I haven't had a lot of time here lately to post as I would like to but I did do some refreshing yesterday afternoon and I hope you all like it. I do not have a lot of time now because I am cleaning house and I am going with the team mom of my sons football team to get all of the items we need for the Halloween Bon Fire/Bash that is scheduled for tomorrow evening. I also have to clean my van a little because if I have to drive it with it looking like it does now I am going to go insane.
With all of that being said, what little there was, I hope each and every one of you have a very safe and fun evening doing whatever it is you have planned to do.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Monday again, where'd the weekend go?
Good morning, I can't believe the weekend is over already. Over the weekend we didn't have a lot to do but it seemed we stayed busy the entire time. My kids love when I take them out for breakfast before school so this morning I took my two youngest out for a nice breakfast before school, my eldest daughter won't get up that early to go out so I bring her something back. On the mornings that we go out for breakfast I always know that the morning is going to go smoothly meaning that everyone is going to jump out of bed all bright eyed, bushy tailed and ready to face the day ahead. From the way they act you would think I never provide breakfast for my offspring, I guess going out is a lot more fun.
We have a cold front moving through today, the temperature is supposed to get to 50 then start dropping rapidly and tonight they are saying that we might get snow flurries. Snow flurries are unheard of this time of year around here, we haven't had a good snow since the blizzard of "93" so we are due for a winter full of the fluffy white stuff. The bad thing about this little cold front is that by Friday we are supposed to be back in the lower 60's which means that everybody is more than likely going to end up getting sick because their bodies can't adjust to the rapid changing temps.
My kids are ready to find something scary to do for Halloween, I have seriously thought about driving them to North Carolina to see the Brown Mountain Lights but I am not sure if we will do that or not. I'm certainly not going to go dragging them off chasing some ghost story or other but there are things you can do that isn't delving into the dark side. Another idea I had was to go to Savannah, GA or Charleston, SC for a ghost tour, for that matter we could go take Gatlinburg's ghost tour but I think the lights would be the best thing because people have witnessed them for years and there is nothing evil or dark about them. We still have a few ideas on the table and one of them is staying home and having a movie fright night which sounds lovely to me. What are your plans for Halloween?
I have today pretty much free because I have everything done that needed to be done. I was on the phone with friend last night and got all of my sweeping, mopping and laundry done so here I am with nothing to do now...I might take a power nap, the weather is perfect for it because it is all cloudy and overcast so it is darker than usual outside. I am sure I will find something to do with myself throughout the day.
Tonight we have Ty's football homecoming to attend, the folks that run the football program wanted to wait and have homecoming on a day when we had no game or anything that would rush things, I along with my family will be dressing very warm for this event.
I think I will sign off now, just talking about the chance to take a nap has my eyelids getting very heavy. It could also have something ot do with the fact that I was very cold after taking the kids to breakfast then school then came home to a nice warm home. Y'all have a beautiful day! :)
We have a cold front moving through today, the temperature is supposed to get to 50 then start dropping rapidly and tonight they are saying that we might get snow flurries. Snow flurries are unheard of this time of year around here, we haven't had a good snow since the blizzard of "93" so we are due for a winter full of the fluffy white stuff. The bad thing about this little cold front is that by Friday we are supposed to be back in the lower 60's which means that everybody is more than likely going to end up getting sick because their bodies can't adjust to the rapid changing temps.
My kids are ready to find something scary to do for Halloween, I have seriously thought about driving them to North Carolina to see the Brown Mountain Lights but I am not sure if we will do that or not. I'm certainly not going to go dragging them off chasing some ghost story or other but there are things you can do that isn't delving into the dark side. Another idea I had was to go to Savannah, GA or Charleston, SC for a ghost tour, for that matter we could go take Gatlinburg's ghost tour but I think the lights would be the best thing because people have witnessed them for years and there is nothing evil or dark about them. We still have a few ideas on the table and one of them is staying home and having a movie fright night which sounds lovely to me. What are your plans for Halloween?
