School about over??

Well, it's been while..things are moving right along...enjoying being home...love working in yard and am geting a nice tan going on! Looking healthy and feeling good! Been doing all the end of school year running around (award programs, field days, EOG testing!)
More to come!

Dishes & The 7-Eleven

Wednesday...Hump Day! Whoo Hoo!
Adventures this week included hitting every thrift store between here and EC on Monday w/ Patti Hite and finding two very cute outfits for only $8! I have too many clothes! Plan on spending the morning tomorrow pairing up outfits and what's left donating back to thrift stores!
I have had good intentions all week to get my house back in some kind of reasonable order...well, Tuesday, dear hubby says, "Wanna go to EC w/me being as you spent all day yesterday w/Patti?" How could I say no?! SO there went another day out the window! Today I have to get Jessica (dear daughter) to an appoinment at 1 and tomorrow mom has an eye doctor appt. at 1! I have my mornings free I guess...although since being home and not working, hubby seems to think all that time belongs to him! I won't go there! *sigh* I am tired is all I can say! LOL
It's like I am a 7-Eleven...open 24 hours a day...7 days a week! You know...they have chains and locks on their doors? Which poses the question, if they are an open all the time place, when do they use them?
I am in the kitchen now as I write this. I most hate this room! Well, the dishes anyway, and sweeping it, and mopping it...yep! I hate it all! LOL
Going to try and get a new ceiling fan up in living room...yeah the one I bought like 2 weeks ago! It's still riding around in the Jeep. If it doesn't get up tonight, well, I can start on it and that always brings Kevin running! "Stop before you burn the house down!" LOL I have tricks too Kevin Lee! LOL
Here is hoping all have a good day! Remember...the problems of today fade into a distant memory as...you get a new load of crap tomorrow! LOL Sorry! Love you!
PEACE!

Old Friends, New Memories

Got a chance to have conversation today with an old friend. I have folks who tell me they love to talk to me because they always leave me feeling better...I often wonder who can I call on besides God? I need a "real live" person at times. I got up with an old friend online (easy to do w/facebooking and IMing stuff) and forgot how much I enjoyed talking with this person! Forgot that someone can make me laugh for a change instead of coming to me wanting me to make them perk up! If you are reading my blog...and you probably are...thanks!

Looking forward to tomorrow! Hump day! Another week zipping on by...not truly ready for summer. Wish kids could stay little forever! *sigh*
Cheers! Here's to life and all the adventure and change that comes with each day!
Peace!

Bring On The Rain

Whew! The end to another week...they seem to be running together! Since becoming a stay at home...what am I exactly yet to be determined...I have done nothing and gotten nothing accomplished I thought I would. It needs to rain! LOL When the sun is shining I can't stay inside! Outside I must go and so the house has been just as neglected as it was (worse actually) when I worked 4 days a week!
Have been worried I had a migraine coming on...slight headache, a little feverish...but the sun was shining today so migraine go away...off I went outside to enjoy it. My lawn mowoer had water in the gas tank, so over on it's side it went...ok I rolled it completedly over to empy the tank! Which nobody told me would flood the carburetor thingy therefore causing it to flood out.
I personally can't believe I am awake this late at night! 10:40 pm! Getting ready to go to bed and drag the kids kicking and screaming along for the ride! As much as I have enjoyed the week home with the kids during spring break (Chris is already counting down the days until summer vacation) I am looking forward to having a "Me" day next week.
I am officially med free and want to see how I wake up in the morning after working in yard all day...so far so good...I think all the physical labor is actually the best thing I could do for myself this week. Mom called and said "Tony said he'll be back over Monday to cut our yards." Too late. I'm done! YAY ME! Got a feeling I'm gonna sleep like a baby tonight...ok after a couple of Tylenol PM's. Just something for the headache!
I at least have not had time this week to miss the office. Was on the verge of renaming my dogs James & Todd...LOL It's getting easier...I don't miss working per say...just the day to day interaction with other humans beings...I know I have Kevin & Mama...yeah now you see what I'm saying? LOL
Well, here's to new adventures that are waiting to take me away this week!
Til next time,
Peace to you!

