Hello Friends,

What a crazy house this is and will continue to be.. Lee, Shelby and Katie will be here ALL next week. Connor comes over for the weekend and some days next week, but not sure which ones yet. Trying to get all the stuff ready for Thanksgiving next week. Still missing a few items, but I did manage to get more paper plates, hot cocoa and TP! You can tell where MY priorities are.. LOL.. Jackson will be over to visit, too..

I have been trying to get in the Christmas mood and get the rest of my shopping done, but I have ZERO ideas and no mood to do it. I just don't know what to get anyone and the grandkids have plenty of toys.. I dunno.. Maybe some ideas will fall into play. I am kinda hoping for some GOOD deals on Black Friday that I can order over the internet and get free shipping, too! That way I can order in my PJ's and enjoy staying home.. Nothing is worth getting to the store at 4 AM.. Are you reading this, Warweasel?? I know you are gonna be shopping early... LOL..

Weather is getting goofy here. Supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow and maybe some serious cold stuff next week.. I don't care.. I just want to be able to use the fireplace and enjoy the family time.

Miss Emma is cooking right along. She should be here Dec. 28th according to the dr. She will have a new cousin, compliments of Trav and Steph, around July 23rd next year, so we will have another one to hug one! I am thrilled.Grandbaby #7 (at least...)

Well, I gotta run. It is blue jeans, Tshirt and tennis shoes for work tomorrow and a rainout would be nice!

Hope yall have a great weekend and enjoy your weather, wherever you are.

No worries, Mates!

Hugs, Beachgirl

Hello Friends,

Been crazy as usual around here. Last week Rex and I celebrated our 38th anniversary. I got a dozen yellow roses with balloons and a box of chocolates! We went to Outback for a delicious dinner.

Thank you for being the best thing that has EVER happened to me, Rex!

 If Ever Two Were One, Then Surely We..

Here is Rick and his kiddos from their last visit...

Here is Connor and 2 of his HUGE pumpkins!

Here is Heather with Katie kissing one of them before it was decorated with Vampire fangs.. Love those curls!

Yesterday, Steph and Heather had a surprise (well, almost) 30th birthday party for Travis, who is a #1 Astros fan, so everything they could find with Astros on it was there! The menu was everything you can eat at a baseball game.. We had peanuts, pretzels, iced down long neck beer, sodas, ice cream, hot dogs, chili dogs, nachos, pickles, chips and an Astros pinata and an Astros jersey birthday cake! Love these plates!

Love this beautiful cake.

The cake plates were baseballs and the green table cloth was a ball field..

The Astros pinata..

Here is Trav blindfolded trying to break the pinata with his mini baseball bat from Heather and all the kiddos waiting for the loot! The kids had a ball.

Here is Heather's gift... Mug, magnet, cups, car flag, bat, and all sorts of Astro's stuff for his sports room upstairs..

Here is Uncle Ricky (my sweet brother), Heather and Rick (doing the #$%^ bunny ears again on Heather's head).. I thought by now he might outgrow that, but I guess not..

Here is Rex's sister, Waneda, talking with Heather.. Miss Emma is getting big.. Can't wait to hug her.

Anyway, the weather was chilly yesterday and just great for an outside party. Steph out did herself and between her and Heather making everything, the party was a huge hit! We came home exhausted and Trav had a great time. Many of his friends drove in from out of town to be there, as did family members, too.

I am so loving this drizzly, chilly Fall weather. The rest of the weekend we just loafed and enjoyed a fire or 2 in the fireplace.. Connor just had to have them.. I turned off the A.C. and enjoyed opening the windows to get some fresh air- at least for now..

Here is hoping that everyone has an awesome week next week. I have a board meeting Monday night and my work is all done for tomorrow. Yippee!

Happy Birthday, Trav.. Mr. 10 lbs 8 ozs  Oct, 12, 1979.. 30 years old..

No worries, Mates.. Take care..

Beachgirl

Hello Friends,

First off, I must wish Heather a wonderful, belated birthday. She was born on Sept. 2 and is now halfway thru her pregnancy with Emma Claire.  Heather, my sweet baby girl, may she provide you all the tears of joy and happiness that your provided us.  You were born on Labor Day, so tomorrow will have fond memories for me, too! 8 lbs 9 oz and coal, black hair and the bluest of blue eyes. What a doll you were and still are.

We finally got a bit of rain yesterday. About an inch and half. Summer parched us so badly that the ground was just dusty everywhere. Seems with El Nino back, we may get a wet, chilly winter again. Works for me! We just need to get the firewood split and we are good to go. I am in the mood for beans and ham again anyway..

Did a bit more Christmas shopping online at Lakeside Collection. Got a variety of things and something for everyone. Little by little I will get it done. Just have to get my list going or I will forget who gets what.. Rick has most of his done and wrapped and all paid in CA$H!

Katie was here and so was Connor this weekend. She is such a cutie and I love her red curls. Such soft baby fine hair. Katie is already home now and I just got Connor out of the bathtub all fresh and clean.

Trav spent most of the weekend at my sister's house reimaging her computers.. Seems a trojan visited her and left her with a useless computer and had problems with her work computer, too! Get McAfee Antivirus if you want to keep your computer around for a while.

Having tomorrow off will be so nice. It will be great to sleep late. I love watching Army Wives, but it comes on so late on Sunday night (9 CST) that I am dragging butt at work on Monday. Just looking forward to rest and loafing tomorrow while Rick barbeques. Have a nice day off, my friends!

I am off to hunt for my PJ's.. No worries, Mates!

Beachgirl