Around my place.

  Nita told me I had not told her (or you all) about little bit.

Little Bit is my neighbors 16 month old son. He is a joy and a blessing. His mom has gone to boot camp and his daddy works as a contractor. So I get to play with little bit. We play, go for walks, read stories and just enjoy each others company. MJ says I am practicing to be a grandma, though I hope not to be for many years yet.

 This week was eventful. Monday night we went to visit MJ�s family; his sister had driven down from Colorado and brought his (our) nieces with her and the great nieces too. It was a nice visit. MJ�s mom is doing very well, and looks more like her old self. His sister and her daughters as always were just gorgeous and a lot of fun to visit with!

 Tuesday I woke up with a really bad cold, it hit during the night and I am still worn out! Luckily I had been keeping up with my vitamin c intake, or it could have been worse!

 Wednesday the boys went to their youth group and MJ and I had our date night. Nothing major but we try to make Wednesday a special supper for us each week.

Thursday MJ was sick! It seems to have been some form of food poisoning. Chris had it too and little bit, though neither Drew nor I or little bits dad seemed to have had it. They all drank milk from the same container, so we figure it was going south.

Friday MJ was still pretty ill and that night was when Chris began to show symptoms, little bit showed them beginning Saturday morning.

Drew was gone from Thursday afternoon until about 8pm on Saturday working for Emily�s mom (Emily is Drew�s gorgeous girlfriend!). When they all came back (Emily and Frank her brother brought Drew home) Frank made me stand up facing him, until Drew called me to the door way. When I got there he gave me a one armed hug. In the other arm he held one of the prettiest rose bushes I have ever seen.

It was my mom�s day gift and in a grand ceremony he had me pick the spot in the yard for it to be planted, and planted it right then, even  giving it a good feeding of rose food!

Today being mom�s day I get to relax and play which is good since I am pretty wiped out from being sick all week!

Last night we had a spectacular storm and I loved watching it. MJ put up the citronella torch I got on sale at Lowes last week and we sat out and enjoyed the fire while we watched far off lightening approach. About midnight it got here, raining and thundering its way east.

This morning I woke to gorgeous views of God�s flower garden (wild flowers), my new rose and a bright blue slightly hazed sky.

In the kitchen I was greeted by the sounds of baby birds asking for breakfast. No I do not have chickens� yet. A mama bird decided the outside part of our stove vent was a good place to nest. Her babies seem to get louder and louder everyday!

Kitten�s kittens are playing now, and one comes running out of the closet to greet me every time he or she notices I am in the bathroom. It is so cute, a tiny ball of fuzz in dark orange and white. It reminds me of the orange sherbet creamsicles I loved as a kid. He comes gets a snuggle then waddles off to play with his siblings. The white one, nicknamed q-tip, cuz cotton and snow ball are way over done for cats, also comes to cuddle when he or she sees me. The other orange one will consent to be petted and snuggled but is content to relax on his or her own. The little calico is a spit fire! Picking her up may result in anything from mews to an attempt at hissing and a show of not fully grown claws! I have never seen a cat with such a fierce personality so young. I love sitting and watching them play, they just roll around all fuzzy and soft!

Ahhh I love days like this!