O.k. ... so you never realize what you have until it is gone!!!!! For years, Lubbock has had Baskin~Robbins ice cream stores!! I think my first experience with BR (as I now call it) was when the south plains mall opened their doors back in the 70's!! My favorite flavor was "Mint Chocolate Chip"..... now referred to by me as Chocolate mint!
Now, I believe that there were atleast two different owners of the franchises here. One man was always pretty grumpy! I always wondered why in the heck was he the owner of an ice cream store!!!! It should be such a happy place.....such joy should be shared.... but no, he was a grump. Over the years...locations moved....different owners appeared....new locations....yes, life was good!!
Traditions: For many years, the girls and I....you know Amanda and Ashley..... would go to BR on the first day of school and the last day of school.... yes... it was wonderful. A great tradition. Through the years, we would take different friends with us to celebrate the fun events! Yes... great times.... I always got chocolate mint..... the girls always varied on what they got.
One year, we were on our way to BR on the last day of school. Hmmm.......we had a wreck... no, it was not my fault. Some high school boys from Monterey were having some last day of school fun that ruined their summer... they were going around to junior highs throwing water balloons at the kids...stupid is what I called them.... but I guess their brains when out with the balloons cause as the driver was headed down a busy street.... he decided to make a left turn....across three lanes of traffic......right into us!!!! There were kids on back of the pick up.... I just knew one would end up under my van.... oh well, after I talked to his mother..... I hear he was grounded all summer..... But.... the most important part of this story was...... we did make it to BR that evening!!!!! Not much could stop us!!!!!!
Now I will swerve back to the subject at hand. A few years ago.....pre I-27, the giants within the BR corporation decided to pull Lubbock from the BR market!! How dare they!!! They said that this area was out of their way~not enough deliveries....and remember......the official I~27 was not official.......so, they gave the franchises 1 year to prepare..... now, I give the people credit. They visited many ice cream factories and tasted many different flavors of ice cream...... they finally settled upon a company and joined forces and re~named the facilities in Lubbock "Kalidoscoops". They did their best.... yes, we continued to visit them....however, the chocolate mint was not the same at all.... but I persevered....I suffered.... but we celebrated Amanda graduating from Coronado High School and Texas Tech University. We celebrated Ashley graduating from Coronado High School and South Plains College~Cosmetology School. On the last day of their high school career, I gave each girl a James Avery charm that was an ice cream cone. I am sure the girls will always remember these special days.
I digress.....now, back on track.....I truly began to miss BR..... no, really. Everytime I would go to dallas.... I made sure I made up for my lack of chocolate mint. Then as Randy began his triathlons and we would travel.... I would seek out BR's everywhere. When we would get to the hotel..... I would grab the phone book and check for a BR. He would grab the phone book and seek out the nearest bicycle shop..... what is wrong with him!! Obviously I have my priorities straight!!! I knew I had an addiction when we went to Tempe Arizona the first year..... we drove out there... so, yeah, I had my car to play seek and find with the BRs of Arizona!!!! The second year to Tempe..... we flew....did not rent a car..... but just so you know.... I have a great memory for certain things....you know, the important things of life.... I remembered where each one was. With my trusty map....I set out one day for the "nearest" BR.....I walked... I walked........I walked.............................well...... five hours later, I was back at our hotel! You think I am kidding.....I am NOT. I can proudly say... I probably walked off every calorie that I injested!!! I knew I had a problem. Randy felt sorry for me.... told me that he thought he had heard something about BR coming back to L town. Please do not toy with my emotions I said. I was tired.....had an injury during this expedition........to an old ankly injury..... really.... I was limping..... had to elevate my ankle......this is not funny..... I dreamed that night.....about.............chocolate mint.... yes, I am sick.
Days, Weeks and Months pass.... not a word... I googled BR..... I looked up Lubbock Online.... I am deflated by this point.... I am quite sad.
Dollar Tree is another weekness. One Sunday, I read in the newspaper about a New Dollar Tree....grandopening.....cool!! I believe I shall drive out to that area and find the New Dollar Tree......I drove, I drove,.... it was hidden.... darn them.... finally, I found them!!! After shopping there.... I decided to cruise the parking lot to see the other stores.........yes..........you know what is comming next........................BASKIN~ROBBINS COMMING SOON!!!!!!!!! Oh my gosh.......I blinked..... my heart stopped.... I whipped out my cell phone and called Amanda and Ashley....I wanted them to sit down as I gave them the good news..............I started singing "Oh Happy Day".....the clouds broke open.... the sun shone directly on the end of that shopping center....
The stalking began....... I did drive bys every couple of days......The beautiful sign finally went up on the building.... Ashley finally asked one of the workers when they would open.....soon they said.............. the waiting, the planning,.......one more trip to Dallas.....I showed great restraint and only got two dips of chocolate mint.......
October finally got here......... Grandopening of BASKIN~ROBBINS.....the girls and I planned.... we planned.... we planned......Amanda cooked breakfast for Ash and I......we sat out on their new deck until the sun warmed us up enough.... the opening would be at 11:00 a.m.......at about 10:30, we all headed toward BR......pulled up into the parking lot..... damn, a lady pulled up right in front of me.... I thought I was going to have to get violent..........we all stood out on the sidewalk...... the owner came out and talked to us.... Her name is Heather..... Now....she has the personality to OWN a BR!!! She has character..... 11:00 a.m........door opened...........yes.........take a deep breath....smell that? Waffle cones being make.... the familiar hum of the freezers.... the pink spoons......the bright colored cups.......yes....we have arrived....Taylor and Nickolas got their first taste of BR..... it was a big hit!! We used that day to celebrate Taylors first day of school ( he goes to mothers day out)..... the tradition continues.......hopefully.........L town will always have a baskin robbins.... and believe me, I am doing everything I can to keep them in business...damn the Get Fit program..... I just have to work harder....
We just got back from another trip to Dallas....guess what.... I did not go to BR...... because.... I have to save all of my calories for the Lubbock location.
Another location of BR will be opening after the first of the year across from the Texas Tech campus. I think I have told just about everyone I know about BR being back in L town.... I will continue to spread the word (hopefully my body will not spread).... Thank you Heather and Scott Womack for bring sunshine back to our "First" and "Last" days of school as the tradition moves to the next generation. Life is good. Chocolate mint is good...all is well
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Get Fit
How do you like that title....?? Sounds easy doesn't it? Well.... I can tell you right now that it is quite time consuming!! My sister, Nannie, aka Cindy, signed several family members up for this really cool program here in L town. Of course, Kimber's (my neice) coach Ms. Boles talked Nannie into it!! Which wasn't hard to do!! Well.... the program will last until December the 8th!! The program is geared toward getting people up and out of the house.... re~train their mentality toward exercise in general. You report weekly about how many minutes you exercise, how many "special events" of motavational (sp...cause I am a bad speller) speakers and how much weight lost. We are known as the "Humdingers" : Nannie, Kimber, Amanda, Ashley, myself and now..get ready for this.... our "ringer"..... Ironman Randy .... we thought he could help us out with a few points!!! But what at first was greedyness...has turned into inspiration..... he helps to motivate us all. It has been fun so far.
