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ON MY LAST POST I SAID THAT THIS WOULD BE MY LAST FRIDAY OFF--WELL IT APPEARS THAT NEXT WEEKS SCHEDULE IS NOTHING SHORT OF CRAZY--THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON IS TUESDAY NIGHT--MAKE-UP GAME ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT--AND TOURNAMENT STARTS-YEP-FRIDAY NIGHT--IF THEY WIN ON FRIDAY THE FINAL PLAYOFF WILL BE THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY--IF THEY LOSE ITS OVER TIL NEXT YEAR. LAST NIGHT THEY LOST BY 1 POINT AGAIN AND HAD SEVERAL NEAR MISSES AT THE GOAL. IT WAS A GOOD EDGE OF YOUR SEAT GAME. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM WIN IT ALL BUT WE WILL SEE. AS FAR AS WORK I WILL HAVE TO GET SOMEONE TO WORK FOR ME.

WENT TO THE PARADE TODAY, THE CLOUDS LOOMED THIS MORNING AND BY THE TIME THE PARADE WENT ON IT WAS CLEAR AND SUNNY. THE KIDS WERE EXCELLENT AND DONE VERY WELL ON THE FLOAT AND HAD A GOOD TIME. THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL WHEN WE WENT BACK TO THE SHOP TO PUT THINGS AWAY AS WELL. AFTER THAT WE WENT BACK UP TO EAT AND TO RIDE A FEW RIDES. LET ME TELL YOU WE DID NOT STAY ALL THAT LONG--IT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY. WHEN WE GO TO THE FAIR WE PAY ONE PRICE FOR A WRISTBAND AND THE KIDS GET UNLIMITED RIDING WITHOUT THE HASSLE OF TICKETS. WELL UP THERE THEY DID NOT OFFER THIS AND IT WAS $20 FOR 22 TICKETS OR A DOLLAR A TICKET! ALL THE RIDES TOOK 2,3, AND 4 TICKETS! YES IT COST ME $6 FOR MY GIRLS TO RIDE THE BUMPER CARS. IT WAS A LITTLE NUTS IF YOU ASK ME. I HAD MY LIMIT AND WHEN IT WAS GONE WE LEFT. THAT WILL BE THE LAST TIME I GO THERE.

WE ARE HOPING TO GO TO THE LAWENCEBURG FAIRGROUNDS TOMORROW TO THE ANTIQUE FAIR. THEY HAVE THIS THE FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH IN THE SUMMER SEASON AND THIS IS THE LAST ONE OF THE YEAR. FOR YEARS WE HAVE WENT WITH EVERETTS AUNT AND UNCLE BUT THEY HAD ALREADY MADE PLANS FOR THIS WEEKEND. BUMMER. WE ALSO INVITED MOM AND DAD TO GO WITH US BUT SHE HASNT GIVEN ME A DEFINATE ANSWER YET. IT MAY JUST BE ME AND EVERETT AND THE GIRLS AND AS LONG AS WE ARE ALL TOGETHER IT STILL SUITS ME JUST AS WELL. I DONT DARE SAY WE ARE DEFINATELY GOING BECAUSE RILEY WAS SICK THE OTHER DAY AND IT STARTED WITH A STOMACH ACHE AND ENDED WITH FEVER, VOMITING, AND THE RUNS. TODAY ON THE WAY HOME JORDAN SAID HER STOMACH HURT. OH BOY. SO YOU WILL FIND OUT IF WE MADE IT IN MY NEXT POST.STAY TUNED.

MY LAST FRIDAY OFF

SO WE ARE NEARING THE END OF OUR SOCCER SEASON AND TONIGHT IS OUR LAST FRIDAY GAME AND MY LAST FRIDAY I HAVE OFF. THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON IS ON TUESDAY AND THEN WE HAVE A MAKE-UP GAME THAT THEY NEED TO SCHEDULE IN THERE SOMEWHERE BEFORE THE TOURNEMENT STARTS. THE WAY THEY DO THAT IS IF YOU WIN YOU MOVE ON, IF YOU LOSE YOUR DONE. IN THE PAST THESE HAVE BEEN ON SATURDAYS BUT HAVENT HEARD YET WHEN THEY WILL BE. WILL POST WITH SCORES FROM TONIGHTS GAME PROBABLY TOMORROW NIGHT.

WELL WE GOT TO TAKE OUR WALK EARLY THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE THE MOWER WAS MESSING UP AND I WAS AFRAID TO RUN IT BEFORE I TALKED WITH EVERETT ABOUT IT, AND BY THE TIME I DID TALK TO HIM IT WAS TO LATE TO START MOWING. SO GUESS WHAT ---I MOW TODAY BECAUSE IT POURED RAIN THAT NIGHT AND I HAD TO LET IT DRY. SO YESTERDAY I GOT MY HOUSE GOOD AND CLEANED AND WENT TO THE EYE DOCTOR. MY EYES HAD NOT CHANGED AND THEY GAVE ME A FREE PAIR OF CONTACTS.YAY! I GOT A LITTLE OFF TRACK BECAUSE I STARTED OFF TALKING ABOUT OUR WALK--IT WAS BEAUTIFUL OUT AND WE ACTUALLY DID NOT BRING HOME ANYTHING. THEY SPENT THEIR TIME CLIMBING TREES AND SWINGING ON VINES. JORDAN HAD ONE BABY CALF THAT KEPT TRYING TO FOLLOW HER. SHE WOULD MOVE AND IT WOULD MOVE. SHE WOULD STOP AND TURN AROUND AND IT WOULD STOP. IT WAS PRETTY FUNNY. WE STAYED GONE FOR A WHILE AND IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THEM BEING THIRSTY AND HAVING TO GO TO THE BATHROOM---WE WOULD NOT HAVE COME HOME WHEN WE DID.

TONIGHT MY NEPHEW JOSH IS COMING OUT AND BRINGING HIS GIRLFRIEND BEA OUT TO MEET UNCLE RAY. I WORK WITH BEA AT BOB EVANS AND SHE IS A SWEETHEART--I THINK SHE IS GOOD FOR JOSH. I NEED TO GET MY PORKROAST AND POTATOES AND CARROTS IN THE CROCK-POT SOON SO IT WILL BE READY TO EAT WHEN WE GET HOME.

