BELATED CHRISTMAS 2009 or I BELIEVE!!!

What happens when you  take

this:

Add this:

and top it off with this?

you get a sobbing mess of a

bumma, who realizes she is incredibly

blessed to have

the most GENEROUS, THOUGHTFUL, LOVING

kids in the world!

Raise YOUR hand if

 you got a

NEW COMPUTER

for Christmas!

Yup,that would be me.....

Now before we go on, I must inform all 3 of my readers that

all of the following BELIEVE's in this post are all for the benefit of Ron,

who LOVES, LOVES, LOVES, that word! Everybody now... BELIEVE!!!!

And BELIEVE me, I do BELIEVE

My kids are truly the unBELIEVEibly BEST!!!

BELIEVE it!!

So, although though this post is pretty late for

Christmas 2009.... I'm way ahead for next year.

And these are a few of the pictures

at Grandma Great's house this year:

Grandma Great made EVERY

grandchild, and Great-grandchild

a new blanket......

31 or so in all.

She's incredible and works so hard it's almost

unBELIEVEable

and we

LOVE her.

Jameson... he's not so sure he

loves any of this. (BELIEVE it or not!)

(ooohh...look, I BELIEVE that is grandma-GREAT by the lamp)

Cali and Gracie also

LOVED their new tea sets, and had to have a

tea party immediately.

(with chocolate milk for the tea and real sugar in the sugar bowl)

Yes it was messy,

but worth it...

look at that face!

Mason, my sister's oldest and very handsome son- 

Mckell, the ONLY girl in a house with 3 brothers...

loves sports....

of course.

My sister Jamie, her hubby Mark and their 1st beautiful

grandchild.

McKadee Rose

Don't you just LOVE those sweet cheeks!

The ones on the baby......gheesh!

as for getting pictures of the rest of my sisters, my brother and

their kids.....

once again the photographer BELIEVED that there would be plenty of time to take more pictures,

and so she waited too long, and before she could say "I BELIEVE"

the day was gone, and so was the rest of her family.

Bumma with Brecken, who said:

"Oooh, look dad! This is the bideo dat was on youse bed"

Santa best be more careful about hiding the presents

BEFORE Christmas.

A few of the 31 grand-and great-grand kids

Grandma Great had tried to make each blanket the grandchild's favorite animal, fantasy character or sport,

and we will never forget Gracie's comment when she opened hers.

With the complete honesty of a 4 year old she stated:

"Well, just so you know, this ISN'T my favorite animal."

"Do you like Dora?" Grandma Great asked Cali?

"No, said Cali".....I like princesses"

They really loved their blankets. Each one had a label which read:

"handcrafted for "________" by Grandma Great.

( I unfortunately didn't get a picture of that)

Briqelle loved the dogs on her blanket, which as you can see

Bumma was able to photograph perfectly.

  For me to remember to take pictures of important details is... unBELIEVEably

 hopeless!

What says Merry Christmas to all

better than a kid in a hamper.

I know, I know
most BELIEVEably

ANYTHING else.

I thought it was a cute picture and

couldn't figure any other way to incorporate it in to this

either very belated 2009 Christmas,

 or a terribly early 2010 Christmas post.

You decide.

"SHANK YOU FOR MY HAPPY BIRSHDAY!"

What better way to spend a Saturday

than with a grandson, who just happens

to be having his 3rd birthday.

 Brecken and his friends and family,

went to the bowling alley

where Brecken bowled better than

some of the adults......

Did I bowl you ask??

Well, I didn't want to intimidate the men folk.

(insert sound of clearing throat)ummm....I mean....truthfully

I didn't want Brecken to show me up...so nooo.....

Brecken, great bowler that he is,

Placed the ball on the ground, and

R o o o o o o l e d.............it

He does great considering the

ball is almost as big as he is.

Next stop..... Pirates Pizza

The entrance to the pirates den...

AHOY MATES, come on in and enjoy the ParTaY

The pizza...Why "shiver me timbers" I have never seen anything so

HUGE

The plate gives you some idea of how big it was

and

THERE WERE 4 OF THEM!

No one left the party hungry!

We could easily have fed the "starving children" of several foreign countries.

No party is any fun complete until the grandparents arrive.

Grandpa Kevin is smiling because he was smart enough not

to sit with the old hags mature ladies.......and be forced to listen to their

non-stop talking conversation which goes on and on about

 nothing, useless information   "women stuff"

I'm a Pirate that I be"

ARRRRRR....

Well me hearties, lets see what's next....

Try to shoot the pirate...

keep trying......

and trying.........

...

and

never mind, lets move on to the ball toss.

C'mere me beauties...

"Blimie" look yonder at the smart lassies"

(say this pirate talk is catchy is it not?)

