'Just Joey'

This afternoon I took Connor and Cooper for
the afternoon to see my mom, which is staying
at my sisters.I took these pictures in one
of the new sub-divisions out by my sisters
on the way home.. Aren't they beautiful???



In the flower bed picture above, 'Nearly Wild' roses are planted to form a low growing hedge against a curved short wall.

This wonderful little floribunda offers the delicate beauty of single blooms on a compact rose bush that's easy to tuck into any garden.


The apricot-pink 'Just Joey' rose is featured in the flower bed picture above. They are hybrid tea roses that repeat bloom all season. The roses are edged with dwarf boxwood that were just planted.

I hope the pictures of flower beds have given you some great ideas for your own garden.

Summer Camp In Meridian

For years and years we have always had summer camp
at my oldest sisters right outside of Meridian.
My younger sister lives in Peachtree City Georgia.
So, every year in July everyone comes to Raley Camp.
A fun filled week of being together, swimming,
crafts, eating and just all being together. My
niece brings her boys from Jackson Tenn. My other
niece lives close to her mom.We have been doing this
for the last 13 years. Now it is grandchildren and
great grandchildren.There will be about 23 of us.
These are pictures from last year.
Have A Great Day!!

Congratulations On A Great Year Connor

Wednesday is Connor's Kindergarten Program. I know
how sad it will be. Oh this year has passed by so
fast.It is hard to believe that Connor will be
going to the first grade. I just would like to
share this sweet little boy with you...

A Plan That Changed

Change is part of life

Despite our best efforts, plans change. Sometimes everything works out for the better. Sometimes regret a missed opportunity. Sometimes you decide to make the change and sometimes you have no choice.

Write about a plan in your life that changed and how
it turned out.

For me it was ending a 12 year marriage.There
has been times that I feel I made the worst
mistake of my life.
Times have been very hard for me adjusting
to being on my own. I was married 21 years
to my boys father,divorced and remarried a
guy that I thought I would grow old with,
would take care of me when I was sick,
enjoy spending time with just me.But I was
so so wrong..I guess those are just fairy tales,
because the guy I fell in love with totally had
a different outlook on life.I just wish I could
have read between the lines.

Today, as I share a plan that changed for me
has changed me forever.

Please continue to pray for me. I know that God
has made each and everyone of you a part of my
life for a reason..

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!

 

Guess What My Gift Was???

Once again Pink Saturday is here. I have
waited a whole week to show what my sweet
daughter-in-law and son gave me for Mother's
Day..I looked at this chair at Moonbeam
Vintage a new little shop that a friend told
me about. Kelli and I went.I had a fit over
this chair.The lady that owns the shop,her
daughter does all the painting.
Thank you again Kelli for taking your time
to go back and get this beautiful chair.

Beverly from over at How Sweet The Sound is
the host for this fun filled event. It just
continues to have more and more pink lovers.
Enjoy all the beautiful posts, make lots of
new friends and please come back again
Have A Great Saturday!!

You Gotta Love Those Little Boys!

Two young boys walked into a pharmacy one day, picked out a box of tampons and proceeded to the checkout counter.

The man at the counter asked the older boy, "Son, how old are you?"

"Eight," the boy replied.

The man continued, "Do you know what these are used for?"


The boy replied, "Not exactly, but they aren't for me. They're for him. He's my brother. He's four. We saw on TV that if you use these, you would be able to swim, play tennis and ride a bike. Right now, he can't do none of those."

SIMPLE TOUCHES OF THE COLOR BLUE..

Welcome to Blue Monday.Sally over at SMILING SALLY
IS THE GREAT HOST FOR THIS FUN FILLED MONDAY
A time for meeting lots ofnew friends.Seeing
what's happening on their blogs with the color BLUE.
Thanks for visiting today.Hope you saw
something that will make you want to come
back..SALLY I AM SO SORRY FOR DOING THAT..

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!

A little ribbon added to dress up your napkins.
Very easy and inexpensive..




This a simple candle holder from the Dollar Store
with a little blue added.Turned out really cute.

Mother's Day 2009 is on May 10, Sunday

TO EACH HEART THAT WILL BE FILLED WITH LOVE,
JOY AND PEACE. SOME WILL BE WITH YOUR
CHILDREN SOME WILL NOT. FOR THOSE OF YOU
THAT HAVE CHILDREN IN THE WAR ZONE MY
HEART GOES OUT TO YOU.I HOPE YOU WILL
BE SURROUNDED BY THE ONES THAT MATTER THE
MOST...
HAVE A GREAT SATURDAY..
I CAN'T SEND ALL MY BLOGGING FRIENDS
FLOWERS. BUT PLEASE SMELL THESE BEAUTIFUL
ONES I HAVE FOR EACH OF YOU..



