Tuesday, September 22, 2009

NEW ORLEANS, ISABELLE, AND A BUSY WEEK

WELL WE MADE IT BACK FROM NEW ORLEANS. NOW PHILLIP UNDERSTANDS WHY I SAY IT IS AN INTERESTING CITY. OUR HOTEL WAS RIGHT IN THE GARDEN DISTRICT AND WE WERE SUROUNDED BY GORGEOUS HOMES. WE BOTH LOVED THE SWAMP TOUR. WE ALSO GOT TO SEE TWO NUNS RIDING A DOUBLE BIKE WITH THEIR FACES PAINTED SOLID WHITE IN SUPPORT OF AIDS AWARENESS. LOL. THEN THERE WAS BURBON STREET. SINCE I AM PREGNANT WE JUST DROVE DOWN IT SO THAT PHILLIP COULD SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE. IT WAS A GREAT TRIP BUT NOT A CITY I WOULD WANT TO FREQUENT. I AM SO GLAD TO BE HOME I MISSED MY KIDS SO MUCH. WELL THIS WEEK HAS BEEN CRAZY AND IT'S ONLY TUESDAY. MONDAY AIMEE AND I TRIED TO SET UP RACKS FOR THE CONSIGNMENT SALE... THAT WENT WELL. HALF THE RACKS WERE BROKEN AND WE GOT LOCKED OUT OF THE ROOM. TODAY I HAD BLOOD WORK AT EIGHT A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT AT EIGHT FIFTEEN (WHICH I DIDNT GET TO SEE THE DOCTOR HE HAD TO GO DELIVER A BABY, AND THEN MOPS AT NINE FIFTEEN. I HAD TO RUSH FROM THE DOCTOR TO MOPS BECAUSE I HAD FOOD. SO NOW I GO TO THE DOCTOR FRIDAY AT EIGHT FOR MORE BLOOD WORK (MY BLOOD SUGAR IS EXTREMELY HIGH HE SAID) AND THEN AN APPOINTMENT. I AM SO SAD I CAN'T EAT ANYTHING AFTER EIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE AND I WON'T BE DONE WITH ALL THE BLOOD WORK TILL ABOUT ELEVEN. OH AND THURSDAY WE HAVE THE SALE. PLUS SOMETIME DURING THE WEEK I HAVE TO SQUEEZE IN CLEANING MY HOUSES.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

PLANNING FOR NEW ORLEANS

WOW WHAT AN EXPENSIVE CITY!!! I AM VERY GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO SNAG A FEW GIFT CARDS WHEN THEY WERE ONSALE AT RESTRAUNTS.COM. SINCE IT IS OUR ANNIVERSARY I WAS HOPING TO DO SOMETHING ROMANTIC LIKE A CARRIAGE RIDE... BUT SO FAR THEY ARE ALL AROUND $150 FOR AN HOUR. ARE THEY KIDDING ME? SO INSTEAD I THINK THAT WE MAY TAKE A ROMANTIC SWAMP TOUR. LOL. NOT QUITE ANNIVERSARY MATERIAL BUT HEY THE TICKETS ARE ONLY TWENTY DOLLARS PER PERSON. THAT IS ALOT MORE IN MY PRICE RANGE. IT WOULD BE SO AWESOME TO SEE AN ALLIGATOR... DON'T WORRY MY HORMONES AREN'T TOO CRAZY I WON'T GO NUTS AND PUSH MY HUSBAND IN. LOL. HE IS PRETTY GOOD A TOTAL KEEPER. IT'S FUNNY HOW MUCH HE IS LIKE HIS DADDY. LOL. HE SAYS THINGS AND I JUST LOOK AT HIM AND THINK WOW YOU ARE A CARBON COPY OF YOUR FATHER. LOL. IT'S CUTE. ANYWAY I AM OFF TO CHECK NATHAN AND JACOB'S SUITCASE A LITTLE BLONDE BOY DECIDED THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE WHAT I PACKED SO HE REPACKED. THEN I GET TO PACK FOR ME AND PHILLIP AND FIND OUR HOTEL CONFIRMATION. HAVE A GREAT DAY.

