TO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED

ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY OF LOVE

2011-02-06T12:46:00.000-08:00

TURN ON THE VIDEO

I'M THE ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY OF LOVE WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SNOW WHITE THE HEAVENS HAVE EVER SEEN........NOTICE THE FROG MOOD NECKLACE AROUND MY NECK . IT IS PURPLE AS I TAKE THESE PICS WHICH MEANS THIS ELUSIVE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES MOOD IS PASSION OR LOVE.

THE PILOT

2011-02-06T12:29:00.000-08:00

GOING TO MAKE THIS VERY SHORT AND SWEET. THE PILOT DIDN'T WORK OUT. HE TOOK A SUDDEN NOSE DIVE INTO NEVER LAND CAUSE I COULDN'T TAKE HIS WILD CRAZY DANGEROUS LIFESTYLE OUTSIDE THE AIRPLANE.

THE TRIP TO JAMAICA WAS GREAT BUT NOT BECAUSE OF HIM BUT BECAUSE OF MYSELF WITH THE KNOWDEGE TO MAKE GREAT THINGS OUT OF ANYTHING. DON'T EVEN ASK IT'S SO WILD AND WEIRD YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT ANYWAY.

I DO NOT ANSWER HIS CALLS ANY LONGER. I'M BACK FISHING BUT IT'S SO COLD. I HAVE THESE FISH RINGING MY PHONE OFF THE HOOK BUT I ONLY WANT TO SIT AT HOME IN FRONT OF MY FIRE. I THINK I SHOULD WAIT UNTIL SPRING AND THEN GET SERIOUS ABOUT THIS WHOLE FISHING DATING SIGHT.

FISHING ON A DATING SIGHT IS MUCH LIKE THIS. YOU CATCH MANY BUT YOU HAVE TO THROW THEM BACK AS FAST AS YOU CATCH THEM AND YOU JUST KEEP ON ROWING ALONG.

IT WAS WELL WORTH THE WAIT.

2010-07-23T09:45:00.000-07:00

After 3 dates that were not matches on my dating sight the fourth one was a home run. I found my match for right now. I can't even put an estimate as to how long this relationship will last. What I can say is....... we are a very good match.

We had several dates that were broken because he is a pilot who transplants organs all over the country. Because he would be called out when we sat something up, we would have to set the meeting for a next time about 3 or 4 times. I kept meeting other people but no one that I would want to meet out again or have a relationship with. You can never have to many friends but not for dating.

After several of these broken dates and talking with Brian on the phone from every city all over the US. I found Brian to be very interesting and very nice. I kept looking at his pic and thinking Hmmm...... I've always had a thing for Pilots but never had the opportunity to date one or ever really become friends with any. I've always looked in the cockpit each time I've flown to see and speak to the pilot and to give him my Thanks at the end of each trip. I was always happy and felt comforted about my flight after seeing him smiling and standing in the door way of the cockpit no matter who he was or where I was going.

Something about A Pilot Uniform and a Handsome Man Flying A Plane has always been a fantasy of mine.

We met after he had made a flight and was getting in around 7 p.m. at a Mexican rest. I ordered the same thing he did so I wouldn't have to make a decision. I was completely interested in him. He just started talking and off we went like we had known each other forever. I laughed all during the meal. I was going to order an alcoholic drink but when he didn't I got tea just like him and decided it would be better because I could use better judgment. I could have stayed forever cause he kept me in stitches. He has big light blue eyes that look like water in the ocean. A big smile that he keeps on his face.

It felt so great to laugh with someone again. It's been two yrs. almost since Tommy died and I haven't had one thing to really laugh about. I've been having a great time with a great attitude since last Oct. but really haven't had any moments of stomach holding laughing.... just hasn't happened since Tommy died...... until now!

After we ate we stood out by my car and he talked and I laughed some more. He ask if I wanted to meet the next day or what I was up to? I said nothing and sure I'd meet him for a Harley ride the next day. He ask if I wanted to go watch a movie with him. He had the new Densel Washington movie Ell. I had not heard of it but had a great feeling and I wanted to see where he lived so I could get a real pic of who he was.

It's been years since I sat with someone I cared about and watched a movie. The movie was great and he was a great snuggle partner and a great kisser. After it was over I said I thought I should leave and he was a great gentleman. We played on the computer for awhile. He showed me a great place he goes to every yr. in Jamaica at the same resort.

He said he had an extra reservations and did I want to go? Well, Yes Sir I Do! He pulled it up on the computer and it's going to be one big party for 9 days in Jamaica. He's been 14 yrs. in a row and it's an adult resort.

I left with a great feeling of oh wow! Great chemistry, great time, great guy !

I found my way home from his home very easily even though I didn't know Bartlett that well.

The next morning up and early he calls and I ask was he still up for the Harley Ride? Absolutely he said. I got dressed and went to his house where there sits his beautiful huge fully loaded Gold Wing Harley and him standing waiting on me looking fine as wine. He puts my helmet on for me and I say a Prayer Of Safety. He turns on some happy Jamaican music and off we go.

We go for a 3 hr. ride in the country with great Jamaican music playing. It was beautiful, the music was awesome, the ride was more comfortable than a mercedes and Brian was just as much fun as the night before. We stopped for lunch at a place called route 64 diner. It was a really cool looking place with a great burger. We came back the scenic route and it was really pretty with wooded winding roads. A great place to ride a Harley like his.

When we got back it sure felt great. It was a hot day even though the bike ride was awesome. His cold air conditioned house felt great. I ask if I should leave and named somethings I could be doing in case he wanted the date to be over. He said no he wanted me to stay.

The motorcycle was great and we cuddled and played around a little on his Harley as we were on the highway. It felt great all of it together and I knew the chemistry and fun was all there.

I'm finished fishing now on plenty of fish dating sight for as long as this last.

I have one last date with someone else I promised I would go see cats with and he already has the tickets for tomorrow night.

After the Cats date tomorrow I'm going to see where this road with Brian takes me and see him instead of dating so I can put an honest effort into making this a great time, with a great guy, for as long as it's meant to be. I'm hanging my fishing line up and bring in all the nets and lures. lol

So far it's great chemistry, great romance, great guy, fun, airplanes, harley's, saving lives and a trip to Jamaica in the works.

I'm on my way now to renew my passport

After we have our Turkey Day, these turkeys Brian and I are off to Jamaica for 9 days.

DREAMS OF MEETING MY LIFETIME SOUL MATE

2010-07-18T19:29:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow I'm meeting someone new. I'm very excited about this meeting. He's an airline pilot.

He carries organs for transplants all over the country. He's a great guy who saves lives everyday sounds like to me.

He likes to ride his Harley

Looks very handsome in his pics and sounds very nice on the phone.

So as Scarlet would say.... OH Fiddle de... I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow.

Off to bed cause it's a big fish day tomorrow for me.

This just might be the one?????????

MY JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN

2010-07-17T20:52:00.000-07:00

I've finished my school as a Docent and graduated. I'm undertaking a new area in my lifestyle. I'm starting to date on a free dating web sight. I'm writing my experiences down here in my journal as I have them. I think it will be a hoot to go back and read about each person, how each in counter went, the things we did and my first impressions after several months or a yr. from now.

I guess this is kind of like " sex in the city " except I'm naming my experiences " DREAMS OF MEETING MY LIFETIME PRINCE SOUL MATE "

Plenty Of Fish..... and there are more fish here than in all the rivers and seas in the world.

I have been on this free sight for 2 weeks and talk to many men, searched their pics, their words and their thoughts. I've met 3 men out somewhere and these are my experiences so far.

The first one was named " memphissingle" He was a very nice gentleman and took me out to a seafood rest. I had a glass of wine and he had sweet tea oysters and shrimp. I had oysters one of my favorite. We agreed to meet again and go to the Orpheum and see Cats. I've never see Cats and he hasn't either. We both are looking forward to dressing up and seeing this show. I was much more talkative and out going than he is but it was a pleasant encounter and I enjoyed dinner and the time I did spend with him but I had to do all the talking. He did not have any wow factor at all but a very nice guy. I'm looking forward to seeing Cats and giving it one more try. He did need a lot of dental work and that turned me off a lot. He did say he was having that done so we will see how that goes also.

The next guy was bluehawk. He drove 2 and 1/2 hrs to get here and that much to get back to meet me. He was very nice and out going very romantic and I had a little more physical attraction to him. He treated me very nice and when I said with my body language that is enough he took all the hints and left like a gentleman should . I had one drink of a margarita with him over several hrs. together. We listened to music, danced and did some snuggling but he had bad teeth too and looked very weathered, not really my type but I did enjoy his company and his chose of music and having someone to snuggle just a few moments with. He wasn't a match but I still talk to him

The last date I've had was tonight. He was named " Yeeehi." We met at Tom Lee Park and watched the river at about 4pm . He's a truck driver and did not really smell good. He also looked like a hippie from back in the 60's. Well I decided to make the best of it. It was hot as a pepper patch so we got a Popsicle when the popsicle man came by the park. I took some pics of the river and talked with him for a while. We then went up to Beale St had a Dyers Hamburger famous since 1912. We then went over to Handy Park and listened to some great blues music in the park. We sat on the side of Beale after a while and I had one drink from Wet Willies. I left my car parked in Tom Lee Park so at about 9 p.m. I was tired and had him drive me back to my car. It was a fun night but he's not my type and really didn't have great hygiene even though he was very nice I'm just not into hippies or the look any longer. I Thanked him and we held hands but I just couldn't hug or kiss him.. I took some great pics of the river and what went on in the park and we both had a nice evening.

At this moment I have " Gold wing guy " trying to im me but I'm ignoring the im because he wants me to go on a Harley Davison riding with him tomorrow. He's an air pilot also but I'm not to sure about jumping on the back of a Harley with a completely stranger. My enter voice is telling me to pass this adventure up or at least meet him on something besides his Harley the first time. I am always going to listen to my enter voice that's God speaking to me.

I have had one big disappointment since I started this. A very handsome man talked to me all night one night and was moving here to memphis in a month. He was so charming on the phone so handsome and talked like a great person. We had a lot in common but after two days of talking with him I had a few signs of he's cheating. I made him confess and yes he has a regular girlfriend. We had a date set to go somewhere with white linen cloth red wine and a very classy place this Monday night for fine dining. He looked so much like my type and what I was attracted to but..... I told him no I would not meet him and broke the date because I'm not dating anyone married or who has anyone who is going to be put top priority over me. I'm looking for friends and unattached men to have fun with and in the end to find my soul mate that we can fall deeply in love with.

I've had this twice in my life and I've fallen in love at first sight twice. I know this type of love exist and I'm praying to God to help me find this person once again. I have faith when the time is right he will walk right into my sight and I will know it just like I did with the other two loves of my life the moment I lay eyes on him but until them I'm still fishing and have my nets, bate and all my fishing equipment in tip top shape. lol

What's so cute is my girlfriend made me a pair of earrings out of fishing corks. She put the fishing swivel onto the top of the plastic red fishing cork and put an earring hook on to the top of the fishing swivel and it makes the cutest earrings for fishing for a man than you could possible think of wearing. So now I'm bob bob bobbing along fishing for men with my fishing plastic cork bob earrings. I will post a pic when I can get one up of me in these earrings. So until my next dating adventure I'm signing off ......A Southern Pearl The Starfish: Looking For A Fine Gentleman to share myself with

I know my Rhea is out there under the same blue sky as I am and l'm not giving up until I find him. I have the eye or the tiger and faith that God will always give me my hearts desires.

I'M AN OFFICIAL KHAKI MAFIA AT OUR #1 RATED ZOO IN THE NATION

2010-07-11T15:28:00.000-07:00

THIS IS THE STORY AND PICS OF MY JOURNEY THIS YEAR THROUGH THE MEMPHIS ZOO DOCENT PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE THE #1 RATED ZOO IN THE NATION. I'M NOW A PROUD OFFICIAL " KHAKI MAFIA " AT OUR #1 ZOO IN THE NATION WHO WILL DO MY BEST TO SHOW ALL WHO ENTERS THE ZOO GATES THE BEST TIME THEY COULD POSSIBLE HAVE.

This is one of the most awesome things I've ever done is being in this program and being a part of the Zoo. The Docent Program is designed for many reasons. One of them is to explain to people who are very misinformed or just would like to know more about our zoo and the things we do and our about our animals. Our animals are not stressed at all by being caged. If you have visited our zoo you will see millions of dollars have been spent on our zoo in the past 10 yrs. and that much more is planned for the next 10 yrs. Our exhibits are made to look and feel like the animals natural habitats in the wild. The exhibits are made large enough for all of our animals happiness. They do not need to hunt for food so the space to hunt is not necessary at all. We have a hospital and vets on our property for their care. Our animals never have to be prey to animals in the wild or hunt for food themselves. We have a full food facility with awesome fresh food always. We have enrichment toys and even smells they love put into their exhibits. Our zoo is rated the #1 zoo in the nation. Never are our animals mistreated abused or stressed by their care, our employees or allowed to be by the public. Our animals live longer in our zoo than they would in the wild because of the great care, food and best medical care possible daily.

Come on out to the Memphis Zoo there is so much to learn and so much fun to have. We will be more than happy to inform you of many misconceptions that you may have and teach you about our education, conservation, scientific research and recreation to this generation and all of the generations after us so that "EXTINCTION" will never be a word used with any of our animals on this planet. Our Zoo Rocks ! Please come visit you will have the time of your life. Judy

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TURN ON THE MUSIC OUR CLASS MARCHED INTO OUR GRADUATION CLASS TO FIRST GO DOWN AND TURN OFF MY PLAYER AT THE BOTTOM OTHERWISE DONT CLICK ON THIS FIRST VIDEO BECAUSE BOTH WILL PLAY TOGETHER AND WILL SOUND TERRIBLE

THIS IS A SLIDESHOW OF MY GRADUATION.
THIS IS A SLIDESHOW OF MY YEAR AS A DOCENT TRAINEE.

THIS IS THE MAN RESPOSIBLE FOR MY HUSBAND AND 4 YR OLD GRANDSON'S DEATH AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM IN THE END

2010-06-28T22:04:00.000-07:00

Collierville murder-for-hire investigation closed after suicide - WMC-TV: News, Weather, Traffic, Radar, and Sports for Memphis, TN; WMCTV.com |

click on the link above to see what his life ended like after a lifetime of harming everyone his life touched and after you read this below.

Kenny Glenn my Husband's Best Friend and business partner shot and killed himself after he hired a person to kill someone. I've known Kenny for 40 yrs and my Husband did wonderful things for Kenny for 40 yrs. Starting the day my Husband Ronnie was killed Kenny has been trying to steal for the past 11 yrs land on Goodman Rd that belongs to my Husband from Elizabeth and me. He was never a friend to anyone, not even hisself. He hired a man to kill another man. Kenny gave him $600.00 a gun with bullets and told him to shoot the man in the head and the heart. This is what a man like Kenny is capable of doing to a widow, a fatherless child and another man. This is only a small part of what Kenny's life was like and how he treated every life his life touched. Read this article it will turn your blood cold. I am ok but this bad person is not ever going to hurt another SOUL, THANK GOD. HIS LIFE , HIS INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER STOOD AS A WARNING FOR EVERYONE HIS LIFE TOUCHED. IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR KENNY GLENN AND HIS ACTIONS MY HUSBAND WOULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY PLUS ALL THE THINGS KENNY HAS DONE TO ME FOR THE LAST 11 YRS AFTER MY HUSBAND WAS KILLED BECAUSE OF KENNY. IT'S A GOOD THING I DIDN'T WIN THE LAND WHILE HE WAS LIVING BECAUSE IF HE WILL HAVE SOMEONE KILLED FOR NOT WORKING FOR HIM I'M SURE HE WOULD HAVE HIRED SOMEONE TO KILL ME OVER $200,000.00 WORTH OF LAND HE COULDN'T STEAL FROM ME. I TURNED IT OVER TO THE THE LORD AFTER READING IN THE BIBLE IF A PERSON HARMS A WIDOW OR FATHERLESS CHILD IT'S LIKE HEAPING HOT COALS ON YOUR HEAD FOR ALL ETERNITY. KENNY NOW IS YOUR ETERNITY. I LEFT IT IN THE LORDS HANDS AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE NOW IS.... KENNY AFTER ALL THE THINGS YOU DID TO HURT EVERYONE YOUR LIFE TOUCHED IS IT HELPING YOU NOW? WAS YOUR GOOD TIMING AND HURTING EVERYONE ON EARTH WORTH THE FUN YOU SEEMED TO HAVE DOING IT IN THE END AND NOW FOR ETERNITY?

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

2010-05-28T21:05:00.000-07:00

LET THE SUMMER FUN BEGIN. FIRE UP THOSE GRILLS AND ENJOY YOUR LOVED ONES. I'M GOING TO THE MEMPHIS IN MAY SUNSET SYMPHONY WITH KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND, AIRSHOW AND FIERWORKS WITH A PICNIC ON THE MIGHT MS RIVER AFTER MY MORNING ZOO DAY WITH ALL MY ZOO ANIMALS. THIS WAS LAST YEARS WITH 3 DOG NIGHT THIS WILL BE THIS YEARS 2010. I'VE GOT MY PICNIC GOODIES ALL PACKED AND READY FOR A FULL DAY OF MEMORIAL DAY FUN IN THE SUN.

MOTHER'S DAY 2010 AND ME ON THE NATIONAL NEWS

2010-05-12T12:45:00.000-07:00

THIS IS MY MOTHER'S DAY AT THE RIVER INN @ HARBOR TOWN AT THEIR FINE DINNING REST. CURRENTS ACROSS FROM THE MIGHT MS. RIVER WITH ELIZABETH MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER.

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO SEE WHERE I BECAME FAMOUS ON THE NATIONAL NEW. I DIDN'T KNOW I WOULD BECOME THIS FAMOUS WHEN I DID WHAT I DID ! LOL

http://news.cnnbcvideo.com/index.shtml?nid=EPqVA3clLl9CzQMlHtL8EzcyMjk4&id=&p=&z=&fb=

ANNIE AND WILDFIRE MY NEW FOAL

2010-05-12T12:30:00.000-07:00

THIS IS WILD FLOWER BORN THE END OF APRIL 2010. THESE ARE THE FIRST PICS OF HIM AND HIS FIRST TOUCH AND STANDING UP.

I DID IT AGAIN ..... I WON

2010-03-23T12:51:00.000-07:00

The Orpheum Theatre-Memphis... Congratulations to Judy Pearl McRay Smith on winning the tickets to South Pacific and the Cast Party! Looks like all your entries paid off, yay! This is The Show " South Pacific " I won the tickets too and the Cast Party by entering pics of Elizabeth and I on the Orpheum facebook page. I love these facebook contest. I'm always taking pics and have no problem finding great pics to enter into the contest. Last time it was the New Years Eve Party @ the Peabody I won on the Peabody facebook with pics of Tommy and I @ the Peabody. Yeppie! THIS IS A CLIP OF SOUTH PACIFIC Take a look at all these Cast Members. Now That's What I'm Talking About. Wonder which will be the best .... THE SHOW .... OR.... THE CAST PARTY ! SOUNDS LIKE A WIN WIN SATURDAY NIGHT FOR US !! THIS IS ANOTHER SONG FROM SOUTH PACIFIC. ELIZABETH AND I ARE GOING TO WASH THOSE MEN RIGHT OUT OF OUR HAIR....... UNTIL WE GET TO THE CAST PARTY AFTERWARDS THEN IT'S ON LIKE DONKEY KONG.

HAPPY ST PARTICK'S DAY

2010-03-17T11:53:00.000-07:00

A BEAUTIFUL BAGPIPER WITH WONDERFUL SCENES FROM IRELAND A ST PATTY'S POEM THE HISTORY OF ST PATTY'S DAY TOP OF THE DAY TO YOU ! May you always have Walls for the winds, A roof for the rain, Tea beside the fire, Laughter to cheer you, Those you love near you, And all your heart might desire! When Irish eyes are smiling, Tis like a morn in spring. With a lilt of Irish laughter You can hear the angels sing When Irish hearts are happy All the world is bright and gay When Irish eyes are smiling Sure, they steal your heart away. May your blessings outnumber The shamrocks that grow, And may trouble avoid you Wherever you go. May the best day of your past Be the worst day of your future. I'm looking over a four leaf clover That I overlooked before One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain, Third is the roses that grow in the lane. No need explaining the one remaining Is somebody I adore. I'm looking over a four leaf clover That I overlooked before. May you live to be a hundred years With one extra year to repent. May those who love us, love us And those who don't love us, May God turn their hearts And if he can't turn their hearts, May he turn their ankles So we will know them by their limping! As you slide down the banister of life, May the splinters never point in the wrong direction! May luck be our companion May friends stand by our side May history remind us all Of Ireland's faith and pride. May God bless us with happiness May love and faith abide. Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter Lullabies, dreams, and love ever after. Poems and songs with pipes and drums A thousand welcomes when anyone comes. That's the Irish for you!

WHAT I DO AT THE ZOO IS AMAZING

2010-03-13T19:21:00.000-08:00

This is a video of what I do at the zoo. ( the exact thing the narrator of this video is doing) This video is of our zoo & the most recent upgrades the memphis zoo has made. THE TETON TRECK LODGE AND EXHIBIT HE SHOWS YOU IN THIS VIDEO IS FINISHED NOW AND THE WOLVES AND BROWN BEARS LIVE IN THE HABITAT. THE LODGE IS AWESOME AND WHERE THEY HAVE MUSIC, DINNER AND DRINKS ON THURSDAY NIGHTS CALLED UNPLUGGED. AN AWESOME PLACE TO GO RELAX AND SIT IN FRONT OF THE FIRE FOR AN EVENING OF FUN FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT.

I was nose to nose with the white 2000 lb. Polar Bear in this video today. It's amazing how the zoo keepers interact with these wild animals on command. They take shots, get rubbed, all kinds of things just on command without any drugs to put them out. You haven't had excitement until you squat down in a polar bear's face & exchange breaths as you look each other in the eyes with nothing between you & them. I WILL NEVER FORGET ALL THESE EXPERIENCES OR STOP DOING THEM UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.

Besides going out and teaching like this guy is doing in this video. I get to go where the zoo keepers go to feed and work on and with the animals. I get to go where they prepare their food and do all the things that they do with them. Most amazing thing I've ever experienced.

I HAVE FOUND MY FOREVER NITCH IN LIFE. I AM GOING ON A SAFARI WHEN I GRADUATED THE ZOO CLASSES AND ON MANY OTHER ADVENTURES BUT THIS IS MY HOME BASE AND WHERE I WILL BE ALMOST DAILY.

MY NEXT TRIP

2010-03-07T14:08:00.000-08:00

After I graduate as a Zoo Docent I'm going on one of these safaris.

Read this article and see where one of our Zoo Directors just went.
Botswana: Former Memphis Zoo director leads safari

Memphis Zoo Director Emeritus Charles Wilson led Mid-Southerners on safari through Botswana in the heart of southern Africa.

I can't wait to go to Africa. click below to see the article about where our zoo director went some awesome pics.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/07/botswana-a-wildlife-adventure-b/

AFTER YOU CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE..... HERE IS A VIDEO OF OUR MEMPHIS ZOO.

