I really can't decide, but I think this little blog may have run its course.  I am just not a great blogger.  Not much goes on new in my life.  We are still remodeling the kitchen although it is getting really close to being done.  The end is in sight there.  I am sick of writing about it and you all have to be sick of hearing about it.

If anyone is interested, I do have a facebook page.  Send me a message and I will privately send you the link.  I am not saying I am gone forever, just until I have something significant to write about.  And, truthfully, right now, I've got nothing!!

I will still be cruising by and visiting the friends I have made here.  You all have been great and have seen me through some pretty tough times.  But for now, I am taking a break.  I haven't written in a while and I figure you know that, but I just thought I'd tell you.

Ya'll take care!

Hugs!

Bev

Yeah.  I promised.  So here is the rundown on our trip.  We got up even before the chickens a week ago Thursday and got to the airport about 5'ish to check in for our flight to Denver.  This is the first time we have flown anywhere since 9/11.  Honestly.  We just haven't flown since  they made all the new rules.  However, like the responsible people we are, we went to the TSA web page to make sure what we could and couldn't do.  We must have done well because we made it through security with no problems (except hubby forgetting to empty his pockets and take off his belt - which set off the alarm as he walked through).  We both packed light since we knew we could wash clothes at BIL and SIL's house if need be (which we did do).  It was a good thing because with all the STUFF we bought, we needed the room on our return.  Also, we did NOT check any baggage so there was no waiting for baggage on our arrival.  I wasn't worried about it being lost since we were on a direct flight.  But it was just easier to carry on our luggage.

We just hung out at the house with BIL and SIL our first day.  They were watching two of their granddaughters so it was good to just chill and visit.  Bright and not TOO early Friday morning we headed to Breckenridge.  I had never been there.  Hubby slept most of the way.  I didn't.  There was too much beautiful country to see.  I absolutely loved Breckenridge.  They have had lots of rain lately and the flowers were just beautiful.  We shopped to our little heart's content, had lunch at a great Mexican restaurant, then headed home.

I did manage to convince my SIL that I was kitchen deprived and would she PLEASE let me help her cook.  I had a blast helping to prepare meals after that.  BIL and SIL don't eat out much and we really enjoyed that!!  We DID take them out to dinner at a VERY nice upscale steak place before we left as a thank you for having us.  The food was wonderful and I think they enjoyed being treated to a special dinner.

We made a couple of trips to a HUGE outlet mall not far from their house.  It took most of the day, and we also went back a couple of days later so I could get a few things at the **Chico's** outlet. 

Hubby and I enjoyed Breckenridge SO much that we borrowed SIL's vehicle one day and returned for the day.  We did some more shopping and ate at the Mexican restaurant once again.  On the way home we stopped at an RV park we had seen along the way into Breckenridge.  It was the BEST RV park I have ever seen.  Hands down!  It is privately owned pads that they rent out.  It had the most amenities and was the cleanest place we have ever seen.  We kinda think we'd like to return next year with our RV and camp there.

Long story short, we saw lots of beautiful country, had such a wonderful visit with family, and truly enjoyed our vacation.  I am gonna post an album of pictures for ya'll to see.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!  Hugs to you!

Bev

Jigetty jig!  Yay!  We made it home even though we flew on that turboprop.  Actually, the flight home was much smoother than the flight out to Denver.  We had a marvelous time.  I wish that my BIL and SIL lived closer.  We had a great time with them.  That is truly God's country out there.  I will be writing more and trying to post some pictures this weekend.  I am tired right now and am heading for bed.  I just wanted ya'll to know we made it home safe and sound.

I'll be back soon with more....

Hugs!

Bev

We fly out of here tomorrow for Denver, Colorado.  I have worked my tushie off this week to prepare.  We farmed out and got watchers for our dogs.  My bag is all packed and I am ready to go.  Can't wait to spend some family time with hubby and his brother, sister-in-law and nephews, along with their wives and kids. 

Fun times will be had I am sure.  I am NOT taking my laptop.  With all the airline regs which I understand, but they are a pain, I just don't want the aggravation.  So.  You all play nice while I am gone and I will let you know when I get back next week.

Pray for me.  I am flying those small jets.  They scare the bejeebers out of me, but they had DIRECT flights!!  So, off I shall go into the wild blue yonder.

Ya'll take care and remember I love ya!  Hugs all around!

Bev

Thirteen years ago today I married my wonderful hubby!!  We have had a LOT of ups and downs in our 13 years, as all marriages do.  We have had lots of good times, we have had a few bad times, lots and lots of happy times, and some really sad times.  But I know one thing for certain.  I am a VERY blessed and lucky woman to have married such a wonderful person.  And, if I had it to do all over again.....I would, in a heart beat!!

Thanks B for 13 years!  Sometimes you deserve a medal for putting up with me.  Don't think I don't know that, and I appreciate it.

Love you much!

