A Little Bit From Everybody

So these pictures of Grandpas CF truck was given to me by Susie. She gave me that china cupboard in the diningroom along with the loveseat and chair in the frontroom. Kathy gave me the dining room table and chairs and frontroom couch. PJ kindly left the pink vertical blinds that you see in the livingroom. So you can truely say my living chambers are due to the kindness of my family. They provided me with all the necessities for living comfortably. Carol and Linda contributed greatly to my belongings and saw to it that I had blankets, towels, trashcans, stereos and computers just to name a little bit. I couldn't have set up house without the kindness and generosity of all my "sista's" (and PJ) Well gotta work for a few days, but will check in soon. All my love, Donna (Mom)

Grandpas CF Pictures

Where I Live

1054 Creve Coeur

1054 Creve Coeur

Hi all you bloggers! Here are some pics of the outside of PJ's house which we rent. It is really big and I guess I can say I have plenty of room now! I will be planting flowers and fixing it up for summer. I can't wait til it stays warm.

In Between

Hi all, I miss you guys. I am still here in beautiful Thornton, CO. I have just had some time to create an account of my own, and wanted to drop by and say hello......so......HELLO!!! It is good to have a place to drop in and say What up folks! Love the pics of Grandpa's house, brings back lots and lots of memories.....but no matter what, it will always be Grandma's home! How is life in Utah, and LaSalle?? I miss my mom, so give her a kiss and a hug for me. I am doing great, got promoted at my college job, getting ready to open a new play on the 23rd! I have the lead, and I am so excited! Well, I will drop by soon again.....all my love to you all. Dusty, make sure you get in touch with me when you come to Denver, I really really want to see you again! But not "The Unmentionables" ok.....Keep you posted!!!

People Tired

YO :) So I got off May 25,26,27,28 to go to Denver for Dad's 50th B-day.. I am excited. Then she got it off too.. SO... I get 11 days off in a row, I am psyched. Just paid off 150.00 in Books.. I think the thing is I like opening packages.. Haven't read a fucking thing yet.. lol... Anywho.. I think from here out I will get drawing and picture books... Me like pictures... OH, I saw on the internet that they found ice on Mars.. Pretty awesome huh? Can anyone say 'Total Recall?' lol... TWO WEEKS...... TWO WEEKS.... Gotta love Arnold.. Work has been tough.. havent been sleeping well and it sucks.. This girl at work gave me a few sleeping pills so I will surely be sleeping tonight yo. on my second bloody mary so that cant be good. Other than that, tomorrow night we are going to go to her bosses casa (he lives above all of these art galleries) and we are going to drink and check out art. I am going to try and get some shit up in some galleries. Anywho, she's almost home, better act 'all sober and shit' ... muhahahahaha... Love you guys and miss you very much. Talk to you soon :)

-Dusty

Trouble in Arlinton

Hi! It sure is a beautiful day in LaSalle. 71 degrees! I got out of work at 2pm because my little lady went to the hospital in an ambulance. She got pretty bad early this morning. I tended to her throughout the night and did all I could to keep her stable. (She had a doctors appt. at 1:30 today). Her fever got up to 103 and she was quite ill. I recognized the breathing, and she wasn't doing well at all. She was actively dying! When she got to the hospital they said if some treatment they were going to do on her didn't work they would have to put her on a vent. Of course the family said no! To make a really long story short, they pumped her full of antibiotics and it looks like (for now) that she'll make it. It sucks to know your job is over because of death, huh? But I still take care of her son-in-law and I will eventually be there full time. I took pics of the house, and will have them on by this evening. I love and miss you so much! Talk to you soon, Love Mom (Donna in LaSalle)

Camp Donna from LaSalle

Dusty, and all you future blogalots! Just a "Hi" and hope you're enjoying almost spring. Hey, I really liked your "Babies R Not 4 Us" comment. That was really funny! I can't believe the changed Daylight Savings time to this weekend. I'm sure it's bound to mess things up. At least work will be shorter for me!! Anyhooo....Just wanted to say I've been thinking of you alot. Maybe I can come out for your birthday. Have a great one and I'll talk to you soon. All my love, Mom

