Tina's Ramblings

2011 E-Book Challenge Recap

2012-01-22T08:16:00.001-06:00

I realized I never posted the recap for my 2011 ebook challenge. Here is the post where I listed my books. My goal was to read somewhere between 20 and 50 books. I met my challenge with 48 books. I was just shy of the 50. I think that was pretty good since I didn't even own my Kindle for the entire year. I really enjoy reading on my Kindle. I have found so many free books that I have

A to Z Challenge 2012

2012-01-22T08:07:00.001-06:00

I joined the A to Z challenge hosted by Strawberry Splash Reviews. I tried an A to Z challenge a couple of years ago and failed miserably. But I'm going to try it again. Part of this challenge is to review each book and I am new to reviews. So my main goal is to read the books and my secondary goal is to review them. I have a few hundred books loaded on my kindle and always have

E-Book Challenge 2012

2012-01-22T07:53:00.000-06:00

I joined the 2012 EBook Challenge hosted by Workaday Reads. The challenge runs from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2012. You can start at any time. I am choosing the memory stick level of reading 50 ebooks this year. Here is my list, I will update as I go...... Last Summer by Theresa Weir Three Girls and A baby by Rachel Schurig I Want it Now! A Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy

Goodbye 2011

2011-12-31T14:03:00.001-06:00

Looking back on the past year I have to say it was a good one. I am blessed with my husband, two kids I produced and 5 bonus kids, with several spouses and significant others, and we added our 11th grandbaby. My parents are healthy. We both have jobs that keep us in what we need. Hubby with our 11th grandbaby. She's a girl! I didn't post as much as I thought I would. There is always

Merry Christmas 2011

2011-12-24T16:58:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas! Hubby and I started off our celebrating early in the month when we traveled a few hours to attend a Christmas wedding. Hubby and I at the Christmassy wedding of a niece. My Dad has done it again. He hand carves an ornament for each couple and child in the family. It takes him several hours per ornament. It is always one of my favorite gifts of the year. You can see some

New Grandbaby!

2011-11-17T05:44:00.000-06:00

Our newest granddaughter was born this week. She is so cute and perfect. Mom and baby are doing great. Here is my first time holding her. Here she is with PaPa After her bath and some warm clothes. We are pretty excited grandparents. Tina

Party!

2011-11-13T11:16:00.000-06:00

So I had my Tupperware party the other night. I was really worried that I wouldn't have very many orders but I did pretty well. I ended up getting about $150.00 worth of free stuff. My consultant was wonderful. It was actually her first party. She did a great job. We had fun visiting and eating and drinking margaritas. The consultant made a salsa using the products. It was kind of chunky

Random Updates

2011-10-23T09:01:00.001-05:00

I updated my e-book challenge page today. I am up to 34 books. My goal is 50 so I am well on my way. Celebrated my dad's 70th birthday I checked out and read my first Kindle library book. It was easy except that you have to use wi-fi to download the book and I work primarily on 3G. I had to park in the local McD's parking lot to download. I will definatly be checking out more books on my

Zipety Do Dah!

2011-08-08T07:42:00.000-05:00

A few weeks ago, we got to do something we have been wanting to do for a long time. ZIP LINE!! On a recent trip we stopped in the Gatlinburg area for a couple of nights. We spent the first day exploring the Smoky Mountain National Park. I'll post about that soon. The second day we decided to go ziplining. I did much research online and decided that Smoky Mountain Ziplines was the place to

Summer fun in June

2011-07-20T19:00:00.000-05:00

Another trip to the park. Granddaughter turns 6 Snow cones are good and they turn your mouth fun colors. My favorite is Blue Eagle!! Tina

Mother's Day 2011

2011-07-15T08:24:00.000-05:00

I just realized that I posted Father's Day pics but not the Mother's Day ones. We all got together at my Son's house for our first cook out of the year. It was a beautiful day and Son made ribs in honor of my Mom who has been wanting them. Here is Son and Daughter-in-law. My Mom. Hubby, Grandson and my Dad. Grandson being silly and making faces when I try to take his pic. He was worn out and

Father's Day 2011

2011-07-15T07:57:00.002-05:00

Father's Day weekend started out with some fun. Well, actually the fun came a little later than planned. My brother spent the night with us Friday night and we got up very early to take off for the country. We were expected to be there at 9ish for an all day ride. It is a 3 hour drive. SEVEN HOURS later we arrived. First we drove through a huge storm, then we stopped for breakfast at the

Cicadas are not fun!

