We know that you'll be here in thought, Judy!! Can't you find some way to come with Janet? I know that she'd appreciate the company!!! We'd love to have you come!!!......and you too, JJJ!!!! Everyone's welcome!!!!!

Whew!!! It's been a really busy weekend!!!

Saturday Kera came to clean......she's been my housekeeper this summer and has been doing a great job!!! Then we had a wedding reception for my nephew, Luke and his new wife, Ashley. It was such a beautiful reception.....my Sister-in-law is so good a decorating for things like that!!! When we came home Jaci and Nate came over and visited for a while. It was soooo good to see them......I miss Jaci so much at times and Saturday was one of those days!!

Sunday I taught my Sunday School class and when it was over we went to my son, Feyn's church. After the service Feyn got to baptise his son, Elijah!! It was such a wonderful moment!!! All of my family went except for Dae Lynn and Damon (they were out of town) and my Mom and Stepdad were there too. After that I took Dean and Karlie.....we went out to eat and then came home. Dean was so grouchy from being held and was a bear all day long. We had Care Group at my BIL's pond but I stayed home with Dean.

I had Dean and Karlie all night and today. Dae and Damon got back home about 3:30. Then last weekend we ran into a step cousin and his children at Marva's and his son and a friend came to visit today and are staying for 2 or 3 days. So things are still interesting around here!!! I think that Aaron and Kyle are planning on fishing and riding 4-wheelers!!! Fun!!! Fun!!!

Diana sounds like you haven't had a boring moment lately lol. Sorry Dean was a grouch. I kept Ryan yesterday and the day before. He also had his moments of being a little "turd". But for the most part he was a sweetie pie. He is spoiled rotten though! I bet Dean is too lol!!

Glad ya got to see Jaci! I'm sure you miss her. But at least she lives near you doesn't she? Have fun while your company is there.:)

Sounds like everybody is having a busy summer! Diana, have you seen the meet-up thread?

WOW! Diana! You are one busy lady!!! You're making me tired just reading your post!

It was one whirlwind of a weekend!!! I think that my cousin's son and friend are just planning on camping out tomorrow and fishing so I won't have to worry about entertaining them. I am soooo tired. I think that I'm about to head off to bed.

Betsi....I'll go take a look at the meet-up thread first!!!!

Paula, yes, thank goodness, Jaci lives only about 13 miles or so away......not too far but far enough that we don't see her much........And yes, Dean is spoiled!!! His Mama's going to have her hands full tomorrow!!! Also, he picked up screaming when he's irritated!! She's not going to like that either!!!!

Baby Dean and Baby Ryan may be teething??? I hope they both get over their fussiness soon.

Your l.life does sound like a whirlwind Diana! How nice to be with family! What a proud moment when Feyn baptized his own child!!! I'm sure you will cherish that memory forever. Did you take pictures?

It has been nice here. The weather cooled down a bit,although we are in for another heat wave. Having the pool makes it livable and I am enjoying having my summer friends around. We have a book discussion group, and I have to read "Dr.Zhivago" by next Wednesday. We are going to watch the movie after and get blintzes and borscht, and so on.

The kids are great. They are all in camp, and Mackenzie began Rock and Roll camp yesterday. It goes for 4 days and is a musical experience. I hope she likes it.

Jess and Steve are in court today. Somebody pressed charges against them because they dogs are a noise issue. They really aren't, and we are thinking it's their psycho neighbor. What an angry, sad family the neighbors are! As far as I'm concerned though, Steve and Jessie should have gotten rid of those dogs a long time ago for lots of reasons. I keep out of their business though. Jessie says they are looking at land just down the road to move to. They would be out of the town jurisdiction and could do what they want. As always, I tell them "That's wonderful."

I went to pottery last night and loved it. I'm also trying to write a story for Thursday night for my writing workshop. I definitely do not love writing as much as pottery! I do love the writers group though. The people who belong are wonderful, so I will stick with it.

Judy, I love Dr. Zhivago! We watched the movie in high school, but I don't remember which class it was for. Really good movie though! I haven't read the book, but usually the book is better than the movie.

We have been having insanely hot days and severe thunderstorms in the evenings for the past week. I love the thunderstorms though.

Last night I started painting some of the trim inside the house white. All of the trim and baseboards had been painted a sort of tan color. So last night I got the dining room, hallway, and half the kitchen finished with one coat of paint on all the baseboards, the front door, and two windows. It makes such a huge difference! It turns out the walls in the dining room are a different color than everywhere else, and instead of just looking dirty, they're actually a lighter tan color lol! We didn't notice until last night!

