The kids'll be home tomorrow, tomorrow...

I CAN'T WAIT! Today was a good last day (mostly) sans kids but I definitely cannot wait to see them tomorrow. So today I had to get up early and go have an abdominal ultrasound done to see what wrong with my belly other than fat. That was fun. Turned out that the chick who did my ultrasound was a girl I went to middle/high school with. Not just a regular girl, no. She was one of THE girls...pretty, popular, and as she admitted today snobby. She grew up nice though so I have to give her that. After that I met Ricky for lunch and we went to look at a new house. We really liked the one we saw together (Ricky more than me, though). But the second one...the 2nd one WILL be our new home. Oh yes, it will be mine. Now if I could just get someone to buy this house it would make things a whole lot easier. I'm sick of worrying about the house being spotless all the time. On the flip side it's nice having the house spotless all the time. Okay, okay not spotless per se but you get my meaning. Anyway, looked at a few more then came home and had some yummy left over steak fajitas I made on Tuesday night. Then we went out back and repainted the patio furniture. It turned out much better than I thought it would. Now we're just lying here in bed; Ricky's reading and I'm...not. Just a few more hours though and I'll be lovin my babies!!!


The dining room and a light fixture in my new dream house. Notice that in the dining room the ceiling is pink, too! Jealous? Okay so this was from the HORRIBLE last house we looked at...and I mean HORRIBLE. These 2 pics were the best parts of the whole house. I mean it was AWFUL!

Missing My Babies

Really 5 whole days since I've posted? I promised myself I would make this a daily (or at least every other day) thing but it's amazing how little there is to write about with no kiddies around. Just a few more days and they'll be HOME!!! I can't wait to hug them and kiss them and squeeze their little heads off.

About the most exciting things that have happened in the past couple of days is that we went to a picnic for a mentoring program with the youth at our church and afterwards everyone went outside to play. Ricky was throwing a football with a sweet older man from our congregation when he stepped in a hole which resulted in this...


That was Sunday. Then yesterday our Real Estate agent called to tell us he would be bringing over some other agents today to get some feedback. I spent about 3 hours cleaning last night and Ricky took off 2 hours from work today to be here (I personally don't want to listen to people talk about what's wrong with my house) while I ran some errands. Unfortunately it was all for naught. Our agent never showed. I'm angry but I'm trying to tell myself that it was just a misunderstanding. We left him a message on his cell phone a few hours ago and he hasn't returned our call. I'm sure he will tomorrow though and everything will be straightened out...I hope. Come on Friday...I miss my babies!!!

1, 2, 3, 4...

So it's day 4 without the kids. I was so looking forward to having this time to get things done around this place and what have I actually accomplished? You guessed it...ZILCH! I've been on a downward slide ever since we drove away from Tracy's house and I watched Savannah standing there waving until we were out of sight. I miss them so much. I'm pathetic, I know. I've raised them to be very independent and self-reliant and I'm happy that they're having a good time and not crying to come home everyday but on the other hand I want them to cry and want to come home because they miss me. I know, I know, I know...get over it! I'm working on it.

So here's a quick rundown of what we've done sans kids. Monday night was date night. We went to one of our favorite sushi restaurants and absolutely gorged ourselves. After that we went and bought some paint from Home Depot to do some touch ups in the bathroom and then went and picked up some ice cream from Baskin Robbins to fill in any empty spaces in our bellies that the sushi might have missed. Tuesday night I cooked Ricky's favorite pasta dish and we mostly just did nothing all night but talk and play on the computer. Wednesday night is Bible study and after that we met some friends at Baskin Robbins for yet more ice cream (I'm ice creamed out). Tonight I'm making Ricky's favorite chicken enchilada's and we got some new movies in from Netflix that we'll watch. Pretty exciting stuff, huh? I guess that's what happens when you grow up. Wouldn't trade it for the world though but I still miss my babies...

GA In Pictures

Nanny and the grandkids at Shelbie's graduation

Oh Ricky, you look HOT!

Max, Johnny, and Savannah...I LOVE this picture!

The cake...awesome!

