the newspaper office after deadline. Great time.
See ya.
It's gray and gloomy here and looking like rain again. We really don't need any more rain in West Michigan; the river is so high, if it rains, we're going to get more flooding. And my body doesn't like rainy weather, although it feels better than it has in the past few days. My knee is down from the past few days. I think the stretching I did the past couple of days has helped (not that it still doesn't hurt, it just hurts less).
Yes, we have a great country, but there is a lot of things that need fixing ... health care, for one. I think our founding fathers had their own problems (they had a lot of debt, for one). But I love my country, despite its flaws.
No big plans for today, jus****ching baseball. The White Sox game isn't on, thanks to Fox game of the week (the Sox are playing at 1 p.m., so it's not on TV at all ... I can watch the Cubs game at 1 p.m. on WGN and then the Fox game of the week at 4, then a lot of games at night, but no White Sox game ... oh well). The Sox have won seven in a row, including two shutouts. They're finally playing like they should be playing. Pitching's coming together, hitting is clicking ... this is more like it!
Never got out to get my rotisserie chicken last night; maybe today, because they're still on sale. I had leftover chili for dinner yesterday. Thought about ordering a pizza but then didn't have enough money. The chili was good. Then I had a beer. Watched the Sox, the Tigers-Twins (extra innings) fell asleep as that game was on because it went into the 16th or 17th, something like that.
I'm glad everyone's having fun at Nan's ... I wish I could have pulled myself together and gone, but I know I would have been a party pooper and spoiled everyone's fun. So it's best that I stayed home.
Well, have a good 4th. Enjoy your BBQs and parties and fireworks ... I like fireworks but I don't like the crowds and skeeters. The best fireworks I've ever seen were in Macon, Ga., over New Year's Eve ... no skeeters ... it was in the 60s and we watched them shoot over the river near the newspaper office after deadline. Great time.
See ya.
Good morning to you, Millie and my OFF family and happy boom boom day to everyone. I hope that we all have a safe and happy day today no matter what it is you choose to do. I am having my sister over and we are grilling out...there is no way on this earth that Bill is going to miss grilling on today of all days!!!!!! Not my not so lean and not so mean grilling machine!! Not in this lifetime or the next if he has anything to say about it...which of course he doesn't but I won't tell him that!
First off I want to clear something up....I have had a couple of pm's from people that mistook what I said yesterday in my post. I said that I was going to be leaving and I meant only for the post...I am not leaving OFF. There is only one way that would ever happen....when I lay down and don't get up on this side of the dirt. When I wake and I see my name in the obits....so I am here to stay for hopefully a looong time to come!
It is cold and misty here today. Not a good day for the 4Th but it is what it is and that is life in the big city...or not so big city for that matter too. I wish that the whether would decide what the heck it is going to do and just stick with it. It seems so strange this year. One day it is summer the next spring and then there are a few fall days mixed in there too.
People are lining up outside for the parade. It ends here at our corner and they sit around and just wait. You don't dare leave or your parking place is gone and gone fast. They pack their cars in here so tight that you can hardly move your car anyway. Bill stands out on the sidewalk most years and watches it. I rarely bother since I am not a big parade person to begin with. I use to be when I was a kid but what kid isn't? I do remember though that my Dad was in them every year since he was a flag holder for the VFW post that he belonged to and I loved to see him go by. He would look at me and smile since he couldn't take his hands off the flag. But...the Shriner's were there and they had swords...they would flip them around and in the air and all over and I was terrified. They knew it and would seek me out every year since I was always in front of my aunt and uncles house...the little fat girl with the red curly hair...same place same time each year. I would scream and I was so scared. Looking back it was cruel but what can I say? I know sometimes I would run to Mom and she would tell me I had nothing to be scared of but I sure didn't see it that way. Oh memories...good and bad!
Well, I better get to movin'...this isn't getting things made for the cook out that my sister is coming to. I am making pasta salad, corn on the cob and a chocolate cream pie...all sugar free at that....and the rest is in a box or a bag. I am not in the mood to do a lot so this is my limit.
I am sending everyone love and hugs along with prayers for all. I so love living in the country that we do..we don't have to agree with what everyone says but they have the right to say it. For that fact I am grateful. Not everyone in our world has that choice and we are the lucky ones that can...with the gratitude going to those who fought for our right to do it. Without them we wouldn't have the freedom that we do.
Make today special for those that we come in contact with and spread the joy and happiness that abounds in our lives to others. They may not be as lucky and blessed as we are and they might not have much happiness and joy in their life. We have had the chance to to begin a new and wonderful life and for that I am grateful too. But then again aren't we all....because we must never ever loose our attitude of gratitude. Now I am off my soapbox...and I didn't fall getting off it either....it is a good day for sure!!!