SPEAKING OF FOOD--WE HAVE THIS GUY THAT STARTED WORKING AT BOB EVANS ABOUT THE SAME TIME I DID. OK THE DUDE IS A LITTLE WEIRD AND SOMETIMES VERY RUDE. SOMETIMES HE CAN BE VERY HELPFUL AS WELL. ANYWAY HE AND HIS WIFE ARE GETTING DIVORCED AND HE HAS BEEN LIVING IN HIS CAR FOR A MONTH. HE IS WORKING 2 JOBS AND IS NOT EATING HARDLY AT ALL. I CAN SEE HOW MUCH HIS HEALTH HAS DETERIORATED SINCE HE STARTED WORKING THERE--HE LOOKS SICK. SO I CAUGHT A LITTLE SLACK LAST NIGHT BECAUSE I BOUGHT HIM SUPPER AFTER HE GOT OFF WORK. I JUST TOLD THEM THAT HE MAY NOT BE ANYBODYS FAVORITE PERSON BUT NO ONE SHOULD GO WITHOUT EATING AND I WAS NOT GOING TO WATCH HIM STARVE TO DEATH WHEN I CAN DO A LITTLE SOMETHING TO HELP. I DONT HAVE MUCH AND WITH 2 YOUNG GIRLS IN THE HOUSE--I DONT TRUST ENOUGH TO OPEN MY HOME FOR A PLACE TO SLEEP--SO I AM GOING TO GET TOGETHER A CARE PACKAGE TODAY WITH SOME FOOD AND A BLANKET. MAYBE I AM A SUCKER BUT I CANT HELP IT.

BACK TO WORK

WELL YESTERDAY WAS MY DAY OFF AND I HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS A LITTLE ON THE LAZY SIDE. THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DAY I READ A BOOK. I KEPT UP WITH THE USUAL AND DID MANAGE TO GET THE PORCH AND THE SHELTER HOUSE SWEPT OUT. OF COURSE TODAY WILL BE A DIFFERENT STORY--AFTER ALL OF THE RAIN AND SUNSHINE THE YARD IS OUT OF HAND AGAIN. THE UPSIDE IS I CAN TELL IN THOSE SPOTS THAT THE SUN DOES NOT HIT AND WARM THE GROUND MUCH HAVE FROSTED LIGHTLY AND ARE DYING OFF. I THINK THIS WEEK I WILL CUT IT ALL TO THE DIRT AND BE DONE WITH IT FOR THE YEAR. I WILL BE BUSY FOR THE NEXT WEEK BUT WILL TRY TO POST OFTEN AND KEEP EVERYONE UPDATED.

IT HAS BEEN SO BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND TODAY THE SUN IS SHINING AND A BREEZE IS BLOWING. I ALREADY HAVE THE MOWER READY TO GO SO WHEN IT DRYS OUT I WILL BE GETTING IT DONE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE SO I CAN TAKE THE KIDS ON A NATURE HIKE WHEN I AM DONE--THEY LOVE THOSE. I ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE SEVERAL WALMART SACKS FOR THEM TO PUT THEIR TREASURES IN. ONE TIME THE LITTLE BOY BRADLEY THAT I BABYSIT--HE ALWAYS PICKS UP ANYTHING THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT OR INTERESTING TO HIM--WE GOT HOME AND WENT TO LOOK THROUGH THINGS AND HE HAD WHAT LOOKED TO BE A BIRD TURD IN WITH HIS TREASURES. I NOW WATCH WHAT HE PICKS UP VERY CLOSELY. EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!

ITS BEEN A WHILE

SORRY IT HAS BEEN A FEW DAYS SINCE I POSTED--IT POURED DOWN RAIN HERE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ALL DAY AND IT MESSED WITH THE PHONE LINE AND MADE EVERYTHING STATIC AND CAUSED OUR COMPUTER TO CONNECT AT A VERY LOW SPEED. THIS IN TURN CAUSED EVERYTHING TO LOAD SUPER SLOW. ONE OF THESE DAYS I AM GOING TO GET HIGHSPEED BUT THIS WORKS FOR NOW.

SO FRIDAY JORDANS GAME OF COURSE WAS CANCELLED SO WE WENT OUT TO EAT EARLY. EVERETT, ME AND THREE KIDS--WE GRUBBED UNTIL OUR BELLIES WERE ABOUT TO POP AND IT WAS ALL FREE!YAY!

SATURDAY I WORKED AT THE SHOP--I ALWAYS CALL HOME TO CHECK ON EVERYTHING AROUND LUNCH TIME AND TO TALK TO THE KIDS. EVERETT ASKED IF I WAS COMING STRAIGHT HOME AFTER WORK--I TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO GET GROCERIES--HE ASKED IF I WAS COMING TO GET THE GIRLS FIRST(I USUALLY DO) I TOLD HIM NO. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE DONE ANY MAJOR GROCERY SHOPPING WITHOUT THEM. THAT AND RILEY HAS NOT BEEN TO BED UNTIL 11:30-12MIDNIGHT EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK. I NEEDED A LITTLE ALONE TIME. I USUALLY STAY UP LATE BUT I LIKE TO HAVE AT LEAST AN HOUR OR SO TO WIND DOWN BY MYSELF AND DO WHATEVER WITHOUT BEING INTERUPTED---WHETHER IT BE READ, BE ON THE COMPUTER -WHATEVER. BY THE TIME SHE HAS WENT TO SLEEP I WENT TO SLEEP RIGHT AFTER. I SWEAR THE ONLY THING CONSISTANT ABOUT THAT CHILD IS THAT SHE IS INCONSISTANT.LOL. IT WAS NICE FOR A CHANGE TO BREEZE THROUGH 2 GROCERY STORES IN THE TIME IT NORMALLY TAKES ME TO GET THROUGH ONE. NOT THAT I MIND TAKING MY KIDS ANYWHERE BECAUSE I LOVE HAVING THEM NEAR BUT I DONT CARE TO GO TO THE GROCERY ANYWAY SO THE QUICKER I CAN GET THROUGH THE BETTER.

AFTER THE STORE I RAN OVER TO THE GOODWILL STORE TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING FOR MYSELF. NOMALLY WE ARE IN THERE FOR THE KIDS. WELL HERE I AM BY MYSELF AND THE FIRST SHIRT I PICK OUT----I PICKED OUT FOR JORDAN. PATHETIC I KNOW. BUT I DID END UP WITH 3 WINTER SHIRTS AND A PAIR OF JEANS FOR MYSELF. ALL FOR LESS THAN A PAIR OF JEANS WOULD RUN AT ANY OTHER STORE. I ONLY HAD ONE DECENT PAIR OF JEANS TO BEGIN WITH. THATS ALL I REALLY NEEDED WITH STAYING HOME BECAUSE I ALWAYS LIVED IN SWEATS. NOW THAT I AM BACK AT THE SHOP ON SATURDAYS--I NEEDED SOME BACK UP BECAUSE IF I GET COLOR OR SOMETHING ON MY ONLY PAIR I WAS GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE.

