Remember all of those that you love, here and gone. Life is too short not to.

(You will need to copy/paste this…. WP is still not working properly for me.)

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Two more ducks joined the farm the other day. They are young still and I am hoping that they are hens, like the two that I already have….eggs UPDATE-let’s try this uploader for the pic

In their house- the new ones are on the left

wooo hooooo! – let’s try another!

Late afternoon swim time

ANOTHER UPDATE- now I need to try and get this centered!

I HATE this WP 2.8!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t get pics in at all from anywhere…. and I can only post from html – not even sure, yet if this will post

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG!

This is for Tonka – a little guy who was rescued with his mom and another filly by Beauty’s Haven last Friday. He was only 4 mos old. He, his mother and several other horses were starved to skeletons. Beauty’s Haven did all they could and more… gave him love and never left him alone. But he lost his fight last night and crossed Rainbow Bridge. I am sending prayers and love to all who tried to help him not to suffer any longer.

I guess I will always remain so naive about how mean people are to each other and to all of the creatures that this Earth has been blessed with to love and enjoy. Please, click the link to see news footage of this tragedy and leave a comment. Also, give your fellow man/woman a kiss and don’t forget your four-legged (or other friend) companion a big hug. Enjoy all that you have… now.

http://wcjb.com/a2xv

Beauty’s Haven is a Friend of mine… link on the right. I admire and love all that they do.

update….

This is such a sad day… I just got word that a good friend lost her fight of 2 yrs with ovarian cancer last night. She was the first friend I had when I moved here 8 yrs ago. Bobbette, you will be missed by so many!

Today was the highlight of the convention for me….

I made my own video of this song but I couldn’t get it uploaded to utube…. so I used someone else’s.

His speech about defending our American Rights was very inspiring and I LOVED the music too!

Ted Nugent Playing National Anthem

Then we waited in line for a bit over 2 hours to get him to sign his book, “Ted, White & Blue”…. and I got to MEET him!!

This woman who looks as though she was melting off of the chair, tells just how tired everyone was… also, notice the nearly empty room… that is the same room where I took the first pic on Day 1.

We spent today going to all of the 300 or so booths in the exhibition hall. We tried to go to Ted Nugent’s book signing but the line had been closed off for today. Jerry’s feet hurt, so we are back at the motel. We cancelled on the fancy NRA dinner for tonight because the main speaker, Rush Limbaugh, was changed to John Stossel. Tomorrow we hope to get a chance to meet Ted Nugent.

If I ever see a cammo t-shirt or another fat, er… wide ass again – it will be way too soon!

I hope GH’s feet feel better for tomorrow’s line for Nugent…

GH and I are in Phoenix for the NRA Convention. We arrived last night and will be here in Phoenix until Sunday afternoon. It is hot!! down here!
There were sooooo many people!

One of the first things that we did – after waiting in a 30 minute line for a sticker to get into the exhition hall – was go to the booth for NRA News. Jerry got to meet Cam Edwards, a host for NRA News Radio.

He told Cam that it was him that inspired him to get his FFL and start Lobogunz.com and gave Cam a nice pocketknife with “Lobogunz” engraved on it.

Today we went to the Leadership Forum. Sarah Palin was supposed to be here but wasn’t- so was Dean Cain, the actor, and he was not there either – Iwas looking forward to him.  But I did see all of the NRA officials, AZ Governor Jan Brewer, AZ State Senator John McCain, Michael Regan (who I think I enjoyed the most) Dick Morris-Fox News commentator, Michael Steele-Chairman of the Republican Nat’l Committee, Ken Blackwell-Former Ohio Secretary of State and Dick Heller-Plaintiff of D.C. vs Heller. I didn’t know many of these speakers before today but they all had, in general, one thing to say – Support Our Second Amendment.

AZ Governor Jan Brewer

We got to meet Dick Heller, speak with him and get his autograph at the end of the Forum. He sued Washington D.C. over the total gun ban and won.

 His mantra is “Freedom, Freedom, Freedom!!”

Then for the trip back to our motel room, we got to ride a bike – sort of…

I should not even be blogging I have so much to do! But I am hoping that if I write it all out it will help me organize it all better…GH and I are going to Phoenix tomorrow for the NRA convention and won’t be home until Sunday afternoon. The past couple of days I have been working on some pants for GH and myself. I have not even opened my sewing machine for about 8 yrs! I have found that it is like riding a bike… you don’t forget. And I have enjoyed the alterations that usually I find very tedious! I have brought in 2 pairs of jeans for myself and let a pair out for GH. His are 1880 replicas, so I have had guidelines on them. The two I have done for myself are my rhinestone jeans that have gotten too large since I purchased them.

The coolest rhinestones and embroidery….. wore them last Sept to Virginia

These have clear rhinestones at the hemline

And these are GH’s replicas – the legs were too tight

I need to clean out the inside of my car, finish up with the pants – hemming and finish stitching, iron a bunch of clothes, get my animals ready for the boys to take care of while I am gone, pre-prepare at least 3 meals that can be nuked for dinners, pack my suitcaseS- yes that is plural! I know that I will change my mind too many times as to what to wear and I want to be sure that I have enough choices!! LOL  . Leavi is going to the Space Center tomorrow in Phoenix with his class and will need to be picked up from school at 8pm. I think that is taken care of already…. thank you to the Awesome, Super, and Amazing Nicole My second daughter, Jessica, has been in Mexico for the past 2 months and was due back in the states yesterday to help out here with the house, people and animals but she missed her plane out of Mexico City – she is sitting at the airport on standby…. she ages me so! I am a worrier. The oldest daughter, Amy, is in Monaco until the 20th.

Well I am off to work so that I can be off tomorrow to have fun…. oh… I need to wax my eyebrows, too…..

Happy Mother’s Day to ALL!!

This morning I was greeted with these blue birds… GH has quit smoking so I was out on the porch at 6:30am to have a smoke alone. These guys have made a nest in the porch support beam.

The nest and the female

And as an added bonus…. Belle at 6 months

Who’s Loving You??

Look out Susan…..

Shaheen Jafargholi – 12 Year Old Singer – Britains Got Talent 2009 Ep 2

See Simon Smile

You GO!! Susan!! You ROCK!!
Susan Boyle – Singer – Britains Got Talent 2009 (With Lyrics)