CHRISTMAS MORNING PHOTOS AND UPDATES.

THIS IS ALL I HAVE FOR CHRISTMAS MORNING PHOTOS, FOR NOW. I TOOK SEVERAL WITH MY 35MM CAMERA BUT I ASKED ED TO TAKE SOME WITH HIS PHONE SO WE COULD POST THEM ON HERE AND WELL HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO VIDEO IT AND POST THAT, I THOUGHT THAT SOUNDED COOL. HOWEVER, THE TECHNO GENIUS THAT HE IS(N'T) HE FORGOT TO SAVE THE VIDEO. SO YOU WON'T BE SEEING ME CRY BECAUSE I DIDN'T TAKE PICTURES OF MY SELF AND HE VIDEO TAPED ME AND THEN DIDN'T SAVE IT. WANT TO KNOW WHAT MADE ME CRY? WELL, THERE WERE SEVERAL GOOD REASONS LIKE THE JOY AND APPRECIATION SHOWN BY ALL. BUT THE ONE THING THAT MADE THE TEARS FALL, ED GAVE ME A WEDDING RING. THIS JANUARY 11TH WE WILL BE CELEBRATING 18 YEARS TOGETHER 12 OF WHICH WE WILL HAVE BEEN MARRIED AND WHILE I HAVE HAD A FEW RINGS TO WEAR OVER THE YEARS I NEVER HAD ONE GIVEN TO ME BY ED. LIKE MUCH OF OUR LIFE IT IS A SIMPLE BAND NO EMBELLISHMENTS, NO STONE SETTINGS, NOT BIG AND FLASHY IN THE SLIGHTEST AND IT COULDN'T BE ANY MORE PERFECT.

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THIS IS MY TAHOE. THE FIRST PICTURE SHOWS THE COLOR THE BEST, IT IS CHAMPAGNE. THE LAST 3 ARE TAKEN FACING OUR HOUSE THE TAHOE IS PARKED CROSSWISE IN OUR PARKING AREA OUT FRONT.

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LITTLE MISS SMARTY PANTS CAN MULTI TASK. SHE IS TALKING ON THE PHONE AND NOT JUST ON THE COMPUTER BUT PLAYING A GAME IN WHICH SHE DIDN'T WANT TO QUIT OR SHE WOULD LOSE. AFTER TAKING HER PICTURE I TOOK HER PLACE ON THE COMPUTER SO SHE COULD TALK TO (I WILL NOT NAME THE VICTIM OF THIS RANDOM ACT OF RUDENESS) AND THEN WHEN SHE GOT OFF THE PHONE I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT IT DOES NOT SHOW A LEVEL OF TALENT TO MULTITASK LIKE THIS... IT SHOWS A LEVEL OF IGNORANCE AND INCONSIDERATION FOR THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END (SOME OF YOU MAY BE GUILTY OF THIS YOURSELF, TRUST ME NO MATTER HOW "GOOD" YOU THINK YOU ARE YOU ARE NOT FULLY INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION.)





THIS IS THE SNOW MAN JILL AND I BUILT FROM OUR FIRST BIG SNOW IN DECEMBER. I THOUGHT THE SNOWMAN WAS THE SAME HEIGHT AS ME (5'8") BUT I CAN SEE HERE IN THE PICTURE SHE IS A LITTLE SHORTER. BUT I DO NEED TO KEEP IN MIND I HAVE BOOTS ON AND SHE IS BARE FOOT. I SAY SHE, SHE IS A GIRL BECAUSE SHE IS WEARING A LOVELY NECKLACE AND RED DROP EARRINGS AND IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO CONVINCE YOU SHE IS FEMALE SHE IS HOLDING A BROOM.

