tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43137303117007583592024-03-18T02:33:32.228-05:00JustaClickin'Livin' Life in the HeartlandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1391125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-78496761267750073072022-09-03T20:47:00.005-05:002022-09-03T20:47:31.350-05:00Catching Up<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">My fairy house is finished! Inside the bottom door, there is a sycamore seed chandelier, a chair made of twigs and leaf ‘cushions’, and a bark chunk table with lichtin ’tv’. There is also a chunk of bark with a round seed head lamp. Too tiny to photograph though. Oh! And a rug! Well, really a crocheted coaster… 🤣</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3v7-5u2rfE0CuABYP0wDmcOu2sMSosu-SWK8S9bIVo-bcyEMumQghTjAMHCDUE2zMZ7J_mnSr0PhXL3-kqf1mTlNEqR2EHlJMHSm0_MEjTkeqmlGw9t4T2NjcFE66jmQjmYp5LJfLFo_RaR3GAYY0Ksim2988Z70gPa_ZTR2ueTyOb6LK7BxjTae/s4032/DFCF446F-8FEA-4C19-8D67-9B937A4B1927.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3v7-5u2rfE0CuABYP0wDmcOu2sMSosu-SWK8S9bIVo-bcyEMumQghTjAMHCDUE2zMZ7J_mnSr0PhXL3-kqf1mTlNEqR2EHlJMHSm0_MEjTkeqmlGw9t4T2NjcFE66jmQjmYp5LJfLFo_RaR3GAYY0Ksim2988Z70gPa_ZTR2ueTyOb6LK7BxjTae/w300-h400/DFCF446F-8FEA-4C19-8D67-9B937A4B1927.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Next project is jammers. Shirt is finished. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Working on britches now.</span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAf15HqkBiBnzKfJJQka1N8QMuLxmIXoiz9d2JHi93Qq8F_DTE5Jgaouwii1CvlK7nz9LmQQB0dLBG8v5f1nPtv8wk2g6VydXwAERNy5paqTYkGt6N67-2-4brT4Rmm_hSj6XAXT4yP67jeoLPQiPobp7BXQaHriVJ-ms9vlQrPW7SgGccy6fbqecg/s4032/558B0B3D-43FC-4553-8737-9DD16323F6E7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAf15HqkBiBnzKfJJQka1N8QMuLxmIXoiz9d2JHi93Qq8F_DTE5Jgaouwii1CvlK7nz9LmQQB0dLBG8v5f1nPtv8wk2g6VydXwAERNy5paqTYkGt6N67-2-4brT4Rmm_hSj6XAXT4yP67jeoLPQiPobp7BXQaHriVJ-ms9vlQrPW7SgGccy6fbqecg/w300-h400/558B0B3D-43FC-4553-8737-9DD16323F6E7.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Still doing IV antibiotics. Steve is my hero, he hooks me up and unhooks me every 12 hours. The down side? After 2 weeks, Dr extended 2 weeks, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">and I still have a sinus infection. 😳</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">I would say it is 50% better, 2 weeks left.</span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxsCYtrooM8Tbk_LTYJWhXqusRhpfyGQ52geGWOFD8R4nqyE9LVhgoIY5JIpsg9jPPHuKRef5BgCmnKlwJw3HnI86nJhEb-3oTKrf7n6iD0s1Y2EifmiimdE3IQjSlbHYN7IDDkwL6wAwgH-IDl3nt5SZEfHWjXYzX3MxMjr-Y_E6cS_gxUDcDTbT/s3088/19BAA133-2EAD-49A7-A9FC-4645611E50B4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxsCYtrooM8Tbk_LTYJWhXqusRhpfyGQ52geGWOFD8R4nqyE9LVhgoIY5JIpsg9jPPHuKRef5BgCmnKlwJw3HnI86nJhEb-3oTKrf7n6iD0s1Y2EifmiimdE3IQjSlbHYN7IDDkwL6wAwgH-IDl3nt5SZEfHWjXYzX3MxMjr-Y_E6cS_gxUDcDTbT/w300-h400/19BAA133-2EAD-49A7-A9FC-4645611E50B4.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Someone I know offered me cockscomb seeds many years ago. She explicitly said that if I wanted them, I better REALLY want them; I will have them forever! This was absolutely true. I do enjoy them forming their blossoms, however, they take over the entire flower bed! Anyhoo, here is a couple amazing ones… these are at least 8” across!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4lZBUEhp9AqtrrPKHPO9wUVbJK-GhbS3vHevAL4dvEXjN5M3alwwKKSL4B82Ki7DWbpYE7ltZ_vP1NUJ9bFWpq9TEKmt_LtbDy6F8cFuvD-bgyFzrO6CqJRPJiOILncwOXTU-c4O84OPEt5N1WBd_pDIIq666aqsHyS7wTzWnK0kFO7DRWjFNR_p/s4032/DCE73E47-9796-4EEC-87D4-1F3B703B57E9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4lZBUEhp9AqtrrPKHPO9wUVbJK-GhbS3vHevAL4dvEXjN5M3alwwKKSL4B82Ki7DWbpYE7ltZ_vP1NUJ9bFWpq9TEKmt_LtbDy6F8cFuvD-bgyFzrO6CqJRPJiOILncwOXTU-c4O84OPEt5N1WBd_pDIIq666aqsHyS7wTzWnK0kFO7DRWjFNR_p/w300-h400/DCE73E47-9796-4EEC-87D4-1F3B703B57E9.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZEapXe18zeUoWMBbQUy-YNOfxAiCN89ae7o032BVGCUzqJuTi5oGrcNdq8hxQcad35adXiAmSGDE8bs3CjWF4MOox10-iJGjFynCFCQ9dc_2GWDLUiYIlcjcvgHbcUKPqPlMKRV8JpshqZEHy5pw9tMN_0rkX2Qja5d8QtCmEodT9usDhxqsVCAR/s4032/BD82F883-21D7-4764-AA85-8CC66641593A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZEapXe18zeUoWMBbQUy-YNOfxAiCN89ae7o032BVGCUzqJuTi5oGrcNdq8hxQcad35adXiAmSGDE8bs3CjWF4MOox10-iJGjFynCFCQ9dc_2GWDLUiYIlcjcvgHbcUKPqPlMKRV8JpshqZEHy5pw9tMN_0rkX2Qja5d8QtCmEodT9usDhxqsVCAR/w300-h400/BD82F883-21D7-4764-AA85-8CC66641593A.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">And how strange is this one? A perfect S!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPmRFFAj3aCaajwHO_TiI1gXERvEgB2e2RlYJeriLP0YAiiCirYXXZSUHVrl6xszMEIOqlJZkvQeEe1tbOzaivPAA-iajqkb7GFJFvBEOJgY3SNTrS22j375EGQzc5WG42owb083bW-oHWVf7S1NOgzOkHBGi64roSBKAmiw5lQfn8pVtZohHOiVA/s4032/5F9394AE-0035-4643-A94A-8FC8A8968A97.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPmRFFAj3aCaajwHO_TiI1gXERvEgB2e2RlYJeriLP0YAiiCirYXXZSUHVrl6xszMEIOqlJZkvQeEe1tbOzaivPAA-iajqkb7GFJFvBEOJgY3SNTrS22j375EGQzc5WG42owb083bW-oHWVf7S1NOgzOkHBGi64roSBKAmiw5lQfn8pVtZohHOiVA/w300-h400/5F9394AE-0035-4643-A94A-8FC8A8968A97.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">I am trying to start old fashioned sour dough starter to make bread. Years ago, I used to make potato sourdough bread every week and we loved it! This is soooo different from that, and there is a huge learning curve - or I am a total near failure. Hopefully I will get it eventually.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTs4z1FUH1P9DnGu1bmrh8qtLWU4Y4xsVg2naYDNoK1QtkxOtvrNkoG633cd8SOvRCD6UE8gww6bG0EfyvEvhLsVB4O5ifkibXWW1eGMXhk3Ph1onDOrOd0eFdnh9EFUo5ckN9AuCs5o1iCb8a0Z7c758thExjaYN_8w5wOk2ee3vFhvBFCd9NU4wF/s4032/5961815F-2B6A-46AE-B0A2-154ED56EB5E8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTs4z1FUH1P9DnGu1bmrh8qtLWU4Y4xsVg2naYDNoK1QtkxOtvrNkoG633cd8SOvRCD6UE8gww6bG0EfyvEvhLsVB4O5ifkibXWW1eGMXhk3Ph1onDOrOd0eFdnh9EFUo5ckN9AuCs5o1iCb8a0Z7c758thExjaYN_8w5wOk2ee3vFhvBFCd9NU4wF/w300-h400/5961815F-2B6A-46AE-B0A2-154ED56EB5E8.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">My headache is awful, my body hurts from head to toe. Honestly, I am absolutely sick of being sick! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Guess what? This is the rest of my life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">It sucks. The sick sucks. Not my life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-86342580682780314142022-08-29T23:35:00.004-05:002022-08-29T23:35:56.413-05:00Gourd Fairy House And Stuff<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"> So I had a few more minutes to work on my fairy house. I decided the inside needed to be bright green, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">lime-ish green!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">I bent the chimney, used paint and masking tape to made it look like rocks, put the gourd on log bark that I found in the pasture, and put little treasures of plants in an acorn. I had used the pine cone seeds for the roofing, and what was left after cutting the seeds off looked like an upside down wicked tree -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"> so I flipped it and ‘planted’ it next to the gourd.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Still not finished, but enjoying working on this little project. Scouting the 40 acres for things to use has been fun as well!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkqO_6U_mY3HGr-GPHYT2bJjB7cxiCDF09GNXyomAT5Wnacg6KxHV65G6cDO2y1YuV_dBRjFjBnOl6VWzbIzw7BY_mID19KCi4RhOUoHX5cHiQ0GfWxZqZY6xLL8BjkmqwfOMJ99BcWKQhePG_lQ9Cy1z9enSQwqgtZBKGFRi5XEujAy2rVD80CUn/s4032/A75DBA52-C6D6-4BF8-968D-7ADF597827D7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkqO_6U_mY3HGr-GPHYT2bJjB7cxiCDF09GNXyomAT5Wnacg6KxHV65G6cDO2y1YuV_dBRjFjBnOl6VWzbIzw7BY_mID19KCi4RhOUoHX5cHiQ0GfWxZqZY6xLL8BjkmqwfOMJ99BcWKQhePG_lQ9Cy1z9enSQwqgtZBKGFRi5XEujAy2rVD80CUn/w300-h400/A75DBA52-C6D6-4BF8-968D-7ADF597827D7.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">I needed pink buttons and our Joann’s is closed until our brand new one opens on the 9th of August. I posted about needing them and Loretta, a friend of mine had some. When she brought them to me she gave me this wonderful sewing machine! Isn’t it great! All intact and still works! I absolutely love it!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhT53Zha4RaDFaok3_wnaVSVz2GJLrTMT1rvWcAY9JtVgwtc2CkoBUxA-l4bW_qW45ilcVXSjCNBwzL8KnhVe2z2MsnRi28izG3SBOPT0IljkXI0RrnpvJJMJEA_NZBK4LQdwTmNiouRG7gRvaK_yIIYgjYEnGKt2u7I25SR_PmsdE9dwsvtfxrgC2/s4032/5E0CF4C6-0A46-412D-BCDE-A472173F86E6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhT53Zha4RaDFaok3_wnaVSVz2GJLrTMT1rvWcAY9JtVgwtc2CkoBUxA-l4bW_qW45ilcVXSjCNBwzL8KnhVe2z2MsnRi28izG3SBOPT0IljkXI0RrnpvJJMJEA_NZBK4LQdwTmNiouRG7gRvaK_yIIYgjYEnGKt2u7I25SR_PmsdE9dwsvtfxrgC2/w300-h400/5E0CF4C6-0A46-412D-BCDE-A472173F86E6.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Somehow, I hurt my toe and foot. Dr x-rated it and it has no breaks, but significant arthritis and schlerosis, whatever that is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1520KmiyDO6CXE30L4B7sG5mz6cSvMk3_MHB6SuPgOmHjSUQ-6R8yayCx9tRCKNu0EhM1TCHQmn_63_F2CNcVvi9smYHFeeLhCnRPjDVpMj6VedsJyOl-YP-Uy1XW9pfTxo9zZq_y8eStrmIGLlk4lIOIyarTawxA3GLxkWp6ECMLpdHjkJ_wuv8/s4032/689BE8B0-8566-4AD0-A8D9-3A1C077C16A2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1520KmiyDO6CXE30L4B7sG5mz6cSvMk3_MHB6SuPgOmHjSUQ-6R8yayCx9tRCKNu0EhM1TCHQmn_63_F2CNcVvi9smYHFeeLhCnRPjDVpMj6VedsJyOl-YP-Uy1XW9pfTxo9zZq_y8eStrmIGLlk4lIOIyarTawxA3GLxkWp6ECMLpdHjkJ_wuv8/w300-h400/689BE8B0-8566-4AD0-A8D9-3A1C077C16A2.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Finally, I am also crocheting a baby blanket. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">I finally learned a shell stitch! I love it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPV1gT0iSgfRaLk0EwwR6DdfCsPbUcmtb0yy-P2mUAA0gz-WSWkEWU-8MBR1zkuHNsgO7W7I1xu6oex98UNUzJcQioewU_HrpdO4Uii22O3tsAdze3Z6ZnSJL4i1Fw5u3YZS7X6dHmhEELASpXGR3NOBHZ3RHkORiQWSl-JQ4f-Fm_9dulPiaS6PI5/s4032/6F835389-3531-43D4-A710-047310E37956.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPV1gT0iSgfRaLk0EwwR6DdfCsPbUcmtb0yy-P2mUAA0gz-WSWkEWU-8MBR1zkuHNsgO7W7I1xu6oex98UNUzJcQioewU_HrpdO4Uii22O3tsAdze3Z6ZnSJL4i1Fw5u3YZS7X6dHmhEELASpXGR3NOBHZ3RHkORiQWSl-JQ4f-Fm_9dulPiaS6PI5/w300-h400/6F835389-3531-43D4-A710-047310E37956.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-65969696450994847602022-08-28T23:48:00.003-05:002022-08-28T23:48:48.525-05:00Gourd Fairy House<p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Been busy working on fair projects. This year, I decided to make a gourd fairy house, instead of a gourd snowman, like I did last year.</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Here is my progress so far:</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Roof (acorn part) didn’t work for me…</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AnhgUMxCwkhN_Er-Kx7v4fKq7Hze0AuDtydXL_xTNOxk2DcHCxDHTnCG0xJfeBoD_v65eUjcQPGv2KTQC8JyRaOItcfZpofHtYC6cC58ZUWfPEyNGsiyWMYFa4YiCUcgEVQhH-S1QEt5GAaMZg0dXPImtDBLbr9XpQyjZ9cwT6l9JpnOKQSlvjkX/s4032/0E34C10C-C0F4-4007-8DAD-0D904C3E7B13.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AnhgUMxCwkhN_Er-Kx7v4fKq7Hze0AuDtydXL_xTNOxk2DcHCxDHTnCG0xJfeBoD_v65eUjcQPGv2KTQC8JyRaOItcfZpofHtYC6cC58ZUWfPEyNGsiyWMYFa4YiCUcgEVQhH-S1QEt5GAaMZg0dXPImtDBLbr9XpQyjZ9cwT6l9JpnOKQSlvjkX/w300-h400/0E34C10C-C0F4-4007-8DAD-0D904C3E7B13.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Like the ‘chandelier’ but not the pics. Rug is a coaster, but going to use a goldish yellow one. Walls are white (not purple) but think I will change color… </span><div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5f1uL6YpR89TptK1H9v9RFDa4DR96k9S5da5bvQ9JlqmvZ5bI2cROhjY8JqPRvNheHXFs74YUBDL3L1s23MhvBAJ4JFl3V1w3nNkDi_GlN0KRzn_zSYuVmmeY1zR6IwFEq5L7LNhpXQnGsODKWjY4l2vAOiYhGgSX2z37Sk-hvk-malDSi_NhTVfL/s4032/31CD435E-EDE3-42E6-884E-25E22325D2E0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5f1uL6YpR89TptK1H9v9RFDa4DR96k9S5da5bvQ9JlqmvZ5bI2cROhjY8JqPRvNheHXFs74YUBDL3L1s23MhvBAJ4JFl3V1w3nNkDi_GlN0KRzn_zSYuVmmeY1zR6IwFEq5L7LNhpXQnGsODKWjY4l2vAOiYhGgSX2z37Sk-hvk-malDSi_NhTVfL/w300-h400/31CD435E-EDE3-42E6-884E-25E22325D2E0.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">More like what I want, but still working on it:</span></div><div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxasW22LML63NKUhV467kWo5AS5y4wSZAQdixdqSCAt0hDXE3qjoRTl0d_eDgrCh04ZT7Y2LxHEykyF9VCpKYwjL0lT5b_Fx6xiOfXVUV1bX042nYTJ3QztWsgzLROzcIflNNiYzeirD--3jDss9c0ji7nOX8B9rgFCv35XNDYtpre8k94oGRAF8e/s3747/A036242D-C7DA-47FA-BC87-EF15D3EE2AA5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3747" data-original-width="2810" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxasW22LML63NKUhV467kWo5AS5y4wSZAQdixdqSCAt0hDXE3qjoRTl0d_eDgrCh04ZT7Y2LxHEykyF9VCpKYwjL0lT5b_Fx6xiOfXVUV1bX042nYTJ3QztWsgzLROzcIflNNiYzeirD--3jDss9c0ji7nOX8B9rgFCv35XNDYtpre8k94oGRAF8e/w300-h400/A036242D-C7DA-47FA-BC87-EF15D3EE2AA5.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Maybe I will build steps up the the ‘garden’ room?</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Make the chimney crooked?</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Planning on putting a window box with flowers underneath the upstairs window.</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Any ideas? Not that a soul reads this anymore, but I can dream.</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Night all!</span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-92166257605815800452022-08-21T13:30:00.001-05:002022-08-21T13:30:16.755-05:00Indian Tacos and Family<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Steve got a call last week to come to his cousin Ross’s home, in southwest Oklahoma. Ross’s sisters were coming from Colorado and northern Oklahoma. </span><div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">It was a cousin get together! </span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">One quick day, short and sweet and FUN!</span></div><div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Siblings and mom:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUKPYwylNeQEEqknzYFSAcU3nfyowp9MmumIl192bbQUcYYp7kGMGPL4FO_PCtgg7fGOKrQ1rHA7cABaa1MPfmc9GVsw46pYHuVkbQaVJVu0hECGdeIjb47SRiy2hSouCOOVGEqv7VVCGkghnuE9aoSaOoJjxSF4CCoWwncGhdQjBdI_QyLx76pLi/s4032/8D5770F8-56EE-4557-8A9B-0F01A4036E42.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUKPYwylNeQEEqknzYFSAcU3nfyowp9MmumIl192bbQUcYYp7kGMGPL4FO_PCtgg7fGOKrQ1rHA7cABaa1MPfmc9GVsw46pYHuVkbQaVJVu0hECGdeIjb47SRiy2hSouCOOVGEqv7VVCGkghnuE9aoSaOoJjxSF4CCoWwncGhdQjBdI_QyLx76pLi/w400-h300/8D5770F8-56EE-4557-8A9B-0F01A4036E42.