Sunday, April 11, 2010
SUN, April 11, 2010: News on the fire......arson????
We had to be gone all afternoon.....to Cape G.........and returning here this evening, it now appears that this horrific fire which destroyed the Fredericktown Middle School could have been started by arsonists!!!! The County Sheriff has announced that there are two juveniles in custody in a juvenile detention center......I do not believe that any formal charges have been made as yet, according to the news centers around here.
The walls are still up, but shakey.......but there is virtually nothing left inside the building......which I understand is around 50 years old. The fire was fought all night long and into this morning.....when we left around noon, water was still being poured into the building. At one time there were as many as 80 firefighters doing their highly respected tasks of fighting his HUGE fire. The State Fire Marshall arrived today, but it was not safe to enter the building so I suppose no inspection has been made...officially...as yet.
The MS principal stated that they were able to get into the west end of the building and bring out most of the band instruments that were in the storage room.......I wonder...how many does the word "most" actually mean???? School for the MS students....grades 6, 7, and 8.....has been canceled for this week as the Administration works on making some type of a plan to get the students back in school so they can finish the year out. With no desks, materials, etc., etc.....it will take more than churches, city buildings, etc. to house the large number of students and to get them back to school. The Missouri State Dept for Elementary and Secondary Education will be contacted in the morning....Monday....and discussions will then go forward with the "best" solution for getting the students back to school. The elementary and high school will continue with their classes tomorrow.
Soooooo, another disaster strikes Fredericktown.......one month shy of being one year since the "inland hurricane" descended upon the town and tore up sooooooo many places, trees, etc., etc. Hmmmmm......what's next???????
I will now try to get some pictures of the MS on here.....not ones that I have taken but from those who have been in town all day and which I will capture to use here. More tomorrow......and hopefully, some solutions will surface as to the cause....and to the plans for returning the kids to school.
LIFE IS GREAT!!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
The walls are still up, but shakey.......but there is virtually nothing left inside the building......which I understand is around 50 years old. The fire was fought all night long and into this morning.....when we left around noon, water was still being poured into the building. At one time there were as many as 80 firefighters doing their highly respected tasks of fighting his HUGE fire. The State Fire Marshall arrived today, but it was not safe to enter the building so I suppose no inspection has been made...officially...as yet.
The MS principal stated that they were able to get into the west end of the building and bring out most of the band instruments that were in the storage room.......I wonder...how many does the word "most" actually mean???? School for the MS students....grades 6, 7, and 8.....has been canceled for this week as the Administration works on making some type of a plan to get the students back in school so they can finish the year out. With no desks, materials, etc., etc.....it will take more than churches, city buildings, etc. to house the large number of students and to get them back to school. The Missouri State Dept for Elementary and Secondary Education will be contacted in the morning....Monday....and discussions will then go forward with the "best" solution for getting the students back to school. The elementary and high school will continue with their classes tomorrow.
Soooooo, another disaster strikes Fredericktown.......one month shy of being one year since the "inland hurricane" descended upon the town and tore up sooooooo many places, trees, etc., etc. Hmmmmm......what's next???????
I will now try to get some pictures of the MS on here.....not ones that I have taken but from those who have been in town all day and which I will capture to use here. More tomorrow......and hopefully, some solutions will surface as to the cause....and to the plans for returning the kids to school.
LIFE IS GREAT!!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
I HAD to post this from Facebook....one of our neighbors wrote this little thought about the school fire!!
Kevin R Jenkins State GOP officials announced this morning they're placing the blame for last night's Fredericktown Middle School Fire on the recent passage of the health care bill in Congress. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D) countered that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is somehow to blame. Meanwhile, the Rev. Pat Robertson says the fire was "God's judgment on homosexuality in America."
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Shanna Matthews Moore
OMG, as silly as this is, it does bring to light how ignorant and hateful we can be in America.
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Mary Eakins Bullis
That is exactly what I thought the whole problem must be. ;)
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Sooooo well said, Kevin....and Shanna!!!!!
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Shanna Matthews Moore
OMG, as silly as this is, it does bring to light how ignorant and hateful we can be in America.
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Mary Eakins Bullis
That is exactly what I thought the whole problem must be. ;)
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Sooooo well said, Kevin....and Shanna!!!!!
SUN AM...April 11, 2010: F'town Middle School Burns down during the night....
