First Day of First Grade!
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Whole lotta changes goin on!
Thursday night a few of us girls got together for a farewell dinner for Savannah. She is off to a semester of college in England! There are a couple pix from Harmonious Monks in the photo gallery.. take a peek, they are cute. It is a fun place on a busy night. It was slow Thursday, but we made our own party as always! So many changes going on.. Nancy out west, Savannah accross the ocean.. wowser..
Brian & Hunter Silly 8-23-07
Brian & Hunter wanted to do one serious pic (click on this pic to go to photo gallery) and one silly pic.. Hunter thinks it is so cool he can curl his tongue! He is very excited to start school and is doing great with the transition to a new school and new kids. We look forward to a great year!
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Chad in Tux 1991
He is now 21! We went to Red Lobster on Tues 8/21 for his birthday. Hard to believe time can fly by so fast!
Monday, August 20, 2007
It's all a Blur!
My days blur together! It confuses me.. and I am sure you too.. when I have been up since 4:30 am (Sunday) and am still up at 2 am (now Monday)! My today was yesterday, and my tomorrow is today!!
I was up at the butt-crack of dawn to ride with Terry to take Nancy & her sister, Susan, to the airport. Nancy now lives out west! She text messaged me throughout the day and then called me tonight. It seems unreal to me that she is now so far away, not just down the road. Alot of changes going on.. although she said they have palm trees mixed in with cactus and Flagstaff is just a cooler St. Augustine!
I am up so late working on a project that I will tell more about at a later date. It's a secret! I am driven to get it done and I am on a time crunch to do it.. what's one more thing, right?! I am not doing it all alone, so that is a big help. I am going to shut things down and try to get some sleep, wish me luck!
I was up at the butt-crack of dawn to ride with Terry to take Nancy & her sister, Susan, to the airport. Nancy now lives out west! She text messaged me throughout the day and then called me tonight. It seems unreal to me that she is now so far away, not just down the road. Alot of changes going on.. although she said they have palm trees mixed in with cactus and Flagstaff is just a cooler St. Augustine!
I am up so late working on a project that I will tell more about at a later date. It's a secret! I am driven to get it done and I am on a time crunch to do it.. what's one more thing, right?! I am not doing it all alone, so that is a big help. I am going to shut things down and try to get some sleep, wish me luck!
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
A Snake in the Grass..
I have been busy since getting back from the ranch. The Beckley House had an open house today, so I have been over there sprucing it up and getting it ready. The realtor called to say his assistant was handling it and she had someone heading to the office to write up a contract.( don't get too excited, we haven't heard anything else about that!) There was a couple last night when I was finishing up cleaning who came to look at it and were supposedly very interested too. So the prospects are good and it is getting shown alot. Then I got a call that there was a problem. There wasn't a snake in the grass.. it was in a bedroon closet! A black rat snake was in the closet in one of the back bedrooms. The girl who was there was deathly afraid and bolted out and left. I got a neighbor to go over and remove the snake, but it put a real damper on my open house! I haven't heard anything else, so we will see. I hadn't checked the closets because it is new carpet and it was cleaned last week. I am sure it got in when my repair man was working and left the back sliding door open or when the house was being shown. We have wetlands behind that house and a couple snakes live under the back deck. It has been so hot lately, I am sure the cool air coming from the house was too much of a temptation! Always excitement at the Shore house!
The Deer Did It!!
I once again am paying for my impetuous nature! On Monday the girls & I rode with a group. It was Amanda's first time there and you have to go with a guide the first time so they can see how you ride, etc. Barney & I stayed to the back of the group. He was getting ansy and really wanted to run. We were waiting for our guide, Blane, to finish helping a couple other riders. I decided to take Barney up ahead and take a little run. The minute I gave him the signal he opened up and was flying. It was sweet! Until a baby deer jumped out from behind a fallen tree and sprinted accross the trail in front of us. Barney reared up and did a complete turn around before coming back down on his front feet. When he came back down we were very close to a tree and I was leaning right, which put my head in direct line with that tree. I immediately swung myself to the left, while Barney veered right to go around the tree. So you can see where the problem occured. I went left, and he went right. I knew I was going down, but other than grabbing his mane to help slow me down, there was little I could do. I landed on my back, hitting my head and left elbow on tree roots and hard packed Georgia clay! I had an ostrich egg on my head and a major bruise and pain on my left elbow. Despite that, I was determined not to go back to the group walking my horse because I couldn't get back on! I found a big chunk of a tree they had been cutting, so I hefted it to an upright position and used it as a step up to get back on Barney. He is over 16 hands, which is 8 feet tall at his withers. I am 5 foot 2 inches.. a tad short to reach the stirrups and heft myself up! We rejoined the group just as they had come looking for me. I didn't mention being thrown until we were back at the barn and they could see the back of my shirt covered in clay! Marei teased me that they will have to put velcro on me and my saddle! I reminded her it wasn't my fault or Barney's.. the deer did it!! Of course I was told to "watch out for the deer!" the rest of the trip!