YESTERDAY I MADE A POT OF HOMEMADE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP FOR SUPPER AND WHILE I FINISHED THAT UP THE KIDS WENT OVER TO MOM AND DADS FOR THE AFTERNOON BECAUSE THE OTHER 3 GIRLS WERE THERE. AFTER I WAS DONE I MADE MY WAY OVER THERE. THE KIDS WERE HAVING A BLAST BOBBING FOR APPLES. THEN THEY ALL GOT DRIED OFF AND INTO DADS T-SHIRTS AND THE OLDER GIRLS AND MOM AND DAD PLAYED CARDS WHILE I TENDED TO THE 2 YOUGER ONES. A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.

WELL JORDAN DOES NOT HAVE ANOTHER GAME UNTIL FRIDAY UNLESS THEY DO A MAKE-UP GAME SOMETIME THIS WEEK--SO TOMORROW I GET TO STAY HOME ALL DAY AND NOT LEAVE FOR ONE MINUTE. YAY!

HOW ABOUT "GREAT NEWS"

I REALIZED MY TYPO AS I HIT THE "PUBLISH POST" OUT OF PURE LAZINESS I DID NOT GO IN AND CHANGE IT JUST WROTE THIS. I KNOW WHAT A GOOBER!

GREAT NEW-FOR ME AT LEAST

WELL I COULD NOT GET OFF OF WORK TONIGHT. WE HAD A SMALL RUSH AND THEY WERE GOING TO CUT THE FLOOR AT 7:30. NOW NORMALLY I WOULD STAY THE DURATION BUT WE WERE DEAD AND JORDAN HAD A GAME GOING ON. WHEN ASKED IF ANYONE WATED TO LEAVE I JUMPED AT THE CHANCE--BUT WAIT I HAD TO DO MY OUT BEFORE I LEFT SO I WAS STILL GOING TO MISS THE WHOLE GAME. WELL BLESS ANGIE AND LESLIES LIL OL HEARTS FOR THEY TOLD ME TO GO AND THEY WOULD DO MY OUT FOR ME--THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I GOT TO THE GAME RIGHT AT HALF TIME. WE LOST 3-4. IT MATTERS NOT ONLY THAT I MADE IT THERE TO CHEER AND JUST WELL BE THERE FOR HER. THATS WHAT I DO AND IT WAS KILLING ME THE MINUTE IT TURNED 7 AND I KNEW THE GAME HAD STARTED. I HAVE NEVER MISSED A GAME IN 3 YEARS.

A LITTLE BIT MORE GOOD NEWS. I WON TOP SALES PER COSTOMER AND GOT A FREE MEAL FOR MYSELF FOR A WEEK. I ASKED IF I COULD COMBINE IT AND JUST GET ONE FAMILY MEAL AND BRING EVERETT, JORDAN, RILEY AND MYSELF IN TOMORROW NIGHT AFTER THE GAME AND THEY SAID YES.YES! SO NO COOKING SHALL I DO TOMORROW. I HAD SAID IN AN EARLIER POST THAT I WAS GOING TO PRAY FOR RAIN FOR FRIDAY. WELL NOW THAT I AM STILL OFF ON FRIDAY I AM GOING TO CHANGE THAT REQUEST. NO RAIN PLEASE. WELL EVERYONE BEHAVE OUT THERE.LOL

MOM FINDER OF LOST THINGS

SORRY I DID NOT POST YESTERDAY-WAS GOING TO EARLY BUT EVERY TIME I TURNED AROUND IT WAS MOM WHERE IS THIS THAT AND THE OTHER. THEN IT GOT SO LATE I THOUGHT I WOULD POST WHEN WE GOT HOME FROM THE SOCCER GAME. BUT BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME WE SIT DOWN AND WATCH SOME TV TOGETHER AND THEN I WAS SO RELAXED I DID NOT WANT TO GET UP. PATHETIC I KNOW. WELL JORDANS TEAM LOST FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON 3-1. JORDAN WAS DISAPPOINTED BUT I TOLD HER YOU CANT WIN THEM ALL. SHE PLAYED HARD LAST NIGHT. ALL THE GIRLS DID BUT THE OTHER TEAM HAD 3 BIGGER GIRLS LINED UP IN FRONT OF THEIR GOAL BESIDES THEIR GOALIE AND OUR GIRLS JUST COULD NOT GET PAST THEM VERY OFTEN. WHEN THE BALL DID GET PAST-OUR GIRLS WERE SO USED TO IT NOT THAT THEY DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT AND THIS DID NOT MAKE OUR COACH VERY HAPPY.

WE GOT A SCHEDULE LAST NIGHT AND THEIR MAKE UP GAME FROM WHEN IT RAINED WILL BE THIS THURS---THANKS FOR THE NOTICE. I AM TORN BECAUSE I AM SUPPOSED TO WORK AND ITS TO SHORT OF NOTICE TO GET OFF. SHE TOLD ME "ITS JUST 1 GAME MOM." BUT STILL. THEY HAVE A GAME ON FRIDAY AS WELL AND I LOOKED AT THE WEATHER THIS MORNING--SO FAR IT IS LOOKING LIKE FRIDAYS GAME WILL BE RAINED OUT SO I AM GOING TO SEE IF I CAN GET SOMEONE WHO IS WORKING ON FRIDAY TO WORK FOR ME TOMORROW AND THEN I WILL WORK ON FRIDAY AND PRAY FOR RAIN. I DONT WANT TO MISS ANY OF THE GAMES.

WELL I GOTTA GET OFF HERE, JORDAN HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME TO SHAVE HER LEGS--I TOLD HER NOT UNTIL SHE IS 12. BUT I WAS THINKING I HAVE A LADIES ELECTRIC RAZOR AROUND HERE THAT I AM GOING TO FIND AND PRESENT HER WITH. BUT NOT REAL RAZORS YET. JORDAN HAS BEEN ASKING SO MUCH THAT RILEY IS NOW ASKING TO SHAVE HERS AS WELL.LOL

THE MIND WORKINGS OF A FOUR YEAR OLD

I HAD TO POST EARLY TODAY BECAUSE RILEY IS TOO CUTE--SHE SAID "MOM, GOD CAN SEE ME ALL OF THE TIME RIGHT?" I REPLIED YES AND SHE REPLIED"WELL THEN YOU AND EVERETT CAN JUST GO TO WORK AND JORDAN CAN GO TO MA-MAS AND I WILL STAY HERE BY MYSELF AND GOD CAN WATCH ME." SORRY KIDDO IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY BUT IT WAS AN ADORABLE THOUGHT.

