Memorial Day Weekend

Mike and Mandy drove me back to Memphis and then stayed for the Memorial Day weekend. We kicked off the weekend with the Memphis in May Symphony on the River. What a blast we had! We arrived at Tom Lee Park around 3:30. We were going to pick out a spot by the stage and then walk downtown and get something to eat. Didn't realize until they scanned our tickets that there was no re-entry. That left us at the mercy of the vendors. We put down our blankets and sat down in the grass (dirt actually). The grass had been worn away from the music festival and the BBQ championship. We didn't bring any lawn chairs because I wasn't sure if we could. (You can't at the music festival). Turns out that it would have been a great idea if we had. About 30 minutes after our arrival, it began to pour rain! Mike, Mandy and I huddled under two umbrellas and tried to stay dry. Unfortunately three fourths of our blanket did not. It finally stopped raining and didn't rain for the rest of the time. Whew! I don't know how much more we could have taken. They had an air show with vintage airplanes, the symphony and then Three Dog Night performed. I don't know if any of you remember this band but I loved them as a teen. Brought back lots of memories. The night ended with fireworks. All in all, I'd say it was a good time. Sunday after church, we headed downtown, walked Beale Street and toured the Gibson guitar factory. Tried to walk along the river, but they were cleaning up and had the entrance to the park closed off. Can't believe how high the river is. Lots of rain up north makes the river levels above flood stage.

A Visit from Mimi

Well, Jim is in Golden, Colorado working at Coors Brewery for the next two months. So you know what that means. It's off to visit the kids! I flew into Indianapolis and stayed at Wes and Stacys house for a week. What a lot of fun! Preston has started to talk in complete sentences and he just keeps talking and talking...Owen is growing up so fast. Where does the time fly? It is so precious to watch Preston interact with Owen. He's so good with his little brother.

New Product

This post may seem a little out of character for me, but I wanted to share some information with you. I am registered with a Word of Mouth advertising agency called Bzz Agent. Every so often we are given products to review and report on. I would not normally use this blog to report on a product, but this product deserves attention. I have been asked to use Loreal Advanced Revitalift Deep Set Wrinkle Repair lotion. I've been using it for 8 weeks. I've used the day lotion and the night creme. I've noticed a great improvement in my face. I struggle with dry skin and I have been using Oil of Olay for a number of years. I was pretty happy with it, until I tried this stuff. I have noticed the tiny wrinkles around my eyes have become less noticeable. Now I could attribute that to wishful thinking until this week. I have been staying with Wes and Stacy (Jim's out of town). When I was unpacking my stuff in the bathroom, Stacy noticed my two bottles of lotion. Without any prompting from me, she said "I can see that your lines around your eyes are not as noticeable as before." Well let me tell you, that's all the confirmation I needed. If you're interested at all, give me a call or an email and I'd be happy to tell you more. I've also included a link so you can request a free sample. Here's the link: http://www.lorealparisusa.com

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Visitors

The last two weeks have been a lot of fun. First off, Jim's mom came to visit. Our neice and nephew from Kalamazoo, Jon and Kristen, wanted to go to New Orleans for the jazz festival and so they dropped Lois off at our house on the way down. We had a wonderful visit and she left last week Sunday. This past weekend Sara flew up to visit. Chuck was gone to training and she needed a break. Great time to come visit us. This was her first time visiting our new house. Since Sara is a master at landscaping we wanted her to give us some advice on adding a little extra umph to our existing plantlife. We had been bragging to her about how nice our weather was...sunshine, blue skies and temps in the mid to upper 80s. A lot like her beautiful Florida weather. HAHA. The weatherman played a cruel joke on us. It rained the majority of the time she was here. Also, those wonderful warm temperatures? No, no...temps in the 60s, no sunshine...in other words...crappy! Well, we made the best of it. We didn't let pouring rain stop us. We just pulled out the umbrellas and carried on. In fact, the last nursery that we went to, the owner felt so sorry for us (we were soaking wet) that he gave us an additional 10 percent off of our purchase. Hey, memories are made of things like this, right? Anyway, here are some pictures of the finished product. It feels like a little oasis on our porch. We might add a little bistro table and two little chairs for the finished look.







Jim did such a good job hanging all our baskets and planter boxes and planting the other plants (in the rain, no less) while Sara and I went out and purchased flowers for the window boxes. All in all it turned out to be a great weekend. Fun times don't always have to rely on good weather. Sara, when I came back from taking you to the airport, I got out of my car, and the smell of honeysuckle permeated the air. Sorry you missed that.