Oh to be young and stupid...

I just have to say that I was a little surprised by what they were able to get away with at the Motley Crue concert. Tommy Lee (above, sitting on stage) comes out with this called a Tit E. Cam where he has a handheld camcorder and encourages all the girls he can see to show their stuff. And they did. A Lot of them did. And some of the stuff they were showing on the screens during the songs, naked/mostly naked girl on girl porn pretty much. I'm not easily offended, really. But I was just shocked that they were allowed to do all of that. BOY am I thankful that we didn't let Jake go... although there were quite a few kids there.

On a better note, I was impressed by new band Sixx AM (Nikki Sixx's new band). Not for their music, but their singer and guitarist walked through the venue a couple times right in front of us and were happy to sign autos and take pics. I got one of the singer (I was not going to fight the throng of folks to get a good one), but none of the guitarist... so I stole one off the innernets. Singer guy, guitar guy (doesn't guitar guy have BEAUTIFUL eyes?):












Also I found out that I like Papa Roach. A lot. I had heard OF them but not any of their music, it's pretty great. It was a pretty good concert, we got home at 11:30, poor Travis had to work the next day. But they were good seats, expensive t-shirt (for Jake, minus naked ladies), beer and soda. And they say Disney is expensive!

We celebrated the 4th on Saturday with bbq and Stacy's birthday party. It was a good time, and she liked the dress I, er I mean We got her.

Yesterday I met up with an old friend for lunch at Tia's. 2 hours later, Sean had enough of sitting in that high chair so we left. It was a nice time. I brought home salsa to go!

I signed up for a sewing 101 class tomorrow night. I had very good intentions to get some fabric and make myself some pants for work - simple elastic waist, straight legged. They came out ok, and I'm wearing them today. But when I tried to make the kids some pajama bottoms (with no pattern) I failed. They did fit Jake, but as soon as he sat on the floor... RRRRIIIIPPPP. Whoops. I'll try again once I learn some basics (and get a pattern). I think it will be fun.

And yesterday.... In the mail... I GOT PAID!!!!! ($ from the Crochet mag!) I am half way done with a pattern that I want to submit next week. It's a quickie but I've been hemming and hawing with it. Deadline's coming quick so I gotta get a move on.

Um, I guess that's it for now. More tomorrow.

Happy Bloggerversary

Today is my bloggerversary. Pretty swell I think. In honor of that, I am on my way to Cruefest. Love my job! Have a great 4th. Be safe.

My kid's a genius!

And they are both pretty darn cute!

We went to my Mom's on Saturday to hang out and give her the birthday present...










They fit perfectly! Yay. Amazing that I've given so many people socks but not her. However, I also haven't made other people eleventeen sweaters! We went to visit my Grandmother, who should be getting sprung from the nursing home today or tomorrow then took the boys to Village Inn. Here are some pics.

That's ranch "dip" Sean's showing off there. And Jake showing Sean how to play a video game.






















Good times, good times. I also took some video of Sean trying to jump, but trying to be safe too...




And then Saturday night I was taking Sean's shoes off and I grab the first one and say "one" then he said "two". I looked at him like he had 2 heads. I said "two?" he said "three four". What??? I swear I am not making this up. And to prove it, I took video... you need to turn it up since the mic on my camera isn't wonderful and I had the teevee going:





Anyway, that's it from me for now. More later.

It's a sad, sad day

Our favorite foundling died this morning. Baloo was 10 and a very, very good dog. He will be sadly missed. We havent told Jake yet, but I was just thinking it is odd that Timber (hubby's dog) died when Jake was about Sean's age. Boy it's a tough thing and won't be easy. The in-laws say they wont get another dog, it's just too traumatic. I can understand that, but I think that I wouldnt be able to say never.

That's it from me.

