... as the manner of some is.
We are.
No telephone calls. None.
Six months.
Sad.
Still praying.
In flux.
God is watching.
Mulling.
Life-changing.
Still praying.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Learning Espanol
I have a darling co-worker Griselda that has agreed to help me in my desire to learn spanish. Better yet - Tex-mex. The spanish I learned in high school is not what is being spoken in the real world. She laughs at my feeble attempts. I told her that all I can do in conjugate verbs. I'm afraid it is going to be a one-word grind. I have taken up writing words on post-it notes to put on my computer screen.
For Example:
Nieta-grand-daughter
My Brain- mi cerebro
Pen- pluma
Paper - papel
slow - despacio (this is how i am learning)
very funny - muy chistoso
to learn - aprender
to teach - ensenar
This is all my 'cerebro' can take in today. Enjoy.
I have been checking all your blogs, just silently. year end at work is too busy.
hugs all around.
For Example:
Nieta-grand-daughter
My Brain- mi cerebro
Pen- pluma
Paper - papel
slow - despacio (this is how i am learning)
very funny - muy chistoso
to learn - aprender
to teach - ensenar
This is all my 'cerebro' can take in today. Enjoy.
I have been checking all your blogs, just silently. year end at work is too busy.
hugs all around.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Cure for the Peds
I took my lunch hour today and had a pedicure. It was high time. My feet were barking. I feel 200% better this afternoon. I can't explain it. I had had scraggly toes toooo long. I know what you're thinking... it's fall, you're going to be giving up sandals and it won't matter if you have Caveman toes. Well, I say "Who cares, you have to live a little, even in cold weather."
I tried a new place on Cooper in Arlington just a few blocks from work in a new strip center. It was dreamy. My girl was full of conversation (even if I couldn't understand her). She wanted to know all about me and I in turn wanted to know all about her. She leaned my Spa Chair back and didn't insist that I have the "massage action" turned on. I hate the massage action. It makes me tense up. She had a whole new bag of tricks on the relaxing lotion application and scrubbing techniques. The salon is brand new so everything was very posh. She offered me wine! That sounded great but I had to return to work. Aargh. It was very quiet with soothing music and just one other customer. I now have smooth heels and smaller calluses and trim nails that I can be proud of. I chose a lovely shade of burgundy for fall. Very sexy.
Needless to say, I will return. I was only fifteen minutes late back from lunch. I may be saying good-bye to my nail salon on Hulen that is always too busy anyway.
Pretty feet = Good Mental Health.
I tried a new place on Cooper in Arlington just a few blocks from work in a new strip center. It was dreamy. My girl was full of conversation (even if I couldn't understand her). She wanted to know all about me and I in turn wanted to know all about her. She leaned my Spa Chair back and didn't insist that I have the "massage action" turned on. I hate the massage action. It makes me tense up. She had a whole new bag of tricks on the relaxing lotion application and scrubbing techniques. The salon is brand new so everything was very posh. She offered me wine! That sounded great but I had to return to work. Aargh. It was very quiet with soothing music and just one other customer. I now have smooth heels and smaller calluses and trim nails that I can be proud of. I chose a lovely shade of burgundy for fall. Very sexy.
Needless to say, I will return. I was only fifteen minutes late back from lunch. I may be saying good-bye to my nail salon on Hulen that is always too busy anyway.
Pretty feet = Good Mental Health.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
A Quantity of Things About M.C.