Judy, it was a wonderful moment to see my son baptize my grandson!!!! I didn't take pictures but I took a video that I can take pictures from!! We were all so proud!!

We had a cool spell last week with the rain but now the temps are back up. I'm glad that you have a pool to cool off in. I've been going to the pond. I just love swimming!!

I'm glad that you're making new friends in your groups!!! The pottery class sounds like fun......but the writing class just sounds like it would be harder than my brain would want to think!!!! Hmmm.....that makes me sound really lazy!!!! But it sounds like it must be worth it because of the friends you're making!!

Our kids just have to make their own decisions and take what ever comes with it. I'm sure that Jessie and Steve will get this al figured out. Isn't it hard for us to keep our mouths shut sometimes!!!! I can understand completely!!!


Lindsey, It sounds like your painting is coming right along!!! I'm sure that it will look really nice when you get done!!

I've never read or seen Dr Zhivago. I remember hearing about it years ago though.

Diana, if you don't have time to read it, then you should rent the movie. It's a classic!

Thanks, maybe next time you go I'll be able to go too.

[QUOTE=judy;111571]Jessica, I hope your living space gets in shape soon! Good luck with summer school!

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Thank you I'm so hoping it will.

Thanks for the invitation, as much as I would love to make it I don't believe I can take on this road trip this summer. Bummer :(

Well, my cousin's son and his friend left yesterday. They were good boys and fun to have around. On Tuesday night we had a fish fry with the fish that they caught and ended up with a huge instant party!!! The whole family was here except for Feyn's. It went from a small group to a larger group very quickly but I can handle it!!

The boys were good boys!!! Aaron was excited to be wherever Glen was at and Kyle, his friend, was content to just sit here at the house. He didn't like the heat (and it's been very hot and humid) so he played pool, watched TV, and read. I visited with him quite a bit about his family and got to know him.

Then after they left Glen and I had to get ready to go in and help with Vacation Bible School. Our theme is about Joseph and has an egyptian theme, I'm sure you've probably seen it advertised in your communities to because it's a popular VBS this year. Amy is in charge and has put her special touch on it and it's just as cute as can be. She paper mached a mummy!!! I'm a group leader so I lead the kids from one activity to another and Glen's a brick maker. The kids made mud and hay bricks using their hands and feet!!!

Today's a quieter day......Ha!!!! I have Karlie and Dean......not really quiet!!! Miss Chatterbox is making good on her name!!!

Oh and I talked to one of my cousins last night and she's going to give us her Cockatiel!!! It whistles tunes and talks a little. They don't spend much time with it and are thrilled that we'd like to have it.....but if things don't work out we can give it back. So we'll be getting her in a few weeks!!! I'm excited but I'll have to do some retraining to be able to hold her because they had just been leaving her in the cage.

I am soooooo ready for a nice quiet, boring day!! We have just been on the run lately!!! Maybe this afternoon.........

It has been so hot and humid here that I haven't gone out much at all. I know I wanted summer, but I'd like the temps to drop into the 70's for awhile. I've been keeping busy doing laundry and helping Lynne with a website. Once it's all done, I'm sure she'll post the address. She has some really beautiful dogs.

Congrats on the bird Diana. Ricky always wanted one...not sure what kind....but I'm so afraid of them even if they are in a cage. The thought of it getting out somehow terrifies me. I told him he could have whatever he wanted when he has a place of his own....lol.

We've been humid too.....I just don't know how Glen works outside. Temps are right around 100!! I've been trying to go swimming all week and am determined that I'm going to today but a storm is coming in so I guess I'll have to see what happens with it.

I'm excited about the bird. I know that they scare you so when you come I'll take it over to one of the kids house or down in the basement so it won't bother you.

Birds are great pets Diana! (Sorry Janet!) You will really enjoy the cockatoo! They are smart and really cute! I had a parakeet who learned to open his cage the first day!

Take pictures! I wonder what Reuger will do!

What a storm last night! It was magnificent! The skies lit up, the lightening was beautiful and startling, and the thunder was right over us! I don't remember ever hearing it rain so hard!

It passed after about an hour, but poor Max was really nervous, running back and forth barking. I couldn't get him to settle down with me. I don't think he has ever been so close to lightening. The smell must have been strange to him too. Annie didn't care much at all! I put some Rescue Remedy on his ears, and he seemed to calm down.

