i am not lost

     yes it has been three years since i have made a post! and yes it is ridicules, i get that!  now with that said....a lot has happened some good, some bad, and some i just dont understand. so i have alot of catching up to do. the short of it is....i have one husband and two sons. one that refuses to speak to me and one that does. i now have a daughter in-law and an amazing grandson and in a few short months another grandchild will join us.

    for the most part i am a happy person. but just like everyone, i too have my days.

  i am hoping that blogging again will help me with expressing my feelings. so my goal is to do this on somewhat regular basis.

    i do promise (mostly to myself) that all will not be sad on here because i have so much to be grateful for!  i hope to share so much of my happy moments but i am sure the sad ones will creep in occasionally

  have a great day you deserve it!!!.

Cover Shot

Donna McSpadden is the most amazing woman. She has always been the woman behind the Man, but she is a legend of her own . It is sad to say that she lost the love of her life last year. She is a beautiful and strong Lady.

I met this wonderful woman when I was ask to do a shoot for a magazine cover. I walked into her house and immediately she made me feel like I had known her all my life. Honestly, I wish I had.

I went to this job with the attitude of yippee My First Cover and came away with WOW I met Donna McSpadden- one of the most remarkable human beings I have ever known. Not to say that I am not excited about the photo, because it did make the cover and Yes I am over the moon with excitement.

This is a magazine that is for all women not just cowgirls, so don't let the title fool you.

Diamonds ARE a Girls Best Friend

Yes maam He did good! He did real Good!

This is coming from the girl who doesn't really wear a lot of jewelry. During the week I wear your basic gold band and thats it. With my job its not practical to wear a lot of jewelry. I did wear it Monday though, the guys at work had to see it.

After 25 years and a few hints (not a lot), the Husband pulled it off. Saturday we were going out to eat at Flemings (a steak house)and before we left our house I decided to give him the gifts I had gotten for him (a motorcycle lift and seat, a digital camera for hunting and a Tom Tom GPS ) he loved them. He said it was like Christmas, then it was time to leave, we did have reservations at 7 pm.

You have to understand that for the last 24 years we haven't exchanged anniversary gifts, maybe a card, but thats it. I will say he was surprised, and then so was I when he didn't say "Honey I have something for you too". No he just said thanks and we better get on the road to make those reservations. OK well so much for that. I still had hope.

We got to the steak house and was seated and of course I was starving and was going on and on about which steak I wanted and which appetizer to get. When he shut his menu and said "I have something for you", and "I Love You" blah blah blah get on with it PLEASE!!!!!

Then he laid the box on the table. HOLY COW!!! Not only was it a ring, it was THE ring. The one I had wanted but hadn't told or showed him yet (hadn't had the chance)(and really didn't think it would do any good anyways) Now what are the odds of that. Husband actually getting it and getting it right!!

It was hard to eat (i am left handed) and look at my ring at the same time but I managed somehow.

It is beautiful and it fits perfectly and its all mine baby!

Thank You Husband of 25 years!!!!

More than half my LIFE

I have been married to the same man for more than HALF. OF. MY. LIFE. Yesiree!



Some days it seems like 50 years and some days it seems like maybe 5 (more of the 50 and less of the 5 LOL). Some have been good and if your married you know that some have been bad.



We have been through alot in these last 25 years, just learning to be married was quite an adjustment (and me learning to make gravy). Most of the time I think we are still learning that process. (Husband would probably say that I am a slow learner) We have enjoyed raising two wonderful sons (21 months apart) and all the joys and tears that they brought. The tough times, the good times, happy and sad, they all came and went in phases. Made it through most of them without much tribulation. I said without much, not without any. Raising kids is not always easy and carefree, but the good times sure do outweigh the tough ones.



I was a stay at home Mom in the beginning, until the boys were both in school. That was the hardest and most fulfilling JOB I have ever had. I was lucky, Husband had a good job (he is a workaholic) and we could afford for me to be at home with my sons in the beginning. Both boys are now grown and have moved on with their lives and now it's back to the Husband and ME. That presents a whole new learning process for us.



We have been through 25 count'em 25 years of hunting seasons and yes he is still alive. In the beginning of this marriage I dreaded bow season and being left at home every weekend for three months every single winter. Now to be honest I look forward to it. I look at it as MY TIME. My time to do what I want, to watch what I want, to eat what and when I want and I enjoy that some of the time ( OK I enjoy it alot).



In those 25 years we each have lost loved ones, both of Husbands parents and both of my parents , also my only brother. It was the hardest times of our lives. At one point I felt like the Funeral Planner and that's not what I want to be when I grow up.



