Wow....class rings?

Chelsey and Colby came home from school with this order booklet...

Sure sign that the next two years are going to fly by!

Can hardly believe they will be Juniors next year.

My quest is almost complete!

Guest bedroom closet and laundry room clean....Paint touch up done! Realtor visited this afternoon. He's going to look at comps and give us his opinion on pricing tomorrow, then the sign goes up. I was in tears before he got out of the driveway, but I'll live!

Dinner tonight was sandwiches....Danny and the kids were definitely surprised, but it was easy for me to throw together. Guess I'll enjoy cooking dinner for them two more weeknights....before I return to work and commuting home at the time we've been eating dinner. Thinking about having the three of them come up with their own menu, one night each. We'll see how that goes...

Oh, also bought squash (yellow and zucchini), onions and cantalope plants this morning. Going to plant a mini garden in an old tractor tire. Photos to follow I'm sure.

Night,
Pam

A clean attic....

I'm sure your tired of my posts about cleaning out our house, but it helps me to see that I am making progress, so just stick with me until I finish! This morning, I hit the cabinets in our bathroom first thing. I'll bet I threw away 50 bottles of this and that, with a tablespoon of product remaining. Why did I even bother putting it back I the cabinet? Oh well....I can't be the only one that does this!

Next came the media room upstairs. Moved the couch, vaccumed, cleaned the sink, took out trash (actually let it roll down the stairs), and all is great up there now.

Next....the attic. Lord, even at about 10am, it was already roasty up there. Straightened as best I could. Organized all the extra floor tiles, paint, etc. And then shoved a few X-mas decorations around. Much better than before I started. Mom, have you ever cleaned your attic? :-)

Got a call from my new employer, NationStar mid morning, to come in for the formal offer process, get all the forms and take a Drug Test. Ran by the lab, before flying home (36 minutes from house to the office) to pick Chelsey up from school. I'm going to miss doing this, but am greatful that I got too for 10 weeks now....they will be driving soon, so it really has been my very last chance to do it.

Steaks on the grill (the kids dinner request), potatoes on the stove, salad, and grilled egg plant...YUM. Danny and I sat down to watch tv and the lotto projections came on, so......we loaded up and ran to Anna for lotto tickets. Just so you know, if we win, I'm NOT starting my new job Monday, LOL.

Tomorrow is the day the realtor we want to use returns from a Vegas Golf Trip. I'm positive he'll have a laundry list of things we still need to do to the house, just hope it's not a long one, as I'm running out of days off!!!

Off to watch the news....I hear the press is all over Rick Perry mentioning "Act of God" with the recent oil tanker spill. For goodness sakes....why doesn't he talk about something like getting rid of the freaking TAKS testing.

Pam

Not something you see very often...

Two things we do not see very often at our house......

A double rainbow....and....

A clean pantry!!!!!!!

So....in my continuing quest to get this house clean, today Chelsey and I took everything, and I mean everything, out of our walk in pantry. We checked ever date (the most expired thing was chicken soup, expired in 2007) and cleaned every shelf, and then organized. Looks good. The only thing that interrupted us was the sight of a double rainbow in the sky. I think that means something good, a friend said it meant a double pot of gold...hum...

Had lunch with a friend in Plano today. Stopped at Stein Mart, since I was right there beside it....came home and took Chelsey to doctor. Meds and she'll be good as new in a day or two. Cooked dinner and cookies (Megan, I used a Devil's Food Cake mix and made Funfetti Cookie recipe with chocolate and sprinkle icing. I refrained from trying, but everyone else said they were great!), cleaned pantry, washed dishes and now, here I sit after 11pm, finally posting on our Blog.

