Best Friend

Wednesday, 9 July 2008 11:01 A GMT-06

It was at Fort Hood that I had what I call my first "best friend" as an adult. We met at the weekly craft get-together at church. You know how when you meet someone new that you like, you say something like, "Let's get together sometime"? That's what

Category: The Past

Recent Residents

Thursday, 26 June 2008 7:29 A GMT-06

Last July, I wrote about two more residents at our new house. HERE is the post if you want to read it. We've had other residents join us. I know it is because of the open fields behind the house and the fact that about three weeks ago they started

Category: The Present

Girly Stuff

Monday, 23 June 2008 8:04 A GMT-06

Saturday I was sitting at my computer, when I received a phone call from Youngest (granddaughter). She asked if I wanted to join them at the nail place in about an hour. I said, "Sure!" So there we were--my daughter and me getting pedicures, my

Category: The Present Grandkids are Grand!

Huhhh?

Friday, 20 June 2008 11:44 A GMT-06

What's that noise at 3:30 in the morning? Is it thunder or Bill snoring? Maybe the sky is snoring or there's thunder in the house. Oh, who cares. I'm going back to sleep.

Category: The Past My Thoughts

Deep in the Heart of Texas, Part 2

Monday, 16 June 2008 6:58 P GMT-06

Last August when we were taking trips between the place we used to live and where we are now, I blogged about the signs and things that I saw on the Texas roads between here and there. Click HERE if you want to read the entry. This past weekend, we

Category: The Present

A Fun Day

Wednesday, 11 June 2008 9:26 A GMT-06

Our granddaughters are spending the day with us. The three of us just finished doing girly things. They soaked their feet in water with a fuzzy tablet, put a rosemary mint mask on their feet, and finished it up with a foot balm. Bef

Category: The Present Grandkids are Grand!

What's Been Going On

Monday, 9 June 2008 3:00 P GMT-06

I know it has been a while since I've posted an entry. Basically, there are two reasons--I've been busy and I've come to the end of telling you about our time at Fort Hood. There are just a few more small things that I want to tell you about. THen I

Category: The Present

A Fun Time

Monday, 2 June 2008 5:35 A GMT-06

For three or four years, Bill played on a church softball league. Our church team would play other church teams from around town. He played left field and batted clean up. They won most of the time. Whenever he got up to bat, many times I would shout

Category: The Past

She's a Natural Woman, I mean, Naturalized Woman

Friday, 30 May 2008 12:00 A GMT-06

Although Amy was born on what is considered American soil in West Germany (on a U.S. military installation), we decided to get her naturalized. She had a birth certificate from the Department of State, but had nothing from the Department of

Category: The Past

Dressing Up

Wednesday, 28 May 2008 7:00 A GMT-06

Amy and Lee had so much fun playing while wearing different things. Here are a few examples. Below is Amy, at almost three, wearing a hat that her dad wore in Viet Nam and riding the fastest horse in Texas. I don't know what Lee is wearing, but he

Category: The Past

Fourth Birthday

Monday, 26 May 2008 6:45 A GMT-06

Our son still talks about his fourth birthday party. To be exact, he talks about the cake. I made a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting in a 9-by-13 pan decorated with little cowboy figures. Lee remembers having so much fun playing the figures at

Category: The Past

Why I Am Blessed - Reason #8

Friday, 23 May 2008 6:45 A GMT-06

When we moved up here, we started looking for a church home. Actually, we visited a few churches even before we made our move. We visited Presbyterian and Methodist churches close to us. You know, sometimes it is hard visiting a new church every

Category: Why I am Blessed

A Tasty Snack

Wednesday, 21 May 2008 7:03 A GMT-06

On my journey to write about my life, most of my memories of the past were just mine. I did talk some to my mom and sisters, but not very much. I don't know why, I guess I wanted to write about what I remembered. However, when it came time to tell

Category: The Past

Lame Joke

Monday, 19 May 2008 7:16 A GMT-06

Last week my husband went to Wal-mart for lettuce and tomatoes. Here's how the conversation went with the cashier. Cashier as she rings up the lettuce: Are you going to make newlywed salad? Husband: What?Cashier: You know, lettuce alone.

Category: The Present Miscellaneous

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Zoom!

Friday, 16 May 2008 7:07 A GMT-06

For a while, Bill had a motorcycle. He drove it to work. That was nice because we had only one car, and it saved on the cost of gas. But I always worried about him a little. Like nowadays, there was the the usual problems of motorists not having

Category: The Past

From a Tadpole to a Little Frog

Wednesday, 14 May 2008 6:38 A GMT-06

In October 1978, Lee and I took a mom and tot swim class. The moms got in the swimming pool with the tots learning to swim. Each mom was to make sure her tot did what he was supposed to do. For instance, if the tot didn't put his head under the water

Category: The Past

Eat Breakfast First!

Monday, 12 May 2008 11:37 A GMT-06

My husband told me recently that he has been having really weird, vivid dreams. Some take place at his old job or someplace that he isn't around anymore. Now, I'm not superstitious, but there is one thing that I am reluctant to do. I don't like to

Category: No Point Whatsoever In My Opinion

Going to School

Friday, 9 May 2008 6:15 A GMT-06

While we were stationed at Fort Hood, Amy went to nursery school or preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. We paid for her to go to preschool. The lady who lived next door was a bus driver for the school. So Amy rode back and forth with her. I

Category: The Past

Oh, the Injustice!

Wednesday, 7 May 2008 6:18 P GMT-06

A few years ago, my daughter Amy told me that she had a deprived childhood because of two things. The first one was when we had her hair cut really short. The thing is, her hair was long, and she played hard. She had a lot of tangles and knots, and

Category: The Past

A Bit of Information

Saturday, 3 May 2008 8:09 A GMT-06

Remember about three years ago when I told you about living at Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, New Mexico, when I was in grade school? I didn't tell you about a place called Bottomless Lakes State Park. To me it was in the middle of the desert and

Category: No Point Whatsoever

Bridge

Friday, 2 May 2008 7:20 A GMT-06

One day in 1977, I went to a civilian dentist for a check up and cleaning. When the dentist looked in my mouth, he told me to go the Army hospital on Fort Hood and have someone look at the roof of my mouth. I had noticed a small indentation on the

Category: The Past

Enjoying Retirement?

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 8:13 A GMT-06

For several months after my husband retired last August, I'd ask him if he was enjoying being retired. Because we were settling into the new house and trying to sell the other house, he always said something like, "Not yet. I"ll be gkad when we sell

Category: The Present