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With all the photo's it's getting difficult for those who don't have 'high speed' so here we go...

A new room....fresh fruit, cold drink and friends...what could anyone want more than that....

Ooops forgot to mention Aunt Muriel..she did not make her specialist (cancer) appt. yesterday..did end up going to emergency for x-rays...she has several chips off her hip bone and has pulled muscles..needs complete rest for 2 or 3 weeks..my cousin managed to get her a walker and will stay with her for a few days until she's accustomed to using it..poor soul!

Prayers for Aunt Muriel!

Debbie - Great Prom PHotos!

I made it first!

(or did I?)

Crissy? Debbie? Liz? Trisha? Stacey? Linda Kay? TUbby? Anjl? All you other wonderful and beautiful folks?

How are you today Mary..getting to enjoy some of that beautiful garden..are you packed yet..bet you are so excited..you leave tomorrow right?

Hey Betty!

Leaving Saturday...and YES I am packed! I can't even think about work...but going to have to for today and tomorrow.

Today is the Last day of school for the kids....I'm headed out in a bit to have lunch with a co-worker...

The back yard changes every single day....

Are you at work? Hope you are having warmer weather.....funny to hear you & Deb talk about "cool" soil for the Pups....we have none of that... :)

Hugs,
Mary

Kids must be thrilled Mary, doesn't seem that long that I was looking forward to the last day of school!

Can't even imagine how you deal with such heat, guess you do the same about our snow and cold...maybe we should all find a mid-point state and all move there and look at the fun we could have...lol

Just went out for lunch, was going to the Garden Gallery and then a BIL of mine called, needed a golf club picked up in Barrie as he is golfing tomorrow so I offered to go and pick it up..walked around Zellers, nothing too exciting..had to laugh, they had hanging baskets for sale - great price of $7.00..omg they had either froze or nobody cared for them..not sure if I'd have taken one home even if they offered them to me for free....

So, I'll take the long route home tonight and there is another garden center mid point...I'll see what they have..

Too much excitement int he neighborhood this week....after having the medics take our friend to the hospital Tuesday night.....last night I come home from a quick trip to the store to find the street full of fire trucks, medics, police cars everywhere!!!! A guy who stays with the kids across the street was either high or drunk, knocked down one set of the giant steel mailboxes (4x6 feet) then made it up the street to his friends house and ran into their car!!! I am just so thankful none of the neighborhood children were out playing when he came through! Have a feeling we may have a vacant unit in the neighborhood soon.......told the management they should have let Laura move in.....her cats don't run over mailboxes, get drunk or do drugs!!

Here is what the mailboxes look like this morning.........

Hey Trisha -

That is horrible. You are right! Thank God no little ones playing around! They are supposed to be safe at home!

Has the world gone completely crazy? Kids came home today - last day of school - and apparently some seniors (NOT my kids) vandalized the High School. I drove home a while ago and the road in front of the Middle school is completely littered with school papers, even articles of school clothing!

What's wrong with these kids? I hope the police try to contact some parents at least. Their names will be on the littered schoolwork....

Tubby - I need a warm & fuzzy story to restore my faith in Humankind.....got one behind the bar? Make it a double!

Hugs,
Mary

Holy Smoley, thank goodness the children were not on the street...yep, should have let Laura move in...wonder when it will make sense to people NOT to drink and drive..there should be NO alcohol tolerance at all..this minimal percentage of alcohol you are aloud to have...if someone who drinks has that amount it wouldn't show, if someone like me who rarely has a drink has same amount I'd be impaired..

Sure knows how to wake a neighborhood..

Not sure if I told you this, but over the weekend Cathy dropped in and she said she'd been talking to the people who live across the street, the man was quite angry about the party the children next door to me had..wanted to call a community meeting and put a stop to further parties..

I told her that I wouldn't take part in such a meeting, I wasn't against the party, they only have 2 or 3 a year, get's rowdy but shucks everyone like to have a party..

I had my say, went over there only because a young lady was being physically abused...

