** Lots Of Love **

This is just about my most favorite pic of me & The Hub...what a beautiful March day in Alaska!

Wishing of all of you and those you love a very Happy Valentine's Day!!

Brrrr....Chilly!

Some of you may have read about the chilly weather here in FL, something we don't get very often! We have had to cover plants like 3 times in the past couple of weeks and we never do that! I feel kind of wimpy even talking about "cold weather" when I see what's happening to the folks covered in ice...but as a purely informative post, I share with you some FL snow!

This is our back yard, through the screen on the back porch since I was too dang cold to go all the way outside. Please notice the frost covered yard.....







Here's another picture...hmmm, didn't realize they are almost the same...but you can see the "ice" on the edge of the deck, way over to the left...

Anyway...it was 81 degrees here today...these pics were taken just 5 days ago! And, the grass that was green and was then white is now brown...dead. All of it...*sigh*

Sir Paul Rocks...

I admit it. I am a Beatle-phile. Loved 'em then, love 'em now. Have their CD's in my car and hope to see the Vegas "LOVE" show sometime before I forget why I want to see it. Seeing Sir Paul shake his head on the Grammy's last nite was like a trip back to 1964.

I was sitting on the floor in the family room of my childhood home. Beatle magazines spread out in a very orderly fashion right in front of me...and right in front of the console TV! Ed Sullivan introduced them, I screamed and cried and just knew I would love Paul forever. Can't even believe that prediction came true...

None of the music sites we all use to add "atmosphere" to our blogs have Beatle music...no catalogs available, I guess..so, enjoy the British Invasion music. I hope it takes you back to your happy place... :)

**PS** I don't always live in the past. Dave Grohl was pretty cool, too!

Step On A Crack, Break Your Mama's Back.....

No. Seriously. I don't know where I was or what was distracting me, but I must have stepped on a crack, somewhere, because that's exactly what happened.


My Mom's back was hurting her and we just figured it was a pulled something or other, her family doc put her on a muscle relaxant...a few days pass, with no improvement, and he just told her it would take time to feel better. Two agonizing weeks later and a trip to the emergency room (because she just couldn't stand it) the real source of the pain was found. She had a broken back. Surgery was scheduled. Came through that okay, but a toxic reaction to anesthesia sent her back to the hospital.

She is better, has limited activity and just had a follow-up with the surgeon. What did we learn?? Because of osteoporosis, she has a 500%...yes, 500%...chance of another break. She is having some pain and the xray did not show a new break, but it will probably take an MRI next week to be sure the repaired vertebrae doesn't have a hairline crack. She is being a trooper...trying to do what is needed for recovery and being a bit more diligent about her required meds. She's a very special lady, my Mom.

So...LADIES...have a glass of milk, have some yogurt, eat some cottage cheese, take a calcium supplement...you won't be sorry.

Good to be back... :)

And So It Begins....

This message was sent to me and with just a couple of switches, I want to share it with all of you:

As we move into the New Year, we look back on all of our struggles and triumphs of 2008 and realize we have much to be thankful for. Let us give thanks for our families, our friends and our health. Give thanks for those we love and for those that love us and have loved us. Remember with a happy heart those we lost and celebrate those that are still with us. Let us pray for soldiers that are defending our country and their families, those that have lost their jobs or their homes. No matter what your political orientation, let us pray especially hard for the new President to give him the courage, the strength and the wisdom to lead our country into a new era of prosperity and peace.

While we make our New Years' resolutions with true determination to stick with what we want and know we can achieve, remember that our resolutions' success or failure do not define who we are. We are defined by our actions.

Please join me in this coming year to strive to be kinder, more giving, to laugh more and cry less and to live life to the fullest no matter what the circumstance. Remember that to have a friend, you must be a friend....and to you, my friends, I wish you all a Happy & Healthy 2009!

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A 3 Minute Celebration....