Ok... now this whole program is done on the "honor" system.....hmmmm..might I add that I am not to sure how many "honorable" people there are in this deal......the exercise part is fine............ the event thing is fine.... but the weight dealy is pretty creative.... of which I think the organizers have figured this situation out already..... you see.... you are, or were, supposed to report weight loss weekly. That would be fine except.... lets say that in one week you lost (where did it go) 2 pounds. Ok good.... you would report it to your "captain"..... the captain would then report it on line... now comes the tricky part....each pound is worth 50 points.... so that would total 100 right??? Well.... if the captain types in 100..... that multiplys automatically....when really they should type in 02..... the computer program would then figure it automatically.... so now you see where i am going with this deal. Now... most of us can look at the totals and know when a number is correct.... but I guess the team called the "Low Fat Warriors"...have not figured it out!!!! They always seem to stay in 1st place....kinda irks me. Now, usually i am not competitive...however....if I am going to put myself out on the line.....the numbers have got to work!! OK... now comes the juicy part...... this week they lose 2 pounds.... poundage now reported........ next week, guess what......???? they are up 3 pounds...opps........ then the next week they lose 1 pound....that should put them back to square 1 right???? Well heck no.... they report the 1 pound weight loss..... I guess it makes them feel pretty good about themselves...I guess this can go on and on..... by December 8th..... they will have gained 10 pounds (because of Thanksgiving) but will somehow have lost 30 pounds!!! Well, I guess it just goes to show you that no matter what incentives are offered in life.... someone will always find a way around it!
It will be fun to see how this program progresses. I am encouraging the Get Fit powers that be to keep some type of program going. It gets me out of the house... gets me walking.... gets me to events..... encourages me....
Nannie, Kimber and I participated in the "Red Raider Road Race" on the Texas Tech Campus.... now I must add that Texas Tech has NOTHING to do with this race.... it is put on by the West Texas Running club...of which Randy is the internal race director....(Randy, I knew you would want me to set the record straight)!! Now....mind you... I DON'T run....it hurts my teeth... not to mention my over mental health.... so... here we are.... us girls are going to do the 5K and Randy the 10 K..... why don't they just use the actual mileage..... 5k is a little over 3 miles..... ok.... so here we are standing in the big group..... walkers have been advised to stay in single file to the right for the first few minutes so we would not get run over (my cute husband made that announcement). The horn goes off... (oh yes, Randy and I went to the new "Ganders" to get this air horn thing.... we get home.... I could see the handwriting on the wall.....yes, people... you know it..... he had to toot the horn.....my dog Sydney Ann ran under our bed and did not come out until the wee hours of the morning).....yes, Randy,,,, it is LOUD! So..back on track... the horn goes off.... excitement builds... Nannie takes off running....mind you.... she has her purse strap around her neck and her purse hangs down to her side..... Kimber and I crack up..... Nannie is actually pushing on,.... cool.... Ok, about this time...you guessed it..... one of the other West Texas Running club members could not resist the urge to toot the air horn again... I guess it is a guy thingy! I chuckled again and could not wait to inform Randy of this "guy thing". I am sure Kimber could have poured past most of the people there... but she felt sorry for me... she stayed with me... sweet kimber.....we walked... I walked as fast as I could.... Nannie was quickly out of our sight.... how could I be slower than some of these other walkers....how dare they.... ok... come on Kimber... lets trot.... so we trotted.... and trotted... my tounge was hanging out... ok... gotta stop... let me catch my breath.... ok...now... where is Randy..... damn him.... he is fast...and he is 51 years old.... he was passing teenagers.....ok..... caught my breath.... much better... lets try again Kimber.... ok Tia she says.... I thank her a million times for staying with her 'ol Tia.... will that finish line ever come into view?????
Well finally Kimber and I came accross the finish line... I refused to run the last few yards because if I could not run most of the race I did not want to look like my running was that slow. Nannie greeted us..... Randy greeted us (he ran the 10k...) all is well. Not medal continders..no sir. But guess what.... Nannie is the proud owner of a "Red Raider Road Race" medal... she placed 3rd....yeahhhhhhhh. Randy won 2nd place in his age division.... yeahh.......
I am sure there will be more events.... we have already done the Susan G. Komen race for breast cancer.....health fair at the mall.....walks over at tech terrace.... lectures....etc.... thanks Nannie for the encouragement!
My next blog will be a great contrast to this one......as I tell you about the New Baskin~Robbins..... peace out babe!! AND GET FIT!!!!!
Ok... now this whole program is done on the "honor" system.....hmmmm..might I add that I am not to sure how many "honorable" people there are in this deal......the exercise part is fine............ the event thing is fine.... but the weight dealy is pretty creative.... of which I think the organizers have figured this situation out already..... you see.... you are, or were, supposed to report weight loss weekly. That would be fine except.... lets say that in one week you lost (where did it go) 2 pounds. Ok good.... you would report it to your "captain"..... the captain would then report it on line... now comes the tricky part....each pound is worth 50 points.... so that would total 100 right??? Well.... if the captain types in 100..... that multiplys automatically....when really they should type in 02..... the computer program would then figure it automatically.... so now you see where i am going with this deal. Now... most of us can look at the totals and know when a number is correct.... but I guess the team called the "Low Fat Warriors"...have not figured it out!!!! They always seem to stay in 1st place....kinda irks me. Now, usually i am not competitive...however....if I am going to put myself out on the line.....the numbers have got to work!! OK... now comes the juicy part...... this week they lose 2 pounds.... poundage now reported........ next week, guess what......???? they are up 3 pounds...opps........ then the next week they lose 1 pound....that should put them back to square 1 right???? Well heck no.... they report the 1 pound weight loss..... I guess it makes them feel pretty good about themselves...I guess this can go on and on..... by December 8th..... they will have gained 10 pounds (because of Thanksgiving) but will somehow have lost 30 pounds!!! Well, I guess it just goes to show you that no matter what incentives are offered in life.... someone will always find a way around it!
It will be fun to see how this program progresses. I am encouraging the Get Fit powers that be to keep some type of program going. It gets me out of the house... gets me walking.... gets me to events..... encourages me....
Nannie, Kimber and I participated in the "Red Raider Road Race" on the Texas Tech Campus.... now I must add that Texas Tech has NOTHING to do with this race.... it is put on by the West Texas Running club...of which Randy is the internal race director....(Randy, I knew you would want me to set the record straight)!! Now....mind you... I DON'T run....it hurts my teeth... not to mention my over mental health.... so... here we are.... us girls are going to do the 5K and Randy the 10 K..... why don't they just use the actual mileage..... 5k is a little over 3 miles..... ok.... so here we are standing in the big group..... walkers have been advised to stay in single file to the right for the first few minutes so we would not get run over (my cute husband made that announcement). The horn goes off... (oh yes, Randy and I went to the new "Ganders" to get this air horn thing.... we get home.... I could see the handwriting on the wall.....yes, people... you know it..... he had to toot the horn.....my dog Sydney Ann ran under our bed and did not come out until the wee hours of the morning).....yes, Randy,,,, it is LOUD! So..back on track... the horn goes off.... excitement builds... Nannie takes off running....mind you.... she has her purse strap around her neck and her purse hangs down to her side..... Kimber and I crack up..... Nannie is actually pushing on,.... cool.... Ok, about this time...you guessed it..... one of the other West Texas Running club members could not resist the urge to toot the air horn again... I guess it is a guy thingy! I chuckled again and could not wait to inform Randy of this "guy thing". I am sure Kimber could have poured past most of the people there... but she felt sorry for me... she stayed with me... sweet kimber.....we walked... I walked as fast as I could.... Nannie was quickly out of our sight.... how could I be slower than some of these other walkers....how dare they.... ok... come on Kimber... lets trot.... so we trotted.... and trotted... my tounge was hanging out... ok... gotta stop... let me catch my breath.... ok...now... where is Randy..... damn him.... he is fast...and he is 51 years old.... he was passing teenagers.....ok..... caught my breath.... much better... lets try again Kimber.... ok Tia she says.... I thank her a million times for staying with her 'ol Tia.... will that finish line ever come into view?????
Well finally Kimber and I came accross the finish line... I refused to run the last few yards because if I could not run most of the race I did not want to look like my running was that slow. Nannie greeted us..... Randy greeted us (he ran the 10k...) all is well. Not medal continders..no sir. But guess what.... Nannie is the proud owner of a "Red Raider Road Race" medal... she placed 3rd....yeahhhhhhhh. Randy won 2nd place in his age division.... yeahh.......
