Wednesday, February 27, 2008

It's Wed....








and there's not much going on. I was out with my nephew last night who just celebrated one year of being clean and sober. Maybe that's too personal to post but I am just so proud of him.....and it's not like ya'll really know him........right? He's an awesome guy who has worked very, very hard to get where he is now and along the way has formed a beautiful relationship with God so how can I not brag about him!


other things I'm thinking about...........
  • I don't really know the "rules" of blogging........like when people post comments on my blog, how should I respond? Should I post a comment back, should I email them.....I like to answer back to folks but I'm not always sure how to and I really want to!

  • Where is Paula........one of my fav bloggy people and she has not posted since she sprung the news on us that she bought a new house....well, and the fact that she is quite the brat!

  • I told my friend at work today that I have resigned myself to the fact that this is the weight I will be for the "second" half of my life.........my being a grandmother part of life. I had lost a total of 6 lbs and I think I've gained back about 3. I think it is harder when you get older and I'm just not a fan of having to watch what I eat so much. Maybe I'll feel different later but right now, I'm ok with how I am

  • The only reason I like winter is for the snow.....the possibility of getting snow, the anticipation and the waking up in the morning to a winter wonderland. Well, it has not happened this winter and I'm pretty sure it's not going to happen. So I'm over winter.....I'm ready for spring.....bring it on!

  • Johnny boy babysat Maddox last night for the 1st time by himself. I came in at 10:00 and there was Johnny, laid back in the recliner with Maddox cuddled in his arms.....sound asleep. Toys all over the den and the kitchen a mess. Awwww......just like the good ole days when our kids were little!

  • There are just way too many fabrics in the world to choose!
  • We cleaned mom's den on Saturday......it looked great but it doesn't appear that mom was too happy about it. So now we have to face the fact that for some reason, our mom loves to live in clutter. She never did before but now she does. So is that what people do in retirement.......walk around in their clutter! Because I'm finding as I get older, the more I throw out so what the heck will I do when I retire! hehe......

  • Our little guy Maddox is starting to show some really good progress! He can cruise the entire downstairs now by himself holding on to walls and furniture and such. He is also trying very, very hard to talk........the speech therapist says his babbles now have more "tone" to them......like he's trying to say actual words. He is not much on imitating....he would do it once in awhile but last night, my nephew kept "growling" at him and he would smile and growl back. Our hearts melted......
  • I think maybe that's all of my thoughts for the moment......here are some random pics. A beautiful sunset one evening taken from the front porch, a few shots of the dining room though I'm not finished with hanging curtains, mirror and such.......and then a shot of Ziggy and I looking out of the window from the pool room, Jake took this from the driveway.....and my Chrissy and Ziggy sleeping together.

later...........







Friday, February 22, 2008

Ice Ice babeee


we woke this morning to a little bit of sleet and freezing rain. It was enough to keep me home though........I don't like driving when there are icy spots around. So I just worked from home today.....a great day to stay in!

It WAS Valentine's day.....



Our home computer is infected with that Valentines virus that was going around.....some sort of worm and it is playing havoc on our pc.... yikes! Johnny boy has tried a couple of clean up programs and we're still having issues. Hopefully, he'll get it all cleaned up this weekend. But looks like we will lose everything on our hard drive.


Usually for Valentine's day we don't do much.......maybe a card. Johnny usually just gives me flowers for no reason or holiday. But on Wed, 2/13, he came home with 2 dozen roses.......separate. One dozen of red roses for Valentines day and one dozen of mixed roses for my awesome review at work. ahhhh.........what a guy!


and then duh........I forgot to take pics of them until many days later.....and they were starting to look pretty bad.



later........

Monday, February 18, 2008

End of vacation.......

So I've been off of work for 5 days and it has been WONDERFUL!! Even though I have worked my butt off. I painted the extra bedroom........2 coats of primer and 1 coat of paint. Hung new pics and new curtains. Put Maddox's porta crib and a rocking chair in there and it's all ready for him when he spends the night.

In the dining room, I stripped the wall paper, 1 coat of paint above the chair rail and 2 coats of paint below.....I'll post pics later. I'm just too tired tonight.

Jacquelyn and I took my mom shopping today. She bought a new outfit for my sister's wedding and I bought her some new shoes for her birthday. I know that doesn't sound like much but they were Uggs.......and you know those suckers are expensive!

and now it's back to work tomorrow. But I'm reved......and ready.......my review was awesome so I'm pretty happy about that.
I can't believe I have not been on the internet for the past 5 days.......I've so missed reading everyone's blogs. I'll get caught up this week.
later.........