ARKANSAS WEATHER

The weather in Arkansas is so unpredictible, but just stick around it will change if you don't like that day.
Today it is dreary,cold,icy, and windy. It will be freezing on the roads,trees and everything before the night falls,so another stay home from prayer meeting.Well I guess we are in for a spell of really bad weather. I guess Sherri will get it also.

Coy went and cut another small load of wood,that I tried to get him to cut this summer when all the trees was down from the tornados. He likes to cut in the winter time best. (I guess) that is when he always waits for .

I had a lot of errands to run and go to the store to pick up a few items, I want ot make those cranberry bliss bars of Sherri's. I hope they turn out as good as her's looks. She is a wonderful baker and so are you Sue. I do not like to cook anymore,I have to make myself. I still like to bake and decorate cakes but for the rest NO.
Today was soup and cornbread day. It was good. We ate pizza and salad yesterday. I do not enjoy it much anymore, salads I love. I have not been eating many sweets lately, my sweets consist of peaches and cottage cheese, in which I love.

Nancy called and said she had her log cabin quilt finished, anxious to see it.
I am glad she is getting into quilting, it is such an accomplishment to finish a quilt. A rewarding feeling to know you put something together for a member of your family.

COLD DAYS

Well I am ready for spring time. It is so cold here today. It has been in the freezer all day.
We got our yard cleaned friday while it was warm, but of course I got a sinus drainage from it. I had to take tylenol sinus last night before I could sleep. I finally went to sleep about 2 am this morning.

I got Kiefer's pillow finished today. I will not stuff it until I get ready to give it to him.
It has been a good day for sewing but I have not felt like it. I begin putting my 9 patch together last night and probably would have got it together if I had felt like it. I got up with a sick headache and it went away for a while but is creeping back upon me.
Going to bed soon.

Last night when I was sewing I kept hearing a funny sound coming from my sewing machine and I noticed the bobbin winder had got to close to my thread on the bobbins I had stacked on the extra thread holder and had wound up on bobbin holder, it had almost emtied 2 bobbins, I had filled. Crazy thing to have happen. I wasted a lot of thread, oh well that is the way it goes when you have projects going. I buy those cones of thread, they last forever.

Maranda has been over today but she likes to play games on the computer and she occupies herself. I was hoping it would be warm so she could go to the skateboard park, it has been a while since she got to go down there.

Coy goes back to his skin Dr. tuesday so I am going back to Joann fabrics to buy some more fabric, especially muslin. They always have 40% off on something at least 1 item. After christmas I got some things to re-do cemetary wreaths for 90% off. They cost almost nothing, in comparison to the regular price. I love those 90% off sales.
I have already bought the girls christmas for next year, 70% markdown and an extra 40% off that. Great deals.

Maybe a better day tomorrow.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GOOD NIGHT

INAUGRATION

We made HISTORY today and I watched all of it, I also taped it. Kiefer came home he got sick at school so we watched some of it and I talked to him about it. How he would be reading and studing it probably next year. I think all the grades was watching as part of their lessons for today.

As I listened to his speech, The most important speech he will ever make and in front of the most people he will ever face. When Aretha Franklin begin to sing ( AMERICA) They called her the Queen of Soul. Wonder what was on his mind as he closed his eyes, I know he was in deep thought by the expression on his face. He had to be thinking this is awsome, this today making History for my people. He has the greatest challenge of any president to ever take office. My prayers go out to him and his family. I like the idea of a young family being in the white house and Michell said the girls would still be responsible for making their own bed and picking up, they do it now why quit. I think that is great.


The economy, The War in Iraq. and many other obsticles that is in our free America.

I am proud to be american, where at least I know I am free. It is so sad the things the black race had to endure back when I was a teen and about to enter my life as an adult. I remember so well, Central High in Little Rock, Coy was in National Guard and had to go stand guard. Every day there was incidents and I prayed a lot for his safety.

As I watched the first dance and heard Beianca sing, I wonder what Obama was thinking. He had to be overwhelmed with the idea he was going to live in the whitehouse. The first african-american ever to have a office like that, to be commander in chief. Something People of his race had dreamed of and We never thought would take place in our lifetime.


I was overwhelmed at the people in attendance. It was the longest parade ever at an Inaugral celebration. So we made history in lots of areas.

GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA
WE ARE SO BLESSED ALREADY

DRY BONES

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

When our lives are feeling as dry and disconnected as Ezekiel's bones, the Lord our God stands ready and waiting to gather the pieces and breathe into our dryness the breath of the incredible new life.

As we center our hearts on Him, He begins to give us eyes to see the beauty in others, the blessing hidden in the small disjointed moment and the ability to stop and focus on each.

