GINNY B'S

Busy Summer!!! Not Ready for it to END!!

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I have had a wonderful summer. It has been such a fun time of travel to and with great friends and family. I have been able to keep the precious grandson who is soooo much fun. He says and does the funniest things. I will start going back to school this next week for a couple of hours a day to get some things organized in my classroom. So today, I am trying to get this house straightened and laundry done. I will continue to be busy everyday. We are so much in need of rain here in TEXAS!!! Please continue to pray for all of us. We need to continue to pray for our country for some many needs.
God Bless Us All! America
Hope everyone continues to have a Blessed summer!!

33 Years Ago Today I Married My Best Friend

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It seems like yesterday, until I look back at pictures and see just how old fashioned we looked. Also, the girls are quick to remind me of how funny we looked in our wedding pictures. "Mom you look hilarious, and hey, look at Dad's sideburns, HAHA, look at Gran and Mac" Well, as Mammaw would say, Your Time's a Comin!!! LOL Well, KB and GinGin have had many wonderful times and many rooouuuggghhh times, but somehow we've made it and will hopefully continue to make it many more years. We are planning a fun evening, off to Stephenville, Tx and checking out the Chicken Ranch Flea Market! Sounds interesting, HUH? KB loves to eat at the Hard 8 Bar-B-Q, and so do I. This was his plan last night so let's see how we do tonight. I think it will be a great weekend as we will head to get

he grandson on Sunday, and keep him a couple of days as his momma has gone back to nursing school this week. I'm so going to enjoy this summertime, as it will go by too quickly. Have a wonderful weekend everyone! GinGin

OH Weekend, Weekend, where did you go?

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Had a wonderful weekend getting to keep little guy Friday and Saturday. He is so sweet and so much fun. We just loved getting to be with him for a couple of days and have him spend the night. He loves helping his KB so much. He has to be "workin"!
We got our first snow here today, but it didn't last very long. We had a little accumulation, but it didn't last long. I love being home and being able to just relax and enjoy my home when the weather is cold.It is fantastic to take a good ole nap during this type of weather. It is now very cold outside though.

Happy 2011!!

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We planned on having the kids for steaks today, but I have had a terrible headache. I think it is getting better since the day is almost over. Holly gets these migraines pretty often and she said to drink a coke.
So I have been sleeping on and off for most of the day and just now drank a coke and ate some cheez-its. I think it is finally getting better. I have the potatoes baked, and I'm fixing to get up and fix a salad. I have been wanting to fix some artichoke- spinach dip, but I don't know that I can handle that right now, guess I will wait until tomorrow. I have had such a wonderful holiday this Christmas. I am not really looking forward to going back to school, but the time is almost here. I'm hoping this second sememster is a good one and my kids make lots and lots of progress. I am thankful for a wonderful group of kids. I saw a student and parent the other day and the parent said they were really ready for school to start. I thought that was pretty funny. As the teacher's are always ready for a break, and we have 22 of the little ones at once!

The next though that just came to my mind is my excercise and diet regime. I am going to be getting back on track with my diet. It has really suffered during these these holidays with all the wonderful things to eat and drink. I want to get back on track with very few carbs. I will start back on my vitamins, and I'm going to go and join the anytime fitness that is new in our town. I know that I will feel better doing this workout. I am needing to drink my 90 ounces of water everyday. Water,Water Water, it will make me feel so much better.

Now on to my next random thought, there have been a couple of terrible accidents back in our home town to people that we knew. A young couple was in a terrible auto accident and the wife lost her life, she was 30 weeks pregnant, and they were able to do a c-section, and the baby is doing ok, last I knew. The young father was one of my students in the third grade. Another family that we have known since childhood had a terrible loss in their family of a husband/father. I feel so sorry for the mother and daughters that have had to suffer through this.

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year 2011

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Little man got these two presents for Christmas from GinGin and KB. He had so much fun this Christmas. I have been very busy cooking and cleaning for Christmas. We have had a wonderful holiday couple of weeks. We thoroughly enjoyed having our kids and family for Christmas Day. Then on Monday, the 27th we headed to Shreveport to the Casinos to help mom and dad celebrate their 58th wedding anniversary. It was great fun!! KB was able to take off for a few days.

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Our Little Cowboy

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I so enjoy reading blogs and I really want to share some beautiful moments in my life. This is our precious little grandson in his best!!! He is absolutely adorable and we enjoy him so much.

I am making candles again!!! So excited. I Love Em!! Take a look

2010-01-17T20:42:00.000-06:00

My best friend and I made candles up in the Texas Panhandle and now that we've moved to Central Texas and she's moved to the gulf coast of Texas, I decided to make candles once more. I gave a lot of them for Christmas and just got another batch made today. I'm hoping to make some special scents for Valentines and upcoming holidays. If interested just shoot me an e-mail and I'll send you some wonderful Triple scented candles.

Our Cutest Rodeo Clown

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Fun at GinGin's

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Our precious grandbaby came to stay with us a couple of weekends ago. We had so much fun!! We cooked waffles the next morning. He is such a good boy. I had gone to a barrel race with Shani, to keep W) and when I was leaving their house, I asked him if he wanted to come home with me and he said yes. I thought he would probably cry when we headed out of the driveway, but he was actually fine the whole time he was with us. We did take him home the next day, but we're ready for him to come back soon.

Had a Blast in Roundtop!!

2009-10-11T11:33:00.000-05:00

I am so lucky to have this special and kind of unique relationship with my best friend Tracy. You see she and I are best friends and our daughters are the same age and they are BFF's also!!! Isn't it crazy. Well, the first of this month we decided to all meet up at my house and head down by the Texas capital and attend this wonderful antique alley at Roundtop, TX. It was absolutely delightful. We had a wonderful, CRAZY time with our 19 year old daughters. Hope we get to do this again before too long.

Huntin'

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Shani and Jack found out very quickly that Wes likes everything that guys like to do. They took him out while the guys were shootin skeet and he LOVED it. He also loves to play cowboys and indians with his mama. They play and he says "dang" "dang", instead of bang, bang. He is just the cutest!!! We got to see him last weekend and we hadn't seen him for a couple of weeks. It was so fun and he is starting to talk more and more. That's when his daddy and grandad decided that he needed a Red Ryder gun, with no B B's in it. It's taller than he is, but he doesn't want anybody messin' with his gun.

