Crystal and Maria. Aren't they Beautiful?

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Praise the Lord!!

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Yummy!!

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Lindy, Mercy and Keith on Myrtle Beach, S. Carolina.

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Keith and Mercy

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Lindy and Mercy

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Keith and Mercy on the beach in South Carolina. She walks just like him.

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Hey everybody!! I'm at the beach.

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This is the haircut I gave Nicole. I think I did a very good job. Looks cute Nicole.

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Here's I am. Tweety Pie's Granny, cutting Nicole's hair around 11:00pm last night. That's a comb I have in my mouth in case you're wondering.

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I guess you can call me 'Jack of All Trades'!

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This is where I get my silver hair from.

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Renee and her first date!

AWE!! How sweet. This is Na-Na on her very first date. His name was Ricky. They were going to the Sweetheart Banquet. This is in February 1969.

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Look at them legs!!

This is Diane, better known as STRETCH!!

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A Big Fat Kat 'Meow' out to Crystal Dawn!!

The other day I found some T-bone steaks on sale and bought a pack of 4 beautiful steaks. Crystal and Daniel have recently bought them a charcoal grill and I told her that since I bought them she could cook them. This was her first attempt to cook steaks. OUTSTANDING!! She did an awesome job. They were so delicious. Cooked to perfection. There is nothing like a good t-bone cooked over charcoal. I think Daniel could have eat two of them. GOOD, huh Bubba!!
I guess for the 4th of July Crystal gets the honors of cooking our steaks again.

What if.................

What if you were going to be on a deserted island but my chance you had the opportunity to semi-prepare for it. You were able to have one personal item other than the clothes on your back, what would it be and what would you wear?

Bible

This time with Mahammad happened a while back and it caught him off guard. He is so funny. You never know what to expect from him and he's learning that about me as well.
He told me, 'Vickie, go home and get your Bible and you find me in it.'
I said, 'Yeah right, Mo-Mo.'
He said, 'No, rreally (rolling the r), you find me.'
Several days later I stopped by again and Crystal was with me.
I said, 'Hey Mahammad! I found you in my Bible.'
Mo-Mo: 'You did?'
Me: 'Yeah! It said: Get thee behind me, Satan!'
He looked at me with this look of like, what did you say! Grinned, turned around and walked off shaking his head.

RRock and RRoll

The other day I stopped by the cleaners to pick up some work and Mahammad greets me at the door as always.
Mo-Mo: 'Vickie, how you doin' today?'
Me: 'Fine Mahammad. How are you?'
Mo-Mo: 'Tink God good!' He said, 'You know heaven not going to be no fun.'
Me: 'Why do you say that?'
Mo-Mo: 'Ther' not be no rrock and rroll (he rolls the r) and no Michael Jackson.'
Me: 'You won't care because you will have Jesus.'
Mo-Mo; 'No! I want Disco.'

'MAHAMMAD'

I've been doing alterations for a Dry Cleaners in Pelham called, The Royal Valet, for the past 7-8 years. I have now working with the 3rd owner and they have been there for about 4 yrs. now. They are Mahammad (whom I call Mo-Mo) and his wife Julie, from Pakistan. Mo-Mo told me that everybody calls her Julie because her real name is too hard to pronounce. Mahamad is a HOOT. He cracks me and Crystal up with the things he says and the jokes he tells. Mo-Mo always has a joke for you or if your sick, he always has a cure.
Today I got Daniel to go to Mahamad's to pick up some work he had for me. Mo-Mo will call me and say, 'Vickie, come on o-vair. I have lots of wo-ik fo' you!' When D got back with the alterations there was something I needed to get some instructions on from Mo-Mo. We were talking and Mo-Mo told me that one of them was a re-do because the first time I did it his wife had marked it wrong. I told him 'Sure, Mo-Mo. Julie gets blamed for all your short-comings.' He said, 'Last nite I cuss my wife out.' He said, 'I cuss and cuss at her picture and when she get home, I was a pussy-cat.'
He somehow brought Danny into the conversation and was saying something about drinking beer. I said, 'Danny has never tasted beer, Mahammad. He has never even tasted coffee.' Mo-Mo said,' Tell Danny, Jejus (Jesus) drank coffee so it's ok he drink coffee.'
One day, I went by there and there was a guy in there and Mo-Mo said, 'Hey Vickie. I want you to met my brother, Mike.' I said 'Mike? How did he come up with the name like Mike and you got Mahammad?' He said, 'I have three brother and we all name Mahammad. You go home, call Danny, Mahammad!'
You will be hearing many more stories of Mahammad, some old, some new. Maybe I can get a picture of him.

I need a overhaul!!

I haven't blogged in awhile because I've been pretty sick. I have been having problems with my left arm and this past week I acquired a Ovarian cyst. I ran a fever and had alot of pain with it even walking. Monday I had a appointment with a Neurologist at 9:15. He did some testing on me and told me I had a pinched nerve in my neck. He sent me down to the Diagnostic Center for a MRI at 12:00 and then I had an appointment at 1:00 for a Ultrasound that my GYN set up for me. I got the results of the Ultrasound back today and it was what I told them A OVARIAN CYST. Dr. Belyeu says that it's not big enough to be giving me the pain I've been having so I have to go in Wednesday for Show & Tell to see if there may be something else going on. I also was told about 3-4 months ago that I have the beginnings of cataracts in both eyes and that it will take about 5 years before it gets to where I would require eye surgery. Well, I think they may be progressing faster than they said because I have a little blurry, milky vision. I have an eye appointment in the morning at 9:00 to have them rechecked. Haven't heard from the MRI yet or what is going to come from that. I will post more later.

