/blog/Justbelle/?pid=f7780 I've been thinking about doing this for quite a while. Somehow, now seems to be the time. We won't all agree, but I hope we can agree to disagree. You seem to have a caring family here and being as I really need that now...here's Belle!!!!! /blog/3082/post_112167.html?pid=f7780&m= [image]I am very fortunate to have had a family who loved beautiful pieces of furniture. My antique dealer said this is a music stand. The work on this piece is incredible in detail. Inside the doors Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:18:02 -0800 /blog/3082/post_112167.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_112165.html?pid=f7780&m= [image]I was lucky enough to have a friend who was an interior decorator when we built our first home. When I was in the shop and saw this Bombay Chest there was no way it wouldn't be in my home. It h Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:56:18 -0800 /blog/3082/post_112165.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_112163.html?pid=f7780&m= [image]If you don't see the picture here, please go to my blog. This was my grandmother's and I admired it for years. Finally it is mine. The collection of Royal Doulton figurines she had are locked i Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:40:19 -0800 /blog/3082/post_112163.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_111389.html?pid=f7780&m= A MEMORIAL TREEI just read 60 minute man's post re trees on this date. Immediately this tree came to mind. It was taken during the ice storm here January 26, 2009, but, in some ways, the picture appl Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:26:52 -0800 /blog/3082/post_111389.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_107432.html?pid=f7780&m= Yesterday..what do I write....I hadn't been able to go visit Marlowe in two weeks. The last time I went the temps had a heat index of 108 and I came down with heat exhaustion. Shoulda known better, bu Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:17:24 -0800 /blog/3082/post_107432.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_106521.html?pid=f7780&m= I had gone to see her last Thursday and she was asleep. I didn't want to wake her and asked her then roommate to tell her I'd been by. The heat here is horrible and with my car a/c not working, it's b Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:03:11 -0800 /blog/3082/post_106521.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_105934.html?pid=f7780&m= Let me preface this by saying it's hard enough visiting with a remaining spouse when they are well, but so very hard when one has departed leaving the one behind everyone thought would go first. Yeste Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:50:19 -0800 /blog/3082/post_105934.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_105633.html?pid=f7780&m= oleonewhoIt is with saddness that I have to write this. I honestly thought I'd be writing it for his beloved wife, but not him. Ya'll will remember Doug as One Who or the male half of the Critter Writ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:57:11 -0800 /blog/3082/post_105633.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_105387.html?pid=f7780&m= This is when I wish I knew how to do all the beautiful inserts because my sis truly deserves them. So, I will just speak words from my heart to her....We met in a chat room. You came to Louisiana and Sat, 30 May 2009 23:58:52 -0800 /blog/3082/post_105387.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_97571.html?pid=f7780&m= Merry Christmas to all from Arkansas. It's a clear cold day here. But, this is not where I'm suppose to be today. I'm suppose to be in North Carolina spending the day having a delicious meal and conve Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:19:16 -0800 /blog/3082/post_97571.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_97278.html?pid=f7780&m= take this out of God's hands? What to do, what to do...I should be washing dishes, laundry and, yet, here I sit.It is so very hard, especially at this time of year, not to be in contact with one who h Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:53:04 -0800 /blog/3082/post_97278.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_96966.html?pid=f7780&m= I'd write these men with no shirt and ask if I could buy them one. And, I'd write these men with these whatever handles and tell them what I think. One has been h....y for at least five years, so watc Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:27:17 -0800 /blog/3082/post_96966.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_96557.html?pid=f7780&m= Let me thank all of you who offered prayers and thoughts to my original blog about Crystal. I was just too nervous to write replies and hope you understand.Yesterday, Sunday, I determined that I would Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:25:16 -0800 /blog/3082/post_96557.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_96423.html?pid=f7780&m= Wednesday night Crystal was laying by me on the sofa while watching TV. I was rubbing her back and found a lump. When I realized what I was touching panic set in. I could move it a bit and it was soft Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:09:59 -0800 /blog/3082/post_96423.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_96422.html?pid=f7780&m= Wednesday night Crystal was laying by me on the sofa while watching TV. I was rubbing her back and found a lump. When I realized what I was touching panic set in. I could move it a bit and it was soft Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:05:55 -0800 /blog/3082/post_96422.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_95253.html?pid=f7780&m= Over the week-end I was going thru a stack of books. I pulled out "Upon Returning" by May Smith White. She was such a dear lady. Tall, slender, glasses and always had her pretty gray hair up in a bun Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:29:52 -0800 /blog/3082/post_95253.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_92775.html?pid=f7780&m= I'm sure that you have been somewhere talking to friends and listening to music and something just tells you to look to see who's walking thru the door. This is what happened to me one night and was I Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:12:09 -0800 /blog/3082/post_92775.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_92379.html?pid=f7780&m= First, thank all of you for your concern. It has been greatly appreciated by Crystal and me. Having a sick pet is just like having a sick baby; they can't tell you what's wrong.I brought her home from Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:58:51 -0800 /blog/3082/post_92379.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_92009.html?pid=f7780&m= Well, I'm a basket case here pure and simple! Thursday I took my dog, Crystal, in for her bath. I finally met the vet as I'd only taken her in to the vet here for boarding and baths. She had been shed Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:43:38 -0800 /blog/3082/post_92009.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/3082/post_91997.html?pid=f7780&m= I just went into Yahoo and this title is exactly what I said. Paul Newman, 83, died today of cancer. Yes, those of us who followed him knew he was ill. I just cannot believe my "idol" of all these ye Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:16:20 -0800 /blog/3082/post_91997.html?pid=f7780&m=