Just had to post something with this picture since it was so cool.

LOOK AT W ON THE TUBE!

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He absolutely loved it!!! Just kept taking and talking! GinGin went real slow and he had mommie and Aunt Holly right there with him. Isn't it amazing how much he has grown since last summer. Such a little boy now! We always have so much fun with him when we are all together. We had another great time at the lake, but the guys didn't catch many fish and they fished all night one night, I think it wore the old grandpa KB out. He was trying to keep up with the young guys, HAHA. I got to spend the night with Shani and sleep in W's bed. It was late when we got to their house cause he had a tummy ache and needed some medicine which we didn't have at the lake, so we went to their house. It was nice to stay at their house for the night and the next morning Wes said, GinGin, come here, talking about me coming into Shan's bed and gettin in bed with them. Then I got to laugh and play with him. He's really a morning kid, gets that from Great Granddad Mac. Well, got to go think about school.

Tracy's B and B

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Tracy's new home is just beautiful and she has such a knack for decorating. It seems like however she places decorations they just look perfect. Here is the precious bedroom where we stayed it is decorated for her daughter.

We are having a blast!

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Rockport Texas is along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. There is a really neat place to eat a cajun crawfish boil. The Boiling Pot is great. We are having such a good time.

Whatcha workin on Wednesday

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I love to make jewelry. I would love to sell some, but it seems like whenever I get something made either I want to keep it or give it to my daughters.These are just a few of the pieces that I have made.

Hope you enjoy seeing some of my projects.

I have been visiting with the Redneck Chic. She has some of the cutest purses and bags. She also makes some of the neatest projects from who knows what. Check out her blog at http://www.redneckchic.blogspot.com/

I need some help with how to link these blogs with their title.

I LOVE MY KB

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We were able to go see the kids about 35 miles away on Saturday and we love to eat at a mexican restaurant there, so while we were eating little man got kind of tired of sitting so KB took him to look at the games. There was one with a steering wheel and one with a gun so he and KB played those a while.

The last time little man came to our house to spend the night we had a good time outside.

He loved the kitties and walking barefoot in the grass in the backyard. See GinGin, I'm trying to hold the kitty so good! I just might be holding

him a little tight. But I love him! I sure had a good time with my Aunt Holly. Then my mommy and daddy came and all the big kids had a water fight, I think my daddy got Aunt Holly REALLY GOOD! HAHA

BLUE HAD HER BABY

2009-07-23T12:31:00.000-05:00

Our blue roan mare had her colt last night, I guess. It is a red roan horse colt with a blaze face and stocking feet. She seems to always make us wait so long. Shani is headed out there to the pasture where the mares and colts are. I will have pictures as soon as Shani sends some to me. I hear he is really a pretty colt. Shani took these pictures when she went to the pasture. She told Wes, "Oh, it's a bitty baby!" and he said "Ohhhhhhhhh". He loves the horses. He has really pretty markings and he will be a good horse. Just like his brother from last year. KB said it was about time to geld Ringo.

Southern Hospitality Give-Away

2009-07-23T07:46:00.001-05:00

Rhoda's having a give-away fo these delicious Ritz Crackerfuls. Just head on over to Southern Hospitality on my followers list and check it out.

When will Blue have her Baby?

2009-07-22T06:07:00.000-05:00

Our blue roan mare had her last year's colt exactly a month after Wes was born and we thought she would have her baby at the same time as he was born. She always fools us. We have been waiting on this new baby for a month it seems like. So Shan and Wes go and check on her almost everyday. I feel so sorry for her. I know she is ready to have her baby, and just think human ladies we could have to carry our babies for almost a year. YUCK!!!!! I think 9 months is plenty long enough. I'm sure Shani's best friend who was due this week would totally agree with me.

This picture was taken last week when Shan and Wes went out to the ranch where blue is to check on her. She loves Wes and WEs loves all the horses, and he is definitely used to them, as you can see.

This is Blue's last years horse colt. He is one beautiful colt and he loves Wes too. When he was born at our house we were trying to thing of a name and KB named him tally, cuz his tally-wacker was always hanging out. Well, when the kids took him to their place to wean him they decided to name him Ringo. So here is Tally-Ringo. He is one good looking colt.

My Cosmetologist Does a Beautiful Job

2009-07-17T07:11:00.000-05:00

Holly has been working so hard to finish cosmetology school this summer. She is very good at making all of us look beautiful!! My mom and Dad have been coming over every other week to get haircuts, etc. She really does a great job with all the family hair. They sure do have to work hard in school. The haircuts are $5.00 and the pedicures are $10. So if you want a bargain go to the cosmetology school and get beautiful.

Holly and my dad share the same birthday, so at the end of June we had a celebration!!! Mom and Dad live in a townhouse complex that has a pool, so we all enjoyed being at their home to celebrate. We had great friends and family over, great food, and great fun.

I love being with family!!

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Got to spend a little time with my mom, dad and oldest daughter today!!! We did travel around to a few towns down here, but we're not but about 30 or 40 miles from many great cities in Central Texas. Shani came to Hillsboro, picked me up and we took their boat to Cleburne to have a little work done on it. Mom and Dad came from Waco and were headed to Target in Waxahachie to get a little chest freezer for their house. So we all met in Waxahachie for lunch. It was lots of fun just to spend some time and let Wes entertain us all.

It's About Time !!!!

2009-07-11T17:53:00.001-05:00

I have not been paying much attention to my blog. I got to meeting old high school chums on facebook and it has been lots of fun, in fact two of them only live 30 miles from me and we grew up together 9 hours away. We even got to have lunch together a couple of weeks ago. It was great to catch up and we can still talk on facebook. Also, I've been so busy looking at all the wonderful blogs and things I can learn and do that I've not had much time for my own blog. I will try to keep this going as often as I can.

I have been having a wonderful summer. I got to go to Corpus Christi and see my BF Tracy and we had a wonderful time together. Hoping to go back before summer is over. She is doing so good. I have also gotten to spend time with my little grandson and my daughters. Also, its been so nice to see my mom and dad every few days.