Bev

It is a lovely morning here.  It is not too hot yet and the sun is shining.  Hubby is on his way to the lake for a little while to play on the water with the Waverunner.  I am sitting here at home with my doggies.  Actually, I am referreeing the two dogs.  My weimie, who is really pitiful right now due to some surgery, is trying to sneak up and eat Piper's food.  It's not like I am starving Jasmine or anything.  She already HAD her breakfast.  It is just that she likes to sneak Piper's food also. 

I have a lot of errands I really SHOULD be running.  Am I??  Not yet.  I must go get a birthday cake.  Yesterday was my Daddy's 87th birthday (wooooohoooo - yaaayyy Daddy!!) and today is my niece's birthday.  Tomorrow early we are driving over to my sister's and will have a big birthday dinner and celebrate.  I am to bring the cake.  Since I can't BAKE one, I must BUY one.  Which is okay.  I like cake.  Any kind of cake. 

Also, I must run by Petco and get the glucosamine that I give to Jazz for her joints.  They truly do help her, so I always make sure to never run out of them.

Finally, I am going to go have my eyebrows waxed.  I have fallen quite short in keeping up with that task and they look horrible!!  Hopefully, my usual spa will have a slot to do that for me.  I would like to have a pedicure, but am trying to save my "fun" money for our trip to Colorado next week.   I gotta make sure I have plenty of shopping money so my sister-in-law and I can shop.  We leave Thursday before the chickens rise and will be in Denver by about 8:00 a.m.  So, we will have a good, full, almost week with hubby's brother and sister-in-law.  I hear we are going to get to see the two nephews and their families.  I am SO looking forward to this trip.  Although I usually like to go to the beach, we have been promising for YEARS to get to Colorado to visit the fam.  I finally told hubby we just need to DO IT!!  I think his bro had pretty much given up on us ever actually making it there.  He and hubby have been trading e-mails about what we want to do while there.  I am not sure what we will do, I just know it will be nice hanging with family.  My sister-in-law is precious and I really look forward to spending time with her.

Oh, Oh!! I almost forgot!  Monday is hubby's and my 13th anniversary!   I am kinda hoping we can make it to Joe's Crab Shack for some dungeoness crab legs.  Their BBQ ones are really tasty.  If we can't go there, we will probably go to Charlstons since we have a gift card for there.  A bit of their bread pudding in celebration of our years together wouldn't be a bad thing at all!  :)  It just doesn't seem like we've been married that long.  Actually, we have been together for 16 years as we dated for about 3 years before marrying.  Anywho, I am blessed to have such a wonderful husband! 

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Bev

I am doing Kat's Meme, even thought SHE didn't think I was one of those who would do it.  I AM trying to be better about my blog.  Honest I am.

Oh, and don't say it too loudly.....the contractor actually is working on my kitchen.  Woohoo!  I am afraid to say it too loud and jinx it!

ON to the Meme!

1) What is your salad dressing of choice? Ranch

2) What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Flemings (but I can't afford it!)

3) What food could you eat for 2 weeks straight and not get sick of? Mexican

4) What are your pizza toppings of choice? Supreme with extra cheese

5) What do you like to put on your toast? Margarine and Blackberry jelly

6) How many televisions are in your house? 5

7) What color cell phone do you have? Black

8) Are you right-handed or left-handed? Left

9) Have you ever had anything removed from your body? Yes, appendix

10) The last heavy, item you lifted? Groceries

11) Have you ever been knocked unconscious? No

12) If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? No

13) If you could change your name, what would it be? I would use my middle name, I like it better...

14) Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? No

15) How many pairs of flip flops do you own? 5

16) What’s your goal for the year? Get the kitchen done...I know, I am sick of mentioning it too

J17) Last person you talked to? Hubby

18). Last person you hugged. Hubby

19) Favorite Season? Spring

20) Favorite Holiday? Christmas

21) Favorite day of the week: Saturday

22) Favorite Month?  June

23). First place you went this morning? To the bathroom

24) What's the last movie you saw? An old movie which I think was called European Trip or something like that... it was really stupid

25) Do you smile often? Yes

26) Do you always answer your phone? Depends.  Land line only if caller ID says who it is; cell phone, yes.

27) It's four in the morning you get a text message, who is it? I know I am in the dark ages, but I rarely text at all so I don't get texts often much less at 4 a.m.

28) If you could change your eye color what would it be? Green

29) What flavor drink do you get at Sonic? Diet Cherry Limeade

30) Have you ever had a pet fish? No

31) Favorite Christmas song? Mary Did You Know...

32) What's on your wish list for your birthday? I don't know, I have a full year to think about it

33) Can you do push ups? Yes

34) Can you do a chin up? No

35) Does the future make you more nervous or excited? At my age, a little nervous...

36) Do you have any saved texts? No

37) Ever been in a car wreck? Yes

38) Do you have an accent? I am an Okie, what do YOU think?

39) What is the last song to make you cry? God Bless the USA (heard on the 4th)

40) Plans tonight? Picking out crown molding and out to eat and doing laundry

41) Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? Yes.  1993...better known as the "year from hell"

42) Name 3 things you bought yesterday. Ice cream cone, ice cream sandwiches, and a sausage biscuit (are we seeing a theme here of things that are BAD for you???)