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Siblings:</span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNf0sJUVk85OBQH8lUlTDa0Z7mij1h41LMvPZQE-rZffZJa99yvy3Z8KEHzDvDHwmKyE6EZLq4Dwfhl9q4QVPdrbiXBEnq_7DrfKuCtg-m3EIU02MJUzj9tqeLhUZDgTkU2f1lZ_WAYInXhMpRqlloR8f6Aq4B9ZFxvl5uxpQVgL20JK8cE-CutUF/s2545/3F6DA902-45DC-4C54-81A2-69489B4F6985.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1909" data-original-width="2545" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNf0sJUVk85OBQH8lUlTDa0Z7mij1h41LMvPZQE-rZffZJa99yvy3Z8KEHzDvDHwmKyE6EZLq4Dwfhl9q4QVPdrbiXBEnq_7DrfKuCtg-m3EIU02MJUzj9tqeLhUZDgTkU2f1lZ_WAYInXhMpRqlloR8f6Aq4B9ZFxvl5uxpQVgL20JK8cE-CutUF/w400-h300/3F6DA902-45DC-4C54-81A2-69489B4F6985.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Probably more like what they were like when they were younger! 🤣</span></div></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZki3lFKdlhyACNdRQa4sinFM7DdnSzzNFNQM89WkYcnta-SOctxBDxpygNGNL4Q75AC8uy-H6a2FpKVgZ5DHAExYjCAdFfbYHq40Es0OJNw4wCnKTAF0PeV06vbwfcTTI1L6zdtxRciUcRTv3ymJLdzwURca7JO2kfbeYqxLKZeWH5eYtQW5bceHu/s3562/985735AB-4971-45B6-A929-A4519D7BB9A7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="3562" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZki3lFKdlhyACNdRQa4sinFM7DdnSzzNFNQM89WkYcnta-SOctxBDxpygNGNL4Q75AC8uy-H6a2FpKVgZ5DHAExYjCAdFfbYHq40Es0OJNw4wCnKTAF0PeV06vbwfcTTI1L6zdtxRciUcRTv3ymJLdzwURca7JO2kfbeYqxLKZeWH5eYtQW5bceHu/w400-h300/985735AB-4971-45B6-A929-A4519D7BB9A7.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Everyone minus one:</span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHnGims44701bLm_IZaAHP6jEMmqnPm_BmpzYbzS01dij9jVA-y5zdr36yhAdpjXNjlQdInKlU9kq6tAYwg5uqsKTHrB9BkpKka-hYPQMRUWaDdDfQB3vsZBcvd-it8JoTpxV8u4pQvKpbh-Cu6TEKAvZi5zDEWPrIDEUu2DaCkL4GTbytyGD7eWs/s2769/EDE52FC6-5379-4930-A580-E4122B593834.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2089" data-original-width="2769" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHnGims44701bLm_IZaAHP6jEMmqnPm_BmpzYbzS01dij9jVA-y5zdr36yhAdpjXNjlQdInKlU9kq6tAYwg5uqsKTHrB9BkpKka-hYPQMRUWaDdDfQB3vsZBcvd-it8JoTpxV8u4pQvKpbh-Cu6TEKAvZi5zDEWPrIDEUu2DaCkL4GTbytyGD7eWs/w400-h301/EDE52FC6-5379-4930-A580-E4122B593834.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Everyone minus me:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJ1rGACuBc8Iv3pwJHo3JpBfzfo7_NoWfwXrgZ_UIrGaZYCyxge-dd1t9bAYpYxSTRGWA9wuo-ilKwlvfclsKnuUyOkYNp8NF7Y_BbQpBeSWYg8JSIr_aYhdhEDXAHmK_lRZQm_NGFVsF5CeNSCjjlQg_4GQ3O6Jnx3xjtp_t-Cr1QWisPk_qkuK3/s2782/03121BC3-2413-4EAA-A7AC-65C809F64886.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2086" data-original-width="2782" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJ1rGACuBc8Iv3pwJHo3JpBfzfo7_NoWfwXrgZ_UIrGaZYCyxge-dd1t9bAYpYxSTRGWA9wuo-ilKwlvfclsKnuUyOkYNp8NF7Y_BbQpBeSWYg8JSIr_aYhdhEDXAHmK_lRZQm_NGFVsF5CeNSCjjlQg_4GQ3O6Jnx3xjtp_t-Cr1QWisPk_qkuK3/w400-h300/03121BC3-2413-4EAA-A7AC-65C809F64886.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Hubby and wife 🥰</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9E_L6mXPiX-oKUxZHPyBYPULWrxxPZcZwbBr4X3B4iHplKCfXOfj-ZE6nOvHtFnFZb1GKlE311FznJ0yPbQtUZPVCEtoP-FGSOTHvy92HvShL23OyngsSDpuyddAAh8uW2ONxlOM-MhQy5d7u7TtHSyZ05y-07D9UbPiLBT0rWl62Rs01ZF-Ear2C/s3239/5AD28E8E-5EC3-4277-AB4A-B3A102283B25.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3239" data-original-width="2429" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9E_L6mXPiX-oKUxZHPyBYPULWrxxPZcZwbBr4X3B4iHplKCfXOfj-ZE6nOvHtFnFZb1GKlE311FznJ0yPbQtUZPVCEtoP-FGSOTHvy92HvShL23OyngsSDpuyddAAh8uW2ONxlOM-MhQy5d7u7TtHSyZ05y-07D9UbPiLBT0rWl62Rs01ZF-Ear2C/w300-h400/5AD28E8E-5EC3-4277-AB4A-B3A102283B25.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(166, 77, 121);">Moments:</span></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vsLQHTcY_I59JcKFs73EeTCyFLgTwJHftwLn1hVnSGPvxUPcDAqGbFIbQRx2RNnrrfePFnImblLnESiahIqEl7YXD8i0glldxdfRVjjyQA57fFc0MNmtEAHP4EHAwY2bMbH-ZpY5xUUaZ1Uu0qn-HAJGT7VWPSTQk-QWe_oFyu07ye-BnNXqq_Qu/s3172/7AA03DF0-9335-4604-B3DD-E025160D5627.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3172" data-original-width="2379" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vsLQHTcY_I59JcKFs73EeTCyFLgTwJHftwLn1hVnSGPvxUPcDAqGbFIbQRx2RNnrrfePFnImblLnESiahIqEl7YXD8i0glldxdfRVjjyQA57fFc0MNmtEAHP4EHAwY2bMbH-ZpY5xUUaZ1Uu0qn-HAJGT7VWPSTQk-QWe_oFyu07ye-BnNXqq_Qu/w300-h400/7AA03DF0-9335-4604-B3DD-E025160D5627.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Deep in thought:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0iQ2Y5yxk2BgzErDKJEUs99fbQHYUpdrSlr-nPIDp7NMXclKpzV-BWPJlvXypDps6VZVJgnButQpUqQNNLvPdgaHVqVvDjlUjS-zscQBsjRDuZBgKyTvccIpikg4_Z3zYc27gp3cY2MQWeP4tTmIUN0-jd-NZGE0YOYJnQII3ifLkyjXaSHjn5k_/s4032/24AFD6F0-51BD-46D6-A900-9533E11DAFE8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0iQ2Y5yxk2BgzErDKJEUs99fbQHYUpdrSlr-nPIDp7NMXclKpzV-BWPJlvXypDps6VZVJgnButQpUqQNNLvPdgaHVqVvDjlUjS-zscQBsjRDuZBgKyTvccIpikg4_Z3zYc27gp3cY2MQWeP4tTmIUN0-jd-NZGE0YOYJnQII3ifLkyjXaSHjn5k_/w300-h400/24AFD6F0-51BD-46D6-A900-9533E11DAFE8.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Lots of love in this circle:</span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKqBr8I3KyQGbnYY0QhIwismlyriGneR8bQ6iV-RHVQVCMXYV86P_4HoclB2vwp8H_Gz9uIdXPiwDmBiyMBFM79_nvsp4C9h_Ez_75Xr37t0lN4Q5QxGmKiKU3nV4FkeyfJ0Vcg5ugcu-Z1I6GjNN-c0KZMyAjaiQvFilbGLtJ7wa-kmzmYhx6AGe/s3159/397CE1D8-ABAD-4EB8-BAFE-E614F9D267E2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2370" data-original-width="3159" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKqBr8I3KyQGbnYY0QhIwismlyriGneR8bQ6iV-RHVQVCMXYV86P_4HoclB2vwp8H_Gz9uIdXPiwDmBiyMBFM79_nvsp4C9h_Ez_75Xr37t0lN4Q5QxGmKiKU3nV4FkeyfJ0Vcg5ugcu-Z1I6GjNN-c0KZMyAjaiQvFilbGLtJ7wa-kmzmYhx6AGe/w400-h300/397CE1D8-ABAD-4EB8-BAFE-E614F9D267E2.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Moments:</span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9HPNlQ-0SzDcZl7yGfq7kQ7LpIL3JfXef0WhRn6naXwPM-d-rMtMcofEyvHW0wDfpdkUYLRunufL-oS72Zj7IAEMthFn2MFKns8HKMM-6VG4d8XD5TzMTnxvWWeZk63h7hLVwKTQNWOZYF2NnZeKGUncmgj2jWAM0KGAl55gB1g2AiaqCtaETRD9/s3651/478FEA8B-8905-47DC-BEEF-F3712858DEB1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3651" data-original-width="2738" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9HPNlQ-0SzDcZl7yGfq7kQ7LpIL3JfXef0WhRn6naXwPM-d-rMtMcofEyvHW0wDfpdkUYLRunufL-oS72Zj7IAEMthFn2MFKns8HKMM-6VG4d8XD5TzMTnxvWWeZk63h7hLVwKTQNWOZYF2NnZeKGUncmgj2jWAM0KGAl55gB1g2AiaqCtaETRD9/w300-h400/478FEA8B-8905-47DC-BEEF-F3712858DEB1.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Indian Tacos: 😋 </span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_On2ZzzEyI860do2qVMj1rUgek0bx79agnPb8N9yMNIAIl5qLOx6lveHq43vgfETgoqs7_tOZ-YTJfg5q7tUidQ3sT5oSmuTd1vqVkB0nk2_c57fDtonm1qcsHdKpKebw5Z9bLgH0K74NwyIzcTHnClP0rDQXT19m9Zy2csksOH_Qn7UkZxmgZRwV/s4032/A4658A55-6E0B-4961-B2EB-665A3AF5E0F0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_On2ZzzEyI860do2qVMj1rUgek0bx79agnPb8N9yMNIAIl5qLOx6lveHq43vgfETgoqs7_tOZ-YTJfg5q7tUidQ3sT5oSmuTd1vqVkB0nk2_c57fDtonm1qcsHdKpKebw5Z9bLgH0K74NwyIzcTHnClP0rDQXT19m9Zy2csksOH_Qn7UkZxmgZRwV/w400-h300/A4658A55-6E0B-4961-B2EB-665A3AF5E0F0.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Sister and brother:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zVuewnCGU1aiGuDGYOba0r8HiUyZehHD992_GaaLNQ-THcNUrdshbttfjvpLmjyhRE8kzYd8Gq2dXXOPVw5aReM9YI5nb-84MK4kZtS3dkOYj0dlAGpraX9b86ufpe_Ohpdm0vCPKYtthRstfA3npbRqhkDM7NGnZdSuNH8eNph66ecKzztwuGMi/s3626/B9BC1CC7-42FD-4BFB-8315-074AC62FF791.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3626" data-original-width="2720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zVuewnCGU1aiGuDGYOba0r8HiUyZehHD992_GaaLNQ-THcNUrdshbttfjvpLmjyhRE8kzYd8Gq2dXXOPVw5aReM9YI5nb-84MK4kZtS3dkOYj0dlAGpraX9b86ufpe_Ohpdm0vCPKYtthRstfA3npbRqhkDM7NGnZdSuNH8eNph66ecKzztwuGMi/w300-h400/B9BC1CC7-42FD-4BFB-8315-074AC62FF791.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Ornery:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYAmtUW7hfhPVwL8X3IF6qdizHpU-0oUVUvmxEQTI52NqUzgmtyOUFvJZGTSZun6YFQlX2MoKd5WW4LUZmhG0ghqusAAKcMf5Tyu0hebTw3z17aHc0jpUXe-P-wJohAu_TGKyUhfmDxplSL1PAI2d2DtYw1IPJJ70Yjj1DNI9ggM6qB3Xfe0JXqSx/s4032/DCCF578F-E919-4484-87B2-ABE312A68323.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYAmtUW7hfhPVwL8X3IF6qdizHpU-0oUVUvmxEQTI52NqUzgmtyOUFvJZGTSZun6YFQlX2MoKd5WW4LUZmhG0ghqusAAKcMf5Tyu0hebTw3z17aHc0jpUXe-P-wJohAu_TGKyUhfmDxplSL1PAI2d2DtYw1IPJJ70Yjj1DNI9ggM6qB3Xfe0JXqSx/w300-h400/DCCF578F-E919-4484-87B2-ABE312A68323.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Wife and hubby:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBmrzQ_BXbYkHWHnmMKEsFBCnSXvNQ-3TfYXAa0yOdZ9wK_rMJQH08v6vRye75OVLrQzCa5YCHHAY_SAnXlSkdve6Bd_n4M4wFlomVIs2zF1D_rNuFjJQJqHqGBEmma7XhdCWLVvj57Koie2jnE_awOM5CDpanvj4zkE-92KeOHg1Oo3L0AOZReZG/s2496/9A0C4C7A-ED8F-408A-9DAD-644EC9347770.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2496" data-original-width="1872" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBmrzQ_BXbYkHWHnmMKEsFBCnSXvNQ-3TfYXAa0yOdZ9wK_rMJQH08v6vRye75OVLrQzCa5YCHHAY_SAnXlSkdve6Bd_n4M4wFlomVIs2zF1D_rNuFjJQJqHqGBEmma7XhdCWLVvj57Koie2jnE_awOM5CDpanvj4zkE-92KeOHg1Oo3L0AOZReZG/s320/9A0C4C7A-ED8F-408A-9DAD-644EC9347770.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Saying goodbyes are always difficult.</span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDQ0b8kaPgMm9ynRaihHx1nIf-bRQPfVDhuVnq5-RsQjBR2OOgIf5O3d-1Ci9tN07Zq2rjniHDktyCxJcFYAbPlA84fQrBImZT30xTg1aSRlTz4VX-0rWOxjFphUHD9QMHjLdw3qHVg_6RDy4dkTq4r6wkZP7nFCW4om7L-pm9iO7UnvHOVEmZRFK/s2996/E695EC9A-2A11-437A-8818-FCF1316F8AE3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2247" data-original-width="2996" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDQ0b8kaPgMm9ynRaihHx1nIf-bRQPfVDhuVnq5-RsQjBR2OOgIf5O3d-1Ci9tN07Zq2rjniHDktyCxJcFYAbPlA84fQrBImZT30xTg1aSRlTz4VX-0rWOxjFphUHD9QMHjLdw3qHVg_6RDy4dkTq4r6wkZP7nFCW4om7L-pm9iO7UnvHOVEmZRFK/s320/E695EC9A-2A11-437A-8818-FCF1316F8AE3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">I love them all.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">They are the reason we needed to be back in Oklahoma.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Random family moments.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">I wish I had been here years ago.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">However, I loved my Louisiana home, too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">These are moments we cherish. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Thank you, Paula and Ross, for this opportunity.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Thanks to everyone who came!</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><p></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-34778926300672281682022-08-20T09:12:00.005-05:002022-08-20T09:31:28.795-05:00Today is Better<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Just a quick note to say I am better today. I get down in the dumps when life messes with me at the same time my medical has twisted it’s ugly head. I just needed to vent yesterday. Back on top of it all today. I am important to one other person:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzqI1eH2mnzk6U9Zq6BCZfq2t7jrl5rABDB3qGgVCAWTDhFl2cr6NleOssVvGm7fPuFx_49rlLh7zayodbSG0tkuKVwEhFsOYdvlV5DMzX--JthV8i1H9Np_BgQGC4XRevziB5C-OUlqQgqXqHGCOXoBZg6u0ujjp9ExGo3FeyDFhaA3R7Kh3Sjy6/s3088/FD162639-B06C-4F22-8D6B-56B2D3DF691A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzqI1eH2mnzk6U9Zq6BCZfq2t7jrl5rABDB3qGgVCAWTDhFl2cr6NleOssVvGm7fPuFx_49rlLh7zayodbSG0tkuKVwEhFsOYdvlV5DMzX--JthV8i1H9Np_BgQGC4XRevziB5C-OUlqQgqXqHGCOXoBZg6u0ujjp9ExGo3FeyDFhaA3R7Kh3Sjy6/s320/FD162639-B06C-4F22-8D6B-56B2D3DF691A.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The man that is with me through all the ugly battles we fight. This one, while we are on the way to a celebration in Lawton. His cousin is there from Colorado and all the cousins want to get together. This is just a bump in a road to adventure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s gonna be ok.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-62422383194847804682022-08-20T00:09:00.003-05:002022-08-20T06:06:42.457-05:00Life Today<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">This IS my life. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">I don’t brag on it. I don’t dwell on it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">If I do, it is because I need to vent.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">I do try to bring awareness to Primary Immunodeficiencies. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">And I try to shut up about it - though sometimes </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">I would just like others to try to understand </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">or act like it is</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">an important part of my life</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">And pretend I am worth the moment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Some days, it isn’t worth chewing through the restraints.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Those days, my room entertains me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">I listen to music.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">I fret about life stuff.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">I miss my kids.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">I watch the wildlife.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">I dream.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Most of the time, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">I am great in my own little world.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Other days, I just need a friend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">My friend moved. The one that cared. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">The rest are… ones that don’t. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">We chat. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">About sewing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">About the weather. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">About quilt shows. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">No one really cares,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Like a friend cares</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">I am on an IV antibiotic</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Not one message.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Not one call.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Wait. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">My elderly friend did message.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">🙂</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">The rest?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Nope.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">But I am fine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">And I would tell you I was</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Even if I wasn’t.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Because I know </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">it doesn’t even matter</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">I do miss my friend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">She could see it in my eyes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Hear it in my voice.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">She did care.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">But she is far, far away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">This *is* my life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">For the rest of my life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Today, the restraints are tough.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">But who cares?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkvvcqvIgByWl8SfDh9m09f8vRV66J9Xnmdf3BzUq37Gtajm4-eC9h7QQN_ZUif_afMOjeYzy0DnH86NETqNB790Z1qovvf1Qb9Q7UbDUQtiJqK7T3VmRFMJdTjDwPidSAmY1Nnf8ZOqjHGOoy9OaVXbhzq6Ciymz6bn47OfHsj2QUNY4gymsEZRG/s2100/BD5932A0-24DC-41E9-9F60-CB4E21A58AD4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; 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text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Watching one deflate as the days progress.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">It is a struggle.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">A stressful one.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"> A lonely one.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;"> Tomorrow I pull up my bootstraps </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">and plow through again.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">Because contrary to popular belief </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">*I* do matter</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial;">To me.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-90055917538209489962022-08-14T14:57:00.009-05:002022-08-14T21:41:48.113-05:00Family Question #7<p><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: var(--color-headline); font-family: var(--ff-display-bold); font-size: 1.25rem;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: var(--color-headline); font-family: var(--ff-display-bold);"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span color="var(--color-headline)" face="var(--ff-display-bold)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Stephenie and I:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: var(--color-headline); font-family: var(--ff-display-bold);"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: var(--color-headline); font-family: var(--ff-display-bold);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXgrOP-H2K8XFLjnXwYteC3YbtZI-nYJ6odfFiBQnvDYoXTQiK3U7rmDxUbXMxU5xghEIOxcjaMXpV2D3nuQ3de44A1e5vPlBYwrgCaWz44-Bts6R6fuaAMBi4IyBW_-N4zNlLp9bxxQGA0IclvWqDpGqMCokdaqxORLHgGt_jhh7h2X3xLB3Ckkb/s960/2E311751-2B45-42CD-822C-4D1127D53C8D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXgrOP-H2K8XFLjnXwYteC3YbtZI-nYJ6odfFiBQnvDYoXTQiK3U7rmDxUbXMxU5xghEIOxcjaMXpV2D3nuQ3de44A1e5vPlBYwrgCaWz44-Bts6R6fuaAMBi4IyBW_-N4zNlLp9bxxQGA0IclvWqDpGqMCokdaqxORLHgGt_jhh7h2X3xLB3Ckkb/w384-h400/2E311751-2B45-42CD-822C-4D1127D53C8D.jpeg" width="384" /></a></span></b></div><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: var(--color-headline); font-family: var(--ff-display-bold);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: var(--color-headline); font-family: var(--ff-display-bold); text-align: left;">What did you want to be when you grew up?</b></div></span></b><p></p><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I had no aspirations of anything I wanted to do other than be a mother. I guess I never saw into my future. I was extremely naive and sheltered (?) lol so it never occurred to me that I had a life ahead of me to plan for. What can I say? 🤷🏻♀️</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I took architectural drafting, in tech school, mainly because I was good at it in high school, and Jeanie took pipeline. I knew I hated pipeline, and I always loved creating, and I could create awesome buildings and homes. So architecture it was. I never finished though, because I moved to south Louisiana when Steve graduated and accepted a job 750 miles away in south Louisiana.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Later, I would have loved being a trauma nurse. I handle emergencies well and had a good head on my shoulders. I had too many kids to go after that dream - and God answers unasked prayers, because it likely would have killed me anyway. I believe God watches out for us in ways we don’t understand.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have always been extremely organized - I think because that is something I can control - in fact, the only thing in life I can control. Some call it OCD, but I call it organized. My mind does not work in chaos. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Through the years, I worked for 2 companies; as a medical secretary with a nurses home health care, and at Heilig Meyers. I did well at both places. I started and ended at Nurse’s Home Health Care as a medical secretary. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I started on the sales floor before our local Heilig Meyers even opened. We assembled all the floor furniture and displayed it. What a fun job the displaying it was! I had hired on when the building was still empty as a sales person. Little did I know that we had to fill 50,000 sq ft of space with furniture we assembled! I can still assemble furniture like a champ! Oh, and the only reason I didn’t stay there forever is because the company went bankrupt, </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">BUT, I filed theft charges on the manager of the store and walked out. I had documented everything, collected camera info, found no record of purchase - which would have come through me, and turned it in to corporate. He was arrested, trying to claim I stole the furniture. The house full of furniture, that was at his house, with the BBQ pit he stole as well. I left smiling. He wasn’t happy in handcuffs I heard. The store closed permanently 2 days after I left. It was heartbreaking to us that cared and loved working for a great company. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I started as a salesman selling furniture, and worked my way up within the company. I became warehouse and procurement manager (different times), refusing collections (bleh), assistant manager, and manager’s positions - the latter would have meant moving. Marvin, my boss loved that I could sell the Furniture Guard well - he assured the rest of the staff that I could sell it on a stainless steel dishwasher! 🤣</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They repeatedly asked me at both places to become manager, and at Helig, they wanted me to move to corporate to take over procurement. I couldn’t accept because Steve was prime bread winner. It was nice to feel needed in the higher ranks though.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Anyway, when I was young I always wanted to be a mom, probably because I knew nothing else in my life. Taking care of kids. That is what I accomplished. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Jeremy and I:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTQpOoZlNN7u7J7DS6L6IIBmOLqcZDmla1CvSapBdsChqYMsMQ1rYpe1WwEt2oxGWsSLfhrDmLUV2JukSSp5jg6hqZpNDDq25agEyZRnu91Y-rRTvTq7IXz_5du1rfE4q8edjvzYNeWCVeIGgMH22nT6KpNfSQGCYpnGE51F-0ZaXxMOT13T1GcZx/s502/47E9E1BF-8D4C-48E6-832B-E8A3DC9AB4F5.jpeg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="499" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTQpOoZlNN7u7J7DS6L6IIBmOLqcZDmla1CvSapBdsChqYMsMQ1rYpe1WwEt2oxGWsSLfhrDmLUV2JukSSp5jg6hqZpNDDq25agEyZRnu91Y-rRTvTq7IXz_5du1rfE4q8edjvzYNeWCVeIGgMH22nT6KpNfSQGCYpnGE51F-0ZaXxMOT13T1GcZx/s320/47E9E1BF-8D4C-48E6-832B-E8A3DC9AB4F5.jpeg" width="318" /></a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">I get frustrated because ‘only’ being a mom is not worthy of any “attaboys”. </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">It annoys me to no end that people look down on us because we didn’t have a ‘degree’ or ‘really’ ‘work’ for a living, but believe me I worked - and I also took some of their kids to sports, scouts, appointments, and school for those working moms - because I wasn’t good enough to have a job. I helped raise kids that weren’t mine to raise as well. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Us then: </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxLXALn7DAmlXRJi-FdiMKM4Oso275TXElmwgl8troQDrNrE5AYFtWbtigGugeJ1WWXtUbOMKMnSun0FA9d4Dy3D9ndBBKUZhrhhtx2R0oR3VaAdMql3mLPfoAUk5IyxLoD8DXi8DHGBjCntuyIcdi7CAOxks86Ym2Ua4CvOQBl9FmJH4d5xsFcn5/s1842/841FE5B9-647D-4F88-88B9-849043BB7AD2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Them then:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6YYUkCEIXtjFsZFwtrPhj_WzvAwGMhM_t53CCrQWvHCyZQzDpDwa7lUGIrtZ6KPBWc80uQymCtWkTmm_i6X7BWixnwO2PsIyXAndBbPitg9T9WLg8kKv8VecIoywGZ0vbZQucPo7fEhLfbS8gawsYLH9Sukzhhk4Q1mF2Wu0xR_-EZKO_WqJKTeZ/s4032/C353B935-6A72-4D6A-8AEC-069F09DC6A06.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6YYUkCEIXtjFsZFwtrPhj_WzvAwGMhM_t53CCrQWvHCyZQzDpDwa7lUGIrtZ6KPBWc80uQymCtWkTmm_i6X7BWixnwO2PsIyXAndBbPitg9T9WLg8kKv8VecIoywGZ0vbZQucPo7fEhLfbS8gawsYLH9Sukzhhk4Q1mF2Wu0xR_-EZKO_WqJKTeZ/w400-h300/C353B935-6A72-4D6A-8AEC-069F09DC6A06.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Two of them now:</span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_dJcw9CyJUDfBrVrnunVzWqobxJIiAIhajbDpHwrPp1M68dQHRCh59EFMuGG2BqiqDLDOvNPocQl9gTGZLv8chrZLlvAdgD_Hk0vmH92OilYQFK9k62QWHvQVsP5rfnZDe9nNcpbaCLnSZ9LMj4GVs-vfJR0oki091p8jFdlFI4C7-4Nz34t3KOI/s4032/17358DCF-56C2-4B82-864A-E1B88FC00630.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_dJcw9CyJUDfBrVrnunVzWqobxJIiAIhajbDpHwrPp1M68dQHRCh59EFMuGG2BqiqDLDOvNPocQl9gTGZLv8chrZLlvAdgD_Hk0vmH92OilYQFK9k62QWHvQVsP5rfnZDe9nNcpbaCLnSZ9LMj4GVs-vfJR0oki091p8jFdlFI4C7-4Nz34t3KOI/w300-h400/17358DCF-56C2-4B82-864A-E1B88FC00630.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I cherish each of the children I have been blessed with helping; by blood or by circumstances. I love them all. And I didn’t say “no”, or “I work”, or “I don’t have time”, or “I can’t”, or “we don’t have the money.”</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I just did. We did. All of us: my hubby, the kiddos and me. WE did, because they are worth it. And I couldn’t have done some of this without my dear friend Peggy helping get children to appointments. Thank you, thank you, God, for Peggy. And thank you, Peggy, for giving all of you to us. ❤️</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">So, I feel that I earned my way whether the world thinks I did or not. I</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">t was deeply rewarding to me - and that is all that matters in the long run. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">This is a funny: I kept laughing and joking that I had 14 children, but Megan kept correcting me saying I only had 11. Well it sure as heck seemed like 14 at one time! Maybe even 20! 🤣</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-40253749616925658042022-08-11T09:04:00.006-05:002022-08-11T09:12:25.839-05:00Moma - Remembering the Good Times<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVfgj3lNFIWCS-Mt8x5OZPftrJmO3ZJi1oVRyk6-yGBXYFz8hnJoEcfFd9PIb4IzqOf2CJu3qpkUadMZWzqVZXEkvEfg0EFRw2ZnB8S5BW5EPQHkdl0lAtg5ZBPrJxfJVWsBdy4VX3FyjqysP-U4bzvj7P1gYbpaQkVrnHtg-F1FdlJ1leNq5l7sa/s1284/618F6F23-ADF2-4A07-A17A-B4A0D0B5D59B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="1284" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVfgj3lNFIWCS-Mt8x5OZPftrJmO3ZJi1oVRyk6-yGBXYFz8hnJoEcfFd9PIb4IzqOf2CJu3qpkUadMZWzqVZXEkvEfg0EFRw2ZnB8S5BW5EPQHkdl0lAtg5ZBPrJxfJVWsBdy4VX3FyjqysP-U4bzvj7P1gYbpaQkVrnHtg-F1FdlJ1leNq5l7sa/s320/618F6F23-ADF2-4A07-A17A-B4A0D0B5D59B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />A friend posted that her mother had passed away 10 years ago. It brought so many memories back that I didn’t want to overtake her post, but I thought I would share here - remembering our good times.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I had talked to moma most ever day for at least 30 years - even if it was 1 timed minute a day to say “I love you and I miss you so much.”. I carefully saved money to buy her minutes on an AT&T card so she could call me, too. No, we couldn’t afford those calls, but Steve and I paid bills and ate, and we were never without necessities; but I was without guidance, I was young and naive about life. I had been sheltered to the outside world and knew only the world I had left 750 miles away. There is still several hundred minutes on there, because I always renewed them - I wanted her to be able to call if she needed to.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I was only 19 when Steve took the job in south Louisiana. My whole world was left behind, and my husband was working gawd awful long (12-18?) hours every day. I was lonely, just found out I was pregnant, and I was scared and alone most of the time. Yes, I made friends, very dear friends, who I am still friends with to this day, but I had no history with them. My life was back home. I learned to live without them by my side, but mom helped me learn to live without her by my side. And friends healed my pain.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have mounds of my letters that I sent to moma that she saved. I have her cut outs from newspapers and magazines, cutouts of what she would buy me if she could afford to. They were more precious than if she had actually bought the items.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">She would send cutouts of pictures of flowers she thought I would like, because I have always loved flowers, and critters, and nature - yes she sent pics of them too. She shared articles from the local paper that she thought I would like to read - and it was like getting a piece of home back.