My Favorite People, less Rebecca

Billy, Shelly and Nic all get along really well now:

You can see where Billy and Shelly go when they get here:














They work on things together to try to make them work:














Shelly likes to play with the computer every time she gets a chance, whether it's on or not:














I bought a little table for them all to eat at:














Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't:














This was one of the rare moments when I made homemade biscuits and gravy. Mama and Bambi really enjoyed it:

Blame it on Sandy

Nothing much has been going on around here lately. But I've still been playing with my camera, taking pictures of anything and everything. So Sandy asked me to post some pictures. So you can blame this post on her. GOTCHA SANDY!! Be ready to be bored to tears.
Who says women talk on the phone more than men?

Doug traded his old motorcycle and boat for another boat. Wonder if it'll ever be put in the water? If Bucky has his way it will.

Rebecca wanted a picture of my mom's cat, Tippy. But I liked the one of her and Tippy better.

Bambi and Rebecca's house from the side

And then the front of the house

Last but certainly not least, my best friend in the world. My Mama. I love her so much.

As you can see, I lead a boring life in the winter time. But come summer! I'm off and riding on my motorcycle. Can't wait til summer. Especially with gas prices the way they are.

Camera

I got another digital camera with 6.2 megapixels. It makes the best pictures. I made pictures of the moon on 2 different occasions. The first one was made before it got dark and you can even see the craters in it. The second one was made while it was cloudy and I thought it turned out real good.

More pictures from work

As promised, I will bore you with more pictures from work. LOL.
Here we have Jill, one of our newer nurses. She fits right in and another great nurse.
As you can see, we love to eat. Here is Cammy and Wanda participating in our favorite pasttime.
Debbie is an oldie but goodie. She has been at the hospital 2 years longer than me. She doesn't like to have her picture made.
Here is Sherri hard at work.
This is Melissa sitting there looking pretty. All the guys love her.

Good Times At Work

I like to take my camera to work with me sometimes and make pictures of my coworkers. Night shift is so great where I work. We are all like one big family and everybody helps everybody else. There is no backstabbing and we get along great. I love the people I work with and will never leave that floor as long as I have people like this to work with. As long as I have worked at the hospital, I think this is the greatest bunch of people I have worked with. This thing won't let me upload more than 5 pictures at a time, so I may post 2 blogs with pictures of my coworkers on it.
Carrie asked me to wear a wig to work and then she didn't even have to work that night. The nerve of her! So here's me as a blond.
Danielle is a nursing student and is so sweet. She is always ready to help out:
Cammie is one of our PCA's but she could pass as a nurse anyday. She is such a hard worker and wonderful person to be around.
This is Louise. I love Louise. I blame her for getting me fat. She always brings lots of snacks and goodies to work. I want her for my nurse. She's the best. She also teaches nursing in the clinical area.
And this is Melissa and Sherri. Melissa is our illustrious shift leader and we can always count on Sherri to bring a cake. I think they look like sisters in this picture. We always have a good time when they work, no matter how busy it is. They are both wonderful people, and great nurses.

Rebecca's Makeover

Today Rebecca and I had a fun day of shopping and doing makeovers on each other. She picked out a purse for me, and we each got a pair of crocs. Those are shoes that are SOOO comfortable. We had supper at Taco Bell at Knoxville Center and Uncle Doug bought our supper. Then we came home and started the makeover. I won't be posting pictures of me as they didn't turn out good, plus my lips ended up being almost all the way down to my chin. I think Rebecca's makeup turned out real good. But then, she doesn't need makeup to be pretty. Here is a couple of pictures of her:

New Years Eve

This year wouldn't be complete without posting one last blog. Alot has happened this year, but it has flown by. In fact, I don't know where it went. I guess it won't be long til Christmas again. Since my last post my grandson Billy had to have tubes put in his ears again :( He keeps getting ear infections and he still can't talk very well, even though he's 3 years old. I think he talks the way he hears other people talk. He just can't hear. But that's okay with me. I love him just as much. I have had a bad case of bronchitis the past 2 1/2 weeks. I finally went to the dr yesterday. I hate to go to drs. They listen to your back, look in your ears, throat and nose and tell you exactly what is wrong with you. He said he didn't hear any pneumonia. DUH! I didn't know you could hear it. I thought you had to have an xray for that. But I'm feeling better and hopefully will be fine and dandy by the time I go back to work. I'm spending New Years Eve with my honey, Doug. We're just where we want to be: together. Wow! He just asked me to go out to eat. I'd better go or he might go without me. NOT!! I hope everyone has a Happy New Year and prospers in the year to come. I love you all!!!

Christmas Day

Today is Christmas. I'm glad I got everything done in time. Last night we went to Doug's mom's for a big shindig down there. So many people! I wonder if all those people are my relatives or just heard there was a party? Met new people and made new friends. Here a a few pictures of the crowd last night.
My son Doug with Billy and Shelly:

Hubby Doug and Billy with orange fingers:

My mom even joined in the festivities. Doesn't she look festive?

