Member ME?

That's what Kyle tells his speech therapist. Hey Member me? I am so fortunate to be close enough to get told all the funnies that come out of Kyle's mouth.
Kent got a new Hot Rod Magazine, So Kent, Kenny and Kyle all sitting in the swing looking at every page, picking out the one they wanted.  Asking Pa if it was a Ford..YUK! we dont like Fords Pa. So Funny listening to the Big Kid tell the 2 little kids One day guys we will have one just like it.
Kent told me today he was going to get the 68 Chevelle ready for Kharley she is 11, maybe it will happen in the next 5 years.  Then he started talking about getting the trucks fixed for the boyz. He got 9 or 11 years to gets those going.
Kharley has started basketball season, her team has played 3 times only lost 1. They have a good team this year. I hope they get to go back to the playoff's.  Maybe it will be in Greenville this year!
Kent's uncle Paul and aunt Brenda took us to eat last nite and then came back here and we visited until almost 930.  It was wonderful. Had not really got to visit with them since before the McKenzie Christmas. We are going to try to make it a monthly event. I love them both so much.
We worked outside all day today. We have so many dead trees in front of our house, we stacked limbs and then set them on fire.  Kent put the blade on the tractor and kept it stacked up for me.  The wind was out of the south so no danger in catching to much on fire.  It felt so good to be outside.
I had put a blanket in the washer and was going to give it to a friend of mine and it fell apart.  I had no idea it was a foam type blanket, it melted in the washer.  I had to get the vaccum to clean the washer...weirdest material I have ever seen. So sorry friend no blanket for you.
Kent got invited to the Barret Jackson Auction in Arizona with Cord and David. He could not go but we had the best time watching Cord bid on cars.  Can't believe he bought a purple Caddy!  There was a wonderful red Chevelle for a mere 70K.........He really needs to love me more than his daughter!! Dang, maybe next time...yeah right! 
I did get another invite to the Bahama's by Cord and his family,  this time I aint passing it up! Going in May!
Since I have discovered Pinterest it is very hard to update this blog.  But I will try.  you satified Net?
The Good wife is on in 30 minutes so I have to get ready!
Love to all and to all a Good Week/Month or whenever I see you next.  XOXOXOXO Nen

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbon

Wrap your presents to your darling....I love that song by Willie Nelson.. I am thru with buying gifts! I have so many wonderful people in my life, I always think I have forgotten someone.  I hope they forgive me if I do. After I had my Asthma attack I am so sorry I didn't pay my sweet Momma more attention when she had hers.  Just didn't understand the ailment and I regret not feeling sorry for her more.
This is the second time in my life I have had off these 2 weeks at Christmas, without going back into school to produce a payroll or work on year end notices and reports.  I am loving that!
Tutz and I are going to eat at Veronia tonite on Lake Fork.  If you haven't tried it you should.  Italian Food, it is right next to A J's fish house.  Looking forward to it.
I get to keep the boyz tomorrow, Kharley will hve the day off (ha ha) We may make more candy or a cake or just cook, who knows. I think Susan has her g-kids we may go play with them, we will see.
Kent is off next week, he needs some time off without going to a doctor.  First year in a while he won't be going hunting with the guys.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas, spend some time with the ones you love and those that need your love. If you travel be safe and don't be in a hurry, it will be there when you get there.
Love to all and to all a good night! Nen

In the HOUSE..

Okay what's up with this weather, all summer it was so hot you could not enjoy the outside. What's after summer....Fall, beautiful fall weather....It is so cold this fall you can not enjoy the outside.  I am sick of my house. I want to be outside for just a little while without sweat or a coat, is that to much to ask for? My house should have no dust bunnies anywhere and all the closets should be organized, the floors imaculate, but is it? HAHAHAHA!!! I have Facebook and this Blog, it is a vacuum of my time. Although I don't know how I ever got to be so social before I discovered it.  I made friends the old fashioned way.  I warted them to death until they liked me!
I am tired of thinking about sickness, deaths and funerals.
I still love my husband, kid and grandkids.
I cherish my friends.
I love my life.
I appreciate all the blessings that surround me.
I have to cook Kent's supper!

Good nite to all and to all a good nite!!  love to each...Nen

Updating to make Carla happy.

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

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

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

October Already!

Wow, September was a blur..I was fixing brownies for the gkids after school today and Kentlee and Kyle both wanted to like the bowl...memories started flooding in on me.  I can remember like it was yesterday Momma fixing a cake and me and Jackie fighting over the beaters on the mixer.  I can also remember the saddest day ever.....The day Momma got a rubber spatula :(  As long as I can remember she always used a big ole tablespoon to scrap the bowl with and it always left a big amount of batter in the bowl. So I would gladly give up my beater for the bowl. Then my day was destroyed by that spatula...dammit!
I am so proud of Carla for getting back to running.  And proud Pam and Danny are settled into a neighborhood with close neighbors.  I think of both of you alot, just don't get the time to call or visit.  I miss playing Canasta with Pam and miss laughing with Carla.
Jeannette is coming in for the big wedding (James and Ashley) my nephew and bride to be, so excited. Jeannette has her house on the market, I hope it sells and she can move up here with us.  I miss not having her alot too. 
Kharley got Jr. Livestock Showmanship Buckle at the Rains Co FAir.  We were so proud of her.  She sold Hank and has a little time to breath now.  Her 5th grade year is flying by, she was chosen to be a Junior Counselor at the Intermediate.  Sound little but it really is a big deal.  The principal nominated her for all the help she gave him in the bus when he had to drive her route.  Also for her maturity. Yep, she is growing up so fast.
This past weekend, the MAN CAVE crowd had a benefit skeet shoot, auction and fish fry for Charles Covey.  Charles was paralyzed on Easter 2011 from an accident while playing with his kids in the yard. So Sad!  He is the husband of Kaysi Matlock and they have 2 daughters and He has 3 sons by another lady.  So here is a man with a wife and 5 children confined to a  wheelchair with limited mobility. He has been in rehab at Dallas Baylor for several weeks and is expected to be released the first week of Nov. Kaysi surprised everyone when she drove up and had Charles with her. This was the first time he had been home since April. I cried and cried. What a surprise. What a tragidy.
I know it was all over FB but I just got to say HOW MUCH FREAKING FUN it was to perform again with the RAINETTES!! I had my doubts to start with at that first practice, then the last practice we still had not all got to practice together and I was dreading it...and then BAMM!!  It fell into place like it was 1976, all over again.  So I had gained a bunch of rolls, who the hell cares, I was having a blast and our drill team got a standing ovation!! So Proud of all of us. Thank you so much!!
It is Wednesday and Kent is at the BS session up the road, Janie cleaned my kitchen and has taken the gkids home for baths and homework, I think I will watch a little TV Harry's Law to be exact and hope to update again soon.
Good nite to all and to all a good nite......Go Rangers!!! love Nen