HUBBY WAS OFF WORK TODAY AND MOM AND I WENT DOWN TO THE BOOTH TO PUT A FEW MORE THINGS OUT. MEANWHILE HE AND RILEY WENT TO TOWN TO DO A FEW THINGS AND GET A BITE TO EAT. WHEN I GOT HOME (VIC WILL APPRECIATE THIS) HE TOLD ME HE PULLED A DAD. YEP BACKED AROUND AND RAN RIGHT INTO BRANDONS TRUCK--IM SO GLAD IT WASNT THE MUSTANG. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT KNOW, MY FATHER IS NOTORIOUS FOR THIS MOVE AT HIS OWN HOUSE. HE HAS BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE AND HIT COUNTLESS VEHICLES.

WELL I MUST GET READY TO GO TO WORK SOON AND I NEED TO FIND OUT IF SOCCER PRACTICE IS CANCELLED BEFORE I GO. BY THE WAY SUPPER WAS EXCELLENT-WHY DOES IT ALWAYS TASTE BETTER WHEN SOMEONE ELSE COOKS IT? HE EVEN TOLD ME TO GO SIT DOWN THAT HE WOULD CLEAN THE KITCHEN---BUT JORDAN AND I HELPED HIM AND WE WERE DONE IN NO TIME. LOVE YOU BABE.

FEELING BETTER

SO AFTER TAKING IT EASY WITH HER FOOT UP AND ICE ON IT FOR MOST OF THE DAY, JORDAN WAS FEELING AND WALKING A LOT BETTER WHEN I GOT HOME FROM WORK YESTERDAY. AS SOON AS I GOT HOME I COLLECTED THE KIDS AND WE WERE OFF TO BRADLEYS BIRTHDAY PARTY. WHEN WE GOT HOME FROM THAT JORDAN THOUGHT SHE FELT WELL ENOUGH TO GO TO FRIENDSHIP. WE WENT AND I GOT MY HEARTSTOPPER ONION RINGS AFTER ALL. WE HAD A GOOD TIME BUT IT TOOK US FOREVER TO GET THROUGH BECAUSE RILEY HAS TO STOP AND PET EVERY DOG WE SEE, AND THERE ARE ALWAYS A LOT. AS WE WERE LEAVING WE SAW THE GUY THAT RUNS THE ONION RING STAND AND HE ASKED IF WE HAD ENJOYED OUR FOOD--WE TOLD HIM WE WERE STILL ENJOYING IT AND THAT IT WAS THE MAIN REASON THAT WE CAME OUT. HE THEN INFORMED US THAT THEY WERE RETIRING AND THIS WAS THEIR LAST YEAR. BOO!

WE STAYED HOME TODAY AND I GOT COMPLETELY FINISHED WITH THE MOWING AND WEEDEATING.YAY! THE TENT IS DOWN AND THE POOL IS DRAINED. NOT ONLY THAT BUT I GOT TO TAKE A LONG HOT SHOWER AND HUBBY IS FINISHING SUPPER AS I WRITE. GOTTA LOVE THAT! THE ONLY THING LEFT FOR THE DAY IS TO FINISH THE NEVERENDING LAUNDRY AND THEN WE ARE ALL GOING TO SIT DOWN AND WATCH THE AMAZING RACE. WELL TIME TO EAT AND I ONLY HAVE TO BE TOLD ONCE.LOL

THE REASON I SHOULD NOT PLAN ANYTHING

SO THE OTHER DAY I POSTED AND TOLD YOU OF THE PLANS WE HAD FOR THIS WEEKEND--CANCELLED. JORDAN OF COURSE HAD HER GAME THIS EVENING AND THEY WERE DOWN A COUPLE OF PLAYERS. THEY TIED THE GAME 2-2. RIGHT AT THE VERY END OF THE GAME OUR GIRLS WERE TRYING TO KEEP THE OTHER TEAM FROM SCORING. JORDAN WAS PLAYING HER USUAL DEFENSE AND THE GRASS WAS WET AND SLIPPERY--YOU GUESSED IT SHE WENT DOWN AND TWISTED HER ANKLE. SHE LIMPED OFF OF THE FIELD AND DAD AND EVERETT HELPED HER TO THE CAR AFTER THE GAME. WE GOT HER HOME AND TENDED TO HER GIVING HER SOME MOTRIN AND PROPPING HER LEG UP ON PILLOWS WITH ICE. WE WILL SEE HOW SHE FEELS TOMORROW BUT EVERYTHING WE WERE DOING THIS WEEKEND INVOLVED WALKING. OH WELL AS LONG AS SHE GETS BETTER I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.

WELL MY PLANS FOR THE DAY WENT A LITTLE HAYWIRE. I DID GET THE HOUSE CLEAN AND WENT TO MA-MAS AND GOT HER HAIR CUT. WHILE THERE MY UNCLE CALLED AND I WAITED ON HIM AND ALSO CUT HIS HAIR. I HAD GOT TO THINKING EARLIER IN THE DAY WITH SUCH A BUSY WEEKEND PLANNED WHEN WAS I GOING TO GET GROCERIES. I ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF BILLS TO SEND AND HAD A DEPOSIT TO MAKE AT THE BANK THAT HAD BEEN IN MY PURSE SINCE MONDAY. SO AFTER DOING HAIR WE WENT TO THE BANK, POST OFFICE, BREAD STORE,ALDI, AND WALMART. WE GOT HOME AND THE KIDS HELPED ME PUT THINGS AWAY. I THOUGHT I HAD JUST ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE YARD MOWED, SO AFTER GETTING THE MOWER READY IT WOULD NOT START. AN HOUR LATER I FINALLY GOT TO MOWING SO I ONLY GOT ABOUT HALF OF IT DONE. THE POOL, TENT, AND WEEDEATING ARE STILL PATIENTLY WAITING. IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER TONIGHT I WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET TO IT OVER THE WEEKEND. THEY SAY THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON. I WOULD JUST GIVE ANYTHING IF IT WAS ME AND NOT JORDAN--I CANT STAND TO SEE THEM IN PAIN OR SICK. MOMMYS CAN HELP BUT ONLY TIME CAN HEAL. SO THE LITTLE STINKER WILL JUST GET PAMPERED AND WAITED ON ALL WEEKEND--SO ITS NOT ALL BAD ON HER END. LOL

GREAT NEWS

GREAT NEWS-RILEY SLEPT IN HER BED ALL NIGHT BY HERSELF WITHOUT WAKING OR CRYING ONE TIME. THE OTHER DAY I TAPED A WHOLE TAPE OF CARTOONS. SO SHE HAS BEEN LAYING IN HER BED AT NIGHT AND STAYING UP A LITTLE LATER THAN USUAL-ABOUT 11-11:30. THIS ALSO HELPS TO KEEP HER IN BED WITHOUT GETTING UP A MILLION TIMES.YOU SEE I JUST SET UP A VCR TO TAPE SHOWS THIS PAST WEEK-I NEVER HAD THE NEED TO BEFORE. WITH EVERYTHING JUST STARTING BACK UP AGAIN, I NEED TO KEEP UP SO I CAN AT LEAST BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT WITH THE FAMILY. TONIGHT I SET UP THE TIMER TO TAPE SURVIVOR-I STARTED WATCHING IT IN RILEYS ROOM UNTIL SHE WAS READY TO GO TO BED AND NOW I JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SHE IS ASLEEP TO ROB THE CORD OFF OF THE BACK OF HER VCR AND PUT IT ON MINE. I KNOW I HAVE ANOTHER AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE BUT AM NOT GOING TO RUMMAGE THE HOUSE FOR ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, SO I WILL WAIT.