One sure can get into politics n ones neighborhood easily if you let yourself...

lol..double here as well Mary...you have to wonder where they learn to be vandals..probably used other students paper work to do so...we've been having quite a bit of vandalism at the catholic school as well...broken windows mostly..if only they knew how much more taxes go up when the school board has to continually make repairs...

This day has been endless..usually I spend it doing something but eyes are still not clear so I just sit...I'm lonely , nothing to do..lol

It really is too bad these children can't channel their energy into something useful isn't it??

Sun is out today, but there is a strong breeze and it is on the cool side. Would be quite nice if the wind would die down.

So sorry Betty, hope your vision improves soon....I know how disconcerting it can be. Since I had the detached retina several years ago my vision is just slightly off in that eye, and always will be. It is frustrating at times but I keep telling myself how lucky I am that I have any vision at all left in that eye.....I came close to losing it altogether.......but that still does not make it any less annoying to deal with:( Will keep you in my prayers......

According to the kids...they did get some of the names of the High School vandals....I hope so.....something must be done...

Sorry for the troubles....I grumble about my declining vision but it could be way worse....

But I can imagine as active as you all are it's difficult when stuff slows you down....

Betty - I seem to remember that happening but not sure about the whole story....That's great that you stepped in!

I can't imagine a parent of teens that wouldn't supervise a party....they can stand to make such wrong choices.....

When I got home a while ago...there's DS and German Exchange Student - about to make a fire in the fire pit to burn their old school work. It's safe enough so I let them...but I made it VERY clear that No fires would be made at my house unless I am ASKED first!

KIDS!!!!

Mary, unfortunately I have seen that at many schools, ours included. The best thing I saw, was about six years ago...last day of school. This exact thing happened with the paperwork....and they were able to halt the kids....and turn the school busses around (some were tossing out windows) and brought as many of the kids as could...back to school. Every one of them had to clean the school property. It has been a lot better since they did that.

Now two days before school is out (which will be about June 12 here) they have locker day. Big barrells in the hallway....clean your lockers out, take your belongings home, return books. AND, if anyone misbehaves....they don't get their report card til parents come in with the child. They still have the few that get by but no where like used to be.

Wow, is it hot here! Last check was 84...and like a nut, I have the oven on cooking dinner.

Hey Debbie - That's a great solution! Wish that had happened here today....I suppose it was most of the bus drivers last day as well and they couldn't be bothered to turn around or to stop the behavior.... :(

Is Lyndonville a big or small city?

I have a coworker friend visiting New York....she left yesterday so four of took turns texting her different phrases to the "New York New York" song :)

I remember my Dad (who was a truck driver for a while) telling me that folks think of New York as just a big city whereas it's really quite rural and very pretty......

Betty, hello everyone, Betty so sorry for your Aunt, prayers for her. sorry about eyes its scary i know it is for me..

i don't know if learned a thing except Jade plant is biting the dust ?? was so big fulll now is that the jade plant??(from my husband he grew it).


have great week end all.. many blessings , good health. be safe.

Mary, I am about 7 hours from New York City. I live right between Buffalo and ROchester...on Lake Ontario edge. The lake is just a few miles down the road from us. Most of what I see, are fields of either veggies, fruit trees, or cows.
It is a laugh around here to go to the City...which is about an hour drive to either Buffalo or Rochester. My DH makes that drive daily to work in Rochester. Has been doing it from here for 20 years.

This is what I see most of the time driving this time of year, fields being set up for crops.

Our town is actually called a "village". We don't even have a stop light! LOL There is a caution light that flashes at each end of the road....which is about 7 miles long. We have lots of traffic jams this time of year...from tractors! You grow up with it and deal with it...its the normal.

And these guys are about a mile down the road also. Friendly neighbors. LOL

And this is the Amish school house. We have quite a large Amish and Menonite community around also.

Well, have to go finish dinner. I think something is wrong with the oven. Ugh!

heya...

sick atm so very tired...

going through a rough patch but reading ur posts every day.

im worried about u betty. u ok?
hiya liz!

xx

Hey Deb - Looks & Sounds Charming!

