I'm a pretty funny little guy!
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Nat's Art and the Pumpkin Patch
First things first... I must display my daughter's art.
The fish was her first project and this is not kiddie modeling clay. This is the real deal and I think she did a remarkable job with it.
The flower/butterfly picture was started while her fish was drying/cureing(sp?). This is INCREDIBLE and WILL be framed and put on display in our home for everyone to see!
We wook the kids to the Pumpkin Patch yesterday. A little let down, but...hey...it's Decatur and what can you expect? The kids had fun doing a hay maze and checking out all the animals they had on display: donkey, chicks, ducklings, gold fish??, and a shetland pony.
Braden wasn't altogether thrilled that he couldn't crawl around and check stuff out himself.
But he got a pumpkin, so he was happier :)
Matt had to show his strength...instead of just pose ;)~
And, then there's my beauty queen (or drama queen...depends on the day) ;p
Not too much news to report. Brayden's 9 months old today!! And Has another tooth. He's now up to 7 teeth. Everyone's seeming heathly for now. Matt's mouth's all healed and his mysterious rash is gone. Nat has a touch of a stomach bug, but she's already back to her bouncy self. Hope you all have a GREAT week!
The fish was her first project and this is not kiddie modeling clay. This is the real deal and I think she did a remarkable job with it.
The flower/butterfly picture was started while her fish was drying/cureing(sp?). This is INCREDIBLE and WILL be framed and put on display in our home for everyone to see!
We wook the kids to the Pumpkin Patch yesterday. A little let down, but...hey...it's Decatur and what can you expect? The kids had fun doing a hay maze and checking out all the animals they had on display: donkey, chicks, ducklings, gold fish??, and a shetland pony.
Braden wasn't altogether thrilled that he couldn't crawl around and check stuff out himself.
But he got a pumpkin, so he was happier :)
Matt had to show his strength...instead of just pose ;)~
And, then there's my beauty queen (or drama queen...depends on the day) ;p
Not too much news to report. Brayden's 9 months old today!! And Has another tooth. He's now up to 7 teeth. Everyone's seeming heathly for now. Matt's mouth's all healed and his mysterious rash is gone. Nat has a touch of a stomach bug, but she's already back to her bouncy self. Hope you all have a GREAT week!
Friday, October 21, 2005
Armadillos and Super Glue
Interesting title ...eh? They just happen to be the annoyances (is that a word?...Jim?!?) in my life right now. There is (what I assume to be) an armadillo rooting up my flower beds. He got into my monkey grass first, then rooted up some nice patches of bermuda, and he's now crossed the line and uprooted my sage and a mum! I think I've successfully replanted everything. Now I'm just waiting to see if the replanting "took". Does anyone have any helpful hints as to how to discourge the armadillo from getting into my flower beds? Any old wives tales...anything?
Now on to "super" glue. What's so freaking super?? From what I've experienced, it likes to adhere to everything EXCEPT for what it's supposed to! I broke a nose piece off my glasses several weeks ago. I thought I could fix it by putting a few drops of super glue on the nose piece and just stick it in place. Well I attempted this with out my contacts in and got super glue all over my lenses...and none on the nose piece. The crap sets up in no time at all and needless to say it's still on there..I just try to look around it! You'd think I'd take this as a hint that I should just go to the eye doctor and let them fix it. HECK no! Gotta try it again..and yes...without my contacts in. Well little did I know that the tube I grabbed had a hole in the end of it cause Jim couldn't get the top screwed off of it when he tried to open it. So here I am trying like heck to get the top off...paying so much attention to the lid that I don't notice or feel the glue running down my hands, onto my counter. Damn! What a mess!! My fingers were glued together on my left hand and the crap was all over my right hand, the crap was all over the counter and already set up!! ACK! And at about this very time is when the baby (who now has a BAD case of crup and is back on breathing treatments) wants me to hold him and I can't so he goes into a fit which causes him to start labored breathing and starts panicing cause he can't get air and I can't get the crap off my hands to pick him up...things were really sucking about now and my hands looked like Danny DeVito playing the Penguin in Batman! Once the glue set up and dried on my hands I picked him up. Got him calmed down after my panicked call to the nurse. And guess what...those damn glasses are STILL not fixed! I think maybe NOW I will take them to the eye doctor...maybe!
