SURPRISE PARTY!!!

Happy Birthday to you...

Linda and the Palm Tree

Too much party for me!

HAPPY TIME WITH MY LITTLE BROTHER...

Just got home from a

visit with my brother,

Jim, and his family.

WOW! did we have

a great time!!!!

Gloria, Jim, Mom, Linda

Jim, Mom, Linda and Me!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BROTHER JIM...

USEFUL FACTS...

1. Budweiser beer conditions the hair

2. Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish

3. Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes

4. Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, it will also condition your hair

5. Elmer's Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads if any

6. Shiny Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea

7. Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water

8. Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste

9. Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!

10. Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in, kill insect stings too

11. Bee stings - meat tenderizer

12. Chigger bite - Preparation H

13. Puffy eyes - Preparation H

14. Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals)

15. Stinky feet - Jello !

16. Athletes feet - cornstarch

17. Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub

18. Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet. (Wow, and we drink this stuff)

19. Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also Kool Aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint, your kids will love it and it won't hurt them if they eat it!

20. Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a coffee filter paper

21. Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray

22. Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your garage for your hubby

23. Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls

24. When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on

25. Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar !

26. Body paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice!

27 Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak

28. Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia , soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years!

29. A Slinky will hold toast and CD's!

30. To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste

31. Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.

32. To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel.

33. Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with Peanut butter!

34. Baked on food - fill container with water, get a Bounce paper softener and the static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. Soak overnight. Also; you can use 2 Efferdent tablets , soak overnight!

35. Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it!

36. Dirty grout - Listerine

37. Stains on clothes - Colgate toothpaste

38. Grass stains - Karo Syrup

39. Grease Stains - Coca Cola , it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from car batteries!

40. Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax- sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. Maybe this will work if you get them back again.

41. To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer add a little Clorox , or 2 Bayer aspirin , or just use 7-up instead of water.

42. When you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which is the freshest, so you "squeeze" for freshness or softness? Did you know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week? Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a different color twist tie They are:
Monday = Blue, Tuesday = Green, Thursday = Red ,Friday = White, Saturday = Yellow. So if today is Thursday, you would want red twist tie; not white which is last Friday's (almost a week old)! The colors go alphabetically by color Blue- Green - Red - White - Yellow, Monday through Saturday. Very easy to remember. The bread wrappers DO have different twist ties, and even the ones with the plastic clips have different colors.

43. Don't forget Gatorade for Migraine Headaches. PowerAde won't work.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HUBBY...

HUBBY AND THE SHINGLES...

My poor hubby is sick. Sick with the SHINGLES. If you have never had the Shingles, you are very very lucky! They Hurt!!!! I know, I've had them....

Before a rash is visible, you will have several days to a week of burning pain and sensitive skin. We thought he had pulled a muscle until I saw the rash. It is very difficult to determine the cause of the often severe pain. Shingles start as small blisters on a red base, with new blisters continuing to form for three to five days. The blisters follow the path of individual nerves that comes out of the spinal cord. Eventually, the blisters pop, and the area starts to ooze. The affected areas will then crust over and heal. The whole process may take three to four weeks from start to finish.

The Dr. has him on meds, five a day and on pain pills. This has been going on for over a week. He is still in a lot of pain and has trouble sleeping. Hope the meds will help and he will be on the road to recovery....

We want to take a minuet to wish Lori, Hubby's daughter in Texas, a big GET WELL. She has been in and out of the hospital the past few weeks. The Dr's. can't seem to find what is wrong.

Just know that we love you Lori and hope you get well soon.....

CALMNESS IN OUR LIVES...

I am passing this on to you because it definitely works, and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice heard on the Dr. Phil show, you too can find inner peace. Dr Phil proclaimed, 'The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and have never finished.' So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn't finished, and before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of White Zinfandel, a bottle of Captain Morgan, a package of Oreos, the remainder of my old Xanax prescription, the rest of the cheesecake, some Doritos, and a box of chocolates. You have no idea how freaking good I feel right now!!!
Please pass this on to anyone you think might be in need of inner peace.

WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN?

Touching words from the mouth of babes. A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does love mean?' The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.. See what you think.