I am sure there will be more events.... we have already done the Susan G. Komen race for breast cancer.....health fair at the mall.....walks over at tech terrace.... lectures....etc.... thanks Nannie for the encouragement!
My next blog will be a great contrast to this one......as I tell you about the New Baskin~Robbins..... peace out babe!! AND GET FIT!!!!!
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Well Traveled
So, this has been the year of travelling!! That is an understatement!!!!!! In April, we went to Tempe Arizona for "Arizona Ironman"...Then we went to the hill country.... To Escondida....the Texas Country Reporters Hacienda.... it was beautiful there.... then on to Fredericksburg..... then to Dallas for a Triathlon...... then back to Fredericksburg for family vacation with the kiddos....and to Dallas two more times..... somewhere in there, I went to Ocala, Florida with Randy on a business trip!!! Whew... I am tired of travelling. It has been alot of fun!! I think I have seen every "mall" from here to there..... Taylor and Nickolas have benefitted from these excursions..... they are dressing mighty fine these days.... gone are the days when I bring my two daughters anything...ahhhhhh..... well sometimes I sneak them something in!!
In the mean time... Randy surprised me with a new computer....imac.... what a surprise..... it was for my birthday! I am still trying to learn how to use it. I hear it is "stupid" proof... we will see. I am having alot of fun making slideshows of the family and adding music from itunes.... wasn't long ago that I did not have a clue what that meant!!!.. This is actually the first bit of technology that my neice, Kimber, was truly "jealous" of........ you know I usually run about 7 years behind the new stuff!!! Hopefully, I can get back to writing again!!
Well, the grandsons are growing like weeds ( and believe me, I know what weeds are because I used to have to hoe them!). Taylor just celebrated his first birthday. I could not believe it. His mommy and daddy had a BIG party for him at their home. We had alot of fun. Randy...aka...Grandpa.... and I gave Mr. T a Radio Flyer tricycle.... no, not just any one would do..... I searched and searched until I could find an "all~metal" one. No plastic for our boy..... and now I have to get another one and put it up for Nickle~pickle!!! I figure the tricycles need to be durable..as we know how tough boys can be!!
The family has grown. Amanda and Matt added a one year old weimerwaner (sp) dog. His name is Bauer. He is a beautiful dog.... however, Baxter has had a bit of trouble adjusting to his new "brother". Baxter and Bauer had a "rowl" the other day. I think Baxter finally figured out that Bauer is about 10 times his size.... needless to say..... I think Baxter has a healthy respect for Bauer now. Bella just goes along with "whatever".
Ash and Jeffrey added a pure black great dane to their little brown dog family...... his name is Raider. The breeder just gave him away because the dogs mother picked him up by the head and damaged one of his eyes and she could not afford to have it surgically removed. Well... Ash and Jeff felt sorry for it...... Raider has done pretty well... but one day.... the eye grew....and grew....and grew....it looked like they put a ping~pong ball in his socket..... so...on to Dr. Jury, the vet. He took wonderful care of Raider.....infection gone.....eyeball gone.....stitched up socket....maybe they should have called him lucky!!!! Now if you remember from previous readings... they already have Bo, a yellow lab, Tabbitha, part pom and "chee~wa~wa", and Roofus Jones, little tan stray dog. Poor Roofus.... he has had the most trouble adjusting..... but today, Ash told me that she thinks that Roofus Jones is alright with Raider because when she let them out this morning.... Roofus, wagging his tail was following right behind Raider smelling Raiders "butt"!!!!!! I guess thats love.
Well... I am sure I will have more tomorrow.... I need to tell you about the "Get Fit" program that the family is doing. And, if I can figure how to add photos to this blog thingy....I will..... goodnight....Shari
In the mean time... Randy surprised me with a new computer....imac.... what a surprise..... it was for my birthday! I am still trying to learn how to use it. I hear it is "stupid" proof... we will see. I am having alot of fun making slideshows of the family and adding music from itunes.... wasn't long ago that I did not have a clue what that meant!!!.. This is actually the first bit of technology that my neice, Kimber, was truly "jealous" of........ you know I usually run about 7 years behind the new stuff!!! Hopefully, I can get back to writing again!!
Well, the grandsons are growing like weeds ( and believe me, I know what weeds are because I used to have to hoe them!). Taylor just celebrated his first birthday. I could not believe it. His mommy and daddy had a BIG party for him at their home. We had alot of fun. Randy...aka...Grandpa.... and I gave Mr. T a Radio Flyer tricycle.... no, not just any one would do..... I searched and searched until I could find an "all~metal" one. No plastic for our boy..... and now I have to get another one and put it up for Nickle~pickle!!! I figure the tricycles need to be durable..as we know how tough boys can be!!
The family has grown. Amanda and Matt added a one year old weimerwaner (sp) dog. His name is Bauer. He is a beautiful dog.... however, Baxter has had a bit of trouble adjusting to his new "brother". Baxter and Bauer had a "rowl" the other day. I think Baxter finally figured out that Bauer is about 10 times his size.... needless to say..... I think Baxter has a healthy respect for Bauer now. Bella just goes along with "whatever".
Ash and Jeffrey added a pure black great dane to their little brown dog family...... his name is Raider. The breeder just gave him away because the dogs mother picked him up by the head and damaged one of his eyes and she could not afford to have it surgically removed. Well... Ash and Jeff felt sorry for it...... Raider has done pretty well... but one day.... the eye grew....and grew....and grew....it looked like they put a ping~pong ball in his socket..... so...on to Dr. Jury, the vet. He took wonderful care of Raider.....infection gone.....eyeball gone.....stitched up socket....maybe they should have called him lucky!!!! Now if you remember from previous readings... they already have Bo, a yellow lab, Tabbitha, part pom and "chee~wa~wa", and Roofus Jones, little tan stray dog. Poor Roofus.... he has had the most trouble adjusting..... but today, Ash told me that she thinks that Roofus Jones is alright with Raider because when she let them out this morning.... Roofus, wagging his tail was following right behind Raider smelling Raiders "butt"!!!!!! I guess thats love.
Well... I am sure I will have more tomorrow.... I need to tell you about the "Get Fit" program that the family is doing. And, if I can figure how to add photos to this blog thingy....I will..... goodnight....Shari
Monday, August 6, 2007
I'm Back....
Wow!!! It has been quite a year. I know it has been quite awhile since I have written... so much to say.... my head is full of stuff... now, last week it was literally full of "stuff".... I was sick. That does not happen very often but when it does... I am really out for the count.
Back on track now.... Alot has happened since I last wrote..... we have a new addition to our family.... his name is Nickolas Lee Williams! Born on May 16th, 2007. What an adventure. My daughter Ashley and her husband Jeffrey welcomed this little critter with open arms.... what an exciting time. Nick~o's first few months inside his mommy were very uneventful.... no morning sickness for Ash.... life was good. He swam every day in open water... had plenty of room.... he was a happy little flutter. One day during a routine sonogram..... an oops was discovered.... black spots on the screen.......well, that is what we saw, however, the doctor saw cysts on a kidney. Now, the fun began!!!
Ashley had to quickly learn how to juggle Dr. appointments, hair appointments (her clients), household duties, daughter duties and wifely duties. I do not know how she did it. She had atleast two dr. appts per week. Many ultrasounds (or sonograms... same thing)..... lots of being monitored. Nickolas grew at a rapid pace.... we thought he would be 3 feet tall when he was born. Luckily for Ash, that was just our goofy imaginations!! Since Jeffrey had to be at work... had to make diaper money...... I was blessed to be able to go to most appointments with Ash. We settled in quite nicely..... we were pretty good "waiting room waiters"..... we kept most of the other "grumpy" patients chuckling pretty good..... never a dull moment with us. We kept the nurses in chuckles too. I am sure they see alot of gripy broads... not us..... no.... never us... we were "cool". They miss us. NO, really, they miss us. They told us so.
