Wednesdays fun :)

our boy is about to crawl... he gets up on hands and knees and rocks and falls over LOL he has the cutest baby butt :) and fat legs made just for squeezing
I let Stephanie hold the camera to get a better angle on the boys crawling... she snapped a couple shots of us "cause there are not many pics of grandma and Bradley" there is a reason for this ya know LOL

Papa had to get into the pics too....

as always blogger loads these in what ever order it chooses... I so love how face book does pictures :) HINT HINT BLOGGER ARE YOU LISTENING???

oh such adorableness ... Bradley can sit all by his lonely... and last night cracked us all up by blowing spitty bubbles when we were trying to get him to smile at us ....

then his round bottom fell over and daddy caught him ~!

gads he looks like Cory did when he was little....

Dad... Brenda said to tell you that you were her favorite teacher ever of all times and that the boy you sat her beside who was so shy still lives in New London too... she grew up to be a cop :) how cool is that? She also is so tickled to find that you are alive and well cause she said she had not seen or heard your last name in forever ...

Happy Thursday :)

for those who are praying folks please add my best in real life friend and her family.. Jeanette's momma has just this past week found out that she has stage 4 lung, liver and brain cancer... they are doing radiation and if that works then on to chemo... her momma has no health insurance and no life insurance she is 63 years young and her hubby who is 80 is not handling this well at all...they have three grown daughters and 7 grandchildren... ages 18 to 6 they all are really wonderful people who have been my friends and neighbors for the last 22 nearly 23 years.

another email...

Have seen this one before may have enven copied and pasted it but even so... I have to again! LOVE IT!

GOD Is Busy
If you don't know GOD, don't make stupid remarks!!!!!!
A United States Marine was attending some college Courses between assignments. He had completed missionsIn Iraq and Afghanistan . One of the courses had a professorWho was an avowed atheist, and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came in..He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, GOD if you are realThen I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly15 min.' The lecture room fell silent.. You could hear a pin drop.Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, 'Here I am GOD, I'm still waiting.'
It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got Out of his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him;Knocking him off the platform. The professor was out cold.

The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently.The other students were shocked and stunned, and sat thereLooking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, Noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine and asked, 'WhatIn the world is the matter with you? 'Why did you do that?'
The Marine calmly replied, 'GOD was too busy today protectingAmerican soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupidStuff and act like an idiot. So He sent me.' The classroom erupted in cheers!

I so hope this is true LOL be even if not its fantastic!

recieved in an email and I agree :) thank you USA military :)

Rules for Kickin' Ass

Rules for the Non-Military Make sure you read #13

Dear Civilians, 'We know that the current state of affairs in our great nation has many civilians up in arms and excited to join the military.

For those of you who can't join, you can still lend a hand. Here are a few of the areas where we would like your assistance:

1. The next time you see any adults talking (or wearing a hat) during the playing of the National Anthem - kick their ass.

2. When you witness, firsthand, someone burning the American Flag in protest - kick their ass.

3. Regardless of the rank they held while they served, pay the highest amount of respect to all veterans. If you see anyone doing otherwise, quietly pull l them aside and explain how these veterans fought for the very freedom they bask in every second. Enlighten them on the many sacrifices these veterans made to make this Nation great. Then hold them down while a disabled veteran kicks their ass.

4. If you were never in the military, DO NOT pretend that you were. Wearing battle dress uniforms (BDUs) or Jungle Fatigues, telling others that you used to be 'Special Forces'. Collecting GI Joe memorabilia, might have been okay when you were seven years old, now, it will only make you look stupid and get your ass kicked.

5. Next time you come across an *Air Force* member, do not ask them, 'Do you fly a jet?' Not everyone in the Air Force is a pilot. Such ignorance deserves an ass-kicking (children are exempt).

6. If you witness someone calling the *US Coast Guard* 'non-military', inform them of their mistake - and kick their ass.

7. Next time Old Glory (the US flag) prances by during a parade, get on your damn feet and pay homage to her by
placing your hand over your heart. Quietly thank the military member or veteran lucky enough to be carrying her of course, failure to do either of those could earn you a severe ass-kicking.

