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1.12.2008

Who am I???

For you, BFF...this is what it came up with:

http://www.myheritage.com/collage


This is my morph: (well, this is the morph I chose! I like Kathy Bates!)

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Hope you all have fun trying this out! It can be really cool...and surprising!

(Go Giants!)

1.08.2008

January Thunder

"When you used to tell me that you chase tornadoes, deep down I thought it was just a metaphor."
One of my favorite movies is "Twister"...the first time I saw it, we were sitting in BFF's living room...they had rented the video. I was intrigued. I thought..."I would love to do that!" The thrill...the rush...I get all goose-pimply.

Yesterday was one of those days. It was around 3:50 when the sirens went off. Rachigga and I were talking about the wedding. I flipped on the news. It would hit UG in 30 minutes. We called BDILE to make sure she was aware and alright. She was headed for the basement. Rachigga went to be with her beloved. Chief came home. The sirens went off again. He called BDILE. She was still in the basement. Cheerios had to move all his residents into the basement at the group home and wait. We continued to watch the news. More stories of tornado touchdown. Wheatland...Lake Geneva...Paddock Lake. We waited.

Another siren. Should we go downstairs? (Now...by this time in the reading of this story, I can hear BFF saying "YES...GO DOWNSTAIRS!") Of course, we didn't. The sky was magnificent. Churning and full of power. Of course, I took some pictures.

"You've never seen it miss this house, and miss that house, and come after you!"

A few hours later...after three more sirens...we received a call from one of our congregants. Her sister called her...sister goes to Prayer House. It was destroyed. The choir room. The sanctuary. When Chief hung up, he called our friends Sly and Bebo because they live within blocks of the church. Their home was fine...the house next door: the tornado ripped right down the middle of it. Sly's brother shot video. He was on the news.
These were pictures of Prayer House.

Scorpsdiva (MY sister) was sitting next to me and called HER friend from that same area...his garage was hit...the breezeway destroyed and his truck took the brunt of the damage. He would walk to another friends home on the bidding of Scorpsdiva because the friends' phone was out and she is fairly home bound.

Tacos El Rey, a favorite local restaurant had it's roof ripped right off.

We were never touched. We barely saw rain. Cheerios and BDILE are fine. Would I still chase after a tornado? Probably. For now...I pray for the families without power. Without homes. Without their church.

1.07.2008

Final Stop: Sun City


Wow...two great visits in one vacation! From Lake Havasu, we travelled on to be with my folks...let's see...new names...Singernana and Papatrain...sounds good to me! It was good to FINALLY see where they live...it's been a couple of years since they decided to snowbird in AZ! This was our first time in their home. It's adorable! Full of cool stuff and always a project for Papatrain! Singernana is really involved in china-painting. They love it there..and it shows.


They took us to this great place: Pure Heart Christian Fellowship to see these cool trees. Awesome. Pictures really do not do them justice, but you get the idea!


Unfortunately, I got sick the day we arrived and stayed that way until we left...well...even still now...bummer. BUT...Papatrain and Chief got to golf and go to the swapmeet they call Good Year...Chief got a new suitcase. And we had dinner at a great place called Garcia's. MMMMMMM...Mexican food.


I got to be with my Mom in her new home and see an old friend. It really was a good vacation. Wonderful...delightful...restful...needed.



Thanks, Mom and Dad for an awesome time! Good food...good fellowship...I love you...
your Little Bug!

All ABOARD...First Stop: Lake Havasu City

I'm not sure how to begin! Our trip to Arizona was wonderful...delightful...restful...needed. I miss my BFF and her family. I was so happy to see her and Poppy...JuJu, Bwin and Sizzle. And Cissy...Rosebud...et al. To meet the "other" friends! :~) To spend one more New Year's Eve with our Bestest Friends Ever playing Pinnocle and drinking Champaigne! With Raspberries! Shades of six small children running around the house until they fell, exhausted, in the living room sleeping on a couch, or a sofa, on the floor while the parents bid on excruciatingly mind-bending hands of Pinnocle.

Remember when Happy fell asleep and started talking and scared ~T~ half to death?? Or one of our last New Year's Eves when Poppy got so sick? We prayed that whole week...then month...then year...then HEALED! That was...well...amazing.
Okay...so Pinnocle wasn't the ONLY thing we did New Year's Eve...there was Scrabble and OF COURSE...singing!

And Harmonizing...The there were THESE times:

Meeting Sizzle...
Uncle Carl LOVED playing...

"My name is Bubba...my cheeks are made outta rubba..."

hehehe...

No autographs...PLEASE!

Watching Poppy play ball...old man...still got it!!

And sitting in the hot tub and watching the Hummingbirds...

I miss our times of card-playing-tenderloin-grilling-laughing-til-we-cried-champaigne-drinking New Year's Eves!! We may never get to do it again...who knows...it was the best of times EVER.

Happy New Year, BFF...I am better for having known ye...

You heard me.