2011-06-15T12:52:00.000-05:00

It is the year of the Cicadas. I have all my life called these things locusts, but apparently I have been wrong. I have no idea what the difference is but I guess there is one. Anyway, here is one of the lovely creatures. Please notice the red bulging eyes. Here are several of the shells on one of our trees. The one in the middle is hatching. Or whatever you call it when it comes out of

2011 E-Book Challenge

2011-05-29T08:21:00.004-05:00

Wow, I just found this E-Book Challenge. It is great since I just got my Kindle a few months ago. I'll use this post and list the e-books I read here. There are seven levels of the challenge and I think I will fall somewhere between obsessed (read 20 books) and possessed (read 50 books). Some e-books are short so I'm going to go for Possessed and hope for the best. Here we go.... The

Let the summer begin!

2011-05-28T06:23:00.000-05:00

School is out!!!! Yesterday I worked my last day of the school year. Actually, I worked a couple of more days than the school year required but I was asked to help with an extra project and that made up for a couple of snow days from earlier in the year. I will be spending this holiday weekend catching up on some cleaning, shopping and relaxing. Also there will be a couple of trips to the

What's on your nightstand ~ May

2011-05-24T06:38:00.000-05:00

What's on Your Nightstand is a monthly carnival at 5 Minutes for Books. Here is what is going on at my house as far as books.... I finished reading Jane Auel's Land of Painted Caves this month. It is the 6th and last book in her Earth's Children series. The first book was Clan of the Cave Bear. This book has been a long time coming. The first book in the series was published in 1980. I

And the winner is.....

2011-03-26T08:06:00.001-05:00

3G I had decided to buy the Kindle ereader but the hard part was deciding whether to spend the extra money to get 3G or to just get the wi-fi version. I don't have wi-fi in my house so that played a part in the decision. I went to one store, I went to another store. I knew I wanted a Kindle but I couldn't make up my mind. 3G or not. I looked at wireless routers for our home computer. It

Three G or not three G... that is the question

2011-03-09T06:57:00.000-06:00

I have decided that I want an e-reader. I have resisted for a long time thinking that I really love books. I love to turn pages and I love to browse through books at the library and book store. But I have decided that I have enough love to go around and an e-reader would be a great tool to have for reading in the car, on the beach (lol, I never go to the beach), in waiting rooms and many other

Happy Blogoversary to me!!!!

2011-03-05T07:39:00.000-06:00

Well, here begins year three. I had hoped to write a wonderful anniversary post but life got in the way. Year two was lots of books. I was successful in completing the book challenge I signed up for. There were also lots of family photos. I missed October and August but managed a post or two every other month. Had the craziest day ever yesterday at work. There was broken glass, lots of

Reading updates

2011-02-06T07:59:00.000-06:00

We have had lots of snow days here in the Midwest so I have been able to get several books read. I am a very bad book reviewer, but here is my attempt. I finished The Sunday Wife by Cassandra King. From Library Journal: For 20 years, Willodean (Dean) Lynch has been molded into what her ambitious, upwardly mobile minister husband and his congregation consider to be the perfect preacher's wife.

January - The First Half

2011-01-17T09:45:00.000-06:00

Had a nice New Year's Eve. We started out planning a quiet night with just the two of us. Daughter and Boyfriend decided to come over to play games. Cousin and Wife decided to come also. Ended up having a spur-of-the-moment game night party. It was really fun and we ended up staying up till 3 a.m. Back to school on the 3rd. Also Granddaughter's 6th birthday. So sad that she is so far

1.1.11

2011-01-01T11:02:00.000-06:00

First post of the new year. No resolutions here but I would like to post more often this year. We had a great New Year's Eve. Daughter and her boyfriend came over and also some good friends of ours. We played Wii golf, guess who and a new game I got for Christmas, Phase 10 Twist. It is a lot like the card game but with some twists that make it even more fun. I hadn't got to play it until

Scenes from the Holidays ~ 2010

2010-12-30T08:16:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas 2010

2010-12-24T11:05:00.000-06:00

A Santa Story... One little girl in my pre-k class recently had her two front teeth removed at the dentist. At our class Christmas party, Santa came and after a photo op., he took time to talk to each boy and girl about what they wanted for Christmas. When this particular girl sat on his lap his first words were, "I'll bet I know what you want for Christmas. You want your two front teeth!"

