Dallas Cowboys......

I think most of my friends........real and bloggy, know that I love my Dallas Cowboys.

I have been a fan since about 1970.

That is when I fell in love with Coach Tom Landry. And you know, that's weird because I was only 14 years old. But I thought Coach Landry was the classiest act ever........even more than any movie star.

So I've always loved my Cowboys......and I'm nervous tonight. Just like I am for every Cowboys game.

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Funny Johnny story....

I was really tired last night. Like deep sleep tired.

Once I went to sleep, I was out cold.

the phone rang at midnight and normally, I would jump but Johnny said I didn't even move.

he said then he got a little worried so he came closser to make sure I was still alive. He said he couldn't even hear me breathing. So he got out of bed and came over to my side of the bed and put his face right up in mine. And even though I was in such a sound sleep that "feeling" of someone watching you woke me up! And scared the crap out of me.......good thing he had turned on the light so that I saw it was him! He said he was thinking he might have to give me mouth to mouth...that he was that concerned. HA...I call that a good sleep.

and that phone call at midnight, it was our daughter Jacquelyn. She had painted the guest room in her house that day and was inquiring as to why the paint job looked a little streaked Yeah, midnight.....that's how my kids roll.

the fall of the year has the most beautiful and colorful sunsets.

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Fall decorating.......

is going on.......

I love the fall of the year.

I love the look of the outdoors, the smells, the food.......everything!

and we have 3 great holidays coming up....Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas!!

(you can double click on the photos and it shows more detail. and then you will notice on the hutch, the crazy pics of my nephew, Johnny, Jacq and Bucky. haha....I wanted pics that were crazy to go with the whole Halloween theme........

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A busy day....

on Saturday so I'll just post some pics from Maddox's birthday party today

can't believe he is 4 years old now

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New post......

I can't believe I haven't posted

I have a lot going on still

I haven't been taking many pictures and that has made me sad.

Need to get outside

Need to get my house back in order

and now Maddox's birthday party is at our house this Saturday

My to do list is just getting longer and longer.......

I have things I would like to post but can't find the time to put them together

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Happy Birthday.......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our little grandson Maddox

4 years old today

we love you....

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The beach....

Today is Thursday and I have been at the beach since Monday night........and I have not been out on the beach yet!!

BECAUSE........it's cold and the wind is wild. You get sand blasted.

We were driving down beach road this morning and had to stop in Kitty Hawk and walk out on the beach. Why? because the ocean was coming up on the road......and we just had to see it.

you had about 3 feet of sand and then the wild ocean. It's crazy wild

but it's ok.......because the beach is the beach and it doesn't get too much better.

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Wed....

this is what I'm looking at.......

beautiful beach...........big waves........and my cutie hubby

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can't think of a title......

things are falling into place.....piano was moved, color for the floor picked out, sick computer picked up.

So now family dinner on Sunday then pack for the beach!

Thursday evening we went with Nicole and Maddox to his new school. The pre-school program moved to another school.....which is actually closer to Nicole's house so that is good. He has the same teacher and 4 of the 5 children in his class will be returning.

He knew of course that it was a different school and he walked around looking very serious. Once we walked in his classroom, he recognized his teacher and smiled and then acted very shy and a little flirty with Ms Erin. Then he walked all around the classroom touching all of the items that Ms Erin had brought over from the old school. And when he came across something new or different, he looked over to her. Once he was satisfied that everything from last year was there, then he seemed comfortable. It's funny.....we have just gotten so good at reading his body language. Ms Erin was amazed at how well he was walking and carrying himself. Nicole told her that we may be getting a diagnoses in Oct for the speech aprexia and she was very familiar with the different techniques for working with this. So we feel like it's going to be a very good year.

Then today I went with Nicole and Maddox to get his school supplies...yep, even at this age he had a list! We also bought new shoes for school but still need to find some new tennis shoes. He has to have wide shoes to accommodate for his braces.

I never, ever get kisses from Maddox. I get hugs...and they are some good hugs! But never kisses...they are def reserved for his mommy. But today, when we were leaving the store, I told Maddox that I hope he liked his new things we bought him for school and he smiled at me...then leaned over and gave me a kiss! You know that I had tears in my eyes...always do for all of his sweetness. And then I must not have had too much garlic on my breath because he gave me 2 more kisses. I think that was his way of saying thank you.

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Whew....

there is so much going on I can't wait for vacation!
we had the new heating / ac system installed on Monday.
it is very, very large! haha......I asked Johnny if he was planing on adding on to the house and didn't tell me! I have named her Big Bertha and she knows how to cool ya!!
so at least that's all done.

the living room is painted. I wanted to get that done before they refinished the floors. Then I read the instructions that the flooring people gave me and they recommend NOT doing any painting before they work. haha....guess I should have read that first. But they only said that in case they scuff up the wall so that's no big deal...I can touch up.

I had not been able to find a resonable price on moving the piano from the living room to Nicole's house. The lowest price I got was $300. But I called a guy today that the floor people recommend and he is going to do it for $155. whew...glad I have that scheduled. We have everything in the dining room, living room and foyer packed and now we just have to move the furniture out to the garage. We'll get that done this weekend.

Then there is the issue of the trojan virus and our home computer. She is sick...bad sick...sick like swine flu sick! And we can't fix it! So the Computer Doc is going to pick it up and move all of our files off, rebuild the pc, clean our files and put them back on. I'll be glad to get this done.....I'll hear from him tomorrow on when they will pick it up.

They are coming on Tuesday to start refinishing the floors. They will sand and stain on Tuesday. Then a coat of poly on Wed, Thursday and Friday. Then by the time we get back on Sunday, we'll be able to walk on it. Jake will be here all week making sure everything goes ok.

Let's see.....what else....oh yeah, still need to pack for the beach. Johnny and I are taking our last vacation of the year and heading down to the beach for a week. Ahhhh.....temps are going to be in the low 80's so it will be perfect relaxing on the beach. I'm looking forward to it.

I'll have to take some before and after of the floors. It's going to look good but different. We have a light stain on there now.....and they are all scratched up. We're going dark this time.

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Arghhhh.....

I hate computer virus'

I despise the people who create them

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