Finally a little bit of an explination

of what has been going on to turn things upside down. Larry is no longer working in downtown Dallas as of last Wednesday. We knew it was coming, but it wasn't suppose to happen for a few more weeks. Thankfully the line of work he is in is constantly in demand, it's just finding one that will work for us. He has had interviews with a few companies and two with one company. They want him, but just don't have it in the budget to give him the minimal we need. So the lady who he met with today wants him badly and is going to go to lengths to get the right people to get the budget to work for him.
In these times, this is all very stressful. But some good is coming out of it. We are finally really pushing to get Larry his HVAC contractors license. Something that could get him where he truly wants to be. We are also looking into other opportunities he's always wanted to pursue. This is also finally forcing me to get out and job hunt. Something I've been wanting to do, but we just haven't pushed for me to do it in the past due to at first the need for me to stay home, and then the convenience of it.
What is most sad is he left about an hour ago to go stay with his brother for a while. He has been struggling finding work too, but God was looking out for us and sent him a large job. So Larry is going to spend around a week working with him. It has been hard getting my normal daily chores done with him at home, but I didn't want him gone all the time.
We were also suppose to have both the girls this weekend before they went to spend their Spring Break with their mom. Unfortunately Haylee isn't feeling well, so we had to move our visit again. Holly's been on antibiotics this week due to a mild stomach bug earlier in the week, so she will be ok to go ahead and go. They don't think Haylee has anything serious, but she just isn't up to a long ride and being away from her current norm. (Don't blame her there. I'm the same way). So this will put me home alone for a week . Well not exactly alone. I do have the zoo here to protect me and keep me company. Most of my chores are already caught up, and since I took out T.V. from 10-5 I should be able to be very busy and creative this week. Yea.! I will also have plenty of time to job hunt. And a full week of eating things I like without worrying no one else will. Again Yea!!
So probably lots of blogging this next week hopefully full of pictures of completed projects. Which reminds me. In addition...my dang computer completely crashed, and Larry didn't have time to fix it before he left. But he left me his laptop while he's gone. And if you knew how he is with his laptop, you would know that is BIG!
Ok, that's all for now. Goodnight!

In need of pictures

My blog that is. It's been a while, so here are some.

Sorry if these first few aren't fun, but I don't do well in cemeteries normally, and this is one of the few times I'm OK. So I thought I would take a few pics of head stones of interest and share them.

My Grandparents

This one is hard to see but if you look under James, my great uncle, you will see we shared our birthday.

This is the temporary marker for my uncle LeRoy.

My mom and the rest of her siblings. (Kind of hard to get them to all look at the camera at once.) From Left to right: Willie (#7 the youngest), Ada (#4), My mom, Ruby "Cindy" (#6), Minnie (#3), Harry "Herky" (#2), and Bonnie (#1).

And here is a picture of my first Tulip to bloom. I planted them last spring. But this being my first time to plant tulips, I didn't hold my breath for them to come...actually I pretty much forgot about them till I saw some green poking up around my tree a few weeks ago.

As you can see most of my other ones have emerged too, but none of them have any blooms. I hope this freeze over the next few days doesn't kill them. I hope it does put a stunt on my rapidly growing yard of weeds that I haven't been able to get to work on killing. My luck it will do just what I'm hoping it won't.

Anyway, hope these liven up my blog a bit.

T.T.T.

It's that time of week again. Again this idea was started by my good friend Twinkle. Hop on over to check it all out.
So I had a few good ones, but for the life of me I can't remember them! So instead here are a couple other ones.

• Friday Larry took his mom back home and stayed the night to spend some time with his nephew and go to a swap meet the next day with his brother. I was a bit pooped of traveling after going to northern OK and back in two days and having gone to East TX both weekends for the two before. So I stayed behind and spent the evening with Holly. We had dinner at home then went to the movies and to Chili's after for dessert. Going to Chili's for desert was something I did a few times with my family growing up and it was one of the most fun things. You are getting to go out to eat but you get to order desert no matter what, and for the one paying it's a very nice bill. I guess not many people do this 'cause the waiter seemed shocked that's all we were ordering even though it was 9:30pm. Anyway the kindness that happened: even though we only ordered desert and the waiter knew it would be a tiny bill, he still gave us some of the best service. So in turn he received a generous tip.
• Over the weekend Holly was fighting a VERY mild stomach bug. She seemed to have gotten over it on Sunday, but yesterday morning was at her worst. So a bit aggravated, I kept her home and took her to the doctor. He in turn was very kind. A bit on the worry some side in my opinion and I really didn't need him to explain certain signs to watch out for if it gets worse. I already know them, know it's not going to lead to that by how she feels now, and didn't need him putting thoughts in my kid's head. But he was very nice. He got into talking about having kids and not wanting to be much older. I was pretty sure he was fairly young due to his doctoring manor and his looks, so I commented on how we would like one before we get much older but are thinking it's probably not in the cards for us. I mentioned my husband's age. Turns out he's 3 years older...oops. So I told him the age my grandfather was when my mom was born and how old Larry's was when he married his wife. So he is definitely no where near too old to start a family. Our other concern is how old the girls are. It all made him quite happy and he was calling me a cool lady for feeling that way.

