Here I am again!

Went to Kman's birthday party. He was so cute just staring at the cake while everyone was off playing. We had a nice time except for controlling our children at times. Why mine, Lord?

I must have told my two to stop that, quit this, look what you are doing, be careful a zillion times. Am I too protective?!! I want them to learn to behave. Torry has deliberately several times been mean to ET just because.

We got ready to leave the park and ET refused to come down the slide so we could go. Shane tried several attempts, but to no avail. We were the last ones to leave the park. GRRRRR!!

Am I too protective?!! I mean I look over and TSG who is 9 picked up a balloon and was seconds from putting it up to his mouth. HELLO.. discusting.

Well, aside from all the correcting, it was fun.

I come home and had to do laundry, vacuum, and I think I am getting ready to get a meatloaf together for tomorrow evening.

I need to start getting ready for ET birthday. It's coming up in a couple weeks.

Shygirl called Shane's cell phone tonight. We were shocked. She wants to come over and visit or spend the night. That was nice. I hope she does.

Well, I am gonna get off here and make the meatloaf. My hubby is doing what he does best, talking on the cell.

Defineably Crazy!!

I believe Shane and I are a little on the crazy side. Torry went around asking every boy at the picnic today to come to our house. I overheard Zack asking Bro. Ken, then Bro. Scott mentioned it to Shane if Randy could come over, then I heard Torry asking Tyler to come over. I'm so glad Torry asked his parents before asking all the boys and their parents. Grrr... I don't mind that he has friends over at all, but please inform your mama first. So, 2 of the 3 are gonna be here tonight. Shane has homework, plus 2 messages to study for tomorrow. I am in the process of laundry (which has definitely increased since our family increased).

I think we'll do frozen pizzas for the boys tonight. Anyone else wanna come? Don't think I'm complaining. I enjoy my boys enjoying themselves. They had a blast at the church picnic today. I on the other hand was a tad bit aggravated if anyone noticed. Shane was being silly pouring water on another individual. Well, I think I'll be silly and get a cup of ice cold water. Well, in the process of him freezing, he steps on my foot, I lose my balance and this big 'ole girl does a dive on the concrete. Not only does my foot hurt, my knees and my hands where I attempted to catch myself. Not to mention the embarrasment of this big girl falling. I bet there was plenty a laughin'. I was quite aggravated at my hubby cause he didn't seem to care enough like I thought he should. Well, I'm fine, but sore and he did apologize for the incident. It wasn't all his fault, but I was embarrased and hurt at the time. Men!! You gotta love 'em!!! I do love my husband y'all!! He got up and washed our sheets this morning!! Wow!! He was trying to earn brownie points, but he said he lost 'em at the picnic. Bless him. He did take the boys while I was at CPR this morning. Everyone was teasing cause we drove 2 cars. Bro. Ken said he had a slot opened up next week for counseling since we drove seperate vehicles.

Well, I need to check the laundry and get some caffeine for this headache that thinks it wants to come on me tonight.

Have a good evening!!

Life in the fast lane still

Wow we have finished supper, homework, reading, bedtime snack, pj time before 8:00. The boys have been very good. For those of you who don't know we now have a little boy who is almost 5 in our home(ET phone home). ET is somewhat of a challenge. Doesn't feel he has to listen the first, second or third time. Maybe not even the 8th or 9th time. Wow!! God must know what I can deal with, because at times I don't think I can go another mile. We had a ten month old little boy in our home for almost 2 months. He stole all of our hearts fast, but he went to live with another couple that was getting their license to get him. It was the hardest thing besides moving from IN to NC that I have ever done. Wow. We saw him at the Morganton Festival Friday night. That was a killer for me. Saturday I just wanted to lay in my bed all day. My hubby advised me that it was best for us just to keep on truckin'. If we sat at home and dwelled on it, the devil had more room to slip in.

I had the boys by myself at church yesterday from 4:30 on. They were very good. ET had a slight incident, but for the most part I was impressed.

I have them on Monday eves while hubby at work. It sometimes is tough, but tonight, thank the Lord, they have been wonderful.

I am so excited for my parents to come down at the first of the month. That means I need to get to doing some nitty gritty cleaning.

We finally put all the baby stuff in the shed, and I dispursed the borrowed items to their proper places. Thank the Lord for the church family that helped out when we had nothing. We found a nice high chair at a yard sale, and I got several big toys at a yard sale for little tikes. They are all put away now for future use, maybe.

