The Face of an Angel

Little Katy...Wow.

Rude Awakening

Okay, don't know what happened here, but at about 2:30 a.m. Guy and I were awakened by the screamings of little Astro, little quiet Astro, the perfect little lady. And I could hear her "hitting" something while she was screaming! I jumped out of bed (my whole life seems to be me jumping out of bed, etc.)and saw her standing in front of the door leading outside to our backyard. Looking out the window...(it's our sunroom. I couldn't imagine what could have happened! I was shaking like a leaf it was such a horrible scream! Okay, I'm over it. :) This is a small pic of what she probably looked like as she was screaming.

Lots of Happenings - some sad, some not!

Well, where shall I start? Perhaps with the fun. Mitzcli was, again, sprayed. This time we were armed and ready! Immediately grab a towel; immediately open can (this time it took cans :) ) of tomato sauce (by the way, I went out and bought a can of tomato soup...this works best); and we were able to keep the pesky smell away. We're getting to be quite good at this!





Now for some sad news. We had to put little Oreo to sleep...on a Saturday, March 8. She had woken us up on Friday morning (about 4 am.) with a scream of pain. When I went to check on her, she was lying on her side in bed...I gently picked up her head and she did not respond. She was breathing very shallowly. I told Guy she would probably not last the next few hours. We went back to bed. In the morning when we woke up, she was up and eating. We were sitting watching TV when we heard the scream again. This time she was lying on the some newspapers and I gently picked her up and knew this had to be the time. We called the VET and were able to bring her in at 10. I handed her to the Doctor, and immediately broke down in tears. Guy had to lead me out. I was able to come in and kiss her little head and knew that she was finally not in pain. She was a good dog. It was extremely hard to tell my mom-in-law, but we had to.

My Other Big Brother - Jr.

I just realized that I let my brother Jr's birthday slip by...a bit late I might add. So sorry. If memory serves me right, I did send you a birthday, card, didn't I? January 20th was Jr.'s birthday and I didn't visit my site to announce it. My bad. By the way, he is doing a great job of handling the taking care of my mother. He takes her to doctor's appts., out to dinner, etc. THX for everything you, Rosie, and your kids do.

Mitzcli's Recent happening!

Word to the wise, thank God for tomato sauce!!! And the fact that I had bought those little suckers and happened to have them.

I had gotten up because the Mitzcli woke me up. As I groggly walked towards the living room to let him out, I noticed the front door wide open; a siloutte of a pretty dark cat in front of the door...just staring at the open door. Dog heads straight for door, probably thinking: "Oooh, what's out there?" I yell, "Stop!" He does. Cat skeedaddles in opposite direction. I shut and lock door. Climb back in bad (and quite forgetting why I had originally gotten up in the first place!) telling Guy, "You forgot to lock the door." Dog immediately jumps off bed...again. Wants out. Okay by me; I'm awake anyway! Open door, see him immediately (yes, this all happens immediately!; not in slow motion.) growls at something just to the right of the door, which I always close becuase the cat will want to wander out, too. Oh, my! He's seen a cat in our back yard and has it surrounded...but the poor cat is not "skeedaddling." (I love that word) I open door and yell, "No, Mitzcli, stop!" and notice that this beautiful, sleek, black "cat" also has a cute little black and white striped tail! (think: Pepi LaPew) Of course, my dashing, tough, I-will-save-you Mommy cutie is yes, immediately, sprayed. He skeedaddles away from the cutie-pie: I yell "Guy! Mitzcli has a skunk cornered!" Poor Guy is brought back to life from a very deep sleep! I open door, tell Mitzcli to come in; he runs in (and here I will add, not smelling too pretty :) ) IMMEDIATELY runs to the couch and starts rubbing around on the couch and my sweater! I yell no! He runs into bedroom (could this possibly get any funnier?) and begins to roll around the bed -- my side! Guy yells, "what do we do?" I say, "wait a minute...tomato soup" but then I wanted to bash my brains in. I didn't want to use my coveted La Madeleine tomato soup (put your own choice Spanish words here!) then I remembered: tomato sauce is almost the same thing! Guy cannot believe he is hearing this: keeps asking me, "are you sure?" I say yes, I am sure. We open can...(after I tell him what do we have to lose?) he starts (to the tune of New York, New York!) spreading the goo...rinses him off, sprays a little (and let me warn you now folks, do not try this at home!) Euphoria (Patricia, you know what this is! :) and man, does he smell semi-good. I will never wear Euphoria again.
All's well that ends well! Mitzcli then crawled in right next to me and stayed there the whole night. Needless to say, I slept very little...I even thought about getting up to write this or visiting The Hobbit on PS2 and starting from the very beginning. Well, that's it folks. I just had to share the good times Guy and I have here in Missouri City,,,where the dogs are dogs and the skunks come right up to your house and look in. I really think that skunk must have seen Astro (the cat) looking out the window beckening it towards the house. It could happen! Have a wonderful Monday...I know I will!