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NO, IT IS NOT THE GORTONS FISHERMAN... IT IS DEAN IN HIS "UNIFORM". THIS IS WHAT HE WEARS TO WASH ED'S DUMP TRUCK. HE ISN'T THRILLED WITH THE JOB ( ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS COLD) BUT HE KNOWS THAT HE MADE A 2 YEAR CONTRACT FOR THE JOB SO HE HAS TO STICK TO IT. SEE HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO GET A CELL PHONE UNLESS HE HAD A NEED AND A MEANS FOR PAYING FOR IT. WELL, I AM NOT SURE IT IS A NEED ANY MORE THAN A DESIRE BUT HE DID GET A JOB. ONCE A WEEK HE WASHES HIS DADS DUMP TRUCK. AND I HAVE DISCOVERED WHAT HE DOES WITH ALL THE DIRT HE REMOVES FROM THE TRUCK... HE PUTS IT ON HIS SELF. IN HIS CLOTHES AND HAIR AND FACE AND SO ON. JILL IS ALSO EMPLOYED (BUT NOT QUITE ENOUGH FOR A PHONE CONTRACT) SHE (AND I ) CLEAN THE INTERIOR. SO FAR SHE IS ONLY GETTING A DOLLAR A WEEK BUT IN A FEW YEARS WITH SOME PRACTICE SHE WILL BE UP TO $3 FOR THE INTERIOR.



KINDA BLURRY BUT THIS IS JILL AT HER INVESTITURE SERVICE FOR BROWNIES. SHE REDEDICATED ON NOV 6TH. SHE IS PICTURED WITH MY CO LEADER KRIS SEGEAR. CURRENTLY THE VEST IS TOO BIG BUT IN HER 3 YEARS OF BROWNIES SHE WILL GROW INTO IT AND THERE ARE LOTS OF TRY ITS TO EARN I AM SURE SHE WILL NEED THE EXTRA SPACE.

THIS IS JILL IN THE FIRST BIG SNOW BUILDING A SNOWBALL FOR A SNOWMAN. I BELEIVE THIS WAS IN NOVEMBER. SHE AND HER DADDY BUILT A SNOWMAN IT DIDN'T LAST LONG, NO IT DIDN'T MELT SHE SMASHED IT.

I AM STILL HERE

I AM STILL HERE... I SENT OUT THE CHRISTMAS CARD WITHOUT POSTING FIRST (BIG MISTAKE) AND THEN I WAS GOING TO POST AND REALIZED THE PHOTOS I HAVE ARE IN ED'S PHONE SO I THOUGHT I WOULD WAIT. WELL I AM HEARING ABOUT IT SO I WILL POST NOW AND AGAIN WHEN I GET THE PICTURES DOWNLOADED AND TIME TO POST THEM.