I have today pretty much free because I have everything done that needed to be done. I was on the phone with friend last night and got all of my sweeping, mopping and laundry done so here I am with nothing to do now...I might take a power nap, the weather is perfect for it because it is all cloudy and overcast so it is darker than usual outside. I am sure I will find something to do with myself throughout the day.
Tonight we have Ty's football homecoming to attend, the folks that run the football program wanted to wait and have homecoming on a day when we had no game or anything that would rush things, I along with my family will be dressing very warm for this event.
I think I will sign off now, just talking about the chance to take a nap has my eyelids getting very heavy. It could also have something ot do with the fact that I was very cold after taking the kids to breakfast then school then came home to a nice warm home. Y'all have a beautiful day! :)
Thursday, October 23, 2008
still around.....
Good morning. It has been a while since I posted so I figured it was time. Football season is almost over, we only have one more game to go and we are done as far as games go. Monday we have homecoming then there will be a Halloween bon fire party, a banquet and last the Christmas parade. We are riding the fence on football being over because on the one hand it will be nice to have our evenings back but on the other hand we will miss watching the kids have so much fun practicing and playing.
We have been busy as a person can be but at the same time we really haven't done anything, we haven't had time to do anything for pleasure the past week or so. We are all fighting off a cold right now, I am dealing with a kidney stone and a cold which is very lovely.....NOT :( . The temps around here have dropped and I can't remember how long it has been since it has been this cool this early in the year, we have already had our first frost and freeze...unheard of around these parts nowadays. Normally we don't see our first frost until mid to late November and some years December so with the cooler temps I am praying for a snow filled winter that is colder than a well diggers backside. Maybe if we could have a very cold winter some of this sickness and insects would die off. The one thing I don't like about cold weather is that my bed feels to good to get out of each morning, this is a good thing on those days when I can stay in bed but not on school days. Yesterday I broke a record, I slept until 10:30, got up ate a bowl of Special K and put some clothes in the washer then went back to bed and got back up for the day at 12:35. It felt so good however if I had not been sick I wouldn't have been able to stay in bed past 8 or 8:30.
I am ready to get into the Halloween spirit now that our schedule is slowing down. I am ready to watch all of the scary shows and take the kids to the Corn Maze and all that good stuff. Our oldest one will not go to the Corn Maze because she is afraid of the corn, she watched the movie "Children of The Corn" about three years ago and I am beginning to believe that it scarred her for life..heehee.
Well, there is really nothing more to talk about except for the same day to day things that we have been doing which will put you all to sleep so I am going to sign of now and do something productive around here. Y'all have a beautiful day!
We have been busy as a person can be but at the same time we really haven't done anything, we haven't had time to do anything for pleasure the past week or so. We are all fighting off a cold right now, I am dealing with a kidney stone and a cold which is very lovely.....NOT :( . The temps around here have dropped and I can't remember how long it has been since it has been this cool this early in the year, we have already had our first frost and freeze...unheard of around these parts nowadays. Normally we don't see our first frost until mid to late November and some years December so with the cooler temps I am praying for a snow filled winter that is colder than a well diggers backside. Maybe if we could have a very cold winter some of this sickness and insects would die off. The one thing I don't like about cold weather is that my bed feels to good to get out of each morning, this is a good thing on those days when I can stay in bed but not on school days. Yesterday I broke a record, I slept until 10:30, got up ate a bowl of Special K and put some clothes in the washer then went back to bed and got back up for the day at 12:35. It felt so good however if I had not been sick I wouldn't have been able to stay in bed past 8 or 8:30.
I am ready to get into the Halloween spirit now that our schedule is slowing down. I am ready to watch all of the scary shows and take the kids to the Corn Maze and all that good stuff. Our oldest one will not go to the Corn Maze because she is afraid of the corn, she watched the movie "Children of The Corn" about three years ago and I am beginning to believe that it scarred her for life..heehee.
Well, there is really nothing more to talk about except for the same day to day things that we have been doing which will put you all to sleep so I am going to sign of now and do something productive around here. Y'all have a beautiful day!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
we have braces....
