Miles, my new guy! A breath of fresh air!

His first smile at 1 day old!

I am back! Yeah, I know I said that same thing a year ago, then I disappeared...... again! Blogging is the thing to do, but for whatever reason I seem to forget to do it. Then I lose my website.....and the list goes on-I have too much on my mine, and I never have enough time to do any of it....not that I do anything half-ass because that is not my style, but I find myself to damn tired to do anything else! There you have it! This time though I plan to be just a bit more committed. To stick to it! We'll see!

What I am not tired of is being a Mimi (my name for grandma)! This cute buddle of joy is the new addition to our family-Miles Bailey Thomas-my newest grandson born July 24th to my youngest daughter Chasity. He is the center of my joy right now. When I hold him I can't believe how much I love him and I am only Mimi! Being the Mimi is one of my fond responsibilities.....As much as I love him that love, I can always take him to his mommy!

When my daughter first told me she was pregnant, I was somewhat disappointed because I thought there would be marriage first and then the baby, but now that he has made his way into the world I can't even imagine my life with out him. His innocence is so precious. When he was born, I was the first person to hold (after his parents). Like the my other three grandsons, he has an indelible impression in my heart. They have me wrapped around their little finger! I

Miles is now two months old and every day evolving into this person with his own personality-his own temperament! Every time I see him I am amazed at the transformation that has taken place. I did see the other three boys as often when the were born so seeing Miles develop is an awesome experience for both Jesse an me.

Even though he becomes grandson number four, I am still the "Diva Mimi!"

Thanks Mom (and Dad)

Well I am up again!. When I began this whole blog thing, I was sleepless. Here I am again. School is about to start and I have began my bad habits again. I have a lot on my mind so that keeps me up. I am going to my sorority's conference on Wednesday so my mind is racing about now because I have to pack and run errands later to prepare myself. I know I am going to get it all done but I was not expecting to fly to Shreveport but my first form of transportation told me today that she was traveling with someone else on Thursday. Wow! Thanks for your last minute revelation. I have to learn to depend more on me and tell others that I have it under control so that I don't have these feelings of frustration. I was not prepared financially to travel (flying) but thank goodness I was able to get my mom to secure me an airline ticket by using her credit card. Thank goodness for her genorosity....I guess I caught her on a good day!!!! That is a bad thing to say about my mom who has always comes through for me but like always she has to get her comments out. You know when you need somebody you sometimes have to just "grin and bare it" as I had to do today! One day soon I am going to get it all together financially so that all of my exspenses come from me, myself and I and of course, Jesse!

I Am BACK!!!!!!! I didn't die!

Hello, I am back! Two years later almost exactly. To be honest I lost this blog. Am I crazy or not?!?!?!? Well, I created another blog just like this one but I had a slightly different name. Now I have this one again so I know that I will stick to this one! It is crazy but I just came back from a family reunion again! This is too wild! I really had a good time at my husband's reunion. I will post some pictures when I have more time. My grandchildren were not at the reunion(in Florida since before Memorial Day) and neither was Chasity ( new job with cooperate Target). She is getting big bucks but she has a lot of resposibility-that's okay but that is what you do with a MBA degree! My oldest daughter(mother of the grandboys) and her friend were there and my son and his girlfriend were there. Everybody had a great time. Next week end I will go to my mother's for their family's reunion. It is smaller and as Chasity says "boring". She is right, but family is important to me and since it seems that almost every year some family member dies it is good for us living to celebrate the family. I love my family. In March Lean finally died. Yo learned about her in my first blog. I was not able to attend her funeral because I was in the UK during my spring break. Lean had suffered for so long. I miss her greatly but I cherish the memories of her which brings me laughter because she was always so funny.

I do have a lot to tell to catch you up! I know where I am now so I will not get lost again! Isn't that an awful thing, but I guess that is what will happen when you are computer illiterate!

More next time! I do have a lot to share.!

Reunions and Wedding, will I last!

Well, if anyone finds themselves reading this mumble-jumble of words that I have compiled-hello. I went to bed a few minute ago, but because I have houseguest, my 3 grandsons, I had to get up and become MiMi and get breakfast. As you read earlier, I am like a vampire who can only really get some good zzzs in the daylight. We are leaving today at 1 headed to a family reunion and a wedding! Well, possibly two family reunions since the Thomas', my biological dad's family, will be hosting theirs in the neighboring town, as well as the Taylor's, my mom's maternal family side will be hosting ours in my hometown. The wedding is my husband's brother's daughter who is getting married tomorrow. I don't know why I wrote it like that, "my niece" is getting married and Jesse is an usher and Chasity is the maid of honor. Chasity has had me laughing, calling her cousin "Bridezilla"! I know I am going to the Taylor family reunion in between the wedding, but I don't know if I am going to the Thomas' reunion. If Jim Charles, my "real" daddy comes from California, I might take my grand boys to meet him and I do have a cousin on that side of the family I would like to see. But that family or that reunion is really no big deal! Yeah, that's another blog at another time. TheTaylor family is small and getting smaller since each year one of the pioneers of the family passes away. Three years ago it was grandmother who actually died on the day of the reunion. Her death still saddens me since she was the most special person in my life. I still miss her greatly. Mildred and Gladys two of my favorite cousins both have unexpectantly died since then. 'Lean, my grandmother's sister, won't be at the reunion this year because she is in the nursing home and hospice has been called. I haven't had the nerve to visit her because I want to remember her as the bubbly woman I have etched in my memory. My brother told me I might not be able to handle her condition. I love my family a lot and I have always played a big part in making the reunion a success but this year some of my cousins who live in Bartlett have taken the lead and I think this will be one of our better reunions. I am glad because it can be tiring to do so much by myself. The drive to Bartlett is about 4 hours so I will be able to get some sleep. I can't ride 10 good minutes without getting sleepy. The motion of that car rocks me to sleep and I so easily give in. On days like this when I did not sleep the night before, I look forward to the drive. Sleep, a welcome relieve. I am longing for it! Since it is raining outside I might stay awake because I do not like traveling in the rain.
Well, if I want to be ready when Jesse come home I better be ready to go! The trips needs to start pleasant and we do have passengers!

Crazy Insomniac-Up all night.

I guess I am crazy or maybe I am a vampire, which I hate, but I cannot sleep. I have been up all night. Now it is time to get up and I am sleepy. I thought my two margaritas would have drugged me a little but all they did was to five me the zeal and zest to go to Dillard's and shop. Shame on me because I need to buy me a new front door, garage doors, a new roof, a house paint job, damn......but that short set was must for the family reunion this weekend! Am I delusional or what?!!? Good night. opps, Good morning.