Hey Laura! Give the puppy a pat for me.... :)

You take care Laura, we worry about you too....
Hope things smooth out soon.
(((hugs)))

Laura, I am sorry your having a rough time. Get rest, and love on that puppy. Can you post pictures of her soon? I would love to see them.

Mary, after awhile charming gets very boring...they roll the sidewalks up early. LOL

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HA Tubby - Not exactly what I meant...but I did get a laugh out of it....

Debbie - do you get Amish Butter? We have to go to FL to find it...but it's delicious....

DS1 at movies, DD2 shopping, DD3 texting/on phone/on TV, DH late from work.

Soooooo...what's up everyone!

Hugs,
Mary

Okay this will make you Smile
For all the mothers...




A 3-year-old tells all from his mother's restroom stall

By Shannon Popkin




My little guy, Cade, is quite a talker. He loves to communicate and does it quite well. He talks to people constantly, whether we're in the library, the grocery store or at a drive-thru window. People often comment on how clearly he speaks for a just-turned-3-year-old. And you never have to ask him to turn up the volume. It's always fully cranked. There've been several embarrassing times that I've wished the meaning of his words would have been masked by a not-so-audible voice, but never have I wished this more than last week at Costco.

Halfway, through our shopping trip, nature called, so I took Cade with me into the restroom. If you'd been one of the ladies in the restroom that evening, this is what you would have heard coming from the second to the last stall:

'Mommy, are you gonna go potty?

Oh! Why are you putting toiwet paper on the potty, Mommy?

Oh! You gonna sit down on da toiwet paper now?

Mommy, what are you doing?

Mommy, are you gonna go stinkies on the potty?'

At this point I started mentally counting how many women had been in the bathroom when I walked in. Several stalls were full ... 4? 5? Maybe we could wait until they all left before I had to make my debut out of this stall and reveal my identity. Cade continued:

'Mommy, you ARE going stinkies aren't you?

Oh, dats a good girl, Mommy!

Are you gonna get some candy for going stinkies on the potty?

Let me see doze stinkies, Mommy!

Oh ... Mommy! I'm trying to see In dere.

Oh! I see dem. Dat is a very good girl, Mommy. You are gonna get some candy!'

I heard a few faint chuckles coming from the stalls on either side of me. Where is a screaming new born when you need her?

Good grief. This was really getting embarrassing. I was definitely waiting a long time before exiting. Trying to divert him, I said, 'Why don't you look in Mommy's purse and see if you can find some candy. We'll both have some!'

'No, I'm trying to see doze more stinkies.

Oh! Mommy!'

He started to gag at this point.

'Uh - oh, Mommy. I fink I'm gonna frow up.

Mommy, doze stinkies are making me frow up!!

Dat is so gross!!'

As the gags became louder, so did the chuckles outside my stall. I quickly flushed the toilet in hopes of changing the subject. I began to reason with myself: OK. There are four other toilets. If I count four flushes, I can be reasonably assured that those who overheard this embarrassing monologue will be long gone.

'Mommy! Would you get off the potty, now? I want you to be done going stinkies! Get up! Get up!'

He grunted as he tried to pull me off. Now I could hear full-blown laughter. I bent down to count the feet outside my door.

'Oh, are you wooking under dere, Mommy?

You wooking under da door?

What were you wooking at?

Mommy? You wooking at the wady's feet?'

More laughter. I stood inside the locked door and tried to assess the situation.

'Mommy, it's time to wash our hands, now. We have to go out now, Mommy.'

He started pounding on the door. 'Mommy, don't you want to wash your hands? I want to go out!!'

I saw that my 'wait 'em out' plan was unraveling. I sheepishly opened the door, and found standing outside my stall, twenty to thirty ladies crowded around the stall, all smiling and starting to applaud.

My first thought was complete embarrassment, then I thought, 'Where's the fine print on the 'motherhood contract' where I signed away every bit of my dignity and privacy?' But as my little boy gave me a big, cheeky grin while he rubbed bubbly soap between his chubby little hands, I thought, I'd sign it all away again, just to be known as Mommy to this little fellow.

