Sunday

Shew! i have been cleaning for the past 8 hours -- pretty much straight. today there were about 25 flies in the house and after killing them...things just felt kinda gross. so...i decided to clean. I dusted the blinds which lead to cleaning the windows, which lead to moving the furniture and cleaning baseboards. i also decided to take down and toss out the fish tank. i think is about 15 years old and some of the pumps were starting to make some strange noises. i think I'm going to get a tall roundish one to replace it with...eventually. i went around also and clean some of the doorways that had lots of finger prints. then i vacuumed and vacuumed ALOT. i just can believe how gross and dusty everything was. maybe this made up for the boot camp that i missed on Saturday. i did do a lot of sweating.
not sure if i ever mentioned, but Sadie (bulldog next door) had her puppies last Monday. i went back over there today to see them and they are soooooooooo sweet and cute. the grunt like little pigs. there were 8 of them, but one of them didn't make it. :(
I'm getting ready to take a shower and play a little professor Layton - I'm probably about 1/2 way through it. Dar, did you ever get it??? it's fun..but the puzzles so far are pretty easy.
i also braided Emma's hair tonight for a little wavy action in the morning. hopefully, it will look OK. well, i better go! talk to everyone later!!!!

August 29, 2009

Grandma: It has been a busy week for me and will probably be busy for the next couple of weeks. So nothing has happened except work. Today we went to boot camp. Adds did not go because she has a cold. I too have a cold but toughed it out. Then we came home and I helped dad get up peanuts. We now have another 4 gallons of them in the freezer. (Todd, be sure to bring a cooler so you can take some back to SC.) I then cleaned up the house and did some ironing, took a shower and we went to Outback. Yum. I have fallen in love with their wedge salad. Groceries from Grnvl Aldi. Ribs and baked beans for lunch tomorrow. We are also having a breakfast at Sunday School tomorrow and it is SS graduation for EM. Dar, since yo have a new camera I expect you to post some pics! Please! Well that's about it. LE&E.

wassup. yesterday i was going to the beach and stopped at chick fil a on james island to get a drink and when i got to the window the girl gave me a FREE chicken biscuit and a FREE breakfast mini, which was a biscuit cut in thirds with a chicken nugget in each section. i felt like it was my lucky day. i went to beach and rode the bike around some. not much else is happening. one week untill my trip to nc for football games. kent and i got ticket for the state v south carolina game on ebay. pre game meal, soft drinks and snacks and air conditioning with seats available outside. also a parking pass real close to the stadium. i still cant get asu v ecu tickets and will just wait til get to greenville hope to find one. kent might not go to that game because it is at noon and will likely be hot. kent's real delicate like that sometimes. plus he doesnt really care about the teams. we just had a short but heavy rain shower. that is all i can think of

First Day of School

Here are some first day of school pictures. Sam really wanted to go, too, but he couldn't. The first day was great according to Emma. She even was excited that she had homework which she is working on now. Before she started on it, we decided to eat the rest of the peanuts. Emma asked me to tell Grandpa that the peanuts were FANTASTIC! Please don't give us anymore....they are very addicting and we don't need them. Well, that's all for now. I seem to be the only one blogging these days. :( PA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARIAN!!!!!!!!!!!

First would like to wish Dar a happy, happy birthday! I hope you had a great day!!!!!! Nothing much going on now that the extreme room makeover is complete. We went to Sunday school today and then came home to say good-bye to the kitties (Kristi is coming home today). We took them back down to her house. We were a little sad. Then we went out to eat with AA. Then went to Dicks with Grandpa and Grandma. We did Mad Libs all the way there. They are not as funny as they used to be. Anyways, got some new shoes and sock (wore the others out from bootcamp) - hehe!! Anyways, sure am glad that i didn't move to SC - want to know why????? I was the first to get boiled peanuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd like to say that they were soooooooooooooo good. Emma and I almost finished the whole gallon bag. Emma made me stop eating them. Anyways, while we were eating them, we saw a rainbow outside. Here are some pictures of it.