8. Don't try to discuss politics with a military member or veteran. We are Americans, and we all bleed the same,
regardless of our party affiliation. Our Chain of Command is to include our Commander-In-Chief (CIC).. The President (for those who didn't know) is our CIC regardless of political party. We have no inside track on what happens inside those big important buildings where all those representatives meet. All we know is that when those civilian representatives screw up the situation, they call upon the military to go straighten it out.. If you keep asking us the same stupid questions repeatedly, you will get your ass kicked..

9. 'Your mama wears combat boots' never made sense to me - stop saying it! If she did, she would most likely be a vet and therefore would kick your ass!

10. Bin Laden and the Taliban are not Communists, so stop saying 'Let's go kill those Commies!' And stop asking us where he is! Crystal balls are not standard issue in the military. That reminds me - if you see anyone calling those damn psychic phone numbers, let me know, so I can go kick their ass!

11. 'Flyboy' (*Air Force*), 'Jarhead' (*Marines*), 'Grunt' (*Army*), 'Squid' (*Navy*), 'Puddle Jumpers' (*Coast Guard*), etc., are terms of endearment we use describing each other. Unless you are a service member or vet, you have not
earned the right to use them. Using them could get your ass kicked.

12. Last, but not least, whether or not you become a member of the military, support our troops and their families.
Every Thanksgiving and religious holiday that you enjoy with family and friends, please remember that there are literally thousands of soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen far from home wishing they could be with their families. Thank God for our military and the sacrifices they make every day. Without them, our Country would get it's ass kicked.



'It's the Veteran, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press.'

'It's the Veteran, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.'

'It's the Veteran, not the community organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.'

'It's the Military who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.'

AND ONE MORE:

13. If you ever see anyone either standing for or singing the national anthem in Spanish - KICK THEIR ASS..

ONE LAST THING: THANK YOU ACTIVE MILITARY & VETS!

we finally made it to the fair!

When we got to the fair grounds this morning there was a croud already... we parked near the gates but on the second row, we decided to sit in the truck and wait.

very shortly the lines came down between the autos and past the truck ... once they opened the gates it took about 10 minutes till all were inside and having FUN

The first hour all rides were free.... they hit the cylops first!

and loved it :)

martha was the only one who would go on the needle thing

it sits at the top for a while then the sudden drop ( pics are backwards thank you blogger)

they went to this ride next I videoed them ... the vast majority of screaming is my child LOL


this was while they were waiting to ride... Martha and my Great niece Savannah

whoops that pic made it twice!

from here they went to the moon rocket and only Kerrie(my niece / Savannahs momma) and Martha would ride it we laughed so hard ....

kerrie was laughing at Martha the whole time....

Hanging upside down

comming back around!

as the ride ends.... martha's face said alot but dont be fooled She LOVED it!

dont forget to click on the pics to embiggen and see details especially in the pic below..... Kerrie and Martha Jean deny being cousins often.... but I caught them many times today in positions like this....

The ride was just starting .....

and Martha nearly smashed Savannah while Kerrie was smashing Tammy LOL.... I was just laughing :)

then free rides were over and we were starving so we ate corn dogs, funnel cakes, salt and vinegar fries and drank loads of lemonaid and tea... then..... it was time for the BMX bike show...the videos are awesome!

ok the guys on the bikes are awesome... the videographer is so so ... she needs a better camera ... SANTA are you reading this... Little Laura has been a very good girl and she NEEDS a new better camera for christmas....

this young man is 19 and very handsome

some still shots I took and believe me they just dont do justice to these guys!

they were very fun to watch

I totally missed the back flip and several other great stunts cause my mouth was hanging on the ground .... they were that good ya'll

then after that we went to the giant slide... an all time favorite of the kids...

