Ghosts, goblins or gremlins?

Hello All,

We are still here... took the kitten for his rabies and second round of shots. Got my yearly exam and squish so I am set for another year. We had a visit from 'J's ghost the other night.......'J' wasn't back from her grandparents yet. 'C' and I had been watching a movie and started to bed when it was over. Just as 'C' was coming out of the bathroom we heard this loud noise, like a phone makes when you knock it off the hook. I checked the phones downstairs...then I thought maybe it's the one upstairs in the landing because it hasn't been working right. Turned out, 'J' has a corded phone in her room and somehow the speakerphone got turned on!? We were looking in closets and underbeds, in the storage areas...'C' said, this is like we're in a horror movie...what if we find something under the bed...ha. Would have been bad because we didn't have anything in our hands to beat them with...ha.
I texted 'J' and told her, her ghost was missing her...because she turned on her speakerphone.
She finally came home yesterday...'J' not the ghost.

Much to get done....will call soon to get an estimate on packing and shipping.
We finally got a good rain...yesterday and today.

'til next time,
Sheila

Happy Father's Day!!!

Happy Father's Day to my Hubby!

To my Dad!

and to my Dad-in-law!

We love you,

Sheila, 'J' and 'C'

A day of fun.....!?

Well, Shirl says she knows nothing about love bugs in NC, so I am going to hold her to it. I've had enough of them these last few years. The worst was after Hurricane Katrina. I'm afraid to say, but we have not had any this May (we see them in May and Sept.), I don't know if the cold weather this year killed them or is just delaying them...

We had another snake adventure...the other day Mama was going out to take the trash and there was a snake at the bottom of the steps. Part of it's tale was still on the steps. She thought at first that my nephew put it there to scare her, I kind of thought it might be too. But then I thought 'I've never seen a fake snake that long'. She reacted similar to 'J'...'there's a snake out here'. It wasn't poisonous, but it was close enough to rattlesnake colored that I would have run if I had seen it in the grass. They didn't kill it, Daddy led it further out in the yard. Later on, we saw it climbing a pole on the fence, trying to get into a tree with a mockingbird nest. But the birds wouldn't let it. Then it crawled under the shed and we haven't seen it since. Mama wishes now they had chopped it's head off.

And you wouldn't believe the fun we had all day today...clogged sewer pipe!

Take care,
Sheila

Still in my hometown...

We had broasted chicken the other night....we had a Dairy Queen that sold it for many many years, but it was sold and they changed the name to Dairy Delite, well they didn't last long and was closed down....no more broasted chicken and no more western sauce hot dogs....then the local IGA grocery store started selling it, but Mom said it wasn't as good. Well, last Saturday I rented a hotel room in town for my girls and a friend so they could swim. They had wanted to go to the beach but we had thunderstorms and Florida did too. Anyway, when I was checking them in, the older lady working there said that Benton's (another local joint) was selling broasted chicken now. So we got some the other night to try...they are close enough to perfect for me...so now I can get my broasted chicken fix when I am in town...ha. Now if I can just get the western sauce recipe for my hot dogs I'll be set... :D

I didn't get to celebrate Hubby's birthday with him because he is in NC. But I will get or make him a cake when he comes back. We had a small cake Memorial day weekend we used to celebrate our anniversary, my sister-in-laws birthday and Hubby's.

Just wanted to check in, we are still at my parents.
Have a nice week,
Sheila

PS. Jack, did you tell me once NC doesn't have love bugs? My daughter was asking...
Do they have broasted chicken? Ha

Happy Birthday to my Hubby!

Hello all,

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far...it is my Hubby's birthday today...He is ready to quit counting them, he says...ha.

This is in Texas, my nephew is 'helping' him put together a dresser for 'C'. We no longer have that couch, but we still have the chair and ottoman that matches.

This is Hubby on the left, his father (center) and brother (right). This was in 2002.

Happy Birthday 'R'

We love you!!

Sheila and the girls

Happy Anniversary to us...yesterday..

Hi everyone,

I was going to mention yesterday that it was our anniversary, but I decided to keep it about Memorial Day. We celebrated 24 years together....

Hubby headed out this morning........he has taken a new job.........in North Carolina........so that is my news, we will be moving to North Carolina this summer, Greensboro area.

So Jack, you were partly right, we are moving but not back to Washington.

Heading to my in-laws tomorrow.

Have a great week everyone!
Sheila