Just a small town girl

I'm Baaaaack

2011-12-11T09:32:00.009-06:00

Ok, I am trying to get my nerve up to start blogging again!!! Lots of things have changed in the past year and a half. Number one being, we sold our house, all of our furnishings and moved downtown into a loft (or uptown as Alvin calls it), that's right.......you know Billy Joel sings a song about me, UPTOWN Girl. LOL!!! And, we now have a fourth grandson, James Oliver Cooper, who made his presence known, October 25th of this year!!! He is a living doll and I can't wait to tell y'all all about him!!!

Until then, hang on to your horses and I'll be back in a few days!!!!

Reiders #25

2010-06-10T21:27:00.006-05:00

Guess who is staying with Pop and Mimi for a few days??? Reiders!! I took this picture this afternoon and as I'm looking at it now and thinking......wow, Reid is already seven and will be in the second grade next fall. Man, talk about a lump in my throat. Time sure goes by fast when you're having fun, doesn't it?

Reid and Pop have already turned in and guess who is still up and watching baseball by herself~~~~lol~ We have riden bikes, played ladderball, played in the pool, waterballoons, waterguns, and baseball and this is just the first day!

Y'all have yourselves a wonderful week!!! As for me, I better get to bed, because someone will be up early rearing to go!!!

BTW, I stopped at Lucky's this morning on the way to pick up Reid and I bought a fourteen piece cutlery set by Food Network for $20. When I got home I looked it up on the internet and it is on sale this week at Khol's for $169.00, regular price...$219.00! Lucky me!!

I've fallen in love all over again #24

2010-06-09T20:42:00.009-05:00

Mom and I went shopping in Jonesboro today and can I say, I fell in love........but, I loved them and left them, on the shelf!!!!

Always behind #18 - 23

2010-06-08T21:22:00.012-05:00

I just can't keep up with my "photo a day" for 365 days. I'm constantly running behind......oh well, I'll try to get better. The problem is, since I bought my iphone I am no longer taking my computer to work with me. Therefore, I have to post them all at once when I get back.

My neice Cindy and I buddy bid together occasionally, meaning we get to work together, drive to Little Rock to the airport together and split our hotel room the night before our trip starts.

Well, guess who else is working with us this month? Yep, my sweet baby girl, Casey. Here we are at the pool in San Jose, CA Friday afternoon. Our friend Ashley (on the left) happened to be overnighting there too. The weather was sooooo beautiful! We ordered dinner and ate it outside around the pool and visited forever!!!

The next morning right before I we had to lobby, I looked outside my window to see if dawn had broken and this is what I saw.......The mountains in the background between the ground fog and the low lying clouds (that is a rollercoaster in the background too, just in case you were wondering). Early morning is my favorite time of the day......everything always seems so peaceful, quiet and fresh!!!

My office at 37,000 ft. I believe this was Las Vegas to Little Rock on Sunday! Passengers are always very quiet anytime we leave Vegas.......too much partying. All they want is water and sleep!

Look what I picked out of our garden Monday.......and there are three more that should be ready in a couple of days!!! Can you say, FRIED SQUASH......YUMMO!!!

My hero and I took the boat out for awhile this afternoon and it was wonderful. A nice breeze was blowing and the water felt GREAT!!!!

Everyone have a wonderful Wednesday!!!!!

Mindless Chatter #12 - 17

2010-06-02T20:25:00.015-05:00

Mercy, I sure can get behind before quick can get ready!!!!! So real quick, here's what's been going on!!!

We gave our goldfish to my hero's cousin and filled in our pond!!! Yes, we loved it......but, boy was it a pain in the hind quarters to keep clean. We are working on a fountain right now and the above pot will not be there tomorrow.......didn't like the way it looked!

A couple of weeks ago as I was getting off the plane in Dallas, a lady on the front row says, "why did you quit blogging"? I looked at her and said, "oh my gosh, do I know you" and she says, "no, but, I read your blog". I was completely dumbfounded.......what a small world!!! She said when she had gotten on the plane she wondered if I would be working her flight.......well, with 10,000 flight attendants her chances of having me on her flight were slim to none. It had been a really quick flight and I was working the in the back section of the plane, so imagine how stunned she probably was when I came marching up to the front of the plane to get off!!! So I want to shout out to "Paulette" and tell her to comment on my posts AND please start a blog......you said you had thought about it, so come on girl!!!!

Well, that brings me to the above picture, which was taken in Mountain View, AR at Woods Soda Fountain. When my hero and I go to MV we always have to stop in at Woods and have a chicken salad sandwich and one of their world famous malts.......can you say, YUMMO!!!! Anyhooty, we were sitting at the table the other day (it was sooooo crowded) and this lady comes over to me and says, "I know you" and I say, "you really look familiar to me too", to which she replys, "no, you don't know me". She says, "your becjane, aren't you"? Well, I nearly fall out of my seat I mean I think.......OMG, I'm getting to be as popular as Pioneer Woman.......LOL LOL!!! Guess, I better starting writing a cookbook!!!!! That's reeeeeeeally funny since I don't even cook!!! Oh, back to my story. The above pic is of me and my new friend Anna. "HI ANNA"!!!! She is from Paris, TX and she, her husband and several of their friends have a bluegrass band and they come to MV a couple of times a year. "Anna, get your blog going", Anna, doesn't have a blog either. You better comment on this post Anna.......I know where you live!! LOL Again, small world!!!

The other day we were fishing and I looked down and had on my cute little rhinestone flip flops and thought to myself, boy, what a fisherman I am........LOL!!

I have eaten waaaaaay too many of the above lately!! BTW......this is a delicious new dessert I tried and it is soooooo easy!!! It's called Brownie and strawberry shortcake and you can get the recipe on Betty Crocker.com

Went to Reid's game last night. He is getting so big, breaks my heart!!!

Looky, looky, looky........yep, new umbrella's!!! You remember, we lost three umbrella's and a patio table in last weeks wind, well I can always count on Lucky's to come through for me. That's right.......fifteen bucks each~umbrella's always make our backyard happy!!!!

Ok, well that's about it. Sorry, I've bored you with my mindless chatter! See, Anna, it's pretty easy to come up with mindless chatter.

Y'all go out and enjoy the rest of the week! As for me, I will be flying the friendly skies Friday/Saturday and Sunday with my beautiful daughter and niece!!!!

Booby Smash Time #11

2010-05-27T21:55:00.005-05:00

Yep, you know what I did today! Don't forget your yearly mammogram and your monthly self-exams!

The Three C's #10

2010-05-26T21:43:00.004-05:00

There is nothing better in the mornings than coffee........unless it is coffee, Cade and coloring. Cade is staying a couple of days with Pop and Mimi this week and by nine this morning we were already coloring.......LUV IT, LUV IT, LUV IT!!!! He is such a funny little guy! As soon as he walked into our house yesterday, he said "um, um, Mimi your house smells good, Mimi, your house always smells sooooo good"! Isn't that adorable! This morning I told him that yesterday when Cortney picked Reid up from school, Reid wanted to know where Cade was and when Cortney told him Cade was at Pop and Mimi's for a couple of days, Reid got a little upset and cried. Well, sweet Cade said, "Mimi, it will be Reid's turn next time and I will cry"......out of the mouth of babes!!! He has been absolutely adorable! Pop and I sure will miss him when he leaves tomorrow!!!

Don't you just hate that feeling after they have left and the house feels so empty?

Ummmmmm #9

2010-05-25T21:06:00.005-05:00

We had our first watermelon tonight and let me tell you........IT WAS DELICIOUS!!! Eating watermelon always takes me back to my childhood! Do you remember back in the day, people use to have watermelon stands along side of the road. My Poppa used to always stop and get us one!! So of course, each time I take a bite of watermelon, I always think of Poppa! Have you had your first bite of watermelon this season??

Here one minute - gone the next #8

2010-05-24T19:29:00.013-05:00

Alvin and I have been working so hard to get our backyard ready for summer. And finally, last week we had pretty much accomplished it!!! That is until this afternoon around three p.m. I had been sitting on the backporch swing, reading. I had gone inside for a second and when I returned to the swing the wind picked up and in a matter of seconds, our backyard went from this...........

to this!

Out of nowhere the wind starting blowing in excess of 60 mph!

Yes, it's disappointing.......we lost all three patio umbrella's and our glass top table was tossed across the yard with umbrella and umbrella stand still attached and as you can see, it is ruined.

But, it's ok, no one was hurt and after all it's just stuff!!!

It took Alvin and I the rest of the afternoon to get it all picked up! The worst part of all.......not a drop of rain! I still had to water the plants after it was all said and done!!!

Sunday Funday #7

2010-05-23T21:50:00.004-05:00

There is nothing better than a stripper after he has been rolled in cornmeal and deep fried!!!!

Hot Rod #6

2010-05-22T20:39:00.006-05:00

Only in Arkansas would someone be proud to say, "this cool car belongs to me"!

A Relaxing Friday Evening #5

2010-05-21T21:50:00.007-05:00

It has been a crazy Friday.........rode my bike, worked in the yard for awhile, went to Lucky's, took Mom to lunch at the Bulldog in Bald Knob (they have the best strawberry shortcake in the world), drove on to Searcy and shopped most of the afternoon, bought groceries and headed home. You can imagine how nice it was to get home and have a relaxing evening with my hero. We grilled pork chops, pototoes and I made a salad.......the best part was cranking up the firepit, making smores and listening to Jimmy Buffett.

I hope all my fabulous friends in blogland have a fabulous weekend!

#4 I LUV Target!!!!

2010-05-20T19:01:00.026-05:00

Oh, how I LUV a bargain! A few weeks ago Alvin and I went to Gulf Shores and the week before I decided I needed a new swimsuit cover-up. So of course, I go to Target and low and behold I found the cutest orange cover-up for $17.99!!! The next thing you know I have a blue one and a black one as well! You see, when I find something I like, I have to have it in every color!!! LOL!!!

And wouldn't you know it, cute sweaters too......oh my!!! You guessed it, one in every color. When I get back to the beach house.......I started putting two and two together and come up with a bright idea!!!!!!

Not only could I wear the swimsuit cover-up to the beach, but, I could also wear them as dresses!!!! You know, to the movies, to parties, even to church~!

Let me just jump in there and say..........THEY WERE ALL SO CHEAP!!!! As for me, I LUV throw away clothing! Definition of throw away clothing.........cheap enough to wear one season and dispose of by putting it in the year sale at the end of the season!!!

These cute little cover-ups were only $17.99 ea. and the sweaters were on sale for $14.00. Yep, under 100 buckaroos!!!

I've been told I have had a knack for putting things together, so I thought what fun it would be to put together a few outfits for you guys, using my beach cover-ups (which I will be using for dresses) with shoes I already had, purses I already had (with the exception of the orange one.....TJ Maxx, $7.99) and with jewelry I already had!!!

Now, I have to preface all this with (keep in mind)......I am only 5'4" tall sooooooo, these cute little dresses (cover-ups) come all the way down to my knees!!! I mean, I wouldn't want you girlies to think I am flaunting my stuff, cause my stuff is old, and I don't flaunt it......tee hee hee!!!!
(Double click on each pic to see the accessories up close)

My new favorite colors to wear together.......bright blue and orange (oh, it makes me all giddy)

As you can see in the above picture. This would be perfect to wear if you wanted to dress it up a little with pearls accessories.

I also LUV this look with the longer necklace and earrings!

And, then, if you like color.......put some red with the black and make it pop!

I also LUV bright blue and lime green.......isn't it yummy!!!!

And to dress it up for church.......just add a sweater!!!

Fun, fun, fun.......LUV everything orange!!!!

Throw the yellow sweater over it.......and off ya go!

Once again........cheap, cheap, cheap and all for under $100!!!

Project 365 (2 & 3)

2010-05-19T20:40:00.009-05:00

Would you believe as soon as I decided to take a photo a day for 365 days my camera broke........just my luck!!! Anywho, my sweet "hero" took me to Little Rock yesterday and I bought a new one. So today's post will be #2 and #3.

I took this picture with my iphone yesterday on our way to Little Rock. I have always had a fascination with clouds and yesterday morning the sky was sooooo blue and the clouds were so puffy. My job affords me to see a multitude of clouds and trust me, I have hundreds of pictures of clouds. When our girls were small we would watch the clouds and try and make different things out of them........ducks, elephants, boats, etc!

I found the above picture on the internet and thought it was amazing......it clearly looks like Christ on the cross!

#3

The above picture I took a few weeks ago. This is our angel birdbath that we have in our backyard. I LUV the way her wings curve around to the front. I always put various flowers in her every year and this year I almost decided to just leave her as a birdbath for the birdies.

However, as you can see when I took this photo today. I just couldn't stand it (sorry little birdies)!!!!! So, a few weeks ago I planted impatients in our angel and look how beautiful she looks!!!

