Weekend Review

The last few days have consisted of scattered showers, but the rain doesn't slow us down. Saturday, we went to White County and picked up my mom so she could spend some time with us and get out of the house for a while. She spent a good six hours with us before we dropped her back off at home at 4pm. We had a few more stops to make and didn't get home till 8:30 in the rain. I started working on the design for Tiffany's Wedding Keepsake's and got a few of them complete.

Sunday was rain...sunshine...rain...sunshine...rain...

you get the picture. It was also mom's birthday, so Stroker, Devin, Brookelynn and I met my mom, my sister, my niece, my great nephew and my great niece at Nick's for lunch/dinner. It's moms favorite spot for Lobster. After we ate, everyone came to our house for cake and ice cream (and to sing "Happy Birthday" to mom).

During one of the sunny spells that day, Stacia, Brookelynn, and I went over to check out the Kid's Expo. Stacia won a car seat full of baby supplies within the first five minutes we were there. We think it is because Brookelynn touched the "lucky" ticket when we registered at the door. Brookelynn seems to have the lucky touch these days.

This morning, after getting the kids to school, the weather had to dump one more down pour of rain on us, then Stroker and I had breakfast at The Cracker Barrel. The food was great but the service wasn't.  I think our server thought that once she delivered the meal she was done. We got a few chores accomplished around the house and we went to Brooke's school to watch the kids get sprayed by the fire truck.  We had so much fun that we stayed the remainder of the day. Kelsey came home with Brooke and sprayed each other with the water hose. We also had hamburgers and hotdogs off the grill...yum.
We just left the hospital from visiting Stroker's uncle Charles. He had a hip replacement this morning. He seems to be doing well. 

Bieber Fever

After Brookelynn was asleep last night I made a couple of J.B. tees (since it seems that we are never going to have the time to go shopping for one). I planned ahead and made two so that she could give her friend Kelsey one, but just as I predicted...she couldn't stand the thought of giving one of them up.

Jett hung out with us for a couple of hours today. We played games, played outside and even got "Happy Meals" from McDonald's. He seemed to have a good time. What do you think?

Stale Chips

Had a new experience tonight. We went to El Tapatio for dinner (...no that was not the new experience). The chips were stale. Hhhhmmmm, whats up with that?
We all know that El Tapatio is known for reserving uneaten chips, but at least they are usually still fresh. Well, everything else was good.

I also got a flowers potted today...they have only been waiting a week for me to place them in their permanent home.

Full Throttle

Hhhhmmm....Where should I start?
Brookelynn's lip healed over the weekend from her "surgery" (if you can call it that) on Thursday. The dentist called today to let me know that the lab results were good. No sign of cancer or anything else that we should worry about.
Friday, Stroker and I were in White County by 8:15. We had a busy day that day. Darlene and I worked at the fellowship hall at her church for a few hours too (while mom and Stroker supervised). Stroker had NO idea what he was in for when we left out for the day Friday morning...hehehe :)

Darlene and I  got some of the decorations for Tiffany's shower placed, but still had quite a bit left to do on Saturday. Stroker and I had to be back in town by 2:30 to get the kids picked up from school. I also had to get ingredients for the pasta salad so that I could stay up and prepare it for the Bridal Shower. Bedtime for me was around 11pm.

Friday evening, we were at a lady's house who happened to have the cutest little play house for her little girl, so I had to take a photo. It was complete with her own wheel barrel, Adirondack chair and window flower box...adorable.

 

Saturday was an even busier day. I was up at 7am. starting laundry, getting my bath, trying to get Devin out of the bed etc. etc. etc. By 8:30, I had 2 loads of laundry complete, had Devin at the Barber Shop and was at Brookelynn's friend Kelsey's house picking her up from their sleepover.  By noon we had already drove to Alpine and back. By 1pm Brookelynn and I were back in White County setting up for the shower...and the shower began at 2pm

The shower went great. Tiffany left with a trunk load of new household items. After the shower, we paid a visit to Dale Hollow. The water is still very high (and the dam is closed).

Devin standing at the edge of the water that is still above the dock.

That is a submerged dock behind Brookelynn

Stroker also waxed the truck this week...here is a photo while it is still clean

We ended Saturday night at Ruby Tuesday's.

Sunday was Mother's Day. It began with a gift card for a hot stone massage and a card from the kids and a card from Stroker.  I still had things to get finished around the house, but housework will always be here. We loaded up and went to my moms instead. We were there till about 3:30. Mike came down and Darlene came over so we ordered pizza. I know what your thinking..."What a Mothers Day lunch?!?", but it was a nice change seeing as how O'Charley's, Logan's, Olive Garden, Chili's, El Tapatio and Cheddar's are our usual dinner spots.

We also stopped by my brothers to see his horse before we went to Stroker's moms house for the evening.

We made it home on Sunday in time for baths and bed.

First week of May 2010

Monday afternoon, Brookelynn and I decided to do a little bit of tree trimming and limb cutting. After we had the trees in our yard pruned, we worked a little on the neighbors yard (hope they don't mind). Stroker washed and waxed his truck while Devin vaccumed the Honda for me

We celebrated Cinco de Mayo a day early on Tuesday with a visit to El Tapatio. I think that is about all that we got accomplished that day. We were all worn out from the stuff we worked on Monday.

Yesterday (Wednesday), Brookelynn, my sister and I went for some "retail therapy" at Kohls while Stroker washed and waxed the Honda...and yes, I do realize how lucky I am to have someone to clean my vehicle for me :) Afterwords, we all went for dinner at

Today is my last day to get supplies for Saturday's Bridal Shower. I already have my entire kitchen table covered in candle holders, paper lanterns, serving platters, tulle, tea light candles and every other turquoise decoration I could buy.

Tomorrow, Darlene and I plan to get the decorations set up so that Saturday we just have to get the food prepared.

Record Breaker

This weekend has been THE wettest weekend on record for middle Tennessee. Nothing but rain and thunderstorms for 2 days straight. Even the interstate flooded and left thousands stranded in Nashville. Areas flooded that had never flooded in the past. Houses floated away, lives were lost, and a state of emergency was issued. Nashville was hit the hardest, we were lucky to have some of the rainfall let up before it made it to us. I bet 99% of those people do not have flood insurance to recoup some of their losses. I feel so terrible for all of those who's lives will be changed forever from this natural disaster. My heart goes out to all of them.

On a much lighter note, Libby turned 6 years old on Saturday. She celebrated with a Hello Kitty party at Bowling World. Everyone had a great time and eleven of us met up for dinner at Chili's afterwords (Libby's Choice).

Today was dinner at Mildred's as we all watched the non stop coverage on the flooding situation.