My uncle Jimmy and Aunt Joann planned a Memorial Day Picnic at White Water Park in Oglethorpe.  It was the first time that we had a family get together since Granny died.  It turned out to be a nice day.  I got to see family that I haven't seen in years. And I had a really nice time.  My Uncle Ricky picked up My Dad and brought him.  He seemed to have a great time.

  The best part of my day was that I got to spend time with my sister Lea.  Next to Ricky, she is my BFF.. We just have a great time together. At least I do and a I hope she feels the same.  We laugh alot and I just enjoy her company.  There was a time when we kids that we really extremely disliked each other.  It took both of us growing up to become friends. Now I don't know if I could through life's daily struggles without her.  She knows most of all my secrets.  We  don't get to see each other as much as I would like but we talk most everyday.   I would see her everyday if I could.  We have both been through alot in our lives and our theme song is Gloria Gaynor's "I will Survive". She's always telling me that " This too shall pass" and every time it does!
  Lea, I love you and I don't know what I would do without you in my life <3

  Jessi called today and asked to come spend a few days with us.  Of course we said yes.  It feels good to have all my babies under one roof for a change.  Ricky says that I have some form of Empty Nest syndrome since I have acquired the 2 new kittens.  He says that I have to have something to take care of.  And I guess in a way he's right.  I am a nurse so taking care of people/my pets are just second nature to me.  I have very spoiled pets.  They don't know that they are animals,  they think that they are human babies.  Smokey and Rocky are spoiled rotten already.  Every time one of walks into the kitchen they think that they are supposed to get something to eat too - it doesn't matter if they just walked out of the kitchen after eating.  Scoot and Maggie are junk food dogs  they think that what ever we eat they are supposed to eat it too.  They love snacks especially chocolate and cheese.  They also love French toast. Stoner kitty like potato chips but he will eat vegetables.  The point is I love my pets.  Jessi once said that I loved the pets more than I loved them.  No that's not true.  My pets just mind me better.  All they want is to fed and watered, a quiet place to nap and a scratch down every so often and oh yeah don't forget the chocolate.
  Today I took the kittens outside for a while.  I don't let them go outside alone because we have mean tom cats roaming around.  They like to play in the bushes and I sit on the porch and watch them play.  Maggie is a good baby sitter too.  She watches them like a hawk and lets me know if they are into something or have wandered to far.  Scoot still has anxiety when they are around her.  Stoner Kitty is just too cool to be seen playing with them.

Today was a really good day.  I got to see my baby sister, Olivia.  I haven't seen her in person since she went to Rene's in April.  Rene and Ole brought her down to spend some time with her girls.  I know she misses them and it was great of them to bring her.  They have been so good to Olivia.  I haven't seen my cousin Rene since we were kids and it was good to see her too.  I met Ole and he seems like a genuinely kind person.  I think they are both very good people.  I can't thank them enough for what they are doing for my sister.  You know, people come and go in our lives and sometimes I wonder why God lets the good ones wander out of our lives and lets the bad ones stay in it.  I didn't get to spend alot of time with Olivia but I think it was a good visit.  I left my house at 7am to be there before 9am when they were planning to leave, got there at 8:30.

Jessi went with me and after the visit we kind of just wandered around Macon.  I showed her some places of where I used to live and go to school when I was very young.  We went by J. D. Kinders to see Aunt Susie but she hadn't made it in yet.  We visited a little while with my cousin Debbie.  It seems like it was a day for cousins.
We just took our time getting home.  We did stop by the Nursing home to see Daddy.  He seems to be doing well.  His brothers are planning a Memorial Day picnic here at White Water park in Oglethorpe and he is kind of excited about that. 
Well, tomorrow Ricky is supposed to take me to finally see Dark Shadows.  I can't hardly wait to see it.  I remember watching the series with Granny.  One of many happy childhood memories.
That's all for now.