Cassies Wedding and Sunday

Yesterday was spent running and runing and running... Topped off with a beautiful wedding. I spent all day yesterday running errands and getting ready for Cassies wedding.. Man!! I'm so going to cry when my daughter gets married...

Jackie and Dustin

Cassie and Dan

Momma Lee and Jackie Lee


The Wedding Bus

The Jeepster

Yesterday I took a little venture into Lincoln to visit my daughter and then well.... hummm... I took a Jeep for a Test Ride...

A 2003 Jeep Sport Wrangler... 37,551 miles...

White 3-door 4X4 SUV, 37551 miles, AUTO, 4.0L I6. AM/FM Stereo & Cassette & CD Player, Dual Air Bags, Bucket Seats, Center Console, Fog Lamps, Power Brakes, Cloth Upholstery, Rear Bench Seat, Split Bench Seats, Tilt Steering Wheel, Leather Wrap Steering Wheel, Intermittent Wipers, Skid Plates

They will also include a hard-top If I get serious that is.... Priced a little high for me.... But I Just Don't Know..... Can't afford those nice 4 door jeeps... My plan is to keep my car (soon to be paid off) and have something on the side, to drive to all those baseball, football, swimming, groceries.... etc... weekend stuff... And this Jeepster... Is pretty darn NICE!! has fewer miles then my car.... Decisions, Decisions, Decisions....

Here she is... Looking all nice and BeaUTIFul!

Dinner and Yappy Yap

Tonight for Dinner I made some yummy breaded meat raviolis, fresh green beans from my garden and toasted garlic bread. Hit the spot! Very Good!

I'm without a computer monitor for a while.... But I have my work laptop. So far it's working nicely..... Loads of information at my hands again; whatever would I do without. I did however; find out today that my wee tad little tv screen can be hooked up to my newly Asus.. All I need is a cord and the boys will be back online before they know it.... What on earth did our folks do back when.... They surly didn't sit around playing on the computer.....

I do have Wednesday (tomorrow) off "Personal Day" appt's, errands and if there's time we'll head to the pool. We must get pool time in while we still can. Wont' be long before it's gone.

Baseball is complete... Brandon won his last game. So they are now 10 for 1. Way to go White Sox's. Brett's team also won their last game as well.

I will be spending my next few nights getting laundry done and packing up the boys bags. They will leave Thursday night and return on the 27th of July. They will be spending time in Colorado with their Grandma Robbins... When they come back Football will start... Pretty much two weeks of scrimmage and such. And then they get drafted to a team.... This will be Brett's first year and Brandon's second year of Football.

I pretty much figured it out....

Brett has been playing with his cars and race tracks.... I wanted to him to put his cars away so he made a little race way down the stairs where the cars end up in their "home" (the box at the end of the stairs) Here's a video he wanted me to share.... Many apologies for the side view... Just tilt your head to your left and you'll do just fine :-)

A little swim action and talk

The boys got home around 3pm yesterday and talked me into going to the pool.... So off we went. We pretty much spent 3 hours at the pool. It was nice and relaxing :-) After that we left to go pick up Jordan and then back home where we had our B-Que Cherry Cola ribs. Nothing to brag about, but overall they were a-ok.

I've been teaching the boys to do a flip off the low and high dive while at the pool. Both boys can do a flip off the low dive, but neither have the "guts" to do it off the high dive. Of course neither of us are ready for it. I was nervous as well. Overall I had a really good day yesterday.

Humm... I have two videos of them of them on the diving boards; but they won't load :-( I'll have to do some research later tonight or this week...

But I do have my very own picture for my Favorite Post :-)




Today is about "Packing Up Jordan" to head home tomorrow. We will also pick up the basement where all the kids have pretty much "camped out" since Jordan has been here. She's going to be missed, that's for sure.. We will also be spending a little time back out a shadow lake to return a few items and do a little walking around. I also need to return my Monitor as it has a line through it... I just hope I get a new one on the spot.

We have one week left of baseball then a week of total alone time for me. Then Football starts the week of July 27th. Then they go to their dads for a week in Aug so yet another week of alone time. Can you believe it? School is just right around the corner... Where oh Where did my summer go?

Tomorrow is back to work for me... If needed I'm aloud to work from home; but I don't think I will need to... I've been working out of the Branch just about every day of the week; so that is really nice. I have also been a little spoiled by sleeping in until 10am.... Actually we've all been sleeping in until 10am... So I'm sure tomorrow morning will be a challenge....

