HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINDY!!!!!!

Hey Gal, I'm sorry this is a day late but HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Love ya, Jody

Mom

I had to take my Mom to the ER last night around 12:30. She has carpal tunnel in her left wrist and it flaired up so badly that she couldn't stand it. The ER doc gave her a strong pain med and a shot of steroids, and I took her home with me. She said that 'strong' pain shot wore off in no time and she didn't sleep much. She is hurting bad again today and is attempting a nap. I'll take her home in a while.
She can't get into her doctor til Aug. 12th, so she might be miserable for a bit. Just wanted to keep ya'll posted. I'll let you know how she's doing.

Happy Birthday, Jennifer

Jennifer,
I hope your day is a good one. Hugs to the men in your life.
Love,
Candy

This is Keri reporting from JoAnn's computer again.

Hi this is Keri on my Mom's computer. She just lost her dog, Angel today when a neighbor hit her with the car. Mom's ok, just a bit sad. Angel was a royal pain but Mom enjoyed her. We just got back from 'taking care' of her, and I think Mom's worn out.
Sorry this isn't pleasant, but it's something I wanted ya'll to know, since alot of you have met Angel.
One thing is certain, Angel died happy. Mom rescued her. She was left for dead and almost starved out in the country and Mom took her in, fattened her up and showed her love. She was a tad too feisty for me, but she was a cute little thing and kept Mom company. She will be missed.
RIP Miss Angel...
Keri

So, what's going on?

No one has been 'blogging' much lately...so I'm going to start again by filling you all in on my family's goings on....(try not to fall asleep)

I'm not working at the bank anymore.When Eden had her wreck, they were extremely rude and hateful to me, making a bad time worse than it was and should have been. That weekend, Floyd had to leave for who knew how long to work in North Dakota and I wasn't 'well'. He told me that my happiness was worth more to him that the little amount of money I made and so I quit. Honestly, I've never been happier.
Floyd has been home for a week, and has to leave out again Monday morning to go back to North Dakota. He may be there another two weeks, but who knows?
Eden is settling into life at DeVry. She has a bus pass, some good friends and is still looking for a job. (Anyone know anyone in Irving who'd hire her? LOL)
Nick (not Nicky, NICK) is doing well. He will being his freshman year of high school this year. He was going to be a Graham Steer, but has since changed his mind and is now more interested in theater. I love it. He does impressions and is very funny. I think that he'll be super at it.
Madison starts jr. high this year. She is nervous about it, but I'm sure she'll do great. At the moment, she wants to be a songwriter.
Buzz, (the rat terrier), our youngest is well. He was terribly upset when his Daddy was gone for two weeks, but after their reunion, he seems like his old self. It won't last since his Daddy is leaving again Monday.
I'm still running my websites and having fun with them. I've rediscovered cooking is a passion. I'm having tons of fun making huge meals for my family. They are loving it too.
Hope you are all well.
Keri

THE SUZY!!!!!!!

Did all of you guys get the word that Suzy has been "retired" and will not have a computer till they get one at home? Suzy found out about it yesterday morning and just had time to get the word out before they shut her computer down. She is very, very happy about all this - she was going to leave in January if not laid off before so she was thrilled to be laid off and get severance pay for 6 months. GOOD FOR HER!!!!! She told me this morning that in all the years she had worked there, there has been 33 layoffs. Goodness!! She is relieved and glad she doesn't have to worry about it any more. They came to Graham Saturday morning, bringing Eden with them. Wasn't that sweet!!! Eden had wanted to be here for her Daddy's birthday. We thank them for letting her come with them. God bless family!!!!! Let's all hope Suzy gets her computer soon - she'll go crazy not being in touch!!!!!! Love to you all, Jody

HAPPYBIRTHDAY JENNIFER HAIGOOD BLAKE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UP THERE IN ALASKA. I ASSUME YOU ARE STILL UP THERE WITH YOUR CLAN. HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. HOPE YOU CAN GET HOME TO VISIT SOON - WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS BEFORE THEY GRADUATE FROM SCHOOL!!!!! LOVE TO YOU AND BRETT AND THE GIRLS!! JODY (OH YEAH, COUSIN NOT SISTER LOL)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE SON-IN-LAW

