Good Monday morning to you. Did you have a nice weekend? The weather was nice here but it looks like rain on and off today. I finally got my carpets cleaned yesterday. I decided to wait for the weekend to do them when the kids aren't here. They are done and looking good so I feel much better now. I might wash windows today I think. It's raining now but I can't use that for an excuse, my windows tip in so I don't even have to go outside to do them. It's not raining hard enough to use that for a reason to not do them lol. I hope to get them done before the kids get here today. Gosh, there's no rest for the wicked is there lol.

Saturday we went to our daughters so her and I could go to a rummage sale she saw posted in their grocery store there. The women who was having it posted a sign that read "Huge scrapbook sale." Well, I don't know what she calls huge. She had two small tables and that was it. She must sell the stuff because it was all new and she marked it 30% down. There really wasn't anything I wanted but I did buy some fancy ribbon I liked and had a good idea on what I will use it for. The funny part is she had it marked $4.10 down from $6.00, I handed her $5.00. I was so shocked when she gets out her calculator. I'm thinking...doesn't this women know how to subtract $4.10 from $5.00 or is she going to charge me tax on it! So I tell her I have a dime to make it easier for her. If she had even tried to tax it I would have told her to keep it. 

We FINALLY got the drywall we need to do the room I started months ago. I've been waiting for my brother-in-law. He's the one who does that but he hurt his back and couldn't work for a few weeks. But now he's all better. When hubby isn't a handy man you have to wait for someone who is. Hubby is a Tim the Tool man kind of guy instead of a Ty Pennigton lol. So I have to rely on others. It's a good thing I'm a patient person eh. Sometimes I think I'm too patient for my own good though. I try to do what I can do myself and what I know how to do but that's pretty limited. Earl did say he has a couple jobs he's doing right now so I doubt he'll get around to doing mine this week. At least the drywall is here though and waiting for him when he has time.

The geese are heading south now. I heard a huge flock of them fly over the house heading for the river this morning. They sure are a noisy bunch and it's a reminder that winter is on the way. I'm thinking about starting my Christmas shopping. Last year I got my grandson and set of Hardy Boys books and he loved them. He's only 9 but he loves to read and it didn't take him long to read the whole set of 5 books I got him. I got them from Overstock and was looking yesterday to see what other Hardy Boy books they have and they have tons of them. I'm mad too because yesterday they had a $1.00 shipping deal going on and I got distracted and didn't get around to ordering any. They'll have it again though as they do that every so often.

Well take care ya'll and I will be visiting you soon. Have a great day and a wonderful week!

Paul Newman died today at the age lf 83 after batteling cancer.

He was one of my mom's favorite actors, and I liked him too. He was one of the great ones!

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Acting legend Paul Newman dies - Celebrities- msnbc.com

I was just wondering

When will all this political crap be over?

I got this in email and thought it was cute. Not just cute though as I think most of us feel that way. I guess we just have to hang in there.

Is it my PC or is explorer running extremely slow for you too? I didn't think I was going to get on, it took so long to open. I do let the kids on here but I always check to make sure they are going to safe sights but now I wonder if I should let them. But then it might be time to defrag and do some house keeping on here. It's probably been awhile.

Devan was unhappy with me last night. I was helping her study for a spelling test today and she was having problems with three of the words on her list. They just wasn't staying with her. She  would spell them right then when I told her to spell them again she'd get it wrong. I then told her to get a piece of paper and write those 3 words 10 times and spell them out loud as she was writing them. She was out in the kitchen doing it and when I walked out there Josh told me that she was crying. I told her I was sorry and I loved you, but that I want her to do well and if she can I'd love it if she got 100 on her test. Just then her mom called and she told her mom that she wanted her to come home right now lol. I bet you can guess what mom told her, she agreed with grandma. So, after they hung up I asked her to spell the words again and she finally got them right. She got a big smile on her face and so did I. What was really cute though is she wrote a note to her mom saying, "mom come  home NOW, I love you" and stuck it on the refrigerator so she would see it when she got here to pick them up lol. Mom doesn't have to work today so the kids will get a break from grandma lol.