The kids seemed to have a good time:

Shelly's pink elephant was almost as big as her:

Billy has mastered the art of opening gifts, his and everybody else's:

Okay, here's the grandkids and great grandkids to my mom-in-law. I thought the couch might break (and there are more!):

Billy got a big remote controlled jeep that his daddy enjoys playing with. LOL:

Shelly finally learned to tear the paper:

Doug's niece, Jessica, with her fiance (don't remember his name):

Today we had lots of yummy food and I'm so full I can't hardly move. I was supposed to work tonight. Thank goodness we don't have many patients and I got cancelled. If the census doesn't pick up, I'm not going to have any vacation days left.
I hope everyone has a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

RUDY

My sweet Cocker Spaniel, Rudy, passed away at around 4:45 this morning. He was a precious little dog. Of course he wasn't that little. He weighed in at over 20 pounds. Yesterday morning he couldn't stand up to even use the bathroom. He has been real sluggish the past few months due to arthritis or something. He was 15 1/2 years old, and the daddy of Gizmo, my mother's cocker spaniel that died in May. They were so close, now they're running together and Rudy can hear her bark. He was deaf. My husband wouldn't let me keep a dog in the house so Rudy has lived with my mother the past few years. She has taken such good care of him. She spoiled him rotten. She made sure he had treats every night. She never ran out. He passed away comfortably on the bed my mom had made him next to her bed. When I got there at about 5:05 this morning, he was still warm and limber. So he had just died. He was blessed with 2 mommys that loved him; me and my mom. He will not be replaced because it hurts too much to lose a pet. My main function today will be digging a grave for him burying him next to his dear daughter Gizmo. Sleep well, Rudy. I love you.

Merry Christmas

Okay, Christmas time is almost here and I'm finally getting in the Christmas spirit. I got my tree up, got all my gifts wrapped, now all I have to do is go to the grocery store and buy all the yummy stuff to eat on Christmas. Hmmm...what will we have? Mama and Doug are diabetic so that rules out sugar. Mama has to watch her fat due to clogged arteries, so that rules out grease and fat. Sugar free? Fat free? That doesn't leave much to fix. Hey, it's Christmas! Everybody deserves to eat good once a year! I'll fix what I want! And we'll have all kinds of sweet desserts, full of sugar and fat. Then after everybody eats and gets full, I'll go to bed and leave the dishes for somebody else! I have to work Christmas night :( If I do all the work of cooking, they can clean up the mess, right? Wrong! The mess will still be exactly where it was when I went to bed. But that's okay. It's my turn to be nice to everybody else and I'll clean it up. We'll be going to Doug's mom's on Christmas eve to open gifts at her house. That's always fun. I put Christmas flowers on Daddy's grave yesterday. I felt really close to him then. I still miss him but I know he's gone and he wouldn't want me to be sad and depressed. I'll still miss him on Christmas day, but I won't mope around about it. I have too many people here to love and enjoy. I think one year I'll spend Christmas at a mission and cook and serve for hundreds of homeless people. That would really make me thankful for all that I've got. I wish I could afford to buy new coats for all the homeless. Especially the kids. I'd better quit thinking about that now. I'm making myself depressed again. So let me take this opportunity to wish one and all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! And don't forget the true meaning of it. The birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! If it wasn't for Jesus, there wouldn't be a Christmas and we would all be doomed. So enjoy, eat, eat, eat. Don't watch sugar, fat or calories. It's Christmas!!

Bah Humbug

Okay, so what is wrong with me this year? I can't get in the Christmas spirit. I'm trying to clean up my house and make a place to put the tree, but I'm not making much progress. And I haven't wrapped the first gift. If I don't get busy, I won't have a tree and everybody will get their gifts in Walmart bags. And Christmas dinner is another thing. I haven't even made a menu or bought anything to cook this year. I should have at least part of my planning and decorating done by now. I mean, it's 16 days til Christmas. Maybe everything that's going on has me depressed. I don't know. But nothing has ever stopped me before. I wish I could just go to sleep and sleep right through Christmas and not wake up til after New Year's. Wishful thinking. I guess I'm feeling sorry for myself but it helps to put it down on paper, or in this case, a computer. Maybe I'll get in the mood one day. Oh well, I hope you are in the Christmas spirit and having fun doing all the decorating and wrapping. It's always fun to see the kids on Christmas morning. Merry Christmas! I sure do miss my daddy. He always made everything okay.

CLASS OVER!!!!!

Hi, I just took my last test in my psychology class. I am so proud of me! I needed a total of 387 points to make an A in the course. So far I have counted up that I have 455 and one project hasn't even been graded yet. My autobiography was worth 100 points and I got 105 on it. NO MORE PSYCHOLOGY!!! I'm so happy! Now my GPA is up enough to go to Roane State unless they find something else to stop me.

