A CHILDHOOD MEMORY

WE HAD FUN NEIGHBORS GROWING UP, I HAD THE MALLORY BOY AND THE BENCH GIRL AND BOY CLOSE TO MY AGE, AND ONE SATURDAY WE WERE ALL VERY BORED. WELL THE MALLORY'S HAD A POTATO TRUCK PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THEIR HOUSE FOR SOME REASON AND ALL OF US DECIDED IT WOULD BE FUN TO HAVE A SPUD FIGHT!! WE THREW A LOT OF MUSHY ONES AT EACH OTHER AND A FEW HARD ONES, TWO OF US ENDED UP WITH BLACK EYES, ME BEING ONE AND THE FUNNY PART WAS, THE BOYS ENDED UP GETTING A BUTT CHEWING OUT BY MRS. MALLORY FOR MAKING A MESS IN THE ROAD AND THEY HAD TO CLEAN IT ALL UP. US SWEET GIRLS TOOK OFF, ACTUALLY WE JUST HID THE WHOLE TIME AND LAUGHED AT THE BOYS. THEY WOULDN'T TALK TO US FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN WE DID SOMETHING REALLY DUMB WE DARED EACH OTHER TO THROW ROCKS AT THE MEXICAN CHURCH BY OUR HOUSES, STUPID IDEA, WE BUSTED A WINDOW, BUT NO ONE WOULD EVER CONFESS TO THEIR ROCK BEING THE ONE TO DO IT, WE SURE DID RUN FAST THOUGH, I AM PRETTY SURE NO ONE WAS IN THE BUILDING AT THE TIME BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE ANY CHANCES. I HARDLY DOUBT THAT THE WINDOW HAS EVEN BEEN FIXED, IT WAS A DOUBLE PANE AND ONLY THE FIRST PANE BROKE, I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO DRIVE BY AND LOOK. I GUESS I WAS KINDS NAUGHTY AT TIMES!!!

WE LOVE OUR FAMILY

THE ONE THING I HATE ABOUT GETTING TOGETHER IS, IT MAKES ME WANT TO LIVE CLOSER TO EVERYONE SO THAT WE CAN DO SOME PROJECTS TOGETHER!! I ALWAYS GET A LITTLE SAD WHEN I GO HOME FROM BEING AROUND MY FAMILY, I EVEN THINK MARTY MISSES THE WHOLE WIZARD OF OZ CREW!! I HAD A GREAT LAUGH THOUGH WHEN MAYLEE TOLD US THE SCARECROW UPSTAIRS WAS GRANDMA, UM I WONDER WHERE SHE LEARNED THAT FROM!! IT WAS GREAT FUN GOING TO THE ROBERTSON'S AND GETTING TO SEE MOST OF MY SISTER'S, THE PLAY WAS AWESOME AND THE VISITING WAS GREAT FUN, ALTHOUGH 4A.M. IS A LITTLE LATE, I HAD A HARD TIME STAYING AWAKE DRIVING HOME MARTY FINALLY THOUGHT HE SHOULD TAKE OVER BEFORE I ROLLED THE CAR OR SOMETHING. MARTY GOT MY BLINDS UP THIS WEEK, WE FOUND OUT THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY THE REALLY NICE WOOD BLINDS AT WALMART FOR PRETTY CHEAP, THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, THEY ARE IN HIGH DEMAND SO YOU HAVE TO CHECK OFTEN FOR THEM, WE DIDN'T GET TO MUCH DONE THIS WEEKEND, BECAUSE WE WENT TO GOOD OLD PAUL, THEN MARTY GOT SICK AND BY SUNDAY CASH AND ME WERE SICK, SO WE WATCHED MOVIES AND SLEPT ALOT. IT WAS KINDA NICE TO SLEEP FOR ONCE, CASH ACTUALLY FELT CRAPPY ENOUGH THAT HE SLEPT MOST OF SUNDAY, THAT IS KINDA SAD TO SAY, BUT I WILL TAKE SLEEP HOWEVER I CAN. THE OTHER MONKEYS ARE ALL DOING GREAT, WE GOT THE KIDS REPORT CARDS AND THEY BOTH GOT 4.0'S SO I TOLD THEM WE WOULD GO ON A LITTLE VACATION SOMEWHERE, THEY ARE EXCITED TO GET OUT OF IDAHO!! THE ZIPPAY'S HAVE BEEN SICK ALSO, I SENT THEM DOWN SOME STEW WITH MARTY, THEY GOT A NEW KITTY AND NAMED IT, "BEAR." I DO HAVE TO SAY EVEN THOUGH LIFE HAS BEEN A LITTLE ON THE DOWN SIDE LATELY, IT REALLY IS GOOD AND WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED!! HOPE YOU ARE TOO, LOVE C

