Last day of Blogathon.

I forgot how good blogging and being in touch with all of you makes me feel.

Time for a… FAVORITE THINGS POST!

FAVORITE WEBSITE

 (other than Xanga)

I’ve really been enjoying  ETSY lately.

I like browsing the shops and being inspired.

One of the many things I enjoy there are the featured artist videos

This is one of my favorites.

Butch Anthony’s Museum of Wonder from Etsy on Vimeo.

FAVORITE THING TO DO

Stare into Ben’s eyes. 

FAVORITE MUSIC 

If It Be Your Will- Leonard Cohen

The words of this song just speak to me.

 I am totally digging on the Antony version lately.

FAVORITE POST OF THE DAY

There were a few, but this one was about ME…well US… 

It made me feel… proud and very happy to be a part of the Xangan community.

 FAVORITE THING THIS WEEK

BLOGATHON!

You know what to do now!

What’s one of your favorite things???

You guys always make me feel special! 

I’ve missed you too!

I was trying to do the 365 day photo thing, but I started dropping off at around day 43.

 I liked the challenge, but time is a precious commodity, so I decided to make it a 365 photos challenge for myself and not worry about a time frame. 

I thought I’d show you a few.

I’ve done a series of my family in a Photoshop, so I’ll start with those.

Charlie

He looks like he’s pulling his hair out, really his eyes were just watering.

 Mischief thy name is Isabelle..

 Some of you have seen the original of this from when Isabelle was eight.

Back then I posted regularly like a good blogger should!

Isabelle now… She is getting so grown up!

My Honey!

Seedsower says he looks like a werewolf in this…

(I made a mistake in Photoshop and merged without blending… Oops… I was too lazy to go back and fix it… SHHH!)

I think my man is still hot even if he looks a little hairy. 

Mama’s Boy

Cooper was great about posing for this… He wanted the tattoo to read something like -Beat It Punk- or -Killer-maybe next time, NOT!  Some day I’ll learn how to make better tattoos.

Well that’s some of them… I will be showering you with more later!

I think I can… I think I can…

Spending time with my Little Sister and my Family.

Having fun.

WE went to the ZOO!

Everyone there was napping today, it must have been siesta time…

The fish weren’t sleeping though…

Does anyone know, do fish sleep?

Not  that long ago my Pop started Geocaching.

My Sister and  Pop at a  -First To Find- in 2008…

I don’t know what number he was then, but yesterday…

This was them at his 1000th find!

He is now a proud member of the four digit club or 4DC… My sister presented him with his new hat!

The gang was all there…

My hubby took the group photo… This is how it went.

My Sister- “Okay everyone look at the camera. Take one more, That’s good…”

My Sister- “Okay, that’s enough… no more… On to the next cache!”

My Pop- “We’re done already? But it’s my 1000th find! Ummm…Can someone help me up? ”

(Just kidding, my Pop is still spry and young, no help needed.)

It was a great day and we saw some wonderful things. (To be posted about later.)

We didn’t make it back to the giant heads though, a shame because I have heard that Mr. Moran did  Lincoln last year… I can’t wait to see it.

Any excuse for another ROAD TRIP!

Do you ever wonder why we do the ODD things we do?

I am sure that I do them because of my family.

FAVORITE THINGS

Just a few…

Ben’s scruffy  -it’s the weekend-  look.

FAVORITE SUMMER READING

If I were a man, a life like Stone Barrington’s wouldn’t be so bad…

Well, except for the murder and the mayhem part…

FAVORITE PIC ANGLE

On the ground!  Close to it anyway…

(I guess you know since I’ve been flooding you with the closeups!)

FAVORITE MUSIC

Ingrid Michaelson has long been on my favorites list…

How can she not be when she can put the word ”Rogain” into a love song and make it work!

Or come up with the incredible lyrical image of “I spackle some butter over my whole grain bread.Something tastes different, maybe it’s my tongue”

One of my FB friends posted this video the other day, a song from an album I don’t have yet.

 I can’t stop singing it!

Which is one of my other favorite things… an EARWORM!

Gotta share it.  

