I need help!

Hi everyone!
As you all know, I have a court appointment on Tuesday, May 5th to finally bring Charlie home. As of 2 weeks ago, Clint and Vickie told Charlie that they would not fight my getting custody of Charlie, in fact, they told her to tell me to not put this off, to get it taken care of right away so it wasn't a dragged out process, they also told her that come May 5th, she had to leave, even though we had all agreed for her to finish out her school year in Grant County. As of yesterday, for what ever reason, unknown to me, Vickie went to Charlie and told her I need to not do this yet, that I should cancel the court date. She told Charlie that I am unstable, ran me in the ground a little more then told Charlie that I need to really put this off until July if I knew what was good for me. I am not canceling my court appointment on Tuesday, as Charlie still wants to come home to me ASAP.
This is where all of you step in. I need to know if you would be willing to write (or email me) a note to the courts about a positive character reference-about me? If so, your help in bringing Charlie home, would be SO GREATLY APPRECIATED!
I thank all of you in advance for your support!
Love,
Amy

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More Space Pictures

I got two more pictures this past weekend. Still learning . . .

This is M67, the Cobra Cluster. It is composed of 30 separate 42 second exposures stacked and aligned.



This one is a little over-exposed. It is a region in Leo called the Leo-Tripple. It is three galaxys very close to one another. This is also 30 separate 42 second exposures stacked and aligned.



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The Little Ones Have Grown

As you can see, the 3 little Robins in my earlier have grown.



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Open Cluster M37

I took this picture last night. This is my first try at long exposure astrophotography.

This image was 23 separate, 30 second exposures, aligned and stacked to create one image.

I'm not 100% pleased, but expect to get better over time.

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Calendar

Good Morning All:
I just happend upon something on the net and thought it might be helpful to some of you - especially if you have little ones around and are running in ten different directions. Go to www.bhg.com which is the Better Homes and Gardens web page. On the right hand side of the screen there are three 'boxes' (for want of a better word) The third box down from the top has three tabs along the top of the box. (I know this is confusing but I think it will be pretty obvious when you get there) The third tab is entitled "calendar". Click on that and it goes to a web page that helps you set up a color coded calendar for all your activities. It can then be accessible by your cell phone.......something like that. Anyway it is free and from a secure site and sounded interesting for those with busy schedules.

More news: Kim and Nick were in a small accident earlier this week. No one was hurt but both were pretty shaken. We are waiting from the insurance company to decide if their car can be fixed. Things can happen so fast; we never know what is waiting around each corner.

The weather is beautiful here today - going up to 70. Today is Ted's birthday and we have decided to go to Keeneland for the day. It is so beautiful there and we really enjoy it. But tomorrow - yard work, yard work, yard work. Spring is such a busy time!

Love to all, let us hear from all of you. b

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More good news!

May 5th, we will go before the Judge to have Guardianship Terminated then once school is out, Charlie will be home!

I just have to say....I am so excited, I can't see straight!

Love to all!
Amy Sue

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Kim

Miss Kim,
For Easter, I think....there was a dip-with salsa and pineapples but it was creamy and I believe you were the one that made it??
I believe I'm the one that loves it!
It is so goooood! I How can I get me some?
Please advise at your earliest convenience!!

hehee
Thanks!
Amy Sue

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Charlie

Hello everyone!!
As I am trying to not get too excited, for fear of something throwing a wrench in our plans, I have some very exciting news I wanted to share....
Charlie has decided to move home once this school year is out!

YAY!!!!
So, please keep us in your prayers and hope that things move nicely and that this transition will be fairly easy for Charlie, this is a big step for her!

xoxoxo
Amy Sue

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Birth Announcements

We are very pleased to announcement the birth of our 3 new Robins.

The nest is on top of a straw shelving unit on our back porch. When we went out this morning to check on the nest, we found 3 eggs had just hatched, and the 4th is still there. The mother Robin is quite bust so we could not stay long.




We are on the look out for Baby Canadian Mallards......But we have not even found the nest. Elmer and Gertrude have been daily visitors to our back porch dinning room and seem to be quite happy with the menu of bird seed.

We will keep everyone informed as things develop.

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Birthdays

Not a great picture but I can make out at least two chicks



And happy belated to this guy!



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Happy Easter

Happy Spring and Happy Easter to everyone. We have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of Spring around here and I think I can safely say it has arrived.



Spring has finally come to Kentucky. A robin built this next on top of a straw shelf on the downstars patio. She is very protective and fusses at us each time we go outside. We did manage to get this picture. Should have babies before too long!






Here is another sure sign of Spring. This is Mr. and Mrs. Duck (a.k.a. Elmer and Gertrude) They have been visiting us each spring since we had the pool. They used to like to swim in the water that had accumulated in the cover over the winter. They would then meander up to the bird feeder and have a snack. (We used to call it "Club Ted") After we had the pool taken out, they still come by each Spring to visit. Ted almost has them eating out of his hand this year. They are beautiful and so much fun to watch.



And of course, my personal favorite sign of Spring. My first hand picked beautiful flower picked just for me. Doesn't get any better than this!!

Thanks to everyone who has added to the blog. It is really fun seeing what everyone is doing....from viewing the moon (great pictures Todd) to seeing a 'crest' for our name (another bird!) to news about the Turkeys in Grant County (Linda had great pictures last week) to birthday wishes. Speaking of birthdays........ Father Rick had a great birthday party last week for Uncle Mike and Aunt Linda. Everyone had such a great time. The kids especially loved riding the horses........





Hope you all have a great Easter and enjoy Spring. Love to everyone, hope to hear from all of you soon.

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Beautiful Day

Good morning to all ☺
I thought I'd drop in and say hello and hope everyone has a fantabulous day!
Enjoy it before the rain hits!

Also, Happy Birthday mommy! I love you to the moon and back!♥

xoxo
Amy Sue

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Moon

Took a picture of the Moon last night.

Click once on the image to see a full size view in a new window!



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Birds

I finally found a pic of the birds nesting in the front porch.



Would love if Nick could tell us what they are and what to feed them.

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