Good morning, Kittens and Dawgs! It’s fabulous to see you! When We Were Young, I remember thinking 25 was Old Folks but that’s now come and gone. I learned Life Begins at 40 and realizing I Ain’t Getting Old, I’m Getting Better. I’m not old yet but When I Get Too Old to Dream then you might hear me say, I’m Growing Older…maybe. 
This month, I’ve been given the special privilege of choosing themes, so I decided today would be a great opportunity to share songs “about/being grandparents or growing old“. Are you ready to groove to some
Years ago, I borrowed several photographs from my parents’ family album and this was one of the pictures I scanned of my paternal grandmother, Nancy (Nannie) Roberts circa 1962. She really didn’t change a lot over the next 20 years and this is the way I remember her. She went home to be with the Lord in 1980.
Please join my fellow co-hosts: XmasDolly (Party Coordinator), Stacy, Alana, & Colette (taking semi-blog hiatus due to eye issues) on the dance floor (ONLY link mewsic posts) below.
I’m not sure if I’m ready to be a grandmother but it doesn’t matter. Life has a way of forcing these things on you. 
One thing is for certain, this gal isn’t going to let a little thing like a number slow me down. I was born to boogie, how about you?
McGuffy’s Reader is the brain-child behind “SPARKS” inspiration. Have a sparkletastic day!
For all, you photo enthusiasts and Skywatch Friday fans here is this week’s contribution!
In the past, I’ve participated in Celebrate The Small Things hop but I’m going to put this one on hold for a bit longer. It’s hard to get back into the blogging groove all at once. I will round things out with Friendly Fill-Ins hosted by Ellen & Lorianne.
- September is the perfect month for thinking about all things autumn.
- This month, I am looking forward to the return of cooler weather.
- My morning routine always includes responding to comments and doing return visits over my morning coffee.
- I have a love-hate relationship with summer ending. One the one hand, I’m ready to say goodbye to the heat and on the other hand, I dread the thoughts of frigid conditions.
Although DH is working today I have lots on my plate. I am going to have a difficult time making rounds until early next week but I will get around to doing returns visits asap. That all being said, I will share tomorrow my September 1st Battle of the Bands’ results, so I hope you’ll hop by to see if your favorite artist was picked and as always, you’re invited to hit the dance floor with me (theme: song picks about/being grandparents or growing old) on Mondays
Someone had a birthday this week at our house, and it wasn’t me. So, I thought it would be fun to see what silly things I could find about growing another year older.
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Now, you wanna join the fun? Here are a few suggestions, you may want to consider…
- Grab my Friday Sillies Blog Hop badge and display it on your blog or post. That is, if you want. I’m not gonna hold a gun on you.
- Show me some love by FB share, Tweet, follow me… This isn’t mandatory, just something nice to do is all. I’ll be happy to do in like kind!
- Create a wacky post that’s sure to make us giggle – rib cracking videos, hilarious pictures, jokes, funny emails,…If it makes you laugh, share it! Please, keep humor clean and if you get a bit wild then post a warning.
- Finally, I’m leaving the linky open for a full seven days from Friday to Friday. Let the laughter begin now!
Have a great weekend.
What’s making you smile today?
It’s Tuesday. This means, it’s Random Tuesday Thoughts. I’m joining the Stacy @ Stacy Uncorked and the rest of the rebellious bloggers in Blogville by doing a CPU(my brain) data dump of things on my mind.
Saturday morning, I booted our computer and noticed our antivirus software needed updating. I clicked the icon and selected ‘Run LiveUpdate’. Soon, Norton flagged a warning for my attention. Our computer and browser didn’t have intrusion protection or something of the sort. That was not a good day to be fooling with technical issues, I thought. The fix was to install an extract tool file from Norton to remove older versions from our system, and then download and install the newest version of 360. I had no choice, but to do this. The computer was freaking out and not working properly.
Like most changes with computers there is always a down side. I discovered (not to my surprise) a compatibility conflict between Norton 360 and SpySweeper during the new installation process. The simple solution was to uninstall Webroots software. There was no time to fret over the craziness. We had plans to visit our families. This (resolving SS problem) would wait til Monday. Nah, I still didn’t get the issue with SpySweeper resolved yet, but my computer has protection and it works. I’m not going to go all to pieces over this one.
This morning, I was thinking about my dear grandparents. We were so fortunate to see them over the weekend. They are in their 80s; Grandma is 82 and Grandpa is 87. Their health is declining. I admit I was a bit apprehensive about seeing them. My mother told me Grandpa mentioned one day not knowing who Grandma was and it scared me that Dementia or some other form of senility was beginning to claim his memory, but thankfully he didn’t miss a beat and recognized us when we walked through the door. In fact, he asked about our daughters who weren’t with us.
Aging is a stinking shame. With the onset of years, we notice things about ourselves we hadn’t noticed before or we see them in those we love. One thing about myself, which bothers me is over the last several years the strength in my hands have declined. I can no longer open jars or bottles like I before. This seemingly easy job requires help from my son. Physical limitation just happen.
Getting older isn’t all that bad, though. I mean, most of the time people change – personality wise. I’ve seen folks who have a stern nature become more mellow. Also, elderly people are more patient unlike parents who often times aren’t. I know I haven’t been the most patient mom, but as I think on my in-laws or parents it dawned on me why older folks are so patient. They don’t have the same demands, as parents of younger children. It’s just another process of life we must go through. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, if we had the sweet patience of our grandparents while we are young parents? There’s something to be learned in this, but I’m a bit too late to cash in on it. Perhaps, I can share this wisdom with my own children someday when they become parents.
My plan is to fight the aging process every step of the way. I don’t want to ever feel or act like my years. If God blesses me, then I hope I shall be able to keep my endeavors strong by being active through sports and exercise while I continue to pursue my interests as a writer, craft-enthusiast, amateur chef, and novice photographer.
For example, My dad asked over the weekend, if I could take care of an old photograph of him and his niece. The photo needed big time help, as you can see below. I have Corel PaintShop, but I haven’t been able to figure out how to make it do some stuff. I downloaded a trial version of Adobe PhotoShop Elements to repair and restore Dad’s picture. Take a look.
The repairs were simple. I cropped the image so I wouldn’t have as much area to fix. Next, I used the scratch and blimish remover feature in PhotoShop, which worked beautifully and then I did a auto correction on saturation making the black & white image crispier looking.
While I have my 30-day free-trial of PhotoShop, I’m going to try to use it as much as possible to see, if I want to buy it. A good photo editing program is an absolute must! Do you use a editing software? If so, please share your experiences and recommendations!
As I continue my age defying rebellion, I will live life to its fulliest and I hope you’ll be there to share in it with me every step of the way! Thanks for joining me this RTT and be sure to link up below…
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Have a Terrific Tuesday!
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