I've Been Tagged!

Melissa tagged me with this - so I'll respond.

Step 1: respond and rework—answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own.

Step 2: tag eight other un-tagged people.

1. What are you wearing right now? I'm wearing my Beatles "Love" T-shirt that I got in Vegas last year at Cirque Du Soleil, and jeans.

2 What is the last book you read? 1st John

3. Do you nap a lot? Yes in Pennsylvania....never at HeltonTexas - which is where I am

4. Who was the last person you hugged? Jaxon

5. What's your current obsession/addiction? Wedding planning....candy buffet!

6. What was the last thing you said out loud? Wake up and go to bed, Will.

7. What websites do you always visit when you go online? All my websites that I built and maintain..Conway Dental Care/Dr. Ladd Ellis, The Helton Family, The Thurmon Family, Michael and Sarah-wedding.com, Calvary Baptish Church-Covington, ....then for fun I go to Log Cabin, Facebook, My hometown newspaper and CNN.

8. What was the last item you bought? Gift for my friend, Jane who lost her Mother last week.

9. What is your most challenging goal? To survive another Helton wedding with all my sanity!

10. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished- anywhere in the world, where would it be? Down the street from my boys...

11. Favorite Vacation spot? Destin, FL

12. Say something to the person who tagged you: Melissa, you are such a beautiful person inside and out....I am so proud of the lovely woman you have become.

13. Name one thing you just can't resist no matter how bad it is for you: Anything sweet!

14. What is your favorite item of clothing? My houseshoes!

15. Favorite pair of shoes you keep going back to over and over, even though your closet is over flowing with a zillion others? My old suede slip on's. They feel wonderful, but look horrible.

16. Name one thing you can not live with out: Diet Dr. Pepper

17. What excites you right now? Paul is coming to HeltonTexas on Wednesday for a visit!

18. What are your favorite shows? Law & Order SVU, All My Children, The Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hoda, House

19. What did you do today?? I babysat Jaxon from 8..when we woke up ... until 6 when Bern got home - then ate dinner with them - then went shopping a little and stopped by Michael's apartment with some ice cream to see his new clothes.

20. What do you most look forward to? Michael's wedding...and my life getting back to normal....NORMAL????...what is that for me?????

I chose to tag the following 8 people...
Jessica
Laurie
Bern
Leigh
Honnoll's
Amy D. Horn
Martha M. Pippen

Dinner with James

Will and Jaxon with their matching shirts at dinner.

Michael and James Abernathy

We had a wonderful dinner with our dear friend, James. The group had not been all together in years. James is a senior at SMU in Dallas. His family lives in Atlanta.

Sunday at HeltonTexas

We had a wonderful Sunday! We all went to services at Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco and heard Chuck Swindoll, Senior Pastor preach a great message.

Following that, it was off to Babe's for a Sunday dinner of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, etc. This is becoming my favorite here in Texas!
The afternoon was napping, watching the football game and just enjoying being together. We missed Mr. H.

Sweet Jaxon....1 year old!

Busy Busy Christmas!

Not much posting from me this Christmas! I've been so busy with travel, celebrations and helping Michael get pack and moved in to the new, larger apartment that he and Sarah will be sharing once they are married. It is in Austin Ranch, but a different building. Mr. H and I are leaving out tomorrow (Wednesday the 31st) to fly back to PA. . . then I'll return Sunday, January 4th to HeltonTexas to help the kiddos out by babysitting Jaxon while Bern does some teaching for 6 - 8 weeks. Don't know how long I'll stay - they want me for the entire time...but we will see. I'll have many more pictures to post once I get home and can get them off my new camera! Happy New Year to everyone.....2009...It's gonna be great!
Love, Peace and Happiness to All....Martha


Jaxon's ONE Year Old picture!


What a party for the silly monkey!

Mr. H and I received a wonderful gift from HeltonTexas and Michael & Sarah. I had seen a portrait done like this and I loved it - so they got one done for me! I was thrilled!

Snow!

Shoveling the drive with a bobcat.....such is life in PA!
We got about 10 inches of the white stuff today. It was topped off with ice...which made it like concrete. It was a foot deep on the deck - Dozier walked on top of it to go potty!
Hopefully the roads will clear up enough to get us to the airport in Scranton tomorrow afternoon so we can fly to Dallas to spend Christmas with Heltontexas, Michael and Sarah!

Michael and Sarah Skiing in the Poconos

Michael and Sarah ...finished for the night!
Michael fell hard and hurt his already injured back.

Getting ready to go....Dozier sees a deer - Michael's playing Spiderman!

17 Things About Me!

Ok – 17 Thing About Me!

