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....