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Cruising for a lady

 

 

Trying to look suave and sexy

 

hey sexy lady

 

 

He wants to hold her hand

and a little smooch

 

and then they disappear into a sea of bubbles underneath the water not to be seen for ten minutes or so...

 

No words needed...

My favorite part of vacation...

Alligator Rescue aka Everglades Holiday Park

If you ever watch Animal Planet, you've probably seen the advertisement for the show "Gator Boys" or maybe you've even watched the show. The people (Jimmy and Steve and a host of others) rescue nuisance gators and return them to the Everglades. Jimmy is a real person-we met him just before our second airboat ride. Our airboat captain was Rick Reda-he was a wonderful story teller and kept us captivated way beyond our allotted time of one hour. I like to think that the gators are out there trying to keep the python population in check.

The entrance to the Park.

The air boat.

This is the alligator with three legs-one was taken off by a speed boat. She consistently lays her eggs where the eggs will stay cool enough to hatch females-saving her kind one batch at a time.

 

 

The "face-off". Do this wrong and your face comes off,

Flippin the bird...

Ok really not flippin' anybody the bird-but I have to go back to work today so I thought I'd share some of our bird pictures from vacation.

Crane and Lauren picking up shells.

Cute birds in Sanibel park.

Colorful parrot.

Rose colored spoonbills in the Everglades.

Little ducks.

Bird walking on lily pads.

Lauren's pink friend in Key West.

Gators, gators, and more gators

Driving through the Everglades, you will come across a gator. It didn't take us long to find them in ditches-all sizes. We took an air boat ride and guess what we saw? That's right more gators. I was really surprised at how close we were allowed to get to them. We even got to hold a little one after our first airboat ride.

Dwight with the little one.

The big one!

Lauren on the airboat ride.

Gator tail and shrimp for dinner.

The starfish story

Somewhere in my childhood I read a story about a man that came across a small boy tossing starfish into the ocean one at a time. The man asked the boy what he was doing because there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the shore. The boy replied that he knew he couldn't save them all, but to the one that just landed back in the ocean-that didn't matter. He had made a difference. I've always loved that story and had a strange fascination with starfish. We found some on Sanibel Island and live sand dollars too.

 

I laughed when Dwight said to just throw them back into the ocean, but when we gave them to him-he very gently let them go. I had a proud mama/wife moment when Dwight and Lauren found some huge beautiful shells with living creatures in them that were set free too. We found lots of live sand dollars-something I love to collect, but I couldn't kill one-they were so much fun to find crawling and then set them free.

Happy Birthday Paul

 

Can't believe how fast time has flown-and now my baby's grown. I love you and am so proud of you. I miss my little boy so very much but I really enjoy spending time with the wonderful man that you have become. I hope your day is as special as you are and that all your dreams for the future come true.

Today

Today we spent the day in Key West. Took a glass bottom boat ride over the coral reef. Walked Duvall Street from one end to the other. Did some major shopping. Ate at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville(cheeseburgers in paradise).

Vacation 2013

Yes, it's that time of year for us. Vacation 2013. Wahooo... Today should be nothing but travel but our first place to stay with internet service should be Sanibel Island. I've dreamed of going there since I first read about it back in 2007.

Dogs don't forget

 I ran across this picture today that just melts my heart. It's take of a dog and the lady that rescued him. She worked for a no-kill shelter and helped this dog find his forever home, but look at his face! Clearly, he's never forgotten this woman.

For you..you know who you are

This is for someone that reads my blog on a some what regular basis that didn't lose her temper when she could have. Know that I love you and am proud of you...

Summer Bucket List 2013 (thanks Leeble)

After reading Lee's list of things to do this summer, I have become inspired and made a list of my own.

1. Teach Xander to blow bubbles and/or dandelions.
2. Watch a meteor shower from the field-hopefully there will be one on the weekends.
3. Keep up with my jamming-I'd really like to make twelve varieties this year. Last year, I made peach, strawberry, blueberry, and muscadine. I should also make sassafras, blackberry, apple, plum, mint, rasberry, orange marmalade,  and kiwi.
4. Make homemade ice cream! I've done this before and don't make time for it.
5.Make homemade rootbeer-got the recipe off Pinterest-gathering ingredients now-Champagne yeast-wtf?
6.Play with glow in the dark chalk-really curious about this stuff.
7. Read a book-not a magazine-but a real book each month. Any recommendations that are not over a thousand pages? The last book I really enjoyed was "The Help".
8. Go skinny dipping go swimming as often as possible.
9.Have a fish fry once every month during the summer(complete with beer and hushpuppies)And slaw.
10.Watch the Sun come up with Dwight.
11. Ride once a week (good luck on this one in the heat), but the girls have a weight problem as big as mine.
12.Kidnap a neice or nephew for a week
13.Learn something new-would love to learn to crochet or sew or calligraphy or etch on glass.

