Day Fifty Four 2013

Saturday  Saturday Ever Lovin Saturday!

Neil and I began a busy Saturday this morning watching grandson Elijah’s last Vision Basketball game of the season.

Lots of action from one end of the court to the other. Elijah scored several points. His blue team lost to the orange team by 4 points.

We’ve loved watching him play basketball each Saturday for the past two months because the game is action packed and he has enjoyed playing it so much. Great job, Elijah and team blue! We’re proud of you!

After the game, Neil and I headed to the Nashville Flea Market. We usually avoid the Saturday market because it’s wall to wall people. This bell jar stuffed with grapes caught my eye. It was kind of pretty and a little strange. But that’s what the flea market is all about.

Hints of spring all around. Metal sunflower garden ornaments were sprouting at this vendor’s stall. Sunflowers are happy things~~real or otherwise~~and always make me smile.

A basket of colorful bowling balls and pins. They looked plastic, but were the real deal.

This one’s for Sarah.

R is for …

This lady was begging me to take her picture. She just didn’t know it. Shame on me. But her hat was killing me. I followed her around for a while. She fit right in here.

This was something from a bygone era offered in a comic vendor’s stall. Check out that price tag.

Every time I see bunnies, I think of my sister Ann.

It’s a little early for Halloween, but there ya go.

I have no idea what these things are or what they’re for but they kind of creep me out.

Guess what movie this horse head (lamp) made me think of. I wonder if anybody made this vendor an offer he couldn’t refuse. (That was a hint)

I go to pieces, sang Peter and Gordon. Remember them? And Patsy Cline sang I fall to pieces. I wonder what happened to this poor doll. Maybe she was loved to pieces.

I really wanted to buy this.

Such good advice.

After the flea market, Neil and I were headed to daughter Kelly’s, but when we called, she and Knox were going down for a much needed nap. So we detoured into the Super Target in Smyrna and enjoyed a skinny vanilla latte while we rested our tired feet. Then we browsed Target. What a cool store. Wish we had one here.

Hi. I’m Knox. I just woke up from a two+ hour nap.

Grandpa and Granny brought him a SnugAMonkey from Target. It’s soft and cuddly and plays soft bedtime sounds and music. He loved it. And the box it came in. He calls Neil ‘Pa’. He hasn’t learned how to say Granny yet, although he does pronounce it something like ‘Ninny’ which is what I called my maternal grandmother.

We hit ‘Toots’ for supper and enjoyed their yummy boneless chicken fingers and gigantic onion rings. We used to have a ‘Toots’, but not any more, so it’s a treat to eat here when we visit Kelly.

The monkey enjoyed it, too.

Bath time! Splash time!

Dancing in my new jammies time!

This picture cracks me up. It was not posed and totally accidental~~grandson Knox and his daddy Kerry playing with blue balls. They even have the same facial expression. How cute is that. So we began and ended our ever lovin Saturday with balls. More fun than human beings should be allowed to have, especially in one day. It’s always an awesome day when I get to spend it with my peeps!

Day Fifty Three 2013

TGIF Randomness

Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming.  ~Tom Hiddleston

Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Actually, I was cooking up some rice to go with a slow cooker meal for supper tonight.

Because where else would you be?

This might look like eye of newt and toe of frog, but it’s really sweet and sour chicken with broccoli over that rice I was just telling you about. Sure beats wool of bat and tongue of dog.

A little Facetime after supper with grandson Knox and daughter Kelly. Here, Knox was watching his fave PBS show ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’ (based on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood). It’s such a sweet show. He was about two inches from the TV screen.  He loves to dance to the music.
Happy TGIF, everyone! Hope you got to dance, too, maybe when nobody was looking.

Day Fifty Two 2013

Popped into Hobby Lobby right after lunch today with the urge to browse, which I never seem to do there. Seems I’m usually in there on a quest for something specific like a picture frame or a piece for a project I’m working on. They offer such cool and interesting stuff~~like this bold eye candy sofa and stools which I’d probably never have the guts to buy. It caught my eye (whimsical things usually do)  so I took it home with me in a picture. I also appreciate Hobby Lobby’s strong Christian based ideals and the things they offer in their store that feed the soul as well as the mind. No, this is not a paid advertisement. I’m just sayin’.

