I was prompted to catch up reading blogs that I typically follow. I discovered that I was also behind in blogging. That is sad. What have I been doing since September that I was too busy to blog? All I can tell you is that I have a rather full schedule...I baby sit one day a week with the most adorable great grand child any one could ever want. There is church Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday--OK, Monday and Friday are only a few hours each, however, when I add other activities they turn into full days. The rest of the time I spend with family, friends, scrapbooking, reading. I am sure I can find time to do better with blogging that I have been doing. In my defense...blogging was sort of a way to keep a journal of my life...well, I have been keeping a journal with my scraboooking. I try to scrapbook every event that happens in my family and/or historical type current events. I am also working on a Scrapbook type Recipe Book for Josh and Jenny as a wedding gift.
I will still try to do better with my blogging.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Monday, September 27, 2010
WAY behind--Time to get caught up
Since my last blog on August 24 my life has been a total rat race. I can't even begin to tell you all the things I have done with my time. It makes me tired to think about it.
In the past I have been thinking of my blog as a means to journal the activities in my life. I plan to continue that idea.
However, I have added a more fun aspect to my life. I am determined to create a Digital Scrap Book page for each event in the life of my family, beginning with the first day of school this year and continuing for a year. Now that is a trick in itself since everyone in my family starts to school on a different day. So for this year it "SORT OF" begins with the first day of school (mid-August)...that is when I had the idea. It has been fun and hilarious at times. When I find out about an event I make a note. When I find a new page idea I make a note. I try to bond the two together somehow. An event does not have to be a school event just an event that touches the family in one way or the other.
As I sit writing this I just bonded a new technique that I learned this morning with the latest event that I want to scrap book. It will have to wait until tomorrow...I need to leave now for a meeting/Fellowship/BSF. I will be late returning home tonight but I know what I will be doing first thing in the morning.
So for now...
In the past I have been thinking of my blog as a means to journal the activities in my life. I plan to continue that idea.
However, I have added a more fun aspect to my life. I am determined to create a Digital Scrap Book page for each event in the life of my family, beginning with the first day of school this year and continuing for a year. Now that is a trick in itself since everyone in my family starts to school on a different day. So for this year it "SORT OF" begins with the first day of school (mid-August)...that is when I had the idea. It has been fun and hilarious at times. When I find out about an event I make a note. When I find a new page idea I make a note. I try to bond the two together somehow. An event does not have to be a school event just an event that touches the family in one way or the other.
As I sit writing this I just bonded a new technique that I learned this morning with the latest event that I want to scrap book. It will have to wait until tomorrow...I need to leave now for a meeting/Fellowship/BSF. I will be late returning home tonight but I know what I will be doing first thing in the morning.
So for now...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
My Heart is Still Racing!
A little after 6:00 am my dogs began barking...the bark that tells me something is my yard. I am trying to shh them because Brian and Lisa are still asleep. Well not any more here comes Sarge. I didn't see anything...so I open the door to let them out to go to the bathroom. Well they all raced to the corner of the house. I knew there was something. I began moving things. Still nothing. Then I began to take the cover off Brian & Lisa's grill. Bingo. The dogs were after it. They caught it. An opossum...body and head close to 12". By now Brian is on the scene. He is trying to get the dogs to go away and leave it alone. I went for a shovel. I was going to kill it and then I lost my nerve and handed the shovel to Brian. He will never let me live that down. Some how some way we nearly lost it. The dogs were on it again. Brian was trying to break it's neck without leaving blood all over my patio. He decided he needed a different type of shovel. I found one with a serrated edge. He stopped playing possum and started flaying his legs. Brian out lasted him. Then we put him in a garbage bag and squashed all the air out and wound it up tight. Then we put that bundle into another garbage bag and did the same thing. Then we put that bundle in the garbage can with the lid secured tightly. If there is any fight left he will suffocate.
My heart is still racing. I lost my nerve because I was afraid that I would go for him with the shovel and miss and he would attack me. When Brian started teasing me about loosing my nerve. I told him he could have that one. I admitted I lost my nerve.
No, Vickie, there are no pictures, but Brian, Lisa and I were all there on the scene. You just have to take our word for it.
My heart is still racing. I lost my nerve because I was afraid that I would go for him with the shovel and miss and he would attack me. When Brian started teasing me about loosing my nerve. I told him he could have that one. I admitted I lost my nerve.
No, Vickie, there are no pictures, but Brian, Lisa and I were all there on the scene. You just have to take our word for it.
Friday, July 9, 2010
July 4-10, 2010
July 4, 2010
Well some of the family got together for hamburgers and hot dogs and cake. You will have to read Cindie's blog about the cake, I can't tell it as well as she tells it. Zach roped his dad, Moose and Brian into a game of horseshoes. We went to see the DAC fireworks at our regular family place--Burger King parking lot. There were other church members there so we had a good time.
