Winter has arrived!!

I know that winter hasn't officially arrived but when I looked out my window this morning it sure looked like it. I made up this background & header a couple of weeks ago but I HAD decided to wait to change it until after Thanksgiving. But with all the snow on the ground this morning I couldn't wait. So Happy "WHITE" Birthday to Grandpa! I hope you enjoy it and I love you.
As for us here. Yep, they closed the school for the day, so it was stay in bed and keep warm a little later this morning. Tommy is also home until Tuesday, that is as long as his doctor gives him the OK. He is having a lot of problems with his back and the doctor didn't like how his x ray looked so after a heavy duty steroid and muscle relaxer they will recheck it and see how everything is sitting then.
As I already said it's My Grandpa's birthday today so we will be going over to my Aunt's today and then out to dinner tonight to celebrate. I'm not sure how old he actually is (87 I think)but I know he is in better shape than the old people he lives with (I won't mention any names, HA!) Just kidding, but he walks everyday for a hour and that is saying something.
As for me and the girls we are feeling pretty good these day's, praise the lord.
You all have a great weekend

I added the penguin for Allie

Allie's Turn

Lord help me! I don't know how much more I can take. As you all know I haven't been feeling to good. Then last week Ashley had a ear infection. I took Allie last week with Ashley because she had been doing a lot of coughing, runny nose, sore throat. The doctor said it was viral. Her coughing didn't get better and she said her ears felt plugged all the time so she was having a hard time hearing (I know nothing different there ;-) ) Now a week later I took her back to the doctor (her actual doctor this time) Allie has a Double Ear Infection AND Walking Pneumonia. Oh yeah she is also wheezing and has to use a inhaler too. I think this could have been caught last week if that doctor would have taken the time to test her. I wonder if I could get a refund on the last co-pay I had to pay? On a side note I am feeling 75% better, still coughing a bit.

Her doctor said to keep her home tomorrow so I have to stay home from work with Allie. I didn't want to send her to Dena's and get Grandpa sick. Allie was sad about that. She LOVES staying with Dena when she doesn't feel good. Dena is good with the babying/smothering stuff that Allie just eats up! I guess the Lord has his way of making us SLOW DOWN! I have gotten so much down time, but it was needed.

Still Not Up To Par

This has been the longest 7 weeks of my life. I have yet to shake whatever sickness I have. The doctors have checked my blood, everything came back negative but they gave me a second round of antibiotics yesterday along with a inhaler and more cough syrup. Come to find out when I went to pickup my prescriptions the pharmacist informed me that I am on the strongest antibiotic that I could get unless I was in the hospital hooked up to a IV... great. My doctor did say I have bronchitis and a sinus infection but with all the med's I got, maybe my doctor is keeping something from me. If I don't clear up soon I think I will be heading over to a allergy specialist. That's the only other thing I can think of. I have talked to a few teachers at school and they have told me it could have to do with the room they put me in. Apparently everyone that has works in the room I am in gets sick. WONDERFUL!
Ashley went back to the doctor too, she now has a ear infection.

Enough of my pity party. Despite felling bad, we have manages to do a few things. Ashley and Basketball are in full swing. Allie is all done with Chargers Cheer leading. We took of for a weekend with the Duncan Family to Gatlinburg.
I am co- chairing as homeroom mom for both Allie and Ashley. I had a lot of fun planning the Halloween parties. The mom from Ashley's class that was in charge of games got sick so I ended up putting both of the girls' classrooms together for the game . I did this game called " The Withering Corpse". Basically I read a story to the kids about this man that was murdered and what was in the boxes was his body parts. I know Gross,,,,but those kids loved it! They had to walk around the table and stick there hands in a box to feel the parts (ex. Brain, eyes, hand, heart. etc.). When actuality it was just food. The object of the game was to try to figure out what the parts actually were.
Halloween night we went to church for The Sweets, Treats and More event. Tommy and I were in charge of a couple of games and the girls got LOTS of candy during the event. Although I got the bad Mommy award because both girls ended up sick from being out in the cold and I got worse. So it was stay in bed time on Sunday.
Hopefully all of you are doing much better and enjoying the fall!
Love


Check out the slide for More October Pictures

More October Family Fun

Update

Plain and simple I just have not felt like blogging. I haven't been feeling too good and have been reel busy. Tommy and Allie are doing good, Ashley and I have bronchitis though.
We have had a lot of things going on since my last blog. So instead of feeling you in on all the details check out my fall fun slide show because as they say "A Picture is worth a Thousand Words". You can also check out Nicole's blog for pic's of a Woolly Worm festival we went to this weekend. What a adventure that was...we still love you Nicole;-).
I hope you all are doing great
Love,


PS. For Nicole's blog just click on here name

Fall Fun

YES, I Did It Again!

I was looking through some scrapping sites yesterday and found this little scarecrow/man holding a sign and decided I wanted him on my blog. So that meant I needed to change the whole things again. So what do you think???

