BUSY BUSY

SO ON FRIDAY I GOT UP EARLY AND GOT THINGS DONE AROUND HERE THEN HEADED UP TO CUT MA-MA AND BOBS HAIR--THEN AFTER 2HOURS AND 15 MINUTES OF CLEANING OUT HER DEEP FREEZE WE HEADED HOME AND GOT READY REAL FAST TO HEAD TO TOWN TO GET CANDY AND GET TO THE HALLOWEEN PARTY. THEN ME AND THE 4 KIDS HEADED HOME TO HANG OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL I HAD TO GET READY TO GO TO WORK. WHEN I GOT HOME FROM WORK ONE OF THE GIRLS FROM THE SHOP HAD CALLED TO SAY THAT I DID NOT HAVE ANY APPOINTMENTS ON THE BOOK. I GOT UP ON SATURDAY MORNING AND TOOK A LONG HOT SHOWER AND DECIDED THAT WITH A BIRTHDAY PARTY TO GO TO THAT AFTERNOON, THAT I DID NOT WANT A REPEAT OF THE DAY BEFORE OF RUNNING AND RUSHING. SO I CALLED CARROLL AND TOLD HER THAT I WAS NOT COMING IN. I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY ANYWAY TO COLLECT THE KIDDYS BEFORE HAND. SO I WENT BACK TO BED AND SLEPT IN. SOOO NICE. SO RILEY AND I LEFT A LITTLE EARLY TO PICK UP JORDAN AND NATALIE AT NATALIES HOUSE. JORDAN SPENT THE NIGHT THERE ON FRIDAY. WE ALL THEN WENT TO WALMART AND THEN TO CLAIRES FOR GIFT CARDS AND OFF TO THE PARTY. WHEN WE WERE AT CLAIRES WE RAN INTO ANOTHER GIRL AND HER MOTHER AND THE LITTLE GIRL ENDED UP GOING WITH US. I SEEM TO GAIN CHILDREN WHEREVER I GO BUT DONT MIND A BIT.

THE KIDS HAD A BLAST AT THE PARTY AND QUITE FRANKLY SO DID I. THEN NATALIE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US. WE GOT UP THIS MORNING AND EVERETT MADE BREAKFAST--BISCUITS AND GRAVY--YUM. THEN WE ALL HAD OUR SHOWERS AND BATHS AND WE WENT TO SHANES BAPTISM. THEN WE ALL WENT BACK TO SUSETTES HOUSE FOR CAKE AND ICE CREAM AND FOR SHANES BIRTHDAY PARTY.

WHEN WE RETURNED HOME AND CHANGED CLOTHES AND I GOT TO WORK TRYING TO SMOOTH OUT THE YARD WHERE THE TRENCH WAS. EVERETT COVERED MOST OF IT BUT I RAINED A LOT AND IT HAS BEEN A MUDDY MESS. TODAY SOME OF IT WAS DRY ENOUGH AND SOME WASNT. THE DAY STARTED OF KIND OF CHILLY BUT WARMED UP THIS AFTERNOON. TOMORROW IT IS SUPPOSED TO GET UP TO 71 SO I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FINISH. AFTER SUPPER WE CARVED PUMPKINS AND I WILL POST PICTURES OF THIS EVENT TOMORROW.

AND TO MY SISTER VICKI WHO COULD NOT MAKE IT DOWN THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE SHE IS SICK---WE MISSED YOUR PUMPKIN PIES!


JUST JOKING--WE LOVE AND MISSED YOU! FEEL BETTER!

WELL DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN JUST 1 DAY AFTER I CLEANED AND SWEPT OFF OF THE DECK? ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THE LEAVES HAVE FELL SO FAR AND IT HAS BEEN RAINING TODAY. TALK ABOUT IMMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP UP WITH.

SO I HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH WORK AND HAIRCUTS THIS WEEK AND TOMORROW YET ANOTHER BUSY DAY. I HAVE TO CUT MA-MA AND UNCLE BOBS HAIR IN THE MORNING AND CLEAN OUT HER DEEP FREEZE. THEN HALLOWEEN PARTY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THEN WORK TOMORROW NIGHT AND SATURDAY. SO IT WILL BE THE FIRST OF THE WEEK BEFORE I POST AGAIN.LOL EVERYONE TAKE CARE.