OMG.....no one called me!!!! Just got my sagging hulk out of the bed this morning, turned on the laptop and on Facebook saw the news: Fredericktown Middle School burns down!!!!!!!!!!! I slept through it all.......we are on the north side of town so did not hear all of the noise, etc......and just slept right through this....so, I have no pictures. I have no idea what happened.....appears to have started after midnight, but not sure when! Tons of fire depts responded it appears....and there are some pictures on FB that I will capture and try to post here later. Not sure what will happen now as this community cannot afford to build any more school buildings, even with the insurance. WOW......what a terrible loss for this town!!!!!!!!!!!
I was simply going to write about our day yesterday......which was mostly spent out in the yard once again. I cut back one huge ornamental grass as each spring they must be trimmed down as far as possible, which I did......we have six in the yard, so it takes time to get these all done. One more to do........
Then....yesterday afternoon late.....we left about 6 pm to attend a square dance in Puxico....a small town south of here about 75 miles, depending on which little county roads you take to get across the hills, throught the forests, and out of the valleys to get there. Friends of our from the RGV in Texas, whom we met at square dances down there emailed me to tell of us their regular dance and invited us down. Sooooo, off we went and arrived a few minutes before it began. Terrible roads to get there.....surfaces are good, but the curves and curves and curves make it impossible to make good time to arrive anywhere in that area.
It was great fun!!!!! And, I thank Larry and Sharon for inviting us to join their group last night. And.....it was fun to dance once again!!!!!!! Every one was sooooo friendly and welcoming......and we are soooo glad we made the trip down there. It is just a wee bit of a distance to drive to go to a dance, but.....we are going to try to go when we can. Great food, I might also add.....haha....not sure I danced long enough to work off the calories that my body took in during those 2.5 hours!!!!!!
OK.....I am going to close this for now.......will write more tonight when I learn more about the school. It was the old high school which has been remodeled over the years to adjust to the middle school needs.....and having not only taught there for 13 years during the afternoons, I also served on the local F'town Board of Education for three years, until we began to travel as much as we do......and I know how terrible the financial situation is in this community. Whew......and, of course, the kids will now not only have a building to finish the school year in, but there will be no books, materials, instruments, etc., etc., etc. Oh my god......
LIFE IS GREAT!!!!!......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
I was simply going to write about our day yesterday......which was mostly spent out in the yard once again. I cut back one huge ornamental grass as each spring they must be trimmed down as far as possible, which I did......we have six in the yard, so it takes time to get these all done. One more to do........
Then....yesterday afternoon late.....we left about 6 pm to attend a square dance in Puxico....a small town south of here about 75 miles, depending on which little county roads you take to get across the hills, throught the forests, and out of the valleys to get there. Friends of our from the RGV in Texas, whom we met at square dances down there emailed me to tell of us their regular dance and invited us down. Sooooo, off we went and arrived a few minutes before it began. Terrible roads to get there.....surfaces are good, but the curves and curves and curves make it impossible to make good time to arrive anywhere in that area.
It was great fun!!!!! And, I thank Larry and Sharon for inviting us to join their group last night. And.....it was fun to dance once again!!!!!!! Every one was sooooo friendly and welcoming......and we are soooo glad we made the trip down there. It is just a wee bit of a distance to drive to go to a dance, but.....we are going to try to go when we can. Great food, I might also add.....haha....not sure I danced long enough to work off the calories that my body took in during those 2.5 hours!!!!!!
OK.....I am going to close this for now.......will write more tonight when I learn more about the school. It was the old high school which has been remodeled over the years to adjust to the middle school needs.....and having not only taught there for 13 years during the afternoons, I also served on the local F'town Board of Education for three years, until we began to travel as much as we do......and I know how terrible the financial situation is in this community. Whew......and, of course, the kids will now not only have a building to finish the school year in, but there will be no books, materials, instruments, etc., etc., etc. Oh my god......
LIFE IS GREAT!!!!!......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
Friday, April 09, 2010
Fri, April 9, 2010: WOW....If only EVERYDAY could be like this one!!!!!
WHAT absolutely gorgeous weather today......once the heavy frost had disappeared along with the 35 degree temps left over this morning from the very cool night. Not a cloud in the sky most of the day, no wind, bright sunshine.........temps might have reached 70, and as close to perfect as possible!
