| Dog Gone It |
| 09.11.04 (7:42 pm) |
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There have been so many changes in my lifetime so far it is truly amazing. From my childhood, to young adult years, and finally to maturity. So many changes it is unfathomable. The different places that I have lived, the different jobs that I have held. The different cars that I have owned. There are a few thing though that remain constant. Like the love that Glen & I have for one another. My Kids love & respect. My close family ties with my dear ones. But the constant that I'm talking about today is animals. I have had atleast 1 dog from my very first memories. I don't really remember the dog but I remember the name was Sugarfoot, then there was Beaver, a collie, and a very brave dog who I thought saved my life many times from the cows in the field (the one that belonged to someone else). We had Tinker Bell, a poodle, and Red a big stray red dog that hung around. We had a blue healer once that caught Distemper and finally died. We couldn't have dogs for a while after that. After we married we had cats & dogs. We had a really stupid white German Shepard. We had a beautiful dark Red Cocker Spaniel that I got from the pound. We named him Harry. He smelt so bad the day I brought him home. He was an old dog when we got him. I got in trouble for bringing him home but he pulled Jenny out of the street one day and he was a hero thereafter. She was not quite 3 years old. We had another cocker spaniel named Dusty that I got when he was a little puppy, he was really a pretty dog but didn't have much sense. At about that time we got Petey, He was part border collie & part pit-bull dog. Both parents were very smart & loyal animals. When Petey was being born, Gypsy his mom jumped out of the pen to chase a big stick. After we put her back in the pen, she had Petey. He was the last one born. He got the stick chasing from his mom. Enough attitude from his dad to gain the respect of the other dogs and any person he came in contact with. He was very well behaved. He lived with cats & other pit-bull dogs, but he was the most loyal dog anyone could have. He was all of ours. He was always with you. I know I cried on his shoulder at least once of twice. Jenn too I'm sure. We used to go camping all the time. We couldn't go to the lake or the river without taking Petey. He would lay still in the car until we came to the water. The minute he smelled water he would be ready to swim. As long as he was in the water he was everyone's friend. Just throw something, anything, a rock, a stick, a bottle. He almost drowned himself trying to pull in a trot line jug. Glen had to go out in the boat & rescue him after a while. The kids would have to go in the water & throw something up on the bank so we could catch him & keep him out of the water. Once he was back in camp the protectiveness of the pit bull would come out & he wouldn't let anyone come into our camp. Every time we went to the lake we all would come home sunburned. Petey was white with black & brown spots. He would get so sunburned down his back & on the top of his head. He would whine if anyone got up close to him. I felt bad a lot of times because of his sunburn but he loved it so much I couldn't refuse him. This dog will go down in history as the best dog ever. He could climb a ladder. I still love this dog. Since Petey we had an English Bulldog, Prissy. She was very sweet but always had problems with her skin. She was the cutest thing when she was a pup though. Boozer came to live with us when Christi was staying with us. She got him at the pound in Lancaster. He was about 6 wks old and was the cutest thing. We later figured out he probably was Airedale Terrier/German Shepherd Mix. When she brought boozer home I was off work on disability. I taught him a lot and was very close to him as a pup. glen has always been there to play & train him but most of all he is definetly Christi's dog. He is the love of her life. He is about 5-6 years old and still just as smart, cute & lovable, loyal as any dog could be. He comes to visit us at our house every day and when you've been gone for a while, (12 hrs or more) he will jump straight up higher than your head. look you eyeball to eyeball & let you know how much he has missed you. After we moved to Palestine we got Willie. Willie B. Goode to be exact. He was part blue healer & I'm not sure what else. He was a compact little dog with hair like a collie. His attitude was more like a coyote though. His parents and siblings were pretty wild and it never quite went away in him. We had him for a couple of years and he was so devoted to us. He just wanted for it to be us three. Glen, Willie & me. He was schitzy and didn't trust anyone else. We were careful in his upbringing not to cause him to distrust but he always had that in him. It hurt me down to my soul when he was gone. We vowed never to have another dog. Times got harder and I "had" to have another pup. I went to the Humane Society of Anderson county and got Buddy. He was about 7 weeks old when I got him. We're not quite sure what he is. I think he is part cocker spaniel, part terrier, maybe with some beagle thrown in there. He has whiskers & a top notch that will never uncurl. His hair is kinda long and white but has apricot spots at skin level. When I brought him home I told him he would be my little