Marley.......

Soooo........ What does this mean??

Back to normal.......

Oh my...... Where did the summer go? And have we kept busy! With what??? I'm not really sure. Michele went back to Hays. She will start classes tomorrow. She is still doing physical therapy. Down to two days a week and has about 5 weeks more to go. Then they will go from there. She was released to run, so physical therapy has started that out very slowly. But she was SOOOOO excited!!! We started this whole thing on April 15th. Boy, time sure flies when you are having fun! I'm not sure that Roger & I will even know what to do. Being alone again. 

My garden has done pretty good this summer considering the extreme heat. The cucumbers have been done for a couple weeks now. I sure got quite a few jars of pickles canned. My tomatoes are still going. Not strong, but going. I canned more salsa yesterday and will have more tomatoes to make salsa on Tuesday. Hopefully that will make it all done. I'm getting just a little tired of working in the garden everyday, but will sure enjoy my jars of yum yums. Then maybe I can get some other things done. Like painting my washroom. Since moving in, we have taken the window out and put a door in. Roger has also put a wood floor down in there. Then last weekend he put up some shelves for me to use as extra storage. I can't wait to get it all painted and everything put away. That storage will sure come in handy!! Thanks honey!

This coming weekend we are having a grandchildren (minus Jessica), Me, Jenny, Mom & Dad weekend. Michele planned it and has some fun things planned. Can't wait!!!!!  I'm sure there will be lots of picture taken and we will need to take a day off after to recover! ... will post pictures when we have time later.

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Hope the cake and ice cream is GREAT in heaven! Happy Birthday!

Drew. . .

Finally pictures...... :-)

My Honey....... heart heart

Gabe "learning" how to drive.......

And again........

Jessica & Marley

The things we do to keep ourselves busy..... :-)

Fruits of my labor......

Tuesday's are always so busy! I have a very long "to do" list for today. This morning I have already.......
~Talked to my sister on the phone about our little get-together. We are getting the grandchildren minus Jessica together at Grandma & Grandpa's. The kids think it is a party..... not! CLEANING! hehe

~Jorge and I went to the garden. He loves it there. Always looking for that "pesky rabbit". Just so funny to watch him looking. Anyways we filled our basket completely up. Oh my! Looks like canning some cucumbers will be added to the bottom of my list for the day.
~Washed a load of dishes..... 
~Worked on my computer for a little bit. Tomorrow it will be going to someone whom I hope can fix my blue screen of death.
~And have started the wash....
Hmmmmm....... so much more on that darn list! I had better get busy! Have a GREAT week! I know I will. Jessica & Marley are coming home Friday night.......!!!!!!!!! Can't wait! Saturday will be spent in WaKeeney. Christine (Michele's good friend) is getting married. Lots of .... food .... people .... fun .... & dancing ....  :-)

Wednesday.....

Monday was my birthday..... and I'm...... 29...... again. hehe It was really a good day. When I got home from work, Roger asked me what I wanted to do for supper. Did I want to eat out? Did I want him to fix something? What did I want him to fix? I said.... I didn't want to make any decisions! So he got to make ALL the decisions. He BBQ'd steaks. Made french fries and also fresh cucumbers. Then he hand delivered me two homemade strawberry daiquiris. Oh.. heaven! Wish everyday was my birthday!!!!!! With Mishi's help he got me a dozen pink roses.

 This week my day off was today. My boss is on vacation and we were a little short handed on Tuesday. So me... being the "nice lady" I am... I said I'd trade days. Mishi and I slept in this morning. Boy was I tired! We then headed for Hays, stopping at WaKeeney to run an errand. When we made it to Hays, I dropped Mishi off at physical therapy (133 degrees) and I ran a few errands. Then I met up with my chiropractor. We did a little shopping and of course stopped at Wal-Mart getting some groceries. This evening I had an hair appointment. I decided to cut my hair short again........ :-) Now back to work tomorrow. And then it is FRIDAY!

We do now have our pavers down and the hot tub moved into the backyard. Today I also picked up the new filters and stuff we need for it. When my electrician's wife (Mom) is back on her feet he will be helping us get it wired in. Awwwwww.......... again.... heaven.

Memories.......