Life went along pretty good until the "infamous" appointment with her regular dr. I think it was a monday morning.... Nickolas' heart rate was good.... no contractions.....Ashes blood pressure was high. No.... not high......... but REALLY high. Dr. said ..."Bed rest chicka".....ooooohhhhh Ash said...........hmmmm.......mom said...........then dr. said........... wait just a bit.......... lets check this thing again................... "straight to hospital" dr. said...... ooooohhhhhh Ash said............ hmmmmm mom said........... we whipped out our cell phones and started dialing....... it was like we were making a hundered 911 calls..... are we having a baby today..????? what is happening. It did not take long for the "wagons to circle" the camp..... Jeffrey aka daddy, Amanda and Taylor, gran.... the list goes on and on. Ash was admitted to the antepartum ward. You would have thought that an extremely famous person was being admitted...well, it was Ash, so I guess a famous person was being admitted!!
Day after day went by..... Ash and I watched alot of television....I learned about a show called "Gilmore Girls"..... "Runs House"...... Watched alot of "Rob and Big".... some movies....... napped...... yes, I napped too.... a great fear however...because I snore. No, I really snore..... One day we were watching Pirates of the Carribean.... the next thing I knew... Ash was saying "mom, wake up....mom.... wake up.... you are snoring and my nurse should be in shortly.... I did not want you to be embarrassed" !!!!! Wow.... thanks for saving me Ash!! Ash had a nurse that was just a pregnant as Ash.... we would always try to get her to come in and sit down and watch tv with us.....she wanted to....but.... needed her job more.... The cleaning lady was a favorite.... we named her Doc Mary. She checked on how Ash was feeling every day after we named her a Doctor!! She was proud of her promotion.... sometime ask me about the way this all came about. I do not want to put it in writing because it may come back to haunt me.
Finally, the day was set that Nickolas would make his arrival. May 16th, 2007. Ash had a C~section. Everyone was able to be at the hospital except Gramps. Now get this.... when Taylor was born in Amarillo... Gramps was in Lubbock. When Nickolas was born in Lubbock...Gramps was in Amarillo!!! Ok Gramps.... we will give you fare warning on the next baby so you can be in the "correct" town!! The delivery was great.... Lowry Schaub, a wonderful friend, and anestheologist.....was in the delivery room.... he called me as soon as Nick~o came out.... I could hear the babe cry. It was awesome. A sound I will never forget!!
Nick~o still has alot of Dr. appointments to go now. He has one functioning kidney. But atleast we know it is very healthy. He still has to have a little surgery on his little penis.....poor baby. Probably lots of years of monitoring. He is adorable. Growing like a weed. I think he will soon pass up cousin Taylor. Taylor loves nick~o..... I am sure they will be best buddies soon.
Well... that was a bit of an update on the major thing in our life. I will write more about all of our adventures since April..... stay tuned!! Love, Shari
Back on track now.... Alot has happened since I last wrote..... we have a new addition to our family.... his name is Nickolas Lee Williams! Born on May 16th, 2007. What an adventure. My daughter Ashley and her husband Jeffrey welcomed this little critter with open arms.... what an exciting time. Nick~o's first few months inside his mommy were very uneventful.... no morning sickness for Ash.... life was good. He swam every day in open water... had plenty of room.... he was a happy little flutter. One day during a routine sonogram..... an oops was discovered.... black spots on the screen.......well, that is what we saw, however, the doctor saw cysts on a kidney. Now, the fun began!!!
Ashley had to quickly learn how to juggle Dr. appointments, hair appointments (her clients), household duties, daughter duties and wifely duties. I do not know how she did it. She had atleast two dr. appts per week. Many ultrasounds (or sonograms... same thing)..... lots of being monitored. Nickolas grew at a rapid pace.... we thought he would be 3 feet tall when he was born. Luckily for Ash, that was just our goofy imaginations!! Since Jeffrey had to be at work... had to make diaper money...... I was blessed to be able to go to most appointments with Ash. We settled in quite nicely..... we were pretty good "waiting room waiters"..... we kept most of the other "grumpy" patients chuckling pretty good..... never a dull moment with us. We kept the nurses in chuckles too. I am sure they see alot of gripy broads... not us..... no.... never us... we were "cool". They miss us. NO, really, they miss us. They told us so.
Life went along pretty good until the "infamous" appointment with her regular dr. I think it was a monday morning.... Nickolas' heart rate was good.... no contractions.....Ashes blood pressure was high. No.... not high......... but REALLY high. Dr. said ..."Bed rest chicka".....ooooohhhhh Ash said...........hmmmm.......mom said...........then dr. said........... wait just a bit.......... lets check this thing again................... "straight to hospital" dr. said...... ooooohhhhhh Ash said............ hmmmmm mom said........... we whipped out our cell phones and started dialing....... it was like we were making a hundered 911 calls..... are we having a baby today..????? what is happening. It did not take long for the "wagons to circle" the camp..... Jeffrey aka daddy, Amanda and Taylor, gran.... the list goes on and on. Ash was admitted to the antepartum ward. You would have thought that an extremely famous person was being admitted...well, it was Ash, so I guess a famous person was being admitted!!
Day after day went by..... Ash and I watched alot of television....I learned about a show called "Gilmore Girls"..... "Runs House"...... Watched alot of "Rob and Big".... some movies....... napped...... yes, I napped too.... a great fear however...because I snore. No, I really snore..... One day we were watching Pirates of the Carribean.... the next thing I knew... Ash was saying "mom, wake up....mom.... wake up.... you are snoring and my nurse should be in shortly.... I did not want you to be embarrassed" !!!!! Wow.... thanks for saving me Ash!! Ash had a nurse that was just a pregnant as Ash.... we would always try to get her to come in and sit down and watch tv with us.....she wanted to....but.... needed her job more.... The cleaning lady was a favorite.... we named her Doc Mary. She checked on how Ash was feeling every day after we named her a Doctor!! She was proud of her promotion.... sometime ask me about the way this all came about. I do not want to put it in writing because it may come back to haunt me.
Finally, the day was set that Nickolas would make his arrival. May 16th, 2007. Ash had a C~section. Everyone was able to be at the hospital except Gramps. Now get this.... when Taylor was born in Amarillo... Gramps was in Lubbock. When Nickolas was born in Lubbock...Gramps was in Amarillo!!! Ok Gramps.... we will give you fare warning on the next baby so you can be in the "correct" town!! The delivery was great.... Lowry Schaub, a wonderful friend, and anestheologist.....was in the delivery room.... he called me as soon as Nick~o came out.... I could hear the babe cry. It was awesome. A sound I will never forget!!
Nick~o still has alot of Dr. appointments to go now. He has one functioning kidney. But atleast we know it is very healthy. He still has to have a little surgery on his little penis.....poor baby. Probably lots of years of monitoring. He is adorable. Growing like a weed. I think he will soon pass up cousin Taylor. Taylor loves nick~o..... I am sure they will be best buddies soon.
Well... that was a bit of an update on the major thing in our life. I will write more about all of our adventures since April..... stay tuned!! Love, Shari
Thursday, March 29, 2007
LAUNDRY MAT
Why do we call it a Laundry "Mat"? Funny how you refer to something all of your life and then when you decide to write about it, it sounds odd! When I was growing up, sometimes we had to go to "town" and go to the laundry mat. Either the washer and dryer were not functioning, or mom just decided to get all of the laundry "done" at one time. Anyhow, when it became "in town laundry day"...it was exciting for a little girl........first, we had to find a "bunch" of quarters, then we had to separate the clothes, pull out all of the laundry baskets, gather the hangers.....laundry detergent.........etc............... I thought it was cool. My favorite part was getting to get a snack out of the vending machines! I would look at the bulletin boards and see what all was posted....seems like alot of babysitting want~a~beeees..........but my most favorite part was watching the laundry mat attendant! It was cool how they wiped down the washing machines after one was used......they would wipe down the clothes folding tables........... I thought that was the coolest job in the world! Of course, I quickly out grew that desire the older I got!