Martha Jean and Savannah racing to the bottom :)

its a HAPPY tie... and the red tickets got in the way of the camera lense...

then we came home and got Bradley and all went to sleep for about 3 hours!!!!!! What a fun day! wish you all could have been here with us!

wearing my emotions on my sleeve....

as many know the story of my mother... many don't... so before I go into this chapter... understand that I love her... I don't always like her and she has a tendency to be very mean... but since her last hospital stay a while back she has been very different... most of the time...

with that being said... Mother is back in the hospital... with CHF (congestive heart failure) again.



In the past month I have probably had one of the best conversations I have had in my life with mom, and she has gone over board to be nice to and help my kids (by sending them ALOT of money ) their Christmas and birthday presents already which in Cory's and Stephanie's case bought them a new washer and vacuum for their new house ... for Martha... well I am scared as to where she will spend hers but more than likely on her car... and the card that the checks came in ... was no guilt trips, no ugliness, no meanness, none of the usual from mom... even Martha commented on it....



Anyway I am grateful that she has been acting different but (all you nurses out there can FEEL where this is going right) the DON and I both have this feeling (she brought it up to me today with out knowing I had said it to my aunt the other week)



anyway.... Its not a good feeling and I have wondered for several YEARS how mom manages to come back from these things that a NORMAL person would have died from long ago... so now its time to call and get her update and I will come back here to post what I find out....

well its several hours later... mom talked an hour and would still be yakking if I had not told her I HAD to go...

she is still some what short of breath she is on 3 lpm of O2 and high doses 80 mg BID of Lasix ... with very good out put; her electrolytes are out of whack but, again I am not surprised...

her nurse seems to be of good heart but little nursing sense... and I so don't have the heart to tell her I am a nurse... and know more about what shes talking about than she did.

Sigh, I hate when moms in the hospital... cause getting info is hard...

ALSO.... either the DON or mom are having issues telling the truth and in this particular case I don't think it is mom... the DON said they tried to get mom to go to the ER and that mom refused... to which I politely reminded her that My phone is always on and even if mother refused (which mother would not cause she loves the attention of being in the ER) I am her guardian and they need to call me as mother is legally incompetent... SO THERE... BLAH.... and when i asked mom she adamantly denied being asked about the ER cause she would have gone ... in her own words "I was the one complaining about being sick and they would not do anything YES I would have gone to the ER"...

so on goes the drama of my life and dealings with my mother from afar...

Martha is home from work... it is nearly one am and we are going to go to the fair tomorrow durring the day as we have Bradley at 4 pm tomorrow.... so I am beat and ready to sleep ... Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for putting up with more in the continuing saga of my life...
PS... FATHER? DOD? OLD FART? where are you? is your phone broke? your computer down? you got broken fingers??? I have tried to call and nada.... has Jordan shared the swine flu with you guys??? is he better? Inquiring minds NEED to know.... love ya :) DYD!

to grandma tillie :)

county fair here is always end of the fair season... the fair people are from here... so they start north and west and work thier way across the country and home gets the last fun!!!

updates....

our boy went to the dr for his 6 month check in... and shots... he is 18 and 1/2 pounds, 26 inches tall and such a happy boy! they thought that he is eatting alot of food because of his size but, he is just beginning to eat foods... he has tried rice and oatmeal cerials, green beans, carrots and sweet potatos, and of course grandmas gravys when he is here... he loves his bottle and is so content on formula...
the attack on the house is working well... several bugs who tried to come in have been very shocked when they dont live but a couple minutes.... I keep telling them if they would just listen and stay OUTSIDE where they belong they would live... all except for that HUGE spider that came off the roof outside... mike killed it :) then he went on the roof and used the leaf blower to remove the insane amounts of pine straw and leaves off the roof!
its supposed to rain today :) but not flood and i keep forgetting the fair is here.... hopefully wednesday evening Martha and I can go to the fair!
Have a wonderful Tuesday!

six months already!!!

Happy 6 months old

yesterday (Saturday) Bradley was 6 months old... Half a year!!! man where has the time gone??? this kid is the light and joy of our lives and he is soooo much fun, but i have to put why this post did not make it to the computer on time... see we had an Emergency... I can not stand bugs... IN the house... its all my Dads fault you see because when we left my mothers house way back when, the first place we lived was bug and mouse infested... we did not live there long but it was enough to traumatise me against bugs forever.... and Friday evening there was a bug in my KITCHEN!

