Groundhogs and Flowers

We discovered in March we have a groundhog living in the barn. We decide to name him Lucas Buck. The first Picture above is Lucas Buck. The other day we discovered that Lucas Buck has a mate living with him and they have 4 baby groundhogs. They are aboslutely adorable they look like little Pom Pom's lol.. Wish I could get a pic of them to post but, the mommy and daddy are really protective and won't let me close enough.

I also posted pics of my roses and flowers. I will tell ya I don't do good with any kind of plant so I try to stay as far as possible from them so maybe they will survive lol. Dixie just had to have her picture taken so I posted a pic of her and a rose also. The pink rose that I am holding and Dixie's picture was taken with broke off the bush during all the storms we have been having.

Until next time,
Kaylee

Why do you love me, when I have neglected you so much?

Well as you have all seen I haven't had any free time to update my blog. So much has happened I just don't know where to start. If you rewind a few weeks. We had a tragedy in our community and family. My 3rd cousin, his wife, and 3 children under 10 yrs died in a house fire. Within that same week we had 4 other members or our family to die bringing the total for the week to 9. Since then another 8 have passed away in our family and community bring the total to 17 of my family and friends. Just Wednesday last week my Stepfather who had raised me from the time I was 1yr and 4 months old passed away from Cancer. He was the only father I had in my life until I reached my teen years and met my biological father. So I wanna take a moment to mention this great man and his service to our country. He had 2 tours in Vietnam.


Travis Eugene Hollaway
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 18, 2009, at Glencoe-Hokes Bluff Chapel for Travis Eugene Hollaway, 61, Ragland, who passed away April 15, 2009. Pastor Tommy Hutt will officiate. Burial will follow in Macedonia Cemetery, Ragland. Glencoe-Hokes Bluff Funeral Home is in charge.


Travis was a resident of St. Clair County but lived most of his life in Etowah. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, earning awards such as the National Defense Service medal, Vietnam Service medal and the Vietnam Campaign medal. He was a beloved brother, father, uncle, grandfather and a devoted Christian.


Mr. Hollaway was preceded in death by his parents, Eugene Vernon and Lillie Margaret Hollaway; and a beloved baby sister.


He is survived by his daughters, April Michelle (Anthony) Sellers and Kaylee Gerilyn (Shane) Huck; grandchildren, Zoie and Nebula Sellers; sister, Judy Dianne (Calvin) Freeman; brothers, Randy Ray (Ann) Hollaway and James Thomas "Tommy" Hollaway; nieces and nephews, Nancy and James, Karen and Johnny, Sherry and Stephen, Cecil and Susanne, Dewayne, Joseph, Cody and James and Cheryl.


Pallbearers will be Shane Huck, Robert Lipscomb, Derrick Tinsley, Michael Tinsley, Ben Lipscomb and Allen Lipscomb.


Honorary pallbearers will be Glenn Bobbitt, Calvin Freeman, Ray Phillips and Willy Brumett.


Special thanks to Hospice Complete, nurse Amy and Kelly, Dr. Castillo and Dr. Harrison.

Thank You all for your thoughts and Prayers. I love each of you,
Kaylee

Cold = Sick

I went to the Doc today. I have Bronchitis yet again. It's so funny when you walk into the Doctors office and you say "ok I have Bronchitis I need Azithromycin and a albuterol inhaler" and she just says "OK". LOL.. Although she did suprise me with a prescription for steriods. I so should have been a Doctor. The doc and I put heads together today to try and figure out this rash I have on my arms. I've had it for months. I was thinking to start with it was contact dermatitis. I started buying everything from National allergy supply fragarance free products(costs a fortune by the way). It just wasn't going away. It doesn't itch it's just small red bumps looks like GOOSEBUMPS. We came to the conclusion that it is a genetic skin disorder called Keratosis Pilaris. I wanted to write about this in my blog because I have had these patches to come and go on my legs over my entire life and I never knew what it was. I did a little research on it and it says that 50% of adults have it or are carriers of it and never realize what they have. KP is not contagious. It is not an infection and is not caused by a fungus, bacterium, or virus. People do not give it to someone else through skin contact and do not catch it from anyone else. Some people are simply more prone to developing KP because of genetics and skin type. So Basically I got it from genetics. I can treat this to get relief and lessen the rash look but I will never be fully rid of it. Well just wanted to let ya know what was going on and I put up the information just in case it helps someone else recognize that they may have this disorder.

Until Next Time,
Kaylee

Cold Cold Cold

It's been sleeting and snowing most of the day. When it first started and was just real light snow, I dressed Dixie in her favorite sweater and let her romp in the yard chasin the snow flakes it was too cute for words. The pic above is her in her sweater playing near the steps. Don't mind her Fat Rolls.. She knows she's chunky. To be such a small dog she wears a X-Large Sweater.
I will be so glad when this Artic blast is outta here and we get back to warmer temps. It's been below Freezing all day long since like wednesday. I brought the boys in house and I'm crating them for the duration. They actually liked coming back into the house (No whining). They seem to think its fun to play chase when they hafto go out to potty. It isn't pleasant chasing them all over the backyard tryin to get them tired so you can bring them back in. I seem to get tired before they do. LOL.. I have realized that Peanut butter doggie cookies are the Best way to get them to come back in without the hassle.
Well I am outta here, Gonna try to keep warm. Thinking about either Chili or Hot Chocolate.. MMM..

Until Next Time,
Kaylee

Burr.. It's cold out there!!

I have been very neglectful to my blog lately. I haven't posted since before christmas shame on me. So what's been going on? Well, We survived the holidays without any major events. It's been raining ALOT. There was several days that shane was having to take a long way (nearly going to centre) just to get to work. The roads were flooded it wasn't pretty. They just recently put Tar and Gravel on Gnatville Rd which is a road he travels to work and now there is a area about 10-20ft long that is bare. The water just ate away at the road. It went from Rain to Extreme cold. We are suppose to have below freezing temps for the next couple of days and on thursday a wind chill of Zero. Boy, I can't wait for that ya know. The house is still a mess or maybe it's just me. I haven't had time to work on any hairbows or start any new projects. It's been busy busy busy around here.
Until Next Time,
Kaylee

Christmas Presents!

Sry I haven't Blogged lately I have been very busy. I am making most of my christmas presents this year and it's very time consuming. I have made a Album for Shane, Shawn, and their mom. For those of you that don't know, I have found many members of their dad's family this year. I found their Auntie Debbie and Family, Their Uncle David (R.I.P) and his family, and just recently I found his Auntie Kathy's (R.I.P.) Children in Texas. I made them each a Album with Pics that I have received from their family in New York, Florida, and Texas.

I am making Candy for most everyone. Lots and Lots of Candy. MMM MMM MMM.. Well I have gotta make candy now so I will blog again soon Hopefully with pics of Candy!!!

Until Next Time,
Kaylee

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

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