My home activities are taking care of my super guy and, having coffee with friends or working on a crochet project. I`m making a table cloth for my daughter and her husband, (finished 11/3/97, finally) and now, like an idiot, have decided to make one more (finally finished it too). I have made afghans, pillows, scarves, house-slippers, stuffed animals, sweaters, capes and all kinds of things. I have knitted a few things, but I learned to crochet first, and it is my first love. Now I've found "filet crochet". It is my new first love. It is so much fun creating things from your own mind,(especially one like mine), and actually bringing them into existance. Of course I do family names in cursive and script, but pictures in crochet have become my favorite thing to do. Of course it helps to have something creative to do when your husband is at home all the time. I have done some embroidery, but that is my Mothers thing, that and counted cross stitch, which she does really well. She also makes all hand stitched quilts, which I would never attempt. She also crochets beautifully and has just finished making a pair of drapes and queen size bedspread. She puts me to shame.

My husband and I enjoy golf. When he first ask me to go, I thought it would be a wonderful idea. Being out in the sunshine, getting a tan, the exercise. What a wonderful sport. My only problem was in hitting the ball. Couldn`t then, and still can`t. I have, however, become quite the spectator. That`s where the travel comes in. We have been to Nashville Tennessee, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and some home state Sr. Golf Tournaments in Kansas City and St.Louis. Of course, when you go to these cities, there is much more to do than watch golf, but that is what took us there to begin with. To answer your question, no my husband doesn`t play professionally. I`m afraid when it comes to professional golf, we both watch. Our favorite players are, of course, the great "Golden Bear" Jack Nicklaus, Bob Murphy, Dave Stockton, Hale Irwin, Johnny Miller, Lee Trevino, Raymond Floyd and, well, we like most all of them. They are truly, a great group of people.
We also like bowling. My husband, John, loves it more than I do, but of course, he bowls much better than I do. Last year,(1996), he carried a 197 average in his bowling leagues. I on the other hand only carried a 117. Quite a difference huh! I had always told him he should try the Pro Tour, but he just didn`t have the time. We have bowled for much of our married lives, and still bowl in leagues when we are healthy. We both have very bad back problems. I`ve had 3 surgeries and he is having his first one,(a four vertebra fusion). Unfortunatly, he was not able to return to work.Now, as old age and time will have it, he will need to have a hip replaced. When he decides to have it done, and recouporates, we'll be planing on a few more trips to "watch" golf.

We live in a small town in the middle of Missouri just 25 miles north of Columbia, (home of the MU Tigers)