Not sure what I will do today with my free time now. I could go to the bar tonight but I don't think the girls are going to be there. They are all going golfing tomorrow for a fun day and then back to the bar for a steak cookout after. I suppose I could go up tomorrow after they get back. I'll just play it by ear and see what happens. Who knows, a better option might come up lol. I doubt it but ya never know.

Time for me to come visit and see what everyone else in the cyber neighborhood is up too. Hope you're all behaving!

Take care and have a nice Friday and a wonderful weekend!

Hugs

Yes I know it's thirsty Thursday but not for me. At least not until my daughter goes back on days again. I must say, I really don't miss it. Besides there's always Friday lol. Jon goes in early on Friday's and will come and get the kids around 5 and she said she might not have to work this Friday either. The kids are so good and easy to take care of, including Brody. Devan has been wanting to do a scrapbook page and last night we finally were able to while Brody was sleeping. She decided to use pictures that I took when her and Bri stayed overnight and made cookies. They were licking the beaters and loving it. I think she did a very good job. She told grandpa that I did most of it but that is wrong. She chose the photos to do, the paper and the words she wanted to cut out. The only thing I did was cut the letters out on the cricut, she pasted them on the page and did the rest. It's hard to see what it says because she wanted green for the letters so it doesn't show up very well. It says cookies at the top and time on the bottom. After I explained that that was all I did she said "yeah, I guess I did do most of it"

After we finished that we made brownies and they went to take their showers while the brownies cooled. They could hardly wait for them to get cool enough to frost and get a piece. They don't know it but I sent some home with mom so she could put them in their school lunches for today.

I took a pic of Brody while he was sleeping. I swear I could stand there and watch him all night. I plan to take pics of him at different times and make a scrapbook for them as a Christmas present. I missed a good photo opt last night. The kids were down on the floor with Brody talking to him and giving him kisses. I'm sure I'll get another chance another day. But isn't he just the cutest thing. And I can't get over what a good baby he is. He is starting to smile once in awhile and that just melts your heart. They are good kids.

I took my car in to have a tune up yesterday. It got tuned up to the tune of $168.00. I didn't think that was too bad. The labor was $60.00 and the rest was for parts. The mechanic said the fuel filter was really bad and clogged up. No wonder it was starting to kill on me and be really sluggish at take offs and going up hills.  Bill had his sister take him up to get it when it was finished because the kids were here already and he said it really has some zip now. Watch me get a speeding ticket now lol. That would be just my luck. Oh it turned out that there wasn't anything wrong with Bill's van. He had that tuned up too so now both auto's are winter ready.

Did you see Bush's speech last night? It sounds pretty scary and that we are in for a ride. But you know we will get through this and still be the greatest country in the world. It got me to thinking though. When was the last time he talked to the country like that? He sure hasn't made many state of the union speeches has he? At least I don't remember him making one very often. Oh well, I guess that will be a moot point in a month won't it.

Time to get dressed and get busy. It's going to be another pretty day here so I want to go out and enjoy that for a bit before the kids get here. I hope it's a pretty day where you are too.

Big HAPPY BIRTHDAY wishes go out to

Miss Beth Marie

And to

Rambling On

Happy Birthday girls and may you have many many more!!!

Hugs

Sherry

:::   BREAKING NEWS   :::

In 2009 the government will start eliminating

all the mentally ill people.

I started crying when I thought of you.

Run little buddy, Run

Every time I start thinking too much

about how I look,

I just find a Happy Hour

and by the time I leave,

I look just fine.

I know I got a lot of exercise

the last few years,......

just getting over the hill.

I joined a health club last year,

spent about 400 bucks.

Haven't lost a pound.

Apparently you have to go there.

My daughter might be able to go on days pretty soon. They posted some jobs that was going to be available soon and one of them is on days. It all depends on who bids on it and who has the most seniority and no write-ups. We won't know for a week or so though. I love seeing the kids everyday but I will feel better knowing they aren't driving home at one in the morning and especially when winter gets here. The kids are so good though and easy to take care of. And Brody is such a good baby, he only cries when he's hungry or wet. I'll lay him in his bassinet or on a blanket on the floor and he'll just lay there and look around. I love watching him and seeing each new thing he's doing from day to day. Devan likes to take nice long walks so we try to do that a few times a week. Josh doesn't so much, he'd rather stay here and play with his poke balls lol. I did feel bad for Devan last night though. She wanted us to do some scrapbooking but she had so much homework to do. Just as she finished that and we were going to get at, it Brody woke up hungry so we just didn't have time. Maybe tonight we will if she doesn't have a lot of homework.

