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2011-04-06T16:35:00.000-07:00

Who knew? Tomato's in October!

2010-10-17T07:55:00.000-07:00

I have been very busy the last few weeks and this morning had some time to roam around the yard, just enjoying this beautiful cool weather that the Good Lord sent us. Would love to be camping this weekend or at The Cabin in VA! But that is not be, another really busy weekend on hand. But I did find some odd little happenings!

Tomatos and tomato blooms in October! I guess some chicken will enjoy them in a few days!

The (not so) Little Twin in the Door Way

2010-10-15T08:06:00.000-07:00

Grahammy and I were roaming around "Old Salem" and "Salem College" the other night and he, like his big brother had to look in each and every covered door that there was. And there are a lot in Salem.

We peeped in windows of shops selling Moravian itmes, played in yards of olden days that were empty, because tour times were over. We pumped water out of the hand pumped well. We even marveled at a road that was built for a 1870's trolly car. He also tryed to find a way to get inside the college library, because even though it is a women's college, to my G man, a Library is still a Library!

The picture isn't that great because I took it with my cell phone but it maybe someday will be a way for him to remember an evening with just he and I, as Kenny would say "moving at the speed of Lamb". Those times come pretty seldom when you are a twin.

The Protected Eggs

2010-09-22T04:49:00.000-07:00

I have know for a couple of weeks now that at least one of my leghorn (white egg layers) and one or two of my Americauna's were hiding eggs from me. Tuesday morning I went out to take them some treats and heard one of the leghorns singing her egg song. Since she is white, it was not hard to find her. And this is where she was! There were 18 white eggs and 3 green/blue eggs in that nest, under the poison ivy! I was only able to save one of the white ones, since it had just been layed it was still warm, and therefore the only one I knew for sure how old it was.

Stokes County Fair

2010-09-21T06:08:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to share some photos that I made the other night at the fair.

Track Star goes Band Geek

2010-09-18T05:57:00.000-07:00

Ben is doing Marching Band this year. It has been a lot of work, but he truly enjoys the Friday night football games. I have enjoyed them also. Last night he got to run the flag when his team scored.

First Day of School 2010-2011

2010-08-25T07:08:00.000-07:00

Today was the first day of 6th grade for the twins and the first day of 9th grade for Ben.

High School and Middle school, my how time flys! Jake and Graham's school requires uniforms, so that is why they are all snazzy and dressed up. Ben had on his new Raven Knob shirt and would not get out of the car for me to make his photograph. Gosh, what was I thinking someone on the bus might see him!

PS: made the photograph of the buses last night when I picked up Ben at band. It was sort of cool to ride up threw there surrounded by buses. The photographs are not that great all were made with phone camras.

Crying for Me by Toby Keith

2010-08-20T14:27:00.000-07:00

“Sorry you missed me
I’ll get back with you as soon as I can
Thank you and God bless”

Got the news on Friday mornin’
But a tear I couldn’t find
You showed me how I’m supposed to live
And now you showed me how to die
I was lost till Sunday mornin’
I woke up to face my fear
While I’m writing you this goodbye song
I found a tear

I’m gonna miss that smile
I’m gonna miss you my friend
Even though it hurts the way it ended up
I’d do it all again
So play it sweet in heaven
‘Cause that’s right where you wanna be
I’m not crying 'cause I feel so sorry for you
I’m crying for me

I got up and dialed your number
And your voice came on the line
That old familiar message
I heard a thousand times it just said
Sorry that I missed you
Leave a message and god bless
I know you think I’m crazy
But I had to hear your voice I guess

I’m gonna miss that smile
I’m gonna miss you my friend
Even though it hurts the way it ended up
I’d do it all again
So play it sweet in heaven
‘Cause that’s right where you wanna be
I’m not crying 'cause I feel so sorry for you
I’m crying for me

So play your upside-down, left handed
Backwards bass guitar
And I’ll see you on the other side
Superstar

I’m gonna miss that smile
I’m gonna miss you my friend
Even though it hurts the way it ended up
I’d do it all again
So play it sweet in heaven
‘Cause that’s right where you wanna be
I’m not crying 'cause I feel so sorry for you
I’m crying for me

I’m still crying
I’m crying for me
I’m still crying

Summer 2010 Egg Basket

2010-08-16T07:27:00.000-07:00

Since my new chicks are now hens, I have been able to add some new colors to my daily basket. I now have light brown and dark brown, white and blue eggs in my basket.

Graham would not share the blue eggs for a long time. But I am finally allowed to but some to the blue eggs in the cartons that I sale.

The "Found" Photo

2010-08-11T08:51:00.000-07:00

I hope to someday know the full story behind this photo. A friend from Scouts gave it to Kenny a few weeks ago. We had just had a lot of rain in this area. He had been mowing his lawn and found this. It had blown into his yard. That is Jacob in the photo, with the green strip shirt. The photo was taken at Tobaccoville Park and I believe the other children were from their class at Calvary Christian School in King, NC. I was amazed that the friend recognized that it was a Lamb boy, because this was taken a few years before we even met him.

Ben's Weekend

2010-05-27T20:18:00.000-07:00

Ben and I went to the cabin this past weekend. We went unplugged. . . well almost, I had my cell phone, just in case of emergencies. The picture in the middle is what this weekend was all about. He is growing up and leaving his childhood behind. As you can see we had some other adventures too. I didn't get a picture of what ever that large animal was walking in the woods in a not so graceful lumber. We told ourselves it was a "deer".

And sometime ask me about meeting Charlie Daniels at the saloon and his "big a$$ chanel locks".

Chicken Stories

2010-05-24T17:26:00.000-07:00

Fresh eggs for breakfast anyone?

One morning last week, G accompanied me to the two chicken coops. We went to take care of the little chicks first. Meanwhile the big girls were next door fussing and gripping. G turned around and yelled to them, "You people would never make it in a commercial chicken farm, in that cramped up space!"

And this last photo is of Tuxcedo, G's white Americauna. She looks sort of scarry here, but all in all and nice little chick.

Mamaw's Clematis

2010-05-22T05:52:00.000-07:00

I made these photos on Mother's Day. They are Mamaw's Clematis, she has had those flowers forever. I remember them as a little girl. I love the purple one. I think my favorite thing in her yard was the "Snow Ball" tree.

What I am reading...

2010-05-20T05:40:00.000-07:00

I am so proud of myself, I actually purchased a book on Saturday. It is
Laura Bush's "Spoken from the Heart" I have always loved biography's. Even though this one I have only read a little of, it promises to be one to remember. She seems to be able to paint beautiful pictures with words. I love that. I will try and remember to do a update here when I finish. Warning, I am a slow reader, because I seem to like to fall a sleep when I sit still enough to ready.

