scary night

THE OTHER NIGHT A SCARY THING HAPPENED.,,,,,,

I WAS HOME ALONE, AND IT WAS 9PM.

I SUDDENLY HEARD A CARDOOR, AND THEN SOMEONE PUSHING AGAINST MY FRONT DOOR.

I GOT UP, AND SAID TO MYSELF, "OH IT MUST BE JIMMY. .I GUESS HE WANTS TO SURPISE ME, AS IT WAS 1/2 HOUR BEFORE HE RETURNED FROM WORK.

MY THOUGHTS WERE FLYING VERY FAST..................

PRINCE WAS BARKING WILDLY.............................SO I KNEW IT WAS NOT JIMMY.

I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND ....................MY CELL PHONE.................I WAS READY TO CALL 911, IN A FLASH..............I CALLED JIMMY'S CAR PHONE AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED...............

HE WAS HOME IN A FLASH..................

WHEN HE CAME HOME, I INSISTED WHAT I HAD HEARD............PRINCE IS A VERY GOOD GUARD DOG, AND HE HAD SAVED THE DAY,

WE TALKED AND ATE FOOD, AND EVERYTHING WAS JOLLY.

THE NEXT  NIGHT, JIMMY WALKED PRINCE AT 11 PM AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.   HE FORGOT HIS CELL, AND HAD NO FLASLIGHT.

SUDDENLY A BIG, BIG, MAN WAS HIDING IN THE DARK............PRIMCE WENT INTO THE ATTACK MODE...........................JIMMY SAID, GET BACK, OR I WILL RELEASE MY DOG ON YOU.................

THIS MAN FLASHED HIS FLASHLIGHT INTO THE EYES OF JIMMY.HE HAD NO ID BADGE ON...................HE SAID HE WAS SECURITY.

WE LIVE IN WHAT YOU MAY CALL, A VERY SAFE PLACE................GATED AND SECURITY.

THEN, AS JIMMY WALKED, HE  MET 2 SECURITY GUARDS................THEY AKNOWLEDGED THE OTHER MAB WAS A SECURITY GUARD.

AND THEN TO VERIFY iT, JIMMY MET SOME NEIGHBORS YESTERDAY AS THEY WERE WALKING THEIR DOGS.  IN FACT, THEY SAID THERE HAS BEEN SOME VANDALISM IN OUR DEVELOPEMENT IN THE P;AST 2 WEEKS!

WELL, JIMMY WILL BE HOME IN 1.5 HOURS............................I WILL WAIT FOR HIM TO GET HOME, TO TAKE MY SHOWER.............AFTER ALL, I DON'T WANT ANOTHER "PSYCHO!

AND LAST NIGHT AS I SLEPT, I WOKE UP IN A NIGHTMARE........JIMMY WAS HOLDING ME FROM THE BACK...................IN MY SLEEP, I SHOUTED OUT MY PRREVIOUS MAN'S NAME, 4 TIMES...................THEN AS I SUDDENLY WOKE UP, I SHOUTED OUT JIMMY'S NAME, 4 TI MES............

JIMMY GETS UPSET WHEN I HAVE THESE NIGHTMARES................I HAVE GOTTEN NIGHTMARES SINCE HE HAS BEEN HOME...............HOWEVER, I THINK IT IS A MEDICINE I AM ON....................

OH WELL..............

JIMMY JUST CALLED...............HE'LL BE HOME SOON..

AND I'LL BE WATCHING "DANCING WITH THE STARS."

.......................................................FRAN AND JIMMY................

ONE YEAR OUT OF PRISON

IT IS EXACTLY ONE YEAR THAT JIMMY HAS BEEN OUT OF PRISON.   HE CAME HOME FROM THE HALF-WAY HOUSE ON SEPT. 18. 2006.

HE HAD TO REPORT TO PAROLE ON THE DAY HE CAME HOME, SO WE BOTH WENT.   PAROLE WAS IN A DISTANT CITY, SO WE HAD TO FIND TRANSPORTATION TO GET THERE....................

YESTERDAY, HIS PAROLE OFFICER CAME TO VISIT HIM  HE WAS WORKING, BUT I SPOKE TO HER.................NICE LADY.

............................AND SO, EVERYTHING GRADUALLY ENFOLDED, AND WE ARE NOW WHERE WE ARE IN LIFE............

ONE YEAR IS A LONG TIME...................

AND 3.5 YEARS TO WAIT FOR YOUR HUSBAND IN PRISON, IS EVEN LONGER.....................

....................AND SO, ALL THE PRISON WIVES READING THIS REMEMBER...............IF I COULD DO IT, SO CAN YOU............

IN LIFE, TIME CHANGES.....................

............................THINGS CHANGE..............

................................THE WORLD IS ALWAYS IN A STATE OF REVOLUTION.....................OF CHANGE, THAT IS.

.....................IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A LONG TIME TO WAIT FOR YOUR MAN TO COME OUT OF PRISON, JUST REMEMBER ...............IT WILL SOON BE ALL OVER.................

WELL NOW, TO TALK ON A HAPPIER NOTE , JIMMY AND I WENT TO RED LOBSTER THE OTHER DAY.  IT WAS A MUCH PRETTIER ONE THEN IN LAS VEGAS.  WE TREATED A FRIEND OUT FOR HIS BIRTHDAY.  JIMMY HAD A DELICIOUS STEAK AND THE FRIEND HAD A SHRIMP SCAMPI DISH.  I HAD AFRICAN LOBSTER TAIL, WHICH WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD!

ANOTHER DAY WE WENT TO OUR FAVORITE CHINESE BUFFET, AND OF COURSE I LOADED UP ON CLAMS ON THE HAL-SHELL, OYSTERS, SOFT SHELL CRABS AND SHRIMP..............I JUST LOVE IT!

NOW THAT SUMMER IS OVER, THE JERSEY BOARDWALK IS CLOSING UP........................

AS WE CALL IT............."LIVING DOWN THE SHORE."..............................AND THAT IS JUST WHERE WE LIVE!.......................THE BOARDWALK, THE RIDES, THE FOODS!

JIMMY AT WORK TEXT  MESSAGES ME ALL DAY..............AND SO, EVEN AT MY AGE, I LEARNED TO TEXT MESSAGE HIM BACK!...................AND SO IT IS FUN!.................WE ARE LIKE 2 TEENAGERS, TEXT MESSAGING BACK AND FORTH.

A NEW MOVIE THEATRE OPENED NEAR OUR HOUSE..............ABOUT 2 MINUTES AWAY.  IT OPENED 2 MONTHS AGO AND WE HAVE SEEN 30 MOVIES, SO FAR........................YES, 30 MOVIES!

IT IS A COLLISIUM TYPE THEATRE, LIKE IN VEAGS, AND IT IS EASY FOR JIMMY TO WHEEL ME IN, AND THE SCREEN IS NICE AND LARGE FOR ME TO SEE......................ONE DAY I WILL LIST THE MOVIES WE HAVE SEEN...................LAST ONE WAS JODIE FOSTER;S MOVIE, WHICH WAS GREAT!

AND SO, I'LL GO NOW!

TIME TO GET READY FOR JIMMY!

....................................FRAN AND JIMMY

FRIDAY

TODAY IS FRIDAY, AND ALL IS WELL!  JIMMY LEFT FOR WORK AT 8 AM, AND WILL RETURN AT 6 PM.

I USUALLY GET UP WITH JIMMY AT 6AM, AND HE DOES SOME HOUSEWORK AND FEEDS THE PETS AND WALKS THE DOG..............THEN TAKES HIS SHOWER.

HE LOVES TO SIT BY ME, AND RUB MY BACK, FOR A HALF HOUR, AS WE WATCH SOME TV., BEFORE WORK.

TODAY IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE IN SOUTH JERSEY............TEMP. IS IN THE 80"s................

ON THE BACK PATIO, WE HAVE A WHOLE GARDEN THAT JIMMY AND I PLANTED..............................GRAPE TOMATOES AND EVEN EGGPLANTS..................FLOWERS THAT ARE IN BLOOM................MINT AND BASIL, TOO!

