Summertime, birthdays and cracked ribs

Summer arrived in full force. We had temps in the 100's last week. Thankfully it has dropped back down into the 80's this week and the humidity has dropped even lower. There is a nice wind too so that makes it even better.

Didn't do much last week because of the heat. Randy and Jeremy went on a golf trip to Arizona and they had a blast. He got back home really late last night, exhausted but happy. He took some great photos of the courses, scenery and even a few jack rabbits, a meercat and some roadrunners. I'll have to upload them at a later time.

My excitement for the weekend came with Austin's 5th birthday party on Sunday. He had it at Bouncing B's and nothing would do except I had to get on the stuff with the kids. The photo above has me, Austin and Morgan about to "race" to the bottom. We let Austin win.

I went down the slide one time with another child and she landed on me instead of the base. Would have been fine except she caught my ribcage. Yep, a little crack and a lot of pain! Wasn't I so "lucky" to have Michelle snap a photo right before impact!

I went to the care center to get an X-ray after the party because the pain kept getting worse. I have it wrapped now and am on no lifting restrictions until it "doesn't pull" however long that is. It has been "fun" trying to sleep let me tell you. I finally found a small pillow that I could position just perfectly to support my right side and I went to sleep last night for longer than the 30 minutes at a time that happened Sunday night. The thought of having a week off of work when the temperature is better sounds good but when you can't do anything it takes the fun right out. I went outside this morning but have trouble just sitting and with the weeds taking over the garden I came back inside so I wouldn't have to see them and I wouldn't be tempted to pull on them. I really think I should be diagnosed with ADD because I just can't sit still, drives me batty and wears me out. Oh well, my rib will heal and the weeds will still be there. Daytime TV is the pits too!!!! How is it possible that every episode of Cold Case and Law and Order that has been on is one I've already seen?


Back to Austin's party. He had a blast. He really is the most appreciative child, totally tickled with everything he got. Squealed over every card and with every present would yell out, "oh it's just what I wanted." It was a Speed Racer theme per his choice. I guess since he's 5 now and the Mach 5 is Speed's car, it was very appropriate. I found a Speed Racer helmet that he wanted in Evansville a couple of weeks ago and Michelle has had trouble getting it off his head since then. It has sounds in it (like pit crew talking to him or the engine racing) and is probably driving the whole family crazy.

So funny that he likes it so well now. Our brother David was an original Speed Racer fanatic when we were kids. That 30 minute cartoon was just about the only quiet time we had every day because he was glued to the set.


Michelle got him a new bike for his birthday. He picked it out himself but didn't know she had purchased it when they went to the store a few days ago. He was so upset to find it gone. Evidently he got to thinking about who must have bought it because he told his babysitter last week that he was getting it. He's just too sharp.



Hard to believe that he's already 5 years old. He'll start kindergarten in the Fall and until Jeremy has kids he'll be the last "baby" in the family. Time sure is flying by.

Today is already the last day of June and it seems like it just started yesterday. July will bring more heat I'm sure. It'll also bring birthdays for Randy and Jeremy and who knows what more excitement.

Hopefully it will be an injury free month for all.

So from the new edition of Speed Racer, be safe and have a great day!

Hi All

Did a little bit of scrapping this week. Created this layout of the granddogs after seeing the design on a layout on 2P's. Finally did some cleaning around my scrap area. I need to do some more too let me tell you. I have way too much stuff for such a small area!



Also did this layout for my nephew Austin's Preschool Graduation. Doesn't he look so cute? He was quite excited about the whole thing.

Can't believe they do the whole cap and gown thing at every level now. Guess they like it and they are darling, but it sure doesn't leave any excitement for wearing it at high school graduation if you've already worn one three or four times. Oh well who am I to question.






Not a lot of anything else going on. The ballgames are finished for the season. Work was pretty rough this week. The nurse aide that we hired quit so we're short staffed again and we had some heavy load patients this week. Add to that driving in the torrential rain Thursday night and pulling a muscle or something in my neck after hydroplaning, I'm not sure I have a single body part that isn't in pain. Oh well, again, what you gonna do? I'm still in a lot better shape than a lot of others so shouldn't complain.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Long Time No Post

It's been a while since I've updated, sorry for the folks that actually enjoy reading my ramblings. I've just been really busy. Alright, I admit I also have gotten hooked on Farmtown on Facebook and have been playing it for the last couple of weeks. For those that are on it, you'll understand. For those that aren't, it's fun but SO addicting. You plant crops, hire "people" to harvest them and then plant some more and while building up points. Sounds silly but it's fun.