The New Chicken House

2010-05-18T07:17:00.000-07:00

Here are two photos, one of the house that my new chicks were living in until Saturday; and the new house that they moved to Saturday afternoon. This new house design, I had been toying around with in my mind. But then I checked a book out from the library

titled Raising Chickens. Lo and behold there was a chicken coop just like the one I had envisioned in my head.

So I proceeded to tell Kenny about it and show him the picture in the book. He said "that is very strange because I just saw on Craig's List a camper top for free". Next came the trip to Pilot Mountain on a very dark rainy night, to pick up the FREE camper top. All the while my youngest son proclaiming what a "redneck" his mother had become. The other two being a bit more red neckish themselves thought all this was pretty funny.

Alas my wonderful husband (of 19 years today) who was on his spring break last week, made my vision- a reality. I really think the little girls enjoy it. They sit on their roosts and look out the sky lights. And I can look out there and see their little heads bobbing around in the morning.

NOTE: The Moravian style arched door way. ~;>

Mothers Day

2010-05-12T08:45:00.000-07:00

Here is a super cute photo of some silly kids on Mothers Day:

A little up date:

2010-04-29T19:52:00.000-07:00

My apologies for not blogging lately. I have been pretty much swamped. At work, I just finished the quarterly reports on totally new software. That was fun! (yea right). Also we just had our Spiritual Life Retreat. That was an amazing weekend. I a still floored every time I think about it. My little Moravian sister went with me. I think we both went to escape from our children and both realized that it was so much more than that spiritually, mentally and physically.
Kenny is moving right along, still held up in the basement studying diligently. Finals are next week. He will have a 2 week break after that.
All 3, no make that 4 boys are signed up for new schools in the fall. Two in W-S and one in Hickory!
My new baby chicks are not so much baby chicks anymore. I have been making so many photos for school/yearbook really haven't made any of my chickens lately. I will admit these went outside a lot younger and sooner than the ones last year. I think they are doing well.
Oh I also have 4 Boy Scouts now. Everyone crossed over from Cubs to Boys a few weeks ago.
Then we had a fine Easter. The weather was Great for rounds and sunrise service. Also wanted to share with you this photo:

Ben and his Easter "Treat" and yes he used it on his chin. I think he will be like all the other Lamb men and be able to grow a fine goatee.

The Chicken Whisperer

2010-03-12T07:29:00.000-08:00

Well the new chicks arrived last Thursday morning. They were hatched and shipped on Tuesday. All arrived safe and sound. The box that Kenny came home with was full of little chirps. We promptly dunked all their beaks in water and that is all it took, all 16 chicks figured out how to eat, drink and poop. They also soon learned that Rosey the Wolf Dog would guard their every move. But that is OK because she also breaths hot air on them to help keep them at a toasty 95 degrees.

Also during the one week and one day that the chicks have been here G has decided that the white Ameraucana is the one that he wants as his own. She is very calmed compared to the others. His favorite thing to do is carry her around in the hood of his sweat shirt. She will also sleep on his arm while he walks around with her. She also likes to pretend to fly while sitting on G's a hand. It is the funniest thing. We say that Rosey thinks she is a human, well this little chick thinks she is a "lap dog."

Some art work on G's blog

2010-03-03T11:52:00.000-08:00

Posted some art work on G's blog the other day. He would really like it if you would go look at it and leave him a comment. Also getting ready to post J's bird project on his, it is listed to the right as Viper Valley.
Click HERE to go there now.

Chicken's Have Been Ordered

2010-02-09T09:21:00.000-08:00

After much debate with myself, I decided to order more chicken's. I have decided that the amount of chickens that I have is somewhere in the middle of provided the amount of eggs for my family and having enough to sale. So here is what I ordered:

These are Jersey Giants, this was Kenny, Jake and Ben's idea. They just get real big, about 10 pounds.
These are Barred Holland. They will be bigger than my Sexlinks, but not as large as the Jersey Giants. I had decided that I wanted some Barred Rocks, just because of the way they look. But then I found these and they lay white eggs.

These are Americana's, they have good personalities, are very reliable egg layers and the eggs are many shades, including green and BLUE. Can you guess who wanted these other than me?

So anyone need some EGGS? I will have plenty to sell next fall!

Kremer House

2010-02-03T18:45:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to share with you a picture of my office building. This is the Charles Kremer House in Old Salem. The home was built in 1841, it was remodeled sometime after 1871, adding the full porch and the victorian details. The photo below is what it looked like when it was built in 1841.

Conversations Between Brothers...

2010-01-31T18:20:00.000-08:00

Jake was putting up the eggs tonight, naming each egg as he put it in the carton, "Fred, George etc....:" Graham asks "you name all of your eggs?" Jake responds "Well yes, they are all baby chickens" I said "No, they don't have a daddy" Jake says "Yeah that is right we don't have a rooster," He looks at Graham in his most serious face and orders Graham to "go get friendly with the hens."

The Ups and Downs of a Backyard Chciken Lover

2010-01-23T16:21:00.000-08:00

A week or so ago, it was a bright beautiful sunny Saturday. So I decided to put my Peace Lilly out on the back porch for some winter sun. It got dark, I brought it inside. I sat it in its normal corner in the dinning room. The next morning a second bright shinny Sunday morning, I was enjoying my breakfast. I looked over at what I expected to be my nice fresh flower, when I realized about half of the flower was gone. I looked a little closer and realized that something had ate about half of the leaves, leaving only the veins of the leaves. I think "hum, what insect would be on my back porch on a winter day?" Then it came to me. It was not a insect, but a fowl. Chicken, to be exact. 10 of them! Had attacked my poor flower!

Also, last Monday, the boys and I went to spend the afternoon with Mom. Kenny was in the basement studding. Rosey was with him and the chickens were grazing in the yard. One of the chicken's were missing that night at beak count. We later found some piles of feathers. Kenny said it looked like maybe a hawk had got it. We have also heard since then that a hawk killed a neighbors rooster. So I have been clipping wings and keeping a pretty close eye on the girls. ~:>

Found Treasure

2009-12-28T17:08:00.000-08:00

I have been after Ben to find the cord to his camera, because there are photos of Jacob on the memory of the camera from when he was in the hospital last November. He was such a sick little boy.After working for about 40 minutes to get the pictures off of the camera, I realized there were others. This is two other photos that were on the camera's memory.

This is the day that Daddy took Ben hunting. Photos that Ben and I will treasure always, I am sure.

Advent Snow Storm

2009-12-22T05:17:00.001-08:00

I am 45 years old. I have never seen it snow this much in December. The storm hit at the right time for my boys. Friday was the last day of school and the storm hit about lunch time on Friday. We decorated the tree while the snow fell down out side. All 8 inches of it.