Ya know, mothering is the hardest thing I have ever done. Any advice, I'm all ears. Patience is the key, and that gets a little thin when I have to repeat and repeat. GRRRR!!! Lord love 'em!!

Well, my hubby is almost home and I need to get the boys simmering down before BED. Thankfully they don't fight sleep.

My Day Off!!

No sleeping in today. I got up first and got ready, got sleepyhead Torry up to go with me to go get my blood work done, then I took him onto day camp. He chose to go and play with his friends. He really enjoys it there. I am so thankful. Well, then I went to pay restitution for disobeying the law. I got a ticket back in May for not wearing my seat belt. Needless to say it was an expensive lesson to learn. I now wear my seat belt all the time. As Torry would say "I told you so, Mom?" He gave me a lecturing after it happened. He was in the car with me(obeying the law) and was scared stiff. I mean he didn't say one word, and that is hard for him.

Next on the agenda was to come home and start my homework for this week. Yeh, I got both essays done for the week. Then, my dear momma called and was very chatty. After that, let's see....oh, I ran to the grocery store for a few things, went and got Torry right afterwards, and headed for the journey home.

This is the first time that I have sat down since I have come home almost two hours ago. I decided to make my little man some jello. He loves jello. A sister from church gave me some race car molds to try. There not finished setting up, but he was so excited when he saw I was making jello. He doesn't eat many sweets, but does like ice cream and jello. Then, while I was in all that boiling water mode, I decided to make my hummingbirds some food. They have been dry for a week.

Now, I get to go to the college and register for next semester already. Wow, this semester has flown. I have one more week of this semester and then we have a little break and start back at the end of August I think. I have enjoyed this Psychology class
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This is my brother's baby kitten. Isn't she cute!



This is how we found Torry one morning at home.

Staff Mtg.

We had a staff meeting tonight. How boring. I was ready to get home. We have to start taking a day a week off because of low attendance. It's nice in one aspect, but the paycheck is short. Well, we are so busy that we had to meet at a restaurant tonight. Just a quick check in. going to spend time with my hubby.

Always drama

Woohoo, here I am again. Another day off!! I slept in till 9:00 am. Oh, it felt so good. I had such fun in Indiana, but was glad to get home to my bed. We haven't slept in our beds for 2 weeks. We had our bathroom remodeled from a fellow from Shane's work. MISTAKE!!! The guy said it would take 3 days total. Well, what was supposed to be 3 days lasted a total of two weeks.

That is a long story in itself that would take me too long, so I'll decline for now.

I detest emptying suitcases and putting everything away. As much as I detest it though, I can't stand suitcases laying around. So, here I was Sunday evening after we got back from a very long trip home (2 traffic jams that held us up for at least 1.5 hours) unloading stuff, starting laundry, cleaning my bathroom(which I must say, was discusting), and putting up a shower curtain so we could get showers. Torry thought it was totally cool he got to take the first shower with our curved shower rod. By the way, I recommend them. My momma got it for me and it is wonderful, and it looks cool 2.

So, today I had a chance to clean my house good. I had to work on the carpet stains that the "man cleaning the bathroom" got very dirty. Grrrrrr!!! Torry wanted to go to Day camp today and be with his friends, so I had a very quiet day just working around here and getting my homework done that I was hopefully going to get done in Indiana. I got everything done, and did a little running in town, and here I am awaiting the arrival of the boys and awaiting Ladies Nite Out. WOOhhhhoooo!!

My momma kept us very busy this last week. She had the calendar full. My brother Nate and his wife Tracy came in Monday and my brother Kurt came in to visit on Monday. So, Tuesday, we went to this really huge place (7 acres) called Bailey's Discount. We went their the last trip and Shane enjoyed it, so my momma catered to the boys. My brother likes it too and hadn't been there for years since we were young teenagers. My little Torry stuck with G-pa. My dad took off all week just to bond with Torry. They went everywhere together. He helped water the many many flowers my parents planted this year, he helped drive the tractor(for the very first time, I might add), he played with the lazy cat, he rode bicycle, went to town everytime dad did, and helped G-ma by attempting to push her. That was funny!! I have a cute picture of Torry and my dad with the same hats on playing basketball. My dad found every ball my brother's owned and pumped up, and fixed for Torry. Oh, and the bikes. Torry had about 4 bikes to choose from. Goodness, he was not bored in the least. The minute his feet his the floor in the morning, he was outside with my dad. We went to Michigan 2 days in a row to see both sets of my grandparents. That was nice. My poor 'ole Grandpa Mikel cannot hear at all. He is really failing bad. My grandma said it is like taking care of an adult child. Bless him!!

