And So It Is Tuesday

Some days it just doesn't pay to try to get anything accomplished. This morning I got up and decided that my foot was feeling pretty good so I was going to mow because well, the grass is getting pretty tall and ugly looking. So I get started in the back yard got the first half done (and it looked really good) I ready to start on the other side and the mower died. It had done it once on the first side and after the fifth time on the second side I decided to get out one of the other mowers. . . . . .I could not even get it started. I wasn't even going to pull out the other mower because I knew it wouldn't start at all. So, three lawn mowers and I could not finish the stinking lawn. SO frustrating. I won't get to finish until this weekend when Mr. Giggles has time to work on the mower. His helpful suggestion was to use the weedeater on the last 1/3 of the yard. NO THANK YOU. My Dad offered the use of his new lawn mower but that means getting his truck, loading up the mower, bringing it to my house, mowing, loading it back up, taking it back to his house, unloading it and then putting it and the truck up. Very time consuming but that may be the only way to get it finished. And I am going to be super duper sore tomorrow from all of the trying to start the lawn mower.
Over the weekend we celebrated my sister's birthday. It is hard to make celebrations like my Mom used to. She always made everything special without even trying. So, on Friday Dad and I ordered a chocolate cake with chocolate whipped icing and bright flowers. I went birthday shopping and found Dad's gift for her. I looked and looked and looked but couldn't find her anything from me. She finally gave me an idea on Friday night late so Saturday I headed to Walmart to get a spring form pan and I found a really good looking cookbook. While at Walmart I was reminded why I try to steer clear of that place the weekend before the college students start back to school. It was pandalerium and I just wanted out of there. Saturday afternoon we went out to eat. . . .good bbq and then went to my Gmom P's house for cake, punch and presents. I made the punch I posted on my recipe blog. Everything was so good, we had a good time visiting and sister liked her presents.
And on Sunday we rested and it was good. Now on to the rest of the week! I am hoping that mine is more productive than today was!!

Weekly Menu

Monday: fend for yourself
Tuesday: Chicken N Swiss casserole, corn, TX toast
Wednesday: fend for yourself
Thursday: fish fillets, potato salad
Friday: out to dinner
Saturday: fend for yourself

Happy Birthday

Today is my little sister's birthday! I hope she has a great day. It will be different without my Mom but we will try to make her day like Mom would. Love you Rae!

Good Friends

Yesterday was a nice day for me. First I got a call from my friend Julie to see if I wanted a taquito from Whataburger. Of course I said yes, who can refuse a taquito from Whataburger. Yummy. So she came by bearing yummy gifts and we had a really nice visit. She brought me some dvds to watch and I can't wait to watch them. A couple of hours after she left my phone rang again and it was Mrs. H. She wanted to know what my favorite Sonic drink was (in case you are wondering, it is ocean water) and she said that she wanted to stop by and visit. She came and we got to visit for a while. It was nice to have visitors after being confined to the house for over a week.
Today I have to get out of the house for a little while to go get another antibiotic shot for my foot and to go birthday shopping for my little sister. The hardest part is going to be the shopping. I have absolutely NO idea what to get her. Hopefully I will be struck by inspiration while I am out and about!

Nota Alota

Not much happened today except that it was hot (again), didn't rain (again), I didn't do much (again) but I did start a new blog (because of laziness on my part). My new blog is for my recipes and it is called Giggles for your Tummy! Since I didn't want to spend time labeling my recipes so I could easily find them I decided to go the easy way. So, I did add two recipes today if you want to go by and check it out.

Hope you had a great day.

I MELT

and no, I am not talking about the Rascal Flatts song! Man it has been so stinking hot here. Today our high was 105. When I finally ventured outside to check the mail I listened to the grass crunching under my feet and had to watch out for the cracks in the ground so I wouldn't trip. We are having the hottest August on record and once again we are behind on rain. We haven't had any significant rain since the beginning of July. I long to see these kinds of clouds again!

Today was the first day of school for my peeps. Dad, R, TatorTot and MadCow all had good days. I am so glad that it went well for them all. I was a little worried since it was everyone's first day without Memom. I thought about her a lot today because she always made a big deal out of the first day of school for us and she always talked to her grandkids to find out how their day went. I think she would be proud of how well they all did.

Well, I had hoped to get some work done around the house today but my foot had other ideas. I did a few small things but spent most of the day in the recliner. I need to get up and put clean sheets on the bed so we can go to bed but I will do it in a minute.

Well, that is all for tonight. I hope you are all staying cool and having a good week.

Learning New Things!!

I am so excited about what I learned today. All over blogland I see pictures with the owners name on their pictures. I like to share my pictures with you all but I don't really want others using my pictures as their own because . . . . .well, they are mine or they are my families NOT anyone elses. So today I learned how to "stamp" my name on my pictures! It is a little time consuming because I don't have the the best program to use but I can make it work so I am going to share with you my first stamped pictures. The stamp is in the top right hand corner. I will have to play around with colors so it stands out. This is my first try!