SO THIS LADY COMES IN THE SHOP SATURDAY MORNING TO GET HER HAIR CUT AND SAYS THAT SHE HAS THIS BEAGLE THAT APPEARED TO BE ABOUT A YEAR OLD THAT CAME TO HER HOUSE OVER A WEEK AGO. SHE TRIED TO FIND THE OWNERS AND CALLED THE HUMANE SOCIETY BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE ROOM. AFTER CALLING THE GAME WARDEN AND BEING TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THEY WOULD NOT PUT HIM TO SLEEP SHE WAS GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY. WELL I TOLD HER I WOULD TAKE IT AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE GIRLS COULDNT BE HAPPIER.

AN UPHILL BATTLE

SO YESTERDAY I WENT TO CLEAN MY GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE AND I SWEAR IT IS AN UPHILL BATTLE--I JUST CLEAN AROUND THE CLUTTER. I TOLD HER NEXT WEEK THAT I WOULD BE UP TO CLEAN HER DEEP FREEZE OUT. SHE HAS A HUGE DEEP FREEZE AND IT IS PACKED FULL AND NEED TO BE DEFROSTED. HERES THE WAY IT WORKS--WE USUALLY HAVE ONE GARBAGE BAG FULL OF STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE THROWN OUT AND THEN I HAVE A GARBAGE BAG FULL OF STUFF THAT I GET TO BRING HOME AND USE--AND WHEN IT IS ALL PUT BACK IT DOES NOT EVEN LOOK LIKE WE TOOK ANYTHING OUT. WE FIND STUFF IN THE BOTTOM THAT SHE FORGETS ABOUT AND BUYS MORE USUALLY 5-10 BAGS OF THE SAME STUFF-SHE KEEPS A COUPLE AND I GET THE REST. IT WILL BE LIKE GOING TO THE GROCERY. WELL WHEN I GOT HOME AND WAS UNLOADING TRASH AND SUCH OUT OF THE CAR--I HEARD AIR LEAKING OUT OF THE BACK TIRE. WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE WAS A NAIL IN IT AND EVERETT WENT DOWN TO GET IT FIXED. THEY TOLD HIM TO COME BACK IN 25MIN--WHEN HE DID THEY HAD ANOTHER CAR IN. SOO-I CALLED A FRIEND AND SHE BROUGHT UP HER CAR FOR ME TO USE FOR THE EVENING--THANK YOU SHARON.

I HAD TO WORK LAST NIGHT AND FILL IN FOR A GIRL THAT IS ON VACATION SO I AM DEFINATELY LOOKING FORWARD TO SUNDAY OFF. WHEN I GOT HOME LAST NIGHT THE OLD MAN WAS TRYING TO FIX THE SATELLITE--JORDAN HAD IT BUT WE ONLY GOT A FEW CHANNELS. HE WAS AT IT UNTIL AFTER 11PM WHEN I TOLD HIM TO GIVE IT UP TIL DAYLIGHT. SO THIS MORNING HE WENT AND FINALLY GOT THE TIRE FIXED AND WORKED MOST OF THE DAY ON FIXING THE SATELLITE. IT ENDED UP BEING ONE OF THE WIRES THAT RAN INTO THE HOUSE. I PERMED SUSETTES HAIR FOR HER THIS MORNING AND THEN MOM BROUGHT MY 3 NIECES OVER AND THEY GOT HAIRCUTS AND WE HAD LUNCH. THEN WE TOOK THEM UP TO THE RIVER AND THE PARK. WE THEN STOPPED FOR ICE CREAM AT THE DAIRY QUEEN-YUM-HOW DO YOU KEEP 5 KIDS QUIET IN THE CAR? STOP FOR ICE CREAM OF COURSE. BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME AND I FINISHED PUTTING AWAY THE LAUNDRY AND ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER-I DIDNT GET IN THE SHOWER UNTIL 4:30 AND WAS A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATE. I JUST AM SO BAD ABOUT PROCRASTINATING ABOUT GOING TO WORK. RILEY TOLD ME TO JUST CALL THEM AND TELL THEM I WASNT COMING IN AND THEY COULD JUST DEAL WITH IT. GOTTA LOVE THE CHILDS WAY OF THINKING. TOMORROW ON THE AGENDA WILL BE ONE HAIRCUT AND THE USUAL AROUND HERE--MAINLY I THINK I AM JUST GOING TO RELAX AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SPEND TIME WITH THE KIDS, AND GET A GOOD MEAL ON THE CROCK POT IN THE MORNING--PROBABLY DEER ROAST, POTATOES, AND CARROTS. YUM! I KNOW WE ARE SUCH HILLBILLIES!

