NEW ADDITIONS

AS PROMISED HERE ARE THE NEW ADDITIONS. THE GOAT IS BILLY THE KID, THE PIGS ARE BABE AND WILBUR. THE KIDS NAMED THEM AND THERE IS STILL SOME DEBATE AS TO WHICH IS WHICH BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS THE BIG ONE BECAUSE THEY KNOW HE WILL BE THE FIRST TO GO. ALSO I MAY STAY ON AT BOB EVANS UNTIL WE GET READY TO BUTCHER THE HOGS. FREE FOOD AND ALL. I TAKE IN A SLOP BUCKET EVERY NIGHT THAT I WORK. AND FINALLY LAST BUT NOT LEAST RASCAL. SHE IS SUCH A PRETTY LITTLE DOG AND WE KEEP HER IN THE HOUSE. SHE IS A GOOD AND SMART DOG TOO AND WE HAVE ALL FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HER.

LOTS GOING ON

SINCE I HAVE POSTED LAST A LOT HAS GONE ON AROUND HERE. SUNDAY I HAD TO GET GROCERIES BECAUSE WE WERE OUT OF EVERYTHING. MONDAY I PLAYED CATCH-UP AROUND HERE WITH THE NORMAL AND CLEANED HOUSE GOOD. TUESDAY MOM,RILEY AND I WENT AND DONE SOME CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN CLARKSVILLE.WEDNESDAY WE WENT TO WAL-MART HERE IN TOWN TO DO A LITTLE MORE SHOPPING AND GET A FEW LAST MINUTE ITEMS FOR THANKSGIVING. THEN I CAME BACK HERE AND PREPARED WHAT I COULD IN ADVANCE.CHEESEBALL, ZUCCINI CASSEROLE, AND RILEY AND I MADE 2 BATCHES OF HOMEMADE CHOCHOLATE CHIP COOKIES. THEN I DONE A HAIRCUT AND WENT TO WORK.

THURSDAY WAS QUITE A DAY WITH A SPREAD OF FOOD AND A BUNCH OF US MOANING HOW STUFFED WE WERE AND STILL PICKING AT FOOD THE WHOLE DAY. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WERE OF COURSE ME AND EVERETT AND THE KIDS, MOM,DAD, MY SISTER VICKI, MA-MA AND UNCLE BOB, BRANDON, LESLIE, AND HANNAH. WE LOUNGED MOST OF THE DAY AND WATCHED THE MOVIE CARS. JORDAN ENDED UP SPENDING THE NIGHT AT MOM AND DADS AND LATER ON THAT NIGHT BRANDON, VICKI, DAD AND MYSELF WENT UP TO THE RIVERBOAT CASINO FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. I PLAYED MOST OF THAT TIME AND CAME BACK WITH $15 DOLLARS MORE THAN I WENT WITH AND WAS THRILLED. WE DONT GO VERY OFTEN-A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR , BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME.

FRIDAY VICKI CAME OVER AND GOT HER HAIR CUT AND THEN WE TOOK OFF TO GET NATALIE AND TOOK THE KIDS TO SEE HAPPY FEET. IT WAS AN ADORABLE MOVIE-NOT QUITE WHAT I EXPECTED AND A LITTLE DRAWN OUT BUT I DEFINATELY RECOMEND IT. THEN I WORKED LAST NIGHT AND TODAY AT THE SHOP. I MADE A PIT STOP AT WAL-MART AND PICK UP A FEW THINGS SO THAT WE CAN GET THE TREE DECORATED TOMORROW NIGHT. I PUT THE TREE UP AND GOT THE LIGHTS ON IT THIS EVENING. I HAVE TO ADMIT THIS I EARLY FOR ME BUT I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT CHRISTMAS AND I AM HOPING IT WILL ENCOURAGE THE SNOW TO COME. NOT THAT I HAVENT ENJOYED THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER LATELY CAUSE I HAVE BUT I AM JUST READY FOR IT.

