HOW BAD CAN IT GET?

Good Sunday morning again everyone. Hope everyone has had a good week. It is currently 50 degrees here this morning and some Fog. The last 2 mornings have been very foggy and we have been under Dense Fog Advisories of the mornings. It is windy outside and it makes that 50 degrees feel a little more chilly. This week we are supposed to be getting some more much needed rain and a strong cold front is to come thru on Wednesday with the possibility of some flurries. Yes, I said flurries. The high on Thanksgiving Day is only supposed to be like 40 degrees and the lows going down into the 20's. We never know what to expect with the weather here in Arkansas. LOL.

Well, we only had 2 Basketball games to go to this past week. They were on Thursday and Friday nights. We have 2 this week that I know of and they are on Monday and Tuesday nights. In my opinion, which doesn't count for nothing, they shouldn't even schedule any games during a Holiday Break. But that is just me tho. Both of the girls only have to go to School on Monday. They both get a "FREE" day on Tuesday because they done good on their Benchmark Tests back in the Spring. Then the whole School lets out for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for the Thanksgiving Holiday. They are both happy that they only have to go one day this week and I am to in a way. Neither one likes to get up early and now I won't have to listen to them whine or anything. LOL. I will still have to get up early on Monday and Tuesday to get hubby up so he can go to work those days.

Our Thanksgiving plans have changed. We have decided to go ahead and go to my Parents house for Thanksgiving. My Mom kept on and was wanting us to come down there, so we decided to go ahead and go eat Thanksgiving Dinner with them. I will be making my Dressing and Potato Salad to take down there and my Mom is going to do the rest. My Sister won't be there to eat with us, but I think she will be there to have Supper with my Mom and Dad. After we get done there, we will come home and start on rearranging the living room and cleaning it up real good and then put up our Christmas Tree. That has been a tradition with us ever since me and hubby has been married and I guess we will continue to keep that tradition.

I am really dreading this year for Christmas. As Patricia Neal once said in the Walton's originial show, "THE HOMECOMING", there won't be any Santa Claus around here this year. If it wasn't for the girls, I wouldn't even bother about putting up a Christmas Tree at all. When there is no money, Christmas just really stresses me out. Hubby said earlier this week that for Christmas this year we are just going to stay home and not got to anyone's house. If relatives have gifts for the girls, they can just bring them to our house and give them to us. We will just sit at home and I will do some cooking for us and I guess we can watch Christmas shows. Hubby has recently found out that he isn't a full-time hand after all. The guy that hired him has told him he was and he even got his Uniforms, but the Computer says he is only Seasonal. So, I guess he could get laid off at any time. That just put much more stress on me with the other stress that I have going on that I still don't want to talk about right now. All I can do is just ask that everyone keep praying for me and my Family. Also, to top it all off, I just found out that the girls, ARKIDS isn't paying for anything. I have no clue as to what is going on with that. I am going to have to call tomorrow and find out what is going on. When I got their cards, I called and they told me it had been in effect since May of this year. The thing is I hadn't even applied for it until August. I just feel like my whole world is falling apart sometimes. Now, no insurance for the girls, no presents under the tree for the girls this year, hubby isn't full-time, how much more worse can it get? It just makes me really mad at the System because we are beeing honest about things when applying for help and there are others who lie and get alot more help than we can get. To be honest, it just makes me want to turn those people in. I know, I am a bad person and have a bad temper, but I have always been taught that HONESTY is the best Policy. Evidently, my honesty ain't worth a crap. Well, let me quit rammbling on with all my problems.

I forgot to tell about our little Family time we had last Saturdy night when I made my post last Sunday. We got the Fire Pit all fixed up and just the 4 of us had a Weiner Roast and me and hubby even roasted some Polish Sausage and then we even roasted Marshmellows and had some S'mores. It was a chilly night and we sat under the carport with our little fire and just had some good quality Family time.

Guess I will go for now and start visiting. Hope everyone has a wonderful week and a "HAPPY THANKSGIVING" on Thursday. If you are traveling, I pray safe travels for you and yours. Take care everyone and may GOD continue to Bless each and everyone of you.

Love and hugs,

Karen H.

A BUSY, BUSY WEEK.

Good Sunday Morning again everyone. Hope everyone has had a wonderful week. It is currently 40 degrees here right now. We had another cold front to come thru early yesterday morning and it brought some more much needed rain around here. It also brought some more much cooler temperatures. When I first woke up this morning, it was 33 degrees. We had a pretty big frost out as well. I will be glad when the weather decides to be either cold or warm. Earlier this past week, it had warmed back up and I had to run the A/C during the afternoon, but at night and the early mornings had to use the heaters. It was nice to wake up to the rain yesterday morning and see some water puddles outside.

Sorry about my post last week. Some how or another, it didn't let me finish it. Oh well, at least I did have a post tho. LOL.

First of all, I would like to ask for some prayers for my Family. At this time, I do not want to go into any details, but it's an uspoken Prayer Request for right now. Maybe in time, I will discuss it.

This past week has been a busy, busy week around here. I was on the go with the girls all week. They had basketball games to cheer at on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights. Luckily, we didn't have to travel very far. The first two nights games were over at the Lake City Gym. The last two nights were here at our Gym. There are more games scheduled for this week and even an Invitational Tournament at Bay. Not sure which games they will be cheering at, but I sure hope we don't have very many. I don't mind driving, especially at night, to some local games nearby, but when they are far off, I just don't drive by myself and won't be able to go to the games then. It gets very expensive when you have to drive out of town to games several nights a week and plus paying to get into the games. At least the girls do get in free since they are cheerleaders. At most places, it cost's adults, $4 each to get into a game. I generally try to make sure that we eat something before we do go to a game and we all try to take us all a bottle of water to drink at the game as well. The concession stand food is expensive also. Oh well, let me quit griping, because there is nothing I can do about it. All we can do is just take one day at a time.

Next week is "THANKSGIVING". Do any of you have any big plans? We have decided to just have Thanksgiving here at our house with just the 4 of us this year. I'm going to cook a small Turkey. I will fix some Dressing as well. I know I will fix a big bowl of my Potato Salad. Not sure what else I will fix, but hubby says just to keep it simple. I think we may get us a couple of frozen pies for our dessert. I'm not a big baker myself, so the frozen pies will be just fine with me. Also that weekend is when we usually put up our Christmas Tree and decorate for Christmas. We all have a big chore ahead of us before we do put up the tree. I usually like to rearrange my living room and get it all cleaned up real good before we do put our tree up. The girls have to get their rooms cleaned up as well. They both have a small 4 foot tree that they put up in their rooms. We bought a White Christmas Tree a few years ago and year before last our youngest daughter chose the colors to decorate it in. Last year our oldest daughter chose the colors and this year will be my year to choose the colors to decorate it in. Last year, it was blus and silver and was really pretty. We have all kinds of different colored lights and decorations. I'm not sure what color I want to use this year. Either way, I'm sure it will turn out pretty tho. Hubby and the girls usually put the lights on together and then the girls decorate the tree. I just sit on my butt and sort thru the decorations and hand them to them. LOL. We used to decorate on the outside big time, but we don't do that anymore. One thing, we just can't afford to buy all those decorations to use on the outside. We just use what we have and make the best of it with what we do have. This has been a tradition of us putting up our tree on Thanksgiving weekend ever since me and hubby got married.

Well, guess I will go for now and start my visiting. Hope everyone has a wonderful and Blessed week. May GOD Bless each and everyone of you as well.

Love and hugs,

Karen H.

DID SOMEONE LEAVE THE FREEZER DOOR OPEN?

