THANK YOU !!

a very special thank you goes out to Tricia for proving my point. see there are other granddaughters in this family that have gotten married since the Lester-Barnett union. i am appalled that she invited all her aunts and uncles to her wedding and only pete showed up ! how rude is that. what excuses will you come up with? but don't fret over it Tricia i guess some aunts and uncles like to play favorites. and Michelle you are not that much taller than me maybe an inch, ooooh big deal I'll still kick your ass. robin you wont be planting anything on me. i wont go anywhere near you with that nasty looking rash on your leg. as a matter of fact we are fixing u a place out back in the yard so you don't infect everyone. where has everyone been? mark must have gotten tired of being censored every damn time he got on here. Doug, well who knows maybe the guards got him and stabbed him with crayons. i do know that brandy has sent out the formal invites to her big rowdy ho down. now keep in mind that this is brandy we are talking about. i mean for Pete's sake she didn't even have my right address. i mean HELLO! i saw her Sunday, uhhh i have phone, uhhhh why do i even need one its not like i have a choice, Jesus i have to be there SUIT and all. and just so all of you know, i will be bringing my best friend Becki to the wedding. no she is not my girlfriend, i will not be marrying her, so don't even go there. I'm too short and fat and she is too tall and skinny. end of subject, and no questions will be asked. and yes robin before you even go there, yes she knows I'm hateful and an asshole. and she still loves me, so bite me!

More Shower Pics

CHANGING OF THE GUARD

OH, HOW WE'VE CHANGED SINCE THE LAST BRIDAL PICS... REMIND ME TO DO THIS AGAIN AFTER THE WEDDING!

p.s. a barnett snuck in there with me, couldn't chop her head off, could i?

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS

33 DAYS............can she really be grown up?

MORE SHOWER PICTURES

Georgia Shower:

The shower was on the day of the Kentucky Derby - so they made a crazy hat out of all of the bows and made me wear it!!!

Lester girls:

Ruth, Marcia and Donna

SHOWER PICTURES!!!!

Above: Ohio Shower - Me and my Bridesmaids

Becky- friend from Miami U.

Kelly- best friend,

Me

Katie- roommate from Miami U.

Marcia - friend from church

Ohio Shower:

Coots girls!!!

Georgia shower:

Peg and Joyce - cameras shy as usual

Georgia Shower:

Pam and Niki - My teacher friends

Goergia Shower:

Megan and Judy-

my future sister in law and mother in law

Brandy
Where are the pics from the shower?

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

In Memory of Our Mom:

Here are all your children in one place,
Enshrined behind some glass within a frame.
A picture's like a word, a sign, a name,
Symbolic of a much more complex grace.
Years of memories lie behind each face,
A wild sea no blessing can contain;
Years and years of love, of joy, of pain,
Of mysteries no heart can hope to trace.
Here are all the objects of your love,
A frozen section cut away from Time,
A summit between dreams and memories,
Which you need only look this way to climb;
An icon for domestic reveries
Through which a thousand answered prayers move.


"reject not your mother's teaching..." Proverbs 1:8-9

the big day

OK look people, lets act like we have been to a real wedding before. this will not be your run of the mill wedding ( i mean come on this brandy we are talking about). this will be a high flutin' affair. you will be required to wear an outfit that's better than what you wear on Sundays. by god if i have to dress up in a fricking suite, then you ladies will be required to wear hose ( and that includes you chance if you so desire). my wife beater shirt and overalls ain't going to cut it so i guess i will have to break down and ..... rent a suite ( you didn't think i was going to buy a suite for this little shindig did ya). lets face it this will be the only time i will ever be in a suite. i didn't even wear one for my own 2 weddings. not to mention i would have been over dressed for the justice of the peace in Chattanooga tn. oh and robin if that rash is still visible in June, please pick some colored hose. we done need the rash you caught from frolicking in the woods to be a topic of conversation on brandy's big day. after all its HER DAY and all conversations will be focused on how pretty she looks in her wedding dress. but i got to tell you that i have already seen the two little products of my sack in their dresses, and they are just the cutest little things.

HELLOOOO?

Hey Doug....can you come over Sunday and drill those holes in my dresser? Also, do you have an extender for my cable? Call me or leave me a note on here if you can or can't. It'll have to be Sunday, we are going to a bridal shower for Brandy on Saturday. Thanks!

Still been very quiet on here lately. Not sure why Doug, Darrell, Mark, or no one is posting anything but Brandy. Not that I don't enjoy her posts! At least it got those pics of my rash moved down! Update on rash: DR says it ain't eczema or psoriasis, but not sure what it is. She was quite shocked when she saw it, wasn't sure what it could be and more than a little pissed off that I'd waited this long to come see her. (You'd think she'd be used to me by now). She did take about 18 VIALS of blood to run every test she could think of, including Lyme disease. I assured her that not only had I not been frolicking with deer, I hadn't been frolicking at all, especially outside. She still wanted to add it to the list of "things to check". She gave me several RX but I could only fill two, due to lack of funds. You'll be happy to know, Mark, that one of them is a steriod (prednisone) and a steriod lotion. Hope one or both of them clear this shit up quick!

Pete was over the other night giving me an etiquette lession on weddings and what is /is not proper attire. I won't lie to you - sometimes she can be a little scary. Most of you will be receiving the same lesson in the next few weeks. BE PREPARED! She doesn't have internet right now so you may get a phone call from her.

Over and out for now.......time for bed.