Ok, I know y'all get tired of this, but what else do I have going on in my life????
A couple weekend's ago my brother, sis-in-law, and Ruby went to see sis-in-law's folks down in Texas. One big part of this trip was to get the very important photo of Ruby sitting in the lovely Bluebonnets. When they got back the photos were quickly sent out via email to all friends and family. They are adorable!!!
Sis#2 was showing Woody the pictures. He saw little Ruby sitting in the middle of the Bluebonnets and said, "Isn't that cute, she's planting seeds!"
Then sis#2 tells me later that she was looking at this blog while Woody was in the room. He saw the picture of the back of my head, the only picture on this thing, and said,"Is that Ghost Rider?"
I'm sure most of y'all don't know this, but "Ghost Rider" is a movie that came from a comic book about a daredevil motorcycle guy who turns into a flaming headed skull guy on a mission for good at night. The first thing I said was, "He's seen 'Ghost Rider'?" Apparantly, he hasn't, but the commercials must've been impressed in his little mind. That's scary!
Woody thought it looked like there was flames coming off the back of my head. Well, guess what? Sometimes there are flames coming out of my head! I just didn't think anyone could see them!!!
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Quote of the Day
My nephew's have given many, many things to laugh about in the last few years. It makes me remember how innocent we were as children. Too bad that doesn't last forever!
Just the other day Buzz had a school wide track meet. The town where he goes to school is small, so we're not talking about thousands of kids here. His mother, sis#2, took Buzz to the porta potty (I'm not sure I've ever written those words before!).
She opened the door to go in and Buzz said, "This is a cute little place."
Oh to be a kid again!!!
Just the other day Buzz had a school wide track meet. The town where he goes to school is small, so we're not talking about thousands of kids here. His mother, sis#2, took Buzz to the porta potty (I'm not sure I've ever written those words before!).
She opened the door to go in and Buzz said, "This is a cute little place."
Oh to be a kid again!!!
Monday, April 19, 2010
The Flashback
Yesterday after worship services we went to eat dinner at the depot here in town. When we pulled up I noticed the carnival is coming in and getting set up for the celebration we have every year celebrating the land run. Does every town have a carnival at their celebrations??? Why is that?
Anyway, I had a little blast of a flashback and I had to chuckle. I got out of the pickup and went over to where Mom, Dad, and Grandma were getting out of Mom's pickup and I said to dad, "I just had a flashback."
Dad said, "What was that?" I replied, "Pasadena, 1982!" He started laughing and he said,"You carney?"
Here's the explanation. When we were kids Dad was a rodeo clown. Not a bullfighting guy so much, but a comedy act clown. We hauled down the road in a semi with a moving van trailer he'd overhauled. The front section he'd made into living quarters for all of us. The back part was where the car and the mule rode. That's where we spent weekends most of the spring, summer, and fall.
I guess we looked like we belonged with the carnival. When we pulled up to the gate to get into the fairgrounds in Pasadena, Texas the gate man hollered out, "You Carney?" Dad said, "No, Rodeo!" The man pointed us in the right direction.
Funny how things stick in our minds. We probably looked a little "Carney", but we definitely belonged with the rodeo.
Most of us get sick on carnival rides!!!
Anyway, I had a little blast of a flashback and I had to chuckle. I got out of the pickup and went over to where Mom, Dad, and Grandma were getting out of Mom's pickup and I said to dad, "I just had a flashback."
Dad said, "What was that?" I replied, "Pasadena, 1982!" He started laughing and he said,"You carney?"
Here's the explanation. When we were kids Dad was a rodeo clown. Not a bullfighting guy so much, but a comedy act clown. We hauled down the road in a semi with a moving van trailer he'd overhauled. The front section he'd made into living quarters for all of us. The back part was where the car and the mule rode. That's where we spent weekends most of the spring, summer, and fall.
I guess we looked like we belonged with the carnival. When we pulled up to the gate to get into the fairgrounds in Pasadena, Texas the gate man hollered out, "You Carney?" Dad said, "No, Rodeo!" The man pointed us in the right direction.
Funny how things stick in our minds. We probably looked a little "Carney", but we definitely belonged with the rodeo.
Most of us get sick on carnival rides!!!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Change of Plans
No allergy testing next week. Had to go to a different doctor than before. Let's just say he's not my favorite person.
I've never used the words "cheezy and jerk" in the same sentence before, but that doc was a CHEEZY JERK! He didn't want to hear my plight. He took about a .02 second look at my hands and stated his diagnosis. If he winds up being correct I'll say he was a "Smart Cheezy JERK."
Ya know how sometimes you just get a bad feeling about something? I had it the second he walked in the door. I'm sure I'll get over it. I go back in 3 weeks for a follow up. We'll see how over it I am.