Project 365 (Day 1)

2010-05-17T22:09:00.005-05:00

OK guys, I know I have been a horrible blogger latey.......what a slacker, huh? Starting today I am going to try and be a better blogger. After all, I am blogging because I can't seem to journal and I feel as everyone else does, that life goes by awfully fast and I don't want to forget one single thing! So, I am going to copy Jacquie and Kayla and try and document my next 365 days with a photo a day and a short post to go along with it. So here goes.......In the last couple of years I've posted several pictures of this little guy. This is Bosco, AKA, The Fierce Hunter. We adopted Bosco from the North Little Rock Animal Shelter almost six years ago. He is the most loving little guy in the world and he is always tickled pink to see his mommy come home after she's been on a three-day trip!

Finally.....I'm a Bathroom Beauty Snapper

2010-05-06T12:39:00.016-05:00

My dear sweet friend Shelia over at Note Songs is having a party tomorrow, May 7th, so go on over the Shelia's and join her Bathroom Beauty Snapper party. It's really easy......all you have to do is snap a picture of yourself in any bathroom!!! Now, don't take it while you're on the potty or in the shower. Stand in front of the mirror and snap*! That's right, now how easy is that!!!

Shelia is the sweetest thing in the world. Here is a picture of Shelia, her daughter and that's right Shelia has finally joined the grandmommyhood!!! Just look at that precious Carter Ashlan, couldn't you just eat her with a spoon. Okay, back to the party. My hero and I were in Gulf Shores last week and I thought it would be neat to take my picture at Lulu's. Lulu, is Jimmy Buffett's sister and she has a wonderful restaurant. Anywhooty, here's my picture. You know, I bet I took at least twenty pics and this was the only one that I would dare put out in blogland. The others were hilarious!!!! I stood in there and giggled for the longest time. At first, I was trying to take it while no one else was in there. Well, let me tell you, that didn't work! So finally I said to myself "just take the picture, it doesn't matter if everyone thinks you are a nut"!!! LOL! One of them even had a little boy in it that I have no clue where he even came from!!! LOL LOL Sooooooo, it's official I'm a Bathroom Beauty Snapper and here is the proof!!!!

Now y'all go on over and visit Shelia, Mr. Precious and Chloe Dawn!!! Oh, and don't forget to have yourself a FANTABULOUS weekend!!!!

Kitchen Before and After

2010-02-18T14:59:00.011-06:00

When we bought this house in the spring 0f 1992, the first thing I said when I saw the house was, "Oh, I will have to paint those kitchen cabinets white", to which my hero replied, something like, "over my dead body, those are beautiful oak cabinets"! Well, for years I just let it pass. Then last year I brought it up again, explaining to him, that the kitchen was so small and dark that I thought it would really look a lot bigger and for sure much brighter if the cabinets were painted white and............

Ta da.........what do you think????

Oh, I luv, luv, luv it!!!

Once again, a little paint and a little time and a whole new look!

As you can tell it was fall when I took these pictures. Don't you just luv the my little hen, she is so adorable. T. J. Maxx, baby!!!!

And here's another chick from T. J. Maxx! I also Luv this photo of my Poppa and Grandma, it was one of the last ones I took of them together.

And here is the table I bought from Lou. She gave me such a good deal on it.....I feel like I kinda stole it!

And this Hobby Lobby pumkin holder just brought all together.

Thanks for dropping by for a visit. Come back again soon.

Blessings!

A Not So Recent Project

2010-02-17T10:44:00.011-06:00

It's always amazing to me how a few dollars and a little time set aside can transform just about anything. Several months ago and I do mean several months ago........I believe it was last August. I bought a table and chairs from my neice Cindy Lou. I wasn't crazy about the set covers and girls, if you have never recovered seats before, well it is sooooooo easy!!!

You know I LUV all things animal print and I found this cute print at Hobby Lobby for just a few dollars.

Here is what the seat bottoms looked like, not so cute....huh?

Oh, this is gonna be gorgeous!!!

Ta Da, and sure enough, I LUV it!!!

And looky here, I even made some napkins to insert into my other napkins.

What an easy project. Now, in the next day or two I will be showing you guys my kitchen redo. It really isn't much, just a little paint on the cabinets. Oh and how I love them.

But right now I'm heading out the door to go pick up little Ridgey Bear (our baby grandson) who will being staying with Pop and Mimi for the next couple of days. Oh dear.......where did I put my chapstick, I feel alot of kissing those little cheeks coming on!!!!

Y'all have a FABULOUS day!!!!

If I Had My Rathers

2010-02-12T09:41:00.008-06:00

I don't about you guys, but we have had a very unusual winter so far. Here in Northeast Arkansas, we usually get one ice storm and one dusting of snow. The winters here are usually mild and the temperature rarely drops below freezing. OMG!!!! It has snowed every week and right now we still have snow on the ground from a couple of weeks ago and then this past Monday it snowed another 5 or 6 inches. We still have snow on the ground! My hero always says, if snow lingers around, it's usually waiting for a friend. Ugh.......it's still lingering and they are calling for more on Sunday. I don't about your guys, but, I'm over it!!!!

I would rather be here building a sandgator

than

here in Arkansas building a snowgater!!!

Come on spring!!!!

Are you guys ready for warmer weather or are you a cold weather lover??

Happy weekend friends!!! I hope you all have a sweetheart to share Valentine's Day with!!!!!

Poor baby

2010-02-10T09:09:00.011-06:00

As I was sitting here sipping my first cup of coffee this morning and pondering what I am going to do today, I hear a loud thump. I get up and look out the window to see this sweet little guy sitting on the top of my fierce hunter's house (note FH's house is sitting on our porch swing because he enjoys getting rocked to sleep). This little guy kept flying into the screen door and getting knocked down each time. I go into panic mode because I know who is probably lurking around the corner, waiting to pounce on this sweet baby.

So it's "Becky to the rescue"! Out the back door I go and this really terrifies the poor thing. He starts flying into the screen and trying his best to escape. He finally ends up in a fake ficus tree that I had thrown out earlier in the year.

Look at him, I bet his little heart is beating out of his chest, as is mine, because I know any minute you know who is going to show up and try to get in on the action. I open the back door and shoo him out just as FH rounds the corner.

Yeah.......I know, he looks harmless. He is the most adorable cat known to man kind......but to harmless little birds, he's known as.........the FIERCE HUNTER!!!!

You guys go out and have yourself a blessed day!

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM OUR HOUSE TO YOURS

2009-12-24T11:36:00.005-06:00

Merry Christmas everyone!!! I've been running around the last couple of days like a chicken with my head cutoff and can you believe it........I do not have one thing to do today!!! That's right! And you know what......it just feels wrong!!!! I baked yesterday with mom, the presents have been wrapped for a few days now. We will be traveling to Cortney's in the morning to celebrate with our girls and their families!

For all of you traveling, have safe travels and may everyone have a Merry Christmas and remember the real Reason for the Season!!!

Happy Friday Everyone!

2009-12-04T07:11:00.004-06:00

Just wanted to pop in and say "Happy Friday everyone"!! I'm headed to Little Rock this morning to take care of Cade and Ridge and I'll be bringing Reid back to Pop and Mimi's for the weekend. I hope you all have a FANTASTICAL weekend! As for me, it's party time with Reiders......anything goes!!!

A Whirlwind Week

2009-11-30T18:55:00.011-06:00

To say last week was a crazy week is an understatement! First of all, Alvin and I celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, Thankgiving on Thursday and my 29th birthday on Friday!!!

This year we did something a little different. Our girls and their families always have Thanksgiving lunch with their in-laws and then come to our house on Thanksgiving evening for dinner with us. Alvin and I usually travel to Mountain View with Alvin's sister, Fay and her husband Tom and my niece Cindy and her family and have lunch at Cody's Restaurant. Long story short Cody's closed and Alvin and I decided to spend Thanksgiving in Branson.

We knew it would be sooooooo crowded in Branson on Friday, but seriously thought it would be a ghost town on Thanksgiving day. You can only imagine our dismay when we pulled into Cracker Barrel for lunch and the host said it would be an hour and a half to two hours!!!! Usually they tell you that to scare you off!!!! Oh no, you are NOT scaring us off!!!! We drove three and a half hours to get here and we want some Cracker Barrel turkey and dressing!!!!! Well.......we got our turkey and dressing at Cracker Barrel and hour and a half later!!!!! But, boy was it worth the wait!!

Anywho, the kiddo's all drove up on Friday morning and we spent the day at Silver Dollar City. It was the most beautiful day I believe I've ever seen. Seriously, I bet it was at least 70 degrees!! We had sooooo much fun. If you've live within driving distance to Branson and have never been around Christmas time, you've got to go!!!! It is gorgeous!!! Silver Dollar City is decorated with over 4 million lights........it is something to behold. The Christmas tree is five stories high and gorgeous!!!

Casey and Josh in front of some snowmen decor.

Ryan, Cortney, Ridge, Reid and Cade with a cute little snowmen family!

I was really disappointed with the picture of the tree. It was so pretty in real life. It changes colors, blue, red and green!
(I took this picture as I was coming up the hill, so the tree looks really small).

Sweet Ridge enjoying his pears!

Later that night we went to Landry's Seafood and celebrated my birthday. The girls had me a fresh strawberry cake made (my favorite). It was delish! I'm pretty sure I gained five pounds from the cake alone! lol

I was a little disappointed in this picture. You could barely even see Ridge sitting at the end of the table.

Saturday morning we got up and hit the malls and the Branson Landing. It was so good to be able to get the entire family together. Usually someone is missing.

Now that we have the whirlwind week behind us, it's on to Christmas! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Happy 37th Anniversary to the Love of my Life

2009-11-24T09:01:00.010-06:00

The first time ever I saw your face

I thought the sun rose in your eyes

And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave

To the dark and the empty skies, my love,

To the dark and the empty skies.

The first time ever I kissed your mouth

And felt your heart beat close to mine

Like the trembling heart of a captive bird

That was there at my command, my love

That was there at my command.

And the first time ever I lay with you

I felt your heart so close to mine

And I knew our joy would fill the earth

And last till the end of time my love

It would last till the end of time my love

The first time ever I saw your face, your face,

your face, your face.

Roberta Flack

An evening with Pioneer Women

2009-11-10T12:47:00.011-06:00

For a blogger, getting to meet the Pioneer Woman is just the crem de la crem! I mean seriously.....it can't get much better!!! When Pioneer Woman announced her book tour a few months back and Little Rock was on it, I nearly peed my pants. It was sooooo much fun even though I really thought it should have been at a bookstore. You know we have bookstores in Arkansas too, Barnes and Noble, Books A Million and Hastings to name a few. However, being in Arkansas we had our book signing at Walmart. That's right folks.......good ole Walmart. Can I say how proud I am that amazingly enough, not one person showed up in their bathrobe with pink sponge rollers in their hair and a cigarette hanging out their mouth! LOL

The book signing began at 6:00. Thankfully Cortney and I went an hour early. It didn't take long for the line to go from zero to infinity!!! Poor Ree, I bet she didn't get finished signing all those books until the wee hours of the morning. Cortney and I were about 5oth in line and it took us an hour and a half to reach her!! Time went by pretty fast though. We met some new bloggers and even ran into a fellow blogger, sweet Leigh Ann!

Marlboro Man was even there. OMG!!!! We were so excited to meet him. He was such a sweetie, going down the line talking to everyone, signing autographs and being kind enough to have his picture made with all us crazy ladies that know some much about him. I mean does he know that we know that his voice broke the night he and Ree were talking about Nell being a "sweetie". Mercy me, he has no clue that we know so much about him and he knows absolutely nothing about us crazy women!!!

Isn't she the cutest thing. She's so tall and thin and her hair is gorgeous!

And finally, it was our turn. She was so witty. I asked her if she would do her Ethel Merman impersonation and she belted out "there's no business like show business". Too cute!!!

Her we are with The Pioneer Woman. I mean could I have gotten any closer! LOL Sorry PW, looks like I'm trying to fit right up under your arm like a piece of jigsaw puzzle!

It was so wonderul meeting PW, thanks for coming to Little Rock, even though it was at Walmart! Come back anytime, when you've got longer to stay!!!

My View

2009-11-05T21:27:00.007-06:00

Hey everyone! I hope you've had a terrific week so far. For you guys tomorrow is Friday and for me tomorrow is my Tuesday! Crazy I know, but that's how we roll at 37,000 ft.

Like you guys, I take my camera everywhere (hey, that's what we bloggers do, huh). Ever since I started this job almost six years ago I've taken my camera with me. You would not even begin to believe the pictures I taken in those few short years. Well, a few months back I was working in the aft galley when our captain comes on the PA and announces Lake Tahoe could be seen outside the left side of the aircraft. It was a full flight and I couldn't get to a window to take a good picture, so I took a picture looking out my little peep hole in the aft galley. As you can see the picture turned out fantastic (double-click to enlarge). Since then, I have taken numerous pictures through my little peep hole.

Anywho, I decided tonight that at various times I will be showing you what I see during my trips that you might not have a chance to see unless you are at 37,000 feet.

Hopefully, you'll enjoy seeing the clouds, sunsets, sunrises and various sights thru my eyes at 37,000 feet (and sometimes on the ground).

Wordless Wednesday

2009-11-04T07:34:00.004-06:00

Halloween Happenings

2009-11-02T13:04:00.011-06:00

Alvin and I had a wonderful weekend. Ryan and Cortney left for New York on Friday and guess who watched the grands for a couple of days?!?!?! Yup, you guessed it......Pop and Mimi, with Gigi (my mom) in tow we took off to Little Rock Friday morning.