Today was the big day for Bethany, she had her braces installed. Thus far she doesn't have the entire set on top or bottom because they are wanting her front teeth to move some then in three weeks we go back to have spacers put in then a week after that we go back to have the brace bands and the remaining brackets installed on her back teeth. She has an upper cuspid that is impacted, it basically has no where to go so we have been referred to an oral surgeon which I have to call Monday. The oral surgeon is going to(after the initial exam of course) put her to sleep, remove tissue off of the impacted cuspid, place a bracket on it and a pull down loop so that the orthodontist can insert a wire that will slowly extract the tooth from the gum. This is a good thing because Beth was afraid that they were going to have to pull the tooth that is where the cuspid should be but the orthodontist said it wouldn't have to be pulled, the only drawback is that the ortho. wants all four of her wisdom teeth removed at the same time they remove the tissue and place the bracket and loop. I said "the only drawback" and I want to clarify that, Beth is the only one that sees this as a drawback and I have to say that since it is her teeth she has the right to see it that way however as her mother I feel that getting the wisdom teeth out of the way is the best thing. She will have the braces for 2-2 & 1/2 yrs.
Ty played his last football game last night, tonight they start practicing for the playoffs and Super Bowl. I am glad that football is almost over but I do have to admit that I will miss it for a couple of reasons one being that Ty enjoys playing so much and it keeps him busy. Next year the football program will have a new administrator and this new administrator has approached Mr. B about being head coach of the Midgets next year because he said he had watched Mr. B and the kids really respond to his positive attitude and also because he knows football well. Once football is completely over I will have a lot of extra time to do the things I enjoy doing again like blogging.
Pastor Appreciation Day is this coming Sunday and guess who is hosting the day of food & fun? correcto mundo..yours truly. I am doing things different than what has been done in the past by simplifying everything. We are going to have food then move outdoors for lots of games, inside games for backup in case of bad weather. I have to go this week and pick up the gift the church is purchasing for our Pastor and his wife, I hope they like it because it is something beautiful and I would love to tell you all what it is but since this is a public forum and anyone can find me I will wait until after Sunday to tell you.
Who has their fall decorations out? I meant to have all of mine out but so far I have put nothing out. I still have plenty of time because I leave my fall decor out until Thanksgiving Day.
I am so happy that the election is only three weeks away because that means that it will soon be over with, I am seriously dreading this election because I am not in favor for either candidate but we have to vote for somebody so I just want it over with. Anyone else feeling that way?
Now it is time for me to sign off and go fold my towels in the dryer. Y'all have a beautiful day!
Ty played his last football game last night, tonight they start practicing for the playoffs and Super Bowl. I am glad that football is almost over but I do have to admit that I will miss it for a couple of reasons one being that Ty enjoys playing so much and it keeps him busy. Next year the football program will have a new administrator and this new administrator has approached Mr. B about being head coach of the Midgets next year because he said he had watched Mr. B and the kids really respond to his positive attitude and also because he knows football well. Once football is completely over I will have a lot of extra time to do the things I enjoy doing again like blogging.
Pastor Appreciation Day is this coming Sunday and guess who is hosting the day of food & fun? correcto mundo..yours truly. I am doing things different than what has been done in the past by simplifying everything. We are going to have food then move outdoors for lots of games, inside games for backup in case of bad weather. I have to go this week and pick up the gift the church is purchasing for our Pastor and his wife, I hope they like it because it is something beautiful and I would love to tell you all what it is but since this is a public forum and anyone can find me I will wait until after Sunday to tell you.
Who has their fall decorations out? I meant to have all of mine out but so far I have put nothing out. I still have plenty of time because I leave my fall decor out until Thanksgiving Day.
I am so happy that the election is only three weeks away because that means that it will soon be over with, I am seriously dreading this election because I am not in favor for either candidate but we have to vote for somebody so I just want it over with. Anyone else feeling that way?
Now it is time for me to sign off and go fold my towels in the dryer. Y'all have a beautiful day!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Friday again....
We finally received some rain after I can't remember how many days without. Everything was starting to look all yellow and dead but now it is looking more like fall which is my favorite time of year. Yesterday we took the kids and went to Gatlinburg for a day of fun. The scenery on the drive was absolutely breathtaking, to me anyways. It doesn't really matter what season we are in I love our mountains.
