I Fear For The Day...Albert Einstein

I just mentioned to a friend yesterday about how technology has changed our lives.  I went kicking and screaming into the "computer age".  Now I make my living by using a computer.  Love being able to look up information without having to go to the library.

And...I really do like having a cell phone.  Our earliest "car phone" was one of those large box things with the receiver connected with a cord.  This was such a wonderful thing for me as we were on the road, traveling from FL to MA doing craft shows and the girls were home with their grandparents and later as teenagers at home alone.  We were more easily able to keep in touch with them.

Now, I look forward to receiving photos of the grandbabies everyday or texts about what is going on in the lives of our daughters and their families on the cell phone.

But I think I must agree with Albert...

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Yia Yia's House

Photo of the family which is growing by leaps and bounds...Ages range from 95, Aunt Dot who is Lou's Dad's sister to Baby Boy Braden who is the youngest at 7 months. This is the home where Lou and his siblings grew up.  His sister Pat and her husband are living there now. Most family gatherings still take place in this old house.

  

Lou's Mother was Greek and if you have ever seen the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, this was her family.  Except for the Windex...and maybe the spitting for luck.  Although a little birdie did tell me that Yia Yia did spit on the grandchildren for good luck, just never in front of the non Greek parents.

I am sure that Yia Yia and Pappou are still in the house.  You can feel their presence whenever we all gather here.  The grandchildren now bring their children.  Another set of cousins to laugh and play here.  The Great Grandparents are smiling down on this ever expanding group and I believe the house smiles too, knowing another generation is gathering within its walls.

Cascade...

So I finally found this cup on ebay to replace the one that the Husband dropped over 35 years ago. The first dinner we hosted as a married couple, having both sets of parents in attendance, we set the table with this beautiful china and the cup was broken as we were cleaning up the dishes. This is a Lenox pattern Cascade, and the set of china belonged to my Grandmother Lillian. She had given me her china and crystal when she moved into a retirement apartment. I am tickled pink to finally get a replacement cup. I just love this beautiful flower pattern.

Phil, What is this Spring of Which You Speak?

So Punxsutawney Phil says an early spring but we got another dusting of snow overnight and the local weather report says some flakes everyday for the next 3 or 4 days. 
 

Still hacking from the flu and The Husband, who started with it several days after I did, is still coughing and moaning.  We are quite the pair.  I wheeze, he moans...Could be a new country song.  But we are on the mend...

 We will be watching the Super Bowl...Cheering for the Ravens of course.

Signs of Love

All You Need is Love...

Just A Little Love Banner

  You Have Bewitched Me

Five Heart Garland

Love is All You Need

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The Flu Feels Like This...

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For the past 3 days I've had a fever, coughing, raw throat and my whole body aches.
I put off getting a few shot...complete stupidity I know.  But with working from home, away from the public, who would have thought that I would get the flu from my daughter and grandbabies.  They visited us on Tuesday and seemed perfectly healthy.  Tuesday night they were sick.  By Thursday afternoon I started with a cough and the other symptoms followed quickly.  

I feel like I look like this photo...I'm afraid to look in a mirror.
I believe I'll take another nap now.

Bird Feeders with Oranges

Thinking this may be a fun project to do with the grandson.

 Take an orange, cut it in half and scope out the flesh.
Punch two holes, one opposite sides, about 1/2 inch down from the top.  .

Put some peanut butter in a bowl and mix in bird seed.

 Thread twine (I used thin ribbon be cause I had it) through the holes.  Fill the oranges with the birdseed mixture and gather the ends of the twine or ribbon together and knot it.

 

 Hang from a bush or tree branch close to a window
so you can see the birds arrive for breakfast.

 

 However, after taking the photo of the orange bird feeders hanging on a branch of one of my azaleas, I decided to attach them to a wrought iron piece I have in my garden...just in case my visitors had fur instead of feathers. I didn't want the weight of a fuzzy friend to break the branches on the bush

And it took less than 10 minutes for the first visitor to arrive. 
I didn't see a feathered friend all day.