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I miss her 12:01am call saying Happy Birthday and her mid-afternoon call saying do you know what I was doing (?) years ago? Having you! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I miss her vacation weather updates telling me what was coming where I was. She was faithful with those updates, watching ‘back then’ tv, carefully, paying attention to where her kids were, and relaying back to me about my vacation weather, and then even the weather my sisters and brother would be in. And she updated me through hurricanes when we had land lines and no cell phones.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Moma loved to sew. She had ‘borrowed’ a new Necchi sewing machine that my grandmother bought when I was born. Grands told her she could only ‘borrow’ it until I was grown, but then it was mine. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We laughed about her sewing on my machine so much she would wear it out. She sewed clothes for me, for her and for my sisters and brother. She never did wear ‘my’ Necchi out - and yes, I have it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Dad died when he was 59, Moma died when she was 62 - 10 years apart. Both died very young. I miss them every day, but moma? I miss moma so very much. I miss her voice and her laughter. I miss her tweety bird fine fluffy hair we kept trying to fix and I miss her hugs into her sunken chest. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">She was adopted, never knew her natural family and one person in her adopted family alienated her from the entire rest of the family. He convinced her that she was never wanted, so she backed away to not invade their space any more. She was told to never come back. It was years after she died that I found out it was one very bitter, hateful man that did that to her. She was so hurt. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We went through pain that together on the phone, and with hugs, and deep bawls. I had also lost my cousins and grandma in that terrible (one man) war. It was a death I never would have wished on anyone. But it happened because one person was just a bitter, hateful ’brother’ to my mom.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, all of this to say, my moma was loved unconditionally by me. We had out tough times, but there was much more love. I always needed her, I understood her pain, I was with her enough to see where it came from and I like to think I loved and laughed her through it. I know, without a doubt, that she knew I loved her deeply. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LdiaCgSHCSPI39lC8sLUyzizrUlgt37pC3Q9EbAj4_aW-lrmsE5lm7h8DnP22T0WqbBUZurUBKxgE4vDdCNxHqVhIyIrDtteA0CMFIrEGF_9Yl39jtI56mkeKwKA-7wXz2GC8jAawcPMHCCMZtQ_gUKPhcoTaym9MSh-ry6YKec3IPLqxD8vLSBa/s2048/C8D7CA3E-68E1-4E91-82E8-FB9FF7F139DE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LdiaCgSHCSPI39lC8sLUyzizrUlgt37pC3Q9EbAj4_aW-lrmsE5lm7h8DnP22T0WqbBUZurUBKxgE4vDdCNxHqVhIyIrDtteA0CMFIrEGF_9Yl39jtI56mkeKwKA-7wXz2GC8jAawcPMHCCMZtQ_gUKPhcoTaym9MSh-ry6YKec3IPLqxD8vLSBa/w300-h400/C8D7CA3E-68E1-4E91-82E8-FB9FF7F139DE.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">My moma, Karen, with my niece, Michèl. Both gone but never forgotten.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If you are still reading this, and if you have your parents, no matter how much you have been divided, treasure them and nurture them. Don’t just call when you need them. Tell them you love them… because you are gonna miss “this” when they are gone.</span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-46357462942151377852022-07-25T17:22:00.005-05:002022-07-25T17:25:08.545-05:00South Fork & Million Dollar Highway <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"> We stayed at Fun Valley, great for kids, but it was very crowded. The east part is beautiful, the west, crowded.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">West:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTUmyG60GT61aoPvdO_sKMgwOcAF5_Zg_d7_FEV2gZSo5SSf0ptrt3q-kT6S0wMy4AHaTHaJ3WSiXIUF7scKkypJ1HcVyDf9GYgjeNWGB01nvjsaO4M-2TXm9M_R_duQTdgtcxvQIeFbTVJsw_bLKT0Z3LHJTQJAy_vfMIFQGV2cVg7rNwApxUf0e/s4032/8F44DCCC-925D-4618-9D1E-8F1A768FBF58.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTUmyG60GT61aoPvdO_sKMgwOcAF5_Zg_d7_FEV2gZSo5SSf0ptrt3q-kT6S0wMy4AHaTHaJ3WSiXIUF7scKkypJ1HcVyDf9GYgjeNWGB01nvjsaO4M-2TXm9M_R_duQTdgtcxvQIeFbTVJsw_bLKT0Z3LHJTQJAy_vfMIFQGV2cVg7rNwApxUf0e/w400-h300/8F44DCCC-925D-4618-9D1E-8F1A768FBF58.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Just pics of the bike ride yesterday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLZ3EjYVYp5DdH3mRaWvVR_obb4hgOvB8fi4pZxn4bwnRBB1EK6iLwXw0F-djtkpNy-kAWbdgbi3Sz1w4YBLlnyt8dt0TUqdpAifnE-SxoBhVkh4q4qsTEC90ZUU_741KZMUbKcudU1kqy0Kz18uazz8A-owJjCsAgXaYmFCcbfzbPin3wEQ-wz4-/s4032/4D83F584-B86E-432D-8447-400062B6AF02.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLZ3EjYVYp5DdH3mRaWvVR_obb4hgOvB8fi4pZxn4bwnRBB1EK6iLwXw0F-djtkpNy-kAWbdgbi3Sz1w4YBLlnyt8dt0TUqdpAifnE-SxoBhVkh4q4qsTEC90ZUU_741KZMUbKcudU1kqy0Kz18uazz8A-owJjCsAgXaYmFCcbfzbPin3wEQ-wz4-/w400-h300/4D83F584-B86E-432D-8447-400062B6AF02.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #666666; 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font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">We are safely at our next stop: Del Norte, Colorado at a beautiful campground named Woods and River. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">We are on the river. Site pics tomorrow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Tomorrow: St Elmo Ghost Town on the bikes.</span></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-49447011798668263102022-07-24T08:43:00.004-05:002022-07-24T09:21:52.983-05:00This Morning…<p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9okV8b2jWqHs3lbRqTCtleml-OxbPfqZ7n2DwgoZ2GKb40L4EX7X7gL6LX9viiQV7JtURoDodZSem0BKJEIl4EyQwkEHgDhQgdoGSWDtoVMAIsPo_jnP5wNlX-xFKmXUaMS-jpv-8qBUvxK_q5LMSDYwmhaP5VKAUNjasUt1pmeU666x7CMp8nXzj/s4032/5D999389-7A8A-4F34-B45A-7D3FD2830D27.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9okV8b2jWqHs3lbRqTCtleml-OxbPfqZ7n2DwgoZ2GKb40L4EX7X7gL6LX9viiQV7JtURoDodZSem0BKJEIl4EyQwkEHgDhQgdoGSWDtoVMAIsPo_jnP5wNlX-xFKmXUaMS-jpv-8qBUvxK_q5LMSDYwmhaP5VKAUNjasUt1pmeU666x7CMp8nXzj/w300-h400/5D999389-7A8A-4F34-B45A-7D3FD2830D27.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br />I am settled and ok today. Steve always makes it better. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">And I put my troubles at God’s feet. He can handle me from here. Off to Durango and back to South Fork today! </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Be back tomorrow! No service in South Fork, remember? </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-66090357584991395712022-07-23T22:34:00.002-05:002022-07-24T08:04:48.630-05:00South Fork to Montrose <p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">I am not sure what happened, but I kinda felt like a third wheel today. We all made plans for our trip today last night; I prepared for them (made picnic lunches), but not until long after we leave we were informed they had decided to go back to Creede and eat lunch. We had gotten to Lake City and would have had to go back - if we had been invited. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">We had been through Creede and they asked if we wanted to shop and I said it didn’t matter (I don’t want to disappoint anyone, so I try to go with the flow). Anyway, they decided to go on to Lake City, we fueled there, then I was told then that they hadn’t brought lunch, and were going back to Creede to eat. Steve and I had planned to separate, and come on to Montrose to spend the night, AFTER we lunch with them.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Well, I was caught totally off guard. We wouldn’t have minded eating out with them, but it was more, “you are here and we are going back there to eat.” I had no idea they had changed plans - we had eaten breakfast over there, so I was just… I guess, hurt... ? Surely it wasn’t intended to be like that, but it felt like it. Or maybe I am tired. Steve even felt funny about it too, though, and he is usually the one that sets me straight. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Oh well, it’ll be ok, I am going to just carry on. I know the other two couples are friends forever and been buddies for years, so maybe they just wanted time together. We are the newbies and still feeling our way around. Moving on…</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">The other half of the day was ok. I was upset part of it, but after I got over my cry, it got better. We found a picnic table, fed chipmunks, talked and rode on. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">The terrain changes by the curve. I am just going to share pics and go to bed. We are at a wonderful Mexican restaurant this evening, I had a huge daiquiri and lovely evening with Steve. That made it worth it. He has an awful sunburn, so you know how much sun *I* got. Lupus and sun don’t mix well. I need to try to rest. We go the on the “million dollar highway tomorrow!</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Here goes the pics!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2FpOQT9jOO91lMHCRNmiVLaFRqdqBm4nho7_5DMBfCUz1K0XzQigXV2wN-mAatDYh346lF4BOtVzJSqFD7nZEiEB1TABPwI9MxZbSyztSQ7pFuhAuV2ss5HH3vU_3ONsrTH1SAJg4nON0HWpjGVsX1YSvdTU4enZTOSpkfkGcHxFHGrgdg4jg0At/s3442/3B39F29A-7550-47B5-A04B-3D5DC0C68CB8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3442" data-original-width="2582" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2FpOQT9jOO91lMHCRNmiVLaFRqdqBm4nho7_5DMBfCUz1K0XzQigXV2wN-mAatDYh346lF4BOtVzJSqFD7nZEiEB1TABPwI9MxZbSyztSQ7pFuhAuV2ss5HH3vU_3ONsrTH1SAJg4nON0HWpjGVsX1YSvdTU4enZTOSpkfkGcHxFHGrgdg4jg0At/w300-h400/3B39F29A-7550-47B5-A04B-3D5DC0C68CB8.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">The lavenders here are HUGE!! Leave them in the dessert and don’t water. They will grow! Lol…</span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMYzftn6bSLtKjwl5z9I6SOwOi5uoa7Ipv4aKjLCQ3eQ1iXhh9AWlcGRPtgiYA6pMSMdfaEveNm3c_qFDo2fA_yWyuq8jqUv5XuO5v9L6BVJ8-7jFx6sd8uSNQtKRPO-4smMLIDQG-6qQDwX1UuGR9SQEKbzkFtQ7FAFBkUtNVJHfpA11nOcfcxuW/s4032/3E3CDCED-3C36-446B-8E61-3AFDB252F8F3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMYzftn6bSLtKjwl5z9I6SOwOi5uoa7Ipv4aKjLCQ3eQ1iXhh9AWlcGRPtgiYA6pMSMdfaEveNm3c_qFDo2fA_yWyuq8jqUv5XuO5v9L6BVJ8-7jFx6sd8uSNQtKRPO-4smMLIDQG-6qQDwX1UuGR9SQEKbzkFtQ7FAFBkUtNVJHfpA11nOcfcxuW/w300-h400/3E3CDCED-3C36-446B-8E61-3AFDB252F8F3.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Tomorrow I will wake and it’ll all be ok again.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-59618229933471473242022-07-23T21:52:00.006-05:002022-07-23T21:54:19.815-05:00Taos to South Fork<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"> Taos to South Fork was an easy trip. We just hung back and enjoyed the ride. Lots of neat sights. These houses looked to be in a spaceship subdivision. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">All were spread far apart and oddly shaped. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Can you imagine building them? </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Who comes up with these ideas anyway?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gG3OmRDotCrq2mtQcN2M0a3dypabyz_T3N3GrQjU2lClWl-RMT-FCNu_jS0Von4ozaEMu49cLkH7iTWiqV1bVhNjF6Sgou7dkXlcDRGOmHB58SewlIS-XT3E1alzePicbOvS1n_iSkObFLylgvuOwaCCBqsSEa7i-mVMFQQO0v2be9R7c4ynPzkc/s2761/20F33D47-34ED-400F-99E9-C2CA0E6BD5F2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2761" data-original-width="2071" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gG3OmRDotCrq2mtQcN2M0a3dypabyz_T3N3GrQjU2lClWl-RMT-FCNu_jS0Von4ozaEMu49cLkH7iTWiqV1bVhNjF6Sgou7dkXlcDRGOmHB58SewlIS-XT3E1alzePicbOvS1n_iSkObFLylgvuOwaCCBqsSEa7i-mVMFQQO0v2be9R7c4ynPzkc/w300-h400/20F33D47-34ED-400F-99E9-C2CA0E6BD5F2.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">There were a bunch of them, but this is all I took.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6wB5-9edtrVN30QH2-X4E9ElGXM1-P1yVsoyIKCvo3RzF1kBtF5whPBvIHreTEWbNo3c1Kz77ePmySxGQbx0l98rF60dmAKo_HyaVCgj2Ccagp1RZKhA2LzZnW8CP27AUX0Jfn8-CqAhxx9KemdFrSgqJxfjctmgykMFMioWoXQ-WfX65dBi_235/s2998/E9FAB992-B57B-423E-ADCD-161DB7AF7461.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2249" data-original-width="2998" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6wB5-9edtrVN30QH2-X4E9ElGXM1-P1yVsoyIKCvo3RzF1kBtF5whPBvIHreTEWbNo3c1Kz77ePmySxGQbx0l98rF60dmAKo_HyaVCgj2Ccagp1RZKhA2LzZnW8CP27AUX0Jfn8-CqAhxx9KemdFrSgqJxfjctmgykMFMioWoXQ-WfX65dBi_235/w400-h300/E9FAB992-B57B-423E-ADCD-161DB7AF7461.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">How would it be living on the side of a rocky cliff?</span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PYXv2SZtVbm1vPcZklaCtbOBJIq-65jvTrQB7eYbQySBvrpyTxvmGYCaW2HEoyos2a02btX6w66UJ86_DO7kRph6hPUovodgYEB9H7cJ07Jo-2tnpPENq4UMcDg0mFmEdgxBK-2KUidinrYufIWwxoq7mp0fcUCbHCeWgai85CUISwFfMOG-KjxB/s4032/BC6DAFDF-FA87-478F-B0FC-996719F1859A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PYXv2SZtVbm1vPcZklaCtbOBJIq-65jvTrQB7eYbQySBvrpyTxvmGYCaW2HEoyos2a02btX6w66UJ86_DO7kRph6hPUovodgYEB9H7cJ07Jo-2tnpPENq4UMcDg0mFmEdgxBK-2KUidinrYufIWwxoq7mp0fcUCbHCeWgai85CUISwFfMOG-KjxB/w300-h400/BC6DAFDF-FA87-478F-B0FC-996719F1859A.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">The rocks! They are amazing to look at!</span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1S4yjYU1t2LDd32zqvyXXYj71ZNuPodxyTVUTo_ztxRF67fhPDI_oN4WspnjPhPidZ7OHIzRS3JbjxL2Uhzt8VvYNqgxvb9SJ8tfOHv4Fez7e4u8SeGWgymEXaIr1fvRpYzHZMhKymt6uOMGRPf_cNoRd-RTSmwQMrYmuborGvsVpZ7Ql_gjbrgC6/s4032/72D48AF7-2687-4C87-AAB8-039A653717E2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1S4yjYU1t2LDd32zqvyXXYj71ZNuPodxyTVUTo_ztxRF67fhPDI_oN4WspnjPhPidZ7OHIzRS3JbjxL2Uhzt8VvYNqgxvb9SJ8tfOHv4Fez7e4u8SeGWgymEXaIr1fvRpYzHZMhKymt6uOMGRPf_cNoRd-RTSmwQMrYmuborGvsVpZ7Ql_gjbrgC6/w300-h400/72D48AF7-2687-4C87-AAB8-039A653717E2.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDX_p9gkyVDvEUM2U7V6BbLn72Wv43t5Gj1_z-7NavPWi6-2gro-t1pVl2F1snRcyJ2xTzxnmOT-6FT9-nvcHfL1eCnjcMJBcPJFmeWgGJh5l6u5aR79w3wySLOb9AG2t6uAz2Nes9B62co2V9nbq8oYd-lLS1e4d9P-0QX16IEjUaa7eaDEHih_Q/s4032/37EFB045-A063-44A8-B2B6-4DEFC65AA056.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDX_p9gkyVDvEUM2U7V6BbLn72Wv43t5Gj1_z-7NavPWi6-2gro-t1pVl2F1snRcyJ2xTzxnmOT-6FT9-nvcHfL1eCnjcMJBcPJFmeWgGJh5l6u5aR79w3wySLOb9AG2t6uAz2Nes9B62co2V9nbq8oYd-lLS1e4d9P-0QX16IEjUaa7eaDEHih_Q/w400-h300/37EFB045-A063-44A8-B2B6-4DEFC65AA056.