Been a long time!

Hey There! 

Looong time no see! So what has been happenin' with ya'll? 

Us? Well, I have finished school. I now have an Assoicate's Degree that took 40 years to complete, but it is done!

Micael is doing well.  

We still have dogs... and some "stray" cats that are fixed, shotted, and get fed twice a day.....

I'm in sales only now so I get to travel around the US, mostly the northern states but I have customers all over. 

Not much else but to say I've missed ya'll! Hugs!

Spring or Winter????

Is it Spring?

 

Or Winter?

 

Well, which ever it is, I hope your day is happy and blessed!!

 



Hugs!

West, TX

West, Texas

Yesterday this was a small town to the north of Waco, TX.

No one knew much about it.

Population about 2400.

People are a close community, mostly Czech decent.

Last night, the fertilizer plant caught fire and exploded about 8 pm.

Reports are rolling in continuously.

Over 100 injured.

5-15 presumed dead.

Over 140 injured.

Over 179 injured.

Over 200 injured.

All First Responders are missing.

Two firemen have been confirmed dead.

Last I heard, four Firemen, one EMT, and one Policeman were dead.

When this plant blew, it took almost half the town off the map.

It used to have 3 schools, a nursing home, a small apartment complex.

Today it has one school.

No nursing home

No apartment complex.

More than 50 homes are gone.

Nothing but ashes.

Many other have severe damages.

This explosion was felt all the way to Amarillo, Texas.

The explosion registered a 2.5 on the Richter scale in Amarillo.

The mushroom cloud was seen in south Dallas,
which is almost an hour and a half away.

Please keep this town in your prayers.

West, Texas Explosion

Explosion

Hug and kiss your loved ones today.



Here is another link that Micael found later: 
West photos

Spring flowers

Spring has sprung!! 

Cheers my friends!! 

The Tomb

It's that time of year.
The birds are out chirping, building nests.
Grass and trees turning green.
Roses,daffodils, tulips and irises blooming.
Snails eating the irises (and anything else that is green).
Cats making babies. 
Love and life is in the air.
Well, except for one creature.
The stinking water bug, roach or whatever you call those nasty bugs. 
I spray my house outside up to the windowsills. 
Around the windows and doors.
Around the porches, the steps. 
The baseboards. 
The walls. 
The flowerbeds.
And still they come........
BIG and small. 
Flying and non-flying.
To die. 
In my bathroom. 
The Tomb.
The Bug Tomb. 
ugh.....

Poor, poor Micael........

Life can be a bit confusin at my house when you talk to me when I have a couple of different things on my mind.............

Here are a couple conversations:

We are sittin on the steps of the front porch talkin about the things I need to do to the yard. I need to get up early tomorrow, no, Saturday and rake the flower beds. I am not sure that I am gonna shampoo the walls in my room since it makes such a mess. . . . .

duh, WHAT???????

I mean sand the walls .....SAND!!! SAND!!!!SAND!!!! 

And I start hootin and hollarin, and actin a fool .........

IN MY FRONT YARD........

Nuther time:

I put the clothes in the fridge so would you please put them in the dryer when they finish?

He says: finish what?  FREEZIN????

Almost peed my pants laughin so hard...............

This junk happens EVERYDAY!

Old timers disease has done started!! 

Poor Micael!! 

He has to live with every day.........

Wednesday or Hump day as I prefer to call it

Not much happenin' in this part of the world.

I had a safety summit today. ALL day.

Micael had his credit card number jacked. So he's been dealin' with that. 

Ya know, if I actually put up here what I typed you would not have a clue as to what I am sayin', well if you were here in person, that would also be the case too. You should see the looks I get from Micael. Raised eye brows, eyes wide open and a not quite smirk.........

I jump from subject to subject quicker than , uh, a jumpin' jack rabbit. 

I poured a cup of coffee and now it is cold and I haven't even had a sip. 

I think it must be time for bed.......

Speakin' of, I think I will!

Good nite, friends!

Cheers!! 

Laughter

The grands were over for the weekend. They can be such a joy!

I love to hear those boys laughing, and then they get Micael and me laughing. Then we all are hooting, and snorting, (well, I am) and havin' a grand ole time!