Happy Forgiveness Day

Forgiveness Day June 26th
Forgiveness Day is a time to forgive and to be forgiven. The world will be a better place for this day.
Global Forgiveness Day began in 1994. It was created and is sponsored by the Christian Embassy for Christ's Ambassadors. It originated in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

International Forgiveness Day was created by the World Forgiveness Alliance, a non-denominational, educational foundation. According to their website: " International Forgiveness Day dedicated to evoking the healing power of forgiveness worldwide." The founder is Robert W. Plath, from Mill Valley, California.



I thought this was a pretty cool thing. I know that for me, forgiving those that haven't wanted it has gone a long way to making me a bit less crazy and angry and bitter, which is a good thing. I started working on this when Travis and I got married, trying to let go of my demons, and I think it mostly worked out pretty well. I'm still a hard ass on a few things but my world is a better place.

Today is day 4 of my Coke-free week. BOY do I want a coke.

Happy Brthday Mommy!

Today is my Mom's birthday (everyone sing, ready... set... go).

Happy birthday to you....
happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday dear Karen...
Happy birthday to you!

Above is a pic of my Grandma with her 4 children - my uncle Kevin is the boy (duh), Mom is the oldest girl, Lorraine is middle girl and Sue is the smallest girl. It is so weird to see them like this - but I swear my Uncle Kevin looks Exactly the same only taller!

Below is me and my Mom fishing a couple years ago.










That's it from me, have a great day.

So long Mr. Carlin.

I was so sad to hear on the news that George Carlin had "passed on, or expired like a magazine subscription." I love his sense of humor and he has made me laugh so hard I've cried. He will be missed by so many people.

And to add levity to this otherwise sad day I have some pictures to share. Lots of pictures.

Saturday morning we went to visit the new bird (just a few more weeks then we can take him home):










Here is Jake not blowing out his birthday candles - he gets embarrassed by all the attention I suppose:









Sean enjoyed himself and kept busy, here he was playing with the "hula loop" as Jake calls it:










And finally, a really nice picture of both of my children where they are both looking at me and smiling. This is a rare occurrence, enjoy it while you can:









Lets see... what's going on? I told you that Sean went peepee in the potty. We haven't had a repeat but I'm still excited by it. My folks couldn't come to the party, or on the rescheduled Sunday because of crappy weather + Mom's new glasses make her not be able to drive good + Cliff feeling crappy from his chemo. I was disappointed but hopefully we'll get to see them next weekend. The good side to that is that my house is clean! Well, for the most part. I did work on Cliffy's afghan a bit last night but that's the only time my hands touched yarn this weekend.

That's it for now, have a great Monday. OH, PS, if you are looking for a digital camera, I have one on Ebay here.

Big news on the baby front

Sean went peepee in the potty! I know, it's pretty exciting stuff! But I was thrilled. Also, the bird just pooped on me. Anyway, I just wanted to share the baby news. You may continue with your regularly scheduled weekend stuff to do.

Happy Birthday Jakey!!

Today is Jake's 7th birthday. When I got the camera to take his picture, this is what I found:









Here's a pic with the flash so you can see what he's doing:










And a picture of Sean just for good measure. Please notice Sean's new "hairstyle". I call it "boufant ala doughnut".









Anyway, Jake is enjoying Summercamp today at Chuck E Cheese and Mamaw brought over some cupcakes for him to share for afternoon snack. With luck it will be a better day than yesterday when he was told he wasnt allowed to go to Busch Gardens next week because he and another litte boy got into so much trouble together... repeatedly telling them to stay apart and finally the teachers had to each hold one of their hands so they would straighten up. This is not unusal with Jake and the other one - CONSTANTLY getting into trouble together. Hopefully it will sink in this time that they need to stay away from each other.

For the birthday celebration, we will let the boys play in the pool after school then Jake's choice of Pizza rolls for supper (I'll have eggplant parm with my MIL). Oh boy, good times.

I've gotten 3.75 stripes done on the afghan and half of Lean Mean Thirteen read. I LOVE Janet Evanovitch! That's it for now, have a great day.

Happy Tuesday.