HEY THERE, SWEETIE!!! HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY TOMORROW AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR BIRTHDAY DINNER SATURDAY EVENING ( even if you have to cook it) GLAD YOU ARE HOME FROM NORTH DAKOTA - SURE DIDN'T WANT YOU GETTING TOO COOL UP THERE IN THOSE 70DEGREE DAYS!!! LOVE YOU, JODY

MOMA

Hi dear Cousins. Tomorrow, July 15th, will be the anniversary of the day we lost my sweet Moma. I would love and appreciate it if you all would take a minute and post a memory you have of your cousin or aunt Pat. Something sweet or happy or funny would be so special to Keri and I. All of you have been so wonderful and supportive of us - you guys are what family is all about and I love you dearly. Thanks and God bless! Jody

Happy Birthday, Valerie!

Hope your day is fun and you get to do whatever you want.
Love,
Candy

Happy Birthday, Don

We know that if you had your "druthers", you'd be holding a baby for your birthday...as evidenced by that wicked Lala imitation you did at the reunion.
Make the most of your special day.
Love you,
Candy

Inspired by...

Owen's adorable picture in his hat, I thought I'd post this cute photo Amanda took of Brady in his little sun hat. I think she told me they were at Chic-Fil-A or something and he was being a happy sweet boy. Of course, this proud grandma thinks it's a sweet picture. The biggest problem that I have with all the cell-phone photos and images on the computer is that when I'm out somewhere and someone wants to see a picture of my grandies, I don't have any hard copies to carry with me. Such is the age of the internet I guess.

Owen growing

Hey, ya'll,
Owen can open doors now and has special words for specials things. Meh-mo is Elmo; Va-ko is vacuum. Well, wasn't YOUR child's first word 'vacuum'?
Below are some pictures of Matt, Rachel and Owen at the zoo and Owen in his favorite hat (looking more like Rachel than before).
Love,
Grammie...uh, Candy

Happy Birthday, Sweet Girls

Dear Marissa and Caden,
Happy Birthday on your special day! Do something fun and think of all of us that love you both.
Love,
Candy

Hey Metroplex Family!!!

I am going to ask all of you to PLEASE watch over Eden. She is without her truck. On her first day, yesterday, she was driving to college and totalled her truck. She is ok, bruised, sore, scared, but ok.
She is alone, without a truck, without much money and without a job. She is looking, she has a bus pass, but she may be needing to see some family once in a while. I felt horrible having to leave her like we did, but Floyd is leaving tomorrow morning to fly to North Dakota for work. He'll be gone for about 10-15 days. I'm stuck here.
Please, look after her.
She is going to have to go (they are kinda making her) to Six Flags tomorrow for a DeVry thing, and she needs to be taken sometime very soon, to get her stuff out of her truck. She has groceries in her truck, she has her portable DVD player in there and shampoo, toothpaste and other things you really need.
I'm in a bind here, ya'll and really must ask for your help. I feel very frustrated.
Thanks everyone.
Her cell phone number is 940-456-1734
She is living at the Eagle Crest Apartments in Irving.

Something really cool I've been doing....

None of you may be interested, but I wanted to share.
I'm a creator of three websites, one is CSI Crime Scene Investigation based (mostly Grissom and Sara though) and we had a contest with real prizes last week. One of my administrators bought collector things like autographed pics, magazines and etc...but I am friends with one of the writers and producers on the show, David Rambo,so I asked him if he could send me some goodies for the contest. He did.

Here is what he sent. I didn't keep any of them. I got first place in the contest (I didn't run the contest, I wanted a prize!) and I won an autographed CSI magazine signed by William Petersen (Grissom) and Jorja Fox (Sara)

The package from the CSI Writer's Office

Autographed script (signed by the writer David Rambo) from "Young Man With A Horn"

Official CSI Season Nine Tshirt only available to cast and crew
Official CSI Season Nine cap only available to cast and crew

Eden's Grad Party Pics

We had a good crowd, (you can't tell by the pics, LOL!),TONS of food, and lots of fun.