CONGRATULATIONS, DON-DO!!

Donna got her new twin girls yesterday! Can't wait to see them.

Announcing: Blakely Nicole Freeman

Announcing the birth of Blakely Nicole Freeman, my new grand-niece. Born on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 2:00pm at Brookwood Women's Center. She weighed in at 8 lb. 3 oz. and was 20 1/2 " long. Absolutely Beautiful. She is the daughter of Jason and Jamie Freeman, sister to Codie and Grand-daughter to Jimbo and Renee Green. "CONGRATULATIONS"!!!!

A beautiful and very proud Nanna. Renee and Blakely.

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Blakely Nicole Freeman, born May 10, 2005 on he Paw-paw's (Jimbo) birthday. She weighed 8 lb 3 oz and was 20 1/2" long. She is so beautiful. Congratulations Jamie, Jason and Codie!

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Codie, Jamie, Jason and Blakely Freeman

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Happy Anniversary Daniel and Crystal

Today is Daniel and Crystal' s 5th Wedding Anniversary.

All of my grand-babies are confused. Mercy thinks she's a puppy and Molly, Auzzie, Razzy and Rocco think they're people.

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Wear Pink because.......

It has always been a tradition, ever since I can remember, for women to wear corsages to Church on Mother's Day. So every year when it came time to get that Mother's Day corsage I always forgot what color I was suppose to wear. I would have to call Mama to ask her every year what color and she would say (and I can hear her now), "Vickie! If your mother is dead your wear white. If your mother is alive, you wear red. I'm only half dead so you wear Pink." So for years even before she passed away I would have a pink corsage. I sure do miss my Mama and it has hit me harder this Mother's Day more than in the past several years. I MISS YOU MAMA!! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! I LOVE YOU, VICKIE

"Happy Mother's Day"

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Poppa and Mercy

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Mercy and her Poppa!!

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This is my favorite nurse, Bon-Bon!! Are you tired Be-Bo??

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Hey Leigh-Leigh!!

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All pooped out!

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"PRETTY IN PINK" Ashtyn and her Great Auntie D!!!

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This is Richard H. Vance, my Dad's father. Anyway thats what the name was he went by.His real name was Clarence Howard Richards. There were 3 brothere who came from Liverpool, England. One of them went to California, one went to Maine and the third one, well, I was told they don't know where he went. My grand-father was a decendent of the one who went to Maine. His fathers name was Samuel Richards and his mother was Merle Richards. She was a full-blooded Passamaquoddy Indian. They are a tribe of Indians that lived in the north-eastern corner of Maine. Before he married my grand-mother he was married to my grand-mother's sister. He also has children by her as well as my grand-mother. Daddy use to say that he was his own grand-paw. My grand-mother's name was Maggie Ellen Grey and her sister was Maude. We also have in our Ancestry lineage: King Richard I (Richard Plantagenet) known as Richard The Lion-Heart, President Zachery Taylor and Sir Walter Humphrey. Daddy also says that Black Bart (found in history books) was a relative as well.

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'A Great Woman of God'

Evelyn Roberts, wife of Oral Roberts, passed away yesterday from a head injury. She had been to the dentist and while there she fell and hit her head. She went into a coma and then passed away. My heart goes out to her family. She was 88 years of age. 4/22/1917 - 5/4/05

This is my Auburn Baby. Mercy. I sure wish they lived closer so I could see her as often as I wanted to.

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This is the remains of the corsage that Mama wore when she and Daddy got married. They were married by a Justice of the Peace in Rising Fawns, Georgia on March 26, 1948.

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This is one of my most favorite pictures of Daddy. This was taken on Easter in the living room of Aunt Emma's house on 8th Ave. S. The shirt was pink, pants were pale gray, the socks were pink and gray argyle and the tie was black with pink stripe.

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'Vance Kids' Bruce (Daddy) on the left, a friend, and Tommy on the right. Mary Helen in the front. Daddy tells stories of how poor they were. He said that he had to take cold biscuits with mustard and a slice of onion on them in his lunch and that they smelled so strong by the time he came to eat them that they made him sit in the lunchroom window so the smell would go out the window. He said that they were Gooooooooooood!!!!

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This is Daddy's Mother, Granny and his sister, Aunt Mary Helen. I didn't know until several years ago that her name was Mary Helen. We always called her Aunt Murhulen. Heck I thought that was her name until I asked Mama one day how to spell it.

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This was taken in Tientsin, China at the Pladium Club. That's Daddy sitting at the head of the table surrounded by some of his war buddies.

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This is when Daddy and Mama lived on base in Myrtle Beach. He was very handsome and Mama said that he knew he was too.

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Daddy's the one on the right with the rifle. This is boot camp. Look at the barricks. Looks like the Gomer Pyle Show.

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Daddy in his Marine uniform. Looks so young and innocent.

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Daddy in his Marine dress blues.

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This is Daddy with his Blue Mercury. This was his second car. This was taken in 1950.

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WA-HOO!!!!!!!

YEAH!!!! SCOTT SAVOL IS OFF.

This is my next door neighbor. Notice her beautiful foot wear!!

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Judging Amy

I don't know how many of you watch Judging Amy, but speaking for myself, I think it is one of the best Drama's on TV. Tonight was one of the best I have seen yet. The show is based on Amy Brenneman's (plays Judge Amy) real life mother who was a judge. The co-star, Tyne Daly is one of most favorite actresses today.
If you have never seen it, give it a try.

Daddy's school picture when he was probably about 12 or 13.

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This is Mama's school picture when she was 13 yrs old. I can see some of all of us in her face in one way or another.

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