MERRY CHRISTMAS

I HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TIME TO WRITE IN A WHILE SO....................HERE IS A FEW THINGS THAT ARE ON MY MIND TO SAY.........I PRAY THAT EVERYONE HAS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! MY FAMILY IS SPREAD OUT AND NOT EVERYONE WILL BE HOME AT MAMA'S THIS YEAR. MAKES IT KINDA SAD, BUT IN THE END WE KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE HERE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. AS FOR ME AND MY LITTLE BIT OF THE FAMILY WE WILL BE THERE (LINDSAY IS ALREADY THERE) AND READY FOR MAMA'S HOME COOKING!!! YOU JUST CAN'T FIND ANY FOOD ANY BETTER THAN MY MAMA'S!!! SHE CAN PUT A MEAL ON THE TABLE THAT WILL MAKE YA SLAP YA GRANNY BACK!! LOL!! I SAY THAT IN JEST CAUSE IF YOU KNEW MY GRANDMA YOU WOULDN'T EVEN THINK OF RAISING YOUR HAND LET ALONE SLAP!! MAN WE HAVE HAD SOME GOOD FOOD IN MY LIFE TIME AND NOW MY LITTLE LINDSAY IS THERE LEARNING HOW TO MAKE THE HOLIDAY MEALS JUST LIKE MEEMA DOES!!!!!!!!!!!! FAMILY TRADITIONS AND ALL THAT THAT HAS TO BE CARRIED ON FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION!! WE WASN'T ABLE TO GET MY DADDY'S SECRET INGREDIENT IN HIS SWEET POTATO PIE HE WASN'T ABOUT TO LET THAT CAT OUT OF THE BAG!! AND NOW WE DON'T GET TO HAVE A PIE THAT TASTES LIKE DADDY'S ANYMORE AND THAT HURTS LINDSAY. SHE TELLS MEEMA THAT HER PIE IS GOOD BUT I CAN SEE IT ON HER FACE THAT IT DOESN'T TASTE LIKE PAWPAW'S. SO TO ALL OF THE COOKS IN THE WORLD...........LET SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY IN ON THE SECRETS!!!!! WE ARE GONNA BE MISSING YOU TOO MUCH AND TO NOT BE ABLE TO TASTE YOUR SPECIAL DISH IS JUST TOO MUCH TO WATCH ON THE LITTLE ONES FACES............. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY

I HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY TO EVEN BEGIN TO WRITE ON THIS BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SO........................ I AM FINISHED FOR NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS

WELL AFTER HAVING THE DRYER "BREAKDOWN" ON THURSDAY OF LAST WEEK, THE REPAIR MAN CAME YESTERDAY. MR. CLEGG IS THE REPAIRMAN FOR AARON'S RENTALS. HE IS SUCH A NICE MAN. AND HE IS VERY THOROUGH. HE TOOK THE DRYER APART AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER 3 TIMES BEFORE HE HAD IT FIXED. HE DID EXACTLY WHAT IT NEEDED AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A PART TO BE SHIPPED! SEEMS THAT THE DUCT THAT IS CONNECTED INSIDE THE MACHINE HAD COME APART AND WAS LETTING ALL OF THE HEAT AND LINT INSIDE NOT OUT THRU THE DUCT TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE!! YEP I BROKE OUT THE OLE SHOPVAC AND HE CLEANED THAT OUT FOR ME. WHEN I SAW THAT I HAD A SHOCK TO KNOW THAT I HAD A "FIRE HAZARD" EVERY TIME I USED MY DRYER. YES I AM THANKFULL THAT THE DRYER BROKE DOWN! IF YOU REMEMBER, I HAD A HOUSE FIRE IN '90. MAMA HAD A HOUSE FIRE IN '90 AND WE BOTH LOST ALL OF OUR POSSESSIONS. NO ONE WAS HURT EXCEPT A CAT THAT MY MOTHER HAD AND HER BIG AQUARIUM. SHE REALLY GRIEVED OVER THAT MORE SO THAN THE POSSESSIONS. SO....FOR ME TO SEE THAT YES I MUST SAY I KNEW THAT OLE FIRE FEAR AGAIN. BUT MR. CLEGG DID EVERYTHING HE COULD DO TO GET THAT CLEANED UP AND NOW I AM USING THE DRYER WITHOUT FEAR OF ANY KIND. THANK YOU GOD FOR LETTING THE DRYER BREAKDOWN BEFORE ANYTHING BAD COULD HAPPEN. I AM VERY GRATEFULL.