And on the first Saturday of CHRISTmas break the boys and Rosey went sledding.

The trick here is when you get to the bottom of the hill, you have to quickly stand up and grab the sled before Rosey can drag the sled further down the hill. And Rosey doesn't like to share the sled once she gets it.

Some new friends at my new job

2009-12-08T12:29:00.000-08:00

Just returned from my second office party. The name of the ladies group is "Church Street Girls". I enjoyed meeting all of the ladies that work around me. The lunch was at my church. Below are some photos that I made. Mildred, in the red is the lady that has been doing the job that I am now doing. She has been there for 23 years. I will not last that long. She is so sweet and reminds me of my Grandmother Conner. Rev. Lisa Mullen is the funny one drying dishes. This dear lady has helped me through some very difficult times and is always a hoot to be around her. Then poor Heather is washing dishes, I got to know her this fall at our fall retreat. She is a really great great with the kids and they all enjoyed her a lot. And Sheila, who comes to eat lunch with us, at our office, I hope she still comes to see me once Mildred is no longer there.

Pe Pi

2009-12-04T18:43:00.000-08:00

So today I am out in the chicken run, the chickens and the dog are on the outside of the run in the woods. Rosey is standing on one side of the tree peering around a tree at Chicken Alice. Chicken Alice is peering around the other side of the tree with her one good eye, looking to see where Rosey is. This went on for several rounds. Mean while I am standing there laughing so hard I am about to pee in my pants. Eventually Rosey saw another chicken and lost interest in the one on the other side of the tree.

Ah, life is good today... ~:>

A Hawk in the Pine Trees

2009-10-02T08:36:00.000-07:00

I had a terrible fright his morning. I was here at the computer; I heard my chickens making this awful sound. Rosey was inside with me. So I ran to the door, onto the back porch, (by that time Rosey was all the way to the chicken house). I saw something moving in the trees behind the chicken coop. As I started walking toward the coop, a hawk flew out of the pine trees, above the house and over the road. I immediately started counting beaks. All my cute little chickies were still there. But now I am scared for them. Since the hawk has found them, I am sure it will be back. The chickens stay out during the day. But I still have to put Rosey up because she does not like strangers. I am afraid she will bit anyone who might come up on the property, while I am not here. It was so funny she knew just as well as I did when we heard that odd clucking that something was wrong with them. I never dreamed that chickens would be so entertaining and have such personalities.

Nomi's Birthday Party

2009-09-29T19:36:00.000-07:00

Last time I saw my daddy.

In Memory of my Daddy...

2009-08-30T19:54:00.000-07:00

Correct date on the photo should read: August 28,2009.

Three Eggs Today.

2009-08-17T11:18:00.000-07:00

All last week there were 2 eggs on most days. This morning we had 3 eggs! Anyone got any good recipes that use a lot of eggs?

The photo above is the first 2 we got last week. I had to splurge, I cooked them in butter, just like my papaw used to. Yummy!

In other news, I am still trying to recover from camp last week. G man has not recovered either, even though we came home around lunch on Saturday. This morning he was really mean and grouchy. So I sent him to his room to read. A few minutes later J came and told me he was asleep.

Hope to blog some more with photos from the week.

Eggs!

2009-08-08T16:14:00.001-07:00

Eggs! We have Eggs! Five Eggs! They were all in a pile, in the corner. I guess we have had eggs for a few days and I just had not found them. Kenny found them this afternoon.

We think the speckled one was the first one, it was on the bottom of the pile. And here we think is the proud MOMMA! Carmel, she has been scratching a lot lately not eating from the feeder as much. She also has the largest and reddest waddles and comb.

WEBELO's II Camping at Stone Mnt.

2009-07-21T05:17:00.000-07:00

The LAST Cub Camp for ME!

2009-07-13T05:24:00.000-07:00

Last Friday and Saturday the boys and I have been at cub camp. Twins as campers and Ben and I as volunteers. This was my 5th and last year as a volunteer. Ben attended one year by hisself. That is the year that I witnessed a kid throwing himself up against a wall, no one was watching no one stopped him. Later I saw 2 boys fighting, punching each other rolling on the floor. Their leader just looked at them and didn't say a word. That is when I knew my kids were not going to be there by themselves. All three of my boys really do enjoy it. And it is really good to get a heads up on rank advancement for the up coming year. It just seems to always be a bit dis organized, and short on volunteers. I have always been very lucky, in that my group has always been very well behaved. Of course, our pack always has more kids than any other pack. And our pack is a really good group of kids.

This last photo was the closing ceremony on Friday night, which included a flag retirement ceremony. I have heard Kenny and the boys talk about these at CRK, but never seen one myself. It was quit impressive. The older boys were all really respectful of the flags.

Have a great Monday! Stay cool! ~:>

PS: I forgot to add: Both boys qualified for the NRA Junior Shooting Team in Bee Bee's. Neither had their glasses on at the time. They must be really good aims! ~ : >

Light of a Clear Blue Morning

2009-07-08T22:37:00.000-07:00

It's been a long dark night
And I've been a waitin' for the morning
It's been a long hard fight
But I see a brand new day a dawning
I've been looking for the sunshine
'Cause I ain't seen it in so long
But everything's gonna work out just fine
Everything's gonna be all right
That's been all wrong

'Cause I can see the light of a clear blue morning
I can see the light of a brand new day
I can see the light of a clear blue morning
And everything's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay

It's been a long long time
Since I've known the taste of freedom
And those clinging vines
That had me bound, well I don't need 'em

'Cause I am strong and I can prove it
And I got my dreams to see me through
It's just a mountain, I can move it
And with faith enough there's nothing I can't do

And I can see the light of a clear blue morning
And I can see the light of brand new day
I can see the light of a clear blue morning
And everything's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay

I can see the light of a clear blue morning
I can see the light of a brand new day
Yes I can see the light of a clear blue morning
And everything's gonna be all right
Everything's gonna be all right
Everything's gonna be all right

It's gonna be okay

'Cause I can see the light of a clear blue morning
I can see the light of a clear blue morning
Yes I can see the light of a clear blue morning
Everything's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay

I can see the light
I can see the light

It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be all right
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My Little Garden

2009-07-06T04:29:00.000-07:00

Here is a photo of my little garden. J and G made me these little tripods for my cucumbers to climb on. Aren't they inventive? The cucumbers were starting to climb up my tomato plants. But now they can climb their own little sticks.

