My sweet friend Anna and her little girl

This week hasn't been so good.  My sister has fallen three times.  The last fall was in the tub.  I think she saw stars. She was too sick to drive herself to the doctor.  Her son moved her in with them  until she feels better.  She has had a hard tim of it lately. I am out of ideas to help her.  Once again, she has to want to help herself.  She can not stay by herself because she can not take care of herself.  This is going to be a journey.

Yesterday, I get a email from one of my blog friends, Anna.  She lives in Florida, but is in east Texas right now.  We met for lunch at a nearby town.  I have seen her three times now.  I really enjoy talking with her.  She is very cool.  Her baby is seven months old and is a doll.  She is laid back like her parents.  She is a real joy to watch and I'm sure a joy to love.

 Anna and Sunny

After lunch, the hostess took a group picture. 

 Anna is so very beautiful.  Sunny has the bluest eyes.

Anna made my day fantastic.  Here at the Tannehill house hold, everyday is the same old thing.  Same old chores, same old wash, cleaning, cooking and you get the rest of the story.  We rarely even go out.  One reason is we live so far out in the country and the second reason is Hubs doesn't like to eat out. I would like to thank Anna for calling me to meet for lunch.  She has a great blog about her life and the kids.  She is a real mom and a very good role model for her kids.  She is a very caring and loving mom.

Here is her blog   www.skitteringthoughts.com

Look what I won in a give a way!

My friend, Xmichra, had a drawing at her blog http://xmichra2.blogspot.com/

I was so excited to win this beautiful hand made necklace. It came all the way from Canada. She is most talented in her jewerly business and her blog is so great to read. If you have time, please go and visit her and tell her that I sent you.

She is the best. Thank you again, Xmichra for this lovely necklace. I will think of you everytime I wear it. I just wish that my photography skills were better so everyone could see how beautiful this necklace really is in person.

Hey, I am back!

I have not fallen off the face of the Earth though it sure feels like it. Actually, my computer's mother board had to be replaced. What ever that means. Yeah! I just got my computer back and I am so excited to be connected to the world again. I went nine days with out my computer. I do everything on this thing. It is my connection to the World, well almost.

It was not a pretty sight to see. My energy left me and I felt depressed and very sad not to be connected to the Internet. It is a huge part of my life... bloging...I thought I was going to loose it for a while because the withdrawal symptoms were so horrific.

First off, I was totally lost with nothing for my hands to do. No, I don't crochet or sew. Then nothing for my brain to do. Well that happens often I must admit. Then I got a sinus infection which helped releave some of the withdrawal because I was too sick to care. Every day I thought about all of my blog friends and hoping that you were all OK. I have been off for over nine days and yes I have suffered.

I have had to resort to cleaning the house, making cards, watching TV and reading. How did we ever survive before the Internet? Any way I just wanted to say HELLO to everyone and tell you how much I missed you.

I am alive and well now that my computer is repaired and working. My most favorite thing to do in the morning is drink my coffee and read your blogs.

Let me introduce you to the amazing and wonderful Anna.

This is my sister, Candy. We are waiting on someone very special. Waiting is hard to do when you are excited to see the person you are waiting for. But she was worth the wait.
She goes by Chickie and you can follow her blog http://www.skitteringthoughts.com

I started following her blog about two years ago and she is the nicest young woman and has an incredible sense of humor. Last year she stopped at my house to visit us. Last year she drove deep into the country to find us. We are very remotely located. I was impressed that she found us, but then she is very smart. That was an awesome experience to meet my first bloggy friend.

This year we met in Marshall,TX. and ate Mexican food. It was so very nice to see her again and catch up with her. She drove from Florida to Las Vegas, then to Oklahoma and then to see us. I hope I got that in the right order. I am too afraid to go anywhere by myself, but she is like my super alter ego, the brave and beautiful Anna.

I took some random photos while we waited for Anna to arrive. The inside of this restaurant is sort of interesting. It is Jalapeno Tree restaurant. Sorry to say I don't drink, but I liked the sign.

More views of the inside of this place. I told my sister that I should decorate my kitchen in this style because it is so festive, but then I would have to do all of my home to co-ordinate with a Mexican Catina. Just a brief thought. I don't think so.

The nice waitress agreed to take our photo. We told her we were bloggers and that Anna had traveled a long way to be here. The waitress had to try three times, but she got us.
Our waitress was hearing impaired and she looked like she had an implant behind her ear. She gave us excellent service along with the photo taking. Thank you Miss Waitress. Blogging around these parts is big business. At least it is to me.

