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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

CLEO 3/1996 - 4/2011

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Well, between the death of my mother in law in February and my mother in April we had to put down our 15 year old cat Cleo.   It has really been a rough year for us.  We did not want Cleo to go unnoticed, here is a tribute to my little snuggle bunny. Cleo was always curled around my neck when every I laid down.  The purring in my ear would lull me to sleep.  I don't sleep so well with out you girlfriend, you are truly missed.
~Sandy


Babies  Cleo and Boudy  May 1996



Oh, that's gonna hurt!

                   She was a mama's girl right from the start!



    Cleo got fat.



            Cleo could always find a comfy spot to take a nap.



Then she got sick and skinny. She developed IBS and pancreatitis.She fought it for years. 


                       Through it all she was always my girl.

Then when she seemed to be getting better and gained some weight back she had a stroke and we had her put to sleep to travel the rainbow bridge home.


Good bye my sweet girl. I will  miss you till we meet up again.  Give your brother Boudy lots of love for me.

Your Loving Mama








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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Remembering my Grandma in pictures

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Mom

Cheerful contagious smile,
Blue eyes sparkling,
Skin soft and paper thin,
Love spills out.

~Sandy S.



I am dedicating this post to my Grandma Connie and a life well lived.  She was a great snuggler and dropped me a fair amount of goodies.  Sometimes when I was bad I ate her entire dinner and mom had to go make another.  I loved my Grandma and I miss her.

        Grandma and her mama, 1924, Faulkton, South Dakota.



          The entire school, GM is in the middle of the back row.


                            GM Connie and her mom Maggie



           GM (left) and one of her girlfriends in their late teens.


              My mom loves this photo of GM.  She is so pretty!



    Bet there are pin curls under that wrap! he he




GM Connie met GP Bill during WWII, fell in love and married when the war ended.  A very handsome couple!



             The next day he told her "Were moving to Alaska!"

              Connie's first Christmas in Anchorage, AK 1946

                            
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                                Becoming a real Alaskan Gal!

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Connie visiting her mom in California. She is carrying my mom in her belly!  Yup! She is pregnant!


          My mom and my Grandma and Pixie the dog, 1958.



                               Fast forward 10 years...1968



                                 and another six years...1972



                     welcome to the 80's                                                                                Mom and Grandma





Pay close attention to this one George, two Welsh Terriers!  Grandma and Grandpa in 1986. I never got to meet my Grandpa. He passed in 1999 at the age of 86.  Once again, my mama was at his side when he passed over.


Grandpa love to hunt ducks, all his dogs were duck dogs.  He coulda made me into a duck dog too!  Mom says he had a way with dogs.


    GM turns 82!


GM moved in with my mama and dad  in 2004.  Here she is with her niece Bev.


                                              Christmas 2008


              Grandma Connie's 89th Birthday,  July 2009                                       She is still a beauty!



                     And guess what she got for her birthday???
That's right...me!  She had one of her kidneys removed in June because it had a cancerous tumor in it.  Mom said she made a triumphant recovery.  Just look at her after only a month.  She is one tough lady.


So you may have seen the rest of the photos here on my blog.

                        New Years Eve 2009    Me and my Grammy


                                            Mother's Day 2010


   June 2010                                Grandma lovin'


   July 2010        GM at age 90.                                                                         She can still party with the best of us!



                           February 2011

Grandma Connie passed over two months after this picture was taken April 5th 2011.  I will always love and remember my Grandma.  She was kind, loving, happy and always lit up the room with her smiles and her sparkling blue eyes.  I miss you Grandma!




GRANDMA CONNIE  1920-2011



   CONNIE

How can I begin to express,
The love that exists,
From a daughter for her mother,
Life created thus.

Fed and nurtured,
Bettered and feathered,
Like a little nest.
Grown is the hatching,
Gone is the mother,
Memories like a broken shell,
Are all that remain.

~Sandy S.



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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Too Cool 4 School

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I have been waiting a long time for this day.   Just like the kids here in our neighborhood.






                                         I'm jumpin' for joy!





                                       Twistin' and Shoutin'




And I'm bettin' you know why!






                                                 That's Right!





                                           Because.....









                                           Drum roll please....










                    SCHOOLS OUT FOR THE SUMMER!                                     
       SCHOOLS OUT FOR THE SUMMER!











              AND I'M TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL!
















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