So those aren't the one's I was wanting to write on, and if they come back to me I"ll post them. But hopefully that works for now.

As I wait...

for the tile in the living room to dry so I can move the chairs, Wii rock band accessories, and dog kennel back in and move the table, chairs, dog bowls, and plant stand out of the way to do the rest of the floors, I though I would do a post. I sadly admit, I can't remember when I last did a through mop and not a quick wipe down. It's just been hard to plan it all out and not have people walking in on my wet floors. I think I'm finally at the right time, but I finally just can't stand it and will take the chance of yelling for someone to FREEZE!
So for the season of Lent, one of the things I gave up is T.V. on weekdays between the hours of 10am and 5pm. I picked 10am because have a workout show that I work with that comes on at 9:30am. I've been DVRing that though and doing it the next day at an earlier time, so I often have the T.V. off by 9am. I gave it up because I keep the T.V. on for company and background noise, but often end up sitting and watching. I am pleased with it so far. I am back to listening to books on CD while I do my chores and am waaay more productive.
So with not watching T.V. I don't pull up a T.V. tray and eat my lunch in the living room, I sit at the dinning room table. As I was eating today, I noticed my large stash of cookbooks. And I became sad at thinking of how many I have and how little I use them. My family is a bit of picky eaters, causing me to not be willing to try new things too often. But with this lack of T.V. I came up with a fantastic idea. I'm sure many already do this, but it's still fantastic and new to me even if it is a "DUH" occurrence too.
Every week (or two weeks at least) I will designate either Wednesday or Thursday new recipe night. On these nights I will make sure I am stocked with the back up supplies for spaghetti, chili, or some other quick fix we haven't had recently so if I declare the dish a total bomb I can quickly make a meal. I will also make sure there is lunch meat and bread for the one or two who insist they can't eat this new thing. This will help me put the books to use and who knows what we will learn we like.
With he upturn of life events around here it may be a while before this new idea starts, but until then I'm happy with it.
OK back to the floors. I think the living room is definitely dry by now!

Photo 3/3

Finally got the chance and remembered the March photo.

This is a picture of the burp cloths I made as one of the gifts for Lori's baby shower.

T.T.T. time

So with all going on, the tasks that popped into my head are all that my husband and his family (of course that's my family now too, but so you understand who I'm talking about) are doing for me and my family:
First my mother volunteered Larry for a Paul bearer (sp?), but instantly worried that may make him uncomfortable since he will be around a lot of people he hasn't met yet. Larry being fabulous said "What ever you need me to do I'll do." If you knew him like we do (he's super friendly and can charm just about anyone, but a bit on the shy side at times) you'd know that's big in our hearts.
Second my MIL is here to watch Holly while we are gone and allow me to get ready to leave town without having to worry about fitting it all in around Holly's schedule. It's not often I hear of in-laws stepping up to help the other in-laws at a moments notice.
Third we went to E. TX to pick up my MIL this weekend and stayed the whole weekend. I originally didn't want to, but it turned out good for me. Larry's grandmother got right to work on making some pies she knows I like...he he love grandmother cooking! My brother-in-law's family just kept me happily entertained. No one pushed when I wanted alone time, and no one gushed over me.
For me none of that feels tiny, but for the title of the day...

Happy Birthdays!

First to my dad who is 60 today! Unfortunately with all that is happening, we will be celebrating his birthday a little later, but Happy Birthday anyway Daddy/Grandpa!! We love you!!!!
Second to Larry's grandmother who is 85 today! We love you too, and are so glad you are doing well since surgery. Hope all went fabulously with renewing your drivers license (yes she still drives, and isn't one of those old people drivers you want off the road. She is still a great driver!) and hope you had a fabulous day all around!
Third to my friend Alyssa who is 32 today. Happy Birthday and hope to finally get to see you again soon!
(Sorry no pictures of anyone. My computer mysteriously crashed after the internet guy came and had to work on it trying to figure out what was wrong with our contection...hmm.)