Independence Day...A Birthday, Babies and No Horses

Good morning Friends.  

I hope you are already having a wonderful Independence Day.  It's morning so I'm enjoying my coffee.  

Larry and I have both been suffering with, this time of year, allergies.  SO tired of it.  Stuffed up from all the rain then sunshine steaming everything.  Crazy...Sorry I haven't posted or been reading any of you!  I promise to do better...

Our grandson Tylar, little Sydney and momma Sara had this photo done. Too darn sweet.  Can't wait to see them in September!

Our daughter Crystal had her 52nd birthday June 28th!  Oh My Word!!  How did all that time pass so fast??

Crystal absolutely loves being a grandmother!  And she's good at it!  They have such fun!

Our precious Crystal Anne...so long ago.  I know you all can relate.

Sloane wanted a photo with little sister Lottie...I love them!

Samantha is just the best Mom!  She's off from work for 6 weeks since Lottie's birth but has taken care of the babies mostly by herself and with the help of hubby Everett.  And loves it!  Of course, Crystal stayed the first week after birth then had to get back to work and of course, Larry and I are here for them, but the phone doesn't ring often for help...They are great parents.  But it can get a bit tiring...lol

Switching subjects...Larry bought me a new recliner/rocker/electric chair...sounds funny, doesn't it...electric chair...lolol...no, it moves when I push buttons! lol

It's SO nice!!

I bought a photo scanner...had to.  I have Too Many Photos!!!

Stacks...so...I finished putting the slides onto the computer with the 

Kodak Slide n Scan Digital Scanner

from Amazon

Sue from Photowannabe asked about it...

but then discovered I needed one for photos!   So, I purchased the 

ScanSnap ix1300

I love it!  It'll scan photos, invoices, receipts, you name it.  Had a hiccup to begin with but Tech Support was great!  Easy fix.

Homemade Banana Pudding...I never use the boxed stuff for this!  Homemade or not at all.

Sausage off the grill...so yummy.

Since we both hadn't felt our best lately, there wasn't much action in the kitchen, and we didn't go out except for church.  We weren't contagious...just stuffy and sneezy with itchy eyes!

I'm not a fan of this season!

I had an eye appointment yesterday.  While sitting in the chair of doom, I noticed the doctor's chair.  Have you ever seen one of these?  It's like a saddle!  I've never seen one used.  I looked around for the horse but couldn't find one...lolo

Well friends, I suppose that's all for me today.  Hope your 4th is fun, safe and full of laughter and prayer for all those who aren't here with us today to celebrate.

So until next time...

Oh...a note to "Anonymous"

You really need to find something to do besides leaving nasty comments.  I don't care what you advise or think...You are in South America so that tells me you are just a scammer who is too embarrassed to leave your name.  Essentially, a coward.

So...if you continue to leave more idiotic comments I'll just discard them.  A waste of Your time.

Enjoy your lonely existence Jose...   

Singing in the Dress... Slides, Food and Church

 

Good morning, Friends...

I've been a little busy lately, cleaning things out.  I think it's that video I watcched about Swedish Death Cleaning on YouTube.  It really gets you to thinking!  I have a lot of uninteresting...stuff.  At least to the people in my life that matter.  If me or Larry pop off to another existence, I don't want to leave her a mess to deal with!  Losing your parents is hard enough without having to come in behind them and have to do a mass cleaning!!   

Other than cleaning things out, I haven't really been doing a whole lot.  Went to visit Samantha and our new little Lottie...Sloane was there as well...she's always fun.  I had bought her a new play-dress...she performs for you, below in the video...lol

We were in Walmart the other day...Okay!  I couldn't help myself! lol,  Sloane needs TWO play dresses!  Well, she Does! lol... I'm the typical Greatgran...she loved it, by the way.

The cleaning of Larry's deceased Dad is something else...I found their slide stash...goodness.  It's taken me days to get them loaded onto the computer!  I had to buy a special slide converter from Amazon to transfer them.  I did a lot of weeding out, as well!!  A tree?  A bird?  The ocean??  The backs of people we don't know?  Their trips to China?  Australia? Russia?  Finland?  The islands?  They traveled a lot...On and on...well, most of them are now in the trash.  A vase?  A chicken?  Oh well...they meant something to them...All I saved were family shots...Larry in Vietnam etc....1970-the late 80's. Oddly, there weren't very many physical photos.  Oh well...I have a special scanner with software coming for photos.  Should be here tomorrow.  They might not have had lots of physical photos, but I do!  Going to be uploading photos in between cutting fabric for a new quilt.   

