New things

I'm sure enjoying my new laptop, but I still haven't managed to get my email to work on it.  I've never mastered a Mac, but at least I've never had a virus on one either, and that's what I like most about Mac's.

Someday I'll get Zac to set up my email for me.  I'm not that worried about that since I mostly delete email on my phone anyway.  It's mostly advertising.

I bought another new riding lawnmower Thursday.  My old one is about dead except for its brand new battery.  I have a zero turn for the yards, but I needed a riding mower for the steep bank out front.  I didn't realize that they had all gotten so expensive.

 

Close Call

 Last night I fell asleep with a lifesaver in my mouth.  

     

Thankfully it must have dissolved some before I kind of swallowed it.  Well, I really don't know if I swallowed it or not, but when I roused up briefly it was lodged and stuck in my throat beyond my reach, and very uncomfortable.  

I tried swallowing, then I tried pushing it up by applying pressure to the spot on my neck where it seemed to be.  That didn't work.  It was stuck but thankfully I could still breathe okay.  

Then I tried drinking water from my night stand and when that didn't work, I went and got some hot water and drank another  16 more ounces.  Still nothing, so I went into the bathroom, huddled over the toilet and tried sticking my finger down my throat and giving it a push.  Still nothing, still stuck, so I thought maybe if I gagged myself again this might bring it up.  NO, that still didn't work either.

It was still stuck, but I did manage to move it down my throat just a little bit. I drank more water, still nothing so I decided to try to go to sleep, but with something stuck in your throat waiting to choke you the minute you fall asleep, it was hard falling asleep.  With that awful thought that you might not wake up in the morning, who could sleep anyway.

But I didn't have to worry about falling to sleep after all anytime soon, because my bladder had other ideas.  Every few minutes I had to get up to empty it, so falling asleep was out of the question after all.

I got plenty of exercise getting up and down til the sun came up.  I drank two cups of hot coffee thinking that this would surely melt it away, but it didn't.  The uncomfortable lump remained lodged in my throat. There was always the emergency room, but I hate going there.  That was a possible last resort. 

Around 2:00 p.m. I got hungry, so I fixed me something to eat and the food must have dragged the piece of lifesaver down with it.  What a  relief!!!!

If I had known it was going to be that easy to dislodge, I would have eaten something last night. 

So tonight I'm sucking on a lifesaver, but I'm staying sitting up until it is all dissolved and gone.  I still feel like there is a little tiny piece still there, but it just might be my irritated throat, but it's now at the base of my neck.

Lesson learned.  Don't suck on lifesavers while lying down listening to podcasts that put you to sleep.                                           

I'm Proud To Be An American Where at Least I know I'm Free

Here is my 13 year old great-grandson Jack standing next to the World War II Memorial.   As Americans we are free to travel.  

My grandson Matt played a round of golf a day or so ago with his son Carson.  This is a picture of Matt.  

 My daughter Suzanne went fishing again this afternoon.  It's hard to keep her away from water, ha ha.   This isn't the only fish she caught, but I like posting pictures of her in the picture with her catch.  Suzanne is the only one of my children who has dimples like her Uncle Dennis. 

And probably yesterday, because today it was kinda cold, Lyle once again put on his shades and looked like Mr. Cool.  Although today was sunny, yesterday was warmer.  

I'm enjoying life just listening to music and relaxing my days away.  Today it was kind of cold, but the sun made it look so pretty outside.  My poor Redbud tree lost its pretty purple blossoms to the front last week, but Rick's Redbud tree is so beautiful.  His tree escaped the frost.

Today the No Kings protesters were around our town.  I read yesterday that they expected 1000 protesters here, but some of the cars that passed by said that they only saw about 12 total scattered here and there.  It was probably too cold for them, or maybe they all decided to travel to Richmond, Kentucky to join the protesters there.  Our little college town is always protesting something, but I have to say that they are peaceful here, or at least I've never heard any different.

I live in a peaceful area out of town.  Not much happening here except for an occasional druggy stealing stuff that they can sell quickly to support their drug habit.  We have no murders, but people can't drive very well, so we have lots of accidents especially on our new roundabout which is located up the road from my house.  Somehow no one expects it to be there at night and they run straight through it and end up knocking the signs down and getting stuck in the grassy area in the center....and of course damaging their vehicles.

Since there is no discipline in schools or in some homes these days, we do have rowdy school kids that have no respect for anything nor anyone and like to argue with the police.  I'm sure that they all can't be that way tho.  Thank goodness my great-grandchildren are homeschooled and very well behaved and respectful.  My great-grandchildren are like kids used to be when I and my children grew up.  They're very well rounded and do a lot of family stuff together.  I'm so proud of my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and wouldn't trade any of them for all the riches in the world.  The grandchildren all have good jobs and take very good care of their families, again, I have to say that I'm very, very proud of them all and I love them all very much....even Doug.

Music sure mellows a person out.

Family Pictures

Here are more family pictures of my family.  My young family is growing older by the day and of course much too fast.

Ray had a birthday on March 25 and he turned 67 years old.  

Happy Birthday Ray Powell!!! 

Below are more family pictures.  The next picture is of Zac's little family.  Zac, Jack and Jennifer

Below are pictures of Suzanne & Ray's family

Paul Powell, Matthew Powell, Tina Powell Dixon, Ray Powell, Jason Powell.                  

 

Family pictures

Although I have 5 grandchildren I only have one granddaughter, and Megan has blessed me with my only great-granddaughter Lyv.   Lyv is  10 years old and soon to be 11, She's a very sweet and active young lady, just like her mother and her grandmother Sharon, and just as pretty as they are too.

