Cinderella and her family came down so Grandma M and Grandpa DingDon could meet the newest member of our family DD. We ate Sloppy Joes or Taverns as Grandma M calls them and had a wonderful visit. DD is only five weeks old, but you would think he was older by the way he acts. [...]
I posted about Cinderella’s wedding on juliannah by design. What I did not talk about was everything that seemed to work against us getting to and from the wedding. Let me start at the beginning. We left last Friday the 22nd. We had to travel two hours to the wedding destination and I needed air [...]
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Tags: Butterfly, cinderella, getting lost, Lady Godiva, Tango, wedding 
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Today’s Military Monday is taking on a more personal note as it should because my son, Lcpl Honda reenlisted for another four years into the US Marine Corps!. He stood on the flight deck of the ship on which he is current deployed and to the oath and once again pledge to honor and defend [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: cinderella, LCpl Honda, military, military families, military Monday, reenlistment, wedding 9 Comments »This week started out with a real bang. We had a fierce storm early Monday morning bringing close to hurricane force winds, downed trees and mud rain to the Desert Southwest. I recounted the whole experience on juliannahbydesign. My other blog is still in transition so if you cannot get to it check back in [...]
It is now snowing on the Box of Chocolates! Interesting little extra from WordPress. We do not see much snow where we live so I will just have to settle for this. Plus no digging out, sliding around or blizzard! I have really been having a block on what to post about lately. Maybe it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: christmas, cinderella, family, LCpl Honda, snow, wordpress Comments OffPlease take a minute to say a prayer for the soldiers lost, families and friends of the Ft. Hood shootings. Cinderella served at Ft. Hood as an MP so this tragedy hits home for our family.
Sunday is here again. I really wish it was still Saturday, but it is not. The week flew by and on Friday, Corvette and I were off to watch Cinderella graduate from college. I left work a little early because we had a two-hour drive to where Cinderella lives. The trip started off well and [...]
Here we are with another edition of Sunday Brunch. I did not have a post last Sunday because of the my deployed son’s debacle car payment. After everything I went through which included multiple phone calls, begging, pleading and melting down several times, I received an email from LCpl Honda on Friday that two, count [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: blog, Butterfly, cinderella, deployment, krafty, marines, military, sunday brunch 5 Comments »Cinderella got a tattoo today. In honor of her son, our Lolly Pop Kid. He loved the movie ‘Cars’. His first birthday theme was ‘Cars’. so here is a pic of the tattoo. Also, my grandaughter, Butterfly sent me a picture of her bedroom makeover. Love it. Her room is so pink… I asked her [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Butterfly, cinderella, grandchild, Grief, Lolly Pop Kid, pink 2 Comments »