With fall underway I always start changing our menu around so that we can have more seasonal type foods but still stay in the fresh department. I have been craving beef stew for a couple of weeks now and since we really have nothing to do today I threw all the ingredients in the crock pot to cook and simmer for a few hours, my house is smelling so good right now. I have been using my crock pot a lot lately because I haven't had time to stand over the stove and make a meal, I refuse to serve frozen sodium loaded dishes that you pop in the oven for thirty minutes or more and after eating them you feel as if you swallowed a balloon and gained a hundred pounds while doing it.
Football season will be over for us after Monday's game, the only thing after that is the Super Bowl, award banquet, and the Christmas parade none of which require four nights a week of practice well they may continue to practice some until the S.B. but I don't think it will be four a week.
I have noticed that once again stores are already displaying their Christmas items. This really bothers me because I feel like they need to let us get Halloween over with. I love Christmas and decorating for it but it seems each year the Christmas items go out early and that burns me out as far as the decoration part goes. By the time the holiday arrives I will be praying for stores to remove the items.
I will be making my way around blogland today at some point or the other to read all of your blogs.
Y'all have a great day!
With fall underway I always start changing our menu around so that we can have more seasonal type foods but still stay in the fresh department. I have been craving beef stew for a couple of weeks now and since we really have nothing to do today I threw all the ingredients in the crock pot to cook and simmer for a few hours, my house is smelling so good right now. I have been using my crock pot a lot lately because I haven't had time to stand over the stove and make a meal, I refuse to serve frozen sodium loaded dishes that you pop in the oven for thirty minutes or more and after eating them you feel as if you swallowed a balloon and gained a hundred pounds while doing it.
Football season will be over for us after Monday's game, the only thing after that is the Super Bowl, award banquet, and the Christmas parade none of which require four nights a week of practice well they may continue to practice some until the S.B. but I don't think it will be four a week.
I have noticed that once again stores are already displaying their Christmas items. This really bothers me because I feel like they need to let us get Halloween over with. I love Christmas and decorating for it but it seems each year the Christmas items go out early and that burns me out as far as the decoration part goes. By the time the holiday arrives I will be praying for stores to remove the items.
I will be making my way around blogland today at some point or the other to read all of your blogs.
Y'all have a great day!
Friday, October 03, 2008
mumbo jumbo
Good Friday morning! I am so happy to see Friday finally arrive, it has been one "those" weeks around here. We have been fighting sickness and keeping up with our non-stop schedule. Speaking of our non-stop schedule...it will calm down soon because football season is almost over, I don't know if that makes me happy or not because on the one hand I am ready to chill for a bit and on the other I am really enjoying watching my son have fun playing football.
Bethany has a big day coming up soon, she has been waiting for this day for some time now and she is ready to get it over with. October 14 is the day and the event is that her braces will be installed. For some reason some of the kids she attends school with has told her horror stories about getting braces put on and how painful it is. Either there are some pretty wimpy kids out there or they are just trying to scare her because it isn't that bad, some gum soreness but nothing to take to your bed over just take Tylenol or Advil and viola!
I was in our Hallmark store yesterday buying some cards for some folks and I happened upon the Yankee Candle tarts. Candles, potpourri, and things that smell good are a weakness for me because I love good smells especially seasonal smells. So now my house smells like Spiced Pumpkin. Normally when I purchase the tarts I buy 20-30 of them at a time which equals out to 10 or 15 different scents because I have two tart warmers but yesterday I only purchased two tarts however I will be going back to get more. I would rather put jar candles on a warmer instead of burning them because I have found that the candle smells and lasts longer that way so you are basically getting more bang for your buck, the tarts are perfect for me because you don't actually burn them you melt them.