Now on to "super" glue. What's so freaking super?? From what I've experienced, it likes to adhere to everything EXCEPT for what it's supposed to! I broke a nose piece off my glasses several weeks ago. I thought I could fix it by putting a few drops of super glue on the nose piece and just stick it in place. Well I attempted this with out my contacts in and got super glue all over my lenses...and none on the nose piece. The crap sets up in no time at all and needless to say it's still on there..I just try to look around it! You'd think I'd take this as a hint that I should just go to the eye doctor and let them fix it. HECK no! Gotta try it again..and yes...without my contacts in. Well little did I know that the tube I grabbed had a hole in the end of it cause Jim couldn't get the top screwed off of it when he tried to open it. So here I am trying like heck to get the top off...paying so much attention to the lid that I don't notice or feel the glue running down my hands, onto my counter. Damn! What a mess!! My fingers were glued together on my left hand and the crap was all over my right hand, the crap was all over the counter and already set up!! ACK! And at about this very time is when the baby (who now has a BAD case of crup and is back on breathing treatments) wants me to hold him and I can't so he goes into a fit which causes him to start labored breathing and starts panicing cause he can't get air and I can't get the crap off my hands to pick him up...things were really sucking about now and my hands looked like Danny DeVito playing the Penguin in Batman! Once the glue set up and dried on my hands I picked him up. Got him calmed down after my panicked call to the nurse. And guess what...those damn glasses are STILL not fixed! I think maybe NOW I will take them to the eye doctor...maybe!
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Nice Weekend..
We had another nice weekend in West Texas. We left for Abilene around 11am on Saturday since Jim's new co-worker started on Saturday (?) and he needed to make his boss happy and put in about 2-3 hours with him. As we came thru Weatherford I finally got to stop at this shop that I've been wanting to check out for at least a year. He sells all kinds of New Mexico iron work stuff, chinineas (sp?), clay pots, ect. It was neat, but we only got 2 sun faces. It was one of those places that's neat to look at. We got to Abilene about 3ish and went straight to the track. Jim went to help sell fuel and I went to visit for a bit before heading to Kim and Gary's. I'd hoped to get to see Dad race, but he did so well in the qualifing on Friday..that he wasn't up to race again till Sunday. (I had palnned to go into more detail about Dad and Moms set up at the track and how Dad ended up doing...but I'm hoping that Dad will become inspired to put this info in his Blog...hint...hint :)
Me and the kids headed to K&G's about 5:30 and came in at the end of her crop party (scrapbooking). I got to see so really talented ladies at work. I'm still pretty sure that it's not for me, but I sure do enjoy looking at what Kim and all scrapbookers create. We had a really nice visit talking about everything under the sun. We aleays end up covering so many different topics that I hardly ever remember waht we talked about. The kids (of course) had a great time together. Matt and Brandon are like two peas in a pod (which is humorous if you know Matt's feeling about peas ;)
Jim got it about 11-11:30 and we'd all just went to bed. So Jim didn't get to do any visiting until the morning. K&G put on one heck of a spead for breakfast too!! Pancakes w/ chocolate gravy was the big hit with the kids. We just hung out for a while, went to lunch, and then we all headed out to the track. Kim's Mom and Step-Dad were meeting them out at the track. They all enjoy watching racing also. When we got the the track Dad was doing pretty well on the outside, but I knew (and Mom knew :) that he was a ball of nerves on the inside. We hung out in hopes that he'd get to race around 5pm. Unfortunately we found out that it's be much later than that, so we had to head home. Dad called me with his results about 8:30-9pm just as we were heading into Decatur. (Again, I won't post the results in hopes that Dad will :)
It was a busy weekend, but fun. Always nice to go back home.
On a side note.. Wes - it's always so good to hear from you. Don't stop blogging. You'll always (at least) get a comment from me :)
Billy - the jokes were great...but, you've YET to post pictures LIKE YOU PROMISED!!
Dad - I hope my hints were too subtle (sp?)
Beth - Don't get too carried away with that construction and do anything to damage your fingers..got have those to blog :)
Gary - thanks a ton for the blog teaser. You saw that you had fans...but you just blew us off ;)~~
Jim - people need to hear more about the dunes.
Kim - thanks for having us this weekend and sorry if we are the ones who made you guys sick :(
Me and the kids headed to K&G's about 5:30 and came in at the end of her crop party (scrapbooking). I got to see so really talented ladies at work. I'm still pretty sure that it's not for me, but I sure do enjoy looking at what Kim and all scrapbookers create. We had a really nice visit talking about everything under the sun. We aleays end up covering so many different topics that I hardly ever remember waht we talked about. The kids (of course) had a great time together. Matt and Brandon are like two peas in a pod (which is humorous if you know Matt's feeling about peas ;)
Jim got it about 11-11:30 and we'd all just went to bed. So Jim didn't get to do any visiting until the morning. K&G put on one heck of a spead for breakfast too!! Pancakes w/ chocolate gravy was the big hit with the kids. We just hung out for a while, went to lunch, and then we all headed out to the track. Kim's Mom and Step-Dad were meeting them out at the track. They all enjoy watching racing also. When we got the the track Dad was doing pretty well on the outside, but I knew (and Mom knew :) that he was a ball of nerves on the inside. We hung out in hopes that he'd get to race around 5pm. Unfortunately we found out that it's be much later than that, so we had to head home. Dad called me with his results about 8:30-9pm just as we were heading into Decatur. (Again, I won't post the results in hopes that Dad will :)
It was a busy weekend, but fun. Always nice to go back home.
