another Deer Season has Come and Gone

My Bow Hunting Deer Slayer

Yeah! I have my husband back for a few weeks.....that is until Turkey Season opens!

The Vapor Sisters

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERESA

I am so blessed in this life to have good friends.

Not only the vapor sisters but many others

I felt the need to say that because I don't want those friends to think for a minute that they aren't very important to me.

I have been so happy to have connected with some of my very first friends

through the web site http://www.minorhighschooltigers.ning.com/

I just talked with Janice and Karen via email the other day

these two do not know how often I have thought about them over the years

We took Teresa to eat at the restaurant that replaced

the Globe for her birthday

May my life always be filled with friends!

Please Please........Go Away

Come Back and Bloom

Another Day

I love Daffodils

and have many planted in my yard.

I noticed these stems popping out of the ground the

day after Christmas!

You can see the ice crystals

on the leaves

By the 2nd day of January

the blooms were popping out


Look at those bleak trees above that
beautiful struggling Daffodil.
Hopefully, the rest of my daffodils will wait for warmer weather
so they will live and can be enjoyed!

Eating Healthy....has a price!

I pick my grand kids up from school every Tuesday. Well, at least three of them. I love my Tuesdays with them. It started out that my friends nicknamed Tuesday as "Emma Day". I was the only one with grandchildren and they all knew that I couldn't do anything on "Emma Day" so they planned around me. Of course, time has passed and now I pick up Emma, Abby and John Brady and "Emma, Abby and John Brady Day" is a little too much.

We always go and get a snack or get something to bring home. This year the girls have "dance" at 6 on Tuesday. They are hungry for a snack after school but they also have to eat supper before dance practice. So, I have been trying to make sure we get something healthy and I try to buy it before I pick them up so they will have more "down time" at home.

Last Tuesday I was in Wal Mart right before time to get in the car line at school. I picked up a small basket of strawberries ( $3.78 ). I thought that was a little high to get two baskets so I decided to get some grapes. I had already picked up some light cool whip for them to have with their fruit. You got to give them a little taste of sweet right after school! I didn't weigh the grapes. I just got one bunch.

I think the cashier noticed my surprised look on my face when she gave me the total. That one (what I would call )"average" bunch of grapes were $7.27.

What did I learn from this

Next time I will buy two baskets of strawberries!

a SIGH and a SMILE

Cathy Fowler - January 23, 2006

There is one friend in the life

of each of us

who seems not a separate person,

however dear and beloved,

but an expansion,

an interpretation,

of one's self,

the very meaning

of one's soul.

EDITH WHARTON

Till we meet again

my dear friend

I hold you

in my heart

WARNING....This may be TMI

On Monday, our grandson Lawson, was hit by the Stomach Virus Bug.

Wednesday, Dave called and said it looked like it might be about to

hit him. Courtney was trying to get home but ice was causing

some problems with flights. So, Pops loaded up, went to Birmingham, and brought Lawson back to Berry. He did not feel good at all!

All you mothers know what I am talking about......the fever, laying on your shoulder,

saying his stomach hurt and plain just not knowing what he wants.

You feel so sorry for them.

But we still got a few laughs

so here it is

A TWO YEAR OLD

explains things

Lawson was laying in my lap watching cartoons.

He had passed some pretty smelly gas

He looked up at me with his big brown eyes

and said

Don't worry MeMe

it's not poo poo it's just gas!

Later...he was laying on Pops shoulder

He burped and passed gas at the same time

He raised his head

looked at Pops and said

Oh, that feels better!

As I was bringing him home today

again, I heard him pass some gas

or so I hoped

He informed me very quickly

MeMe, it's just gas

That makes my Daddy so happy

Like I said this may be TMI

but

when they are 2 years old

everything seems sweet!

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

Happy 5th Birthday

John Brady Lawson III
MeMe and Pops love you more
than words can say!

Looking Back so I can go Forward

Hopefully, this is the last of my holiday posts.

I know everybody is tired of Christmas posts but for the sake of

Things Remembered

I wanted to be sure and put in these posts. I hope you enjoy.

A little note....

A few weeks ago there was a picture of Lawson

no explanation

a cute picture

but.....

I had scheduled some posts

for the time I was in New York

The post should have been the Christmas at Granny's post (below)

for some reason it posted

but with just a picture of Lawson

I was in New York on the hotel computer when I discovered this mistake

and did not have my computer

to correct the problem

I guess blogger just wants to keep you guessing sometimes!

Christmas at Granny's

Cousins

Emma, Abby, Clara Paige, Maggie & Gracie or Gracie & Maggie

I hope to be able to tell them apart before they get old enough to

be upset at me!

Dave, Lawson and Abby opening gifts



The newest little Lawson

"Reid"
Someone put a bow on his head and I guess that was appropriate

Our Christmas present this year!


Abby Claire

Lawson received a present....you know the kind....it's a tube with candy and a toy on top.

