Didn’t know what to name this blog and that was the first thing that came to my head.

First….a big hug to Baxter, Mouse’s boyfriend.  I hope you are feeling bette.  You didn’t need those stinky toes any way!!!!!  Less toes in your paw but the same amount of love in your heart.  You can still hug minus a toe or two.  An even bigger hug to Julie who I know is just beside herself.  I wish I were there to hug on you and tell you everything is going to be alright.  I miss you and Baxter.  I can’t believe he is ten already.  HOLY COW!  It seems like just yesterday you brought him home and he was jumping our fence to play with Mouse.  Oh the noise she would make when they would play.  I would love to see Mouse like that again.  AHH those were good times.  BBQ’s and Mike’s Hard Lemonade and of course Profiler before court tv went to shit!

This is going to be a random post, hence the title

Noah is stating his independence now.  The boy doesn’t want to cut his hair and he is starting to look like a hippy.  Today he even wanted to dress himself and I felt like I was taking a peasant to school.  I think back to my parents and what they allowed me to do.  They always said as long as I got good grades I could dress and look however I wanted.  My dad tried to give suggestions but I was dancing to a different beat.  I survived so I guess Noah will too.  It’s hard to let go.  He is too cute and too precocious.  We went to math night last night per Noah’s request.  I was quite happy being a math teacher and all.  He has always excelled verbally so it was nice to see his interest in math.  They played fun math games and we continued the math lessons at home.  He really loves to learn.  It is so nice and refreshing to have someone so interested in learning.  I work with kids who have failed the Math TAKS test and some of them could care less.  It is nice to come home and talk to someone who cares.  The other night he even brought up the civil war.  At one point in the conversation I had to remember I was talking to a kindergartner.  The funny loop was he asked me if “our” state was a slave state.  I told him Michigan was in the north and was not and then he replied NO I mean our state.  LOL, as much as I am getting acclimated to Texas, Noah is a Texan.  We had to make a few calls for the answer(it was and that is why its stateshood was delayed 10  years).

Cooper is doing well too.  He has a new teacher at school and really seems to like her.  Miss Rachel was nice too but Coop seems to be sweet on miss Sonya.  He knows his ABC’s even though l-m-n-o-p sounds like some obscure dialect.  He can count to 20 thanks to the hide and seek games we play.  The one thing he doesn’t like is to go to the potty.  He is obssessed with his WII games and computer games.  He would rather pee in his pants and wait for me to catch him than go to the potty.  That is a work in prgress but we are getting serious now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jungle Java is GREAT!!!!!!!!!  Oh my we are birthday central.  It is fun and rewarding.  I love our little regulars that I get to see everyday as well as those kids who are so excited to have a birthday.  Nothing is greater than to see their little faces light up when they get to the door and can’t wait to get in.  It’s like seeing a birthday for the first time over and over again.  It doesn’t get old.  I love kids and it is so sweet to see their happy faces.  If I had started earlier I would imagine I would have had a whole gaggle of children.  Alas I don’t want to pay for college in my 80’s.  So I get to live vicariously through the other babies.

Tomorrow is Gregg’s birthday.  He will catch up to me in age so he can’t say I am his old broad(or lost in the tsunami).  Sunday we are planning on going to the Kite Festival with Mark and Mary and maybe Rachel and Brandon too.  The past two years we have had so much fun there.  This Sun. might be a bit cooler but hey today is 87.  It’s humid a bit too so it feels almost like a Michigan day.  I think it is suppose to be in the upper 60’s Sun.

Uncle Chris is moving here on Monday.  WE can’t wait to see him and get him used to the Texas way of life.  This will be his thrid trip to TExas in less than a month.  I’m sure he will be happy to set some roots now.  As I have said there are plenty of jobs here and if you are looking to get out fo where you are you couldn’t pick a better community than the greater Austin area.  They are hiring for all sorts of jobs.

I can’t believe Hosea won Top Chef.  I was rooting for Carla but she was lead astray.  I was happy when she was teamed with what’s her name for sous chef but I wish Carla would have told her that she had her own way of doing food.  She would have won had it not been for the sous chef.  I’m glad Stefan didn’t win.