MY DOCENT ZOO CLASSES

2010-03-07T09:56:00.000-08:00

My Docent class at the zoo feeding the giraffe's. I'm the one in the dark coat.

This is Sherry (class mate I clicked with from the the beginning ) feeding the

giraffe in the pic below.

Yesterday we were with the primates.

(Some types of Monkeys and humans are the only things on earth that Mates with only one certain male for life. Monkeys do a better job of it than Humans.)

Every morning the monkeys come out and go to each side of their habitats and yell, their neighbor on each side yells back. After they do that to each side of their area and every neighbor yells from every side of their habitat they all go to the middle of their habitats and eat until they get full then they swing and play until they get tired. The rest of the time they groom each other. At night they eat again, go to each side of their habitat and yell to each of their neighbors. When they all answer they go in and go to bed.

They do this in the wild too. One male with their one special female for life and their babies always stay as a family in their own certain area. They never cross over to each others area. They only yell at each other to make sure they are over there. In this video the monkeys in the end with the big throats are the ones that do all the yelling. They mark their area by urine so other males and their families doesn't come into each others area. It's awesome to hear them calling all over the zoo and watching them. Here's the video primate video

Elizabeth wanted her cast off so I showed her how we could take it

off.

3RD SNOW @ MY HOUSE AND @ THE RANCH

2010-02-09T14:07:00.000-08:00

WE'VE HAD 3 SNOWS THIS YEAR AND THIS IT THE LAST ONE ON 2/8/2010. THERE ARE SLOS SOME PICS WHERE THEY FIXED THE LAKE BEHIND MY HOUSE BACK TO IT'S BEAUTIFUL STATE BEFORE THEY PILED DIRT UP IN MY COVE FOR YEARS.

I ALSO GOT THE JOB AT THE ZOO AND IT'S JUST AWESOME. I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR 3 MONTHS AND THEN I WILL GRADUATE AND BE A DOCENT. I WILL THEN WALK AROUND TO DIFFERRENT EXHIBITS AND TEACH ABOUT THE ANIMALS TO THE GUEST OF THE ZOO.

THIS IS MARIYLN AND THE BABY AKILI WHO WAS JUST BORN AT OUR MEMPHIS ZOO

I'M ENTERING THE VALENTINE CONTEST AND HOPING TO WIN TICKETS FOR IT AT THE PEABODY LIKE I DID FOR NEW YEARS EVE.

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I'M HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE

2010-01-30T11:32:00.000-08:00

I NOTICED I HAVEN'T UPDATED SINCE THANKSGIVING. I'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON FACEBOOK AND MYSPACE. TODAY I WANT TO CATCH UP ON THE WONDERFUL THINGS I'VE DONE SINCE THANKSGIVING.

I VISITED MY FRIEND IN JACKSON MS. JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND STAYED 8 DAYS WITH HER. WE HAD A BLAST. SHE JUST MOVED INTO A RETIREMENT ESTATE AND IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. THEY HAD SO MUCH ENTERTAINMENT EACH DAY AND SHE WON THE DECORATING CONTEST FOR CHRISTMAS OUT OF OVER 100 APTS. I HELPED HER HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE FOR EVERYONE WHO LIVES THERE TO COME VISIT AND SEE HER APT.

I LEFT HER HOUSE AND DROVE TO MY DAUGHTERS HOUSE ON CHRISTMAS EVE. AND SPENT THE NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DAY WITH BOTH MY DAUGHTERS AND GRANDCHILDREN WHICH MADE FOR A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS.

MY GRANDBABY BOYS AND ME.

AFTER CHRISTMAS WAS OVER I GOT A VISIT FROM MY BROTHER HIS BOYS AND WIVES AND ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN. SOME OF MY GREAT NIECES I HAD NEVER MET BEFORE AND IT WAS AN AWESOME VISIT

ME WITH MY GRANDSON'S AND ALL MY GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

NEW YEARS WAS APPROACHING FAST BY NOW. WHILE ON FACEBOOK THE FAMOUS PEABODY HOTEL RAN A CONTEST ON FACEBOOK TO WIN TICKETS TO THEIR NEW YEARS EVE PARTY. YOU COULD SEND IN ONE PIC A DAY OF YOURSELF AT THE PEABODY PUT A CAPTION ON THE PIC " NEW YEAR, NEW MEMORY."

THE PEABODY WAS MINE AND TOMMY'S FAVORITE PLACE IN MEMPHIS. WE WENT THERE ALOT AND I ALWAYS HAD MY CAMERA. I PUT A DIFFERENT PIC OF US IN THE PEABODY FROM YEARS PAST IN THE CONTEST IN DIFFERENT PLACES INSIDE THE PEABODY EACH DAY FOR 14 DAYS THE CONTEST WAS HELD. I WON !!!! I GOT TICKETS TO BOTH PARTIES FOR TWO ON NEW YEARS EVE. I TOOK MY DAUGHTER AND WE HAD A MAJOR BLAST UNTIL 6:30 AM THE NEXT MORNING. WE DANCED OUT SOCKS OFF ALL NIGHT LONG.

THESE TWO PICS WERE TAKEN PROFESSIONALLY @ THE PEABODY WHEN WE ENTERED TO PICK UP OUR WINNING TICKETS AND TO START THE PARTY

THIS WAS ME DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY

THIS WAS ELIZABETH DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY

AFTER THE DANCING ALL NIGHT WE WERE DOWN IN THE LOBBY OF THE PEABODY. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME ELIZABETH HAD EVER BEEN OUT FOR NEW YEARS EVE AND IT WAS FABULOUS

AFTER THE NEW YEARS PARTY WE ATTENDED THE MEMPHIS ZOO LIGHTS WHICH WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND WE HAD THE BEST TIME EVER HERE TOO.

I SANG KARAOKE AND SHOWED ALL OF MY TALENT. I SHOULD HAVE WENT INTO ACTING. LOL

WE HAD A GREAT TIME IN THIS NEW EXHIBIT AT THE ZOO CALLED THE TETON TREK LODGE WHICH IS A REPLICA OF THE LODGE IN THE YELLOW STONE NATIONAL PARK

THE ZOO LIGHTS WAS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE

JAN 8TH IS ELVIS'S BIRTHDAY SO ON WITH THE CELEBRATIONS. GRACELAND IS ALL IN LIGHTS

HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY ELVIS I LOVE YOU !!

ELVIS'S DOCTOR DR. NICK HE HAS TO BE IN HIS 90'S NOW

THE TETON TRECK AT OUR MEMPHIS ZOO HAS UNPLUGGED EVERY SECOND THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE ZOO LODGE SO HERE WE ARE BACK WITH THE BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE.

ELIZABETH'S BROKE HER THUMB AND FRACTURED IT BREAK DANCING ON BEALE STREET . THAT'S WHY SHE HAS A BLUE CAST ON.

THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE LODGE AT THE ZOO DURING THE UNPLUGGED CONCERT

THIS IS PART OF THE EXHIBIT OUTSIDE THE LODGE WHERE THE WOLVES AND BEARS PLAY AND THE WATER FALL IN THERE EXHIBIT

THIS IS OUR FIRST SNOW AT MY HOUSE

THIS IS OUR SECOND SNOW BUT MORE ICE THAN SNOW AT MY HOUSE WHICH IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW

I'M BACK SUBSTITUTE TEACHING KINDERGARDEN - 12TH GRADES NOW AND ALL THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER EXCEPT FOR THE SNOW DAYS WE HAVE BEEN OUT. I TAUGHT ALL DOWN SYNDROME CHILDREN LAST WEEK, 3RD GRADERS AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.

THIS BRINGS MY JOURNAL UP TO DATE EXCEPT FOR THIS LAST MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT I HAVE MADE. WHILE VISITING THE ZOO I FOUND OUT ABOUT A DOCENT PROGRAM THAT CAME OPEN AT THE ZOO. A DOCENT IS A TEACHER. THE ZOO HIRES DOCENTS ONCE A YEAR AND YOU HAVE TO BE PICKED OUT OF A VERY LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE. THIS YEAR THERE WERE ALMOST A HUNDRED AND THEY ONLY WANTED 20. I MADE THE CUT AND NOW I GET TO GO TO SCHOOL AT THE ZOO FOR 3 MONTHS. ANOTHER DOCENT WILL FOLLOW ME AROUND AND HELP ME TEACH ABOUT THE DIFFEERENT EXHIBITS OF ANIMALS AT THE ZOO TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. I'M SO EXCITED I CAN'T CONTANE MYSELF.

CLICK ON THIS VIDEO FOR A LOOK AT OUR FABULOUS ZOO. WHERE I NOW AM A VERY PROUD PART OF. WE ARE RATED THE NUMBER ONE ZOO IN THE NATION. THE PANDAS LE LE AND LA LA ARE THE MEMPHIS ZOO MASCOTS.

LIFE IS GREAT IN MY WORLD. WHEN GOD CLOSES DOORS HE ALWAYS OPENS WINDOWS.

I'M HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE ONCE AGAIN. WHEN LIFE THROWS YOU LEMONS YOU HAVE TO PICK YOURSELF UP AND MAKE SOME GOOD OLE HOMEMADE LEMONAIDE

SIX THINGS WE CAN LEARN FROM THE PILGRIMS

2009-11-23T16:09:00.000-08:00

A Thanksgiving Message from Billy Graham

It is appropriate at this season that we honor "a few stout and earnest" Englishmen—the Pilgrims—who left their native land in search of freedom to worship God.

The Mayflower's voyage to the new world was a "survival test" on a huge scale. The passengers had sold their possessions and had to work for years to pay for their passage. The ship had no heat or plumbing. Storms raged, and a main beam cracked in mid-ocean.

But after more than two months on the Atlantic Ocean, this band of 102 people arrived before Christmas, 1620. William Bradford wrote in his journal, "Being thus arrived at a good harbor, and brought safely to land, they fell on their knees and blessed the God of heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof." What a celebration that must have been!

But just after Christmas a serious sickness broke out, and in the next three months nearly half the Pilgrims died. Hunger and illness stalked them, but they never wavered in their purpose.

Today, if these Pilgrims could observe our troubled world with its disillusioned outlook, its rebelliousness and its erosion of traditional values, they would be not only dismayed but also shocked. However, since their time, certain things have not changed. There is still lust, greed, hatred and prejudice in the human heart. There is still persecution and war in the world.

With all of the world's churches and universities, we would do well to go back to the church and the school of early Plymouth to see what those pioneers can teach us.

(1.) Be Strong in Your Faith
First, the Pilgrims have left us an example of their deep, unwavering religious convictions. What were these convictions? They believed in Christ and in His Kingdom. They found fulfillment in Him. They had purpose in their lives. They had encountered the living Christ and they knew it. They feared neither monarch nor people, only God.

Because they belonged to God, they had a deep faith and confidence in themselves. They believed in their own dignity, were confident that their cause was just, and walked with an uprightness that only fearless and free people can display.

In our day agnosticism, anxiety, emptiness, meaninglessness, have gripped much of our world—and even the Church. People are broad but shallow. Our youth are desperately searching for purpose and meaning and fulfillment in their lives.

By contrast, these Pilgrim forebears stand as shining examples of people who were narrow but deep, certain of what they believed, unswerving in their loyalty, and passionately dedicated to God whom they trusted and for whom they willingly would have died. I sincerely believe that a return to biblical faith and conviction would have a great impact at this hour.

(2.) Practice Discipline
Second, the Pilgrims left us an example of disciplined living. They were Puritans who were ready to order everything—personal life, worship, the church, business affairs, political views, and even recreation—according to the commandments of God. The word "Puritan" itself in the contemporary mind identifies those who followed a strict and closely regulated life.

The ethic of self-mastery and spiritual discipline falls strangely on the ears of today's generation. What a contrast between the conduct of the Pilgrims and the permissiveness and hedonism of today!

(3.) Enjoy Freedom Under the Law
Third, the Pilgrims have left us the example of freedom under law. The Mayflower Compact forged before the Pilgrims left the ship was the wedge that opened the door to a government controlled by the people, a government that has endured in the United States for centuries. Most historians agree that the Mayflower Compact was the forerunner of the Constitution of the United States.

This little band of people searched for an equitable manner of earning a living and for a way of survival. They tried living a communal lifestyle, but, according to Governor Bradford: "This communal system conceived by Plato was found to breed much confusion." When communal living failed, they assigned a parcel of land to every family; with individual enterprise, prosperity came to the colony.

In some parts of the world rebellious young people live, enjoying what they call "absolute freedom." They are free to take narcotics, free to experiment with sex, free to go unwashed, free to dress as they please and do what they like.

They remind me of a man in a hospital who had to be fed through a tube. Having tired of the tube with its discomfort, the man tore the tube from his body and declared that he was free. Free? He was free only to die, because he had removed himself from his hope of life.

The freedom exercised by the Pilgrims didn't degenerate into license. Theirs was a liberty under law. The lawbreakers, malcontents, dissidents and criminals of our day would have been rejected by the Pilgrims. To them freedom under the law meant judgment for the lawless.

(4.) Care about Others
Fourth, the Pilgrims left us an example of a people who had keen social concern. They believed that every person was made in the image of God, that each one was of infinite value and worth in the sight of God. They lived with Native Americans who had a different religion, a different skin color and a different culture.

In March of 1621 Chief Samoset visited the Pilgrims' village and signed a peace treaty that lasted for many years. It was a treaty with high social and ethical content, showing a deep concern for the social, political and spiritual needs of neighbors.

Though the Pilgrims knew that they were citizens of another world, they sought to improve the world they were passing through. The Pilgrims made their new world better, not by tearing down the old, but by constructive toil and fair dealings with their neighbors.

(5.) Share Your Faith
Fifth, the Pilgrims were evangelists who set us an example in sharing their spiritual and material blessings with others. In the Mayflower Compact the Pilgrims committed themselves to the "advancement of the Christian faith."

The Pilgrims at Plymouth were followed by the Puritans at Massachusetts Bay. Together they built churches and schools. In 1636 Harvard College was founded to train men for the ministry. By 1663 the first Bible was printed (the Algonquin Bible) for the Native Americans in their own tongue.

These settlers came to the new world not only to find freedom for themselves but also to tell others of their faith.

(6.) Dream Great Dreams
For "where there is no vision, the people perish," says the Bible. The Pilgrims dreamed great dreams. They dreamed of a haven for themselves and for their children. They dreamed of religious freedom. They dreamed of a world where God would rule the hearts of men.

They lived and died with these hopes. The Pilgrims' strength of spirit was forged by a personal faith in Christ, by tough discipline and by regular habits of devotion.

Today it seems that many of us have neither vision nor hope. But if we so chose, we too could become like the Pilgrims. We could regain hope. We could recover the spiritual and the moral strength that we have lost.

But we would have to be willing to take up the same cross of Christ that they bore. We would have to put our faith in the same Christ that they did. We would have to make the same kind of lifetime commitments that they made. We would have to discipline ourselves as they did.

And, like the Pilgrims, we need to dream great dreams, embrace great principles, renew our hope, and above all, believe in the Christ who alone can give total meaning and an ultimate goal to our lives: "For in him we live, and move, and have our being."

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL JOURNAL FREINDS

THANKS FOR BEING MY FRIEND. HERE'S A SPECIAL THANKSGIVING SONG I PICKED OUT FOR EACH OF YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF MY PAGE AND TURN OFF MY MUSIC PLAYER FIRST.

I LOVE YOU WERE OUR LAST WORDS

2009-11-09T19:12:00.000-08:00

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY NOV. 9TH WAS THE 5TH DAY AFTER TOMMY'S ACCIDENT ON THE TRACTOR THAT TOOK HIS LIFE. IT WAS ON THIS DAY HE WAS ABLE TO LOOK ME IN THE EYES AND SAY THE LAST WORDS HE EVER SPOKE TO ME WHICH WERE " I LOVE YOU " MANY MANY TIMES IN A ROW

EACH TIME HE TOLD ME I TOLD HIM ..." I LOVE YOU TOO AND YOU WILL BE COMING HOME TO ME AS SOON AS WE GET YOU ALL FIXED UP." ALL HE KEPT DOING WAS LOOKING DEEP INTO MY EYES SAYING " I LOVE YOU " UNTIL THE VISIT WAS OVER AND I HAD TO LEAVE THE ICU ROOM.

THE NEXT DAY HE WAS NEVER CONSCIOUS OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AROUND HIM AND HE NEVER SPOKE ANOTHER WORD OR WAS ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANYONE AGAIN. AS THE DAY WENT ALONG AND NIGHT TIME FELL ON THE 10TH OF NOV. HE BECAME WORSE. THE DOCTORS WORKED ON HIM ALL NIGHT LONG.

AFTER THEY WORKED ON HIM ALL NIGHT LONG AT 5:30 AM THE NEXT MORNING ON THE 11TH OF NOV. THE DOCTORS TOLD US ALL TO COME IN AND TELL HIM GOODBYE HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT. AFTER THE PREACHER CAME IN PRAYED OVER HIM, WE ALL SAID GOODBYE, THANKED HIM FOR EVERYTHING HE HAD DONE IN HIS LIFE FOR EVERYONE AND TOLD HIM WE LOVED HIM THE DOCTORS REACHED UP AND TURNED OFF HIS MACHINES AND HE WENT TO HEAVEN VERY PEACEFULLY .

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THIS IS A PIC OF TOMMY I TOOK AT THE RANCH ONE WINTER DAY BY THE FIRE. THE PIC BY THE LAKE WAS TAKEN ONE DAY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAD A FISH FRY ON OUR LAKE AND TOMMY IS STANDING BY ELIZABETH ( MY DAUGHTER ). THIS WAS HIS LAST FISH FRY WHERE HE HAD LIVED FOR 50 YRS. AND I HAVE BEEN LIVING 28 YRS. THIS SPOT IS NOW WHERE ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS DONATED MONEY AND HIS SON PUT A MEMORIAL OF TOMMY UP FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY AT EVERY OUTDOOR FUCTION WE WILL EVER HAVE. THE LITTLE GIRL BY HERSELF IS HIS GRANDDAUGHTER WHO IS SHOWING OFF HER CHEERLEADING METAL SHE RECIEVED.

IT'S BEEN A YEAR OF HEALING AND A YEAR OF LEARNING TO ACCEPT SOMETHING I DIDN'T WANT TO ACCEPT BUT ON THE OTHER HAND IT'S BEEN A YEAR OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING TO ME AS WELL. I CAN HONESLY SAY IT FEELS LIKE I SAW TOMMY NOT A YEAR AGO BUT LIKE I SAW HIM TODAY AND THAT IS A GREAT THING.

I WISH TOMMY COULD TELL ME WHAT A YEAR IN HEAVEN HAS BEEN LIKE. BUT ONE DAY I TOO WILL KNOW WHEN I SEE HIM AGAIN.

TODAY WAS THE 1 YR ANNIVERSARY

2009-11-04T20:46:00.000-08:00

OF TOMMY'S FATAL TRACTOR ACCIDENT THAT I WITNESSED AFTER YESTERDAY BEING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN RONNIE'S (MY HUSBAND) 71ST BIRTHDAY IF HE HAD LIVED FROM THE FAMILY CAR ACCIDENT WE WERE IN.

I decided to make this the best day possible. I was a sub today so I let the busy work go that teachers leave for subs to give to the students and told them some real History about How Tommy got Martin Luther King to Memphis for the sanitation strike when Martin was killed here. All the people Tommy helped in his career as a labor leader and what a good time person Tommy and Ronnie both were in their lives as well as all the many people and their families they helped and changed their lives for the better. I then closed the door to the room and told them it's a free day, free for all and all for free let the good times roll. I'm declaring this Tommy and Ronnie Day. The music came on the rap started, the dancing even on top of the desk began. I never laughed so hard in my life at all the things these kids did in good clean class room fun in all the classes. I at the end of the day was Thanked by each student for the fun and declared the best sub in the world. I had a blast and think the Tommy and Ronnie day was a hugh success. Now here's mine and Tommy's song.

Taken on New Years Eve in the log cabin at the ranch

ON A PLAY SNOW DAY AT THE RANCH

RIDING HORSES AT THE RANCH TOGETHER

A SPRING DAY ON THE RIVER

WHEN BAD THINKS HAPPEN TO YOU IT'S FOR A REASON AND ONLY YOU CAN MAKE LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS. TODAY WAS ONE OF THE DAYS I HAD SOME WONDERFUL LEMONADE OUT OF MY LEMONS FROM THE HELP OF ALL MY STUDENTS. FOR THAT I LOVE EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM. BEING WITH THEM EVERYDAY IS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US AND SOMETHING I CHERISH AND LOVE VERY MUCH EVERY SINGLE DAY I AM IN THE CLASS ROOM WITH EACH OF THEM. IT HAS COME TO ME BY NO ACCIDENT AT THIS TIME IN MY LIFE. IT'S THE WORK OF THE LORD OPENING WINDOWS THAT I SO CLEARLY NEEDED WHEN IT WAS TIME TO CLOSED SOME WONDERFUL DOORS IN MY LIFE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RONNIE

2009-11-03T15:12:00.000-08:00

TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN RONNIE'S 71ST BIRTHDAY. 30 YRS OF BEING TOGETHER WENT BY WHAT NOW SEEMS LIKE JUST IN THE FLASH OF A MOMENT. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU DO, WHAT YOU GET OR WHERE YOU GO IN THIS LIFE THAT MATTERS. WHEN YOUR TIME IS OVER TOGETHER IT'S THE TIME AND LOVE YOU SHARED TOGETHER THAT ONLY MATTERS.

OUR LAST DANCE TOGETHER AT AN ELVIS CHRISTMAS PARTY

AUTUMN IN DOLLY WOOD

RONNIE GIVING ELIZABETH HER FIRST LONG STEM RED ROSES.

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TIMELESS LOVE AND ALWAYS LOVING YOU UNTIL IT'S MY TIME TO ONCE AGAIN BE WITH YOU. LOVE, YOUR PEARL

THE DAY IN MY LIFE

2009-11-02T19:42:00.000-08:00

OF BEING A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. TODAY I HAD 11TH GRADE WORLD HISTORY CLASS IN A NEW SCHOOL I'VE NEVER BEEN TO. THE FIRST THING THAT WENT OUT OF THE USUAL WAS A STUDENT WENT TO SLEEP AT HIS DESK WHILE WE WERE WATCHING A MOVIE. ANOTHER STUDENT PUSHED HIS DESK ALL AROUND THE ROOM AND ENDED UP OPENING THE DOOR AND WAS GOING TO PUSH HIM OUT INTO THE HALL UNTIL I TALKED HIM OUT OF IT. I REALLY DIDN'T WANT THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FROM ANOTHER CLASS TO WITNESS THIS FUN.

AFTER HE WAS PUSHED ALL AROUND THE ROOM HE WAS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE ROOM FACING THE CHALK BOARD AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE. HE NEVER MOVED OR WOKE UP........HE SURE MUST OF HAD A FUN WEEKEND.