3 new oil paintings created 3/9/7

DMO

Saturday 3/10 about 2:15pm... Don't forget to set your clocks an hour ahead tonight when you go to bed. Last night we got pretty tore up... We had vodka-Midori-OJ drinks... they were delicious. I think they call them Melonballers or something, all I know is they Fizz-uck you up. So today I am kind of hanging. Thank Goodness for SMOKE :) muhahahahahaha.

She went to a friends baby shower... I got out of that one pretty easily. She knows its not my scene you know? We had to stop at Babies'R'Us... it was weird.. I felt like the big bad wolf in a store with a thousand little red riding hoods.. I told her they need a store for people who don't want kids.. They could call it 'Babies'RnotforUs' lol :) that would be funny :) Anyways, just a pretty kick back kind of day, so I am going to enjot it. First day I have slept past noon in forever.. and I still have a headache.. I think its from using thinner in my oil paintings the last few days.. I dont know. Anyways, thats all I have from camp Dusty in Holladay. Hope you have a great weekend and I will talk to you soon!

Arlin with Palm Trees

Hi Dusty! I'm in the process of setting up my google account so I can do this on my own. I sure miss you, bud! I can't wait for summer to get here. I hike down to the river and spend alot of time enjoying nature. It is beautiful here. Wish you could come and hike Starved Rock with me and your Mom. It's a really cool place to go and party! I will be posting some pictures of the river. I found 2 turtles and yes they're still alive. I had these enormous frogs but they escaped somehow. Well gotta go but I will talk to you soon. This is a really cool idea,bro! Later, Arlin

Mom in LaSalle

Here is a quick pic I took for the time being! I will get pics of PJ's house we rent. It's pretty cool and filling up fast with all kinds of furniture and stuff! I will post more pictures since I figured it out. Love to you all! Mom

Hawkeye in Kitty Toy

Here is Hawkeye sitting in the center of a cat toy we have. He weighs about 28 lbs. We thought we lost him last week when he got so sick, but he recovered! Just wanted to try this adding a picture thingy and I think I succeeded. Will get some more photos posted asap. All my love, Mom

Crazy Clown in My Route 44

'Crazy Clown in my Route 44'

Digital art created 3/9/7

DMO

Awesome! Arlin in the house :) They trickle in one by one ;) Today is day 4 of 7 off... Growing a beard and I have been very very very lazy the last few days.. I started off strong with the painting and now have to pick it up a little. I need to go under the stairs (where the scary monsters live) and look for some stuff to paint on and or finish. I do have 3 small canvasses I can work on but that wont last too long. Also later on I will work on some more Mary Magdelene. I will post some pics of what I get done today.

I think this blog thang is going to be awesome. Then we can get some peeps in Denver and have like this straight line on the US map of authors. When you are signed in to this blog, just load up http://holladaytolasalle.blogspot.com and then you can add website links and stuff for people to click on and stuff. Anyways, will chack back in a bit, Go team Go!!!

DMO

PS: It is 9:28 am on 3/9/7

Old Family Portrait

"Old Family Portrait" - Digital Art created 3/8/7 - DMO

Locating pictures

Hi Dusty, I have to go to work and I was having difficulty locating pics on the computer to add to our blog. But I will figure this out and be an active member. This is incredible! Great idea too! All my love, Mom ps: I love your new art! I can't wait to see it up close and personal when I eventually come to see you.

Life in LaSalle

Dusty, Hi! I'm finally in. All this computer technology is sometimes overwhelming for an old lady like me. Patience, my son! I love you, Mom

Sideways 'Mary'

Halfway or a 1/4 done with my giant 'Mary Magdelene' oil painting. It is the same size and canvas style as 'Deciphering Horse Code". It has real thick museum style siding so you can paint on all 4 sides as well.