Friday, September 11, 2009

THANK GOD FOR SMALL MIRACLES

WOW I AM SITTING HERE WATCHING THE NEWS AND CAN NOT BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN EIGHT YEARS. I REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE I WAS AND WHAT I WAS DOING AS IT CAME ON THE NEWS. I SIT HERE AND CRY BUT I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW THESE PEOPLES FAMILIES FEEL. THIS HAS TO BE SUCH A HARD TERRIBLE DAY FOR THEM. I THINK OF ALL THE WIVES WHO WERE AT HOME GETTING THEIR KIDS READY FOR THE DAY WHEN THEY GOT THAT LAST CALL FROM THEIR HUSBANDS JUST TO SAY I LOVE YOU OR EVEN WATCHING THE NEWS AND AUTOMATICALLY KNOWING YOUR LIFE WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME BECAUSE YOUR LOVED ONE WAS THERE. OR THE KIDS WHO WILL NEVER KNOW THEIR PARENTS. I JUST THANK GOD THAT WE HAD A WONDERFUL GOD FEARING PRESIDENT AND NOT THE ONE WE HAVE NOW. IMAGINE IF THIS HAPPENED TODAY I HATE TO THINK WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT WOULD DO. SO AT THIS POINT I AM JUST THANKING GOD FOR THE TIMING OF THIS INCIDENT.

PRAYING FOR THE FAMILIES...

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

TWO WEEK APPOINTMENTS!!! AND OTHER THINGS

WELL I HAVE OFFICIALLY STARTED MY TWO WEEK APPOINTMENTS... A LITTLE EARLIER THAN NORMAL BUT HEY. I WENT IN YESTERDAY AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ISSUES SO NOW I GET TO GO MORE OFTEN. WOO HOO. I LOVE MY DOCTOR THOUGH AND I AM GLAD THAT HE IS VERY CAUTIOUS. ON A LIGHTER NOTE WE HAVE A PLACE TO GO FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY!!! WE ARE GOING TO BE IN NEW ORLEANS FOR A FEW NIGHTS. NOT EXACTLY MY FIRST CHOICE BUT HEY IT ISN'T GILMER OR LONGVIEW. PLUS IT IS A FREE ROOM SO THAT MAKES IT EVEN BETTER. NOW PHILLIP JUST HAS TO ENDURE THE DRIVE THERE WITH A WOMAN WHO HAS TO GO POTTY (YOU CAN TELL I HAVE LITTLE KIDS) EVERY TIME YOU TURN AROUND. YESTERDAY STARTED MOPS AND I THINK I AM REALLY GOING TO ENJOY IT. I NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME. RIGHT NOW MY ENTIRE LIFE REVOLVES AROUND MY CUTE KIDS AND ALL OF THE THINGS PHILLIP HAS GOING ON. I AM THE BEHIND THE SCENES PERSON WHO KEEPS IT ALL RUNNING SMOOTHLY. YESTERDAY WAS NICE THOUGH BECAUSE I HAD CALLED HIM THAT MORNING ON MY WAY TO MOPS AND GRIPED AT HIM FOR JUST LEAVING HIS STUFF AROUND SO WHEN I GOT HOME HE WAS MOPPING!!! YEP THAT'S RIGHT THE MAN WHO DIDNT KNOW YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WASH YOUR SHEETS ONCE A WEEK HAD VACCUMED, SWEPT AND MOPPED. WOW I WAS IMPRESSED. NOW I THINK I AM OFF TO PRICE MORE STUFF FOR THE CONSIGNMENT SALE.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

EXCITING NEWS

LAST NIGHT WE GOT THE DEPOSIT FOR OUR HOUSE IN LONGVIEW!!! WOO HOO. ONE STRESS DOWN 337 MILLION TO GO. ALSO WE ARE TAKING NATHAN TO SEE SESAME STREET LIVE IN TYLER ON NOVEMBER 13TH. WE ARE PART OF THE ELMO FAN CLUB THING SO WE GET INFO ON TICKETS BEFORE THEY GO ON SALE SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET TICKETS IN THE FIFTH ROW (ROWS 1-4 WERE $25). THESE WERE ONLY TWELVE DOLLARS. I THINK IF YOU GO ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY INSTEAD OF OPENING NIGHT THEY EVEN HAVE SOME SEVEN DOLLAR TICKETS. NATHAN IS GOING TO BE IN HEAVEN AND WE MIGHT EVEN CALL AUNT AIMEE AND SING ELMO'S WORLD TO HER. LOL. LITTLE JACOB IS EXCITED TO BECAUSE HE WILL GET TO SPEND A LITTLE ALONE TIME WITH MIMI AND POP WITH OUT HIS BIG BROTHER DRAGGING HIM AROUND.