apple of his eye: January 2006

ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS!!

Sorry, Joy..don't read this ok? Can't believe that I only have two more weeks before I'm winging my way once again to Chile...YES. So these are pics of what I think of when I think of going back....

CHILEAN BREAD...mmmmm...the yummiest
The Chilean National Flower- Copihue
National Lottery Symbol Dressed as Chilean Cowboy
Couple doing the National Dance – Cueca
One of the beautiful ocean view’s in Antofagasta, Chile (northern part)
Artesan Village – Santa Lucia (Santiago, Chile)
Yummy Cheese Empanadas

Joy to the rescue..thanks daughter!

Cough, cough, cough...blow my nose, blow my nose...cough, cough ...sleep......miserable...sleep...and all over again.......
FINALLY after living this scenario for 2 1/2 days..I call my 911...Joy Morykon..my precious daughter...she so lovingly and patiently took me to the Family Care whatever that is over by Brian's office and after about 1 1/2 hours find out I have Sinusitis and the doc gave me horse pills (antibiotic), cough syrup with Codeine (mmmm) and some kind of other pill to help me out with the dust all in my house. Today I am feeling like I"m among the living, but just barely. THANK YOU JOY. Now back to sleep.......

Got the Job...Got the job.....

YES....I had an interview today with a company out of Washington D.C. that wanted me to be a freelance over the phone interpreter for them..

my new job

After the 20 minute simulation testing was finished they said they would hang up now and then call me back in a few minutes to tell me how I did..They called back with the great news!! I'm so happy. Thank you all for praying for me

I think I have a house full of dead people???

Ok..just follow my train of thought here (I may have de-railed)....If we are made from dust and when we die we convert back to dust????.........Then I have a house full of dead people!! I'm having some major construction going on in my house and the majority of it was done when I was in Texas...OH MY GOSH..I've never seen so much dust. My Christmas tree is covered, as well as my Christmas decorations...I was going to take it all down upon my return from Texas..now I have to CLEAN it all first. The major disaster area is my bedroom (where the major work is taking place)...I think the guys (and they are nice guys, normally) had been breathing too much cement dust or something when they began the major destruction in my room...their brains were totally affected by something and it wasn't intelligent cells working. The did not cover ANYTHING..my TV, my radio, my entire bed, ALL of my clothes...I'm telling you they are all covered in dead people. When Bill was alive and I had some major cleaning to do (ok, so I'm not suzy homemaker) he would always say to me, "Mel, just clean up the dead body" Meaning that in a murder situation, no one will know there has been a murder if you just remove the dead body!! Well, Bill, I'm so sorry, but there are SO MANY dead bodies around here..I'm overwhelmed at where to begin...So a word to all you CONTRACTORS out there...please make sure your guy's brains are functioning BEFORE they begin to do a work like this..it's VERY disheartening to find a mess like this in your home..Why do you think God invented Tarps for pete's sake? To you CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, when you start to do a job like this..think what your mom or your girlfriend would say or DO to you if you left THIS MESS in their house..HELLO!! Well..off to vaccuum away the dead people........................

Happy New Year, Surprise Daddy and girlfriends....

Wow...it was too fun having the Kimple Family here with me to ring in the new Year!! THANKS FOR COMING!!

No way that 35 years has passed since we were all high kicking for the Gainesville Leopards???? Here we were still kicking..just kicking back..Great to see you Pam, Sherry and Cindy..let's keep in touch. Next time please tell me I have spinach in my teeth..ha!!

Pam Gray..way to go with your new business...

elysium

Fun Times with Mom Tooley at her "ranch" and the baby goats were adorable

SUPRISE!! Daddy was 80 on the 5th of January and we had a wonderful time celebrating together....The biggest surprise of all was when Sara and Scott came..Thanks Randy and Gwen!!