Gail Martin:  

2/5/2012.....hello again..... just a note from oregon...it is lovely here this winter...weird, really weird, but lovely...makes me wonder what is coming....I am going to try to add some photos from last year when we had snow...just lovely....on .a said note we had to put down our sweet little skipper dog...poor baby had so much to deal with anyway, going blind slowly,had benign growths throuout his little body, and in his lungs, but you would never have known it....he began having coughing spells, so took little guy to the vet and the sonogram show that he was riddled with cancer...we tried to make him as comfortable as possible and he did well until until he could not hold anything down any more and i knew it was time...Jim of course could not stay with me....he never wanted another dog since we had our little girl Nikki put down several years ago....but I stayed and gave him as many kisses as I could until he closed his eyes.....Hope I can go as peaceful as that..(that will never happen)..bless his little heart...NO MORE DOGS...I have to agree with Jim this time around...but how rich our lives have been having these precious little guys in it.......yesterday I looked out the window and saw 5 fatter than fat turkey girls...I am sure this is an appropriate name for turkey girls but I don't know what it is...any way, they were awesome...big girls just passing through...and of course my camera would not work for me....I have a photo I will put on if i get the photo stuff figured out again....it is a little buck, forked horn, not very old I think with 3 legs.....We have lots of folks here that do not believe in rules and regs when it comes to hunting season...I get so mad......rules are rules people!!! there, I fee better...Jim and I should be out fishing with the weather as nice as it is...need to get our licenses though...the cold still bites even when the sun is out ....I got picked for grand jury which will end soon...much more interesting that regular jury duty...puttin the bad guys away!!!! Well, will try to get some more pics on and will visit again , with oneof me holding up a big old fish...ya right....I don't mind not catching anything...just being out for a day on the river is enough.....bye for now, Gail.............PS medicine I am taking is doing it's job...I feel great!!! 2/29/2011 ...Hello out there.....thought I would catch you up on my life ....Jim and I moved to Oregon 7 months ago....Dad passed last Feb. I hope he is at peace finally.....Jim and I adopted his dog Skipper.....after losing Nik, we decided never to have another. it hurts too much to lose them....but Skip was hard to resist ...those big brown eyes said it all...".Please love me" I'll be a good dog!! Jim said no...I cried....and we took skip in.....he owns us now............I developed a cough about 8 months before we moved...in addition to a couple of pneumonias and over all tiredness. I was sure I had lung cancer...tested proved that I didn't..however, the cough continued....I was finally referred to a pulmonary specialist up here who found my problem.....I have Alpha 1 Antitripsin deficiency...a genetic disorder, ....I lack the enzyme in white blood cells to fight pneumonias, copd, emphysema,etc.......so now I have an infusion weekly of the enzyme and should lead a fairly normal life. My mother dying at the age of 51 makes sense now. I am feeling much better and thank God and modern medicine every day.....looking forward to fishing soon...I am a weeny and dislike fishing in the rain , so will have to wait a spell. Bye for now, Gail..... 9/10/09...new pic at the top -- Granny Gail and Grandpa Jim with newest grandbaby boy Phoenix,last Jan...what a sweetie... 8/24/09..enough with the updates, right????thought something needed some clarification......as previously noted by my first story, there was a man standing by me and he was my husband......I now have another man with me in the photo , however he is sitting on my lap this time, an is a very TINY man....hello to Kieran McNulty....bitty grandson...phew...hope that clears up any confusion .....leaving to go back home ......Leaving my dad in capable hands, with folks who will keep me apprised of his situation...I SO need a camping/fishing/drinking couple of weeks right off the bat...talk to you later...this updating is habit forming I think....G 06/09...update..living with my father in Oregon due to some medical issues he had, for now...Jim and I will likely relocate here in the future...it is very beautiful ...reunion was awesome...I guess the committee is coming up with a hum-dinger of another in 5 years.....note to reunion committee...I will definately get new address and phone number to you before you send out the invites.....har, har.....miss you guys...gail 10/08 hello...Well, never thought I would be doing anything like this, but here I am..I think it actually might be kind of fun..I was finally able to round up a recent pic..usually I am the one behind the camera , Amanda my youngest daughter came through for me... The gentleman standing by me is my husband of 26 years, Jimmie Ray Martin, RB High Class of 63. After my divorce from first husband, in 1982 I asked Jim to marry me (you think I'm kidding) and he actually said yes.....Between the two of us we have 5 children...my 3 girls Angela, Tina, and Amanda and Jim's ...Expand for more