Alex & Prince Charles aka Chuck

Another fast & furious visit with Alex. Always good to be with my favorite son.

His puppy, Chuck, is just the cutest and sweetest.

I am so excited to have them home for Christmas.

Alex is a co-dog sitter, with his room-mate.

He is holding Jack, who wanted to be included.

I also got to see Alex in his current play,

Dirty, Rotten, Scoundrel

It was a great show, and we know who is my MVP and VIP.

It is so rewarding for me to see his hard work look so effortless.

Alex, really, how do you do that?

So what are they saying?

Lady..."How do you get your hair so shiny?"

me.. "Not sure, maybe the hair product.

Someday, I will quit coloring it and then it will be gray and frizzy.

Lady...."I hate it when I turn around and people see me much older than my hair looks."

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Marcus... "I wish I hadn't seen the recording of my golf stroke, I don't have time to fix it."

( He's in the finals of a match play at the local golf course)

me.... "I don't believe golf should be so technical."

Marcus - Jokingly...." Like your brain."

Me..."Explain that!" :)

Marcus... "No, I don't have anything else to say." :)

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So, I was checking into Southwest Airlines to go to Chicago on an e-pass.

Gate Agent ..."Are you the employee?'

Me ...."No"

Gate Agent..."Are you the mother."

Me... "I am a mother, but the wife of the employee."

Gate Agent...""So, he married a normal one."

Me... wordless....

Gate agent..."Oh, you know, we tend to marry within the company, but my wife is a nurse."

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I'm beginning to think there is more to these conversations....but mostly it's funny!?

Do you ever feel like that?

Funny Preacher Stories

Recently a former preacher returned to visit. I forgot how fun this man is. He told of a wedding he took part in. The bride was Dave Ramsey's niece. However, this preacher was mistaken as Dave Ramsey, with Ramsey in the same room. One admirer ask him if there was an alternative to investing in his 401k. Mark replied that it was a good investment, but he might like 722(?) also. ( However, he didn't give the details that this was a popular song for C of C....Our God is alive.)

The man was appreciative as he walked away.

Yesterday, our minister told of his love for chocolate glazed donuts. Seeing only one remaining in the church office, before service on Wednesday night, he knew it was calling his name. He was willing to share it with a friend, but after that offer was refused, he ate it.

Heading to class, he stopped by the resource room, to say "HI" It was brought to his attention that he had "A friend on his shirt." Looking down, he saw something black ( chocolate icing?) and said he would take care of that. He picked it off his shirt and ate it, and as it crunched, he heard someone say, "It was a bug!" He did his best to remove it, using one of the ladies diet coke.

I'm thinking, one less love bug...glad they are finally going away, but sorry that Cary mistook it for chocolate .

There are many times when the best we can do is laugh at ourselves...and share with others.

My little models

My girls adored their older cousins, Teresa & Tina.

One day Teresa decided to use them as models for her

photography class.

Lana...1982

Myra...wearing her favorite worn out hand-me-down gown.

I love these memories... and so thankful that they

had wonderful cousins to look up to.