Welcome Home Israel!

Welcome Home Israel. Israel arrived in Fort Hood, Texas Sunday, Jan. 6. I wish I could have been there, but couldn't make it. We're hoping he and someone special may come for a short visit to our home soon! If he can stand dogs and cats. We're looking forward to seeing what the future brings him. Love you! (I couldn't have posted a cute picture of you when you were a baby, but decided not to. :o)

Happy Birthday Cody Davis Robinson!

January 4, 2008. Happy Birthday to Cody, who is 8 years old today. What a great smile the boy has! Sorry the pics are a bit too dark (I didn't take them, sorry!) but they do give a glimpse of a fine young man growing up fast. Love that boy!

It's December - Merry Christmas!

Just want to wish everybody a Merry Christmas. I hope your holidays are spent with your loved ones and that you get everything you want/need!
Guy got me a vaccuum cleaner for Christmas. We are the type of people that when we need something, well, we buy it! Okay, so the vaccuum cleaner will not be wrapped or put under the tree, but that's because I'll probably have to start using it immediately! Guy will be getting a 42 inch plasma TV and it's TV holder. Of course, we will most definitely not wrap it or put it under the tree seeing as how he will immediately want to start hooking it up. And, of course, he will have paid for it himself (okay, with my help, too.)so, no surprise there. I also got him a coffee table book on the pictures taken by some photographer while the made-for-TV movie was being made: Lonesome Dove. Just one of his all-time favorites. That's no surprise either since he accidently saw where I hid it and knows it's there. Well, I'll try and get some photos for you guys as soon as I can.
We've sort of moved in, but still have a lot of boxes that we need to unpack. At least the kitchen and the bedroom are set up! We also now have buyer for our house in Lake Charles. So, that is really coming out great now. Gonna miss Old Lake Charles, that's for sure. I'll keep you posted. Mitzcli and Jasmine and Astro and Oreo say hello to all.

I'm BACK!!!!

Greetings! So much has happened, first in line is the fact that I could't remember my sign in name and password...darn it. But I happened to notice that I had this filed away (thank God!) so, I didn't have to long to look.
Well, Guy and I are living in Houston, in a condo thanks to the generosity of a fine friend and the work of God in our lives. It's too amazing. Guy has started work and he loves it. Looks like he's going to be a bit busy for a while, until he settles down to a routine.
We should be moving to our own house (1542 Hilton Head) prayerfully, by the end of October or beginning of November. I MISS MY LITTLE PUMPKINS! Man, I miss their yapping and their licking my face and their cute little looks and their meowing and following me around and all sorts of other things. LOL
We will be putting our home up for sale in Lake Charles. Man, good memories there. Great neighbors, great location, etc. But we really can't keep two houses (I wish!) So, now that I'm back, I'm here to stay.
Oh, by the way, I did also begin working at Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, again (two years ago I left after five years with them) in the exact same spot I was in when I left. WOW. Is God gracious or what? AND, I had my 52nd birthday in September. Whew. I'm tired. So much has happened in the span of one month. Later troops!