Savannah and baby Ayden

Georgia On My Mind

So that good nights sleep I was after before our trip to GA never quite happened. Well it did but it came a day late and a 7 hour drive away. Savannah went to bed Tuesday night acting relatively okay and I thought she was getting better. I was so wrong. She woke up at 2a.m. with a high fever, stiff and hurting neck, and a headache. Meningitis. That was my first thought anyway. I called her Dr. and she agreed that a trip to the ER was probably in order. Fast forward 5 hours and we're back home and she's okay. Of course she started feeling better about 2 hours into our hospital visit but I was not about to leave until we saw a Dr. I'm so thankful she is okay. The drive to GA was long and pretty uncomfortable but uneventful and we arrived safely. Our first afternoon and evening here were spent just visiting and resting mostly. Savannah and I both passed out early on the couch then went to bed and slept hard all night. She's feeling a bit better today. I received a call from her Dr. that her culture shows no infection so we don't really know what's wrong with her. They say probably viral but have no other answer. That's so frustrating. I NEED an answer, though I'm quite certain I will probably never get one.

Today has been nice. We've done nothing more than visit and do some chores around the house but it's been nice. Tracy has a huge front porch with rockers and a swing and their property is covered in trees so it's always nice and cool. She's loving her new home. I think it will be very nice once they get everything done to it. I'll have to get out the camera tomorrow and take some pictures of it all. Speaking of tomorrow, the BIG day. I can't believe my niece is graduating high school. Where have these last 18 years gone? I'm so happy for Shelbie and so excited for her to be starting this new time in her life. I love you, Shelbie and I wish you all the happiness in the world.




4a.m. in the ER and she's still this gorgeous? I could look at that face forever! She does look pitiful though:-(

On The Road...To Recovery and Georgia!

Wow! What a night last night. Poor Savannah threw up just about every half hour to 45 minutes all night long until it finally stopped about 6a.m. Needless to say there was no sleep going on in our house last night. We washed sheets in the middle of the night and discovered that bile does not come out of white 900 thread count egyptian cotton sheets. She felt pretty awful all day today so I took her back to the Dr. this afternoon and they took another urine sample. The Dr. said it still looks pretty crummy. She finally got some food down this afternoon and started feeling better. She's had 4 doses of antibiotics and I'm hoping and praying that her fever finally broke. She's sleeping now...so peaceful and beautiful.

Well with all of that we had to put off leaving for GA until tomorrow. We had originally planned to drive there tonight but thought it better to try and get a good nights sleep and leave around 5:30am tomorrow. Hopefully we will have an uneventful trip and Savannah will feel much better in the morning. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband who has done so much to help get the house cleaned and laundry done and everyone packed today. Now...off to get that good nights sleep!



My 2 handsome men. This picture always makes me smile!

Happy Memorial Day

Today definitely didn't turn out like I thought it would. I woke up early and never could get fully back to sleep. We had plans to spend the afternoon at a friends house and cook out after Ricky finished golfing but I received a call from my mom around noon saying that I needed to take Savannah to the minor med. She started hurting yesterday and saying that she constantly felt like she needed to go to the bathroom but couldn't. Like an idiot I let her talk me out of taking her to the Dr. yesterday. So apparently she has a UTI, or at least that is what they're treating it as while they grow the culture. They didn't see much infection in her specimen but there was blood in it. Not a good way to spend a holiday. I feel so sorry for her. Urinary problems are miserable and urgency is the worst. I picked her up some orange pee pills at the pharmacy and that's at least relieved her discomfort. Now it's time to spend the evening cleaning and packing for our trip to GA tomorrow. Shelbie (my niece) is graduating on Friday and the kids are staying with my sister Tracy for 2 weeks...woohoo! I'm going to miss them desperately but it will be nice to get a lot done to this place to get ready for the move...if anyone ever buys our house. I'm so thankful Savannah will be okay and that we caught her infection early. I'm also thankful for the time I got to spend with my family this weekend and the rest of our family starting tomorrow night. Thank you also to all the men and women who have so bravely and selflessly served our great nation for over 200 years.


Pretty flowers from our garden. I just love spring time. God is so good!!!