Katy's Happenings....

I feel like I need to update on what happened with the guy that tried to break into Kristina's apartment last week. He tried to break into someone else's house and was fatally stabbed. I would say he messed with the wrong person.

 Ever had one of those days where you hope it never repeats itself? This is my day that I don't care to repeat! The original plan was to go pick up our daughter Kristina and take her to the doctor. We have been wanting to see the new movie Mama Mia' 2.  We both love the original movie.  Do the usual Chick-Fil-A and then go to the grocery store.Instead this is what I got.....    When I get to Kristina's I see two cop cars and Kristina and Heather, her roommate were outside talking to the cops. Someone tried to break into their apartment from the back door. He has been harrassing them for the past couple of weeks evidently. The cops left and we stayed in the apartment for about an hour watching outside for the guy. The whole time Heather was freaking out about the guy coming back and murdering  her. She wanted the cops to stay there to protect them the rest of the day. Then the guy showed up again and Heather called 911 to get the cops to come around again.. They

                                                                 My Scar     “OUCH”, I said to David. He and I were goofing off during band practice one day. He twisted my right wrist.   I didn’t think much of it at the time. It hurt a little but I soon forgot all about it. Then   about a week later I started having pains in my right wrist.   I was having a hard time being able to bend it. I noticed a large bump formed under the skin on the top of my wrist. I didn’t tell my parents. I figured they wouldn’t believe me and would think it was just growing pains.   It wasn’t until I was in my first semester of college that I noticed that the bump on my wrist was getting bigger. Since Mom used to work with a hand surgeon, she still had connections. So I went to see the Dr. and we set a date for the surgery. It would be on January 13, 1978. This date actually fell on a Friday of all days. I went into the hospital the night before, so I would be ready to go into surgery the ne

This day holds a special meaning to my family. Seventeen years ago our daughter, Jessica passed away from a brain tumor. We miss her so even though we don't talk about her much. She would be 27 years old now. She passed away when she was almost 11years old. She had 14 months she fought the cancer. She had two types of cancer.

Not sure what I am supposed to say about this. I have known some friends that are authors and they self-published before they published the conventional way.

I do not understand this prompt. I am not a Peonies or Petunias kind of girl. If I had to name my favorite flower it would probably be Yellow Roses. It reminds me of one thing: Texas. The song: Yellow Rose of Texas comes to mind.  My other favorite flower is the Sunflower. It reminds me of Jessica,our daughter who passed away on August 5, 2001. She loved Sunflowers. They are so cheerful and that is how she always was when you saw her. She never had an unkind thing to say to anyone and she never was down about anything.  What is interesting is that the Sunflower is also Kristina's favorite flower as well. It has special meaning for her. This is a picture of my Dad and Jessica when she was probably 8. They are both in heaven now. I miss them both. It will be 17 years on August 5, that Jessica went to heaven. It seems like just yesterday, especially when the heavenly birthday draws near.

  This reminds me of the movie called: Pay It Forward. If you have never seen it then you should find it and watch it. Make sure you have tissues handy though. It is good. In this story, the boy who is probably about 10 or 11 starts doing something for someone as part of a Social Studies project.  Then that person does something for someone and it goes on. That movie was made in the 2000 and starred Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt. Anyway, now people tend to pay it forward in the drive thru when you are getting something at one of the fast food restaurants. Just to be nice. James, my hubby says that he tries to do something nice for someone at least once a day. This usually is letting someone out into traffic ahead of us. So because of that I try to do something nice for people whenever I can. However, In my case it back fired.     It seems our next door neighbors have a hard time taking out their big trash can to the curb to be picked up once a week. They have only lived next door fo

Here is the August Writing Prompts:

    I have been writing for as long as I can remember. When I was younger I had a diary. You know the kind that actually has a key to it. Yes, one of those. I would write in it everyday. Thinking back, I am not sure what I wrote about when I was 13. I probably wrote about the guys that I liked. Who knows.    For the longest time I just wrote essays having to do with education since I was in college and then grad. school. Now that I am out of school for good.....I have started writing again only this time I do it because I want to and not because I have to.   Since January of this year, I have been writing everyday. I am on a website called 750 words and it is wonderful. It keeps track of what you write and how many words you write a day. It gives information as to your feeling that day etc. Another feature that I like is the MetaData tags  that it logs. It  is kinda like an online table of contents of what I write about. If i am writing about Misty (my cat) then I put her name