Black Friday...

Black Friday…

Year after year I get up and go out on Friday morning. In years past I have driven by six or seven places and thought the lines were too long and returned home without even going in one store. Last year because my boys had never had the experience, T and I took them out for Black Friday shopping. We started at Wal-mart – they were amazed that people were really lined up waiting for ribbons to be cut in order to get a certain item. We laughed and felt the need to buy a couple of things that we did not need. We then took them to Toys-r-us. They were even more shocked that people were lined up to the back of the store and it would take them hours to check out. My youngest son royally pissed off an older lady by saying he thought she would be paying for her items around 3:30 that afternoon. So …… this year we can’t wait to laugh and have some fun watching others. I got up at 5:00 a.m. Thanksgiving morning – you know to get my stuff done before my PARADE. We have plans to leave at 4:30 a.m. and stop at Wal-Mart first. I am up with my boys and we decide around midnight to take a little nap and then go. Well then T calls and says she thinks she is going to bale out. I am thinking – wimp! At 4:30 when I get up T said text that she is not going. I tell my boys and they said if T is not going neither are they. So I have slept 3 hours and now no one wants to go. If for no other reason than to prove myself I head out. I am old, but I am tuff, I do not know what to think about the younger generation – all weaklings! I stop at Wal-Mart first and buy a vacuum – I get one every year on this day – need it or not! I buy a few toys too and then head to Home Depot. It is a different story here, 90% men and they all have their ad in hand. T calls and said she is awake now and she thinks she will meet me. Well – we lost a little control here but it was fun. We continued on to Costco and a few other stops. Please remember that when asked what we were going to get we both stated nothing – just going out for the experience. Nothing like getting caught up in the moment. Let the season begin. Merry Christmas - J

Black Friday Adventure...coming...

Coming soon...Black Friday Adventure...

Happy Turkey Day!!!

Hope everyone has a good day...J is happy today because she got to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!!!

Now if she can just figure out how to get there in person next year...

Good idea... but no

Well I bet you thought that J and I haven't been updating this blog because we were busy painting windows...NOT. If you know us personally you know that we can come up with some really great ideas but we can not always completely follow through with them. As much as we would like to drop everything and play...we have many other people in our lives we have to take care of and we most certainly DO NOT COME FIRST!!! So we have decided to do something fun for everyone...We have several windows left so if you want to come and paint a Christmas or not Christmas window then let us know. We will heat up some coffee or your drink of choice and kind of have our own "Sips and Strokes". How's that?
T

Wasted Away Again in Margaritaville

Margaritaville…

One Friday a while back I went with T and her friends to lunch and we shared Margaritas. The next thing I know I am having a garage sale at my house the next day. Somehow the drinks made us all think this was a good idea. We all get home about 3:30 on Friday and start digging up some things to sell. Well last night T and I are at dinner and my husband mentions that there is going to be a craft fair at his office next week. We just happen to be having Margaritas so we think it is a perfect time to paint these windows that we have been saving for a while. Today I do not seem as enthusiastic, but I am going to do it. I hope we make us a little mad money just in time for the holidays. If the painting gets too boring, I guess we will just have to make some Margaritas.

J

BUCKET LIST

So last night we had Bunco and we were discussing what we wanted to do before we die. J just wants to go to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. T does not know. Other friends at Bunco (Drunko) said some surprising things..... L wants to smoke pot.... whew that one really blew me away. Anyway I decided I could drive to New York and she and others could ride in the back. I did tell them they would have to roll the windows down. So what is on your Bucket List? Please comment below, so that we can really get to know you!

J and T

P.S. Car is filling up fast, make reservations now! (Shotgun is still open ! ? !)

Once upon a time...

There were two friends who believed it to be healthy to break down and have fun with their children. They sat around a fire by the light of the moon and told stories about themselves, some funny – some scary – some really dumb things that they had done. They did not think their children would go and do the same things; there are still plenty of dumb moves for kids to make. So they shared laughter and life lessons and had a really good time with their children. These are the times that will be remembered. Will we tell the stories again? Yes, over and over until they are memorized, etched in stone and the kids replace them with stories of their own - which by the way C is well on his way this week!
J

