Chainsaw Massacre...

So When Cleo read my last blog entry, he was upset that I didn't post pictures of his chainsaw "owie". Apparently he's not as vain as I am and clearly wants all the sympathy he can get so in order to keep peace in our home, I am posting his pictures. All he has to show for it today is a small scab on his left knee and he wasn't even sore from the wound so don't cry for him too much :)

Random Acts of Stupidity!!

In my constant quest to find interesting things to blog about, well should I just say that this week I lack in that category! All I can say is that this past week has been full of "random acts of stupidness (is that even a word?). It started with a little accident when I was headed to my friends pool. I guess I wasn't paying a lot of attention and I rear-ended a lady at a stop light. I really just "bumped" her, but she insisted on calling the police and wouldn't even move her car off to the side of the road to await their arrival. Well, it was noon on the busiest road in Newnan and I immediately grabbed my cell phone to call Cleo and ask how to turn on the emergency flashers so that people would stop beeping their horns at me for not moving. You see, I've never had to use the flashers and I seriously didn't know how to turn them on. Well, the police showed up 20 minutes later, immediately asked us to pull off the road so traffic could resume and she wrote it all up. I was relieved when I wasn't given a ticket and there was no damage to either car. The funniest part was that I was in a bikini with just a tank top over it and the lady I hit really didn't see the humor in that!!!

The next act of stupidity was over the weekend when I was "helping" Cleo to remove the trees and bushes he had cleared in the woods. I thought I was being very helpful, but I guess I should've paid more attention to what I was grabbing because obviously I got into some poison oak or ivy and of course I started to "scratch" my face and neck and by the time I realized what it was, I had it all over! Of course I'm too vain to take a picture and post it, but trust me, it isn't a pretty sight. I got hydracortisone cream and calamine lotion the next day and it's a struggle to remember to wash the calamine off my face before going out in public. I am just praying it will clear up before heading to Wyoming this week. That same day, Cleo had a little incident with the chain saw...and was grabbing a tree to drag without putting down the chainsaw and he "cut" his knee. Thank goodness it wasn't very deep and we didn't have to make a quick trip to the ER and he is fine now. I'm just thankful that the "stupidness" wasn't reserved just for me!!

The last thing that I will bore you with is this...I was getting dressed yesterday and had put on a pair of jean shorts. They are from last year and are a bit big so I don't have to unbutton or unzip them to get them on and usually just pull them on. Well, I did this and thought they felt different so I looked in the mirror to figure out what was different and discovered that I had them on backwards...YUP backwards! I always wondered what the back of the shorts look like when you wear them???

I guess we don't lead a very exciting life if this is all I have to blog about but at least we get a lot of laughs at our house. Maybe this will make you laugh as well....

Adventures in Dog Sitting...

While Cleo and I long for the days when our grandkids can come for a weekend or a couple weeks in the summer, for now we will settle for the occasional weekend of dog sitting. Jarod and Lindsey went out of town this weekend for a wedding so we've had their Golden Retriever --Georgia for the weekend. She really is a sweet dog with the cutest personality. Yesterday morning, she discovered a turtle in the driveway and of course wanted to "play" with it. As soon as she got close to it, the turtle retreated into its shell. Georgia picked it up and took it into the yard to play with it. We then had to have the talk about how to play nice with the other kids in the neighborhood! After about 10 minutes, Cleo decided it was time to let the turtle loose into the woods. It's just another day in the country here and thought that would make a cute blog story.

Marcys' Creek

This is a look at my latest "yard project". I got tired of the rainwater washing away the mulch in the flower bed, so I decided to build a little trench and line it with river rock to drain the water into the yard. Although it might not look like much, it took me a good hour and a half to dig the trench, smooth it out and lay the rock down. It was nice and shady in that area while I was doing the project, but I was still sweating like a pig. More than likely it was from the manual labor and not the heat!! I think I need a little more rock to put in it, but was pretty proud how it turned out. I just can't tell you how much fun it is to work in this yard. It is so nice knowing this is our home and we aren't doing all this work for the next owners or worse, the landlords! We still have lots we want to do with the yard, but we have all the time in the world now and that's half the fun --anticipating the next project.

Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Fathers' Day to the greatest Dad on earth!!! You are so special to me and I just want to tell you thank you for all you've ever done for me. You have taught me so much about life and how to work hard and appreciate the little things along the way. You have always been there for me--thru good times and bad without judgement--and showed me how to turn a negative into a positive situation. You are also a wonderful Grandpa and I know that your grandkids love you very much. I also want to wish my father in law-Cleo-a happy Fathers Day. You are a great person who taught your boys how to be wonderful fathers and for that I'm so thankful. Your sons continue to look up to and strive to be like you and there is no better compliment. To my husband---YOU are the BEST husband and father to 4 beautiful kids. You have taught us all so much about life and how to live each day to the fullest and enjoy the ride. I constantly give thanks for finding you and love you with all my heart and soul. Your kids have grown into amazing adults, each with their own strenghts and I know how much they each mean to you. They are lucky to have a Dad like you. To all the other Dads' in my life, I hope that you will each enjoy this Fathers' Day weekend. It is truly an honor to parent a child and help shape their lives and watch them spread their wings and fly....

Lazy Days of Summer

This has been a great week. I had quite a few things going on earlier in the week, but by Friday when my friend Heidi called me to go lay out at the pool in their community, I was more than ready for a break from the heat. It has been in the mid to high 90's this week and there's just nothing better than a dip in the pool to cool you off. I do miss having a pool close by, but unless we have one put in the backyard (a girl can dream, can't she?) I will just have to take advantage of friends with pools. I enjoyed the day with her and her two kids and had fun laying out and doing a little girl talking with the other ladies at the pool.

Today, Cleo and I got up early and went to downtown Newnan to Market Days. It's the first Saturday of the month from spring to sometime in the fall and people just set up booths to sell homemade goodies, crafts, jewelry, pottery, etc. It was really fun (even in the heat) and it's nice to get out and meet the locals. After that, we ran some errands then went to have lunch at Taco Mac where they have great wings and chips w/queso. We then went to Home Depot where we had to buy a chainsaw for Cleo. I swear, we can't get near Home Depot or Lowes anymore without dropping at least $200!! After resting a bit when we got home, Cleo then went into the woods to do some more clearing with the new chainsaw. Our yard is really starting to take shape and hopefully by the end of summer it will look like we want it to. Our goal is to put in a sprinkler system next summer, but for now we are doing the watering the old fashioned way and dragging the hoses around. Cleo did buy (another Home Depot weekend ago) a little lawn tractor that you hook to the hose and it follows the path of the hose. I guess they've been around for years because he said he remembers when his Dad or Grandpa used to have one. It is pretty cool and at least you don't have to move the sprinkler constantly---but for $70, it should turn itself on and off at least!!! We do have a couple small sprinklers to get the spots where the little tractor can't reach. It's been a great weekend and we just love our lives out here in the country.

No More Painting for me...EVER!

Okay, so it's official---I will not be finishing the painting of the shed. After going into the woods behind the shed with Cleo yesterday to lay out corn for the deer...we stumbled onto a snake!!! I'm pretty sure if my bladder hadn't been empty already, it would've for sure after that. Cleo tried to shrug it off and had hoped I wouldn't see it but it was too late. After we got back into the yard he told me he was pretty sure it was a copperhead. I told him that I wouldn't be going back into the woods with sandals on ever and I was for sure not going to sit on the side of the shed that faces the woods and finish painting. Now, I don't consider myself to be a wuss at all, but there are just some things (snakes and mice) that really creep me out. Anyhow, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it...