1. My mother came home with me in an ambulance when I was born
2. Being a mother was the most important thing I ever desired
3. I took birth control pills for 4 years and the day Frank got a job, I quit.
4. I sucked my thumb.
5. I got to be the title part in "Mary Picking up Paw Paw's" in my pre-school play.
6. There are 5 cats in my house.
7. I have a husband, brother, father, father-in-law, son, great-uncle, grand-father = Frank.
8. I have been on fire for Jesus.
9. My friend Patty taught my 2 yr. old daughter to say 'scum-bucket'.
10. My parent's house flooded when I was 20 years old.
11. I was terrified of storms for many years after.
12. Frank proposed to me after Steve & Deonnah's wedding on Granbury Rd. "I guess we should get married."
13. I like Las Vegas
14. I hate wearing glasses.
15. Frank is the rock of my life.
16. Being pregnant made me feel worthy.
17. Stacey was the "most wanted" baby ever.
18. Trey was "our first son" It's a boy!
19. Travis was "the beloved baby" (still is)
20. I absolutely loved Frank's parents.
21. After 6 1/2 years my job is getting old.
22. I also love Raymond Schultz as a worship leader.
23. I am SOOO proud of my ROCKIN' grandchildren.
24. I try to think how I can tell them about the past and how the future will be.
25. I am diabetic
26. I have a pitiful memory of names and faces.
27. I introduce myself to people over and over again.
28. Oliver the cat sleeps on a pillow on my bed.
29. I say yes to Chocolate.
30. I say yes to anything Frank cooks.
31. I graduated from high school in 1969.
32. I had knee surgery 1 year ago and it still feels like ap-cray.
33. I worked at Southwest Christian School where I tracked tuition and did payroll.
34. Madison, McKenzie, Mary Cate and Maddox are each spectacular
35. My hair has turned gray. no I re-cant that, it is a lustrous lt med brown with golden highlights.
36. I invented "quotation fingers"
37. Housekeeping is non-existing in my vocabulary
38. I gave up cooking 6 1/2 years ago.
39. I am jolly.
40. I am depressed (deal with it, can't explain it)
41. Hermoine the cat sleeps in my lap every evening.
42. My adult children astound my with happiness.
43. Frank is my rock, I said this.
44. I drive an Avalon that I still call Cecil's car.
45. I commute 30 minutes to work like a banshee.
46. I would like a small dog as a pet for my cats.
47. Sanity is only in the Laminack genes.
48. My brother had a heart attack at age 48.
49. I love my brother.
40. I love to read.
41. I like 60's rock and roll
42. I can't remember words to songs
43. I can sing off-pitch perfectly
44. Trey is really my favorite
45. I lie about how tall I am
46. Being in the room when someone dies really changed my life.
47. We went to New Orleans on our honeymoon.
48. It was the first time I had flown (and it was first class)
49. I like pedicures.
50. I own a sailboat.
Well, 100 just was over-whelming so here is 50. I left off some block- busters to protect the innocent and didn't want to get too melodramatic. Sorry, I haven't been blogging, my mind has been elsewhere. However, today I bought a 5 PAK of Gel pens so things are looking up....
M.C.
