Yikes, it's late!

There isn't enough time in a day!  I just now find the time to scribble out a few lines and look at the time.  I have so much to do tomorrow morning before work that I will have to be up early and so I must rush through this entry.

  My new truck is in the shop having some work re-done on it.  I had new tires put on it about 3 weeks ago and the place where we went (so called, off road truck specialists, HA!) They put the wrong lugg nuts (sp?) on and it has been feeling kind of wobbly and bouncy, almost like it was out of balance ever since.  They said it was the new tires, they have to be broken in a little.  Well, then I would hear a weird squeeky noise when making a turn and a scrapey sound (don't you love my "highly intellegent" descriptive words?)  So, I told Robert we need to have it looked at.  He took it to his mechanic friend to have the brakes checked and he found that the other people put the wrong lugg nuts on because they were wallowing out the holes that the luggs were in!  And 2 lugg nuts and the "male" thingy they screw onto were already broken off!  My tires could have fallen right off while I was driving!!  Hello!  So, when we brought it back to the "specialists" they actually admitted that they messed up and so they are now fixing it and will have it for a few days.  Thank goodness Wes is home so I can use his truck.

Wes moved home yesterday to get ready to leave for college over Labor Day Weekend.  Tomorrow I take him school shopping for college clothes.  He is going to a very strict christian college that requires dressing up for classes and daily chapel services.  He must wear a collared shirt and tie everyday.  He also had to shave off his goatee and sideburns.  (His hair can't touch his collar or ears)  I haven't seen him without facial hair in 2 years!  It sounds like torture, but it will be good for him and he is even looking forward to it.  I bought him a few nice dress shirts and ties the other day and he had fun trying them on.  So, we will be taking a trip to Pensacola, FL over Labor Day Weekend. 

Well, I must go to bed.  I have only about 20 pages left in my current book and I can't go to sleep until I'm done!  I have another waiting in the wings.

Have a great week y'all!

Car Show

Here are a couple of pics from our town's monthly car show that we went to tonight.  They don't do it justice, however.  We have about 250 to 300 classic cars on display every month. This set of railroad tracks is active and we have a train come flying through here around 7:00 every night.  In the distance you can see a white steeple. . .that's my church, where I work and worship.  This car show is one of our favorite activities every month.  We haven't missed one single month since we've lived here (even last month we hit the show on the way out of town on vacation!)   I'm going to my room to read for awhile and sit on a heating pad, my back is achy tonight.  Later~  

Party Poopers!

Ok, that's it. . .never again!  My first (and last) game has crashed and burned because nobody wants to play with me.  I'm having flash-backs of elementary school; I was always the last one picked to be on the team.  Nobody likes me, I guess I'm having worms for dinner.  Thanks alot party poopers!

Show and Tell

I have a great idea for something fun. . .

What is your best feature?

Have someone take a picture of you or use a picture of yourself from your computer and, if you can, crop it so you can zoom in on your best feature.

Here is mine. . .

  I think my eyes are my best feature, and I think that my friends and family would say the same.    Post an entry with your best feature pictured and then don't forget to send me a link in my comments! 

Uh Oh! I'm interrupting my morning plans to. . .journal!

Oh well, it's too late now. . .I've already sat down, logged on, read my email and then why not pop into my journal for a few minutes!  I have been going since 7:00 this morning and have already accomplished a lot, I deserve it.  I put the dogs out and fed them, now they are back in their room (yes they have a room, used to be the garage, but now it is air conditioned and tiled.  There are close to 1,000,000 sets of antlers and deer heads (I may be exagerating a little) on the walls.  Our treadmill and weights are out there as well as my hubbys desk.  He can be surrounded by all the things he loves out there!  Anyway, boy I really chased a rabbit with that thought. . .lets see, oh yea, I brought the dogs back inside and then I did my morning "Yoga for weight loss" video (I'm too lazy for aerobics and jumping around!) Then I made my bed and even went through my closet and pulled out some goodwill donations (I really needed to free up some hangers to hang up my clean laundry pile!)  And then I went outside and vaccuumed the pool. . .wow!  I have accomplished alot!  I really need to get ready to go to work, it's payday and I like to get there early so I can pick up my check and then run it to the bank before starting work at 12:30 pm.  Robert has an eye Dr. appt. this evening at 6:30 and I have to take him because they are going to dilate his pupils and he won't be able to drive.  So, my day is full! 

