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R.I. P "MEEMS"

When did my blog get so darn sad? After the loss of the woman below, the woman whose name I carry, the woman who taught me the proper way to write and would sneak me a bottle (LOL) at the age of 4 after my mom would leave me for the day -- I can't believe that I am writing to say that my beloved Mema has gone to be with God. This is honestly what she spent her life's work doing. She spent her life living in the Lord. She taught all of her grandchildren about God and always led us down to right path. We will miss her so much.
I just don't have the words.

Rest in Peace

Visit From a Friend!

The other night Dave was asleep on the couch (when it isn't Wine Sundays, bedtime is on the couch around 9:30p.lheehee), and I went to let out two of our dogs. I flung open the garage door and there was a friend standing(?) there on the driveway next to Dave's Car!! What?!?!?!

OKay, so maybe I *fibbed* a tad, he's not really a friend. It was an alligator!! Isn't that crazy. It had been pouring and raining and lightning so bad that night and the only think I could think of was that he was confused. There was another gator the next morning in front of my mom's place that had been hit by a car but I don't think it's the same one. SO, to keep track, we have had the following in our house or on the porch, garage or driveway: Snake (four to be exact), mice (shouldn't be surprised but that's why we have cats), Spiders so big that they look like tarantulas (seriously, these things are so big that when Dave goes to kill them *yes him - not me*, he can see them turn to him and position themselves as to fight him off), opossum, raccoon, a squirrel that lives in our soffett, and now a gator....Crazy Critters! Doesn't Mother Nature know that we have enough IN our house...we don't need any more around it?

Next, Here's a cool little film that I shot when Dave and I went for a LONG ride last weekend. We went to a gun show and then kept driving up the turnpike and then up 27 almost to Ocala!! We saw lots of cool stuff along the way and it was a great ride! I

Also, I have to upload a quick film I shot of Dave shooting at the gun range. He gets all goofy when I get out the video camera -- but it'll appear in the next blog! Fun times!!

The Ball is in Motion.....

So, here I am sitting at our dirt pit and monitoring the truckers to make sure they put tickets in for each load they haul. It's a pretty brainless job, and regquires me to sit in my truck all day. I have gotten tons of work done for my mom's Ebay Store: http://www.quiltanon.com/. Also, I have had tons and tons of time to get homework done. Speaking of which., I have to get a new computer...money I DO NOT want to spend right now. But, that's the way things happen and if I want to keep going with my internet classes, I have to do it. Also, I am trying to get a student loan because my classes are getting more expensive, so that should help me get a computer.

Now - let's talk about something amazing: OUR WEDDING. It's all starting to happen! After what has felt like months and months of not really having to do much wedding related, the ball is now in motion! Here's what's coming up (not that anyone cares, I just would like to have a record for myself for the future.):

July 27th - We head over to Clearwater for our tasting. We get to sample the dinner that we'll be serving at our reception. This is also the day we will head over to eat some cake! There goes the diet that day! We plan on spending the night over at Clearwater Hilton and relax!!

August 2: Minnesota Shower. We are either leaving Thursday night or Friday morning and coming home Saturday night or Sunday morning. Mall of America - here we come!

August 16- Florida Shower! Kelly and my mom putting this one -- Kind of wishing OKlahoma folks would be at this one - but money and time is tight - but then again. who knows?

August 30 - My Oklahoma Shower. My cousin Cristy, Cousin Tami and aunt Cel are putting this one on for me! I can't wait to get back to Oklahoma! IT's been too long since I've been there and I miss everyone there so badly.

I am so blessed to have family that cares so much about Dave and I to throw these 3 amazing showers for us. We are truly honored.

We finally set the wedding time at 5:30p. The sun sets at 7:04p and this will allow for time for the ceremony, time for everyone to get to the reception and then pictures right at sunset. Tonight, we will pick the dinner that we would like served at the reception. This is all way too cool!

I just have to say too that it is so nice and refreshing to be marrying someone that my family adores. My family all loves Dave and it is just really cool. It feels good to go into this with such a good feeling of encouragement from my family. Things between us are going so well and each weekend we seem to have more and more fun - going different places, eating at different restaurants. Our life is really beginning to be an adventure.

I guess that's all. We have a couple more weeks before our fun begins.

Here are some photos just for fun:

This is my new purse:

My new purse has a *secret*:

This is my purse's secret...shhhhhh:

Readers..meet gun...gun...readers:

...And for fun, I was messing with a setting on my camera..the color switcher ...and here's a cool shot of our sky the other night...Enjoy!

"Honey, What Do You Think?"

"Hey Honey, What do you think?"

When I receive a text message like this - I already know what's up! When I receive a text message like that, something like this comes home to me:

Welcome to the family to our newest addition:

Yep, it's a motorcycle. We traded in the 600 from my older post and this is what we got for a near even trade. I went yesterday and had lunch with Dave and visited him at work and saw the bike. IT is such a beautiful bike and in true to form Dave tone, we will make money on it in the long run. It's nice to be with someone who careful thinks out each and every purchase and makes a reason for it.

It was a great day yesterday and I got a lot accomplished. Last night we went to eat at this great Pizza Place that's about 45 minutes from here. We took our new bike and it was such a beautiful night with a cool breeze! Here's my view:

When we left the pizzaria, we were thinking about going to a movie...Wrong! Lightning close by in the sky forced us to head home, quickly!

This morning, took the bike to our Sunday morning breakfast, got Dave a haircut and decided to check out the previously blogged about Lake Louisa State Park. The park is so beautiful!! We parked and sat on a bench facing the lake for about an hour or so and then headed home. Dave's napping and I am STILL working on the upstairs bedroom. I so hope to be done with it soon!

Well, I am off to do homework and find something for dinner. I leave you with some fun pictures!

My cactus bloomed! I was playing around with the color selector on my camera.

My beloved Plumeria (FrangiPani).

Miss you all!!

And The Winner Is......

Gemini!! Here's the buddy after we finished our 5k yesterday!! It was so cool...everyone along the route was cheering him on and talking to him and he ate it up! He watered every inch of the 5k route and was so tired when we got him back to the truck. He plopped down and slept for the ride home!The race was at a State Park that none of us had ever been to! The sad part about that is ---- it's only 15 minutes from our house! This park is so amazing and HUGE! We didn't realize how big it was and that there are cabins out there that you can rent. There's fishing, a beach, swimming and sooo many hiking and equestrian trails. We are definately going to have to bring our bicycles out there and check it out! Here's a picture of one of the cabins overlooking the lake:
This picture is one I took for Dave. It reminds me of California with the super curvy roads and figured he would enjoy that on the motorcycle! It took us about 20 minutes by car to get from the entrance to the park down to the start of the race in the middle of the park! The roads were all like this: CURVY!!
Finally, a very proud Gemini when we got home! I made him pose one more time and then let him get on our bed (his bed during the day).
After the race, we went and picked up my wedding dress (YAY!) and then we picked out and ordered Kelly's bridesmaids dress. We also went across to the mall the find a dress for my mom - but no luck yet. Oh, I guess we'll have to go to the mall some more (Darn!). I hadn't been to the mall in about 6 months -- I know why now! I mentally spent all of the money from my future lottery winnings!! That's all for now! We are cooking out at my mom's today so I have to go finish my Sweet Potatoe Casserole. It's the same one you can get at Boston Market! Super Sweet and oh so good. Take Care everyone!!