Fantasy of Trees

I went with Bambi, Rebecca and Nicholas to Fantasy of Trees the other day. It was beautiful. But I won't go back, unless I'm taking a grandchild. I guess it's because there were so many people there and you couldn't really move. Anyway, here are some pics: (Sorry, I still haven't mastered the art of making the pics smaller)
Nic liked to either put his hands on top of his head or up to his mouth:

A candid shot of Nic when he had his hands down, with the help of Bambi:

At least Santa posed for me:

Bambi was telling Santa that Rebecca doesn't keep her room clean:

So Santa had a little talk with Rebecca about that. Check out Bambi's expression:

The kids had fun decorating cookies:

There were so many beautiful trees with beautiful prices to go along with them:

The kids were excited because they finally got to see Santa's house:

As we were getting ready to leave, Rebecca had to have a picture of the sunsphere, which was right next door. Wish we could still go up in it:

Miscellanous Stuff

I woke up this morning before 6:30 so I got up and saw Rebecca off to school, even though she doesn't live here anymore. I stood out in the street until she came out and watched her all the way to the bus stop. It was still dark, and by the time she got there, all I could see was the flashing lights on her shoes. School is almost over. I have one more test. But it's not til Dec. So I've got plenty of time to study for it. I turned in my autobiography yesterday, which serves as my final exam. Hopefully I'll be in Roane State this summer. I should be there spring semester, but they're not doing the nursing program I want that semester. I am so tired of waiting to get in. I almost want to give up. But I've been working too long to quit now. My friend Bucky is almost through with school. Lucky him!
I have to work on Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I'm off New Years Eve and day. I don't know why I always sign up to work on Christmas, I guess because I don't have kids at home and other people do. I just think it's important to be with your kids on that day. I'm still gonna cook on Christmas. Bambi said she's gonna cook the ham. But her husband wants to come up and have Christmas. She doesn't want him to so she needs to tell him no. They are getting divorced and he needs to understand that she doesn't want him in her life, except for things that involve Nic. But if she lets him come up, I guess I'll be cooking the ham. Mama will cook the turkey. Anyway, I can't wait to eat on Christmas. That's my favorite day of the year. For more than just that. That is the day we set aside to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I bought a Larry the Cable Guy cd yesterday. He's got some good points in it. All the people who want the manger scenes taken down, don't want Christmas programs in schools need to stay home and let the Christians take advantage of the good prices on stuff. Christmas is for Christians and if they don't want Christ around, they need to not celebrate Christmas. All you politically correct people! You can say "Happy Holidays" if you want to. I'm saying "Merry Christmas".

This weekend started off like all my other weekends off. Well, except I didn't have Rebecca and Nicholas, since they live 2 doors down. But on Saturday, Doug and Rose were going to Pigeon Forge to stay the night to celebrate their anniversary. So they brought Billy and Shelly up to spend the night. It was great, except that when Billy woke up from his nap, he started whining for Daddy and Mommy. So we decided to go to Pizza Hut and he got all excited. He started playing Peek-a-Boo behind the treadmill (which is only used to hang clothes on).

Then he was playing with his foam hockey stick after we got back and fell over some storage boxes that I had sitting in the dining room. I'm sure I'll find something to put in them.

Sunday morning he seemed okay but he wouldn't eat. Next thing you know, he was throwing up. So we decided it would be best if he stayed home from church.

My pretty Shelly went with me in her new dress that Mommy and Daddy got her. (You can see Billy in the background and tell that he felt bad. Poor baby)

First Honors

Rebecca made first honors this 6 weeks. She made all A's and E's. I am so proud of her. I only wish I had had the desire to do good in school when I was her age. She's only 8 years old and she wants to make straight A's all through school. I was more interested in playing and sports than I was making good grades. Anyway, I went to her award ceremony and here's a picture of her with her honor roll certificate:

WAY TO GO REBECCA!!!

New House for Bambi

I am at work right now so I'm still posting on Nov. 9. Tonight is Bambi and Rebecca's first night in their house. I know she's excited about having her own place. But I'll miss them even though they'll just be 2 houses away. I think what I'm gonna miss most is Rebecca's hugs. She comes up to me all the time and holds her arms out and says "huggie". She is so sweet. And spoiled! But of course I had nothing whatsoever to do with that. And if you believe that, well, I feel sorry for you. I guess I had better quit playing around and do my job now. ONLY 3 MORE HOURS TIL I CAN GO HOME AND BE OFF FOR A WEEK!!! See y'all

WOW!! It's been over a month since I did a post. I can't believe it. My class is easier but I keep my nose in a book all the time. I have decided that I HATE PSYCHOLOGY!!! Today was Halloween and Rebecca went with her dad to Safety City (whatever that is) and trick or treated. She dressed as a rock star. I made her ring my doorbell and when I went to the door, I started jumping up and down and squealing "OH MY GOD!!! IT'S BRITTANY SPEARS!!!" You should have see her face. It was priceless. She thought I was nuts. (true, ya think?) Bambi was on her way home from work last night and her car broke down on the side of the interstate. She had it towed home and I have to take her to work now. I think I'll take her car and see about getting it fixed tomorrow. I really can't afford it, but I can't afford gas to take her all the way to west Knoxville either. I'll just put it on plastic. (I'll never get these credit cards paid off!)I will be getting my house back one day this week. Bambi's lease on the house 2 houses down the street starts tomorrow. She'll have her privacy and I'll have mine back, but I'll still be close if she needs me. As much as she has pushed my buttons, I still love her. I had better go put my nose back in the book now. I'll try not to be so long in posting again.