WHATS HAPPENING THURSDAY

Dear Auntie Jan and OH Family~

(started this post on Mon....)

How is everyone? I hope that this post finds you all well and that your staying warm~I hope that it does warm up, even a bit!!!

I havent been able to do my "real" posts for a couple of days-IF I can even post at all. Its been CRAZY here....so much going on-I would be chasing my tail in circles, if I had one!

Well-I told you all how we went on our field trip to the Audobon Center and that they had an area that is all snakes, spiders, centipedes etc-all natives of MO....Now, I am deathly afraid of snakes, but since this was for school, I went in that room and listened to the tour guide while she was giving one of her lectures on the snakes (ALL of which were in aquariums and very active that day!!!) etc....Well, one of them was the spotted king snake-about 2 feet long and she was telling us that it eats all kinds of other snakes-poisonous and not-but they, themselves are NOT poisonous......WELL.....The boys and I go out to the laundry room on Saturday (connected to the garage which is about 7 yards from my carport. Well, we are getting ready to walk out of the laundry room and Jon starts SCREAMING "SNAKE, SNAKE...."S" WORD MOMMA (thats what I used to say so he wouldnt get scared!) Well, thank goodness he saw it-or one of us would have stepped right on it-and, the dang thing was FACING US~ With that stupid tongue going in-coming out....EWWWWW!!! So, Darrel grabs the weed eater behind me, and uses it-the one end, to kinda pu**** out of the way-well, it coiled up-so then, before we can get past it-it starts coming our way again.....so Darrel does it again and then he also grabs one of the slats of wood that go into the privacy fence-well, he is TRYING to keep it from coming our way-and then, all the sudden-the tail started vibrating...didnt sound like a rattlesnake or anything-but i****ing the blades of grass and Darrel says-Mom, do you remember what the lady said about the snake and their tails? Yes, Darrel...he said-that means they feel threatened and they are angry/scared and now is when they will lash out and strike you IF they can!! At any rate-we went running and the snake was heading INTO THE GARAGE!!! It was amazing that it was the exact snake we got the lecture on the day before. Our snake was much bigger, tho. Darrel said it was at least 3 feet long.....so-that certainly was the hi-light of MY day!!!! (I was thankful tho-for the lecture the day before-so I even thought of something positive to say about that situation!!!)

On Sunday-Darrel, Jon and I were fixing the back wall on the dog pen....AND filling it with a bale of hay/straw....and the dogs start running all the over the place and now Jon is screaming-KITTEN, KITTEN-DOZER HAS A KITTEN and he is crying and chasin the dogs....all I can see is this little kitten being thrashed around because Sebastian (the 2 yr old choc lab) is chasing Dozer (the 6 1/2 yr old black lab that weighs 180#) around the yard, trying to take the kitten from him!!! I finally got Dozer to drop it. So now we have another dumped off pet!!! ARGH! Cute little thing-BUT NO MORE CATS! NO MORE!!! If anyone is wanting one-let me know. I am trying to find it a good home. Mike actually brought it in the house and said that we would TRY IT...and guess what? Not once, but TWICE-that kitten jumped up on my couch and did #2...the first time, Monday morning-I put her outside. Was a little upset because I had just dug out the litter box (which was cleaned before I ever stored it) and filled it with litter and put her paws in it-and she does that. Well-after Mike picked me up, we got home and were unloading the Suburban and he said he thought it was going to be too cold to leave her outside-so to please bring her in. I do-and Mike takes her over to her litterbox and puts her paws in it-and know what she did-she turned around and went ON THE COUCH AGAIN!!!! So-she is out and hopefully I can find her a good country home soon.

~~~Thursday morning~~~

I have just had so much going on that I am truly having a hard time getting any posts done. I WANT to-but......I am experiencing a lot of pain in my back and knees right now AND I have some major things going on with my family, besides the fact that we have just lost Mikes dad and all that "stuff".. with his family in AZ. Seems like the kids have a lot going on too....Not ALL of it is bad-just time consuming and such. Jon has been fighting getting sick for a couple of weeks now....TRYING to determine if its just sinus issues or not. When Mike gets pd tomorrow-I am going to buy some of the kids clariton and leave him on it for a couple of weeks, at least-well, IF I can.