Birthdays at 50 and 75!!! Wow what a March

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My mom and have both have birthdays in March only 4 days apart. We have always had wonderful celebrations together, but this year is especially special since she turned 75 and I turned 50. Wow, I hate to say that I am fifty, but I am a grandma you know, and I love saying I'm a grandma. Anyway, we had several celebrations. I had mom and dad over for supper on her birthday and they had us over on my birthday, then we were able to have the our our girls and the rest of the family get together at a steakhouse in a neighboring town. There is a great little town that is a short driving distance for all of us, even though we all live in three different towns. So here's to birthday's, the FIRST, the FIFTIETH, and the SEVENTY-FIFTH!!!! Wow what a year!

These pictures are kind of cool showing my mom holding W when he was a tiny baby, and me holding him at 1 year old at the zoo this week.

Valentine's Day Cutie

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We had such a wonderful Valentine's night with our precious grandson and his mommy and daddy. We went to the Outlaw Steakhouse where they joined us. After a great steak dinner we looked in on the dance that we could not attend because they were sold out. But, we were able to just listen to some music during a break and he is loving to "dance" now. It is so funny and just hysterical. After dancing a little we found a little car in the arcade area. He loved it the first time and had to stand up as he thinks he is so big and is starting to walk everywhere. But when daddy put in another quarter, he was done!!!!!He is so funny and a blast even when he is upset.

8 Ramdon Things about ME!!

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Gin at Keepsake Moments tagged me to list 8 random things about me, so I will try to think of 8 interesting things about me.

1. I love cats. I have had an indoor cat for most of my life, but due to allergies that several of my family members have, I can't have a cat inside now. So I usually have a cat outside, but many times they don't survive too long because we live in the country and there are so many coyotes. I do have a precious KIKI now that I got from craigslist. She is a sweetheart and she sleeps with the two precious dogs on the backporch on my wicker loveseat. They are all just precious animals that I love.

2. I am looking forward to retirement. It may be 5-7 years down the road, but I am sure hoping that I can retire from teaching someday. I have really enjoyed my years as a teacher, but it seems to get harder every year either dealing with so many learning disabilites, or the difficult parents. Thankfully I don't have the extremely difficult parents every year, but when I do, it is the pits!!!

3. I am very excited about my best friend at Cawfee Tawk who is going to be moving down to live in this area as soon as she gets everything together to get out town. I know that she will really enjoy the move and it will totally change her life.

4. I love to shop at Goodwill, junk stores, garage sales, antique stores, e-bay and craigslist. I am a junk junky. It is like a treasure hunt. I could do it all the time if I had the money.

5. My oldest daughter was a rodeo trick rider during her summers of high school. She did the death drag where she hung by her feet dragging along beside the horse the horse with her head hangin down and he hair sometimes touching the ground of the rodeo arena. She did the Hippedrome or Liberty stand where she stood up on the horse and held the American Flag around the arena.

6.My youngest daughter showed the Reserve Grand Champion Hog in her first Stock Show her freshman year of High School. Then the next year when her dad was the teacher she was not able to show because her hog got a rare disease called joint pneumonia and couldn't show him. It was heart breaking to her. She was able to participate the next two years and had a blast!

7. I love to help others and try to be a peacemaker whenever there is a problem and someone is not getting along. I wish that I could become a counselor.

8. I hate exercise, and having to diet. I know that I need to do both, but they are just not fun to me and I can think of all kinds of excuses not to do them. Even though I plan to do both almost every morning. I'm going to be dieting this next week. Salad and Chicken, every day for lunch.

What a CRAZY DAY AT SCHOOL!!!

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With a thick sheet of ice on all highways around here. School started 2 hours late. Teachers were to be there at 9:30. Students came at 10 am. Second graders go to lunch at 11:00 am, so we didn't have much time to get rolling when it was time to get ready for lunch. Then, about 10:45 the electricity flickers 2-3 times and we have no electricity. Now it's time to go to restr
oom and wash hands. Well our restrooms are VERY VERY dark without electricity and you can't see a thing, so lets get out the Germ X and we're ready for lunch. After returning back down the hall to start eating my lunch, hear from the office that it is a major power outage and we might not have power before 2:oo pm. The office starts to call parents to come and get kids. Then about 11:25 am the electricity comes on. But since calls have already been made, we will go ahead and dismiss at 12:30.

What mass confusion today!!! Now tomorrow we are scheduled an early dismissal for the Stock Show. This week has been a crazy one!!! Let's get back to some normalism (don't believe that is a word). I've only got about 80 days to get these kids ready for third grade!!!

What's the Best Way To Spend a Weekend

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Got to keep precious grandbaby this weekend and it was so MUCH FUN!!! He is absolutely darling. He is also a perfect angel when he stays here. He was so good.He let me read books to him and rock him to sleep. I could have rocked him for the whole two days. They grow up so fast it won't be long before he won't let us rock him. I had a fabulous weekend playing with my darling grandson.

He enjoyed playing with this little table and chairs that I painted when his mama was a little toddler. It is supposed to be the Three Bears Cottage and the Little Chairs, are Momma Bear, Baby Bear and our Pappa Bear is in the shed, as it needs some repair work. Anyway my girls loved to sit here and play for a little while. Wes being a typical little boy loves to walk around the table and crawl on it. He did like to talk baby talk to the Baby Bear Chair.

We had a wonderful time and I know his mommie and daddy had a good time out with their friends too. This was the first time they left him overnight except for the time everyone had the terrible virus about two months ago. They came to get him about 2:00 this afternoon and when they pulled into the drive way I walked out the front door to meet them and his momma was so excited to see him, as he was very excited to see her too. She really missed him. She is such a wonderful mother!!! I am so proud of her. It's hard to work everyday and leave you baby. At least she has her mother-in-law to take such wonderful care of her baby boy.

Well, GinGin better go and get some rest for my 20 other children in class tomorrow. I get called Grandma there too. Which is perfectly fine, because being a grandma is one special fantastic job!!

My Lumly Saddle is gone to a collector who has 20 of them!!!!