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIlncLbNnwiKW0CSVOW97EZJG2IlA3pSK9sIAI8aixXGTizF_vOZQq75pC-AopOtISQVDXrNjTkc3cjPpQ1BI4Tn0OkfA-KF6ZiLZLb4OqQOCg7WDlPRw3OKrpKYByC5AwC8xoo8Na7JH8LjhIRIaz_4FuZLEMwda_gxv9GPDzvPNeuLJtJOzF9mA/s4032/1BB0E2B6-C505-4777-A213-31C6CC01DF9A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIlncLbNnwiKW0CSVOW97EZJG2IlA3pSK9sIAI8aixXGTizF_vOZQq75pC-AopOtISQVDXrNjTkc3cjPpQ1BI4Tn0OkfA-KF6ZiLZLb4OqQOCg7WDlPRw3OKrpKYByC5AwC8xoo8Na7JH8LjhIRIaz_4FuZLEMwda_gxv9GPDzvPNeuLJtJOzF9mA/w400-h300/1BB0E2B6-C505-4777-A213-31C6CC01DF9A.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">We saw a beefalo! This is NOT my picture, but the ones we saw were dark brown and shaped like this. Isn’t it strange looking?</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85E_QkFP0KnV8G6dOWyaqXowsBmuGE7ig9V9eNwJmmO_C8JjV3_mBbDJJWp5RwgGxCzh7E0EaCCB3Agk211svYH1ANnFYutD-wsaAI4VNBKTldCtVQfQLQinvGlK8SSymu3Nkh0KMibwsFXGxA1FK8kdIbdxFKDLpJm_oeavL2W8hnDQtNHxUnXpD/s1000/18D5A902-9659-4D23-8320-F09951490296.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85E_QkFP0KnV8G6dOWyaqXowsBmuGE7ig9V9eNwJmmO_C8JjV3_mBbDJJWp5RwgGxCzh7E0EaCCB3Agk211svYH1ANnFYutD-wsaAI4VNBKTldCtVQfQLQinvGlK8SSymu3Nkh0KMibwsFXGxA1FK8kdIbdxFKDLpJm_oeavL2W8hnDQtNHxUnXpD/s320/18D5A902-9659-4D23-8320-F09951490296.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQK3R8Lab8gJv28me8NIZBflSFjX5RT-h1InsRfAIs2Twxt_REu4nMs-a7Z-hlnG0fFioF1hnk-8Lqnz1oOdBrYoOLJovz729sp90GOqhVXFRXYeJNmgRWRYFQQSraqKfPDnoEOr-ZzXzBtF15MZ9gc9WJh9H6FN4Gddrkeyq_wn8sbwfnQov7hYq/s4032/9BECD967-1C9A-4E08-9F23-9E093F43B82D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQK3R8Lab8gJv28me8NIZBflSFjX5RT-h1InsRfAIs2Twxt_REu4nMs-a7Z-hlnG0fFioF1hnk-8Lqnz1oOdBrYoOLJovz729sp90GOqhVXFRXYeJNmgRWRYFQQSraqKfPDnoEOr-ZzXzBtF15MZ9gc9WJh9H6FN4Gddrkeyq_wn8sbwfnQov7hYq/w400-h300/9BECD967-1C9A-4E08-9F23-9E093F43B82D.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Finally our campsite. We were ready to stop a few days. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">We set it up and I slept for 2 solid hours!</span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2H9zpnI2srOvBHK9GhA26MP1disa3B_4mBuerdvFDCURSduBIwTTAKcXoje9yXQZqQCARw9TINoAL5azwMox6kdhcfO1LEuc0Aoe9YYfFc49DvUsBFuY_mIN7RF-AC2Z-X6t9VfdFjB9VTL3Jb3aefwhPcuGslKhhV2q6zdhcjUP4K90uMgl3fw_z/s4032/9AEFB1A7-08A0-49FC-940D-2E5B29F51656.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2H9zpnI2srOvBHK9GhA26MP1disa3B_4mBuerdvFDCURSduBIwTTAKcXoje9yXQZqQCARw9TINoAL5azwMox6kdhcfO1LEuc0Aoe9YYfFc49DvUsBFuY_mIN7RF-AC2Z-X6t9VfdFjB9VTL3Jb3aefwhPcuGslKhhV2q6zdhcjUP4K90uMgl3fw_z/w400-h300/9AEFB1A7-08A0-49FC-940D-2E5B29F51656.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Across the street from us…. It is a very crowded campground, but lots of activities.</span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0LxktPGJd1USEyTrxD0MFtivTWOQMw-N0oYY4mO-EpWnqFBbJyA6xa7Rvy5Xzz6-ZFt7XUfYz4eGtMsGAWzneBdyVZgR9ZXGQM_p3aKPx5Xgmgu8DzAdhkBz2VYE-T-LTP3rYx7dtdgUGLIr46FNZkwuBDKogDICqev73r1qStsesIZ0v2hlamu8/s4032/3BCF442B-F258-4BFE-B3BC-7507D652F099.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0LxktPGJd1USEyTrxD0MFtivTWOQMw-N0oYY4mO-EpWnqFBbJyA6xa7Rvy5Xzz6-ZFt7XUfYz4eGtMsGAWzneBdyVZgR9ZXGQM_p3aKPx5Xgmgu8DzAdhkBz2VYE-T-LTP3rYx7dtdgUGLIr46FNZkwuBDKogDICqev73r1qStsesIZ0v2hlamu8/w400-h300/3BCF442B-F258-4BFE-B3BC-7507D652F099.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">We are pre-smoked tri tip that Steve had made previously. Mike and Lee brought chicken chili - so we also had chili Fritos. Great end to the day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">I am thoroughly enjoying the trip, but I wish I felt better. I wish the sun didn’t make me sick and the Sjogren’s didn’t crack my lips, make my nose bleed, make my eyes so dry and my hands crack. I am having fun, but it would be so much nicer if I was well. Oh well, it ain’t gonna rain on my parade.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Later gator!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-34047387540850955452022-07-22T08:48:00.004-05:002022-07-22T08:48:36.243-05:00Tucumcari to Taos<p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Yesterday we averaged 8.5 miles to the gallon of Diesel and went up around 6,000 ft. Highway 108 out of Tucumcari is beautiful! Highway 518, from Las Vegas, New Mexico is amazing! They call it Taos high mountain highway.</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Yesterday… Oh goodness! Brenda saw pronghorn, we saw prairie dogs and I saw lots of pistachio trees. Lee and Mike are staying at a hotel, but they said there are a lot of prairie dogs next door to them. It is quite baron in a lot of area, but when there is (human) life, amazingly artistic - from the homes to the art!</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">We saw so many different terrains bet<span style="text-align: center;">ween </span>the two places; from desserts to mountains! It was so beautiful!</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">We travel in a group; Steve first (big mega cab diesel and a 40 foot fifth wheel, Lee and Mike on their Harley pulling a trailer, then Brenda and Jim in a big diesel pickup pulling their camper.</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">But as we were on a high climb on one of the mountains, a semi with a flatbed trailer was coming down in the oncoming lane. Steve pulled over to give him room, Mike was ok on the bike as he doesn’t take much room, and Jim was over as well… but somehow, that 18 wheeler got past us and Mike and just as he got past Jim the back of his trailer hit the guardrail! I heard a bunch of metal rattling, but I thought it was his trailer bouncing, so never gave it another thought. </span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Jim said a big 4x4 under (?) (usually where they store them) flew out on the highway and the trailer was bouncing around like crazy, but the trucker got it under control and did not flip over the side. How terrifying!</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">I have prayed and prayed for that man and the people going both ways on the mountain pass! Did he stop? COULD he stop going down the pass? Did someone hit his 4x4? Is he ok? I will never know - we never even knew all of this until our next stop, but once I heard I just couldn’t quit praying and worrying. He still had half a mountain to get down! Anyway, that was awful to hear about and more awful not to know the outcome. I pray all is well.</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">The rest is just pics. This has been a wonderful trip!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivyayBF36P1F1N2SbDmJUnfYoMOX-2EJ3Rcut7-pdNrlHNCJUs88NwYyzwmbLwVIquagj_1xUz5R8y7BdKtRFlDsb1-hDexXVzpqW-yeMRKXfeB9xh0Lh3f4S_u4Pc2M2XW1wmi0CEvisfYcFUS33EXerpr47YKxQVkL2nzsUtyUHVcBhLrRtpz8UI/s3144/0972E59E-C932-4A92-B415-04D27953005A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3144" data-original-width="2358" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivyayBF36P1F1N2SbDmJUnfYoMOX-2EJ3Rcut7-pdNrlHNCJUs88NwYyzwmbLwVIquagj_1xUz5R8y7BdKtRFlDsb1-hDexXVzpqW-yeMRKXfeB9xh0Lh3f4S_u4Pc2M2XW1wmi0CEvisfYcFUS33EXerpr47YKxQVkL2nzsUtyUHVcBhLrRtpz8UI/w300-h400/0972E59E-C932-4A92-B415-04D27953005A.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Brenda her cousin BJ and her mom, Ms Joice.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQutDEZqYhobNr9QM9cpg7tZuo2nhMBKIOPr5UFwYv3faFcyWuxhGKtiWcDgTiI5LySkYkY47XfdGFOhRNmlhBGH9iB1jb6ISwbjJ28GEn-vJ57a2UbR_vYZk0T8o54ui_dM5y-_P77TzrQPJ5c1evbLv-K8Edj7KY_5VmTWocJjbobJPxGoeVVay_/s4032/76116F6F-C6DE-4AE1-9140-B7BF701DCA68.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQutDEZqYhobNr9QM9cpg7tZuo2nhMBKIOPr5UFwYv3faFcyWuxhGKtiWcDgTiI5LySkYkY47XfdGFOhRNmlhBGH9iB1jb6ISwbjJ28GEn-vJ57a2UbR_vYZk0T8o54ui_dM5y-_P77TzrQPJ5c1evbLv-K8Edj7KY_5VmTWocJjbobJPxGoeVVay_/w300-h400/76116F6F-C6DE-4AE1-9140-B7BF701DCA68.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Discussing the trailer incident at the campsite…</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqtFqejCi0BowrAk6SxhefzaF68lz6CI7xbynF5Tnw5ioM4g1UoQwCEv_Dp6aHIY5QYadLX4Q5EaExyQXskwGR9mg6UWa-zqUL7lH-P91vPZ3bWCZMv7EUnhwG_Jpbqa2WQzVS1aSzNITrU285mbAcW0iGuJNF1bsYZammODzittSxDFgF8CtseK-/s4032/EC55F90C-605A-48C0-8F40-5A5853A2B2B3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqtFqejCi0BowrAk6SxhefzaF68lz6CI7xbynF5Tnw5ioM4g1UoQwCEv_Dp6aHIY5QYadLX4Q5EaExyQXskwGR9mg6UWa-zqUL7lH-P91vPZ3bWCZMv7EUnhwG_Jpbqa2WQzVS1aSzNITrU285mbAcW0iGuJNF1bsYZammODzittSxDFgF8CtseK-/w400-h300/EC55F90C-605A-48C0-8F40-5A5853A2B2B3.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">The sunset…</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho30pcfnV2jdRWSF0s_6Q3dTVcCyQFnK1ALLZkhw5WTWj9dumn-0vZAHIuocFjReHsCjYn6-nTvCGG9Bhd0Hb0f3pybeJCKYgNUNOAjPPbx_p3VvPt_pOTUscL08uPNATt3YUSuz2wxemsbkg-eWnPnU74pMcHUxR2KgdkPOdrMdPBvd2XfXcFdFLS/s4032/330B6261-6A41-4848-ACD0-6DADEDF5A653.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho30pcfnV2jdRWSF0s_6Q3dTVcCyQFnK1ALLZkhw5WTWj9dumn-0vZAHIuocFjReHsCjYn6-nTvCGG9Bhd0Hb0f3pybeJCKYgNUNOAjPPbx_p3VvPt_pOTUscL08uPNATt3YUSuz2wxemsbkg-eWnPnU74pMcHUxR2KgdkPOdrMdPBvd2XfXcFdFLS/w300-h400/330B6261-6A41-4848-ACD0-6DADEDF5A653.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Amazing day. Thank God for this adventure.</span></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-2691282467980227302022-07-20T15:54:00.003-05:002022-07-22T08:48:55.854-05:00Thomas to Tucumcari <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Day 2 of our trip. We drove from Thomas, OK to Tucumcari, NM. Pulling campers and stopping for fuel 4.5 hours. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Diesel mileage with this 40’ 5th wheeler </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">was between 8-10mpg. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">There is a beautiful hill that I would love to explore, but we aren’t taking the camper off of the truck, so we will admire it from a distance. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">You can see it behind our camper in the last picture. Well, I added a picture of it after that now.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Found the sunflowers near mother’s - this time of year I always search them out…</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="1573" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyR86Cb96JxR_JIxC83Tw7E6mHVquTbaEJXTlHaLhFAFAwOx-vowsKcC9GQdba9G9_q6o9sGus7kac0LzzEefaddA4C_DTgQyqRyBJH5IO9xNwL1wXtnvPanEJyFBAt054G3xW2nfCn2FUFT2pEMgAFHcUw3TsGvYpcHu8LK8TaZyP_hQ_vgkQju4/w400-h300/8DD80046-9C74-4DD6-B22C-26E2CC562AA7.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Mother and Rod cooked for us, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Red grilled those yummy steaks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5NvOa1EMU32ivgy1csC4g00qIgXLMHuXP7RDAKnEnemTomNbU3PCkr0CnGTiRrnzT2IEvuaDM8BzxHhAW72nUqMu7xNIFQZ0ee6-e9cak7uit-TDE1Fofo8s4odgbhFeIx8N1A-5YkrZerrxjKaAolHCBi7fLB7DpHsVMPGBZo9__G0ce373cxdh/s4032/D3C3B257-BC66-457F-A915-1FF4284D40E4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5NvOa1EMU32ivgy1csC4g00qIgXLMHuXP7RDAKnEnemTomNbU3PCkr0CnGTiRrnzT2IEvuaDM8BzxHhAW72nUqMu7xNIFQZ0ee6-e9cak7uit-TDE1Fofo8s4odgbhFeIx8N1A-5YkrZerrxjKaAolHCBi7fLB7DpHsVMPGBZo9__G0ce373cxdh/w300-h400/D3C3B257-BC66-457F-A915-1FF4284D40E4.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Made it to Texas:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Ummmm… </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Made it through Groom, Texas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSBtMZH1o79Y-ROQdtee87E_BFDCjYOn3BHwYEbaI9KJZbY3bcevGk2-MU8LF4i_NM1AYfLuDGIN9jl35YsrQx7xkfrz4UuExOAS3iKBoB7lvBJvfBNXYptv6o2zSHxJ4Kg--wU-XUkE5JnpvUm_C2jtvJl_nCONLGIgifkALB_QsA8El3orVAcUr/s2588/710C4ED4-2F22-40AA-8F02-F954CBF73FD0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="1941" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSBtMZH1o79Y-ROQdtee87E_BFDCjYOn3BHwYEbaI9KJZbY3bcevGk2-MU8LF4i_NM1AYfLuDGIN9jl35YsrQx7xkfrz4UuExOAS3iKBoB7lvBJvfBNXYptv6o2zSHxJ4Kg--wU-XUkE5JnpvUm_C2jtvJl_nCONLGIgifkALB_QsA8El3orVAcUr/w300-h400/710C4ED4-2F22-40AA-8F02-F954CBF73FD0.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Saw WAY more windmills and trucks </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">than I ever wanted to!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YB1qJSTVfCNz8m36V-Rl6hOAcjwDzier0hVHWNhUkSiaDJCRKn-5LQQAWhWD15B-KPE-XSbbp1OpwOVEBBGC0UVKHYT6HOAzNA9fpoI4CSD3KC3_7elnDhmSloM1Q4yDGqsr7UM1kQodfBUr5M9msz1rvCV_CfIhhfJFJY_JWCIOKQKKZ88QNWvG/s4032/EB8C1ABB-E467-49B0-BB30-10360C48F355.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YB1qJSTVfCNz8m36V-Rl6hOAcjwDzier0hVHWNhUkSiaDJCRKn-5LQQAWhWD15B-KPE-XSbbp1OpwOVEBBGC0UVKHYT6HOAzNA9fpoI4CSD3KC3_7elnDhmSloM1Q4yDGqsr7UM1kQodfBUr5M9msz1rvCV_CfIhhfJFJY_JWCIOKQKKZ88QNWvG/w300-h400/EB8C1ABB-E467-49B0-BB30-10360C48F355.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Made it to New Mexico - notice the scenery:</span></div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Ate at a wonderful BBQ place. 5 stars! 😋 </span></div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsmOuG6-bNJqTZKTw43nX_q4W0GydzMtXnyiWkNS8CbUOgPPd1kntbguDpzg1MA7Pj8xc3yCtx0Tabnuqx_1Ys127xuM3WGxhqUFiYdiD-m4idWsYnWzhKlBUIE7RcuY9Rhqq-5DP9KODtRSZ35VZ9jRUW7vYPvgMbNomlpG2aFygF4sK2pU_HCvg/s4032/CCE15918-4114-4C05-953D-26D7A288ABA0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsmOuG6-bNJqTZKTw43nX_q4W0GydzMtXnyiWkNS8CbUOgPPd1kntbguDpzg1MA7Pj8xc3yCtx0Tabnuqx_1Ys127xuM3WGxhqUFiYdiD-m4idWsYnWzhKlBUIE7RcuY9Rhqq-5DP9KODtRSZ35VZ9jRUW7vYPvgMbNomlpG2aFygF4sK2pU_HCvg/w300-h400/CCE15918-4114-4C05-953D-26D7A288ABA0.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Jim found a guitar and serenaded us:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnNzi2xJhyUuCcMofxdbFJbGswOunt9sM6qc8NvEjDN8hk2oSQsIUW84UBhTT_MMpnp_mARka9K93QJq2AIPqrULoGAAje1w5pINiuEQa9w7E-IIp8h1i_QtSiJSbdkCSTtpqr9GCNX1zcb6wnNFM9WcLrFuC91U49Qe9I-XRQbSMfCfM3fGai_9p/s4032/D9B4BF84-F0BF-4792-895D-07FE985517C4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnNzi2xJhyUuCcMofxdbFJbGswOunt9sM6qc8NvEjDN8hk2oSQsIUW84UBhTT_MMpnp_mARka9K93QJq2AIPqrULoGAAje1w5pINiuEQa9w7E-IIp8h1i_QtSiJSbdkCSTtpqr9GCNX1zcb6wnNFM9WcLrFuC91U49Qe9I-XRQbSMfCfM3fGai_9p/w400-h300/D9B4BF84-F0BF-4792-895D-07FE985517C4.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Found our campsite. 😳 🥵 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Campground? ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">With this desolate land, you can’t ask for much. It is a decent place to stay for the night. No trash.