Howdy yall!!! How are things in your neck of the woods? It is getting warm down here. The weather has been in the middle eighties, but very nice. The humidity is low which is great for us in the lower part of Alabama.

My computer part still has not come in but maybe soon. I had to order a power source for the computer. I will be glad to get the computer back to going again. I miss having it in my room to where I can get to it at anytime. I sure hope it will get in soon.

I have a long day today. I will be working my regular job then off to the bowling alley this evening. I work there until nine thirty tonight. It is extra money and it isn't very hard work. It is kind of nice to do something that is different than what I do on a daily bases.

I went to the doctor yesterday about my foot and I have a heel spur and a bone spur. They are going to fit me for an insert in my shoes first and then if that doesn't work then they said that they would have to put me in a cast for awhile. The last result would be surgery and I am going to try to keep from having to do that one. I hope the inserts will do the job. The doctor also told me that he wanted me to do no walking until we got this straightened out becuase I could do more damage than I already have, so I guess my walking will have to cease for awhile.

Well I better get off here and get things ready for work. Have a wonderful day.....

I have a few minutes before I have to get ready for work so I thought that I would do some updating. The weather here is wonderful. It has been in the eighties and the humidity has been low too. It is great beach weather but I have no time to get to the beach. I may have to just take a day off of work and just go.

As I said on my last report the boys had a great time. We saw baby alligators, snakes, lizards, bees, turtles and all that boy stuff. After we did that we went to feed the ducks. We feed them two loaves of bread and when we started we had turtle show up also. It was pretty cool to see the turtle come up from the bottom to eat bread. The boys had a really great time. We then went to the gift shop and they all picked out something, that cost me $36 bucks but that was okay. Jonathan and Mason picked out seven foot stuffed snakes and Christopher picked out a tiger outfit that had a mask, paws and a clip on tail. We left there and headed to Mcdonalds for lunch. After lunch we went to moms for a couple of hours. Christopher and Mason spent must of there time crawing through the doggie doors with the snake. They were a hoot. The boys were great for me. We had no problems at all and it was fun.

I go see the foot doctor in the morning. I sure hope they can figure out what is wrong with my heel. I also got the test results for the bacteria that was in my stomach and it came back normal. Then I get to go Birmingham next week for my six month checkup for my cancer. Maybe things are going to start getting better.

My job at the bowling alley is going okay. I am only working about fifteen hours a week and that is enough for right now. I have to get my body used to these late nights and they really aren't that late. I usually work Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Saturday is my late night and it is only until twelve thirty so it isn't to bad. It gives me something to do besides sit at home.

Dennis, I am glad that were are friends too. I am glad that we can continue to be friends even though you and Julie aren't together. You have to have someone from down here that can keep you up on all the drama that happens to our lives. It can be like a soap opera around here sometimes.

I ordered the part for my computer and it should be in within a week or so. So maybe I will be back in business in the next week or so. I will be glad to get my computer back so that I don't have to use Alan's all the time.

Well, I better go get clothes out of the dryer and get ready for work. Have a wonderful day and there will be more later from the deep south.

This is only going to be short and sweet as I need to get to work early. I will write more later today. I need to get to work and do my CPR test so that I can take the hands on on Wednesday.

My other job is going well. It is really boring when it is slow but it gives me time to get other things done, like cleaning out cabinets that haven't been done in years.

The boys and I had a great time Saturday and more on that later too. The were very well behaved for me. We had no problems at all.

Well, I gotta go and get some breakfast and head to work. More later.

Now that I lost everything that I wrote two minutes ago went out with the wind I will try again. Sometimes my mind works faster thatn my hands.

As I said in the last one that I lost things have been going okay and is going to get busy around here. I start my new part time job tonight. I will be working at the bowling alley for a few hours a week. My stepdad asked me if I had to wear a mini skirt and a halter top to work there and I told him that wasn't going to happen with this gal. I will probably be putting in 15 to 20 hours a week and since I have no life I may as well work. I will let you know how I like it in a few days. I will start off in the snack bar but I am going to be cross trained in the other aresa also.

Jason has gotten a new job with Flying J close to Montgomery, Al. which meant they will be moving shortly. I am not excited about that but I told Jason that he had to do what was best for his family. He will be making about $15,000 more a year than what he is making now. I think that he said that he will probably be making around $35,000. When Michelle told Christopher and Mason that they werre going to move the two boys cried and held onto each other. It is going to be hard on them two becuase they are such good buds.

Chad smashed his finger and ended up with four stitches and is going through therapy. He may end up having surgery. They will decide that after he gets through with his therapy. He has to go to therapy for six weeks.

I am going to go see a foot doctor about my heel. It is not getting any better and I think that it might be a heel spur. I will let you know when I get the appointment.

I go on the seventh of May to Birmingham to see the doctor for a checkup on the
cancer. He wants to see me at six months and in a year. It is hard to believe thatit has already been six months since I had surgery. Time flies by.

Saturday should be an exciting day. I will have the three older boys for the day. We are going to go see some snakes, turtles, ducks and I am not sure what else they have there. It is at a park close to where my mom lives and then we are going to go by and see them for a little while. I will be wore out when I get back home. I will let you know how things go. After getting back with them I will probably end up working so it is going to be a long day.

I better get off here and go get some breakfast and get ready for work. More when I get some time. Have a great day.

It is hard to update when you are working extra hours and your computor ins not working right and it works when it want to. I can't always get on Alan's. I am doing the best that I can.

We had a busy weekend. It started off with a date on Friday with a very special young man. Christopher and I went to eat and then we went bowling. We had a great time.

