Unlucky or Lucky?

Friday night I went to scrapbook w/my regular group and as I was rummaging around in my bag a black widow spider crawled out! I just happened to see her as she ran up over my folders I saw the red on her back. (My entire bag is black so it's a miracle I spotted her before she bit me) All of gals gathered around and killed the spider w/a rubber mallet and then we took all my stuff outside and emptied it out and looked it over to make sure there were no more creepy crawlies in there. I've since decided not to keep my bag in the garage - lesson learned!
This morning I'm outside pruning some of my plants and bumped into a decorative birdhouse that some red wasps have decided to call home. Well out they came and one right after me. Both the boys were outside so I got JT to go in and thankfully JW was far away from them but one had it in for ME. He kept chasing me and I was swatting him off and then he got me right on the palm of my hand! OUCHHHHHHH!!!!!
It hurts SO bad. My palm is so swollen and it hurts to type, but I had to tell my story! I've put baking soda paste on it, iced it, and taken a benedryl tablet so I've got my bases covered but it still HURTS! Did I say it HURTS? Because it HURTS! Next time I go to Wal-Mart I'm going to get some spray and 86 those little bastards! Die Wasps Die!

A Day at the Park

 
 
 
 


I took the boys to the park this week to run off a little energy and have some fun. This was not JW's first trip to the park but it was the first time he had been where he was big enough to be independent and climb, slide, swing, and run free. He tried so hard to keep up with brother toe to toe!
JT was so wound up w/energy he LITERALLY ran laps around the playground area for several minutes at various times while we were there. JW was a little upset when it was time to go b/c he was having such a good time but I promised we'd go back again another morning. I had just as much fun watching them play but it sure it hard to keep up with pushing one on the swing while making sure the other isn't falling off the playground equipment! 

The Greatest Show on Earth!

Since I had close to 20 photos I wanted to share about our trip to the circus last night I put them on a Tabblo layout. We had an amazing time and it was good to getaway w/just JT. Ci-Ci stayed home and kept little toot for us and so I think JT really enjoyed having a special getaway time w/just mom and dad by himself. We all enjoyed the show - it really is fun for all ages!
Enjoy the photos!

A night of fun and surprises at the circus.   We had a blast!  We started off the night having a quick dinner downtown at an old hole in the wall (but presidential favorite) restaurant.  Then we headed over to the arena for "The Greatest Show on Earth!"  I wish I'd been able to get some better shots but it was dark 90% of the time so I did the best I could.  We had great seats - only 4 rows up from the floor so we got to see it all up close!  JT"s favorite was the Tigers - he liked the elephants too, but thought they were very stinky.

Fun was had by ALL!

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A little Rain

Watching the rain the last two days has been wonderful. We only got a small shower on Tues but it was nice and JW really enjoyed looking at it coming down. I just happened to have the camera handy when he was looking out the glass. The natural light coming in made for a beautiful photo (without a flash) all on it's own. Sweet picture - I'm glad I caught it.

Tonight Ci-Ci is coming to stay w/JW so that hubby and I can take JT to see the circus. JT doesn't know where he's going. We've only told him it's a really big, special, surprise. I'm planning to take a lot of pics - in fact I need to go get my camera and empty my digital card and make sure the batteries are charged up. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have some great circus photos to share!

My Garden

These are a few of my favorite things in my garden this summer.  It'll soon be time in another couple of weeks to start putting the pots away and start planning for mums, cabbages, and pumpkins.  Sigh.... ... See my Tabblo>

Goofing Off

Boys bein boys. Caught these two being silly and having a good time goofin off one morning after breakfast last week. Not much doing around here lately except trying to figure out house plans and looking at lots.

A big thanks to my cousin who reformatted my blog and gave me a wider layout this week!

Dream House?

Dave and I are talking of selling our current home and building a new house just down the road. It's a subdivision that currently has 1-5acre lots that just opened up some new lots. These lots are all going to be 1-2 acre lots, prob a gated community, paved roads, city water. Specs are that houses will have to be 2,000sq ft and up, sodded/landscaped front yard, all fences and out buildings will have to be approved. We are so excited and have found a nice 2 acre lot at the end of a cul-de-sac that is still available. So....I've started calling around to banker buds to find out about a construction loan and we are currently looking at house plans. We prob are just going to rebuild our house that we have now w/a few changes downstairs - specifically the kitchen area.
Check out this link to see the floor plan we currently like (disreguard the outside rendering).
http://www.eplans.com/house-plans.hwx/Q/Plan.HWEPL08573

Check out this link to see what we'd like the exterior to look like (hate floor plan on this, though).
http://www.eplans.com/house-plans.hwx/Q/Plan.HWEPL09152

Guess we'll see how it goes! We really would like to be in a neighborhood setting w/paved safe roads where the boys can play and we'd have neighbors, but still have some property w/some privacy, so we are really excited about this idea!

Hello TABBLO!

Ok, Im obsessed with Tabblo! www.tabblo.com
For any of you photo buffs out there this site is "uber" cool! It's made me look at my pictures and the way I take them in a whole different way.
You can click on this Tabblo of the horse photos (which I've posted previously) and it should take you straight to Tabblo and you can then see the other stuff I've put on there. It's so much fun. I think I might even order a few to frame for the house.
Be sure to check out the other Tabblos on the site - the "featured" ones each day/week that they put up are especially great. Sort of inspires me to start taking more photos of things I hadn't thought about before.

These amazing creatures live at the stables right next door to our house.  They  are so amazing to look at everyday and are sometimes such clowns!  They are good photo subjects too, b/c they stay fairly still and in one place - especially if you have some carrots in hand!

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Been sick!

Sorry there's been no posts or photos in the past week. Last Monday (a week ago) I had to have surgeryfor an abcess in an unmentionable area - prob as a result of the last two surgeries I've had over the last year. Actually, had the surgery planned for Friday but alas things didn't wait that long and so Monday after a quick "look see" at my surgeons office I was admitted to the hospital. I then had to stay till Wed. Bummer. However it's a week later and I am feeling better. A huge THANK YOU to my MIL, my Mom, and my Sister for all pitching in and helping hubby and I with making sure my boys were well looked after.
I don't have any new photos b/c I've not felt up to getting around over the last week.
I do however have this one sweet (at least I think it's sweet) photo to share. I took this one on the night I came home from the Faith/Tim concert. I noticed the light still on in the master br and peeked in thinking hubby might still be up. Instead I found hubby and JT fast asleep. Lady and the Tramp was still going in the DVD player on a loop. Guess they were having a little movie fest while I was out. I couldn't resist a little photo of this sweet moment.