BUSINESS OF THE MONTH

Wayne Morris Ford is business of the month. The Chamber real made this big production out of it! A bunch of members came by, brought us biscuits, gave us a goody bag(Margarett and I grabbed it up), put a sign on the front lawn and a sign by the door where most customers come in. Wayne made a little speech and talked for a second a said he was embarrassed and I said I'm not! Meagan, the chamber leader, I don't know her job title, said all my hard work paid off! I really think they were just desperate! Our picture will be in the paper. I was right up front and in the middle!

There just isn't time to blog anymore. Brian and I had real sit down lunch together today. It was really nice. He was fussing about how much it cost but I told him you can't put a price on quality time with me! He didn't laugh!

We have had a slow week this week. We were off yesterday and today. Next week makes up for it. It is crazy busy! JB wants to have family game night tonight. I guess if Brian gets home at a reasonable hour we will. If not they will be having single father game night because I will be in bed!

I am trying to decide what to do next week about Cydneys soccer games. Monday her game is in Columbus. I don't usually travel that far but she is down to just three games. G has a softball game but it isn't until 7:30. It doesn't matter if I miss it Brian will be there. Then on Tuesday Cyd has soccer at home at 5, G and JB have softball/baseball at 6 and Cyd has softball at 7:30. I will see most of the soccer game and catch the tail end of G and JB's games. I will see some of Cyd's softball game but I will take the little ones on home to get ready for bed and eat supper. Then Wednesday it is Cyd's last scheduled soccer game in Americus so I think I am going to take the little ones and us all go to that game. Then Cyd will have playoffs or something but we don't know the dates or times or places of that yet. Actually if my memory serves me correctly Mary, Brian's mom, might be coming down Tuesday to see those games.

Cydney will be 17 on Sunday. I am so sad. I ask my friend Shannon can she believe I have made it this far and neither one of us have hurt the other! I remember when she was just a tiny girl and I would go to bed thankful I got her to eat supper. Thinking one more day down. Thank the Lord children learn to talk and can help you out when eating!

The children only have 20 more days of school left. Then Cydney will be a Senior! Ok. I'm sad!

I guess thats all I can think of right now. If it rains really hard Sunday and Monday morning I won't have to worry about those games!

More than a month since I posted...

Melissa isn't doing much better than I am.

We had a baseball game at 10:00, practice at 10:00 and soccer in Columbus at 4:00. Praise the Lord with the bad weather everything got canceled!

We have just all been taking it easy. Justin was able to play for a few hours. I think Cydney has probably grown to the couch by now...Grayce and James Brian are playing with the new children up the street. Waiting for the big storm to hit.

I am doing laundry and cleaning bathrooms and everything in between that doesn't get done during the week.

Since I last blogged we have gone to Panama City for spring break. We had a wonderful visit with our friends from Canada. Momma O baked me 5 loaves of bread! We brought home a shoe box sized box of choclate chip cookies and she stayed in the kitchen cooking the whole time we were there! We have so much fun with them. The children just love them and they love us just as much.

We hadn't been in Panama City for 3 hours when Cydney was awarded a trophy for yelling and honking the horn and impeding the flow of traffic! That trophy cost her $270.00! I tried to get it "fixed" before I had to tell Brian but none of my friends in Perry or Houston County had friends in Panama City and on top of that the police department wouldn't even return the calls. Have you ever been to Panama City on spring break? How can Cydney impede the flow of traffic? Since then she keeps getting letters in the mail from attorneys and traffic schools. I think they all have something going.

My mom and Brance came to visit for a few days. Mom planned it so she could see everybody play all thier sports. So she saw Cyd play soccer, G play softball, Cyd play softball and JB play baseball. JB was way down the batting order but he has moved up to third! The coach told him he had a big stick! He got the game ball a couple of games ago because he has 4 RBI's! He always gets a double or triple and last game he got an inside the park homerun. Mom sent him a $2 bill! He is loving baseball!

I haven't seen a lot of soccer games. Cydney is loving it. A couple of times she has gotten to take a shot but hasn't scored. I think she will before its over.

