Summertime!!!!

Joe and I are heading to the beach with some friends on Friday...no kids!  I won't know how to act!  I just hope the house is in one piece when we get home!

Venti and Mocha drove straight from Chicago and arrived home yesterday afternoon!  They are coming over tonight and I can't wait to see them!  It has been a long 4 months!  I will take pictures!  Their Great Dane is supposed to be huge so I can't wait to see him either.  He was big 4 months ago so I can't imagine what he looks like now!

I'm sure you have all noticed that I haven't done any of the hops lately.  I have decided to wait until the Fall to start them again.  I noticed a lot of people not "hopping" on and found out that with everyone traveling and doing their summer things that blogging gets put on the way side.  No worries!  We can start again in September.  Until then I will post things about me!  Or the boys...or Joe...or the cats....hehe...I promise to post more after this weekend (the beach)...things should slow down then!

Hope everyone is doing well.  I am creeping on your blogs and catching up on what everyone's been up too!  I may not comment...but I am reading!

Stay tuned for pics of Venti's homecoming and our kid free beach trip!!!!!

Vacation Pics!!!!!!!

Hi Everyone!  Thank you for your patience in my absence!  I had a much needed break and feel like I got a lot accomplished! 

Venti and Mocha move back next Thursday!  Yeah!!!  Then Sunday he leaves for a week to go to Texas and then they will be here until September.  Then he leaves for San Diego, CA until December.  We are excited to spend the remaining of Summer with them!  We haven't seen them since March so its been awhile!

Work is going okay.  My friend that started the same day as me quit last Friday which I knew she was going to and I'm so bummed that she is gone.  We got along so good and I felt like I've known her all my life.  She invited Joe and I to her Dad's beach house next weekend so that should be a lot of fun!  No kids!  hehe....

The boys are doing good...enjoying their summer.  Grande just turned 21 (pics to follow) and we took him out which I thought was pretty cool that he'd want to hang with his "cool" parents the night he turns 21....yes his friends came too and yes he drank too much!  Grande and Tall are getting ready to go to College!  They are both going to the same College (how nice is that!)....and so only Short will be left at home!  Talk about going from a full house to just one!  Should be interesting!

As you know I went to the Riviera Maya, Mexico for a week with Joe and 3 of the 4 boys.  We had a really great time.  There was a tropical storm the last 2 days there and all it did was RAIN!  Non-stop!  Then when we got to the airport in New Jersey we found that our flight to PA was canceled and had to stay in a hotel....with no luggage...I didn't even have a comb!  Boy did I look pretty!  We had to wear the same clothes any everything.  We were supposed to get home on June 28th at 10:02pm and ended up not getting home until June 29th at 2:00pm!  I had to call off of work and had to take a day off without pay...boo.....but we finally got home and I had a weeks worth of 5 people's clothing to wash.  All is done and now to enjoy the rest of summer. 

That's what's been going on with me....well at least the quick version! 
Now on to the pics!!!

How cute are those Monkey's??  And yes...they were real!

Grande

Tall

Short

Enjoying the sun!

 Short playing in the beautiful blue water!

 Joe floating on his raft!

Update!!!!!!!!

Wordless Wednesday!!

Welcome to the 31st Edition of Wordless Wednesday!

Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed!

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Time to link up and meet!!
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Meet Me On Monday!!

Welcome to the 50th edition of "Meet Me On Monday!"  Blogging  is a funny thing...we tell our most intimate thoughts for all to read  and yet most of the time I find myself sitting and wondering, "who is  this person!?"  I know them...but yet I don't know them!  I want  to know who the person is behind all those words so I thought of a great  way for all of us to "meet" each other!

Every Sunday Never Growing Old will post five get to know you  questions that you can copy and paste into your own Monday post and we  can all learn a little more about each and every one of us!!

Java will add a linky so we can follow who participates and get to know them  better!!  Be sure to link the POST and not just your whole blog!!


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If you have a question suggestion please email me at: nevergrowingold@hotmail.com and if I use your question I will give you a shout out! 

Questions:

1.  What is your favorite food?
2.  What color scheme is your bedroom?
3.  Do you carry a donor card?
4.  In your opinion, is the glass half empty or half full?
5.  Vanilla or Chocolate?
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My Answers!

1.  What is your favorite food?
     
       If I had to pick one favorite food, I would say Pizza!!

2.  What color scheme is your bedroom?

        Oh boy...my bedroom is in need of some updating!  The carpet is green, the curtains are maroon and the comforter is a mixture of browns!  I am putting that on the list of "things to do!"

3.  Do you carry a donor card? 

        No I do not.  I probably should though!

4.  In your opinion, is the glass half empty or half full?

      It is definitely half empty!  Half full just sounds backwards!  Apparently I'm a pessimist for thinking that it is half empty instead of half full!

5.  Vanilla or Chocolate?

      That is a tough one!  Although I do love both, if it came down to picking one or the other I would go for the chocolate!  What girl doesn't want her chocolate!!

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Time to link up and meet!!

PLEASE either put the Meet Me On Monday button in your post or link  your post back to me.  I have found several people just posting the  questions and answers in their post and no one knows that they actually  belong to a meme and linky! 

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Your link MUST include your Meet Me On  Monday post or it will be deleted!  You cannot link up until your post  is complete and posted!  

I have had SEVERAL people link their whole blog and not just the post and it take a lot of time to go in and correct these so PLEASE link your Meet Me On Monday post!  You know who you are!!

Follow Friday 40 and Over!!

Welcome to the 55th edition of the 

Follow Friday 40 and Over!!
Are you a blogger over 40? Yeah, welcome to the club!
Please join in the fun and get to know your fellow bloggers!!

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Congratulations to my friend Katherine at 

"Gifts By Katherine"

Her blog was randomly selected from the participants of last  Friday's Blog Hop  to be the featured blog this week!!

She holds the #2 Hot Spot this week. Make sure you show her some love and follow her blog.

As  a special gift, if your blog is selected and you do not have a blog  button, I will make one for you!!!  Plus I will add your button to my Awesome Blogs  page!!

Maybe you will get selected next time!  Wouldn't it be great to have your blog showcased here!!!
Good luck to all!

The RULES to join in are very simple!

1. Grab the button
2. Add your link to the list
3. Visit as many other blogs as you can
4. Follow the ones you like (and comment on their blog to say that you are following)

NOTE:   PLEASE leave your blog address when you leave a comment!!  I have had  several people wanting to follow back but the blogger can't always be  found through the google info page!!

This list is  new each week. The links do not carry over. Please link up  each week  for new participants to find your blogs. It will be visible all week to  visit  the blogs listed.

While you are here, make sure you check out the
Over 40 Blogger List!!

Be sure to join if you haven't already!
HAVE FUN!

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