I've never used the words "cheezy and jerk" in the same sentence before, but that doc was a CHEEZY JERK! He didn't want to hear my plight. He took about a .02 second look at my hands and stated his diagnosis. If he winds up being correct I'll say he was a "Smart Cheezy JERK."
Ya know how sometimes you just get a bad feeling about something? I had it the second he walked in the door. I'm sure I'll get over it. I go back in 3 weeks for a follow up. We'll see how over it I am.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Allergy Testing
So, anyone remember the potato chip incident last October? This saga is never gonna end.
I may have mentioned this before. I can't remember. I finally broke down and went to a dermatologist in OKC because the swollen cracking hands thing has gotten way old! They've decided it's "contact dermititis" and I'm allergic to something I'm in contact with regularly. Many things have gone through my mind about all this. "Yikes!" might be the one that keeps screaming in my head. Next Monday the doc will put a patch on my back that has allergens inside that will help determine the problem. I wear this patch for 2 days, go back Wednesday, and they check it. I then go back again Friday for the end result, I think. It's crazy!
I realize there are much more important things in life than my little hand issue. But I'm just gonna tell you that it's been a long miserable 6 months. I've just felt some relief in the last couple weeks since they prescribed this special ointment to put on twice a day. If it was on my shins, knees, I don't know, some other place maybe I could take it. But the hands are so much in the middle of one's life.
And then I think about all the people who don't have one or both hands and it breaks my heart!
So, no more whining! We're gonna find the problem and fix it. Or we won't and I'll just go on and think of the poor people would give a million bucks for a swollen itchy hand!
I may have mentioned this before. I can't remember. I finally broke down and went to a dermatologist in OKC because the swollen cracking hands thing has gotten way old! They've decided it's "contact dermititis" and I'm allergic to something I'm in contact with regularly. Many things have gone through my mind about all this. "Yikes!" might be the one that keeps screaming in my head. Next Monday the doc will put a patch on my back that has allergens inside that will help determine the problem. I wear this patch for 2 days, go back Wednesday, and they check it. I then go back again Friday for the end result, I think. It's crazy!
I realize there are much more important things in life than my little hand issue. But I'm just gonna tell you that it's been a long miserable 6 months. I've just felt some relief in the last couple weeks since they prescribed this special ointment to put on twice a day. If it was on my shins, knees, I don't know, some other place maybe I could take it. But the hands are so much in the middle of one's life.
And then I think about all the people who don't have one or both hands and it breaks my heart!
So, no more whining! We're gonna find the problem and fix it. Or we won't and I'll just go on and think of the poor people would give a million bucks for a swollen itchy hand!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Redneck Baseball
Saturday evening after all the visitors left my bro-in-law and brother took the older boys outside to expend some energy! I walked out on the back porch(for some reason unknown at this moment) and saw the funnest little baseball game ever being played. Sis#2 happened to be right there and said she had to go get the camera.
They had floor mats from the back seat of a truck and back door mats off the porch for bases. My brother was pitching. Bro-in-law #3 was catching. Bro-in-law #2 was outfield, Papa was on first base, and Sis#4 was out there too. Hoss, Buzz, and Little Joe were batting. All of them had on their boots and hats. What a picture!!! I guess one of the boys had picked up the plastic bat and ball off our Uncle and Aunt's porch on the way by. They all had so much fun!
Sis#2 and I went out for a little bit and got our turn to bat. My feet were hurting from the days activities so I had taken off my shoes and had on flip flops. Not so good for me to try to run the little bases in. Once I tried to run home and took a little nose dive. That hurt!!
Apparantly, my brother decided to throw a Nolan Ryan fastball at Buzz and got him on the chest. Thankfully he was ok! Good thing it was a plastic ball and my brother's really not Nolan Ryan!!! Sis got a picture of it for evidence though. I think she might be thinking of pressing charges.
The boys were getting use to the base running thing. One time Hoss was a baserunner and he went after the ball to try and get the batter out. Oops! They all had so much fun. I think the grown up's had more than the kids!
I left before it was over. After my little tumble I wasn't feeling so hot! Next time I'll leave the flip flops in the house!!!
They had floor mats from the back seat of a truck and back door mats off the porch for bases. My brother was pitching. Bro-in-law #3 was catching. Bro-in-law #2 was outfield, Papa was on first base, and Sis#4 was out there too. Hoss, Buzz, and Little Joe were batting. All of them had on their boots and hats. What a picture!!! I guess one of the boys had picked up the plastic bat and ball off our Uncle and Aunt's porch on the way by. They all had so much fun!
