~Cher~My Life Day by Day!

Grandbaby Isla off to preschool!

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New Baseball cleats and lunchboxes

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‎1. Osama bin Laden killed......CHECK
2. Unemployment rate 8.5%.......CHECK
3. 1.6 million jobs created with no GOP help.....CHECK
4. 22 months of job and economic growth.....CHECK
5. Ended Iraq War.....CHECK
6. DADT repealed......CHECK
7. Not ONE tax hike in three years....CHECK
8. Brought out the racism in the GOP...CHECK
9. Still carrying 80% of black and hispanic support...CHECK
10.Same wife for 15 yrs+ with a squeaky clean record..CHECK
11. Saved auto industry and 1.5 million related jobs CHECK
12. Assisted in ousting Khaddafi, Mubarek...CHECK
13. Saved U.S.A. from economic failure....CHECK
14. Continues to fight for the poor and middle class...CHECK
15. Rejected Keystone for all the correct reasons....CHECK
16. Passed a Stimulus that WORKED....CHECK
17. Will get Elected for a second Term....CHECK
..................OBAMA 2012......................

Good morning blog friends!

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Sunday, 1-8-12

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All decorations and tree down. Still need to tidy up the living room but a relief to have it down and done.
I hope you had a wonderful day today too.

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This is MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!

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One of those priceless Christmas photos

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Brings tears to my eyes.
Lilybug serenading Great Grandpa using his harmonica to do so. It was one of those "special" moments that bring happy tears of 4 generations together. Thank you God for all of my blessings.

I am going to be a new grandma again in 2012

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I couldn't be prouder~!!

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Why we need to remember........

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A lesson for teachers that should be taught in all schools. . And colleges....

Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock , did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom.

When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.

'Ms. Cothren, where're our desks?'

She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.'

They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.'

'No,' she said.

'Maybe it's our behavior.'

She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.'

And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom.

By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms.Cothrenâ€™s classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room.

The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.'

At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it.

Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned..

Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.'

By the way, this is a true story. (www.snopes.com)

Did you know?

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HAHAHAHAHAHHA!

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Worthy thoughts to consider

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Posting here vs. Facebook....

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You can find my postings on FACEBOOK and not here .........

FB name: Cheryl DeMars Hobson

See you over there!

Lilybug the Ham!

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A little soft shoe with Great Grandpa's cane!

A keeper!

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Many people think a lot of things about you......but what YOU think about yourself is all that matters in this world. Whoopie Goldberg 11/14/11 The View

Veteran's Day

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He sure was right!

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Thank you God and Bob!

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Singing In The Rain!!!!!!!!!!

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Halloween 2011

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Sounds about right!

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The ditch is DONE! This is just half of it!

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Pouring concrete today!

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The creepy "crud" is gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Yuck!

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The "creeping crud" has crept into hubby and my lives......Day 2 and this is NOT fun.

My brother's new home........

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My brother is now in his new home and his new address is
Carmel Mountain Rehabilitation and Health Care Center
11895 Avenue of Industry Rm 134B,
San Diego, CA 92128
858-673-0101
Come see him! It's very near Carmel Mountain Ranch Golf Course!

Grandbaby No. 4 is a .........

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Italia Elena Hobson

Perspective Member of the "Red Hat Society?"

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Oh Fall! How I love you!

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Soccerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Our Baby Grand the Rock Star to Be!

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What it's all about for me..........

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Click on the word IMAGINE!

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A possible home for my brother

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Normalcy

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Volunteering back at school starts for me today. I hope I make it "through the school year" and not
have any serious problems with our family this year. I need some "normalcy" in my life once again.

Have a good week!

Thinking about ......

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my oldest and his fiancee these past 5 days.

Happy Birthday Dear Sister!

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I assume

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Fema and the Red Cross have their teams there to take care of this devastation. AND OF COURSE: GOP blames Obama for poor leadership leading to devastation.

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Good grief......repeat performance........NO WAY!

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YOU light up my life!

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HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY Precious Grandbaby!

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My bro sans beard after many years!

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Wish

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Wish I had something positive to put here.........

Seeing him saddens me so...... :'(

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You Think Dem. Presidents Spend????????

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OOPS! Busted!

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Family 1969

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Today! June 26, 2011

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Remember when?

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Remember when teachers, public employees, Planned Parenthood, NPR and PBS crashed the stock market, wiped out half our 401Ks, took trillions in taxpayer funded bailouts, spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and paid no taxes? Yeah, me neither... pass it on.

Disneyland '11

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My loves

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Firsts from my garden 2011

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For my future daughter in law's birthday! :-)

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First of the season!!!!!!!!!!

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Dancing to dixieland/jazz music

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The best "Baby Grand!"

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You are so beautiful
To me
Can't you see
You're everything I hoped for
You're everything I dreamed
You are so beautiful
To me

Look Grandma, no hands!

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Isla at 21 months old......so sweet!

BFFs

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Happy Birthday Dear Brother of mine!

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Mem'ries,
Light the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored memories
Of the way we were
Scattered pictures,
Of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
For the way we were
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time re-written every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we? Could we?
Mem'ries, may be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
So it's the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember...
The way we were...
The way we were... :'(

Please pray for my brother

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Hydrogen powered cars in our future, when?

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No words needed........

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Play Date Again Today! :-D

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What I'm thinking about in the cold of winter.....

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3 year old granddaughter says......

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LIly and PopPop are eating TOY STORY mac and cheese and honeydew melon for lunch and
she says, "PopPop you make my heart feel joyful."
Wow, what an emotional rush that was! We don't say that to her so she had to hear it from somewhere else.
Kids do listen to what we say and watch what we do.

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from Maria Rodale....'Finding A Happy Harmony"
1. be nice
2. believe in karma
3. be strong and brave
4. reward yourself
5. laugh a lot
6. stop reading depressing books/watching violent television
7. allow yourself to just "feel"
8. be grateful.
So, rain this entire weekend but I am thinking "happy" thoughts here! Have a wonderful Presidents' Day/weekend everyone!

Lilybug thinks she can READ now! Her new REBUS book

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Valentine's Day!

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Good pic to teach about static electricity ya think? :-)

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When I get a bit bigger I want to play softball just like Sissy!

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After all these years, still makes me swoon!

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Simply irresistible!

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Baby Isla's First Pony Tail

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Conestoga Wagon.....anyone want to cross the country in this?

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Hi Lily, Hi Isla!

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In the words of a 3 year old.........

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"Grandma, can I puhweeze have some apple spider?" ;-)