I wish there was more to talk about, although I'm almost afraid to say that! Lets see, what's going on? Cliffy started his radiation yesterday and his first chemo today. Radiation is M-F for 7 weeks. It's only about 15 minutes a day so its not too bad, and its right by the house which is helpful. So far he is feeling fine, please keep praying for his strength through this.

I have finished 2 stripes on my flag, but I'm out of red and will be going hopefully tonight to get some more. Our house is minus Fios for 3 days in a row - no phone, teevee or innernets which SUCKS! Especially since I cant tell it to dvr stuff for me to watch later. I missed the Next Food Network Star, and didn't dvr it yet when we lost service. Very aggravating. I discovered that I cant crochet/knit and NOT watch teevee at the same time. I found that very odd, but last night when I should have been working on the 8 different WIPs I have - I played virtual battleship on the Nintendo DS. So sad.

I'm in the process of purging some of my comic book collection. Any Dawn fans that want some cool stuff? Next I will go through the yarn stash to get rid of stuff that I bought because I had-to-have-it but have not used in forever.

And finally, I have a recipe. I did a product test for a company that is having a new product soon and it came with this recipe. It was very good with lots of flavor and super easy. I was expecting more paprika flavor than rosemary but crushing the rosemary REALLY brought out that flavor. Yummy!

Rosemary Roasted Chicken with potatoes
2tsp paprika
1.5 tsp crushed rosemary leaves
.5 tsp garlic powder
.5 tsp coarse ground black pepper
1 tsp salt
2 Tbsp olive oil
6 bone-in skinless chicken thighs (I used boneless/skinless)
1.5 lbs small red potatoes cut into 1 inch cubes (I used white potatoes)

Preheat oven to 425F. Mix oil and spices in a large bowl. Add chicken and potatoes and toss to coat well. Arrange chicken and potatoes in a single layer on foil lined baking sheet. Roast 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender, turning potatoes occasionally.

That's it from me, have a great day, and let me know if you try the recipe and what you think.

Sean vs. The Door

I know when I put that title you think that he hurt himself, but no.
Here's a little background before you watch. Our laundry room door doesn't shut very good, you have to really slam it to stay closed. I had gone in there to fold some laundry and Sean followed me and decided to shut the door.... but you hear a squeak and the door, well, just watch. The sound is a bit off but it is still pretty funny.




Since I have been working on the flag afghan I haven't done any other knitting/crocheting at all, and honestly I have only been working on the flag during my lunch break so it's not going very fast. All of the stars are done and 80% are pieced together. I have 3 out of 6 rows of the bottom red stripe done. HUGE progress... not. Hopefully I'll start working on something at home too, I've just been too blah to do anything but sit.

That's it for now. Have a great day.

A painting for Grandma

My grandmother's birthday is next week and she loves birds. She also has a bit of a crush on my brother-in-law Jason who happens to be an Awesome Artist. SO, I combined the two and had this made:








The background is my MIL's wall and not part of the painting. We are going over on Sunday to visit, and I will give it to her then. I think it will look nice in her nursing home room! She is going to be thrilled and I cant wait!

Speaking of birthdays and birds, we went to the bird store to let Jake pick out his birthday bird since they got some babies in. We wont be able to take it home until the middle of July, and I (like a dummy) forgot to take a pic of the actual bird. BUT, I can show what he kinda looks like - very cute. It's all bought, and we can go in and visit and bond whenever we want, which is cool:













And finally, some video. Sean singing the cockadoodle doo song. Have a great day.

Sleepy

I know that I'm always sleepy so thats not really a big suprise, is it? I'm working on the convention between being sucked into Pogo games and Webinars and it is going well. This is the fun part of my job, even though it is pretty busy... some of the time! I'm 1 star away from finishing the stars portion of my American Flag afghan for the convention, then the 6 half motifs and then work on the stripes. I'm not sick of it yet, so that is a good thing. A Very good thing.

I got some pics of Sean playing on the patio after getting out of the pool. I got the feeling that he wasn't quite ready to be done.













