Time Off

Kent has been off since the last week in June and finally got to go fishing. I hope he catches the biggest and the mostest. He, Stack, Pete and Mikey all got off around 8 pm. If the other 3 was as excited as Kent they may not come in until tomorrow afternoon. Kent has cleaned his boat for the last 3 days in anticipation of this day. Mikey's boat was not as clean as Kent's but they looked about the same size. And we all know size don't matter!! I have to go back to work tomorrow but Kent said if I wanted to when I got off he would take me fishing. I want to even if we don't get to stay all nite, Arkansas has given me fishing fever.
Today I went to Tyler with Janie and all of my grandkids...It was a ass whooping! We had a blast but good lord I don't know how she does it. I might could handle it better if Kyle was potty trained and I do hope they work on that. He would get to stay with Pa alot more if he was. Kent aint gonna change a diaper if he dont have too. At one point today I ask Kharley to take him to the restroom with her and before she could sit down he had jerked his clothes off and of course I didn't have a diaper with me. We left that store comando style. The next stop I had Kentlee and Janie took Kyle, she was trying to get him to pee in the potty when he peed all over his shorts. Little boys should not be allowed in stores until they are totally trained...She was looking for me and found Kharley, Kharley started to look for me and Kentlee, last seen in the toy dept. found us then lost her mom and Kyle... Lord she got so mad...She kept telling me " I told her to stand right here I would be right back" I didnt know Kyle had peed on hisself and she was needing to take him to the car of which I had the keys....3 ring circus I swear. We made it home safe and sound, only to see Kent get stung by a red wasp. It did not hinder his trip to the Lake, just pissed him off. Between him and Kyle I was getting a little fed up with Piss.

I had a wonderful 4th of July. The kids brought the fireworks to our house, Jack came down and we all sat in the back yard, watching and hoping Kharley did not set Jeff on fire. (It could happen) Hard to believe she is old enough to lite the fireworks. When it was just her, we always went to the public boat ramps on Fork and watched the displays. She called them "Sky Poppers"Ths was the first year in 10 that we did not go the the ramps to see the skypoppers.
Kentlee is not a big fan of fireworks and Kyle wants to hold the wrong end.
Okay I have a firework memory...My brother Jackie and I was in the back yard at Point and had some black cat fire crackers. I was maybe 4-5 he was maybe 6-7, I had no clue about the mechanics of fire crackers. As far as I can remember it was my first experience with them without adult supervision. Jackie told me to hold the fire cracker and he would light it. I did exactly what he told me to do, I held the fire cracker and he lite it.....then he ran off.......then it exploded in my little 4-5 year old tender hand......DID HE SAY THROW IT DOWN???? No he did not!!.....then momma appeared on the back porch.....then Jackie got his ass whooped.....then I got a candy bar....Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Never will forget it, I got to eat both of them, Jackie didn't get to get one, Ha Ha Ha...Ouch Ouch Ouch.
The end..
To all a Good night...Nen

Yankee Doodle Dandy

It's almost the 4th of July. Today the 3rd of July it has rained I can only remember one other July 4th it rained and it was 2008. It poured and me and 2 of the 3 grandkids walked in the creek in front of the house, we waded up to their knees not mine. Kyle was to little to play with us, so him and Pa sat on the porch with the parents and Kharley Kentlee and I got soaking wet on the 4th of July with no swimming pool in sight. Fun Fun Fun. I hope tomorrow it does the same.
After keeping the kids 2 days in a row I am pooped! Today Kent and I piddled around here. He on the outside and me inside the house. He got a few more toys on the porch, a peddle car and tractor. We are looking for the rocket we have, I think it is in the shop and he says he doesn't think so. One day he will learn to listen to me. I will have to go show him where it is...but that means I will be having lots of other treasures to play with also. There is the Pontiac sign I want to put on the back porch and I know it is in the eave of the shop, I want it down here, but Kent will have to get the extension ladder to get it down.