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I'm so glad that a collector bought my saddle. It's great when someone with a collection finds another one for their collection. The husband and wife who bought the saddle live in Cushing, Oklahoma where the saddle was made. They drove down here to purchase it from us. The were very nice people.
I sold the ropes too and I think that was a roper who was going to use them. I'm so glad to make a little extra money.

Band From TV

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This band is great. I saw them on Jay Leno last night and they are a bunch of actors from tv that have put a band together and they have a band that performs mainly for charity. They were really good. The House tv show star Hugh Laurie plays the keyboard and he was Jay's guest last night and I thought the band was fantastic, so I'm going to purchase their cd-dvd, "Hoggin All the Covers" today. I think it will be great. See them at Band from TV.org

Oh, I do love Craig-- Collectibles for sale

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I love craigslist. I have decided to sell some of my collectibles that I am not really using anymore and I have listed on e-bay before, but found craiglist and love to buy from there and love to list there since it doesn't cost like e-bay. I have this old handmade saddle and some used ropes that son-in-law didn't used anymore and some other items that I think are great. Take a look if you go to craiglist. Check out these items if you are interested.

God is Good

2009-01-03T10:23:00.000-06:00

We have had a wonderful holiday!!! This vacation break from school has been terrific. All of the family here for Christmas. We had had a wonderful Christmas day and I was just trying on the beautiful shawl that my Aunt Wanda sent me for Christmas, prancing around when there was a knock on the door and I could not imagine who was coming to the door, thought it was a neighbor from down the road. When I looked up who should appear but my darling, best friend Tracy from back home. She was laughing so hard by the surprised look on my face and the loud scream. She made the ending to a great day even better. Then we had such a fun rest of the week. We went to Waco twice. We put away Christmas decorations and rearranged my living room. She is so good at this type of thing. She needs to be an interior decorator. The she helped me repaint the spare bedroom and arrange the furniture and wall decor. My house looks beautiful thanks to Tracy's Interior Design. Love ya, Trac!!! I am so anxious for her to make her move to our area and start a new life. I know this is hard for her, but I am praying that it will be exactly what she needs to do.

DD's

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Holly and Kasey

Holly and Holly

Wes, so big!

Precious Angel!

What a romantic sleigh ride

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Be sure to turn George off on my playlist so you can hear this darling sleigh ride. It is hilarious!!!

AUNT HOLLY GIVES WES HIS FIRST HAIRCUT

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I'm getting my first haircut, and Aunt Holly is giving it to me. She is a good hair cutter!!

I got to play with her water bottle too.

I was being really good and mommy was holding me.

Look at me I'm so handsome.

What a perfect way to end a beautiful haircut. We love each other so much!!!

What a Wonderful Weekend

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Look at me and all these toys. What do I play with first?

I can get into GinGin's cabinet and make a mess, because it is a mess anyway.
These are my Great-Granmothers, Gran and Nanny.

GinGin made me some sugar cookies. I really like those cookies with icing.

I can walk if GinGin holds my hands. I might be walking by myself at Christmas.

I like to play peek-a-boo now. See me lookin for ya?

Shani and Wes, Holly and her girlfriend Kasey, Kenny's Mom (Betty) and my Mom and Dad came to have lunch yesterday. We had such a wonderful time. We had quesadillas, and cheese-filled bacon wrapped jalepenos.

I so wanted to give wes his Christmas presents to play with, but I resisted a little. I gave him the smallest one and he did have fun playing with it. He left it here and I will wrap it and he probably won't even remember it.

We had a wonderful visit. I wish we could do it more often.

Secret Santa Yippee!!!

2008-12-08T06:34:00.000-06:00

Oh, Boy!! Went to the mailbox and found my Secret Santa Gift. Oh, what fun!!! Inside the special gift bag, were so many goodies. Beautiful candles, delicious chocolate, precious soap and darling bookmarks, a cute as a button big button of
Wes that I put on immediately, and the cutest Secret Santa Gift Tag.

OH, I love it all, can't wait to sit around this holiday season and read and use my magnetic bookmarks. I at a piece of chocolate right off and it was delicious.

THANKS SO MUCH, whoever you are. MERRY CHRISTMAS!! I'm mailing my gift today, I's had a hard time finding the right box.

THANKS SECRET SANTA WHOEVER YOU ARE

Little Peyton Payne is doing very well so far

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If you have checked the caring bridge wesite about Peyton, you know that she is doing better everyday and they are past the 72 hour mark. Her little chest may be sewn up on Sunday and if it is and everything continues as is, she will be off the ventilator and should go home in about 10 days or 2 weeks.

I just cannot imagine going through that with that precious baby. I am thankful this Thanksgiving for the medical technology and doctors that perform these jobs today. My daughter Shani told me her heart was the size of a strawberry. OMG, how are they able to do the wonderful things they do. A week old baby on a ventilator and a pacemaker. Thank you Lord for all the wonderful medical miracles performed by excellent surgeons. Praise God!!! Thanks to everyone in blog-land for you prayers. Keep up the good work.

Please add this family to your prayers, and church prayer chains

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Our son-in-law Jack works for this couple and they just had a baby last week. She is a precious baby girl and she will be having open heart surgery. It was scheduled for this morning, but has had to be moved due to the fact that two scrub nurses had to call in sick. The doctor did not want to perform this critical surgery without those nurses, so it was moved to tomorrow. Please keep this family in you prayers. I do not know that I would be able to go through this type of problem with a newborn baby. It is hard enough when they are so tiny and helpless. It really makes me realize how lucky I was with both of my pregnancies.
I know that they will appreciate all of your prayers!!! Thanks.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/peytonpayne

Please checkout her story and mom's journal

The Giveaway

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This is a wonderful blog. She has wonderful give-aways. I just hope I win something sometime!!!!

Thankful Thursday

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I feel so inspired to participate in this type of blog, and the inspiration comes from so many of you fellow bloggers. I have been so busy with school that I have not taken the time to look around. Now, I realize how much it improves my attitude when reading some of your blogs. So here goes, today I am thankful for the wonderful hugs that I receive as a teacher. It is such a wonderful feeling to have a little elementary child come up and give you a hug. They are really in need of hugs and so are their teachers.