Here's me holding onto our daughter, Crystal, 11.  She is so sweet and special...she never changed.

Big Sister Sloane with our little Lottie Lynn...

My heart!

A Mexican restaurant...good food but forgot the name! lol

I made Tomato and Eggs...always good.

We live in Texas!  Gotta' go to the Dairy Queen!

Air Fryer chicken...

Ate Chinese at The Summer Palace...always good.

Thin crust pizza...pretty good.

And yes...we went to church Sunday!  It always feels good...you can close your mind off to everything but God...and be grateful...and the coffee and donuts are always good...Just Saying! lolol

Well...I'll stop bending your ears...eyes...for now.  

Hoping you all are well and safe and not worrying about Iran.  God has this!  All WE need is faith...in Him.

Until next time guys...

Lottie Lynn Parker...1949 Singer, Family and Nasty

 Good morning, Friends...

Goodness...it's been a pretty busy, last several weeks around here.  I don't usually stay away this long but...life just keeps coming at us...of which we are extremely grateful to God.

Introducing our newest addition...

Miss Lottie Lynn Parker.

Sami had an easy time of it...nothing like with Sloane.

Thanks be to Jesus.

Sloane's first visit as a Big Sister...

She was so excited to see Lottie...

and to hold her...

as was I... Oh how sweet!

Not sure what happened here but I'm sure things will be just fine...lol

We'd all met at Miller's Meat Market in Lott, Texas...sort of a last get together before Lottie was born.  Its owned and operated by the Mennonites.  We're no longer a large family but what we don't show in numbers, we make up for, with lots of love.

I made an Italian soup one day this week...would you believe we ate it for breakfast?  We surely did!  And it was delicious.

Breakfast...Cream of Wheat with Crasins.  Not fancy but very good on a rainy morning.

After seeing Lottie in the hospital and after Larry's doctor's visit...we ate lunch in an old haunt of ours...The Cotton Patch in Waco, Texas.  Images can be deceptive!  Greasy...and tasteless.  The gravy was one of those mixes.  The fries were swimming in grease...and Larry's fish basket was just as bad if not worse.  The fish literally fell apart!  Red hot...just out of its grease bath.  

And we were so sad to see the shape the restaurant had fallen into!  Floors were nasty and sticky...as was our tabletop.  The lack of cleaning wasn't due to lack of patrons...there weren't any people in there!  Just us and two other couples. By the time we were seated, it was 12:30...lunch time!  This used to be stacked with people...and long lines!  We ate there often over the last 30 years and have never seen it like this.  I guess it has run its course over time.  

Two basket lunches...that's it...and just waters with lemon...

$32.00...and a $5 dollar tip...I kid you not. 

$37 dollars...sigh

We were given a complimentary dish of "fresh", hot rolls.  They were cold and dry.  When the waitress asked how we liked them...I'm sorry but I had to tell the truth...I also had to quickly tell her (from the look on her face) that it wasn't her fault!  She'd been kind and sweet and we left her a nice tip.  

No manager came around to the tables to ask how we were enjoying our lunch like they always used to ...so... I guess it will be closing soon if someone doesn't fix things.

And whose brilliant idea was it to use these wire baskets??  I lifted mine up to see a little puddle of grease on the table...

We're Done with Cotton Patch in Waco, Texas!

Larry was at his dad's house meeting with a man that wants to lease the land for cattle grazing.  When he got home, he gave me this Singer Featherweight 1949 sewing machine that had been his Mom's. I tried everything I knew to fix the tensions on it, but nothing worked.  Just by chance, my quilt lady suggested I try an old man in Hewitt, Tx.  Well, we ran it over to him last week and I'm still waiting to hear from him.  He was busy so I just need to cool my heels...patience is not a virtue of mine! Lol  

I finally got little greatgran Sydney Jo's quilt finished.  I also made a phalange binding!  First time trying that...cute, but a pain in the proverbial butt! 

Dad and Mom, Tylar and Sara, are being assigned to an air base in Arkansas from Hungary.  They'll move in September.  I'll just wait to send it to them when they get settled.

Next quilt is Sloanes Dresden Plate...gotta' get moving on that one.

We've started car shopping.  This is our favorite.  A GMC Terrain 2026...fully loaded with all kinds of buttons and bows.

Well...there were other happenings that we were a party to but boring for you.  So... I guess I'll leave off here and let you get back to your work or play.  It's been raining here off and on for weeks but I loved it!  This is a hot state in the Summer...

Have a wonderful weekend and take care!