After the morning rituals, a long morning coffee time.....I went outside around 10:30, got out the lawn mower.....and spent until almost 3pm working on the lawn, getting it back into some kind of presentable shape. At least......it is now all the same height.....weeds and all!!! And, speaking of the lawn.......
I was sooooooo ecstatic.........when we spent part of the day in March on our bikes in the World Bird Sanctuary right along the Rio Grande River.......I found a good place to leave a little request note to all of the birds that were planning to head north for the summer season. Soooo, I just printed out my request to please transplant some of the "yellow roses of Texas" to my lawn in southeast Missouri. And..........THEY DID!!!!!!! My yard is full of those little yellow roses, as my drill sgt. in the USAF Basic Training used to call them when we had to haul our asses outside in the god-awful heat in Texas and pull up those little "roses"........dandelions! They somehow made the trip successfully and are now firmly transplanted and growing profusely all through my yard!!!!!!!!!!! WOW.......I will have to repay those little birds when I return to Texas the next time!!!!!!!
About 4:30pm......we went out to the Hanner House for Happy Hour(s).....and, eventually a lovely dinner. Also there was Jim Harryman who used to live across the street from us before he moved to another nearby community to continue his career in education. Very good to see him.......and we had many laughs and discussions about the wonderful wedding weekend in Mobile last month. They were all three there for the wedding and this gave all of us the opportunity, over margaritas and wine and munchies, to discuss the wedding and how wonderful everything was!!!!! And.....it SURE WAS a wonderful event!!!!
Returning to the stick n brick......I made our flight reservations for next month to fly to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for a couple of weeks to visit our great friends....Doug and Diane. AND....the great thing about this is: ready for this??? We both are making the flight up there and back on my frequent flier miles!!!!! And....I have still many thousand to spare.....WOW!!!!!! Haven't ever used any of them for many years......and so, I thought....why not??? Might as well use them now before they change their policies and I could lose them......sooooo, all we had to pay were the taxes of $106.00!!!! Made my day!!!!!! And....as always,
LIFE IS JUST INCREDIBLY GREAT!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!
After the morning rituals, a long morning coffee time.....I went outside around 10:30, got out the lawn mower.....and spent until almost 3pm working on the lawn, getting it back into some kind of presentable shape. At least......it is now all the same height.....weeds and all!!! And, speaking of the lawn.......
I was sooooooo ecstatic.........when we spent part of the day in March on our bikes in the World Bird Sanctuary right along the Rio Grande River.......I found a good place to leave a little request note to all of the birds that were planning to head north for the summer season. Soooo, I just printed out my request to please transplant some of the "yellow roses of Texas" to my lawn in southeast Missouri. And..........THEY DID!!!!!!! My yard is full of those little yellow roses, as my drill sgt. in the USAF Basic Training used to call them when we had to haul our asses outside in the god-awful heat in Texas and pull up those little "roses"........dandelions! They somehow made the trip successfully and are now firmly transplanted and growing profusely all through my yard!!!!!!!!!!! WOW.......I will have to repay those little birds when I return to Texas the next time!!!!!!!
About 4:30pm......we went out to the Hanner House for Happy Hour(s).....and, eventually a lovely dinner. Also there was Jim Harryman who used to live across the street from us before he moved to another nearby community to continue his career in education. Very good to see him.......and we had many laughs and discussions about the wonderful wedding weekend in Mobile last month. They were all three there for the wedding and this gave all of us the opportunity, over margaritas and wine and munchies, to discuss the wedding and how wonderful everything was!!!!! And.....it SURE WAS a wonderful event!!!!
Returning to the stick n brick......I made our flight reservations for next month to fly to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for a couple of weeks to visit our great friends....Doug and Diane. AND....the great thing about this is: ready for this??? We both are making the flight up there and back on my frequent flier miles!!!!! And....I have still many thousand to spare.....WOW!!!!!! Haven't ever used any of them for many years......and so, I thought....why not??? Might as well use them now before they change their policies and I could lose them......sooooo, all we had to pay were the taxes of $106.00!!!! Made my day!!!!!! And....as always,
LIFE IS JUST INCREDIBLY GREAT!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Wed/Thurs, April 7-8, 2010: Hmmmm......no excuse......
