April is Busy

Wow, April is almost over! Woo Hoo! It is such a busy month at our house. It seems everyone and their Uncles have birthdays or anniversaries. On top of all of that, it is an extremely busy time at work with several of our major funding sources requiring grants submitted.

I just sent the last major one out in the mail today! Yeah me! Time to relax, yeah for a week or so, then we start on some of our big fundraising events!

So, what have we been doing besides watching Not a Grampy drive around in circles??

Celebrating a 2nd Birthday!!

Yup, GK #2 turned 2 last week. We actually celebrated the weekend before since we were all going to be in Daytona Beach at the Speedway.

Isn't he so cute!! (Yes the cake was chocolate)

Here he is playing on the Birthday gift from Not a Granny and Not a Grampy. He knows no fear this child....

Yup, this is what butts are for.

Even GK #1 got in on the act!

So, April is wrapping up!

May starts with my Rotary Clubs Relay for Life event this weekend. The next weekend is Mother's Day, the weekend after that.....

Okay, so maybe April isn't the only crazy month.

Sunday Notes

Well, here it is Sunday. Not A Grampy is fixing lasagna for dinner! Woo Hoo!! Home made lasagna, he makes the best!!

We did go see a movie last night. Haven't been to a theatre in over a year. I usually can't stand sitting there with all the kids/teens, inconsiderate adults. But anyway, we went with another couple and saw a great movie. The Bucket List. I highly recommend it. It was so funny, sad, thought provoking!

And now for your viewing pleasure! Pictures!!

This is daughter, she blogs every now and then over at Can't Stand the Madness. She hasn't posted anything since the day after Christmas. Which means I have to stalk her MySpace to find out what is going on!!

Meanwhile, GK #2 seems to be enjoying himself. Either that or he has to make a poop.

GK #1 was able to spend sometime with daughter and GK#2 over the holidays. They even gave him a mohawk. Not my favorite hairstyle on him!


And of course, the two boys, love each other. GK #2 beats the crap out of GK#1. Luckily, #1 is very patient and puts up with it. Even when he shouldn't!!

Ready or Not...

Christmas is here! Woo Hoo!

The gifts are all purchased, wrapped, mailed and placed under the tree.

I am currently tracking Santa on Norad and as of this typing he is in Calcutta, India!

This will be a bit of a different Christmas for Not A Grampy and I this year. Our son is living in Ohio and is not able to come home for Christmas. This will be my first Christmas without him in 24 years.

We will be having Christmas dinner at my daughter's house. We will pick up GK #1 from his mother and take him up to daughter's home Christmas morning. We will then open gifts and enjoy the morning and prepare for dinner. She is doing the majority of the cooking this year! Which means I won't have the messy kitchen. LOL

I am, of course, responsible for bringing the wine!

To each of you I want to wish you a Very Merry Christmas! Be safe and enjoy your families and friends!

Invisible Passenger?

While driving home from work one night this week I noticed the passenger seat belt light blinking off and on.

Now, I knew I was alone in the car, but I had to glance over into the passenger seat anyway, just to be sure that someone hadn't snuck in while I wasn't looking.

Nope, no one there. But the damn light was still blinking. I look at the seat again, just a manila folder with 3 sheets of paper and my purse.

Hmm...my purse. Could it be? No, you have to weigh like a gagillion pounds to get the damn thing to blink, right?

Let's see, what is in my purse. It is rather smallish, only about 8 inches high by 8 inches wide. Made out of some straw shit from Cambodia. Inside, I have a couple of pens, 2 sets of car keys (yes two, one set is for the office, the other is the car key and house key) No, I don't need to put the key in the car to start it...sheesh does anybody do that anymore?

What else, cigarettes, lighter, name tag, lipstick, chap stick, 2 personal hygiene products (yeah watch it, it is that time of the month), cell phone and my wallet.

Holy shit, do you have any idea the amount of change in my wallet or h ow much that weighs?

Okay, I have now cleaned it out, let's see what happens on the drive to work!

Now leave the contents of my purse alone (voyeurs!) and go visit my daughter at Can't Stand the Madness. She has pictures of GK #2! You all want to see his pictures, because he is so cute. She even has some pictures of GK #1. Go! Now! Leave her a comment!!

Desktop?

I didn't participate in that whole show me your desk, that was going around a while ago. I really didn't want everyone to know how messy I really am.

Then Sheila challenged me to show my desktop..okay, I can do that. But I have two, one at work and one at home. And everyone knows that I never blog at work, I am way too busy! So before I show you the desktop, here is my desk at work, cleaned up nicely for everyone to see!

One more angle:

Look, you can kind of see the Desktop!

And now for the Desktop itself! (it is much neater than my actual desk)

Yes, that is GK #1 and GK #2. Aren't they cute? Picture taken by my wonderful Daughter, who has finally updated her blog. She is mother to GK #2 and she has new pictures! Please stop by and drop her a few comments. Sounds like the curse I put on her years ago ("Hope you have children just like you"), is working!!

Now, if you want to join us and show off your Desktop, please do! You don't have to show the actual desk, unless you want us to make fun of you!

Memory Lane

School started today. I don't have any school age children living at home. GK #1 started Voluntary Pre-Kindegarten today. I am really excited for him, he needs some additional help with language skills, etc.

But, with school starting today it made me think back to when I was in school. Specifically high school. As I drove by our local high school I looked in the school parking lot and noticed how there weren't that many cars there...yet. Which is because there is a whole group of 15 year old kids just waiting to get their driver's licenses. In a few more months that lot will be a lot fuller.

Again, it made me think back to when I got my driver's license. I had the privilege of driving the car that my mother used. It was big, red, it was a convertible. I didn't care, it was a car. The day I got my license (dad could not believe that I actually passed the test on the first try) he went out and bought another car for mom to drive. Now when I took my drivers tests, not only did you have to do all the road driving, merging with traffic, changing lanes, parking, you also had to parallel park the car, back out of an alley into traffic. All those things that they don't teach now.

Anyway, I did all of this in a 1962 Buick Electra 225 convertible. Yes, the car below is the car I learned to drive in and yes, it is living in Florida with us now. My father's cousin bought the car new, my father bought it off of him in 1969, in 1976 I learned to drive.

Yup,this is my baby. She and I did a lot of things together. When you are a teenager and have a car....
Thank God she keeps her secrets!!

Newbie Questions

I am new to blogging....(duh, like anyone didn't already know that) I have some newbie questions...


Is there a Blogging for Dummies book out there somewhere...?


Mr. Fab...Avitable...Blue....Shelli.....Sheila......I know one of you somewhere, sometime has written one...


Mr. Fab and Avitable books would have.... (please note...I have learned that bullet points may be important...so I am adding them)

• claymation rated R,
• melted penis,
• Teletubbies Gone Wild (be sure you scroll all the way back to the beginning),
• private parts exposed..(sorry about the loss of the swim suit Miss Britt)..
• lust

Never mind....I answered my own question.....


Okay...am I breaking etiquette by posting this???? Should I drop you all a quick message that I am linking to your posts? Because I will pull this immediately...or any post where I refer back to someone who does not want me to...


Okay...lots more questions...but


Did I mention that I have had a hard day...no wine until after 7 pm? Yup...took a few days off...went to my Rotary meeting this morning, took the car in to get washed, returned some of GK #1`s clothes that were the wrong size, then Daughter and I took GK #1 and GK #2 to Chuck E Cheese,......


wine, more wine.....PLEASE


To Be Continued...More questions from a newbie to come...and more wining...oops I mean whining...