Yeah! Lowe's just delivered my new counter tops, and Brother John is coming in from CA on Thursday to install them and my new sink! Yeah!! After 29 years, my kitchen, somewhat, will be updated! Yeah! It will only cost me a pot of beans and some cornbread!
Yeah! I got my "precious cargo" delivered in Tennessee yesterday. It was amazing to see them again after 6 months! They started eating when they got here and we left with lots of food. . . corn on the cob, green beans, jams and jellies. And watermelon and canteloupe! A cooler full of stuff.
Yeah! My laundry's done -- today! Just have to bring the sheets in off the line and make up the beds.
Yeah! It's so nice here today my windows are open and I don't have to run the air! The sheets will smell good tonight. Wish I wasn't so lazy and would do them every day!
Yeah! Had a wonderful visit with Nancy M. thru Tennessee. Nice day, nice company, nice conversation.
Yeah! Betty's here, in the county somewhere! The barn party's shaping up.
Not Yeah! Tomorrow is my birthday. . . luv, mom/mrt
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Little, Little People
It was fun around here this week! Ashton brought his mama and daddy, and Lincoln brought his mama Erin, and we had a big time!
Then they all left, and it's boring again. The most excitment I've had today was the cat puked in the living room. That and mowing the yard, and mopping floors, and paying bills. . . I'd leave, but can't afford the gas!
Ashton is really growing. He coos and smiles and scrunches up when he laughs. Just a supreme cutie pie!!! He also knows how to get his way, which I don't have a problem with. If he's happy, let him have his way. If he's not happy, let him have his way until he is. It just doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out!
Lincoln makes Ashton look really small, but then Linc is a big boy -- big blue eyes and the prettiest red hair! Something in the woodpile there! Ashton has really light hair, and the bluest eyes - - like his Aunt Jifner! (We're still trying to figure out where her blue eyes came from!)
Had a cookout one night with Erin and Jeremy, Sarah and Joey and Todd and Michelle -- and the babies! Mama Jean came for a visit, too. Sarah's still whining because I made Michelle an apple pie and didn't make her a chocolate pie. None of us needed either! But that didn't stop us from eating it!
I have lots of photos of the visit, but can't get them to download. I've resized, moved them from folder to folder, and still won't work. I must be missing a "link"
Hopefully I will be traveling thru Tennessee Monday with some precious cargo. We'll see if it happens. That's all for now. . . luv, mom/mrt (OK, one more try with the photos!) . . . Didn't work.
Then they all left, and it's boring again. The most excitment I've had today was the cat puked in the living room. That and mowing the yard, and mopping floors, and paying bills. . . I'd leave, but can't afford the gas!
Ashton is really growing. He coos and smiles and scrunches up when he laughs. Just a supreme cutie pie!!! He also knows how to get his way, which I don't have a problem with. If he's happy, let him have his way. If he's not happy, let him have his way until he is. It just doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out!
Lincoln makes Ashton look really small, but then Linc is a big boy -- big blue eyes and the prettiest red hair! Something in the woodpile there! Ashton has really light hair, and the bluest eyes - - like his Aunt Jifner! (We're still trying to figure out where her blue eyes came from!)
Had a cookout one night with Erin and Jeremy, Sarah and Joey and Todd and Michelle -- and the babies! Mama Jean came for a visit, too. Sarah's still whining because I made Michelle an apple pie and didn't make her a chocolate pie. None of us needed either! But that didn't stop us from eating it!
I have lots of photos of the visit, but can't get them to download. I've resized, moved them from folder to folder, and still won't work. I must be missing a "link"
Hopefully I will be traveling thru Tennessee Monday with some precious cargo. We'll see if it happens. That's all for now. . . luv, mom/mrt (OK, one more try with the photos!) . . . Didn't work.
Friday, June 13, 2008
No Little People This Week
It has been depressing. No little people to keep me entertained! I have had to actually work -- yes, that four-letter-word! I have been washing bed linens and hanging them out to dry. I have cleaned the basement. I have mowed the yard (between thunder storms yesterday afternoon and this afternoon). I have dusted and swept and mopped -- all getting ready for Cornbread's visit!