SO WHERE DID I LEAVE OFF... OH THE VEHICLE, OH WAIT THE BUSY SCHEDULE FIRST WELL IT KINDA ALL GOES TOGETHER. SO I WENT TO CLEARFIELD TO DO THE SHOW FOR MY MOM AND HAD A CATALOG SHOW GOING WITH MY SISTER IN EPHRATA, PA. THEN MY SISTER FROM CLEARFIELD SAID SHE WANTED TO DO A CATALOG SHOW AS WELL. I CLOSED MY MOMS AND IT WAS DELIVERED THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING, CLOSED THE SHOW FROM EPHRATA AND AM CLOSING IN ON THE OTHER. SPENT THANKSGIVING HERE, ELDEST SIS JANET AND HUSB. MARK AND DAUGHTER DENISE CAME TO SHARE THE DAY WITH US. OTHER THAN A NASTY PHONE CALL JUST BEFORE SETTING THE FOOD TO THE TABLE WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. THAT FRIDAY THE KIDS DECORATED THE HOUSE AND ED WORKED. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I WAS DOING BUT I AM SURE IT WAS SOMETHING. ANYHOW, POINT IS OTHER THAN SETTING UP THE TREE AND LIGHTING IT I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THE DECORATING AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL. SATURDAY WE WENT CAR SHOPPING AND DECIDED ON A 1999 CHEVY TAHOE. IT IS BIGGER THAN THE BLAZER BUT SMALLER THAN THE SUBURBAN. IT ONLY SEATS 5 BUT I GUESS I CAN GET OVER THAT. I LIKE THE VEHICLE VERY MUCH ONLY ED AND I FIGHT OVER WHAT TO CALL IT. I SAY TRUCK (IT IS AFTER ALL A K1500 WITH A GVWR OF 6800) HE SAYS CAR. WE CALL HIS VEHICLE THE PICK-UP NO REASON MINE CAN'T BE CALLED THE TRUCK. SO HE TOOK THE NEIGHBOR WITH HIM FOR AN ERRAND THE OTHER DAY AND HE SETTLED IT FOR US (AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED ANYHOW) HE CALLED IT A TANK. HE FELT SO SAFE IN IT THAT HE FORGOT TO BUCKLE UP (WHICH HE DOES EVEN TO GO AROUND THE BLOCK TO DROP SOMETHING AT THE POST OFFICE). WELL ANY HOW I WILL HAVE TO POST SOME PICTURES OF IT FOR YOU COMING SOON. WELL WE WENT TO PICK IT UP ON TUESDAY (AFTER TURKEY DAY) AND ON THE WAY I GOT A PHONE CALL... IT WAS THE SCHOOL CALLING TO SEE IF I COULD WORK WED, THURS AND FRI. NOT BAD MY FIRST CALL AND IT IS FOR 3 DAYS. SO I SAID YES. I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID CUZ I HAD THINGS TO DO ALL 3 DAYS. THAT IS OK I WILL CATCH UP THE FOLLOWING MONDAY.... HA! 3 TURNED INTO 4. SO I HAD 3 DAYS WITH A 4 YEAR OLD THAT IS WHEELCHAIR BOUND AND BASICALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR HERSELF. SO I WAS CARRYING HER HERE AND THERE (NOT A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE SCHOOL AND IS A SPLIT ENTRY), FEEDING HER AND CHANGING DIAPERS AND WIPING DROLL AND SLOBBER. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE YOU SAY? WELL, DROLL ROLLS OUT OF YOUR MOUTH UNCONTROLABLY, SLOBBER COMES OUT WITH THE REMOVAL OF YOUR HAND FROM SUCKING ON YOUR FINGERS (WHICH ARE CALLOUSED AND CHAFED). WHICH BY THE WAY SHE WAS SICK SO IF THE CLOSE CONTACT DIDN'T SPREAD IT THE SLOBBER HAND TO MY FACE DID CUZ MONDAY MORN I WOKE WITH SOMETHING. I HAVE BEEN FLUSHING IT OUT WITH EXTRA WATER AND VITAMIN C AND USING NASAL SPRAY TO KEEP THAT CLEANED OUT AND I THINK I AM STARTING TO FEEL BETTER. THE OTHER DAY I WAS AT THE PRIMARY (2ND & 3RD GR.) SCHOOL WITH A BOY (NOT SURE OF AGE, ROOM HAD 6 - 9 YR OLDS AND YOU CAN'T GO BY SIZE) HE COULD DO EVERYTHING EXCEPT SPEAK. HOWEVER, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE ALPHABET (SIGNING) HE WAS WHISPERING THE LETTER NAMES. I GOT A HUG AND HE BLEW ME KISSES WHICH I WAS TOLD DOES NOT HAPPEN WITH HIS TSS (THERAPUTIC SUPPORT STAFF). TUESDAY I SPENT A COUPLE HOURS IN JILL'S CLASS FOR HOLIDAY PREP AND THEN WEDNESDAY AGAIN FOR WEEKLY CENTERS. SATURDAY WE WENT SLED RIDING AND JILL AND I BUILT A SNOWMAN (I HAVE PICTURES COMING) AND SUNDAY IT STARTED TO RAIN SO BY MONDAY MORN MY SNOW GIRL THAT WAS 5'8" IS NOW PROBABLY 5'4" AND HAS A DEFINATE HOURGLASS SHAPE. IF ONLY I COULD STAND IN THE RAIN A FEW HOURS AND SHED POUNDS. SO TODAY I WAS GOING TO DO SOMEMORE SHOPPING (CHRISTMAS) AND THEN WEEKLY GROCERIES AND THE ELECTRICIAN CALLED TO SAY HE WOULD BE OUT TO CHANGE OVER OUR SERVICE TO 200 AMP BREAKERS (INSTEAD OF THE FUSES WE HAVE NOW). SO THAT IS HOW I FOUND THE TIME TO POST (I WASN'T PLANNING TO BE HERE). TOMORROW I AM TO GO TO JILL'S CLASS FOR CENTERS BUT MAY HAVE TO CANCEL IF THE ELEC DOESN'T GET DONE TODAY. AND FRIDAY I AM SCHEDULED TO WORK AGAIN (4TH AND 5TH GR).