First off I want to clear something up....I have had a couple of pm's from people that mistook what I said yesterday in my post. I said that I was going to be leaving and I meant only for the post...I am not leaving OFF. There is only one way that would ever happen....when I lay down and don't get up on this side of the dirt. When I wake and I see my name in the obits....so I am here to stay for hopefully a looong time to come!
It is cold and misty here today. Not a good day for the 4Th but it is what it is and that is life in the big city...or not so big city for that matter too. I wish that the whether would decide what the heck it is going to do and just stick with it. It seems so strange this year. One day it is summer the next spring and then there are a few fall days mixed in there too.
People are lining up outside for the parade. It ends here at our corner and they sit around and just wait. You don't dare leave or your parking place is gone and gone fast. They pack their cars in here so tight that you can hardly move your car anyway. Bill stands out on the sidewalk most years and watches it. I rarely bother since I am not a big parade person to begin with. I use to be when I was a kid but what kid isn't? I do remember though that my Dad was in them every year since he was a flag holder for the VFW post that he belonged to and I loved to see him go by. He would look at me and smile since he couldn't take his hands off the flag. But...the Shriner's were there and they had swords...they would flip them around and in the air and all over and I was terrified. They knew it and would seek me out every year since I was always in front of my aunt and uncles house...the little fat girl with the red curly hair...same place same time each year. I would scream and I was so scared. Looking back it was cruel but what can I say? I know sometimes I would run to Mom and she would tell me I had nothing to be scared of but I sure didn't see it that way. Oh memories...good and bad!
Well, I better get to movin'...this isn't getting things made for the cook out that my sister is coming to. I am making pasta salad, corn on the cob and a chocolate cream pie...all sugar free at that....and the rest is in a box or a bag. I am not in the mood to do a lot so this is my limit.
I am sending everyone love and hugs along with prayers for all. I so love living in the country that we do..we don't have to agree with what everyone says but they have the right to say it. For that fact I am grateful. Not everyone in our world has that choice and we are the lucky ones that can...with the gratitude going to those who fought for our right to do it. Without them we wouldn't have the freedom that we do.
Make today special for those that we come in contact with and spread the joy and happiness that abounds in our lives to others. They may not be as lucky and blessed as we are and they might not have much happiness and joy in their life. We have had the chance to to begin a new and wonderful life and for that I am grateful too. But then again aren't we all....because we must never ever loose our attitude of gratitude. Now I am off my soapbox...and I didn't fall getting off it either....it is a good day for sure!!!
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
O.K. So we were headed to see the fireworks tonight, but, found out this a.m. that we
have a bit time conflict of interest. NASCAR is on at 5 our time, so NASCAR is
winning out & the fireworks are out, unless the race is over in time to still go see
them.( Did I say I am a die-hard NASCAR fan.) I am still trying to stay low-carb, so if
I eat a hot dog it will be without the bun & chips. Might have some watermelon today
onlybecause it's non- American not too on the 4th!!
Enjoy your day & our Independance that we do have here in our Country USA
have a bit time conflict of interest. NASCAR is on at 5 our time, so NASCAR is
winning out & the fireworks are out, unless the race is over in time to still go see
them.( Did I say I am a die-hard NASCAR fan.) I am still trying to stay low-carb, so if
I eat a hot dog it will be without the bun & chips. Might have some watermelon today
onlybecause it's non- American not too on the 4th!!
Enjoy your day & our Independance that we do have here in our Country USA
Marilyn C (Bearlady)
Happy Fourth to my American friends!
I hope all who went to Nan's have a great time and equally great weather.
Pat R. Glad to see you back on line after your successful surgery.
Good wishes go out to everyone who is suffering in any way.
Marilyn - I feel for you having to wait for the results of the medical tests that you had. I don't know if you are spiritual/religious or not, but my former mother-in-law, when she was faced with chaos, trauma, anxiety, etc. was the calmest person that I have ever met. I asked her how it was that she didn't worry, and she told me that she "gave it to God". Her telling me that has helped me to cope with many difficult situations including a diagnosis of breast cancer and the recent loss of my sister, Kathy. I realized that I didn't have the carry the load by myself. Hope this helps.
I hope all who went to Nan's have a great time and equally great weather.
Pat R. Glad to see you back on line after your successful surgery.
Good wishes go out to everyone who is suffering in any way.
Marilyn - I feel for you having to wait for the results of the medical tests that you had. I don't know if you are spiritual/religious or not, but my former mother-in-law, when she was faced with chaos, trauma, anxiety, etc. was the calmest person that I have ever met. I asked her how it was that she didn't worry, and she told me that she "gave it to God". Her telling me that has helped me to cope with many difficult situations including a diagnosis of breast cancer and the recent loss of my sister, Kathy. I realized that I didn't have the carry the load by myself. Hope this helps.
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