Finally an update

I'm finally updating! Lots has been happening in the past month! The biggest thing is that I decided to sign-up for Jenny Craig. It's probably the best decision I've ever made for myself! I'm learning how to eat healthier and make better choices about what I eat. After only 3 weeks, I've already lost 10 pounds!!!! I'm so excited. Yay! Thanks for all of the support you guys have been giving me! I love you all!

November 15, 2008

After cleaning all week, we had a bonfire and hayride at my house. It was so much fun! My family and friends came. Keri and I made our soup specialties (me - Chicken and Rice soup, Keri- Taco Soup). Everyone ate both down to the bottom! It was great! Perfect cold weather, warm bonfire, and yummy food!
Keri and Daniel on the hayride

Julie and her mom

Kelly, Val, me, and Julie on the hayride.

Kendall, Aunt Phyllis, Karly, Maggie, Emma, and Rusty on the hayride.

Chris and Annie on the hayride.

Karly and Maggie ready to go on the hayride

Emma trying not to smile.

Hmm! Mischevious!

Annie and Chris

Val, Granny, and Kelly

Val and Kelly

Daniel being the good husband and eatin his wife's soup instead of his sister-in-law's.

Sweet Karly

Maggie Moo

Keri holding Ellie. My attempt to spark her interest in maybe having one of her own!

Ellie smiling at us at my house.

A moth trying to suck nectar out of the one rose we still had blooming into the middle of November.

The moth was trying to get the nectar out of the flower. That thing was on that flower for at least an hour! That long black line was his tongue!

November 8, 2008

TTU had homecoming. My mom drove up with me for the parade and OPA lunch afterward. We had a really great time seeing everyone. I forgot what a beautiful campus Tech has. I do miss it and all the wonderful memories I have from there.

Nicki and Miss Bella

Andie and Ms. Georgia Peach

Nicki and Me

Mary and Me

Julie and Me

OPA Alumni sister.

My mom is drawn towards babies and they love her too. She befriended this cutie patootie, Bella, when we were at the OPA Alumni lunch.

Goodbye Jack

Jack ????-November 3, 2008

For most of my life, Jack has been here. My Granddaddy got him when he was just a puppy. No one really knows how old he was because we never could remember exactly when Granddaddy got him. But Jack was special to all of us. He would always great us at the driveway. He loved all of the grandkids, kids, Granny, and Granddaddy.

My Granddaddy loved Jack. Jack followed him everywhere around the farm. When Granddaddy sat in the swing, Jack lay at his feet under the tree. If he went out to the barn to check on the cows, Jack was there by his side. When my Granddaddy died ten years ago, Jack grieved too. He wouldn't eat much and he would be gone for days.

Jack was all puppy too. He chased cars, chased dogs, and loved to play with us in the yard. Over the past couple of years, all of it started to catch up with him. He started to not get around as well. He was deaf and mostly blind. Last year we thought we were going to lose him a couple of times, but he bounced back and started acting like a puppy again. He had a great summer. He followed us around everywhere we went, would greet us when we got to Granny's, and would lay under the same tree he used to with our Granddaddy if we sat in the swing.

But when the weather changed and it started to get colder, Jack's health just went down hill. He lost all movement of his hind legs and could long drag himself. It was sad. We all knew it was time for him to go, but it was still hard when I found out. I know to some people he was just a dog, but to me he was family. To me, it was like the last part of Granddaddy left. Jack was there for all of us growing up.

It will definitely be hard not to think about him when I'm at Granny's now. I still expect him to come running around the house to greet us at the barn. But now, I just imagine him sitting with Granddaddy under a tree watching all of us from a cloud. And that makes me smile.