JUST A COUPLE MORE THINGS AND I WILL QUIT RAMBLING FOR THE EVENING. MONDAY WHEN WE GOT UP OUR NEWEST DOG BUDDY HAD DISAPPEARED. SINCE IT WAS OPENING WEEK WE THINK THAT SOME HUNTER PICKED HIM UP A NICE BEAGLE. BUT WE NOW HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE ADDITIONS TO THE FAMILY. EVERETT BROUGHT HOME A BILLY GOAT. IT IS A PIGME-A SMALLER VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL. ITS NAME IS BILLY THE KID. THEN WHEN I GOT HOME TODAY FROM WORK WE HAVE THIS LITTLE DOG IN THE HOUSE. APPARENTLY MY MOM AND DAD FOUND IT ALONG THE ROAD GOING TO MY GRANDMAS TODAY AND JUST COULD NOT LEAVE IT. IT APPEARS TO BE A JACK RUSSEL. I THINK IT HAS SOMETHING ELSE IN THERE TOO BUT I AM NOT SURE. THE KIDS NAMED HER RASCAL. I WILL POST PICTURES LATER THIS WEEK BECAUSE TOMORROW IT APPEARS THAT WE WILL BE GETTING 2 PIGS AS WELL. NOT SURE WHEN I WILL POST AGAIN. TOMORROW MOM, DAD, THE KIDS AND I ARE GOING UP TO VISIT WITH EVERETTS AUNT AND UNCLE AND THEN TOMORROW NIGHT WE WILL BE DECORATING THE TREE. PLUS I HAVE SOME BLANKETS THAT I NEED TO GET SEWED BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT TO DO SO. NOT TO MENTION WRAPPING A FEW THINGS SOMETIME SOON SO THE TREE ISNT SO BARE. EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD ONE.LOL

JUST A FEW THINGS

I WAS JUST THINKING THAT I DONT THINK THAT I MENTIONED THAT LAST WEEK MY 91 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER AND HER SISTER AND MY UNCLE TOOK OFF FOR MYRTLE BEACH FOR A WEEK. I HOPE I HAVE IT IN ME AND MAKE IT TO THAT AGE. JUST THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF COOL.

SO WEDNESDAY I HAD JUST GOT OUT OF BED AND WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE HOUSE WHEN I HEARD A KNOCK ON THE DOOR. IT WAS GOOD FRIENDS OF OURS FROM TEXAS STEVE AND CRYSTAL. THEY STAYED WITH US AND I DONT THINK THAT WE WENT TO BED BEFORE MIDNIGHT 1AM EVERY NIGHT. BUT THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW MUCH WE ENJOYED THEIR COMPANY. THEY LEFT LAST NIGHT AND ARE SUPPOSED TO CALL US THIS MORNING. IF ALL GOES WELL THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE UP HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS YAY!

I WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK AT THE SHOP YESTERDAY MORNING BUT I GOT UP WITH STOMACH CRAMPS-VOMITING-AND OTHER THINGS. I ENDED UP SLEEPING MOST OF THE DAY. EVERETT HAD WENT IN THE WOODS YESTERDAY MORNING. AND IT SEEMS THAT THE KIDS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SITUATIONS. I WAS IN THE BATHROOM AND THEY WERE FIGHTING. I HOLLERED THAT I WAS IN THERE PUKING MY GUTS OUT AND THEY WERE FIGHTING. EVERETT WAS NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THEM BECAUSE HE COULD NOT TRUST THEM THE WAY THEY WERE ACTING TO GO BACK INTO THE WOODS WHILE I WAS SICK. BUT I DO FEEL A LITTLE BETTER TODAY. WE DONT HAVE MUCH FOOD IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE I USUALLY GO GET GROCERIES ON SATURDAY. I DONT LIKE GOING ANYWHERE ON SUNDAY BUT MOM AND DAD ARE TAKING ALL OF THE KIDS TO SEE HAPPY FEET AND I THINK I WILL GO GET GROCERIES THEN.

WELL THE OTHER NIGHT PAM AND LESLIE GOT INTO IT AT WORK AND PAM GOT FIRED. I AM SO GLAD BECAUSE SHE IS NOT A HAPPY PERSON AND TRIES TO MAKE EVERYONE ELSE JUST AS MISERABLE AS SHE IS. SHE MAKES MEAN NASTY COMMENTS TO EVERYONE. SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE CAN SAY TO WHO TO GET A RISE OUT OF THEM. I DONT LET HER GET TO ME SO SHE DOES NOT SAY MUCH. ONCE SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE THOUGHT I LOOKED LIKE I WAS 45. I LOOKED AT HER AND SAID I DONT CARE IF YOU THINK I LOOK LIKE I AM 90 YEARS OLD IT DOES NOT BOTHER ME. I JUST DONT LET THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY GET TO ME. BUT OTHERS DO LET CERTAIN THINGS GET TO THEM AND THAT IS WHO SHE PICKS ON. SO WORK WILL BE EASIER GOING WITHOUT SO MUCH TENTION FROM HERE ON OUT.YAY.