LIFE IS GOING BY TO FAST

I JUST HAD A LITTLE DOSE OF HUMILITY THIS WEEKEND, IT HAS BEEN OVER TWO YEARS SINCE I HAVE REALLY GOT SICK, I SEEM TO BE ABLE TO JUST BRUSH IT OFF WITHIN TWENTY FOUR HOURS, WELL SATURDAY MARTY TOOK ME ON A DATE AND BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME I WAS NOT FEELING WELL AT ALL. I HAD FORGOTTEN WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO REALLY HAVE A ACHEY BODY!! I FELT AWFUL SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING, BUT BY NOON I FELT JUST FINE AGAIN. I THINK IT IS THE VITAMINS I HAVE BEEN TAKING FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. I TAKE A WOMEN'S GENERIC AND A CALCIUM ONE, AND I SWEAR BY THOSE THINGS BECAUSE I HAVE NOT HAD THE FLU OR NOTHING FOR A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS. I THINK I MAY HAVE SOME ARTHRITIS THOUGH, I GET REALLY OUCHY WHEN THE WEATHER CHANGES IN MY RIGHT HIP AND ANKLES. I GUESS I AM STARTING ON THE DOWNHILL SIDE OF AGING, I AM FORTY AFTER ALL, HA-HA, I REALLY THINK IT JUST HAS TO DO WITH BE HEALTHY AND HAPPY, SO HERE IS TO ANOTHER FORTY YEARS!!
MARTY AND ME ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED ALOT THIS WEEKEND, WE GOT OUR TAXES DONE, WORKED ALOT ON THE BASEMENT, I MADE 42 CARDS FOR THE R.S, WORKED IN MY SCRAPBOOK ROOM, SEWED SOME PILLOWS, FINISHED UP A CLASS WE HAVE BEEN TAKING, AND WAS THE MOTHER TO THREE WILD KIDS, ONE EXTRA TEEN-AGER, AND THE WIFE TO MARTY!! I AM GETTING EXCITED FOR THE BASEMENT TO GET DONE, CASH WAS SO CUTE FRIDAY NIGHT, HE TOOK UP A SCAPEL LOOKING TOOL AND STARTED TO MIMIC WHAT MARTY WAS DOING, HE CRACKS ME UP!! THEN I HAVE THESE TWO RAGGEDY ANN DOLLS THAT HE PACKS ALL OVER AND PLAYS WITH THEIR HAIR, HE TELLS ME THAT THEY ARE HIS DOLLIES!! CHEVY DECIDED THAT HE WANTS TO PLAY LACROSSE, WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, HE HAS ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE WHOLE BREATHING ISSUE BECAUSE OF HIS CHEST, HE IS DETERMINED TO PLAY THOUGH. CHEROKEE GOT HIM A SUMMER JOB AT $8.00 AN HOUR LOOKING AT WEEDS AND KILLING THEM FOR THE COUNTY. HE DOES HAVE TO TAKE TWO F.F.A. CLASSES NEXT YEAR THOUGH. CHEROKEE IS WORKING LOTS AND SAVING TONS FOR ALL HER TRIPS THAT SHE GETS TO TAKE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, IT IS PRETTY PATHETIC WHEN YOUR OWN DAUGHTER HAS SEEN MORE STATES THEN YOU HAVE OR PROBABLY EVER WILL, OH WELL SHE IS HAVING FUN!! SHE IS STILL DATING THE TRAVO BOY, HIS PARENTS HAVE A STRICT RULE, HE CAN GO OUT TWICE WITH CHEROKEE, THEN HE HAS TO TAKE ANOTHER GIRL OUT BEFORE HE CAN TAKE HER OUT AGAIN. I LOVE IT!!!! CONTESSA AND LORIN ARE DOING GOOD, SHE TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY THAT SHE WANTS TO JOIN A GYM FOR FITNESS AND ENTERTAINMENT, THE GIRL CRACKS ME UP!! SHE IS ALWAYS CALLING ME FOR A RECIPE, SHE LOVES COOKING FOR HER TEDDY BEAR!! LORIN'S MOM IS DOING BETTER, SHE HAD A STROKE, THEY THINK ANYWAYS, SHE IS HOME AT LEAST. I THINK LORIN IS A LITTLE HOMESICK, I WISH THEIR FAMILIES COULD LIVE CLOSER TO US. YES EVEN GRANDMA CONTESSA!! WELL IT IS LATE AND MY LITTLE GUY WILL BE UP IN ABOUT THREE HOURS TO DRIVE ME CRAZY UNTIL HE FALLS ASLEEP AGAIN, SO GOOD NIGHT TO ALL. LOVE YA, C ON A SIDE NOTE-IF ANYONE HAS PICTURES OF CONTESSA'S WEDDING, CAN YOU LET ME KNOW, I WILL SEND YOU POSTAGE AND A DISC, HER PICTURES THAT WE TOOK DIDN'T TURN OUT SO WELL. THANKS!!