The wind is howling, now. I have the window cracked just enough that it make that whistling noise, it reminds me of Granny Jennie's old house. The windows could be all the way down and it made that same noise. I miss that old house. It fell in on itself from neglect and termites.
If you have not bought the book "Elf on the Shelf" stop what your doing and go get it right now. I have laughed so hard at my grand kids and want everyone to have the same experience.
You tell this story about how Santa sends elves to watch the boys and girls and he reports back to him every night what he has seen or heard. Funny........when the boys realized he was going to tell on them, the apologies started flying. They would stand reverantly in front of the little gnome and start explaining or begging him not to tell the Big guy.... It is so worth the $$$.
The book has the elf in it and then I purchased an additional elf so I could keep one at my house. I sent the other with Janie and her stories are hilarious. Kharley is great with all of this and she is milking it for all it is worth.
We will be having the McKenzie Christmas Dec 4 (first Sat in Dec) and I sent out the letters with the menu on it. First time I have ever got any feedback, So if anyone out there is reading this we will NOT be HAVING STEW!!! It will be a Mexican Buffet.
And NO I was not thinking about the children...I was thinking about me. I love stew, I know the children won't eat stew...no child can look at a big black cast iron wash pot and think, yum yum, what's for lunch coming out of that!!!??? So Enchiladas it is....We have so much fun at this Christmas party, we started having it at our house when Kent's grandPa Hugh died. Once a year you should gather what family you have left and celebrate being a family, no matter how little it is.
Okay I hear a Klondike Bar calling my name......so good nite to all and to all a good nite. NEN
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Where have I been?
to tell the truth I never went anywhere I forgot my password. This time I wrote it down., if I can just remember to not throw it away.
It's been so long I can't think of what i wanted to say, so i will just wing it.
We let Janie and Jeff have a Halloween party at our house, it was a lot of fun. Hayride, lots of kids and the spooky bridge, fun fun, Mackey the dog to the Neighbors, followed us the whole time, we know how very protective he is of the kids and got worried when the boogers jumped out of the creek, that Mackey would eat them alive. So we stopped the hayride, got Janie and Kharley to coax Mackey into the back seat of Kent truck. This is a huge dog that has never rode in a pickup, Kharley got him to sit down, we cracked the windows just a little and off we went to the "spooky bridge" about half mile or so we got to smelling the worst awful greenish odor..Kent looked at me while I was looking at him and I said "well do you feel better" then Mackey made a noise and we both about puked. All 4 windows now are all the way down fan on high trying to get the dog fart smell out of the truck, believe me it was the worst smell EVER!!! And it was Cold outside that night too. Finally the "spooky bridge" was with in sight. And we were right about Mackey, he would have tore them boys up! After a while and all the kids settled down, we let Mackey out of the truck, he did his business and he politely ask the "Boogers" if they would mind taking him back home. They were kinda scared of him at first but Jeff came over and coaxed him into Doug's truck...Kent and I just started laughing, Doug has a single cab pickup and Mackey was in the middle....aint no escaping that.
Looking forward to the upcoming Holiday's. Jeannette will come in and help me and Kent get all decked out for Christmas. Love it Love it. She will be coming up a little before Thanksgiving and by the time she leaves, it will look like Santa Land around here. WE have been invited to be in the tour of homes this year, so I am looking forward to her putting her magic touch on the place. I hope and wish she could just stay until the first of the year, (that way she can help take it all down as well)
This will be my first Christmas holiday off from my job. In the past I have always had to go up during the holidays and work. I no longer hold that position or have that worry anymore. I am soo looking forward to some time off.
Okay that is about all I can do for tonight, it maybe a while before I get back so If i miss you during the upcoming Holidays, I wish you all Glad Tidings...and to all a good night. Nen!
It's been so long I can't think of what i wanted to say, so i will just wing it.
We let Janie and Jeff have a Halloween party at our house, it was a lot of fun. Hayride, lots of kids and the spooky bridge, fun fun, Mackey the dog to the Neighbors, followed us the whole time, we know how very protective he is of the kids and got worried when the boogers jumped out of the creek, that Mackey would eat them alive. So we stopped the hayride, got Janie and Kharley to coax Mackey into the back seat of Kent truck. This is a huge dog that has never rode in a pickup, Kharley got him to sit down, we cracked the windows just a little and off we went to the "spooky bridge" about half mile or so we got to smelling the worst awful greenish odor..Kent looked at me while I was looking at him and I said "well do you feel better" then Mackey made a noise and we both about puked. All 4 windows now are all the way down fan on high trying to get the dog fart smell out of the truck, believe me it was the worst smell EVER!!! And it was Cold outside that night too. Finally the "spooky bridge" was with in sight. And we were right about Mackey, he would have tore them boys up! After a while and all the kids settled down, we let Mackey out of the truck, he did his business and he politely ask the "Boogers" if they would mind taking him back home. They were kinda scared of him at first but Jeff came over and coaxed him into Doug's truck...Kent and I just started laughing, Doug has a single cab pickup and Mackey was in the middle....aint no escaping that.
