After the Storm...

Greetings! It's been SO long since I've done a post! I hope everyone has been well and enjoying their Summer.

Earlier this week, we had a small storm here, and when my son looked outside, the sky was ORANGE! Neither of us had ever seen anything like it. It was really amazing. He went outside and took some photos, and here's what he got. Hope you enjoy! (And take note of that orange sky!)

If you look at the bottom of the next photo, you can see the "blue" of the sky, sneaking up...

Sorry, you will have to tilt your head to the LEFT to see these! :)

And here's a 'self photo' taken by the photographer. :)

Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!

Best,

Gloria

1,000,000 Signatures for Caylee's Law!

ONE MILLION. This is totally amazing. ONE MILLION PEOPLE.
Oklahoma mother, Michelle Crowder, in her wisdom, thought of proposing Caylee's Law with a petition. (See my previous posts for explanation of the petition.) The people who signed the petition? ONE MILLION PEOPLE. People with integrity, knowing the RIGHT THING TO DO.
Which translates to me: One million people know, from the evidence, that Casey Anthony is Guilty of the demise of her child; and, because 12 jurors couldn't commit to having enough integrity to stand by that evidence provided by the Prosecution and they voted Not Guilty, this law, unfortunately, has to be enacted to protect the innocent.
PLEASE SEE MY POST OF JULY 6th, which explains Caylee's Law.
I just want to say THANK YOU, to those of you, however small a number, who saw my post and signed the Petition; and thank you to those of you who found out about the petition another way, and went to sign. It just goes to show: if we all band together, all over this nation, something can and will be done. We can fight for THE RIGHT THING.
And the good Lord is now taking care of Caylee Marie Anthony.
Best,
Gloria

Let's Keep Going! Caylee's Law...

I'd like to thank everyone who read my previous post and clicked on the link to sign the petition for "Caylee's Law." When I first wrote the post and signed the petition myself, about 200,000 people had already signed. I just checked and the number is up to over 870,000!!!! I heard from a few people that many had posted the link to the petition on Facebook. Isn't that great? If you are just reading this now for the first time, PLEASE see my previous post, and will you please consider clicking on the link below to sign the petition? As I am sure you all do, I commend the Mom in Oklahoma, Michelle Crowder, who had the 'brilliance' to actually do something, think of something to do to have justice for Caylee Marie Anthony. She put her money where her mouth is when she heard the "Not Guilty" verdict in the death of Caylee Anthony.
Hooray for Ms. Crowder! Therefore, if you haven't already done so, can I ask if you may please read my post below and click on the link to sign the petition? The sheer number who have signed show the amount of people who feel that the verdict was totally WRONG in their opinion! Thank you again!

Best,
Gloria

Caylee's Law

While I have been on my break from blogging, I closely watched the Casey Anthony trial, as I have watched all the news info on this case for the past three years.
I was SHOCKED at the Not Guilty Verdict -- and even more shocked when I read that in finding Casey Anthony Not Guilty in less than 11 hours, it was reported that the jury did NOT even bother to review any of the evidence tapes again in the deliberation room, nor view each and every one of the individual pieces of evidence from the trial in the deliberation room. I think that is appalling. I, for one, know that many things can be missed when one only watches or looks at something ONE time... There's always something that one sees when it is viewed again, and one says, "Oh my! I totally missed that the first time!" Hence, each and every person on that jury, in my opinion, has absolutely NO INTEGRITY. I am sure that each and every one of them will be ashamed when they are finally able to see all of the news specials and all of the evidence is reiterated that they 'fluffed off' or they 'spaced out' when they were seeing it/viewing it at the trial.
However, the reason for this post is to give this info. A law is being proposed by an Oklahoma mother that would make it a Federal crime, a Felony, to fail to report a child missing. She is also proposing that it be a Felony for a parent, legal guardian or caretaker to not notify law enforcement of the death of their child, accidental or otherwise, within one-hour of said death being discovered. She has called it "Caylee's Law."

If you wish to sign the petition, please click on the link below. Thank you.
http://www.change.org/petitions/create-caylees-law
If you have any thoughts on the Verdict, or the proposed 'Caylee's Law,' please share your comments below... Thank you.
Best,
Gloria
Note: photo obtained from change.org (the caylees-law page)

Break Time...

Greetings! I started my 'break' last Friday, for company, and guess what? I am STILL on a break! I have not been blogging at all, have not been visiting or leaving any comments, so I hope my favorite bloggers will forgive me. I'm just taking a short break but will be back soon, to start visiting everyone again, and doing a new post myself. In the meantime, I hope everyone has been well! (I've also been watching A LOT of the Casey Anthony trial online during the day... if there's anyone out there who has been keeping up on this also, please leave me a comment -- I'd be curious as to your opinion!)
Take care all, I will see you soon.

Best,
Gloria
note: graphic courtesy of google images.

Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day to everyone -- I will be having company this weekend and have a lot to do, so I will be 'incognito' for a few days. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, and I hope we all remember, in our hearts, and thank all of the soldiers for everything that they have done for us over all these years, and in current time, to protect us and make this country the great place it is.
Best, Gloria
Note: 1-photo courtesy of Google 2-comments disabled for this post.

A's Second Birthday!

I am FINALLY getting this posted! I have been trying to get this post up for days... Sometimes the photos would attach, other times they wouldn't, so it took me forever! But, happily, here they are now. These are from my cousin's son's second birthday party on May 7th. They live in Rhode Island, so my son and I travelled there for the party. Baby "A" is what I will call the birthday boy. I hate to use names on a blog; I know some might think it's silly, but I feel their privacy is being invaded! I did get permission to use the photos that I have used. :)

So I hope you enjoy little "A" at his second birthday party! Here they are...

This is when "A" was opening his presents. And the funny thing is that my son helped him open the first present, and then "A" just kept coming back to him for my son to continue to help him open the gifts! It was really cute.

Some photos from outside:

Sorry, these next few I turned "clockwise" before importing, but they still came out sideways!

My son and I...

Here's my Godson ("A's Daddy") and I... We are trying to look MEAN...

But here we are SMILING!

I liked this one of my son, so I'm sticking it in here! LOL!
This is my other cousin on the left, and Daddy, Mommy and Baby A on the right.

This is "A" getting ready to hit his birthday pinata!

This is my other cousin in the blue shirt, but I can only show this photo of his blocked face because I haven't gotten permission to use his photo on here! I also wanted to include a photo of myself with his pretty girlfriend, but I didn't hear from him to tell me it was OK, so I didn't want to include it. Anyway, he took a turn at the pinata, but he was blindfolded and spinned around so he wouldn't see where to hit it. I was screaming at him to hit to the left side, so he was actually hitting the bushes. :) By the way, that's my scarf as his blindfold!

And here's our little baby, or I should say big boy "A" -- I love that face!

And here's Mommy and her birthday boy! (and their dog watching the festivities!)

Daddy, Mommy, Birthday Boy...

THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY PARTY!

LOVE, "A"

Thanks everyone for looking at the photos!

Best,

Gloria

New Follower!

Excitement!!
I have a new Follower! Please, Janet, let me know your blog, so that I can come visit and return the Follow-ship! :) Thank you, new friend.
Best,
Gloria

Note: Photo courtesy of Google Images.

Crack Baby Cocktail

Greetings! I finally made the Crack Baby Cocktail that was served at the Royal Wedding's evening reception! First I will say: the drink WAS strong, I felt it after a few sips. And if one would ask me to describe the taste, it is difficult to describe! Surprisingly, it was not a very sweet drink -- it was actually on the side of bitter... I know that sounds odd, but it really was a sweet/bitter type cocktail. I think those who do not like sweet drinks would enjoy it. I will give the ingredients below, along with the measurements I used.

Crack Baby Cocktail:

2 oz. Vodka
2 oz. Passionfruit Juice
1/2 oz. Chambord Raspberry Liqueur
1 1/2 oz. Champagne

(Note: 2 oz. of liquid = 2 of my small-size jigger for alcohol)

Everything was cold (and I couldn't find my shaker!), so I just poured the ingredients in the glass, and stirred... One thing I LOVED was the color! Here are the ingredients I used:


This was the only Passionfruit Juice I found... I don't know if "Acai" Passionfruit made a difference...

I just bought a split of Piper Heidsieck champagne, I knew I wouldn't be finishing a whole bottle. This little split was expensive, but I purchased this brand only because of "good memories" of my father -- always getting Piper Heidsieck for his and my Mom's Anniversary or for holidays. When they had people over to celebrate when I was little, I always remember my father buying this brand because my mother liked it. I also bought BRUT (which is pretty dry) which is what my father always purchased, but I think the next time I would get an Extra Dry champagne, which would make the drink a little sweeter; or I might even try it with an Asti Spumante or Prosecco (the Italian sparkling/fizzy type wine).

And the vodka I purchased was ROKK -- from Sweden. I had not heard of it before, but it was reasonable in price, so I bought it. ;)

And last, but not least, the Chambord. This, I will admit, is pretty expensive for a little bottle. I think this one was about $21.

Isn't the top of it pretty though? I do remember, however, that years ago there used to be a little 'crown' at the top.

So that's all of the ingredients!

AND HERE IS HOW IT LOOKS!

I liked the way the lighting in this photo came out!

Then I decided to replace the "Passionfruit" juice with Pineapple Juice... Well, it didn't taste as good to me, it was 'heavier' and the drink was cloudy (due to the heavier, thicker pineapple juice, I presume). Here's the shot of it... As you can see, it looks darker, cloudier/less clear and sharp looking:

So that's it!! I hope you all enjoyed having a "virtual" Crack Baby Cocktail with me!

Thanks for visiting.

Best,

Gloria