The Unicycle Story.....

I have had this blog for almost two months and have written 18 posts so far. I consider that pretty good for me, considering when I started I didn't know if I would write past my first post!

Thanks for the encouragement and your comments. I really love to read the comments, and I apologize now for those of you who say you are having trouble "commenting" on here. I would fix it if I knew how....honest I would. Some have taken the extra time to e-mail me or comment on my face book, and I love that too! I just love the "interaction thing" on here, otherwise one could feel like they are talking to their self....and I do that enough in "real life"!

All that to say, as soon as some of my friends heard I was going into "blogland" they wanted to hear the famous "Unicycle Story". I have debated if I could really "write" about this experience to give it justice. I usually need a lot of room to tell this story. It is about my very first date....if you could call it that....in the 7th grade. Just so you know, that was my very first date and MY LAST, until I met my (now) husband, my senior year. So that can give you a clue as how the unicycle date went!

But! before I give you all the embarrassing details, please tell me about your first date! Was it hot and steamy?? Cold and clammy?? Awkward and embarrassing? I usually get so enthralled at telling MY story, I don't stop to ask anyone about their first date!

I thought about asking if I could get 5 people to write about their first date, then I would tell the unicycle story.....but that seemed to easy.

Then I thought 10! If I can get 10 people to comment on here (or e-mail or facebook) I will tell the unicycle story. Then I realized I don't have 10 people who read this.......

So my offer is 7! If I am going to publicly humiliate myself.. then I will do it for no less than 7 comments about YOUR FIRST DATE!

***If you can not leave a comment on here (for whatever reason) then e-mail me at khowerton@neb.rr.com or leave a comment on my facebook page.

Time keeps on slippin', slippin, slippin....

into the future. Remember that song? I was in some kind of music group in the 7th grade, I believe, and we sang that song at one of our concerts. I even remember all the actions we had.....

I want to fly like an eagle......spread arms wide from side to side
to the sea...move right arm in an up and down motion across the front of you
fly like an eagel....same as before
let me spirit carry me....both hands waving in the air and bend at the knees

Oh my goodness that was ridiculous....but I thought I was so cool! Anyways,back to the blog title, Time keeps on slippin', slippin' slippin...

I looked at my poor neglected blog and realized I had not made an entry for 11 days. I thought "what the heck have I been doing for the past 11 days that I haven't written on my blog"? So I really began to think....

Besides the usual, work, clean, laundry, personal hygeine etc., this is what I came up with...

*Celebrated Mother's Day

*Celebrated new grandson's baby dedication in Norfolk

*Celebrated all the grandkids birthday in Norfolk

*Celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary in Kansas City
~I see a pattern here~

*Went to a graduation party

*Went to a VBS meeting

*Went to a Royal Family Kids Camp meeting

*Went to Norfolk for 3 days for a med aid training class

*Went to West Point to take test for med aid and passed (YEAH ME!)

So think back on your weeks and tell me what you have been up to!

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin..........
anybody want to see me do the dance moves????

My Mom

Happy Mothers Day everyone! Even if you are a Father...Happy Mothers Day!! In honor of mothers day I thought I would write about the best mom in the world....my mom! My mom become a mom for the first time when she was 14 years old, and had her last one, some 20 years later. She lived a short life but she was a mom for a long time!

Now since I am unable to type and cry at the same time, I have decided to keep this entry light hearted and simply write a few words that come to mind when I think about her.

1) Country Music....My mom LOVED country music! The more sad the song the better! She loved George Jones, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty just to name a few. She told us she wrote a song and the title was "Many Happy Hangovers to You" I am not 100% sure if this was true, but all of us kids could sing the words to it. Ask me next time you see me and I will sing you a few lines!

2) Drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes....It seemed to me if my Mom wasn't working or running after a kid, she was sitting at the kitchen table having coffee and smoking a cigarette. She wasn't into social clubs, shopping or entertaining, but if you would come over she would offer you a cup of coffee and talk all afternoon. When I walked in the door after school, it was comforting for me to see her there.

3) Special Kids a.k.a. her Grandchildren....She was one Proud Grandma! It seems as though she may have forgotten about her own children just a little, once the grandchildren came along!! She loved them so much and made sure that everyone knew she had them.

4) Animals....My mom was an animal lover. I did not inherit this gene from her at all! I secretly think she may have thought that some of her dogs were human. One of her favorite dogs was Mr. BOGO. I can remember seeing her, sitting outside with that dog and talking to him....I mean like deep, meaningful conversations!! He probably gave her good advice! For a short time she had a pet pig too!

5) Funny Sayings....My mom had a knack for saying funny things and she wouldn't even mean to be funny. One time we were in the kitchen and she kept saying "shhhhhh listen" "do you hear that." Nobody else could "hear" what she was "hearing". One more time she said "Listen....I hear drums" Nobody else heard drums. But she was adamant that she heard them. Then my youngest brother walked over to the coffee pot and unplugged it and she said "Now I dont hear the drums anymore!" It had been the coffee pot perculating!!!! We still laugh at that story!
She gave us lots of laughs like that!

My mom's life was not easy, and we may not have had all the other things that other kids had, but we always knew that our mom loved us....right after country music...and the Special Kids!!

Thanks mom for sacrificing so much, for working so hard, and for loving us!

SMILE!

I got one of those crazy e-mails that ask you crazy questions again! I never thought I liked those e-mails...but now maybe I think I do! The rules are that you have to write 10 things down that make you smile. Oh I could of thought of a lot more things, but you are suppose to do it fast without much thought! Well, the "without much thought" was right up my alley!

So here is my list of 10 things that make me smile...in no particular order and please don't judge me....some times it's just the little things in life!

1) A cold diet pepsi first thing in the morning.
2) The name of Jesus (Remember...no particular order...no judging me : ) )
3) Rod holding my hand in the car.
4) Sitting at the table listening to Hope's "stories"!
5) Laughing with Joy, sometimes for no reason!
6) Playing with all six of my grandchildren!
*Savannah
*Mikayla
*Cheyenne
*Haylee
*Jacob
*Levi
7) Playing yahtzee, scrabble, Monopoly, backgammon
8) Making crafts
9) Get togethers with my family and with friends
10) Watching 48 hours!!!! hahah remember don't judge me!!

Now come on....QUICK....tell me 10 things that make you smile!!