What a Lil Chunky Monkey

Kinsley, my youngest grandchild and only granddaughter, is barely 5 months old and already a ham for the camera.  My daughter, Kinsley's mom, is talking to her which Kinsley loves. She loves attention and is quite demanding about it at times.  Seeing her makes me want to just scoop her up (which I do), kiss those chubby little fat dumpling cheeks (which I do), kiss those short fluffy little arms and legs (which I do), and if not careful I could squeeze that little butterball tighter than I should. 

I just cain't hep it!

Oh, another my daughter sent below.  

I think that's my son playing with Kinsley which in turn is making her giggle.  

School, Another Year Begins

 Today was my youngest's first day back to school.  Summer has officially ended.  For her, it's back to being bored with classes that don't challenge her enough, texting during class, coming home and sleeping until I get home, going to football games and chillin' with her girlfriends.  For me, it's back to being taxi driver and running her to and fro when needed, more dumbass people on the road assured to cause accidents and congest the lanes and being met with school zones as I drive into work.

It's hard to believe that she's in the 11th grade and will soon turn 17.  She will be the last of my children to spread her wings and fly into what life holds for her even though she holds strong to her statement that she's going to live with me until she's 40.  I'm sure she'll come to her senses by the age of 18.

Next year will be busy with senior pictures, senior ring (actually that will probably be this year), senior prom, graduation invitations, all while she suffers from senioritis  with no wanting to go to school and wanting to hurry up and graduate already.

I hope when she embarks on life's journey college is at the top of the list and she'll find her niche in something she truly enjoys. 

Some of My Most Wonderful Blessings

"Children are the rainbow.

Grandchildren are the pot of gold."

Kaison & Kinsley aka K²

She is such a happy baby & he's an awesome big brother.

He definitely is not lacking character, lol

The watchful big brother

Aww, my angel Ayden. I always know when he's ready to get into something.  His pointer finger goes out.

Ayden, my favorite youngest grandson enjoying some Texas sun.

Doting Big Brother

My favorite oldest grandson

My favorite & only granddaughter

Rumpology. Really?

Yes, you read it right.

Rumpology. A pseudoscience in which lines, crevices, dimples, warts, moles and folds of one's derrière are read to predict the future. You know, similar to palm readers only a rump reader instead.

I can just guess what the rumpologist's tell-"tail" prediction is, probably something along the lines of the following:

"After reading your behind, it appears as though you're going to have a shitty life."

That'll be twenty bucks, please.

Dumbass.

Money Magazine Ranks MacTown, Texas #2 Best Place to Live 2012 (Up From #5 in 2010)

Testing Mobile Blogging Capabilities

i immediately realize my shift button on my keypad for my phone does not allow me the capability to capitalize any letters. nor does it allow me to use my function button in order to insert certain punctuation characters. i think the only one it allows is the period.

it does allow me to use my enter or return button. as well as my up and down and left and right buttons but only to move through the blog toolbar and title and subject window. they do not allow me to navigate through the lines of the post.

i see i will not retrieve blogger via mobile due to way too many limitations or at least from my device anyway.

Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Gardens

I went to the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens yesterday.  There was a deal on Groupon a couple of weeks back that I had purchased and with surgery coming up, I decided it would be best to use it now rather than wait until after and then not get to fit the visit in for some unforeseen reason.  Even though I was a little hesitant to go primarily because of the hot Texas weather and knowing I wouldn’t be arriving until noonish, I proceeded to head that way. 

I took my time, a lot of time, leisurely walking through the gardens looking at what had been created out of greenery and blooms, attempting to capture the beauty of the gardens on my camera.  I actually stunned myself, I spent almost 3 hours enjoying the very warm yet breezy weather, simply taking in flowers and insects.  Even though I did get hot and my hair curled from the sweat and humidity, I continued to take my time.  If I had known anything about horticulture and plants, I’m sure I would have been there longer.  I even took a break getting some cold refreshing water and a frozen lemonade and people watched as I cooled down in the nice breezy shade.

In addition to wonderful gardens, Chihuly, an exhibit of blown glass pieces, was displayed beautifully throughout.  I don’t usually allow myself to be taken aback by things but I was very impressed at the unique pieces of glass stationed in the beds and the small falls as I continued to enjoy my visit.  There were several displays that I thought  “Wow.  Simply, beautiful.”  Some of the displays were uncomplicated in their artistry but some of the others had very unique idiosyncrasies in their form or shape.  The Woman’s Garden was my absolute favorite area in all that I saw yesterday.  It seemed to display the most pieces of Chihuly in one central location at the arboretum.  Not only that, while in the Woman’s Garden, you can look out across the way and see White Rock Lake as the backdrop to the garden.  Visually stunning.

Amazingly, it was very therapeutic.  I’ve had quite a bit on my mind as of late and rather than those thoughts distracting me, I focused on being present in the moments at the arboretum, being present in my surroundings, and optically indulging in what it had to show me.  I came away feeling very relaxed and as if it was time well spent.  Actually, it was the best time spent doing basically nothing in a very long time.

As I stated above, I do have several snapshots (about 150).  I’ll add them later when I have time and as soon as I can figure out a way to add them as a gallery, I will. But I think that’s going to require some tweaking and/or some researching about the best way to post photos as an album.  I’d rather not do a link in a blog just as I'm unsure that I want a bunch of pictures dominating a blog post. And then another option, I’m not too sure about PWA.  As soon as I can invest a little time in seeing what works best for me then I’ll add them. I'm also open to suggestions too.  So, for now a few of my favorites below:

My Main Fave - I don't recall the name

Carnival Boat

Persian Pond

Dallas Star

Another of my favorites in the Women's Garden

A New Blogging Chapter

So, I'm here trying out the site.  I'm not sure what there is to offer and I'm sure it will take a bit for me to learn the hows of blogging and posting here.  This isn't my first blogging site and not sure it will even be the last but it is the here and for now.  I'm still currently on Multiply but eventually plan on deleting it before the social aspect of it goes away.

I remember when I was first introduced to blogging back on Y!360 and how I struggled with sharing details of my life.  I have definitely grown in the many years since then and feel more comfortable blogging whether it's publicly or privately.

I hope to blog here chronologically as things happen in my life.  Some of it may be interesting, some of it maybe not but it's me sharing my happy times, my worries, my fears, my gripes, my family, my wants and most importantly my thoughts.  I hope you'll find something interesting and not see your stop as a waste of a click.

And so my Blogger begins .....

EDIT: Any blogs preceding this one were brought over from other blogging sites prior to Blogger.