YESTERDAY, JIMMY WAS OFF FROM WORK, AND TOOK ME OUT TO LUNCH TO A FAVORITE ITALIAN RESTAURANT OF  OURS......WE HAD THE BUFFET, AND ENJOYED THE EGGPLANT, RIGATONI, AND SALAD. 

THEN WE WENT SHOPPING IN SEVERAL STORES, INCLUDING "HOME DEPOT,"  WHERE JIMMY PICKED UP A FEW THINGS HE NEEDED....................JIMMY PULLS THE WHEELCHAIR OUT OF THE CAR FOR ME, AND PUSHES ME THROUGH ALL THE STORES...............HE SAYS HE DOESN'T MIND IT, AND LOVES DOING IT, AND WE LAUGH AND JOKE ALL THE TIME!

TODAY I DID THE USUAL.......................I DID SOME PAPERWORK, READ THE NEWSPAPERS , AND SOME MAGAZINES, AND WATCHED SOME TV...............FOR LINCH I ATE ARTICHOKE  SALAD, AND SOME DELICIOUS PEACHES AND NECTARINES.  I FEED  PRINCE, MISTY, AND JIMBO, SOME FRESH CHICKEN THAT JIMMY HAD BOIED THIS MORNING.

I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE THAT MY COGNITIVE ABILITY HAS IMPROVED SO MUCH THAT  I WILL START DOING THE THING THAT I LOVE ....................AND THAT IS WRITING!.....................I AM NOW IN THE PROCESS OF THINKNG UP THINGS TO WRITE, AND IT MAKES ME FEEL SO EXCITED!

NOW I'D BETTER GO AND GET READY FOR JIMMY, AS HE WILL BE HOME SOON!

................................................FRAN

 

I'M BACK!

I HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF REQUESTS LATELY, TO START WRITING IN MY JOURNAL AGAIN.............................SO HERE I AM!

OF COURSE A FEW DAYS AGO, I WROTE A VERY NICE ENTRY.  BEFORE I COULD SAVE IT, SOME SCREENS POPPED UP OUT OF NO WHERE, AND THE ENTRY DISAPPEARED.................IT IS REASONS LIKE THIS THAT MAKE THIS SILLY MACHINE UNBEARABLE!

WELL, I'LL TRY TO FILL YOU IN ON SOME THINGS IN MY LIFE!......................................

JIMMY AND MY LIFE ARE GOING VERY WELL!...........................PRISON SEEMS A MILLION MILES AWAY!

JIMMY VISITS PAROLE, WHEN THEY REQUEST .........HE NOW VISITS PAROLE EVERY 2 MONTHS.  ALSO, THE PAROLE  OFFICER COMES TO THE HOUSE TO SEE JIMMY, WHENEVER SHE CHOOSES.....USUALLY  ON SUNDAY MORNINGS.

AS YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER, JIMMY WILL BE HOME EXACTLY ONE YEAR THIS COMING SEPTEMBER 17...................YES, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!....................WE WENT THROUGH A LOT IN THIS PAST YEAR, INCLUDING THAT I HAD A STROKE IN JANUARY.

THINGS ARE MORE SETTLED NOW.

HEALTHWISE, I AM MUCH BETTER................I SPEAK CLEARLY.......COGNITIVE ABILITY IS UP TO PAR..............

WE SOLD THE FOODSTORES WE OWNED HERE IN SOUTH JERSEY.

PAROLE REQUESTED THAT JIMMY GET A WORKING JOB.  SO, HE FOUND A VERY GOOD JOB, DOING SOMETHING HE LOVES TO DO.  HE IS NOW A CAR SALESMAN AT A LOCAL CAR DEALERSHIP...............HE LOVES TO TALK TO PEOPLE, AND HE GETS COMMISIONS ON THE CARS HE SELLS.

SO, YOU SEE, PRISON WIVES, IT IS POSSIBLE FOR YOUR HUSBAND TO GET A GOOD JOB WHEN OUT OF PRISON.

I WENT TO HIS PLACE OF WORK  SEVERAL TIMES...............HE HAS A PRETTY DESK, NEAR THE WINDOW, AND CAN SEE THE SUN.  ON HIS DESK IS A PICTURE OF ME, AND A PRETTY PLANT!

YESTERDAY WAS MEMORIAL DAY...............JIMMY WORKED HALF A DAY.  WE WERE INVITED TO 2 PICNICS, BUT DECIDEDTO STAY HOME, AND LAY IN EACH OTHERS LOVING ARMS!

JIMMY MADE HOT DOGS WITH CHILI SAUCE, AND WE HAD COLE SLAW AND MACARONI SALAD.

TODAY, HE WORKED 9 AM TO 9PM..................HE CAME HOME WITH FRIED CHICKEN, AND OF COURSE THE FIRST THING HE DOES IS WALK PRINCE, THE DOG............HE FEEDS PRINCE WHEN HE GETS HOME, BECAUSE PRINCE REFUSES TO EAT WHEN JMMMY IS GONE.  WE KEEP DRY FOOD OUT, AND CANS OF CAT FOOD. 

RIGHT NOW JIMMY IS ASLEEP IN BED, WITH THE 2 CATS, AND THE DOG IS UNDER HIS SIDE OF THE BED.  AS YOU CAN SEE, JIMMY IS THE ALPHA, AND DURING THE DAY ,PRINCE IS AT WORK PROTECTING ME!

JIMMY WORKS 12NOON TO 9PM TOMORROW

BEFORE HE FELL ASLEEP,  JIMMY TOLD ME TO TAP HIM ON THE SHOULDER WHEN I GET INTO THE BED, AND HE WILL TURN OVER AND HOLD ME ALL NIGHT, AS HE ALWAYS DOES, IN THE SPOONING POSITION.

SO, THAT IS JUST WHERE I AM GOING NOW!

.......................................FRAN

 

BLAKE........FROM AMERICAN IDO;!

WE ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!

WE MET " BLAKE"  FROM AMERICAN IDOl. THE OTHER NIGHT!

HOW IT HAPPENED , WAS REALLY STRANGE........WE WERE IN ATLANTIC CITY,  GETTING OUR CAR AT THE VALET.  IT WAS AROUND 1 AM.  THERE WAS A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE............AROUND 15, SCREAMING,  LAUGHING, AND GETTING AUTOGRAPHS.

THE VALET WAS TAKING TIME TO GET OUR CAR, SO JIMMY WHEELS ME OVER TO THIS GROUP OF  PEOPLE.   WE REALIZED THAT THIS CELEBROTY WAS BLAKE, THE RUNNER UP ON AMERICAN IDOL.  HE WAS IN TOWN MAKING GUEST APPEARENCES ON MANY SHOWS.....FOR EXAMPLE,  "THE MORNING SHOW."

THERE WAS A SEEING EYE DOG WITH A BLIND FELLOW TBERE. I WAS PETTING THE DOG, AND TALKING TO THE BLIND FELLOW......................ALL OF A SUDDEN, I LOOK UP FROM MY WHEELCJAIR, AND SEE BLAKE, SMILING DOWN AT ME................HE HAD WALKED TO ME FROM AROUND  15 FEET AWAY..........................HE GRABBED MY HAND AND WAS LAUGHING...............SHAKING MY HAND.............HE SAID, "I'M SO DRUNK!"..............I SAID.  "PLEASED TO MEET YOU!"

IT HAPPENED  ALL SO FAST!.............BOTH JIMMY AND I FELT  SO VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THIS CELEBRITY COME TO US!  CURRENTLY HE  IS MAKING  HIS ROUNDS ON ALL THE TALK SHOWS IN NEW YORK CITY....................

WELL, LIFE IS GOING GREAT!.................IT SEEMS SO LONG AGO THAT JIMMY WAS IN PRISON!.............IT IS NOW OVER 8 MONTHS AGO!!!!!!!!

I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER...........AND EVEN THE DOCTOR'S SAY IT LOOKS LIKE I NEVER HAD A STROKE..................MY SPEECH IS BACK TO NORMAL,AND MY COGNITIVE ABILITY IS BACK TO NORMAL...............I HAD ANOTHER BRAIN S CAN LAST WEEK, AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THE RESULTS...........