It turned out to be the most beautiful day Saturday. Who could resist being outdoors all day enjoying the sun, so off to the zoo we go. The boys enjoyed being outdoors as much as we did, plus the animals were all out too!

Afterwards it was time to get dressed for trick or treating.

Count Dracula

Dash (unmasked)

The cutest little sock monkey ever!

We turned the grands over to Ryan's parents yesterday afternoon and headed home. What a wonderful weekend!!! I hope you all had a fun Halloween and hope you have a terrific week ahead!

These boots were made for splashin'

2009-10-26T14:49:00.009-05:00

Hi everyone!!!! Boy have I missed you guys........whew, it's been awhile hasn't it? Ya know I could use all kinds of excuses for missing in action lately, like Facebook, Farmville, Facebook, Farmville or maybe Facebook or Farmville, but I won't I'll just say, I've been busy!!! Anywho, I reeeeeeally have missed you! Ok, you get the picture, enough already. For now, I'm back! Hopefully, I'll stay on track this time.

I don't know about you guys, but I promise it has rained soooooooo much lately in Arkansas, that we've threatened to start building an ark! Well, almost. As matter of fact it started out being the most beautiful day. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and Lou and I were able to get our three mile walk in, yeah............well that didn't last long. It literally looks as if the bottom is going to fall out of the sky as I type. So...........if it's been raining in your neck of the woods or there is rain in the forecast you need to run out and buy a pair of these.............

The polka dot boots belong to Lou. As you can see they are totally her personality with the bright red (you can see the bright colors in her bed linens).

As for me I LUV all things animal print! Aren't they the cutest things ever?!?!?! I bet you girlies have already bought some of these stylish boots haven't you? We bought ours in the mall in Jonesboro, but I saw some really cute ones the other day at Target.com. Check it out! Don't let your tootsies get all shriveled up from the rain like I have mine.

As for now........it's raining! I believe I'll put my boots on, go outside and splash around a bit!

Talk to you soon!

It only takes a sprig

2009-08-16T20:42:00.009-05:00

We've really had some crazy weather here in Arkansas this year. Remember the ice storm.......oh mercy, who could forget. Then the spring rains, not showers, but rains. I've never seen it rain so much during the spring. It also rained quit a bit in July.

The reason I'm saying all this is because all the plants, trees and grass have been exceptionally beautiful. Everything is so lush!!! With that said........I wanted you to see my Liriope (aka monkey grass). IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

The monkey grass in our yard started with on sprig much like the picture above. When Alvin and I built our first house in 1975 I wanted to plant some monkey grass. Grandma and Poppa had plenty to spare so I brought a piece home.

When we moved to the house we live in now......seventeen years ago, I brought a sprig over. In the course of seventeen years I have divided it and divided it until now I have TONS!!!

A few days ago I was in the yard and I kept thinking something looked different. After a few days of wondering what it was, I realized it was the monkey grass. IT WAS IN FULL BLOOM!!!! Why am I soooooo excited!!!! Well........IT'S NEVER EVER BLOOMED BEFORE!!!!!

After Alvin and I talked about it, we realized this is the first time it had seen sunshine!!!! You see our backyard is completely shady, with ginormous trees. After the ice storm we lost tons of branches and then we had a tree service come in and cut some of the hanging branches that were broken. So ta da........lots of sunshine.

Anyhoo, I wanted y'all to see the monkey grass from every angle.

And mixed with the lime green sweet potato vine makes it stand out even more!

All because of one little sprig many years ago. Thanks Grandma and Poppa!

Twice in two weeks

2009-08-09T22:02:00.007-05:00

My sister Susie and I have broken a record. You see, Susie used to live in Atlanta and we were lucky to see each other once a year. She and David now live outside of Jackson, MS and we have been together twice in within two weeks and to say we've had a blast would be an understatement!

Suz and Davy baby drove up on Friday to spend the weekend and attend my Aunt Lucy's 81st birthday party at my cousin Roger's cabin at the lake. My mom and Aunt Lucy had gone to the cabin early Friday morning and mom had no idea my sister was coming (actually, I didn't know she was coming until late Thursday night because Davy baby had to work Friday morning and they weren't sure if he was even going to be able to get off or not). Mom was sooooo surprised as was Aunt Lucy and all of our cousins when we arrived with Susie and David in tow!

I just feel so blessed to have been able to spend some quality time with my sissy lately. I LUV you sissy girl!!!!!

Oh, one last thing. Does anyone know how to make these mosaics larger?

Just a quick post

2009-08-06T11:04:00.005-05:00

Mercy ladies......looky what I bought at Lucky's yesterday for $60 (retails for $229). Yep, a 10 piece set of Racheal Ray hard-anodized cookware. You would of have thought I had hit the jackpot! Actually, I feel like I did, well let me rephrase that, my hero feels like he did....remember I'm not a big lover of cooking, he's the big daddy of cooking!

Anyhoo, just wanted to share my lasted find!!!

Y'all have a FABULOUS rest of the day. As for me, I'm headed back outside to play with Reid. I hear Reid and Pop yelling for me to come out and play water guns!!! I'm sure I'll be the target!!!! lol lol

Catch up time

2009-08-04T17:35:00.011-05:00

I've been such a bad blogger lately. We've been so busy, as has everyone else I'm sure, but, I promise I'll try and be better from now on. My next few blogs will probably pertain to summer fun!

But for now................

We just got back from another amazing week at Gulf Shores!!! Oh, how we would LUV to live there.......maybe some day!

By the way, I've learned how to do mosaics so from now on I will probably be using alot of them in my posts. It's just sooooo much faster to download.

Anyhoo, I LUV this first shot. They were all taken from our 9th story balcony. The first picture is of the most amazing cloud I believe I've ever seen in my life. As you can see in the second picture a thunderstorm was moving in around 6 one evening and the sky was gorgeous. The third picture is simply a beautiful day which is what we had everyday even though the Weather Channel said there was at least a 50% chance of rain each day. The last picture is of a thundershower in the distance.

Our youngest daughter Casey and her husband Josh joined us for a few days and my sister, Susie and her hubby David met us for a couple of days.
There's nothing better than spending time with family.

We went to the infamous Flora-Bama one morning and drove out to Pirates Cove for lunch. Yes, that really is a picture of Josh swinging on a pole at Flora-Bama. That boy doesn't have a lick of sense (so he fits in our family real well).

The last evening we were at the beach, we drove out to the State Park and took pictures. I thought it was really neat that our clothes color coordinated with Casey and Josh's and we didn't even plan it!

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. Gosh, it sure has gone by fast!!

Before Lucky's and After Lucky's

2009-07-05T17:36:00.017-05:00

Oh mercy girls......Lou I hit the Jackpot BIG time last week!!!! Lucky got a Khol's truck in last week and boy oh boy did we luck out! LOL LOL

This was my backyard a week ago last Wednesday morning........

(Double click to enlgarge)

And here it is Wednesday afternoon! Oh glory (as Pickett says), I almost peed my pants with excitement!!

The chairs were $35 each, lounger $45, cute little tile tables $10 each and the umbrella was $15!

This was looking the opposite direction last Wednesday morning.......

The same picture Wednesday afternoon.

Sooooooo many of you have emailed me about Lucky's and I always tell you, that if you have to drive from another state to get here, it's probably not worth it, because he more often than not has nothing worth driving a long distance for. But mercy me.....it happened to be a Lucky day.

Lou and I went to Khol's last Friday and they had the same exact furniture on display and for sale. For example Khol's had the chairs listed for $329.00 for two less 60%. Still a bargain!!!!

Bosco sure was enjoying the lounger.....tee hee hee!!!

Happy 4th to all my bloggy friends!!!

2009-07-03T19:43:00.003-05:00

God Bless America

"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free, Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. "

God Bless America, Land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam God bless America, My home sweet home.

May you all have a safe and Happy 4th of July. I hope to start blogging again really soon!!!

I LUV bright colors

2009-06-16T09:41:00.013-05:00

Wow! It's really been awhile since I've blogged. Not alot going on......just trying to keep cool.

A few weeks ago I painted our shutters black and brightened up our front door a little. You know us girls and our paint. A little paint always makes everything feel new. Here's just a few pictures of the front porch area.

I painted the bench black......it was kinda rusty and added a couple of brightly colored pillows from Target. I luv my Live..Laugh..Love sign so much in my laundry room, I thought I would purchase another one from Hobby Lobby and hang it above my bench. I think it looks so cute there!

My sweet neice Lou make me this wreath!

Our Tiger Lillies were prettier this year than they have ever been and the color blended right in.

My daughter, Cortney bought me the "M" flag for Christmas and I couldn't wait until spring to put it in the flowerbed.

The flowers around the mailbox are also extra pretty this year.

I'll try and blog soon about the backyard.

Before and After back porch

2009-06-02T22:44:00.019-05:00

We've been in our house now for about seventeen years and for seventeen years our screened in back porch has been an eye sore.

It's long and skinny and basically, pretty gross.

I decided this spring, I had, had enough. No more ugly back porch.

So I go to Walmart and buy some spray paint (ya gotta luv spray paint). Anywho, I bought the above table and four chairs from a neighbor about 20 years ago and paid $20. We have gotten our money out of it.......believe me. When I bought it, it was black. Since then it has been creme, dark green, red and now lime green (well, not really lime, just a soft green).

I painted all the wooden lawn furniture white. Alvin and the girls bought me the two chairs with hearts and our porch swing that matches for Mother's Day probably 20 plus years ago.

I am just tickled pink how the porch turn out, so what do you think? Pretty, huh?

This is the view when you walk from the back yard into the back porch.

Opposite end.

I bought this chest from Lucky's for $40 dollars a few months ago and painted it black.

I'm not really happy with the things on the shelf, but am still looking. Any suggestions?

And my favorite part of all. The porch swing. My hero and I have swung many a hour in this porch swing. Isn't the cushion darling........TJ Maxx special!

I luv the way the chairs turned out and the cute black and white pillows........well, another bargain, Target $4.50 ea. What a deal!!

I'm still not quite finished yet. I want a floor lamp and a rug to bring it all together. However, it's sooooooo much better than it was and I LUV IT!!!!

I hope you enjoyed my little project. Do you have any summer projects going on? I would LUV to see them.

Finally......a beautiful weekend!

2009-06-01T20:47:00.011-05:00

This past weekend was absolutely beautiful in the great state of Arkansas. Seriously, Alvin and I neither one could remember the last pretty weekend we had.

Usually the weather is nice enough in April for us to take the boat out. Not this year.....until last weekend we hadn't even seen our boat since last fall when we winterized it.

We got to the lake around 10:00 Saturday morning and cleaned her up and got her all ready to take out for a spin and looky who showed up. SOMEBODY BRING ME A SPOON.....PRONTO!!! Couldn't you just eat'em up!!!!???

And just look at this sweet thing. Seriously, is Ridge not the cutest thing ever. This is the happiest baby I have EVER been around.

Reid and Cade were pretty excited to find out Pop and Mimi had bought them a new tube to go tubing on.

Again, Mr. Happy Britches!

Reid and daddy trying the new tube out.

Cade got in on the action too!

Boy, can a day at the lake wear some little guys out. As matter of fact, it's Monday and I'm still worn out from all the fun! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!

Gulf Shores

2009-05-27T19:50:00.013-05:00

I can't believe it's already been two weeks since we were in Gulf Shores. Gosh, time flies when you're havin' fun!!!

There's nothing better than going to the beach and getting your toes all sandy.

Unless it's flying your favorite kite!

We love going to Gulf Shores before the summer crowds arrive.

And then, there's my heroes trusty alligator that he makes every year.

And what would a trip to Gulf Shores be without a trip to Lou's Lou's for some good ole "fried green tomatoes".

And after all these years we still love each other and still love to write our intials in the sand.

Don't forget to vote!!!

2009-05-19T08:44:00.004-05:00

We had a wonderful time in Gulf Shores last week and I will be blogging about it in a couple of days. However, most important today is getting the message out to vote tonight for American Idol. Tonight is the face off between Kris and Adam and it's going to be tough. Both guys are extremely talented. So girls get your work done, order pizza, kick off your shoes and let's get the party started!!! VOTE!!!!!!

Happy Mothers Day to my Momma

2009-05-09T22:00:00.001-05:00

Cade, Ridge and Gi Gi

I'm not going to be with momma for Mother's Day this year. My sister, Susie gets to be the lucky one. Momma is going to Susie's for the next couple of weeks in Mississippi and my hero and I will be at the beach for a few days.

I'm going to re-run one of my past blog posts. If you've been following my blog very long you will probably remember it and for those of you who've recently started following my blog, I hope you enjoy it.

My sister, Susie and I used to spend a week with our grandparents each summer and I remember even though we had tons of fun, we both always got homesick for momma. Poppa and Grandma lived only a block from the railroad tracks. Each day several trains would come through town. If they were south bound towards Newport the two of us would blow kisses as the train went by and whisper softly "kisses for momma, kisses for momma". A few years ago Susie surprised me with the following poem and I will cherish it forever. Thanks Sis for the memories:

Kisses for Momma

It was a game my sis and I played,
While in bed, right where we laid.
There we waited for that lonesome cry,
Of the whistle on the train, that would soon be by.

