Blogs...

This morning, I looked back on our blogs to our first posts. It was so interesting.

Patsy started us blogging. I remember she called me to see about how to make this blog on blogspot. I had not even been reading any blogs and really did not care about them but Patsy was very interested and Sister Fleta, the computer nerd, was in CA visiting her Grand Boy so Pat called me. I was able to easily set one up and by the time I called her back to walk her through it she had hers set up. This was in Feb o6. It is hard to believe we have been blogging that long.

Betty quickly set one up and once Fleta got home, even though she thought blogspot was a silly little limited program, even she set up a blog. I do not enjoy writing on my blog that much but I sure like to look at the sister's blogs.

Then just a few months later here came that Cousin of ours with all of those wonderful stories and old pictures we had never seen. And low and behold even though she was raised far away from all of us and grew up with no siblings and with money, compared to us, we found out we were very much alike. I went back to Winnie Jo's blog this morning and snagged all of those old pictures again because one time when my computer went down apparently I lost all of her pictures. It is a blessing we have them and her stories.

I started this blog just after I quit working at UOP. I had that wonderful job at AT&T but they closed the doors and I was sick. It was probably caused a great deal by the fact I was loosing the only job I had ever had where I made good money and was a little independent. For the only time in my life I felt I could really support myself if I wanted to. You know we were never raised to be dependent on other people and it really goes against my grain to be dependent on Michael and to bow under to all of his demands, all of the time.

After I that I drew unemployment for awhile and then went to work at UOP. It was a lousy job and lousy pay. I was sick and not feeling good but still going to work. I remember one day sitting at my desk thinking about all of the years I had been married. I remember thinking the only good quality I could think of about Michael was he had always worked and made a pretty good living for us. I do mean that was his only redeeming quality I could think of. I decided right there that I had also worked all of my life, and raised the kids, and always did all of the cleaning and cooking, and tended to the yard, and paid all of the bills. and if his only redeeming quality was that he worked I was not taking full advantage of what little he had to offer. I decided right then as long as I am married to him I will never work again.

I got up from my desk and left work right then. I went to the doctor and as it turned out I had phenomena. After that I stayed home and took care of Benjamin and Amanda while Missy and Kris worked. That was in Feb. 06. In July 07 I found out I had cancer and no telling how long I had had it. I started taking hormones in 04 and it was the cause of my cancer. I remember asking Cavalcant how long I had had it and he said probably a few years.

Even though I was sick, I was able to look after Benjamin till Missy's divorce was final. Little Benjamin was very sick. He has a problem throwing up if he eats high calorie foods like anything fried or anything rich like ice cream. But at that time we did not know what made him sick and the more he threw up the skinnier he got the more we tried to feed him a a diet of high calories which made him throw up more, and around and around we went. Thank goodness the doctors at children's hospital finally figured out what the problem might be and Missy changed his diet. He does not throw up often anymore but he still remembers when he did. When he was at his worst he looked like one of those little starving kids in the National Geographic pictures. It was so sad.

People ask me all of the time how I am and I always reply, 'I am blessed.' and I truly am. My kids are healthy and all of my Grand kids are healthy. Things could be a lot worse.