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Katrina Potter Patty is so sad.....I have a Bronchial Infection & I had to send off my baby today to the service center. AKA: My Nikon D300 (camera). Now I am home with my feet kicked up & resting. Yes mother...resting. I promise.
Up at 12:26 am trying to calm a cough. Meds are in with a milk chaser.

Facebook Updates

It seems I spend a bit of time on Facebook. The thing is I know it. Here are the last few postings I have had. It goes from newest to oldest.

Katrina Potter Patty is off to bed!
Katrina Potter Patty is off the ball games!
Katrina Potter Patty has another busy day. Planning scouts for tonight, working on my Kindergarten Wednesday night lesson for Mission's, contemplating going to the pool company for shock, working on Operation Christmas Child stuff (that's right no typo). Well maybe not a busy day but I could fit a couple of more things in. EVIL EVIL Facebook
Katrina Potter Patty Now how about this one. Nobody puts Baby in the corner!
Katrina Potter Patty Grease is the word is the word is the word.....
Katrina Potter Patty just got back from Operation Christmas Child kick off.
Katrina Potter Patty just watched the local 155th leave from Tupelo. It was so sad. Cars pulled over on the side of the road for them. Motorcycles & Police Officers were leading, following & escorting them.
Katrina Potter Patty is headed to the ball fields AGAIN!
Katrina Potter Patty is headed off to lead a bunch of kindergarteners make Mother's Day crafts. FUN FUN FUN.....really!
Katrina Potter Patty dang I am gonna miss my friends tonight while they are supporting LeBonheur. Think of me while I am sitting at the ball fields.
Katrina Potter Patty Women rule the world...men are just here for the company. Just heard it on a commercial.
Katrina Potter Patty has to take her overweight dog for yearly shots, drop off a riding mower with the trailer, get some mulch, spread it, get ready to teach kindergarteners tonight & hopefully have a Mountain Dew somewhere in between.
Katrina Potter Patty is headed to work on new empty bowls for next years Salvation Army Empty Bowls Luncheon.
Katrina Potter Patty is headed out to a baseball game & then to Boy Scouts.
Katrina Potter Patty is back from a wet & cold baseball practice.
Katrina Potter Patty is relaxing & watching movies with her guys tonight.
Katrina Potter Patty What do you think the purpose of life is? To be useful & make a difference in life.
Katrina Potter Patty Wants everyone to know that you can get you some good seats for Alan Jackson tonight. I just checked online & the good seats that have been held back are being released. Section 102 Row 3 near the stage came up.
Katrina Potter Patty wants to update her blog but can't seem to get the gumption (is that a word) up to do it.
Katrina Potter Patty now has an official Boy Scout in the house. Chris did a crossover ceremony at church tonight. It was really special.
Katrina Potter Patty is waiting on word from family that had straight line winds come through Scottsboro early this morning. Tore the town up pretty bad. Alot of people with no electricity. My sister has power so she took my mom that had no power a pot of coffee. All is well in their life now.

Facebook Addict

Katrina stands up slowly & says....My name is Katrina & I am a Facebook addict. Then she bows head in shame. While the whole time sitting next to all her friends at the same meetings.

My name

I was playing on Facebook.com & had a pop up well.......pop up.

SHEKNOWS Baby Name Meanings

I thought I would give this one a try. I don't beleive in this sort of thing. It reminds me of Fortune Tellers. Only the Lord knows how He will have your life go but it was fun to see if it matched me. This one I hope does. It sort of sounds like me.

"People with this name tend to be idealistic, highly immaginative, intuitive, and spiritual. They seek after spiritual truth and often find it. They tend to be visionary and may inspire others. If they fail to develop their potential, they may become dreamers, or misuse power."

Nothing

At home today doing..................NOTHING. My sinuses are crazy. Stayed in bed really late. My hubby brought me some Tylenol to the bed when he got home from work. Hyped up on that right now. I hope I shake it by next weekend. Got to much to do between now & then.

Sitting on the couch watching TV.

sniffle, cough, hack, saying oooooohhhhh, pity pity pity. I hate being sick.

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.

Jump back a day!

Well can I actually get two post in one night?

I posted about my day but now the weekend.

