Bells Beauty Parlor

Today....
Some of the Grandchildren
were
at my house.

The Coppertops and their little brother

came over for the day
and to spend the night.

Bells(age 3) came up to me and she said...

"Can I paint your nails"...

so being a Grandma....I said yes.
She told me several times to "hold still"
and
"oooops"
while painting them.
Bells got a lot of  nail polish for her birthday, last month.
So she is sharing it with me.
Boy... does nail polish smell...

Here is her and my pretty nails...

My "pretty nails"

It reminds me...

When I was a little girl,

I use to "fix" my Grandma's hair...

She let me...

I made her hair beautiful!

Take care,

Mommy 2

SPRING ???

Ok....

Its seems that there have been no new posts Since March !!!

We do get on our computers each & everyday...

So...

having no excuse not to write something

and since I am on the blog...

I don't know about you....

but

I   AM   READY   FOR   SPRING   ANYTIME  !!!

Here is my letter to Mr. Winter:

Dear  Mr. Winter,

It has been nice knowing you and glad that you came for a stay...

we didn't think it would be this long...

We are tired of the long dreary cold rainy/snowy days....

we could use a little sunshine, please !!!

Maybe you could go on a visit to Australia...

I hear that its fall there & that they could use a little cool weather.

Yours truly,

Mommy 2

P.S.  Let us know how the weather is where you live...

We would Love to hear from you.

Conoco Mega Loads....On Roads...Near Me

Ok...

Looks like they need to replace some light bulbs...

These parked next to the interstate...

We DID NOT stop...

These  Loads have been traveling...

very slowly from 12am-6am...

for several days through my State...

Last night...

they traveled right next to my house

on the highway...

Here are the trucks...all lit up.

The trucks came by my house around 1am.

Cowboy and I were the only ones at my house to see them.

Everyone else slept right through the lights and noise.

I am glad that I stayed up...

so I could tell you about it.

Take care,

Mommy 2

P.S. you can go to www.missoulian.com

and read more about it...

and even watch a video.

We've been gone from Home...

Mommy1    and    Mommy 2   

 go   to  visit    their    state    capital....

(look   @   all   the   fun   they   had)

Here   we  are  "pretending"  to be pages...

This and the following were taken in the

House of   Representives  Chamber...

(they were on recess)

Here we are @ the back...

Pretending   we  are Representives...

This   could   be   our   view...

This  is   part of     the room....

and

this   beautiful  ceiling...

Thats   enough   pictures....

for   now.

(You   know  there  are  more.)

Take care

and

Love to All,

Mommy 2

Spring Like Weather...Our Outing...

Hey...

I am back...

Day 2...

It was at least 50 degrees today!

Yea!!!

So my husband and I

and 

the three youngest children ventured out of the house...

We had some errands to run...

1) Cowboy needed a haircut(really bad).

2) I wanted to get the van washed & vacuumed out.

(after all thats what you do in the spring)

3) We needed to pick up a FEW things @ Walmart ...

I say few...because it is getting expensive to shop there,

especially for a few items...plus the checkout lines are usually very long.

(So I "had to" force my self to go there)

My husband...

was soooo kind as to drop the girls  & I off @ the door to Walmart,

then he and Cowboy headed off to get the van washed.

The girls went and "shopped" together,

I did my shopping & was done & ready to go...

they were no where in site...

so I went & waited @ the front of the store...

I text (the joy of texting) 2 of my older daughters...

telling them I was in Walmart, waiting on their 2 younger sisters.

The girls I had been waiting for showed up a short time later

(with items to be purchased)

We headed toward the cash registers...

Giving one daughter my cell phone & said

...call your Dad...

& tell him we are  @  the check out.

My daughter gets off the phone & says...

Dad is vacuuming the van...

Oh...

Now what?

We go through the checkout...

$$$  later...

and go sit on a bench...

where we can see Dad when he finally gets there.

I pull out my cell phone

& proceed to play the game Tetris.

The girls were people watching...

some times they would say...look Mom.

So that was some of what we did today...

How was your day?

Love  to  All,

Mommy 2

P.S.

Here are a couple of pictures...

not of shopping.

Little Grandson Cowboy

Coppertop # 2...Cowboys BIG sister

Copper Top # 1

Oldest Sibling...Being Silly

Is Winter Over Yet...Or is Spring Here???

So....

Its been ages since my last post...

Some Holidays & Birthdays have past...

I've been on a Trip South & back...

The Blog is still here and I am here too.

Everyone is wishing that Winter would be over...

Me too.

But...

I am enjoying each day...

And the ones that are sunny & a bit warmer even better.

Thanks to Betsy's comment...

on the last post about being "snowed in"...

Has gotten me motivated to get posting again.

I have been a "blog follower"...

I follow lots of blogs...just look to the right hand side...

there are a few new ones too.

So I am back...

and with a few pictures...

You knew that was coming...right???

Now to decide which ones...

Visiting   the   Grandkids.

Miss    Green     and  I   at   the   Airport.

Miss   Green   on   the   Airplane.

Ok...

So I will try to do better on posting...

I have the pictures from my camera

downloaded to the computer.

See you soon.

Love to All,

<3

Mommy 2

I got to read a book!

Recently, I did something I haven't done for months, perhaps not for years. I let the dishes mellow in the sink, put the children to bed, begged my beloved's indulgence and read a book in one sitting. I read The Real Enemy, by Kathy Herman.

This book was a good companion for a suspense hungry soul. I took an immediate liking to Brill (short for Brilliant, a moniker she earned as an investigator in Memphis). Brill lives the dilemma that many female police officers know very well.. She is constantly stretched too thin on the home front, to the detriment of her children and husband. She is wooed  with the temptation at work to over invest herself for the thrill of the chase and her sense of responsibility to the community. I want to take Brill under my wing and give her some motherly advice. I want to tell her to go home and hold her child and kiss her husband.

Devoid of the benefit of my advice, Brill weaves herself into the warp of a superstitious and sometimes distrusting community, Sofie Trace, without the solace of her husband Kurt and with little interaction from her children.  Due to Kurt's brief, adulterous affair in the past, Brill allows herself to be spun in an ever widening path that leads away from home. At work, the press, the "Good ole boy" Sheriff and the handsome FBI agent from her past all grapple at what is left of her.

In the midst of this heart crumble is a terrible crime that grows more unthinkable every day. How is one person able to withstand all these opposing pressures? How does a suffering family stay together? You will have to read to find out if Kurt's repentant commitment and the tender heart of the last child at home are enough to keep Brill anchored in her home. Is Brill's faith in God strong enough to keep her from temptation? Who, or what is causing the good people of Sofie Trace to disappear?

Be careful as you follow Brill and Kurt around Sofie Trace. The rules seem to be changing. Shadows from the past and the smokescreens of a new group of criminals swirl together. Who is perpetrating this evil? Are they living or dead? Is anyone safe? Even your next door neighbors could be in danger.

As much as I enjoyed this book and look forward to the rest of the trilogy (anybody have them to loan?) I do hope  Ms. Herman will sculpt the support characters in the next books with a little more depth and reality. If so, I think it will be like scooping out of the vanilla and into the strawberry and chocolate in the neopolitan ice cream. I scream...for more time with Brill and Kurt.
I give it 4 and 1/2 scoops!
Mommy 1