ok...here we go again..maybe?

Things never go as I plan them so I am going to quit saying I will be on more often because the more I say that the less I am available to get online. Anymawhoooo....

Today God gave us a special little blessing, it was supposed to be ugly, cool, and rainy but around 11 am the sun came out and we had a nice warm day. Another blessing we received today was 6 tiny new kittens from our beloved cat Snooki. Actually she is my youngest daughters cat but the rest of us claim her too. I haven't been around kittens in so long I forgot how precious they are, I can't stand the thought of separating them.

So did anyone see Good Morning America last week where they were talking about Greenback, Tennessee getting hit by a F3 tornado? That is about 25 minutes from where I live. The area hit is about half a mile wide and 3 to 4 miles long, the damage is terrible and we knew a few of the people who lost homes and or businesses. No one around here could believe that it was on GMA. You can click here if you would like to see some of the coverage from our local news station.

Up until a few days ago we have had temps in the mid to upper 70's which would have been a great time for some major Spring cleaning but I was too busy so today I got in gear and done about half of my cleaning, I will finish the rest tomorrow.

I think I will go for now, my eyes are getting heavy. Y'all have a beautiful day tomorrow.

we made it...yay!!!!

It has been such a hectic week here. First of all the kids went back to school a week ago today. Saturday we went to watch our friends son play in a scrimmage game of football. Once Ty saw the game he wanted to sign up ,so he did. He is on the Peewee team because his birthday falls after September 1 however, Mr. B and I think that is a good thing because he has never been in pads until Monday evening at practice, he really impressed me since all he had ever played was front/backyard football. His team practices on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 6-8PM, when the regular games start they will be on Tuesdays and sometimes on Mondays. Their Jamboree game will take place tomorrow so we are excited to see what comes of that. For now Ty is starting on the B team which is second string (most of you probably know this but I didn't) but yesterday at practice he really got the coaches attention so he may be moved up to A team before the season is over.

Sunday was Bethany's 13th birthday and all she has talked about for months is the new book in the Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer, Breaking Dawn. This book was released on August 2nd but I had pre-ordered it online so that we could get her copy without waiting in the long lines at the bookstore. The book came on Monday and when I opened it I couldn't keep myself from reading an excerpt from it so now I am going to have to read the entire series to answer my questions from the first two or three paragraphs in the first chapter of the new book, Bethany wouldn't answer any of my questions about the situation being explained in those paragraphs. I have been telling her that I wanted to read them so now I am definitely going to make good on that one.

I don't think I have mentioned it in any of my previous posts but Mr. B and I have been losing weight since the last week in April and we are doing very well with it. Yesterday morning I climbed on the scales to see if I had lost any more weight and I was surprised to find that I have lost 31 lbs. This really excites me because I haven't really worked that hard to lose the weight and we haven't denied ourselves any food that we wanted. At the end of this year I will post before and after pics of myself.

I hear the dryer buzzing so I guess that means that I need to sign off and get busy again. Y'all have a wonderful weekend!

late on a promise.....

I have a cousin that just started a new discussion blog. I promised him on Thursday or Friday that I would do a post about the new blog Monday to help get some traffic going through there but I have been very busy the last two days and I haven't had time to post. The post that is up is almost a week old but you are free to comment on it. I do not know when a new post will be up because when he is not working he is at the hospital visiting his father-in-law, my uncle, who (I just found this out yesterday) has Ecoli and from my understanding some other problems going on. I haven't been able to get to the hospital yet because Mr. B has been working late and so has Chesney and that leaves me nowhere for Bethany and Ty to stay. I am not sure on the entire illness with my uncle since I haven't been able to get up there and talk to anyone. Anyway...here is his blog, stop by sometime and check it out.

