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About Me

I now get to be a stay-at-home Mom to 12-year-old twin boys, William and Samuel. I enjoyed having David in my life so much; yet when he left home (as children eventually do) I missed him terribly. I never dreamed that my desire to have another family would ever come true. David was the joy of my life.
Then I met Bill at a Celtic festival in Buffalo through mutual friends. I'd gone to the festival with a friend who kinda had a crush on him. I figured he would like her (as most men always chose her), so I was able to relax and just be myself. I thought he was funny! He was so comfortable to be around - I secretly had my own crush that night.
A few months later, we decided to get married and he treats me like a queen. He is the best there is.
The MacKenzie Prayer.
Bless a' the MacKenzies an' a' the MacKenzie childer; their sons an' son's childer and their dochiter's for a thousan' years to come.
Be ye gracious an' send doon mountains o' snuff, an rivers of whiskey.
An' oh Lord send doon swords an' pistels an' daggers as monie as the sands on the seashore to kill the MacDonalds, the Clan Ranalds, and the Campbells.
an oh Lord, bless the wee coo, an make it a big coo.
An oh Lord bless the sucklin' and make it a grand board.
An oh Lord, bless the wee bairns, Angus, Alex, an' Bessie an' Maggie an' Florie.
An oh Lord build up a great wall between us an' the Irish, an put broken bottles on the top, so they cannae come over.
An' oh Lord, if ye hae anything gude to gie, dunna gie it to the Irish, but gie it to your chosen people the Scots, especially to the Clan MacKenzie an' a' their friends.
Glorious ye are for ever more.
This prayer was found in the genealogical records of the late Father Ewan MacDonald.
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My Interests

I love photography, DPChallenge, reading, movies and scrapbooking. I like to get in the car and just go driving. When Bill and I go on vacation, we love to travel back roads. Once it took us three hours to go from Bolivar to Branson - an hour and 15 minute (at most) drive.

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I'd like to meet:

I would have liked to have met Elvis, sat down with him for lunch and gotten to know who he was; I would have loved to have met Hank Williams Sr. I'd like to meet Elton John and Paul McCartney. I find it fascinating that someoneAlso, I think it'd be cool to meet Kevin Spacey, Oprah, and Dr. Phil.

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Music:

Ricky Nelson, it is so sad that he died before his time (my favorite was a B-side song Down Home). I liked the Everly Brothers, then in the late 60s I discovered Mose Allison. A few years ago I went into Blockbuster Music to look for a CD by him. I noticed that they had a computerized system whereby one could look up cds by artist. I was checking out his name when a sales clerk came up to me and asked if he could help. I told him what I was doing, that I'd found Mose Allison's name but couldn't find a "location" code to go look at the albums. I wished I could have fallen through the floor when the sales clerk told me I was using the cash registers!

Movies:

Ah, movies! Can't say that I have an all-around favorite as there are so many. Some of my favorites are Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (anything with Kevin Spacey), Steel Magnolias, That Thing You Do, Blast From the Past, The Luzien Defense, The Right Stuff, Christmas Vacation, and of course, American Graffitti. A recent find is End of the Spear, a very, very powerful movie. Update: Cars, and Happy Feet are very, very cute!

Television:

I loved Ally McBeal when it was on. I normally like 24 in DVD format rather than weekly shows. But I'm watching the weekly show now and loving it. The disappointing thing, though, is when Bill will watch it on DVD this winter, I'll have already seen it. I miss sharing it with him. I like America's Funniest Videos, and of course, LOST! Last year, Bill and I got to go to Chicago where I was supposed to be on a program called Ultimate Blunders (on TLC it's called Share the Shame). I was told that the series was cut from 10 episodes to 6 and my episode was cut. I'm hoping that it will still be shown.

Books:

Anything by John Grisham, James Michener, Alton Gansky, Dean Koontz and Stephen King. Books that have made a profound change in my life were Power in Praise by Merlin R. Carothers, and Catherine Marshall's Beyond Ourselves. I also like most books recommended by Oprah.

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Heroes:

Anyone who goes above the call of duty to help others, and shows "common sense." All those who work tirelessly and unselfishly to protect our country -- soldiers, firemen, policemen.

My Blog

camera

Okay, I just read through my blogs and the last one (which is really the first one) said something about mailing my camera in. Explanation: When Bill bought my 10D for me, he also purchased a warranty...
Posted by Noella - Davis' Mom on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:11:00 PST

Eureka Springs trip

We're back from our trip to Eureka Springs. We spent a night at the haunted Crescent Hotel again. This time we took the boys. They were excited to get to witness (maybe) ghostly activity. We took hund...
Posted by Noella - Davis' Mom on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:54:00 PST

he somehow got "saved"

12-year-old William and Samuel's big brother Lyle came by on the "spur of the moment" last night and asked if they could go to church with him and his girlfriend. He stated that it was a "revival." So...
Posted by Noella - Davis' Mom on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:15:00 PST

Shrimp Scampi

Last night I fixed Shrimp Scampi for supper. 11-year-old Sam hates seafood and wouldn't touch a bite of it.Today the boys came home from school and immediately wanted to know what we were having for s...
Posted by Noella - Davis' Mom on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:51:00 PST

For me

I had my son 26 years ago and he is as beautiful as ever. However, that saying that one forgets the pain afterwards is a bunch of "bunk." I still to this day remember the pain. And though my labor wa...
Posted by Noella - Davis' Mom on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:38:00 PST

Thanksgiving Shopping

Well, I did it! This is the first year that I decided to bite the bullet and go Christmas shopping on the day after Thanksgiving! What an experience. I might do it again next year, depends on the s...
Posted by Noella - Davis' Mom on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:29:00 PST

That Stuff

I have a problem sometimes trying to remember words when I'm talking to people. Most of the time the conversation will have something to do with whatever is happening at the time. For instance if I'm ...
Posted by Noella - Davis' Mom on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:45:00 PST

Share the Blame - Ultimate Blunders

Just received an e-mail from an RGQ friend (that stands for Really Good Quotes - an e-zine I get Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) regarding a tape that both of us requested from Tiger Aspect Productii...
Posted by Noella - Davis' Mom on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:52:00 PST

It didn't take as long this time!

The twins and I met Bill in Springfield last night for a movie and dinner. We saw the new Garfield film (which actually I liked better than the first one) and were going to go to McSalty's to hear the...
Posted by Noella - Davis' Mom on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 06:33:00 PST

From the Serial Blunderer

Okay, you all were probably wondering when my next blunder was going to happen. Ha! Sooner than you expected, right? The twins were getting ready to go to a friend's house, out in the country. ...
Posted by Noella - Davis' Mom on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:22:00 PST