As my luck would have it, we ran out of propane too-and so we HAD to start running the fireplace-which we actually LOVE to do-BUT.....its NOT ducted-and so it only really heats the "adult" livingroom and kitchen-maybe a little bit of the den or family room-where we have the kids' and their games, bean bag chairs-that sort of thing, but it still isnt as warm as the other room. Aaron was suppose to come this past weekend and help Darrel and Steph move a couple rics of wood onto the porch for us and it didnt happen, so we have been moving wood-using the cart...not too bad-and Im hoping that the kids will come out this weekend and help us out with that. If not, we will just have to do it. We will be ordering some propane tomorrow, so it will be alright-you just do what you gotta do-right? At least the wood we have is good and seasoned and burns excellent....so thats a plus. Im sure that there isnt enough for the whole winter-but we still have plenty of dead trees and limbs down from the couple of ice storms we got-we have about 25 acres that are wooded-so if we are able to go cut it (bone and joint issues keep us from doing a lot of things lately) then we will do it ourselves and not have to pay for anymore wood this winter.

~~Diamond being lost:

Ok-well, on Monday morning, I had gone to pull my hair up-and my wedding ring scratched my face-one of the prongs was sticking up on the engagement ring...they are soldered together. So, I was telling Mike-CRAP! Look at that-and I tried desperately to get it off my finger. (fingers swollen-that Pre-visitor time of the month) I cant wear it on my wedding finger anymore-3 sizes too big-so I have been wearing it on my middle finger instead, until I got in to have it resized. Anyway....I was really upset and had just told Mike-thank God that I saw that before the diamond came out-cuz YOU KNOW what would happen if that got lost......to ME....its the MOST VALUABLE thing I HAVE, material wise AND...it has the MOST SENTIMENTAL MEANING to me-and I can look at that beautiful ring-and it ALWAYS brings a smile to my face-almost magical to remember my proposal and that "feeling" of that day (everyone that was around me the day Mike proposed to me-was crying!!!) there were about 15 women, standing around when he got on his knee and proposed and the things he said-we all had runny noses when he got done....I was crying so hard-that I couldnt even answer him-LOL, so Mike knows what it means to me-and I had really gotten upset that he got a diamond that stuck out so far (like most engagement rings do-but I am not lucky with jewelry and can manage to do things no one can believe-LOL) WELL....I decided I was going to go get a band aid and put it over the diamond part-JUST IN CASE, until the swelling in my finger went down enough to get it over my knuckle, which would be sometime in the afternoon.....well, I had already done the dishes, fed the bunny, the dog, made the beds, folded a load of laundry and put it all away-AND....emptied trash and so on.

I got into the bathroom, pulled out the band aid-and looked down and the diamond was GONE!!! OMG GONE...My heart sank. I mean it dropped to the floor. Not only did it drop to the floor, it was getting the hell stomped out of it. INSTANT tears, uncontrollable sobbing...OMG...I LOST IT...Not just the diamond-but my mind...lost it! I was shaking so hard, and I couldnt even think straight. Oh God, NO NO NO NO!!!! Well, now I am flat out mad. I have decided that IF I cant find this diamond, that I am going to give up. By this point-it really was just the straw that broke the camels back...I know you have heard that expression before....but so much has been going on, very painful stuff, and this was just the LAST STRAW! I was SOOOO ANGRY! I started yelling at God. I hope that doesnt offend anyone-but I have to be honest here....I was just like-MY SHOULDERS ARE SMALLER-I KNOW YOU CAN SEE THAT!!! HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU THINK I CAN HANDLE???? I CANNOT TAKE ANY MORE!!! I CANT!!!....Peeps, I was ready to give up. Sick of the fight. Sick of TRYING to be what I consider a "good christian" and getting knocked down and before I can get up and dust myself off-Im getting kicked WHILE Im STILL DOWN! Then-after I get kicked-THEN....I get crapped on! Its all just piling up on top of each other-and I am wondering now, why bother? everything gets messed up and things that are important to me, well-I was just tired. So, about 1/2 later, I sent a text out asking for prayer from a few of my praying peeps/friends and Mike....Mike said that he just knew that I was losing it and he knew if he called me-I would make him cry too-so he said he was praying like mad that I would find it...He did send me a text and told me that he would replace it-and make it even better! Oh, how sweet-but NO WAY...IF I cant have THAT ONE-I WONT WEAR THEM! It just wouldnt be the same.