Both boys are getting so much joy out of the pool! I was worried with Sean since he was pretty afraid of the water a month ago, but he is doing good.

Um, I really dont have too much to talk about. SO, I will brag on the family. My cousin Chrissy makes the most beautiful One of a Kind dolls. You can buy them by choosing one from her nursery. It is so hard to believe that she can make them look SO. REAL. Go, buy a doll. You know you want to!

Thats it from me for now. Have a great day.

Guess what?

They bought it. They bought it they bought it they bought it. Yippee!!!!!

Oh, the mag I sent the letterbaby jacket to.... yep. They bought it. More tomorrow, after I peel myself off the ceiling. Night!

Sleepy sleepy

It's been one of those days, too much to do but I cant keep from yawning. But enough about that. I finished a socklet and started the 2nd at lunch today. The idea is cute, but I am not the best lace-chart-reader and one of my lace bits was wonky. No worries, this is really just a test to see if the idea works, and to get myself a pair of socklets - even if they aren't beautiful! I'll make another newer, more improved pair later on.

I have also started to think about my afghan for this year's convention. Every year I donate an afghan to be auctioned off, usually to pretty good success. Our theme is travel (places or modes of transportation) and I was thinking of doing an American Flag afghan. I have made, roughly, 4 trillion of these (seriously, I've probably made 10 of this same pattern). I have the stars half done and hiding in my closet from when I thought I wanted to make another one... I didn't... still burned out. I may check out the stars I have, the stash to see what I have yarn-wise and go from there.









This weekend was long and drawn out, we went to Epcot with a quick stop at Ft Wilderness to see the animals. HUGE horses, heads bigger than Sean, and he kept calling them 'puppy'. Jake, as usually, pouted when I tried to take his pic. Travis got some good ones while he was eating and therefore oblivious, so maybe I'll snag on some of them to show you. Here's Sean and the Puppy.









But, by far, the best part of the weekend was when I was eating my egg roll in China and Sean seems smelly. I look, nothing... just toots apparently. Then about 5 minutes later Sean says "poopoo". And boy was he right. But...YAY!!!! And so it begins. With any luck, he'll be potty trained in no time! We already got his little potty seat (with frogs and lady bugs - too cute), and he doesn't hate it. I think that only the Mom's will share my enthusiasm, but I was so excited.

That's really it, I have some work to do, and hopefully I'll have something to talk about tomorrow.

Nothing new

It was nice to have a 3 day weekend, but I don't feel rested.

Lets see, Saturday was a craft fair at church. I got fried... even under the canopy. 90 degree weather is not conducive to selling crocheted stuff. Surprised? I knew you would be! I sold 4 scrunchies. However, I was setup right next to a couple ladies that were weaving baskets and I ogled the process. That may just be my next hobby. I went to Joann's the other day to get some size 2's because mine keep disappearing and I looked for basket weaving stuff. No dice. I don't think I wanna get into a hobby that isn't readily available, you know? So for now I will just think about it.

Sunday we, um, hmm. Swam? Yep that was it. I used my George foreman and made steak, cooked some fresh corn on the cob. Um, OH, the pain. I was hoeing in the garden (yeah... my boss was amused too) and I have blisters on my hands and I had to take 2 800mg IBs yesterday (no, not at the same time) because every muscle in my body hurts like heck... and I have nothing planted back there to show for it. Still.

Monday the kids and I went to my Mom's while Travis went to work. We visited with Grandma and she looked pretty good and was in good spirits but got winded pretty quickly. She enjoyed seeing the boys. Then we headed to Mom's friend Christine's place on the beach. ON the beach. We swam in the pool there and walked down the beach a little. We found a couple sharks teeth and Sean was amused by the water that kept chasing him. I think that for the 4th weekend we will borrow that place for a couple nights. It is beautiful!

Sean got a haircut, we visited the bird store and watched National Treasure 2 (I don't remember where in the above they belong but they all got did).