Buddy and he always has been. We have always treated our dogs like they were our children. They sleep with us, eat with us, camp with us. Buddy doesn't like to ride that much but he never wants to be left at home. When we do come home after leaving him for a trip he whines & cries & wants you to hug him up close. He suffers from Seperation Anxiety but not severly. He just really misses us when we're gone. Don't say the G word. He will get his hopes up for a trip. I will never say that I will never have another dog because dogs have helped me keep my sanity. They allow me to show all the love I have to give. They never argue with me. That is good. Now in the evenings when it is cool. Boozer, Tanner (Christi's little girl dog) part Akita, and Buddy fight and play like there is no tomorrow. They chase and play tug of war. I would rather watch the dogs than watch TV, Movies, just about anything. That to me is real entertainment. It makes me remember when the kids were young. They would troop in with their friends, thirsty & hungry for a snack. Well things haven't really changed that much only now it is Buddy coming in with his friends, Boo & Tanner for a drink and a snack. I'm glad I can still provide this for them. They make me smile. |
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| Essay 189 |
| 09.09.04 (6:20 pm) |
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Essay 189 You may intend to do something today, only for pressing business to come up unexpectedly and take up all of your attention the rest of the day. Or a person you have been expecting is prevented from coming, or someone you hadn't expected comes calling. The thing you have counted on goes amiss, and the thing you had no hopes for is the only one to succeed. A matter which promised to be a nuisance passes off smoothly, and a matter which should have been easy proves a great hardship. Our daily experiences bear no resemblance to what we had anticipated. This is true throughout the year, and equally true for our entire lives. But if we decide that everything is bound to go contrary to our anticipations, we discover that naturally there are also some things which do not contradict expectations. This makes it all the harder to be definite about anything. The one thing you can be certain of is the truth that all is uncertainty. Excerpts from "Essays in Idleness" The Tsurezuregusa Of Kenko (Translated by Donald Keene) |
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| Words to live by |
| 09.09.04 (5:15 pm) |
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May I be Happy, May I be healthy, May I be Secure May I Live in Peace.
Awesome Prayer May today there be peace within you May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. "" I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."
The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions ~William F. Scolavino
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. ~ Henry David Thoreaux |
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| Life Defining Moments |
| 09.07.04 (12:45 pm) |
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CHAPTER 1 Jodi |
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| Top Ten Reasons |
| 09.06.04 (8:34 pm) |
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Top Ten Reasons I haven't blogged... 10. I've been too busy?!??? 9. I've been lounging on my porch. 8. I've been watching the dozen or so hummingbirds. 7. I've been out of town. 6. I had my satellite taken off vacation. 5. I've been cooking actual food. 4. I've been spending quality time with Mate. 3. I've been writing in my brain. 2. I have one started... 1. I've been going to bed early. THE REAL REASON... I've been down right lazy. ok, that's more than 10, so what. Their my excuses. I am a list maker after all. You'll be hearing from me. |
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| write it down, make it happen |
| 08.30.04 (10:48 pm) |
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Things I'm planning to do & just planning to plan: Spend more quality time with family and friends. send email to Ally eat an ice cream sandwich Install whirlpool bath & toilet in Master Bedroom. Finish all trim on house. Plant fruit trees Talk to a Landscape Architect Plant morning glories & 4-o'clocks in back yard Make fruit salad Go to krogers & gripe because they overcharged me. repot rubber tree & arrowhead plant go to Waxahachie on Thursday Sept 2, w/Christi help glen finish pulling weeds in herb garden encourage him to do some stuff I need him to do go see Dr Hollub and have blood drawn help glen clean up "the farm" (storage building) put stuff away in back bedroom. go thru more boxes mail form to Minnesota Life tomorrow make a cheesecake go to the bottoms cut up & freeze peppers clean out deep freeze & refrig freezer... Needs badly go see my mom buy a zip drive, Does anyone know if it will help? hook up stereo to dvd/tv for surround sound next time [i][u][b]Chris & Jenny [/b][/u][/i]come to visit!!!!!?????....... |
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| a good blog? |
| 08.18.04 (9:56 pm) |
| Just a quickie to say that I'm sorry that all my stuff lately has been about people being sick. I'm the first one to usually not want to talk about being sick but it seems to have become a lifestyle change for me at last. I have always said that I will kick it in the ass as long as it lasts. So forgive the hospital blather. I'm gonna write something really cool soon. So stay tuned. |