Merry Christmas 2010

2010-11-28T16:58:00.002-06:00

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Christmas is near, but have no fear...

2010-11-14T07:24:00.000-06:00

I have a Christmas card solution for you. Have you thought about Christmas cards yet? I have been. Usually I just buy a box of inexpensive cards at the discount store. Then I just sign our names in them and mail them out. This year I thought I'd like to do something more personal and creative like a photo greeting card. I have used Shutterfly for a long time for different photo needs. I

Bluford author shares experience with pupils

2010-09-29T17:03:00.000-05:00

Bluford author shares experience with pupilsThis article is about my dad.

Zzzzzzz ~ Breakfast makes me Sleepy!

2010-09-08T05:00:00.001-05:00

My husband is a reluctant reader. He likes to read occasionally but isn't the bookworm that I am. In the winter when he isn't outside all day I can pick out a book I think he'd like and he will slowly make his way through it. He always says that reading makes him sleepy. Well, I agree with that. If I read long enough I get sleepy too. But he says it just takes him a couple pages and he is

Book Challenge Complete!!

2010-09-04T08:27:00.000-05:00

I'm done!!! I have completed the Support your Local Library Book Challenge. Click here to see my list of books that I completed for this challenge. I had a great time with this challenge. I love the library. I love browsing for books. I love reading books. This challenge was right up my alley. I read some great books, some not so great ones and finished a couple that I thought I would

What I'm Reading - July

2010-07-27T11:37:00.001-05:00

This is my post for 5 Minutes for Books' monthy What's on Your Nightstand carnival. I have spoken here about my magazine problem before. I get an offer I can't refuse and so I have to subscribe to the magazine. They arrive at my house and are promptly put into a nightstand drawer and sit there until I can't close the drawer any more. So begins the marathon of magazine reading at which point I

Fifteen

2010-07-19T05:00:00.003-05:00

We had a nice surprise this week. Hubby's daughter and our grandson got to come visit and it just happened to be Grandson's 15th birthday. He hates to have his picture made but I did manage to get a couple. I made him his favorites: No Bake cookies and German Chocolate cake. Yummy. We all went to see the move Grown Ups. It was hilarious. Grandson and Grandpa played some pool and raced cows

Five

2010-07-14T07:36:00.000-05:00

One of my granddaughters turned 5 recently. Here are a couple scenes from her party. Blowing out the candles Her new cheerleading outfit With her mom It was a great party and a beautiful day.

Never Say Never

2010-07-11T14:12:00.001-05:00

Never Say Never by Lisa Wingate From the back cover: Kai Miller floats through life like driftwood tossed by waves. She's never put down roots -- and she doesn't plan to. But when a chaotic hurricane evacuation lands her in Daily, Texas, she begins to think twice about her wayfaring existence. And when she meets hometown-boy Kemp Eldridge, she can almost picture settling down in Daily --

Scenes from the holiday weekend

2010-07-05T15:36:00.001-05:00

There was plenty of family, fun, food and fireworks too!!

Happy Birthday July

2010-07-01T09:22:00.000-05:00

Happy July 1st. It is the month of birthdays around here. Husband's brother ~ July 1 4th of July Holiday ~ July 4 of course My daughter's Dad (deceased) ~ July 6 My daughter's best friend ~ July 6 Grandson ~ July 12 Step-daughter # 1 ~ July 13 Daughter ~ July 26 Son and Daughter-in-law's Anniversary ~ July 26 Step-Daughter # 2's boyfriend ~ July 29 Daughter's boyfriend ~ July 30 It will be one

A Coke and a Smile

2010-06-19T08:16:00.002-05:00

On our recent trip to Georgia to visit family, we went into downtown Atlanta to visit the World of Coca Cola. It is the building in the front right of the picture. The first thing you do is get your picture taken in front of some of the decorated bottles. There are dozens of these bottles all over the museum. Some of them are really cool. Here are my husband and I, my daughter and her

Visit from the Grandson with cookie recipe

2010-05-26T05:00:00.020-05:00

Our Grandson is staying with us for a few days. One of the perks of having the summer off is being able to babysit while his family is waiting to move into a new house. His cute 7 year old smile. The first morning we made pancakes. He asked if I remember how to make Mickey Mouse pancakes like I used to. I don't remember ever making them for him but I didn't mention that to him. Micky Mouse

