Sad day in Cullowhee

Well, here is my beloved Escape.........now a broken, sad hunk of sheet metal and plastic.....we were rear ended on Aug. 19th.....same day we moved Jeremy to Western Carolina for Freshman year. A young man who was driving behind us was not paying attention and he didn't slow down when all the cars in front of him did.........he slammed into my car at pretty much full speed...not braking until it was too little too late.........needless to say, his Jeep looked worse than my Ford, but we still got totaled.........waiting now for his insurance to to get in touch and make an offer.........It will have to be a very good offer.....I was the victim here and I will not take some little amount just because they think that is the value of my car.

I only had that car for 6mos. and it was my first new car in 18 yrs.....they need to bring there A-game and do right by me.......or we will have to go a few rounds.....I have been practicing my speech! lol

Heeeeere's MACY!!

Ok...if finally happened....we got a dog.....Jeremy has always wanted a dog....and now that he was going to college...we get a dog! I know....a little late, but we won't get technical....we have a dog.

She is a shelter dog....lab mix....and she is 6 mos. old. We found her at the SPCA of Wake County.

She is a pretty good girl, she is a good crate dog......a potty trained dog? not so much! She has an issue with peeing outside........I am not a dog person, so I don't really understand what her issue is, but she will be outside for a hour or so.....come back in the house........and she pees on her puppy pad........I have no idea why! She stopped having accidents on the carpet, so we count that one in the win column! She is smart and very loving.....just a hard head in the personal hygiene area!

She is a lot of company, now that Jeremy is in school......I need to take her outside more, but she is such a challenge on a lease that I just don't...........we will work on that when it is cooler and maybe check into obedience classes.

More later......................

Favorite Movies in No Particular Order

1. To Kill a Mockingbird

2. Upclose and Personal

3. Terms of Endearment

4. Harvey

5. Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation

6. American Beauty

7. Jurassic Park

8. The Sting

9. Meet Joe Black

10. Under the Tuscan Sun

11. For Love of the Game

12. Easy Rider

13. Bull Durham

14. Notting Hill

15. Mask

16. Silkwood

17. Spy Game

18. Rent

19. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

20. High Plains Drifter

21. 101 Dalmations

22. Giant

23. Pyscho

24. The Firm

25. All the President's Men

26. The Godfather....I II and III

27. Bourne Identity, Ultimatum, and Supremacy

28. It's a Wonderful Life------1946

29. Miracle on 34th Street----1947

"Anthem" Leonard Cohen

Ring the bells that still ring, forget your perfect offering.

There is a crack in everything; that 's how the light

gets in.

To My Child

Always Try

Always Care

Always Believe in What
You are Doing

Always Respect Yourself

Always Know You are Loved

and Always...Always Remember
How Happy You Made Me Just by
Showing Up for the Big Dance!

What I'm Reading

Diane Mott Davidson Goldy Schultz series
John Sandford Prey series
Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series

What I've Read
Tess Gerrittson Rizzoli and Isles series
James Patterson Women's Murder Club and Alex Cross series


I love to read.........I love going to the library.....I like reading hardbacks more than paperbacks.....I listen to a lot of "books on cd" while I'm at work. I've gone through a lot
of books while listening.......I get stuck on a author and I have to read all the books in the series and I like to read them in the order they were written......I've done that with
Diane Mott Davidson, James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell, Tess Gerrittson.

Some books I have to own......just because I like them so much and I want to "have" them.
Most books I just get from the library....I love library books!

If I Won the Lottery

If I won the lottery (amount undetermined) I would..............

QUIT Thomasville and stay at Harris Teeter
buy me a new car
buy Jeremy a car
send Jeremy to college
get Lasik surgery for Jeremy
get new windows in my house
get a new roof on my house
landscape yard by professionals
build a newer garage
build my screened in porch in backyard
privacy fence around two sides of yard---(upper side and back side)
pay off my mortgage, my sisters' mortgages, buy back Daddy's
house from reverse mortgage
get Daddy a good car that Mama can ride in
pay to have 24/7 nursing care for Mama at home
put central air in Daddy's house
get lipo and a breast lift
buy a 100% real cashmere sweater.....or two