HERE IS A NEW POST!!

OK HERE I AM, I AM KINDA SLOW WITH THE TYPING SO...... LOL!!! REALLY THOUGH I HAVEN'T POSTED A NEW BLOG IN SO LONG THAT I HAD TO BE REMINDED BY MY SISTER'S 1ST BORN TO DO SO ALREADY!!!!! THANKS FOR THE REMINDER!!! AND YES TO MY LOVING NEICE, THERE HAS BEEN STUFF HAPPENING IN MY LIFE!!! IT IS JUST THE SAME OLE KIND OF STUFF THAT OTHERS WOULD FIND BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT HERE GOES...... BE READY TO BE BORED................SINCE I LAST WROTE MY BELOVED NASCAR HAS WENT INTO THEIR "OFF" SEASON!! THAT IS A BUMMER FOR ME!! THAT MEANS NO MORE RACING TILL FEB '09 AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME TO ME!! AS FOR THE DRIVERS....PROBABLY NOT LONG ENOUGH.ON A MORE PERSONAL LEVEL, I HAVE A JOBE INTERVIEW SET FOR DEC. 1ST SO.... AND AS FOR ANYTHING ELSE WELL...... SAME OLE SAME OLE. NOT MUCH CHANGES. I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE HOUSE, I TALK TO MY MOTHER EVRY DAY ON THE PHONE AND SEE HER EVERY FRIDAY WHEN I AM OUT PAYING BILLS. I TALK TO MY SISTER BRENDA ON THE PHONE EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS OR SO. AS FOR MY "LIL" SISTER SUSIE, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO HER FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I AM A "HOMEBODY" LOL!!!!! I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THE VERY LAST SEASON OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE NIGHTIME SHOWS....... ER!!! I AM REALLY SAD THAT THIS IS THE LAST OF IT. I HAVE BEEN HERE WITH THEM SINCE THE BEGINNING. THE ONLY THING STILL ON THAT HAS BEEN ON LONGER, WOULD BE MY DAYTIME SOAP "DAYS OF OUR LIVES" AND DON'T EVEN LET ME THINK THEY ARE GONNA CANCELL THAT!!!!!!!!WHOA!!!!!!!TOO MUCH FOR ME TO THINK ABOUT. SEE MY MOTHER WATCHED THAT WHEN I WAS VERY SMALL, SHE TUNED IN FOR THE VERY FIRST ONE. AND I HAVE BEEN A FAN EVER SINCE!! EVEN WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, I WOULD MAKE SURE I TALKED TO THE BUS DRIVER TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED!!THANKS GLORIA!!!ON MY HOLIDAYS THERE I WAS...WATCHING "DAYS" AND EVER SINCE......... WHEN I GREW UP AND HAD A VCR I HAD IT PROGRAMED TO TAPE MY SOAPS. BEFORE THE VCR I HAD GIRLFRIENDS THAT WATCHED (R.I.P. JULIE AND LEONDRA). WHILE I WAS ON THE ROAD IN THE BIG TRUCK WITH CHARLES, HE ALWAYS TIMED HIS NAP TIME AND LOCATION TO A PLACE WHERE I GOT GOOD NBC RECEPTION!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS CHARLES!!SINCE I AM HOME MOST OF THE TIME NO NEED TO TAPE I WATCH.... WHEN I GET A JOB I WILL BE TAPING THOUGH YOU CAN BET ON THAT!! OR I HAVE MAMA AND SHE IS A FAN AGAIN SINCE SHE HAS RETIRED.I GET TO WATCH "DAYS" WITH HER ON FRIDAYS!!! I LOVE MY "DAYS" THOSE PEOPLE ALMOST SEEM LIKE FAMILY!! I HAVE SPENT A HOUR A DAY ALMOST EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE WITH THEM. A LOT MORE TIME THAN I HAVE WITH SOME OF MY BLOOD RELATIVES.SO YOU CAN SEE MY ATTACHMENT. WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW I GUESS I DID HAVE SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT AFTER ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL !!!!!!!!!!SO I WILL POST THIS NOW TO LET THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ME KNOW THAT I AM STILL HERE............JUST THE SAME OLE BORING ME AFTER ALL!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YA'LL BUNCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY MOTHER