Playin' in the water, runnin', jumpin' on the trampoline! 

Then we went bowlin' with friends and the laughter that ensued there was awesome! 

We are so blessed to have these boys! 

They have a new little sister due really really close to their birthday too. Which is really, really close to their other Grandma's birthday too. 

The new sis is due a day or two before their birthday, and Nanny's birthday is the day after......So can you imagine the party scene at Dad's house from now on?? PARTY WEEK!!!

Cheers my friends! Have a grand day! It is Pre-Hump Day!!

MDA contributions

Everyone, I want to thank you all for your contributions! We came is as top Jailbird! I will get to meet some of the kids and their family in September. I wish all of you could be there with me because without you, I would not have made it. So thank you all so much! We raised enough to send 3 kiddos to camp! Not just 2, but 3! So again thank  you from all the kids that will benefit from your donations!!

MDA is up to $1203 for our group!!

We are up to $1203!! We need $397 to send child number two to camp!! Let's rally and get this child there!  Give to those less fortunate that you! Make these kids feel special! LET'S RALLY AND GET THIS CHILD TO CAMP!!  PLEASE GIVE TO MDA!

Contact me for link and you can do it online!! EASY PEASY!! We have until the noon on August 9, this Wednesday!! 

Please help!! 

Thanks ever so much!!

Layne

In about an hour and a half, Layne will be at her new home in Georgia. 

I can't stop crying. 

My friends and I have raised $1020 for MDA!!

We have raised $1020 out of the $1600 that I was suppose to raise by Thursday! Only $580 left to and then we can start on kiddo number 3 to go to camp!!

If you want to donate, that would be totally awesome! You can do it online and you don't have to be from my area either! 

Donations are tax deductible too! So let's get some more money raised! We are in 2nd place right now as to having raised the most too! Come be on the winning team for Kids and MDA!

Raising money for Bail!!

I am going to jail August 9!!

I need money to cover the bail!! 

It has been set at $1600!!!

Help! Help!! Help!!!

Actually, I AM going to Jail, but it MDA jail!!

Muscular Dystrophy Association has got me in their sights! 

$800 sends a kiddo to camp. So I am trying to send TWO kiddos to camp. 

The kids that have gone say it is the best place.

No matter, if one is in a wheel chair, has braces, or can walk on their own, all are treated the same at camp! They do all sorts of things that they can't always do at home. It is a wonderful place to be.

So if you feel so inclined, reply and let me know and I will send you an online link to donate.

Hugs my friends! 

The Summer is almost over!

Welp, I have missed you guys this summer but it seems I have had a hard time sitting down to the computer for very long!
As you all know my Mom passed on in April, which is still kicking me in the rear end and heart, then I went on a business trip to Alabama (and back via North Carolina) in May. (I can't for the life of me figure out why they take the long way around to get from Alabam to Texas going home when it went straight there on the way........)   In June, 5 of us girls from high school got together for a weekend away and had a blast! Wasn't long enough for sure! Went wandering thru the hill country of Texas a bit and didn't accomplish near all that we had wanted to so we are planning another trip next year! Rented a little vacation home in the hills. Very nice! 
July was a business trip to Iowa. What a neat state! I stayed at Bed and Breakfast places this time and it made the trip sooo very much nicer. 
July was also the month we hired someone to take Layne's place up here at work. 
August begins with Layne moving to Georgia. BOOOHOOO!!! Told her to tell GrantLee that he had to bring her back to this area as soon as he could! 
And August ends with school beginning....... Business Law and Business Management.......what fun classes, don't cha think???!!
September is another gals weekend at my sister's along with another one scheduled in October! 
This summer in between all this, the living room has been repainted, five new trees: 2 crepe myrtles, 1 pride of barbados, 1 Texas lilac and 1 Little Jim Magnolia have been added to back yard along with five sage plants. In the front, 2 oleanders, 3 crepe myrtles, 1 pride of barbados, 1 Texas lilac, 8 salvia/sage plants and finally planted the 3 chrysanthemums. We also have our own little herb garden too! 
Oh yeah, we have started to lay a patio with used bricks too! 
Now I need to paint my bedroom, the bathroom, clean out the iris bed next to the street so maybe they will bloom next year and finish that patio!! 
I have til August 28 to accomplish this.... 
But I think I have accomplished much this summer. This is the first summer I have done anything in 2 years. 
Other news, Micael is doing good, his numbers are steadily improving, though not as fast as he would like but they are going up - not down! So all is Good!! =0)
JD is doing good too. I don't hear too much from him because he is a busy worker bee! But no news is good news, right?!!! =0) 
Chelle will begin back to school as will the boys. They are 6th graders and will be 12 in a couple of months!! It seemed like day before yesterday that we were on our way to the hospital for them to be born!
More news: The boys will have another sister or little brother sometime this year (I think!). Their step mother is expecting again! Little Lacy is all excited from what I hear. Dad says no more, please, but who knows! 
I think the pitter patter of little feet is a great thing! (Well at least until they become teenagers and need to be farmed out!! HAHAHAHAA!!)
That about wraps us my news for the past several months. Hopefully I will not be as far gone as in the past!
May God give you the strength to do all you need to do today!
Hugs to all!

