~Happy Birthday To My Son~ :-)

Today is my oldest son's birthday, Richard's.. He

is 45 today... I was trying to remember what time

of day he was born.. but I don't remember.. Evening

I think... His father named him.. I said I wanted to

name him after my dad and grandpa.. Ralph Sidney.

Danny disagreed and TOLD me his name is RICHARD!
I got to pick out his middle name which is Daniel...Its

a good name, but hurt my dads feelings because he

has a brother named Richard and thought perhaps

he was name after him.. which he most certainly was

NOT. I think I only ever remember seeing my Uncle

Richard but one time.. My dad had 2 brothers and 2

sisters...Richard and Lawrence and Helen and Deliah..

My aunt Helen was a secretary for one of the presidents

for a while I was told. I know she worked in Washington.

We never saw her very much.. All of my dads siblings

moved away, the closest was Lawrence, they lived in

Ironwood, west, in Michigan but over by the Minnesota

border..

Well... I got off the subject didn't I? :-) I warned my

son I was gonna put a photo of him here and gave him

the option to decide WHICH one.. He did not give me

an answer before I posted this.. so I got to pick ! :-)

This is one of my favorites of him.. He was 3 years old.

Cute kid hey? And a good one too.. He and his brother

were close, best buddies, but they each had such

different personalities it was amazing.. Richard was

quiet, easy going.. very smart.. Mark was very smart,

but he was very active, always antsy, wanting to do

something.. And it took a lot to keep his concentration

on one thing if he wasn't enjoying it.. But they were

both good boys...

I wish I had all the photos I know I HAD.. over the

years they have gotten lost or stolen ... Most of these

I have were ones I had sent to my parents that I

kept when I had to give Gayle the photo albums...I'm

glad I did.. I look for any excuse to go through my

photos.. then I make a mess and havta clean it up.. I

have 4, no 5 albums and 4 tins .. The albums seem

to have kinda emptied themselves out into the tins..

the tins I mean by tin boxes..with lids.. I keep saying

I'm gonna put them back,, but I never do.. I want

to get my VCR tapes put on cd too.. I dunno how to

do that..

I have 3 spools of old 8mm tapes, movies my dad took

years ago.. very old ones.. and I LOVE them.. My sister

had them transferred to VCR tapes.. so I have both

versions.. but I would like to have them put onto cd.. I

think they would be safer.. Ive heard its better to

have the old 8mm .. Id love to get some of the photos

off of it.. :-) My dad was as bad as me for constantly

taking snapshots or movies when they got the movie

camera.. Mom was the snapper one :-) I had to give

Gayle all the photos... :-(

Anyhoway.. Rebecca phoned... she was sick last week

and will be here tomorrow.. So will Penny :-) Not a lot

for Penny to do .. I'm trying to stretch things as this

is really a 5 week month for me.. which means I have

to tighten up a tad to get to the 1st :-) Joys of being

on a strict budget.. Not easy sometimes.. but .. well...

I do the best I can...

I downloaded 57 photos this morning but I'm not

gonna put them all here .. I had 2 of the kitties here

at the same time.. Was cute.. I got quite a few of

them.. The gray bad eared tiger and one of the orange.

They respected each others space... I was surprised..
I would have hated to see a cat fight :-) I LOVE my

backyard :-) Takes so little to amuse the elderly :-)
hahaha... :-D

This GORGEOUS WEEBLE is NOT elderly by any means..

well some days I DO feel 90.. :-) but all in all I have

been feeling pretty good lately.. "Thank You Lord!" :-)

Time to post.. and find some lunch.. Happy Birthday

Richard :-) Remember.. I shall return !!! ;-)

Always, Lois ****



God Bless You, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...