Wednesday, May 30, 2012

YIPPEE......
I'm doing cartwheels.......

Paula got a few minutes to leave her little comments all over blogland........
I've missed talking to you every day, Paula.
I'm so happy you have a job and are working.....
but I'm pretty unhappy about it cutting into your blog time......
{{just sayin'}}

 
 Ok, I took the test.....why don't you try it!
Some days I have more personality than others.....
and to quote "Sassy"........
"I have no personality without caffeine"!
Yes, it's the truth!! 




Your personality type: "Engaged Idealist"

Popular and sensitive, with outstanding people skills. Externally focused, with real concern for how others think and feel. Usually dislike being alone. They see everything from the human angle and dislike impersonal analysis. Very effective at managing people issues and leading group discussions. Interested in serving others and probably place the needs of others over their own needs.
Careers that could fit you include:
Teachers, consultants, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, clergy, sales representatives, human resources, managers, events coordinators, politicians, diplomats, writers, actors, designers, homemakers, musicians, religious 


Renowned persons with similar personality types:

  • Barack Obama, American president
  • Ben Affleck, actor
  • Ben Stiller, actor and comedian
  • Martin Luther King Jr., minister and civil rights activist
  • François Mitterrand, French president
  • Johnny Depp, actor
  • Matthew McConaughey, actor
  • Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of Soviet Union
  • Petros "Pete" Sampras, tennis champion
  • Tommy Lee Jones, actor

Tuesday, May 29, 2012


I have a friend, 
her name is "Sassy", 
well, actually, her name is Kayola~
but I call her "Sassy".

Today she had a partial knee replacement.
I got a text from her family tonight, 
her surgery was successful, 
she was in recovery, 
and she'll soon be on the mend!



Before long~she'll be sportin' a cute walker
and she'll be up and around before we know it!


Leave her a message on my comments~
I'm going to copy them onto a 
GET WELL card  ~ and give it to her. 
Leave a note, whether you know her or not~
it will warm her ♥!

 
 
It's just a number!! 
 
How old would you be
if you didn't know how old you were? 

Monday, May 28, 2012

Today the weather was HOT with a side of HOT
{{i guess}}
I didn't go out much
Sweetiepie and I sat in our recliners in front of our fans and watched Pawn Stars Marathon
(Chumley is my fav~cuz he's such a dork)
I had a no guilt, no regret, CHILL kind of day! 
But, back to reality in the am!! 

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Here's to JUNE!!
There's a lot of
 SWEETNESS
around here today.
I made this yummy cake.....it's a keeper. 
Thanks to my BFF, Marla for the yummy recipe. 

 

Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake 

Mix these ingredients together and set aside.
3 cups flour
3tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp soda
3/4 tsp salt

beat together 1 cup butter with 1 cup sugar until creamy.
beat in 3 eggs one at a time until fluffy.  then add dry ingredients and
and 1 cup sour cream, 2 tsp mexican vanilla and beat well.

add 2 to 4 tbs water.  batter should be thick but not like cookie dough.

spray bundt pan, pour 1/3 of batter then 1/2 filling, pour another 1/3  and the last
half of filling, then the remaining batter.  bake at 350* for approx. 1 hour, my
oven takes about 45 min.

filling: 1 cup choc. chips and 1/2 cup brown sugar

glaze;  3 tbs butter  1 tbs flour and beat together.  add 3 tbs warm water,
1 tsp mexican vanilla, 1 3/4 cups powder sugar.  beat together and pour
over cake after cooling about 15 min. (still warm).  i cover the whole cake
with the glaze.

And if this cake was not sweet enough....
we have this guy hanging around here
spreading SWEETNESS everywhere he goes!!


Saturday, May 26, 2012


Today was a special day
and at noon I was busy making something......



for this young man.....
TOBYN
↓ 
   He was baptized today
We are so proud of him~he is an awesome kid!!  
 

I made this for Tobyn's room
he has some big milestones yet to accomplish in his life
Sure hope this can remind him to
CHOOSE THE RIGHT


Aunt Bev loves you, Tobyn!! 
Thanks for letting us share in your special day! 

Friday, May 25, 2012

The BFF's and I had lunch today at CRACKERS.....
then on to Sassy's for dessert.......
Holy YUMMY!!  
I've had a most unusual week. 
Jane (one of the Dr.s I work for) is at
Maraval Spa for the week........
so when one doc. is gone......
I try to leave early. 
So, I left the office at 2:00 every day this week.......
and I took today off.......
now that's UNUSUAL!!! 
Here's to having Friday, Sat., Sun., and Mon. off!!  

