MY DOCENT ZOO CLASSES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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