So, the blubbering idiot in me, starts re-tracing every single thing I did that day....I had decided I wasnt leaving this house until I had gone through every inch of it to find that diamond (Yeah, I know) BUT....I also knew I had done some dishes by hand-so couldve went down the drain-in the kitchen or the bathroom when I brushed my teeth-etc etc etc etc.....I emptied the bunny food even, his bowl, the garbage disposal-cuz I hadnt run it yet, the trash....not much in there, lol-but a thousand sunflower seed shells.....went through ALL dressers where I had put clothes away-the beds that I had made, you name it-I WAS THERE.....THEN....I get both my knee braces on and then get down on my broken knees, with a flashlight-and start in the livingroom and work my way to the back of the house-every inch of the 2400 sq feet....O, man-it was starting to look like I wasnt going to find it! LAST thing I hadnt checked was in my purse-I had been in there to get a pain pill....whatever-its not gonna be there, I just know. More crying, you know that cry that kids have at the end of a HARD cry where they are trying to catch their breath or whatever-the pitiful one-that was ME....to a "T". So, I am emtying my purse-and of course, have a couple dollars worth of pennies at the bottom....pulling that out, one handful at a time, carefully putting everything on the table and using the flashlight to look through it all-so hopefully, if its there, it will sparkle and catch my eye....well-there was ONE gum wrapper, 4 pennies and a butt load of crumbs (thank you, Jon for the 2 crackers full of crumbs)....so I am pulling them out, a pinch at a time-and the last little part in the purse-THERE IT WAS!!!!! At first, it didnt look like a diamond, I thought it was a bead or something because of all the crumbs and so on-BUT.....it was the diamond!!! I HAD FOUND IT!!!! OMG-LIFE CAN GO ON NOW!!! ( I dont mean that suicidal-I mean, like I wouldnt have to stay in the house and never leave again until it was found OR make my whole family dig for it)Im telling you-IF I hadnt found it, I had a plan to tear the plumbing out, rip the floor up, dig through the whole trash can, you get the picture-LOL....so, I ask Jon to go get the scotch tape-I was NOT letting that out of my sight and was too scared to try and carry it with me...for fear I would drop it....well-I taped it up, and then I went and got vegetable oil and pulled it off my finger (OUCH) and then I taped the taped diamond to the ring! Then, I thanked God....over and over and over again...He knows I pray when things are good-I pray about everything-LOL...Just a prayin' fool, but this one, really hit me!

I also have some very personal issues going on that I really could use prayer for. I have decided to cut ALL ties with my biological dad. He threatened to beat me up in front of Jon, Megan, Aaron, my mom AND customers at the motel (tues afternoon)-over something so stupid you wouldnt believe- a room HE mismarked as to HOW to clean it-if you can believe it....! He screamed bloody murder at me (shocked the crap out of all of us) and called me every awful name you can think of AND said some of the most horrible things to me! He was screaming so hard-he was spitting on my face! He scared Jon so bad-that Jon was under the chair (he and Megan were just getting ready to go to Mcdonalds to get a happy meal for him). I never even raised my voice to that man when he first started yelling-I just kept asking him (4 times I did) WHY are you yelling at me? I was so confused at what the hell had happened for him to be acting like that! It was such an easy fix-NOT a national disaster! Well-when he wouldnt stop yelling, Megan and Jon were getting ready to walk out the door and I said-I cannot talk to you when you are acting like this-so Im gonna go finish that room and we will talk later when you have settled down-He said-I dont give an F this or F that-in front of his customers and my children and I said-you know what? You need to go to one of your anger management meetings.....Then he said-F You! I said-you know what? Your **** poor manager and you NEED to attend a course on that TOO! Then-he said, F YOU, YOU FAT F'N B, YOUR FIRED...I said Fine....and walked over and got Jons backpack, my purse (only had that out cuz I was digging for money for Mr. Jons happy meal) and I started to walk out the door and he threw a bag of towels at me-which, of course-it was soft-BUT....not the point. I tossed it over to the side and kept going to the door-NOT saying a word-and then I heard him fling open the door, coming after me and told me that he was going to knock me on my ass and knock me flat out! OMG-YOU DID NOT JUST THREATEN ME-and in front of everyone!!!...I am 40 yrs old-not the kid that you USED to knock around every chance you got! Everyone stopped, like that