Talk and Saturdays Agenda

Still sitting pretty darn soar :-( I think I had a major muscle spasm the other night that put me in tears :-( So I called the doctor and I go back on Wednesday (if I'm still having problems, that is)...

UGGG! Two more days then I go back to work :-( Not ready to go back, don't wanna go back, but I'm sure we have all been there; part of life... So I go back on Monday. Then I'm off on Wednesday for appt's. We'll start out at Childrens Hospital at 9am and will most likely be there until noon or 1pm. Brandon is having x-rays and then Asthma Testing and Allegery Testing... After that we'll go to my appt (If I'm still having issues) I'm such a "Whimp" I don't care though.... Just want it to stop hurting.... blaaaa

Today we are going to the pool and possibly see a movie.. This morning I started to make Ribs with Cherry Cola Barbecue Sauce. UMMM Yummy in my tummy :-) or at least I hope. Hoping they'll be ready by the time we get home...... eeks: Scratch the pool and movie; Sherrie's has the afternoon to herself so is just playing "catch-up" around the house....

8-) ->---<--- Sunday will be a day of total rest in this house. Lay around, watch movies, do laundry and have a waffle cone ice cream :-) A little funny... I love the British accent especially in young kids... This is funny I love it..

Todays Agenda

This morning Brandon has an Ortho appt. They'll be adding an upper brace to start bringing the teeth together. Where the gap is taking place :-) a good thing.

After that we'll be heading to Shadow Lake to do a little shopping. Jordan wants to spend her hard earned babysitting money at some of the stores. And Brandon has B-day money to spend as well. Brett most likly will through a fit as he has no money, and Mom will surly give in and let him spend 10 dollars ;0) As for me, well I'm getting my toes and fingernails done today :-) and few eye-brows plucked... I will also buy Jordan a little going away present. I figured since I had her listen to the Kenny Chesney CD over and over and over again and since she has just about every song memorized, I would get her that and then a picture frame for her photo on the Mamba :-)

Small Update

Brandon's new shirt... He picked it out all by himself... Oh the girls are gonna be swarming over him... ;-) His appt. went rather well. No More Turning the Spacer Yippie. They wired that shut and put on a new rubber band. Now he has braces all on the upper teeth... They applied the band so the gap will close and the bones will grow together... A remarkable improvement :-)

Me Having a Hubba Bubba Moment

Brett Jordan and Brandon at Shadow Lake

No pool action today....
Mama needs her rest and sleep....
The bed is calling my name
so off to a napper I must go.
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Here are some misc pictures of our KC trip and today's outing along with a few others..

Summer 2009

Picture Updates, Chitter Chatter and Happy Fourth of July

Here are some pictures from Brandon's Birthday and the Boy's Baseball... Click ME

I've been very blessed to have Jordan stay with me and help me out through the summer. She has been so much help to me. Watching the boys, cleaning house, helping with getting the boys ready for sports and such... And even spending time with Me. We take walks together, watch "girl" movies.... The other night we watched "He's just not that into you" A cute and funny movie....



We've also been doing lots of chitter chatter... And I got a pedicure while she got her nails done. She'll be heading back home on the 13th of July.... I'm going to have a hard time saying good-bye; but I know I'll see her again.

Soon after that the boys we'll be going to Colorado with their dad.... Talk about having a full active house then going to a very quite house..... WOW!!! That's for sure what is going to happen... A little "quite time" is okay every now and then.

I had to take the day off today... My car kissed a median real hard the other day. Oops! So today I'm car-less and we shall see what the results will be...

On Sunday we are heading to KC to see a Royals game... With the Schlitterbahn water parked NOT opened yet; we'll find something to do... I'm all ready dreaming about the Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark on South Padre Island in Texas... Check this one out: Schlitterbahn South Padre

Last Sunday we got to spend some time out at Beaver Lake. My neighbors recently purchased a lot out there; so every now and then we get to go for a visit. Here are a few pictures from the lake beach front. Wouldn't that be nice... To have a house on the lake...

