Where is my weekend?

Ricky has been working four day work weeks so he was off all day on Friday. It was raining so he and Beulah stayed on the sofa and watched tv all day! Saturday I took Brance and Annie to Alpharetta in hopes of buying them some clothes that would fit. Neither of them have anything for the fall that fits. They both have been wearing shorts although its only 34 degrees most mornings when we leave. Brance needs a size 14 in the waist to fit his "Setser" behind and about a 12 in the length. Annie needs at least a 12 in the waist because she wears her pants riding low on her hips. Annie has excepted that she won't be wearing jeans to school this year. She likes to wear leggings and skirts so that works well for her. We were able to get Brance four pair of jeans after going to all the stores in Alpharetta that sell childrens clothes.

We had a nice crowd at church this morning. Great music as always. I took my car over to Gainesville for service and a wash. My poor car hasn't been washed in more than five thousand miles. Yes, it looked rough. Its nice and clean now. Ricky thought my oil was leaking but its my transfer case instead. I hope Craig, a local mechanic whose children come to DCD that we trust and is reasonably priced, anyway maybe he can look at it tomorrow or Tuesday. I have a GYN appointment in Alpharetta tomorrow, Brance starts Boy Scouts tomorrow night, no AWANA this week because of Trunk or Treat on Friday. I also have a orthopedic appointment about my arm I think on Friday. I plan to go to the Mart on Thursday, its cash and carry so gifts should be easy and cheap to find.

We haven't really done anything this afternoon. The kids are working in their rooms, they just never can get them finished and Ricky is watching the race. I came upstairs to blog and listen to Fox News. They are talking about voter fraud still. How crazy is someone to register to vote 72 times?

Did you see the beginning of the race? One of the pit crew guys for Tony Stewart had his wife and children with him. The wife had on a McCain-Palin shirt. The camera didn't stay on her very long.

That's all for today!

I don't like Blog Titles!

It's hard to come up with something catchy to say when I don't have a lot going on. It is so cold outside that I have finally given in and turned the heat on in the house. I have to be careful because the heat zaps Brance's breathing. So we can all freeze or Brance can't breath? What do you do? The last few nights Brance and Annie have been sleeping on the sofa and the love seat. When Brance sleeps in his room he keeps the window raised like his grandaddy. I'm not sure why they have moved into the living room but it doesn't bother me or Ricky. Actually Beulah will sleep with the kids if they are downstairs instead of the middle of the bed with Ricky and I.

12 days until a new president! I'm not excited because I love W. We will just wait to see what happens. Get out and vote, vote Republican or just stay at home. Why do we vote when the popularity vote doesn't matter?

The weather man is saying it is going to rain tomorrow. In Dahlonega that means snow. It is 50 degrees right now. It was 33 on Monday morning. The wind is blowing like crazy and leaves are all over the place. If it rains tomorrow most of the leaves will be gone which means we won't have a lot of "leaf lookers" this weekend in Dahlonega.

I thought I might take the kids to Stone Mountain on Saturday, now I think it will be too cold. I have talked about taking them for the Christmas stuff they have we just haven't taken the time to go. Now they are having a Halloween Harvest but the Christmas stuff starts in two weeks so I think we will just wait.

Annie is practicing for her piano recital on December 6 at 2 pm. Make sure everybody comes, she is expecting you!

I am blogging two days in a row

Sunday Funday at my house. Our attendance was low at church this morning but the music was great! Jeff sang "Bow on my Knees and Cry Holy", it was incredible! We came home after church and haven't left all day. Ricky didn't even go to the woods! Brance has his entire room cleaned out waiting for his new floor, which is months away. Annie worked in her clothes closet for an hour and a half, I know because I sat on her bed the entire time cheering her on. I don't know how in the world her closet gets in the mess it is. She pulled out a lot of clothes that don't fit. Some of the pants she got for Christmas last year that she wore into the spring are several inches too short. I really think she is built like Ricky's sister Karen. Annie's body is very stocky, no fat at all and very muscular. It is impossible to find pants to fit her jeans are totally out. Luckily she likes skirts because she can wear them with leggings all year long. She also wears her clothes on her hips like a boy that makes it even harder to find things to fit her.

I'm watching Hemphill Brothers on RFDTV. The Hemphills were a gospel singing family that we used to go see when they were around Atlanta. Trent the youngest was a "dream boat", I was probably 8 or 10. Anyway they started a motor coach company in 1980. Every once in a while I'll see something about them on RFDTV, tonight is one of the nights. Trent and his brother Joey have really aged but Trent is still very handsome with his silver hair.

