Friday came quick this week...

it's funny because I thought it would be long...

after the holidays...and the crazy weeks...

 

 our weather has been a roller coaster...

cold...rain...warm...cold heading back this weekend...

 

 

 I managed to get to the gym for a second day in a row...

2 miles on the treadmill...5 miles on the bicycle...

it sure helps my mood...

I think the big M is affecting me again...

no hot flashes...but the whole crazy brain...

moodiness thing...

this morning the neighbors goat was out in the front yard...

so I went out in my jammies once again...

to let them know...

I'm wondering what will show up tomorrow...

 

My hubby quit dipping this week...

he has quit before for long periods of time...

then start up again...

he is a little cranky during the process...

which doesn't do so well when my moods are bouncing...

 we are surviving day 3 of the process...

but if you see an alert on the highway...

short women driving a big white ford truck missing...

you will know I ran away from home...

just kidding...but it has crossed my mind a few times...

wishing you all a wonderful weekend...

 



we had a visitor this morning...

my hubby came to the door...grab your camera...

me asking what for...it was still dark outside..

I was still in my jammies...

just grab your camera...

so I did...there was a raccoon in our tree in the front yard...

it stayed up there along time...

was still there when Hotrod arrived...

Pawpaw had to show him the raccoon...

and I was still outside in my jammies...

the phone started ringing at 6:30 am....

quite a day...

 Hotrod and I did manage to go for a walk...

the sun was shining...while we were inside...

we went outside...sun went behind the clouds..

went inside the sun came back out...

playing a little peek a boo with us...

 

I was finally able to go to the gym today...

3.5 miles on the treadmill in one hour...

it sure felt good...I really needed to clear my head...

I cranked up the tunes...and walked....

even ran into a dear friend there...

nothing clears my head better...than a fast paced walk..

with some good music...

this is one of the songs that got me going...

Can't believe tomorrow is Friday already...



It's still raining....

 

 

yesterday was Elvis' birthday...

I always loved his music....

and even his movies...

my all time favorite.....Blue Hawaii...

I remember watching it with my Mamaw...

 

Hotrod and I have started a journal...

I got a composition book...

I'm hoping to do something in it every day...

Today we glued on a letter A...

put on some star stickers...

he colored a bit on it with map pencils...

then we used markers on a B and 2 stencil....

I wrote his name...he new each letter as I wrote it...

 

 

he also recognizes so many words now by sight...

Ford...Nissan...Walgreens...Kia...

he is really into cars and truck...

My daughter named her car silver bells...

Hotrod and I have been trying to come up with a name for my truck... he didn't like any of my ideas...

out of the blue yesterday we were driving down the road...

he said Bubba...your truck is named Bubba Oma...

I like it...Bubba it is...

I drive a F350 ford truck with a flatbed...

I think Bubba is very fitting...

I picked him up yesterday so he could spend more

time with his Mommy before she went to work...

we were driving down the highway...

he said look Oma there goes Silver Bells...

sure enough my daughter passed us on the highway...

one day we were coming back from errands..

he said Daddy's truck is at 7-11...sure enough...

his Daddy was at 7-11...

one day we were going to meet his Mommy at the Dr. office...

headed down the highway...he said...

there's Mommies truck....sure enough his Mommy

just pulled on the highway...

it just amazes me how much they notice...

also makes you remember...how much they notice...

sure makes you watch your P's and Q's....

we are getting rain in Texas...

much needed...but too much too fast...

we need the slow soaking kind...

but we are getting the flooding kind...

 



My Sister in law is in from Washington state...

she goes home today...

I told her she could take the rain back with her...

we were able to have a nice visit with her last night...

we are going to warm up to the 70's...

then this weekend...it will drop back down...

 



no lake time for us this weekend...

my DIL is hosting a lia Sophia jewelry party this

weekend at my house...

I used to host all the different ones...

Tupperware...Mary Kay...I even sold jewelry for a while...

I guess the next generation is taking over...

I'm happy to pass the torch...

(I don't miss them at all)

but I will support my girls if they want to do them....