43) Have you ever been given roses? Yes

44) Current hate right now? Not being able to sleep well

45) Met someone who changed your life? Yes

46) How did you bring in the New Year? Watching tv at home

47) What song represents you? I am gonna have to get back to you on that

48) Name three people who might complete this? Pat and I don't know who else

49) What were you doing 12 AM last night? Trying my doggonedest to go to sleep

50) What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Another Monday!

Hi all (everyone who might still be hanging with me even though I have been horribly absent)!  I thought I would take a few moments and catch you all up with what's been going on in the BBB household.

First things first.  What is UP with this new commercial I have seen twice.  Have you seen it???  I thought I had landed and was on some kind of spoof show.  But NOOOOO.  It's real.  Who in the heck is really gonna buy, cannot live without, wants to display it in their home or office, send one to friends and family.....wait for it.

THE CHIA OBAMA!!  I KID you NOT!  You too can be the proud owner of the CHIA OBAMA!  This is the most ridiculous thing I have seen in.....well I don't know how long.  Maybe my whole life.  Just spread the special "Chia seeds" on Obama's head, water, and watch it grow!!  Are you KIDDING me?  People really buy these??

K.  I'm done with that.

I thought I would also let you all know that I am (knock on wood) doing really well right now healthwise.  If some of you may remember, I took a spill and cracked open the ol' head.  Kat had asked to see the shoes I was wearing, which I shall never wear again.  Well here they are:

Right where I was kicking them off before my spill.

Here's a closer look:

They are a size 7 and a half or 8.  Not sure which.  They are up for grabs Kat!  hehehe 

We got to go camping over the 4th of July.  Actually, hubby had to take the RV up to the park the Sunday beFORE the 4th and drop it and pay for a whole WEEK just so we could get a spot.  And a fine spot it was.  We left the Wednesday before the 4th after I got off work and stayed through Sunday after the 4th.  It was a lovely time except for the heat.   We did get a nice break with a little rain and cooler weather (actually a virtual COLD front considering how hot it's been).  The camp had campers in every single nook and cranny of the place.  Most everyone was really nice.  We took the Waverunners out on Thursday and had a lot of fun riding them around.  Come Friday....you guessed it.  MINE QUIT!!  So, for the rest of the weekend we had to ride double on hubby's or take it out separately.  Bummer!  However, we are now looking for a small pontoon boat.  We are going to take our time and find a good buy.  Piper really got into the camping with us.  She found her a spot on the couch with me.  Take a look:

I had a couple of blankets on the end of the couch and she just crawled up and made herself at home.  She's not spoiled at ALL.  Nope.  Nuh uhh.  :)

The only disruption of the weekend by people who were obscenely drunk (and I know of what I speak because I used to GET pretty drunk in my younger, wilder days), came on the 4th in the afternoon.  All of the adults on this party barge were stinking drunk (and driving a boat -- a REAL no no!!).  They had TWO babies....and I am talking pretty small babies on the boat.  That is even MORE of a no no.  They pulled into the cove where our camp was and promptly ran over the floats of the neighbors who were camping just across the road from us.  Mind you, hubby and I were sitting outside and watching all this.  Luckily the neighbors' boys jumped off and weren't hit.  First the Dad went out and talked to the people and asked them to please move a ways away so their boys could get back out in the water.  That didn't work, so Mama went out there.  This woman is like a Mama bear protecting her cubs.  Needless to say it got ballistic.  The "f" bombs were flying left and right and the people cranked up their music to deafening volume.  So, our neighbors get in the car and leave.  I told hubby they were probably getting the park ranger.  BINGO!!  Not too long after they got back, the park ranger hailed these people out of the water to have a "discussion".  Well, these idiots were SO drunk, there was no reasoning with them.  He made them leave (and reported them to lake patrol to handle and hopefully arrest!!).  Well, they left all right.  All the while flipping the ranger and our neighbors off and blaring their music and cussing like sailors.    Nice people, huh???  They threatened to come back and whoop the neighbors' tails, and since these people were tenting, they were a little uneasy.  Can't say as I blame them.

Other than that, we had a great time camping.  I got to read a new book I had gotten and just got to kind of "veg" out.  Yaaayyy!!

I guess the neighbor guy is back ON again to work on our kitchen.  I will believe it when I see it.  I'm just sayin....

Well, I guess I am gonna run on outta here for now.  I have been cruising ya'lls blogs.  I just haven't been too good about my own.  I hope everyone is doing well and beating the heat.  We are preparing for a trip to Denver to see my brother-in-law and sister-in-law.  I can't wait to get there and perhaps to some cooler weather.

Till next time, hugs to you all!

Bev

Yeah.  I love that old Beatles song.  Old being the operative word here.  And yes.  It is my birthday today and I officially, according to Taco Bueno, Government census and certainly 20somethings, become a "senior citizen".   I am turning, as my Dad would say, "double nickles"!  I can't drive 55, but I am 55 today.  Woofreakin' hoo!!  Another birthday and a milestone at that!!

