FINALLY feeling better

Hope to get this updated soon but definitely by Spring Break in another week!

More promises

With working & being sick as a dog for 2 weeks now, nothing new yet.

It's been TOO LONG w/o a post.

I have more pics but have not had time to download. I will get to it this weekend. I hope!

Day 35

Tonite began the Mississippi Valley Invitational Tournament. While Mississippi Valley Christian school is our arch-rival, we started out the tourney playing Pana. Pana is our newest rival. In VB, we kicked their butts. In BB, they kicked ours. Literally. They are a very aggressive, in your face but in a Christian kind of way (like that's possible???) I'm sure they thought they'd walk all over us but, at the end of the first half, we were only down by one.

During the 3rd quarter, they pulled away and, at one point, led by more than 10. As the fourth quarter wound down, we pulled closer & with less than a minute left, we were only down by one point. Pana played the clock & just passed the ball around, never trying to shoot, just wanting to run time out. I finally understood the ploy of fouling the other team when this happens. We'd foul, they'd inbound & pass the ball but not shoot, we'd foul and it would repeat.

Finally, we go to the point that they had to shoot free throws once we'd foul. The guy missed, we got the ball, drove it down the court & we SCORED!!!! We are now leading by 1 point w/less than 8 seconds to go. It appears the clock runs out & we won!!! We're screaming & yelling & jumping up and down when the other team says they called time out! It is determined & they put 2 seconds on the clock. Yikes, that's enough time for them to maybe get a shot off. But wait, the officials are mistaken. It's .2 seconds. They inbound, the clock runs out & WE WIN THE GAME!!!! You have never seen 8 boys so excited. The rest of the tourney is going to be tough but, at least we beat Pana!!!!

Day 34

Sometimes, you just need grease & salt. I worked today. I'm filling in while the kids' lunch lady is recovering from shoulder surgery. It may be for a couple weeks, maybe a couple months. But, i was tired, I needed a drink (42oz coke for $1.19) and, while I was waiting in the drive thru, the fries "spoke" to me. Yum!!

Day 33

This is Becca's Kindle (actually, it's her kindle case, the kindle is INSIDE, she should have taken a picture of THAT). A Kindle is basically an iPod for Books. She can go online, download books (from amazon, for a price) and read it anywhere. Or, she can read 2, 3, 4 books at a time. She can even get on Facebook! She loves it and loves the color of the case in contrast w/the color of her pants. That was the point of this pic.

Day 32

Sunset, taken while driving home from school. The days are getting longer. not warmer but longer. LOL

Day 31

We still have towels we got when we got married 20 years ago. They are NOT good. The towels we bought when Becca was born 15 years ago are not good. We went to Macy's & bought 2 sets of NEW TOWELS!!! They are so soft & fluffy. Can't wait to use them. I wonder if they'll even FIT in my linen closet. They are alot bigger & fluffier than the old towels.

Day 30

Sat down to watch Batman (the original w/Michael Keaton) with Scott & Nick. I had my bowl of popcorn all ready to go. Flipped my blanket and knocked the whole bowl onto the floor. Made me VERY SAD!!!

Day 29

This pic comes courtesy of Nick. We went to Taco Bell for dinner tonite. But, Nick wanted Mickey Ds. So we drove thru, picked him up a dollar double cheese burger & took it to TB and he got tacos there too. In looking at the McDs bag, I questioned WHY there was a pig (mad of potatoes???) on the bag. Nick suggested it for pic of the day. Viola', POD.

Day 28

Yesterday's snow is still around. And, here is someone's (probably mine) footprint in it. Yes, I'm wearing crocs in the snow. Love my crocs!!!

Day 27

No, this is NOT the pic from Monday. This is a "new" dusting of snow from our flurries last night. They were really pretty & I would have SWORN we were going to get more than this. Oh well. Scott's in Witchita & they are predicting 8" overnight. This storm is going to miss us & go south, probably :(

Day 26

Something we haven't seen in WEEKS. Literally!! We have had rain or overcast skies since our "big" snowstorm 2 weeks ago. Today the sun actually rose & shone for alot of the day. More snow flurries predicted for tomorrow. Hoping for inches, not a dusting!!!

Day 25

A little more snow but not enough! We may get some more later this week. Keeping my fingers crossed!!!

Day 24

More goofy cat (& Nick) acts. We're sitting around the table eating lunch. Jack has taken to jumping onto the empty chair and watching us eat. As long as he doesn't jump up on the table, I'm ok with this. Well, today, even though there were 2 empty places (Scott has already finished his lunch), Jack decided he had to sit in Nick's chair. How he found enough room to sit (Nick, not Jack, LOL) I don't know. Crazy cat; he KNOWS he's one of the family!