In those same 25 years we have also gained some wonderful friends, some have came and went, and some will always be there. We have become close to them and their kids, and grand kids ( We don't have any yet so I claim theirs as mine, She shares)



Most of all in these 25 years we have loved each other, fought with each other, raised two kids together, cried and laughed together. But in the end we made it 25 years, more than half my life.

HAPPY 25TH ANNIVERSARY HUSBAND!!!!

Here's to the next 25!!!!!!!!!

P.S. WAIT TILL YOU HEAR WHAT I GOT FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS

O.K. I'll tell you

For those of you who have thick, bouncy, full of life hair STOP READING. This does not concern you! You won't get it, you can't even start to understand. For those of you who have fine, limp, stringy, lifeless hair, You my dear can continue to read.

For most of my younger years my Mother would give me a "at-home-perm" which I hated, but had no choice, she was my Mother. So several years ago I made the decision to never perm my locks again. Well I am now tired of the fight. I have no fight left in me for this mess of hair that I have been given.

So a few weeks ago Midlife Slices posted that she got a perm/body wave and it made me start to think maybe just maybe that would work for me. All I could think of was my younger years and those curly curly perms. So I waited. Then last week I said what the heck "I want a body wave"
Friday at 4:30 I did it, ok so it stunk for two days, but now I love it. I can fix it and it will last all day or at least most of the day verses an hour maybe two without it.

Thank You Midlife Slices for letting me get in on a little of your courage. Cuz now I have big controllable bouncy full of life curls that match the rest of me (the bouncy part, as in my butt, not the controllable part)

So if you have fine, limp, lifeless crap hair like mine, put on your big girl panties and go get a body wave (If you want to)

I AM GONNA DO IT!!!!

Hopefully things will get back to normal around here, soon. I can't figure out if things are really crazy or is my mind just making me think its really crazy around here. Getting over Christmas and then the Ice Storm, having a bug and then SINUSES uck! Can't even see out of my right eye. Work sucks and I'm getting a new boss Monday yippeee I can't wait NOT



Regardless I am gonna do it, been thinking about it awhile, and haven't done it for years. Today is the day.



I'll tell you how it turns out .........Later



I bet Midlife Slices knows what it is

RESOLUTIONS

Been thinking about new years and all the resolutions that we make at that time. thought I would make a list (or at least start a list)

1. lose weight ( this is at the top of my list every year)
2.


Why is that the only thing I can come up with to put on my list every stinkin year . It's the same thing. I need to lose weight I need to lose weight I need / want to lose alot of weight!!!Why do I do this crap every year if I would just lose the weight now i'd be thin for the holidays, which brings me to food and holiday menus First there is halloween, then thanksgiving, then Christmas, and don't forget New Years Eve and New Years day. Menu planning is the first step and by far the most important, if you forget something while planning your just screwed. We don't live close to a store that carries alot of holiday cooking essentials, so it's a big deal just to run to Wal~Mart or Reasors, well not a real big deal but a hassle.
Anyway.....

I'll start with halloween: I am not having it at my house so I don't have to plan!! (clever huh?)
Mels having it at her house and I am showing up! (o.k. by me) with a cake and some salsa and what ever else I am told to bring.
First off~~ I am taking a Pumpkin Cake yummy!
Then ~~some of my salsa ( I hear that Kels has been wanting some lately)

Hopefully I can remember to take some pictures of the Pumkin Cake to add to the recipe. We'll see how that works out. Later

BLOGGIN

When I started this I really thought "oh I might put something on this about once or twice a week" This is addictive. But I am also going thru all my Mothers papers and such and came across those dadgum recipes again and man is that making me think. She didn't have like a ton of them but she had some good ones, ones that we had at our meals for years. The further I dig. the more I find and the more I remember. I guess I just wanted to share them with everyone, the ones who ask and the ones who don't. HA ha! She/We was/are into easy but good recipes. Hopefully you will enjoy them as much as my family has and will to come! The holidays are coming up and that calls for lots of cooking.


Hopefully I will be putting more pictures on here soon, that was the original plan. Now I just need to stick with it!!

What is wrong with me?

today is the day......

Well today is the day that i will start My Blog not sure what it will consist of but we will learn together....
maybe a little photography and some cooking and maybe just a little bit of life, My Life the way it is right or wrong
I know everyone has a blog well everyone but me till now.
this might not but interesting for anyone but me or it might be an adventure for everyone, we will see won't we
i hope this is fun and i can't promise me or anyone else that I will blog everyday but I will give it my best shot