MY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE...

Happy Day to you my friends!  How was your weekend? Mine was TERRIFIC!

I got to see my beautiful little girl graduate from high school Saturday evening. I have to admit that I cried. Yes, I shed real tears as she accepted her diploma. Tears of joy, of course! It was such an exciting and proud moment! I am so elated for her and so very anxious and excited to see the next chapter of her life as it unfolds...she is a wonderful person and I know that she is going to accomplish greater things than this in life.

And now I am going to do what every mother does when their babies do good things...BRAG.  I want to share some pictures of this iconic moment (the first of many) with you...

Just before the ceremony all decked out in her cap and gown.  She also wore her honor cord from graduating the Certified Nursing Assistant course.

Okay, the faculty and students are in their places, now...Let's get this party started!

Awards were given then names were called one by one.  Here's sis waiting patiently for her turn to be called...

It seemed like we waited forever considering our last name begins with R...but her turned FINALLY arrived....

Yay, that's my girl accepting her diploma...Oh how my tears of joy flowed.  Can you tell I am a proud mommy.  It's so hard to believe she's all grown up.  It seems as if it was just yesterday I put her on the school bus for the first time.  Guess what?  I cried then too!  I guess I am just a crier.  I can't help it.  It's an incurable disease...

Before we knew it...It was over...tassels were turned and caps were flying.  What a fabulous night!

Of course we had to take a few post graduation pictures with some friends...

These two military men (well at least one of them, the one in blue) came just to see Sis graduate.  He's her cousin.  The other is one of his best friends. They graduated Cuba High together a few years back. We are so very proud of both of them and it was an honor to have them here for Sis's special day.

Last but not least (and as much as I hate my picture being taken) I couldn't pass up this proud parent opportunity for daddy and I to get a picture with our beautiful graduate...

I can only imagine what she will achieve next!

I FINALLY FOUND HIM...

Happy Thursday all!

Yay, I am sooooo excited!  I FINALLY found the huge white rooster I was wanting for the dining room.

I have been looking for months.  I used to see large white roosters around quite a bit at flea markets and stuff but when I decided that I WANTED/NEEDED one, they were no where to be seen.  That ever happen to you?  Yeah, it does me ALL.THE.TIME. I had even thought of buying just a plain large rooster and spray painting him white, but I couldn't find any that would work.  Until yesterday...

I had to run home during my lunch break to get my cell phone.  I have a horrible habit of leaving my phone at home...You? Well, yesterday I didn't forget my phone.  I had put a phone in my purse when I left the house...only it wasn't mine.  Yep, I put sis's phone in my purse and drove off to work with it.  So I ran home at lunch to exchange phones.

On the way, I decided to stop at a little shop in Cuba that I don't get to very often because it's usually closed when I have the chance to shop.  As I crossed the threshold this gorgeous...HUGE...white rooster was staring back at me.  I snatched him up so fast I thought I saw his head spin. Hehe. I didn't even look at the price tag...which if you know me, you know that's the first thing I always look at!...BUT price didn't matter because after searching this long, I knew he WOULD be coming home with me!  He was a little more than I wanted to spend, well because free is the best price, but I didn't think $30 was bad considering his size...

Isn't he a beaut?  I haven't had a chance to play around with him yet to find out where I will like him best but as soon as I do, I will be back with more pics...prettier pics!

Until then, have a GREAT day!

MUMS IN SPRING?...

Top of the morning to ya!

I mentioned last week that I was wanting to plant some mums down the front walk.  Well I got those Mums planted over the weekend...

What, Mums in spring?  Are you scratching your heads wondering why in the world I would be planting Mums in the spring?  After all Mums are fall flowers, right?

Yes they are!  Interestingly enough though, young tender Mums should be planted in the spring so they will have time to become established and mature into big bushy balls of flowers by time fall comes around.  So you might say I am planning ahead.  I want a nice display of mums and pumpkins this fall.  Besides, they are CHEAPER right now.  (In the fall I will be planting Tulips and Hyacinth, what?)  They will come up next spring.

Anyway, in our planting zone (5) Mums are perennials.  As long as we don't have too rough of a winter, they will come back and get bigger and better with each passing year.  Plus they can be divided every two or three years.  I love that!  More Mums for me...or you...as I might be willing to share, if you're nice.

Anyway, I planted them and then I PRAYED for them (because well, I don't have much of a green thumb).

They look like brave little soldiers all in a row...

The purple variety is my all time favorite...can you tell?

I also picked up a few coral colored Geraniums to go in some cute little pots I picked up at Menards over the weekend.

They are in the perfect spot perched on top some old cedar stumps flanking either side of the walk.

Though they look hot pink here, they are a beautiful soft coral and I just love them.  Once again, I PRAY they do well!

I had hoped to get started on that horrible looking front bed I showed you last week but...I was too busy playing in the flowers and lost track of time.  This weekend is a bust because of a family bbq but I hope to get around to it soon.  Then I can officially say that the front yard is DONE...well, at least until fall.

Have a lovely day!