ALONE!!!!

Soooooooooooo..........


My husband has surprised me.

Never thought he could do that.

But he did.

We had made plans to go to Florida to visit very very good friends of ours that live there.

Now, ya'll know that we have never gone anywhere together...ALONE.....well, we did ONCE. We went to Cleveland and stayed in a hotel and went to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Nice time. But that was probably 10, 11 years ago.

So, we really wanted to go somewhere together..ALONE.

So, since Lynn and Penny live in Florida, we thought, "why not? Let's go see them!"

But as many of you know....Lynn is our former Pastor...along with one of our best friends in the world.

Now......I don't know about YOU, but I just cannot have sex in my Pastor's house...regardless if he's my pastor still or not. and I want to have some sex on this trip, ok???!!!

So we thought we'd stay a few days with them and then get a hotel for a few days.

Well.....Husband has surprised me.

He has booked us into a Sirata Beach Resort, in St. Petersburg, FL.

FOR A WEEK!

OCEANFRONT!

ALL ALONE!!

FOR A WEEK!!!!

AT THE BEACH!!!

Ok...who's as shocked as I am? :)

We leave Saturday. On a plane. TOGETHER.

We have never been on a plane together.

and I have had the "travel bug" for the past few weeks BAAAADDDDDD.

I love traveling...flying...airports....new people.....LOVESIT!!!

So I have been eating yogurt all week long ...no carbs...no pop...no bloating on the beach! I'm so shallow.

and I'm not packing very many clothes either....

hopefully I won't need very many. ;)

Smurfy Murphy

Murff the Smurf

Murphy

Smurfy Murphy

The Murfinator

Mr. Murphy

Murff Murff


I am so in love with this dog!!!

I am so thankful that I decided to get him.

He has livened up this house, let me tell ya.

He is spunky and feisty and full of personality. He loves to snuggle and he sleeps right by my side at night. I wake up in the middle of the night to find him licking my nose..or chewing only ear lobe. I LOVE HIM!!! He sleeps on his back with his head on my shoulder and just passes out.

he's actually walking on a leash now and doing a great job. I walk him down the road every day and he walks like a proud little soldier...trotting along beside me..on a mission.

I never thought I'd be a "Little Dog Person". I LOVE my Labs...they're still the best dogs ever. But this little guy? he's pretty good too.

but I refuse to get a dog stroller. Sorry Bean! I just cannot do that. Rae and I saw a woman at the mall last year, with her dog in a stroller and we just looked at each other and rolled our eyes. I refuse to become one of those crazy old women!!! ;)

But Maddie Girl still doesn't like him. so we keep them separated most of the time. She smells him...he wiggles like crazy to get to her...but she won't have any of it. We walked them both in the yard yesterday....she pretty much ignored him. It went...ok. We will be doing that every day...outside...till she can get her act together. he aint goin no where girl...get with the program!!!


I still miss Trooper terribly...every single day. But I know he would have loved Murphy and would have been teaching him all kinds of ornery things.

His best friend, Kitty, lives on our porch. He torments that cat every day....playing with his tail..pulling his whiskers...cleaning his ears..and Kitty just takes it all in. Of course, Marvin is scared to death of cats...(they're evil) and says I have to get rid of it or he's going to shoot it. so I'm trying to find him a home before Winter. But I wouldn't mind keeping him...he;s very friendly.

So my days revolve around Murff Murff right now. and they're good days.

46 degrees out and rainy...

so Im partaking of a huge bowl of butter beans with lots of rosemary.

I think rosemary might be my favorite herb...I put it in all kinds of stuff. and when I cut it, or brush up against it...the aroma fills my kitchen. LOVE THAT!!!

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Took Murphy ( ya...he's no longer Rocky) to visit with his brother, and they played for 2 hours and now he is knocked. out. I LOVE this dog. and to think I almost didn't get him....how empty my days would have been. he has been the best medicine for the whole family. We can actually talk about Trooper without breaking into tears now. and we know Trooper would have loved Murphy, so that helps too.

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I've gained 7 pounds. SHIT!!!!! Im not walking. I need to get back to it. simple as that. I REFUSE to gain this weight back. I was almost to my goal weight too.....I hate myself right now. weak. UGH. ( i guess eating a whole stinking bag of starburst doesn't help either) :(

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So Marvin and I want to get away for a weekend. He wants to go somewhere warm...I want to go to California and see Zombie Mom and Fighting Mad Mary again. he's never met them and I want him to BAAADDDDDDD. and we so need to get away by ourselves. haven't done that in years....Evan finally got his license (YAYAYAY!), so I don't feel so bad leaving the boys home by themselves. They are responsible enough to handle it for 4 days....good boys. (at least I think so till something happens!)

So do any of ya'll have any good ideas on where to go, for CHEAP?

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um, the above post? ya...scratch that. Im not going anywhere with him. the end.

The funeral for Marty was yesterday.

I hate funerals....but I guess everyone does, huh?

What thought did I come away with?

that Millie has an AWESOME family and they will get her through this.

There are 5 children and they are ALL close.

they surrounded her with love and comfort and laughter. And they will get her through this.

They will be there for her kids.

And it made me realize, more than ever, what I don't have.

I want that.

I want her family to be mine.

I told her brother Jose last night...

"If I ever covet anything, it's your family."

I was talking to Rae tonight, and I told her that's what I want for her and her brothers and sister.

I want them to be CLOSE...to always be there for each other, no matter haw far apart they in the country.

I want the cousins to grow up together...to spend the night together....to go to Uncle Bud's house and know that they will have FUN with him. That Uncle Football will wrestle with them till they fall down from so much laughter.

That Auntie Rae will play school and do crafts and bake them cookies and Auntie Betts will teach them how to cuss. :) that Uncle Austin will give them rides on his back and on his dirtbike.....

I want them to have that closeness, so that when Marvin and I die one day...they will have the support that they"ll need from each other.

Family is everything.

too bad some people don't realize this till it's too late.

I will NOT let this happen to me.

Dr. Martin T. Manning

Marty is gone.

While i'm so so sad.....i'm happy and relieved too.

To watch him suffer these past few months has been sheer torture.

So we have to have a happy heart.

It was a long, long battle and he fought it admirably...with much grace and humor.

We love you Marty and will see you again one day. Be free.

soooooooooo..........

here we go again.

i had a request for a "friend" on good old Facebook.

from someone that I don't really know...have never met in person....just heard things about from someone else.

sorry for being cryptic.

and this has come out of the blue....outta no where.

While I don't know this person in "person"....I sort of know "of" them.....

so, do I "friend" them?

Especially when I think its all being set up by a third party who is trying to "creep" me without actually being "friends" with me.

Does that make sense?

This third party is the only link I have to the person who requested the friendship.

Something smells fishy in River City.

So I went and did it.

I got The Puppy.

and Im soooo glad I did.

he has made the transition a whole lot easier. Big shoes to fill, for such a little guy, but he's doing a fine job...and I know Trooper would have LOVED this little guy.

His name is Rocky.....so far! Porr little thing has had a hundred names so far. I really like JackJack and Rosco too....gotta see if he's actually a "Rocky".

I love him. :)