After I married Randy, laundry day would come all too fast! He worked on the farm with my dad! He wore most of the grease and dirt home on his clothes..........then I learned about "pre~treating". I also began ironing ............not so good at first though. One day, Randy and dad were at the "coffee" shop and dad happened to look at Randys "button" shirt...then he looked down at his "button" shirt...........both were kinda wrinkled but the part where the buttons were was flipped over in an un~canny crease!! Dad said something like "I guess they do laundry alike"..... oh well...........
Through the years, I ironed EVERYTHING.........jeans, T~shirts, polos, dress shirts............I became good..........no, I became....."one with the iron"!!!! Now that the girls are gone........I have gotten extremely lax on ironing.............. I still love the nice "crisp" feel of freshly ironed fabric.......but I do not stress over it though. Ok....now let me get back to the laundry mat business..........
I still go to the laundry Mat when I wash my bed spread.............or............when I have a failure of my washer or dryer............ my, how things have changed. When I used to go.........I would dig through the couches, pockets, purses...to gather enough quarters for the machines...........All the machines..........yes, vending too! Ten dollars would go a long way and sometimes I would have some left over. Now........it is different! Yes, very different. The place that I go to ...the machines do not take quarters..............they do not take "money"... I looked like a goof~ball the first time I tried to use the "new fangled" laundry mat. Some of the washing machines look different... kinda like little dryers.......they have numbers on them ........ like 45.....and 25.........it took me several visits before I realized that was just a fancy way of saying..."bigger than regular loads" and "big, big loads"...or "the mother load"!! The washing machines used to cost maybe 50 cents.....now..............the "Big Mama" cost about $3.50 a load..............the dryers..........go figure.....24 cents for a few minutes...............so now you wonder how I pay for these things..:::::
You NEED to take alot of cash... I mean alot "presidential flashcards"...........then you go to this wall that looks something like Las Vegas......... hmmmmmmm.... ok......so you need to get a "card", looks like a credit card..........but it will cost you a dollar! Then you can "fill~up" the card with moola.......you can only use $5 dollar bills or $1 dollar bills........... so I stand there with a $20.00 dollar bill............hmmmm..........then there is the "change maker".... I put the $20 in and got back 4 crisp $5 dollar bills........... Then I move back to the card machine and put in one bill at a time to "load my card".............. The card is now filled with $$$$$ and I am ready to go..........
So.... this week was one of those weeks.........my dryer had a bearing "going out"........you could hear it for "miles"............Randy was leaving town, so I had to have him some clothes........... so off to the "laundry mat". It was a monday evening...............what ever happened to everyone getting their laundry "done" on the weekend? The place was packed. I was not about to try to find another one..........it took me too long to figure out how to use this one. Since I do not go very often....... I do not have any laundry baskets :( but thats ok......... I've got trash bags and paper sacks............yeah buddy.......... I was cool............. I hauled everything in........spotted out every "open" washing machine.......... I am sure I was "stared" at.........but I managed to "load" my money card without looking stupid! Everything started.......ahhhhhhh...........just my favorite part...the vending machine.........got me a diet coke and peanut butter cheese crackers! Perfect.
So I look around me..........young couple with baby.........a little arguing..........baby crying.....kid fussing.......guys around looking like the "walking" dead.........the late 50ish guy flirting with the late 40ish woman......yuck, grossed me out! Two college girls came in together.......they sounded like roomates....one dropped some clothes on the floor...she must have picked up a pair of panties that would fit barbie....damn her........mine look like they would fit "mama cass"..... The attendant.....awwww........he has a good job...... wipes everything........keeps everything clean........brings back memories....... washing machines almost finished.........had to spot out a "clothes folding table".........found one........life is good! Then the 2 college girls grabbed the two tables next to me....no, they were not folding clothes........they were sitting on the tables, one studying and one talking on her phone...........the nerve of them!! I was taught it was rude to sit on tables......and it was rude to take up a table if you were not folding clothes yet!!! I got to hear the whole phone convo..... lots of 4 letter words!! hmmmmmm....... I just wondered what their mothers would say it they could see the rudeness....... oh well...........they probably learned it from their moms! I am glad that I had a good teacher.............Mom taught me well. Thank you mom!
As I finish up the laundry............I realize how blessed I am to not have to grace this place weekly............it is expensive...........it is crazy...........it is fun.............. it is different.......... it is not so bad afterall.......... I load up my clean clothes in my brown paper sacks.... haul them all out to the car..........go back in to "double check" that I picked up everything.........Done! All the laundry is "done".......took about 2 1/2 hours............take a deep breath..........fabric softner.......smells good doesn't it? .....Yes, life is good!
After I married Randy, laundry day would come all too fast! He worked on the farm with my dad! He wore most of the grease and dirt home on his clothes..........then I learned about "pre~treating". I also began ironing ............not so good at first though. One day, Randy and dad were at the "coffee" shop and dad happened to look at Randys "button" shirt...then he looked down at his "button" shirt...........both were kinda wrinkled but the part where the buttons were was flipped over in an un~canny crease!! Dad said something like "I guess they do laundry alike"..... oh well...........
Through the years, I ironed EVERYTHING.........jeans, T~shirts, polos, dress shirts............I became good..........no, I became....."one with the iron"!!!! Now that the girls are gone........I have gotten extremely lax on ironing.............. I still love the nice "crisp" feel of freshly ironed fabric.......but I do not stress over it though. Ok....now let me get back to the laundry mat business..........
I still go to the laundry Mat when I wash my bed spread.............or............when I have a failure of my washer or dryer............ my, how things have changed. When I used to go.........I would dig through the couches, pockets, purses...to gather enough quarters for the machines...........All the machines..........yes, vending too! Ten dollars would go a long way and sometimes I would have some left over. Now........it is different! Yes, very different. The place that I go to ...the machines do not take quarters..............they do not take "money"... I looked like a goof~ball the first time I tried to use the "new fangled" laundry mat. Some of the washing machines look different... kinda like little dryers.......they have numbers on them ........ like 45.....and 25.........it took me several visits before I realized that was just a fancy way of saying..."bigger than regular loads" and "big, big loads"...or "the mother load"!! The washing machines used to cost maybe 50 cents.....now..............the "Big Mama" cost about $3.50 a load..............the dryers..........go figure.....24 cents for a few minutes...............so now you wonder how I pay for these things..:::::
You NEED to take alot of cash... I mean alot "presidential flashcards"...........then you go to this wall that looks something like Las Vegas......... hmmmmmmm.... ok......so you need to get a "card", looks like a credit card..........but it will cost you a dollar! Then you can "fill~up" the card with moola.......you can only use $5 dollar bills or $1 dollar bills........... so I stand there with a $20.00 dollar bill............hmmmm..........then there is the "change maker".... I put the $20 in and got back 4 crisp $5 dollar bills........... Then I move back to the card machine and put in one bill at a time to "load my card".............. The card is now filled with $$$$$ and I am ready to go..........
So.... this week was one of those weeks.........my dryer had a bearing "going out"........you could hear it for "miles"............Randy was leaving town, so I had to have him some clothes........... so off to the "laundry mat". It was a monday evening...............what ever happened to everyone getting their laundry "done" on the weekend? The place was packed. I was not about to try to find another one..........it took me too long to figure out how to use this one. Since I do not go very often....... I do not have any laundry baskets :( but thats ok......... I've got trash bags and paper sacks............yeah buddy.......... I was cool............. I hauled everything in........spotted out every "open" washing machine.......... I am sure I was "stared" at.........but I managed to "load" my money card without looking stupid! Everything started.......ahhhhhhh...........just my favorite part...the vending machine.........got me a diet coke and peanut butter cheese crackers! Perfect.
