Happy Holidays!!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and I wish everyone a Healthy and Happy New Year!!!

Santa was good to us all. We have enjoyed spending time with family. Can't believe when I leave town we get the biggest snow storm yet...ha.

Love to all,

Sheila

"♫ Snow Day ♫

More like an ice day…I didn’t venture out today, but Hubby said he was sliding when backing out this morning and since it is uphill until you get out of the apartment complex it took him quite awhile to get out to the road. He said he needs some sandbags to throw into the back of his truck for traction…ha.

The schools and colleges were closed today and there is a two hour delay in the morning for Cori unless it changes at some point to cancelled. Jarin doesn’t have classes on Fridays.

And as you can imagine, a lot of  accidents. 

Take care,

Sheila                                                                                                                            

♪♪ I'm dreaming of a White Christmas... ♪♪

It happened again!! Opened the door last night and look what was there...

The flash on the camera made some of the snowflakes glow...ha. Snow sure helps to make it feel like Christmas.

Forgot to mention in the last post...Jarin came home from school on Thurs. with an ear ache. It has been bothering her a little, on and off, for a couple of weeks. She called the doctor that her Dad and Cori went too, but since she would be a new patient they didn't have an opening until this Tues. So I checked the phone book to see what urgent care clinics were around, and found that CVS has a 'minute clinic'. It was great, went in and got her checked out, got some antibiotics for her ear, and there wasn't a long wait. She had several recurrences of ear aches when we were in Washington state, and I ended up taking her to an ENT doctor who cleaned out her ear. She has been fine since then, until now. All us girls have small ear canals, and it seems to contribute to build up. Well that is enough of that...ha.

Hubby and I did a little shopping this weekend, he got a few sweaters and a heavier coat for work. Didn't buy any presents, but I did order some online.

Take care and stay warm,

Sheila

♫ Baby, it’s cold outside…♫

Jarin made the graphic for me, using a picture she took when we got the snow in Mobile back in February.

Well, Cori has learned how to layer clothing this last week…ha. She is wearing two or three shirts under a sweatshirt to school, plus tights or leggings some days under her jeans.

We all have NC license plates for our vehicles now. Should it really take a week to fax something? I won’t say what company (f0rd) took so long…mine took longer, but it was sent through the mail. Oh well, it is done now…finally…

Then Wednesday evening, I went to put a small load of Cori’s things in the dryer and it wouldn’t turn on….what?! We just bought it when we lived in Washington state. Thursday I searched the internet and it looked like it was just the door switch. We had already had the bulb go out…or so we thought. Well I searched and found the part, watched a video how to change it. Went and got the part, changed it out, and Voila! it worked! So thankful it was something simple. Proud I was able to fix it myself….and the bulb still worked too. Yeah, I could have waited for Hubby to fix it, but there would have probably been more swear words said in the process…ha. The worst part was trying to get the connectors separated.

Have a great weekend,

Sheila

♫Walking in a winter wonderland♪♪

We are getting some snow...I have been doing the Happy dance and the Snow dance.

At the beginning

last picture I took.

It is still coming down lightly, but it is getting dark. Hubby went out to take the trash and that is when we noticed it was snowing. It was around 12:30 then, I didn't think it would start until later in the afternoon or evening. It was a nice surprise.

Yay Snow!!! Haha

Sheila

♫It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas♫…

Okay, let me back up to Sunday. I searched through the boxes in my closet and found the bag with my Christmas throws and pillows. I had my candy cane striped, Santa and Christmas tree candles. When Hubby got home from golfing, we went to get the tree out of storage. It wasn't right by the door anymore. It had been pushed back and boxes were stacked up beside it. We were able to get it out. The box of ornaments were another story. I think I know where they probably were but we couldn't see them and it would have taken a ladder to get to them.

So on Monday I got the tree put together. We have a pre-lit tree with multi-color lights, but we always add a couple of strands to that. I met Hubby at T*rget when he got off work, and we picked up some lights and a few candy cane ornaments there. Then we also went into Michael's, Pi*r Imports and B*d, B*th and B*yond, since they are by T*rget. We found 4 individual ornaments at Michael's. Now about the lights, I like to have some of the lights blink, and it just so happened that T*rget had a set that some twinkled and some stayed lit. We bought two boxes. They worked great, even though you can't see the twinkling in the still picture above...ha. We were going to stop by W*l-m*rt, but after eating at L*nest*r steak house, we were both tired so we came home.

