Logan made it thru his 1st week of school with FLYING COLORS!!!! He did so good, 5 Stars, and NO BAD NOTES!!! He is really excited about going back on Tuesday. He really loves his teacher. So it is all good. Although he keeps saying to us he has not learned anything! So the old saying is true...you can send a kid to school but you cant make him learn!
We decided since Ray has to work on Monday we would take a little roadtrip today. So off we went. We decided to head to Dublin and get some Dr Peppers. As we were going down 377 we stopped at the Pate Transportation Mesuem, it has some old cars, and plans and stuff, Logs enjoyed it. Back on the Roadtrip - Destination Dublin. We stopped in Granbury, met with a friend from work to get some eatery ideas. We chose a place called LaFiesta, it was really good, not as good at Bigotes, but close. We went to Dublin, I had a float and my jerks had Soda Jerks..HAHAHA!!! 4 cases later (2 for us 2 for inlaws) we are back on the road again. Going home we go thru Hico, something about the last resting place of Billy the Kid. Okay whatever?
Stopped at this cholocate selling place we have seen in the past, tried a truffle it was good....but for $34.00 a pound not that good. We came into Glen Rose but Dinosaur Valley State Park, they have a new attraction out there but it was closed for the day so we will go back again.
For anyone who knows us, when we go on a Roadtrip we usually end up off the beaten path, this time we found a neat place in Glen Rose called Big Rock Park. That is just what it was..there were HUGE ROCKS everywhere for you to explore, and the river went thru it, so we took off our shoes and wadded in the water a little.
We got back on the road and headed home, Logan was not wanting to do that, but we had to. I have noticed his fits are not nearly at 'bad' as they use to be, he gets over it a lot quicker now. Thanks school!
We stopped at Target and got some dog food, they apperciated that, and the got some sandwiches from Subway - Eat Fresh! Ate some dinner...way to late at night, now is it time to surf the net some and then go to bed.
Since we played today, it is all work tomorrow. mow the grass, do laundry, and work on the cars. We are going to be ready for bed tomorrow night. But since Ray has to work and Logan and I are off, we will be sleeing in, and doing NOTHING on Monday!!!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
This Hurricane Thing
(Let me preface this by saying if you get offened by my OPINIONS stop reading here)
Gustav - Catagory 4 Hurricane heading to New Orleans (as of 08/30/08 10:00pm news). Has anyone else been following the evac reports coming our of New Orleans? I mean really this is top page news, just as it was 2 yrs ago, but that was for a different reason! NO ONE WOULD LEAVE!!!! Come on everyone had Hurricane Parties until the levee broke, and now they are doing mandatory evacs. Who are the people going to blame everything on this time? Who will be to blame when they loose it all? What happens to those who dont leave? Has anyone asked....Why New Orleans? Why this soon?
I have never been so I can not personally comment on the city, but from all the reports from Katrina, and showing how they were rebuilding, it still looked pretty nasty!
I guess only time will tell. They are estimating it may be a Catagory 5 by land fall on Monday, and it may even remain a tropical depression and make it way to North Texas. Yeah we will get rain.
But lets ask ourselves, if you lived somewhere that was ravished by Mother Nature, would you consider moving. I mean honestly, you could possibly get a better job elsewhere...you are starting all over anyways! But I guess if you move you dont get all the government money!
Also the gas prices, when we filled up this morning on our way out of town.. 3.29 a gallon coming back in tonight 3.37, what is it going to be this time next week????
The Republican National Convention - GO John McCain.. you have already chosen a woman as a running mate to get the female vote, and now you what to postpone the RNC to play the sympthay vote. He is going to do what ever he can to get attention. Have the convention and seem cold hearted to what is going on with the Hurricane Gustav or dont have the convention and make it seem like you care! What are the election rules??? Can he do this. I mean do the conventions have to be held a certian amount of time BEFORE the election?? Would the general election be postponed?
Okay I got this off my chest. Tell me your thoughts and feelings about this!!!
Gustav - Catagory 4 Hurricane heading to New Orleans (as of 08/30/08 10:00pm news). Has anyone else been following the evac reports coming our of New Orleans? I mean really this is top page news, just as it was 2 yrs ago, but that was for a different reason! NO ONE WOULD LEAVE!!!! Come on everyone had Hurricane Parties until the levee broke, and now they are doing mandatory evacs. Who are the people going to blame everything on this time? Who will be to blame when they loose it all? What happens to those who dont leave? Has anyone asked....Why New Orleans? Why this soon?
