Day One Hundred Sixty One

I'm not an environmentalist nor a tree hugger, but I do my "green" part by recycling everything I can. Recently, I've started collecting these reusable shopping bags whenever I shop at Wal-Mart. I've got maybe eight or nine now. The trick is to return them to the trunk or backseat of your car after you empty them at home. And then the other trick is to remember to take them into Wal-Mart with you when you shop there. I'm pretty good at it now. I think those plastic shopping bags should be banned from the face of the earth. These are cheap and sturdy and if the check out person packs them right, they hold a lot of groceries. These bags are available now in most grocery stores and places like Big K Mart and Sams. So I say Why not?

Day One Hundred Sixty

Hooked up the sprinkler under the trampoline this morning
so Shelby and Elijah could jump and splash. Nice hot day for
this activity.

We visited my mom at her place and ventured outside for
a while. The kids (that includes sister Ann!) love to throw
rocks in the pond and make wreaths out of the branches from
the willow trees that grow by the water. Grand daughter
Shelby looks like a child of the Sixties.

Sister Jane and grand son Elijah relax on the front porch.
Sipping icy drinks sure does take the edge off the heat!
It's always fun hanging out with my family! Love you guys!

Day One Hundred Fifty Nine

Neil and I are beginning the prep on our house for new siding and windows. We've lived here since February 28, 1983 and over the decades have done a lot of fixing up, but never anything this big. Right now, we have to clean and paint all the woodwork and that requires some elbow grease. Neil has been scraping paint off the porch ceilings the last several days. I remember when we used to think stuff like this was fun. Let the making of the mess begin!

Day One Hundred Fifty Eight

I love my grand kids. That's why I post so many pictures of them, in case you haven't noticed. Here they are today after lunch at El Tapatio, mugging for my daughter Kelly's camera. (By the way, thanks for sending me this picture, Kelly! I didn't take any pictures today.) Elijah has taken to wearing these goggles everywhere. He wore them to church this morning, took them off during the worship service, then put them back on again on the way out. These two always make me smile!

Day One Hundred Fifty Seven

June 6, 1944. D-Day. The Battle of Normandy. U.S., British, and Canadian troops invaded German occupied France. 10,000 killed or wounded. This was the beginning of the end for Hitler's bid to rule the world. Thank God for all those brave young men who stormed those beaches. A lot of them never made it off those boats. Some of them lived to tell the tale. All of them bravely fought in our place so we can be free. God bless everyone in the military. God Bless America!