Harvest Time!!

My Pineapple is ALMOST ready to be 'harvested' (if that is what you call it!!!) :) I am so excited! B can't wait to eat it!!! I hope it is yummy!

For those of you who do not know, a friend of mine gave me a top to a pineapple that was "in" her wedding. She had a Hawaiian themed wedding! She cut the top off, put it in a pot and gave it to me as a gift! They have been married for 4 years this year!! I now have a FRUIT that has come off of my plant! Yay!!!
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Here is some progression pictures of my pineapple!!!

ALSO!!! Just wanted to share my Hummingbird that I actually caught SITTING! Can you believe it? and my Garden Spider that has taken up residence at my house! I did name her Rosie! If you know me very well, you know that I dislike SPIDERS VERY MUCH! but for some reason, I do have a soft spot for Garden Spiders. Maybe it is because John always had one come back every year to our back yard growing up and he would feed her bugs and keep her plump as a pumpkin! and I have to say she is in a corner that doesn't really bother me, so I leave her alone and she leaves me alone!

Enjoy!

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These past few week have been extremely hard. Our family lost a woman that was very special to us. I shared many many memories with her. She was a teacher to me, of crochet :), of faith, of hymnals and of spirit. She was a supporter of mine; in everything. I could confide in her with anything. She was someone I loved very much. I miss her so much it hurts. My heart hurts. At the visitation, funeral and in many cards people said "she was such a sweet lady", and she was, that truly describes her to a tea! I have faith and know with all my heart that she is in a MUCH better place than I am; and she is having a heck of a reunion with her mother, father, husband and all her other 9 brothers and sisters! (Yep, she was one of 10!)

As I was home this past week for all the happenings...... I discovered there is a lot I am thankful for. Every day I pray, I thank the Lord for all he has done for me, but I sometimes don't take the time to really think of things individually. I am thankful for family, friends, time spent with those family & friends, church, worshiping, peaceful places, country roads (where you can back up on a whim and no one thinks a thing about it!), flowers, animals (they lower our blood pressure), Fall, knowing there is a Heaven, 6 year olds that tell you "nah, your not old" even when they really probably think you are ancient, cows, the Paris Tennessee Eiffel Tower :), shoes over a power line, laughter at a funeral, cards out of the blue from someone, birthday cakes, cameras (I would die without mine!), pumpkins that come up after you threw out last years pumpkin, late afternoon sunshine, crocheting, sewing (I am going to try my hand at that soon), swimming pools (with out frogs!), Amish & Mennonite people, the smell of fresh cut hay, babies, the ability to make people laugh, turtles, old lamps redone, Tom's pizza and salad bar, love, a good ole cry (which I have done a lot of lately!), health, good people, a smile from someone when least expecting it, happiness................ I could continue you on for days............but instead I'll just show you a few pictures of the things I am thankful for!

My newest favorite picture that I have taken! The Paris Tennessee Eiffel Tower! :)

B & I

Dad, Mom & I! on my 30th BDay! :)

John & Wendy!

Just on a country road! I love them, because like I said above, you can back up on a whim and no one thinks a thing about it! :)

Beautiful flowers from MeeMaw's funeral!

Just ONE of the many beautiful flowers sent for MeeMaw's funeral.

This is the scenery at cemetery. I believe it is one of the most peaceful places! and as creepy as it may sound, I like cemeteries, they are quiet and I love reading unique names! :)

Murray running up the steps at me! (lowering my blood pressure) :)

Sophe, lowering my blood pressure! :)

and meet Sam. Elle's pupper dupper! :)

Swimming pools! but with out frogs! This weekend when I was able to get in the pool, there was always a frog in there swimming away and Blue leaning over the edge to try to catch him! A circus, but a funny circus! ha!!!

The cows! and sweet babies! in a peaceful field!

Mom's baby pumpkin that came up after throwing last years pumpkin over the fence! :)

Crocheting

Thank you to all who sent flowers, called, sent cards, and thought and prayed for me and my family over the past few weeks! I am thankful for you all!
I love each and every one of you!

An Angel!

MeeMaw
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1/25/22 - - 8/24/09

Editing.....

Stay clear....ha! I am editing, editing, editing! Enjoy the changes as they come!

Babies, Buffets and Sno Cones! ;)

This past week after work one night, B & I went by to visit with Amy, Joe & Brooklyn! I decided I wanted an unofficial photo shoot with Brooklyn. Testing out my skills. I am beginning to see I don't have too many skills and that I might have to stop before I even get started, but still it was great fun and I think by the end of it Brook was like "would this crazy lady please STOP?!" (see the last photo!) I did put to test some of my photoshopping skills also, you can see those below! See what you all think!

Picking her nose! Not really, just a cute catch! ha!!

Not one thing in this photo of Brooklyn and Amy is focused, but I still thought it was pretty good!

Holding Daddy's ring!

Brooklyn's toes!

and to compare it to Whit's toes! ;) (A had to help me hold her foot for me!)
Audra showed me the ring and toes picture! We tried it on Whit, but she was alittle older than Brooklyn so she was really pumping those legs around! I did get the one shot above of both rings on the toes of Brooklyn (without assistance!) :)

I just thought those lips were so sweet! I could have eaten then right off! :)

See! She was like "WHAT? ANOTHER FLASH!? SERIOUSLY LADY! LET ME REST!!!" :)

Miss Piano Lady!! She is playing the Piano Man App on side by side IPOD phones/Touch! ha!

My flowers from the farm that we dug up a couple of years ago! I love it when they bloom! I am glad I got this picture because the next day it rained and stormed so hard and long that all the blooms were gone! :(


This weekend, we had a fun filled weekend. I was severely under the weather on Friday and was hoping that it would all pass before our Saturday fun started.....and THANKFULLY it did, so.......!! John came down to be with us for the night! When he got here we drove down to Tunica to eat at Paula Deen's and meet up with our cousins Traci, Reece, Mia & Carly!!! We had SUCH A GOOD TIME!!!! and the food was really really delicious!!! Thank ya'll for coming to meet us!! We enjoyed it so much!!!! We love ya'll!!!

John & I in front of Paul Deen's!!!

Traci & I and the girls (Carly & Mia) after lunch! FULL AS TICKS! ;)

Reece playing with the girls on the escalators!! Traci said....."we are going to get kicked out and NEVER be able to eat Paula Deen's again!" ha!

On the way home, B & I took John to JERRY'S SNO CONES! We have become addicted since Caitlin has introduced us!!! Thanks Cait! Way to start another addiction! ;) and NEXT TIME, I am getting Chocolate Banana flavored SNO Cone!! Because Ya'll there is a smaller list on the WINDOW that isn't up on the big board!! (for those us at work that need to know that!) ha!!!

I've been having fun going through some of my old photos to see what things I have caught! and I will leave you with ......the crocus!
Pretty and purple! :)

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One of John's Birthday Happyies! A piggy bank! I am gonna wear him out with the pigs!!! ;)

Brooklyn is SMILING when her Momma makes funny faces and makes funny noises!!! ;)

The girls again, minus a different Aunt!!!

Auntie Ellen!!!!! She gets to meet her!!!

and of course, I had to hold her! :)