He longs to assemble the parts and pieces of who we are into lives of wholeness and continuity that only He can create.

GOD BLESS YOU EVERYDAY

HEART TEST

I finally got the results of my test, They was perfect, I was not worried but I did want to know with our family history of heart problems.

I just realized that I had not finished this almost a week has gone by.
I hate that stress test and the way it makes me feel. It took almost 5 hours.
I was so hungry by the time I got out of there. The nurses was so great and very informative as they did each step.
This time I set up and my head did not feel like it was going to explode. So from now on I will be sitting up.
We had to be back in town by 6 o'clock, We was plalying dominoes, couldn't miss that. It is so relaxing. We have lots of laughs. The men are so funny, clumsy,slow and can't think, always trying to play out of turn.
Well enough of that.

HAVE A BLESS DAY

HURRY-HURRY-HURRY

It is thursday and OH so cold, I am not getting outside. I have spent the whole day quilting.


Coy goes in such a hurry in everything he does and has been so accident prone today.
He almost goes in a run, he is what mother would say is flighty.


He was looking for some tape and nearly broke my christmas plates, by slamming a drawer too hard. He is so careless some days. At lunch he broke a plate, a corning ware plate that shatters into a thousand pieces when dropped. He was getting some roast gravy and putting it on a piece of bread, he dropped the lid to the slow cooker on the plate and it went everywhere. The floor and cabinet was covered with shavings of glass. I am a lot like my mother about broken stuff especially in my kitchen. I hate it. But we got it all cleaned up and the flooor mopped. He is always spilling coffer grounds all over the cabinet, that is an everyday thing. He makes coffer at least 5 times a day, usually 2 cups at a time.

I finished Kiefer's quilt today it sure is pretty, can't wait to get it quilted. I have got to get started on his pillow of his mothers pictures. These cold days is perfect for sewing. I do not like the winter time, cannot seem to dress warm enough.
I hear the wind just howling and I know it would be very cold outside,suppose to be 14 outside tonight.
The house is warm thank the Lord for wood. Central heat is always cold to me.

Well enough of my rambling so GOD BLESS EVERYONE EVERYDAY.

VARIETY UPDATE

I went yesterday and had all my heart test, 4 hours of it. Have not heard the results yet but I expect to hear today. He done the echo, neuclear stress test,which was better than the last time. I did it sitting up and that was better on my head. I felt so weak afterward, I don't remember feeling like that before. I still feel funny today. I guess it will go a way.

I went and had lunch with Kiefer today, they have a very good salad bar but their fish sandwich was horrible and I told them. No wonder the kids does not want to eat in there. Not like the meals we use to fix. We did home cooking. I was surprised at the kids that was eating the salad. They had everything you could want on a salad. He was in trouble for talking and almost did't get to eat with me. Him and his mouth gets him in lots of trouble.

I did not go to aeobics today it is so windy and cold, did not want to get sick.
Have got to take Pam to the Dr. at 1 pm. She has to get refills on her meds.
I hate to get out on days like today but it is always something I have to do. Coy is cutting some wood today across the street, they are clearing that lot to build apartments houses, and you have to cut now or not at all. I told him it was too cold but he is dressed warm, which it does not take much for him.

I am glad David was there and able to save that man, It makes you feel so good when you can help someone. God blessed him with that opportunity.

I do not know what is going to happen in our church but I do not want to go, I get nothing out of the service. Our preacher is so holy than thou. He preached on us being WINPS Sunday and on the church sign for everyone to read, not uplifting God at all he posted (what you dish out you get back) He wants to be totally in control and has just about cut the choir out. I don't know what we are going to do. We only run about 40, from 150. Pray we have been going there for 30 years and have never seen the church like this. I know we are living in the last days and there will be a great falling away. I just want to stay in the Lord's will and be what he wants me to be.

I am working on quilts today, I have got 4 ready to go to my quilt lady. I will take them tomorrow.

Time to go will post later GOD BLESS ALL THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY. HE NEVER LEAVES US OR FORSAKES US.

BEAUTIFUL MOON

It is a beautiful moon tonight, they said on the news it would be closer to the earth tonight than it would be this year. It is so hazy around here tonight but you can still see it so bright.
The moon has been full for two nights and now I know why It is turning cold very cold.Last night was 21 degrees but the wind chill factor was like 10, it has been very windy here,it just cuts through your clothes.So it is very cold back here. Thursday night it is suppose to be 14 degrees but will be colder than that with the wind.