As far as I can see, we had no damage nearby. I hope the same is true for everyone else around the region! We have our own generator. I hope there weren't electrical problems for the community, and that nobody got hurt or has to clean up fallen trees!

That must have been a beautiful storm!!! I like when they're at a distance and not right over me. Like Max, storms make me a little nervouse.......but then again, I live in Kansas!!!! I'm glad that there's not any damage.

I've never heard of Rescue Remedy......what does it do?

It's a holistic liquid that comes from a variety of flowers (I think). Supposedly, it works on a number of things. I wouldn't take it instead of medicine if I were sick, but I recently dropped a curling iron on my chest. It was a weird thing...I immediately put the Rescue Remedy on the burn, and I never felt any pain! It took at least 2 weeks to heal up, and there's still a scar there. It's supposed to be good for stressed out animals.

Hmmm......that sounds like interesting stuff!!!

We are at the beach this week, ladies! My brother and sil have their camper here, so we came to join them for a few days. We are at Surfside, just west of Galveston. The guys fish, and we just stay down on the beach. The campsite is right by the water, we just walk over the dunes and there we are:D I'll take pics:thumbup:

Sounds wonderful Betsi!! That is exactly how we camp at the beach. The closer to the ocean.....the better!! Have fun!!

It sounds so nice, Betsi, to be right next to the ocean!!!! I love to walk on the beach, pick up shells and feel the waves lap my feet!!! Sigh.......wish that I was there too!!!

I use to love the beach...well sorta...I use to like to go to the lake to water ski. We don't have too many clean beaches anymore.

I went to the doctor this morning. I had gotten a couple of messages from her office that I needed to come in but when I got there I found out that I really didn't need to. That was fustrating but the good news is.........I lost 11 pounds!!!! I was so excited!!!! I knew that I had lost 7 or 8 but not that much!!! I've been swimming a lot and I move A LOT when I'm in the water so it's true exercise and Glen and I have been trying to watch what we eat!!!! My blood sugar was still a little high and I need to work on that.......it's probably from eating too much fruit!!! I'm so proud of myself!!!! ........................11 pounds........WOW!!!!!

Wow Diana!!! That is wonderful!! I'm so proud of you!!:cheer::cheer:

Way to go Diana! Soon you'll be buying new clothes ;) :)

Judy, we've been having nightly thunderstorms for the past couple of weeks. I just love them! Except for the one that leaked in the house though lol.

I worked late last night and am working late again tonight. Gotta love these last minute things! The old project manager told our new part time drafter this project was due in September, and the new project manager told me it's due tomorrow at noon :eek: I think we have some communication issues. Anyways, I am doing my part and showing that I am willing to stay late to a certain point but I'm definitely not going to spend my whole night here.

Tomorrow I get to go back to the opthamologist, get my eyeballs frozen and poked with a bingo dabber and my eyelids turned inside out! Good times :rolleyes: Depending on how sore and dilated my eyes are, I'm not sure if I'll stay at work for the whole afternoon. Later in the evening, I'm going to a movie with my old friend. It's the same one who invited me last time and my old roommate invited herself along at the last minute :rolleyes: This time we've both kept quiet about it so I'm pretty excited to hang out with her and REALLY catch up this time! We're going to see Inception.

As soon as I leave work tonight I'm meeting my brother at a store to pick up the last half of Scott's birthday present ;) His birthday is next week but we drive in to the city together so often that I can't really sneak out and get it! But today he had to work overtime too so hopefully I can be home before him and sneak it in the house first. I'm not even going to tell you what it is here because of the tiny chance he might come to this forum and read it lol!

Howdy Folks!
I just got through eating fresh okra out of my garden. I grilled it and MMMMMMM was it ever GOOOOOOD!

I'm finished with school for this week (my classes are Mondays and Wednesdays). It's always a relief to be done for the week and now I can relax a bit. I have a few things to do tomorrow, but I'm taking Friday OFF!!! We had a very busy weekend and I think I'm still tired. I told Gary I was not going to do a THING this weekend. That probably isn't entirely true. The truth is that I'll probably only do what I WANT to this weekend. :p

They're freezing your eyeballs? Hmmph! I really hope they get a diagnosis (and cure) once and for all! I hope it is an easy test, and that you enjoy your friend and the movie. I can't wait t hear what you bought Scott!

Betsi....Have a wonderful time at the beach! Smelling that ocean air and feeling the breezes is WOW!!!