MY MOTHER IS 73 YEARS OLD. SHE IS A VERY STRONG AND INDEPENDENT WOMAN. SHE HAS HAD TO OVERCOME GREAT DIFFICULTIES IN HER LIFE. SHE LOVES TO WATCH A NASCAR RACE EVERYTIME "HER GUY" IS RACING. SHE DOESN'T NORMALLY WATCH THE NATIONWIDE RACES BUT SHE DOES IF JIMMIE JOHNSON IS GONNA BE IN IT. EVERY SUNDAY THOUGH YOU CAN'T CALL HER DURING THE RACE AND HAVE HER FULL ATTENTION!! SHE WILL TALK TO YOU AND LISTEN TO YOU BUT YOU KNOW SHE IS WATCHING THAT RACE. YESTERDAY HER JIMMIE DIDN'T DO TOO GOOD AND SHE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED. HE LEADS IN THE POINTS RIGHT NOW AND SHE IS ROOTIN' FOR HIM TO GET THE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN, THAT WILL TIE A RECORD SET BY CALE YARBOURUGH FOR 3 IN A ROW!! CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP 3 YEARS IN A ROW??? WOW!! PRETTY AWESOME STUFF!! I LOVE MY MOTHER, SHE IS THE ONE THAT GOT ME STARTED WATCHING THE NASCAR RACES WHEN I WAS VERY LITTLE. I REMEMBER WE WENT TO DARLINGTON WHEN I WAS 3 0R 4. MY BIG SISTER AND I STOOD IN LINE TO GET RICHARD PETTYS AUTOGRAPH. WE DIDN'T GET IT, DUE TO ME BEING TRAMPLED BY THE CROWD. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THEM TO THE RACES TO GET THE AUTOGRAPHS OF THE MEN THEY CHEER FOR, EVEN THOUGH RICHARD DOESN'T RACE ANY MORE HE IS THERE EVERY WEEKEND BECAUSE HE HAS CARS OUT THERE. NOW THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHEN I WILL MENTION MY DRIVER.......NOT HERE THIS IS FOR MY MOTHER....... "GO JIMMIE JOHNSON GO!! TAKE THAT #48 TO THE FRONT AND KEEP IT THERE!! YOU AND SHAD BOTH KNOW HOW TO WIN THIS RACE SO DO IT!!" THOSE WORDS ECHO IN MY MAMA'S HOUSE EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SHE IS THE BEST MOTHER IN THE WHOLE WORLD AND I WOULDN'T TRADE ONE SECOND OF MY LIFE WITH HER. SHE IS THE BEST!!!

A GOOD TURN OUT

HEY!! JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I HAD A GREAT TIME GIVING OUT CANDY TONIGHT TO ALL OF THE TRICK-OR-TREATERS!! I HAD A BLAST!! EVERYONE OF THE CHILDREN WERE SO VERY NICE AND POLITE! BIG AND SMALL REMEMBERED TO TELL ME "THANK YOU MAM"!!! WHAT A WONDERFUL TOWN I LIVE IN. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I GAVE OUT CANDY IN MY "NEW HUMBLE ABODE", AND WHAT A GREAT AND LOVELY SUPRISE TO SEE ALL OF THE CHILDREN SO WELL BEHAVED AND WELL MANNERED!! I REALLY ENJOYED MY NIGHT WITH ALL THE LITTLE GHOSTS, GOBLINS, PIRATES,WITCHES, AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON I MET TONIGHT. OH YEAH; I MET THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET TONIGHT. HER NAME IS MELISSA (SHE SAID CALL HER LISA) HER HUSBAND CHRIS WAS IN THE VAN WITH THE BABY GIRL, SHE AND THEIR SON CAME UP TO THE DOOR . SHE WAS A VERY "GOOD" WITCH!!!! I REMEMBER DRESSING UP WITH LINDSAY, WHAT FUN WE ALWAYS HAD!!!!!!!!!

