Baseball, Tuesday and Beautiful Babies

Oh Reggie Jackson, how I loved that guy! Mr. October, one of the greatest clutch hitters in baseball. I love my Colorado Rockies but my dad made my heart truly belong to the New York Yankees.

Bill Veeck, you were one smart baseball guy!

I understand how Nolan Ryan must have felt leaving baseball.   I L O V E baseball. I use to love the NFL too. But I felt betrayed. Politics and football do not mix. The league and the players ruined it for me. I do not wish to watch politics running around a football field.  I loved watching sports because it takes my mind off the real troubles in our world, not just the USA. Is change necessary today? Of course it is, but disrespecting the American flag isn't solving one issue.  No one thought about 9-11 or the Boston Marathon Bombing. They just took a knee without blinking an eye. The flag has done nothing to deserve your disrespect. Tom Brady didn't deflate footballs, the NFL did it. So I will continue, in my own heart,  to always love baseball best. I will mourn it's loss when winter comes and there is no baseball.

Joe DiMaggio said it best:

Jackie Robinson knew what racism was. He lived it daily. But it never stopped him from becoming a great ball player. An icon, people remember his name.

Tuesday was a great day! I watch my handsome great grand boy and today he and I went with Grammie Noelle and we drove to see our newest phamily baby :

He is so tiny, like a little loaf of bread. Oh how I loved cradling him in my arms and loving his smell, his sweet sounds and his beautiful smile. This is momma's twin. After two blonde haired blue eyed handsome  boys just like daddy, momma got her dark haired handsome boy number three. My grandgirl Tarrah is a super momma. She is never easily riled, loves her boys and is one of the very best examples of a momma who loves the job she was given.

These are the silly Fruit Loop cousins. Sharing a bowl of fruit loops while watching some Disney cartoons. My heart is smiling.

Vroom Vroom, Harrison's favorite sound when he hears a motorcycle. Several of my neighbors have super cool motorcycles, big "hogs", and oh how he loves to listen to them rev the engines! Boys and their bikes, hanging out with cousin Michael, the chill kid, cruising the patio on their bikes!

Grammie says I love this tiny tiny bundle of pure J O Y ! Benjamin James, you are stealing my heart.

My treasure is in my phamily. If I have to live on this earth I want to be here with all these babies. They are such a joy in my  life and boy oh boy do they make me smile.

Today was a lovely day. I am grateful that God gave me this beautiful day filled with sunshine and babies and boys and their bikes. Have a beautiful week.

Aw...Mondays and Other Fun

Rose has been under the weather! The poor girl has asthma and has sneezing fits! All was fine until a couple weeks ago, she was getting bloody noses and spewing it everywhere. We took her to the vet and they did a swab to find out if it was just an infection or more serious. Grateful it was an infection and she is finishing her anti-biotic. She is not a fan of them but then literally licks and smacks her lips! She is such a quirky girl. Stop by Sandee's and say Aw...Mondays! Come over and join the fun.

Next you might want to visit Blue Monday and share some blues! I thought you might like this pretty blue and white tea cup. Here is something blue to go with the tea cup too:

I love this google image too. Yummy treats with pretty pinks as well as blues.

This cat and mouse teapot is just so fun and sweet. Love that chubby kitty. Make sure you go to my tea giveaway post and answer the questions in the comments to join the fun until October 31. I will have my hubby pick the winners, three of you, on November 1, which will celebrate my blogaversary. I am not good at linking the post to this post so bare with me. It was written on October 15, 2017.

Love is...always has the right words to say. This is how I love to share sweet treats with my hubby.

Oh Maxine, I agree with you so very much today!

Thinking about all the loved ones I have lost. Saying "lost" is really not right for my sister.  I think I would be better to say, she went to heaven and is sharing in a beautiful new place. My big sister Pat was much too young to be taken but when she did pass away her heart and mind belonged to God. She was more ready then most people included myself.. She had been ill for quite some time and she had a long while to think about eternity and where she would spend it. She was an incredible person, so beautiful as a child here with Josie, the phamily heirloom doll and also as an adult. She has a grand daughter who reminds me of her so much. Racheile is a beautiful young woman and a picture of my sissy.  I really need to get some photos of Racheile to share. My sister reminds me that heaven is near and I need to try to live my life as faithfully as she did.

Although my sister passed away in the month of February 2001 I miss her each and every day. But I would never want to see her come back to this world filled with so much uncertainty and many times for many hopelessness. She made her peace with God and is undoubtedly enjoying the company of other loved ones and Jesus Himself. That alone makes me smile.