Tuesday after work, we went to Kmart. We picked up some garland beads and a few packs of ornaments and a star for the top. Cori rode home with Hubby and I picked us up some food. I got the lights, garland and star on the tree.

Wednesday I met Hubby at Cr*cker B*rrel and afterwards we went by Big L*ts to see if they had any ornaments, we picked up another couple of boxes and a double candy cane tinsel type thing, crossed like the ones in the picture on the side bar, to hang on the door. I finished up the tree with the ornaments. Oh, I also got me an Elvis mug with cocoa and a peppermint stick in it...ha.

Okay, I'll stop here, I know you are tired by now if you haven't already fallen asleep... :)

Take care, Sheila

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Wanted to stop in and wish everyone a great day.

Here's another picture of my Granddaddy O.B.

I can see what looks like a truck out by the trees

and a white looking dog between him and the trees.

Do you remember the dog or whose truck that was Mom?

Take care,

Sheila

Finally a new post…

Remember the picture on the left from the St*rb*cks drive a few months ago? The picture on the right is the fall version.

This is a soda shoppe we saw in Lewisville, we drove around there last weekend looking at houses.

This was the red pick-up that was parked in front of the soda shoppe. I don’t know what year it is, but I like it.

I think I am going to put up my Christmas tree tomorrow. Mom has already beat me to it, she usually puts hers up in Dec. Most of our stuff is in storage, but I had them put a tree and a box of ornaments where I could get to them easily. I also have a candle set in the apartment I can get to. Might be a few other things in the box, I’ll just have to wait and see. I added my George Strait Christmas CD on my iPod, I already have Conway’s on there. I have a few others but they are in a box too for now…ha. I have also been working on my Christmas cards this week, so I am ahead of the game there too…if I just don’t drag around too long before putting them in the mail…

Okay that is enough for today. Hope everyone has a great week.

Take care,

Sheila

Veteran's Day!!

Thanks to all our Veterans
Past and Present,
For your service and sacrifice
and to their families as well.

My Dad

My Hubby

My Father-in-law is retired from the Air Force, but I don't have any pictures of him in uniform or fatigues.

Take care,

Sheila

More kinfolk...

Most of you probably already saw the picture of my parents with Jack and Sherry from 'Shipslog',

Now I thought I would introduce you to some of my other kin...

This is three of the Turner girls...my Grandmother (Hastie) is on the right
(My Mama's Mama)

Hastie's sister Ella in the middle and Mae
on the left.

This is my Grandfather (Otis B. or O.B.) on the right, his sister (Minnie)
in front, my Grandmother (Hastie) in back and my
G-Grandfather (Henry) on the left
(My Grandfather's Father)

The Anderson's
Minnie was a Dillard by this time.

O.B. and Hastie at their 50th wedding anniversary

My Grandmother was in a wheelchair by this time
that is why she looks shorter.

Hubby had to go yesterday morning to get his blood work done so he went afterwards to get his license, and he passed. He also had the glass people come out to replace his windshield on his truck, since you have to get an inspection with your car tags here. He had a nice long crack in it, plus another had started. So now the fun of getting a tag begins...

In other news, Cori got a 32 out of a possible 36 on her ACT... YAY CORI!!

Take care,
Sheila

Thanksgiving here we come...

Okay, there you go, out with Halloween and on to Thanksgiving.

Lots of running around today, St*ples, Km*rt, bank, post office, dry cleaners. I've got to send pictures in, for the yearbook, of Cori, so I needed some cd-rw's.

Loving this cooler weather we are having this week. I think it is supposed to rain tomorrow though.

I got my driver's license in the mail yesterday...they are not satisfied with one scary picture on the front, they have to put it on there twice...but the other one is very small. On the bright side, I think it did look better than the one on my other license. Do like the cool little hologram of the flying plane. Another thing, they don't ask for your weight here so I didn't have to lie...ha.

Take care,

Sheila

Happy Halloween!!!

We fixed up this old guy once when we lived in Kansas. You might have to look close, but the pumpkin has the grim reaper and his sickle (or scythe). Maybe one Halloween I'll put something out and then on the actual night switch it out for a real person (Hubby), and scare a few of the older kids...ha.


Hope everyone has had a good day!
Take care,
Sheila

trick or treatin'....

Now my little Dalmation and Ninja...

Standing in the garage.

Too pooped to party...

Then the next year it was Fairy Princess

and Super Girl...

The skeletons are rattling...

The second recycled costume...first Jarin then Cori...

