Ride Cowgirl Ride

Headed to Batesville, MS to watch Lakelynn ride in the Regional USTPA


in youth ranch sorting.  Love watching her...

Daddy's little girl

My daddy will be 84 years young this Saturday (and since I'm linking this to facebook... kids call your granddaddy)
No matter how old you get or how ornery your daddy gets... you will always be his little girl and him your hero.
Thanks Daddy for all the times you climbed ladders to get me out of trees, hay lofts, roof tops when I was too scare to climb down
For playing in the snow with me
For telling me I was smart enough to be anything I wanted to be
For loving me

Love you too

Patty Jean

Swings, porches, windchimes and of course dogs

These are a few of my favorite things...

Happy 44th Ronnie

44 years ago today me and my best friend got married... He said "I reckon" and I said "I do" and our wedding music was my Mama and his mother crying.... no kidding
Why you might ask... well he was only 16 and I was only 17 and everyone in the entire community didn't give us a snowball chance in hell of making it but "just look at us now"

We were in Birmingham last night and good friends Irene and Paul Latham treated us to the best steak ever... thanks thanks thanks

While we waited at the restaurant for them to join us, we sat at the bar and Ronnie had a beer.... the bartender asked if we was celebrating a special occasion and Ronnie said well tomorrow is our 44th wedding anniversary and the lady said (hoping for a bigger tip I guess) why I thought you was boyfriend and girlfriend... how nice. when people stay together.  Ronnie pointed at me and said, "That is the meanest woman in Zip City."  (he always says that)  The woman looks at me then looks back at Ronnie and says..."Ahhh but you like because you look happy."

Here hoping you look happy everyday.


PS 65 years ago yesterday my moma and daddy got married here is their wedding picture

Happy Birthday to my Baby

My son is 39 today... seems like only yesterday the nurse came into my room just a few hours after I delivered a 9lb 15 oz baby boy and asked.... Mrs. Weaver you son will not stop crying.  Can we bring him to you.  Bless his sweet heart... the minute they put him in my arms he snuggled and started snuffing ... his entire body would shake.  They left him with me the rest of my hospital stay except during visiting hours.  That was almost unheard of in those days.  My husband didn't even get to hold our children until we started home with them. 

Just wanted to say Happy Birthday Pumpkin Head we love ya.... yes he was a red headed baby

Summer is here

So it went from low 80's to nearly a 100 in a matter of a couple days... but the humidity is what hurts.  Lexie, my dog, stood looking at me today when I was working in the flower beds.... I said ... What do you want?  She walked to her water bowl and flipped it... spilling water everywhere.  She looked back at me and of course I understood what she wanted.  Ice water... she is so spoiled.

I went to look at the land my son had cleared to make pasture for cows.... so sad to see all the trees gone but he needs the land for cows. 

And finally, just so y'all don't think I'm a "kill every varmint you see" type person... which I am for the most part... Ronnie heard something in one of the back stalls at the barn... went to see what is was and guess what he found..... a five foot chicken snake trying to climb the wall.  He moved to watch it and put his arm on a bigger one stretched across the stall door.  He let both of them live.  Maybe they will help with the bird and mouse problem at the barn.  Ron's dogs won't let a cat live long at the barn.

Grow every day

Another gem of wisdom my Granny would say... "Grow every day, in knowledge, in friends in faith.
I've got the knowledge part... I really do like to learn about new things.  I also like to try new things but not as much as I did when I was young.

Now the friend part... I know tons of people but I have very few I call friend.  So every decade is more like what I tend to do with friends.

In faith, I wish I could ask Granny "Faith in what?"  I know in my heart she meant God and I've got that but faith in my country nope.... faith in people, nope... so my question would be to Granny.... How can you be true to yourself and still have faith in people?  Her answer would most likely have been... Do what you can, forget what you can't and treat everyone like you would want them to treat you.  A smile goes a long way and a kind word might be what that person needs to make it though the day. 

Okay the smile and kind word part I might need to work on.

Here's smiling at you and the kind word... dream big, love with your entire being and fight for what you believe in.