Brance and I finally went to the grocery store last night. I bought a soup cookbook a while back and thought that I would try to make soups this week. Brance and I made Pizza Soup last night. It had a pretty good taste but we aren't ones for leftovers. Annie and I ate it tonight and there is still a lot left so I'll take it to the preschool tomorrow for some of the girls to eat.

Did you see where Colin Powell supports Obama? I'm a little surprised that Powell would endorse any candidate especially after working in the Bush administration. Maybe its a black thing? Oh was that racial? Oprah hasn't endorsed any candidate until Obama so that makes us racial by saying something like that. Did I share with you that my friend Kelly in Jacksonville told me Friday that her 3rd grade son was sent home from school at 2:30 pm, (he had been there all day) for wearing a McCain t-shirt. The shirt said Drill Here, Drill Now, McCain-Palin. Apparently Kelly and Lawson's 2 pm class teacher had words a few days ago, so when the school secretary called she told Kelly Lawson's shirt was causing too much controversy. The principal was out of the office for the afternoon. She expects the principal will call her tomorrow morning.

Did you watch Sarah Palin on SNL last night? 14-17 million views the largest in 14 years. If I didn't email you the clip you can see it on youtube. I've been watching Mike Huckabee on Fox News at 8 pm, Saturday and Sunday. Last night he had Joe the Plumber and Aaron Tippon. My church does a trunk or treat on Halloween. Brance said a few weeks ago that he wanted to be a plumber, now that Joe is a household name, Brance is going as Joe the Plumber. Mom got Ricky a John McCain mask. Won't they look cute!

I need to get the kids ready for bed so that I can watch Huckabee.

Gold Rush Saturday

and we are sitting at home. I haven't even had a bath today. I did brush my teeth but nothing else. Ricky took Brance hunting for a little while, Annie is going with him this evening. I got my medallion ready to put on the dining room ceiling, Ricky took my light fixture outside and sprayed a few coats of paint on it until he ran out of paint. I got my new picture frame that holds five 5X7's ready to hang when Ricky broke the glass in it. So much for that. I got it at IKEA and I don't have time to go there today. The kids talked about going to Gold Rush but I hate the crowd and the food cost too much money. I guess we will stay here until I finally decide to bathe, then I really need to go to Kroger. I haven't bought groceries in two weeks.

I am watching the Dawgs play, they just aren't getting me very excited this year. Mom went to take Grandma to see Papa. Mom said he is sitting up in a chair with street clothes on. He is acting fine, just not getting around very good on his own. Did you see Ms. UGA 2008? She looks like she got tripped up in the ugly forest and hit every tree! Nothing else happening at the Grizzle house. I have been doing laundry since 7 am I have two loads left!

That's all I care to say at this moment...

Home again, home again jiggity jog...

Will someone remind me what ever possessed me to go off with Ricky and the kids? The first mistake was driving Ricky's truck. In my car I can split the kids up in two separate rows, not this weekend. We drove the truck because sometimes when we junk around we want to buy things that won't fit in the Expedition, with truck space we didn't find anything. The second mistake was allowing myself to submit to a RCI tour. You cannot sale a salesman, there is no way on this earth that I would spend $35,000 to stay in one condo complex for two weeks each year. My friend Aunt Gayle who got into RCI back in the 80's when it was cheap got us a nice two bedroom condo for the weekend. Upon check in I agreed to go through the tour Ricky was right beside me and never said a work. They feed us breakfast and gave us show tickets. The breakfast was at Golden Corral. Do y'all know how much I hate buffet food? Then this brief survey and tour lasted more than an hour. The benefit was the free show tickets for last night. With breakfast and the show it saved us at least $100 however our time spent with the tour staff was worth way more than $100. I wonder if I will always be cheap? Our third mistake was allowing Annie to claim the master bedroom as her own. Brance wanted to sleep on the pull out sofa so Ricky and I thought we would sleep in the second bedroom. We didn't realize until we got ready to go to bed that the bed was full size. Well I don't like to be touched when I'm trying to sleep, anytime Ricky layed on his back his elbow or foot was touching me. If I got on the edge of the bed I rolled back into the middle. What a horrible night!

What was actually fun, Georgia beat Tennessee! While I was watching the game Ricky took the kids to the pool, yippy! I got a great pair of Birkenstocks at Hammers for $28! We ate at Texas Roadhouse and I had ranch dressing and a filet, it was delicious! When we got to the Sweetwater Flea Maket they didn't have the flooring I wanted. Once we talked to the man we found out he lives in Dalton. He said he would call me on Tuesday and if he could get the flooring I wanted he would meet me in Ellijay with it. That's a lot better than driving three hours back to Sweetwater!

Mom kept Beulah and it saved me $60. My papa got moved to a rehab center and is acting a little better. I am planning a trip to IKEA tomorrow.

