Well its 2013, another year has gone by. It is cold and it is gloomy. I hate going outside this time of year. We don't venture to WV till April. We are looking for a house that is a ranch with a basement and some land so we can work on it this winter and be ready to move in the spring. I am certain it is time for my dad to move in with us so we are looking for something to accommodate us all. Even though he will be stubborn and say he isn't moving in, we need to be ready. Kevin is waiting on a new contract from CAE - they are closed for the holidays. Jeff has moved into a new apartment and was here and stayed with us over the holiday. I have actually started what I call my "Family Tree" project. Haven't seen my desk in days. But its fun to figure out everything and Kevin and I work on it together. This has been a project long in the making and I think I lost a small batch of scanned pictures when my desktop died. But I have a new scanner/printer/copier I will learn and the project will be back on track. I love looking at the old pics from the late 1800's. What is sad is they were not labeled. My mother was able to see them and identify a few before she died. But really by the time she seen them - she forgot most. By seeing this happen to this two big boxes of pictures, I have labeled every picture I own, and have started on my parents. But there are a few now - that are useless because my dad does not know who they are. Then another thing that makes me sad is I have allot of pics from my mom's side of the family but the information to go with them is hard to get, and about 3 or 4 pictures from my dad's side and I have great information from his side of the family, but no pics to do the "Family Tree" on his side.
We have decided it is time to fix the storm damage to the ceilings. Everything seems to be good with the roof and windows now, so time to proceed. Somehow this has turned into a three room project. Family room ceiling and wall. Bedroom ceiling and wall. Then the toilet decided the seal wasn't going to hold water anymore, so Kevin said as long he has to take the tank off he might as well take the whole thing out and replace the floor. YEA!!!!! I have wanted a floor for 12 years now since we moved in here. So now we come in our kitchen door and turn left, it is all a construction area. IT IS A MESS!!!!! And the old floor isn't coming up so easy.
Now I have to decide exactly what floor I want in there. Being this far into the project, painting the whole back of the house is in order I believe, but Kevin hasn't been told this yet. LOL
I am going to try and post consistently again, as I have missed it. Lately it seems as if my posts that I have started just are not flowing. Take care....
Our family picture after my mother's funeral.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Deer Hunting
Deer hunting has probably been a part of my life since I was born. I remember ALWAYS going to WV the Sunday before Thanksgiving to be there the opening day of Deer hunting. Unlike WV, who gets off school for it, Ohio doesn't. I am sure my teachers were not impressed that I missed three days of school in a row to go deer hunting. I did go one time with my dad actually hunting. I don't get much out of walking and being quiet through the rough terrain. They used to have turkey shoots and cake walks the weekend before. I don't know if they still do. But they were fun. I had to stand on a wash tub at the turkey shoot to shoot the shot gun and the kickback was so much that I would be jerked backwards and my dad would catch me. I love to shoot guns. I would love to get my carry permit, but not sure I could pass the class. I seen last time in WV the class was $60 to get it down there. Up here in Ohio its $150. Why the huge difference?
This year with Kevin being retired, he has gotten the job of deer hunting with my dad. Since October that is all my dad would talk about, us taking him deer hunting in WV. So we plan to go down to our house for a week so he can get his deer. Knowing my dad he is always ready to come back in two days. So we figure we can be home by Wednesday.
We leave on Sunday to be ready for opening day. We get to our house and the one across the road from where we stay looks like a tornado had went through the land. We have about 10 trees that are blown down, toppled into each other. One huge mess that we were shocked to see. On the other side by my dad's cabin is yet another mess of trees broken and fallen. So we start by the cabin cleaning it up and the chain saw works great - for one evening. Bummer!!!! We burned for two evenings and still have so much more to clean up. It is just overwhelming. We had to leave the biggest mess since our chain saw wouldn't stay running. Going to take ours from here next time.
Kevin and my dad get up before day light. You know you need to be in the woods before daylight, so they say. Well I get up and see them off. I went back to bed for a few minutes, got up straightened and ate breakfast and they are back and guess what??? My dad is done deer hunting in WV. He is ready to come home and he isn't going again in WV ever. Now mind you, Kevin takes my dad in the woods and places him. Then Kevin goes to "run" the deer to him. Well this wears my dad out, he's so tired, and he's cold, and he's hungry, he's legs hurt, he's back hurts. Okay you got the picture.
