jonzin’ for cyber world
364 comments in 2 weeks and not one, not ONE was from a real person.
i miss that…back in the day, 1980’s until now i have been computing at home.
my darlin’ loved programming, so we had many, many computers over the years.
our livelihood from home based businesses was generated online in many different ways.
for example, our JCAD, Joe and Cathy’s Antique Directory for mid – Missouri 200 mile radius
we had a guestbook asking what do you collect? i responded to each and every person that wrote to us.
it was so very wonderful to make new friends all around the world! it was amazing! FANTASTIC
we made it personal, all our jobs, we made personal…we enjoyed doing what we loved!
we worked hard, but it was always interesting, on the go, and the ride there was beautiful…
that’s where the back way was born… not interstate, the 2 lane roads of absolutely gorgeous countryside
then home to add our adventures and updates to the whole wide world online…24/7 it seemed
but i enjoyed REAL folks, not ads and robots and the only things i find in my guestbook these days…
times change…….end of rant…….delete and go on…….
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lordy, it’s been forever since i’ve written here….
hope you have a wonderful day! SMILE….
and know that i love you, madly!
Read MoreOctober days
my, my, time does fly…as i sit here typing and looking out the window, leaf after leaf after leaf are gently falling to the ground…several of the trees have beautiful yellow leaves now, all my green is changing day by day…it has been absolutely beautiful weather…i truly to enjoy having the ac/heat off and the windows open, i have windows on the north and south walls…i get a lovely breeze that blows thru…nothing better for you and your home than fresh air…on my hill, i am blessed with a good breeze most of the time…it comes roaring up my hill…in the summertime you say ahhhhhhhhhh and take a moment to enjoy it…in the wintertime you say buuuuuurrrrsss and go a little bit faster to the car or to the house! WONDERFUL EXCITING NEWS!!!! hahaha my sweet children are all planning to come to TN for Christmas…wow…that would be excellent! it’s been so long since we’ve all been together…and all those grandbabies have GROWN so very much!!!!!!!! i can’t wait to hug ’em tight!!!!!!!!! my heart is so full of love…sometimes it just amazes me…life can throw you a curveball now and then…i’m still trying to walk like a human again…without the aid of myrtle, my metal legs walker…it was a knee replacement…it shouldn’t change your life for the worse?? not the best?? so each day, i get after it…hope you are enjoying this wonderful fall…and if you get a chance, come visit the smoky mountains of east TN…the view is lovely! SMILE
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these last 2 weeks brought about 3 grandbabies birthdays! my oldest grandson, Alexander turned 8 on September 21st. My middle grandson, Ethan, turned 8 on September 28th…yep, exactly one week! i love these two boys immensely. Hard to believe that it’s been 8 years since they were born! with one and then on an airplane and away i went from FL FL land to MO. now i have more love in my life…and his granddaughter, Aspyn turned 11 the same day as Alex, September 21st. Cool they both share the same day and the same initial for their first names…between the two of us, we have 11 grandbabies or grands as they say…smile…i don’t think you can ever have too much love in your life, can you?? It’s almost October and with that first day brings an anniversary of my oldest child and her husband…been a long time since her daddy’s toast at their reception in the Elks lodge…”don’t sweat the small stuff, and it’s all small stuff”…sending love from TN to MO…i always find myself “coming home” to MO… one day, i too, will “come home to Wright County”…i’m not in a big hurry, i’ve got a lot of living to do yet…ya’ll have fun and be good to each other! i love you madly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Read Moremy, how they’ve grown
time keeps moving on…just thinking of my children and how proud i am of them all…ray and dave, he’s baliff now for miller county courts, ray is the pharmacy lady at eldon drug…sarah is 14! yes 14 i said! ethan will be a year older in a couple of weeks…jesse and alexander…jesse is office manager for padgent communications out of tampa. alexander is a FL FL land native and will have his birthday soon! one week before ethan! they are both going to be 8…how did that happen?? robin and jason i see the most of here lately as i live in TN near them…robin’s photography and social media business is taking off like a rocket! jason is cooking up a storm! phoenix, fancy shawl dancer at the powwow, is learning trumpet (sounds great up by the barn, farther, farther! YES) and quinn, school boy at 4, can do anything that his big sister can do…he reminds me of marty keeping up with his big sisters! and my one and only son, marty tate, workaholic, wonderful sullens man he has grown into…my virgo with a heart of gold…all my children have good hearts, respect for themselves and others, great work ethics and are good parents to their children…what more could a mom/grandma ever ask for?? i love you all with all my heart, madly of course! SMILE
Read Moremarty tate