Today was Nancys birthday, Maranda and I called her and wished her a wonderful day, I remember the night I went to the hospital with her, it was a night almost like tonight, hazy and so foggy we could not see how to drive in LR and had to have the police to escort us to the hospital. We got lost but of course we did not know much about LR at that time. We didn't know it would be 24 hours before she would make her appearance into this world. Coy thought I was dead when he came in to see me, I had no color,was just laying there, finally came too and he said I was talking about having a biscuit for breakfast. I hadn't even had no meals since I came in. He said I just kept talking about that biscuit, I guess I was real Hungry. She was so small, she weighed 6 lbs. and 14 oz. She was perfect and beautiful, not even red like most babies. Back then they kept you sedated so you did not know very much pain and did not suffer so much trying to have her.She was our first and such a joy to have.

Family Photos

THE SHIRT

ICY SURPRISE

January 5,2009

About 10:30 monday morning all the trees started to ice over, it is a beautiful sight but so dangerous for the ones who have to be out on the road. I pray for them. As the day went on it got worse but the street never iced, because the ground was so warm from the weekend we had, with the 70 degree temperatures. I turned our christmas lights on and the reflection on the ice covered trees was so pretty. I left our light and decorations up until we had our get together saturday.
Today Coy and I took down all inside decoratorations, we placed them on the back porch until it quits raining. It is raining so hard and freezing on the trees.

Joann (Edwards girlfriend) said she loved our place, it was so homey. She liked all my rock benches over the yard. I have some more plans this spring, hope I stay well.
I had a dentist appt. yesterday and he decided that bad tooth needed to be removed, I have had a lot of swelling around it for over a year and couldn't really chew on it anyway. Now I guess I will get a partial made if I can.

I have got to go we are going to Benton and pick up my sewing machine, I have got to get back to my quilting. Kiefer decided he wanted a pillow of his mother. Maranda was so proud of hers.

God bless all of you and have a wonderful day.
God is the same yesterday today and forever

A DAY OF SUNSHINE

Saturday January 3,2009


It was a day of sunshine weather wise and sunshine in our hearts

Our day was perfect with family. I only wish all could have been here. We had lots of food. laughs, and an enjoyable time together. Roy,Faye,Edward,Joann,Jeanette,CW,Harold,Maye,Coy and I. Rosette and Rodney never showed up, she said she had to babysit Kevin baby. I told her to bring him. Pam ,Nancy,Tony and family all came over, Tina and her two children (Shawn and Nicole ) came with Jeanette and CW. We had a good time with the shirt. Harold said you will never get me to put on that shirt, but he did. For you big sister you will do it, won't you, He did.It was fun. Thanks for the idea.

Cars came by real slow, I told everyone they probably thought someone had passed, there was so many cars and people standing and sitting around outside. It was 74 degrees outside. No use staying inside. It was a perfect way to start off the new year, Several mentioned we don't do this enough so I am going to try to change that, even if I have to plan the get togethers.

Hope everyone has a blessed day and dont forget to read you bible everyday to begin a new year. Coy and I have read ours through the past 4 years. You always learn something new everytime you read it. I have a goal and that is to Please the Lord.

BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR

Today is the first day of a new year, what will I accomplish this year, a lot more that I did in 2008; Start off by wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR.


I want to visit my family more, we are all getting older and may not be here much longer, we have an appointed time, but who knows when that time will be, we need to cherish each moment we have with each other. I am looking forward to Saturday.


It will be a great day, the weather outside may be frightful, but the fire will be so delightful. The family will be a joy to be with.




Visiting with Charlene's family tuesday and not seeing them for so many years, didn't even know some of them and asking different ones who is that and finding out who they are, so shocked when they told you. Paul and Mary Cooper, we didn't even know each other. We change after 37 years. I have met Eva in the wal mart store and didn't know who she was. It is sad that a funeral has to bring us together. Paul said they was coming down here, because there was a lot of people he wanted to see. It was good to visit with the family. Coy shared some of the good times fishing and hunting with Leonard, with his kids Loyd,Wayne and Sandra, Wayne's wife. She is so sweet.



Last night we went to some friends house for games of Dominoes and eats of course.

We prayed the old year out and the new year in. Then we set by the fire for an hour and just visited. Well it was a short night Friends and Family is so important.

Coy and I spent the day shopping, in which I hate to shop, but I really found some bargains. I went looking for quilting supplies. I found the templates I have been looking for and at 1/2 price too. Marty Mitchell templates. I found them at Hot Springs at Hancocks. I had been to many stores before that. They also had huge packages of christmas ribbon at 75% off. I needed some to use on packages for next year. I also found some real cute snowman plates for my goodies , well Nancy found them for me and I went and picked them up. I got them for 50 cents each. I got my quilt backing for 40% off, so I really did find some bargains.

Have got to go a big day tomorrow, cleaning etc. HAVE A BLESSED DAY TOMORROW AND EVERY TOMORROW.