"Happy Mothers/Grandmothers Day"

So read the caption to this beautiful picture- received in my email this morning!

May our hearts continue to be blessed by our children, and our grandchildren!

Know too that gender roles mean nothing to those men who are raising/have raised their own children/grandchildren.

Happy Mothers Day to us all.
And always.

XOXO
Me

I Have No Excuse. ;-)

Wild Turkeys back by the campsite-

Anyone hungry? hehehe

Good Morning Everyone!

Oh my goodness I have not blogged in so very long- - - again.

My apologies.

I have not been too busy.

I have not gone on vacation.

I have not croaked... (yet).

*sigh*  I see I have no excuse whatsoever. Methinks it's called laziness.

Oh well.

Lots to catch up on.  

(Or is that "ketchup")?

This is...

Anyway...

Heck, I never even wrote of Master Gabriel s new quilt- (Christmastime). Oops.

Here it is!

Methinks he likes it too!

It is so way big! Made me laugh as he carried it up to his room.

Kristin later sent me pictures of his 'new' room. And now that I want to post them I cannot find where I downloaded them!

But I did find this one...

How beautiful! -

(The dolphin is too)!!

He made this- "with help" as Kristin wrote.

No worries Gabriel, I would need help too. hehehe

Cousin Buttercup came with her friend Dean- 

Notice the aura that is around him-

Oh! We had such a nice visit too! 

On one of Punk's visit to the vet I was early and had stopped over to Sue and Glenn's.

They rescue animals- - - - Cats, greyhounds, and deer anyway. 

(At least I haven't seen any gators in their pond)... hehehe

She carries one of them down, and they have 2 cats like this.

The other, basking in the sunshine on his favorite chair.

And yes, I have forgotten what breed they are. 

Sorry. 

Imported- from Florida! 

Casey's mid-winter dress.

 *** Forgive my mess.  I assure you that it is no longer like that-

Friend Christy- and her crew!, came over and cleaned one day last month!

What a day that was- And I think they might have had fun too.

The 4 boys even moved the piano 29 feet across the living room! OMG!

Christy is gone for now- 

Her and her hubby are off to Ethiopia to adopt 2 little girls- special needs.

She will have her hands full now. 

(What? As if she didn't before)?! hehehe

Back to Casey-

She may end up back here-

Fairview Medical, U of Minneapolis.

She still has much pain- And is very, very, tired; perhaps depressed, about being sick for so very long.

But like many who have suffered as she does, she is much like that Energizer Bunny- 

Keeps going and going and going and...

She also had to have a colposcopy- Her paps came back questionable. 

The results on the colposcopy were good though. She does this again come August.

What a MILD Winter we have had! As I think most of you have also?

Matter of fact, once, when it began to snow, the damn birds were so shocked that one even had heart failure...

I really have NO idea, but there he was out my door. 

(I know this portends something, but I don't remember what)?

I had better close for now- Already it is quite warm out- And Miss Kelli will be bringing Miss Coco and Mr. Miller too. (I haven't told Miss Punk yet because she would give me no peace if she knew).

For now she sleeps.

As does this man.

Happy 30th Birthday Mr. Greg!

And many many happy returns!

I hope all is well with everyone! 

XOXO
Me

Oh-Bla-Di ~ Oh-Bla-Dah

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Good Afternoon;
Methinks I am almost caught up with my blogs for a while.
We were to be headed to Sault Ste. Marie today. (Didn't work out that way though).

I am sitting here after trying to get all of my wash done before leaving.  Little things that I just want clean for when we get back. 

Randy came out yesterday-
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Punk needs this rough and tumble play so badly

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He also said he would finish up my drains today.
And here I am, just cooling my heels, and waiting.  Grrr...   MEN!
Oh well.
To know we wanted to leave though- (Just p*sses me off, big~time).


We had court last week on Master Gabriel's behalf. 
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Casey arriving at the courthouse...

