Here She Comes.....Tomorrow!

THE PAINTERS ARE ALMOST FINISHED....THE CARPETS HAVE BEEN CLEANED...THE HOUSE IS IN ORDER!!! WE JUST NEED MEGAN HERE!
Note to Megan: Bring your suitcase empty and we'll fill it with thrift store finds and some new apparel! See ya soon!

It Will Come As No Surprise To Those Who Know Me....

I HAVE JOINED THE CHEESEBURGER SOCIETY!!!!




I'm still searching for the ultimate cheeseburger of the world! Where are you?

Megan's Flying Into Town In 2 Days!

THE COUNT DOWN CONTINUES....

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Count Down: 3 days till MEGAN arrives in Tulsa!

36 Years Ago Today We Became Newlyweds.....

The Newlywed Game
Synopsis: Four husband-and-wife teams compete. The object calls for the wives to predict how their husbands answered certain questions, and vice versa. The team with the most correct answers is the winner and receives merchandise prizes.

We were married on July 28th 1973 in Albuquerque New Mexico @ 11 minutes past the hour of eight o'clock on a beautiful Saturday evening...the next day we left for our honeymoon to Hawaii!!! When we returned to the mainland we settled into a charming apartment on Sunset Blvd in Pacific Palisades California!

A few months later we starred on the actual TV show! We were couple #1 of the four positions...when the bonus question was put forth we "matched" and jumped from last place to first place! Steve & Jane Taylor...Couple #1 still... 36 years later!
P.S. We got a Happy Anniversary card today from Bob Eubanks....how cool is that!

THE COUNT DOWN BEGINS......

In approximately four days Megan will be arriving at The Tulsa International Airport!

Unfortunately the Handsome Tim Root and Scottie dog Walter will be staying behind :( But the good news is that Stephen and I will be headed to sunny California in early September and we can see Meg's two most favorite fellas then!

GUESS WHAT???????

A day we'll all remember but most likely forget....so I just had to blog about this most momentous occasion....DILLAN'S FIRST TOOTH!

Now a few words of advice from Grandma Tay Tay...

A smile cost nothing and can be given away so easily...
Remember to chew your food twenty times each bite...
No biting...and brush...brush...brush your teeth at sunrise and sunset...
Flossing is essential to healthy teeth...
Enjoy your new teeth sweet baby Dillan!

THE FABULOUS CHALKBOARD WALL BY MEGAN TAYLOR!

While Tim and his best friend Craig were off camping in Big Bear.....guess what Megan was doing as a surprise? Yep...the picture says it all...she painted the wall in chalkboard paint!! Now she can draw on a new headboard everyday and draw creative designs and draw flowers when she can't afford fresh ones....notes to herself and notes to Tim and notes to Walter! Isn't our Meg just the most creative lovely young lady on the planet? She's number one in my world!
Megan will grace us with her presence come this next Friday!!! Yeah!

Visiting Garnie...aka...Mom/Grandma/Dorismae

My older sister Jill adores me (she always has)....she was so excited to meet me for lunch!


Yukon Oklahoma ...Home of the Legendary Country Music Favorite...Garth Brooks!!! Garth and Trisha Yearwood now live on a sprawling ranch outside of Tulsa!



After our delightful lunch we went back to Jill's home in El Reno and sat around the living room just reminiscing about days gone by... Jill lives in a home that was built in 1890! Imagine that!!
The reason for my trip to El Reno was to visit my Mom in the nursing home...it was just as sad as I had imagined...I always leave with a glimmer of hope that she knew I was there and that she heard me say those precious words....I love you Mama!

I Love Friday Nights Again!

WE WENT OUT TO DINNER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE STEPHEN RECEIVED HIS NEW KNEE..