Yesterday.........some rain, a few small storms......and a good day to get some research done online. I got some cash from the 1st Lady for Christmas....and it was designated that I get some headphones to listen to my iPhone and other music....since she doesn't like the kinds of music I would like to spend some time hearing. Sooooo, I am about ready to purchase some Bose headphones.....the noise-canceling kind so I can use them while flying, as well as at home.
The afternoon was spent waiting for the approaching line of storms.....and I must say I am abit gun shy of them now, since we had that inland hurricane last May 8th which did soooooooo much damage to our home, my truck, and some to the RV, not to mention losing all of our main trees.....eight to be exact within the yard. Soooo, .....yep...I DO keep my eyes on the radar any more after that horrific storm!!!
A bit after 5pm Michael Goldsmith arrived......and it was soooo great to see him. We had many things to discuss, as well as catch up on just each other family's "goings and comings"!!! He remained for some tortilla soup and as we ate, he tried to assist me with the ongoing problem about no access into the early parts of each month on my archives. We have come to the conclusion that I have more posts and pictures on my blog than Blogspot will hold/allow.
Sooooo, we began to discuss moving this blog....and hopefully being able to export it to another site.....perhaps WordPress. And soooo.......that is a possibility. Fear Not!!!!! I will make my last post on here.....IF I make the change......to the new address for TheHowserHouse. As I said....it was sooooo great to spend some time with Michael.....we have been friends for decades, since he was a band student of mine in Eldon, MO where I taught until 1987......soooo, we have never lost contact with each other, and it made it easier when he accepted the position of my associate band director back in 1999. And....he has been here ever since!! YEAH!!!
Today.......I spent most of the day online....and ALL of this afternoon doing my/our income taxes. I always use TurboTax......and it is very good to me each year. Our taxes are not particularly complicated, even though we have property in two states as well as a small farm income from rent acreage in NE Missouri. It took me about 4-5 hours as the 1st Lady had compiled most of the information that I would need.......medical figures/trips/clinics/drugs/etc. And, all of the remaing necessary paperwork and forms were in a file ready to be transferred to the software as answers to their many questions. And, by about 5:30.....VOILA!!!!!......they are done and we are getting a nice sized refund from both the Feds and the State.
This evening the 1st Lady returns to her regular sorority meeting.......she has not been in town since December for any meetings, so I know she is ready to see her friends who will be there. Always a bit of chattering at these meetings........
We did get invited to a square dance about 80 miles from here by some other dancers whom we met in the RGV this winter. Soooooo, we are excited and plan to drive down there for this dance......the 28th Anniversary of this particular square dance club in Puxico, MO. We probably have forgotten all we knew and learned this winter.....haven't danced since the last week of February....UGH!!!!!
Tomorrow.........who knows???? Who cares???? It is another day of Rebirth!!!! Got to thinking about that today.....and next month it will be 9 years since I retired!!!!! OMG....how fast...how quickly the time goes by!!!!! Just difficult to believe it has been that damn long!!!!!
OK.....I need to do some more checking on flights to Edmonton for next month. Been waiting for prices to...PERHAPS.....drop...HA! Of course they won't since we have our dates set...well, we could alter the departure and return days a bit.....but, things just work better for us with the dates we have set for ourselves.
Two good days.......and the weather should get better after tonight when it is predicted that we will receive a strong frost.....BURRRRR.....down in the low 30's. I did set the furnace in the RV to come on about 40-45 degrees as there are liquids in many places inside and I do not want anything to freeze, neither do I want to have to winterize it again for just a night now and then during this month.
I'll keep you posted on the possible change of the address for this little blog of mine.....and....with that you should realize that.....
LIFE IS JUST REALLY GREAT!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!
The afternoon was spent waiting for the approaching line of storms.....and I must say I am abit gun shy of them now, since we had that inland hurricane last May 8th which did soooooooo much damage to our home, my truck, and some to the RV, not to mention losing all of our main trees.....eight to be exact within the yard. Soooo, .....yep...I DO keep my eyes on the radar any more after that horrific storm!!!
A bit after 5pm Michael Goldsmith arrived......and it was soooo great to see him. We had many things to discuss, as well as catch up on just each other family's "goings and comings"!!! He remained for some tortilla soup and as we ate, he tried to assist me with the ongoing problem about no access into the early parts of each month on my archives. We have come to the conclusion that I have more posts and pictures on my blog than Blogspot will hold/allow.