Day 23

"Scott's" Hibiscus blooms in the dead of winter w/NO leaves on the plant. It looks funny, w/o any leaves. I say it's Scott's 'cause he's the one who picked it out 2 years ago. I told him this year, HE has to take care of it if he wants to keep it for the summer. It's in his office and he's responsible for remembering to water it. AND keeping Jack out of it!!

January 22

It's still really damp & more rain is expected tomorrow. But, my van is FILTHY. I can't close the doors or the hatch w/o getting my hands so dirty. We're driving to Pana, 2 hours away, for a basketball game tonite and I just can't face driving a dirty van a second longer. I figure, as it only cost $3, it's worth it, even if it's only clean for a couple of hours!

January 21

More rain, more driving, more drips. (this was taken while stopped, much safer. LOL Notice the graveyard reflected in the mirror? Creepy!)

January 20

Rain dripping down the window as I drive...

Day 19, Week 3, Month 1

Sorry, more basketball pics. Tonite we played Collinsville. Their kids are BIGGER & BETTER. We knew going it that it was going to be a massacre. JV started, Nick got the ball & scored. FIRST SCORE of the GAME!!! Unfortunately, that was all Bethel scored for 1.5 quarters. Finally, towards the end of the first half the rest of the boys started hitting baskets. We got creamed. Varsity lost worse!! They were losing so bad that the JV boys played all of the last quarter. Maybe Coach needs to work on recruiting?? LOL

Day 18, Week 3, Month 1

I saw this at Target before Thanksgiving. I wanted it but said I'd wait & see if it was still available after Christmas (I like it but LOVE a bargin, LOL). I was going w/my girlfriends the day after C'mas & told Becca specifically to buy this if it was available. I told Scott but knew he wouldn't listen.

Christmas morning came & I had one gift that I had NO CLUE what it was. It was too heavy to be clothes. I opened it and SURPRISE, it was the snowmen. LOVE THEM!!!! Scott had gone 2 days before T'giving and bought it while I was having a crown put on a tooth. How Sweet!!

Day 17, Week 3, Month 1

A cluttered desk is the sign of a genius??? I have been working on craft stuff this week. I really plan to at least straighten it. But, since I still have MORE stuff to do, I can't clean it off. Other than looking like a disaster zone, the cat won't stay away from it. He keeps jumping up to investigate. He broke the tape in my ATG and I had to waste about a foot of good tape to fix it. I HATE to waste tape!!!

Comment Answers

Sarah & Sherri, I answered your questions in the comments. Don't know if you went back to look. :)

Day 16, Week 3, Month 1

While my dad was here, we went out to my Brother's house. Looks more & more like a house every time we visit. MUDDY today but not as cold. You can really get a sense of what it's going to be like.

Here's some more artistic shots. The angles of the wood really "spoke" to me. That's my nephew Andrew ON THE ROOF, looking down. I was getting creeped out by the lack of wallboard & banisters, he's climbing all over like a monkey!

Day 15, Week 3, Month 1

Took Scott's mom shopping today. Went to the bank, the grocery store, the PO and the mall. While waiting for Scott to come back from Radio Shack (with a battery from his mom's clock) I too this snap of the trees & their furry little buds. Pretty!

Day 14, Week 2, Month 1

(This whole day/week/month thing is gonna get old, isn't it??)

Killing time at Walmart, waiting for Nick to get back from his basketball tournament (we were asked, by Nick, NOT to go. The boy wants his independence!) I thought these flowers looked pretty!!!

Day 13, Week 2, Month 1

Today, when Scott was driving home from an audit, the brakes on the car failed. Last week, we paid $500 for tires and brakes on the van. We took the car in & were told the entire back brake system needed to be replaced. The cost: $630!!! I called my dad & he said that was ridiculous. He said if I paid him for the gas, he'd come & do it for free!!! Aren't dads the BEST!!!

(edited to add: dad came up & replaced the brakes, a belt & power steering fluid for $75 in parts & we gave him $200 and STILL came out ahead!!!)

Day 12, Week 2, Month 1

We FINALLY had a JV game (many of the schools we play are too small to have both a JV & V BB team). While the JV isn't that good, they held their own against Westfair. In fact, with 59 seconds left in the game, we were only loosing by 1 point. And, Nick got fouled. 2 free throw shots. If he made one, we tied. If he made both, we had a GOOD chance of winning. Poor Nick, too much pressure, he missed both. But, it was interesting & fun game to watch!

Day 11, Week 2, Month 1

Yesterday was the coldest day in 10 years. But someone, for some reason, decided they had to take their boat out. Apparently, the boat/trailer didn't want to go out & it was left on the side of the road. Poor boat! (The boat was gone by the time I went to pick the kids up after school.)

