This week has been a good one so far. No one is sick, no one is hurt. It is a beautiful day and I intend to hang out my sheets! A rare treat for the winter.
My baby will be a teenager next wednesday. We are planning a party for him next friday night. He has only had one birthday party in his life, he always preferred to spend his birthday celebrating with family. This should be an interesting week, as he has to help me get everything ready, since it will only be he and I. Sid will have to work Friday night.
I am helping with a baby shower next Saturday. One of "my girls", a dear friend of Elizabeth's from kindergarten on, is expecting a wee one in march. I am excited for her and her husband. Kristy will make a wonderful mama.

Well, this week is almost to a close. We left early Sunday morning headed to Albany Georgia for my uncle JEK's funeral. JEK is my Daddy's brother and the JEK is James Edgar Knox II. daddy always called him JEK, but then again, Daddy always had a name for everyone. It was a bittersweet weekend. We reconnected with cousins that I haven't seen since Daddy died in '97. Some I haven't seen in many more years and some I just met. It was wonderful to meet both of Gail's kids and also Ed's daughter Leah and wife, Julie. I have watched Casey and Jordan grow up through Gail's yearly pictures, but it was great to finally meet them and talk with them. Ed's little girl is so precious, too. We relived many hilarious moments from our childhood. When I asked Patrick what he thought of my family, He laughed and said they are so funny! I know that they will be fine. They know where their dad is and there is such comfort in that. I don't understand how people can bury a loved one without Jesus. I know that the coming days will be so sad for my aunt, Boo. They were married 54 years. I have read that losing a spouse is second only to losing a child. I still miss my folks, particularly my Daddy. He always had good advice and a quick wit! I wish that he could have lived to see my kids grown. Liz was 12 when he died and Patrick was only 17 months. Jon was 7. Patrick doesn't even remember my parents at all. It seems I miss them more when there is a milestone happening-Liz's graduation, Jon's graduation, awards days, baseball world series, band concerts. They would have been proud of them, I do know that. Well, back to the weekend. We made it just in time for the visitation Sunday afternoon and then went to Boo's house for supper and visiting. The next morning we went to the funeral and then to FBC for lunch. Their church families were so wonderful to prepare food. We left going home around 1:30 our time and got home around 10:30 our time. WE did stop in Tuscaloosa for supper for about an hour. It was nice to get out and stretch and rest. Tuesday was business as usual.
I joined facebook yesterday and it is so addictive. My sister in law had wanted me to join so we could keep in touch better, and some of my cousins have it, so it will be fun to keep in touch. I also found some old classmates that I haven't seen in 30 years. (They looked so old!!! ha ha not me!)
WEll, I just tried to bake a cake in my silicone bundt pan. It WASN'T SUPPOSED TO STICK!!! Guess what? Yep, it did. Guess I will try to dig it out and salvage what I can. Good thing it was just for us, not to give to anyone.

I didn't realize that I had not posted since the day after Christmas. Everyone is back in school and doing fine. Sidney had a change of start times since the new year started. He is not real happy about it. He was going in at 2:30 and getting off at 11:30, but now he has to go in at 5:00 and doesn't get off until 2:00 AM! The only good side to this is that he doesn't leave the house until 4:30 and gets to see Patrick and me before he goes off to work. It is just hard getting used to working so late and having to sleep until noon.

My only Knox uncle died yesterday afternoon. His visitation is tomorrow afternoon and the funeral is monday morning. Since Patrick doesn't have school monday he is going with me to Albany Georgia. I dread the 7 1/2 hour drive, but am looking forward to seeing my aunt and cousins. My uncle had been asking for my dad who has been in Heaven 12 years now, so I know that he met JEK at the gates! I'll bet their sister was there, too. I know that was a sweet reunion, as they were all so close on earth. The whole family was with him as he left this earth and my cousin said it was so sweet to be with him at this time. I'm sure it will be hard, especially for my aunt. I'm not sure how long they had been married, but my oldest cousin is 52.

We took Patrick and Kristen to the fish house in vaiden tonight. Tried to get Grandmother to go, since she loves to eat fish so much, but she wasn't hungry. The kids didn't talk much, so Sid and I tried to initiate conversation. Jon took Lizzie to see "marley and me" tonight. He loved it too. Said the dog was bad as hell!

I'd better go and get ready to leave early in the morning.