Don't try to change her....

First of all....about the title, never try to change anybody. You will fail every time, so if you can't accept someone just the way they are, then just go away.

I don't know why that came up. I think I was just listening to a song and it reminded me of how people think they can change someone and make them better.

I got on here to tell everyone that it's raining but not to worry because on Thursday the weather is going to be perfect and is to remain perfect until Monday. So there, I said it and it will be so!
And....even if it rains, we were planning on getting wet anyway weren't we????

The picture above is of one of the Rose of Sharon bushes that is growing against the house. There are two bushes there that have 3 different colors of flowers on each bush...pink, purple & white flowers. I've always heard that it all depended on your soil composition as to what color the flowers would be, and since I only admire flowers and don't try to analyze them, I don't know if that's true or not. I only know that they're pretty.

The sun hasn't made an appearance today and even though it's cloudy and even though it's been raining all day, I feel as if my day is brighter.

4th of July...233rd year

These pictures represent how we spent our 4th of July. We relaxed, watched movies, bull riding, napped a little, and listened to the boy two doors down from us light firecrackers all day long. All I thought of was that I must have annoyed lots of neighbors when I was a kid, so I couldn't complain much.

Jimmy's cat Jybow is afraid of noise, so she spent the day hiding under the recliner...poor kitty. No picture of her here. Nothing bothers our fat cat Daisy except for an empty food dish. That's her laying on her back with her feet up in the air.

I don't think HopAlong aka Catzilla liked the noisy firecrackers either, because she wanted to come inside today. It's the first time that she has asked to come in since we left for our Trip West. After some petting she went straight for my purse and laid right on top of it. She's been on it now for about 3 hours. I've been in and out of my purse and it hasn't seemed to have bothered HopAlong at all.

It started raining late this afternoon and I really hated to see that happen because of all the people who are enjoying BBQ's and 4th of July cookouts today with their families and friends. I hope it stops raining so that everyone can enjoy the firework tonight.

I like sitting in the backyard watching the fireworks but with each passing year, as the trees grow taller all around us, it is getting harder to see them. I'll be out there tonight trying to get a glimpse of the beautiful light show in the sky. Hope that you are enjoying today with someone you love, your family or with your friends.







Happy 4th of July to all of you, and......
God Bless The U.S.A.

MRI, Mammogram Day....

It was Megan's turn today and happily not mine nor Sharon's turn at having a mammogram and a breast MRI to be done. We all sat in the clinic waiting for Megan to be called back for her hour long MRI which would then be followed by the all time favorite procedure that all of us women love....the dreaded mammogram. I'd personally like to stick something private that belongs to the doctor who invented the mammogram into that machine. It must have been a man because I can't imagine that a woman would ever invent such a test....and they say water boarding is torture. The M.R.I. wasn't a picnic either and consisted of laying on your stomach, on a cold slab of a table which had two round holes in it so that you could put your body parts in it.
Of course we can't let such an event pass without pictures and videos. We all tried to be cheerful and silly about the tests because we knew that Megan wasn't looking forward to repeating these same tests that she had just had done recently. Because of some changes from Megan's previous tests, she had to repeat these tests again today.
After eating at Cheddar's, Sharon suggested that we visit one of the many motorcycle shops.
Megan picked out her bike. This is the one she wants, but the salesman said that she would have to pay for it first before she could take it home....boo hoo.
Zac met us at the clinic. It was a beautiful day in the 70's so he rode his bike. He and Jimmy were the only smart people and they both rode their bikes. Jimmy was smarter though and didn't ride to the clinic, but just took himself on a nice relaxing pleasure ride.



With these cell phones anymore you just never know when someone is shooting a video. I took all of the pictures above, but Megan sent this video to my email tonight. It's silly and it's the only picture taken of me today to show that I was also there.

This little trip to the clinic turned out to be an all day affair, but it was fun...after we left the clinic.

Megan's interpretation of canoeing

Pampered

....and he does windows, dishes, dusting, mopping, toilets, etc.,etc.,etc. I could go on and on about Jimmy. He makes me feel so special and so pampered! I'm one lucky girl to have found such a jewel and everyone who knows him knows this too!

He'd just die with embarrassment though if he knew that I took this picture and have posted it on the internet for all to see, but I'm so proud of him and I really do appreciate everything that he does for me and around the house.

Girls, girls, girls, he's not henpecked by any means of the imagination! He just doesn't mind helping in any way that he can and it's just not me that he helps. He'll go out of his way to help anyone who needs his help and never expect a thing in return....He's just that kind of guy and he's all mine, sigh.

He polished my toenails this morning and then he helped me put nail polish on my right hand. I did the left just fine, but needed help to finish my right hand. He's so sweet! Have I said that already? Well I can't say that enough about him!

Welcome to the club....

Well looky here who is Miss Biker Babe now???

Andi...I knew that you would love it if you ever gave it a chance and look at you now!

Garry looks pretty good himself on that Harley of his.