In previous posts I have mentioned organizing the office and what a job it was. I worked for three days sorting through files, getting rid of what we didn't need, condensing what we do need, printing new labels for the file folders, and creating new file folders for some things. My main goal in all of this was to get our old file cabinet out of here and get the files into my desk and my newer file cabinet. I had files stacked around me for three days because I went through every single one of them sorting, throwing out, and placing things in other files where they will be better found. I have handled every single file here too many times over the past three days but I am very familiar with all of them and what section they are in now. Before I had them in alphabetical order in the file cabinet, Mr. B's idea of alphabetical order and mine differs, actually it isn't the alphabetical order as much as it is what he refers to things as and what I refer to them as. Now we don't have to worry about that because I have alphabetical sections now. If it is a copy of an invoice from his business then he just goes to the business section which is labeled nice and clear for him. If it is a spreadsheet concerning the remodel on our fellowship hall at church then he will go to the church section, etc... . I am hoping that this proves easier for him in the times when he is filing something when I am busy or not home because I get tired of digging in other files to find something that should have been in another file, most of the time if I am looking for something I have to stop and think like he does. I have made him a list and told him if he isn't sure then ask me where it goes and if I am not home then leave the paperwork on my desk with a post-it note explaining that he isn't sure where to file it and I will show him when I return. Don't get me wrong, Mr. B is not goofy or any less smart than anyone but some of the paper work that you have to deal with when owning your own business can be a pain sometimes, there are so many tax papers that don't need to just go into a file that says "Taxes". It is easier to separate them now so that when it is tax time next year we can just pull the files out and go. Some of them can be confusing as well if you aren't use to dealing with, some can be confusing whether you are use to dealing with them or not to be honest about it. Mr. B is also the type of person to put all of the paperwork into one stack and separate it at the end of the year because he doesn't have time to sit down and create files for the paperwork, receipts and so on.

We leave for the beach in ten days and I am so excited! On July 11, the day before we leave, we are moving everything off of our hardwood flooring, going to rent a hotel room, then coming home to buff and coat our hardwood. Sometimes when you install raw wood and sand it the wood seems to soak up the finish more so than other floors, this is something that happens from time to time and as it turns out our floor has done this. We wanted a semi-gloss finish on the floors but what we ended up with was more of a satin look and we haven't had time to re-do them in the past year. You can't really tell a difference in pictures because the floor is shown at more of an angle plus the glare from lights and windows are shining on the floor so in pictures it looks real glossy but in reality if you are standing on them you can see the difference.

Tomorrow the kids, my sister, and I are going to a local public pool to meet up with a couple of our cousins and their kids that we never get to see. We are going to spend the day soaking up some rays and swimming with the kids and I am very excited about this because I haven't got to swim much so far and I LOVE swimming, I just love being in/around/near water.

I guess I need to sign off for now, what little bit of laundry I have is calling my name and the carpet is in need of a vacuum. Y'all have a wonderful day!

is it that time yet?

I am so ready to go to the beach and it is almost time (18 & 1/2 days to be exact but who's counting down?) but it seems like the closer our departure time gets the busier we get and that is kind of a good thing because it does make time go by faster but I would like to be able to relax somewhat before we go on vacation.

This week Mr. B is helping preach at a revival for a neighboring church. This is the first revival he has got to be a part of as far as the preaching goes so he was really nervous yesterday morning since he was the one scheduled to get it started, he did a very good job and brought a message titled "Rise Up and Walk" out of John 5:1-9. Basically to break it down quickly and in short he was saying that we (Christians) need to lay our burdens on God and keep pressing onward because we can't stop at every bump in the road to complain or we will get nothing accomplished in our lives. There is so much more meaning to it but that is, like I said, quick and short to give you an idea.

I think I have made it around to all of your blogs today and commented. I have been trying to keep up with my blog reading/commenting however here lately it can be a feat just to get online with everything on our schedules.

I apologize for the shortness of this post but I have to go now and finish up with all of my "to do's" around here. I hope all of you are having a wonderful day!

times are a flyin'

It has been a while since I have had time to post on here because things are very busy in my life. Last week I was busy re-painting the kitchen for two days, the first day I only had x amount of time to paint so I finished up the next day and I have been shopping for wall hangings and such to go in there. We have also just came out of a very busy weekend with church and we started VBS tonight which went really well. Other than that I have just been busy with this and that. Hopefully by the end of the week I can get on and swing by your blogs. Until then y'all take care!