So we come back to Ohio and before we get home he is talking about the first day of deer hunting in Ohio. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!?! But I just sit in the backseat and smile at Kevin. So Saturday we were over visiting my dad and he couldn't even find the gun he has to take hunting up here. Ohio you have to take a shot gun with a rifle barrel. (Or I think that is what they said). So we help him find the gun and then where are the shells. So Kevin finds the shells. Oh no he only has two boxes. I tell him he only needs one shell, so I think two boxes are plenty. Monday morning Kevin was to be at my dad's to take my dad and his friend hunting. The friend Carmen is 77, and my dad 80. Kevin had a few laughs with them. First off those two couldn't get their seat belts figured out. My dad was sitting in the middle of the truck and kept playing with the heater. Driving Kevin crazy. They finally arrive at the property and they tell Kevin where to go to run them a deer. Well it isn't long until my dad gets cold and goes to the truck. Then he goes back out, and they said they were staying till they got a deer. So Kevin is coming back around and sees them headed for the truck. They think he got lost cause it is taking so long to get to them. So now my dad is done hunting in Ohio, he is never going hunting in Ohio again. By the time they got back home, he asked Kevin when they are going again. Carmen said Wed and Sat is good for him.
They never went back that week, but deer hunting is coming back in up here for the weekend. Dec. 15 and 16. Now my dad is asking when are we going deer hunting. So we shall see how that goes.
My dad hasn't been feeling well. Having tests and of course one test leads to another test. I don't think he is able to go hunting, but he will drag himself out there to say he went. I am thankful that Kevin will take them, I worry about my dad being in the woods and wonder if he will find his way back to the truck without getting confused.
This year with Kevin being retired, he has gotten the job of deer hunting with my dad. Since October that is all my dad would talk about, us taking him deer hunting in WV. So we plan to go down to our house for a week so he can get his deer. Knowing my dad he is always ready to come back in two days. So we figure we can be home by Wednesday.
We leave on Sunday to be ready for opening day. We get to our house and the one across the road from where we stay looks like a tornado had went through the land. We have about 10 trees that are blown down, toppled into each other. One huge mess that we were shocked to see. On the other side by my dad's cabin is yet another mess of trees broken and fallen. So we start by the cabin cleaning it up and the chain saw works great - for one evening. Bummer!!!! We burned for two evenings and still have so much more to clean up. It is just overwhelming. We had to leave the biggest mess since our chain saw wouldn't stay running. Going to take ours from here next time.
Kevin and my dad get up before day light. You know you need to be in the woods before daylight, so they say. Well I get up and see them off. I went back to bed for a few minutes, got up straightened and ate breakfast and they are back and guess what??? My dad is done deer hunting in WV. He is ready to come home and he isn't going again in WV ever. Now mind you, Kevin takes my dad in the woods and places him. Then Kevin goes to "run" the deer to him. Well this wears my dad out, he's so tired, and he's cold, and he's hungry, he's legs hurt, he's back hurts. Okay you got the picture.
So we come back to Ohio and before we get home he is talking about the first day of deer hunting in Ohio. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!?! But I just sit in the backseat and smile at Kevin. So Saturday we were over visiting my dad and he couldn't even find the gun he has to take hunting up here. Ohio you have to take a shot gun with a rifle barrel. (Or I think that is what they said). So we help him find the gun and then where are the shells. So Kevin finds the shells. Oh no he only has two boxes. I tell him he only needs one shell, so I think two boxes are plenty. Monday morning Kevin was to be at my dad's to take my dad and his friend hunting. The friend Carmen is 77, and my dad 80. Kevin had a few laughs with them. First off those two couldn't get their seat belts figured out. My dad was sitting in the middle of the truck and kept playing with the heater. Driving Kevin crazy. They finally arrive at the property and they tell Kevin where to go to run them a deer. Well it isn't long until my dad gets cold and goes to the truck. Then he goes back out, and they said they were staying till they got a deer. So Kevin is coming back around and sees them headed for the truck. They think he got lost cause it is taking so long to get to them. So now my dad is done hunting in Ohio, he is never going hunting in Ohio again. By the time they got back home, he asked Kevin when they are going again. Carmen said Wed and Sat is good for him.