Well, little man doesn't get a lot of candy. His Mom and Dad try to get

him to eat healthy.

When Lawson realized it was candy...he found a spot to hide...which was easy in the crowd of

16 great grandchildren. He tore into his candy and had it all eaten before anybody

realized it. But...he left the evidence on his face.

Notice the sugar rush look in his eyes!

The Best Santa Ever

Or in Brady's words "the best marketing idea ever".

The whole family loaded up and went to Pops favorite place....The Bass Pro Shop.

Word had gotten around that they had the best Santa in town. I guess I would have to agree. The scene was so pretty and it was a good Santa. While the kids stood in line we entertained John Brady and Lawson. John Brady wanted to shoot the guns at the little gallery upstairs. After Lawson watched JB3 shoot he was begging to play. I only had big bills, John and JB3 had already walked away, so I told Lawson that I didn't have any dollar bills but we would go see if his Daddy had any. He was so funny. As we were walking downstairs he kept telling anyone that would listen, with his little palms turned up, that he "had no money". Poor baby. Well, we got four dollar bills and headed back up to the guns. Pop and John Brady came back to help Lawson. Lawson lost interest after just a few minutes and then we discovered what he was really interested in. He begged to make change. You see....to shoot the guns you had to put your dollar into the change machine and get quarters. He was amazed. So we let him make change out of the three dollars we had left and then he cried to do it again! Dave said he would remember that.... a cheap way to entertain Lawson!

As you can tell....Lawson was not thrilled with Santa!

I made Brady and Kim's picture with their camera so

I don't have a picture of them!

Ringing in 2010 at Times Square

We woke up to SNOW!

Policemen everywhere!

By 3:00 PM policeman began gathering on the side

streets of Times Square.

We talked to one of them and he said that there

would be 3000 policemen on

Times Square that night.

Could there be a more unflattering picture of me!

But, I just had to include this picture so everyone

would know that I was the one in the blue hat on

Times Square that night ; )

I can't imagine how much Nivea spent on all those blue hats.

I guess it was a great marketing strategy

because I think of Nivea all the time now!

Do you see the ball?

Above the one way sign

Right above the one way sign


It's 2010!

Happy New Year!

We are home

It was great

When we were in the airport terminals

coming home

People would wave at us

Smile and point at our shirts

And yell

Roll Tide

There are lots of pictures

and several posts

We saw several people that we knew

We did not see any

of the people

that we knew were

going to be there

But it was a sea of Crimson!

I hope you enjoy

AND

To my gracious

Auburn

friends and relatives

who sent

Congratulations

Thank You

Our greeting when we

arrived back in Atlanta

I saw this title in a Denver, Colorado newspaper

ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE

ROLLS

TO

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

Wow! we were there

John promised me this trip in 1992

and he made it a great trip!

I thought I would cry! I was too tired to cry

We stood the whole game

and

cheered the whole game

I love Mark Ingram
I think he is such a great example of how to a great ball player

and

a great person

Of course, everybody knows I love Coach Saban I call him

"The General"

He brings his team onto the field

like a general

going into battle

Soaked in red Gatorade

Hit on the back of the head (accidentally)

by the Igloo

Cold

But he can't wait to get his hands on

that trophy!

#13

Texas fans kept saying 13

was a jinx

We would reply

Yeah.....for ya'll!

EVERYBODY

GOING

WILD

It's been a long

time since I have seen

Big John

jump that high

and

grin that big

GO SEC!

We over heard several Texas

conversations about how

something needed to be changed

The SEC was winning too many titles
SEC SEC SEC

I saw this in a newspaper article in the Cincinatti Airport

University of Alabama Football

97 First Team All Americans

22 SEC Championships

13 National Championships

1 Heisman

I could have told you about the

National Championships

and

the Heisman

but

not the others

Marcell Dareus

We were right there

when this

Big Boy

had a defensive players

dream come true

A ball popped up on the

back of a Texas player

He grabbed the ball

Stumbled around for

a second

saw his teammate pointing

toward the goal line

did a really good

spin out

and

thundered in for a

touchdown

I love to see those big old boys who do all that hard work get to make a touchdown

The Pregame

The warm up


The Million Dollar Band

Parachuting into the stadium

with a

University of Texas flag

University of Alabama Flag

and

the American Flag

One funny guy

in front of us

who had really been enjoying himself
If you get my meaning

Pointed up to the sky

when you could first just

barely see the parachutes

and yelled

It's cows

Here comes the Tide!

Fireworks

and the

Blue Angel flyover

Everybody was fired up

I was ready to suit up

and play myself!

Josh Grobin sang

the National Anthem

along with all of us

Several times

the big screen

had

Courtney Cox

wearing

a houndstooth hat

wishing the Crimson Tide

good luck

and talking about her

time at

Alabama

The Captains

We won the toss

Let's play!

Before The GameJohn could have told me

that I was standing in

front of a

Miller Lite sign!

We watched

Coach Saban

and the Crimson Tide

as they entered the Rose Bowl

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