This morning I'm meeting a cousin and her daughter for breakfast. Want to join us Terry? She lives in Florida but comes and stays at Wisconsin Dells every year for a few weeks. She is from here originally anyway but has lived down there for many years now. Actually she was a cousin through marriage as she married my uncles son who has since passed. They were divorced a long time before that though. It's kind of funny, once your family you are family forever no matter what. Divorce doesn't change that with us unless it was a case of abuse or something but that has never happened with anyone in the family that I know of. I have another aunt who divorced my mom's brother many years ago but she's still Aunt Pat to us. We grew up with these people and we figure the problem they had are between them and not the rest of us. Even my sister's ex-husband is the same way only not as close. Every time he sees us he comes up and gives us all a big hug, even my sister. In fact we just saw him at the benefit last weekend and they danced together lol. He's remarried and she was right there. I don't know if it bothered her or not, it didn't seem too. No worries though as they are just friends now, nothing more.

I guess that means I won't get the carpets shampooed today. Oh well, there's always tomorrow. Right now though I better jump in the shower and get ready to go. I hope you all have a super great day today.

Hugs

Oops I almost forgot lol.

Today is Bill's Birthday. He's 68 today.

So happy birthday honey,

I love you!!!

It's a sad sad day. My Packers lost to Dallas last night. It was the first time ever that Dallas beat the Packers at Lambeau. Oh well, there's always next time. I'll have to check on my fantasy football league and see how my team did against my dil's team.

I just read this morning that 53,000 children in China are sick from milk. Most of them are 2 years old and under and it's from powdered milk and baby formula. It seems that farmers have been putting melamine in the milk to disguise watered down milk and raise profit margins hurt by high cost of feed fuel and labor. Melamine is used to make plastic and is high in nitrogen which registers as protein when the milk is tested. Experts said ingesting small amounts poses no danger but come on people it shouldn't be used anyway. Who knows for sure and are you willing to take chances like that with your own children. In two weeks there have been recalls from 22 companies when melamine was found during testing of their milk products. Four children have died from this. Melamine causes kidney stones which can lead to kidney failure especially in infants. Melamine has also been found in milk based candy over there.When I read this I ran to get the can of formula I have here for Brody to make sure it didn't come from China. The companies said they will pay the medical expenses for the children who got sick from this. So what did that do to their profits huh. They thought they were so smart doing this and now it's backfired on them. When will people learn that it's easier and smarter to do things the RIGHT way the first time! Stuff like this blows my mind. What are they thinking over there? Don't they have any regard for children? Look how many toys were recalled last year because they were using lead based paint on children's toys. Ever since then I try my best not to buy a single thing that was made in China.

Did you hear about that church in Arkansas that is being investigated for child porn? That's another thing that sets my blood boiling. People who abuse children are the scum of the earth. I'd like to line them all up and shoot them. They don't deserve to live in my opinion. I know I could easily kill someone who hurt anyone in my family and gladly go to prison for doing it. I would serve my time with a huge smile on my face knowing that person will never again hurt another child. Oprah had a show about this just last week. She had a police officer on who showed on a map how many child porn sites and people who were on line trading photo's and telling each other how to lure children and condition them. Un-frikken real! The whole country has them but the eastern half had the most according to his map. It makes me want to join family watch dog and find some of these scumbags myself.

Ok, I better stop now as my blood pressure is rising just talking about all of this. I get so mad when I think about the creeps out there and the countries and company's who are more concerned about their profits then they are of the children.

So, I hope you all have a good day today. I'm going to go work off some of my frustration by vacuuming and hopefully get my carpets shampooed today. Vacuuming for sure today and if I don't get the shampooing done today I will for sure tomorrow. Take care ya'll.

