A Houston Nutt joke...I hope no one is offended!
A southern Arkansas farmer dies and, being a heathen, goes to Hell. When he gets there its 95 F with 90% humidity, but Satan notices he's kicked back on the brimstone relaxing comfortably. He asks, "Why aren't you miserable like everyone else here?" The farmer replies, "Oh, this is like a warm spring day in southern Arkansas. I like it."Angry, Satan turns up the thermostat until its 100 F and 95% humidity. Still,the farmer's happy. "This is like a good June day on the farm. Not bad at all."Furious, Satan turns it up to 105 F and 99% humidity. Everyone is even more miserable, except the southern farmer still resting."Hey, this is like a good August day on the farm bailing hay. Feels good, the hotter the better. "In a total rage, Satan turns the thermostat down to minus 25 F. Within seconds, the air becomes chilly and frost appears, soon followed by solid ice everywhere. Satan smirks, watching the farmer.The confused farmer looks down at the frozen ground for a moment, suddenly jumps up excitedly, looks around everywhere and begins to laugh, scream, and jump for joy."HOUSTON NUTT WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!" "HOUSTON NUTT WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!" "HOUSTON NUTT WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!"
6 Months
Wow! It has been 6 months since I have posted a blog. Where has the time gone? What have I done? Well, the biggest accomplishment was marrying off our oldest child and gaining a beautiful daughter-in-law. We also took another trip out to California. Other than having my purse stolen, it was a great trip. We came back through Utah, which was absolutely beautiful. I spent a weekend away with friends doing nothing but scrapbooking. I took a full-time job at a local community college, a decision I still debate. Terry and I took a 4 day trip to the beach in Florida for our anniversary.
But now it is football season, and I am once again caught up in the thrill of victory and agony of defeat. My Hogs are 0-2 in conference, and I fear that will kill McFadden's chances in the Heisman race. But today
should be a gimme game and so I will be heading to War Memorial Stadium in my Razorback red. Go Hogs!
Prayer Request Update
For those interested, here is the latest update from my friend Kathy on her daughter's friend:
Here is the latest update I have received on Allison Shaw. She is a friend of Kaitlin's from the Rep. She is 16 and developed bacterial meningitis while on Spring Break. Please keep praying for her. Thank you, KathyAllison has shown signs of trying to wake up! It really is a miracle. Just five days ago the doctors told her family there was "no hope". Thank you so much for your continued prayer.The doctors conducted more than 20 tests yesterday on Allison and they are still giving her blood. She is extremely weak on her left side and the doctors think she might have had a mild stroke when she had her seizure last week. Her mother says it's obvious that she is struggling and fighting to wake up, but she is still not conscious. If the CDC clears them to move her (and all the tests come back as we hope) they will attempt to transport Allison at the end of this week or the beginning of next week.Now... here is the next challenge and prayer request. Any and all suggestions/help would be invaluable. A private jet has been secured to transport Allison back to Children's Hospital here in Little Rock, but insurance will not cover a medical team to accompany her. They will need a doctor, nurse, possibly a paramedic to travel with Allison. Although the family has raised some money for this, it would be great if a medical team would donate their time. Please email or call me if you should have any ideas, thoughts...
Prayer Request
It has been so long since I have posted here that I could not remember my password. However, I am trying to pass along a prayer request received from a friend, so I thought, just in case anyone still looks at this, I would place it here as well.
My friend Kathy, who was responsible for spreading prayer requests across the state when Wendy was so sick, sent me this information on Allison Shaw. Allison (16) is a friend of Kathy's daughter.
For those of you who haven't heard yet about Allison's condition... while Allison was on spring break she contracted bacterial meningitis and has been in a coma in Oschner Hospital in Baton Rouge for the last five days. Although she is still on a ventilator, as of the last hour, she is breathing mostly on her own. Tomorrow they will do a CAT scan and move her port from her leg to her neck so that the nurses can begin some physical therapy on her legs. Her red blood cell count is way down which is the reason for the blood drive. Once the blood is processed the doctors will give her a transfusion. There is some concern that Allison might lose some fingers or toes, but some pink-ish color is starting to appear in her hands and feet. (We all know how Allison loves to draw and dance... we should pray - not only for her recovery - but full use of her hands and feet.) She is still in a coma, but there is HOPE. Please continue to pray. I know I'm also emailing this to several people who may never have met Allison. But if you attended HOLLYWOOD AND BROADWAY ON MAIN at The Rep, you will remember her as the spunky girl with bleach blonde, spiky punk hair. Allison is definitely an original. She has a passion for theatre and is one of our big "esprit de Coeur" builders in our group. We all love her very much. Please pray for a very special young lady. And please, if you cannot attend the blood drive, please pass along this information to someone who can! Thank you so much!They are having a special blood drive for Allison at Crews and Associates in Little Rock tomorrow. Kathy didn't have the details, but if you are interested, send me an email, and I will get them to you when they are settled.
After having been through a
similar situation with a daughter, I know how important prayer is. It was only knowing that thousands were praying for Wendy that kept us going.
For Tracy
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I haven't done much updating lately - not that I ever did much. However, I did want to post these pictures for my SIL Tracy in response to a picture she had of all the baby spoons she still had in her kitchen drawer, even though she no longer had babies. I relate to her inability to get rid of baby things. I took these pictures when I was cleaning out my cabinets after Christmas. On one of my top shelves remains a container of assorted children's utensils and a stack of bowls and plates. Some of these were Noah's and Adam's so are about 24 years old. Some, I am pretty sure, were handed down from Scott, so they are MUCH older. I briefly thought of getting rid of them, but they are back on that top shelf and will probably remain there. So Tracy, you are not the only who doesn't want to deal with her children growing up too fast.
Hey,
has anyone seen my camera?
Baby, It's Cold Outside
The only way it should be this stinking cold is if there is enough snow on the ground to keep us all at home where it is nice and warm!
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