Late Fireworks

Every year my little town puts on a fireworks show with a few festivities for the 4th of July. This year they were postponed until last night. I have lived here 11years and have yet to go. I know, I should support my community. But until recently, I usually spent the day/weekend at my parents. And I can see the fireworks from my driveway. I always say "next year" but I never make it. 

My husband and H went to watch down my the boat launch while S went with a friend to watch this year. I wasn't feel very well so I decided to stay home and catch them from the driveway. It's always a good show

Kolache Time Again

Yep, it's H's birthday tomorrow. That means I have been making kolaches today. I really am not a bread maker. Yeast just gives me a hell of a time. I stress and never get it right. I did figure out why last year's batch didn't do right....the yeast didn't work. This year I though I did better. Nope. Dough didn't rise. So I googled how to fix it. Proofed another batch of yeast and added that to my dough. It's trying to rise right now. If it doesn't rise we'll just have yucky kolaches again :) 

We went with another shark theme again this year. Well, just the back drop. Her plates and napkins are Minnie Mouse/princess. I know. She is such an interesting dichotomy. 

Tomorrow we are driving about 3 hrs to go to a Disney Store. That's what she wanted for her birthday. That will be one of her gifts :) We are then going to go eat at Rainforest Cafe. That was a tradition back when she was younger. I figured since we were close I'd take her. 

She'll be 20. My little H is going to be 20. She's fighting it. When I turned 20 I was thrilled!! No more teenager. Not H. 

It's going to be a long day tomorrow. It's going to be a fun day tomorrow!!

Independance Day

Just dropping in to say Happy Independence Day to one and all.

My girls and I didn't have any plans for today except to go out to put some flowers and flags on my Dad's grave. Yesterday afternoon I received a surprise call from one of my Aunts to come out to her place for an little gathering. Mostly just the Aunts and a couple of us kids. I say kids like we are kids :) I'm the youngest at 49! I haven't seen my cousins in a couple of years so this should be fun!

It will be a bit hard too. This was the holiday my Dad would do up right! For about 20 years he would have a great bbq. And when I say great--it was GREAT. Not only the people gathered but the actual bbq. He was a genius at the pit! Best brisket EVER! Not to mention his bbq sauce--Poppy-Q sauce.

Hope ya'll have a  safe, fun filled weekend!

A heartfelt thanks goes out to the men and women you helped make this country the USA. Past, present and future!

God Bless America

My Poor Baby

 

 Waiting patiently to see the Doc

My poor S. Sunday she began having an ear ache. By Monday morning she was crying with pain. I take her to the clinic, get the ear drops and all is taken care of. Or so I thought.

Her other ear starts hurting on Tuesday and the drops don't seem to be helping. She's not hungry and even a bit sick to her stomach. Last night she comes, again, crying to my room because of the pain. So, back to the Doc. we go. 

Three shots --and who knows how much money--later she is back in bed catching up on sleep. 

 She received an antibiotic shot, one for the inflammation and one for the pain. Plus, she will continue with the drops, with new drops that will help with the pain AND oral antibiotics. 

I will head back to Walmart in a bit to get the rest of her meds. I have been to that stupid store 4 times in the last 3 days.

I so hope this does the trick. I don't think she can take much more. She really wants to sleep :).

I sure hope your week is going better than S's. Have a great Thursday!

 

Goodwill. Simba. And Disney.

Alrighty, I'm here. I'll start today with follow up on some of the stuff I bought at Goodwill with my sister.

This is my ceramic Christmas tree. It was pretty enough by itself. Unfortunately it really didn't fit my style. Soooo, I broke out the spray paint( goodness, I do love to spray paint) and my craft paint and got busy. I just dabbed paint on the little ornament spots and dry brushed where the snow is. I was trying to get the star to be solid but it turned out nice with the dry brush effect. I'm really happy with it. It really has a vintage feel. Exactly what I was going for!

 

Not exactly a before and after but it does show what I did. These were cheap dollar-ish Christmas houses from someplace like Walmart. They were only about 50 cents or less. I took the stone spray paint and got to it. These will be the start of my Halloween town. I love how the movie theater one turned out. It kind of gives the feel of Tower of Terror at Disney. Yea, I know. I'm probably reaching on that one :) H suggested that I turn the little wreaths on the one house into jack o lanterns. I might just give it a try.