Changes

2010-05-13T05:00:00.002-05:00

With state funding cuts and lack of payments, my school district has made the decision to eliminate the program I work in. I have known this for several months. After surviving two rounds of layoffs I am secure in the fact that I have a job for next year. Yesterday I finally learned where it will be. I haven't been notified of the exact position but I do know that I will be working in another

What I did between 3:30 and 6:30 (in bullets)

2010-05-11T18:54:00.001-05:00

got off work went to my car car failed to start called husband went back into work to wait for husband chatted with coworkers went outside to greet husband watched husband test battery battery dead watched husband jump battery drove to w@l m@rt with fingers crossed pulled up to service center left husband to buy battery went to phamacy bought two new meds to replace the one med that insurance

The Little Tree that Could

2010-04-08T15:55:00.000-05:00

Spring is my second favorite season. Fall is my first. But right now I am in awe of the wonderful spring we are having. Everything is turning green and we have been having beautiful weather for the last week or so. I love it! We moved here about 4 1/2 years ago. It was late fall and the yard was so overgrown and neglected that we really didn't know what was here in the way of plants. I have

Easter

2010-04-07T11:17:00.000-05:00

The weekend before Easter my son and his family came to spend the weekend. As the big kids played Wii in the background, the little kids colored eggs. My grandson is 18 months old. He had a great time with the project. He called all of the eggs "blu" and wanted to put them in the cups and remove them by hand. We pulled all of the chairs away from the table during the wait time and he would

2010-03-06T09:06:00.003-06:00

Here is the latest haul from the library. I am reading these books for the Support Your Local Library Challenge (<-- link to my challenge page). Click on the picture below to join the challenge. The Husband Habit by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners by Luanne Rice The Prodigal Wife by Marcia Willett I have started

2 years

2010-03-05T16:11:00.000-06:00

Today is my blogoversary. I have had this blog for two years now. I'm not a very good blogger. In two years I have published a total of 54 posts and have had 32 comments. In my head I want to be a Blogger but I haven't figured out yet how to make that happen. Here's hoping the next year is much more productive on this here blog and that I start getting the hang of it. Comming up... New

TGIF

2010-02-19T06:55:00.000-06:00

Happy Friday. I can't wait for this weekend. I have so much stuff to do and I need days off work to do them. I have books to read. One of them is due at the library today and I'm only half way through it. I have already renewed it and don't know if I want to try to finish or not. So there will be a trip to the library in the plans for tonight and guess what? More books to read. DVR - oh my

In Debit

2010-02-04T16:48:00.002-06:00

Last night hubby and I went to Captain D's for dinner. He had a birthday coupon that was about to expire and we cannot pass up a free meal. On the way out the door, I suggested that we drive my car as it was almost on empty and snow is predicted. After paying $6.24 in cash for our dinners and eating them in the dining room, we drove to the gas station for the required fill up.This particular

January Update

2010-01-30T08:32:00.004-06:00

I have had a great time visiting with family this month. My daughter and her family came to visit from GA. This is me with 3 of my granddaughters. They are 6, 5 and 4 with actually only a year and a half between them. They are so fun at this age. CousinsMy hubby celebrated a birthday this month. Here he is with his favorite meal, home made pizza. We also had cake and ice cream.In other news, I

Book Challenge

2010-01-23T19:11:00.043-06:00

This is my Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge post. Click the link to sign up. I have pledged to read 50 library books in 2010. Here is my progress.... 1 Miss O'Dell: my hard days and long nights with the Beatles, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and the Women They Loved ~ Chris O'Dell with Katherine Ketcham ~ Completed 1/24/10 2 The Secret of Joy ~ Melissa Senate ~ Completed 2/

The Reluctant Suitor

2010-01-23T07:44:00.006-06:00

I finished a book!!!! It is the first book I have finished in 2010. The book is The Reluctant Suitor by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. It is a book I have had for a few years and just finally got around to reading. It seems like I have been reading it for weeks and I guess I have. After reading the book, I read the reviews. I know I do things backwards. HaHa. Anyway the reviews are poor and I concur. It

Reading Challenges

2010-01-18T07:05:00.003-06:00

Last July I decided to commit myself to an A to Z reading challenge. You can read my post here. I was supposed to finish it before the end of the 2009. FAIL. I kind of lost interest in reading for a while last fall and really haven't gotten my reading habit back to normal. I haven't updated that list since August and honestly I doubt if any of the handful of books I have read since then fit into

Three holidays in one post...