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Lady in office? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</span></span></div><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIeddpwwVsJkQfTDtPKJsktg7jt4DrHwsyrivDuTSzlTcskOBcz_ZF7XALkCCCYWLWDBqW3kmTJeh5TXfcz0gBiYPL5IX7Jla9Uc2hk28sfEQY5os5aSGaZZmptz49geQNNfbrUhmb_SGQYT2otPIq4OyQRGqmOO_tTnjwF1y3oC-L0qkHEzbLQy2/s4032/01073745-7F60-4D5A-99FC-17D10248B406.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIeddpwwVsJkQfTDtPKJsktg7jt4DrHwsyrivDuTSzlTcskOBcz_ZF7XALkCCCYWLWDBqW3kmTJeh5TXfcz0gBiYPL5IX7Jla9Uc2hk28sfEQY5os5aSGaZZmptz49geQNNfbrUhmb_SGQYT2otPIq4OyQRGqmOO_tTnjwF1y3oC-L0qkHEzbLQy2/w400-h300/01073745-7F60-4D5A-99FC-17D10248B406.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">We lost our camping buddies tonight. The A/C in their camper is broke, so the went to the same hotel that our other riding buddies are staying in. It’s ok, it is very hot here! 97° here - and you see the shade, right? 🤣</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Oh, here is the hill:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExtblx1kM75yQnFwu0mI7rZEsa1ssy9ZVMyWomki222zSGQAhRzQcBinmKCTQIjv3P75VlaKJF4VEmsNQKY6ZjbIxTJisjwKNJNiMhfh9x3TRiVZ362Bl0MZveOMhz9I23-1_0_NXRle6ILTrizKmIhmp_Mn5pdbZql2j8omzsCQHqw8jamPQaorT/s2617/8B7FAAA1-90F1-48AC-9158-E6620EF424F6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2617" data-original-width="1963" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExtblx1kM75yQnFwu0mI7rZEsa1ssy9ZVMyWomki222zSGQAhRzQcBinmKCTQIjv3P75VlaKJF4VEmsNQKY6ZjbIxTJisjwKNJNiMhfh9x3TRiVZ362Bl0MZveOMhz9I23-1_0_NXRle6ILTrizKmIhmp_Mn5pdbZql2j8omzsCQHqw8jamPQaorT/w300-h400/8B7FAAA1-90F1-48AC-9158-E6620EF424F6.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Got to rest now, sun, heat, more sun… I am done.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Wish this sinus infection was better.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">It is flared pretty bad. Colorado will help right? 🤣</span></div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-69420830724767887902022-07-15T11:50:00.021-05:002022-07-19T11:05:12.600-05:00Smokin’!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Steve is the best grilled I know. He is the best smoker I know. And not cigarette smoking. He has been busy smoking meats for our vacation. Our house has smelled wonderful for 2 full days. Today, the outside smells wonderful. Have I ever said I love this man? We freeze the meats and pack them to go! Load ‘em when we leave. Very little eating out because we like our own cooking. It smells sooo good here!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7HxRYbrrV9qWDFt2017FsJthPDSVl0YerPdLCQaqz7o7a4COkhK8nmLaAdnk_duD4eDAjJemTuWJZFyYfnY0IuJ_be_-P3cjKYLyWshEHzzI4ZXVbBxgVKpzskGB1YFV_jwxGyRiQJO090EC64acrPP5vlla5lTZYnyDfspYDCsYBU4R0FvS7NSuF/s4032/8CE09E53-9B3A-4B00-9107-3EDB85B377E8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7HxRYbrrV9qWDFt2017FsJthPDSVl0YerPdLCQaqz7o7a4COkhK8nmLaAdnk_duD4eDAjJemTuWJZFyYfnY0IuJ_be_-P3cjKYLyWshEHzzI4ZXVbBxgVKpzskGB1YFV_jwxGyRiQJO090EC64acrPP5vlla5lTZYnyDfspYDCsYBU4R0FvS7NSuF/s320/8CE09E53-9B3A-4B00-9107-3EDB85B377E8.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Here is a funny. Dad’s (Jake’s) truck started and left - without the all important Jake miester! He was bawling! I sent this to Steve and he promptly came back for ‘the kid’. If that truck starts, that boy is supposed to be in it! 🤣</span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRzY_wITKBVxsNaqBwzZyJBoRFU7Rb5eZX8NMD9Iyz43roc8iSiayKdiR0dbYXq7jj7yiP75EKkqqIy-93FyvL36kiZR5CTinJwKcoki0oG2upuCNZ6VaWkY0dQjTyTU-AD97oqtKE1r45yEmWAaX7kjScxbOBQLc7P2OPb18aP-mFF4LIr23SU2J/s4032/673FF50D-FE9A-475D-BE51-9E922D6B4725.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRzY_wITKBVxsNaqBwzZyJBoRFU7Rb5eZX8NMD9Iyz43roc8iSiayKdiR0dbYXq7jj7yiP75EKkqqIy-93FyvL36kiZR5CTinJwKcoki0oG2upuCNZ6VaWkY0dQjTyTU-AD97oqtKE1r45yEmWAaX7kjScxbOBQLc7P2OPb18aP-mFF4LIr23SU2J/s320/673FF50D-FE9A-475D-BE51-9E922D6B4725.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148); color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Nothing new sewing, but cutting this one out now.</span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDh0stfTyovKYELz7eB_gKdgZIPb1LYK2eJPjSOce7EzCBGUX7uo2b5fQ9ONQKleb5F26q4EwbziXYsZTE41wX68BETv-hjgMzNflZgonx2Zpcp_6dmd4INxKRySNp8UoK8z6zh6cQ__v7RaCaXpA7TxVBX4GyTNMwd-lCtKh2hkKAvBHC4hn6yswe/s3773/282562CB-4398-4DCA-B265-7AE138967EA4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3773" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDh0stfTyovKYELz7eB_gKdgZIPb1LYK2eJPjSOce7EzCBGUX7uo2b5fQ9ONQKleb5F26q4EwbziXYsZTE41wX68BETv-hjgMzNflZgonx2Zpcp_6dmd4INxKRySNp8UoK8z6zh6cQ__v7RaCaXpA7TxVBX4GyTNMwd-lCtKh2hkKAvBHC4hn6yswe/s320/282562CB-4398-4DCA-B265-7AE138967EA4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">That is all today!</span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-13809727757453712052022-07-12T07:00:00.000-05:002022-07-12T07:00:00.201-05:00Box 1, Part 1 Finished!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;">I talked about this quilt <a href="https://cajunsis.blogspot.com/2022/06/shirt-box-1-part-1.html?m=1" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;">It is finished! The little lady with the parted in a box must be thrilled! It is pretty, but small. And what would you do with a small 3D quilt? Hmmm.,.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;">Enjoy it for a bit and contemplate it’s future.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOXkmuNxoC90ISRku005uBojVnYU2cOADdt-kSmdIAC0Ic5u62bHZJEJTu2I4SHbP9IinqZYw7Cdzf4O3Xf6-cqrrDpxpQPMieclO05rumxZb1iVIkReSVj8mOIRL_1Haef140HvYfeZX4_N1EZ9-U73bi41Bwc_3nyYPzHPyKaKQr42I_TgXps_5/s4030/F2599FA1-7B6D-43BE-B7F1-E99D284C41FA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3022" data-original-width="4030" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOXkmuNxoC90ISRku005uBojVnYU2cOADdt-kSmdIAC0Ic5u62bHZJEJTu2I4SHbP9IinqZYw7Cdzf4O3Xf6-cqrrDpxpQPMieclO05rumxZb1iVIkReSVj8mOIRL_1Haef140HvYfeZX4_N1EZ9-U73bi41Bwc_3nyYPzHPyKaKQr42I_TgXps_5/w400-h300/F2599FA1-7B6D-43BE-B7F1-E99D284C41FA.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Like the floppy heart sections… they would absolutely annoy me. Was this a thing at one time? I may never know, but gosh darn it… her quilt is finished. May some kid play with the ‘pockets’ some day!</span></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-18672338802800526342022-07-10T07:00:00.000-05:002022-07-10T07:00:00.193-05:00Family Question #5<p><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px;">Here is question #5:</span></span></b></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"><b>What has been some of the happiest moments of your life? </b></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></b></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">My happiest moments; </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span class="s1"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZzvOSjMORduzPBi8qi2qcYETlfg1adAtrcZViSQ8jZ_JBpMaVY2-KuR7mE058uDWnFmtuQGxdz6cgRYqlrjloI_lpREgm2uzoeNvwPwNbk8s1fL-xE8jmK2pKXgrgueb4nRTI5ETt4RBAFzf169oSKmwOweXl2jlpf3-T3mrSUkbrNlKUcdE6zCD/s960/D6BBA710-15BE-49CD-ABA7-9E8F71182FB0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZzvOSjMORduzPBi8qi2qcYETlfg1adAtrcZViSQ8jZ_JBpMaVY2-KuR7mE058uDWnFmtuQGxdz6cgRYqlrjloI_lpREgm2uzoeNvwPwNbk8s1fL-xE8jmK2pKXgrgueb4nRTI5ETt4RBAFzf169oSKmwOweXl2jlpf3-T3mrSUkbrNlKUcdE6zCD/s320/D6BBA710-15BE-49CD-ABA7-9E8F71182FB0.jpeg" width="307" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">1) The day Stephenie was born. After a lifetime of failures, humility, sexual abuse, female surgeries, with only part of one ovary, and multiple Drs wanting to do a hysterectomy - even at 16 - I successfully grew a perfect, beautiful baby. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"> *</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFqmoIlwhCV8hW0UVVPJr26FAsUirpodE96bOJauDq7RLfxUwQ393ewBjMxvpTwpoNqqAYOOLR_pLn-jkRf9uxQ5UwZH1EoB39QXqgL9ODO9kyzkNNT5USMm29vYh2lCR4Upjif2ve6a0yxjKhrzBRMn44h-KZ2rGYfAQ2PCWrJ-aVom5pUG06_wND/s502/E562EEDE-154B-4DD5-9C91-59C055A4AEA0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="499" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFqmoIlwhCV8hW0UVVPJr26FAsUirpodE96bOJauDq7RLfxUwQ393ewBjMxvpTwpoNqqAYOOLR_pLn-jkRf9uxQ5UwZH1EoB39QXqgL9ODO9kyzkNNT5USMm29vYh2lCR4Upjif2ve6a0yxjKhrzBRMn44h-KZ2rGYfAQ2PCWrJ-aVom5pUG06_wND/s320/E562EEDE-154B-4DD5-9C91-59C055A4AEA0.jpeg" width="318" /></span></a></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">2) The day Jeremy was born. Bright red hair, another perfect baby. Mission accomplished. 2 children.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> *<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NK8bMzhErnKchNO7voVNTFICnWm7ZExzMQYeRwESHOCYdCfiad_kQTsOgRx5YXCbJZoWk3sc-llPlIAxVwcJHsUgN0zU3GC2x_2vkt7n5fx20E8g4PPIImPqe_NVoVgDuscPh_kkb9KbpujzyVYK8YRzvXF8mPGatBz8g-BShb3KsxHd26I8opuQ/s1600/8B56B609-9BFD-4D9C-A6F5-7BAA05CFB421.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NK8bMzhErnKchNO7voVNTFICnWm7ZExzMQYeRwESHOCYdCfiad_kQTsOgRx5YXCbJZoWk3sc-llPlIAxVwcJHsUgN0zU3GC2x_2vkt7n5fx20E8g4PPIImPqe_NVoVgDuscPh_kkb9KbpujzyVYK8YRzvXF8mPGatBz8g-BShb3KsxHd26I8opuQ/w400-h266/8B56B609-9BFD-4D9C-A6F5-7BAA05CFB421.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">3) <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>An evening in Singapore that Steve told me he was proud of me for always doing what I felt was best, even when he didn’t agree - which was often. Doing for my brother and sisters, for my moma, for my grans and for our kids. So much money that I spent on everyone else when we needed it. He shared that he loved my determination, strength and loyalty and had come to realize that he loved me even more for holding strong to what I felt was best. It was a wonderful feeling to hear someone, especially him, say that.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"> *</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span class="s2"></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yQ1eLjz1pE4csdNcMKB6eTH0oBDMPUgomN1mshU35ABghWLd1eYNPtB8krUxK-Hxhex89yvubTKBIfuT0e-NqR_kQJ21WVZl7oXDdgCktax4arpMT1T9koMTNNbs37qoWLx783fXFOZEyCfMNSJBiBPDn8ctv1TGpvZYTovbtVGmtHV_OjJ9L_kq/s505/7DA7262E-A63B-43C3-80D9-0BEA950DAE8C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yQ1eLjz1pE4csdNcMKB6eTH0oBDMPUgomN1mshU35ABghWLd1eYNPtB8krUxK-Hxhex89yvubTKBIfuT0e-NqR_kQJ21WVZl7oXDdgCktax4arpMT1T9koMTNNbs37qoWLx783fXFOZEyCfMNSJBiBPDn8ctv1TGpvZYTovbtVGmtHV_OjJ9L_kq/w384-h400/7DA7262E-A63B-43C3-80D9-0BEA950DAE8C.jpeg" width="384" /></span></a></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">4) <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I wish I could say our wedding day. I can’t. I was young, abused and looking for a way out. He had protected me and stood up for me, and offered a way out. I married him 2 days after. We never even dated. In fact, I had never even went on one date with anyone in my life… unless one Movie and home was a dare. That was The Marathon Man with Steve. I was not allowed to date and was always caring for my sisters and brother.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">It was a long, sometimes lonely haul - but we did it; together and often alone; him working and me raising kids, taking care of grans and taking care of moma. He worked many 100+ hours weeks, but he was always ready to hug me and encourage me when we were together. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">I made a lot of decisions in his absence that I look back on and regret, but he was never angry. Frustrated, yes. Angry? No. We survived and he is honestly my best friend. Now are decisions are made together.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"> *</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"><b>The saddest? </b> </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">August 16, 1976 … can’t go there…</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"> *</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC_yLXcacBIoFow76cLoZtF8KO1iaJB3mgJi4KU8hNnt-y6f4e9qBvvpd99Dyvb02hsP9BaziAuYVOkrBlhFAliE2FiT1GXXDQTvyAJPpudEu_6KD7kONgOLynaMQTYdm5qp_zqLGtiH7yvZ4iwyBE0fFF3FU1pR1POYQ5hFBox_vxSLWFeGguTEd/s1187/0389121B-B970-47DC-8589-97E0B38AF35A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="951" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC_yLXcacBIoFow76cLoZtF8KO1iaJB3mgJi4KU8hNnt-y6f4e9qBvvpd99Dyvb02hsP9BaziAuYVOkrBlhFAliE2FiT1GXXDQTvyAJPpudEu_6KD7kONgOLynaMQTYdm5qp_zqLGtiH7yvZ4iwyBE0fFF3FU1pR1POYQ5hFBox_vxSLWFeGguTEd/w256-h320/0389121B-B970-47DC-8589-97E0B38AF35A.jpeg" width="256" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">April 19, 1993: The day my dad died. I spoke with him that morning - and nearly every day for months before his death. I always loved him and always wished he loved himself as much. He was a genius but had no idea how to be one. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2"></span> *</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BdQfcujxNuG99FMGHMdTUV-Dtm4o41VgafpbCcwBqSJ6Yj5lrc7QAzMfafXe0q9flsviD8XsGoIYD6tQPvzEw1p2ePZvgiV83DfRxEt1Uqhy5GXiiVF2i4LMqwZjLFgtvfvROE21EwvegiOh7d9rw5hNbJ6kRT04bd8byK8kG49iM9R3qwjjO1iX/s2048/4BFD5BC3-424F-45ED-BCB3-B44EBBB09028.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BdQfcujxNuG99FMGHMdTUV-Dtm4o41VgafpbCcwBqSJ6Yj5lrc7QAzMfafXe0q9flsviD8XsGoIYD6tQPvzEw1p2ePZvgiV83DfRxEt1Uqhy5GXiiVF2i4LMqwZjLFgtvfvROE21EwvegiOh7d9rw5hNbJ6kRT04bd8byK8kG49iM9R3qwjjO1iX/w300-h400/4BFD5BC3-424F-45ED-BCB3-B44EBBB09028.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">March 1, 2002: Saydee, (Grands) the most Christian, precious woman I have ever known, died. She taught me morals, how to love unconditionally, how to forgive and that marriage would be the hardest job I would ever have. I treasured the time I had with her and took care of her.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> *<span class="s2"></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">Jan 5, 2003: My sister called me hysterical that moma had died. We both just sobbed and sobbed. I had left moma a few months before to go back to Louisiana. Mom had begged me to stay, but I was so exhausted and needed to go home to salvage our marriage, that I told her Liz was taking over, I needed to rest.