On a side note.. Wes - it's always so good to hear from you. Don't stop blogging. You'll always (at least) get a comment from me :)
Billy - the jokes were great...but, you've YET to post pictures LIKE YOU PROMISED!!
Dad - I hope my hints were too subtle (sp?)
Beth - Don't get too carried away with that construction and do anything to damage your fingers..got have those to blog :)
Gary - thanks a ton for the blog teaser. You saw that you had fans...but you just blew us off ;)~~
Jim - people need to hear more about the dunes.
Kim - thanks for having us this weekend and sorry if we are the ones who made you guys sick :(
Thursday, October 13, 2005
I'm still here...
Thank you to those of you who expressed concern since you hadn't seen me blog in a while. #1 - I'm been so sinking busy I honestly hadn't had a chance, and #2 - I didn't get the response I'd hoped for on my last blog...and it even had picutres. So as any of you know (who blog), you lose the will to blog when you feel no one reading it.
Now to catch up on current events...
Last weekend me, Nat, and Brayden went to stay the extended weekend with my Mom and Dad while Jim and Matt went to the dunes. We all had a wonderful visit as always. We got to eat fish on Friday at the Cafe, we got to see 2 of my sisters, nat go tto see her cousins Jordan and Lorrin, I got to visit with Wesley on the phone, got to go shopping with Mom (and visit extensively), and go to have a great time with Dad watching Brayden cruise all over the carport. Natalie also go to go on cat patrol in the barn with Karen. Dad thought there were kittens up there, but wasn't sure. They had no luck and went over to visit Deb. Right after they leave...2 kittens emereged Which didn't please the stray momma cat and she promptly moved her babies the next day. But these kittens were quickly replaced (the same day) with another set of kittens from their other cat. Nat was pleased!! Dad took her to see them, but that momma wasn't ready for visitors yet.
While there we got to go and have a very nice visit with Kay (Jim's Mom). Natalie had a big time there. She found a duck egg and wnated to be it's adopted mother. She was not going to listen to any of us when we told her that you can't hatch one that you find on the ground. Oh no, she had high hopes that she could hold it to her for the 28 day incubation period. OR possibly speed up the process and put it on a heating pad or just pop it in the microwave. Well she finally gave up on hte idea and went back outside to find a batch of baby bunnies. She came inside to show me one of them and to OF COURSE ask if we could keep it. I told her that was just coyote bait. After a fun time at Grandma Roanie's (Kay's) we headed to Karen and Mark's for a quick stop off. They have a really nicely landscaped home and Nat loves to see the animals there too. She got to visit with the goats and the jenny...along with Karen and Mark.
We headed to Big Spring that night to meet up with Jim and Matt so I could take Matt back with me. We stopped and ate at a pretty good chinese resturant, visitied for about an hour and got to hear about Matt's adventures at the dunes. All in all he had a good time. Even though he had a wreck and his tooth punctures right below his bottom lip. Upon furthur inspection I found several other blisters which I later learned were where a few other teeth tried to come thru! His poor litle lip looked like he had a dip in it cause it was pooched out so far. When he woke up the next day I was concerned cause he was makeing green oozy scabs in his mouth. So after our 3 hour ride home I took him to the after hours clinic in Decatur and the doctor said it was infected.
After the doctor's office and our hour wait for meds at Wally World we headed to the house with Bobby and family. They stayed with us since both Bailey and Delaynee had check ups with their doctors at Cook's the next day. We didn't get to visit much, but it was nice to have them over. They left before 8am the next day.
Yesterday was also eventful... I had to take the baby to the doctor. He's gotten his first cold of the season. Sad to say its a virus and I can't make him better right away with some antibiotics. When I got home from the doctors, I got a call from Bill (Jim's cousin). He called to say that Lisa's water broke a week and a day before her due date and they'd be having Jolie today! I called to tell Jim..who was on his way home from the dunes. Not too long after I told jim, Bill called back and they'd had her at 4:09pm and she was 8lbs 11 oz. and 20 inches long with long hair. We can't wait to get to see her!! This is the same cousin that just UPSed us 71 pounds of clothes for Brayden (sizes 18 mos - 3T). UNREAL! I've never seen so many baby clothes. I'm on my 5th X-tra large load of baby clothes and have at least one more to do. Needless to say..we are set till he's out of 3t's!!