AND SO WE ARE ENJOYING LIFE!

WE GOT SEASON PASSES TO "GREAT ADVENTURE." AND WENT LAST WEEKEND TO THE AMUSEMENT PARK ON SATURDAY, AND ON SUNDAY TO THE WILD ANIMAL PARK.  SO WE CAN NOW GO AS MUCH AS WE WANT UNTIL OCTOBER.................ALSO LAST MONDAY, MEMORIAL DAY, WE WENT TO SEASIDE BOARDWALK, FOR THE 9TH TIME...................WE HAD THE USUAL!...........italian ice, clams, pizza, sausage and peppers.............

SO, I'LL TRY TO KEEP YOU POSTED!..............

........................FRAN AND JIMMY

hello again!

LIFE SURE DOES HAVE IT'S UPS AND DOWNS................AND RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE LOOKING UP FOR ME!

IT HAS BEEN 7 MONTHS SINCE JIMMY HAS BEEN HOME FROM PRISON, AND 3 MONTHS SINCE I HAD THE STROKE.............

NOW, EVERYTHING IS ONCE AGAIN SUNNY AND CHEEFUL, AND MOVING ALONG VERY WELL!

MY SPEECH IS AMOST PERFECTLY NORMAL, ALTHOUGH I STILL GET SPEECH THERAPY AND PT, AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, 3 TIMES PER WEEK.

NOW, FOR THE BEST PART!..................JIMMY BOUGHT US  A GORGEOUS CAR TODAY!..................IT IS A 2008, 2- SEATER, SPORTS CAR.............CADIALAC ............BEAUTIFUL RED...........TOTALLY COPUTERIZED.....................TOP OF THE LINE!...............I NEVER SAT IN SUCH A BEUTIFUL CAR!.............BUT JIMMY WANTED TO MAKE ME, HIS BABY , HAPPY.........AND HE DID!

AND BY THE WAY, THE CAR ONLY COST $90,000!

WE GAVE THE OTHER CADILAC   (2007) HE BROUGHT WHEN HE CAME HOME FROM PRISON, TO HIS FATHER................AND WE STILL HAVE THE "JAG."

AS YOU CAN SEE, MY HONEY IS A LOVER OF CARS!............AND NOW HE DRIVES ME ALL AROUND TOWN IN THIS GORGEOUS SPORTS CAR!

I'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE!...............

FRAN

CHRISMAS AT KINTOCK..2006...REASN FOR MY STROKE

IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG UPHILL BATTLE FOR ME.  SO NOW, I WILL TRY TO FILL YOU IN ON THINGS.

AND FOR ALL OF MY FELLOW PRISON WIVES, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES.....................PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT TAKE IT ALL TO HEART , AS I HAVE.  FOR ME, I TOOK  IT VERY MUCH TO HEART, TO HAVE A HUSBAND IN PRISON.  AND IF YOU REMEMBER, HE WAS SENT BACK , UNNECESSARILY CHRISTMAS 2005................AT THAT TIME,  BECAUSE OF THE SHOCK, I STAYED HOME ALONE, AND I KNOW I HAD A STROKE................ONE OF THE 5 OR 6 STROKES THAT WERE FOUND IN MY BRAIN CAT SCAN.

SO, PLEASE DON'T DO IT TO YOURSELF............PRISON WIVES, DO NOT MAKE YOURSELF  SICK, AS I HAVE.  AND NOW, IT IS A LONG UPHILL BATTLE..........................SOMEDAYS ARE GOOD..SOME ARE  BAD.

IN THE BEGINING OF JIMMY COMING HOME, I TRIED TO SHOW YOU ALL HOW  HAPPY AND UPBEAT I WAS...............AND SOME OF YOU CRITICIZED ME FOR IT.

SO NOW LIFE IS VERY HARD FOR ME, HEALTHWISE.

LET ME BACKTRACK...........AFTER THE STROKE IN JANUARY, I DEVELOPED ACUTE BRONCHITIS..........A WEEK LATER I WAS BACK IN THE HOSPITAL..........I WAS WHEEZING, SHORT OF BREATH, AND UNABLE TO WALK MORE THAN 5 STEPS DUE TO THE SOB...............I WAS HAVING BROCHSPASMS............I JUST COULD NOT BREATH...................AND SO, I WAS GIVEN NEBULIZER TREATMENTS, AND GIVEN IV, AND THEN PO STEROIDS..........COUGH SYRUP, ONCE AGAIN ANTIBIOTICS..............THE WHEEZING LASTED A FEW WEEKS.

MY PULMONARY DOCTOR DID A PUMONARY FUNCTION TEST AND SAID MY LUNGS WERE WORKING  50 PER CENT, AND MY PULSE OX, WHILE RESTING WAS 94 PER CENT.

THEN, AFTER THAT , I DEVELOPED LARYNGITIS.   SO FOR THE PAST 13 DAYS OR SO, I WAS UNABLE TO SPEAK.......................I'V BEEN IN AND OUT OF DOCTOR'S OFFICES ALL THE TIME..............EVERYBODY IS FOLLOWING ME............THE MEDICAL DOCTOR, THE ENDOCRINOLOGIST, THE CARDIOLOGIST, THE NEUROLOGIST,THE PULMONARY DOCTOR..............AND YES, I AM NOT ASHAMED TO SAY, I HAVE A PSYCHOLOGIST, AND PSYCHIATIST, WHOM I SEE................THEY REALIZD I WAS UNDER A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STRESS HAVING A HUSBAND IN PRISON..................THEY HAVE ME UNDER LOW DOSES  OF MEDICATION, WHICH KEEPS ME CALM MOST OF THE TIME...............

THEY REALIZED I WAS A  YOUNG WOMAN TO HAVE A STROKE.............I AM 53.  IT USUALLY HITS  PEOPLE MUCH OLDER.......

HOWEVER, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MY LDL CHOLESTEROL LEVEL CAME DOWN THIS WEEK TO 80...THE GOOD CHOLESTEROL............IT  THE GOOD CHOLESTEROL.   I AM TAKING 4 STATIN DRUGS FOR THE CHOLESTEROL..................MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS NORMAL................MY HUSBAND WAS TOLD THAT IF I HAVE ANITHER STROKE, IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE LAST ONE.................

BUT, HOWEVER, I STILL AM SO IN LOVE WITH MY HUSBAND, THAT I WANT TO BE AROUND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME............AND SO JIMMY ALSO SAYS "YOUR MIND CONTROLS THINGS"....................THINK POSITIVE THOUGHTS............

THE LITERATURE ABOUT STROKES, SAYS THAT IT IS COMMON TO BE DEPRESSED AFTER A STROKE..........

I TRY TO REMAIN CALM, BECAUSE IF I GET TOO EXCITED, IT IS NOT GOOD.

I STILL HAVE MY SPEECH THERAPISTS, AND PT THERAPISTS...............MY COGNITVE ABILITY IS ALMOST BACK TO NORMAL.

FOR ME, IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO TALK AND PRONONCE THE WORDS..............MY THERAPIST SAYS I STILL SLURR THE WORDS IF I'M NOT CAREFUL............................LIKE DICK CLARK.

ON TOP OF IT ALL, MY VOICE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND DUE TO THE LARYNGITIS.......

YESTERDAY, SUNDAY, I TOOK AN OVER THE COUNTER DECONGESTANT...........I WAS ALLERGIC TO IT........IT BLOCKED MY AIRWAYS.............I COULD NOT BREATH......MY AIRWAYS SWELLED..........ONCE AGAIN I WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL......................I WAS IN "ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK"....................IT WAS ONCE AGAIN A BIG EMERGENCY.............I WAS GIVEN IV STEROIDS..............BREATHING TREATMENTS........

TODAY, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD!.............BREATHING IS NORMAL...............VOICE IS RETURNING..........

SO, ALL MY PRISON WIVES..............WHAT MORE CAN I SAY TO YOU?........................SOME LOVE THEIR MAN, AND STAY BY THEM................SOME WOMEN HATE THEIR MAN, AND LEAVE THEM...........

FOR ME, I LOVE MY MAN, AND STAY BY HIM.