This is Jarin's version.

She actually startled herself when she looked in the mirror.

Cori's version...

she doesn't look to happy as a skeleton either...ha.

with Jarin, the pink power ranger.

And a picture with Dad.

Cori didn't have to wear her sister's costume hand-me-downs after the bunny and the skeleton...

Why are graveyards so noisy?
Because of all the coffin...

Take care,

Sheila

Let's travel back in time...

Jarin's first two Halloween costumes were recycled for Cori...

This is Jarin as a bunny,
we were at my parents for this Halloween.

She doesn't look to happy about having ears..

Talk about not happy!

This is Cori as a bunny and of course

Jarin is Snow White.

Watch how Jarin takes care of the crying sister...

Jarin looks quite happy with herself for
quieting her sister...ha
hey, but it worked.




Enjoying candy with Daddy!

Thought I would share some Halloween pics the next few days...

Take care,

Sheila

Night of the thunder boomers....

AHHHAHHAHA BOO!!

Nothing much happening this week. Cori made it through her ACT test and thinks she did pretty good...will be a few weeks before we get the results.


We had some strong thunderstorms through here last night, but didn't have any problems...I was afraid the electricity might go off and render our alarm clocks useless, but thankfully that didn't happen. Still rainy outside today, but I don't think thunderstorms are forecast for us. I think some counties above us have tornado watches though.

Mom sent new pictures of Jett, he's starting to get a little black color on him.

Need to load up on Halloween candy soon. They want us to gather up at the main parking lot (where the pool and such are) to give out candy here Saturday night. It is supposed to be colder this weekend. May go pick me up a Halloween shirt to wear.

Jarin is at the dentist today getting her teeth cleaned and her mouth guard made. They called me last week so I got to go in early and get my cleaning. At least next time we'll get the exam and cleaning the same day.



Happy Halloween!
Beware of the ghosts and goblins!

Take care,
Sheila

Test, test and tires...

Yesterday was an expensive day...after reading through the driver's handbook for NC Thursday, I went yesterday to get my new license. Thankfully I got the first 20 questions right so I didn't have to take all 25. The last time we had to take a written test to change our license was in Mississippi when we first married....well, we also had to take one in Kansas, but it was an open book test...and this was back when they were still written (on paper) tests. But I now have my temporary license, no picture on it like Alabama's temp, so I will have to wait for the shock of the driver's license picture...oh well, I'll brace myself and hope for the best...

Took Jarin's car in to get a front end alignment too...ended up with a new set of tires for it. We knew they were getting close to needing to be changed but two were worse than the others. But at least now, she is ready for winter and she gets free rotation and balance anytime she wants, flat fixes and road hazard insurance.

A few weeks ago, I was talking to the cashier at Cr*cker B*rrel (I had my Alabama shirt on) and she was originally from Saraland, near Mobile. Then yesterday Jarin and I ate lunch at a place we haven't tried yet and the girl working there was from Semmes, a little town very close to where we lived. Always a nice feeling to run into someone from your home state.

Cori is taking her ACT test this morning. Wishing her good luck!
It was cold this morning too, around 38 degrees.

Take care,
Sheila

Dentist day...always fun...not!

Cori 9 1/2 months old

It looks like she enjoys brushing her teeth in these pictures...

not so....It was a fight to brush her teeth,

she didn't care for haircuts too much either,

when she finally got enough hair to cut.

The girls and I went for our dental exam and x-rays yesterday. Being new patients, we have to go back for the cleaning. Cori gets to go back today at 4 pm. Jarin goes back the 27th, she has to have a night guard made to keep her from grinding her teeth at night. Hubby said just get her a mouth guard like football players wear...ha. I go back the 11th of November, unless they get a cancellation, then they'll call me. Cori also has to go to an oral surgeon for a consultation. She has only one wisdom tooth...just one...in her whole mouth...but it looks like the top is facing you on the x-ray...kind of like a smiley face if it had eyes and mouth...anyway, she needs to get it checked to see if it needs to come out or just watch it, so that it doesn't mess up what the orthodontist has already corrected. If I was a gambling woman...which I sometimes am...I bet on him wanting to take it out...

Hubby had a business dinner last night so the girls and I went out to eat at R*by T*esday. They got the chicken mushroom pasta and I got chicken fresco with a baked potato and grilled asparagus. Jarin and I got the salad also.