Hugs

Marie had a very nice shower yesterday and the diaper cake was a hit. Everyone loved it and thought I was so clever lol. If they only knew. She got so many nice things and now all they have to do is wait for the baby. She's due Oct. 5th but she is still pretty high so who knows. Trent's landlord thinks their house will be fixed and ready to move back in on Monday or Tuesday. They sure hope so. They had the baby's room fixed up so cute and then had to take everything out for fear of looting. But now they have new doors with good locks and all should be fine now. It's sad that you even have to worry about things like that but when the door is missing and all that is keeping anyone out is a piece of plywood that can be easily taken off that you do have to think of those things.

My Packers play Dallas tonight at Lambeau. It's the first time in about 3 or 4 years that they have had to come here to play. It's about time too! It will be interesting to see how many people in the stadium will have Dallas outfits on. The Cowboy's QB. Tony Romo is from Burlington Wisconsin so it would be a safe bet that there are some Dallas fans living there. Poor confused people that they are. Oh, my niece Danielle and her hubby are among the poor confused people as they are Dallas fans. I don't know what's wrong with these kids. My kids are confused as well. Number 1 son use to be a niner's fan. Not sure if he still is anymore, he's not a big football fan. Son # 2 use to be a Viking's fan but doesn't like them anymore and have gone over the fence to be, of all things a Bear's fan. Then son #3 is a Steeler's fan. I think we must have dropped them on their heads when they were little and injured their poor little brains. I wonder if there's a hypnotist around who can fix them .

Well I hope you all are having a nice weekend. I'm just going to veg out today and do as little as possible lol. That's what I do best anyway lol. So take care and can you all say together nice and LOUD...

Hello and good morning! I got a late start again this morning and I hate that. I didn't wake up until 8:30 and then it feels like the day is half over. I have a lot to do today before the kids get here. I want to run to the dollar store and get some gift bags for the baby shower tomorrow. Besides the project that I made I also bought them a baby book and I have to find something to put it in.While I'm out I will to go over to Jodi's and get the shampoo'er so I can do these carpets over the weekend. I should only have the kids a few hours today though. Jon goes to work at 11:00 and get's out at 5:00 on Fridays so he will come pick them up when he's through.

The kids are so good and well behaved. They don't argue when I tell them to get at their homework, to take a shower or get ready for bed. Brody sure likes a bath. He just lays there and looks at you while your washing him. He's such a good baby. Devan is so funny. After she got out of the shower she asked me to trim her bangs as they were hanging in her eyes and really did need trimming. As I was getting out the scissors she told me to cut them below her eyebrows because she thinks she has uni-brows and she doesn't want them to show lol. She doesn't but she does have real light hair between her brows and that's what she thinks it is...silly girl.  Oh, guess what homework Josh had last night...

Grandpa told him to go way out in the back yard to practice or up stairs lol. He has a way to go before he hits the big time lol but he's not doing too bad for only having it a few weeks. I swear the thing is almost as tall as he is.

Here's the project I made for the baby shower. I was going to wait until after to post it but Jodi will be too busy getting ready for it that I'm pretty sure she won't be checking in here. It's a diaper cake and I think it turned out pretty good.

Ok, I better get out of here and get my running around done before the kids arrive. So I will be around later to say hi to all of you dear dear people. Take care and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Go out and do something fun and then tell us all about it. Love ya!

Where did my house go lol. Once again I have toys and diapers and kid things laying around, so now I have to find places to put them again. I had a toy box once but got rid of that a long time ago, guess I should have kept it huh...Who knew! Josh and Devan and I took a short walk while grandpa watched Brody. I took my cell phone with me just in case he woke up while we were gone because I knew it was getting close to feeding time. But of course that little stinker waited for me to get back lol. I bet I was in the house just 10 minutes when he woke up. Deanna calls here every night during her break to talk to the kids which the kids look forward too. Last night when she called Brody was being a bit fussy. I told her I was going to put the phone by his ear and for her to talk to him. I was so amazed at what he did when I did that. The minute he heard his mom's voice he stopped fussing immediately, his eyes got big and then turned his head towards the phone looking for her.  Even the look on his face changed and he was quiet the whole time she was talking to him.  It was amazing to witness that.

