Saturday in Texas.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Happy Valentine's Day!!Yesterday my sister had to get a treatment at the hospital so I watched my mom for her. Tommy enjoyed his great grandmother playing, feeding, talking to him.
The two bowls my mother made in 1967 when we lived in Shreveport when she did ceramics. She was a very crafty lady in her time but the Alzhemier's has robbed her of that talent.
My daughter did her grandmother's hair, cut and colored more towards her natural color. Look down this blog to compare her picture last year when she lived with my other sister. Mom looks 20 years younger without long gray hair.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
25 Random Things About Me
Once you have been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you its because I want to know more about you.
1. I was born in San Antonio Texas air force base while my daddy was stationed there. I was born on my mother's 20th b'day. After the Air Force my daddy went to college at Texas Tech where my twin sisters were born 2 years later.
2. In 1969 my daddy was transferred to Jamaica to build Alcon's plant in Kingston Jamaica, I was a sophomore in high school at the time. We lived there for 2 years, I was enrolled in a private English school that had about 300 students from K-2 years of college on one campus. What a wonderful time for me and my family.
3. Eddie and I were married 9 years before we were blessed with our first hard to conceive daughter, Cheyenne. After trying for years to have a baby, 2 miscarriages, lots of money spent on infertility Cheyenne Crystal was born. Our first girl baby on both sides of the family.
4. I've lived from the time of my birth to now...San Antonio, Lubbock, Dallas, Shreveport, Texarkana, Houston, Jamaica, Stone Mountain Ga, Midlothian, Waxahachie (now married), Fort Worth, Midlothian, Fort Worth, El Paso, Midlothian and back to my favorite city Waxahachie Texas.
5. I love to paint, do crafts, wood working, remodeling my home, birdwatching, gardening, garage selling, junking at thrift shops, and my newest love....Mosaic crafts. Travel Texas with my friends, taste wine, dinners out.
6. My youngest child, Zachary left home 2 weeks ago to go to college in Austin. I miss my baby, I am so proud of him for deciding what he wants to do with his life and going for it now. He is studying about making movies, films, sports broadcasting. He would love to work somewhere in the sports entertainment field editing film. I adore his girlfriend Aubrie and her dog, Truman.
7. Sierra my adorable beautiful middle child is living in our FIL house by our swimming pool. We built the 700 sq. ft house for Eddie's dad to live his remaining days in. Now all 3 of my kids have lived there since his death. After Sierra moves out maybe that can be my studio!!?? Or Eddie's sports bar and big screen TV house. LOL
8. I love Mexican food, nachos, fajitas, ice cold beer, salsa, chips, Chicken Enchiladas, beef enchiladas, jalapeno peppers stuffed, sliced, anyway! I could eat this for dinner every night of the week. I just saw a great brisket chili recipe I want to try out. I love to cook in my Rooster Kitchen.
9. In 2002 I started hormone therapy, in 2004 I found a big lump in my left breast. I had 4 surgeries to remove the cancer, 8 rounds of chemo using 2 very strong cancer drugs, 35 daily radiation treatments and now it is 5 years later and I am still cancer free as of January 26, 2009.
10. 2 years ago I had a reunion with some of my classmates from Jamaica, Allison, Michelle, John and Even traveled here to spend the weekend with my 2 sisters and I reliving our high school years. What a blast we had catching up on 35 years of our lives. I hate that I don't get to do high school reunions with my old classmates.
11. My daddy died at 52 of cancer, my mother has had Alzheimer's for the past 10 years and now lives with my sister Rhonda and her husband Gary. They take great care of her and she is looking better than she has in almost 10 years.
12 I've been married for 35 years to my own cowboy, Eddie. He works for a western wear company in Dallas. He is my soul mate, help mate, and best friend. He puts up with my hobbies, disordered house and all my dogs. And I put up with his sports memorabilia, love for all his Dallas teams professional, college and high school.
13. Eddie and I organized a dinner club for 6 couples we've known for years, Hachie Nick-Nicks. On the 3rd Saturday night each month one couple host dinner at their house or a restaurant of their choice for an evening together. We're into our 3 year of having a blast with our friends. We even have a Yahoo list to keep us organized and send out reminders.
14. Okay, I love playing Sims 2. Cheyenne and I get on the phone to talk about our Sims and which houses we've decorated or when we find something new in the game. I can get lost in my Sims for hours.
15. I have a library of about 2000 books, romance, mystery, suspense, historical. I use to spend tons a month at B&N but now I am a member of Paperback Swap so I trade my books after I read them for a credit, then get books in the mail from that credit for a new used book. Heaven!