Since we didn't have enough to do Grayce is playing on a tournament team. We are not going to travel far though and if she for some reason she can't be there the team will still have enough to play without her. She is pitching on both teams and it wears me out! I want her to do good but I can't hardly watch her.

Cydney plays third base most of the time. A couple of games she has play second. A few games ago she dove for the ball and got it and from her knees threw the girl out at first. She is an awesome athlete.

Prom: God's way of punishing parents! The prom was last week. Cydney went with friend from school, Blake, he was a cutey. It was a break down from the moment her feet hit the ground Saturday morning. Cyd doesn't do well with the stress of having to get fancied up! That was one day I was glad see come to an end!

My friend Dana, she lives in NC. Her mom is deathly sick. She has alzheimers that has totally racked her body. I wanted to go see her so last Sunday morning I went to Holly Hill. I had a wonderful time visiting Dana. I did see her mom but she didn't know what was going on. Dana and I are elementary school friends and just laugh about nothing for no reason at all. I miss her so much. When her mom finally does go I will have to be with her. Brian kept the children. James Brian has some kind of pain and was up 1/2 the night and Cydney got a bladder infection. Everything seem to call down when I got home. On that Sunday Grayce went to the UGA softball game. She got to meet her hero and get her picture made with Taylor Shlope! I think that was the highlight of her life so far. Grayce started liking her last year during softball...she is a little tiny girl and is fiesty!

Grayce's grade has a three day field trip to Savannah. I couldn't go this time and she didn't want to go without me so she just stayed home. She and I went to the bodies exhibition in Atlanta on Thursday. It was really cool. Then we went to visit her friend Caroline in the hospital...she has back surgery...she is home and doing great!

Brian and I are working everyday. Ford still comes every 10 days or so. I am still on the board at PJL. I keep saying I am going to quit when the uniforms are finished but it just keeps dragging on. I finally got the bill to pay and the stinking accountant was out of the office! I am supposed to be in until August so I guess at this point since we are meeting very often I might as well hang in there.

I guess that it our last month in a nut shell! I have to go clean something!

Thank the Lord for my Handy Dandy calender!

JB gettin his basketball trophy!

Grayce on the ski trip!

Grayce in her mask and goggles. When it is 8 degrees below zero and the wind is blowing, you need goggles and a mask!

We did get snow in Perry, Georgia. We did get more but I though it was pretty the way the mustangs are all lined up!

Cydney playing soccer.

David Ragan, the number 6 UPS Ford Fusion stopped by!

JB's planet project, on the wall at school!

Cydney on the field again! Notice the yellow shoes...she easy for me to spot. They all look the same out there!

First I have to tell this story before I forget! Melissa had the cable man at her house today putting in dish network upstairs. She keeps hearing sniffling. She yells to Annie across the house to go blow her nose. The cable man yells back down....I will in just a second when I get off the ladder! That made me laugh so hard! I don't know who was more embarrased, Melissa, Annie or the cable man! She did apoligize to him!

We are so busy at this house I cannot tell if we are coming or going. We are playing softball and baseball and soccer everyday. Some days we have all three.

This morning we had to be at the field at 10:00 for pictures. So we spent half the day at the field and didn't even have a game. We had uniforms to hand out last night and stayed a couple of hours and didn't have a game then either! James Brian is taking his bike and he just rides around while the girls play.

I went to work before 7 this morning to get the sales tax out. I forgot to do it the other 19 days of the month.

I took JB to the doctor on Thursday. He has had a terrible cough and instead of using the nebulizer now he has an aerochamber he can do himself. It is sad to watch him do his treatments.

I took off on Friday to go to the soccer game. JB went with me. Grayce went to school.

I have my supper cooked already. The girls are going to a birthday party tonight so it will just be Brian, JB and I. I am looking forward to the quiet night at home.

This has been the longest day ever. Brian said it is because I was up at 4! He is probably right!

Cydney had a soccer tournament in Albany yesterday and today. I went down yesterday morning. That city has the highest crime rate in Georgia and maybe the whole US. I didn't get out of my car! Their soccer team is going really good this year. They have won both games they played at school. They tied the first tournament game and then won the second one and third. However they rank in a soccer tournament they finished 5th out of 12 teams. It is a little different in soccer. In softball you play until you lose twice and they could take a long time. We played 7 games on one Saturday. Cydney's soccer team didn't lose but got out some how? I am learing the rules. I keep saying I am going to get Soccer for dummies!

