My Mom is 84 going on 85, 

smoked everyday of her life since she was 14 (disgusting, I know)

 has never lifted one weight or done any exercising what so ever, but she did raise 5 kids, 15 grandkids and 14 great grandchildren (and one on the way) and I call that being a superwoman.

Who needs to exercise with all that.

Her list of accomplishments are to numerous to list, but you get the point.

 Has never drank a smoothie,

eaten margarine and butter and probably everything else

 that we have been told that is bad for us

 and will shorten our lives and she is still going strong.

 I don't know another person as strong as her.

The reason for writing this post,

 is because of this  article,

Think raw veggies are best? Think again...

 I saw the link on the blog, Tales of me and husband

 I think all this new age eating is killing us and that is my humble opinion.

 Bon Appetite...

Petie

Baby Baby Baby

photos and drawings by adeleEnerson

My daughter is adding to her family

we should have another little rugrat

by the end of August

we can't wait

Petie

Who Knew

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that I was cleaning my house

by burning candles

We love the sweet, pure fragrance and natural air purifying properties of beeswax candles, which burn longer and cleaner than ordinary wax candles. Their slow, smokeless flames give off more light and heat than other waxes, and are virtually dripless.

When burning, beeswax candles emit negative ions that help rid your home of odors and toxins by attracting and then destroying positively charged particles that float toward the flame. This process cleans the air of positive ions such as dust, pollen, mold, and viruses. 

I confess

I love burning candles

I love to light them

and then after they have burned a few hours

I love to blow them out

I love the smell of a blown out candle

I love walking into a Catholic Church

and taking a whiff

of all the burning candles

that have been lit in offerings to prayers

I almost always visit Mary

and light a candle or two for my loved ones

or my enemies

there's a fine line between the two

I think the beeswax candles above are a good investment

they seem to burn the longest
and I love the way my house smells after burning them
and the housekeeper won't have to work so hard
at least,
that is what I will tell my hubby

Petie

Friday

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I am in love with this bedding...

The family will be home this weekend,

so it will be a busy one,

with lots of cooking, eating, fighting, talking, more eating,

and lots of hugs and kisses for Hank

and for the hubby...

He is such a baby, if he doesn't get enough attention,

the hubby, not Hank.

It's a good thing he smells so good...

Have a great weekend.

Hope it's filled with lots of love...

Petie

More Instagram Photos

An old bottle

Me and Ali

Hank loves his pears

Arizona lemons

cream puffs

  A birthday party with some of the family

(I love how Gracie is staring at the cake)

Petie

New Year's Eve Poker Night

2012

The serious card player.

My sister, the WINNER for the night and my niece 

who wanted to play.

Somebody had a BIG birthday...

Look at those poker faces?

My Mom and her bump with two of her granddaughters...

My Dad, always watching TV...

He doesn't play poker anymore,

but when he did, he always had us laughing.

His favorite game was Follow the Queen.

My hubby could only handle so much poker.

Had to leave the table to keep my Dad company...

Big betters...

A fun night...

Petie

a ranch weekend

I spent the holiday weekend at my Dad's ranch with all my family.

My new son-in-law moving cattle with the gang.

He hasn't been on a horse since he was 10.

I had every intention of taking pictures.
But when I got my "cheezy camera" out on the first day,


the battery started flashing "red", which meant, I wouldn't
be taking any pictures of the ranch.



I was able to take a few before it shut off.

(My son, above, was in charge of the bull pen)

Thanks to my beautiful niece,

(who by the way took a few of these pictures)

posted a few pictures on her facebook and so I stole a few from her.

Here's Ali contemplating all the fun we will be having.

Me and Ali's boots on the porch.

Resting up for all the hard work that is ahead.

(I actually didn't do any of the work, I am to old and I didn't want to

get yelled at, which happens alot, when you are in the corrals)

A few of us chicks, set up a tent for shade and watched all the

happenings from chairs.

This is my "cowboy".
Don't you just love the blue chair he is kicked back in?
It was made out of the most beautiful tourquise leather.

And here is my son,

kicking back in the "ugly chair", resting up

for all the hard work.

I had so much fun spending time with my family at the ranch.

Wouldn't trade it for any other vacation.

Well, maybe a trip to Italy...

Hugs,

Petie

pizzeria bianco

One of the advantages to living in Arizona is having

this place in your state to eat a slice of heaven. We

have been eating at Pizzeria Bianco since Ali was

around 8 months old. She was in the hospital for one

of her surgeries and her Dad stumbled across an article

in the paper that he was reading and he suggested that

we try this place. That was back when they served lunches.

Now they only serve dinner and wait is around 2 to 4 hours.

As you can see, we were happy to wait for a slice of
heaven. The Arizona weather was actually nice
that night, so we waited outside.




This was Ali's first time and she was so excited.

Our oldest daughter and her new hubby joined us for

a fun dinner.

To die for pizza.

Thank you Holly and Mike for a fun evening

at Pizzeria Bianco.

Still Drooling,

Petie