May everyone have a Happy and Safe 4th of July

A's - White Sox's - and Sunshine

The A's won their game Monday night... and Brett got his first home run :-) Go Brett! Unfortunately I was not there to see it. With the Temp's in the 100's and with Brandon playing at 7pm I figured it was best to stay in while we could. Soon it was time for the White Sox's to play and low and behold they took another win. They are now 7 - 0 :-) Brandon was asked to pitched, but he felt as though he wasn't ready and decided to wait. I figured when he's ready; he'll pitch :-)

The weather here has been rather strange... We went from cold to wondering if we're going to have a summer to freak in' hot. We did have a small rain shower this evening, which really helped cool that 100+ degree temperature and lower the humidity. Not really complaining; just enjoy it while it last I say.

Randy and Melinda's daughter Jordan is here helping me with the boys... Which has been more then a delight the last couple of days... She's pretty awesome and I love her company... and so do the boys. Tonight we took a little time and went shopping around shadow lake and then we had some BW3's for dinner... Bw3's stands for Buffalo Wild Wings... Some good stuff. We brought the wings home and I made a loaded baked potato and topped it off with a New Castle Brown Ale Beer.... Hopefully I'll sleep good tonight..

On Sunday we went and saw the movie "The Proposal" which was funny and yet another good Sandra Bullock Movie... Believe it or not but that Movie made me cry and laugh. So I guess if it can do all that then it must be good. Take a sneak peak...



An upcoming Event is Brandon's 11th Birthday this Saturday :-)

Jackie Graduated

Here are some pictures of Jackie's graduation... She graduated from Southeast Community College with an Associates of Arts.

Click here to view the remaining pictures ==> Jackie's Graduation Pictures

A little Baseball update

Well the A's got to play and the White Sox's once again took it all the way :-)

While the A's were so close in the 5th inning.... with a score of 5 to 4 they took a loss in the 6th inning. The kids had fun and Brett felt ever so important and that's what it's about...

The White Sox took yet another win... I think the score was 12 to nothing, but I lost count after a while.... Both boys are doing wonderful... Sorry no pictures.. I'll try again next time...

Yummy Lasagna Rollups

INGREDIENTS

• 1 (16 ounce) package uncooked lasagna noodles
• 1 pound mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese mixed with basil
  
• 1 pound of Hamburger or Sausage or Pepperoni
  
• 2 cups grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 (28 ounce) jar pasta sauce

DIRECTIONS

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles for 5 to 8 minutes, or until just slightly underdone; drain and rinse.
2. In a large mixing bowl, mix together grated cheese, ricotta cheese, and 1 cup Parmesan cheese.
3. Lay out a noodle. Spread a layer of the cheese mixture on the noodle, then add your hamburger, sausage or pepperoni and a thin layer of cheese. Roll the noodle up, and place seam side down in a 13x9 pan. Repeat for other noodles. Top with sauce and Parmesan cheese.
4. Bake in a preheated 350 degree F (175 degree C) oven for 30 min, or until hot and bubbly.

Jackie...

Jackie graduates Saturday June 13th from Southeast Community College.

She will be graduating with the Associates in Arts.... From there she'll continue on to get her Bachelor's in Special Ed.

Where will she continue on?? Well this has changed from time to time :-) but that's ok.. It will either be Lincoln University or somewhere out of Ne. I'm guessing it will be Lincoln... But we shall see...

Jackie will walk to get her diploma next Saturday morning... and in the meantime I'll be resting to to rid my nasty cold so I can enjoy every moment :-)

White Sox's takes another win

Another win for the White Sox's. 9 to 3 was the final score and they played all six innings... WOW! What a game. They all looked great... The next game is scheduled for Monday night... I will take some pictures then and post them with some highlights. We're 3 for o :-)

White Sox's and the A's

Brandon had a great game tonight... The White Sox's kicked some serious butt... All the kids looked really awesome. I think he's on a good team this year... It will be fun to follow along..

Brandon played left field and what a good job he did. At first he had me a little nervous as his head was not in the game.... Standing there out in the outfield he was wondering around like a little lost boy; that is until the coach got on him (Good Coach)... And then he figured it out and was all over it... Pretty soon a ball went right out to left field.... He ran for it... he flew through the air and reached out with his left arm as far as he could... soon the ball was no where in sight and Brandon was on the ground.... Instantly he stood up and reached for the stars with the ball in his glove.... Mom was ever so proud... and that made the third out... :-)

Each game is 1-1/2 hours long or 6 innings, which ever comes first. We made it to the fourth inning and took the win. Not bad...