AND THROUGH ALL THIS SICKNESS, JIMMY IS TOTALLY DEDICATED AND DEVOTED TO ME.................HE COOKS, HE CLEANS......HE SHOPS...............HE TAKES ME HERE AND THERE..........HE INSISTS THAT I GET BETTER...............HE WILL NOT HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY................

HE HUGS ME..............HE KISSES ME...............WE SLEEP EVERY NIGHT IN THE SPOON POSITION...........IN THE HOSPITAL. HE WASHED ME AND BATHED ME...................AND NOW HE WHEELS  ME A ROUND, EVERYWHERE IN A WHEELCHAIR................

THIS MAN SAYS HE WILL BE MY HUSBAND FOREVER.......ETERNITY...................HE SAYS HE WILL TAKE CARE OF ME FOREVER..............

AND HOWEVER DIFFICULT IT IS, I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE GETTING BETTER EVERYDAY

BYE FOR NOW!..............LET ME GO CLIMB IN BED WITH JIMMY!

                                          FRANJIMMY

SAYING HI!

I'M GETTING BETTER, BUT IT IS A SLOW PROCESS!

WHEN ONE HAS A STROKE, THE CELLS OF THE BRAIN DIE, IN THAT AREA WHERE THE CLOT IS....................AND SO, THE BRAIN IS ABLE TO REGENERATE ITSELF, IN OTHER AREAS OF THE BRAIN..................../AND SO, IT IS LIKE LEARNING EVERYTHING ALL OVER AGAIN.................REMEMBERING THINGS..............LEARNING TO SPEAK AGAIN................IT TAKES EFFORT......

YOU MAY SAY, IT IS VERY TIRING.............EXHAUSTING.  THE STROKE PATIENT SLEEPS ALOT, TO REGENERATE THE BRAIN..............LIFE MOVES SLOWLY, NOW FOR ME.....  I HAVE TO RE-PROCESS MYSELF/

TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY.  WE WENT OUT TO THE STORE.  I GOT A HAIRCUTE AND MANICURE..........

JIMMY BROUGHT ME A BEAUTIFUL BRIDAL BARBIE DOLL, WITH A GLISTENING GOWN

MY SISTER, WHO SPENDS 3 MONTHS IN ARUBA EVERY YEAR, SENT ME A VASE OF LOVELY FLOWERS!

JIMMY SHOWERED ME WITH MANY BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS!

GOTTA GO NOW!

..........FRAN

i'm home!

WELL I'M HOME!

GETTING ADJUSTED...............JIMMY IS THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY!..

TAKING IT SLOWLY..........

RIGHT NOW, I AM ONLY ABLE TO DO A LIMITED AMOUNT OF THINGS..............IT TAKES ME TIME..BUT KNOW I'LL GET BETTER, WITH  EACH PASSING DAY......

THE  STOKE WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY BRAIN, WHICH AFFECTED MY SPEECH AND LIMITED CONGENTIVE ABILITY..,.............I HAD LIMITED BALANCE OF MY LEGS.....OFF BALNCE............MUSCLES OF THE FACE AND MOUTH WERE DROOPING.................

CT OF THE BRAIN SHOWED I HAD PAST STOKES...........5 STOKES............PROBABLY WHEN  JIMMY WAS IN ;PRISON, DUE TI THE STRESS.................AND THIS WAS A LARGER STOKE, THIS TIME...............

IT IS A SCARY THING.................

AND NOW I'M ON MY ROAD TO RECOVERY!

THINGS ARE FALLING INTO PLACE............

NOW EXCUSE ME..............JIMMY IS CALLING ME TO BED!..................GOTTA GO!

........................................FRAN

Fran is Home.

Thank You LORD................

Thank you all our friends for your prayers.

She is just home, with 5 day a week(X 2 times a day),  home therapy, plus 12 Prescription. She is happy, sleepinn with dog and cats wrapped around her.

She will make a entry later today, it is all she has been talking about.

LOVE you all          Jimmy

 

A new Update

OK, my friends, Fran is working on her recovery. Our insurance company just approved her stay until February 6, it can be extended if need be. I hope to God not, I want her home. The dog and cats are depressed,  I can not sleep without her.

Her recovery has its' up and downs, that all I can say. I will try to write a longer detail entry in the next few days. I owe a lot of you telephone calls, there is no excuse, it is I just do not have it in me.

God Bless               Jimmy

Update 1/28/2007

Hey Everybody,

Fran was moved today, across the street to the rehab center. I do not know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. Over Doctor told us, to expect to be there 2 to 4 weeks.

The first day was very hard on her, they run you through the mill when you get in.

The truth is gang, it feels like a half way house to me. Tomorrow Monday I HAVE to go back to the job, I pray to God she will be OK while I am gone.

Love all of you..................thank you

Jimmy

Fran Update

Hello all of Fran's friends,

It is now Thursday morning, Fran is stable. Her speech is slurred, sometimes her words are understandable and her sentences are coherent, but if she is tired there no difference then <SPAN class=spell id=sp-1 title="No Suggestions" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://sdk.webmail.aol.com/sdk/20051001/images/bg_spellingErr.gif); PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; CURSOR: pointer; COLOR: black; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x; BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow" _backupTitle="null"> she first had the stroke. The left side of he face has a slide droop. Her legs are weak. BUT thank you God, she is otherwise well.

The Neurologist told us today, he first concern is for this NEVER to happen again to her, then he will work on the return of her speech.

Fran and I thank all of you for your well wishes and your prayers.

MandyMeMe, thank you so much for the beautiful flowers, you made both of us cry , for we felt your love. And, no neither of our families moved as fast as you or did as much. Thank you again.

I got home a few hours ago, I around  am going back around  6 am, I will bring my lap top with me, hopefully I will be able to get Fran to dictate a entry to me for all of YOU.

God Bless All of you, and we will never forget any of you.

JIMMY

 

 

Fran

Fran got up today around 3:30 pm, she went to check her e mail, then she went to take a shower so that we could get out of the house for the firdt time in 4 days.

When she got out of the bathroom, she could not put a sentence together,

I rush her to the hostipal. She had a stroke.

For those who want to find outr how she is...She is inCommunity Medical Center, in Toms River, NJ.....Her full name is Frances P Russo.

Thank you for your prayers

 

Part of Fran's Barbie Collection

Hey All, Fran asked me to do this when I came home four months ago. I took off today, because I still feel horrible. I should have gone to work, it would have been easier then cataloging part of Fran collection. I am going back to bed. I hope , that I do not have "Romantic" of Barbie or Ken for that matter. Take Care JIMMY

FEELING A LITTLE BETTER

IT IS AFTER 9PM, , 24 HOURS LATER, AND JIMMY JUST WOKE UP AND SAID HE FEELS A LITTLE BETTER.............

HE STILL HAS A TEMP. OF 101.2...

I WAS AT HIS SIDE ALL DAY.....

HE HAD SIPS OF DIET COKE, GINGER ALE, WATER, AND TEA, ALL DAY.,,,,,,,,,,,,,HE'S BEEN TAKING ASPIRIN.

AS FOR ME. I WAS ABLE TO EAT A LITTLE SOMETHING, EARLIER TODAY...............MY TEMP. IS STILL 99.2, AD BEIMG A DIABETIC, MY BLOOD SUGAR SHOOTS UP TO 400 TO IN THE 600'S WHEN INFECTION IS PRESENT.....

THE ONLY WAY TO RIDE THESE VIRUSES OUT, IS JUST TO WAIT UNTIL IT PASSES...............................JUST TO REST, AND SLEEP.

I HATE TO SEE A MAN SICK....................ANY MAN, FOR THAT MATTER.................................MEN ARE BIG AND STRONG, BUT WHEN THEY GET SICK, THEY NEED A LOT OF LOVE AND TENDER LOVING CARE...........

PRINCE HAS BEEN QUITE AND ASLEEP ALL DAY................HE KNOWS HIS PAPPA IS SICK.................HIS PAPPA WALKS HIM MANY TIMES PER DAY..............AND TODAY, ALL I COULD DO IS STAND OUT ON THE BACK PORCH WITH HIM, AS MY LEGS ARE TOO WEAK TO WALK HIM.