Have you watched "Huckabee"? Mike Huckabee has his own show on FOX at 8 pm, Saturday and Sunday. He seems like a really kind man. Chuck Norris is up next so I gotta go...

Fall Break has begun!

We are leaving in the morning for Pigeon Forge and Ricky is going with us. Hard to believe I know, he went to Disney with us last September, to Pigeon Forge with us in January and now going with us this weekend. WOW! We are almost like a real family. There is a big archery tournament in Gainesville, Florida in February that he wants to go to and I want to go to Orlando in February so by going with us this weekend he won't feel obligated to go with us to Orlando and he will feel good about the archery tournament with his boyfriends. He is in a lot of back trouble. I think you all know about the degenerative disk disease. He has been great since March 2006. Last Thursday he stepped out of his work truck and his back caught some weird way. He has limped around all week but managed to go hunting tonight. I made him an appointment with his back doctor for Monday morning. Back surgery is still not an option Ricky is willing to talk about. He won't take anything stronger for pain than Motrin. He says he too young for narcotics and too young for back surgery not to be successful. I have to support his decision. However, the kids and I don't allow him to complain about his back if he isn't willing to do something about it.

My papa was moved today to a rehab facility in Marietta. My gma isn't handling this very well. They have been married 68 years this November so I can't imagine how she feels not having him with her everyday. I don't want to get into that again today.

Mom offered to keep Beulah while we are gone. Beulah is such a sweet girl but she terrorizes mom's dog Minnie. She doesn't want Minnie to get between her and mom. Beulah sleeps on one side of mom and Minnie on the other. During the night Beulah raises her head and growls at Minnie and makes this weird noise at her like she is trying to say something.

Well that's all for now, hopefully we will have something fun to share on Sunday night!

How bout some rain?

It started raining sometime during the night and it continues to pour, we are so glad. I went to Cartersville to see Papa yesterday, he perked right up when I walked in. I went home with Grandma to spend the night. We got the entire house cleaned because you know if the rapture takes place and her kitchen hasn't been mopped she won't go to Heaven. I swept and vacuumed and she went behind me to mop. It was very sad spending the night without Papa there but I always enjoy spending the night at her house. This morning Papa seemed 100% better than yesterday. The social services lady called tonight to say that they would most likely move Papa tomorrow into a rehab facility in Marietta. Of course Gma is having a total breakdown because she doesn't think he is well enough to be moved. We will see what happens. It is 64 miles to the hospital from my house. It was raining so hard today that it took me two hours to get home.

The rain is great and its already dark outside. It wouldn't take much for me to go to bed really early. I slept pretty good last night. I kept hearing something on the roof and it took me a while to figure out the acorns were hitting the roof when the wind was blowing. I'm positive I remember staying awake all night long as a little girl over the same noise thinking that somebody was going to get me. My grandparents have 1 million clocks in the house, I'm not making that up, Michelle would probably tell you my number is off that is it more like 2 million clocks. When Michelle spends the night Papa stops all the clocks so she doesn't hear them. Last night I didn't hear any clocks, not even the two coo-coo clocks because Papa hasn't wound them up. I wanted too but Gma thought I would not do it right.

I didn't watch the political debate because I am over the political debate. My mind is made up, I'm voting for the hottie and the old guy! It's almost time for Shepard Smith, I haven't watched him in two nights. The kids are downstairs with Ricky and haven't noticed that I am upstairs alone. How lucky am I? I need to return a call to my friend Aunt Gayle, her husband got the condo for us this weekend, we are going to Pigeon Forge, you know I haven't been in four whole weeks.

Don't miss the glory...

Still having Disney withdrawls...

I have two friends going to Disney soon, Dana is flying down on Tuesday and Angel is going the first of January. They have asked me for my "Disney guidance" and I have willingly offered it. It just makes me miss going more. The last three years on this date, October 2, 2008, I have been at Disney or in transit. I miss Mickey Mouse soooooo bad! I would be going right now except Brance and Annie don't want any part of it. Beginning October 4, they have a new Tinkerbell and Fairy Friends meet and greet. That's got Annie pretty pumped so I might can convince her to go in February. Ricky and Brance are definitely out of the equation. Surely somebody wants to go with us and share a room and expenses? We have a nice Christmas Break in December. The kids are trying to get Ricky to commit to going to Las Vegas, that's a really long car ride for just a few days, I do not have the desire to fly.

Ricky's brother just called. Annie wants to go see him. His dog got run over yesterday, Annie said this morning that she needed to hug him and tell him everything would be okay. How sweet is that? She loves her Uncle Bubba. We call him that because he tried to get his boys to call me Lucy. Luckily they don't call me that, but my kids call him Bubba.

Enough for now, I need to run over to Bubba's and get ready for the vice-presidential debate. How bout' that Sarah Palin!