Week 1 of Friday Night Lights and other things...

Have to be quick.....football game in 54 minutes.....

Chelsey TWO 100's in Physics this week. She's fretting that she may not be able to make it in this class......we should all have such worries!

Colby and crew won 40-0 last night, in the rain and under a rainbow. Was a big time blow out! And, he made a 75 on a Math quiz, he was smiling. Notice the difference in the two? I promise they really are twins, or at least Danny confirms it, as I was asleep with they arrived 16+ years ago.

Danny got the JOB....he starts on the 13th. Makes me kinda sad that if I should take a day off, he will not be home with me.

I have had a HECK of a week again, but I turned that frown upside down today and had a good one. Read a FB post the other day "Some days your the dog and other days your the hydrant." Going to try and stay away from hydrants!

Three day weekend with not a plan at all.....except maybe Starbucks and a nap or two. They say 50 degrees in the morning. Summer just goes away in the blink of an eye! Could just be Road Trip tme for Danny and I again....

XOXO,
Have a great weekend, I plan too!
Pam

P.S. Geez...almost forgot to comment about Friday Night Lights....we play Prestonwood at home tonight. Of course I'm in orange as I head out the door! Hope Dallas gets a sack tonight....since I'll be there to see it this time!

Half way to 90!!!!

What a great birthday I've had....turning 45 hasn't been too bad so far. Mom, Dad and Aunt Barbara, thank you for the visit today, loved seeing you! Carla (thanks Paul for letting me enjoy her for the day) and Ashley (Thanks Tazz for letting me enjoy her for the day!), yesterday was fabulous! Thanks to Danny for going to Charming Charlie's for the purse Chelsey KNEW I wanted. Chelsey thanks for the "Zots," you knew I'd love them and Colby for the bear hug birthday wishes, that take my breath away (literally!). Colton and Dylan for the hand made cards, LOVE THEM!!! To my work family for the cake and cube decorations. To Dallas for the text at midnight. To Tyler for the text this morning. To Cherry for the call. To all those on Facebook that wished me a great day..... It's been wonderful and I love you all!!! Just a few of the things that I received are below....

Orange football shirt, that I shall wear Thursday night!

Chow Chow and pomegranates
finished the first jar off tonight...yum!

Living Geeky Birds from Carla and Paul,

I shall name them Puppy and Kitty!

And the purses that Danny shopped for all by himself,

in a store full of women. He even made sure they would clear

his elbow, which is a requirement for me, or I WILL NOT

carry them.... I'll take one when we go to PF Chang with my gift cards!

Thanks to everyone for making my Birthday weekend so special. I think I've smiled for two days!!!

Love to all,

PF

P.S. Chelsey's card said "Mom, when you turn 50, I'll be
21, and we'll celebrate!"
Ugh....I'm going to color my hair now!

A day with the girls...

Had a great day with the girls being kidnapped!

Started out at Starbucks with Chelsey

Then to Ashley's house....my captors, along with flowers,

presents, birthday cake and special cards made by the boys
YUM, Strawberry cake....

And then.....we went to Ink, Inc.

It's a TATTOO PLACE!!!!

Had my belly button pierced for my 40th birthday

Got a tattoo for my 45th!!!

Nothing crazy, or big, just a heart on the inside of my wrist
and YES...it did hurt, but it took less than 10 minutes, so not bad...

probably going back to get a matching heart on the top of my foot!

And then off to PF Changs for my favorite lettuce wraps

and of course candles and dessert!

If you ever want GREAT lettuce wraps...this is the place to go!

And then what you might ask.....

well....home for a nap of course!

Had a fabulous time with three of my very

most favorite girls in the world..

Thank you Ashley, Carla and Chelsey

for making this old gal smile.

Love you bunches.

OHHHH, and Carla already has the idea for my 50th.....

she said a boob job...we shall see....we'll have 5 years to plan it!

XOXO, and thanks again, had a great time!

PF

It's Saturday!!!!!

