Happy Birthday Bobbie

25 Things Daisy Adores About her Sister Bobbie!

1. She's my oldest sister so she has always been there for me all my life!
2. She shared my secrets when we were growing up.
3. She has always been my encourager.
4. She makes me laugh hysterically.
   
5. She's a grandmother of four....two boys, two girls!
   
6. She helped my kids with their college tuition.
7. She's a cancer survivor.
8. She's always experience things first and made it easier for me to follow.
9. Mom always liked her best.
10. She sends me "her fat clothes" she's grown out of (and she has a fabulous wardrobe!)
    
11. I can talk to her about anything.
12. She has a great sense of style and design.
13. She is a woman of faith.
14. She has lost over 90 pounds ( so I can call her my half sister now!)
15. She has two terrific sons (Steve and Phil).
16. She married a great guy. (Joe)
    
17. She loves her dogs (the girls) .
    
18. She is very loving and kind.
19. She has always been brilliant.
20. She has a sparkling personality.
21. I've always admired her and always will.
22. She is a wonderful hostess and makes everyone feel welcomed.
23. She totally spoils my mom and I love it.
24. I know she prays for me.
    
25. She has a birthday today and she'll always be older than I am! (tee hee!)

Easter Parade and missed opportunity

Not long ago my blogging friend Baba wrote a Thursday Thirteen about her Easter memories. They included a new Easter outfit complete with white patent leather shoes, white gloves and of course an Easter bonnet complete with ribbons and spring flowers. Being of the same generation , I could relate to all the rituals of spring and the Easter outfit.

I was somewhat surprised and delighted when my very girly New Yorker told me they were going to go to the Easter Parade in New York City. Suzy and Tim love to travel and they go to the most wonderful locations. I get to travel vicariously through their pictures and experiences.

The New York Easter parade is very different from all the otherNew York parades.

" This parade doesn't have any floats or marching bands but it is a spectacle nonetheless. From around the world people come to New York City to participate. Outfits range from elegant to outrageous. From outfits accented with live animals to civil war period costumes and the latest high fashions, there is a little bit of everything for the parade viewer. From 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. the area along Fifth Avenue from 49th to 57th Streets is closed to vehicular traffic, and folks wander the street admiring various Easter Bonnets and Easter outfits.The area around St. Patrick's Cathedral is the ideal place to see the parade." Heather Cross, About: 2007 Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival in New York City.

Here are my Suzy and Tim at the Easter Bonnet Festival. Here what Suzy had to say about the experience:

" I have to say, as silly as I felt walking through Manhattan to get to that parade with my silly daisy hat, when we actually arrived at the parade, I was so glad to even have a hat! I felt so out of place while people gawked at me on the train/subway, but when I was at the parade, having that hat made me feel like I had a private joke with all the other hat people. I would look at another hat person and grin, and that hat person would shoot back an even bigger grin. I felt like I was part of a club or something. Oh what fun.

I can cross another thing off my list now! See Suzy Spin

What surprised me later is when my Blog Buddy Barbara posted this picture of what else...The Easter Bonnet Festival.

I had seen that picture before....from Suzy.

Anybody catching a "light bulb" moment here.?

So I wrote Babara this comment:
"Wow, Barbara, my Suzy has the same picture. Check out her picture...maybe you saw her and didn't even know it! Her Easter Bonnet....had daisies of course!"



Barbara searched her pictures and sure enough.....Here's My Suzy!

Can't miss that hat or the pink polka dot bag.

<.....Barbara's Picture

Tim's picture.....>


So close yet so far away! Who would have ever "Thunk it?" Of course now both Suzy and Barbara are disappointed that they didn't turn around and recognize each other (like they do in the movies!).

Barbara and I have collaborated many times over the phone and she was excited when I mentioned having a "Canadian daughter" as they live near the Canadian border. ( Of course my Canadians live over North Dakota....no where near.)

Hope rose again about a future meeting when I mentioned having a New York daughter....again they live (8 hours away) not close to the Big Apple at all.

Miss Melli.....hat lady extraordinaire .....had this to say "You know... "I think we need a road trip to New York for the Easter Parade next year! I'm pretty sure I can design some hats worthy of that parade!!!"

So are you up for a challenge? Road Trip Anyone? Just a thought!

Approval Addiction

Approval Addiction.......did I get your attention? Also known as the need to please everyone. I find myself caught in this dilemma frequently. I'm sure it probably started in childhood with the desire to please my parents.

 Also to please my big sister so she would play with me. Probably the best way to illustrate this was the time I touched a bumblebee. Not because I wanted to.....but to prove to my sister that I was brave! I might not have been so quick to declare my bravery if I had seen the bumblebee on a nearby flower ( as my older sibling had also told me that when you are stung by a bumblebee you have 10 seconds to remove the stinger or you die! )

 So not to disappoint my sister I bravely went where no man has gone before and touched the bee. It stung me! My sister, (always my cheerleaders in acts of stupidity) began to declare to the neighborhood kids that I was the bravest of the brave. As she chronicled my deed of bravery I slowly began to count (one, one thousand, two, one thousand, three, one thousand) I think I was up to eight or nine with death on the horizon before she detected my panic dance of death and pulled out the stinger!

 You would have thought that I learned a valuable lesson that day......maybe I have, looking back over the event now. I find that I don't have the time or desire to be anyone other than me. I have decided that life is too short for anything other than comfortable shoes! One size fits all is a myth! And bumblebee sting when you touch them. As for my big sister......I still like it when she gives me her attention and includes me in her activities and that's probably never going to change.