Happy Valentines Day!!!  Lynell, Gary still has his Valentine Box with the Valentines in it from Lisbon Elementary, we went through it the other day.  Memories!   Hollie glad to see you on line and congratulations on your upcoming baby!  We are taking Brenda out tomorrow for her Valentines day lunch treat, she could not go today due to Nicki having her wisdom teeth taken out today. ouch!!! Not good on Valentines day, no candy! 

My apologies to all my semi tropical friends in Houston.  27 degress is cold and I do enjoy coming to Houston.  Please accept my regrets.

27 degrees???? Come on guys.  I just got home from Chico...8 degrees yeah 8 degrees and I had to dig out two feet of dirt to get under floor joist and crawl to a ruptured copper water line and repair to keep the water on.  It appears that some kind of varmit loves to eat at insulation on the water lines.  The pond and water tanks are frozen and the cows had to have water...Farming sure is fun!!!

I covered what I had left too Phil. And I, too, Jud lost $$$$,  But I won't replace anything 'til April I guess.........too much chance of a cold March.  That villa is sounding mighty tempting!  My little dog is staying near the fireplace...she is cold too!

I covered mine again! Hoping for the best! 27 degtrees at 4pm

'clock to 38 degrees  at eleven o'clock.........I don't know what it is now,  but the wind is blowing so it feels like 20 degrees....oh and did I mention the rain?  That is lovely too.  I have lost nearly all my plants here and at the ranch even tho they were covered.....grrrrrrrrrr!  ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!!

Brenda, amen to all you said!

There was another beautiful write-up on the obituary page in the Dallas Paper this morning regarding your classmate Charlotte Napier-Stanley's brother Alex who was 4 years younger, who had recently passed away due to that dreadful word cancer.  Alex had been inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame back in 2008.  God Bless these classmates who have lost loved ones, may their hearts be comforted by your prayers and love.

Southworth
Jill Lauren Southworth, (1983 - 2011)
born December 7, 1983 in Houston, passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2011.
Jill was a former student in the Honors Program at The University of Houston.
She will be remembered for her intelligence, artistic talent and love of literature. Jill is survived by her mother, Robyn Church Southworth and father, John Southworth, brother, SPC Matthew D. Southworth (US Army Ft Rucker, AL) and a very special little boy, Cade Church.
Also survived by grandfather, C. Lon Church (Melissa, TX), Aunt Cindy Hunston (Carnation, WA), Aunt Amy McCommas (Allen TX), Uncle Lon Church (Houston, TX), Uncle John Church (Los Angeles, CA) and numerous cousins.
The family will host a memorial on Sunday, February 6, 2011 at Jill's uncle and aunt's home at 3631 Gramercy Street Houston, TX 77025 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm.

Dearest John & Dru - words are never sufficient at a time like this. Perhaps you might take comfort in the words of "An Old Jewish Prayer": "We give thanks for the blessing of life, of companionship, and of memory. We are grateful for the strength and faith that sustained us in the hour of our bereavement. Though sorrow lingers, we have learned that love is stronger than death. Though our loved one is beyond our sight, we do not despair, for we sense our beloved in our hearts as a living presence."