Looking forward to the upcoming Holiday's. Jeannette will come in and help me and Kent get all decked out for Christmas. Love it Love it. She will be coming up a little before Thanksgiving and by the time she leaves, it will look like Santa Land around here. WE have been invited to be in the tour of homes this year, so I am looking forward to her putting her magic touch on the place. I hope and wish she could just stay until the first of the year, (that way she can help take it all down as well)
This will be my first Christmas holiday off from my job. In the past I have always had to go up during the holidays and work. I no longer hold that position or have that worry anymore. I am soo looking forward to some time off.
Okay that is about all I can do for tonight, it maybe a while before I get back so If i miss you during the upcoming Holidays, I wish you all Glad Tidings...and to all a good night. Nen!
Monday, September 27, 2010
I knew Fall was getting closer!
Happy Fall Ya'll...that's what the sign says and I agree, this is a happy time. Kentlee has made about 4 trips back and forth on his 4 wheeler. He gasses it all the way up and back down the drive way. Its the only sound I am hearing at the moment. He came to the front door, it is wide open, with his helmet on and stated, Nen We Need SOW WERE KEEM, What Kentlee? SOW WERE KEEM, NEN! You mean Sour Cream? YES, THAT'S WHAT I SAID! Mister attitude on a 4 wheeler is about to get his butt kicked.... so I sent what I had (all out of date) and I am feeling quilty about it. Surely Janie has sense enough to look at the dates. Or maybe I should have just fed Kentlee the SOW WERE KEEM to adjust his attitude! Kharley rode the bus home today I thought I had a nail appt. Well I didn't, so I called Janie to ask if I could pick up Kyle and Kentlee from Donna's. Gave them both Dr Pepper on the ride home. It sends them into over drive. That is probably why Kentlee is making so many trips up and down that drive way. Kyle is probably jumping off the roof. I aint telling Janie and who ever is reading this better not either. Gonna see how long it takes from them 2 to run down.
Kent is working 12 hour days, 6 days a week. I love the overtime, but hate being alone this long. I wish we were disciplined enough to put back every penny he has ever made just in overtime. Had we of done that then he might be retired now. But NO we have managed to spend the biggest portion of ever penny he has made. Oh well It's just money.
Well he will be home soon so I will make some fresh tea and heat up the stew.
So To all a good nite. Nen
P S Welcome HOme Morgie!
Kent is working 12 hour days, 6 days a week. I love the overtime, but hate being alone this long. I wish we were disciplined enough to put back every penny he has ever made just in overtime. Had we of done that then he might be retired now. But NO we have managed to spend the biggest portion of ever penny he has made. Oh well It's just money.
Well he will be home soon so I will make some fresh tea and heat up the stew.
So To all a good nite. Nen
P S Welcome HOme Morgie!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
"Monthly Posting"
Pam jumped my ass at the reunion about not keeping this updated. "Dial UP" darling is the reason for the delay. I love to journal and this is what this is for me. When I get the urge to put my thoughts in writing, it does not always fit into a good time frame. ONe that will take a lot of time to upload/download this website. Then I can't always remember my password. Which I still can't figure out why I have to have a password to share my deep dark secrets for. Oh Well deal with it until I become wealthy and can afford a sad-E-Lite...God know Verizon will never find us in this hole behind these woods.
Today was Kharley's 10th birthday and we had all them down for her B'Day supper. Her Favorite meal in the whole wide world.....Chili Cheese Frito Pies....Simplicity at its best! I had her down this morning and showed her all the cake mixes I had she chose "Yellow Cake" and Chocolate Icing again simply the best!! I tried to make a fudge icing, but could not get it to taste the way I wanted it to so it ended up with a Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing...She loved it.
She wanted it to look like the box so I fixed it as close as I could. That girl has my heart.
As for me and Kent we are doing dang good, looking forward to a quite week. Go to work and come home..No Fair, No parade, No reunion, No shopping, just come home and have the quite life...
(in our dreams, right?) we can hope. I hope this makes Pam happy, I love you and I will say thanks for wanting to know we exist.
Love to all and to all a good nite. Nen
Today was Kharley's 10th birthday and we had all them down for her B'Day supper. Her Favorite meal in the whole wide world.....Chili Cheese Frito Pies....Simplicity at its best! I had her down this morning and showed her all the cake mixes I had she chose "Yellow Cake" and Chocolate Icing again simply the best!! I tried to make a fudge icing, but could not get it to taste the way I wanted it to so it ended up with a Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing...She loved it.