IN THE NEXT CLASS A STUDENT THREW A PAPER WAD

THE NEXT THING THAT WENT THROUGH THE AIR WAS A MARSHMALLOW

NOW IT WAS REALLY GETTING FUNNY UNTIL THEY STARTED PUTTING GERM-X ON THE MARSHMALLOWS

SOMEONE'S PHONE STARTED MAGICALLY PLAYING MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOOD FIGHT

NOW WE HAVE MUSIC, GERM FREE MARSHMALLOWS FLYING THROUGH THE AIR AND AN ALL OUT FOOD FIGHT WITH STUDENTS LOOKING PRETTY MUCH LIKE THIS.

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AFTER I STOPPED LAUGHING AND GETTING SOME CONTROL BACK IN THE ATMOSPHERE I TOLD THE STUDENTS THEIR TEACHER WOULD BE BACK TOMORROW AND THEY SAID NOT TO WORRY THEY WERE GOING TO DO AWAY WITH HIM AND KEEP ME FULL TIME.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT'S IN STORE FOR TOMORROW IN 11TH GRADE BIOLOGY AT A DIFFERENT SCHOOL.

I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WHEN THE HOLIDAYS LETS ALL MY SCHOOL GROUPS GO HOME AND I CAN'T SEE THEM EVERYDAY.

I WILL SURELY BE SAD WITHOUT MY LOVELIES TO ENTERTAIN ME AND FOR ME TO TEACH THEM LESSONS TO CARRY THEM THROUGH LIFE SUCH AS HOW TO KEEP A MARSHMALLOW FROM GETTING THE SWINE FLU.

FALL IN MY WORLD

2009-10-21T10:13:00.000-07:00

I HAVEN'T WRITTEN IN MY JOURNAL SINCE JULY. I HAVE BEEN HEALING OVER THE LOSE OF TOMMY AND HAVE BEEN STARTING MY LIFE IN A NEW DIRECTION ON MY OWN ONCE AGAIN...... I MET A GUY DURING THE SUMMER AND HAD A SUMMER FLING. I DECIDED WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH IN COMMON AND IT WAS JUST A REBOUND THANG...... I STOPPED SEEING HIM AND WAS ONCE AGAIN ON MY OWN FLYING BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS...... A FEW MONTHS WENT BY AND AS I KEPT HOLDING THOUGHTS OF TOMMY IN MY MIND I STARTED TO BEGIN HEALING MORE OR SHOULD I SAY I STARTED EXCEPTING HIS PRESENCE NOT BEING HERE MORE AND MORE WHICH IS STILL A DAILY FRAME OF MIND IN PROGRESS.

MY BIRTHDAY CAME AND WENT. SCHOOL STARTED BACK. I STARTED BEING A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. I HAVE HAD MANY GREAT........... SOME NOT SO GREAT MOMENTS. I'VE GOT THE HANG OF IT ALL NOW AND ALL I CAN SAY TO SUM IT ALL UP IS......TO LOVE WHAT YOU DO AND FEEL THAT IT MATTERS: HOW COULD ANYTHING BE MORE FUN ? I SUBSTITUTE TEACH KINDERGARDENERS- 12TH GRADERS. IT IS A BLAST AND EVERYDAY IS A DIFFERENT SCHOOL, DIFFERENT CLASS, DIFFERENT AGE WHICH SEEMS PERFECT TO ME.

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I LOVE WHAT I DO AND I FEEL THAT IT MATTERS WHICH MEANS I HAVE FUN EVERYDAY.

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TIME KEPT PASSING. I WAS ENJOYING BEING IN MY CLASS ROOMS AND THE DAYS STARTED GETTING COOLER LEAVES STARTED CHANGING ON THE TREES AND I STARTED FINDING MY LAUGHING PLACE MUCH EASIER ONCE AGAIN.

A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MIND SET ME UP ON A BLIND DATE WITH HER HUSBAND'S BOSS. WHO IS JUST ONE YR. OLDER THAN ME.

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IT WAS THE FIRST BLIND DATE I'VE EVER BEEN ON. I HAVE HEARD MANY HORROR STORIES. I FELT FROGGY ONCE AGAIN AND THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE IT A WHIRL.

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IT WAS A HOME RUN. WE HIT IT OFF PERFECTLY AND NOW I'M DATING BOBBY AND WE ARE HAVING LOTS OF FUN TOGETHER AND SOMETIMES WE HANG OUT TOGETHER WITH OUR MUTRAL FREINDS WHICH IS ALWAYS A GOOD TIME.

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IT'S NOW FALL TIME IN MY WORLD AND HERE ARE SOME PICS OF MY WORLD AT HOME DURING THESE BEATIFUL DAYS OF FALL.

THE RANCH IS SO BEAUTIFUL THIS TIME OF THE YEAR

THESE ARE THE MOST RECENT PICS BELOW IN THE SLIDESHOW THAT ELIZABETH ( MY DAUGHTER ) AND I TOOK THIS PAST WEEKEND OF OUR FALL DECORATIONS AT HOME AND OF ANNIE ( MY HORSE ) . ANNIE IS THE ONLY HORSE AND ANIMAL LEFT FROM THE RANCH. ALL THE REST HAS BEEN SOLD. I NOW KEEP ANNIE IN MY YARD AND MY WOODED LOT NEXT DOOR TO MY HOME THAT TOMMY FENCED IN FOR ME JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE HE WAS KILLED........ I HAVE ALSO LOST AROUND 50 LBS SINCE TOMMY DIED. I CALL IT THE DEATH DIET AND NO...... NOT ANYONE EVER WANTS TO BE ON THIS DIET. ALTHOUGH I DO FEEL MUCH BETTER THIS SMALLER SIZE AND PLAN NEVER TO GAIN IT BACK LIKE I HAVE SO MANY TIMES BEFORE. I AM A SIZE 3 BUT I FEEL GREAT AT THIS SIZE. THE REASON I LOST IT WAS JUST NOT GREAT BY ANY MEANS.

THIS ABOUT CATCHES UP MY JOURNAL UP TO THE PRESENT TIME.

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I HOPE YOU ALL ARE ENJOYING YOUR FALL DAYS AND WILL BE ENJOYING ALL THE THINGS THAT COMES WITH THE FALL AND THE MANY HOLIDAYS THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY. LOVE JUDY

HORSE TRADING AND THINGS KEEP CHANGING

2009-07-18T09:31:00.000-07:00

I HAVE TRADED WILDFIRE WHICH IS THE DARK COLT IN THIS PIC FOR THE NEW PAINT COLT WITH BLUE EYES. I'M GOING TO GIVE THE PAINT TO MY DAUGHTER WHO LIVES IN MS. I'M THEN GOING TO BRING ANNIE THE WELSH BROWN AND WHITE MOTHER IN THIS PIC BACK OVER TO MY HOUSE AND KEEP HER BECAUSE SHE IS TRAINED AND VERY VERY GENTLE.

THIS IS A PIC OF THE PAINT I'M TRADING WILDFIRE FOR AND GIVING TO KISSY. I'M VERY EXCITED BECAUSE THE PAINT HORSES WERE MINE AND TOMMY'S FAVORITE ONES AND KISSY WILL BE VERY HAPPY WITH THE PAINT AS HE WILL BE A FULL GROWN HORSE INSTEAD OF A WELSH WHICH IS PART SHETLAND AND PART TN WALKER AND DOES NOT GET AS BIG. KISSY IS FIXING HER FENCES NOW AND GOING TO PICK UP HER PAINT COLT ON TUESDAY.

ISN'T HE BEAUTIFUL WITH THOSE BABY BLUE EYES AND SUCH PRETTY MARKINGS. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM TRAIN HIM AND PICK A NAME.

TOMMY'S KIDS ARE SELLING ALL THE HORSES NOW. EVERYTHING IS FALLING AT THE RANCH ONE BOARD AT A TIME AND NOW THE HORSES ARE GOING TOO. I HAVE MY MEMORIES AND PICS AND 2 HORSES. IT WAS AN AWESOME 9 YRS WITH TOMMY AND WE WERE AWESOME TOGETHER. AS EVERYTHING CHANGES SINCE TOMMY DIED I'VE GOT TO KEEP THE MEMORIES CLOSE AND EXCEPT
THE CHANGES WITH EASE. LIKE TOMMY TOLD ME WHEN HE FIXED MY PLACE FOR THE HORSES WITH THE FENCES AND WALKED THE HORSES OVER TO MY HOUSE " NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS I WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY OWN RANCH. " I DO AND I WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY MEMORIES AS I LOOK AT MY HORSES AND TAKE CARE OF THEM DAILY. NOW KISSY WILL HAVE HER HORSE WHICH SHE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TOO AND IT WILL BE OUR FAVORITE KIND. THANKS TOMMY I LOVE U MY HORSES AND OUR 9 YRS TOGETHER.

HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN AND WE WILL WHEN MY TIME HERE IS OVER TOO. .

SUNSET SYMPHONY

2009-05-26T19:16:00.000-07:00

PART OF OUR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. FUN AT THE END OF MEMPHIS IN MAY WTH THE SUNSET SYMPHONY., THREE DOG NIGHT. AIR SHOW AND FIRE WORKS . ELIZABETH AND I HAD A GREAT MEAL AT PEARL'S OYSTER HOUSE FIRST AND THEN ATTENDED THE SUNSET SYMPHONY IN TOM LEE PARK ON THE THE MIGHT MS RIVER.

IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE

2009-05-18T17:02:00.000-07:00

YOU SHOULD NEVER TAKE MORE THAN YOU GIVE.

TODAY I WATCH A MARE GIVE BIRTH TO A BABY COLT. IT WAS AWESOME. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU A THING BECAUSE A PIC SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS. THIS IS A HORSE LOVE STORY IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE.

TOMMY AND I USE TO SHARE THESE MOMENTS TOGETHER. I FELT LIKE HE KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING WHEN I HELPED THE MOTHER CLEAN HER BABY UP AND GET HER FREE FROM ALL THE AFTER BIRTH. THEN WATCHING WHAT TOOK PLACE NEXT. SO HERE'S MY ADVENTURE TODAY IN THE CIRLCE OF LIFE

TTHIS WAS AWESOME. I'VE BEEN WANTING TO SEE ONE BORN BUT NEVER GOT TO. ONCE TOMMY AND I HAD TO OPEN THE BAG AND TRY TO REVIVE A COLT BUT IT DIDN'T MAKE IT WHICH WAS VERY SAD. TOMMY USE TO SAY IN THE RANCHING WORLD YOU LOSE SOME AND YOU GAIN SOME...... THATS JUST HE WAY IT IS JUDY.

2009-05-15T19:05:00.000-07:00

ROCK THE NIGHT AWAY !

I WENT TO THE 3RD PEABODY ROOF TOP PARTY OF THE SEASON OF 2009 FOR ME LAST NIGHT. THIS IS WHERE I MET SAMMY FOR THE FIRST TIME. NOT THIS NIGHT, BUT BEOFRE THIS.

I WAS CELEBRATING THE 10TH YR. FIGHT OF MY ESTATE WITH MY STEP SON BEING OVER ON THE 10TH YR ANNIVERSARY OF MY HUSBAND'S DEATH IN OUR HORRIFIC AUTO WRECK WHICH ALSO TOOK MY 4 YR OLD GRANDSON'S LIFE.

I WAS CELEBRATING THAT AS WELL AS COMING OUT OF 6 MONTHS OF A TERRIBLE 40 LB WEIGHT LOSS FROM GRIEVING OVER THE TRACTOR ACCIDENT I FOUND TOMMY IN AND THE 6 DAYS OF TRAUMA I WATCHED HIM GO THROUGH IN THE ICU UNIT AT THE MED AND IN THE END DIE.

I HAVE FOUND SOMEONE WHO I REALLY CARE ABOUT AND WHO CAN ROCK JUST LIKE ME. WE ARE LIKE TWO PEAS IN A POD IN MANY WAYS. MY ITALIAN STALLION IS HERE TO STAY WITH ME TO ROCK THE NIGHTS AWAY.

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WE CERTAINLY CELEBRATED LAST NIGHT AND HALF THE DAY TODAY. NOW I'M HEADED TO BED BECAUSE WE HAVE A HOT DATE TOMORROW NIGHT TO ROCK AT ALFRED'S ON BEALE AND PLAY IT AGAIN SAM.

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IT OVER , IT'S ALL OVER

2009-05-13T19:42:00.000-07:00

THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF RONNIE'S DEATH (MY HUSBAND) AND JERRETT MY 4 YR OLD GRANDSON IS TOMORROW.

MY STEP SON STARTED FIGHTING ME IN 1999 WHEN MY HUSBAND TOOK HIS LAST BREATH. I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING 10 YRS. AFTER MY STEP SON STOPPED FIGHTING MY LAWYERS WOULD NOT RETURN ANY OF MY CALLS IN 8 YRS. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I CALLED THEM EACH AND EVERY YEAR ALL YEAR LONG.

I CALLED MY LAWYER'S SECRETARY. I WENT OFF DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY AND FIRED THEM TO HER. I TOLD HER TO TELL THEM I WANTED A MEETING WITH THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, NOW!! A STATEMENT OF WHAT I HAD PAID, WHAT THEY HAD DONE AND HOW MUCH I OWED THEM.

TODAY I GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF THE LAWYERS AND WAS TOLD MY CASE IS FINAL SINCE 2005. THEY NEVER TOLD ME. 4 YRS OF UNDUE STRESS FOR NOTHING. THANK GOD MY HOUSE IS IN MY NAME IT'S ALL OVER !

NOW ON THE ANNIVERSARY I'M GOING TO ROCK AND ROLL. THANK YOU GOD , THANK YOU RONNIE AND THANK MYSELF FOR HAVING THE BALLS TO STAND UP AFTER 10 YRS AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND BECAUSE YOU CRAZY ASS LAWYERS WILL NOT RESPOND TO ME IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FASHION I'M COMING TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT I THINK.

THEN I WAS GOING TO WRITE THE BOARD OF ACCOUNTABILITY ON THEM. I WAS TOLD BY ANOTHER LAWYER THAT WOULD MAKE THEM JUMP OUT OF THIER 25TH FLOOR WINDOW FROM THE CLARK TOWER BUILDING IN MEMPHIS IF I DID THAT.

I WAS HEADED IN THAT EXACT DIRECTION. I TOLD THIER SECRETARY I WANTED THAT MEETING IMMEDIATELY AND NOT 10 YRS FROM NOW OR I WOULD BE SITTING IN THIER OFFICE UNTIL THEY SAW ME TOGETHER. YES INDEED I HAD HAD ENOUGH OF THE BULL.

AFTER THE MEETING I WAS ASKING FOR AND AFTER PICKING UP MY FILES THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.

THEY MUST OF FELT IT COMING WITH THE MESSAGE I LEFT THIER SECRETARY SO THEY WENT DOWN TOWN AND LOOKED UP MY FILE. MY LAWYER CALLED TODAY AND SAID IT WAS OVER AND FINISHED IN 2005. NEVER EVEN A PHONE CALL TO LET ME KNOW.

AT THE VERY LEAST IT HAS BEEN THE MOST UNETHICAL THING I HAVE EVER HEARD OF IN MY LIFE.

HE'S DANCING LIKE THIS IN HEAVEN AND I'M DANCING LIKE THIS ON EARTH WHICH MEANS WE ARE STILL DANCING TOGETHER LIKE WE ALWAYS DID. OH HAPPY DAY !!!!

IT TOOK ME 10 YRS BUT I WON!!!!!!!!!! I GOT MY MONEY, MY HOUSE, MY SANITY AND MY CHILDREN WILL GET THIER INHERITANCE.tMY PRETTY RONNIE I FINALLY FINISHED YOUR FINAL WISHES. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN KEEP A PLACE FOR ME BESIDE YOU IN HEAVEN. I STILL HAVE MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB BUT I'M HEADED IN YOUR DIRECTION.
I LOVE YOU UNTIL ETERNITY , YOUR PEARL

IT SURE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE I SAW YOU 10 LONG YRS AGO FOR THE LAST TIME. IT FEELS LIKE I JUST SAW YOU YESTERDAY AND THAT'S A GREAT THING. A MIGHTY GREAT THING INDEED!

"IT'S TIMELESS LOVE" LIKE WHAT YOU INSCRIBED ON MY GRANDFATHER CLOCK AND WITH EACH TICK OF THAT CLOCK MY LOVE FOR YOU GROWS DEEPER AND DEEPER.

52 pieces of me -week 11

2009-04-29T20:13:00.000-07:00

WEEK 12 IS ABOUT THE ROSES THAT TOMMY PLANTED LAST MOTHERS DAY FOR ME AND HOW MUCH THEY HAVE GROWN AND BLOOMED IN JUST ONE YEAR. THESE ARE CALLED DOUBLE KNOCKOUT ROSES. IT'S A NEW VARITY THAT IS VERY HARDY AND THEY BLOOM FROM SPRING UNTIL FREEZING CONSTANTLY. HE PLANTED THEM IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE AND THEN CUT DOWN TWO BIG TREES IN THE MIDDLE OF MY YARD AND PLANTED ALL THESE ROSES IN THOSE BEDS AND IN THE BEDS NEXT TO MY HOUSE AS WELL AS IN MY BACK YARD.

52 pieces of me ..... WEEK 10

2009-04-29T20:06:00.000-07:00

I HAVE BEEN GETTING BEHIND ON MY PROJECT OF 52 PIECES OF ME EACH WEEK. I'VE BEEN GETTING THE PICS AND GOING HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE. I THOUGHT I SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND SHOW SOME PIECES OF ME BEFORE ALL OF YOU THINK I'VE GIVEN UP AND THERE ARE NO MORE PIECES LEFT. SOME OF MY PIECES ARE STILL HEART BROKEN BUT I AM STAYING BUSY HAVING AS MUCH FUN AS I CAN PACK INTO MY DAYS AND NIGHTS.

I'M STILL KICKING SO THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PIECES AS LONG AS I DON'T KICK THE BUCKET.

THIS 10TH WEEK IS ABOUT THE NEW ADDITION TO THE RANCH BORN YESTERDAY.

THERE'S A NEW PAINT COLT BORN YESTERDAY ( TOMMY'S FAVORITE HORSE WERE THE PAINTS.)

SPRING CLEANUP AND FISH FRY

2009-04-18T09:16:00.000-07:00

THESE ARE THE PICS TAKEN TODAY AT OUR FIRST CLEANUP FISH FRY AT THE MEMORIAL SIGHT FOR TOMMY. FUN WAS HAD BY ALL. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER NEXT MONTH. EVEN BIGGER WITH MORE ACTIVITIES.

THIS IS A PIC OF ELIZABETH AND TOMMY AT OUR LAST FALL FISH FRY JUST BEFORE HIS TRACTOR ACCIDENT LAST NOV.

TODAY IS OUR SPRING CLEANUP DAY AT CORO LAKE WHERE I HAVE LIVED 27 YRS. . AFTER THE CLEAN UP WE ALL END THE DAY WITH OUR ANNUAL FRESH FISH FRY.
WE ALL BRING A DISH, VISIT, PLAY GAMES, FISH, BOAT RIDE AND JUST ENJOY EACH OTHERS COMPANY AND SHARE THANKS FOR LIVING IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND LOVING COMMUNITY.

THIS IS WHERE WE ALL DONATED MONEY WHO LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND PUT TOMMY'S MEMORIAL.

THIS IS A SLIDE SHOW OF THE SPOT WHERE IT IS LOCATED. I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE SINCE THIS WAS ALL PLANTED. I'M SURE THINGS HAVE GROWN AND ARE VERY GREEN BY NOW. I WILL POST PICS OF THE EVENT LATER. I'VE GOT TO SUCK IT UP AND BE HAPPY LIKE WE ALWAYS WERE WHEN WE WERE THERE TOGETHER. I THINK I SHOULD WEAR BIG DARK GLASSES SO THEY CAN'T SEE THE PAIN IN MY EYES.

CORNERSTONE EASTER SERVICE

2009-04-13T20:15:00.000-07:00

THIS WAS MY AWESOME CHURCH SERVICE EASTER MORNING

I LOVE MY CHURCH CORNERSTONE. GREG DAVIS IS OUR PASTOR AND HIS MESSAGES GOES STRAIGHT TO YOUR SOUL AND SPEAKS TO YOU. OUR PRAISE AND WORSHIP IS ALWAYS GRAND AND FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST. IT'S ON ELMORE IN HORN LAKE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US.

BY HIS WOUNDS

2009-04-10T10:50:00.000-07:00

WE ARE HEALED.

GOOD FRIDAY

Liturgical Color(s): Red (formerly black)
Type of Holiday: Fast Day
Time of Year: Friday of Holy Week within the Paschal Triduum, and within the traditional 40 day Lenten Fast
Duration: One Day
Celebrates/Symbolizes: Jesus' Passion, Crucifixion, and Death
Alternate Names: Good Friday of the Lord's Passion, Great Friday
Scriptural References: Matthew 26-27; Mark 14-15; Luke 23; John 17-19

HISTORY OF GOOD FRIDAY

The celebration of Good Friday is ancient, and some of the practices associated with Good Friday are attested to by Egeria in the 4th century. The day gradually became a time of penance and fasting as the anniversary of the death of Christ. The name "Good Friday" possibly comes from "God's Friday," although the exact reason for the current name is unclear. Various churches observe Good Friday in addition to Catholics and Eastern Christians. Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans all observe Good Friday to varying degrees.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TURN ON THE VIDEO PLEASE GO TO THE BOTTOM OF MY PAGE AND TURN OFF THE MUSIC PLAYER FIRST.

MY EASTER LIVING ROOM

THANK YOU JESUS FOR ALL MY BLESSINGS AND SALVATION. BY YOUR WOUNDS I

WILL ONCE AGAIN HEAL TOO.

MY GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER SLIDESHOW 2009

I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS ALL THE MEANING OF EASTER AND HAS THE BEST TIME EVER WITH YOUR CELEBRATIONS WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

GOD ALWAYS BRINGS NEW LIFE IN THE SPRING

SO MANY BABIES BRINGS SO MANY NAMES TO PICK . I LOVE ALL THAT SPRING MEANS.

LOVING GOOD FRIDAY EASTER AND SPRING !!

I LOVE EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU AND WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING MY FRIEND HERE ON MY JOURNAL. SEEING YOUR FACES DAILY AND READING YOUR COMMENTS ON MY PAGE ALWAYS BRINGS ME A WARM AND FUZZY FEELING . WITH SO MUCH HEART ACHE RECENTLY YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH EVERY MOMENT OF PLEASURE MEANS TO ME . FOR WHAT JESUS DID FOR US TODAY ON GOOD FIRDAY I REJOICE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT ALL MY LOVED ONES WHO ARE NOW WITH THE LORD ARE IN PARADISE. HAPPY EASTER !! I LOVE YOU JUDY PEARL

52 pieces of me ..... WEEK 9

2009-04-08T09:23:00.000-07:00

I HAD A HUGE DAY YESTERDAY BOOSTING OFF CARS, LAWN MOWERS, CUTTING GRASS AND DOING ALL THE THINGS TOMMY AND I USE TO DO SIDE BY SIDE. I SUCKED IT UP AND MADE UP MY MIND TO HAVE A GREAT DAY NO MATTER HOW MUCH I WANTED THINGS TO BE DIFFERENT WITH HIM HERE.