Hubby took me to dinner last night and it was wonderful.  If you all don't have a Red Rock Canyon Grill, well, I feel bad for you because their food is wondermous!  We got our usual dinner called, appropriately:  Cluck and Oink!  That, my friends, would be ribs and smoked chicken.  Both served in huge proportions along with garlic mashed potatoes and glazed carrots.  Yummmmm!  I even had one premium bloody mary (which comes with a HUGE shrimp skewered with two jalapeno stuffed olives and cherry tomatoes.)  Yummmm again I say!  Hubby and I always split the entrees because they give you SO much food.  And, also because I have to have dessert on my birthday.  And what could be better than a whopping huge piece of key lime pie which was served with a baseball sized dollop of fresh whipped cream!  I had to have a "go box" because we could not eat all of the pie!! 

The boss man and his admin in our other office are supposed to take me to lunch today.  Woohoo!  More celebration. 

THEN, Sunday, I get to have birthday lunch with the bestie, who as you remember is the best friend in the whole world, who also shares my birthday, and our friend RL, who is also a "Junie".  It is a long and wonderful tradition and I am so thankful to have these two LOOOOONNNNGGG time friends!

So, that is it for now.  I gotta go to work.  I am doing well healthwise right now.  Can I hear another "wooohooo" for that?  I am most thankful right now and definitely blessed!

Ya'll have a great day!  Hugs!

Bev

Today is one of the best and prettiest days I have lived in a long time.  The weather has been great today.  I have felt GREAT today for the first time in a long time.  Hubby and I have just been hanging out together.  He took me for breakfast, we took Piper to the vet and got her shots, then we put her up and headed out to the Lavender Festival in a small town just south of us.  A couple from this area did much study and research and found that Lavender grows just as well here as it does in France.  The smell of the fresh growing lavender was lovely.  They also have a winery as well.  So people were buying lots of lavender and lavender products and lots of wine.  After that, we went to one of our new fave restaurants and had a late lunch.  Now, we are just kicking back at home.

Last night we went to a couples Pampered Chef party that our daughter threw.  It was a nice evening.  I love Pampered Chef and have TONS of it which I still can't use right now, but I am NOT going into that.  One of the things the PC rep prepared as part of the show was a ginger/lemontini.  It was heavenly.  It had citrus vodka in it, but I drank it any way.  You put a scoop of mixed flavors of sherbet in the glass then poured the "tini" over it.  Yum yum!!  I bought several of the new items PC had to offer.  I have had such good luck with everything I have ever bought from them, so why not buy more??

Oh, and I met "Adonis" last night.  Seriously.  There were a number of couples at this party and one of them was a guy named Adonis.  Who in the heck names their kid Adonis??  To his credit, the guy wore the name well.  At first I thought maybe the guys were teasing when they called him that, but when we had to go around and give our names for the PC rep, sure enough, his name was Adonis.  He was there with his petite and very cute wife.  I could NOT tell you what HER name was though.  I am gonna have to ask our kids where they came to befriend Adonis.  Inquiring minds must know!!

On Monday night, I got to have dinner with several of my sorority sisters from my college days.  It was quite fun to see how everyone was doing and to kind of catch up on each other's lives.

Well, I hope ALL my blog buddies are having a lovely weekend.  Thanks so much for all your sweet comments lately!!  You all are just the BEST!!

Hugs to you!

Bev

I think today is an appropriate time, if you don't each and every day you wake up and draw a breath, to be thankful. 

Today, I am thankful for every soldier who has gone through rigorous training and personal sacrifice to serve our country so that I have the FREEDOM to be thankful, so that I can live in a country that, while not perfect, is still the most wonderful country in the world.  Let us not ever forget that all our beloved freedom came at a price to many!

Today, I am thankful for those members of my family who have gone on before me.  My grandparents, my aunts and uncles, and my beloved Momma are ALL people who shaped my life and who I am.  I miss you and love you!

Today, I am thankful for my family who is still here with me in this walk on this earth.  My precious Daddy, my sisters and BILS, nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews, my children, even though I didn't birth you, and my wonderful grandchildren.  You all are what really make me feel like a rich and very blessed woman.

Today, I am thankful that God gave me the most wonderful husband.  He takes such good care of me and has been my ROCK!!  Times have been tough lately for me and he has held everything together and made everything work out.  I love you B!!

Today, I am thankful to be drawing breath.  To have been granted another day is more of a blessing than I have ever realized.  I hope to never take for granted again that I will have another day.  I only have right now.  Today.  It is all ANY of us have.  Be thankful no matter what.   I know that may be easier said than done.  But each day we are given is truly a gift.

