Sunday, September 21, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
SEI. 17, 2006
SEPT. 17, 2006 WAS THE DAY THAT JIMMY CAME HOME FROM PRISON..............AND WE STILL REMEMBER THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE, THAT DAY...............VERY WELL...............
JIMMY WAS ACTUALLY IN A HALF WAY HOUSE ....VOA...IN CAMDEN, NJ.
HE WAS RELEASED AT 8AM, THAT DAY. FORTUNALY, WE HAD SOMEONE TO DRIVE HIM HOME.........IT TAKES 1.5 HR.S, TO GET HOME.................IF HE HAD TO RIDE THE BUS, IT WOULD EVEN TAKE LONGER.
NOW, ALL YOU PRISONN WIVES, LISTEN TO ME......
THE PRISON SYSTEM MAKES IT VERY HARD ON EVERYONE WHO IS INVOLVED............
ALL PRISONERS HAVE TO REPORT THAT SAME DAY TO THE PAROLE OFFICE IN A DISTANT CITY...........
SO. JIMMY GOT HOME AROUND 10 AM............WE ASKED THE PERSON TO PLEASE DRIVE US TO THE NEARBY CAR RENTAL PLACE...........WE GOT THERE, AND WHAT A HASSEL!.....THEY WPOLD NOT ALLOW US TO RENT A CAR, BECAUSE I DID NOTHAVE A JERSY LICENSE............I OMLY HAD A NEVADA LICEMSE, AND JIMMY JERSEY LICENSE WAS EXPIRD...........WE DID NOT WANT TO DRIVE OUR JAGUAR, SINCE THE PLATES WERE STILL NEVADA PLATES..........AND TRUTHFULLY I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF MY EYESIGHT......................
WHAT WERE WE TO DO!
WE HAD TO GO TO RED BANK, NJ...........WHICH IS AROUND 40 MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE WE LIVE!.................and, it had to be today!
WE WENT HOME AND ASKED SEVERAL NEIGHBORS..............A MAN HAS A CAR DIVER SERVICE.................EVERUONE LET US DOWN.
I CALLED JIMMY'S FATHER AND MY SISTER...........NO.THEY COUNDN'T DO IT...........
then my aunt who lives nearby, called me to see HOW I WAS DOING...............WHAT A BLESSING!
A FEW MINUTES LATER SHE WAS AT OUR DOOR, IN HER BEAUATIFUL WHITE LINCOLN, WITH HER BOYFRIEND DRIVING, AND HER LITTLE DOG...A MALTESE...MIMI.......AT HE SIDE.
THEY TOOK US TO RED BANK, AND HAD TO WAIT OVER 2 HOURS,AT THE PARLE OFFICE................WE WERE SO THANKFUL...
JIMMY TOLD ME, IN THE PAROLE OFFICE, SOMEone MUTTERED, "OH, HE FINALLY GOT HERE."..............he said nothing....(JIMMY ALWAYS LEARNED TO SAY NOTHING)
AS U CAN SEE, IT WAS STRESSFUL ALL ALONG THE WAY........WE ARE HAPPY THAT WE ARE 2 YEARS INTO THIS, AND ONLY AROUND 10
MONTHS To GO!
A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT, JIMMY'S PAROLE OFFICER SHOWED UP AT THE HOUSE, ALONG WITH ANOTHER MALE OFFICER..............EVERYTHING WAS OK.........THEY LOOK ALL AROUND.............EVERTHING WAS NEAT AND TIDY.........SEVERal WEEKS LATER, JIMMY'S CURRENT PAROLE OFFICER SHOWED UP AND WOULD APPEAR EVERY 2 WEEKS OR SO.
ONCE YOUR HUSBAND GETS A JOB, THEY STRETCH IT OUT TO EVERY MONTH....THEN 2 AND 3 MONTHS TO REPORT TO PAROLE....
YES, THAT FIRST DAY, AND THE DAYS FOLLOWING, WERE VERY STRESSFUL////////////
BYE FOR NOW............TIME TO SPOON!