Soon after that we headed over to Brett's game where the rain began to fall. It down poured for a little while and then soon the sun came out and the game was on... So I pulled out my chair and the first batter was up... A big ol' bolt of lighting came from the sky and game was called off. Brett was a little P-O'ed that he got all dressed up for nothing... I assured him it was not for nothing... Needless to say we came home and he put on his jammie's and off to bed he went... He's pretty excited to play ball this year and soon enough he'll get his chance :-)

We have practice tomorrow night and then the White Sox's play on Wednesday with a stand-by for the A's....

Home....

Me and the boys are home from another weekend of camping and watching my nieces play softball. This time we camped at Ft. Kearney SRA campground. This time we did a little fishing in the ponds and spent yesterday at the lake beach... or so they call it. They all got to do a little swimming while I laid out in the sun. I also took some walks around the campground in the evenings which was nice. Good food and nice evening weather. This time no rain just sun.
We're home, we're tired and our beds will feel good tonight. Not to mentioned a nice shower...

This week baseball begins. Games are on Mondays and Wednesdays and practice is scheduled on a weekly basis. Brandon has a game at 5:30pm and Brett has a game at 8pm tomorrow night. Let "Play Ball" begin... We'll also be catching up on our rest with lots of early bed times and a nap today.

"your Father knows what you need before you ask Him"

A little something I thought I would share with each of my readers...

"your Father knows what you need before you ask Him" - {matthew 6:8}

"hesitate not to call upon His presence, for He is already there. to second guess a request for His attention is a foolish assumption that He has left you to handle things on your own. He stands beside you...watching over your every step & listening to every whisper of your heart even the deepest of dreams you dare not mention out loud. remember you are special, designed for His purpose in every way. if today is great, enjoy & claim it to memory for the tomorrow that fails your expectation. if today is a struggle, believe in what is to come for sweeter will be the reward of a blessing's sunrise after you've walked through the night of a storm. do not underestimate yourself with faith by your side. you can do all things through His will. if it doesn't seem to be improving or changing or going away... remember that our schedule has nothing to do do with God's plan. so take a moment to mentally place aside your planner & open your heart to what God is trying to show you. have a wonderful day. do it because you can. do it in spite of what stands in the way. don't let your heartache steal today's joy. don't let this world's setbacks throw you down & if one should sneak up & run you over a little... get back up, dust yourself off & know you are going to be ok, you can get through this, & you will overcome the smallest of thorns & highest of mountains. you don't need to do it all today. one step at a time, one day at a time, one prayer after another. take care... & remember God loves you more than you know!"

Back from camping

Back home from camping and watching the girls play some ball. No TV, No Internet, NO Phone, NO VIDEOS... What on earth did we do with out all that? Well we had a real nice time and the weather wasn't all that bad. It rained on us in the evenings... around night time and then again in the mornings... This morning it was a down pour... but it didn't last for long. Brett kept saying... "MOM MOM This rain is enough to make me go annoying" and then pretty soon he said.... "Mom Mom .... I really hate this rain... MOM MOM I don't really hate this rain.... I really really really hate the rain" LOL... YEP... Small little pitter patter drops on the tent and the sound of Brett saying. "MOM MOM" didn't make me go annoying :-) but it was a good laugh...

Yesterday I took the boys to the lake beach where that got to swim and play in the sand... They also got to venture out pretty far in the water, which they thought was pretty cool... Sorry no pictures of that... I had some really nice long walks and even got to sit by the lake on some rocks. I think I sat for about an hour just looking at the water and watching the sun set... It was relaxing and made me not wanna come back home... The boys will be staying with my mom and Sister this week. I will either pick them up on Friday and do some more camping or pick them up on Saturday and have lunch with my mom and dale. Here are some pictures..... Memorial weekend pictures

Yard Work --- zzzap Laser Adventures -- and Camping

Today I did a little yard and house work... I moved some rock around and did a little garden work and such while the boys and the neighbor kids played in the sprinklers... Laundry is done, house is cleaned and now I'm getting ready to get in the shower and get all this sweat off me...

Tonight I'm taking the boys to zzzap Laser Adventures for a birthday party... Hope I can play too..

Tomorrow I'll be packing up the tent and fishing poles and getting ready to head out to Lexington to camp with my Sister... We're planing on watching my nieces play softball and maybe do a little fishing and camping under the stars...

Hoping everyone has a safe and nice memorial weekend....