TONIGHT WAS A SUCKY NIGHT AT WORK. I DID OK TIP WISE BUT I JUST GET TIRED OF ALL OF THE CRAP. "LETS BRING A MILLION TEENS UP HERE TO WORK AND LET THEM STAND AROUND AND TALK RIGHT IN THE WAY SO THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB HAS TO WAIT FOR THEM TO MOVE AND MANUVER AROUD THEM EVERY 5 SECONDS" OF COURSE I AM BEING SARCASTIC AND I DO PRAY FOR PATIENCE EVERY NIGHT. TONIGHT IT JUST SEEMED LIKE EVERY TIME I WENT TO GET SOMETHING WHETHER IT BE A PLATE, GLASS, ROLLS, BISCUITS, SALAD, SOUR CREAM, BUTTER, COFFEE CREAMER, WHATEVER--IT WASNT THERE. AND PEOPLE NOT DOING THEIR JOBS ON TOP OF THAT JUST GOT ON MY LAST NERVE AND I WAS SOOOOOO READY TO GET OUT OF THERE. IF I DO NOT HAVE A TABLE I ALWAYS GO OUT OF MY WAY TO HELP EVERYONE IN EVERYWAY POSSIBLE--EVEN WHEN I AM NOT ASKED, ITS JUST WHAT I DO IN LIFE IN GENERAL, ITS THE WAY I WAS RAISED AND ITS SOMETIMES HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND HOW OTHER PEOPLE TICK.

ON A GOOD NOTE I GOT ABOUT 2 HOURS OF WEED EATING IN TODAY. YAY! I HAVE ANOTHER 2 HOURS LEFT TO DO. BOO! I ALSO GOT THE POOL DRAINED DOWN AND WITH ANY LUCK TOMORROW I WILL BE PUTTING THE PUMP AWAY FOR THE WINTER. ALSO ON MY TO DO LIST FOR TOMORROW, CLEAN THE HOUSE, CUT MY GRANDMAS HAIR, FINISH WEEDEATING, MOWING GRASS AND HOPEFULLY TAKING DOWN THE TENT I SET UP IN THE FRONT YARD FOR THE KIDS EVERY SPRING. AND ALL THIS BEFORE JORDANS SOCCER GAME. SHE DOES NOT PLAY UNTIL 7PM SO I JUST MAY FIT AN EARLY BIG SUPPER INTO THE MIX AS WELL. WISH ME LUCK! ILL LET YOU KNOW IF I MAKE IT. WILL POST SCORES TOMORROW NIGHT. GOODNIGHT

JUST A POST

WELL NOT MUCH TO REPORT TODAY JUST DID THE NORMAL AROUND HERE AND THEN WENT TO WORK. LAST WEDNESDAY IT WAS SO BUSY THAT IT SEEMED LIKE A FRIDAY NIGHT--NOT SO THIS WEEK-DEAD--WE WERE DOWN TO ONE WOMAN BEING IN THERE AT 8:30 -WHEN SHE LEFT A COUPLE OF MORE TABLES CAME IN AT 5 MIN TIL CLOSING. ONE TABLE JUST GOT DESSERT AND COFFEE AND WERE STILL THERE TALKING WHEN I LEFT.

WE DO HOWEVER HAVE AN EXCITING WEEKEND LINED UP. OF COURSE I HAVE TO WORK SATURDAY BUT WHEN I GET HOME WE ARE GOING TO FRIENDSHIP. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT KNOW-TWICE A YEAR IN FRIENDSHIP THEY HAVE A MUZZLELOADER SHOOT AND A BIG FLEA MARKET. I HAVE ACTUALLY NEVER BEEN TO THE SHOOTING PART JUST THE FLEA MARKET. WE WALK THROUGH AND THE GIRLS ALWAYS GET A LITTLE SOMETHING BUT WE SPEND MORE MONEY ON FOOD THAN ANYTHING. WE ONLY GO ONCE A YEAR AND EVERY TIME I HAVE TO HAVE THESE HUGE ONION RINGS. I CALL THEM HEART STOPPERS BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH GREASE IN THE BOTTOM WHEN THEY ARE ALL GONE. YUMMY-CANT WAIT.

THEN ON SUNDAY EVERETT IS JUDGING A CAR SHOW IN CARROLTON AND IT WILL BE A FAMILY THING. WE GET FREE EATS AND EVERYTHING. MOM AND DAD SAID THAT THEY MAY COME OVER WITH US.

WELL IT FINALLY STOPPED RAINING HERE AND I WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO DRY OUT AND THEN I WILL HAVE TO MOW AGAIN ON FRIDAY. ITS FUNNY BECAUSE YOU SEE THE TREES STARTING TO CHANGE A LITTLE MORE AND A FEW MORE LEAVES ON THE GROUND BUT THE GRASS IS AS GREEN AS IT IS IN THE SPRING. NORMALLY IT IS SLOWING WAY DOWN BY NOW. BUT WHAT CAN WE EXPECT--WHEN THE SUN SHINES IT GETS PRETTY WARM DURING THE DAY AND THEN GETS COOL OF A NIGHT. WHICH SUITS ME BECAUSE I LOVE TO KEEP THE WINDOWS OPEN. BUT I AM GETTING SICK OF MOWING AND WEED EATING. I AM GOING TO GIVE THE YARD ONE MORE GOOD WEED EATING-WHICH TAKES HOURS- THEN I AM OVER IT FOR THE YEAR. WELL I HAVE RAMBLED ENOUGH-I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST MAKE THIS A SHORT POST--I GUESS I DID NOT KNOW I HAD SO MUCH TO SAY-BUT THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME KNOW THAT I ALWAYS DO HAVE PLENTY TO SAY. EVERETT TELLS EVERYBODY THAT I COULD TALK A KNOB OFF OF A DOOR. LOVE YOU TOO HONEY!