16. I adore my sweet little grandson Tommy. Tommy was born to my daughter, Cheyenne in 2005. He was a gift from God after our family went through the toughest year of our family's lives. I was being treated for breast cancer, Sierra had 4 major surgeries for her Crohn's disease going from 145 pounds on graduation day to 85 when they released her from the hospital. After months of hospital for her treatments and mine we got to bring this wonderful miracle home from the hospital, Thomas Alan Gilbert.
17. I have 3 Chihuahuas. Koko is 9 years old, she is our barker, Pudge is Zac's dog 7 years old and then one of their puppies, Hash Brown. They run this house. In May I lost my little Mouse who was also one of Koko and Pudge's babies, she was 3 pounds tiny! One Wednesday night we went to bed and the next morning she was missing...was she dognapped? We lost Sierra's dachshund a few weeks ago while everyone was moving, again no one has seen her.
18. We had season tickets with our friends for the Waxahachie High School football home games. I love living in a small Texas town.
19. I love Roosters! My kitchen is done in roosters, mosaic roosters, glasses roosters, wallpaper boarder, everywhere you look a rooster is there. I love to cook new recipes in my kitchen.
20. After BC treatment I decided I had to lose weight or risk BC again. I started cooking healthier, giving up fast food - when Zac was in high school he would stop by a fast food place and bring his mommy a hamburger, tacos or anything he was buying. I got up to 177 pounds for my 5'2' frame. I lost over 12 months 68 pounds going down to 109. I was too skinny so I've gone back to my ideal weight of 120. I feel better and love to shop for cloths now.
21. My camera is one of my favorite new Christmas presents. I love to take pictures everything in my life. I have a SeaGate external memory that has nearly 7000 picture of my photos for the past 4 years from the delivery room with Tommy to this weeks working on the mosaic outdoor fireplace for Fat Daddy's restrurant in Mansfield.
22. One of my other new toys AeroGarden, I've got cherry tomatoes, fresh basil growing in the kitchen to harvest during the winter months...made killer spahgetti sauce with fresh basil the other night. Yummy
23. Each October our Hachie Nick-Nicks load up our cars to travel for 3 days around Texas tasting wines from all the wineries in Texas. We've sampled wines from Fredricksburg, to Bluff Dale to east Texas Pittsburg home of Bo Pilgrims chicken. We've been doing this for about 7 years now.
24. Growing up I had 20/20 vision until I hit 40, damn I hate glasses for crafts, reading and computer. Now at 55 (double nickel as my daddy would say) my distance vision is starting to change. Boohoo
25. I love life!! I love my family!! I love my husband!! I love my dogs!! I love my friends!! Life is good my goal for life is to live to see my great great grandchildren!
Once you have been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you its because I want to know more about you.
1. I was born in San Antonio Texas air force base while my daddy was stationed there. I was born on my mother's 20th b'day. After the Air Force my daddy went to college at Texas Tech where my twin sisters were born 2 years later.
2. In 1969 my daddy was transferred to Jamaica to build Alcon's plant in Kingston Jamaica, I was a sophomore in high school at the time. We lived there for 2 years, I was enrolled in a private English school that had about 300 students from K-2 years of college on one campus. What a wonderful time for me and my family.
3. Eddie and I were married 9 years before we were blessed with our first hard to conceive daughter, Cheyenne. After trying for years to have a baby, 2 miscarriages, lots of money spent on infertility Cheyenne Crystal was born. Our first girl baby on both sides of the family.
4. I've lived from the time of my birth to now...San Antonio, Lubbock, Dallas, Shreveport, Texarkana, Houston, Jamaica, Stone Mountain Ga, Midlothian, Waxahachie (now married), Fort Worth, Midlothian, Fort Worth, El Paso, Midlothian and back to my favorite city Waxahachie Texas.
5. I love to paint, do crafts, wood working, remodeling my home, birdwatching, gardening, garage selling, junking at thrift shops, and my newest love....Mosaic crafts. Travel Texas with my friends, taste wine, dinners out.
6. My youngest child, Zachary left home 2 weeks ago to go to college in Austin. I miss my baby, I am so proud of him for deciding what he wants to do with his life and going for it now. He is studying about making movies, films, sports broadcasting. He would love to work somewhere in the sports entertainment field editing film. I adore his girlfriend Aubrie and her dog, Truman.
7. Sierra my adorable beautiful middle child is living in our FIL house by our swimming pool. We built the 700 sq. ft house for Eddie's dad to live his remaining days in. Now all 3 of my kids have lived there since his death. After Sierra moves out maybe that can be my studio!!?? Or Eddie's sports bar and big screen TV house. LOL
8. I love Mexican food, nachos, fajitas, ice cold beer, salsa, chips, Chicken Enchiladas, beef enchiladas, jalapeno peppers stuffed, sliced, anyway! I could eat this for dinner every night of the week. I just saw a great brisket chili recipe I want to try out. I love to cook in my Rooster Kitchen.
