Kids....more specifically TWEENS!!!

Help me to understand...I love my 11-year-old son, but sometimes he makes me so crazy! It doesn't matter what I do for him, he thinks I'm out to get him?!?! I try to help him study for a test, he thinks I want him to fail; I help him pick out some clothes, he thinks I'm trying to make him look like a dork!! I just can't win! I'm not liking the "tween" years already!! Is it just me or are they getting more difficult? I just can't remember ever acting this way with my mom...UGH! Okay, enough, I just had to vent!!!!!

YAY!!! The lights are ON!!

So, it only took 9 (NINE!!) days to get our power back on, and what a jig we did when it finally came on yesterday evening!! We were actually trying to figure out where we could go and wear out our welcome...LOL! No---really, we just didn't want to stay in the heat, and all of a sudden, we heard a few transformers blow and boom, WE HAD POWER!!! Then a short while later, a local church Pastor came by our house, as we were gathered with our neighbors celebrating, and offered us all a hot meal..yummy!!! AND ICE, another common necessity!! Anyway, all day today, I cleaned and cleaned AND went to the grocery store to replinish our frig!! All that AND the kids go back to school on Wednesday, it's celebration time!!! Home everyone else out there who doesn't have power gets it really soon!!
Love to alll!!

After IKE!

Well, it has officially been 1 week since IKE hit the Houston area! We are still in the dark (without power) and have been told we will not get power back until AFTER Thursday, the 25th! The kids are still out of school, since the school is in our neighborhood, guess they'll be out until we get power back! We stayed the entire week with my brother and his family. They had a generator and all was well, but when Dwayne got an offer to go out of town for work, I was like...WE ARE IN!!! So, here we (me and the kids) sit in a hotel in Texarkana! It's not home, and the kids of course are bored, but I'm so thankful to have a bed with AC where we can sit and be happy! We are going to Cracker Barrel for lunch today, that should be fun! Other than that, there is not much to do! The pool is like swimming in ICE and the kids can only handle it for a few minutes before they are like, we are ready to get out! (it's an indoor pool)!!

Clay is sitting here breathing heavily in my ear, we are in the business office of the hotel, and he is BOOOREED!!! Can you imagine?!?!

Well, I'll post pics and stuff later....just had to get my computer 'fix'!! LOL!! Please keep praying that we get power soon....I can't take much more of this!!!

Waiting on IKE

So--I've got the groceries, gas in the cars, IPODS charged, Nintendos charged and windows boarded up...now we just wait! Tonight is like the calm before the storm. We are going to my brother's and swimming, or letting the kids release some anxiety before tomorrow evening. We will be staying at my brother's house, because we have way too many BIG, TALL trees in our yard...I'm most afraid of the wind!! They are predicting 95mph winds all the way to us in Spring/Klein!!!

At least we get to sleep late tomorrow since the kids are out of school...YAY...that's a plus for me! I'll keep you all posted!!

Pray for us that IKE is nice when he passes through H-Town!

Getting in shape!

Well, I've been trying to get into shape for years now! I've done all the diets, all the 'quick fixes' and of course it always come back...so, I've finally decided to do it for real, you know with the exercising and all! Well, I've been riding my bike for a little over a week now, and watching what I eat and how much of it. So last night, I asked my husband, "how long you think I need to ride my bike before I see weight loss?" Of course he laughed, because I haven't been riding that long...hahaha!! Anyway, I'll keep you posted of how all of that goes!! For now, I've gotta go get on that darn bike! Have a great day all!!

Newbie Blogger!

Hi All! I've always wanted to start a blog, but just never really had the time or desire to set it up! I'm trying, that's all I can say!!

To get started, I LOVE to cook and currently have a blog with my 2 favorite cooking friends...give us a look...I promise you'll find something you'll love...it's called Three on Food !!!

We love to try new recipes or just put our favs on the site so that we don't have to keep buggin' each other to email or REtell the recipe for the 100th time!!

I have 3 kiddos that keep me very busy! This is my first year with all three kids in school and I have to say, I'm a little lonely, so I've started working on my projects that I've started years ago, only to never finish!! Right now, my project is painting!! Trust me, if you haven't painted, don't start...it's not as fun as painting was when you were a kid! UGH!! I have friends that say I'm crazy for being lonely, they'd find all sorts of things to do...I'm telling you, a quiet, empty house is kinda sad and boring!! No fights to break up, no hineys to wipe, no one to make lunch for, no one to play games with...just me and the darn dog!!!!

I promise to keep everyone updated on what's going on in our world, and do pictures and all that good stuff, but for now, you'll just have to be happy that I have actually written something...LOL! It's almost bedtime, and I've got my babies to tend to!! Have a great night and I'll be back soon!!!!!