We still have Cub Scout popcorn sell going on & had another 3 hour shift at Sam's Club to sell. The boys actually did pretty good which was my two & one of my Tigers from my den. They stalked errr...waited outside the exit door for customers leaving & ask if they would like to help support the cub scouts by buying popcorn. Some people ignored them but some nice people actually stepped over & bought. One guy actually said "he did not recognize the Scouts". Don't even get me started. That's another post in itself. Well we were tired & cold & finally got home about 9:30 that night & we were T-I-R-E-D. The boys want to know can we do it again Saturday............NO NO NO. All my two did was fight & punch each other the whole time & run everywhere not paying attention. One of my sisters has two boys & I ask her ALL the time "please tell me it gets better." I miss baby dolls & doing nails! Boys are not wired that way. Thank God.

Hubby was home all weekend. Before the weather turns to cold we hoped to get the 4 wheelers out & take to the land. Chris' had been acting up for a bit. Hubby got it out early Saturday to do a quick thing to it but nothing here is simple. He was stumped so it is off to the repair people. Here we go again! He gave up, we got the other one loaded & headed to a friends house to pick up his big 4 wheeler. Wait, we need to switch the little one to the back of the truck because both will not fit on the trailer, get gas in a can, air in the tire, the boys are hungry, We are never going to get there. We are trying to find a place in Pontotoc to pull the trailer in safely to get gas & guess what blue lights behind us. Yes, a city cop. We must have attracted attention looking for a station. No my husband was speeding. He didn't argue. He was. Proof of insurance. Guess what not in the truck. It was our leased vehicle we were turning back in so all of it was removed from the glove box. We decided to buy it instead but none of the papers were put back in. I guess the officer thought we looked honest enough & let that part slip. I now have it at my side ready to go back in the truck tomorrow. Well we try to proceed onto the land. We get there & are met by some wild turkey crossing the driveway in. Pic attached. We are now at the spot we will call home hopefully soon. All is well in the Pa'tty World. All three guys got muddy. Chris even had muddy underwear from riding. That is some serious mud riding. I weed eated around some trees, cleaned off my cats grave who I still miss something fierce, played with my toy (Nikon camera), road a 4 wheeler through the woods & back out & took a deep breath because by that time the sun was going down. Turned out to be a good Saturday ticket & all.

At church the next morning with Operation Christmas Child in full swing I have had things I have had to do. We picked that day to give out the empty boxes that Samaritans Purse provides. Only about 250 were passed out. We had a really great time doing it. Pic attached. Hopefully they come back all full to send over seas.

Shelley Farmer (Director of Childhood Education)

(me) Katrina Potter Patty (OCC coordinator for HBC)

Dale Taylor (volunteer for OCC)

Kathryn Walden (volunteer for OCC)

Rev. David Langerfeld (Associate Pastor)

Rev. Tim Alexander (Minister of Education & Single Adults)

Our 2 boys both have b'days this month & their grandparents sent them some money that was burning a hole in their pockets. Sunday after church we went to Wally World to spend that hot money. The boys both got toys since you know they don't have any. The pitiful things. S-P-O-I-L-E-D to the bone. Man time is passing quick. The boys are 7 & 11 this month. Our daughter turned 22 this past summer. Different seasons of our lives. Changes come. We deal. Me not as much. I do deal with it but in some ways I look back & wish for the old times. People are what I miss the most. Father, mothers, sisters & nephews that have passed. Time heals wounds. A blogger friend is having to bury a nephew soon. What I read of him all says he was a great guy & you wonder why was it his time. But it is God's time not ours. God has plans for him & he needed him now. My heart breaks for the family having to say their goodbye's. Patty I will be thinking of you. Please keep this sweet family in your prayers.

Well it is getting late. I have bible study tomorrow. I still need to finish the booth tomorrow. My husband comes back from a quick business trip that he left early this morning on. My oldest son has a b'day & I need to get a fire lit under me to get some painting finished around here. Got to get this house sold. Now I will try to download some pics for you to view. Click on them for a larger view.

