WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT????

What a fun weekend we spent in Houston with my long time friend (really more a sister) since 1971. We even cut our fingers to make us blood sisters back then and the fun keeps getting crazier. We celebrated our Christmas and Birthdays with each other over the weekend. Never a dull moment with these 2. We went to eat at Sudies (seafood) Friday night and made ourselves so sick eating tons of fried pickles and oysters. My stomach was literally swimming by the time we got home. Then it was time to open presents. My friend/sister Joyce and I laugh all the time. We have so much fun together. She had gotten me so many beautiful gifts. She knows exactly what I like-of course, that is because she likes the same thing. She gave me a Jim Shore Witch and I love it. Everything I got was things I wanted so bad. We like to buy each other gifts through the year from Garage Sales. She is so lucky and finds exactly what I like. She also got me big necklaces, red ruby bowl, A picture frame with a picture of us back in the 70's inside (man have we changed) and victorian doll ornaments for my tree, and darling tins she really wanted to keep for herself. The next morning we got up to go to garage sales EARLY. People think we are really fighting b/c we try to beat each other up to the sale and grab what we like before the other one can get there since we both want the same thing. SO MUCH FUN. We just always have fun together. Love you Joyce. It seems our time together goes so fast and its time to go home. Wish we lived closer together. She gave me a red hat for my red hat society and we always get our picture made when we are together. She ran and got her a hat (she just thinks she is a pink hatter)LOL. That's ok. If she wants to play like she is under 50- I'll let her. Wonder what we will get into the next time we are together. We hope to go to Canton together next. Believe me, Canton will never be the same after we have been there.

SUPER BOWL BIRTHDAY ROCKIN' BAND BASH

We went to a Surprise Birthday Party for son Phillip turning 40 years old. (That makes me really old) combined with his annual Super Bowl Party over the weekend. It turned out not to be a surprise. It is really hard to do something like that for that boy. He has always been able to get information from us if he suspects anything. He always figures out his Christmas presents by asking questions and snagging us into hints. What a Con he has always been. He, however, did not know that we were roasting him. Now that was fun because he has been involved in funny situations since he was little. When he was 3 years old (we lived in Las Vegas) he and some little friends same age and younger decided to leave our fenced yard and cross a busy street behind our house and went to the Dunkin' Donuts to get some donuts for themselves. They told the lady they were going on down the street to get their mommies some chicken at Colonel Sanders then on down farther to get their dads some beer at 7-11.The lady thought they were so cute but decided to close the donut shop and bring them home. HE WAS IN DEEP POO POO. Another time when he was older, he and a buddy were playing in our garage and caught the garage on fire and tried to put it out with a propane torch. He thought it was a fire extinguisher. Never a dull moment around him. He has grown into a handsome, fine, successful man that is very loving, sentimental and family oriented. He and Holly had prepared tons of food for the parties this weekend. Phillip made his baby back ribs that just melt in your mouth. Nobody can do those like he can. Later that night, they all pulled out the rock band and I was amazed at how good they all do on it. Even as young as Nolan is, he takes after his Uncle Phillip, playing those drums. I had so much fun. It was a very full weekend and very tired when we got home. Was disappointed that the cardinals didn't win.

PLAYDATE WITH GRANDKIDS

What fun I had with Nolan and Leslie recently. Nolan had gotten domino building blocks from his other grandma for Christmas and brought them to my house. We used nearly all the dominoes on my long kitchen table to build a train. It took us about 30 minutes without even knocking any dominoes down. Amazing! When we got through, Nolan took the stick and started the dominoes to fall down. Fun, Fun. After we did that, Leslie had gotten some clothes from Camryn so she presented a style show for us. What a natural she is. She loved all of the clothes she had received. Days like this are what grandmas live for. Thanks to my children, I have so much fun with ALL my grandchildren- 12 in all. Ages from 21 down to age 4. There is always something going on with them and I love being a part of it. Keeps me active and I feel younger when I am around them.