Today, I am thankful for each of my blog friends.  You all have been so wonderful to me and such an encouragement.  I have been through another health scare and I am only going to say that I am just thankful to be here.  To be able to write on this blog is such a blessing.  I haven't written about what has been going on these past couple of weeks because it seemed that I never had anything GOOD to write about.  I am not going to bore you all with details.  Suffice it to say that I am still here, thankful to be here and thankful for all the things I have written about above (and SO much more), and that's the main thing I wanted each of you to know.

Hugs to each of you!  I love you all dearly!

Bev

Hi friends!!  Yesterday, the hubby and I attended a wedding shower for a lovely couple from our new church.  The shower was a "couples" or actually "family" shower as everyone was invited, which I thought was really nice.  The theme was a luau theme.  The hostesses had decorated beautifully, and the host husband is an expert griller.  We had heard that this young man was a phenomenal cook, and we were not disappointed!  All the food was exceptionally good and the fellowship was marvelous.  It was so sweet to watch the bride and groom to be.  They received many wonderful gifts.  Hubby and I enjoyed the evening so much.

Since there was a luau theme to the shower, everyone was encouraged to wear their best Hawaiian wear.  Even though it was cold and rainy yet again, hubby and I got out our best to follow the theme.  I was wearing my NEW green khaki pants, a Hawaiian shirt and the cutest platform slides I own.  They are beige, with a flower on the toe.  I LOVE these shoes!! 

That said, hubby and I left the shower and came home, talking about our kitchen remodel (the subject of many conversations lately but that's another story for another time).  Anywho, we walked in the back door and hubby turned his back to me and was beginning to explain something he wanted to do.  I was standing by the island and decided to slide my cute sandals off.  Somehow, in the blink of an eye, I lost my balance, and before I could grab the island to steady myself, I FLEW backwards and fell, but not before hitting the back of my head on the unfinished wall area around my new pantry.  There is no facing around the door, so it is just a sharp edged piece of wood.  When I sat up, and about the time hubby looked around after hearing a crack sound (my head hitting the wall), blood was going everywhere.  My new khakis and my shirt may not be salvageable.  Hubby quickly got a wet towel and applied pressure to stop the bleeding.  He helped me to the bathroom where I got out of my bloody clothes and into some sweats and a button up shirt, and we headed to the ER.  Well,  numerous "shots" in my head to numb it, ten staples, one gigantic headache, and one tetanus shot later, I got to go home.  Hubby had to keep an eye on me during the night.  I think he was supposed to wake me, but I don't think I slept much.  They couldn't give me anything for pain, so I had to take some Advil and tough it. 

I am home this morning and hubby is going to come home at lunch to make sure that when I shower I do okay.  I still have to wash my hair.  It is just a mess.  Oh well, at least I have no concussion and the staples can be taken out in a week.

So, just call me grace!  Oh, and if anyone wants the CUTEST pair of shoes and you are more graceful than I, you just let me know and the shoes are YOURS!! 

Hugs to you!  Peace.   Out.

Bev 

No Kat, I didn't ignore your tag (and thanks SO much for it!!).  I have been out of town since Friday.  That's my excuse and I am stickin' to it.  Okay.  So here goes.

8 things I'm looking forward to:
1. My kitchen being done in my lifetime.  Hey I'm being honest!
2. Being able to retire someday.
3. Camping this summer.
4. Hubby's class reunion.  His classmates rock!!
5. Going to see my Daddy.  I have been missing him!
6. Going to see my brother & sister-in-law in Denver.
7. Watching Dancing with the Stars on Mon. and Tues.
8. Possibly seeing an old college friend soon.

8 things I did yesterday:
1. Woke up to clouds running through our mountain campsite.
2. Just hung out with my hubby at our campsite.
3. Went to the Junktion (no that's not a misspelling) Dollar Store.
4. Went to the Mena, Ark. Walmart and marveled at the locals.
5. Watched HUNDREDS of bikers driving up and down the road on Talimena Drive.
6. Cooked dinner for our friends in my little RV kitchen!  It rocked!
7. Enjoyed dinner and visiting with our Mena friends!
8. Talked with our campsite neighbors who had two shihtzus just like mine.

 
8 things I wish I could do:
1. Not have to work and that would mean I'd have to win the lottery.
2. Travel the world.
3. Have a house on the beach in Florida.
4. Meet some of my blog buddies (that would be you Kat and you Tricia, and you, Pat, only to name a couple of ya!)
5. Swim with the Dolphins.
6. Have a cabin/lodge in the mountains, big enough to have lots of friends come visit!
7. Go on a cruise (anytime soon would be great!).
8. But MOST of all, I wish I could kiss my Momma's sweet face just one more time.

8 shows I watch:
1. Dancing with the Stars
2. NCIS
3. The Mentalist (Simon Baker-fest each week!)
5. Brothers and Sisters
6. Samantha Who
7. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
8. Extreme Makeover - Home Edition

8 people I tag:

Pretty much everyone has been tagged with this.  If you haven't, consider yourself tagged!

