Snow Again??!! Really?

Why is it, wherever I visit, it snows?! I'm talkin' places where it normally doesn't. Like in Atlanta. Remember that?!

Family in California tells me, that when I get back, it's supposed to snow there!

Southern California?! Seriously?! Is it me?

If a state isn't used to snow, it means no school, right off the bat! And what could be more fun than that?!

What shall we do?! So many possibilities! They chose to go to a nice, warm restaurant first. (No argument from me!)

Here's my 13 year old granddaughter and her friend. My girl can say things that make you laugh so hard, that the beverage you're drinking shoots out of your nose.

And it begins. Lips are moving, hands are flying.

(Easy there, girlfriend, you're gonna poke an eye out.)

This is my oldest granddaughter, who will be 18 tomorrow. Whaaat?!!

How can that be - when I'm only 49 (and holding)?!

I didn't hear much of the story being told, but it seems to have touched everyone's funny-bone.

More laughter.

Please stop! I can't breathe!!

And then... and then... !!

Stooooop!!!!

Here comes the waitress with our grub.

I don't know what it is about going to a restaurant -

All of our good eating habits fly right out the window.

By the wink, I take it she doesn't mind.

Order something 'healthy'? Seriously?! You must be kidding.

Not to be outdone.

Lemonade, with sugar on the rim of the glass. Yum.

(A new, slooow way to put the salt on a Margarita.)

Waitress! Waitress! There's a nose in my drink!

What do kids wanna do when it's windy, snowing and freezing cold?

Go shopping, of course!!

My oldest girl opted for a warm movie theater. And I didn't go... why?

Not these two. The more snow, the better!

At least they didn't stick their tongues on the metal pole.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the snow...

From the inside looking out!

"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... somewhere else."

"How does the person who drives the snow-plow, get to work in the morning?"

"Skiing is the only sport where you spend an arm and a leg, to break an arm and a leg."

"Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face."

- Dave Barry

"I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill."

- Erma Bombeck

There are SO many things to love!

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(Thank you.)

Signing off for now,

gabriele

Home Again, Home Again - And Missing Everyone Already

I was visiting family in Atlanta, during the recent snow storm.

What's wrong with me?! (The snow part, not the family.)

As beautiful as snow makes the surroundings look -

Gimme my California sunshine and high temperatures!

Of course, now I miss everyone already. :(

Two of my grandbrats.

And another one.

And her again.

But wait -

There's more.

Here's my gorgeous pal -

Mom of the two blonde brats.

Speaking of...

Here's one -

Really, really concentrating on his new "DSI".

(Love the toes.)

Love the hair too.

And the kid.

And all of the screamin' brats!!

This one already knows the "I can't heeear youuu." ??!

How'd that happen?! Trouble's on the horizon!

Here they are, visiting me in my room...

Oh, did I mention that I was sick with Bronchitis for the holidays?

A real bummer.

They had a birthday party for me, at my bedside.

Oh, did I mention that I was sick with Bronchitis for my birthday?

Double bummer.

BUT, a cheesecake from the "Cheese Cake Factory" took my mind off of it!

So did these.

No, I didn't share!

As some of you know, I'm a raw-foodist, supposedly eating only healthy things.

BUT, I'm also a sugar-addict, so once I get started - look out!!

(In their defense, they didn't get me started.

I'd already hit the little corner store for my sugar-fix, days before the cake arrived.)

I bought and ate junk-food until the day it was time to leave.

Here's what I had at the airport.

Not too bad?

Well, I had two.

One before my flight and one before my connecting flight.

How beautiful is that?!

I woke up from a power-nap and thought, "Look at all that snow!" Duh.

During the flight I had these.

Two bags.

They're small.

And these.

My last hoorah, before getting back home and having this...

Greens, greens, and more greens!!!!

And my healthy green-smoothies!

Yum!!

So, I got home and was telling my husband about the four donuts, I ate at one sitting. :-*

The next day he surprised me with these...

Did I say, "No"? Of course not!

Did I share? Of course not!

Sugar-addiction is a terrible thing.

While I was sick and in the hospital, I'd lost seven pounds.

When I got home -

I'd gained six and a half of them back!

Sugar-addiction is a terrible thing.

Now, it's back to these babies, when I want something sweet!

(These don't give me headaches, or an upset stomach, or make me feel all spacey and stupid!)

Speaking of 'something sweet' -

This was the last little face I saw (my shadow!) before I left Atlanta.

(She was supposed to stay in bed. :)

I love and miss them!!

"In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds.

I should be hanging from a charm bracelet."

- Erma Bombeck

"Just think of all the women on the Titanic that said,

'No thank you' to dessert that night".

- Erma Bombeck

"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."

- Erma Bombeck

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Raw-food versus the Standard American Diet

There are SO many things to love!

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(Thank you!)

Signing off for now,

gabriele