When we felt the rumble so close and nearby,
We covered our mouths with our hands and then let them fly.
"Kisses for momma! Kisses for momma"!
We'd both whisper, as soft as can be,
Because Grandma and Poppa were trying to sleep.

Each summer we went, eager to see,
Grandma and Poppa-sweet as could be.
Our days were so fun, full and free,
Cause we could do most, whatever we pleased.

But we still missed momma, especially at night,
And we couldn't wait to turn out the light.
We eagerly waited for the sound of that train,
And sent out our kisses to momma again.
"Kisses for momma, Kisses for Momma"

I LUV YOU MOMMA!

Gulf Shores or Bust!

2009-05-08T12:56:00.004-05:00

See everyone in a few days.

I've won a fabulous giveaway!

2009-05-07T12:17:00.009-05:00

I recently won a giveaway from sweet Rhoda.
Rhoda is from the Birmingham area and is a fabulous Interior Designer. If you haven't visited her blog.....don't let another day go by without going over and saying hello.

I was so excited when Rhoda contacted me with the news that I had won! I couldn't wait for the big brown truck to arrive! And sure enough in a few days there it was........the much anticipated prize!!!!

I tore into that box like nobody's business.

And there it was in all it's glory! Oh how I LUV my new plaque! Now my plaque is from Kaye over at Engraved Euniques. Mercy me if you've never been over to her website, ya gotta stop reading my blog this very minute and go over for a visit. Kaye has the most wonderful items for sale. From engraved frames to monogramed tiles. And price, oh my......well it's almost like she's given them away.

I knew when I saw the plaque exactly where I was going to put it.

And I think it looks perfect!

Thanks Rhoda and Kaye for the my fabulous gift!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day!

I'll be off the air for a few days after Friday. My Hero and I are headed to Gulf Shores for a week of fun and sun. I'll be in and out checking on everyone!

Conway "LUVS" Kris

2009-05-05T16:29:00.015-05:00

It's getting down to the "nitty gritty" now. There are only four!

My guy Kris Allen is still in the running! Run Kris run!!!

I went to Conway last Wednesday to get my haircut. And let me tell you Conway has painted the town for this young man. MTV had been to Conway the day before and local Patrons certainly let it be known who Conway was pullin for!

His name was plastered everywhere, as you can see in the following pictures.....

Girls, if you're watching American Idol and wanting Kris to win.......ya gotta vote!!! I usually start voting about three minutes before time. The lines have actually been open a couple of minutes early all season. Don't forget to watch at 8:00 eastern!

Rain, babies, cupcakes and salsa

2009-05-03T20:49:00.018-05:00

Girls, I don't know about y'all but my hero and I have threatened to send a dove out to see if it returns with anything. LOL Seriously, I don't think I can EVER remember it raining for this long. Maybe the sun will come out sometime this week!!! If not they may have to send me to the funny farm!

Look at this sweet guy. Our little Caders! He spent a couple of nights with Pop and Mimi last week and let me tell you he is one sweet boy! Bless his heart we didn't get to spend much time outside playing for all the rain. However, it didn't stop him from getting to ride the golf cart with Pop, play ball, build tents inside with Mimi, have a popcorn party.......

and one of his favorite things.....feed the fish. Oh my, he wanted to feed the fish several times a day while he was here, so that's what we did!

After I took Cade home on Friday I drove over to the Heights in Little Rock to a cute little shop called Cupcakes and guess what I bought......you guessed it, CUPCAKES!!!

Oh my, don't they look yummy! I bought a red velvet, white coconut snowball, white mocha chocolate chip and a fresh strawberry!! Eating two of those at one sitting would kill a person! But boy howdy were they good and worth ever bit of $2.95 ea.

Saturday, I literally did not get out of my jammies all day long and to tell ya the truth I don't think I brushed my teeth until late in the afternoon......hey just gettin real here.

My hero did manage to go out in the rain and pick some yummy cilantro that I am growing in my pot garden. Did I say pot garden......whoa! NOT POT GARDEN as in marijuana ! GEEZ.....I'm gonna get the police snoopin around over here if I'm not careful. Oh sorry, back to my story. What I mean't was my garden I'm growing in pots (that's better). Anywhooty, I made some delicous salsa using a recipe that sweet Judy

posted on her blog a few days ago. It's Chili's salsa and man was it easy to make. So run on over and give Judy a visit and get her recipe. It's delish!

That pretty much wraps up the weekend. Did you girlies do anything exciting over the weekend. Stay tuned because in the next couple of days I'll be revealing a wonderful blog giveaway that I won last week.

Flight Attendant Friday

2009-04-30T19:52:00.010-05:00

I thought this week I would share a few Fun Facts about Southwest Airlines:

Southwest received 199,200 resumes and hired 3,350 new Employees in 2008.
In 2008 Southwest served 55.2 million cans of soda, juices, and water; 12.4 million alcoholic beverages; 9.8 million bags of pretzels; 90.8 million bags of peanuts; 9 million snack boxes; and 32 million other snacks.
Southwest consumed approximately 1.5 billion gallons of jet fuel in 2008.
In 2008, Southwest moved 225 million pounds of cargo.
The shortest daily Southwest flight is between Ft. Myers (RSW) and Orlando (MCO) (133 miles). The longest daily Southwest flight is between Baltimore (BWI) and San Diego (SAN) (2,295 miles).
Southwest has 1,328 married couples. In other words, 2,656 Southwest Employees have spouses who also work for the Company.

And what fun would fun facts be without showing you a picture of one of the most fun places in America. Disney World.

I took this picture shortly after take off a few weeks ago. If you double-click on the picture and are familiar with Disney World you will be able to spot Space Mountain, the Contemporary Hotel and if you know where to look you can see Cinderella's castle. Disney World looks sooooo small from the air. It's hard to believe there were probably thousands of visitors in attendance that day.

I'm thinking it's time for me to answer some of those burning questions you might have about my job. So starting this week I'm going to take any of your burning questions and in a couple of weeks I will post a blog and have a question and answer session. So come on girls I know you have questions that you are dying to ask me......so go ahead, ask away. Feel free to ask as many as you want!

Yesterday's Memories - Grandma's Pot

2009-04-28T11:14:00.008-05:00

When I was a little girl (once upon a time). I distinctly remember my grandma working in her yard. I suppose I got my LUV for being outdoors and working in the yard from her.

One of the flowers you could always expect to see at grandma's in the spring and summer was Rose Moss. She always had it in some sort of pot. I always plant Rose Moss every spring as well. This year I decided to put my moss in one of grandma's pots. As you can see it's not a fancy pot, but it belonged to my grandma and I hold it near and dear to my heart.

I recommend Rose Moss to anyone wanting to add color. The flowers have such vibrant colors; red, pink, yellow, white and my favorite, melon orange. The juicy colors glow atop green succulent leaves and when planted in a pot, cascade over the sides.

The Rose Moss also makes a wonderful ground cover.

I was reading the other day that the newer type of Rose Moss stays open longer during the day. The older type opens at noon and closes at dusk.

I LUV the memories of grandma's moss and being able to plant my moss in her pot makes it even more special.

Thanks for letting me share Yesterday's Memories with you. Do you have a special memory you would like to share?

Glimpses of things going on in the garden

2009-04-27T09:32:00.016-05:00

Hi y'all. Hope everyone had a FABULOUS weekend! I know we did......but boy talk about exhausted. Everyone is probably like us, tryin to get things ready for spring and summer! Sometimes I wonder if it's all worth it. Then I realize, yes it is!!!

Here are just a few pictures from the past week. I'm not ready to show you any of the finished projects (mainly because non of them are finished just yet). LOL However, wanted to show you a little of our progress. Okie dokie......let's get started.

Looky here, I'm gonna try my hand at gardening in pots this year. Oh won't my sister Susie over at digginginthedirt-susie.blogspot.com be so proud of me. My sissy is a wonderful gardener both flower and vegetable gardening. Susie has a degree in Horticulture. Well as for me I have a RHD.......that would be root hog or die! LOL LOL Anywhooie we'll see how this pot gardening goes. I'm sure all of you in blogland will get a REAL kick out of it.

Here's froggy, wonder what he's laughing about.

Yep, and there are projects going on. We'll see the end results in a later post as well.

LUV my flag Cortney got me for Christmas and I can't wait to show you what it's braggin about.

Sure hope everyone went to Lowe's for their ferns this year. If you haven't, don't wait another second they were only $7.88 each! That's the real deal.

And last but not least, I can't wait to tell you about my moss and the pot they are in. So stay tuned girls for the latest in gardening by Becjane. For now, I wasted most of the morning, gotta get busy.

Oh, one more thing. Here goes one of my crazy questions. Would anyone be interested in doing a video blogpost? Ya know one where we're all talkin with our crazy little accents. I just thought it would be fun for us to do maybe a short snippet of us talking. We've all been visiting each other on blogland for awhile now and I just thought it would be fun to have a voice to put to a face kinda deal. My new digital camera has a gadget where you can video and yesterday while at Cortney's I was videoing the boys and while watching them last night I thought of this idea. Now trust me I am from the south and I sound horrible on the video, but I am willing if anyone else is. Anyone up for it.......please let me know. Come on, now don't be shy.

Now, I've gotta get up and finish these projects I've started. Talk to you girlies later. Have wonderful week and may God bless you all!

Flight Attendant Friday

2009-04-24T22:38:00.007-05:00

Not much going on this week. I've been home since last Friday night. Was suppose to work Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, but worked in the yard too much on Monday and Tuesday and got pollenated (is that a word, oh well you know what I mean). Anywho ended up with a sore throat and runny nose so I called in sick.

Which brings me to this weeks post. My schedule. As of right now I have nothing on my board until May 30th, so unless I pick up some trips between now and then, you guessed it, I'm off!!! Are you wondering how that happens......well wonder no more, I'll try and explain.

Each month we bid for our schedule for the following month. We are awarded our schedule according to our seniority. Since I'm the low man on the totem pole I am usually awarded Friday, Saturday and Sunday (I have about 200 people under me in Dallas). Well, I'm not really a fan of working weekends so when our schedule comes out on the 1oth I usually drop all my trips in Trip/Trade/Giveaway. Our schedules usually consist of four - three-day trips a month. Work three days off four so on and so forth. On the 22nd of the month any flight attendant can pick up any trip you have put into TT/GA or you can message any flight attendant and trade trips with them. Then on the 23rd of the month at 10 p.m. CST we have what is called "Open Time", which means we can drop any trip left on our board and trade it for anyday of the month where there is a trip available (restrictions do apply, but that's another story).

At Southwest we have the freedom to work as much or as little as we choose. So for May I dropped all four of my three day trips in TT/GA and on April 22nd they were all picked up except for one which is on May 30th. My goal for next month is not to be off the entire month, but to work during the week. So each day I am home I will look at TT/GA or open time and try and pick something up that works to my advantage. We'll see how it goes!

Until next time........stay safe in your travels!

Kris Allen Rocks!!!

2009-04-21T19:37:00.006-05:00

I don't know about you guys.....but I personally thinks Kris Allen rocks!

I can't remember if I've told you guys this or not. Kris is from Conway, Arkansas and I get my hair cut in Conway. Well low and behold Kris gets his hair cut at the same salon as me. A couple of months ago I sat side by side with Kris. I didn't met him personally, but I can tell you this he

R-O-C-K-S!

So if you are a fan of his be sure and VOTE!!!!

We have a winner

2009-04-19T09:29:00.008-05:00

WOW! What a turnout I had for my grilling giveaway. So many of you had your name in SIX times! I want to thank each and everyone of you for reading my blog and commenting. I LUV COMMENTS!!!

Now for the winner!

Drumroll please.....................

Bo from blinksnwinksfrombrown-eyes.blogspot.com. Congratulations Bo! Y'all go by and check out Bo's blog. She's a sweet Texas girl with a GREAT eye for decorating, a terrific sense of humor, a beautiful flower garden and three adorable dogs, one of which she and her husband rescued!

Bo I'll leave you my email address on your last blog post.

Flight Attendant Friday

2009-04-18T15:47:00.009-05:00

Hey everyone......not much to report this week, plus I'm running a little late for Flight Attendant Friday.

. I worked a three day trip (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) with LA and Sacremento overnights. We were delayed getting into LA so I just met my crew for dinner and got to bed early. I was able to lay out by the pool in Sacramento for a couple of hours on Thursday.

Betcha didn't know that in Burbank California the airport doesn't have jet bridges so we load with airstairs. We board from the front and back of the airplane. Here's a picture I took standing on the front airstairs looking towards the back of the plane. I LUV our planes, I think they are soooooo cute!!!!

I took this shot standing on the back airstairs looking up at the tail.

My favorite picture I took this week was of Lake Tahoe, taken from my peep hole in the aft galley.

I LUV MY JOB!!!!