Saturday my sister Jodi is having a baby shower for her son's baby who is due next month. She's really looking forward to being a grandma and is getting quite excited. She was never the type to take a lot of photos  before but guess what., she went out and bought herself a brand new camera the other day lol. Having grandchildren does does that to you. I'm working on something a little different for my shower gift. I'm not saying what it is right now because I want it to be a surprise and I don't know how often she reads my blog. When I get it done  I'll take a pic of it and post it on Saturday. If I like it that is, if I don't they won't get it and you won't see it lol.

It's going to be a perfect and gorgeous day today so I'm hoping to spend as much time outside as I can. I can't believe it's almost October already. Summer was the pits and I'm not ready for winter one little bit. I would really like to start my Christmas shopping but I have no idea what to get the kids. Brody will be easy but the older ones don't even know yet what they want. I have half a notion just to go and buy what I think they will like and leave it at that. I'm cutting way down this year. There's getting to be way to many of us to buy everyone more then a couple gifts.

Time to get things done around here and find places for these new things I have acquired ,so I will be you ado for now. Go out and have a great day today!

Last night with the kids went well. Deanna dropped Brody off around 2 and then Bill got here with Josh and Devan a little before 4:00. I let them play a while before we had dinner then it was time for homework. Josh didn't have any but Devan did but she got right at it and got it done. They were so good but they did get a little bored here. Deanna did bring some of their toys here for them but it's not the same as having access to all of them. Devan is so cute...I was holding Brody and she comes up to us and looks at him for a bit then says, "Grandma isn't he the cutest baby you ever saw? I just want to squeeze him and love him because he's so cute." She is so good with him, almost like a miniature mom. And boy can they get him to smile and when he does they squeal with delight. They sure love their little brother.

Deanna called here around 7:30 to talk to the kids on her break. Then we talked and she told me that her boss told her that he will try to get her back on days as soon as he can. He said he knows it's tough when you have kids and you both work at night so he will do what he can. He also told her that there will be some new posting's coming up very soon and it could be within the next week or two. I sure hope so! They will only see each other for a few minutes in the morning before school and on the weekends. 

Because of us watching these kids and having to pick them up from school we can no longer pick William up after school. We still take him in the morning but now he either has to wait for his dad to pick him up or he has to walk. I talked to Billy last night and he said that William walked home yesterday but when it gets real cold he will probably wait for him to come and get him. I feel bad about that but at the same time I feel it's good for him to walk too. You know how teenagers are  and he doesn't get enough exercise anyway. He can't participate in sports because of his heart so that is out of the question but he can walk and it's good for him. Bill just can't home now from taking him and William said he doesn't mind walking and it only takes him about 20 minutes. It's only a mile anyway and like I said, it's good for him.

How about that stock market yesterday huh, down 504 points! What the heck is going on anyway!!! Can someone please explain that to me because I sure don't understand how these banks can go under like that. Tens of thousands will lose their jobs. The CEO's don't have to worry though, they still get their pay and retirement or whatever. Go figure right? This is just too depressing to even think about. I think it will take a miracle to fix the mess we're in.

Good Morning and happy Monday to ya. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Well I know those in Texas sure didn't and my heart goes out to all of them. It is going to take months for them to get their lives back if at all. At least not back to where it was before Ike.

I start watching my grandchildren this afternoon as my daughter goes back to work. She brought some things down for the baby for me to keep here yesterday. I guess I'm as ready as I can be. It's been so long since I've had to make sure kids get their homework done and baths done to be ready for the next day that I'm not sure how to do it anymore lol. I guess it will all come back to me won't it. It will be fun watching Brody change everyday though and I will be able to get it all on video and snap shots. Josh and Devan are always good when they are here so that shouldn't be a problem. I planned on going to the grocery store today to stock up on things for them but I might have to wait until tomorrow. Bill had to take his van in to be looked at and if it takes too long he will call me to come and get him. His check engine light keeps coming on and they can't figure out why. It runs good but it's driving him nuts. I told him that I'm beginning to think the problem is with the light and not the engine lol. Wouldn't that be funny if it turns out that I was right.