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| Miles & Miles of Texas |
| 08.18.04 (9:50 pm) |
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This morning I was driving to Tyler, TX to go to the Dermatologist. Tyler is about an hour away from my home. My sister calls me on the cell phone & says Mom is in the hospital ER because she fainted this morning. Well that's not supposed to happen. It is always me that everyone has to rush to the hospital for. Mom is the healthy one. She is 73 and still going strong. Just yesterday she mowed her yard and the neighbors. She will amaze you with her abilities and all that she takes care of. She is always willing to help us all. She has spent the last two weeks helping my sister Linda remodel a much abused farm house to it's previous splendor. So I came straight to Waxahachie, TX (another 2 hours of highway) to the hospital. My poor sweet mama had bruises & stitches and just didn't look at all like herself in that hospital bed. She should be commanding troops somewhere. If she had been in the army she would have probably been a 5 Star General. They have done a lot of tests to try & find the problem but their not thru yet. Do you know what she said, "Well I guess I needed a good goin' over anyhow". What a trooper. We will see what the Dr's say. They were amazed that she doesn't take any medication (except prozac & that is a family trait). Her heart beat was a little slow but not because she was sick, it's because she is so healthy that she has the cardiac of a much younger person. She has made my husband cry Uncle in some of her weekly work-a-thon's on our house. Once he said, "You wanna do that tonnnnite. Needless to say he won her over. He said "No way". The woman is a machine. So I am Jenn's tonight & it's late ofcourse. Everyone else is in bed & I'm shutting this thing down in a minute & going to bed as well. I'm pooped. It is a long trip from Palestine, TX to Tyler, TX then to Waxahachie, TX. Whew...... that makes me tired saying it. Jenn's given me the best bed in the house. She wuvs me. So nighty, night. Please give a thought for my mom. She's a good one. |
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| A Day in the Life... |
| 08.16.04 (6:39 pm) |
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It is fall and it is very hot. The kids want to swim again. So Ally & Clay get in for a while, Logan loves the water and is splashing & falling over. That is his favorite thing to do. After a while Ally & Clay get out. Logan plays too rough. We have to be close by, just in case he goes too far. He wouldn't mean to but it is possible that something bad could happen. So Logan keeps himself in his own type of force field. He likes to have about 4-5 ft between himself and others when he can. He will sometimes fight or push to get his space. He likes to be in his room by himself. I think he knows for sure that he is in control if he has his space. He focus's on the movie on the TV screen. Going forward and then backward. He watches it both ways. He will rewind it to the very same place each time. On some movies it may be the very beginning or the credits that he likes to watch. It gives him something familiar & comforting to focus on. It's something that he can make work and will work the same way each time. He can be a success at this, he likes this. When he is tired he goes to bed willingly, happily. He snuggles under his blankets and loves for you to snuggle with him. He Says, "Go to sleep?" Sometimes he may have a problem going to sleep; he is generally content to be in his own world then. I wonder what he is thinking. He understands what you say to him if he is interested in it. If he has no interest you either get no response or an unwelcome response. It depends on the nature of the conversation. His unwelcome responses are hard to witness, even harder for my daughter to keep from escalating into full fledged battle. As this is happening there are innocent bystanders there, Ally & Clay are scared, mad, screaming, running. It looks like total pandemonium to the outside viewer. I want to cry, hold, hug and caress each one of them. I wish I could pour calm onto them. It is difficult but not impossible; to keep your cool when these lash outs occur. Jenny has to stay calm & in control. But Logan is getting bigger every day so I hope she can keep up with him. It is now time for school again & she worries how the new school year will go. Will he lash out at his teachers? We hope and pray he has a good year. May God keep him close to his side? |
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| List Meister! |
| 08.13.04 (9:12 pm) |
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OK, I make lists. Lots of lists. Every now and then I gather up all my lists and put everything down on a master list or several master lists if necessary, It is always necessary. I have grocery lists, to do lists, call lists, web site lists, blog thoughts lists, bill lists, food lists, coupon lists. I think you probably understand by now. So I guess there is no denying it. I'm a list maker. Always have been, always will be. But wait, there's still hope. I got a binder and a spiral notebook. I can put all kinds of information in the binder, even my list. I also have a list of miscellaneous things in my purse in case I'm out and actually have the money to buy something I will know what i need.......... Am I making any sense at all. Oh, and I like stacks also, I have stacks of papers that need to be filed, sorted, called on, trashed, kept for "future" purposes. That means forever. I also have piles of dirty clothes, clean clothes, books, cd's, dvd's, winter stuff, misc memorabilia, gadgets, keepsakes. Heck, I've got stuff for the last 25 or 30 years. Gosh I hope I didn't lose anything. I need to check that box up in ............... |
