Lego Man

Roger turned 4 last week.
The little man has an obsession with Legos.
When he can't reach the one he wants he just climbs on the table and gets it.

His Uncle Brian stills has a passion for Legos and is beyond excited to play with Roger. (His Daddy was pretty excited too) He has tried to get the other nephews interested in legos, but no go.

The boys sitting around the Lego table in the basement. So many to choose from and still can't find the perfect one.

 

I didn't get into the door and put the cake on the table and Luke is asking me if I brought my music.

What kind of Grandma would I be, if I promised Music and didn't deliver. I downloaded 150 kids songs to my Ipod so we danced and danced and singed and danced.

Roger saws the fun we were having so he joined us for a few go arounds. Mary hopped in for a couple too, but mostly it was Grandma Murphey and Luke and me. I finally called a timeout. I was working up a sweat - No, it was a all out sweating my ass off.

Grandma Murphey was ready to take a rest too. Not Luke.

 

 

Presents! Owen is willing to help.

Uncle Brian couldn't decide what Superhero lego set to buy so he bought him 3.
Roger helped Uncle Brian with Spiderman and Luke and Daddy worked on Superman. I really can't tell you who was having the most fun here.

Roger told his Uncle that he didn't have too many People.
Never Fear - Uncle reached into his pocket and pulls out 3 lego People. See, he understand the importance of "People".
Yeah, that's a cool lego cake Grandma, but I got me some lego people to play with.

That little guy on the cake is a lego construction worker that Brian found.

I found this costume of Optimums Prime, that Roger is wearing, on the internet. Muscles and all.
What 4 year old doesn't like dress up. 
Luke, in his Jake the pirate costume, was encouraging Roger to hurry and blow out the candles.

I told the boys there was a surprise inside.
I made a strawberry filling.
I even had a piece myself. Not bad...



 

Back Splash

We moved into this house 11 years ago.
I fell in love with the kitchen. The cabinets are white and we changed up the knobs to silver. The gold light fixture has been replaced to silver and we have replaced all the appliances to stainless steel.

My next step is a back splash. It now has no tile just walls painted green.
I always hesitate because I like white subway tiles and I thought that it would be too much white, so I haven't done a damn thing.

Well after watching Beach Flip on HGTV where 2 of the four teams put white subway with white cabinets into their kitchen remodel, and it looked good, I am ready to tackle my back splash.

I measured the area. Converted to sq. ft. instead of inches and I am pretty sure I know how much I need. I'm a quilter for god sake, if I can figure yardage on 5 different fabrics I should be able to figure out sq. footage for 1 material.
After shopping I realize I don't have to go with white. There are so many different colors of subway tiles to choose from I am tiled out.

So, I'm putting the back splash on hold once again, to be brought out when my tiling partner (Steve)comes for a visit in Sept.
 I set my sights on something smaller and more simple. The cover to my outdoor pillow box that Mike made me out of our recycled fence.

Isn't it pretty.

Working

I woke up, around 7:00 and the house is empty.
I walk into the kitchen to make my coffee and see this note.

Yes, you read it right Mike is back to work.

He got a text message from our nephew, Jon, asking if he was interested in working at the country Club. Grounds crew were in desperate need of help mowing.

Hummmmm... Let's see!
He gets to spend his time on a golf course.
He gets to pick his own hours and days he wants to work.
He is out in the fresh air riding a tractor around. Said tractor has a drink holder for his Mountain Dew and Diet Pepsi.
He is supplied with country club logo golf shirts.
Lunch is provided for the workers.
He is working with a friend he plays softball with.
He gets a paycheck.
AND he gets to golf for free.

It didn't take him long to say Yes.
This is Mike's new office.

And he is enjoying it!

Herman's Hermits

Growing up we always had music playing in the house. There were no head phones - transistor radios or record players played, and it depended in what room you were in on who's music you listened too.

Me I had mine tuned to Herman's Hermits. From 1965 to 1970 they were my go to music.
I had most of their 45's and if a new one came out you could find me down at Schneider's Music store in downtown Elgin, in the music booth checking it out.

I was a faithful member of their fan club and President of my middle school's chapter.
I still have my scrapbook started 50 years ago. It still has my Fan Club Membership letter in it.

I am kicking my self for not bringing the scrapbook with me - He was signing autographs after the concert. I'm sure he would of loved to have seen it too.

20 pages of Herman's Hermits

Cover of Tiger Beat Oct. 66 cost my 35 cents

BIG time fan!
It made perfect sense to head on down to Festival park to see them. I have never seen Peter Noone in concert. I was super excited. Tickets for the lawn seats were only $5, cheaper than the beers, $6.
Then to top that off the first 2 bands were goodies too.

Gary Puckett and the Union Gap and Gary Lewis and the Playboys.
I knew (and sang) all the songs but one.
Mike knew a few songs, but this was truly all about me. That's what he gets for marrying someone older.
Everyone there was in my age group and white. I guess black were into Motown back then.
If I could of made my way down to the group of ladies dancing in the aisle I would of joined them.
It was a perfect summer night.

 Mike and I got there pretty early and headed down front. We deiced early on that we didn't need to see the fireworks so instead of sitting in a crowd, we backtracked to sit just in front of the walkway, close to the beers, the port-a-potties (which were very clean) and a quick exit. We avoided all the traffic and parked in the Butera parking lot. While the fireworks were going off we strolled back to the car, stood for a few fireworks and then left.

I got to see my teenage crush in concert! Who cares that we are both in our 60's. NOT ME.....

Pallet Art

You can find anything now-a-days on the internet. Even how to repurpose pallets.
 When Stacy texted me and asked if I would be interest in a painted pallet, my first reaction was Huh? and then she sent me a picture of a flag pallet she had made for her Mother.
Do I want one too?
I, of course, said Yes. The American Flag is big around here.
And I knew just the place I wanted to hang it.
What better way to start off the Independence Day weekend than displaying another flag.

My step-daughter painted me this.
Thank You, Stacy!