Rollo Virus

Monday Gina took the kids to the Museum in Durham and Charli threw up in car.... that was beginning, Poor Charli was so sick and stayed sick until this morning! Les got it during the night Tuesday and Wednesday could not even go into the clinics to meet doctor or go with me for tests! He had to wear mask, a gown and sit in a wheel chair while I went. They did speed me up to leave early but we really had a trip home!Thank God Ames slept while Charli through up.
Today Gina had to cancel all her clients and stay home because she had it and we had to have van towed to get it fixed.

Gina and Trey came over and did some yard and house cleaning for us! She is the Best daughter! I have put several videos on my YouTube channel of the Mud Bog. will share later.
This is the bird house Gina gave me last year, a small bird has built a nest there.

Gina, Charli and I went to Capri's yesterday for her 24th birthday. That's where she loved to go as a child. Today they rode to Greenville with Les and I and I got fabric to start making things for a Christmas Craft show. Charli showed me how she helped her Mommy wash Ames' bottles, she loves these Pampered Chef gloves Jane gave Gina, LOL!

OK, ZAROGA, I HAVE YOU AND GINA TO BLAME!
I said I wouldn't do Farmville because I have such an addictive personality but there I did it anyway! I am waiting for my crops to grow!!

Papa's Gone

Les got the call a few minutes ago, his Dad is dead. Jeremy is coming in tonight and Gina is going to get him. I am just praying Les's sister will behave....

Charli plays the drums

Charli made me feel good today, she played the drums for me. I really need to get a recorder so I will have sound but I still enjoy recording and posting so I will have it. She also played her little piano toy and sang for me.
Les had to get off work and go to the hospital, his Mom was crying and said the Dr said his time is running out. I know we have been through this over and over and somehow George comes through but I don't know how he can hang on much longer, I will let you know.
Time to go get my potato soup Gina sent home with me, I Love potato soup!

Today is Gina's Birthday! I am sorry I can't post any new pictures I hope to get my computer back by Friday. I am at Gina's house now so she can go get a pedicure, Charli is taking a nap beside me.

I have made several jewelry pieces but keep thinking I need to look up something and remember I can't, LOL! I do miss the internet! Will check in tomorrow since I will be here.

Today my MIL is 69 so I have picked some pictures of her with my kids and with my FIL from the reunion in June. She and I were very close when the kids were growing up, she kept Jeremy and was always closer to him than Gina, I really feel for her having to take care of my FIL and she basically has to take care of Les's sister who is going through a divorce and very needy. She is really aging fast, lost a lot of weight and you can tell in her face she is a smoker.

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I was supposed to do my mission project but the gentleman was out of town so I called my Mom and we were going out to eat at the Huddle House when Gina called me and needed to go to Urgi-care because her face was worse and my sister told her it might be Mercer so Charli ate with us (she let my Mom hold her so I am Happy!) and then I took her home until Gina got done. I am glad she went because it is Mercer so she is on a stronger antibiotic and he drained it and told her to use hot compresses. Les and I are about to go pick Charli up for awhile. He can see her before he goes to work at 10:00.
While I was keeping her she poured her juice on the floor so I 'spanked' her and told her to sit and that she was in Time Out and explained we Do Not pour juice on the floor, she didn't really cry but kept saying "Meme!" over and over again. I cleaned it up and took her to get her diaper changed and ready for bed and I asked "Did Meme spank you?" she patted her bottom and said "Spank, spank" and I repeated her and she said "Juice" I think she got the message, LOL!

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Kar, thanks for your concern about my cough! It is a chronic thing I have to deal with, I take Prednisone, acid reflux meds, allergy meds, Flax seed oil and my cough stuff. The air here is so hot and humid I struggle breathing and when I get hot I cough. Actually I got sick in June 1989 and in August went to work at the Pharmacy at Wal-Mart, My friends are all getting their 20 year pins now. I was there 12 years. When I went for my interview I fell out of the chair and someone had to help me up, LOL! I was hired for the pet dept. manager but was so weak I couldn't lift and I was put at the Pharmacy as OTC manager and actually got 50 cent more an hour! The disease I have is called Polymyositis and Interstitial Lung Disease After 20 years it is a part of me, just aggravating when I want to do something, Gina teases saying she could always find me in a crowd by listening for my cough, LOL! It really helped me in my job because I often talked to people about the medicines, I took some strong medicines over the years and was able to share and have more compassion than I would have if I was not sick. I honestly believe everything can have a blessing if you look for it.

