Today I'm joining Random 5 Friday

 

if you get a chance go by and visit Nancy...she's awesome...

 1.  My best girl friend that I have known since the 8th grade..
is in Italy right now....her husband is in the military....
had to go there for military stuff....
well she got the opportunity to travel with another
military wife....she told me she wished I could have
gone to be her personal photographer...now wouldn't
that have been fun....she also told me she had packed too
light....she had 5 oz left when they weighed her bag...
darn she could have got one more pair of shoes in there....

2.  My Hotrod loves to paint....he decided he wanted to do a
little body art....of course Oma had to get photos of it...
needless to say a bath was required when he was finished...

3.  We forgot to put the lid on our sand this week...

before the big rain storm...so it was full of rain...

we dumped out the water...I put the container on it's

side to drain more...Hotrod decided the sand needed

to be played with....and boy did he...

 

 4.  I found out this week a young man my son went to school with...had been arrested...he was a teacher at a school...also
a head coach of one of the teams....seems he had relations with
a student...a 17 year old student....now he has wrecked his life...
he has wrecked his wife's life and his two small children's lives...
someone made a comment to me....well the girl was 17...
she should have known better....well I kept my mouth shut...
but I sure wanted to let that person have it....
first of all he is an authority figure....he is an adult...
he is a married man....enough said...
my prayers go out to all involved....

 5.  on a lighter note....my veggie garden is really growing...
the rain storm we had this week didn't damage anything...
all the plants sure did love their nice soak....

 Hope you all have a nice weekend....
My son and DIL have an official closing date....
so you know what we will all be doing soon....



 I just realized tomorrow is FRIDAY....

where has this week gone???

it has just flew by....

 we had horrible storms here in Texas yesterday...

We are saying prayers for the folks in Granbury...and Cleburne...

a lot of homes were completely destroyed by Tornadoes...

there were places that got grapefruit sized hail...

we were fortunate...only to get high winds...and rain...

my garden and lawn are saying a big thank you for the rain...

we have friends in Granbury...they were spared...

 

 It is that time of year...we all have to take heed...

when the warnings are put out....listen....

believe it or not we have not been fishing this week...

it has been a busy week at work...

by the time we get off and Hotrod goes home...

Oma and Pawpaw are pooped....

 

hopefully next week we will get back on track....

Hotrod and I have been having fun with our art this week....

we have made puffy paint...it is simple to make...

and a lot of fun for both of us...

PUFFY PAINTS
click on the link to learn all about it...

When does Wordless mean lots of words?

Hard to believe it is Wednesday already....

I decided to join in on Wordless Wednesday...

on my Photos Only No Words blog...

I mean what a better thing to join...

since all I publish is photos....no Words....

I joined in on four different ones...

thought this is going to be fun....

I started visiting the wordless blogs....

well guess what....I haven't found one yet...

that was wordless....

they all are explaining their photos...

or telling stories...or a quote.....

I mean doesn't wordless mean....NO WORDS....

just a nice photo for you to put your own words too....

I mean why even call it Wordless Wednesday?

Why not call it Words of Wednesday...

or Wednesday Words....

I'm a little disappointed....

but I'm gonna keep visiting....

maybe some where out there...

there are people that want to go wordless...

for one post....

off the soap box now.....

one month from today....

my oldest niece is getting married....

I just can't believe it...seems like yesterday she was 2...

now she's 21 and about to be a married lady....

of course I was married at 20....

but I felt so much older then...lol...

How old were you when you got married?

Do you feel wordless means No Words???

or is it just me???

 we decided to have a smallest fish contest...

I'm thinking Hubby one this one....

it's about the size of a guppy....

 Isn't this a pretty little catfish...

it made noises at me when I caught it...

 

 this is the second catfish I caught...

are you tired of my fishing stories yet???

 

 Hubby used one the perch for a bait fish...

to try to catch a much bigger fish...

well a turtle got a hold of it....

 My Mom caught this crawdad on a worm...in the pond...

 Hubby decided to use it as bait...

he is always looking for that BIGGER fish....

 

 the turtles even went after the crawdads...

the turtles were on a eating frenzy...

here's one eating a perch....

"Hey do you mind...I'm trying to eat my supper"

made by my daughter...

a blinged out tackle box...

with tackle and a pocket knife inside...

I'm all set now....

 It was a great weekend....

the weather was good....

the company was good...

