Not Your Average Granny

Here is my third child; he is 21 years old. What do I say about him? I don't know. I know he is like me in so many ways. He is stubborn. Has a strong sense of right and wrong in regards to other people but not himself. He likes to keep to himself and spends way too much time with his father. He likes to watch wrestling, play wrestling video games. He also goes camping, hunting, and trapping with his father all the time. He lifts weights and likes to work on cars. He is a night owl like the rest of the family. Here he is when he was born; weighing in at 9 lbs. 9 1/2 oz. Yes, you are seeing correctly.     I think he is 3 years old in this pic. I have no idea how old he was here.  Here is a recent picture of him at Kendra's birthday party. I know I don't have the best pictures of him. It's hard to find the right time to take them.

My son, Matthew Andrew, turns 19 today. As a baby, he was happy. Somewhere in his teens he turned moody. When he was little he always could put a smile on my face and make me laugh when I was in a bad mood. He still does today and is not afraid to give me a hug in public. Heck, he even holds my hand in public. Here is a picture of me holding him as a baby. Here he is at 3. He learned to ride a bike at 3. No little bike either and no training wheels. He would climb up on the car bumper and hike himself on the bike and peddle away. I think he was 10 in this pic. The dog was Rocky. Matt still misses him today. He was the best dog we had. Here he is clowning around with his brother, Michael. Here is a pic from today at 19. He is and always will be my baby and I still light up when he walks in the room. We have a special relationship. Maybe because I nursed him for 2 1/2 years. lol. He would be mortified if he seen this. I love you Matt!!!

The Riverview Park turned out to be a great place to have the reunion. I was nervous about hosting it but it all worked out well thanks to my sister-in-law Judy. Glad it's over though. Kendra Emily, 2 Kaydence Rose, 1 Nathalie & Kaelynn, 10 1/2 months. Chris & Scott Robinson (cousins)  This is the food auction.

A few days ago my sister and I were reminiscing about our childhood on Twitter and I decided that it would make a good post. So here goes: What we remembered was in the cold Chicago winters curling up with an afghan and reading all day. For supper we would have hot garlic bread and hot cocoa. We would be reading The Bobbsey Twins or Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys. I was into The Hardy Boys because of Shawn Cassidy. For some reason I just loved him. Of course, now I'm like "what was I thinking...." I even had a gigantic poster of him on my wall and would kiss him every night before bed. lol. "what was I thinking..." And when I say we, I mean the whole family; both my sisters and mother too. We are readers. Still are. I don't know why my kids aren't. Well, Trisha will read only if she's bored to death. The other 3 will not touch a book. What else do I remember.......animals. We had several animals that never lasted. My mom would always get ...

I have tried to make a blog at least 3 times with WordPress . It hasn't gone very well. I don't find them very user friendly at all and their themes suck. No flexibility at all either. I will stick with Blogger thank you very much!! I just wish they would make an iPhone app. I guess you can't have everything. The iPhone does spoil you so lol!!

#HomeHer10 was a spin-off of BlogHer10 on Twitter . An at home conference in the day in the life of fellow bloggers who did not attend BlogHer10 in NYC. My sister over at www.theblondeview.blogspot.com explained it to me when I began seeing her tweets and I decided to join in. It was FUN! And I learned that my problems are just like other peoples and humor will get you through it. I also found other bloggers to follow. So what was my day like?: find out on my Twitter page .

I just received a package from my sister filled with "goodies." An apron. Bamboo knitting needles. Bookmark. Magazines. Various cute bags - one is shown here. An unusual teaspoon for loose tea leaves. And later I will take a picture of a cleaver idea for a cake pedestal my sister discovered.