They never went back that week, but deer hunting is coming back in up here for the weekend. Dec. 15 and 16. Now my dad is asking when are we going deer hunting. So we shall see how that goes.
My dad hasn't been feeling well. Having tests and of course one test leads to another test. I don't think he is able to go hunting, but he will drag himself out there to say he went. I am thankful that Kevin will take them, I worry about my dad being in the woods and wonder if he will find his way back to the truck without getting confused.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Coupons = Thrifty or Cheap
I am a coupon user. Just because you use a coupon does not make you cheap. People are always making fun of me cause I use coupons to go out to eat, at the grocery store and at the mall. I by no means am cheap, I consider myself to be thrifty. Now this is not a bragging post, just trying to make a point.
First of all, I ran across this saying a while back and loved it. "We are to poor to buy junk". I always say you get what you pay for. And if I can get a little off - well I have more money for other things. But when you buy cheap junk, all you have is cheap junk. I love to shop at Dillards and Macy's during their huge clearance sales. I have $150.00 dresses that I got for $20 or $30 on sale with a coupon. If not for sales and coupons, I would have to wear Wal-Mart dresses. (Well maybe not that bad, but you get my point).
I always have a new car, we live in a nice house, we have a nice truck, we have two dumps, er I mean houses in WV. Everything we have is all ours. So I am not cheap. If I use a coupon then I have more money for other things. I want for nothing, but I want nothing. I am not a material girl.
Some people judge their wealth by how much stuff they have. I cannot stand to have clutter. And I cannot stand to have every space full of something. Every winter I purge every file, closet, drawer and cabinet in this house. I have even decided to donate some Christmas stuff this year. How much Christmas stuff does one person need. I have 7 huge totes of Christmas stuff plus wreaths and trees. My motto for decorating is: "What goes up must come down". And I don't put up Christmas till the first weekend in Dec. and it comes down Dec. 26th - every trip up the steps my arms are full of decorations. So its time to get rid of all them decorations that stay in the boxes year after year and let someone else enjoy them. My tree does stay up till New Years. My mother said its bad luck to take it down before, and she never had taken her's down before New Years Day, so that is a tradition I must follow now.
Back to couponing. I do not use a coupon just because I have it. I don't buy stuff I am not going to use just because I have a coupon. My mother was not a big couponer. Nor my dad, but I get something for him with a coupon and he is excited about it and the price. Kevin was in Texas in August for two weeks and I told my dad one day he was taking me out to dinner. He said, "Wait and let me see if I have a coupon". I about died laughing. A COUPON?!?! But you need to know my dad to know how funny that is.
You know if you don't plan along the way for your retirement, you might be working your whole life. As the country is today - you need all the help you can in saving for the future. Willpower to not need instant gratification is a good thing also. My girlfriend once told me I have allot of willpower, and I feel I do too. I think some people are ashamed to use a coupon or something. I feel that the business put out the coupon for me to use, so why not use it?
First of all, I ran across this saying a while back and loved it. "We are to poor to buy junk". I always say you get what you pay for. And if I can get a little off - well I have more money for other things. But when you buy cheap junk, all you have is cheap junk. I love to shop at Dillards and Macy's during their huge clearance sales. I have $150.00 dresses that I got for $20 or $30 on sale with a coupon. If not for sales and coupons, I would have to wear Wal-Mart dresses. (Well maybe not that bad, but you get my point).
I always have a new car, we live in a nice house, we have a nice truck, we have two dumps, er I mean houses in WV. Everything we have is all ours. So I am not cheap. If I use a coupon then I have more money for other things. I want for nothing, but I want nothing. I am not a material girl.
Some people judge their wealth by how much stuff they have. I cannot stand to have clutter. And I cannot stand to have every space full of something. Every winter I purge every file, closet, drawer and cabinet in this house. I have even decided to donate some Christmas stuff this year. How much Christmas stuff does one person need. I have 7 huge totes of Christmas stuff plus wreaths and trees. My motto for decorating is: "What goes up must come down". And I don't put up Christmas till the first weekend in Dec. and it comes down Dec. 26th - every trip up the steps my arms are full of decorations. So its time to get rid of all them decorations that stay in the boxes year after year and let someone else enjoy them. My tree does stay up till New Years. My mother said its bad luck to take it down before, and she never had taken her's down before New Years Day, so that is a tradition I must follow now.