We are looking forward to going to Panama City for spring break. The Orr's are looking forward to us coming too. Momma O will have cookies waiting on us when we arrive. Yummy!

I hate the time change. Did I and do I mention that every couple of days?

I guess thats it! If I ever learn how to download pictures again I have some cute ones!

Happy Anniversary to Us!

Sunday Brian and I celebrated 23 years of married bliss! Well bliss might be stretching it but we are married still! Actually we just had a converstion about how we put up with different things from each other and we get along just perfect. I am so blessed to have Brian as my husband!

We had such a wonderful day. JB and Brian went to Atlanta to the race. I went shopping and G went to church with grandmomma. Cydney and I had a great lunch together just the two of us. Then she had a project to finish.

Brian and I did go to Longhorns for lunch today. I had to secret shop so it was paid for!

We played softball for half the day Saturday. G had a scrimmage game. She did great. She played shortstop, first base, pitched and caught! She is an amazing player!

Cydney has another soccer game tomorrow and Wednesday. She is at practice right now. I am so proud of her. Her schedule is packed with activities. But remember an idle mind is the devils workshop!

James Brian is playing wrestlers in his room! He and Grayce both have practice tomorrow. I won't get to see much of it because Cyd has some away games that I will have to miss so I want to see all the home games I can.

My dryer finally went so Lowes brought the new one today. Wow it is wonderful.

We have the entire night off. I am looking forward to dinner with the family!

Not much else is happening.

Cydneys Team Wins The Seasons First Soccer Game!

Go Hornets! I think they scored more goals yesterday than they did all season last year. They also beat the team that creamed them last time they played. That is a perfect way to start off the season!

We are practicing ball everyday. Cyd goes from soccer to softball and somewhere in between fits in homework.

G's team has a practice game tomorrow at 2:00. We have a coach's meeting at 10:00 and guess what....I am skipping it! (I'm not a coach!)

Grayce is playing outside with Mackenzie and JB is playing with Justin. Cydney is working at the carlot.

Today was grandparents day at our school. Only the k-4 thru 5th grade participate. It was cute watching JB but I couldn't care less about all the other children! Thank goodness it only lasted about an hour. It really is amazing that they can get 250 plus children organized and move around stage, sing in front of at least 500 adults. This time a lot of the children played instruments. James Brian played a woodbar. (don't ask).

I am working everyday. I went to curves two times this week. I like to go three but I did walk alot today.

We don't have anything to do until tomorrow when it is time to go to the game! I am so excited. I get to sleep late! (7ish).

The boys are still thinking about the race on Sunday. JB wants to go, I don't think Brian really cares. Cydney has a project so she thinks she can't go and Grayce and I can't make up our mind what we want to do!

I guess that is about all exciting this week.

I got tired of waiting on the pictures to be downloaded....

Our old computer has gone to computer heaven or where ever those things go when they crash! Brian had to get a new one because everything we do with the rentals and everything else is on the computer. This one is a little different than the other one and I can't figure out how to download the pictures. I am sure he showed me once but to tell you the truth I probably wasn't paying attention. So now the pictures are stuck on the camera and the camera phone. I have some really good pictures of adults riding the stretcher down the mountain that I plan to use against them if I can get them downloaded!

Last Sunday I had my first duties as vice president of the Sunday School class. I thought I panicked a little but I had a few compliments so I guess as long as I didn't embarrass Brian that is all that counts.

Basketball is over. James Brian did so good his last game. He stole the ball twice and went down the court for a layup. Then we had a little party at chick fil a and he got another trophy. He is so proud of it!

Cydney is on two softball teams. She is playing soccer at school. Grayce is on one softball team and JB is playing baseball. Cydney mentioned quiting the travel team. She said with soccer and school she just doesn't have time. As long as her grades are good she can do all three.

Brian, G and JB have gone to the field for batting practice. We all went to church. Zach came with us today. After church Grayce, JB and I went to lunch with daddy. Cydney, B and Zach went to Academy and Dicks sporting goods.

Don't worry I am listening to the race!

