November already...

 Hello again! We survived Halloween and now we are headed toward Thanksgiving. Here's a few pics from Halloween...

 

My spider lights...I kept them inside this year. 

Spider light using flash.

The whole string of spider lights.

Outside by the front door. I did have my skeleton hanging from the porch light with the strobe light on it. Late getting out decorations, so clown and jumping spider didn't make it out this year. Plus it started raining and put a little damper on the trick or treaters.

Finally bought some new towels and another set of sheets.

 

Had my first cup of hot chocolate a couple of weeks ago,

and eggnog...alcohol free.

And our little sweetie, my niece. 

Her mommy has a birthday today!

Happy Birthday!!

Jarin and I headed toward the mountains the day before Halloween. I wanted to take a few fall pictures with my better camera, but a certain other daughter had taken the memory card out and didn't put it back in... So all I had was my phone camera. But pictures didn't do it justice, it looked much better in person. 

A little Fall decor and flu shots...

Last week was blood work and flu shot time for Hubby and me. Mine was Tuesday, Hubby's was Friday, he also got a pneumonia shot. He had a lot of pain in his arm where they gave him the pneumonia shot. He went to bed but was back up shortly for something for pain. I gave him two Advil liquid capsules, and heated my rice pack to put on it. It eased it enough so he could sleep. Thankfully, it didn't affect his golf game the next day...ha.

As for the rice pack, I have two sizes, a small one made from one of the girls old socks and a larger rectangle one about 10 or 12 inches long (I sewed it from some leftover cloth I had). I filled them with rice and sewed the end up and pop whichever one in the microwave to heat. A lot quicker than worrying with the heating pad. I got the idea from a friend of mine that had one.

 

 

the fall decor is out, I put a leaf on their pictures

 

 

 

The wooden fan and tea set Hubby bought on a trip to China.

 

My little scarecrow girl, she's my profile pic on Facebook.

I also put some leaves in front of the TV, not the best idea, since I have to pick them all up to dust...ha.

 

The cutest picture of all, the little sheriff of San Antone.

Time now to put some Halloween stuff out.

Take care,

Sheila

Happy Fall Y'all!!

Jarin had a birthday on Sept 14th. Her and Cori wanted to try to make 'Groot' cupcakes, instead of a birthday cake. I made the cupcakes and helped a little with the shortbread cookies they made 'Groot' out of or I should say Cori made 'Groot'. It was a fun time and it got the girls off the computer...ha.

We bought a decorator tip to make it look like grass, but it didn't work so well so Cori improvised.

Here is the finished product.

This is what a 'Groot' is... 

 Hubby had a business trip this past week, so me and Jarin got caught up on some of our shows. 

I also temporarily (six hours) messed up my iPhone Saturday, because I decided to update it by connecting it to iTunes on my computer. The update failed which put it in recovery mode, then when I tried to restore it through iTunes, that kept failing also...when I could get it to actually connect to iTunes. But after searching and trying, and trying and searching some more, I finally found something that worked. Now I am restored and updated. Next time I'll just update it through the phone, that was a long and stressful process.

Today was grooming day for the doggies, so they are all fresh and clean again...ha.

That's about it for now,

Take care,

Sheila

PS. This cooler weather is nice...

Fall is just around the corner...

Here it is, September already, and I am way behind on posting. Lets go back a little ways to June. Hubby had a birthday in early June...

 

My daylillies. 

(took photo in June)

We thought we were buying the kind we had in Mobile, but these grew taller. You can't see the rest of our plants from the front...ha.

But there are other plants growing in there... :-)

They should bloom again before long. One plant (the one on the left by the walk) has had a couple of blooms the last few days.

We spent about three weeks of the month of July in Alabama with the parents. Well Hubby only one week. My brother Shawn and his family were there for a week. I got behind in my blog reading during this time but I finally got caught up again. 

Rylie (Chihuahua) turned 6 years old on July 14th and Charlie turned 2 years old on Aug 3rd.

Won't be long now before the cooler weather gets here. Time to get out my fall decorations. I hope this season goes a little slower than the rest of the year has.

One last thing, if you pray, please say a prayer for my cousin Judy, her husband passed away yesterday. Thanks.

Take care,

Sheila

Wow 28 years...

We celebrated 28 years of marriage this weekend, May 31st to be exact. I look forward to many, many more years! Well, we actually did our celebrating on Friday. We went shopping and out to eat. I finally got the raw oysters I've been hankering for...ha.

Coming out of the church 28 years ago...

Hubby's Aunt Margaret made this wedding album for us when we married.

What she wrote inside, she passed away when we were still in Mobile.

My main anniversary gift, I've been wanting a juicer. He gave me a beautiful diamond wedding/anniversary band for Christmas and I claim it as part of my anniversary too.