Sooooo, we began to discuss moving this blog....and hopefully being able to export it to another site.....perhaps WordPress. And soooo.......that is a possibility. Fear Not!!!!! I will make my last post on here.....IF I make the change......to the new address for TheHowserHouse. As I said....it was sooooo great to spend some time with Michael.....we have been friends for decades, since he was a band student of mine in Eldon, MO where I taught until 1987......soooo, we have never lost contact with each other, and it made it easier when he accepted the position of my associate band director back in 1999. And....he has been here ever since!! YEAH!!!
Today.......I spent most of the day online....and ALL of this afternoon doing my/our income taxes. I always use TurboTax......and it is very good to me each year. Our taxes are not particularly complicated, even though we have property in two states as well as a small farm income from rent acreage in NE Missouri. It took me about 4-5 hours as the 1st Lady had compiled most of the information that I would need.......medical figures/trips/clinics/drugs/etc. And, all of the remaing necessary paperwork and forms were in a file ready to be transferred to the software as answers to their many questions. And, by about 5:30.....VOILA!!!!!......they are done and we are getting a nice sized refund from both the Feds and the State.
This evening the 1st Lady returns to her regular sorority meeting.......she has not been in town since December for any meetings, so I know she is ready to see her friends who will be there. Always a bit of chattering at these meetings........
We did get invited to a square dance about 80 miles from here by some other dancers whom we met in the RGV this winter. Soooooo, we are excited and plan to drive down there for this dance......the 28th Anniversary of this particular square dance club in Puxico, MO. We probably have forgotten all we knew and learned this winter.....haven't danced since the last week of February....UGH!!!!!
Tomorrow.........who knows???? Who cares???? It is another day of Rebirth!!!! Got to thinking about that today.....and next month it will be 9 years since I retired!!!!! OMG....how fast...how quickly the time goes by!!!!! Just difficult to believe it has been that damn long!!!!!
OK.....I need to do some more checking on flights to Edmonton for next month. Been waiting for prices to...PERHAPS.....drop...HA! Of course they won't since we have our dates set...well, we could alter the departure and return days a bit.....but, things just work better for us with the dates we have set for ourselves.
Two good days.......and the weather should get better after tonight when it is predicted that we will receive a strong frost.....BURRRRR.....down in the low 30's. I did set the furnace in the RV to come on about 40-45 degrees as there are liquids in many places inside and I do not want anything to freeze, neither do I want to have to winterize it again for just a night now and then during this month.
I'll keep you posted on the possible change of the address for this little blog of mine.....and....with that you should realize that.....
LIFE IS JUST REALLY GREAT!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Tues, Apr 6, 2010: Winds blowing like in the RGV!!!!
WOW.....another beautiful day: temps in the upper 70's, blue sky(now and then), but most of all the winds were really whipping things around here in SE Missouri. They began about mid-morning and intensified.......until they made keeping my shortened 67 hairs on my head laying down quite a chore for this sagging hulk of Me. Oh well........no one really cares about my standing hairs up there, do they???
I did a bit of mowing this morning for about 30 minutes.......ONLY because the 1st Lady wanted to put some type of killing substance on this one area of the lawn.......an area that is entirely without weeds or wildflowers....just really nice thick grass. Sooooo, this substance....whatever she has concocted (with her chemistry and biology majors while in college), it needed to be applied to short grass. Sooooo, out I go, finally get the mower going again after months of inactivity, and then I swiftly mowed this area of the lawn. And......she sprayed this killing substance all over it......hope it kills what she is attacking and NOT the grass!!!! Time will tell!
Soon after that we were on our way to Cape Girardeau, as early this morning she called and made appointments for her and I to have our aging eyes examined at the local LensCrafters there. And.....that we did!! We both need a change in glasses......the last time was prior to our trip over to Egypt and to Jordan, so that was in......2007..July. We both were told we need a change......and I also learned what I have been suspecting I would hear......that I have a cataract growing over my right eye.....however, "it is not large enough to worry about right now".....so the Dr. told me. I have noticed at least once a day that things get a bit foggy/hazy at unspecified times during the day.....and then a bit later, it clears up. Well.......it appears I guessed correctly!!!
A brief bit of shopping and then about 30-45 minutes of a visit with Becky and Rachel at their home there in Cape. And.......I picked up a grande cappuccino at Starbucks and we were on our way back to F'town.