After a total breakdown last week I am still fulfilling my commitment to Perry Junior League. I have ordered the uniforms for the girls. I pray they are right! If not I think I will have a few days to make changes. Hopefully when the uniforms are handed out my job on the board will be complete. That is all I can take.

I might have mentioned daddy had a little scare a couple of weeks ago with his eye. Well he had to have more test last week and he is still healthy has a horse. He has great cholesterol levels and can continue to eat what he wants. That is such a blessing.

We are chugging along at the lot. Ford is still coming about every 10 days. The are always polite you just have to get all this stuff out and then it takes two or three days to get it all back together and it is just a pain. Last time they came I was skiing. I thought last week we had lost a title but Brian found it right where it was supposed to be, in the cabinet. I don't usually play games with stuff like that it is just too important.

Oh, last week on Wednesday the office was real quiet. A little mouse came to visit me. He was the cutest little thing but when I moved it scared him away. I don't want him to live in the office but as long as he stays off my desk we are fine! .

I have been exercising some. Bobby are you still walking or is it too cold? Michael is at the race in Las Vegas so I needed to be at WMF on time Friday and tomorrow. Hopefully I can still get three visits to curves in this week. I haven't paid much attention to the exercise ball. It just sort of hangs out in my room watching me walk past it most days!

The race is in Atlanta next weekend. Cydney and JB are counting on going. Grayce doesn't know it yet but I am counting on a shopping trip!

I guess that is all I can think of for now.

You think you have a plan...Tell God!

It is funny when you think you have everything figured out and just moving right along and God needs a good laugh!

He allowed me to go on the ski trip with the church!

I spent more time at the first aid station than anywhere else. I didn't ski because I was playing mom to 35 6th, 7th and 8th graders. They were really sweet. There were 7 other adults along but everytime someone got hurt I had to tend to them! I did find out that as messy as my children are they are actually cleaner than all the others at my church!

It was -8 degrees below zero with the wind chill. There was tons of snow. Real snow, as compared to snow in Georgia it is breath takingly beautiful! We had about four inches piled in front of our condo door Tuesday morning.

We were due to be home at 5:00 on Tuesday evening. The bus broke down so we were stranded for 10 hours. 3 on the side of the road and then 6 at Wendy's. Then another hour to move all the luggage to a new bus! So we got home at 3:00 in the morning!

It was an experience.

Cydney kept JB. She was a good sport she and Zach took JB and Justin to chuck e cheese one day. My friend Vicki was a big help. (thanks Vick!).

Softball and Soccer

Here we go...JB has one more basketball game left. We have drafted teams for softball. We start tomorrow night. Cydney is at soccer now. Starting next week she will go from soccer practice to softball pratice. Luckily she can drive this season.

I feel so much better!

I tell you for a week I wasn't sure which way was up! Maragarett ask me today did I remember talking to her and I said yes but it sounded like blah, blah, blah! I wasn't being rude but that is the way it affected me!

Brian, Cydney and JB are on the way home from Daytona. Brian kept texting me pictures but he will have to get them to the blog. That part is over my head. They went to the fan zone because JB is too young to go into the pits. They were watching Tony Stewarts team and Darrien Grubb, his crew chief, handed JB a lug nut off the car! That might sound silly but it is like a pot of gold to a seven year old!

Grayce and I are thinking about what to eat for supper. Probably spagetti o's and a grilled cheese! While we wait for the big snow to start! Right this minute we have a 90% chance! Woot, Woot!

At this point we are still planning on going on the ski trip with the church. Pray that our youth pastor makes a wise decision on going. I had rather stay at home. I was behind that bus last year when it was sitting still in the middle of the snow covered mountain and started sliding. I told him I did not want to be a statistic!

Grayce and I went to Warner Robins after school to get something for Perry Junior League. She didn't want to shop. I swear something is wrong with her! She did get donuts though. That girl can sniff out a krispy kreme donut like Brian can sniff a check in the mailbox. She did let me shop at Kohls for a minute but fussed because she only found one shirt she liked!

Last night after Brian left she went to the board meeting with me. She thought it was pretty silly! I had to agree. She hasn't seen men fuss like little children before. She kept yawning.