I have a wedding to play at tomorrow, and practice is tonight. I guess after the wedding I will go to Wal-Mart and buy groceries for the weekend. The rehearsal dinner is at Tell City, so I can kill two birds with one stone. It is supposed to storm again tonight, so if it isn't storming I will go. . . Thank goodness the bride chose traditional classical music for the wedding so I don't have to learn anything else! The only thing is "Canon in D" which goes on forever; like 7 minutes, the version I have. I shopped for a dress but couldn't find one that I would spend money on so will have to wear the one I wore to Todd and Michelle's wedding.
I went to Owensboro Wednesday and picked out new counter tops for the kitchen. I also looked at Pergo flooring for the kitchen and sun room, a new sink, and another cabinet for the kitchen. I want to paint the cabinets an off white, but Mike is balking (because he would have to do it) so I will probably leave them the same as they are -- oak paneling from the 70s.
Ate lunch with Sister Sue (Karen) and Kody, her miniature collie. And got my hair cut -- really cut!
My tail is dragging after all the cleaning and mowing and stuff. And I guess I'll have to fix Mike some supper -- he wants to eat three times a day! ! That's my week. Hope yours was more exciting! (Not A Granny -- you can come to the barn party! I'll send you directions!) luv, mom/mrt
I have a wedding to play at tomorrow, and practice is tonight. I guess after the wedding I will go to Wal-Mart and buy groceries for the weekend. The rehearsal dinner is at Tell City, so I can kill two birds with one stone. It is supposed to storm again tonight, so if it isn't storming I will go. . . Thank goodness the bride chose traditional classical music for the wedding so I don't have to learn anything else! The only thing is "Canon in D" which goes on forever; like 7 minutes, the version I have. I shopped for a dress but couldn't find one that I would spend money on so will have to wear the one I wore to Todd and Michelle's wedding.
I went to Owensboro Wednesday and picked out new counter tops for the kitchen. I also looked at Pergo flooring for the kitchen and sun room, a new sink, and another cabinet for the kitchen. I want to paint the cabinets an off white, but Mike is balking (because he would have to do it) so I will probably leave them the same as they are -- oak paneling from the 70s.
Ate lunch with Sister Sue (Karen) and Kody, her miniature collie. And got my hair cut -- really cut!
My tail is dragging after all the cleaning and mowing and stuff. And I guess I'll have to fix Mike some supper -- he wants to eat three times a day! ! That's my week. Hope yours was more exciting! (Not A Granny -- you can come to the barn party! I'll send you directions!) luv, mom/mrt
Monday, June 9, 2008
Busy Week
Well, it was a busy week for me!
I had lots of little people company last week -- oh how that makes me happy! Sara and Meaghan (P.J.'s girls) were here Wednesday. And I had numerous visits from Ben and Alex, and even Kelly and Charlie visited.
Aunt Helen, Ben and Alex and I went shopping one day. Ben and I bought a Connect Four game. . . He beat everybody under the maple tree on Sunday. Cousins gather under Aunt Helen's maple tree every Sunday to catch up on the week's happenings.
We went to Redneck Ryan (Ledridge) and Kacie's wedding Saturday afternoon. It was so pretty. The pianist and violinist were wonderful. The guys were handsome in their tuxes and the girls all wore black, except the bride and her dress was gorgeous! Then we partied till, gosh, it was probably 9 o'clock!
Alex and I had a yard sale Saturday; didn't make much but I got to visit with a lot of people. . . And I got fresh eggs! I told one lady that came last year she could come again if she brought me fresh eggs. One lady paid me for a cedar chest, said she was going to town and would be back for it. I still have it. I could have sold it three times over, but holding it for her.
Sunday I went to church and stopped at a friend's house and got tomato plants. Now, I guess, our garden is complete. I didn't help put out a thing. . . but Mike doesn't help bring it in so I guess that's fair!
