Helping the ECONOMY...

My 1996 Monte Carlo which I loved to drive finally gave it up...
Even with my expert mechanic on the job the transmission
appears to have too many problems. Sooooo, after test driving
a 2006 used Honda Accord we also checked out the Toyota
dealership in Brunswick and got a fantastic deal on this CAMRY!!

With a nice down payment (provided by the insurance company
when a lady side swiped my car last July) we kept the monthly
payment within reason.

The Toyota salesman was glad to see us with the economy such

as it is. Dale and I had our sidekick "Mark" with us to give us

tips on how to close the deal with perks. Mark's suggestions

were good ones and well worth the effort. Thanks Mark!!

The color is 'Gray Metallic' and has a sparkle to it in the sunshine...

Zoning out with "Ben"

Dale and I watched Ben Monday night and enjoyed every

minute of it. Ben is so FUN loving and played many games

with Grandpa Dale and I. The main game Ben just loves is

to get Grandpa out of his recliner and then run and jump

in the chair knowing that Grandpa is going to pretend he didn't

see Ben in the recliner and he's going to get sat on....

Ben always eats so good for us when he visits. Sloppy joes

and chips were on the menu but Ben's main focus was on

the canned peaches. If I hadn't told him to eat some

sandwich first he would have had all the peaches eaten

before Grandpa got his helping. Here is a picture taken

of Ben while we were waiting for our lunch at a restaurant

recently. Isn't he cute??

Nathan - Metal Mouth??

Andrea bought some handy dandy braces from a machine when
we went out to eat last weekend. The braces really make Nathan
look different, mainly he looks much older here. Hey, I don't
want Nathan to grow up too fast... that just means I'm getting
older too!!

"I'm Praying for You, Nathan"

Today, Mark brought Nathan and Jordyn with him when I
sent out my DISTRESS call for help needed to clean up
Dale's car of the chili spilled on the floor boards.. Nathan
and I played Cat's Eye, an old marble game, after Mark
was back in the house to watch over Jordyn. Later I changed
my clothes getting ready for our evening church service and
told Nathan I wanted to give him a hug before I left. As I
gave him a hug I told him I had been praying for him that
he would get well soon.

So Nathan said, 'when I get well then you can stop praying
for me'. I said, no, I pray for you every day and I'll continue
to do that even though you're not sick. Nathan is such a
considerate little boy...

Thank you, Mark!!!!

Today we had a chili cook-off after church in the fellowship hall.
Dale had to work so couldn't help me get my crock-pot of chili
'safely' to the church and back. Well.... I got it there okay and
enjoyed a chili dinner and fellowship, it was AFTER the meal
that I had a LITTLE problem. I placed the half full crock-pot
in the floor of the front seat and started home. Well, I had
thought I had slowed down enough to make the turn from
604 onto Seville Road....BUT I was WRONG. During the turn
my crock-pot leaned a little too far and tipped over spilling
most of the contents in the floor of Dales's car. Oh me, Oh my!!
I made the call to my 'loving' son, Mark and he came to the
rescue. Never mind that he was laying down with one of his
sick sons for a nap.. he still came to his Mom's aid. Now you
can't even tell there was chili spilled on the carpet floor...
and I can't say THANK YOU enough to my FAVORITE
Son!!! Thank you, Mark - you MADE my DAY!!! I had
to include a picture of my son below so you won't forget
what a good samaritan looks like. Love you Mark!!!

"BRAGGING RIGHTS"

Eat your heart out.. who of you can say that you went
SNOW TUBING at the good old of age of "85">???
Anyone, anyone???
My Mom went snow tubing for the first time today and enjoyed it...
even though she wasn't sure what to expect. We bundled her up
and went for a ride. It helped that it wasn't too cold today, I think
the high might have been right around 50 degrees, but it was FUN
anyway.
Mark was our 4-wheel driver and he didn't take us too fast... I sure
didn't want Mom to go flying off. When we went for a ride on a jet
ski a few years ago Mom said she wished we could have gone
faster. So I think at heart she may be a little dare-devil..

Canal Fulton Sunset

I took this picture in Canal Fulton while I was there visiting
Mom Saturday evening. The brilliance of the colors was amazing!!!