NEWS TRAVELS FAST

NEWS TRAVELS FAST
ON THURSDAY WHEN I GOT MY NEWS FROM HOUSTON I WAS IN THE AP OFFICE. WE WAS SO BUSY AT WORK IT WAS HARD TO SINK IN WHAT THE DOCTOR WAS SAYING. I WENT OUTSIDE WHERE THERE WAS SOME OF THE ASSISTANTS WOKING AND ASSOCIATES WAS WORKING ON ALL THE THROW AWAYS WE HAD FROM THE POWER OUTAGE. MS. JOY WAS THE ONLY ONE OUT THERE AT THAT TIME AND SEE COULD SEE I WAS UPSET I TOLD HER WHAT THE DOCTOR HAD SAID. HER WITH HER CARING HEART WENT TO THE STORE MANAGER AND TOLD HIM WHAT MY NEWS WAS WITH IN 5 MINUTES THE STORE MANAGER WAS BY MY SIDE AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT I NEEDED WITH IN 30 MINUTES THE WHOLE STORE KNEW. EVERYONE HAD BIG HUGS LOTS OF PRAYERS AND WAS THERE. NO MATTER WHAT I HAVE GOING ON I HAVE MY FRIENDS WHICH ARE LIKE FAMILY.. THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR PRAYES GOD HAD BLESSED ME SO MUCH WITH ALL OF YOU !!!

THIS & THAT OF HOUSTON

HEY EVERYONE AS YOU SEE AND READ I AM SKIPPING A ROUND A LOT ON MY DAYS AND PICTURES.. DONT WANT YOU TO GET BORED LOL.. AS I SEE A PICTURE I POST IT AND TELL YA A LITTLE ABOUT IT. HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED SO FAR..

OUR LAST MEAL HOME FROM HOUSTOM

THIS IS WHAT I HAD MAN WAS IT GOOD I CAME HOME WITH HALF OF IT AND ATE IT ON MONDAY FOR LUNCH. MAN IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE ONE NOW :) RON HAD A CHEESE BURGER WITH FRIES

GOOD OLD CHILES.. I LOVE THE FOOD BUT HATE THE PRICE.. BUT RON WAS WANTING A GOOD SIT DOWN CHEESE BURGER..

IF YOU HAVE HAD ONE CHILIS YOU HAVE HAD THEM ALL, BUT THE FOLKS THAT WORKED AT THIS ONE WAS GREAT.. SO IT MAKES THE FOOD EVEN BETTER :)

NEWS FROM HOUSTON

WELL I AM TRYING TO POST MY PICTURES OF THE TRIP. BUT WE HAVE HAD A ICE STROM HERE NO ELEC. NO WATER, THANK GOD WE HAVE GAS HEAT. AND END-LAWS THAT LIVE ABOUT 1 MILE AWAY THAT HAS A WELL SO WE COULD TAKE A SHOWER AND GET WATER !!!!!!!!!!!!

WELL YESTERDAY 1/29/09 I GOT MY CALL FROM THE MD ANDERSON IT WASNT THE NEWS I WANTED TO HEAR BUT WE WILL STILL KEEP GOING.. HE SAID THAT THERE WASNT ANY THING THEY COULD DO. THE TUMORS HAD GROWN TWICE THE SIZE IN 2 MONTHS. THE ONLY THING HE WOULD DO IS START A NEW CHEMO THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY SLOW THE GROWTH DOWN. SO WHEN DR.WHITE CAN GET BACK IN HIS OFFICE I WILL START AGAIN WITH CHEMO. I SAID WHEN THIS STARTED I WOULD NOT TAKE CHEMO AGAIN BUT WHEN YOU ARE TOLD IT COULD ADD A LITTLE TIME TO YOUR LIFE. YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR BOYS... IM READY WITH GOD BUT NOT READY TO GIVE UP MY BOYS YET.. SO IM ASKING STILL REMEMBER ME & MY FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS

MD ANDERSON

THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE FRONT OF THE MD ANDERSON HOSPITAL.WHEN YOU GET INSIDE THE PLACE IT IS UNREAL. EVERY FLOOR IS FULL OF CHAIRS FULL OF ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE. EVERYOFFICE IS FULL. AND EVERYONE YOU MEET TREATS YOU SO GOOD. FROM WHEN YOU WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR TILL YOU LEAVE.