YESTERDAY I POSTED MY BUNNY RABBITS AND WANTED TO GO GET ME A LITTLE BUNNY FOR EASTER. I DECIDED TO GO BY THE RANCH FIRST.

I NEVER MADE IT TO THE FEED STORE TO FIND A CHIC OR A BUNNY BUT LOOK WHAT I HAVE FOR EASTER.

I'M NOT A NEW BUNNY BUT I'M YOUR EASTER SURPRISE. LIFE IS WHAT HAPPENS WHILE YOU ARE MAKING PLANS.

SHE WAS STANDING IN THE FIELD AND SAYING HERE I AM. I'M THE FIRST COLT OF SPRING 2009 BORN FOR EASTER.

I NEED A NAME SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP ME NAME HER JUST SEND ME YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND I WILL POST WHICH NAME I PICK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ELVIS, COMES TO MY MIND BUT I WOULD LIKE ALL OF YOUR IDEAS BEFORE I PICK ONE.

IT'S SPRING AND HERE ARE ELIZABETH'S TULIPS IN FULL BLOOM IN HER'S AND TOMMY'S TULIP GROWING CONTEST.

THE BEAUTY OF SPRING NEW BABIES EVERYWHERE.

I STILL WANT A LITTLE BUNNY. WOULDN'T THAT JUST BE THE CUTEST THING RIDING AROUND IN MY BIKE BASKET WELL YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL BE IN 52 PIECES OF ME - WEEK 10. I'M OFF TO PLAY OUTSIDE ALL DAY. LOVE PEACE AND HAPPINESS EVERYONE..

DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE ME YOUR IDEA FOR A NAME. PLEASE !!!

A TRUE BLUE LOVE STORY

2009-03-27T11:17:00.000-07:00

I DECIDE TO TAKE ANNIE BACK TO THE RANCH BECAUSE I FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS GOING OVER TO THE FENCE AND LETTING HER COLT STILL NURSE EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE SEPARATED. AS MUCH AS I'M FEEDING HER AND SPENDING MONEY SHE IS NEVER GOING TO GAIN ANY WEIGHT UNLESS I STOP THIS TOTALLY AND SHE CAN'T LIVE A LONG HEALTHY LIFE WITH THIS GOING ON. I PUT THE LEAD ROPE ON HER AND HERE WE GO BACK TO THE RANCH. WHEN SHE GOT INSIDE THE GATE IT WAS A TRUE LOVE STORY. A PIC SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS THIS WAS THE BEST DAY I'VE HAD IN 5 MONTHS SINCE TOMMY DIED. I SANG BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT FELT LIKE.

A PIC SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS

52 PIECES OF ME ..... WEEK 8

2009-03-22T22:09:00.000-07:00

TODAY THE SERMON AT CHURCH WAS ABOUT HAVING THE SPIRIT OF THINKING "WHAT'S NEXT" INSTEAD OF GETTING SO TIED UP IN FEAR, SADNESS OR WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE OR IN YOUR PAST INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SPIRIT OF " WHAT'S NEXT " CAUSE HOW CAN YOU FOLLOW THE LORD AND GET INTO HIS GLORY OR RECIEVE HIS BLESSINGS FOR YOU UNLESS YOU DO.

AFTER CHURCH AND THAT GREAT SERMON I WENT TO BUY ME A NEW LAWN MOWER BATTERY. WHILE I WAS THERE SINCE I'VE BEEN WANTING A BIKE FOR SOME TIME I SAID " WHAT IS NEXT " IS ME ON MY NEW BIKE RIDING IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS. I'VE LOST ABOUT 25 LBS SINCE TOMMY DIED AND NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE THE BUNS OF STEAL AND LEGS TO DIE FOR AFTER RIDING ALL THE HILLS AROUND CORO LAKE.

MY NEW BIKE IS COMPLETE WITH HORN, WATER BOTTLE AND HOLDER, LIGHTS FOR NIGHT, REAR VIEW MIRROW, AND OF COARSE ME A HELMET.

I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET HOME AND RIDE IT. I LOVE IT AND RIDING AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND FUN BLOWING MY HORN AT EVERYONE I SAW. THE HILLS FELT LIKE MOUNTAINS BUT I MADE IT WITHOUT STOPPING . THE LAST TIME I WAS ON BIKE WAS IN AMSTERDAM 12 YREAS AGO. MY HUSBAND AND I RODE THEM ON THE BEACH BOARD WALK ON THE WAY TO THE SPECIAL BARS IN THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT. ON THE WAY BACK TO THE HOTEL ROOM WAS SOMETHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT SINCE WE WERE HIGH AS KITES AFTER THE BAR BUT THAT'S ANOTHER WHOLE STORY IN ITSELF.

SO "WHAT'S NEXT" IS ME ON MY BIKE EVERYDAY LOVING THIS WEATHER AND LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO RIDE A BIKE FOR 2 WITH ME. LOL I HAVE THE SPIRIT AND SOON I WILL HAVE THE BUNS OF STEAL AND THE LEGS TO DIE FOR. WHEN I START DANCING ON THE PEABODY ROOF TOP AND DOWN BEALE STREET EVERYONE WILL BE TAKING NOTICE OF ME. LOL

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THIS VIDEO GO DOWN TO THE END OF MY POSTING AND TURN OFF MY MUSIC PLAYER IF NOT JUST SKIP THIS PART

52 PIECES OF ME WEEK-7

2009-03-16T16:26:00.000-07:00

IT'S ELIZABETH'S BIRTHDAY WEEK.

THIS IS HER DADDY AND MY FIRST LOOK AT HER AFTER SHE WAS BORN

ELIZABETH WAS BORN MARCH 19TH 1983 MY SECOND CHILD AND YOUNGEST DAUGHTER. SHE IS NOW 26 YRS OLD. HER DADDY AND I DATED 13 YRS BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED AND HAD ELIZABETH. I WAS A STAY AT HOME MOM UNTIL ELIZABETH WAS AROUND 17 OR 18. ELIZABETH HAS ALWAYS LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE EXCEPT FOR JUST A FEW MONTHS. SHE IS NOW BACK HOME LIVING WITH ME IN THE SAME HOUSE. SHE WENT TO THE SAME SCHOOL HARDING ACADEMY, KINDERGARDEN THROUGH THE 12TH GRADE. ELIZABETH WENT TO ARIZONA FOR A SHORT TIME TO GO TO COLLEGE BUT FOUND THAT COLLEGE TO BE MORE ABOUT MONEY THAN TEACHING SO SHE CAME BACK HOME WITH ME AND WENT TO CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE AND GRADUATED IN FINANCIAL BUSINESS. SHE NOW WORKS AT A BANK. SHE LOVES DANCE AND HAS BEEN TAKING DANCE CLASSES FOR THE LAST 10 YRS. BUT STARTED DANCING WHEN DIRTY DANCING CAME OUT WHEN SHE WAS 4 YRS OLD. SHE TAKES BALLET, JAZZ, MODERN, AFRICAN AND HIP HOP BUT LIKES BALLET THE BEST I WOULD SAY. ELIZABETH HAS MANY INTEREST GROWING FLOWERS, COOKING, DIETING, EXERCISING AND A HUGE HEART FOR THE LORD AND HIS WORD. SHE IS BEGINNING TO HAVE A GREAT INTEREST IN TEACHING AND IS NOW WORKING ON BEING A TEACHER. MATH AND FINANCE SEEM TO BE HER GREATEST INTEREST BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS IN EDUCATION SHE IS LOOKING INTO.

ELIZABETH IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WARM WEATHER SO WE CAN GET OUT AND HAVE SOME BOOGY WOOGY TIME TOGETHER. THE DAY AFTER HER BIRTHDAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING SO HER SPRING DAY DREAMS ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

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TURN ON THE MUSIC VIDEO

HERE IS A SLIDESHOW OF JUST PART TO THE THINGS ELIZABETH LOVES.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR SUNSHINE FOR WEEKS AND AS I WAS MAKING THIS FOR YOU ELIZABETH THE SUN CAME OUT JUST LIKE YOU HAVE ALWAYS MADE IT DO FOR ME WHENEVER I SEE YOUR SMILING FACE COMING MY WAY. WE'VE SEEN SOME ROCKY ROADS AND BEEN DOWN THE ROAD OF LIFE ON MANY TWIST AND TURNS BUT MOST OF ALL WE HAVE SHARED SO MANY MANY WONDERFUL THINGS AND TIMES TOGETHER. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY QUEEN ELIZABETH VICTORIA LYNN SMITH. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY WONDERFUL DAYS AHEAD FOR THE SPRING AND SUMMER WITH YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND I HOPE ALL YOUR DREAMS FOR THE NEXT YEAR COMES TO YOU WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE. I LOVE YOU MOMMA

LAST BUT NOT LEAST YOUR BIRTHDAY POSTING COULD NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT

52 PIECES OF ME WEEK-6

2009-03-08T20:42:00.000-07:00

THE AFTERNOON AFTER TOMMY'S SON PLANTED ALL THE TREES AND PLANTS AT THE MEMORIAL SIGHT IT BEGAN TO RAIN AND IT RAINED ALL OF THAT NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY UNTIL THAT AFTERNOON. ALL OF TOMMY'S FAMILY WAS IN TOWN AND AT THIER HOUSE SO I TOOK SOME WOOD AND WENT TO VISIT SO WE COULD ALL HAVE A NICE AFTERNOON TOGETHER. WHILE I WAS THERE IT STOPPED RAINING AND IT BEGAN TO SNOW. I TOLD THEM I HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE IF THE STREETS IN CORO LAKE GET SLICK YOU CAN'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE OF THE HILLS AND CURVES.

I RAN TO GET SOME WINE. WHY YOU CAN'T HAVE A GREAT SNOW DAY WITHOUT WINE. I STOPPED BY THE HOUSE AND GOT ELIZABETH SO WE COULD RIDE AROUND OUR LAKE AND SEE THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW FALL. WE DID AND ENDED UP BY TOMMY'S MEMORIAL SIGHT. WHEN WE GOT OUT OF THE CAR WE NOTICED DOWN IN THE SPILLWAY THE WATER WAS RUSHING OVER THE ROCKS AND LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL WITH THE SNOW FALLING ON THE LAKE TOO. WE HAD FOUND A TREASURE OF A SPOT RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSE THAT WE NEVER NOTICED WAS THERE BEFORE. SO WITH CAMERA IN HAND WE WENT DOWN BY THE WATER AND I BEGAN TO RELAX FROM THE HORRIBLE FEELING OF LOSS AND SADNESS WATCHING THE MEMORIAL BEING MADE.

AT LAST I HAD FOUND A PEACEFUL PLACE AND IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO TOMMY'S MEMORIAL. WE STAYED THERE TAKING PICS LISTENING TO THE WATER RUN OVER THE ROCKS AND THE SNOW FALL SO THICK AND BIG HUGE FLAKES COVERING ALL OF OUR SURROUNDINGS.

WHEN GOD CLOSES A DOOR HE ALWAYS OPENS A WINDOW. THE QUESTION IS WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A HUGE LOSS ARE WE LOOKING SO HARD AND SO LONG AT THE CLOSED DOOR THAT WE CAN NOT NOTICE THE WINDOW THAT IS OPEN OR IF WE DO NOTICE THE WINDOW ARE WE WISE ENOUGH TO STOP LOOKING AT THE CLOSED DOOR AND ENJOY THE WINDOW BEING OPEN.

TOMMY HAD TAUGHT ME TO DO THAT WHEN MY HUSBAND DIED IN SO MANY WAYS AND NOW I AM WISE ENOUGH TO DO IT WITH HIM NOW THAT IT IS HIS TIME TO GO HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD AND THE LOAD IS NOT AS HEAVY AND THE WINDOW SEEMS SO MUCH CLOSER NOW.

AS PEACE AND ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT MY LIFE WAS NOW CAME OVER ME AS I SAT THERE LISTENING TO THE WATER AND LOOKING AT HIS MEMORIAL WE ONCE AGAIN GOT INTO THE CAR AND FINISHED OUR LAKE AND NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVE.

AS SAD AS I WAS FOR THE HUGE LOSS TOMMY HAD LEFT ME FEELING BY BEING CALLED HOME WITH THE LORD SO SUDDENLY I KNEW IN MY HEART TOMMY HAD ALSO GIVEN ME THE THE WISDOM AND STRENGTH IN THE PAST 9 YRS TO CARRY ON IN PEACE, RESOLUTION AND ACCEPTANCE TO ENJOY THE REST OF MY LIFE JUST LIKE HE DID HIS LIFE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND JUST LIKE HE HAD STARTED SHOWING ME TO DO 10 YRS EARLIER OVER MY HUSBAND.

WINDOWS COMES IN MANY WAYS, SIZES AND SHAPES. IT'S UP TO US TO DECIDE TO ENJOY THE WINDOW OR TO KEEP LOOKING AT THE CLOSED DOOR. TOMMY WOULD ENJOY THE WINDOW AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE CHOSEN TO DO AT THE SPECIAL TREASURE SPOT RIGHT NEXT TO HIS MEMORIAL BECAUSE HE TOLD ME SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST THAT WOULD BE HIS GREATEST WISH FOR ME IF HE WERE TO EVER HAVE TO LEAVE ME.

52 PIECES OF ME WEEK-5

2009-03-07T12:02:00.000-08:00

LAST WEEK I HAD THIS ENTRY TO PUT IN AS MY 5TH WEEK OF 52 PIECES OF ME. IT'S A GREAT ONE BUT IT'S ALSO VERY SAD AND HARD FOR ME TO PUT IT TOGETHER. I DECIDED UNTIL I GET IT DONE I CAN'T MOVE ON. THIS WEEK I WILL BE DOING MY 5TH AND 6TH WEEK. THIS ONE IS MY 5TH WEEK.

IT IS TOMMY'S MEMORIAL SIGHT AT CORO LAKE WHERE WE LIVE. TOMMY LIVED HERE 50 YRS. WITH HIS 65 ACHER RANCH THAT HE BUILT FROM SCRATCH WOODLAND TO WHAT IT IS TODAY RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE WE LIVE. TOMMY DID SO MUCH VOLUNTEER WORK AROUND THIS LAKE I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO NAME IT ALL. HE BOUGHT AND SOLD LAND WHERE BEAUTIFUL HOMES HAVE BEEN BUILT AND HE DID SO MUCH LANDSCAPING I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE IT ALL. I HAVE LIVED HERE 27 YRS.

THE LAKE ASSOCIATION TOOK UP A MEMORIAL FUND FROM ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE AND TOMMY'S SON WHO OWNES A LANDSCAPING BUSINESS DONATED ALL THE WORK. THE MEMORIAL WAS PUT OVER ON THE LEVE NEAR THE DAM AND SPILLWAY WHERE ALL THE RESIDENTS GATHER FOR COMMUNITY PARTIES AND FISH FRIES ALL THROUGH THE YEAR. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE ON THE LAKE AND IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO EAT FRESH COOKED FISH OUT BY THE LAKE WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE WERE AT THE LAKE FISH FRY WHERE THE MEMORIAL IS NOW. IT WAS JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE HIS ACCIDENT. THIS IS TOMMY AND ELIZABETH ( MY DAUGHTER )

THIS WAS TAKEN ON NEW YEARS AND ONE OF MY FAVORITES OF US TOGETHER.

TOMMY WANTED THE MAIN SONG PLAYED AT HIS FUNERAL MY WAY AND WE DID

HE DID HIS LIFE HIS WAY AND IT WAS ALWAYS ALWAYS HELPING OTHERS AND HAVING FUN, MAKING EVERYONE HE WAS AROUND HAPPY AND TRYING TO MAKE THIER LIFE AS WELL AS ALL OF THIER FAMILIES A BETTER WORLD TO LIVE IN AND EVERYONE A HAPPIER PERSON WHEN THEY SAW HIM.
TOMMY ALWAYS MADE ME PROUD TO SPELL HIS NAME A WONDERFUL M-A-N. MY LIFE WILL ALWAYS BE A BETTER PLACE TO ME FOR ALL THE THINGS WE DID AND SHARED.

52 PIECES OF ME....... WEEK 4

2009-02-23T09:25:00.000-08:00

WEEK # 4. SPRING IS SO CLOSE BUT YET SO FAR AWAY. AS WE STILL STAY CLOSE INSIDE WITH ONLY SHORT COLD VISITS OUTSIDE HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS ELIZABETH WITH PECHE ( OUR POODLES NAMED APRICOT IN FRENCH ) AS THEY ARE SNUGGLED UP CLOSE TO THE FIREPLACE. SITTING IN FRONT OF A WARM FIRE, WITH A GLASS OF RED WINE, CANDLES LIT, FLOWERS TO LOOK AT PICKED OUT OF MY YARD, MY PHONE INSIDE MY ELVIS PHONE HOLDER HANDY IN CASE ANY OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE CALL TO SAY HELLO, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST CHOCOLATE FUDGE BROWNIES MADE BY ELIZABETH SITTING ON ONE OF MY ROOSTER PLATES THAT I BOUGHT FROM CRACKER BARREL FOR TOMMY AND THE RANCH CHRISTMAS BEFORE LAST.

THIS IS HOW WE SPENT MOST OF OUR SUNDAY ON OUR NEW FURNITURE WATCHING TV, PRIMPING AND RELAXING WITH SOME OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS

THIS IS MY FAVORITE VIDEO OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VIEW IT FIRST GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF MY JOURNAL AND TURN OFF MY MUSIC PLAYER.

ANNIE AND WILDFIRE

2009-02-19T16:36:00.000-08:00

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY MOTHER WELSH ( HALF SHELAND, HALF TN. WALKER ) HORSE, ANNIE. the brown and white one.

SHE IS GETTING VERY SKINNY AROUND HER BACK BONE AND HER HIPS.
HER COLT, WILDFIRE IS A YEAR OLD AND STILL NURSING. ANNIE THE MOTHER EATS CONTANTLY HAY AS WELL AS SWEET FEED. ANNIE'S HAIR STARTED TO COME OUT AROUND HER BACK BONE. I HAVE BEEN PUTTING A SPECIAL OINTMENT ON HER AND IT IS GETTING BETTER. I ALSO WORMED HER EVERY 2 -3 MONTHS.

TODAY I TALKED WITH SOME GUYS WHO KNOWS A LOT ABOUT HORSES AND THEY TOLD ME TO SEPERATE THEM UNTIL ANNIE'S MILK DRIES UP SO THE COLT CANNOT NURSE HER ANY MORE . TODAY I PUT WILDFIRE IN THE WOODED LOT RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MY HOUSE.

I LEFT ANNIE IN MY BACK YARD AND FIXED THE FENCE WHERE THEY CANNOT GET TO EACH OTHER EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN GET NOSE TO NOSE OVER THE FENCE WITH EACH OTHER.

IT IS VERY SAD TO ME THAT NOW THEY STAND AND STARE AT EACH OTHER. BUT I HAVE TO GET ANNIE, HER MOTHER BACK TO HER HEALTHY SELF. AND THAT TITTY BABY COLT IS JUST GOT TO STOP BEING A TITTY BABY AND GROW UP. IT'S CALLED THE CIRCLE OF LIFE.

THIS SONG REMINDS ME OF THEM BEING SEPERATED AND HOW THEY HANG OUT AT THE FENCE ON OPPOSITE SIDES LOOKING AT EACH OTHER.IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LISTEN TO THIS VIDEO before you click on this video go down and turn off my music at the bottom of my journal

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IT'S BEEN A DAY LONG JOB GETTING HAY ON BOTH SIDES AS WELL AS SWEET FEED AND TO GET THEM SEPERATED BY MYSELF AND FIX THE BARB WIRE FENCE. ALSO GETTING ALL THE WOOD IN THE HOUSE FOR THE COLD DAYS AND NIGHTS AHEAD OF US. IT FEELS LIKE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PIRARIE AROUND HERE AND LITTLE JOE IS LONG GONE.

IF I CAN GET ANNIE BACK TO LOOKING HEALTHY I WILL BE ONE HAPPY CAMPER. SHE IS SO SWEET AND GENTLE. I'M FEEDING HER APPLES AND CARROTS. I'VE SEEN TOMMY FATTEN SEVERAL SKINNY HORSES BACK TO BEING FAT SO I CAN DO IT TOO. I HAD THE BEST TEACHER IN THE WORLD.

TOMMY ALWAYS USE TO SAY TO ME IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMEONE GIVE THEM A HORSE. I KNOW WHAT HE MEANT NOW. LOL

I WOULDN'T TRADE MY HORSES HE GAVE ME FOR ANYTHING. I JUST WANT ANNIE TO BE BACK STRONG AND FAT WITH HER BEAUTIFUL COLT SO BOTTOM LINE GOT TO GET TITTY BABY OFF OF HER..

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52 PIECES OF ME....... WEEK 3

2009-02-15T11:56:00.000-08:00

THE THIRD WEEK OF MY 52 PIECES OF ME IS ABOUT MY VALENTINE'S DAY
THIS YR. 2009

THIS IS ELIZABETH ( MY DAUGHTER AND ( MY YOUNGEST GRANDSON) JERRON MAKING HEART SHAPED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES AND DECORATING THEM FOR OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS . YUMMY THEY WERE DELICIOUS MELT IN YOUR MOUTH WARM DELIGHTS.

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THE DAY BEFORE VALENTINE'S WAS A VERY SAD DAY FOR ME. I WENT TO THE RANCH AND WITHOUT TOMMY IT'S IN BLACK AND WHITE AND ALL THE TECHNICOLOR FOR ME LEFT WITH HIM . I WAS THINKING OF VALENTINE'S PAST AND ALL THE THINGS WE HAD DONE AND SHARED IN THE PAST. I CRIED MOST OF THE DAY.

I DECIDED TO DECORATE MY HOUSE AND HAVE THE BEST VALENTINE POSSIBLE ANYWAY. I MADE MY HOUSE PRETTY FOR ELIZABETH AND I WITH DECORATIONS, PRESENTS AND DECIDED TO PARTY LIKE A ROCK STAR LIKE TOMMY SHOWED ME HOW TO DO UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES IN YOUR LIFE. HE ALWAYS TOLD ME TO ALWAYS LOOK AT THE MOMENT YOU ARE IN. 10 PERCENT OF LIFE IS WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU AND THE OTHER 90 PERCENT IS HOW YOU REACT TO WHAT HAS HAPPEN TO YOU HE WOULD TELL ME.

I GOT MYSELF SOME TULIPS THINKING THAT IS WHAT TOMMY WOULD BE DOING FOR ME. I ALSO GOT ELIZABETH SOME TULIPS AND ELIZABETH GOT HER SISTER SOME TULIPS.

