Another Baby!

Remember a few weeks ago I told you that my older sister, Tami, was having a baby? She is so far away, living in New York. She is due the end of September. She has three boys, so we are all hoping for a girl.

Well, this evening my baby sister, Colleen, calls to say she is pregnant too!!!!! I am so flippin' excited! This baby will be born HERE. I get to see her the whole time she is pregnant, and I get to be at the hospital when the baby is born! I get to help out those first few days home, when she is adjusting to having two kids, and Carson is learning how to be a big brother. I can not wait!!!!! She isn't due until the beginning of November, so she has a long way to go.

Did I mention how happy I am????

Oh, and did I mention we want her to have a girl, too?

My Birthday And A Blog

My birthday is officially over. Colleen and my mom came over with supper and cake, and hung out for a few hours. I'm not sure what the official temperature was, but I was sitting comfortably outside in shorts and a t-shirt. This weather is nuts! One night it's in the teens, a few days later, around 70. And we wonder why we are all sick.

Anyway, my mom made me that awesome elephant cake! I love it! It's the best birthday cake, ever! lol! And speaking of my mom, she has started her very own blog. It's called, My Family, My World, and you should go check it out because I made her header, and am very proud of it! So go...look...what are you waiting for????

Tootsie Rolls

I have finally found a moment to sit and write. We didn't get home last night untill after 9, then we had a "junk food party". I cooked cheese sticks, mini egg rolls, hush puppies, pizza rolls, taquitas, cheese toast (Texas Toast), and pierogies. We sat on the floor in the living room with all the food on the coffee table. Sounds fun, right? We didn't even eat half of it. I guess at some point today we'll be eating leftovers. Healthy, I know.Anyway, we went food shopping yesterday, and Junior found a big tootsie roll, which of course he had to buy for Carson. There is a back story to that which I might share someday with those of you who don't know it. Anyway, we went by Colleen's and he hung it on her door with ribbon. She said it was "funny as hell" to see it when she got home. We also stopped by Mom's last evening to drop off tomatoes and potatoes. She gave us money to buy our fishing lisences for our anniversary. She also wants to order next months Angel Food when we pick up this months on Friday. The menu for August looks pretty good. When I spoke to Colleen yesterday, she said a friend of hers form work had gone to Office Depot during lunch and got 2 bags of school stuff for under $2. She said they're having penny sales. So Junior and I go to the one in Spartanburg, and they don't know what we're talking about. They tell us to try Office Max. We go there and nothing. SOOO, we go to my Mom's and she says it's Staples. There is no Stables in Spartanburg. After we left my moms we went by Colleens to give her some produce, and I say....."are you sure it wasn't Staples?". Oh yeah, maybe. So anyway, I ask her to go to the one by her work for me and spend $5. She said she would. Today should be a little more peaceful. Junior and Ryan are working over at Del's, and me and the girls are home. My pool is still a mess so we can't swim. I might start cleaning bedrooms. I mean tear out all toy boxes and rearrange furniture clean. I need to go through their clothes before school starts anyway. So I guess I'm not accomplishing anything sitting here. Until next time....

Mike And Colleen

Happy Anniversary!It was four years ago today that my youngest sister got married. It was a beautiful ceremony, and she was an even more beautiful bride. I missed most of the reception, as most of you know. Junior and I spent that time in the hospital having stiches put in Kasi's forehead. She was the perfect little flower girl that day, for a little while at least! I wish Colleen and Mike much happiness and another 4 years, or 14 years, or 40 years together! Love you both. Enjoy your special day!

Another Beautiful Day

What a great day we had today! My mom, Colleen, and Carson came over around noon and we swam, then had a little cook out. My chicken was the BOMB! It was fun to see Carson in the pool. He was a little hesitant at first cause it was really cold, but after a while, he had a ball! When Colleen left, we went fishing. It's so funny to watch my mom catch fish. She gets so excited. We stayed til about 7. Grumpy came and me and the kids left with my mom. Junior stayed to fish with his dad. We were gonna stay, but Boo was tired and we saw a snake. Normally I'm not scared, but some water snakes will bite and you can't see them coming in the dark. When we got back I let the kids swim a little. Hopefully we will make it an early night. While we were cooking out, Colleen came in to get something and noticed ants in my kitchen. They are everywhere. Junior will need to get some bug spray or something. So that sums up my day. I'll be back in the morning.