I guess that is it. Keep praying for us. We aren't having the greatest week at work!

Where Am I and What Day of The Week Is IT?

This ain't funny!

My mind feels good but I can't do anything productive. We haven't had any activities all week so Monday I was looking forward to getting alot done around the house. I could come straight home from school and clean and do laundry!

Well, it is Saturday and I have moved from the chair to the couch to the bed and back to the chair again. It is really quite annoying not feel like doing anything. I can understand how an old sick person could just give up and die!

Cydney and G are feeling better so they are in the kitchen now trying to gather up something for supper. James Brian has been a terrrific sport. He just plays so good. Justin has been gone all day so he has had to sit with me. I ask him to go get the mail and he was so excited. Probably more excited to have an excuse to get out of the house!

Brian is having a good day at work. He is most likely enjoying being away from the sick folks! Although Michael was feeling yukky but he doesn't have to take care of Michael!

I guess thats all folks!

6 doctor visits in nine days?

I was just bragging about how healthy we had all been!

Grayce and James Brian both went to the doctor today. She has pneumonia. My chest doesn't hurt anymore but I can't hardly climb the steps. James Brian has a fever on off so he is on an antibiotic to head his off!

Brian is just kind of staying away!

Cydney is being tough. It had to be hard to get up and go to school without your mom going to work and your brother and sister in the bed!

Any volunteers for the Save Michelle relief fund??

What happens when you have to get the backup car out of the garage a week before the race?

Well I guess I get to play catch up now. Even Melissa is ahead of me on blogging!

Cydney took the SAT. Grayce changed her mind and decided not to take it. Which was fine with me. She doesn't need the added stress!

School basketball is over. James Brian has a couple more games.

I finished up December books on February 1st! I completely lost January in my mind. What that means is by the time I started working in January at work it was already February!

Cydney went to the doctor on Sunday because she was sick. She is feeling better. I went again yesterday. Last week I had bronchitis. Then on Tuesday I got sick again, even worse. So now I have a new antibiotic. Unfortunately I had to feel worse before I can feel better. The doctor was out of the office today but the pharmacist seems to think I have pneumonia. Brian took G to the doctor last night because she had a fever all day yesterday. Then this morning James Brian was sick. We are just having a great week. I suspect Grayce and JB will stay home from school tomorrow because they are both puny. I have actually had to sit around and do nothing today. It is about to kill me but I just don't have the strength to do anything else. I tried to carry the laundry up but I thought it was going to kill me. Meanwhile I am looking around thinking what I could be doing instead of being in a recliner! Oh, the doctor also told me she thinks I have asthma! That is why I get it in my lungs all the time! Thankfully Melissa was able to get the asthma medicine from a nurse friend because it is several hundred dollars!

Daddy had to have some tests run because of this weird thing that happened to his eye. He is in perfect health! Praise The Lord! The doctor said he has lungs and blood vessels of a 20 year old!

Last Sunday night James Brian got to order WWE Royal Rumble as part of his birthday! Brian, JB, Zach and Cydney watched it with him. I went to bed!

Cydney started soccer workouts this week. She couldn't participate because of her cold but she can join in next week. Softball and baseball starts Saturday!

Brian, Cydney and JB are going to Daytona next Wednesday for the Gatorade Duels.

Grayce and I are going on the church ski trip next Saturday. We are riding the charter bus this year. Eight hours on a bus with 30 children. It really isn't bad. I will take a book and sleep and read! I hate leaving JB and Cydney here but they don't care.

Did I mention I have a new favorite game. Spider Solitaire. It is fun. Daddy won't let me show him how to play because he says I already got him hooked on free cell. If he plays spider he will be in trouble.

Ford is coming once a week now. That is probably why I am sick. I just get up in the morning and stomp the devil back down into the ground and go on about my business! Matter of fact I am sure when I get up the devil says "Oh, man, she's up!"

Yesterday James Brian had a field trip to the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon. We've been several times, usually in the summer, so it wasn't that big a deal to him but he did have the opportunity to touch some kind of python. It was huge. He declined! It was pretty funny. I guess you touched one snake you touched them all!

Oh back to the back up car question. Don't you think it is going to be a long week when you crash in practice an entire week before the race? What do you do call up daddy and say send me another car?

