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Gender: Female
Status: Married
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Texas
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Hawkins, Texas
Mobile, Alabama
Pensacola, Florida
Thorne Bay, Alaska
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Coupeville, Washington
Pace, Florida
Toledo Village, Texas
Gilmer, Texas
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You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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I love to write, especially short stories. I've thought about writing a novel, but I think someone else has my title. If "Rattlesnake Bob and the Fleagle Brothers" has been taken then I won't write any stinkin' novel. I live in Texas but my daughters and my granddaughter live in Seattle, and It's not fair!!!!

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I'm into beading, writing, reading, crosswords and a little exercise (very little).
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CAUGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

     I woke from my nap, opened my front door and found the day to be gorgeous, checked the thermometer and it said 72 degrees.  I ran into my bedroom, discarded my sweats, threw on a pair of bermuda shorts, flip-flops and a tank top.  Sure my hair was mushed up on one side, but who wants to spend time in front of a mirror when there's a warm day to enjoy.

     I walked down to get the mail.  Oops, I noticed I hadn't shaved my legs since August, my toenail polish had grown out a full 2/3s and my tank top was a huge problem.  They say, during the holidays, a person will easily gain seven pounds.  That's true and at a "certain age" you gain the full seven pounds in your arm wings.

     There I was, in all my glory, reaching into my mailbox when Boss Hogg's funeral procession slowly made it's way down my, out of the way, rural road toward the little, out of the way, cemetery.  Boss Hogg must have been popular, 40 cars acknowledged my presence with a nod. Here in Texas, out of respect for the dearly departed, one must stand "stiffly" on the side of the road during a funeral procession.  Trust me, there was no place to hide.

     I looked like I had been mailed from Jamaica and it took thirty years for me to arrive.  I managed to crawl back inside my house, slamming the front door and put my sweats back on my body.

     I have to diet, shave and get a pedicure before another 70+ degree day arrives and I better start today.  Now, where did I put that orange toenail polish?

Added: January 22, 2009
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lonnieo
lonnieo says:


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THE BEST TO YOU THIS HOLIDAY SEASON..
Posted: November 21, 2009 7:56PM EST
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Posted: November 14, 2009 4:01PM EST
myra86
myra86 says:

Hi Nikki,
Glad you had a good visit with your family in Washington state. Glad to see you back on line here also, you have been missed my dear friend.
My hubby is home today & Monday, we are waiting for some christmas gifts that we ordered to arrive today, then we are going shopping, so I can finish up my christmas buying and then I can get it all wrapped up and under the tree's that I already have up and decorated. All I will have left to do is write out the Christmas cards, and cook for the Thanksgiving dinner we are having here, then just add some goodies as we need it for the rest of the holiday season with family & friends coming in for visits.
Myra
Posted: November 13, 2009 10:57AM EST
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