Welcome Aiden!

My nephew Aiden joined the family today about 5:15 am. He was scheduled for a Dec 1st c-section arrival, but decided to put in an early appearance.

November 30th, 2008
7 lbs 15 oz
21 inches long

Son to Lee and Jessica
Brother to Katie Beth

I hope to see him soon. I was so sick I thought I was going to go to the ER and of course I didn't want to expose any of them if I were contagious. That and the fact that I couldn't walk more than 2 or 3 steps before I needed to sit down.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

My friend Leona-from-Arizona, her daughter Nadine and her mother Jean came for a visit. I haven't seen her in about a year and a half, so I really enjoyed getting to spend several hours with her. I'd never met her mom or her daughter, so that was fun.


We decided to be a little silly and the leaves just looked like they needed to be stirred up a bit.


You know you've got great friends when you go buy some fresh pork skins and they dig in with you and enjoy them as much as you do. It was Nadine's first time trying them, but she enjoyed them.

Lazy day

I've been nothing but lazy today. My left leg has been slightly numb all day. I read it might be one of the after effects of the injection I had yesterday.

$1.71

Forgot to post yesterday that gas was $1.71 at the new gas station. They were having their grand opening, so I think that is probably why it was so much lower than everyone else's $1.94 - $1.99. Lines were long, and we were short on time, so we bypassed that station and paid $1.99 at the next station.

Much better

I am much better this morning. About midnight last night, I was frustrated, I'd been in pain for hours, couldn't get comfortable, etc.

Ouchie!

I had the first of two spinal injections for my back today. Ouchie! They said it would get worse before it got better, and man are they right! I can't get comfortable, and I hurt. I've been home for about 6 hours now and I can't decide whether to sit, stand, lie down, pace or what.

My next injection is scheduled for the 25th.

$1.89

Gas was $1.89 yesterday and today at a nearby gas station. Has been holding steading in the $1.90's.

Appropriate

Obozo (that says it all)

My brother

I'm so proud of my little brother! He was called and hired by the Saxby Chambliss campaign to photograph an event today. John McCain was there to endorse Saxby. My brother got to meet John McCain and have his picture made with him.

He has done work for Saxby before, he has also photographed President Bush and V.P. Cheney, among others.

Happy Birthday Chris!

Happy Birthday Chris!! I love you, Jules

Willy's new door

Yesterday Chris installed a cat door for Willy in the window we would always open and close for him to go onto the back porch. I'm so excited about it! It's taken him a little while to get used to it, but he is using it on his own now. Thank you Chris from Willy and me.

Fall leaves

Just a couple of shots of the leaves in my backyard.

Doves

We stopped at a rest area on the drive home from Florida and Chris was able to get several shots of some doves. This one was my favorite.

Better today

My spirits are a little better today. I started receiving jokes by text and email - some of them were very cute. Laughter helped some. Talking with all of my friends who have the same fears, and basically venting has helped. I am not watching the news, or reading the news on the Internet, my brain needs a break from it all.

Happy Birthday Edna

Happy Birthday Edna.

Heavy Heart

I went to bed last night with a heavy heart after the election results came in. I've not liked results before, but I've never been so saddened and scared by results. Life as we have known it in the United States is over. I pray for us, I pray for future generations. I hope I am only nervous, but in my heart, I know that something life changing has happened to our country, and I don't think the change is going to be good for any of us.

The failure to salute our flag - rumor? His associations with known terrorists exaggerated? His middle name... well, should I make a public statement about how I feel about that? I could go on with the things that make me concerned, these are just small examples.

I woke up this morning, trying to sort out my emotions, and my phone rang, it was my boss, calling to gloat, to rub in the victory of his candidate - I asked him if it was okay to tell my boss "screw you", he laughed and said "it's a free country". My response was "maybe not for long". He came into my office this afternoon and off and on for an hour or two, he gloated. At other times during the day, I received phone calls and text messages, and had face to face conversations with people just as upset as I am about the outcome. My boss called me a sore loser, I told him that I'm not a sore loser, I'm a scared loser.

One friend told me that we still have God on our side, and we still have prayer. Those thoughts did make me feel better. I am a Christian, and I know God is there for us.

Someone told me "it's only 4 years, (hopefully) so maybe it won't be too bad".

John McCain's speech last night was amazing - and it made me all the more certain that he was the right man for the job. Maybe he can be the one in the future to be elected to clean up the mess that is coming. I also believe Sarah Palin capable of cleaning up the mess.

God Bless America, now more than ever.

Election results

The prayer in my heart is that the voters that have yet to cast their votes today will put God and "Country First".

Happy Birthday Lee

Happy Birthday to my brother Lee.

Praying

I will be praying for our country all day long today. God Bless the USA.

Thanks Bebe & Pops

Thank you Bebe and Pops for keeping Willy for me while we were gone.

He has been very clingy since we got home. He was under my feet every step I took it seemed. He started at 2:45 am trying to get me out of bed. I didn't give in until 5:52 am though. He's sitting next to me while I blog this, making it hard to type at times since he thinks I should be petting him instead of typing.

$1.89

Filled up once I picked Willy up from my parents house at Wal-Mart. It was $1.89. The last place we filled up on the way back from Florida was $2.15.

Scrapbook Jackpot!

My friend Dee had heard about a scrapbook yard sale, so we struck out to find it, and find it we did. I got all of the stuff in the photo for under$30!! Now, all I have to do is find the time to actually use it all! Maybe today since it is the last day of our vacation.

More Vacation photos

Outside a church in Tarpon Springs, Florida.



YAY!! We found a large McCain/Palin sign and I just had to take advantage of the photo-op.



We drove to Tarpon Springs, a Greek community, to check out the sponge docks and an arts and crafts festival they were having.

Shopping!

Finally, we made it down to the beach. Perfect weather to wear my Sarah! Sweatshirt.

Happy Birthday Cecil

Happy Birthday Cecil. Hope you're doing well in W.VA.