Really, that's it. I finished one of my little socklets but it needs to be bigger. I did the math for that at lunch today, and am about 1/4 done with it. I hope you all had a safe and fun weekend.

Sigh.

I am pretty devastated this morning. As I was driving into work, Jimmy Carter came on to do his regular morning gossip on the Country station I listen to. He starts off by saying that he's been physically sick having to repeat this all morning it's just so sad. Steven Curtis Chapman's daughter Maria was killed in an accident yesterday. My heart stopped, I could breathe and I instantly had tears come to my eyes. You can read the article here. No, I didn't know Maria, nor do I know any of the Chapmans, except that I enjoy his music. But, I do read his wife Mary Beth's blog so it feels like I know them, like they are friends.

I was pretty shocked at how much this affected me. It's 10:02, and it has been more than 2 hours since I heard and I'm still a mess. As soon as I got here I wrote her a note, and that was so hard. I was at such a loss for words. How do you comfort someone that you don't even know and help them to deal with something that you can't even imagine happening. It may sound trite to some but at least Maria is with God now and I know their faith will carry them a long way in dealing with their grief.

OK, that's it from me, I need to try to get something done around here.

Well...

What a weekend it was. They weren't able to bury Uncle Mutt on Thursday like they had planned - it rained so hard there was 6 inches of water in the bottom of his grave! So, they did the funeral home thing then went back to Biloxi to have a drink in Mutt's honor. They got back Friday night. In the time that Travis had been gone I became addicted to a few of the clubpogo games thanks to a 5-day freebie from a friend of mine. So. Addicted. Like "who needs to watch the first 50 minutes of Idol" addicted. My freebie ended today and I re-upped with a 14 day freebie that I found. It's lotsa fun if I don't have to shell out the $40 a year!

Because of this new addiction I managed to weave in the ends of the for-sale round ripple. No, that's it, really. Today at lunch (because pogo is NOT more important than food... or All My Children) I did a couple inches on the sock but I didn't take any pics of it. But, we can pretend by substituting a partial pic of it's twin (except the current one is only about half this long):









Onward and upward to cute kid pics.
Fun at the park:















Fun with Fergus. Sean was concerned about this thing on his head but got very comfortable with him. Letting Fergus play with his eyelashes comfortable. And, when I took the bird off his shoulder he turned and looked at me like I ruined his day and tried to pick him back up. TOO cute!















And finally, as promised like 9 years ago, a pic of me that proves that Sean is my child! Here I am in Jan '78 (I was 2 and 2 months) wearing lovely 70's fashion and Mr Potato Head glasses.









Cliffy's doing ok - still sore throat but that's to be expected. That's it from me for now. Have a great day.

I hate late night calls

Monday night Travis and I were watching House and at 9:45 the phone rings. This is never a good thing. His Uncle Mutt, who was in his 90's, died. Mutt lived in MS and was Travis' namesake (his name was Travis Templeton Fondren... my Travis is hoping they add the Templeton to the gravestone else it would be a bit creepy), he's taking it pretty hard. He and his Dad left this morning for MS. We told Jake last night and his "Why did Uncle Mutt have to die" was heartbreaking. Last time we went up to see him, Jake was about 3 (sorry, no pic with Mutt, but here is Jake and I):









Our trip started in MS to visit with Mutt, and some other family members, then up to Memphis to visit his Aunt Gail. When we got there Gail asked how Mutt was and Jake says "He's old". Well, good to know! So funny. The first time we brought Jake to see him he was about 6 month and toothless. We went to lunch and Uncle Mutt teased him saying here, you can borrow some of my teeth... as he pulled a spare pair of dentures out of his pocket!

He was a great man who could tell a great story, and he will be sadly missed by many people.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day for blogging, knitting, crocheting (although I did finish up a baby blanket last night), being awake, sleeping, etc... the last 2 have been useless.

Happy Mommy's Day!

I hope all the Mommies out there had a swell Day! Mine was pretty good, except for the mortal wound, but I hope it will be OK.