Ball Games & Bugs

Whew! What a week! This week has seen me pretty much finally being a homebody. Spent all yesterday getting the ole' taxes done...post office open today until 5 right?
Baseball season is upon us...and for me that meant going to Wal-Mart and spending the almighty dollar getting Chris new gear! So, off we go...my niece Kelsey tagging along for the adventure! She is my brother's daughter. (The one who came and cut my grass the other day) I am still thrilled about it! She's a good girl for the most part and Chris loves her! OK! I love her too! Wish we could see her more! She lives w/her mom so Tony gets her every other weekend and on special days. She read my blog and said I should talk about her...is this enough? Is it Kelsey? OK!
Now today's adventure is just sitting here doing some laundry...OK I do that everyday! I am going to put a pork roast in the crock pot and get some supper started. If the rain holds off Chris will have b-ball practice tonight @ 6. And so it all begins! Ballgames & bugs...and so the addition to all of life's adventure continues! To all out there: PEACE!

Grapevines, Gas and Bumble Bees

Lots of adventures going on since my last blog...well, came home last week to find my brother had come over and cut my grass and finished trimming up my grapevine I had started on back in February. Things at my house are backwards...hubby has gout and rhuematoid arthritis...so any outside work for him puts him out of commission. So I do the outside and he takes over the cooking. For the most part it works out fine except last year I went through some things that made it difficult for me to do hardly anything! And I actually enjoy the outside work...hard or not. So, as I was dredging up the energy to cut my grass, the decision was taken out of my hands. I was able to do the trim work and the ditches and be done and yard looks pretty good!
It's good to have a brother...my twin actually. No, we don't feel each other's pain...although any time I have been hurt, he gets hurt 10x worse. I got glasses, he got his eye swollen from hitting the side of a big freezer on out outside porch. I got a headache, he falls off the bed (from jumping back and forth!) and busts his head. I stepped on a bee once...he was playing in ditch a couple of days later and cut his foot wide open!
Tried to burn grapevine...2 1/2 gallons of gas later and it's still here! It's too green Kevin said....I think gas had water in it! As I was trimming some bushes, a nest of ground bees welcomed me gung ho! Butterflies and dragonflies are already out and about. I actually have felt much better getting some exercise outside. I have slept so well lately!
Suppertime!

Hubby Found A Job Just Right For Me?

Today's adventure involves going to different recycling centers with hubby to pick up batteries. It is not a glamorous job but pays well. Kevin turns around and sells them for about $6 a piece and after spending a couple hours filling up the pick up with about 100 batteries, you have a nice size chunk of change. As I am no longer working, Kevin said this will pay my cell bill he refuses to pay unless I "work" for it. He just doesn't understand as a woman, this week is not the week for me to be lifting heavy batteries! But I will get through it because the poor fella needs help. Jessica helped one time and got through it so to be sure I can. I'm thinking this is a job for Chris to take over with him this summer. It only has to be done every couple of months so it's not too stressing.
Had a good day yesterday! Got some housework done, went to visit office and make sure all was well there, and it is, then came home to find my dear brother had come over and not only cut my grass, but finished trimming a grapevine I had started on but never finished! All I left to do is some trim work around some flowerbeds and do the ditches! Awesome day! Wonder if he will do it again for me? I know he told mom he would keep her yard done this year so he might! It has been a big help that he has stepped up to that. I used to do her yard, house, and finally have thrown up my hands and said I can't! And you know what? They said OK! Now between me, Tony and Veronica it is spread a little more evenly and I can relax more.
I am actually feeling a lot better about a lot of things!
I am feeling hungry! I will go grab me a snack before hitting the road with Kevin. Hope everyone has a great day and finds some adventure of their own!
PEACE!

