WOW!!

I am finally getting to go to VEGAS!!! Our friends Edna & Whit found a deal on flights. Only $110 total for Wade and I round trip to Vegas from Atlanta. I am so excited. We leave on Feb. 4th and return on Feb. 6th. I know it is not long but just long enough so that Wade doesn't go crazy. He hates crowds, etc. I think he is allergic to fun.

I cannot believe that it has been since November that I posted. We were so busy with football and school that I just have not had time. The holidays are going to be fun. After Friday I am off until Jan. 2nd. Maybe then I will have time to get caught up on some things I need to do. I am hoping to get my kitchen painted while I am on vacation.

I have lots going on for the new year. Once I get my thoughts together I will get it on here.

I hope everyone has a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Senior Night Football Game

Pics of us at Senior Night. Chris looks like he has lost his best friend. We can never get a smile out of him. He got to be one of the Captains that night at the game. GO BUCS!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Katie decided to be a Midnight Witch. I just couldn't put the black makeup on such a pretty face. Maybe next year she will go back to being a Princess. And yes Katie's hair has gotten that long. There were several people that thought it was a wig.

Our friends Clint, Jennifer & Summer came over a visited before we started trick or treating. They always dress up when they take Summer out.

Katie is 10!!!

I cannot believe that Katie is 10! She is growing up so fast. My little girl is becomming a young lady. These are pics that were taken on 10/17/07 her actual birthday. She wanted to go eat dinner at Ryan's. She had dinner with Nannie, Bubba, Mom and Dad. Her birthday gift from Mom and Dad was guitar lessons. She went on Thursday for her first lesson and did great. She was so excited. On Saturday she had a party at the house with 6 girls. We rented an inflatable and the girls had a great time. There were 4 of them that spent the night. (I am so glad there is only 1 birthday a year.) Everytime I let her have girls over to spend the night I ask myself why I keep doing this. They had a great time!

Scrapbook Weekend!!

Ok this is my most favorite weekend of the entire year!!!! I leave in the morning to go to Gatlinburg to scrapbook with my friends. Thursday through Sunday!!! I am sooo excited. I love going to Croptoberfest. It is such a relaxing weekend. I get soo much stuff done. I enjoy spending time with my girlfriends and getting to scrap. I will post pics of the weekend next week.

Funny for the day..

Ok some of you may know my friend Lauren from ATL. She is crazy. She is always suprising everyone and doing crazy stuff. Well this time she got it. Katie and I drove to ATL today to suprise her. She had no clue it was great! The look on her face when we pulled up was priceless. She has been under a lot of stress lately with getting her basement finished. Katie and I went down to help her out for the day. She has a GREAT new scrapbook room! I LOVE her shelves. I ended up scraping paint off windows and hanging her curtains. Everything is looking good. Our friend Teresa came down today to spend a couple of weeks with her. She is going to help Lauren go through all her stuff and get organized. Maybe they will come to my house and help me. My scrap room needs major help.

Life is always an adventure!

Well yesterday Wade called me from work saying that he was having problems breathing and his arm was numb. I immediately left work and went and pick him up and we went to the ER. For Wade to ask to go to the doctor I knew he was sick. Long story short... after being in the ER from 11:30-5:30 and 1 xray, 1 cat scan and 2 breathing treatments later... he has a bacterial infection in his lungs. They have him on an inhaler, steroids & antibiotics. The doctor said he should be just fine. Next time his sinuses start draining he will listen to me and take some medicine. That is what they think caused the infection. Men... what do are we suppose to do with them?

Is there a DOCTOR in the house!!

