Thursday Already?????

My Felted Fall Bag....with a Pocket!

Blue Ridge Mountains

12 x 16 Oil on Canvas

Wow - it's time to pack up again and go to Columbus for the weekend. I hope the next 4 weeks goes this fast so we can go on vacation but I know the last couple of weeks will be torture before we can leave! Plus, it's still wayyyyy to hot. Still hitting 90 most days and we did have a great shower today which the temp dropped a little but then got steamy again. Where are the hurricanes??? That always cools things down in Ga - not that I really want any bad ones to hit anywhere but cool rain sures sounds nice. I found a real treasure this week at Goodwill or as we say in Atlanta "Gootwill" - The Fall Fashion reports that English Riding Boots are big this year and I've been looking at them on line knowing I can't afford them. BINGO........Goodwill -Brand New - My Size - Black Leather - $6.60..........whoopee - you KNOW I'm going to wear them on stage this weekend and sing Tower of Power - Don't change horses in the Middle of the Stream .....I finished the Blue Ridge Mountain painting last week from the picture I took from our Balconey at the Pisguah Inn on our 22 anniversary. I decided that Kenny should have this one so he can look up from his stressful days and remember the cool peaceful mountains and so it is. It's not a real good photo I'll probably try and take another one later but just looking at it makes me feel better. My Daddy would love it! We did get Kenny a new printer/scanner, fax today so at least I can scan stuff now too. So, packing up my Boots and off for another journey this weekend at Belloo's - hope it's as good as last week. We were exhausted but what a night saturday was......Night Night .........



My Moment Today - Holding Tatiana in the storm and kissing head little head saying Mommy is right here with you.......

One Last Thing

We drove straight to SC on Sunday and Mother of course had a wonderful dinner. We were both so tired from the GREAT weekend in Columbus and I actually slept soooo hard that night. There is still something about "going home"! We completed the last thing to do with Daddy's estate at the courthouse on Monday and now it's in probate. It will be done next May even these small things are so hard on Mother - I can see it in her eyes. We all miss Daddy so very much but try to get thru another day. Of course, it's still so damn hot which drains me so much. We decided to drive back Monday night in the cool and so I had another good night's sleep - 2 in a row - that's unreal for me - and woke up in my bed - had my tea and "morning time" (I need this so much) and now it's time to get up - unpack (again) and do "something" today. On the countdown it's 5 weeks until "Cabin Time" - just trying to make it until then. Right, now Tatiana is lying beside me and softly snoring (sometimes not so "softly" snoring - it's so sweet! OK, it's almost 1 so I'd better get up now - I'm cooking white buter beans with pork, cornbread and South Carolina ripe tomatoes!!!!!

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Great Flaired Leg Warmers - ready for winter...

Mother cooked a "feast" for the boys -drove to Atlanta by herself - cooked in the kitchen all day - not bad for 85 years old and looks good too!!!

Ricky's "anti-Mosquito attire" for Columbus - he got "eat up"!!! Too funny this boy..

Happy 58th Birthday Kenny!!!!

Best Friends.

The BEST rhythm section EVER!!!

I've been a very lazy girl about the blog lately - I don't know - just too much going on and I'm just so tired of this long hot Kenny being sick summer. It's been a rough one so far. For the first time since Memorial Day weekend Kenny feels more normal this week. He's still in a lot of pain from the Shingles but taking the meds helps. We had a wonderful visit with Ricky from Las Vegas and he got to play with us at the club in Columbus which was soooooo good. The three of us on stage together is magic and I miss that. Mother even met us in Atlanta that Sunday and cooked a "feast" for Kenny's birthday and Ricky - they really enjoyed that. We've been going back and forth to SC a lot too - going thru the probate on the house and it's really really hard to talk to mother about the "estate" and how to protect the house in case she needed full time care or a nursing home. This is not something anyone likes to think about. Kenny and I are actually going to do our wills too - you just never know. I'be been finally painting a little the last couple of weeks - mostly some cigar boxes to sell but I did finish a small painting for Kenny of our "Blue Ridge Mountain" one night anniversary!!! We are going to hang it where when he gets stressed he can look at those beautiful mountains and think Ahhhhhhhhh! I'll take a picture next week! I love my knitting and getting a "little" better (not nearly good at Christy) but my Thumb hurts so bad sometimes and I know the arthritus (sp?) is setting in. Of course, it HAS to be my right thumb - something with the use of you feel so helpless. And of course, we are counting the days to our Sept 27th vacation - the first in 3 years - in the cabin - in the mountains - on a creek - and hopefully PLEASE sweatsuit and fireplace weather!!! I'm putting up a few pictures and I have to remind myself to keep posting - it's fun sometimes to go back and read about your "stuff".....so I'm back!

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I KNOW I've already posted it on FB but I want it on my Blog - on my phone, on my compter!!!!

I FINALLY met Evander - you see, my favorite boxer and simply beautiful!! So here it is.........