August 23, 2009

Grandma: No real news from me except I started back to Boot Camp. Threes weeks out and I am really out of shape. Rocky told me not to worry I would get back fast. Hope so. I sadly gained .4 lb this week.
Todd - I am really kind of sad about James. I know you got to do what you got to do. And it won't be long before the girls are hating the weekend thing. But maybe not if it is extra pay. Beach bike riding sounds like so much fun. I am glad Michael and Krista are having a great vacation. I know you hav enjoyed having them around. Oh, the comment about Lily is about a girl that worked at the GYM, not the dog Lily. We are looking forward to seeing you soon. Hope you can find those tickets.
Adds - Keep up the great Boot Camp work and weight loss. It seems to take forever to lose and get in shape but it will be worth all the boot camp pain.
Bets - Thanks for shopping for us!!
Darian - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! :) We will call you later today! Thanks for all the high school info. Your schedule sounds hard so don't forget to have some fun. (Secret Advise for Darian only! Remember a D is passing!)
EMMA: I HAVE TO SHOUT! YOUR ROOM IS BEAUTIFUL!! IF I WAS SAD IT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY JUST TO GO IN THERE! You all did a grest job with painting and decorating. The kittens are so cute. I want one too, but don't tell Grandpa.

I had to help Grandpa with the peanut harvest yeaterday. We will be havesting every Saturday for a month or so. Anyone that wants to join us sure can. At least he cooked them outside so they wouldn't stink up the house.
Still loving e&e even boiled smelly peanuts.

ohh yeah

darian wants a kitten :)

(:

Darian; Guess who loves Emma's new room! ME. target lamp right?? i love it. also, i love tiger in the corner :) haha. i'm sorry to hear about grammy's new school moving. i can't remember which one cooper is though. high school is going great. ashley, i was a bit scared. i'm slowly learning my way around better now though so it's cool. haha. grandma; ohsorry, i forgot to put spanish on there. it's after english. and English 2 CP is because i took english 1 last year in 8th so it's 2 and the CP means College Prep. There's also AP. I don't know what that means. And then regular classes :) We've already had a quiz in spanish too. That teacher will be hard /: Other than that it's good. So it's 10:56 p.m. Only about an hour left :D woo! My momma told me i can wake her up at 12 and i get to open my presents then :))) yay. Oh! i almost forgot. So i got Emma and Ashley's present in the mail today! and i opened it already. Haha. I couldn't wait. And i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed it! :DD For those who don't know, it's a golf club cover and it's a dinosaur! :) my favorite. He's already on my golf club. I'll try and post a picture later tonight :) Also, he has nice teeth. Haha. My mom also let me open another present because Me, Cara, and my mom were going to go to frankies for my early birthday :) haha, so i opened my camara :D and he's amazing. Well, i guess i'll finish this up. I don't think i have anything else to report. Gonna go paint my nails :) ile&e.

Saturday

We did an extreme room makeover this weekend. We hope you love it as much as we do!! Also, we are kitty sitting this weekend. If you'd like one, they are free to a good home!! I will blog more later....enjoy the pictures!

hi,everybody we have boiled peanuts available now in the freezer.nothing else new.love pop

thursday

rocky tried his best to kill us tonight - it almost worked. i don't really know what else to say - nothing much going on here. Oh, emma and amoret are in the same class - not sure if i said that already, but it's the best news we've ever had! bye for now!

hey it thursday and i am working. i went to the beach and did some boat riding and fishing with michael and krista. we went a artificial reef 4 miles off folly beach. according to the maps the reef made of a sucken house boat and parts of the cooper river bridge. the old scary metal one. we caught sea bass, some triggerfish, one pompino and a few tautogs (which i never heard of but michael said that was what they were.) i was fun we pulled up to restaraunt (red's ice house on shem creek) AND ATE SOME SHRIMP. whoops on the all caps but i'm not going to delete all that once i typed it.
got new windows. they look good.
sounds like d and grandma have exciting new school year with new friends.
what is the news with lily?
kitty has starting crapping outside the litter box. she is having a hard time getting around but still acts about the same. i plan on taking off toworrow to go back to the beach. they leave on saturday and then things are back to normal. only 2 weeks until the big eastern nc football trip. i having a hard time finding ecu appalachian tix. more later!