I talked to my cousin yesterday and she told me that they made over $8000.00 from the benefit on Saturday. We both sat there and bawled like babies at the generosity of people. I'm not surprised though, Jimmy is an awesome guy and so well liked by everyone. One thing we wished we would have thought of and didn't was we wish we would have thought to get a guest book for people to sign. We have no idea how many people were there and now we wish we did.

I have the Today show on right now and they just had a segment about little Caylee who has been missing for a few months now. They were playing audio tapes of interviews with her mother and telling her about all the lies they caught her making. I tried to give that women the benefit of the doubt but now I'm more and more convinced that she does know where her daughter is and what happened to her. I can't imagine not telling the police the minute my daughter went missing and then when they finally do know about it not helping them find her by doing everything in your power. It doesn't make sense, she knows something and just isn't saying. Her mother isn't any better either in my opinion. At first I thought she was because she's the one who finally called the police telling them that there's the smell of a dead body in her daughters car but now she's defending her daughter saying she's completely innocent. She said when she talks to Casey all they talk about is why isn't the police looking for who really has Caylee. If I were her mother I'd be telling her to tell the police EVERYTHING she knows and stop lying to them. They found evidence of a decaying body in the car so we know something was in there. In my opinion she's quilty of something and she wouldn't want me on her jury.

That's about all I have to say for today. I'm sure I will have more to talk about tomorrow telling you how tired I am from watching the kids all night lol.

Until then...

To my cousin Mary and her husband Jimmy! The benefit for Jimmy was a smashing success! There was so many people there all night long which was surprising . Usually people eat and leave but not last night. They didn't have to be there to win any of the raffles but I think only a few didn't hang around. I have no idea how much they made but I know it has to be a lot. We had so many prizes donated and they all went. Their daughter is an FBI agent and she brought T-shirts and hats to raffle off and I wanted to win a shirt. My name was drawn but not until after the shirts was taken so I got a FBI hat. Of course you know that I wore it the rest of the night lol. It was funny too because a couple of police officers did a walk through and I told them I had everything under control and that I out ranked them lol. I got home around midnight and I wasn't the last one to leave either, quite a few were still there. Everyone had a great time singing and dancing and just enjoying each others company. It couldn't have turned out any better and I'm so happy for them.

It's another rainy day today and it looks like it's going to be that way throughout the day. Our yard is filling up with water again as are some of our neighbors. Fall is starting to look like it might be as wet as it was this spring was. I just hope the river stays in it's banks and we don't flood again. Speaking of the flood, our friendly FEMA guy has left. He was ordered to go to Louisiana and help out folks down there. I bet now though he'll be sent to Texas. So if any of you Texans have an inspector come to your place and his name is Al tell him the Wisconsin people said "Hi". I feel so bad for them down there. There is so much damage and devastation and will take weeks to recover. My heart goes out to them.

Well, that's it for now.

I hope you all are having a great weekend and doing whatever makes you happy.

See ya soon!

It's a rainy, cloudy, gloomy day here so I'm hoping it clears up before the benefit tonight. We went up to the Moose Lodge yesterday to get thing set up and I'm sure glad we did. If we had waited until today it never would have gotten done in time. They have so many donations to raffle off that it will take all night just to do that. People will buy tickets then put the tickets in the bag of the thing they want. I guess they have more to bring yet today to set up. I have to make the taco dip yet but I don't want to make it too early, I want it to be fresh.

My sister is in big trouble. I was checking my email and saw I had one from her. She wrote in the subject line Trent's house. Well I just about died when I opened it. A truck went through the front of their house and the damage was unbelievable. See...

The reason she's in trouble is because she didn't say they were ok, all she had in there was the pictures. So I grabbed the phone right away and called her. Thank God they are both ok but it could have been bad. They were sitting there on the couch just seconds before and had just gotten up to get something to put together for the baby. So we will be hauling things out of there later today too. Marie's dad stayed there last night just in case of looters ya know. It's sad you have to worry about that but you do. I wish she had gotten pictures of the front of the house. The girl who was driving the truck took off running but they caught her a few streets over. Not only that, she doesn't have insurance which is a law here in Wisconsin. I'm not sure if she was drunk or not but she will be getting numerous citations. The truck she was driving belonged to her boyfriend so hopefully he has insurance. So Trent and Marie are back at Jodi's until the house is repaired.