SHUTTLE BUS

THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY SHUTTLE BUS THEY HAVE AT THE HOSPITALS. THE MOTELS HAVE ONE EVERY HOSPITAL HAS ONE. WE TOOK THIS BUS FROM MD ANDERSON TO ANOTHER SPOT FOR A TEST I HAD TO HAVE..THESE SHUTTLE BUS IS UNREAL THEY DRIVE ALL DAY FROM SPOT TO SPOT.EVERY BUS IS A DIFFERENT COLOR WITH DIFFERENT SAYINGS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.

LOOKS LIKE HE IS REALLY ENJOYING HIS TIME HE HAD WORKED ALL NIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE THAN DROVE ALL NIGHT TO GET THERE BY TIME FOR ME TO START MY TESTING.AND I THINK HE WAS HIDEING HIS FACE HE DONT LIKE TO GET HIS PICTURE TAKEN LOL

AC/DC

I AM A BIG AC/DC FAN I GREW UP WITH THEM. WE HAD TICKETS TO GO SEE THEM ON THE 28th OF JAN. BUT WHEN MD ANDERSON CALLED I HAD TO CHANGE IT AROUND. SO I WAS DOWN & OUT ABOUT NOT GETTING TO SEE THEM . WHILE IN HOUSTON RODNEY, RON & I HIT THIS MALL I LOST THE 2 OF THEM IN THE MALL WHICH IS NOT TO HARD THEY DONT LIKE TO LOOK MUCH. WELL WHEN WE WAS LOADING UP THE CAR TO COME HOME. I SAW A BIG PACKAGE IN THE TRUNK OF THE CAR I ASKED RON AND HE SAID IT WAS RODS. SO NOT REALLY THINKING ABOUT IT I LET IT GO. WHEN WE GOT HOME RON PULLED IT OUT OF THE TRUNK AND THERE IS WAS.. I WAS JUST HOPPING & DOWN.. I POSTED THIS ON ANOTHER PAGE ON MY SPACE BUT GOT TO THINKIG IT WAS PART OF MY TRIP.. SPECIAL THANKS RON & ROD LOVE YOU BOTH

CAN WE SAY WAL-MART FINALLY

FINALLY I GOT TO STOOP AT A WAL-MART.. SO THESES MILES ALL THE WAL-MARTS I PASSED AND NOW I GET TO STOP.. WELL I DIDNG MISS MUD IT WAS DIRTY HATEFUL ASSOSIATES. SO I GOT MY DIET PEPSI AND RINS CASE OF WATER. AND RODS GREEN TEA THEY DIDNT THINK MUCH OF THE STORE.. BUT I WAS SO GLAD I FINALLY GOT TO STOP AT A WAL-MART..

PAPPA'S BQ OUR LAST NIGHT

HERE IS A PIECE OF PIE THAT RON GOT MAN AS IT THICK. HE SAID IS WAS GOOD BUT DIDNT TOUCH HIS SISTER-N-LAWS ERICA. HE SAID THEY COILD LEARN A LESSON FROM HER.. HE ONLY ATE ABOUT TO BITES THEN HE TOOK IT TO GO. ( I ATE THE REST WHEN THE GUYS TOOK OFF TO THE MOTORCYCLE RACES) IT WAS OK BUT I AGREE NOT AS GOOD AS ERICAS..

THIS IS RODS BAKED POTOTA WITH CHEESE AND HE HAD RIBS HE ATE AND ATE
RON AND I SHARED TGHE SALAD & BAKED POTATO IT AS GREAT WE HGAD A GREAT MEAL AND THE COMPANY. THIS ENDED THE DAY WITH RON,ME & RON I WENT BACK TO THE ROOMA AND CRASHED AND THE GUYS TOOK OFF TI SO MOTOR RACES AND DIDNT GET BACK TILL ABOUT 12;00am BUT THAT WAS OK I WAS SLEEPING

CHECK OUT THIS BAKED POTATO IT IS SO BIG ALMOST 3 PEOPLE CAN EAT IT,,

TOM & JERRYS GALVISTON TX

WELL FOLKS IF YOU HAVE NEVER GOT TO EAT AT A TOM & YERRYS IT IS THE PLACE.. THERE WAS SO MUCH TO SHOOSE FROM IT WAS HARD TO MAKE UP MY MIND BUT I DID A COOKIE & CREAM w/ CHOCOLSTE & CARMEL IN A NCUP WITH HOT FUDGE, RON GOT THE SAE BUT A LITTLE DI9FFERENT ICECREAM & ROD GOT SOME KINN OF SHAKE IT WAS ALLLLLLL GOODDDDDDD

TO MANY THING TO CHOOSE FROM.. I WISH I COULD HAVE CAME HOME WITH EVERYONE SOME..

