I really have a good life!

I got my new car and I love it! I applied for a new job and think I got it! We got central air and I love it! It is amazing how different it is from regular AC units. The coolness is all over and not blowing in spots. I went to Tulsa,OK. and had a weird time but a great time with my family. I still miss my family even after all these years being apart. My great-niece Jennifer had a lovely baby girl...Olivia, while we were there. She (Olivia) did not want to come into this world easily...poor Jen. And now I am home...sitting in my new cool air. I brought Frank bar-b-que from Corky's in Memphis...actually in the airport but still good. Tho not as good and never will be as TOPS!! We will enjoy it for our supper tonight.

This is my grandaughter, Libby...say Hello!

It's sad!

I love ...loved my car. Notice the past tense? Yea, it is on the way out. Motor totally shot.
It is a 1993 Pontiac Grand Prix with only 60,000 miles on it. I had it for about 5 years. A little old lady....really... sold it to me when she bought a red Cadillac sports car. She is 96 yrs old. I want to be like her when I grow up.
So we had to up our plans a year. We were saving for a Subaru to go to Montana in when we retire, hopefully in 2009. So last night we went shopping....we are not hard to please so we bought the first Subaru we saw.. :-) 2005, Subaru Outback, Champaign-Gold, 26,000 miles, excellant condition. We take possession on Monday of MY new car and OUR new debt.
Frank said it was MY car, he has to ask MY permission to drive it. :-)
Well, I am back to blogging...Dottie is going to teach me how to put pictures in ( yeah, really! Dottie! ) Thanks, Kim for teaching her.
Ok, let's do it , people!! Blog on!!

I did it!

I think I have it straightened out now

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Time flies!

Here I am again after a long silence. So much has happened...I don't even know where to start. I had knee surgery in Feb. Was off work for 4 months ;-) Physical Therapy for 4 months. It still bothers me and I will have to have a series of injections to replace the cushion in my knee jount. That start on Aug. 22 (5 weeks) We went to Israel in April .. totally awesome!! We stayed 2 days in Tiberias where they started the bombing last month. God's protection! Murray got married in march to a girl named Mary. She is Greek Orthodox but does not attend church much. We went to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. to meet her family last week. They had a 50th wdding anniversary party..Greek style! It was great. Murray and Mary were there for a short time and had to leave. We stayed for about 5 days. We went to the beach every morning..so cool! One morning we were sitting ther in the shade reading and I started looking around. I noticed that there were alot more people and they were all men. I told frank "I think we are on a Gay part of the beach. Sure nuff...I saw a man greet 3-4 other men and instead of shaking hands they hugged and kissed...on the mouth! Yep! We were on a Gay part of the beach! :-) Now we are home for a while and back to our normal (?) routines. so how is your summer going? Patsy (Monyana)

learn something new every day

I love that phrase because it is so true. I had to get my name changed on my drivers license the other day. It had Patricia on it. When you go by Pat everyone automatically assumes your name is Patricia. In NJ, you have to take enough ID to choke a horse so I took my birth certificate, original marriage licens, old drivers license and social security card. It took a while because there were 2 Patricia Valerianos in the system??? Any way, as I was signing my name, I , being a good southern belle was telling the clerk my whole life story when she said..."you know, your name is spelled PatsEy". I said "really"? And she showed me my birth certificate and "sure nuff" there it was PatsEy and only since I was born. As many times as I have looked at my BC, I never noticed that? I am so observant!
Murray and Mary are back from Costa Rico and said they had a very good time. Murray surfed for 6 hours a day...they had to be very careful of sunburn because the sun is sooo intense down there. They said "thank everyone for the thought but no gifts, please" Between the two houses they have everything and then some. AP

catch up

I have been having trouble with my blog site but it seems to be ok now.
Murray is offically married now and is in Costa Rico with the new Mrs. Valeriano. They got married thursday night. A friend of theirs (ordained minister but not christian) married them. They will have a big party the end of summer as both of them have jobs waiting on them when they get back. Mary will be gone alot on location. We plan on going there then.
I have been sock as a dog! A really bad sinus infection. I was sitting up in the middle of the bed at 3am holding a ice pack on my face. I wondered if my eye balls would freeze? I am on antibiotics and am feeling better. No more pain.
I also am getting stir-crazy. I have been so limited in my activities with my knee surgery and now my sinuses...yuk!!!!! I am going to Wal-Mart this week if I have to crawl!
We got our passports last friday. We had to renew them this year. We are heading for Israel on the 29th and returning on the 7th. A lady in the church decided to pay our way. She has gone several times and wanted her Pastor to go.
God is good no matter how we feel and when I think about that I am refreshed! AP

It is official!

Murray finally gave Mary a ring and officially proposed. This was done on valentines day...he actually has a romantic streak! I had to drag it out of Murray. He is so private and then I had to ask Mary to share the experience with me. :-) Mary was so supprised. And she loved the ring...it is a family ring. Frank's great-aunt Daisy left it to Frank's Mom and I inherited it from her. So now it is Mary's. Both of them are very tradtional and love family heirlooms. They will be married in 2-3 weeks and honeymoon in Costa Rico.
I hope y'all got my email about the event.
I am doing good with my rehab on my knee. It is still sore and stiff but getting better every day. Are you still stiff, Leanne?
Got to run...baptism at church tonight. I love baptisms, don't you? AP