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shirley

Asleep at the Wheel fans, check out my pics, these are from the late 80's and early 90's. This was a

About Me

This profile was made at Whateverlife.com! :)First I am a devoted (not smothering) mother and grandmother. I tried to be the best daughter in the world, thanks Daddy and Mama for that privilege. I'm kinda OK as a sister. I rule as an employee. For 33 years I have been gainfully employed by MaBell. Thanks Ma! it has been great!.................. I truly love life. I want to spend the rest of mine living not dying. I hope that I can share some of that love with others along my way.

My Interests

I love watching the sun rise and set. I also love making the people in my life happy, doing my job well, and living each day as the last. My best laughs are the ones at myself......I laugh a lot!

I'd like to meet:

Johnny Gimble, my Favorite Fiddler................. Zell Miller, George Bush......Jesus Christ my Lord.. and Marty Robbins in heaven.

Music:

Oh please........number one always and forever...Marty Robbins! Roger Miller,Merle Haggard,Hank Williams Sr.,Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys,Asleep At the Wheel,Johnny Gimble,Larry Franklin,Mark OConnor,Gene Elders,Vassar Clements,(love those fiddles),Ace In the Hole Band,Dean Dillon(writing and singing),Riders In the Sky,Buck Owens,Roy Clark,Cindy Walker's writing,Ernest Tubb,Justin Tubb,Hank Snow,Faron Young,Jerry Reed,Merle Travis,Thom Bresh,Gene Watson,Don Gibson,Hank Thompson,Charlie Walker,Gene Autry,Rex Allen,Rex Allen Jr,The Gatlin Brothers,The Statler Brothers,Chris LeDoux,Lyle Lovett,George Strait,Marty Stuart,Dwight Yoakam,Bobby Bare,Johnny Russell,Lefty Frizzell,Ray Price,Johnny Rodriguez,Elizabeth McQueen,Becky Hobbs,Lacy J Dalton,Anne Murray,Karen Carpenter,Linda Ronstadt,Johnny Rivers,John Denver,Ricky Nelson,The Dirt Band,Jimmy Buffett,ZZ Top,Dire Straits,John Fogerty,C.C.R,The Guess Who,The Hollies,The Everly Brothers,E.L.O,Elvis,LOVE Eric Clapton,and..... the GREAT Buddy Holly.

Movies:

Favorite of all time The Longest Day, favorite western Tombstone, I love war movies and westerns,To Hell and Back,Sergeant York, I love anything with Gary Cooper,Jimmy Stewart,Cary Grant or Kate Hepburn,The Magnificent Seven,The Great Escape,(I miss Steve McQueen), A Bridge Too Far, The Untouchables, Monty Python's Holy Grail,Sean Connery as BOND,It's A Wonderful Life,Philadelphia Story,most black and white movies,Fifty First Dates,Cold Mountain..(#1...#15...Somebody's got a bag of diamonds).....more later

Television:

Fox News(national and local),Bones,House,Nova,BBC America,DIY shows,Paula Dean,Designing Women,Keeping Up Appearances,Andy Griffith,Daniel Boone(Ed Ames!),Mad TV,In Living Color,Biography Channel,uh...I'll get back with you this is changing in a couple of months..........

Books:

The Bible, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, all Robert Ludlum,Jurasic Park by Michael Crichton,anything by Crichton,All John Grisham,OMG traveling with James Michner in all his wonderful novels,Sidney Sheldon, Anne McCaffrey all the Pern series, The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, In His Steps by Charles Sheldon, The Trilogy by JRR Tolkien, The Call of the Wild by Jack London,Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea,The Left Behind Series by LaHaye & Jenkins,most anything by Frank Peretti and everything by Patrick F. McManus,Peter Strauss,Robin Cook,more later.......

Heroes:

My Daddy......and all serving and who have served and fought to protect and preserve my freedoms...I can never repay you...THANK YOU!

My Blog

RA, who me?

Rheumatoid Arthritis............Well, I have no advice for anyone because this if fairly new to me. I never in my life dreamed that I would have it. No one in my family has it, so..........how? I did ...
Posted by shirley on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:12:00 PST

A Little More About Me.

Hello......my name is Shirley Jean. I live in small town USA, Winder, Georgia. It is rural.......don't be surprised if your neighbors cows get out and eat your lawn. (Speaking from experience.)  ...
Posted by shirley on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:56:00 PST

My early operator days!!!!!

Well I thought I would give you some insight into what it was like working for the phone company in the late 60's and early 70's. It was AWFUL. There, I've said it again. I was Information. The worse...
Posted by shirley on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:10:00 PST