day 1 OF TESTING

TODAY ABOOU 5:30am I GOT A BIG SURORISE AT THE DOOR . MR ROD. HE CALLED ABOUT 4:55 AND WAMNTED TO KNOW IF WE WAS UP HE WAS STILL IN LIOTTLE ROCK I WAS SO UPSET. I KEPY TELLINGH RON HE COULD GET HURT OR SOMETHING HAPPEN TP HIM. THNE THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR AND WHAT A SURPRISE ROD.. SO WE ALL HEADED TO MD ANDERSON FOR TESTING. AND HERE I AM STILL HERE. WE GOT TO LEAVE FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS WHICH EAS GREEAT I HAD NOT EATEN FRO 6:00pm LAST NIGHT I WAS GETTING HUNGRY,, I KNOW I COULD GO WITH OPUY SOME MEALS BUT MY TUMMY SAYS NOOOOOOOOOO. WE WENT AND ATE A T LUBEYS ( I WILL SHOW THOSE PICTURES LATER) ROD & RON ANRE GETTING SICK OF MUY PICTURES,, BUT I AM LOVIN ITWE HAD A GREAT LUNCH AND ROD WENT TO THE ROOM TO CRASH HE DROVE ALL NIGHT. AND SE CAME BACK TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MY TEST. THE DOCTOR IS REAL NICE NOT MUCH OF A HAND SHACK BUT CUTE. GREAT SMILE BUT NOT TO HOTTTT. BUT HE IE YOUNG MAYBE HE WILL GROWIN IT IT.. SO FOLKS I WILL BE NBACK LATER LOTS OF LOVE

THE HOUSTON HAMPTON

THIS IS THE BED ROOM MAN ARE THE BEDS LITTLE T OLD RON WE COULD BE LUCY & RICKY OFF THE LUCY SHOW. HE SIAD HE DIDNT THINK SO..

THE KITCHEN ARE SEE I DIDNT NEED TO PACK THE SINK WE HAVE ONE NOW. RON IS TURNING ON THE ICE MACHINE. I LOVE MY ICE :) THIS ROOM HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED PLATES, POTS & PANS SILVERWARE MAN WE CAN PARTY !!!!! THEY EVEN GAVE US A BAG OF POPCORN WOW !!!
THIS IS THE LIVING ROOM BOTH ROOMS HAVE A TV SO IT SEEMS LIKE HOME.. JUST NOT AS MANY CHANNELS. A DVD PLAYER IN THE LIVING ROOM NO DVDS TO WATCH WE ARE STILL IN THE VHS YEARS.LOL

THIS IS THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOTEL. REALLY NICE THE PEOPLE HERE ARE SO NICE THERE IS A LITTLE ROOM DOWN THE HALL THAT IS LIKE A LITTLE STORE. THEN IN THE MORN. A FREE BREAKFAST. I CANT EAT IN THE AM BUT RON CAN. BUT TILL SATURDAY MORN.. BREAKFAST HERE I COME :)

KIRBY DR

I HAD TO TAKE PICTURES OF THIS STREET ITS NAME IS KIRBY DR.WHICH IS MY STEP DADS LAST NAME. MY BOYS CALL HIM PA KIRBY. WHEN THEY WAS LITTLE THEY HAD SO MANY GRANDPA LIVING IT WAS THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD KEEP THEM APART. SO NOW EVERY ONE CALLS HIM KIRBY..AND HE CALLS MY BOYS HIS BEST FRIENDS.. WILL IS BEST FRIEND WAS AND ROD IS BEST FRIEND NOD..WITH WILL 2 LITTLE BOYS HE CALLS THEM WILLS LITTLE PEOPLE ;)

BIRD FEEDING TIME

RON GOT A BAG OF POPCORN AT THE "SUPER" TARGET AND DIDNT EAT IT ALL WHILE WE WALKED AROUND., SO WHEN WE CAME OUT HE FEED IT TO THE BIRDS.. I DONT THINKS SOME OF THE OTHER CUSTOMERS LIKED IT TO WELL THE BIRDS WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN THEY CAME DOWN THE PARKING LOT.. BUT YOU KNOW KIDS WILL PLAY :)

THIS IS WHEN HE FRIST STARTED FEEDING THEM..

SUPER TARGET

FINALLY I GET TO GO SHOPPING.. EVERYTOWN WE PASSED I WOULD SEE WAL-MART,K-MART. GOODIES AND RON WOULDNT STOP HE HATES TO SHOP AND THINKS WHEN YOU SEE ONE OF THSES STORES YOU HAVE SEEN THEM ALL. SO FINALLY AFTER WE CHECKED IN THE MOTEL WE WENT TO THE SUPER TARGET. BUT IT WASNT TO MUCH OF A SUPER TARGET TO ME. I MISS MY WAL-MART..