WELL I MUST GET THINGS DONE AROUND HERE AND A SHOWER. BESIDES I DID BREAK DOWN THE OTHER MONDAY AND GO TO THE CHIROPRACTOR. HE HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY. BUT AFTER LAYING IN BED ALL DAY YESTERDAY I AM SUPER STIFF AND MUST GET MOVING. EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT DAY.

WHAT A WEEKEND

SO THIS WEEKEND WAS A LITTLE CRAZY TO SAY THE LEAST. FRIDAY EVENING I CALLED THE SHOP BEFORE I LEFT TO GO TO WORK AND THEY SAID THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO BE THERE UNTIL 9AM. ABOUT 10 MIN LATER THEY CALLED BACK TO SAY THAT I NOW HAD TO BE THERE AT 8AM BECAUSE SOMEONE JUST HAD TO BE THERE EARLY. OK FINE. WELL WHEN I GOT THERE THE PHONE WAS RINGING WHEN I ENTERED THE SHOP ONLY FOR IT TO BE THE PEOPLE THAT HAD TO BE IN EARLY CANCELLING. THANKS. WELL IT WAS PRETTY BUSY THAT DAY AT THE SHOP AND I NEEDED TO LEAVE BY AT LEAST 3:30. JORDAN WAS INVITED TO GO TO A PLAY AT A NEW ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS "HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL" AND I HAD TO BE HOME TO TAKE HER TO DEBBIES BY 4:30. SO AFTER WORK I RUSHED TO THE BANK AT WALMART WITH JUST SECONDS TO SPARE BEFORE THEY CLOSED. THEN RUSHED HOME TO FIND THAT JORDAN HAD LEFT A FEW MINUTES EARLY AND THAT DEBBIE HAD COME AND GOT HER. BUT I STILL NEEDED TO GET GROCERIES AND SINCE JORDAN WAS DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL RILEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL AS WELL. SO WE WERE OFF AS SOON AS I GOT HOME. SHE HAS BEEN WANTING TO GO TO THE PLAYPLACE FOREVER SO WE WENT TO McDONALDS AND I LET HER PLAY UNTIL SHE WAS READY TO GO. THEN WE WENT TO WALMART TO GET GROCERIES. LET ME TELL YOU FOLKS--OUR WALMART HAS NO COMPETITION SO WE DO NOT GET GOOD SERVICE AT ALL. RILEY AND I WAITED IN LINE JUST TO CHECK OUT FOR 30MINUTES! AND I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT THIS IN NO EXAGERATION. ANYWAY WE FINALLY GOT HOME AROUND 8:30. BY THE TIME WE GOT THINGS PUT AWAY I WAS HAMMERED.

SO YESTERDAY I HAD TO CLEAN HOUSE. I USUALLY DO THIS ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY BUT THOSE 2 DAYS HAPPENED TO BE SUPER NICE AND WE SPENT THEM OUTSIDE. I MADE A POT OF HOMEMADE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP AND JUST BASICALLY WORKED MY BUNS OFF AROUND HERE. WELL I WAS JUST ABOUT DONE WHEN BEA CALLED AND WANTED TO COME GET HER HAIR CUT. SHE HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET OUT HERE FOR A WHILE SO I SAID YES. SHE GOT HERE ABOUT 7PM AND HAD MY NIECE WITH HER. SHE WANTED HER HAIR CUT AS WELL. WELL LAST TIME SHE WAS OUT SHE HAD LICE. SAME WITH THIS TIME. AT FIRST SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS JUST TREATED ABOUT 4-5DAYS AGO. SO I WENT THROUGH MOST OF HER HAIR JUST GETTING OUT THE EGGS--BECAUSE IF YOU DONT GET THOSE OUT IT WILL JUST KEEP RETURNING. THEN WHEN I GOT TO THE CROWN OF HER HAIR I FOUND ABOUT 3 TINY BUGS. SO BY THE TIME I GOT DONE TREATING AND CUTTING HER HAIR IT WAS AFTER 10 PM. I TOLD EVERETT THAT I WILL NOT DO HAIRCUTS PAST A CERTAIN TIME ON SUNDAYS NOW.