I've also been doing the real planting stuff. I've worked hard on my yard this year, after letting it go last year. The window boxes look really pretty. I was quite annoyed yesterday when the neighbors cat knocked one not just off the hook but his/her weight pulled the darn hook right out of the window sill. Thankfully it didn't hurt the plants too much. Hoping it scared the cat bad enough to keep it out in the future.

I've also been over at Aunt Joyce's working on her yard. She lost a huge oak tree to the ice storm which left the side of her yard looking pretty bare. We made a large flower bed using 85 of the concrete retaining wall blocks. Her neighbors and my sister helped too. When you're moving that many blocks and that much dirt you need a lot of hands. I added a small amount of impatients but most of the plants are perennials. Aunt Joyce and Uncle Charlie are both quite happy with it. Once it fills in, it should really be gorgeous.

Both of my nephews are still playing ball twice a week. Have to say they both keep getting better. Shame the season is almost over, they both might turn out to be great players if they had another month. Not sure what I'll do with my Friday nights in a few weeks.

I also had two nieces graduate last week. My niece Abby (brother's youngest) graduated 5th grade from Greenville Elementary. She's so smart, had great grades and we're quite proud of her. I expect great things to happen with this young lady. She has drive, personality and she's cute as a bug. Yes, I expect great things, doubt she'll disappoint me either. I love this photo of her and her big brother Andrew. She actually is already taller than he is (he's not happy about that either so maybe I shouldn't have mentioned it) but she is standing on the bleacher seat in this photo so she's really not that much taller. He's looking forward to her coming to the Middle School next year. He'll be in the 8th grade and as he says "running the place" with the other "top dogs" at the school. I think she'll give him a run for his money.
Megan, my brother's oldest daughter, (and the closest I've ever had of having my own daughter) graduated from Muhlenberg South High School. I'm also very proud of her. She's a beautiful girl (even though she doesn't think so) and her smile just warms my heart. I don't see it enough though. She kept her grades up and received several scholarships for college while working and paying most of her own way the last couple of years.Right now she's thinking the nursing program but she may change her mind after she gets her basics. Whatever she chooses I have faith that she'll succeed and she knows that I'll always be right behind her all the way.

Her graduation was not only sad for me because of her growing up so quickly but it was also the last class to come out of MSHS. They're consolidating the school system next year. I can't say I don't like change because change is quite often good. I think I'm remembering graduating in my small class, where we had the individual attention. I knew my teachers would not just call my Mom, they'd go to my house if I misbehaved! I just hate that there will be so many kids in the same building. I remember so well the problems that were created when they consolidated the seven original high schools into two, luckily most of those problems were worked out by the time my son went to MSHS but my younger sister had to deal with them.

While consolidating into two schools will bring many new opportunities that they wouldn't get in a smaller environment, it is also going to cause the students to miss out on so many others. Kids that could have been in the top 10 of their Senior Class will now have to compete with the kids from the other school that is consolidating. Sport's teams will lose kids that may not have the best talent but have the best heart for the game. Can't even imagine how long the graduation ceremony will be next year when my brother's stepdaughter Amber graduates.

Changing the curriculum would be hard enough without teachers being reassigned to classes they haven't taught in years and can only imagine that this will add to the difficulties the first couple of years will bring to the students. The school board has also brought in educators from other areas, taking jobs from local teachers and counselors which has caused so many hard feelings. I actually feel sorry for the people that are coming in, they are probably going to have a rough time too and it's not their fault at all. But, I don't have kids in the school system. My opinion doesn't count. They've done it, I pray it works out and the kids in our area thrive. Our county desperately needs our youth to succeed. They are our future.

Monday morning ramblings

May is over half gone already, wow! Hard to believe but I guess the calendar doesn't lie. The weather here in Kentucky continues to jump all over the place. It was in the low 60's yesterday and dropped down to 40 last night. Today the sun is shining again and it's back into the 70's. At least we haven't had rain in the last 48 hours.

