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  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184
    edited February 2013

    Saw the new baby panda at the zoo today, beyond cute!

  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 1,482
    edited February 2013

    Lisa, that's so cool, where are the pics?

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited February 2013

    Loved the baby pic, Mary!  He's a keeper! 6 1/2 weeks and I will be there for the arrival of our new bundle!  Your pic makes me even more excited.

  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184
    edited February 2013


  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184
    edited February 2013

    Here are the pandas..

    Mom and Baby...Mom is sound asleep...



  • heymoose
    heymoose Member Posts: 682
    edited February 2013

    Marlegal, the grand baby is soooooo cute and what a great picture.

    Lisa, love the panda pics and julz4 that star fish is just amazing.

    I hope all are doing well.

    Hugs, Cheryl

  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 1,482
    edited February 2013

    Meece, will this be your first grand? Cole is my second, with the first, David, not 5 months old yet. Exciting time in our lives for sure! All my best to you.

  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 3,600
    edited February 2013

    I envy those of you with grandkids.  But, then I envy all of you with kids even more.  At least I've had the joy of dozens of kids who asked me to be a part of their lives. 

  • Elisimo
    Elisimo Member Posts: 1,262
    edited February 2013

    Lisa - those waves look like they are getting angry.  Love the pics of the pandas. 

    I love all 7 of my grandchildren. 5 girls and 2 boys.  Wish they lived closer, but hopefully they will be moving back this direction before too much longer.  Right now 1 girl and 2 boys are in Japan and DH and I are headed that direction in April.  The other 4 girls are in Oklahoma and hopefully we will get to see them this summer.  Off to bed, hope everyone has a good nights rest and sweet dreams.  AJ

  • eph3_12
    eph3_12 Member Posts: 2,704
    edited February 2013

    Marlegal, the bun in the oven is Meece's 2nd grandchild.  #1 is a big brother to whoever pops out soon.

  • blondiex46
    blondiex46 Member Posts: 2,726
    edited February 2013

    thanks for the background, love it collect pandas, never been to san deigo watch the feeds tho and go to the one in washington dc as well as the feeds...you made my day and after having chemo yesterday that is wonderful.

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2013

    Actually 'Baby Whoo' is DH and my 3rd, but his daughter has kept our first at a distance.  She told me years ago she would be able to make her dad do what she wanted if it came down to seeing his grandchild. (She doesn't care for me at all)  But, he is still married to me and we see GS1 a couple times a year, when they get his birthday gifts and when they get their Christmas gifts.  So, for all intents and purposes Patch is our #1.

    I get to be there when Baby Whoo comes into the world as DH and I are the keepesr of big brother!

  • blondiex46
    blondiex46 Member Posts: 2,726
    edited March 2013

    YAY Meece for 2.....sorry about Patch!!!

  • Elisimo
    Elisimo Member Posts: 1,262
    edited March 2013

    Meece - sorry to hear about Patch. Doesn't she realize she is only hurting Patch by not letting him get to know his grandparents?   I did and still do not like my first MIL, but even after my 1st husband, her son, died I did not keep my 2 DDs from seeing her and allowing them to spend time with them.  The girls have grown up and know why I do not care for her, but they found out about her on their own. I never told them anything negative about her.  I think they are better mothers after knowing her and what she was really like.  So to me her not caring for you is not a valid reason for not letting Patch spend time with you.  I know you are a lot nicer than my 1st MIL and that you love Patch as much as the others.   Sorry for the rant, but it touched a nerve.   Love you. AJ

  • blondiex46
    blondiex46 Member Posts: 2,726
    edited March 2013

    AJ you are so right, and as I have said to my son, if it wasn't for me there would be no you or your kids....

  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 1,482
    edited March 2013

    I have a girlfriend whose daughter-in-law didn't like her (you have to know this friend, NO ONE could not like her) and it took many years but they finally worked it out. I am blessed with two wonderful sons in law and i hope i never take them for granted.

  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 1,482
    edited March 2013

    Pressed ENTER too soon - I wanted to say that I hope all of you who are struggling with issues where you don't or can't see grands as much as you'd like are able to work it out, or your kids/in-laws come to their senses and realize that there's nothing better for a child than grandparent.

  • eph3_12
    eph3_12 Member Posts: 2,704
    edited March 2013

    FYI everyone-Patch is Meece's grandchild she does have contact with.  The one she doesn't is a child they don't see much that is Meece's DH's daughter's child.  

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2013

    Thanks for clearing that, Eph.  I rechecked my post and I had errors.  Sorry!

  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184
    edited March 2013

    this geranium is just going wild.I started it from a cutting..



  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 7,605
    edited March 2013

    GORGEOUS Lisa!!! Nice dark leaves. Do they like sun or not?? I have problems keeping geraniums looking so healthy.

  • heymoose
    heymoose Member Posts: 682
    edited March 2013

    Lisa love the plant. It reminds me of spring, which we are patiently waiting for in the east. 

    Hope everyone is having a great week.

    Hugs, Cheryl

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2013

    In my area, geraniums love the sun and look best when in full sun so they don't have to stretch so much to get it.

    I agree with Barbe, that is a beautiful plant!

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited March 2013

    Spring is here with daffodils, crocus, wild geraniums, etc. Beautiful as long as you don't mind standing in the pouring rain to admire it. Forecast: 4 days of pouring rain, flood watches. San Diego, here I come (as soon as I win the lottery).

  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184
    edited March 2013

    sunny and seventies...so we can say that most days here!

  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184
    edited March 2013

    Barb, the problem we have are the bugs that love the geraniums in the summer..no spray that I can find works..

  • Elisimo
    Elisimo Member Posts: 1,262
    edited March 2013

    Lisa - your geraniums are lovely.  Here they like full sun all day long.  When I lived in Houston, TX my mother had geraniums in concrete planters sitting on a concrete driveway in the hot sun all day and they went wild and got really big and full.  Everyone thought she was going to kill them when she planted them there, but boy were they wrong!  She did water them every evening just before the sun went down, but that was all the attention she gave them.

    Hugs to all. AJ

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2013

    It takes a lot around here to kill or harm a geranium.  I love spring and the flowers.  I have hyacinth, daffodils, muscari, and poppies decorating my yard.  I love the colors!

  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 7,605
    edited March 2013

    LOVE poppies!!!! Don't care to have to water something every night! That's my biggest problem. No easy access to water except a jug and it's so heavy.

  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,484
    edited March 2013

    Bluebonnets seem to have gone the way of the drought this year.  Love the flower pics.  Only flower bed is very hot west facing and gets lots of bounce off heat from brick veneer yet it usually drowns in the spring.  Need to cut the stupid bushes back again when I can talk DH into it; me not competent with elec. hedge trimmer.  They completely dwarf over the front of the bed yet are thin in the middle.  Forget what they are.  Thigh high, common landscape bush here.  Some poor neglected irises in there where a bush must have died.  Bought 3 heirloom tomato plants and 2 more mint plants.  Have 3 sad mint plants inside and one that has once again survived outside, but this year we had little cold weather despite a couple of snows (Christmas Day for one).  I'm thinking some of houseplants going back to patio this weekend.  I can always cover them with something if we get another cold dip (27 degrees one morning last week).

    Barbe - Have you tried gallon milk jugs or is that still too heavy for your LE?  I use those inside (actually have Arizona tea jug that I like so much better, heavier gauge plastic).

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