Ok all you moms out there. Here is a tip that may save you a lot of heartache. ALWAYS check the seams on a stuffed animal or doll before you put them in the washing machine!!! As you can see Katie's build a bear has an open wound. I came home from an auction tonight and Wade yells at me from downstairs to come and look. I come down the stairs and he asks me what are we going to do about this. Is there a doctor that can fix it. The bear even lost the heart they put in there. I washed the bear last night with a load of towels. Wade had come down to change them over and found this. He took everything out of the washer and piled it on the sink. He cleaned out the washer and walked out of the laundry room for me to perform surgery. FYI... they put a whole lot of stuffing in this bear. It is everywhere. I am having to shake off the towels into the sink and put the stuffing back in. After that the towels will go back in the wash and maybe all the fuzz will come off. I am hoping to get it sewed up and Katie be none the wiser. I hope this piece of advice will save someone else from having to do open butt surgery on a bear.

Right after all this happened I had to call my friend Lauren. She proceeds to tell me to get off the phone and get my camera and post on my blog. I hope she realizes that not all the crazy stuff happens to just her.

DECKTOPIA

I am so tired of working on this deck. Why do I feel like this thing keeps getting bigger and bigger! Ok the 1st picture was taken about 1:00 TODAY! The last picture was taken at 7:00 TODAY! Wade, Chris and Uncle Jeff and me worked hard to get all that done. I am hoping we will get even more done tomorrow. I hope the weather holds out a little longer so that we can enjoy it a while longer. Katie got in the pool this afternoon. The pool temp was about 79 degrees. Just a little chilly for me but she didn't seem to mind.

Katie's birthday is in October. Maybe everything will be finished so that we can have everyone over and cook out and have cake on the deck.

Pool Update

Ok here is the latest pics of the pool and the deck. My friend Lauren made me go out just now and take these pics. As you can see Wade is building the portion of the deck where the hot tub is going to sit. Another pic is of the frame work of the new stairs. One is of the pool and the new deck. Finally the finished screen porch. All freshly painted. For now this is all the deck we can afford. We are going to put is all the way around as the money is available. It gets us started. There is enough room for several lounge chairs. It is at least ready to use tomorrow for our cookout.

Football Time in Tennessee

Well it is at least football time at Boyd Buchanan! Chris is a Senior this year. I can't believe it! Where has the time gone. This is Chris at football camp a couple of weeks ago. What happened to the little boy who sat in the floor and played with hot wheels. It is hard to imagine that our little boy is becoming a man. Time sure flies by. Live every minute like it is your last.

The Back Yard

WOW! Why do we always take on these BIG projects. Why can't I ever do something simple? The backyard is a mess. We had / have a goal of having the deck completed by Monday. We do have the screen porch rescreened and painted. The door needs to be put on. The base of the deck is done we just need to screw in the deck boards. We probably would have been on schedule but the rain the past two afternoons have messed that up. Hopefully we will kick butt on Saturday morning and be ready to use the pool on Labor Day. Maybe mother nature will hold out for us.

POOL IS IN!!

YEA! The pool is in! We filled it all day yesterday and all night last night. I turned the water off this morning because if I had left it on all day it would have run over. I have about 3 more inches to fill and it is done. We are soo excited. Katie is ready to jump in tonight. Now we have the deck to build. I will post some pics soon.

Life in the fast lane...

Why does my life have to be soo crazy? Well Katie, mom and I got back from our trip to Jacksonville for my cousins wedding. We had soo much fun. It was great to get to go to the beach two times in one year.

Looking at the pictures that I took I cannot believe how big Katie is getting. She will be 10 in just a couple of months. Tomorrow is the first day of school. I can't believe she is going to be in the 4th grade. Where has all the time gone?

Well things are progresssing with the pool. I have a huge dirt mess in my backyard right now but hopefully by next weekend there will be a pool in its place. As always this week is going to fly by and I am not going to be any further ahead. My house is a disaster area. I need a maid! But like my friend Lauren I would probably clean for the cleaning lady and that just does not make any sense.

I think there are more important things than an immaculate house. Like spending time with your kids. The housework will still be here when they are gone.

POOL NEWS

Ok it is official. My husband is trying to kill me. It is not a quick death noooo it is slow and painful. We came home from work today and got started on the yard. Our friend Clint came over to help Wade and I. Without him we would still be out there. We got the fence taken down and the shed torn down. I also got the yard sprayed for ants. (per the pool people) The tree company will be here in the morning to start taking out the 8 trees that need to come out. I should have taken a before pic tonight before it got dark but I forgot. I will try to get one in the morning when I leave for work. I know it is going to look like a disaster zone when I get home tomorrow.