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When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
Rebecca- age 8
'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
Billy - age 4
'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
Karl - age 5
'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'
Chrissy - age 6
'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
Terri - age 4
'Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.'
Danny - age 7
'Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
Emily - age 8
'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
Bobby - age 7
(Wow!) 'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
Noelle - age 7
'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'
Tommy - age 6
'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
Cindy - age 8
'My mommy loves me more than anybody You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
Clare - age 6
'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
Elaine-age 5
'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
Chris - age 7
'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.'
Mary Ann - age 4
'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'
Lauren - age 4
'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
Karen - age 7
'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.'
Mark - age 6
'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.'
Jessica - age 8
And the final one
The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry'
Amen.

PRECIOUS GRAND DAUGHTER...

I love this picture I "snagged" off my grand daughters
"MySpace" page.
Isn't she just
Precious????
I think so,
I also think
she's beautiful.

LITTLE ANGEL FEET...

Grammy Shari

said she took a

picture of

Keeyan's feet

and they looked

like Angel Wings...

and she is right.

Just look at those

sweet little

Angel Feet...Wings

LIVE WELL AND LAUGH OFTEN!

Two 90-year-old women, Rose and Barb, had been friends all of their lives.
When it was clear that Rose was dying, Barb visited her every day.

One day Barb said, 'Rose, we both loved playing women's softball all our lives, and we played all through High School.

Please do me one favor: when you get to Heaven,
somehow you must let me know if there's women's soft-ball there.'
Rose looked up at Barb from her death bed and said,

'Barb, you've been my best friend for many years.

If it's at all possible, I'll do this favor for you.'

Shortly after that, Rose passed on.

At midnight the following Friday, Barb was awakened from a sound sleep by a blinding flash of white light and a voice calling out to her, 'Barb, Barb.

''Who is it?' asked Barb, sitting up suddenly.

'Who is it?'
'Barb -- it's me, Rose.

''You're not Rose. Rose just died.

''I'm telling you, it's me, Rose,' insisted the voice.'

Rose! Where are you?

''In Heaven,' replied Rose.

"I have some really good news and a little bad news.

''Tell me the good news first,' said Barb.

The good news,' Rose said, 'is that there's Softball in Heaven.

Better yet, all of our old buddies who died before us are here, too.

Better than that, we're all young again.

Better still, it's always springtime, and it
never rains or snows.

And best of all, we can play softball all we want, and we never get tired.'
'That's fantastic,' said Barb.

'It's beyond my wildest dreams!

So what's the bad news?'

'You're pitching Tuesday.'

Life is short...So Remember to Live Well & Laugh Often!

My sister-in-law sent this to me and I thought it was cute...

So now I am off to the Craft Shows.

Each year at this time N.W. Arkansas has BIG

Craft Fairs all over the area.

So many of them that you can't go to all of them...

believe me I have tried!!!! (Just ask my Hubby)...

GRANDMA'S APRON...

The History Of The Apron

I don’t think our kids know what an apron is.

The principal use of Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath.
Along with that it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.

It was wonderful for drying children’s tears and on occasion it was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.

From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.

When the weather was cold Grandma wrapped it around her arms.

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.

Chips & kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables.

After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was used to bring in the apples that had fallen from the trees.

When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that “old-time apron” that served so many purposes so well.

They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron, but I don’t think anybody ever got sick from Grandma’s apron.

My friend Amy sent this to me. I can sure see my Grandmother when I read it.

HANK'S NEW SONG...

McCain - Palin Tradition
By Hank Williams Jr.

The left wing liberal media have
Always been a real close knit family
But, most of the American People
Don't believe em anyway ya see
Stop and think it over
Before you make your decision
If they smell something
They're gonna come down strong
It's a McCain - Palin tradition

Now this old Union's got problems
That is plain to see
The Democrats bankrupted Fannie Mae N Freddie Mac
Just like 1, 2, 3
The bankers didn't want to make all those bad loans,
But Bill Clinton said you got to
Now they want a bail out, what I'm talking about
Is a Democrat liberal who doo

CHORUS
John N Sarah tell ya
Just what they think
And they're not gonna blink
And they're gonna fix this country
Cause they're just like you N ole Hank
Yes John is a maverick
And Sarah fixed Alaska's broken condition
They're gonna go just fine
We're headed for better times
It's a McCain - Palin tradition

I am very proud of America's name
Bu no society is perfect
And we have had our stains
If I'm down at the coffee shop and
Somebody wants to give our flag friction
We say please move on
Cause we're standing strong
That's an old John McCain tradition

