Wayne and I just got back from a trip through Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.

We drove to the four corners so I could see it and get pictures. I had heard about it for years and was going to get a picture of Wayne straddling all the states. We drove 18 miles out of our way to get there. This is what we found. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

We met another couple who had driven about 150 miles to see it. Needless to say he just cursed when he saw the sign.

I put the camera lens through the fence and tried to get a shot but it was too far away.
Will I ever get back there? Who knows? I have my doubts.

You can read about it here
Four Corners Monument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A Birthday Girl

Forty years ago I had a little sweetest baby boy (4 months old) when the doctor told me I was going to have another baby in 9 months. WHAT!!!! I was not happy. In fact I cried my eyes out. But 9 months after that I had the most beautiful baby girl with huge brown eyes and little angel curls in her hair. It didn't take long to fall completely in love with her and then I was so glad I had them close together. What is another bottle and another diaper when you are already dealing with those things anyway. Tomorrow, Colett turns less than 40 (but only by a year) and she still has those incredible brown eyes. If she didn't straighten it every day, she would also still have the angel curls in her hair. Thank you for being such a great daughter Colett and happy, happy birthday!!

Lettie and her babies

With Tiger Woods

Here for dinner

That's my girl!!

Hooker Chic

Mothers have you been to the mall lately? I don't go very often but the last time I did I was pretty horrified at what I saw. There is a new trend called "Hooker Chic" and the clothes are really reflective of that. They are displayed in the windows and on mannequins in many of the teen stores as well as some of the finer department stores. I just don't get it. I remember seeing some girls in the red light districts in Las Vegas (and Salt Lake for that matter), and you could always tell which ones were the bad girls of the night by their clothing. Not any more.
Here are some examples of what you or your daughters can buy and strut around in now.

Huh?

Granted, Lady Ga Ga is on stage, but it's still shows the limits of where we are going, and what we are accepting of, even in costuming.

These are called Hooker boots on some sites and the over the top cleavage of Victoria Beckam is really nasty looking.


Here is an outfit that is more subtle, but if you look, it is very short, the top is very tight and low and with heels it looks just like the hookers of old. Would you let your daughter wear this?

Just trashy looking

This is from the Guess line of clothing. Remember the jeans you used to wear in the 80's?

A little different look these days. It almost makes we wax nostalgic for Brittney Spears and her belly button showing tops.

My grand daughter turned 6 this week. Her name is Amelia but we call her Millie, or Silly Millie, or Millie Moo. What little girl wouldn't like the party her Mom threw for her this year? She got flowers, food, crafts, dancing, gifts and spankings and a pinches to grow on.

Millie in a new sundress

Some of the guests arrived early because it was too exciting to wait. They all wore their best dresses and sat at the table covered with a lace tablecloth. FANCY! Grandpa Wayne checks to make sure everything is A-OK. Or maybe he stole a little candy bar.

They were served heart shaped peanut butter sandwiches. Why? Because it was an Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Tea Party, that's why. The queen of hearts might have had something to do with this.

Each girl had her own tea cup set and got to take it home. We found them at D.I. for 50 cents each. Nobody drinks tea in teacups any more so it was a little hard to find them. You can find LOTS of mugs but not that many real teacups. Maybe they will become vintage treasures one day.

Colett collects (say that ten times really fast) silver tea pots so they fit right in with the decor and held the lemonade. They also go to munch on grapes, strawberries, and fun licorice and of course chocolate.

This is Colett, the hostess with the mostest.

Daddy Matt is always available to help.

Isabelle and her friends serves as the waitresses. Every time a little girl needed something, they just raised their hand and these girls were at their beck and call.

The Head Waitress

The girls got to decorate their mad hats. Colett had already put ribbon and flowers on them
and they just had to finish decorating with glitters, foam stick-ons etc.

The whole back yard was decorated and the weather cooperated fully.

Balloon flowers at the exit say, come again in a couple of years and see what

kind of party there will be. Millie was a lucky lady this year.

We got this ad in the mail from Carl's Jr. and I couldn't believe it. I had to read it twice to make sure it said what it did. This burrito has sausage, bacon, ham, cheese, eggs, hash browns and GRAVY all wrapped up in one giant tortilla. I looked it up on there site. The grand total of calories is 750 calories. The calories from fat is 410 and it has 1510 mg. of sodium, and 495 mg. of cholesterol. I heard on the tube the other day that a lot of restaurants are not being quite honest with us about the totals because they don't want us to really know just how bad some things are. I really don't see how this could be under 1000 calories. Now I love all of these foods individually, (except sausage). I am not the kind of girl who really likes my food mixed together or sometimes even touching each other, but mixing all of these together and then covering it with sausage gravy kinda makes me want to barf. Will you eat one?