SOOOOOOO SORRY!!

FOR YOU TRUCK ENTHUSIASTS OUT THERE.... THESE ARE THE 3 TRUCKS THAT MAKE UP THE COMPANY THAT ED WORKS FOR. UNTIL JUST OCTOBER 16TH (ED'S 1YR ANNIVERSARY) THEY ONLY HAD THE 2 BLACK ONES. EDS WAS THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE. THEN THEY ADDED THE RED ONE AND A NEW DRIVER. ED HAVING SENIORITY GOT THE PICK OF TRUCKS AND WELL BEING HE HELPED PICK OUT THE RED ONE WELL THAT IS WHAT HE PICKED. IT IS NEWER AND HIS FAVORITE COLOR. I AM CERTAIN IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE NAKED LADY SILHOUETTES ON THE SIDES BY THE FLAMES.

CAN YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE BLACK TRUCKS??? WELL IT TOOK ME TIL 1 WEEK BEFORE GETTING THE NEW TRUCK FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SPOT WHICH ONE ED WAS AND NOW HE ISN'T IN IT ANYMORE SO NOW I WAVE TO THE NEW GUY ;) I AM SURE I WILL RECOGNIZE THE RED TRUCK ON SITE BUT WE HAVEN'T CROSSED PATHS YET.

THIS IS NOT CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT... SHE WANTED TO GO OUT AND RAKE LEAVES AND EVEN SUCKERED DEAN INTO HELPING. HE IS MORE OF A SNOW SHOVELER BUT HE HELPED WITH THE LEAVES A LITTLE.

IN THE BACKGROUND YOU CAN SEE THE PILE NEXT TO THE WAGON THEY GOT IT PRETTY HIGH BY THE TIME THEY POOPED OUT.

THIS IS IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR SAFE TRICK OR TREAT. DO YOU KNOW THAT MASKED STRANGER?
HOW BOUT NOW???
GUESS WHO IS WITH HER? DEAN LIKES THIS COSTUME CUZ IT IS THE ONLY MASK THAT DOESN'T MESS WITH HIS GLASSES.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN SOOO LONG SINCE I LAST POSTED. SEEMS THE ONLY TIME TO POST IS WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO AND THE ONLY TIME THERE IS SOMETHING TO POST YOU ARE TOO BUSY TO POST. WELL GIRLS SCOUTS HAS STARTED UP FOR THE NEW YEAR. AND AS THE NEW BROWNIE LEADER I HAVE A TON TO DO TO MAKE IT LOOK EFFORTLESS. WHAT WITH NEW LEADER TRAININGS AND REGULAR LEADER TRAININGS AND MONTHLY SERVICE UNIT MEETINGS AND I AM THE COOKIE MANAGER SO I HAD THAT TRAINING AND WELL I WILL END THERE IT IS MAKING ME TIRED JUST REFLECTING ON IT ALL. ANOTHER THING WAS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN OCT I SET UP A STAND AT THE CRESSON AREA HERITAGE FESTIVAL. IT TOOK QUITE A BIT TO SET IT ALL UP, RUN IT AND TEAR IT DOWN. I THINK I ENDED UP WORKING FOR ABOUT 10 CENTS/hr. BESIDES THE FACT THAT MY PARENTS DELIVERED THE EQUIPMENT AND HELPED WITH SET UP AND TEAR DOWN AND THEN RETURNED THE EQUIPMENT. I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM OR MY HUSBAND. NEXT THERE WERE ACTIVITIES GALORE TO PLAN AND DO WITH THE SCOUTS BEING IT IS FALL AND OUR FOUNDERS BIRTHDAY. AND THERE IS THE MANY TOWN ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THE HOMECOMING PARADE THAT THE SCOUTS PARTICIPATED IN, THE SAFE HALLOWEEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE HALLOWEEN PARADE AND COSTUME CONTEST AND THEN REGULAR TRICK OR TREAT (WHICH BY THE WAY IS NOT FUN CUZ IT IS ALWAYS THE SUNDAY BEFORE HALLOWEEN FROM 4-6.... HARD TO SCARE LITTLE ONES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY). BESIDES WE ARE STILL SHOPPING AROUND FOR JUST THE RIGHT VEHICLE(S) AND CAMPER. OH, AND I HAD TO GET A WAIVER CUZ I HADN'T TURNED IN A PAMPERED CHEF ORDER IN 2 MONTHS AND JUST THEN I NOW HAVE A SHOW TO GET READY FOR NOV 10TH AND HAVE A CATALOG SHOW GOING ON AS WELL. WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS. AT THE MID POINT OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER I TOLD MY MOM I HAD DONE MORE IN THE MONTH SO FAR THAN I WOULD NORMALLY DO IN A YEAR IN GENESEE. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT I MISS NOW AND THEN AND HERE AND THERE AND I MISS MY HOUSE, ALTHOUGH THIS ONE HAS A REALLY FAMILIAR FEEL ABOUT IT. AND I REALLY MISS THE 3 BAY GARAGE, PERSONALLY I THINK BUILDING ON THE GARAGE HERE IS GOING TO TAKE A PRECIDENCE OVER REMODELING THE BATHROOM (AND TRUST ME IT NEEDS DONE).