RAINY DAY

WELL IT HAS POURED DOWN RAIN HERE ALL DAY SO I JUST CHECKED AND THE SOCCER GAME IS CANCELLED FOR THE EVENING. I GOT UP BEFORE 6AM THIS MORNING TO FIX JORDANS HAIR FOR HER SCHOOL PICTURES. OF COURSE SHE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL-SHE ALWAYS DOES. THEN ME AND RILEY HUNG OUT AND READ SOME BOOKS. THEN WE WENT TO MOMS TO HELP HER WITH A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THEN CAME HOME AND DONE A PROJECT OF MY OWN IN JORDANS ROOM. WHEN WE REDONE HER ROOM I REUSED ALL OF THE TRIMBOARD THAT GOES AROUND THE CENTER OF THE ROOM. WE COVERED WHERE THE OLD FIREPLACE WAS AND I WAS SHY AND NEVER GOT AROUND TO GETTING THAT 1 BOARD. SO TODAY I WENT OUT AND FOUND THE PERFECT BOARD OUT IN THE BARN. WHEN WE WENT TO MOM AND DADS I CUT IT WITH THE TABLE SAW TO LENGTH. THEN I PUT IT UP AND PUT HOOKS ON IT AND MADE IT BOTH DECORATIVE AND USEFUL. COST NOTHING. FUNCTION PRICELESS. I AM SIGNING OFF NOW-HAVE LAUNDRY TO FINISH-FOR THE MOMENT- WE ALL KNOW A MOMENT IS ABOUT THE EXTENT OF NOT HAVING ANY LAUNDRY TO DO-THEN I AM GOING TO ENJOY THE REST OF THE DAY WITHOUT HAVING TO GO ANYWHERE. THERE WAS A TIME THAT I WOULD ONLY GO TO TOWN 1 TIME A WEEK. IN THE WINTER 1 TIME EVERY 2 WEEKS. AND I DID NOT WANT TO GO, IT WAS ONLY OUT OF NECESSITY. I MISS THOSE TIMES AND IT GIVES ME SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE FIRST OF THE YEAR--HOPEFULLY.

WEEKEND UPDATE

WELL TOOK THE GIRLS WITH ME TO THE SHOP SATURDAY. THERE WAS A LADY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GET A CUT AND AN UPDO FOR HER WEDDING. WHEN SHE CAME IN SHE SAID THAT SHE SHOULD BE DOWN FOR LOWLIGHTS WITH FOIL. SO ME BEING THE WAY THAT I AM WENT AHEAD AND DONE HER COLOR AS WELL AS THE UPDO. THIS PUT A BIND IN MY SCHEDULE. USUALLY I HAVE JUST A FEW MINUTES IN BETWEEN CUSTOMERS TO DIRECT THE KIDS AND GET THEM DOING THINGS. NOT SATURDAY--SO NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY WERENT THE BEST BEHAVED. JORDAN WAS INTO EVERYTHING AND RILEY JUMPED AROUND LIKE SOMEONE HAD FED HER A 5LB BAG OF SUGAR. BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT AND THEN WENT TO PICK UP JORDANS FRIEND. CAME HOME AND WATCHED OUR MOVIE.

SUNDAY WAS UNEVENTFUL. JUST PLAYED A LITTLE CATCH-UP AROUND HERE AND MADE HOMEMADE SOUP AND COOKIES AND JUST HUNG OUT. THEN MOM, DAD, MICHELLE, ALLYSON, AND ASHLEY CAME OVER AND ATE LATER IN THE EVENING AND 2 OF THE GIRLS GOT HAIRCUTS.

TODAY IT WAS A LITTLE RAINY SO AFTER I GOT MY CHORES DONE ME AND RILEY PRETTY MUCH PLAYED TOGETHER AND MESSED AROUND ON THE COMPUTER. I HAD TO WORK THIS EVENING. I AM THINKING ABOUT MAKING MONDAYS A PERMANENT THING BECAUSE I LIKE THAT LITTLE BREAK THAT TUESDAYS GIVE ME. WITH THIS MONTH FLYING BY I WILL BE BACK TO WORKING AGAIN ON FRIDAY BEFORE I KNOW IT, TO BAD. I FIGURE I WILL TRY TO HOLD OUT UNTIL CHRISTMAS.

WELL TOMORROW NIGHT AMERICAN IDOL STARTS AND THE AUDITIONS ARE OUR FAVORITE. IT IS ONE OF THOSE SHOWS THAT WE WATCH THAT THE WHOLE FAMILY IS INTO. YES EVEN EVERETT! SOCCER GAME IS ALSO TOMORROW AND I WILL POST SCORE TOMORROW NIGHT.

WELL WE DID NOT LOSE

WELL FOLKS IT WAS A TIED GAME 1-1. ACTUALLY WE MADE A GOAL AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF BUT IT DID NOT COUNT BECAUSE IT WAS MADE AFTER THE REF WAS TRYING TO MAKE A CALL AND NOT ONE OF THE GIRLS ON EITHER TEAM WERE PAYING ATTENTION TO HIM. THE FIRST OFFICIAL GOAL WAS SCORED BY THE OTHER TEAM ABOUT 45MINUTES INTO THE GAME. WE MADE OUR FIRST OFFICIAL GOAL ABOUT A MINUTE BEFORE THE END. BOTH TEAMS PLAYED EXTREMELY HARD. ONCE JORDAN WENT TO KICK THE BALL AND KICKED SOME GIRL IN THE STOMACH AND SHE WENT DOWN AND HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT FOR A WHILE. I WAS SO GLAD WHEN SHE FINALLY STOOD UP ON THE SIDELINES. JORDAN FELT REALLY BAD FOR IT. ME AND THE GIRLS WENT GROCERY SHOPPING AFTER THE GAME AND BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME IT WAS AFTER 9PM. BY THE TIME I GOT EVERYONE SETTLED IN AND THINGS DONE AND EVERETT GOT GROCERIES PUT AWAY--HERE I AM TYPING AWAY AT 10:40. I DO NOT GENERALLY GO SHOPPING ON FRIDAY EVENINGS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS PACKED BUT I KNEW I WOULD JUST WANT TO COME HOME AFTER WORK TOMORROW WITHOUT MAKING ANY STOPS SO IT WAS WORTH IT. JORDAN ALSO HAS A FRIEND COMING OVER TO STAY THE NIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT. WE BOUGHT CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2 TO WATCH. WE OWN THE FIRST ONE AND JORDAN IS THE ONLY ONE OUT OF ALL OF US THAT HAS ALREADY SEEN IT. SHE WANTED TO GET SOME GIRLY MOVIE BUT I TOLD HER THAT DAD WOULD NOT ENJOY IT VERY MUCH. SO I PROBABLY WONT POST AGAIN UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT. EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!