We went and saw the fireworks on Friday night. That was nice. Torry said that it was his first time doing sparklers. He was a spoiled child this last week. Once my hubby gets the pics off the camera, I'll post a couple of Little T.

Well, the boys just got home. I shall go and get ready for SNO.

Lots to do, but doing nothing

I am being bad. I got home from work today and everything hurt. Back, belly, head... Well, Shane was going to a meeting and taking TSG with him, so I sat in the recliner. I have school work to do, laundry to hang up and I am being lazy. It felt kind of nice. I guess I shall go do all my evening rituals as a mother and wife.

We are low in numbers at school, so we are all volunteering to go home early. Mine was yesterday for the first time. It was nice. I called Shane and he took the day off too. I met him at home, and we ran and did errands. A million of them in fact. Paid a couple bills, went to Lowes, went to Walmart, went and picked up TSG , and ran to his mom's to fix the toilet leak that didn't get fixed Sunday night after a trip to Lowes, and a plumber. That was all frustrating. Anyway, went to put shock in our friend's pool while they are away on vacation. One there, we decided to go back home and get our swimmin' duds, and go back to swim. Once we were back at our friend's house, Shane realized that he forgot the key at home. So, Shane decides to find a way to get in. We did, without a key!! We went swimmin, and had a good time. Time did fly though. I came home, made spaghetti, and everyone went their seperate ways. Shane-recliner, Big T- outside, Me- homework. Half way done with this psychology class. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!

Well, like I said... before the guys get home, and I have done nothing to this cluttered house, I shall get busy.

Only a couple more weeks and we go to Indiana. Dread the drive, but I will enjoy the fun!!

No Fainting!!

Please do not faint at the fact that I am blogging. I am supposed to be taking a psychology test but I decided to wait till this evening or until after Shane got home so I would not be distracted by his arrival. I might get a kiss ya know. Although I probably won't be able to feel it for the numbness of my lips due to 3 more cavities filled today. Yehhhhh.... I am all finished with these crazy fillings. I was under the assumption that I only had 3 cavities. The dentist failed to inform his paying customer that she had 7. Grrrrr.... now I don't have to go back till my cleaning.

I only had one filling in my 30 years of life. Now I all of a sudden have 7 cavities. I have come to the realization that it is from all this southern sweet tea. Up north we didn't drink sugar in our tea. Now, you all have got me hooked on sweet tea. Bad habit let me tell ya. My hubby doesn't even drink tea, so I do not make it. But, McDonald's had the best sweet tea. And Tiffany!!!

Well our foster child shygirl has made it back to her family. I am sad, but happy all in one breath. The last month and a half was very good. We had good times. She had mixed emotions about going back, but our home is back to normal. As normal as you can call us. We are on the go so much. Ball game here, ball game there, church, school, Little Man's school functions, and such. Wow. My parents were amazed at our schedule. They live slow paced compared to us.

We didn't a whole lot of activities while ma and pa were here. We did go shopping and out to eat, and to a ball game. They kind of lived our lifestyle with us the week they were here. They did relax a couple of mornings that we were at our jobs and school, but that's it. Dad helped tremendously around here. Fixed a knob on T's dresser, mowed the grass, fixed T's light fixture that was pulled a little too hard. Hmm.. let's see what else. Dad played alot of ball with T. Little T and Dad both had a good time. Was good for both. They got to bond a little. It won't be long till we'll be headed to the great state of Indiana.

I was kind of dissapointed. Ma said Nate, my brother, won't have the kids. T was bummed. Ma had planned to go to the zoo, and fun stuff with all the kids. We'll have to go a different route.

Well, my mouth is unnumbing now, so I think I'll drink this Diet Mt Dew. Mmmmm the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Talk at ya later, and I promise I won't stay away as long.

Frogger 2

I am addicted to Frogger 2. I brought it home for the kids to play, and I have sat here for 3o minutes and played, trying to beat level 2. Grr.... I am frantically getting ready for this party. AHHHH..... I went basketball buying crazy today. This is only a one time deal huh?!! Ok, tell that to my husband and the checkbook. Some lovely lady gave me money to spend on Torry for his party. I love ya!!!

Well, I have been so sick. I was so sick yesterday I should have stayed home from work. I came home, fixed the kids quickies, and sat in my recliner the rest of the evening. I feel much better today. Thank the Lord. I hate being sick.