................love, fran
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
CRYSTAL AND PRINCE
JIMMY TOOK BOTH DOGS FOR A REAL LONG, AROUND OUR COMPLEX THIS MORNING......................HE HELD PRINCE ON HIS RIGHT ARM, AND CRYSTAL ON HIS LEFT...................BOTH JUST LOVED IT!..(WE LIVE IN A GATED COMMUNITY, AND THE COMPLEX IS ON A CIRCLE)
THE ONLY THING IS THAT PRINCE LOVES TO SMELL EVERYTHING ALONG THE WAY, AND CRYSTAL JUST LOVES TO KEEP RUNNING, AT A FAST PACE!
CAN YOU JUST PICTURE THIS LITTLE 10 LB. DOG, A WHITE MALTESE, AND PRINCE A 60 LB. OR MORE, BLACK LAB COLLIE!................SO CUTE...................AND THEY LOVE EACH OTHER!
WHEN I WAS A CHILD , I LOVED "NANCY DREW BOOKS.". I READ JUST ABOUT EVERY BOOK, AND COLLECTED THEM ALL. I STARTED WHEN I WAS AROUND 7 YEARS OLD, READING THEM.......... HOWVER, THOUGH THE YEARS THEY JUST ABOUT ALL DISAPPEARED, EXCEPT FOR A FEW.
NOW,MY LATEST HOBBY IS COLLECTING ALL THE ORIGINAL BOOKS...............THE BOOKS DATE BACK TO THE 1930'S............THERE ARE 52 ORIGINALS.................SO I GO ON EBAY, AND MAKE A BID.............SO FAR WE HAVE 25 OR MORE OF THE ORIGINALS..............IT IS A LOT OF FUN, AND JIMMY HELPS ME TO BID FOR THEM!.
WELL, BYE FOR NOW!
............................................FRAN AND JIMMY
Monday, September 15, 2008
CRUSTAL RUNS ABOUT
I AM SITTING BY THE COMPUTER, AND CRYSTAL IS RUNNING ABOUT THE HOUSE.................SHE RUNS TO ME AND LOOKS AT ME, AND THEN RUBS TROUGHOUT THE HOUSE!..............SHE IS SO CUTE!
MISTY, THE CAT, IS ON THE BED, AND LIKES ME TO PET HER...........JIMBO, THE OTHER CAT, IS IN THE KITCHEN, LOOKING FOR FOOD, AS USUAL.............THAT IS HIS MAIN POST, AS HE ALWAYS LIKES TO LOOK FOR FOOD!...........AND OUR BEAUTIFUL DOG PRINCE IS UNDER THE BED, ON JIMMY'/S SIDE, WHICH IS HIS FAVORITE SPOT!.........AS YOU ALL KNOW, PRINCE WAS WITH ME THROUGH THE 3.5 YEARS OF JIMMY'S INCARCERATION, AND HE PROTECETED ME EVER MINUTE OF EVERYDAY.........EVEN NOW, EVERYTIME SOMEONE PASSES BY, HE IS UP AT THE WINDOW AND BARKING.....JIMMY WALKS PRINCE SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.................AND ALL THE DOGS ARE PRINCES FRIENDS......THIS MORNING HE MET "MARIA," his girlfriend dog, whom he just loves!...JIMMY ALSO PUTS PRINCE ON A TETHER OUTSIDE, AND HE JUST LOVES IT! (for short periods of time)...........PRINCE IS AN 11 YEAR OLD LAB-BORDIE COLLIE,,,,,,,,,,BLACK, AND WE HAVE HIM SINCE HE WAS 3 MONTHS OLD............HE WAS ALSO AN ABUSED DOG, SO IT TOOK A LOT OF PATIENCE AND LOVE........................NOW, HE IS THE GREATEST, AND JUST LOVES HIS LITTLE SISTER, CRYSTAL.
MAYBE LATER JIMMY WILL BE ABLE TO PUT SOME PIX IN HERE.
BYE FOR NOW!....................FRAN AND JIMMY