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| Mo-jucky |
| 08.11.04 (9:53 pm) |
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To get me going in the morning it takes music & mo-jucky (my dad's name for coffee) bitter, black & barely warm. Without those two or at least one or the other my engine won't start. This very morning I was deprived of both. I didn't make coffee and no music (for some reason). Soo, here I am at 5:00 PM in a thunderstorm, already in my gown. I did absolutely nothing worth telling today. I went up the hill this morning to see about Christi's dogs while they were gone to the lumber yard. I made a lot of lists of what I needed to do! I did go to town in the afternoon to get my shot but I'll have to go back tomorrow. They couldn't do the deed today. I had to bring Buddy some treats from town "Basted Bull hide & a ball with a bell in it(am I tripping on B's today). He was so mad at me when I got home yesterday (from an overnight to Ft Worth-Dr's visit) I petted and loved on him trying to get back on his good side. He tried to chew a piece of my clothing, with me in it. Now that is throwing a dog fit. I had to let him be king of the day to get him over his mad spell. It's tough when you even have to answer to the DOG. But such is life.......... |
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| Is there a Doctor in the house? |
| 08.11.04 (9:36 pm) |
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I had an appointment on Monday 8/9/04 with my original cardiologist and Man let me tell you he is an ORIGINAL! Dr. Miller became my Cardio Dr after I was admitted in Aug 1988 needing a new heart. He is about 5'9" or 10", nice build, on the chunky side these days, but aren't we all. He has this twisted grin tha just makes you think of your kid brother (the smart one) when he looks at you. He was my cardio til about 1994, he would joke as he put the wire down my jugular vein to do heart biopsies. He always put me at ease and never talked down to me. One day I came to Clinic and was advised Dr Miller would no longer be my dr, I would be assigned a new Dr. ASSIGNED !?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!! What would I do now, who would take care of me. They wouldn't tell me where he went just that he was gone. It seemed everyone there that I had trusted had now gone. Dr Miller knew me from the beginning. He had seen me at my worst when I was almost no longer on this earth. He new what kind of person I was. What kind of will I had & that I wasn't just another stupid patient. Somehow I understood ALOT of what the jargon meant. He would explain any questions I had. I wasn't ashamed, embarrassed or timid to ask questions. I was awake, semi-aware & pretty miserable during the 3 wks on the Aortic Balloon Pump with nothing to do but watch the clock & the nurses go by. Thank goodness I had my family, friends, Dr's, Residents and good nurses at that time. But then in 1994 he was just gone. POOF! So what would I do. I stayed with the program. I began seeing Dr Kuiper as my cardio, he is a sweet little guy with a dutch accent. He is also very reserved and won't tell you much. If you don't ask the right questions you don't get any info. I'm not THAT smart. The time passed, they did their tests, moved my meds up & down but I started going down hill. I was working at SWBT and it was near impossible to get time off for Dr visits. You had to schedule sick time??????? Finally I was forced to retire on disability due to my health. That was 3 years ago. I have since been very far down & then back up and better again. I began searching for some answers about my health. I had found out about my valve problem and that possibly I could have surgery to replace it so I saw the Head of Transplant Services a couple months ago. He spoke with Glen & I, examined me and advised Baylor would NOT do surgery on me. My kidneys were too bad, dialysis would probably be a must if so. Also I had other problems with my heart due to my transplant and immunosuppression drugs. Well to say the least I was heart broken. I had already seen a Liver Spec. He was ok with the surgery, Dr Kuiper was ok with it, now this big shot Dr. comes in and shoots it all down. I felt like he had given me a death sentence. Even though I had been losing weight & feeling a lot better for the last couple months before the visit. I WAS actually improving with exercise, corrected drug therapy (I have to tweak it here & there), lots of rest, less stress. But Big Shot Dr had told me things that I had never been told. He advised I had several different heart things going against me (some since 1994?) that I had not been advised of in the last 9 years......... My liver was still a problem. He was worried about bleeding but most of all my kidneys were