Jeff and I 1987

This is a picture of Jeff and I back in 1987 shortly after we were married.  We took these pictures in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.  I have been trying to get him to go do some pictures like this again.

Ceviche Recipe

This is very good, I love it.

4 cucumbers
1 small red onion
7 carrots shredded or I used a bag of shredded carrots
8 sticks of celery
15 limes or I used 1 cup lime juice
1 small bottle clamato juice
1 small bunch cilantro
(Cut into small pieces)
Hot sauce to flavor

2 pounds of Shrimp
large bag of imitation crab
cut into small pieces

1 hour shrimp and crab and onion with lime juice to flavor in a Tupperware bowl then you put all together add salt and lemon pepper if you want.

Byron Eugene "Butch" Knox

This is the article that was published in the Vinita Daily Journal about Dad's Suicide.  My heart is aching so much.  I have really missed my dad and I was very upset with him because he never met his great grandsons.  They would have worshipped my dad! Even though my dad was abusive toward me and my mom throughout my childhood, I still wanted him to just be MY DAD! He was an awesome grandpa to my son when he was little.  And I really dont know why we quit talking besides his very extremely jealous wife.  Like I was going to take something away from her and her son! I didnt want anything but my father.  I hope she is happy and sleeps well at night knowing how much she destroyed his first family and his brothers.  I cant believe that even in his death it was like a burden to them that they could not even have memorial services for him nor even printed an obituary to highlight some things in his life!  But I guess she wasnt around when all these things happened in his life and made him the happiest!

Dad even though I didnt get to see you before you passed, I am sorry that we didnt speak much except when we saw each other and "SHE" wasnt around and you actually was allowed to speak to me.  It was always like nothing was wrong and that we had just seen each other all the time.  Like no time had passed.  It is really weighing on me heavily that I know I will never get to see you again and that you will never get to see Heath or Hunter or Drake!

I have missed you so much over these years and throughout the years, I had mailed you pictures of Heath and his kids, but I am guessing you probably never got those pictures.

Since you didnt get a proper BURIAL, MEMORIAL SERVICE or even an OBITUARY from your current family, an OBITUARY was put in the Miami News Record to highlight some of the things that we know did make you happy thoughout your life.

I just want to say Dad, I am Sorry that you felt you had to take your own life.  I wish I had known that things were this bad.  I would have tried my best to help you.  I just want you to know that I have always loved you and tried so hard to reconcile with you over the years.  I never wanted anything from you, i just wanted YOU!

Here is what your obituary said in the Miami News Record.  Rest in Peace Dad, apparently you felt this was the only way to reach that goal.



Byron “Butch” Eugene Knox

Butch Knox took his own life on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at his home north of Vinita, Oklahoma on South 4450 Road.  Mr. Knox was born September 25, 1948 to Howard and Leona “Teny” Knox.  He was a resident of Commerce Oklahoma while growing up and lived in Miami, until his second marriage and moved to Vinita, Oklahoma.

Butch married Linda “Duncan” Turner Smith and they had a child together, Shannon “Knox” White and then he married his second wife and they have a son together.  Butch attended Commerce schools as a child and was a musician in his younger years.  He was in a band with Ace Moreland, Max Lee and Boyd Vanover and played at numerous places in the area, he also as a rock musician toured Rock Away Beach with St. John and the Apostles.  He also loved to hunt and fish and did so pretty much his whole life.

Butch had various jobs throughout his lifetime, he worked for Hormel Packing Plant, Eagle Picher and Inter-Tribal Council and his most recent job was working at Newell Coach in North Miami, Oklahoma until he retired to draw disability.

Butch was preceded in death by his parents and a sister Joyce “Knox” Reich.

Other survivors include: A daughter, Shannon “Knox” White of Miami and her husband, Jeff White and a grandson, Heath White and his spouse, Tiffany and two great grand children, Hunter and Drake White and 3 brothers, James T Knox of Mounds City, Kansas and Ed Knox of Miami and Clarence Knox of Commerce and also survived by several nieces and nephews.  He is also survived by a wife and a son of Vinita, Oklahoma.

He was cremated and no services were held by Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, Oklahoma.

Grandson's

Here are a few pictures of my grandsons!  They are so ornery and cute at the same time!

My niece took these pictures! Arent they good!

My Paper Floor

Yep, I finally did this after seeing it years ago.  It is really easy to do, but for a girl out of shape this was hard on the body! LOL

You will need:
1 - brown 35" Contractors Paper @ Lowes for $10.98 a roll which I bought 2 rolls
2 - Gallons of Elmers All White Glue was was $12.98 a gallon
1 - 5 Gallon Bucket with Lid (To mix glue and water 50/50)
1 - Paint pan (for polyurathane)
1 - Gallon of Polyurathane at $32.46 (Min Wax) is the brand I got and I got 2 (Fast Drying)
Rollers to roll the polyurathane on the floor and we also bought an extension for the roller so we didnt have to bend over with the small roller handles
Also cheap paint brushes to brush polyurathane on the edges of the paper floor so that it seals where the rollers dont get get along the walls.

Tear up the paper and different sizes (I used BIG pieces) and dip them in your glue solution which is same amount of glue to same amount of water.  Wring out the glue off the paper the best you can and then lay it down on the floor.  Make sure to overlap the paper.  You will have dark spots and light spots and that is okay.

Let paper dry at least 24 hours, then apply the polyurathane and let dry about 3 hours or so.  Before walking on it.  We let ours dry about 24 hours before applying the 2nd and 3rd coats.  You can apply as many coats as you want.

This is what my floor looked like before, I was trying to scrape up all the adhesive tiles and then lay the paper on the concrete floor.

These are also "before" pictures.  This is my kitchen hallway and my dining room floor.  The picture above is the hallway between my scrapbook room and my husband's hobby room or "office"

This is the floor after (my Sister In Law) put this paper down.  There is a dried part at top and the wet part on bottom that shows the glue drying.

This is my kitchen floor after the paper has dried

On the left you can see the first coat of polyurathane and on the right is the dried paper that hasnt gotten any polyurathane on it yet.

My bathroom before

My Bathroom after.  I used 8 1/2 x 11 Scrapbook paper.  Which was about as thick as card stock.  I had to let this sit in the glue for a little longer so that the paper would soften up.  I didnt at first and now that paper is lifting so I am gonna have to find someway to get adhesive under it to tack it down.

This is my bathroom floor and the hallway floor side by side.

Grandson's Halloween Coffin Treat Box

 

I made about 30 of these and boy was it time consuming! I used the Cricut to cut out the coffins and I found that paper at a local scrapbook store and then I printed the Trick or Treat on some cardstock and used a punch (I believe from Martha Stewart) to punch them out and added a spider.  I think they went over pretty good.  I used miniture candy bars and other candy to stuff them with.  I also gave these to my co-workers.  Bad thing was the black paper kept coming apart i guess my adhesive wasnt strong enough to hold it down. So I had to use black electric tape around the bottom of the coffin and the tops to keep their shape.

My "S"

I bought the "S" at Hobby Lobby and I love this paper, so I added the flowers that I also bought at Hobby Lobby.  It is hanging up in my Office at work.