Tuesday's Timeline

Whew! I love adventure but hopefully today goes a little better than yesterday! Sun shining and warming up!
Mom's cataract surgery cancelled until maybe next Thursday while she is on antibiotic & steroid for her bronchitis. She kinda wanted to go ahead and get it over with. Me too! We'll both have to wait. I am still working on some housework I had neglected for a couple of weeks.
Kevin has been kinda grouchy the last couple of days...wondered if he was upset I quit work. He said no. He was able to talk to me this morning about some things bothering him. The same things that bother me! We are in a mess of a situation there seems no way out of because this person or that person doesn't want to take the time to get it all legal...I have a home on land that will never belong to me...hubby runs a shop that goes with the land that we will never own...I see the state coming in after mom n law dies, taking it, selling it and splitting money and you know what? I think it would be the best thing! I am so sick of all the uncertainty living with these folks brings. So, I just live day to day and protect Kevin the best I can. He has taken over the shop and the junk business, letting our own trucking business go to pot, but can't seem to work enough to support those that are depending on it. He has no help...I offer but he wants to do it on his own. There are options out there to do a quick turnaround but I was told to mind my own business and he would deal with it all. OK! He doesn't want a quick anything...I think he would feel like a slap to his brother's memory. I understand that. I wish I could go back and make different choices for him from the beginning of all this mess!
Blah! Well, off to EC to get some things done. I have to pick up my practice CD for the song I sing on the last Sunday and goof around maybe?
Til next time, PEACE!

Laundry, Mounds Bars & Tornado Watches

Well, Happy Monday!
Getting a little laundry done, cooked me some breakfast and just getting my daily blogging done. I am feeling much better today after going to bed early last night and geting some much needed rest. At least I can breathe out of both nostrils! I know there are folks who know what I'm talking about.
I'll see what I can get accomplished today as far as housework is concerned. Thursday, mom goes to have her second cataract surgery. She did really well with the first one and hopefully the same with this one. This time her surgery is scheduled for 6:30 am so maybe her blood pressure and sugar will be normal....unlike last time's adventure..both high! BP high due to nerves but her sugar...well, we won't discuss the Mounds bar incident at 2 am...when she wasn't supposed to eat or drink after midnight, "It may have been that Mounds bar I ate"...*sigh*
I also understand we are under a tornado watch today? My goodness gravy!
Weather this time of year is so unpredictable.
So until next time, hope you stay safe & happy!
PEACE!

Snails & Puppy Dog Tails

What a day! Voices of Praise presented their Easter Cantata this morning...it was very nice. Beautiful music with words that just made you think of how grateful we should be for a life given freely.
Excited about Easter coming up soon and not just because it gives me an excuse to eat Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs...but this will be the first Spring break I will have had off in the last 4 yrs. to spend with kids. I know Jess will work some days but hopefully we can get in one or two days to the beach.
Looking forward to tomorrow. I think that this week will officially start me being "off". It's taken me awhile to get used to doing nothing. Well, maybe because folks have kept me busy. Kids back to school, and Kevin to work, and me & my laundry will have an all day date! And I must say I am looking forward to it. I am going to call Dr. & see if Ican get something for this sinus thingy I have going on. Can breathe better but now some pain has settled in...that's never good.
Sitting here watching puppy sleeping, Jessica gone walking, Chris watching some musical show on TV.
Don't know if I have written about newly acquired puppy since I have been blogging. His name is Black Jack and he's adorable! Mickey (my Spitz) has finally accepted him and the cat (Spot) makes a daily home visit long enough to get food...so at least I know he's alive still. The puppy has learned to leave that little beast with the claws alone real quick. :-)
It is funny to watch them all in the kitchen together...eyeing each other warily to make sure they only eat out of their own bowls. *sigh* It's very "unfunny" when one make the mistake of eating the other's vittles.
But as puppy lies here sleeping with his bone cuddled between his paws, looking so peaceful, you get that "Awwww feeling...".
Well ,that's about all that's going on this weekend. Thinking of going in here to my room and take me a little nap. So until next time,
PEACE!