Wednesday

Yea! Dar is back! I'm so glad...but it did remind me that i didn't mail your b-day gift....again...I've had it ready since Tuesday and haven't mailed it yet - UGH! i'll get it mailed tomorrow so hopefully it will make it on time. i'm so happy to hear that you loved HS! sounds like your classes are going to be hard - are you scared? If you're scared, say you're scared. hehe. i never took honors anything....so i guess you didn't get your smarts from me :)
i've been so busy at work. I've had to bring stuff home most every night for about a week...but most of the time i get on-line and get on the Internet first and then i don't feel like working anymore--so I don't. that might be the case again tonight.
right now i just noticed that a two hour special about octomom is on...i may have to watch it but i don't know why.
today was the big weigh in. i lost 3 lbs this week. that makes it a total of 15 so far. hard to feel encouraged when i have like 50 more to go and still things fit the same. time...it takes time...
yes, i love boot camp. we didn't have it last night b/c just 3 of us were signed up so Rocky cancelled it. Pops and i went anyway. i walked on the treadmill the whole time and dad did the treadmill and the machines. i still sweated a lot, so i guess that's ok.
i tired to type as much as darian, but i need to pay attention to ocotmom. ok - bye everyone. ile&e - hehe

August 18, 2009

Grandma: Great at last blogging Dar!! What happened to Spanish class and what is english 2 CP? Just to clearify the tumor was actually red. I don't know why the picture was orange. I have not done much exerising due to knee problems but am going to Boot Camp tomorrow night even if it kills me. :0 !! Maybe exercise will get it well faster. I am excited about Adds being in the class now. I am back at work and so far so good. We are getting another nurse #15 so we got some new office space and I am one of the chosen ones to move along with 4 others. I will be moving tomorrow. :))) The kind of sad news is I am going to have to give up Cooper Elementary :(and take on Corinth Holder High School.( If I complain alot I might not have to do it.) It is an easier assignment and I should be happy but I have made alot of good friends at Cooper so will be sad to leave them. CHHS opens next year and that is when I will change. More good news at work is that I will be mentoring a nursing student from ECU. One of just two nurses chosen for that honor :)It will be nice to have some extra help. Gramps is outside cuting grass and fixing up a place for dove hunting. That it! Thanks to Bets for the abbrev. ile&e!

here i am.

darian; long time no blog. sorry everyone! well, today was the first day. how exciting! i thought high school was pretty amazing. alot of people didn't like it though. i only got lost ONE time :D woohoo! :) all of my teachers are alright.
my schedule for grandma;
1st period i have Global Studies Honors with Mrs. Wilkerson.
2nd period i have Geometry Honors with Mrs. Gaddy.
3rd period i have Physical Science Honors with Mrs. Craft
4th period i have Pe with Coach Gallus but actually i don't really have him because they split us up by boys and girls so now i have coach joseph.
5th period i have English 2 CP with Mrs. Hanclosky (who likes that name? :) me)
6th period is lunch! :D which is cool because we finally get to sit anywhere we want and not with our class so that's good. i sat with mary, chandler, wesley, and kyle. And melaina for a little while but then she moved tables. We're too cool for her, i guess? :)

And so yeah, i really love high school. Everyone is towering over me though! Even margaret who used to be way shorter than me grew like _______________ that much. I'm not too excited for a full year of p.e. because i have to dress out alot. but we're getting lockers for p.e. to put our clothes in and stuff so that's good. i haven't even been to my regular locker yet. i'm not sure where it's at. Haha. I'm still learning my way around. I got a bunch of back to school clothes so i'm reeeaaalll happy about that :D some people commented me about my new pants and shoes so that was cool. And i got a new bookbag :) he's cute. speaking of cute, i'm really loving that picture of grandma's tumor :P haha, grossss! i'm glad it's out though. No one likes an orange blob in their knee! I was really surprised to hear the news about Lily. Who would've guessed it. I like how ashley is now a boot camp member :) now she knows what i had to go through all summer :D haha. justkidding, i loved it :) that reminds me, my p.e. teacher said that we were going to be stepping on the little step up boxes. sound familiar? haha. I got science homework on the very first day. I already did it though because i'm such a good student ;) haha. tonight big brother comes on and there was a scandel in the house! so i'm excited to see that. Also we're gonna have pasta for my first day since pasta is my favorite. i had to skip lunch today at school because melaina said i coudn't use a check so i went back to my table to get some money and the line got like really long so then i didn't feel like waiting in line and then it turned out that i could use a check! :o That stunk. I was really hungry when i got home so my mom got me some french fries :) yum. we're getting new windows soon. That will be great. Our windows are gross. Haha. I haven't been doing much this summer. Just hanging out with some friends and stuff. I went to a couple of school events and such like schedule pick up and orientation but those weren't that great. I got my ID picture taken on schedule pick up day but we're getting those tomorrow. Sorry, i don't have much to report except things about school so everything keeps going back to that. Um, what else? I will definately try and start blogging more for real! I will try and do it everyday after my homework :) Haha. Cara is going to call me later and tell me about how her first day went so i better get going. Hope everyone has a first day-y day :)