AND SO, IN A LITTLE WHILE I WILL CHECK TO SEE WHAT IS ON "ON DEMAND."...............TO SEE WHAT MOVIES ARE ON.  WE ALSO HAVE "THE DAVINCI CODE" HERE, WHICH WE GOT FROM NETFLICK..............MAYBE WE WILL WATCH IT.......

IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, WE GOT AN OLD MOVIE, CALLED "SCARFACE.".......................AL PACINO..............PRETTY GOOD...........ALSO FROM "NETFLICK," WE GOT "THE ARISTOCRATS,"  "SUPERMAN"..................AND OTHERS......JIMMY AND I JUST LOVE WATCHING MOVIES!

ALL THE MOVIES I WATCHED IN THE PAST 3.6 YEARS, I MAKE SURE JIMMY WATCHES THEM TOO, AND HE LOVES MOST OF THEM!

GOOD-NIGHT!................................................FRAN

JUST WRITING A SMALL ENTRY, TODAY.................

IT IS COLD AND VERY WINDY HERE IN NEW JERSEY.............HOWEVER, SUNNY AND BRIGHT!

WE HAVE BEEN SNUGGLED IN THE BED ALL DAY!

I HAVE BEEN SICK FOR THE PAST 3 DAYS............IT CAME ON SUDDENLY......................IT WAS ON THE NEWS, 4 DAYS AGO, THAT A VIOLENT STOMACH VIRUS IS GOING AROUND THIS AREA.......................WELL. I GOT IT!...................

AND JIMMY MOPPED THE FLOORS, AND WASHED ME UP, ETC, AND THEN LAST NIGHT AFTER WORK, HE GOT SICK, TOO......................HE THREW UP ALL NIGHT........

AND SO, BEING HIS LOVING WIFE, I TOOK CARE OF HIM, AND CLEANED  HIM UP, TOO.

HE IS STILL  UNABLE TO EAT....I ATE THE FIRST THING A SHORT WHILE AGO..................JIMMY IS STILL  RESTING, AND CANNOT MOVE TOO MUCH............

I AM SURE THE 24 HOUR VIRUS,WHICH IS MORE LIKE A 48 HOUR VIRUS ,WILL START MOVING ON BY TONIGHT.......

WE HAD A LITTLE LAUGH TODAY!...........IN 3.6 YEARS OF BEING IN A PRISON,  EXPOSED TO SO MANY MEN, AND SLEEPING AND LIVING IN TIGHT QUARTERS, JiMMY NEVER GOT THIS SICK.  THE LAST TIME HE VOMITED WAS IN LAS VEGAS, AD I TOOK CARE OF HIM.......OH WELL!

AND BY THE WAY, WE BOTH HAD FEVERS..............JIMMY  103, AND I WAS 102...THEY ARE BETTER NOW..............

HOPE YOU ALL FEEL ALL RIGHT!

.....................................FRAN

 

A Guest Entry

First, I must thank all of Fran's readers, for if it were not for you, my wife would not have lived through those 3 and a half years.

I am a very closed mouth person when it comes to the details of my life. I do not want it to be that way, it is just the way I  was brought up. While my wife is a very open person, who believes every wants to share in our happiness. I am much more jaded. But to put a few points to rest.

Yes, I was the lynch  pin to a marijuana transportation ring. I did it. Was arrested September 1, 2000. Bailed out a few days later, on a 1 million bond( it all in the Asbury Park Press records, if you want to look)

I married my wife, on April 29th, 2001. I was sentenced on March 28, 2003. So you can see, I  was on bail, not months, BUT years. I put that time to good use and put my ducks in order, so my wife would never have a financial concern. EVER.

I am 51 years old I have worked a real honest job since I was 13 years old. My wife has worked since she was 20. We both have graduate degrees, so we both made good living. Yes, I did make go money in the drug business, Yet that not is what gave me financial security, ( The State of New Jersey, took my home, plus a summer cottage, bank accounts and my new Lincoln).

For the 2 years I was in a half way house, I worked a full time job as a assistant store manager of a supermarket ( how D.O.C. ever allowed it, baffles even me). I know how to make money, I saved money very well, as I am cheap................except when it come to my wife. FOR, she went 3 and half years in a living HELL. You, all have read how our families Abandon her.As for  me, I will most likely burn in hell, but my Fran, is a good pure person, who never did wrong to anyone, she has spent her life helping others.

Look, I know she married me knowing that I was going to jail, that her life would be turned up side  down. But she still lived it. Jails and prisons are very real places, and most people there belong there, but there families suffer the most, that's the pity of it.

I apologize  for Fran's exuberance, she just happy for her man being home. I am sometime a little embarrassed that Fran's loves me so much,( she gave me more love in one hour , then I have received in my entire life.

I did many  bad things and had to be punished for it. But, she was punished for loving me. As are most love ones of prisoners

But, it wonder full thing to have someone love you so much. If, I had a women like that 30 years ago, I would never have broke a law, heck, I would have never done anything to put such happiness in jeopardized. And, I swear to God, because of Fran's love for me, I will never bend, break or fold the rule of law.

God Bless my wife

God Bless all of you.

May God Bless the Great Country. Were a man can have a second chance.

Thank you for your time,  Jimmy

 

 

 

 

RESPONSE TO CARLY'S COMMENT

THANK YOU, CARLY, FOR YOUR KIND WORDS..................

YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A SINCERE, AND FAITHFUL READER OF MY JOURNAL.............YOU ARE VERY KIND!

THANK YOU, AGAIN!

....................................FRAN

RESPONSE TO "SUZY ME"......

LITTLE GIRL,

KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF........THIS IS MY JOURNAL, AND I AM ALLOWED TO WRITE WHATEVER I PLEASE HERE....................YOU ARE A LITTLE BITCH CALLING MY JOUYRNAL A DIME STORE NOVEL....................YOU ARE A NASTY LITTLE NOTHING.....................I WILL WASH OUT YOUR MOUTH WITH SOAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT SEEMS THE WHOLE WORLD IS IN DISARRAY!...........

.......................BUT I REFUSE TO LET THESE MIXED UP PEOPLE BOTHER ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEY ARE UNHAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

WITH THEIR LIFE...............WITH THEIR MAN..................WITH THEIR MARRIAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WITH THEIR JOB............WITH THEIR FINANCES...............WITH THEIR LIFE.............

THEY SAY THEY ARE BORED!............UNHAPPY WITH LIFE...

THEY SEEK A NEW BEGINNING!

UNHAPPY AND UNHAPPY!!!!!!!

COMPLAINING AND COMPLAINING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BACK-STABBING ONE ANOTHER.....................

WARS AND WARS...............

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PEOPLE KILLING ONE ANOTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

READ THE PAPERS.............WATCH TV..............................

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON!

THERE IS NO HAPPINESS OR JOY WITHIN PEOPLE'S HEART'S TODAY!...................WELL, RE-PHRASING THAT STATEMENT, THERE ARE A FEW WHO ARE HAPPY, AND AT PEACE AND JOYFUL...................

I HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF THEM!.................I HAVE A WONDERFUL LOVING HUSBAND.......................WE ARE BOTH IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER....................AFTER 6 YEARS OF MARRIAGE!

I HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED, AND COULD WANT............

I AM RETIRED, AND WAS ABLE TO RETIRE AT THE AGE OF 48!......................THAT MEANS I AM ABLE TO DO THE THINGS I ENJOY DOING................LIKE WRITING, READING,AND SINGING.............I AM ABLE TO ENJOY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM  FREE TO BE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

MANY  OF YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE, ARE ANGRY THAT I AM HAPPY.......................................YOU WRITE NASTY THINGS................

YOU ARE ALL FULL OF HOG-WASH!

YOU ARE ALL IN SOME RUT, AND JUST CAN'T GET OUT!

YOU SIMPLY ENJOY WRITING NEGATIVE, UGLY WORDS HERE.........................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOUR WORDS DO NOT AFFECT ME......................

I AM SIMPLY A POSITIVE, HAPPY PERSON!

I WISH YOU WOULD GIVE UP YOUR NEGATIVTIES, AND FLOW ALONG WITH ME, IN A HAPPY STATE OF MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!

