Having it our way....?

After our visit with Mom, I wanted to stop and get something to eat before getting back on the highway to Copperas Cove. Well we stopped at Burger King. I'm sure you know which one we are speaking of. It is right on the corner of I35.

Oh boy! When we found our table by the window-there was no one around us. Then a father with four boys came in and sat by us. Busy boys, very busy. Shortly after that his pregnant wife walked in, along with thier little daughter and grandmother. Then it was really busy. Then on the other side of us(still sitting at the table by the window) another family was sitting. This family wasn't so large but still very active. The prize in the son's kid's meal was a little table hockey set, which of course the son wanted his dad to play with him. That meant the empty table next to us became a hockey game. Round disks were flying everywhere. I looked at Ron- we were both chewing as fast as we could.

I realized something while sitting there. Ron and I are empty nesters! We just aren't used to all the ruckus and energy that young families have, especially those with boys. God bless all the young families and their grandparents.

Now What?

It sure has been quiet here on this blog. Look at all this dust! What in the world? I guess I had better get my thinking cap on and do some blogging. Since my last entry, we have a new grandson! Emmanuel Manuel Hernandez- Lil'Los for short. I have spent the summer taking care of him and his sis Tiera. Tiera has also spent two weeks the end of July in Mexico with her cousins who are now moved to Gunnison, Colorado where today it is rainy and 47 degrees. I will be starting school August 31, yes once again. And will also be turning 60 years old on the same day. WHEE!! I'm exicited.

This past weekend Ron and I took a new mattress set down to Mom. Ron has a 1977 van, which didn't qualify for the Cash forClunkers program. We drove down in it, without AC. Goodness sake what were we thinking? Going down was good but coming back was terrible. The inside temp must have been around 90-95 degrees. But the good Lord blessed us and helped us to return home safely. Mom looks great. It was really great to visit with her, I wish I could have spent more time with her, but we had to return home by 5:00, so it was a really brief visit. We gave her a ceramic rooster for her Birthday! He's a beauty.

Well this is a start. I promise to post more often so that all three of my readers will not be bored. Love to all.

Spring

Wow my 26th blog entry!! We should celebrate. Hmm... how bout a give away? I'm sure my three subscribers would really be excited about that. But what would I give? Any suggestions?

Dr. Appt.

Yesterday I went to the doctor with Tobie for her ultrasound. What a treat. I got to see our little grandson. Soooo cute. He was blowing bubbles and blinking his eyes. I could see hair on the back of his little head. I don't think he liked the technician poking him so much, Tobie said he was kicking back. He kept hiding his face so we didn't get a really good look but what a sweetie. I wish I had pictures to post. Tobie feels that she only has a few more weeks. She has a appt. next week. I'll let you know more.

True Love....

Aw Love is in the air!

Ron and I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary

Feburary 12, 2009.

The picture on the left was taken some years ago ( Ron has hair).

Thank you Tobie for the cute card.

And thank you Lorren for the journal page.

Can you tell who is who?

~**~**~**~**~Garden Time~**~**~**~**~

I can feel Spring! She is on her way- she makes my nose twitch. I breathe easier and feel better. And for some reason my heart and hands yearns to dig in the earth.

This year I want to put in a veggie garden. Oh Joy! I have started a compost pile out back behind the shed. Ron has helped me and we have been working on it all winter.

I did have one small issue.... my hubby was having a big problem getting excited about the digging part. Finally I found a solution to the digging. It's called Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew. You can google his website and learn all about it. The garden/s are set up in wooden frames 3'x3' or 4'x4' so on. These can be set right on the ground and filled with a mixture of compost, coarse vermiculite and peat moss. On top is placed a grid work dividing the area into square foot areas.

This method solved several of my dilemmas:

1. No digging involved.
2. We can grow what we need instead of ending up having a ton of ripe veggies all at the same time.
3.Only a small area is use and these plots can be scattered around the yard, flat on the ground or elevated on a table or saw horses.
4. Watering can be by drip hose or by using plastic water bottles filled with water and with small pin holes on one side. These are laid hole side down and will slowly water the plants.

Other things I am looking into are worm farms (helps with composting) and raising a few chickens for eggs. Whee!!

I Want To Move It, Move It...

Aw yes in the words of those cute 'lil creatures in the movies Madagascar that's what happened on Saturday at Tiera's Birthday party.

A total of eleven children were in attendance. Imagine eleven bundles of pent up energy expecting lots of action, candy and CAKE CAKE CAKE! Oh and some ice cream. The adults put on brave faces and quietly prayed that the party would go by quickly. The games were fun... my favorite was the mummy game where you use every roll of toilet paper in the house to wrap up a child and then let them shred it up and use it as confetti. (We had 4 teams) WHEE!!

This Saturday was very busy because not only did Tiera have a birthday party but there was also a hostess tea for her to go to right after the party. She is going to be a hostess at the church's Princess Tea in March.

Well she didn't make it to the tea so Nanny went for her. When I returned, I was expecting to see everyone gone. The party was scheduled to be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. I was shocked to find guests still rocking out! Their parents hadn't come to get them.

On Friday night Tiera had two friends spend the night and those two friends had not been picked up by their parents. 5 o'clock rolls by, 6 o'clock passes... where are those parents? Also one of Tobie's friends and her two daughters was still there. Carlos and Tobie kept calling the girls parents - no answer. Finally they get a phone call - COLLECT- from the county jail in Belton. It seems one mom ran into some trouble. She is the babysitter of the other little girl who spent the night with Tiera.

Now what? Tobie is exhausted, her friend is still here, Carlos is not looking very happy, the girls are still in the groove, Nanny is in prayer mode. We were thinking we might have to call the police, another COLLECT phone call from Belton- contacts are made, and everyone goes home around seven o'clock. Thank You Jesus!

Aww the wonderful sound of silence.

Next party there will be rules about drop off parents and sleep overs. Know what I mean?