ile&e :D

hey michael and krista came down thursday. we went out to eat and then stopped by kent's barn to hang out. they were impressed. friday they did the downtown thing while i worked and saturday we went to the beach. michael rented a condo that has a boat dock with a lift. we did a little boat riding saturday and sunday. saturday was michaels bday so we ate at the crab shack. i had grilled scallops shrimps and fish in little bowl and boiled potatoes. i was quite good.
i have been bike riding for fun and exercise. i don't take knuckles because it is too far.
i saw b today when she brought the yard sale table back to the clinic. i got the car a cross the street to get the brake pads replaced. i am waiting for dave to finish up so he can drive to lunch but he is taking forever. the girls told me last week its getting time for james to retire. he just can't do it anymore. he has arthritis and can't hold the animals and the girls are alaways worried about him falling down. i don't think he's gonna take it well but it needs to happen. i think i'm gonna tell him he needs to retire at the end of the year.

hello, today iplayed dress up with my freinds and when we finished i was very stressed becuse we made a big mess. we had to clean it up. ate dinner oh, ya i forgot the most important part of the day CHURCH IT WAS SO SO SO SO SO FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :] I ATE LUNCH AT EL TAP IT WAS SO SO SO GREAT:] WENT HOME:] Took a bath the n stared blogging:] :] :] :] :].

Sunday

Tree frog on the front door....

Hola! Today is Sunday and I'm just sitting here checking emails, etc and thought I'd blog a bit. Nothing much going on -- except for BB&T announces it biggest conversion EVER! It's Colonial Bank in AL. There are 350 ATMs (I think - the best I can figure out). I'm sure we will close a few in FL - they are located in 5 states. It's getting ready to be a busy time for us!!!

Helped Mom keep the nursery today at church - whew - there are some crazy whinny children! No, really, it's quite fine. I can take just about anything for 40 minutes. One little boy had to go to the bathroom and had to be completely naked for it - hahaha. I did tell him that he didn't have to remove his socks and he was OK with that. Not sure if he even really went, but he told me he did. They are all pretty funny!!

Went to eat Mexican for lunch - now I'm feeling a bit full. We might take the boat out later - hopefully it won't rain.

Couple of comments:

1. Pop - my legs are a little sore today. I have never run so much in my life. You did really great, too - except for the time we were supposed to be running and you and Rocky took a short cut back to the gym - I think that's cheating. Maybe I'll hang with you guys next time.

2. B - how was the yard sale? I hope that you sold most everything so you didn't have much to clean up afterwards. Please advise ASAP.

3. T - Did you get your windows? I'll be ready for a picture when you do. Also, seen anything cool in your creek lately??

4. D - I'm very sorry that you will have to be grounded. You have not blogged since you left and I'm very sad. Maybe you are just busy and that's OK, but you could at least say hello. Oh and you have a B-day coming up - any suggestions for me????

5. Ma - Not sure why I asked to see your tumor. That's kinda gross - and BIG!!! Your knee looks really great. I saw it today when you showed V. It really has seemed to heal fast! I know it still hurts, but it looks great!! Thanks for the books, etc. I have not started a new book yet - perhaps tonight.

Well, not much else to report, so I'm going now. Emma should know her teacher next week - she's going to the beach with Roger, but I told her I'd go by and find out for her and call her. I'll advise when I find out. LEAE!!!

