While the husband's away...

at 07/04/10 9:08PM
...things will give the wife a hard time!
1. Still waiting on a call from the repairman to fix a giant hole in my kitchen ceiling.
2. Giant spider on back (enclosed) porch. Dog got in the way when I finally got brave enough to hit the spider with a newspaper, so IT'S STILL IN THE HOUSE, SCUTTLING ABOUT ON ITS 8 UGLY LEGS=:o
3. Car sounded cranky yesterday but seemed fine this morning, so off we went to church. Result: dead battery after 2nd service. Thank you Scott and Alan.
4. Lost network connection yesterday, but I fixed that one myself.
5. next??

Anyway, I miss B and Molly, but I'm still happy they are doing this special work. The repair man wouldn't come any faster, and I know that many good things will result from their spending time with the churches and helping their efforts in Jamaica.
  • aleta
    While the husband's away...Murphy comes for a visit. Sorry! Good to see G, C and E today at services. And glad you got to see the Preuss family! Yes, Ethan really is growing up. He'll pass R up soon.
    by aleta at 07/04/10 9:19PM
  • anne
    I hate it when that happens!
    by anne at 07/05/10 11:12PM
  • tjmeadows
    I hate spiders! Almost as much as I hate snakes.
    by tjmeadows at 07/06/10 7:27PM
  • scrapbooker
    I HATE spiders!
    by scrapbooker at 07/07/10 9:16AM

Passing the torch

at 06/15/10 4:41PM
I had a lovely birthday yesterday, shopping with Jackie followed by lunch with Jackie, Nancy, and Glynda. I then spent the afternoon with my darling birthday granddaughter and namesake, Emma the Great. Since we share our birthday, and since yesterday was such a lovely birthday, I'm making it my last. Emma can have June 14 all to herself! I will confine myself to honoring Flag Day and shopping for Emma gifts. Oh, and continuing to age, since I can't actually do anything about that.

Thanks to everyone who made my day such a good one, starting with my whole family who celebrated with me at the Cheesecake Factory on Friday night. It's been a great long celebration.

  • aleta
    Happy Belated, my Friend! Emma is one of the best gifts a granny can have for the rest her birth days!
    by aleta at 06/15/10 4:47PM
  • tjmeadows
    We can't let you not have birhtdays! We have too much fun helping you celebrate. Besides the sombrero looked great on you!
    by tjmeadows at 06/15/10 11:27PM
  • carolina_sue
    Happy birthday, Emmadell! Sounds like you had fun celebrations with friends and family.
    by carolina_sue at 06/16/10 3:15AM
  • littlebitty624
    Sounds like so much fun! Happy (late) Birthday! :o)
    by littlebitty624 at 06/16/10 11:29AM
  • scrapbooker
    Happy Late Birthday!!
    by scrapbooker at 06/16/10 12:00PM
  • littlebitcab
    ^I still can't believe they got you to wear the sombrero!
    by littlebitcab at 06/16/10 1:19PM

Change of plans works out rather nicely

at 11/08/09 7:16PM
I had a fun girl's day out planned with my sister-in-law, who unfortunately had to cancel because she woke up with a killer migraine. In her case they really are killer--she made a trip to the Dr. to get relief.

Outlet mall day was out, right? No!! my very sweet husband took pity on me (not that pity is what I was looking for, really. In fact it is a little bit annoying) and decided we could go together. So we dressed up with the appropriate shoes and took off. It was fun, and since he was with me we didn't stay all day until the point of exhaustion to both body and bank account. We got a few xmas gifts (Emma, you lucky baby!) and some chocolate covered cherries for us at Harry and David.

We headed back to New Braunfels to try Schobel's On the River. Many years ago, when we were traveling back and forth from Austin, we stopped at Schobel's in Columbus with Zach and later the oldest 3 when we would go back to visit friends. Well, this place has a similar, home-cooking menu, affordable prices, and a fantastic patio on the river. The day was perfectly gorgeous and we sat there for quite a while, just talking and then just sitting and taking in the day.

