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If any of you want me to add you to the email list let me know. It will generate an email when I post anything new to the blog so you can know to come over & read it. It may even send you the post in your email. Not sure if it will be a partial one or not. Just a feature I found when I was exploring my blog stuff (instead of cleaning the junk drawer LOL). Now back to work for me.

Party Time

I had a Mary Kay Party that my friend Wendy did for us and it was a lot of fun. We did the color class and though it was a small party, we all enjoyed it. I forgot to take before photos of everyone but here are the after photos. BEAUTIOUS women!!! Thanks for coming over for a makeup party!

Know your Vehicle

Adam sent me this video from work. It doesn't have anything to do with UPS except they use videos like this as teaching moments. This one drives home the point that it is important to know the height of ones vehicle. A few things come to mind when watching this. OUCH, that's gonna cost some money, and how embarrassing.

I Love Fall!

On Sunday Braly, Gabby & I went outside to play one of my favorite outdoor games: Crouquet. I started reading the directions & never realized it could be such an intense game. My sisters, cousins and I never played it with all the rules I guess. We had some basic ones & were good with that. I found a nice set on clearance & decided to introduce the game to the kids (while Morgan was napping). We set up the poles & wires & picked our colors. I explained how we were going to play (very simply). I went first to demonstrate how to swing the malets. I never realized how hard that might be when I have 2 short kids & malets that are made for adults. We practiced a bit & then Gabby got the hang of it. By the end of playing, Braly was showing improvement though he was still having some trouble. He kept bonking himself in the chin with his malet when he'd swing. Braly was bored with it & dismantled as much of the malets & stuff as he could & Gabby said, "Let's do it again Mom!" I think she shared my passion for the game, which was fun. After that, Gabby & I went for a walk around the block and got to walk & kick our way through some colorful, crunchy leaves. It was funny because both of us walked off the sidewalk in order to do it & laughed & enjoyed ourselves the whole way through the pile. There was a teenage boy & girl walking the opposite way & after we had gotten through the leaves & were down the sidewalk a little we could hear them walking through them & laughing too. It hit me that people young & old really do enjoy the crunchy, fun leaves at this time of year. Not just for looking at the colors but because they can be fun to play in. I just love the cool crisp air, the smell, the beautiful colors, the crunchy leaves & my birthday coming up. I LOVE FALL!!!

So yesterday wasn't so cool & crisp, though the weather was exquisite & in the 70s. Today it has dropped to 42 and the heat kicked on again. And instead of following the voice inside of me to work outside moving my flower beds around, I worked on the playroom for the kids. It was in need of an overhaul. The kids quit playing with certain toys at times, as if they've been forgotten about so I take a few days to revamp everything. Yesterday I moved the Barbie house to the girls' closet (with some help from Adam), I moved the house/doll stuff to the playroom & hauled Braly's trucks & boy toys upstairs to his 'Book Nook' (the extra closet area he has in his room). I'm still not done but today we head to Iron Mountain for Gabby's follow up with the ENT. I'm sure he's going to tell her "lookin' good!" Her throat has healed nicely. I am surprised that she didn't have ANY bleeding, even with all the emesis she had from the pain meds & empty tummy. So happy to have that all behind us. THank you to everyone who has prayed for her & for us to get through this. It was worth it. This morning, she woke up before her wake up time & was in a pretty good mood. SHe's been getting on the bus in the morning without a fight. her only complaint now is that she's freezing in the mornings waiting for the bus. We may have to buy the petite girl some long johns & she may have to start wearing her boots to keep her warm. Oh the joys of that cool crisp weather. LOL

I'm off to get Morgie up & ready for the day. Braly has been ready for a few hours already. he's my morning boy. Much love to all!!!

What's new?

Hey family & friends. Sorry it has been so long since I last blogged. Nearly a month if you can believe that. Most of you probably don't check here on a regular basis since I haven't been blogging regulary but I will try harder to do better.

Gabriella had her tonisils & adenoids taken out on Monday & is in recovery mode. Our biggest issue is not bleeding as one might think but rather getting her to eat & keep it down. It seems as though the Vicadin that they gave her does NOT agree with her little tummy. I have stopped giving it to her & have been using reg Tylenol & reg Motrin to combat the pain but I did give her a few doses of Tylenol with codeine & that has helped. Except on an empty tummy it is not good. So I'm going to have to make a trip to the store to get some more liquid motrin & tylenol for her today.

Morgan was sick the other night & running a low grade fever but seems to be doing much better today. She was up a few times in the early morning & couple that with Braly waking me up....I'm sort of a half walking zombie. Hopefully I am able to snap out of it b/c I've got lots of stuff to catch up on & I'm taking an online scrapbooking class that starts today.

Braly's last day of school this week is today & though he enjoys school, he looks forward to just playing all day on Fridays. I've got to work with Gabby to get some homework done before next week & I'm not sure if she's really up for it. We did some but just not enough yet & I have to pick some more up tomorrow for us to work on over the weekend.

I just ordered some super nice shoes in hopes of helping my plantar fasciitis to get better. It has been worse lately so I'm hoping that this will help.