Some pics of my family

Mama's birthday was a hit!
Cheryl, Mama, Missy, David, and Granny


Mama, Joey, and Cheryl

Chris, Mawmaw Kitty, Aunt Sherry, Daddy, and Nanny
(Dad, his mom, and his sisters) day-before-Easter

A couple of pics

The clematis vine growing at my mailbox. It's beautiful!

It's a FROG on a BLOG!

A visitor was peeping thru my front-door window. I was on the phone with Casey and I told her I'd post the pic for her. I just now gave her my blog address; I don't know why I hadn't before. Sheesh! I'm a goofball.

I've pulled up pictures from our Arkansas trip. All of them are from the trip to the Old Mill. In my case it was TRULY a trip. 2 steps into the place and I fall flat on my bum. It made a very nasty bruise, and the outline of it is still there now. Almost like a little coffee-table ring. I need a coaster for my tushie! ;-) (tuchie, tushey, tooshie?)

I miss my people! All of them! Mama's Surprise 50th birthday was this weekend, and I couldn't go, airline tickets being what they are. I only found out about the party 2nd week in April. It would've been nice to know sooner so I could plan for it. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. I'll see her in August. YIPPEEE!

I'm looking forward to our first set of company coming in next week. The in-laws will be in town for a seminar, and they're extending their trip to spend time with us. They'll be the first to see our new home, and I'm really excited. Nobody but the neighbors (slash-former-residents) have seen the house, and, even though it's not nearly "ready" to show, I'm eager for company, if you can't tell! ;-)

I need to play with those pics more. I'll post them soon. I promise.

We got furniture! Well, we have the promise of furniture to come. 8-10 weeks is a long way to wait, but I figure since we've survived since 2/28 without it, what's a couple more months?

We were just out and about this Friday, hitting Big Lots, Bed Bath and Beyond, etc. when we decided to just "pop in" and see what Thomasville had. Apparently both of our stars were in alignment or something because Gerald and I, for the first time, wholly agreed on a sofa and chairs. We walked out about 2 hours later, a little poorer but much happier! :-D

The sofa is a sage-y, moss-y green color, and the chairs are a chocolate brown leather. At first I was skeptical that we could fit a sofa and 2 chairs in our living room, but now I'm pretty sure we can do it. I've also started plugging our dimensions into my cad program, so pretty soon you all *might* be able to see a 3-D image of what our house looks like. Granted, it might be AFTER everyone winds up visiting and seeing the real-live house. It'll be nice to see a virtual mock-up of a room with our furniture. Lots easier than physically moving the furniture.

UPDATE:

We (meaning I) gave up searching for the current coffee pot. I broke down and bought a new one. I'm a sick, sad individual.... We still have boxes everywhere, but now we've got our bookcases upstairs, and we'll haul a load of books at a time up the stairs to the guest room. Still haven't finished painting the computer room.

my workplace, in the news!

http://www.nbc17.com/trianglewishes/8190281/detail.html

I've had trouble pulling up the video in mozilla and IE, so maybe my resident geeks will figure it out and let the world know.
Trevonna, the girl in the story, is one of my students. COOL!!

are we addicted or crazy?

the search for the coffee pot continues...
We've been moved in here almost 4 full weeks, and we still haven't found the darn thing! There are still plenty of boxes yet to be unpacked, but we're un-taping them, rifling through them, and searching for the elusive machine! Unpacking, un-schmacking! Priorities, folks! Most people are surprised we haven't just gone out and bought a new maker. We would, but we don't want a quick $12 jobbie. We like the automatic timer on ours. :-D

Update: painting that stupid ol' room has killed my back! (said in old lady voice: "my sciatica is actin' up!") I don't know how I'll make it on that bajillion-hour drive to LR this weekend. WOO HOO THIS WEEKEND! :-D Better living thru chemistry??? Anyway, I've primed everything and painted around the baseboards and door/window frames. All I have left is to paint around the top moulding, then paint the rest. Maybe Wednesday I'll feel better and I can take pics once I'm done.