It's Today!

Can you believe it?

Today is the day

We waited and waited,

It's finally here!

No more countdown

We're leaving today!

Hurray Hurray

Hallelujah!

(Can I get an AMEN?)

One More Day

One More Day until we leave for. . . .

you know where we are going, don't you?

Today I am going to the doctor with Mother and Daddy, paying some bills, running some errands, doing one more load of laundry, and packing! Gotta decide on what to take for an on the road snack. I like popcorn or trail mix and coffee with a bottled water chaser. Chips are okay but greasy and Cheetos leave that orange stuff on your fingers. Candy is good AND any chocolate consumed while driving is fat free. (How do you like that logic, Jenny Craig?) Gum works as an anti-sleep aid. So? Crunchy, chewy, caffeine, non spillable, and non messy?

Lisa needed new tires on her truck and Buck set that up with Zeiglar. When she got there on Tuesday ~ someone had SOLD the tires! Had to go back yesterday to get those put on but it was getting close to five o'clock, they close at five, and she needed an alignment. Do I even have to tell you? She drove the EX to work and I took the truck down at seven this morning to get the alignment. Such is the excitement of my life.

On a happy note ~ we got our federal income tax refund yesterday! WOO HOO!

Hope you have a thrilling Thursday!

Big hug and lotsa little kisses!

:-)

Pernie

Happy Birthday today to Aunt Pernie!

Born Pernie Estelle Brown

married to Curtis Coleman Panter

Mother of June and Terrell

Mother-in-Law of Raymond and Veronica

Grandmother of James, Stan, Shaw, and Coleman

Great Grandmother of Jace, Jessica, Shawn and Aaron

Aunt Pernie was what is known as a "fiesty" woman. She didn't let much get by her and wasn't afraid to let you know she when was upset, mad, disappointed, or that she loved you. She lives with Terrell and Veronica now and isn't in the best of health. I would say she is in the best of hands. They love her even when she is upset, mad, or disappointed and isn't that what each of us wants in life? I send birthday greetings to Aunt Pernie and much love to her and all of the people who care for and about her.

2 days!

Two ~ Dos ~ Deux ~ Due

days until we leave for Colorado.

I know y'all are probably tired of hearing about it but once I started the countdown I felt obligated to actually count it down. I don't like unfinished projects. Which is why, today I am sewing aprons for the girls while I do the day's laundry. I made one for Jennifer in January for her birthday and started one for each of the girls with the intention of mailing them to them. They aren't finished YET but I am determined to have them done, pressed, and packed by Friday.

Oh My! 3 Days!

No photos today. . . .
I decided to do a load of laundry every day this week so Thursday when I pack I don't have a ton to do. Helped Dad mow his lawn yesterday. I think ours will be okay until I get back and then I will take a day and mow/weed eat. Talked to Jennifer about the weather. We are packing for all possiblities ~ rain, warm, snow. Told Kim I am packing a swimsuit ~ ya never know. The water park in Denver is closed but there is an indoor pool with slide near Jennifer's house. Looking forward to worshiping with them on Sunday. They attend the Windsor Church of Christ and it is always nice to visit there. I think we are going to let Arie pick where we go eat on Sunday afternoon because even with Jakob and Topher there, females will outnumber the males. The last time I was there we painted their house. I don't think there are any major projects this time. Have a Terrific Tuesday!

Three Days!

Daylight Saving Time??

Charles Marvin (Chuck) or as Buck calls him "Turkey"

Chuck and Buck

We visited Chuck on Friday of last week. Chuck is two minutes older than Buck. They served in the Seabees during the VietNam war. When they were younger they raced boats. We met when we were in a psychology class at Walker College. (I actually asked Buck out on our first date to a church hayride!) Their mom called them "the boys" as if they were one person because what one did ~ the other usually did also. Chuck is adapting to being in rehab and is getting some physical therapy. He always knows who I am when I go to see him and even recognized my voice on the phone the other day. Their dad's name was Charles Francis so Chuck is Charles and Buck is Francis. Since I buzz Buck's hair now and Chuck has a mustache there is a difference in their appearance. If you ask, they will readily tell you which is the better looking one. (which ever one you ask)

On March 1st I said something about Daylight Savings Time and how it may be light when I get up at 4:30 in the morning. No one corrected me! If anything it is darker! Now when I get up at 4:30 it is like it was 3:30 ~ DUH! Daylight savings time was a difficult concept for my grandmother, Maw Brown, to wrap her mind around. For the first few days after the switch if it was nine o'clock she would say "but you know it is really only eight".

Lisa is looking forward to her first paycheck. She has "plans" but I pointed out to her that she also has BILLS. She will have some left over but needs to learn they have to be paid before she goes off all willy nilly buying a sound system for her truck and such.

And I am looking forward to leaving for Colorado in 4 days!

Buck made some grumbling mumbling remark yesterday about how while I'm gone he can save his pills and I was quick to point out I haven't left yet! It's all a game. . .

Can you say 5?

That's right 5 more days until we leave for . . . . Colorado!

Have to tell you a little story this morning. Two weeks ago I took an empty propane tank to exchange for a full one. When Buck came home it wasn't working properly and he took the connector thingy apart. His diagnosis was the tank was bad and I would have to take it back. I was sort of hoping HE would do that but yesterday when he got home from work and before I headed to the store to return it ~ he fiddled with the connector somemore and WHAT?!?!? it worked! I guess we didn't have the connector connected. Two weeks without grilling something in the South ~ BAD! He fired that puppy up and had grilled salmon for supper, YUM.

Thanks for the comment, Shaw. I am proud of you for being brave during the setting of your finger. I would probably have fainted!