Is This the Face of a Criminal?

Yesterday Maddie, Mommy and I decided to go to the mall and Christmas shop. We went to the Disney Store to get one of the nieces a present and of course Grandma was blinded by the beauty of the pink princess pretend cell phone and had to get one for Maddie. Who is this chick princess named Aurora on the phone anyway? I know alot of Disney characters but she is new to me. I thought this was Cinderella. Anyway, off the subject as usual. As I was saying, I was gazing at these lovely pink cell phones, while Maddie must have been taking some Disney wash towels and putting them behind her in her stroller. I went to the counter and paid for the cell phone and we left the store and continued shopping. It wasn't till about an hour later we seen these extra little trinkets that she had taken from the store. So we head on back to the Disney store while Maddie is happily chewing on her new treasures. We told the teenage clerk that the little 15 month old took these things without us knowing it and we wanted to pay for them now. She was not amused and kind of looked at us like we were criminals. So I paid the $3.00 to Disney because we all know Disney is hurting for the money and told Maddie it's not right to take things without paying. She just looked at us and continue chewing on her new treasures. Moral of the story, Grandmas should not get blinded by the beauty of pink and Disney should not put little trinkets at kids eyes and hand levels.

Happy Birthday Stephanie (aka Lady Bug)!

Stephanie and Maddie on Thanksgiving

Stephanie when she was little. This picture is dated 1991. That's her brother Nick and her Mom, Lisa in the picture with her. Her Mom was one of my best friends and she passed away in 1995.

Happy Birthday Steph! Stephanie is my sweet niece. So everyone leave a comment wishing Steph a Happy Birthday! I know I just posted birthday wishes for my sister yesterday but in our family we have many birthdays in November and February. Anyway, hope you have a wonderful day Stephanie. You are so much like your Mom, your heart is as big as hers was and you look just like her. Love you girlfriend!

P.S. Travel Tuesday London is right below this post.

Travel Tuesday - London

My sweetie at Tower Bridge , this is such a cool looking bridge. All of the photos are from 1999.

My sweetie in a London phone booth . I just love the red phone booths, they have such character to them.

This is me at Windsor Castle . Windsor Castle was just fascinating.

And Big Ben

We went to London in March of 1999. We actually came into London and then took the Eurostar to Paris. But I did Travel Tuesday with Paris first and then on to London. Either way the Eurostar is the fast train that connects both countries. My memory of London is that it was huge, but we really did enjoy the city. So here are a few of the not to be missed sights in London. I'm only touching on a few here so if anyone reading this has any suggestions that I have missed, please feel free to leave your suggestions in my comments. First go and see the Westminster Abbey, where most of England's kings and queens were crowned and many are buried. The Houses of Parliment and of course Big Ben. We did the Original London Sightseeing Tours, which had a guide telling you about all of the sights and you could hop on and off . Go visit Trafalger Square and don't forget the Tower of London, which by the way is fascinating with it's history. And of course you have to go and see Buckingham Palace. We went by train and visited Windsor Castle. I really enjoyed my visit there and the little shops and town outside the castle. My sweetie and I stayed in the Mayfair section of London and I highly recommend it there. The restaurants were great surrounding the whole area. We also did tea in the afternoon while we were there. We are both coffee lovers but you have to try the flavors of another country when you visit. So we had our tea and little sandwiches and enjoyed it very much. Is there a difference between high tea and just having tea in the afternoon? Once again I am only touching the surface of what London has to offer, it is a great destination and one I hope to get back to some day. If you have never been to Europe and have always wanted to go, I would suggest starting with London or anywhere in England. The language is familiar and I love the English accents. So how about we stay around this area a little more. Let's head on over to Ireland next week.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDY

Happy 50th Birthday Judy!

This picture is of my brother Alan(who passed away last year), me and my sister Judy (the birthday girl)!

A nice non fattening cake!

My sister Judy joins the exclusive 50's club today. You know the club that everyone wants to join. LOL Leave a comment wishing her a Happy Birthday. She's not a blogger yet but I think she would love it. Happy Birthday little sister!

Thanksgiving Fun!

My sweetie and I and our sweet little granddaughter, Madison. Look at that big smile. I just love that little girl.
Here are my other three girls. My youngest daughter Christina and my niece Stephanie(who is like a daughter to me) and my oldest daughter Melissa(aka Maddie's Mom). Aren't they so pretty?
I just thought this ice sculpture of the turkey was so cool. I took about four pictures of him. LOL
This is my Dad, who takes us all out to eat every Thanksgiving and there were around 26 of us at the Thanksgiving dinner. He's with Maddie and Melissa.
And I thought this was a great shot of Maddie looking at herself in the big mirror. I wonder what she was thinking.





Well, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with the whole family. These are just a few of the photos I took. I think my family is starting to hide from me whenever they see me and my camera come around. LOL I got an early Christmas present, a new Sony Cybershot PINK camera. It is so cool and I'm having alot of fun learning the ins and outs of it. It's a touch screen and they even engraved my name on it for free. Anyway, I ate way too much food but did so enjoy the dinner with all my sisters and Dad and their families. I know alot of people can't even imagine going out for Thanksgiving Day but we've been doing it for years and the place we go to really does a nice job. Last night I had our little family dinner and that was full of fun and laughter, but that is for another post. Hope you all had a wonderful time also.

Stretch

I know just how Stretch feels today. I ate way too much yesterday. Thought this was cute! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Our family had a great one and I hope all of the shoppers who venture out on this day get great bargains. Enjoy your day and happy weekend!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING