Website Owner: Diann Wehmeyer Tooley - All contents of this website are generously shared to all who visit.
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Website Owner: Diann Wehmeyer Tooley - All contents of this website are generously shared to all who visit. |
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About Me and My Life
Past and Present I was born in Augusta, GA. My father was in the Army. I spent 3 years in France, attending Kindergarten there. I don't remember much about being there. I was 2 when we went and 5 when we came back. My father was assigned in Kingsville, TX for 5 years and then he retired in 1965. We moved back to San Antonio, TX where I lived until 1980. In 1980, My first husband, I and our three children moved to Houston, TX. This is where I have been ever since. My Interests I enjoy being involved in the lives of my husband, children and grandchildren. I was raised being closely involved with family. There were always big gatherings, sometimes for no reason at all. I had a lot of fun growing up. I like to fish even though I am not a big fan of eating fish. Many times, I give the fish away. I love to go camping. Putting up a tent and sleeping in a sleeping bag. I enjoy the outdoor cooking, walking and short hikes. Snakes kind of scare me. I enjoy having a nice yard although I don't have much time to keep it up. So when I can clean out flower beds and get the yard in shape, it is a major task. I love decorating for Christmas. Like many other people, dread having to undecorate. On the most part, Christmas is my favorite time of the year. Sometimes it can be a little depressing as it is hard to be able to get all the family together for dinner. My kids are grown and have to spend time with other family too. I like working on genealogy research and helping others with their research. I try to maintain this website on a regular basis. It is not as popular as I would like it to be. I have put countless hours into this site and research. But the visitors that stop by let me know they appreciate my efforts. I probably have more pets than I need, but I love my pets. Well, they are more like our children. I like to dress them up. They hate it. They love to go for rides. If only I can stop them from barking when someone comes around. They seem so protective of us and our home. I have a maltese/poodle mix (female) named Mere. I have a miniature Chihuahua (female) named Bambi. I have a rat terrier (female) named Phebe. I have a Chow mix (female) named Monique. She is what we call out yard dog. I have a cat, Mojo (male) I got from my older son when he was about 1 1/2 years old. He is huge and looks like Morris the cat. There are other cats I have adopted in the neighborhood. They stop by to eat.
I work on crafts of all kinds, when I have the time. I like to make specialty items as gifts. I have been known to drag any family member on old cemetery trips, looking for grave sites of ancestors. We try to visit places where ancestors have lived. My Fears I absolutely do not like severe weather and heavy rain. I think a flood where the water was chin deep on me has a factor. When TS Allison dropped all the rain in Houston and destroyed about 80% of what I owned, this would cause concern. The day after Father's Day 2006, it rained enough to get water in one of our cars and my sister's car. In 5 years, we had the flood and two trees fall on our home. Oh yes, the neighbors home caught fire so we were fighting to keep the fire from burning down our home. Severe weather twice caused huge trees to fall on our manufactured home. Between the two trees, repairs was about $32,000.00. So much is involved when disasters happen. My heart goes out to all people who suffer through losses from severe weather conditions. One cannot imagine the emotional problems one suffers and continues to suffer unless they have experienced it themselves. I have major anxiety attacks when severe weather approaches. My younger sister jokes around about my favorite TV station is The Weather Channel and if I am working around the house, the TV is on this station, even when there is nice weather. I have never liked heights. I have major anxiety attacks when exposed to heights. I really am not fond of being in or on rivers, lakes and oceans. If I can't see what is in the water, I don't want to get in it. I will go out on a boat only if I can see land. And I don't like horse playing around water. I really do not want to fly in a plane if I don't have to. Traveling by car is something I would prefer. I guess with all these fears, I may not get to enjoy many things in life. Spirits, Ghosts and Spooky Stuff Now you would think if I am afraid of certain things that I would be afraid of the unknown. I love to watch horror movies. I have a big interest in UFO's, spirits, ghosts and anything spooky. As a matter of fact, a nice ghost lives in our house. My daughter, her now ex-husband, a friend, ourselves and my younger sister have seen this male ghost. He does not try to scare anyone. From what I understand, this man lived on our property. He may have died in the previous home. When TS Allison destroyed our home, we demolished it and put a new home on the lot. One thing I would like to do is spend the night in a haunted hotel. I would like to visit more haunted places. We call our ghost Edward. With all of talking between the family, we had it somehow implanted in our heads by the ghost that his name may have been Edward. The TV remote has been seen floating in the air. He walks through closed doors. We would turn off the TV and find it to be on at a later time. At a holiday dinner not too long ago, a knife used to cut a pie went flying off the counter. More things have happened that we suspect Edward has done but I guess we figure we are being forgetful. |
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