Trinity

Aurora, Herman, Willow, and Boxcar.

Ok, this is the whole family, taken December 26th, in Georgia at Blair's house. Me, Mom and Dad, Blair and Leigh, Rachel (in Blair's arms) Riley (with Leigh) and Rena with Leigh's dog, Max.

This was something Mom kept saying she wanted, a picture of all of us together. Now she has it.

Slow Mondays

Ok, I really hate slow Mondays. Fridays are usually pretty busy here, but this past Friday was slow, so there was no layover work for Monday. Erin is tired because she didn't get back from Phily until 1am. I am tired because I went to bed at 11 pm, and woke up at 3am on the dot. And Ed, well, he already has his toes in the sand on St. Croix.

At least if it were sunny, it wouldn't be so bad. But it is dreary, half raining, and cool. Not cold, just annoyingly cool.

So many things going on this week and the last couple of weeks.

1. Kathie's twins are getting ready to graduate from high school. Well, Kara is already done, but Dani is graduating. I wish I could go out there for it. I had promised, but I was there at Thanksgiving the last two years, and have a wedding here the same weekend. I would prefer graduation in New Mexico, but Kathie's family is coming out, and they have never been there. She needs some time with them. I am sad though, because I won't get to see them this summer. It seems only yesterday, Kathie was telling me she was having twins, and my mom and I were laughing so hard.
   
2. My friends, Lisa and Dave, are finally going to get to bring their son home from Children's Hospital. He is finally of weight and off all medicines, and doing great. The girls are so excited. They were bouncing off the walls in class yesterday. Way to go, JP. Amen and thanks to God!
   
3. It's finally Spring! Wow! Finally-well maybe. It's still a little cold. But the flowers are blooming. Jenny Hollingsworth and I are already planning on heading to the Free Plant Swap at Sotterley Plantation.
   

More later

Okay, I just got a myspace blog post from my brother in law in California. He is engaged. In the post, he says he had already told everyone, and that they are excited. He didn't tell me. I wish he had called.

I am excited for him. I guess it's the sadness that Pat isn't here to see Billy get married. And Billy is in another place across the country. And except for emails sometimes, I am pretty cut off from them. Yes, I don't want to have much to do with some people, but they are cool. I dearly love Cheri and Brian. They have helped me through a lot. Billy and Danny- well they didn't even call Pat in the hospital, and never came until the night he died, and I think that hurts them a lot. It hurts even more, because we helped them out a lot. We hired Danny and paid him a lot of money to help out. Billy did a lot of work for Pat too. Also, I was the one running down to Brome Howard late at night to take him to work, and pick him up, along with Danny. I just really feel cut off, like because I didn't let some people get away with things, I lost everyone.

Kath-Big Sis-Brat

I have this wonderful friend named Kathie. She and I have been friends for many years now, more than twenty years. We have shared lots of laughter, beer, wine, awesome food, jokes, songs, and yes, lots of tears. We both love romance novels, cross stitching, cooking, hot tubs, and scuppernong wine.

Kathie lives in New Mexico now, and I miss her. I have been out there twice to see her, and loved the house, the area, and just hanging out with her.

We listen to each other when noone else will listen to us. Whenever something is going on in our lives, we tell the other one pretty quickly. And, most of the time when I am thinking I am going to call her, she ends up calling me, or I call her just as she is getting ready to call me.

I really hope she realizes how lucky I am to call her friend. She really knows the true meaning of being a wonderful friend and sister

Rain Rain Go away or become snow!

Ok, it has been raining for two days. Lots of rain. And yesterday we had ice mixed in too. I would love for it to either snow like crazy, so everything is shut down, or just stop and let the sun come out.

My tulips and irises and daffodils are popping up. I can't wait until Spring! But I would love some snow!

I was able to get some primroses at WalMart the other day. They are so bright and cheery.

My yard in Spring is a mass of daffodils and tulips then irises. It is incredible.