So I look around me..........young couple with baby.........a little arguing..........baby crying.....kid fussing.......guys around looking like the "walking" dead.........the late 50ish guy flirting with the late 40ish woman......yuck, grossed me out! Two college girls came in together.......they sounded like roomates....one dropped some clothes on the floor...she must have picked up a pair of panties that would fit barbie....damn her........mine look like they would fit "mama cass"..... The attendant.....awwww........he has a good job...... wipes everything........keeps everything clean........brings back memories....... washing machines almost finished.........had to spot out a "clothes folding table".........found one........life is good! Then the 2 college girls grabbed the two tables next to me....no, they were not folding clothes........they were sitting on the tables, one studying and one talking on her phone...........the nerve of them!! I was taught it was rude to sit on tables......and it was rude to take up a table if you were not folding clothes yet!!! I got to hear the whole phone convo..... lots of 4 letter words!! hmmmmmm....... I just wondered what their mothers would say it they could see the rudeness....... oh well...........they probably learned it from their moms! I am glad that I had a good teacher.............Mom taught me well. Thank you mom!
As I finish up the laundry............I realize how blessed I am to not have to grace this place weekly............it is expensive...........it is crazy...........it is fun.............. it is different.......... it is not so bad afterall.......... I load up my clean clothes in my brown paper sacks.... haul them all out to the car..........go back in to "double check" that I picked up everything.........Done! All the laundry is "done".......took about 2 1/2 hours............take a deep breath..........fabric softner.......smells good doesn't it? .....Yes, life is good!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Never enough time...
why is it that there is never enough time to do the things we are supposed to do because we are doing the things we want to do? Some days, I feel like a dog that is chasing his tail!! I have got so much that I want to do......but then I look around me and see all that I need to do.....and then.... I disregard it all and come sit down at this darn computer!!! You may be wondering why I have not posted a new blog in a few days.... me too!... I have had a few problems getting "logged" on!...shouldn't that be "blogged" on??? My mind has so much stuff in it that I want to say...but I cannot spit it out fast enough.
Being a "granna" is wonderful.... not only do I get to "hold" one baby..... but I get to go to doctor visits with the other baby that is still incased in my babys tummy! Yesterday was one of those days. Wow, have things changed! You know I had two babies.... over the centuries, I am sure of two things......how the baby gets in there, and how the baby gets out! There....that said........everything else inbetween has changed to one way and back again and to another way, and back again! It is strange sitting in a doctors office...with your baby daughter....listening to the heartbeat of your baby daughters son! Cool!! Ashley does not seem old enough to be going through this stuff....but actually, she is. Now, you have to understand that this is the child that would scream when a nurse would come at her with a needle.....and I mean scream..... she was not bashful!! We would have to hold her down to get a shot.....to see her now is amazing! Now, I think she still does not like needles....just like me..........but, I think she has come to the realization that during this "birthing" process....she may get a "shot"! She had decided that she would probably have an "epidural".....She and Jeffrey have been going to childbirth class.....guess what?.... they showed an epidural "needle"....hmmm........ she is pretty sure that the pain of childbirth will not be that bad ..... without the epidural! ha! I actually gave birth to both my daughters without any "pain" aid........ needles scare the be~jezzus out of me too! There is NO way that I was going to get "stuck" in my back.... my back of all places..... there is no padding there.... ouch........... but we will see what Ash decides to do......... she has a high pain tolerance...... hmm...... childbirth...... how wonderful.
Years ago... the fathers were not allowed in the delivery room.....in the "old" days....basically, the mothers were "knocked" out and woke up to a baby.......then... fathers were incouraged to be in on the delivery......then......families were incouraged in the room..............then.. only the fathers..... then some babies were born "underwater"..... Mothers were incouraged to have the babys "all Natural".... just what is ALL NATURAL? Now, mothers say....epidural is the only way to go..... some were born in fancy rooms that converted.....now days.... the babies are usually born in that "conversion" room place.....the family waits very patiently out in the hall....(if you believe that...then you are not very smart).... the new daddy walks out in the hall with the new cutie.... and .....life is good. In the old days.....hospital identification tags were NOT promptly placed on everyone........ now it is like security around the White House...... thank goodness!
Remember when....we were told not to lay your baby on their back to fall asleep? Then we were told to lay your baby on their back to go to sleep...... at what age to begin feeding solid foods??? How long inbetween bowel movements......would be acceptable.........???? Cloth diapers vs. disposable diapers............. Tylenol? or not to Tylenol.......... Gas drops.....what are those? The infant seat that converts to their car seat???? Whats up with that? We used to just lay our babies on the seat of the car!! Breast milk.....similac....pro sobee......enfamil..........choices, choices, choices...... organic food or just regular food.....
I think if you are a reasonably intelligent person.....then...all these new~fangled things are wonderful and make "raising" a baby very easy..........however, nothing changes the fact of "no sleep", "no privacy", "no money", "little sanity", "lots of stress"...... for atleast the next 18 years...no, actually.............Amanda is 25 years old........and we still experience all of this stuff... I think you start over again when you learn that grandchildren are on the way...........I am having fun. Nope.... I do not get much done around the house............ as long as Randy does not complain.... I will keep my sanity. I am always willing to drop whatever I am doing when the girls call.... I do not want to miss a minute of spending time with them or my grandchildren..... when my life is over here on this earth...... I am sure no one is going to say..."you know, I heard that she rarely cleaned her home....." The will KNOW where my prioritys were.......... my family! I love my family.....my daughters, sons in laws, Taylor, Nickolas............and allllll the rest.
Not enough time in the day.....oh well........ what really matters? Carpe Deim!! Live life to its fullest......... do what you want to do!
Being a "granna" is wonderful.... not only do I get to "hold" one baby..... but I get to go to doctor visits with the other baby that is still incased in my babys tummy! Yesterday was one of those days. Wow, have things changed! You know I had two babies.... over the centuries, I am sure of two things......how the baby gets in there, and how the baby gets out! There....that said........everything else inbetween has changed to one way and back again and to another way, and back again! It is strange sitting in a doctors office...with your baby daughter....listening to the heartbeat of your baby daughters son! Cool!! Ashley does not seem old enough to be going through this stuff....but actually, she is. Now, you have to understand that this is the child that would scream when a nurse would come at her with a needle.....and I mean scream..... she was not bashful!! We would have to hold her down to get a shot.....to see her now is amazing! Now, I think she still does not like needles....just like me..........but, I think she has come to the realization that during this "birthing" process....she may get a "shot"! She had decided that she would probably have an "epidural".....She and Jeffrey have been going to childbirth class.....guess what?.... they showed an epidural "needle"....hmmm........ she is pretty sure that the pain of childbirth will not be that bad ..... without the epidural! ha! I actually gave birth to both my daughters without any "pain" aid........ needles scare the be~jezzus out of me too! There is NO way that I was going to get "stuck" in my back.... my back of all places..... there is no padding there.... ouch........... but we will see what Ash decides to do......... she has a high pain tolerance...... hmm...... childbirth...... how wonderful.
Years ago... the fathers were not allowed in the delivery room.....in the "old" days....basically, the mothers were "knocked" out and woke up to a baby.......then... fathers were incouraged to be in on the delivery......then......families were incouraged in the room..............then.. only the fathers..... then some babies were born "underwater"..... Mothers were incouraged to have the babys "all Natural".... just what is ALL NATURAL? Now, mothers say....epidural is the only way to go..... some were born in fancy rooms that converted.....now days.... the babies are usually born in that "conversion" room place.....the family waits very patiently out in the hall....(if you believe that...then you are not very smart).... the new daddy walks out in the hall with the new cutie.... and .....life is good. In the old days.....hospital identification tags were NOT promptly placed on everyone........ now it is like security around the White House...... thank goodness!