SOCCER HERE I COME

WELL I NEVER QUITE FOUND OUT IF THEY GOT SOMEONE TO COVER FOR ME TOMORROW NIGHT OR NOT , BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT I AM NOT ON THE SCHEDULE. BEFORE WE FOUND THAT OUT, I TOLD SEAN THE ASST. MANAGER THAT I WAS GOING TO BE UP FRONT WITH HIM AND THAT I WAS NOT MISSING MY BABY'S SOCCER GAME. HE IS REALLY COOL ABOUT EVERYTHING AND SAID BASICALLY WHATEVER. I THINK HE KNEW HE WASNT CHANGING MY MIND.YAY!

SO TODAY I WENT UP TO THE SHOP AND MET THE GIRLS FOR LUNCH/MEETING. WE DISCUSSED THE DETAILS FOR THE PUMPKIN SHOW PARADE. WE WILL BE HAVING A FLOAT IN THE PARADE AND THE GIRLS AND ONE OF JORDANS FRIENDS WILL BE IN IT AS WELL. I MADE THE MISTAKE OF TELLING RILEY AND SHE SAID "TOMORROW?" WHEN TOLD NO IT WILL BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS SHE SAID "OH DARN! I WANT TO BE IN A PARADE TOMORROW. CANT WE MAKE IT TOMORROW?" I LOVE HOW SHE STILL DOESNT GRASP CERTAIN THINGS I KNOW THAT WONT LAST FOR MUCH LONGER.

SO I WILL POST TOMORROW NIGHT ON THE OUTCOME OF THE SOCCER GAME.

FINALLY

NOT MUCH TO REPORT FROM TODAY OTHER THAN I FINALLY GOT THE LAUNDRY ROOM CLEANED UP A LITTLE. I HAVE BEEN TRYING WITHOUT SUCCESS TO GET STARTED FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. YAY! WELL ITS WEDNESDAY AND I STILL HAVE NOT GOT ANYONE TO WORK FOR ME ON FRIDAY. LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE CALLING IN. NO FAKING SICK OR CAR BREAKING DOWN STORIES-IF YOU DO THAT IT JUST HAPPENS TO YOU--I WILL BE HONEST AND SAY I WILL NOT MISS MY DAUGHTERS SOCCER GAME. POINT ME OR FIRE ME--I DONT CARE. WELL WILL POST TOMORROW. LATER!

SLOW ME DOWN

GOT UP EARLY THIS MORNING AND GOT ALL THE USUAL CHORES DONE PLUS EXTRA BEFORE RILEY GOT UP. ME AND RILEY WALKED OVER TO MOM AND DADS AND GOT THE TRUCK BECAUSE I HAD A TABLE AND NUMEROUS BOXES OF GLASSWARE TO TAKE TO THE BOOTH AT THE ANTIQUE MALL. MOM WAS SUPPOSED TO GO WITH US BUT SHE HAS PROBLEM WITH HER KNEE AND SHE STEPPED WRONG YESTERDAY AND COULD NOT HARDLY WALK. SO WE LEFT HER WITH ICE ON AND HER LEG PROPPED UP. CAME BACK HERE AND LOADED UP. WITH A STOP AT THE DOLLAR STORE WE GOT TO THE ANTIQUE MALL AT ABOUT 10 AM. WILLIE HAD BEEN THERE SOMETIME SINCE WE WERE THERE TOGETHER BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT FULLER. AND SEVERAL HOURS LATER IT LOOKED LIKE A BOOTH. I STILL HAVE A LOT OF STUFF TO PUT OUT, BUT AT LEAST IT IS DOWN THERE ALREADY AND ALL I HAVE TO DO IS CLEAN IT AND PRICE IT WHICH SEEMS LIKE IT TAKES FOREVER. RILEY WAS WELL BEHAVED AND WHEN SHE GOT BORED COLORING OR PLAYING WITH HER TOYS, SHE STUCK PRICE STICKERS ON FOR ME. WE STOPPED TO GET GAS ON THE WAY HOME AND GOT HERE AROUND 2 PM. I TOOK SNACK BUT WE DID NOT HAVE LUNCH SO I FIXED SOME AND JUST STARTED TO EAT WHEN MOM CALLED FOR ME TO BRING THE TRUCK BACK SO SHE COULD GO TO THE CHIROPRACTOR. BY THE TIME WE DID THAT AND WALKED HOME THE OTHER 3 KIDS WERE HOME. BY THE TIME WE DID SNACK AND HOMEWORK THE OTHER KIDS LEFT ONE AFTER THE OTHER. JORDAN TOLD ME WHEN ASKED THE OTHER DAY THAT SHE HAD SOCCER PRACTICE ON TUESDAY. I TRIED TO CALL THE COACH TO MAKE SURE BUT NO ONE GOT BACK WITH ME. THE LAST THING I WANTED TO DO WAS DRIVE ALL THE WAY BACK TO TOWN. JORDAN WAS TIRED AND DID NOT WANT TO GO ANYWAY BUT OFF WE WENT AND GUESS WHAT-------------NO PRACTICE. I FIGURED THAT SHE WOULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT NOT WANTING TO GO ANYWAY BUT SURPRISINGLY FOR ONCE SHE KEPT HER MOUTH SHUT. GOTTA LOVE THOSE LITTLE SURPRISES. LOL

FOOD,FUN,AND FAMILY

BIRTHDAY TOTAL FOR YESTERDAY WAS 16. IT WAS ABOUT 5 LESS THAN WE EXPECTED BUT WE HAD A GOOD TIME ANYWAY. AND EVERETT GOT TO DO PRETTY MUCH WHAT HE WANTED. MOST OF THE DAY HE SPENT IN THE WOODS. HE WAS HOPING TO HAVE ANOTHER RELAXING DAY TODAY WITH IT BEING A HOLIDAY BUT NO SUCH LUCK. LAST NIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT I WENT TO THE BATHROOM BEFORE I WENT TO BED AND HEARD WATER RUNNING UNDER THE FLOOR. I HAD TO WAKE HIM UP TO CHECK IT AND THAT WASNT VERY PLEASANT. HE ENDED UP JUST SHUTTING THE WATER OFF UNTIL THIS MORNING WHEN HE COULD GET UNDER THE HOUSE AND CHECK IT. SINCE HE WAS GOING TO BE BUSY AND DID NOT NEED ME AND THE KIDS IN THE WAY TRYING TO GET IN THE BATHROOM, WE PROCEEDED ON UP TO MA-MAS HOUSE TO CLEAN. I WAXED THE HARDWOOD FLOORS TODAY AND I SWEAR THE GIRLS WERE EASIER TO KEEP OFF OF THE WET WAX THAN SHE WAS. YOU ALL KNOW YOU HAVE THOSE DAYS WHERE SOMETHING GETS INTO THE KIDS AND YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY GET ON TO THEM. WHEW--THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS. SOMETIMES I THINK THAT THEY ARE GOOD FOR SO LONG THAT THEY HAVE TO TEST THE BOUNDRIES-EACH OTHER- AND ME. THEN AFTER YOU REALLY GET ONTO THEM AND THEY KNOW YOU MEAN BUSINESS, THEY WILL STRAIGHTEN UP AND AS MY MOM WOULD SAY "FLY RIGHT" RIGHT NOW THEY ARE BEHAVING AND PLAYING TOGETHER YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THEY ARE THE SAME ONES THAT I DEALT WITH ALL MORNING.

