Thanksgiving at Aunt Dottie's

Boy, did I have a great time. We had plenty of food and drink. We went to Daddy's sister's house, my Aunt Dottie. We had tons of food and lots of good conversation. Aunt Dottie's chicken and dressing tasted like Mama Gladys's.

I miss my grandmothers so much. Mawmaw Young died in 1973 when I was too young to lose her and Mama Gladys died in 1986. Thankfully, Mama Gladys (Daddy and Aunt Dottie's mother) got to see and experience a lot of my accomplishments. I'm still mourning their losses.

However, I'm thankful for the Thanksgiving days I had with them. Now, more on my Thanksgiving trip to Aunt Dottie's ...

My cousin, Lanie (Shelaine) has done a fantastic job with her son Kyle. Intelligent, thoughtful, well-spoken, Kyle (right with Mom Lanie) has turned out to be a handsome, personable young man.


Lanie and her husband Stanley (below) have a farm not far from Tupelo where they have a corn maize open to the public each fall.

They've done a great job cutting themes into the corn each year.

Check out their web site:
http://www.wisefarmer.com/.


My cousin Shane (right), who is Lanie's "little" brother, has a gorgeous family.

Shane's wife Vicki (below) could be a model. (That's a New York Runway Walk if ever I saw one!)

This is Shane and Vicki's oldest child, Kenzie (right). Kenzie's only in the tenth grade but she could easily be America's Next Top Model ... except something tells me that Vicki and Shane would NOT let her be on Tyra's show, at least not at age 15 (even though she looks like she's 20).

Vicki and Shane have two more children (left) and they have their hands full with Abby and Lane. Lane is almost two years younger but as tall as Abby. These two clowns kept me busy Thanksgiving day. I loved it!


Here's Aunt Dottie's entire crew (below):



Mom and Dad (below) commented on the way back home how much we enjoyed spending Thanksgiving with Aunt Dottie.

Having these two as parents might explain why I'm so crazy!?!?!?!



Anyway, it's good to have family to spend the holidays with. Thanks for including us, Aunt Dottie. I love you.



Oh yeah, what would a Mississippi get-together
be without plenty of sweet tea?

That Magic Man Santa Is Back -- So Simon Sez

That funny, funny site is back for a lot of hours of holiday tomfoolery.

It's Simon Sez Santa, now in languages other than English. I typed in Spanish and French commands and it works!

This year, there are two more games you can play, Pimp My Sled and Magic Snowball. And, the creators have holiday hats for sale based on your holiday mood, Bah Humbug or Merry Christmas.

I think I'm tired of the holidays already. And before any friends email and ask, no that is not my boyfriend in the Bah Humbug/Merry Christmas Hat.

To buy a hat or to play Simon Sez Santa, visit this site: http://www.simonsezsanta.com/

Broken Arm - Why No Post In More Than A Month

Should a woman my age be skate boarding or beating up men on the softball diamond?

I wish I had a great story for how I broke my arm in three places, like one of the above. Instead, it was more like the beginning of a V.I. Warshawski evening...

It was a cold rainy night that I had spent alone in the office, laboring over files and plans that were due to a client the next day. The wind was howling as I finally closed up shop and headed out into the blistering rain that was coming down in sheets.

The dim parking lot was a precursor to an ominous thing about to happen. Gently sloping to the South, the lot was slick as glass and full of acorns that fat squirrels had already had too much of.

I took a few steps with hands full, a laptop bag dangling over my shoulder and an umbrella wedged between cheek and shoulder, doing no good to protect me from the sideways rain that felt like needle pricks to my exposed skin.

Then boom, I was down before I knew it. The result?

I laid in the emergency room for 4 (yes four) hours unattended with two breaks between wrist and elbow and a fracture of the tip of the elbow.


That was the worst physical pain I've ever endured. Worse than my kidney stone.

At any rate, I'm back, having gotten the cast and the sling off. And just in time for the holidays!!!