Family

It's starting to feel like Christmas ? My "new" sister, Margo, is coming here for Christmas and our brother, Travis, will be following about a week later. Margo's husband, Ricky, is cooking a corned ham for us this Christmas so...

Back in November 2018, I learned that I have a new sister on my Dad's side, through a DNA test from Ancestry.com. Her name is Margo, and she jokes that she has heard the term "new sister" so much lately,...

Congratulations to my ex-husband-in-law Clay Jones! He's a finalist for the Herblock Award for political cartooning!...

In the middle of making this rag doll (my first ever, don’t laugh!) for our youngest granddaughter, Isla. Talk about unrealistic body expectations! Thank goodness she has a long skirt. Her crotch literally is right above the hem! ? I...

So proud of my “weird” granddaughter Isabel! She’s a 4th grade Spotlight student. She took 2nd place in the 4th and 5th grade chemistry/physics division with her science project this week. She’ll be going to regionals at Ole Miss. She’s...

So excited! The cat tree arrived yesterday for us to install so Sophie, our 18-1/2 year old Siamese, can officially ignore it. I knew to install the thing next to the vent, since Sophie has always been a heat seeker....

Happy New Year! Here's to a great 2019: The Year of the Pig.. I'm feeling confident I can live up to that! We rang in the new year with the addition of our daughter, Ashley, and her babies/our weird grandkids,...

After being laid off when RCA closed it’s television manufacturing plant in Memphis, and moved to Taiwan, my mom, Sarah Bond, went to work for a small local electronics company called Audiotronics. Audiotronics built state of the art mixing boards...

Happy Mothers Day! I made applewood smoked grilled salmon on the grill for Mom and Chelle. Along with fresh asparagus, jasmine rice and garlic knots. Here's my mom, Louise (left), having fun with the widows group that has friended her...

This is a gallery of irises between my yards in Coldwater and Southaven (the old house). I am in the process of transplanting many of these in the new yard, but it will be awhile before they start to bloom....