I Bet You Didn't...

Did you know you can kill a Black Widow Spider by spraying it with a can of hairspray?

And that you can start your office microwave on fire when you try to melt your pat of butter with the foil still on it?

And that you can drive 30 miles one way to the Passport Office on your lunch hour and have no checks left in your checkbook? and then you discover you left your ATM card on your kitchen counter?

Thats what I did today.

P.S. Oh and yesterday, I dropped my NEW cell phone into my cup of coffee while driving.............

Having a tough moment.............

I miss my mom so much right now. I wish I could just pick up the phone and call her.

But I know she can hear me.

The Golden Ticket!!!!!!

March 11th is the day. Mark your Calendar, buy a pinata,
bake a cake....cause those braces are coming off!

Time for corn on the cob, barbq'd ribs and the juiciest steak I can sink my NEW TEETH into.

Oh, to chew again.......................

Thank you, Thank you and Thank you!

Gracias Cashmere Mafia for the wonderful gift basket! You know me too well! From the Coronitas w/lime, the chips & salsa, chocolate and my Ellen magazine you hit a home run! I can always count on you to make me smile!

And Thank You for the beautiful Hydrangea's. You don't know it, but that blue bird has an "extra" special meaning to me!

And all those heart warming cards, so much thought and kindness put into each one. I will treasure these. You have filled my heart.

The last time I used it was.......

Does anyone know where my Passport is? It is amazing to me that I organize people's lives for a living, but I can't even organize my own.

Funny isn't it?

My Beautiful Mom

On the evening of Thursday, February 5th, my mother, passed peacefully surrounded by her four daughters and husband of 54 years. This was sudden and unexpected.

Mom always said she wanted to go first and she got her wish. And just as her favorite Frank Sinatra song says, she did it "My Way".


Hilda Rollins-Coppin 1934 - 2009

Even though our hearts are heavy, my mom's love, and gentle and kind spirit fills us and blankets us with comfort. You were a wonderful Mom, Nana and Wife. You made us the the ladies we are today.

We love you, Mom!

Per her wishes, Mom's ashes will be spread in her hometown of Porthcawl, Wales by my father and her daughters.

The Invitation...

Thank you, Mr. Wisconsin for the invite.

But I'll have to get a new cowboy hat.......

It's a New Day....

Rosa sat, so Martin could walk....

Martin walked, so Obama could run...

Obama runs, so our Children can Fly.

The day Chelsea learned in elementary school, the story about Rosa Parks and the bus, she came home terribly upset. She said, "Mommy, please tell me we didn't really treat people of another color like that, did we Mommy?" She could not even grasp that there was such a thing as segregation and racism. I remember she began to cry when I told her that was true and why it had happened.

Now, today, my child can fly and now I am the one to cry.

Confucius Say

This was my fortune cookie today.

BRING IT ON!!

Another Day in Paradise...

My sister Gina and I took our daughters to East Beach today, JANUARY 18th. It is 85 degrees. They are doing a happy dance!

Chelsea and Aunt Gina, always the posers!


And NO I'm not going swimming, unlike you Gina, I don't have my bathing suit ON!


While we were taking these pictures, this seagul and a few of his friends took our lunch!!!!

Gonna be a Bear

January Book Club

Now we don't always meet in our PJ's, however, these were a gift from Maureen at the Book Club Christmas Party and this was a great opportunity to wear them at my house. We had an awesome potluck and next month's book is

"He's not that into You".

Yikes!

Would you believe it is 85 degrees here today?

Now we know why they call this place Paradise.

The Rose Pruning Class

Today I attended a rose pruning class at our local nursery. I was the youngest one there.

I learned that there was a proper way to prune a rose bush and not the Edward Scissorhands method I have been using. I came home and have now shovel pruned a few of mine who now sit happily in the green waste container.

And some of the names these roses have, they even have one called "happy chappy". That one I just had to have. I plan on planting a few in the backyard soon and will keep you posted on their survival rate.

Oh and then there was the man with the dentures.

I need to find a new crowd.

Seventy two days and counting.....

til these wired contraptions are outta my mouth. I'm wearing double rubber bands now 24/7, and we find them everywhere.....at the office in file folders, in my car, and I know I've ingested a dozen or so too!

To be able to chew again....

My Reality

All the new Reality shows are starting again.

You want to see Reality? Watch me try and pay my bills at the end of the month. Now that is Reality.


Hmmm, can I pay my Visa with my Mastercard??

Thank you, Bruce!

What a surprise.

This is a scrapbooker's dream tool! This machine cuts out all types and sizes of fonts and can make them up to 24 inches tall. I'm gonna have the best looking garage sale signs in town!

I guess I was a good Assistant this year!!

I can't believe I just said that....

but I did.

Aunt Joanne has new Man.....

A Snowman, that is. We have named him Mr. McFlurry. He is very soft and cuddly and doesn't say much.

Mom finds him adorable, especially the soft tufts of hair on the back of his head.

But then, while no one was watching,

McFlurry was found with another woman. We knew it wouldn't last.

Elephant Seals in Cambria/San Simeon

These elephant seals come every year at this time, to birth, mate and fight. The bigger males come down from Alaska.

Wendy and I borrowed these glasses from Elton John.

In this picture, there is a baby right in the middle of the picture.