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Christmas in July
Happy Christmas in July – Today, I have this adorable kitschy retro santa that I finished up just in the knick of time. 🎅🏻 🎄 🥰 Now, off to watch Tom & Jerry with hubby 📺 😺🐭
God Bless our Veteran’s
To all who have served in our United State’s Armed Forces – We thank and honor your commitment, dedication and sacrifices made in the honor of our country.
Mike and I were talking about our Veteran’s this morning while having our morning cup of “Joe The Eye Opener” and sharing in our funny side kick’s of childhood learning woe’s – Mike revealed that as a kid he didn’t understand the difference between veteran’s and veterinarian’s! Of course I couldn’t contain my laughter to which he replies “knock it off Miss Yield”. “Oh man – busted!” I too had my own childhood learning woe’s. The yield sign made no sense to me. It was difficult to grasp and I thought the yield sign should just be a stop sign if you might have to stop anyways, I mean really! Funny thinking back on the things that tripped us up as children.
Fox news had a clip on whether or not our current young men and woman of the USA are as willing to join and commit themselves to the United State’s Armed Forces. Certainly a scary thought and had me appreciating our Veteran’s even more so. We salute you today and everyday!
God Bless and Thank You from the bottom of our hearts!
Fall Harvest
Two miles down the road is this lovely farm that people come from as far as NY City to share in the “country” experience of harvesting pumpkins, running through corn mazes, taking a hay ride and having apple cider. This experience is shared at Christmas time too but that’s another post yet to come.
We made our way over on opening day last Saturday, we were the first ones . . . YEAH!!! Mike wasn’t nearly as cheerful about the experience but humored me (good boy!) Now to find a pumpkin
These guys were HUGE!!! I don’t even know how one would transport these babies???
These are more like it although sstacked and lined up so nicely, we shouldn’t mess it up.
“Oh, hey Mike how bout the corn maze?” Mike: “Ahh . . . I don’t think so!”
Look, they cut pumpkins off the vine but left them in the patch looking so nice! Can’t take one from here either cuz they are placed so nicely for viewing purposes LOL!
“What is up with my crazy wife taking all these pumpkin pictures???”
“Better shape up Mike or I’ll put you in with these little oinkers”
Ahh HA! Here’s where one picks there pumpkin! Ours is in the front row, 3rd from the right. Tall and perfect for carving a scary face . . . muahaha
Was a nice time at Jone’s Family Farm.
They don’t allow pets so our baby couldn’t go but I must insert a picture of him from the very same day. Arf Arf!
Labor Day 2009
Can you believe that summer is over??? I can’t, ours was so chock full of house stuff that it buzzed right on by. We lazily spent a quite afternoon on the back of the boat sipping a delish margarita with good company coming and going. Missed my sister and her family who had to reschedule due to illness 😦
I don’t know why I like to take pictures of feet, shoes or whatever someone has on their feet. It’s weird I know but humor me K? Since I don’t get my pic taken often these days I’ll share a pic of my feet in summery flip flops. I know they’re not the prettiest so look quick!
Margarita Mike
“Emm that’s good margarita!”
“The look” . . . “why do you insist on taking my picture?”
Discussing politics . . . or wait debating politics . . . what a hot topic!
July 4th on Talmadge Boat
Another 4th celebration Talmadge style! The fireworks this year were pretty good although nothing to brag about. Guess cuts have to be made somewhere in the times we live in. We had nine guests on the boat this year thus making for a nice time to celebrate. Although I’m thinking a maid is in order for next year so I can have a couple drinks and be sociable.
We start the afternoon off with Margarita Mike’s Margarita’s. Does the drink have them all mesmerized or is there something going on to the left that they’re all looking at? Mike must have a clam stuck in his tooth there too LOL!!!!
The kids on the dink with a fishing pole. I’m certain they caught something with Matt being the captain but I didn’t see anything.
Clams anyone? YUM!
The captain and his first mate
The men on the boat . . . ar ar ar
The happy maid 🙂
Now onto cigar smoking (I passed on one this year)
We all thought the stogies would be good.
Emm not so good huh? This picture cracks me up!
How bout this one of Meaghan and the goofy face she’s making? So funny!
And lastly a group picture of the woman on the boat.
Here are a few pics of friends on boats surrounding us
Mike and his son Sean
Mike’s other son, Matthew (cute kids Dee and him have)
Charlie and Barbara
There were so many others that we didn’t get a picture of or the shot came out blurry. Happy 4th of July, I’ll try to post about holidays a bit sooner the next time around. This was what? Like two weeks ago ~ albeit old news, hope you still enjoyed the post.