The rest of the Ft Lauderdale trip was great, and we made a slight pit stop at A Stitcher's Haven in Plantation. I got a skein of On Your Toes in light blue, which is SOOO soft that I walked around the store petting it and my co-workers laughed at me. It's beautiful and I already know what I will make with it (that pretty pink one on the cover). I was thisclose to casting on in the car. I have some pics to share though (the blue/green one is not current - durning lunch today I am halfway through the gusset):















I did good on my trip, lots of finishing done. Before I left I told Travis that for Mothers Day I wanted a dustbuster to replace the one I got when we got married which no longer works. He said, Oh, well I can get you that but I was going to get a bird. Awww. I like birds. And his idea of bird (cockatiel) is cooler than my idea of bird (parakeet). I decided that I really needed the dustbuster and that was a better choice. When I got home he let me pick one out at walmart on Friday night - I like it lots.

Saturday I was supposed to go to a baby shower but due to crappy truck problems Travis had to go to work, so with kids in tow I headed to my Mom's to see Grandma in her nursing home (she got VERY sick while I was gone - more on that later) and my Uncle Kevin here from Texas. (As an aside, my Uncle Kevin used to live in Canada, and we totally have Jake convinced that they kicked him out because he kept forgetting to say Aye. It is TOO funny). When I got back home after a nice visit, Travis had gotten out of work early and went to his folks house to get the bird cage out of the attic. We now have this:









His name is Fergus (after the character in the old tv show Roar). He is young and sweet, no biting and is happy to be held by adults and kids.

Sunday Morning at 6:30 Sean woke up, and no amount of milk would let me get more sleep. at 8:30 I woke Travis up and told him it was my turn to sleep, seeing as how it is my day and all. He packed up the kids and went to the park, they left around 9. I heard them leave, then at noon I heard them come back in. In between... I slept. Like the dead - I did. not. move. It was so nice! That afternoon we went to the in-laws to have Mom's day supper and let the kids swim. I had forgotten Sean's swimmer pants so he played in his diaper. Diapers are VERY absorbant.














Finally we freed him after he couldnt step over the side of the little pool anymore.










He really enjoyed himself! We ate supper - burgers and dogs, and when we were done Jake hadn't finished his burger so I gave some pieces to the dogs... hence the mortal injury. Baloo's tooth went through my thumbnail and it bled profusley for a few minutes. I had blood all over the floor, on the oven, it wasnt pretty. It hurts now only when I touch it. At the moment it doesnt hurt when I knit or crochet - thankfully! Hopefully it will get better and I wont lose the nail or have it ugly. We'll see.

Grandma and Cliffy update: While I was gone, Grandma got sick with pneumonia and was sent to the hospital. She went to the nursing home on Saturday when we were over there. Cliff got results from the biopsies from his surgery and found cancer in his lympth nodes. He'll have to get chemo along with his radiation which is not a good thing. He's in such high spirits, and hopefully it will go well for him. Please keep them both in your prayers. Thanks! Have a great day.

On the road again

I'm on the road at a very nice Hyatt Place in Ft Lauderdale. It is warm outside and I am awaiting my co-workers so we can go get liquor, er I mean food at the Irish pub across the street. They tell me that there will be shepherds pie. The room is great, living room, kitchen, den, bedroom, bathroom all tied into one. We'll see how well the Fox is tonight for Idol.

Tomorrow I'll be working from about 6 until 8 or 9, but hooray overtime. No chance of blogging then. And, if anyone is in the area there will be a large-ish RV show at the Broward County Convention Center. Come, buy an RV, say hi to me!

There is a yarn shop 12.63 miles from me that I cant get to - pity. I could have used me some good souvenir sock yarn! Speaking of sock yarn, I'm not so sure that I will have enough of the Kroy for the little footlets that I'm making. I am finally on the gusset decrease (which is weird on this pattern) and it seems like I am making zero progress, yet running thin on yarn. Bizzaro world I suppose. I will work on the other brown/white/grey socks too on my trip. They tell me I cant knit at the show, but if I have a book with me I can read it. Sounds like discrimination to me! Oh well, cant win them all.