Well, I should get off here and get to bed. I should be tying on a story I have to write for class on Thurs. night. I hope I don't have to go Thurs. I should get it done tomorrow, huh?!!!

I went and volunteered in Torry's class yesterday to read. I had a blast. THe teacher enjoyed the break too. SHe told me to come back any time. I wish I could do that more. I want to be a stay at home mom. My husband teasingly said, when we get as rich as C and F than we can. Haha!! He was teasing. But really, I want to be a stay at home mom. Why does inflation have to happen. I don't like prices to rise so we can't afford one income. I suppose if I cooked more instead of eating out, huh?!!

Speaking of eating out!! We went to Denny's tonight. Kids eat free on Tues. Well, the light went out as we were paying due to the bad storm. Wow, that was weird. Just as Shane was pulling out his debit card, the computer went blitz. So, thankfully we had cash. They did have the "dinosaur" as they called it to run cards through manually. But they had to find it in the dark for the next lady. It was very dark all through town. Not everywhere though. Just in parts. Thank the Lord we had electricity. The kids were glad we didn't have to be in the dark by candlelight the rest of the evening.

Well, off to beddy by I go.

Nikki

Great News

We have exciting news. Shygirl asked Jesus to come into her heart today. We are so excited. Also, the Pearson's were at church this morning. God is so good. I am just speechless. Not sure what to say. My heart is overjoyed.

We are having Torry's adoption party on March 8th at the Skating Rink. Brent and Tiff are gonna have Tabby's birthday and so are the Whitehead children. All the church folk will come to everyone's anyway, so we thought, why not. More the merrier!!!

I am excited. Shygirl and I had fun doing the invitations. Then yesterday I made a pinata. I hope it turns out good.

Well, I am gonna get off here and catch a few winks before choir practice.


Thank you F.D. The blog looks awesome. I had to have my hubby help me place it. Sorry it took so long. I love it. Thank you so much.

Till later.

Nikki

Great News

Torry

This is Torry Shane Gilleon!!! He is so excited to be a Gilleon. I went to each lunch with him on Wednesday at school and he had told everybody. His teacher was so happy. We are undecided about a party. We might end up the Skating Rink. Torry loves his skates and he mentioned that. We'll see. I kind of figured to stay in Morganton for all the other people who may come. We are gonna have a big invitation list. At Chuckee Cheese you can't visit very well. At Skating Rink you can mingle a little better. We can have our own music, and have a 2 hour slot.

I have many more pictures of Torry I'll post more later.

I have to get busy cleaning this house while the kids are outside. Shygirl has been doing great. I am pleased. I was worried after that morning, but she's good.

Love ya'll,
Nikki

Torry Shane Gilleon

I am happy to report to you all that we have a son now. Our Little Man is Torry Shane Gilleon. YEY! I will have to post a picture later because Shygirl is in the "computer" room getting ready for bed.

Any advice on teenagers? She had a falling out this morning. Not for sure why yet, and may never know. Literally, a falling. Whoo.... we definitely didn't know what to do. Shane was gonna be late for work, and I was not giving in to her little shinanigan. Drama in the Gilleon house. Everything is fine and dandy now.

Well, I'll post tomorrow with pictures of Torry. He is a cute little boy if I must say myself.

Love ya'll

Nikki

Strep Throat again!!

Little Man was sick last night. I called home on the way from class and Shane said that Little Man fell asleep on the way home from town. While he was dealing with him and putting him to bed, Shygirl had a crying jig. First one!! Shane talked to her for a long time about things and asked her if she wanted him to pray. She said "Yes" real excitedly. She was worried once she was back with her family that she couldn't go to church. Shane asked her if she liked going to our church and she said "Yes, very much". It was so good to hear that.

FD brought a few skirts for Shygirl but they were all too big. I appreciate them though. I may take a couple up. We'll see how me and the sewing machine get along. She really likes living here. She misses her family, but I think she likes the solitude a little bit. Each time I've spoken on the phone with her family it sounds like a zoo there.

She is so polite and just very sweet natured. The first few days Little Man was all up in her face, but he has calmed down. He does like to do everything she does. If she wants Dr. Pepper, he does too. If she has a certain item, he wants it too. It is just so amazing. I don't think I was quite that bad with my brother. Of course he was only 2 years older than I was.