STILL NEW AT THIS

MAN I DIDN'T "THINK" I WAS DUMB! LOL BUT THIS NEW SITUATION I HAVE CREATED FOR MYSELF MAKES ME WONDER......... I AM TRYING TO MASTER THIS BLOGGING THINGY AND I JUST MAKE THINGS HARDER FOR MYSELF!LOL ANYWAY I DECIDED TO GO WITH A REGULAR TEMPLATE FROM THE BLOGGER SITE AND NOT TRY TO BRING ONE OVER FROM PYZAM.COM A LOT EASIER I SEE!! LOL ANY WAY STAY TUNED FOR MORE CHANGES AS I BECOME MORE ACCLIMATIZED TO THIS ENVIRONMENT

RANDOM THOUGHTS

THIS IS MY VERY FIRST "BLOG" SO PLEASE BE KIND!! I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY IDEAS TO WRITE ABOUT AT THIS TIME. SO THIS WILL BE RANDOM................I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT I AM SADDENED OVER THE DEATHS THAT HAVE TOUCHED MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS LATEL. EVEN THOUGH IT IS ALL A PART OF LIVING, GRIEF IS VERY HARD FOR ME TO PROCESS. I EITHER GIVE INTO IT AND BECOME AN EMOTIONAL "MESS" TO POINT OF NOT FUNCTIONING, OR I TRY TO DISTANCE MYSELF AND THEN TO OTHERS THAT SEEMS COLD. SORRY FOLKS I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER EXPLAINATION. I AM A REAL EMOTIONAL PERSON, I AM NOT A FAKE, I REFUSE TO PRETEND TO BE OTHER THAN I AM. I "FEEL" FOR EVERYONE, AND I HAVE TO PROTECT MYSELF FROM BECOMING A BIG BLUBBERING MESS......SO IN ESSENCE I SHUT GRIEF UP AND SON'T PROCESS IT VERY WELL. THAT MEANS THAT AT INOPPORTUNE MOMENTS IT WILL BREAK OUT AND VOILA I AM CRYING AND HAVE TO TRY REAL HARD TO GET CONTROL. I HAVE "UNTENDED" GRIEF FROM WAY BACK IN MY SINGLE DIGIT YEARS. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET PAST DEATHS THAT OCCURED WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, SO NOW THAT I AM A RIPE OLE 46 I HAVE A HARD TIME FACING FUNERAL SCENES. THAT IS NOT TO MEAN THAT THE PEOPLE CONCERN ARE NOT IMPORTANT TO ME QUITE THE CONTRARY, THEY USUALLY MEAN VERY MUCH TO ME AND I CAN'T FACE THEIR DEATH AT THAT TIME. LATER AFTER IT HAS TIME TO REGISTER I WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO GRIPS WITH IT. I HAVE BEEN TO VERY FEW FUNERALS SINCE "MY DADDY" DIED, JUST CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE ONES I TOOK MY DAUGHTER TOO WHEN SHE DIDN'T HAVE A RIDE OF HER OWN. I AM AN EMOTIONAL WIMP I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING THAT, WELL TOO BAD FOR YOU, I KNOW WHEN TO PRESERVE MYSELF AND SHIELD MYSELF FROM HURT. I GRIEVE IN MY OWN WAY AT MY OWN PACE AND "COMING TOGETHER" WITH OHTERS GRIEVING DOESN'T HELP ME OR THEM. JUST HAVE TO SAY MAY EVERYONE THAT HAS PASSED ON FROM THIS LIFE "REST IN PEACE" AND GOD BLESS THE ONES LEFT BEHIND..................