Busy day

Day two of Memories.....



Buddy was off today so we ran errands and things like that. Took pictures of about 40 new pieces of jewelry; had lunch out; scanned 60 photos only have about 200 more to go; went to Sam's; came home put groceries away watched Bill O'Rielly and I loaded all photos on my computer.



Was hotter than blazes here today...can hardly wait for July in Florida! Not long now, in fact less than a month. Expect many photos of that excursion as I plan to have conquered this blog thing by then and really turn it into what I want it to be. Any help or suggestions is always appreciated.



Must figure out how to make this a cool site....I know some blogs are cool....Kem, yours is very cool....but then some people know how to do these things. I just jump in and do what I can and just try to learn as I go and hopefully every day I will get better and better in everyway!



Stay with me...you just never know what might turn up. Even I don't know what might turn up.

Short one today must get my sleep as have appointment with the doctor who did the surgery on my wrist and then have physical therapy....ouch.... hurts to even think about, it is getting much better and of course I decided to start a blog while typing slowly with a broken wrist....if I were color blind I would probably take up painting.

See ya in the tomorrow!!!!

Will You look at that....

Well, I can't believe it, but I am now a blogger. I will start slowly and build up speed as I learn. Trying to complete that bucket list and having a blog is on it. So if I write not one more time I have checked one more off on the bucket list. Fortunately I have several more to complete. Some more simple than others. Since I am basically Facebook challenged, I hope that does not prove to be the case with the blogging. But, we shall see what we shall see.

The first thing I will do when I finish this first entry is race to my emails and send everyone in my address book this address. My blogging days will have officially begun!

I am going to talk a lot about memories. Obviously some of mine are memories shared only by me. I love memories! They can never be taken away from you nor destroyed unless you allow them to be. I have chosen to not let the good memories go, nor do I choose to let a lot of the bad ones go. We are today what we have grown from in our past. I am at a very good place in my life in spite of some HORRIBLE memories that I have not forgotten but I have dealt with and they no longer rule my life nor my actions in any way.

This particular journey started at a very bad time in my life. A time I was barely hanging on. I found a book titled "I Ain't Much Baby, But I Am All I've Got," by Jess Lair. This was in the early to mid 70's and this book began the change in me, for I realized because of one sentence I was blaming those who had hurt me so badly for every bad decision I made and virtually everything that was wrong in my life. These hateful, hurtful memories that I so carefully guarded so no one would ever know were affecting every area of my life without my even realizing it. The sentence in the book said, "for what I am today damn them, but if I choose to stay this way, then damn me." I chose NOT to stay that way. That was a journey that took about 15 years to complete, but finally I made it and became who I am today. I like me today and that is a good feeling. I didn't always like me.

I will share many good memories with my blog and they will include memories of the following:

Roy Burney, my brother whom I love so dearly and miss so much

High School friends and memories that make me laugh and cry and why I loved those 3 years so much. They were my happiest time, in fact probably the only really happy time until I read the book and completed the 15 year journey.

My children whom I love more than life, but was unable to be the mother I wish I had been. I wasn't a bad mother, I was a sad mother. I was a lost person. Lost in memories that closed me off like a water faucet. If I felt happy I had to feel badly as well, so I chose not to feel. Thank you my precious children who loved me and still love me! I have some wonderful stories to tell on you, so get ready!

My grandchildren who have taught me that life just "ain't the way it used to be." I have some stories on them as well.

My husband, Buddy....thank you for loving me and my children as though they were your own. Boy, do I have some stories about you....I can hardly wait. Oh, and by the way, I love you more!

My Great Granddaughter Addie who just turned 1 on the 17th of June and who has allowed me to become a kid again. I love it. I would love to get in the floor with her and play, but if I ever did, I would never be able to get up.

There will be many other wonderful memories shared. I welcome any comments or "memory adjustments" and I hope all of you who knew me when and know me now will find many happy moments following this story of my memories.

I will close for now, for it is late, I am old, and I must go nitey nite. Will "blog" again soon. Before I go I am going to try to post this one picture of my granddaughter Ashleigh and my Great Granddaughter Addie.....OOOPPPSSSS first mistake of many I would imagine, the picture is at the beginning of the story and it was supposed to appear here.

Later,

BonnieB