Flooding 3-28-09

Man-O-Man-O-War!

Day two of our spring break actually turned out to be a nice day. It was sunny and warmer at Pensacola Beach, but it was still very windy, even more than Monday. The yellow flag was out yesterday, but they had a red flag flying today, along with the purple one because of all the
man-o-wars washed ashore. It was cloudy and overcast at home, but when we passed the bridge, it was like looking at heaven with blue skies and sunshine all around! Brent and I were solo today. We had a great mom and son day. First, we went goofy golfing. Boy was that a challenge between the wind blowing the ball off course(literally!) and it blinding me with my hair in my eyes. Where was Emily when I needed her with a spare pony tail holder?! We had fun though. We let one mom and son play through since the little boy seemed to think this was some kind of kamikaze speed course (I was trying to take pictures, so we were a little slow, but not that slow!). Then we headed down to "our beach" where Ricky and I got married 9 months ago and did a little sea shell hunting. Brent spent most of his time torpedoing all the man-o-wars. All in all is was a great, relaxing day. Now let's just hope the weatherman is wrong about the rest of the week!

Spring Break 09

Looks like Spring Break 09 is gonna be cool, cloudy and maybe a little too rainy for me! We went down to Chicken Bone Beach today, Ricky grilled some burgers and we braved the very cool and brisk breeze(gail force, I think!) coming off the water. Brent tried a little surf fishing and built a nice sand castle. He even had an elderly couple walk over and admire his work. It was so sweet (she was in a velour sweat suit, that's how cool it was!). The girls tried to get their tans started, and Ricky tried to take a nap. I'm not sure if either ones were successful! As long as you were in the sun, it was OK, but later in the day it got pretty cloudy, so it felt really cold. We packed up about 3:30, walked the boardwalk a while and headed for home. The weather man isn't forecasting any more sunny days until Sunday again! BUT on the bright side, at least my closets will get some much needed spring cleaning! I've posted pictures of our day minus the ones of Ricky sleeping that he deleted!
I also posted two new pictures of our nephews, Brady and Whit. Ricky and I got to visit with them on Sunday. They are really growing and walking, I mean running, all over the place now.

Going Green

The Ground Hog predicted 6 more weeks of winter back on Feb. 2nd (my birthday btw!) and looks like he was right on the money! Spring has finally arrived and no one is more grateful than me. I couldn't live up North where it's still cold! Our flowers we planted in the dead of winter are all blooming and beautiful. We couldn't have asked for a prettier day today, except can we get some calm seas thrown in there too, please?! We want, we NEED to get in the boat and catch some fish! Our garden that Ricky planted is growing too. The potatoes and corn are growing and some of the spinach is ready to be picked. We can't wait for it all to be ready! He'll be planting the watermelons soon. We also got turnips, squash and okra. We couldn't believe how well the garden did last year, so we expect more of the same delicious and fresh veggies and fruit this year too! It is so nice to be able get dinner right out of the garden rather than the produce department at the grocery store.

Friday Funnies

Ricky has been after me to start writing down some of the things my second graders say. Well, here goes. This week was the great debate over whether the Tooth Fairy was your mom or not. One little boy said his sister told him it was their mom, but he didn't believe her. Another little girl, quickly quited that rumor by saying, she had lost two teeth and put them under her pillow last night and THE Tooth Fairy left her a note and $2.00. She added that I know my mom's not the Tooth Fairy 'cause she's gone on a cruise this week with my dad! It never occured to her grandma...anyway...And those two teeth she lost, it was a boody battle in class the day before! It was bloodiest tooth removal I've been privy to, but she was desperate to get those two front teeth out once and for all! I kept sending her to the sink to rinse her mouth out, and when she finally pried one loose, she proudly announced it with a big huge bloody, and toothless smile!

Another one of my students was escorted to class yesterday morning because he had been telling everyone he was blind(he's new, 2nd day) and was bumping into walls(because his eyes were closed!). I asked him why he thought he was blind and he said that his mom told him he was before he left for school. I said, "Did you have trouble finding your shoes or your bookbag this morning? He answered, Yes. I responded with, "I see, and is that when mom said you were blind?" YEP! He also told me later that day that his mom wanted me to know that he was "ADHB", only teachers can appreciate that! (It should be ADHD!) I asked him what the "B" stood for and he said, "I guess, bad??" Lucky me!

February Fabulosity

It's the middle of February and I do not have any new pictures to post, but hope to soon! My new mom in law, Carolyn's birthday was January 31, Happy Birthday! Mine was February 2. We had a fish fry for both our birthdays on the 31st. OK I will admit, I do have a couple of pictures from singing happy birthday that day, but they were terrible, so I cannot bring myself to post them! I'm 5'8' in no heels and Carolyn is at least a foot shorter (I think more)than me, so as usual I looked like an Amazon woman! We'll have to sit next to one another for the next mother-daughter-in -law pic! Plus, with my back hurting, hair styling has gone out the window, so let's just say, I didn't look so hot ! However, we had a great day, great food and great fellowship with our family and friends who were able to come. Whit and Brady were a hit with everyone. They were such good sports with all the new faces wanting to hold them, but they were too tired and finally gave up trying and started crying simultaneously. Too sweet. We want to see them again very soon!
Ricky and I have been able to fish only once since getting the new boat, and it wasn't a calm, beautiful day, but choppy and VERY cold. On the way in, I asked him, How much further? I thought he said 7 miles (he really said 11). Later, I asked again, How much further? He said 6 miles. I was like, what? we've only gone a mile? Can't this thing move any faster? He said YES!, but it will get colder! I told him to let it rip because I was already NUMB! He opened it up to about 48 MPH! We were at the pass in no time! We caught some fish, a lot that had to be thrown back (snapper, or A.J.'s that were too small), but we caught enough for a few good meals! Sorry, again no pics..it was too cold! We are waiting on a pretty calm day or for my back to get 100% better ASAP before we head out again. Pray for calm seas and for bulging discs to be sucked back into place! Ricky's getting restless!
Ricky sent me a pretty bouquet of Valentine flowers to work on Friday. I love that Mr. Jones! Hey, I can take a belated picture of them and post that, yeah there's an idea!

IPOD vs the Washer, IPOD wins!

Well, after several days of alternating blow drying and sitting in a bag of rice to absorb the extra moisture, the IPOD came back to life! Brent says it had a few glitches at first, but it seems to be working OK. There is hope after laundry disasters!