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