Well, another year has come and gone. Hope you and your family had a good year!
We had a lot going on this year.
Enclosed are some of the activities our family did this year.
(We had lots of cold weather in Jan & Feb)
Jan 9, Day Trip Hubby and I rode to Decatur Wildlife Refuge
Jan 15, Day Trip Hubby & I rode to Dodge City
Jan 25, Attended Wade Hall Post Cards @ Florence Library
Jan 31, Trip to Saraland & Dolphin Island with my friend Wanda
FEBRUARY
Feb1-4 Cruise to Cozumel, Mexico with my friend Wanda
Feb 1, Boarded Ship
Feb 2, Fun Day @ Sea
Feb 3, Spent day at Cozumel, Mexico
Feb 4, Fun Day @ Sea
Feb 5, Traveled home
Feb 9, Worked @ Killen Book Store 9-1 PM
Feb 19-21 Trip Hubby & I stayed @ Christmas Inn Pigeon Forge, TN
Feb 14, Valentine Brunch @ CBS
Feb 21, Grandson Jake Hughes's BIRTHDAY DINNER
Feb 24/25 Trip Hubby & I stayed @ Joe Wheeler Lodge for Wildlife Photo Weekend.
MARCH
Mar 2, Children's Museum of Shoals with Great Granddaughter Ava Grace
Mar 1, Attended Get Dirty @ Library Petals & Pollinators
Mar 6, Hubby & Rode to Waynesboro
Mar 8, Attended Get Dirty @ Library Vegetable Garden & Seed Swap
Mar 9, Worked @ Killen Book Store 9-1 PM
On March 10, I attended the Coloring Alabama Class by Laura Murray @ Florence Library.
Mar 11, Attended Wedding Shower Granddaughter Hannah
Mar 12, Attended Bi-Centennial Party Florence @ Wilson Park
Mar 19, Bought Nissan Murano @ Landers McCary Nissan Huntsville
Mar 22, Attended Get Dirty @ Library Garden Landscapes & Pest Management
Mar 25, Attended @ Help with my dad’s 91 Birthday party @ Cloverdale Senior Center
Mar 27, Attended Appreciation dinner @ Killen Senior Center
Mar 28, Day Trip to Huntsville with Hubby to Landers McCary Nissan, ate lunch @ Mama’s Taco Community of Providence & Red Stone Arsenal
Mar 29, Attended Get Dirty @ Library Urban Forestry & Tree Maintenance
Mar 30, Served @ Passover Sadar @ Killen Baptist Church
Mar 31, Attended Ava Grace’s 3rd Birthday Party
APRIL
April 1, Easter Sunday Service
April 3, Day Trip Hubby & I rode Lawrenceburg Davey Crocket Park
April 4, Hubby & I played Bingo at Chick-fil-a
April 7, Walking Tour Florence Federal Courthouse, Library & Kennedy Douglas Museum
April 10: Had tint put on the new car & Attended Hansel & Gretel Play @ Florence Library.
On April 11, Hubby and I attended the Social Security Retirement Dinner at Red Lobster.
On April 12, I worked at Killen Bookstore 9-1 PM
April 13, Stormed all day
April 17, Day Trip Hubby and I rode to Huntsville UAH, Ditto Landing, and Red Lobster.
On April 20, Hubby and I attended Hansel & Gretel Play at UNA
April 21, Attended Blue Star Dedication Train Depot Museum Decatur
April 28, Attended Walking tour Athens State University Library, Delmore Museum & Founders Hall
MAY
May 2, Music in Wilson Park with Justin Holder
May 7, Dolores Hydock @Muscle Shoals Library It’s The Little Things
May 9, Music in Wilson Park with Mike Curtis & Garrett Miles
May 11, Worked Killen Book Store 9-1 PM
May 13, Mother's Day: I enjoyed a steak meal@ Ron’s Wind chimes, flowers, a gift card, and a potting plant.