MY NEPHEWS GIRLFRIEND LESLIE KNEW I WAS MAKING A BLANKET FOR HER FOR CHRISTMAS. SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD A SAY IN THE KIND THAT SHE WANTED. SHE WANTED IT OLD FASHIONED LOOKING, MEDIUM HEAVINESS, AND VERY GIRLY. SO LAST WEEK I FOUND AND OLD FASHIONED LOOKING FLOWERED MATERIAL THAT JORDAN HELPED ME PICK OUT AND THEN I WENT TO WORK I TOLD HER THAT I HAD FINISHED HER CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT DAY. WELL YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME SHE HAD BEEN OUT SINCE I HAD FINISHED IT. I KEEP ALL THE BLANKETS IVE MADE STACKED IN AN OLD CRATE BOX IN THE BACK OF THE DINING AREA. I FIGURED SHE WOULD GO STRAIGHT IN AND SNOOP BUT SHE HAD A ROUGH DAY AT WORK AND HAD FORGOTTON ABOUT IT. JUST AS HER AND BRANDON WERE WALKING OUT TO THE TRUCK TO LEAVE I TOLD HER THAT I HAD TOLD THE GUYS I WAS SURPRISED SHE HAD NOT SNOOPED YET. HER FACE LIT UP AND SHE CAME TEARING BACK TO THE HOUSE STRAIGHT TO THE CRATE AND SAID "IS IT OVER HERE?" WHEN I PULLED IT OUT SHE WENT CRAZY OVER IT. "I LOVE IT! ITS THE PRETTIEST ONE YOUVE EVER MADE. ITS PERFECT JUST FOR ME AND I DONT HAVE TO SHARE WITH BRANDON. CAN I PLEASE TAKE IT NOW? I'LL REMEMBER AT CHRISTMAS THAT I ALREADY HAVE MINE. PLEEEESE" YES SHE SAID IT ALL IN ONE SENTENCE AND AFTER THE DAY SHE HAD HOW COULD I RESIST, IT LEFT WITH HER.

WELL I MUST GET THE BATHROOM BACK TOGETHER. YOU KNOW HOW THE GUY ARE-THEY TEAR EVERYTHING UP TO FIX IT AND WE GET TO CLEAN UP THE DIRT, MUD AND MESS. OH WELL I DONT MIND AS LONG AS WE DONT HAVE WATER RUNNING UNDER THE HOUSE ANY MORE. ANY WAY HUBBY JUST TOOK OFF TO FIX A DOOR ON A FRIENDS SONS CAR. I ALWAYS TELL HIM NO REST FOR THE WICKED. LOL

BUSY TIMES

DID NOT POST YESTERDAY - IT WAS CRAZY AROUND HERE. I WAS GOING TO GO TO MY GRANDMAS TO CLEAN YESTERDAY BUT I GOT A CALL FROM MY GOOD FRIEND CARROL WHOM I WORK WITH AT THE BEAUTY SHOP. YOU SEE, I HAVE WANTED TO GET A BOOTH AT A LOCAL ANTIQUE MALL FOR AGES BUT HAVE JUST PUT IT OFF UNTIL OUR POOR STORAGE BUILDING IS BUSTING AT THE SEAMS. CARROLS HUBBY AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SHARING A BOOTH TOGETHER FOR A WHILE. SO HE GOT ONE YESTERDAY AND WAS GOING TO BE THERE WORKING. I PUT IN A CALL TO LET MA-MA KNOW THAT I WOULD BE UP NEXT WEEK TO CLEAN. SO RILEY AND I STARTED OUT BY LOADING UP THE CAR AND TAKING OFF FOR TOWN TO CASH A CHECK. THEN WE HAD TO RUN TO VEVAY AND MAKE THE HOUSE PAYMENT. THEN BACK TO MADISON WHERE WE MET UP WITH WILLIE AT THE ANTIQUE MALL. AFTER PUTTING IN A GOOD 2 1/2 HOURS THERE, WE RUSHED HOME IN THE NICK OF TIME TO MEET THE GIRLS. AFTER A QUICK SNACK WE GOT JORDAN PACKED AND READY TO GO OFF TO INDY FOR THE WEEKEND. SHE GOT READY FOR HER SOCCER GAME AND WE WERE ALL OUT THE DOOR BY 4:30. IT WAS A GOOD GAME AND HER TEAM WON 4-3.YAY! AFTER THE GAME MOM AND DAD TOOK EVERETT OUT TO EAT. ME AND SUSETTE TOOK THE KIDS THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH AT MCDONALDS AND WE WERE OFF TO MEET VIC HALFWAY AT COLUMBUS. BY THE TIME ME AND RILEY GOT HOME IT WAS 10PM AND I WAS WIPED OUT. WORKED AT THE SHOP TODAY RAN HOME AND GOT RILEY AND HER AND I WENT TO TOWN TO GET A FEW THINGS FOR EVERETTS BIRTHDAY TOMORROW. I WAS UP AND DOING LAUNDRY AND MAKING BEDS AT 6AM AND WE GOT BACK AROUND 7:30. THE ONLY TIME I SAT DOWN WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING. WE HAVE ANOTHER BUSY DAY TOMORROW. EVEN THOUGH WE WONT BE EATING UNTIL AROUND 6PM I NEED TO DO A LOT OF PREP WORK AND TIDYING BEFORE EVERYONE STARTS ARRIVING. HIS BIRTHDAY USUALLY FALLS THROUGH THE WEEK AND THE GIRLS ALWAYS MAKE HIM A CAKE AND I ALWAYS FIX HIM WHAT HE WANTS FOR SUPPER. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF COMPANY COME OVER. NOT SURE IF THEY WILL BE HERE FOR HIS BIRTHDAY OR THE FOOD. EITHER WAY I WILL POST SOMETIME MONDAY NIGHT TO LET YOU KNOW THE OUTCOME. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE! THE OLDER YOU GET THE MORE I LOVE YA!