New lumbar pillows we bought for the rocking chairs on the porch. Maybe our ghost will enjoy sitting in them again.

and my pretty Bromeliad he bought me.

His main present was a new golf club...of course...ha. Also ordered him some shoes that they didn't have in his size at the store. We also bought some new silverware/flatware. Our other set seemed to be disappearing. No one claims responsibility so our ghost must be a poltergeist stealing our utensils...ha.  

I think I need to get the doggies by this week to get a shorter haircut for summer. Rylie will get spayed on the 4th. I hope everyone has had a great weekend.

Have a great week,

Sheila

Memorial Day...

Hello again...

Hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day weekend!

 I went with Jarin, Thursday night, to the 10pm premiere of the new 3-D X-men movie. Yes, I did manage to stay awake..ha. It was pretty good.

We are enjoying the fireflies at night when we take the doggies out. At first we would only see one each night, now they are twinkling all up in the trees. One landed in our grass and then put his light out, I guess he was going to bed... : )

As you can see, I was having a hard time erasing 

the Christmas tree I drew on the white board...ha.

but after I took this pic, I erased it.

Cori drew the pics of Charlie and Rylie.

Toward the end of winter, Charlie discovered heater

vents, this is near the kitchen table. I later showed

him the one in the living room and he started using that one.

He also loved the fireplace, actually both dogs liked it.

A couple of years ago, my doctor suggested a place to get shoes and inserts, that would help my ankle that was bothering me. I did and they also helped some pain I was having in my hip. I put those initial inserts I got into a pair of boots, so I ordered me two new pair, one to go in my new running shoes (no I don't run but they are more supportive) and the other for a spare. I think I have already mentioned before that I buy orthoheel flip flops, can't do without my flip flops. I am looking to get me another pair of croc flip flops too. 

Trying to get in the habit of posting more...

Take care,

Sheila

Hello...

We have had a few days of nice cooler weather, quite chilly at night and in the mornings. All is well here, I turned the rocking chair on the porch around where it was facing the other chairs and the 'ghost' didn't move it or choose a different chair...ha ;-). But Jarin has said her desktop computer has turned on twice during the night waking her up and one time when it didn't wake her up. Probably just a glitch or something.

Hubby got to go on a company sponsored deep sea fishing tournament to Ft. Lauderdale a couple of weeks ago. He caught one fish, a small 10 to 12 lb Bonita...(I had to look it up to see what it looked like). The one who got the prize for biggest fish caught some type of shark.  He is a bit of a workaholic so I am glad he got some time away.

Took the dogs for their check ups and shots. Rylie goes back June 4th to get spayed and dental cleaning. She needs to lose a pound, because she has luxating patellas and the vet said she will gain weight easier after being spayed. The hard part will be keeping my Dad from feeding them from the table when we visit this summer...

til next time,
take care,
Sheila

We have a ghost...

Well, maybe not a ghost, but something is moving our rocking chair to where it is at an angle. It has happened at least 5 times. We have not sat in it and turned it. The wind hasn't done it, we will have lived here three years in August and the wind has never turned it before. Plus I have kept a close look out when it was windy to see if it moved. Maybe a dog or animal runs through there and bumps it? But 5 times? Hmm, has me baffled.

On to other things...Hubby went to the allergist, no allergies to food, nuts or anything he ate that night. No bites or stings from anything.  A few minor seasonal allergies to certain trees, grasses and weeds, but nothing out of the ordinary. He's taking meds for that now since that may be contributing to his cough. If the cough continues though I will make him an appointment with an ENT doctor. So the cause to his anaphylaxis shock was because of a preservative in the children's benedryl or no known cause, random. He has an Epipen now. Actually two at work and two here. I threw away the children's benedryl. Hopefully it won't ever happen again.

Cori (my youngest) and I had birthdays in April, me on the 12th her on the 21st. Cori is not much into cake and cards but we get them anyway...ha. Actually she wanted cheese cake so I got that and an ice cream cake. Candles don't stick very well in an ice cream cake... She wanted money for her birthday so that is what she got.

We also got a new rug recently, it is less bright and more muted than it appears in the picture.

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods!
Take care,
Sheila

Scary episode...

Hello again! Didn't intend to wait this long to update my blog, but here it is mid- April.

Let's back up a little to Monday, March 3rd. Hubby came home from work, I was heating up leftover chili from Saturday. He had a few peanuts and a few plain potato chips while waiting. We ate and I fixed a recipe I got from Shirl, apples  (I used granny smith)  wrapped in crescent rolls with brown sugar and cinnamon. He ate a couple with a glass of milk. Let me step aside here to say, he has had a cough for awhile, he is a former smoker but never had a 'smokers cough' when he smoked. Our doctor had taking a chest x-ray and all was fine.

