WHAT HAPPENED?

IM NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WEATHER AROUND HERE BUT WHEN I WOKE UP YESTERDAY MORNING AND WENT TO LET THE DOG OUTSIDE IT WAS COLD AND RAINY. I WENT OUT AROUND NOON TO FEED ALL OF THE ANIMALS AND MY FINGERS WERE SO COLD THAT I DECIDED TO CALL AND SEE JUST HOW COLD IT WAS. 39. THAT SEEMS EXTRA COLD WHEN YOU WERE JUST GETTING USED TO THE WARMER WEATHER. GRANTED I HAVE A LOT TO DO BEFORE SUMMER --BUT I HAVE HAD JUST ENOUGH OF THE WARM THAT I DONT WANT THE COLD BACK. OF COURSE HERE IN INDIANA YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE WEATHER IS GOING TO DO. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN JORDAN WAS BORN {JUNE 29} AND WE BROUGHT HER HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL IT WAS ACTUALLY COOL ENOUGH TO WEAR A LIGHT JACKET FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. PEOPLE AROUND HERE SAY IF YOU DONT LIKE THE WEATHER IN INDIANA JUST WAIT BECAUSE IT DOESNT TAKE IT LONG TO CHANGE!

ONE THING I CANT WAIT FOR THIS SUMMER IS GETTING TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH MY NEPHEWS AND THEIR GIRLFRIENDS AND MY NIECES AS WELL. WHEN LESLIE GETS HER BREAK FROM COLLEGE THEN THEY WILL GET TO COME OUT HERE MORE OFTEN. SHE IS GOING CRAZY FOR ME TO FIX HER A HOME-COOKED MEAL. I LOVE HER TO DEATH, BUT THE POOR GIRL CANT COOK TO SAVE HER LIFE. I SWEAR MY NEICE AND NEPHEW CAME OUT WHILE SHE WAS AT WORK A COUPLE OF SUNDAYS AGO. I HAD FIXED DEER STEAKS AND BBQ CHICKEN AND THE WORKS TO GO WITH IT --AND MADE HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. BRANDON ATE LIKE HE HAD NOT ATE SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT I COOKED FOR HIM--LIKE HE KNEW HE WOULD NOT GET A DECENT MEAL UNTIL THE NEXT TIME HE CAME OUT.
OF COURSE I TELL HIM TO GIVE HER A BREAK-SHE IS ONLY 19 AFTER ALL AND IT WILL TAKE HER SOME TIME TO LEARN. SOME THINGS YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO DO THEM WRONG BEFORE YOU CAN DO THEM RIGHT. WELL MUST GET TO WORK EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER

SO THE WEATHER AROUND HERE HAS BEEN BEAUTIFUL. I HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TOO GET EVERYTHING AROUND HERE READY FOR SUMMER. THERE IS OF COURSE LOTS MORE TO DO. RIGHT NOW I AM JUST WAITING ON THE LAST LOAD OF LAUNDRY TO GET DONE SO I CAN HANG IT OUT. THE TEMP OUTSIDE IS ABOUT 75 AND SUNSHINE. WE HAVE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME OUT THERE AND TO HELL WITH THE HOUSEWORK. REALLY I JUST GET UP EXTRA EARLY AND DO ALL OF THE IN HOUSE STUFF BECAUSE IT HAS STILL BEEN A LITTLE CHILLY OF THE MORNING. THEN I WORK MY BUTT OFF ALL DAY OUTSIDE. I WAS ALMOST LATE FOR WORK A COUPLE OF DAYS LAST WEEK JUST PROCRASTINATING ABOUT GETTING IN THE HOUSE AND GETTING READY. AS A MATTER OF FACT I DID NOT GET INTO THE SHOWER UNTIL 15 MINUTES BEFORE I WAS TO LEAVE.

