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Hello Dear Family,

Okay, okay, the blog won't be closed forever.  Thank you for telling me that I needed to keep it going.  I am happy to know it means as much to you as it does to me.  :)

No more daily posting, but I will an update a couple of times a month with pictures and events.

I love you all!

Until next time...enjoy life, and be kind to one another.

Peace.

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Hello Dear Family,

Thank you for stopping by today Brandon, it was awesome seeing you and your little family son.  I love surprise visits from my Cooper and Penny...they make my heart happy.  :)




Until next time...enjoy life, and be kind to one another.


Peace.

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Hello Dear Family,

Blake performed in his first choir concert tonight.

You were amazing son!  I am very proud of you.  :)


Until next time...enjoy life, and be kind to one another.


Peace.

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Hello Dear Family,

Here are the pictures from Halloween this year.

Son Brandon, daughter-in-law Amber, grandson Cooper and granddaughter Penny.  :)


 Cooper was Kid Icarus.  Great home-made costume, made by Amber and Brandon.


 Penny with uncle Blake.
 Penny with grandpa Jack.


 Casey and Blake were themselves.  :)

Until next time...enjoy life, and be kind to one another.


Peace.

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My 365, Day number 1,732.

Hello Dear Family,

I guess this is as good of a spot as any, to end.  Day number 1,732, will be the final day of my Mommy Plus Five blog.

This blog started as a challenge to myself, to take a single photo a day for 365 days.  It has since grown into something much more precious...to me.  It is my story, our story.  A documentation of our history, my family's history, since December 17, 2009.

This blog means the world to me!  Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end.  Everyone else is too busy, or too cool to let mama take their picture.  So many rules!  "Mama you can't share that, mama you can't write that, mama you can't...can't...can't..." It is enough to make a mama dizzy! Even though it is so important to me, it has stop being as important to everyone else.  But that is okay, I understand.  :)

However, I am far from done being creative.  Miss Lilly and I are starting our own blog.  She does not mind the pictures, and the fun we have.  She makes mama happy, she makes my camera smile, and she does not have a list of rules and regulations that I must adhere too. I never have to worry about making her seem uncool to her friends.  At least I don't think I do?  It is never a bad day for Miss Lilly.  I do love my little bug so.

I might keep up My 365 page through the end of the year.  The OCD in me wants to make it a complete five years.  I do enjoy taking a photo a day, and have worked too hard to stop now.  There has to be a mama world record in there somewhere?

So this 53 year old mommy of five, grandmother of three, and fur mommy to four dogs, is going to exit stage left.  I have absolutely LOVED writing this blog for 1,732 days.  Good times and bad, it has been awesome.  As my babies leave the nest, I can now subject my canines to "Smile for the camera!"  It is time for a new chapter in life anyway.  "Somebody better warn daddy to take cover!

Thank you to all my visitors from 129 different countries that have stopped by for a read over the past five years.  So nice virtually meeting you all.  :)

Remember to enjoy life, and be kind to one another.  Much love...

Good-Bye.

Peace.

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My 365, Day number 1,731.

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My 365, Day number 1,730.

Hello Dear Family,

It is official, I get too excited about life sometimes, and I babble on for days!  That is quite apparent as I re-read my blog entry for yesterday.  Sometimes my experiences are just too exciting for words. If I write a whole lot of "Oh my goodness," then you know I was overwhelmed in a good way.  I seriously just want to cry when I think about what an amazing father my Brandon is.

Brandon is Mr Abrasive.  He can be a bit of a jerk sometimes, and I mean that in a truly loving way.  At least that is what he would have you believe, but I know better!  All of us moms know better...lol When I watch him with his children, I see the tender loving man that Brandon really is, and it warms my heart. But shhh...don't tell him I said that. He may not call to wish me a Happy Mother's Day, or a Happy Birthday, because that would go against Mr. Abrasive's reputation as a jerk, but I know how big his heart really is, and I love that great big heart of his.  Brandon is 100 percent in love with his children, and he would move heaven and earth for them.  He is pretty much amazing, and I love him with all my heart.  And little Miss Penny, my precious little granddaughter, she has daddy so tightly wrapped around her little finger that it makes me chuckle inside.  Want to see a bear of a man melt into a puddle on the ground?  Just watch Brandon with his little Penny.  Oh my goodness!

I am babbling again aren't I?

This has been a very emotional day.  My emotions are pretty much all over the place.  Partly due to my crazy hormones, and partly...mostly...due to the fact that I am extremely passionate when it come to my children.  They are my everything.

I had to pretty much explode at Casey today because I have been very unhappy with his behavior of late. The most important thing for me, is that my sons are the gentlemen I raised them to be.  And they are. Sometimes Casey falls into this...for lack of a better word..."thug" mentality, and I hate it. He comes off as being very sharp around the edges, and not in a good way.  I have no clue where it comes from, it is not representative of my family, or the way he was raised, at all. Today mama had to reel it in hard.  It was time for a mama thermonuclear explosion of doom. I hate having to do that.  :(

Casey has a great big heart, but sometimes it sits a little crooked in his chest.  He can be chaos with a capital C, and it is so unnecessary.  There is no room in my home for chaos.  Hopefully he heard the words that rocketed from my lips today, and it makes a difference.  If I did not care, I would say nothing...but I do care.  "Casey, son, light of my life...knock it off!!"

For the record, raising men in the world today, is not easy.  An awesome experience, one that I would not trade for anything in the world, yes...hard as heck?  Absolutely!  Men feel the need to posture. Act big and tough as nails all the time. I am not going to lie, it drives me a little bit crazy.  Living in a house full of testosterone can be overwhelming at times.  However, this mama can roar just as loud, and often louder, than any alpha male for at least 100 square miles.  Rawrrrrr.....


Have an amazing weekend planet.  I am hoping for some Autumn color adventures. My camera is starving for some reds, yellows, oranges and browns.

Until next time...enjoy life, and be kind to one another.

My 365...
 ...is not like the other.  :)

Peace.

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