Remember when....we were told not to lay your baby on their back to fall asleep? Then we were told to lay your baby on their back to go to sleep...... at what age to begin feeding solid foods??? How long inbetween bowel movements......would be acceptable.........???? Cloth diapers vs. disposable diapers............. Tylenol? or not to Tylenol.......... Gas drops.....what are those? The infant seat that converts to their car seat???? Whats up with that? We used to just lay our babies on the seat of the car!! Breast milk.....similac....pro sobee......enfamil..........choices, choices, choices...... organic food or just regular food.....
I think if you are a reasonably intelligent person.....then...all these new~fangled things are wonderful and make "raising" a baby very easy..........however, nothing changes the fact of "no sleep", "no privacy", "no money", "little sanity", "lots of stress"...... for atleast the next 18 years...no, actually.............Amanda is 25 years old........and we still experience all of this stuff... I think you start over again when you learn that grandchildren are on the way...........I am having fun. Nope.... I do not get much done around the house............ as long as Randy does not complain.... I will keep my sanity. I am always willing to drop whatever I am doing when the girls call.... I do not want to miss a minute of spending time with them or my grandchildren..... when my life is over here on this earth...... I am sure no one is going to say..."you know, I heard that she rarely cleaned her home....." The will KNOW where my prioritys were.......... my family! I love my family.....my daughters, sons in laws, Taylor, Nickolas............and allllll the rest.
Not enough time in the day.....oh well........ what really matters? Carpe Deim!! Live life to its fullest......... do what you want to do!
Friday, March 16, 2007
Once again, it's time.....
when you have to do some "spring" cleaning in the yard......... now, for the past 3 summers I have actually held down a job....go figure (that is not easy for me...ADD). The Ironman has been the one doing most of the outside chores. I decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather of late and tackle a couple of challenges. #1.... the Ironman likes to usetools with power....lots of power. The hedges in front of our home have begun to look likea ski slope! I think when Randy got hold of the electric hedge trimmer..... he trimmed, and trimmed.....all at a slant.... so now I am trying to fix that..It took him 3 years to get it that way so it will take me awhile to fix it. #2... when we moved into this home about 9 years ago.... the yard was beautiful... I mean the grass....but... the 'ol big red oak tree has gotten ALOT bigger......I am gettin' pretty tired of describing my home to people declaring that "it is the home with a dirt front yard!!" so.... we are now seeding some fescue....so, I go to TG Trees....you know, a nursery. I took Ashley with me for support....we walked in....there were a couple of men talking (imagine that)... Ash and I stood there.... we stood there....we stood there.... then came another man... I will call him Bubba. Bubba never acknowledged us...but he made sure that he got his dip of skoal in his mouth....we stood there....we stood there....Bubba stood there...finally...the other employee, I will call him "not so cool guy".... thinks he is the brains of the operation. Finally...not so cool guy asked what we needed. Here is my chance... "I need some fescue seeds...thin blade....we would like the grass to end up being pretty dark if possible..." NSCG said "where ya gonna put it?" In the front yard...you see, we used to have "tiff" grass there but the BIG RED OAK has gotten so big that there is no grass...I said.............He said....now you are going to have to putsome sort of border around the tree where you want the fescue or the burmuda is gonna take over!!!" Hello mr. not so cool guy....did you not hear me??? I said there is not any grass under there, so it will not matter....Mr. nscg said....well that burmuda will kill out any fescue you plant and you will need some sort of a border... Ash said....there is not any grass....I said there is not any grass....Bubba piped up and said ...there is not any grass! I think mr. nscg finally got it! So, on we go..... we get the fescue and some compost... Ash heads out to the car with another guy (he was very nice)...I stay in to pay.... ok..Mr. NSCG.. you are driving me crazy...it took him forever....maybe I should just call him"Big Budda"...cause he thought he was "all that"!! So, I finally get to the car...sat down..and told Ashley..."That guy must have a little..........oh Shari stop!!!! I cannot tell you exactly what I said because I want this blog thing to be G rated.... Next time you see me...just ask what I always say when guys think they are "all that".... Now,Back on track...
Fescue planted...half of the hedge trimmed...still have other side of front hedge to do...today arrived.....just what shall I do?? I had planned on finishing the front.......so I head out to the back yard to empty my trash cans..just so I can refill them........then...as I stepped over all of the dead cannas (plants)...I thought...hmmmm...I think I will clean up these first..because they will drive me crazy if I have to walk over them all day...cut, cut, cut, cut...rake, rake, rake, Ash calls....where are you?....again....I start quickly explaining....again...just who is the parent.....Why, I am in the back yard cleaning....she says...oh, yuck....cause she knows what a mess it is...back to work....Amanda calls....same story........back to work......remember, I am ADD....so...after I bounced around creating several different bigger messes....I decided I was hungry...what do I want....a Big Mac! What!! I never want a big mac..........and fries................yes, they sound good.........what! I never eat fries.... what is wrong with me...I think the sun is frying my brain... well..I do need to go buy some mulch for the flower beds...hmm... I could just go through the drive through at Mickey D's...........no Shari.......... just eat lunch here....work some more.....bend, stand, rake,bend, stand, rake....carry stuff to dumpster.......Big Mac....work....rake......Big Mac...ok...so I could go to Walmart to get the mulch and since they have a Mickey D's inside, I will just take care of two things at once.... so off I go...
As I am driving to Walmart.... I have to stop at a red light... I look in my rear view mirror....the man behind me was driving a blue expedition...he reminded me of one of our former neighbors....slightly balding, mustache,.......so, the arrow comes on for us to turn. I usually like to give myself a little room between myself and the car infront of me..I do not want to become a suppository......... so... I have not even had a chance to take my footoff of the brake and he began honking at me....the nerve of him.... I looked in my rearview mirror and saw his hands flailing in the air.....luckily, not the middle finger,....so I raised my hand in the air....you know, like asking a question....he held his up again....once we turned....he blew passed me...you know, giving me the look....like I could have driven on top of the cars in front of me so he could get through.....as he passed....I noticed a big dent in his bumper.........hmmm.....I wonder........did some one get mad at him for taking off slow at a light? hmmmm........he looked stupid! If anyone knows this person...please tell him I would like to have a word! My guess is...he must havea little........ oh stop Shari......
So, I return from my adventure....start to work again....I could only think of 4 little creatures.....Amanda and Matts 2 dogs...Boston Terriers.....Baxter and Bella....AKA TheB's, Aka Killer B's, AKA Black and white units.....AND Ashley and Jeffreys 2 little dogs...are mixtures...so we call them the Baloneys....their names are Tabbitha Joe, and Roofus Jones......they are little brown dogs....AkA...Tabby Joe...Aka Roofy....Aka...Roofus R Jones, only when he is in trouble......... these dogs are adorable....most of the time.... they love our backyard....no, I mean .... they LOVE our backyard....we now have NO grass in our backyard.....they own our backyard.....they are the best excavation crew any one could have!!Why is it that they always dig in the same spot?? They love to dig....I think they think that the backyard is "Stallog 13" and they are going to dig a tunnel down the alley to the golf course...to freedom...and lots of places to peeeeeeeee! Not long ago....of course, another hole dug....Bella decided to rip open a bag of Kingsford Charcoals....wasn't that nice of her?....she even spread them out...and put some in the hole.... Amanda said that Bella just thought we needed a fire pit in the yard....so helpful. Today.... I picked up alot of reimnants of their adventures....stuffing from cushions, dog bones, paper they have shreadded......charcoals........everytime Roofy tee tees...he has to wipe off his feetby pushing every bit of mulch I have in one flowerbed out...he is just helping! I am goingto teach him how to push it back in someday! Baxter usually doesn't tear up much...but poor little guy,he has crazy eyes......he sees shadows....and he licks them....no, he really LICKS them....so I have some of the cleanest outside walls in Lubbock! Tabby Joe likes to flirt with "Fred" next door, he is a beagle....they bark alot....ALOT.....Baxter gets in on that too.... Now, Miss Bella can melt you with her big 'ol eyes....she kinda gets things started....and then looks at ya...like...."what?"....She likes to tear up stuff....and chew on stuff.....and lick you in the face....that would be fine except....shhhh...she likes to eat her poop! So, ya gotta be careful when she gets close to your face!! Yes, reimnants are all around me as I work...each dog with their own personality.....Randy fills the holes that are dug.....the dogs empty them...he fills...they empty....we laugh....we chuckle about them.....we love them.....we clean up after them........today....after I finished the back yard....Randy filled the holes again......he said....."yup, It will last til Sunday when the dogs are here".....then...he will fill them again...etc.etc.etc.....