Bri's Birthday trip..
Okay, I just realized I am on my home PC, not my laptop.. all the pix from Brianne's birthday are on my laptop.. so I will do a little catch up chat, then post pix later! I took Brianne, & her friend Amanda to the horse ranch for Bri's birthday. We had to stay at the Comfort Inn in town because the ranch was full. For whatever reason I could not get a good wireless connection at the hotel. We went up Sunday night, went riding and had a birthday lunch for Bri at the ranch on Monday. I had called ahead and they made her a cake. She was very suprised! We met a woman from Canada, Jody, so she joined our group for meals & riding. She went into town with us to shop on Tuesday as well. It was fun. We went to Atlanta on Tuesday night to see Michael Buble, He was great, and very funny! Alot funnier than the warm-up comedian they had on before the show! Always up for adventure we stopped at an IHOP on our way back to Madison after the show. It was very late, and we were not in the best part of town! It was one of the worst meals I have ever had, but the night was awesome anyway! We rode Wednesday morning then headed home. It was a really good trip. My baby girl is 23 now!
Too Many Emails!
I have not been on my computer for almost a week.. and I had over 137 emails!! So I will catch up on blogging, and get to what emails I can asap. TTFN
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Pony Pix, Tristan 8-11-07
There is another pic when we tricked him into looking up, just click on this pic and it will take you to my photo gallery, more photos are on the right, just click on browse to view them! He would not ride.. guess we will have to work on that!
Pony Pix 8-11-07 Hunter
Today was birthday party day. This morning we had a party for our old neighbor's son. They had pony rides. Hunter and Alexa Loved it.. as you will see.. Tristan did not! Hunter informed them it was a nice pony, but his horse was alot bigger! Alexa loved it.. she rode over and over again. When you mention riding the pony her face lights up and she says.. MY PONY! We went to another party this afternoon at Ollie Koala's.. lot's of games, etc. Alexa kept asking where the pony was? When I told her no more pony she was not happy!
Friday, August 10, 2007
Cali after surgery..Conehead!
This is Cali "after"! She is doing great, and although she doesn't like the cup on her head.. she hasn't shown any signs of pain or tenderness which is really good. This is our vet's alternative to the old procedure of stinting and wrapping the ears which does not allow airflow and proper healing of the stitches. So far so good. Will have more pix when the cone comes off!
Cali 8-7-07 12 weeks
Cali got spayed on Tuesday. The vet agreed to do it while she was getting her ear surgery done since she is a bigger dog and it would save us the cost of two seperate surgeries. I decided to get her ears trimmed not because of the cosmetic look of the average Great Dane, but because we have had constant problems with our Mastiff's ears which hang down like Cali's did in this picture. we have rarely had issues with our chows, whose ears stand up and get plenty of air. I wanted to avoid those problems with Cali. So here she is "before"..
Half Full, or Half Empty??
Admittedly, I guess I am a half empty type person. There are times I try not to be, but it gets the best of me. So how do you become a half full person? Or is it something that is part of our base personality? There are aspects of my life that really suck. People I have to deal with that drain the positive energy right out of me.. and before you tell me to scrape them off.. for unchangeable reasons I can't.. so how do I convert that to something constructive? I am very blessed. In so many ways life is good for us. That does not erase what we have been through, but it helps us get out of bed every day and carry on. Most days my glass is more than half full, until someone bumps into me and makes me spill it all over myself!! And then in the words of Alexa.. I just have to... "clean it up!"
Still For Sale!
The Beckley house is still on the market. It has been shown twice. No bites. I just reduced the price, put out a new flyer and the realtor is setting up open houses.. sell baby sell!!
Pain sucks!
