This Will Make You Smile!

This is my oldest and my youngest grandchildren with the 2 others in the background. We were driving down the road and "Little D" got so tickled at "Tris" popping her bubble gum. The other voices you hear are "Alyssa" & "Brother"! My grandbabies are 14 years old, 9 years old, 6 years old & 6 months. So Precious! I hope this makes you all smile. Have a great weekend!

My Granddaughter's Surgery

Here is Triston's parents talking to surgeon after surgery.

He is showing a picture of how they went in and went behind her lungs and heart to clip these nerves. You can't even see my daughter in this picture and don't ask me who that man is facing us. I have no idea.

Here she is all drugged up after surgery. She asked me not to show her face but she knows that Gran has to show at least one. She is beautiful.


Here she is being wheeled out to the car.


She probably won't remember any of this so I took pictures to show her later.

My sweet granddaughter Triston had surgery yesterday. She had a condition called Hyperhidrosis. Have you heard of this? It is where the palms of her hands & feet sweat more than most people. I had never heard of this before. I would not notice it unless Triston brought it to my attention but it bothered her so much that it affected her life. They went in behind her heart and clipped the nerves that triggered this. There was a good chance that it would fix the hands only and hardly touch the feet if at all. Her doctor told her that the surgery would be mainly for her hands and she was fine with that. She just wanted it fixed. But when she came out of surgery they said her hands and feet are both dry. They had told us that we would see an immediate difference and we did! So far, so good. She came through the surgery fine and will have a few days to recooperate. The surgery only took an hour but she was in recovery several hours. We got to the hospital at 12:00 and left at 6:00 p.m. It was a long, nervous day for us but Triston wasn't nervous or scared at all. We are so thankful she is doing well. Please keep her in your prayers.

Special Time With My Mom & The Quilt Store

This is my beautiful Mom showing me her quilt blocks that her & her best friend worked on this past weekend.

You can read more here. Moms best friend cut all these blocks for her as a gift.

Here Mom Is showing me how she is going to embellish these blocks with buttons and ribbons.

They spent last weekend at my Moms house having a little quilt retreat of their own.

What would we do without "best friends"?

This is a quilt top using panels
that they showed us at the quilt store.

Look at this gorgeous table runner.

This is a quilt top using a panel that she showed us at the Quilt store.


Another Quilt Top


Christmas already?



This is the quilt we are working towards at the Saturday Sampler.


This panel was hanging in the quilt store. Me & Mom really loved it.

It had some of our favorite verses on it. You may have to enlarge it to see it closer.


My Mom & I live about 30 minutes apart so we don't get together very often but when we do it is so much fun. We talk every night through Yahoo Messenger. We go to this quilt store once a month for the Saturday Sampler so this is our special time. We always start this day with breakfast at Panera Bread. I enjoy my time with Mom so much. I have so much going on and so many people that are dependant on me that this is like a little getaway with Mom. This is our second year doing this with the Quilt Store and I hope we have many many more special times. We both have "best friends" but we are "best friends" too!

Check out our favorite Quilt Store: Lavender Lime

Tomorrow Is The Day

Tomorrow is the day that I plan to get really serious about losing some weight. Last week Sherry & I agreed to account to each other about changes in our life style. I love blogging buddies!! I want to lose a little weight and get healthier. I don't believe in diets because I see so many people diet and then put the weight back on, plus more. Don't we all go through this at least one time a year? Tomorrow is the day! Sherry & I decided that we were going to try to walk 3 times a week and drink at least 6 glasses of water a day. Every time that I try to do something like this, something hinders me from really getting started. So this is the week that I am really getting serious & I really mean it. Thanks Sherry for your encouragement and friendship.

Tomorrow is the day......................

right after today.......................

right after I eat these!!!!!

Yummy. I had these and a cold coke. These are called "Spreads". I got the recipe from

The Pioneer Woman! Imagine that!!! Visit her web site to get step by step directions. This is such an easy & delicious recipe. I have never fixed anything that she cooks that is not wonderful! Here is her recipe for these cookies:

Spreads
1 cup brown sugar

1 cup margarine

1 egg

2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

6 to 8 ounces chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix together brown sugar and margarine. Add egg and mix together. Add flour, salt, and vanilla, and mix together well.Spread dough onto cookie sheet to a thickness of 1/4 to 1/2-inch. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until slightly brown.Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over the top. Return to oven for 1 minute.Remove and spread melted chips over the top.Cut into squares.

I promise that tomorrow is really the day!!!!

Wanna join us? All you have to do is try to drink 6 glasses of water a day and walk 3 times a week for at least 20 minutes. We will be adding things along the way.

Baby Steps!

Just A Few More Pictures Of Cabin

Can you tell that we loved this place? Well, we did. And I cannot wait to go back there. It is a little piece of heaven. Enjoy the pictures below. Have a Happy Fourth of July!

Blue Ridge Lake

This lake was absolutely beautiful. The fishing was lousy but the views were beautiful. We were told that Travis Tritt and Faith Hill own homes on this lake. This lake has a rocky bottom and in some places you can actually see the bottom. It is cystal clear and almost blue.The lake is home to bass, bream, catfish, perch and crappie, which make the area popular with anglers. It is the only lake south of the Great Lakes where Walleye are caught, and is also known for white bass fishing. Enjoy the pictures below.