2010-01-16T06:27:00.007-06:00

Yeah, well.... January 16 and I haven't written since November. I guess I just haven't figured out yet how to be a blogger. My kids are grown and my grandkids don't live close so they don't give me daily blog topics. I just don't know the direction that this blog should go. I want to write, I just don't know what.Anyway, catching up. Thanksgiving was great. All of the family went to my brother's

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T07:04:00.003-06:00

Just a quick post to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. I only have to cook one dish today for a trip to my brother's house. Then I'm cooking a nice dinner here tomorrow for some other family.I wish everyone a great day, a great dinner and a great nap!

Chapter Books

2009-11-17T06:51:00.004-06:00

So I go into our handy neighborhood K-mart to buy a birthday gift for a coworker. After wandering around aimlessly for a while I settle on a nice candle set and then proceed to the important stuff - books. I don't shop at K-mart often and in the mad rush to put out Christmas items, they have moved the book aisle.Since my husband is waiting patiently in the car I decide to save some time and ask

Book News and random stuff

2009-11-06T05:55:00.003-06:00

I started Everlasting by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss a couple of days ago. I haven't had much time to read but I am on chapter two so far. The first chapter was a little hard. I was reading during commercials of some show or other and wasn't devoting enough attention to detail in the book. But now I am thinking that I might be able to get into it. Maybe the slump is over. I sure hope so. This is

Looking forward to the weekend

2009-11-05T06:23:00.002-06:00

This weekend promises to be sunny and 70. I can't wait. I have no plans except to maybe sit out on the deck and try to overcome my reading slump. Have a huge TBR pile, surely something will call out to me.

Pizza on Tuesday

2009-11-04T05:31:00.005-06:00

I love reality TV. Currently, I watch Amazing Race, Survivor, Biggest Loser and Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Making the Team. I also watch Big Brother, American Idol, Can You Duet, Dance Your Ass Off and probably some others that I can't think of right now when they are on. Mostly my husband watches along with me. He doesn't really like most of the shows but he tolerates them. But he HATES!!! The

Lovin' the time change (and the sun!)

2009-11-03T06:01:00.005-06:00

Fall is normally my favorite season but after having 20 out of 31 days of October be dreary and rainy and dark, the time has changed and the sun has come back. I was having a hard time most of last month wanting to get up and go to work or do anything around the house for that matter. But since this weekend with the rain ending for a while, the time changing so I actually need my sunglasses to

Best Shot Monday

2009-11-02T06:32:00.001-06:00

A self portrait, taken at Johnson Shut-Ins Park in Missouri. This was the best of several shots, even if it is a little crooked.

Stuck

2009-11-01T12:21:00.000-06:00

I don't think I have picked up a book in weeks. Well, that's not entirely true. I have picked them up. I have even read a couple of pages. Then I put them back down.(The previous sentence was written on 10/09/09, then, I sent this post to my draft folder. The following is a continuation of that.)OK, so I did read one book in October. It was The Gatecrasher by Madeleine Wickham. I don't know if it

The ABC's of books

2009-09-13T15:33:00.003-05:00

I am not doing very well on the A to Z challenge. I started out very well and thought I would be finished by now but I got sidetracked by a series of books that unfortunately didn't start with all of the right letters. I read one of the Elm Creek Quilt series by Jennifer Chiaverini and decided that I must go back and start at the first book and read them all. Well, I haven't finished all of

Hi-ho, hi-ho, It's back to work I go...

2009-08-13T06:11:00.003-05:00

Today is the first day of school. I am excited to see kids again and have people to talk too. I'm pretty happy about my schedule this year. I am not excited about how tired I'll be at the end of each day for a while. After-school naps will be resuming today.

Summer winding down

2009-08-05T16:14:00.003-05:00

I go back to work next week. There will be lots of changes to the program and new students to get used to. I look forward to it as I mourn the end of the summer break.We had a nice summer. Trips to Mississippi and Georgia and a weekend in Branson, MO. Lots of birthdays and hubby and my 3rd anniversary. Lots of time with family. Many, many, many library books were read. I would say success

Reading A to Z

2009-07-03T08:51:00.005-05:00

*Updated August 1, 2009. New additions are in red. Sorry they aren't linked. I'll try to do that next time I update.I found an A to Z reading challenge on My Round File that I wanted to try. It is too late in the year to join the official challenge but I decided to do it on my own for this year and join officially next year. I went back into my library reading log and used only books that I have

Books, Books and more heavy Books.