Happy Birthday to Mundo!

Just wanted to wish one of my big brothers a very happy birthday...tomorrow, July 17th. Hope he has a great day!

Happy 4th of July!

I want to take this time to wish Cesar a very happy birthday. I wish he was here to celebrate with his loved ones...especially that cute little boy of his and his beautiful and foxy wife! Hope to see you soon darling! Love you.

Rolling Victory Fast -2007

I am fasting today in honor of the Rolling Victory Fast, which will be coming on its one year on July 9th. Wow. One whole year. I dedicated my fast today to my two nephews and my older brother, Geno, who is celebrating his birthday today. So, go get 'em!

Here are various pics of the kids while they're visiting. First is of Katy and Astro, both asleep. The second is Katy, posing, in her sleeping tent. cute tent? Pink and girly! the last is of Cody, excuse his "dress." He was being lazy. He's sharing his tent space with little Mitzcli.

16th Wedding Anniversary

Guy and I took a great 16th Wedding Anniversary to New Orleans. Guy explains:

We received 3 blessings on Saturday in New Orleans. We went to Jackson Square for café au lait and beignets at Café du Monde. We parked in back on the Mississippi River and as we walked to Café we heard beautiful voices singing hymns! Mennonite choir singing a capella. We stood and listened to the music filling the square. They were part of a permanent contingency to help with Katrina recovery. You should have seen some of the looks from the people passing on the street.

After breakfast we walked toward the French Market and stopped at a bookstore that had a beautifully illustrated Brer Rabbit book. We talked to the owner, a very nice soft spoken Nawlins' drawl. Later, after shopping in the French Market we came back to the bookstore to buy the book, he said, "I knew you would come back and I have something extra for you." He showed me a small metal box with a Papal insignia on top and 2 wafers inside. "You know what this is?" I said "no." He said "I am ordained as a deacon in the Catholic Church and I would like to bless you." He made the sign of the cross in a blessing in front of us and then touched my forehead making a cross, which he recited in Latin! (This was just so awesome, it brought tears to my eyes!! - Meli)

After leaving the bookstore we walked in front of Café du Monde where the little 3-piece band was playing. Feeling generous and blessed we dropped a $5 in the bucket. The leader of the band said "Hey, come here." I got something for you. "For a $20 donation to rebuilding our church destroyed by Katrina, I will give you this CD." Hack Bartholomew (hackb.com) blessed us with some great jazz gospel music on our way back home.

We had a wonderful weekend. We were able to come back home on Saturday, really quick trip! By the by, we inadvertantly left Astro locked in our bedroom. Needless to say, she tried desperately to get out! Poor baby. She was so pissed at us that she pooped on my side of the bed! I didn't notice (NO, I DID NOT GET IN BED WHEN I FOUND IT!) until I pulled the sheets back, getting ready to crawl in bed when I noticed. I had to sleep in another room :)

I never published this; I guess I had forgotten I had it. This is Cody and Astro, trying to pose.

Picture of Little Katy and her friend, Astro.

Me and Papi

Here is Katy and her Papi. Cute couple. :)

spring has sprung

Here are some photos of the front part of our house. New wreath on the door and petunias in hanging baskets. Makes the yard and the house look so springy! today was a beautiful 75 degrees and Guy and I were able to get some sun out in the back yard. It was wonderful!

Various awesome pics.

Here's a picture of me and my mom on my visit to the Rio Grande Valley in January.

Spring is in the air

Along with all the crud coming off the trees! Yikes! I had to "sprinkle" my car this morning just to get the yellow stuff that's been sitting on it from the weekend! I don't get it: are the trees getting rid of the old leaves to make way for the new? Becuz there is so much junk coming down from them! Guy (God love him!) has been needling me to take pics of the outside of the house...we've hung some pretty baskets of flowers in the front and I made a wreath in celebration of Easter coming up! So, I will try and follow up with pics in the next week or so.