We have an opening for a full time administrative assistant at work and I expressed my interest in it to the boss yesterday.  He said we will talk.  Yikes!  I love him to death, but we don't "talk" much.  I am pretty sure that the job is mine if I want it, so. . . . .we'll see after our little "talk." 

Pray for our poor little tomato plants.  We need rain badly with this 100 degree heat every day.  The plants are only 6" high and the thermometer on the top of the bed was up to 123 degrees yesterday.  Also my poor Robert has to be in the field with 123 degree heat rising from the ground and the 100,000,000 degree sun blaring down on him.  I don't know how he does it and in jeans and boots to, well, boot!  I love that man.

Well, I'm outa here!  Later!

The Weekend!

The weekend is finally here!  It has been such a long week.  HOT, HOT, HOT!     My poor sweetie works out in this heat every day from sun~up to sun~down. . .I don't know how he does it!  Today was my day off and I did a lot of running around. . .in and out of the air-conditioned truck, into the air-conditioned store, bank, DMV (don't ask), but I was sweating by the time I climbed into the truck.  I am not much of a sweater, but today I must have sweat a gallon. 

I got up early this morning and started cleaning.  By 9:00 am I had the kitchen, laundry room and den sparkling.  Then I started in on the laundry and I'm happy to report an empty hamper. . .well, by now it is 1/2 full again!   Thank goodness Katie does her own clothes and Betsy helps a little.

Robert grilled for his crews today. . .standing over a hot grill in 100 degree weather?  Is he nuts?  Any way. . .yesterday was his birthday and he bought himself (well, I wrote the check) a new grill.  Now I don't mean the kind you can pick up at Home Depot or Lowes, NO!  This grill has to be hauled around by a hitch and the back of a truck.  It is HUGE!  He was so excited about it that he just had to go get $200 worth of meat and fixin's to grill for his guys, regardless of the heat.  I'll take a picture of him next to it. . .oh, by the way, he's doing it again tomorrow! He's throwing himself a birthday barbeque  and inviting several buddies and his brother's and their boys.  Grilling ribs and shooting skeet. . .(sporting clays). . .you can bet I'll be at the house.  I guess a man just has to show off his toys!

Well, it is close to midnight and I am feeling so tired and yucky.  I've been trying to get a cold for several days now and I am all stuffed up and sneezing.  My dad and brother think that I share too much information (TMI), so, if you don't want TMI then skip down to the end cause I just have to say that I have wicked cramps and I'm crabby!  I'm staying up so I can be awake when Wes comes tonight.  (He is spending the night so he can come to the big bash Robert's having tomorrow.) Otherwise I would have been in bed hours ago. 

I had a great eBaying day today.  WooHoo!  I won an auction for 2 Victoria Secret's Body by Victoria bras for $15!  That's only $7.50 ea.  I love a good deal, and yes, they are brand new!  I wouldn't wear used undergarments!  I love eBay, I go on it everyday and look, but I am good about sticking to my budget and if the item goes over, then forget it.  I want a pair of Brighton sunglasses, but I loose sunglasses all the time, so I don't want to pay full price for them.  I am bidding on a pair now and it's  close to my $20 limit, but I'm still high bidder!  The auction is up tomorrow, so we'll see.

Well, I have rattled on for what seems like an eternity.  Have a GREAT weekend y'all!!

 

 

 

And they're off!

Well, there they go.  It was a nice and organized morning.  Betsy was up on time after having very little trouble falling asleep (thanky you Lord!) and then she was the first one ready this morning.  Michelle spent the night (quick rewind for those who aren't up on Michelle :  Katie's friend from our old town whose family is moving to this area soon. . .she lived with us for 2 months last spring until Robert asked her to leave and then she drove the 40 minutes to school from home . . .they were supposed to move up here over the summer, but didn't, so she is still driving the 40 minutes, but last night Robert said she could stay here so. . . )  Here is a cute picture of the 3 of them crammed into Katie's little truck this morning: (or as Betsy says "Chico packing", she has a warped sense of humor!)

 I had another picture of them in their outfits, but stupid me deleted it by mistake!   

Well. . . .now what?  I have 5 hours before I go to work. . . . . oh ya, the pool. . .yuk!  First I'm gonna have another cup of coffee while I watch the news.  HAHAHA. . . . . I'll get to it, I have to!