 Anyway, one night I gave him a Benadryl before he went to bed and it seemed to help the cough. So on this night, the 3rd, he had been coughing some so I gave him a tablespoon of children's Benadryl  ((pharmacy brand - Rylie (dog) was itching once and I bought it for her))  to see if it helped because I was out of regular Benadryl. Shortly after, his head started itching, then his hands. He went to the bathroom and said he felt like he was going to pass out. He started to the bedroom but lay down on the living room floor, again feeling like he was going to pass out. He didn't lie there long and made it to the bed, I took his blood pressure and it was 90/58, also took his blood sugar which was low considering he had not long ago eaten. He went to the bathroom again and when he came back his face was covered in sweat. He started having trouble breathing as well as feelings of passing out. I was worried it would cause him to have another heart attack on top of everything else.

Thankfully he didn't protest about calling 911. His upper body and arms were red, his face and hands were swelled. Later I found out he had hives on his upper thighs. The local fire department sent 2 guys to check him out and give him oxygen while we waited for the ambulance. This was also one of the days we had an ice storm. They got him in the ambulance and while they were trying to get an IV in his arm one of the fire dept guys helped me clear my windshield of ice so I could follow the ambulance. They weren't able to get the IV in but they gave him Benadryl and Albuterol in the ambulance. After he got to the hospital they gave him a breathing treatment among other things. Took a chest x-ray too. He got to the hospital around 9:20 pm and he was able to leave about 12:30 am. It all happened so fast but thankfully he was okay.

We have no idea what caused it, he has eaten all those things many times. He eats apples, but not granny smith, although I am sure he has eaten them in cooked items like apple pie and such. The other thing was the children's Benadryl, he's taken Benadryl before, so maybe something else that was in it? 

He stayed home from work that Tuesday and was feeling okay. Went to work on Wednesday but came home around 3 pm with chills and fever. Went to the doctor's on Thurs, wasn't flu, I guess just a bug. He stayed home the rest of the week, feeling better on Saturday, got out of the bed most of the day. He has what sounds like a cold since then, but he has an appointment with an Allergist today. Hopefully they can figure out what caused it. I also hope whatever they do helps with the cough he has. If it is not allergy related then he needs to see an ear, nose and throat doctor.

Take care,
Sheila

From nothing to this in about 2 1/2 hours...

The snow is here. I said ole man Winter blew through last week but it must have been Ms. Winter cause he is here today and tomorrow. Hubby is slowly making his way home. I tried to get him to leave earlier when it started sticking here, but Jack, he has a little bit of a stubborn streak...Mom and Lucy understand...ha.

I am enjoying staying here, warm and toasty, watching it snow. Shirl if I get me some new dancing shoes like the ones you bought, just imagine what we could accomplish. We could give all 50 states some snow...well maybe not Hawaii, but who knows...ha.

Take care everyone and if you are in the areas getting snow or ice or other storms, please be careful and stay safe and warm,
Sheila

Ole man Winter blew through here...

I am happy, we finally got some snow. Here are a few pictures, I shared some on Facebook.

 

When the snow first started sticking, you can see a little of the snow falling in the door and under it.

 

The next morning in front of house...

Looking down the road, I think that is my neighbors footprints from walking his dog earlier.

Back deck through the screened-in porch door.

Jarin's car...icicles give ole man Winter the finger, the middle one is sticking out from the car...

 

Mysterious footprints in the snow that night... 

 

  turned into paw prints on the porch...someones dog came for a visit.

Charlie (left) and Rylie after their grooming...

My hometown newspaper (where my parents live) posted pictures on Facebook of people sliding down the hill on Main St. in front of the fire station. Looked like fun...ha. They closed all the roads there due to the ice. I shared them on Facebook but might get in trouble sharing them here. Hope if you live in the dangerous areas you are safe and warm. Hollie, glad your son and brother made it home safely! My brother and his family live in Atlanta, but thankfully she was off that day and their daughter's school was closed and my brother was home sick...so they didn't get caught in that mess. 

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods,

Take care,

Sheila

Happy New Year 2014!!!

Yes, I know I am a few days late. I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and that you have a wonderful New Year! I have spent the last few days catching up with reading all my blogs. So finally I am caught up and current...ha. Thought I'd share a few pictures I had intended to share way before Christmas.

My snowmen on a tricycle.

Our personalized ornaments I had made at Hallmark many years ago...

Jarin's

Cori's

The wreath on top and peanut reindeer on left Jarin made in grade school. The one with the snowman Cori made in school. The tree and presents were my attempt at drawing...ha.

and finally a short video of our tree with steady and twinkling lights.

The girls and I are still at my parents. We had a good Christmas with lots of family and all the siblings in and out at some point. We missed our brother Ronnie and we lost our Uncle Duck (Donald) before Christmas from a car accident. Hopefully this new year will be a better one.

Best wishes for 2014,

Sheila