Rain is better than snow...

It has been raining since sometime during the night. I'd much rather have rain than snow, except I think it may storm today and I don't like storms at all. I had another great Friday with my grandma. She didn't mumble or really do anything crazy this week. She did want me to check our beds for snakes before we got in them. She said she worried since she hasn't been home a lot that snakes may have gotten in her covers while she was away. I checked the beds and no snakes! She acted sensible when she told me stuff and didn't talk about dead people either. Annie spent the night with Cricket and Brance left early Saturday morning to go to Snow Mountain with his friend, he still isn't home yet but I think on his way. I met mom and Annie in Canton yesterday. I finally got a new pair of tennis shoes. I'm sure they will make me go a lost faster on the eliptical, wishful thinking I know. I've been sleeping really good since I've been routinely exercising. This lifestyle change is making my life more enjoyable. As a matter of fact I'm sure that last week was on of the best weeks I've had in a long, long time. I did a lot of cleaning in my office at school. I still have a long way to go but I've got all the cabinets cleaned out and most of the drawers.

This rain all day makes me sleepy. Its been a while since I took a Sunday nap and today just might be the day. Ricky is watching some goofy Larry the Cable Guy movie on tv and Annie is doing who knows what in her room. She is supose to be putting her laundry away but I wouldn't bet on it.

I'm still working on my business plan. I haven't given up hope yet. I know that God has a plan and I am waiting patiently. Keep praying for His will.

Back in the swing of things...

I really would like for my kids just to go to school for an entire week. Last week they were out Friday, Monday and Tuesday for inclement weather. Today they have MLK day. I went out of town with Jaime and Ricky stayed home with both kids. He let Brance go to a friends house and let Annie have a friend over. They also picked up the house and cleaned the kitchen. Suprisingly, they acted like they missed me. Ricky is great to let me go off with friends each year. I take the kids off a lot, he and I go off once a year together and then he and I take the kids off once a year. I know this is weird it just works for us. Ricky does archery tournaments, once nightly during the week and most every Sunday after church. Some tournaments are out of town and some last two days. The kids and I stay at home so I think that's why he is so willing to want me to go off for girl time without them.

It has finally warmed up outside. I don't like the freezing cold and I'm sure it will be back much sooner than we want. Its nice to come home and be able to warm up.

I'm finally winning the battle with my eliptical. It knows that I am in charge, I have to remind myself constantly. It is the hardest piece of exercise equipment I have ever used. I hate exercising but battling with the eliptical encourages me to exercise. I won't let it get the best of me. Brance has used it some but decided it was easier to run on the treadmill so that's what he has been doing.

I am really sleepy today. I'm doing everything I can think of to stay awake. I have laundry going and thinking about starting something for supper. If I sit still I think I will go to sleep!

When you only have school three days...

the week sure goes by fast! We were out of school for snow Friday, Monday and Tuesday. Of course the preschool was open because we were closed at Christmas and those parents have to get back to work and bring their kids to preschool. I have worked so much since we returned January 4th. This afternoon I worked a little later than normal because Heather is student teaching so her school day lasted a little longer than usual.



I've done really good with my eliptical. I increase my time a little every day. Today my time was the same as yesterday but I increased my steps 125 from yesterday so that was an improvement. Last week it kicked my butt and I'm can't allow a piece of equipment to do that so I took control of it this week. Eli now knows that I'm in charge!



Ricky has an archery tournament tonight so the kids and I will get our baths and get to go to bed early. Actually I'll watch last nights episode of Modern Family that I missed because we were watching American Idol and then I can attempt tp finish my book. Mama Dora's brother wrote a book that I have been reading and I have about 100 pages left. Its called God-Fearing Criminals. It has a lot of Dawson County history in it that I am really enjoying.



I'm going to my favorite place tomorrow, Gatlingburg, after work with another girlfriend. We are staying for the weekend without our husbands or kids! I am so excited! Lots of shopping and eating for me. We are going to Texas Roadhouse tomorrow where I'm eating everything I can and drinking a Coke or maybe two!



My dryer is not working very good. Sometimes it dries and sometimes it doesn't. I hate to spend money to buy another one but I don't have much choice. This is the second one in 15 years so I guess that's not bad considering it runs about 15-20 hours at least each week. The kids have started doing their own laundry so they keep it going when I am not using it.



Enjoy your weekend! Pray for Ricky as he will be home with both kids by himself.

Snow Snow Go Away!

Dear eight pound, six ounce Newborn Baby Jesus, don't even know a word yet, just a little infant, so cuddly but still omnipotent, please dry the ice up so my sweet children can return to school!

We got a little...