Day Fifty One 2013

Randomness. again.

Afternoon out my front door

Two of my favorite things~stained glass and a book of quotes.

I tried a new slow cooker recipe for supper~sausage and black bean soup.  It was yummy.

Always do whatever’s next.
~George Carlin  
[random quote for the middle of the week]

Day Fifty 2013

Randomness

Taking the back road home

I love a sunny blue sky day

Windy today, like March, only it’s not. Yet.

Grandson ‘Gangsta’ Elijah after school (he said he was wearing his hat like a gangsta, so he gave me a gangsta face and some gangsta moves)

Juicy navel orange slices ended up in a fruit salad for supper tonight. Good stuff.
Hope there was some good stuff in your Tuesday. Especially the random kind.

Day Forty Nine 2013

On the road to Chattanooga

where we rarely travel

the East Tennessee landscape is undeniably beautiful

even in the dead of winter

At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.  
~Toni Morrison

I haven’t reached that point in life just yet.

Day Forty Eight 2013

Sunday afternoon snack. Peanut butter tastes just as good upside down as right side up.

Day Forty Seven 2013

SATURDAY PEEPS, BASKETBALL, AND SNOW

Grandson Elijah played double header Vision Basketball this afternoon.

Grandson Knox and his mom Kelly made a special trip to see Elijah’s games. This was the first basketball game Knox had ever seen. He kept pointing and saying, “Ball!” He wanted to get out there on the court and play, too.

Elijah jumps for that ball. Thanks for the pic, Kelly!

Elijah in the fray. His team lost (badly) to the first team they played but won their second game by two points.

Knox finally got his chance to play on the court after the game. We were afraid he was going to get beaned by an out of control basketball. He didn’t.

Granddaughter Shelby comes to all her brother’s games (well, no choice there, really) but she patiently watches and roots for his team to win.

Today was a cold windy raw day. We got bursts of snow flurries (mini blizzards) throughout the afternoon. Neighbor kitty Lily, her fur dotted with snowflakes, was at our door, hoping to come inside.

Snow on the roof

Elijah Man = Cool Dude!

Trying to get the grand peeps all in one spot to snap a group shot is like herding cats but it can be done.

Knox and Shelby checking out fun stuff on Shelby’s mini iPad.

The sun finally came shining through on its way down. The snow left and so did my peeps. Sometimes, the briefest moments together are the most fun and the best remembered.
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Heartfelt sympathy to my brother in law Don Foy and family in the loss of his mother today. Words cannot even begin to express our sorrow. May the love of those around you help you through the days ahead. You all are in our prayers.

Day Forty Six 2013

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give. 
~Eleanor Roosevelt

Happy TGIF, everyone!

Day Forty Five 2013

Count your blessings and know that God loves you.

Day Forty Four 2013

I cooked.

Neil cleaned.

Ecclesiastes 4:9  (New International Version)
“Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their work”

Day Forty Three 2013

People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
~Anton Chekhov
The winter sun made the sky look like it had a big hole in it today.

Day Forty Two 2013

Hubby Neil loves radio controlled airplanes. Building, flying, crashing (well, he doesn’t love that part) and repairing them. He claims it’s a hobby. I believe it’s an obsession. Why else would there be one sitting in a room upstairs, in various stages of construction. It’s winter. Too cold to be building a plane outside. Truth be told, his man cave, also known as his airplane hanger, is already full and is too small to turn around in anymore, much less build an RC plane with a wingspan of about six feet. I only hope he can get the thing back down the stairs and out the door when he’s finally finished with it.

Day Forty One 2013

IT’S ZOMBIE TIME AGAIN!

Sometimes it’s a blood-and-gore fest (or feast). Sometimes it’s a who’s-your-daddy soap opera. But it’s always about human survival against overwhelming odds, with characters you come to love and root for and fear for through every story every week. If you find yourself compelled to watch, here’s one tidbit of advice: don’t get too attached to anybody in this story. Everyone is expendable.  (Sunday nights~8PM central time~AMC)