Back to couponing. I do not use a coupon just because I have it. I don't buy stuff I am not going to use just because I have a coupon. My mother was not a big couponer. Nor my dad, but I get something for him with a coupon and he is excited about it and the price. Kevin was in Texas in August for two weeks and I told my dad one day he was taking me out to dinner. He said, "Wait and let me see if I have a coupon". I about died laughing. A COUPON?!?! But you need to know my dad to know how funny that is.
You know if you don't plan along the way for your retirement, you might be working your whole life. As the country is today - you need all the help you can in saving for the future. Willpower to not need instant gratification is a good thing also. My girlfriend once told me I have allot of willpower, and I feel I do too. I think some people are ashamed to use a coupon or something. I feel that the business put out the coupon for me to use, so why not use it?
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Thankful
I have been out of the loop of my posting on the blog since the storm struck. We sometimes think, WHY ME??
During Frankenstorm, I was probably saying that at least once a day I'm sure to myself. It seems as if north Willoughby got hit the hardest and that is where we live. It just seemed a new issue arose everyday at our house. First our roof/siding/windows started leaking in the back bedroom. We had one leak, okay not bad for how much rain and wind we were having. A part of the ceiling was hanging down full of water. I got a bucket and busted the big bubble and let it all drain and then drip into the bucket. Yucky brown water. (THANKFUL IT WAS ONLY ONE LEAK) Then our electric went off at 11 pm. At 5 am I got up to see how the leak was doing. OOOPPPSSS it was now three leaks. (THANKFULL IT WAS ONLY THREE AND THE CEILING WAS STILL HANGING UP) Moved all the furniture now as one was right over the bed, but not leaking yet. Busted the other two, carpet soaked and bucket under them. Looked out front window - the big tree out front came down in all the wind. Laughing now. (BUT THANKFUL IT FELL THE OTHER DIRECTION AND NOT ON THE HOUSE). I had called my dad at 6:30 am to make sure he still had electric and he was surprised we didn't as he never lost it. (THANKFUL HE KEPT HIS ELECTRIC) So we get done cleaning up the mess and I am starting to make instant coffee. Someone is pounding on my door. My dad with Hardees Bacon, egg and cheese biscuits and three cups of coffee. (THANKFUL FOR BREAKFAST) We were checking things out and now the leaks started in the family room. (THANKFUL THE RAIN AND WIND WAS SLOWING, AND NO HANGING DOWN FULL OF WATER SPOTS, JUST BROWN WATER STAINS). My dad was determined we needed his generator. So I said make sure it would hook up the same way his does at his house or else we wouldn't have the stuff to plug it into the box. They found no main shut off. So he went home with the idea that if it stayed off to long just bring our perishables to his house. So 16 hours later, we had electric and heat. Our phones and internet were messed up and they actually came out the next day too. They are still messed up and I tried to call them today - their customer service is not what it should be - but customer service is a dying art - so I don't expect anymore than I get from them. (But that is another post).
It continued to rain a good bit until the next day and it slowed to the point that we could clean up the tree. I called the roofer and him and the siding guy were here within an hour asking why I hadn't called sooner. I didn't want people in the downpour rain up on my roof when my ceiling was ruined anyway. So that got fixed the next morning. The tree went through the chipper the next day. We even found the Main shutoff for electric in an odd place to us. So we figure its all over. NOPE!!!! On Sunday I wake up at 5:15 am and our furnace is blowing cold air. So Kevin was able to fix that - we actually had a ignition module in his stash of parts. His degree in Heating and AC did not go to waste that day. (THANKFUL KEVIN WENT TO COLLEGE AND LEARNED A VERY USEFUL TRADE).
Somewhere in all this drama in Ohio I learn that our electric is off at our house in WV. We have electric heat - weather said 20's every night. For this I must say I will be thankful if my pipes didn't freeze and bust.
Even though I might of posted on my Facebook wall posts that seemed like my world was falling apart - I was THANKFUL every step of the way.
