Introducing Mr & Mrs Lee Willmon

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Introducing Mr & Mrs Lee Willmon

My little sister is engaged

My little sister is engaged!

She has fallen in love & is getting married by summer's end!

National Signing Day

Oh how I love my talented family. My sister sent me an e-mail about her granddaughter. AKA my great-neice. We sure do have some talent running through our blood line.

"Our granddaughter, Hayley Alden, was all over the news in South Bend today, along with many of her fellow players from Penn H.S., and signed to play soccer at Indiana State next fall. We are really proud of her for her achievements especially this yr. She has been awarded sport and academic awards.
Click on her name (about 6 down) and the video should come up on the right of your screen."

Follow this link..........

National Signing Day: A look at where local athletes are headed

Current Temp

Current Temp

Tupelo, Mississippi

22.7 °F
Overcast sky

We have a projected low tonight of 9° F

Now I am sorry but for the South....THAT IS STINKING COLD.

Here is what my sister has in her front yard in Northern Indiana

My sister's elf

How have I missed not knowing about this little thing? This is what my sister in Indiana sent me after my previous post about him.

"Thought you might like to see where I put my little elf this year. Usually I try to stick him somewhere, not so obvious, but try to be creative too.

He's just straddling the tough part of this plant stem! I just love him...you can't see but his leggings are the green stripe as his hat, and black boots."

The joy of old pictures

This was snapped in my dad's studio.

My mother has albums full of pictures of when we were growing up. Being a photographer's daughter can be that way. If my dad wasn't there mom had the camera. I guess that is why I always have a camera on me. My mom scans some every so often & sends them to me. About 5 minutes ago these popped in.
I look & wonder...What happened to that little girl? Where is she? My answer is she is happily married, has the kids she always wanted & has a good life. She is still within the woman she is now. Every so often she makes an appearance in the company of good friends. She has special friends. Loves to laugh & have fun & believes she is proud of the woman she did become.

My sister Pam & I. Gotta dig my red leather skirt. How about my sisters socks above her knee's? The babies breath we are holding in our hands used to grow along the ditch bank behind the house. It was the same ditch bank we used to have to go cut our own switches from. Not that I would know about that sort of thing. Do you know what a switch is?

The lot behind us is where the Scottsboro Sonic is located today. Before that it is where I played softball as a youth. Hardee's is & was across the road. It was Burger Chef then.

My sister & I. She had received her high school class ring & we were showing them both off. She was class of '85 & I was class of '82. Funny is I do not even remember this picture.

Thanks mom for the memories. I really mean that.

Into the week

So much goes on in the week. Not just loading shoeboxes Monday but one of my son's had a check-up Monday with his Ear Nose & Throat doctor. Several weeks ago he had some tiny knots show up in his neck. A parents worst fear. Well after a good thorough exam the doctor seen no real concern. None of the things are present that made him all to concerned. As a parent we still question ourself but I had to trust the doctor & the Lord to watch over my son. Now for the family that follows my blog...Guess which child it is that has given me the concern?.........You have it! Matthew....he does not do anything simple. After all of this it seems to be allergies. He was constantly clearing his throat. We thought it to be habit but it seems to be something else now. He is on a nose spray & pill at night & it has made a big difference. Had to get from the appointment to school & pick up Chris from Chess Club, get home, take a breath, eat a bite & get out the door for scouts. Just a normal Monday.

I am in a bible study at the moment on Wednesday mornings. My SSClass teacher is leading something she has written. Forgiveness. We have done this in class but she has added some to it & put it as a Bible Study. I wish everyone could have the teacher I have. (Sorry K but it is the truth.) Next week is the last week of it & it seems to come to fast.
Chris had a science project due the next day & after church that night we had to hit it hard. It turned out pretty good. It should after buying a hundred dollars of supplies from Hobby Lobby. It is a Decidious Forest. Can't you just tell? Click on the picture & find the deer eating apples from the orchard.