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">Mom had previously died several times with me when she was in the hospitals and every time, I screamed, “Come back, damn it! I need you!” And she DID! </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2">I wasn’t there on Jan 5, I had left her and I have never forgiven myself. If I had been there to scream I needed her… </span><span class="s3">😢</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: arial;"> *</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvl5upRKObERIaGH2jQTsR3AGRuKl-Pmys0t9kysVJbJUER7WG6k_TY_m-6W1IfY__gQZRY6c8FV29wNyKkkpwN13HxWFm28wFLIFEpS3udecfLfhOg6YvbL_kEeyoqj7smeftlik62gGn4Iw63lTYDzo3ZWcYdNRkNq5gdmE3Exl3d35mqcu2wmG/s2048/84E5DE2B-4534-49A7-92B7-1A03CF09A583.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvl5upRKObERIaGH2jQTsR3AGRuKl-Pmys0t9kysVJbJUER7WG6k_TY_m-6W1IfY__gQZRY6c8FV29wNyKkkpwN13HxWFm28wFLIFEpS3udecfLfhOg6YvbL_kEeyoqj7smeftlik62gGn4Iw63lTYDzo3ZWcYdNRkNq5gdmE3Exl3d35mqcu2wmG/w300-h400/84E5DE2B-4534-49A7-92B7-1A03CF09A583.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Moma and her pride and joy, Michèl.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">June 29, 1986. The day Michél died. It broke my heart. People’s opinions hurt my heart and made those days more difficult than they were, by voicing irrelevant opinions - none would bring her back.. Being the funeral ‘go to’ was heartbreaking; trying to be sure my sister’s wishes were filled, listening to everyone’ opinions, being ‘alone’ doing it while wrapping my own mind around her baby’s death… it was a tough time. I will never forgive myself for not doing what I felt like doing: yelling “Shut the hell up - she is gone! Hug Liz. She is here. We will deal with the rest later!” *I* should have just held Liz and bawled with her. But I did not do any of that. As always, I withdrew.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> *<span class="s2"></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">March 5, 2001. A very sad day - and also a double blessing day. The day my nephew passed away and his sisters were born. I was broken hearted for my sister. She, too, lost a baby and I couldn’t hug her. I know her emotions were all over the place.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"> *</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgId_4H7IFpZ3mOCOi7RTRiKP5YfRWlvyBTZVE4pSwEsiiDLBengYun5ReuhfJ_FYp-22igr-4rU7i7ZyRTcszkrT5lzjA_2izpxD2IzupBfK5x2TRGjqVp6gonbv-vKOQQ-Nkv7-PhBCQyk7NxwLfFyHtX_9QUYdNQLW4HiXZo3x6v1fdaxqQxezE7/s960/A2C5F9B6-7784-4276-842A-6E3A83E7A6E8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="838" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgId_4H7IFpZ3mOCOi7RTRiKP5YfRWlvyBTZVE4pSwEsiiDLBengYun5ReuhfJ_FYp-22igr-4rU7i7ZyRTcszkrT5lzjA_2izpxD2IzupBfK5x2TRGjqVp6gonbv-vKOQQ-Nkv7-PhBCQyk7NxwLfFyHtX_9QUYdNQLW4HiXZo3x6v1fdaxqQxezE7/w349-h400/A2C5F9B6-7784-4276-842A-6E3A83E7A6E8.jpeg" width="349" /></a></span></div><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">My Uncle Danny’s death: he was truly the father that I never had. He was a wonderful man. I lived with him and Aunt Janie for a while in New Mexico. She taught me to sew, he taught me the love of photography. To the end of my time, I will miss him. Oh! And he truly WAS a rocket scientist! ❤️</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"> *</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"><i>Distance makes it so hard to be there for ones you love.</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tell us about a day that you felt like everything about your day was perfect.</b></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">Honest to God vacations. I love traveling and I love traveling with whomever we are with.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">I wish I could think of one perfect day… but one doesn’t come to mind. Perfect moments, yes. A day? Nothing stands out.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-16591365243248161142022-07-08T11:36:00.004-05:002022-07-08T11:39:19.720-05:00Weaning the Calves<p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: arial;">On June 30, Steve moved the calves to the weaning pen. We are on day 5 and they have finally stopped bawling for the most part.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYm0Rh_uoX4t8V93pL0_TxZbKGahY_JNjFMYDK7BJB08cCmUMLp3H9SzyJiYdttl7q1GKrHHFIVyfdUdrS-d-Xhyp9hdH6eJHmJ-RFb86M9UdNYrKkL6LTyyOXTlVh07PG4G25ky86ll0XCZdHn8wb6L-N3N888bjIT7RQ4odnDn14IT0PNjCagE0/s4032/8F5BA0CE-049C-4B6A-91E5-989AE1D89321.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYm0Rh_uoX4t8V93pL0_TxZbKGahY_JNjFMYDK7BJB08cCmUMLp3H9SzyJiYdttl7q1GKrHHFIVyfdUdrS-d-Xhyp9hdH6eJHmJ-RFb86M9UdNYrKkL6LTyyOXTlVh07PG4G25ky86ll0XCZdHn8wb6L-N3N888bjIT7RQ4odnDn14IT0PNjCagE0/w300-h400/8F5BA0CE-049C-4B6A-91E5-989AE1D89321.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);">This was the ‘music’ for 3 days…</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxZDSZeHy_NZNxSz-_2USZ4OxmDJIfNo8x1zkdwIQMUZKlhSGlD76XgdaYYnvseW7ayhVrksj9RZDfIIn5z9A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: arial;">I think we have decided to sell a bunch of the cattle - they tie us down too much and right now we have too many anyway. Still a thought process, but we will decide soon. </span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: arial;">I am starting a quick motorcycle quilt for the camper garage. We have two queen beds in the garage that lift to the top when not in use. I thought since it is a garage for the bike, that a bike quilt would be terrific. It will be a simple block quilt, nothing fancy.</span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-56317528089470619912022-07-03T14:36:00.007-05:002022-07-03T14:36:49.330-05:00Hospice Donation Quilt 1<p>Our church ladies group, United Methodist Women Stitchers, pick projects to sew for the community. We have made Veteran’s quilts for all of our members, we made book bags for the local library’s summer reading program, and recently, our leader was contacted to make lap quilts for hospice patients.</p><p>My friend, Brenda, found a pattern and we both decided to do it using different fabrics. Here is mine:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVewI9y_gtnZ9i7sIhFD_j6xUyO-0UQ5_ZpMqcvSL1IDL_op7xRR96zEIuF06xfEDJAiBsyhRnrQYsyfMVBas5O8Vimp-5A3n51S9hQtesuJDDTbmHd_dZvAeD_12RUf68f_r-crzBmKNsGL1vycdf21Ir-LhmQAlPyohypThcWkLZhojkgCFLVi3_/s2547/B9147C55-2A20-4126-8769-77F1BAFC95FF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2547" data-original-width="2505" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVewI9y_gtnZ9i7sIhFD_j6xUyO-0UQ5_ZpMqcvSL1IDL_op7xRR96zEIuF06xfEDJAiBsyhRnrQYsyfMVBas5O8Vimp-5A3n51S9hQtesuJDDTbmHd_dZvAeD_12RUf68f_r-crzBmKNsGL1vycdf21Ir-LhmQAlPyohypThcWkLZhojkgCFLVi3_/w394-h400/B9147C55-2A20-4126-8769-77F1BAFC95FF.jpeg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will finish it with beige backing and using the “quilt as you go” method. I will start doing that next week at our Thursday meeting. I have some other things to work on prior to that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Steve and I were walking around the pasture checking fence line and Jake, or ‘puppy’ casually led us right to a tree and looked up. A closer look showed us a raccoon, hiding as best it could by trying to melt into the bark. Fun times on the farm. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpS1zo5-CeHxgpFRNEJ8p513nIL0CzWwAnOALVfAH8AvBmWjhsyV9Qw_NUi-iJ8w34tX68wqkkEOAQRhoC_3NjKJ8Mq2g77mtd3ZBXxpyKqKzi-rqYdIhiiFKbkDYGFxKoEG4YeEXkCQOT-2xnDaLxAPKItx0zir9EnEhps1WbVtVS08VCEhCDoED9/s4032/B069B048-5C1F-479A-B46E-1DA5C010EFEA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpS1zo5-CeHxgpFRNEJ8p513nIL0CzWwAnOALVfAH8AvBmWjhsyV9Qw_NUi-iJ8w34tX68wqkkEOAQRhoC_3NjKJ8Mq2g77mtd3ZBXxpyKqKzi-rqYdIhiiFKbkDYGFxKoEG4YeEXkCQOT-2xnDaLxAPKItx0zir9EnEhps1WbVtVS08VCEhCDoED9/w300-h400/B069B048-5C1F-479A-B46E-1DA5C010EFEA.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>****</p><p>Struggling terribly today. Sinus infection flare from you know where, and my emotions are all over the place. I get so tired of the constant battles. Yes, I keep going, but some days, today being one, I just want to cave and give in. There are too many obstacles in my days. I will not give up, but sometimes, it is tempting. BUT! I have to make more Hospice Quilts. Someone, somewhere, needs them.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-86555053707823430622022-06-30T14:48:00.004-05:002022-06-30T14:48:44.543-05:00Shirt Box 1, Part 1<p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">In a Deep Dark Corner…</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"> … of a small back room at an estate sale, lay a battered white shirt box. I always find them - I actually search for them! You would not believe the great surprises that lay in them!</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhFtRLSZa3UBGZ6E_Q2tJKgFdoWB7rvg9jQw8XR2ovfvkxpZKT0TzvFVyoZ4kn_ZEPIubuKAg447PesOxc3K9pjkyCVqwMpd_2jRiBL2-UItpwWLNDMkisTJYiHTtDfycyMXZz-24vXJ12kMHIdhZhbjDRTfVa1oz6q1Cqcbv_gUMfyLJK6vYGsaF/s3774/52D6418C-258C-40D8-B138-E01AA599244C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2830" data-original-width="3774" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhFtRLSZa3UBGZ6E_Q2tJKgFdoWB7rvg9jQw8XR2ovfvkxpZKT0TzvFVyoZ4kn_ZEPIubuKAg447PesOxc3K9pjkyCVqwMpd_2jRiBL2-UItpwWLNDMkisTJYiHTtDfycyMXZz-24vXJ12kMHIdhZhbjDRTfVa1oz6q1Cqcbv_gUMfyLJK6vYGsaF/w400-h300/52D6418C-258C-40D8-B138-E01AA599244C.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">This one was $8. Upon quick examination, I find misc</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"> quilt blocks, and today, I dig no further. I walk through the rest of the sale getting to ‘know’ the deceased lady by seeing her left behind treasures. I finally go to pay out and find out today was the 50% off day! $4.00! I quickly pay my $4 for my ‘shirt box’, escape like I stole something, and race home to look through my newest treasure.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">I find 10 beautifully made blocks in some tissue paper, complete with the directions of each block made. It appears to be a “Block of the Month” out of Georgia. Should be 12, right? Awww, here are the other two, unfinished, but, the fabric and directions are there, each perfectly folded in a separate ziplock bag!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">There is more in my treasure box, but you will have to wait for more stories on “Shirt Box 1”</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Sooo… tidying up, I recently came across the shirt box again, dug it all out and finished her last 2 blocks of the month, added sashing, border and had it quilted. Here it is before the binding:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51KFLfa53Ohlqsu_1XrfQ6WgTKxVYIfAgjbFw82lppak3yZW5YUyHHRG9zSpxGDiEubTArI_aPPaZoM2XeZClm99f5tiCjufxh3ItRz1SLIuCRd0O9JpWjOEOPt9ppSG04XIDo0PWSn3Ox5Sq2P6yFw87-61armyNFBXRa-s-qMUIb4pCIVzqXNej/s3480/4FB63AD3-EE6C-4B90-B724-1C096518154C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3480" data-original-width="2759" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51KFLfa53Ohlqsu_1XrfQ6WgTKxVYIfAgjbFw82lppak3yZW5YUyHHRG9zSpxGDiEubTArI_aPPaZoM2XeZClm99f5tiCjufxh3ItRz1SLIuCRd0O9JpWjOEOPt9ppSG04XIDo0PWSn3Ox5Sq2P6yFw87-61armyNFBXRa-s-qMUIb4pCIVzqXNej/w318-h400/4FB63AD3-EE6C-4B90-B724-1C096518154C.jpeg" width="318" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">I know, not completely visible, but you get the idea. It is a 3D quilt; it has little ‘flappers’ (not quilted) in every block. You can see clearly on the top left block… the others… the heart’s circles, the butterfly’s wings, the flower’s petals… every block has ‘moving’ parts.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">It will be bound in that beautiful blue soon and I will show the final product.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Why did I buy it? Well, I bought it because a precious quilter did not finish the project that she so carefully kept together and kept safe. Maybe it was an unfinished project (UFO) because another project interested her, with an urgency that only quilters at heart would understand.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Now what am I going to do with it, you ask? I have no earthly idea. I will have about $100 in it - and the precious memories of how meticulous this lady was. She taught me to keep my UFO’s together with explicit directions on “next” so if someone down the line finds her blocks they know what is next. She taught me that no one loves her, like another quilter will, and that we can and should finish each other’s UFO’s so we can enjoy creations we did not make. My comfort zone is different than hers, but I did something new and interesting - and enjoyed it. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">She can ‘rest’ better now knowing one project is finished. Someone will treasure this quilt as I do, I just have no idea who yet. I will know them when I ‘see’ them. ❤️</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-23527029177519765172022-06-25T07:00:00.016-05:002022-07-09T21:20:16.727-05:00Studio 6 Art <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;">Today was a terrific day! I finally got our OHCE ladies together am with a few guests and we painted at Studio 6 in Claremore. I absolutely love doing things like this. I wish I had learned to paint as a child or I wish I had someone that could teach me now. Anyhoo, this was a blast! We had 22 registered, but only 18 showed up. Regardless, it was so fun! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;">If I could do nothing except craft/painting/sewing classes - and travel - for the rest of my life, I would be content.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;">❤️</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzqWhfoRX6fSyRtveDuFQdCybyTKf9qJA9XmpFA0uSahWKhCmH6hMwXPRH5XLmpRfXadpSjS5G98_0MAjDobyBaDLoHzr0G7BwpOW1zqs1G_k4xNGpKvUgYe2C64FlMVEU2OfHVwOIedYyd6lObnJyIEI8PWh6k2T84OGLaIUVYHJAK9-pwhnVEpA/s4032/352DC7FC-2537-4341-94CE-D1C002E3E06C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzqWhfoRX6fSyRtveDuFQdCybyTKf9qJA9XmpFA0uSahWKhCmH6hMwXPRH5XLmpRfXadpSjS5G98_0MAjDobyBaDLoHzr0G7BwpOW1zqs1G_k4xNGpKvUgYe2C64FlMVEU2OfHVwOIedYyd6lObnJyIEI8PWh6k2T84OGLaIUVYHJAK9-pwhnVEpA/w400-h300/352DC7FC-2537-4341-94CE-D1C002E3E06C.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;">Mine came out ok, I think I might work on it some more here at home. We will see. ❤️</span></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_Ui2bJ6TMGSt-03qN4DA1shY-S6wXuGrP8h7BjH210tbgM11HYCHIfqwm57wdzmxD-cNT6_xW-5fkGOj8AyxaKtVEJFKrqHkOjzoz-CvAnZcCc9xXAU9Dyx3IBrBPpjQEafEWlIe63BBbOYs-mY3PdFCvl4RmKTxCwgfdsUDUCC1_zJ4FD7Fb1Bd/s3557/C0E21FE8-39B1-412F-93E5-7366560EE285.