Fund Raiser

Dear Friends, I am throwing an online Celebrating Home Party for my childhood friend, Kelly Myers. In July her husband Wes was admitted to the hospital in Columbia Missouri with an aortal dissection. He has had seven surgeries in total, two which were surgeries to replace his entire aorta. Unfortunately, he has developed many medical problems, including paralysis, and continues to battle infections as well as other medical issues. He was suppose to come home for the first time, yesterday, but sadly he had to go from rehab back to the hospital because of more complications. Please join me in support of my friend and help us reach our goal. You may review the items for sale by clicking on this link http://www.celebratinghome.com/fundraiser/HollysFundriaser/participant/6663. Remember that 50% of our profits are returned to Wes Myers Medicall Recovery Fund when you make a purchase. Thanks in advance for your support! I almost forgot, if you would like to donate directly to Wes and Kelly they have a set up a page here: http://www.giveforward.com/wesmedicalcarerecovery

My Boys are fashion hounds

Butchlesque

Please check out this link!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/279058410/butchlesque

A good friend of mine  is trying to raise funds on KickStart for this fabulous butchlesque production.
anyone who wants to back this event can still do so by following this link & making a pledge of even as little as a DOLLAR! If the funding goal isn't reached, then no one's credit card gets charged.

January Now and Then

1986
My Niece Mallory was born

1996
Mark,Emma, Orf and I went and saw No Fraud
Went to a surf expo in Orlando
babysat for Brandon


1999
my grandpa Dunny died
went online for the first time

2000
went to a Party at Sabrinas with Lisa
was in sanford FL for a NYE party




2009
Went to Church with my  mom
went to Outback with my mom, sister and brother in law for his b'day
picked up Vic's boxes at the greyhound station
Vic left California heading to FL to live!

2010
Rushed DJ to the vet because the bigs stepped on his toes
Went and applied to work for the Census Bureau
Started Atkins Diet with Vic

2011
Went with Marcia to meet Bailey & Peyton for the first time
Saw the Color Purple at the Van Wezel
Got a new listing in Casarina
had surgery

2012
Annie passed away
Best Month Ever At Work

Stop American Censorship

Merry Christmas!

I don't know if I say this every Christmas or not, but I think this was one of the best Christmas's ever. Sure, there are sad things going on around us but as we get older I think that is just going to happen more and more. It makes us appreciate what we have (our health) so much more.

This year in following with the tradition of hope for the holidays that Vic's dear friend Sue started before she lost her battle with cancer, we helped one of my friends that I've had since grade school. Her husband has been in the hospital for the last 4 months and things have been a challenge for them. Hearing about all the people that joined us and sent her things/money/prayers was like opening a gift myself every day. Knowing that people care enough to stop what they are doing in their lives and reach out to someone else in this day and age gives me hope and not just for the holidays!

Vic and I have do not have many "traditions" for our holidays yet. The last few years we'd get something big for "us" and call it a Christmas. (D.J. was my most memorable US gift).This year there wasn't really anything we needed so we did little gifts everyday for the week  prior to Christmas saving one  last gift for this morning. We decided we love this tradition and will continue it because it stretches  Christmas out for us!  Over the week I got a tervis tumbler that I LOVE, a "my dachshund loves me" T-Shirt, a dachshund and a yellow lab ornament for the tree, bubble bath, lotto scratch offs that I won $47 on and a few more things!! Vic got some smell good stuff,a manicure set and a Kindle.

The one thing that is a tradition for us is to go to my sisters house Christmas eve and snack on food all day while playing silly games. This year it was name that tune with music from all eras. Brittany won by far. There was lots of laughing, sharing and loving.

As most years there was not a shortage of gifts under the tree. What made this year extra special was my mothers gifts to us. She gave us things from our childhood that brought back so many good memories. My sisters and I all got our silver baby cups that she had engraved             when we were born. I got my  grandmothers china that I had admired and commented on many times over the years. Steph got my grandmothers collection of toby mugs. We all got old cookbooks and childhood books that were passed down from grandparents, to parents and now to us, the one I got was dated back to the 40's and I think some of my nieces were from the 20's ! My brother in law and niece got several of my Grandfathers old pencil sharpeners. I remember he used to have those all over the place. You just never know when you'll need to sharpen a pencil!

My mom also gave my sisters and I three of the Lladros figurines that she got when she went to Spain back in the 70's . Mine is this one :http://www.lladro.com/figurines/01014665-GIRL_WITH_BASKET/  Since she couldn't remember which one was each of our favorites she put numbers on the ribbons on the box and we picked a ribbon, inside the box she numbered the position of each figure and the one that matched our ribbon was ours. As it worked out we all got the one that was our favorite when we were growing up! Something i was treasure for always and remind me of my mom.

The tear jerker item was when my older sister Stephanie opened a box with a pair of her baby shoes and a little while purse she wore one Easter. We all commented that we remembered it having tiny white gloves with it...she opened the tiny purse and it still had the tiny white gloves! Thank you mom for keeping such precious mementos.

Chuckle of the Day

Last week I had to venture into Walmart to do some Christmas shopping.

While I was shopping they came across the loud speakers announcing that if someone got the wrong cart to please return it to the cereal isle. They made that announcement maybe three times while I was shopping. Thoughts of a cart filled with somebody elses groceries came to mind. I thought to myself that I sure was glad that it wasn't my cart, I'd hate to have to shop all  over again. And then the evil little girl in me thought
"what a brilliant idea it would be to just find someone elses full cart and go check out;unloading the groceries would be like Christmas when I got home because i wouldn't know what to expect!

Before I left the store I heard one more announcement. "Please check your carts, if you have someone elses teeth in your cart please return them to the cereal isle"....I  left laughing , thinking only in Florida .

I could not wait to get home and tell my story on facebook. I called my sister and mother and had them rolling on the ground with my story. 

It wasn't until a few days later , after she had had some time to think about it , my sister approached me and asked "Holly, do you think maybe they said KEYS and not TEETH".....

My guess is she is correct...but isn't the story much funnier my way?