Kent and extension ladders are not the best combination. It seems like he manages to hurt hisself everytime one gets near him. I KNOW IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME TRYING TO HELP EITHER, Tutz and Jeannette!!!
One time we were cleaning up the trees in front of our new house and we did not own a pole saw. So the ext. ladder and chainsaw were the weapons of choice. Well Kent would climb all the way to the top of the ladder and I would do my best to hand him the saw and keep the limbs from falling on the ladder or him. I was only capable of doing one or the other. Take care of the saw or the limb, never both at the same time. Well the limb fell against the ladder and knocked it out from under him. I was watching him hang on to the saw (still running) and trying to move the limb, he was yelling at me to help him....what could I do, so I moved the ladder on out of his way so he could let go of the tree. It played out a little differently in my mind then it actually happened. He said to move the ladder SO I DID. I was scared the damn saw was going to cut him in half and he was scared of falling out of the tree. Well he survived the fall didn't he???
Another time he was building the carport with our neighbors help, it is all metal so he was welding it and he was standing on the very top of the same extension ladder and I noticed his shirt was on fire. I had got him this welder for Christmas one year and he loved it but to this day I am scared of it about as much as the chain saw. Anyway, he was ON FIRE on top of that ladder and I just knew he could not feel the heat because it was 110 that day in August, so I run as fast as I could to get the water hose, about the time I get it aimed at him he noticed me and the fire all at the same time. I was ready to drown him in order to keep him from being burned alive, he turned pale white and just kind of melted down the ladder yelling at me the whole time to never, never, ever use a water hose on a person holding a arc welder in there hand. Well he did not have to yell at me so loud, I would have taken the advice better in a calmer tone of voice.
That damn extension ladder has caused me more grief than I would have ever thought possible.
Kent has lost a good chain saw and a new shirt all because of that ladder. Sometimes it just doesn't pay to be a blessing. And I know that is Kent's thought too! Right Kent?
Going to bed, Hope all have a really safe 4th of July, so love to all and to all a good nite. Nen

Aint it good to be back home again!

Hello to anyone that wants to read this. I have had the best summer of my life. Truly the summer of 2010 will go down in my history book as the best ever. I took a journal with me to the Bahamas and while I was recovering from a severe burn I started recording my journey. I was barely home 1 week when I left for ANOTHER vacation. Trout fishing.

The Bahamas were breathtaking. Our accomadations were Atlantis at The Cove. The view from our room was what post cards are made of. Absolutley out of this world and one that I never dreamed that I would be able to say I would experience. I kick myself to this day for doubting wanting to go on this trip. Kent finally said, it is something you will probably NEVER get the opportunity to do again you better go for it. So I got a passport and on the plane I went.
I am glad to say I am smarter than my luggage and I never got lost one time, even changing planes in Georgia. Yes my luggage got lost on the way to the islands and got lost again when I got back to Austin. But did I?? No I did not! So chalk one up for the gal from Alba with Point roots..
Got back home finally on Monday June 21. Net came to our house on Thursday the 24th We left on the 26th for my final vacation of 2010.

This one was trout fishing. I had my doubts because fishing was not a favorite childhood past time of mine, but I went along with the family and when Kent and I married we fished but mainly catfishing at Tawakoni or in the pool beside the house. Tutz always made the catfishing fun until she stabbed me in the foot with a catfish. Took all the fun out of it when you have to limp off the boat with a fish in your foot. From then on I always wore combat boots and hope the boat stays afloat. LOL.
But Susan had told me that she did not like to fish but trout fishing was the BEST. So off with the OBOY gang I go.
Susan was soooooo right!!! It is the BEST. If anyone out there ever gets the opportunity to go Trout Fishing..NOT Fly fishing, trout fishing with a spinner reel, DO IT!!
I don't know if it was our guide, the weather, the company, or what I just know catching browns on the Norfork river is as close to a sexual experience as you can get fully clothed.Even though I did not get to keep any of the browns we caught it is enbedded in my mind under the category of A double Awesome!
Did anyone guess what OBOY stands for? Not gonna tell ya. And for those that are worthy you will receive the t-shirt..LOL

Well I get to spend another day with my grandkids tomorrow. Guess what we did Today, we went F I S H I N G and no one got stabbed in the foot with a hook and we all jumped in the pool to save the perch!!! Another day of Making memories...
Don't fence me in! Love to all and to all good night. Nen

