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I HAVE A GRANDPUPPY!!!!


Yes, you heard me right!

A Grandpuppy!

Let me formally introduce you to the new love of our family, Louis (pronounced Lew-ee)!

Isn’t he absolutely ADORABLE?

Of course I may be a little prejudice…

I can’t wait to meet this little man (err…English Bulldog).

Alex and her boyfriend Tom adopted sweet little Louis on Saturday.

I have refrained from racing down to meet him…I told Alex that they needed the weekend to bond.

I will wait…

I can wait…

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!

But…

Oh My Gosh…

I want to squeeze the stuffin’s out of this sweet little dog!

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I will get my turn…

Grandma can be patient!

I think…

Have a blessed day everyone!

Patty O

You Were My Baby Boy…


Pet people will get it.  Non-pet people may not.

Hershey came into our lives over 13 years ago.  A sweet little chocolate lab puppy that was the runt of the litter.

At the time, our family consisted of two girls:  Alex (10) and Sam (6), and one more baby on the way.  Little did we know that our 2 legged baby would be another girl and that Hershey would be our baby boy.

And what a sweet baby boy he was – right from day one.

He was Tim’s best buddy (Tim’s only comrade in arms against all the female hormones of the house).

My Man and his dog! Read more

It Had Been A Day…and then Lori arrived…


OK, I don’t tend to complain much, but today has been a day…

It actually started yesterday – there are just some moments when your children know which buttons to push…and sometimes they don’t realize their doing it – but they sure push them and it’s a moment of anger that puts me through the roof.

I’m guessing that most of you can relate…

I’d go into the “Ommmm” pose and start chanting if I could…

Happy thoughts…Ommmmm…beautiful flowers…Ommmmm…laughing babies…Ommmmm…Happy little trees (oh wait, that’s Bob Ross – the painter on PBS).

None of it worked…

Until…

Lori came over.

Have I told you about my dear friend, soul sister, I swear…sister from another mother – best friend in the world?

I love her.

She’s the friend who calls me if I don’t call her for a few days…

She’s the “Lori – I NEED a Lori moment” type of friend who will come right over, because more than likely she needs a Patty moment too.

So we did.

A glass of wine and some Dark Chocolate Acai Blueberries on the deck and two hours later we both felt better.

Aaahhhhhhhhh.

It’s amazing what a little friend time can do.

Do I still want to have a few choice words with that daughter of mine?  Yup.

But they’ll come out much better now thank you.

Lori, you are my person…

Just like Meredith is Christine’s person on Grey’s Anatomy.

Speaking of which…did you see last night’s Grey’s?

AAAAAAAACK!

Seriously?

I’m so glad that at least they made sure to show that Meredith and Baby Bailey are ok…but Richard?

Seriously?

Ugh.

Maybe my first mistake this morning was watching Grey’s (I had dvr’d it)…

Hmmm.

Note to self…stop watching season finale’s in the morning!

I hope you’ve had a great day…and if not…

I hope you have a person…like Lori…

Blessings!

Patty O

Thank you Pinterest Mobile for the photo.

Mother’s Day: Roses and Thorns


Mother’s Day is bittersweet for me…

The beauty of a rose, with some memories like thorns…

I love hearing from my girls and the treats that Tim and Gabi picked up yesterday: Chocolate Moose Cake, dinner from the Grand Ely Lodge, and this morning, pastries from the Chocolate Moose for breakfast.

I love being woken up by Gabi with a bright and cheery “Happy Mother’s Day”! Read more

Prayers for Carena, Prayers for Boston, Prayers for our World


A few days ago I wrote a blog post asking for everyone to Please Pray for Little Miss Carena.

In the days since I wrote the post, this little girl has gotten better, then went downhill, and is now in a holding pattern.  She’s one tough little girl but her neck where they took the lymph nodes is infected and they think it might be abcessed.  They’re treating her with a couple of different i.v. antibiotics but if they don’t kick it by tomorrow morning, they’ll have to go back in.

Please, please say more prayers for this little one.

And then this afternoon we see the news of the bombings in Boston.  At this point there have been two fatalities and over 110 injured.  Two bombs exploded while two others were found and taken care of without further injuries.  (Added on 4/19:  Obviously I made the mistake of watching CNN news.  This information later appeared to be false – there were no other bombs found.  The fatality rate is now up to 3 with the injuries over 140.) Read more

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