Pictures from 1-23-2010

I promised some pictures from Dan's get together and thought I would throw in a few of my girls as well. So here we go...


Kaci presenting her story board for Alissa's shower. She did an amazing job!


A close up view


Baby presents!


These girls were my best friends in high school. Kelly, Vicki, Dan, Me and Doniema


Some of the class of 1977


Glenpool Alumni at Dan's party

We made some wonderful memories on this day, both sweet and very bittersweet. We celebrated the beginning of a life and prepared for the ending of a life. So many different emotions all rolled into one very special day.

Snow!

We had a beautiful snow on Friday. It started out as rain, then sleet and finally beautiful big snowflakes. I was so excited because it was daylight and I could actually see the snow. The last few times it has snowed, it has been at night. And for me, half the pleasure is in watching it actually snow.

I went out yesterday and took some pictures and measured it. Officially we had this much...


That is a little hard to read, but it says 5 inches.

Here are a few more pics I took.






I love snow. I am sure if I had to get out in it on a daily basis, I would soon tire of it, but I don't, therefore, I love it!


Puddy ventured out, but being the Hawaii born kitty he is, he was very happy to get back in the house.



It will probably all be gone soon, temps are supposed to be back in the 40's and 50's this week. Oh well, it will be fun to look at until then....

Gone again

Our visit with Alissa and Brek was much to short, as usual. They left yesterday and made it home late last night. I hope she does well after this trip. Guess I will never quit worrying about my babies.

She has a little tiny tummy, although I am sure when I see her in April it will be considerably bigger. Keep growing little baby!! We did some shopping while she was here, bought her a few things to grow into. It was so cute when she was trying on clothes and put the belly pillow on. It was almost more than she could handle! She kept saying that is why it happens gradually, because you wouldn't be able to handle it otherwise!

We dropped them off at the airport yesterday and then started getting things ready for the get together for Danny Hunter. It was so good to see so many old friends. Danny looked good and while it was good for him to see everyone, I am sure he was worn out afterwards. Danny's smile can brighten up any room he walks into. It is just so hard to think of losing him to this horrible disease. I hate cancer....

I have some pictures from last night, will try and get those posted on here soon.

Time for laundry....

23

Yep, 23, that is how many pounds I have lost as of today!! Yay me! It has been hard and I still have a very long way to go, but I am 23 pounds closer to my goal than I was. So Yay me! Ed is doing great as well, he is down 24 pounds. I am beginning to see it in both of us. Now bear in mind, this much weight loss on most people would show up sooner, but when you have let yourselves go as long as we have, well it takes a little longer for it to be visible. Just happy to be losing instead of gaining. It is time to start taking care of me, I want to be around for a very long time and for that time to be healthy. I have been so fortunate with my health during my first 51 years on this earth and want the next 51 or more to be just as good. So, time to start exercising, eating better and be kinder to myself. I have many reasons to do this and I can finally announce the biggest reason of all.....

I am going to be a Grandmother!! Or a Nonnie as I prefer to be called. Alissa and Brek are 12 weeks pregnant, officially past the first trimester, so I can finally start telling people. Yay!!!
They told us on Christmas Day, with an email containing an ultrasound of Baby Lightner Poynor!! We are all so excited and can't wait for July 28th to get here. Alissa is feeling good, no nausea so far, just some pretty bad headaches. They are going to be here on Tuesday and I can't wait to see them. We haven't seen them since August, so we have a lot of catching up to do. Lots of shopping I am sure. Alissa is very private, so I am going to have to be very careful that I don't "share" more than she would want me to. But it is just so very exciting and difficult to keep it all to myself. Thank goodness for Cindy, her MIL, we have been able to talk to each other at least and be as excited as we want to be.

Anyway, that is my big news, have been wanting to talk about it for a while now, but out of respect for Alissa, have managed to restrain myself. Now, back to cleaning and getting ready for their visit.

Oh and if anyone does happen to read my blog, PLEASE don't say anything to Alissa on Facebook or any other social networking site. She really doesn't want it talked about in any of those places just yet. She is still telling friends and I want her to be able to do that, so please respect her wishes on this for now. Thanks!!!

Legally Blond weekend

Last night was the first of my Christmas gifts from the girls. Kaci drove to Tulsa and we saw Legally Blond, the Musical. It was touch and go as to whether Kaci was going to be able to come. She woke up with a horrible headache and as late as 2:30, she didn't think she could come. But after meds, a hot shower and a long nap, she felt well enough to come. Unfortunately that meant we didn't get to have a nice dinner, but at least she made it.


The show was good, but I have to say, Wicked is still my favorite, with The Lion King a close second. Can't wait to see the rest of the shows with Alissa, Kari and Ed.


The actress who played Elle came out into the lobby while we were still there, but I couldn't talk Kaci into taking a picture with her. So instead we took this picture of the two of us. That's my new scarf she brought me as a surprise, I really love it!

The diet is going very well, Ed and I have both lost a total of 20 pounds. I lost 7 last week! Beginning to see it in my clothes a little. The next 20 should really make a difference. Working hard to get healthy and fit, lots of reasons to live a long, long life!!

Alissa and Brek will be here a week from Tuesday, so excited to see them, it has been much too long, August actually. I have a feeling we will be seeing much more of them in the coming months! : )

Back to the dentist tomorrow, I truly hope he can finish this darn root canal this visit. I know I will still have to go back to have the crown fixed, but I just want this part of it over. I hope I never have another of these things.

Ed's Mom and Dad are doing so much better. So thankful to see them feeling better and getting around so well. We know it won't always be this way, just going to enjoy the good days and try and prepare for the not so good ones.

That's it, I am pooped. But I have some big news to write about very, very soon. Nope, not telling yet, but I promise it won't be long at all..... : ) Night!

Christmas is over, the New Year begins

Today I took the tree down all by myself! Ornaments, lights and even carried it outdoors! Now, if this was only a 5-6 foot tree, you might not be that impressed, but it was a 9 -10 ft. tree!! I posted a picture of it in an earlier post. Quite an accomplishment, right? I thought so too. But...
my darling husband comes home from work, walks right past the tree outside, comes in the house, is here for at least 30 minutes and when I finally say I can't believe he didn't notice I took the tree down, he actually said he had not noticed it was gone. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? A 9-10 ft tree is no longer occupying a large portion of our living room and you didn't notice? His excuse? Well, it was only there a couple of weeks. I give up...

The decorations are all in the dining room, just waiting to be put back in the appropriate boxes and carried into the attic. Hopefully I will finish that tomorrow.

Had a nice dinner last night with our friends the Martins and Charles and Irena Newland. Irena is from Siberia and it is always fun to chat with her. She brought me a lovely hand painted pin from her most recent trip to Russia. The last time we saw her, she gave me a beautiful black lacquer trinket box that was also hand painted. Charles' family owns Newlands on the White River here in Arkansas. It is a great place to relax and if you like trout fishing it is the place to go. We spent a few days there in the summer of '06 and this wonderful man Alvin cooked all of our meals over an open fire. It was so awesome! The food was amazing, we canoed, fished and just relaxed in general. Would love to go back and do it all again, just longer next time.

Supposed to get crazy cold later this week, we actually had a dusting of snow last night/early this morning. Lows are supposed to be in the single digits by Friday and Saturday. Gotta love January.