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Same as last month when Chuck was given all rights to Baby Sam, Roberta chose to not even show up.
While it helps everyone's cause (especially Gabriel's), that she didn't show, I am still astounded how parents can just leave a child...
I do believe there is a special place in hell for those with the "out of sight, out of mind" thought process.

She has given birth 3 times. 
She has had her parental rights terminated with all three, deservedly so.
Is it right for a grandmother to feel this way? Probably not; but I am actually happy for the boys.

With the exception of Master Gabriel, they live with their dads-
These men have stepped up to that proverbial parental plate and have done right by their sons, my grandbabies.
I am very proud of these young men.

Master Gabriels foster parents want so much to adopt him. I pray they succeed.
They are good and decent people, and he has been welcomed into their family, truly loved and cared for, and finally knows what a real family is about. 

We stopped by their home after court by to tell Miss Kristin how everything went.
The next step will be to ensure he stays with them on a forever basis. I believe they have all the proper papers already in order.

Everyone was outside!
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Here she is with their "triplets"  hehehe

.She reminds me of my mom.
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The following day I did something I should not have done-
(But all this "taking it easy" and "complete rest", etc. is driving me freakin' batty).

Casey and I had found some mulberries up here-
(I have 3 trees up here, and more back by the woods). 
There were a few berries that the deer had not touched, the rest for the birds being too high up to reach.
But there were just not enough left from the deer for our watering taste buds.
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So we piled in the car and headed for the woods-  
-(insert sigh)...  The tree back there wasn't even close to being ripe!


So... As long as we were to the woods, and as long as Casey felt well enough to go down the ravines, then by God, so did I.

We have had little rain for a long time. Not only do we need it for the crops, but even the river needs a bath too.  That does TOO make sense!
(Everything, including rivers, kinda gets a little icky with no fresh rain).
Casey found a skeleton to something or another...


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But stinky there too, so she threw it back.

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She played a very cute peek~a~boo too.

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A ton of water spiders...
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Punk feels it her 'duty' to chase them too.
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But she doesn't always get them either...
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HAHAHA

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For obvious reasons, I didn't want to have to go back up either. 
Somehow, Punk knew this.
(If Casey had not been along, there is NO WAY you would even believe what I am going to write next):

Punk went up to the top as I slowly made my way up. Odd because she is generally right at my side. She even left Casey's side to go to the top!

She came back with a stick.
I had no idea what she was doing as she kept forcing that stick in my direction...

But,

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She proceeded to pull me up the rest of the way!

With God as my witness, that is exactly what she did.
I am so blessed by this little dog.
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The weather has been raunchy-
Chilly- and yes we did get a few spots of rain. (We need much more).

Uh-Oh, Randy has just pulled in...

*** WARNING!
All of you with the 100+ temps might want to look away for a moment...
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So that is what we have had in our neck of the woods.
That it feels strange to not be complaining about the heat is an understatement. I am always the 1st to whine about the heat and humidity; and here I am saying it is chilly in July,
(and praying for 100% humidity to fall on our heads for a few days).

I honestly don't remember the last time I mowed the lawns- They are brown, dried, and shriveled, except for the weeds of course. 
And those weeds need mowing.
There is no grass.
....... Not that I care to be on the rider anyway.




I made some stuffed green pepper casserole yesterday...



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(Nope. Didn't use this one)...  

I was completely nauseated when that one slipped out of its bag.
The 'splat' and the splatter just sounded SO gross!.

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Casey stopped at the store on her way out and picked up some fresh green peppers.
Dang. Now I am hungry ~as I hear the leftovers calling my name~
hehehe

Love to all

XOXO
Me

PS
I think I should enclose this picture for my sister-
Sorry Barbara, I kept forgetting...
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Bobbé, at the same age as Big Sam is now.

Written on the back by my mom:
"Bobbé, on her favorite diet!"
hehehe

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Here is Big Sam now
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You might be right!
(I am old and I might have forgotten). 


Do you think they look the same?
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