2009-06-23T08:48:00.004-05:00

Hey, I finally made it to a monthly "What's on your nightstand" carnival.I made a trip to the library yesterday since my books were due. Who knew that you could actually return books on their due date and not pay fines??? Wow, what a concept. Anyway, the closest branch of my local library is located inside a shopping mall. Do you think they could locate it near a door to the outside? NO. So I

Broken

2009-05-25T06:24:00.003-05:00

Last weekend we were two hours away from home visiting my parents. We had picked up my 5 year old granddaughter on the way there. A couple of hours into the visit I decided I needed my camera out of the truck. I walked out to the passenger door to get the camera and saw that the bag I needed was way on the other side. Being the lazy person that I am, I closed the door to walk around rather than

May Updates

2009-05-23T05:49:00.006-05:00

I had a very nice Mother's Day week. I met my son, daughter-in-law and grandson for dinner at Olive Garden, yummy. They gave me a nice gift bag with a card, candle and a book. You can never go wrong with books. On another day my daughter took me to Olga's and brought me flowers. That was very nice too. I received calls and emails from two step-daughters.We took our first trip of the summer. We

This Boring Blog

2009-05-02T12:59:00.005-05:00

Ok, I am offically the most boring blogger ever! I never think of anything that sounds interesting enough to blog.Went to workmade dinnertook a napwished someone would shop for mefinally did my own shoppingWatched Survivor/Amazing Race/American Idol/Grey's Anatomy/Biggest Loser/etc.Exercise to workout tapeGained more weight in the office Biggest Loser competition anywayRead another booktook late

Christmas in March

2009-03-17T06:07:00.002-05:00

My friend and I finally got together this past weekend to have our annual Christmas lunch. I know, it is March but you do what you can. We had a very nice lunch at an out of the way place that didn't mind us sitting there gabbing and catching up for two and a half hours.In my bag were two new books. My friend knows me so well. One of the books is Talk of the Town by Karen Hawkins. It looks

Mmmm, Popcorn

2009-03-08T07:42:00.003-05:00

Why is it that you can eat delicious food and yummy biscuits at Cracker Barrel until you are so full you don't want to move? Then you run into Target for coffee filters, walk past the snack shop and the smell of the fresh popped popcorn makes you want to walk right over there and buy some.In other news, WII Fit has proclaimed my new "age" to be 31! Although we won't talk about the weight it

Valentine's Day on a Budget

2009-02-14T06:23:00.006-06:00

Hubby and I celebrated Valentine's Day yesterday. Neither of us had gone shopping yet so we went together to the mart of wal. I threw a bag of Reese's cups in the cart and I was done. It is my hubby's favorite candy of all time. No need for a fancy box. He just wants the candy. He insisted on buying me some flowers but I was happy that they were less expensive ones from that store than the ones

January 15, 2009

2009-01-15T10:34:00.003-06:00

So here it is, the middle of January and no updates from me all month. Do you know why? NOTHING IS HAPPENING AROUND HERE!!!!I go to work every day. (if there is school that is) School started back on January 5. January 6 we were cancelled because of ice. Back to work on the 7th. Today? No school because of frigid temps. No ice. No snow. But way below zero wind chills. Tomorrow is still undecided.

January 1, 2009

2009-01-01T14:20:00.002-06:00

Had a nice New Year's Eve. My son, daughter-in-law and my baby grandson came and spent the night. We had a nice dinner at Applebees and then played Wii Monopoly most of the evening. Drank some nice wine and celebrated midnight with a champagne toast. We were all in bed by 12:30. We got up late this morning and had bacon and pancakes for breakfast. Played another round of Monopoly and some

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

2008-12-14T22:27:00.005-06:00

I put our tree up over a couple of days. One day the lights and the next day the ornaments. I wasn't home over a weekend so I had to do it in the evenings after work. We won't have much company this year so I didn't decorate the rest of the house. My son will be hosting Christmas at his house for the first time.It took many takes to get this picture with the lights all lit up. My flash made it