July 5, 2010
Extended July 4th...some had to work, some did not so it just turned into a goof off day. I can't think of a single constructive thing I did. I had dinner with Judy, Jim, Gena. After supper I went to Judy's and we watched a movie.
July 6, 2010
Mike and Moose continued the work on my yard/foundation improvements.
July 7, 2010
Church, which means church history work whether home or at church plus the evening activities--Bible study, snacks, fellowship. Except this week I had to skip Bible study for a committee meeting. I hate that. I now have a computer in my office at church, but I don't know the password.
July 8, 2010
Dentist. Stuff. Forever Young Dinner/Meeting...our program was based on the history of the USO. That was quite interesting.
July 9, 2010
Breakfast with Olive and Charles. Lunch with NMHS teachers. Games and snacks with church friends...I think that is called all-day-party.
July 10, 2010
Lewallyn wedding is all that is planned for the day.
That's all Folks! Until later!
Well some of the family got together for hamburgers and hot dogs and cake. You will have to read Cindie's blog about the cake, I can't tell it as well as she tells it. Zach roped his dad, Moose and Brian into a game of horseshoes. We went to see the DAC fireworks at our regular family place--Burger King parking lot. There were other church members there so we had a good time.
July 5, 2010
Extended July 4th...some had to work, some did not so it just turned into a goof off day. I can't think of a single constructive thing I did. I had dinner with Judy, Jim, Gena. After supper I went to Judy's and we watched a movie.
July 6, 2010
Mike and Moose continued the work on my yard/foundation improvements.
July 7, 2010
Church, which means church history work whether home or at church plus the evening activities--Bible study, snacks, fellowship. Except this week I had to skip Bible study for a committee meeting. I hate that. I now have a computer in my office at church, but I don't know the password.
July 8, 2010
Dentist. Stuff. Forever Young Dinner/Meeting...our program was based on the history of the USO. That was quite interesting.
July 9, 2010
Breakfast with Olive and Charles. Lunch with NMHS teachers. Games and snacks with church friends...I think that is called all-day-party.
July 10, 2010
Lewallyn wedding is all that is planned for the day.
That's all Folks! Until later!
Saturday, July 3, 2010
What Happened to June?
June 13, 2010
Left, riding on a bus, for Savannah, Ga. Spent the week with church friends absorbing the history of a beautiful city. I said absorbing, I did not say that I absorbed all of the history. There is so much more to see. The trip was loaded with History, Heat, and Humidity; as well as Food, Fellowship and Fun!
I had begun reading the Savannah quartet by Eugenia Price. I had read the first book and was into the second book before we left. I knew some of the history I wanted to see. It is a very lovely city. They have done a great job of preserving their history. Some of the historical buildings were destroyed before the ladies of Savannah put their foot down and said, "NO MORE, we are not going to destroy any more of our history." The bulldozers were stopped; AND some of what was destroyed has been restored/replicated. I want to go back and see all the things I did not see while we were there.
FOOD...I think that was the theme for the week. We did our best to follow the theme. Breakfast was at the hotel every morning and anything you could ever want to eat was on the buffet. We ate at Sticky Fingers (Bar-B-Que), Paula Deen's restaurant, Uncle Bubba's restaurant, on a Riverboat cruise, at The River House restaurant. The two meals where we ate own our own--one of them was fast food for a good reason, the other was along Bay Street in another restored building. Every where we ate was in a restored building of one type or another except the river boat.
Some of us went the first afternoon to the 8th Air Force Museum. It was a little way out of Savannah and due to the time frame we grabbed fast food on the way to the museum (the ones who did not go to the museum, well who knows what they ate or did). Along with everything else we could have used more time in the museum.
As always with a tour group there are pros and cons: (1) con: there is never enough time to see everything you want to see, (2) pro: we do get a GOOD overview of the area, (3) a big PRO: we often skip the long lines to get into an establishment and/or we can get into an establishment when others can not. Example: Individual people wanting to eat at Paula Deen's restaurant have to go early in the morning, stand in long lines to get a reservation for later in the day. As a group with pre-purchased group tickets we did not have to stand in line at all.
We went to Tybee Island which is off the coast of Savannah. We toured Fort Pulaski which was a well built and well preserved fort from the very early days in Savannah. We also saw the museum and the Lighthouse Station on Tybee Island, another well preserved and/or restored/being restored part of history. You can go up in the lighthouse, but it is 178 steps of pure heat on a very hot day, so it was not a good choice for the day. One of our group who is in excellent physical condition did go up and was quite hot by the time they were back on the ground. You could not take water with you on this little trek.
