January 29, 2011

Happy Birthday Mom! Love this picture from the spring of 2009.

January 28, 2011

Tried to go to work today, but still felt awful. Decided to go to the doctor instead. I couldn't get in to see Dr. Schmidt, so went to the Urgent Care instead . . . and I'm glad I did. Dr. Schmidt probably wouldn't have done a flu test, and it turns out I have the flu! Spent an hour at the pharmacy (AGAIN) to pick up some kind of inhaler thing and some more cough medicine. Now I have NO vacation or sick days left until July 1st!

January 27, 2011

Spent ALL day in bed with 102 fever! Didn't do anything but sleep and watch TV. Robert was a sweetheart and stayed home to take care of me.

January 26, 2011

I'm sick. This is what my phone looked like when I got home and went straight to bed. The calendar appointments are actually things that happened this morning. Oh well. Going back to sleep with my 101 degree fever . . .

January 25, 2011

Are all pharmacy's this slow . . . or just the one's I go to? Waited 30 minutes this time! SIGH The coupons that saved me $70 on two prescriptions really threw them for a loop. Allergy pills, sleeping pills, antacids, and cheese and sour cream for Robert. Would have been $120 . . . got it for $50!

January 24, 2011

Rough day Chili?! LOL This was @ about 7:30 pm. It's about how I felt, that's why I was in bed, watchin' the Bachelor, and trying to upload the picture that WAS going to be today's pic! :)

January 23, 2011

Went and saw this movie today. Very strange! I honestly don't know what I think about it . . .

January 22, 2011

Robert filled 9 bags of leaves and hedge trimmings today, while I did the running around. Went and got my oil change, car inspected, and car washed. Then went to the scrapbook store in Waxahachie, and the antique store next to it, Kohl's, then the grocery store.

January 21, 2011

Happy Birthday Ian! (me, Robert, and Ian at his graduation this last summer)

January 20, 2011

I totally forgot to take a picture of this as soon as it came out of the oven! LOL It was SOOO much better than it looks at this moment. Papa Murphy's DeLite pizza . . half Hawaiian, half Mediterranean. Luckily I had 19 points left for the day, so I stayed within my daily points. Woohoooo

January 19, 2011

No picture today . . I put the Point tracker I got from going to the Weight Watcher at work orientation in it's place.

Joined Weight Watchers @ work today. Had already joined online, but thought I could use the extra help. It's only $10 a paycheck. About 50 people showed up for the first meeting . . so LOTS of support.

January 18, 2011

This day didn't start out good with a 9am conference call, followed by 2 hours of STRESS! By 11, I BADLY needed some retail therapy. Found this CUTE purse at Kohls. (of course it was on sale, everything is ALWAYS on sale there!)

January 17, 2011

It's a CONSPIRACY I tell ya! Those evil little girl scouts and weight watchers are working together to keep us all fat and happy eatin' these addictive things! arrgghhhh They are SO good! 2 points a cookie . . ate 2 today. NO MORE! LOL

January 16, 2011

Crockpot Sunday! That's what my Sunday's seem to be lately. It leaves me enough leftovers for the week so that I don't eat JUNK. Today was one bag of frozen chicken breasts, one packet of taco seasoning, one jar of salsa (blended for my preference), 2 cans of corn, 2 can of black beans . . . and 2 bags of instant rice added at the end. I can eat it with a couple of chips or on a tortilla, or just plain. mmmmmm Oh, and don't forget my flowers. Robert got them for me yesterday at the store. I LOVE tulips. And, of course there is CBS Sunday Morning on the TV in the background. Can't start out my Sunday's without it.

January 15, 2011

Oh, it's been TOO long. We finally brought in the experts to clean our house for us. Today was the "deep clean" and to see how Chili would act with them. I'm soooo excited to have a clean house, and I didn't have to DO it!

January 14, 2011

Another day, another day without a picture. Today's picture is actually a "warning" that I got for speeding on the way home from work. Since it's got a bunch of personal info, I'm not gonna include it online. But, here's what I said in the scrapbook . . .

Oooppss . . .had just snuck outta work early on a Friday, great song on the radio. Didn't realize I was going 57 in a 40! haha Got a warning this time.

January 13, 2011

Some things I want to include in my scrapbook, but not online. This is one of them. See ya tomorrow . . .

January 12, 2011

I can't believe how COLD it was today! This is TEXAS?! This was at about 8:15am on my way to work, and my phone said it was 25 degrees! We should atleast have snow if it's gonna be this cold!

January 11, 2011

My lunch. Taco soup and catching up with facebook on my phone. Didn't want to go out, so I could leave work as early as possible and get to sleep early. I coughed more than I slept last night.

January 10, 2011

Ugghhhh. Whatta Day! Coughed up BOTH lungs last night, so I called in sick to work. Then spent 2 hours trying to call the doctor for an appointment. They came in late because of the weather. Finally saw him at 2:45. Got an antibiotic shot (that's why I love this doctor . . shots!!). Feel better already. Also got some cough syrup and more antibiotics. Time to nip this crap in the BUD!