August 13 2009

Betsy
i have to be short cuz i'm kinda tired.
#1 eww - tumor - why is it orange?
#2 http://charleston.craigslist.org/gms/1321136742.html - for yard sale info
#3 we already have interest in early purchase for the playstation2!
#4 i didn't take pics of the fingers and now you can't really see anything cuz the blisters popped.
i'll threaten D with grounding if she doesn't blog soon - especially since tomorrow she has freshman orientation from 9-12.
LE&E (sort version of Love Everybody and Everything)

August 13, 2009

Dr. A's office staff told me it looked to them like chicken nuggets. You might not want to look at it right before lunch. (Unless you are dieting!)
Healing knee, with steri strips because it feels better that way.

Grandma: As requested pic of pic of tumor. I also included pic of healing knee. I would like pics of B's burn and Todd's dog bite. Questions? 1. T - what is all this beach bike riding about? It sounds like fun! Does Knuckles get to go? 2. B & D - pic and perhaps list of what is for sale in case I want something. 3. D - What is your schedule and who do you know in your classes and when is your first day? Have you picked out a first day outfit? 4. A - What could be wrong with a 12 pound weight loss!?? Do you still have the capris I repaired with a heart patch? I sure hope so, they use to be your favs. When you can wear them again you will be perfect. You will lose inches at the gym which is better than pounds! 5. E - Have you picked out a fourth grade 1st day back to school outfit? When you find out who your teacher is and who is in your class, we want to know! I start back tomorrow. We will be adding another nurse! Great news. That will lighten the load. I will be very busy the first month or so but will try to find time to blog. Have a great day and remember to love everybody and everything! Ps. Todd - say hi to Michael and Krista. They can be guest bloggers if they want to.

i have not been to exciting lately! just laying low. love everyone.pop

Wednesday

Adds - Hello all! I was glad to see all the blogging. I really love it - keeps us all up to date on the happening! I know you will love the windows, T - it will be great! Also, who knew you had a kangaroo skin?!?!?!? I teared up a little from laughter. Good job on the yard sale - I can't wait to find out what you made from all of yours and Dar's treasures - there has to be so many that are worth so much!! Sorry about the burn. Why is there no picture on here of that???? I also think Mom should post the picture of her tumor on here. PA. I'd also like to give a little shout out to pops for hanging with me at Bootcamp. We have really bonded through this torture!! Thanks for reporting the weight loss last week. I went today and lost 3 lbs this week - so a total of 12 so far. Kinda sucks b/c I have so much to lose that this 12 lbs doesn't seem to make any difference. I'm committed...so it will happen. If eating better isn't doing it, the 15 lbs of sweat that comes out during the workout will!! Good job blogging everyone! I so love it!!!
Today, me, Emma, Amoret, Shay and Kristi (Shay's mom) went to Raleigh for the day. We ate at Kanki and just did some random shopping. Emma wants so yellow converse tennis shoes. Of course, we could not find her size....so after this blog, I plan to search the internet. Hopefully I can find some.
Another fun things that's been going on lately is Emma has been questioning me a LOT about the bird and the bees. We went to the library and checked out and read a couple of books. UGH!!!!!
Well, I'm off to do a little on-line shopping! Talk to you all soon!!!

hurrah! to jan for saying what everybody knows is true! i bet even dean and dawn would agree. sorry about howard though. rode bike on folly beach today and getting ready for michael and krista arrival tomorrow. going to hang out with kent later. was going to clean up and get stuff for b's garage sale but i'm didn't feel like plus all my stuff is too great to give up. like a kangaroo skin from g and i thats been in a closet for 10 years. how can i put a price on that? i can't and i won't. el oh el

August 12, 2009

Grandma: Last night I decided to call Jan to see how UH was doing. (not very well, I'm afraid.) I also told her about our problem. She thinks we need to stay put and not pay a cent. She pointed out any number of things dad has done for the partnership and farm. She also pointed out UB could not do anything to us without the partnership agreeing and they don't. AA also agrees but does not want her name brought up with UB. So we are going to sit tight and see what happens. I am trying to stop worrying. Have a worry free day!