The evening.....well, tonight is American Idol.....and we are both enjoying this year's program, however, I do not.....my own personal, experienced opinion......I do not think the talent is as deep with the contestants this year as in some of the previous years. However, experience is helping all of them as I can see progress and improvement in all of them as each goes by.
Tomorrow.......who the hell knows????!!!!! And.....who the hell cares????? Another day in my rebirth......and we will see where it takes me/us.
LIFE IS REALLY INCREDIBLY GREAT!!!!!!......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!
I did a bit of mowing this morning for about 30 minutes.......ONLY because the 1st Lady wanted to put some type of killing substance on this one area of the lawn.......an area that is entirely without weeds or wildflowers....just really nice thick grass. Sooooo, this substance....whatever she has concocted (with her chemistry and biology majors while in college), it needed to be applied to short grass. Sooooo, out I go, finally get the mower going again after months of inactivity, and then I swiftly mowed this area of the lawn. And......she sprayed this killing substance all over it......hope it kills what she is attacking and NOT the grass!!!! Time will tell!
Soon after that we were on our way to Cape Girardeau, as early this morning she called and made appointments for her and I to have our aging eyes examined at the local LensCrafters there. And.....that we did!! We both need a change in glasses......the last time was prior to our trip over to Egypt and to Jordan, so that was in......2007..July. We both were told we need a change......and I also learned what I have been suspecting I would hear......that I have a cataract growing over my right eye.....however, "it is not large enough to worry about right now".....so the Dr. told me. I have noticed at least once a day that things get a bit foggy/hazy at unspecified times during the day.....and then a bit later, it clears up. Well.......it appears I guessed correctly!!!
A brief bit of shopping and then about 30-45 minutes of a visit with Becky and Rachel at their home there in Cape. And.......I picked up a grande cappuccino at Starbucks and we were on our way back to F'town.
The evening.....well, tonight is American Idol.....and we are both enjoying this year's program, however, I do not.....my own personal, experienced opinion......I do not think the talent is as deep with the contestants this year as in some of the previous years. However, experience is helping all of them as I can see progress and improvement in all of them as each goes by.
Tomorrow.......who the hell knows????!!!!! And.....who the hell cares????? Another day in my rebirth......and we will see where it takes me/us.
LIFE IS REALLY INCREDIBLY GREAT!!!!!!......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!
Monday, April 05, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010: WHAT a BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!!!!!!
And.....another one of those gorgeous days during this "fickle" season.....Spring!! Why do I say that???? Because.....by the middle of this week, the temps, which were in the low 80's today and yesterday, will drop back into the upper 30's on Wednesday/Thursday nights!!!!!!!!! FICKLE is completely correct!!!!
Yesterday........after sitting out on the deck with my coffee again......the kids at Dr. Jeni's were ecstatic with their Easter egg hunt inside the house....as well as all of the Easter candy which just happened to be in those baskets. And......I am quite surprised that they really had no after affects from all of the chocolates that they consumed......UGH!!!
Dr. Jeni, on the other hand, was not feeling well and spent most of the day in bed.......a minor migraine, we think. The usual symptoms for her for this problem were very evident.....and so, after the kids found all of their eggs yesterday morning, she went back to bed.....not to be seen for the rest of the day.
The 1st Lady fixed a wonderful roast beef with all the veggie goodies that cooked in the same pot with that beautiful roast.....and, with the gravy she made, it was a really great dinner!!!! She IS a great cook.....even though we often just don't fix a large meal like that! However.....I'm sure glad she did.....haha!!!!
We left around 4pm and arrived back at the stick and brick about 6:45.....just in time to get everything carried inside and then.........to the sofa to watch The Amazing Race! As often happens, things can flip flop very easily on this reality show......and we both really love watching this show......reminds us of some of the things that have happened to us while traveling in other countries.....like,.....taxi drivers that do not know where they are going!!!!! Yep.....been there, done that!!
TODAY....MONDAY: A relaxed morning.....and then about lunch time I went out into the yard to begin the annual spring clean-up that must be made. The ornamental grasses must be trimmed back to the ground, raked up, and then burned......I hope!! I weeded my herb garden....and need to it a bit more seriously in the next couple of days as I just gave it a quick once-over this morning.
There are many things that will need to be done before the week is completed, however.......it is supposed to rain this week, which will definitely put a damper on my outside plans. UGH!!!!!