SNOW! It looks pretty but I don't really like it!
The kids played outside until after dark last night and there were right back out at 8 am today. At 11:30 am I made them come in to eat lunch and warm up, that lasted about 45 minutes before they went back out until 5 pm. Annie hurt her tail bone and is crappy so she is lying on the love seat moaning and getting mad because we aren't paying any attention to her. Brance is in his room on the phone with one of the Kate's. He had a girlfriend all of last school year and this school year until last week. The Kate's, there are two of them, Kate Ayers and Kate Fitts. They all went to pre-k together and have really been the best of friends since then. Ayers parents take Brance and the Kate's and Chaz another kids from pre-k various places together as a big group. Ricky and Susan are the only ones brave enough to do this, they take them out to eat and to movies and one trip to Atlanta for the World of Coke and a few other places. Anyway since Brance and the girlfriend broke up, he and the Kate's are best buddies again. He is on the phone with one of them all the time. They aren't boyfriend/girlfriend, just buddies. I like them and their parent so that's a good thing. He doesn't tell me a lot I have to depend on Annie to give me the scoop she snopes around to see what he is doing. He told me he and the girlfriend broke up but no details, Annie filled me in!

Well no grandma sitting for me tonight! I couldn't get there if I tried. Ricky and Brance went to Pizza Hut for some $10 pizza's. Now we are just sitting in the living room watching the Singing Bee! I love these singing shows. Tomorrow I guess we will do this same thing all over again. Ricky got some of his laundry done and made a trip to the bank, I got the dogs blankets washed and brushed my teeth. I need to take a bath sometime but I've started playing freecell, thanks to my sister so I can't get anything done for playing it. Everytime Ricky leaves I get on the computer until I see him pull down the driveway and I shut it down real quick so he doesn't know I've been playing the entire time he was gone! Shhh! Don't tell him.

Well enough for now.

Is It Really Going to Snow?

We usually have bad weather just when the kids return to school after the New Year. January 2000, we had been out of school for two weeks, the preschool had been closed more than a week for Christmas and we started school on Monday. The kids were out an additional two weeks on and off for ice. I don't think we had snow, just ice and enough to keep the kids home. I am not mentally stable enough to be in that situation right now. We had the house picked up last week and today it looks like a train wreck! I have someone scheduled to come out to give me an estimate on the roof and to repair the damage in Annie's room but my house to messy to let him come inside. Surely we can get things picked up this week. I don't know about my Friday night at grandma's because we don't know about the weather. Peggy doesn't encourage me to come if the weather is yucky. My uncle Jerry bought them KFC chicken breast for lunch on Saturday, last night Peggy heard gma on the phone telling her friend from church that Jerry had got them the best chicken lungs from KFC. If I don't laugh about what she says I would cry.

I watched Days of Our Lives during Christmas break two times. I love it just as much now as I did in the eight grade when I recorded it and watched it every day. It comes on the Soap Network at 6 pm. So I'm getting to watch it while I'm blogging. I hope to have my eliptical up and elipticalling tomorrow night. I could just exercise for the entire hour if I was hooked on Days again. At least is sounds encouraging.

It sure is cold in North Georgia. My car doesn't have a temperature gage in it like the Expedition did so I never know exactly how cold it is when I leave the house.

Well Days is almost ever so its time for me to more on...

Three days and 500 miles...

The kids and I left on Wednesday for Perry, Ricky came down on Thursday. The kids played at Michelle's house and I just sat at the dealership with Michelle and Daddy for two days. It was a little odd without Ricky there. I don't usually sleep very well the first night or two that I'm away from home but this time I stayed at dad's house. The train tracks are about 1/4 of a mile away and the train runs every 45 minutes! The conductor blows the horn every 45 minutes also. I'm sure he blows the horn for about a mile. I'm not sure why, if I was the conductor I'm sure I would wake up as many people as possible too. The train sounds so lonely to me. So if that wasn't enough they have this pretty decorative pond in the back year that is a breeding ground for every frog in Middle Georgia. All night and all day you hear the frogs making noise. It drove me crazy. When I finally walked out there yesterday they stopped. When I walked away they started again. Bunch of stupid frogs! Annie and I left early yesterday for Friday night grandma sit. At least there I sleep pretty good. Of course I sleep better alone but I had Annie's hot, 100 degree body beside me. She will sure keep your warm on a cold night.

Now we are home and waiting for Ricky and Brance to get here. They left Perry sometime this morning to come home. Daddy and Margarett left for Eric's yesterday so Ricky and Brance just stayed at their house anyway.

I cooked some soup for lunch and I know I must grocery shop today but I'm hoping when Ricky gets home I can take a little nap. Beulah spent the last two nights at momma's house so she is back home and pacing around waiting for someone to lie down with her in the bed.