TODAY IS CATCH UP DAY

SO THURSDAY I WORKED AND FRIDAY WE WENT TO CLARKSVILLE FOR THE DAY WITH MOM AND VICKI. WE WENT OUT TO EAT BREAKFAST AND I HAD TO GO TO THE BEAUTY SUPPLY PLACE TO GET SOME PERMS AND HIGHLIGHTING STUFF. THEN WE WENT TO THE FLEA MARKET BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING FOR AN OLD COSCO STOOL TO PUT IN MY KITCHEN FOR SITTING AND CUTTING HAIR. I DID BUY SOME SOCKS FOR EVERETT AND FOUND A SCOOBY DOO HALLOWEEN COSTUME FOR RILEY. THE ZIPPER WAS BROKE BUT CAN BE EASILY FIXED. I ONLY PAID A LITTLE OVER $3 FOR IT AND IT FITS PERFECTLY. I COULD NOT HAVE EVEN MADE ANYTHING FOR THAT PRICE. VICKI ENDED UP WITH A TABLE TO GO IN HER SPARE BEDROOM. THEN WE WENT TO VALUE CITY SO I COULD LOOK AT SHOES--DID NOT FIND ANYTHING BUT MOM ENDED UP GETTING 3SHIRTS AND A PAIR OF PANTS FOR HERSELF. THEN WITH ONE LAST STOP AT ANOTHER FLEA MARKET MALL I FOUND MY STOOL. IT WAS NOT EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED BUT IT WAS IN GOOD SHAPE AND I GOT IT.

I HAD TO WORK FRIDAY NIGHT AND WAS THE EXPEDITOR. ONE OF THE BOYS THAT WORK THERE HAD NOT PLANNED ON BEING A SERVER HAD TO BORROW MY APRON. WHEN HE GOT DONE WITH IT HE WRAPPED IT UP AND SIT IT ON THE COUNTER. WELL SOMEONE MUST HAVE PICKED IT UP ON ACCIDENT AND GAGE LAID HIS IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT. WELL WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE I PICKED HIS UP BY ACCIDENT AND WHEN I GOT HOME THE OLD MAN WAS WAITING ON THE PORCH. THEY HAD ALREADY CALLED TO SAY THAT GAGE'S CAR AND HOUSE KEYS AND ALL HIS TIPS WERE IN THE APRON I BROUGHT HOME. WHOOPS! SO THE OLD MAN WAS NOT VERY HAPPY BUT BEING THE GOOD HUSBAND HE IS DROVE ALL THE WAY BACK TO BOB EVANS AND TOOK GAGE HIS APRON.

THEN I WORKED AT THE SHOP SATURDAY AND WE WERE BUSY-BUSY. I SWEAR WE EVEN TURNED AWAY A HIGHLIGHT AND A PERM--WE COULD HAVE BEEN THERE UNTIL 10PM IF WE CHOSE TO. SO I GOT HOME AND JORDAN WANTED TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH MOM AND DAD--OF COURSE RILEY WAS NOT TO BE LEFT BEHIND. SO WE TOOK THEM OVER ABOUT 6:30. ITS NOT OFTEN THAT BOTH GIRLS ARE GONE AT ONE TIME SO ME AND EVERETT WENT TO TOWN AND TO WALMART AND OUT TO EAT. THEN WE STOPPED AT A FRIENDS HOUSE AND JUST TALKED FOR A WHILE. WIERD! AFTER WE GOT HOME AND GOT THINGS PUT AWAY WE CHANGED AND I WAS IN BED AND ASLEEP BY 11PM. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW ME THAT IS EARLY. I GOT UP THIS MORNING AROUND 8:30 AND TALKED WITH EVERETT FOR A MINUTE BUT IT WAS COLD AND THE BED WAS WARM-I TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO LAY BACK UNDER THE COVERS FOR A MINUTE I DOZED BACK OFF AND SLEPT UNTIL 10:30! I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT NOR CAN I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I EVER SLEPT THAT LATE. LATE TO ME IS 9:00 AND THAT IS HARDLY EVER.