he was a miracle baby…not because he was my son, but because he’s alive and well…the story happened on september 11, 1988…baby day…my 4th and last child was fixing to be born…darlin’ and i were at the hospital, getting ready to get down to business…grandpa and grandma sue had just left taking ray, jesse and robin home with them…next time they saw us, we’d have a new family member…all was going just fine and dandy, the time was getting near, the contractions were very strong, then i felt a stab, a pull, an odd feeling that hurt deep inside me…i told darlin’ and he went to get a nurse…she examined me and when she stood up, red splotches were on her white uniform. my doctor had arrived at the hospital and she rushed out and came back in with him…i felt the bed getting all warm and wet…i assumed it was more water as i had no control over it…he checked me and when he stood up, his coat was bright red…the baby monitor machine beside me started going crazy…then it got quiet…my placenta had come loose and i was bleeding out, quickly…the doctor explained what he was going to have to do and he had less than 15 minutes to get it done, did we trust him? darlin’ told him of course he did, that’s why he was our doctor…he was gonna try to save us both, but time was of the essence and he was gone…i was rushed, bed and all to the operating room, not to enjoy the wonderful birthing room i was in…i was deflating like a balloon…it was getting scary, please save the baby…those were my last words and my last prayer as i counted back, 10, 9…and i knew no more…my one and only C section…how quickly the room and staff were assembled, how quickly they had me prepped and ready to go…how quickly it all happened…and a wonderful son was born, he took his first breath, he was ALIVE…i had lost 5 units of blood, no wonder i was deflating…the next couple of days were a blur of pain and morphine and seeing my child…darlin’ never left my side…he fed marty until i was able to…this was 1988 and all 5 of the units of blood had not been tested for aids yet…A+ i needed, so that was another 2 weeks to wait for results, but luckily, it was all good news…thank you Creator for blessing our family with a son to carry on the Sullens name, thank you for letting me live to watch him grow up and tomorrow, happy 26th birthday, sweet son of mine…i love you madly! your whole family loves you madly…and miracle baby was your name at the hospital in mansfield, MO where you were born…and a wonderful man you have grown into…i’m so proud of you and i know your daddy and now walter, too, are looking down from heaven and so proud of you too! Have a GREAT birthday! SMILE
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faster, faster, faster!
hello and goodbye august! for each day to be long, these months keep racing by…it’s been a busy month…have had lots of fun each evening…i do so love the wee hours of the morning…peachy came to visit and got to attend her first powwow at Cosby…she’s gonna love the one at Stone Mountain…the regalia alone is gonna blow her mind…much less watching competition dancing…how the different dances are “supposed to look”…it’s a unique ART for sure…it was so wonderful to see so many friends i had not seen in awhile…and yes lucy! i love the butterfly necklace! your talents are getting better each visit! SMILE i’m so proud of you! got to see phoenix dance “fancy shawl” for the first time…in her green shawl and now also a red one…funny story about the red one…robin had won a prize of a flute box, had Kokopelli designs on it. Phoenix was holding it when i told her Kokopelli was the god of fertility…she yanked that thing outta PJ’s hand so fast, OH MY~~ peachy and i both laughed quite awhile…when they came back later, PJ had a red shawl that had been traded for…been very warm, no, i can admit it, it’s been HOT…in the low 90’s is HOT to me…we are needing rain, so if you have any extra, please send it this way…my computer has been giving me fits of late…i’m a dinosaur, i had windows xp professional for many, many years…i didn’t give it up until Microsoft threw me away…hahaha now i’m waiting patiently for an IT man to install my new windows 8.1 and my thousands of pictures…then i’ll be a happy woman! it’s labor day weekend! hope you and yours are doing fine and dandy…hope the drinks are cold and the sun is shining on your shoulders…(but not too much, then head for the shade) i must tell you how much i have enjoyed eating from my organic garden this year…i’ve enjoyed tomatoes, green beans, cherry tomatoes, red and green lettuce, bell peppers (yellow and purple) and 2 kinds of hot peppers…i’ve had mint for my tea and herbs for my cooking, basil, rosemary, oregano, sweet marjoram and thyme…they will grow inside in my firepit when i have to move and remove all from my porch…i pissed off the owner when i refused to let them spray poison near my food, new guidelines now for living here, no gardens…i’ll just grow inside…so there! HA the end of august brought sadness, i lost a dear friend, walter thew, but darlin’ got his best friend back…i know too many angels…and i do so love them all…on earth as in heaven…have a good one! i love you, madly! SMILE
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a shout out for a happy birthday to my angel, MT
he turns 64 today… August 19, 2014…
he’s the best man in the whole wide world…
brother michael…SMILE