2. Being a mother was the most important thing I ever desired
3. I took birth control pills for 4 years and the day Frank got a job, I quit.
4. I sucked my thumb.
5. I got to be the title part in "Mary Picking up Paw Paw's" in my pre-school play.
6. There are 5 cats in my house.
7. I have a husband, brother, father, father-in-law, son, great-uncle, grand-father = Frank.
8. I have been on fire for Jesus.
9. My friend Patty taught my 2 yr. old daughter to say 'scum-bucket'.
10. My parent's house flooded when I was 20 years old.
11. I was terrified of storms for many years after.
12. Frank proposed to me after Steve & Deonnah's wedding on Granbury Rd. "I guess we should get married."
13. I like Las Vegas
14. I hate wearing glasses.
15. Frank is the rock of my life.
16. Being pregnant made me feel worthy.
17. Stacey was the "most wanted" baby ever.
18. Trey was "our first son" It's a boy!
19. Travis was "the beloved baby" (still is)
20. I absolutely loved Frank's parents.
21. After 6 1/2 years my job is getting old.
22. I also love Raymond Schultz as a worship leader.
23. I am SOOO proud of my ROCKIN' grandchildren.
24. I try to think how I can tell them about the past and how the future will be.
25. I am diabetic
26. I have a pitiful memory of names and faces.
27. I introduce myself to people over and over again.
28. Oliver the cat sleeps on a pillow on my bed.
29. I say yes to Chocolate.
30. I say yes to anything Frank cooks.
31. I graduated from high school in 1969.
32. I had knee surgery 1 year ago and it still feels like ap-cray.
33. I worked at Southwest Christian School where I tracked tuition and did payroll.
34. Madison, McKenzie, Mary Cate and Maddox are each spectacular
35. My hair has turned gray. no I re-cant that, it is a lustrous lt med brown with golden highlights.
36. I invented "quotation fingers"
37. Housekeeping is non-existing in my vocabulary
38. I gave up cooking 6 1/2 years ago.
39. I am jolly.
40. I am depressed (deal with it, can't explain it)
41. Hermoine the cat sleeps in my lap every evening.
42. My adult children astound my with happiness.
43. Frank is my rock, I said this.
44. I drive an Avalon that I still call Cecil's car.
45. I commute 30 minutes to work like a banshee.
46. I would like a small dog as a pet for my cats.
47. Sanity is only in the Laminack genes.
48. My brother had a heart attack at age 48.
49. I love my brother.
40. I love to read.
41. I like 60's rock and roll
42. I can't remember words to songs
43. I can sing off-pitch perfectly
44. Trey is really my favorite
45. I lie about how tall I am
46. Being in the room when someone dies really changed my life.
47. We went to New Orleans on our honeymoon.
48. It was the first time I had flown (and it was first class)
49. I like pedicures.
50. I own a sailboat.
Well, 100 just was over-whelming so here is 50. I left off some block- busters to protect the innocent and didn't want to get too melodramatic. Sorry, I haven't been blogging, my mind has been elsewhere. However, today I bought a 5 PAK of Gel pens so things are looking up....
M.C.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Ode to Kent Brown
Just a brief remembrance of Kent Brown.
Kent would always pass you in the church with a blinding smile and quick hi and how are you doing. Beggs and Kent shared the birth of their three first children with us. We had birthday parties together and pictures of children on Christmas cards together. Little did I know that Beggs and Kent were going to by-pass us and add three more kids and after we stopped.
One Sunday probably 20 years ago, Frank was becoming a deacon and we were sitting down front. Well, a strange man, who was talking loudly and in-coherently carrying a book came down the center aisle toward Jim Petty who was preaching about deacons. Earl Campbell, Dit Wright and Kent Brown were the ones who recognized that this man was not in his right mind and escorted him from the auditorium. Kent probably did it with his blinding smile.
It is really difficult to lose a wonderful Christian man. The over-flowing chapel yesterday with the Spirit filled singing was a tribute to Kent and his family. I sat among some young college age girls who wept because I believe they were picturing for the first time that God even takes young healthy fathers that shouldn't go so soon.
I'm praying today as I did all last week for Beggs to give her strength. As the pictures showed, she and Kent have been together since they were very young. Bless Kent's family.
Kent is up in heaven, too early, building a mansion for all of us with a blinding smile.
Kent would always pass you in the church with a blinding smile and quick hi and how are you doing. Beggs and Kent shared the birth of their three first children with us. We had birthday parties together and pictures of children on Christmas cards together. Little did I know that Beggs and Kent were going to by-pass us and add three more kids and after we stopped.
One Sunday probably 20 years ago, Frank was becoming a deacon and we were sitting down front. Well, a strange man, who was talking loudly and in-coherently carrying a book came down the center aisle toward Jim Petty who was preaching about deacons. Earl Campbell, Dit Wright and Kent Brown were the ones who recognized that this man was not in his right mind and escorted him from the auditorium. Kent probably did it with his blinding smile.
It is really difficult to lose a wonderful Christian man. The over-flowing chapel yesterday with the Spirit filled singing was a tribute to Kent and his family. I sat among some young college age girls who wept because I believe they were picturing for the first time that God even takes young healthy fathers that shouldn't go so soon.
I'm praying today as I did all last week for Beggs to give her strength. As the pictures showed, she and Kent have been together since they were very young. Bless Kent's family.
