I am a retired educator and find that my past time has been taken up with many exciting things. I love to read, watch good movies, scrap booking and learning new things on the computer. My granddaughters are actively involved in sports so that keeps me traveling to their games and to watch them show their livestock during fair season.
Since retirement my world turns much slower. After thirty-nine years in the school business I had some problems adjusting to life without the children and my co-workers. It took me about three years to wind down and not find myself getting anxious when it was time for school to start. Now I just sleep right through the first day of school and have found things to fill in the gaps.
I have several good friends that add some spice to my world. We go shopping, out to eat, to movies and take trips when the mood strikes us.
As my world turns I find that I must visit the doctor more often and I don't like that. I try to do those things that keep me healthy but tend to find that food seems to dominate my life. I do the Weight Watchers on-line program but am not dedicated enough to make much progress. I have met so many wonderful people as a result of joining this group. We have named ourselves the Arkansas Diamonds. The AR Diamonds are ladies from AR that are doing the Weight Watchers Program. We chat each day on the Weight Watcher's boards and really encourage each other in our struggles. We have gotten together a few times and met face to face but with new people joining us each month getting together has become more difficult.
My husband, Billy J., died in 1992 with a brain tumor. He loved the farm and his black Angus cattle so much. Life has not been the same without him. I still live in the house we built in 1979. My house is out in the country on a small farm.
I have one daughter and two granddaughters. My daughter and her husband have an adjoining farm so they combine the land and raise cattle and have layer houses. They have show cattle and the girls show them during the summer in the local 4H and FFA clubs.
I am active in church work. I teach a class for fifth and sixth graders at the local congregation of the church of Christ.
