Momma's Birthday

Today is my sweet Momma's 76th Birthday. Love you Mother!

Me and the Girls on Mother's Day 2012

I haven't blogged in a while. Been through a lot since I last blogged and it would take a long time to catch up. So I will just start from here and go forward.

Today is Sunday, September 30th, 2012.
I went across the street to Coach Davis' house to their "Open House" where they remodeled. Mel is at the painball field. ;o) Now I am here on the couch "blogging" boring words on this computer.

SO I shall go......

Tuesday's Tidbits

Well today I don't have alot to say so I am just going to post my thankful list.
1. My Family!
2. My Health
3. It's Christmas time and I love this time of year!
4. Salvation
5. A warm house and visiting with my wonderful mother!

Have a wonderful day!
Donna

Thanksgiving 2011

Today is going to be very hard! Thanksgiving last year Daddy finally decided to allow us to put him in the hospital. The picture above is the Christmas before (2010) when he was "well" --or before he knew he was sick. He was smiling and so happy to be with his family! He loved us all right up to the very end! He told us too! The day the died he told us all he loved us and that he didn't want to leave us.

Oh how I miss my Daddy!!!! Words cannot express how much I miss him! Just to get to hug him would be wonderful! He told us all he was ready to go to Heaven, but he didn't want to leave us. I know he didn't too. It's funny...it is 4:30 AM as I sit here writing this. If Daddy were alive and well he would be up frying bacon getting ready to go hunting. He always thought the whole house should wake up too. He turned every light on through the house and just made all kinds of noise. He didn't care who he woke up. :o)

When we would get up to go shopping on Black Friday he would always wake me up. He was funny. He loved getting me up. He thought mom should get up and go with us. She liked to stay in and come meet us around 10 or so. We'd be long finished by then. Daddy would get a kick out of it all. He liked to see what all we bought at the end of the night when he got home from hunting. We usually tried to get him something. Usually a shirt for Christmas. It got hard trying to out-beat the one we got the year before with sayings, etc. Then he got to where he loved to dress up. Oh how he loved his church clothes.

Daddy's pride and joys were his grandchildren. He loved Britney, Rebecca and Austin!!! Thanksgiving was a special time for him with them. He could call a turkey with his mouth so he loved showing off for them with his turkey calls, etc. How many turkey videos did Britney watch with her Papaw? Bless her little heart she loved crawling up in his lap and watching those silly videos and hearing him practice his calls. Becca loved it too. I am surprised they didn't call turkeys before they could talk.

Austin loved hearing his Papaw read to him. Daddy read to all his grandchildren. He spent countless hours reading to them. He loved for them to sit in his lap and play. He would just hold them for hours on end. I think Becca sat in his lap right up until he couldn't hold her because he was too sick. Then she laid beside him in his hospital bed. She'd ask him if he missed her and he'd laugh and say, "Yeah, how could I not."

Bless daddy's heart when he knew it was the end he called all three grandchildren and wanted them right there with him. Britney stayed 3 weeks. Becca came the minute she finished college and stayed until he took his last breath. Andrea moved right in to our old bedroom with Austin and they stayed too. We sent Austin to Uncle Gerald's (mother's brother) the last two days though. It was just too hard on him. I am so glad Daddy wanted him to go to Uncle Gerald's. Daddy told him, "bye and to be a good little boy."  Austin had no idea Daddy was telling him good bye forever. We all did though.

My doctor, Joe Herren (best doctor in the world!!!) told me today (Thanksgiving) and the rest of the year would be hard. I had no idea! Hard seems like a kind and easy word compared to the feelings I have this morning. The tears won't stop pouring.  I just have to make it to Aunt Ru's house and then I can drop! I should have gone on last night. I dread the drive. I just wish my Daddy would be there to ask me if I checked my oil before I left home. :o)

Thanksgiving Thankful List:
MEL!!!
My beautiful GIRLS!!! and a wonderful Son-in-law!!!
My wonderful MOTHER!!! My best friend!
JOHN!!! (brother---the very best in the world and I am not kidding! I am so lucky to have him!)
ANDREA and AUSTIN!!! (Oh God sent us an Angel when he sent us Austin! Best thing that ever happened to Andrea! God only knows the BIG picture! He knew she needed this little man in her life! He is such a blessing!)
The Best Daddy a girl could have ever wished for!
A wonderful family!

My sweet, beautiful Mother.

Joshua and Britney (my oldest Angel)

My brother, John

My Rebecca (youngest Angel)

Austin

Loving my Family!!!! Today and every day!!!

Typical Mel. This is him---in his work clothes! In his office! 

