The day after!

The fun just keeps happening. Today I was invited to Winnsboro for another party. Carla told me to bring a White Elephant gift. Well when I think "white elephant" I think anything you don't want now is the time to get rid of it. Well I have now found out "white Elephant" does not mean the same to all people. Needless to say my tiny white commode with sound effects did not go over real well. Colby I hope you remembered to take it home. This will drive Chelsey nuts!
We played Bingo..can't even write the word without thinking of Momma. Ishould save a bingo card from every game I play in her honor. When we cleaned her house out there in the favorite spot was a bingo card, I can hear her saying " I needed O76 for a win" She saved the card! Why? Oh well that is what made her so special.
Plans tomorrow you ask? Going shopping with my girls. Janie and Kharley. Going back to Tyler to exchange the clothes Kharley got. From Dec 1 to now she grew 6 inches in height. She will have to wear skirts with leggin's. We will not be able to find jeans long enough for her. She is built just like her daddy. All legs and arms.
Kent has gone pheasant hunting and has already called me twice. Once to say they weren't there yet and the other to say !We Made It! A man of few words. I hope he bags his limit, whatever it is.
Okay I am just gonna ramble for a while.
Beginning with Thanksgiving my sister comes up and we start decoration extravaganza!! My sister comes up and the tree is usually up by Sunday after T-giving. Some of the decor is up but not all. The beginning of December we have the McKenzie Christmas. This is all of Kent's Momma's side of the family. It is so much fun. We have it every year the first weekend in Dec. Tradition..love it. Then this year, my sister came back because the next weekend was the tour of homes. Nettie and I finished the home decor and we had more people than you could shake a stick at in and out of our home on that second Sunday in December. Then it was the Christmas party from the school. We went to my bosses house and had more fun. I have done very little shopping at this point and the mad dash to Tyler is on. The first week school is out, I have tons of shopping to do. Didn't think I could do it this year, but guess what............I did it! Christmas Eve is spent with Kent's dad Jack and his brother Tony and his family. We have had Pizza for several years, it is super easy and all the kids love it. Then Santa Comes on Christmas morning we go up to see what that old bogger has left for them grandkids. The joy of getting to see them when they discover all the loot he left is priceless. Janie, Jeff and the kids come on down after that and we have breakfast. Then open more gifts. You would think it was over, then you get a call from your brother and invites you to come and play canasta with his family or your best friend, that happens to be a sister to your sister in law and another invitation and more presents.....Just getting to be with family when you think you have no family left is the best gift of all. I am so fortunate and blessed to have gotten to speak to all of my brothers and sisters during this time of year.
Oh by the way in case there is one human out there that has not heard. My Christmas present this year was NO MORE DIAL UP INTERNET ACCESS.. I think this comparable to the first time my grandparents got off a party line...Sweet!!!
Well I am not as industrious as my friend Carla, as my floors are NOT swept or mopped and I have a sink full of dishes, but I have updated my blog. So Yeah for me!
As this year closes, I hope to all that keep up with the Happy Hayes House, you have had a good year and my wish to all is a better year to come.
Good nite to all and to all a Good nite. C-ya! Nen

Eve of Christmas Eve

I have the boys today, Kentlee and Kyle. Kharley is at her dad's but will be home for Christmas eve and Christmas morning. It looks like Christmas day for us will be slow. Janie and the boys will be off to Jeff's family, and then Kent leaves early the next day on "The Hunt" with the boyz of the cave.
Janie called me a few minutes ago and ask what I was doing I told her I was on Facebook, she said where is the boyz. I said what boyz.....MOM!!!!!I truly did not have a clue where Kyle was, I had to go looking. He was in his favorite spot. The toy closet. Happy as could be, Kenny was coloring a solid white sheet of paper black. Only color he could find. I did find him a coloring book and a 64 count box of crayons. He chose the black one....to color with. It is all about choices! No one needs that many crayons, I suppose.
What do you get your sister for Christmas????? Why overalls of course! She called and said she loved them. When she was down during the tour we went to Tractor Supply and she found a pair that would almost fit Kent and then wore them the rest of the time she was here. The overalls were so big the crotch hung way below her knees, this is NOT the way you wear overalls. So Kent said try and find her a pair that fits. So I did. and she loves them!! Simple things with no thought is the best gifts of all.
For some reason this Christmas has gotten here in such a hurry. From Thanksgiving to now it has flew by. For me at least, not Kenny. The presents under the tree for him is pure torture. That is all he talks about when he is here. Are all those mine Nen?? Yep Kenny that pile is all yours. Whose are them then, will they let me open them? NO Kenny the rest are not yours. But will they let me open them? NO Kenny you can't open them, they belong to everybody else. But will they let me open them? NO Kenny YOU Cant open those presents....You can open your pile of presents only, but when I finish can I open those presents? NO KENNY YOU CAN NOT OPEN ANYBODY ELSES PRESENTS!!! Only open yours, But Nen can I open your presents, Yes Kenny you can open my presents. I love them kids......
Gotta go color with a red crayon, show Kenny there is choices in life!! Love to all. Nen