Ever had "one of those days"?? It seems to me that my family just seems to draw that right to them! I have always said that I have a sign on my forehead that says...... nice lady.

When we moved to WaKeeney, we thought it was a great way to introduce the girls to the "real" world. The very first week we were there I ran to the quik shop for ice. Had to lay on the floor as the Highway Patrol had some Mexicans surrounded in the parking lot with rifles. When I got home my family asked what took so long. I told them my story.... they laughed! Until they realized it was true. The girls also got to see quite frequently drugs in bags on the side of the road. Jessica was a Junior in High School and Michele was an 8th grader when they both ended up on a hit list by a gang in WaKeeney. Yes.... a gang in WaKeeney! They apparently were too smart and too good at sports. We knew about Jessica being on it at the time, but did not learn about Michele till later. Talk about scary!

Maybe this all prepared the girls for when they left for college. While in college, one of Jessica's roommates had a stalker. A year later.... Jessica had a stalker. SCARY! She has also witnessed a gang member breaking another gang members windshield. She had thought about just walking away and pretending she didn't see it, but the guy was looking her straight in the eye as he did it. Good thing the security on site was home at the time, as that is where she went straight too. Even this last week she had to call 911 as she has been acting Manager at a property and someone killed themselves. 

Last year Michele had to call 911 too as a guy, who was drunk, passed out in her front yard and hit his head. Her roommates didn't know what to do. They just wanted to leave him and see if he was still there in the morning. Good thing Michele was thinking. Called 911. After all.... had to make sure he wasn't dead. And she WASN'T going out there to see herself!

We moved to our current house on Mother's Day 2006. Since then we have had to call the police 3 times. Twice having Mexicans on foot. One at our door wanting to use our telephono. And once for a couple whom were making out in my driveway.... YES my driveway. 

....................... Yesterday was the third...........

A gentlemen whom had skulls on his shirt and spikes coming out of his earlobes knocked on my door. His band was on their way to Denver for a gig and their van had broke down on the "freeway". Was my husband home? Thank goodness he was! To make a long story short it all did work out all okay. Even if it freaked me at first and we did call the local police. Better safe than sorry! Pretty sad when you call and say your name.... and they laugh before you can even tell them what is wrong. Guess at least I know that if something happens and all I can say is my name.... they will know right away where I live. The 7 band members were all VERY nice! And polite! And as Roger says, very interesting. As they were all wearing black. Black tops. Black shorts. Black skinny jeans. And all of their hair was black and blond. SPIKES. MOHAWKS. OH MY! Not till after they left we found out the name of their band. The Virgin Whores..... OH MY!

Loonnnngggg time, no seeeeeee.......

So........ STILL no pictures downloaded yet from our mini vacation. Sorry! But just like everyone else in the world, we've been busy! Will post them soon.... I hope!

Last week Mishi had a appt. on her knee. She is doing pretty good! They started this week doing physical therapy 3 times a week for a month. Then she will go back to the Doctor and if things are still going as planned, drop down to 2 times a week and so forth. 128 degrees today. He wants her at 135 degrees by the middle of August. They are now also working on her strength. Got to get strong so she can RRRRRUUUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!

Last weekend Roger, Michele and I drove to Mom and Dads. Michele stayed and visited while Roger and I went onto Lonnie and Tracy's. We got our hot tub back!!! YEA! We can't wait to sit in it. But that will be a short while. We first have to put down some more pavers as the tub was a little larger than we remembered. But no hurry...... it is way to hot anyways! Another project in the middle is our wash room. Washer/dryer in middle of kitchen, floor down, washer/dryer back in washroom, washer/dryer back in kitchen, rest of floor down, washer/dryer back in washroom, troubles with floor... washer BACK in kitchen, problem worked on (sort of), washer back in washroom. This weekend.... washer back in kitchen, floor back up... work on problem with sub floor. I think my washer has more miles on it than my new car! I am though really starting to like the looks of my washroom!!!

Mom got home today from the hospital. She had her second knee replaced on Monday. And she is doing pretty darn good. Kudos to her! I bet she sleeps well tonight in her own bed. Hospitals are suppose to help... and I know they do... but you just can't rest in a hospital. Just glad it all went well and she is doing good. I think Dad missed her!!! hehe