Seems like there's always something going on doesn't it lol. Keeps life interesting that's for sure.

Sending prayers for all those affected by the hurricane. And for those involved in the train wreck in California.

Are 36 today!

So

Deanna & Dana

I still can remember the day I found out we were having twins. I told the doctor that I felt very uncomfortable and during the exam he said he thought he felt two heads and sent me out to have x-rays taken. I was 6 months along then and big as a barn lol. Lo and behold the x-rays indeed showed 2 babies. I don't even remember driving home that day. I think I was in shock. You see, we already had two boys and they were young. The oldest was only 5 and the youngest was only 2. I do remember Bill's reaction when I did get home and tell him. He slapped his head and said "Oh my God, think of the groceries." Honest, those were the first words out of his mouth lol. Then I called my mom to tell her. What does she do? She drops the phone and starts yelling at Terry who lived across the street from them saying...Sherry's having twins!!! There I am sitting on the other end waiting for her to get back on the phone but she thought she hung up and so I sat there. I finally hung up and a few minutes later she called me back laughing about it.

It was quite exciting to the family as no one else has ever had twins in our immediate family. I had everyone calling daily to see how I was feeling and making sure all was ok. My grandpa was especially excited and had grandma Dorothy call at least once a week to check on me. I thought that was so sweet.

They were due September 10th but the doctor thought they would come early as twins usually do. Not these two though, they were 2 days late from the original due date. Having sons already I was thinking how cool it would be if the twins were girls. It didn't turn out that way though. Deanna was born first however and boy was I excited. I knew then that I was going to have a daughter which is why we decided to have just "one" more. At that point I didn't care if we had two girls or not. Four minutes later her brother was born and I couldn't have cared less that he was a boy and not a girl.

She was small and weighed just 4 lbs. 14 oz's. Right away they placed her in an incubator and that worried me. He weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz's so I was able to hold and love on him right away. It wasn't until the next day that I got to hold her and smother her in kisses and then only for a few minutes. The next few days they did bring her in and let me feed her. Back then you stayed in the hospital for at least 3 or 4 days. Not in one day and out the next like they do now.

Because she was so small she couldn't come home with her brother and I when we were released and that really tore me up. I really thought there was something wrong with her that they wasn't telling me and that was why they kept her. What they did tell me was she had to stay until she got up to 5 lbs. 5 oz's, and that is the real reason she had to stay as she was just fine and healthy. So Dana and I came home. I'd go up to the hospital a couple times a day though to feed her and then I would call and check on her when I wasn't there. I think I drove the nurses nuts lol. It took 3 more days before she finally gained enough weight and I was finally able to bring her home.

Of course everyone had come to see us at the hospital and then when Dana and I got home they were here to hold him and love him. On the day I brought Deanna home everyone was here except for my dad as he was at work. Well he stopped here on his way home but she was sleeping so he left. He stopped everyday for a week or so but she was asleep every time. Then it finally dawned on me that he wanted to hold her! So the next day when he came in I took her out of her bassinet and handed her over to him. I bet he sat here for an hour or more just holding her and loving her. I thought that was the sweetest thing. Mom and dad were the best grandparents any kid could ask for.

Now they have both grown into wonderful, caring and responsible adults and I couldn't be prouder!!!

WE LOVE YOU!!!

Prayers for those we loved and lost to their families and for us whose lives were forever changed.

I think this song by Elvis speaks for all of us, here and around the world.

These pictures were taken at Terry's retirement party. We sure had fun that day. This is my S page for the ABC event. Now I only have 21 to go LOL.

I'm stuck in a rut! Even though I was bored to tears this weekend I still didn't feel like going anywhere. I could have gone to the festival and I thought about it, but I just couldn't get the gumption up to go. I don't know why either. I sat here and kept telling myself to go. I knew I would most likely know plenty of people there but I still couldn't get off my butt and head out the door. It's not like I had far to go, I could have walked there. From what I hear they had a really good turn out. My sister and friends work the beer tent at night when the main band plays and she said they pulled in over $3000.00 in just the 4 hours they were there. I have no idea what the other ones did during the day that worked the tent. I guess the money is "ear marked" for playground equipment in the park. We'll see!!!