The Smallest of Gifts = The Soul of One’s Heart
Memorial Day on our boat this year was indeed special! Bridget & Jeremy blessed us with their presence and in tow was one of the cutest little girls on the planet, Isabella. And to my surprise she anxiously awaited my return to give me this special surprise she had made especially for mua. One doesn’t “need” their own children to experience the compassion, love and thoughtfullness only a child can give. I find it straight through my nieces and nephews whom are some of the most loving children I know!
Along with the beautiful flower Isabella so graciously picked out of her dance rehearsal bouquet she wrote a letter with a picture of our boat and how much she loves visiting us on the boat. My sister allowed her to sound out and spell the words by herself. By the way, I think the now dead flower looks just as lovely as it was alive, it’s just a different color now. hehe
It says “Aunt Brandi I Love it” with an arrow pointing at her drawing of the boat. The part that looks like the sun is the wheel of the boat and I believe the two little lines to the left of the wheel is the captains seat.
This is the backside of her letter saying she loves me and loves being at our boat. Don’t you love how she spells “at Brade” meaning “aunt Brandi”. Then she writes “I love you at Bran” . . . the “bran” cracks me up because I’ve always despised being called Bran for short. Sounds like a box of cereal or something. What a sweet thought to give a gift to her auntie that usually only mom’s experience. From the soul of my heart, Thank you Miss Bella you make me smile! You’re so sweet I could put you in my coffee.
Picture was taken of Isabella and I sitting on the bow of the boat. I didn’t know Mike had taken this picture until I uploaded to find it amongst all the others. She was telling me stories about a mouse of which I now forget how the story goes. I do recall her saying “he was the sweeeeeetest mouse!”
What happens on the Day before Memorial Day?
Well in our lives we spend the entire weekend celebrating Memorial Day OUT on the boat or just hanging ON the boat IN the marina with all of our friends. Here’s a glimpse of our day.
Mike got the dink in the water and everyone knows this is Scottie’s boat. He was all paws when he saw it go in and pitched a doggie anxiety fit for a ride.
Then there was Cosmo (our friends sheep dog)
Who perched himself way up high for a birds eye view of our odd bunch here –
Scottie was also curious of the odd bunch and why all the racket that awoke him from his breezy afternoon nap.
Then there was fishing and of course your apt to find multiple people throwing a line into the water to see what today’s catch will be. Our very good friend Mike Malone –
Also our friend Mark and his iddy bitty catch that Scottie just had to get a lick of. He’s so gross but crazy mad for fishing!
And look who paid us a visit, Crystal (my sister-in-law) who does not visit often, decided to pop in along with her boyfriend (Mike) for first time introductions.
And of course myself and Mike were amongst the crowd of activities. I had to hand the camera over to my other sister-in-law (Carla) for this pic . . . thank you Carla!
Then Jeff Fox’s weather report held true. Look what started rolling in on us. I didn’t get a pic of what transpired but let me just say we got a mad amount of hard poring rain and hail. YIKES!
Now we turn to Scottie sniffing his way
over to this . . . steamed clams. He LOVES clams and not only does he eat the clam itself, he will lick the juice from the shell and chews off the leg that’s commonly left on the shell. He’s a true boating dog! By the way the collar Scottie has on is a new collar made by me entitled “The Picnic Series”. It’s blue, yellow and white plaid. Perfect for this weekend and dang cute I might add!
All in all it was a fabulous day relaxing with friends and family. Memorial Day itself we are having Bridget, Jeremy and Isabella down on the boat for the day. So I’ll have pics from this also, stay tuned.
Happy Birthday Little Peanut!
Scottie celebrated his 12th birthday this month! Wow how fast time goes, our furry baby is getting older by the second and is like 80 years old in human years or something crazy like that! I won’t get into how sad this whole thing makes me which will in turn will keep this post short. A show of hands who prefer shorter posts . . . Mike I know you have your hand raised and better lower it if you know what’s good for you 🙂 Anywho, Scottie got his birthday bowl of vanilla ice cream. This year I light a candle and put it in the ice cream of which he curiously but yet cautiously checked out and quickly realized it was not something he should have his nose close to. He also got special walks, playtime and snuggle wuggles.
Puppy Love & Forgotten Birthday
Last Wednesday was my 37th birthday and I was lucky enough to have Mike take some pictures of me and my fluffy bundle of puppy love. I adore this picture out of all the ones he took. It’s a true depiction of how much he loves me and I love him. He’s the best dog and friend anyone could ask for with his chocolate brown puppy dog eyes. They and his big curly haired ears melt my heart . . . most of the time anyways :).
I figured I’d mark my birthday this year as it was the first year ever that most of the vital people in my life forgot about me. And when I say “vital people” I’m talking my husband, my sister, my best friend . . . so ya’ll see what I’m talking about right? I’m thinking I have a free pass with all of them. What are the chances they’d all forget the same exact year? LOL . . . listen I can laugh now but I was feeling pretty cruddy the day of my birthday though. Oh well . . . I’ve earned free passes.
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