Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone is ready for Halloween! Nathan is looking forward to his first year or maybe I am more than him. As you can see I got costumes for everyone this year. Elly the dog is actually superdog, only half of her costume turned out in the pic. I haven't been trick or treating in over 20 years!!! It sure is true that you relive your childhood once you have a kid of your own. We have been busy picking pecans down the lane, I will post some pics of that soon too. This year the pecans are plentiful and could make a little money if I put an all out effort into picking them but I'll settle for just having them for family, friends and the holidays.

Butter Bean, Butter Boom!

I put up 20 quarts of these today. We are ready for the holidays and the winter time soups. George shelled during the week and I blanched and bagged them this afternoon. Nathan supervised me in the kitchen. Our garden and our families gardens have been extremely productive this season. GW has snaps that will soon need picking along with kale and collards. George is going to take a ham down from the smokehouse and cook it this week. I look forward to the hams we put up here because they taste so much better. George smoked them in apple, pecan and oak wood. I think the apple makes it taste better! We are ready for Halloween and I will try to post a picture of us tomorrow.

11 Months Old Today!

Today my little man is 11 months old and I can't believe it is closing in on 1 year! We rode to the hospital and visited George's dad who had his hip replaced. George is cooking soup on this cold misty day.

Feels So Good Feelin' Good Again

I haven't posted in a while. I have been in the hospital with another pancreatitis flare up. I came home over the weekend and I was sure glad to be with my boys again! We took this pic out in the pasture on Sunday. We burnt off the trash pile and Nathan enjoyed sitting on the lawn mower. I can't believe he will be 11 months tomorrow! Halloween is going to be great. Nathan is a tiger. I am a harem dancer and George is a cut throat pirate. I will definitely post that pic when available. Mom and Dad are moving to a new house in the same neighborhood. The new house is so much brighter and with a huge backyard! Nathan and Elly can run to their hearts content. I missed my 20th high school reunion while in the hospital this past week. It does get to me a little. That is the drag of having pancreatitis. You can never plan anything and you never know how you are going to feel from one day to the next. I'm grateful for each day I have that allows me to function as a normal human being. But they are starting to be hard to come by, lately. Nathan's energy and enthusiasm for each new day gives me the added boost I need to lift my spirits. Be truly grateful for your good health because you never know what life will bring you. I know I would not be here today if it wasn't for the discipline, determination and attitude as an athlete to "never give up". And I won't, because I still see a small ray at the end of this path my life has taken. Over 75 hospital visits in the past 7 years, I have the bands to prove it and I'm still hanging in there. I can't give up, for Nathan's sake now.........

Wait a Cotton Pickin' Minute

This is a picture of the cotton growing on the back farm. It looks like snow on a moonlit night.
Nathan and I rode on the golf cart most of the day and I'm sure he'll sleep good tonight. George and I saw a beautiful shooting star last night while in the hot tub. It had the longest tail and streaked right over top of the house. I hope my wish comes true!!!!!

Saturday on the Farm

Nathan enjoyed biting into the last of the tomatoes grown this season. They are really sweet and juicy and everyone has told us they were the best eating this year. George burned off part of the garden and we might grow some cabbage and kale. Nick's tv ran a new cable line in Nathan's room and we are getting a mattress/boxspring set today for the bed.