Most recent photos of my grandchildren............

I am sharing my house with something I don't like....

Oh, my goodness!! For a week or so I have had a

house guest (and I use that term lightly) that has really been driving me CRAZY!!

This morning I went into the kitchen and found 'it'

on top of the sideboard and it CREEPED me out.

I am not scared of it.....but I want it gone and I want it gone

NOW!!

I went to the neighhborhood store and brought home two

traps and set out to get RID of the uninvited house guest

once and for all!

I got creative with what

little I had in my cupboard...I took two pieces

of rice chex out to try to entice the little four legged,

long tail, furry 'it' to dine on

his LAST meal!!

After hot gluing (another bit of creativity) the first piece of cereal

to the trap.....I set the trap and took it

to the living room

leaving the second piece on the table.

I went back into the kitchen to glue

and set the second trap...

GONE!!

That little furry it must have been

waiting for me to

leave the room so he

could help himself!

Well, both traps are set and hopefully

he/she will'take the bait'.

I am waiting to hear one of the traps go......

SNAP!!

Happy Anniversay Mother & Daddy....

Happy 65th Wedding Anniversay...

may you have many more celebrations together!!

Love you both so much...

Fun...fast...weekend with a great California friend...

I picked up Sandi from Dallas Fort Worth Airport on Thursday afternoon and away we went. Four days packed full of adventure and fun. We visited Mattel Toys Friday morning and spent two hours going through the Fort Worth based distribution center.....I have never seen so many boxes of toys in my life. Their plant is the size of five or six football fields!! That is a lot of toys in one place!!! Sandi has worked for Mattel for close to twenty years and she wanted to visit her friends and see the plant. I think I enjoyed it just as much as she did!

From there we headed to the Stockyards for an afternoon of sight seeing. Sandi bought herself a pair of Justin boots......a must have in any Southern California woman's wardrobe (hehehe). We went in and out of gift shops up and down the streets looking for gifts she wanted to bring back to her friends and family. She was able to see a cattle drive up close a personal....real cowboys and horses. Things you don't see every day at the beach where she lives!! We were classic tourist snapping pictures wherever we went. We came back to my little house and got ready to go out for a night on the town. That night Sandi wore her new black cowboy boots and was able to dance the night away in the arms of several Fort Worth cowboys! Needless to say...she had fun and I am sure she will be talking about this visit for months to come!! I know I will!!

The next day we went back to the Stockyards to go through some more shops and once again returned to the Stockyards at night for some more dancing!! Her boots got a work out to say the least! The weekend was also stuffed with more sightseeing around the town and the neighborhood that I have come to love and enjoy so much. Did I mention we ate? Oh, did we eat!! I think I won't have to eat anything for a whole week......that's how much food we ate during the days she was visiting.

The weather was beautiful the entire time she was here.......but last night a big storm blew through North Texas.....I am so glad the weather held out until she was on the airplane going home to California!! Sandi and I laughed and had such a great weekend together.......I am so glad she came to visit........there is an open invitation for ALL of you to come visit me any time you would like to see Texas.

Only in Texas!!

(Click on the first picture to enlarge it so you can really see....Yikes!!)

This gives 'out house' a whole new meaning!! It truly is a real bathroom....found in Houston Texas. Can you imagine yourself inside that mirrored glass cubicle looking out??

Getting ready.......

Today I have been busy getting ready for my girlfriend Sandi.....she is coming to Texas on Thursday from California for a short visit. I have washed windows.....floors...china....and more china. For those who know me.....ya know how much stuff I have sitting around my house so, it is an all day job!! I have my country music blaring and things are almost done! Yay for me!!

I am excited about seeing her...it has been several years since we have seen each other and there's lots to catch up on!! I emailed a picture of her at a party from a million years ago. She got a kick out of it......hopefully when she gets out here and sees the rest of the pictures, she can remember what year the photos were taken. I certainly couldn't tell her and I took the pictures.......lesson here......date all pictures!!

We have a list going of places to see......Stockyards (any doubt on that??).....downtown Fort Worth.....boot places (she wants a pair of Texas Cowboy Boots)........well, the list goes on and on......we will have so much fun!! Sandi works for Mattel so, we will also be stopping by the main office here in Fort Worth so she can visit with her friends from toy land!!

I will take lots of pictures and post them soon............!!