~Happy Birthday Dolly~

Kelli & Dad, Donnie .. now

Kelli & Dad, then
Donnie, Me & Kelli..

Today is my Dolly's birthday. My grand daughter

Kelli Beth. She is 27 today. The first time I saw

her I said "She is such a dolly", and Ive called her

Dolly ever since. She still is. Shes a lovely woman

and all of us are so proud of her. She has proven

to be a hard worker, a great mom and a tender,

caring daughter and grand daughter.

Kelli in Papa's shoes & Skeeter

My ex, Willie, and I babysat for Kelli every day as

her mom and Dad both worked. Kellis mom was

killed when she was 4, Donnie, her dad raised

her and has done a wonderful job. Willie, her Papa,

I'm Gran, loved having this girl every day, lots of

times she spent the night.The only time Papa and

I argued was over who Kelli was spending the day

with. She loved going with her Papa, but she loved

being with me too. She was so smart and such a

happy girl we looked forward to her arriving every

morning.
Kelli & Skeeters cart

I have always had pets, cats and dogs. Kelli loved

them all.. Her favorite was my black Burmese cat

named Skeeter. He followed her around constantly

and they had the best time together. She loved all

my pets, Greta, my shepherd and Gracie my other

cat. Skeeter was her favorite though.
Kelli in Papa's shoes again & Skeeter

We had bought Kelli a small grocery cart that she

wanted. When she would play with it she would hunt

down Skeeter, pick him up and cram him into that

cart, so she could push him around. Needless to say

he was not too impressed and didn't especially like

being in there. Kelli didn't care, she wanted him in it!
Kelli & Skeeter

As she walked all over the house pushing that cart

Skeeter would try to jump out. Kelli would get very

upset and smack that cat on top the head telling him

"You STAY in this cart!".. Skeeter would hunker down

and just put up with the ride, hoping soon she would

tire of it and he could escape.
Kelli loved Greta

Kelli had gone home and I got to looking for Skeeter.

I called him and looked in his favorite napping spots

and he was no where to be found. THEN it hit me, I

remember Kelli pushing him in the cart that day and

I went in search of it. Our spare bedroom was where

we kept all of Kellis toys and she always put her toys

away before she left. 3 guesses where I found my cat?

Yup.. poor Skeeter was STILL in that cart with the most

pitiful look on his face. I went up to him and helped him

out of that cart. That cat had been in that cart most of

the afternoon. When he jumped out he hit the floor running

and headed straight to his litter box.. Poor kittie.. I made

sure after that Kelli let him out after she was done pushing

him around... :-)
Kelli & Gracie

I have many many stories of this special girl. She made 2

people very happy then and still does. Shes given us 2

great grands that I wish I knew better, but we live over an

hour apart so its kinda hard to see them a lot. Kelli and

Jorge both work every day and to plan a visit takes some

scheduling. Her Papa lives in Louisiana but makes trips

up here to see her quite often.

Its a beautiful day today and I am enjoying all my birds

and kitties. I watched today as one of the black birds

dive bombed one of the cats.. I didn't know they did that,

I know bluejays will but Ive not seen a jay in quite awhile.

The cardinals have been here and I saw a new blackbird

called a red wing blackbird..quite pretty. My tomatoes are

growing and I am anxiously waiting for them..


I feel good today and I'm so glad.. No aches or pains. I'm

still a GORGEOUS WEEBLE too! Happy weekend ...

Keep well and God Bless....

Always, Lois ****

"God Bless You" is my prayer today,

I'm honored to call you 'friend'.

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...