Another day another dollar

Well another day but not another dollar from a paycheck. Several weeks ago our fridge was dying a slow death. It kept getting warmer & warmer inside. Well a fridge guy came, replaced a part, we paid, he left & guess what.... it didn't work. It hobbled along for a bit but it was screaming to be put out of its misery. We called a different repair guy & he stayed here about 3 hours looking & tinkering. Boy if it was by the hour I was going to have a MAJOR bill. He gave us the bad news. The fridge was only 7 years old but the brand just did not stand the test of time. He told to look for another. Now why couldn't the other guy tell us that? Now for the bill......"No charge" he says......"I didn't do anything to help you". Now that's a repair guy. I still could not let him leave. I offered him to stay for dinner with us. In the time he was here we talked & laughed. He had lost his wife over a year ago & I was already told he was a talker. Boy did he come to the right house. He had a daughter expecting him for dinner so he had to hit the road. I couldn't just let him leave so....I paid him his service call fee. I do think it fair. He at least told us the truth. Now how does another dollar come into play. The other company refunded me back half the the amount I paid them to fix my fridge. A whole half. It came in today's mail. That may just fill my gas tank 3 times. The gas prices have dropped quite a bit here. Enough of the bad stuff. Now something good.
Today was one of my get-to-be-home days after dropping the boys at school. I got a call this morning from a friend & she was sitting up a booth for Operation Christmas Child for "Celebration Village" here in Tupelo. Here is the description of it. Browse through rows of vendors from across the nation, who will gather to see gifts, clothing, home decor, art and gourmet foods. Presented by the Sanctuary Hospice House, this event is a holiday hit.

She ask if I had some free time to come help set up. Don't have to ask me twice to come look at other absolutely gorgeous booths. I am talking about some really great looking professional booths. I do have to say ours will look really nice after the finishing touches go on tomorrow. We are not selling...just promoting OCC to get more people involved.

Boo Hoo

I am home today. I have updated my blog on my land site & my SSClass site. I need to finish getting my e-mail list for SSClass finished. I have a couple of new people to add & need to send it out. I had two of my scout parents give me their e-mail adresses last night & need to get their updates to them about the Cub Scout popcorn sell going on. (If you are on my e-mail list you will probably be getting an e-mail asking you to buy popcorn over an internet site if I can figure out how to get the website to work. Chris & Matthew get the credit.) Other than that I have not done much. The same stuffed animal is still laying in the same spot in the family room as it was this morning. It hurts to bend over. All the blood rushes to my jaw. The doc said it would be sore. Man he was right. I know BOO HOO. Tomorrow will be better. Take a pill get over it. Life goes on. Got alot to do tomorrow.

Now for a chuckle.

Spaghetti Sauce
Jack prepared a pasta dish for a dinner party he was giving. In his haste, however, he forgot to refrigerate the spaghetti sauce, and it sat on the counter all day. He was worried about spoilage, but it was too late to cook up another batch. He called the local Poison Control Center and voiced his concern. They advised Jack to boil the sauce again.

That night, the phone rang during dinner, and a guest volunteered to answer it. Jack's face dropped as the guest called out, "It's the Poison Control Center. They want to know how the spaghetti sauce turned out."

I wonder should I cook dinner tonight!

Wow, What a day

What is better than having a root canal done? I could & would personally say......anything. My day started out having one done this morning. I have never had to have one. It was not as bad as I first thought. It was about like a tooth filled....then the pain hit & boy.....it hurt like the dickens. I had to make a run to Wally World after to pick up a few things then headed home to unload my groceries & get some paper work to go make copies at the church. We had Cub Scouts at church tonight. I had not even gotten my lesson together. I can't believe it but I was actually ready by 6:30 for the meeting. Now back at home waiting on my neighbor to come over & tell me goodbye. She & her family have packed up lock, stock & barrel. They are now officially Washington state residents. They will be missed by a ton of people.
Well just another day & it starts all over again tomorrow.

Scout Day at Huntsville Space & Rocket

Chris (Webelo 2 rank), Me, & Matthew (Tiger rank)

Pack 85 Tupelo, MS

Alot of our pack went to the Space & Rocket Center this past Saturday. The church vans transported alot of the group & several took their own cars. They left that morning & came back later that afternoon. I took my own vehicle & stayed the weekend back home. I am SOOO tired. I stay busy the whole time I am there. Since Jeff did not get to go my mom & sister went & spent Saturday with us at the Space & Rocket Center.

