I guess you can guess where this cup came from, LOL!
My SIL's Grandmother died Sunday. It was his Dad's Mother, the funeral will be at 11:00. They weren't close but she had done several things for Trey and Gina including giving them money to buy Charli's crib.
NHC won't take Papa because he can walk too far and he can't go to the Rehab hospital because he can't do enough for himself. It looks like he may Have to go home and have a visiting nurse. I was so hoping he could go to NHC where they could take care of him and give Kathie a break!
I got a nice thank you card from Preacher Bud for helping with Dink and Kat's Anniversary party. I thought that was very nice!
It is still below freezing in the mornings, I am so ready for spring!

VW THING

This is one thing I am missing from my collection... a VW Thing! I was playing around last night looking for images and found out that Matchbox added this to the 2008 collection. Actually Hotwheels and Johnny Lightning have a version, too! I am going to have to see if I can still find one! I came up on 2 Bahas at Dollar General last week, so maybe I have a chance!
That's the challenge now with my collection, finding things I don't have, LOL!
I don't have a lot of the newer VW's and have just recently been finding my favorite the "Ghia", I would Love to actually have one of these cars! I would love to have one to go to car shows in! I have a picture of me beside one from the 2007 car show uptown on my EHD I may have to find and post, LOL!
Well Annabelle was still out sick yesterday, Amanda had to send her home early Thursday, I hope she comes back today so I will have all my babies!
After I get home from seeing Charli I hope to go see Papa, he took a bad turn with his heart and had to be moved to another floor with constant monitoring, Jeremy never contacted me again to check on him, I guess he hasn't gotten Internet time.
Gina had to go back to get an adjustment on her jaw, she had a head ache Sunday so Les and I were alone in church, when all my family come we take up two pews but lately that is rare, Gina doesn't miss many Sundays though, I think that's the second one this year, I really enjoy seeing everyone there.

I needed to make a book for a couple at church who are celebrating their 50th Wedding anniversary today. They eloped so I had no pictures from the wedding and the photos I had were not from the 50's so I came up with this idea. I downloaded pictures from 1959 and researched a little. The kit is called Home Made Memories by Connie Prince
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=19828&cat=0&page=1
This is the Gotta Pixel link but it is also at Divine Digital and on sale for $2!
http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=5360&cat=0&page=1
I wish I had more time with this because I didn't get the pictures until Friday night and since I did some cleaning and kept Charli I was rushing to get it done yesterday! I did 24 pages though and told Kat if she got me some pictures I would add them for her.
I did add the photo frame from Natali at Scrapbook Graphics and the overlay that makes the paper look old is from Elena's Blog. I learned these things from '59
Lee Petty won first Daytona 500
The Dixie our local diner opened
The Corvair was first introduced
and several other things.
I think I will do my kids and Charli and Seth books about the year they were born, I might even do mine!
Oh, Papa had to get his IV back, he is dehydrating and had a bad day yesterday.

What a wonderful time I had playing with Charli last night! I redid my office so her desk is beside mine and made her toys more accessible to her so we played. I gave her a Princess Valentine and she carried it around and would put her pocketbook over her arm and she kept her crown and beads on. I am glad she is so girly! I now have room in my office for a small kitchen set in the next few months. I have a huge collection of tea set and play food I have been getting as I go to thrift stores and I am so excited she is growing up and actually playing!

