Hey World
It is the Sunday before Christmas. We are having cold weather here. Frost a couple of days, but no frost this morning. Donna's son Steven and his family came by for an hour or two this a.m. We sent back a boxful of xmas gifts. I insisted that I get to see them open one gift here so they opened one gift for me. I made dolls for the two girls, Hannah 7 and Rebekah 8. I compiled a magic box for Robert 10. and gave Gabriel a necktie snake. It all started when the thrift store had a special sale on ties, 50 CENTS EACH and I COULD NOT MISS SUCH A BARGAIN FOR IMPORTED SILK. (My computer just had a senior moment.) I bought nine and made two silk snakes and four silk dolls with polymer clay faces and arms. I used lots of beads and some cool fabric for clothes. Robert was confused about the magic box, but before they left he had figured it out and could already do a card trick.
I still have not completed my shopping. We will go to Sylvia's on Christmas eve, spend Christmas day with her and grand daughter Elizabeth and hopefully see grandson Daniel and his beautiful bride e*Liz*abeth. We will most likely come home on the 26th. Then hopefully Sylvia and Elizabeth can come here New Years Eve and we can use that tiny box of fireworks to welcome the New Year. Then on New Years Day we five can go to see grandson Mathew and the love of his life Ashley. Daughter Donna is suppose to meet us there and hopefully Grand daughter Sherri, her hubby Bobby and great grand daughter Tori Rose can also come. We will exchange gifts and visit and catch up on things. Then we come home that night. That is a lot of driving for Grandpa and he is not getting any younger...he will be 72 this coming February 3rd. So have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!Love you all Ruby

My introduction. Who I am.

At 68 years, I am the oldest of 8 children; I grew-up in West Texas.. My husband of 49 yrs and I raised 4 children. we have 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. I home school our 16 yr old grandson who lives with us.
I earned my AA in psychology at BC in 1976 and my BS in Biology at CSUB in 1991.

I have at least 11 separate collections: Elephants 157+. Harlequin Clown Dolls 30+. Harlequin masks 12. Clowns in general13. Dolls in general 18. Angels 11. License Plates 31+. Small Cars (ie Avon bottles shaped like cars 4, ect 7.). Souvenir spoons from interesting places, different states and foreign countries 95. Regular teaspoons (each a different pattern) 47 plus novelty; baby, sugar, and commemorative 28. The advertisements for Kohler kitchen and bathroom fixtures,

I like to work with polymer clay, scrap booking, making cards, letter writing, and doing crafts. I sewed all of my girls clothes until they took over doing their own sewing. I used to crochet and embroidery, I have knitted with a loom and machine.

My passion is going to the thrift stores. I enjoy a good movie every once in a while.
I was born the Year of the Dragon in West Texas.

We were a couple of kids when we got married. My husband spent 13 months in Korea. When he came home we went to work for an Oil Company and traveled all over the southern Southeast corner of the U.S. We have lived in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming. We have visited every state except those east of the Great Lakes and north of Tennessee. By the time our oldest daughter was five years old we had lived in 50 different places. We moved here in 1966 and except for five months we have lived here ever since. When it came time to retire we checked out many places and did some research and then bought a lot and had our retirement home built here.