The pic below is HORRIBLE of me..I look like I'm about to puke on the table or something... but it's really good of my mom, so I posted anyway. You have to admit she looks pretty damn good these days!! :) I heart her!!
Below is the front of my grandpa's old business. They tore the building down, but left up this part.. and I love it! It's a landmark in the little town and it's awesome to go look even though I never met my grandpa... It was a grocery store that did business with the traders, etc.. Kinda cool, right?! :)
My mom refers to her old house as "one-one-four" and we go see it every time we go over there. It was built for her grandmother as a gift from her grandfather. He actually built it himself and imported a lot of stuff (marble, doors, etc) from Europe.
We were both kinda sad to see what it's become.. My mom's mom had to sell it b/c she couldnt keep it up or afford all the updates that were required at one time.. So, it has been sold a lot.. and now looks beyond repair. The upstairs window that's open revealed a spraypainted bedroom wall.. The front door is coming off the hinges, the sleeping porch is collapsing. It appears people might go in and out of there.. likely homeless.. It's really sad, but my mom said she was glad to have such fond memories of the place.. I almost didnt take a photo at all b/c it looks like it's beauty has really been kinda stolen.. but imagining it full of life was pretty cool.. so I took the pic anyway..
Today, Gracie and I went to Woodward Park!! Little did she know it was bath day.. so I kinda played extra with her today
Post bath-time look of "Why the eff did you just do that to me?" haha... :)
Hope you all had a great weekend!!! :))))))
2 comments:
Looks like you had fun in the great state of Arkansas :)
And that pic of Gracie with her ears straight up in the air is hilarious & adorable-- what a cutie!!
me luv gracie
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