Coffee

So, I've noticed that on some of the sister's blogs they have the "I love coffee" blinkies. I've been curious to know what kind of coffee is everyone enjoying in the morning?

Here, coffee is golden.



About a year ago we bought this espresso maker after figuring out what we were spending on coffee almost every day.








I like black coffee. Then there's times I like my extra special coffee. Steamed chocolate milk, a shot of espresso, & English toffee & Carmel for flavoring. My hubby likes white milk steamed with a double shot espresso & English toffee.







So, tell me, what's your java of choice??

The BIG 1-0

My little boy is growing so fast. A few weeks back Casey turned 10. Yep he finally reached the double digits. We wanted to do something fun for his big day so we invited a few cousins, a couple of neighbor kids & the entire football team!! What was I thinking??? It really wasn't that bad, we all had a good time.

We have a huge yard so the boys strapped on some flags & went back to their roots & played some flag football. They wanted to play tackle but I was the party pooper & said no.

We also rented one of these monstrosities. A jump house with a slide. It really was a lot of fun. We got to keep it over the entire weekend.

This is what it's suppose to look like.

But when the fun got started this is what it would look like this. Hmmm. Maybe there were one or two adults too many????
What a ham!!! Happy Birthday Casey. We love you!!!!

Internet troubles

What a week it's been for me & my computer. Last week it started having problems signing onto the Internet. I called tech support. They had me do this & that, & still nothing worked. So they had me call a different tech support. They tried that & this, & still nothing. I made about 10 phone calls & each time I was on the phone for about an hour with the exception with 2 of the calls that took about 2 hours each. Finally yesterday a guy at one of the tech support places knew what to do. If I could have crawled through the phone I would have given the guy a huge hug. I felt so cut off from the world. The computer seemed worthless to me since I couldn't "go anywhere" on it. But, it's up & running now. Thank you Dell tech support!!

Memorial Day Drive

On memorial day we took a drive to Damon's parents place. They live (or used to) in a small town north of here about 150 miles or so. Some of the drive there is beautiful, as you can see.

Between both of the boys, the dog didn't have a chance to hang his head out of the window.

This is one of the views from their place. They also built this deck secluded in some trees. I used to love just sitting there & enjoying the sounds of nature.

We roasted a lot of hot dogs & marshmallows in this fire pit. They built this place in the mid-80's to be a vacation home. It then turned into their retirement home. Then it became to be too much for them to maintain. They sold it last year & are now moving out. We went up there to pick up a trailer & to haul a few things to their new place. But there was one more thing to do before we left . . . hit some golf balls.

It's strange I know but it's something they started doing several years ago. They hit golf balls that aren't any good to golf with into a ravine. Some traditions are weird but they enjoy it so it was one last hit before we left.

Yard sale success

Yes the yard sale was a success. I made almost $400.00. Which is exactly what we have left to pay on a bill that we need to pay off.

Earlier this month I wanted to take my Durango in to have everything looked at. We knew there was a transmission leak. Anyway, with the trany fix & a few other little things it added up to over $800.00. We know the GM of the place we take our vehicles to & he is so nice to let us stretch bills out that are high like that. So I paid a little over half at the time & now need to finish paying it.

So now I get to clean up. YUK. I've already taken 6 very full boxed to the goodwill but there is still so much more to go. Not only is this some of my stuff, some of it is from my grandparents, some from my parents & some of it is from my step dads parents. It's a lot of stuff!!! There are a few items that are vintage that I may try to sell on ebay. So I guess I should quit stalling & get to work. It's not going to jump into those boxed by itself.

School is OUT!!!

I am so glad that school is done. I have been looking forward to it for a couple of months now. I'm looking forward to spending the summers with my boys. We haven't completely decided what all we are going to do this summer, but we have a few things in mind & Lord willing they will work out, & if they don't, eh that's ok too. We can just enjoy the days together.

I've been working feverishly these last couple of weeks to get ready for what is being said as my last garage sale EVER. I really don't like having them, but I do have a lot of stuff that I know I'm not ever going to use. When we cleaned out my grandparents house there was a lot of things I took because I thought I just had to have it to remember them by. I've come to realize that it's not the stuff that helps me remember them. So as I go through all of these boxes I'm trying to use my head, not my heart. Wow have I got a stock pile going!! I do hope it's a success.

Congrats Grad!

I made this cross stitch for a sister here who graduated from college. I will call her Sis. C. ( I blanked out her name on the cross stitch too, you know, the whole privacy thing)

I couldn't have taken on what she did.

While going to school she still had daily life to deal with not to mention other stuff too. They moved, started a buisness, made sure their kids were at their activities that they participate in, helped out family & brethren when needed. The list could go on & on.

Congradulations Sis. C. Like my son said, I think you will be a great teacher!!!!

A sad day

Last Wednesday was a sad day for my family. We had to say goodbye to one of our beloved dogs. His name was Woody. He was 14 years old. As a puppy he was a rich dark red color. When he got older he turned into a lighter shade of red. In his last years of life he started to go bald. He also lost his eye sight & hearing. I know there a some who don't understand how people can get attached to animals but I certainly do. This was one of the hardest things I've had to do in a long time. He's not the first dog I've had to put down, & at that, it still wasn't very easy to do. As with my other dog, I held him as he went to sleep. I'm not sure what was harder to bear, watching him go or watching my children grieve.

Happy May Day

When I was growing up Grandma use to make up handful size bouquets of flowers she had growing outside & we would take them to the neighbors houses (we only had about 4). Every May 1st I think of that. I've always meant to carry on with that tradition but I never seem to be on it quick enough.

Here's my May Day Bouquet to all that read today.

Happy May Day!!! Spring is coming!!!

Little Prayers

God answered my youngest sons prayers today. I know our kids pray for goofy things sometimes but to them they are HUGE.
Casey had a track meet at his school & the 1st & 2nd place kids were going to get to go to one of the local high schools to challenge other schools. He just REALLY wanted to be able to qualify to go.
He asked me on Saturday if that was something he could pray about. Well of course I said "yes", along with "you can pray about anything". So he did. He took second place is his race. He's so excited. He told me how that he prayed again just before the race. It's such a comfort to see God working in my kid's lives. How He answers even the simple things that kids pray for.
It brought to my mind how that the day after Casey was born I sat it the rocking chair holding him, crying, & begging God to plant the seed of faith in his heart.