Turkey, Dressing, A shot of the Flu, and Hawaii...

HAPPY Turkey Day!  

As most of you know I traveled a rather far distance to come lend a hand to my oldest baby, only to catch the nasty Flu bug goin' around.   Sigh....

ANYWAY>>> I REALLY AM in Henderson!  I REALLY WILL see all of you next week!  I know some friends are sitting there wondering if I made this whole trip up... but knowing me as they do, they also realize.. If "I" was going to make up a trip it woulnd't invlove the word "FLU" at all.. but would be mentioning sunny warm weather, with sun-kissed beaches, big floppy hats, and large fruity drinks with umbrella's in it....  have I sighed yet??   Sigh......

So, while you are all nestled in your warm homes, gathered around a large bird, over-eating, and telling stories of remember whens..... I will be recooping, and looking forward to a day SOON that I can see those warm smiles, friendly faces.. and laugh about this whole crazy experience I've had!

Love you all,

Auntie Aimes

CURB ALERT, FREE ELMO ON I-40

So.. We're off to Texas.  Car packed from front seat to trunk, ceiling to floorboards with my daughters things, and some of my grandsons toys... We're riding along, comfortably. Talking of recent events, presidential debates, state of the world we live in, and whether or not to stuff our Thanksgiving sweet potatoes with giant campfire marshmallows..( just cause we think it's a fine idea!) When we begin to hear this noise from the back of our car.  It was muffled at first. I suppose because we were busy yapping, traffic was buzzing, and phones were ringing every 15 minutes with questions like "Where ya'll at?", or "How far ya gotten?", or my favorite of the day "Did ya'll pick up any hitchhikers?" ?? YEAH! WE STRAPPED THEM TO THE HOOD!    So anyway.. there's this faint noise.. and as things start to settle down, the noise grows from a faint little hint of a sound to an all out Elmo attack!   Seems as though while packing the car my dear sweet hubby placed an Elmo Sit-In-Spin in the BOTTOM of the pile. Everytime we'd hit a bump or go over a rough patch of road he'd giggle and say things like "Elmo Loves You!"  "Elmo Loves To Spin!"  Giggle Giggle, "Elmo wants to do it again!"  After 500 miles what Elmo really wants is to be removed from the vehicle and placed every so lovingly along the roadside for some unsuspecting passerby to spot and go "OH LOOK! Someone lost a brand new Elmo toy! Let's stop!"   Good luck with THAT one buddy!   Maybe Elmo wants to strap on that bike helmet he loves so much on Sesame street and... well anyway.... ya'll get the idea!     In 56 miles I'll be halfway to Texas, Elmo stuck under a pile of what I tell my daughter will be Christmas for her and my Grandbaby. Here's to another 500 miles with batteries that just wont quit!

God Bless,

Auntie Aimes

Negative on the bending over and baby calves

   SO.... what happens when you bend over in front of a baby calf?   You get attacked!  I AM NOT THE  MOMMY!   OK, so maybe I am. Actually dear Hubby is the Mommy, cause he feeds the critter all the time, I am just the fill in Mommy! Needless to say, while trying to clean up the barn floor after a nasty wind storm, I bent over to pick up a piece of trash, and got whacked between the legs by a very unwelcome calf! After regaining my footing (and making sure nobody saw the mishap), I opted for a safer area of the barn, away from milk searching calves!  My hubby of course thought it was particularly funny, and wished he'd been there to witness the event.  I'm very easy to knock over these days.. actually I can fall over quite nicely all by myself. (thank you very much Mister Calf!)  And thank you fence.. for being strong enough to hold me up!
Lesson learned!

    I am blessed with an incredibly odd sense of humor ( Thank you Lord!)  Take for example my poor Step Father that doesn't know yet that his chicken eggs are going to soon be replaced with a rather interesting new find of mine.  Egg shaped (and colored) porcelain balls. I believe they may have come out of an old factory at one time, but i found a whole pile of them recently and immediately thought.."hmmmm.. egg shaped... Know where these are going!"      ( My mind just works that way)   CANT WAIT!  

   I'll keep ya'll posted on any future barn mishaps, as well as the growth of our little bundle of joy! Oh, and I will be sure to let ya'll know how the egg-incident turns out!

God Bless,

Auntie Aimes