Anna is so much fun to be around. Today was a really special day to see my friend. Words can not describe how much we adore this young woman. I am grateful that she took the time to come and visit with us. She gave us a big hug when we came and when she left. Anna, I hope you have a safe journey back home. You are a sweetheart for taking time off of your trip to come and see us. I hope you can sleep through work because it will be hard to return after three weeks of vacation.

Love you and big hugs. This was one of the best days ever!

Computer Help?

Does anybody have a commenter that has managed to mass produce the same comment all at the same time on your blog. Worse yet, I don't even understand the language. I wonder if there is a way (here is where I need your help) to mass eliminate the comments? Right now all I can do is go into comments and single each one out and delete.

This is so insane that a creep would do something like this. Hence I had to enable comment moderation. Just checking around to see how you solved the problem. His moniker is Somebody.

Happy Blogaversary

Today is my 2nd blogaversary. I can't believe that it has gone by so fast. I would like to say thank you to my friends and visitors for dropping by and commenting. Without you I would be nothing. I have made some wonderful friends in this blogaspehre. I have also learned so many things from your blogs.

A big hug to all of you. Thanks again.

Not Much To Write Home About...

Every time I start to write something, I think...does this make any sense? Do I really want to tell my problems to the world? I have not been posting much lately because I just don't have much to say. I guess I have the blog blues. I went to comment moderation because of the loonies that send the never ending advertisements and other junk. That really ticks me off.

I have even thought about not blogging anymore. Do you feel this way at times? These crazy times that we are living in scare the crap out of me. All I ever hear on the news is about murder. This is why I try not to watch the news. It is too much! If I hear about another dead beat, crazy looney person killing someone, I think I will loose it.

Well that is all I have to say today. I am headed out to celebrate my best friends daughter's 18 th birthday. I can't believe she is so grown up. I am like an aunt to her. Her mom taught me how to design, and we go way back. So, for today I will have a great time with their family.

Blog Interview

Do any of you know what Blog Interview is? I received an email to submit information about my blog, which I did, but what really got me thinking is why do we read certain blogs? The blogs I follow are unique, sincere, funny, interesting and thought provoking. So many different reasons I follow that I can not even count.

What are your reasons for following a blog? In particular, my blog? I like to read a blog for a while before I follow it. Do you ever get followers that do not interact with your blog? I don't know why, but lately my followers count is up. Some leave a link to follow, but others nothing. Does that bother you when you can not connect with the follower? What do you do about it? Let me guess, I bet most of you don't worry about it. Remember I am fairly new to having followers, so it kind of makes me wonder why?

If you are a new follower, please let me know why you decided to follow my blog? While I am humbled to have followers, I still like to know who follows me.

Many thanks for answering my questions.

From my friend Dawn...

My sweet friend,Dawn, at Twisted Sister has given me these awards. I guess she knows how much I love and enjoy them. Thank you Dawn for passing these on to me.





And now I pass them forward to the following blogs.

DeEtta at My Little Corner of the world
Thom at Thoms Place 4 Well Whatever...
Annie at Strawberry Girl's Reflections
Michelle at RAMBLING WOODS ~TAKING THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED~
Nita at Throwback at Trapper Creek
Barbara at Writing from the Inside Out
Sara at Barefoot in the Garden
Mime at Mimi Writes.......
Chickie at Skittering Thoughts
Cherie at Butterfly Dreamer
Akelamula at Everything And Nothing


You do not have to participate if you do not have time. I just adore these blogs and think they are all so diverse and unique. I know how very busy some of you are right now, so this is just my way of saying how much I apprecitate your friendship and your blog.

Chickie, my blog friend

This is my beautiful blog friend "Chickie" from Skittering Thoughts . I had the pleasure of meeting her. She came to visit her family and on her return trip she kindly stopped to meet us. This little dog is Tiny Dog and he is so adorable. Although my three dogs would have liked to have him for dessert. Not really, but Tiny Dog was a great little dog.

If you want to follow an amazing young woman, then please check out her blog. She is too funny and a wonderful person. She is exactly the same in person as she is on her blog. Chickie even brought me some candles. She is truely a doll.

Thanks Chickie for stopping by my part of the world. It was such a pleasure to meet you. I hope you make it back to Florida safely.



Love ya,

Pam