Charli was playing with her brush Tuesday and I got these cute pictures! She even 'fixed' mine for me! She was in a playful mood this week and so sweet!
We didn't eat at Fuddruckers because they were packed when we went to Greenville. We ate at a new Chinese Buffet/grill/ Sushi Bar called Ni Hao and it was SO GOOD! Wow! We had the buffet which included steak which they cooked for you and crablegs for $10.95 Les even got to eat FROGLEGS and was happy about that! I think my favorite was the hibachi grilled shrimp but they had so much it is hard to say. The only thing was the crablegs were small and not worth wrestling with the crackers to eat. One thing that amazed me were the grapes on the dessert bar were as big as plums! They were sweet, too!
Les had to send his phone to be repaired, it had several problems, I hope they can fix it or upgrade for him.
I have several things to get done today and am getting an early start, a couple from church are celebrating 50 years so I am doing a project for them and Charli is coming over to play with me so I need to neaten up.
I also bought the material to start a quilt project. I want to practice on a couple and then I will make the babies one for Christmas. I told Les I would like to make Seth one with a map of the USA and put a little VW attached to a ribbon so he can put it on Meme's house then his. I have written out my plans. The ONLY thing is I HATE to sew, LOL! I have made quilts before and think this will be fun though!
OH, we talked to Papa about going into a nursing home while he gets his strength back, he had been fighting Kathie about it but by the time we got there and he was alone he told us he guessed he was going to have to. He thought he could go to the rehab hospital but he isn't able to do enough for himself to. he had a horror of the nursing home and didn't think about them having the rehab section. He was doing well and sat up and really talked to us. I am glad noone else was there at the time. Les and Kathie say I can do more with him, I just listen to him and talk gently and caring to him. Les said he is thinking about his on health, his Dad is in worse health than his GD was at a much younger age. I have always told him I will 'put him away' in a nursing home if he becomes cripple, LOL. Gina says she will help me!

It looks like my FIL will need to go to a nursing home awhile, my MIL can't be pulling on him and taking care of him as much as he needs right now. His lungs are shot with the COPD and he has a fatty liver. Also he is diabetic and because of not using oxygen the way he should he has Dementia. I was praying nothing would happen Before Jeremy came home but he is really out of it and his quality of life is not good. I know Jeremy would not want to see his Papa like this. They REALLY love each other. When jeremy was little and would need to be corected it would hurt his Papa so bad. After Ghostbusters Jeremy made the "NO" symbol on the doors and TV with a crayon and George didn't want us to spank him because he was just copying the movie.
I asked Kathie to save George's National Guard awards for Jeremy. That child was so proud of his Papa and called the Guard "Papa's Army" The picture at the top is our send off party when Jeremy joined the Army. Yes, I am in that picture, LOL!
It is so strange that my Mom is also having problems with her liver, too! I pray she will get better quickly!
Oh, I really like the new CSI. I thought I would miss Gill but the new character, Ray is super!

Playing with magnets

This is Charli playing with some magnet arrows, she really enjoys them! She plays with them for long times! You can see by these pictures her curls are really growing out! I am so tickled she is going to have curly hair like Gina! My favorite moments are when she takes her nap on me and as she sleeps she sweats and wakes up with a lot of curls! She seems to enjoy our naps, too and never gives me any trouble by fighting sleep.
I finally heard from Jeremy and Julie, he emailed me and she called me. They were just so excited to see each other they forgot everything else, sending Charli a birthday present, calling me on my BD and checking on his Grandparents... he left on the 11th, I guess I just don't understand.

When I saw this Mr Roboto Kit
I had to have it to scrap Charli's Favorite Robot, PLEX! She even has this on sale for $1 at Gotta Pixel. I am going to scrap one of my first VWs, too! The stomach bug has made it around the Daycare and I have had a Lot of diapers to change! I am praying it is over! They were all a little ill yesterday, too, pushing and not getting along, I hope that's better today, too.
I am up to 130 friends on Facebook. I even found my Mom's cousins who are twins and some of my Wal-Mart friends.

That 70's kit! That's what this one is called and I love it! At Digishoptalk the designers give away kits and Karyn at Digitalarts-Cafe gave me a half price coupon on this one and it was on sale too. Super kit!!
My SIL's hours have been cut like so many others and so I to go see Grandmama a few minutes after I left there. Charli was in a terrific mood. I will download the pictures later.