January 9, 2011

Not enough snow to shake a stick at! So, we threw the sticks in the fire, ate some Taco Soup, and watched the boob-tube. Did see some snow fall, but none of it stuck.

January 8, 2011

Looking at this view out my back window, I find it VERY hard to believe that we could possibly get 5 inches of SNOW tomorrow! AS IF! We'll see when I take tomorrow's picture . . .

January 7, 2011

Put up all the Christmas stuff today. Robert had actually taken down the tree last weekend, and I just got around to the rest of it while we were cleaning the house. Not much to put away this year.

January 6, 2011

This stuff is sooooo GOOD! Found it years ago at the grill store, and been using it ever since. Had Robert throw some chicken breasts in the oven before I got home with some Pecan Rub on them, and they were ready to top my salad when I got home! YUMMMM! And still have 4 points left for dessert!

January 5, 2011

Trying to wear my new fitbit everyday. Can even track my sleep with it. Didn't get on the treadmill this morning because of this DAMN cold. Maybe tomorrow? I'm tracking meals on weight watchers.

Trying this again . . .

Not promising anything, but trying this picture a day thing again. I got the "Project Life" kit, so I'm doing it "manually" instead of digitally. I'll just take the pictures, and catch up every so often. Here's the last 4 days:


Just 2 blocks from home. Gorgeous sunset tonight . . . but I'm soooooo tired of this commute. Need a job closer to home, or to win the Lotto!


Robert can't STAND this show! It's fake, it's scripted . . . and I LOVE it! LOL Tonight is the season premiere. First day back at work, sick, perfect night to veg in front of the TV!


Here is where I'm spending my day! Woke up feeling kinda puny. Robert is in his new studio, so I'm gonna PLAY today! I don't wanna go to work tomorrow! :(


Rang in the New Year at the lake with Shawn, Leah (hands in pic), Evan and Lauren. Seven of us played poker and I was the 4th one out. Better than I thought I would do. Lost $20. Bummer! :(

New Blog Theme for the new year . .

what'cha think?

My little drummer boy

Here's what it sounds like in his head (he JUST put them together, so he's still getting used to them) . . .

and here's what I'll hear (with headphones on). It's really not too bad . . . even better since it's across the house in the dining room, instead of across the hall from our bedroom!

He'll have plenty to do now while I go to my parents!! He'll be messing with them all weekend. So much for all the sleep he was going to be catching up on.

My Sacrifice

Well, I did it . . . sacrificed the dining room! Our dining room is now the "recording studio" . . . never really used it for dining anyway. I'm hoping that when I get home from my folks on Saturday, it looks a little MORE like a recording studio that the dumping grounds it is now.

In return for my sacrifice, the "hobby room" is now my "scrapbook room" again!! So, his dumping grounds is literally that . . . we just got his drums set up about an hour ago, and cleaned the hobby room out. My room is so PRETTY again . . .

This is the corner that used to be Robert's. All that's left is the lonely guitar to the left of the TV. Here's the other corner of my room . . .

Well, the Grinch is gone now . . .

I wasn't going to put out anything, and do it all myself . . . but Robert threatened to go get one, and put it up himself. Didn't want to risk what that would look like! LOL Sooo . . . what did HE do? uhhhhh, well he helped get some boxes out of the shed, and he carried the tree in here. I didn't put all my stuff out, just about 60% of my stuff. It really is kinda a pain taking down on the normal stuff for just a couple weeks, and then putting it all back before someone calls you lazy cuz it's March, and you still have your Christmas stuff out! LOL Well, it's really pretty. I'm in here on my laptop, and where is Robert . . . uhhhh, in the bed napping. Glad he's enjoying the tree! hehe

More old layouts . . .

Geeezzzzz . . . it was 10 years ago that I made these scrapbook pages!! These are all from my dad's side (Blanchet's and LeBlanc's)

Scrapbook pages from a couple of years ago . . .

Here's where I left off a couple of years ago . . . These are all from my mom's side (Wing's and Jepsen's)

Christmas "card" from 1915

It's more like a book, so I'm not sure if it was a gift, a book, or just a card. The back says "Lafayette Wing from Jessie Patterson -- Xmas 1915". Lafayette, or Lafe, was my mother's father's father (my great grandfather). He was born in 1900, so he would have been 15 . . . and Jessie was probably a girl that had a thing for him! haha

Front:

Back:

Inside (there are about 10 pages, but this was the prettiest):

My mother's mother's mother . . .

Found this letter when digging thru a trunk of old pictures and scrapbooks.

I think she left out some of her children is because they were already "of age" and could take care of themselves, unlike the younger children. Atleast I hope that's the case! I'm working on saving it all, and putting it into albums that future generations can enjoy. As I find other pictures of interest, I'll be sure to post.