Friday 10/30

OK...I can't sleep. been have this issue - if you want to call it an issue for some time now. i've been so busy at work that i come home and work for several hours after i put em to bed...then get on-line for various shopping and ebay selling. oh well...it's 12:27AM now and i'm wide awake! it's very hard to get up in the morning! enough about that - i LOVE the pictures and the blogging about the weekend. sure was windy a top the bridge. i guess since you were missing boot camp you had to do something...right? everyone appears to be having a great time - i hate that i was not there :( nothing much happening. went to fall festival tonight. sorry pops, you didn't win the big money. i however won in a silent auction a mirror that emma's class made. she will proudly display that in her room when i get around to hanging it. i did bid on big HUGE pet bed with tons of dog items, but didn't win that. i feel like there is more - OH - i did have to get reading glasses. i've been having a lot of headaches and he's hoping this will fix them. just got them two days ago. too early to tell. also having a yard sale this weekend and ken and i are going to chimney rock in a couple of weeks for our anniversary. well, i'd better try really hard to get some shut eye. i miss and love everyone!! ashley

betsy
pictures from the weekend - mom said it all below.

October 26, 2009

Grandma: Well we have had a busy and exciting week. Wednesday we went to Emma's Girl Scout bridging ceremony. She is now an official Girl Scout. Lots of people were there and they had some great snacks afterwards. (crunchy Cheetos and candy corn pumpkins). Thursday night we went to Emma's last ballgame of the season where Emma caught a fly ball! Friday I got off an hour early and pops and I went to Charleston for a visit. Friday night we viewed some home improvements. New windows and purple bathroom! Saturday we decided to walk over the new Cooper River Bridge. I had to get up early to go to Target to buy some appropriate clothing because all I had was jeans. Betsy tried to lend me some sneaks but 1/2 size too small would = blisters. Anyway I now have a new outfit to wear to boot camp plus new sneaks. Things usually work out for the best!! The bridge walk was great. I ran part of the way, racing Dar and of course winning. She claimed she stopped because her hair was falling down, but I think it was because I was beating her. We then helped Bets load the treadmill and took it to Play It Again Sports, who gave B $50 for it. Little did they know they could have had it for free as none of us were planning to reload that two ton monster! On ward to Hyman's for a stomach aching seafood feast. Then back at to Bets for a power tool pumpkin carving. Top step my idea drawn and cut by Todd and Bets with saw. Middle, Dar's design and carved with a knife by Dar. Bottom Internet design chosen by Bets and carved by Todd with his skill saw. Bets' friend Will helped out too. I roasted some pumpkin seeds according to Fanny Farmer. They turned out pretty good. Sunday we got up and went to Denny's shinny diner to eat. I got a really big stack of pancakes which I couldn't eat. Pops and I came home. He went to work out and I stayed home and worked out with the vacuum cleaner. Today it is Monday again and back to work. Dad just came home and said nobody but Adds would need to read this and I said I knew that but had decided to blog it anyway!LE&E! even Mondays!

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It has been a loooong time no blog ): Sorry about that. My mom has been pestering me about bloggin so here i am (: Let's see. I don't even know when the last time i blogged was so i suppose i'll start fresh. School has been going very well. I got all A's on my progress report :D yay. And we're getting report cards next week so hopefully it'll be good. We had to do a big English project a while back and i procrastinated on it A LOTTT ): oh well (: I know my mom has blogged about my addiction to Farmville butt seriously, it's amazing. I'm on level 24 now :DD I'm even playing right now as we speak. Planting some pineapple and strawberries (: Uhhh, i remember saying on here that spanish would be real hard since i got a quiz in like the first week of school butt actually it's turned out to be my favorite class. We do have alot of work butt i like having different grades in my class. it's alot more fun than all the other classes. Yesterday i got 2 sweaters for the winter. I still don't have a jacket ): i can't find one that i like anywhere. Butt my sweaters are nice (: Annd, i personally can NOT wait for Halloween :D i'm going to hang out with cara. We're going to walk around the neighborhood. Also, Saw 6 is coming out soon. I am super excited for that :DDDD Um, what else? Well, Grammy and my mom are talking on the phone and told me i need to blog butt little did they know i already was! Haha, and also Grandma; i would LOVE to have a shirt more than anything (: And sorry for leaving my skin on the farm :D
Well, i can't wait untill thanksgiving when i get to see everyone. and also i can't wait untill grandma and grandpa come visit. and last butt not least, i love everyone and everything! :D bye.

