Happy Birthday, Josh!!

Yup...14 years ago today...Joshua Levi was born....9 pounds 2 ounces and 21 inches long!! Yup..I know..I was there!! and I still can't believe his mom never screamed once!! she's my hero! Have a great Birthday, Josh...hope the Patriots win for you!!! Love you all!!!

Happy Birthday, Steven!

Don't know if you ever read my blog...but I do wish you a very Happy Birthday today! When you were little, they gave us a shower at church for you...and Kathy Knight gave us this wonderful poem to hang on your bedroom wall that read:
"Not flesh of my flesh
Nor bone of my bone,
But still, miraculously, my own.
Never forget for a single minute,
You grew not under my heart,
But in it."

I love you and wish you happiness always....live long and prosper!!

Ok..ok.....

...so I had a great time yesterday!! Martha isn't as bad as I thought...just mildly over-achieving and critical! We got there and they have a foot of snow!!! The kids were all out sliding and running the snowmobile!! Really!! This was in Meredith, NH! Still no snow in Maine. The new stove was a "new" old-fashioned wood cookstove and absolutely adorable!!! She cooked all the veggies on it and warmed the buns in it's overhead oven! And was it ever warm!!! Loved it!! Had a great time with Mike's dad's girlfriend..Elva...she's a gem! The nieces and nephews were all very entertaining! Gabrielle is the oldest..a sophomore in HS...and absolutely gorgeous! What a sweet girl! Food was good but (sorry Martha) the turkey was so dry I almost choked on it! I had turkey, peas, onions and carrots....and three Jack and diet cokes!! Yup...I had a real good day!!! Hope you all did too! Watching Mike's nieces and nephews really made me miss my grandkids!! Love you all!! Don't go out shopping today!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Now don't go pigging out today...you know you'll regret it tomorrow! We are getting ready to go to NH...UGH!! I dread it! But maybe a little Jack and diet coke will help! I'll let you know tomorrow how disastrous it is!! LOL!! Love you all!! Wish I could be with all of you!

Day before T-day....

I'm so glad I don't have to bake and stuff anymore..just don't think I could deal with it! But I do have to go to Mike's sister's house tomorrow!! UGH!!! Did I mention that she's a Martha Stewart wannabe?? Last I knew..she purchased a new range for $5000....omg!! Her place is a real show stopper! Ok..I may be just a tad jealous! But she's soooooooo obnoxious! Anyway, I'm not looking forward to it..the only option I have is to get sick and spend the day alone here....not a good option! Mike has to work at 11 tomorrow night at KB Toys..they open at midnight for their black friday thingy! What ails people anyway to want to shop on black friday?? not my idea of a fun day! So Mike will be sleeping all day Friday.....boring!! Love you all..and have a Happy Thanksgiving!! Eat some pie for me!!

It's raining...

but it was snowing! Nasty out there...and thank God Mike don't have to work today!! Very windy here so I expect to lose power at some point. Always do. Hope it's warmed up a bit in Virginia and they can go out in their t's for Thanksgiving!! Love you all and worry bout Lyn!! Poor girl!

I'm so sorry....

that it's snowing in Virginia and not here!!! LOLOLOLOL!!! No really...you know it will come to us eventually! Instead..it's cold like January and poor Mike has to stand out there and flag in it all weekend!! Love the pix of the snow, Lyn!! Love you all!!

Brrrrrrrrrr.........

Have I mentioned that I really hate cold weather??? Really!! It's in the 20's here today..and poor Mike is out there flagging in it!! Gotta work Sat this week in it too!! Poor guy!! I just couldn't do it...too cold for my blood! I'm ready to hibernate...put on some fat and sleep! LOL!! Glad Lyn made it out yesterday...that seems to be working out for her...good!! Check out her new pix of the kids..soooooooo cute!! Love you all!!

That darn cat!!

I was offline for a couple days cause my modem wouldn't work..had no phone either!! Called them when Mike got home (had to use his cell) and they talked me thru all the "checks"...and said to unplug it and bring it to the Lewiston office to get a new one. When I unplugged everything I noticed that the wires were bare and chewed thru!!! UNREAL!!! it's a wonder he didn't get electrocuted!! maybe he got a shock enough to make him not do it again...I don't think Time Warner is generous enough to exchange it every few weeks!! Very cold here today...and I shouldn't have teased Lyn about her snow...we got snow showers coming in Monday!! UGH!! I hate winter!!! Hope Lyn is feeling better now!! and thanks Den for the new puter you're working on so hard!! Love you all!!

Great night last night!!