Anyway things have been crazy here. September was non stop. well October hasn't slowed down yet, and it is only getting busier. Ashley is doing great with her riding lessons. Allie is still cheering. CHAC Basketball started this week with practice. Ya, wouldn't you know it their schedules crossed so Tommy took Allie while I took Ash to her practice. This weekend we were suppose to go to a Marriage retreat with our Sunday school class. I had the sitter all set up. Tommy however had to spoil it by not being able to get the weekend off. I had thought about going without him, but thought it would be awkward since it is a "Marriage Retreat". Well just because those plans fell through you would think BORING WEEKEND ahead...NOT! Well last week, due to rain, a birthday party the girls were going to fell through so it was rescheduled to Tonight. Tomorrow Allie has a party at Fun Expedition for a boy in her class, then Saturday night We are going to a bonfire/soup social.
Sunday after church Allie's teacher invited us over for a cookout. On top of all this Tommy's mother is coming into town, tonight! I haven't been feeling to good the past few days, so please pray for me. I don't know how I am going to get through this weekend.
I hope you all have a great weekend...Oh, by the way I am SO EXCITED my nephews and mother are coming out for a week at Christmas break, YIPPEE!!!!

My New Desktop Picture

Well since a few plans We had scheduled for today failed to happen, that left me some time to play on my computer. I decided to change my desktop from the Back to School one I did to one for the fall months. Well this is what I came up with.

The pics are of the girls from last fall. I will probably change the pics once I get some from this year.

I am really enjoying this digital scrap booking stuff. It is so easy to change something if you don't like it. I have never been much for scrap booking but since I started doing it on the computer and then I had a chance to do some at Macey's party, I am hooked. Tommy was giving me a hard time because I have been spending a lot of time doing it. But now that I have finished updating my Aunt's and Sister's Blogs, I will have to wait until my family goes to bed to play from now on. That's fine with me, I am a night owl anyway. I got to do my desktop while Tommy was on the other computer and the girls were busy playing with one of Ashley's friends from school. Well it's time to get them to bed for church in the morning and Tommy and I are going to watch a movie. So Good night!

Sorry I can't make-up my mind

I know I have changed my blog a few times and I will probably change it again. I liked the scarecrows but I thought it was too bright and busy. The leaves were from the cutest blog site and I want to come up with one myself so this is what I came up with for today. At the rate I am going, it will change weekly if not daily. I am happy with my signature though so I may come up with a background and header that will match that, so stay tuned.

Anyway things have been BUZY. The girls and I have had a few parties to attend. We went to a slumber party for Miss Macey then Saturday Ashley had a party in Johnson City. While she was at the party Allie and I did a little shopping. We actually went to get Halloween Costumes. Allie decided she wanted to be Sharpay from High School Musical. We are talking blond wig, BIG pink sunglasses, lots of bling. So Allie. Since we got a early start getting the costume, we actually found a Dorthy from the Wizard of oz for Ashley. She has wanted to be Dorthy for years, but we could never find one in her size. Well we finally succeeded so after we picked up Ash from the party we went and had her try it on. VICTORY!!!! After Tommy got home we headed over to the Duncan's for Horse riding and Smores'. Kelly is trying to get me on the horse but I told her I was more into feeding them than riding them. I will one of these days. Ash got to ride Satch all by herself. Tommy did too. Allie wanted Kelly to still lead her. We also got to meet some friends they met camping one year from California. Sunday Tommy and Ashley weren't feeling to good so we stayed home from church. It was nice to spend some quality family time together.
Today I started my new hours at school. It was great to get home by 1:00. Tommy was off today so he took Ashley to her riding lessons. That gave me time to get most of the laundry done and Allie a head start on her homework. When Ashley got home she informed me that her horse stepped on her foot. She has a nice bump and bruise. Hopefully the swelling will be down in the morning. It can't be too bad since she did come home and jump on the trampoline. We will see what tomorrow brings. Well good night for now.

Wecome Fall

I know it is not until next week, but I can't wait. I love Fall here in Tennessee. It is beautiful!!!Most everyone I know gets sad this time of the year but not me. The weather is perfect. Jeans and a T-Shirt type of weather. YIPPEE!!!! Less humidity means better hair days for me. School is in full swing= less time at home fighting, cheer leading for Allie and now I am heading over to the Middle School to sign up Ashley for Basketball. Yes, she is still doing her riding lessons but since that is only one day and Ash has NO problems when it comes to getting her school work done, I am not worried at all about things slipping. Allie on the other hand hasn't changed much. Homework is always a battle. We didn't let her cheer this past weekend because of a bad grade on her Math test. She was mad and then shocked when I told her she better get it together or come Middle School and High School, NO GOOD GRADES, You can't be on a team. Hopefully that will open her eyes a bit. Tommy said to sign up Allie for basketball too but I am fighting him on it. For one I asked her last night about it and she said no, but today at school she said she wanted to because her buddy Emily is signing up. Then there is the fact about her school work. I feel like unless she can prove she can handle it all, NO WAY. Well we will see what happens.