As the saying goes, it’s time for another Ultimate Blog Challenge! It’s hard to believe I’ve been doing this challenge since January 2016, 8 years and this will be my 32nd consecutive challenge! I love it because I have meet so many wonderful bloggers who have become friends. For those who are new to the Ultimate Blog Challenge, our host Paul T. keeps everyone well informed with a daily post and a suggested topic. I like that, sometimes I have brain fade and can’t come up with an idea but
Today is Wordless Wednesday and it’s also Lia’s birthday! I’m wishing a Happy 5th Birthday to Lia through pictures from the past five years! (Of course there are lots of words added too) Happy Birthday Princess, Lil’ Ms. Sunshine, Lia Faith! Princess Lia Faith was born on August 23, 2018. Yes she started her life with a smile! Lia’s first year, month by month. 1st Birthday – 2019 Lia loved the movie Finding Nemo so of course that was the theme for her 1st birthday party! Her friend Layla is
First things first, today is the last day of the July Ultimate Blog Challenge. Where did this month go, it seemed to start out slow since I had my surgery on July 3rd but I managed to post and read every day! While recuperating from surgery, Lia and her mom were in Indiana for ten days to visit her uncle. Then the day after they returned it was Lia’s 4K graduation. Another a few days passed and it was Rich’s and my 56th wedding anniversary. It’s no wonder the month
No it’s not Friday Story Time by Lia but I have an exciting story to share before the July UBC ends. This is my second year participating in the the Longest Day Alzheimer’s Fundraiser. Lia’s Sunshine Bakery Alzheimer’s Fundraiser 2023 started last fall and I had such a great year baking and Lia’s Sunshine Bakery Alzheimer’s Fundraiser. I’m doing this fundraiser in memory of my great, great grandmother who passed away from Alzheimer’s in 2000, way before I was born and also my little neighbor lady who was my best
56 years ago today Rich and I were married after meeting on a blind date on Christmas Day, December 25, 1965. I was 16, Rich was 19 years old. When our eyes first met, we knew we would be together forever but first I had to finish school. Rich had just returned from his US Army tour of duty in Vietnam, I was a sophomore and would graduate high school in June 1967. A little over a month after graduation we were married at St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church in