TRY IT AND SEE!

IT STARTS WITH ONE...............CHANGE YOUR THOUGHT PROCESSES...............CHANGE YOUR LIFE!................IT IS EASIER THEN IT SEEMS...............AND THE  WORLD WILL BE YOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...............................................FRAN

THE BEAUTY OF JANUARY

TODAY IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN JANUARY..................

IT'S SUNNY, BUT A BIT COLD , HERE, IN JERSEY.......

I AM LUCKY, BECAUSE JIMMY DID NOT HAVE TO GO TO WORK TODAY!

.............SO HE IS FOREVER KISSING ME, HOLDING ME..................IT GOES ON ALL DAY!

HE SHOWERS ME WITH LOVE, AT ALL TIMES.................

I HOPE ALL OF YOU PRISON WIVES ARE STICKING BY YOUR MAN!................................IT IS A LONG JOURNEY, BUT THERE CAN BE JOY IN SIGHT!

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR COMMENTS!....................................

I READ EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM........THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO ME..................TO READ YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS....................

LATER, I WILL RESPOND TO YOUR COMMENTS................

.....................................FRAN AND JIMMY

AN ANSWER TO " NOTTTY 1'S " COMMENT

THIS IS AN ANSWER TO "NOTTY 1'S" COMMENT........

JIMMY AND I ARE BOTH SADDENED THAT YOU ARE UPSET ABOUT OUR PROSPERITY.....

WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY BE ANGRY, BUT WE BOTH DO NOT FIT THE TEMPLATE OF A NORMAL INMATE.

JIMMY HAS WORKED SINCE HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD..........HE HAS WORKED HARD HIS WHOLE LIFE..........HE IS WELL EDUCATED, AND HAS HIGHER DEGREES OF EDUCATION......HIS WHOLE LIFE WAS BASED ON A CAREER.

AS FOR ME, I ALSO WORKED CONTINUOSLY FOR 28 YEARS. I ALSO HAVE HIGH DEGREES OF EDUCATION............AN ADN, A BSN, A MASTERS DEGREE, AND I AM CURRENTLY A DOCTORAL STUDENT AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY...........

JIMMY AND I HAVE EARNED VERY GOOD SALARIES, OUR WHOLE LIFE, THROUGH HARD WORK.  WE ARE NOT PEOPLE THAT SIT AND SMOKE CIGARRETES ALL DAY, AND DRINK A SIX PACK OF BEER..............WE ARE HARD WORKERS.

WHILE IN PRISON, JIMMY WAS IN A HALF-WAY HOUSE FOR 2.6 YEARS.   EVEN DURING THAT TIME, HE HAD A JOB.  HE WORKED 6 DAYS A WEEK.  HE WORKED 8-10 HOURS PER DAY, AND TRAVELED 4 HOURS BACK AND FORTH TO WORK ON MASS TRANSIT.

WHEN JIMMY WENT TO  PRISON, 3.6 YEARS AGO, WE ALREADY OWNED 2 HOMES....1 IN LAS VEGAS, AND 1 IN NEW JERSEY......

WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE.  WE HAVE SAVED AND INVESTED MONEY OUR WHOLE LIVES............

AND NOW, THE PAROLE OFFICER COMES TO OUR HOUSE EVERY 1-2 WEEKS.......SHE DROPS IN WITH NO ADVANCE NOTICE.......

SHE COMES IN THE HOUSE AND EITHER FINDS ME ALONE, OR JIMMY IS HERE.

SHE FINDS A NICE CLEAN HOUSE..............VASES OF BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THAT JIMMY BUYS ME..........MAINLY ROSES.............THE DOG, PRINCE SO HAPPY AND WELL FED, AND THE 2 CATS HAPPY, AND WELL FED.  THE PAROLE OFFICER FINDS OUR BEAUTIFUL CARS SITTING OUTSIDE OUR HOUSE.............SHE FINDS THE HOUSE STOCKED WITHFOOD.............THE AROMA OF FOOD COOKING.............EVERYTHING IN IT'S PLACE, AND A HAPPY HOUSEHOLD.

THE PAROLE OFFICER KNOWS WE ARE BUYING THE HOUSE..................SHE KNOWS ABOUT JIMMY'S JOB............ABOUT OUR NEW CAR.

SO, WE ARE VERY HAPPY, AND EVERYTHING IS GOING VERY WELL................I AM SORRY IF YOU MISUNDERSTOOD.................

BUT NOW YOU CAN SEE, THAT EVEN IF YOU OR YOUR HUSBAND GO TO PRISON FOR A CRIME, YOU CAN SOON STRAIGHTEN YOUR LIFE OUT, WHEN YOU COME OUT.

YESTERDAY, WE WENT TO SUNDAY MASS.  THEN WE WENT OUT TO DINNER.....

I AM NOW READING A BOOK, BY DR.  WAYNE DWYER.  IT IS ABOUT KEEPING BALANCE IN YOUR LIFE.  I HAVE READ MANY BOOKS BY HIM.  I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT HERE, TODAY, BUT I GOT SIDE-TRACKED.  I HOPE TOMORROW I WILL TALK ABOUT HIS BOOK..............HIS THOUGHTS IN THAT BOOK ARE EXACTLY WHAT JIMMYAND I HAVE BELIEVED OUR WHOLE LIFE.............................

THAT IS, IF YOU DWELL ON NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, YOU WILL ONLY ATTRACT NEGATIVITIES TO YOURSELF.........................IF YOU DWELL ON POVERTY, YOU WILL ATTRACT POVERTY TO YOUSELF..............

I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS LATER................

......................FRAN

 

 

 

AN ADDITION TO SPICE'S COMMENT

I JUST NOW TOLD JIMMY ABOUT SPICE'S COMMENT.  HE ASKED ME TO TELL YOU ALL, THAT FOR 3.6 YEARS, ME, HIS  WIFE ,HAD NOTHING ...........THAT IS, FOR 3.6 YEARS. I DID NOT BUY ANY NEW CLOTHES............NOT EVEN UNDERWEAR...............I DID NOT BUY ANY JEWELRY................I HAD NO SHOES FOR MY FEET..............I WENT AROUND WITH DARCO CAST BOOTS ON MY FEET................I HAD NO ONE TO HELP ME OUT TO BUY SHOES FOR MY FEET...............I COULD NOT EVEVN PUT SOCKS ON MY FEET, AND NO ONE.............NO ONE...........NOT EVEN MY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT LIVE 5 MINUYES FROM MY HOUSE, COULD HELP ME...............THEY REFUSED TO TAKE ME TO A STORE TO BUY SHOES AND BOOTS.................EVEN THROUGH THE ICE AND SNOW, I HAD TO HOBBLE OUT OF THE HOUSE............

AND NOW.......................JIMMY IS HOME!

JIMMY SAYS IF HE HAD TO SHOVEL S---, AS HIS JOB, HE WOULD DO IT.  HOWEVER, HE SAYS HE WILL SHOVEL S---, BUT WILL NEVER, EVER, DO ONE ILLEGAL ACT.

HE SAYS THAT FOR 3.6 YEARS I SUFFERED ENOUGH, AND EVERYONE REFUSED TO HELP ME.

AND NOW, HE TREATS ME WONDERFULLY, AND BUYS ME BEAUTIFUL THINGS..................

WE ARE PROSPERING..............

AND I HOPE EVERYONE IN THE WORLD IS PROSPERING , TOO............

AND OUR LOVE IS GREATER THAN EVER................

AND LIFE GOES ON........................

AND ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGIST WE VISITED IN NOVEMBER...........

JIMMY SAID I DID NOT HAVE TO GO BACK TO HER, BECAUSE SHE UPSET ME SO MUCH.  JIMMY KEPT HIS NEXT APPOINTMENT, WHICH WAS ABOUT 1 MONTH LATER,  I RODE WITH HIM, AND I WAITED FOR 1/2 HOUR, OUTSIDE IN THE CAR.

THE PSYCHOLOGIST SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH JIMMY.  SHE SAYS HE IS JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.................HE IS NORMAL............SHE SAID, "YOU LET NOTHING BOTHER YOU."..............................AND SO, THE PSYCHOLOGIST RELEASED JIMMY FROM HER CARE, BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH HIM.........