Jim's home now and things are a little less chaotic(sp?) for me. The baby is still in a very "hold me" mood..but he's sleeping now and that's why I decided to wirte (rather than work). Things will get crazy (and fun) again this weekend when we head to Abilene to stay with our DEAR friends Gary and Kim and family. we are headed back not only ot get to visit with them, but Jim will be helping my parents with fuel sales at the racetrack. It's the Southern Challenge...the biggest race of the year. The total purse is $72,000! So it'll be an action packed weekend for sure. Plus I'll have the opportunity to sit in on Kim's Crop Party (scrapbooking) and I'll get ot se and hopefully learn some cool things.
Ok, that was a ton of writing and I can honestly say that I probably won't post anything else till next week....especially if I don't get hardly any comments this time ;)~~~ Just playing. I know I'm not the only one who's busy! Have a great week!
Now to catch up on current events...
Last weekend me, Nat, and Brayden went to stay the extended weekend with my Mom and Dad while Jim and Matt went to the dunes. We all had a wonderful visit as always. We got to eat fish on Friday at the Cafe, we got to see 2 of my sisters, nat go tto see her cousins Jordan and Lorrin, I got to visit with Wesley on the phone, got to go shopping with Mom (and visit extensively), and go to have a great time with Dad watching Brayden cruise all over the carport. Natalie also go to go on cat patrol in the barn with Karen. Dad thought there were kittens up there, but wasn't sure. They had no luck and went over to visit Deb. Right after they leave...2 kittens emereged Which didn't please the stray momma cat and she promptly moved her babies the next day. But these kittens were quickly replaced (the same day) with another set of kittens from their other cat. Nat was pleased!! Dad took her to see them, but that momma wasn't ready for visitors yet.
While there we got to go and have a very nice visit with Kay (Jim's Mom). Natalie had a big time there. She found a duck egg and wnated to be it's adopted mother. She was not going to listen to any of us when we told her that you can't hatch one that you find on the ground. Oh no, she had high hopes that she could hold it to her for the 28 day incubation period. OR possibly speed up the process and put it on a heating pad or just pop it in the microwave. Well she finally gave up on hte idea and went back outside to find a batch of baby bunnies. She came inside to show me one of them and to OF COURSE ask if we could keep it. I told her that was just coyote bait. After a fun time at Grandma Roanie's (Kay's) we headed to Karen and Mark's for a quick stop off. They have a really nicely landscaped home and Nat loves to see the animals there too. She got to visit with the goats and the jenny...along with Karen and Mark.
We headed to Big Spring that night to meet up with Jim and Matt so I could take Matt back with me. We stopped and ate at a pretty good chinese resturant, visitied for about an hour and got to hear about Matt's adventures at the dunes. All in all he had a good time. Even though he had a wreck and his tooth punctures right below his bottom lip. Upon furthur inspection I found several other blisters which I later learned were where a few other teeth tried to come thru! His poor litle lip looked like he had a dip in it cause it was pooched out so far. When he woke up the next day I was concerned cause he was makeing green oozy scabs in his mouth. So after our 3 hour ride home I took him to the after hours clinic in Decatur and the doctor said it was infected.
After the doctor's office and our hour wait for meds at Wally World we headed to the house with Bobby and family. They stayed with us since both Bailey and Delaynee had check ups with their doctors at Cook's the next day. We didn't get to visit much, but it was nice to have them over. They left before 8am the next day.
Yesterday was also eventful... I had to take the baby to the doctor. He's gotten his first cold of the season. Sad to say its a virus and I can't make him better right away with some antibiotics. When I got home from the doctors, I got a call from Bill (Jim's cousin). He called to say that Lisa's water broke a week and a day before her due date and they'd be having Jolie today! I called to tell Jim..who was on his way home from the dunes. Not too long after I told jim, Bill called back and they'd had her at 4:09pm and she was 8lbs 11 oz. and 20 inches long with long hair. We can't wait to get to see her!! This is the same cousin that just UPSed us 71 pounds of clothes for Brayden (sizes 18 mos - 3T). UNREAL! I've never seen so many baby clothes. I'm on my 5th X-tra large load of baby clothes and have at least one more to do. Needless to say..we are set till he's out of 3t's!!