See I told you not much going on. Sometimes I need those kinda weeks! LOL

If you haven't left a comment about my giveaway go over right now and do so. The deadline is 8:00 CST. tonight. Check back tomorrow to see who won. Good Luck everyone.

I LUV MY BLOGGY FRIENDS!!!

Until next week.........stay safe in your travels!

Easter Fun

2009-04-13T13:21:00.021-05:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. We certainly did. We drove to Little Rock yesterday morning and attended church with Cortney, Ryan and the boys. After church we went to their house for lunch. Cortney and Casey prepared the most fabulous meal for us. Heavenly ham, sweet potato casserole, green beans, broccoli cornbread and strawberry cake. After lunch we hid easter eggs (in the house, because of the rain) and the boys had fun looking for them. Here are a few pictures from yesterday.

Trying to get a shot of all three boys at the same time is never easy! I'm not sure where Ridge thinks he's going. LOL
Cade and Reid in their easter outfits. Light blue linen shirts and khaki linen shorts.

Little Ridgers

Cade and his eggs

Cade and Reid looking for prizes inside the eggs

Cade putting the loot in his pockets

Hey girlies, if you haven't signed up for my giveaway there's still time!

Happy Easter

2009-04-11T22:00:00.004-05:00

He is risen!

Flight Attendant Friday

2009-04-09T16:06:00.013-05:00

Three things you NEVER want to see at the airport!

1. Parking spaces labeled........DOA!!! YIKES!

2. A sick engine! Double YIKES!!!

3. Two ditsy blonds in the cockpit!! Double-triple YIKES!!!

Have a FABULOUS weekend!!

Until next week.......stay safe in your travels!

It's a Springtime Giveaway!

2009-04-06T12:10:00.022-05:00

OK girls, it's time for a giveaway. Oh, I just LUV a giveaway and I'm really excited about this one!!! It's time to get out the lawn furniture, swept off your back porch, get your CD player out, find your favorite Jimmy Buffett CD, and crank up the grill....... cause it's grillin' time!! YIPPEE!!!

I don't about y'all but I LUV kabobs and oh how I do LUV grilled veggies. So here ya go......a set of four Circle Kabobs, a Vegetable Grill Basket and a couple of dishtowels.

All ya have to do to be entered is leave a comment. If you are a follower of my blog on my sidebar I am going to enter your name twice (if you are not signed up as a follower be sure and sign up) and to get three entries just mention my giveaway on your blog. Deadline for entering will be 8:00 p.m. Central time on Saturday, April 18th. Good Luck! Please be sure and leave me a note in your comment on how I can reach you in the event you win. Oh, and if you plan on putting my giveaway on your blog let me know so I can put THREE more entries in for you!!!

And now for some tasty recipes to use in case you win.

Grilled Asparagus

1 lb. fresh asparagus spears
1 T. olive oil

Salt & pepper to tast

Pre-heat grill on high.

Lightly coat asparagus with oil

Season with salt and pepper

(I also like to sprinkle a little garlic salt on mine)

Grill over high heat for 2 to 3 minutes or to desired tenderness.

Steak Kabobs

1 1/2 t. sugar

1/3 c. soy sauce

1 t. ginger

3 T. oil

1 clove garlic, minced

1 lbs steak, cut into pieces

cherry tomatoes

whole mushrooms

onions

green peppers

Combine first five ingredients in a bowl. Add steak and marinade in refridgerator overnight. Alternate meat and veggies on skewer. Grill until done.

Good Luck my friends!

Flight Attendant Friday

2009-04-03T08:35:00.022-05:00

Can I say, I think I've gone a little crazy lately! I mean hey, I usually work nine days a month ok!!! I've have worked five days in the past seven........WHOA!!! THAT'S BIG, REALLY BIG!!! I worked a three day Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Came home Monday night and at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday I was back on the dirty bird headed to Dallas to start a two day on Wednesday. Hey, I had to do it. It's hard to pass up VJA pay(time and a half) which my company offers every month on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd. I NEVER luck into VJA......well, I did this month and boy did I pay for it. Here's a quick run down!

First downfall......3:45 wakeup call! Ugh! But that's ok......VJA!!! However, the people in the next room to me in the hotel obviously didn't have a 3:45 wakeup call because I'm tellin ya, they partied it up all night. I called three different times on them and the manager kept sending security up to have them hold it down. Yeah right. That lasted about 2 seconds after security left. They continued to party and I continued to stay awake. Y'all I did not sleep one minute all night. But that's ok.......VJA! I finally got up, got dressed, went down stairs to catch the van over to the airport. When I get downstairs to check out of the hotel, the manager on duty says, "good morning, how are you". Can I say, WRONG QUESTION! To which I reply, "not too good". Then he realizes.....OOPS, WRONG QUESTION! He apoligizes and refunds my money. Ok, I'm gonna survive this, after all it just a two day! VJA!!

I get to the airport, go to the lounge check in for my trip and one of our Supervisors walks over to me and says, "hey Becky, I'm going with you girls this morning and I'll be doing a check ride on you". To which I am thinking, oh great! But it's a quick one hour flight to Houston, I can do this after all it's VJA!!! (We get check rides once a year by a supervisor, they ride along with us and make sure we basically know our job and can perform our duties correctly) By the way I did great!

We push back from Dallas at 6:15, it's still dark outside, I'm all buckled in my jumpseat and my supervisor is sitting on the back row. It's a normal take off, the cabin is nice and dark and I have my eyes closed. No big deal. After we reach 10,000 feet, I get up and start setting up for juice and coffee when my (A) flight attendant comes back and asks me if I noticed the seat belt signs blinking on take off and I reply "no, I had my eyes closed". She goes back up front and I continue to set up for service. After setting up, I step into the aft lavatory and as I'm doing my business the lav lights start blinking on and off......now that was freaky, I actually felt like I was under a strobe light and I needed to break out into a disco dance. As I step out of the lav, both of my fellow workers are standing there and I tell them the lav lights were blinking and my (A) says, yup, we're having problems and we are turning around and heading back to Dallas with a broken plane. Oh, ok, whatever. Long story short we land back into Dallas 47 minutes after leaving Dallas. We change planes and continue our day and after all that we end up in Lubbock 20 minutes early!!!

Yesterday morning we leave Lubbock and head back to Dallas and then on to Houston. My (C) flight attendant and I were standing in the back galley getting our second trays ready to take out into the cabin when we both experienced a strange sensation. It was like pressure really pushing our bodies downward. I could tell by the expression on her face she had expericenced it too! We are both like that was weird and she says, "ya know there are suppose to be some strong wind shears"........and the next thing I know clear air turbulence hits and I'm thrown on the floor and she is tossed across the cabin. As soon as I hit the floor I start scooting backwards into the cabin part of the plane where I hang on for dear life to the armrest on the last row of seats. Thank goodness one of our employees was sitting in that seat and she has both hands on my shoulders keeping me on the floor. It last about 8 - 10 minutes and after it was over I crawl to the jump seat and sit down with my (C), where she is sitting and wondering how she knicked her finger. We are both fine, I'm a little sore today, but hey its was for VJA!!!

I will have to say the best part of my trip was yesterday. Lori front row, right and her friends were celebrating her 50th birthday and they were headed to New York to have some birthday fun. We gave her a bottle of champagne and I sang "Happy Birthday" to her. They were going to the "Today's Show" and looky who I saw this morning on TV.........

Lori and the girls!

Please bear with me while I get on my soapbox for a minute. If you are flying.......please, please stay seated with your seatbelt fastened at all times, especially if the fasten seatbelt sign is on. No matter how turbulent it is, if you are seated you will be fine. If you are not seated you can be seriously injured or even killed. It's no laughing matter. Y'all I see people EVERYDAY get up and bring their children to the lavatory , when the seatbelt sign is on and the captain has asked US to be seated. We asked them to please return to their seats and we tell them over and over you could get hurt. It kills me when they say, "but little Bobby has to go to the bathroom, I don't want him to wet his pants". Well parents, I'd rather have little Bobby wet his pants, than to have to see a parent carry an injuried or even worse, a dead child off an airplane.

TURBULENCE CAN KILL!!!!

Until next week.......stay safe in your travels!

A Shout Out To Canon

2009-03-31T11:09:00.005-05:00

I purchased a new Canon Power Shot A1000is at the end of December. As luck would have it I dropped it in the airport a couple of weeks ago and broke it. RATS!!!! But wait.......Go Canon!!! I'm tellin ya I was devastated! The reason being is my camera is truly a part of my being. You know how us bloggers are, can't even go to the bathroom without our camera's for fear we might miss a good blog topic. LOL LOL

Anywoo, I called the 800 number on my Canon booklet and had expected I would be getting my panties in a wad with the customer service agent. YEP, I was ready for him or her. Well let me tell you I am 55 years old and it was the most pleasant experience I've had in a loooooong time. Dave was such a friendly, helpful guy. I told him what had happened and he asked me a couple of questions, told me what to to and where to send the camera. I sent the camera to Canon by UPS last Monday and yesterday when I got home my camera was lying on the table. ONE WEEK Y'ALL. Now that is customer service.

This is my first Canon......it takes wonderful pictures, I love all the funtions it has to offer and I know if I have problems, they will offer me GREAT customer service. Girls if you hadn't had to deal with customer service lately.......IT USUALLY STINKS. Kudos to Canon!!!

Now that I have my camera back I can take a picture of my giveaway items. YEP, it's a giveaway and I think you're gonna love it. So stay tuned.

Flight Attendant Friday

2009-03-26T22:00:00.000-05:00

Just a few of the things I LUV about my job.

I LUV getting almost as excited as my passengers when we are bringing them into Ft. Lauderdale to board a cruise ship for seven days. You can see some of the cruise ships in the background of the picture above. There were seventeen ships docked in Ft. Lauderdale March 14th. Southwest added ten additional flights that day alone for this city.

I LUV that I was NOT working any flights out of Ft. Lauderdale on March 14th. Can you imagine trying to get your luggage checked and getting thru security. If you've ever been on a cruise, they kick you off the ship about 8:00 a.m. and your flight might not be until that afternoon.

I LUV that I have a job where I can lay out at the pool.......

Look up at the beautiful blue sky, watch the palm trees swaying in the breeze and not have a care in the world.

I LUV that I have a job where I can step out onto the balcony after waiting on peeps all day and see a beautiful sunset.........

Or step out onto the balcony and be able to watch the space shuttle "Discovery" blast off into the wild blue yonder like I did on March 15th in Tampa.

I LUV my job!!!

Day 4 & 6 THE MAGIC KINGDOM!

2009-03-26T09:27:00.021-05:00

You always know you've arrived at the Magic Kingdom when you see Mickey's face in the flower bed!

And then there's Cinderella's castle in all her glory. Love this picture with Reid and Cade seeing the castle for the first time.

How about a little Dumbo......

And of course the Tea Cups are a must!

Pop and Ridge soakin it all in. This sweet baby had a smile on his face the entire week.

Reid and Cade's favorite ride with Buzz Light Year! TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!

Gotta have a picture of Pop and Mimi with the castle in the background and I especially love the designs they are able to make out of the hedges.

It's a Small World after all!

Cort and Reid flying high on the Peter Pan ride.

Sweet boys!

Our smallest "Musketeer"!

Six days and still full of energy!

Thanks Ryan for planning our "Magical" vacation! Can't wait until next year to do it all again. Wait a minute......who said that!

Day 3 Epcot - Day 5 Hollywood Studios

2009-03-25T20:05:00.019-05:00

Sunday was Epcot day.

The boys looked so cute in the Mickey Mouse ears and Cade wore his sunglasses everyday.

Debbie (Cortney's MIL), Cort and myself in front of Spaceship Earth. I love how the sun was reflecting on SE.

Tuesday we spent the day at Hollywood Studios.

I have no clue what we were getting ready for here......I just know it was 3-D (sorry for the memory lapse).

Cade and Reid with one of the Power Rangers. Cade was soooooo shy.

Me and my new boyfriend, Sulley.

Auntie Claire was our waitress at the 50's Prime Time Cafe. We had the most fun at this restaurant. The inside looked like your grandma's house back in the 50's.

The food was delish here and doesn't it remind you of the 50's. Too cool!

Day Two - Animal Kingdom

2009-03-21T19:45:00.026-05:00

The second day of our trip was spent at Animal Kingdom.

Here's Reid and Cade waiting for the bus to pick us up at our resort and take us to Animal Kingdom.

Of course Ridge was all smiles and ready to go!

The first ride on our agenda was the Triceratops Spin.

Pop showing out.

Ryan, Cortney, Alvin and Roger a little on edge about riding Expedition Everest!

My favorite part of Animal Kingdom was Kilimanjaro Safari. If you've never done this......well, it's a must. The animals are amazing and so is the scenery.

The giraffes were running across the road in front of the truck.

Isn't the scenery amazing.

This guy was taking it easy....thank goodness. I'm glad he wasn't looking for dinner as we passed.

Festival of the Lion King. We all loved this show, Ridge woke up from his nap during the show and would not stop watching. The music of course was from the Lion King and dancing were terrific!

Reid, Cortney, Ridge, Goofy, Ryan and Cade

I wanted to get a picture of Expedition Everest. It was so strange to see a snow covered mountian in the middle of Palm trees.