I ran up to Farmington to get my very LONG 67 hairs trimmed back.....severely!!! Yep....I do look better.....at least, I think so......and it sure feels better. I do not think my hair has been as long as it has been in many years......WHEW.....even my hair/dresser/cutter remarked that I "sure had a LOT of hair" today!! Stopped in the super Walmart for about 30 minutes to pick up a few needed items......and then returned home.
This evening I grilled some "death food".....hot dogs on the grill. Love them.....even though they should be eaten in moderation. Love the flavor of them when charred on the grill......and tonight was no exception!
I did manage to get many wedding pictures post into two albums on Facebook......just go to my page on FB and find the picture albums.....there are two of the ones from the wedding weekend. Sure glad to get that finished.....WOW!!!!!!!
Another day of warm temps is due tomorrow.....and then the cool front will pass through, more than likely causing storms for us......we ARE in "Tornado Alley" and we often experience strong storms and high dangerous winds. Remember May 8th of last year?????? The INLAND HURRICANE that passed through and over us..........never again, we hope!!!
OK.....I have many topics of discussion on my writing list, but tonight is not the night to do that......I seem to be a bit on the dreary eye-lid, sleepy side this evening......so, I will close this before my writing, thinking, and typing gets worse than it already is.
LIFE REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!!......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!
Yesterday........after sitting out on the deck with my coffee again......the kids at Dr. Jeni's were ecstatic with their Easter egg hunt inside the house....as well as all of the Easter candy which just happened to be in those baskets. And......I am quite surprised that they really had no after affects from all of the chocolates that they consumed......UGH!!!
Dr. Jeni, on the other hand, was not feeling well and spent most of the day in bed.......a minor migraine, we think. The usual symptoms for her for this problem were very evident.....and so, after the kids found all of their eggs yesterday morning, she went back to bed.....not to be seen for the rest of the day.
The 1st Lady fixed a wonderful roast beef with all the veggie goodies that cooked in the same pot with that beautiful roast.....and, with the gravy she made, it was a really great dinner!!!! She IS a great cook.....even though we often just don't fix a large meal like that! However.....I'm sure glad she did.....haha!!!!
We left around 4pm and arrived back at the stick and brick about 6:45.....just in time to get everything carried inside and then.........to the sofa to watch The Amazing Race! As often happens, things can flip flop very easily on this reality show......and we both really love watching this show......reminds us of some of the things that have happened to us while traveling in other countries.....like,.....taxi drivers that do not know where they are going!!!!! Yep.....been there, done that!!
TODAY....MONDAY: A relaxed morning.....and then about lunch time I went out into the yard to begin the annual spring clean-up that must be made. The ornamental grasses must be trimmed back to the ground, raked up, and then burned......I hope!! I weeded my herb garden....and need to it a bit more seriously in the next couple of days as I just gave it a quick once-over this morning.
There are many things that will need to be done before the week is completed, however.......it is supposed to rain this week, which will definitely put a damper on my outside plans. UGH!!!!!
I ran up to Farmington to get my very LONG 67 hairs trimmed back.....severely!!! Yep....I do look better.....at least, I think so......and it sure feels better. I do not think my hair has been as long as it has been in many years......WHEW.....even my hair/dresser/cutter remarked that I "sure had a LOT of hair" today!! Stopped in the super Walmart for about 30 minutes to pick up a few needed items......and then returned home.
This evening I grilled some "death food".....hot dogs on the grill. Love them.....even though they should be eaten in moderation. Love the flavor of them when charred on the grill......and tonight was no exception!
I did manage to get many wedding pictures post into two albums on Facebook......just go to my page on FB and find the picture albums.....there are two of the ones from the wedding weekend. Sure glad to get that finished.....WOW!!!!!!!
Another day of warm temps is due tomorrow.....and then the cool front will pass through, more than likely causing storms for us......we ARE in "Tornado Alley" and we often experience strong storms and high dangerous winds. Remember May 8th of last year?????? The INLAND HURRICANE that passed through and over us..........never again, we hope!!!
OK.....I have many topics of discussion on my writing list, but tonight is not the night to do that......I seem to be a bit on the dreary eye-lid, sleepy side this evening......so, I will close this before my writing, thinking, and typing gets worse than it already is.
LIFE REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!!......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!
Sunday, April 04, 2010
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