Lost is still good.  I’m enjoying the twists. I knew when the guy said sorry about your friend that we would see him again.  It will be interesting to see how that crash plays out.  I’m guessing a few of them have been there before.

Survivor is not as good as they said it would be. Surprise!  I swore off th Trump shit but I might catch a glimpse or so because of the  disaster it may be.  I haven’t watched any yet but I hate the man so it might be hard.

Hope all is well with you and I will try to write again soon!

The Swallows are Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spring is springing here in Austin.  We finally got some rain the last two days which should help the buds that have already appeared on all the bushes and trees.

One Swallow has come home.  Much to the dismay of my husband, and I imagine neighbors, a swallow has returned.  I was a bit surprised.  I don’t remember  them coming this early.  Perhaps that means they will start a family early and leave earlier.  That would be nice.  I think they are so cute but Gregg would like to get rid of them.  They do make a poopy mess and the nest is in our front porch.  It may mean having to use the garage door once the babies are hatched.  However they eat a tremendous amt. of mosquitoes and since I am a mosquito magnet that makes me happy.  We had hardly any problems with them last year.

On a sad note Mouse is not long for this Earth.  Last Sat. she had a bad day and Gregg decided it may be time.  He called the vet and set up the “rainbow” trip on Sunday.  On Sunday he thought she looked better and decided he didn’t want to do it.  She is still having a hard time getting down the porch steps and looks awkward when she tries to lie down.  I think Gregg just has to get more comfortable with the idea.  It’s hard on him.  He has had Mouse longer than me and the kids.  It’s hard to see her the way she is.  She was such a playful pooch.  She loved the ball like nothing I have ever seen.  She would fetch that thing for hours.  She would bark and bark if you didn’t throw it fast enough.  As she got older she would run herself to the point that the next day we would have to give her meds as she would be limping.  Finally we had to retire the ball for her own safety.  That is a far cry from the dog I see now.  Poor dear!

Survivor time.  Gregg said that he heard this season Survivor is suppose to be hands down the best and that the first 5 minutes of the show this Thursday should not be missed.  I’m hooked, let’s see how it goes. 

I am loving Lost and wishing it were on for 2 hours every night.  I haven’t caught up on the Heroes of last season so I’m not really watching the Heroes of this season.  I kind of lost touch last time because it was so bad.  I’m going to give it a second chance.

Top Chef is winding down now but I’m not really hip to who is left.  I’m still surprised that Leah has made it this far.  I know I keep saying this.  I thought Jamie’s food was better although she did rely on scallops a little too much.   I think the winner is going to be Stefan even though he is a pompous arse but Fabio will be a star.

 I haven’t been online in a while.  If you have been emailing me I’m sorry but I will get to it soon.  It would help if I didn’t get so much spam from my friends.  I don’t need jokes or Obama updates sent daily it just clogs my email box.  I hate going to check my mail and having 120 messages and over 75% is spam from my friends.  I don’t have time for all the jokes(oh that sounds sad/bad).  Once I delete all the spam I don’t feel like reading the rest or responding.  Sorry if that sounds like hate but it takes so long……..

I hope everyone has a Happy Valentine’s Day and a GREAT weekend.

TTFN

OK so today we went to San Antonio for lunch.  I was surprised with all the hoopla of Superbowl we were heading on down.  We had a great time only Uncle Chris should know not to say he is having what I am having to drink.  He was quite shocked to see his Texas size margarita.  He quite enjoyed it and we had a great time exploring the Alamo, the river walk and our boat ride along the river.  All the times we have been there we have never been on the river boats.  It was fun and our guide was just too funny(or maybe it was the margarita).  After all the fun we headed home and made almost in time for kick off.  We probably missed all the good commercials but the trip was worth it.

Once we landed back in RR we headed to a Superbowl party and had a blast.  Thank you for such a great time and great wings!  Now it is late and a storm is coming once again.  I can see the lightning off in the distance but I am not sure if it is going to get here.  IT is terrible windy now.  Quite a contrast to the 75 weather we had earlier.  Such is the weather in Texas.

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