A "pillage" (still going with the pirate talk here) of "LOOT"... and then

C.A.K.E.

Brecken got the "guff" cake he wanted

and "G" "O" "L" "F"

was spelled out so pretty

 

For awhile anyway.

That frosting was just TOO tempting.

But all is not lost.....

Now it says

"GO"

And he certainly does!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY!

FLU SHOT PARTY OR HOW TO BE A GOOD EXAMPLE....

Ron, have you had your flu shot this year?

Why yes, I have, so you can exclude me from the following festivities.

Sighhhh......

Amber and the girls decided to let Bumma have the "privilege" of keeping them safe from the flu this year.

Mama Amber (who from this point on will be referred to as Wimpy) decided she would go first, just to show the girls how easy and painless it was going to be.

 Getting ready...

(Just for the record, it is NOT necessary for you to click and enlarge this picture to look more closely at the mess that is my kitchen at this time... Thank.you.very.much)

Briqelle was terrified and willing to do ANYTHING not to have her shot.

But after "Wimpy" bribed her (and I lie not....for 20 minutes!) and settled on "girls night out with chinese food and smoothies"

even Briqelle got her shot

But didn't we say that "Wimpy" was going first? Why yes we did, and we were also going to document for all to see, what a good example she is to her children. Oh, and BRAVE, lets not forget how brave she is.  The needle after all is at least this long...

While this picture doesn't do "Wimpy" justice, to show how fearless she really is,

 lets just say, she was

 S.C.R.E.A.M.I.N.G.

at this point.

Now how bad was it REALLY?

Don't you feel just a little humiliated?

Next is the 4 (yes FOUR)year old's turn....

Where are the screams,and ooohhhhs and whaaaaaa's?

And is that a hint of a

S M I L E?

and don't I just heart myself right now, because it took some courage

for this Bumma to

poke her darlin' with a needle!!!

She wouldn't have cried at all, but the good example that went first, (remember "Wimpy?")

put a bit of fear into her 4 year old mind.

That wasn't so bad.

Jama...he gave everyone his sympathy tears, I think he was afraid of the

"oh so mature noises" coming out of "Wimpy".

He was one happy little dude, once "Wimpy" quit

going BERSERK and scaring him.

After all was done, everyone was rewarded for their bravery

and got to make their own mini cakes.

All except "you know who".......

Maybe next time

Oh,

and just in case you are wondering if Bumma had her flu shot at this party.....

of course not.....

I am the

MOTHER

WIMP!

MY LIFE AND HOW IT SUCKS........OR......."ME" vs "THE ESTABLISHMENT"

Another tale of woe for poor ole' me..... beginning with this "fine" establishment. Oh, yes, they are "superb" and customer service is their #100,000,000 priority.
My story begins as I am (as usual), minding my own business, and (as usual) open my bank statement to balance the "HUGE" amount I have to operate my life on. Can you imagine my shock/astonishment/surprise when I see that above named establishment has decided to help themselves to "my" money in the amount of $4,_ _ _ _.and some change...

Not usually a "swearing" person, I did say

"WHAT THE CRAP!!"
"OH MY HECK"
"DING DANG FREAK"
( all Utahisms  and all repeated several times)

Of course, I discoverd this on of all days,

Veteran's Day

And we all know that

banks take
this day
off!!

Long story, (trying to make short) I call "the establishment"

EVERY DAY

for a week....

and

EVERYDAY

I am told, "our recovery department is working on it".

AND

"Don't worry, we'll pay any charge back fees"

AND
"Could your account have been accessed by someone who has gained your account information.?"
(um.....yes....that would be you, Ms. BrainCellOrLackThereof)
AND
"Oh yes, we will definitely call you and/or e-mail you as soon as the problem is corrected."
AND
my personal favorite....

"Of course we won't deduct "your" morgtage payment from your account until we have corrected our error"
(HELLooooo..........you already have my mortgage payment for the next 5 months)

Someone else was certainly enjoying a

vacation from their mortgage payment

for 2 months.

I hope they went somewhere nice,

like, Balise, or Fiji.

But as of today,  the above mentioned

"ESTABLISHMENT"

has

FINALLY

returned my money.  

Interest..............no

Apology........... no
Phone call..........no
E-mail................no

Deduction from my account  for "my"mortgage payment before THEY corrected THEIR error?................
that would be a big YES.
Did I waste more that 1 nano second

disenrolling from "the establishment's"

auto mortgage payment plan.....

BIG FAT NO!!

And from what I hear from other "little people" like myself

IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!

I am living proof that
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. Unknown
AND
I love sleep..my life has a tendency to fall apart when I'm awake.  Hemmingway