I always seem to start out with DANG WHAT A DAY or DANG WHAT A WEEK, it's not any different this morning....busy as a bee at work. 12-14 hours a day is a killer, and lots might say WHY do you do it? In the Mortgage world, you have to have compassion.... and remember that customer's lives hang on getting their financing completed as planned. (Megan, you feel the pain, as you wait for yours to be completed, right?) If the ball is dropped, their lives are turned upside down with move plans. Take this week as an example: 1) The K family moved from Slovokia to Longview, Texas with a Steel company DONE 2) Another K family moved from one side of the US to the other DONE 3) Mr G has a tenant lined up already for the home he is closing on Tuesday, that tenant is HOMELESS if I do not get his loan done. 4) Ms G, who's ex husband is threatening to make her sell their joint home (even has a court order), that she now resides in with her 3 kids(two of which are boy/girl 11 year old twins), if we do not get her refinance completed, to take him off the note DONE. She even asked me to come to Delaware to share the bottle of champagne with her after she closed! 5) Mr. L is leaving the country this morning, and he's closing next Friday, everything had to be in order before he could leave, so I stayed until 8:20pm, making sure he was okay and that we had everything for his loan. 6) Or the Mom, Ms K, who's baby is going thru chemo, and we had to get the loan completed before the next treatment, so she could bring him to their new home afterwards. No pressure huh? And this is just a few examples....we close hundreds of these a month and I've been involved in thousands of these examples over my almost 26 year career in this crazy business. It's all worth it when they say thank you... For me it's a tough job, but one that I still love, even after all these years.

Okay enough about work, I've now posted the pictures of Chelsey cooking, washing dishes and the final results....burritos, that were really tasty. I've also posted pictures of my cubicle at work, all decorated for my birthday. Used to have a big fancy office, a few years ago... :-( And lastly, in photos, Celina defeats Ranchview (Carrollton) 62-14 last night. I missed it, because I was making sure Mr. L was taken care of, before he flew out this morning.

Today, at noon, is my birthday surprise from Ashley, Chelsey and Carla. I can hardly wait to see what they have planned. Can't remember the last time I had something really fun to look forward too. Love those three....last time we were together was for Promzilla...maybe I should be Birthdayzilla! Or, better yet, I think I'll just roll with it, and see what they have in store for me.....bet it's a fun day.

Fly safe Mr L, XOXO to all, Pam (half way to 90 tomorrow) Fenter

WOW....

I hope everyone is sitting down for this post.....good stuff, and photos to follow, because for some reason I can't get them to upload! Even my lap top is surprised I guess....

I walked in the house from work tonight (yes, late again) to find Chelsey washing dishes...now let that soak in for a second, it was because she cooked! I was surprised too, she cooked burittos in the oven, like Lauren's mom cooks. They were really good.

Next, Danny tells me that his interview went well today. He'll hear tomorrow if he has the job working for Collin County. He'll probably be a flag man. I'm so proud of him!

Colby? He was sitting in MY recliner watching tv. Good night at the Fenter Funny Farm, hope it's good at your place as well.

XOXO,
Pam

P.S. Loved the text Carla....I could see the smile in it! Love ya!

School is back in session!

Well....we officially have two Juniors in High School....

Both were up and off this morning, each in their own vehicle.

A bit different from years past for Danny,

he left to take the mower to Frisco for repair, instead

of wrestling the kids off to school.

One day down....180 something to go!

Chelsey all dressed up on the first day......
Colby on the first day......

A bit different this year....both drove to school!

Took a picture of Chelsey driving away, but somehow

didn't save to my dang phone.

Just a little behind...

This past week is a blur....sorry to our loyal followers, that I've missed an entire week of blogging. Let me catch you up with The Fenter Funny Farm. Chelsey and friends have had a photo session (and I think they are BEAUTIFUL!) and Colby has had a scrimmage. Saturday I had mani, pedi, brows, hair cut, bought make up at Macy's, spent 4 hours in class for an upcoming test, made it home in time for the scrimmage, was home before 10:30pm and passed about 5 minutes later. Sunday up and to breakfast with Danny, then off to school clothes shop with Chelsey. Colby told me what he wanted/needed and it took 15 minutes in ONE store, Chelsey on the other hand is a little different. BUT, we did it without a single fight (woohoo!!!) and had a great time. Home that afternoon by 6:30pm and passed out in my recliner 5 minutes later. Up and at it again Monday and somehow it's now Thursday again. Whew....a few pictures below of my beautiful daughter and her pals, Colby and Dallas during the scrimmage, and that's all I got.....enjoy!

The girls, all smiles and not a care in the world (sigh....)

The girls being silly (this I am used too!)

I'm also used to this view....they spend a lot of time

walking in and out of our back door!
Also note, that's probably $1000.00+ of denim your looking at....

buy stock in Buckle! If my butt looked like those, I'd buy a pair!

And another....WOW what a beautiful group!

Have watched most of them grow up before my eyes....

Colby is #77....can you say BIG GUY?

And another of Colby....

And Dallas on one knee (#40), trying to cool off. This was at

5:30pm Saturday and DANG it was hot....I thought for sure

my bra melted while I was sitting in the stands...

Have a nice evening all, and I'll try and not miss an entire week again! XOXO, PF