Kent is up in heaven, too early, building a mansion for all of us with a blinding smile.
Monday, April 09, 2007
Madison is Eleven
It is already that time in a grandmother's life when her oldest grand-daughter reaches age 11. This girl is the cream of the crop. She did so great on her school tests that she will be in accelerated classes next year in middle school (yes, middle school). She has always been the apple of our eye and a leader for her sisters. We are all proud of her.
You might notice that she received a cell phone from her MiMi and Grandy. That's all she asked for from us this year. Mom and Dad are going to give her the rules for its use. Yippee!
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
That Cave Man Rocks
Go take a peek at the day to day living of your favorite cave man. Ramble through his humble abode. He's just a stone's throw away. You're welcome in his digs any day. There's something more than dinosaur in the stew pot. Poke around,
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/13790.asp
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/13790.asp
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
I'm worried about Britney Spears
As a mother, I'm worried about Britney. My friends at work are scoffing about her troubles and say she is a spoiled rich girl with too much money and too much fame. I think she is a girl in trouble and probably doesn't have anybody who she can trust any more. Let's face it, everybody around her has probably got their hand in her pocketbook. My take on her outrageous recent behaviour is a gigantic cry for help. She has had two babies very close together, been married and is divorcing a loser guy and is living a life on the razor of blistering fame and flash bulbs.
Post-partum depression my be setting off a lot of her problems on top of living an impossibly photographed glaring life. She needs to get into that rehabilitation unit and stay there. I don't care if she does have the whole wing. She needs to separate herself from all her handlers, and her fans and probably her family for a few months and de-tox. Slow-down, mellow-out, talk to a few therapists, a psychiatrist or two. There is a lot of good a few anti-depressants can do when she quits drinking and taking whatever she has been taking.
My wish for Britney is to just sit in the sun behind 50 foot walls and read a few romance novels and drink iced tea and eat tuna fish salad with a slice of watermelon while everyone else LEAVES HER ALONE.
Post-partum depression my be setting off a lot of her problems on top of living an impossibly photographed glaring life. She needs to get into that rehabilitation unit and stay there. I don't care if she does have the whole wing. She needs to separate herself from all her handlers, and her fans and probably her family for a few months and de-tox. Slow-down, mellow-out, talk to a few therapists, a psychiatrist or two. There is a lot of good a few anti-depressants can do when she quits drinking and taking whatever she has been taking.
My wish for Britney is to just sit in the sun behind 50 foot walls and read a few romance novels and drink iced tea and eat tuna fish salad with a slice of watermelon while everyone else LEAVES HER ALONE.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Blown Away by Valentine
Just heard that my darling granddaughter Madison had a difficult time choosing which Valentines to give out this year at school. She cheerfully made special choices for all her girl friends, but begrudgingly gave small 'sport' cards to certain 'boys'.
Oh my gosh, time is crushing and ringing in my ears. MY granddaughter is thinking about boys! Just remember those days of carefully choosing who gets what card for your special girl friends and boy friends. Then suddenly you become aware that there might be that very interesting boy in the corner. Yeah, you know what I mean. You want him to notice you, well, no you don't, well, yes you do. OH, the drama. That fluttering in your heart. That giggling with your girl friends. Whispering in a circle. HA, those boys don't stand a chance.
All I can say is Madison is going to knock 'em dead. She is full of Stacey's spunk and Losher/Laminack self confidence. Her heart is pure gold.
Stand back Garland boys here she comes.
Oh my gosh, time is crushing and ringing in my ears. MY granddaughter is thinking about boys! Just remember those days of carefully choosing who gets what card for your special girl friends and boy friends. Then suddenly you become aware that there might be that very interesting boy in the corner. Yeah, you know what I mean. You want him to notice you, well, no you don't, well, yes you do. OH, the drama. That fluttering in your heart. That giggling with your girl friends. Whispering in a circle. HA, those boys don't stand a chance.