FRIDAY NIGHT DATES ARE BACK FOR COUPLE # ONE...
THINK SWORDFISH AND SAUSAGE STUFFED SHELLS...
THE BEST CAESAR SALAD IN TOWN...
ONE OF OUR FAVORITE RESTAURANTS...
I'm so proud of Stephen...he really is back in the saddle again...driving & working a bit each day...he even walked Petuka around the block before we left for dinner!!! Now that's something he hasn't been able to do for a few years!!!!!

8 MONTHS TOMORROW!!! CLAP CLAP!!!

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
Dillan has been in our lives for 8 months! This is a sweet picture of Kim and Dillan just moments after Dillan had three shots!!! Way to bounce back with a smile Mother and Daughter! Dillan weighed in just over 17 lbs! Oh...did I forget to tell you? She has learned how to clap!! Soooooo next time you see her...count on a standing ovation!

OUR PERFECT BEDROOM SUITE COLOR :) BLACK RASPBERRY!!!

Our bedroom is downstairs (which is unusual for a home built in 1926 in Fashionable Utica Square)...and is just heavenly! Why? It was added on originally as a kitchen for a famous local pastry chef! Now start thinking of the poem "The Night Before Christmas"! Each and every night I am so blessed to have sugar plums dancing through my head! Let's not forget the zillions of other things that were baked in our bedroom...pies and cakes and cookies and yummy sweet berry breads....what a wonderful place to fall asleep every night! With my beloved Stephen by my side and on the new fabulous "Memory Foam Mattress"!!!! The former kitchen has a two story high ceiling with sky lights.....very bright indeed..with lots of windows! I'm hoping Black Raspberry was the way to go...let's start thinking berry scones & berry muffins & berry danishes & berry jam & berry cobbler and berry fresh fruit shakes! I know we'll have a berry good time in our new painted bedroom suite! Look for the outrageously great photos soon!

NEVERLAND PARTY....

What's a Neverland Party you might ask? Only one of Meg's crazy fun friends could make up a Neverland Party! You had to come dressed like someone from Peter Pan's Neverland or from Michael Jackson's Neverland! Megan went as a swan from the Neverland pond and Tim went as a monkey from the Neverland zoo! Pretty funny!

FARMING & PAINTING!

On Monday a crew of painters showed up to start some major home improvement projects! We are having our bedroom repainted...the high ceilings and trim in white and the sand walls will match our front door in Black Raspberry! The deck was power washed and will receive a new coat of redwood stain! Our kitchen cabinets are getting a fresh coat of paint (inside and out)! They are going to power wash the outside of the house and touch up where ever it is needed...give the front door a new coat of paint! And last but not least...they are stripping and re-staining our bed frame! My part in all of this is to make sure they do it right and in between just work on my FARM!

THE SCOTTISH TERRIER IS LOYAL TO A FAULT!

COOL SUNGLASSES!
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WITH THE FAMOUS "FALLA"! A FAMOUS WASHINGTON MONUMENT STATUE!
SOME REALLY COOL PEOPLE HAVE OWNED SCOTTY DOGS!!!! Megan and Handsome Tim Root!

The famous Queen Victoria...and a whole lot of other people!

· President Franklin Roosevelt

· President Eisenhower

· President George W. Bush

· President Ronald Reagan

· Charles Lindbergh

· Jackie Kennedy

· Monsieur Balladur

· Humphrey Bogart

· Bette Davis

· Shirley Temple

· E.B White and Stephen and Jane Taylor...Who is EB White? He wrote the famous Charlotte's Web book and Stuart Little! GET A SCOTTIE DOG! They could inspire you to be President or a famous actress or the first lady or to learn how to fly or to write a few famous books!

40 YEAR OLD MOON MEMORIES! WHERE WERE YOU?

Most every year my parents pawned me off to my sister Ann & Jimmy's place and I loved going! Ann and Jimmy were cool and hip and fun and everything my own parents were not! They lived in Regency Park in Tulsa...A new neighborhood full of other young couples...Ann & Jimmy hosted a "Moon Party" 40 years ago and I remember zillions of us sitting around the TV to see the Astronauts walk on the moon! So amazing! A wonderful memory!