PAPPA'S BQ FOR $ 21.00

THIS IS WHERE WE ATE WHEN WE GOT TO HOUSTON FRIST WE WENT BY THE HOSPITAL TO SEE WHERE I NEEDED TO GO IN THE MORN..WE ASKED ONE OF THE PEOPLE THERE WHERE WAS A GOODN PLACE TO EAT AND WAS CLOSE. THIS IS WHAT I GOT A CHEF SALAD WITH A LOADED BAKE POTATO

THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT LOOKS KINDA OLD TIMER.THE PEOPLE INSIDE LOOK AND ACT OLD TIMERS.BUT WAS SO NICE.. I COULDNT MAKE UP MY MINE ON WHAT I WANTED TO MANY THINGS TO CHOOSE FROM THIS IS WHAT RON GOT.. HE ATE ALL OF HIS THEN HE ATE MOST OF MINE. MY EYES WAS BIGGER THAN MY STOMACH.

I HAD TO SHOW MINE ONE MORE TIME I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT ALL RONS AND MINES WAS $ 21.00 THE BAKE POTATO WAS GREAT THE SALAD WAS A SALAD BUT THE BAKE POTATO WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD I WANT TO GO BACK JUST FOR THE LOADED BAKE POTATO..

TRAVEL PURSE

THIS PURSE MY COUSIN CHRIS HAD GOT ON SALE AT MACYS LAST YEAR FOR HER. THEN SHE DECIDED IT WASNT WHAT SEE REALLY WANTED AND SHE GAVE IT TO ME..I AM SO GLAD JUST THE RIGHT SIZE TO HOLD WHAT I NEED TO CARRY MY STUFF. THANKS CHRIS I LOVE IT !!!!

MY $ 2.00 NAILS

THIS TELLS YA WHAT YOU CAN DO AS YOU TRAVEL. I HAD BOUGHT A PACKAGE OF NAILS AT DUFFYS ABOUT 3 MONTS AGO FOR $ 2.00N AND RON AHD SOME SUPER GLUE SO ON THE WAY I MADE ME SOME NAILS. RON THINKS I HAVE GONE NUTS WITH TAKING PICTURES NOW HE SAID I WAS DOING MY NAILS THEN TAKING A PICTURE OF THEM. I TOOK ONE WITH MY PHONE AND SENT IT TO JAMIE I WAS SO PROUD.. THEY MAY NEVER COME OFF BUT THEY LOOK GOOD NOW LOL

GOOD MORN ALL DAY 2

WELL HERE IT IS THURSDAY 1/23/09 WE ARE UP GETTING READY TO GO GET OR FREE BREAKFAST AND HIT THE ROAD WE ARE ABOUT 3 TO 4 HOURS FROM HOUSTON. MY STOMACH IS IN KNOTS. SO TALK TO EVERYONE TONIGHT,, REMEMBER ME IN YOUR PRAYERS GOD BLESS ALL..

MARSHALL TX QUALITY INN

THIS IS THE QUALITY IN IN MARSHALL TX. WE ARE GOING TO CRASH FOR THE NIGHT SO WE ARE READY FOR TOMORROW DOOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER WAS ON TV. I DONT LIKE THE SHOW BUT HE HAD SOME CMN KIDS ON IT SO I WATCHED IT. IT WAS KINDA COOL HOW HE WAS WITH THE KIDS. BUT I STILL DONT LIKE THE SHOW..

I WISH WE HAD THIS BED AT HOME WE WOULD HAVE ROOM FOR M&M YEAH RIGHT !! RON WOULD KICK US BOTH OUT. TO HIM IT IS BAD ENOUGH TO HAVE M&M IN THE HOUSE MUCH LESS IN THE BED WITH US. BUT WHEN THE BOYS WAS LITTLE I WOULD OF LOVED THIS BED. OURS IS ONLY A REGULAR SIZE.

RON BEING SILLY I TOLD HIM HE NEED TO BE HALF NAKED TO MAKE IT LOOK REAL. HE SAID HE JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO BE IN THE TUB HE IS A SHOWER MAN..

ISNT THIS ROOM UNREAL AND IT WAS $ 98.64 PER NIGHT BUT I TALKED THE LADY DOWN TO $ 65.00 PER NIGHT WITH WAL-MART DISCOUNT & OUR MOTEL DISCOUNT CARD. I THINK SHE JUST FELT SORRY FOR ME. RON WAS BEING SO SILLY..SHE WANTED HI OOT OF THE LOBBY LOL !!