It's not easy to see this but it is something I drew several years ago. I haven't done any 'real' drawing in a long time. I do things for work, I love doing paper piecing but nothing like this photo of my DD, Gina. Maybe I will do a portrait of Charli sometime.
I sat with my in laws at the hospital for awhile and then went to see my Mom and Grandmother, yesterday, They were both good visits although Papa couldn't wake up. I was worried about him falling out of the wheelchair on the way to x-ray!It's now been one week since he went to the hospital! We will find out today about his condition.

TREASURES

I actually went to bed at 7:00 last night so I am up now. Bojangles has the smoked sausage biscuit back and I had eaten one before the concert Friday and it made me sick so I didn't really eat anything yesterday and now have a very slight headache. thought if I ate a little something I would feel better in a few minutes.
The real reason I am having trouble is that Kathie asked me to make a list of things I wanted my name on for her. I can't think of much but I do want all the photos and her Mickey Mouse watch (it's a special collector watch) I do want Jeremy to get Papa's things from the National Guard, that's what these are mostly, I borrowed them for VBS one year and photographed them, Since he can't speak for himself I am requesting them. I also want Gina to have her pearls. She is the only granddaughter that is 'girly' and would treasure them. She also gets her Mema's original wedding set.
I have things in my jewelry box with names on them of who I want to get them and where the item came from. I am going to do pages for a bragbook so things that are important to me won't end up in a yard sale or the trash. It's not that I have a lot but things like the rhinestones my Nanny gave me need to be with someone who cares that my Dad was 15 when he bought them for her and she gave them to me when I was 15. I hope I will be around to hand them to Charli when she is that age.
I don't need anything adding more clutter to my life and I will scan the pictures and pass on the originals to other family.
As a scrapbooker I have done Many albums and my art will outlive me, I think about that often, I sit here in my office and to me left is a pastel drawing my Grandmother did when she was in college, it is surrounded by 4 of my sunset photographs. On another wall is a collage drawing by Jeremy (I just added pictures) I hope Jeremy will want the art by Grandmama, it is one of my favorite possessions!
Also the things I have crocheted and cross stitched will remind people of me but most of all I hope my children and grand children will remind others of me! I know Gina is very much like me. I know I am rambling this morning Or is is late night? So I will close, my headache is gone now and I will go back to bed.

Here are some pictures from the concert last night. It was Awesome, it was 1:00 before we got home! They said there were over 13,000 people there, We didn't have to wait in line but 10 or 15 minutes. Toby Mac was the big draw and those teens loved him, we all did, too. There ended up being 19 people in our group.
The news is not good on my FIL, we will know exactly Monday. I Do Not want ANYONE to tell Jeremy before I have a chance to. I am not going to tell my DIL either. I am going to email him to call me ASAP, I am praying nothing will happen until he gets back in the states. I don't like people telling me about my own family when something important goes on and I will give my son the same respect! I just hope he will call me, I haven't heard at all from him since he got in the states and know he only had two weeks and has gone back. I am not Mad he didn't call me on my birthday or to say good-bye. I have grown to expect it...

More pages from Charli's Birthday, I had a lot of great pictures to scrap! This kit is called Flutterfree and is one of her 'older' ones I really love it!
Les had to go to the Dr 3 times yesterday, Sports Medicine sent him to an orthopedist so he is now wearing one of those boots on his right foot. I guess I will do most of the driving awhile because I can't stand when he drives with his left foot! At least he had vacation time already today and tomorrow since we are going to the concert!