Happy Monday every one! ~:>

Chicken Updates

2009-07-03T05:41:00.000-07:00

We have added roosts to the chicken tractor several weeks ago, because my girls were fighting over space to roost in the egg door. So now a few roost on the ledge of the egg door, a few on the roost that Kenny put in and one, named Pie, roosts on the bracket on the wall that the bug light hangs on. This being the highest in the coop. I have been told that the chicken that roosts the highest is the dominate hen. Congratulations PIE!

Rosey is still at her post, guarding "her" chickens. Sometimes she gets a little mixed up in the way things should be. Like take this picture for example:

One other funny happening-last night I was in the chicken yard, refilling the feeder that is always empty and suddenly I got pecked on the leg. Most evenings the girls are not this aggressive. In the mornings this is more likely to happen. I looked down to see the offender swallowing and a mosquito sitting on my leg. So I am thinking my little chicky that I was about to punt kick accross the yard was really just tring to protect me!

Wacky Tacky Jakey

2009-07-02T04:38:00.000-07:00

The week before school was out was School Spirit Week.

On this day the theme was wacky tacky. J decided that he wanted to wear K's "ugly shirt". He had this shirt when I met him. I have no clue why or where it came from. But we all agree it is ugly! So we added a pair of K's old glassed. I think it looks like Kenny Jr standing there huh?

Now where am I going to find a piece of scrapbooking paper to blend in with that shirt?

Did a little scrapping over the weekend...

2009-07-01T06:16:00.000-07:00

good stress releiver! The color of the photo is horriable. The colors are much warmer.

The journaling reads:

Mom and Cindy's Fruit Cake

Make in December, a few days before Christmas.

First start with a Spice Cake Mix. Then add anything you think would be nice!

Hey, honey, what ya fishing for?

2009-06-15T09:20:00.001-07:00

Most men like to fish.

My hubby likes to fish too.

I find it odd that he likes to fish, cause he don't eat fish.

But he still likes to fish.

He likes to fish in ponds.

But sometimes he likes to fish in trees.

For airplanes that are caught at the top of the tree by big ugly teenagers.

Ah, the adventures of my lamb boys...

Chicken Flower...

2009-06-06T11:19:00.000-07:00

I posted this same photo on this web site. I was very happy to learn that people thought that all my chickens were pullets. I also learned that there were no Rhode Island Reds in the group. But that is OK. I am not a chicken snob. I just want eggs. I just hope those people were right and they really all are hens, and no roos. B is upset, he wants to be woke up by roos. Some times we just need to be careful of what we wish for...right?

Kimmie in London

2009-06-04T10:19:00.000-07:00

Below is a link that will take you to youtube. At this link is a video that Kimmie is in. The event was the very prestigious L'oreal show. This is one of the most waited for events in the hairdressing world, each year. I am so very proud of her, but I must say I have seen her hair look better! LOL! She is at 32 seconds working with a fencing sword. Go KIMMIE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYYkPg7Vw3g

Garden Trolls

2009-06-02T10:01:00.000-07:00

I have been doing a lot of gardening this spring. I have my little garden at the house like every year. These are my cherry tomato's and cucumber plants that I planted inside in February. We also went and planted our big garden on the other lot. It is not a pretty garden, but it is doing very well. Just this morning I sighted cucumbers, green peppers and tomato's. I also have two very beautiful potted flowers that I really want to get a good photo of. I lucked up on Craigslist.com and got some pretty Boston Ferns for the front porch. Makes it seem cooler to me. So I guess I am a happy gardener. Just watch out for the garden trolls. They are sort of wild. Later, Cindy

More Chicken Tails

2009-06-01T06:57:00.000-07:00

Well the girls had their first full day of being true free range chickens. They spent the whole day Saturday out of the fence. They quickly decided that under my curly willow in the parsley patch was their favorite spot to be. We did have some issues with them jumping up on the patio, but a leaf rake seems to have taken care of that pretty well. However I am wondering if I will have any parsley left?

Happy Blogversery to ME

2009-05-28T08:17:00.000-07:00

Today my Blog is celebrating its 4th year!

J's Blog

2009-05-25T09:22:00.000-07:00

J has a new post on his blog. He would like for you to go see it. Link to the right.

Life's Little Pleasures

2009-05-22T07:41:00.000-07:00

Oh how I wish I had a camera in my hand when I experienced these two things I am getting ready to tell you about.

On Wednesday, I saw one of the chickens running across the chick yard. Upon a closer look I realized the chicken was chasing a butterfly. It was such a cute thing to see. A brown chicken chasing a orange butterfly. And the butterfly knew just how far the chicken's head would reach. Which is where the butterfly stayed on several passes through the yard.

Then last night J and G and i were sitting in the yard, each boy had a chicken. J lulled his almost to sleep. I noticed there were lots of big mosquito's flying around. I told the boys to go put the chickens up and we needed to go because of the flying tormentors. G picked up his chicken, put the chickens head around where the mosquito was flying, and the chicken ate the mosquito. Now this is one reason that I was interested in chickens, to eat bugs, but I didn't realize that you could point out a bug and the chicken would eat it! G proceeded to do this two more times. Needless to say, G and that chicken are going to be great friends!

Chicken Update

2009-05-18T18:38:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend, we replaced the chicken play yard, left over from the twins toddler years, with a real temporary fence.

Well, today is Monday and as you can see they have got to the top of the fence and to the top of the post. However, the jar in the window is the jar that their food stay in, and they know it on site. So I am hoping they will not be so successful at their "flying" up to the top of the other posts. The other photo is of J, feeding the chicks dandelion leaves. They will peck at the leaves as long as you hold them. The twins think it is great fun for the chicks to eat from their hands. The chicks think it is great fun to peck at the sapphire in my ring, if I am holding the dandelion!

Spring Concert

2009-05-15T08:00:00.000-07:00

Spring Concert-Middle school, trumpet section, all got the memo to wear Khaki's. Just wish I had a better picture of that handsome devil in the first chair...

Wild Turkey

2009-05-09T06:51:00.000-07:00

I heard this strange sound the other day, so I immediately went to look out the window to see if my chicks were OK. They seemed fine, as I was walking past another window I saw a strange large object in the drive way. This is what I saw. It was on the cement when I first saw it, but by the time I ran back to the other end of the house to get the gun, I mean camera, it had moved further from the house. This place never ceases to amaze me and all its natural beauty.

Chicken Tractor (aka: chicken coop)

2009-05-06T04:13:00.001-07:00

Over the weekend the chicken tractor was completed and moved to the yard. Which meant that the chicks got moved to the yard too! It is really close to the house for right now. But it is moveable, that is why it is called a chicken tractor. My knowlege of chicken and chicken talk has grown in the past two months.

