All Clear From the Dr.

Jessica had a follow up appointment at the Dr this morning. She got a good report. The Dr. said it was probably just bateria that "attacked" her system while she was trying to catch a cold. She is back at school and we are planning on going to see Samantha play basketball this afternoon. After 2 years of HATING the games, this year she love it! All the music and activity just gets her more and more excited! I am glad since Samantha is a junior this year and only has these last 2 years. Hope you all have a great week-end.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

MERRY WHAT???????

Well, for us "black Friday" turned into a "black couple of weeks"! I did make it through shopping on the Friday after Thanksgiving but did not buy much, except clothes for Jessica-who was the one that I really didn't need to buy for! Karen's girls went with us and they were ready to come home by 11 AM. Needless to say, we didn't get a whole lot of bargains. Since then I have gotten most of my shopping done. I am shooting to be finished when Jess get out of school next Thursday! I hope most everything will be done-except I always enjoy going and getting last minute things, You know the things that no one needs but you think would be sooo cute for them!

Between the shopping we have had our group from church over for lunch and had to replace our washing machine!!! Don't you just love to spend your Christmas money on a washing machine?!?! I did upgrade to a front loader which so far I am really enjoying. Hope our electric bill refects the savings that everyone says we should have!But it is fun to watch your clothes wash--I am easily entertained!!!!

Yesterday, they called me from Jessica's school and said she was shaking like she was having a hard chill but no fever! I picked her up and took her straight to the Dr. We were all afraid that it might be a seizure but it really didn't seem like one to anyone ( school nurse, teacher, asst. principal, or me). The Dr. sent us to get a full range of blood work done and then bakc to her office at 2. Finally decided on a bacterial infection somewhere. So we got 2 shots and a perscription. She seem to be better today but I kept her home since we have a follow-up at the Dr. in the AM at 8:45. Just let me say that with the shakes and the bacteria-it still has not slowed her down.

We're not finished yet...this morning our AC sstarted leaking and now the crew is out checking our unit. When it rains...it pours!

Though all of that our "stocking are hung" and our "halls are decked" so it is "beginning to look alot like Christmas" around our home. Hope all of you are enjoying the season and looking forward to spending time with your family and friends-we sure are!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone had a nice Turkey-Day. Ours started as most of Kenny's days off-a major project! He decided to tackle putting new shelves in Jessica's closet. We had so much, I'll say stuff-Kenny says JUNK, in her closet to take out before he could even begin. Then after 2 1/2 hours he was finished. It does look alot better and gives her tons of more room-but then there was the clean-up!! What to throw away, what to put in the attic (with all the other junk) and what to keep! We finally finished and fortunately I didn't burn the corn or the sweet potatoes!

We headed over to Kenny's Mom and Dad's around 1 and had dinner and then just visited until time for left-over. I have to say that I think the left-overs are my favorite part-not near as much to clean up!

Jessica and I had spent Wed. at Mom and Dad's. We had breakfast with them and Karen and Ervin and then helped Mom get her Christmas Decorations up. Today (Black Friday), Jessica and are heading to Tallahassee with Mom, Karen and her girls. I told the girls the only way that Jess and I would go is if they would help with her. Of course, they are probably better with her then me, so that was no problem.

We did get some exciting news yesterday-Sean and Jessica, Kenny's younger brother's son and wife, are expecting. She is due June 5, feeling good and they are both so excited!!!!!!! They are going to be great parents and Jeff is pretty excited about being a Granpa!

Guess I better get Jess in the car and head toward Tallahassee (it's 6:30 am). Hope you all had a great day yesterday and find whatever you are looking for today. Unless your like me and you just go for the fun of it!

Busy Week

Well, needless to say, since I have not updated in awhile-you can guess how our week has been. We have had birthdays after birthdays-Jamie's, Jordan's, mine and Ervin's. Kenny's nephew, who is living in Africa, and his wife had a little girl on the 6th. Mom and baby seem to be fine and Dad and her 2 brothers are doing OK, too. If you notice in the pictures, we had Thanksgiving Dinner at school with Jessica and her class on the 8th. They had the room decorated cute-table cloths with all the kids hand prints made into turkeys and paper bag turkeys the centerpieces. We really had a good time. She is really enjoying her new school and we really like her teachers.
Kenny's sister, Toni, is in the process of trying to move down here inthe next year. His Dad had the lot next door to us cleared and so they were trying to burn the HUGE roots that had been pulled up. Friday morning, we woke up to a fire truck on the lot-the fire had blazed during the night and some of the ambers had caught the pine straw on fire! So all week-end, we were trying to keep the fire under control. Kenny and his Dad spent about 2 hours Friday night trying to wet everything down so it wouldn't burn during the night again. Kenny and I tried to sleep but we both took turns getting up during the night to be sure it wasn't coming toward our house!!!
Several of the pictures in the slide show are just snaps of Jess. My favorites are the ones of her trying to "swim" in the little water feature we have out front. She stuck her head in and them started splashing around. Guess she is going to miss the pool this winter! All for now-have a good week!

I'm Learning

One day I will be able to get my pictures on with the tags that are suppose to go with them. You can see in the slideshow that Jess wasn't as in to making the cupcakes as she was licking the spoon. Thanks to Laurie for trying to talk me through some of the details of getting the slideshow to the blog! I have some great nieces and a nephew that I never dreamed would be more fun as they grew up than they were when they were younger. They have really been special in my life and I love them all!

Happy Halloween