I have never been so I can not personally comment on the city, but from all the reports from Katrina, and showing how they were rebuilding, it still looked pretty nasty!
I guess only time will tell. They are estimating it may be a Catagory 5 by land fall on Monday, and it may even remain a tropical depression and make it way to North Texas. Yeah we will get rain.
But lets ask ourselves, if you lived somewhere that was ravished by Mother Nature, would you consider moving. I mean honestly, you could possibly get a better job elsewhere...you are starting all over anyways! But I guess if you move you dont get all the government money!
Also the gas prices, when we filled up this morning on our way out of town.. 3.29 a gallon coming back in tonight 3.37, what is it going to be this time next week????
The Republican National Convention - GO John McCain.. you have already chosen a woman as a running mate to get the female vote, and now you what to postpone the RNC to play the sympthay vote. He is going to do what ever he can to get attention. Have the convention and seem cold hearted to what is going on with the Hurricane Gustav or dont have the convention and make it seem like you care! What are the election rules??? Can he do this. I mean do the conventions have to be held a certian amount of time BEFORE the election?? Would the general election be postponed?
Okay I got this off my chest. Tell me your thoughts and feelings about this!!!
Monday, August 25, 2008
It Went Great
For all of those who were wondering....Yes I cried!!! BUT not until I was in the car, driving off.
He was so excited this morning. I really thought that little human body was going to implode. He got dressed, and was ready to go out the door. We got to school, he paid for his lunches...in the modern world kids have to learn a code to pay for there lunches, and they do not carry lunch money any more. So then it was off to the classroom. He had only been once and remembered where it was at.
The very end of the Kindergarten hall, we followed him, he walked in put his back pack in locker found his table and sat down. I dont think he cared that we left.
But I was able to go to work and work 1/2 a day today so I was not a mess for those of you betting the obvious. We will pick him up about 4:45-5:00 after he is in the afterschool program. I want to make sure he goes thru the motions today so I may not worry as bad tomorrow.
He is eating breakfast at school tomorrow, so this is a new adventure.
Check out some pictures in the album '1st Day of School'...my flash has gone out on my camera so they are not that great...ALSO...I was irrate about that this morning so I am sure that had a little to do with the lack of tears..but I will be taking him alone tomorrow so we will see.
He was so excited this morning. I really thought that little human body was going to implode. He got dressed, and was ready to go out the door. We got to school, he paid for his lunches...in the modern world kids have to learn a code to pay for there lunches, and they do not carry lunch money any more. So then it was off to the classroom. He had only been once and remembered where it was at.
The very end of the Kindergarten hall, we followed him, he walked in put his back pack in locker found his table and sat down. I dont think he cared that we left.
But I was able to go to work and work 1/2 a day today so I was not a mess for those of you betting the obvious. We will pick him up about 4:45-5:00 after he is in the afterschool program. I want to make sure he goes thru the motions today so I may not worry as bad tomorrow.
He is eating breakfast at school tomorrow, so this is a new adventure.
Check out some pictures in the album '1st Day of School'...my flash has gone out on my camera so they are not that great...ALSO...I was irrate about that this morning so I am sure that had a little to do with the lack of tears..but I will be taking him alone tomorrow so we will see.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Vacation the 'Rest' of the Week
Vacation the rest of the week
So after we got a little rest on Monday, it was off to the doctor. I just adore my foot doctor he is really good. The X-Rays said the foot is still broken, but I can wear and walk in the boot for 2 weeks, then in to the tennies shoes, I go back on Oct 20 if I feel like I need to be seen again!If not then I am free. He is really confused how it can still be broke and not giving me any pain. He said I could be a poster child, at least it is for something positive!!! But with the rain and all this week I have been wearing my shoes and not having any problems, pain or swelling. The arch of my foot hurts some since I have not had any support there.
Off to my brothers to visit with them for a while, they had just gotten back form vacation too so we had some good stories and the boys got to play together. It was fun!
Home, dinner, & the Olympics. WHY does vacation make you so tired?? Cant really recall what we did Tuesday...wait we bought Logan's school uniform pants, and went to the grocery store, good times were had by all.