This is the egg door. The nesting boxes will be in front of these two doors. That way we can reach in and get the eggs from the back. That is IF they nest in the nesting boxes. I have heard some people put straw and golf balls in the boxes to show the hen what to do.

Here they are in their new digs. Ready to explore the world.

And here we have a green snake caught in the hen house. Don't look to happy about that either.

My water ducks...

2009-04-29T19:12:00.001-07:00

Here are a few photos from this past Saturday. I believe my boys, do take a little bit after me. They seem to love and enjoy anything to do with water. Pool, beach, what ever. Jake received many compliments from the cousins on how well he handled the boat. I guess that is pretty good considering this was only the second time he had ever been in a canoe or a kayak.

Mr. Potato (Tim) Head

2009-04-20T09:41:00.000-07:00

Emma payed me a visit the other day. I will admit it was quite the challenge to find toys for my two young nieces. But alas we finally ran across Mr. Potato Head, ole faithful Mr. Potato Head. Has there ever been a child that did not like Mr Potato Head?

So we sat down getting Mrs. Potato head dressed, she was getting dressed for church you see. Then we decided that we needed "church hair". So we removed the old hair while we were in search of church hair. Then we got side tracked, ADD must run in families, and gave Mrs Potato Head a pair of glasses. Then lo and behold a bald headed Mrs. Potato Head reminded us of someone we both knew very well. At the discovery of this new resemblance, Emma and I looked at each other and knew that the only pair of shoes for this Potato head, must be the purple bunny slippers! There after the Potato Head shall be called Daddy Tim Potato Head

OK, meanness must run in families too. . .

Rosey and Her Chicks

2009-04-16T05:50:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday I brought home 10 baby chicks. We (Kenny and I) were a bit worried about what Rosey would do. Last week she looked over the side of the box, when ever the boys were not around. She just stands there and watches them.

Well, yesterday I had to add space and taller walls to the brooding box. The chicks were flapping around and about to fly out of the box. I found one sitting on top of the water can. So after I added the extra box and taped the flaps so they would stand up taller, I realized that Rosey could not see over the sides any more. So I cut one of the flaps of the box so that she could look in on "her chicks". Rosey stands there so much with her head hung over the side that the chicks do not pay her any attention. But when I stick my hand they get all up set. Maybe I can teach Rosey to change food trays and water bottles!

Easter 2009

2009-04-12T14:07:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to share some photos of our Easter. The boys and I started our day with rounds at Fries this morning at 1:00. We had ham biscuits and sugar cake at our church. At 2:00 this morning we headed out for rounds. The purpose of rounds are to go through out the city playing songs to invite all the residents to the sunrise service. We rode on a chartered bus that dropped us off in different locations through out the Bueua Vista neighborhood. Fries' little band of 13 sounded pretty good, I must say. The weather was wonderful.

We finished rounds at 4, went back to Fries and got in our own cars and drove to Old Salem. Where we were served a breakfast of country ham, eggs, sugar cake, biscuits and moravian coffee. It was getting pretty chilly just before daybreak in God's Acre. But we survived and managed to play for the glory of God! Before we had it back to where the car was parked, G said: "this was fun. Can we do it again next year?"

After the sunrise service was complete we went back to Fries to have breakfast with the ushers for the service, where we met up with Daddy Boy. So we had our 3rd breakfast of country ham, eggs and biscuits and sugar cake! Of course.

Came home and had a nap.

Oh yeah, even though we were up pretty much all the night we never saw the Easter Bunny. But when we got up from our nap, there was a basket full of goodies on the back porch for the boys.

The Lord is Risen.

The Lord is risen indeed!

Happy Easter!

Spring Break at Stone Mtn. NC

2009-04-06T04:48:00.000-07:00

We went to Stone Mountain State Park on Friday, stayed at the campground. On Friday we climbed to the summit. This is probably the nicest campground we have stayed at so far. K is thinking seriously about going back and taking the WEBELO's. The boys were again able to ride bikes. It was rather rainy and cold on Friday night and I thought I would never get warm again. I soon retreated inside to read, while the boys slaved over a fire that just would not burn. Just as well though we forgot the hot dog sticks and the marsh mellows! K and I did a bit more sitting around camp and being lazy than we have in the past. Of course after our climb on Saturday, we didn't have the energy to do anything else! LOL!

Note list of things forgotten for this camping trip: dutch oven, hot dog sticks, all but one of my pots were not in the camper, not enough warm clothes and the most important COFFEE!

Bridge Over Week End in the Rain

2009-03-31T09:15:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was the Bridge over weekend for the boys cub scout pack. It was MUDDY! But they had fun playing with friends even in the rain. In fact J had so much fun that he didn't want to stop long enough to run his car in the Pinewood Derby. He finished 4 for the district, not bad. They also got to shoot black power guns and do leather working.

I have no clue what the big one did all weekend, because that is what Boy Scouts do. What ever they want and not let the parents know.

Now it is Tuesday. I almost have all the muddy clothes washed.

Hugs

2009-03-17T07:00:00.001-07:00

Hugs are funny things. We need hugs. We sometimes avoid them.

Some people are huggers. Some people are not. I am not a hugger.

My SIL and her three sons are huggers. That took me a long time to get used to when I married into the family.

So why are we as humans drawn to these embraces in times of sorrow or crisis? For the past few days I have hugged aunts, uncles, cousins, the boy who informed me there was not a Santa Claus (still not sure if I have totally forgive him for that one), the beautiful girl from high school that I envied, the person that I had my first "adult beverage" with (it is OK mom and dad, I am not an alcoholic), childhood friends, childhood friends of siblings and the list could go on. Even though I am an admitted "no hug person" there was no other way that I would have handled these situations if I got the do over option. I needed the hugs, the people receiving these hugs either needed them or knew that I needed them.

So since I have had this "hugger" revelation, I think I will try to give more hugs, even if it is a little uncomfortable for me, I have realized that we all need hugs at times, whether we know it or not. (((HUGS))) to you! Cindy

This is a blog that I have been reading lately, I found it interesting that her subject this week fits my post.

One little page from this weekend...

2009-03-14T14:11:00.000-07:00

This is Making Memories Eliza, found at Tuesday Morning. Only thing better than scrapbooking supplies, are scrapbooking supplies CHEAP!

Proverbs 31:21

K Kids and Make a Wish

2009-03-13T06:31:00.001-07:00

The twins K Kids group collected $900 for the Make a Wish Foundation. I made this photo to put in the yearbook, but it did not turn out so good. J ins in the photo but G is not, his mean ole teacher would not let him come to the presentation.

Spring Time Weather!

