ARTIST UNPLUGGED..............mundane ramblings of an artist, wife, mom and Mema
Hey Mom! What you doing up there? Not that I really care that much since BigBoy is down here with me.......sorry........
I love you, best buddy......hey- let's play!
C'mon, let's play 'ruff', like we always do!!!
Whew! Okay, that pretty much did it for me for a couple of hours. Before dozing off though let me tell Snuffles, Annie, Emma, Luna and the rest of my four-pawed friends hello!
Monday was VolleyGirl's 16th birthday. Below is the pink and lavender cake..jpg)
So.....let's skip down memory lane a bit...and hope VG does NOT see this for fear she may curl up into a tiny ball with embarrassment. She would not be happy with me....but I am fearless so.... 
She is only months old in the above photo and her hair does not appear as curly and blonde as it really was. Pink cheeks, red lips (sh, a bit chubby), she looked just like a cherub.
Crawling with pigtails at 9 months old.
She was a bit over a year old here.
Easter Day and we visited the grandparent's lakehouse for egg hunting when she was 22 months.
Ahhhh, one of my favorites - the 2 year old 'pouting angel' at Halloween. Pouting because I wouldn't allow her to open a big decorated cookie at Grandmother's house just before we were to leave. 
Christmas time and she's 3 1/2 years old. That's our first pet, Teri. By two years old she already had more hair than I ever managed in a lifetime. I do live vicariously through her hair! 
This one didn't come out very clear but it is another favorite photo. First grade school picture.
This one will get me in deep ____! I believe it is 5th or 6th grade.
8th grade volleyball photo and she has bangs for the first time.
She's 15.....eeeeeeeeek, driver's permit!
.......sixteen, will be a junior in high school.....proud of the young lady she has turned into....still innocent, thoughtful, funny, spiritual, smart (when she wants to be) and real stubborn .....thank goodness we can talk about almost everything........
Be back tomorrow checking everyone's site. Today is VolleyGirl's 16th birthday! I have been driving her around to meet friends for lunch, to volleyball camp her team is hosting for five hours, picking up last minute items and making her cake which will be pink and lavender. Hope you all are having a great Monday!
Happy Father's Day to my Mr. Unplugged pictured above with his beloved Apollo.
Thank you for making these two great kids possible!
......and thank you dad, for all the love, kindness, humor, patience, good sense, hard work, talents and the wonderful memories that are cherished so dearly now. Glad you liked all the shirts, bird boxes, Goo Goo candy, caps or whatever we could come up with to somehow honor you on this day in those years past. Though you are far from my touch, you are never far from my mind and always, always in my heart.
One week I will get back on schedule posting the days...........perhaps. Took this photo 
'Holy tufted throne!' It has been so crazy around this pint-castle that 'me lady' nearly overlooked my weekly report!!!!! No wonder with all the pounding and knocking above this place. It has me a bit puzzled but my best buddy has taken care of me royally, doting on me especially......I hardly leave his side? 'Hey what are you doing with my blue bone up there?' 
Ha, ha, ha, buddy spilled my water and it was great fun catching hold of that towel....'come on, pull!'
'Those unknown dudes get here really early in the mornings to start the pounding and pestering noise......................................till we meet again........special bark out to Snuffles, Emma, Annie, Luna and all you foxy felines!
Dudley, our Ragdoll cat, appears as if he is yelling at me...he was at the very top of the back stairs as I started up so I snapped a few with my camera phone. Merely caught him during mid-yawn or he was showing off.
Cue the Hallelujah Chorus cause 'moi' completed another 'Maytagarama' last night!!!!! Already began another this morning. They are 24 x 36 in acrylic. I'll show you my progress....