Busy little bee I've been

Well... Over the weekend I finally found the power to start on my kitchen. The "stripper" was applied and down came the crackle... Up went some Spackle and out came the sander. My finger tips (ouch) and the walls have been sanded and now they look like they need some paint... Well Duh! So now it shall sit until I find the right color... Next the wall boards will come off and the paint will go up. The boards will then be cleaned and the carpet and linoleum will come up... Oh Lord I hope I know what I'm doing... I figured I can get the carpet up and Kio (Jackie's Boyfriend) can take out the floor. And in the mean-time I find someone to install the tile... Gotta start some where right?

Just when I thought I didn't have enough to do.... My neighbor asked for the tiller and of course I said.. On one condition... You till my garden too. And so he did :-) My garden is now in. I just literally got down planting tomatoes, jalapenos, garden salsa peppers, onions, pumpkin, muskmelon, lettuce, beans, sweet-corn, basil and parsley. Geeze, can I add anything else??? Well my strawberries are looking wonderful and the my grape vine has some leaves :-) Maybe this year I'll get a grape or two... and my Chives are gorgeous.. Oh my... Can you say "scratch" and "itch" dang I think I've been eaten alive... Darn bugs...

The boys base-ball is going well. This year Brandon will have the opportunity to pitch... Or at least I hope he does. He's going to give it his best. He's got a good throwing arm so we shall see. This year they play to "WIN" so it should be a lot of fun to watch. His team is called the White Soxs and Brett's team is called the "A's" I'm thinking a trip to Chicago to see the White Socks would be nice. Plus they want to go to six flags. Just dunno if I can venture off with two boys that far all by myself... So I have some serious thinking to do...

This week I'll be packing their stuff up, getting the tent ready, and off to Lexington we will go a camping with my sister... So I must get my rest... Needless to say... I'm WIPED, TIRED and my muscles ache... Oh but wait... I just took of my tenny shoes off and my right foot and ankle look like a snack fest... Oh those darn bugs... Looks like hives. I'm just covered in it... I'll just cover myself in pink calamine lotion :-)... Worst case scenario... I have a follow up appt. in the morning so if it's not better by then she'll make it better... Slap, Itch, ouch... :(

Quotes I've Kept

Over time I get "Inspirational" emails... Some with quotes others with pictures and sayings and such... Over time I started keeping track of them and putting them in a document. And then that document sits on my desktop at work and I can add to it and read it when needed. Or sometimes I just like to open it up 1st thing in morning as a "Start" of my day...

Sometimes I can be so "personal" and "analytical"... I can read something or watch a video or listen to songs and take it one way... or another way... Because that is one thing I'm good at, being personal and analytical.... Probably why I do good at my job :-) but over time I do get better at it... And I like these quotes they make me think in a good way :-) Some of these are even mine :-)

Just thought I'd share them with you all:


Life events can have a way of delivering many different challenges; take your time and respond to them the best way you know how

Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have

A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand & touches your heart

Cherish life you never know what tomorrow may bring

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world

There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting & just be more careful about who you trust next time around

Make yourself a better person & know who you are before you try & know someone else & expect them to know you

No one’s perfect, not even me

Cherish life you never know what tomorrow may bring

What may seem one way, may not be that way

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature

I accept chaos. I am not sure whether it accepts me. I know some people are terrified of the bomb. But then some people are terrified to be seen carrying a modern screen magazine. Experience teaches us that silence terrifies people the most.

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive -- the risk to be alive and express what we really are

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do

Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today

Summer is almost here

and only 5 more school days left. Soon I'll be packing up their stuff and sending them off to Grandma and Grandpa Keeney's where they'll stay with my mom and sister for a week.

Baseball has started. Well at least Brandon's team is getting started. We're still waiting on Brett's coach to give us a call. Brandon's first practice is this Friday night and then Saturday morning. He's team is called the White Socks. I'm thinking games and practices will be Monday - Saturday. So some very busy times are coming up.

Over this past month I've been very busy rolling stuff out to production. Late last night I released the final reports :-) Now that; that's done... I'm taking the day off today to relax and play a little catch up around the house.

Mother's Day Weekend

It's Sunday morning and it's Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day to my Mommy and all you beautiful wonderful Mother's out there. Today we're going to church then were off to Wheat-fields to have some yummy Banana, Strawberry, Blueberries, loaded whip cream Waffles :-) Jackie got a new camera, which is pretty cool... Any how she set the timer on the camera and then it would take 4 shots in a row... Sweet...