Almost on the road

Well I'm in Austin awaiting the trip to the airport in the a.m. for the vacation of a lifetime! We leave in the morning at or around 6:00 and I will be a Bahama Mama by tomorrow night ...can't wait can't wait. Jeannette approved the clothing I brought for the trip and she added a few things. OKAY so imagine me wearing a bathing suit, that is enough to scare the children, but then imagine me wearing a MUMU with elephants on it and a HUGE straw hat with a big red bow...Lord would Hughlene be proud of me. Thank you Jeannette for the MUMU and hat! (oh Lord) Carla your hats faded in comparison to the one Jeannette got. But she said thank you thank you. I am so excited about going I really don't think I am going to worry about what I have on. Got a new card for my camera and brought me a suduko book in case a hurricane keeps me out of the pool. I think I am to help Jeannette watch the girls at some point in time, we will see, I am be way to busy..laugh laugh.

Oh yeah I recommend everyone to get a nephew that will invite you to places such at this. Thank you Cord....I didn't think you could beat Vegas, but again you have proved me wrong..love ya! I think Mom would have slowed us up a bit on this trip. LOL!

In case I forgot to tell everyone this, when I get back from the Bahamas, I will then get to go on another vacation, (I never knew I wold like vacations this much) The following weekend, my plans are to go with the OBOY girls to Arkansas for trout fishing! Anyone know what OBOY stands for? Not gonna tell ya! HA! To be continued.......

Let it RAIN!

Wow what a storm. The rain was coming down in buckets and it was a wild ride on the way home. Now it has stopped and humidity if high. I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance and it is a wonderful sound. Kharley had an awful ear ache today, she went to work with her mom but just got worse. I was getting my lunch when Janie called me and ask if I could help. I got so excited I dropped a full glass of tea in my lap. Since I had to change clothes anyway I just came on home and me and her have hung out the rest of this day. She has a cat, Thanks CAROL!! that she wants with her all the time. I ain't a cat person, but for her I try. I was glad I didn't have to take the cat to the DR office with me. She got 3 perscriptions and is feeling better.
I am sure it was the medicine and not getting to come home and be with the cat.
Gotta go look at the cat, at Kharley's request. I will visit later...with ya'll

Pretend the title is really witty

It took me forever to reset my damn password for this. So I am kinda out of the mood to write now.
I hate dial up, but there are so many more things I want more than high speed internet service. I wish Verizon would let go of some bucks to access all the rural roads in our county. Shame the company is to poor to consider all of us out in the sticks.

Falling off of my Soap box now. Did anyone but me think it was hot today. It sure seems early to be this hot.

Every year at this time I wish I had a swimming pool, one a little bigger that Carla and Paul's one that my grandkids and I could all get in at one time. Kharley and I have been saving our pennies for 5 years we may have enough for the chemicals but not quite enough for the water, pool and pump. Oh well we will keep saving.

If I would stay my ass home instead of spending all Kent's money on passports I might could have a pool!

Lemonade, Rockers, Gliders and Porch Swings

These are a few of my favorite things...sounds like a song Huh? I have had a great time on my back porch...I sit in the mornings and look at old magazines, and drink my coffee and just ignore the exercise equipment in the corner...I'll get to that one day when I WANT to.
Kyle turned 3 on May 28th. Kentlee graduated Pre-School and Kharley is going into the 4th grade. Janie and Jeff will soon be married 5 years and it has all passed by with the force of a hurricane. The saying is so true---time flies.
I have been invited to spend some time with my wonderful nephew and his family and my sister in the Bahamas. OMG, I never thought I would ever go out of the country, but soon I will be leaving for a 6 day vacation in paradise. I looked at the pictures on line and it is truly the look of paradise...can't wait.
I thought when Jeannette talked me into a wet suit and going down the Snake River in Wyoming would be the only adventure she would witness...but hey HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW!..The Bahamas...Country Girl goes to the Bahamas...HELLO...the Bahamas, this is a once in a lifetime for me and I am going to get the most out of it I can.
So far the least favorite part has been the thought of a new swim suit. Jeannette told me the one I had with ruffles and the knees wore out would never do..... ( I think it could be patched)
Happy Trails to all and to all a good nite..