I had mentioned in my last post that I needed some help on researching a certain someone and that it related to my eldest child, Chesney, in a way. What was going on was that a sex offender was harassing her and some of her co-workers. This man is 45 and he has a thing for young girls between the ages of 16-18, and was charged several years ago with more than one count of rape, why the sicko isn't still in jail is beyond me. After scaring the daylights out of my daughter one Saturday evening and not leaving her alone, at the request of a very sweet woman that watches out for the young girls working in that particular area of the mall, Chesney called us and after we arrived the man was escorted out of the mall and banned for 30 days. His 30 days will be up on the 20th of this month and if he has a brain at all he will not come near my daughter again. We have been told that we can do nothing about it unless he physically does something to our daughter or if he follows her around other than just coming to her workplace. My thoughts are that he isn't going to get the chance to "physically" do something to her and if he tries then he will meet my evil side very quickly. It is kind of like putting crack near a crack head and telling them if they turn around and smoke it so that you can't see them and nothing will be done. I don't think so, not in this life time so if he comes near her again I will be taking the law into my own hands. There has only been one incident since he was banned from the mall and it was small.
Cooler temps have made it here, how about where you are? We actually had to turn our heat on last night because it got so cool. With cool weather I start thinking of comfort foods so this morning after taking the kids to school I came back home and filled the crockpot with meat, veggies, and seasoning.
I am in the process of getting Mr. B a blog going on his hardwood company however my time has been limited so I haven't got very far with it, there isn't even a post up yet. Once I get it going you can find it in my blog roll listed as CB&T Hardwood Flooring.
The dryer is buzzing so I guess that is my sign to go fold the clothes and put them away. Y'all have a wonderful day and a great weekend!
God Bless You!
Bethany has a big day coming up soon, she has been waiting for this day for some time now and she is ready to get it over with. October 14 is the day and the event is that her braces will be installed. For some reason some of the kids she attends school with has told her horror stories about getting braces put on and how painful it is. Either there are some pretty wimpy kids out there or they are just trying to scare her because it isn't that bad, some gum soreness but nothing to take to your bed over just take Tylenol or Advil and viola!
I was in our Hallmark store yesterday buying some cards for some folks and I happened upon the Yankee Candle tarts. Candles, potpourri, and things that smell good are a weakness for me because I love good smells especially seasonal smells. So now my house smells like Spiced Pumpkin. Normally when I purchase the tarts I buy 20-30 of them at a time which equals out to 10 or 15 different scents because I have two tart warmers but yesterday I only purchased two tarts however I will be going back to get more. I would rather put jar candles on a warmer instead of burning them because I have found that the candle smells and lasts longer that way so you are basically getting more bang for your buck, the tarts are perfect for me because you don't actually burn them you melt them.
I had mentioned in my last post that I needed some help on researching a certain someone and that it related to my eldest child, Chesney, in a way. What was going on was that a sex offender was harassing her and some of her co-workers. This man is 45 and he has a thing for young girls between the ages of 16-18, and was charged several years ago with more than one count of rape, why the sicko isn't still in jail is beyond me. After scaring the daylights out of my daughter one Saturday evening and not leaving her alone, at the request of a very sweet woman that watches out for the young girls working in that particular area of the mall, Chesney called us and after we arrived the man was escorted out of the mall and banned for 30 days. His 30 days will be up on the 20th of this month and if he has a brain at all he will not come near my daughter again. We have been told that we can do nothing about it unless he physically does something to our daughter or if he follows her around other than just coming to her workplace. My thoughts are that he isn't going to get the chance to "physically" do something to her and if he tries then he will meet my evil side very quickly. It is kind of like putting crack near a crack head and telling them if they turn around and smoke it so that you can't see them and nothing will be done. I don't think so, not in this life time so if he comes near her again I will be taking the law into my own hands. There has only been one incident since he was banned from the mall and it was small.
Cooler temps have made it here, how about where you are? We actually had to turn our heat on last night because it got so cool. With cool weather I start thinking of comfort foods so this morning after taking the kids to school I came back home and filled the crockpot with meat, veggies, and seasoning.
I am in the process of getting Mr. B a blog going on his hardwood company however my time has been limited so I haven't got very far with it, there isn't even a post up yet. Once I get it going you can find it in my blog roll listed as CB&T Hardwood Flooring.
The dryer is buzzing so I guess that is my sign to go fold the clothes and put them away. Y'all have a wonderful day and a great weekend!
God Bless You!
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