So how do I look???? Who cares!!!

When I was a kid riding the bus to school we would pass this house and many days the lady of the house would be out working in her flower beds...with her behind sticking up in the air toward the road!  I told myself to remember that when I became an adult and NEVER stand like that!  Well ya know, I have remembered this and have tried to keep my hiney out of the air!!! BUT, (pun intended!) guess what, sometimes it just isn't possible to pull the weeds with decorum!!! AND you just get to the point where you just want to get the job done & to ____ with the kids on the bus!!!!! Maybe they will learn from me like I did from that lady!!!

A fire Tour

Today after church I got to go with Les, Sheriff Tom Bosenko, & Larry Lees to Shingletown to be briefed on the Ponderosa Fire.
It was impressive. The order & organization was amazing to see. Everyone was taking their jobs very seriously & doing all in their power to get the fire to cooperate. Unfortunately it is a battle that will take some time to win. Many people have been displaced from their homes & are very anxious about what their homecoming will bring. We have a very caring community. I could see when visiting the evacuation center that there wasn't much for the kids to do... So I text my BFF Kim Faires about the situation & she posted it on facebook. Then she &another friend Jacque Starman hit the stores ,purchased &delivered some fun stuff for the kids!!! Thank you so much! Meanwhile we had a tour of some of the fire areas. It is difficult to even imagine having to evacuate but seeing some very nice homes thAt were in the direct path of the fire was very sobering. Basically the only thing that will end this battle with the fire is time
We need to pray for safety for the crews that are up there on the fire line. They are working very hard to save every home. there is a good chance it could jump Hwy 44 tonight. We saw a group of deer huddled near a house. Cattle out in large meadow like pastures. So much that could be lost. It is a very hard time for many. It is time for us to pray about it all.

REALLY!!!!! Impossible!!!! 136 points!!!

I would never have believed this was possible!!!! Or that I would have done it!!!! Used all my letters ...

Going,Going, GONE!!!

Our livingroom was done in a very beautiful & classy chocolate brown. Everyone was very complimentary of the color when they saw it! The problem was that it was too dark for me...I need light & bright. All of the wood & wainscoting was painted white and it helped a lot to lighten up the room along with white sheer curtains!  Well, Les suddenly decided that he was going to paint the room and after several discussions we went and chose Antique White to cover the brown!  I LOVE IT!!! The room feels so light & airy & larger!

Our 5 days with Desmond!

So many fun things these last 5 days! We went swimming at Karen's house. Played with the cousins,Riley Drew & Collin.  Went to Collin's 5th birthday party. Swam in the hot pool with Papa. Took baths in Grandma's big bathtub with & without toys! Helped Grandma buy groceries, choosing the important things like cereal, cookies, granola bars & spiderman gummys! We ate lots of watermelon & hotdogs.

He went to the garden with Papa & picked a yellow crookneck squash, which he brought home to Grandma. We cut it up together & after Grandma cooked it in the microwave with a little butter & salt, Desmond ate every bite ! He loved picking and eating the tomatoes in the front yard! He helped Papa water the yard many times by pulling the hose! Grandpa Floyd gave him a tractor ride on Saturday morning! More pictures later!!!

Heres the pic!

The Sleep of the Innocent

This sweet (most of the time!) little guy had a busy day today! We went to Grandma Judy's & Grandpa Floyd's house at 9am for a tractor ride! It was on the request list! Then we came home & had lunch, watched a movie. At about 2pm Melissa brought Riley Drew & Collin over for a few hours of fun! Then after they left, Papa had to run some errands & Daisy went to keep him company! Desmond decided to go out to the backyard to play some more...in the mud!!!!! He was a muddy mess when he came in! I dropped him in the tub (after taking some pics of course!) He ate a bowl of watermelon & crawled up next to me in the chair...& promptly went to sleep! When I tried to wake him up to feed him dinner he wasn't happy at all & he had a bit of a melt down...got into his bed & went back to sleep! The wedding we had planned on going to had to go on without us. Oh well, you only have them at 3 years old for a very short time! He will be sad to miss the punch & dessert!