Wednesday, we went to Waxahachie to have lunch with some work peeps. It was fun, and a nice visit, we then drove around Waxahachie looked at houses and stuff. Off to Ennis, back to the scene of the crime. We watched Star Wars - The Clone Wars. It was so cute, Logan was glued to the screen. We started watching Journey to the Center of the Earth...he was OUT!!! So we stayed for a little while then came home...it is so much harded since we are older to be out so late.
Thursday...up at 7:00am....WTF!!!! Every Gosh Dang Day I woke up early....AGUH!!!! So we never left the house or the recliners, I cooked b-fast about 930, and by 11:00 we were napping. We slept until 3:30...Meet the Teacher at 5:00. I am so looking forward to this. Get up and get going!!! To the school we go. Ms Taylor, she is 2nd yr, and I think ready for the challange that is my son! He did not want to leave. He is really excited. I think I am having MAJOR anxiety over this. I did not sleep Thursday night....
Friday..GATS here we come. This is the annual Big Truck show, Great American Truck Show. Logan loves it. He was asking ALL WEEK! So we got bags of goodies and we got to see in some nice trucks. Ray's boss was out there so I got to meet him. He is a really nice guy. Dinner with the in-laws, and now at 9:55 we are fighting with Logan to go to sleep he has been in bed for almost an hour!
2 more days of vacation left....2 more days before I have to send my baby off to school. Will I cry? Probably! Am I going to miss him so much? Yes I will!! I can only hope I have given him the tools to face this day with courage, and a positive attitude. He does seem as though he likes his teacher. So that is a major plus!
So after we got a little rest on Monday, it was off to the doctor. I just adore my foot doctor he is really good. The X-Rays said the foot is still broken, but I can wear and walk in the boot for 2 weeks, then in to the tennies shoes, I go back on Oct 20 if I feel like I need to be seen again!If not then I am free. He is really confused how it can still be broke and not giving me any pain. He said I could be a poster child, at least it is for something positive!!! But with the rain and all this week I have been wearing my shoes and not having any problems, pain or swelling. The arch of my foot hurts some since I have not had any support there.
Off to my brothers to visit with them for a while, they had just gotten back form vacation too so we had some good stories and the boys got to play together. It was fun!
Home, dinner, & the Olympics. WHY does vacation make you so tired?? Cant really recall what we did Tuesday...wait we bought Logan's school uniform pants, and went to the grocery store, good times were had by all.
Wednesday, we went to Waxahachie to have lunch with some work peeps. It was fun, and a nice visit, we then drove around Waxahachie looked at houses and stuff. Off to Ennis, back to the scene of the crime. We watched Star Wars - The Clone Wars. It was so cute, Logan was glued to the screen. We started watching Journey to the Center of the Earth...he was OUT!!! So we stayed for a little while then came home...it is so much harded since we are older to be out so late.
Thursday...up at 7:00am....WTF!!!! Every Gosh Dang Day I woke up early....AGUH!!!! So we never left the house or the recliners, I cooked b-fast about 930, and by 11:00 we were napping. We slept until 3:30...Meet the Teacher at 5:00. I am so looking forward to this. Get up and get going!!! To the school we go. Ms Taylor, she is 2nd yr, and I think ready for the challange that is my son! He did not want to leave. He is really excited. I think I am having MAJOR anxiety over this. I did not sleep Thursday night....
Friday..GATS here we come. This is the annual Big Truck show, Great American Truck Show. Logan loves it. He was asking ALL WEEK! So we got bags of goodies and we got to see in some nice trucks. Ray's boss was out there so I got to meet him. He is a really nice guy. Dinner with the in-laws, and now at 9:55 we are fighting with Logan to go to sleep he has been in bed for almost an hour!
2 more days of vacation left....2 more days before I have to send my baby off to school. Will I cry? Probably! Am I going to miss him so much? Yes I will!! I can only hope I have given him the tools to face this day with courage, and a positive attitude. He does seem as though he likes his teacher. So that is a major plus!
2 More Days!!!
2 More Days!!!
Anxiety is setting in. Nerves are getting the best of me. I am usually pretty good about things not bothering me. But this school thing completely different. I think going to bed at night will be his biggest issue. I have always let him stay up until I have gone to bed. But now he has to go to bed before me. Maybe by the 2nd week of school he will not give me such a fit...but really the 2nd week of school starts with a Holiday, then one in Oct, a few more in Nov, and 1/2 of December off. How did we do it as kids, everytime you turn around another Holiday or reason to be out of school. But I am going to be okay. As long as he is I think it will all work out fine.