I did have a wonderful weekend.  I hope everyone else did too.  I got to head out a little early on Friday to head to see my bestie.  It was rainy and windy when I headed out.  I did not run through enough rain to even require my windshield wipers, so it wasn't a bad drive.  May I say that, in fact, the drive there and back, no matter the weather, was glorious!  The highway I had to take is through areas where there are lots of woodlands on either side of the road.  Pretty much the whole way there, with every turn there were tall old trees barely beginning to leaf out, and mixed in were hundreds and hundreds of small Dogwood trees in full white bloom.  It was absolutely gorgeous!  Even in the mist going, it was gorgeous.  And coming home, under cloudy skies it was gorgeous. 

When I got to bestie's house, I found that her hubby had gone to see his brother and family so that she and I could just have a "girls weekend."  I thought that we SO sweet of him.  Bestie had gone to the store and bought us some junk food so we could just veg and visit.  She had also made me a little spring/Easter gift to bring home with me.  We sat and visited till both of us were really getting sleepy (which, given the week we had both had was NOT very late), then we called it a night.  Saturday morning after we both slept in and got up and around, we went to breakfast at our favorite little restaurant near her home.  They got my breakfast absolutely perfect, as usual.  Then we headed out about our rounds.  It was cloudy, but not rainy for most of the day.  We did hit Open/Shut and for once I didn't buy anything.  BFF found a really neat old chair.  They had taken the seat out of it, and in its place they had put a neat planter of flowers.  I was totally amazed that she could get it in the back seat of her car, but she did.    We also hit the town square of a nearby town.  I love that quaint little town square.  They have a farmers market there on some Saturdays, but not this one.  This area is full of lots of neat shops and we hit several of them.  I found a nice baby gift for my nephew's wife.  She is due any day with another baby girl.  I found a really sweet blankie, which this baby will love if it is anything like my nephew.   He carried his around when he was a baby until it fell apart.  Outside of that one purchase, I didn't buy anything else.

Just as the rain finally started, bestie and I headed to Mimi's.  You know how I love THAT place as I have written before.  We had a wonderful late lunch and best of all, her hubby gave her money and told her to treat us both for that lunch.  Wasn't that cool?  I thought it was such a sweet thing for him to do.  After lunch we hit her new Super Tarjay.  But by that time we were both pretty tired, so we didn't stay long there, and headed back to bestie's house.  It was nice just to kick back.  Oh!  And we did a "project"!!  She had bought two really pretty metal cornices to hang out on her back deck.  From those, she wanted to hang her hummingbird feeders.  So, we got after those with hammers, nails, levels and all.  I told her I coulda gotten them hung a lot quicker if I'd had a nice cordless drill.  But, we managed with a hammer and nails.  I must say they looked VERY good when we got them done.  It was an adventure making the nectar and getting it into the feeders.  I think we got as much on us and the deck as we did in the feeders.  Before I left, we had noticed several little hummingbird "scouts."   She is going to have tons of hummingbirds before long, I just know it.

Really, the best part of a weekend like this one is spending time with someone you have known for so long, who knows you SO well and who you can tell anything and who is SO like you, yet SO different.  Oh, and that person loves you in spite of all your faults and warts.  It is not EVERYONE who can find that kind of friendship in a lifetime.  I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful friend.  She is truly one of the BEST people I know and is someone I have ALWAYS admired. 

Oh, and while I was there I got her hooked up on here so she can read my blog when she wants to.  I am hoping she is going to send me some pictures she took before I left.   She wanted to get some pictures of the Dogwood trees in her area.  On her street, one of her neighbors actually had a Dogwood that was half pink and half white.  I have NEVER seen one like that.  I checked, and it wasn't two trees close together, but one tree.  That neighbor also had a Dogwood that was all pink blooms.  Anywho, we drove around her area and she got several pics.  If she sends them to me I will share them with you.

Well, DWTS is on and you know what that means.  It means I gotta go!!  Ya'll take care and have a wonderful week.

Hugs!

Bev

P.S. Bestie, if you are reading this, and I hope you are, I love ya bunches and bunches and thanks again for the great weekend!!

We have seen some of those today thank goodness.  The rainy gray weather has really been a drag on everyone's psyche around here.  So the sun has been very welcomed.

This Friday as soon as I get off work, I will be hitting the road to see my bestie.  I think we are just going to be hanging out.  I may see if we can hit our favorite antique place which we call "Open/Shut".  We call it that because rather than a sign outside which says "Open/Closed" - their sign says "Open/Shut".  So that is what we call it.  I have no idea what it really is called.  That's just what we call it.  This lady's prices are always really good and she just has ton and tons of neat stuff.  I am taking bestie my old, but still working set of hot rollers.  She used her set up until it bit the dust a while back.  I mentioned that I still had mine and that they still worked, so I will be taking mine to her.  It is supposed to be rainy on Friday and possibly stormy.  I just hope that it doesn't storm on my drive over to her house.  Once I am there, it can do whatever and I won't care.  Hubby is gonna stick around here unless the weather is such that he can pull the RV out for the weekend. 