Later the boys & I ran by & spent some time with Jeff's dad (my in-laws). My baby sister called when I was about to leave from there & wanted to know if I wanted to run to Wally World with her. We went & did the Southern thing of shopping & running into people & talking & catching up. We left there & drove around & waited on my niece to get off work at the pizza place. We made her & her friends take us cruising around "The Square". We lead very pathetic lives to hang out with 19 year olds. We just had to see if it had changed any since we were that age. It has not just to let you know. By the way the only reason they let us go was because I let her drive my vehicle & it was my gas that made the many trips around "The Square" & town. The reason we finally went home.....the old people in the back seat was about to fall asleep (my sister & I). Boy were we tired & it was not even midnight.

Pastor appreciation was the next day at my sister's church & they were honoring their pastor that performed my wedding years & many years ago.

In my hometown they have a Trade Day the "First Sunday" & "First Monday" of each month around "The Square". Not much was going on but it was still fun walking around & remembering a place I walked for as long as I remember. If you go & don't run into someone you know you must not be looking. I seen my husbands neice & her little family I rarely get a chance to see while back home. We tired of walking & went after lunch. Then back to my sisters to pack up & leave town finally around 5:00. Engine light came on so that threw my time off a bit. (My neice did not tighten the gas cap after she put gas in for me)

Got back here to MS finally around 9:00pm.

Now back to real life back here & got to get busy with Operation Christmas Child at church.

Off to cook dinner now.

More later.

Wizard 106 Hosts Le Bonheur "Miracle Maker" Radiothon

Another great event I will be getting to help with. I helped last year & it was terrific. My Wednesday night Kindergarten class for the last 2 years have been Change Wizards & we are right now in the process of our 3rd year. Both years each class has collected around $250.

Wizard 106 Hosts Le Bonheur "Miracle Maker" Radiothon
Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center and Wizard 106 will host the 8th Annual Radiothon at the Mall at Barnes Crossing in Tupelo, MS. All proceeds will benefit the children' s hospital.
The on-air Radiothon will run:
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 6 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 11, 6 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 12, 6 a.m. – noon
We need your help! Call in during the Radiothon and be a Miracle Maker by pledging $15 a month for 12 months. Also, you can help the patients at Le Bonheur by participating in the Change Wizards program. Collect change from your co-workers, customers and friends. For more information about the Radiothon or Change Wizards, contact the Le Bonheur Regional Development Office at 662-348-5505.
Before, during or after the Radiothon, you can support Le Bonheur by visiting www.lebonheur.org/donatenow.

When you give, please direct your donation towards the Tupelo Radiothon.
Start Date and Time:
September 10, 2008 on 6:00 AM
End Date and Time:
September 12, 2008 on 12:00 PM
Address:
The Mall at Barnes Crossing1001 Barnes Crossing Rd # 106Tupelo, Mississippi MAP

For more information please contact: Connie Haygood

Wrong place at the wrong time or Are we?

God doesn't make mistakes.

He puts us where we are to be.

They say there are no mistakes, for everything there is a purpose.

Makes you think.

We’ll never know where our paths will take us!

God is not sleeping.

Do you ever feel you are in the "Wrong Place at the Wrong Time" ? I am full of Southern sayings even though I don't know if that is one. We all know the saying but deep down I know that isn't true. God always has us where we need to be.

I have to say I have been in some pretty cool places at what seems like the wrong time.

Once in 2000 in Paris in the Louvre Museum a deafening alarm sounded & all the doors shut & we were locked in Napoleon's bedroom full of priceless furniture along with alot of people that did not speak English. We sat on the floor a bit & then all the doors opened & we were on our way to the next wing. We never found out what happened. Probably never will. Wrong place wrong time.