MBF Ruth's hubby's band had a little concert last night at a church here in Auburn! It was the first time I heard them (Highway 61) and they were great!!! What a great sound!! Four of them were playing guitars and had 9 guitars between them...awesome music!! They played everything from Grateful Dead to Lady Antebellum!! Even George Strait's Troubador!!! I thoroughly enjoyed it...only one prob...Mike wouldn't get up to dance!!! Something about dancing in church?? Anyway...when we left..one of the guys came out and told me he loved my shirt (my cowgirl one) and that they were all waiting for us to dance!! Bummer!! my feet were justa itching to do so!! Well, maybe we'll get out to another gig soon!! Remember Highway 61...cause they are hot!! and open for any private gigs and parties!! btw...MBFFL Ruth said she really enjoys reading Lyn's blogs and gets bummed out when she misses a day...loves your writing!! Love you all!!! Last race today...go Jimmie!!

Happy Birthday, Justin!!

Are you 21 yet?? You're getting old, you handsome thing!! Keep up the good work and hopefully this will be the best year yet for you!! Enjoy it while you can....oh, to be young again.... ;) You guys in VA...sent out a box yesterday morning...should come by the end of the week...and I had them mark it fragile...so if you hear broken glass..it's not my fault!! Toe is better today..even in all this rain..but at least it's not snow yet!! Happy hunting in North Anson!! Love you all!!

it's raining...

and I think I broke a toe yesterday! tripped coming out of the shower and rammed it into the side of the tub enclosure...can't walk on it! bummer! Hope all is well in VA...get rid of that cold yet? and still no venison in North Anson...really bummer! how bout just buying one?? LOL!! Got a massive headache..gonna go....love you all!

CMA awards!

I don't usually stay up that late...but it was really good!! And well worth waiting for the end...to see Shania...I'd been worrying about her! She looked great and said she was gonna start singing again..YIPPPEEE!! And I think Kenny Chesne wanted to date her!! OMG!! And I think Mutt ought to be euthanized!! What a jerk! How bout that George Strait! And I think Carrie is just wonderful...love that new song of hers! I really, really enjoyed the show...but wondered why some people were missing....like Tim and Faith??? and others?? hmmmm? well gotta go...tired today! Love you all!

It spit snow on me yesterday!!

Yup...it's on its way!! I hate it!! MBF Ruth came over yesterday and we shopped again!! Was her last day of vaca...and she spent it with me!! She's sooooo good to me!! We have so much fun together! I really love her...can you tell?? Her hubby's band has their first gig this Saturday night...I'm so excited!! Can't wait!! and it's right down around the corner from us!! woooohooo!! Got Mike's nieces and nephews all taken care of yesterday...phew! What a job! Hope Lyn is feeling better today...cold-wise anyway!! No more coughing!! that makes it just tooooo easy for her to barf!! Poor girl! Well, arms hurt...gotta go! Love you all! BTW...Larry, Ritchie and Dick all got their deer this year!! Come on, Den..I want venison!!! LOl!!

Wrapping almost all done!

Got a box already to send to VA....and every thing else about finished..I'm exhausted! I hope everyone likes it all! Did a lot of painting this year...some I started after Christmas last year! We had a mouse in the wall by the tv...the cat heard it and jumped up on the tv and knocked down my hand-painted clock...needless to say I had to reglue it all back together again...darn cat!!
Hope Lyn is feeling better...and all the sick ones aren't anymore!! Love you all!!

I'm exhausted.....

and all shopped out!! I'm still not impressed with LLBean...but I love the OshKosh place!! I could spend a lot of time in there!! After shopping in Freeport we decided to go to the Christmas Tree shop in Portland...what a great day of shopping!! We were at it from 8 yesterday morning until around 5 last night!! wooooooooohoooooooo...but today I am sore!! too much lugging of bags!! Ruth was a big help for me tho...she did most of the hard work!! She's so good to me! Gotta run....love you all! I got wrapping to do!

Well...the elections are finally over....

now it's a wait and see type thing! I am not happy about the outcome..but what can you do? I'm hurting today from all that wrapping yesterday. Hopefully I can get a package sent out to VA sometime this week. I think I'll just take them to the UPS store and have them do it...I'm running out of boxes! I've finally done it...I'm old!! I've taken to wearing undershirts!! OMG!!! Every day!! I even wore it out in public on Monday!!! Yup...sure sign of old age!! Love you all!!

I'm beat....

...been wrapping gifts all day!! Almost done..with what I can do at the moment...very glad when it's all done! Den is working on my new puter...can't wait!! Lyn is starting to feel sick and I'm sick for her...wish I could take it all away!! Love you all!!!

Wow...I can't believe it's November already...and I thought I was ready for Christmas!! I feel that panic setting in!! I've gotten a lot painted...but much more to do. Have to send a package to VA...gotta do it soon so's it will get there. MBF Ruth is coming over today...she's on VACA!! Yeaah Ruth! Gonna do my dye job! She's so good to me!!! She lives in Harpswell...so she has quite the drive up here!! Poor thing!! Well, gotta run...love you all!!

November 1st!!

Guess I know what Den's doing today!! I want some venison....but most of all...I want you to be safe!! Remember the time you went hunting with your bb gun?? I still get that sick feeling every year!! Please be safe! Love you all!