All I can say is Madison is going to knock 'em dead. She is full of Stacey's spunk and Losher/Laminack self confidence. Her heart is pure gold.
Stand back Garland boys here she comes.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
That slide of life
OK, so I am having a birthday today. It's not a real exciting one. It doesn't roll off the tongue. It's not one of those landmarks. It's on a downward slide toward 60 I guess. Somewhat blah. I wish I had something witty to say about it. I am well over the gut renching blast of being 50. Being a good soldier now I have to gird my loins for the future. It's tremendous what I've seen after passing 55 year's of living in America. I love my country and my state. I have experienced great things and some tough life experiences and decisions. Giving birth and being present at the birth of my grandchildren, then holding the hands of my loved ones as they passed away has impacted my life and my outlook.
Now I need to prepare to enjoy the present.
All in all, I'm in good shape... wellll,,, health wise I am blessed and husband wise, I am really blessed and grand children, I am 4 times blessed! The Lord is watching over me.
My job has become a soap opera and way too hectic. I wish in my slide toward 60 I could say I was looking at early retirement from this craziness.
I have a favorite Beatles song - "In My Life" - sing with me now --
There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all.
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these mem'ries lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more.
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more.
In my life I love you more.
Now I need to prepare to enjoy the present.
All in all, I'm in good shape... wellll,,, health wise I am blessed and husband wise, I am really blessed and grand children, I am 4 times blessed! The Lord is watching over me.
My job has become a soap opera and way too hectic. I wish in my slide toward 60 I could say I was looking at early retirement from this craziness.
I have a favorite Beatles song - "In My Life" - sing with me now --
There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all.
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these mem'ries lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more.
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more.
In my life I love you more.
Friday, December 01, 2006
My Grand Kiddos! What a Wonderful Feeling!
Are these babies beautiful are what? We ate mexican food together over the holidays and they posed for me. Frank and I are blessed! Each one is healthy and beautiful (or handsome).Tuesday, October 24, 2006
My Niche
Do you know how you have to work through your life to build you a niche? Like finding a small custom made segment where you belong?
I am always narrowly defining my self each day to where I fall in this life. Crazily sometimes.
You have to make judgments on basic stuff like your life (family, genetics, etc.), your home (habitat) and your 'place in the food chain' Ha! We each have our niche. We have environmental conditions that also describe our fundamental niche.
Evidently, through interactions, emotions, upbringing as people we get to narrow down and adapt out Niche. (Money, jobs, belief systems, spouses, friendships, work relations, etc. all help to fine tune our place.)
Now here is something interesting. I can have a different niche at one place, and a different niche at another. For example, to my grand-children, I am a loved, looked up to, thought of the gift bearing, crazy, wonderful Mimi!; At work, I am a cubby-holed, wacky, hard working, dependable, "one of those girls in payroll"; At church, maybe I'm still just pictured as the little girl that grew up at church who married her high school sweetheart, who loves the singing; With my friends, they see a different MC.
Oop, don't forget God, Super-Niche, He sees all the Niches, here is my Spiritual Niche. Yep, it is never up to par as far as my prayer life. God knows the real blended M.C. - all the mini-Niches - into the megla- Niche. Here is where all the semi-niches are pulling and pushing at me all day long. I have to juggle these to find sanity in my day to day life and my ..... Gulp ..... eternal walk with God. Whoa heavy.
I am always narrowly defining my self each day to where I fall in this life. Crazily sometimes.
You have to make judgments on basic stuff like your life (family, genetics, etc.), your home (habitat) and your 'place in the food chain' Ha! We each have our niche. We have environmental conditions that also describe our fundamental niche.
Evidently, through interactions, emotions, upbringing as people we get to narrow down and adapt out Niche. (Money, jobs, belief systems, spouses, friendships, work relations, etc. all help to fine tune our place.)