I am in pain tonight. I even broke down and took a mild muscle relaxer. I refused anything stronger and now wish I hadn't! My physical therapist is concerned I have long term or permanent damage. Or it may require surgery to hopefully correct the problem. He tried some new things yesterday and I have been in pain ever since. I am going in tomorrow to have some readjustments done and hopefully relieve some of this pain. I was supposed to pick up the glass door Nancy finished for me and I realized there was no way I could lift it, or even help lift it the way I feel right now. I will have to get it next week. I had a hard time just putting groceries in the car and moving around putting things away and dealing with the kids. This is the worst it's been in a long time. I am tired of all the limitations this injury has caused. I am tired of being sore & tired! I am frustrated that it is one more thing in my life that I have little control over!!
Okay, done whining. Tomorrow will be a better day!
Okay, done whining. Tomorrow will be a better day!
The Phone is not my friend!
At least not lately. It is a funny thing that reminds me of when the older three were little. I would be on the phone and every other sentence would be interrupted with me reprimanding the kids, or rescuing them from a near disaster. It was just as funny when the person on the other end was doing the same thing! They have little built-in censors that tell them when you are on the phone they cam run amok! It is the same with these three. I have learned at times to apologize and end the call. It sucks to limit what little grown up contact I have. The twins have been really arguing alot lately. They are more outspoken and very vocal. All that time we wished they would talk more.. and now you can't shut them up! Tristan especially. His speech therapist mentioned it yesterday after his therapy. At least I know I am not the only one he can drive crazy in a short amount of time!! I try to remember to call people back later, but later is usually very late at night and I get sidetracked or fall asleep on the couch. So please don't think that I don't want to talk to you, or that I didn't mean to call you back. Call me late at night anytime! It just is what it is..
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin..
..into the future. (old song lyrics!) I have not been online much lately. I had every intention of blogging the other night when I was working ona project.. until I realized it was 5:30 am and I had not been to bed yet! Now it is almost 4 am and I have to be up with the kids in 3 1/2 hours. So.. hi ho, hi ho, it's off to bed I go!
Girls Gone Wide 2007
I promised to post a picture of all of us in our outfits.. here ya go!
Terri, Dori, Nancy & Me July 28, 2007.
Terri, Dori, Nancy & Me July 28, 2007.
Visits..
Brian's brother, Alan, came for a visit a couple weeks ago. Now his Uncle Charles has dropped in for the weekend to go to a wedding. It has been nice to see them both. Brian was able to take a day off and do a few things with Alan while he was here. He has worked all this weekend, but has tomorrow (Sunday, today) off so he can spend some time with his Uncle. Uncle Charles used to visit us when we lived in England. He has a habit of last minute visits, or just dropping in. He reminded me of some times when he visited us and the time we went to London to ship one of Sasha's puppies to Germany. We went to several places and had a really good time. I can't believe he is 80! He drives a little two seater convertible sports car and travels quite a bit. He wants to come back up sometime to go kayaking with me! I thought the kids would be too much for him to handle, but he has done well. Brian is thrilled because people visiting means the house gets a good cleaning and I cook!!
The Unexpected..
I ran into an old friend of Kie's the other day. I was in a store and as he walked by with a stack of boxes in his hand we both noticed each other. It took a couple seconds, then we both said "Oh My God!" He dropped the boxes on the floor and gave me a big hug. We caught up on several things, and of course talked about the twins. I was able to talk about Kie without breaking down in tears. She cared for him alot. I know for a time she even wished they could be more than friends. I wonder sometimes how different things would have been for her. We can all look back at our lives and wonder what if. There are so many different paths to choose from. We never know exactly where they will take us. Sometimes the best looking path turns out to be the worst. And other times, the rockier path takes us to the most beautiful places. It felt good to see her friend, good to share her with him for a few minutes. It was unexpected, which is how she comes to me alot lately. In unexpected places, in unexpected ways...
The Diva Don't Dunk!
All three kids finished swim class Thursday. Hunter did great. He knew how to swim fairly well under water, but this helped him learn how to swim better. Tristan is a fish! He dives in and swims very well under water. Part of the process is learning to "bob" or "dunk" yourself under water to the bottom then push yourself back up. Hunter and Tristan had no problem doing that. Alexa on the other hand, never did complete that task. It wasn't so much the going under part.. she didn't want to get her hair wet! And if they got her hair wet or tried to dunk with her she would wait til they were done with her, then she would walk to the pool steps and sit, refusing to do anything else. She loves the water, but the Diva don't dunk!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)