We had Bradley Friday night so the battle could not actually begin till Saturday morning and since I get so nuts over a bug IN the house I did not go to sleep till after 2 am... but the battle plans were laid.... Mike left early Saturday morning (around 12 NOON) to go to home depot and I left to take martha to work... then I came home and emptied the kitchen.... all the cabinets everything had to go.... just so you know this happens every spring and fall and in between as needed as the waterbugs do get in... mice do not since i was pregnant with martha and figured out how to stop them...

anyway by the time mike got back with the bug spray and sprayed the whole house every nook every cranny everything ceiling to floor... i had sorted out and decided that about half the JUNK i have accumulated has to go...then....

everything was washed and put back into its place just in time for our boy to arrive :) it was such a nice afternoon we came outside and played ... Bradley can make his walker go backwards, forwards and sideways as he pleases out side on the concrete and inside in the kitchen but he cant on the carpet yet....

any way.... the video was him in a talking mood and the rest of the pics are just Bradley being his cute adorable self... looking at my papa
intensity....he makes the funniest noises
looking like my momma here....every now and again you can see Stephanie in him :)
walking around the patio in my car.... and my HOT cowboy boots! papa sand these boots were made for walking to me !
My grandma is my favorite chew toy!

I get to bite all I want for now but when the teeth come..... NO NO NO
looking for something to get into ....

I do not like to sit for long I want to stand up and play
I can roll and scoot anywhere I want to go in a hurry and of course I am always Laughing...

I will be back early today and since it is so beautiful I will spend alot of time out side....

well my Brother is on the phone so have a wonderful blessed Sunday!!!

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i get my boy tonight... and OH MY he will be 6 months OLD on saturday.... where in the world has 6 months gone?

searching

another week has FLOWN by and i missed it somehow....
i am in search of something... maybe my northern friends can help....
you know the feety pajamas that we get for our little kids??? well my 17 very soon to be 18 yr old wants feety pjs for her birthday which is the 28th ... if anyone out there knows somewhere that sells them in adult sizes... martha is 5 ft 3 and skinny she wears small and medium sizes and i would guess a medium would fit her well... anyway I would happily pay any PJ finder buyer shipper who could help me find her some feety pj's... here in the south just finding closed in shoes is a chore LOL so feety jammers are next to impossible in adult sizes...
thanks and please if you can help email me at peach867@yahoo.com or leave me a comment...
Happy Thursday....

the faster I go the behinder I get....

well i was going to load some pictures... then realised that I cant... because they are no longer kept on this computer... they all get loaded to the lap top... so... a post with no pics OH MY. ************PICS ARE LOADED NOW************
lets see where did i leave off... ode to snot i do believe...well the medinetisqueezey thing... helps Martha broke down and used it tonight as she has captured what ever it is i have and wanted to breathe through her nose again too.
The weekend was short and crazy ... on Saturday Martha had model/acting class and took two of the gowns ...then straight to work until after midnight... on Sunday she slept from about 1 am till 4 pm... I wanted to sleep late but as usual I woke up early and then we got Bradley early...
Bradley is a night owl like his momma and daddy... so at 1 am we were playing and as usual he controls the games... pull you by your hair for some slobbers is a favorite of all :)

Laugh till I make you just about wet yourself is another.... DAD do you remember when i was little and you would point at me and make me laugh... we martha has been touched like that since she was little and now bradley is as well.... he cackles its great!

the next three are backwards .... but when ever bradley is being held or sittign he crosses his feet always right over left HAY dad I can really tell the difference... in left and the other left :D

Martha was playing monkey face with bradley.... and if you notice he is sitting... Below he will sit by him self for short periods before he falls over.... he scoots backwards... which dad says he gets from grandma cause he said I did everything backwards ....

and as always click the pics to embiggen :)

On Saturday night, Stephanie was in a wreck... they were in Harlem speed limit in Harlem is 35... she was not going 30 in the rain... the person in front of her slammed on their brakes... Stephanie slammed hers and slid on the rain soaked street into the back of the other car... the Nissan has a couple scratches and a small dent /crack on the bumper on the passenger side... the people in the car she hit were not wearing seatbelts, and they had 4 or 5 kids that they put into a different car before the police came.... one woman said she was hurting so they took her by ambulance to the er to be checked out...

