The Weekend!

The Weekend is finally here! Yeah!!

I'm going to Beaumont tomorrow to have late lunch with some of my old high school buddies. I haven't seen some of them in 15 or so years!!! Shout out to Shalagh, Sandy, Darella, Kim, and of course, Stacey. It's going to be a quick trip since they all have kids and this was the best time for them, but it will be fun all the same.

I have a baby shower on Sunday for our neighbor next door having twins. I originally thought I wouldn't get to go because of my lunch tomorrow but then realized I had the dates mixed up. I can now do both. Yes, I can do it all :)

Tommy and Roxie will be hanging out here on the home front. Roxie is right now hiding under the bed because of the thunder and lightning. Yes, it actually rained here today. Now if it will just keep it up all night and quit tomorrow for the weekend!!! Woo for the weekend.

Mize Girls Rule

Well, Roxie and I just saw Tommy off. He's going to Austin until tomorrow night. He's the chair of a project and has a state-wide meeting tomorrow. Woo Hoo, bring on the dancing boys!

We've already got our supper planned and will probably be painting our toenails later. Roxie is already standing guard at the window to alert me to any strange happenings. I know she's a little thing, but she's aggressive when it comes to protecting her Momma (meal ticket).

One Week later

Okay, one week and 4 photo albums later, I have all the old pictures in albums.

My next job is to label and add some scrapbook bling to them. Whew!

Project 2 is a cookbook. I've already started it, and would work on it when I got tired of looking at pictures. I have so many cookbooks and scraps of paper with recipes on them that I decided to compile my own on line. I have cookbooks with recipes I'll never attempt in a millions years. My goal with my own cookbook is to put only recipes that I know I like or will try. I hate those cookbooks with Martha Stewart like recipes that just make me feel bad about my cooking skills!!! MY COOKBOOK will be compiled, then bound with hard covers and shipped to me. Pretty cool.

Anyway, I'm about half-way finished with my own recipes and have called on friends and family to fill in the rest. So, if you're reading this and have a good recipe that isn't too terribly difficult, please pass it on.

Going to lunch with the Mizes today. We're meeting a Pappadeaux's and then going back to Mark and Steph's to watch Jake play in his new pool.

Roxie will be guarding the homefront.

All I see is pictures!

I've been working everynight on my pictures that I got from Mom and Dad's. Man, I'm even dreaming about pictures.

These scrapbooks, and yes I did mean plural, will be nice once they are together but I can't see my kitchen table anymore!!

Picture Happy

I rescued a box of old pictures from Mom and Daddy's. Most of them survived the flood but some weren't so lucky.

I'm scrapbooking them so wish me luck! There are hundreds of them!!

Here's a sample from some of the oldies but goodies. This was one of my birthdays. I'm thinking 8 or 9 and that would make Amy 5 or 6. I'm in the red by the cake and she's two down in the white shirt.

I Love the River and the River Loves Me...

Borrowing a line from the song Amy sang all weekend. "I Love the River and the River Loves Me." In fact that was the only line to the song come to think of it.

We're back from the river and had a great time. The weather was perfect and it was nice and cool while you were in the water. No one came back a total lobster.

Items lost:

Matthew - sunglasses

J.D. - hat

Amy - hat

Wade - hat and sunglasses

Tommy - hat

Items Found:

Matthew - no sunglasses ever recovered

J.D. - a replacement hat that Amy stole from some kids was almost as good as the one he lost

Amy - a little girl found it upstream (not the same one she stole the other hat from)

Wade - Matt rescued the hat, the glasses were a lost cause

Tommy - another camo hat was found on the side of the river and he adopted it.

The river taketh away and the river giveth back.

Matt's mom, Lois, floated with us on Friday. It was not so crowded and we had a great time. We floated in the morning, took a break for lunch, then floated again. Our condo was right on the water and easy to get out there for our breaks.

Saturday the river was packed. I seriously think that in some places you could have walked across the river and not gotten your feet wet, stepping from tube to tube. Bridgette and Wade came for the day. We floated until it started to rain around 5:00. We thought it might lightning, so we hung out at the pool instead of going back out on the river. It never did lightning, but we had a good time anyway. Amy, Bridgette and I did tricks in the pool that delighted and amazed people (mainly us).

Tommy is already planning our next float for sometime next month. We're crazy like that!

Roxie had a good time with Max, Bailey and Jake at Uncle Mark and Aunt Steph's. But she has done nothing but sleep since she got back!

The Night Before...

Getting all packed up to head to New Braunfels. The water is suppose to be really low. I think we're going to try to float the Comal on Friday and the Guadalupe on Saturday. I bought a waterproof digital camera today and will be trying it out this weekend. I'll post some shots when we get back.

