Photos of Kitty

Here Kitty Kitty

From my patio doors I saw this cat approaching me from the deck. There is always something about a cat and his attitude! They seem to own the world and all that is it in. He just ambered on towards me. He looked very much like a cat that we owned for about 13 years...RUSTY. He let me take pictures of him...even posing. If he had been cleaner and had more of a bright orange fur...I would have thought that Rusty has come from the other side to say "HI" (I know, I know, there is no Kitty Heaven, but if there were...it would have been him.) After taking many photos, he just laid down and enjoy my deck. Enjoy his photos and attitude.

Since today is Leap Day, I want to thank everyone who took part...even my nieces Charity and Colleen. Here are some answers that were missed..."Leap second", "by Leaps and bounds", Leap in the dark","look before you Leap","Leap at" the chance to do something without actually moving", etc. One that I was hoping those parents with older kids would say.."My kid has a Leapster." But I will give you all 4 more years before I bug you about the word "Leap"...aren't you happy?

My calendar saying for today is "WHOOPEE! AN EXTRA DAY TO DO SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL FOR SOMEONE EXTRA SPECIAL!" Let's all see if we can do something special for someone. I made oatmeal cookies for my mother yesterday and hope to drop them off today.

Just for fun!

This year is LEAP YEAR! Quote from an editor: "Friday will be Feb 29 instead of March l because 2008 is divisible by 4, and in such years a day is added to make the calendar more closely match the solar year. The sun's journey from one vernal equinox to the next takes a few hours more than 365 days, which we basically ignore until a leap year, which we give 366 days. Even after such manipulations, says the World Book, the average calendar year is still 11minutes, 14 seconds too long."

So for fun can you think of a word, phrase or game that we use the word LEAP in it? Those of you in Rockford cannot cheat and look in the paper for answers. I however will and chose the phrase from the comic strip Little Orphan Annie.."LEAPING LIZARDS"Perhaps I can even dare my niece Charity to be brave and make a comment...perhaps Colleen would even surprize me with a comment...just for fun. Please try not to duplicate your answers. Thanks for making this fun for an old retired aunt.

It's coming to an End.

For all you neices and nephews who thought that your picture wouldn't be posted on my blog, YOU'RE WRONG! Since I had to sort through all those zillions of picture it made my project easy. You all look so sweet and innocent. A long time ago there was a saying: "YOU'VE COME ALONG WAY BABY!" I guess for all of us that is true. I just love the way you look back then. We have my sister Carol clan...don't you just love Mark's expression? (Matthew, Mark, Beth, Deborah, and Luke. I'm glad she only had the three boys. The fourth probably would have been John but I don't think I can call anyone by the name "Acts."..just kidding Carol.)

Then my brother Bruce, with his two girls, Ali & Melissa. My brother Scott and his wife, Sheila with his family...Brad, Jonathan and Leah. Finally a picture of cousins up to no good...Yes Ali and Leah. Enjoy. If I have missed any of your 1st cousins...please feel free to inform me...I still have lots more pictures I can post. Love ALL OF YOU.

Valentine Party @ Church

On Februrary l6, 2008 we had a nice Valentine's Party at our church. I've put off posting anything till I can find out how to spell Newlywed ...I'd been typing Newly Wed in some of my e-mails. Today I was reading Alice's blog and found out how to spell it correctly. You must know by now that I am one of the worlds worst spellers..not to mention how bad I construct my sentences. I always blamed my high school...I tellpeople, "What do you expect, I graduated from Auburn High School!"

Meanwhile back at the ranch..actually the church. It truly was a fun evening. In the center was a fountain where you could get a cold drink of punch. We played several different games throughout the night. One which makes me think that my thinking is all out-of-line. Pastor Aniol asked each table to pick a COUPLE that look most alike. I knew we had it all wrong when they went to the table Darren & Alice were. The choice they made...wellllll when two bald guys stand up and say.."We're it!" I know that the rest of the tables have lost this contest.(Just a side note: These bald guys are not a couple..I'm sure you all knew that!)

Then the NEWLYWED GAME WAS PLAYED! And of course it's always hard to match answers. But the three couples did fairly well. When you know that Alice and Darren were one of those couples, you never know what to expect...you see Darren was one of those bald guys I told you about earlier. Well( and I must say unbeknown to Alice) when the men came back and stood behind their wives, Darren had confiscated something from the childrens' church room. Most NORMAL people when asked a question in this game just answer back with their NORMAL voice...not Darren. Low and behold he brings forth his hand with a puppet on it to give the answer in a different voice. Alice wondered if someone had put him up to this..what a silly idea..Darren doesn't need any help in that department. However it was funny. Alice and Darren didn't win, but I believe that they tied for second.

We had great pies from Bakers Square! I got to enjoy my favorite Lemon Meringue. Our speaker was Pastor Bob Logan. His testimony was a reminder that we are all saved by God's grace. My faviorite verse is Ephesians 2:8 & 9 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."

All in all it truly was a time of good food, fun and fellowship.

Ponytails

When my dear friend Alice (who is so much younger thanI) posted a picture of her daughter Elaine in ponytails I remeber the time I was finally able to do that to Ann-Marie's hair. Who's that cute girl standing next to Ann-Marie? I love it, I love it...hope you do too!

Here We Go Again

Remember me telling you about my February project...of course you don't. If I wasn't doing it, I wouldn't know either. TRYING TO ORGANIZE MY ZILLION OF PICTURES!!! So now it time again to show some of my other nieces and nephews when they were younger...my nieces and nephews...your 1st cousins. Can you believe that Frank and Laurie have 4 of their kids married and 3 of them with kids of there own. Then there is Alex, married with two kids of his own. Time does flies. Enjoy today. A side note for those who don't know our family: The beautiful girl in the middle is Isabella adopted by Frank and Laurie. The sweet looking boy below her is Anthony (Tony) adopted by Tim and Judi. You see we can never have too many in our family!!! I think it also takes a special kind of love to adopt.