To Trust or Not To Trust

Well, always after the play productions there is a "cast party". Jessica asked to go..."We are going to Pizza Hut, then back to Michael's house, play darts, pool and just hang out." Well, the play didn't even end until after 10 pm. I never let my kids go anywhere wihtout me except to church camp! And that just about killed me! I know independence is a fighting battle with a teenager. So, I prayed a quick prayer, told my gut to be quiet and let her go, after telling her no 3 times! I guess that is the magic number.
I proceeded to go home and pray a more intent prayer, daughter called (texted) "I'm ok mom." Well, who was asking? I was wondering though. :-) That was around midnight. Finally after another round of texting at 2 am I said 3 o clock I need you home. I couldn't sleep. I need some sleep! Come home! And right away she came. I know I have a pretty good kid. I know most of the kids she was with last night were the same way, but it was Friday night and there were folks on the road doing things that are out of all of our control. Which why worry then?
But she came home safely. Thank You, Lord. Doesn't mean she gets to hang out like that anymore...at least not until the next cast party which isn't until in the fall! *whew*
Peace!

One Long Day

A new day, a new adventure? Well, went back to the office today to see how all is going...well, a few computer problems have cropped up (we always have computer problems in that place!), and I kinda sat there and felt totally out of place and uncomfortable! The lady taking my place has it so together and even found a mistake I apparently never caught 4 months ago! I was losing my focus these last few weeks and PJ deserved better than that which is one of many reasons I had to go. But back to replacement...she has caught on so quickly that I kinda felt like I was just sitting there "hanging over the shoulder" deal. I am glad for PJ...he needs someone quick learning. So, I left, went home, realized I no longer have a job (my choice) but now am no longer needed to even help do anything, which should make me totally happy! Then I proceeded to lay on bed and have a good long cry that I should have had a week ago! It's hard to explain...so I took my frustrations out on my mom's house and got it all nice and shiny! LOL Now if I could do the same for my own. *sigh*
Off to round 2 of Cinderella. My niece Brittany (Jessica's best bud) from Greenville has snuck into Hertford to a friends (Becky!) house for a surprise for Jessica! Kevin has taken Jess to practice, then taking Chris to Family Fun night at Central School, I have to go pick up my girls, but first get my sis n law Louise who came in from Yorktown, from my mom n laws house. Think I better get it in gear! Family support is the best thing a person can have. I hope you all have that!

Peace!

Take A Deep Breath & Release

Am planning on not getting on computer anymore today so thought I would get all my talking & bloggin on out of the way.
Ran across a quote recently that said..."Don't worry about the imperfections and cracks in the exterior...that's where the liight has a chance to get in and make you shine!" I think it just sounded good. I like thinking no matter what's going on all around us we can still shine in bad situations.
Went to see my daughter in the school production of Cinderella...it was so awesome! They really worked hard and it showed! Poor Jessica has been sick w/ a sinus infection the last week and one moment on stage as they had to hold perfectly still, I saw her eyes water up and thought she would hurl on her dancing partner! Talked to her during intermission and she said though while yes she was feeling queasy, she would make it through! She said she didn't learn how to waltz and gavotte and miss out on work to not be able to be in the play! The show must go on! What a trooper! You go girl! I am super proud of Jessica...she has come a long way and I see her moving on along the road of life as far away from this small town we live in as fast as she can. My son Chris has plans to be a local cop I believe...I think the local police are all crooked so I hope he changes his mind. Or maybe he can be the change!
Well, whatever you may be going through today, it gets better or at least after a while usually resolves itself and goes away. (Sometimes only after paying it enough to go away! :0)
"Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true"
Here's hoping all today's little glitches make you a stronger person tomorrow!
Love you & Peace!