She wanted it to look like the box so I fixed it as close as I could. That girl has my heart.
As for me and Kent we are doing dang good, looking forward to a quite week. Go to work and come home..No Fair, No parade, No reunion, No shopping, just come home and have the quite life...
(in our dreams, right?) we can hope. I hope this makes Pam happy, I love you and I will say thanks for wanting to know we exist.
Love to all and to all a good nite. Nen
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
WackyWednesday
Sun, rain, some more sun, then a little rain, oh sun! wait rain...Love it.. Sun's out raining, I always thought that meant the devil was beating his wife, Kent said he thought it meant the sun was out and it was raining...what does he know!
I am loving my new job, every day I get to spend a little more time away from my old responsibilities and I am truly loving being near the kids, which I thought would be the last thing I would enjoy. So at lunch I go into the cafeteria with a hand full of Hershey Kisses, and find Kharley and ask her You want a Kiss? the other girls have caught on to me so I have moved over to Bryan's table(Tutz grandson) and I ask him You want a Kiss? at first he was ducking and dodging and all but ran from me, until he saw what I had in my hand. Biggest ole grin he is a cutie. I look for the sad kids now and try to get a smile from them. I hope they don't go home and tell their parents about a crazy fat lady giving kisses at lunch. Oh well if they do they do, at least they will have something fun to say I hope!
Okay so if you didn't know it my sister is crazy. She came down over the weekend to fish and then she stayed with me on Sat and Sun. I thought Sunday was our Father's birthday so we went to the cemetery to sing to him well come to find out it was the day he died in 1967, so she changed the song to " Farwell to Thee", His birthday (?) was the 18th of Sept. I hope Mom Doe and Vandell got a laugh out of that one.I did, we were going to stop and see if Jackie wanted to go, but I never know if he is night or day shift and would hate to wake him up so we by passed him...
We worked some at our Great Grandparents house, it just feels good to get to go back home. I can feel Aunt Lillie AuntMyrtle and Granny Mc there.
I can't get that Alan Jackson song off my mind " Where I come from" Cornbread and Chicken, front porch sittin....That is what we had for supper, cornbread and chicken I haven't made it to the porch yet, but I hope to visit it before the nite is over.
The reunion of the decade is on Sept 18 so all who attended RHS from 1970 to 1979 better be there! It is gonna be a BLAST FROM THE PAST!"
I graduated in 76, Kent and Jackie 75, Danny 71, Tony 79, Lisa 77 or 78 anyway not only will we get to visit old and I mean really old class mates we could have a family reunion.
Speaking of family, have I ever said how much my family means to me....those grand kids get me tickled and make me smile one minute and then I want them to go home the next.. I am spastic that way, and I know Janie will agree.
Okay so I was just reading back over this post and anyone reading this would think I might be a little random in my thoughts. cough cough, clearing my throat!! I am all over the place here, it must be the rain and cooler weather. Well I gotta clean the kitchen and wash a load of clothes, not that its that hard with a dishwasher and washing machine, but still someone has to push the button.... (that would be me)
Love to all and to all a good nite!!
I am loving my new job, every day I get to spend a little more time away from my old responsibilities and I am truly loving being near the kids, which I thought would be the last thing I would enjoy. So at lunch I go into the cafeteria with a hand full of Hershey Kisses, and find Kharley and ask her You want a Kiss? the other girls have caught on to me so I have moved over to Bryan's table(Tutz grandson) and I ask him You want a Kiss? at first he was ducking and dodging and all but ran from me, until he saw what I had in my hand. Biggest ole grin he is a cutie. I look for the sad kids now and try to get a smile from them. I hope they don't go home and tell their parents about a crazy fat lady giving kisses at lunch. Oh well if they do they do, at least they will have something fun to say I hope!
Okay so if you didn't know it my sister is crazy. She came down over the weekend to fish and then she stayed with me on Sat and Sun. I thought Sunday was our Father's birthday so we went to the cemetery to sing to him well come to find out it was the day he died in 1967, so she changed the song to " Farwell to Thee", His birthday (?) was the 18th of Sept. I hope Mom Doe and Vandell got a laugh out of that one.I did, we were going to stop and see if Jackie wanted to go, but I never know if he is night or day shift and would hate to wake him up so we by passed him...
We worked some at our Great Grandparents house, it just feels good to get to go back home. I can feel Aunt Lillie AuntMyrtle and Granny Mc there.
I can't get that Alan Jackson song off my mind " Where I come from" Cornbread and Chicken, front porch sittin....That is what we had for supper, cornbread and chicken I haven't made it to the porch yet, but I hope to visit it before the nite is over.