The flowers in front of the house still looked pretty this morning though and the roses survived the dip in temperature. The ones in the photo are a yellowy peachy color (there is probably a real color name but I don't know what it is). They have a delightful scent, not overpowering, actually have to get really close to smell them at all, but still great. I went to Lowe's the other day and they had a small section that I could smell the second I got inside. They were gorgeous red roses but at $50 a piece I think I'll settle for the ones I already have. I really need to get a photo of the red roses, too lazy to do it right now. I dug up a bush from my Mother's home years ago (she was still alive) and it spreads out. I've broken off I can't even remember how many branches to start new ones for family/friends and it's still huge. They don't have any scent though. To be honest, I really think it was a wild rose bush that grew up with one that we planted for Mom. If the weather settles down I need to go tie it to the trellis better.


We did get great weather Tuesday and Friday nights for the boy's baseball games and I was able to go see them play. Jackson's team won both games. He's really been playing this year. Up until now he pretty much just went and we would see him goofing off more than actually trying to play baseball. He's fielding great, even threw the ball from left field to home plate for a play--the other player dropped the ball and the runner was safe but it was close.


Austin is having a blast with T-ball. He gets almost giddy with excitement when you even mention playing. The entire team is between 4-5 years old and they are just too cute. Their first game was hysterical, wish you could have been there (some reading were). Everyone on the team (except Austin) ran for every ball. After the game I asked him why he didn't run and he said it was because the coach told him to stand right there (he was shortstop). He runs now, all the way to first base if necessary. Well I guess you could call it running, not so sure I couldn't skip faster than he runs but the last practice he did better. All I can say is that he is having a blast learning how to play and they don't count runs or outs anyway so it doesn't matter.



Jeremy didn't get to come home for Mother's Day because he had to work but he did come in Tuesday. He and Wrigley actually came in Monday night and stayed until Tuesday night. I had to work Monday but my boss let me take a vacation day for Tuesday night so I was able to spend the day with him. He bought me a gorgeous diamond necklace and a sweet card. We went to Aunt Joyce/Uncle Charlie's home for lunch and let Wrigley run free in their fenced-in yard which made him good and sleepy for the drive home later that night. I took some photos then too but haven't uploaded them yet and am too lazy to go get the camera to do it now. Wrigley's still growing. Not sure why they thought that he was half Beagle and half Bassett Hound because there is no way he has any Bassett in him, maybe Lab. He's almost as big as Gracie (Kate's Lab).

Not a lot of anything else going on. I'm addicted to Farm Town on Facebook and I've spent way too much time on there lately. Am trying to scrap in between harvesting, LOL. Guess I've bored you enough for one day. Hope the rest of the day is great for you!

Celebrity Victim of Swine Flu

Well we knew it would happen sooner or later. We now have the first broadcasted fatality of the Swine Flu...




Reports have him stating as he was going down, "Ms Piggy told me she was clean!"

Happy Mother's Day

Today is Mother's Day. A day set aside eons ago to show appreciation for all the love and care that Moms provide. Something that really should be shown daily but as with other aspects of life we kid ourselves into believing that the person will always be there and that we can do it later. We, as a people, tend to focus on the negative instead of the positive and we often ignore the people that mean the most to us until it's too late.

The commercialism abounds. You can't turn on the television or pick up a magazine or newspaper without seeing the ads on the "perfect" gift. I was on 2P's earlier this morning and saw a thread where a few women were already complaining about the gift that they received. They basically were stating that the gift didn't come with any thought at all, just snatched off the shelf at the last minute because they "had to" get something. Honestly people if you learn nothing else today realize that it's the thought that Moms want!

Today is hard for the people that have lost either their own Mother or a child. Those women will quickly say that they would trade all the presents in the world for just a little more time with their lost loved one. I know, only too well. I've lost both my parents already and wasted an awfully lot of time while they were alive on the petty stuff that I didn't realize at the time wouldn't really matter at all. I'd sure love to have even an afternoon with either one now. So much that should have been said but wasn't. I know they both knew they were loved but am sure not positive they knew how much I appreciated them.

I realize that not everyone can spend the day with their Mothers today. People have to work. My own Son is working today too and I'm sure all the people that need their prescriptions filled are more than happy that he is there so I'll sacrifice the day for them. He's called already this morning, actually woke me up to make sure he caught me but that is okay, I'm happy to hear his voice whatever time it is. He'll come home soon and we'll celebrate then. That is fine with me, it's not about a "day" anyway and we both know that. Randy surprised me with fresh flowers, a beautiful thoughtful card and a computer program to make my digital scrapbooking easier. (Okay he may have bought that so he didn't have to listen to me complain about hating PSE 6.0 anymore but it was thoughtful never-the-less.) My nephew Austin made me the flower pot that is in the photo above. Since my Mom is gone and he doesn't have a Grandmother on our side of the family, I get the honor of being his "other Mother" and I sure know how special that is.

