Manhattan

This last weekend Michele and Andy....... Michele's boyfriend, went to Manhattan to meet Andy's sister and then on to Hanover to meet Andy's parents on Sunday. They met up with Jessica on Friday. A Big Thanks to Yawanna and Francis for putting up with my children! They went shopping.... visited Pillsbury Crossing..... and went to the "Top of the mountain"....... LONG STORY!!!! What FUN they had!!!! Yawanna kept them just a laughing!

Prayers

Today I ask everyone to say some special prayers for a co-worker and good friend of mine. Donnell.... Her Mom had a stroke and died on Monday. Today was "Granny's" funeral. We want Donnell and her family to know that they are all in our thoughts and prayers. No words will make it better.

WRONG

Yep!!!! You guessed it! The weatherman was wrong. We only got snow flurries. Gosh darn it! And here I told Char that Santa Claus was coming. NOT! Guess we will just have to wait till Christmas. On a funny note..... Jorge is such a sissy! He thinks it is too cold. Not that he can tell me that.....but when the dog is laying under the blanket.... he is cold. Then this evening Roger started the stove downstairs and what did Jorge do? He pulled his bed to the top of the stairs and is sound asleep there. Must be warm!!

Buuurrrrrr

Ok..... This will get old fast! Last week I complained about the rain. Yesterday..... MORE rain! And once again this morning Roger was in our attic at 1:30am. One leak.... And where would it be but right over MY side of the bed. Just my luck! Then you can say it can only happen in Kansas..... Rain last night and today....and SNOW....no joke.....SNOW tonight and in the morning. Our little spot on the map is saying 4" to 6". But we will see. All I know is it is really cold outside and the wind is blowing like CRAZY! I had to call Char and tell her that Santa Claus can come to my house tonight but not hers. HAHA

Rain

It is raining AGAIN! Yesterday morning at 3:15am Roger was in our attic. We had not only one....not two....but three leaks in our bedroom! Go figure. And we just had a new roof put on this summer. My Mom and Roger wasn't jokeing on Sunday when they said we needed to build a ark. So yesterday we had a call into the roof man. Also the telephone man..... we could call out but nobody could call us. There was a short in the box on the side of the house. Oh....did I mention that our basement is leaking too?? So back to the rain right now..... all the water seems to be outside....for the moment.......

Wings

The beginning of August Michele decided to try out her wings and fly. Her and two of her friends decided to go on a "Road Trip". Topeka..Kansas City & World's of Fun. My first thought was I could get a ride to Topeka with them and spend the weekend with Jessica. NOT! With a roll of her eyes... "Mom, you can NOT take your mother on a road trip!" Ok..... so I tried. The "Road Trip" started out well. Made it to Topeka. The part to Kansas City got a little tricky. Something called.... LOST! But they did make it to World's of Fun. The problem there was.....

STUCK!

You know....ur biggest fear! Yep! 15 minutes! I got the call.... "Hey Mom, you know the Boomerang? Ya..... We got stuck on it. Sure?... NO JOKE! We just went thru the loop and was coming from upside down. It screeched to a stop. Sat there for 15 minutes. They came and asked us who to call phone numbers BEFORE they moved it manually down to an flat area. The dude in front of me said that was so they knew who to call in case of an accident! And all I got when they got me off was a free cup of water!"

After a LONG... HOT day, they headed back to Topeka. NOT! They went east instead of west...... So, this time they made a call to Cousin Katie. She got them turned around and going in the right direction..... Michele.. "OH MY GOSH!!!! I almost killed the guy on the motorcycle!" Katie.. "Is he still on the motorcycle or laying on interstate?" Michele.. "He is on his motorcycle." Katie.. "That is ok...u did not kill him."

The girls spent the night with sister and then headed home the next day. My thought for the day .... The problem with teenagers is they just don't think they need directions. Michele's thought for the day.... Getting lost is why they call it a "ROAD TRIP!"