Gratitude is so important and sometime I see so many being wasteful with it. Assuming good things just naturally come their way. We all need to be grateful for all the little things because one day we will realize they really were the big things.

PINK SATURDAY

When I don't have to drive in downtown Denver, I love to snap photos. This is from my iphone so it is not really terrific. But SNARFS Sandwich Shop is HOT PINK! Not all of their shops are this neon but it is a healthy place to grab a bite to eat. I hope you stop by Pink Saturday and share some pink!

October is a month to remind us to do the self check breast exams. Having lost my favorite Aunt Ang to this dreadful disease in August 2000, I would love to see this disease wiped out.
 She was the coolest person and I miss her terribly. While I read all the classics like my Uncle Louie, her husband, she loved to read the Harlequin romance novels.

  They were so beautiful and so young. Always looking sharp and polished. Missing her always.

GRATEFUL

Whenever dark times came into my life I started to understand God.  This verse,  came from from an older and much wiser lady named Mary White that worked with me at the University Hospital in the 1980's. When I look back at my life so far, I realize God sent a variety of knowledgeable older men and women into my life to mentor me. To help me through those tough times. I use to question God, why me, what have I done to deserve this and other desperate words in a cry for help. All along God was sending me His message through others.

As a young child, my father instilled this into all of his children. He would say, always remember when you point an accusing finger at someone, four of your own figures are pointing back at you! This verse from Scripture says it all, all of us are sinners, like it or not. My father attended school until the 4th grade yet he was the smartest man I ever knew. He lived his life so closely to what we should, he was kind and humble, faithful and smart. If he did not understand a word he would look it up in the dictionary.  He had exquisite handwriting and he was logical and forgiving. He never judged people. He never used inappropriate language and he raised us with a firm foundation based on biblical principles.

I remember being rebellious and thinking what ancient values my folks had. Today I am so grateful they did. I was blessed having the earthly parents God gave me. I cherish each and every memory of them and only wish my own children would remember me as fondly as I remember my own parents.

I am going to try to be here at least once a week sharing something I am grateful for. The world around us is getting more dark and difficult. I want to show everyone there is still so much light around us and people to be grateful for.

On the drive back from the bus station, where I drop my sweet hubby each weekday, I heard the sweetest story on the radio. A little girl named "Sunshine" was counting the money from her piggy bank. When her grandmother asked her why, she told her kids at her school did not have money to buy milk and she thought everyone deserves milk with their lunch! The DJ on the radio said he was impressed, first of all, that Sunshine had $30 dollars in her piggy bank ( a future entrepreneur?) but her grandmother posted this story on social media and they set up a Go Fund Me page which accumulated $7,000 for the school's milk money program! What a kind child, Child hunger in the USA is devastating. My own children attended school with many kids who did not have lunch money etc. I know many teachers who fill their cupboards with healthy snacks and share them with these very children. A woman I know who counsels people who have been in trouble with the law, said she noticed when a client came in to her office, his children often waited in the outer lobby eating Slim Fast bars. He said he gave them those bars because they make you fill full. She said she emptied her snack cupboard and gave him every single edible item she had! Life is hard but many good souls are wandering around it and as Mother Teresa always said:

I am grateful for the simple things, a roof (two years old) over our heads, an old but stable house, heat and cooling and clean running water. We take a lot for granted. But we can be grateful and find even simple ways to pass kindness on to others.

A TEA TYME GIVEAWAY AND MONDAY FUN

I am moving my tea tyme giveaway here because the comments disappear at my new blog My Tata's Cottage. Frustration and chaos are plentyl right now with so much going on in our phamily, all good stuff, but still stressful regarding deadlines,

It is simple, if you already follow me here, that is the first step. The second step is tell me if you love tea or coffee and your favorite. Tell me your favorite color and finally leave a comment here. Don't forget, some chocolate may be involved in this giveaway and you need to tell me what is your favorite and if you do not blog, leave an email address so I can contact you for your address if you are one of the three lucky winners. Right now only US participates please.

Oh my goodness, tea tyme is a favorite time for me. Usually before bedtime the hubby and I drink Sleepy Time Tea from Celestial Seasonings, right here in Colorado.

In keeping with my tea tyme giveaway here is Miss Kitty serving you high tea. She will bring the sandwiches and pastries out shortly. Please visit Sandee

Ham, Pineapple and Cucumber Sandwiches. Miss Kitty prefers a bit of catnip in her tea tyme fun!

