Family Fun

 The kids are always sending me pictures of what they're doing, so I've decided to share them here.

The first one was taken at Lake Cumberland. This time Suzanne is holding the fish that Matt caught this weekend while using Ray's brand-new fishing pole that Suzanne got him for his birthday.

The next few pictures are of Ody & his dad Brandon at a child's birthday party this past weekend.  

This picture is of Jack & his mom Jennifer Morris in New York City. 

This last picture is also of the Zac Morris family

I noticed that there are always pictures of certain members of the family who are always missing from the photographs.  They are the ones that are generally working, missing,  or maybe even the ones who are taking the pictures.  I don't mean to leave anyone out, so here's my sincere apology for that.   

Beautiful Day

Oh! Another beautiful day here!

I just love the weather we are having here lately.  It is just gorgeous with everything sprouting up, some flowers and trees are blooming and some are sending out their bright young green leaves.  This is all candy to my eyes.

I just got finished eating a warmed up flower tortilla with butter inside.  Those are like comfort food to me and just a light snack before supper.  I can't make up my mind whether I want a Stuffed Crust Pizza loaded with different toppings and extra cheese, or a Tuna salad sandwich for supper tonight.  I'll just have to wait and see what sounds more appealing to me later on.

Rick mowed my yard yesterday.  It sure needed it, but his two yards are still waiting for the grass to grow.  My yard just grows thicker and faster than his for some reason.   That's a good thing tho. Less mowing to do.  I mow his one and one half acres with my zero turn while he weed-eats it, and then his second property we mow with a self-propelled push mower.  Last year I didn't do so well pushing the mower or even weed-eating, but this year I'm feeling stronger, but we'll just have to wait and see if I'm able to help Rick with his second yard or not. 

It's so warm that I turned on the AC and put on some shorts instead of long pants today.  I'm sure we'll have more cold weather, but I'm taking advantage of this beautiful sunshine today.  

Sharon had an upper endoscopy this morning with a biopsy, and at another hospital in Lexington Delores had 2 epidural shots in her back for her back & leg pain.  I hope the shots work this time for Delores.  She's been in so much pain lately while dealing with her lung cancer treatments and still healing from her total knee replacement.  That just seems so much for her to deal with at 88 years old, but she's a tough old bird.  You should see how she still whizzes around in Cosco's shopping for groceries.  I can hardly keep up with her.  That woman loves to shop and she loves to cook. She's one of the sweetest and most generous people that I know. 

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.