My fellow teachers and I in the elementary school had the privilege of participating in McDonald's, McTeacher Night during a three hour time teachers greet, sell trays of cookies, and help a little behind the counter. A portion of the sales during this time are given to our school. This is a great fund raiser and will help the teachers purchase some necessary supplies for their classroom.

Also, it was a lot of fun for all who came to eat and socialize. I think it went very well. It will be interesting to see how the fund raiser turns out.

I am thankful for all of my precious students. They are a challenge at times, but a true joy. I am also thankful for their parents and their support.

God Bless them all!!!!

A Give-Away, Give-Away

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My friend at Just Another Hang up is having a Give-Away,Give -Away. She explains it all here, just give her a visit. http://www.justanotherhangup.blogspot.com/

Halloween !! Such a blast with a little one

2008-11-03T21:27:00.000-06:00

We hadn't seen Wes in a couple of weeks so we decided to go over and spend the weekend with Shani and Jack to see Wes TRICK OR TREAT!! Of course he doesn't know about this yet, but he is always so good with whatever we take him to do. He is just the most precious little bundle of joy!! His mommy and daddy are so good and caring with him. They love him dearly. They are so patient and it makes him that way also. A friend of mine from school, brought me the cutest hand me down costume of a paint horse. So of course we had to make sure that Wes got to be the paint horse on his first Halloween. He can't eat any of the candy, so Gin-Gin and mama got to eat the candy. In Corsicana the merchants on the main street all give out candy and pictures are taken of the children in costume.

I'm finally selling on Etsy -- Please look

2008-10-02T16:24:00.000-05:00

I have finally gotten some of the goodies I make on Etsy. I hope to add more soon. If Cawfee Tawk would just move down here we could create so much and have such a good time.

Please check out my etsy shop: www.ginnybs.etsy.com

Giggling Baby

2008-09-29T21:37:00.000-05:00

WES is giggling a lot now. Shani called last week and all I could hear was Wes giggling. That is the best sound EVER!!! She said that Jack was roping the dummy and he roped it a couple of times, and then he missed and Wes just started giggling that funny little giggle and then everytime Jack threw the rope Wes would just giggle. We went to see them on Saturday and one of Jack's friend was outside roping and Shani stopped beside him and Wes started to laugh at him, when he threw the rope. He is just so much fun.

Some of my wonderful childhood books, actually I believe they were mom's before they were mine

2008-09-23T22:33:00.000-05:00

I love the old books. This is just so sweet.

Barrel Race in Waco, and I GOT TO BABYSIT

2008-09-21T21:48:00.001-05:00

I got to see Wes several times this past week. It was so fun. We went to his house on Wednesday night. I got to help Shani give hime a bath and here we are right after his bath.

Then on Friday afternoon, I took half a day off to go to the barrel race in Waco and keep him while his momma ran barrels.

Saturday Holly and I went to Antique Alley in Cleburne. We had a great time finding good garage sale junk. We found Holly some good bargains, like new driving moccs and a brand new with tags old navy purse, and several other things. We really had a good time just being together and we left there and headed to Waco to help keep Wes during the barrel race again. We had a wonderful time playing with Wes, looking at all the really cute cowgirl goodies they had for sale there and spending some time with Shani and her good friend Kaci. They both had really good barrel runs!!!

Aunt Holly loves her some Wes, too.

Wes' mommy loves him, so very much!!!

Such a darling tote and I am hoping that I will win this Give-Away

2008-09-18T18:21:00.001-05:00

My blogging friend at tins and treasures let me know about this Give-Away and I am just thrilled. I love bags. This is a new friend at http://justanotherhangup.blogspot.com.
She has the neatest totebags and dwipes. I just love to read everyone's blogs. Now I must get to work. I feeling some stress just like jilljillbobill.

Wes In His New Cowboy Hat and His New Huskers Sweatsuit

2008-09-18T16:51:00.000-05:00

Such a handsome little cowboy. I was so excited to get to see him on Tuesday night. We had a good time just visiting for a little while and I got to play with Wes and see the new things that he can do. He can do his army crawl and he laughed at me when I was helping get him ready for his bath.

Also, I wanted http://www.tinsandtreasures.blogspot.com/ to see his new little jogging suit.

Beauty Shop Snake--OMG

2008-09-12T21:40:00.000-05:00

I was so excited to go see Sherrill, my darling cosmetologist yesterday. She is so cute and I really like the way she does my hair. Of course I have to have 3 hours worth of work, because I need dark color on my roots and then I have a highlight and lowlight. Next, comes the cut and then the Chi iron, finally an eyebrow wax and lip wax. Well, I think I am finally looking better now and covering up that gray for another 3-4 weeks.

I'm finally done after all that and since it's pretty late Sherrill has locked the door and has to come to the door with me and let me out. Thank God for that!!! As she unlocks the door and I step out, she starts to scream, I'm thinking OMG what the hell is she screaming at and as I look down I see a 3-4 foot long snake slitthering between my feet and around hers. I see this slithering thing goin so damn fast, right inside the beauty shop!!! Of course we jump out the door and now we are on the outside and the snake is on the inside. We look at each other, shiver and scream again. Then we start to laugh. I'm like what the heck are we going to do now, I can call KB and he can come over and get it for us. She said, well I can call the the owner's husband and I'm sure he will come. So we both get on our phones and the owner's husband is on his way.

KB just says, "Oh WOW, just open the doors and shoo is out the door." I'm like "Yeah, right". I'm not going back in there with that snake.

Well, since the owner's husband is coming, the owner calls the police, because she doesn't know if it is poisonous or not. Sherrill and I sneak back in beside the snake hoping it stays along the wall. We get by him and Sherrill gets a broom and gets on top of a chair. I'm like if you start trying to move him and he heads my way, I'm going to have a freakin' heart attack. So I get behind the desk on top of a chair. Sherrill moves the broom toward the snake and he starts to wind around like he is going to strike, then he finally turn and starts looking toward the door. She just calmly keeps the broom pushing him out slowly. He gets close to the door and goes up the wall first. The he finally goes out the door but gets behind the door and starts up the wall. So I'm dang sure not going out the door. Now the policeman shows up with his expertise. He tells Sherrill to throw him the broom. He starts after him and says, "dang he is a fast one." The snake starts around the side of the building and the cop never sees him again.