Shopping Day

I have to go to the grocery store today. I hate it and this little cartoon will aptly describe me as I check out.

Last Friday

Sorry I neglected to post Friday night/Saturday morning. Funny story. I forgot to go by the bank and get cash for my coffee/lottery stop-and the gas station is before the bank so I would have to go to the bank and then double back to get my Friday fix so I decided against that and borrowed twenty bucks from the unsuspecting hubster. So I'm scratching away and not winning crap until my eighth ticket and then I won fifty bucks and keep scratching. Whoa-I see the word "Jumbo" and ten dollars. Shazam another fifty bucks. A total of one hundred dollars on one ticket. Didn't win anything on the ninth and tenth tickets, but I couldn't wait to go to the gas station and see if I had really won a hundred dollars. I did. And I paid hubster back, but he says he deserves half of the winnings. The verdict is still out on that one.

Setting the expectation

Five years ago, I was sent to Ft. Meyers as part of a hurricane recovery team to help cleanup. While I was down there, I heard an advertisement for "The Seashell Capital of the World". I've always been one to collect sea shells-it doesn't matter if it's fresh water mussel shells, I collect them. This was way before Pinterest came into my life and introduced me to a whole new world of arts and crafts using those shells. So I wanted to see the Seashell Capital of the world. After working over seventy hours in the space of five days, I was offered a chance to take an earlier flight out of Fort Meyers-combined with the overwhelming fact that I missed my kids something terrible-my dream of seeing the Seashell Capital became just that-a dream. When Dwight asked me if I still wanted to go there, I couldn't believe it. I never thought I'd get a chance to see Sanibel Island. One week from today, I will be strolling those beaches trying to keep my seashell obsession down to one legal bucket. I know the island lays east to west and most islands lay north to south. I've studied the tide chart and printed it out. I know there are 250 different kinds of shells to be found. I know the names of some of them and which ones are supposed to be the really hard ones to find-but to be honest, I just like the pretty ones. There are fifteen miles of beaches and one light house. I wonder what the air will smell like and how the sand will feel-but I've read it's safer to wear shoes in the water because of the rays close to the shore. In general, I'm hoping it's half as pretty as the advertisements and that Dwight can put up with me til we get there. Are we there yet?

Happy Mother's Day MOM

Happy Mother's Day Mom- I know you'll be at church today with your other kids-making their very first communion. I've always been very proud of you for the work that you do. You're not just important to your kids-but to so many other kids as well...you always have been. I wish I could tell you how much I love you-and one day to honor a mother is just a travesty. Please know that I love you more each year-and each year I think that I can't love you more than I already do-and then bam! You go and do something really crazy and unexpected that makes me love and respect you even more.

Mother's Day Eve

That's right it's Mother's Day Eve-your last chance to go shopping and buy her something shinny or your last twenty four hours to finish that project. Either way, I hope you make time to make her feel special. Too many people lose their moms way, way too soon. Since, tomorrow is the big day-I'd like to take today to honor the "other mothers" . You know the ones-those that do the motherly things to kids not even their own. They run the carpools-and go the extra distance to make home made/really cools snacks for the team/friends at the house. They give hugs and words of encouragement. They praise good behavior and go one step further-they walk the walk and set good examples of how adults behave.  They frequently show their love-it might be with a phone call, a text, or even facebook. They hold hands and wipe noses-some even change diapers and the kids don't call them "Mom". Sometimes, they're just there-being there when a kid needs someone-those are the people that have my deepest gratitude-the ones that have been there for my kids. The one that prounounced my son as her favorite "nephew".  The one that gave him encouragement to follow his dreams and continues to offer him invaluable career advice. The one that listened to my daughter as she cried her eyes out over some stupid boy. The one that attended "The" game. The one that said "I'm proud of you" to a young adult wanting some else's approval. Maybe a hug was the only thing said-and that was just what was needed. It seems that through the years, you've always been there. It hasn't gone unnoticed or unappreciated. A word of thanks doesn't convey the depth of my gratitude. They don't call you "Mom" but a Mother's love you have shown. Thank you and may God bless you for all you have done, have been, and continue to be...