I am very blessed to have an Aunt and Uncle that I've always called my "Other Parents" and I'll be spending the afternoon at their home. I've purchased my Aunt a few little things and have made her a couple of others. Little things from the heart carefully thought out to try and find the "perfect" items. Yet I know that I could have not bought a thing and just spent the time instead. They want me, not things. Yes, I'm blessed.

I hope that you have the opportunity to spend time with your loved ones, if not today then very soon. To tell them how much they mean to you. To spend some time, even just sitting on the couch and watching TV, just sharing that time. You'll realize one day, hopefully far far in the future, that the time you had wasn't long enough.

Fun Filled Weekend

This past Saturday was National Scrapbooking Day which we turned into a whole weekend. I had a blast scrapping away and chatting and online cropping with my imaginary friends (that's the term I use for my 2P's Calendar Girls group). My poor den looks like a tornado went through it and I really should be cleaning instead of typing but here I am anyway. Thought I'd share a couple of the layouts that I made this weekend. (Alright, you know I'm just doing this to stall the cleaning!) The layout above uses a photo that I took of me on Saturday. I was organizing my scrap supplies, hadn't had a shower and really shouldn't be taking photos but it was a challenge on the board so I caved. I was able to use some paper that I'd had in my stash for eons so it worked out pretty good despite the funny face in the photo. The tag has hidden journaling about the joy I've found with scrapbooking.

This layout features two of the many great kids in my extended family. Abby and Andrew are two of my brother and his wife's kids. Aren't they just too cute!




I snapped the photos of them while I was over taking photos of their sister Amber for her prom. Haven't done her prom layout yet but love this photo of her and her "grandfather".






My brother's other daughter Megan can't be left out so I'll show you the layout I did of her and my Mother yesterday. One of the challenges on 2P's was to do a layout on Mom/Grandmother. I don't have a lot of photos of my Mother and while I was searching I found these of Megan's first birthday.

BTW, the Cookie Monster cake was made by yours truly. I made one for Jeremy's first birthday too and Nana (my Mom) thought that it would make a cute cake for the new little cookie monster in the family. Sure doesn't seem like it has been 17 years since those photos were taken.




Friday night we had our scrapbooking crop at the church. Since it was the start of NSD weekend I hosted a challenge of my own. I provided everyone the same supplies (slightly differences in colors only) and challenged them to use them to make a project. They didn't have to use all of the supplies but they had to use everything at least in one spot in their project. They had a piece of white 12x12 cardstock, a piece of pastel 12x12 patterned paper, a piece of 8x8 solid cardstock, two white flowers, a piece of white ribbon, one yellow button and one yellow brad. They could also use any of the extra supplies that they had. As you can see from the photo below, their creativity was varied but all awesome.


I hadn't told them what I was going to do ahead of time so several didn't have photos that would match the color schemes so they're going to add them later. Cindy made a card instead of a layout and has enough supplies left over to make several matching if she chooses. Mine is up at the top left and has my cute little nephew Austin in it.

Yes, it was a rainy weekend but thanks to my scrapping it was still fun filled!

Okay I'll start cleaning now.

NSD

Saturday is National Scrapbooking Day. Whoo hoo!!! Almost every scrapbook site out there and all the stores have scheduled activities to encourage scrapping. Since we don't have any local stores I plan on staying home most of the day and scrapping. It's going to be rainy anyway.

I made a cute address "book" from an inexpensive Rolodex knock-off the other night. I'm posting it here because I think it would make a really cute teacher's gift. I used scraps of just about everything and it was super easy. I got the idea from 2P's in 2005 and made one then but I saw them again at the last scrapbook convention. Everything good comes back.

Political Correctness gone wild

Received this in an email the other day and it made me chuckle.

Due to the climate of political correctness now pervading America, Kentuckians, Tennesseans and West Virginians will no longer be referred to as "HILLBILLIES."
You must now refer to them as
APPALACHIAN-AMERICANS.

And furthermore

HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT WOMEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:

1. She is not a "BABE" or a "CHICK" - She is a
"BREASTED AMERICAN."


2. She is not "EASY" - She is
"HORIZONTALLY ACCESSIBLE."


3. She is not a "DUMB BLONDE" - She is a
"LIGHT-HAIRED DETOUR OFF THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY."