Here is how the story goes...Last Sunday afternoon we got home from church and little C hurried upstairs to change his clothes because he was in a hurry to "GO PLAY". He didn't know what he and his friends were going to play or where they were going to play...all that he knew was that they were going to ride their bikes and play. I said OK, as usual. I mean how harmless could it be...just a couple of 10 year old boys "just playing". Out the door, he was gone. We didn't discuss what time to be home. I didn't think this was necessary...it was 1:45 in the afternoon. Around 3 o'clock N asked if I knew where Little C was and I said no but I was sure he was just playing at some one's house. You see N is not around much and he doesn't know that they just play for extended periods of time and move from house to house. The afternoon got later and later and no one had heard from little C or any of his friends. I had tried to call several times to this one house, the S's, where they hang out a lot. I just kept getting the answering machine. N rode by there and he said that he didn't see anyone home. By this time it is dark and after 5 o'clock. No little C. I call the house where he said he was going first and I get the dad and he can't find little M either. He has been out looking and he was not too happy. I told him that I was going out to look too and we would be in touch. I was beginning to get a little worried. I headed downstairs to the car to look for him when the garage door flew open and little C appeared. I screamed "Where have you been? " He said " just playing at little B's house. What's the big deal?" He wasn't the least bit concerned that it had been dark outside for 45 minutes and he had been gone for 4 hours. We proceeded upstairs to call off all the search parties for the missing kids. I got little M's dad and he said little M was in his room while he gained enough composure to talk to him about where he had been. We began to discuss where he had been all afternoon. He said they played at several people's houses until they got to the S's house (little B's house) and then they stayed there. Remember I had called their house several times and got the answering machine. He said that they built a fire...with permission, and then they grilled some brats because Mr. S said they didn't have any hot dogs so he "threw them some brat's". He said the brats didn't taste very good. They weren't cooked very enough because they were frozen when Mr. S gave them to them. He said they had to warm them up with their hands in the fire before they could get a stick to poke in them to roast them. Basically he came up with a good enough story that by the end he had done his usual and had us all laughing hysterically. We still had to discuss the fact that when it starts to get dark he needs to come home then not later. Later, I called the S's house to feel out the truth in the story because I had doubt because I had called several times earlier and got no answer but I thought maybe they were just outside. This time I got little B's mom...she told me that they did have permission to have a fire but the part with Mr. S and the brats were false. She said that she was trying to take a nap on the sofa and that was why she didn't answer the phone but at some time during her nap she heard little B go to the refrigerator and look inside and say " Yesssss!!!!". That must have been when he found the brats!!! All in all everything and everyone turned out OK (except for a few bottoms). We all learned lessons. One lesson that us parents learned is that this crew of boys is going to be eventful to raise!!! You know in some groups of kids you have kids that are mixed up...some that are the youngest, some the oldest, some the middle. Well all of these boys are the little's C, M, B....and they have had sit back and wait there turn!!!
T

Life is what happens while you are making other plans…….

Last week was busy with Halloween costumes and parties, my dad’s surgery, etc. so this week I am looking forward to calming down a bit. Have you ever made plans that you never get to see happen. I have been trying for months to watch a movie with my friend D. It is a funny one and she and I share a sense of humor that not everyone appreciates. I feel as though I have seen the movie, she has made a lot of references and explained some of it to me. She even put up a Christmas tree in her house last year like the one from the movie, complete with shotgun shells. Anyway, every time we think we can watch the movie something happens. Earlier this week when we had plans to get together I met my son C at the doctor and then was a nurse for my great nephew D all afternoon after my mom had taken him to the doctor. All this and my dad is not a week out of surgery yet. C then lets me know he is bringing home a girl for dinner to cook for her. My house is a wreck. I pulled all of the clothes out of my closet to get something to wear to church on Sunday. It was cool then, hot again now – who knows what clothes I need but they are all over my bedroom floor. I will have to do some quick pick up to make my house presentable for a girl. Oh and he wants me to be sure and have both babies D and J here for this girl to meet. I am proud that he loves them, but whew…… I was making other plans. So today D and I are planning our day. I thought it was a little odd when I called her last night that she did not answer……well my friend D has lots of dogs (5) and apparently they decided to have a dog fight last night. One of them is at the vet getting stitched up today. She can’t get together because she will have to pick up her dog. As I am writing this she calls back….. the dog has to stay a couple of days. Sorry got to run. We have to take any opportunity we can get because …. Life is what happens while you are making other plans!


J

Tricked or Treated...

It is over. It was hard work but it was fun. I am not used to wearing high heels and my boots were just shy of 5 inches so...my feet and knees have been killing me. Several times throughout the night we performed our dance and each time we had to go low...well since then I have had ice on my knees several times and I have taken the limit of ibuprofen for 24 hours. But it was worth it. I hope everyone had fun.

T