5+5=10

Picture this....10 years ago (10/25/98), a mommy, her 4 year old twin boys and 3 month old boy, head out to the nearby park. It is a beautiful FALL day in northern OHIO. Camera in hand, go figure, she is trigger happy. What a great photo for a CHRISTMAS card!! Snap!!

Five years later (10/25/2003), on another beautiful FALL day in northeast GEORGIA, three little boys spend their Saturday morning, playfully raking leaves!! Dad says to mom, "Take a picture like the one on the fridge from OHIO." Mom grabs the picture and her camera and heads out to the backyard. On her way down the deck stairs, she looks at the OHIO picture and realizes that it is EXACTLY to the date that the OHIO picture was snapped. She is giddy!! She has the little guys line up like they were FIVE years earlier!! Snap!!

Add FIVE years (10/25/2008) and picture an 80 degree FALL day in TEXAS and you have this minus the leaves as there are only about 15 leaves total in the yard.......SNAP!!!

Just Call Me Shutterbug!!!

I just can't help it!!! I LOVE my PURPLE CONE FLOWERS. This past weekend, I couldn't resist not capturing a little visitor that was also enjoying the PCFs!!!

The Bean

I am such a slacker.....The BEAN has grown!!! I transplanted it this weekend into a bigger pot and added a trellis to climb on. Will post that shot soon!!

My BFF Karen!!

The OTHER Kiddos!!!

I Am IT!!! I have been tagged!!!

Sara has started a mean game of tag. The rules are to list 7 interesting, bizarre, wacky facts or things about yourself. I feel 7 doesn't quite cover my corkiness but I will play by the rules....maybe.

1) I am an 80s FREAK!!! Some of you know this but I CAN'T get enough of it. The boys roll their eyes when I crank the tunes in the van. They have finally caught on to bring their IPODs with earphones along for the ride.

2) I love Diet Coke with LIME!!! Coffee, no way!! There is nothing like cracking an ice cold Diet Coke with LIME in the morning!!! AAHHH.....gulp, gulp!!!

3) I hate cats!! Sorry, cat lovers but I am allergic for one thing. And second, I have this reoccurring dream that they are biting at my hands and feet. I know this means something and I am sure someone out there has a book that can define what THAT is.

4) I am from North Dakota-dontcha know!!! And I DO NOT like the cold or the snow. I know, WHAT?!! come on!!! I guess living in GA and now TX has changed my threshold for the stuff. Yes, the snow is pretty and white. Yes, my perfect Christmas Eve dream is seeing ginormous snow flakes lightly falling to the ground, family arriving with gifts in hand, Christmas music playing in the background, kids laughing and playing (no fighting at ALL), gingerbread cookies waiting to be decorated and a feast to fill our tummies!! But I do not miss having to get the orange extension cord out and hoping that it is long enough to reach the outdoor outlet so that I can connect to the heater block so that in the morning, the car will start. And I do not miss having to bundle up still in my jammies to go out in the AM and with fingers crossed, to start the car 30 minutes before leaving, to crank the defrost and heat!!!

5) My favorite time on the weekend is NAP TIME!!! There is nothing like crawling into my bed, shades drawn, white noise playing and cuddling up!!

6) I love flowers. Any kind!! I love working the soil and reaping the rewards. It is my therapy!!

7) I have small ears!! I think they are the same size as when I was born. I don't look funny but they are small. Having long hair now, tucking my hair behind my ears is a problem. It just won't stay!!!

I will tag others tomorrow, as I need to get to bed!! Oh, and here I go not following the rules...8) I hate my alarm clock!!!!

Suz

Eileen

Karen

I'M BACK!! HAVE YOU MISSED ME?

Let's just call it slacking, book reading, taxi driving, visiting with friends, sleeping, shopping, cleaning, baseball watching (Playoffs) life these past few weeks. I have several posts to share but am waiting for the CALL from Frick and Frack that the football game is over and to come and get them. They are probably soaked to the bone since 5 minutes after dropping them off, it started to pour!! Frick called to say the game was put on hold but not called since no lightning was seen. I just hope that they found shelter under the stands at the stadium.

Smack just made me laugh!! We are watching the Sox and Rays play and he is stretched across one of the chairs, smacking on an oversized piece of Bubble Yum. He slaps his leg (CRACK!!!) and I look at him with OMG! What in the world? He looks at my puzzled and concerned face and says, "MOSQUITO!!" Where does Smack get his material??

Thanks, Scott!!

This past summer, part of our sidewalk between our neighbors, Scott and Mary, had to be replaced. The "cement guys" came and set up forms and poured the new sidewalk pad.

Frick, Frack and Smack watched as the "CG" pulled away and pointed to the freshly, smoothed cement and shook their fingers back and forth (the universal sign for WET CEMENT. DO NOT TOUCH!!) Ah...yeah RIGHT!!! Three hand prints soon were drying in the summer heat. Ten minutes later, the "CG" pulled up to check the curing pad. Out came their tools and with a couple of swipes, the three hand prints were no more.

Neighbor Scott had observed all this and made his way to the "CG" with a bag full of adult beverages. The tools were put up and a blind eye was turned as Frick, Frack and Smack repeated their "HAND-Y" work.