well, i tried to be nice and wait for nora to post her saturday happenings, but i am going to show you some of the pictures taken on my camara. sounds like they had a great time without me. mom is doing better, just battling a few things but is becoming very independent again. it is 3:25 and i am just getting in from work. so i dont feel like saying too much. enjoy. katie these are my gag gifts to her i waited 3 years to show her that picture and she found out about it cuase she was nosy. looking in envelopes when kim was home. so thats why i gave her the mat you can write on. the guests also signed it. looks great for 50 doesnt she. i was sent a birthday calendar for an email so i put noras date in and got 3 pages of info that i cut back. it was really neat. did you know she was still young enough in dogs years that she is still chasing cats. h a ha. the picture with the sign was taken sunday. and i love that cake. see ya

YEE HA SOMEBODY IS 50 YEARS OLD AND STILL KICKEN. HA HA. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NORA, THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT, KICKING UP YOUR HEELS WHEN I NEEDED THE PUSH TO NOT GIVE UP THIS YEAR, GLAD YOU LIKE YOUR FLOWERS I TOOK TO YOUR WORK PLACE, SORRY I WILL MISS YOUR DAY, GOING TO CHURCH ALL DAY THEN TO WORK ALL NIGHT,, I WILL BE READY TO COLLAPSE. MAYBE I WILL STOP BY SUNDAY AND SEE YOU. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH. KATIE

ADDITION TO THE CURVES PICTURES, JAN THE WORKER, SITTING IN THE CHAIR, IS THE ONE THAT TURNED MY PHOTO INTO THE NOTE CARD., THEN THE CLOSE UP OF JAN TALKING TO ANOTHER GIRL ON THE LOVE SEAT (PEGGY) PEGGY IS THE ONE WHO BOUGHT MY FIRST PHOTOGRAPH BECUASE OF JAN'S STORY ABOUT MAKING THE NOTE CARDS.

WELL, I BID FAREWELL TO CURVES AFTER 5 YEARS CURVES HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS , THE PARTY WILL BE TONIGHT AND I HAVE TO WORK. THIS WAS NOT AN ORDINARY CURVES, THEY SUPPORTED YOU, PRAYED FOR YOU, LAUGHED WITH YOU, TELL STORIES TO YOU, ENCOURAGE YOU. I HAVE BEEN TO OTHER CURVES AND NO ONE ACKNOWLEDGES YOU ACCEPT TO SAY WELCOME. THIS IS WHAT CURVES IN GEORGETOWN IS ABOUT, SITTING DOWN ENJOYING THE CUSTOMERS, MAY GOD BLESS YOU DENISE, JAN, LOIS. WILL MISS YOU ALL. THIS IS SMOKEY ENJOYING MY NEW LOUNZE CHAIR COUSIN.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HEATHER HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER ENOUGH TO ENJOY AND ENJOY YOUR MINI VACATION. YOU ARE GREAT MOTHER, NEICE, DAUGHTER, ALL IN ONE AND OF COURSE WHO COULD FORGET GRANDAUGHTER, . SPEAKING OF WHICH, WE MISS YOU GRANDPA VERY VERY, MUCH. TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN 58 YEARS, I AM PLANNING ON TAKING GRANDMA TO THE CEMETARY, BUT WE HAD TO CHANGE DR APPOINTMENTS CUASE I CANT GET HER BLOOD PRESSURE UP. SO TOMMORRO AT NOON I WILL BE IN LEWIS WITH HER. SHE IS DOING GREAT OTHERWISE. SO MAY GO BEFORE, OR AFTER, EITHER WAY DAD WILL ALL BE ON OUR HEARTS TOMMORRO. ALONG WITH MOM OF COURSE.

well, we are getting very close to letting grandma stay alone, we left her twice yesterday for an hour at a time and she has proven to us she is walking more stable and she almost independent,. she did scare us today but all is fine. she took a LONG nap this morning but nora stayed home from church and sat at the house she got up and took a shower while nora was in the bathroom and helped very little. so maybe we will just be in the house tonight maybe let her be alone. she hates all the hovering but we had to be sure. we told her about my cousins loss of her daughter yesterday and she was glad we kept it from her. i think thats why she couldnt sleep last night. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE, I HOPE YOUR YEAR IS A GREAT ONE. SOOOO PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GROW IN YOUR FAITH. WE MISS YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE, ENJOY YOUR YEAR CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU AND ADAM SOON I HOPE. NOT SURE WHAT DAY YOUR BIRTHDAY IS BUT I SAW WHAT YOU GOT. HA HA. LOVE YOU ALL. AUNT KATIE

cant keep a good slaight down. grandma was doing her own laundry today, she is getting fast on the walker. i helped carry close in the bedroom put them on the couch per her order. turned around mom was at the edge of the kitchen. i couldnt walk fast enough to help her down the step and into her chair. she walked around the house today 3 times just to walk with a walker. then therapy came . she is one determined lady. this picture is curtesy of barb who went to aunt peggys funeral, this was at the end of the gathering. stella has never changed everyone looked great. toodles. katie