Hi. I am here to ask for prayers and good thoughts for my Mom, who some of you have gotten to know from her being on this blog sometimes, and she also posts over at Lucy's on occasion. I pulled the following from Secret's blog because I think she basically put the issues in a better way than I can right now, as I am very upset and distraught.

So, thank you so much Secret for posting about this on your blog and thank you for letting me put what you wrote here too.

From Secret....

I just received a call from Randy's sister telling me that his mom, txoldham, is in the hospital.

She recently fell & broke her tail bone, but there's nothing they can do about that. She has also been having pain in her arm & they found this morning that it's something with her rotator cuff. These two are minor details even though she's in a lot of pain.

She has also been having chest pains & so her husband told her today that they were going to the hospital & were not going to wait any longer. This is where she is now - in the hospital.

The doctor said her heart is very strong, but Mrs. Oldham has a blockage. They are going in tomorrow morning at 9:00am & doing the balloon on her. We probably won't know anything until around 11:00am.

Please come together with prayers for her to come through this with flying colors. We dearly love her - especially Randy, as this is his mother.

Thanking you all in advance for your prayers, & we love you all dearly!

Well, Spring Has Sprung.... here in southern Appalachia!

I'm talkin' lovely, lovely, lovely..!

I've been in shorts all week and I have even started on my tan from being out in the yard washing my car and working in the beds I dug in Secret's yard last year.

The dogwoods and other blooming trees are at full peak and the grass is greening everywhere.... The trees are just starting to bud out, which means the explosion of green fresh foliage is just a week or so away... I love that. You can smell the wet freshness in the air....and to see a rugged mountainside full of flowering tress and wildflowers is so wonderful to my soul...

Here in The Hollow... the birds have returned to the feeders in the yard, and so have those persnickity bird food hogging squirrels and chipmunks... but I love it all....

Fall was my favorite season back in Texas because of the break in the miserable heat, but here in Alabama, Spring is the season that has my heart...

Do you ever feel like you are just hanging on for dear life?

I have so much on my shoulders tonight....... almost too much.

I'm sorry. Underneath all the zany stuff that I put on here, is a real human being... although you wouldn't have guessed...

They say the definition of "insanity" is doing the same thing over and over and over and over again, expecting different results each time...it's not the same as perseverance...it's more like punching your way out of a potato sack....

Fight at it until you're exhausted... you're still in the bag.

Fuck it.

I'm exhausted.

Ok. Let's just jump right in today...

1. What's the last sporting event you attended?

2. Ever been on a date with someone who had halitosis?

3. Ever have an actual milkman bring your dairy to you?

4. What was your very first car?

5. Does your bra get tired?

6. Who is your celebrity crush?

7. Ever been to another planet?

Thanks for playing!

...was a banner day for me. I had fun. Secret and her kiddos are all home for spring break and her mom, Maw-Maw is staying here too for a few days.... so, yesterday was "spring cleaning" day....... I got alot of stuff done yesterday... I cleaned, I dusted ceiling fans, I planted rose bushes, I hauled and boxed and organized; I herded kids back into their chores when they drifted away from them...... then I actually agreed to go to WALMART, something I rarely ever do! I drove the packed van and I took great delight in making everyone hear an old "Iron Maiden" cassette that I had recently dug up. We ROCKED!... um... for a few minutes, cuz the protests were loud and emotional that it be taken off! Hee Hee... I left the tape in the van though... for next time. :P

It was kind of grueling for me because I avoid the teenagers here like the plague, but I hung in and we had some "quality" time...

This morning, the call came.... my car is READY! WOOT!

So, I'm going to fetch me poor car and then I am going to spend the afternoon washing it and detailing the inside and then Secret is going to cut my hair, I'm washing my best clothes, and walking in to the real estate office that holds my license and telling them to use me or lose me.... WHICH means I'll very likely be working at "Jiffy Biffy" burger for the next few weeks to pay the bills but screw it. I'm humbly broke and it will probably be great fodder for blogging. *shrug*

I will get another real estate gig, but I'll do ANYTHING short of prostitution for now to get by..

Hell, if I can string today and maybe tomorrow into good days too, I might actually have a good week, to spite myself!

Cheers, Love, and Sunshine,

Randy