The pool is scheduled to be installed the week of August 6th. At least we may get 4-8 weeks out of the pool before we have to close it down. Wonder how long it is going to take to fill it up and get warm? Oh YIKES.. wonder how much my water bill is going to be?

YIkes!! No blog entry in 2 weeks?

Ok I admit I am sooo bad at this. I am even bad at reading my friends blogs. My friend Lauren could have said all kinds of bad stuff about me in her blog and I would not have even known it. The problem is that the webnatzis at work will not let me have access to my blog therefore I cannot check it or ready anyone elses. After working on the computer all day at work I really don't like to come home and turn mine on.

Well I have been busy doing the auction thing. Things at the booth are doing well. I am making a little bit of money. It is at least paying for my habit.

On to today... Wade and I got a wild hair and we purchased a pool today. Yup you heard me right... a swimming POOL! I am excited. They had them 50% off. I understand that this is the end of the season but we will get some use out of it before we close it down for the winter. We have a ton to get done. We have trees to cut, fence to take down & move, a storage building to remove, get a backhoe and move dirt oh and a deck to build.

Hopefully we can have everyone over for an end of summer party. I will take pics of the progress. We are planning on starting on Monday. Wish me luck!

Back From Vacation!

WE ARE BACK!!!

We all had so much fun! The photo is of our whole group. Our best friends Edna, Whit & Megan Cooze went to Myrtle Beach with us. Chris also took his friend Brandon. We had some adventures along the way. On Sunday when we arrived it rained most all of the day. But that did not stop us from going to the beach. It was just raining so we stayed out. Heck we were already wet what did it matter. On Sunday when we checked in the remote controls did not work. On Monday or maybe Tuesday the fire alarm went off in our room every time we opened the balcony door. Come to find out the batteries were dying and all three needed to be changed. Other than that we had a smooth time. We ended the week by leaving the beach on Thursday and drove up to Charlotte. We stopped and visited Hendrick Motorsports and Lowes Motorspeedway. Chris was in Nascar heaven. The only thing that would have been better is if we had actually gotten to meet Jeff or Jimmie. The whole vacation was very relaxing. I hate the thought of going back to work on Monday.

Myrtle Beach HERE I COME!!!

Ok it is 11:52 pm the night before we leave for the beach. I am just now finished packing the bags and the car. We are ready... Well except that we left my camera in Wade's truck and it is at his brothers house. So we have to make a stop there in the morning before we head out. I am soooo ready. I will post pics and details next Sunday! Off to bed to get ready for the 8 hour drive.

VACATION!!

We leave for vacation to Myrtle Beach on Sunday!!! I am so excited I can't stand it! We are going with our friends the Cooze family. I talked to Edna today and she is like me she can't wait. I know this will be the longest week of the entire year. It is even a short week. Luckily work won't be too busy. It is month end and I have a ton to get done before I leave so it will make the week fly by.

News from the Wood Family

Wade and I have made a big decision. We are putting ourselves out on a limb and have made an offer on a house. Not another one for us to live in but investment property. We are looking to fix it up and sell it for a profit. We will find out by Monday if they accepted our offer. While we were there writing the offer there was another couple waiting outside to come in and look at it. Thankfully they did not see that we were writing the offer and hopefully ours will be accepted first. But in reality the buyer may hold out till the last minute to see if any better offers come in. Keep your fingers crossed.

In the meantime my other booth has come open at the Antique Mall. If I don’t take it I will loose it. So if I don’t get the house I will still want to keep going with the booth. I hate being an adult and having to make decisions. I just have gotten to the point to where you have to spend money to make money. If you don’t put yourself on the line you can’t get ahead. Heaven knows I am not going to get rich just working my regular job. Wade and I are just trying to find other ways to earn some extra income.