Well, Ma Howard will be buried today, I am sad that it is at 11AM and I will be at work and can't go. Gina did a great job on her hair and she really looked nice, especially since she had cancer.
When I got home yesterday after keeping Charli Les said Dad had taken a turn for the worse and I needed to go see him before church. I got there and he was sitting there eating his supper. It seems like they do that to me all the time, tell me he's about gone and when I get there he looks pretty good, I told everyone it's because I came to see him. Uncle Bud and Louise were there along with Janette and my MIL. I sat on the bed beside him and talked to him and he ate his fruit and a little bit from his plate. He is still taking fluids and the antibiotics and they did a CT scan.
Looks like Les has a Broken foot now. He went to see his Dr today and has to be at Sports Medicine at 8:05. I told him he had to STOP finding reasons every month to go to the DR! Douglas from church said he didn't know whether to pray or just shoot him! At the funeral home Bobbi was teasing him too. I told her I wouldn't shoot him because that was messy, it would be something a lot neater. I tease him that's why I watch all the Forensic shows! I tell him all the time he better not end up cripple, that's what Nursing Homes are for! I wish I could afford AFLAC again because the medical bills are ridiculous!
I am keeping a record this year by noting how many times he does go to the Dr. last year it was over 20 times.
I guess today is not a very uplifting post! I did have a pretty good day, though, The kids were good at work, Katie was out, Caleb is still out after his surgery and Kamryn went home with the stomache bug. Charli was Great and the service at church was wonderful. even at the Funeral Home people knew she was ready and it wasn't sad. All in all, I can count several blessings!

I am so happy to be on Connie Prince's CT, now! This is the first kit I have done for her and it is on sale for $1! It is called Desperately Seeking Spring I think it's a wonderful kit for Charli's birthday pictures! I am going to do more.
Well, Monday we had a new member of the church born, Pyper Elizabeth to Sarah Blevins and Tuesday we lost the oldest member Virginia "Ma" Howard. Gina is going to the Funeral Home this morning to cut and fix her hair, Les is going to keep Charli and he's happy about that. It won't take too long. She has done this before for a church member. I admire her for it.
I really am having fun playing with Charli in the afternoons. She now has discovered magnets and Loves them! I'll post a picture later.
Have a Super day! (this is what the kids at work tell their parents)

Papa Douglas at church was the first to give Charli a Valentine last year and this year he has already made sure she got her's. I took it to her yesterday and Gina took her picture when she ate a piece. You can tell she enjoyed it!

Today when I got to work Ms. Juanita brought me a brown paper sack and said, I want you to have this and in the bag was this! It's even full of Wild Country cologne! What makes it more special is that it was her dad's, I truly treasure it.
I was the employee that was spotlighted this month and I told how I loved and collected VW's so she said this was one she wanted me to have.

After work I am going to keep Charli while Gina goes to the Chiropractor, She has headaches and he said her jaw was out of line and after her adjustment the other day she has been much better!

When we got out of church Les and I stopped by his parents before he had to go to work at 2:00. His Mom and Sister had called the ambulance because he was groggy and just wanted to sleep. She said he had a fever but when I checked he was ok with that. His BP had dropped to 98 Over 0! His sugar was 212 and he hadn't eaten or drank anything. They admitted him in to the Hospital with pneumonia. I told my MIL she shouldn't give him his BP meds without checking with the Dr. I rode in the amdulance with him and they gave him a breathing treatment and by the time we got there he was much better!
My sister-in-law really gets my goat sometimes, when we walked in she shouted 'who called Lester!" she was so upset we were there! She wants all the credit for anything with her parents and tells everyone how much she does. So sad! She has taught her granddaughter to call Les Uncle lettuce head. Then she turns and tries to be nice to me, asking about Charli and such. I guess I feel sorry for her, she lacks the Love and Joy we have in Christ. Also our kids both graduated and are married and have families. She never believed school was important and passed that on, neither of her girls are married either but have kids.
I also had Jeremy before I got married but thank God I found Les and gave my kids the stability and together we raised children who are saved.
I have to pray for my SIL often and remember that I am blessed!

Charli and I had a fun morning, she is adding a word or 2 at a time, now she says 'book' and I think she told me 'look'. She understands when you ask her to do things like "give me that" and helps dress her by putting her arm in her shirt or jacket. I don't think Gina is keeping up her Baby Book so I am keeping track like any proud Grandma, LOL!
I got accepted to Connie prince's CT, I have wanted to be on her's. I did pages for her before when I was at Scrapbooker's Playground. I have a LOT of her older kits.
I still have not gotten in the swing again of posting pages again! I am so worn out with all those church pages.!
Thank you Zaroga for the Lemonade award!