During Frankenstorm, I was probably saying that at least once a day I'm sure to myself. It seems as if north Willoughby got hit the hardest and that is where we live. It just seemed a new issue arose everyday at our house. First our roof/siding/windows started leaking in the back bedroom. We had one leak, okay not bad for how much rain and wind we were having. A part of the ceiling was hanging down full of water. I got a bucket and busted the big bubble and let it all drain and then drip into the bucket. Yucky brown water. (THANKFUL IT WAS ONLY ONE LEAK) Then our electric went off at 11 pm. At 5 am I got up to see how the leak was doing. OOOPPPSSS it was now three leaks. (THANKFULL IT WAS ONLY THREE AND THE CEILING WAS STILL HANGING UP) Moved all the furniture now as one was right over the bed, but not leaking yet. Busted the other two, carpet soaked and bucket under them. Looked out front window - the big tree out front came down in all the wind. Laughing now. (BUT THANKFUL IT FELL THE OTHER DIRECTION AND NOT ON THE HOUSE). I had called my dad at 6:30 am to make sure he still had electric and he was surprised we didn't as he never lost it. (THANKFUL HE KEPT HIS ELECTRIC) So we get done cleaning up the mess and I am starting to make instant coffee. Someone is pounding on my door. My dad with Hardees Bacon, egg and cheese biscuits and three cups of coffee. (THANKFUL FOR BREAKFAST) We were checking things out and now the leaks started in the family room. (THANKFUL THE RAIN AND WIND WAS SLOWING, AND NO HANGING DOWN FULL OF WATER SPOTS, JUST BROWN WATER STAINS). My dad was determined we needed his generator. So I said make sure it would hook up the same way his does at his house or else we wouldn't have the stuff to plug it into the box. They found no main shut off. So he went home with the idea that if it stayed off to long just bring our perishables to his house. So 16 hours later, we had electric and heat. Our phones and internet were messed up and they actually came out the next day too. They are still messed up and I tried to call them today - their customer service is not what it should be - but customer service is a dying art - so I don't expect anymore than I get from them. (But that is another post).
It continued to rain a good bit until the next day and it slowed to the point that we could clean up the tree. I called the roofer and him and the siding guy were here within an hour asking why I hadn't called sooner. I didn't want people in the downpour rain up on my roof when my ceiling was ruined anyway. So that got fixed the next morning. The tree went through the chipper the next day. We even found the Main shutoff for electric in an odd place to us. So we figure its all over. NOPE!!!! On Sunday I wake up at 5:15 am and our furnace is blowing cold air. So Kevin was able to fix that - we actually had a ignition module in his stash of parts. His degree in Heating and AC did not go to waste that day. (THANKFUL KEVIN WENT TO COLLEGE AND LEARNED A VERY USEFUL TRADE).
Somewhere in all this drama in Ohio I learn that our electric is off at our house in WV. We have electric heat - weather said 20's every night. For this I must say I will be thankful if my pipes didn't freeze and bust.
Even though I might of posted on my Facebook wall posts that seemed like my world was falling apart - I was THANKFUL every step of the way.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Friends
My niece said to me a few years back - I have 100 best friends. I thought REALLY???? 100 Besties???? Then I wondered if I even had 100 friends, counting best friends. LOL We have buds, peeps, neighbors, sistas, co-workers, classmates, acquaintances, buddies, and many others. Some pull double duty. A friend is "a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard". Okay I do have over 100 friends. Maybe even some I consider my friend and they have no idea I feel that way.
I got a surprise phone call from one of my best buds also a best friend, John, in Missouri last night that reminded me of how many people have touched my life and continue to touch it. I moved to Ohio 12 years ago and was hanging with my dad at Hardee's and one of the guys said they just met me but could talk to me like we've known each other our whole life. If you know me, you know I am a good listener. If you don't really know me, you think I talk allot. He called me gifted - and to this day my husband still does. LOL My mother always said, me and my dad have never met a stranger.
Being a military spouse, so many people come and go in your life. My best friend, Mary, I met when my daughter was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy - her daughter had Spina Bifida. We instantly became friends and since 1977 we have been best friends. I've gotten to see her about 4 or 5 times since I left IL, but not nearly enough. We talk on the phone and are trying to make plans to see each other again. There are many more best friends that I still keep in contact with from our military days. The military is a really special "family".