Saturday me and the boys and Jackie did some running around. We visited a pet store where we played with many dogs and puppies out in an open landing. That was fun. Jackie and Brandon had a fare share of puppy biting on their pant legs. It was quite funny... After that we came home and relaxed and then we went and saw the movie Fast & Furious. An action packed, thrilling, toe curling, muscle tightening, keep you on the edge of your seat type of movie :-) Watch the trailer below



On Friday night Jackie and I went to go see the Kenny Chesney Sun City Carnival Concert. The opening acts were Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert and Montgomery Gentry. For some odd reason I thought Sugarland was going to be there... Not sure why I thought that, but they weren't. I guess they are coming at the end of this month... Maybe another concert in the horizon.

We had a fun time. Overall it was a great concert:

Brett left me a message last night

I wanted to keep this message.... So I found a company that would download a message from your cell phone and turn it into a mp3 file and email it to you. After I got it; I then turned it into a movie so I could post it on my blog.

Turn up the volume... Make sure you listen all the way through... He does say bye a time or two, but he's not done talking. He also informed me that he lost his psp.. LOL

It's a keeper...

Kenny Chesney's Sun City Carnival Tour 2009

Thanks to my neighbors I got two tickets to the Kenny Chesney Sun City Carnival Concert for this Friday night. The opening acts will be Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Montgomery Gentry and Sugarland. :-)

Jackie and I will be heading out this Friday night to go see them... Should be a fun time.

Here's one video of one of my favorite songs. I can't embed it so you'll have to go to the link... Click on ==> Don't Blink From there you can view all his videos.. Unfortunately all the videos can't be embedded...

And yet here's another song by sugarland Click on ==> All I want to do

And of course I can't leave out my Sugarland Song

Rascal Flatts

I've been extremely busy at work... This week and next week are my final payout's and rolling stuff out to Production... In two weeks I'm suppose to know the direction of bringing in a new system which will take the place of BSC and MIP. Keeping my fingers crossed on many different levels....

On another note, Brett likes this Rascal Flatts video. He's sitting in my lap watching me type... We just got done watching the video.. He likes the fast cars and guitars.. tapping his fingers on my desk and bouncing his leg. I think he's got some rhythm ;-)

Yard Work and PBR

Yard Work

Well I decided not to do the mowing, weed-eating and fertilizing this year. Instead I'll have a lawn company do it for me. I called them up early this week and "low and be-hold" the yard was fertilized that day and the mowing will begin on Friday (tomorrow). This will be a big stress relief for me. I kept going round and round with this... I really didn't want to fork over those $ to a lawn boy. But this summer is going to busy and I wont have the time to do it. I actually enjoy doing a little bit of yard work, but the heavy stuff I don't like. But that's a mans job and so it will be just that. I'll probably have the best looking yard around ;=) and now my toes won't be green ;-)

PBR

As in the "Professional Bull Riding" is back once again. Friday (tomorrow) night I will be taking the boys to the PBR. We'll meet up with Chris and her husband Kevin and their little boy Keegan.

Update: Pictures can be found here

4lbs of Strawberries....

And I've got me a "Me on My I've Got Strawberry Pie"..... In fact I got two of them... or should I say I had two of them. I woke up rather early on Saturday morning probably because I went to bed really early Friday night to help rid this cold I have. So off to work I went to check on a small job, then off to the grocery store where I found Strawberries Galore....4lbs of the freshest strawberries... I had to buy them.... SO I DID :=)

By the time I got home and the groceries put away.... I realized that I forgot to buy a blow-dryer.... So back out in the rain I went.... I splashed in a few mud-puddles and walked ever so slow in the rain... It's just rain, right? Others scampered and hurried as if the rain was going to ruin their hair or clothes or something. But not me.... I took my time and walked and enjoy the rain.... The rain was just a simple but yet good down pour rain... No wind just rain.... and it smelled good...

So I did get my blow-dryer and I got a new roller bag made especially for a lap-top, which will be used for these up-coming trips to California for work.... Another story... Soon after I found my way back home hoping the sun might come out in the afternoon while I made my pies.... I made two strawberry pies and sun came out a Shinning... The boys and I played basketball and hung outside for almost the entire afternoon... Now I have a nice red face.... Oops!! Looks like I need to make another run to the store and buy some sun-screen.