The picture below from left to right is of Zac's family, Jennifer, Jack & Zac. Then Megan, (baby) Lyle, Myles with the baseball cap, and Lyv out front and center.  The Morris Family & the Malear's

This picture below is Christmas morning, all in their PJ's. Megan, Sharon, Lyv, Myles, James, Lyle. The Malear's & a Walker

This next picture (below) is, Suzanne, her grandson Carson, Delores, Matt (Carson's dad), and Ray.  The Powell Family

 Next is Brandon, Ody and Krystal.  The Hatcher Family

Below is Suzanne doing what she likes to do best, except for spending time with her family.

Rick doing what he likes to do best too.

                                               Ody cakes

Jack when he was a baby with Great-grandma Sandy

                    Ody likes Books

Rick at his Aunt Callie's house

                                              Sandy, which is Me. 

                           Carson with Lyle

The Malear Family and below that is Lyv with her traveling soccer team.

Below:  Myles giving his grandma Sharon a ride

Suzanne

And Sometimes Suzanne catches little cute fishies by accident.

 

Rick's Brother

 This is a picture of Rick's older brother Robert Agee.  I thought it was one of his best pictures as he looked very healthy. This picture must have been taken of him some years prior to his death.  

"Bubby," as he was known by his siblings, was taken from this world by Stage 4 colon cancer that had spread to his liver and to his lungs.  I had the pleasure of knowing him for about 9 years before his sad death.  And for the last 2 years of his life I made sure that Rick spent almost everyday with him, unrestricted by me, just Rick and his brother doing whatever Bubby wanted to do. Of course, Bubby's girl friend was always there also, but remained in the house most of the time.

Bubby worked in construction with Rick, so Rick had more access to Bubby than the rest of his family.  Rick or his family will understand what I mean by the word access.

I only put this picture here now, because I only found it online 2 days ago.   

Robert "Bubby" Agee

Sharon

Sharon loves to camp and is all ready with her new car and new camper.  She deserves it.  This isn't her first new camper and as far as I can remember she has had several campers in various sizes, but I think this is the smallest one, except for her pop-up camper.  

She kept her old SUV because her and Scott have large trailers to haul all of their toys with and also her old SUV has a roof tent on top of it and the trailer also has a high roof tent over it.  This way they have plenty of room for the kids and grandkids to come along.  

Sharon has spent most of her life outdoors doing various activities.  She's taken motorcycle trips, bicycle trips, she's done rock climbing, kayaking, boating, skiing, hiking, run marathons, done triathlons, 2 & 4 wheeled, and I probably didn't name half of what she's done.  

 Lately she's been taking it a little easier because she watches Lyle everyday while Megan works.

This camping trip she is going to relax in her hammock and read while Scott and grandson Myles go four wheeling.  

Looks like an interesting book she is reading.  

Sharon loves to read and every morning she gives praise and thanks to our Lord and reads her bible.  I see she is missing bing cherries.  They are not in the picture and maybe out of season for now.  

Night time at the campsite in the woods looks very relaxing. 

In the next picture if you expand it you will be able to see the tent above the trailer where Myles slept.  He's all grownup now and not afraid to sleep alone.  After all he's 14 yrs old and very tall towering over all of us now.  

   

There to the right of this picture you can see the tent over the trailer where they haul their toys to the campsite.  

It must be early morning and Sharon is saying, "Good Morning." 

Scott is looking at something on the ground behind Sharon, while in the picture below Myles is still eating his breakfast.  

Suzanne doesn't even care if she catches a fish

Suzanne, to our surprise fell in love with fishing.  She started her fishing career when she was 3 years old, but then abandoned it for a few years.  Now she is fishing up a storm whenever she can escape her duties at home, escape for 30 minutes or so, every now and then.

Suzanne has caught various types of fish and it seems she uses the same lure for everything, but to be honest I think she might change her artificial bait now and then.  She only uses artificial lures because she takes after her mother, which is me and I don't like handling slimy, squishy things that are alive.  The fish are bad enough trying to take them off the hook without hurting yourself.  

Speaking of hurting yourself, Suzanne once accidentally while trying to remove a fish from her treble hook stuck her finger or hand and had to drive all the way home with the treble hook and fish stuck to her hand. Ray had to help her remove the hook.  Now she no longer uses treble hooks.

I bought Suzanne some of those fisherman gloves to make it easier on her while she takes the fish off the hook.  She has to be quick because she always releases the fish, and she wants them to remain alive.

Here are just some of the pictures I had handy to post. The first picture below is a 4-5 foot long fish that we saw while on a kayaking trip at Owsley Fork Reservoir that she DOES NOT WANT TO CATCH!!!  Especially while fishing from her kayak.  This would definitely be a cut your line and release the fish as fast as you can situation.  

Oh, I forgot to mention that Suzanne only uses a 3 ft. fishing rod, and it goes with her every time she leaves her house.  Yes, even goes to the grocery store with her, because you just never know when you might get that urge to make a quick stop to make a few casts.  I seem to remember that Delores was telling me that she had an appointment and that there was a pond behind the Medical Clinic and Suzanne went out and made a few casts in it.  

If there's a pond or lake visible anywhere and it doesn't have a NO FISHING sign, you can bet your booties that Suzanne will try it out, and to our surprise she doesn't really care if she catches a fish or not.

(The only reason these pictures were handy was because when I first bought my new laptop I didn't know how to do anything on it and I accidentally posted these pictures on my Catzilla & Friends blog).