Winter

2008-12-04T17:13:00.003-06:00

So, I'm almost ready for work this morning. I think I'll go outside and start my car and then come in and make my lunch while it warms up. I don't remember the temp but suffice it to say it was c-c-c-coooollllldddd. So, I go out the door, reach into the car to start it and change all the dials so the SNOW! will melt off of the window. I flip the little switch that will make my seat all nice and

Best Shot(s) Monday and Weekend update

2008-11-03T15:08:00.006-06:00

I had a very nice weekend. I got to babysit my new grandson on Saturday so his parents could go to work. Then I got to spend the day Sunday visiting with three of my grandkids. I also was able to finish the book I was reading and start another while I was there. The book I finished was Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie. It was a very good page turner. Next, I started Cutting Loose by Susan

Better

2008-10-28T05:09:00.002-05:00

I am feeling much better. I went to work yesterday and did fine all day. However, when I got home I napped on the couch until around 7 pm. Then I dozed through Boston Legal and went to bed by 10:05. I guess I wasn't quite as recovered as I thought. So now I'm up and ready to begin a new day. I had hoped to have a new Tackle-it-Tuesday for today but after my illness, it will have to wait

Sick

2008-10-26T05:53:00.003-05:00

I am sick. At first I thought it was just allergies bothering me. With the sniffles, drippy nose, sneezing, etc. I wasn't feeling exceptionally bad. But the histamine thing was driving me bonkers. So I dug out the allergy medicine and took it..... Nothing. Still the same symptoms. So I moved on to Benadryl. That helped a little and made me extremely sleepy. I hate the nose dripping. I

CLR Bath & Kitchen Cleaner

2008-10-21T06:03:00.007-05:00

I recieved my bottle of CLR Bath and Kitchen cleaner in the mail one afternoon. I took it out of the box and showed it to my curious husband. He was happy to see it as he had been interested in trying CLR and had never had the chance. Before I had time to take any before pictures of the bathtub that I was planning to try it out on, he was in there with the CLR and a sponge. Our bathtub had a lot

MORE magazines

2008-10-18T07:24:00.004-05:00

I am at my son's house for the weekend, helping out with the baby and the house while my daughter-in-law recovers from an illness. I am enjoying cuddling my 2 week old grandson very much.I brought a pile of magazines with me to read in the down time. See this post about my magazine issues. I am currently reading the September issues of all the magazines on my list. Not too bad until you consider

He's here!

2008-10-03T10:19:00.002-05:00

Here is the new baby! This is me with baby boy and his sister at about 12 hours old. He made his appearance on October 2, 2008. Weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long.Here is the little guy dressed up to stay warm. Here is the happy family after putting his footprint on the wall of October babies. More later.

Baby Time

2008-09-30T05:33:00.001-05:00

Tomorrow is induction day for my new grandson. I will be leaving after work tomorrow to go to the hospital. Next post should be a picture post early next week when I get home.

Magazines

2008-09-26T05:13:00.003-05:00

I think I am addicted to magazines. I subscribe to:Good HousekeepingRedbookLadies Home JournalMoreGuidepostsDiscoverReaders DigestGrand (? something like that, It's a mag for grandparents)Plus, I get a couple of monthly magazines from work.So, I get all these magazines every month. They come in the mail and then I stuff them in a drawer of the end table, and there they sit. They sit there until I

The Family Tree - and other projects

2008-09-21T05:51:00.003-05:00

For Christmas,(9 months ago!!!) my son and daughter-in-law got me a very pretty family tree. It spirals around and has lots of charms hanging from it to put family pictures in. Now, every time my son comes over he complains that it is STILL full of strangers.I love this tree and can't wait to have it full of pictures of my growing family. I just can't seem to get started on it. I have started

Back in the Swing of Things

2008-08-24T11:06:00.004-05:00

I have a full week under my belt at work and things are getting back into a routine. I am waking up without the alarm and I have been having a little time to wake up with blog reading every morning with a glass of iced tea and some cereal. Then I get ready and out the door.Work has been going good and I've not been too tired when I get home. Except on Friday, I was worn out. I think that was just

In a back-to-school funk

2008-08-09T11:08:00.002-05:00

I start back to work on Wednesday. I work in a school and I do really like my job. I just don't want to work. I don't like to get up early to go somewhere. I like to get up early and spend hours on the computer. I don't like coming home exhausted and having to figure out what is for dinner when I'd rather take a nap. I don't like having to go to bed "early" so I can get up in time to surf