Burrrr!!!! I think someone has left the Freezer Door Open around here. Good Sunday Morning everyone. I hope that everyone remembered to set their Clocks back an hour before going to bed last night. It is another cold day here in the South. We finally got some Rain last week. One day the Rain was a chilly rain as well. If the temperatures had been down near freezing, it might have been something else that fell. After the rain, we had a cold front to come thru and it's been cold since. I've had my Central heat going as well as my pad heater in the hall. The last couple of nights we have been under a freeze warning. It was 30 degrees here when I got up earlier. I think this weeks weather is going to be another one of those roller coaster rides. It starts out chilly and then warms back up into the 70's. Only in Arkansas. LOL.



I apologize for not posting last Sunday, but I was just so tired and felt bad and had some chores to do. Seems like a Woman's work is never done huh? I know mine isn't. Just wish the cleaning lady would show up like she is supposed to. LOL.



The last couple of weeks has had us going to some Basketball games to watch the girls cheer. This week is going to be busy as well. They have games on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday nights to cheer at. It's a good thing they are all home games. They done really good on their "THRILLER" Dance they did a couple fo weeks ago. I'm hoping they will go it again soon so other people will be able to see it. Since Basketball is in full swing now, they are not going to Gym Classes on Tuesdays anymore. But still with all the games, they are staying busy and keeping us on the go some as well.



Well now that Halloween is finally over, it's time to think about Thanksgiving. I'm not sure yet what we will be doing. I may just fix dinner here at the house for me and hubby and the girls. I think it would be nice for a change for the 4 of us just to have a Thanksgiving meal by ourselves. Do you have any big plans for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday? We usually put our Christmas Tree up Thanksgiving weekend as well. I'm so not looking forward to Christmas this year. Not even sure if the girls will be able to have a good Christmas or not. They do understand tho that times are really hard on us, but maybe we will be able to get them a little something. Last Christmas we went all out and got them their own Laptop and a new Cell Phone for Christmas along with some other little things. But last years finances were in much better shape than this year will be. I guess as long as we are all healthy, have a roof over our heads, and food on the table, that will be a good Christmas. Even tho I like Christmas, it just really stresses me out and makes me not to want to even put a tree up sometimes. If it wasn't for the girls, I wouldn't even put one up. And since they have gotten older and quit believing in Santa Claus, it has taken alot of the fun out of it for me as well.

DO THEY STILL MAKE RAIN ANYMORE?

Good Sunday Morning everyone. I'm having my first cup of Coffee right now and would like it if you would join me. If you don't like Coffee, well, I have some Water or a Diet Caffeine Free Soda. It is 70 degrees here right now and it's on the windy side out this morning. They are calling for a 50% chance of Rain for today, but they gave that percentage one day this past week and we didn't even get a drop here. I'm seriously beginning to think that they don't make Rain for us here in Northeast Arkansas anymore. It's been so long since we have seen any Rain here. It has rained everywhere but here. By us having a very hot and dry Summer, I'm just guessing we are going to have a very bad Winter. I'll take the Snow, but just no Ice like we had here last year in 2009. I don't think I could go thru something like that again. Luckily, my Parents had a generator and we stayed with them during that time. The girls were out of School here for 11 days because there was no power. I seen on the local news the other night where a town in Southeast Missouri is still recovering from that Ice Storm. We don't have a generator ourselves, but if it should happen again, we will be able to cook and have some heat. My cooktop is gas and we now have a Pad Heater in the hall that is also gas. We have 2 coolers that if we have to, we could put things in it and stick it outside so it wouldn't go bad. The only thing is, I wouldn't have my Coffee Maker. That wouldn't be a good thing. LOL. I have got to have my Coffee of the mornings. Oh well, all we can do is just hope and pray for the best and that we don't have another major Ice Storm like last year.

Last Saturday night, a good friend, and a former Elementary Principal of the girls, got killed in a car wreck up around Lake City. I forgot to mention it in my last Sunday's post. I guess I was still in a state of shock myself. From the way I understood, him and his wife were on their way to a Church function up in Jonesoboro and he crossed the center lane and hit another car head on. I've had several people to tell me that he may have had a heart attack and he died instantly and his wife was hurt and at first they didn't know if she would make it or not, but she did. She had something wrong with one of her legs or foot and one of her hands and had to have surgery. They had air-lifted her to the Med in Memphis, Tn. One of the other passengers in the other vehicle had to be air-lifted the Le Bonhuers and was in serious condition. I think the others had some minor injuries and everyone is doing okay now. They had Mr. Case's Funeral on Thursday of this week at his Church in Jonesboro and brought him back to Caraway to bury him. Me and our oldest daughter and one of her friends went out to the Cemetary to the service out there. It was a sad and somber day here in Caraway that day. They had dismissed School here at noon that day so everyone that wanted to go to the Funeral could go. He had been with the School for 30 years. Even after he retired he was still a P.E. Teacher for the elementary kids. Both him and his wife we wonderful people and very good Christians. They both had a strong faith in GOD. He will be dearly missed for sure, but at least HEAVEN has a new ANGEL there now. R.I. P. Mr. Case.

Other than that above, this week has been fairly quiet and slow I guess you could say. Both girls had their regular Gym in Jonesboro in Tuesday and then our oldest daughter worked at her job on Wednesday after School. Like I said above, they had gotten out of School at noon on Thursday and they didn't have their regular Cheerleading practice either. There was no School on Friday due to the Teachers having their In-Service. So, the girls got to sleep late. Our youngest had gone to one of her friends house on Thursday afternoon and spent the night there. Friday evening they had their first Basketball game to cheer at at Armorel, AR. That is a suburb of Blytheville, AR. They both looked really good in their new Cheerleading Uniforms. I didn't take any pictures, but will the next time. This coming Tuesday evening(26th), they are going to do their Michael Jackson dance to "THRILLER". Both Jr. and Sr. High Cheerleaders will all do it together. They have to have some ripped up clothes. Our youngest daughter already has hers, but our oldest will have to get hers done by then. On Saturday morning, I had to get the girls up early again. They were both going with the Choir from School for "All-Region's Try-Outs". I have no idea if they made it or not because hubby had to go pick them up early because our oldest daughter had to come back and pack for an over night stay with the Youth from our Church for a Youth Rally. She left around 12:30p.m. yesterday and is supposed to be back around noon today. Our youngest daughter went to her friends house and went on a Hay Ride with her friends Church last night. She said they had a good time. Me and hubby went to Jonesboro yesterday evening to buy some groceries and it was around 7:30p.m. when we got back home last night. Since we couldn't afford to go out to eat, I got a couple of frozen pizza's and heated them up for us when we got back home. It actually felt good buying groceries and not having to worry about hubby telling me we can't get this or that. LOL. I even bought some name brand things and I haven't been able to do that in a very long time. Hubby even got a Safety Bonus at work this past week for not having any accidents for 3 months and it was a $50 gift card from Wal-Mart. He used that to buy our Toilet Paper and Paper Towels and Paper Plates and Garbage Bags that we have to have. When we got home, I had a job of putting all the groceries up. I even had to re-arrange things in my freezer to make room for some of the things. That has been my week. This coming week the girls have 2 games in Lake City. So I guess, Basketball Season has officially started for our School and they will be doing alot of cheering. Basketball Season usually goes thru February.

Well, guess I will go for now and start visiting some of my favorite blogs. Take care my friends and I hope you have a wonderful week. May GOD continue to BLESS each and everyone of you.

Love and hugs,

Karen H.

A QUIET WEEK.

Good Sunday Morning everyone. I am up early this morning and right now I am the only one up and am having my first cup of Coffee. It is 47 degrees here right now and is supposed to warm up later on in the day to the mid 80's. This past week I have been having to turn my Pad Heater on of the mornings and running it till about Noon and then turning the Air-Conditioner on until just before bedtime. LOL. I guess it's just that time of the year where we have to use both of them.