with love, from sista catherine
Read MoreJuly 31st….back in the day…1978
it was a mighty hot day…we lived in solo, MO…an older farmhouse with no air conditioner…had a fan in the window blowing the breeze…had two red velvet type couches in the livingroom…so comfortable, that was where i was stretched out when i felt a tiny little fingernail scratch me, odd, i thought, what was that feeling?? then the next thing i knew, i was standing in the bathtub as my water had broken…this was all new to me, as you were my first child…darlin’ and i got all excited as today was the day! he started timing my contractions, they were far apart…we rounded up the hospital bag, some tea in the cooler of ice and popsicles and off we went towards town…we were not in a big hurry, so i asked your daddy to stop at the creek, outside houston…baptist camp..at that time, it was a low water bridge, so we got out and your daddy helped me sit down on the bridge…i enjoyed having my feet in the cold, rushing water, enjoying the popsicle before it melted…enjoying the sun shining on us…what a beautiful day…your daddy kept his watch busy, timing those contractions…they were getting stronger and closer together…still, i’d rather be outside than stuck inside a hospital room, so we continued to enjoy the river, the wildlife, the love we had for each other, had music playing from the truck…we were so EXCITED…we were gonna have a baby! US, two crazy hippies, were gonna create a new life…the water felt so very good on my feet and legs, i could have stayed there forever…but then, oh my, the contractions were very strong and less than 10 minutes apart…guess it was time to head to the hospital now…arrived and was taken down to be examined and oh my! it won’t be long now…and they were right…it wasn’t very long…your daddy was beside me, holding my hand…well, i was crushing his hand! hahaha i had enough strength, i could have pulled mountains around, i do believe! hahaha PUSH, PUSH, PUSH and that was all she wrote…a beautiful baby girl came into this world…you let out a scream and took in your first breath of air…how wonderful, they placed you on my chest and i got to check you out…your daddy still holding my hand and then he was holding you…we were both in tears…how wonderful, you were here, you were perfect and we were so blessed…melinda ray sullens…within a couple of hours, i was up walking around, you were fine and dandy and we talked dr myers into letting us go on home now…but we had one stop to make before we headed to solo…we had to go to elk creek to show you off to the ‘ol man…we had you on a pillow in the seat between us…grandpa came out and said i thought you all were having a baby today? and then we showed him you…he grabbed you up gently and carried you into the house…what a wonderful day…what a wonderful child…what a wonderful life of pure love and now there was one more to love…thank you Ray…for all the love and teaching me how to be a momma! SMILE ***NOTE TO MY EDITOR, BETTY BOOP, LONG TIME MO FRIEND, THANKS FOR CORRECTING ME, IT WAS BAPTIST CAMP BRIDGE, NOT DOG’S BLUFF…I DIDN’T ROUND UP MY JOURNAL BEFORE I WROTE THIS, MUST HAVE BEEN THAT BABY DAY BUD THAT HAD ME ALL CONFUSED! HAHAHA LOVE YA, BB!***
AS JUNE FLEW BY, I CAUGHT A GLIMPSE
Thought I’d better hurry and write a story for June, 2014, she’s coming to a close…
my goodness, where did this month go? it quickly passed on by…how can that be? as each day was so long!
we have had wonderful raindrops and unusually hot temperatures, right off the bat
so hot the clouds cry for us each afternoon, making it feel more like FL FL land than TN
for about 10 days straight, you could set your clock by the afternoon showers
around 5:00 pm, yep, the clouds rolled in, the skies rained and the earth was so happy
odd year for gardening, went from a day of spring into intense heat in the afternoons
but it should work excellent for the fall crops, everything is so tasty and delicious this year
the flavor of organic was well worth the drive and we got to make new friends, to boot! can’t beat that!
it’s almost angel time, that time has come to mean so very much to me these days, and especially these nights!
how nice it is to have love in my heart and to share that love, to feel the sweetness of conversation, of caring, of touch, of laughter and music and dancing…
had a bad scare with my Momma, got to visit with her all night, was so very happy when she woke up, ready for breakfast…wake up! wake up! yes, Momma!
still don’t know what to think of a family member…i try to be civil, but i can feel in my heart, besides music, the only thing we share in common, is our Momma
my very first grandbaby turned 14 this month…sweet sarah nicole…she’s my ray of sunshine…i gave her music, peace, colorful veggie and flower seeds and a rainbow in every color of Cherokee jewelry. i hope she always KNOWS that i love her madly!!!!!!!! she taught me how to be a grandma and she did a mighty fine job! SMILE
i have not been out and about much here lately, just tending to plants, visiting with friends, sharing goodness with neighbors, sharing my music with ALL!!!!!!!!
i have made a commitment, as real as virtual can be. i’m happy to have a beautiful ring of his devotion on my hand…my heart is so happy, i hope yours is, too!!!!!!!
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