Also going to shorten this.
I get 2 free tickets to the Tour of Homes in Rains Co. ( score!)
Decorated the Christmas Tree at School. (It is naked, but beautiful)
Couch in 8 pieces in the living room floor. ( KENT!!)
Shopping with Susan on Friday
McKenzie Christmas this Saturday (bring out the lawn chairs)
Maybe Canton on Sunday.
I have a head cold =(
Got to talk to my friend Janice today (miss her)
Love the New Intermediate
Love our daughter and our grandchildren (heart smiles)
Wish I had lots of money.
Glad my sister made it back to Austin..........(love u Nettie)
Fixing to watch some TV...
Good nite to all the Princesses of my little world.. love and kisses...Nennie
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
I'm back
I love to NOT cook. Clean up is a breeze for sure. Kents home, belly is full and yep the TV is ON. So I am back to the BLOG.....
I was thinking about Thanksgiving and I am going to try and have everyone here at the house again. Then the next weekend is the McKenzie Christmas....let the games begin!!!
I will be sending out the invitation to the McK Christmas soon hoping to get everyone excited about. Or try and get some enthusiasm built up, and it will I know. I just get overwhelmed once and then it is over. I had this idea about McK Christmas presents. I wanted to do our own cookbook. I know the men of the McK clan will be thrilled! I had the idea and I was going to use Snapfish and put it in an album form. Gonna see how saavy I can get with this. OH CARLA!!?? lol.
For James and Ashley's wedding, Jeannette bought 8-10 mums for the reception, they looked so nice on this big patio at the Oaks, they also look nice on my front porch. Thank you Nettie!
Sunday afternoon before we started cooking supper we walked down to the pool to fish. Net, Kent Sarah and me. I catfish I do not bass fish, so at first I just knew it was going to be a pleasant outing for me just enjoying watch them catch fish and me untangled wasp nest from my reel. That is my norm. Well just guess who caught the biggest damn bass for the day......Yep It was ME! Pure skill that is all it was pure skill. Kent said it would go about 3 or 3.5 lbs. Now our pools is as low as they have ever been and between all attacking the pool, the fish was just getting clobbered from all the lures coming at them. Except the one I threw in cause I know what I'm doing. between all of us Sarah cleaned about 10 lbs of bass to put in the freezer. That gal can clean the fish. Kent kept the knives sharpen and she and Net had those fish filet'd in no time.
Here is the funny for you Net.....When I pulled that 10lb bass in on the bank, I carefully walking him to the stringer of fish and the weight of that fish and the water level of the pool, sucked my right leg into the muck up to my knee. I had stepped forward and bent over to get the stringer to put that 15 lb bass with the rest of those tiny little bitty other minnows, they called fish, and thought I would drop my 20 lb bass when I couldn't get my foot out of the mud hole.Finally Sarah came over and took that 25 lbs fish out of my hand and I was able to pry my leg out of the hole.
My fish story I'll tell it the way I want to.
Kent and I walked back up to the house to start the charcoal for supper and let Sarah and Net fish for as long as they wanted to. We were sitting on the porch and could see them dragging the fish up from the pool to the truck. It was a pretty neat picture. Kinda one of those Hallmark moments.
Okay it's 8;30 so I am going in there and wake Kent up so he won't miss his favorite show. HillBilly Handfishing......oh Lord. If you seen this, you might be a redneck.
Love to all my family and friends, until we meet again.Happy Trails. Nen
I was thinking about Thanksgiving and I am going to try and have everyone here at the house again. Then the next weekend is the McKenzie Christmas....let the games begin!!!
I will be sending out the invitation to the McK Christmas soon hoping to get everyone excited about. Or try and get some enthusiasm built up, and it will I know. I just get overwhelmed once and then it is over. I had this idea about McK Christmas presents. I wanted to do our own cookbook. I know the men of the McK clan will be thrilled! I had the idea and I was going to use Snapfish and put it in an album form. Gonna see how saavy I can get with this. OH CARLA!!?? lol.
For James and Ashley's wedding, Jeannette bought 8-10 mums for the reception, they looked so nice on this big patio at the Oaks, they also look nice on my front porch. Thank you Nettie!