Sis#2 and I went out for a little bit and got our turn to bat. My feet were hurting from the days activities so I had taken off my shoes and had on flip flops. Not so good for me to try to run the little bases in. Once I tried to run home and took a little nose dive. That hurt!!
Apparantly, my brother decided to throw a Nolan Ryan fastball at Buzz and got him on the chest. Thankfully he was ok! Good thing it was a plastic ball and my brother's really not Nolan Ryan!!! Sis got a picture of it for evidence though. I think she might be thinking of pressing charges.
The boys were getting use to the base running thing. One time Hoss was a baserunner and he went after the ball to try and get the batter out. Oops! They all had so much fun. I think the grown up's had more than the kids!
I left before it was over. After my little tumble I wasn't feeling so hot! Next time I'll leave the flip flops in the house!!!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
A Redbud Revision and Other Things
Ok, after I wrote that last post Sunday night I realized something on the way to work Monday morning. The Blackjack trees weren't bare anymore! Either that happened overnight, or I never opened my eyes on Sunday at all.
Oh well.
Now, if you're a bird lover, tree hugger, PETA member, or weak stomached STOP READING THIS POST AND MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE!!!!!
Remember the snake incident from last summer? Ya know, the one where the snake was stuck over the door knob on my parents front door and poor unsuspecting Mom opened the door? We decided the reason the snake was there to start with was because there was a bird's nest on top of the door frame. I don't know if it was the same bird or it's relative, but a bird was trying last week to build a new home.
Bird's nests above the door drive my Dad bananas! Last year he fought with that bird over the nest thing for weeks. Everytime Dad would get rid of it the determined bird would build it back. And in record time too!
Dad was doing a little painting on the front of their house at the end of last week. The pesky bird(or it's relative) decided it was time to take up residence. Dad got rid of the nest Thursday evening. Friday morning my bro-in-law came in the house and said that the bird was back. I wasn't here, but I can imagine the look on Dad's face. It was probably the same look we kids got when we'd done something for the 100th time he had told us 101 times to not do! He went out with bro-in-law to check it out. The bird was on a branch singing away with an eye on it's newly constructed home. Dad told bro-in-law, "Keep an eye on that thing!"
My sweet little Daddy went in the house, brought out the shotgun, and took care of business! He will not be cleaning up a bird nest again! I'm fairly certain all the other birds sitting in the Blackjack tree in my parents front yard sent out the signal to stay away from "Crazy Cowboy the Bird Killer's " house.
My mother will hopefully enjoy a summer without a snake flying into her home!!!!
Oh well.
Now, if you're a bird lover, tree hugger, PETA member, or weak stomached STOP READING THIS POST AND MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE!!!!!
Remember the snake incident from last summer? Ya know, the one where the snake was stuck over the door knob on my parents front door and poor unsuspecting Mom opened the door? We decided the reason the snake was there to start with was because there was a bird's nest on top of the door frame. I don't know if it was the same bird or it's relative, but a bird was trying last week to build a new home.
Bird's nests above the door drive my Dad bananas! Last year he fought with that bird over the nest thing for weeks. Everytime Dad would get rid of it the determined bird would build it back. And in record time too!
Dad was doing a little painting on the front of their house at the end of last week. The pesky bird(or it's relative) decided it was time to take up residence. Dad got rid of the nest Thursday evening. Friday morning my bro-in-law came in the house and said that the bird was back. I wasn't here, but I can imagine the look on Dad's face. It was probably the same look we kids got when we'd done something for the 100th time he had told us 101 times to not do! He went out with bro-in-law to check it out. The bird was on a branch singing away with an eye on it's newly constructed home. Dad told bro-in-law, "Keep an eye on that thing!"
My sweet little Daddy went in the house, brought out the shotgun, and took care of business! He will not be cleaning up a bird nest again! I'm fairly certain all the other birds sitting in the Blackjack tree in my parents front yard sent out the signal to stay away from "Crazy Cowboy the Bird Killer's " house.
My mother will hopefully enjoy a summer without a snake flying into her home!!!!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
It's Springtime!
It's definitely Springtime! The Redbud trees are out and that's a real sign. That doesn't mean we won't have a snow next week, but the chances are slim.
I love the Redbud tree. As all of you who read this blog knows, it's our state tree. I have no idea when it became the state tree. All I know is that it is beautiful against all the still bare Blackjack trees we have around here. It's a little shot of color that gives us hope winter is over.
I can't believe it's April! Wow, where has the year gone!!!
I love the Redbud tree. As all of you who read this blog knows, it's our state tree. I have no idea when it became the state tree. All I know is that it is beautiful against all the still bare Blackjack trees we have around here. It's a little shot of color that gives us hope winter is over.
I can't believe it's April! Wow, where has the year gone!!!
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