SO I HAVE GOT ALL THE LAUNDRY CAUGHT UP AND I MADE DEER CHILI AND JORDAN AND I GOT CAUGHT UP ON WATCHING ALL THE SHOWS I TAPED THIS WEEK. LOST-SURVIVOR-AND CSI. AND THEN WE GOT ALL OF HER LITTLE FRIENDS GIFTS MADE FOR CHRISTMAS. I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE THINGS TO MAKE ALL TOGETHER FOR OTHER PEOPLE FOR CHRISTMAS AND OTHER THAN SOME OF THE USUAL CANDY I GET DAD AND UNCLE BOB--EVERYONE BUT THE GIRLS WILL BE CROSSED OFF OF THE LIST. YAY!

NOW I HAVE TO FINISH CLEANING UP THE PAINT MESS FROM THE STUFF WE MADE AND GET THE REST OF THE LAUNDRY OFF OF THE LINE. THEN WE ARE GOING TO MAKE BROWNIES. YUM! I HAVE A BUSY WEEK SO POSTING WILL BE ON AND OFF BUT I WILL TRY TO GET TO IT OFTEN SO THEY ARE NOT SO LONG.LOL

STILL WORKING ON IT

OK WELL WHEN I WROTE MY POST THE PICTURES WERE NOT IN A STRAIGHT LINE. IM STILL WORKING ON IT SO FORGIVE ME.

FINALLY

WELL WE HAVE ASHLEY-- MICHELLE TRYING TO DUCK MOM--BELOW THAT WE HAVE JORDAN AND ALLYSON--TO THE LEFT OF THAT "THE AFTERMATH"--AND FINALLY THE GIRLS JUMPING THE TRENCH THAT WE DUG TO RUN LINES TO THE BUILDING WE ARE TRYING TO WORK ON.

UGH-WALMART TWICE IN ONE DAY

SO I WENT THIS MORNING TO WALMART AND PICKED UP A FEW GROCERIES. EVERETT ASKED ME TO PICK UP VINEGAR TO RUN THROUGH THE COFFEE MAKER BECAUSE WITH OUR HARD WATER IT GETS VERY SLOW. SO I CAME HOME AND PUT IT IN THE COFFEE MAKER AND TURNED IT ON---NOTHING. SO THIS EVENING BEFORE I WENT TO WORK I HAD TO GO BACK TO WALMART AND GET A NEW ONE. THE REASON I REALLY DONT CARE FOR WALMART IS BECAUSE IN THIS SMALL TOWN WE DONT HAVE MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM AND THE SERVICE AND THE STORE ARE NOT VERY GOOD--THEY NEED SOME COMPETITION TO KEEP THEM ON THEIR TOES.

SPEAKING OF TOES I CAUGHT ONE OF MINE ON THE EDGE OF THE PICNIC TABLE WHEN I WENT TO GET UP YESTERDAY AND COME JUST SHY OF RIPPING THE END OF IT OFF. ITS OK IF I DONT HAVE TO WEAR SHOES BUT BY THE END OF THE EVENING AT WORK I WAS LIMPING AWFUL HARD. OW! AS PROMISED I WILL POST PICTURES NOW--I KNOW Y'ALL WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE THEM THAN TO READ MY RAMBLINGS. OK SO I WILL POST PICTURES FIRST THING IN THE MORNING--ITS BEING STUBBORN.

CATCHING UP

WELL THURSDAY NIGHT REALLY STUNK AT WORK. WE HAD 6 PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR TO START WITH PLUS AN EXPEDITOR WHO TAKES CARRRY-OUTS AND HELPS US OUT. AT 7 PM THEY DECIDED TO CUT THE FLOOR AND SEND HOME OUR EXPEDITOR. THE MINUTE HE LEFT WE GOT SLAMMED. ONE OF THE GUYS WHO WAS SUPPOSE TO BE OFF THE FLOOR HELPED US OUT IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE AND EVEN TOOK A COUPLE OF TABLES--HE IS A REAL SWEETIE. WHILE THE OTHER PERSON THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO GO WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNLESS ASKED OF HER--SHE BASICALLY IGNORED ALL THE CHAOS AND GOT HER OUTS DONE. WHILE WE WERE RUNNING AROUND LIKE CRAZY SHE KEPT HOLLERING "WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE CHECK MY OUTS SO I CAN GO" AFTER SHE GOT CLOCKED OUT--OUR GRILL COOK WAS GETTING HIS BUTT KICKED WITH ALL THE ORDERS--SHE PUT IN HER ORDER AND SIT OUT THERE AND ATE--WHILE GAGE GOT SUCKED BACK INTO EVERYTHING GOING ON--AND TRULY NEEDED TO GO. NEEDLESS TO SAY NO ONE WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THIS GIRL. I DONT KNOW HOW PEOPLE CAN BE SO SELFISH. OVER AN HOUR AFTER GAGE WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE WE ALL OFFERED TO PITCH IN AND DO HIS OUTS SO HE COULD GO AHEAD AND LEAVE. AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF NO ONE WAS VERY GENEROUS THAT NIGHT WITH THEIR TIPS---BUT WHEN YOU CANT GIVE THE SERVICE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM AND THAT YOU YOURSELF LIKE TO HAVE --WHO COULD BLAME THEM. I HAD 5 TABLES SEATED BASICALLY AT THE SAME TIME AND SO DID EVERYONE ELSE AND IT WAS JUST A MESS. I WAS SOOO GLAD TO GET HOME.