Memorable ways to celebrate Mother's Day

It is often said that it's difficult to measure the immense love a mother has for her children. Until a woman becomes a mother herself, it's challenging to convey just how the heart expands in order to comfort and love the child that she helped create.


Grandmothers are mothers who are grand,
Restoring the sense that our most precious things
Are those that do not change much over time.
No love of childhood is more sublime,
Demanding little, giving on demand,
More inclined than most to grant the wings
On which we fly off to enchanted lands.
Though grandmothers must serve as second mothers,
Helping out with young and restless hearts,
Each has all the patience wisdom brings,
Remembering our passions more than others,
Soothing us with old and well-honed arts.


Grandma on the Plane
For two solid hours, the lady sitting next to a man on an airplane had told him about her grandchildren. She had even produced a plastic-foldout photo album of all nine of the children.

She finally realized that she had dominated the entire conversation on her grandchildren.

"Oh, I've done all the talking, and I'm so sorry. I know you certainly have something to say. Please, tell me... what do you think of my grandchildren?"


My Teacher is Thankful
Son: “Mom, teacher was asking me today, if I have any brothers or sisters who will be coming to school.”
Mom: “That’s nice of her to take such an interest in you. So what did she say when you told her that you’re the only child, my dear?”
Son: “She just said…“Thank goodness!”

A Must Try Roasted New Potato Salad

The first time I had this roasted potato salad
my daughter-in-law made it for a family cook
out. It is the best potato salad that I have
ever eaten. I only thought mine was good.
Worth fixing.I could have eat the whole bowl.
Hope you enjoy!!!


INGREDIENTS

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 pounds small red potatoes, diced
1/2 medium-size sweet onion, chopped
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
8 to 10 cooked crisp bacon slices, crumbled
1 bunch green onions, chopped
3/4 cup prepared Ranch dressing
Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Place oil in a 15- x 10-inch jellyroll pan; add potatoes and the next 4 ingredients, tossing to coat. Arrange potato mixture in a single layer.

Bake at 425° for 30 to 35 minutes or until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally. Transfer to a large bowl.

Toss together potatoes, bacon, green onions, and dressing. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately or cover and chill until ready to serve

Easy Cheesy Corn Bake

INGREDIENTS:

4 ounces PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
3/4 cup milk
3 eggs, beaten
1 (15.5 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
1 (15 ounce) can cream-style corn
1 (8.5 ounce) package corn muffin mix
1 cup KRAFT Shredded Cheddar Cheese

COOKING DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Whisk cream cheese and milk until smooth. Stir in remaining ingredients until well blended.
Pour into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
Bake 34 to 36 min. or until golden brown.
Yield: 12 servings


Looking for something to serve at your next brunch? This Easy Cheesy Corn Bake makes enough for 12 servings!

Jazz It Up

Prepare as directed, adding 1/4 cup each finely chopped red pepper and green onions to the batter before spooning into baking dish.

Mexican Fiesta Biscuit Bake

INGREDIENTS

2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1 (16.3 ounce) can Pillsbury(R) Grands!(R) Refrigerated Buttermilk Biscuits
1 (10.2 ounce) can Pillsbury(R) Grands!(R) Refrigerated Buttermilk Biscuits
1 (16 ounce) jar Old El Paso(R) Thick 'n Chunky Salsa
3 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup sliced green onions
1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced ripe olives, drained
1 cup Old El Paso(R) Thick 'n Chunky Salsa (optional)
ADDED GROUND CHUCK TO MINE TO MAKE IT MEATY.
EASY AND MOUTH WATERING
LET ME KNOW IF YOU TRY THIS RECIPE..

COOKING DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Melt margarine in oven in 13x9-inch
3-quart) glass baking dish or non-aluminum baking pan. Tilt to evenly coat dish.

2. Separate dough into 13 biscuits; cut each biscuit into eighths. Place biscuit pieces in large bowl; toss with 1 3/4 cups salsa. Spoon evenly into margarine-coated dish. Sprinkle with cheese, bell pepper, onions and olives.

3. Bake at 375 degrees F for 35 to 45 minutes or until edges are deep golden brown and center is set. Let stand 15 minutes. Cut into squares; serve with additional 1 cup salsa

GOOD FACTS TO KNOW:

1. Budweiser beer conditions the hair

2. Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish

3. Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes

4. Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, it will also condition your hair

5. Elmer's Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads if any

6. Shiny Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea

7. Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water

8. Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste

9. Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!

10. Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in, kill insect stings too

11 Bee stings - meat tenderizer

12. Chigger bite - Preparation H

13. Puffy eyes - Preparation H

14. Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals)

15. Stinky feet - Jello!

16. Athletes feet - cornstarch

17. Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub

18. Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet. (Wow, and we drink this stuff)


19. Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also Kool Aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint, your kids will love it and it won't hurt them if they eat it!

20. Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a coffee filter paper

21. Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray

22. Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your garage for your hubby

23. Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls

24. When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on

25. Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar!

26. Body paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice!

27 Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak 28. Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia , soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years!

29. A Slinky will hold toast and CD's!

30. To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste

31. Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.

32. To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel.

33. Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with Peanut butter!

34.. Baked on food - fill container with water, get a Bounce paper softener and the static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. Soak overnight. Also; you can use 2 Efferdent tablets , soak overnight!

35. Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it!

36. Dirty grout - Listerine

37. Stains on clothes - Colgate toothpaste

38. Grass stains - Karo Syrup

39. Grease Stains - Coca Cola , it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from car batteries!

40. Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax- sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. Maybe this will work if you get them back again..

41. To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer Add a little Clorox , or 2 Bayer aspirin , or just use 7-up instead of water.

42. When you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which is the freshest, so you 'squeeze' for freshness or softness? Did you know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week? Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a different color twist tie.

They are:

Monday = Blue

Tuesday = Green

Thursday = Red

Friday = White

Saturday = Yellow.

So if today was Thursday, you would want a red twist tie; not white which is Fridays (almost a week old)! The colors go alphabetically by color Blue- Green - Red - White - Yellow, Monday through Saturday. Very easy to remember. I thought this was interesting. I looked in the grocery store and the bread wrappers DO have different twist ties, and even the ones with the plastic clips have different colors. You learn something new every day!
Enjoy fresh bread when you buy bread with the right color on the day you are shopping.



Don't forget Gatorade for Migraine Headaches. PowerAde won't work

Three Ladies in a Sauna

This is priceless..I needed this for this horrible
day that I have had.

I hope you enjoy to..


THREE WOMEN, TWO YOUNGER, AND ONE SENIOR CITIZEN, WERE
> SITTING NAKED IN A
> SAUNA.
> SUDDENLY THERE WAS A BEEPING SOUND. THE YOUNG WOMAN PRESSED
> HER FOREARM AND THE
> BEEP STOPPED.
>
> THE OTHERS LOOKED AT HER QUESTIONINGLY. 'THAT WAS MY
> PAGER,' SHE SAID. I HAVE A
> MICROCHIP UNDER THE SKIN OF MY ARM.
>
> A FEW MINUTES LATER, A PHONE RANG. THE SECOND YOUNG WOMAN
> LIFTED HER PALM TO
> HER EAR.
>
> WHEN SHE FINISHED, SHE EXPLAINED, 'THAT WAS MY MOBILE
> PHONE. I HAVE A MICROCHIP
> IN MY HAND.'
>
>
> THE OLDER WOMAN FELT VERY LOW -TECH. NOT TO BE OUT DONE,
> SHE DECIDED SHE HAD TO
> DO SOMETHING JUST AS IMPRESSIVE. SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE
> SAUNA AND WENT TO THE
> BATHROOM..
> SHE RETURNED WITH A PIECE OF TOILET PAPER HANGING FROM HER
> REAR END.
>
> THE OTHERS RAISED THEIR EYEBROWS AND STARED AT HER.
>
> THE OLDER WOMAN FINALLY SAID...........WELL, WILL YOU LOOK
> AT THAT....I'M GETTING A FAX!!
>
> When you stop laughing, send this to those who will
> appreciate it. Gotta love us old gals!!!!

Dishwashing Gloves

www.thisnext.com This is the site..If you would like
to visit the web site..

Oh me it is already another fun filled Saturday.
Thanks to Beverly How Sweet The Sound. Today for
my pink post, I want to share these cute, cute
kitchen gloves and apron. I know alot of you
can make these gloves,for me I would rather
purchase a pair than try to figure out how
to make them. This apron for all the apron
lovers is just precious. A friend of mine
had a pair of these gloves. Perfect for a
Mother's Day gift. I will be out of town today.
But I will see everybody's post Sunday.
Have a great day. Make lots and lots of new
friends.