Polk Street Crime Watch

Lucy (the dog) and Ricky (the cat) have become quite the detectives.

I love keeping the front door open, but Lucy sits at the door and barks at EVERYTHING ... people, cats, dogs, birds, bugs, blowing trees, grass, you get the idea!

So, I have to end up shutting the door to shut her up.

Ricky has always sat on the back of the couch and watched out the window...

Lucy never caught on till this weekend....yeah, I know, she's a little slow.

This is her "stance" when she's on the lookout.....

And this is her stance when SOMETHING needs to be barked at...

Ricky is SO lazy...he only gets up long enough to see what all the fuss is about,

then goes back and lays down.


So, things are being guarded on Polk Street...you need not worry!

Grand-Friends Abby, Kaitlyn & Sophia

A few Sundays ago, Abby & Kaitlyn came home with me, after church. There was NON-STOP talking! It was awesome! (Yes, I let them talk too!)

We ate lunch, went to take bluebonnet pictures, made cards for the nursing home, went to Petco to look at everything, then to a baby shower for our soon to be newest friend Alexis Daniels! (Jessica is her Mommy).
We went to the nursing home here in Paris to visit with Mary Kay Glaspie (from Cooper). They sang songs, turned cartwheels, did sign language and recited poems for Mary Kay and all her friends at Heritage!

Kaitlyn, Mary Kay & Abby
You see the smile on Mary Kay's face? That is there ALL the time!

We also visited with Foy, who goes to church with us.

Sadly, we had our last visit with Miss Durline. But, sadly, Miss Durline passed away on Thursday of that week. (Abby's Daddy, Patrick, did her graveside service and it was so sweet!)
Then, we came back home and I was given the show of ALL shows! The girls performed and modeled for me...using the sidewalk as the stage/catwalk! I can't believe how they memorize songs AND the dances that go WITH the songs!

Kaitlyn McCarter & Abby Cannon
April 2009
Which is prettier....the bluebonnets or these girls?

A couple of weeks ago, Abby and Sophia came home with me after church. MORE TALKING! WooHOOOO!
We had lunch, watched some Zack & Cody...some Hannah...then to the makeup and nails! I asked if they wanted to do some hair stuff. DUH! Of course they did! They put on every piece of my jewelry they could push on their little fingers and wrists...the earrings...necklaces...the whole she-bang!
We then, while they were all dolled up, went to Legends to visit with our little friends, Mary Kay, Foy and our sweet Miss Durline's room-mate, who is SO very lonely now. Once again, the girls entertained by singing, sign language, cartwheels, and reciting poems! Those folks LOVE the little ones so much! (There's one little lady that was scooting her wheelchair along, to come to the front, and was singing very VERY loudly...every single word of all of the kids songs. The nurse told me that she is a "grump" and never has a nice thing to say to anyone...but she loved those girls!)

Sophia Johnson & Abby Cannon
These 2 have got it goin' on!

Then, today, Abby and I had some girl time...we had the USUAL McDonald's lunch....Then we went to the house and "bejeweled" some sandals for her, we accomplished some scrapbooking...then we had our nail and makeup time.

Abby, in the middle of the scrapping!

I was thinking this afternoon...."You People" who have girls, you are so blessed!
Boys will tell you what you need/want to know! (I love you Larry!)
But, those little girls....they will tell you who - what - when - where - why - wherefore...etc, etc. It is AMAZING to me how fast their little minds work!

I LOVE IT!

If I haven't told you lately...thank you to the Mommy's and Daddy's that give up their little girls on Sunday afternoons! I have so much fun and KNOW how blessed I am to have such GREAT little Grand-Friends!

All in One Day

Yesterday, I was about to go to lunch at 11. One of the girls I work with said I needed to wait just a minute...I thought that was kinda strange, because there was plenty of people to answer the phone.

In walks this lady, with these HUGE sunglasses and a even BIGGER hat, right up to me and said "I need to open a checking account".

I sat there...just STARED at her thinking....I KNOW THAT VOICE....I KNOW THAT VOICE!

I look right at her and it was my friend LAURA MILLER!

Laura (Red) and I worked together at KVIL in Dallas in the late 80's. The instant we met, we clicked! She's loud and boisterous...just like me! We both had boys about the same age. She and I went through divorces together...the empty nest syndrome...we e-mail and talk on the phone, but this was the first time we'd seen each other in about 8 years.
(Do you remember, a few years back, when Dallas had a mayor named Laura Miller? The Dallas News did a special on some of the women in the Dallas area that were name Laura Miller...and Red was one of them! It was so cute!)
She was on vacation this week and had conspired with my co-workers to surprise me. (And boy, did she ever!) We went to eat lunch and didn't even take a breath...we talked non-stop.
I know....I should have gotten a picture of her with her "costume" on!