A DAY OR TWO BEFORE TOMMY DIED ELIZABETH AND HIM WERE PLANTING TULIPS BACK IN NOV. THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A FLOWER GROWING CONTEST. WHILE ELIZABETH WAS PLANTING HERS OUT IN OUR FRONT YARD TOMMY DROVE BY IN HIS GOLF CART AND TOOK HER SHOVEL FROM HER AND LEFT. HE GOT HURT A FEW DAYS LATER AND WENT TO THE TRAUMA CENTER AT THE MED IN MEMPHIS. I THOUGHT OF THE TULIPS AND WAS GOING TO GO PLANT THEM FOR HIM WHILE HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. WHEN I WENT TO THE GOLF CART THERE WAS THE SHOVEL AND THE EMPTY BAG THAT THE TULIPS CAME IN. I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND ASK HIM WHERE DID YOU PUT YOUR TULIPS. HE COULDN'T TALK FOR ALL THE TUBES BUT HE WOULD ONLY SHRUG HIS SHOULDERS LIKE I DON'T KNOW ??EVERYDAY FOR 6 DAYS BEFORE HE DIED WE ALL KEPT ASKING WHERE ARE THE TULIPS. ALWAYS THE SAME SHRUG HIS SHOULDERS AND PUT BOTH THUMBS UP. AS WE ALL KNOW TOMMY DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN. WE HAVE ALL TALKED ABOUT WONDER WHERE THOSE TULIPS ARE HE PLANTED.

VALENTINE MORNING I GOT UP DROVE TO HIS HOUSE OPENED MY CAR DOOR RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THERE WERE THE TULIPS. THEY HAD SPROUTED AND THE BUTTERCUPS WERE BLOOMING.I JUMPED OUT OF THAT CAR AND SCREAMED TOMMY GAVE ME FLOWERS AND THEY BLOOMED ON VALENTIN'S DAY FROM HEAVEN.

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HERE THEY ARE LOOK NEXT TO THE DIRT THE GREEN SPROUTS..

THESE ARE THE BUTTERCUPS

THESE ARE THE POTS THAT HAVE THE TULIPS IN THEM AND THE BUTTERCUPS ARE IN THE BACK NEAR THE TREE.

THAT STARTED MY VALENTINE'S DAY OFF WITH A BANG AND HERE ARE THE REST OF THE DAYS PICS ON THE SLIDESHOW. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A CAPTION RUN YOUR CURSER OVER THE BOTTOM OF EACH PIC OR GO TO MY PICS AND LOOK FOR VALENTINE 2009.

52 PIECES OF ME....... WEEK 2

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I HAD TOMMY'S FAMILY IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND WITH HIS NEW GRAND BABY SO THIS IS THE FIRST CHANCE I'VE HAD TO GET MY 52 PIECES OF ME - WEEK 2 UP ME ON THE BULLETIN.

THIS WEEK IS ABOUT MY NEW FURNITURE AND THE HELL I WENT THROUGH WORKING AT THE CASINO TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THIS MOST COMFORTABLE AND BEAUTIFUL FURNITURE THAT I PLAN TO HAVE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I WORKED 6 YRS AT THAT HELL HOLE TAKING GREAT AMOUNTS OF ABUSE FROM THE GUEST & MOST OF THE SUPERVISORS. ALL MY MONEY ALWAYS WENT TOWARD BILLS BUT WHEN I LEFT FOREVER THIS IS WHAT I DID WITH THE 401K MONEY I STARTED THE THIRD AND FINAL TIME I WENT BACK TO WORK FOR THEM. NOW I CAN SIT OR LAY ON IT EVERY NIGHT, EVERY WEEKEND AND MOST OF ALL EVERY FRIGGIN HOLIDAY SO CHRIS FIT THROWER FROM HELL KISS MY GRITS.

AS YOU CAN SEE I HAVE LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT. IT'S CALLED THE WIDOW DIET DON'T TRY IT BECAUSE IT SUCKS. ONE OF US IS GONE AND THERE IS ONE OF US LEFT TO CARRY ON EVEN IF I AM THE SHRINKING WOMAN. LOL THEY SAY THE LORD NEVER GIVES YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE BUT THIS IS THE THIRD HUGE MOUNTAIN HE HAS GIVEN ME THIS TIME. BUT I HAVE A CLOUD TO SIT AND LAY ON TO HEAL FROM MY LOSS AS WELL AS THAT CRAZY CRAZY ABUSIVE JOB I HAD. I'M VERY HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE IN MY LOVELY HOME FURNISHED FROM RONNIE MY HUSBAND, TOMMY MY HONEY AND MY HARD WORKING SELF. MANY BLESSINGS AND MEMORIES ARE IN MY HOME.

THIS IS A SLIDESHOW WITH CAPTIONS OF MY LIVING ROOM FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.

CIRCLE OF LIFE

2009-02-06T21:37:00.000-08:00

TODAY I GOT TO SEE HOLD AND FEED TOMMY'S FIRST LITTLE GRANDBABY BOY THAT WAS BORN ON TOMMY'S BIRHTDAY AFTER TOMMY'S DEATH IN NOV. THE BABY WAS BORN IN DEC JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

EVERYTIME WE WOULD GO OUT TOMMY WOULD BUY SOMETHING FOR THE BABY BEFORE HE WAS BORN IF HE SAW SOMETHING THAT HE WANTED HIM TO HAVE. HE BOUGHT HIM HIS FIRST OVERALLS, HIS FIRST CHRISTMAS STOCKING WHILE WE WERE OUT SHOPPING BEFORE THE BABY WAS BORN AND A LITTLE ONESIE THAT SAID I'M A RIDIN LITTLE DUDE. HIS NAME IS WILLIAM POWELL BOOKER. TOMMY'S LAST NAME WAS POWELL.

THE BABY NOT ONLY HAS TOMMY'S ( HIS GRANDFATHER'S ) NAME AND HIS B-DAY, BUT I THINK HE HAS HIS EYES AND HANDS. I HELD THE BABY FED HIM AND LET HIM SLEEP A LONG TIME IN MY ARMS
THINKING HOW TOMMY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LIVE TO SEE HIM. TOMMY SAID HE WAS GOING TO TEACH WILLIAM POWELL HOW TO SPIT AND MAKE HIM A REAL COWBOY JUST LIKE HIM OUT OF THAT LITTLE BABY. HE PLAN TO KEEP HIM IN THE SUMMER AT THE RANCH AND LET HIM RIDE GOLFCARTS AND HORSES. I THINK SOMEHOW AS THE CIRLCE OF LIFE GOES THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE AND THIS BABY WILL BE FIRST A LITTLE BOY AND INTO A MAN JUST LIKE HIS GRANDFATHER WAS IN MANY WAYS. NOT JUST HIS EYES AND HANDS AND NAME OR B-DAY BUT IN MANY GREAT WAYS AND DO MANY GREAT THINGS IN HIS LIFE JUST LIKE HIS GRANDFATHER DID IN ALL OF HIS LIFE LIKE FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE AND AWAYS HELPING THE NEEDY AND THE UNDER DOG ALWAYS TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT AS FORTUNATE AS HE HAD BEEN IN HIS LIFE. ..

WILLIAM POWELL BOOKER.

LOOKING INTO THIS BABY'S EYES WAS JUST LIKE LOOKING INTO TOMMY'S EYES.

THE CIRCLE OF LIFE.

52 pieces OF ME....... WEEK 1

2009-02-02T14:39:00.000-08:00

ONE OF MY FRIENDS CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA CALLED 52 PIECES OF ME. EVERY WEEK I PICK SOMETHING TO TAKE A PIC OF AND WRITE ABOUT IT. IT SOUNDS REALLY FUN AND I'M GOING TO DO THE SAME THING IN MY JOURNAL. AFTER 52 WEEKS I'M GOING TO LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT WAS IMPORTANT FUN OR EXACTLY WHAT I HAD TO WRITE ABOUT EACH WEEK.

OK SO HERE WE GO 52 PIECES OF ME WEEK 1

OUR DAY WILL COME !! TODAY WAS THE DAY

THIS IS THE WOODED LOT NEXT DOOR TO MY HOUSE. THE TREE WE ARE SITTING ON FELL SOME TIME FROM THE ROOTS ( DON'T KNOW WHEN) . BEFORE TOMMY DIED HE FENCED IN MY YARD AND LOT AND GAVE ME TWO HORSES ANNIE AND HER BABY ALMOST A YR OLD WILDFIRE. HE TOLD ME I WOULD NOW ALWAYS HAVE MY ON RANCH NO MATTER WHATEVER HAPPENED. 2 WEEKS LATER HE WAS KILLED. I HAVE OWNED THIS LOT FOR 27 YRS AND I HAVE NEVER WALKED OVER INTO THE WOODS BECAUSE OF ALL THE UNDER BRUSH. AFTER WE PUT THE HORSES OVER HERE THEY ATE ALL THE UNDER BRUSH SO NOW YOU CAN SEE ALL THROUGH THE WOODS WHICH MAKES IT SO MUCH PRETTIER.

I'M SITTING WITH JERRON MY YOUNGEST GRANDSON. HE WAS NAMED AFTER MY HUSBAND ( RONNIE ) AND HIS BROTHER ( JERRETT ) WHO WAS KILLED IN A FAMILY AUTO ACCIDENT 9 YRS AGO. JERRON AS A LITTLE BABY WAS SO ATTACHED TO HIS MOTHER HE WOULDN'T EVER SPEND THE NIGHT WITH ME. HE CRIED AND WOULD THROW FITS UNTIL I WOULD TAKE HIM HOME. ON THE SAME DAY THAT I DECIDED TO WALK INTO MY LOT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 27 YRS IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST TIME JERRON ASK TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH ME AND STAYED WITHOUT CRYING WHICH WAS THIS WEEKEND. I HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME. BUT I ALWAYS SAID ONE OF THESE DAYS JERRON WILL GET OLD ENOUGH AND HE WILL WANT TO STAY WITH HIS GRANNY PEARL ( ME ). SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF MY 52 PIECES.

WE TOOK ALOT OF PICS WHILE WE WERE IN THE LOT SO I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS SLIDESHOW TO GO ALONG WITH MY PIC. THE OLDER LITTLE BOY IN THE SLIDESHOW IS JERRON'S FRIEND AND ELIZABETH MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER. IT WAS HER FIRST TRIP OVER THERE TOO AND SHE IS ALMOST 26 YRS OLD

OH AND BY THE WAY

PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL THE GROUNDHOG SAW HIS SHAWDOW TODAY SO WE WILL HAVE 6 MORE WEEKS OF WINTER STAY CLOSE TO THE FIREPLACE AND KEEP YOUR HAT COATS AND GLOVES HANDY

MADE FROM HER LATE FATHER'S TIE

2008-12-29T20:57:00.000-08:00

THE SLIDESHOW BELOW IS OF ELIZABETH'S ( MY DAUGHTER ) NEW SEWING MACHINE I GOT HER FOR CHRISTMAS AND HER FIRST PROJECT SHE MADE. SHE USED HER FATHER'S TIE WHICH IS NAVY BLUE AND RED STRIP AS THE STRAP FOR THE PURSE.

SHE MADE THE OUTSIDE OF HER PURSE NAVY SWADE WITH TWO END POCKETS ON THE OUTSIDE AT EACH END OF THE PURSE. SHE LINED THE PURSE WITH RED TO MATCH THE TIE WITH A POCKET ON THE INSIDE.

SHE USED A DECORATIVE BUTTON ON THE LARGE END OF THE TIE THAT SHE USED FOR THE HANDLE AND THE SAME KIND OF DECORATIVE BUTTON FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE PURSE. IT ALSO HAS A SNAP FASTENER.

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SHE HAS EVER SEWN AND THE FIRST TIME TO EVER USE A SEWING MACHINE. I THINK IT'S AWESOME. SHE COMPLETED THE WHOLE THING IN 2 DAYS.

IF YOU DO WANT TO HEAR THIS VIDEO THAT GOES WITH THIS ENTRY JUST GO ALL THE WAY DOWN AND TURN OFF MY MUSIC PLAYER FIRST THAT AUTOMATICALLY COMES ON.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEED UP THE SLIDESHOW YOU MAY DO SO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDESHOW

THESE ARE THE FIRST LONG STEM ROSES ELIZABETH EVER GOT AND HER DADDY WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE WAS THE MAN TO GIVE THEM TO HER.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL YOUR KIND WORDS AND COMING OVER AND VISITING ME. IT HAS BEEN VERY VERY HARD THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS. I'VE DONE THE BEST I COULD TO MAKE THE MOST OF EVERYTHING I HAVE TRIED TO DO AND TO ENJOY BEING WITH MY FAMILY. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A VERY LONG TIME TO GET COMPLETLEY HEALED BUT I DO BELIEVE GOD HAS MANY GOOD BLESSINGS FOR ME IN THE NEXT YEAR AND YEARS AHEAD. THANK ALL OF YOU AGAIN.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT OUR NEXT PROJECT WILL BE BUT WE WILL SURELY SHOW YOU WHEN WE DECIDE.

THE WHEELS OF LIFE KEEP TURNING

2008-12-16T17:01:00.000-08:00

FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LOVE TO TELL EACH ONE OF YOU WHO VISITED MY PAGE THANK YOU. ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS HAVE MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.

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I WOKE UP TODAY NOT FORGETTING AS USUAL AS I HAVE FOR THE PAST MONTH EACH MORNING THAT TOMMY HAD DIED BUT WONDERING WHAT IN THE WORLD .........
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AM I GOING TO DO WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE ? I HAD REVOLVED MY WHOLE LIFE AROUND TOMMY. I QUIT MY JOB TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIM. EVERYTHING FOR ME REVOLVED AROUND HIM AND THE RANCH.

I'M VERY CONFIDENT AND KNOW MYSELF BUT EVEN SO HERE I AM AGAIN BLANK WITH NO DIRECTION............ FEELING LIKE TOM HANKS AT THE END OF THE MOVIE CASTAWAY AS IT ENDED WITH HIM AT THE 4 WAY STOP ASKING THE RED HEAD WHICH WAY WOULD EACH DIRECTION TAKE HIM TO.

I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE GRIEVING PROCESS FOR THE PAST 9 YRS OVER MY HUSBAND AND MY 4 YR OLD GRANDSON. I KNOW THE GRIEVING PROCESS AND I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OR UNCERTAINTY ABOUT ANY OF THAT PROCESS BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES AND WHAT TO EXPECT TO OVER COME ALL THAT I FACE WITH THIS PROCESS IN THE MOMENTS , DAYS , WEEKS , MONTHS AND EVEN YEARS AHEAD .

I FOUND THIS ON A FRIENDS MYSPACE PAGE AND THOUGHT IT SURE FIT ME.

" NEVER WASTE YOU TIME AND ENERGY WISHING YOU WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE
DOING SOMETHING ELSE. ACCEPT YOUR SITUATION AND REALIZE YOU ARE WHERE
YOU ARE, DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING, FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON.
REALIZE THAT NOTHING IS BY CHANCE. THAT YOU HAVE CERTAIN LESSONS TO
LEARN AND THAT THE SITUATION YOU ARE IN HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU TO ENABLE
YOU TO LEARN THOSE LESSONS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT YOU CAN MOVE
ONWARD AND UPWARD ALONG THIS SPIRITUAL PATH. "

IT'S TIME FOR ME TO OPEN MY THRID EYE AND SEE WHAT IS THERE INSIDE OF ME WAITING TO FLOW UP, OUT AND FORWARD.

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I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO NAME THIS ENTRY

2008-12-14T12:57:00.000-08:00

I HAVEN'T WRITTEN HERE SINCE THE DAY TOMMY TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE WHICH WAS NOV. 10TH. THEY WORKED ON HIM ALL NIGHT AND DID EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE.

HE DIED WITH US ALL AROUND HIS BEDSIDE AT 8:35 AM. NOV. 11TH

NOT ONCE OR TWICE IN MY LIFE TIME BUT THIS IS THE THRID TRAGEDY OF THIS MAGNATUDE IN MY LIFE.

I HAD BUILT MY WHOLE LIFE AROUND TOMMY AND HE HAD DONE THE SAME FOR ME. I GRIEVED FOR THE LAST 9 YRS. OVER MY HUSBAND BUT WITH THE HELP OF TOMMY MY LIFE ONCE AGAIN HAD MEANING AND MY HEART LOVED ONCE AGAIN. THERE WAS SO MANY HAPPY WONDERFUL TIMES AT THE RANCH AND EVERY MOMENT WE WERE TOGETHER WAS SO HAPPY AND JOYOUS FOR US.

ALL THE TECHNICOLOR HAS GONE OUT OF MY LIFE ONCE AGAIN. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THIS COULD HAPPEN IN MY LIFE AGAIN. I WAS IN THE FAMILY CAR ACCIDENT THAT TOOK MY HUSBAND AND 4 YR OLD GRANDSON. THE GRIEVING AND THE PAIN WAS ENDLESS IT SEEMED. WHEN TOMMY WAS HURT AT THE RANCH ON THE TRACTOR I WAS THE ONE WHO FOUND HIM.

IN OUR YRS TOGETHER TOMMY MADE MY LIFE COME ALIVE AGAIN. WE SPENT SO MANY HRS. AT THE RANCH AND EVERYDAY BEING TOGETHER. HE WAS SO GIVING SO OPEN SO FREE SPIRITED AND MY WHOLE LIFE WAS A HAPPY LIVING FAIRY TALE.

HE WAS DOING SOMETHING AT THE RANCH HE HAD DONE A MILLION TIMES AND IN A MOMENTS TIME HE WAS HURT. HE DID SO GOOD AND WAS GETTING SO MUCH BETTER FOR 6 DAYS IN THE MED TRAUMA CENTER AND THEN JUST LIKE THAT HE WAS GONE.

IT'S BEEN A MONTH NOW. I'VE BEEN IN THIS PAIN BEFORE BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THIS AGAIN. I'M CURSHED AND I FEEL LIKE THE TRACTOR KILLED ME AS WELL AS HIM AND IN SO MANY WAYS IT DID.

THE GATES THAT STOOD OPEN FOR US WITH SUCH JOY STAND CLOSED IN SUCH SADNESS

THIS IS THE OBITUARY IN THE MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL PAPER

Long time labor leader and 3 term Tennessee state legislator H. T. “Tommy” Powell, 79, of Memphis, TN, died Tuesday from injuries sustained in an accident at his beloved Te-To-Tam Ranch. He leaves behind his children Tony Powell (Nancy Olson) of Vicksburg, MS; Dr. Tammy Powell Booker (Ray) of Franklin, TN; and Terry Powell (Lee) of Madison, MS; and grandchildren Perry Powell and soon to be born William Powell Booker. The family is thankful for all the support from dear friends and guardian angel Judy McRay.
Tommy was born in Huntersville, TN, near Jackson. He graduated from Jackson’s North Side High School in 1949 where he excelled in athle tics and was a founding member of their first football team. He won a football scholarship to Tennessee Tech University, then volunteered for the US Navy in 1951 where he served during the Korean War. After leaving the Navy, he joined Armour Meat Packing Co. in Memphis where he became a union representative and later President of the Memphis AFL-CIO Labor Council, a position he proudly held for 30 years. Tommy also served as first vice-president of the Tennessee Labor Council and chairman of the Tennessee State Election Commission.
Tommy was active in the Civil Rights movement where his guidance and influence helped change attitudes, raise awareness, and improve workers’ lives. Most memorable of these accomplishments were Tommy’s instrumental roles in the successful resolution of the Memphis Sanitation workers’ strike in 1968 and the Memphis Fire and Police str ike in 1978.
In retirement he turned his considerable passions to his family, ranching, raising horses, land development, University of Memphis football, and enjoying life to its fullest.
Services will be held Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel at 6:00 pm, with visitation beginning at 5:00 pm (HYPERLINK "http://www. memphisfuneralhome. net"www. memphisfuneralhome. net5599 Poplar Avenue, (901) 725-0100); and Saturday at Ararat Baptist Church, 3608 Brownsville Hwy in Jackson, TN, at noon, with visitation beginning at 11:00 am. Interment will follow in Ararat Baptist Church Cemetery.

THIS IS A PIC I TOOK NOT TO LONG AGO DOWN ON RIVER SIDE DRIVE DOING WHAT WE LIKE THE MOST BEING TOGETHER.

POSTED IN THE JACKSON SUN

WHERE TOMMY WAS FROM AND IS BURIED.

Friends and family members said Huntersville native H. T. "Tommy" Powell will be remembered for loving others and for being a great football player.

Powell, 79, died Tuesday due to injuries he sustained in a tractor accident on his Memphis ranch Nov. 4, according to his daughter, Dr. Tammy Powell Booker, of Franklin.

Booker said her father died after spending a week in the trauma center at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis.

Visitation and funeral services will be held in two locations this weekend. Visitation will be held at 5 p.m. Friday in the Poplar Chapel of Memphis Funeral Home, 5599 Poplar Ave., in Memphis, and a funeral service will be held at 6 p.m. Friday in the Poplar Chapel.

Another visitation service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ararat Baptist Church, 3608 Brownsville Highway, in Jackson. A funeral service will be held at noon in Jackson.

Booker said her father was a cheerful man who was larger than life. She said he will be greatly missed by those who knew him.

"He was a loving and devoted family man," said Booker in a telephone interview. "He was extremely generous."

Booker added, "His favorite hobbies were ranching, his horses and football."

Powell grew up in Huntersville and attended North Side High School, Booker said.

"He was a member of the first varsity football team the school ever had," she said.

Hugh Harvey Sr., 76, was also a member of that team, which was formed in 1947, and said he remembers how well Powell played.

"He was a fullback and a real good player," Harvey said. "In 1948, he was the sixth highest scoring football player in Tennessee, scoring 101 points."

Harvey added, "He was full of life and full of fun. I always liked him."

After graduating from North Side in 1949, Powell played for Tennessee Tech on a football scholarship. He joined the United States Navy in 1951.

"He had four years of active duty," Booker said.

The Powells moved to Memphis, where H. T. Powell began working as a union representative for Armor Packing Company.

"That job led to him becoming president of the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organ8 Bizations) Labor Council in Memphis for 30 years," Booker said.

Booker said her father also served as representative for House Dist. 85, which includes part of Shelby County, for six years.

"He served during 1968 to 1974," Booker said.

Besides Booker and her husband Ray, H. T. Powell is survived by two sons, Tony and wife Nancy Olson Powell, of Vicksburg, Miss., and Terry and wife Lee Powell, of Madison, Miss.; and one granddaughter, Perry Powell.

THESE ARE THE TWO SONGS HE WANTED PLAYED AT HIS SERVICE AND THEY PLAYED A SLIDESHOW OF HIS LIFE TOO. IT WAS A PERFECT SERVICE AND A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO HIS LIFE AND TO ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS HE DID AND THE HUNDRED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND ALL OF THEIR FAMILIES HE HELPED IN HIS LIFE.

GOD TOOK THE TECHNICOLOR OUT OF MY WOLRD ONCE AGAIN.

IN MY HEART AND MEMORY THIS WAS US EVERYDAY DANCING AND LOVING BEING TOGETHER

OUR LAST NEW YEARS DAY TOGETHER

TOMMY'S CONDITION ( MONDAY NOV 10TH )

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TOMMY HAS BEEN DOING SO GREAT THEY TOOK ALL THE TUBES AND EVERYTHING OFF OF HIM AND HE'S BEEN STABLE FOR 6 DAYS. TONIGHT HIS HEART RATE WENT DOWN AND HIS FEVER WENT UP. THEY BELIEVE THAT HE NOW HAS AN INFECTION.