I'm out for now, have a great day.

I accidentally started another sock, and updates, and Sean Video

Whoopsy!
I am really enjoying my Favorite Sock book, and that is where this came from. It may or may not be for Damarys (she doesn't LIKE socks, well socks that show anyway)(muggle):











I did come pretty close at finishing the other sock I accidentally started - I should finish it up on the drive to Ft Lauderdale:










I had also started another round ripple in purples for an upcoming craft fair, and it is almost done, but too big for car crocheting, so it is relegated to the couch.

Speaking of updates... Cliffy had his surgery on Monday, he is doing well and should be out of the hospital Thursday or Friday. Travis is nursing an upper respiratory infection and has been on meds for about a week. Jake got diagnosed yesterday with strep and is on meds. I went to my doc just-in-case and, yep, I'm on meds too. Poor Sean, he doesn't stand a chance. We are watching him very closely and TRYING to keep the boys separated. It doesn't often work, but we are trying. My uncle Kevin comes into town later this week, and I am looking forward to skipping Davy Jones and spending time with him.

And finally, a video of Sean. He discovered how to pull the plug in the tub and was very proud of himself on being able to put it back. Enjoy. I will be blogless until probably Monday, just a heads up.

dummy fun

I started working on the sock at lunch today, then remembered the leg in my trunk. I went to fetch it and see how the sock looked:












Then, when my hour (read: All My Children) was over I took another pic to see if I'd made any progress. This is actually knitting up pretty quick.









That's it from me, just sharing my leg.

So much to say

I'm sorry I've been so neglectful, part of it was a business trip, part of it was work stuff and just. plain. tired. But... I have pictures!

Last weekend when we went for a visit with Rere at my Mom's place. Sean fell asleep in the hammock swing:










And has the markings to prove it!










It was a nice time and a nice visit, and of course I didn't get a picture actually OF Lorraine. Whoops!

My business trip was up to the Sawgrass Marriott near Jacksonville with 3 of my co-workers. On the trip up I worked on the sock:










Damarys and I shared a room:










We had lots of fun and I only lost at Scrabble by like 12 points. We had some noisy neighbors though..but they are cute:










It was a good trip, we went to the beach where the sun was RIGHT in my eyeballs:










Then to dinner which was on the inter coastal. Very pretty view and I was amused at the falling skier and this seagull who was perched on top of the 'Big Scary Plastic Owl'. I had thought that BSPOs were meant to scare away birds, but apparently no one told the seagull this.











On the way home we took the scenic route, laughing at funny business names and street signs. We stopped at a roadside yard art hut. For the low, low price of $2800 you can get either a 9 foot rooster or gleaming golden 7 foot Mary. I settled for 2 types of local honey:

















And finally, yesterday was Macy's big prop and display sale. Lesa (my co-worker) and I got there around 9 and things were going QUICK. I just wanted a foot, but I got a foot, display stand that is a post with arms on 2 sides that hold hangers(that I haven't photographed yet cause it's still in Lesa's trunk) plus some Christmas gift boxes which I love. I spent $26. Here's my foot. It's a little cracked up at the top so I think I will have Travis cut it down a little since I don't need the WHOLE leg, just where a sock covers ;):












That's it for pictures. An update on Jake though... Remember that he lost his first tooth last Thursday? He lost his second... on Friday! You should hear him say should and seven and Sean. Too funny. Yesterday was Travis and I's (or is it mine's or me & Travis'... whatever) 9 year anniversary. We went to Fat Willie's Fish Camp for supper, I had crab legs. Sean doesn't like crab apparently. Tonight the in-laws are keeping both kids and Travis and I are going to see a movie. I have no idea what is even out but I'll figure it out soon. Have a great weekend. Next Wed I leave for Lauderdale for 3 days so it will be a short blogging week again. But hooray overtime!