This Is Why.

Tracy Clark of Shutter Sisters, one of my blog links (a little further down and on the right) had this picture on her blog today. It brought tears to my eyes. And made me very, very thankful for what I have. Freedom. Family. Employment. A roof over my head. Thank you Tracy. This is incredible.

Into and Eating EVERYTHING.........

Today, as usual, I went to see Gan, Ashley, and Payton at lunch. What I found was the busiest little girl on the planet. She was into (literally) everything.

Eating The Table.

Eating the foot of her baby doll.

On her tippiest of tiptoes finding things:

Reading her animal book. And then eating it.


Poor Mr. Dog. His fur was all slobbery.

Oh, but wait. There's more.
She also ate Mr. Telephone.

Then it was down for a 2 minute snap (short nap)right there on top of another toy.

When she woke up and started eating the chair, I grabbed my keys and ran out the door before I had to use sick time from running after her during lunch.

God Bless mama and Ashley this afternoon. I hope they survive.

A Day With My Mother

I spent the afternoon with my mother yesterday. We went to her favorite place to lose money, Greentrack. Now, for those of you who do not know this establishment, it is located in a tin roof building in Greene County Alabama. And, it has lots and lots of slot machines disguised as "BINGO". Right. Whatever. There's nothing BINGO about it. And, it's not regulated so I like to say their slogan is "Greenetrack Takes Your Money" instead of the one that they advertise, "Greenetrack Pays You Money". We wondered why they were so dang busy, and oh yeah, it was Kentucky Derby Day. Everyone in Greene County was there to place a bet on a horse. Everyone. I really felt like getting a nuclear scrub-down after I left there. Yuck. But, we still had fun.

We really wanted to eat at the Cotton Patch Restaurant, which we found out was closed. Such a shame. I have many memories of eating there as a child. Steaks that melt in your mouth. Onion rings shreded so thin it's almost sinful. Watermelon rind pickles. And homemade buscuits. (sigh) oh well calories saved. Instead we went to Outback, which was good, but not quite the Cotton Patch.

All in all a great time with mother, which is rare these days with Payton in the picture. I just wanted to document it so that one day I can read this again. Mother's day is next Sunday. I love you mama. Thanks for a wonderful day.