Wedding Weekend

2008-08-07T07:18:00.005-05:00

Here is my son, my new daughter-in-law and my granddaughter These are my four granddaughters These are my kidsThe wedding was beautiful. Everything was very nice. My granddaughter did a great job with the flower girl thing. All of my kids and grands were there. We did a group photo but haven't gotten it back from the photographer yet. I hope it is good. A couple of days later everyone who could

Wedding stuff

2008-07-19T19:07:00.003-05:00

Went to pick up the flower girl dress for my granddaughter today. She was not with me when I bought it. They only had one size left of the dress my son and his bride picked out and I was not sure it was the right one. The dress needed to be cleaned so I had to leave it there that day. I had my granddaughter's mom bring her to the store today so I could pick up the dress and try it on her. We

Home again

2008-07-14T09:31:00.003-05:00

We are back from Ireland!!! It was amazing. We saw lots of beautiful scenery, kissed the Blarney Stone, stood on the edge of the Cliffs of Moher, took a boat and jaunting car trip through the Gap of Dunloe, walked in the icy water on a beach on the Dingle Peninsula, toured the Waterford Crystal Factory and had many other great adventures. Hubby and I took hundreds of pictures that I have to sort

This and That

2008-06-29T09:44:00.002-05:00

Well, the graduation is over. It was very nice. We had a grad party here at the house and all the family turned out. She has become engaged and is planning a wedding for a year from now. I took over 200 pictures of them last night for engagement photos. About 5 of them are good.DD is enrolled in a class for the fall. It is an evening class so she can get up in time. LOLDS is making me a

Still Here

2008-05-24T16:03:00.005-05:00

I am still around. Just have been busy with the end of the school year stuff and my daughter's upcomming graduation. My last child is graduating high school. Yippeeeee!!! The kitchen is done and I will post pics of that soon. And an exciting vacation is in the works.This is what I found on the back deck the other day. This swing was on the front deck last fall when a bad storm came through and

Yes, Deer

2008-04-14T16:15:00.006-05:00

These deer were in my back yard yesterday. We we came here the first time to look at this house 2 1/2 years ago we saw a deer across the road. I am pretty sure that is one of the things that sold my hubby on this property. We still occasionally see deer in the field across the road and sometimes way in the back of our property. But usually not this close to the house. Hubby saw them and I ran for

Best Shot Monday

2008-04-14T16:10:00.003-05:00

I love this shot of my hubby playing around when he took the curtains down to paint. The ceiling light behind him gives him a kind of glow.

What we have...

2008-03-18T16:10:00.002-05:00

We have cabinets picked out. We have flooring. We have countertops ordered. We have begun the demolition. We have one section of cabinets installed. We have ugly brown floor tiles that were under a layer of parquet flooring and a layer of 3/4 inch plywood and 7,000,000 staples and 3,500,000 nails. And.... we have.... Rain!!!!We can't go to the store for the next set of cabinets in the rain.

Kitchen Update

2008-03-14T10:28:00.003-05:00

We found that Lowes has the same cabinets we bought before so we can finish out the kitchen with those. We also found a counter top that goes good with the cabinets. So those decisions are pretty much made.We thought we had a floor. Hubby found new in box flooring on Craig's List for a good price. We made an appointment to purchase it but the person sold it before we got there. She was nice

Kitchen Remodel

2008-03-09T09:40:00.010-05:00

Ever since we moved into this house I have wanted new counter tops. The ones we have are older and were not installed correctly. They have an ugly seam right by the sink that doesn't match up and I just want new ones. I would also like to go with something more neutral so I have options to decorate.So way back when, (2 years ago) we started shopping for new ones. We have a galley style kitchen

Book Review

2008-03-05T08:17:00.002-06:00

I read the book Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews. It is a very good book.From the back cover:Landing a catch like Talmadge Evans III got Eloise "Weezie" Foley a jewel of a town house in Savannah's historic district. Divorcing Tal got her exiled to the backyard carriage house, where she has launched a spite-fest with Tal's new Fiancee, the elegant Caroline DeSantos.An antiques picker, Weezie

First Sample post

2008-03-05T07:51:00.000-06:00

Hi, I am Tina. This is my first blog. I always thought I would never have a blog but I have become addicted to reading blogs and have decided to give it a try.