Blue Monday is not complete without something blue, a vintage cobalt blue tea cup and saucer just for you.

Love is...sweet!

Oh Maxine, but you know, that pie will be delightful at the next tea party.

Come join this on line tea party today and answer a few simple questions to enter the three winner giveaway today. I will keep this open until October 31. I will reveal all three winners on November 1st, my 8 year blogaversary here. Have a beautiful week.

THURSDAY MISHMASH

This was Mother's Day 2013 and the kids were being silly. Except Rebekah, she was taking a pretty picture. The hubby was the cameraman.

Auntie Ang as a young woman. Rotten cancer, specifically breast cancer, stole her away from me. A better mentor, shopping buddy and lunch date there will never be. She was so strong willed and I am pretty sure it rubbed off on me. I never stop remembering her and all the fun we had together. She taught me this, when I married, "His money is your money, your money is your money, got it?" She told that same thing to my than new hubby. Uncle Louie backed her up, "Avery, he said, she's not kidding, just remember it and you will have a good marriage." A woman who was a crafty gal and my uncle, the Colorado history walking book. I miss them so much and can never remember a miserable time with them, except when they passed away.

We hung out together at our phamily reunion held at my mom's cousin's son's ranch in Westcliffe, Colorado. Wow! A beautiful and amazing place and they had a Brahma Bull. He was a prize winning stud and I wish I had snapped a photo of him. He had a barnyard filled with waiting bovine ladies.

The sweetest, most humble, faithful and strong woman I knew plus I was doubly blessed to have her all to myself (most times) until I was in the 6th grade. My grandmother Steblay was the most amazing woman. Having lost her sight when I was 8, she was an unbelievably remarkable human being. Never wavering in her faith and never feeling hopeless with her job as mother and father when her husband, my grandpa Joseph, passed away unexpectedly in his 40's and left left her with a house full of children to raise. He and their youngest son Anthony (Tony) who was 17, lost their lives in a gold mining accident in Victor, Color Leaving my grandmother in charge of her remaining children, Uncle Louie was 18 and he also worked at the mine, having just come up for a break when the accident occurred. He spoke about it until his passing in 1990. He crushed his soul but he never lost his ability to continue on  even those darkest days. My mother was 13 and often I reminded of the incredible pain she must have felt but I always loved her stories of her dad and how much he loved all of his little girls, Mary, Cecilia, Ann, Elsie and Jo. She buried two younger baby girls as well, Frances and Rose. My daddy bought a headstone for  Frances and I need to go home and snap a photo. But Rose was buried in the old cemetery and unfortunately it has decayed badly and there is not much of a record to find a grave. Heartbreaking for me. My great grandfather is buried on the edge of the old cemetery and his grave has sunk so badly and it is quite unfortunate the cemetery in Pueblo, Roselawn, does absolutely nothing to preserve these old grave sites. It is interesting though, the people on their board of directors have loved ones buried in perfectly manicured graves. Political favoritism  hmmmmm?

So much sadness in our world, I choose God's love and having been praying for Denise who use to blog at Shorty Bear's. Her husband had found her unresponsive and the doctors are telling Eddie there is no brain activity. Pray for this couple. She has been nothing but a shining light for Jesus and my heart is sad that she won't be there to chat with and ask questions to.

My morning is beautiful today but can we all relate to Garfield! Some days it is a chore just to move one muscle.

Snoopy has a great idea about life! I like his idea better than what I hear on the news. I have gotten to the point I check the weather and flip the TV off. More and more people are getting away from TVS and turning them off permanently . Our middle had a college professor who said, television is for fools and he would never own one. I think he may have hit on something here.

Been there, done this!

A sneak peek at one of the Tea Cup/Mug exchange packages I received from Brenda in Georgia. She made this sweet tea wallet just for me. Made my heart smile. We eat breakfast out on the weekends or when the hubby has a day off during the week, the local Village Inn does not serve any herbal teas, only black tea and Earl Grey. This is a great little wallet to tuck into my purse and order their tea and replace the plain with something I love, I am a real fruity kinda gal some days and love different fruit flavored teas.

A pleasant and dreamy thought today. I am a bit sad. Although I have a few followers at my blog My Tata's Cottage I do not have any comments on my tea giveaway post. I really have some lovely tea things to giveaway and I wanted to have three winners. It is simple to enter, follow the new blog and answer a few simple questions. It will help me choose the most delightful gifts for you if you are one of those winners. Please stop by.

Have a perfectly beautiful day and share some kindness along the way.