SATURDAY NIGHT GLOW!

If you have a child that lives in town but not at home...you might be lucky enough to talk with them once a week or every few days.... until you become a grandparent!
The phone rings more often now and it usually starts with a very nice "How are you? What cha doing?" Then a few more pleasantries and finally the all important question! "Can you watch Dillan?"
Beau and Kim went and had a lovely dinner at In The Raw and we had the pleasure of babysitting!

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MEMORIES OF A YEAR AGO!

WHAT I REMEMBER!.........MEGAN CALLED ME TO TELL ME SHE HAD MET THE NICEST AND CUTEST GUY EVER OVER AT HER FRIEND'S HOUSE! IT WAS HILARY'S PLACE! THE FAMOUS LA DOG WALKER! HE TOOK HER HOME AND THEY SAT OUTSIDE ON THE STOOP UNTIL DAWN JUST CHIT CHATTING! IF I REMEMBER RIGHT...HE ASKED HER OUT ON THEIR FIRST DATE? HE PICKED HER UP AND GAVE HER A BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET OF FLOWERS AND TOOK HER TO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL...ALONG WITH A GOURMET PICNIC! SHE WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE HANDSOME TIM ROOT! AND I MIGHT ADD... SHE HAS BEEN EVER SINCE!

HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY STELLA MUEHLHAUSEN!!!

Indian Princess camping trip...Jaimie with the birthday girl Stella...aka...Two Hearts! The family are celebrating by going to a big carnival!!!! Have a fantastic time!

Meet Jen & Thatcher!

Five years ago Stephen and I were on a Pales Verde Cliff over looking the mighty Pacific Ocean...watching Jen & Thatcher exchanging wedding vows! Megan was one of many beautiful bridesmaids! Happy Anniversary!

Walter Gets His First Hair Cut!

Walter has a Grandma Tay that has had Scottish Terriers most of her adult life...so she is a bit confused by the first haircut of her grand-doggie? He at the very least deserved the famous beard & distinct eyebrows... I realize he is too young to have a skirt/kilt that his breed is sweepingly famous for... his "direction up" ears need to be cleaned up...what is with the uni-brow? I know Meg loves Frieda Kahlo but...poor Walter looks like a wanna be black Westie! Take him back and give the little fellow some dignity! Love You Walter...Grandma Tay Tay!

HOW'S THE GUY WITH THE NEW KNEE DOING?

This is Catherine...she's been Stephen's physical therapist for the last few weeks and today was her last day!!!! Why? He's doing so GREAT!! Getting around with Grandpa's "famous" penny cane...he's even driven the car a few times! He's been really working hard on his exercises...the nurse took off his bandage permanently...and he goes to the doctor's on Friday! We are all so proud of Stephen!

CAN DILLAN GRACE STAND AND CRAWL YET?

She can't sit still....she's on the move...Dillan is crawling and pulling up at only seven months! It's time to child proof our home!

Goldies Hamburger Joint!

Uncle Pete-Jaimie-Stephen reunite over cheeseburgers!

Megan Has Fun Where Ever She Goes...

Meg is comig in a few weeks..... so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Aunt Jill & Uncle Shane Came To Visit Jaimie!

I couldn't decide which picture to post of Jaimie & my sister & myself....so I posted both!!! Thanks to Uncle Shane for capturing two great memories! They drove up from a place called El Reno Oklahoma to visit and see Jaimie!
Jaimie seems to be having a great time! He's been coming back here each day with alot of fun stories about meeting up with friends from the reunion! Jaimie has been the perfect house guest and we have "ESPECIALLY" enjoyed having him here...since we have been home bound for awhile...its been a huge treat! Thanks Jaimie for bringing some excitement into our lives this past week!

My Nephew Jaimie @ The Sunset Grill...Memorial High School Reunion Class Of 1979

Hundreds of old high school friends showed up for Jaimie's gig! He's amazing!