While we were on the Riverboat Cruise we saw another of Savannah's forts--Fort Jackson. It is right on the water. Interesting! We did not get to go in this fort. While we were on the cruise we saw other parts of Savannah that we could not see from the shore. We also saw the skyline at night, plus a magnificent sun set over the river. One of our group kept us entertained with stories from previous travels.
We returned on June 19, 2010.
June 20 to July 3, 2010
Laundry, goof-off and a lot of time spent on church history and church library work. I did get a new perm, a massage, and a pedicure.
How is that for a two-week period of time of doing a of total nothing. Oh well, it was fun.
Tomorrow is July 4, 2010 and a few of us will get together for family food and fun time. After that I will try to be more productive so that I have something to write about.
Left, riding on a bus, for Savannah, Ga. Spent the week with church friends absorbing the history of a beautiful city. I said absorbing, I did not say that I absorbed all of the history. There is so much more to see. The trip was loaded with History, Heat, and Humidity; as well as Food, Fellowship and Fun!
I had begun reading the Savannah quartet by Eugenia Price. I had read the first book and was into the second book before we left. I knew some of the history I wanted to see. It is a very lovely city. They have done a great job of preserving their history. Some of the historical buildings were destroyed before the ladies of Savannah put their foot down and said, "NO MORE, we are not going to destroy any more of our history." The bulldozers were stopped; AND some of what was destroyed has been restored/replicated. I want to go back and see all the things I did not see while we were there.
FOOD...I think that was the theme for the week. We did our best to follow the theme. Breakfast was at the hotel every morning and anything you could ever want to eat was on the buffet. We ate at Sticky Fingers (Bar-B-Que), Paula Deen's restaurant, Uncle Bubba's restaurant, on a Riverboat cruise, at The River House restaurant. The two meals where we ate own our own--one of them was fast food for a good reason, the other was along Bay Street in another restored building. Every where we ate was in a restored building of one type or another except the river boat.
Some of us went the first afternoon to the 8th Air Force Museum. It was a little way out of Savannah and due to the time frame we grabbed fast food on the way to the museum (the ones who did not go to the museum, well who knows what they ate or did). Along with everything else we could have used more time in the museum.
As always with a tour group there are pros and cons: (1) con: there is never enough time to see everything you want to see, (2) pro: we do get a GOOD overview of the area, (3) a big PRO: we often skip the long lines to get into an establishment and/or we can get into an establishment when others can not. Example: Individual people wanting to eat at Paula Deen's restaurant have to go early in the morning, stand in long lines to get a reservation for later in the day. As a group with pre-purchased group tickets we did not have to stand in line at all.
We went to Tybee Island which is off the coast of Savannah. We toured Fort Pulaski which was a well built and well preserved fort from the very early days in Savannah. We also saw the museum and the Lighthouse Station on Tybee Island, another well preserved and/or restored/being restored part of history. You can go up in the lighthouse, but it is 178 steps of pure heat on a very hot day, so it was not a good choice for the day. One of our group who is in excellent physical condition did go up and was quite hot by the time they were back on the ground. You could not take water with you on this little trek.
While we were on the Riverboat Cruise we saw another of Savannah's forts--Fort Jackson. It is right on the water. Interesting! We did not get to go in this fort. While we were on the cruise we saw other parts of Savannah that we could not see from the shore. We also saw the skyline at night, plus a magnificent sun set over the river. One of our group kept us entertained with stories from previous travels.
We returned on June 19, 2010.
June 20 to July 3, 2010
Laundry, goof-off and a lot of time spent on church history and church library work. I did get a new perm, a massage, and a pedicure.
How is that for a two-week period of time of doing a of total nothing. Oh well, it was fun.
Tomorrow is July 4, 2010 and a few of us will get together for family food and fun time. After that I will try to be more productive so that I have something to write about.
Friday, June 11, 2010
JUNE 2010
June started with me on the run...appointments, regular day to day stuff, fun stuff, sad stuff, grandchildren stuff, and the list goes on and on.
Attended MCT Black Box Theater. The program was a concert/medley of Rogers & Hammerstein musicals. It was fun...I was with friends, the program was great, and we were all trying to place each song with which musical.
Attended a funeral.
Attended FYC program...the first night program of the summer. The dinner was fish with all the trimmings. The program was Don & Trent Blackley. Dinning room was FULL to over flowing. What more could any one want? Great evening!
HIGHLIGHT...answer to prayer...Shelby is headed to Texas A&M when school starts...Woo Hoo, Whoop, Gig 'em.
Zach has a baseball playoff game tonight.