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3557" data-original-width="2668" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_Ui2bJ6TMGSt-03qN4DA1shY-S6wXuGrP8h7BjH210tbgM11HYCHIfqwm57wdzmxD-cNT6_xW-5fkGOj8AyxaKtVEJFKrqHkOjzoz-CvAnZcCc9xXAU9Dyx3IBrBPpjQEafEWlIe63BBbOYs-mY3PdFCvl4RmKTxCwgfdsUDUCC1_zJ4FD7Fb1Bd/w300-h400/C0E21FE8-39B1-412F-93E5-7366560EE285.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;">My sister’s came out really pretty. Isn’t it funny how we don’t like ours as much as we like every one else’s? ❤️</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Kz8TR7I-4QnKKKAxAst1tpyRaC45HDhMUyfHgaHFScXxr7b3fYR-5FwbOQTwBjsfidmgMu6Q2KaN-716QAWfsI3j0MStx_NI5e4p1PQxubWMJLVG9TG87F2RPnG6-hiOWIeveBSfUJiEL1ZNtevOf0tPns6WBe-JsDzcWlB0uMif9PUMlyNLn4b3/s2575/4E61D227-4BB7-4563-B13E-35E49C844596.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2575" data-original-width="1931" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Kz8TR7I-4QnKKKAxAst1tpyRaC45HDhMUyfHgaHFScXxr7b3fYR-5FwbOQTwBjsfidmgMu6Q2KaN-716QAWfsI3j0MStx_NI5e4p1PQxubWMJLVG9TG87F2RPnG6-hiOWIeveBSfUJiEL1ZNtevOf0tPns6WBe-JsDzcWlB0uMif9PUMlyNLn4b3/w300-h400/4E61D227-4BB7-4563-B13E-35E49C844596.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"> Ms Liz’s colors were so bright and cheerful. ❤️</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhD_jAJefOj1-ZBLJvcxvCzv2pbHtRS39NEHZHnzh-adTy9BNIqHfPLsuLfA5D3EExFR-kIjjEEstbxopUWgW0KKsI3s_D2_Xvdh72OczjwKOf1dKabeV2Porgi-UHwycSZdW2P3mRhZuoS7nUxBFuhVuG-GyDfnv1SGroLp4dxSa31rLv7sAKz5-/s3335/7C5AD123-6E1D-41A1-A9CC-C8E02A64D09B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3335" data-original-width="2501" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhD_jAJefOj1-ZBLJvcxvCzv2pbHtRS39NEHZHnzh-adTy9BNIqHfPLsuLfA5D3EExFR-kIjjEEstbxopUWgW0KKsI3s_D2_Xvdh72OczjwKOf1dKabeV2Porgi-UHwycSZdW2P3mRhZuoS7nUxBFuhVuG-GyDfnv1SGroLp4dxSa31rLv7sAKz5-/w300-h400/7C5AD123-6E1D-41A1-A9CC-C8E02A64D09B.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;">One of my favorites was Gabby’s! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;">I love the wavy vase and her color choices. ❤️</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiketaqLJ9aNhM7kbx77eE_vUZ2NdkZoUp9XSMtpWjo2lqVKLWziCJjDTiUuBs9CMuT7Ir4i3JHmZZEvkSH5wwyBgjRj_hZssRvVYaRok5goPOikdmQsnRBhuLeod6klOh8-qcpgRqKvzYJqiPiBziRs-3fTiZpiAX2CvXfjdjLwvDj-a4Ul3OsIYGF/s2820/958FC011-D20D-4C19-BD85-E02F8C77A1A6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2820" data-original-width="2115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiketaqLJ9aNhM7kbx77eE_vUZ2NdkZoUp9XSMtpWjo2lqVKLWziCJjDTiUuBs9CMuT7Ir4i3JHmZZEvkSH5wwyBgjRj_hZssRvVYaRok5goPOikdmQsnRBhuLeod6klOh8-qcpgRqKvzYJqiPiBziRs-3fTiZpiAX2CvXfjdjLwvDj-a4Ul3OsIYGF/w300-h400/958FC011-D20D-4C19-BD85-E02F8C77A1A6.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;">Shelia’s was the most surprising! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;">Her purples and greens were breathtaking! ❤️</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKd53vtWIWguvdVLwjiJx_MJRDjevgi6361peJL8_0HdTDZg-AKIOoGBhl7y5e0nF3E3zL-gZl3BunZYOGv3kCSFcG8Hv59jSozOjgsg1QKWKUK9lPuSPG0E16EbobiKrSuRA3O7Yfe39aaLrFkrABBFBff2kAI3bDrY3Zvh4GUoSAnFk9k5s8GKq9/s3063/EDE4A8AA-7364-49CB-AC2E-CB61208B5E57.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3063" data-original-width="2297" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKd53vtWIWguvdVLwjiJx_MJRDjevgi6361peJL8_0HdTDZg-AKIOoGBhl7y5e0nF3E3zL-gZl3BunZYOGv3kCSFcG8Hv59jSozOjgsg1QKWKUK9lPuSPG0E16EbobiKrSuRA3O7Yfe39aaLrFkrABBFBff2kAI3bDrY3Zvh4GUoSAnFk9k5s8GKq9/w300-h400/EDE4A8AA-7364-49CB-AC2E-CB61208B5E57.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;">That was my day today. I immediately came home and collapsed in the bed - and slept for 3 hours! I enjoy doing this stuff, but my body screams in distress. I keep on keepin’ on. I am afraid to miss a moment of this sweet life.</span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;">Thank you, Jesus, for another wonderful day.</span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-55595555373805990102022-06-24T07:00:00.009-05:002022-06-24T07:00:00.200-05:00Sunset in Oklahoma <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">No explanation needed</span>. ❤️</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganx0mHNbsJZv2whfBSgIcVBGYxQKn5BxgoNsItrvV7paLm432tbVKb9AsxRaszs0F7y5du-b1gVxK1gX0krBKBhOHkpoVAVFSLFRYUU76T46UHtNPRi9vfeZJqrCLD6-wHvH5ki-CNyWMrql52GfV-JmcSxehmymUGpVlTDkqjIo9jylgqDgEkDZx/s2026/1BD51F04-0C2D-48C4-9CA8-119D28A89183.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2026" data-original-width="1552" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganx0mHNbsJZv2whfBSgIcVBGYxQKn5BxgoNsItrvV7paLm432tbVKb9AsxRaszs0F7y5du-b1gVxK1gX0krBKBhOHkpoVAVFSLFRYUU76T46UHtNPRi9vfeZJqrCLD6-wHvH5ki-CNyWMrql52GfV-JmcSxehmymUGpVlTDkqjIo9jylgqDgEkDZx/s320/1BD51F04-0C2D-48C4-9CA8-119D28A89183.jpeg" width="245" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_mwlZW8qdmBPoSnDE5A7mhcg2xz-lxn9if_5OlznnKjC8mx40Uq4EUjm_ujahrS-36wHvDESIOgDmuaf9iL8QZ0o9huakDfCVD3GMNMGRmgm9XS1mtiLSNSMjSZhuPjT-XDLSIs6DD7r6ViRXSjQBJSRVOM4yR-dZ1dbaSjvc2uv5CuII1vdAcKoj=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_mwlZW8qdmBPoSnDE5A7mhcg2xz-lxn9if_5OlznnKjC8mx40Uq4EUjm_ujahrS-36wHvDESIOgDmuaf9iL8QZ0o9huakDfCVD3GMNMGRmgm9XS1mtiLSNSMjSZhuPjT-XDLSIs6DD7r6ViRXSjQBJSRVOM4yR-dZ1dbaSjvc2uv5CuII1vdAcKoj=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><br />Laura and Mike were at our wedding in 1977. We have been friends many years! Steve and Mike were friends in High School even. Mike was best man at our wedding. Thank God he made it from Red’s notification of the time of our wedding TO our wedding - about 5 (?) hours? 🤣 And they had to drive 2 hours to the wedding!</span><p></p><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Gosh, I look back at some of the things we did and roll my eyes. We were crazy - so glad we have settled down some! We could have used some of this sense then. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Anyway, we lived 800 miles apart from our family and friends, but we did try to stay in touch with everyone. Steve was offshore working so much that it was difficult though. Since we moved back to Oklahoma, we get to see them more often, we meet for a quick lunch as we pass through the city to go to western Oklahoma and Laura and I chat about quilts and stuff through texting - and Mike and Red chat on the phone quite often.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">How many people have friends that they have kept in touch with for life? We are the lucky ones. I am still friends with people I went to grade school with and Steve has this sweet couple.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Thank God they all stuck around through our crazy times. Love you, Laura and Mike! </span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-76711352239592487802022-06-19T13:11:00.005-05:002022-06-21T14:56:36.115-05:00This… Last 3 Days…<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPsC9CI3SWrXUGU89iTDBup-QBf8ozh2QUYZDeZKdMku4yjyQtoGPttkNj6oeFckUL6V7Fufy9ck0wN2cnuOq9R_J8aiRmdpVcXlYkD6e6qM-M-WJ1Yr00v3YxTUAUvnfrpq6Sr0k5DVIlNaKxdxcE6br3Uahlckj7A1d3cl2GTIilXJo8-Z74CTW/s3088/F3CE81D5-38FF-4130-9690-42FF6478781B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPsC9CI3SWrXUGU89iTDBup-QBf8ozh2QUYZDeZKdMku4yjyQtoGPttkNj6oeFckUL6V7Fufy9ck0wN2cnuOq9R_J8aiRmdpVcXlYkD6e6qM-M-WJ1Yr00v3YxTUAUvnfrpq6Sr0k5DVIlNaKxdxcE6br3Uahlckj7A1d3cl2GTIilXJo8-Z74CTW/w300-h400/F3CE81D5-38FF-4130-9690-42FF6478781B.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial;"><br />I had my monthly infusion on Thursday. Everything went fine! No migraine, no nausea! As my nurse was de-accessing my port, she asked me if I had gotten both of my Evasheld shots - she explained it as vaccines against Covid that only Primary Immunodeficient patients could get. Not ever hearing about it, she stated that “we need to get that in you, I had zero reaction. You need them, let me go draw them up.” Off she went.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial;">I got 2 registered vaccinations, one in each arm, and off I went. I generally sleep the day off as I have to take 4 antihistamines to take my IgIV, so when I came home, I sat in my recliner dozing. Later in the evening, when I closed my eyes, demons would be there! People out to slay me. Terrible flashes of horrible stuff! Of course I would startle and open my eyes, try to watch tv and doze again… same thing happened!</span></p><p><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial;">Finally, it was time to go to bed. I would doze, startle awake and repeat. About midnight, I started itching from the core of my body. No rash, but a terrible clawing itch. I swear, even my ears - deep inside! It was awful! Between the hallucinations and itching, the next two days were miserable! I snuggled with my cat all 3 days. She loves to ‘hold hands’ - isn’t that sweet?</span></p><p><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial;">My Dr has Covid (he is at home) so I couldn’t bother him, and his nurse was on her weekend, so I didn’t bother her. I do have a Primary Immunodeficient friend, who also has weird reaction to meds, and I was so tired and sick that I couldn’t think straight, so I messaged her asking if she had any ideas. Thankfully she did, and together, we figured out a plan of action, and 6 hours later I was coming around. Today I woke up back to my normal - which we all know is definitely not normal! 🤣</span></p><p><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial;">Thank God for people in my corner! This was the most terrifying reaction I have ever had - and now I think these damned Covid vaccinations are injecting… well, I don’t know what the hell they are putting in me, but never again! I went to church today to pray the demons out! Gads! What a scary 3 days! And shame on me for allowing her to dive in and give me the shots! Shame on me for trusting her! What was I thinking?!? I react to every medication in a weird way - why did I think THAT would not affect me?</span></p><p><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial;">‘Nuff about that… Today was our preacher, Dylan’s, last day. He has taken a job in El Reno, so his wife and year-old-twins are heading out Thursday. We are getting a new preacher from Newkirk. I pray we love him. Looking forward to changes. Shuffling the deck is often good - brings new blood, new ideas, new friends. Praying that is our case this time.</span></p><p><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial;">That is all today. Later! Going to celebrate our children’s father - love that guy! 🥰</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313730311700758359.post-5213343696443854692022-06-17T07:00:00.016-05:002022-06-20T23:06:09.316-05:00My Name Story - Family Question #4<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFpack5zdky3GxEflxo9Uu1mkKmXmskvGcUdEvaVqwgrTHWYvUxUqgBtNw3rAdk_OIJ15wfJpuWRtOXtFthfwCOe7dl6R4PAeSboHqd7M6KuasbtYAJnia4TdzIyssD446PKJdxDbFKbhNubYD4qFtTeJ2DlQ8QuQIrWQDXIpS3Qu33VJK2CbAcErm/s4032/3FF33FDA-0BD2-43BA-A684-62F145C0980F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFpack5zdky3GxEflxo9Uu1mkKmXmskvGcUdEvaVqwgrTHWYvUxUqgBtNw3rAdk_OIJ15wfJpuWRtOXtFthfwCOe7dl6R4PAeSboHqd7M6KuasbtYAJnia4TdzIyssD446PKJdxDbFKbhNubYD4qFtTeJ2DlQ8QuQIrWQDXIpS3Qu33VJK2CbAcErm/w300-h400/3FF33FDA-0BD2-43BA-A684-62F145C0980F.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><br />My given name is unusual. It is Euvah, pronounced YOU-vuh. There is a story about it, and not one that thrills me, but it is a part of who I am. My mom, Karen, was married to my dad, Boyd. He was trying to be a photographer when I was born. You would think there would be a million pictures of me with my mom… but I only have one, somewhere in this mountain of pics everyone thinks I need.</span><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">But instead, I have a hundred or so pics of a woman dad knew named… you guessed it… Euvah. Euvah Richards holding Euvah Gail. A lot! Of Euvah and Euvah pics. A lot!<br /></span><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ69_OmUaypN6NTo3UdNapEQxMktMX5lHl6GBCVfmzUBNxAUqGLiPAX1u9SGJUh95kowVA50MYv_tgHFUsmwQO9JerLGBnARo23O4y0PS5iV4-lrnj-mYxrggbZ5DQTdX3FJ3GlGTf3CW43QHtCsHlvUQTHYJEOmY_h1hHoxp4eeCm4xihnO-KFXgO/s2803/EE1C47F3-5A8D-4667-8F78-2F9C2DD81CD7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2102" data-original-width="2803" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ69_OmUaypN6NTo3UdNapEQxMktMX5lHl6GBCVfmzUBNxAUqGLiPAX1u9SGJUh95kowVA50MYv_tgHFUsmwQO9JerLGBnARo23O4y0PS5iV4-lrnj-mYxrggbZ5DQTdX3FJ3GlGTf3CW43QHtCsHlvUQTHYJEOmY_h1hHoxp4eeCm4xihnO-KFXgO/w400-h300/EE1C47F3-5A8D-4667-8F78-2F9C2DD81CD7.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">I assumed that it was another one of my father’s mistresses, but I recently asked my Uncle Danny if that was true. He got quiet, thought about it a bit, and then told me that he thought dad was infatuated with Euvah R, but she never responded, so he didn’t think that she was his mistress. But who would hang around a married man and hold his newborn baby for hundreds of pics - and why?!?</span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">So I am either named after his infatuation or his mistress. Momma said he absolutely insisted I be named Euvah. She had chose another name to go with Gail, but he had no part of it. So I am Euvah… baddoova whatta cadoova… Gail (I love)… you know my last name… and from you know where. I never was given the gift of thought until Steve and I had been married many years, so I never even considered going by Gail until it was far too late.</span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">Pretty much all people with my married last name in the south are black, so reading my first and last name, people are startled when the see ME! 🤣</span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">This picture… is me on a rug that I still own. I wish I could say it was this fuzzy though… 🤣<br /></span><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs51nFCXFkp93FWdyN8NDh6qs2ogTGwgvEHwBIN6BKOzyBWSosjvQ2487o9DuepfdKxAER2pIDUCXHb83ryPthUNdMdGMDDQa27zMYGzkOItBThmlOWO8rLhxDP7fUVRfnNSQf0q9TfXfhqWry8zK8-4jD_wWfX6sRpHh-wdxMzh0zDUJ4mxrEb9Ll/s2295/4307C5D3-76C3-4B4E-ADC6-2A8FFBB2FB66.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2295" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs51nFCXFkp93FWdyN8NDh6qs2ogTGwgvEHwBIN6BKOzyBWSosjvQ2487o9DuepfdKxAER2pIDUCXHb83ryPthUNdMdGMDDQa27zMYGzkOItBThmlOWO8rLhxDP7fUVRfnNSQf0q9TfXfhqWry8zK8-4jD_wWfX6sRpHh-wdxMzh0zDUJ4mxrEb9Ll/w400-h266/4307C5D3-76C3-4B4E-ADC6-2A8FFBB2FB66.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0