OH, Yeah, while we are on the chairs and the snake is heading to the door, I told Sherrill get your phone and take a picture, or no one will ever believe this happened to us. So this you see at the top of the post is the snake as he was trying to go up the wall before heading out the door.

I HATE SNAKES!!!!

GinGin's Second Grade

2008-09-09T21:05:00.001-05:00

Surfing to Second. My class bulletin board is a beach fun theme. My kids got to design and decorate their own surfboards.

Students can sit and read beside the pool or palm tree during special reading time.

We work in groups on many projects.

Here's our first science project of observing bean seeds and then planting to see the parts of plants.

I GOT AN AWARD

2008-09-09T20:00:00.000-05:00

I was so excited to receive an award. My friend at http://www.tinsandtreasures.blogspot.com/ is such a doll. She is a wonderful teacher. I admire fellow teachers that make learning so much fun!!! . I want to add these fellow bloggers for awards.

Amelia Bedelia at http://www.amylowery.blogspot.com/

Jill Jill Bo Bill at http://www.jilljillbobill.blogspot.com/

Nancy at http://www.blogger.com/www.mycraftylittlepage.blogspot.com

Rue at http://www.blogger.com/www.ruespeanutbutterandjellylife.blogspot.com

Mendy at www.mendytexas.blogspot.com

and my best friend Tracy at www.cawfeetawk.blogspot.com

I hope that I have done these links correctly.

I love to read and follow these blogs. I just seem to run out of time lately since I'm grading papers every night.

Spanish Speaking Student

2008-09-04T21:40:00.000-05:00

On the third day of school I received word from a teaching partner that I was getting a new student this morning, and no hablo ingles! Oh, dear. Si. Okay I go to meet him in the cafeteria and he has a gigantic, very ornery smile, looks at me and doesn't seem to understand a word I say. Well, we go to the classroom and try to get him situated. I have space beside the two only other hispanic students I have. I tell them to help him as much as they can. Of course they are not fluent spanish speakers, but they do understand) They are doing a pretty good job and I'm using the limited spanish that I have from 6th grade, 35 years ago to try and talk to him. I do find out his name, and I can say SI and NO. Well, we begin our math meeting and several kids say Ms. B we need Juan's birthday for our birthday graph. I ask my little hispanic helper how do you say birthday in spanish, he shrugs his shoulders and says, "I DON'T KNOW MS. B, I JUST SAY PINATA!!!!!! OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES. SO PRECIOUS, I LAUGH AND TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT ALL DAY. SO CUTE AND SWEET.

More to come on Juan soon, I'm sure---

Names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Our Wonderful Trip to Graceland Last Summer

2008-09-01T12:22:00.000-05:00

I had a great trip to Graceland, but don't think KB will agree that it was great since he tried his damnest to get out of it.

The funniest thing was we had gone down into Mississippi to stay at one of the casinos by the river and were heading back home the next day, as we got into Memphis KB is supposed to go left and he goes right , we go about a mile down the interstate and get off to turn around and head the other direction, when we have to go down the street a ways and it turns out we are on ELVIS PRESLEY BLVD, YES!!!!. I turn to him and say we have got to go, we are right here. I had already begged to go this morning and he said, "I'm not going to Graceland." Well, he is trying to turn around and the only place to go is right into the parking lot across from the picture above. He is really mad now, he pulls into the lot and parks with a frown. I say well why don't you just stay out here with the pickup and camper. He says" No, I'll go with you," real grouchy like. Okay, (I'm thinking yuck he's going to be great fun!!), we go to the ticket building, museum, gift shops, etc. I get in line to get tickets and ask how long is the tour? The lady says 3 hours, I cringe and tell KB, he just frowns some more. Now we get our tickets and our headphone's for the tour and sit and wait for the next shuttle across the street.

We go across the street with the crowd and KB hates crowds. Well we manage to go through the tour and secretly I think KB enjoys seeing all the wonderful Elvis stuff. His home, his planes, his cars(KB did like these). It looks just like it did in the 70's.

I'm so glad I got to go to Graceland, we may never go that way again.
Things do work out the way they are supposed to, HA--HA.

The 70's - Peace-Make Love not War

2008-08-31T16:39:00.000-05:00

You Belong in 1976

Bold and brash, you take life by the horns. Whether you're partying or protesting, you give it your all!

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Baby, Put On Your Dancin Shoes Tonight

2008-08-31T09:21:00.000-05:00

Hubby and I finally got to have a date last night. He met a man at work who has put together a new Texas Country Band. This guy owns the band's bus and has had KB work on all the tires for the bus. The Band is the http://www.benjiallenmusic.com/. They are really good probably because there is mainly old guys in the band. Anyway, they are going to be at Gators -Cedar Creek Lake next Saturday and if you want to go listen to some really good music, you should go. We're going to try to be there. They'll be opening for Wade Bowen that night (I think) and for Wade several places so go check 'em out. KB and I danced our old legs off last night and they not only play their music but alot of the good old Merle Haggard, George Jones, Tracy Lawrence, George Strait, Gary Stewart, the list goes on and on. We left a little early because we had quite a ways to drive, so I know it got even better.

We went to the Hog Creek IceHouse right outside of Waco on Highway 6 and it's really a neat place. By the way they are having the 3 John's on Sept. 20, John Conlee, Johnny Lee, and Johnny Rodriquez. That one sounds great. They have a big outdoor stage too.

This is Tracy Byrd on the outdoor stage at Hog Creek

We decided we'd go a little early and eat supper, and we're sitting there and an cute "downright country" older couple sits behind us, the girl comes around collecting money for the cover and the old guy says, " sure, I'm stayin for the band girl, that's what I come for." Well, I looked around and the whispered to KB, Yea, I bet they can cut-a-rug too!!!! Sure enough the first song they played they headed to the dance floor and we're not to be outdone, we head out too. Yee-haw, we dance the first three and after the third dance we've got to take a breather. Next song started and we look back and nodded to our old dancing couple not to be the only dancers on the floor and they followed right along. After that dance, they old guy stopped at our table and said, "Not gonna let you young un's outdo us!!"" Ha, Ha, they were in much better shape than we were.