shot. So I cried for about a week til I realized I was really feeling better than I had in a long time. I definetly wasn't any worse than I was before I saw B.S. DR. So I started researching what more I could do to make my situation better. I talked to my primary dr. I found Dr Miller in the phone book and saw him for a second opinion, it was wonderful to see him after all those years. Actually he had only been across town and was in the same group as all the other Baylor Dr's. So it would do no good to switch to him as my cardiologist. Even though he made me realize I wasn't down for the count yet. I beefed up my exercise, ate better food, got lots of rest, I had to stop overworking my heart to ease the rest of my organs. I scheduled an appt with a kidney spec. Dr. Sebastian. I was managing to make the week without too many problems. Dr. Sebastian has really helped me, she has explained things to me that the cardio people should have told me years ago. I got a copy of my medical records and I was furious about what they had failed to mention to me. If I had known the facts years back who knows what different decisions I might have made. I could have had corrective surgery before my kidneys got too far gone. It seems my Neoral (immuno drug) is toxic to my kidneys. I now am at 20% with mucho diuretics. Well Dr Sebastian suggested a change in immuno drug therapy. I went to see Dr Miller again this past Monday. I needed someone to talk to that I could trust to give me the truth. He had heard of the new drugs, they have been out for a few years......... They are not dangerous to the kidneys and have been studied. Why has Baylor never tried to get me off Neoral if it is killing my kidneys, and there is an alternative? Am I caught in a PROGRAM where things are absolute. "We'll put her on this regimene no matter what & study how long she lives with this course of action? Surely they couldn't be using me as a test case. It seemed likely to me. I was sick of the program. Dr Miller was there for me again. He reminded me of how tough I had always been. How much Will I had in me. He said go up there and throw one of your fits. Tell them it's gotta change. He also referred me to two dr's in Tyler just in case Baylor won't work with me on this. He said "You've been in the Transplant Program longer than most of them up there. You know your body, what it needs. He made me realize again that I'm still the one in control. I had sort of forgotten that. I had let myself get weak. I tried to let them take care of me when I'm the one that has always been best at that. He reminded me that however many test they do or what they refuse to do. I know when it's not working right. I know what to do to make it right. (diuretics) So I'm back UP again. I would like to have his address or email coz I'm probably gonna need more moral support. I know that your mind can make it all seem very much worse than it really is - So I am thinking positively healthy thoughts. Thanks again Dr Miller. Your a true gem. |
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| The Project |
| 08.06.04 (9:33 am) |
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I have a project going. It is one that is somewhat overdue. I am pulling weeds and cleaning up my garden. Yesterday I was working with the sprinkler on. Man was it hot out there. I go out in the morning and late evening but even though, it got HOT. I love to work out there. You can just stand in the sprinkler if you need to. Makes you feel like a kid again. I have found that it is much better to pull the weeds than to try to chop them with the hoe. I am about 1/3 thru weeding. The garden looks so much better. We have a lot of young perennials coming up. It is an Herb garden with a few flowers. We did have a bird feeder close to the front but I moved it after finding that I was pulling up a field of small sunflowers. Talk about making work for yourself…………. We have nice sandy soil here. It is real easy to work. It is also very thirsty. You can water til you drown and the next day it will be dry again. I plan to use mushroom mulch + hay to help keep moisture in the soil. Glen & I have been planning & working the garden for the last few years, it is beginning to come together. Buddy thinks he needs to dig in the garden also, whenever I’m pulling weeds. I tell him to go dig up the gophers, which he does with glee. Tanner has caught 2 of the little buggers. Buddy is my lovely white fluffy dog and Tanner is Christi’s little girl dog. She is the real hunter. She will stop at nothing. We have the most fun sitting on the porch in the evening and watching the dogs chase one another. It is hilarious to see. Of course, Boozer (Christi’s older dog) is top dog and always comes out on top. It is usually 2 against 1, with no rhyme or reason as to whose side their on. These dogs play hard like they really mean it some time but then they all eat and drink from the same bowl. They chase squirrels or “monkeys” as we have had to start calling them. The mere word “squirrel” or any clicking/barking sound will send them all thru the roof. “Where’s he at George? Where’s he at?” Oops, Gotta go, I think they got sumpin’ treed. |
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| Top of the morning |
| 08.05.04 (8:59 am) |
