MORE KIDS AND PAINT

I didn't think I still had these pictures of the neighbor kids with the rocks they painted. Abbey (blue t-shirt) is a sweety pie that just wants to be loved. She and her sisters call Joe and I Mom and Dad.I don't know if that is a bad thing or if it even matters. Their Dad is gone for the time being and Mom is working hard to feed them.. What do you think? I think they want a feeling of family and its not a big deal.

KIDS AND PAINT

Today is cloudy and it will most likely rain again. One of the things my grandkids love doing rain or shine is to paint. Not paper. We go outside and root around until we find the perfect rock. You would be surprized to see how big a deal this is.Everyone in our family has a collection both inside the house and on the front porch. The kids are so careful to choose colors that look good next to each other. Seth, who just turned 5, has a large collection and has been rock painting since he was 2 1/2.They also have lots of glitter to add for that special effect. Last winter Cady had the neighbor kids here and when they saw the rocks that Seth had done they asked if they could paint too. One of the girls was 16. They are from a single parent family and have very little in the way of material possessions. They took great care in their creations. When they finished and had sprayed on a clear acrylic coating, the girls and their little brother carried these works of art home and presented them to their Mom for her birthday. Even if those kids had money, that Mom could not have received any gifts that meant as much as those old rocks. What I loved best was how proud they were of what they had made. I'll take a rock painted with love over a diamond rock any day.

A BIT OF DYLAN

twas in another lifetime one of toil and blood
when blackness was a virtue
and the road was full of mud
i've come in from the wilderness a creature void of form,
come in she said i'll give ya
shelter from the storm

HEY HEY PAULA

FOR GODS SAKE,BUY SOME SHOULDERS PLEEZ.

THE BIRTHDAY BEATING OF SUPERMAN

In New Mexico we have a tradition. Childrens parties should include violent attacks on innocent paper people.This years chosen victim was the unsuspecting SUPERMAN. SUPERMAN is hung from a tree by the neck. Children are blindfolded, spun in a circle and given a club and then instructed to beat the hell out of SUPERMAN.It takes quite a while and many kids before S.M. spills his guts.At this point all the children are standing in body parts and grabbing all the candy they can get.It was a fun day!

NOW I AM 5

What can I say about this picture and this boy? He's Seth.Today he is 5. His favorite band is "tallica". He wants to be a rock star. He loves to stay with me and paint rocks. He can make cornbread.

CADY'S PIC

I am going through tons of old pics.I am putting this here because Cady took it last year when we were up in Santa Fe and I think it's a great shot.It is the entry to a very expensive restaurant and I think hotel.THE INN OF THE ANASAZI. Anyway,Good job Cady.

ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE

Oh Lord it's Friday and that means tomorrow I can keep my lazy butt in bed till noon if I want.Actually thats just what I want to do, but I can't. I decided we need to drive to Las Cruces to get Cady a new mattress.She's tired of her little twin bed.Her room is crammed with so much shit I have no clue how we will fit a full size bed in there.I purchased a great old iron bed from the ex.(uh yeah,that would be the same ex that paid almost no child support for his 4 kids.)Hey,if I could forgive him for sleeping with several of my "friends" I can certainly get over a little poverty. Besides,thats in the past. Whatever,he had it and I wanted it.I want to re-do Cady's room and make it real nice.I already know she won't like what I want her to like. Since she's the last kid at home and a girl ,I think she should make me happy and let me do it MY way. I know,that's just so wrong.I,ME ME MINE. In the end we will compromise.
It's so cool to go to Cruces.They have real stores and a big mall.We don't even have a "Hot Topics" or a "Gap" here. We have JC PENNEYS and the 2 marts,Wal and K. We have to time these out of town trips to coincide with how long the 2 dogs can hold their pee. we love you Duke and Jack.(i love duke more)

DANCING FOOL

Wow,I am so tired and sore. Gage decided he wanted to listen to his RIVERDANCE music. He goes wild,really wild. He gets up on my bed and uses the foot board for a drum and shakes his head and jumps like crazy.After a while he decided we should both get on the floor and dance. It was like dancing with a mad leprechaun. It was so fun. I laughed till my sides ached.He was flying around in circles and head banging.Now my knee is hurting again but who cares? Put on VH-1 and he feel asleep listening to CHEAP TRICK. Sometimes it's better to play and make great memories than to get those dishes washed.I love being a grandma.

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Do I post too many pictures? I love to see everyone elses pics but maybe I have gone overboard.

IT'S TIME FOR THE FAIR!!(our fair sucks)

Here is a picture of my grandsons,CHRISTIAN and SETH,winning pumpkin at the OTERO COUNTY FAIR.They are so proud.So am I.