E.F. Hutton commercial. I put my purse down and Stood there waiting for him, we were face to face and I told him-go ahead-hit me. I swear it WILL be the last time you lay a hand on ANYONE...cuz IF I dont take care of you-my husband WILL! (I could seriously feel that black out mad coming on-big time!!!) I told him that I could NOT believe that he was acting like that and didnt he care what he was doing to me OR his grandkids? He said-I dont give a F-and I said-well, that obvious. I grabbed my purse and started for the Suburban and he just kept saying stuff, right behind me and I told Megan to get Jon in my car-my mom started in on him (she was scared he was going to hit me) and he stopped to chew on her for a second, allowing me time to get Jon in his carseat and belted in-and then, before I could get to the drivers door and get in, he was right there-and grabbed my door-and I yelled LET MY DOOR GO! he wouldnt and I kept trying to pull it, but I was standing on the running board, between the door and seat-and then he starts pushing the door shut on me.....I looked him right in the face and told him I wished it had been him that died instead of Mikes dad. He let the door go. I got in, locked all the doors and started the truck. I have regretted that since it came out of my mouth. Not that I didnt mean it at the time, cuz I did BUT.....I shouldnt have said it. Thats another human being and I just cant believe I said something so awful-I dont care what he was saying to me-I am a bigger person and dont get into all that mud slinging and all that-thats not me! If someone said that to ME, I would be so hurt and devastated. I cant believe that I said something so hurtful to someone-and someone that I am suppose to look up to and love. Complete honesty here-IF I were not born to that man-and I had just known him for whatever reason-I would NOT have ANYTHING to do with him. I do NOT like him. I love him SOLELY because he is my dad and I am suppose to...right? But, I cant stand him!

Come to find out-that he had gone to the casino that morning-and lost his rear end...Not only did he lose-he lost money that didnt belong to him-and I guess I was hi*****hing bag that day-my mom does not live with him anymore. Her and Steph have the managers apartment and he lives in a room-and Aaron has been clerking to pay their rent (him and Meg have the biggest apartment there-one br, real cute) anyway-OR they wouldnt talk to him. Megan has NOTHING to do with him whatsoever-but was coming around because he was doing so well with his meetings and such....and Steph doesnt talk to him. He isnt allowed at their place-and part of the reason she moved out for a week is because he threatened to knock her on her rear-because she was sticking up for my mom when he was throwing one of his tantrums.....so-obviously-he fell off the wagon, so to speak.....BUT....I dont know how to explain it, except like this-I have tried for years and years to have a relationship with this man. I have carried so much guilt around for not feeling for him, what we are suppose to for a parent. I dont respect him, I dont like him, and I MAKE myself love him. He is a horrible dad, if you can call him that-and NONE of my 4 kids-likes him-not one!!!! He never keeps a promise OR his word-he makes empty promises all the time-and he would leave you for dead IF he thought he could benefit from it or make a quick buck. He doesnt care if he works and at 40-I have worked more in my lifetime than he has in his....heck, at 33, I owned my own home, outright-do you think he ever had? No-but man, did he love to sit and say that he would just sell it-it needed too much work and do this and do that-and oh, can you take a mortgage out on it and loan me some money to start a business? Oh, yeah, let me th....AAAHHH-Not just no, but HELLLLL NO! If you want something, YOU WORK FOR IT! he never worked more than a couple weeks at a time while I was growing up. My mom could work 3 jobs-he couldnt keep one. He never cared that we had to move 3-4 times PER school year-and yeah, did I mention-didnt even have enough consideration to keep my brother and I in the SAME school district? NO...Not until 7th grade....then it was just till 9th and it started again. He and my mom-would split up and get back together every 3-4 months. When she would start to get lonely or whatever-he would come in for the kill and then...HEEES BACCCCKKKK! God, did my brother and I HATE it when he lived with us. He physically and emotionally abused ALL of us....all the time till I was 13 and fought back. He would throw tantrums and destroy our house-we would come home from somewhere and my mom would open the door-and our furniture would be overturned-the tv would have a hammer through it-papers and broken dishes etc all over the floors-all because he was throwing a tantrum!

