Labor Day Weekend

Our Labor Day weekend started as most weekends do around the RackRoom. Rick and I met Cathy and Jerry for supper, Cathy had decided that we would eat at her house instead of going out which was a nice change. As we were eating a car pulled in the driveway. To my surprise it was Kerrie & Jerry, I knew they were coming home for the long weekend, but was not expecting them till around midday on Saturday.

Saturday started early for us since we stayed up till around 2:00 am talking, even though I talk to her at least once a day on the phone it just not the same as sitting down face to face. We went to visit Mema & Papa. Then back home so they could visit some of their friends while I cleaned house, washed clothes that I was going to do on Friday night before they arrived on Saturday. Rick and I had planned on going to the hot dog supper at church while they were with their friends. The singing Chaplains were singing so we stayed for the singing. This is a group of four local pastors that are a part of the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office. http://www.spartanburgso.org/chaplains.html .

We stayed up way to late on Saturday night again, talking and laughing about a lot of the funny things the girls did as they were growing up, somethings that I didn't know about came up in the conversations.

On Sunday Ashley & Kerrie were cooking lunch, (now my girls have a hard time with anything that happens in a kitchen.) They were making Scalloped Potatoes from a box, Ashley uses a glass baking dish on the stove top, well it exploded just as they both turned away from the stove. Glass went everywhere, no one was cut or burnt. I vacuumed glass up for the next few days. They said their lunch was great after they cleaned the mess up and started a new box of potatoes this time in the microwave.

Sunday night we went to Amanda's church for the 5th night singing. Eric & Kristi, Amanda & Les, Uncle Dick , Aunt Lou, Tommy, Cathy, Kerrie, Jerry, Rick, & all the Babies were there. We had a great time.

Monday the gang came to our house for lunch, we enjoyed everyone coming to the RackRoom. I realized while all the babies were here that the house is not baby proof anymore, but we managed just fine with 5 kids under 5.

I think this post catches me up with what we have been doing here at the RackRoom.

Love to All

Start Of School 2008 - 2009

Ashley has her classroom set up for the new year. She had to move classrooms again this makes twice in as many years. She has moved back to the room she moved from last year when she changed from third grade to second grade. We have unpacked about 38 boxes of stuff ,that she says she really really needs. Things from pencils, pens, paper, markers, posters and books and more books, she has so many books. The school district has opened new schools this year and moved the 4th graders back to the elementary schools. She is so excited to be meeting the new students and learning their names and what makes them tick, she talks about how sweet and precious they all are, she has 15 little ones this year in her class. This is her bulletin board, she added the students names to the board on gold stars as they arrived on meet the teacher day. As you can tell she even adds her sense of fashion to the bulletin board. You may not be able to tell from the picture but she added jewelery, lipstick and her face to the lady in black, I really thought she would have had a red dress, because we all know what she says about being dressed in red, ha ha.

Wishing Travis A Happy Birthday

Travis was born 9 days after Rick & I were married, I was a new bride and we lived in the little house and Nanny was the official babysitter and I did not work the first year are so after I was married, so I was there helping Nanny with Travis while Cathy was working. I remember him falling down the back steps and busting his top lip. Also his Jimmy Carter Smile, and the way he would say new words as he began to talk. He was every body's little boy even my mother & daddy's . He was the Star of the show and the main attraction till Eric came to be and then as Travis says Ashley came along and ruined everything for the boys. Love You Aunt Cindy I have pictures to upload but blogger will not let me, I'll try later.

Part Two

We went to Myrtle Beach for our annual family vacation the last week of July, we had a great week of rest and fun in the sun. My brother's family, Mama & her friend Joann all joined in on the night out at Sara J's. Ashley and I could have stayed for another week, we love the beach so much. I need to thank Ms Holly for house sitting and taking care of the puppies while we were gone. On Thursday after we returned home we had to take Little Bit the the Vet. He was not acting like he usually does, going 90 mph 20 hours a day. We knew something was wrong with him, when Rick got up on Thursday afternoon Little Bit would not go outside he could not walk, just sat and looked at us. So off to the vet we go, to make a long story short Little Bit has a bad back. We were told to keep him as still and not to let him jump up or down for 3 MONTHS (haha). After the vet had given him 2 shots and meds for 14 days, he seems to have gained about 5 pounds but he is doing ok.

Going to do BETTER I hope!!!!!!

I am going to try to keep this blog up to date better than I have. Just an update on what has been going on the last few months. I have been busy at work and trying to get the yard back in shape since the house fire two years ago. I spent last year getting the inside ready ( still working on that too) I do not know if I will ever have the house like I want it, I always see new things or think of a different way to organize the things I have. Like the bedroom I would like to move the bed to the wall to the right and have the dresser where the bed is, but this bed is way to heavy for me to move by myself and all that know Rick knows he is a creature of habit and does not like change. Me I could change stuff everyday and still not be satisfied. Love the colors and the furniture, just not the layout. I wasn’t at home when the furniture was delivered or it would be the way I think I want it. We had a garage built last spring where I had planted the Iris that I had gotten from Nanny’s when we sold the house so I transplanted them to Mema’s till I could figure out where I wanted to plant them. I had decided over the winter that I wanted them where I could see them blooming from the screen in porch so I brought them back home, and I have them planted beside the garage and I can’t wait till they bloom next spring. I have worked in the yard since early spring trying to get my flower beds and the grass back in shape, what little grass we had was where I had my flowers, so I had to start from scratch with the new ones this year, I am pleased with the way they have turn out. It has been so dry around here that I did not plant as many flowers as I usually do. I have two hummingbird feeders at the screen porch and I have been late getting to work a few days this summer because I have been watching them,when I should have been getting dressed for work. I am going to close for now will add a post tomorrow.