GLAD YOU CAME BY

  Just thought I would share a few more of my newer pictures I have worked on and a couple of new photos. Christa and Emily were taken at graduation. Ain't they pretty. They are my babies. The art work is some of my desperate attempts at watercolor and I am still working with colored pencil (my favorite). Anyway, just so Rhonda and a few others know what I have been up to.

  Hey everyone, just thought I would post a few words to let everyone know I am still around. Well it is official, summer is here. It is going to get up to 97 today. It was 80 at 5:30am this morning. Don't look like I will being doing a whole lot outside today.

  Been really busy lately, bought a new bedroom suite over the weekend and it is sooooo pretty. Light oak four poster bed with all the extra furniture. This weekend I will be getting a new dining room set. I will try to post pics of them later. Every thing is going great, Don and I are sooooo happy. He asked me to marry him and I said yes! of course. We haven't set a date yet but that won't be long. I have to find out what is a good time for all the fam to make the trip. And too, dad just got out of the hospital again. It is his third trip in the last month. His poor old heart is just wearing out. He wants to be able to give me away again. I told him he was bad luck, he has given me away 3 times, but I just keep coming back. So this time he can just watch. :)

  Hope everyone has been enjoying the weather. I know some have had too much rain and are ready for the sun. It is so nice here, I sit on the deck every morning with my coffee and enjoy the birds. I won't get to get on here much after the 30th of July as that is Don's last day of work and we plan to travel a lot. He will be officially retired. His "honeydo" list grows every day :)

  Hope everyone has a great week and weekend. Will update every now and then. Hugs to you all.For those who send me comments, I thank you very much and appreciate them.

Hey, no I haven't forgotten everyone here, my days have started to run out of hours. There is just not enough of them to do everything I have to get done. Update for those who are concerned: Don and I are very happy. We spend all of our free time together making beautiful memories. I know some of you are going "EWWWW...TMI" but, when you reach our age what else is there?

Two of the granddaughters are graduating on the 26th. The oldest (they are only 6 days apart) will be going to ASU, Arkansas State University, with a full 4 year scholorship. The youngest is taking courses in Phlebotomy. Hope I spelled it right. Anyway, I am very proud of both. For those who aren't aware the oldest, is Battalion Commander of the Brookland High School JR Army ROTC, and the youngest, Staff Sargent and Drill Team Commander for the same school. Both girls were in it for 4 years and worked very hard to earn their stripes. This last Military Ball was by far the most important. Both girls were given very prestigious awards both from the Veterans Association as well as the ROTC program.

I would like to thank the new friends I have made and hope they don't get too bored with my ramblings. My older ones, I still keep you in my thoughts and my heart. Out of all the sites I still say this is the best one for making friends. I will try to get around to everyones sites and leave a note but if I don't make it there, at least you know you haven't been forgotten.

Time to get busy and get the house work done so I can get back to a painting I am working on. Feel free to leave a message, a note or anything else that strikes your fancy. I will see it and go "AWWW" and you will know when you feel that little tingle you get when a breeze touches your face.

Everyone have a beautiful and safe Memorial Day, and don't forget to remember. Love Ya

  Hey, it's me again. Just a little up-date on what has been going on in my world. I went to Jonesboro for the Military Ball, and had a great time. Maybe I am just a little biased, but, I have the best darn grandkids. Emily, who is 17 and Battalion Commander of the Brookland High School JR RORC, won the first ever in 6 years award for the physical training. She was also awarded high honors in so many events they are too numerous to mention. Christa, who is also 17 and Drill Team Commander, won just as many awards. Oh, Emily is also in the Color Guard. Evan, who is 15 won several awards for participation in all events. Just a little bragging there, I am done. Now that I have bored you with that, get ready for more.

   Jonesboro looked like bombs had went off everywhere, damage from the ice storm was evident everywhere you went. They had a rough time of it. Here where I live, escaped the storm. All the bad weather went north of here. Mother Nature's way of cleaning house I guess.

   I am still doing great and look forward to spring and summer. Two of my grandson's will be coming for a visit next week while they are out for spring break. I have lots of things for us to do planned and can't wait for this weekend.

   Hope everyone had a great St. Patty's Day. I grilled a couple of awesome steaks, and spent the evening with my sweetie in front of the TV.

   Now that I have got you up to date, hope to hear from some of you soon.

  Some of you may have been wondering where I have gone, some may not even care, but to answer your questions, yes, I am still here. I still cannot get my stupid space to work right so we get to have Christmas all year long. There is nothing wrong with that, it's just I get tired of looking at the same thing all the time, kinda like my mirror. :)

  Went to the doctor for a check up last wed. and had a good report. He kept me on all the meds, didn't change any of that. He told me if I continued to have problems with the pain I have to learn to live with, he will go in and try to correct it, which in the future will cause more problems. I don't know, I must have missed something, if it is to correct it why would it cause more problems? Oh well, leave well enough alone is what I say.

  To those who care, I am terribly, blissfully happy. My sweetie takes such good care of me. Like today, I was told not to do anything, no dishes, no laundry, nothing. However, I did make the bed. Can't stand it if the bed is not made up.

  Oh, have to give you an update on lil'man Conrad. I am not able to upload any new pics at this time, but he is getting so big and is so devishly cute. He loves to shake hands, smiles all the time, breaks out laughing when I talk to him and he can sit up by himself, and is cutting his first tooth. I get to go to Jonesboro on the 14th for the Military Ball and I will get to see him then. I miss all my kids and family since I moved three hours away, but do get to talk on the phone or email them. We also do live chat, so if some of you have tried to get me and I haven't responded, please don't think I am ignoring you. I am usually on  line with them. I miss you friends here and will make more of an effort to get around to you all, but not to hurt any feelings, my time with Don is top priority. The last love of my life was taken in a car crash, which was so unexpected, so you can understand why all my free time is devoted to him. We never know when the ones we love the most are suddenly gone and you can never get that time back.

  I do visit your spaces when I can, since this is an older version of Windows, some of the photos and videos won't load, but I still love to read what everybody has to say. I have been working on my art a lot more and have several pieces finished and working on more. My grandson had a cross I drew for him tatooed on his leg and it looks great. He said he would only put a masterpiece on his body and that was it. He is waiting for me to do something else for him. I felt honored that he loved it well enough to wear it on his body for the rest of his life. I will try to download it from my phone so everyone can see it.

  Time to take the ol' med cocktail, so hope everyone has a great weekend, and my love to you all, hugs and kisses.