Well, needless to say we had a great time last night. And I'm ready for next Saturday Night at GATORS!!! Come Join Us, YEEHAW

Let me show you a "REAL COWBOY"

2008-08-20T18:07:00.000-05:00

Now this is what I call a real cowboy. Doesn't he look like the real thing in these big jeans and no shirt. Give him just a few more months and he'll be riding Candy Man all over the place. Don't know if his momma or grandma are ready for that.

Last Week of Freedom-will I ever make it to next summer

2008-08-17T05:29:00.000-05:00

School, School, School, School, School

That's all there is everywhere I turn!!!!!! I keep running into these parents in the store who look at their children running wild and say " I can't wait for school to start, only 1 more week." I just reply, "Oh, me neither, I'm a teacher." HAHA I really can wait, but in a way I am getting ready for the big day. I don't know if it is really because I have no choice, or I am ready to see my new little group of rug rats and to get started on all the wonderful things that we will learn together this year. I have many wonderful ideas and I am always excited to start the new year with a fresh bunch of elementary minds. I made it to school for one whole day this past week and I accomplished most of what I went there for. I set up all of the desks and put my bulletin board up in the hall and got my "mind" and desk ready. I still have a lot of things to do next week and all the while that I am in those STUPID inservice meetings, I will be thinking of everything I could be doing in my classroom!! Anyway, ready or not, HERE I COME!!!

Now to add a sad note. Walking down the school supply aisle at the local Wally World, that I hate, I'm having very mixed emotions. No one at my house will be needing any of this junk for public school anymore, man is that a relief, or is it?, my little Holly bug will just be going back to college and learning all the neat tricks to cosmetology, so that she can go out and make all of us beautiful!!! I'm just hoping she does not chop her hair off again at the beginning of class. Just kidding , isn't she beautiful!!

So back to those feelings, you know, the sad ones when your youngest child is getting ready to leave the nest and the extremely happy ones, those of great accomplishment when your youngest child graduates from high school. OMG, these are really weird feelings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Life is so amazing.

My Greatest Garage Sale Find

2008-08-07T23:09:00.000-05:00

I have already posted the pictures of my greatest garage sale find this year, it is down on the post below that says almost finished. I purchased this chair for $2.00 and had all of this fabric at home already, so I was so excited to be able to do this.

This is a before pic and an after pic with the goat hide on back and pink cowgirl fabric on the seat and fringe on the bottom.

Daughters----Nothing better

2008-08-04T08:47:00.000-05:00

My daughters always have something to share with me and I truly enjoy every minute of our conversations. They are truly the greatest blessings in my life. The oldest shared this video with me a while back, I think she has it on her Myspace. The youngest said she was going to make homemade ice cream this weekend and now I am wanting to make and eat homemade ice cream. This Kenny Chesney video is so sweet and when she told me about, I just wanted to see if I could share it with all of you.

Almost Finished

2008-08-01T22:48:00.000-05:00

My Little Jewel

2008-07-31T15:10:00.000-05:00

About 5 years ago my best friend Cawfee Tawk found the SISTER'S ON THE FLY article in Country Living about Vintage Camper Trailers that they decorate and use for fly fishing, camping and cowgirl camps, etc., and we decided that we both needed to find one and decorate it and use it when we took trips to the lake. So we did!! We searched and searched all over Big D and we would find an occasional trailer in someone's yard, pasture, field, junk pile.

We first found this one behind someone's old run down mobile home, and I so had to have it. We searched every where around the place to find someone to whom we could make an offer.

We finally had to talk to a neighbor to find out who supposedly LIVED there and he told us where the owner worked FOR NOW. Well, we did find Cecil and he took my offer. We were so excited. We went right back and hooked it up to my pickup with flat rotten tires and really not having any idea how to hook up this type of hitch. Any-who, we got it done because we weren't leaving our precious find there one more minute. It was now ours for the taking and YEE-HAW. We were going to get it all fixed and decorated. I lived in the country and we had to haul it the 10 miles to my farm house. On the way we had a blow out, but never fear KB would be coming soon and would save the day!!!

GinGin and KB got it all fixed up and not too much later GinGin and Cawfee Tawk had to find another one for Tawk. So we were on the hunt again!! Found another one in someone's tall, metal fenced back yard. We really didn't think they would want to sell since they had it stored away so nicely, but Tawk said let's try anyway. We went up to the house and knocked on the door and who should come to the door, but the most lovely woman that we both knew from the local elementary school, as a teacher's aide. She said OH, MY GOODNESS, you don't want that old thing, and we were well could we look at it. WE did and we were both like "well, it sure needs a lot of work". But, Tawk made an offer. She accepted and we hooked her up too.

Thus the story of the vintage campers of GinGin and TAWK. Tawk probably has some important and crazy information that I am leaving out, but she can add that if she wants too.

Anyway, since we became grandparents this year KB and GINGIN (ya know) we decided that we better get a little bigger camper, with a bathroom and shower, so we could go and baby sit Wes whenever they needed us or whenever we thought they needed us, or even if they really didn't need us and we just wanted to go and see HIM!!!! I'll tell the story of the old fifth wheel we bought on e-bay tomorrow.

Since, we bought another camper and can only use one at a time, I have listed this for sale on E-BAY today and I am so SAD. It is so cute, I just love it, but it is just sitting there and we don't get to use it. So if anybody reading this is interested, just let me know and I'll send you the info on buying this vintage camper.

Time is slippin away...

2008-07-30T15:30:00.000-05:00

Made this Mountain Dew Cake from Patti's Pantry. It is so easy, light and delicious. I love recipes like this.

I'm working on some projects this week. I pictured on a previous blog a chair I was going to redo. Well, it was a piece of junk , I guess that's what you get when you buy junk, but I found another piece of junk for $ 2.00 and it is a much better piece of junk. Anyway. I'be been working on it this week, here are some pics so far. I'm not finished as I want to add some real neat long fringe when I can get to Waco, or I might have to order some online. At first I thought the shipping was too expensive, but then I thought of the gas to go to Hobby Lobby in Waco. Anyway, so far I think it looks pretty good, but not quite where I want it yet.

Got more projects to work on today, better get at it.

