Performed by: Julie Andrews
Page updated: : March 20, 2010
ATTIC BROWSING
...Recalling ~ being there...
Basic Stuff of the building years...
Recalling having been there, done that ~
Gloriously happy to BE!
That's life.
Regrets?
The summer before I married...
Formal bridal portrait...a September military wedding.
I'll never forget my first trek into "the woods"!
Somehow I grew fond of the woods in time.
Everywhere,
The Texas Air Force Base was home
Here, socializing at the Officers' Club.
Steve and Dyane were born in Texas.
We left Texas and the Air Force behind,
Except for the first year or so out of the AF,
But alas!...Much later, alone.
The year was mini-skirts, laced-up knee-high boots, hip-huggers
The following year,
Going to Texas, I reminded myself -
In Dallas, I worked in engineering for a building company
Definitely emerged from my shell!
Costumes ranged from Cleopatra to a mermaid, for me,
This was an outfit for a very special occasion.
Such good years, bursting with a new family and friends.
My Earth took on more light and joy
Wearing an evening gown I designed for a Company dinner,
Here wearing a lovely antique cameo he gave me.
Eventually decided to become a Mary Kay Consultant,
Glamourous years!
At a Mary Kay function,
In this work, I discovered opportunities
Meantime, George and I grew closer and
Best of all...our union in marriage!
Many things have happened since.
After our marriage, I left Mary Kay
Our kitties, born in August, 1985!
We have grandchildren, even great-grandchildren.
Obtained my ranch and doing many projects there,
Travel, - even to England -
Music - art - writing - reading!
My darling George survived a heart attack
We're growing wiser, perhaps.
I'm very sure -
I am become a woman
The calm water
___nh_
Or - click your . . .
Perhaps relieved not to have it to do again!
Yes!
Would I trade one moment of it?
Truthfully, I think not!
Otherwise, who might've I become?
~
enjoying the lake in an old fishing boat with my future husband
...checking over the chapel on the nearby Air Force Base.
~
I designed and made my wedding dress and veil - a design project!
(To be honest, Mdm. Boger advised against marriage
for serious design students!
But wedding gowns must be designed!
My home-body training prevailed!)
Visiting my newly commissioned husband's home state.
Guy hunting squirrels;
Girl sitting on stump crying, chilled to the bone
in absurd little suede jacket and light-weight wool slacks.
Fashion statement - definitely, wasted.
LAST place on Earth she wants to be,
even with friendly squirrels scampering about,
studying and pitying her!
Maybe it's what saves me.
Little forest creatures
Move on cushioned earth
On padded feet,
Stir not a twig,
And rustle not the air.
Forest covers earth
With silent life - and hushed,
Not rushed by time;
Not crushed by care,
But touched by confetti-shadowed,
Silken spider webs,
Sparkling dewdrops,
Humming Life.
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for the first three of our eighteen married years.
in pursuit of his education.
... always loved pretty hats!
my full-time career was homemaking.
It was the fully purposeful investment of myself.
And again, a Bridal Consultant.
This time, in Louisville.
I must confess,my perspective had changed!
and emergence!
Nellieanna returned home to Texas to re-build a life.
Just that previous year, I'd learned to drive.
The very weekend before leaving for Texas
I made my longest-ever drive...
to Cincinnati -
only 100 miles away!
OK, it's only ten 100-mile drives!
You can do that!
for a number of challenging years!
I'd done numerous designs for people over the years.
In Dallas, this continued.
Both grown and little girls in the family
wore many Nell Ann designs.
There were costume parties, which were fun and
also great excuses for indulging in creative work!
with coordinating costumes for my partner.
This one was, of course, my Raggedy Ann costume.
Camping, boating, entertaining, travel!
Dimensions added to pursuits I still enjoyed doing.
when George Hay entered it!
it was about the time I met George,
who had joined the company
in his capacity as an Industrial Engineer.
We liked each other immediately, and worked together at times.
then...became a Mary Kay Sales Director!
And, yes, -
I had one of those pink Cadillacs!
...modeling the wedding dress I'd designed years before!
to use skills of a lifetime..
coordinating, teaching, staging style shows, modelling...
and to learn new ones, as well.
shared many activities and much philosophy...!
I tried golf. (relax, pro-golfers! You're safe!)
I caught a few cute fish...I love to cast bait!
But mostly, I sketch and write poetry
when we're out-of-doors, while he does his things.
There just isn't a problem with that!
and concentrated on our home, raising herbs,
cooking, sewing - started a quilt.
died after long life, in cat-years.
16 ½ years.
including building our cabin ourselves.
our one trip without the cats!
The internet...
Cyber friends and get-togethers...
...This website!
Soaking up new learning.
Always - feeling most thankful!
August, 2001 - and is doing quite well.
He also survived a severe dog-attack.
Inheriting the title of 'older generation'. 
of many more momentous "happenings"!
That's life - and it's good!
Is my adornment,
The gift of years.
I envy not
The blank of innocence.
Painfully;
There's no debt against it.
Shows no sign of strife
From its past storms.
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