We had a stressful afternoon yesterday....

Hatari went missing...
then we had a late night visiting with my SIL..
today I'm tired....the rain drops don't help...
looking forward to a normal day....



 Does anyone know what is going on with blogger???

I can't download my photos from my computer...

straight to my blog post...

I had to download to Picasso first then to blogger...

I don't want to put all my photos on Picasso...

just another thing to take up more time...

hope it is repaired soon....

 I was trying to get some posts ahead...

now it's taking me twice as long....

 

I'm off my rant now...

had a good day with Hotrod today....

his vocabulary just blows us away...

his imagination gets bigger every day too...

I love watching him playing with his toys...

the ideas that come to him..

this afternoon he asked to watch Baby Einsteins...

I told him he had already watched his limit...

but I need to watch he said...

I told him too much TV turns your brains to mashed potatoes...

he said "I want my brain to be squishy Oma"...

I think my brain is a little squishy to often....

 Can you guess where hubby and I went on Sunday???

yep we made another trip to the lake...

we had a nice sunny day...in the 50's...

so we took advantage of it...

 we even went on a little hike through the hiking trails...

we didn't do the full 2 miles...we did about a mile...

I really enjoyed looking at the differences from summer to winter...

 these flowers had a whole new appeal...

pretty in the summer...

pretty in the winter...

the beautiful art of mother nature...

can't be duplicted by humans...



the time and the effort that goes into a web...

it just amazes me...

 of course nature always has a reason...

a purpose for what they do...

no just to impress everyone...



It is Friday again...

seems like the second one this week...

no sunshine today....but a bit warmer...

just a bit...

I have started writing down some of the things Hotrod says...

to look back at at the end of the year...

I got the idea from something I saw on a blog or facebook...

I'm going to put them in a jar to read on New Years day...

he come's up with so many nowadays...

the other day I was looking a little stressed...

phone ringing...Hubby asking for something...

Hotrod needing something...a text message in the cell phone...

you know the day to day grind...that can work you into a tizzy...

Hotrod looked up at me as I was trying to get his shoes back on...

Get Happy Oma....I just had to bust out laughing....

He gave me a big grin...

I went to the gym again last night...

treadmill...bike...then the ski thing...

the ski thing kicked my &$$...

I only made it 1/4 of a mile...but I did do it last...



I'm hoping the weather will be nice this weekend...

so my camera and I can get out...

we've been inside too much this week...

Any big plans for the weekend???



More Chinese lanterns....

 a wishing tree...

people wrote their wishes...

hung them on the tree...

 

 we are celebrating around here...
Hotrod has gone poop in the potty several times now...
sorry if this is too much information...
but we are just too excited not to share...

 would not be Texas without a longhorn...
even at a Chinese festival...Texas shines through...

 

trying to get back on track after the holidays...

it's hard to remember what day of the week it is...

hopefully this weekend I will get to get all caught up again..

My SIL is in from Washington...so hopefully we will

get a chance to spend some time with her...

My DIL started a new job this week....

so very excited for her...

hopefully Monday Hotrod and I can get back

to our normal schedule again....

I have been able to get to the gym...

walking on the treadmill clears my head...

with the not so nice weather we are having...it helps...

the sun is out today but it is sooo cold...

not compared to you Snowbunnies but for Texas yes...

snow flurries in the morning....

hope this means we won't have a February or March ice storm...

it won't stick...so I'm happy for that....

Are you getting back to normal??

or are you still on holiday time???



 while driving through the state park...

hubby spotted something on his side...

I was driving....

hand me your camera...

so I did...with great reluctance...

can you see what he saw...

 a road runner....

look at how well it blends into it's surroundings...

Hubby took a lot...a lot...a lot of photos...

these are the best ones...

no I'm not in the least bit sad that it wasn't me...

really I'm not....

 

I just wish he could get such good shots of me...

when he takes my photo...

he just never seems to catch my good angles...

but put a bird in front of him...lol...
have my Hotrod back today...
haven't seen him since Friday...it seemed like forever...
we've had lots of hug festivals today...