So, I have been really struggling with this. I know I need to let go of the past...I do-and I am crazy to think he will ever change, I know...I dont know WHY I feel guilty about what I said to him....maybe because I meant it? I dont know. I do not feel like a good christian because I said that to another person. ALL I know for certain: He is like cancer to me. When I saw my sons face when he thought his "grandpa" was going to beat up his mom-thats when I KNEW that I could NOT allow HIM to put MY kids through what I HAD to live through, because "I" didnt have any other options-but I DO have options now! (and he has NEVER acted like THIS-NOT THIS BAD before....but borderline, you know?) I did tell him that he would NOT be welcome to ever come to my home again and that he would NOT be seeing his grandsons.......I have to rid my body of this "cancer" and start healing and I cannot do that around him. When I told Mike-he agreed. He doesnt care for him anyway-has tolerated him, really-because he was my dad. When I told Vikki-Mikes adopted mom and she was worked there at the motel-she quit. She said she couldnt go back knowing that he did that to me and the kids-I am like her daughter and she couldnt do it. I told her that I didnt want to be the cause of her losing income and she said no amount of money would be worth working for someone who acts like that. She said Honey, HE IS AN ADULT-and HE KNOWS what he is doing is wrong-HE MUST be accountable for his actions and when he is allowed to just keep acting like that-and no one MAKES him accountable, he NEVER has a consequence-so stick to your guns and stay strong and remember that you DO have a dad down here that loves you and will do ANYTHING for you!!! He also loves the kids like they are his own grandkids too-so they DO HAVE A GRANDPA TOO!!! That made me cry. I so wish that MY children, had the grandpa I did growing up (my moms dad) and I intend on being the kind of grandma that Mackenzie WANTS to be around and looks forward to being with me-not like my kids are with Carl......I would be devastated-IF my grandchild EVER felt that way about me!! She isnt even here yet-and I am better to her than he ever is to my kids!

Ok-enough of that. I am going to do a couple of responses and then go color with Jon. He has a really bad headache and isnt feeling very good. Have given him tylenol-waiting for it to kick in for him. Its suppose to be nice today-so would like to be outside some, if he is up to it...he is worried he will be sick for Holloween!

His caterpillar-it has turned into a ****oon!!! ITs SOOOO COOL!!! he is so excited! Me too.... I cant wait to see what kind of butterfly it is!

**Jan-on the potty training-my girls were easier than the boys! I just took the girls shopping and let them pick out their little undies-and told them they couldnt go to the bathroom in them, and except for an occasional accident-they were potty trained....both around 1-1 1/2. Darrel and Jon were 2 1/2.... and both of them had pull ups even-the girls didnt.

Thanks for the info on the marigolds-I never knew that! I will definitely plant them around our garden this spring, thats for sure!

I meant to tell you-well, show you actually-the cut on my head-and then whomever was behind me, distracted me....I have a couple of pics of it-and just so you dont think Im a sick-O...mike took them so we could put them one in the nature scrap book while telling the story of that caterpillar-LOL....Im such a ding dong, when you were first looking at my head-I thought you were looking to see if I got all the grey covered since I had colored it-and didnt think it looked like it did....LOL...I know-air head, I am!

I tell you what-On the stove-how about nothing? You have given me sooo much as far as plants and flowers-it just wouldnt feel right to charge for it. I want to make sure it still looks good and all of that. Its been in storage for awhile. Everything worked when we put it in there-but I didnt buy it brand new-but it wasnt nasty looking either... White with black burners-nothing fancy. I USED to have one of those antique really nice ones-like they have on Everyone Loves Raymond-the exact one-with the griddle in the center of the 4 burners-and it even had a grease/drip tray under the griddle-oh, how I wished I could find another one like that. I bought it at a 2nd hand store for $50 and a part went out on it-and because it was so antique, the part was $200 and that was 8 yrs ago-and it was cheaper to get a different stove! Anyway-I WILL let you know!

How much are you charging for a night at the trailer? I was thinking about seeing if the boys and I could come down for a night or two during the spring/summer-just to get away and relax. Wanted to see your beautiful gardens, maybe fish with them, walk with you and Andy and we had talked about when Tammy can get back up this way-would that be too much? I wont let the boys bug anyone, I PROMISE!!! They are really good boys....PLUS-IF you had any jobs for them to do-like weeding, racking, watering etc-they LOVE IT!!! Just let me know.

Bec and I talked when I spent the night there-about having a big old party where we can put up tents on our properties, make big ol bonfires-and set up like croquet, badmitton/volleyball, horseshoes-stuff like that....we both have the room to do that. We could have a pool party too-if it were here. Big ol BBQ and pool party and tents for everyone to stay the night-and we even have access to a porta potty (a real one-LOL) that we could put out where the tents would be set up! If anyone has 4 wheelers/go karts-they can bring them out-we have trails here to ride them-If anyone has an RC car-we have a RC dirt track out here AND if anyone has a bow or crossbow and likes to practice, we have all kinds of targets out here! It would be so awesome!! Well, no matter which house it was to be at-it would be sooo much fun! Everyone just would bring whatever they would bring IF they were going to a campground so we dont have 100 people running in and out of our houses, you know? Which, dont take that wrong, dont mean any offense-but that can get overwhelming.....to anyone! Ok-just throwing that out there...

