I'm BACK! It's been a long time since I posted, but I'm promising to keep my blog up-to-date!

I will talk a little bit about what's been up around here...

On Feb. 24th our friends, Jack & Sue celebrated their 1 yr. Wedding Anniversary. That was a fun time!
Also in Feb. we had Josie's Freshman Orientation. WOW! Where does the time go. Our baby is going to be in High School.
Josie finished up her Volleyball season. I believe they only won one game, but they really were looking great as a team @ the end. :(

In March Ashlee (Tommy's EX-girlfriend) called and told me she was pregnant (BY HER NEW BOYFRIEND). At first she was worried but now we are all happy. I have been taking pics of how big her belly is getting I will do a post with those pics. She is due October 4th.

Also my daycare mom, Kelly (Chase & Maddie's mom) is prego. She is due October 7th. So it looks like I will having a "set" of babies in December. WOW! I am excited though.

On March 16th Tom and I went to Tenn. for the tax sale. We were able to bid on the 12th acre that we have. It's a long story, but we got it! We now own 12 acres...wahooo!

On March 21st Tom cut his face at work. He was working with a pry bar and it slipped and hit his cheek. I'll have to post a pic of it later. It's healing still. I think we are going to see a plastic surgeon.

March 17th Tommy's Band "EMPIRE" played at Block's in Decatur. They did awesome and the crowd loved them!

On March 27th my lil' one, Grace started crawling. She is such a peanut and just couldn't figure out how to make everything work. Too cute!

Also in March Josie tried out for Cheerleading (High School). SHE MADE IT! But she is the only 8th grader that made it, so that means she will be the only Freshman on the squad with all older girls. Oh my I will be gray before she is out of HS.

Tom, Josie, & I went to Alabama for the Easter week-end. I had Friday & Monday off. It was a really different Easter. Normally I cook a ham, turkey, noodles, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, corn, deviled eggs, veggie tray, & desserts. (Man that's making me hungry) My parents and whomever else wants to come, come to feast. This year we were at Tom's Uncle's new house, on his pond & we had Mr. D's (like a Long John Silver's). It was very relaxing not having to cook. And I loved being with Tom's family. After the same thing for 10 plus years its hard to break out of the routine.

On April 12th Tom & I celebrated our 21st Wedding Anniversary. We had dinner @ our fav. Mex. place El Corral on the actual day (just us) and then Friday night 20 of our friends joined us @ (of course) El Corral. We had a great time. Sad thing is I didn't have my camera with me :(

Oh and the most exciting thing this month is.......(drum roll) My husband quit his job. Yep you heard me right on April 5th Tom quit quit his job after 20 years. It's a very long story and WE both are very happy about the decision. I think because it just happened and it wasn't planned made it easier not to look back and doubt. Tom can now find something that he really wants to do. I'm just grateful that we are at a place in our lives that this is an option for him.

Well there you have it! Today is April 30th. So starting May 1st I pledge to all my fellow blogger's to post, post, post. (After reading all this you might say you aren't coming back) LOL
Hope you are keeping cool today. Thanks for reading and see you soon!

Sue's Birthday Party

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

I wanted to share some pics. of my friend Sue's birthday party. Her husband, Jack, had to work all day so I got to plan and decorate! It was kind of a "surprise" cause Sue didn't know what to except when she arrived.

Of course we had the party at El Caporal, all of our favorite place to eat, drink, and be! You can find us there every Friday night!

It's weird how Sue and I met. See we are both from Vandalia. Grew up there, graduated High School there, and yet somehow we both end up in Argenta-Oreana. I went to High School with her little sister, Amy and my brother dated her cousin, Alisha. Their family owned Bone Brother's Milk Company. (Don't really know if that is the exact time.) It wasn't to far from my house and I went there a lot when I would walk to different friends houses. They had the big silver semi's full of milk. LOL

So one late El Caporal evening about 3 yrs. ago. (in May) There is a party going on in the smoking section. Tom and I heard the laughing all evening and then this guy walks by with a Sombre on his head and fried ice cream all over his face. He looked at Tom and I and said, "Don't ever have your birthday party here." It must of been "friends and first sight" cause we have been friends ever since. LOL Well needless to say before the evening was over Tom and I joined the party.

Before we did join Sue and Jack had a spat and she left for the evening. Ummmmmm, Jack was passed out on a bench, but the rest were still going strong. LOL Tom and I kept checking on Jack to make sure he was breathing. I'm sure he didn't feel well the next day.

Every Friday night after that evening Jack and Carl (Jack's friend) would always stop by our table and visit with us. Sometimes for a long while! Eventually, Sue started coming over. Most likely to check where the heck they were. Before we knew it we were just all sitting together having dinner. As Sue and I started talking we figured out we kinda knew each other from Vandalia. It is such a small world!!

Sue and I have become very good friends and I'm glad our paths crossed that night. Oh and Jack is ok too! LOL We have good times together and I'm sure there will be many more to come!!!

Today we went and helped paint Jack and Sue's house. Jack still has a house in Decatur and Sue has her house in Argenta (where they live). Tom, Josie, and I went to help paint and get it ready to sell.

There is so much more to do, but what a difference a coat of paint makes. There was 10 of us working and we got a lot done in just a few hours. I only took a couple of pics. since I seem to be a messing painter. I had paint on my hands a lot. LOL

Oh and the best part are the puppies....Jack's terrier, Lisa had puppies. She had 4, but one got his new home yesterday. They are so adorable and Josie fell in love with them. They love to snuggle.