2009-03-12T09:12:00.000-07:00

Well, since Saturday, we have had lots of sping time weather. In fact yesterday I was at the school on the playground and I actually got hot. Saturday the boys had a whole day to play in the yard, ride bikes and other goofy activites. Today however it is overcast, cold and calling for freezing rain overnight. One just really doesn't know how to dress these days.

My neighbor called yesterday, asking if Kenny got a new toy. I said "no, he just got it fixed. It has been broken ever since you moved in. " He did act like he had a new toy though, when the part came last week. It arrived remarkably fast, all the way from Canada in 4 days time. Guess I need to stop bad mouthing the post office. Til next time, Cindy

Blue and Gold Banquet

2009-03-07T07:04:00.000-08:00

Last night was the Blue and Gold Banquet. My little twins received their Webelos patch. They are now officially in their last year of cub scouts! Kenny and I have been going to cub scout meetings for EIGHT years!

Jake also received his trophy for pinewood derby.

Snow balls, snow men and snow boys...

2009-03-03T05:04:00.000-08:00

We finally have a snow day WITH snow!

2009-03-02T04:31:00.000-08:00

Aaah snow, glorious snow....
This stuff hurts!

What do you mean we need to put a coat on?
Yes, I am doing homework while there is snow piling up on the ground.

Look! New tag! \/

Manic Monday!

2009-02-24T08:04:00.000-08:00

Mondays are normally filled with lots of stress. From getting caught up from the weekend with housework stuff to homework and cub scouts.

Yesterday was no different from what I have come to expect from a Monday. But I was lucky enough to see something that brought a little smile to my face. As I was stopped at a stop sign there was a flock of robins landed all around me. On both sides of the car. I had been hoping for some snow, but after seeing the robins, I think I am ready for spring.

Photo credit to: kevinbolton56

Jake's Pinewood Derby Victory!

2009-02-23T06:29:00.000-08:00

After 4 years of hardly winning a heat race Jake finally placed third in the pack Pinewood Derby. Graham has won two years. Ben won every year but one. He won the district his last year. So it is only fitting that J finally places well enough to go to the district. How ever, this means that I am going to miss out on a weekend scraping trip, which is usually what I do when the boys go to crossover weekend/district pinewood derby.

I need to get a photo of the car, I believe it is the worst paint job ever! It is black metelic with yellow and green overspray! But my snake man is happy!

Sorry about the bad picture, I have been taking photos in that fellowship hall for 6 years now, they all look the same and they never come out good.

My Projects from Last Week

2009-02-16T07:14:00.000-08:00

I have been feeling very crafty for the past few weeks, and here are some of my projects.

I made cozys for the twins nanos and then the big B wanted one for his Zune.

I made some cards that I had seen somewhere on the web, and two felt ornaments that I had see several years ago and just never got around to doing them.

I also have been on a reduce and reuse kick. I have started reusing paper bags from the grocery store. One day last week I went, carried along my bags. When I got home with my groceries one of my bags tore. Well I needed some of those moss pots to plant my tomato seeds in, but really didn't want to spend the money so I decided to make use of my ripped grocery bag. Now I have sweet 100 tomato seeds warming in my bay window. The boys are really excited. I am sure when they go missing this summer I will find them under the tomato plants eating straight from the vine!

Happy Monday Everyone! Cindy

Valentine's from God

2009-02-14T01:00:00.000-08:00

Though the mountains move and the hills shake, My love will not be removed from you and My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” says your compassionate Lord. Isaiah 54:10

…I am the Lord, showing faithful love, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for I delight in these things…Jeremiah 9:24

I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger will have turned from him.

Hosea 14:4

You will lead the people You have redeemed with Your faithful love; You will guide [them]* The bracketed text has been added for clarity. to Your holy dwelling with Your strength. Ex 15:13

He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will bless your descendants…Deut 7:13

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. II John 1:3

No one has ever seen God. Since God is an infinite being, no one can see Him in His absolute essential nature; If we love one another, God remains in Or remains among us and His love is perfected in us. I John 4:12

… I received mercy, and the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. I Timothy 1:13-14

The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. Jeremiah 31:3

Did a little scraping last weekend.

2009-02-07T06:12:00.000-08:00

I hope to do a little more this week end.

The twins did these little shield things at school last year in third grade. I used their school photos for the page. I try to do a page every once in a while like this with something they do at school. It is so rare these days that they are allowed to do anything like this.

J's says: "I J, pledge to make a difference in the world by helping others when they are in need. I also want to take care of the earth.
G's says " I, G pledge to make a difference in the world by choosing kind words. I also want to treat people with respect."

The snow page is from a card I saw in "Paper Crafts". It was stamped, I did this one with

water color pencils and ink. Now if I can just figure out how to get those wrinkles out of the paper. It is really much prettier than the photo shows, if I do say so myself. I did a few other pages, just have not got a photo of them yet.

14 Years and 4 Days

2009-02-06T07:23:00.000-08:00

14 years and 4 days I have been waiting for this. Note the big red stamp at the bottom of the page. I don't even mind that it is going to cost me a wad of money.
Oh the joys of being a mother of a 14 year old. This photo was made Saturday on his birthday. He spent the day messing around the house, and Saturday night he went to help a friend out at a fundraiser for an Eagle Scout Project. I told him Saturday night that I was sorry he did not have a big celebration. He said "Thats OK Mommy, I got to spend time with my family and most kids don't get to do that."

Snow Day!

2009-02-04T06:49:00.000-08:00

Today is the second snow day for our school district this year. It is also the second snow day that there has been no snow in my yard! I am so mad. I even promised to take the boys somewhere sledding if they were out of school. Well it appears no one really got enough snow, to sled in. If we can't have any snow, I am ready for Sunday when it is forcasted to be 60 degrees!
THINK WARM THOUGHTS!

For Mom

2009-01-24T10:08:00.000-08:00

How do you like this photo of the birthday boy?

Do you think this would inspire you to scrap?

Klondike Derby

2009-01-19T06:03:00.000-08:00

Here are some photos that Kenny took this weekend of B's Klondike Derby.
They were somewhere on the Dan River in Stokes county. B says that he slept warm. His one man tent was inside of the big white dinning tent.

It is the little things in life that make me thankful.