THE PSYCHOLOGIST WROTE A LETTER TO PAROLE, THAT SAID JIMMY WAS CLEARED , AND DID NOT HAVE TO SEE HER ANYMORE.....

..................AND LIFE GOES ON....................

...............................FRAN

        FRAN

DEAR SPICE......

IN REPLY TO YOUR COMMENT,I FEEL YOU ARE A VERY NEGATIVE, UNHAPPY PERSON.  YOU WILL HAVE NO HAPPINESS IN YOUR LIFE, IF YOU CONTINUE YOUR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS.  YOU ARE A HATEFUL, JEALOUS PERSON.  ................PEOPLE LIKE YOU HAVE ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS IN THEIR LIFE.............HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL CHANGE YOUR WAY OF THINKING, SO THAT YOU WILL PROSPER.............THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY NEGATIVE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD TODAY.........I REFUSE TO BE ONE OF THEM...............FRAN

PS..................BY THE WAY, MY HUSBAND IS NOT A GROCERY STORE CHECKER.......................HE IS A "SUPERMARKET  CHAIN EXECUTIVE."...........AND PERSONALLY, IT IS REALLY NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS JUST EXACTLY WHAT MY HUSBAND DOES................................IT IS SAD THAT MOST PEOPLE CATEGORIZE THOSE IN PRISON, SAYING THEY ARE DRUNKS AND DRUG-ADDICTS, AND VERY LOW CLASS PEOPLE.  HOWEVER, YOU JUST DON'T SEEM TO REALIZE, THAT MANY, MANY  PRISONERS ARE TOP EXECUTIVES, ATTORNEYS, AND POLITICIANS IN OUR COUNTRY....................SO, WAKE UP..............AND SEE THE TRUTH................YOU ARE VERY STUPID, MY DEAR ONE..............

HELLO

I SNUCK OUT OF BED JUST NOW.........JIMMY, THE 2 CATS , AND PRINCE THE DOG ARE ALL ASLEEP................

I WANTED TO WRITE A FEW LINES................

TODAY WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY...........COLD AND SUNNY..........A FEW SCATTERED SNOW FLURRIES AT 10 AM, THIS MORNING...........THAT MELTED RIGHT AWAY.

I WAS ABLE TO GO WITH JIMMY , THIS MORNING.  WE WERE UP AT 7:00  am, AND LEFT AT 9 AM............

JIMMY WANTS ME AT HIS SIDE, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE........

I WAITED FOR HIM ALL DAY, AS HE WORKED.  THEN, WE ARRIVED BACK HOME BY 6PM..........

JIMMY WALKED THE DOG, MADE THE DINNER, AND WE WERE IN BED BY 8PM.............ONCE AGAIN IN EACH OTHERS ARMS........................

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE VERY CLOSE WITH EACH OTHER..........

ALL IS PEACEFUL.................ALL IS CALM............ALL IS ORGANIZED....

TOMORROW I WILL BE AT HOME WHILE JIMMY WORKS.....................I WILL MOST LIKELY PRACTICE PLAYING THE ORGAN TOMORROW........

I HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS FROM WOMAN WHO HAVE  FOLLOWED THIS JOURNAL FROM A LONG TIME AGO........

AND SOME OF THOSE WOMAN, ARE NOW LIKE ME.  THAT IS, THEIR HUSBANDS ARE NOW HOME FROM PRISON, AFTER 3 OR 4 YEARS.................

I AM HAPPY TO SAY, THESE WOMAN NOW FEEL SETTLED.............THEY ARE HAPPY TO GO ON WITH LIFE...............TO ONCE AGAIN BE A FAMILY..............TOGETHERNESS WITH CHILDREN AND PETS.......

THESE WOMAN, LIKE ME, ARE HAPPY TO START THEIR MARRIAGE ALL OVER AGAIN.............TO BE ONE WITH THEIR HUSBAND.

AND SO, I AM SO HAPPY THAT WOMAN OUT THERE ARE MOVING ALONG.............

LET US BE AT PEACE..............LET US BE HAPPY................LET US HAVE FAITH IN OUR MAN AND MARRIAGE..............

PEACE.............BALANCE............AND HARMONY..............

...................FRAN

HI!

TODAY IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY..............SUNNY, BRIGHT.............COOL AND CRISP!

THE HOUSE IS QUIET.....AND ALL IS IN ORDER..........

JIMMY IS AT WORK, AND HE CALLED ME A LITTLE WHILE AGO, TO SEE HOW THINGS WERE............

HE IS UP AT 6AM...............THE ALARM CLOCK GOES OFF....HE SHOWERS, TAKES PRINCE FOR A WALK, AND FEEDS THE CATS...................THEN, BEFORE HE LEAVES, HE SITS IN A CHAIR NEXT TO ME, AND RUBS MY LEGS AND BACK...........I AM PRETTY MUCH ASLEEP THROIGH ALL OF THIS!

EVERYNIGHT WHEN WE SLEEP, JIMMY IS ON HIS SIDE, HOLDING ME IN HIS ARMS..............IT IS THE SPOON POSITION.............HE HOLDS  ME VERY TIGHTLY, AND KISSES ME THROUGHTOUT THE NIGHT, RUBBING MY BACK AND LEGS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT..............HE ALWAYS TELLS ME THAT WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON FOR 3.6 YEARS, THAT HE ONLY THOUGHT ABOUT LAYING IN BED WITH ME......

MISTY. OUR CAT, LAYS BETWEEN US...........MAINLY IN JIMMY'S ARMS...................JIMMY ALWAYS BRINGS JIMBO INTO THE BED, SO HE WILL NOT FEEL LEFT OUT...............AND PRINCE SLEEPS UNDER JIMMY'S SIDE OF THE BED.......................EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE AND CONTENT!

YESTERDAY WAS AN INTERESTING DAY!

THE DOG WASHER CAME HERE IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH HIS VAN, AND PRINCE GOT HIS BATH AND NAILS CLIPPED, AND EARS CLEANED....................HE SMELLS SO GOOD, AND LOOKS SO NICE!......................PRINCE ENJOYED IT, AND HAD FUN WITH THE MALE DOG WASHER.......................AFTER ALL, IT HAS BEEN AROUND 4 YEARS SINCE THE DOG GOT A COMPLETE BATH.......................WE HAD THE CATS GROOMED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND WE WILL HAVE THEM DONE AGAIN,SOON.

YESTERDAY I HAD A STRESS TEST....IT WAS AN ADENOSINE STRESS TEST.....I DID NOT HAVE TO WALK ON THE TREADMILL............................I WAS UP AT 6AM, AND TO THE CARDIAC CENTER BY 7AM...................THE TEST LASTED FROM 7AM, UNTIL 11AM.................JIMMY WAS WITH ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

THE TEST I HAD WAS CALLED AN "ADENOSINE STRESS TEST."...............I WAS FIRST INJECTED WITH  RADIO-ISOTOPES.............THEN, AS I LAY ON THE TABLE, THE DOCTOR INJECTED ME WITH"ADENOSINE,"  WHICH IS A DRUG WHICH WILL INCREASE YOUR HEART RATE AS IF YOU ARE EXERCISING....I THINK MY HEART RATE WAS BROUGHT TO 200/MINUTE....................IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY...............WHEN THE DOCTOR SAID, YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS MORE.......I FELT EXHAUSTED...........THEN HE SAID 15 SECONDS MORE...............I FELT TO ALMOST FAINT.................IT IS A VERY FUNNY FEELING TO BE BROUGHT TO THE POINT AS IF YOU ARE EXERCISING..............JIMMY WAS IN THE ROOM AT THE TIME...THE CARDIOLOGIST, THE NURSE , AND THE RADIOLOGIST WERE THERE MONITORING ME............X--RAYS OF MY HEART WERE TAKEN...............EKG'S DONE................