Well this past week has been a pretty much quiet week around here. The girls had their regular Gym and Cheerleading practices on Tuesday and Thursday and our oldest went Wednesday after School to try out for the Bowling Team at School. Still haven't heard if she made it or not. Yesterday, we went over to hubby's Brother's house for a Family Cookout and to celebrate 2 Birthdays. We were celebrating his wife's Birthday and their daughter's Birthday. Had alot of good food and Birthday Cake and Ice Cream. We all enjoyed visiting with Family and even some real good friends that are just like Family. I didn't take my Camera to take any pictures because I just wasn't in a mood to take any pictures and since I don't remember how to upload them up on here, I just said the heck with it. LOL.

The girls do have their first Basketball Game this coming Friday night to start Cheering at. It will be out of town, but that's okay, at least it's on a Friday night. They finally got their new Cheer Uniforms in this past week and they are real pretty and look good on both of them. They are supposed to do a dance on the 26th to Michael Jackson's, "THRILLER". They have been working on that and I seen some of it this past Thursday when I went to pick them up from Cheerleading Practice. Both of the Jr. and Sr. High Cheerleaders will be doing it together and it looked really good. I'm excited for them and can't wait to see them actually do it. They have to wear some ripped and torn clothes just for the dance tho. I will be taking pictures of that and will have them posted on my Facebook, so those of you who are on my Facebook, be sure to watch for the pictures sometime after the 26th.

Yesterday when we were going to hubby's Brother's house for the Family cookout, we stopped by the Post Office to check the Mail. Well lo and behold, I had a letter saying that we had been approved for Food Stamps. "THANK YOU" Lord for yet another answered prayer. I was a little disappointed in the amount we will be getting tho, but I guess every little bit will help out. What really gets me is that some people will lie about the things they have to turn in and get alot more Food Stamps each month and then you have people like me who are honest and tell the truth and don't really get as much as those other people who lie do. Oh well, at least I am "THANKFUL" to be getting some tho. It has been so bad on us that we haven't been able to buy groceries ourselves. It takes everything that hubby makes just to pay the bills and put gas in 2 vehicles to last 2 weeks. After that, there is nothing really left. I just hope and pray that he will be able to find a better paying job someday soon and will get paid every week. I would try to find a job, but if I did that, it would put an end on me trying to get my Disability. Still haven't heard anything on that. The last thing I heard was something about a hearing and it could take up to a year just for the hearing. I have one of the best Attorney's working on it and I'm sure he knows what he is doing, but it just seems like it is taking forever.

Oh well, sorry for all the complaining and griping this morning, but i guess I haven't had enough Coffee yet. LOL. I keep remember the saying that, "All Good Things Comes to Those Who Wait".

Well, guess I will go for now and start doing my visits to your blogs. Hope everyone has a great Sunday and a good week. May GOD BLESS each and everyone of you.

Love and Hugs,

Karen H.

"HAPPY CANADIAN THANKSGIVING"!!!!

I would just like to wish all of my Canadian Friends a very "HAPPY THANKSGIVING" today. Enjoy the time with Family and Friends and be "THANKFUL" for everything. We all have so much to be "THANKFUL" for. I tried to post a picture here, but it seems I have forgotten how to or either that, they have changed the way you do things here on the Blogs. Anyway, "HAPPY CANADIAN THANKSGIVING" to all my wonderful Friends up in Canada. May GOD BLESS each and everyone of you.



Lots of Love and Hugs,



Karen H.

TERRAPIN DERBY AND 30-YEAR CLASS REUNION

Good Sunday Morning everyone. I would like to apologize for not posting last Sunday, but the Saturday before, I was busy, busy, busy. My hometown of Lepanto, had their 80th Annual Terrapin Derby that is always held the first Saturday in October and then my Graduating Class of 1980 had their 30-Year Class Reunion that night and then that Sunday I had to go to my Mother-In-Law's for a double Birthday Dinner for my hubby and his Sister. Needless to say, I had been pretty much on the go since that Friday.

It is 53 degrees here this morning. Our weather has been jumping back and forth from warm to cool. Last week we had a strong cold front to come thru and the high temperatures were only in the 60's and we had lows in the 40's. I even lit the pilot light on my Pad Burner in the hall so we could use it just in case. Well, we had to use it in the mornings when I got up. It was on the chilly side. Now this past week it has warmed back up again. It started out with me using the heater of the mornings and then turning the A/C back on in the afternoons. Finally the latter part of this week, I have just been leaving the A/C on all the time. Sure wish it would make up it's mind if it wants to stay warm or stay cool. LOL. I think we have another cool down coming later this week with high's only in the 70's. Hope everyone is enjoying the weather where you live.

I took both girls to see a Children's Pediatrician this past Thursday. Since they had their ARKids, I needed to find them a Primary Care Physician and get them established with one. One of my Sister-In-Law's had suggested one out in Jonesboro and we were able to see him this past Thursday. Both of the girls really liked him and said he was "cool". LOL. I was very impressed with him as well. He checked them both out very well and both are in good health and in the right percentile in their height and weight. He did give them some Claritan for allergies. So much of that seems to be going around in this area right now. He even suggested them getting a shot for spinal menangitis and they both got one to protect them. He said he would like to see them both again in 6 months unless something comes up before then. After we left the Doctor's office we had to go by Wal-Mart to the Pharmacy to get their meds filled and had to wait there about 45 minutes. By the time they got done we were all hungry so Ashley, our oldest daughter suggested we go to Taco Bell to eat. She and Alyssa had said they have been hearing on a Radion Station they listen to where they had some cheap things to eat, so we went to Taco Bell. All 3 of us ate for $7 and some change. Of course Ashley paid for it all. That was so nice of her to do that and I'm so proud of her for doing such a nice thing. We left there and came back home and they got all of their School stuff and I took them back to School around 1:00p.m. All 3 of us enjoyed our time together even tho it was going to the Doctor. I guess it was some much needed Mother and daughters time.

Last Saturday, my hometown had their 80th Annual Terrapin Derby. What is that you say? LOL. Well, they have been doing this for 80 years now. They have vendors set up and down Main Street and they even have a Parade that comes down Main Street at 2:00p.m. I took alot of pictures of the Parade. I won't try to post them all because there were over 100 pictures of just the Parade. Yes, I took a picture of everything in the Parade. After the Parade beginning at 4:00p.m. they block off a side street off of Main Street for alot of Turtles to Race. They have 3 winners. Each year, girls of all ages will run for Terrapin Derby Queen and will sell tickets on the Turtles. The girl who sells the most tickets wins the Terrapin Derby Queen. They usually have a Jr. Queen and a Sr. Queen. Believe it or not, in 1973, I won the Jr. Terrapin Derby Queen myself. Then at 7:00p.m they have a Street Dance. We normally go to the Street Dance ourselves, but this year, my Graduating Class of 1980 had our 30-Year Class Reunion. So, me and my hubby went to that and the girls spend the night with my Mother-In-Law. I had the best time at my Class Reunion. It was the most fun that I had had in a very long time and was some very much needed fun time for me as well. I think we had about 18 out of 35 that showed up for the Reunion. A few of them I had not even seen since Graduation. It was about 12:30a.m. when me and hubby got home that Sunday morning and let's just say I had a little too much fun, but not that bad tho. I had said previously that I had been on the go since that Friday, but it was that Thursday because that Thursday night, I had went down to Lepanto and helped decorate for our Reunion with a couple of other girls that I graduated with. I didn't go to my 10-Year Class Reunion, but I am so glad that I went to this Reunion and now I'm ready for the next one. LOL. Now, I'm going to try to upload some pictures, but if I can't, for all of those that are on my Facebook, you can go to my Pictures on there and look at all the pictures.

