Rita, I have loved all of the blood stuff. I've tried to give twice before, once they got into my veins and it just wouldn't come out and the other time they couldn't get in a vein. But I guess I should keep trying since it seems I am a universal donor too.

Love the pictures of Marleigh! She is sooo cute.

It's so nice here today. It's already about 40 degrees and really sunny. Unfortunately I will be stuck in the library all day studying. =(

Have a good Saturday everyone!

Bobbie~ Daddy was O-NEG and I am A-POS..what are you? I remember Mommy talking about times when they (medical providers at the time) would call Daddy in the middle of the night to come and give blood b/c he was a Universal donor. I've seen alot of blood but none that looked like that Emily. Are you finding that interesting?

Yes, Marleigh, you are one beautiful baby girl, course I know your Nana isn't partial or anything. Olivia and I had a girls day out yesterday and I took her to (what else), get her nails done. She picked the color, (hot pink) and she got her toes and nails done. They painted a design on her toenails and fingernails and the girl had to do her toes 3X because she kept messing them up! Olivia had to tip her pretty good. I think Olivia has the potential to become a little Thrift store shopper! I was looking on a rack and Olivia was just going down the rack ahead of me, looking at every piece and they were size 14 - 18, women's. I thought that was so funny. We shopped til we dropped, she was asleep and snoring before we made it home.

Julie, Milk it for all it's worth! LOL

Good Evening All,
I don't know about the blood Emily. I don't even know what I am. (interesting picture tho) Are you and your father the same blood type always? No exceptions?
Vonda, your flowers are very pretty, very valentinish! Your vase is going to look pretty with your brown-eyed susans too. You will have those in your backyard right?
I don't think it got up to seventy today. It was windy city at the park! We took our peanuts and sat in the little train and ate them anyway.
Julie, sorry about your foot! If you have to give all your high heels away, don't forget me! Size 6 and a half :)
Addy, how is your face healing?
Marleigh, you are beautiful in your photo shots dear!

This is a picture of the blood smear (with a Wright stain--it's what makes it look purple) that we made in my anatomy lab today. It's my friend Channing's blood. The bigger purple blob in the middle is a white blood cell...all the others are the RBCs. We also did blood typing...if it worked right, I found out that I am O-. I learned today that B (or AB) blood is not very common unless you are of Asian or Native American descent. I know some of Grandma and Grandpa's family was part indian, right? Do any of ya'll have B in your blood?

My flower arangement

Bobbie gave me the flower vase , and I made the flower arangement , I think they are pretty ,and remind me of spring.

Julie had surgery on her left foot today to remove a bunyon. She is in a lot of pain and will be wearing a special boot for a while. I'll be attending to her through the weekend and maybe Monday too. She gets the bandage redressed next Thursday. Pray for her.
Thanks Love you all

Here's Marleigh playing with her little tent. She likes to walk around it more than play in it. I tried to post a video of her walking but it was taking 3 hours and still hadn't uploaded all the way :( Not sure what's up with that.

We went to the park this morning :) It was Marleigh's first time since she's been crawling and walking. I think she enjoyed it. She wanted to pick up the leaves and sticks everywhere lol.

In Need Of Prayer

A young boy called the pastor of a local "corner" church to ask the pastor to come by to pray for his mother who had been very ill with the flu.  The pastor knew the family and was aware they had been attending another church down the road.  So the pastor asked, "Shouldn't you be asking Brother Simon down the road to come by to pray with your mom?"  The young boy replied, "Yeah, but we didn't want to take the chance that he might catch whatever this is that Mom has!
Rita

West Virginia - This Is My Home

West Virginia, I was born a West Virginian song by eddy bailes

Woo hoo you all better watch out for the thrift stores, that is a new one on me.

Blue Roo Consignment Shop

Ladies, Can you believe it? 

A Crab Orchard woman pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling money and forging checks while she was employed with the Blue Roo Consignment Shop. 
Rebecca Barnett and three other employees are alleged to have taken about $25,000 in store funds over a one-year period. The three allegedly created false consignments and generated checks in the names of family members and friends. 
Hutchison granted the motion for probation for a period of five years and suspended her underlying sentence of one to 10 years. During her time on probation, she is also ordered to pay restitution in the amount taken from the store.

Rita

Bobbie, I envy you! Cleaning out flower beds! How awesome is that. We are supposed to have 50 degrees today. I am sure I will sink into depression the next time it snows, which I think is going to be next week. I mentioned to Dan over the weekend that I couldn't wait until we can set up the playset outside that the employees gave us Christmas for Clara and Brooks.

We are having the most wonderful weather down here in Virginia! My kids played out on the swingset yesterday and we then cleaned out the flower beds. It was so nice to see them playing together and laughing! Marleigh we missed you! Hope you are having a good time at mommy's today! Love you! Little green sprouts are coming out already. I'm like you Ruth, I can't wait for spring either.

You guys pray for Vena and the family.  Vena is a lot like Mommy was after Daddy died.  She is wandering around wondering where Homer is and then she remembers.  She will eventually go home with her granddaughter Allison but for now she will remain at her home.

Optomist's Hunting Dog

Friends, one an optimist and the other a pessimist could never quite agree on any topic of discussion. One day the optimist decided he had found a good way to pull his friend out of his continually pessimistic way of thinking - the optimist owned a huntin' dog that could walk on water. His plan? Take the pessimist and the dog out duck hunting in a boat. They got out into the middle of the lake, and the optimist shot down a duck. The dog immediately walked out across the water, retrieved the duck, and walked back to the boat. The optimist looked at his pessimistic friend and said, "What do you think about that?"  The pessimist replied, "That dog can't swim, can he?
 
Rita

Obituary

Homer Greene Cadle

SMOOT — Homer Greene Cadle, 90, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011.

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, in the Meadow Grove Baptist Church, Dawson.

Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, at Smathers Funeral Chapel.

Arrangements by Smathers Funeral Chapel, Rainelle

Rita

Dear God,
I hope you are enjoying our valentines in Heaven as much as we are enjoying the one you sent us:)

Happy Valentines Day!!!! :) I liked the little history lessons about Valentinus. We were just discussing at work this morning about this. One of the guys kept saying "Valentimes" and I kept telling him that was wrong lol.