Sunday Morning Funnies

I wish I had a picture of it! Sherrill at his best.
He has spent the last hour and a half getting ready for church. He pulls out a pair of slacks, they are wrinkled from the hanger the cleaner's used. He goes to get the ironing board (the rules are…..I will iron on Saturday, bit NOT Sunday. Check your clothes the night before and I will make any repairs. Wait until Sunday morning, and you are on your own!) He comes back with the ironing board, but no iron. He carries the ironing board back, and selects a different pair of slacks (he has at least 20 slacks and 30 something dress shirts!). Those are fine. Then he brings a shirt……does this shirt match the slacks. Sure! Next comes a handful of ties. Which one looks best. No dolphins, save those for summer. No PINK, too summery, that one is just ugly. HERE, wear this one. Next comes the jackets, this one, or this one…..It doesn't matter, either one. He gets his clothes all together, then he looks for his scriptures. He finds them easily, but can't find his glasses. He walks around for at least 10 minutes looking for his glasses.
He had just finished eating lunch before he got dressed. But, all that stress must have given him a craving for food. He walks out the door, dressed impeccably with a gallon of paint in one hand, a glass of Diet Pepsi, a banana, and his glasses. I think he must have forgotten his scriptures. He has to stop by the paint store before he goes to church to have his little gallon of paint shook up.
Sometimes I think HE needs a good shake to get that brain back going right.
While all of this is going on, Jack is on his bed in the kitchen crying because he knows Sherrill is leaving! Ohhhhh Just another Manic Sunday! You've gotta love them.
As for me, I am staying home doing paper work. I have a Worker's Comp Insurance audit next week.

Just another Day……...

I finally made it to the grocery store today. Yes, 40 degrees outside, and I decide to go shopping.  I had to go to the post office anyway, so I thought a quick trip would be in order. I didn't feel like a trip to Wallyworld, so Food Lion had to do.

Doing the shopping, loading the car, no problem! I HATE bringing all that food in the house. When I pack the back of the car I put all the refrigerated/frozen items on one side, and the other stuff on the opposite side. I unload the cold stuff, take a break, then unload the rest. 

I really think Food Lion knew exactly what I was doing. Today they packed all of my COLD items in blue bags, and all the rest in white bags. How cool is that? Now I don't have to look in each bag, I can just grab the blue bags, and leave the rest, which is exactly what I did today. 

Sherrill came home, and immediately saw groceries in the back of my vehicle. And, yes, he unloaded them without even asking! He can be so sweet sometimes, but don't tell him I said that!

So, just another day around here. Sherrill is back to work, and things are normal. 

I have even finished up quarterly taxes for dad and Sherrill that are due by the 31st. Life is good!

What's up with all of the rest of you?

Grandma and the Apps

In case you didn't know this is the symbol for Apps for Apple products. Eli is a whiz at using Apps, even trying to explain to Grandma Cat how far two dollars would go in the App Store. While we were at Kat's, she downloaded the "Find My Friend" App so she could follow me on my journey back across the US. 

I put HER in charge of my well being. She was to check the App every 4 hours to make sure I was progressing on my way east. (I was afraid I was going to fall off the side of the mountain.) Well, the App didn't work! I could have been lost FOREVER. Once I got home I realized she hadn't turned 

"My Location" on my phone on. So, the entire way, I was on my own. If I had gotten lost, no one would have found me. We did have plenty of food, water, and a blanket though. I think this will be the last time I put Kat in charge!

  Today I found another App "Duplicate Detective". It will scan folders, documents, pictures, etc. and show you the duplicates. It found 22, 839 pictures, and almost 2,000 duplicates. Now I have to figure out which ones of them I want to delete. Now that was neat! And, it cost a mere $2.99. I think that was worth it!

Happy Birthday Carter

Happy Birthday to YOU
Happy Birthday to YOU
Happy Birthday dear Carter
Happy Birthday to YOU! ! !

Look at 90 faces of Carter. Always smiling!

Found a New Cousin!

I found a new cousin on 23and me. This one is a female named Tangee. Her father's name is Charlie Jackson. Once I found her name, I emailed her, and she replied back, not giving much info. WELL…… you know me, I can track down anyone. She's in her 40's. Built a $412,000 house in 2011.
Married to someone with the last name Cassidy. Now I just have to track down who her grandparents are. We should be 2nd or 3rd cousins, meaning she should have one of the same maternal grandparents or great-grandparents that I do. Hey Kat……she use to live in Red Bank. Chris went to Red bank School didn't he when you lived there?
I can't wait to find a picture of her. I did find a picture of two Tangee's. One was a blonde, and one was a black girl about my size. I can't wait to hear from her, which ever one she is!