Here's another one for another day, my $10.00 headboard and footboard from a garage sale this weekend.

Trying to win something

2008-07-30T08:46:00.000-05:00

I want to win SOMETHIN'!!!! The SITS girls are giving away an IPOD and I'm trying my hardest to win. Amelia Bedelia won something, why can't I. Could it be that I have the hardest time trying to add buttons and stuff to my blog. Okay, I'm old and a grandma, what did you expect. LOL Ha, I am learning some of the lingo.

Weekend of Treasures

2008-07-29T15:29:00.000-05:00

I learned a lesson this weekend that I really already knew, but I will practice it much better next time I go to an estate or garage sale. I purchased the items above at an estate sale and the large glass bottle is an old water bottle for the refrigerator. I had spotted one with the aluminum top and little flapper like top on it that allows you to pour water out of it straight from the refrigerator. I was remembering the one my mom had that was emerald green and had the same type of top on it. That ice cold water from the frig was so refreshing on these extremely HOT days. Anyway, I saw one with that type of lid and went back to pick it up, it was just $2.00, and it was not there. There was only one other person around and I had not seen him looking at anything in particular, but I walked to the checkout and sure enough he had gotten it, then I had looked at a syrup pitcher with the pour spout and went back to get it and I'll be darned if he wasn't carrying that around also. So I settled for the larger jar with no funny lid for pouring, ( someone might know what that type of lid is called).
Lesson learned pick up and hold onto anything that you might want while shopping at an estate or garage sale.
I told my mom about the water jug and she said that her's came from a restaurant in Eureka Springs Arkansas. Mom spent some of her childhood in the beautiful Ozarks of Arkansas.

Well, I did have fun looking for an hour or more at all the goodies, and I felt like I got some great items. I also got the cutest little clear glass bakelite cake dish. I will have to make a special little cake just for Wes when he is old enough to eat cake.

The other treasure of the weekend was this beautiful sunset over the lake.

And last but not least I am treasuring all the time that I have left before school starts in 3 weeks and I'm back to second grade. This is always just about as exciting for me as it is for the kids, as I plan what my theme will be for starting school. I especially want my classroom to be warm, inviting, and full of fun for these darling children that I will treasure all year.

Back to the Lake again for another Birthday

2008-07-21T12:19:00.000-05:00

I can make faces just like my KB, SEE!! Back to the lake again. This time's it's my KB's birthday. But man was it hot. I had to have mommy take my cute pirate outfit off that had poop deck on the rear, because I was just sweattin' too much. So now look at me. I like to have just my dipy on.

Now, everybody just let me take a nap and you guys go on the lake.

Aunt Holly and Aunt Jessie, let's see how long you can last on this wild tube ride.

On the road to take the camper to the lake, my GinGin found her next project at a flea market. Found several other things in the Antique Mall there too, but she better get this project done before starting something else especially since she has so many projects going right now.gin

Okay, it's pretty ugly right now, but let's see what GinGin can do with it. She want's to go out and buy a lot of neat fabric to put on it, but she's going to try to use just the fabrics and fringes that she has right now. Go Get started on this chair right now!!

We had such a wonderful visit!!

2008-07-12T20:49:00.000-05:00

We had such a wonderful time just staying up late and sleeping late like "teenage girls". I do believe that it is much harder on this old grandma now, though. We traveled to all the surrounding towns. It was great fun looking at the wonderful specialty shops in Waxahachie, Waco, Corsicana, and Salado, TX. We can always find great ideas for our homes and crafts that we like to make. Waxahachie has a very delightful shop called THE DOVE'S NEST, in Waco we went to SPICE. We have traveled many miles this week.

We were able to go see my grandbaby and play with him last weekend. We went to the Richland Chambers lake and ate at a reataurant that sits on the water. That was very nice.

Tracy's daughter was chosen for the Texas All Star Volleyball team so we made a trip back to Dallas to pick up her boyfriend at the airport and then to see her volleyball game. We had to do a lot of driving in the DFW area and I do not know my way around so it was kind of stressful. But we made it every place we needed to go, it just took a little longer than we had planned. I was sure there were better ways to go than I went, but we did eventually get there. I had to ask directions many times. My husband has been saying that he would like a navigational system, as he has to travel up in that area each week, well now I can see why, so I will try my best to find one of those for him. We really enjoyed watching Adriene play ball, and HER TEAM WON OF COURSE!!

The rest of the week has been so fun, making jewelry, sleeping, eating, looking at blogs, shopping at Goodwill and just looking for great ideas and items to make.

2008-07-05T08:31:00.001-05:00

Awaiting my best friend Tracy!!

2008-07-02T10:29:00.000-05:00

I need to be cleaning house and getting ready for Tracy's visit tomorrow. But here I am just blogging away. It is so much fun to read other blogs and see what I have in common with others. I need to get some things picked up around this house and I'm still on the computer.
Can't wait for Tracy to get here, we will have a great time resting and relaxing. We might go to Canton, Waco, Waxahachie, Corsicana, or just sit around sipping wine and watching movies. She so needs to move down here from the Panhandle.

Birthday Celebrations- 75 and 18

2008-07-01T16:29:00.000-05:00

This past weekend we had a wonderful time camping out at Navarro Mills Lake. This lake is located about half way between all of us. My parents come from Waco, Shani and Jack come from Corsicana, and we drive from Hillsboro. It was the perfect place to gather. We camped and boated all weekend.

One June 28, Saturday, we celebrated my dad's birthday and my youngest daughter, Holly's birthday. Dad turned seventy-five and Holly turned 18. This is always a very special day!!!

We had such a great time with everyone. Shani's in laws were able to come also.

My husband Kenny, Shani's husband Jack and Jack's best friend Andy caught 75 fish Saturday morning, so we had a huge fish fry that evening.

On a roll now!!

2008-06-24T17:39:00.000-05:00

I mentioned the important events this year, so I need to included some other pictures of my beautiful family.

Not sure of what I am doing, but willing to try!!

2008-06-24T17:34:00.000-05:00

Becoming a grandmother is one of the most special times of my life. As you can tell I am the proud GinGin of Wes, born Feb. 24. He is just precious, so most of my blog will be about this special, darling angel in my life.