Friday

hi everyone! it's been awhile since i've blogged. i know that i told you that i'd blog more often, but that didn't happen - sorry. lets see what's been going on...finally went back to work last week. can't say that i'm happy about it...me and emma tried to figure out a way that i could stay home, but we decided that we liked to shop too much. recovery is going great. i may have to go back to boot camp sooner than 6 weeks. i feel kinda yucky since i've been eating everything in site and no exercise.
went to the eye doctor this week b/c i've been having lots of headaches and i have to get reading glasses...no laughing please.
ken and i are making over abby's room this weekend. the walls are teal which is very pretty. tomorrow we will rearrange things and clean it up a bit. i'll photo it when complete. oh and i puttyed up some places around the house and sam kept trying to lick it. i'm not sure why.
ken is now sleeping on the couch snoring VERY loudly. i'm sure he'd like that i put that in the blog. well, it's almost off to bed time for me! did i report that olivia is going to be a lobster for halloween?? photo's to come of that, too. she stands frozen in it...so photos should be easy. she has her pink dog sweater on right now since it's cold out. Good night all!! Love you guys! A

wassup. well i'm sure everybody knows but... thursday i drove to wilson after work and friday morning dad and i went to outerbanks to go fishing. for lunch we ate turkey sandwiches from the hess gas station which we both thought were gross. we caught two small fish. the weather was great though and i found a piece of sea glass that was twice the size of some other pieces of sea glass. michael met us on the beach after he got off work. once it got dark we gave up on fishing and went to michael house, got cleaned up and went to eat seafood. softshell crabs awesome and fried pickles.
we stayed at michaels and the next day we ate biscuits from a gas station (delicious) and went fishing again. only two more small ones. then we returned to wilson and went with ma to texas steak house. the waiter said " my name is tito" and dad said "that's an interesting name" and the waiter said "well my name's not really tito." i el oh el-ed. then we went to adds' and saw everybody and even felt of a small bump on sam and saw the camper. then mom and i got some pampered chef extras. i got some tongs and ma got a garlic press.
sunday we ate lunch of ribs and bills sides with everyone plus aunt ann. after carrot cake we walk to the pond and the kids went fishing and they all caught some brim.
then i drove home and listened to the panthers game on the radio (they won - finally). i stopped by b's to deliver her present and peanuts and darian's halloween bucket.
back to work today nothing major. tomorrow dave is going to try to remove a cancerous kidney from a cat. peace out!

Oct 6 2009

Betsy
hola all! first of all ... pop's b-day tomorrow! Hooray!
i'd like to report that saturday me and dar tore down the wallpaper in the b-room and painted it purple! it's lovely! i'll post pics when we're finished decorating it... yes, decorating.
also, i purchased a flatscreen tv on sunday - it wont be in until the 14th but we're still excited.
i've been looking after cara and her mom's dogs while they are on a cruise.
i'm making stir fry tonight and lilly is going to be a skeleton for halloween.
i think i'm all caught up now - i keep telling Dar to blog and that everyone keeps asking but she'd rather play farmville. i don't think she LE&E anymore, but i do! glad baby's alright and mom's certifiable.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DAD !!!!

Sunday Oct 4, 2009

Grandma: Sorry, long time no blog! I am trying to think of all the exciting things that have been happening lately. Dad and I went fishing a couple of weks ago. Here is a pic of a fish Pops caught. Todd is coming this weekend to go fishing. I sure hope they can do better than this.

I too am glad the dud GB is gone. I am including a pic of Adds from the hospital. Taken in pre op holding where the wait was looooonnnnnngggggg.

I have finally finished my online mental health class. I am now certified or maybe certifiable. This week meeting Monday, work Tues, Wed, Thurs and meeting in Greenville Friday.

Boot camp was rough this week. Trey (age 25) was running the show. He had us do about a million crunches in different positions. 10 in each position. He counted to ten so fast I was usually on 3 or 4 when he got to 10. We all told him we were not 25 anymore and he said we could act and feel 25. No sympathy. I am not sure if Adds really needed surgery or just need to skip boot camp for a while. Rocky has had some "I survived Boot Camp" shirts made. Dar do you want one? You will have to blog your answer!

Adds gave me Prof Layton's new DS game so I probably will not be able to blog or talk on the phone for the next week or two. (Dar game hints??)

I am also waiting for Em's blog. She is getting home early this week so no excuses.

Lunch with AA today and a visit to the sickly one.

Sorry I cannot think of any excitment or anything else to blog.

Still LE&E!!!

Adds under the weather

thanks all for the well wishes. things are much better - but unfortunately, I'm not allowed to return to work until the week after next -- nor am I supposed to drive. I'm a little sore around the belly area and the bruises are turning all shades of beautiful colors. I'm sorry I don't have a picture to post of the dud gall bladder. I could photo the four cuts on my belly, but that would just be sick - I don't even like to look at it - so I won't subject anyone else to that either. Oh, I tried a little Hibachi today - probably not the best idea in the world.

Not much else is going on. Emma has been coming home every day as a car rider with various neighbors and now she wants me to quit work and stay home all of the time. I have to admit that it's really been nice - too bad I need the money.

I hear T is coming next weekend! If you have time, I may want you to come over and do a little kitty work up on Sam. He has some various lumps and bumps that are bothering me...but not enough to have them removed. He's supposed to go to the vet in November for his senior check up - so if you don't have time, I'll have them check him out. He's still great as ever!

Where have B and D been??? I guess they have given up blogging all together. That makes me sad.

We did go camping a couple of weeks ago...here's a couple of pictures from that. see everyone soon!! Ashley