I do not look pretty today.... I am not a pretty sight.....all day.... I have worn some baggy wind pants......ugly "tenny" shoes.......a tank top....a little too little tank top.....as I bend to and fro, up and down.... my pants ride down.... my underwear shows...I don't care...now I know how those teen age boys feel....let them show, .....I'm working here....I am sure it was gross looking.... Ash came to see me..... I think to make sure I was really working like I told her I was....just checking up on me......... after she watched me a bit....she said....mom.....your underwear shows...I proudly said....I know....and began walking around like a cool dude.....Mom....she says...you are crazy........ I think heat stroke is setting in..... I am filthy....take a deep breath..........dirt......smells good......feels good.........nothing better than to look back over your hard work for the day...yes, it is worth it.... cannot wait til the dogs come back over.....Roofy will be so excited..he will not know where to pee first.... Bella will look for something to chew on....Randy and I are sure that our wicker furniture will be toothpicks by july.....Baxter will just see lots of shadows....his tongue will probably get a splinter in it.........Tabby Joe will keep her place at the fence barking at Fred.......all the while.... Sydney Ann (my dog) will sit by the back door...oversee this circus....and will wonder when the she will see taillights......Once again...life is good! Spring is here...oh boy!
Fescue planted...half of the hedge trimmed...still have other side of front hedge to do...today arrived.....just what shall I do?? I had planned on finishing the front.......so I head out to the back yard to empty my trash cans..just so I can refill them........then...as I stepped over all of the dead cannas (plants)...I thought...hmmmm...I think I will clean up these first..because they will drive me crazy if I have to walk over them all day...cut, cut, cut, cut...rake, rake, rake, Ash calls....where are you?....again....I start quickly explaining....again...just who is the parent.....Why, I am in the back yard cleaning....she says...oh, yuck....cause she knows what a mess it is...back to work....Amanda calls....same story........back to work......remember, I am ADD....so...after I bounced around creating several different bigger messes....I decided I was hungry...what do I want....a Big Mac! What!! I never want a big mac..........and fries................yes, they sound good.........what! I never eat fries.... what is wrong with me...I think the sun is frying my brain... well..I do need to go buy some mulch for the flower beds...hmm... I could just go through the drive through at Mickey D's...........no Shari.......... just eat lunch here....work some more.....bend, stand, rake,bend, stand, rake....carry stuff to dumpster.......Big Mac....work....rake......Big Mac...ok...so I could go to Walmart to get the mulch and since they have a Mickey D's inside, I will just take care of two things at once.... so off I go...
As I am driving to Walmart.... I have to stop at a red light... I look in my rear view mirror....the man behind me was driving a blue expedition...he reminded me of one of our former neighbors....slightly balding, mustache,.......so, the arrow comes on for us to turn. I usually like to give myself a little room between myself and the car infront of me..I do not want to become a suppository......... so... I have not even had a chance to take my footoff of the brake and he began honking at me....the nerve of him.... I looked in my rearview mirror and saw his hands flailing in the air.....luckily, not the middle finger,....so I raised my hand in the air....you know, like asking a question....he held his up again....once we turned....he blew passed me...you know, giving me the look....like I could have driven on top of the cars in front of me so he could get through.....as he passed....I noticed a big dent in his bumper.........hmmm.....I wonder........did some one get mad at him for taking off slow at a light? hmmmm........he looked stupid! If anyone knows this person...please tell him I would like to have a word! My guess is...he must havea little........ oh stop Shari......
So, I return from my adventure....start to work again....I could only think of 4 little creatures.....Amanda and Matts 2 dogs...Boston Terriers.....Baxter and Bella....AKA TheB's, Aka Killer B's, AKA Black and white units.....AND Ashley and Jeffreys 2 little dogs...are mixtures...so we call them the Baloneys....their names are Tabbitha Joe, and Roofus Jones......they are little brown dogs....AkA...Tabby Joe...Aka Roofy....Aka...Roofus R Jones, only when he is in trouble......... these dogs are adorable....most of the time.... they love our backyard....no, I mean .... they LOVE our backyard....we now have NO grass in our backyard.....they own our backyard.....they are the best excavation crew any one could have!!Why is it that they always dig in the same spot?? They love to dig....I think they think that the backyard is "Stallog 13" and they are going to dig a tunnel down the alley to the golf course...to freedom...and lots of places to peeeeeeeee! Not long ago....of course, another hole dug....Bella decided to rip open a bag of Kingsford Charcoals....wasn't that nice of her?....she even spread them out...and put some in the hole.... Amanda said that Bella just thought we needed a fire pit in the yard....so helpful. Today.... I picked up alot of reimnants of their adventures....stuffing from cushions, dog bones, paper they have shreadded......charcoals........everytime Roofy tee tees...he has to wipe off his feetby pushing every bit of mulch I have in one flowerbed out...he is just helping! I am goingto teach him how to push it back in someday! Baxter usually doesn't tear up much...but poor little guy,he has crazy eyes......he sees shadows....and he licks them....no, he really LICKS them....so I have some of the cleanest outside walls in Lubbock! Tabby Joe likes to flirt with "Fred" next door, he is a beagle....they bark alot....ALOT.....Baxter gets in on that too.... Now, Miss Bella can melt you with her big 'ol eyes....she kinda gets things started....and then looks at ya...like...."what?"....She likes to tear up stuff....and chew on stuff.....and lick you in the face....that would be fine except....shhhh...she likes to eat her poop! So, ya gotta be careful when she gets close to your face!! Yes, reimnants are all around me as I work...each dog with their own personality.....Randy fills the holes that are dug.....the dogs empty them...he fills...they empty....we laugh....we chuckle about them.....we love them.....we clean up after them........today....after I finished the back yard....Randy filled the holes again......he said....."yup, It will last til Sunday when the dogs are here".....then...he will fill them again...etc.etc.etc.....
I do not look pretty today.... I am not a pretty sight.....all day.... I have worn some baggy wind pants......ugly "tenny" shoes.......a tank top....a little too little tank top.....as I bend to and fro, up and down.... my pants ride down.... my underwear shows...I don't care...now I know how those teen age boys feel....let them show, .....I'm working here....I am sure it was gross looking.... Ash came to see me..... I think to make sure I was really working like I told her I was....just checking up on me......... after she watched me a bit....she said....mom.....your underwear shows...I proudly said....I know....and began walking around like a cool dude.....Mom....she says...you are crazy........ I think heat stroke is setting in..... I am filthy....take a deep breath..........dirt......smells good......feels good.........nothing better than to look back over your hard work for the day...yes, it is worth it.... cannot wait til the dogs come back over.....Roofy will be so excited..he will not know where to pee first.... Bella will look for something to chew on....Randy and I are sure that our wicker furniture will be toothpicks by july.....Baxter will just see lots of shadows....his tongue will probably get a splinter in it.........Tabby Joe will keep her place at the fence barking at Fred.......all the while.... Sydney Ann (my dog) will sit by the back door...oversee this circus....and will wonder when the she will see taillights......Once again...life is good! Spring is here...oh boy!
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April 2006