Thursday came & this week my church has a ministry that we got involved in a couple of years ago. It is called Courthouse Ministry. We have the entire week from 9 am to noon each day that we serve coffee & cookies to the people that are waiting for the judge & their lawyers on the second floor. The cookie dough is donated & our kitchen staff cooks them up fresh each morning for us to pick up before we go. Me & another lady from church have to find at least 10 volunteers each time our week rolls around every 3 months. Most churches have stopped doing the ministry so our time rolls around alot more. If you have ever tried to fill volunteer positions then you know it is probably easier asking for a kidney than their time. Sorry but its the truth. So sad to see alot of the cases that come in. People waiting seem to have their nerves shot just a tad. Talking with them, giving them a cup of coffee & a cookie & sharing Christ with them seems to put them a bit more comfortable. Anyone who knows me knows I can talk. I once carried on a lenghty phone conversation with an information operator. She was quite nice. My husband was not shocked.
Speaking of talking- I talked to one of my sisters Thursday night for 134.02 minutes. That was a short conversation. She has taken a 2nd job so she works all the time now. Don't really know much we talked about, just life is all. Something special is shared between sisters. I have wanted to choke her sometimes & she me but in the end we are always sisters.
Friday---Had another date night. My church has once a month Parents Night Out. We take full advantage to have the time together. Couples need that. The boys had fun. They had scheduled a guy to come in & do little tricks & balloon art. Matthew loved the balloon dogs. It popped within an hour of being home. What a surprise!

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

I told you I would be in trouble.
A Northern storm just blew through Mississippi by the name of Polly. My sister read my post of her being next of a picture of her the same day in a swim suit. I have always loved the picture but she hates it. It was the seventies, she had long blond hair & was gorgeous. We Potter's usually speak our minds & don't leave anything for wondering. Well I value my sisters love & being family so I chose the option to NOT post. Actually she chose it. I have plenty of pics made of me looking really really homely that I know she has copies of & that I wish to not be out in the WWW / World Wide Web. She sent me some pictures she would have her rather's. I told her she would not have to fall down or get sick or have a birthday for me to post one & I would love to put her picture on. I am rather proud of my pretty sisters!
We rarely get the chance to see one another except for reunions & funerals but with that invention of the telephone we get caught up quick. Today was a catch up day. I love my calls with her. Different generations of growing up but we love hearing about one anothers lives. She was 26 when I was born but the years come together when we get a chance to visit. I wish for a future of her life now & she sees her past in me. That of being a busy wife & mother. So many times I have written letters in my head to her to let her know how very special she is to me but it never makes it to paper. Growing up I always loved her visits. It meant having more laughter in the house from such a godly Christian woman as she is. I didn't really understand that then but now as an adult she is what I want to strive for. Birthday cards from her meant she was thinking of me way down in Bama & always money in each one. She never missed a birthday & if she did a card saying it was late always came. I still have some of them. Tons of memories fill my head & they are all the greatest of my growing up years. I love you Polly!

Polly 1957

Polly 1954

She & my BIL have been married for 50 years.

She has a challenge for anyone to reach that milestone.

She has to have some secret she could pass along!

My big sister

Please say a special prayer for one of my sisters. Here is what was posted on my family site. I added in red letters beside the names to let you see who is who.

"Well I think Mom (my sister) had a really good birthday. Me (my neice) and the boy's, (Kirby, Kerry and Tate (my great nephews & great great nephew) and Amber (my great neice) went down and then later on Connie and Paulette (my neices) went. Larry (my nephew) called her and they talked awhile. She got something yesterday that she's never had in her 79 years. Her, Paulette and Kenneth (my BIL) went to the bank. They get out and started inside, Kenneth takes off and Mom goes after him. She's always scared he's going to fall. Well she slipped and she fell face first right in front of the bank. An ambulance came and carried her to the E.R. She's got a slight concussion, she's got a black eye. She's got a broken bone under her eye and she fractered her wrist in two places. She cut her finger above her mothers ring and her hand swelled so bad they had to cut her ring off. Her knees are bruised really bad. She's got a small cut beside her eye and some bruising on her forehead. She's got and appointment with Dr. Griffin next week to put a cast on. It's swelled to bad to do anything now. Her cuts wasn't bad enough to be sewn up. Thank goodness. She's really hurting today. It is her right hand so she can't do a whole lot. Gotta get in the bed I'll try to get you posted. Oh what she got was three broken bones. She's never had one.

Happy Birthday Sis

She will kill me for this picture but I have always loved it.

I can't help I have beautiful sisters.

Polly--yours is next (that one I will die for for sure!!)

Made at her mother's grave. We all have the same father.