Well off to get my baby to play with!

I have this sweet picture of Charli eating a Little Debbie Jelly Creme Pie and think back to Gina growing up and eating them. They were called Choc-O-Jels then and instead of the strawberry center they had raspberry. Gina was addicted and would eat as many as we would let her!
I eat one some mornings as I take my pills and check my e-mails. I always think of my sweet little Gina eating them when I do. She is still so sweet, she will kiss me a couple of times before leaving for work and in church she hugs me during prayer time. I do hope Charli picks up this from her Mom, right now she is very selective on who she wants to be loved by. She is not comfortable with her great-grandmothers and will not let them hold her long If she lets them at all and that makes them sad. She does better if she doesn't see me because I have spoiled her pretty badly.... what is a Meme supposed to do, LOL!
I 'talked' to my DIL in Facebook chat, will share the pictures later.
Zaroga, glad you felt like stopping by! I am still praying for you!

Good afternoon! It's after 3 and I am just getting home. I talked to Gina and she needed me to meet her at the Dermatologist because a rash she had really was getting worse. She has an infection so needed a couple of antibiotics, her system has been a little wacky since she lost the baby. I also got to pick up my new glasses which made me happy!
This is one of my squirrels eating fruit loops from the feeder Les and Jeff made me, they keep knocking the top off and Les hasn't attached it right. The feeder beside it was meant for birds, it's Les' design using PVC, twigs and coke caps, he covered it with fiberglass and it looks like a branch, the caps look like knots and he put peanut butter in them. No birds but the squirrels had a ball!
I got an 8th child at work today and wouldn't you know, she's aggressive! She kept walking up and pinching kids and even had one boy on floor hitting him in face! I hope she will put me back down to 7 in the next 2 weeks when school starts back! (I can have 8 but my room is crowded) I tripped over a cot and hurt my right arm while I was trying to throw the leftovers to the birds and get the girls to stop standing on the cots. A few extra bruises, there, LOL!
Well, I need to get the dessert for my WOM group made, hope you are having a nice day!

I am just settling down to post! We had the kids over for a supper of fried pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravy, black-eyed peas and stewed tomatoes. Trey really loved my pork chocks and Charli said the potatoes and gravy were Yummy. I am thinking about going to bed, I am very tired!
We share more with you later.

What a Monday I had! Work was good, only had 4 kids until 10:30 and then my biter came in just before lunch and nap so he was fine. Left work to go to Gina's because she wanted to go do Grandmama's hair but she wasn't home. OK, I start driving to my Grandmother's and my belt comes off and car runs hot. Call Gina, no answer. Les can come at his lunch time. Gina calls me, she was at doctor, she has a cyst on her ovary and she can come get me. Les fixes car to get me home. Mom takes me to church Women's meeting and Liegh Anne brings me home.
Not a bad day and really not irritated BUT a long day, was almost 9:30 before I got home! Grandmama was very happy to see Gina and Charl and to get her hair fixed. I will get pictures off my camera later but this picture is my violet one of my kids gave me for my Birthday in February, it is doing so good! I keep meaning to root some of the leaves.
We made some great plans and will have a work day at church next week.
THEN at about 11:00 we got the call that my FIL was in the hospital again, Les went for awhile and came home to get some sleep. The phone rang again at 2:30 and they were admitting him so in addition to fixing my car, he has to deal with that, today.
Well Les is going to take me to work so he can put my waterpump on, I hope Trey gets off at 5:00 today! Les's biopsies all came back good BTW.

Ginger Scraps has a fun BLOG TRAIN that I followed to get the Independence Day Kit to scrap these pictures. You can find it HERE. I am not sure how long it will stay up.
I have to take Les to the Dr after I get off work today and Gina has to go back to get more blood work done. She still does not feel well, she said she would like to get back to normal and have everyone not bring it up about losing the baby so she can get back to normal and try again. We are alike that way, you can't dwell on what you can't control and you must move forward. You have to know that God is in control and things always work out for the best.

Gina called as we were leaving VBS, she spent the day in Hospital (she is on vacation) she is losing the baby, please keep her in your prayers. She is OK and accepting. She said she saw ultrasound and knows it is best.
Oh, yeah, wanted to remember that Farrah and Michael Jackson died today, someone at church said it best, 'a part of our youth.'