Be prepared for random thoughts over the next 96 hours!!!
Anxiety is setting in. Nerves are getting the best of me. I am usually pretty good about things not bothering me. But this school thing completely different. I think going to bed at night will be his biggest issue. I have always let him stay up until I have gone to bed. But now he has to go to bed before me. Maybe by the 2nd week of school he will not give me such a fit...but really the 2nd week of school starts with a Holiday, then one in Oct, a few more in Nov, and 1/2 of December off. How did we do it as kids, everytime you turn around another Holiday or reason to be out of school. But I am going to be okay. As long as he is I think it will all work out fine.
Be prepared for random thoughts over the next 96 hours!!!
Monday, August 18, 2008
First Trip to the Panhandle
WOW!!!! We had a blast this weekend.
Let me start by saying...Karen I did not read your blog before posting this one...it is 1:00am, and I want to read it but I am posting first!!
As I stated in my previous Blog it was spur of the moment! And worth every moment of it. We headed out about 8:00am Saturday morn. It is a 6 hr (+/-) drive to Amarillo, pending you don't have to make potty breaks and drink breaks...Oh yeah then the issues with the truck...but that is another blog all together. We were hoping to be in my 2:00(ish) we made it at 3:10, and met some friends at the Big Texas Steakhouse...This is one of those places that if you eat a 72 oz steak with all the sides in one hour it is free....Do these people realize this is 4 1/2 POUNDS of red meat...ok the gag reflex is kicking in.
So we get to the restuarant...it is a neat tourist attraction. If you ever go to Amarillo you will see it...We took some pics and waited for Karen & Clay to show up. I have know Clay for 20 yrs, and met Karen here...But we had never met in person. So as we are taking pictures I see them from afar, we meet up and then inside to eat. There was a guy there taking the 72 oz challange...GAG GAG!!!! He had about 4 minutes left and it was obvious he gave up. When the timer went off, the waiter weights what was left, he had eaten 68 oz...you know at that point what is 4 more ounces??
So after dinner and everyone getting 'to know' everyone we checked in to the hotel, then went to Cadillac Ranch...it was neat. Logan is really in to Route 66 since the movie Cars...incase you dont know it .... in the town Radiator Springs all the buildings are replicaed after building along the Original Mother Road. It was really neat. There was lots of mud, I guess it never rains in Amarillo until we decided to visit. We did not spray paint the cars, but we got some pictures and video. So after we left there we went to Clay & Karen's house...on the OTHER SIDE OF TOWN!!!
This was an adventure....Has anyone met my son???? Have you also heard of the expression 'A Bull in a China Shop'??? We visited for 2 hrs, and I think said his name more in 2 hrs than I have in the last 18 months!!!! Not that he was 'bad' but he was busy...it was 6:30 pm, and he had been in the car most of the day...Oh for those of you who dont know him.. He has never met a stranger, will talk your ear off...and WILL make himself at home in your house. WAIT....They have 2 cats, One really smart...it went and hid...the other not so much...Charlie wanted in investigate the little human..Logan does not understand Cats, so he had no idea why Charlie would not come to him the FIFTY MILLION TIMES HE WAS CALLED. So we made lunch plans for Sunday, and off we went. After some outside time were Logan tried to terriorize Clay. Did it work?
We ended the night with a swim in the hot tub, and the pool, and a bloody nose...Not good. It was about 10:30 when we all crashed, and I was up at 7:15 this morning.
To the Sushi & Habiachi place. I have no one to eat Sushi with so this was a treat for me. I dont know what all was ordered but it was great....I bearly had room for my habachi. At dinner Logan did more terriorizing and entertaining...
Off to Palo Dura Canyon...Now Karen & Clay have lived in Amarillo for 5 yrs...they had never been. So they came with us...it was great. But due to the weather they were evacuating the campers due to flooding. (Side Note - the Grand Canyon is Flooding too). We had accomplished what we went for. We followed them to a gas station, fueled up, got drink and snacks. Off we go...
Here it is....1:00am we are home...fixing to go to bed. I just had to blog before i read Karens....the question did she change the names to protect the innocent...she said she did not buy I am courious!
I also want to thank them for a wonderful weekend and being so much fun and welcoming!! Cant wait to do it again!!!!