CHORUS
John N Sarah tell ya
Just what they think
And they're not gonna blink
And they're gonna fix this country
Cause they're just like you N ole Hank
Yes John is a maverick
And Sarah fixed Alaska's broken condition
They're gonna go just fine
We're headed for better times
It's a McCain - Palin tradition

Some are bound to tell you I'm
Preaching to the choir
And that is very true
And we are going even higher
Like a mama bear in Idaho
She'll protect your family's condition
If you mess with her cubs
She's gonna take of the gloves
It's an American female tradition

CHORUS
John N Sarah tell ya
Just what they think
And they're not gonna blink
And they're gonna fix this country
Cause they're just like you N ole Hank
Yes John is a maverick
And Sarah fixed Alaska's broken condition
They're gonna go just fine
We're headed for better times
It's a McCain - Palin tradition

First ScrapN Pages of New Great Grand Son...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASEY...

LOCOMOTION WITH UNCLE KEVIN...

Justin and Josh wanted

to take "Uncle Kevin"
to their favorite place,

LOCOMOTION
while he was here

from California.
As you can see they

all had a great time on
the Go-Karts and having

the water fight.

Suzy said she had fun just taking the pictures...

WOULD HAVE BEEN...

Today would have been my Dad's

93rd Birthday...

He was such a fun loving "Daddy".

It still makes me cry sometimes

when I think of him, even after all

this time.

He'll still be my "Daddy" no matter how old I get......

More "BABY" Pictures...

Grammy Shari and Keeyan

Daddy Jon and Keeyan

Little Aunt Xoi and Keeyan

Sweet Aunt Katy and Keeyan

Baby is Here!

After around 37 hours of
labor, our grand daughter,
Maycee gave birth to her
and Jon's son
(our Great Grand Son)
at 9:48 P.M. on 10/04/08.
Keeyan Jon Patrick
weight 8 lbs 12 oz
and is 21 1/2".
God Bless you Maycee
and Jon. Give him a
big hug for both of
us "Grandma Shari".
Love to all of you!

MORE SCRAPN....

Been down in my back all
week but at least I can
sit in my chair and
scrap. Also got a call
last night and Maycee
went to the hospital to
have her baby. Should
hear more from them
some time today......

GETTING READY!

Yes, the whole family is "getting ready" for Maycee and Jon to have their baby. Maycee is our beautiful grand daughter and "getting ready" to give birth to our great grandson. WOW! She is due in (I'm guessing) around Oct 13th - 15th. He is going to be one great little boy...because he will be surrounded with lots of LOVE from the Benson's next door (Maycee's wonderful family) and from all the rest of her family who already love him and haven't yet met him....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER...

HOPPER HERITAGE

I did manage to do something yesterday. I finished these "scrapN" pages of my Great Grandparents. Also finished the pictures for my brother's heritage book. The one that I am working on for his birthday. All I have to do now is the "writing" that's the hard part!

GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS

DAILY GOIN-ON'S

Outside front door: Laughing kids running down the street...neighbor running his mower (come on over here...please)...birds singing...dogs barking at the mower.

Living Room: Clock chiming...cat sleeping in my spot on the couch...me at my computer station...fan squeaking.

Kitchen: Hubby reading at the kitchen table...Hubby watching a pot of beans cook...Sam cat trying to get Hubby's chair when he gets up to check on the beans...(then the fight is on...had two so far).

Scrap Corner: Scrapbook waiting for me to quit blogging and start scraping.

Paint Corner: Painting I started two weeks ago drying out and wanting me to finish it (maybe next week).

Me: Kinda board...have lots to do but just don't want to get up and do it! Know what I mean???

HOPPER HERITAGE

As you can tell, I've been digging into my "Hopper" genealogy albums again. I am making an album for my brother's birthday at the end of October. This first page is a picture of my grandpa's brother, Thomas (Tom) Bradford Hopper and his son , Oval Thorton Hopper (Pete). This was taken in the late 1930's or early 40's near Pineville, Missouri.

The next picture is of another brother of my grandpa's, Meredith Newton Hopper. Family of Meredith and Ora Evans Hopper - Lawson, Glen, Farris, Edith, Meredith, Jennie, Ora, Hazel, Cleo, Ruth and Clara. I was told this was taken around 1940 and probably at Needmore, Oklahoma.

All this was told to me by family, if any of you can correct this please do so. I can use all the help I can get. ;-)