Did you get your Post Cards

Hey Kids…….
Did you get your post cards?
When we got to Tennessee, we couldn't find any. We even went to three different places.
We were trying to out run the snow, so we missed out on Tennessee. Maybe we will have better luck next time.
When I was a kid you could find post cards anywhere. Now they are hard to find. I guess people had rather send a picture on their phone, but I like Mail. Lots of Mail!
Remember now, when you go on a trip, look for post cards, and send Grandma one!
This one came all the way from Mars!

Summer Vacation

Last night my fortune cookie said I would be taking a vacation! What! I have had enough vacations for awhile!
Kat called today and started planning our summer vacation.
I think we are going HERE!

Does this place look familiar to anyone?
Let's see who can figure it out!
We are already looking for vacation rentals!

Today is Carter's Birthday Party !! !!!

Today is Carter's Birthday party.
Make it a good one Little Man!
His birthday will be Thursday.

I Want one of these!

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Look how neat this is.
Now that I am getting old, I don't want to recline, I just want to prop my feet up. Right now I am using a red and green tote that Mandy filled with Christmas ornaments for next year's tree (we haven't put Christmas items in the attic yet).
When I went to Christy's house, she had a "big butt" chair (large overstuffed chair). Now I want one of them, and an ottoman like this. That would be just the size to hold a few grandkids, magazines, sewing projects, or whatever!
Looks like I will be sending Sherrill out to thrift stores to see if he can find me a table……one with wheels would really be cool!

Another Christmas Program

Look here……Lauren and Carter!
Sweet Babies…… OK, they really aren't babies, but they are sweet!

Another Cousin?

I received and email from this guy while I was at Kat's house. I didn't bother to respond until I got home. This is his story.
He found me through 23and me, the DNA testing website.
He was born Dec 1978 in New Hanover County, NC (that's Wilmington area).
He was adopted in July 1981 by a Taylor family. He is searching for his birth parents. He and I are 3rd cousins or greater. We match DNA on our maternal side.
The dark hair, dark eyes, bushy eyebrows are a definite match, but I can't figure out how we connect.
Debbie, any idea how this guy might fit in? His hair is similar to Mark's.
I've got to get a better picture. This one was just on his profile.
Any suggestions anyone?

Merry Christmas Kylie and Jonah

Another……How Did They DO That?

Today while I was a watching a quilting tutorial I saw where I had a notification from Google. I clicked on it, and they did it again …… Auto Awesome took 3 of my photos from somewhere (probably the blog) or it could have been from Picasa, and put them together. See the little white dots on it…. that's snow (animated snow). It's snowing on top of the photos. This image was taken from my computer desktop with my camera. Remember back on the Dec 23rd I told you they had made me a video? So, how did they do this? Who is the little spying Elf that put this together? Does anyone that uses Google have this same
experience, or am I just loosing it? Once you leave that page, the image is gone……forever.
Guess I am going to have to "google" Google Auto Awesome to figure this one out! ! !

Travel Photos

This were some of the sights we saw traveling home. There was snow on the ground in every single state we went through. There was about 12" on the ground in Flagstaff, AZ. One of the most impressive thing we saw this trip were the Vermillion Cliffs in Arizona. That's a picture of them just

above. They were magnificent!

Next was Oklahoma City. I have a lot to write about that, but will do it in a later post.

We are trying to get back on schedule. All 5 loads of laundry have been done, car unloaded and cleaned out, and refrigerator replenished. Now tomorrow fat boy goes off to work, and I start taking down Christmas trees. Maybe we will be back on track by the weekend!

Happy Birthday Blake

Happy Birthday to YOU
Happy Birthday to YOU
Happy Birthday dear Blake
Happy Birthday to YOU!

Kelli, I have his present here at the house. I'll get up with you later.
Give him a KISS for me!

Home Sweet Home

We are HOME ! !! !
Safe and Sound!
Cindy, y'all keep warm in South Dakota. I saw where it's 0 degrees, and gets in the minuses tonight.
Keep those kiddies bundled up!
Christy, y'all won't be quite as cold, but go get blankets and wrap up all of those little animals.
Kelli, thanks for the pictures. They will be posted tomorrow.
That's all for now…….my brain is FRIED!

Looking for a place to stay

Utah house with antelope skull on front

Travel trailer in New Mexico

We have noticed in our journey that you can not always find a restaurant at the same exit with a reputable hotel. So for this has been out best other options!

Tonight in Arkansas

We are spending the night tonight in Arkansas. Tomorrow we will be staying somewhere between Knoxville and Asheville. Sorry for no pictures tonight. We are exhausted. I do have a couple of ones to post tomorrow of miscellaneous things that make me smile. I had them scheduled previously.
So, for now......... Good night!

Greetings from Albuquerque

Happy New Year ! ! ! ! ! !

Happy New Year Everyone!
Let's get this one started off right.