May 16, Music in Wilson Park with Shannon Knight
May 17: Enjoyed listening to Kate Campbell Music Hall of Fame from 3-4 PM and Josh Goforth Florence Library from 5-6 PM
May 18, Attended Storytelling Festival at Shoals Theater at Legends
May 19, Attended Storytelling Festival at Shoals Theater at City Hardware
May 23, Music in Wilson Park with Joseph Baldwin
JUNE
May 29-June 2 Trip to Gulf Shores
June 2 Birth Anthony River Hughes Great Grandson
June 8, Worked Killen Book Store 9-1 PM
June 8, Wedding Rehearsal Hannah Hughes & Chad Menard
June 9, the Wedding of Hannah and Chad Menard
June 9, Lecture of Winstons @ Helen Keller Library 1:30-11:30 AM
June 10, Day Trip Nashville Airport
June 16, Day Trip NASA @ Big Spring Park & RSA
June 29, Crows, Chirp, & Bray Wildlife @Helen Keller Library 11-12 PM
JULY
July 6, Echoes and Howls Wildlife Program Sheffield Library 10 AM
July 10, Day Trip Veterans Museum & Rollo’s Cafe Huntsville
July 13, Killen Book Store 9-1 PM
July 18, Day Trip Franklin Toured Carter, Lotz House & Carton Plantation Museums
July 23, Summer Solos with Tosha Hill 11;30-12:30
July 24, BEHIND THE MUSIC – SONGS & STORIES OF THE KGB SERIES 1 2-3 PM
July 25, BEHIND THE MUSIC – SONGS & STORIES OF THE KGB SERIES 2 2-3 PM
July 26, BEHIND THE MUSIC – SONGS & STORIES OF THE KGB SERIES 3 2-3 PM
July 27 Songwriters Showcase Series #4 2-3 PM MARK NARMORE &
Aug
Aug 6-8 Trip Little Rock, Arkansas
Aug12, A Brief History of Education in Florence 2-3 PM
Aug16, Day Trip South Haven, MS
Aug 22, Day Trip to Tupelo, MS
Aug 23, Get Dirty at Library Fall Vegetable
Aug 30 Get Dirty at Library Cut Flowers
Sept
Sept 2, Kept great-grandson River Anthony Hughes
Sept 6, Get Dirty at Library Backyard fruits
Sept 14, Worked Book Store 9-1 PM
Sept 15, New Bethel Reunion 9-3 PM
Sept 16, Lecture Native Americas at Indian Mound
Sept 20, Kept great-granddaughter Ava Grace
Sept 22, Day Trip Toured Weeden House & Huntsville Depot
Oct
Oct 5, Day Trip Oktoberfest and Museum Cullman with sister-in-law
Oct 6, Oktoberfest St Florian
Oct 7, Lecture Life in the Highlands with George Makowski
Oct 9, Day Trip to Dickson, TN
Oct 12, Worked at Book Store 9-1
Oct 14, Tuscumbia Art Museum lecture Truths and Legends TVA
Oct 15, Day Trip GPS System checked & Oil change at Nissan of Huntsville ate Red Robin at Bridge St
Oct 19, Took Ron and Ava Grace (great-granddaughter) to Home Depot, Lowes & Halloween Store to see Halloween Displays
Oct 21, Lecture at Florence Library about James VI & I
Oct 24, Lecture at Florence Library Doctors of Death 6-7 PM
Oct 25, Class Diabetes & Healthy Cooking 11:30-12:30 Florence Library
Oct 28, Watched River and went to Renaissance Faire
On the 29, Hubby and I took Ava Grace to treat Elgin
On the 30, Hubby and I took Ava Grace to the treating Town of Killen
Nov
Nov 1, Healthy Cooking Florence Library 11:30-12:30 PM
Nov 3, Forks of Cypress Tour, Shoals Business Expo and Cruising Wheeler Lake
Nov 4, Athens Cemetery Stroll
Nov 6, Day Trip Natchez Trace, Leipers Fork and Cool Springs Mall Franklin, TN
Nov 8 Cooking for High Blood Pressure Florence Library 11:30-12:30 PM
Nov 9, Worked Killen Book Store 9-1 PM
Nov 11-16, Trip to the Smoky Mountains with cousin Sherry & Aunt Bobby
Nov 16, Tidwell’s Thanksgiving dinner
Nov 19, Took Mike for Colonoscopy at ECM Hospital 812 Lunch Five Guys
Nov 22, Thanksgiving Dinner @ Mike’s (my son)
Nov 24, Worked at Killen Book Store
Nov 25, Trees of Christmas TVA Museum And Addressed Christmas Cards & Wrapped presents
Nov 27, Tinsel Trail Big Spring Park with Hubby
Nov 28, Legend of Toyland Roxy Theater Russellville with Hubby
Nov 29, Kennedy Douglas Art Museum Quilt Display
Dec 2, Trees of Christmas TVAA
Dec 2, Took Ava Grace to Santa Land Elgin with Hubby
Dec 4, Went to Nashville to see Grinch Ice, Opryland Hotel 3 Gardens decorated for Christmas and Opry Mills Mall
Dec 7, Took Ava Grace to Killen Town Hall for Christmas Program and see Santa
Dec 13, Christmas Dinner and Listen to storyteller Dolores Hydock at Club Florence
Dec 15, Hubby and I attended the Leipers Fork Christmas Parade
Dec 17, Hubby and I visited North Pole Christmas Tree Stroll, Madison Magical Christmas Tree Stroll, Madison’s Christmas Card Lane, Wheeler Wildlife Refuge, and Enchanted Forest Christmas Tree Stroll Decatur and enjoyed a Grinch Pancake at IHOP.
Dec 21, Christmas Dinner at Tidwell’s
Dec 22, Christmas Dinner at Mike’s
Dec 25, Breakfast at Mike’s
I try to journal all my activities and take several pictures it helps keep my memories alive.
I hope each and everyone enjoys the holidays.
May the new year bring good fortune, good health, and love.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our house to your
PS: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR 2019
Me & Santa @Incredible Christmas Store in Pigeon Forge, TN