Home again--I took a nap! What could be better than that? Thank you, Brian. I think the next 33 years should be good.
  • carolina_sue
    I'm glad you enjoyed a wonderful, relaxing day!
    by carolina_sue at 11/09/09 9:44AM
  • serenity
    That sounds like a wonderful day! Quality time with the Hubby is always a necessity. I hope Jason would do that in my time of "shopping need" ;)
    by serenity at 11/09/09 11:03AM
  • serenity
    Ya'll need to come visit at Avenue N again. We are staying with jason's Granny and will be here for probably a couple of months! Just an idea :)
    by serenity at 11/09/09 11:04AM
  • wildpeachem
    That's a great idea. I want to see all three of you.
    by wildpeachem at 11/09/09 1:16PM
  • gingerspice
    Sounds lovely! Glad you had some time together, good food and good company is always a great combination.
    by gingerspice at 11/09/09 11:04PM
  • youngcavers
    sounds like the two of you had a great date :-)
    by youngcavers at 11/11/09 8:16AM
  • nerdosaurus_rex
    Way to go, Uncle B!
    by nerdosaurus_rex at 11/12/09 10:20PM
  • jerimatt
    I'm so glad that the day worked out....But I'm really looking forward to the next one planned. Look out bank account here we come!
    by jerimatt at 11/19/09 6:20PM
  • littlebitty624
    Wow! That's very sweet of your hubby! Glad y'all had fun! :o)
    by littlebitty624 at 11/23/09 4:25PM
  • jerimatt
    Can't wait. Yea!!!!!!
    by jerimatt at 11/24/09 1:56PM
  • rachel_michelle
    the only reason i'm the tallest in that picture is because i'm wearing very tall heels and one of the girls is making herself our height
    by rachel_michelle at 11/28/09 11:01AM
  • tjmeadows
    Thank you! It is nice to be missed. I am feeling better today. If I keep having problems like I had yesterday I will see my Dr.
    Thank you for the lovely card. We only recieved two TG cards; the one from you two and one from my dear friend Sara Trammel. She has a hard life but still always thinks of others. See you soon!
    by tjmeadows at 12/03/09 1:41PM
  • janice
    The snow was pretty to look at, but didn't last very long. Have you had any snow yet?
    by janice at 12/11/09 12:46PM
  • tjmeadows
    I am sorry you aren't feeling well today. We missed you at Deb's party. Hope I get to see you tomorrow.
    by tjmeadows at 12/19/09 8:52PM
  • crackerjack
    it was great to see you too!
    by crackerjack at 01/09/10 6:27PM
  • serenity
    Thanks.. me too! It was a blast :)
    by serenity at 01/09/10 8:49PM
  • gingerspice
    It is strange. I think only God can do that.
    by gingerspice at 01/11/10 12:20AM
  • gerber_baby
    Thank you! Its still too early to tell if anything is a sure thing but I hope to be getting some rock hard answers in the next week or so.
    by gerber_baby at 01/12/10 10:44PM
  • youngcavers
    Thank you so much for your advice..and you made a very good point that I keep telling myself (and it's something that I kept telling myself when I was a cop before too)...is that money is not the most needful thing. Yeah it seems like I keep leaning more towards accounting instead of a math teacher..but we'll see. Also, I'm turning in a resume to my part-time job for a full-time position with more money than before and including accounts payable and payroll. We will go from there and see what happens with the resume and keep praying :-) if I get the position, I will have more opportunity to complete college.
    by youngcavers at 02/10/10 12:40PM
  • rachel_michelle
    I think I can handle being an excuse to come to disney :)
    by rachel_michelle at 04/04/10 2:21PM

Longing for boredom, anyone?

at 10/21/09 4:42PM

School is nuts. I'm not working enough days to keep up, but I really don't want to jump back to full time.

Last week we had a gospel meeting. Sun-Tues was great (D. Banning speaking) and then I flew to Minneapolis for a big Assistive Technology conference and didn't come home until Saturday evening. You can imagine the laundry and general disarray that comes from that. However, it was a great conference and I got some much needed inspiration to keep working with my students.

Sunday we helped Payton move to Kerrville.

Monday I went back to work. Need I say more?

My day off this week is today, Wednesday, and I'm in N.B. with beautiful Emma. She has had a lovely low-key day, possibly getting over the trauma of getting weighed and immunized yesterday. Right now she's just stretched out on her play mat, sucking her thumb and relaxing quietly. Bath-time next, which should be lots of fun. I haven't seen her take a bath since she discovered the joy of splashing.

I sometimes wonder what I would do if I didn't have the bustle and craziness of my current life. Do you ever wish for a boring day...week...year?
  • jhunt21
    Oh yeah, I could use a couple of boring days. That sounds very nice at the moment.
    by jhunt21 at 10/21/09 4:54PM
  • jerimatt
    Sounds like an absolutely glorious day :).
    by jerimatt at 10/21/09 7:18PM
  • rachel_michelle
    no. i haven't been home yet. i was told that it was on youtube so i posted a link
    by rachel_michelle at 10/21/09 11:39PM
  • littlebitty624
    I don't think I want a boring day or week, or year...just a relaxing, carefree, schoolfree one! :o)
    by littlebitty624 at 10/22/09 9:34AM
  • gingerspice
    Wow, I would kill for an hour of boredom. Of course I'd be too busy sleeping to enjoy it! :)
    by gingerspice at 10/22/09 3:43PM
  • mb1020
    I do support nuclear energy. I think it makes sense.
    by mb1020 at 10/26/09 9:38PM
  • violet
    HI to you!! Glad you guys came by for a visit but so sorry I didn't get a hug in! You both looked well. Didn't get a chance to see pretty Emma up close and personal either but it was wonderful to see them there too!
    by violet at 10/28/09 2:42AM

No More Whining, I'm Over It

at 09/16/09 7:05AM