Oh everyone..Thank you so much! I actually heard my knee creak for the first time today> That could be a bad thing! Jojo: How well you know me! Yup you did take notice and I am a bit shy..lol I do though have to say that you have become one of my biggest blessings last year to this day! I am so honored to have you here with us too! I remember a time when Josh just started and everyone else here for that matter:-) I thank you for your love and kindness and kind words along with everyone else. I can only hope that I can continue to have energy and dedication to that of my plants and all those that could use some help! Patty: I almost did that, but found a gardenia for only 5 bucks marked wrong..lol Jojo, Josh, Mike, Patty, Thisisme and Jacklord: Thank you. I am grateful I met you all this past year. I can only wish and hope we all live to see another good year of happiness and health for us, and our plants. Ok, off to the gym now to keep this youthful feeling up. Mike:-))))))))

Awwww thank you Josephine! Such a cute poem! I love it!! Thank you, too, Paula! How did I spend my day? I am going around looking for a good and cheap air conditioner as mine crapped out on me and it's been in the 90's already here! :-P Here's a look at my patio garden yesterday...

Hey Jo - didn't you know acting out in front of an audience is noraml; looks like those handsome young guys are having a great time for Grandma's birthday!! Was that ketchup spread out on that plate - yummy, good for FFs! The grans are are adorable - well, I guess I shouldn't say that because they are aren't babies anymore. But they are pretty darn handsome - could break some young girl's heart when they get older. Was that pic at the table (the one in the house) at your house. It is so bright and cheery. BTW, thanks for explaining TSL. Oh, and you gotta share taht perpeller cup. That sounds like a pretty nifty toy. Hi eloise. I think you are right - Spring Fever is here for sure. I just bought a new grill and can't wait to try it out. Then I'll be out, right there with the grill. My neighbor was supposed to pick it up Friday but I think he was just plain tired and didn't want to say it. He told me he would pick it up early Sat but I went to a Prayer Breakfast for the United Negro Women's Conference and couldn't go until later in the afternoon(I take my 86yo aunt every year and it is such an enlightening experience being around so many empowered women so I don't mind having to leave the house at 7AM on a Satuday!! The food is good too!). My neighbor never responded to my calls after I got back but showed up early this morning. I was a litle disappointed because yesterday was perfect weather for grilling and enjoying the patio. It was a little cold to try to get it all set up today. Besides, even though I told my neighbor it would take 2 or 3 guys to move the thing, he didn't line anyone up to help (MEN, they just don't listen!!!). So it was just the 2 of us trying to pick that darn thing up over the side of a pickup truck. I was so tired after that fiasco that I really didn't feel like dealing with it. It's all put together, but hooking up the tank and leveling it, and learning how to use the contraption, etc, just wasn't going to happen today. If it's nice tomorrow, maybe I'll throw a burger or two on, after work. Here's a funny - we eventually had to slide the grill down a make-shift ramp. My neighbor tilted it to the side and I held it until he could jump down off the truck and help slide it down the ramp. While I was waiting for him to help hold it, ALL the wait was on my chest. Boy, I would rather have had the reduction surgery -- LOL!! That thing was soooo heavy - my arms feel like wet noodles for sure! OK, long story, but excited about the grill and after all is said and done, it turned out to be pretty funny how the thing ended up on my patio. Hope my neighbors weren't taking pics!! Anyway, glad you too are doing OK (and hope everyone else is too). Eloise, how's your car (hope I don't jinx you by asking)? Jo, are you hanging in there? How's your painting coming along? Really happy your birthday turned out to be a good week for ya. Hugs to ya! Off to get ready for another week at work. gng

Hope you have a great day, with family, friends or whomever doing some enjoyable thing. Good wishes for a wonderful year ahead, as well. ole joyful