More June happenings....

In June....
The Granny Bees met at Patti Beck's garden.

to take a garden stroll

and buy some garden pottery (not the stuff in the pics - I took pics of this because I love that she put this big bird in a nest)

We met in memory of Beth.  And the entire evening a monarch butterfly kept flitting and fluttering about our group.  It was the first one Patti had seen this summer.

 I had asked Patti to make us Granny Bees something in Beth's memory and she made this bell....but she also made

this. 

 I L.O.V.E. them.

And I've missed Beth a lot lately.  

Tomorrow night will be the first, "First Friday" that I've attended that I did not spend it in her studio.

We went to my Sister's house for Father's Day (but we had to meet the week before Father's Day because we were going to be in St. Thomas at a wedding on Father's Day weekend) 

and I hardly took any pics! (I've been slacking)

I did get one of My Shug putting a cig behind my Mom's ear.

Silly....neither of them smoke.

And of these two playing in the decorative pond!

What is it with kids and water?

We were actually supposed to go to a Polka Boys concert that evening, but all the way there it stormed. 

Who woulda thought the weather would have turned out perfect!

This is my brother and his son acting goofy.

The next weekend,

Mom and Dad and Theresa and I went to Clowes Hall.

Only it's pronounced Klews Hall.

And I know that.

But when we stopped to ask for directions I asked for Clothes Hall.

Why?

Who knows why in thee hell I say/do what I say/do.

I do know I love the little sippy cups they gave us for our wine!

How cute!

So, can you guess by the picture below (that I wasn't supposed to take) what musical we went to see?

More june stuff.....

Cute lil' peaches on our tree!

My hives are doing well!

We all went for pedi's for Ashley's wedding.

only I didn't get a pedi.

I do not like my feet touched.

And....

I've had one pedi in my life and I ended up with a toenail fungus that lasted for years.

I got rid of it on my own by applying tea tree essential oil to the top and underneath of the nail every morning and every night.....for like two years.

It's like the one time in my life I was in a tanning bed.  I ended up with red and white stripes on my bottocks.  Don't ask.  Who in thee hell knows anyway? Not me.

Pedis are kind of gross anyway.  They took a cheese grater and shaved the dead skin off of my sister's feet.  ewww....the pile....of dead skin.....just ewwww.....

But I did get my toenails painted!

Do you like the plhower?

Okay, so, Then we all went out for Mexican food and margaritas afterwards!

And Theresa and I probably should have been home packing because we were leaving the next day for St. Thomas!

Coming up.....wedding pics and St. Thomas!

But before I go

TODAY is my Sister's Birthday!

Happy Birthday SISTER!

Cindy Bee

Happy Birthday Sister!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISTER!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY "K"

She made that .....hmmmm.......vest? I forget what you decided to call it "K". Is it a vest? Because we know it's not a shrug, now is it....

Happy Birthday Vinh!

Happy Late Birthday Granny Bee!

Happy Birthday KE. I know your birthday is sometime soon, or did I miss it too? (She did not make her shrug, Erin did. Good job Erin!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREW!

This is what he really looks like....

Did I miss anyone?

Happy Birthday Y'all!!!!!

Cindy Bee

Love, Bonds, and Birthdays!

I put up with a lot of crap from people because I take a lot of pictures. I always have my camera or phone with me and I'm always using them. I always have. And let's just get this out of the way right now. I always will. And I am SO GLAD I happened to have my camera with me today at breakfast.

Now I do have one rule...I do not put up pictures of anyone that I wouldn't want posted of myself. Like, for example, if it's a bad picture. Like the one of my cousin, that her daughter took! That will never be on my blog...well, unless she says it's ok. It's pretty funny. OK back to my point...jeeesh.

So, today I had plans to meet my parents for breakfast, along with my Mom's TWIN brother. It is my Mom's birthday, and of course, her twin brother's birthday. Uncle Jerry.