I did have a nice visit via web cam though. I got to talk to Mother Superior, Princess Pout A lot (remember her?) and Denise who are all either friends or are related to Beth. I've talked to them on the phone before. Remember when I crashed their Christmas party last year lol. I called there and they were all there so I got to talk to everybody. Now when I crash their party this year we will be able to see each other too lol. So that was fun talking to them. That, folks was the highlight of my weekend.

This week we are back to taking kids to school and picking them up.You all know that we have always taken William to school and picked him up but this year it's going to be much much harder. My daughter is going back to work too. She was laid off just before she had Brody and they called her back. That's a good thing of course except for one thing, she has to go back on nights. Her husband works nights too so she will have to bring Brody here on her way to work and we will have to go pick her other two up from school  and bring them here. Do you realize what a pain that is going to be for the kids? Their sleep is going to be interrupted and when winter comes she will be driving them home on snowy dark roads. I just hate the thought of that! She did apply for a job at a local grocery store and they want an interview but it will be for a lot less money, so I don't know if she'll take it or not. Besides who knows what kind of hours that will be as they are open 24/7. I guess Bill will have to drive the 20 miles a day to pick her kids up and Brody and I will have to drive the 15 to pick up William. It's going to be tough for awhile. Hopefully if she goes back she can get on days again in 6 months. Of course  you know what all that means don't you? I'll be back to helping with homework, giving baths, changing diapers and no more thirsty Thursday's for awhile lol. I hate that people can't live on one income like people could years ago. Of course I'll love seeing the kids everyday but I can't stop thinking about how hard it will be on all of them.

Not only that our youngest son got laid off from his job that he's been at for 9 years too. Keep your fingers crossed for him though will ya? He had an interview at another place and they called him in to have him take a written test and a drug test. I'm not at all worried about the drug test part of it, it's the written one that is scary. I don't know what's on it but when you've been out of school for 10 plus years you tend to forget a few things.  So prayers will be greatly appreciated.

Our oldest son works for a company that makes seats for General Motors which is scheduled to close by 2010, so who knows if his plant will stay open or not. We've heard so many different stories about the GM plant. One is they will close by 2010, another by the end of this year and now we're hearing that it might not close at all now. Boy, I hope it's the latter but you know how rumors go around. I just hope that even if GM does close down that Lear stays right where it's at. They do make other things for other places so it is a possibility, I sure hope so!

I guess these things are why I've been in kind of a funk lately and why I don't feel like doing anything. I can't clear my mind out and stop worrying about all this stuff. All I can do is hope for the best and know that things usually work out in the end. They do don't they???

I think  need a hug LOL.

The people up the street who has a set of year old twins and a 4 year old had a rummage sale this morning so I walked up there to see what they had. Boy did I luck out. I got a rocking infants seat for $5.00, just put batteries in it and it works...YAY, then I got a walker for $5.00 and about 10 outfits for $1.50 each. Well, one was $3.00 but all of them are just like new, not a stain on any of them. I sure am glad I went up there early. Just as I was walking home with the infant seat a car pulled up and the lady got out carrying a baby and boy was she looking at me with a look on her face that said, darn I was too late. The funny thing is she still had her pajama's on lol. Her baby looked to be just a few weeks old too.

Not only that, the husband having the sale told me that when they are done and anything that's left will be donated but then his wife said that they would let us have what doesn't sell. How cool is that! I called my sister and left her a message to stop on her way home from work. Her son's baby is due in October and they have lots of new born things as well.

And as luck would have it I have Brody  here this very minute while mom runs some errands . In fact he is in the seat swinging away and seems to like it.

I had the kids last night too so I missed thirsty Thursday again. I guess I'll have to make up for it tonight won't I. Oh maybe not. Festival on the Rock is this weekend so I doubt anyone will be going out tonight then. They work at the festival so I don't think they will want to be out tonight too. So I guess that settles that doesn't it

Well Deanna just got here so I will see ya later!