Sunday afternoon before we started cooking supper we walked down to the pool to fish. Net, Kent Sarah and me. I catfish I do not bass fish, so at first I just knew it was going to be a pleasant outing for me just enjoying watch them catch fish and me untangled wasp nest from my reel. That is my norm. Well just guess who caught the biggest damn bass for the day......Yep It was ME! Pure skill that is all it was pure skill. Kent said it would go about 3 or 3.5 lbs. Now our pools is as low as they have ever been and between all attacking the pool, the fish was just getting clobbered from all the lures coming at them. Except the one I threw in cause I know what I'm doing. between all of us Sarah cleaned about 10 lbs of bass to put in the freezer. That gal can clean the fish. Kent kept the knives sharpen and she and Net had those fish filet'd in no time.
Here is the funny for you Net.....When I pulled that 10lb bass in on the bank, I carefully walking him to the stringer of fish and the weight of that fish and the water level of the pool, sucked my right leg into the muck up to my knee. I had stepped forward and bent over to get the stringer to put that 15 lb bass with the rest of those tiny little bitty other minnows, they called fish, and thought I would drop my 20 lb bass when I couldn't get my foot out of the mud hole.Finally Sarah came over and took that 25 lbs fish out of my hand and I was able to pry my leg out of the hole.
My fish story I'll tell it the way I want to.
Kent and I walked back up to the house to start the charcoal for supper and let Sarah and Net fish for as long as they wanted to. We were sitting on the porch and could see them dragging the fish up from the pool to the truck. It was a pretty neat picture. Kinda one of those Hallmark moments.
Okay it's 8;30 so I am going in there and wake Kent up so he won't miss his favorite show. HillBilly Handfishing......oh Lord. If you seen this, you might be a redneck.
Love to all my family and friends, until we meet again.Happy Trails. Nen
11-1-11
Once upon a time huh, all one's get it..Waiting on Kent to get home he is back working 12 hour days, hate that but sure love the money. It will be nice here at Christmas. Oh my I said the C word, already! Wow, this year flew by. I believe we got by on less this year than any year in the past. I took such a cut in my salary when I moved to the campus level. Almost one third of the salary I had. That cut on top of the gas prices and Kent driving so far, it has really hit home. We don't have near the money to help Janie and the kids that we did. Since she and Jeff are now separated, she needs alot more help, than we can give. She is not doing without anything, just not any extra money for what all the kids participate in. The kids have no clue, as it should be.
The Recycle Me Retreat is coming up this weekend, and for the life of me I can not get excited about it. The devil is working his magic on me I guess, or I am allowing him to. I need to get right, but it just seems like every weekend for the month of Oct something was happening and I had about 5 places I needed to be at the same time. Now this weekend it is starting again. I want to help with the retreat and I want to go to the birthday/homecoming for Charles and yes it is all on the same day. I'll figure it out.
James and Ashley's wedding was precious and beautiful, I am so proud for them, I hope the listen and will live there life as the preacher explained it. It is all about giving and forgiving. The Oaks, is where the reception was and It is a beautifully well hidden secret of Mineola. WOW. it was awesome. She had worked so hard on all the table decorations and planning, I hope she gets to breathe and relax for a couple of weeks. Ashley you did a great job, thanks for letting us be a part of it all.
I hear Kent coming down the road, front door is open and NO TV is on. I love the sounds of that ole truck, we are having take out for supper, gotta go pour the tea..
later to all ...love Nen
The Recycle Me Retreat is coming up this weekend, and for the life of me I can not get excited about it. The devil is working his magic on me I guess, or I am allowing him to. I need to get right, but it just seems like every weekend for the month of Oct something was happening and I had about 5 places I needed to be at the same time. Now this weekend it is starting again. I want to help with the retreat and I want to go to the birthday/homecoming for Charles and yes it is all on the same day. I'll figure it out.
James and Ashley's wedding was precious and beautiful, I am so proud for them, I hope the listen and will live there life as the preacher explained it. It is all about giving and forgiving. The Oaks, is where the reception was and It is a beautifully well hidden secret of Mineola. WOW. it was awesome. She had worked so hard on all the table decorations and planning, I hope she gets to breathe and relax for a couple of weeks. Ashley you did a great job, thanks for letting us be a part of it all.
I hear Kent coming down the road, front door is open and NO TV is on. I love the sounds of that ole truck, we are having take out for supper, gotta go pour the tea..
later to all ...love Nen
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