WELL, I HAD A GREAT BIRTHDAY AND TO ALL OF YOU THAT HAD ANY PART IN IT I THANKYOU. HOWEVER, HAVING SAID THAT... I DIDN'T (AND AM NOT) GET A NEW CAR. JUST WHEN I FINALLY CAME TO EDS WAY OF THINKING HE GOT TO MINE. SO WHEN WE WERE FACED WITH A CAR PAYMENT (ACTUAL NUMBER) AND FULL COVERAGE INSURANCE (ACTUAL NUMBER) AS MUCH AS I HATED TO DO IT I TOLD ED WE COULD DO IT. SO WE WENT HOME TO "SLEEP" ON IT AND SATURDAY MORNING WE WERE GOING TO GO SIGN AND DRIVE. BUT, WE DIDN'T "SLEEP". INSTEAD WE BOTH STIRRED ALL NIGHT. AND WE DON'T EVEN SLEEP IN THE SAME BED SO FOR US TO BE STIRRING TOGETHER MEANT IT WAS EACH OUR OWN NOT ONE BOTHERING THE OTHER. I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY DON'T LIKE CARS AND WHILE I DID PICK ONE, I WASN'T IN LOVE WITH IT. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWAKE WITH ANTICIPATION NOT DREAD. AND HE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HATES MY VAN SO HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWAKE WITH JOY OF GETTING RID OF "THE DODGE". BUT INSTEAD WAS AWAKE DREADING THE CLOUD OF A PAYMENT AND HIGH INSURANCE. SO FOR NOW, WE ARE KEEPING WHAT WE HAVE AND SAVING OUR MONEY, NOT GIVING IT TO A BANK OR INSURANCE COMPANY. WHO KNOWS, WE MAY DECIDE NOT TO BUY A CAMPER FOR A WHILE AND ALL THAT MONEY, WITH MY TRADE IN A YEAR (OR SO) WILL BUY A BRAND NEW __________. BESIDES, GIRL SCOUTS IS STARTING IN 2 WEEKS, AND I AM ALWAYS ADDING TO MY PAMPERED CHEF COLLECTION, AND JILL IS WANTING TO DO SOFTBALL IN THE SPRING. SO I MIGHT JUST BE "NEEDING" THAT SOCCER MOM VAN AFTER ALL. OH, FOR THOSE THAT ARE WONDERING... ED BOUGHT ME FLOWERS (MY FAVORITE KIND), AND A CARD THAT MADE ME FEEL GOOD, AND A CAKE, AS WELL AS GOING OUT TO EAT.