Day Two Hundred Ninety Four 2013

Nothing worse than having to return to school after a two week break, unless it’s your teacher telling you it will be an easy day but it really isn’t because you have to do all this work, work, work. Not to mention all the homework [math!] you have to do when you finally get home. Grandson Elijah’s day certainly felt like a Monday and then some. Tomorrow is another day and hopefully a more tolerable one.

Day Two Hundred Thirty One 2013

Enjoying a Thai food lunch at Ocha ~ hubby Neil, niece Sarah, daughter Holly, grandson Knox, and daughter Kelly

Knox hijacked Granny’s strawberries and cream drink at Starbucks. He likes the whipped cream.

We had fun hanging out with Sarah at Starbucks this afternoon. She’s loving some freedom after high school and before her college classes begin next week.

The kids love playing on the trampoline ~ even daughter Holly, who might be the biggest kid of all.

Knox thought this was the best fun ever.

Beautiful afternoon

Happy face

Monkeys on a trampoline, having fun and being eaten alive by skeeters

Granddaughter Shelby making bubbles which makes a Monday even more fun ~ hope yours was, too.

Day Two Hundred Ten 2013

Miscellaneous Monday

Lunch in the gazebo at Dogwood Park with my honey/hubby Neil ~ those cool breezes felt like fall ~ noisy there today ~ they were cutting down a huge dead tree by the picnic tables near the stage

Down my street ~ the weather today was perfection

Seedless black grapes ~ yummy but kind of dry ~ thinking about using them in some chicken salad with some apples

My Geraniums have had a tough time blooming this summer ~ they like heat and sun ~ a rare commodity this July ~ very unusual

Creepy crawly on my backyard garden flag [garden?]

Sunset in the Kroger parking lot ~ Neil was pumping gas into my grannymobile  [dirty windshield ~ must get car wash]  Neil was aggravated at the guy in the car next to us because the guy’s wife/girlfriend/whatever was out there pumping the gas while he waited in the driver’s seat ~ I thanked him for pumping gas into the car I drive every day ~ and  for still being so chivalrous [he still opens my car door for me almost all the time] Monday wasn’t so bad, was it?

There are no miracles on Mondays.
~Amy Neftzger

[I say it depends on your definition of miracle ~ just saying]

Day Ninety One 2013

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” - Confucius

The weather on Monday sure made up for the weather on Sunday. Even though the wind was cool, the sun was warm and the sky was blue. A perfect day for a walk. Or in the case of grandson Knox, a run.

He found a nice place to plop down and hang out and commune with nature.

What a glorious day! Give God the glory.


Picking flowers in the back yard

And doing a little spring cleaning. He LOVES brooms.

Granny’s violet. Thank you, Knox.

Knox was happy when his cousin Elijah got home from school.

Grandson Elijah is an award-winning guy. I’m so proud of him.

Grand daughter Shelby and her mom stopped at the store after school and bought a big blue ball for Knox to play with. I think Shelby got the biggest kick out of it.

We enjoyed a great supper at Cracker Barrel to close out our afternoon together. Waiting for food can be fun when you’ve got electronics to keep you busy. Good times. Good Monday.

Day Eighty Four 2013

SNOW DAY

Ah, Spring! Who’d have thought March 25th would be a snow day? Talk about March madness. Students and teachers in our neck of middle Tennessee woke up and rejoiced and then went back to sleep.

I was going to make a new recipe this morning for the Crockpot that called for mild chopped green chilies. I had the chopped green chilies, but the operative word here was ‘mild’. Alas, mine were hot. Just wouldn’t do. So off I go to Wal-Mart for the proper ingredient. First, had to scrape the snow off the car. Looks like we got an inch or more.

It’s spring time in Wal-Mart (or maybe more like summer time). Guess Mother Nature didn’t get the memo.

It couldn’t have been a bleaker day, but I do like the snow flurries. It flurried here all day long. May get another inch or two tonight and tomorrow.

The new recipe  is White Chicken Chili ~ thus the need for chopped green chilies [mild]. I’m not a great cook, but I do know how to create a great mess when trying some new recipe.

Looked good. Smelled good while it cooked all day long.

I used the last of the bird seed to fill up one of the feeders this morning. And I always put out peanut butter when it’s this cold. The birdies love that stuff.

Even the doves didn’t want to be walking around on the cold ground today. They’re always welcome on the feeders …

… if they can manage to hang on and eat at the same time.

Grandpeeps Elijah and Shelby came to stay with me around lunch time today. Since our fave Thai food place is closed for the next six weeks, we had lunch with the Colonel. I wish I knew what Elijah was saying to Shelby … that’s what happens when you’re too busy taking the picture … you miss stuff.

Meat and potatoes kind of guy.

And girl. Love those KFC taters.

We hit Ralph’s Donut Shop after porking out on chicken and brought home a dozen to be savored later at snack time. With cold milk, of course. We didn't eat them all ~ just in case you're wondering.

The White Chicken Chili turned out great. A hearty meal on a cold windy snowy spring day. Especially with a dollop or two or three of sour cream. Fritos, too, which are always good anytime anywhere.

Seems like it was a day for chicken in various forms. Since we were out of bird seed, Neil and I went to Tractor Supply after supper to pick up some seed [the birds still need to be fed until the bugs start to hatch] and they had baby chicks for sale. [Easter is on its way.] They’re such cute fuzzy little peeps. You just want to hold them and squeeze them and love them.

And they had Easter bunnies, too.

And Easter ducks. Quack! Hope they all end up in good homes.
Happy Monday, y’all!

Day Thirty Five 2013

Monday Monday With Peeps

Grandson Knox eating carrots for lunch at Ocha Thai food deli today.

Grand daughter Shelby wearing the vintage middle school Raiders jersey she bought from one of her teachers who collects them and offers them for sale.

Gratuitous awesome sky picture

Grandpeeps Elijah, Shelby and Knox enjoyed frozen treats at Cream City Ice Cream and Coffee Shop this afternoon after school. And Knox enjoyed running in circles around that table behind them while his cousins chased him.

Aunt Holly took them all for a walk after she got off work, and they ended up bouncing around on the trampoline. They’ve got so much energy; they don’t even feel the cold. Or much care if they do.

Knox thinks lying on the trampoline is fun, too.

Cheeks and nose are frozen. Time to go inside. He loves playing with his cousins anytime, anywhere.  Happy Monday!