I'm still playing with my black and white setting...

I like the different prospective it gives...

 

This time last year...

my Hubby was having a mini break down...

because I was turning 50....

you would have thought it was his birthday...

and he was turning 100...

by the time his birthday came in November...

he was over it...his birthday didn't phase him...

 

 I was a little worried that now that I'm turning 51...

we might have a repeat...

but thank goodness...he seems to be fine....

Men.....

 It's funny I hear so many people say...

oh I wish I was back in high school again...

not me...

don't get me wrong...I had friends...I had awesome times...

but I was so insecure back then...

worried about fitting in...

now at almost 51...I think I'm more secure with myself...

I am who I am...take me or leave me....

 

I don't know why it took me so long to get to this place...

I enjoy my family...

I enjoy being with myself alone...

I want to experience as many things as I can...

now I make plans...don't just talk about making plans...

I'm learning to say No and not feel guilty about it....

I LOVE being OMA to Hotrod...

it's the best feeling in the world...

 

 



 the wildflowers are starting to bloom...

I saw a few blue bonnets when we were on our road trip....

but there was only a few...

and hubby was driving too fast to capture them...

soon though...really soon...

 spring is in the air...

sneezes included...

the birds are chirping...the squirrels are busy...

flowers are popping up...

 

 

 we are going to the drag races this weekend...

we have friends that are racing...

I'm excited to get some photos...

 

I have the windows open today...

letting the breeze blow in...

airing out the winter smells...

I'm starting to feel a spring in my step..

with the arrival of spring...

I'm getting my raised beds ready to plant...

we are rethinking our garden plan...

not as many pepper plants...

not as many okra plants...

I have a big barrel that I'm going to let Hotrod

plant his own garden in...

he wants strawberries...

we did get a few last year...

hopefully this year will do better...



how big a part does music play in your life???

do you hear a song...then it makes you remember

someone or something???

as everyone knows I love music...

while drying my hair this morning....

seems to be my best thinking time....

(Hotrods version of planking)

 

I started thinking about how songs bring back memories...

they almost transport me to that person or time...

whenever I hear any Marvin Gaye song...

I instantly think of my Mom...her T-Bird...

and us driving to get BBQ for Friday night dinner...

when I hear Stay all night stay a little longer....

by Willie Nelson...I think of my Hubby...

when our kids were babies...

he would sing this song to put them to sleep...

it was the only song he knew all the words too...

 



when I hear I love Rock n Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts...

I think of Hubby and I dancing when we were dating....

I always sang it to him....he always laughed....

and got into his rock n roll dancing...

 



When I hear I'll fly away....

I think of my Nana....

when I hear Last Date by Floyd Crammer...

I think of my Brother...it was the first song

he learned to play on the piano...he played it over...and

over...and over...(you get the point)

drove me NUTS....I would tell my Mom...

please make him stop...

then I would turn on Catscratch Fever by Ted Nugent...

as loud as it would go...to drive him Nuts...

my poor Mom...

When I hear You can't Touch this by MC Hammer...

I see my son about 6 years old...

doing the MC Hammer dance...

trying to teach his baby sister to do it...

but she had her own ideas of dance...

she did her own thing from the very beginning...

When I hear Ronnie Milsap sing...

I think of a vacation I took with the Walkers...

a trip to Galveston in a motor home...

her middle sister played his songs over and over...

while French braiding our hair....

When I hear any Bee Gee song or Grease Song...

I think of my next door neighbor boyfriend...

when I hear You Light up my Life by Debbie Boone...

I remember laying on my bed...singing...

and dreaming of him...

I was 15....

When I hear any The Cars song...

I think of our trip to New Mexico...

my song listened to it all the way there and back...

in between his bouts with the stomach flu...

Any song from Dirty Dancing...

reminds me of my daughter...

when she was around 2 she had the chicken pox...

nothing made her happy accept watching Dirty Dancing...

I know it sounds bad...but she just liked the music...

and dancing...she didn't get the story line...

I could go on and on...but then you would get bored...

and I would get emotional...

Songs can make me happy...

songs can make me sad...

songs can make me move...

What song makes you get up and move...

no matter what???

 

 

 

 

 I finally figured out how to take black and white photos...

with my camera....

not by removing the color with photoscape or PicMonkey...

 

so I went on a black and white photo taking spree...

 the weather was nice again...

so we spent a lot of time outside....