THE REASON I HAD THIS TEST IS THAT PREVIOUS CARDIAC TESTING HAD SHOWN I HAVE A COMPLETE RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK IN MY HEART..............THIS KIND OF BLOCKAGE HAS TO DO WITH THE ELECTICAL ACTIVITY IN THE HEART................I TAKE LASIX EVERYDAY, AS I TEND TOWARD CHF, IF I'M NOT CAREFUL............

THE BEST PART IS THAT MY DOCTOR (CARDIOLOGIST), WHO IS THE BEST IN NEW JERSEY, SAID THAT MY HEART IS STRONG, AND THAT THE BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCKAGE IS STABLE........

AND SO, THAT WAS MY DAY!

AND THEN IN THE EVENING, WE WENT TO A RESTAURANT CALLED "THE JAVA MOON CAFE."  WE  HAVE BEEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE................WE RELAXED AND HAD DELICIOUS SALAD, SOUP,TUNA WRAPS, AND CAPPOCHINO.

THERE WAS AN "ANGEL CARD " READER THERE..............A PSYCHIC.................SHE READ OUR ANGELS CARDS, AND WAS VERY INTERESTING...............EVEN MORE INTERESTING WAS THAT THAT THE "CRYSTAL CARD" SHOWED UP TWICE FOR  ME..............SHE SAID THAT CARD INDICATES I AM PSYCHIC!...............WELL, THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING I HAD TO BE TOLD!...................I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT I HAD TAKEN ON THE NAME "CRYSTAL MOON"  OVER 10 YEARS AGO...............AND THAT AMONGST OTHER THINGS, I ALWAYS WEAR A CRYSTAL............

BYE FOR NOW!

MAY YOU ALL BE AT PEACE IN THIS WORLD......................

...........................................................................FRAN

 

HELLO............IT'S ME!

HELLO, IT'S ME!...........................I'M BACK, ONCE AGAIN, TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS WITH YOU!

IT'S A NEW YEAR...................AND A FRESH START TO LIFE!

JIMMY HAS NOW BEEN  HOME  FROM THE HALF-WAY HOUSE, SINCE SEPTMBER 2006..................IT IS OVER 3 MONTHS NOW.............

ALL IS MOVING ALONG SMOOTHLY, AND HAPPILY.................

BOTH OF US HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO MANY THINGS IN LIFE!

OUR MARRIAGE AND LOVE IS CLOSER THAN EVER!

WE HAVE SIMPLY BECOME ONE PERSON!

JIMMY IS ONE OF THE HARD-WORKING, AND FASTEST AND MOST INTENSE PEOPLE, I HAVE EVER SEEN!

AFTER 1 MONTH OF BEING HOME, HE BOUGHT US A BEAUTFUL BRAND NEW CAR....................A 2007 CADILLAC  CTS.............................IT'S PLATINUM, AND JUST GORGEOUS............WE STILL HAVE OUR JAGUAR.................

WE HAVE BOUGHT A BEAUTIFUL NEW HOME, ................$350,0000, AND THE CLOSING IS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.........................WE ARE BOTH SO EXCITED!

WE ARE BOTH INTO FENG SHUI, AND EVEN THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOME IS BEAUTIFUL...............WITH A LANDSCAPING VALUE OF $25,000.

THE HOUSE IS AIRY, AND BRIGHT, AND IT HAS GOOD CHI, AND ENERGY FIELDS!

I'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THINGS!

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS WAS WONDERFUL!

ALL WE DID WAS GO OUT, AND OUT, AND OUT............ WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS......................ONE THING THAT JIMMY LOVES, IS TO TAKE PEOPLE OUT TO LUNCH AND DINNER!.......................AND SO, THAT IS JUST WHAT WE DID!

WE ALSO WENT TO PARTIES, INCLUDING OUR CHURCH'S CHRISTMAS PARTY,AND OUR DEVELOPEMENTS PARTY................

JIMMY DECORATED THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE!...................WE WON THIRD PRIZE FOR THE OUTSIDE DECORATIONS..........................WE HAD LIGHTS, AND A WHITE TREE, AND A BIG 9FT. PLASTIC SANTA THAT MOVED UP AND DOWN IN THE CHIMNEY WITH HIS REINDEER.

INSIDE WE HAD A TREE, AND 2 NATIVITY SETS, AND SO MANY OTHER CUTE THINGS!

JIMMY BOUGHT ME LOTS OF STUFF!.................EVERYTIME I TURN AROUND, HE IS THERE WITH SOMETHING ELSE!.......................HE BOUGHT ME A NEW WARDROBE, AS I THREW ALL MY OLD CLOTHES OUT!

FOR CHRISYMAS, HE GAVE ME A BEAUTIFUL  MUSIC KEYBOARD.......................IT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED, AND I AM LEARNING TO PLAY THE PIANO, AND THE ORGAN.................I WILL SOON BE TAKING LESSONS............

I LOVE MISIC SO MUCH, THAT HE BOUGHT ME THE LATEST, ULTRA- MODERN KARAOKE.......................FOR CHRISTMAS , I MADE TAPES OF MY SONGS, AND GAVE THEM TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY....................IT WAS MAINLY CHRISTMAS SONGS, AND I ENJOYED IT SO MUCH!

JIMMY TAKES ME TO A LOCAL PLACE TO SING KARAOKE.............THEY SAY MY STYLE IS BALLAD SONGS, OR LOUNGE SINGING..................I GET MANY APPLAUSES, AS I AM GOOD AT HOLDING A NOTE, AND I HAVE A 3 PITCH RANGE.

I ALWAYS TELL JIMMY THAT I PRACTICED SINGING FOR 3.6 YEARS, WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON, AND THAT IS WHY I IMPROVED................MY ONLY RELIEF AT THAT TIME WAS TO SING.

AS FAR AS BAKING IS CONCERNED, WE BAKED AND BAKED!.................CAKES AND COOKIES AND FUDGE!......................AND GAVE IT AWAY TO PEOPLE!

WE SENT OUT CLOSE TO 50 CHRISTMAS CARDS!

.......................AND SO, THOSE WERE THE HOLIDAYS!

JIMMY GOES TO VISIT PAROLE......................HE NOW GOES EVERY 3 WEEKS...............I RIDE ALONG WITH HIM.

HE WORKS AT THE FOODSTORE.....................BRINGING HOME GROCERIES AND DELICIOUS COLD CUTS!

HE READS ME A CHAPTER EACH NIGHT FROM "CHARLOTTES WEB."...................AND WE PLAN TO SEE THE MOVIE TODAY!

HE ALSO READS ME "ALICE IN WONDERLAND!".................A CHARACTER HE OFTEN SAYS I  AM LIKE!

JIMMY BRINGS ME TO HAVE MY NAILS DONE EVERY WEEK!................HE JUST LOVES TO DO IT!...............FOR NEW YEARS EVE THEY WERE A SPARKLY GOLD, WITH NEW YEARS PAINTED ON..............NOW THEY ARE RED. WITH A DESIGN PAINTED ON................

HE ALSO LIKES TO TAKE ME TO THE BEAUTY PARLOR, TO HAVE MY HAIR CUT AND SHAPED....................

AND SO, YOU CAN SEE MY LIFE HAS CHANGED!

IT HAS TAKEN ON A NEW EPISODE.....................

AND THAT IS HOW LIFE IS FOR EVERYONE...................

LIFE IS ALWAYS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGE................OF REVOLUTION/..........................

TODAY I WILL ONLY THINK GOOD THOUGHTS, AND POSITiVE THINGS!

JIMMY AND I FEEL WE ARE IN CONTROL OF LIFE, BY THINKING POSITIVE THOUGHTS.....................POSITVE THOUGHTS HELP THE ENERGY TO FLOW PROPERLY!

MY HEALTH HAS IMPROVED, AND WE ARE BOTH DOING  VERY WELL, IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS....................

IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE FOR ME TO RE-ADJUST ........................BUT NOW THINGS ARE BACK ON TRACK..........................I FEEL GREAT!  WE FEEL GREAT!  OUR LIFE IS ONCE AGAIN IN BALANCE!.......................BALANCE AND HARMONY!

AND FOR ALL YOU PRISONER'S WIVES, WHO READ THIS JOURNAL, PLEASE REALIZE THAT YOU CAN DO IT TOO!

.....................................................FRAN