THEY TOOK EVERYTHING OFF BUT HIS BREATHING MACHINE AND WAS GOING TO DO THAT TODAY BUT THEN THIS STARTED TO HAPPEN.

I'M REALLY SCARED FOR HIM AND ME. BUT HE IS SUCH A FIGHTER I AM PRAYING HE WILL RESPOND TO THESE ANTIBIOTICS JUST LIKE HE HAS TO EVERYTHING ELSE.

I'M GOING TO TRY AND GO TO SLEEP SO I CAN BE THERE IN THE MORNING AT 9AM. PLEASE KEEP PRAYING. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AFTER MY VISIT IN THE MORNING.

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TOMMY CONDITION SUNDAY NOV 9TH

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THIS MORNING AT THE 9 AM VISITING TOMMY WAS VERY ALERT AND STAYED AWAKE THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE IN THERE WHICH IS AN HOUR AT A TIME 4 TIMES A DAY.

HE LOVES TO HAVE HIS HANDS AND FACE MASSAGED AND WASHED, FOR US TO HOLD HIS HANDS AND RUB HIS FEET. THAT IS ABOUT ALL WE ARE ABLE TO TOUCH. HE IS OF COARSE BRUISING ALL OVER FROM BEING DRAGED UNDER THE TRACTOR. HE FOCUSED ON WHAT WE SAID TO HIM EVEN THOUGH HE CAN ONLY MOUTH A FEW WORDS AND IF HE IS ALERT ENOUGH HE WILL GIVE A THUMBS UP AND STICK OUT HIS TOUGUE AND GIVE KISSES.

HE CAN'T MOVE OR TURN HIS HEAD AND THEY KEEP HIM VERY SEDATED MOST OF THE TIME. THEY TOOK HIS BANDAGE OFF HIS FACE AND IT LOOKS TERRIBLE AND VERY SWOLLEN. IT REALLY LOOKS AWEFUL AND NOT EVEN THE SAME MAN AT ALL. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WILL ALL GO AWAY AND HE WILL ONE DAY LOOK JUST LIKE HE USE TO.

WE TOOK SOME PICS OF HIM ALL DRESSED UP AND LOOKING LIKE HIS HANDSOME SELF TO PUT IN HIS ROOM AND THE DOCTORS AND NURSES WANTED TO KNOW IF THAT WAS HIM. THAT'S HOW BAD HE LOOKS THAT THEY COULDN'T EVEN TELL IF IT WAS THE SAME MAN IN THAT BED THEY WERE TREATING.

WE ALSO PUT UP PICS OF THE RANCH, A LOT OF THE LAKE, THE HORSES AND ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS HE HAS TO LOOK FORWARD TO COMING HOME TO ON THE CEILING SO HE WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT THAT IS HAPPY AND JOYFUL AND WHERE HIS HEART IS WHEN HE OPENS HIS EYES AND CAN ONLY LOOK STRAIGHT UP.

HE SMILED SO BIG WHEN WE PUT THEM UP ON THE CEILING FOR HIM. YOU COULD TELL EVEN AS DRUGED AS HE WAS THAT HE WAS FOCUSING ON EACH PIC.

HE WAS ASLEEP MOST OF THE DAY FROM THE PAIN MEDS BUT WAS AWAKE AT THE 9 PM VISITING. HIS EYES WERE OPEN AND HE SMILED A LITTLE BUT NOT VERY RESPONSIVE AT ALL.

TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE A BIG DAY FOR HIM. HE IS BEING TAKEN OFF THE BREATHING MACHINE. HAVING A TRACEA PUT IN AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO HIS FIRST PELVIS SURGERY. THE SENOUR SURGEONS FROM CAMPBELL'S CLINIC IS GOING TO DO THE SURGERY BECAUSE THE EXTENT OF HIS INJURIES ARE SO BAD. SO WE HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST WORKING ON HIM.

I HAVE SEEN SO MUCH TRAUMA IN THE MED SINCE WE HAVE BEEN THERE THESE PAST 6 DAYS IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
THE MED IS THE BEST TRAUMA CENTER IN THE MID SOUTH. THEY ONLY TREAT TRAUMAS LIKE FARM ACCIDENTS, CAR ACCIDENTS, SHOOTINGS ,
STABBING AND ELECTRICAL ACCIDENTS. I'VE SEEN THE WORST OF THE WORST. IT SURE MAKES YOU APPRECIATE YOUR HEALTH AND
BODY BEING WELL.

I'VE SEEN SOME MAKE IT AND SOME NOT. IT'S VERY HARD TO WATCH A FAMILY COME IN AND THEN THEY LEAVE SO UPSET BECAUSE THIER LOVED ONE DID NOT LIVE. ESPECIALLY KNOWING HOW CLOSE YOU ARE TO BEING IN THIER SHOES.

I WENT TO AN AWESOME CHURCH SERVICE THIS MORNING AND PUT TOMMY ON A PRAYER LIST AND I WANT ALL OF YOU TO KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS. BECAUSE IN THE LAST WEEK I HAVE SEEN SOME REMARKABLE LIFE CHANGING SPIRITUAL HEALING GOING ON.

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THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS COMMENTS CONCERNS BUT ESPECIALLY YOUR PRAYERS. THEY EVERYONE ARE BEING ANSWERED EVERY MOMENT AS HE IS CONSTANTLY GETTING BETTER AND STAYING STABLE WITH NO COMPLICATIONS SO FAR.
IT IS JUST A MIRACLE THAT ANY HUMAN COULD LIVE THROUGH WHAT HE DID AND HOW FAST HE IS DOING BETTER AND HOW HE RESPONSE SO QUICKLY TO EVERYTHING ALL OF THOSE NURSES AND DOCTORS DO TO HIM ON A CONSTANT BASES.

DOCTOR AND NURSES WHO WORK IN THE TRAUMA CENTERS ARE SOME OF THE TRUE HEROS OF THIS WORLD.

BELIEVE ME IT'S EAT SLEEP TRAUMA, EAT SLEEP TRAUMA. OVER AND OVER EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN
WITH THE HELP FROM THE LORD WITH HIS SPIRITUAL HEALING

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TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY FOR HIM BUT HE WILL BE GETTING HIS FIRST START AT BEING FIXED AND HIS REAL HEALING WILL BEGIN. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED HOW EVERYTHING GOES.

THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS COMMENTS CONCERNS BUT ESPECIALLY YOUR PRAYERS. THEY EVERYONE ARE BEING ANSWERED EVERY MOMENT AS HE IS CONSTANTLY GETTING BETTER.

IT IS JUST A MIRACLE THAT ANY HUMAN COULD LIVE THROUGH WHAT HE DID AND HOW FAST HE IS DOING BETTER AND HOW HE RESPONSE SO QUICKLY TO EVERYTHING ALL OF THOSE NURSES AND DOCTORS DO TO HIM.

WE ARE GOING TO BE BACK DOING WHAT WE LOVE TO DO MOST AND THAT IS BEING TOGETHER.

I WILL POST WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS FOR US AND UNTIL THEN GOODNIGHT AND REMEMBER WHEN YOU FEEL SAD OR TIRED OR DISCOURAGED WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD WE HAVE AND YOU ARE HERE TO ENJOY ALL THAT GOD GIVES US.

THIS IS OUR SONG.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR GO TO THE END OF MY BLOGS AND TURN OFF MY MUSIC PLAYER AND CLICK ON THIS VIDEO

MY HONEY'S 2ND GRANDCHILD AND ONLY GRANDSON IS DUE TO BE BORN IN 6 WEEKS ON HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY AND NAMED AFTER HIM .....HOW SPECIAL IS THAT !!!

TOMMY CONDITION SATURDAY NOV 8TH

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TOMMY HAD A REALLY GOOD DAY LATE YESTERDAY. MORE ALERT AND VERY HAPPY TO SEE EVERYONE. HE WAS MUCH MORE RESPONSIVE. HE'S STILL STAYING VERY STABLE. THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE HIS HEART MONITOR OFF TODAY AND CHECK HIS SPINE AND NECK FOR ANY DAMAGES. I SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE ICU WAITING ROOM AGAIN. TODAY I'M PRETTY WIPED OUT.

I CAME HOME AFTER THE 9 AM VISITING AND COVERED MY POOL WINTERIZED IT AND MY HOT TUB. THIS YEAR I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HOT TUB DURING THE WINTER TO SAVE MONEY ON THE UTILITIES SINCE I'VE RETIRED. IT SURE FELT GREAT TO CUT THE SWITCH ON ALL THE PUMPS AND WATCH THE ELECTRIC METER STOP TURNING AT RECORD BREAKING SPEED. NOW WHEN I KEEP THAT WOOD BURNING FIREPLACE BURNING AND BLOWING OUT HEAT MY UTILITIES WILL EVEN GET LOWER AND STAY THAT WAY THROUGH THE WINTER.

I'M GOING TO TAKE A REST AND GO BACK TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THE 5 PM VISIT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG SLOW RECOVERY BUT MY HONEY WILL BE BACK DANCING BEFORE ANYONE WILL BELIEVE IT.

KEEP ALL YOUR PRAYERS COMING !! TODAY A PREACHER OF THE FAMILY CAME AND PRAYED OVER HIM AND ANOINTED HIM WITH HEALING OIL.

TOMMY'S CONDITION TODAY ( FRIDAY NOV 7TH )

2008-11-07T12:18:00.000-08:00

The Prayers are working. Tommy looks better every time we see him. He is still critical but stable. They are starting to talk about taking him off the breathing machine and put a trachea in his throat, which will help him to be able to talk to us and get him breathing on his own. They still can't fix his injuries until maybe next week. All of his organs are working good on their own. He is pretty much heavily sedated but he will open one eye and move his hand a little to try and squeeze it once in awhile. He is not out of the woods but he is headed toward healing.

KEEP TOMMY IN YOUR PRAYERS AND WE WILL HAVE HIM BACK ON THE RANCH DOING WHAT HE LOVES TO DO.

THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS CALLS AND CONCERNS. I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE AND HAPPY WEEKEND. LOVE JUDY

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BEING BLESSED

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EVEN WHEN THE WORST HAPPENS

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE VIDEO MUSIC IN THIS BLOG JUST GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE FIRST AND TURN OFF MY MUSIC PLAYER AND THEN CLICK ON THE MUSIC VIDEO IN THIS BLOG

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I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT HOW AMAZING MY HONEY IS WITH HIS HEALTH AND STRENGTH. IT'S A BLESSING THAT HIS HEALTH IS SO GREAT BECAUSE. HE WAS JUMP STARTING THE TRACTOR THAT HE IS ON IN THE PIC BELOW WITH ANOTHER BIG TRACTOR.

SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLE WRONG TUE AROUND 11:30 AM AND THE TRACTOR THREW HIM UNDER IT AND DRUG HIM FOR A LONG DISTANCE UNTIIL IT HIT A TREE, HE GRAB A TREE LIMB ON THE GROUND AND WAS ABLE TO PULL HIMSELF OUT FROM UNDER THE TRACTOR WHICH ALSO HAD A BUSH HOG HOOKED UP TO IT WHILE THE TRACTOR WAS STILL RUNNING WHERE IT LANDED UP AGAINST THE HUGE OAK TREE.

WE HAVEN'T BEEH ABLE TO GET THE WHOLE STORY FROM HIM BECAUSE HE IS IN SUCH CRITICAL CONDITION.

HE WAS ABLE TO CALL 911 AND THEN ME. I WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE. IT WAS TERRIBLE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE MED TRAUMA CENTER AND IN VERY CRITICAL CONDITION EVEN STILL. HE IS STABLE AND RESPONDING TO TREATMENT FOR THE LAST 24 HRS. WE CAME VERY CLOSE TO LOSING HIM TUE. NIGHT. ( THE DEMOCRATS TOOK BACK THE COUNTRY AND HE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SEE IT HAPPEN.) WE WILL HAVE TO CELEBRATE WHEN HE RECOVERS. THE ICU WAITING ROOM IS NOT A VERY PLEASANT PLACE TO BE WHEN YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE IS HOLDING ON BY A THREAD. WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO GO INTO ICU AND TELL HIM THE DEMOCRATS WON AND WON BIG HE COULDN'T TALK OR MOVE BUT HE GAVE IT A BIG THUMBS UP !

HE HAS A BROKEN PELVIS IN 3 PLACES, BROKEN LEG, BROKEN BONES IN HIS FACE AND LOOKS LIKE ROCKY WHO LOST THE FIGHT. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS HE IS RESPONDING TO TREATMENT. ALL OF HIS ORGANS ARE WORKING ON THEIR OWN. ALTHOUGH HE IS ON A BREATHING MACHINE, HE IS STABLE AND HE HAS TURN THE CORNER TOWARD HEALING. HE IS NOT STABLE ENOUGH TO REPAIR HIS INJURIES BUT HE IS HOLDING HIS OWN AND AS SOON AS HE IS ABLE THEY WILL REPAIR HIS BONES.

ONLY 60 % OF THE PEOPLE AT ANY AGE THAT GETS THESE KINDS OF INJURIES LIVE AT ANY AGE BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE BLEED TO DEATH BEFORE THEY CAN GET HELP. IT'S ALL A MIRACLE THAT WE FOUND HIM, HIS PHONE STILL WORKED, HE WAS ABLE TO CALL FOR HELP AND FOR ME. THE RESPONSE FROM THE AMBULANCE, POLICE AND FIREMEN WAS UNBELIEVABLE FAST. EVERYTHING HAS JUST BEEN A MIRACLE. PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND THAT HE CONTINUES TO PROGRESS AS FAST AS HE HAS BEEN DOING. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON HIS PROGRESS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE'S CARE AND LOVE AND CONCERN.

FROM THE MOMENT I FOUND HIM I FELT THE SWEET SWEET SPIRIT WAS RIGHT THERE WITH US AND IN THE ICU THE SWEET SWEET SPIRIT
NEVER WAVERED OR LEFT EITHER OF US NOT EVEN WHEN THE DOCTORS SAID IF HE GETS ANY MORE CRITICAL HE WILL NOT MAKE IT. WE HAVE 28 TRAUMA PATIENCE RIGHT NOW IN THIS HOSPITAL AND HE IS THE WORST . I KNEW WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO PREPARE US FOR BUT THE SWEET SWEET SPIRIT IN ME SAID THEY JUST DONT KNOW WHAT THIS MAN IS CAPABLE OF. WHEN THE DOCTORS ASK HOW AGGRESSIVE DO YOU WANT US TO BE IN SAVING HIM ? WE TOLD THEM DO EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE YOURSELF AND WITH MACHINES AND MEDICINE AND THEN GO THE 10 EXTRA STEPS YOU NORMALLY WOULDN'T TO KEEP HIM ALIVE. IF YOU DO HE WILL DO THE FIGHTING FOR YOU JUST DON'T GIVE UP ON HIM BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU THINK OF HIS AGE. YOU JUST CAN'T POSSIBLE KNOW WHAT HE IS CAPABLE OF. THEY PROMISED THEY WOULD AND THEY DID. HE FOUGHT AND THE SWEET SWEET SPIRIT STAYED WITH US ALL.

I WILL KEEP EVERYONE POSTED ON TOMMY'S PROGRESS. WE CAN ONLY SEE HIN 4 TIMES A DAY NOW WHILE HE IS IN ICU.

LOVE JUDY

VOTE

2008-11-02T13:26:00.000-08:00

BEFORE YOU GO VOTE THIS IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY

OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRAT DONKEY ( WHICH STANDS FOR BEING HUMBLE. HOMELY, SMART, COURAGEOUS AND LOVEABLE ARE ON OUR WAY ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE .

WE ARE TAKING OUR PUSSYCAT DOLLS WITH US

WE ARE GOING TO SET THIS COUNTRY STRAIGHT AND GET IT BACK TO THE WONDERFUL PLACES WE WERE BEFORE 8 YRS AGO. SO GET OFF YOUR HINEYS AND GO VOTE FOR THAT DEMOCRAT BUTTON

THAT IS UNLESS YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE

WHICH STANDS FOR BUNGLING, STUPID, POUMPOUS AND CONSERVATIVE

I'M SO SURE EVERYONE JUST LOVES WHAT THE LAST 8 YRS HAS MEANT. GAS PRICES, FOOD PRICES, USELESS WAR, NO HELP FOR THE VETS WHEN THEY COME HOME WITH THEIR LIMBS BLOWN OFF IF THEY EVEN COME HOME, NO JOBS, YOUR EMPTY POCKETS, YOUR 401K, YOUR HOUSES GETTING TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU LIES LIES AND MORE LIES.

REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU GO INTO THE VOTING BOOTH

GEORGE W. BUSH DUG US INTO A HUGE HOLE AND NOW HE'S HANDING THE SHOVEL OVER TO MCCAIN.

THE DONKEY AND UNCLE SAM ARE GOING TO BE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. WE ARE GOING TO ROCK THIS COUNTRY BACK ON IT'S HILLS INSTEAD OF DOWN IN A HOLE THAT NOONE ENJOYS EXCEPT THOSE CRAZY ELEPHANTS

NOW FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE

A SLIDESHOW OF MY FUN FUN........ DID I SAY FUN HALLOWEEN NIGHT.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE A CAPTION RUN YOUR CURSER OVER THE BOTTOM OF EACH PIC.

THE DEMOCRATIC DONKEY AND THE REPUBLICAN ELEPHANT

2008-10-30T22:14:00.000-07:00

FIRST SCROLL DOWN AND CUT OFF MY MUSIC PLAYER AT END OF ALL MY POSTINGS

THEN TURN ON THIS VIDEO

AMERICA

THE DEMOCRATIC DONKEY AND THE REPUBLICAN ELEPHANT

EVER WONDER WHAT THE STORY WAS BEHIND THESE TWO FAMOUS PARTY ANIMALS ?

DEMOCRATIC

THE REPUBLICANS REGARD THE DONKEY AS STUBBORN, SILLY, AND RIDICULOUS-- BUT THE DEMOCRATS CLAIM IT IS HUMBLE, HOMELY, SMART, COURAGIOUS AND LOVEABLE

REPUBLICAN

THE DEMOCRATS THINK OF THE ELEPHANT AS BUNGLING, STUPID, POMPOUS AND CONSERVATIVE-- BUT THE REPUBLICANS THINK IT IS DIGNIFIED, STRONG AND INTELLIGENT.

The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous.

Nast invented another famous symbol—the Republican elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party.

Democrats today say the donkey is smart and brave, while Republicans say the elephant is strong and dignified.

When Andrew Jackson ran for president in 1828, his opponents tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist views and his slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson, however, picked up on their name calling and turned it to his own advantage by using the donkey on his campaign posters. During his presidency, the donkey was used to represent Jackson's stubbornness when he vetoed re-chartering the National Bank.

The first time the donkey was used in a political cartoon to represent the Democratic party, it was again in conjunction with Jackson. Although in 1837 Jackson was retired, he still thought of himself as the Party's leader and was shown trying to get the donkey to go where he wanted it to go. The cartoon was titled "A Modern Baalim and his Ass".

Interestingly enough, the person credited with getting the donkey widely accepted as the Democratic party's symbol probably had no knowledge of the prior associations. Thomas Nast, a famous political cartoonist, came to the United States with his parents in 1840 when he was six. He first used the donkey in an 1870 Harper's Weekly cartoon to represent the "Copperhead Press" kicking a dead lion, symbolizing Lincoln's Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who had recently died. Nast intended the donkey to represent an anti-war faction with whom he disagreed , but the symbol caught the public's fancy and the cartoonist continued using it to indicate some Democratic editors and newspapers.

Later, Nast used the donkey to portray what he called "Caesarism" showing the alleged Democratic uneasiness over a possible third term for Ulysses S. Grant. In conjunction with this issue, Nast helped associate the elephant with the Republican party. Although the elephant had been connected with the Republican party in cartoons that appeared in 1860 and 1872, it was Nast's cartoon in 1874 published by Harper's Weekly that made the pachyderm stick as the Republican's symbol. A cartoon titled "The Third Term Panic," showed animals representing various issues running away from a donkey wearing a lion's skin tagged "Caesarism." The elephant labeled "The Republican Vote," was about to run into a pit containing inflation, chaos, repudiation, etc..

By 1880 the donkey was well established as a mascot for the Democratic party. A cartoon about the Garfield-Hancock campaign in the New York Daily Graphic showed the Democratic candidate mounted on a donkey, leading a procession of crusaders.

Over the years, the donkey and the elephant have become the accepted symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties. Although the Democrats have never officially adopted the donkey as a party symbol, we have used various donkey designs on publications over the years. The Republicans have actually adopted the elephant as their official symbol and use their design widely.

The Democrats think of the elephant as bungling, stupid, pompous and conservative -- but the Republicans think it is dignified, strong and intelligent. On the other hand, the Republicans regard the donkey as stubborn, silly and ridiculous -- but the Democrats claim it is humble, homely, smart, courageous and loveable.

Adlai Stevenson provided one of the most clever descriptions of the Republican's symbol when he said, "The elephant has a thick skin, a head full of ivory, and as everyone who has seen a circus parade knows, proceeds best by grasping the tail of its predecessor."

HORSES, TRACTORS, TRUCKS, BALLS, A BALE OF HAY AND A NEED FOR PAIN PILLS

2008-10-27T19:20:00.000-07:00

I DO NOT HAVE A PIC OF THE STORY I'M ABOUT TO TELL BUT ALL OF THE PICS OF THE VEHICLES YOU SEE ARE IN THIS STORY. YOU JUST HAVE TO VISUALISE WHAT I'M TELLING ABOUT MY HORSES, TRACTORS, BALLS, A BALE OF HAY AND OF COARSE MY HONEY WHO IS DRIVING THAT TRACTOR ABOVE WITH THE BALE OF HAY ON THE BACK.

FIRST THING THIS MORNING WE WERE GOING TO VOTE. AS I WAS GETTING READY I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, GET THE CAMERA BECAUSE WHEN MY HONEY STARTS TO DO THINGS WITH HIS TRUCK AND TRACTORS THERE JUST ISN'T ANY TELLING WHAT WILL HAPPEN. I WAS IN SUCH A HURRY TO VOTE I FORGOT THE CAMERA. FIRST MISTAKE OF THE DAY. I WORE MY OBAMA SHIRT TO VOTE SECOND MISTAKE. GOOD THING I HAD ON MY COAT BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T LET ME SHOW MY SHIRT WHILE INSIDE THE EARLY VOTING PLACE. I BUTTONED UP MY COAT AND VOTED. SO WHEN YOU GO VOTE DO NOT WEAR ANYTHING OR CARRY ANYTHING THAT SAYS MCCAIN OR OBAMA. RULE NUMBER ONE !!