hey all. today at work dave took grapefruit sized mass out of a basset hound's adbomen. it was a capsule full of pus. i had never seen anything like that before, we will be sending away for pathology. also a rottweiller bit me a little on the thumb. nothing else is happening. new windows come in one week

Betsy
hello all!! i'm sorry for not blogging! i told d she needed to as well but then she walked out the door so...........
last week was busy. here we go.
monday - d picked up her school schedule. i took her, but wasn't allowed in. she has someone she knows in all her classes so that's good news.
tuesday - ortho, where they tried to talk us into dar having the exposure surgery again - she has two teeth that are slow coming in.
wednesday - back to the ortho b/c there was a sticking out wire poking d in the lip.
thursday - consult with oral surgeon - d decided not to do it. her reason "i dont like mouth pain". i agree.
friday- we hit the mall for back to school tax free shopping.
saturday - we were getting ready to get britt and go to kohls in s'ville and i burned the crap out of my left hand on the straightner. i cried a little - man did that hurt! now it has bulbous blisters. needless to say we didnt make kohls but did get britt a little later. thanks to mom for the advice and support!
sunday - make up shopping in s'ville.
today - i attempted to fry squash but they didnt taste anything like granny's so the majority are in the trash can. nothing else other than operation repo comes on tonight.
congrats to everyone's accomplishments! mom's knee, A's weight loss.
btw i forgot to mention the yard sale is on for this weekend! we've been cleaning out stuff for two weeks - i never knew i had so much crap, i mean treasures! i'm sure we'll make millions!
Todd - can we borrow your tables for it?
have a lovely evening everyone!

August 10, 2009

Grandma: Well, I went to the Dr today and all is well. The incision is not completely healed and I cannot go to the gym until it is. The place that is not healed is right in the middle and it drains a little when I bend my knee alot. Maybe if I kept very still and straight for several day it would get well faster but that is probably not going to happen. They were very happy at how well I could bend my knee. The final dx is benign fibrolipoma. Tumor was removed in two pieces. 2.5 X 1.7 X 1 cm and 5.5 X 4.3 X2.2 cm. (2.5 cm = 1 " ). I have pics if anyone wants to see. Hoffa's syndrome. Apparently unusual to have a tumor inside your knee. Anyway 'nough said, it is over and I am well on the road to recovery.
Meeting with Sharyn Hardister Tuesday pm or Wednesday about buying a house. She is at the beach and will call me when she returns. Will keep you posted.
Adds said she was going to blog about her weight loss but she either forgot or was unable due to boot camp pain so I will brag for her. 9 pounds lost the first week!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) Keep up the good work Adds!

Sunday

Adds - well, i can finally lift my arms to blog - haha. this bootcamp is for the birds. i think i came close to death saturday.
nothing much going on with me. i think i'm getting ready to log onto work stuff and check my emails, etc. have a great afternoon all!!

August 8, 2009

Grandma: Hey! I am doing great. Did some excersises at the gym today. Lost 1.6 pounds this week. Dad lost 1. I am still 4 pounds away from my back to school goal of losing 10 but that is okay. I plan to keep trying. School starts next Friday August 14. No other news!

hey glad the knee is getting better. i am also impressed with adds joining boot camp AND cutting out all her fav foods. now you can become one of the family athletes! although this means we have to hear more about sweaty rocky. also will sam be going to bootcamp? why is ken hogging so much couch space? i lol'd at the picture off him covering his eyes.
today dave did a intestinal surgery on a dacshund to remove a piece a toy this morning. he is waking up and doing fine but he has some recovering to do. i won at pool last night. i went to the beach wednesday and did some bike riding. only 4 more hours of work til the weekend!