That Sunday at 1:00p.m. we had to go to my Mother-In-Law's for a Double Birthday Lunch. That Sunday(3rd) was my Sister-In-Law's Birthday and then on Tuesday(5th) was my hubby's Birthday. So, my Mother-In-Law decided to have a Birthday Lunch for the both of them. All of her kids were there with their kids and I tooks pictures of that as well. We all had a great afternoon of eating and visiting and taking pictures. This was the first time that all of her kids had been together in a very long time. She has 5 kids(2 boys and 3 girls) and also she has 8 grandkids(5 boys and 3 girls) as well.

Well, it was taking too long to upload the pictures in a Video, so you can go to my Facebook Page and look under Photos and the Album's name is 80th Annual Terrapin Derby and 30-Year Class Reunion for those pictures and then for the Birthday pictures it's under the Album name of David and Sue's Birthday Dinner. Sorry it was taking so long but there were lots of pictures on that Saturday.

I guess that is about all that has been going on with me for the last week or so. Guess I will go for now and start visiting some of my favorite blogs. Hope everyone has a great week and may GOD BLESS each and everyone of you.

Love and hugs,

Karen H.

One heck of a Week and an Answered Prayer

Good Sunday morning everyone. I hope that everyone has had a wonderful week. It is currently 60 degrees here and the wind is blowing. Today there is a chance of rain and it's supposed to be a cloudy and gloomy day after a strong cold front came thru. I'm loving this kind of weather. The high today is only supposed to be in the 60's and in the 70's some this coming week with lows in the 50's. May have to light a fire. LOL.

It has been a bad week for us around here. Our oldest daughter, Ashley, has been having some dizzy spells and feeling like she was going to pass out and her hands shaking. I ended up taking her to the Emergency Room Monday after School and they did all kinds of tests on her there. Everything checked out okay except they did find an irregular heart beat on her heart. The 2 Doctors that seen her wasn't comfortable about sending her home and was wanting to send her to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock to be checked out, but that would be a long drive from here, so we ended up taking her to LeBonheur in Memphis. They were wanting her to be checked out by a Pediatric Cardiologist since they didn't have any in Jonesboro. So, she was taken to LeBonheur by Ambulance and I rode in the Ambulance with her and hubby came over in our vehicle. We got there and they hooked her up to a heart monitor and never done anything else. She wasn't even checked out by a Pediatric Cardiologist like they were wanting her to. So, we ended up coming home and got home around 3:00a.m. Tuesday morning. I kept her home from School that day as well. She done okay and then she worked at her part-time job on Wednesday afternoon after School and while they were cleaning before closing time, she got dizzy there. She went ahead and went to Church that night and then about 7:30p.m., my Sister-In-Law called me and wanted me to come get her because she wasn't feeling too well. I went up there and she was complaining of chest pains and shortness of breath. She couldn't hardly walk out to the vehicle at this time. So, me and another one of my Sister-In-Laws, and Brother-In-Laws, all helped her to our vehicle. I brought her home and I tried to get her out myself, but I couldn't. She was in such pain that I came into the house and told hubby I needed help with her. She was screaming and crying at this point and wouldn't calm down, so I called our local Ambulance to come check her out. They got here ASAP and one of the guys said she was having a panic attack and they took out with here and then about 7 miles from here they had called another Ambulance to meet them so they could transfer her to an Ambulance that can administer an IV. Back to the hospital we go again. The ER Dr. on call this time, said that she had what they call Chest Wall Pain and it is sometimes caused by stress in teenagers and that she had a panic attack along with the pain. He gave her some pain/anti-inflammatory pills to help with it. He said nothing was wrong with her heart. At this point, I have 3 different doctors telling me 3 different things. They sent her home and she ended up going to School at Noon on Thursday. She has been doing okay except she went on a trip with a Church group Saturday from my home town and she said she had some shortness of breath on the bus. We were down at my Parent's house last night having Dinner with them and she got up from the table and went and layed down and called me in there. She said she was having a hard time getting a good breath, so I made here undo her Bra and unsnap her pants. I know that sounds weird, but sometimes that works on me as well. I was doing my best to keep her calm so she wouldn't go into another panic attack and after a while we came home. I gave her one of the pills that the ER Dr. had prescribed for her when we got home and she got to feeling better a little later. I ask that you all please keep her in your prayers right now.

I also got an answered prayer on Friday afternoon. As you all know, I had filled out an application on the girls to have insurance thru ARKids First and I got their cards in the mail on Friday. "THANK YOU GOD" for answering that prayer for me. Now our girls both have insurance on them that will pay for everything. We won't even have to pay for anything. They had qualified for the Part A on the ARKids First insurance. That is where you don't have to pay for anything. On Monday, I had an appointment with the Social Worker on my Medicaid and someone had marked out the part about Food Stamps. So, I filled out another application for Food Stamps and had to bring home a paper for hubby to have filled out at work and got that faxed back in. So, please keep us in your prayers that we will hear something about getting Food Stamps real soon. I'm hoping as well that I will be eligible for Medicaid also for me.

On another note, hubby told me earlier this week that his boss had called him aside and told him he was full-time now with benefits. The pay is still going to be the same(which isn't that good), but he will have insurance and will get to have uniforms to work in as well. Him having uniforms will be a good thing and will cut down on the wear and tear of his own clothes and then me not having to wash his work clothes. I don't know how much the insurance costs but if I can get Medicaid on me, then maybe, he can just take the insurance out on him and everyone will be covered again. It's just so hard not having any insurance and not enough money to pay for things. But at least he does have a job and we are able to pay our regular bills. Just not enough money leftover to really do anything extra or go anywhere.

Since the girls now have insurance, I am going to call Monday to a Children's Pediactric Doctor in Jonesboro and set them up to be looked at and to have a Primary Care Physician. They both could use a good physical and be seen by a regular children's doctor. I'm also going to get their eyes checked and start them back on their dental check-ups as well.

I guess that is about all that has been going on this week, but it's been enough and at times too much for me. Wednesday night, I really thought something bad was happening to her. It scares me because Heart Problems do run in the Family. As a Mother, I won't stop worrying until I am 100% sure if there is anything wrong with her or not.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful week. Me and hubby had to re-schedule our doctors's appointment to this Tuesday since we got home so late Tuesday morning and was in need of some sleep and had to cancel. Take care everyone and GOD Bless you all. Now it's off to visit some of my favorite blogs.

Love and hugs,

Karen H.

ANOTHER SUNDAY HERE IN THE SOUTH.

Good Sunday Morning again everyone.

Well, as promised, I am posting again. Hope everyone has had a good week. It is 68 degrees here this morning and I'm drinking my Coffee. Hope you will join me. It has been a pretty nice week here with cool evenings and mornings. The last couple of days it has warmed up into the low 90's for highs but still bearable. Now if all the bugs and mosquitos would just go somewhere else, it would be alot better. I have seen tons of Moths, Crickets, and Dragonflies over the last month and a half. Don't know what all that really means unless it means we are in store for a bad Winter.

I've had a bad toothace since Thursday and have been rinsing my mouth out with Listerine and taking Tylenol for the pain at times. Don't have any insurance anymore, so I'm having to tough it out. On another note, we had a sad week here in our Family. One of my husband's brother's fiance lost her baby last weekend and in fact lost it on his Birthday last Friday. It was a precious little girl. It would have been their first child and they had even planned on getting married last Sunday. Me and hubby went to the visitation last Tuesday evening and they seemed to be doing as well as can be expected. They buried her on Wednesday, but we didn't get to go because if hubby takes off from work, it causes us to lose money, so we didn't go. Please keep hubby's brother and his fiance in your prayers as they go thru this difficult time.