4. She has not "BEEN AROUND" - She is a
"PREVIOUSLY-ENJOYED COMPANION."


5. She does not "NAG" you - She becomes
"VERBALLY REPETITIVE."


6. She is not a "TWO- BIT HOOKER" - She is a
"LOW COST PROVIDER."


HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT MEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:


1. He does not have a "BEER GUT" - He has developed a

"LIQUID GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY."


2. He is not a "BAD DANCER" - He is
"OVERLY CAUCASIAN."


3. He does not "GET LOST ALL THE TIME" - He

"INVESTIGATES ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS."


4. He is not "BALDING" - He is in

"FOLLICLE REGRESSION."


5. He does not act like a "TOTAL ASS" - He develops a case of

"RECTAL-CRANIAL INVERSION."



6. It's not his "CRACK" you see hanging out of his pants - It's

"REAR CLEAVAGE."

Earth Day

April 22 is designated as Earth Day but we really should be celebrating it every day. Look around you and see what you can do to help preserve the planet. After all God did give it to us to take care of.

(I found the imagine on the internet. Unsure who designed it but think it looks really good.)

Just Rambling Today

It's going to be gorgeous here today. For a change I'm actually off work on a pretty day instead of a cold/rainy one. Hurray!!!

We've had so much rain and alternating cold/warm weather that it is just crazy. The odd weather has been a real hold up on cleaning up from the ice storm. Yes, it was back at the end of January but if you drive around the county today you'll still see tree branches down, roofs that haven't been repaired and even a few storage buildings that are still turned upside down from the tornado strength winds from a few other storms. It seemed like every day that we had the time to work on the yard the weather was bad. Except for the Spring plants that are popping up everywhere amongst the branches, we're still a mess down here. They are finally cleaning up the sides of the road too (which is a pain when you have to wait a half hour) but so necessary.

We had an awesome neighbor come over last week and offer to cut down the large tree from the other neighbor's yard that landed all the way across our back yard. He not only cut it but also two others that were damaged, cleaned up the mess and hauled it off! He said that he had an ulterior motive for cutting it down. Seems that someone on the state sex offender's list has moved into the apartment building down on the next street and he was concerned that the tree could block someone from hiding in the back yard. I did remind him that sometimes people end up on that list for having consensual relations (such as an 18 year old and a 16 year old that's parent's aren't happy). He said it wasn't the case, that this guy is in his fifties and had inappropriate relations with a child less than 13. Makes me sick. Lots of kids in this subdivision. Hoping that just hearing he's in the area will cause parents to keep a closer eye on their kids. He may not be a threat but there are way too many creeps out there waiting to prey on others. So sad to think that kids won't be able to just ride their bikes and explore the whole city like they used to when I was growing up.

Okay, really rambling. What I started to say was, Randy got the yard mowed yesterday and is going to finish up with the weed eating this afternoon. I'm going to get the lawn furniture out and get it set up so hopefully we'll be able to enjoy the outside more. Still haven't finished putting the house back together after getting the bathroom redone last weekend but it will wait. The sunshine might not.

I finally broke down and redid the bathroom. It was SO needed. The plumbing was original when the house was built 30 some odd years ago. I knew it would be more than I could do so I hired someone to come out. Good call on my part. The poor contractor had to saw the toilet off at the base and the vanity fell apart as they were carrying it down the hall. The job that he thought would take a couple of hours ended up taking five and he couldn't even get the shower faucet off to change it. We would have had to move the washing machine in the utility room, cut out the wall behind it and go through the back of the shower. WAY too much work when I wanted the floor, toilet and sink switched out and they'd already had so many problems. I'll save that for another day.

Randy and I couldn't figure out what color for me to paint the room so I took 12x12 pieces of the cardstock colors that we narrowed it down to and held them next to the vanity before deciding. I took the paper piece to Lowe's and they matched it. Well almost anyway. It turned out a little darker than we wanted but it still looks good. It was supposed to be a dark sand colored. Then I had to paint the trim and the door. Of course, painting the door the bright pretty white made the trim in the hallway look dingy. Five other doors to paint. The hallway floor now looks bad. The hallway connects to the kitchen, it looks bad. The trim from the hallway connects all the the house, it looks bad.

Lots of work to do. Yes, heading outside to enjoy the sunshine!

Wishing you a great day!