UGH!

Tubby - did you plow the back 9 today? Any potato salad yet?

;)

Evening all..mosquito haven out there tonight...started to put top soil and grass seed down, watered it but had to quit because they'd have taken me away..

Twyla, how very nice to see you drop by..omg, know how you must have cherished that plant..can you divide it and put it into new soil and bigger pot? surely there must be one root left for you to revive..know that must be the worse of your day...how are you feeling Twyla, know each day you suffer in extreme pain...do you have that air conditioner on???? What ever happened to that gentleman they found dead in the house next door..was it natural causes?

Laura, hugs and prayers for you...sure wish we lived closer..we'd be showering you with tender care...how's the construction going in the house, is that what is getting you down...hows DD and DGD doing..sure wish you could post a photo...how are the days going, quite cold? hard to imagine that here we are sunshine and warm temps and now it's you having the cold temps...maybe that's why you are down a bit, a lot of people have difficulties when not getting proper sunshine...

What a great idea Debbie, to have the barrel in the hallway and for the bus driver to bring them back to school...Mary, you'll have to give them the suggestion next year..

Trisha, hopefully in a week or so vision will be back to normal..now in no way can I not see, it's just a little out of focus, just enough as you say to be annoying...and, not bad enough to pick up plants..lol

Debbie, did purchase 6 trailers (plants) and put them in the birdbath..however, they are quite long so now I have to put the birdbath on a table...it's dark outside so when I took photo's they didn't turn out the best..

That was lovely Tubby...and yes, how are the potato plants doing? are you pleased with the results growing them the way you are...


As I thought, the lighthouse was gone from the roadside when I got home..good way to get rid of articles you don't want..should look for more..this is the pond area, just to the back you can see an empty area, I've just put the 3 rusted blue herons there but because it's nightime no can see...I looked at a lot of shrubs today but not sure if it was the heat and they didn't water them but none looked like they were worth buying .. will stop at a few more nurseries tomorrow and finish that project...

I never have luck with vines other than 'hops' which grow a mile a minute so must pick up 2 and put them on each side of the arbor..I've 3 arbors that lead into a little cafe room...tomorrow I'll drop into Bernice's to see how her rhubbarb leaves are doing, if they are big enough so I can have more leaves for the pathway
Doesn't look very pretty here..best I start taking photo's in the daylight..lol

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I'm off, you'd never believe just how dirty I am from working in topsoil and swatting the mosquito's with dirty hands..lol..before I have my bath though, I must look for a telephone number for Plantcrazi and see if we can't locate her..she's been away far too long..was having the worse time of it..

Best of my day...just playing around in the yard

Worse ...having to go upstairs and clean what I think was once a bird on my rug..know it's part of nature but I sure don't like it...

What did I learn today..what is junk to one person is a treasure to another...guess same could be said about humans....but then God does not make junk!

Night/night all

Betty - It's simply gorgeous! You have so many area's! I'm going to dmail you my backyard....but as I mentioned...it seems to change daily now...

I had no idea you would have this much greenery...when you've mentioned freezes so recently....I need to TRAVEL more!

Seems I have no idea about the world around me.............

mega greenery Mary, I'll post daylight photo's for you to see..won't be at it's high until late July..just starting to have an odd plant that flowers now..guess you are now counting the hours until you leave Mary..I so look forward to hearing and seeing photo's..

Trisha's Laura, how are you making out with the no smoking today?

Well I called the number I had for Jesse, recording says "number you have dialed is unreachable" different type of recording for sure...

Only other person I can think of who might have gotten another number is our AnnMarie....

AnnMarie, how are you doing? can you post 'sweetie' and let us know you are ok and also if you've a number or have heard from Jesse?