But basically, what I have done this week is play. . . a lot of Connect Four, some Ants in Sponge Bob's Pants, Captain Bones Gold. Ben is really into games. . . It was cloudy all day Wednesday when the girls were here. Meghan was satisfied watching cartoons, but Sara wanted to be entertained. So I did. . . After making them Mickey Mouse pancakes with chocolate chips. Sara told me "Mar Ruth, if you don't let me go outside I ain't never coming back." Well, before Mama got them we were outside. So I guess she will be coming back. . . They are the prettiest blue-eyed, blonde haired little girls! And of course, Ben and Charlie and Alex are blond.
On Saturday, my friend Tracy came out with her nephew, Jaxon (also blond). She said he woke up saying "Today we get to go to Meddy Root's". (I have a bunch of names!)He came one day last summer and got so nasty we had to give him a bath before he could go home. But he got mad because I gave him a pink wash cloth! The next time he came back, he asked for a bath without a pink wash rag!
I love all these little people.
But they don't make up for me not seeing my grandsons. Please continue to pray for them! Hopefully we will see them soon. "Cornbread" will be here this weekend. I'm so excited!!! He misses his Granny -- he says so every time I talk to his mama, but she doesn't understand granny/grandson language like his Granny does! Gotta go get some crip sheets, and mattress! Will put him in Uncle John's baby bed (well over 60 years old).
Guess that's all my exciting week. . .luv, mom/mrt
I had lots of little people company last week -- oh how that makes me happy! Sara and Meaghan (P.J.'s girls) were here Wednesday. And I had numerous visits from Ben and Alex, and even Kelly and Charlie visited.
Aunt Helen, Ben and Alex and I went shopping one day. Ben and I bought a Connect Four game. . . He beat everybody under the maple tree on Sunday. Cousins gather under Aunt Helen's maple tree every Sunday to catch up on the week's happenings.
We went to Redneck Ryan (Ledridge) and Kacie's wedding Saturday afternoon. It was so pretty. The pianist and violinist were wonderful. The guys were handsome in their tuxes and the girls all wore black, except the bride and her dress was gorgeous! Then we partied till, gosh, it was probably 9 o'clock!
Alex and I had a yard sale Saturday; didn't make much but I got to visit with a lot of people. . . And I got fresh eggs! I told one lady that came last year she could come again if she brought me fresh eggs. One lady paid me for a cedar chest, said she was going to town and would be back for it. I still have it. I could have sold it three times over, but holding it for her.
Sunday I went to church and stopped at a friend's house and got tomato plants. Now, I guess, our garden is complete. I didn't help put out a thing. . . but Mike doesn't help bring it in so I guess that's fair!
But basically, what I have done this week is play. . . a lot of Connect Four, some Ants in Sponge Bob's Pants, Captain Bones Gold. Ben is really into games. . . It was cloudy all day Wednesday when the girls were here. Meghan was satisfied watching cartoons, but Sara wanted to be entertained. So I did. . . After making them Mickey Mouse pancakes with chocolate chips. Sara told me "Mar Ruth, if you don't let me go outside I ain't never coming back." Well, before Mama got them we were outside. So I guess she will be coming back. . . They are the prettiest blue-eyed, blonde haired little girls! And of course, Ben and Charlie and Alex are blond.
On Saturday, my friend Tracy came out with her nephew, Jaxon (also blond). She said he woke up saying "Today we get to go to Meddy Root's". (I have a bunch of names!)He came one day last summer and got so nasty we had to give him a bath before he could go home. But he got mad because I gave him a pink wash cloth! The next time he came back, he asked for a bath without a pink wash rag!
I love all these little people.
But they don't make up for me not seeing my grandsons. Please continue to pray for them! Hopefully we will see them soon. "Cornbread" will be here this weekend. I'm so excited!!! He misses his Granny -- he says so every time I talk to his mama, but she doesn't understand granny/grandson language like his Granny does! Gotta go get some crip sheets, and mattress! Will put him in Uncle John's baby bed (well over 60 years old).
Guess that's all my exciting week. . .luv, mom/mrt
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