HORMONE HEAVEN (revised version)

Thank GOD,I finally got back on my hormone pills today.I HAD WRITTEN THAT I WOULD I RATHER RISK CANCER THAN BE WITHOUT MY HORMONE PILLS.IT HAS BEEN BUGGING ME TO HAVE BEEN SO FLIP ABOUT THE DISEASE THAT TOOK MY GRANDMA AND NOW MY FRIEND AT CHURCH.I HAVE A COUPLE OF HEALTH ISSUES SO I TRY NOT TO TAKE THINGS TOO SERIOUSLY. STILL,I FELT LIKE A JERK AND NOW I FEEL MO BETTA. Things here are pretty okay. Feeling more awake and not pooping out while taking care of Gage.Joe(hubby) let our daughter Cady get her nose pierced today.I cannot believe he did that.HE struck a deal with her,she throws out all rap music and does not download anymore.I think he did it just because I let her get a couple of tattoos.I didn't really ask him,I just told him we were doing it.It's kind of 50/50 on my being a cool mom or just a bad mom.Hell,the one on her leg (calf) is a pretty butterfly.That was a yr ago and was her 15th birthday gift from my best friend and I. The last tattoo was last month and is a cross on her back between her shoulders. No more piercings and no more ink. Not till shes 18. Shes such a sweet pretty girl, I do not know why she wants to mess with mother nature. She doesn't see how pretty she is. Been reading alot of other blogs.There are alot of cool people out there.Some scarey ones too. HERS A PIC OF SOME OF THE GIRLS,,CADY IS IN BLUE.THEN SARA AND ROBIN AND GRANDSON JAYLON

HAPPY 37TH ANNIVERSARY

37 Years ago this was the 2nd day of the greatest music festival in history.I missed it but went to another soon after.Those really were special times. PEACE and LOVE did reign for a while.I thought nothing of hitch hiking everyplace.We all did it.Those days will never come again. I wish that my kids and grandkids could have a world like that.It wasn't perfect,,but it was a great time to be young.IT'S BEEN A COUPLE WEEKS SINCE I WROTE THIS,GEEZ,IT WAS A GREAT TIME TO BE YOUNG BUT HEY,WE INVOLVED IN ANOTHER WAR,SO IT WASN'T SUCH A GREAT TIME FOR MANY OTHERS.I THINK I WILL STOP GLANCING OVER OLD POSTS.MAKES ME JUST WANT TO REMOVE THEM ALL.

JIMI HENDRIX

EVEN CASTLES made of sand , fall to the sea, eventually.

I HATE TO HAVE TO PICK A TITLE

I am feeling much better the past 3 days,it never lasts but I will take what I get and enjoy it while it's here.School starts soon. When all 5 kids were home it was the highlight of my year. Many of my friends did home school. As I waved and watched the last child get on that school bus I would smile,pray they had a safe day and then enjoy the peace and clean my house without being interrupted a million times for food or fights. I wish I was the kind of mom that enjoyed teaching my gang at home,but if they had never left I would never had been so happy to see them at 3:30 5 days a week.

GAGE MICHAEL

Blogger has not let me download pics in a while. Maybe tonight.This is my youngest grandson.He turns 2 in Sept.He finally fell asleep in his pile of toys.

TO BLOG OR NOT

All this week I have wanted to sit here and talk to myself about how things are going.The reason I didn't was I could never think of anything that seemed worthy of putting here.Actually this was a bad week for me.I really can't keep up with my almost 2 yr old grandson that I keep from 8am till 5pm Mon-Fri.I stopped taking my blood pressure meds so I could stay awake and take care of him.It doesn't make any difference anymore,,for 6 weeks I have been catching myself falling asleep off and on during the day.He hates me to conk out on him and always yells "GRANDMA!!!". I wake right up. I think the longest I ever slept was maybe 4 minutes. It is not good.I feel like a bad grandma.I need to talk to my ex-husband about helping me like he's supposed to be doing.There is no good childcare in our little crumby town.Unless you can afford to pay 200.00 a wk.I have to get better. Dr is of no help whatsoever.I hate wasting time and money on them. Although,,when I finally have that stroke,I am sure I will change my thinking on that. Things that made me happy this week:rain and lots of it(was not happy to find 3 new leaks in the roof)everything is green like it was in the old days before the summer monsoons stopped coming.CHILI SEASON IS FINALLY HERE!!!Tis tradition in New Mexico to have all your friends over to roast pounds and pounds of green chili.We make a fire in the pit by the creek,bring out some wine,pull up some chairs and eat chili right off the grill with lots of tillamook cheese. There is nothing in this world like the smell of roasting chili.The smell will fill the air until the first freeze in Oct.We all make certain that we have enough chili roasted and frozen to make it all year.If you don't,you have to beg it from your friends.This is how you find out who your friends really are. Sunday I will make at least 30 chili rellenos.Its just as much trouble to make 50 as it is to make 10. Easy but a big mess.I think I feel better now. Didn't have much to say, Hey,how bout that Mel Gibson? Hate to be him right now. Not good.What happened to peace and love? I miss those days.