I love this one! The reindeer was a metallicy gold color with sparkles. The base was a blackish-brownish color. Yep, spray paint to the rescue! I will probably put peppermints in it. I really love the red and white look for Christmas! 

I have more but I ended up putting them away before I took pictures. I think, though, that these were the only ones I made over. I really had a good time with these!!

Now. This little &*%#^.  Oh boy is he a stinker!!! So sweet but so naughty!! My oldest, R, found him back in November. Soaking wet, in the rain at the mall. A tiny little thing. Unfortunately, she is unable to keep him. She is moving into a new apartment with all new furniture etc. Since he is a hellion, her boyfriend decided he didn't want him anymore. It is for the best. They both work so he was left alone all day. He didn't like that at all :) So we stepped up and took him in. Yes, I have second guessed that right from the start. 

Do I really want another cat? Yes and no. He is only about 9 months old so he still has all his kittenish behavior. And not being fixed really has been bugging my sweet Bella. She does NOT like him at all. It has taken a couple of days but he and Moxie ( the dog) seem to be doing ok. 

Today I will be calling the vet to get his happy little self taken care of. Hopefully that will stop him bugging Bella and stop the marking around my house. Yep, he has hit a few spots in my house. Not a big fan of the cat pee smell!!!  I'm also hoping that after getting him fixed he can go outside so he can use up all his energy there! He is a smart little thing too. He just now came up to me and did his little purr/meow so I would get the laser pointer out and play with him. He is too damn cute! I have a love/hate relationship with him. 

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Not sure if I mentioned it or not, but when I was at my sister's last month I casually mentioned that I wanted to be at Disneyworld at some point in my 50th year. I really wanted to celebrate this milestone at the happiest place on earth. She froze. Looked at me with a gleam in her eye and said "Wait a minute, we can do this". "Yea, right, I said". And lo and behold a trip was planned. I'm still in shock. Of course I had to run it by my husband first. He isn't a big fan of Disney and he really isn't a fan of me going off vacationing by myself. But he is such a good man that he lets me anyway. He has always been good about letting me go and blow on my own. Of course it was easier when he was in the Coast Guard. I could go while he was underway. It's a little harder for him now that he is home more.

Our original plan was to go in January. We were discussing the budget one day and she asked "why  wait?" We are now going in September. YEAH!!!! I am SO excited!!! I won't yet be 50 but I'm still gonna celebrate!!!!

Bill

Just sitting her thanking God that Tropical storm Bill is not blowing/washing away my home.  Still praying for all the people who ARE being negatively affected by Bill. I know that there will be lots of flooding north of me and possibly in some areas around me. I really am lucky this time. We ended up being right in the middle of the path of the eye.

Cajun Village

Ok, so here I am, finally writing my post on my trip to my sister's. It was a really great trip.

Just me. The trip down was an uneventful drive. I rarely listen to the radio so I took the opportunity this trip. The theme song for this trip was Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars. It played on every station at least twice in each hour. I'll tell you a little secret---I really didn't mind. I quite like the song.

At one point I got totally freaked out. Why? As I was switching stations I heard Casey Kasem with the last five songs of the top forty countdown. Yea, from 1979 no less. Totally bizarre and totally awesome!

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take any pictures along the way. You know, driving and all. The only pictures I got were when we were at The Cajun Village in Sorrento, La. It isn't too far from my sister's house in Praireville.

We first made a stop at The Coffee House for lunch. I had the Shrimp Bouree. Again, I did not get a picture of it. I know. I know. Slacker. It is like a gumbo( please if you can describe it better, please do) over a beinget. Divine!! We all did share several orders of beignets as well. That, I did get a picture of.

Again, divine!

We then walked around some of the shops. We really didn't shop too much because my sister had her eyes on Goodwill.

These are some of the buildings that are unused at the moment. It's just fabulous back there. Swampy and old and just fabulous.

And then there are these guys. I really don't know how long they have been there. Too cute for words. 

 

I'll next get into some of our Goodwill shopping. And I'll discuss another trip my sister and I have planned!