This time I really have to go to bed...Missy sitting here saying 'goodnight everyone'

Potato's are popping up..The bed on the left is potato's laid on ground then covered with 4" or 5" of mulched leaves & straw ..Over half are coming up..I'm sure in a couple of days there will be more..Bed on right is 2" grass clippings, 4" mulched leaves, 2" straw...Potato's laid on this..Then covered with 5" or 6" of straw..There are a few coming ..Not as fast as the other bed..Still to early to say if this is good or not..
I do have faith that each bed will make taters..Which bed is better & easier to harvest is yet to be seen..

Shirley was called of today..We worked in garden..Wraping bottom 30" of tomato cages with shrink wrap type plastic.. Keeps wind of young plants..Also keeps tomato branches in cage till they get up higher..Cages are 2' diameter 5' high.."concrete reinforcing wire"
Cage sits inside plastic circle 8" high 24" Dia. "cut from plastic 55 gallon barrels
Circle is buried 4" in ground..Easy to water.. No water wasted on weeds..Cage is held in place with steel fence post....Keeps tomato's of the ground, lets air flow through..Easier to pick..Very little bending over

The wind has been blowing like crazy.out of the south the past 3 days..Today out of north northeast..Trees & buildings helped slow it some...Had one cage get blown over 4' fence & take off across the bean field..Should of seen the dogs..LOL They didn't see it right away ..When they did they all took off barking & chasing it..Me too in the Durango..

Sweet corn is up 2"+ Time to plant another batch..Baby corn is starting to come up..
We have never tried baby corn..We will see...

Bush beans up 2"+ Peas Up 8" or 10" Acorn squash up 6"+ Sweet potato's up 5"
Just 4 plants..Never tried these before..Beets up 5"..Onion's & radish's we have been eating

Old pic I'll take new pic tomorrow

Nite all
Tubby

Tubby - Busy Busy Busy! Wow - what a field! You should have little or no grocery bill soon!

Hugs,
Mary

Smile


I just wanted to give you a laugh for the day.




What Religion is Your Bra?


A man walked into the ladies department of Myer's

and shyly walked up to

the woman behind the counter and said,

'I'd like to buy a bra for my wife. '

What type of bra?'

asked the clerk.


'Type?' inquires the man, 'There's more than one type?'
' Look around,'

said the saleslady,

as she showed a sea of bras in every shape, size, colour

and material imaginable.

'Actually, even with all of this variety, there are really only four types of bras to choose from ..'

Relieved, the man asked

about the types.

The saleslady replied:

'There are the Catholic,

the Salvation Army,

the Presbyterian,

and the Baptist types.

Which one would you prefer?'


Now totally befuddled,

the man asked about

the differences between them.

The Saleslady responded,

'It is all really quite simple. .


The Catholic type supports the masses;


The Salvation Army type lifts the fallen;

The Presbyterian type keeps them staunch and upright;


The Baptist type makes mountains out of molehills.'

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I know this will make you Smile