WE LEFT AND WENT TO THE RANCH. OUR MISSION WAS TO PUT A BALE OF HAY IN THE BED OF HIS FORD TRUCK, DRIVE IT OVER TO MY HOUSE THROUGH THE GATE AND PUT THE BALE OF HAY AT THE BOTTOM OF MY BACK YARD FOR MY HORSES ANNIE AND WILDFIRE. ( IN THE PIC ABOVE ) TO EAT ON WHILE IT IS COLD. FIRST THING MY HONEY DID WAS DRIVE HIS TRUCK DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF A HILL. LET HIS TAIL GATE DOWN WHERE IT TOUCHED THE GROUND SO HE COULD JUST LET THE HAY OFF OF HIS BIG TRACTOR LIKE YOU SEE IN THE PIC ABOVE THAT HE IS DRIVING. HE LET THE HAY ON THE BACK OF THE TRACTOR DOWN ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK. WHEN HE WENT TO PULL THE TRACTOR OFF AND LEAVE THE HAY ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK IT KEPT ROLLING BACK OFF THE TAIL GATE OF THE TRUCK.

HONEY THEN PARKED THE BIG TRACTOR AND GOT HIS SMALLER JOHN DEER TRACTOR LIKE THE TRACTOR IN THE THIRD PIC ABOVE. HE WAS JUST GOING TO PUSH THE BALE OF HAY OVER INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK WITH THE FRONT OF HIS SMALLER JOHN DEER TRACTOR. HE DID THAT ALRIGHT AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW THE HAY IS IN THE BED OF HIS FORD TRUCK AND THE TRACTOR IS ON TOP OF THE HAY ALL THE WAY TO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. LOL THE FRONT WHEELS OF THE TRACTOR IS STICKING STRAIGHT UP INTO THE AIR ON TOP OF THE WHOLE BALE OF HAY THAT IS LAYING IN THE BED OF HIS FORD TRUCK ALL THE WAY TO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK.

NOW WHAT HE FORGOT WAS THE TRACTOR THAT IS NOW ON TOP OF THE BALE OF HAY THAT IS SITTING IN THE BED OF HIS TRUCK WITH THE FRONT WHEELS STICKING STRAIGHT UP INTO THE AIR WILL NOT BACK UP. THAT'S RIGHT IT WON'T GO IN REVERSE. BY THIS TIME I'M LAUGHING MY ASS OFF AND PEEING IN MY PANTS. I KEPT SAYING "OH MY GOD I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE." IT LOOKED LIKE THE TRACTOR WAS SCREWING THE TRUCK FROM BEHIND. IT LOOKED LIKE HORSES MATING EXCEPT IT WAS A TRACTOR A BALE OF HAY AND A TRUCK.

I START SAYING GET OFF THE TRACTOR I WAS AFRAID IT WOULD TURN OVER BACKWARDS OR SIDE WAYS WHILE HE WAS ON IT. EVERY TIME HE TRIED TO GET OFF THE TRACTOR IT KEPT ROLLING FRONTWARDS PUSHING THE TRUCK AND THE HAY ON DOWN THE HILL TOWARD A HUGE OAK TREE.

HONEY HAD TO PUT THE TRACTOR IN GEAR SO IT WOULD STOP ROLLING EVERYTHING FORWARD OR TURN OVER BACKWARDS OR GO ON OVER ON TOP OF THE CAB OF THE FORD TRUCK. I KEPT LAUGHING AND LAUGHING SAYING, " I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS." HE SAID HE HADN'T EITHER. I WANTED MY CAMERA SO BAD I THOUGHT ABOUT RUNNING THROUGH THE WOODS TO MY HOUSE BUT I KNEW HE WOULD KILL ME BEFORE I COULD TAKE THE PIC IF I DID.

HE GETS EVERYTHING STEADY AND HE GETS OFF THE TRACTOR AND GOES AND GETS THE BIG TRACTOR THAT'S IN THE PIC WITH THE HAY ON THE BACK OF IT AND A CHAIN AS BIG AS THE TRACTORS AND THE TRUCK PUT TOGETHER. HE BACKS THE BIG TRACTOR UP TO THE SMALLER TRACTOR ON THE HAY AND THE TRUCK AND HOOKS UP THE CHAIN. HE PULLS THE TRACTOR OFF THE HAY AND THE TRUCK WITH HIS BIG TRACTOR. YOU GOT IT, THE BALE OF HAY ROLLS BACK OFF THE TRUCK BED AGAIN.

HE THEN TURNS THE BIG TRACTOR AROUND AND PUSHES IT BACK ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK WITH THE HAY LIFTER AND THIS TIME THE HAY WENT INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND THE TRACTOR STAYED OFF. HE KEPT SAYING I'M NEVER TELLING THIS STORY AND I KEPT LAUGHING AND SAYING YOU WON'T HAVE TO CAUSE I'M TELLING THIS ONE MYSELF. LOL

WE THEN JUMP INTO THE TRUCK WITH THE HAY GET TO MY HOUSE OPEN THE GATE TO MY BACK YARD AND THE TRUCK GOES THROUGH THE GATE WITH THE BALE OF HAY IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK WITH NOT EVEN A HAIR OF ROOM LEFT ON EACH SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND FENSE. I HAVE 3 HILLS AND A SIDEWALK THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF MY BACK YARD TO THE LAKE. THE HAY NEEDS TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE LAKE BECAUSE HORSES EAT AND POOP ALL WINTER BY THE HAY AS THEY EAT. THE TRUCK DRAGS ON THE SIDEWALK AND THE HAY WON'T COME OFF THE TRUCK AS HE GUNS THE TRUCK TO GET THE HAY TO START ROLLING OFF THE TAIL GATE AND BED OF THE TRUCK WHEN WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF MY BACK YARD.

HE PARKS THE TRUCK AND HIM AND I BOTH GET UP IN THE TRUCK AND PUSH ON THE BALE WHICH WEIGHTS ABOUT 1500 LBS AND LOW AND BEHOLD IT STARTS TO ROLL AND OFF IT GOES INTO THE EXACT SPOT WE WANTED IT RIGHT UP AGAINST THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE WHERE THE HORSES GO INTO FOR SHELTER FROM THE RAIN AND COLD. SWEET SUCCESS !! WHEN MY HONEY TRIES TO DRIVE OFF HE IS STUCK ON THE SIDE WALK AND THE WHEELS ARE SPINNING ON THE SLICK GROUND. ALL OF A SUDDEN HE BACKS UP FLOOR BOARDS IT AND HE'S UP MY WHOLE BACK YARD AS FAST AS LIGHTENING. I RUN UP THE HILL LAUGHING ALL THE WAY.

WHEN I REACH THE TRUCK HE HAS GOTTEN OUT AND IS PRAYING WITH HIS HANDS FOLDED RESTING ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND HE SAYS DEAR GOD IF JUDY ASK ME FOR ANOTHER ANIMAL PLEASE GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO SAY NO !! AFTER SEVERAL REPEATS OF THE SAME PRAYER WE GOT BACK INTO THE TRUCK AND HEADED TO THE RANCH AGAIN.

WHEN WE GET TO THE RANCH WHICH IS 5 MINUTES AWAY MY HONEY GETS HIS CHAIN SAW AND SAYS WE NEED TO CUT AND LOAD ALL THIS SEASONED CEDAR WOOD THAT IS 25 YRS OLD THAT USE TO BE HIS FENCE BEFORE HE REPAIRED IT WITH NEW WOOD. HE CUT AND I LOADED THE FORD TRUCK UP WITH SEASONED 25 YR OLD CEDAR CUT WOOD AND BROUGHT IT TO MY HOUSE TO ADD TO MY CORD OF GREEN OAK WOOD FOR MY FIRES TO START EASY AND BURN LONG AND SLOW. AFTER THAT'S OVER.

HONEY LEAVES ME AT HOME AT AROUND 5 PM AND SAYS IT'S SUPPOSE TO FREEZE TONIGHT I'VE GOT TO GET MY PLANTS IN. I THINK........." FREEZE"..... OH MY GOODNESS I HAVE TO GET MY PLANTS IN TOO. I BROUGHT IN 15 FERNS AND HIBISCUS PLANTS IN BIG POTS BY MYSELF. I THEN SAW ALL THE LEAVES IN MY POOL SO I TURNED ON THE POOL PUMP DIPPED ALL THE LEAVES OUT OF THE POOL AND LEFT IT RUNNING SO THE PIPES TO THE POOL AND MOTOR WON'T FREEZE BEFORE I CAN GET IT COVERED AND WINTERIZED.

GUESS WHAT I'M DOING NOW ??? LOOKING FOR MY PRESCRIPTION PAIN PILLS LIKE IN THE PIC ABOVE TO EASE THE BODY ACHES AND PAINS THAT THE LAUGHING AND WORK DID TO MY BODY TODAY. IT ALWAYS MAKES LIFE SO MUCH FUN WHEN YOU HAVE A HONEY THAT HAS A TRUCK THAT HAS BALLS AS BIG AS HIS ARE. LOL

THAT'S JUST ONE DAY AT OUR HOUSE AND THE RANCH WITH A MISSION IN MIND. I JUST WONDER WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING?

IF I ONLY HAD MY CAMERA TO SEE THAT TRACTOR ROLL THAT HAY INTO THAT TRUCK BED AND THEN WATCH THAT TRACTOR ROLL OVER ON TOP OF THAT HAY IN THE BED OF THAT TRUCK WITH HIM SITTING ON TOP OF THE TRACTOR AND THE FRONT WHEELS OF THAT TRACTOR STICKING STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR OVER THE CAB OF THAT FORD TRUCK I KNOW I COULD WIN HOMES FUNNIEST VIDEOS. I JUST KNOW IT !!! THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WAS PRICELESS AND ME HOLDING MY CROUCH TO TRY AND KEEP FROM PEEING WAS THE FUNNEST THING I CAN EVER THINK OF. THE TRACTOR LOOKED LIKE IT WAS MATING THE TRUCK FROM BEHIND JUST LIKE THE HORSES DO.

MY HONEY ALWAYS SAYS IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMEONE GIVE THEM A HORSE. WELL HE GAVE ME TWO AND ONE IS PREGNANT. HUMMMMMMMMM ????

GOODNIGHT AND SLEEP TIGHT !!

REARRANGING OUR LIVING ROOM FOR FALL AND WINTER

2008-10-26T22:39:00.001-07:00

ALL OF OUR PICS OF THE REARRANGING WE DO FOR OUR FALL AND WINTER LOOK IN OUR LIVING ROOM IS IN THE BLOG BELOW. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ROOM TO WRITE AFTER I POSTED ALL OF THE PICS.

I'M STILL GETTING USE TO THIS JOURNALING HERE INSTEAD OF AOL. I DON'T HAVE THE HANG OF EVERYTHING HERE BUT I'M LEARNING AS I GO ALONG AS WE ALL ARE I THINK.

TODAY WAS A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY SUNDAY. MY DAUGHTER AND I OPENED THE LIVING ROOM WINDOWS AND STARTED TO MOVE FURNITURE AROUND TO MAKE THE MANTLE WITH OUR FLAT SCREEN AND THE FIREPLACE THE CENTER OF OUR ARRANGING FOR THE FALL AND THE WINTER. WE WORKED HARD. I ALSO BROUGHT IN SEVERAL OF MY FIRNS FROM AROUND THE SWIMMING POOL AND LOADED UP THE FIREWOOD HOLDER FOR ALL OF OUR FIRES IN THE FIREPLACE. NOW AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE POSTING BELOW WE HAVE A COZY PLACE TO SNUGGLE UP FOR THE FALL AND WINTER DAYS AND NIGHTS THAT ARE AHEAD OF US.

WE NOW HAVE THE HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH AND LOTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE HOLIDAYS COMING UP. ( IN FACT WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE ARE HOPING SANTA BRINGS US, A BIG 52 INCH FLAT SCREEN FOR OUR MANTLE ) CAUSE WE SURE ARE TRYING TO BE GOOD GIRLS THIS YEAR. LOL

ELIZABETH WENT TO A BACHLORETTE PARTY FRIDAY NIGHT AND CAME HOME A VERY SICK AND HUNG OVER LADY SAT MORNING AFTER HER SLEEP OVER WITH SOME FRIENDS SHE WENT OUT WITH. SHE SLEPT ALL SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS STILL SLUGGISH TODAY SHE WORKED VERY HARD HELPING ME. SHE SAID THEY HAD A REAL GOOD TIME AND THE BRIDE TO BE WAS VERY PRETTY ON THEIR NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN.

MY HONEY AND I WENT TO THE MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME SATURDAY NIGHT. IT WAS VERY COOL BUT WE LAYERED OUR CLOTHS, TOOK HATS, GLOVES, SCARFS, BLEACHER SEATS, BLANKETS AND HAD LOTS OF GREAT THINGS TO EAT AND SOME CROWN ROYAL FOR OUR SPRITES TO DRINK. ( NOT ENOUGH TO GIVE US A HANG OVER JUST A NICE WARM BUZZ IN THE NIGHT AIR ). IT WAS A GREAT GAME, WE WON AND FUN WAS HAD BY ALL.

BESIDES REARRANGING FURNITURE BRINGING IN SOME OUTSIDE PLANTS AND WOOD FOR THE WINTER ELIZABETH AND I CAUGHT UP ON ALL OF OUR LAUNDRY. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE HER PASSED OUT IN THE RECLINER IN THE PICS BELOW. SHE HAS HELPED ME ALL DAY AND I LOVE HER FOR ALL HER HELP AND SUPPORT.

WHILE WORKING WE WATCHED AN ELVIS MOVIE, STEAL MAGNOLIA'S AND PRETTY WOMAN. ALL OF THEM ARE SOME OF OUR ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIES.

NOW I'M HEADED TOWARD MY BED AND THE CHANNEL CHANGER UNTIL THE SANDMAN COMES AND TAKES ME AWAY. AS SCARLET WOULD SAY TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY. I'M GOING TO VOTE EARLY AND SEE WHAT THE DAY HAS IN STORE FOR ME TOMORROW.

REARRANGING OUR LIVING ROOM FOR FALL AND WINTER

2008-10-26T22:18:00.001-07:00

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

2008-10-24T17:33:00.000-07:00

TODAY I WOKE UP FOR THE SECOND DAY AFTER TAKING MY AUNT HOME. I REARRANGED MY HOME THE WAY I HAD IT BEFORE SHE CAME.

I THEN WENT TO MY NEIGHBORS HOME AND CLEANED IT LIKE I DO ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS. IT'S A BIG HOUSE BUT IT REALLY LOOKS NICE AFTER I FINISH CLEANING. I GET PAID VERY WELL FOR IT WHICH IS SUCH A BLESSING FOR ME. IT'S A TWO STORY HOUSE WITH LOTS OF WINDOWS AND HARDWOOD FLOORS. WHEN IT'S SHINED UP AND CLEANED IT REALLY SPARKLES AND IS SO PRETTY. THE BEST SURPRISE WAS WHEN I GOT THERE THEY WERE COOKING BREAKFAST AND HAD THE BEST OMLITS, FRESH TOMATOES OUT OF THERE GARDEN AND FRESH SWEET STRAWBERRIES WITH MILK AND JUICE. WHAT A PLEASURE TO HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS.

AFTER I FINISHED I WENT TO THE RANCH AND WE HUNG OUT WITH THE ANIMALS WATCHING THE SUNSET. WE BOUGHT FIRE LOGS FOR OUR FIREPLACE AT HOME AND AT THE RANCH AND A BIG CAN OF 3 WAY POPCORN TO EAT THROUGH THE WINTER AT THE RANCH. WHEN THE ANIMALS CAME VISITING THEY ALL WANTED SOME TOO. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICS WE SHARED AND WE ENDED UP HAVING A PICNIC WITH PEANUT BUTTER CRACKERS POPCORN AND GREEN TEA WITH HTE ANIMALS.

WE FED THE CHICKENS AND GAVE SOME SWEET FEED TO OUR OLD SKINNY MARE NAMED TRICKY. IT WAS BEGINNING TO GET WINDY AND REAL CHILLY SO WE CALLED IT A DAY AT THE RANCH AND I CAME ON HOME. I HAD A NICE HOT BOWL OF CHILLY. I LIT CANDLES, A FIRE, TURN ON MUSIC IN THE BACK OT THE HOUSE AND NOW I'M PLAYING ON THE COMPUTER AND WATCHING WIFE SWAP. YOU SEE I'M VERY GOOD AT MULTI-TASKING WHEN ALL THE THINGS I'M DOING IS SO MUCH FUN.

I'M SO THANKFUL I'M NOT AT THAT STUPID JOB I QUIT AT THE CASINO AND THAT I HAVE MY HOME BACK TO MYSELF. I FEEL LIKE A QUEEN IN HER PALACE.

MY DAUGHTER HAS A DANCE PROGRAM TONIGHT, A FUN PARTY TO ATTEND AND THEN A BACLORETTE PARTY TO GO OUT TO. I THINK THE GIRLS WILL BE GETTING A LITTLE WILD ON BEALE STREET TONIGHT. MEN LOOK OUT.......... HERE COME THE YOUNG HOT LADIES READY TO P-A-R-T-Y !!!

IT'S A COZY NIGHT IN ALONE FOR ME TONIGHT AND I'M HAVING FUN WATCHING THE WIFE SWAP AND PLAYING ON THE COMPUTER.

TAKING YEARS TO FIND OUT TRUE FAMILY HISTORY

2008-10-23T19:21:00.001-07:00

MY AUNT JEWELL ( MY MOTHER'S SISTER ) IN THE PICS ABOVE HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY IN EARLY JULY. SHE WAS SENT TO A NURSING HOME FACILITY IN HER HOME TOWN FROM THE HOSPITAL IN NASHVILLE WHERE SHE WAS SENT FOR THE OPERATION. JEWELL STAYED A COUPLE OF MONTHS IN THE NURSING HOME. WHEN SHE HAD HER SURGERY THE DOCTOR PUT A FEEDING TUBE IN HER STOMACH BECAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW HOW SHE WOULD RECOVER AT THE AGE OF 88. WHEN THE NURSING HOME DISMISSED HER SHE NEEDED HOME HEALTH CARE. WHEN THE HOME HEALTH CARE PEOPLE WENT TO HER HOME THEY WOULD NOT LEAVE HER THERE BECAUSE OF THE POOR CONDITION OF THE HOUSE. SHE IS A TERRIBLE PACK RAT PERSON AND THE HOUSE WAS WITHOUT A BATHROOM AND NOT FIT FOR ANYONE TO LIVE IN. THEY MADE HER GO BACK TO THE NURSING HOME. MY AUNT JEWELL CALLED ME AND ASK ME TO COME AND GET HER.

I HAD HEARD ALL OF MY LIFE HOW HARD SHE WAS TO GET ALONG WITH, HOW MEAN SHE WAS AND THAT SHE HAD HER MOTHER ( MY GRANDMOTHER ) SIGN A WILL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND DEATH THAT TOOK EVERYTHING AWAY FROM HER BROTHER AND MY MOTHER AND GIVEN TO HER. JEWELL SERVED IN THE ARMY, HAD A CHILD AND GAVE HIM AWAY, SHE NEVER GOT MARRIED AND HAD LIVED LIKE A HERMIT ALL OF HER LIFE. ALTHOUGH I KNEW ALL OF THIS I SAID TO MYSELF THERE MAY COME A TIME WHEN I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME AND SAVE ME FROM BEING STUCK IN A NURSING HOME AGAINST MY WILL SO I DECIDED TO GO AND GET HER. JEWELL HAD KEPT UP WITH ME ALL MY LIFE BUT ONLY OVER THE PHONE AND A FEW SHORT VISITS. I KNEW I WAS HER ONLY HOPE OF GETTING OUT OF THAT NURSING HOME FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.

I WENT DOWN PICKED HER UP AND GAVE HER THE BEST TREATMENT I POSSIBLE COULD. I HAD JUST QUIT MY HELL JOB AT THE CASINO SO I HAD THE TIME. I COOKED, SERVED HER 3 MEALS A DAY, TOOK HER THE THE RANCH, SAT WITH HER OUT IN MY YARD AND SHOWED HER MY WONDERFUL COUNTRY LIVING WITH ALL MY ANIMALS INCLUDING THE RANCH AND MY HONEY. SHE SEEMED VERY HAPPY THE FIRST WEEK. MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS 8 YRS OLD WHICH I DO NOT REMEMBER ANY THING ABOUT HER. THIS WAS MY CHANCE TO SEE MY GENES AND THINGS FIRST HAND OF WHO I AM FROM THAT SIDE OF MY FAMILY. WE HAD FUN AND EVERYTHING WAS WARM AND COZY.

THE SECOND WEEK I STARTED TO FIND THE WILL SHE HAD HER MOTHER SIGN. IT PLAINLY TOLD ME BY HER HAND WRITING THAT WHAT I HAD HEARD WAS TRUE. I KNEW IT BUT SEEING IT AND HEARING IT HAS TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF AFFECTING YOU. JEWELL TURNED MEAN AND NOTHING I COULD DO WOULD PLEASE HER. SHE FUSSED, CUSSED AND TREATED MY DAUGHTER AND I LIKE WE WERE DIRT UNDER HER FEET.

I TOOK IT FOR A FEW DAYS AND AFTER I LEARNED THAT AND EVERYTHING SHE HAD EVER TOLD ME FOR THE LAST 57 YRS WHICH IS ALL MY LIFE WAS A LIE I TOLD HER HOW MEAN SHE WAS AND ALL THE THINGS I KNEW SHE HAD DONE TO ALL OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS. I ALSO TOLD HER I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO WOULD SAVE HER FROM THAT NURSING HOME AND NOW SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO TREAT ME MEAN LIKE SHE HAD EVERYONE ALL OF HER LIFE. I TOLD HER I WASN'T GOING TO TOLERATE ANY MORE OF IT. I SAID I WOULD BE GOOD TO HER UNTIL SHE LEFT MY HOUSE BUT ON THE OTHER HAND SHE WAS GOING TO TREAT ME AND MY DAUGHTER WITH THE SAME KINDNESS.

SHE WAS HERE A MONTH. IT WAS HELL AND SHE IS THE DEVIL HERSELF. YESTERDAY I TOOK HER HOME, TO THE DOCTOR, TO THE GROCERY, TO THE BANK, TO THE POST OFFICE AND TO THE DRUG STORE. I UNLOADED ALL HER THINGS TOOK THEM IN AND SHE CUSSED ME OUT WHILE I WAS DOING IT. I TOLD MYSELF THIS IS HER DAY AND IF I HAVE TO WALK ON HOT COALS TO DO THIS WITH KINDNESS I'M GOING TO END THIS THE RIGHT WAY WITH LOVE AND DOING EVERYTHING SHE NEEDED DONE BEFORE I LEFT.

IT TOOK ALL DAY LONG FROM 8 AM UNTIL 6PM. I WAS SO EMOTIONALLY NUTS AND PHYSICALLY WORN OUT BUT I ACCOMPLISHED IT ALL AND LEFT HUGGING HER AND NOT ACCEPTING ANY MONEY TELLING HER ALL I DID WAS ONLY OUT OF LOVE AND NOT TO STAY IN THAT HOUSE AND DIE. I TOLD HER IF SHE EVER NEEDED ANYTHING CALL ME AND I WILL TRY TO SEE IF I CAN HELP HER.

