Spring has sprung...

I don't intentionally stay away this long. I keep thinking I'll do better and time passes way to fast.

A lot of you read my Mom's blog and know about my Dad breaking his hip. Thank you for the prayers and encouragement for her. He is doing fine except for driving Mom crazy with his stubbornness...ha. She doesn't want him to end up back in the hospital.

We have been a little busy around here. Hubby wanted to add some plants to the front flower beds so we spent a couple of weekends on that. He's bought a few trees to plant out back, a red bud, a Japanese maple (the deer liked the new leaves on that one, we had to move it closer to the house), an ornamental plum, some type of oak, some type of pear (not Bradford) and a cedar. We bought a couple of tomato plants and two big blueberry bushes.

He tried to play golf a couple of weekends but kept getting rained out.  But he made up for it this weekend and played both Saturday and Sunday...he's been battling a cold and ended up staying home from work yesterday. He worked today, said he wasn't coughing as much but sneezing more. Hopefully he'll get cleared up soon...couple of years ago he ended up with bronchitis.

We are supposed to be cooler tomorrow, 50's for highs and 31 for low. I'll have to bring my tomatoes in.

Take care,
Sheila

Proof of our little snow....

Here's a few pictures of the little bit of snow we got on Feb. 19th.

When it started.

The next morning before it started melting...

I think Rylie was a little scared of the snow.

She walked under the chairs to get out, then by the 

chiminea to come back in.

We are all good. I've been trying to get some of my books read. I'm reading 'The Help' now, trying to get it finished so we can watch the movie. Bought two new rocker recliners when we bought the house and one broke so called the furniture store, they said we can send a repairman in two weeks. Repairman came, need to order part, ordered it for both chairs since it might break too, takes two weeks to get part. Part sent to old address, even though they have the new one. I went to pick them up, large cumbersome boxes, loaded one in the trunk one in the back seat. Couldn't close the trunk so had to drive careful. Okay, we have the parts, okay we'll send the repairman...in two weeks....finally fixed yesterday. Last week hot water heater stopped working. Could light it and it would run for a little while, but go out again...called, they sent someone out, simple fix. Tightened a bolt basically.  Upstairs air conditioner wasn't cooling Wednesday night...says daughter...called yesterday, they came out and adjusted a few things, good to go.

Take care, 

Sheila

PS. Okay Lucy, I got rid of the snow blog background, but I did sneak in a little snow.

It's not a trick, it's really me...

Time to catch up again. Just wanted to let you know all the pictures, on the previous entry, were taken at my parents at Christmas. The pecan tree belongs to them not us...ha...but I did get a bag of shelled pecans from it.

I have had ankle pain (right) since last June. I had the doctor look at it before Christmas just to make sure I hadn't done anything to it. But I suspected it was caused from being a little bow-legged and flat footed, so my ankles over-pronate. The doctor recommended a place to get some shoes (he had some too), so I went there two weeks ago tomorrow and let them watch me walk, measure my feet and get me fitted into a pair of shoes. Plus a pair of inserts to go in them too. If they help they will definitely be worth the money.

The rain finally stopped long enough to get our driveway extension done. Hubby has already claimed it as his side...ha.

 Before

After

Jack the lottery numbers didn't work. They must have been the numbers for an overseas lottery or something...ha. I know it has nothing to do with my psychic abilites.

It is true, don't go shopping while hungry...Jarin and I went to Big Lots because I was looking for a file they had advertised and we ended up having a junk food fest. After I took her home I went to get a haircut, feels so much better after a fresh haircut.

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