Jim's home now and things are a little less chaotic(sp?) for me. The baby is still in a very "hold me" mood..but he's sleeping now and that's why I decided to wirte (rather than work). Things will get crazy (and fun) again this weekend when we head to Abilene to stay with our DEAR friends Gary and Kim and family. we are headed back not only ot get to visit with them, but Jim will be helping my parents with fuel sales at the racetrack. It's the Southern Challenge...the biggest race of the year. The total purse is $72,000! So it'll be an action packed weekend for sure. Plus I'll have the opportunity to sit in on Kim's Crop Party (scrapbooking) and I'll get ot se and hopefully learn some cool things.
Ok, that was a ton of writing and I can honestly say that I probably won't post anything else till next week....especially if I don't get hardly any comments this time ;)~~~ Just playing. I know I'm not the only one who's busy! Have a great week!
Sunday, October 02, 2005
My kids and our special guests
I am so proud of my kids. They both made all A honor rolls and had perfect attendance this 6 weeks. It's such a nice feeling to know that your kids are smarter than you were in school. I love it! Natalie got a free meal certificate to go to Chili's (which he kindly gave to her friend Daniella since she didn't get to make all A's..so sweet) and Matt got a sticker to put on my truck. I will proudly display it too!!
I'm also very proud of Brayden, he can hold his bottle now...when he wants to :) And he's doing more of a "real" crawl now...especially when he's wanting to "ham" it up for the camera! Also, I took him to the doctor for a 8mo. checkup. For anyone who's picked him up lately & wondered "good grief what does this baby weigh??" 23.5lbs.!! I knew he was a chunk...well, my back knows, but that was crazy to hear cause Matt (my biggest @ birth) didn't weigh that until 18 mos!!!
It is so sweet how my big kids love the baby. They can't resist stopping to play or kiss on him. Don't get me wrong...they DO hole up in their rooms and play games and watch TV for most of their free time, but when they come out, they always stop to love on him.
In other news... we had some special guests this past week. Carrie, Guy, and Olivia stayed with us while they were looking for a place to live here in the metroplex. It was a nice visit. We got to see Olivia for the first time in person...MAN what a cutie!!
Here's a sweet picture of Brayden and Olivia chilling on the bed after baths.
We also got to meet Guy for the first time. He's a really nice guy and him and Carrie look very happy together, even with all that they've had to go thru lately! The very next night my parents arrived back safely for their 2 week vacation to Conn. They got in late, but me and the kids got to visit with them the next morning before they left.
Last, but not least...Matt got his new 4-wheeler. HAD to have it for the dunes trip set for next weekend. He's on cloud 9! I tried it out and think it's entirely too fast for him, but he and his Dad seem to think otherwise. Here's him and his new ride.
Now, if any of you have the chance...check out the photos that my nephew posted from Germany and Paris (his name is Wesley, see the link on the right side if this page). He took some really good pictures. And if you feel so inclined, post a comment. ESPECIALLY if you're a Brzezinski, Horton, or Boggs :)!!
Hope you're having a nice weekend!
I'm also very proud of Brayden, he can hold his bottle now...when he wants to :) And he's doing more of a "real" crawl now...especially when he's wanting to "ham" it up for the camera! Also, I took him to the doctor for a 8mo. checkup. For anyone who's picked him up lately & wondered "good grief what does this baby weigh??" 23.5lbs.!! I knew he was a chunk...well, my back knows, but that was crazy to hear cause Matt (my biggest @ birth) didn't weigh that until 18 mos!!!
It is so sweet how my big kids love the baby. They can't resist stopping to play or kiss on him. Don't get me wrong...they DO hole up in their rooms and play games and watch TV for most of their free time, but when they come out, they always stop to love on him.
In other news... we had some special guests this past week. Carrie, Guy, and Olivia stayed with us while they were looking for a place to live here in the metroplex. It was a nice visit. We got to see Olivia for the first time in person...MAN what a cutie!!
Here's a sweet picture of Brayden and Olivia chilling on the bed after baths.
We also got to meet Guy for the first time. He's a really nice guy and him and Carrie look very happy together, even with all that they've had to go thru lately! The very next night my parents arrived back safely for their 2 week vacation to Conn. They got in late, but me and the kids got to visit with them the next morning before they left.
Last, but not least...Matt got his new 4-wheeler. HAD to have it for the dunes trip set for next weekend. He's on cloud 9! I tried it out and think it's entirely too fast for him, but he and his Dad seem to think otherwise. Here's him and his new ride.
Now, if any of you have the chance...check out the photos that my nephew posted from Germany and Paris (his name is Wesley, see the link on the right side if this page). He took some really good pictures. And if you feel so inclined, post a comment. ESPECIALLY if you're a Brzezinski, Horton, or Boggs :)!!
Hope you're having a nice weekend!
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