THEN THIS MORNING ---BECAUSE I WAS BUSY DOING HAIR YESTERDAY EVENING IT SEEMED I HAD TO CLEAN EVERYTHING AGAIN. WHEN I WENT INTO JORDANS ROOM THIS MORNING--I FOUND HAY ON THE FLOOR. I FOLLOWED A TRAIL INTO THE CUBBY UNDER HER TV. IN THERE SHE HAS THIS CART THAT HAS 3 DRAWERS AND WHEELS. IN THE TOP DRAWER WAS HAY A PIECE OF CARROT AND A LITTLE TINY MOUSE. IT WAS ALIVE BUT JUST BARELY. IT WAS ONE THAT THE CATS HAD GOT A HOLD OF AND HER AND NATALIE COULD NOT STAND IT. I HAD TOLD THEM TO LEAVE IT ALONE BUT I GUESS THEY FELT LIKE THEY HAD TO SAVE IT. WELL I PUT IT BACK TO THE CATS.

WELL RIGHT NOW MY LAUNDRY IS DONE DRYING AND THE DISHWASHER IS DONE WASHING AND RILEY IS WANTING SOME HOT CHOCHOLATE. AFTER I GET FINISHED WITH ALL OF THAT I NEED TO MAKE A RUN TO TOWN TO PAY MY PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE FALL AND TO MAIL SOME BILLS AND STOP AND CHECK ON MY BOOTH. I PROBABLY SHOULD GO TO THE CHIROPRACTOR WHILE I AM IN TOWN. MY BACK ALWAYS HURTS TO SOME DEGREE--IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I LIVE WITH. SOME TIMES IT GOES OUT AND I CANT MOVE FOR A WEEK. SOMETIMES I STOVE IT UP AND IT JUST LASTS FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS. BUT THIS TIME IT HAS LASTED OVER A WEEK AND IT IS ABOUT TO WEAR ME OUT. I CAN STILL FUNCTION BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT. EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.

SILLY PICTURES

SO WALKING THROUGH THE LIVING ROOM I TOOK THIS SILLY PICTURE OF RILEY SITTING THERE WATCHING TV --WITH HER STUFFED DUCK NAMED MARSHMALLOW SITTING ON TOP OF HER HEAD. THEN WHEN I WENT TO PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER--I FOUND A FEW UNEXPECTED PICTURES OF JORDAN AND HER FRIEND IRELAND WHEN IRELAND SPENT THE NIGHT OVER THE WEEK END. THESE ARE ACTUALLY SOME OF THE MORE FLATTERING PICTURES. THERE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF SOMEONES NOSE--THOUGHT I WOULD SPARE YOU!LOL

A GOOD JOB

SO I CANT BELIEVE I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT EVERETT GOT A NEW JOB.YAY! AFTER HIS BOSS CAME BACK FROM HAVING A STROKE--HE IS NOT GETTING OUT AND CONDUCTING MUCH BUSINESS. SO THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP EVERETT IN WORK. BUT HE KNEW IT WAS ONLY TEMPORARY WHEN HE STARTED. AS YOU WELL KNOW HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS BUILDING OUT HERE. WE HAVE GOT THE ELECTRIC RAN TO IT AND THE YARD IS STILL A FAR WAY FROM BEING FILLED BACK IN IN ENTIRETY. IT SEEMS EVERY TIME IT DRIES OUT AND WE GET A LITTLE TIME TO DO SOME WORK ONLY FOR IT TO RAIN AND TURN INTO A MUDDY MESS AGAIN. BUT A LITTLE AT A TIME IS BETTER THAN NONE AT ALL. AS SOON AS IT DRIES OUT AGAIN--HE IS STILL HOPING TO FINSH UP AND GET SOME CONCRETE IN BEFORE WINTER. ANY WAY - LAST WEEK HE GETS A CALL FROM A GUY HE WORK WITH AT ANOTHER BODY SHOP. HE WENT OUT AND CHECKED IT OUT AND STARTED WORK ON MONDAY. SO FAR SO GOOD. I THINK I AM MORE EXCITED THAN HE IS BECAUSE GIVEN TIME--AND TO MAKE SURE IT IS GOING TO WORK OUT--I AM GOING TO GIVE IT TIL CHRISTMAS AND HOPEFULLY QUIT BOB EVANS! WHICH CHRISTMAS WAS MY GOAL I WAS SHOOTING FOR ANYWAY.YAY AGAIN!