There's nothing like Mickey Mouse ears and Mickey Mouse ice cream on a fun filled day!

Of course, there's a parade at most every park at least once a day and we didn't miss a one. Here's Minnie and her polka dotted jeep (wish I had one just like it).

And here's Donald. Cade and Reid really loved the parades!

There's nothing like ending a day at Animal Kingdom with a dip in the pool.....even when your lips are blue and your teeth are chattering from the cold water.

Pop and Cade before lights out. Another big day tomorrow!

Day one - arrival

2009-03-21T15:35:00.021-05:00

Boy time sure flys when your having fun! Speaking of flying.......looky here who flew us over to Orlando! Captain Reid and First Officer Cade. Hey guys, that sure was a smooth flight and talk about a great landing.....way to go boys!!!

After arriving in Orlando, we hopped right on our bus and rode over to our home for the next six days......the Carribbean Beach Resort at Disney World. After unpacking, it was time to head on over to the Contemporary Hotel to Chef Mickey's where the boys enjoyed having their pictures made with all the Disney Characters.

Poor Cade he's such a shy little guy and the expressions on his face certainly express how he feels about Mickey.

This picture tickles me to death. Little Ridge never knew Donald was squatting beside him, he never quit chewing on his toy long enough to turn his head. Too funny!

Once again Cade's shyness is evident, he's really hanging on to his daddy's shirt. Reid was such a trooper no shyness with him..........

or his Mimi. Wonder who he gets it from!

Again......no clue! LOL!!

The food at Chef Mickey's was buffet style and was delicious. The desserts weren't to shabby either. You know how us bloggers are........gotta have a picture of the food.

After dinner we stepped out on the balcony of the Contemporary and watched the fireworks over Cinderella's castle. Afterwards it was back to the Carribbean Beach resort and lights off! Gotta big day ahead tomorrow!

EXHAUSTED!!!

2009-03-18T16:49:00.003-05:00

Hey everyone.....we're back and the above picture is self explanatory! We got back from Disney World last Thursday afternoon. I left Friday for Dallas to start a three day trip on Saturday, got home Monday night at 6:00, repacked, flew to Houston last night to start a two day trip today! WHEW!!!!! Right now I am sitting in my hotel room drinking a cup of hot tea and looking out my window at the Golden Gate bridge as I post. We had a wonderful time with the kiddos and I have lots of pictures to share. But first, I need to be home in a quiet place so I can collect my thoughts before I start sharing Disney with you guys. Just wanted to let y'all know.... I AM ALIVE and I will be back with you before long. Take care and I've missed you all

We're headed to Disney

2009-03-04T18:40:00.007-06:00

Hey girls! I'm gonna be off the air for about a week. We are headed to the land of Mickey and Minnie with the grands in tow. You girls hold the fort down while I'm gone and I'll return with many stories and pictures to share........I'm sure.

Spring is in the air or is it

2009-03-01T08:00:00.007-06:00

I love March!!! In like a lion and out like a lamb. Well the lion reared his head about 9 last night and we woke to his roar this morning. However, it only appears he meowed instead of roared. LOL!

The sun is shining brightly and the high for today in the 50's. Need I say I'm just tickled........

How about you?

Flight Attendant Friday

2009-02-25T17:24:00.028-06:00

I LUV our "red belly money makers". That's what we call our Luv jets. I wanted to share a few pictures of our "specialty" planes this week. Southwest only flies Boeing 737's. We have over 500 planes in our fleet. We have 25, 737-500's which seat 122 passengers. The rest of our fleet are 737-300's and 737-700's, which both seat 137 passengers. The Federal Aviation Administration requires one flight attendant for every fifty passengers.

Most of our planes are painted canyon blue, red and orange. You will notice on the wings we have winglets. Winglets are 8 ft. tall and have been installed to help save fuel.

California One

Shamu (We have three Shamu's)

New Mexico One

Nevada One

Lone Star One

Arizona One

Maryland One

Our NBA plane

Illinois One

And our latest - Sports Illustrated "Swimsuit" plane

Only at Southwest Airlines, where we are a little zany would you find an airplane with a display of a Sports Illustrated model wearing a bikini.

I hoped you enjoyed my quick post tonight. It's been a crazy week and I have a three day trip starting in the morning, with a 4:00 a.m. wake up call.

Until next week......stay safe in your travels.

Flight Attendant Friday

2009-02-19T20:12:00.011-06:00

You know if you are a flight attendant if:

1. You can eat a 4 course meal standing at the kitchen counter

2. You search for a button to flush the toilet

3. You look for the "crew line" at the grocery store

4. You can pack for a 2 week trip to Europe in 1 roll aboard

5. All of your pens have different hotel names on them

6. You NEVER unpack

7. You can recognize pilots by the back of their heads-but not their faces

8. You can tell from 70 yards away if a piece of luggage will fit in the overhead bin

9. You care about the local news in a city three states away

10. You can tie a neck scarf 36 different ways

11. You know at least 25 uses for air sickness bags-none of which pertain to vomit

12. You understand and actually use the 24-hour clock

13. You own 2 sets of uniforms: fat and thin

14. You don't think in "months"-you think in "bid packs"

15. You always point with two fingers

16. You get a little too excited by certain types of ice

17. You stand at the front door and politely say "Buh, bye, thanks, have a nice day" when someone leaves your home

18. You can make a sentence using all the following phrases: "At this time," "For your safety," "Feel free," and "As a reminder"

19. You know what's on the cover of the current issues of In Touch, Star, and People magazines

20. You stop and inspect every fire extinguisher you pass, just to make sure the "gauge is in the green"

21. Your thighs are covered in bruises from armrests and elbows

22. You wake up and have to look at the hotel stationery to figure out where you are

23. You refer to cities by their airport codes

24. Every time the doorbell rings you look at the ceiling

25. You actually understand every item on this list

And one final thing. Looky who was on my flight a few months ago. He was so nice! Have I told you guys lately how much......I LOVE MY JOB!!!

Becky, George Lopez and Cindy (Lou)

Until next week........stay safe in your travels!

Hi Van!

Another reason I love this guy

2009-02-14T08:37:00.016-06:00

After thirty-seven years and seventy-four Valentine Cards

My hero never ceases to amaze me
Here's a few pictures of my Valentine breakfast he cooked for me this morning.

Yummy bacon!

Getting creative with the strawberry jelly

Look at these biscuits (yes, they are homemade)

Is he not adorable!

Happy Valentine's Day! Be sure and hug someone you love today!

Flight Attendant Friday

2009-02-12T20:26:00.010-06:00

One of my favorite things about my job is getting to fly with my daughter Casey. Casey and I worked a two-day trip together this week with an overnight in Little Rock. As soon as we landed in Little Rock and got checked into our hotel we headed over to Cortney's where we spent the afternoon visiting with Cortney and the grands.

Another favorite thing about my job is occasionally my hero joins me on my trip. Yesterday not only did my hero join us, but our son-in-law Josh did as well. They took us to eat at the Flying Fish. Josh had asked Casey earlier in the afternoon what we were going to do last night and Casey replied, "eat and sleep". Yeah Josh, some of us have to get up at 4:00 a.m. while others get to sleep in. But that's how we roll at Southwest. Early to bed, early up!

In our professional we have what is known as A.M.er's and P.M.er's. As for me, I am a total A.M.er, which means I only work trips that begin early. Morning time is my favortie time of the day, especially at 37,000 ft. It's so peaceful! I have seen some of the most beautiful sun rises. This is the sunrise this morning after we left Little Rock, heading to St. Louis.

We had the most incredible view of the Arch as we were descending into St. Louis this morning.

I'm sorry my post is so short this week. I just got in from my trip a couple of hours ago and I am pooped. I told my hero a few minutes ago, I had 6 take offs and 6 landings today and that's pretty exhausting to say the least. The cities I flew threw this week were: Dallas to Little Rock yesterday. This morning we left Little Rock flew to St. Louis, Louisville, Chicago, Kansas City, and Dallas. Then I kissed Casey goodbye and hopped on my flight to Little Rock and she hopped on her flight to Tulsa.

Until next week........stay safe in your travels.

Lucky Me

2009-02-10T14:47:00.013-06:00

Oh, I beg you please don't hate me.......but Lou and I hit the JACKPOT last Thursday!!! We went to Lucky's and oh boy looky here what I bought.

This clock is HUGE!!!!
Cha- Ching......$10.00

Oh sukie....is this not the cutest chair ever!!! Here's the front view. And......

Here's the back view

Cha-Ching.....$40 smackaroos

A set of mocha colored 16 piece set of dishes (I've been wanting some of those cute square plates). Well, I want no more.

A mere $8.00

New garden lantern

$3.00 bucks

I know, I know, it's crazy. I only have one question.

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH ALL THESE CHAIRS I'VE BEEN BUYING!!!

Grand total

Drum roll please.........

$61.00 and some change

Now, remember this table I bought at Lucky's a couple of months ag0 for $15.

Well, look how amazing a .99 cent can of spray paint can make it look.

Good eats and a couple of awards

2009-02-08T21:39:00.015-06:00

Have you girls every tried stuffed jalapenos? Well, if not you must. My hero fixed us some last night and let me tell you now they were YUMMO!!! They are soooooo quick and easy. Here's the recipe:

1 lb. sausage
1 block cream cheese
1/2 cup to a cup grated parmesan cheese
15 t0 20 jalapenos

(WARNING) make sure you wash your hands after you handle the peppers.

Wash peppers, cut in half, remove seeds and membrane. Brown sausage and drain. Mix sausage, cream cheese and parmesan cheese. Stuff mixture in jalapenos.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes check on them.....you may want to cook a little longer. The pepper is suppose to be soft.

Kyla gave me this "Life is Grand" award and I'm suppose to list five reasons my life is "grand".

1. Life is grand because I have been married to the love of my life for 36 years and I can't imagine what my life would have been like without my hero.

2. Life is grand because of my two beautiful daughters that have always made me sooooo proud.

3. Life is grand because someone invented chapstick so my lips wouldn't be chapped after spending the day kissing on those three precious grandsons.

4. Life is grand because I live only five minutes from my mom and we have a wonderful relationship.

5. Life is grand because I have always be fortunate to have many, many friends, not only in real life but in blogland!

Thanks Kyla

Kayla and Jacquie both gave me the above award.......thanks girls.

"These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find friends and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships will be propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly- written text into the body of their award."

I want to pass both these awards along to all my blog friends!

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and let's all go out and have a fabulous week!

Flight Attendant Friday

2009-02-05T20:11:00.018-06:00

I cannot believe it is already Friday again.....time sure flys when you're having fun!

The above picture is of my "crashpad" in Baltimore. After I graduated from inflight training I was assigned Baltimore (BWI) as my base. Southwest has eight has bases. They are Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Oakland, Chicago, Baltimore, Phoenix and Orlando.

I was based in Baltimore for three and a half years. My daughter Casey, and my neice, Cindy were also based at BWI during the same time as me.

Crashpads are where flight attendants and pilots live when they do not live in the same city as they are based. We had the greatest group of (23) girls in our crashpad. We actually lived in a small town just outside of Baltimore called Linticum. It was about five minutes from the airport. Our landlord which is a Captain for SWA negotiated a cab fare to and from the airport of $4.00 with a local cab company or you could ride the lightrail for about $1.50 and it was only two blocks from our house. Linticum is a quaint little town and there are tons of commuting pilots and flight attendants that live there. It's nothing to look out and see a pilot or flight attendant pulling their rollerbag down main street.

As you can see in the above picture, the house is an older house. It has three floors. Each floor had a bathroom and a kitchen. It had been refurbished inside and really felt like home away from home. Each bedroom had 4 bunkbeds, everyone had their own bed and no one had to share. You're probably thinking how in the world could you keep your sanity living in a house with 23 woman. It's easy. You see, we all worked different schedules, different times and days of the week. A big night at the crashpad usually consisted of a maximum of six girls. And one more thing, the company doesn't pay for our crashpad......our rent was $165.00 each per month. The do however, pay for our hotels when we overnight on the job. Thank goodness!

Casey (my daughter), Cindy Lou (my neice), Maryjane, Ruth and Ashley (First Officier)

Becky, Casey, Ashley, Cindy Lou and Loyette

I loved being based in Baltimore and I miss being there. However, it is sooooo much easier flying out of Dallas. When we were based in Baltimore we would block our days together so we didn't have to commute but twice a month. We would work six days at a time and then we were off ten to eleven days at a time. It is exhausting flying six days in a row and I was sick more often with ear infections than I am now. I've been flying out of Dallas for a little over a year and a half and I only work two to three days a week or less. Now Dallas is not a big commuter base like Baltimore is. Most flight attendants live there. There are no crashpads so what we do now is, we either fly to Dallas the night before our trip if we have an early check-in and spend the night at a hotel or if we have a commutable trip which means we have a late check-in we get to spend an extra night at home and get up early, drive to Little Rock, catch the first flight out to Dallas at 7:15 a.m., check-in when we get to Dallas and immediately start our trip.