SO NOW THING UP HERE AROUND THE HOUSE ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. I FINISHED INSTALLING A NEW STORM DOOR TO THE FRONT DOOR AS THE OTHER ONE WAS DESTROYED. I KIND OF STARTED IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND BETWEEN ALL OF US IT WAS DESTROYED. IT WAS AN OLD DOOR AND IT HAD DECORATIVE SILVER PIECES ON THE BOTTOM HALF. I CAUGHT THE LAUNDRY BASKET ON IT ONE DAY AND IT BOUNCED BACK AND SHATTERED IT. WE REPLACED THAT WITH A PIECE OF PLEXIGLASS. RILEY CRACKED THAT ONE DAY WHEN SHE GOT MAD AT ME BECAUSE I COULD NOT HERE HER HOLLERING FROM THE INSIDE WHILE I WAS ON THE MOWER. SO WE TAPED IT AND IT JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE UNTIL A BIG PIECE OF IT FELL OUT AND I PUT PLASTIC ON IT FOR THE WINTER--WHAT AN EYESORE. THE OLD MAN WALKED OUT OF IT LAST WEEK AND SLAMMED IT AND THE TOP GLASS SHATTERED. SO THE OTHER DAY I TOOK IT OFF AND TOOK OFF THE STORM DOOR AROUND THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. WE DIDNT USE IT ANYMORE BECAUSE THE DOOR IS IN OUR BEDROOM WHICH USED TO BE THE LIVING ROOM. CONFUSED YET? ANYWAY DAD CUT A BOARD FOR ME YESTERDAY SO THE DOOR WOULD FIT AND I INSTALLED IT. ITS NOT PERFECT BUT BETTER THAN WHAT I HAD.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE FAMILY IS WELL BUT I HAVE HAD SOME SORT OF BUG AND HAVENT FELT VERY GOOD SINCE SATURDAY NIGHT. AT LEAST I HAVENT HAD ANY STOMACH CRAMPS TODAY BUT I STILL DONT HAVE MUCH ENERGY OR AN APPETITE. AND IT MUST BE BAD IF IM NOT EATING BECAUSE I LOVE TO EAT. WELL LAUDRY IS ABOUT DONE. I HOPE EVERYONE WHO READS THIS IS ENJOYING THE WEATHER IN THEIR NECK OF THE WOODS AS MUCH AS I AM MINE. HAVE A GREAT DAY!

CATCHING UP

ONCE AGAIN TIME HAS GOTTON AWAY FROM ME AND NOW IS THE TIME TO CATCH UP ON THE EXCITING STUFF THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AROUND HERE. LITTLE MISS RILEY TOOK HER BIG TRIP AWAY FROM HOME WITH MY MOM , DAD AND HER COUSIN ASHLEY TO MY SISTERS IN INDY. SHE WAS SO EXCITED--IT WAS JUST OVERNIGHT AND THEY DID NOT LEAVE UNTIL 1:30 ON FRIDAY. SHE SHOWED QUITE A BIT OF PATIENCE THAT DAY BUT THERE WAS ONE THING SHE DID THAT MORNING THAT CRACKED ME UP. WHEN SHE GOT UP THAT MORNING SHE WAS READY TO TAKE HER SHOWER AND GET DRESSED--I TOLD HER THAT SHE HAD TO EAT BREAKFAST AND LUNCH BEFORE SHE HAD HER SHOWER SO SHE DID NOT GET ANYTHING ON HER CLOTHES. WHEN I WALKED INTO THE KITCHEN AFTER WORKING IN ANOTHER ROOM--SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS NOW READY TO TAKE A SHOWER BECAUSE SHE FIXED HERSELF A PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH AND HAD LUNCH FOR BREAKFAST. OK. IT WAS SO CUTE I LET HER TAKE HER SHOWER EARLY. WHAT A PILL. ANYWAY SHE HAD A GREAT TIME AT HER AUNT VICKIS PLACE. SHE TOOK THE GIRLS TO GET MANICURES. RILEY WAS TELLING ME ALL ABOUT IT AFTER SHE GOT HOME--THEN LATER SHE WAS TELLING ME THAT WHEN GETTING THEIR MANICURES--SHE TOLD ME {NOT THAT IT MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE BUT IT WAS FUNNY} " THEY HAD THESE GREEN MARBLES ON THIS FOOT MASSAGE THING THAT YOU FOOT MASSAGE YOUR FOOTS WITH" TOO CUTE!

JORDAN STAYED WITH MY NEPHEW AND HIS GIRLFRIEND AND MY NIECE AND THEY WENT TO THE SECTIONAL BASKETBALL GAME AND OUR TEAM WON BOTH FRIDAY AND SAT. OF COURSE SHE HAD A BLAST.

SO SINCE BOTH OF THE GIRLS WERE GOING TO BE GONE AND THE ELECTRIC WENT OUT ABOUT 2 THAT AFTERNOON I CALLED THE CLOSING MANAGER AT WORK TO SEE IF I COULD COME IN EARLY SO I COULD GET OUT OF THERE EARLY SO ME AND THE OLD MAN COULD GO ON A DATE. HE SAID COME IN AT 3:30 AND WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. YEAH GOT OUT OF THERE AT 9PM. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE ENTIRE WORK EVENING SUCKED EGGS AND I WAS MORE THAN READY TO GO. WHEN I GOT HOME AND CHANGED EVERETT AND I DID MANAGE TO GO TO THE RIVER BOAT UP THE ROAD AND GAMBLED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. IT WAS PRETTY NICE FOR A CHANGE.

WELL I MUST GO AND GET SOME ERRANDS RUN--IS IT JUST ME OR IS THERE NEVER ENOUGH TIME IN A DAY? EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT DAY!