 Saturday morning Hubby and I got to the lake early...

we found a good spot....unloaded...set up...

unloaded the boat...put it in the water...

it was a little windy...but not too bad....

 went out in the boat...

we fished...tried several spots...not biting...

my Mom called to say she was headed our way...

we started heading back to our spot...

troll fishing as we went...Hubby caught a Crappie...

we thought we would turn around and do the run...

one more time...about that time...

the wind started blowing...I felt like I was in the ocean...

we headed in...by the time we got to shore...

the wind had doubled....

it was too windy to even fish on the shore....

so we packed everything back up...

boat included...which had to be carried up a steep hill...

then put into the back of the truck...

we decided to find another spot for our day...

we headed to the perch pond...ran into Mom on the way....

we found a picnic table...a good fishing spot...

we caught fish after fish...nothing really big...

I caught 3 catfish....

Mom caught a crawdad...Hubby caught 3 of them...

in the pond on worms...didn't know you could do that...

 

 It was an awesome day....

Sunday we got up bright and early.....headed to the lake...

this time Rooster got to come with us....

we found a good spot...Our daughter showed up first...

she brought Hatari with her...

 

 it wasn't windy....yeah...we were so happy....

we had a nice day....Hotrod had a blast...

he loved the water...it sure was cold....

but it didn't stop him at all...

I was the fishing Queen...I caught 4 fish...

no one else caught any....

 

Hatari found this snake...

a cotton mouth...very poisonous...

it was in some tall weeds by these rocks...

she was sniffing...I went over and looked...

didn't see anything...my daughter looked...

she saw the tail...Hubby got a stick...pulled it out...

that is when we found out what it was...

Hatari...my daughter and Me were very lucky...

the snake had already eaten something and it was still

trying to digest...or we could have been bitten...

Thank goodness all this happened before Hotrod came...

Hubby through it into the lake and it finally swam off...

besides that we had a great day....

Next post I will show you the Mother's Day gift from my daughter...

hint- fishing....bling....



Happy Mothers day to my Mom...

we had a fun day of fishing and visiting on Saturday...

I love you....

Random Five Friday...

Today I'm joining Random Five Friday

with Nancy at A Rural Journal...

 1.  we aren't camping this weekend....the rain (much needed)

it is just too muddy to camp...we drove out there this morning

to check...a camper took the spot we wanted....so plan 2...

we are going to spend the day out there Saturday with my Mom...

Sunday with the kids and Hotrod....2 days at the lake...

but home to a comfortable non muddy bed at night...I can

handle that....hopefully soon we will be able to camp...

 

 2.  My Son and DIL will be closing on their house soon...not trying to jinx it...but they should be moving in by the end of the month...

keep saying a prayer if you don't mind...you know how closings can be....they will be in our same town....

 

 3.  my daughter has found a place...not the one I was hoping for

which was just around the corner....but she is happy with it...and it

is not an apartment....Hatari will have a yard...and playmates....

A Boxer and 3 cats....she will still be in the same area she lives in now....

4.  I'm on day 10 of my squat challenge...105 squats today...

I'm thinking I notice a little less jiggle in my legs and

hiney....could be just wishful thinking....but it's got to be

doing some good...right....just smile and nod....

5.  I want to wish you all a wonderful Mother's Day....I hope

your day is as special as you are....

 



Friday Fences

Today I'm joining...

Friday Fences

 

we got rain here today in Texas....

we need rain....oh boy do we....

but I have to say...

it may be messin' with my camping plans....

 



it won't cause us not to go to the lake...

but if it is too muddy....

the camping part will be gone...

we are going in the morning to check it out...
 





I'm trying to hold good thoughts....

it will be what it will be....

 

Today was 100 squats on my squat challenge...

I have to say...I'm proud of myself...

I'm still able to walk....

Thank you to everyone that has gone by

to visit my new Blog....

CRAFTY IDEAS

swapping my Facebook time for more blogging....

 

 



Little things Thursday....

Today I'm joining Little Things Thursday

be sure to stop by and visit if you get a chance...

or even better join in...

Indian Paint brushes are little things that make me smile....

I loved picking them when I was a kid....

I would imagine that I was an Indian...picking them...

to paint a beautiful scene....

 



One of my favorite scenes....

watching Hubby fishing....

with his best pal Rooster ( you can read his blog here) by his side....

another little thing that makes me smile...

my Hotrod....I had a little photo shoot with him...

photos for his Mommy for Mother's Day....

it sure was hard narrowing them down to 6 for a collage....

 

(when you take hundreds or thousands....lol)



saw this guy flying over the lake on Sunday....

it was really windy...he was slow and steady as he went...

looked like he was just enjoying the scenery.....

 



when we were looking for camp sites....

we saw Mr. Roadrunner....doing his thing...

of course I had to hop out of the truck...

to get a closer look....

he let me take a lot of photos....

BEEP BEEP....

These are just a few of the Little Things....

that I have enjoyed this week....

doesn't take a lot to make me happy....