Various grand kids are at various camps...campers, or leaders. Some of them will be home Saturday. Others are camp leaders for the summer. Miss the grand kids when they are away for whatever reason.
Lisa and I have been sort of laid back this week...we have only had one Blizzard, but we are hoping to find time to have another one.
Wedding on schedule for Saturday.
Sunday--church. After church, Paula Dean here I come.
That's All Folks...Tune in Next Time!
Attended MCT Black Box Theater. The program was a concert/medley of Rogers & Hammerstein musicals. It was fun...I was with friends, the program was great, and we were all trying to place each song with which musical.
Attended a funeral.
Attended FYC program...the first night program of the summer. The dinner was fish with all the trimmings. The program was Don & Trent Blackley. Dinning room was FULL to over flowing. What more could any one want? Great evening!
HIGHLIGHT...answer to prayer...Shelby is headed to Texas A&M when school starts...Woo Hoo, Whoop, Gig 'em.
Zach has a baseball playoff game tonight.
Various grand kids are at various camps...campers, or leaders. Some of them will be home Saturday. Others are camp leaders for the summer. Miss the grand kids when they are away for whatever reason.
Lisa and I have been sort of laid back this week...we have only had one Blizzard, but we are hoping to find time to have another one.
Wedding on schedule for Saturday.
Sunday--church. After church, Paula Dean here I come.
That's All Folks...Tune in Next Time!
Friday, June 4, 2010
May 25 - 31, 2010
Always Behind! On May 26 I attempted to get caught up, but I didn't and now I am even further behind. What is it they say about retirement...don't know how you ever got anything done before retirement...something like that. Well, my rebutal to that is I am doing what I want to do, if I want to do it, when I want to do it--I set my own deadlines. However, none of that is totally true. What is true is that I am having fun, I have choices and deadlines these days and they don't include TAKS testing.
May 24...
Sr Adult Choir practice , baked cookies, Sr Adult Choir party.
May 25...
Watched two ball games in the evening--Jeremiah Martinez's T-Ball game and Zach's Baseball game.
May 26...
Retired teachers meeting, Church History work, Children's Choir Musical at church about the Ten Commandments.
May 27...
Total Blur--maybe I didn't do anything.
May 28...
Sr Adult Game Day at the church, lunch, helped decorate for Patrick's Sr. Party, attended the party, helped clean up after party, fell into bed. Vickie, Donnie, Kristen arrived for the party/weekend.
May 29...
1:00 pm attended Patrick's Graduation...lunch/supper/games at the Dillard's
May 30...
Church, lunch/afternoon at the Dillard's, supper/movie with Brian, Lisa, and Kristen. Vickie & Donny joined Scott and Carolyn for a typical Benk/Mac "All Nighter".
May 31...
MEMORIAL DAY...chilled out (sort of) with Vickie, Donnie, Kristen, Lisa, Brian...Brian worked part of the day, the rest of us did piddling things. V, D, K left early afternoon for Houston. Brian & Lisa went to their regular Bible Study. I had a doggie disaster. The dogs managed to push the gate open and Oscar escaped. I caged Sarge and Scooter and went looking for Oscar who remained aloof until Brian & Lisa came home and pranced in with them as though that was a normal thing to do.
END Of MAY 2010!
May 24...
Sr Adult Choir practice , baked cookies, Sr Adult Choir party.
May 25...
Watched two ball games in the evening--Jeremiah Martinez's T-Ball game and Zach's Baseball game.
May 26...
Retired teachers meeting, Church History work, Children's Choir Musical at church about the Ten Commandments.
May 27...
Total Blur--maybe I didn't do anything.
May 28...
Sr Adult Game Day at the church, lunch, helped decorate for Patrick's Sr. Party, attended the party, helped clean up after party, fell into bed. Vickie, Donnie, Kristen arrived for the party/weekend.
May 29...
1:00 pm attended Patrick's Graduation...lunch/supper/games at the Dillard's
May 30...
Church, lunch/afternoon at the Dillard's, supper/movie with Brian, Lisa, and Kristen. Vickie & Donny joined Scott and Carolyn for a typical Benk/Mac "All Nighter".
May 31...
MEMORIAL DAY...chilled out (sort of) with Vickie, Donnie, Kristen, Lisa, Brian...Brian worked part of the day, the rest of us did piddling things. V, D, K left early afternoon for Houston. Brian & Lisa went to their regular Bible Study. I had a doggie disaster. The dogs managed to push the gate open and Oscar escaped. I caged Sarge and Scooter and went looking for Oscar who remained aloof until Brian & Lisa came home and pranced in with them as though that was a normal thing to do.
END Of MAY 2010!
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