GARMIN

THIS IS WILL'S LITTLE TOY HE LET US USE ON THE TRIP. WE HAVE A TOM TOM BUT DURING THE MOVE IT GOT PACKED UP. SO WE ARE USING WILL'S. RON LOVES PLAYING WITH NEW TOYS.. THANKS WILL IT KEEP RON ON THE RIGHT TRACK

BROWNS COUNTRY STORE & RESTAURANT

THIS IS A SIGN THAT YOU SEE AS YOU LEAVE THE PARKING LOT !!!THIS IS RON GETTING IN THE TRUNK OF THE CAR GETTING A NOTE BOOK FOR ME. HE SAID HE WAS A TOUREST BECAUSE HE WAS FROM ARKANSAS WITH A CAR WITH OKC PLATES GOING TO TX.. HE SAYS HE IS ON VACATION.

LOVE THE RUGS.. THERE IS ONE AT EVERY DOOR THIS PLACE IS A GREAT PLACE TO EAT AND SHOP.. THEY HAD A BAR THAT IS UNREAL. SALADS, VEGGIES,CATFISH & CHICKEN,MEAT LOAF YOU NAME IT AND BROWN BEANS & CORN BREAD..

THIS IS BROWNS COUNTRY STORE & RESTAURANT IN BENTON AR. IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO EAT THERE DO AND LOOK THE GIFT SHOP OVER..

PACKED & READY TO GO

AS YOU CAN SEE I AM PACKED AND READY TO GO.. I JUST HOPE I HAVE ENOUGH STUFF PACKED AND NO I DONT HAVE THE KITCHEN SINK LOL !!!!! DONT YA JUST LOVE MY BLUE BAGS..ONEE OF WAL-MARTS GREATEST IDEALS YET..

BREAKFAST WITH THE BOYS BEFORE I LEAVE

THIS IS WILL & ROD WE MET AT SHONEYS THIS MORN. TO SEE EACH OTHER BEFORE I LEFT.I HAD A NICE SURPRISE LACY JOINED US ALSO. DIDNT GET TO SEE THE GRANDBABIES & HEATHER THE BOYS HAD SCHOOL & HEATHER HAD SCHOOL SORRY GUYS I DIDNT GET TO SEE YOU BUT LOTS OF LOVE WHAT HANDSOM YOUNG MEN I HAVE GOD HAS BLESSED ME WELL WITH BOTH OF THEM..WILL IS THE ONE ON TOP & ROD ON THE BOTTOM..HE WAS BEING SILLY..SORRY I DIDNT GET A PICTURE OF LACY MAYBE NEXT TIME..THANKS BOYS I LOVE YOU BOTH LOTS MOM

VISIT FROM THE MORRIS FAMILY

TONIGHT WHEN I GOT OFF WORK WE HAD SOME COMPANY TO COME OVER. DONALD,ERICA & MARCUS. THEY WANTED TO KNOW TO MAKE SURE WE WAS OK AND READY TO GO. ERICA SHOWED ME SOMETHINGS ON THE COMPUTER TO DO WHEN WE GET TO THE MOTEL SO NOW I AM READY TO POST MY BLOGS ON THE ROAD. WE HAD A GREAT VISIT. THANKS GUYS FOR THE VISIT AND THE INFO.. LOTS OF LOVE

HOUSTON CARDS # 2

THIS IS THE CARD THAT THE ASSOCIATES GAVE ME FROM WORK. THIS IS THE INSIDE OF THE CARD PLUS SOME MONEY THAT WAS IN SIDE OF IT..GOD HAS BLESS ME SO MUCH WITH THE ASSOCIATES AT WAL-MART IN FLIPPIN THEY ARE MORE LIKE FAMILY THAN CO-WORKERS.

CARDS FROM FAMILY & FRIENDS # 1

THIS CARD IS FROM UNCLE EDDIE & AUNT CARYLON IT HAD SOME GOODIE MONEY IN IT

THIS CARD IS FROM UNCLE DANNY,AUNT DIANE, JAMES & LINDSEY, UNCLE SAM & AUNT MAKEY

THIS CARD IS FROM DAN & GAYLE & THE YELLVILLE MASON'S LODGE I WORK WITH DAN & GAYLE THEY ARE WONDERFUL FRIENDS

THIS IS ONE OF THE OPEN PARTS OF THE CARD THAT THE ASSOCIATES FROM FLIPPIN WAL-MART..THEY ARE A WONDERFUL BUNCH OF FOLKS TO WORK WITH..

THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE CARD THE ASSOCIATES GAVE ME..