Little Man's last paperwork for his adoption was sent back yesterday. We had to sign our John Henry's at least 30 times. But, now it goes to the Clerk of Ct. and should be final by next week. He will then be a Gilleon. He chose to change to his middle name to Shane. It was Joe. He kind of wanted to change his first name, but we talked and everyone knows him as his name, so we are gonna keep it that way.

Tiresome Tuesday

I am so tired. I guess everything hit me last night and I just needed to cry. Whoo, and was it a crying jig. Poor Shane!!! He had to hear it. I feel so much better. I guess I had to get a load off. It is a tad overwhelming but I am glad our Shygirl is doing so good. She has fit right in. They want to put her on medicine for depression, but I personally don't feel she needs it. She is a giddy 12 year old just like all girls that age are. She gets quiet, but what 12 year old isn't moody. I remember. Whooooo.....

She is sitting here making a card for the card club for church. She is a very sweet girl and likes to please. She got an award card today for getting great grades and wanted me to have it. I put it on the fridge. She was happy. I've bought her a few things and she was tickled. She will be here on for her 13th birthday. I am excited to go shopping. She has expressed several different things she likes when we've been shopping.

I tried to get ahold of DSS three different times with three different people and no answer. Aggravated me to no end. What if I had a child at the hospital in serious conditions. GRRRR!!!
"Why me", I said.

We are looking for a cheap, nice little dresser for the spare bedroom. What little clothes Shygirl brought are folded waiting for a dresser. We went looking yesterday and today. No findings!

Well, I am gonna go and do some laundry. Fun, fun. Laundry for 4 is a whole lot different.

Love,
Nikki

Shygirl

Hello!

Long time no see!!! I have had no me time. Maybe someday. As most of you know who may read, we now have a new foster child for a couple of months, so we were told. She, Shygirl, is 12 almost 13. She is a very sweet girl. She didn't come with much, so we have been shopping. Bless her heart!!! She was excited. She had never been to Hickory. Little man does a lot of showing off these days for Shygirl and she is not real amused. She tolerates him. She will play with him, but only short periods of time. As most little "brothers", they get on your nerves.

Little man had a medicine reduction and it is not going so well. He has had a rough week at school. His teacher has been amazed because she has not seen him like this. So tomorrow his med will be uped. I don't feel defeated. I think he might be too young to learn to focus on his own yet without the help of a little pill. Oh well!! He has definitely got on all of our nerves the last few days. This showing out mess is gonna stop.

Hopefully by Valentine's Day Little Man will be a Gilleon. He is so excited. He is going to change his middle name to Shane like his daddy. We are gonna have a big party somewhere. We haven't decided as to where yet. It will be then I can post real pictures of his cute little face.

As for Shygirl, she is adjusting as well as can be expected. She tries to please and she is very clean. We need to get her a dresser. Hopefully by Tuesday we will get one. She had a little hard time with wanting to go to church, but Shane and I talked with her and she was much better. In fact, I think she liked all the attention she got from all the saints. Thank you all so much. Little KDV colored her a picture this morning and said "Welcome". She was tickled.

Well, it is late. We went over to our friends and finished the ballgame. Us ladies didn't care two hoots about it, but the guys had fun. AB made some awesome enchiladas. Little Man must have liked them. He ate 3 of them.

I will try better at posting. I have school now on Thursday eve, so more on me. Fun fun!!!

Nikki G

A million things to do

I have a millions things to do but I'm sitting here. Hmm... what's wrong with this picture. It's called peace and quiet. The boys are off to b-ball practice. I wish we could have went to the Morganton Parade but it was a little cold. More than a little I guess, it's very cold. I guess hubby and I are going to go shopping on Friday. I am excited. I get to spend a whole day with him by myself. Do I sound stingy?

Well, not much news on this end. We were gonna have a chill out night last eve, so we ordered pizza, were gonna watch a movie and relax. Well, we ordered the pizza and didn't get it till 2 or 21/2 hours later. That was so aggravating. Shane got a Christmas movie and we did chill, but we was all so hungry and ill about pizza that it wasn't so relaxing. My house suffered, but I'm catching up tonight. I used to never leave clothes in the dryer out the hang up clothes out laying over a chair till the next day. That is a big no no. Well, the last couple of months I have been so lazy. The clothes are clean, but not always put away the same day. I need to jerk up on my chain.

So long for another night. I need to get to hemming up little man's bball pants, fixing yet another pair of Shane's pants and I am gonna try and get started on a couple Christmas projects.
It may be a late nighter. I'll pay for it in the morning.

