BEE FIGHT!!!! YIPES!!!! YEOW!!!

 BEES, BEES, AND MORE BEES!!! OLD NASTY, FEISTY YELLOW JACKETS!

SATURDAY, ABIGAIL AND I WERE WALKING OUT IN THE FRONT SIDE YARD LOOKING FOR THE  HOE TO PLANT HER FLOWERS.. "QUEEN ANN'S LACE" WHEN WITHOUT KNOWING, I WALKED RIGHT OVER A NEST OF BEES IN THE GROUND.. SHE FOLLOWED RIGHT BEHIND ME.. AND GOT STUNG 8 TIMES!!! WOW! POOR THING.. SHE HAD 4 STINGS IN ABOUT THE SIZE OF A 50 CENT PIECE.. (AND IT  WAS RED AND HOT AND WE USED ICE ON IT, AFTER THE INITIAL BEE STING MEDS.. SHE STRUGGLED WITH IT OFF AND ON FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.. WE ALSO GAVE HER BENADRYL ... 

THERE WAS ALSO A NEST JUST FEET AWAY IN THE GROWN LIKE THE ONE PICTURED< AND THE NEST ABOVE WAS THE SIZE OF A LARGE SOFTBALL! AND THERE WERE TWO BIRD HOUSES OUT THERE THAT HAD WASP IN THEM!! SO NORMAN, NATHAN AND I WENT BACK OUT AFTER I GOT MEDS AND ICE ON ABIGAIL AND HER CALMED DOWN AND KILLED ALL THE BEES.. WE LOOKED AND LOOKED TO MAKE DOUBLE SURE.. NORMAN GOT STUNG 4 TIMES, I GOT STUNG 3 TIMES AND NATHAN GOT STUNG 3 TIMES KILLING AND BURNING OUT THE BEES!! UGGGG! I HATE BEES.. THEN THE NEXT DAY I HAD TO KILL OUT A NEST OF WASP UP IN THE TABLE OUT IN THE BACK YARD!!! UGGG!!! 
 YESTERDAY NORMAN AND I WORKED ON OUR KITCHEN ALL DAY, CABINET DOORS OFF, SANDED AND WAITING TO BE PAINTED THE BEIGE.. IT'S PRETTY, SANDY COLORED AND WITH A SLIGHT SHINE TO IT.. (ALSO, NEW HINGES, MAGNETS, AND DOOR KNOBS.. THE CABINET FRONTS WERE SANDED, AND PAINTED (AND I AM STILL WORKING ON THEM) A SORT OF BARN RED... BUT WITH THE DOORS ON, NOT MUCH OF THEM WILL SHOW.. BUT ENOUGH!  TODAY HE HAD TO RUN DOWN TO PICK UP A CABINET AND WORK FOR DEWEY..


 HE HADN'T BEEN GONE TO LONG AND I HAD TO CALL AND ASK WHERE THE KEY TO THE GUN CABINET WAS.. THREE COYOTES RAN RIGHT BEHIND THE CHICKEN COOPS.. ONE LET OUT A YELP ... YIPES! AND NO, I DIDN'T GO LOOKING FOR THEM... BUT ONCE I FOUND THE KEY, I GOT THE 22 READY IN CASE THEY COME BACK.. I JUST COULDN'T ALLOW THEM TO KILL OUR CHICKENS OR BUNNIES .... BUT, I DON'T LIKE GUNS!! BUT, I GUESS ITS BETTER TO BE READY THAN TO WISH I WERE!!

    SPECIAL WISHES OF LOVE AND HAPPINESS FOR MY TWO SISTERS.. JENNA.. AND  BETTY JO.. 


AND CONGRATULATIONS KRISTIN FOR PASSING YOUR STATE BAR TEST AND BECOMING A NURSE...  GOD BLESS!                                             

AWESOME MEMORIES OF MY PARENTS ... BETTY AND JOE SPARKS FLOOD MY HEART AND MIND FROM TIME TO TIME.. AND I THANK GOD FOR THE WONDERFUL PARENTS HE CHOSE FOR ME! AND I CANNOT LET THIS PASS WITHOUT SAYING.... 

I LOVE AND MISS THEM BOTH, VERY MUCH!

 PRAYERS FOR NORMAN'S MOTHER.. SHE WAS PUT IN THE ICU ON SUNDAY MORNING.. JUST TO KEEP A CHECK ON HER HEART.. BUT BY SUNDAY EVENING WHEN WE WENT DOWN, THEY MOVED HER TO THE STEP DOWN UNIT BUT JUST PLAN ON MONITORING HER HEART AND DOING ANOTHER TEST JUST TO MAKE SURE.. (at nearly 87, it's a good thing)

PRAYERS FOR JAKE AND FRANCES TOO.. HE WAS ALSO PUT IN THE ICU ON SUNDAY MORNING! THAT NASTY OLE CANCER IS A TERRIBLE THING AND A DRAINING THING TO FIGHT.. GOD BLESS, COMFORT, AND HEAL PLEASE AND THANK YOU AND BLESS THEM BOTH WITH INNER PEACE! 

PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOURS AND THE PRAYER LIST AND UNSPOKEN PRAYERS OF EACH OF YOU, AND ASK THAT YOU WILL ALSO PRAY FOR OURS. PRAYING TOO FOR OUR FAMILY, EXTENDED FAMILIES, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, CO-WORKERS AND ALL THE SOLDIERS and their FAMILIES, AND ALL THE SERVICE PEOPLE and their families, THAT GOD WILL WRAP HIS LOVING ARMS AROUND EACH OF US AND BLESS US ALL SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, AND FINANCIALLY AND WITH HIS LOVE, INNER PEACE, GRACE, MERCIES AND A SPECIAL BLESSING THAT ONLY HE KNOWS ABOUT FOR EACH. PRAYING FOR THOSE THAT HAVE LOST LOVED ONES AND FOR THE FAMILY OF LITTLE RILEY .. COMFORT THEM PLEASE AS THEY LAY HIM TO REST.. (to bury a child at any age would be hard.. but at 5 years old... I can't even begin to imagine) BLESS THEM PLEASE LORD AND GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH TO MAKE IT THROUGH ALL OF THIS, PLEASE AND THANK YOU. FATHER WE GIVE YOU OUR LOVE, THANKS, HONOR, PRAISE AND GLORY IN ALL THINGS IN JESUS HOLY NAME, AMEN..