What Did You Do Today?

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by Janet

Can you all tell in my last post that I was using my IPad? LOL. Takes some getting use to.

Yes, I knew that cuz the auto correct makes me say some silly things sometimes!

[DianaB]

I wondered why you had this word in your post......"bahedq"!!!

[gja1000]

I came home from school early today. We had someone mow the yard, aerate it and spread compost. Of course, they didn't order enough compost so they have to get some more and spread it tomorrow (hopefully). I needed to water the yard, and help Gary with a couple of projects that he is working on - so I just came home early. That is a perk of working at a University - you can do your work at home or school, so if you need to be home during the day, you can be.

Brooke and Emma came in today from Houston. Abi has been here with me since Sunday. This is her last week in school here and then she is going to transfer to Houston starting next week. I'm ready for my house to be quiet in back in order - but I sure will miss having them all here.

[Lindsey]

Originally Posted by gja1000

Yes, I knew that cuz the auto correct makes me say some silly things sometimes!

Lol have you ever read the website, damnyouautocorrect.com? Sometimes when I'm bored I read through it and I can't stop giggling. I love this one: http://damnyouautocorrect.com/1120/the-big-d/ Hahaha the poor kid. Some of the conversations are a little out there but I still can't stop laughing.

[Janet]

Today I came home from my bus route to find my son a little upset. The male dogs...Joey and Ozzie sleep with him in his room. Well....Joey had diarrhea. Not a lot in one spot mind you, but dots of poo every where. So I had to shampoo his bedroom carpet. It wasn't in my plans and I was upset too. I told him no more.....the dogs sleep in their crates.

Sure wish I could afford to build a small kennel out back like Lynne has. Hers is really nice. I'd have the dogs out there most of the time and just bring in a couple at a time and definitely not overnight.

Then I got on the computer for a bit, but not for very long. I think tonight I'm going to go to bed early....towards the end of my route I'm getting so sleepy...not sure what is going on with that. I feel like I'm getting a restful sleep and feel wide awake with I leave on my route. Someone told be to be checked for diabetes. I thought I did once, they took some blood and said it was fine, but my friend said I needed to fast and then have another blood draw a couple hours later. I guess I really wasn't tested. Hopefully I'll have time to get that done.

[Janet]

Originally Posted by Lindsey

Lol have you ever read the website, damnyouautocorrect.com? Sometimes when I'm bored I read through it and I can't stop giggling. I love this one: http://damnyouautocorrect.com/1120/the-big-d/ Hahaha the poor kid. Some of the conversations are a little out there but I still can't stop laughing.

Wow....they have websites for darn near anything don't they???? LOLOL I read through some of them....some were really funny others I just didn't get.....lol

[DianaB]

Lindsey, it took me a little while before I got it!!! Very funny!!!!


Gayle, that's nice that you have the option to work at school or home. That way you can get a lot more done!!

I know that you're really probably having mixed feelings about the kids leaving. The quiet house will be nice for awhile then you'll be ready to have them back!! We just can't seem to decide if we want things quiet and picked up........or have the kids home and deal with the mess......I think that we like a little of both!!!

[gja1000]

Well, my kids left for Houston on Friday so it has been mighty quiet around the old homestead this weekend. Gary is not feeling very well, so that is good for him. I miss them, but not all the hustle and bustle.

Gary is having trouble with his blood pressure, it's running way too low so he is dizzy and weak. I guess I'll call his heart doctor tomorrow for an appointment.

I developed a sore throat and body aches yesterday. I didn't feel very good at all (and still don't). But some Coriciden cold medicine and Advil seemed to perk me up.

Yesterday Gary and I took the boat to the shop. It runs fine but the engine wants to die when it idles. He and his uncle worked on it at the lake, and it ran better, but not completely fixed, so it went to the shop. Hope it doesn't cost too much!

Then we went to the garden center and I got some compost tea. This is like compost, except it is liquid and sprayed on the yard. Our yard at the new house is in pretty bad shape so we had compost spread over most of the yard - but not all as some areas are in better shape and my yard is big now and compost/spreading is a little pricey. It had to be done though. I thought I'd use the liquid compost tea for the areas that didn't get any compost. It will have to be applied again in a month, but that is OK, it's not expensive and pretty easy to apply with a hose end sprayer.

Our new John Deere lawn tractor was delivered yesterday afternoon, so I had to play with it a little bit. We didn't do any mowing but we hooked up the little trailer and hauled some things to the shed at the back of the yard that Gary brought home from the lake and were still in the back of his pickup. It is really going to be nice for hauling heavy items back to the shop or shed. We can drive back there, but I really don't like to be driving on the grass, especially in summer. Gary is just not able to carry heavy things all the way back there. I could carry some things, but not the heavy things. So we are really going to enjoy the little trailer, I think. We buy bird seed by the 40 lb. bag and we can use the trailer to haul it around to the back of the house. I forgot to have Gary take a picture of me on my John Deere, but I have to spread some fertilizer tomorrow and I'll try to remember.

I was sitting outside yesterday watching the birds and two male cardinals were fighting. They would sit on the ground and have a "stare off" and then fly at each other in a flurry about 2 feet off the ground, then land and do it over again. It was pretty funny to watch.

Well, mom and I are going over to our old house in Austin to go through some of her summer clothes. She doesn't have as much closet space as she used to have so we will have to weed out some things. We need to get going on the Austin house to get it rented or put on the market to sell. We've just had too many irons in the fire this winter/spring. With the kids gone now, maybe we can get some things done. If only Gary and I could get well, LOL, we'll be fine in a few days, hopefully!