In 2005 Jeff & I went to Paris & London. While in London bombs started to go off on the subway, streets & buses. We were outside of London on a castle tour at the Queen's home. I was in the gift shop when guards took me by my arms & asked if I was done shopping & lead me out of the shop. I thought I had done something wrong. When we first went in a bit before there were these cute little retired guys in beautiful uniforms greeting us. When I came out to the street side the cute little retired guys were gone & these young uniformed guys with berets with semi automatic weapons had took their place. Scary scene & we had no idea what had happened. No one knew. Word slowly got out & we were told "London was Closed". Closed! How can a city be closed? We did not know the severity until we got back to our Hotel that night. Our family had been trying to get ahold of us all of the day. We did get in touch but we were fine. We stayed in that night but was right back out the next day.

Wrong place wrong time.

Mississippi has been a crazy place for weather here lately. On May 8 of this month I took the boys to school as normal. On my way back the lightening was really striking in the sky. I had grabbed my camera on the way out the door. I pulled over at the furniture market buildings to try & get a picture of the lightening. Well the sky got really dark & it poured rain. The hardest I had seen in awhile. I gave up on the lightening & went home. I got a phone call when I got in the door. It was my husbands friend wanting to know if I was OK. Well.....ok as I could be. They had heard on the radio that a tornado had come up the road by my house, hit the furniture market, went across the road to the airport & jumped back up & went toward the mall area. I changed my clothes (in case I see someone I know) grabbed a fresh battery for my camera & headed back out. The tornado had hit the market building up the road from where I was sitting at earlier. WOW. Ripped the roof off. No injuries. I headed toward the mall area. Got alot of great shots. 3 were picked up by an on-line news site. You can view the pics I made here on Flickr.com. One of my sister's called to see if we were ok. She lives in GA & heard a tornado had hit our area. I had to admit to her on the phone where I was. Up where it had hit. The radio was calling for more bad weather to move through. I thought I would head home but wrong place wrong time. I was on a busy highway when the next wave came through. Along with a ton of other people I pulled off the side & waited it through. I had my phone & it worked so I sat & got caught up with my sister I rarely get to see. Well I did get home that day. Tupelo came through with no serious injuries. Alot of property damage but no deaths.

Wrong place wrong time.

Well not much as happened since then.......Wrong

Wrong place wrong time......

Next post to follow explains more......

He puts us where we are to be.

Being loved

I think one of the most important things in life is to be loved. Everyone wants to be. Everyone needs to be. When we are shown in some small ways & some large ways we feel better. It is just our nature.

"A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart." ~Author Unknown

My mother has a very good friend that lives in Kentucky. "Judy". I got the chance to take my mother back in January before the weather turned for the bad there. Since then they have been snowed in several times. We had a great visit. We were given the royal treatment, home cooked meals, visiting a dairy farm (I have a new respect for my milk now), touring the town & great friends to be with. They even live in one of my favorite spots.....the country. Beautiful area. In Judy's spare time that she catches here & there she was making my mother a quilt. I made a comment of how beautiful it was. The next thing I hear is she is making me one. Well....it came in mail yesterday. It is absolutly gorgous. It is all hand made. I love country items. I should have been raised in the pioneer days. OH NO on second thought I don't believe they had internet connection. Well you can take the girl out the country but you can't take the country out of the girl.

I wanted to attach a couple of pics of my quilt & the dairy farm but blogger is having some problems right now. Maybe tomorrow.

***********UPDATE----Got them to load***********

Note to Judy----Mom thinks the world of you & she loves you so much. Thank you for making me feel loved. You have a sweet spirit & are a joy to the Lord. I love you. Katrina

Totally flipped my lid...

"Work like you don't need the money,

love like you've never been hurt,

and dance like you do when nobody's watching."

I have had way tooooo much rest. I have totally flipped my lid. One of the songs playing on my list at the bottom of this page is "I Can Hear Music" by Kathy Troccoli. I got up, starting spinning & dancing & noticed my blind is wide open in my front office at home. Well the neighborhood show is now over. Thank you, Thank you very much for coming! See 'ya next show!

Listen to the song & see what you do. Please tell me it is just not me that does this!

Grounded

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. ~Etty Hillesum

That word (grounded) should not be in an adults vocabulary for themselves.