2009-01-15T05:27:00.000-08:00

It is the little things in life that make me happy and thankful. Tuesday night I handed B his math book and agenda. Told him to put it in his back pack. He took it to his room. It wound up buried under a dirty clothes, that should have been put in the laundry.
Wed. morning at 7:35 AM the phone rings. CID says NWMS. It was B, being very sweet, which is a rarity these days. He had left his math book, agenda and his Spanish homework in his room. I agreed to bring it to him.
I dropped off the twins and headed down the road the extra 10 miles to B's school. I park my car right in front of the door, after all I am only going to run in leave the book at the desk and be on my way. Just as I reach for the door handle I hear this really dull buzzing sound. A lady from inside opens the door and says, "I guess this is a real fire alarm, I think there is a fire in a bathroom up stairs". I cringe at the remembrance of the last fire drill I endured at this school. It took about 45 minutes to get all the kids out, accounted for, and back to class.
So I go lean on the back of my van thinking, B is upstairs but I hope he comes out this door. Sure enough about two classes file out and then the teacher that B is with. Next comes the B man. Dressed only in a T shirt and hoody, ( I told him to put on a long sleeve shirt this morning also, but he decided all his LS shirts were "too dressy".) It is 27 degrees outside. I realize that I am wearing his scarf, maybe I should hand it to him... not! I have some toboggan's in the car I could hand him one of those...no! I told him to dress for the weather, he choose not to.
And now for what I am thankful for: If I had arrived 5 minutes later, I would have never known why they were all standing on the lawn, I would have never seen B in all that bunch of kids and I would have been worried sick about him. [FYI: Monday night we got a call saying that there had been a student that day bring some kind of plastic gun to school-so my nerves are a little on edge anyway. The students are just acting crazy right now for some reason] So God put me there at a really good time. I handed him his books as he crossed the parking lot. After all the kids had filled out the door, I told a teacher that was standing there I was going to back up and get out of the way, and I was off...just as the fire trucks roared into the parking lot...thank the LORD for good timing (and a warm scarf!) The End.

What is on your desktop?

2009-01-14T04:18:00.000-08:00

There was a question this morning on 2Peas, asking what is on your desktop. Mine is a picture of the boys at sunset when we arrived at the beach in November. Very peaceful.

What is on yours?

Pilot Mt in January

2009-01-13T08:35:00.000-08:00

Just thought I would share with you a photo I made Saturday from Pilot Mt. The road in the photo is Hwy 52. We could see W-S in the view but it didn't show up in the photos.

The boys had a wonderful time climbing on the rocks. We just needed to get out of the house for a while. I must say it did wonders for my mood.

This one was made from the Blue Ridge Parkway, I think it was the Granite Overlook, because it over looked Mt. Airy's granite quary.

I have always loved this mountain. I can't imagine anyone living in this area, not being proud of this magestic land mark. I do not know why but, but I enjoy it now more than I did as a kid, when I called it the "cake mountain".

A Little Scrapping for NEW Years Eve.

2008-12-31T12:22:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

What could be better than to end the

blogging year with a scrapbook page?

This is one I did a few days ago. There was a bit too much testosterone in my house so I needed to work on some pink girly stuff. Pink and Barbie on the same page! This was my niece's 3rd Birthday. I made her a Barbie doll cake.

Used a sketch from SBEtc and my cupcake QK. Sorry about the bad photo of the page. I was just so happy to get the photos arranged in a different way. The two bottom photos actually started out as one.

Images of Christmas

2008-12-30T05:31:00.000-08:00

Our Christmas tree would not be complete with out a train under it. The Children's Lovefeast.

A birthday cake for Jesus!

My boys Christmas morning.

The Day After...

2008-12-26T10:52:00.000-08:00

Christmas Card 2008

2008-12-22T20:49:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

Graham, Jacob, Ben

Cindy and Kenny

A Charlie Brown Christmas

2008-12-21T20:37:00.000-08:00

This is what short people have to do when the tall people of the house will not help put up the Christmas tree.

This is the twins first real Christmas tree. The last time I had a real tree, I had poison oak for 2 months, 3 rounds of steroids and wound up with twins! Yes, that is what I attribute my personal good luck of getting twins to!

It may be a "Charlie Brown" tree (grown locally - at the Knoll), but the twins and I enjoyed hanging many different ornaments than we normally do, and the search for tinsel was a whole different story. And the old Grinch thought up a lie and told the children if they left the tinsel on the floor for their dog to eat, it might kill her! So far there has been no tinsel to lye on the floor for many minutes! Hey, a mom has to do what a mom has to do!

Christmas Decorating

2008-12-05T11:02:00.000-08:00

Decided to do a little decorating for the season here at the Knoll. I have been busy contemplating what verse to put in my Christmas card. I have been enjoying my Ann Weem's book "Kneeling in Bethlehem". Thought I would share with you one of the poems that I read today.

Wouldn't it be grand to be an angel and have as your address

"The Realms of the Glory of God"?

And swing on rainbows and gather stars in your pockets,

winging in and out of earth in a flurry of moondust

with the messages of God?

Comforting the distressed, warning the righteous,

delivering the just, guarding little children?

Of course, we can comfort and warn and deliver and guard.

Maybe, if we get that right,

we can swing on rainbows later.

Birthday Boys

2008-11-25T04:14:00.000-08:00

Here is a little quicky of the boys and the ugliest birthday cake ever! Oh well G man and I had lots of giggles and laughs puting it together. They celebrated their birthday with a chicken stew at Pappaw and Mammaw's, complete with roasted hotdogs and marsh mellows.

Can't believe my babies are 10 years old!

On other related notes: We, have been discussing the possibility of having a chicken stew every year for their birthday party. I am thinking that would help me in not knowing what to plan, because of the weather, this time of year. And I am thinking on the years it comes after Thanksgiving, people can just bring their left over turkey, toss it into the pot and not have to worry with turkey left overs! What do you think?

WHO knew!?!

2008-11-21T08:44:00.001-08:00

I am telling you, God does have a sense of humor! LOOK at this thing! Is it not the funniest thing you have ever seen?

It is called a Blue Footed Booby. Read more about it here. I have read about Booby's before but not blue ones! LOL!

Happy Friday!

Update on J

2008-11-17T04:14:00.000-08:00

As many of you know, J was admitted to the hospital last week for dehydration. He is now home, he is very weak and still has dizzy spells but improving each day.

I think a lot of the remaining problems are due to him being sedated during the MRI. Yesterday he slept for about 12 hours, got up ate a piece of ham, took a shower and went back to sleep for about 2 hours.

I would like to thank you all for lifting him up in prayer. I still find myself thanking God that the MRI was clear and nothing was found on it. Even though dealing with these really bad headaches is no fun for a 9 year old, it is better than what they were looking for on the MRI and CAT scan.

He is getting terriably bored, we have rented movies, he can not stay awake long enough to finish the whole movie. We drove him to McDonald's to get ice cream yesterday, he went to sleep on the way. We have played Uno many times. Hopefully he will feel like going to school on Tuesday.

My 2 Pages from this Summer...yes only two pages!

2008-11-15T08:42:00.000-08:00

Wow, I was SO productive this summer! Can you believe only two pages?