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Well, It is August in Texas. That means hot, sweltering, sweating, abominable, unbearable, miserably, maddingly hot. Yes that's right H O T. I love Texas and I hate being cold in winter but dayam! It's time for a break. A cold front or sumpin! Me and christi went to town this morning about 8:30. We went in her Miata, it is a really sweet little convertible but oops, the a/c doesn't work so I can't say it's a cool car. We bought 50 lbs sunflower seeds for the birds, 2- 20 lb bags dog food, smaller bag bird seed, 2 feeders, 4-12 pks cold drinks, 12 pk beer, 4 pk wine coolers, plus eggs, bread, salad stuff, meat, fruit & melons. Well to say the least we were a sight. The top down and me piled with stuff, behind the seat stacked with stuff, the trunk full of stuff. We pulled into the drive thru liquor store and all the guys inside had to come to the window to check us out. They agreed that we only had room for 1 pt WL Weller and no more. So then we were off back home. Well we were off anyway. LOL For me, this afternoon calls for a nap. A nice quiet cool rest. :wink: |
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| i'm so confused! |
| 08.04.04 (8:37 pm) |
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Quick, let me get this written before I disappear again. I was so proud of getting my template back. I screwed it up again trying to help someone else when I'm not really smart enough to keep me up and running. So I won't mess with the code anymore. It's too hard to fix. I have been helping Bartenderilla today to get her blog template set up. I don't know if she has anything written yet but check her out. I spoke with hubby Glen today. He is at the lake house on Lake tawakoni. He's working in Greenville, TX. We are getting a boat load of lumber out of this job. We will be able to continue work around here when he gets home. While he's gone I'm just trying to keep the place from going completely down hill. hahaha Well I am watering and pulling weeds in the morning and late evening. Mom helped get the house spotless so we are hanging in there. I'll be glad to get my hubby back home. He will be home for the weekend Friday afternoon. Yippee
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| Whirlwind Betty |
| 08.02.04 (6:52 pm) |
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Happy Birthday Mom, My mom Betty has always been my mentor. She is one of the most intelligent and hard working women that has ever been born. She was raised by the absolute Model of a hardworking woman, Granny Brown. I always knew that whatever I did I must make a showing. (effort was a must). The motto was and still is "Where there's a will there's a way!" It was pounded into my brain from my very youngest days that there wasn't anything that wouldn't or couldn't be tried and accomplished. You didn't have to have degrees or awards, just enough want to, to make it happen. Git er done......... I still believe this, I have such dreams of fine accomplishments that are just an ounce of elbow grease away. My elbow grease has pretty much dried up but Mama will not say calf rope. She is 73 years old today and still has the will to keep a picture perfect landscape. Her house is perfect but kinda lived in. A comfortable place to relax. She comes to my house and does untold amounts of work outside and inside. There's nothing she will back up from. She has such good common sense and southern engineering know how. She is really and truly a most amazing woman. She worked for 30+ years at Texas Instruments as a Technical Engineer. She worked on top secret government projects and was a person that could always be counted on to produce quality work. As you should be able to tell I'm very proud of my mom. I was respectful of my parents growing up because I knew they held the power. I always knew Mom was a Special type of person. She loved and loves us with every ounce that is in her. She is honest, fair and giving. A truly wonderful person. I love you Mom. Thanks for being there for me. I know I couldn't have come this far if it weren't for the intestinal fortitude that I have gotten from my Mom and Granny. A couple of unique women to be sure. I am very lucky to have you with me still. Love you Mom, Jodi |
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| Whew!!! Metamorphosis is tough! |
| 07.30.04 (8:28 am) |
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Today, I feel reborn. I have my blog back. It feels like I just found an old favorite blankie after a looooooooong time being lost. :D I'm not at home so this will have to be short. Yes, I'm lounging at Jenns & playing with the kids. I brought one of Jenn's prom dresses for Miss Ally to wear & let me tell you she is the Belle of the Ball. As for Clayton, he is still all boy. I drove up in a borrowed car ( I drive a Chev PU) and Clayton said, "What you doin in thaaaaat twuck ????? I just wanna squeeze him. Ofcourse I have gotten lots of hugs and kisses from Logan. Especially if I help him to get his way, with the cold drinks. I have a party to go to tonight at the Rockett Cafe & Club. My sister will be singing there tonight. My sister Linda is getting hitched to her cowboy today. We are all goin down to the saloon after the I Do's and toss one back. Linda and Tommy were fated to be together I truly believe. Linda is so in her element when around him. He supports her in every way. To those of you that don't know Linda she is a wonderful person that has had a very difficult life (to say the least) up until now. Now when I look at her she has the girlish smile that I remember from when we were kids playing Bonanza out in the corrall, or making playhouses. She is the artistic one of our bunch. She has a beautiful singing voice and taught me from the beginning to love music, all kinds of music. She can also paint and used to draw us fashion model paper dolls that would fit the clothes in the old Sears catalog that mom would hand down to us. We had a blast together as kids. She is the oldest of the daughters and I am really thankful that she finally will have the life she has always dreamed of. Here's to you Linda. :D Wish you all could come and party with us. |