FRIDAY MORNING I REARRANGED RILEYS ROOM. IT IS A SMALL ROOM AND I TRY TO MAKE AS MUCH FLOOR SPACE AS POSSIBLE. WITH WINTER COMING ON THEY NEED THE EXTRA ROOM TO MOVE AROUND. JORDAN HAS HER BED STICKING OUT FROM THE WALL AND I TOLD HER SOON IT WOULD BE TIME TO MOVE IT BACK AGAINST THE WALL TO MAKE MORE FLOOR SPACE. IN THE SUMMER IT DOESNT MATTER BECAUSE WHEN THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS HERE THEY ARE EITHER IN THE POOL OR SLEEPING OUTSIDE. BUT IN THE WINTER THEY NEED THE ROOM TO PLAY AND DANCE AND PLAY GAMES.


FRIDAY NIGHT WAS JORDANS SOCCER TOURNEY--WELL WE DID NOT GET OUTPLAYED ON THE FIELD--WE TIED 2-2--BUT BECAUSE IT WAS A TOURNEY WE HAD TO PLAY TILL SOMEONE WON. BASICALLY THEY LINE THEM UP AND EACH TEAM TAKES A TURN KICKING THE BALL IN. WELL ONE OF OUR LITTLE GIRLS ON OUR TEAM MISSED. I FELT SO BAD FOR HER. SO SOCCER IS OVER FOR THIS YEAR. MY SISTER CAME DOWN FOR THE GAME ALL THE WAY FROM INDY AND EVEN THOUGH AFTER THE GAME JORDAN SEEMED DISTANT TO HER AND ALL THE REST OF US, SHE WAS STILL GLAD THAT SHE CAME DOWN. SHE EVEN SIT DOWN AND E-MAILED HER AN APOLOGY TODAY. AFTER THE GAME SHE WENT BACK TO HER FRIENDS HOUSE AND HAD A SLEEPOVER. THEN WENT TO A SOCCER GAME ON SATURDAY AND WENT TO NATALIES HOUSE TO PLAY. WHEN I WENT TO PICK HER UP AND GOT HER HOME AND IN THE SHOWER IT WAS AFTER 9 AND SHE WAS POOPED.

TODAY MOM,DAD,MICHELLE,ALLYSON,ASHLEY,JORDAN,AND RILEY WENT TO THE MOVIES TO SEE OPEN SEASON AND THEN THEY ARE COMING BACK HERE TO ROAST HOT DOGS AND MARSHMALLOWS. I HAVE ALREADY GOT THE SHELTER AND THE PORCH CLEANED OFF AND THE FIRE GOING BUT I NEED TO GET BACK OUT AND PUT SOME MORE WOOD ON. MY LAUNDRY IS ALSO DONE WASHING SO I NEED TO PUT THE LAST OF MY 4 LOADS ON THE LINE TO DRY--STORY OF MY LIFE! SO I WILL TAKE PICTURES THIS EVENING AND POST THEM TOMORROW SOMETIME. LATER!

I THREW IN ONE OF RILEY AND OUR DOG CINDY BECAUSE IT WAS TOO CUTE.

