Friday, May 22, 2009

Happy Birthday Tony....



My son, Tony, turns 20 years old tomorrow, Saturday May 23rd....
I wish him a very Happy Birthday....

We had a small family party for him tonight...
He picked what he wanted as his birthday dinner,
Homemade pizza... plus cake & ice cream...

*as you can tell by the photo above, the candles look a little funny. I actually forgot to buy candles, so we improvised and used wooden matches... Ha Ha...*

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

A dying hemlock....


Monday night we went for a 4 wheeler ride out in the woods, where Scott's Mom is having it timbered.... I was taking photos of some things they were doing wrong, when we came across this tree.... It is dying, but still so beautiful.... It was dusk, I thought it was a nice photo.... Wanted to share it....




Monday, May 18, 2009

It's been a MILLIONARE weekend....

Okay, so not so much in my own personal weekend....

But for my favorite Nascar driver & my favorite Survivor contestant.... Saturday night Tony Stewart won the All Star Race in Charlotte NC and walked away with being only the 2nd owner/driver in history to win the million.... Then last night J.T. got all 7 votes from the "jury" members to win the million from Survivor, then also won the $100,000 most popular fan vote....

All in all we did have a pretty good weekend....

Friday night we went out to eat @ Fire Mountain with Kevin....

Saturday I went to the grocery store, rest of the day was spent at home... I did the basics; housework, laundry, etc... Scott fixed Darren's car & mowed the lawn.... In the evening we had Chad & Jess over.... Kevin was here too.... Invited some others too, but got no answer.... We had a great dinner & time visiting... Then we watched the race....

Sunday was a lazy day.... We spent most of our time in front of the t.v. Although we did manage to get the freezers switched around (all the food from the freezer in the garage moved to the freezer in the basement).... and we did go to Hit & Run (little store down the road).... We wanted something to snack on.... Pizza & Chips were on the "menu".... Ha Ha.... We then watched the Survivor Finale....

Now it's Monday, and the start of another great week.... Weather is to be wonderful.... I have a lot I want to get done this week....

So make it a great one.... thanks for reading....

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

A whirlwind Mother's Day....

I honestly was not being "lazy" in my writing.... I just couldn't.... My Mom and I made plans for me to fly out to Kentucky for a 4 day visit, so that meant everything I did last week was in preparation for the trip....

I left here early Thursday morning, and arrived in Lexington @ 10:15 AM.... my Mom was at the airport to pick me up.... We surprised my sister @ work, and my niece @ school.... Saturday was my sister's baby shower, so we spent the rest of the time Thursday & Friday getting ready for that.... It turned out quite well.... Sunday was Mother's Day.... All 3 of my boys called me.... It was nice to spend the day with my Mom & Sister (the 1st in years).... My plane then took off Sunday night @ 6:30.... I was back in Harrisburg by 9:30 PM.... Scott was so happy to see me.... I missed him too.... We went out to eat, then finally home at about 11:30 Pm....

Monday was back to normal.... I did a few things.... laundry, dishes, vacuum, dust.... We had left over beef/veggie soup for supper.... After supper, I took the leftovers up to Scott's Mom & Brian (it had to get eaten up).... then Scott tilled the garden, while I picked rocks.... Darren & Garret stopped by, and helped rake the rocks out....

Today was a busy day.... I had invited all the kids up for supper, spaghetti & meat balls.... Usually I make my sauce with the packets of Mrs. Wages spices.... well I was out.... So I had to research how to really make it from scratch.... It turned out really nice.... I also made the meatballs, cleaned the bathroom, the cat box, vacuumed, folded laundry, then went to work in the garden.... I planted 2~ 25' rows of potatoes (Brian hilled them for me), 21 tomato plants, 3 pepper plants, & a 20' row of red beets.... It was a great day....

So, that's why I was "quiet" for a few days....

My beautiful nieces....


^Alexus Marie.... 6 1/2 yrs old^


^Allisa Jean.... She will celebrate her 1st birthday on Thursday^

Friday, May 1, 2009

Around our property....


^ From the property line by "the trailer"^


^ and again, looking out toward the woods^


^ from the woods, looking toward the road^


^ My Boo Bear^


^Our new mower... and the skidloader in the background^