Oh-I dont mean to be a hound-but would you like me to put a post out there about the Christmas party and ask about people helping with the $20 fee and potluck etc? You know I love stuff like that and now that I am not doing ANYTHING else during the week-I will have more than enough time... PLUS-I want to get back into the "swing" of things and surround myself with things I love to do and are positive forces in my life-SOOOO.....If you would like my help-you just say the word. I KNOW you have a lot going on already-and November is going to be busy too-so....I dont mind, actually-would love it! I thought if I got a post out there (closer to Nov meeting I mean) that we could take donations at the meeting for the charge to have food AND if we get more than the 20, we can purchase the plates, cups, silverware and maybe the supplies to make a wls friendly punch or something? Anyway-thanks and love you...and THANKS for always being there with a listening ear and a hug. It means the world to me-to be able to call you my friend and my family. Joe too!

**Lana-THANKS, over and over-for the jeans! I love ya and hope you feel better soon! It was so great to get a Lana hug!!! I miss them more than you know!

**Sandy-Im sorry you had a bad experience when you went on, which you probably thought, was going to be a dream vacation! That just stinks! I have never been out of the US, but would love to go to the Bahamas Or Italy.

Im with you on those political calls, plus-the commercials-plus-all the flyers-we get from 3-5 pcs PER day!!! I just cant wait till this is all over!!!

**Barbara-Do you have to feed the calf every 2 hours? Thats so sad! what would cause them to only take to one? does that happen often? We fed a baby calf once-and Jon had the best time ever!! Do your grandkids like it too?

Loved the pictures, by the way!!!

**Deb (pooh)-I had to laugh about your carrot comment!! Mine were little itty bitty ones this year too! They were the size of a miniature doll house carrot!! LOL...My garlic never took either. We kicked butt on the zucchini tho...just think-next spring you will be up for the challenge and no surgeries or whatever!! WOOO HOOO... Glad Nikki is feeling better and glad you got your meds filled! Been praying for you and your family-as well as Laura! Did you ever find Gails coveralls? I hope so! Dont you just hate it when you put something somewhere so you wont lose it and then you put it up so good that you cant even find it? LOL.....Love ya and you have been on my heart!

**Tammy-Ammy-so glad your mom is home!!! What a relief! No, the diamond wasnt a secret-just hadnt had time to get in and post-post. So much going on so far this week. Starting this weekend, I am starting on this house and I WILL get it done! LOL...I HAVE TO!

Im so glad that you are going to be able to have a group! I know that you miss it and that you care so much about that support-I really hope and pray that this time-it will go!!!

Dont get discouraged about the tummy tuck-IT WILL HAPPEN....Of course they tell you 4 weeks for the approval-but it never takes medicaid that long to review and approve and it wont this time either. We will just stand FIRM that it WILL get done ASAP and you will be on your way!!! Love ya, and keep your chin up!

**Sugar-thanks for the words of wisdom. Love you and I appreciate you!

**Renee-thanks for always being there for me. Love you-you know that. Things WILL settle down, hopefully-for all of us-and when Larry comes home at Christmas-we will go on an adult night out and go to the movies or whatever-what do you think? I will be praying for Kayela! It will all work out-just be there for her.

**Bec and Jeanine-have a good time together today girls-I know you WILL!!!! Love you both!

~~~TO MY SECRET PAL-THANKS FOR THE CARD!!! IT was so wonderful!!! LOVE the butterflys on the front of the card-I LOVE BUTTERFLYS! It sure made my day yesterday!!

****Has anyone heard from Sheila? I have text her and emailed her and still havent heard anything. I will call her DIL, Rachael, tonite after 7, if I dont hear from Sheila by then, to check on her and see whats going on!

Well, I am going to get. Please say some prayers for Jon. He is trying to get sick again-Im sure its all this crazy weather again-But I would appreciate prayer all the same.....As always-your in my thoughts and prayers. Love, Janet