I fixed a pot of Homemade Vegetable Soup for our Supper last night. It was really good. I had intentions of making some Homemade Buttermilk Cornbread to go with it, but my tooth started hurting, so we just had crackers to go with it. If I feel like it tonight, I may make some Cornbread to go with it. As always, I make enough for us to eat a few days, so there is enough for tonight and probably tomorrow night as well. I like cooking that way, so all I have to do is just heat stuff up. It may sound crazy to some, but I don't believe in wasting any food at all.

I would like for yall to keep me and my Family in your prayers also. This has been a very hard time on us financially since hubby isn't driving a truck anymore. I have an appointment tomorrow morning for Medicaid. I also signed up for Food Stamps and am hoping they will tell me something about that tomorrow. I have the girls signed up on ARKids First, but it takes 45 days to hear something on that and it hasn't been quite 45 days yet. I had to also re-sign up on my Disability this February. Hubby got me a lawyer and the last letter I got from him was about a hearing and it said it could take up to a year for just the hearing. When you are used to bringing home a little over $900 a week and then it drops to $720 every 2 weeks, that is a cut in the throat if you ask me. But we are still surviving barely from paycheck to paycheck. I'm just praying and hoping we are able to get some kind of help.

Me and hubby has to go back to our regular doctor Tuesday for a check-up. We have run out of prescription's and it's been over a year since we were last there and they won't give us anymore refills until we are seen, so we both are going Tuesday morning to get looked at. I'm still a walking Drug Store myself but hubby only has 2 prescriptions he has to have every month. Even tho we have no insurance, we still have to pay full price on the the ones Wal-Mart doesn't have in Generic. Both of our meds together each month runs about $100.

Well, guess I have vented enough for today. I did want to put up a new post like I said I was going to do. I'm not going to set a certain time on when I post on Sunday's, but it will be sometime on Sunday. So watch for my new post.

Well, hope everyone has a great week ahead. I'm going to finish drinking my Coffee and start visiting some of my favorite blogs. Take care my friends and may GOD Bless each and everyone of you.

Love to all,


Karen H.

HELLO AGAIN EVERYONE!!!!

Good Sunday Morning Everyone. Here I am again. Thought I would drop in and make a post. I am still alive and kicking. I know it's been over a year since I have posted, but I think I am going to maybe start making a post once a week on here. Since I've been doing Facebook, I have alot of my Blog friends on there and do keep in touch with them and play games with them. But here lately, I have been taking a break from playing the games on Sunday's. So, I figured since I won't play games on Sunday's, the least I could do is make a post on here. I think I may have forgotten how to even blog. LOL.

Well, it's a nice 70 degrees here this morning and it actually feels good outside. We finally got some much needed rain the lat couple of days and I noticed this morning that our grass is turning green once again and hubby may have to mow it later on this week. We have had a very hot and humid Summer. It was also a very dry Summer as well. I think this Summer may have had the Summer of 1980 beat. I have really been enjoying the much cooler and lower humidity we have been having. I am ready for Fall. Fall is my favorite Season.

I don't have any pictures to post on here like I always did because I'm not sure if I even remember how to. LOL. The last time I made a post, they were re-doing things I think and changing things up. Maybe some of yall can give me some tips or something to remind me.

As far as my health, I am doing okay. I went back to see my Cardiologist back in July and he said I was doing okay for now and I go back in January to see him again. I'm figuring he is going to want to do another Heart Cath at some point. I sure hope not because I don't like having that done. But, since I have started back smoking and he knows that, I'm sure he will do it at some point.

Yes, I said started back smoking. I only liked 2 months and it would have been 2 years that I had quit. Hubby hasn't started back yet. But the reason I started back was because we started having some problems and that seemed to calm my nerves. I don't smoke inside the house anymore. I do go outside and smoke. I will say this, a carton of cigarettes will last me about 2 weeks now where before it would last a week.

The girls are growing up on me. Both are in Jr. High School now. My oldest is 14 and my youngest is 12. Both are Jr. High Cheerleaders as well. So starting in October when Basketball Season starts up, we are going to be busy watching them Cheer at the games. They recently started taking Gym glasses once a week. They will learn jumps and stunts in these classes. But beeing a Cheerleader is very expensive especially if you have more than one. But, I'm thankful for my Parents, they are helping them out with buying their things they need.

Hubby doesn't drive a big truck anymore. He stopped back in February of this year. He said it was just too stressful on him as him and his Uncle had quit team driving in January. He does have a local job and he does drive a truck hauling fertilizer and chemicals to farmers for them and he is home every night now. But the money isn't all that good and he only gets paid every 2 weeks at this job. So things have really been hard on us financially this year. We have no medical insurance either. This is one of the reason's we have had some marriage problems and I started back smoking. I have no idea what the future will bring on us financially, but I guess we will stick it out and see what happens. I still haven't gotten my Disability approved. Hubby got a lawyer for me back in February and I did get a letter about a hearing and it said that hearing could take up to a year. So who knows.

Well, guess I will go for now. Just wanted to do a post so everyone would know that I'm still alive and kicking for now. LOL. Yall take care and have a great Sunday and hopefully I will make another post here next Sunday.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL,

Karen H.

"HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY"!!!!

Good Morning Everyone. "HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY" to all you Mothers out there.



Soeey I haven't been blogging all that much. I seem to be Facebooking more lately. If you would like to Facebook with me, you can go to my sidebar to the right and click on that and I will be more than glad to add you as a friend to my Facebook.


It is currently 60 degrees outside and feels like 60 degrees. The winds are out of the North, northeast at 6mph. It is partly cloudy out as well. I tell you all, I think I may need to start building me an ark. In the last 2 weeks, I think we have had around 10 inches of rain here where I live at. We are way past water logged. LOL. There is still a 50% chance of showers for today and tonight. Yesterday afternoon, hubby checked our rain gages and our small one said 3 and 3/4 inches of rain and our big one said 3 inches of rain, but I think they were both wrong. We rode around town here and water was everywhere. Even some of the streets were still under water. I think we have had more than enough rain fall so far. I know when Summer starts it's going to be hot and dry and we will be wishing for some of this rain, but gee whiz, we don't need this much water all at once.

The girls haven't been able to play much softball games here the last 2 weeks because of all the rain. Even the practices have had to be cancelled. I'm hoping it will dry up soon and they can start back playing. They both have 4 games that need to be made up now.


I have been doing pretty good. On the days when the humidity is up high, I have bad days because it's hard for me to breath good and get a good breath. I have to stay inside around the Air-conditioner most of the time. Me and hubby both have a doctor's appointment this coming Friday with our regular doctors. I go back to see my Cardiologist in June as well as the Neurologist. I'm still a walking drug store too. LOL. I still take "One Day at a Time" and still do things slowly. That's all I can do I guess. I was denied my Disability. I'm going to try again and if I get denied again, hubby said we would get a lawyer. So, say a prayer that I can get my Disability started sometime this year.

Hubby got me a Motehr' Day gift Friday night. He knows that I have been wanting a Tatto for a long time and he finally took me out to eat and got me one. I got a small Rose on my left leg. I have pictures of it on my Facebook. The worse part of getting the Tattoo was the outlining of the Tatto itself. Once that was done, it wasn't that bad. It was my very first Tattoo and hubby calls it my "Forever Rose". LOL. I wanted a rose because I love the song that Bret Michaels, of Poison, sings, "Every Rose Has It's Thorn". Hubby learned to play it on his guitar and has even sang it to me. That's why I wanted a rose Tattoo.


I finally got my flower garden planted a few weeks back. My Mom came up one day and helped me with it. I also have some before and after pictures of it on my Facebook. I also have pictures of the Saturday before Easter on my Facebook as well. So, if you want to see all my pictures, I hope you will join me on Facebook to see them all.

