I should have known better!

I really should have known better than to stand in front of them. I will remember next time!

A good Christmas!

I think everyone had a good Christmas here. Hannah had been asking for a pillow pet since early November. I actually bought the wrong one and a week before Christmas was scrambling to get the right one, a ladybug. Thankfully Kroger had one left. She also got several other toys and books but her favorite is the pillow pet. Trey enjoyed opening gifts too. He really likes the puzzles his Aunt Beppy got him. He also enjoys the fire house Santa brought him. I have two favorite gifts. The large painting DJ bought me for the new house. He picked it out all by himself. I love it. And the cleaning service gift certificate my MIL bought me. I just hope we can continue it. But not likely. It will be nice to have someone else clean even if it is just once. Hope everyone else had a great Christmas too.

First Christmas Turkey

On Wednesday we had Christmas at my house. My mom and brothers came with their significant others and their kids (Brandon is the only one with kids.) It was kinda of a last minute plan. I had to clean the house in a matter of days and prepare some kind of dinner. I have never cooked a turkey and so I thought this would be a good time to try. If anything went wrong we could always get KFC or Pizza Hut! I decided this on Monday. I have not bought my turkey yet and I was supposed to have it ready for Wednesday night. Now for the ones who have cooked a turkey are probably thinking that I am crazy and don't have enough time to thaw the turkey. Well you are right! I had the turkey almost completely thawed when I put it in the oven. I cooked it according to the recipe and it was beautiful! Until we cut into one of the legs. The breast and other leg was cooked thru, but that one side must have not thawed completely! So now I know not to wait till two days before to cook/thaw a turkey. The cooked portions were really yummy though!


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Eclipse Movie

The Eclipse movie came out last night at midnight. My mom, sister-in-law Betsy and I went. It was great. We didn't have to stand in line long before they started letting us in to set. We arrived at Rave about 9:30, got pretty good seats and enjoyed each others company until the movie began. As far as the movie goes I really enjoyed it. It was better than New Moon. I loved every bit of it. And it followed the story line pretty well. I am very sleepy today and will be taking a nap soon, but worth the girls night and movie!

Where to vacation?

My family and some friends were planning to vacation this August in Panama City Beach. Due to oil spill we have decided not to go this year. I hate how the oil is effecting the gulf. Not because it has ruined our vacation but because it is ruining business there and the environment. I won't get on my soap box, but I sure do hope we can fix this soon for all parties involved. Anyway, DJ still has vacation time set aside for a week and now we are wondering what to do. Going to the lake and renting a cabin/condo is more expensive than going to Florida. We have promised Hannah earlier in the year we would go back to the beach this year and she constantly talks about it. I can't bring myself to tell her the sad news before we make other arrangements. So, my question is for ideas of where to vacation that is fun for all ages, not farther of a drive than to Florida and not more expensive. Anyone have a place in mind?

Hannah's trip to the ER

In Texas I had to take Hannah to the ER. She looked like she had a spider bite but it only ended up being a staph infection. O took some pics with my phone an I have finally gotten around to posting them.



Swollen ankle on the right side. It was very hot and very hard to the touch. This was called cellulitis.


Infected bug bite maybe from a fire ant on left big toe.

Lefty or Righty?

Trey is learning how to use his spoon. At first he would primarly use his right hand. Lately he has been using his left and doing a better job too. I know it is too early to say if he is a righty or lefty, but it is fun to speculate. DJ would love for him to be a left handed pitcher and play baseball. I guess it really doesn't matter to me. I wonder how hard it would be to teach him how to write left handed since I write with my right. I have dome time to figure that out I guess!