Ok, I'm not loving blogging anymore. I don't have time. So today I have blogged by default. I can sit on the couch and blog on Cyd's laptop!

Good Grief, I am worn out from trying to remember

my stinking password!

Shannon and Michelle




I can't even remember what to blog about because I used all my thinking during the password episode. James Brian would say "my brain is all wore out"!

To be honest I am just losing interest in blogging. Then I read something Melissa wrote and it makes me want to at least keep up with her.

We are wonderfully busy at work. Sometimes not always in good ways but at this point at least we have a place to go. So many people would love to have a job!

Ford is coming every ten days or so. They came on Friday. They are wearing me out! Like I said last time, it is hard to make mistakes when they keep checking up on you.

We have a lot of stuff to do in January for the year end. I am chugging right along. I thought I could finally finish it on Friday but Ford put a kink in my plans. MM got the W2's out of Thursday so on top of the bad things that was probably the highlight of the week. It is a huge pain and very time consuming. Mostly figuring out the printers!

Grayce and James Brian are both playing basketball. Grayce is having a little trouble reaching in and keeps getting fouls called on her. She is trying to teach JB how to be aggressive. He is doing really good and getting better every game. Today he was the only one to score on his team. Then after the game they had a little challenge to make a free throw and he won a tshirt.

Cydney is looking forward to soccer practice. I am not sure why it is a lot of running. Maybe because she knows it will get her in good shape. She and Zach have gone to the Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean concert in Macon. (They are both Georgia boys!)

Grayce and Brian are at the Westfield varsity basketball game.

James Brian and I are just piddling.

Today JB has a basketball game at 9:00 we left early to get a biscuit and buy drinks, it was our turn, then we went to Perry Junior League to help with registration. Then we had Haydens birthday party at 12:00. We had a busy morning.

I got elected vice president of our Sunday school class. I think thats a good thing. I don't have to do anything except fill in when the presidents out. They said they would make me president next year. They way I figure I have a whole year to find another church!

I haven't been very productive at curves in the last three weeks. I didn't go at all last week but I am starting again seriously on Monday. I just figured I could use those extra hours at work. I did get an exercise ball for Christmas that I have messed with a little but you have to be half way co-ordinated to do that!

My friend Shannon came to visit us again last weekend. Her baby was sick on Friday and the day care was closed on Monday so I encouraged her to come down. We have a good time and I don't have to entertain her. I can fold laundry and we can watch tv and everyone is happy!

Well without my calender in front of me to see what happened everyday last week I can't remember anything.

Cydney took the SAT today. Grayce decided she didn't want to. Just for entertainment go to collegeboard.com and take the sample SAT. I am glad I don't have to do it!

Melissa is still getting the favorite grandchild award. She spent the night with Grandmomma again last night. She tells me the funniest stories. Grandmomma made her check the sheets for snakes. Told her Uncle Jerry bought her the best chicken lung she ever had and I can't remember what else. I know it isn't funny but you have to laugh so you don't cry!

Oh, the disaster of the week is someone, I think Melissa, taught me how to play spider solitaire! Big Mistake. I keep running up to the computer to play just one more game!

I remember the camera...

She would knock the ball out of this girls hands everytime.

She finally had the girl scared!

She is waiting on the other team to throw the ball in.

When she first started G was not playing as much as she wanted. We kept telling her to hang in there and she would earn a spot. Well tonight she got to play a lot. The coach did a good job of running the players in and out and not letting them get winded. It was funny how the excitment of the game changed when G came in. She is just a little aggressive!

Zach, Cydney and Daddy all came to watch, of course Brian, JB and I were cheering her on. Somehow I still only managed to get a few pictures.

I am so proud of my children. I am thankful they all have their daddys athletic ability!

She was #14 but the jersey was just too big so she swapped.

Ready for a G-R-E-A-T WEEK!

We are enjoying our Sunday. We went to church and Sunday school. We got up on time and no one made a fuss or fussed about anything that I can remember! Brian fixed us some breakfast. I started the car and off we went in one vehicle! (I guess that is how you tell what kind of day it's gonna be!)

We went to Cracker Barrell for lunch after church for JB's birthday.