I am not sick!

If I say it enough, click my heels together 3 times and promise I will never eat liver again, I will feel better right? (I don't really like liver, so I may have blew it huh?)
I like to feel good all the time, especially during the holidays...I remember one time I got the chicken pox at Christmas it was the 3rd year Kent and I was married and we were living on the Weiss place in Point. The same year the big ice storm hit. Anybody remember that I had the chicken POX....no that damn storm was all anybody would talk about. Chicken Pox and now Bronchitis, 30 something years later....is this a pattern? I wonder if another storm is coming? So that means NO ONE will remember I have Bronchitis the Christmas of 2010...

The tour of homes will be here before I know it. Jeannette is coming back up and helping Kent out with a few more lights and balls. Kent sometimes wishes Netter would stay out of his balls business. She was going to bring Cross but when I told her I had been to the Dr. she changed her mind. I really think she is the one that brought this down here at Thanksgiving because as I remember it she was coughing and hacking and looking for relief most of the time she was here. She got better so maybe it won't take as long as the ice storm did.

Got my new Washer and Dryer today!! WooHoo!! It is gonna take a little getting used to. The washer has lots more bells and whistles on it than my wash board did. And the dryer has more lines on it than my old one...LOL!!!
Can you imagine 60+ years ago when you said it was laundry day it was truly a JOB. Granny Jennie had a wonderful story about wash day. Her and her sister Aunt Dellar was in charge of laundry and Granny did not want to wash that day, so after Aunt Dellar got all of the wash pots full of water and heated up to boiling, got some clothes washed and hung out, Granny kicked the pots over and threw down the clothes she had on the line. Granny said Aunt Dellar should have killed her for doing that, and that is the only time I ever heard my Granny have a regret.

Well I am going to lay down on the couch, take advantage of having it all to myself, as Kent is at the Shed with the other Deacons, (yeah right) and I can watch what I want to. And No it aint gonna be Swamp People, bunch of inbred idiots with guns and boats......and white milk boots...really????

Good nite to all and to all a good nite. Love, Nen

The last Dec 1 of 2010

Good Lord, where did this year go? Working at a school the year is all messed up. New school yr begins in Aug. Wished it followed the calendar year. Start in Jan and end in Dec. having 2 year ends in a 12 month period is confusing. I now will step off my soap box.

I didn't get to go to Black Friday with Janie and Jennie, stayed with Jeannette and she worked my ass off. (well....not all of it....)She is the best. Regarding Christmas decorations and the tree, She comes in and knows exactly what and how and where and why it should all go. She kept using the word edit, Nen we need to edit some of the treasures....Did not exactly know what she was talking about , the she started using the phrase "less is more" WTF.....
he with the most wins is my motto.
I have managed to find all the edited stuff and hidden treasures and put them in the rightful place. YES NETTIE I PUT THOSE SANTA FACES UP!!!! The broken horned reindeer and the elves with the missing ear!!!! Edit my ASS!!! love you for all you did.....I just enhanced it a little MORE.
Kent's lights blew up and his balls blew off the tree, you just have to know about these huge balls. Now he has to trace the light problem in the dark, and wait till day light to put his balls back in the tree. he aint happy.
I think it was a squirrel, SQUIRREL! (this is an inside joke only a few will get)
It sure was dark coming home tonite and not a single lite on the outside of our house. Janie on the other hand is lit up like Jackie Don going fishing....I'm just saying.....

Thanksgiving day we were all together. Jeannette, Johnny, Jackie and me...did anyone get a pic? It may never happen again. I do enjoy it when we are all together.

Lots of parties and people in store for us and I hope everyone that wants to come to our house get a chance to, to share in the joy and listen for the laughter's echo.

Good night to all and to all a good night...Love to you Pam, Carla, and Nettie, hope to see ya'll soon.