Later that afternoon; we were invited over to the neighbors house for dinner... I truly think they wanted a piece of my pie as they new what I was making via Facebook.... So me and the boys went over and of course I took my Strawberry Pie... And WOW! Was that pie every so yummy. Had to be the best pie yet... Even though I partially brunt the crust it was still my "Me oh My I've got the best ever Strawberry Pie" :=)

We stayed at the neighbors until about 9pm and then came home and watched "Yes Man"... While at the neighbors the boys were playing around my house (outside) and swore they saw a boogie-man in my house... Of course they had to come and tell me about the boogie-main... And with that they asked if they could go inside and check things out.... Well right then and there I knew it was no boogie-man and that they were "Joshing" me.... If there was a stranger in my house, they would be running... scared out of there pants.... So I gave this "boogie-man" a name.... I named him Fred. I told them that it was just "Fred" and that they should just leave "Fred" alone... Of course it didn't register first with Brett and the all of sudden it did... And with his face half turned and with one eye open he says "Whose Fred???".... LOL well then every one got into the conversation and stories were flying.... This came to haunt me later in the night.... as Brett woke up at 3am scared of "Fred the boogie-man".... Needless to say Brett slept with me for the rest of night...

But I still one more pie left.... And today we'll enjoy a little bit of that pie and clean house and do laundry and watch movies.... until another day of posting may my readers have a good day....

Me oh My Strawberry pie.... Now I can make food tast good, but I just don't have a knack to make it look good...

A little poem I found

SLOW DANCE

Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask "How are you?"
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say "Hi"?
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over

I think I need to read this daily....

Happy Easter

May The Easter Bunny fill your basket full of plenty good and fun. May you find all the joy, and Easter eggs full of yum. May the beauty of spring make you smile. May your heart be filled with all the happiness your heart can hold. Happy Easter to all my Blog Readers

Easter Weekend

Easter Weekend ---- Well... It looks like I'll be packing the boys bags up and sending them back to Grandma Keeney's for Easter Weekend.. They are just begging to go see Grandma and Grandpa this weekend. Look out Mom, I just might send that Gremlin the boys wanted to buy you :-)

I'm sure I'll hear about all the good food Grandma is making for Easter... Fill their plates up plenty and send them back all "Plumped"... I'll be thinking of you all this Easter Weekend...

May Everyone Have a Happy Easter

Strike Zone...

Now that we are official members to the strike zone.... We'll be spending more time gearing up for summer baseball... Yesterday I did get the kids enrolled in baseball and with that will come some very busy times. Games are every Monday - Wednesday and Fridays with practices on Tuesdays and Saturdays... Some very busy times coming up.... That's ok.... as I need for summer to hurry up and get here... I'm sure after summer I'll be longing for a break.... Anyways... we're gonna try and get out today in this snowy mess and go for another round of batting and pitching... Yesterdays pictures from my camera phone:

Out with the Old in with the New and some tabooo

So today I decided to work on my kitchen for a while.... OUT with the old... Down came the pictures, down came the shelves and in with the NEW.... I got part of my new handles installed and I got my new chandler up. WOW! A lot of work for me.... I actually even figured out if I could afford tile or not... And YES I can :-) I think it's going to pull together nicely...

Next weekend I'm going to remove the "whatchaa maaa call it's" You Know... The wooden things at the bottom of the walls... boards, I'm looking at them right now.... I just can't think of what there called.. HA! Oh well... Off they will come and the new paint will go up.... Then two weeks after that.... Out will come the carpet and tile and in with the NEW most beautiful tile...

I now... I now.... SHOW ME THE PICTURES... Well I would if I could find my gadget that down loads them from my camera.... My work laptop handles SDK so I should have pictures soon... I really just need to go buy one...

And now for some Tabooo Talk - Brandon is doing great - he has a really bad "Lisssppp" talk... Which sucks... and is funny, but not really... Anyways... we are now official members to the Strike Zone... We (Brandon and I) spent about 1/2 hour there and then we walked over to the pet store... MISTAKEEEE He found a puppy and how adorable it was... But not for me right now... It was a little Shin Chin... Kinda a cute little guy...

Soon after that we went to Target and I got myself a TV for my bedroom.. You know one of those noise makers your not suppose to have in your room, but people do anyway..... My room is my place.... and so it will have a TV and now it does... I bought two tv series (tv shows...) for me to watch.... Tonight I will start off with Series one of Sex in the City.... I've actually watched "the movie " last weekend and loved it so I decided to buy the Series..... I've never seen any of the series... Tomorrow morning I can just lay in bed and watch t.v. and get up when I feel like it... I think that's the number one NO NO for not having a T.V. in your room... Oh Well............

