I've imported my old AOL Journal

AOL is getting ready to completely do away with their Journals! I kept up this journal for a few years and it's a part of me, so I moved it over to here! Now I have to figure out what I want to do with it...do I start it back up? If so, what do I do with my new Dylann's Nana blog? Should I change directions with one of them and make one a dieting journal or a food/recipe journal? Hmm, decisions, decisions... I'll post my decision as soon as I figure it out!

I wasn't abducted!

I've been back home since Monday, but I've been so busy. I started to make an entry on Tuesday, but ran out of time and deleted it.  St. Louis is absolutely gorgeous.  We had the best time.  It was in the 60's the whole time which was a wonderful treat after the 90's we've been having in Florida.  I loved the arch.  It was great and the view is beautiful.  Downtown St. Louis was nice and the b-b-q was really good, but my favorite part was when we discovered historic St. Charles about 20 miles west of St. Louis.  We happened to be driving around and saw a sign for a Cracker Barrell and I told Robert that I would like to go there for breakfast in the morning.  So we did and across the street there was a sign for historic St. Charles.  I told him that I would like to drive through there and check it out after breakfast.  Well, check it out we did and we ended up spending the whole day there!  It is absolutely incredible.  I am a  "little shops" person.  I love to go into little shops and cafe's.  This place is loaded with them.  Go to their website and check it out.  www.mainstreetstcharles.com . 

Well, the kids did great while we were gone.  Wes watched the farm and Robert was really proud of the good job he did.  Katie did a great job of keeping things clean and feeding everybody.  We left her in charge of the money and she still had some left over. (That's why we left her in charge!)  So, all in all it was wonderful and I can't wait to go again.  Our next trip is a biggy.  We are all going to Vermont for Christmas.  We have a cabin reserved for an entire week.  We are all so excited.  Well, I have to run.  I have Bible study this morning and it is my turn to bring breakfast.  I made a sausage and spinach quiche with feta and mushrooms, fruit salad and a pumpkin and cream cheese roll.  MMMMmmmmm can't wait to dig in!  Have a great day y'all!

Getting ready to go!

I am so phyched!  We leave bright and early in the morning.  We are leaving all 3 kids home alone.  Yikes!  Wes is 21 and Katie is 19 after all, but we don't go away and leave them on their own too much and I'm worried about the "free-at-last" syndrome.  I have warned them a hundred time what they can and can't do, where they can and can't go and who can and can't come over.  I am not too naive to know that as soon as we pull out of the drive-way they will do whatever the heck they want, especially since we are going to be 1,500 miles away!  Scary flashbacks of "Risky Business" keep running through my brain!  I guess this is the time when the rubber meets the road, either we did a good job raising them or we really bombed. . .unlucky for me there is a lot of gray area between the two spectrums!  OMG I'm not gonna get an ounce of sleep.  I guess I could always threaten them that next time I'll have their granny come and stay with them if things don't go well this time.  Ha Haa Haaa!  That would get them!  They can only handle her in small doses...really small.  I can't handle her at all; I want to blow my brains out when she comes to visit. She called me at work today and asked for the kids cell phone numbers. . .ha ha ha. . I gave them to her!!!!  She is gonna check up on them for us.  (LMAO! They are gonna be mad when they find out!)  Anyway. . .I have to finish my laundry so I can have some clean clothes to pack.  I don't need much for just 3 days, but I don't know what the weather is gonna be.  Tomorrow is supposed to be scattered thunderstorms, Sunday partly sunny and Monday (we head home in the morning) sunny.  Here it is in the 80's still everyday, but I think it is 70's in the day and 60's at night.  MMMmmm sounds good to me!  Well, I just spend 10 minutes rambling on and on about nothing!  You guys have a beautiful weekend. . .I'll get back to ya on Monday!

Thank God a long week is coming to an end!

What a long stinking week this has been!  I guess when you have great weekend plans it really makes the time go by slower than usual.  I have great weekend plans.

My hubby and I are flying to St. Louis for my birthday.  Yeah!  You might wonder why St. Louis?  Well, why not?  I don't know a living soul in St. Louis, or Missouri for that matter!  Like many of you, I get emails from lots of travel agencies (Orbitz, Cheaptickets, expedia etc...) Well, back in June, I got an email for $88 round trip tickets from Tampa to 6 different cities.  I had been to most of the other cities, so I called my hubby and asked him where he would like to go (I was already thinking St. Louis) and he said St Louis!  So, I booked it. . .and now we are about to take off.  We have reservations at the Mayfair hotel down in the historic district. I figured that since our plane tickets were so cheap that why not splurge on a hotel.  I will be incommunicado all weekend!  I promise to take lots of pictures and post them for you all to see.  If I don't get back on here before Saturday, I hope you all have a great weekend!

The long awaited pictures

I figured out how to make journal entries from work!  Yippee!!!  Most of my digital pictures are on my super fast work computer, so now I can send pics as soon as I get them.  Many of these pictures are from summer, but since I haven't put any pictures in my journal since last Christmas, they are new to you all.  Hope you all enjoy them.  I will write more later.

Too pooped to write

I wish I had the energy to write about my day, but I am so tired.  It is only 10:30, but I am heading directly to bed when I sign off.  Sunday's are very busy in my family as we start and end with church.  I also had 2 meetings in between today.  Whew!  I was never so happy to get out of my high heels after being in them for 12 hours!  Monday is my busy day at work, so it will be about this time when I get a chance to write.  You all have a great Monday.  Don't forget to count your blessings!

Notice anything missing?

Thank you dear friends. . .I have been empowered.  I removed my stupid counter all together.  I am not going to measure my worth by a number! (Even if if was almost 6,000!)  I will measure my worth by all the wonderful people that enjoy reading my journal.

Well, I just came from Wal*Mart.  I really don't know what possesses me to go there.  I hate it.  Really I do.  If it weren't so darned convenient!  One stop shopping.  The worst part of it is, and pleeeeeeeeeeeeze don't anyone take this the wrong way, but living in a farming community, we are totally inundated with illegals, and their favorite evening hang-out is Wal*Mart.  Ugg, I hate to even read back over that because I don't dislike them individually (that sounds bad too, sorry). . .ummm what I'm trying so hard to say is, they seem to swarm Wal*Mart in large family groups of at least 10.  Babies are screaming, I am surrounded by Espanola, I feel like shouting "Does anybody speak english anymore!"  This sounds bad too, but our Wal*Mart is filthy dirty.  I am not blaming the hispanics, but the management is really dropping the ball!  I feel like driving the extra 10 miles to the Wal*Mart in the next town. . .but this one is so convenient.  OK, I'll shut up!  Sorry, I just had to share.  Don't hate me.