   2 Too & Bobby came to town on Black Friday from Pensacola. What to do but have #1 daughter, Connie and her sidekick, Jeff-in law to join us to celebrate simultaneously Thanksgivingchristmasandbirthdays over some real good food! Such a festive evening. No, I did not forget to put the rice in the green rice Read more about #71…We Three Girls From Disorient Are…………Lit Up! ! ! ! ! !@[…]
    The beauty of a marriage later in life is that you know what you DON’T WANT! So one day Russ shows me a sale ad about wedding rings and asks me if I want to go shopping with him. He swears that this was his marriage proposal and I KNOW he never asked me Read more about #70…Negotiating the “Shopping” Proposition….[…]
    All was going well. I had just spray painted all those metal patio accessories last Monday, when Russ invited the whole Bible Study group to come to our house for a cookout. I don’t think he noticed that everything from the inside of our camper was all over the house waiting to be repacked Read more about #69…Chaos in the Cactus of my Mind, Part 3….Rethinking all that Work![…]
     Let the work begin….So I have been collecting THINGS at garage sales and antique malls all summer long as the patio waited to be built. Not only for that but also THINGS for my flower plots! Yesterday was a day made in heaven! Sunny and 71 degrees for October 22 was such a gift. Read more about #68…Chaos in the Cactus of my Mind, Part 2….Painting the Desert[…]
 Happy Birthday Connie, love Salty, Salty the Road Dog Yes, my baby girl Connie is 39…AGAIN today. Born on the 13th of October. My children’s father’s birthday is on the 12th, mine on the 1st.. Didn’t really think of any connection early on. My eldest son Ken, born on the 13th of March…funny. Then my Read more about #67…The Big “13”[…]
     Russ, Ed and Clif are off golfing, so Jodene, LaDonna and I are off to the Tangers Outlets. Have you ever gone garage saling and every sale had air conditioners for sale? Or every sale it seemed like had a washing machine for sale? Such was our day at the Outlets. Dogs everywhere….everything gone Read more about #66…Gone To The Dogs[…]
It is such a mystery to me why God does something so special at a moment when I am least expecting anything….when suddenly something happens and He takes my breathe away! So we go to supper with Jodene and Ed to the Farmhouse Restaurant in Branson. There is a 15 minute wait so we girls Read more about #65…”hello fall”, this is the Police![…]
   Yup, here we go again. Amazing how the picture of this homemade beer-can Saguaro cactus has been the driving force of my new vision. It’s the series, The HUNT, The Treasures, the $1 Silly, all over again. The guest bedroom started with the $1 Silly mirror with the blue and orange colors….the whole room Read more about #64…Chaos in the Cactus of my Mind, Part 1….Thinking About It…[…]
      Another Bucket List Day! ! ! Only thing could have been better……….. shopping. Fact is fact. God created woman to SHOP and man to buy toys. Lest your heart fail that I didn’t get to shop, rest assured I was able to do some Christmas shopping in the Budweiser Store! ! ! This for Read more about #63…Gentler Horses, Wild Fish and More Beer![…]
 Those who know me, know I am an EARLY morning person. Have been like that since giving birth to 5 children. The ONLY time of day when no one asked anything of me! MY TIME ! ! ! So this 4 AM habit has been with me all my life. I especially love it Read more about #62…There’s NO Place Like Home……in the Morning![…]
