It's Official...

My sweet little blue-eyed, auburn haired , freckled faced baby is going to be a Freshman in High School! What an absolute joy she has been, seriously.. so far.. so good!

one crazy B**tc*!!!

seriously, I know I am sick for partaking in such trash on TV, I love it though, but this broad is bent!

A Quote from my late mother GERTIE...

" I am not your friend, I am your mother, I am much more valuable than a friend"! When she said that to me, I must have been no older then 10. I remember thinking, why can't my mom be my friend, you know nice all of the time like some of my friends mothers. As I look into my girls eyes I realize what my mother meant.. A mothers love is so valuable, yet know value can be placed on it for it is, how do you say... priceless! I applaud my late mother who was always honest with me, said what she meant and didn't sugar coat things. Always a shoulder to cry on and an ear to listen. It will be 15 years in June since her death and I am reminded of her daily, time heals wounds, but the heart, well I am not sure if a broken one can be repaired, just bandaged perhaps. I love my girls and I know my mother is shining down on them daily, I see her eyes in their eyes, her laugh in their laughter and her generosity in their hearts. Love your mother today... I sure love mine!

This is how I feel...

and to top it off... our dog Butterbean has some sort of Obstruction in her colon and I really don't want to think about that fee!!! Work is so unenjoyable anymore, the changes in the mortgage industry are making the mole hills into mountains and quite frankly I just want to crawl under a rock!!

It has come to this..

compression socks! usually reserved for the elderly and heart patient But, oh no, I need them for lower leg water retention!! trust me, my legs have gotten better, a little weight loss is helping, reduced intake of sodium, and tennis has helped, but still not completly fluid free and a puffy ankle is not very cute, so as I pondered the aisles of publix yesterday, I spotted these bad boys and decided to give them a try! Those damn things are tight, but I must say, thy really do work! I have ankles like a Princess today!! LOL!

She just about D I E D!!!!

when she saw as she said "that God awful picture" of herself.. so here is a much better one.. I think? She really is cute! Here she is with her two little sisters... badness on the left, sensible in the middle and Obedient on the right!

So proud ...

of this girl.. 3 years Honor roll in middle school and just became a middle school scholar! Off to HS next year and already enrolled for college credit classes! WOW! And to think, she did it all by herself, we did not help her one time or ask her to do her homework. Totally self motivated and driven! Her Dad and I couldn't be prouder! Now the little one.. we just hope to get her out of Elementary school!