FAVORITE SUMMER VEIWS

My kids refusing to do what I want and hamming up the -I had my head chopped off-  bit…

The water being enjoyed.

The beginning of the season change is one of my favorite things too…

When summer isn’t quite over, but you can feel fall trying to slip in… I love it.

FAVORITE TREAT

They bring back fun memories of making them ourselves when we were kids.

For some reason they just taste so yummy!

It makes me think I should make them with my kids,  there’s a post for the future.

Now my FAVORITE part of these posts!  

What’s a FAVORITE THING of YOURS?

Went Geocaching awhile ago with my Father in Law.

We did a Spirit Cache.

It took us to a cemetery to see the grave of Johnny Griffith.

Mr Griffith  played with the Funk Brothers, an in house band for MoTown Records, they- “played on more number one hits than the Beatles, Elvis Presley,the Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys combined. “

You can hear them on 

My Girl, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, Baby Love…

The list goes on and on…

While walking around the cemetery I found a headstone with what has become my favorite name ever…

Kizzie Little

Instead of  birth and death on her headstone it read Sunrise and Sunset… it seemed  right out of a Fannie Flagg novel.

I love the things I  see and learn geocaching.

Better than the stuff I see, is WHO I see it with… 

I am so blessed.

Got your Geocache?

I had a great day out with my family!

I took over three hundred pictures, most of them not great, but it was still fun.

I got some great shots of my family laughing and having fun and enjoying being together.

 Horse Head

Horse Heads

Watching a puppet show.

I love Greenfield Village there is so much to do and see.

A Rooster Head

Waiting for Thomas

Jumping Uncle John

Thomas going through.

My Honey even scared some pigeons for me!

It was a good day.

His favorite ride…

Until he’s a little older though Mama has to drive.

When it came to the lottery for parental units, I got incredibly lucky. I wouldn’t trade either of my parents for the world.

 On this day, we honor our Father’s and while I was thinking of mine, going over all of the wonderful traits he has and memories he’s given me,  one small memory kept coming back to me.

We were at my Grandparents house, all of us kids were gathered in the living room sitting in front of the one eyed monster… The TV! (Minds out of the gutter people!)

It was lunch time and the adults in the kitchen were getting ready to make sandwiches. My Mom ducked her head into the living room and asked what we wanted on our sandwiches. I ordered Miracle Whip and mustard… It was the beginning of my try something different stage.

I could hear the conversation clearly as it floated out from the other room.

Mom-”Angi wants Miracle Whip and mustard.”

Pop- “What? No she doesn’t, Angi only likes Miracle Whip.”

Mom-” I don’t know, she said Miracle Whip and mustard.”

Pop sticking his head into the living room- “Ang, did you want Miracle whip and mustard?”

Me- “Yes Please.”

Pop- “Your sure?”

Me-”Yup. ”

Pop went back into the kitchen shaking his head. I am sure he got a dirty look from my Mom for not believing her. He made the sandwiches, we all ate at the table and for the life of me I can’t remember anything else about that day. What I do remember is that my Pop knew how I liked my sandwich. He knew it with such a surety that he risked a dirty look from my mother and those are never fun to receive; sometimes they burn.

I love that he knew me that well and that he allowed me to grow by letting me have my mustard.

Thanks Pop!

We were standing in the driveway tonight while Ben was mowing the lawn. I noticed Cooper had a small scratch on his foot that was bleeding.

Me- “Oops you have a boo boo! When Daddy gets done he will put you in the sink and clean it and make it feel better.”

Cooper gasping as he notices the small trickle of blood on his foot. “OH A BOO BOO!” His lip comes out and concern is on his little face. “Will it have to come off?”

Me-”The boo boo? No daddy will clean it up and put a bandaid on it.”

Cooper- Still very concerned, clutching his foot to his tummy, a small wavering in his voice ”My foot! Will my foot have to come off?!?”

Me-”No sweetie Grandpa is just kidding when he says that. We will wash it up and it’ll be good as new.”

Cooper-”OH good!” goes back to riding his tricycle…

FOR THE RECORD-

They can NEVER spend too much time with Grandpa… Even if he does threaten to cut off random digits or appendages!