Thursday, May 24, 2012

 LOOK!!!
I found something new at Sam's Club
Olive Garden Italian Dressing
I've been known to go to Olive Garden and buy salad dressing........
I love it!! 
Now if they'd just put that yummy salad in a bag and sell it~
I would be one happy girl!
It's sad when you get excited about salad dressing.....
Maybe I need to get out more! 

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

We all know that I am technologically challenged! 
I just learned to text a year or so ago~
I don't want an IPhone or Droid....
I wouldn't know how to use them
You all saw how just making changes in blogger just about pushed me over the edge!
I've had to adjust to the changes in Facebook and 
now I notice they're making changes in Pinterest.......
Heck, if it's not broke.....don't change it!!! 
I have a hard time adjusting!!! 

Tuesday, May 22, 2012


Our baby girl is due June 12
We can hardly wait.  
FINALLY~
a girl!!
 


PINK IS MY FAVORITE COLOR LATELY~
 
Little girls dance their way into your heart,
Whirling on the tips of angel wings,
Scattering gold dust and kisses in our paths 




Monday, May 21, 2012



They say you must stand for something
or you'll stand for nothing......
 
Where do you stand on the election?
 
Where do you stand in your relationship?
 
Can you stand alone~if it means standing up for what you believe?
 
Do you ever "stand all amazed"?
 
 



Sunday, May 20, 2012


2 things I can not live without........

MY FAMILY!!


AND

MY FRIENDS






many more family and friends.......not pictured~
just don't want to EVER try to live without them!! 

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Home is my FAVORITE place to be......
no matter what! 
I'm not a good traveler,  I need my own bed, my own chair, my own things, my own HOME, simple as it is.


I want those who visit to feel at home. 
Put your feet up, visit, stay awhile.  
 I wish my home could look like this 


 I'm not gonna lie~
but I'm thankful for my home
and for all those who enter inside!!  

Friday, May 18, 2012

 Click on the link for 
George Strait trivia.........
Kay, this is for you, as promised!

Happy Birthday........
you're the man!!  


We're preparing for baby shower #2
so, I've been busy making pinwheels and brown pom poms!
This shower is for a great grand baby~
Buffy is his Momma
her colors are navy blue, blue and brown



So the house is going from teal and pink for
baby girl Maisy

to 
blue and brown for baby boy
???????????



We are party animals!



My snack food is pretty dang dreadful...........
but..........
the good thing is............

this one has no calories............

and the above snack has 0 net carbs!!!
Woo Hoo!!
ps.....I'd much rather have Diane's graham crackers....but I have to weigh next week.......so I'd better not!

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

This is my newest read~
I love her blog, I love her story, I love her attitude~
I love her!! 
Actually I'm hoping some of her positive attitude 
rubs off on me!! 

Tuesday, May 15, 2012




I love Pinterest
love, love, love it....
Don't know what I did for entertainment
before I discovered it......
life would be boring without it!
Here's a few of my fav LOVE pictures from 
Pinterest~


but, my favorite way to end each day 
is a text from my grandson Rylle.....

Rylle:  Goodnight
Me:  Night, night, love you! 
Rylle:  Love you too! 

Does it get any better than that?

Monday, May 14, 2012






We don't have a blade of grass on our property~and I really do miss that, but Sweetiepie said he planned it that way. 
When we moved to this house
he gave away the mower and weed eater
and he says he doesn't miss doing yard work
one single bit!!  

But I would love to have a beautiful yard.  
I'm so jealous of Diane and Emily's nice yards, 
full of green GRASS!!









In my dreams, this is where I would like to relax 
in the cool green GRASSBut, I promise you
this has to be some place other than
Mesa, AZ.   

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Speaking of crap: 

In the nursery today I was talking to one of the other leaders about the Mother's Day gifts I put together for the Mom's of the sweet nursery kids.  I said, "the sick part about this is, it's all CRAP I already had".  Just then, one little boy, named Owen said to the other leader, "she said a bad word".  I apologized and now I need to repent!!! 
Womenhood
 Mothers Who Know Who They Are...

President Julie B. Beck on motherhood:

“The responsibility mothers have today has never required more vigilance. More than at any time in the history of the world, we need mothers who know. Children are being born into a world where they “wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places”

"However, mothers need not fear. When mothers know who they are and who God is and have made covenants with Him, they will have great power and influence for good on their children.” 
Julie B. Beck, “Mothers Who Know,” Ensign, Nov 2007, 76–78

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY~

Saturday, May 12, 2012

You know what makes me HAPPY..............



Among other things....but this is right up at the top of the list!