Thanks for all the nice things you said. Most of the time I am upbeat and I don't know what started it except for the date. Gaye called this evening. She is ok. She has a daughter that had foot surgery and isn't doing to good, so she is helping with the cooking, for they have a family. Yes, Gaye, who now wants to be called Anne & I are real excited about June. It will be here before you know it. Have you ever met anyone on the internet? I haven't, but we have been writting for 2 or 3 years now. Then we started talking on the phone and now we both have the same cell carrier so no extra charge for that. How wonderful. I plan to go there too sometime maybe before Fall. I plan to drive with a friend that has a son in the same state.

I am going on a small trip in May with my Indiana friends to Ohio. It is one of those Bank bus trips. I have to leave my dog Bear with my sister-in-law. I'll see how that goes. I have never left him with anyone but my husband before. I'll just get back home in time to clean my house before Gaye comes. So I do have something to look forward to.

Yes, I do crochet, but as it warms up, I loose interest. I am crocheting a dress for a doll right now. I done 2 for Gaye & sent them to her. I will be glad to help you if I can. I have made just about everything threw the years.

I'll try to think of something Bob & I did together that would be interesting to write about. We were married almost 47 yrs when he passed away. (like 2 mos.)

I miss seeing you on weight support. Why don't you come back over? We need faithful ones to come in & post. I don't loose much, but know most that post there. I hope you get to feeling better. It is sure nice of you to post! I miss you.
Hugs,
Billie

Billie,

Would you tell us the story of how you and hubby met and fell in love?

Hi Sis, please tell your story, it would be so nice and uplifting for others too.
You know I fell-in-love with Bob over the phone. He really sounded so nice. I wanted so badly to be there with you, and meet him before he left for Heaven. He was a sweety and a good husband. You need to write a little story of all the great things he could make and do. I have never heard of anyone like him that was so talented and then he married you an Billie you have talent and gifts too!
I want my Mama a little bit right now. I need her to hug me. Want to see the way she sometimes looked like a little mouse to me. Just a cute look on her face, that was special for me, and I think I was THE only one that could see it. Gee, maybe I need to collect mice. Matter of fact I used to do that and after she died I didn't want to do it anymore. OK...little cute faced mice here I come. Used to have a tiny mouse at the bottom of the 20 stairs in the 110 year old house. The little mouse always had a tiny decorated Christmas tree with tiny wrapped pressents under it. Hadn't thought of that in a long time.
Maybe we need to find whatever reminds you the most of Bob and something special he liked...then you can collect that too. Every time I find a mouse that reminds me of mom I will get tickled and laugh at her funny cute face and you can find yours for Bob. Either feel hugged by him or laugh over a moment you shared etc, with your collection. Hope this makes sence to you.
I love you my Sister, Anne
PS I think it must be so nice to have a twin like Bizi has...maybe we are and just don't know it. LOL

First, I'd like to say I did answer this to Shelley with a PM. I met Bob at a sKating rink, and he ask me out on a date. I probably wouldn't of went, but I figured I could skate more, cause I used all my money skating. We started going other places and I just quit skating altogether till we got our adopted son. Then we trained him, and since he was very active he became an expert at it. I could skate backward, but he could do anything. It was just natural for him.

Anyway, back to Bob. I met him when I was 15 & he was 18. I hadn't dated many guys at that time and after I turned 16 that summer, we started going steady. I had his ring & he had mine. Somewhere during that time we fell in love before I graduated. We got married in September. I don't remember him having hobbies then, but he did draw & I did too. In a couple yrs. we went in the service and I went with him to El Paso, TX. He had more spare time there and took up many hoppies. For one thing he liked to make ships with thread. He also made a ship and a deer out of copper wire. At the end of this I'll post a the Deer he made & I gave it away to a nephew because he wanted something that Uncle Bob had made. After he died, many people wanted things he made. We had a auction sale and there was 1000 people there to buy his things. I just couldn't believe he was so popular at this time.I took so much for granted. He turned out to be a machanic & he could build anything. He even built a Farris Wheel. I have picture of it too. He built rocking chairs for dolls out of horse shoes. He even built a large grass hopper lawnmower that everyone wanted when he died. Anything he ever owned went for a high price.

Shelley, I am sorry I didn't get around to telling you all this either. Anne, awoke something in me that has come to the surface. I introduced her to him before he died on the telephone, before he was real sick. Anyway, he was my only ture love and I miss him so much. More than I can say in words. Don't take your husbands for granted, be the best wife you can be to them. Bob was kind and soft spoken and if someone couldn't pay him, he would work for free.
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Billie

This is one of the pic's Bob made.

Ask me if I woud post more pictures of what Bob had made. Here is a Farris Wheel for small children. Its kinda hard to see but they are different colors. One is Red, another is White, & the last is White. It was strong enough to hold me up, so it can stand the weight, LOL
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Billie