Fifty-Three Years...and Everyone is Finally Home!

53 three years...feels like a blink of an eye! No computers, no cell phones, no high-speed trains...Vietnam, our song, "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress," "American Pie," The Stones, The Godfather...Bell bottoms, Pong, my team—the undefeated Miami Dolphins—lol...Watergate, Nixon in China, rotary phones. Hamburger Helper, TV dinners, casseroles, and Jello salads. McDonalds and Burger King, drive-in theaters, Leslie's Fried Chicken in Bellmead...Chatham's, the 1974 Ali vs. Foreman fight—now that was a fight!  

Fifty-three years later, here we are with two kids, five grandkids, three great-grandkids—and each other. Still standing through sickness and health, so many bygone eras, countless memories. Friends and family we've lost, our lives winding down. Remember when I asked you all those years ago what you thought life would look like in 50 years? Well, now we know...  

Forever devoted, I love you. 

These flowers were given to me by my 
Granddaughter in Law, Sara, when they arrived here last Saturday!  She said they were in appreciation for the quilt I'd made their newborn, Sydney.  She said the day it arrived she'd had an awful day.  But then Tylar walked in holding the package...she opened it and just cried!  I think she liked it...lolol  She and our grandson, Tylar, were the ones stationed in Hungary.  Tylar has now been stationed at an airbase in Arkansas!  Everyone made it to our house Saturday, and we had a ton of fun.  

The quilt I made for GreatGran Sydney...

Miss Sydney...

Tylar and Sara...

Lottie, Crystal and William...

Tim (Pops) and Sloane talking things over about her cowgirl hat...lol

This is a bookstore where William lives in Cabot, Arkansas.  What a fun place to visit!  I'd go broke!

While cleaning out Larry's Dad's house, we found these old trading cards!  Also, these old buttons.

They came in bread wrappers back in the 1930's here at a bakery in Waco.  A fun find!  If you bought so many loaves of bread, you could get into a movie at the local theater.

Would you believe that the door on my medicine cabinet fell off???  I couldn't!  I just went to open the right side, like always, and down it came!  Didn't break, thank God!  But Larry couldn't fix it.  The hinge was twisted.

So I ordered a new one.  Why is it that everything that comes from stores these days, you have to end up putting things together?!  What a pain!  Larry is always so sweet about it though...We're going to our Anniversary breakfast then to a huge warehouse mall, full of antiques, this morning.  Should be fun.

Breakfast last week at The Yolk in town...really good.

I made a pumpkin pie for our Saturday dessert...I put crumbles on top.  Loved it!

Should have added a layer of sweetened cream cheese to it but didn't think about it until it was baked!

I reheated the leftover KFC chicken in the air fryer.  Crisped it right up!

If you have left over rice, add butter, Poblano pepper, onion and tomatoes (sautéed)...add a little chicken stock and heat up.  A wonderful lunch! 

I also made Banana Pudding cookies for the girls.

Then yesterday's lunch was pork boneless ribs with a brown sugar and mustard glaze...oh my!

Well, I suppose that's about it for me this week.  I'm praying that you all are well and safe...Have a great and happy weekend!  

So, until next time...

Going Forward....

Good Morning Friends...

It's been a rocky week, hasn't it... But...we have His promise that everything is going to be okay.  Love your family...hold on tight.

I haven't been around much...too darn many things happening.  The shooting...getting sick...Larry getting his usual 3 month bladder wash for the cancer (Friday) then attending a bed build for children at the church on Saturday and him coming home not 2 hours after it started (8am to 2 pm) at 10am looking like death warmed over! I didn't think he was going to make it to the bathroom before passing out...he didn't pass out but felt like it!  It was already ninety degrees outside...he said it was fast and furious like an assembly line!  Each person had one job to do then it passes to the next guy...his job was cutting the lumber.... Larry will be 78 this October...he simply cannot do this sort of work anymore.  I think that knowledge rocked him.  We are old and getting older.  Nothing will stop that fact.  But we don't have to invite a bad situation in... I think he now knows he's no longer Batman...he's Robin, and that's okay!

These are our reasons for hanging around on this old Earth...Children, grandchildren and greatgrands...

Thank you God, for we are so Blessed. 

This is sadly, too true.

One thing Larry isn't too old to do is bake/cook!  Tomato gravy and biscuits was on the table waiting for me!   

This morning it was Bacon and Poblano Pepper Scones!  Loved these!

Larry went to church alone last Sunday...I was down and out with...something.  Nose, sneezing, tired and achy.  We usually go to lunch somewhere after the service...a date.  Since we didn't go Sunday, he took me for a Gelato at an Italian restaurant.  We come in and tell the seating guy that all we wanted was gelato...period.  He directs us to the bar area.  No... we didn't order any booze...although the Limoncello looked interesting... but no... just gelato please. 

I once ordered a Coffee Martini...Delicious! 

Chocolate caramel and Vanilla Bean...

Delicious!

Well...I suppose that about it for me this week.  I hope you all are well and happy and safe!  

Praying for a happier week...our children, grandchildren and greatgrans are supposed to be here on Saturday!  SO excited about that...so until next time...

Thank you for the visit!!

I Am Charlie Kirk...

October 14, 1993

September 10, 2025

Thank you, Charlie, for all you did for us.  Jesus will take it from here...Rest.

Beaches...Old Friends and a Cookbook

Good morning Friends...

Another week...I had some sad news about another childhood friend.  I have to admit that I've always prided myself on my ability to keep a "neat" upper chin when it comes to death.  Being in the nursing field, you have to try and remain in neutral while the world falls apart around you.  But I've been out of nursing for a long while now.  Cindy was a buddy from high school days.  We ran together...laughed...did so much together.  We each married, had kids, lived our lives...always trying to stay in touch until one day, we didn't.  I knew she'd developed diabetes, and it wasn't an easy road for her.  She was 71 when she passed away at home.  I don't know what happened.  The visitation is this Friday...maybe I'll get some answers then.

Here's to rainbows, butterflies and Ford Mustangs old buddy...

Fly high. 

Cindy Ledbetter

4/13/1954 to 9/3/2025

Sloane and Arlis...cousins...and really close.

I love them.  They bring sense to a senseless world.

God keep and protect them always.

Larry took me thrifting yesterday...it felt good to get out.  I found some nice things for Winter (blouse, jacket, etc.) including this purse/laptop bag.  I carry my purse, water, bible and other odds and ends wishing at times I was an octopus...no such luck so I think this bag will solve the dilemma.  It even has a charging port!  And it still works.

It's almost in new condition.  Happy Sunday to me! lol  

I made candy...Chocolate and walnut.  Rolled them in powdered sugar then wrapped them up.  They were good...couldn't help myself!

Breakfast...scrambled eggs with onion and parmesan cheese.

Roasted a chicken with mashed potatoes and sautéed onions. 

We went to Fish City Grill after church. 

We both ordered Fish & Chips...SO good!

Also re-heated the rest of the roasted chicken and again served with that delicious gravy.  Larry loves it... 

I don't know how many of you watch Miss Lori over on YouTube, but Larry and I like her and husband Danny's offerings.  They live on a homestead in Arkansas.  Her 2nd cookbook is finally out.  I'm waiting for mine to arrive.  She's old-school though, checks or money orders only.  Cash is okay but might get lost in the mail, so she advises against it.

  Go check her out!

Whippoorwill Holler 

Oh my Word, this stuff is good on toast or biscuits! 

Well, I suppose that's about it for me this week.  Hope you all are safe and well...Just letting you know how much I love and appreciate you...

so until next time...