Got Jarin's tires on her car rotated last week and the tire monitor light came on so we took it by again yesterday to let them check to see if a tire had a nail or something. The tires hadn't lost any air so they reset the tire monitor... hopefully that is all it needed.

I'll go before I write a book,

take care,

Sheila

A Nice Day...

There is a Catholic Church across from the apartments and they were having their fall bazaar yesterday. I went over there to see what they had. I didn't buy anything, but I entered four raffles for a dollar apiece. After I got home, Hubby and I went up to Kernersville to look at a couple of new subdivisions there. Then we went over to Greensboro to pick up a prescription at the pharmacy he was using when he first got up here. Then we did a little shopping at Kohls and Dick's sporting goods. We got home in time to watch Alabama get beat, I even put on my Alabama t-shirt but it didn't help...oh well I still love the Tide, win or lose.

Jack, I will put the picture of my Mom and Dad back up after Halloween.

Have a great Sunday everyone!
Sheila

Birthdays and Anniversaries...

My Mom had a birthday this past Sunday (Oct. 3), her 39th... :)

My in-laws celebrated their 62nd anniversary (also on Oct. 3) (pretty good since my Mother-in-law is only 39 too).

and my Father-in-Law turned 82 on Oct 7th.


Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary!!
We love you all!

Hubby made it to his eye exam last week and should get his new glasses in about a week. 'C' had an appointment Tuesday for a new Orthodontist. We liked him, he has a good sense of humor. She gets to go without her retainers during the day. She'll go back in about 6 weeks to see how she is doing. Next week the girls and I will go for our dental check-up. The downside to moving, having to start over with new doctors and dentists and such.

update...they called Hubby and told him his glasses were in, glad it didn't take two weeks....

Take care,
Sheila

Grumbling and grooming...

Here are some pictures of 'J's birthday cake.

We didn't get the insert for the chair that went with the new dining set 'within a week'. Hubby called them last weekend and threatened to bring the whole thing back and get his money back. They asked him to bring the chair and they would swap it out with one there...well, after going all the way there, they didn't have a chair in that color. They asked would he mind waiting while they went to another store and he said 'yes I would, just give me the insert out of the one you have.' They said they would try but didn't know if it would come out...well it did and he came home and put it in and now we have our chair. We did get a 50 dollar gift card 'within the week'. And a few days later we got a small bag of inserts..!?

Took 'J's dog Rylie to get her shots. I had to get two on Monday and then take her back on Thursday for the last one and a flea pill. She was too small to give them all on one day...she weighs only 3.8 pounds. Then I took her Friday to get groomed. I took before and after pictures, the best I could...she is scared of the camera because it flashes a red light before it takes the picture.

Before

(her hair grows straight out to the side on her neck
and she has a beard, plus longer hair on her chest)

After

(J's feet)

Her new shirt I bought her.

She also got a new collar out of the deal...ha.

Take care,

Sheila

Technical Difficulties.....

We have a new cable company now, already had to replace a DVR box because I would set it to record something and it would start to record then a few minutes later stop...

To start with you might get 27 minutes (out of 60), but as each new thing recorded it was less and less. The last thing it recorded only lasted 2 minutes. Most were my two soap operas I watch, and since I was behind I didn't realize it wasn't recording all of them. Any hoo, I watched all the full episodes I had then the cable guy came and gave us a new one. The ones not recorded I had to find on the Internet to watch....yes, the Internet is a wonderful thing...ha.

Now on to yesterday...I hadn't turned on the TV yesterday, so shortly before Hubby came home I turned it to the weather channel to see where the latest tropical storm was heading. I wasn't paying much attention to it and when Hubby came in he turned it to sports. While I was cooking, he asked 'what's going on with the TV?' Every one had a green tint....(aah, the martians have landed). It was that way on all channels...I unplugged the cable box a couple of times...tried adjusting the color on the TV....unplugged it from the box and connected it straight to cable, color was fine so we knew it wasn't our TV. Well a few hours later I called the cable company and set up an appointment for Saturday afternoon to replace the box...............


Then I thought, let me check the cables on the back of the box and where they connect on the TV... seemed to be connected good on the box, now the TV, all were plugged in good on the TV............noticed there were five plugged into the TV and I didn't remember but four on the box........ah ha! one was totally unplugged, plugged it in and VOILA!! people weren't green anymore....I defeated the martians!!!



Then with my head hung in shame I called back the cable company and told them we didn't need the technician after all.



All because I had dusted and had to lower the shelf the cable box is on.....



Have a great weekend!

Sheila