This friend is the Uncle of my best friend, Lady Red. I met Uncle G and his wife and family, as I will call him not long after meeting Lady Red almost twenty-five years ago. This was after Corvette and I had moved from the concrete jungle here to the Desert Southwest. We had no family here and Uncle G and family took us in and included our family in holidays and other family events. They did not have to do this, but they did because that is the kind of people they are.

There were numerous BBQs and Easter egg hunts. One time Uncle G, his wife and Lady Red and her guy at the time all went out to a popular western nightspot here. It was pretty crowded and I was standing next to Corvette, but for whatever reason I walked to another spot. Corvette did not about this and he reached out to grab my butt and instead grabbed Uncle G’s wife’s butt. It really was an honest mistake and thank God, everyone was cool about because Uncle G’s wife knew I had just been standing there.

Standing in the room on Saturday watching Uncle G and his family was heartbreaking, but also it was heartwarming to see the love in that room. Love that I am honored to be a part of then and today. I know a lot of you do not know who Uncle G is, but please say a prayer for Uncle G. I am sure God knows whom I am talking about.

I never ceased to be amazed at all the information I can find when I get online now that i got my deals on clear and tv bundles. Seven months ago when I found out I was pregnant with my first child, I could hardly wait to select a name. Of course, not knowing whether my baby would be a boy or a girl, I got online to check out different names for both genders. To me it was fun and games. My husband and I would play little games to see who could come up with the longest names or the most unusual ones. It was a lot of fun. I’d also look up popular names to see how many babies born in certain years were given those names. I didn’t want a name that was too common but I didn’t want one that was so unusual people would laugh and ask all kinds of questions or one that was so hard to spell my poor baby would have trouble in kindergarten.

My husband and I decided to go with Biblical names. After about two months of researching online and discussing names, we decided if we had a girl, we were going to call her Deborah Ruth and if we had a boy we decided to call him Joseph Benjamin. After I had the ultrasound, I found out for sure we were having one of each. Twins! Shock, we’re excited!

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I went outside on my break and the wind was blowing quite hard. Nothing new there. But it was blowing directly at the building and the heavy steel door. I had to push hard to get out and when I went to go back in I had to pull hard to open it. Luckily I had the presence of mind to run in the door. If not I would have been taken out by the SLAMMING door. Heck of a way to get out of working the rest of the day.

But the fun was not over. I walked up to the elevator and the little red button was lit up and nobody was waiting. I waited awhile and no elevators came. I looked up and noticed that the elevators were not moving. Soon people began to gather there with me waiting for the elevators. Now some of these people work on the seventeenth floor so taking the stairs was not an option for them. I only work on the fourth floor so I could take the stairs. Like my lazy butt wants to do that! So I just waited. Then the elevators started moving again only they would not stop on the ground floor. After about ten minutes I contemplated the stairs once again and then finally one stopped and opened up. We all looked at each other and hesitantly boarded saying prayers and crossing our fingers. And toes.

Here is the topper. The people started talking about a movie where a bunch of people get stuck in an elevator. With Satan!

So, it looks like we will have to have a groomer do this. I hate to pay just to get the front nails done. Her back nails are worn down from running through the backyard at break-neck speed while leaping over flower pots and Buddy. I have to get this done soon as they are starting to look like talons.

This is the problem with having a big dog. If they do not want something done, it does not happen. All I know is I can not risk being scared for life. Plus maybe if she gets a muzzle strapped on her mug at the groomers she might think twice about ripping my arms up and tearing Corvette’s face off!

If not then so be it. It is either the groomer or I will send her to live with the eagles. They have some mean beaks.

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A few months ago I wouldn’t have been phased by loud music or concerts, which was really convenient for my granddaughter and her band, who I let practice in my garage.

However, now they have to keep it down a little bit more since I got hearing aids. My son had tried to convince me to go and get hearing tests for a few years and I finally gave into all his pushing. But it took going to a battle of the bands competition to cheer on my granddaughter’s band that made me realize just how bad my hearing was.

Not that I would go otherwise, I attended the band competition at a local skateboarding park where her band and about a dozen others competed for a cash prize and a job playing at an upcoming music festival. The sound system didn’t seem to be set up very well and I had a lot of trouble hearing the music and singing. It really upset me that my hearing also made this worse and kept me from enjoying this that was so important to my granddaughter.

Unfortunately they didn’t win the spot at the music festival, but one of the other bands became friends with them and invited them to open up for them at a local music club!

I love how Butterfly always says, “Love you, Miss you.” after every phone call or visit. I loved running my fingers through Lolly’s red hair. I so miss that.  I love looking into Fuzzy and Wuzzy’s big, round eyes.

I am looking forward to meeting Cinderella and Tango’s next child. This will be my fifth grandbaby. Everytime I meet another one, my heart swells and once again fills up with so much love.

I still and will always miss Lolly Pop Kid forever and always. That is all I have to say about that.

We were lucky to visit with Fuzzy and Wuzzy the day after their 1st birthday. They are walking a little bit and are so into everything. They are not afraid of anybody. They come right up and climb all over you! Nice.

Here are some pics of our visit with them.

Hi-Karate!

Nothing like chewing on a ball.

plpssssssssssssss!

Mucho concentration.

Dad, Mom and the kids.

Grandpa, Grandma and the kids.

As you can see, they could not wait to escape and crawl under chairs and fool around with the TV remote. Good times.

Now, without further ado, Ta Da!

It’s a Boy. Can not wait to meet this little guy! #5. Guess I have to come up with a bloggie name for him. For now, he is Lil’ B.

But, I certainly had nothing to do with this test score. He also told me he developed a study system that seems to be working for him. I am not suprised he is doing well. He always puts everything into what he does and rarely gives up.

He is also enjoying taking charge of “his Marines.” I hear him barking orders to them on the phone all the time. Last night one of them came up and interupted him while talking to me and I heard say, “Hey, I talking to my mom right now!” Ahh.

So, anyway I am glad he is doing well and I can not wait till he brings his report card home.

I found some nice indoor and outdoor patio rugs that I really like. They are very colorful and modern looking. I need one that goes with the southwest style of my house. These are rather nice.

I would also like to get a different set of tools for the fireplace. Mine are flat black and unless you clean them right away, the ash is very visible on the tools. There are many Fireplace Tool Sets out there. I like the look of this stainless steel set. It looks like you would not have to wipe them down every time you poke the fire.

My baby making days are over with but there are plenty of people out there having kids. I really like the baby décor out there. This crib bedding is so cute and if I were having a baby today, I would love this sort of décor. It is not the usually baby looking print.

So, just a few thoughts for today.