Day 10, Week 2, Month 1

Sorry to take so many pics of Jack. He's such a pain sometimes when he's awake & looks like such an angel when he's asleep I just can't resist taking a snap of him taking a nap. LOL

Day 9, Week 2, Month 1

Yes, this seems more appropriate for my craft blog but, this is how I spent all day today. TRYING to get a decent image of this stamp on transparency. What a pain!!! Stamp, clean it off, stamp again, clean it off again. I finally got 10 images after trying about 30 times. ARGH!!!

Day 8, Week 2, Month 1

Yesterday (in the snow) Nick finally got a new matress. He's needed one for a LONG time. Longer even than I realized (sorry Cheryl that I made you sleep on this matterss last year. It was BAD!!!) He wanted a Sleep Number bed & we were at the mall last week, all ready to buy him one but they wanted $159 to deliver it, NO OTHER OPTIONS!!! Made Scott mad! So, we ended up buying him a traditional mattress from the Bed Room Store (where we got our waterbed a few years back!) He tried the waterbeds & the memory foam options but really like the traditional best (we were told by some people that the air beds were a harbor for mold & that turned him off right away!)

I was suprised at how THICK this mattress was. It's easily a full 6" thicker than his previous. Very comfy. He said he slept great in it. Now, Becca has to find a mattress SHE likes....

Day 7, Week 1, Month 1

Snow, glorious snow!! I love snow days. Even now that EVERYDAY is a SNOW DAY for me, I still love waking up to a blanket of white!! Of course, it's soooo stinking cold here & the wind is blowing so hard that the blanket will be uneven drifts in no time! I hate drifting snow! I love that my snowflakes are still on the tree & the pretty lights are still on the deck. It's driving Scott batty since he thinks both should have been down by the 1st. I don't care; it makes ME happy!!!

Day 6, Week 1, Month 1

Here are some pretties I try to put up to get rid of the post Christmas blues. I have more snowmen but I'll take pics of them soon.

This is one of the 4 new ornaments we got this year. I need to dig out the pics of the other new ornies to add them here sometime too.

And, about 7:30, THIS is what happened. SNOW!!! School has been cancelled for tomorrow!! LOVE IT!!!!

Day 5, Week 1, Month 1

The trees are coming down. The downstairs tree is first. All the ornaments except those that plug into the lights are down. Makes me very sad. At least, the upstairs tree is still up & pretty!

Day 4, Week 1, Month 1

First day back to school. Brrrr it's cold out. The car has been parked in the garage for DAYS but it's got frost on the INSIDE of the windows. Cool frost, COLD CAR!!!!

Day 3, Week 1, Month 1

Mom's Mac & Cheese. I always have made mac & cheese Scott's family's way: Velveeta, scroodles & butter. I grew up w/white sauce & bread crumbs but Scott doesn't like "wet" mac & cheese.

So, we went to Mom's for T'giving & I told her she MUST make her M&C. Everyone, Scott included, LOVED it. Becca begged me to make g'ma's recipe & Scott agreed. So, this is my first attempt. It was a little too dry (needed more milk in the white sauce!) but it was pretty good. Even better leftover!

(posting this a week later makes me hungry for it all over again!!!)

Day 2, Week 1, Month 1

Full day of shopping today. The mall, the baseball card shop, Archivers, Best Buy 3-4 mattress stores and finally, Wal-Mart. Whew. Spent TONS of $$$ and wore ourselves out! This was the pepper display at Wal-Mart. One red pepper amongst all the green. Pretty!

Day 1, Week 1, Month 1

This is my LEAST favorite time of the year. I HATE taking down all the Christmas stuff!!! Not only am I depressed 'cause all the pretty-pretties are gone but it's always such a hassle to put everything back in the tubs. It usually takes me a week 'cause I'm not real motivated to do it. The knick-knacks come down first, the trees are last.

They're coming, I promise.

I will try to start posting today (10 days late?? Would have been nice to start the new year ON TIME for once!!)

It's a new Year, so a new blog

I really, really enjoyed doing my 365 blog and would like to continue. Of course, at the end I kinda became a little overwhelmed & the blog was the first thing to go. This year will be different. Mostly because I'm doing a different blog. I'm going with 365/52/12 concept. I think I can keep up with it. I will try to do a daily entry but, if I fail, I won't freak, I'll make sure to get at least one post per week. And, if that doesn't work as well, I'll do one post per month (which will be BORING for you the follower but I'm hoping it won't come to that!!) Have no idea how I will do my titles & labels but, I'll figure that out once I've finalized my 2009-365 blog!