Failed Blogger Resurfaces Briefly

hi there.  Happy Father's Day to whomever this greeting applies.

It's been months since I wrote and I need to write about a huge milestone we recently reached:  last child graduates from college.  Woo hoo.  That feels really good.  We are so proud of him for working hard and getting good grades for four years.  I could study hard for only about 4 days, so I am very impressed with his diligence and attention span.  I hope these traits will bring him good things over the course of his life.

Here's his photo at graduation:

Now, as for the rest of our lives, we have no complaints and no changes to report.  We continue to think about moving and have looked at a few houses, but there doesn't seem to be a perfect house for us to take the time and trouble of selling this house and packing all this stuff, so we will leave well enough alone for now.  But you never know ....

The grand-daughters spent the night with us.  They are, as child-care professionals say, a handful.  But we enjoy them and know that their lives will speed by us quickly, so we take all the sobbing and sassiness in stride.  And beside, they don't actually live with us.  I will add photos here for your enjoyment.

One final bit of amusement.  I have been using Pintrest for a few months.  It's an online scrapbook for those unacquainted with it.  It's amusing to collect funny or interesting photos and assign them to boards that I create and write witty captions and have a few laughs over that.  I have gotten tired of it and decided to sign off, when over the course of 5 or 6 days, I received notification that people were now following my board called "Michelle Obama fan pix".  I admit to feeling like a bit of a creepy stalker collecting and posting photos of the FLOTUS.  However, full participation in the social media world requires a degree of risk-taking.  Just to satisfy my new subscribers, I found some new photos to post on that board.  It's a lot of pressure having "followers".  Good grief people, don't follow me.  I have no idea where I am going.  Stay back 500 feet!

The blog had its 4th anniversary in April.  I started writing just before the college graduate shown above graduated from high school.  For those of you worried about me and my empty nest, we are doing just fine. 

The graduate will be returning home to the nest in August to begin his job search, so I'll likely have some amusing stories about life with an offspring back in the house.  Until then, take time to smell the roses everyone.  Or rosemary.  It smells good too, and is a lot easier to grow.