For Fun

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. Randy and Jeremy both had to work and missed an awesome church service. They also missed out on spending the day with Aunt Joyce/Uncle Charlie. Joyce was feeling pretty good and she cooked the entire meal. That was the first time she's been able to do that in a couple of years. Certainly a huge praise!

This was also the first year that I didn't make Easter baskets for everyone. I've just been so busy and time slipped away. Guess it wasn't really necessary since no one was home all day anyway. Sure missed biting off all the bunny ears though!

Changing the subject, I found a fun video on YouTube that I thought I'd share. Turn on your speakers and enjoy.

Spring Break with two of my favorite Guys

We're on Spring Break at work this week and for the first time since I've worked at OMHS, Muhlenberg County School System had the same one. So Tuesday was Aunt Theresa Day with my nephews Jackson and Austin. We headed to Owensboro to the Science Museum. They have a ton of hands-on stuff for kids of all ages. It was a little tricky to keep track of a 4 year old and a 9 year old because both wanted to stay at different sections longer. Both were captivated with this well though so I was able to get a joint shot without them even realizing I was taking the photo.


They had a special segment on rescue animals featuring Hawks and Owls. We were all thrilled to be able to listen to their presentation, see the live animals and ask questions. This group rescues animals that have been hurt, rehabilitates them and then releases them into the wild. The female (the one in the front) and the woman in the photo says that she uses her to Falcon hunt, She says she will be released next year. The male in the back (held by the woman) was found with a broken wing. He can't fly more than a few feet so they will always take care of him. Jackson had his photo taken with the male hawk so he could take it to school and show it to his teacher. Austin wouldn't get anywhere near them. He said he could just tell his teacher. I did print the photo above for him so he could show her.

My friend Wanda will love to know that they also had a Screech Owl to show us. This little guy is two years old and sounds like a horse neighing when he calls out. They played different owl sounds on a tape recorder and showed us fake eggs of different birds. Did you know that eggs are not round so that they won't roll out of the nest. Try it, if you roll an egg on the table it will go in a circle.


Racing is big with Austin since his Dad drives a racecar so he was thrilled to find a lot of Nascar stuff. Jackson got in the car but didn't stay long enough for me to get a good photo. There was too much other stuff that he was interested in to linger in a car.



Here he is practicing being a weather man for a local TV Station. He also really enjoyed the science experiments and being able to climb up in the tree house. Austin tried to keep up. He got into the top of the tree house and when he tried to walk across the plank to the other section he froze up. Now it was safe, there was netting on the side similar to fish net that the kids were supposed to hold onto to help them stay upright. He got two steps out and that was it. Down on his knees he went and he wouldn't move. Jackson went right up and got him back down. Good thing he was there, not sure I would have fit in the tunnel. Jackson may not ever be a weatherman but at least we know he'll be a good rescue worker.

They also did a little puppet show (note Austin's curly head popping through) but this was more up Austin's alley than Jackson's.

After we left the museum we hit the play place at a local McDonald's. Had a little lunch and then the boys played until they were exhausted. They were SO good, really they were. I let them stop off at Wal-Mart for a treat, giving both a limit for what they could spend. Have to say it was hard finding something they both didn't already have but after several trips up and down the aisle both were successful in finding something new.

I was supposed to drop Austin off at his house on the way home but he had other ideas. He told me that his Mother had to go to a meeting and that he was "sorry but I'll have to go to your house" with a straight face. I told him his Mom didn't have a meeting and that she was home. He told me I was wrong and that I couldn't call her to check it out because she was in the meeting. Jackson also decided that my house was the place to go so I called both parents and we just bypassed Central City and headed to Greenville. They got Jeremy's box of Legos out and spent a couple of hours playing together. Both parents finally drug them out of the house with the assurance that they could come back another day.

Sure I could have went somewhere warm for Spring Break, but I doubt I would have had as much fun as I did making memories with two of my favorite guys.

The Shack

I've been super busy lately, sorry for the lack of updates. We've been having computer issues too so that hasn't helped. Plan on doing a big update once we get the desktop computer up and going again (have my photos on it). Until then I want to make a book recommendation.

If you haven't read The Shack. I urge you to do so. It costs less than $10 at Wal-Mart or you can pick it up at any bookstore. It's on the best seller's list. Here's a shot of the back cover that gives an overview. If it's too small hit the Ctrl button and the + sign on your keyboard and it will make the screen larger.

The book has a few places that you'll think it is too far fetched or odd. Keep reading. It will open your eyes to a simpler way of understanding and will change your views on life itself.