SO IT HAS BEEN DIFFERENT WITHOUT HIM HERE DURING THE DAY--HE HAD BEEN HOME FOR OVER 3 WEEKS. DONT GET ME WRONG I LOVE HIM DEARLY--BUT WHEN IT WAS TO WET TO GET OUT TO HIS BUILDING TO DO WORK--WHEN I WENT TO CHECK MY E-MAIL HE WOULD BE RIGHT BEHIND ME. WHEN I WENT TO GET READY FOR WORK, HE WOULD STAND AT THE BATHROOM DOOR AND STARE AT ME. HE WAS THERE EVERYTIME I TURNED AROUND TO DO ANYTHING. IT SEEMED I WAS ALWAYS WAITING FOR HIM TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY SO I COULD GET TROUGH ANYWHERE. HE WANST TO HAPPY WHEN I TOLD HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES TO "LEAVE ME ALONE" BUT HE GOT OVER IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT SEEMS I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT MORE DONE DURING THE DAY WITHOUT HIM HERE THAN I DID WITH HIM HERE. WHY IS THAT?

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

WELL IT SEEMS TO WORK BEST WHEN I ONLY TRY TO PUT ONE PICTURE AT A TIME ON HERE. SO HERE ARE THE GIRLS RIGHT AFTER WE CARVED PUMPKINS. UNFORTUNATELY THE PICTURES DID NOT TURN OUT TO WELL FOR HALLOWEEN NIGHT.


I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I POSTED BUT I HAVE BEEN BUSY-AND WHEN I WAS NOT BUSY I HAVENT BEEN FEELING WELL. BEEN A BIT STUFFED IN THE HEAD AND A SORE THROAT. THEN ON SATURDAY WHILE WORKING AT THE SHOP I STOVED MY BACK UP. IT IS NOT TOTALLY OUT BUT I STILL NEEDED TO REST IT. THEN AFTER I GOT OFF WORK I WENT TO GET GROCERIES AND JORDAN HAD A FRIEND SPEND THE NIGHT.

WE JUST HUNG AROUND HERE YESTERDAY AND I MADE A POT OF CHILI. I WAS KIND OF WANTING HOMEMADE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP BUT MAJORITY RULES AND IT WAS NOT ME.

ALSO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A FEW PROJECTS AROUND HERE. EVERETT FINISHED PUTTING TOGETHER THE PANTRY AND INSTALLED A LIGHT IN THE CIELING. ONE DAY I PLAN ON PAINTING THE ENTIRE THING BUT THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR A LATER DATE. WE DID PUT SOME SHELVES IN. THEN MADE A BAR /ISLAND IN THE KITCHEN FOR EXTRA STORAGE. WILL POST PICTURES LATER IF BLOGGER FEEL GENEROUS.

BLOGGER DIFFICULTY

SO I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE PICTURES OF THE GIRLS UPLOADED. I WILL GO FOREVER AND THEN SAY THAT IT CANNOT FIND SERVER--SO I APOLOGIZE AND WILL CONTINUE TRYING. WELL WE WENT TRICK OR TREATING LAST NIGHT AND THE KIDS HAD A BLAST AND GOT PLENTY OF CANDY. WE WERE WORE OUT WHEN WE GOT HOME BUT WE STILL DID THE USUAL--DUMPED ALL OF THE CANDY IN THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR, TURNED ON THE OVERHEAD LIGHT AND WENT THROUGH AND TOSSED ANYTHING THAT WAS NOT WRAPPED OR WAS NOT WRAPPED COMPLETELY. THEN WE ALL ATE OUR FAIR SHARE AND PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN A BIG BOWL. SOME GOES INTO THE CANDY DISH BUT YOU CANT LEAVE IT ALL OUT ALL OF THE TIME OR---WELL THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE CHILDREN KNOW.

THEY CALLED ME IN EARLY TODAY AND SINCE IT WAS RAINING EVERETT SAID TO GO AHEAD. I PROBABLY WONT DO IT AGAIN ANYTIME SOON. I DID NOT GET OUT UNTIL LATE AND I MISSED THE KIDS. I MAY SOUND PATHETIC TO SOME BUT I JUST LOVE TO BE WITH THEM--EVEN THOUGH THEY DRIVE ME CRAZY SOMETIMES. LOL