Diana....you are doing great! 11 pounds!!! :D:D:D

Gayle....school began early, or is this summer session? It's a good thing you love your work!!!

Summer session! I had to pay for my Alaska trip!!! LOL! :p

CONGRATULATIONS DIANA!!!! That's wonderful and I'm so proud of you. Wish I had your motivation.

Not much going on here...still trying to sell some puppies. Getting a few calls, but nothing like I've done with previous litters. I've put ads everywhere and on my website and have my signs up at strategic locations. They will be 10 weeks old on Saturday. I have decided to stop breeding. This litter has been so much work and with worrying about Mom..etc...it's just too much right now. So....time to stop.

Seems like time is starting to fly by and school will be starting soon. Aug. 31. Still not ready. I've still been trying to find a part-time job to go along with bus driving. I've got to have my insurance. I'll keep looking.

Good luck on selling your puppies Janet. I ran into that while I was trying to sell Lacy. And with her being a female what few calls I did get was someone wanting to breed her. That was out of the question. I sure hope you can find good homes for your little guys. You will...it may just take a while.

Your school is starting back late compared to here. Ours goes back the 11th of Aug but my gkids go back the 4th. Doesn't even seem like they have had a summer.

Jessie had that problem with these litters, but now they are almost all gone. Of course, they lowered the price! Must be the economy.

I'm sorry you're having troubles selling your puppies Janet! Scott and I were wanting to add a second dog to our family when we moved, but with Layla's needs we really can't consider it anymore. I would have loved to get a puppy from you though!

Scott and I have been getting home just in time for bed every night this week. We worked late Monday and Tuesday, last night he worked late and I went to a movie, and tonight I'm babysitting the girls (I haven't seen them in so long and I really miss them!) while my brother and his girlfriend go on a "night out" (dinner and a movie) that Scott and I got them for Christmas.

And finally, tomorrow right after work we're leaving to go to my parents' cabin for the weekend. I really want to do nothing but relax. We're just going to hang out, go fishing, and watch football. Hopefully I can forget about the pile of dishes on the counter and the laundry that needs to be put away at home! I just haven't been around!

Summer is so short here and Scott is the kind of person who has to be doing something ALL THE TIME and so our schedule is always full. I would love a weekend to just hang out in the yard at home. I bought rattan ball patio lights and strung them aroung the back deck and through the tree in May. We have not been out there to use them even ONCE. We have our beautiful second floor deck with beautiful sunset views every night, and we have not used that either. Next summer I am putting my foot down, and we're staying at home more!

Thank you all for your encouragement about my weight. It's helped a lot that Glen and I are eating more carefully together. That helps a lot!! He's really good at keeping salads cut up in the fridge so they're handy to eat.

Gayle, your grilled okra sounds so good!!! I wish that we had some to try it but I don't think that anyone planted any this year!!! We eat ours fried so it's not the most healthy to eat!!

Janet, I'm sorry that you're having trouble selling your puppies. It must be the economy. I think that everyone feels it in one way or another.

Lindsey, I hope your doctor finds out what's going on with your eyes but your next appointment doesn't sound like fun.

This is the first year in 30 years that I haven't had to worry about getting a kid ready for the new school year!! It feels really funny not to have to worry about getting school supplies and clothes!!!!

Paula usually we go back to school around the same time as you, but they are doing some pretty heavy construction over the summer so they delayed the start until the 31st of Aug. Of course that means we have to go longer into to June of 2011 where now we get out in May. Next summer will be a short one for sure if they go back to the previous schedule.

It's so nice to have a little housekeeper come and clean!!!! My granddaughter, Kera, (She's our redheaded granddaughter) has been coming all summer and dusting, sweeping, mopping, cleaning the bathrooms!!! It's been soooo nice!!! I've been paying her anywhere from $20 to $30 depending on how much time she spends. I finally made a list for her to go by and it's really worked great!!! She's really improved and has been doing so good!!! \

At first she was earning money to go to church camp but I told her that she could come back after camp if she wanted to. While she was on vacation she bought herself a new ipod and she'll probably be saving money for school clothes now. I don't even mind if she comes back when school starts....if she has time. I can remember how nice it was to have your "own" money in school!! We visit and have fun while she cleans. She's so special!!!!

I would love to have someone clean Diana, you're so lucky!! You must have a wonderful granddaughter.

That's perfect Diana! You get to be together, she cleans, and you give her some much needed money! Sometimes things work out so well!