A tale of the ongoing life that lies before me and the past that has defined who I am today.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Happy New Year!!!
Friday, December 22, 2006
Done!!
I hope that everyone has a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Christmas pictures
Shelby wondering if this was a good idea or Santa telling him to get off his knee because he is to dang big.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Tequila Friday
Saturday my Mom and I got up and went to a bunch of estate sales. Boy did we find some great deals on some items and had a great time doing it.
I have spent all day today either doing laundry or baking. I have made white chocolate macadamia nut cookies and bourbon balls. I still have to dip the bourbon balls in the chocolate. I'm going to make some peanut butter balls and I want to make some divinity as well. This is the first Christmas that I have even wanted to make candies and cookies in a long time. I used to do it all the time but haven't had time in the last few years.
Monday, December 04, 2006
Shopping....
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Thanksgiving vaction
We left on Wednesday early in the morning and drove straight thru 8 hours across some bridges that made my knuckles turn white because they were so high up in the air. Most bridges don't bother me but this one scared the you know what out of me. We arrived there about 3:00 Wednesday afternoon ready to eat. Jessie had made her homemade burritos and boy they were good. Then of course Thursday was thanksgiving. Besides all the food the wine was flowing like a river around there. It was really warm out like almost 80 degrees and the wine and the heat wasn't mixing with me really well so I went in the house and cooled off watching a really cool program. Later after it had cooled off outside I went back out and joined everyone again talking and drinking more wine. By this time a couple of others showed up, Jessie's niece and her children, who by the way I have heard about since I was pregnant with Cody. I finally got to meet her after all these years. She is so sweet. So, Jessie's sisters and niece and myself all sat around and drank wine. We laughed and giggled so much that we all hurt. I haven't had that much fun in a long while.
Friday we went to the mall and later that evening we went out to eat together. Saturday morning was the day that we were suppose to drive back home, so I get all the kids up and start taking showers and getting everything together. I look up and I have my kids standing around me crying begging me to talk to daddy about staying another day. They didn't want to leave their grandpa so then they got me to crying along with them. I talked to Gary and we decided to stay another day. I am very glad we did. Gary decided to make crab burgers for everyone so Jessie and I went to the local grocery store. This was the biggest grocery store I have ever been in so big in fact that Gary and I went back just to look around and see what we could see.
Gary cooked the crab burgers and Grandpa Billy cooked the JoJo fries and we all sat down and ate together. Sunday it was time to go home and the tears started up again. The kids and I could barely get thru hugging Grandpa and Grandma. We all had such a good time and really love them both.
Billy is the only link that the kids have to their real fathers side of the family. Their real dad has a drug problem and lives on the street. The only time they see him is if we are riding down the street and hes out walking or panhandling. Yes I know this is sad but he chose his path. I think it is very important that the kids have a relationship with their grandfather to know about their background. And Billy is the only grandfather that they have ever known.
We had a great time and look forward to the time that we can go again, hopefully sometime in the Spring.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Happy Birthday Cody
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Monday, November 06, 2006
Day 8
A view of the cannons facing the battleground.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
These are just a few I will post more tomorrow. I have some really good ones of one of the iron clad boats that carried cannons. It's called the Cairo.
I want to stay home and knit, crochet or play on my computer, I'm tired of running kids all over the state for right now. I haven't gotten any Christmas projects done, last year at this time I had about all of them done. I'm still working on the baby blanket of Deneen's design and hope to finish it soon. Deneen it is turning out so very cute!! It would be so cute with the baby pompadour yarn also. The whole time I have been working on this I was wishing that I had that type of yarn. I think I am going to make another one for "in case" and I'm going to use that type.
*As of the time I left work 6:00pm it still hadn't been cleaned up, talk about bio hazard*
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Who'd a thunk it....
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Monday, October 30, 2006
Great Big Thank You
Back from Vicksburg
Friday, October 27, 2006
Another Soccer filled weekend....
See you guys sometime Sunday or Monday.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Laundry
On another note, I bought the cutest cable sweater last night at JC Penney's. I sure with I could knit me one like this or some of the other ones that I saw. I have been looking at the different stitches and cabling trying to figure it out. I know it can be done but don't know if I'm able to do it or not. I might just try.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Better today
One of my cats seem to think that my side of the bed on the pillow is a fabulous place to take a bath. Last evening I went into my room hoping to sit on the bed a crochet for a bit before anyone else in the house hollered for me to do something for them. Entering the room I immediately saw that it was apparent that I would not be getting on the bed at that particular moment. Scarlett was up on my pillow sitting on her butt with her back legs forward, here see for yourself:
It just isn't right I tell you. So I tell her to get down that I'm tired (yes I explained myself to my cat) and this is the look I get from her,
Looks at me like I can just wait.
The cat is crazy. I promise it about took an act of congress to get her off my side of the bed. Then she got mad and started pestering the dog who is scared of her. Miss Katie Scarlett is a fussy kitty cat but we love her anyway.
Monday, October 23, 2006
Another one of those days....
I'm going to go get into bed and crochet today. Maybe I can get the baby blanket done or even most of the way done. That would be good. Then I can start on a baby hat and maybe a sweater if I can find one that I can do.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Of Blankets and Spiders
I'm making the beautiful baby blanket that Deneen created. I love it and it is so easy. Thanks Deneen. I will post a picture of it when I'm done I only hope I do it justice.
