Philosophy

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Humor

I know that my past few post have been few & far between.

This post is for my Munchkin - and his sense of humor!

I asked him what this was about and all he could do was laugh!!! huh? Maybe I am becoming that older generation that doesn't understand those dern young whippersnappers......? NO!!!! I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO GROW OLD!

(now to figure out what this means.... if anything?)

Today at work...

Just another wonderfully interesting day at work!

The things I see...

The things I do...

Gotta love the things that people have to ship from one place to another!

End of summer...

I know that I haven't posted much on this blog recently. It seems as if time is just flying by. Just the other day, school was letting out, I was travelling to see my family, the 4th of July weekend was in full swing... it seemed as if the whole summer lay ahead of us. At that time - it did! Alas, now summer is drawing to an end and school is about to be back in session. I am going to my Munchkins school tonight for "Meet the Teachers" night and classes begin on Monday (much to his dismay). I guess that this was a decent summer overall.

I know I said that I would post more pics after I visited my family on vacation, but being the slacker that I am - I still haven't gotten around to it. Until now!! We really did have a great time visiting my family!

As a short narrative to the pictures - here is our vacation in a nutshell:

We got on the road early for the LONG (12 hour) drive, but my Munchkin brought along his distraction - which helped pass the time (for him anyways). We got to our destination and I got to meet my new niece for the first time! Such a cutie!!! We took my Grandmother out for an early breakfast one morning so she got a chance to be with both of her GREAT-Grandkids at the same time! Then we made another short trip up to the cabin where we went for walks and fed the fish in the pond. We got to play with Papa's toy too!! We finally got all of the cousins together for the first time since the baby was born. I had such a good time. I just wished that we all lived closer together and could do this more often.

That was the vacation part of the summer (one week in June).

July was spent at home. My Munchkin got to spend time with his friends and goof off just like kids are supposed to. I worked as usual. I would love to have summers and holidays off again like I did as a child.

August was spent (so far) pretty much the same way. Not much happening this month.

Now it is time for back to school, and fall. Here, though, our "Fall" doesn't mean cooler temperatures until mid-October usually.

The after that - comes winter and the new baby!!!! We are working on getting ready for that!

and that's all - for now...

just because...

I know, I know - it's been a while since I've posted anything new... so here goes!



Last week just happened to be my birthday - I am just a few more years from turning "over the hill" - a thing which my Munchkin keeps reminding me of. I received the usual cards and things. Not a big to-do about it. My favorite part was probably my "cake" - which my neighbor baked for me. She tells me that she thinks of us as her other kids!

Gotta love Cherry Cheesecake!

I could have eaten the whole thing myself. I could just chalk that one up to being pregnant! BUT - I decided to be nice and share!

Happy 4th!

I had the honor of being stationed in Washington, D.C. for a couple of years. I fondly remember watching the Fourth of July fireworks display from the roof of our building across the river. i would consider these to be the best seats in the house! The shows were definitely something I will always remember.

Remember what the day celebrates - our freedom.

Please remember those who help protect this freedom!

Wildflower Walks

I am back from my vacation! I had a wonderful time visiting my family. The trip there is a long one - but worth it. I just wish I was able to do it more often. I am starting slow with my posts upon my return to real life.

When I was visiting my parents at their cabin, we went on several walks. I took some pictures of some flowers and other nature-type things!

(just to see how they would turn out)

The flowers remind me of when I was little and we used to visit my Grandparents at their cabin just a few miles up the road. There were so many wild flowers that my sisters and I would go on walks and come home with "bouquets" for our mom and grandma. Our grandma had several old perfume bottles that we would use for vases. We would put our arrangements on the table outside usually. This is just one of the many wonderful memories I have about the cabin that I can (sorta) relive with these new nature walks.

I just wish I had a little perfume bottle!

*** More vacation posts to come!

VACATION

Wonderful to finally be able to get a break from this heat around here lately. Going to visit family in a MUCH hotter place for a few days - and then family in a much COOLER place! Will be gone for about a week! Will definitely have pics to post when we return!!!

No More Teachers, No More Books...!!!!

This past friday was the last day of school for my Munchkin.

He was glad that the year is over.

They had an awards ceremony at the school in which he received several awards. He received a Presidential Achievement Award,

commendations on all 3 TAKS tests,

and other individual class achievements awards. We are so proud of him!!

After the ceremony, we went to lunch and ran into his girlfriend and her mom at the restaurant. We decided to take the two of them to a movie as a reward (plus it was a movie we all wanted to see). We went to the 3-D version of Up. Very cute movie - but very sad in some places (for me, at least).

Now - it's summertime - what to do, what to do!!!! I think that is the thing I miss most about being in school - SUMMER VACATION!!!

Oh - to be young again!!!

Memorial Day

Let us remember all who are serving and have served in all branches of our armed forces on this Memorial Day. They shall not be forgotten.

We salute you!

My week

As it has been quite a while since I have posted here, I figured I could write a little about what has gone on during this busy week.
was the usual busy, but uneventful, day.

was not quite as uneventful. I got a call from the school nurse saying that my munchkin had thrown up in class, but was feeling a little better. He had mentioned that his stomach was hurting earlier that morning, but he didn't seem too worried about it at the time. So I had to run up to the school to pick him up. He came back to work with me and spent the day being my helper. I could tell, though, that he was not feeling up to par when he laid down on the floor face down and fell asleep for almost an hour. He was still feeling a little bad when we got home, but thankfully - no more throwing up.

started out normal. I did decide to keep my munchkin home from school because I could tell he was still not feeling well. His dad stayed home with him. When I got home that evening, he was obviously feeling much better. I think his dad cured him by playing video games with him! (the magic cure! lol) We decided to go out for dinner and a movie - something we hadn't done in a few years. For dinner - we went to Waffle House! LOVE IT! It had been a long while since any one of us had gone there. For the movie - we went to see X-Men Origins:Wolverine (Hugh Jackman = nice). The movie was good - but not as good as we were expecting. During the previews, the guys decided that they wanted to see EVERY movie which had a trailer before the movie. (I have to agree with some - maybe even all - the trailers made them look REALLY good). We all slept good after the long evening.

my baby and I had appointments in the morning and the afternoon. The morning appointment went well. After it was over I took my baby back to his job site (almost an hour away) then I headed out towards where my appointment was (over an hour away in a different direction). I had a little time to kill before my appointment, so I decided to walk through the mall in the area. I just took a little ME time and walked and relaxed and did some window shopping and browsed through the book store. I then headed towards my appointment (which I only had the general location figured out). I ended up driving past it once and had to turn back around and go by it again. I ended up there 45 minutes early for my appointment, which was ok with me. It gave me extra time to fill out paperwork. The girl at the front desk and I talked about it and decided that for my needs - it was probably better if I reschedule the appointment for next Friday. So I left the office 15 minutes before my original appointment was to start and headed home (still an hour drive). I got home and was pretty much lazy the rest of the evening.

is still going on, but I will be much happier when the day is done. I am ready for my 3-day weekend!

For all you Mothers out there!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

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