Mel and Becca at Makin' Music 2011

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!! I know I will. I cannot wait to love on my Family!!!! Besides we are going to see The Muppets! :o) Couldn't be a better day!

My Girls!

This is my beautiful Becca. I am the only one allowed to call her Rebecca (which is what I named her). She is such a sweetheart! She is going to the Dominican Republic again this year on Spring Break to work in an Orphanage. She has also applied to live there when she graduates for 2 years and work. I am praying about this. Please pray. I think this is awesome! Her dad does not. He is afraid of the location (being right next to Hatti). She needs this work. She needs this discipline. God needs her. She will prosper so if she gets this fellowship! Just pray!

This is Joshua and Britney (my oldest daughter and her husband). She is a sweetheart too. I am so blessed by God to have these wonderful girls! I am praying about something with Joshua and Britney also. They are making changes in their life right now. Britney already made a huge career change. She gave up her social work career to stay at home and work full time with Premier. She is doing wonderful. This is a good thing as she will be established when they decide and begin their family. Joshua however is in the process of interviewing and waiting on an answer for a new Youth Minister job. Please pray about this. He also is wishing to begin his masters. If he obtains one of the jobs he has interviewed for it would be a perfect opportunity for him to go back and get his masters at a reputable University very close to his job. God only knows the BIG picture. It is in His hands. However I am still praying.



I am so lucky to have these wonderful girls in my life! They have never given me one minute's trouble. They are my SUNSHINE!
Thank you God for my beautiful and wonderful children!

Thursday's Thankful List

Thursday's Thankful List
1. Mel
2. Mother and her regained strength. Please allow her to continue to get well and have a long life.
3. My beautiful Girls!!!
4. My wonderful extended family!
5. My church family.
6. The word!
7. The breaking of dawn through the trees in the window. Beautiful!!!!
8. A morning with little pain.
9. Salvation!
10. Grace and Mercy! Understanding! Hope of Eternal Life!

Thank You God for a wonderful World to live in. You made this Earth so beautiful! Heaven must be glorious. I cannot wait to get there! I know my sweet Daddy is saving me a place on his pew! Thank You for an all glorious World!
In Jesus' Holy Name, Amen

Thursday's Blessings

This is Jewels. She is my oldest cat. I got her from a friend at church on Halloween day. They were building their house and the momma to Jewels was a wild cat. She crawled up in the attic and had her kittens. The workers had to retrieve the kittens and bring them down from the crawl space. Julie had them all in a closet in the upstairs area of their house. Becca and I went out and picked out Jewels. We named her after our friend Julie.

At first Jewels didn't prove to be a Jewel. She was a little tyrant. She would claw you up in a second. She was kind to us but anyone else she would claw and bite at. She hated strangers coming into her house. She was truly a wild cat. She had it in her blood and we still see this from time to time now after all these years. We had to have her declawed. If we hadn't we would have never been able to hold her. She still to this day thinks she has claws. :o) She loves us, especially Mel.

Jewels is a true GIFT from God. She gives us unconditional love all the time. We cannot sit down without her in our laps. She gets up on the desktop and head butts my hand while I am typing wanting attention. She lays in my lap while I am on the computer and sleeps with me, sometimes cuddling so close that I have to make her get down and she will growl when she does. She loves us.

Mel and Rebecca play games with her. She loves this!!! Mel has a game called, "head, head, head...belly." He gets her and touches her on the head and says, "head." Then he moves to other parts of her body and calls those parts. She waits anxiously and swats at his hand each move he makes waiting on him to move to her belly. When he calls "belly" she cries like no body's business. He doesn't even have to touch her belly, she knows the word and starts yelling. If he puts her down she will run right back for more. The more he plays the more she wants. She loves this game! She especially loves it when Becca holds her and Mel plays it. They can play all night and she will just lay there and play. She gets real rough with Mel and Becca!

She rarely gets rough with me. Jewels knows I am the one to go to for love! Now don't get me wrong she goes to Mel for loving too. Mel will hold her forever and rub her and she loves this. They lay on the couch together most of the time. Mel does not own his lap, Jewels does. But when Jewels wants the real love she comes to me. She is hilarious too. She will about knock me down trying to beat me up the stairs. She will run right past me and get between the spokes of the upstairs bannisters and stick her head out for kisses. She knows the word and loves them. She will kiss you only there. That is her kissing place.

Can you tell I love my cats?

I have another cat too. My princess, Susie. She is full blooded Siamese and gorgeous! I do not have a picture of her on this computer. I will have to post one later. She is a whole story within herself. She is a talker. Which I love! I will tell you all about her next time.

Have a blessed day and kiss a cat!