1. I am about 20 years old mentally living in a 56 year old body.
2. To say that I adore my family is an understatement! My boys are everything to me.
3. I am spoiled and I know it! Paul is the best husband ever! He doesn’t try to control me…..life is good!
4. Drama Queens drive me nuts! I have had so many of them in my life..why? Do I attract Drama Queens? Is there a Drama Queen repellent at Wal-Mart? Wonderful thing is that I haven’t met any Drama Queens in PA….actually, I haven’t me anybody in PA….that’s probably why!
5. I have one wonderful sweet sister, June….and one psycho, evil sister, Pat!
6. I love music! Any music….well….some of Will’s preferred tunes leave me a little puzzled! I really don’t like music that consistently uses the F word….why do they do that?
7. I am a Diet Dr. Pepper addict….ice cold!
8. I absolutely despise liars! It’s really hard for me to ever forgive anyone who lies to me…. I’ve attempted to lie a few times, but I just can’t…Thank the Lord! I’d rather you spit in my eye than to lie to me!
9. I love my Dog, Dozier…..and yes, Bern….I kiss him often!!! Ha Ha Ha!
10. I love to do NOTHING….and I am very good at it! Sipping on some freshly brewed Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee while I snuggle with Dozier on the couch and watch the snow…..Now that’s livin large for me!
11. Paul and I communicate more by e-mail than by verbal conversation! Even when he is in the next room! Seriously!
12. I really HATE the Three Stooges! Just hearing them instantly puts me in a bad mood! I probably need counseling for that!
13. I love my old friends from Lake County High School. We have our annual get- together every spring and it is something that I always look forward to. Actually I love all my precious friends….MAKE NEW FRIENDS BUT KEEP THE OLD….ONE IS SILVER THE OTHER GOLD… So true!
14. I graduated high school before panty hose were even invented. Pants weren’t allowed on girls. Blacks were allowed to attend the high school I attended when I was a Freshman – it was ugly! I was sent home several times because my skirt was too short!
15. I love the beach! My favorite beach is in Destin, Florida! I’ve been to Australian beaches, Mexico beaches, Bermuda beaches, Bahamas, Hawaii, California, and more I can’t remember, but none of them compare to Destin. I’d love to be sitting on the beach in Destin looking at the waves when I take my last breath and drift to be with my Lord Jesus! I always wear my flip flop that Paul gave me...it makes me think of the beach....
16. My dream was to be a country music star when I was younger! I went to Nashville..applied for jobs at a few studios…but no deal. I had no idea what I was doing – but it was fun living in Nashville for awhile!
17. I love to create things…..cooking, crafting, decorating…whatever the need is…..it’s my passion!

Dozier and Ferrero Rocher!

You've all heard of the delicious candy....Ferro Rocher? Dozier hates the tv
commercial! EVERY TIME IT COMES ON....You know the one....the doorbell rings..
Dozier goes nuts!! He runs around barks, jumps....goes to the door...thinking someone
is there.....takes him 5 minutes to settle down! I'm already ready for that commercial
to be over....Before that one was the Pizza Hut one with the doorbell...same story.
His quirk this fall was the leaves....and we have tons of them....well - when they were
falling on the deck and blowing around...he was convinced they were alive! He would stalk
them....sneak up on them....grab one and run inside...hiding them under the table in the den!
We always had a pile of Dozier's fresh kills in the den! Such a tiny little brain!!
Well....here he is in his new Christmas Sweater!

Show them the black spot on your tongue!

My Merry Little Christmas Tree

Here's our tiny tree! Since we moved to PA, we don't spend Christmas up here....
we have Christmas in Dallas....or wherever our kiddos are...so why put up a tree?
I couldn't stand it - so a couple of years ago we discovered that we had inherited the
little fake tree that the boys had in their apartment in Fayetteville. We got it out..poked
the little fake limbs in the little fake trunk...threw a few ornaments that were on the top
of the boxes of Christmas decorations....and just that easy...our Christmas tree!
This year since Michael and Sarah are coming up this week ....we dug a little deeper and
found a few more ornaments! This is the result.

View from the top of the bridge over our den...

* I can't wait to be able to move back "home" wherever that will be....dust off all
those precious ornaments and get a real tree that touches the ceiling again....

I'm Having Another Grandson!

Jaxon is getting a baby brother! June 10, 2009
My pink dreams are gone..... maybe he will look good in pink!
Baby Heltontexas is fine, healthy and growning like he should....all is well....Yoo Hoo!
Now the namegame begins!

I'm Thankful for ......

My precious (seriously handsome) boys...Will and Michael


My sweet Daughter-In-Law, Bernadette

My soon to be sweet Daughter-In-Law, Sarah

My precious Jaxon!


My equally precious Grandbaby....coming in June!

My Mom and Dad... we had a nice visit.... a rare thing lately!

My Sista-friend, June....... my BFF!

Paul...because he is my heart and soul...and keeper of my sanity......... and my nephews, Rob and Russ....... R&R are doing great....they've had quite a ride so far!

We spent Thanksgiving in Tennessee with the family. It was a good visit - always good to go "home". It was sad not to have my Heltontexas crew, but they had a good Thanksgiving without us....can you imagine???

NBC Weather Report....gone bad!

Fun with Michael in NYC

Sunday night in Times Square....MTV's Total Request Live's final show.
BIG CROWD...Lots of music!

In Macy's on 34th is the New Years Ball -

The Waterford crystal ball changes color every few seconds

Macy's NYC....World's largest department store!

Pinkberry.....yummy! There's one right across from
Michael's favorite NYC pizza...Lombardi's.

Here we are at Lombardi's....The first pizza place in America!

Seriously....HE ATE THE WHOLE THING!

In Central Park .... The Sheep Meadow

Still in Central Park....ice skating has begun!

Band playing at "Imagine"....John Lennon's memorial...notice the drummer's bass drum is an empty suitcase... It sounded great! Imagine?

Michael's standing where John Lennon was shot..December 8, 1980

Imagine.....

Rockefeller Center ice skating..

Lunch at Carnegie Deli.....yummy.

I thought this was funny.....both of them so serious!