The reunion of the decade is on Sept 18 so all who attended RHS from 1970 to 1979 better be there! It is gonna be a BLAST FROM THE PAST!"
I graduated in 76, Kent and Jackie 75, Danny 71, Tony 79, Lisa 77 or 78 anyway not only will we get to visit old and I mean really old class mates we could have a family reunion.
Speaking of family, have I ever said how much my family means to me....those grand kids get me tickled and make me smile one minute and then I want them to go home the next.. I am spastic that way, and I know Janie will agree.
Okay so I was just reading back over this post and anyone reading this would think I might be a little random in my thoughts. cough cough, clearing my throat!! I am all over the place here, it must be the rain and cooler weather. Well I gotta clean the kitchen and wash a load of clothes, not that its that hard with a dishwasher and washing machine, but still someone has to push the button.... (that would be me)
Love to all and to all a good nite!!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Kodak Memory Moments
1964--Pratts Dept. store and Winnie Lee dress shop in Sulphur Springs. Lay-a-way plan, 5 new dresses, a package of socks, underwear (with ruffles) full slip, new shoes.
Full day of trying on everything and then not getting to take it home with us until the last week in August, before school started after Labor Day.
Mom and Granny Jennie taking me and Jackie Don shopping on a Saturday.
The smell of brand new Crayola Crayons and looking at that indian head on the "Big Chief Tablet" big ole fat pencils and loose leaf paper for the notebook with dividers.
Waiting on the school bus and Hoss Fly to pick us up and drop us off.
Chocolate ice cream with potato chips and Slam Bang Theater.
I loved being a kid!!!!
Full day of trying on everything and then not getting to take it home with us until the last week in August, before school started after Labor Day.
Mom and Granny Jennie taking me and Jackie Don shopping on a Saturday.
The smell of brand new Crayola Crayons and looking at that indian head on the "Big Chief Tablet" big ole fat pencils and loose leaf paper for the notebook with dividers.
Waiting on the school bus and Hoss Fly to pick us up and drop us off.
Chocolate ice cream with potato chips and Slam Bang Theater.
I loved being a kid!!!!
Monday, August 2, 2010
HOT AUGUST NITES!
Wow, Aug 2 and 102, what a day. I heard it was gonna be hot like this all week. WOHOO! Thank you lord for letting me work inside a cool building. I was given all the purple hull peas I could pick, and turned it down, because of the heat. Please no one tell Granny Jennie, she would be ashamed of me. Kent is out side working on my birthday present. I love him. He remembered me telling him I would like my Mom's bicycle fixed so I could ride it again. He is putting new tires and I hope he paints over the rust. Should I go ahead and ask him to mount a fan on it for me?
I finally got the couch and chair put up at Aunt Myrtles. I have my living room back. It almost looks empty in here now. I hope to get her house fixed up for a weekend retreat. Or I may just make a play house out of it. WHO KNOWS?
I am rambling here so just keep up with me. Kyle was at the doctors office today, allergies has his sinus' infected so anyway on the way home Kentlee was helping him find his frip frops, (flip flops) and had to unbuckle and get in the floorboard, He told Kyle" If I go to jail, I gonna be mad" Me and Janie fell out laughing!!!
Kyle gets in trouble and has figured out a way to divert the attention, by saying " I gotta PEEPEE" We pulled over and Janie stripped him down and made him stand by the truck. NO PEEPEE, and he still got his butt whooped! Can't wait for the next time he figures out a new ploy.
I met my new boss today. She smiles! What a refreshing way to greet your co workers, with a smile. I can see good things happening at the intermediate already.
Well gonna spend a little time sitting by my man watching Sharks! oh Boy...
Good nite to all and to all a good cool nite. Nen
I finally got the couch and chair put up at Aunt Myrtles. I have my living room back. It almost looks empty in here now. I hope to get her house fixed up for a weekend retreat. Or I may just make a play house out of it. WHO KNOWS?
I am rambling here so just keep up with me. Kyle was at the doctors office today, allergies has his sinus' infected so anyway on the way home Kentlee was helping him find his frip frops, (flip flops) and had to unbuckle and get in the floorboard, He told Kyle" If I go to jail, I gonna be mad" Me and Janie fell out laughing!!!
Kyle gets in trouble and has figured out a way to divert the attention, by saying " I gotta PEEPEE" We pulled over and Janie stripped him down and made him stand by the truck. NO PEEPEE, and he still got his butt whooped! Can't wait for the next time he figures out a new ploy.
I met my new boss today. She smiles! What a refreshing way to greet your co workers, with a smile. I can see good things happening at the intermediate already.
Well gonna spend a little time sitting by my man watching Sharks! oh Boy...
Good nite to all and to all a good cool nite. Nen
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