John I've known since the middle 80's. One time on my birthday, Kevin had to go to college (he was taking weekend classes to get his Master's Degree). So John took me to a Bison Ranch and they had a buffet of all bison and tours, but they had no running water. I guess this must of been an issue for me as John always laughs cause I made him stop and let me wash my hands on the way home.
Since Facebook has came into my life - I keep up with allot of friends and family. I do, however, cringe when I read something on Facebook that should of been told in person first to certain people. I have met a girl, Rae, playing my game. We instantly bonded, never met in person, but have allot in common, and we now feel like we are "chosen" sisters. Amazing how that happens, and you are touched by such a sweet person that you never met. She lives not to far from where I moved here from. So maybe when we go back to visit someday we will finally meet.
I got a surprise phone call from one of my best buds also a best friend, John, in Missouri last night that reminded me of how many people have touched my life and continue to touch it. I moved to Ohio 12 years ago and was hanging with my dad at Hardee's and one of the guys said they just met me but could talk to me like we've known each other our whole life. If you know me, you know I am a good listener. If you don't really know me, you think I talk allot. He called me gifted - and to this day my husband still does. LOL My mother always said, me and my dad have never met a stranger.
Being a military spouse, so many people come and go in your life. My best friend, Mary, I met when my daughter was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy - her daughter had Spina Bifida. We instantly became friends and since 1977 we have been best friends. I've gotten to see her about 4 or 5 times since I left IL, but not nearly enough. We talk on the phone and are trying to make plans to see each other again. There are many more best friends that I still keep in contact with from our military days. The military is a really special "family".
John I've known since the middle 80's. One time on my birthday, Kevin had to go to college (he was taking weekend classes to get his Master's Degree). So John took me to a Bison Ranch and they had a buffet of all bison and tours, but they had no running water. I guess this must of been an issue for me as John always laughs cause I made him stop and let me wash my hands on the way home.
Since Facebook has came into my life - I keep up with allot of friends and family. I do, however, cringe when I read something on Facebook that should of been told in person first to certain people. I have met a girl, Rae, playing my game. We instantly bonded, never met in person, but have allot in common, and we now feel like we are "chosen" sisters. Amazing how that happens, and you are touched by such a sweet person that you never met. She lives not to far from where I moved here from. So maybe when we go back to visit someday we will finally meet.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Republican or Demorcrat
This is not a post about whether I am or am not a Republican, its a post about what I dislike about the election. I do not need about 10 phone calls a day from the Republicans telling me I can vote - where I can vote - and why I should vote for Mitt. I am already a registered Republican and I am voting.
Maybe I need a phone call from the Democrats telling me why I should vote for Obama. They don't have my vote and maybe they should try to sway me. (I ain't moving over - but just saying). I am so tired of answering the phone - hearing the same thing. Today being Sunday - I was so surprised no one even called about anything political. Maybe I should go make sure the phone is working. LOL
The mailings that come daily. My recycle bin is filling up quick. I mean really, about 10 a day of those. And I get some from the same person day after day. I guess they think some people are slow learners - but this is just getting out of hand. I don't remember it this bad in elections gone by.
I watched the debates. It seemed as if one would say what they wanted to do for the country if elected and one only harped on what the other supposedly said years ago and didn't say what he was going to do if elected. But then again we know what one did for the past four years, so he didn't have to.
So my closing words are, "vote early and vote often". LOL
Maybe I need a phone call from the Democrats telling me why I should vote for Obama. They don't have my vote and maybe they should try to sway me. (I ain't moving over - but just saying). I am so tired of answering the phone - hearing the same thing. Today being Sunday - I was so surprised no one even called about anything political. Maybe I should go make sure the phone is working. LOL
The mailings that come daily. My recycle bin is filling up quick. I mean really, about 10 a day of those. And I get some from the same person day after day. I guess they think some people are slow learners - but this is just getting out of hand. I don't remember it this bad in elections gone by.
I watched the debates. It seemed as if one would say what they wanted to do for the country if elected and one only harped on what the other supposedly said years ago and didn't say what he was going to do if elected. But then again we know what one did for the past four years, so he didn't have to.