Elephants

Early June was the day of the Elephants. Haha! Yes Elephants! There was some pretty good storms that kept going thru our area. This day was no different. The storms had a lot of hail and wind in them. And even a funnel cloud that kind of jumped right over our house. I tried to take a picture of it as Roger was at his Moms, but sorry. I got scared! Haha!!!!!! After the storm I called into work at the hospital and heard.... the alarms are going off....there are two elephants on the lose in town. Elephants? Yes elephants! The circus was in town and when the storms went thru it scared the elephants. Man did we make the news that day! They caught the first one right away but the second one decided to "tour" our little town. Nobody got hurt. Maybe some grass got stomped but that was all. What a funny day!

Graduation

In May Michele graduatated from High School. That was a tough day! My baby!!!! I think I just went through the motions. I mean...when Jessica graduated it was hard. My first born was graduating from high school. That meant I was getting older. But I still had a child at home. Then with Michele.....well....that meant I AM older. I will have No children at home. I know that every parent goes thru this....that I am not the only one. But believe me.... I sure felt like it. Anyways...thru this all I realized that I have a really great husband. He has been the rock for me. The one who keeps telling me it will be all right.......and guess what...he has been right. We just keep rolling into the next phase of our life.

Lazy Day!!!

Let's say that the day has just been LAZY! I woke up this morning feeling yucky. I hate feeling this way. And then it has been raining all day long. Not that we don't need the rain..... it is so dry. But the rain just makes everything so...... sad. I just started this blog not too long ago. So I thought that maybe the next few days I could go back to the beginning of the year and let everyone know the going ons in our life..........

In February Roger's father Ralph passed away. No words can express how our family felt and is still feeling. It has been almost 8 months and I still get tears when I think of that gentle man. It was a shock to us all, but yet we seen it coming. As I tell Jessica and Michele..... they have a very special angel on their shoulder. He is watching over us all. And Roger tells them that whenever the wind blows...... that is Grandpa trying to blow up some trouble. :-) And I'm sure that makes Grandpa smile when he hears that. Trouble was his middle name.... He would always wait for one of the grand kids to put down their can of pop and leave it. Then he would take his knife or something and poke a hole in the side. So MANY shirts got wet!! You also had to watch out for flying carrots...no joke...FLYING CARROTS! And man did he have good aim! Almost all of his grandchildren first learned to drive on his lap in the pasture. The cow patties had names..... Wal-Mart.... the grocery store...the mall...the gas station. Jessica would come back saying...."Grandpa let me drive to the grocery store Mom!" You just always had to watch out for that smile.....was he up to something????

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Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Mishi !!!!

Today my baby turned "19"!! I guess I should say that time sure does fly when you are having fun. Jessica and I went to Hays and spent part of the day with her. We had such a fun time. Dinner and fun! Cutie Burger anyone?? Make sure you order more than one! haha

MEMORIES.............

Don't Blink!

One day your kids are playing......then you blink....... They grow up so fast. I can remember bringing Jessica home from the hospital. 8 lbs 2 oz. I just loved the rolls on her legs. My mother always said..... "The more rolls she has, the healthier she is". Then along came Michele. 7 lbs 8 oz. She had the longest fingers. My piano player.....not. But sure does love her sports. Funny how the same two people can make two kids who are so different. Today I realized I no longer have the say so....I can give my opinion, but not tell either of them what to do. They are grown up....not babies anymore. And don't need me like they used to. Don't get me wrong...... there are times they need me....but in different ways from when they were little. Jessica came home late last night for her Fall Break. Today we met and had dinner in town. I so enjoyed sitting and talking with her. So grown up....... happend right before my eyes....but not sure exactly when. She is finding her place in this big bad world we live in. Michele is just starting that ride. And I'm sure that shortly she will be finding her direction of life too. Time sure does fly when you are having fun....... but Don't Blink!!