Grayce had ball practice this afternoon, Cydney took her and then she and JB went to daddys to play with Hayden. Brian went hunting and I went to grocery shop. I no more had my groceries unloaded and Mr. Branch called to say the car he was going to the airport in wouldn't start. (he is picking Michael and Brandi up). So I ran out to the car lot to get him another car, met Cyd with G, she thought she broke her finger, I don't think she has and now I am home thinking about trying the exersie program I got for Christmas. That stupid exersie ball has only been a new play toy for JB and G but I think I might just go see if I can't burn 200 calories real quick!

I am going to curves in the morning, if I don't change my mind! Really, I won't I have been planning on starting to take it serious again for a couple of weeks. I did finish the December statement but I still have to make sure every account is correct before we can start new 2010! That will take another couple of weeks working the hours I do. I started to stay at the lot a while ago since no one was home but then I said to myself "self you really dont' want to do that"!

Grayce has a basketball game tomorrow after school. I have to work on the Perry Junior League uniforms on Tuesday after school. Wednesday is PJL meeting. Thursday is another ball game. I am responsible for ordering uniforms for all the players and coaches for the whole league. It won't be bad, my friend, and Justin's mom, Vicki will help me. So will anyone else if I ask. I just have trouble asking for help.

I guess I will go try that exersise program now. May the force be with ME!

WOW! I have done more today than most people do all day!

James Brian playing basketball.

His team is the Lakers.

He jumped for the ball to start the game. Got the ball somehow and scored two points the first play of the game.

Brian got him a Rey Mysterio mask for his birthday. He also bought two sets of boxing gloves and head gear. I can already tell that is going to be a huge problem. I will just wait it out so I can say I told you so! (I am not happy about that!)

James Brian blowing out his candles. Yes he is sitting in the middle of the kitchen table!

Really, James Brian had a basketball game at 10:00. Before that I had to stop by Perry Junior League for registration(to help out a minute). Then we picked up Justin, went to the basketball game and now we are home. During all that time I managed to do some laundry and make some PJL phone calls! Now I need a nap! Not Really!

James Brian did really good at his first basketball game this season. It will take a couple of games for him to get warmed up be he scored four points and one little boy scored two so I think that is great for his first game.

Not much else is happening today. I really just wanted to download the pictures.

Stay warm!

I fell off the wagon so hard today I almost cracked open!

Honestly if I had a serious drug problem I would be in t-r-o-u-b-l-e! It is a good thing I have never been much of a drinker. To be honest I get high off a regular coke I don't see any need in drinking alcohol!

We did not get snow. I was pumped yesterday. I just knew this was it! I even bought bread and milk a couple of days before. I even told the children I would be willing to bet they would get out of school at 12:00 on Thursday. Boy did I miss that one. I couldn't hardly work yesterday for watching weather.com. I even came home to watch the local news. I noticed if the channel I was watching didn't say what I wanted to hear I changed the channel. Finally I got one that said what I wanted to hear. Unfortunely it was wrong!

My sister got snow. Then as if to pour salt on an open wound she had to email me pictures of it. She even had to say it was good snow to play in not the crunchy kind!

The school did cancel class today about 10:30 last night. I am still not sure why. I think because all the counties around us had and we bus children in from about an hour away and they probably didn't want to take a chance. Our county public schoool had to go.

Anyway back to the wagon part. I haven't gone to curves but once or twice in three weeks. But today, I was a mess. I went to work and left to bring the children breakfast. I had a regular coke. While I was gone I got the dreaded call that Ford Credit was there. I went back to work. The audit was pretty simple. When they are coming every 10 days to two weeks it is hard to make a mistake. Well, I finally left at 2:30 to bring the children lunch. I got a coke at Wendys. I took Brian lunch. Got Grayce BK and JB wanted McDonalds by the time I got to McDonalds I had drank all my coke so I just got another one! Plus I had a goodies for breakfast. I dont' know why I just took one!

Now I am at homes about to start cleaning the house. Needless to say we did not get everything done last weekend. So I will start this weekend with good intentions of my house looking nice Sunday night.