So my closing words are, "vote early and vote often". LOL
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Best Friend, Love of my Life, Hubby
Today is Kevin's day to be the subject. We have been best friends since 1977. He has been the love of my life since 1982. He has been my hubby since Dec. 15, 1982. He is my second husband (first one HUGE, GIGANTIC mistake). I am his third wife. Third time is charm for sure for him. Well I'm sure that is the way he sees it. LOL
He spent 20 years in the US Air Force, and we neither one regretted a minute of it. He spent 18 of his 20 years at Scott AFB, IL. When we got married Jeff was 7 and Jenny was 5.
One thing I always say about him and his work, "he keeps me in the way I have become accustomed". Now since he was an aircraft mechanic (enlisted) I am not used to allot, so that isn't hard to do. I am low maintenance, and HATE shopping. My favorite store is Lowes first and Home Depot second. Mall about LAST on my list.
We love to do our own home remodeling and maintaining. We love to work outside and keep everything looking very manicured. Inside our house looks the same after we clean as before. He is a very hard worker, has been and always will be.
He loves to travel, me not so much. He loves to drive - I love to be the passenger. Now that my dad travels with us allot - we have two that loves to be the passenger. Kevin has taken me to many places thanks to Flight Options. He had to go to Las Vegas once for 10 days to work at that facility. I tagged along. He took me to the Hoover Dam, and I was not impressed. Told him we have a damn in WV less than a mile from our house. Seen one. He had to go work in New Jersey for 10 days and took me to see the Statue of Liberty. Was not impressed. But I said that was my parents fault for not taking me when I was little. LOL It just looks so grand on TV, and in person - kind of a small green thing.
We both love country music and bluegrass music. Conway Twitty has always been my favorite. He took me to Twitty City on our honeymoon. And thanks to my cousin Becky - her and Rick drove us around seeing stars homes, and William Lee Golden was coming down his drive after his girlfriend. Me and her are sitting there screaming.....it was so much fun. I will never forget that.
Kevin is very attentive to detail. He has an awesome hobby that I love the benefit of. He takes cement figures for outside, stepping stones, anything that needs to be painted and it looks awesome when he gets done. We display it out in front of our house.
Our friend, Sonny, had this in a pile of stuff to get thrown away when we went over to help him with his snow blower. It was a plain cement figure in need of some TLC and Kevin was just the one to give it.
I will post some more when I find them in the mess I have of pictures. Someday my goal is to organize those.
He spent 20 years in the US Air Force, and we neither one regretted a minute of it. He spent 18 of his 20 years at Scott AFB, IL. When we got married Jeff was 7 and Jenny was 5.
One thing I always say about him and his work, "he keeps me in the way I have become accustomed". Now since he was an aircraft mechanic (enlisted) I am not used to allot, so that isn't hard to do. I am low maintenance, and HATE shopping. My favorite store is Lowes first and Home Depot second. Mall about LAST on my list.
We love to do our own home remodeling and maintaining. We love to work outside and keep everything looking very manicured. Inside our house looks the same after we clean as before. He is a very hard worker, has been and always will be.
He loves to travel, me not so much. He loves to drive - I love to be the passenger. Now that my dad travels with us allot - we have two that loves to be the passenger. Kevin has taken me to many places thanks to Flight Options. He had to go to Las Vegas once for 10 days to work at that facility. I tagged along. He took me to the Hoover Dam, and I was not impressed. Told him we have a damn in WV less than a mile from our house. Seen one. He had to go work in New Jersey for 10 days and took me to see the Statue of Liberty. Was not impressed. But I said that was my parents fault for not taking me when I was little. LOL It just looks so grand on TV, and in person - kind of a small green thing.
We both love country music and bluegrass music. Conway Twitty has always been my favorite. He took me to Twitty City on our honeymoon. And thanks to my cousin Becky - her and Rick drove us around seeing stars homes, and William Lee Golden was coming down his drive after his girlfriend. Me and her are sitting there screaming.....it was so much fun. I will never forget that.
Kevin is very attentive to detail. He has an awesome hobby that I love the benefit of. He takes cement figures for outside, stepping stones, anything that needs to be painted and it looks awesome when he gets done. We display it out in front of our house.
Our friend, Sonny, had this in a pile of stuff to get thrown away when we went over to help him with his snow blower. It was a plain cement figure in need of some TLC and Kevin was just the one to give it.
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