Saturday, July 25, 2009

At Mom's 80th Birthday Party

Denise and Mom in 2006

She Loved Animals

This was not a pet.

With Chelsea in 1982.
With Bully in 1982.

March 1988

Denise and Diane in March 1988.

Friday, July 17, 2009

The Slinky

Denise and Diane with the Slinky at Grandma's house. We always played with the Slinky and made it walk down the stairs. Also played Tiddly Winks and drank Tang at Grandma's.

More School Pictures

1st Grade
7th or 8th Grade





11th Grade

Another Fishing Trip



Saturday, July 11, 2009

Denise and Debby

Denise is holding Elroyd's head up in the above picture.


March 2009


Donna, Denise, Patrick, Debby, Mom, and Diane in March of 2009.

The Sink Incident

I'll never forget the time Denise called me and asked me to stay on the phone with her as she was entering her empty apartment. This was when she lived in the Del Prado apartments in Euless in about 1979. She had just gotten home and was going from room to room with a borrowed gun in her hand (bad idea!!!) making sure it was safe. All of the sudden I heard a gunshot and Denise saying Oh no!!! Oh shit!!! and Oh my god!!!!! over and over. After what seemed like an eternity, she finally got back on the phone and told me that she had accidentally shot a hole in the kitchen sink. After that, she said she left plants in the sink for several months pretending to water them so her roommate wouldn't notice. I don't remember what happened with the sink when it was time to move out, but I will always remember that phone call from Denise.

- Debby

Christmas 1981

I remember taking this black and white picture of Denise for a high school photography class. I developed the film and then printed the picture. I have always loved this picture of her.
- Diane
Denise and Donna.

HAPPY JULY 11th!!!

Today was always Denise's favorite day in Ohio. She never quite adjusted to the climate and always said July 11th was the only day you could count on to be warm and sunny in Ohio. She looked forward to July 11th every year.

At Maddie's Birthday Party

05/08/94

Denise and Mom




Denise Goes Batty!







One of the funniest times I can remember about my mom was the night that the bat got into our house!
It was shortly after we moved to Ohio, and me and Katie were watching TV in mom's room and she was on the phone (I think she was talking to Debby) in the other room. All of a sudden a bat flew into my mom's room, and Katie immediately realized it was a bat and ran down the stairs screaming. I was staring at it for a minute, trying to realize what it was until it registered in my head that Katie was screaming "BAT! BAT!" and that something was swooping by my face. I ran down the stairs after her, screaming, and mom came outside after us because she thought we were fighting and I had chased Katie down the stairs. We told mom what happened, and she locked the bat in her room and we called over Conni, Mariya, and Michelle.
The rest of us waited in Conni's van from the driveway while my mom put on a huge winter jacket with a fur hood, gloves, and grabbed a rake. We watched through the window from the van as my mom tried to wrangle the bat out of the window. It was hilarious! We would see the rake swing, then my mom's head duck, then the bat would swoop down. This went on for over 5 minutes, until she finally got it to fly out of the window.
Afterwards, she told us that the bat would fly over and hang in the corner with its back turned to her, and then it would slowly turn its head around and stare at her. She was soooo freaked out!!! That was so funny, I should have recorded it and sent it in to America's Funniest Home Videos!

- Maddie

MAJOR BLOG BREAKTHROUGH!

The Dead Rat Face!



Sunday, July 5, 2009

BLOG NEWS - Yellow house not yellow anymore

Feb. 1983
July 2009

South Padre Island 1978




On a Jet Ski

At South Padre Island 1978

At Diane's Track Meet



Denise and Mom at Diane's track meet in 1978.
Mom in 1978!
Diane going over a high jump.

Christmas 1989

With Greg and Donna.