JB and I have to run to Warner Robins tonight for a mask he wanted for his birthday that I couldn't get until tonight. We have a basketball game at 10 tomorrow morning and I think besides church that it is for the entire weekend. Grayce had a basketball game last night. She got to play a little more and was really aggressive. I think her coach is starting to notice. Someone did ask Brian and I why she is the smallest girl and always comes up with the rebound. She really is that aggressive but the truth maybe because she is closer to the floor!

I guess thats it for now.

Happy Birthday, baby boy!

Today James Brian is 7.

I am thankful for that precious angel. I am thankful for his health and the happiness he brings to everyone he comes in contact with!

Happy Birthday baby. I love you!

One More Christmas....

Blake, Jimmy, Brian and James Brian...do they favor to you?

Someone is always missing from the family picture. This time its Lori. Gee, that picture does nothing to make me look slimer!

Brians brother Blake and his wife Erica.

Sunday morning after I was up getting ready for church Brian suggested we go see his dad! That was fine with me I have been trying to get him to go but unfortunately we never take or make the time to go. I took the children to Sunday school and he went to pick up the trailer to carry the furniture in.

We had a great trip. The children managed to cooperate in the truck. We had a nice family lunch at the Varsity, had pizza with his dad, brought back the furniture that gave us for the condo and got home at a reasonable time. The children don't start school until tomorrow so we weren't under pressure to hurry.

Melissa and her family made it home safe. Uncle Jerry is babysat grandmomma this week so it gave mom the weekend off.

Hopefully we have a regular schedule tomorrow. School starts back. I am planning on going to curves. I have alot of year end things to do for the carlot so I am thinking about letting Cydney pick JB up. I just hate to make him wait on the curb for 15 minutes after school until she gets out of class. I could skip curves for a little while until I do get the year closed out. Or maybe I just won't worry about it until another day!

I have fixed supper and cleaned up the kitchen. Finished the laundry and we are about to color G's hair. She wants it dark brown. I don't know why she is 12 thinking it is okay to start coloring your hair. Maybe because she has me and Melissa in her?

Cydney, Jessica, Anna and now Zach are all downstairs playing Rock Band. Actually I think Zach is just watching. I am surprised he didn't run away screaming when those girls started singing! JB is playing wrestlers with Justin and Grayce is piddling somewhere. It is nosy in this house. They will all be cleared out before Brian gets home. Except Zach. But don't worry....he won't stay late.

Happy New Year!

Cyd and Jacob. I did a terrible job last night of taking pictures. I don't have one picture of me and Melissa!

My favorite brother in law-Ricky-showing me his food. He is such an adult!

See I told you my tree was beautiful this year! Do you see the spot there in the middle that doesn't have lights or ornaments. It wasn't so obivious in person!

I heard one time that whatever you are doing at the stroke of midnight you are going to be doing alot of the next year. This year I was sleeping...I hope that is a good sign!

Melissa and her family came down Wednesday. I had to work but Melissa spent most of the day with me just visiting. Brance stayed at my house and played with JB. On Thursday as James Brian would say-we did pretty much the same thing. I left work early on Thursday to referree at my house. My kids have spent too much time at home without me and at this point it is starting to wear on them.

After work my family, Melissa's, Marcs and Michaels family with daddy and Margarett all met at the dealership so we could all exchange gifts with Melissa's family. Why at the dealership? Because we really didn't know how busy they would be. We ordered pizza, which was a disaster but it was fun to spend time with all the children running around. This time Eric's family was missing. When there are 5 kids it is hard to get everyone together! WM and MM have headed to Eric's now.

Cydney and Zach hung out with us New Years Eve. I decided a couple of years ago that I didn't feel any different New Years Day if I saw the ball drop or not so I went on to bed. I don't know when everyone else did, I slept thru it all!

Melissa and Annie left already to go visit with grandmomma. The funny thing is, Melissa spends more time with her than anyone else and she is the only grandchild grandmomma can't get straight!

Rick and Brance are still here hunting. Brian went this morning and has gone again for the afternoon. He did fix lunch but I am sure I am left to clean up the kitchen.

My goal when I go to bed Sunday night to finally have everything finished around here. But by sitting here playing on the computer I am not making much progress. I did get the laundry in.

Happy New Year!