Lightning Bugs and ...

My first photo photo was of Charli and her first lightning bug, I am so glad I was standing there when they caught it, I so loved catching them when I was a kid! We had a Holly tree and they always seemed to be there. She was not afraid to hold it but the poor bug couldn't have made it after all the squeezes, LOL!


And for my news... I went to have dinner with the kids and Charli had on this shirt, I always notice what she had on but Les didn't. She tried to save me the Pregnancy test to take a picture of but the battery didn't last. I hope this one will be a boy.
The first time she gave me a pregnant Willowtree figure she is very creative and I love it! I wanted her to be able to tell my Mom first. I think I am going to wait and let her tell Jeremy, I would rather her let him know when he gets home in a few weeks than to just put it on Face Book or in an email. I never heard anything from my DIL to know if she got Alexis' birthday gift I sent. I really am not surprised though.

I am really Blessed to be able to work with Rina and Kimmi's kits! These are from a Collab between the two called IN MEMORIAM it is Amazing! A huge rage of colors and elements.
I took these flower/insect photos at Park seed last year, the paper on the middle one is recolored a little to match the flower (the advantage of digital scrapping)
The other is Gina 5 years ago at her graduation the Word Art is also by Rina for this week's Scripture challenge at SBE

Be sure to store by my friend Zaroga's Blog! She had Chocolate on the Brain, LOL! You will learn a little bit, too!

I am so laughing as I post this picture! Zaroga got me thinking of family and my Papa and how he drank his coffee with Pet evaporated milk out of a saucer. He also put Pet milk in grits, that made them so creamy! That's my Dad with the Carolina shirt, you see he was a Die hard Clemson fan and I am a USC fan, I gave this shirt to him for Christmas and he gave me, my brother and my baby sister chicken bones and feathers! Needless to say Sissy switched to Clemson, she was only about 4! My Papa passed away the year after this, I think. My Uncle James was on a tractor, or bush hog and got into a hornet's nest several years ago and died there, I was never close to him. My Dad passed away Father's Dad 2006.
This is my Nanny, I wrote about her on the 4th, you can see the cloth scraps on the stool in front of her and my Aunt Doll and her dog Rusty. I got this picture from my Dad and it's a Polaroid and needs cleaned up.

Now what's up with this? Cashmere socks! I Love fun socks and Gina gave me this cashmere pair with some wonderful Shea Cashmere foot cream which smells so good! I Love these socks! they are so soft, I wish I could find another pair of shoes like my brown loafers! i got them about 5 years ago and they really show it! I do not like to buy shoes!!! I have very few for a woman and most of my tennis shoes are from Gina. She is like Mama and has a closet full. I remember counting Mama's once in the early 80's and I think it was 60 or so.

My birthday is coming up soon and I need a new watch so that's what Les is getting me but I also want a new Bible. That's a hard thing for me to choose!! I know I want a NKJ and a center column reference. Every one I find is at least $40 and the ones I really like are $60! I am getting to old to get much money for my BD, LOL! I hope I can get to the new Christian Book store in the mall in Greenville. They sell discounted Bibles there. I also can eat at Fuddrucker's my favorite!!

Charli Walks!

When I got to Gina's yesterday she was in a bit of a tizzy, while she was in the shower Charli sat in her walker and made a Big mess! It was running out her diaper and on the floor. Gina had put Charli in the tub and dressed her when I came in. I was talking to the baby who was standing there while her Mommy cleaned up and she decided to start walking! She was proud of herself, too, and seemed to know how excited we were! When Trey came in she walked to Daddy but a little slower than before. It was so funny!
Her party is Sunday. My Mom thought Gina should have in at a restaurant but I like the idea of having it at her house where I can get good pictures and she can make a mess with her cake! Twila it's at 2:00. I can't wait to see her cake. One of Gina's customers is making it. She is doing a Princess theme and has the most precious dress! Gina and Trey got her one of those portable DVD players and Horton Hears a Who and Yogabbagabba DVD's. She hopes that's what people will get her as gifts because she hates clutter. Les and I went to Build a Bear and got the pink monkey but that's my limit, No more stuffed animals for gifts. Not that's she's fanatical or anything she just doesn't want dust and allergy problems. She is pretty smart really. As you can see by the pictures her floors are nice and she keeps a clean house: she Sure didn't get That from Mom!!
Well I will post some new shots later but it's time to go!