Same day....my friend/hair magician, Lacy Nabors passed out at work, quit breathing, and had to have CPR performed on her. After an afternoon in the ER...and part of the night...they determine that they can't find anything wrong with her. But, the heart doctor is going to have her wear a heart monitor for a week and see if they can find anything amiss. She's home now. Thank you LORD!

Still the same day....my friend, Peggy Robinson's Dad, David Buster, passed away on Thursday night. He was 78 and had lived a long life. He will be missed by SO many! God bless you David/Pa.

Webber's Induction to the GHS Hall of Fame

WEBBER WOODALL INDUCTED INTO THE

GHS BAND & FLASH HALL OF FAME

Webber Woodall has been involved with the Greenville High School Floor Show for the last 36 years…4 of those years as a sax player for the Lion Pride Band.
Webber began his love of “all things music” in the 6th grade, playing alto saxophone under the direction of Mr. Hutchings.
At GHS he played alto, tenor and baritone sax in the concert, jazz and marching bands, under the direction of Mr. Bob Cartwright.
After graduation from GHS in 1977, he then entered ETSU (now Texas A&M/Commerce), for 3 years as a music major, playing in the symphonic, jazz and marching bands. He then changed career paths and became an electronics engineer…a change that he always regretted!
Webber loves music…he loves marching bands…but more importantly, he loves the tradition of the GHS Floor Show. He loves all that it means, not only to the band and the Flashes, but, to the alumni that come back for the shows.
For 32 years, he has dropped what he was doing, to come back to Greenville to see the 73-year tradition continue.
When he and Molly met, and were planning their wedding, she was told; “You know about the Floor Show, right? You know that it will have to be part of your wedding vows…for better, for worse...the floor show must go on!” She also knows her place during the week of the Floor Show...outta the way…Webber is here for Flash Director Lori Butler and Band Director Kyle Treadwell.
Webber works in the Electronics Department at Wal-Mart in Paris. He and Molly have been married for 15 years and he has a step-son, Larry Sprinkle.

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Webber was inducted along with Miss Gussie Nell Davis (the originator of the Flashes in 1928 and the Kilgore Rangerettes in 1939), Mr. Ed Bernard (the first band director at GHS), Jewel Gibson (a former flash and wife of a former asst. principal and coach at GHS), and Hal Wright (former GHS student and Webber's assistant for the last 15 years).

Rain, Wedding, Rain, Mother's Day, Rain, Floor Show, Rain

RAIN...RAIN...RAIN....We have had so much rain, I think everyone is waterlogged! It is unreal! Tonight on the weather, it showed that it was 87 degrees and sunshiny in Dallas! HOLY COW BATMAN....it's unreal! Did I say it's unreal?

My great-nephew Nathan Price got married to Robyn Hollis on May 2. It had been raining quite a bit...still has....and they were getting married at the Big Tex Conference Center in Mt. Pleasant. So it continued to rain...and rain....and rain. The road to the BTCC flooded over AFTER the wedding party assembled earlier in the afternoon. Those of us that came closer to time to the ceremony were needing paddle boats! (I rode with sweet nephew Clint and his friend Carol, since I'm the blind one, they took good care of me.) It stopped raining right as we got there & were there in time to see the bridesmaids walk down the aisle! When we left the wedding, it started raining AGAIN! It was quite scary!

This is were the wedding was SUPPOSED to be!

My great-nephew Nathan & his wife Robyn.

My beautiful niece Melody and her son Nathan, at his wedding.

This past Sunday was Mother's Day! My sweet Larry came down from Plano and we went to nephew Shane's house in Roxton for lunch.

Me and my Larry

There was lots of food and lots of laughing. The creek behind Shane & Karen's house was really rolling ... so all the "kids" rolled up their pants legs and put on their mud boots and went to the creek!

Can you even imagine having this beautiful creek right behind your house? It sounds so good!

On Saturday, Webber and I went to Greenville for him to start work on the Greenville High School "Floor Show" that the band and drill team put on each year (for the last 72 years) for a fundraiser!
Webber doesn't know...but they are planning a HUGE surprise, on Saturday night (5/16) he will be inducted to the GHS Hall of Fame! He's worked (the electrical stuff) on the "Floor Show" for the last 32 years...that doesn't even include the years he did it while he was in school. He loves music, he loves marching bands, but more importantly he loves the tradition of the "Floor Show". I'm realy proud of him!


The BEST thing about the last couple of weeks has been the hugs....I have nieces and nephews, and great n&n, that range in age from 48 years old (Melody, in the picture at the top) to 2 years old...so I got hugs....LOTS of hugs