WEIRD BLOG HAPPENINGS

SO I JUST TRIED TO GET ONTO MY BLOG AND IT IS COMPLETELY BLANK. I AM NOT EVEN SURE IF THIS POST WILL MAKE IT ON BUT IT IS WORTH A TRY. JORDAN HAD A GAME LAST NIGHT AND THEY WON 4-1. THE MAKE UP GAME THAT THEY HAD TONIGHT--THEY PLAYED THE SAME TEAM THEY DID LAST NIGHT--THEY WON 5-0. THEY HAD TOLD ME THE OTHER NIGHT THAT TONIGHTS GAME WAS AT 530. BUT AROUND 6 I LOOKED UP AND HERE WAS MOM,EVERETT, JORDAN,AND RILEY AT BOB EVANS. THEY HAD CHANGED THE GAME UNTIL 7 SO THEY ALL CAME IN TO EAT. EVERETT BOUGHT MOMS SUPPER AND MOM LEFT ME A $10 TIP. THIS WAS THE FIRST GAME I HAVE EVER MISSED THE WHOLE THING. I CALLED MOMS CELL PHONE AND THEY WERE JUST LEAVING. OF COURSE JORDAN GOT ON THERE AND HAD TO TELL ME THAT SHE PLAYED A NEW POSITION AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED SHE COULD HARDLY STAND IT. I WAS AND STILL AM PROUD OF HER AND I TOLD HER SO MORE THAN ONCE. OF COURSE I ALWAYS AM. I TOOK SOME PICTURES OF HER LAST NIGHT IN ACTION. AND TOOK SOME BEFORE HAND AS WELL.

I HAVE BEEN ON THE GO TODAY SINCE VERY EARLY. GOT UP AND DONE THE USUAL AROUND HERE THEN TOOK OFF FOR TOWN. I WAS AT THE NURSING HOME TO DO A FRIENDS GRANDMOTHERS PERM BEFORE 830. RILEY STAYED HOME WITH EVERETT TODAY BECAUSE HE GOT A CALL EARLY THIS MORNING SAYING THAT THE GUY HE IS HELPING OUT HAD A STROKE. I PRAY THAT HE GETS BETTER HE HAS HAD A ROUGH WAY TO GO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. I RETURNED HOME AFTER RUNNING A FEW ERRANDS HOPING THERE WAS SOME WORD ON HOW HE IS DOING. BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ALL DAY.

ALSO I FORGOT TO POST THAT ON SUNDAY WE WENT TO THE ANTIQUE FAIR AND BOUGHT POP AND POPCORN-THEN WENT OUT TO EAT. THEY HAD A LOT OF NICE THINGS AND WE CAME CLOSE TO BUYING BUT PURCHASED NOTHING BUT FOOD IN THE END. STILL HAD A GOOD TIME. I WILL SIGN OFF BY POSTING THE PICTURES.
ONE IS OF JORDAN AND NATALIE AND RILEY. NATALIE IS JUST A FEW MONTHS YOUNGER THAN JORDAN. AND JUST FOR PINKY I TOOK A PICTURE OF BRADLEY TO SHOW HER JUST HOW MUCH HE RESEMBLES HER SON JOSH. OK SO THE PICTURES WOULD NOT LOAD LAST NIGHT OR THIS MORNING. WILL TRY AGAIN LATER. I WROTE THE MAJORITY OF THIS LAST NIGHT BUT COULD NOT STAY UP ANY LATER TO GET THE PICTURES ON SO I SAVED IT TILL THIS MORNING BUT STILL NO GO. SORRY!

PLAYING AROUND WITH THE CAMERA

AS SOME OF YOU KNOW AFTER YEARS OF WORKING WITH MY DIGITAL CAMERA IT SUDDENLY ONE DAY DECIDED THAT MY COMPUTER WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE IT. I HAVE TRIED FOR COUNTLESS HOURS TO GET THIS CORRECTED--I LOVED MY LITTLE CAMERA. WELL TO SAY THE LEAST THE PICTURES THAT ARE ON THE CAMERA ARE OF THE GIRLS CLEANING OUT THEIR PUMPKINS LAST YEAR! OK SO ITS HIGH TIME I DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I WENT OVER AND GOT MOMS CAMERA FINALLY--AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET USED TO IT. SO FAR THE ONLY PICTURES I GOT TO COME OUT WERE OUTSIDE AND CLOSE UP. I TRIED TAKING SOME PICTURES AROUND THE HOUSE INSIDE AND THEY TURNED OUT DARK. NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH MY CAMERA SO I WILL WORK ON THAT LATER. FOR NOW I WILL TRY AND POST A COUPLE OF PICTURES TO SHOW THE VIEW I SEE FROM MY KITCHEN AND FRONT PORCH. IF THIS WORKS I WILL DEFINATELY BE POSTING MORE PICTURES WHEN I GET THE HANG OF THIS CAMERA. WISH ME LUCK!