August 5, 2009

Grandma: Today I got up at 6:48 am. Just couldn't sleep. Dad when to the dentist. He had a 7 am appointment to deal with a cracked tooth. It has been cracked for years and he refused to have a high dollar crown because it never bothered him so Dr. Boles talked him in to some new filling stuff. Only 1/2 the cost of the crown or something like that. I hope it is not too painful for him.
Yesterday was a great day. At 9 am I had a bone density test to make sure I am not getting osteoporosis 'cause I am getting really old (haha). Anyway I am way up in the green- in other words very good! Then I went and had my car inspected. It was due in July but...... From there I went to the Verizon store to get a new phone. There were lots of problems and they could not transfer over my contacts and pictures so I had to come home and email the ones I wanted to save to myself. I had 93! Only emailed 20 when I got tired of all that. Went back while Dad and Adds were at boot camp, got a different rep who transferred everything and activated my new phone. Sweet. I got a LG Chocolate. Appropriate since I am trying not to eat chocolate I thought it would be a good idea to have something chocolate in my life.
News from Gramps, he said the gar he and Tim caught was not 5 lbs but 5 feet long and probably weighted 25lbs! He tried to add that to the comments but it did not work. I would say that he refused to listen to my instructions but he told me not to put anything negative about him in the blog (he did not like my "party pooper" comment).
As to my knee it gets a little better every day. No pain just some weakness. But I am sure that will improve with time. Dad has been a great nurse. Despensing pills and running erands. Helping with bandages and the laundry. I don't know how I would have managed without him.
I know Adds is suffering from boot camp but she will be glad in the long run. She told Rocky if she was able to lift her arm up she would smack him. He just laughed! Sad gym news for Dar- Lily was fired for closing the pool early to hang out with a new boyfriend. We miss her. At 19 she is apparently not making good choices. :(
I love everything (even my left knee) and everybody (even verizon reps that are stupid). Have a chocolate day!

Tuesday - August 4

Adds - sorry i have not blogged in awhile. i have a couple of things to report.
1. i have joined mom and dad in boot-camping at the gym. this weekend i could barely move my arms and tonight i feel like throwing up a little and my lower back hurts. is it worth it, you ask?? I don't know yet--but it sure better.
2. i also joined weight watchers last week b/c I'm quite the fatty these days. the big weigh in is tomorrow. hopefully i will have some good news to report.
3. we went to the beach this past weekend (emerald isle) and did a little camping. it was fun - see the picture of Emma.
4. Sunday when we came home, Sam was a little needy. see him sleeping beside ken.
5. I guess the light was too bright b/c he had to cover his sweet little baby eyes.
well, that's about it. any encouragement you can give me will be greatly appreciated as I've now basically cut out every food I've ever loved and am dying slowing due to boot-camp.
enough from me - i love everyone!!

hey. i went to work monday and tuesday. i have also put the new throttle cable on the lawn mower and the fuel line. i starts easier and doesnt leak gas anymore. today in the mail i got a sleeping bag, a carry on bag and super deluxe desk chair that i am sitting in while blogging. all credit card points booty. not much else is happening. we had another afternoon thunderstorm today. taht is all i can think of.

August 3, 2009

Grandma: :) :) :) :) :) Yeah! Today is a better day. Walking great. Walked down the farm path for 30 minutes. No pain!! Little stiff with bending but not bad. Plan to drive tomorrow, somewhere, anywhere! Wondering where oh where are my fellow bloggers? Just know their life is more exciting than mine.

Pic of Gar

August 2, 2009 2nd Post OP Day

Grandma: Well I have drug myself out of my sick bed to blog. Knee surgery is not much fun. The pain pills work great which is good news. I am walking around independently today, but so slow and limping. Don't know when I will be able to leave the house due to steps and the gravel drive. I am a little unsteady and too uncoordinated to use crutches. Didn't get a walker because I didn't think it would be this bad. Dad is out playing golf this morning. I am tidying up. The doctor said to move around as much as possible as soon as possible for a speedy recovery. So that is what I am doing. Sorry not much news when you are homebound. Rudy, Bryson and Landon stopped by yesterday. They put the boat in at the bridge near Tim's Gun Shop and floated down the creek a mile or so. They could not come toward the house as it was too shallow. Bryson caught a gar maybe 12 or 18" long. They said there was a place where alot of gar were hanging out. Remember when gar hung out at the big flat rock? Dad and Tim caught one about 5 pounds many, many years ago. I will try to find a picture for those who do not know what a gar looks like. Aunt Ann came to see me yesterday and brought some magazines. Dad went to the grocery store yesterday and got us a really big steak and some vegetables (zuccini (sp??) and peppers). We had a nice grilled supper last night. I love everything (except my left knee) and every body. Have a bloggin day! P.s. Loved the snuggie for dogs! Gus as always is ahead of the times!