Introducing.............

This is an ultrasound picture of my son's son who is due the end of March. Isn't he so cute? The proud parents just found out they are having a boy. Grandma and Grandpa are very excited to meet him in the spring. Not sure of his name yet, but I know they have been thinking of naming him Michael, which is my sweetie's name.

Photos From Last Thanksgiving

Thought I'd share a few photos from last Thanksgiving. My Dad takes us all out to eat for Thanksgiving dinner each year and then I cook a small turkey the next day so everyone can have leftovers. Anyway, here are the guys. my sweetie, my nephew, Nick, my son, Jimmy and my son in law, Jamiel. I hardly ever post pictures of the guys and it's not that I do that on purpose it's just that I don't have as many photos of them. The only one missing from the photo is my Dad.

Here I am last Thanksgiving with my sweet grandbaby Madison, she was only a few months old and was sleeping most of the meal. I doubt if she'll do that this year. But look at how little she was.

Here is a photo of everyone. My niece Stephanie and Nick are in the upper left of the picture. They spent so much time at our home growing up that I consider them part of our family. Their Mom was one of my very best friends and she died when they were little. Anyway, a few have other family obligations this year so I won't be able to get photos of us all together this year but maybe I'll get that photo on Christmas. And I've been waiting to share something with you all but one of my children has not sent me the photo yet, so maybe later on. I hope....................

A Day in the Life of Cleo - My Cat

This is an exciting post people! This is where Cleo sleeps all day. In the bassinet in the spare bedroom along with Winnie the Pooh and some teddy bears. I guess she figures Maddie(my granddaughter) doesn't use it any more so she can.
Somewhere between 4pm and 5pm Cleo decides it's happy hour and she'll follow me around until I give her some treats. Then when she's full and rested, it's time to groom--ALOT.
Then before the sun sets, she'll watch out the window for imaginary things. If she's lucky she'll see a squirrel.
Then it's time to go to bed for the night on my cream colored couch that I now keep covered with a throw.


I think Cleo has a pretty good life, don't you? I couldn't get a picture of her crazy time, you people who have cats know what I mean. It's the time of day when she runs around the house like her tail's on fire. I know you are wondering where's Travel Tuesday but it's a busy week so we'll go to London next week. If you just can't wait to go to London until next week, pop over and visit Sandy at Whistlestop Cafe , she just came home from there and has some good posts from her visit and she just has a great blog with some good recipes too. An just because I think this is so cool go here to authorblog and check out this photo, be sure to read his post.

And just one other thing, my sweetie leaves early every morning for work and he left me this on the kitchen counter this morning. It's from his little calendar that is made just for Dads. I thought it was so good:

"We can't form our children on our own concepts: we must take them and love them as God gives them to us"

I know this post was all over the place but hey you guys should know that about me now. Have a great day and I promise we will go to London next week.

Travel Show

This is my sister Judy and her husband and friends at the Travel Show. Judy's the blonde and her hubby is across from her. They are going on a Caribbean cruise this winter. I really wanted to go with everyone but they were planning this when I was planning my Alaska trip and couldn't do both at that time and now the price of the cruise has more then doubled, so now I really can't go. Wish I could because this group knows how to have fun. So think of me when you all are in the Caribbean and I'm back in Cincy freezing.

This is my good friend and fellow travel agent Alice and her group of traveling buddies. Alice is the one kind of leaning on the left. She's a hoot to work with. We tell each other that if we ever need to go into a nursing home that our kids should put us on a cruise ship instead and we can float around the seas and they can visit us in port or on the ship. Think about it, you have a doctor and nurse on board, you have all of your meals and entertainment and it's probably cheaper then going into a nursing home.

Anyway, my work had a travel show the other night. We had a pretty good turnout and it was alot of fun. I loved talking to some of our clients and finding out how they liked their trips they took. The most interesting couple I talked to had just come back from Africa on a African Safari. I've known this couple for awhile and they have traveled the world. They told me about how they came upon a lion kill while they were in Africa and that they stayed at a lodge called The Ark, where you can watch the animals come to visit the salt lick. It is a lodge that is shaped to resemble the Ark and it has balconies and decks for great views. It just sounded so interesting to me and fascinating. I also asked them where their favorite place was out of all of the places they have been in this world and they told me that New Zealand was the most beautiful of all they had seen. In fact the husband told me that at every turn they went in New Zealand that there was another beautiful sight to see. I knew Australia was at the top of my list to see but now New Zealand is up there also. This is the best part of my job talking to people about their trips and hearing how excited they are when they see new places in this world. The worst part is dealing with the airlines. Have a great Monday!

Name Tag

Julie from Nunnies Attic has a little name tag game going so I thought I'd play along. Just go to Amazon.com click on books then advanced search, type your first name in title and choose a cute and meaningful book cover and post it.

Okay so the selection for Joan consist alot of Joan of Arc or Joan Crawford so choosing between Mommy Dearest (no more wire hangers) or a saint is a no brainer. I always loved the story of Joan of Arc when I was growing up. Who knew that Mark Twain wrote a book on her? And it says on Amazon that he considered this book not only his most important work but his best. He spent twelve years in research for this book and many months in France. This is pretty interesting stuff and something I never knew.

A Little of This and That

WARNING THIS POST IS GOING TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE! But what's unusual about that? Anyway I had this post all ready telling you guys all about my work's travel show last night and all about my travel friends who went on an African Safari. A trip of a lifetime, so cool. But that'll have to wait for another time. First off go here and visit Kellan at On the Upside and read her story of her and her husband. Start with her November 14th post and work your way up to today. Seriously this girl can write and while your at it, wish her and her hubby Happy Anniversary.


Okay now maybe some of you know how to decipher dreams because last night I had a really weird one. Here's my dream or nightmare. Do you remember the Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds? Well, I had a dream last night that these birds were attacking me and I ran behind a big wrought iron fence and for some reason the birds could not fly over the fence to get me or anyone else on my side of the fence (hey it's a dream) so we shut the door and the birds are on the other side and another person(on the wrong side of the fence) comes yelling to me "open the door they are killing me"(don't remember if this person is male or female) and I remember thinking if I open this door the birds will get me and everyone else behind the door but if I don't the birds will get this one person and then I woke up shaking. So what does it all mean? Maybe it means I shouldn't drink caffeine diet drinks at 8pm anymore and take a Tylenol PM because my back was hurting or maybe it's something deeper. Who really knows when it comes to dreams? But either way I thought it was an interesting dream because do you save the one and risk the many or do you not open the door? And you don't have any time to think it through, I would hope I could save everyone but I was spared that decision when I woke up. Too deep for my little brain!
At the very least it should make me rethink my caffeine intake anymore. Have a good weekend!

Sweetie you shouldn't have!

Did anyone see this on the news? This is a 84.37 carat white diamond that was sold yesterday for a little over 16 million dollars, making it the second most expensive such stone ever sold. How do you wear a 84.37 carat diamond? LOL Just thought this was interesting and would brighten your day.