Me and the girls are going to my Mom's today and go to Church with her. Me and my Sister are cooking dinner for her as well. My Sister is cooking a Roast with Veggies and I am making Cornbread and bringing a Vidalia Onion. My Sister is bringing some kind of dessert and my Mom is making a Diabetic dessert. I am going to take my camera and take pictures of Mother' Day and then I will upload them to my Facebook. Last month when my Parent's and Sister took the girls to Branson, MO on their Spring Break, me and my Sister went in together and got our Parents tickets to see The Baldknobbers. That was their Mother's Day and Father's Day gift from the both of us. I did buy her a long stem Red Rose to give her and a candle too. So, hopefully she will like them both.

Well, guess I will go for now. Just wanted to pop in and let you all know that I am still alive and getting along fairly good. I will get around to visit you sometime today or tonight. Take care my friends and have a great day. May GOD Bless each and everyone of you. Again, "HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY" to all the Mother's as well. May GOD Bless you on your special day.


LOVE TO ALL,



Karen H.

Another Rainy Monday!!!!

Good Monday Mornin' Yall, I do hope that everyone had a great Easter weekend and Easter Sunday and ready to start a new week. It is currently 53 degrees and very foggy outside this morning. The winds are calm, therefore, we have no windchill right now. It started raining here yesterday afternoon and we got some heavy rains last night and earlier this morning. More rain and possibly some Sever Thunderstorms are in the forecast again for today and tonight. April showers bring May flowers they say. LOL. I still yet have to plant my flowers and hopefully I will be able to before too long. Hopefully the threat of cold weather and frost are long gone by now. I just need it to dry up, so I can get out and work in my flower bed.
Saturdday morning, I had 2 Softball games to go to in my Hometown of Lepanto, AR. Both girls were playing. Our youngest daughter's team won their game 12 to 0. Our oldest daughter's team won their game 25 to 6. Right at the end, one of our oldest daughter's coaches was making our girls get out on purpose so they could hurry and finish the ball game since we were so far ahead. Our oldest daughter made a double play during her game. She caught the ball in the air that one girl hit and then the runner on first base left and our oldest daughter tagged her and she was out. Talk about a good play and a proud Mother, I was. After the girls games were over, I had to run my my Parents house so the girls could get their things and we came home. Hubby had done got home from picking up their load from Memphis and getting the B-Service done on their truck. He had done had the grill fired up when we got home. I had to go in and make some Potato Salad to go with our Hamburgers and Hot Dogs and Beef Smoked Sausages. While I was cooking, I did wash up some dishes as well. Later on , my Sister and my Parents got here and we ate outside under the carport. It had been windy pretty much all day, so hubby brought our table and chairs under our carport and we ate on that. It was nice and I took a bunch of pictures. I'm going to try to see if I can fix a slide show, so yall can see some of our afternoon. Sorry yall, I can't get it to work. If anyone knows a better way for me to add it, I would appreciate you letting me know. I'm not that very smart when it comes to doing things on here.

When everyone left Saturday evening, I was one tired Momma. LOL. Me and hubby both were very tired and we both were in bed before 7:30p.m.CST. LOL. I think I was asleep before my head hit the pillow. LOL. The girls stayed up and watched t.v. and got their showers and finally went to bed. I don't know what time they did go to bed, but I do remember our youngest daughter coming to bed and saying to me she was going to watch t.v. for a little bit. I woke up at 11:30p.m.CST and was awake for the rest of the night. MY legs and feet were killing me from being up on them so much on Saturday. I had my alarm set to go off at 3:00a.m.CST so hubby could get up and get ready to leave out at 5:00a.m.CST. He got up and got his shower and after he finished, I got up and got me a shower and stayed awake until 8:00a.m.CST. That is when me and the girls got up to get ready to go to Church yesterday morning. We didn't have Sunday School yesterdy morning and we came home after Church was over with and I layed back down for a while. The girls were cleaning their roomss like I had asked them to do and then they watched t.v. and got me up later on. I had to take our youngest daughter to the Dollar General Store because she needed some pencils and erasers for School this week. After we got done there, we came home and I heated up the leftover hamburgers that hubby had grilled out on Saturday afternoon. Then I washed dishes again and done some laundry. "A WOMAN'S WORK IS NEVER DONE" !!!! Always something to do and places to go.LOL. But both the girls have been really good in helping me out since I've been home. They do help me with the laundry and they take out the trash and vacuum for me and clean their rooms. I'm picky about my laundry and don't like ANYONE doing it. LOL. I do let them fold the clothes up somtimes for me tho.


Our youngest daughter is supposed to have a game here in town tonight at 8:00p.m.CST, but I do beleive it has been rained out and more rain for today and tonight. I'm having the girls go to bed a bit earlier this week because they are doing the Benchmark Tests this week in School and I want them to have plenty of rest and not be sleepy during School this week. If the game is cancelled tonight, this is going to be pretty quiet week. We do have Church on Wednesday night, but that's about it for this week.

I'm sorry I didnt' get around to visit any over the weekend but as you can tell, I have been busy, busy, busy. I will do my best to get around today. Take care my friends and have a great Monday. May GOD Bless you and yours.

LOVE,
Karen H.

HAPPY EASTER!!!!

Good Saturdy Mornin' Yall, I do hope that everyone has had a great week and ready for a new day. It is the Saturday before Easter Sunday and I'm sure everyone is going to be busy today. I know I am. It is currently 46 degrees with a windchill of 43 degrees. The winds are out of the North northwest at 6mph and it is Cloudy outside. Today is suppose to be nice and Sunny with a high of 65 degrees. On Easter Sunday we are supposed to have an 80% chance of Rain. We had some Thundestorms come thru here on early Friday morning and we were under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for about 45 minutes. We did get some hail and wind and some heavy rain in that. In Mena, AR, which is in the Southwest part of Arkansas, they had and EF-3 Tornado to hit. Last I heard, there were 3 fatalities and around 30 injured and lots of devastation to the town. In Murfreesboro, TN, yesterday there was a Tornado there as well. I think there were 2 fatalitites there, but that's about all I know on that there. I'm just "THANKFUL" we didn't have anything too severe around here.

It has been another busy week around here with the girls. Monday after School, our youngest daughter had her regular softball practice and it was very windy and cold out there. That wind would just go right thru a person. It's a good thing I still had my sweats and hoodie still out because that is what I wore on Monday afternoon. Our oldest daughtere's team didn't practice on Monday night and I'm glad because it would have been too cold to sit outside.

