Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Kim told me that I should write in the morning rather than night, but it is neither right now - afternoon is my writing time today. Really, I have no good nor bad news to report. I wanted today to be a day to stay in PJs and work in my office trying to make some semblance of order out of chaos. I look around and I have files on the floor, books on the table, pictures in boxes and books under the desk, just a terrible mess. Yes, that was my desire for today, but my better side took over and I dressed and went to the funeral home. How very glad I am that I did. Peggy and Linda Roy were absoutely overjoyed (if that is the proper phrase for the place and purpose of my visit) that I came. They just kept expressing over and over until it almost got very embarassing how much they appreciated my coming. Not having seen Mrs. Roy in many years she had changed from the woman that I remembered into a complete stranger, but yet a beautiful woman - very elegant, stylish and lovely. Normally I do not view remains of deceased but I had no choice in this instance because the girls were standing right there by the casket and if I spoke to them I had to see their mother. I did not stay for the service. Next stop was the cleaners, then the grocery where I purchased our Easter Ham and ran into, of all people, Sara Chauvin. We decided to go to Mason's for lunch so we each went home, put up our purchases and met at Mason's. Big lunch - chocolate pie - too much. So what do you suppose I did then? Do you think I came home and started on this room? Never in a million years - I read three chapters in a John Grisham book and took a nap. Now, however, I am in my "work clothes" and ready to start on this room. Tomorrow I am supposed to go to Barbara's house and work on grants for the Frist Foundation but I have already decided to beg off of that and work on my room until I go to Donna's to get my hair cut and permed - and not a minute too soon because my hair is a constant problem these days. I had intentions of running out to the shopping center today but after I stopped at the Shell station and paid $3.19 for a gallon gas and it totalled up to $40.00 I decided to come home and put my car in the garage and combine the shopping center with another errand out that way. With the price of groceries and the price of gasoline compared with my pitiful income I have decided that I will be forced to eat less and walk more. Hey, maybe that is the answer to my weight problem. I must get busy now and while I work I will listen to my music selections. Aren't I a lucky woman to have this lovely home to work in on a blustery, cool day like today and have this means of communicating with my favorite people? God is Good! Love to you all.

Hope you are reading my posts - Today is Monday

I hope that by now you have been able to access my new site. Leslie and Kim posted comments and I appreciate that. Nita told me that she was enjoying my music and I am glad. I really don't have much to say to you tonight. This morning I spent a lot of time going through pictures and putting them in baggies with dates and event titles on them so that I can Scrapbook them - hopefully in the very near future. I am so far behind with my scrapbooks that I don't know how I will ever catch up. I guess that I am going to have to lock the doors, turn off the phone, log out of the computer and just get myself to work. I do love to scrapbook the pictures and am so proud of the books that I have done in the past so if I ever do get back to it I will be in "hog heaven".

I met Rockne Porter, a good friend from high school that lives part of the year in Japan and part of the year here in a big beautiful home on Lebanon Road, at the Alumni House today. He had asked me to meet him and let him in the house so that he could look up some relatives in the books that we have over there. For my effort in doing this he took me to lunch at the Gerst House. We tried to go to Marche's but they were not open. My afternoon was spent on the sofa feeling as though I might be taking "something" - don't know what just not well, but tonight I feel fine so hopefully it was a big old false alarm. I did not make it to the funeral home for Mrs. Roy so that means that I will either have to go to the funeral or maybe go over there before the funeral and pay my respects to the family, sign the book and slip out. I feel the need to go so I will encourage myself to do it.

Don't you just love my music selections? I do. In fact I play the music when I don't have anything on the screen. I told Kim to take off Houston and Farther Along because it sounded like the artists had been breathing helium and had that little funny voice. Something must have been wrong with the CD. The music for the most part has some significance for me (things that Billy and I did, trips I took, songs that we danced to, etc.) but some of it was just because I like the songs and the artists. I will put more on there as I think of it.

As far as I am concerned Dancing With the Stars has the lousiest bunch of men dancers I have ever seen. I do hope that tomorrow night will show us women that can dance because these guys sure can't. What about that first man - the magician? I believe that he was the most laughable dancer I have ever seen. He won't last a week when they start cutting. I hope Kristy Yamaguci (sp?) does well. I really think she is cute and I bet she is agile and graceful. Priscilla Presley looks awful. Oh well, enough of my critical talk.

I am tired tonight and my music is playing "The Music of the Night" and that means that I need to go night night.

Have a good night my girls and tomorrow will be a good day, hopefully, for all of you.
Love you

My 1st Post....

Today is my very first time to post on my new site. After much "to-do" Kim has it all set up for me. My songs, some of which I love and have much meaning for me and some I just like, have been selected. The picture of my girls made on Christmas Day and Kim tells me that we will put many more pictures and fun stuff on here. I am just so excited and I know that I will have a ball with this. You know that I love to write my thoughts so now I have a perfect place to do so. I will try to post every day - hence the title "Postings from Patsy" - and let you all know what my life is about. I can tell you now that we are going to have a fun adventure and I want you all to hang on and let's go, go, go.

Today was church, lunch at TGI Friday's with Jacque and Jeffrey and then to Kim's where we have made a poster of pictures for the school (Developmental Learning Center). When I walk in with this poster of the children doing their show during Black History Month they will absolutely flip out. We made one of the Christmas Party and that made such a hit that this one will really make me a hero I'm sure.

This week is going to be busy and I had thought it wouldn't be since I am not working at the school. I have a luncheon meeting tomorrow and an East High Committee meeting on Tuesday night, a meeting at Barbara's house on Wednesday to write grants to the Frist Foundation, cook meals on wheels and get a facial on Thursday and then Friday and Saturday should be spent getting ready for Easter Sunday. I love Easter Sunday at my house - big lunch, Easter Egg Hunt, games on the driveway, lots of pictures made and just watching all of my children enjoying each other. What a blessed woman I am to have such wonderful children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. I feel so sorry for those people who sit down to Easter Dinner with only one or two people at the table. We will have everybody except Chris, Ashley, Christopher and John Ed and I can't feel too sad about not having them because I spent a delightful Friday evening with them this past week.

I guess that I have written enough for this first time. Seems like when I get started I just don't know when to stop. I hope you will join me often and share my life.