Footloose just makes me want to dance!

Honk Honk!

Twas the Night Before Christmas

The Babies Visit Santa

Austin going to the Winter Formal

Santa Claus

This is a whimsical Santa that I painted.

Annabeth going to the Snowflake Ball

Notice her cowboy boots!

You are Never Alone - there are Angels surrounding you.

I have battled depression my whole adult life.  I don't know why.  I don't really understand it.  I have everything I need.  I have family that loves me.  I am surrounded by people all of the time, and yet I still get so lonely.  I find peace in knowing that even though I feel lonely, I am never alone.

This song was sung at my friend Kellie's funeral.

Daddy's Birthday

with Granny

Happy Halloween

Mickey the Mouse and a sweet little Tootsie Roll

I have a new grandson, Hunter

Sarah finally had the Little Baby. He was born on September 28th, 2011 at 12:20 p.m. He weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.  His name is Hunter.  He is a very sweet baby boy and his big brother loves him.  They are so cute together. Just yesterday, I thought Noah was so tiny, now he is the BIG brother.

Ho, Ho, Ho

This is the simplest painting that I have done, and yet, you know exactly who it is supposed to be when you look at it. Sometimes simpler is better.

Jack Frost Nipping at Your Nose

I love Jack because of the snow swirling about. It is cute and I thought I could have it hanging during the winter months, not just Christmas.

Love Birds

This is probably my favorite painting that I have done. It is funny too. I really did not care much about doing this, but my friend Joyce, really wanted to do it because they were going to be using different mediums, such as bubble wrap and old books. I decided to go because just going to paint is fun, whether I like the painting or not. The fence posts are pages of an old yellowed book deco-page'd onto the canvas, we lightly "white-washed" the paint over them. If you look at the painting up close, you can still read the words through the paint. Then the clouds, we painted onto the bubble wrap and then pressed them onto the canvas. It was alot of hard work. Joy and Joyce were both with me and we had bunches of fun.

Trick or Treat

I painted this little knobby, knee'd witch as a door hanger. I love the shoes. The rest, not so much, but oh well......you can definitely tell that it is a Halloween painting. So, trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat.

Happy Fall, Ya'll

This is a door hanger that I made for fall. I figured a plain ole pumpkin could be used for fall, harvest, or Thanksgiving time of year, besides that, I love fall colors.

Hotty Toddy

If you know me, you know that I have fallen in love with painting. I am not an artist by any stretch of the imagination, but I do love to paint fun, whimsical things. This is a stadium that I painted for my man, you REALLY have to use your imagination because it shows them winning! (sorry about that, I could not help myself), and them winning over LSU is an ode to our friends in Louisiana. I had lots of fun painting with my friend, Joy.

I'm Ready to Smash the Scale

I am so frustrated and tired of this. I have been following the Weight Watchers plan faithfully for 6 weeks now and have lost a total of 10 pounds. You might say thats not so bad, 1-2 pounds per week, but the problem is that for the last three weeks I have gained 0.8 lb, lost 0.4 lb, then today gained 0.4 lb. All I can think about is the things that I have missed out on in the last three weeks.....had chicken instead of steak at Logan's STEAK house. Ate salad instead of a hamburger and fries, got a kids meal of spaghetti and marinara instead of the Baked spaghetti with cheese and meatballs. Snuck in air popped popcorn at the movies. We have only eaten out maybe once a week for the past 6 weeks.....that is alot less for us, I have taken my lunch every day to work......UGHHH!!! It is just so frustrating. I am just ready to throw in the towel.

I know, I know.......just think where I would be if I had not been following the program these last few weeks.....well, I would probably be the very same. I was within 3 pounds of my starting weight as the the last 2 times I started weight watchers (in 2006 and 2009). I guess I am very good at maintaining this figure.

You may also be thinking that Weight Watchers is a way of life, not a diet. I agree, but you don't just wake up and your whole mind set is changed. It takes time to change habits and change your way of thinking. For me, right now, it is alot of work, planning, shopping, cooking, preparing, thinking.....when what I really want to do is eat a bag of chips. I will figure it out somehow, but until then, I don't know what to do.........thanks for letting me whine.

I'm just kay

Get Your Flu Shots

Today at work, I gave 45 flu shots in a 2 hour period. That's alot of shots, arms, bandaids, Tylenol, cookies and WHINING! I have never heard the likes of whining from nurses and doctors....all grown people. It felt good to do something that was above and beyond the call of duty. Glad to make a difference.

Well, I'll Be Darned

I dreaded going to weigh in because I just knew I had gained weight (according to my home scale). I had eaten every last daily point as well as all of my weekly points. I wrote on the Weight Watchers message boards about how discouraged I was, and got so much encouragement about getting back on track and that losing 11 pounds thus far was a good thing. So..........I bit the bullet and went on to weigh in. i had lost 0.8 lb.....not much, but a loss. I was happy. I stayed for the meeting and the leader was Kayren. She was so sweet, and the fact that she leads 3 meetings a week will be great. Hopefully I will be able to catch her meeting at least once a week. I really need the encouragement.

Till next week, I'm just kay