Orthodontics

Brandon had his Orthodontics appt today.... He did really good considering it was 2 1/2 hours long... He has braces on the upper teeth.... He choose green and yellow as his band colors.... For Green Bay.... We go in every two weeks then once a month for the next 9 months... At each appt. he'll be able to choose different colors.... He also got his spacer in today..... Now that thing is quite the contraction... It's not at all what I thought it was going to be.... But it's in.... and now the key turning will begin on "Odd" days for the next 9 months... I can't believe the daily routine up-keep for this stuff. He's going to have to keep the daily routine down, with me by his side until he gets it down.... But the key turning is my responsibility.... Not at all what I expected, but we'll get'er down packed.... Over-all he's doing good.... It's been a long day so tonight is a movie night..... Which I'm sure the same will go for the rest of this weekend....

Brett's 8th Birthday

Yesterday was Brett's 8th Birthday and what a great time we all had being "Kids"
I tried to add music to this video so "Turn it up and Enjoy" Hope it works...

Thank-You to everyone who helped us out :-)

Omaha Lancer Hockey Game

Tonight we're going to our 1st ever Hockey Game at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, IA... Sioux Falls Stampede vs Omaha Lancers game begins at 7pm



Update: Well This didn't turn out as planned... I was really looking forward to taking the boys to the Hockey game, but unfortunately it didn't happen...

Walking out the at 5:40pm with Brett being the last one out... Sherrie realized "Opps - where are my keys" I looked at Brett and said "I know you didn't - please tell me you didn't" He looked puzzled of course lol... And well ya he did... He locked the door and we were "Locked Out"... So I called my friend Chris and she called a locksmith for me... The locksmith called me and said they'd be there in 30 minutes... 1 hour goes by and we decided to walk over to the neighbors. I get a phone call from the locksmith company wanting to know if I was in my house yet. I'm like "NO! - I'm still waiting for the Tech - and I'm COLD" so the guy says "One Moment Mammmm" So I wait for about a minute and he gets back on the phone "The tech will be there in 30 min's" So I say "YEAH - THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID LAST TIME" He of course apologized and I of course waited for another HOUR!

In the meantime neighbor Dave and I tried to break in ourselves, but no such luck... We had black stocking caps on and flash-lights... It was quite comical.. Dave said "You got ID to prove you live here right" - I'm laughing and I said "Yes, But I don't know who you are" LOL we did are best to make it funny... No windows could be barged open, no way to get passed the dead - lock and that Attic didn't lead over to my bedroom so there was no such luck....

YET another hour goes by and the lock-smith once again calls (In the mean-time I had called a different company and they were on their way)... So he once again ask... " Are you in your house yet... I'm like "HELL NO! - I think you'd know if I was in my house as your flopping Tech would of been here and let me in over two hours ago and reported to you that I was in my house SAFE and SOUND" -- He of course apologized... I told him not come I found someone else... Within 1/2 hour the other person was at my house. As nice as can be and let me in within 5 min's... Within 30 min's of my 1st phone call... LOL Oh well.. Today's a new day.... :-)and there's always other games....

Last week adventures and chit chat

Last Thursday I was fortunate enough to take a trip to the Sun-Shine State - Florida to visit Chris. I got to enjoy some fine food which included a Shrimp Wrap, Lobster oh and they have a Crackle Barrel :-)... Very yummy...

On Friday I got a good look at Daytona Bike Week. A different but fun experience. I really don't have a lot of words to describe this. Just a lot of different motor-cycles all "decked" out per say... And just a lot of events going on and such...









On Saturday Chris took me to a baseball game, which was a lot of fun... Detroit Tigers vs the New York Mets. Pretty Cool to see this game.







After the game we went to Tampa Fl, to Clearwater Beach. A very beautiful place indeed...




On Sunday my flight was delayed by 5 hours due to the Snow Storm in Atlantic,so lucky me got to spend an extra day in Sunny Florida... Where I had total relaxation. I took a walk around a lake and then a walk around Chris's neighborhood and by then it was time to go back home...

Upon my arrival at home, the boys were waiting for me... Both boys were extremely excited to see me... One more then the other... Brandon was stuck on me like "Glue" :-)

Wrestling is now done and nothing but rest is in the air... Down-time! :-)

Brandon did get his spacers in today... These are just temporary spacers and will stay in until Tuesday. It went very well :-) I'm sure once the "Real" spacers come about, we'll have some "trying" days...