Papa Hall and the great pumpkin :D

mommy and Bradley

My Grammie Carren came over with mommy to show my costume to Papa and Grandma and to tell us the stories of the car wreck and of course to grab a bottle and diaper change while out of the rain :) then I spent the night with my Grammie... we will let Bradley choose what name who gets when he is old enough but for now for OUR own confusion purposes ... we are grammie and grandma and our husbands both claim papa... just pronounced different... :)
Today... Monday... I have been wanting to go wander through the new walmart because it is totally differently laid out than the others here... and so I want to figure out where things are ... so when I want or need something I can get in get out blah blah blah... call it homework if you will... I managed to get up shower get dressed wash two loads of clothes wash dishes and mop the floors before I talked myself out of it... so instead I went to arbys and got a dip sandwich and curly fries ... YUMMMM then came home and played Yahtzee with my niece Kerrie... who kills me she makes me laugh so hard... she HATES HATES HATES to lose... and i won the first game by 20 points... so we attempted game two... Martha had gotten home and was talking to us when I got my 4th Yahtzee LOL and Kerrie jumped up cussing and stomping and laughing and Martha spit tea out her nose onto my freshly mopped floor .... then Kerrie threw her score sheet at me LOL
IT was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Funny... she would not finish playing with me LOL.... I hope we get to play more tomorrow!
THEN.... when Martha got home she had to go to the bank to get her account changed... We were there an hour before the manager decided to help us because the ONE lady who could was helping someone else.... then we had to run to walmart after all... but we split up and ran in search of the items we needed ... never found some but anyway we got home at 529 and Stephanie drove up and 530 with Bradley .... so Perfect timing .... tonight Bradley had some green beans for supper and he liked them... then he kept trying to grab my glass so we broke out one of the sippy cups that we bought before he was born... put a few drops in the cup and let him go at it.... He loves his sippy and i have some super cute pics that I will have to load later from the other puter ***its Later and I have loaded pics :)

i dropped my cup and got MAD for about 2 seconds

then I make my super mad face that makes everyone laugh at me.... imagine that...

and a damp wash cloth works to make me forget my cup... for now :)

then i throw up my arms and tell my grandma to pick me up... and of course she does :) cause I got it like that HA HA HA

and that my friends should have me less behind :) Hope you all have had a great weekend and NOW i must attempt to catch up with you !

ode to hacking coughs...

my sinus cavities have become flush friendly.... i did not buy the netti pot i bought the bottle that you can squeeze... its right beside the netti pot on the shelf in the store.... well anyway... i am sure i have some infection happening... because of the lovely yellow/green stuff that i HACK out... the snot in my nose is 99% clear.... my throat is sore...and i have a deep ache in my chest... so i am thinking bronchitis... now the great debate is do i go to the walk in clinic and pay 100 bucks i dont have plus another 45 or more for an antibotic... or do i ride this for a while and see if my body wins the battle without the aid of said antibotics.... i reckon it will come to how bad my throat ends up hurting... cause strep will reduce me to a quivering mass of patheticness in a very short time....
i made some wonderful green /plantation mint tea with local honey.... i make my teas super strong... i had a cup hot... gave martha a cup hot and made a huge mcd's tea cup with ice... and have more waitingfor a cup later today.... I have several things to accomplish today...but i am feeling a nap will come first.....
watching the good morning america thing on breast exam and showing breasts on tv. Grow up america... women need to know how to check their breasts... and its not like she was having sex on tv like you see in some reality shows and soaps... sheesh ... its boobs... and thankfully nice ones not B-Longs like i have ... sheesh...
on that note.... I crawl back into my corner....
Have a wonderful friday.