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| This is Eggs, Chloe's French chicken that she's had eating out of her hands this winter break...Chloe's a great photographer |
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| Essie Mae Christmas morning |
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| We had the Shanks' and Smith's over right after Christmas for after Christmas fun! |
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| Grandad's tie that Chloe gave him for Christmas |
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| Wynne Presbyterian's Tree during the Christmas Eve service |
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| Birdeye Geese on our way to Birmingham Jan. 3 |
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| That's a lot of birds |
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| The after bowl game dinner in Birmingham |
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| Christmas at Harmon and Jeanie's |
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| We hosted the BBC's After Christmas Party Jan. 18...drum roll please...front row: Johnny and Beverly Edwards, Beth Bradshaw, Cecelia Killough, Lisa Blanton, and Mel Harvey (standing) second row: Jody and Stephanie Hodges, Sarah Cook, Robert Beaton, Ashley King (holding Sarah Alyce, youngest member of the BBC), Lauren Dodson, Jerry Harvey. Back row: Stan Bradshaw, Michael Hirons, Joy Shepherd, Jackie behind, Kara and Martin Smith, Chuck Blanton, Jon David King, Kyle Killough, Trent Beaton and Bryce Dodson. Not pictured, me and Tammy Beaton |
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| The church's candlelight service was neat |
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| The parachuters at the bowl game |
I like to reflect on the past year of things that Chloe's up to, things I'm reminded to be thankful for and things that crack me up. Cheers to the list!
My 2013 funny and amazing things:
-Cat Sail video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awf45u6zrP0
hahahahahaha! We’ve watched it about 2
million times…
-TuJague’s leg in my driveway (during her Christmas break
around Dec. 29, 2012 she was outside playing in the yard and yells, “Mom,
mom. I think Tu Jague’s leg is out
here”. We put him to sleep in
October 2012. And it was, Gumball dug it up
and brought it to the driveway. I told
you we have a love/hate relationship)
-Mike Ross’ Christmas Card (I don’t think he has a
publicist)
-Chloe introducing me to the prank gift boxes at Wal-Mart, I
laughed until I cried and had a crowd gathered around me as I wiped the tears
away
-My BBC email accidentally got in the paper last May when we
rescheduled our Bike To Work cookout due to the rain. It invited all readers to come over with mac
and cheese for the kids and celebrate Beth Huff’s birthday. Hahahahahaha!
-Miley Cyrus’ twerking dance on the MTV Music Awards, what
was she thinking? What was that outfit?
-My insulin pump failure in the middle of the Katy Trail
without my long acting insulin or syringes (What a dumb person I was by trying
to pack light. I had to check into an
Emergency Room in Missouri to get syringes because the pharmacies were all
closed on a Monday night…)
-Zipper’s death when we were at my step mom’s funeral.
-Chloe and I fostered 18 cats and dogs with successful
adoptions. Spay and Neuter people. It’s that simple. Do it for your community and the health of
your pet.
-During Chloe’s 7th grade tea, I stepped on a
piece of Biscuit’s poo and had to played like it was mud but it was stinky poo
-Whit can eat an entire Subway footlong in a single sitting.
Chloe claims he takes advantage of
Grandad when Grandad picks up after school and Whit orders a hamburger with
extra onion and extra pickle and a 24 pack of chicken McNuggets…or his own medium hand tossed Pizza Hut pepperoni pizza
-Kara’s Sonic Lunches (she eats leftovers in her car and
orders a Sonic tea, lol)
-I backed into a pole at Sam’s last October and have a dent
in my bumper that Jackie hasn't seen yet, thankfully-Watching Chopped and Restaurant Impossible and Chloe's newest is Hotel Impossible...fun times!
-My good friend Joy found her birth mother and her birth
father’s family. It’s a priceless story
that is still unfolding
-August rode his bike over to our house in June. He had turned 3 in March
-Chloe started wearing contacts
-My family survived planning and directing our 4th
Kids Marathon and 3rd Kids Triathlon
-Chloe learned how to swim freestyle 200 yards (and a shout out to Memaw who made sure she took swimming lessons over the summer)
-I bought 11 tickets on Stub Hub for Justin Timberlake’s the
20/20 Experience Tour at FedEx Forum and four of them were counter fit. Stub Hub gave me credit back for them.
-I called the owner of our local paper about starting a
column based on physical fitness, local races and bike rides and he was on board from the start. The Active Life is what we call it in the weekly Wynne Progress. Kara and I are very thankful for our family of writers who help with column ideas and the list continues to grow. Thanks
-Jackie, at a Cross County Community Foundation Meeting (in
front of everyone) said, “HEY, Keeli! We’re starting the meeting!” He grumbled
because of the small talk in the crowd. Chloe and I continue to laugh out loud...hahahaha1
2013 things I'm thankful for:
-Food on the table. I love to cook and grow my own ingredients
-A roof over our heads when others don't
-A job I enjoy and am very thankful for
-Our health, here's to many more healthy years!
-Our neat church with our new pastor, Wynne Presbyterian Church is thriving and serving our community
-Family, we're so blessed and I'm thrilled Chloe will have lots of cousins to hang with as she grows
-The "how to do your hair in 50 different braids" from Santa. It's been a God-send since Christmas Morning....:)
-Chloe's love of her animals and friends even though we have to push her to stay in touch with her friends.
-Piano for Chloe, she's beginning to love to practice. I know, what? She loves to practice
-A great school for Chloe that's challenging and safe
-Medicine and technology-I took it for granted on the Katy Trial this summer
-We survived another Turkey Trot 5K with Chloe and Jackie and I a few Half Marathons, 10K's and lots of bike rides plus that ole Big Dam Bridge 50 miler
-I almost died in my driveway in August while choking on a piece of pizza while walking and talking on the phone. I was literally seconds from death. I'm not kidding. I am slowing down this year and cutting back on the multi-tasking...
-Laughter. We must laugh at ourselves, it's energy building
-Forgiveness is a gift. Let go of the grudge, it's only holding you down. Forgive others as you want to be forgiven.
-If I've left out something...speak up! :)
Happy New Year!
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| I love this photo of Biscuit at Memaw and Grandad's pond Love the action shot by Chloe |
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| RIP Matchie...Memaw and Grandad lost him the weekend we got the flash flood Friday, Dec. 20. He never came home during the 8 inches. He was a great shelter dog. We miss him! |
