WHATS HAPPENING MONDAY MEMORIAL DAY

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~

I hope everyone is having a great 3 day weekend.....Today is the last day of Mikes "official" vacation. We actually went back to Stockton Lake to finish up our camping and fishing week-and we loaded everything up at 2 am after making it through one round of thunderstorms right before dark, but we knew the 2nd round was going to be much much worse (our walkie talkies have the weather channel and we used it).....and it was. It took forever to get home because we had to keep slowing down or pulling over because we couldnt see the road. It was wicked, to say the least. We made it home at 5 am and its STILL raining here. At Stockton, they had to add 60 ft. of dock because of the rise in the water level. The road you usually drive on to unload your poles and such for the dock-its totally under water too-the new dock goes right over the road.

We all got a case of the giggles last night-we were fishing on the outside of the covered fishing dock area-and Jon had fallen asleep about 11 pm, at about 1 am, Aaron is reeling in a fish-and Megan had just caught one, and one of the little "thugs" that had been fishing on the other side comes running over (like they did EVERY TIME they heard us catching a fish or getting the net) and he runs right up to Aaron-as Aaron pulls the fish over the rail and the little punk says-Are you catching fish? And Aaron looks at him and says-NO......that struck the rest of us funny-and we were laughing hysterically. He didnt break a smirk or anything when he looked at the kid and said no.....The reason I call him a little punk is when I had walked over to use the restroom, and on my way back-the kid (all of 14 maybe) lights a joint-and blows the smoke right in my face as I walked by him. I flat out told him he was a little punk and if he were my kid I would beat his *SS....... His "uncle" was 3 feet from us and never even said anything to him-worthless peice of crap.

Jon caught a 1 lb 9 oz catfish all by himself-and then we got 11 good sized crappies.....we are going to be able to have a really good fish fry in the near future. We got to use our food saver for the bass that Mike caught-so no freezer burn etc-he got crazy and did our sandwichs with it yesterday too-LOL....they look like something that would go up in the space shuttle.

The kids are in the middle of moving...they are in limbo right now-but hopefully real soon they will be all done. Megan has put an ad in the paper for her dog, its just too hard to find a place that will let her keep him-even if she offers additional money for a deposit. So, Bis has been out here and I crate him when Im not home. He can cry and yelp as much as he wants to-and nobody can hear him-Hee Hee..........

Im going to spend the rest of today getting the house back in order. My dad and mom are going to be having a sale either this weekend coming up or next-so I have to get the rest of the boxes in my room marked-and then I have a box for Miss Tammy Ammy when she comes this way in July for a couple of days-and then what doesnt sell at the sale, I am going to put on Ebay. I finally got most of my stuff out of Mel and Terrys garage at their rental house-just have like 4 things left-and then I am done. Told Mike we are getting rid of storage this next month-no more money getting spent on a storage unit.

Glad to see Traci K back, checking in with us. Have missed you, Traci!!!~ Has anyone heard from Connie????????? I havent seen her on here since her dad passed away and I am wondering if she is okay. Will have to check and see if I have her direct email address in my addresses or not. She has been on my mind a lot.

This week has been awesome, to say the least. Even though I had already had the surgery last summer-its been a lot easier this summer-I dont get hot-in fact-Mike keeps the house too cold for me. I am constantly moving the thermostat when he isnt looking.....I can see thats gonna be a problem this summer. Yesterday the kids were griping about how hot it was outside-and everyone broke a sweat except me. I glistened barely-but no sweating and I didnt have to change-I was wearing jeans.

~~~~Good news- MY BMI Started at 65.8 and I am only a 26 now-and only less than 2 points above the overweight~~~!!!!! I was so freaking excited when I did my BMI and it said that!!!!

**Jan-I really have been thinking about homeschooling Jonathan. I HATE how the schools teach our children-and when they start school, they are already suppose to know how to write their full name, their address and phone number, abcs and 1,2,3s....what the heck? Not that I mind teaching my children basics-but it should NOT be a requirement-what do the teachers teach them....Mike taught Steph how to read~

With the ibuprofen, I guess that leaves me out right now-since my tummy hurts so much of the time-I wouldnt know if it was from them or not? I hope it works for you though.

Im glad that you found good renters, but Im glad that Andrew and Susan will get to be your renters-Andrew and Susan are going to LOVE living by you and he loves to plant-so you have it made-and we are going to be able to see Andrew at the meetings-How cool is that? I may be able to meet him someday????? No way!

**Sug-I am saying prayers that your daughters insurance will pay for the damage and fix her vehicle. I am also praying for your friend, Richard and his family too, in this difficult time. I sure hope they caught it in time for treatment to be effective.

Sounds like your gonna be a busy beaver this week-Holy cow woman!!!! Feels good to be able to go and go and go though, doesnt it? Have a good week and we will miss you if you dont get to post.

**Andrew-so good to see you back on a regular basis!!! Thats awesome. I am so glad that you will be Jans new renter. Your gonna love it out there and we are going to love seeing you at the meetings!!! (when I get to go to them, that is) Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!!!!

**Angy-sounds like you had a busy weekend as well-and having one graduate is hectic enough, but two? well, at least you didnt have to do the parties seperately, thats good-and teens being in bed by midnite? Whats up with that? I NEVER got that lucky here, unless they had been up for several nights and sleep depravation had set in-LOL..... Your appt is coming up soon, isnt it? Refresh my memory, if you will-have slept since you told me.

**Sheila-Thanks for the compliment-so we just wouldnt have recognized each other-LOL....You just look so wonderful-and I must say-younger. Im praying for you-that everything gets straightened out for you and you get a break. Take care and keep us posted!

**Tammy-Ammy-girl, you must be one hell of a host-since everyone keeps running to your place and you dont ever get to just relax with you and Joe-LOL...Please-tell me your secret-I dont ever want to do that here-LOL...Just kidding-your a heck of a sis and mom to always help them out. Im so glad your son is alright and yes-have your sis send me the pics from her cell phone. I remember looking at the truck Mike had been driving when he was T-boned, and just bawling-it was amazing he lived-the cab was literally smashed from the passenger side to where Mike was sitting on the drivers side! Send me an email with your sizes- PLEASE. Got a box started for you-but Im thinking some of the stuff is too big. Let me know....OK? Cant wait to see you in July!

**Brenda-Dont know if you will see this or not-but I am praying for your rapid recovery and I hope you arent in too much pain. Have been wanting to call and talk to you-but 90 percent of the time the past week I havent had signal-I pray your doing great.

**Bec-are you doing okay? I hope so-post when you can and let us know how your doing-k?

Well, I am gonna get off here-have some laundry calling my name-and then need to see when I have to go pick up Ms. Stephanie from her g-friends house that she spent the night with last night-and then get the Suburban unloaded-we didnt do it when we got home. Mike has some fish to filet-and there goes the day! Was hoping to be at Stockton until tonite-but the weather didnt agree. We are going to hopefully get our pool ready this week and get it filled and get the stuff ready for the sale-so the next week or two are busy for me (us)...Kids are out of school, so I at least have helpers. We are going to be doing a lot of burning too-we got a couple of burn barrels to do that. Mikes adopted parents-they are leaving for a trip tomorrow to AZ, and so we will be watching theirs and grandmas place too-and dogs.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day. Take care and as always-your in my thoughts and prayers. Love, Janet