A Card From The Heart

Mom, you will always be my Valentine.

My son Doug made me the most beautiful Valentines card and I received it today. If it were not for Doug, I could not blog with all my good friends. I have learned that there are people in the world that are not like my Aunt that raised me, there is love out there just waiting to be snatched up and held so perecious to the heart.

I thank my son for giving me the chance as he says "to come into the 21st century", and explore the internet, which has the world at your hands. Thank you my son, I love you and the card, which is so beautiful because you made it from your heart and not from a store.

Pet Peeves

I thought we could all become annoyed for the day, so sit back and read just a few., and feel free to add your own.

1. Drivers who don't use turn signals.
2. People that drink right out of milk/orange containers.
3. Going through a drive up, than having to go back when they mess up the order.
4. People that are mean to animals.
5. People that interrupt you while talking or telling a story.
6. Drivers that won't turn right on red.
7. When ice cream drips out of the bottom of your cone.
8. Drivers that ride to close to your bumper.
9. Drivers that take up two parking spaces.
10. People that invite you out and then cancel.
11. Women that wear too much perfume.
12. When you can't tell if someone is male or female.
13. When peeling a hard boiled egg and it seems impossible.
14. People that throw cigarette butts on the beach.
15. No toilet paper in a public bathroom.
16. People that leave their children in the cars while they run into the store.
17. People who always have to be right and have the last word.
18. Fax machines that call my home number.
19. People that blow their horn the moment the light turns green.
20. When you meet someone and can't remember their name by end of conversation.

I could go on and on, but this will do. I am sure you my friends will add a few of you own. Hope you are all having a nice day, and I would like to wish all my friends a Happy Valentines Day/

Goodbye Dusty

Our beloved Dusty (in his prime). He was such a ham.

Our beloved Dusty has winged his way to Rainbow Bridge this morning. His cancer had become so bad it invaded his left kidney, causing it to swell twice its size and his spleen was severely enlarged.

Dusty was born on Halloween 2004, at the Marshal Ferret Farm in New York. He was so small when Sarah purchased him she almost took him and Storm back, but Petco told her she had a ferret before and took very good care of him. A lady that had ferret shows at Petco told her to purchase some baby food, it was turkey with gravy and give it to them plus their regular food, this worked wonders.

His favorite food was Gerber's turkey! And he always cleaned his plate.

Dusty was a very nice and lovable guy, he lost his brother a few years ago to the same thing. Sarah purchase Logan about a year and three months ago to be buddies with Dusty and he tolerated him but never really played with him.

Dusty had a thing for people's shoes.

And he loved to play in plastic bags, too.

Dusty wasn't too active until he had his coffee.

Everything that came into our house had to be Dusty approved.

Sarah, about a week ago purchased Gibson to play with Logan and this has worked out fine. Dusty on the other hand did not like Gibson and would chew on his neck. I think Dusty only did this because he did not feel well. We called Dusty "The Grumpier Old Man".

The vet kept Dusty and put him in the freezer at her clinic, we will go and pick him up in the Spring to bury him beside his pal Storm and Skippy. Speaking of those two, I can only imagine what a reunion there must of been today when they saw Dusty coming, they probly are still chasing one another.

Little Squirt playing with his stash of bottles.

Goodbye old friend it has been a wonderful five years, we love you and will never forget you, we have such fond memories captured on video and photos. Later I am going to do a post on Logan and Gibson we will include pictures of all three of the ferrets. Dusty might have been a ferret but he was a member of our family, he received the best of care and lots of hugs and kisses.

Grandparents Day

Many people do not know that "Grandparents Day" exists, some ignore it and think we have too many things to celebrate already. Sadly, some people have never developed a good relationship with their grandparents. so this is not an important day to them. I was not fortunate enough to know any of my grandparents, and I have missed this over the years. My children were very small when all four of ttheir grandparents passed away, within a year of each other and I missed that for them.

Grandparents Day is celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day, so the date it falls on changes year to year, depending what day Labor Day is. This day was created in 1978 by federal proclamation, passed by Congress and signed by President Jimmy Carter. The first Grandparents Day was celebrated on Sunday, September 9, 1979.

Senior citizens have lifetime experiences in many facuets of life, so Grandparents have a lot of input just waiting to have their grandchildren push the button. They have a lot more time on their hands and there is no better way than to teach your grandchildren the values and knowledge they have accumulated over the years. Remember the kids are raised with different values, different discipline and with much greater authority and remember lots of parents work outside the home. Our nation seems to have lost a lot of family traditions.

Grandparents can teach grandchildren about their roots, now days a lot of children want to know where they came from and names of their realatives. Tell them you love them, read to them and interact with them, they love this. Start just after they are born, new babies pick up on this, they are very smart little sweeties. Oh I forgot, spoil them, just a little.
=Grandparents and grandchildren,
Together they create a chain of love,
Linking the past, with the future,
The chain may lengthen, but it will never part.
===Author Unknown===
Grandparents day is September 12th, 2010.

Academy Awards

We all enjoy watching the Academy Awards, they are one of the most popular of Hollywoods awards given out. Most of us older folks has been watching for quite a few years. The first of the awards started May 16, 1929, this one was held at a private brunch in the Holloywood Roosevelt Hotel, about 270 people attended and since the first awards, they have been publicly broadcasted, at first on the radio and televised on NBC in 1953 until 1960 when ABC Network took over. In 1976 ABC is under contract to do the duty until 2014.

The results for a few years was given to newspapers for publication at 11 p.m. the night before the awards. This was used until the Los Angeles announced the winners before the ceremony began, since then the Academy has used a sealed envelope. The awards are televised in the USA, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, Canada and the United Kingdom.

They were held in March or April for over sixty years but changed to February in 2004, one reason was the men's basketball Championships would cut into the awards. The Academy Awards are not without criticism. The Oscars are voted on by members of the entertainment industry, thus , important films that have had the most people working on them generally become nominated. Director William Fried kin an Oscar winner said the Academy Awards are "the greatest promotion scheme that any industry ever devised for itself".

I like to watch them for a number of reasons, I like to watch all the women s fashions ,I have to admit some are a bit risky. Some of them are very pretty and probably cost a bundle, the men's suits are just your average Tux. Some of the hair styles are far out but I like most of them. I guess all in all I like the whole fiasco, hope you enjoy watching them.