Day Ninety

Elijah Man wasn't feeling good today. Got a little bug and running a fever. So he stayed at my house most of the day instead of going to pre-school. We watched Scooby Doo cartoons and movies, of course. But his favorite thing is to go upstairs and play with the toys his mom used to play with when she was his age. His most favorite thing to play is ball. I pitch and he bats.

He felt okay enough to get in some good hits this afternoon. Amazingly, we haven't broken anything yet.

Day Eighty Nine

A rare weekday lunch with my two daughters--a treat for me and Neil. We ended up at Wendy's. Some drink switching and sandwich rearranging happening here. The four of us actually shared that chocolate Frosty. Now that's quality family time, my friends.

Day Eighty Eight

My mom turned 88 years old on March 26. We had a birthday party for her today. I love it that today is Day 88 in 365. Too cool! Here are her candles on the Jell-O cupcakes my sister Jane made for her (taken in the negative setting: check out http://kaykel.blogspot.com/ ) And here she is with most of her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She enjoyed her day and always hates to see us leave. Love you, Mom!!

Day Eighty Seven

My daughter Kelly came in today from Murfreesboro to visit and treated her dad and me to a coffee and cheesecake at the Dolce Cafe in the old Maddux building on the square. I forgot to bring my cell phone for picture taking and told her to take some pictures so I'd have something to post here today. She started taking some cool pictures and suddenly discovered the negative picture setting. It was like eating potato chips--once she started, she couldn't stop. When we got home, I grabbed my cell phone and we drove all over the neighborhood, snapping pictures in the negative and marvelling at how cool they look. I said, We should start a blog with these pictures. So we did. It's called Positively Negative (at least for the time being) http://kaykel.blogspot.com/ The picture here was one of the only "normal" ones I took all day, looking down Hudgens Street at Spark's Grocery store and just across the street from where the old Cookeville water tower once stood beside Capshaw School. We had the best time today taking pictures.

Day Eighty Six

The Nashville Flea Market has been my little piece of heaven once a month since 2004. I like old stuff. (Insert joke about hubby Neil here) I'm a junker and a collector. Anyone who has been to my house can attest to that. There's just something about rust and peeling paint that appeals to me. I guess I was born out of my time. Today, Neil found some beautiful plants for our yard--these blue and pink hydrangeas and some ferns. The Fiesta ware lady is always there with her colorful dishes. And see that crock sitting on top of that great pie safe? It's mine now. You can find literally anything for sale at the flea market. From vintage clothing to brand new fishing poles. And of course the proverbial tube socks. Lots of practical and plenty of weird. I highly recommend a visit to this flea market. You don't have to like old stuff. It's just fun. http://www.tennesseestatefair.org/FleaMarket.htm