Today

Today Micael is 36 years old! 

Happy Birthday! 

May we have many more to celebrate!

Love you muches!

Momma 

aka

Is it me or what?

Holy cow! I think I am a bad luck charm!
Here's why:

2 friends husbands are undergoing cancer treatment
1 friend has bad back problems
1 friend has fibromyalgia
1 friend's husband is in a coma on life support on which a decision is being made today to discontinue it.
Ran into a person at the airport in Charlotte, NC that was on her way to Houston to MD Anderson, I never caught her name but I named her Martha
A friend of a friend is in surgery today for ovarian cancer. She has twin boys about my grands age. It is all over her abdomen.

I"m thinking I need to withdraw from the 'friends' circle, or maybe send up heartier prayers!

Cheers, people! (Started to say my friends, but that may be detrimental to YOUR health!)

It's summer! YAY!!

Ah! Summer!!
No school!!
Sunshine!
Green grasses!
Lemonade!
Grillin!!!!
Walks in the park!
Getting together with friends and family!
Fun times!!

So for today let's forget about:
Honey do's
grass mowin
squeezin the lemons
cleanin the grill
findin a park

but always have fun with family and friends!! Loads of laughter!

Cherish those moments!

May they last a lifetime!

Never seen anything like this before...

Micael and I and a friend were out gal-a-vantin around this past weekend and I decided to take a side trip lookin for a little house that had junk in it that I had been to once.

Micael took pictures. Go check it out!!! Hilarious!!

I didn't think stuff like this really happened! Guess I was wrong!!

Cheers my friends!!

Peeps!

I have 2 A's! Not a B and an A!  I have two A's!!! WooHoooo!!!

Final grades and summer plans!

Well, I have an A and a stinkin B. If I had only gone back over the test before I turned it in...... I would have an A in both............grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

But enough of that.....

Summer plans..

A few gals I went to school with are meeting this summer for a weekend of fun and relaxation! Most of us have not seen each other since 1974! Facebook is great for reconnecting. This year there are 6 of us meeting, out of 14 invited. It is amazing how many folks make plans in January! Or how many marriages happen! Everyone should be married at this rate!

We have rented a little house in the country but close enough to some towns with things to do that we should have a blast!

Maybe I will get my room painted. I have finally picked out the colors for the walls. Pale yellow and pale green. To go with my purple comforter and sheets.

Maybe we will even get Micael's room painted all one color too!

The boys and I have already planted new bulbs in the flower beds, transferred several irises to new beds from the yard. Pin k daylilies and orange daylilies, red hot pokers and elephant ears. I think those should go nicely with the irises, well that is if they ever decide to bloom again! Need more fertilizer I guess! Actually I need to get a soil sample to the county extension office and see what it really needs!

Micael and I are trying to decide where to put a garden so we can dig it up and get it prepped for next year. I think I want some fruit trees in the back yard but not sure which ones. Any ideas?

Maybe Micael will feel like a short day trip to somewhere else besides our home town too.

Cheers!