 

 Shirley the squirrelly was all over the place today...

she is a busy gal...and still chirping at us....

 

Hotrod has been "fishing" out of Papaw's boat....

we moved it over to where we have water standing...

from the weekends rain...

he even found a worm...poor worm didn't last long...

by the time it rode home in his pocket...

it was dried out...

his Mommy is not into worms...

she is learning...

Hubby and I over slept this morning...

we haven't done that in years...

the alarm went off...

turned it off...

went right back to sleep....

Oh this time change is hard...

Fishing fever has hit.....

A beautiful day in the neighborhood...

 Hotrod has found a new form of entertainment....

can you guess what it is???

 riding in the wheel barrow...

he wants to go again and again....

 

 well let me tell you this Oma's arms are tired tonight...

better than a gym....

Hotrod loves working on his car...

he says he needs to prop it up....

 

 we spent a lot of time outside today....

I think all this working on his car made him tired...

he decided to just lay back and enjoy the sunshine...

then is was nap time....

I wish someone would tell me I had to take a nap every day...

I wouldn't put up a fuss at all...

I'm still not liking this time change...

I stay up to late...

then in the morning...I'm having a hard time...

dragging myself out of bed....

how are you adjusting???

Rodeo Clowns...

there couldn't be a rodeo...

without the Rodeo clowns...

I'm not a big fan of clowns...

but Rodeo clowns I enjoy...

they have a tough job...

a dangerous job too...

they have to keep the bull riders safe...

keep the audience excited...

basically keep the show running...

kind of like a Mom....

keep everyone safe...

keep everyone excited...

keep the show so to speak running...

Warning.....

 Sunday Hubby and I take a little road trip...

we go to Cedar Creek Lake area....

Texwis Girls neck of the woods...

then we head to our property in Eureka...

there is a lake there we have been wanting to take a look at...
Lake Halbert
we have driven past it many times...
but never stopped....

 

I was excited....they had ducks...geese...

while hubby talked to a fisherman on the dock...

I headed over to the water fowl...

look at this handsome fellow...



He was posing so nicely....

I was snapping away.....

talking to him....

aren't you a handsome guy....

 



peek a boo....

yep I'm still here....

smiling...snapping...having a nice time....

 



 

the next thing I know...

this guy is in my face...

slamming me with his head...

no pecking...just hitting me...

well...I start screaming like a girl...

going in circles...well he's following me...

jumping up at me...

by this time Hubby and Rooster are headed my way...

I think in my head...oh good...my Prince is here to save me...

well I was wrong...he was laughing so hard...

he almost fell down...

Rooster was wanting to help me...

but Hubby didn't want him to hurt the Goose...

or so he says...

I think he was worried about the Goose hurting Rooster...

or he was just enjoying watching his wife run around...

like a nut...screaming like a girl...

waving her arms and kicking in the air...

finally the Goose decided I was boring...

and went back to his pals...

to do a little bragging I'm sure...

The fisherman came up about that time...

told us how the same Goose had attacked his 3 year old niece..

took a chunk out of her leg...

he kicked it to get it back...

the game warden gave him a ticket...

So if you ever go to Halbert Lake

don't get close to the big white goose....

he looks all sweet and innocent...

but believe you me...he is NOT....

My first experience of When Models ATTACK...

Saturday night Rodeo at Cowtown Coliseum

Saturday...we loaded up the family...

headed to Ft. Worth...

we had dinner at Texas Roadhouse...

then on to The Rodeo at Cowtown Coliseum...

it was raining...

we made it just in time for the first bull rider...

 



The Bulls won...

not one rider stayed on for 8 seconds...

Hotrod had a blast....

 



I don't know which was more fun...

watching the Rodeo...

or watching Hotrod watch the Rodeo...

there were 3 girls sitting in front of us...

he had a blast talking to them...

 



The bulls were giving the clowns a tough time...

they earned their paycheck for sure...



This bull laid down coming out of the shoot...

the rider got to ride again....

still no 8 seconds...

The bronco busters did better...

a few of them qualified...

it was exciting to watch...



Hotrod got his chance to chase a sheep...

they released 2 sheep...one had a ribbon...

this event was for 7 year olds and younger...

he had a blast running around...

I don't think he ever even got close to the sheep...

he was very disappointed when he had to go back to his seat...

 

of course I will have more photos to share...

we also took a road trip on Sunday...

One of my models turned on me...

details later....

don't ya just love a cliffhanger....