I know it sounds like a crazy life to you girls, but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I truly feel in my heart that a job like this only comes around but once in a lifetime and I feel sooooooo blessed that it came around in mine when it did.

I hope I've given you a little insight as to how a crashpad works. Remember, if you have any questions please don't hesitate. I'm keeping all your questions and someday I'll have a question/ answer session.

Until next week.........stay safe in your travels.

Lucky's

2009-02-05T08:54:00.015-06:00

Aren't these the cutest dishes. My momma bought them last week at Lucky's for my sister for only $3.00.......for the entire set!

I love the painted flowers.......I believe it they may be Forsythia's, but I'm not sure.

And look what momma bought for me.....aren't they adorable? I had been looking at them for a couple of weeks and I finally decided they needed a home. So Lucky let me have them for $3.00 as well. I got 4 cups, 4 saucers and 4 dessert plates.

Just look at this precious design!

Of course I had to take them for a test drive with some delicous Lemon Ginseng Green tea and my momma's banana nut cranberry muffins. Can you say YUMMO!

Momma and I are headed to Lucky's as soon as I can get dressed and out the door. Hopefully we will get Lucky today and I'll get to show you my wonderful finds.

Oh, and one more thing. Let's not forget to continue to pray for Harper, Kelley and Scott. Harper is getting to go home today......PRAISE THE LORD!

This weeks trip

2009-02-02T16:13:00.012-06:00

I started my three day trip this week on Sunday morning. Our first leg from Dallas was to Albuquerque and continued on to Salt Lake City. A group of ladies boarded the plane and I could tell they were going somewhere fun. As one of the ladies passed me she whispered, "it's the lady in the black sweaters 50th birthday". Well, in that case let's get the party started........
This is Mary and her bunko buddies for the past 15 years were taking her snow sking in Utah. They sat in the back of the airplane and since we only had 50 something passengers on the flight I had time to visit with them. I'm not sure how much you guys know about Southwest Airlines, but it makes me proud to work for them.......we have a blast on board. They not only allow us, but encourage us to be ourselves. So during the flight one of my co-workers and I made Mary a "Diva" crown out of packs of peanuts and our heart shaped stir sticks and I sang Happy Birthday to her and we presented her with a bottle of champagne. Mary was tickled pink and said she had never had so much fun on a flight!

Here are a couple of pictures I took on our decent into Utah yesterday. The mountains are soooooo beautiful this time of the year. When you click on the pictures to enlarge it looks as if you could reach out and touch the mountain tops.

The picture below was taken this afternoon in the Sacramento airport. I have been wanting to take a picture of this luggage for almost five years now.......well today was the day. One of my co-workers wanted to take the picture at this angle to look as if I were holding the luggage up. I thought it turned out really cute.

I'm in California today and it's sunny and in the 80's, quite different from Arkansas. When our hotel shuttle pulled into the driveway this afternoon these little beauties were there to greet us. Poppies are one of my favorite flowers........there were orange, yellow and red ones.

I'll be making my way back to Arkansas tomorrow afternoon by way of Sacramento, Las Vegas, Austin, Dallas and finally jumping on my commute home to Little Rock to see my hero.

Flight Attendant Friday

2009-01-29T21:49:00.010-06:00

Ok, let's talk briefly about training. As I stated a couple of weeks ago training was tough. It's probably one of the hardest things I've ever been through in my life. It's intense, but at the same time fun and very interesting.

The title flight attendant or stewardess as I call myself (I think it's a funny word) comes with GREAT responsibilities. During the 3 1/2 week training we learn how to evacuate an airplane in 90 seconds or less, emergency equipment, where's it's located and the operation of each piece. We also learn about CPR, first aid, security,hazmat and customer care.

Janet and yours truly

Janet was my best friend in training and we were inseparable. We studied together from sun up to sun down. We laughed together and cried together. You don't get much sleep.....maybe four hours a night. I truly don't know if I could have made it through without her.

This is Poole. Poole is a full size fuselage of a Boeing 737. We did our unplanned emergencies on Poole and we also got to slide down the slide which was way too much fun!

We had to practice setting our trays up. We don't use carts (thank goodness).

The best thing about training was my beautiful daughter Casey pinning my wings.

Thanks baby girl!

Until next week.......stay safe in your travels.

I found the beauty a little late

2009-01-28T17:38:00.020-06:00

Guess where I've been! Do you give up? If you guessed in the dark.......you are right!!! And I didn't like it, not even one little bit. Sis, I found absolutely no beauty there. I guess I should tell you if you missed yesterdays post you should probably stop right here and read it or this will make no since. We lost power yesterday afternoon around 4:00.

The first thing I want you to do with these first two pictures is enlarge them and go back to yesterdays post and enlarge the first two pictures and compare the difference. OH MY WORD!!!! I couldn't even believe it myself. The news said this was the worst ice storm since 1932! Ok, let's go find the beauty..........

Above Picture: Hard to believe this is the same picture I took yesterday morning. Remember I was trying to find the beauty in it........well as I look back today on the picture I took yesterday, yesterdays picture truly was beautiful and I didn't even realize it until today. This makes me a little sad.

Picture below: Remember how full this tree was in yesterday's picture. Yeah it was beautiful yesterday too, but again I didn't realize it until today.

There's one of my garden angels.....bless her heart I'm just glad she survived this big ole limb!

This is one shot of the back of our house and another garden angel still in tact.

Here's some of today's beauty. The sun was amazing today!

More beauty.......Farmers Electric. Thanks guys, you're the best!

Our neighbors flag even survived the war zone!

This is the best beauty of them all.
(Lights on)

All in all we're safe, we're warm, the electricity is on and the poppy seed chicken is in the oven......now that's beautiful!

I hope everyone has a wonderful night and I truly hope you all found some beauty in your lives today.

Trying to find the beauty

2009-01-27T11:32:00.033-06:00

They said it would come.......and it did! Our annual ICE STORM arrived during the wee hours of the morning.

My sister and I recently had a conversation about not liking winter.......AT ALL! So now she is trying to find the beauty in all things winter. Well, sissy.......if you are reading my blog today I hope you are enjoying your abundant sunshine and your 70 degree weather while I am sitting HERE trying to find the beauty. Let's see......the beauty of this big ole tree is .........no branches broke off and poked my eye out while I was taking this picture.

The beauty here is........I didn't fall and crack my skull open while running from a falling branch which landed on top of our house. WHEW! That was a close one!

It won't be long until this Crepe Myrtle will have big ole pink blooms.

Now she's a beauty.

I found it! The beauty today.......a hot cup of cocoa, a warm fire, a laptop computer and warm flannel jammies. Aaaaah!

And he has no clue! Other than BEAUTY sleep. HA!

So what beauty have you girls found today.

By the way, it sounds like a war zone outside. The branches are breaking right and left and hitting the top of our house and our lights are blinking on and off. So if you don't hear from me for a couple of days it's because I'm trying to find the beauty......... in the dark!

This post brought to you by the letter "J"

2009-01-25T08:17:00.028-06:00

Faith was participating in a fun tag a few days ago, where you are assigned a letter of the alphabet and had to come up with things that you love that starts with the letter you were assigned. I decided to play so Faith assigned me the letter "J". At first I wasn't sure I could come up with any.......other than Jesus, of course that was the first thing that came to mind. Anywho, once I started thinking about it, I has soooooo many I had to eliminate a few so I wouldn't run you guys off. HA!!

This really has been fun, so if you want to play let me know and I will assign you a letter.

Jesus

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, for whosoever believeth in him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16

Jammies
There's nothing better than coming home from a long day at work and sliding into these babies! Can I get an amen!

Jets
Oh mercy, there's nothing more exhilarating than blasting thru the air at 560 miles per hour in an aluminum tube! WOO HOO!

Jeans
Jeans, jeans, jeans, you can NEVER have too many pair. I like low riders just like these because they make these short legs of mine look a little longer.

Jelly Beans
I LOVE Gourmet Jelly Beans! My favorite flavor.....grapefruit.

Junk Food

I'm reeeeeeeally trying hard not to participate in my addiction to junk food this year! It sure is hard tough!

Jimmy Buffet
Aaaaah sukie.......I LOVE me some Jimmy! He is playing at all times on our outdoor CD player. If we are outside grilling, weeding or just relaxing, Jimmy is right there with us.

June & July

Can I get another amen! I am one happy camper during these months!

Jewelry

OK......another addiction of mine! Can't live without my fashion jewelry....the bigger the better!

Jamaica

Love me some Jamaica mon!

Jackets

Can't have too many of these!

Jalapenos

And last, but not least.......I truly love stuffed jalapenos!

In my next life

2009-01-24T11:04:00.010-06:00

I received this from a friend and had to share.

(Click on image to enlarge)

Flight Attendant Friday

2009-01-22T22:35:00.007-06:00

I cannot believe another Friday has rolled around and it's time for "Flight Attendant Friday" again. I hope you're not to disappointed.......I've had a really bad last 24 hours. I flew to Dallas Tuesday afternoon because I had recurrent training on Wednesday. All went really well. Recurrent was good. I was able to catch the 3:15 p.m. flight back to Little Rock and I arrived at home about 6:00. My hero had a WONDERFUL dinner prepared for me and all was well.......until I turned my computer on. GROWL!!!! There were lines and stripes all over my screen. I nearly went into a tail spin. I called Best Buy and they say it sounds like my LCD screen was going out. OK, how much! Probably $500. WHAT!!!! No way.....oh yes, way!

Anywoo......guess who has a new computer tonight. Long story short.......I travel with my computer everytime I work. It makes me feel connected to home and I NEVER, EVER let it out of my sight. I carry it in a padded bag inside another bag with a shoulder strap and I never let the shuttle driver put in back with crew luggage, it always rides up front with me and I also never put it in the overhead bin. I always put it in the flight attendant storage when I'm on the plane.

WELL, yesterday I was in a tiz and stuck it in my roller bag, yep I did it and a sweet pilot offered to place my luggage up in the overhead bin and yep I let him! Well, you know the rest. It's history, broken beyond repair......my mistake and sometimes mistakes are costly. So after a quick trip to Little Rock and $800 poorer here I am again with a NEW computer that will NEVER be touched by another soul other than me! LOL!

OK, now that I have that off my chest. I was going to talk about training this week, however, it's getting late so I thought I would leave you with one of the perks of my job.........

My neice Cindy, Taylor Swift & me

Ya never know who ya might run into. And let me tell you she is a DOLL!!! This was taken about 2 years ago. We picked Taylor up in Nashville and took her to Baltimore where she was opening I believe in Pennsylvania the next night for George Strait. She's come along way since then, hasn't she?

Until next week..........stay safe in your travels!

What I'm enjoying today

2009-01-20T11:08:00.006-06:00

It may only be 30 degrees here today.......but I sure am enjoying the sunshine!

However......I'm still missing the warmth of the sun that brings the beautiful spring flowers.
How about you. What are you enjoying today?

I'm a little irritated

2009-01-18T21:37:00.013-06:00

Could someone please explain to me why people in our country are willing to pay $150 million for this............

When this little fellow will go to bed hungry tonight!

I DON'T GET IT!

I'm just a little irritated after reading how much was going to be spent on this Inauguration.

A reminder

2009-01-17T18:46:00.018-06:00

Yesterday morning we woke up to a temperature of 11 degrees.......wind chill minus 1. Brrrrrrrr! Alvin told me to go out and look at the pond. After seeing it, I thought hey there's something to blog about (I'm desperate here, ok).

Poor little fishies. I'm sure glad they can survive in this yucky weather. As for me......I can't stand it or winter or snow or ice or anything under 78 degrees. Alvin just noticed the ice in the pond is shaped like a heart! Aaaaaaah!

I keep reminding myself that before long this is what the pond will look like.......

And this is what the backyard will look like.

I CAN'T WAIT!!

How about you guys. Do you like cold or warm weather?

Please Pray for Harper

2009-01-16T22:37:00.006-06:00

Please pray for Kelly and her sweet baby Harper who was born this evening. Harper has been flown to Arkansas Children's Hospital due to complications.

Flight Attendant Friday

2009-01-16T00:00:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone! As I start my "Flight Attendant Friday" there are a couple things I want you guys to know:

1. If you ever want to ask me a question about my job, please feel free.

2. I am from the south and I speak and write like I'm from the south. I know how to speak correctly, but I like the humor in the way us southerns can throw things out there. So occasionally I'll be speaking southern as I'm telling stories.

3. I don't want you guys to EVER think I am bragging about my job. Because I love it so.....it may appear that I am bragging. I do brag about my company, it's a WONDERFUL company and I am BLESSED to be able to have such a wonderful job!

This afternoon I was thinking about how to start and I think I'll just start at the beginning. Now just so you know, I'm a hopper........yes, I hop from one subject to another so please bear with me. I maybe talking about safety one week and hop on over to celebrities the next week.

I turned 50, became a Mimi and was accepted to flight attendant training all in 2003. What's so strange about the flight attendant training part is that I was TERRIFIED to fly!! I MEAN TERRIFIED!!! You don't believe me do you? When I was accepted I wasn't even sure I could do it. I had flown several times before I went off to training but ONLY under DURESS!!!! Poor Alvin, bless his heart, when we would fly somewhere he would look out the window and try to get me to look out......NO WAY, ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! Everytime a bell would ding, I thought for sure we were going down! I know, I know.......pyscho girl here!

