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I've just been perusing some of your photos.. My goodness they are unbelievable! So totally beautiful and professional looking! Normally I just post the little pics of things around me. My family, garden, etc.. Some of them are so good they look like you could sell them and make good money too! Well, more power to you all! I am enjoying them immensely! Keep on posting!

I was crazy in love with Mighty Mouse when I was 5.. I wanted to marry him.. I didn't know you couldn't marry a cartoon. Or a mouse for that matter. The plant in front of my desk is high and leans sideways. I keep imagining Arte Johnson from the show "Laugh In" in his German soldier costume coming from behind the plant saying "Interesting, very interesting. But Shtoopid". That always made me laugh.. Along with Lilly Tomlin playing the operator and snorting "One ringy dingy, two ringy dingy…

I don't do bugs! I am a total girl in this regard.. They creep me out and make me get all shivery! So I took the liberty of finding a cartoon spider.. Which I know is technically not an insect.. But it's as close as I was going to get!

I thought in deference to the Season I'd go with Wildlife having a bit of Wild fun!

Well not really quite all that dramatic.. But it did seem so at the time. I was reading Sue's story about her neighbors Bull getting lose once again. And it reminded me of back when I was pregnant with my daughter.. She's 28 now so you know it's a bit of a while.. We'd flown to California in June of that year to visit my husbands friend Alan and also my husbands mother's other son. (We no longer speak to him. Nor will my husband refer to him as his brother. Thats another story) Alan lived in F…

They canceled my daughters trip to Tokyo.. She's not very upset as it fell on her and my husbands birthday.. Plus she wouldn't have known anyone on this trip.. Her biggest regret is that she won't get those air miles & get to Platinum level just yet! :-) Me, I am sorry she lost this opportunity, although I think it will come again, but glad she will be with us for the birthdays.. Personally I think her Director put the cabosh on it.. My girl is smart but a little naive when it comes to the b…

So why am I on line you might ask? Well, I just can't help but stop by and say Good Morning to all my friends here... Rick has already left the house to go on a Motorcycle run done by the town Rotary.. He'll be out of the house till at least 2pm which is good as that gives me the peace to get done as I wish... I am going to bake a Date nut loaf bread today. Been meaning to give it a try but just got a recipe from Nancy that I think should work nicely.. Have to get to the store and buy some I…

I found a few of you.. Now find me! I'm listed as Gracie J.. :-)

Just a note that I've been a tad busy today and expect the rest of the week to be fairly busy also. It's Thanksgiving this coming Thursday and I have a fair amount to do. From cleaning which I got a good jump on today (as my back will attest to!) to starting the food prep either tomorrow or Monday. I try do anything I can in advance whether it can be frozen or will be good for a day or two in the fridge. There will only be 6 of us.. Although I am a typical Italian and will cook for 12. My d…

I've been promising Sue I would write about this for a while. There is a certain fascination with ghosts and/or the supernatural or powers that seem supernatural. I have had a some experience with this of my own. There are several tales to tell but I will start with the first. Mind you this first is actually here say as I was just a bit of a child, maybe 3-4 years old and don't remember myself at all. I had at the time 2 brothers and one sister. My oldest brother Nicky had joined the air for…

I wrote earlier but lost the whole blog! I Hate when that happens! So the week at the beach was lovely. Weather was awesome after the first night. 80 degrees Fahrenheit and mostly sunny with a warm breeze every day... Again after the first day, the water became calm..My daughter Amanda and her friend were down the first weekend. Then during the week my brother Nick, sister in law Carol, niece Nichole and her toddler, Tessa Grace came to the house twice. They live fairly close by where I was st…

Now I know I'll start an uproar if I don't qualify this.Generally speaking this is MOST MEN NOT ALL! They seem to fall into two categories. The "babies".. Can't do a thing for themselves and want their wives, girlfriends to take care of every little thing from getting them tea to washing their back! These are the men who revert to their childhood. They want mommy to make them feel all better. And God forbid they should have to do anything while they are sick! Whine, whine, whine! Don't you d…

My absolute favorite action movie! I love this one with Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen.. It's non stop action from the first five minutes on.. And that's my favorite kind of movie! There is a new one out, a remake.. I doubt it will be as good as this. I understand they made it a little more politically correct.. Duh! It's about war! And it was made three years ago and canned. Only reason they brought it out is because the lead is Chris Helmsworth who played "Thor" in the movie "Thor" and the m…

My Aunt Vie on her birthday LAST year with my cousin, her grandson.. She now has a great-great grandson..She was 103 and turned 104 this September.. These are well earned wrinkles! By the way, she still lives in her home, and has all her faculties.. Basically she's fine!! We (The family) think she's just amazing!

For no apparent reason yesterday, my daughter stopped by my office to give me these. She just thought I'd like them.. I have a good girl!

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I was catching up on some of the stories and just finished Sue's about the ghosts & Orbs etc.. Jenny made the comment how she sometimes smells her moms perfume or catches a shadow out of the corner of her eye. I think most of us who are a little more open and unafraid have had this happen occasionally.. The house I was born in is still in the family.. After my father passed and then my grandmother who lived downstairs, it was sold to other family members. My cousin lives on the second floor…

Ha! Gotcha first today! Since my friends over there across the Pond should still be in bed as it's about 5am or so... I just thought I'd get in with the first Good Morning of the Day to you! Me, Its just after midnight and I'm Wide awake! Not even a little tired.. Happens all the time. So I'll be up for a couple more hours.. Get to sleep finally most likely around 2am or so and wake by no later than 9am... That's if it's really quiet and I don't get antsy.. Sometimes the eyes pop open after abou…

This is a picture of an old Church that looks fairly ancient and broken down and a cemetary. My daughter took this when she was in Ireland last year..I'm not sure where she was exactly.. They roamed all over.. I love the contrast in the sky,grass and shadows...

My cells have been provided by my job for the last 8 years.. First a nice cell.. Then they gave me a Blackberry 3 years ago.. Today I got an IPHone! The 4 not 5 but hey, it's kool and it's free! Sometimes I love my job!