Life with my sister

My fellow blogger and friend, Mandy has tagged me to do a six word memoir of myself. So here goes: Funny Tender-hearted Sassy Creative Clean Loyal Now it is my turn to tag five bloggers and lay out the rules!!! 1. Tori 2. Paige 3. Lindsey 4. Michael 5. LeighAnn Here are the rules: 1. Use six words to describe yourself. 2. Add a picture 3. Link back to the person who tagged you. 4. Tag five new people and link to their blogs. Jules- she tagged you too! Happy Tagging! Abby

Yep, a monkey replacement has been discovered and I am going to be the proud owner of it in 5 days! Thanks to the lost plush animals website , the monkey was located. No, it is not my original, but it is identical and in better shape than mine was. I am in J'boro with Rand and will leave tomorrow after a job interview. We have had a fun weekend of house hunting and eating. That is basically all we have done since I got here on Friday. Friday night we had a surprise visit from our family from Fair Oaks. We went to eat with them and had a fun time watching the guys play redneck games in the hunting and auto section of Wal-Mart. I tell ya, there is nothing like a Wal-Mart in North East Arkansas on a Friday night. Finding a house here is going to be tougher than we thought. We have caviar taste on a sardine budget. I would love it if you would please pray our home sells soon and that we can find the home God has for us in the J'boro area. Abby

Exactly 1 year ago today we started this blog! I hope you have enjoyed this past year as much as we have. Sharing our lives together among family & friends has proven to be a fun journey. Here is our very first post from 1 year ago today. So, here we are creating a blog together after 28 years of sisterhood. We have often talked about writing a book, a cookbook, etc but who has the time and how do you do that when you live so far away from one another? So Jules said, " Let's write a blog!" We always have some great thought we want to share with one another and of course we feel it is noteworthy enough to be shared for everyone to read. You may laugh at us, cry with us, celebrate with us or even shake your heads at us...but that is what blogging is all about. We are excited about publishing our daily journey with you. So, put us in your favorites and stop by and see us often. One of my favorite songs, Fellow Traveler has a verse that defines our paths so beautifully: ...

I took the boys to the dentist Tuesday. The hygenist called David back first and I told her that he had a loose tooth. When he came back to me-this is how he looked. No wonder I could hear him crying. Poor thing, but the tooth fairy came, so all is well again. Samuel also had a loose tooth, but I didn't get a chance to let them know that because I was consoling his brother. Samuel came back to me with all of his teeth in tact. He said he didn't dare tell them he had a loose tooth! It pays to go last at the dentist!!! While at the dentist I was reminded that Anna's mother lived nearby. Anna's mother( movver ) is an imaginary person. It is not me, or anyone else that we know. At times Anna's mother has been in Star City, but I've not ever seen her. When we left the dentist I asked Anna to show me where her mother lived and she took me right to a house that we had only seen one other time. Scary! Last night Anna came up to me and hugged my legs( I do love that!) a...

When I was a little girl my parents bought me a stuffed monkey at Cracker Barrel during one of their trips to Ridgecrest . I cherished that little thing. It had holes in its nose, mouth and ears and you cold stick its fingers and toes in the holes. It was great. When Sambo was born, I let Jules borrow it for him to enjoy with the condition I have it returned to me for my kid(s). I was 19 and ignorant and should have thought through the donation a bit more. I asked Jules a couple of years ago if my monkey was in good keeping. She blew me off and said she wasn't sure where it was but it was around. Well, today I asked her about it and she informed me she lost it a number of years ago. I think she or Stephen threw it away...Stephen has a knack for tossing things ( the Raggedy Ann trash Can.... Humm - hmmm ). I called my Mama at work and informed her of this tragedy. She has known about it for a few years and searches for a replacement all the time. I am appalled and most sad. Juli...

I have made a little list of some of the things I will miss when I cross the muddy waters in a few weeks to head back to God's Country. This list is in no specific order. Some are of course humorous and others are things that will definitely pull at my heart's strings. My Neighbors Mrs. Rochelle and Mr. Garry have become like family to us. I am going to miss our dinner dates, Diet Coke with a lime wedge over ice when I "sit a spell" at their house, shopping, seeing Cannon and Taylor when they visit, Having Mr. G look after me when Rand is gone, buying us "happies" for no reason and too many other wonderful things to mention. Germantown Parkway Driving down this road every morning and every afternoon can drive a woman to drink. I will miss the horn honking, rubber bumping, lane jockeying, endless fender benders and traffic cameras. I may get the shakes thinking about it. Bonefish I could cry thinking about not getting my Shishimi and Bang Bang Shrimp when I ...

Did anyone read the comments on the More Easter Pics post from the other day? If you did, you were sure to have noticed a post from anonymous. After reading and laughing out loud for a prolonged period of time, I called my "adoring" hubby. When I asked him if he had left the post he told me he didn't even know the web address to our blog, acting all smug like he didn't have the time to read our very tasteful, if not time-wasting blog. Well, it was him. And can I just say that I love that man!!! He is caring, loving, kind, dreamy, and an all-around great hubby. I know I hurt his feelings Sunday morning, so to make up for it(well, I think we all know that I will never be able to make up for it) I will wear my Easter frock(which is the little black dress from a few posts back!), my red patent leather shoes, and my cute necklace and earrings, this coming Sunday. That way I will stand out in the crowd of non-Easter dress wearers! If you are reading this adoring hubby-I lo...