Let me start by saying...Karen I did not read your blog before posting this one...it is 1:00am, and I want to read it but I am posting first!!
As I stated in my previous Blog it was spur of the moment! And worth every moment of it. We headed out about 8:00am Saturday morn. It is a 6 hr (+/-) drive to Amarillo, pending you don't have to make potty breaks and drink breaks...Oh yeah then the issues with the truck...but that is another blog all together. We were hoping to be in my 2:00(ish) we made it at 3:10, and met some friends at the Big Texas Steakhouse...This is one of those places that if you eat a 72 oz steak with all the sides in one hour it is free....Do these people realize this is 4 1/2 POUNDS of red meat...ok the gag reflex is kicking in.
So we get to the restuarant...it is a neat tourist attraction. If you ever go to Amarillo you will see it...We took some pics and waited for Karen & Clay to show up. I have know Clay for 20 yrs, and met Karen here...But we had never met in person. So as we are taking pictures I see them from afar, we meet up and then inside to eat. There was a guy there taking the 72 oz challange...GAG GAG!!!! He had about 4 minutes left and it was obvious he gave up. When the timer went off, the waiter weights what was left, he had eaten 68 oz...you know at that point what is 4 more ounces??
So after dinner and everyone getting 'to know' everyone we checked in to the hotel, then went to Cadillac Ranch...it was neat. Logan is really in to Route 66 since the movie Cars...incase you dont know it .... in the town Radiator Springs all the buildings are replicaed after building along the Original Mother Road. It was really neat. There was lots of mud, I guess it never rains in Amarillo until we decided to visit. We did not spray paint the cars, but we got some pictures and video. So after we left there we went to Clay & Karen's house...on the OTHER SIDE OF TOWN!!!
This was an adventure....Has anyone met my son???? Have you also heard of the expression 'A Bull in a China Shop'??? We visited for 2 hrs, and I think said his name more in 2 hrs than I have in the last 18 months!!!! Not that he was 'bad' but he was busy...it was 6:30 pm, and he had been in the car most of the day...Oh for those of you who dont know him.. He has never met a stranger, will talk your ear off...and WILL make himself at home in your house. WAIT....They have 2 cats, One really smart...it went and hid...the other not so much...Charlie wanted in investigate the little human..Logan does not understand Cats, so he had no idea why Charlie would not come to him the FIFTY MILLION TIMES HE WAS CALLED. So we made lunch plans for Sunday, and off we went. After some outside time were Logan tried to terriorize Clay. Did it work?
We ended the night with a swim in the hot tub, and the pool, and a bloody nose...Not good. It was about 10:30 when we all crashed, and I was up at 7:15 this morning.
To the Sushi & Habiachi place. I have no one to eat Sushi with so this was a treat for me. I dont know what all was ordered but it was great....I bearly had room for my habachi. At dinner Logan did more terriorizing and entertaining...
Off to Palo Dura Canyon...Now Karen & Clay have lived in Amarillo for 5 yrs...they had never been. So they came with us...it was great. But due to the weather they were evacuating the campers due to flooding. (Side Note - the Grand Canyon is Flooding too). We had accomplished what we went for. We followed them to a gas station, fueled up, got drink and snacks. Off we go...
Here it is....1:00am we are home...fixing to go to bed. I just had to blog before i read Karens....the question did she change the names to protect the innocent...she said she did not buy I am courious!
I also want to thank them for a wonderful weekend and being so much fun and welcoming!! Cant wait to do it again!!!!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
We are out Baby!!!!
Vacation has started. This is the most specialist, this is the last one before Logan starts school!!! We are going to Amarillo. WHY??? To see some friends, well to meet a myspace friend....you know who you are!!! To go to that Steak place...does it compare to Texas Roadhouse?? To go to Palo Dura Canyon. Oh yeah...because we have not been there. This was decided last night about 630 on our way to dinner. So getting ready and my analness about traveling I have not had a lot of sleep. But this is going to be a blast!!! We are so excited. Logan hit the floor running this morning ready for the roadtrip!!!
Well memories to be made....off we go. I will be posting about vacation all week.
In 9 days my baby starts school. I dont want this time to end!!!!!!
Well memories to be made....off we go. I will be posting about vacation all week.
In 9 days my baby starts school. I dont want this time to end!!!!!!
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