Outside of that, there's not much news around our front.  We had a nice Easter even though it was rainy.  We went to church and after church we stayed for the potluck dinner.  We took a ham and I made my oriental slaw.  The food was delicious and it was nice to hang out with our fellow church members who we are still getting to know.  Our preacher's little daughter is just the cutest thing.  She is four this week and looks EXACTLY like Dora the Explorer, right down to the haircut.  She seems to have everyone in the church wrapped around her little finger.  One of the young couples announced that they are expecting their first child.  I was excited for them.  They seem like such a nice couple.

I am hoping to not have to go to our other office this week.  I really don't want to be dealing with those dusty files.  I think I am going to be going to see my allergist because I just can't seem to get the drainage stopped.  I am tired of it and want him to give me something to get rid the problem.  I figure I have done as much as I can do at the urgent clinic, so now it's time and probably past time to see my specialist.

Well my friends, I'd love to hang around, but Dancing with the Stars is on so I must turn my attention to see who gets voted off tonight.  Me thinks Steve O must go!!  hehehe I made a rhyme!!

You all take care and I'll be back soon!!  Hugs to you all!

Bev

I just thought I would post that question.  I don't know about anywhere else, but around here, it is freezing cold one moment and warm the next.  I have put up an album of pics from our little March snow shower I referred to in a previous post.  The snow was so wet and heavy that hubby had to go knock some off our trees so they wouldn't be harmed.  Piper loved the snow and had great fun hopping around in it.  She wanted out more than she wanted in.

My son-in-law was supposed to be over tonight to do some work but he hasn't made it so far.  Hubby is going to have to MOVE the island.  Yep.  You read that correctly.  SIL determined that we were off by a significant number of inches in where he thought it should be, so it's gonna have to be moved.  I don't envy hubby having to do that!  But, I guess he will.

Tricia asked about my Daddy (thanks girl for asking!).  He is doing absolutely wonderful!!  He has put in a garden for the first time in many years.  He has put in tomatoes, peppers, leaf lettuce, radishes and onions so far.  He has said that he will work a little bit, then go in the house and rest a little.  So he isn't over-doing it.  He just went to a new cardiologist for a new patient check up.  All his tests were great!!  He is just perking along and happy as a little clam.  I DO miss seeing him, and I haven't been able to get over to see him lately due to my being sick.  But I do talk to him at least every other day.  I am just so thankful that he is well, happy and seeming to enjoy life right now.  What a blessing!

I will be going to our other office again tomorrow to work on the boss man's files.  I am going to wear a mask!!  I know I am gonna look like an idiot, but I know handling those old dusty files is bad for my sinuses and I JUST am starting to feel better.  So, I shall look like perhaps I am expecting an invasion of germ warfare or something.  I really don't care.  I just don't want to get sick again.

Can ya'll believe that this Sunday is Easter?  I mean....did it sneak up on anyone else or is it just me.  We will be going to church and then our church is supposed to have "dinner on the grounds" afterwards.  Only thing is, the forecast calls for rain.  So, it will most likely be dinner in the garage/office/apartment at our pastor's house. 

If all goes well, I will be going to see my BFF next weekend.  We have had this planned for quite a while.  I haven't gotten to spend much time with her, so I am really looking forward to it.  We will probably do some shopping, but mostly relax and visit. 

I hope everyone has a lovely Easter!  I will be back soon okie dokie? 

Love ya'll!  Hugs!!

Bev

It is a quiet Saturday morning.  I am sitting in my recliner watching the "snow showers" we are experiencing.  When I first awoke it was thundering and raining.  Forecasters had said it would change to snow, but I really don't have much faith in their predictions (sorry weather guys!).  For me, this is kind of the calm after a "stormy" week. 

I did, indeed get down sick again.  Bronchitis, sinus infection, conjunctivitis (eye infection), fever, you name it, I had it.  I missed three days of work then insisted on dragging my sorry looking self into work for Thurs. and Friday.  Man, have I been a "sight" to behold.  I not only walked like I had been on an eight week drunk, the whites of my eyes were almost bloody, so I LOOKED liked I had really tied one on.  Scary folks, just plain scary.

By yesterday, I still wasn't much better.  I still can't hear out of my right ear very well and there is this ringing in my ears that's been there ALL week.  So yesterday, I threw me a HUGE pity party.  All I did, off and on for most of the day was cry!

I got my allergy shots yesterday and the "fill in" nurse made me cry.  I have only been getting allergy shots since I was in second grade....and I have never been made to cry before.  I want to know WHO in nursing school teaches these young things to give a shot in the arm in the very SOFT flesh at the back of your arm, almost underneath the arm?  Who???  I even ASKED her NOT to give it there.  When I said something she says " You want me to stop???"  I said NO JUST GET THE DOGGONE THING DONE!  I am usually polite, especially to new or fill in people.  I just couldn't be yesterday...I turned outta there and stormed out....crying like a baby.  Sheesh!  What a GIRL!!!