Tuesday afternoon I had to take our oldest daughter to the doctor because she had been complaining with a sore throat and her ear hurting when she swallowed. Come to find out, she had an ear infection and the doctor gave her a Z-pack . She will take the last one this afternoon. I guess she got it from being out in the cold and windy conditions in her tournament last weekend. She never ran any fever and for that I am "THANKFUL" for also. She seems to be doing much better now. Wednesday afternoon our youngest daughter's team practiced until 5:30p.m. After they had finished practicing, we went up to our local BBQ place and got something to eat since it was Church night. Thrusday night found us traveling to Trumann, AR to play Softball. They had been calling for Severe Weather pretty much all day, but it held off until later on that night. Our youngest daughter played first and they beat Trumann 12 to 8. This is the same team that beat them in their Pre-Season tournament last Saturday in Monette, AR. The whole team played good and it was a good ballgame. Our oldest daughter's team started playing about 10 minutes on another field there at the Softball Complex about 10 minutes before our youngest daughter's game was over with. When her game was over with, all I had to do was just get on the bleacher's right behind where I was at watching our youngest daughter's game. Now our oldest daughter' team played an on edge of your seat game and exciting. They had to go into overtime and our oldest daughter's team ended up winning that game 11 to 9. I just hate games like that sometimes. LOL. Makes me want a cigarette sometimes. LOL. Just kidding. I've been quit 8 months now and I'm not going to start back, but I just hate games that are that close. LOL. It was 10:30p.m. when we got home on thursday night. The girls had to take their showers and go to bed. You talk about 2 tired girls the next morning, I had 2 of them. LOL. It's a good thing that yesterday was Friday.Hubby got home yesterday morning and went to bed. The girls went to my Parents after School to spend the night with them and me and hubby ended up going to Jonesboro and again we ate at our favorite Chinese Restaurant, The Mongolian Bar & Grill. Can I say Crablegs. LOL. Hubby got me and him a plate of crablegs that had just came out and was still hot. You talk about yummy. They were. After we finished eating, we went to Wal-Mart so I could buy me an Easter outfit. I found a pair of White Capri's and a Turquoise top that I'm going to wear on Easter. Hubby done a great job in making me laugh alot last night. I was laughing so much till he had me hurting. LOL. It was good to have some alone time with just him. I do love my girls but once in a while me and hubby needs time to be alone. So, that brings us to today. Both the girls have a game this morning in Lepanto, AR, which is my hometown. That is one reason they stayed all night with my Parents, so they wouldn't have to get up as early as they would if they had of stayed home. Our youngest daughter plays at 10:00a.m. and our oldest daughter plays at 11:15a.m.Hubby wont' be able to go to the games with me. He normally would have gone toMemphis yesterday afternoon to pick up their load, but when he got up to his truck to go yesterday afternoon, he had a message on the Qual-com saying they were overdue a B-Service on their truck. He called the workplace and they told him to just wait and come this morning and they would do the B-Service first thing this morning. He is on his way over there now and hoepfully he will be home by noon. This afternoon, we will be celebrating Easter here at home with my Parents and Sister. Hubby is going to grill some Hamburger and Hot Dogs on the grill and I'm going to fix some Potato Salad. We are doing this this afternoon since hubby will be leaving out in the morning and won't be home on Easter. The girls dyed some Egggs at my Mom's last night and they will be hunting Easter eggs here at home this afternoon. I have some sports plastic eggs tat I'm going to use for prize eggs. I have some change I'm going to put in each egg and maybe $5.00 for the big prize egg. My Mom is brining a Sugar-Free jello dessert and a Corn Salad and my Sistter is bringing a Key-Lime Pie and a Peach Cobbler. Thiose aren't Sugar-Free tho. I may take a small bite from both of them. That is what has been going on in my neck of the woods this past week and for today as well. What has been going on with you this week? Would love to hear from you and to know what has been going on with you this week and your Easter plans. Me and the girls are planning on going to Church in the morning. They wont be having Sunday School after church, so we will come home and just relax and eat some leftovers most likely.


Tuesday and Wednesday of this week I felt sick to my stomach in the early hours of the mornings. No, I'm not pregnant, it must have been a virus going around. Someone said it was going around. Even tho I didn't fell up to par, I still had to get up and go and do my motherly duties.

I'e decided that I'm just going to post about once a week. That way it will give me time to post what has been going on all week around here instead of daily. I hope thtt is okay with each of you. I will still try to come around and visit each day. Being on the go will keep a person busy for sure. So, take care my friends and I wish each of you a "BLESSED & HAPPY EASTER"!!!! I will be around sometime to visit with you. May GOD BLesss you adn yours.
LOVE,
Karen H.

MONDAY MUSINGS.

Good Monday Mornin' Yall,
I do hope that everyone had a great weekend and ready to start a brand new week and day. It is currently 42 degrees with a windchill of 34 degrees. It is cloudy and the winds are out of the West Northwest at 20mph with gusts up to 29mph. The high today is supposed to only be around 45 degrees and on the windy side as well. It is supposed to get down below freezing tonight. In fact, we are going to be under a Freeze Warning beginning late tonight and until 9:00a.m.CST in the morning. Winter is still trying her best to stick around here it apprears. It got up to 73 degrees here yesterday before the cold front came thru late yesterday afternoon.


We all had a very busy weekend with Softball games on Friday night and all day Saturday. Friday evening, me and our oldest daughter, and my Mother-In-Law left here kind of ealry and went to Trumann and went to eat at McDonald's and then went to Wal-Mart. I ended up buying the girls an Easter Basket, even tho they think they have outgrown Easter, I still like to buy them one. LOL. Our oldest daughter was playing her first game at 8:00p.mCST there in Trumann, AR. My Mom and Sister had come to get our youngest daughter and took her to Monette, AR to play her first game at 6:00p.m.CST. The reaon the girls had their Pre-Season Softball Tournaments in different towns is because of the age groups. Since there are so many age groups and teams, they have to split them up. It will be like that in the Post-Season Tournaments as well. Now for their regular games, they both play on the same nights and in the same town, but at different times. Our youngest daughter will play first and then our oldest daughter will play second. There's usually about 15 minutes between each one's games. They both have to go back to Trumann, AR this coming Thursday evening to play.

Anywho, back to Friday night. When hubby got in Friday evening from picking up their load in Memphi, TN, he came home and took a showe adn came to Trumann, to watch our oldest daughter play. He made it there about 8:30p.m. So, he only missed out on about 30 minutes of her game. In the meantime, we stayed in touch with my Sister to keep up with what was going on with our youngest daughter's game. Our youngest daughter's team won their first game and had to play another game right after their first game. It was a double elimination tournament, meaning you had to lose 2 games before you are out of the Tournament. They ended up losing the second game and h ad to play Saturday morning at 10:00am.CST. Our oldest daughter won their game on Friday night and didn't have to play until 10:30a.m.CST on Saturday morning. After her game was over with on Friday night. I h ad to come home so I could wash both girls uniforms so they would be clean for Saturday morning. I didn't get much sleep at all on Friday night. About the time I was going to fall asleep good, my alarm went off at 6:30a.m.CST. I had to get up and fix breakfast and fix me and hubby some Coffee. Om Saturday morning, my Mom and Sister took our oldest daughter back to Trumann and me and hubby took our youngest daughter to Monette. In situations like that, we usually rotate going to the girls games, so we can see them both play. We kept in touch again with my Mom and Sister to see what was going on with our oldest daughter' game. My Mother-In-Law had gone with me and hubby again on Saturday morning. Our youngest daughter had won their game on Saturday morning, so about 15 minutes later they had to play again. They play against the 12 and under Trumann team and it was a slow game. There was alot of walking goin on. Our team's pitcher had hurt her arm on Friday night and wasn't able to pitch on Saturday, so they had to hurry up and train someone else . The other girl did a good job. Trumann's pitcher wasn't that great either. They had to go into overtime twice.


This is our oldest daughter. Her daddy was taking the picture and she is like me, doesn't like to have her picture made at all.

A picture of the whole team. 2nd place winners.

Another team picture with their winning medals on around their necks.




Now even tho our youngest daughter's team didn't place in their tournament, I did tke some pictues of her playing, so I'll share them as well.
This is our youngest daugter, she is the one to the right.
Here is our youngest daughter up to bat. She is a pretty good hitter.


A better picture of our youngest daughter up to bat.


Her she is on 2nd base, the position she plays, trying to get a girl out. I didn't get one of her whoe team. I'll try to do that next time. I hope you enjoyed the picrtures. I am very proud of both girls and their teams.