On Saturday we went to his house and made cut-out cookies using an egg shape and decorated them for our junior church class and they were a big hit. We then built a fire and roasted marshmellows. That is the hick part of the people that live in Cottonwood. Build a fire and sit outside and shoot the breeze.

Sunday was a great day. Church then the kids had a hugh egg hunt and then to Christy"s for lunch. They kids hunted eggs again that afternoon.

Robert and his wife showed up for church and the Sunday school teacher asked me how I was with the situtation and I told him that I was great with it and that it didn't bother me. He told me that I looked and acted like I was really happy and I told him that I was. I have moved on with my life and it feels great.

Enough on that. Now I just have to get back into walking. It is hard with my heel hurting me. I may end up going to the doctor and have it checked out. I will let you know how it goes. I may start riding my bike and see how it feels.

I may be starting the bowling alley soon. It looks like it may be within the next couple of weeks. It should be fun and very different from what I am doing on my full time job.

Well I am going to go and check out the rest of my mail. Have a great day. How's this for updating, Dennis. HA! HA!

Good day to you all. It looks like we may have some beautiful weather today. Yesterday was great but a little on the cool side.

Tomorrow is going to be filled with excitement as the kids at my work will have a Easter party, hunt eggs and see the Easter bunny. What fun they will have. They have been excited about it all week.

Then on Friday I will have Christopher for awhile. He may end up spending the night with me. I asked him if we wanted to go on a date with nana and he told me that he couldn't go until he was bigger than me so I asked him if he wanted to go bowling with me and he was all for that. So I guess the two of us will head out to the bowling alley tomorrow night. Then on Saturday we are going to make Easter cut out cookies and dye eggs. We will have a full weekend.

Well I had better get off here abd hit the showers and get ready for another day. Have a great day!!!

What a cold morning. We were in the thirties last night and that is cold when you have been in the sixties at night. It is going to be seventy today and I hope no wind. The wind was awful the last two days. It would just go right through you. Warmer weather is back on its way. YEA!!!

Not much going on around here. I went to Walmart last night and bought candy for the grandkids Easter baskets. I didn't buy much because I figured they would get enought from their parents. We are all planning on going to Christy's after church on Sunday for dinner and to let the kids hunt eggs. It should be fun. I will make sure that I take pictures to show off.

I checked on parking at the airport and that doesn't look like it is going ot work out. It would cost me over $140. I am now looking at staying at a motel and seeing if I can leave my car there or I may end up doing the same thing I did last tme and leave it with my cousin and just let her take me to the airport. If I do that then I can leave my car with her and I know that it will be taken care of. I am not sure what I am going to do as of yet but I still have a little time to decide.

I better get off here and get some breakfast because I have to be at work early again. Take care and have a great day.

What a beautiful day for a trip. I went and saw my mom today and she seemed to be doing good. She said that she has had a couple of good days. They did tell her at the doctors that she was not well enougn for them to do the upper GI on her and the colonastopy because of her breathing problems. The doctor said that he was afraid to put her to sleep. So I am not sure what she is going to do about it.

I am going ack in three weeks and take the boys to a place called turtle cove and let them see different animals and feed the ducks. That should be a fun trip. I must be losing my mind to take three boys. I am going to make sure that they play hard so that I will have a quite ride home.

My trip today went really well until I stopped at Walmart to get some cough medicine and I locked my keys up in my car. I thought they landed in my purse and they landed beside them. This is the second time I have done this since I bought this car. I am going to see if I can find a metal place on my car that I can leave the key under my car somewhere. Maybe I can find some metal somewhere. It ended up costing me thirty two dollars. Boy what some expensive cough medicine. Oh well, life goes on.

Well I am going to go for the night. Have a great Sunday and be good.

I woke up this morning to rain, lightening, and thunder again. It looks like we are in for about four or five inches again today. I am ready for some sunshine. We are suppose to have some on Friday and Saturday and then rain again on Sunday. Then it is going to turn cold again. They are talking in the thirties at night. Burr, we don't want that.

They are letting schools out at one today because of the flooding problems. The grounds are so wet right not the water has nowhere to go.

I did go to the bowling alley last night and talked to the guy that is the stand in manager and he said that until they finished remodeling that they were not going to hire many people. I told him that was fine with me because I had a full time job already and that I wasn't in any hurry. So if I decide to take it it probably want start until around May. We shall wait and see.

Since there isn't much going on around here I had better jump in the shower befroe the bad weather comes back. I hear thunder in the distance now so I will write more later. Be good and have a great day.

Another wet day in Alabama. We have seen a lot of rain over the last week. We had over six inches on Saturday and then a beautiful day on Sunday but a little cool. Our Monday was cloudy but no rain and then we started back again with rain on Tuesday. We have to worry about flooding in some of the areas around here. We are going to get more today and tomorrow and the grounds are already soaked. Oh well, life goes on.

Jonathan is coming over this morning because they are not starting school until ten today due to all the rain. Go figure that. So since his mom and dad have to be at work before ten and I don't, I am going ot take him to school. We will probably go by McDonalds first for breakfast. He called and asked me what was for breakfast but his mom said that he really wanted to go get breakfast, so of course we will.

There isn't much going on around here. I am going to go talk to someone at the bowling alley about a part time job on the weekends. I would be working in hte snack bar if I decided to take it. I am not sure as of yet. I am just going to go after work and check it out and then I will decide. I like having my weekends but it would be nice to have the extra money too, so we will see. I will let you know how things go.

Well. I better get off her and hit the showers before Jonathan gets here. You all have a wonderful day and be sweet.