Texas Craziness.....

I love Texas but the weather is absolutely crazy. Two days ago we neared record warmth - high 80s! Tonight we have freeze warnings - expected low 29. But, lest you think winter has returned, the forecast is in the 80s again by midweek! So what's a 50 degree temperature swing among Texans??? It's normal...;}

Bunco Chix

Haven't blogged for a while now but I have to talk about our monthly Bunco Chix night last night. It was, of course, Mardi Gras! Katrina made a delicious chicken gumbo and 3 (yes count 'em 3) desserts! It was a wonderful night of true friends and great laughs! Julie Watkins brought us our belated Christmas gifts...those alone brought a ton of laughs. Hopefully someone will send me a picture to post but, remember, it needs to be "censored"! Then whomever in our Bunco group is messing with our minds struck again! On the front door were matching St. Pat's Day shirts for all us....Valentine's Day was pretty similar. Looks as if we have a lot of "pseudo-secret" sis things going on. We're all worried about Faye who has been suffering from stomach aches for some time now...we're trying to convince her to go to the doctor!! (Convincing her is really really hard work.) Faye--we LOVE you..please go see the doctor.)

Blogging....

Oh my goodness....at age 62 I have heard a lot about blogging and Facebook and all that other "stuff" -- never did I image it would be a wonderful way to reconnect with people. Life is so busy and it's so hard to call, write and/or personalize contact -- Facebook is fabulous for a quick note to let someone you truly care about know that you're thinking about them.....just proves that you are never TOO OLD to learn!!!

Please pray and pray hard....

Please pray for Tammy Barnes. She is a 911 Dispatcher for the City of Euless and is in critical condition at St. Pauls Hospital in Dallas. Tammy had a double lung transplant about 3 years ago and was doing very well. (I saw her at LA Fitness getting ready to play racquetball.) Suddenly her body began rejecting the lungs. She is only 33 years old and is fighting for her life. We all know our God listens.....please pray for strength for Tammy and her family. If you would like to follow Tammy's progress it is being posting on their blog: http://tbarnesupdate.blogspot.com/

Prayers for our friends.

What a difficult day this has been. I attended the funeral of my friend Becky Null's dad today. Becky spent the last months caring for her dad and making his life as comfortable and pain free as possible. I know her heart is breaking.

Tonight I learned that our friend Audrey's dad passed away. While I know she is deeply saddened by her loss, her faith in God will help her (and Xee) through this sorrowful time.

Our prayers are with all of our friends who are grieving the loss of loved ones. We have felt their sorrow and tears and pray for peace in their hearts.

Special Days......

February is an important month for us. Last night we celebrated Valentine's Day with our little group of 13 friends! Love and laughter go so well together and we had plenty of both last night along with a delicious dinner. Thanks to Susan and Jerrie for a great celebration.

Tomorrow we will celebrate our 24th anniversary. It's hard to believe so many years have gone by since we said "I do". Our lives have been blessed. I met Don 29 years ago and thought he was the nicest, most considerate, caring man and I continue to believe that. He's a great husband. The picture with this post was taken last year for our church directory.

Lots happening...

Lots has happened in the last few days! Don had major dental surgery resulting in our being confined at home for a bit. (He is the miraculous recoverer ... the last major surgery he was told he'd be in the hospital for about 3 days.. YIKES ..I was taking him home less than 24 hours after surgery.) Once again, this surgery involved lots of meds and pampering. Unfortunately Don was the recipient of both but that's ok, as Gloria Gaynor says "I will survive". Today we celebrated a belated birthday for my friend, Faye, with lunch at Texas Star. Faye, Jerrie and I had a great visit.

We heard about the tornado in Kapolei, Hawaii, which is very close to KoOlina (our vacation paradise). It was great to hear that our dear friends Xee, Audrey and Princess Phoebe are all fine and unaffected!

Our weather has been unbelievable...mostly in the mid-70s with lots of sunshine. I am a connoisseur of sunsets and we had one tonight that (almost) rivals my Hawaii sunsets. This photo truly does not do it justice. My photography skills need work!

Last note--hope everything is spelled correctly. I haven't figured out where the spell-check on this darn site yet!!!!

Meeting Amanda Higdon!

I can't believe I failed to mention the truly fantastic experience I had yesterday!?! Our PACS department learned we had a Euless resident returning on one of the R&R flights. They rounded up five ladies and off we went to MEET AMANDA! What a great experience that was. I ran into a very nice guy I used to work with, Joe Schneider, who was there with his very high tech camera. I quickly enlisted him to take photos of "our" soldier....she truly is special! After meeting Amanda, our greeters drove her home to surprise her family. It worked as planned and there was a whole lot of boo-hooing. We wish Amanda a wonderful time at home and look forward to greeting her each time she comes home to us again! God Bless You and Keep You Dear Amanda!

Poor Don........

Well, poor Don had major dental surgery today and is knocked out! It was another beautiful day in North Texas (in spite of major storms last night) with a bright blue sky and brilliant sun. I'm hanging around playing "Nurse Cratchett" (or whatever her name was) while enjoying the glory of the day. Hope all of you are having a wonderful day!

WOW .. 2 days in a row...

Hope you aren't expecting anything truly exciting because that is so NOT happening. My question of the day is "how can 2 people manage to create 4 loads of laundry every week?". We are not dirty people but the hamper is always full. I am going to spend the coming week trying to analyze why we have so much laundry. Stay tuned!??!!

Continuing Education.

Well, after I posted I realized that I had previous postings that I'd never actually finalized. Okay, some things are now redundant but if you are reading this, you love me and will forgive my learning curve. After all, I'm 62 and continually running after (and trying to catch up with) technology. Blogging is "Advanced Computering" to me!!!!!

Hope your life is way more than good -- may all your days be great days.

What good is a blog.........

What good is a blog if you don't blog!?!?! I asked myself that and decided if I was going to have a blog, I better blog! Euless is sponsoring the DFW Meet the R&R Troops flight this week. I went this morning and it is always heartwarming (and heartbreaking). Most of our troops are babies...they are so appreciative of the people meeting them. One young man looked each of us in the eye and said "wow - this is so great - thank you" while we were trying to thank them for their service. Another young man hugged each and every one of us. A third handed out the military flag patches they all have on their sleeves saying, "remember, this has been to Afghanistan". Makes one feels truly humbled and grateful for our freedoms and all the people who defend them. God Bless America!



Life has been pretty busy the last few weeks (ok, it's been over a month since I blogged) but I've had fun. California the middle of January was incredible. I spent time with my fabulous sister and her husband, Chef Charlie, my niece and her husband, Zane, and OF COURSE, my California kids, Christopher (14) and Charlotte (8). We went to movies, ate ice-cream and laughed...a lot!!!



My life is blessed and I really should blog more often just to say thank you to the Lord for all of my blessings. My God, my husband, my family, my friends and my life in general!