Finally Me Time

Well, this is really the first day I have had to kinda sit back and not have anywhere to go and no one needing my attention. Just doing some laundry and listening to Christian channel on Sirius TV channel. "If We Are The Body" by Casting Crowns is playing. I love this song! A lady at church sang it the other Sunday and did a great job with it! I am singing last Sunday of April and am singing "In Better Hands" by....can't think right now! LOL Oh! Natalie Grant!
Getting ready to go to the shop and convince hubby to help me put in CD player in my Jeep. Or at least supervise me from a distance while I do what I can without messing up anything that would make it not run anymore! "Place In This World" playing! Awesome music coming out today~! Michael W. Smith has this sweet voice!
"Is there a vision that I can call my own...Show me! I'm looking for a reason, roaming through the night to find my place in this world!"
Love it!
I can't sing it because it's so high and I am fighting off a sinus something thingy of my own!
I am really loving this blogging deal! It's so fun! Like a journal but public! So no! You will not know all my deepest darkest secrets, but can keep up with me day to day and see what I can get into! LOL
Peace to you!
Lori

Springtime & Sinus Infections

Well, took daughter Jessica to dr. today...sinus infection...dogs dug out of pen...got to get some wire down under there...went and did some training with lady taking my place at church office...it went well. She's already caught on to everything...just a matter of "doing it by herself" I think. She'll do fine I know it. Good day overall. Ready to face tomorrow, which will actually be my first real day as a stay at home, have nothing to do but what I want to, person! Well, there's always laundry! *sigh* But I can do it while watching Ellen! YAY ME!
Peace!

Tuesday Blue's

Not sure about how I am feeling...I should be racing around house getting shower, throwing a load of laundry in washing machine, the other in the dryer! But here I sit...still in my pajama's...I'm sure the feeling will pass, but for the moment I am allowing myself to have an "Oh boy! What have I done?" moment.

Okay...it passed! LOL

Well, there has been something in my kitchen making noises at night...so a trap was set...trap was sprung...not sure if what I caught was a big mouse or a small rat...uugghhhh! Ewww!

Been watching some tv shows...ok I saw them last night as I was awake like at 2 am until around 5 am this morning...and am thinking of going "green". Seems simple enough. Some things I am currently doing and then there are things I need to implement into my everyday use...need to recycle more. The whole paper, plastic, aluminum deal. I can do that.

Now that I am no longer working, I can use my outdoor clothes line more instead of the dryer. Except when pollen is heavy and get all over everything and makes you sick...it is better for the environment and saves some serious $.

I am more of an outdoor person so if I can make it through the day without keeping air on just turning it on in the afternoon so we are all cool as we eat and settle in for the night, there will be some more ways to keep everything low and safe for environment.

I'll let you know how it all works out.

Need a new ceiling fan for living room and so a trip to Lowe's this week I will make after getting back on track with the housework. Knowing i was going to be here today got me slack over the last week. I regret that now but there's not too much to do and since I de-cluttered beforehand a few weeks ago, it's just a matter of putting everything back in it's place and wipe down.

I hope to have followers for this blog and hope you enjoy going through my days with me. See you next time!

Well Done...

Well, my first day as a stay at home...something I have yet to figure out! LOL
I am looking forward to it! Felt nothing but calm and a "rightness" is that makes sense as I left Friday. Whatever purpose I had in the office I believe was served and complete and I have very capable help coming in behind me.
Worked on house today doing some cleaning, messed in yard and got some tulips and an azalea bush (gifts from friends on last day, thanks PJ & Christy) planted into some bigger pots and now have some nice color to my little gardening spot.
Jessica made it through mid term week! Made a 92 on an examshe thought she would fail! (Honors Algebra 2)
Chris terrorizing his sister now as she comes out of bathroom! He might want to wait until she is completely over the stress of last week! LOL
Well, a good day all around! Hope yours was also!
PEACE!