No hurricane damage

I just want to say thanks to all of you who have been concerned about us and Wilma.  We suffered very minimal crop damage and no damage to our home or yard.  We didn't not lose power (praise God!) and we are now experiencing the most beautiful weather imaginable!  It is now 61 degrees and it's supposed to go down into the 50's tonight!  I have all of my bedroom windows open and I am hurrying through this entry just so I can run and jump into my bed and enjoy the cool night air coming in the window.  I know I must sound crazy, but you all must realize that for the past 4 or 5 days before the hurricane our temps were in the 80's and 90's with extremely high humidity.  A 20 to 30 degree drop in temperature overnight is dramatic and very welcome.  Well. . .my cool bed is calling!  Nighty night!

It's been a while!

Oh boy it has been too long.  I have lost all my journal friends I'm sure by now.  My sporadic entries have ruined me!  I will give a quick update for those who happen to drop by:

As you know I am working full time now. . .enough said really.  I no longer have time for anything.  I do still love my job and am very happy to have it, but I miss my quiet days at home alone with my computer.  I am reading a great book right now, but in the old days I would have read 3 books in the time it has taken me to get to the 1/2 way point.  My house is suffering a bit too.  I like to clean the bathrooms before you can see that they need cleaning, but now I clean them to avoid any potential science projects from popping up.  My vacuum cleaner has had a clog in it for weeks now and so I have to use the quick vac and it doesn't do a very good job, but I don't have time to take apart the vacuum cleaner and dig out the clog.  I know that I will eventually get a system, but it's taking longer than I'd like.  I may resort to hiring someone to clean.  I offered to pay the girls to clean for me.  Not their rooms or bathroom, but the kitchen, den, livingroom and dining room and start supper.  Well, I guess they aren't interested, because I haven't had to pay them a red cent yet!  Katie will start supper, but when her heart isn't in it (and it hasn't been lately) then the food comes out terrible. . .undercooked pasta, big clumps of rice with most sticking to the bottom of the pot. . .you get the picture.  She made a stir fry the other night and it was so bad that Robert couldn't eat it, now that's bad cause he'll eat anything.  So. . .I'll probably end up with a cleaning lady before too long.  Hey, I even went out and bought some special cleaning supplies to make it easier. . .the disposable toilet bowl brush (I love it and think it is the best thing since sliced bread) but they were unimpressed.  I bought every kind of wet one available. . .dusting, windex, all purpose, clorox, orange scented. . .you name it, I bought it. Well, my cleaning lady will like it!!  I used to have a cleaning lady come twice a month and it was so nice to walk in to a spotless house. . .yes, I've talked myself into it.

On to other things. . .Wilma.  Stay away!!!!!  Robert starts picking tomatoes on Monday.  He has has the worst season this fall.  No storms.  I don't mean hurricanes, but regular gully washers, none.  You need a good hard rain every so often to clean the plants.  We've had some light rain and sprinkles but they just promote bacteria and fungus. . .now that we are ready to pick, we need nice cool, dry days. . .well, there are none of those in the forcast.  A hurricane right now would put my poor husband in the nut house. 

Kids.  Betsy is doing wonderful in school. . .no boyfriend. . .on a diet ( she is 16 and weighs 110 lbs, but she thinks she needs a diet. . .go figure.)    Katie is also single.  She and Matt haven't been able to get their act together. . .I don't get it at all.  She is going to Halloween Horror Nights at Busch Gardens with a few friends tonight.  She is also competing in the Calendar Girl pageant at her school next weekend.  120 girls all trying for 12 spots. . .it has cost us hundreds of dollars on a gown, shoes, walking lessons, hair and makeup. . .she better win!  The weekend after that is Homecoming which has become the "Fall Prom", so we had to get a gown for that as well!  And hair and make up!  I'm making her use the shoes for both. . .that's where I draw the line.  She is also getting braces next month.  She has decided that she hates her teeth.  Her bottom teeth are crooked, but her top teeth look fine. . .not perfect, but fine.  Not good enough for her,  so the braces are being put on in a few weeks.  She is trying to decide whether to go out for Strawberry Festival Queen (which is a BIG deal in this town, I mean BIG!!!)  She is freaking out because they have a bathing suit competition . . .why?, I don't know.  She thinks she has big thighs, she works out several times a week and only weighs 120 (she's 18).  Good grief.. . . . . .Wes is working two jobs and one is with his dad.  It is working out great. No fighting or threats to move out. . . He starts college on January 14th. . .we are so excited for him.  He is madly in love with Kady. . .madly.  It is very sweet.  He is flying up to Tallahassee next weekend to see her for her birthday.  He bought her a bracelet from Tiffany's for her b-day present.  He hasn't saved any money for college, but hasn't asked us for a loan in a while either. . .progress. 

Well, that about does it! The kittens are 3 weeks old and starting to get around.  They are too cute.  I'll try to make another entry before Thanksgiving!  If not, have a fun and happy Halloween and Veteran's Day!  ~later

Rainy day blues

It rained pretty much all day today.  So, I spent my morning cleaning house and my afternoon shopping!  I love having a squeeky clean house.  I did everything today, even vaccumed my window sills and bifold louver doors.   (I'm probably butchering the spelling here!)  The only room I didn't finish is my room.  I am putting it off until tomorrow. 

The kittens are doing well.  I introduced my big dog Pepper to them while the mama cat was outside and would you believe that those teeny tiny little babies could smell him (their eyes are still closed) and they were all spitting at him! (it sounded like they were all coughing)  It scared the crap out of Pepper and he took off into the kitchen.  He hasn't been back over in their corner again.  I just laughed my head off!  They are so sweet and precious and to see them hissing at Pepper just cracked me up.  Pepper is a big baby. . .he and our other cat Butter are best buddies and often sleep curled up together.

Well, I am bored.  I think I might go in my room and read for a little while.  Katie gets home from work at about 10:30, so I can't go to bed until she is safe and sound.  I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday. . .let me encourage you all to go to church tomorrow.  ~later

More kitties to love!

I am sending a precious picture out to all of you of our new kittens.  Our sweet cat Dizzy had her litter yesterday.  There are 5 of them and they are mostly gray and white, but 2 will probably end up either very dark gray or black and white.  She lets me pick them up and kiss them.  So sweet.

        

I am still cheating.  Just to let you all know.  (See my last entry)  But, I haven't given up on my journal and I don't plan to.  I have many friends that read it to keep up with what's going on in my life.    We have more and more family members getting involved in our family website and it is so much fun!  We have family up north that we get to talk to daily now.  It's great.

I haven't gotten tired of my new job yet.  I still looooooooove it.  I don't think I will get tired of it.  It is exciting and I get to use my brain.  Today I spent the entire day doing the graphic design for a new series of brochures we are creating.  It was great. No pressure. . .no one looking over my shoulder. . .no deadlines.  We would like to have them ready to go sometime after Christmas.  No problem.

Well. . .I just wanted to share my baby pictures, I am going to go to bed and read for a while.  Have a great TGIF tomorrow!