I just got home from Fatz and having my Birthday dinner with my family, It was very good and I really enjoyed it! I think those rolls are one of my favorite things on the menu! My BIL had his hand bandaged up because he had to have a couple of splinters cut out that were infected, I hope he heals quickly and doesn't have a lot of pain!
At work we had a fun time doing Miss Tammy's Birthday, I enjoyed hearing them sing to me and watching them eat the cupcakes, I will post pictures later.
I am going over to Gina's in the morning and keep Charli so it will probably be a little later when I do my post, I am working on some Word Art I want to post.
Twila, thanks again for the dinner and my gifts!

Went to bed very early last night, in a bad mood because I was supposed to have a training and they told us a place and we waited in the cold for 30 minutes and they told us another place and long story short I came home and heated my electric blanket up and read. I am so ready to have a night with nothing to do! I told Gina I would go over to her house Saturday morning and keep Charli so she wouldn't have to get her out in the cold, she had to be at work at 8 and Trey is going to some hunting thing. Maybe Saturday after I come home I can 'hide' and do nothing . Les will be working so...
Oh, this is another page done with the kit Thumbody Loves you by Cathy K. The link is in yesterday's post

What a Long day I had! After work I kept Charli then we had our last night of Revival Then ate with Kevin and Shannon, it was 10:00 when I got home!
Poor Charli had fallen when I got to Gina's and had a bump on the head. Thank goodness it was just a triangle shaped light bruise. What was so bad is Annabelle had bumped her head at work and gotten a bruise, too!
This picture of Charli is from a photo shoot and the kit is the same one I used for my header, Thumbody Loves You by Cathy K at Scrapbook Elements I Really love using this kit! I will add a couple of more pages later. I hope you have a great day!
OH, my new Bble Verse is Prov. 4:23 "Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life." How true this is! I think it's a wonderful verse for February!

Yesterday when I got over to see Charli she wanted me to see her new Munno toy! She went to the basket that had it and her guitar and then Gina said, "Go look at her new toy." I asked her was it Munno and she said "yes," I told her Charli had already shown me, LOL! I took this picture of her playing with him while she was watching Yo Gabba Gabba. I just get a kick out of watching her! I'm lucky to work with toddlers and know what to expect as she gets older, the kids at work kept singing Happy Birthday over and over, that was Fun, Friday I will take them some cupcakes and balloons for the weekly party and we will have my 'party' I am looking forward to that!

A second post to share my birthday with you, I got my Director to take this picture of my kids and me went she gave me the gift from work, the tall Angel with the 7 birds, I happen to have 7 kids right now so that worked out great! The cute little shelf sitter is from my Mom and the one on the left has a friendship quote is from my best friend, Leigh Anne. My Mom also gave me a silver angel frame that I will be putting Charli's picture in. Gina gave me an electric blanket, I always complain because Les has so much cover I feel weighted down, Now I can heat up the bed and turn it down while he can keep it high and not be cold! She got me a King size for my queen bed so we will both have plenty of cover, too! What a sweetie she is! Thanks for my clips and bath gel, Twila, I look forward to dinner Friday!
I am finishing up my Hibachi Shrimp I got after church, this is one of my Favorite foods right now so I am going to end this. I surely have had a great day and my inbox is overflowing with emails from scrap friends! I am blessed!
Oh, I got a new watch from Les, he really was good to me this year!
Oh, and don't you think it's cool I have my Birth announcement?

I was so excited to get a couple of cards in the mail yesterday, one made by 'Nette, a family friend and Gina's godmother and a Super special one from Chris Weber! I also got this adorable car Sunday from my good friend Sheila, it even makes a barking sound, I love it! I still have a couple of cards to open in my inbox which I am about to do. Thank you ALL for making my day special!
I do have a long day, though, after work I will go keep Charli and then go to Revival tonight so I won't been home until about 8:30, that's a Long day for a 49 year old, LOL!
Oh, I did my taxes yesterday! I always put that off but decided to go ahead and do them, at least I will get a couple hundred back!