10 months old

It's hard for me to believe that the little ball of fluff we brought home is already over 85 lbs and is just beautiful....well, handsome :) 








Jocelyn has inspired me to update my blog...since it's been over a year.  :) so much happens and so much time goes by.  Seems like it just flies from one year to the next.  Last year in March, Brad hired a team of people to come out and 'fix' my flower beds, pulling up the weeds and stuff...this year the kids (grown now but still kids to me) put in about 7 hours of hard labor, pulling the grass and weeds out.  I just never seem to have time to keep them from becoming overgrown.  I am so thankful for Zachery and Jocelyn.  I really do appreciate all the hard work they put in.  Right now it's in full bloom and I don't even have a picture to share.  The storms that have been coming through keep knocking everything over.

But I do have a picture of our latest addition :)  Rufus is Brad's puppy but, I'm the one that takes all the pictures.  

The first picture is right after we got him, 8 weeks old, and the 2nd one is now and he's about 6 months old.  He's a very handsome fellow :)  long silky hair with lots of wave to it, He's a pretty good dog...doesn't always come when he's called but most of the time.

We also had some work done in the house, Joe Holmes built us some shelves to match the ones that were already here so now we have a 'reading' corner...if we can just sell the extra furniture we have so we can clear out that space...(call if you're interested :)  I guess I should have posted the way it looks now (it's got books on the shelves and the sectional that we are selling right in front of it...maybe soon.

Well, I know it's been a year but, it's my bed-time :) so maybe I'll post again next month.  Somebody nudge me

Can't believe I haven't put anything on here since August. :) Time has a way of disappearing sometimes. We had a wonderful Christmas and have been very blessed this year.

Brad's parents came out to visit last month and we took them to see some of Arkansas countryside in Spring. We were thankful there were no bad storm while they were here. I also got to celebrate another birthday, while they were here.

This is Zachery, Dorothy, Sherrill and Jocelyn at Mt Magazine. The other is Jocelyn and Zachery when we ate lunch. And the 1st one....the pictures are not going in where I want them...is of my birthday present. Brad hired a landscaping crew to come out and pull all the weeds and grass out of the flower beds, trim the shrubs and put down mulch. It looked and looks gorgeous. Best birthday present you could want :) I'll wait until next week (or month) to post more. Gotta go dig in the dirt.

Since Brad posted it already, figured I'd update things here too. Since his new job requires him to drive an extra 12 or so miles a day and since is truck only gets about 12 miles to the gallon, we figured it was time for him to get something that got better gas mileage. He was looking at some small cars that got between 25-30 mpg and I suggested if he got something....he might as well get something with some style :) so here is Brad's new ride, at my suggestion. (He's telling everyone it is NOT a mid-life crisis)

It's been awhile. A trip to Utah where we went from 100 degrees here to 75 there, with temps at night in the 40's. :) Still skiing in the mountains while boating on the lakes. Had a wonderful time. Now it's back to the 100+ days where even a breeze is still just hot air, the dogs won't even come outside to greet us, the plants can't get enough water.... it's hot.

Spring at last

As the end of March is nearing, figured I'd better put in some 'Spring' pictures before summer gets here.... of course, it's been 70+ degrees for the last week and today the high was 50 something :(

This is our driveway with the Bradford Pears blooming.

Day #4, and 5, More cleaning done, 'stuff' fixed in house, Jocelyn home for a 3 day weekend so she got to help on Sat. Brad had to go back to work.

Almost got the second dumpster full, the burn pile burned, more boxes gone through and junk tossed. Now have a big box and bags to go to Salvation Army or Goodwill, repacked some....after removing as many spiders as we could. Toys ready to give away. And all three of us are worn out.

Day 3

Dumpster #1 out, dumpster #2 in. Well house cleaned out, some of boxes emptied.