Monday, October 27, 2008

Barbie and Elmo

What happened to Barbie, baby dolls, and Elmo?

There was a time in our house when a new Barbie would brighten the eyes of a little girl. I understand that time passes and little girls grow into young ladies and other things become more important and interesting.

Victoria doesn’t care too much for telephones, make up, and hair…yet. She has entered into a time of clothes and more expensive toys.

She will be 12 on November 26th. Her wants are few; a digital camera and a Wii game. Of course, she has some needs as well. But she doesn’t list those. I suppose those are unspoken things that I should just know to get for her.

This weekend she dressed up ‘80’s. Seeing her with her hair all fixed up and make up on was a bit shocking for me. She suddenly didn’t look like that little girl any more. She is a young lady.

Another thing I am finding a bit difficult with all this growing up business is Elmo. I bought her an Elmo around the time she was 18 months old. He wasn’t the “Tickle Me Elmo”, he was a simple little Elmo. He had a voice box that when you pressed his tummy he said “Elmo Loves You”. Buying him was a fluke. We were in Toys R Us in Little Rock killing time until Jeff got a lunch break. She was pushing one of those plastic carts around and I threw in this $10 Elmo. She just loved him! So I bought him for her. Little did I know that she really, really LOVED him. He went EVERYWHERE with her. As a matter of fact we still have him and until recently she still slept with him. He has the appearance of a much loved stuffed friend. Well over the last week or so she has moved him out of her bed and he sleeps in a doll crib in her room. I asked her if she was ready to store him and she said not yet. It is still of some comfort to have him in the same room with her. It is sad for me because it is just another sign of her growing up.

I hope she knows how much I love her!

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Time Warp


The 80's were a time of great music and bad fashion.
Well it seems the worst fashion trends always return.
Leg warmers for instance.
This is my daughter decked out for the 80's. She will be wearing this Saturday at our churches annual Fall Fest.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Wrecked Mustang










Well here it is. Jeff had to go to Benton for a couple of days this week and took some photos. I sent them to a friend. I hope he has good news for us.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

More Indiana


On campus at Rose-Hulman there is a really nice pond with a fountain. They have also built a chapel.
It is just a really pretty, quite, relaxing area.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Dem Bones

Well since I no longer make my own hormones thanks to surgical intervention, I am now among the post menopausal women that get bone density tests.
Very simple procedure! You lay on this nice table and a x-ray thingy scans over the top of you. Then the computer calculates your bone density and compares it to that of a healthy 25 year old female.
Normal is a number of 0. My density number was - 0.3, which the doctor said was 3%. That is 3% less dense than that of a 25 year old. He said that is normal. I need to take 1200mg of Calcium daily.

Anyway, it is nice to know I am "normal"

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

For the love of Mustangs


Hopefully we are going to get Jeff's 1966 Mustang fixed. He bought it before we met. It was the first thing of him I ever saw. I LOVE classic cars and always have. I loved his car before I ever laid eyes on him.
In 1996 just before we moved from Fayetteville to Benton it was wrecked. We have yet to be able to fix it. I really want to fix this car for him. It is really an awesome ride.

Burning fields..


On our way up North we saw multiple fields being burned off. These were in Arkansas between Carlisle and Blyithville. It is a LONG and BORING drive up there. There is NOTHING!!!!
Rice and cotton and that is about it.
the burning at sunset.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Cool place


Just a quick little blurb about Terre Haute. This is a record store Jeff used to shop at. It looks the same to me as when I visited on occasion. Can you imagine Jeff shopping there.

Friday, October 3, 2008

We are here


Well it is nearly midnight here in Indiana. Jeff is down in the hotel lobby talking with his old college roomate. I think it has done Jeff some good coming back up here after all of these years.
I am glad he has had the opportunity to come and see the area and campus again.

Naturally after 17 years things have changed quite a bit. I think Jeff has enjoyed telling the kids about what was here and what was not when he was living up here.

We do hope to come back in 2011 for his 20 year college reunion. He hopes to reconnect with his other buddies from the college days.

When we get back home and settle back down I have some photos to post. I won't bore you with too many, but you know I have to post some.

We return home on Sunday and I work Mon, Tue, and Wed. Then I have 5 days off. I will get something done for my loyal fans, lol, during that 5 day rest.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

More hair..lol

At the request of my loving husband I chose a red for a hair color this time. I had intended on just staying in the brunette family. Jeff said "red", so....that is what I did. I nearly washed it out about 10-15 minutes into the process because it was what I would call orange! I was freaking out, but not Jeff. Mister calm and cool. Then I calmed down and realized if I go ahead and let it finish out the 30 minutes I would be happier and it would have the chance to fully process.
I am not disappointed.

The second photo was nice. You cannot really see the hair color. It just happened to be a picture of me that I liked. Those are RARE!
Today I take the kids for haircuts. Gotta be looking sharp for our trip.

I am very excited about going to Indiana. Why, I am not sure.