When I was about 13 my best friend Brockel had horses. In return for helping her family care for the horses, Brockel's dad taught me to ride. I loved riding and my favorite horse was a fierce gelding named Chestnut. He was mean but he could run so fast! One afternoon my girlfriends and I were all out riding when a tornado arose. We couldn't see the danger, but the horsed definately scensed it. I was leading the ride and and motioned Chestnut on but he wanted to turn around and the other horses were following suit.
Things get really creepy when a tornado is about to strike and everything around us got eerily quiet. With the horses being so stubborn and the dark clouds coming we decided to turn back. As soon as we did the horses all bolted! I pulled the reins as hard as my scrawny arms could but Chestnut and his incredible strength were no match for me. My friends and I were all at the mercy of these powerful beasts! All we could do was hang on for dear life. What a . . . Read More..

Jeff and I had just gotten married and it was the first morning home from our honeymoon. We had just moved  into our first  little apartment with a tiny kitchen and I decided I wanted to make breakfast for Jeff. I tried to cook eggs but since I had no experience with cooking they all got stuck to the pan. Jeff came in and laughed and asked if I put butter or oil in the pan to keep the eggs from sticking. "What?! You have to put butter on the pan?" I asked Jeff. He couldn't believe I didn't know that. Seriously, I had never cooked eggs, or much of anything in my life up to that point. Hey, people aren't born knowing how to cook eggs! I had one of those wonderful sets of parents that did EVERYTHING for me. Well, Jeff showed me the correct proceedure to use butter and THEN cook the eggs.
The next morning Jeff about died when he walked into the kitchen and I was trying to cook bacon in butter! Who knew bacon created its own non-stick . . . Read More..

When I was a kid, I went on a fun outting with Nick and his dad. I was so close to this guy and his family that they invited me out to every event they practically attended.

I really dont remember much about the canoe trip, but the onyl thing that stands out is the fact that it was very cold outside and I just wore a sweater and shorts.

I remember the river was more chilled out, but I might be wrong.

We stopped a few times for breaks.

Mostly Nick and I probably just were ourselves goofing off and being complete idiots!

Today I attended another funeral. This time my brothers wife.My brother Tom has been dead now for 22 years. But his wife Judy lived long after him. She was ill for quite awhile and finally gave up the fight. My favorite nephews are her sons and it hurt to see their loss.I was somewhat suprised to find out Judy's age. She was only 8 years older then me. It is funny how we look at others in the same manner that we saw them as when we were children.I would have guessed her as much older.I think the point I'm trying too make is . . . Read More..