The next cry session came when I realized that I had missed by ONE freaking day, mailing in for a rebate hubby and I were wanting on one of our dishwashers.  I had to call and tell him I missed the deadline to possibly get about $500 bucks back.  He didn't even yell at me.  But after we hung up, I cried anyway in frustration at myself.

It seems like I cried the drop of a hat yesterday.  I called the Urgent Clinic, told them I wasn't better and could they call me in something else, to which I was answered NO!  I don't have the money to go in again and will struggle to pay for what I've already had done thus far thanks to my sucky insurance.  I explained all this to no avail.  Nothing would do but to have me come in.  And that. ain't. happening.  If I crawl up and die it ain't happening.  I was so frustrated after talking to them, what did I do folks?  Yep.  You got it.

Today, I have just determined I will take the rest of what they gave me and roll with it.  So WHAT if I can't hear well?  So WHAT if there is a ringing in my head driving me bonkers?  I am just sucking it up and I am going to enjoy watching the snow.

May I say that hubby has been a jewel this week.  I do not know what I would do without him.  He took such good care of me and I am just so thankful for him. Did I mention he didn't even YELL at me yesterday when I missed the rebate deadline?  Even I might have yelled at me for THAT one.  But nope.  He took it very well.

AND, he took me to Mimi's Cafe last night for heavenly comfort food!!  I had fresh turkey breast and dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy and their wonderful fresh breads.  AND we got me a buttermilk spice muffin to bring home for my breakfast!  Oh, and I have turkey left from my meal so I can indulge again today!!  I cannot tell you HOW good it all tasted.  I have eaten little to nothing all week (lost 6 pounds) so it was good to be even a little hungry.

Today, if we don't get snowed out, we will celebrate the 5th birthday of our youngest granddaughter.  She is SUPPOSED to have a party at one of those places (not Chucky's) where you play games etc.  I hope it pans out or our little princess will be heartbroken.  It is hard to believe she is growing up so fast.  First granddaughter will be 15 in July.  Boy, am I feeling OLD!!  Oh, and they have asked our daughter if the little princess will be the Cheerleading "Mascot" for her big sister's cheer squad next year.  She will even get to learn and do cheers with the big girls.  Now, it is just a matter of affording TWO in cheerleading.  I guess I don't need to tell anyone how expensive it is.  We have already been footing the bill for big sis.  So, I am not sure what we will do about la princess.

Oh.  The snow shower is SO pretty!! I guess I am going to get off here and take my meds like a good girl should and eat my wonderful muffin.

Whatever you all are doing this weekend my friends, have a great one and stay safe!  I love ya'll so much!

Hugs!

Bev

Hi all!  I am back as promised.  I am sitting here kinda watching the Dancing With the Stars recap.  I am a DWTS junky you know.  I think this season is going to be great.  Can you say Gilles??  Is he just super HOT or what??  And all I can say for the Bachelor is your loss sucka!  Mellissa rocks!!  I will be watching every single week with great interest to see who progresses each week.

I have been absent for several reasons.  One reason.  Working on.....  I know.  I know.  I have been rolling primer on the newly textured walls (which makes this old gal pretty sore).  Hubs has been working on and has the island installed.  The dishwashers will be installed FRIDAY!!  Woohooo!!  We still have SO much to do, but I am so excited to be this much closer to completion.

Both of us have both been fighting illness.  I had the flu/virus and missed two days of work last week.  I did go to work on Friday of last week, but I felt pretty bad still.  Hubby has been fighting a nasty cold.  He came home Thursday about 4 and went straight to bed and I never heard another peep outta him till morning.  He spent most of Friday and Saturday in bed too.  I spent the weekend trying to get to feeling better and trying to keep the dogs quiet and out of his hair.  Can I just say that my dogs bark at the slightest provocation (and maybe even NO provocation), so I had my hands full.  I rested but didn't spend the day in bed.  I have watched ALL the movies I borrowed from my sis, those being The Women, Dan in Real Life and P.S. I love You.  I liked all three.  Thank goodness my sis loves movies and buys them a lot.  She has kept me in good watching material.  You know..  Chick flicks!! In return, I have gotten her hooked on Janet Evanovich books.  I took her the latest "in between" Stephanie Plum book which I bought.  She read that, decided she really liked it, and has since gone to the library for three or four more books.  There are 14 in the series, so she should have some reading material for a while.

Oh and joy of joys....I now have a scratchy throat and a headache.  Have had them ALL day.  So this probably means I am getting hubby's cold.  C.R.A.P.!!!  He gets over his pretty easily.  Me.....they hang on and on and on and I usually end up going to the doc at least twice.  I took some Claritin earlier today and before bed I am going to take some Benadryl.  If that doesn't knock it, I see a doctor visit in my near future.

I am going to be going to our other office for a couple of days to help out my wonderful bossman.  His office there is an absolute WAR ZONE of files and papers which need organized.  So I shall see what I can do to assist him in getting some order restored.  If I manage to get it done I will be a SUPASTAR!!

Well, folks, I hope that all of you had a great day today.  I'll be back again soon and keep you posted on what's up with our household.

Hugs to you all!

Bev