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