I have gotten a few days behind on my blog. A week ago yesterday I went up to our land to clear some briars. Nothing out of the ordinary. It was a beautiful day. I had been there for a few minutes & while swinging the swing blade I felt something funny in my chest. I sat down for a bit to drink my refresher drink (Mtn Dew). I know.... not very healthy. I got back up but still felt really weird. I got my cell phone out of the chair & put it in my back pocket in case I dropped to the ground & did not pass out I could at least call someone for help. Well a few minutes passed & I still was hurting in my chest. I was having a hard time breathing & catching my breath. Could it be a heart attack? Could it be a pec muscle pulled. The only thought I was having was "Please Lord don't let me pass out by the water. You know I hate snakes & I don't want to be their lunch." Well I didn't pass out but I loaded what I could back in my little wagon, left some stuff behind, headed for the truck & came home. I took a shower & sit down to relax except I couldn't. Well I am not a person that runs to the doctor but the next morning (last Wednesday) I had an appointment. You knew I was feeling bad because I missed my bible study class at church. (Stepping Up - by Beth Moore) My doctor did a full exam, listened to my heart, took my temp, took my blood pressure, did chest x-rays & etc. Things were normal. As normal as they can be for me. I had "Chest Trauma". (More info at the bottom) He had some fancy smancy word for it but I forget. All I was hearing was I over did it the last few days & just slow down for a few weeks. Well that was going to make my mother happy. She tells me that all the time. Well have I slowed down........well a bit. I haven't been swinging a swing blade since last week. My ladies softball team played last night & I wasn't there. I figured the throwing & batting would be a set back. See...I do listen to my doctor & husband. My house is a wreck but it will still be a wreck in a few days for me then. I have taken it easy. Really.

The boys have started practice for T-ball & baseball & I have been driving them to the practices. Cub scouts is winding down for the school year but the summer stuff for scouts is starting. I am now an official Tiger Cub Leader. My paper work went in Monday at the meeting.

Only 6 more times to meet for Wednesday night Kindergarten Missions class. Then we have a summer break for class. While I am typing this I am trying to finish an idea in my head for the craft tonight for missions class. It will be a card for Mother's day. We are using thumb prints to use as "Thumbody Loves you" "Me that's who". Should be fun. 5 & 6 year old with inked finger prints in class to get all over the place. :-O I need to finish the paper work to get in for Chris to go to christian summer camp in June for his 3rd time. Matthew's spring pictures came in from school. I need to get that order form filled out & get in. I have to take one of my dogs to the vet today for her yearly shots. Get back home in time for my youngest to get off the school bus. Boy... I am sure glad today is not a real busy day. I should be at bible study now but I really need to get my craft ready for tonight. I hate missing but remember, I am taking it easy. If I keep repeating that to myself I may can do it.

Recent Chest Trauma
Cause of pain:Chest trauma of any type can cause chest pain by causing rib fracture or muscle strain or contusion. Not infrequently, seemingly mild chest trauma (sliding into second base during a weekend softball game) can be forgotten when the chest pain becomes apparent a day or two later.
Characteristics of pain:Chest pain caused by trauma is almost invariably localized, is often described as a soreness or a sharp pain. It usually worsens with breathing, and often the chest wall is tender to touch or to pressure.
Evaluation:Chest pain caused by trauma usually becomes quite apparent after the doctor takes a complete medical history, and performs a physical examination. Sometimes a chest x-ray helps in making the diagnosis.

Happy Birthday to Me

1970

6 years old

Well another year has come. The big 44. I would like to say that I was always like the little lady I was seen in the left pic but deep in my heart I was a tomboy. Really can't see the bruises & scabs on my knee's & legs here but they are there. The right side pic is really me...the mouth always open, talking & laughing. Ask any of my family! Well you better not you could find out more than you want too.

I had just turned 6 (in 1970) in the photo's & my mom took me out to have my hair done & get a new dress. I felt so pretty, prim & proper. I don't remember much of the day. Just feeling special is all. Later in the day she took me back to my dad's studio to have a photo shoot. My dad was a photographer & owned the photo studio up town & I was always having my picture took but this time I was cleaned & spit shined.

Years have gone by, many years, things have changed, the studio & my dad are gone, the dress long gone, but the little girl & smile are still with me. Many many happy memories remain. That is what is important.

My mom even had my photo make it in a magazine.

How sweet is that?