Cute Kids as Grownups

We attended a wedding in June and my sons were ushers. I'm still waiting for the official wedding pictures, but this one I took with my own camera. Don't my sons look awesome in tuxes? And, as always, my daughter looks beautiful.

Just sharing.

Happy Sunday to You

I'm trying to get caught up on my paperwork for the quarter, so don't have time today for a long post today. Just wanted to wish everyone a happy Sunday and assure you I haven't given up on this blog.

I can't believe the summer is almost over already. The kids are starting to get ready for their return to college. We need to gather stuff for my daughter's apartment soon, and everyone needs new clothes. Fortunately they do their own shopping, so all I have to do is pay the bills.

I intended to do lots of cleaning and remodelling this summer, but now I'm going to settle for getting new doors. Three need replacing, and we'll probably save on utilities if we give up and buy them--just hate to spend tons of money, and that's what it will cost. Oh, well; I hear you can't take it with you...

Food and Family

I had a terrific weekend. One of my sisters had a big birthday party on Sunday, and I got to spend time with lots of my favorite people. Plus, there was lots of yummy food. The carrot cake was absolutely awesome--thank goodness it's a vegetable rather than a dessert, or I would have gained a lot of weight.

On Saturday I was blessed to have lunch with another birthday girl and family members. We ate at a mexican restaurant that was beautiful and had good food. I tried some enchiladas and papas, and something else I couldn't identify. All good.

Hmmmm, I'm starting to notice a theme of food running through my good times. I wonder if that has something to do with the extra pounds I keep seeing on my bathroom scales?

Having Another Lovely Day

Hope you're having a lovely day. I am. Got very little sleep thanks to my cats, but feel pretty good this morning despite that. It's hard to get mad at the furballs since they keep me awake by cuddling and purring--although the 5-pounder (Kitty) spent much of the night laying on my chest, digging her tiny claws into my neck. THAT I could do without!

I feel so good today that I've decided to do errands and attend a Red Hat luncheon instead of cleaning the basement. I've put that off all week already, so one more day--or 2 or 3--isn't going to matter. :)
EDIT: Wahhh! I am a week early; they're going next Thursday, not today. Guess I'll clean the basement after all. :(

I took lots of pictures of our fawn yesterday but haven't uploaded them yet. If any are good, I'll post one later as a follow-up to the last post. That wasn't MY fawn, but mine is just as cute. He was chilling in the shade for several hours yesterday. At one point we had a stare-down contest; he won. Those guys sure know how to hold still, and I don't think they ever blink.

I had an adventure involving a deer on Saturday night. It convinced me that it is not my time to die...although one of the deer in the group that ran across the highway before and behind me was called to Deer Heaven by a tragic encounter with the guy driving right behind me. I drive a little Jaguar, and the first deer jumped right over the front of my car, staring at me through the windshield as he flew by. If I'd still had my minivan, we would both have been in big trouble. It always makes me sad when I see an animal killed in traffic, but this time I just felt grateful that I wasn't the one who was involved in the accident.

Well, I'm off to the laundry room. With my kids home for the summer, I never have clean towels. I have to wash some so I can get ready to go enjoy my lovely day.

Adorable Video for Animal Lovers

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I could watch this a million times.

Lovely Days

I had a lovely day yesterday. Went out to lunch with my sister. Yummy soup and sandwiches, and blueberry lemonade--the best! We got lucky, winning the "Fifteen Minutes or Free" game, so didn't have to pay for anything. And it was only a couple of minutes longer than the 15 minutes, so we didn't mind waiting for it. We had dessert later: waffle bowl sundaes. Mine had butter pecan ice cream, chocolate syrup, and bananas. What a great way to end a fun day. Oh, yeah. We also visited Kohl's so I could redeem my Bonus Cash for an adorable frog and oven mitts. Lovely, lovely day.

My husband has a 4-day weekend because of the holiday, so I'm looking forward to cleaning the basement, garage, etc. etc. as he doesn't ever take a break from noticing what needs to be done. He might even help me with some of it... :(