Nikki

Slammed Saturday

I don't think we could have fit one more thing in to today if we tried. We went to the Valdese Parade this morning from 9:30-11:30ish. Then we came home to check on a young man from church who was raking leaves. We forgot to leave the door unlocked for him to get in house if he needed to. Then, we were off to little man's first basketball game. They did good for their first game. They won 12-4. The team was excited!!! Came home chilled out for a split second, then our pastor came over to pick up the leaf raker. Chilled for another split second and then Shane got ready for work. He had to work from 5-12 tonight as acting Sergeant. I have been on the go. Was gonna do some sewing but I need some thread. Thought I had some the right color. Well, here I am and were off to an ELM meeting in a few minutes. Shoooo.... too busy for me!!!!


Little man up under the basket





One of the floats in the parade

Life in the fast lane

Life has been very busy. Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. We went to Kentucky over the weekend to help the Clark's drive. We had fun. Got to see some friends and just didn't want to leave. I could believe how well Little Man did. Of course I took all kinds of things for him to do on the 6 hour trip. He was awesome.

Little Man has won the heart of Shane's nanny. He calls her and MawMaw about every day. Nanny has been spoiling him rotten. He's gotten new glow in the dark underroos, pjs and slippers all to match. This was all in a week's time. Then, the week before was remote control car. I'm telling ya, he is eating all this attention up.

I need to get on the ball with the Christmas. We went shopping the day after Thanksgiving. It was a crazy mess at Walmart and Kmart. Wow and this was after the sale rush. I was going to get up real early and go. I slept in instead. Shane and I have to take another day and do little man's and others. Time is flying. I need to get material to make little man some curtains. Procrastination is the word here.

I have one last test and I am done with yet another semester. Yeeeeehhh. I have already signed up for the next semester. I just need to get my book.

I can't wait to go to IN for Christmas. I can't wait to see all my family again. I didn't get to see any of my family for Thanksgiving. Mom and Dad got new carpet and linoleum right before the holiday and just couldn't make it down. We have met in KY the last several years but it just didn't work out this year. I am anxious for all my extended family to meet Little Man.

Once again I have no pictures to post. I am on the lap top and all the pix are on the desktop. One of these days.

Well, I shall go and finish my Wendy's frosty. My throat was really hurting so I thought that would help. Plus they are scrumptious. Especially the vanilla.

For now, goodbye

Yard Saleing!

Do you drop the e and add ing. I don't know. Saling doesn't look right. Anyway, we didn't get too many deals today. I bought a little snail for the preschool. Little man got a football, some cars, several books, and some lady gave him several free things. Patrick from Spongebob!! I don't like Spongebob, those might end up at the Salvation Station. I went to the Salvation Army the other day and got Little man some slick britches to wear for his ballgames. They are a size to big, but I paid $5 for them pants. That's a rip off at the Salvation Army. They get that mess for free. I guess they have to pay their help and rent, huh?!!

I guess I need to get to cleaning on my house. We have been so busy that it seems nice just to be lazy a little bit. I feel guilty though.

We had Little Man's Parent Teacher conference yesterday. I saw his reports from last year compared to this year and I started getting teary-eyed and full fledged crying. Then the teacher began to cry. It felt so good to hear that the child was doing zip last year has improved so much. Even though he can't read everything, we are working on it. Even the report that she made was wrong. He knows more since she did the testing. I wanted to pat myself on the back. I know it's not all in what Shane and I have done. It is God through us because the Lord knows how frustrated I get with his homework. He only missed one on his spelling test Friday and that was because he added a d at the end. He spelled the work right but put it in past tense. One word he had to put in past tense then add ing to it for another word. I can see where he would get confused. She started out at the beginning of the year with 5 or 6 words and she was leary to give him the full amount. He has done awesome. I can't wait for my entire family to meet him. I wish it was Christmas time already. Yes and No. Time flies already.

Well, I shall get off and get busy. My hubby finally made his way outside to get the leaves up. Last year we had just moved in at this time and the leaves were herendous at Thanksgiving time. My dad and brother helped take pile after pile to the drop off of our property. S

Shane talked about going by the Lake today to just see how the water level was. Big Bill called and wanted to go to eat with him and his new girl. Saw her at the Big Fat Friday game. Little man racked up. Bro. Randy caught a football, and also ended up catching a frisbee, so did his daddy. Then I caught a football helmet necklace. I guess we'll hang it up with his sport room that I have yet to finish. One day I will get curtains done. I need to go buy material I guess. I can't find sheets that I can make a valance with.

Nikki