Best Laid Plans

Well, so much for a vacation. I did get to stick my toes in the gulf. Daddy got sick and I had to come back home after only 36 hrs in the nice sun. I will rant later about the stupid semi driver that just about killed us on the way home. I am getting too old for an 11 hr car ride. No more trips for me, not even going to try it.

On Your Mark, Get Set, GO!!

I spent another long evening at the ER with mother. She fell again. This time she didn't cut her head, but she sure took a hard hit to the head, and got a huge pump knot. I don't think I have ever seen a knot that big. After a CT scan, they determined that she doesn't have any broken bones, bleeding or concussion. Bless her heart. She just can't walk anymore. They have put a seat belt on her chair, but she has already figured out how to unlock it. It is so strange that she has enough mind to open the seat belt but not enough to know better than to try to get up and walk on her own. I say, "mother, don't get up" she says "ok" and up she pops! Their room is also being painted so they have been displaced into other rooms and are apart. They don't seem to mind being apart, but that isn't surprising since they don't know each other.

The camper is out front, getting all cleaned up!

Sarah got hold of a pair of scissors and decided to give herself a haircut, and this is the result...

So, a trip to the stylist was in order....I think it turned out really cute.

A New Toy!

I just love new toys....here is my newest!

Now I am officially a redneck!

Goodbye Summer!

Well, fall is here. The leaves are starting to turn and fall. I noticed several Fall decorations at houses on my way to Church this morning. The weather is so nice....warm days, cool nights...gotta love it!

But, the end of summer also means that I have this ugly black square in my backyard!
You would think that someone would come up with a way to dress up this big, black, ugly square!
I really don't understand why something that you have in your yard for at least 6 months a year can't be painted to at least add a little interest.

Fall also means that it is time to get the boat out of the water. So, here is the trailer, parked in the driveway waiting for us to get some time to run over to the lake and get the boat and drag it home for the winter. Another pretty site in the yard to look at all winter!
But, the absolute best thing about Fall is Fall Camping. So, now we have the Popup sitting at the front door ready to be loaded up so that we can head out for some Fall camping....aw, campfires and bike riding, hiking and sweatshirts.....can't beat it!


All in all, I like Fall!

Fairy Ring

We have a fairy ring in our yard every year. It is really neat. I love it when all of the mushrooms open; but I usually have to look fast before they get mowed down!

Fairy rings also occupy a prominent place in European folklore as the location of gateways into elfin kingdoms, or places where elves gather and dance. According to the folklore, a fairy ring appears when a fairy, pixie, or elf appears. It will disappear without trace in less than five days, but if an observer waits for the elf to return to the ring, he may be able to capture it.

One of these days I'm gonna catch that elf :)

Started Bad, But Ended Good!

The weekend, that is.

Mother fell again Friday morning. She cut her arm, but thankfully it didn't involve another run to the ER. Bless her heart, she will not stay in a wheelchair, insists on getting up, but really is too unstable to walk alone. She has a chair and bed alarm, but gets up so fast no one can get to her before she falls. She is a disaster waiting to happen. Every time the phone rings I cringe.

Drew, Lindsay and Maddie came in for the weekend! Drew traded his big ole truck for a medium size truck. It is a black Chevrolet Colorado. It is really pretty and economical. We had a really good visit with them.

Saturday we went to a family wedding! It was outside at Crooked Creek Golf Club. It was so pretty and the reception was really nice. The colors were lavender and mint green. Everything was decorated. We had a great time; but it is always fun to get together with the Sizemore/Miller clan....they are a great bunch.

Gene and Gerri Ann

Apparently the newest craze among the younger set is a phone app called Angry Birds. Aaron loves it, so I made him and Sarah some Angry Bird shirts to wear. Aaron wore this one for picture day at school. Love my grandbabies!

A Little Victory!

I have a cousin that lives in Indiana. She has been so much help to me in my situation with mother and daddy. We email back and forth constantly. She is so loving and compassionate. She doesn't work, but she gets to babysit for her 3 grandchildren everyday, and she keeps me laughing. Three children under 5 years old are always up to something. She is fortunate that she gets to spend so much time with them. She says they are keeping her young. She also sends cards and letters to mother almost every week. She usually sends a couple of pictures. Today she sent the two black and white photos you see in the pic. One is a picture of me and her taken when we were about 5 and 6. The other is a picture of Mother with her mother. I asked mother if she knew who was in the pictures. She didn't recognize me or my cousin, but she did recognize herself and her mother. My cousin also sent the picture directly under the black and white of mother and her mother. This is mothers' brother Wallace. The picture is about 40 years old, so Mother actually knows who it is "sometimes" You just never know!

We have a nurse that is staying with them for the next 3 days. I hope this mess on my arm clears up during that time or I am going to have to go and let the dr. take a look at it and make sure that it isn't something that could be dangerous to mother and daddy.

Always something, but could always be worse!