On to the other subject of spiders, we have a wonderful garden spider out the front door. She/He has spun a web across part of the flower bed. The kids and I have been watching her for the last week hoping to see her build her web and catch some dinner. I took a picture of the spider today for my youngest son thought it would be cool to take to school. His science teacher would appreciate it.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Long day
I had started working on a sweater but I got a call from a friend last night asking me to make a baby blanket for her daughter. I guess I can do both but it won't take me long to make a blanket. Might add a little hat and sweater if possible.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Monday's
My eldest was so good to me while we were gone all weekend, he did all do you hear me ALL the laundry, vacuumed, did dishes and took care of the dogs. I was so thankful that I didn't have to do all that. I didn't get the bathrooms cleaned but I'm going to get that done this evening.
On a good note, I was able to finish the socks I was making. I wasn't able to take a picture to post because as soon as I finished them my daughter took them and put them on her cold feet. She is going to love them. Maybe she will let me photograph her feet wearing them.
I'm going to start a sweater. Wish me luck because boy I'm going to need it. I found a pattern that didn't look to hard to do and I think I have enough yarn to actually make this one. The one I want to make is going to cost me an arm and a leg to make, right now I just don't have the money to buy the yarn to make it. I haven't gotten to buy yarn in a couple of months. And I'm beginning to have withdrawals. Our local Michael's is having a yarn sale and everything is marked down a bit but still I can't get what I want. They have it but I just can't. I keep entering the months drawing at Knit Picks hoping to win one day. I'm not that lucky and I'm sure that 15 million others are entering too. Maybe for Christmas some nice relative will look upon me with pity and give me a gift certificate to buy the yarn I want. LOL.
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Soccer filled day
Friday, October 13, 2006
Felted purse
Busy, Busy
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Socks
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Buon appetito!!! Gratzie!!!
I cooked tonight! Haven't really cooked in a long time. We are usually so busy that I don't have the time to actually cook something that is this time extensive. I found a Italian recipe that I had to try and oh my it is soooo delicious. The 11 year old loved it and ate about half of it I think.
It is called Chicken with roasted tomato's and olives and this will become one of my favorite recipes. You can see the wine I love to drink a really good Merlot that is also imported from Italy. As you can see I have a thing for Italy, one of these days I will get to travel there. We are actually looking at possibly going in 2008 with Gary's niece and her husband. I don't know if I could contain myself if that were to come true.
Well, it is late and I want to go knit some before I have to go pick up my son from the school. His football team played at Ole Miss today for the kick off to the football season here.
Ciao!
Friday, August 11, 2006
A Rose is a Rose
New Toy
I got a new toy. I finally broke down and bought myself a decent digital camera. There was really nothing wrong with my old camera except that it had out lived its time and I wanted to be able to take it with me in my purse instead of carrying around a suitcase every time I wanted to take pictures. So, I splurged and bought myself a Nikon CoolPics P4. For me and what I do this is great. I also bought myself a Nikon N65 SLR also. Don't know what got in to me but I have always wanted a more professional camera. Here are a couple of pictures I took with the new digital of course they are of two of our dogs, Indigo and Dakota. I got on the floor with them to take pictures on their level. Dakota has a place under his eye where one of the cats smacked him and it has caused a skin tag of sorts. Weird!! The vet doesn't seem to think its anything worth worrying over. I can't wait to try out the SLR on the kids and see the cool things I can do with it. I love taking pictures and have always wanted to be better at it. I work with a girl who is really good at it and I wish she would use the talent. She says she is going to teach me!!!
WooHoo!!
On the knitting and crochet front, I'm working on 3 different projects. I'm knitting a pink and black purse for the daughter of a girl that works here. She saw the last one I made for my daughter and wanted on for herself. Her favorite colors were pink and black so that's what I picked out for her. I'm using Lamb's Pride worsted in RPM Pink and Black. On my hooks I have a shrug and a tank top I'm working on. When I finish I will post pictures of those later.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Mom Help!
The dogs have climbed in the truck and he can't get them out. I am laughing so hard at this point that I can't get them out. They thought they were going to go for a ride. Poor babies. I finally got them out for him and made them come in the house but now they think the truck is theirs.
Monday, July 24, 2006
Sunday, July 23, 2006
More Pictures of the House
Like I said there is a lot to be done but you know we have the rest of our lives to do it. I have a couple of pieces of furniture that I plan to re finish in the fall and spring to match the rest of what I have, the stuff I'm going to keep that is. I have several antique pieces that need to find the right place in the house. For instance, I have a very old china cabinet but I do not have a space in the eat in kitchen to put it so it is going to have to go in the living area. So, I'm looking for the right place to put it. The Gary has a 100 year old trunk that was his grandfathers, we are not real sure where to put it. We used to use it as a coffee table but now we are using for the t.v. stand. Anyway you guys get the point. Anyway I'm looking forward to getting it all together I'm just not going to kill myself doing it. Besides I'm really looking forward to cooler weather so I can work in my flower beds and start my gardens in the back.