MY FATHER AND MOTHER'S GRAVE WAS ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE JEWELL LIVES BESIDE A LITTLE CHURCH. AFTER I LEFT HER I WENT ACROSS THE STREET TO MY PARENTS GRAVE SIGHT WHICH YOU SEE IN THE PIC ABOVE. I LET ALL OF MY ANGER, DISAPPOINTMENT, HURT, MADNESS, AND FRUSTRATION AS WELL AS MY RELIEF OUT SITTING RIGHT THERE AS YOU SEE ME IN THE PIC BESIDE MY DADDY'S STONE ON HIS GRAVE BY CRYING.

MY FATHER AS WELL AS I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A DEMOCRAT. HE WAS A UNION PAINTER AND PRESIDENT OF THE PAINTERS LOCAL UNION IN MEMPHIS BEFORE HE RETIRED. MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS 8 YRS OLD AND MY FATHER RAISED ME ALONE AND ALSO DIED WHEN I WAS 29 YRS OLD. HE WAS THE HAPPIEST KINDEST SWEETEST MAN I HAVE EVER KNOWN. SINCE HE WAS SUCH A BIG DEMOCRAT I PUT THIS SIGN ON HIS GRAVE AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PIC. I HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL VISIT AT HIS GRAVE KNOWING I HAD DONE THE BEST TO HELP MY AUNT JEWELL NO MATTER HOW MEAN SHE WAS, JUST LIKE HE WOULD HAVE. I ALSO LEFT KNOWING I HAD DONE THE RIGHT THING EVEN IN THE FACE OF HATE AND DIFFICULTY AND THAT HE SOME HOW KNEW WHAT I HAD JUST FACED, DONE AND ACCOMPLISHED. I FELT HE HAD HIS LOVING ARMS AROUND ME AS HE ALWAYS HAD MY WHOLE LIFE AS A CHILD, A TEENAGER AND AS A YOUNG ADULT WHEN HE WAS HERE ON EARTH WITH ME AS I SAT THERE BESIDE HIS GRAVE.

I AM SO THANKFUL TO BE WHO I AM BECAUSE OF THE MAN HE WAS AND THAT I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH IN MY LIFE TO BE RAISED BY SOMEONE SO LOVING, HARD WORKING TO KEEP HIM AND I TOGETHER AS A FAMILY IN THE EARLY 60'S WHEN IT WAS NOT HARDLY EVER HEARD OF A MAN RAISING A DAUGHTER ALONE AND HOW HAPPY AND SPECIAL HE WAS AND MADE OUR LIFE TOGETHER SEEM SO NORMAL WHEN IT WASN'T NORMAL AT ALL BUT HE MADE IT THAT WAY FOR US.

NOW MY HOUSE IS BACK TO MY HOME AND IT FEELS WONDERFUL TO BE FREE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE HAPPY AND WONDERFUL LIFE THAT I HAVE AND ENJOY EVERY DAY WITH MY DAUGHTER.

I WILL CONTINUE TO HELP OTHERS BUT I WILL NOT LET ANYONE COME LIVE IN MY HOME AGAIN. EVERY TIME I DO THEY HAVE TURNED INTO SATIN AND I HAVE HAD MANY IN THE LAST 26 YRS I HAVE LET LIVE HERE AND THE 10 YRS BEFORE I LIVED HERE IN OTHER PLACES TRYING TO HELP SOMEONE . IT JUST NEVER WORKS OUT AND I'M NEVER GOING TO OPEN MYSELF UP TO ABUSE IN MY OWN HOME AGAIN. MY HUSBAND DIED AND WORKED HARD ALL HIS LIFE TO GIVE ME THIS COMFORT AND STABILITY. IT WAS MEANT FOR ME NOT FOR ME TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE WHO ABUSE ME OR MY DAUGHTER.

YOU CAN KNOW SOMEONE ALL YOUR LIFE AND TRULY NEVER REALLY KNOW THEM.

ANOTHER LESSON BOUGHT AND PAID FOR.

NOW MY POSTING WILL BE ON A MUCH LIGHTER NOTE AFTER THIS JOURNAL. LOL

WHAT A SURPRISE

2008-10-20T22:08:00.001-07:00

THIS AFTERNOON WHILE I WAS COMING THROUGH THE GATE IN MY BACK YARD WITH A BUCKET OF SWEET FEED I WAS WALKING PAST WILDFIRE ( THE 6 MONTH OLD COLT DARKER ONE WITH WHITE SOCKS ) AND AFTER I PASSED HER TO TAKE THE SWEET FEED A LITTLE FARTHER DOWN INTO THE YARD SHE HALED OFF AND KICKED ME RIGHT IN MY LEFT BUTT CHEEK. I WAS JUST HAPPY I WAS A GOOD DISTANCE AWAY FROM HER AND DIDN'T GET HURT TO MUCH. OH I FOR SURE FELT IT BUT I'M NOT REALLY HURT. MY BUTT CHEEK IS SORE THOUGH.

THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING WITH MY AUNT BEING SO DIFFICULT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I GUESS THIS IS JUST ANOTHER KICK IN THE BUTT FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON JUST BECAUSE HE FELT LIKE IT ! LOL

I KNOW ONE THING I WON'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH FOR HIM TO DO IT AGAIN. ANNIE HIS MOTHER IS SO TAME BUT SHE HAS BEEN RIDDEN FOR SO MANY YEARS BY SO MANY PEOPLE AND HE IS ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD AND NEVER HAD ANYTHING BUT PETTING. IT'S COOLING OFF AND ALL THE HORSES ARE GETTING FRISKIER THESE DAYS.

TOMORROW IS MY LAST DAY AND THEN IT'S OFF TO TAKE MY AUNT HOME. SHE IS VERY READY AND I'M VERY READY FOR HER TO BE HOME WHERE SHE WILL BE HAPPY TOO.

I STILL HAVE MY COLD BUT I THINK IT IS GETTING BETTER. I'M OFF TO SNOOZE AND HOPEFULLY GET EVEN BETTER.

I THINK I NAMED WILDFIRE THE PERFECT NAME AFTER THAT SWIFT KICK IN THE ASS I GOT TODAY FROM HIM. HE CERTAINLY IS LIVING UP TO HIS NAME. LOL

MY AUNT JEWELL

2008-10-20T00:01:00.001-07:00

THIS IS MY AUNT JEWELL TAKEN THIS PAST SAT. AT AN ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD FALL FISH FRY WE HAVE ON OUR LAKE TWICE A YEAR WHERE I LIVE. WE HAVE ONE IN THE SPRING AND ONE IN THE FALL. EVERYONE BRINGS A DISH AND WE HAVE THE BEST FRESH FISH COOKED OUT BY THE LAKE I HAVE EVER TASTED WHILE WE ARE ALL GATHERED TOGETHER FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S GREAT FUN AND SO BEAUTIFUL AND YUMMY !!

AUNT JEWELL IS 88 YRS OLD. SHE HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY THE FIRST OF JULY AND STAYED IN A NURSING HOME WHILE RECOVERING FOR ABOUT 2 AND A HALF MONTHS. I PICKED HER UP BECAUSE THEY GAVE HER A FEEDING TUBE DURING THE SURGERY IN CASE SHE DID NOT RECOVER AS WELL AS SHE DID AND IF THEY NEEDED TO USE IT. THEY DID NOT WANT HER TO GO HOME BY HER SELF WITH THE TUBE IN. SHE HAS BEEN WITH ME ABOUT 3 WEEKS OR SO. SHE IS EATING GREAT AND WE NEVER HAVE TO USE THE FEEDING TUBE AT ALL. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE HER HOME ON WED. AND TO THE DOCTOR FOR A FOLLOW UP AND TO HAVE HER TUBE REMOVED. SHE HAS GAINED 8 LBS AND STRENGTH SINCE I PICKED HER UP AND WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT ON HER OWN NOW.

AS I SAID IN AN EARLIER BLOG AUNT JEWELL WAS IN THE ARMY AS A SURGICAL TECHNICIAN AND WORKED AS A X-RAY TECHNICIAN FOR 20 YRS FOR THE STATE OF TN. BEFORE SHE RETIRED. SHE HAS NEVER BEEN MARRIED AND LIVED ALONE ALL HER LIFE IN HER PARENTS HOUSE THAT THEY HAD BUILT IN THE COUNTRY. SHE NURSED BOTH HER PARENTS UNTIL THEY DIED IN THEIR 90'S AND MY MOTHER ( HER SISTER ) WHO DIED

FROM STOMACH CANCER WHEN I WAS 8 YRS OLD. MY FATHER RAISED ME ALONE AND NEVER REMARRIED. HE DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK WHEN I WAS 29 YRS OLD. MY DADDY WAS THE KINDEST SWEETEST AND HAPPIEST MAN THAT EVER WALKED THE EARTH.

MY AUNT JEWELL IS LITTLE BUT SHE HAS A LOT OF SPIT FIRE IN HER AND SHE WILL GIVE YOU HELL SHOULD I SAY IF THINGS JUST DOESN'T SUIT HER JUST RIGHT. I CAN HANDLE HER EVEN THEN THOUGH. SHE IS HOME SICK BECAUSE SHE HASN'T BEEN HOME IN 4 MONTHS. SHE IS HOME BOUND AND WILL BE HAPPIER WHEN SHE ARRIVES. WE HAVE HAD A FEW ROUNDS SINCE SHE HAS BEEN HERE BUT I UNDERSTAND SHE IS HOME SICK AND JUST WANTS TO GO HOME. I HAVE WORKED IN A LIVING ASSISTANT HOME BEFORE SO I'M VERY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT MOOD CHANGES WHEN THE ELDERLY CAN'T GO HOME JUST WHEN THEY WANT TO.

SHE HAS ALWAYS HAD COLLIE DOGS LIKE LASSIE. WHILE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL HER COLLIE WAS OLD AND HE DIED. SHE HAS BEEN VERY SAD ABOUT THAT AT TIMES WHILE SHE HAS BEEN HERE.

SHE WANTS ANOTHER ONE SO MUCH BUT WE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING UNDER $500.00 AND SHE CAN'T REALLY AFFORD THAT. I'M TRYING TO TALK HER INTO ANOTHER BREED MAYBE FROM THE POUND. SHE WANTS A BIG BREED TO SCARE PEOPLE BECAUSE SHE LIVES ALONE AND HAS ALWAYS HAD BIG DOGS ESPECIALLY COLLIES.

MAYBE TOMORROW WE MAY GO LOOK TO SEE IF SHE SPOTS ONE AT THE SHELTER SHE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE HOME WITH HER. SHE WANTS A PUPPY. I'M KIND OF TORN ABOUT GETTING IT BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF SHE REALLY NEEDS THAT KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY AT THIS TIME. SHE WANTS ONE SO MUCH IT IS VERY HARD TO SAY NO TO HER ESPECIALLY HOW SHE SAYS I WANT HAVE A DOG WHEN I GET HOME. WE WILL SEE WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS FOR US.

THE ONE THING SHE HAS ENJOYED ARE ALL THE ANIMALS I HAVE WHILE SHE HAS BEEN STAYING HERE WITH ME. SHE HAS ALWAYS LIVED IN THE COUNTRY IN HER HOUSE AND HAD CHICKENS, ROOSTERS, GANNIE'S, GEESE, TURKEYS AND RODE HORSES WHEN SHE WAS GROWING UP. SHE HAS CHICKENS, ROOSTER AND A CAT AT HOME WAITING ON HER SO IF WE DON'T GET THAT PUPPY RIGHT NOW I'M SURE SHE WILL BE OK UNTIL SHE IS ABLE TO GET ONE.

MY AUNT JEWELL REMINDS ME OF DRIVING MISS DAISY AND ACTS LIKE HER. LOL

WITH FALL IN THE AIR

2008-10-19T22:22:00.000-07:00

IT'S ALWAYS MEANS IT'S TIME TO GET THE HAY BALES BROUGHT IN FOR ALL THE HORSES DURING THE WINTER. WE GOT 15 BALES THIS LOAD AND WILL END UP WITH 30 ALL TOGETHER. WE PUT OUT TWO BALES AT A TIME FOR THE HORSES TO GET TO.

WE WILL BE PUTTING 1 WHOLE BALE IN MY BACK YARD FOR MY WELSH MARE MOTHER AND HER COLT. I WANT IT TO BE PLACED CLOSE TO MY HOUSE IN THE YARD SO I WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THEM GRAZE ON IT FROM MY BIG PICTURE WINDOW IN MY BEDROOM. INSTEAD OF LOOKING OUT AT MY POOL AND FOUNTAIN WHICH WILL BE COVERED AND CLOSED FOR THE WINTER INSTEAD I CAN SIT BY MY WINDOW AND SEE MY HORSES GRAZING ALL WINTER BY MY FIREPLACE.

I PUT THE WELSH HORSE AND HER COLT IN MY FENCED IN LOT NEXT DOOR TO MY HOUSE AS WELL AS IN MY YARD. THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE THEY WANT FROM MY FRONT YARD TO MY BACK YARD AS WELL AS INTO MY LOT NEXT DOOR. IN JUST A FEW WEEKS THEY HAVE CLEARED OUT ALL OF THE UNDER BRUSH IN MY WOODED LOT NEXT TO MY HOUSE BY EATING IT ALL OUT. IT LOOKS SO PRETTY TO SEE DOWN BETWEEN ALL THE BEAUTIFUL HUGE TREES AND SEE THE LAKE TOO AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT LOT. THEY WERE TAME WHEN I PUT THEM IN MY YARD BUT NOW WHEN THEY SEE ME COME OUT OF THE HOUSE THEY COME RUNNING STRAIGHT WHINNYING ALL THE WAY TO ME NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE AND THEY ARE SO LOVING. I RODE THE MOTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME BARE BACK YESTERDAY. SHE HAS NOT HAD A BIT IN HER MOUTH IN TEN YEARS BUT SHE DID GREAT. I JUST RODE HER AROUND THE YARD BUT WHEN I GET MORE SECURE RIDING HER BAREBACK ( WHICH IS MY FAVORITE WAY TO RIDE ) I'M GOING TO TAKE HER AROUND THE STREETS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S SO SWEET HOW HER 6 MOTHER OLD BABY JUST FOLLOWS US AROUND SIDE BY SIDE WHEN I RIDE THE MOTHER.

I JUST LOVE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AND HAVE BEEN ENJOYING HOW FRISKY ALL THE HORSES ARE WITH THE COOLNESS IN THE AIR. IT WAS SO FUNNY TO WATCH MY POODLES AND MY HORSES RUNNING AROUND TOGETHER TODAY. MY CAT JOINED IN ON ALL THE FUN BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THE CAMERA WITH ME SO I MISSED SOME GREAT PICS. IT WAS SO FUNNY WATCHING HORSES POODLES AND CATS ROMPING IN THE YARD TOGETHER.

WHEN ALL THE HAY BALES CAME IN ON THE TRUCK AND FLAT BED TRAILER AT THE RANCH ALL THE HORSES CAME RUNNING IN A STAMPEDE FROM WAY DOWN BY THE LAKE. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL WATCHING 30 HORSES RUNNING LIKE THAT TOGETHER ACROSS THE FIELD IN BETWEEN THE FALL COLORED TREES. YOU CAN FEEL AND HEAR THE POWER OF THEM ALL RUNNING ON THE GROUND AS THEY APPROACH THE FLAT BED TRAILER WITH ALL THE BALES OF HAY ON IT. I WAS THE GATE KEEPER AND MY JOB WAS TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE FENCED IN FIELD WE WERE PUTTING ALL THE BALES IN TO STORE THEM UNTIL WE GET READY TO SET 2 BALES AT A TIME OUT FOR THE HORSES TO EAT ON ALL THROUGH THE WINTER.

TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY OF FUN WITH THE ANIMALS SO I BETTER TAKE SOME MED. FOR MY COLD AND HIT THE HAY.

I WILL BE TAKING MY AUNT HOME ON WED. SHE IS WELL ENOUGH TO MAKE IT ON HER OWN NOW. I HAVE BEEN STAYING AWAY FROM HER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS HOPING I DO NOT GIVE HER MY COLD BEFORE SHE GOES HOME. SHE HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME AND MY HOUSE FOR 4 MONTHS AND SHE IS SO HOMESICK. SHE WILL BE MUCH HAPPIER WHEN SHE GETS HOME. SHE ONLY HAS 2 MORE DAYS TO GO.

TAKING MY AUNT HOME

2008-10-16T21:01:00.000-07:00

I PICKED UP MY AUNT FROM A NURSING HOME AFTER SHE HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY. SHE IS READY TO GO HOME AND I THINK THAT SHE IS ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF AT THIS TIME. SO WHEN I WAKE UP IT'S A ROAD TRIP AHEAD OF ME FOR TOMORROW.

IT'S BEEN A STRESSFUL DAY SO I AM HEADED TO BED TO GET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP SO THE TRIP TO TAKE HER HOME WILL BE AN EASY TRANSITION FOR HER.

I WILL START OUT EARLY SO I CAN GET ON BACK HOME AND MISS A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD.

MY AUNT IS VERY HOME SICK AND HAS RECOVERED VERY WELL FROM HER SURGERY. SO HOME WE WILL GO. I THINK SHE WILL BE MUCH HAPPIER AT HOME WHERE SHE WANTS TO BE. SO UNTIL I RETURN TOMORROW I HOPE EVERYTHING GOES WELL AND IT'S AN EASY TRIP

WHEN FRIENDS AND FAMILY NEED HELP.

2008-10-15T16:00:00.000-07:00

Then is the time to do what each of us can to help the ones in need. You never know when the shoe will be on the other foot and you will be the one who will be needing the help. I believe in karma and what goes around will surely come around.

Today one of my Honey's oldest friends called. He had been living in his sister's house who was in a nursing home. She died and the family took it away from him. He is now living with his son who talked him into putting his name on his bank account. Well need I say more the son took his money and the man is 84 yrs old. We went to visit him and he told us how bad his son was treating him. We got his bank account fixed back with only his name on it. Tomorrow my Honey is taking him to the VA Hospital and get him started into the system so he can go to a living assistant home free of charge in Humboldt Tn. where he will be taken care of , where he will have a social life and he won't have his son mistreating him and he will be able to keep the money that he has worked all his life for and get first rate health care. The VA living assistant home in Humboldt is one of the best. I use to work in one and they really are a fun place to be for the residents and most of all, all of their needs are taken care of in a kind environment with lots of social activity.

I got my diamond ring remounted today and it is beautiful. My Honey got it fixed for me. We also went to a little country store and ate on the patio next to the most beautiful rose garden I have ever seen. It had every color rose bush I have ever seen in it. I just love fall days colored leaves and summer flowers still blooming.

I cleaned my pool and put chemicals in it today to keep it that Hawaiian Blue. I fed my horses. Since my Honey fenced in my wooded lot all I have to do is go down to the brick house by the lake and start calling them and they come running. They know it means hay and sweet feed and lots of brushing and petting.

I had a nice visit this morning from my friend I use to work with. We sat in my back yard and watched the sun coming over my trees as the fountain in my pool sprayed up making rainbows in the sunlight. It was a great start to a nice day.

My aunt has been pretty happy today watching the news, reading the paper and puttying around the house.

My daughter is off work and gone to dance class. She has some new dance shoes she is anxious to dance in. She takes ballet, modern, jazz, African, hip hop and ball room. I love to dance and have danced all my life. I learned from my aunt that my mother was the best dancer around her home town. We all get it from her. My mom died when I was 8 yrs old so I only know what my family tells me abut her.

I'm fixing to watch the Presidential Debate and watch my man give it his best tonight. Yesterday My Honey and I went to the head quarters for some signs and bumper stickers for our home. My Honey was a Big Political figure before he retired. While we were at the head quarters we were ask to have a Big Political Rally at our Ranch. My Honey told them sure they could certainly have it there. As the plans progress I will be talking more about it.

Until later happy trails and lots of peace and happiness to all of you bloggers out there.

Love Judy Pearl

HAPPY TO BE HERE

2008-10-14T20:36:00.000-07:00

THIS IS MY FIRST ENTRY HERE. I USE TO JOURNAL SEVERAL YRS AGO AT AOL. I STOPPED JOURNEYING THERE AND WENT TO MY SPACE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AOL JOURNEYING IS GOING TO END SOON. EVEN THOUGH I DO NOT JOURNAL THERE I STILL HAVE MANY ALERTS THAT I STILL KEEP UP WITH AND I HOPE I WILL BE ABLE TO FIND SOME OF MY FAVORITES AND WHERE THEY ALL GO TO.

I HAVE DECIDED THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE A PLACE LIKE THIS TO WRITE MY DAILY THOUGHTS AND THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO ME ON A DAILY BASES.

MY HUSBAND AND 4 YR OLD GRANDSON WAS KILLED IN A FAMILY AUTO ACCIDENT TEN YRS AGO. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE GRIEVING PROCESS AND HAVE HEALED. THERE IS NOT A DAY I DON'T THINK OF THEM BUT GRIEVING IS A PROCESS AND AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS IS ACCEPTANCE AND THE ABILITY TO GO ON AND LIVE YOUR LIFE IN PEACE HAPPINESS AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP OTHERS.

I AM TAKING CARE OF MY 88 YR OLD AUNT ( MY MOTHER'S SISTER ) WHO JUST HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY UNTIL SHE IS ABLE TO GO HOME AND LIVE ON HER ON AGAIN.

I WILL BE BLOGGING ABOUT HER AS THERE ARE GOOD AND HAPPY TIMES AS WELL AS THINGS TO LAUGH ABOUT AND HOW WE ARE DOING ON A DAILY BASES. IT'S NOT ALL ROSES AS SHE HAS NEVER BEEN MARRIED SERVED IN THE ARMY AND ALWAYS LIVED ON HER ON. ALL ROSES HAS IT'S THORNS SO THAT IS ONLY TO BE EXPECTED. I CAN LAUGH ABOUT TOTALLY EVERYTHING EVEN IF IT'S BAD AFTER A TIME TO ROLL IT ALL AROUND IN MY THOUGHTS. THIS IS A WAY FOR ME TO DO JUST THAT IN MY BLOGS.

I USE TO WORK IN A CASINO FOR 6 YRS AFTER MY HUSBAND WAS KILLED. I COULDN'T TAKE THE CASINOS ABUSE ANY LONGER SO I QUIT ABOUT A MONTH AGO. YOU HAVE TO WORK NIGHTS EVERY HOLIDAY AND EVERY WEEKEND. 6 YRS WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH OF THAT CRAP. I LOVED WHO I WORKED WITH BUT I WAS SO BURNT OUT WHEN I QUIT THAT IT TOOK ME 22 DAYS TO BE NORMAL AND RESTED. I'M SO THANKFUL THAT ALL OF THAT IS IN MY PAST.

TODAY I WENT TO THE RANCH AND SPENT TIME WITH MY HONEY MENDING FENCES AND PLAYING WITH ALL OF OUR ANIMALS.

I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND ALL COMMENTS AND VISITS ARE WELCOME.

YOUR FRIEND AND BLOGGER JUDY