Tommy's cousin and his fiance', Gene and Misty, and Bridgette and Wade are suppose to join us on Saturday. Hopefully, we'll have a good relaxing time even if the water is low. The way I look at it is that I'll have plenty to eat and drink and I won't be at work. What could be better then that???

Roxie will be staying with Uncle Mark and Aunt Stephanie. She will get to play with Jake and Bailey all weekend. I'm sure she'll be exhausted by the time we pick her up on Sunday.

Saturday - the all day report

We had a funeral to go to this morning for a co-worker's wife. It was very sad and very different. She and her husband are very into Harley Davidsons and motorcycles. Most of the people there were dressed in their black Harley gear with jeans, do-rags and riding boats. Most of them rode their bikes to the funeral. From the service they were caravaning by motorcycle to Beaumont for the burial. Her motorcycle was put on a trailer and being pulled by the hearse. Her husband (our co-worker) wore a sleeveless black Harley t-shirt that said "I love my wife." The preacher was wearing his Harley gear including black fingerless riding gloves while he gave the eulogy. The preacher said she is riding her dream red Classic Harley Davidson down the golden streets of Heaven right now and would have loved the "Biker Trash" send off.

On a lighter note, we're going to have dinner with friends tonight. We haven't seen Angie and A.L. in a while. It will be great. After dinner, Tommy will be watching the UFC fight and I'll be in bed snoozing for hours before the main fight even comes on. Roxie will be snuggled up to me waiting for her dad to get home.

Friday

Well, the week if finally over. It was hectic at work and I'm glad it's done. It seems the car thieves were very busy over the 4th. Tommy had a busy week too covering his territory and the territory of a co-worker on vacation.

We had dinner tonight with Momma and Daddy. Spur of the moment thing that turned out to be very fun. Found out they don't look at my blog but only read the messages that are sent to them. I told them to start clicking at the bottom of the e-mail page because I sometimes put photos there that the e-mails don't capture.

Roxie stayed home tonight. She was tired from barking at the men working on a new house 3 down from us. They quit about 6:00 so now she can rest her voice for another round of barking tomorrow.

All the Washington family is gathering this weekend for a cousin's wedding. I give a shout out to them and hope they all have a great time together this weekend. Sorry the Texas Branch of the Berg family can't be there.

Thursday

Getting ready for New Braunfels trip. In one week the Wistner clan will be tubing the Comal. I ordered a waterproof cover for my digital camera today. Hopefully, it will get here in time to use it on the trip. I hope to get some nice action shots, but I think that will take water and there isn't much of that there right now. Only my family would plan a river floating vacation together during the year of the worst drought in history.

On a happier note, next week will be a short work week for us :) And the most important thing is that we're doing it together. I'm sure we'll all have a good time no matter what the water level is like.

Roxie will be staying with her Uncle Mark and Aunt Stephanie while we're gone. She can't wait to play with Jake and Bailey. I think she's secretly more excited about hanging around under Jake's chair at dinner time, but we don't want Bailey to hear that!

Yikes! New Bikes!

We got new bikes last week. I promptly went out and bought a Barbie bell for my handlebars, spoke sparklers and a bright Barbie pink basket to go on the front. Tommy made me promise not to ring the bell while I'm riding with him. I can't help it, it's too cute. The neighbors all love it. (I think they could be secretly jealous)

My bike as the big grandma seat for my big grandma seat! It's comfortable and doesn't hurt my butt or back when I ride like the old bike did. Tommy got an upgrade as well. He got a taller bike to fit his tall frame. I guess all these years he's been riding a bike too short for him.

Our neighborhood is perfect for riding and we've done that almost every afternoon. Maybe we'll see you around...

A New Week

Okay, we're back from Dallas and very tired. I swear they moved Dallas. It seemed like we were 10 miles from the darn Oklahoma border by the time we stopped. But, it was a very relaxing time. Lots of food and drinks :)

I hated to go to work today. I was so bummed I went and got a pedicure during my lunch hour instead of going to the grocery store to restock our empty fridge. Hello Hamburger Helper for dinner tonight!

Roxie had a great time at the beach. Granny and Pawpaw treated her well. She still won't eat her food because when she stays with them they put "treats" on it to get her to eat. Every time she comes home from staying with them we have a 2 day hunger strike. (But we win, she gives in by day 2)

Thank goodness for the short week this week!!!!

Happy 4th of July weekend for everyone.

Tommy and Angela are headed to Ponder, Texas for a 4th of July party. We'll be staying with some friend's parents and it should be a good time. Roxie is headed to the beach with Granny and PawPaw. Amy and Matt rented a cabin down there and Mom and Dad had already committed to keeping her, so she's packing up and her and Max are headed to the beach.