Off to training I go. Our training is three and a half weeks and held in Dallas. It's all paid for, except for dinner! We were also paid for training once we graduated.

To say training was hard is an understatement! OH MY GOSH!!!! If being a flight attendant were about passing out peanuts and drinks, they would have you pick up your peanuts and drinks in the jetway! The word flight attendant comes with a GREAT responsibility and that's another blog.

Until next week.......stay safe in your travels.

Please Pay Attention

2009-01-15T15:22:00.009-06:00

As I'm sitting here getting prepared to start my "Flight Attendant Friday" blog, US Airways #1549 headed to Charlotte, NC has crashed in the Hudson River. I'm very calm as I sit here and watch this breaking news. You ask "how can I be calm", because as flight attendants we are trained to remain calm and take control of the situation. At this time it appears all 148 passengers have been accounted for. Praise God! This brings me to a very important statement. Girls, when you are flying please, please, do me a favor......please pay attention to the briefing it could save your life!

What a wonderful week!

2009-01-14T21:49:00.015-06:00

I've had the most wonderful week! My sister has been visiting from Mississippi and to say we've had a "blast" would be an understatement. We have literally been on the go since I got in from my trip on Sunday afternoon and I'm pooped. She's leaving in the morning! After much pleading for her to stay, she insists she must get on with HER life. WHATEVER!!!!

Anyhoo, my momma turned 77 on Sunday and we celebrated her birthday at the Cookie Basket on Tuesday and looky who showed up.....those sweet daughters and two of the three grands!!!

Pop even suprised us and showed up too. He just can't stand the thought of me seeing those baby girls and baby boys without him. Isn't this the cutest picture of "baby Ridge". Hard to believe he will be 5 months old next week.

Today mom, Susie and I went to Conway to get my haircut and look at this adorable trench coat I found at Target. I have been wanting one for over a year now. I even found myself looking at the beachwear today and it's January. Hey a girl can dream can't she!

Last night mom and Susie were over and we were watching American Idol. Something was said about David Cook (ya know he is my all time favorite Idol) and I mentioned that I would like to have his CD. My hero (sitting on the couch with his loungy pants on) says, "do you want me to run to Walmart and get it for you". Me being the sweetheart that I am (ha) says, "absolutely not, but you can get it for me tomorrow if you want". Long story long, this afternoon when I get in from Conway my hero is already home. I come in the door and start rattling off about what kind of day it has been and how much fun we had had. I'm showing him what all I bought, went into the bathroom to potty (I know too much information) and say to him. "Hey, where's my David Cook CD" and he replys, "honey, I've been a little busy today". He goes into the den, sits down and I'm stirring around in the kitchen and notice he's been to Walmart for a paper run (paper towels, paper plates, toilet tissue, etc and I say, "looks like you went to Walmart today, so where's my David Cook CD" and he replys "you went shopping today, why didn't you pick it up". I'm thinking boy he's being grouchy (he's NEVER grouchy), so I walk over to him and start laughing and saying, "but you always spoil me and I thought YOU would pick it up". Then he mumbles something and once again I think, this is weird he's really acting strange, he must of had a bad day. So I walk over to my computer bend over to plug it in, stand up and SCREAM!!!

Yup, there it was in all it's glory!!! MY DAVID COOK CD!!!!! AAAAAAH!! MY HERO!!!

Looky who's getting to sleep in tonight. He's sooooo happy, I can hear him purring all the way over here. Ya'll don't leave your babies out in the cold for the next few nights. They need a nice warm place to sleep too!

Well, kiddos I'm heading off to bed. My sister is leaving early in the morning.......looks like I might get a couple of days of rest! No offense sissy, it's been a blast!

Oh, by the way. If Kelley from Arkansas who commented on my blog yesterday reads this. I have been trying to comment on your blog, but looks like your comments are blocked. Kelley if you are reading this post email me. My email address is on my profile page.

Also, I want to thank all you girlies who replied about being interested in reading about my job. I'm really excited about it and will get a post started hopefully on Friday.

Nighty night everyone! Sweet dreams!

Wolf Moon and a question

2009-01-12T10:52:00.005-06:00

Has anyone noticed the full moon the last few nights? OH MY WORD!!!!! It has been absolutely amazing. I picked up a three day trip which started on Friday morning, so as I backed out of my driveway at 5:00 a.m. (ouch) and I noticed this HUGE, BRIGHT moon......oh my goodness, it was stunning. It stayed right with me and guided me all the way to the airport. I was listening to the radio and the DJ's were talking about it as well. They were saying January moons are always the fullest and brightest of any other time of the year and they are called Wolf Moons. So when I got to the airport I googled up Wolf Moons and this is what I found out:

Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the name for the January full moon. Sometimes it was referred to as the old moon, or the moon after yule.

Ok, I know I made your day with this tidbit of useless information. Can you tell I'm blog worthy dead! HA!!!

By the way, I'm needing some feedback. I believe I've mentioned this before.....but I'll mention it again in case you missed it. When I started my blog it was to keep a journal of my travels and I have really strayed from the subject. Sooooooo, I was thinking I might take one day a week and blog about my job......my responsibilities, my overnights, some of the strange things that have happened to me at 37,000 feet, the celebrities I've met, so on and so forth. Here's what I need from you guys. Do you think you would be interested in knowing about my job. I mean people are intrigued about flight attendants (there's nothing really to be intrigued about especially when I have rubber gloves on and am cleaning pee up out of the floor or vomit off the rim of the commode), but I was intrigued before I started and it is a fun and interesting job.

So what do you think, anyone interested?

Living room by Lucky's

2009-01-07T22:18:00.009-06:00

Our trip to Lucky's this morning was a complete "bust". But I wanted to show you my neice "Cindy's (Lou)" living room. One half of her room has been completely furnished by bargains from Lucky's. (click to enlarge photos)

This is Lucky's half of the living room!
Lamps $20 each
Chair $20 ~ leather ottoman $15
Brown leather chair (are you ready for this) $50

End table $20

Total $145 WOW!!

Awards Day

2009-01-07T19:06:00.016-06:00

My sweet friend Jacquie gave me this beautiful a couple of weeks ago.

Blogs who receive this award are 'exceedingly charming' say its authors. This blog invests and believes in the PROXIMITY-nearness in space, time and relationships. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award

Susan has given me this adorable Lemonade award. Check out Susan's blog, she has only been blogging for a couple of months.

There aren't any rules to this award.......just show some blog love to the person who gave it to you and then pass it on to 10 bloggers.

Belle has given me this Smile Award. Go over and visit Belle she is a true Southern Belle and can give you some great tips on being Southern!

The qualifications to receive the award are:

A. Display a cheerful attitude - I try and never leave home without a cheerful attitude

B. Love one another -I do try - really I do

C. Make mistakes - not perfect here

D. Learn from others - daily

E. Be a positive contributor to the blog world - nothing bad or naughty towards my blog friends ever

F. Love life - to the fullest

G. Love kids - of course, I have two plus three grands

The Rules:

1. Must link it back to the creator

2. Post the rules

3. Choose 5 people to give it to

4. Recipients must fit the characteristics above

5. Create a post to share this

6. You must thank the winnerI'm going to pass this along to:

I would like to thank each one of these ladies for being part of my daily life. Now go over and visit them and tell'em Becjane sent you!

Oh I almost forgot........most of my bloggy friends have received these awards sooo ladies if you haven't received one of these awards ~ please help yourself. LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!

Silver Wings

2009-01-06T21:44:00.016-06:00

I took this picture yesterday on our final descent into Dallas. Who would have thought when we landed there would have been ice all over the tree limbs and ground.

These big ole silver wings brought me home today since I couldn't make it in yesterday from my two day trip because of the freezing rain in Newport. Hey....but it was ok, because my sweet Casey flew into Dallas yesterday to start a three day trip today, so I spent the night with her. We got to the hotel (brrrrrr it was cold in Dallas with freezing rain as well) around 5:00 jumped in our jammies, fixed us a sandwich out of our food bags, made us a cup of hot tea, visited alittle bit and watched the "Bachelor".

I hopped on the 9:30 flight to Little Rock this morning and my sweet Cortney picked me up and I got to love on those babies all day. Finally, Alvin picked me up in Little Rock this evening and I am FINALLY home. YEA!!!! I was supposed to go back to work this Sunday, but someone picked up my reserve days and I am off another twelve days (unless I pick something up).

Anyhoo, Cindy Lou and I are off to Lucky's in the morning at 7:30......sure hope we get Lucky! I'll let you gals know.

Just another day in paradise

2009-01-05T10:17:00.009-06:00

After not working for fifty-seven days.......the vacation is OVER!!!!! Or is it? I picked up a two day trip out of Houston that started Sunday. Alvin flew to Houston with me Saturday afternoon, spent the night with me and I worked his flight back to Dallas Sunday morning. After five legs of up and down all day in Texas I ended my day in Corpus Christi.

After five legs of one hour flights.....this is a welcome sight. Aaaah......paradise!
There's nothing like a long day and then a nice long, hot bubble bath.....of course with the wonderful shampoo the hotel has provided........aaaaaah paradise!

When this is the view from your hotel room and you can sit back with the nice cozy robe the hotel has provided with a cup of hot tea in your hand..........aaaaah paradise!
And then reality sets in..........4:00 A.M. WAKE UP CALL!!!! YIKES!
Hour fifty ground time in Houston.......Boo!
Two cancelled flights....Yeah! (still get paid)
Now more ground time in Houston......Oh well, now I can sit down and eat lunch instead of standing up eating over the trash can in the galley!
I have to fly to Dallas to catch my flight home to Little Rock......freezing rain in both cities.....boo!

But still.......another day in paradise!

Happy Anniversary Cortney and Ryan

2009-01-04T00:00:00.008-06:00

It's hard to believe our oldest daughter, Cortney and son-in-law Ryan have been married twelve years today. Happy Anniversary guys!!!!

It seems like yesterday Cortney and Ryan had their first date. Growing up Cortney was always soooooo picky about boys. Everytime a boy would ask her to "go out" (that was called going steady in my day) she would always say, "but we're to good of friends". Finally one day her dad and I sat down with her and explained......."Cortney you are not going to find a guy with the perfect haircut........perfect grades......perfect clothes....who is the perfect Christian..... etc." Well the little stinker made liars out of both of us. Ryan was perfect........perfect for our Cortney. And from the perfect couple came three perfect grands!!

Hope your day is special in every way!!!

What does your lipstick say

2009-01-02T20:37:00.015-06:00

If I were on a deserted island .........the one thing I would have to have would be my lipstick. I guess it's do to the fact that I'm a southern girl and us southern girls NEVER EVER leave home without our lipstick! Can I get an amen!

I've always heard that the shape of your lipstick can say alot about your character.......so I thought it would be fun to hear what shape lipsticks all my bloggy friends have. Are ya ready girls.........SHOW US YOUR LIPSTICK!!!!!! (click on the following pic to enlarge)

Of course, I'll go first. I know, I know........I'm the weird one! But whatcha gonna do! I've tried and tried to make it a different shape. I have cut it straight across, wasted half a tube doing this many times and it still always ends up in this weird shape. However, when I read the above description it pretty much fits my personality to a "T". I'm curious to see if anyone out in bloggylands lipstick is shaped like mine......please tell me I'm not the only one!!!

By the way......do you think Angelina Jolie has one of these stencils!

Eat your peas!

2009-01-01T12:12:00.011-06:00

Just a little tidbit of New Year's trivia "Southern" style.

There is a Southern saying that dictates eating habits in the Southern United States' New Year's: "Eat poor on New Year's, eat fat the rest of the year." A traditional Southern New Year's meal includes ham, corn bread, black-eyed peas and collard greens. Both black-eyed peas and collard greens are especially lucky additions to the dinner table. Black-eyed peas are thought to bring wealth because they look like little coins, in addition to the fact that they swell when cooked -- a sure sign of prosperity. Collard greens are lucky because they are green, like greenbacks -- money!

So be sure and eat your black-eyed peas today! As matter of fact my momma is in the kitchen making cornbread and fried cabbage. Can you say "YUMMO"!!!

Happy New Year everyone!!

Happy New Year!

2008-12-31T08:03:00.006-06:00

RECIPE FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Take twelve whole months.Clean them thoroughly of all bitterness,hate, and jealousy.Make them just as fresh and clean as possible.
Now cut each month into twenty-eight, thirty, orthirty-one different parts, but don't make up the whole batch at once.Prepare it one day at a time out of these ingredients.
Mix well into each day one part of faith,one part of patience, one part of courage,and one part of work. Add to each day one part of hope,faithfulness, generosity, and kindness.Blend with one part prayer, one part meditation,and one good deed. Season the whole with a dash of good spirits,a sprinkle of fun, a pinch of play,and a cupfull of good humor.
Pour all of this into a vessel of love.Cook thoroughly over radiant joy, garnish with a smile, and serve with quietness, unselfishness,and cheerfulness. You're bound to have a happy new year.
~Author Unknown~