I'm in

Tuition paid - class starts Monday.

oops

oops... for some reason I had the 29th in my head as the day my tuition for class is due -- in actuality it was the 25th... so hopefully they'll let me pay it on Monday or else I'll have to wait until next quarter. I was going to pay it the day I was there, but they said "no, just pay it online or send a check..." I do have $237.81 worth of books just waiting for my first assignment... oh well.

The 29th is the day we go live with our new computer system at the office, so I've had a lot going on - so it's no wonder I had that date in my mind. We've been gearing up for it since July.

Debates

NOBAMA

Carne Asada!

A while back, our favorite Mexican restaurant in our town closed. Their carne asada is the best. We try the CA at every Mexican restaurant we go to, and have been disappointed each time. Well, last night we were on our way to eat at a restaurant next door to the closed down restaurant - when I turned into the parking lot - I saw that the Mexican restaurant was open again!! YAY! We changed our plans and ate there and sure enough, the carne asada was as good as we remembered.

Dryer

Thank goodness Chris knows how to read a wiring schematic! He figured out what is wrong with the dryer, got the parts today and now he is repairing it.

Math?!?!

Okay family - I don't want to hear it - I've registered as an audit student for some accounting classes!! I'm sorry Mama, but I need to take the classes to help me at work.

Okay - now for the rest of you reading this. My sister is a math geek, I get nervous adding a few numbers together and question my results. My mom doesn't like math any more than I do, so it's sort of a joke in our family.

I'm going to take a hybrid class - part classroom and part online. I start on October 6th. Yikes - I just realized that is Mama's birthday - sorry again Mom. LOL

It's hard to do laundry when

It's hard to do laundry when your dryer dies.

$0.25 wings, all you can eat shrimp and football

We spent the day working in the yard, well, Chris did most of the yard work, and I started cleaning out the garage. I didn't get finished, but I feel good that I made some progress.

On one of the trips to the dump we saw a sign for $0.25 wings and all you can eat shrimp, with the ballgame on at 8. So... we decided to go. We got 8 wings for an appetizer, and then got the shrimp. We shared the two re-orders while we watched the game. Food was great!

The dangerous thing about this, is that it is only 3 or 4 minutes from the house! We could make a habit of this! I ate more shrimp than I should have, but it was sooo good. Shrimp has to be one of my all time favorite foods.

Mushrooms

Some mushrooms sprouted up in the yard, so Chris and I went out to take some photos, I took the top one, and Chris took the bottom one. After I took my photo and handed the camera over to Chris, I went and put my McCain sign in the yard. As I was walking back, I looked up and Chris was taking my picture.

Machines

Okay, so we all know machines are going to malfunction at some point. My question is WHY do they always have to tear up at the same time?!?!?! My car air conditioning went out, got it repaired, and did the brakes while we were at it, then uh oh -- a few days later, we had to put a new set of tires on it. The air conditioning at the house went out, they are still working on it. Yesterday, the lawn mower acted up, and so did the leaf blower.

Thank goodness the TV, computers and Internet are still working!

Lily turns 3

Nicole asked me to photograph Lily's 3rd birthday
party, it was a party fit for a princess.

Eron

My long time friend Eron moved out of the country a few months ago and doesn't have Internet where she went. Also, I didn't have an address for her, so after almost 30 years of friendship, I was sad to think we might have lost touch forever. She left to get married, so I don't think she's coming back to the USA.

She is home to take care of some business, so she sent me a short message, and we got to chat for a few minutes. So glad to hear from you. Take care of yourself! We'll talk again before you leave again.

Lynn

Lynn, my online friend from Down Under - it was great to see your post on your blog and to have a comment on mine from you. Glad to hear from you. Take care of yourself!

A day in the country

Ants! Ants!


Lucy


Grazing...


Chris watching Hassel and Bene' looking for a mimosa tree to transplant to their house.


KB, AG and Ty

We went over to my parents house for supper yesterday. We all walked out to the pasture for some target practice. The only shooting I did was from behind a camera. Ty practiced some paintball.

Mama cooked a great meal. Chris got some veggies! I'm not a vegetable eater - meat and potatoes for me. I keep telling him he can cook veggies for himself - but he doesn't (well, sometimes he does - but not usually). Mama sent him home with some greenbeans she picked out of her garden.

We had a great time.