Now....since our house is somewhere around 4300 square feet (excluding the two garages), and I've cleaned out every room and closet, except one in the guest room and the media room upstairs....I'd say I'm about 400-450 square feet from finished. Then, I have to straighten the attic up and both garages... And touch up paint. I may actually make it, before the Realtor we are going to use gets back into town Wednesday. I think if ANYONE dares mess it up again, I'll have to go get me a switch off a tree. The trash guy may come after me with one if I do not stop having "over the limit" bags each week!

Remember the double rainbow! Pam

P.S. I have to take a drug test for the new job....this will be one test that I'll have no issue passing! Unless it picks up my Simply Sleep, Night Night :-)

Nice quiet Sunday...

Prom 2010 is now history. I went to bed at 2am this morning, after I had located Chelsey and Colby.... Colby decided to catch up with the after party last night. Both were home by a little after 10 this morning. Cooked lunch, hugged Carla and Paul goodbye and had a four hour nap. Danny and I celebrated living thru Prom, we discussed margaritas on a patio....wound up with ice cream at Braum's in Van Alstyne. :-) Party animals that we are these days...

Let the count down to summer begin now....after all, we MUST always have something going on around here that requires a count down!

Have a great week!
Pam

Thank you!!!

We had a few calamities today, as Prom came together, so I thought I'd share!

Please enjoy this post....and then post 11 thru 1 of our Prom journey...

First of all, a BIG THANK YOU to Carla and Ashley.....

They were photographers, make up specialists, hair stylists,

counselors, smiles and entertainment!

Chelsey and I really appreciate you coming along for the fun today!

Now...on to the funny stuff that happened!

Danny asleep in his chair, guess he's not worried about Chelsey and Dallas tonight!


There is no actual picture of this, but the Moon above is appropriate:
Carla and Ashley are walking thru the mall, looking for a bracelet for Chelsey.
A woman with no hand, just an arm, comes running up to Carla and informs her
that her dress is caught in her purse and she's "showing quite a bit" to those
at the Frisco Mall......thought I'd die laughing when they told me this story!


The Party Bus has a Dance Pole....Ashley HAD to try it, before everyone arrived and loaded up!

She LOVED it....can you tell?

And then they HAD to have their picture taken together inside of the school.....

And Colby, being a sport, came up to the school to see them load up on the Party Bus. I talked him into kissing the statue.....such a trooper!

Again, THANK YOU Carla and Ashley for making it fun.....Love you both!!! Pam

Prom Post #11

As you can see the theme of the Prom was "A Midnight in Paris...." As I sit and type this at almost midnight in Celina, I think of many things....first, why on earth did I post the pictures in reverse? You'll see what I mean as you look at this Prom Post 11 and backward to number 1... I wanted to show the end of the journey first and then how it all came together. We have about 200 photos total, and not all are posted, but there are a bunch for you to enjoy. Tonight, I cried as Chelsey walked out all "dressed up and beautiful." Dallas even got choked up when he saw her....I thought my heart would burst! I'm going to take you back just over 16 years ago for a moment....Chelsey arrived into this world, just a minute behind her brother, and was so tiny...I missed the first 3 days of her life, because they were in a different hospital than I. When I did get to lay eyes on my precious babies....I sat and talked to each one separate, coaxing them to make it, even though so tiny. First, I had a Mom chat with Colby, about sports, fishing, his first truck, and willing him to breath, so we could enjoy it all together. Then I moved to Chelsey....I told her she'd be my precious baby girl, to wear bows (although she ALWAYS screamed later when i put them in), shop with, bake with, dress up for Prom....and she fought for her life, so that tonight could happen. We've had a round or two over this prom, and I didn't request that when I chatted with her in the isolet so many years ago, but it's that strong will that got us to this day. Tonight she was a beautiful young lady, the one I talked of that afternoon in the NICU at Baylor Hospital. Thank you Chelsey, for making me smile, cry, laugh, frown, and most of all, for making me one proud Mom. I love you with all my heart.

Now, if you've stuck with me this far, I hope you'll enjoy the next 10 posts, as our first memory of Prom was created...

Pam