Here they are arriving TEN MINUTES LATE to breakfast. If you know my parents, there is no excuse for tardiness, especially at mealtime. (AAhhhhheeeemmm-sorry-phlegm ball in my throat or something.)

So I sat there alone for about 15 minutes drinking my coffee, wondering if they changed the plans and didn't tell me. On purpose or something!

We had a lovely meal, then when I got up to go to the restroom, I came back to find a young man hugging my Mom. WTH? Who is hugging my ma? In front of my pa?

OK here's the mushy part.

See this kid blogettes. I haven't seen him in about 30 years. He used to be at our house ALL THE TIME when we were growing up. ALL THE TIME. He was one of my brothers best buds. And folks - here's the mushy part - he's got cancer. PLEASE PRAY FOR HIM. His name is Curt. Pray pray pray ok. Cuz I love this kid.

And here is something else I want to say, because it's been on my mind lately....ever since I ran into a blog stalker the other day, that grew up in the same neighborhood I did. You know how you grow up in a neighborhood. We knew everyone... because when we were kids we played outside from the time we got up until the time our parents stood on the front porch and yelled for us to come home. It was either dinner time or bed time by the time we came inside. And growing up in a neighborhood like we did, you have this bond. It's hard to explain. You might not have even hung around with the people in that same 'hood, but you still...have. this. bond. Do you know what I mean?

Curt and I were reminiscing about the time we went cruising in my bright yellow corvette! Oh my. I was 18 or 19, he was probably 15 or 16, and my friend was with us too. So, yes, we had three people in a two seater corvette. How did we survive? No seat belts.

Anyway blogettes, pray for this man ok.

And this probably should have been a post all about my Mom, but I'm getting ready to head to Italy in the morning and I just had to post about Curt too. So...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM & UNCLE JERRY!!!

Don't they look great for 77 years old? I asked them which one was older and Mom said, "He is. I kicked the shit out of him and told him to get outta here!" She really did say that. She probably really did do that!!!!

Ciao

Cindy Bee

PS - Allll my bags are packed....I'm ready to goooo....

I got my yarn, my books, and my Xanax!!! Thanks for all the ideas. I'm gonna sleep on that plane and when I'm not sleeping I'll be crocheting or reading. For those of you who text me, please do NOT text or call. It's expensive!

PPS - What? Stop complaining...you got two weeks to read this!!!! Bye...for real.

TA DAH Moment and other fun stuff!

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY VICKIE!!!! My Shug and I called her this morning at 5:30 and sang a lovely rendition of Happy Birthday on her cell phone.


And now for my first FINISHED PROJECT!!!!

Winston sacrificed the blankey long enough for me to put a border on it!

TAA DAAAAH!!!

It fits the bed.

I've probably got just enough yarn left to make a pillow or two.

So I'm working on pillows.

Then I'm going to get started on another blanket and get it done!

It feels good to finish something.

On the Italy trip.....5 day countdown!!!!!!

Getting excited!

I bought a new purse for the trip.

I had to.

This one is small, yet it holds everything. The wallet is part of the purse.
Lots of zippers, cross body strap, nice leather, my phone and camera both fit in it.

Perfect, I say, for Italy.

I've got my clothes packed for the first time. Now I need to go through them and take out about half of what I packed.

I'm working on my carry-on bag. I printed some fun crochet patterns. And I'm trying to decide...should I take the cheap yarn on the plane and just do piddly stuff and dishcloths and such, or should I take the more expensive cotton yarn and do dishcloths and piddly stuff and such. So the question is, cheap cotton yarn or a better quality cotton yarn? Decisions decisions.

I'm visualizing teaching people on the plane how to crochet. Well, we're going to be together for 8 hours....plenty of time to learn to crochet.

And FYI My Sister booked a ghost tour. Starts at 9:30 PM in Rome. It's called Dark Rome...kinda like Dark Shadows......I wonder if she told our parents yet? Probably not.

I wonder if she booked our room for the last night yet. Probably not.

Cindy Bee