Space Aliens...as told to a 5 yr old.

One day as I was sitting and minding my own business at home, our 5 year old son came to me with a question. Now I have to say this was a strange one. To have your 5 year old ask...Mom how come I never see you go to the bathroom. Now my thought on this is what are having kids if not to have fun with them. So my answer to him was ...That is because I am a Alien and not from this planet. With that he look at me and walk away. After about half hour he came back and wanted to continue the discussion. With this he ask me if you are a alien wouldn't that make me one? I said yes. Well mom if I am a alien why do I have to use the bathroom and you don't. Now I had to do some fast thinking here, not to worry mom is quick on her feet. I told him your Dad not alien and you got that part of him, didn't you ever notice how much time he is in the bathroom! With that he said OK.
Now I thought this was the end of it, till I went to used the bathroom and he ran upstairs behind me and wanted to know where I was going and what I was going to do? So with this I spend two months trying not to get caught going to the bathroom. That not easy with a 5 year old! So finally he caught me! As I came out he was standing there. I had been snag! There he stood and said to me see you do use the bathroom and go potty. As I stood there like a deer caught in the headlight. I thought to myself I have to come up with something here. So I told him that I have to pretend so human wouldn't find out about me. With that he said OK Mom..but I still don't believe you. So I thought to myself the gig is up and we are done with this....Not! After a few years go by and life is going as normal as it can get. I was telling the story to a friend and she thought this was so funny. This friend and I used to do marathon Christmas shopping in one day. This son was about ten and we were just having a pit stop on one of the shopping trip, as we came in the house my son was watching TV, I had a few things to put away and my friend was sitting at the table with a cup of tea. Now my son came into the kitchen to get something to eat. With this she was talking to him and made the remark "You know every time your Mom and I go out it amazes me that she never has to use the bathroom and I have to go all the time. I think that is really strange Don't you".With that son's eyes got really big and his respond was and we had to keep from cracking up..."Oh Mom goes all the time at home"
Now many years later and he has become a young man. It seam he needed some knee surgery from many years of skate boarding. After the surgery when I talk to him he was doing good, but they found something in his knee at the time and weren't sure what it was. Now I couldn't just let this go..no way! With this I answer him with Oh No they have found a few of your Alien parts. Not to worry they won't ever know.Now this is one crazy Mom and this joke went on for about 20 years. I alway said got to have fun with the kids!
That my story and I am sticking to it!

A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.

Michel de Montaigne

Just a few more photos of our ride today.

Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.

David Ogilvy

Horse back riding

Today we made it out to the stables and went on a trail ride. Now I have to start off by tell you that I haven't been on a horse for 44 years. Granddaughter takes lesson and at one of the lesson I said that looks like fun! Haven't done that in years. Well that how I wound up on a horse. As you see I will do just about anything for the grandchildren. But this old granny is hurting tonight...lol. My butt really hurts, not to mention the crack rib. I hope this works as I haven't done a blog like this yet.I am going to try and add the picture in order with the story.Ok now they bring out the horses for us to ride and tell me that this is mine for the ride. I just look at them and said you got to be kidding! I have admired this beautiful beast of a horse the time I have been there, but never thought I get on him...lol. If you know anything about horse, they measure them by hands. An average horse is about 14 hand high and the one they gave me to ride was between 16 and 17 hands high! As you see in the picture I am really ???? the thought of getting on this beast! They assure me he was very gentle. Ok on I go and away we go.

Now we had a good time riding and I am no worst for the wear. I do hope the granddaughters remember this..lol. The ride was though the woods and I did get slap in the head a few time with the bushes. Well you have to remember I was sitting really high up!Now for the pictures of us all together.

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.

Douglas Jerrold

Thanksgiving

It was a day to give Thanks and that we did. We are thank full that our oldest son has the kids after the separation. The grandaugther were with their mom but Grandson stay with us. It was a quite day but good anyway. After dinner other son and family came for dessert and Mom and sister and her husband. So we had a nice day in all.

Today I am going horse back riding with the grandaughter's and it not going to be easy with a crack rib, but a promise is a promise. I work retail and the pass 2 day have been right from hell. and this was hard to do with the rib thing going on, so it will be to the dr's for me tomorrow!

Well hope to have some great pictures when I get back, haven't been on a horse since I was 15 so this sould be good for a few laughs.

Grandson's first dance!

I sit here with mixed feeling tonight, as grandson has his first dance to go to with his new girlfriend. I am happy that he is going and sad that he is growing up so fast. I have to say that he was the only grandchild for 4 years and had all my attention. They only lived a few blocks from us and I had waited so long for this child. We have 6 grandchildren now, but he is the only boy. You have to understand that we have 3 sons so it was like having one of our sons hand back to me. I love all my grandchild for different reason and each has a special place in my heart. But Gregory is the first and only grandson.
I used to take him to school everyday the first year and one of the rules as I call them was that I couldn't let anyone on the play grounds see me give him a kiss and hugs before he went in to school. So I work out a way to do it and no one knew...lol.. and he was happy about it. Just a little thing in life that made us both happy at the time.
Last year we got to watch as he walk from 8th grade to the high school at the grauation and I have to say it was a very moving moment. To see the little boy turn into a young man and have some many chance in his life the past year. I love you more then you could ever know Gregory! I hope that you have a wonderful time tonight and get that kiss at the end of the dance. Our little boy has become a young man!

Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. - Anonymous

Horse back riding

Last weekend we went to see our grandaughter have her riding lesson. I so enjoy watching her and see how much she has learn in a short time. I hope to do a little riding with her in the next week or so. I have to say that I haven't been on a horse since I was 15. Hope this video works if not here is a picture of the two of us...lol.
I hope to be out riding with grandaughter next sunday.


It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
- Henry David Thoreau

Just a little bid about me....

I came into this world in 1948 a big healthy baby of 9 lbs 2 oz and very much in a hurry to get here, poor Mom never made it to the delivery room!
I had a very normal childhood, living in the city. At about the ripe old age of 7 or 8 year I started to get sick a lot and losing weight. If someone was sick it was a sure deal that I would get it. Little did they know at that time what was wrong with me and it would take till I was 40 yrs old to know. I had Lupus! Now according to every Dr that I've seen I shouldn't been able to have 3 beautiful sons and have lived the life that I have. I have come down with several health issue over the years and manage to get though them with some sense of humor will get into to this a little later in the blog. Now at the ripe old age of ( well almost) 59 I am enjoying life to the fullest! Each and everyday is a blessing to me and I hope to have many more. I still have so many things to do. Well you see I have a list of 25 things I have to do before I die and if I keep adding to the list then I can't die..lol. Well that just let you into the way my mind thinks and works. I am a little on the rose-colored glasses and the glass is half full type of person. So I hope you enjoy the trip through this blog of my past times and life. But of course like I said before I will just kind jump around here and write down what is on my mind at that time. Now for my quote today....

May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light.
May good luck pursue you each morning and night.

Hi

I would love to write a story tonight, but we have a meeting tonight at the Yacht Club. I hope to do one tomorrow after work.
I also will start putting quotas here at the end of each story. Have a great evening. Tah Tah for now.

May you have the hindsight to know where you've been
the foresight to know where you're going
and the insight to know when you're going too far.