Evidence of Old Age...

Ain't we pretty?

Hi Y'all,

Well, Christmas is going to be here faster than we can blink. I called my kids tonight to see what's going on with them and if they were going to show up to Jamie and Jenn's. Lyle is supposed to be working Saturday, and doesn't know when he will be off. So... If nothing else, I'll stop to pick up the babies. Dana Lynn will be there as will Daniel. Reckon 2 out of 3 aint bad.

I wanted to thank everyone involved in that little secret of a 50th birthday party for me. Seriously, how you all got Morgan involved is beyond me. But I'm glad that you did. Shocked I was. I wasn't wanting to celebrate too much, till Beth told me that the alternative was not being here for my 50th. Guess it's a good thing God knew better than I. So to allow the one's who couldn't attend the shindig, I thought I would post some more pictures or as the kids use to call them "uglies". Again, thanks to everyone! You made me feel very special. By the way, I did post several of them on my other blog. *ahem* You could always drop by for a visit.


They made me Queen for the Day...or maybe Queen of the Evening! I even got my own tiara!

Cool! Presents... Just in case some of y'all haven't met Morgan yet, that's him behind me.

Oh yea!! Momma gave me a Doughmakers cookie sheet! Eat your heart out girls!

Talking to Gwen, Morgan, Sissy. Moni, Gunnar and Sharon in the background.


Now for the morning after... We had a partial sibling sleep-over. Wish we all could have been here.


Momma getting a picture taken while trying to take one herself.

Sissy at the kitchen table for breakfast.


Beth eating cake for her breakfast. That Red Velvet Cake was delicious!!

Susan in all her morning glory, preparing to leave. Let's hope she gets dressed first.


Lordy, I sure do look like I have a hang over, don't I? But I swear I didn't!


Yup, Susan got dressed and even did her hair up. Ain't she beauuuteefull??

And there you have all of us in our natural habitat. I say we's sure is purty...


Much love, hugs and kisses from my house to yours!

Bidness from Butler...

WooHoo! My little girl has talked me into writing bits and pieces on another blog. Momma is gonna be kicking her butt. Not like I spend enough of my time on this new fangled contraption as it is...

Course, it tis a family blog thingy. Y'all know what that means, don't ya? Oh, I do. I'm gonna warn you all right now. Dana Lynn is a powerful saleswomen. She will have you talked into posting on here before you can spit. Just sayin...

Which is as it should be. Not everyone in the family can pick up the phone to spend a few minutes catching up with the going ons in everyone else's life. Yeah, that'd be me. Work, blogging, babies, sleep...

Now, you all can peruse family news via the web. How twentieth century...

Sooo...

Here's the my little bit of bidness..

Last Wednesday, I got a call at work from Tonya. Her opening greeting was "Who in your family has seizures?"

Uhh, nobody that I know of..Why?

"I had to pick up Makayla from school, and now she's had another seizure. And we have to take her to the hospital for a head X-ray."

"Ok, call me when you know something."

So a few minutes later, I was telling my supervisor about the call, visibly upset. She told me to go on and leave. Thankfully the day tech hadn't left work yet, and was willing to stay and cover the rest of my shift.

Ya know, I've decided I really don't like hospitals. Got the head X-ray done, dropped off a urine sample. I leaned over to kiss her and guess what? Yeah, her fever was back up. Tonya decides since we are already there at the hospital, we'd just stop by the ER.

Alrighty then...

Needless to say, we are there for hours. And hours... The admitting nurse had to give her some Motrin for her 103.1 fever before we go back to the little cubicle. Another urine sample, a cat scan, and 2 doctors dropped by to chat and we sit. 6 hours later, the diagnosis is bladder infection, but since there were the fever induced seizures, call the neurologist the next day. Now I've just been informed that the scheduled visit on Wednesday is to include a MRI and EEG. Hopefully this will find nothing wrong other than she is prone to those little seizures when her fever spikes.

On to other news from my house... Work has slowed down considerably. Yup, never would have evisioned that especially since the housing market is in such a slump. So last week we are notified that our schedules are changing. No more work on Sundays thru the end of the year. No more overtime. Y'all know how screwy my schedule was, it's even worse now. No more 7 days off. Just 6. Even that is subject to change if someone has a vacation day, and I have to cover it. I have to take another day off during that same week. Sheesh!! Enough to drive you to drink...

Speaking of which, Am I hosting the sleep-over? It's fine with me. If you will, bring your pillows and blankets. I don't think I had enough last year for everyone. Not that my house is cold, but I don't want y'all to get a chill.

And now it's Thanksgiving. Did everyone get my little email? Ok, so maybe it was a tad bit long. I like to talk. Anyways, dinner will be served around 2pm on Saturday the 22nd. You all can bring side dishes besides the green beans and mashed taters that I will be making. We are having Ham and Turkey. I've gotten a few return emails detailing this...

Jennifer is bringing whole cranberry salad, and broccoli casserole. Jodi is bringing carrots or sweet taters, and a tossed salad. Sissy is wanting to make the dinner rolls. She sent Robin a email requesting he pick up the soft drinks, water and ice. Susan, haven't heard from you, but I sorta kinda thought maybe you would bring the dessert. Course I'm gonna be making those cow patties for you all to fight over. Momma hasn't said what she wants to bring. Neither has Beth or Kathi. But I'm sure we will have enough food to feed an Army.

Oh, one more thing, since I'm cooking, someone else will have to clean the kitchen... House rules, ya know?

You all can call me or drop me a email. Better yet, post it on here!!!! Tis easy as pie. Hope everyone is doing good. Can't wait to see you all...

Much love, hugs and kisses from my house to yours.

Nan'O