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| The Trip |
| 07.01.04 (4:25 pm) |
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Do you want to hear a funny story? :lol: Well when we had only been living here for a few years we had the opportunity to gain the hunting rights for the 130 acres across the street. Mike couldn’t keep from hunting. Glen hunted when he wanted to, so Christi & I decided we would go on a hunting trip. We packed everything we needed for a night out indeer camp. Gun, Flashlights, goodies, bed roll,covers, coffee, cokes, cigs and all the rest of the necessities. We got set up before dark and we were going to hunt that evening and then early the next morning. Christi is the true woods women and she started us a fire and we made our pallet & got comfortable. We would watch for anything that moved… We probably looked a site since Christi had on her camouflage panties & t-shirt. I slept withthe large flashlight ON my wrist just in case. She slept with her hand on the gun. JUST IN CASE. In case of what I’m not sure but we were prepared. It seems that night that Mike had the bright idea of “Hey, let’s go over there and scare them. “Glen said, no way……… Two women alone in the woods with firearms. No way was he going. " So we were left undisturbed by man or beast, deer, coons, snakes…………. Whatever!!!!!!!! The next morning we woke up early after a verylong night. We slept horribly on the hard ground. Barely having slept coz every sound would make us jump. But we held out till about 9:30Am before we called them on the cell phone to come across the street to get us. It was a blast for us but alas it was also our last hunting trip. And we didn’t even get a shot. :cry: |
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| One Picture is worth a $$$$$$$ |
| 06.29.04 (6:41 pm) |
 So, what day is this? What town are we in? Is there a bathroom close? :oops: My bad, I'm confused again. I'm not really that bad but sometimes I catch myself coming back. This has been an eventful month. I've been to the Dr for the Umpteenth time and you know what. The picture says it all for me. So for those of you in the un-informed status or what I call "The real lucky people" Let me warn you now. The inference you get from this blog may not be pretty or what you want to hear, but anyway... When I was a kid I always had a hiding place. Either down at the creek, on top of the house, under the house, under the bed, in the dirty clothes hamper. Under a bush, up in a tree, under the bridge. etc. As I got older I kept hiding when things got to tough to handle. I would look for a hiding place so I could cry in peace. Just leave me alone. Don't find me. Whatever it is if I could stay hid long enough the world would slow down & it would all be alright. Yea Right. Well it worked pretty well. So I kept doing it. I'm still doing it but it's beginning to not work so well coz who am I hiding from. It does no good to hide coz it won't be gone when you come out of hiding. It'll still be there. It might not be as big but it will still be there. You see it was easy to hide from my sisters when they were gonna torment me. I could also hide pretty well when it came to work around the house. But I can't hide from Heart Disease worth a damn. Where do you go to find safe harbor. I take a god awful amount of medicine and now it seems i'm getting too much of a good thing coz I got too much potassium. Did you know that with that your heart could just STOP. Oh well, just another thing to worry about. Now I'm hyperkalemic as well as immuno-suppressed, kidney distressed. Liver just wants to get drunk & say Fuck it. And oh yea, What day is today? Well better go and get something accomplished while I still can. Later. |
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| A Dirty Trick |
| 06.23.04 (7:29 pm) |