9. In 2002 I started hormone therapy, in 2004 I found a big lump in my left breast. I had 4 surgeries to remove the cancer, 8 rounds of chemo using 2 very strong cancer drugs, 35 daily radiation treatments and now it is 5 years later and I am still cancer free as of January 26, 2009.
10. 2 years ago I had a reunion with some of my classmates from Jamaica, Allison, Michelle, John and Even traveled here to spend the weekend with my 2 sisters and I reliving our high school years. What a blast we had catching up on 35 years of our lives. I hate that I don't get to do high school reunions with my old classmates.
11. My daddy died at 52 of cancer, my mother has had Alzheimer's for the past 10 years and now lives with my sister Rhonda and her husband Gary. They take great care of her and she is looking better than she has in almost 10 years.
12 I've been married for 35 years to my own cowboy, Eddie. He works for a western wear company in Dallas. He is my soul mate, help mate, and best friend. He puts up with my hobbies, disordered house and all my dogs. And I put up with his sports memorabilia, love for all his Dallas teams professional, college and high school.
13. Eddie and I organized a dinner club for 6 couples we've known for years, Hachie Nick-Nicks. On the 3rd Saturday night each month one couple host dinner at their house or a restaurant of their choice for an evening together. We're into our 3 year of having a blast with our friends. We even have a Yahoo list to keep us organized and send out reminders.
14. Okay, I love playing Sims 2. Cheyenne and I get on the phone to talk about our Sims and which houses we've decorated or when we find something new in the game. I can get lost in my Sims for hours.
15. I have a library of about 2000 books, romance, mystery, suspense, historical. I use to spend tons a month at B&N but now I am a member of Paperback Swap so I trade my books after I read them for a credit, then get books in the mail from that credit for a new used book. Heaven!
16. I adore my sweet little grandson Tommy. Tommy was born to my daughter, Cheyenne in 2005. He was a gift from God after our family went through the toughest year of our family's lives. I was being treated for breast cancer, Sierra had 4 major surgeries for her Crohn's disease going from 145 pounds on graduation day to 85 when they released her from the hospital. After months of hospital for her treatments and mine we got to bring this wonderful miracle home from the hospital, Thomas Alan Gilbert.
17. I have 3 Chihuahuas. Koko is 9 years old, she is our barker, Pudge is Zac's dog 7 years old and then one of their puppies, Hash Brown. They run this house. In May I lost my little Mouse who was also one of Koko and Pudge's babies, she was 3 pounds tiny! One Wednesday night we went to bed and the next morning she was missing...was she dognapped? We lost Sierra's dachshund a few weeks ago while everyone was moving, again no one has seen her.
18. We had season tickets with our friends for the Waxahachie High School football home games. I love living in a small Texas town.
19. I love Roosters! My kitchen is done in roosters, mosaic roosters, glasses roosters, wallpaper boarder, everywhere you look a rooster is there. I love to cook new recipes in my kitchen.
20. After BC treatment I decided I had to lose weight or risk BC again. I started cooking healthier, giving up fast food - when Zac was in high school he would stop by a fast food place and bring his mommy a hamburger, tacos or anything he was buying. I got up to 177 pounds for my 5'2' frame. I lost over 12 months 68 pounds going down to 109. I was too skinny so I've gone back to my ideal weight of 120. I feel better and love to shop for cloths now.
21. My camera is one of my favorite new Christmas presents. I love to take pictures everything in my life. I have a SeaGate external memory that has nearly 7000 picture of my photos for the past 4 years from the delivery room with Tommy to this weeks working on the mosaic outdoor fireplace for Fat Daddy's restrurant in Mansfield.
22. One of my other new toys AeroGarden, I've got cherry tomatoes, fresh basil growing in the kitchen to harvest during the winter months...made killer spahgetti sauce with fresh basil the other night. Yummy
23. Each October our Hachie Nick-Nicks load up our cars to travel for 3 days around Texas tasting wines from all the wineries in Texas. We've sampled wines from Fredricksburg, to Bluff Dale to east Texas Pittsburg home of Bo Pilgrims chicken. We've been doing this for about 7 years now.
24. Growing up I had 20/20 vision until I hit 40, damn I hate glasses for crafts, reading and computer. Now at 55 (double nickel as my daddy would say) my distance vision is starting to change. Boohoo
25. I love life!! I love my family!! I love my husband!! I love my dogs!! I love my friends!! Life is good my goal for life is to live to see my great great grandchildren!
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