[Janet]

I put a text out last night to my brothers to see if one of them would be interested in taking Mom for a drive or out to eat. My younger brother texted that he had a fever and a headache....hmmmm...maybe. I didn't hear from my older brother till this morning. They went out to eat and thought they'd come get Mom on Tuesday. That's fine....but I would like a weekend too.

So Rick and I, Ricky and Mom went to Pepe's. It was so good and the beer was so cold. Wish I could have drank more than the two I had...but I was full. It was just before 8 when we got home.

Today I raked the yard and Ricky picked up the piles while Rick burned the debris. Ricky also rolled the yard and it looks so nice. I did mow half the yard, but it doesn't really look like the other side needs it yet. Our willow tree has it's leaves out now and it's such a pretty color green. The other trees have the buds pretty much broken, so I expect by next week...we'll see some leaves there too.

It's such a beautiful day and the temps in the 80"s....so wonderful!

[lynne b]

Well Sundays is usually my day to take mom shopping and out to lunch, but she really didn't need anything since my daughter had taken her on Thursday after a Dr app.
I did go in and picked mom up and i also took Nik with me, he will be leaving in 2 weeks to go to my breeder who is going to attempt to show him for me. I needed to get Nik out and use to strange noise's and people and different situations, so we went to Home Depot (I am still looking for tile for my back splash) and Rural King and then we stopped at the park to eat some lunch and then after i dropped mom off i took him to another park and of course no dogs were allowed but i walked him alittle bit anyways, he had already pooped in Rural King so no worries there LOL. Then i asked a few people to come up and pet him and he did very well. This is one reason i am having someone else show him, I just do not have the time to do what is nessasary for it, for the past 2 months it's all i have gotten done is working with him just to get him ready to go, on top of working OT.
Tomorrow if the weather permits i will take him to a 4-H obedience class just to let him be around other dogs. This is suppose to be a fun hobby but right now it is feeling like a second job, but i am hopeing the pay off is a good one, that Nik makes it in the ring and becomes my first show dog, if not i will retire for a few more years till i can devote more time to it myself. Now Nik and i are both pooped LOL

[gja1000]

Hey Lynne, I'm going to be picking out some tile for the backsplash in my kitchen too. What kind are you looking for? I need some suggestions.

[lynne b]

Originally Posted by gja1000

Hey Lynne, I'm going to be picking out some tile for the backsplash in my kitchen too. What kind are you looking for? I need some suggestions.

I am looking for something simple, I matched my paint (just a slightly off white) to the tile i want to use, and i just want a little color scattered in the tile. They have the little medallion colors that you can buy but i just am not sure thats the way i want to go.

I have looked on line at like decals you can put on tile, something kitcheny, the also have full portriats you can buy and on your back splash but they are very pricey. I am also just not sure how the decals would hold up to cleaning, weather they would scratch off or pucker up after getting them wet over time. Though i have thought of spraying a laucgher (sp) on them to seal it.

I am in no hurry, it's painted right now in a flat paint where as the rest is semi gloss, had to use flat so the mortar stuff would stick better but it's not that notciable. I will know it when i find what i am looking for.

Have had some sales people tell us we would have to put up new backer board in order for the wall to handel the weight of the tiles, and mortar stuff that holds the tiles in place.
Let me know what you find out about that, it's not a very big area i am doing, why can't anything just be simple.

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by lynne b

Let me know what you find out about that, it's not a very big area i am doing, why can't anything just be simple.

My daughter put this tile in her kitchen backsplash and I really liked it so I may go with something like this. http://www.flooranddecoroutlets.com/s32100177.html I have A LOT of backsplash to do and right now there is formica all the way up to the cabinets, so I'm sure I will have to have something built there to hold the tile - LOL - not sure what though. I like that this tile is cheap - I think there is some for like twenty cents a tile - now THAT'S my price! LOL! I too would like a different color every now and then - but not sure what color!

[Lindsey]

Yesterday was exactly one year since we moved into our house! Instead of the blizzard we had last year on moving day, we had a beautiful, warm, sunshiney day! Both Saturday and Sunday we shovelled the snow drifts in the yard to be out in the sunny areas to melt faster. Yesterday I took our patio furniture out of the shed and put it back on the deck. I even put my laundry outside to dry We opened the windows for the first time since last year and let the fresh air flow through the house! It was great! Tomorrow is supposed to get cold again, just barely above freezing At least we had spring for a little while.

Last night Scott and I were talking about how a year ago, we would have been setting up a mattress to sleep on in the spare room, and how we were so excited to wake up in the morning to see that Layla had made her way downstairs overnight to pee on her pad. We didn't know that two weeks later our lives and her life would change so drastically But we have made it through a year now. We were worried about house payments to begin with, but we've managed to get through it, put our dog through spinal surgery and rehab, and save enough to go to Europe. We don't have to worry anymore. And if we could make it through this past year together, I think we can make it through our whole lives together

[DianaB]

Our women's group at church planned a shopping trip to KC on Saturday. It ended up that only 4 of us went but we had a great time. We went to a shopping center that was set up like a small down town area instead of a mall. It was a lot of walking and lots of people but we had fun!! I got some new clothes for myself and some clothes for Dean and Little Karlie. It's so hard to break the habit of buying for someone else and I love to get for the kids!! We ate at a Cajun restaurant for lunch and had dessert at an Italian place!!! Yummmm...... The other three girls that went are good friends so we had a good time!!