Now here is something interesting. I can have a different niche at one place, and a different niche at another. For example, to my grand-children, I am a loved, looked up to, thought of the gift bearing, crazy, wonderful Mimi!; At work, I am a cubby-holed, wacky, hard working, dependable, "one of those girls in payroll"; At church, maybe I'm still just pictured as the little girl that grew up at church who married her high school sweetheart, who loves the singing; With my friends, they see a different MC.
Oop, don't forget God, Super-Niche, He sees all the Niches, here is my Spiritual Niche. Yep, it is never up to par as far as my prayer life. God knows the real blended M.C. - all the mini-Niches - into the megla- Niche. Here is where all the semi-niches are pulling and pushing at me all day long. I have to juggle these to find sanity in my day to day life and my ..... Gulp ..... eternal walk with God. Whoa heavy.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Overtime!
Well, if anybody is still checking my blog, I've been putting in a lot extra hours at work. We have actually worked some Saturdays! Yuck!! I have missed getting on-line and posting little tidbits about our comings and goings. This year has flown by.
Just to let you know that my family is well. My knee surgery went pretty well, although I'm still gimping around more than I wanted to be gimping. Arthritis is sometimes my enemy too.
Frank and Frank are working together now and all seems well.
Hey, a Big Shout Out to a certain somebody that turned 50 on Oct. 3rd. She had to leave Texas to endure this hardship! HA!
My evenings now consist of dragging home about 6-6:30-7:00 and dropping into a recliner and staring listlessly at the new fall lineup on the tube. Frankie Boy has been providing us with dinner and he is the BEST.
Smiles and Kisses to anybody who checks in !
Just to let you know that my family is well. My knee surgery went pretty well, although I'm still gimping around more than I wanted to be gimping. Arthritis is sometimes my enemy too.
Frank and Frank are working together now and all seems well.
Hey, a Big Shout Out to a certain somebody that turned 50 on Oct. 3rd. She had to leave Texas to endure this hardship! HA!
My evenings now consist of dragging home about 6-6:30-7:00 and dropping into a recliner and staring listlessly at the new fall lineup on the tube. Frankie Boy has been providing us with dinner and he is the BEST.
Smiles and Kisses to anybody who checks in !
Friday, September 08, 2006
September 11th - SIX years ago
Granny Ruth and Cecil were joined in marriage 1 year before the fateful day of 9-11. Little did any one know that their anniversary would become so infamous.
What an incredible 80 year old couple!
It brings a little happiness to the date 9-11.
Then some sweet day they flew away.
What an incredible 80 year old couple!
It brings a little happiness to the date 9-11.
Then some sweet day they flew away.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Crikey! Steve Irwin is Gone.
What a boisterous young man from Australia that was always an inch away from big teeth as well as poisonous reptiles, snakes and anything that bites. He really kept us on the edge of our seats.
I will miss his incredible smile. Big prayer going out for his family.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Let's Say Thanks to Our Soldiers
If you go to website -
http://http://www.letssaythanks.com/ThankYou.html
you can pick out a thank you card, select a message and send it to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services. It is FREE and it only takes a second. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? I sent mine, now you send one too!
I got this wonderful idea from my dear friend Karen, who has such a sweet heart.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
So you think M.C. can't dance?
Well you think I - M.C. can't dance and you would probably be correct... but that TV show has really got me going.
I think it is a cliff hanger between Benji and Travis. My vote is for Travis by a toe. (his name is great advantage)
I started watching the show with a lot of 'yeah right' this will not be worthy. But I have been sucked in big time. Frank and I TIVO back on Crumps, Blues renditions, Pop, Jazz, Hip Hop, their solos etc. just to check their style and to see if they are 'popping' and 'extending' at just the right times.
I feel like Donyelle has had incredible potential and I really like her. She has had some critical judgements go against here by the judges so I think she has an uphill battle. Heidi, like they said, is the perfect "partner" she is light and strong. She could make any partner look incredible. I don't see her as the winner over Benji or Travis. Frank sees her as somewhat trampy. Ehhh?
This show has really got me thinking 'so you think you can dance.' Cha, cha, cha!
Next Wednesday. Travis? Benji? maybe...
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