After we had finished up in Trumann Saturday evening, we went on to Jonesboro, AR to eat supper. We were all really hungry at this point and was tire of concession stand foods. We ended up going to our favorite Chinese Restaurant again, The Mongolian, Bar &Grill. After we had finished eating, we went to Wal-Mart on Parker Raod, yes, Jonesboro h as 2 Wal-Mart's, and I boutht the girls an Easter oufit. They didn't want dresses as they don't like to wear dresses that much anymore. Our youngest daughter got her a Capri outfit and our oldest daughter got her a nice pair of jeans and a nice shirt. I tried to find me something, but they didnt' have any Capri's out yet, so I'm going to look at the Trumann Wal-Mart Thursday evening when we go there to play. I don't like to wear dresses that much either, so Carpri's will do me just fine as well. After we finished shopping at Wal-Mart, we came home. By this time, both of the girls were way beyond tired. Bless their hearts. Everyone was tired as well. When we got home, they helped unload the truck and got thier showers and went to bed. I didn't really sleep that much either. I guess I was just too tired to sleep. I got up at 3:00a.m.CST when hubby got up and took me q shower. After he left at 5:00a.m.CST, I went back to bed and fell asleep. Me and the girls slept in yesterday and got rested up. I did do 2 loads of laundry yesterday and cooked supper. I fixed us some Fish Sticks and Cream Potatoes and then I did dishes. and layed down while they got their showers. I did go to sleep but woke up this morning around 2:30a.m. CST. I am having my morning Coffee now.


Both of the girls have Softball Practice again this afternoon and tonight. Our youngest daughter has it right after School and our oldest daughter has it at 6:00p.m.CST. I'm going to have to dress warm today and especially tonight since it is suppose to be windy and cold today and tonight.

Well, guess, I'll go for now and start my visiting. I apologize for not getting around to visit with everyone that much lately, but as you can tell, I have been busy with the girls. Take care my friends and have a great Monday. May GOD Bless each and everyone of you.


LOVE,
KAREN H.

T.G.I.F. FRIDAY!!!!

Good Friday Mornin' Yall,
I hope everyone had a great Thursday and ready to start a new day. It is currently 46 degrees with a windchill of 40 degrees. It is cloudy outside and the windds are out of the Northwest at 15mph with gusts up to 21 mph. "THANK GOD" we didnt' get any Torndado's around here in my area yesterday. We did get some rain and a little hail late yesterday afternoon and eve a couple of Thunderstorm Warnings were issued for a couple of nearby counties, but that was about it. I was glad it didn't get bad as it always makes me nervous since we don't have a storm cellar anymore. I think most of the severe weather stayed to the east and south of us. We did get put under a Wind Advisory beginning at 7:00p.m.CST last night and lasting until 5:00a.m.CST this morning. It is still on the windy side out this morning also. The high today is only suppose to be around 62 degrees and tomorrow around 70 degrees. We have another chance of storms on Sunday and then another cold front coming thru and then on Monday night the temperature dropping down to 31sdegrees. It's a good thing I haven't planted anything yet or the freeze will kill them.


Well yesterday our youngest daughter was supposed to have played softball at 6:00p.m.CST, and even her Coach had called and told us around 4:30p.m. that they were still going to play. Well our youngest daughter had Pee-Wee Cheerleading practice and tryouts yesterday at 4:30p.m. and I had to take her to that as well. While we were at that, her Coach called me on my Cell phone and told me they decided to go ahead and cancel the game since there was more rain moving in. By the way, our youngest daughter did make the Pee-Wee Cheerleading Squad. All the girls that tried out made the Squad. After her Cheerleading practice was over with, we went to the Quick Shop and got us a Sandwich for supper since I had already gotten us some cash for the Softball game. When we left there and was on the way home, the bottom fell out. It rained really hard and you could barely see in front of you and it even hailed a little bit. The hail was about the size of Peas. The hail didn't last very long and there wasn't alot of it. I was glad of that. But it did rain. We came home and stayed in and I made the girls go ahead and get their showers early just in case it got bad and the power went out. By 8:00p.m.CST, the severe weather had done moved on East of us. I think there may have been a light shower or 2 overnight, but that was about it. So tonight, I have 2 Softball games to try to be at. Our youngest daughter plays at 6:00p.m. in Monette, AR, and our oldest daughter plays at 8:00p.m.CST in Trumann, AR. I'm going to our youngest daughter's game for a little while then I will take our oldest daughter on to Trumann and watch her play. MYy Parents and Sister are coming to watch our youngest daughter play and as soon as she is done with her game, they are all going to come to Trumann and watch our oldest daughter play. I imagine both girls will be playing tomorrow as well. That is where it will get interesting to say the least. You want to be both places at once. i guess I could just cut myself down the middle and one side go to one game and the other side go to the other game. LOL. Hopeully they won't be playing at the same times tho and I can be able to make most of both games.

I did manage to do 2 loads of laundry yesterday before any bad weather came. Now I shouldn't hanve to worry about any laundry again until Sunday afternoon or maybe even Monday. Sue wish I was rich and could afford a maid. LOL. I haven't been sleeping good again this week and it's been up in the wee hours of the morning before I do go to sleep and then it's time to get up to get the girls up for School, so I'm going to have to get me a nap here after while. Hubby is on his way to Memphis, TN to pick up their load and put their truck in the shop to be fixed. Hopefully he will be home intime this evening to go to one of the girls games as well. IF not, he can go to them tomorrow.


Well that is it around here for the last couple of days. I will probably wait and post again either Sunday or Monday. I hope everyone has a great weekend. May GOD BLess you and yours.


LOVE,
Karen H.

TORNADIC THURSDAY????

Good Thursday Mornin' Yall.I do hope everyone had a wonderful Wednesday and ready to start a new day. It is currently 50 degrees and it feels like 47 degrees outside this morning. The winds are currently out of the East Northeast at 8mph. It is also partly cloudy outside here this morning. Yesterday morning it was 34 degrees, but it did warm up to near 70 degrees by the afternoon. It was a beautiful Spring day and today is shaping up to be stormy and possibly tornadic. In fact 2 years ago on thi date, there was a Tornadic outbreak . I hope today isn't another repeat of what took place 2 years ago. After all, this is Arkansas, and this is Tornado Season.

I am doing Laundry again today trying to get everything washed up so I won't have to worry about doing it tonight. I am also having my morning Coffee, Cereal, and Orange Juice as well. Would you care to join me?

My DH made it home yesterday morning around 3:30a.mCST. I was awake when he got home. In fact, I had my alarm to go off at 6:00a.m. to get up and fix the girls breakfast, but I shut it off and our oldest daughter came in our bedroom around 6:45a.m and wanted to know if I was going to get up and I did. LOL. They still got their Breakfast and even made it to School on time. DH left out around Noon going to Memphis to pick up their Minnesota/Wisconsin load. Our youngest daughter had Softball practice after School yesterday and they practiced until around 5:30p.m.CST. They are suppose to play in their Pre-Season Tournament at 6:00p.m. this evening. I do have a gut feeling that the game will be cancelled due to bad weather. After her Softball practice, we came to the house so I could check my vitals and then we went to the Quick Shop and got us a Sandwich to eat for supper. After that, it was time for us to go to Church. After Church was over with we came home and they got theire showers and got ready for bed. It was late before I finally went to sleep again last night, but I did get up in time this morning and fixed their Breakfast on time. I am also listening to The Weather Channel so I can keep an eye on the weather.


Did anyone have any April Fool's Day jokes played on them yesterday? I did play one on our youngest daughter. About 1:00a.m.CST I woke her up and told her that her Breakfast was ready. I know, SHAME ON ME. LOL. I just couldn't resist the temtation tho. LOL. She fell for it and after it was over with, I apologized to her. I think she said they played some tricks on some of their teachers at School yesterday but didn't get into any trouble. Who knows, maybe the teachers outsmarted the kids yesterday. LOL.

Not much else has been going on her since I posted the other day. Today is looking to be active weather wise.

Guess I will go for now and start my visiting. I also have some clothes to fold up and put some more in the dryer as well. Take care my friends and have a great Thursday. May GOD Bless you and yours. I'll be around shortly to visit with you.


LOVE,
KAREN H.