In the news...

I've been reading about three women found after being held in captivity for ten long years. Three men lived in the house. The latest reports say that two were released because they had nothing to do with the abductions. Excuse me. Did they not notice three women chained up for ten years? There's just no way the women were completely silent for that long. Think about the extra groceries. That (ahem) certain time of the month. I just can't wrap my mind around the fact that they went undetected for ten years. They had to eat( though reports say they were malnourished), use the rest room, bathe, and none of this was noticed by the extra men living in the house? Not buying it.

Deleting the number

Two months ago today, Marty became an angel. My brain is having the hardest time processing this-I still think I can just drop by and see her or call. She'd answer the phone and her voice would crack when she said my name-just like it always did. I'd tell her about the kids and we'd talk about hummingbirds, what's blooming, and if strawberries were in season-I'd promise to bring her some. But I can't call anymore, heaven's just too far away.
I started to hit the delete button and memories just came flooding in...there was Marty and Mike making a champagne toast at the restaurant after Tracey's graduation, there were the two of them getting into the limo to be taken to their 50th anniversary party, there was Marty juggling grandkids in Mass and washing them in her kitchen sink. Marty at the hospital so excited to have another grandchild to hold and spoil. There was Marty teaching the granddaughters how to make her famous "Waldorf salad" and the green stuff. There was lunch at Bojangles. Holidays and Birthday parties.  Card games and Cross word puzzles. Book reviews and raunchy jokes shared over a glass of wine or a cup of coffee. You had to laugh when Marty laughed at her own jokes-she was just too funny. She was a lot of things to a lot of people. You know in spite of my misty eyes, I had to smile. There were just too many memories to make me smile. So I hit the delete button, but all those memories are stored.

Good luck Beefy

Wishing you luck on your interview today. Personally, I think they'd be stupid not to hire you.
Keeping my fingers crossed and sending the good luck vibes your way.

A little cranky..

I'm just a little bit cranky. Not sleeping well and I'm really tired of winter. HOWEVER, I've found my next snowman...

Friday night report

Yes, I know technically it's Saturday, but it's my Friday night at work and you know what that means-LOTTERY TICKETS. I didn't win big-I blame myself -worrying about driving in the snow-I forgot my cedar beads, but Jumbo bucks paid off again. I bought ten dollars worth and won fourteen. So with the excess(after I put my beads on)I will buy some power ball tickets. Wise investment I'm sure.

UNhappy woman

It's May the 3rd and I'm driving home in my new car in the SNOW. Not  happy about it at all. Yes, I probably should have taken the Jeep since we had a ten percent chance of the fluffy white stuff, but it's MAY. It's the first time it's snowed in Arkansas in May in ninety years.

Thought for the day

Read this on pinterest and love it... and it's on my mind.

Decisions...for the weekend

Event: 12th Annual Greater Cotter Trout Festival

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Cotter Big Spring Park

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Cotter, AR 72626

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Cotter Chamber of Commerce

Phone:

870-321-1243

Email:

office@cotterarkansas.com

Website:

www.cotterarkansas.com

Event Details:

Vendors, art work, face painting, food, drinks, fishing and non-stop music, its hard to find a better place to enjoy a weekend then right here in the Ozarks. There's a parade in the morning followed by the fish fry and the kids fishing derby afternoon. Check the website for an agenda and details.

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Event: 32nd Annual Toad Suck Daze

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Friday, May 03, 2013 - Sunday, May 05, 2013

Conway Area Chamber of Commerce

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501-327-7788

Email:

toadsuck@conwayarkansas.org

Website:

www.toadsuck.org

Event Details:

From local and national entertainment to kids’ entertainment; from arts and crafts to anything you can eat on a stick; from the 5K/10K race to the World Famous Toad Races, Toad Suck Daze has something for everyone. This free, family festival has awarded more than $1.2 million in scholarships and scholarship endowments to students in Faulkner County.