>> Being a Grandparent...
>>
>> 1. She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the
>> watchful eyes of her young granddaughter, as she'd done many times
>> before. After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the
>> little one said, 'But Gramma, you forgot to kiss the toilet paper
>> good-bye!' I will probably never put lipstick on again without
>> thinking about kissing the toilet paper good-bye...
>>
>> 2. My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy
>> Birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, '62.' He was
>> quiet for a moment, and then he asked, 'Did you start at 1?'
>>
>> 3. After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed
>> into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her
>> hair. As she heard the children getting more and more
>> rambunctious, her patience grew thin. Finally, she threw a towel
>> around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to
>> bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the three-
>> year-old say with a trembling voice, 'Who was THAT?'
>>
>>
>> 4. A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own
>> childhood was like: 'We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a
>> swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We
>> rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods.' The
>> little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said,
>> 'I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!'
>>
>>
>> 5. My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, 'Grandma, do you
>> know how you and God are alike?' I mentally polished my halo and I
>> said, 'No, how are we alike?'' You're both old,' he replied.
>>
>> 6. A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather's
>> word processor. She told him she was writing a story. 'What's it
>> about?' he asked. 'I don't know,' she replied. 'I can't read.
>>
>> 7. I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so
>> I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what
>> color it was. She would tell me and was always correct. It was
>> fun for me, so I continued. At last she headed for the door,
>> saying, 'Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of
>> these yourself!'
>>
>> 8. When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin, we kept
>> the lights off until we were inside to keep from attracting pesky
>> insects. Still, a few fireflies followed us in. Noticing them
>> before I did, Billy whispered, 'It's no use Grandpa. Now the
>> mosquitoes are coming after us with flashlights.'
>>
>> 9. When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied,
>> 'I'm not sure.' 'Look in your underwear, Grandpa,' he advised.
>> 'Mine says I'm four to six.'
>>
>> 10. A second grader came home from school and said to her
>> grandmother, 'Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies
>> today.' The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to
>> keep her cool. 'That's interesting,' she said, 'how do you make
>> babies? ''It's simple,' replied the girl. 'You just change 'y' to
>> 'i' and add 'es'.'
>>
>> 11. Children's Logic: 'Give me a sentence about a public servant,'
>> said a teacher. The small boy wrote: 'The fireman came down the
>> ladder pregnant.' The teacher took the lad aside to correct him.
>> 'Don't you know what pregnant means?' she asked. 'Sure,' said the
>> young boy confidently. 'It means carrying a child.'
>>
>> 12. A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagon full of
>> kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the
>> front seat of the truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children started
>> discussing the dog's duties. 'They use him to keep crowds back,'
>> said one child. 'No,' said another, 'He's just for good luck.' A
>> third child brought the argument to a close. 'They use the dogs,'
>> she said firmly, 'to find the fire hydrants.'
>>
>>
>> WHAT IS A GRANDPARENT?
>> (Taken from papers written by a class of 8-year-olds)
>>
>> Grandparents are a lady and a man who have no little children of
>> their own. They like other people's.
>>
>> A grandfather is a man and a grandmother is a lady!
>>
>> Grandparents don't have to do anything except be there when we come
>> to see them. They are so old they shouldn't play hard or run. It
>> is good if they drive us to the shops and give us money.
>>
>> When they take us for walks, they slow down past things like pretty
>> leaves and caterpillars.
>>
>> They show us and talk to us about the colors of the flowers and
>> also why we shouldn't step on 'cracks.'
>>
>> They don't say, 'Hurry up.'
>>
>> Usually grandmothers are fat but not too fat to tie your shoes.
>>
>> They wear glasses and funny underwear.
>>
>> They can take their teeth and gums out.
>>
>> Grandparents don't have to be smart.
>>
>> They have to answer questions like 'Why isn't God married?' and
>> 'How come dogs chase cats?'
>>
>> When they read to us, they don't skip. They don't mind if we ask
>> for the same story over again.
>>
>> Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don't
>> have television because they are the only grownups who like to
>> spend time with us.
>>
>> They know we should have snack time before bed time, and they say
>> prayers with us and kiss us even when we've acted bad.
>>
>> A 6-YEAR-OLD WAS ASKED WHERE HIS GRANDMA LIVED. ''OH,'' HE SAID,
>> ''SHE LIVES AT THE AIRPORT, AND WHEN WE WANT HER, WE JUST GO GET
>> HER. THEN WHEN WE'RE DONE HAVING HER VISIT, WE TAKE HER BACK TO THE
>> AIRPORT.''
>>
>> GRANDPA IS THE SMARTEST MAN ON EARTH! HE TEACHES ME GOOD THINGS,
>> BUT I DON'T GET TO SEE HIM ENOUGH TO GET AS SMART AS HIM!
>>
>> It's funny when they bend over; you hear gas leaks, and they blame
>> their dog.

Okay Tubby, now I have to explain to my husband why I have tears running down my face and can't stop laughing long enough to complete a sentence!

Betty, Laura is doing pretty well....it has been over 24 hours....says she isn't suffering the usual quit smoking issues...just a splitting headache right now....everyone please keep her in your prayers.....they will be so much happier when they are over the smoking issues!!

We are supposed to have a nice weekend....hope to get some time in the yard!!! My Iris are about to start blooming!!