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We have been having this problem with Blue Jays. We have a bird feeder that had a branch at the bottom so the birds could sit and eat the sunflower seeds that we provide. Well, it seems one of the blue jays (we all call him "Messy Marvin") just decides he is too lazy to crack the sunflower seeds. So he sits on the branch & drags out beak fulls of seeds at a time & they hit the ground. Now there are a lot of birds, cardinals, dove, jays, titmice, chickadees not to mention the sparrows that will eat the seed off the ground but that is not the point. Why should they have to eat off the ground just because of Messy Marvin's lazy streak. Glen tried to persuade him to go somewhere else. We hollered at him. Sic'd the dogs on him and finally had to break out the heavy artillery. Well that Blue Jay just thumbed his nose at us & skipped over the whistling charges fired at him. This went on about a week. I felt sorry for him at times and wanted him DEAD at other times. To No avail, he just kept coming back. He did a pretty good job of dodging the bullet if you know what I mean. Well Glen finally got tired of it and took down the branch from the feeder. The little birds and cardinals can still perch on the feeder itself. The Dove eat off the ground anyway. But the Blue Jay is just SCREWED. He is too heavy to sit on the perch. So I guess that took care of that. Now if we could just find a way to keep out the squirrells, possums, raccoons, etc....... we might not go broke on seeds. BTW, if anyone knows a good way to GET RID of moles and gophers pleassse let us know ASAP. If it's not one thing driving us insane it's another. Help me Please............... |
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| Art Cart |
| 06.23.04 (9:26 am) |
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Hey folks, check out my art cart. The first one is the" Garden of earthly delights" Back in the day, me and glen did a hugh decopaghe (sp?) of this print that we had gotten as a large Poster. Wish I could study it better coz it's real small. We let a friend with a Local bar hang it in the bar & whoops, next thing you know it is gone and so is he. What a loss that was. The second one is Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry, Starry Night". Which is Glen's favorite. I love it also, it is very dark & spooky, Van Gogh must have been very troubled, or so it seems. Hope you enjoy this. I plan on changing it pretty often. See ya later. pinekeeper |
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| My Rant against Stupidity! |
| 06.22.04 (7:13 am) |
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I've got something to get off my chest. I'm not one of those M.A.D.D. Mothers but I AM a mad wife. I just want to know who gave you the right to put my loved ones life in danger. That's mighty damn presumptious of you. And Loved One, this rant is also for you, how dare you take a chance like that and make the decision to act like an idiot. A life can be gone in an instant, your life is so precious to me that I can't imagine it without you. I know your gonna be alright now, and your a tuff guy but DAMN. You know I don't mind being a D.D., I drink water just to stay alive. Don't you get it. ':cry:' Nothing in this world has made you invincible ':shock:' ,you know I'm not invincible please understand that you are very important to me and I love you too much for you not to use your brain at every opportunity. Please keep youself safe for me and for a wonderful, pleasant, lovely life that we have planned for ourselves. XOXOXOXOXO's ':)' Love, Me |
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| blogging on the fly! |
| 06.21.04 (3:47 pm) |
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Well, I must blog. I am away from home at Jenn's house and she's been teaching me a lot. Doesn't my new blog look great? I just love it. Thanks so much , I guess i'm not "tarded" after all. I want to tell my brave husband to hang in there til I get back & I will give him some babying. We are very lucky coz he was in a car wreck the other day & he is kinda skinned up. So "Hang in There' I'll be home soon. ' :wink: Do I smell a cake baking? Jenn is cooking a delicious meal for us. Tomorrow I will go see Mom before I go home. She is so very good to me. She found a table & 3 chairs (patio wicker furn) at a garage sale. Let me tell you she is the garage sale queen. If she can't find a deal I'll eat your hat. So here I am again hauling a truckload of treasure back to the slice. I love that. We have had a lazy day playing on jenns new dell. The kids have played and swam all day. Made an elaborate Sultans Tent type Playhouse. Jenn and Logan had to go see his dr this evening and that went well, that is such a relief. He has been in a good mood today. He loves to swim so much. He has had a blast today in the pool. I also got to visit with my sister Patty & her son Zach. Zach really loves me a lot. He calls me just to talk. Patty is my rock of gibraltar. She is always there for me no matter what the circumstance. she would drive whereever, whenever and do whatever to help just about anyone. Especially me, her little sister. She gave me a black eye when I was a baby. Little Mother. Still is. I went to see my brother Thomas, Edwina, James etc. We had a really fun and good visit. I really enjoy being around Thomas. He is a firecracker. big boom in a little package. I've got so many things I want to blog about. My list just keeps getting longer. Now I've found out some about html & clip art, etc. THIS IS JUST SO COOL. |
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| More June Birthday's |
| 06.19.04 (8:52 am) |
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Oops, I forgot my good friend, Smokey.... You know who you are girl. Hope it was a good one. With all the great party favors, hats, whistles, beer and all the driveway drunks happy! Love ya, Pinekeepers |
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| What rating is my journal? |
| 06.19.04 (7:44 am) |
 What rating is your journal? brought to you by Quizilla :oops: |
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