Catch up time...

I have not left the planet. The Christmas decorations are gone. We took down the outside ones the weekend after we got home. But I like to leave the tree inside up for just a little longer so I can enjoy it. I lose two weeks or so when we go home for Christmas...ha. Well, the girls and I stay longer, Hubby got a week...

 Sam enjoyed the Christmas paper.

Doesn't he just look ornery?

 Shawn (brother) and Iliana (his wife) in the pecan tree.

I think they were trying to shake down some pecans.

Then he started throwing a rope with a lock on it to wrap around the limb

and shake, but toward the end it got hung and took about an hour before 

he got it loose...ha. But we did get a lot of pecans picked up, then taken to get cracked,

then we shelled them.

 Miss Morgan (niece) was sweeping them off the shed.

 Last weekend I helped Hubby build him a step up to his shed. I was the official board holder and co-carrier. He was trying out one of his new drills. I did get to set up the charger and charge the batteries. He was very happy with the drill's performance...ha.

Oh, I have proved to be psychic. Remember back when we first moved into the house and they hooked up our phone across the empty lot to a box on the other side? And I was afraid, as has happened in the past, that when they started building a house next door that said cable would get cut? Well it did happen...maybe I should invest in a crystal ball....I went out to make them aware of the fact...they would call it in...I had a card from the guy that came out when I was trying to get it moved before this happened, so I called him too and he called it in to dispatch...don't know if the one that cut it actually called or not. But the next morning, while I was looking for the main 800 number to make sure it had been called in, my phone rang...fixed. The builder is supposed to bury it before they pour the driveway.....we'll see how that goes, I hope for the best.

Last but not least, we are going to extend the driveway so three cars can park next to each other. Hopefully as soon as the rain stops and the ground dries out a little...

Roll Tide,

Sheila

Tis said...

This is an article written for our local newspaper in my hometown. The late Mr. Hal Lynch (1927-2006) was once an actor (and I think he wrote for TV also) who moved back home. You can Google him to find out more info. But this story is about my Mom's Aunt Ida, who was a sister to her father. I hope you can enlarge it enough to read it. When I open it on my computer I can zoom in, so if you need to you may copy it to your computer and try that.

She and her husband George owned the Royal Theatre, he also owned a couple of

Drive-ins and later a gun repair shop. Mom, add or correct as needed...

Ida Anderson Owen

We made it back.....

We headed to Bama the Tuesday before Christmas and got home late this past Tuesday...and it was cold up here when we got back, but no snow... : '(

Jarin and I went to the Festival of Lights at T@nglewood P@rk the Thursday before we left. Thought I would sure some of the pics we took.

Entrance to the park

Snowman throws snowball, middle one ducks

We enjoyed our time in Alabama, sad to see it end. Thanks for all the holiday wishes, hope you all had a great Christmas. Hope the new year 2012 is your best yet. 

Take care, Sheila

PS. Happy Birthday Elvis!!!

Season's Greetings!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! I was hoping to drop by blogger on Christmas but didn't make it. We headed over to the in-laws yesterday and will go back to my parents sometime today. My brother Shawn and his family are headed this way today, also my brother in Atlanta is bringing his little girl to visit for a week.

Wishing you all the best the rest of this Holiday season and have a Happy New Year!

Take care,
Sheila

It looks like Christmas...

I did make it out last weekend with Hubby and picked up a couple of wreaths for the windows on the porch and something for the mailbox. We ate dinner at Longhorn when we were done. I had the prime rib and it was really good, Hubby had New York strip. We had an appetizer of white cheddar stuffed mushrooms, liked them also. I may have to try something similar sometime.

 We have a pre-lit tree but I add extra strands of lights to it. That last couple of years I've added a strand of steady on ones and twinkling ones.  Well this year, I had two sets of twinkling lights and neither one would work. Then I plugged in the steady burning ones and they wouldn't work either. I did buy another set of steady ones but couldn't find any multi-colored twinkling ones. Jarin stopped by Big L0ts and found a set, so we do have some twinkling ones this year too...Here are a few pictures of the decorations...

Our Christmas tree

(wish you could see the twinkling)

A closer view

The fireplace

 (that's a present on the  left)

The front porch
(you can see the inside tree through the side window at the door)

other side of the garage

close up of wreath

( a little blurry)

Hubby had a good time today. One of their contract companies, chartered a bus and took them to the Carolina Panthers game today. Of course, Hubby was rooting for the Atlant@ Falcons because Julio Jones from Alabama plays for them and they won...Yay Julio! I got to catch up on some things on the DVR while he was gone...yay me...ha.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sheila

Christmas time's a'coming....

 

(from the net)

Spent Friday buying some Christmas gifts. I ordered one and had it sent to Mom's early Thanksgiving morning. Friday I ordered the girls big gift and had it sent to Mom's, also two for the grandsons. I picked up the other two gifts for the grandsons at Wally world and one for a niece. Picked up a couple of movies on sale too. I was going to look at Christmas wreaths for our two windows on the porch and something for the mailbox but I forgot...ha. We put the lights up outside today and brought in the Christmas tree and decorations. I'll put them up tomorrow and maybe run out and check on the wreaths. I may put some fresh boughs on the mantle to decorate it. I enjoy a real tree but one year in Mobile, Hubby had been burning some stuff and the flames were almost gone so he placed the tree on top and just a little flicker of flame burned that tree in seconds...scary...Maybe one day we'll get one in a pot and use it...ha

Take care and stay warm,

Sheila

A stuffed Thanksgiving...

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We enjoyed ours and the leftovers. Hubby and Cori went out shopping on Black Friday and came back with a car...she is a happy girl. Sunday, he picked me up a quilt rack. I put one of his grandmother's quilts on one side and a Christmas throw on the other.

2012 Kia Soul

We have had a couple of rainy days, now we'll have some colder temps for a little while. Shirl I hope you are snow dancing, I think it is time to start...ha. Nothing much else going on this week, just the usual errands. I rode with Cori yesterday to take some paperwork back to the dealer and she wanted to eat at IH0P when we got back. Hubby was on his way home so he stopped in too.

Take care,

Sheila