School tomorrow!

Well, the alarm is set and the coffee pot is set to come on automatically at 6:00 am.  The girls clothes are all laid out after trying on 50 different outfits to find just the right one for the first day.  All the binders, notebooks, pens and paper are safely tucked into beautiful new Jansport backpacks.  Their brand new Vera Bradley purses stuffed with lip gloss, compacts, gum, mints and various other essentials are ready to be snatched up on the way out the door.  This is an exciting time.  I too am excited as I'll have my mornings back!  We have the girls from the girl's home coming over Friday evening for a "field trip" to our farm and a cookout/pool party afterwards, soooooo, I have plenty of work to do to get ready.  The pool needs vaccuuming, the pool deck needs sweeping, the patio furniture is desperate for a good hosing off and there goes my nice peaceful morning!  Looks like my peaceful night is going to be interupted by Katie's new kitten that she brought home without asking.  She is outside right now under my bedroom window meowing for all she's worth!  Betsy was freaking out because she couldn't get to sleep with the cat making all that noice, so I put it out in the car-port, but she's made her way around to my bedroom now.  I am pretty sure she was quiet long enough for Betsy to fall asleep, but for a little while it was touch and go.  Betsy has a terrible time falling asleep at night. . .I think she obsesses about not being able to fall asleep and then she can't. . .so we pray together and I reassure her that everything will be ok if she will just relax, but occasionally we get out the tylenol pm's. 

Well. . .I have to get up in 6 hours, so I better hit the sack myself.  I'll fill you all in on the first day of school!  Nighty night!

School shopping~

I know, I know. . . I've fallen behind again!!  Time just gets away from me.  Tomorrow is the first day of school for my girls and we have been busying ourselves with preparations.  Friday was our official school shopping day and we did well. . .a little too well!  Since Katie is a senior this year I agreed to spend the extra dough on some real Abercrombie and Fitch jeans. . .2 pairs!  At $80 a pop that was quite a sacrifice.  Also a few A&F tops to make my A&F total $287!!  That was just the first stop in the mall.  And only 1 top for Betsy in there. (she could care less about the jeans and Katie said she could borrow hers "anytime" {they will say anything to get what they want. . .just wait til Betsy wants to take her up on that!})  Then on to Charlotte Russe, Katie's favorite store. . .another $160, but they had a rack that was. . .no kidding. . .buy 1 get 2.    So we bought 1 pair of capri's and got 2 for free. Betsy even found a few things she liked! Then it was Betsy's turn to pick the store.  She likes PacSun and American Eagle outfitters. . .where we dumped another $200. . . and then off to Rack Room for new tennis shoes where we got a deal, buy 1 get 1 half off, so only $90 in there.  And then we finished up in Aeropostale where we went over the $1,000 mark.  Thank God I set aside money for this little spending spree!  Sure we got a lot, but geesh! 

Then Saturday they decided they needed some accessories!  Cute belts, panties, bras. . a purse or two!  I mean come on! So, we picked up some more loot, but we kept it under $100.    Monday was HAIR day. They each got their hair done complete with fresh highlights.  Yesterday was supply day. . .folders, pens, mechanical pencils, dividers, notebooks, lip gloss, color enhancing shampoos and conditioner (one set for blonde and one for brunette). . .I just fall for any thing. So, today we have to go back to Aeropostale to get the security tag taken off one item.  It never ends, but I had sooo much fun with my girls this week. 

A Wes update. . . .He is taking the job.  We are happy and I think he is too.  He doesn't say much about it.  He must be doing ok this week cause he hasn't called for money.  He is working a 2 week notice at his other job, but doesn't have an exact start date.  I think it's funny that he is working for the same company as Robert. . .and Robert is going to be farming on one of the farms down by Wes, so they will probably work together some. . .Wes is gonna love that!!  NOT!  He doesn't like working with his dad.  Robert is high strung and Wes is laid back.  Oil & Water.  Anyway, he will be set now as long as he doesn't screw it up.  Good money, benefits, company truck. . .alot for a 20 year old!  More than any of  his friends.  So, lets keep our fingers crossed and pray that he just does what he's supposed to do.

Well, I must wake the girls on their last morning of summer. . .which also means my last morning sleeping past 6:00 am  uuuuuugggg!