WILLY WONKA CAN YOU HEAR ME

Somewhere out there is an oompaloompa looking for his clothes. You are singing the song now and can't get it out of your head can ya?!

I'M A SOCCER MOM-NO MINI VAN NEEDED

I am sure I have seen Beckham stand like this!!

PEA SNAPPING GOOD

Since we didn't get to have a garden this year we like to stop at the Mennonite produce stands that are around town. Today mom bought tomatoes and purple hull peas. Dalton is always eager to help do anything but help pick up his toys. He really isn't sleeping standing up. haha

MOMMA CAUGHT THE BIG ONE

You have to sing the next line to the tune of "BUBBA SHOT THE JUKE BOX".

Momma caught the big one last night, yea she caught a big bass that's right. haha Ok that's enough of that but I did catch a big bass last night right here in our creek. You see last week when we got all of the rain from the hurricane it made the creek rise from the over flow of the neighborhood pond, which means we usually get a few of the fish which become trapped in the deeper pools of the creek when the water recedes. Dalton didn't want to touch it! We returned it back to the creek because Dalton was upset that he didn't get to catch it but we are going to get it again tonight and return it back to the pond.

The landscaping is coming along but it is going to take longer than I thought. Dalton has his first day of soccer practice tomorrow so there will be pictures to follow. His first game is saturday. That ought to be good.

MAKE THE CRUD GO AWAY!!

We all have the crud now. Coughing , sneezing and runny noses oh my! Poor little Dalton came into our bedroom Fri. night/sat. morn. to get into bed with us and I discovered he was burning up with fever. I think I could speak for most parents when I say you feel so helpless when you have a child that is sick. You want to take it all away from them and put it on your self. After some Motrin and cold wash cloths his fever broke about 5 am and we went back to sleep. He has had a fever on and off all weekend. This morning Dalton was talking to me telling me how he wanted to go outside and play and he fell asleep. THAT IS SO NOT MY CHILD! From the time he wakes up in the morning until the last argument getting him into bed that child is 90 miles an hour-not in a hyper way-just in a 5 year old with lots of energy way. There are days when my 42 year old butt thinks snails are going too fast!! hahaha He didn't sleep very long though and when he did wake up he wanted to go outside and help daddy with "dirty jobs". Denny was up on a ladder working on the storage building addition so Dalton did his own dirty jobs, or at least it looked as though he did. Dirt and mud from head to toes.

Tomorrow I plan on landscaping! I know some of you are gasping for air from laughing so hard right now but really I am going to try. I will take before and after pictures. I am sure it will not be finished all in one day. AND I am NOT going to use fake flowers. wooo hooo

DISCLAIMER: No legal or illegal drugs were used in making the decision to do our own landscaping. :)

I'M RETIRED (SO DENNY SAYS)

Yes, that's right, Denny says I am retired. Actually he kinda makes fun of me. What Denny doesn't realize is that I am not at home sitting around eating bonbons and watching Oprah. I am not sure if I have even seen an episode of Oprah since "my retirement." Besides spending weeks going through and unpacking boxes and putting stuff away there is the day to day stuff that has to be done too. With two dogs in the house you have to sweep the floors DAILY, moping, dusting, picking up toys and clothes that are left on the floor instead of being put in the dirty laundry baskets, doing the laundry, folding or hanging the clothes and putting them away, windows-who likes doing windows?? How about the cooking and the dishes. Do you have any idea how many cups and glasses we dirty in a day?? The dogs have to be taken out to potty. We do not have a fence so Abie has to be taken out on a leash and Roscoe has to be watched to make sure he doesn't wander off. When Dalton is at home you have to check on him every little bit to make sure he is not into something. When Dalton is in school there is taking him and picking him up from school. Some where in here I need a shower. Does any one care to guess on how much it would cost to have some one come in and do these things? All that being said-I do not mind doing these things, I actually like taking care of our son and home and having dinner ready when Denny comes home. I have self worth. If I were working a job too then these things would be waiting for me when I got home. I believe it is better to have family time when the family is together and do the daily stuff when Dalton is at school and Denny is at work. So you see I really am not retired.

We all know I have had a hard time with Dalton starting Kindergarten this year. I have joined the PTO and I am going to be a room mother. I want to do all I can with him and for him. It feels like Dalton is either in school or asleep more than what time I get with him now and it feels like it has knocked the breath right out of me. I really miss him. If you have heard the song by Trace Atkins "Your Gonna Miss This" then you know how I feel. I can't hear the song with out crying. I have heard parents say things like "I didn't do _____ with my first child but I did with my second or third" etc. I don't get to try and do it right with another child. This is my one and only chance to get it right the first time. So you see I DON'T WANT MISS THIS. And if this is retirement so be it.

I earned my retirement yesterday. The wind took down one of our trees and it landed partly in the creek. The creek was moving fast and getting higher and the tree was obstructing its way and creating a flood in our yard. I got out a hand saw and started cutting branches and my neighbor came over with his chainsaw and cut the big branches for me. I removed all of the branches and put them in a burn pile and had it all cleaned up when Denny got home. If I would have had the ability to cut the rest of the tree down I would have.

TIME TO POST

When it rains around here it pours. Last week I was sick with icky "fountain" syndrome. It got me twice last week. Denny has a sprained ankle, mom has the sneezing, sniffling runny nose the energy is drained out of her stuff and Dalton seems to be coming down with the same thing. And then today when I woke up I had an icky nose and drainage. ewwwwwwwwwwww

The next five days we are to have lots of rain and cooler weather. I hope it is the introduction to fall. I am tired of the extreme heat and humidity and would like to feel the lightly cool winds with the slow turn of the leaves. Fall and spring are my favorite times of the year. We still have a few things to do around here. We need to do some landscaping. I HATE YARD WORK! I would have artificial trees plants and grass if I could! And Denny and I have started building a lean to on to our storage building so we can store the tractor, lawnmowers and 4-wheelers under it. Then, the last thing to do in the house is finish changing out the small molding at the floor edge with the wide stuff. It doesn't sound like much but I will be happy if we have it all done my Thanksgiving.

Dalton was disappointed that he was not going back to school yesterday. Dalton had his first project to do this past weekend. He had to make a boat from things around the house. So, with Denny's help, a butter tub, orange juice jug and a dowel rod they made a boat. And it really floats. They will have a boat float on Friday at school. I am sure I will have pictures to post later.

Not much else to post. It has been same ole same ole around here. Dalton playing in the creek, seeing snakes, catching frogs, lizards and craw fish (aka crabdads) getting so dirty you can hardly get it off and having too much fun to care.