I will say the camping page was so much fun to do. It does have sticker sneeze, but the stickers are so cute! My mom and I were shopping one day and found them at AC Moore, I purchased several sets and so far this is the only set I have used. They are embossed, they look all puffy on the page even though you can not tell it from the photo. I also enjoyed the journaling on this page it was way less stressful to just add the little ditty's, here and there, I guess a less formal type of writing than I usually do. [no smart remarks about my writing skills!]

My Little Gardener Boys

2008-11-13T19:00:00.000-08:00

Lamby found me some flowering shrubbery a few weeks ago, I planted one a few days ago outside of the kitchen door, and today I persuaded J and G to dig me some holes to put the other ones in. We are hoping these will be things that might be blooming in the spring so that I can get clippings from them to take to the grave yard to decorate for the sunrise service.

Note: If there are any photos that you want to see in a larger size just click on the photo and it should open up with a larger photo.

A Murder at the Captain's Quarters

2008-11-11T18:48:00.000-08:00

Last week while we were at the beach, early one morning we were out by the pool and this big bird flew up and sat on the showers beside the pool.

B is yelling look at that hawk. At that point it was about 40 feet from us. It had something in its talons.

All of a sudden it flies toward us! It landed on top of a fake palm tree, feathers going everywhere. Now it was only about 10 or 12 feet from B and I. I just happened to have my camera in my hand, so I started snapping photos. I got several shots all similar to this one. It had a pigeon in it's talons, it was on the other side of the palm tree so you can not see it in any of my photos. We later found more blood and feathers by one of the hot tubs!

I was just so excited to be this close to this beautiful bird, and feeling so lucky to get these photos. Yeah, me!...and thanks to my really cool HP camera!

B's Confirmaion Page

2008-11-10T07:32:00.000-08:00

It took several weeks but I finally got it done!

He walked by one day and stopped to look at it and fussed at me for putting the certificate on the page...he asked "What if I need that?" I told him that I had not glued it down it was just tucked under the photo and the ribbon photo corner. He was OK with that. The small photo inset is Uncle George. He was B's mentor during the confirmation class. It is only right, George was his Sunday School teacher for a majority of the last 13 years! It worked well also because George is used dealing with Lamb boys!

The journaling is just what was on my blog entry back in May.

I have a stamp with I Cor. 12:13, and forgot about it until this was done. So if you have any ideas as to where I might sneak it in on this page, let me know.

November Rose

2008-11-09T18:20:00.000-08:00

I found this growing in my yard today.

Just wanted to share a small bright

and beautiful spot in my day.

A Jedi turnes to the dark side...

2008-10-27T06:55:00.000-07:00

After a full weekend of Trunk or Treat's and Fall Frolic's this mom is happy to have a quite Monday morning.

The times that we are living in...

2008-10-22T06:15:00.000-07:00

From bear carcases to plain old vandalism, the side effects of this election are getting to be interesting to say the least.

In the words of Larry the Cable Guy:

That right there is funny I don't care who you are voting for!

Life Happens...

2008-10-17T04:32:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have not blogged in such a long time. I have been

sort of caught up in some stuff going on with the G man at school. It would seem that that he and his teacher are not getting alone to well. Look at that face, how could anyone not like it? So anyway, I am in the final steps to getting the issue solved, will probably ask that he be moved to another class room. It has been long and hard to gather the information that I have at this point. I would not have got this far if it had not been for the help of two very dear friends at church who are also teachers in the same school system.

In other news for my scrapbooking friends, I have scrapped a little I just need to find time to photograph the pages so I can post them. I am working on Ben's Confirmation Page right now. It is one of those that is very important to me, so I want it to be just right.

Happy Birthday to my guy!

Take care, see you soon.

On the news today...

2008-09-30T18:52:00.000-07:00

http://www.wxii12.com/video/17592797/

I don't have much to say about this, but my son told me that I was a better blogger than to just post the link! So ... see the back of my car in the end of the video? As of now Kenny is really not effected by this. The shop employees were told yesterday, and when Kenny and his co workers came out into the parking lot for break or lunch, not sure which, they went over to see why everyone was standing around in the parking lot, and that is when the people in the office found out.

The Last Day of my Richard Petty Year...

2008-09-25T03:56:00.000-07:00

A welcome gift from God for the last few days is the change in the weather. It has been cool, sunny and breezy here, although today in the forecast they are calling for some rain. That's OK we need that more than we need the glorious fall like weather. I have tryed to get a photo of the humming bird at my window. He sits on top of the feeder with his feathers all puffed up, looking in like, "you need to put some food in this feeder!"

I don't have much planned on this auspicious day, just a walk at the park, some house work that I didn't do yesterday and some stressing over homework this afternoon.

This past year has not been really different from the other 42. I have enjoyed watching B mature so, much. I can't believe my child is a good 3 or 4 inches taller than I. I guess my biggest achievements for this past year are camping, going to summer camp for a week and my new found love of Nordic walking. I guess those are good things, since they are all healthy and family oriented, right?

Off to work on some chicken stew for supper. Yum yum!

Happy Birthday Daddy and Connie!

2008-09-23T03:56:00.000-07:00

Longings for Fall...

2008-09-18T06:03:00.000-07:00

Nothing like a spider web on a cool foggy morning to inspire longings of fall. I am going to try again to get a better photo tomorrow, my batteries were low this morning, so I didn't get as good of a photo as I would have liked.

Happy Thursday!

Remembering my Pappaw

2008-09-16T10:21:00.001-07:00

Ten days before my 16th birthday, my papaw passed away.

He always said he wanted to die with his shoes on, and he did, sitting on the bench in front of his store. I was there when the ambulance came. I never hear a siren to this day that I don't remember what it sounded like that September evening. Wanted to share with you this photo of happier times, he loved fishing. Judging from the photo, I would say the fish were biting that day.

Today

2008-09-11T07:38:00.000-07:00

Remembering 9/11...

More Excitement than I Knew!

2008-09-04T08:42:00.000-07:00

OK, do you remember the other day when I said not much was going on with us? Well, according to my "come and get your love" cell phone provider, my life is a little more exciting than I knew. According to them on August 24, I was in Kansas City MO! I must have liked it there because I took a picture and sent it over the Internet with my cell phone to some web site.

I told the customer rep. lady that that could not have been me because

"I have never in my whole 43 years been any further west than Tennessee".

She said:

"I don't know maybe you were actually using it and it just got bumped out that far."

I said "but to Kansas City?"

She said "well where were you that day?"

"I was in my home in Tobaccoville NC!"

In the end she did cancel the roaming fee from Kansas City, so I did get out of paying the 63 cents! But on the good side now I also know that my calling plan is Internet capable!

OK, your right there is still not much going on here, take care!